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is the phone number 866-907-3339 hope you are doing well and welcome on in gary and eric they return sunday night monday morning i always appreciate the opportunity to fill in for the guys and you can find me on the socials at dan mandy show and i host a morning show in nashville tennessee on supertalk 99 7 wtn lots going on tonight let's get to it iran well there has now been some fighting going on in Iran. It's a what do they call it? F.A.F.O. mess around and find out that is what Iran has decided to do. So they decided yesterday to attack some commercial ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz. Now, it's been relatively quiet as the negotiations continue. The memorandum of understanding has been playing out, but that is now completely been blown out of the water. There were three tankers trying to sail through or transit the Strait of Hormuz via the route that Iran apparently had warned ships against using. So these three ships, Iran claims, tried to use that route and they ultimately got hit by the Iranians. And so now we are fighting back and we have been bombing the living you know what out of the Iranians. Apparently, we struck more than 80 targets. And now the Iranians and you know how this goes, because we've all been watching this play out for the last several months. Iran is now threatening the United States as well. CENTCOM started talking about what we did. They made this announcement. Here's what they said, according to Fox News. Here's what they posted on X. They

said U.S. Central Command forces have begun launching a series of powerful strikes against Iran to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway. The U.S. strikes are in response to Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that were transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's demonstrated aggression was unwarranted, dangerous and a clear violation of the ceasefire. All right. So we'll have to

see where this goes. Not only did we drop a bunch of bombs on them, which I'm fine with that, just so you know where I stand. I'm all for diplomacy related to Iran in this situation. But my ultimate opinion on Iran is you can't trust them. And they only relate to one kind of negotiation. And that is leading with warfare, leading with bombs. That is why we are doing what we're doing. As a matter of fact, you know, in the past, we've always, when we have had to deal with Iran militarily, we'll oftentimes refer to those strikes as defensive, though now, tonight, we're calling these moves offensive in nature. But in addition to the military strikes, in addition to the bombs, we've also dropped some waivers and Iran is losing a ton of revenue. There is millions of barrels of oil that are now in limbo. That is the headline from Fox News. Here's what we've done. The Treasury Department on Tuesday revoked a waiver allowing Iran to sell oil and petrochemicals, prohibiting Iran from a significant revenue source negotiated during recent talks. A U.S. official said in a statement that Iran's actions in the strait were wholly unacceptable to the United States and will be met with consequences. Iran's not necessarily used to having to deal with consequences. They are a petulant child collectively. Iran, of course, accusing the U.S. now of violating the memorandum of understanding signed last month by both U.S. and Iran by revoking the waivers. But Iran bombed three shits.

ships. So who violated the Memorandum of Understanding first? Was it Iran bombing these ships or was it us for reacting to the bombing? So for the United States, I mean, we're doing what we need to do. We have told them over and over and over again what they need to do to be able to sell their oil on the open market and make billions of dollars in oil sales. So there's lots of saber rattling that is going on as Iran is now warning they will stop negotiations if the U.S. and our threats continue. Here's more. From Fox Business, they've obtained audio of an Iranian threatening the ships in the strait, and here is how that sounded in English.

This is the last warning. This is the last warning. This is the last warning. You are running danger. Don't put your life in danger. You are ordered to alter course. Support us immediately. Alter course. Support us immediately and use the south of La Rakhine to exit. If you disobey, you will be targeted. This is the Navy out.

So that is supposedly Iran warming these warning these ships. So clearly Iran's default is that they do not want peace. They only know one way to exist, and that is with war, with death and with destruction. I mean, they just they can't seem to get out of their own way. That is how they want it. And my opinion is, is that if that's how they want it, that's how they're going to get it. They continue to claim ownership of the Strait of Hormuz. That's not the way that it's going to work. Donald Trump has said that. Many other nations have said that as well. You just can't start bombing commercial vessels. They think that they own the Strait of Hormuz and they don't. So now Donald Trump is going to do what he's going to have to do. And as I said just a few moments ago, we have apparently struck now more than 80 sites in Iran. And now they're talking tough like they always do. Again, I hate to sound like a broken record, but Iran doesn't understand diplomacy. They don't care about their people. They don't care about sanctions and all of these other things. They only care about their ability to manufacture a nuclear weapon. I believe that Donald Trump, frankly, he just wants a way out of this. I think that Donald Trump wants a way out. He wants a way to be able to declare victory and be able to get out lower gasoline prices heading into the midterm elections. That's what Donald Trump is trying to do. Now, I get why the Trump administration decided to go into Iran in the first place. The president's saying that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon. He has been saying that for decades. And so he decided to do what he decided to do. Now, a lot of people will constantly and it is a very fair question. As a supporter of Donald Trump, did we do the right thing going into Iran in the first place? That depends on how this whole thing ultimately ends. because if iran eventually decides you know what we are going to abandon our nuclear aspirations and we are going to accept the generosity of america and the rest of the world and we are going to sell our oil on the open market we are going to make billions of dollars in revenue we're going to help our economy we're going to fix our economy we're going to save our country by selling oil on the open market, and everything is going to be fine. We're not going to sponsor terrorism. If Iran ultimately comes to the right side, along with the rest of the world, well, most of the rest of the world, well, then President Trump did the right thing.

But if things continue to go south like what we're seeing tonight, then the opposite could be argued, that Donald Trump did not do the right thing. Now, there's going to be a lot of people out there, and I've been dealing with this since this whole thing started. People are going to say, well, Iran is now weaponizing the Strait of Hormuz. They've always weaponized the Strait of Hormuz. Some people will say that Iran never even had an inkling to weaponize the Strait of Hormuz. They have always threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz. Now they're actually doing it. And so I understand what Donald Trump says. Yeah. And imagine if they had a new.

your weapon. I do understand why the president did this, but gas prices are still more expensive. We're dealing with a country that refuses to follow any rules, refuses and and real refuses any real attempts at diplomacy. And they simply, as I said, they don't care about their own people. So it does seem to me and I know that there is going to be people out there that are going to that are going to disagree with me. And that's fine. But I do feel like we've painted ourselves into a corner, honestly. And Donald Trump is looking to claim victory and get out. But, you know, that victory is hard to find. And so now the very latest on Iran is they're threatening us. Let me go to the right page. CENTCOM is calling the Iran operation offensive in a shift from previous strikes, basically saying, yeah, you know what? We are taking offense. We are we are doing everything we can to get Iran to acquiesce to what we are demanding. As we should. Kuwait and Bahrain are now issuing alerts as tension escalates following the U.S. strikes on Iran. By the way, don't forget that Iran, they have also, of course, been bombing their neighbors in the Middle East. So our allies in the Middle East, they want this done as quickly as we want it done for a number of different reasons. Of course, everybody's talking about the oil. Here in America, we have, as I mentioned, higher oil prices, higher gasoline prices. That, of course, leads to higher prices overall. A lot of things across America, most things, if not all things, what we pay depends on the cost of gasoline, because a lot of the things that we buy at the grocery stores and at the department stores and so forth, well, that has to be transported via trucks that use gasoline to power to run. So that's the problem that we face. And every time we think that we're getting close and I'm not even going to talk about how many times Donald Trump has said the war is almost over, the war is almost over, the war is almost over, only to find that, no, Iran comes back and says, no, the war is not almost over. No, we did not agree to what you have told the world that we agreed to. And on it goes. So that is the latest. We're watching everything that is going on in Iran. By the way, Pete Hegseth, Secretary of War, is headed to, if not already in Israel, speaking to Benjamin Netanyahu. So we'll see where this whole thing goes. Meantime, the president is right next to Iran in Turkey for the NATO summit. Now, they say that he is safe in his hotel. Remember, again, at the NATO summit.

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and Eric. So the first segment we're talking about what is going on in Iran. They bombed three ships as they were traveling through the Strait of Hormuz. We are retaliating by bombing the living you know what out of Iran. We hit at least 80 sites. And I believe that that bombing is going to continue. All of that is Donald Trump is in NATO and the NATO summit in Turkey. And he is incredibly angry still at some of our NATO allies. And so one of the things that happened, and this is a moment that is making the rounds on the Internet and on social media, a lot of people noticing that President Trump, again, went in incredibly angry. And he talked about his attitude heading into the NATO summit.

Group drawdowns in Europe likely. And are you satisfied with the progress that NATO allies have made?

Well, we're going to see. I was very disappointed with NATO. And frankly, if it weren't held in Turkey, where my friend happens to be a very strong leader person, it's possible that I wouldn't have attended. I felt I had to attend because of the fact that, you know, I know he's gone all out. It was a big thing to have NATO come to Turkey or any place else. It's a big thing. But we weren't treated well because we did something in Iran. We don't need anybody's help. I didn't even want their help. But before I asked, they said they wouldn't be there. And we've invested trillions of dollars in NATO. Why? To protect European countries and others, Canada, et cetera. But to protect people, countries from, generally speaking, it used to be the Soviet Union. Now it's Russia. And I say that's fine. But you would think that they'd be very willing to do something to help us.

So that was President Trump. And again, that is a moment that went viral. The backdrop was incredibly tense. Now, remember what has been going on. As you just heard, the president, we went into Iran, NATO countries, did not help us, refused. Spain refusing to allow us to use air bases and their airspace as well. That was insane. In Italy, decided they wouldn't allow us to use one of their military bases in Sicily. So basically, we had to waste fuel. We had to waste time. Logistically speaking, it was more difficult because we had to go out of our way to do what we needed to do militarily because NATO allies would not step up. They would not help because either, number one, they just, you know, they had a principled disagreement with what we were doing or they were more afraid of Iran than they were of Donald Trump and America. France, of course, limited some of the airspace that we were allowed to use. The U.K. didn't allow us to use some of their bases. Their hesitation was more nuanced. Germany wouldn't allow their bases to be used for direct strikes on Iran as well. So the bottom line is we needed access to bases. We needed access to airspace. And these major NATO allies, they refused. So that's why Donald Trump going in. Things were incredibly tense. They were very tense. And in these comments, Donald Trump actually said that he would not have come if the meetings were held in any other country. But yeah, again, he was willing to come to Turkey.

we didn't need any help at all and in a way i was testing people i was testing to see whether or not they'd be there because i've long said that we helped them but i'm not sure that they'd be there for us and italy turned us down and germany turned us down and france turned us down and it's okay but you know why are we spending hundreds of billions of dollars and they're not there for us we've always been there for them

Yep. So it's Donald Trump versus the world, America versus the world. It seems when it comes to the war in Iran. Again, remember, the backdrop includes Donald Trump. You just heard him complaining about the spending. And there are different ways to count it. But the bottom line is we spend far more than the rest of these countries combined to support NATO. I just sheer defensive spending we spent in twenty twenty four nine hundred and sixty eight billion dollars. All the other NATO countries combined, it was like four hundred and fifty billion. And so this is to protect Europe from Russia. So why exactly is it that we're spending so much in these other countries are simply not hitting their requirements is a huge question. And the Donald Trump is still trying to force these native.

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Red Eye Radio, 866-90-RED-EYE, 866-907-3339. Hope you are doing well. By the way, I do have my text line open tonight, as I tend to do when I host Red Eye Radio on the network. And if you want to text in instead of call in, you can text in to 615-737-9986, 615-737-9986. And I tend to read all of the messages. I don't always get to respond to them, but I do appreciate all of the feedback. I couldn't believe when I saw this. woke activists are now pushing for something called black English to be taught in Democrat states preschools to combat harmful language hierarchies. So I'm reading this. And of course, this this comes from the People's Republic of California. These activists want to teach black English in schools. What is black English? Well, they call it African American vernacular English. Now, I guess, and this is going to be I'm just going to tell you, like some people might get upset at this segment. But my immediate thought was, OK, so is this like ebonics? I don't know. But what they essentially want to do is they want to teach improper English in schools in California. So instead of teaching kids how to speak properly, they want to dumb down the English language so that everybody is speaking this black English. It's insanity. Now, I went to ChatGPT for examples, and again, it's all just bad English, improperly speaking the English language. And this is what ChatGPT says. English language, often called African-American English or African-American Vernacular English or AAVE, is a variety of English with its own grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation patterns and expression. It developed through the history and experiences of black communities in the United States. So I asked for examples of black English. Here's one. He'd be working late. Meaning he usually works late or often works late. The word be, ChatGPT says, is used to show a repeated or habitual action. then why can't they just say usually? You know what I mean? This is so dumb. Here's another one. She, Ben, knew that, meaning she has known that for a long time.

Ben, often pronounced with emphasis, Ben, can show that something started in the past and has continued. Well, then why can't you just say, yeah, she's known that for a long time? They're encouraging our kids to sound ignorant. That's what they're doing. Instead of trying to get kids to learn how to speak properly, they're excusing.

using it by trying to make it almost like legitimized or official by teaching it in school. And that's insanity. Here's another one. I ain't got no money. Now, people use the word ain't all the time, regardless of, you know, black, white, whatever. People use the term ain't. I try not to. I probably do at some point. And by the way, as I go through this, as people who listen to me in Nashville know, listen, I'm not necessarily somebody who speaks perfect English. Trust me, I know that. But at least I try. And I would never advocate for bad or improper English to be taught in schools. Here's another one. Again, I ain't got no money, meaning I don't have any money. I mean, why is it that these kinds of activists who are trying to get this done in schools? Why is it they don't want people to be better? They want the rest of us to stoop down to a level where we all sound dumb or ignorant or whatever. Here's another one, and I don't really understand it. They finna leave, F-I-N-N-A, finna or finna, they finna leave. In other words, they are about to leave. Finna or finna comes from fixing to and means getting ready to or about to. They stay arguing is another one, meaning they're always arguing. The word stay in this black English can emphasize a repeated action. He done it already, which is another phrase from this black English means he already ate. Done means completion. So, again, to me, this is just excusing poor English skills, legitimizing a refusal to learn how to correctly speak English supporters. Now, this is from and I've already given you my my opinion on this. my opinion is that this is insane and you are excusing people refusing to learn proper English. Supporters, though, just to give both sides, say teaching the dialect, again, also known as African-American English or African-American vernacular English, will help combat harmful language hierarchies. So now. Asking people to speak proper English is some sort of a harmful language hierarchy, which means proper English, is it like what the top of the hierarchy? And by the way, can I ask this question? So when is speaking proper English a white thing? I'm going to tell you, I know a lot of black folks.

Who speak better English than some of the white people that I know. So why do these activists want to want to dumb everybody down? The black Californians United for Early Care and Education group is part of a movement advocating for black English to be recognized as a legitimate rules based language in preschool classrooms. on par with other languages. Co-founder Dr. Ashley Williams told PBS the movement is personal because she grew up being told by her family that the way she spoke at home was not acceptable at school. And I will interject, well, because at school, they're trying to teach you how to speak correctly. Williams, again, Dr. Ashley Williams says that she felt ashamed and embarrassed by this and is spearheading the movement because she doesn't want her two-year-old son to grow up with the same experience. I would say to Dr. Williams that if you felt ashamed and embarrassed, well, then you should have been inspired to be able to learn proper English, which I'm sure that if you are now a doctor, you were inspired to speak proper English. And if you've got a two year old son, well, then I would assume that you have the smarts, the brains. After all, you are a doctor to teach your two year old son to speak properly. I mean, it's really not that difficult. I mean, this is brought to you by the same people that say that math is racist. It's just it's just dumb. She says, I don't want my son to walk into any room and feel like his voice is not valued or his perspective cannot be heard because he's not saying it in one way or the other, she told the outlet, which again was PBS. Well, I'm sorry, but.

in America, if you speak in a certain way and you sound uneducated, that people are going to judge you. Whether that's fair or not, whatever, but that's just the truth. And again, for me, it doesn't it doesn't fall, even though they break it down on racial lines, the black Californians United for Early Care and Education, and they call this black English. I know a bunch of white people that speak this way, too. Well, I don't know them, but I've seen them on the socials, just so we're clear. But again, to me, if you want your child to grow up with, you know, the same experiences, teach him to speak proper English. That's all you got to do. If you don't want your kid to have those awful experiences, then teach him the right way to speak. Don't force everyone else to dumb down to his level. Better for him to learn and rise. You know, they do. They talk about multilinguals. This is a quote. We talk about multilinguals, but we don't include black children who may be African-American English speakers, says the director of the Children's Equity Project, Zirid Soto Boykin. So it looks like what they're trying to do is they're trying to compare this, I'm air quoting this, this black English to like people speaking, I don't know, Spanish. It sounds like they want black kids in America to be treated like kids who are ESL, you know, English is a second language, Again, like Spanish speakers, like people that come into our country and they speak Japanese or Chinese or whatever. The whole thing just seems really bizarre to me. Williams also recalled her experiences in having to talk white and talking in her comfortable English and feeling insecure. I mean, I don't know what else to say about this. Other than bottom line is, is that if you want your kids to succeed. Black, white, red, green, yellow, whatever. I don't care about the skin color. If you want your kids to succeed. They need to be able to communicate effectively. And that's the bottom line. There is an. There is some audio that went viral, it's a video, it's none other than Jasmine Crockett, and it is the classic example of somebody who, you know, essentially she can flow in between, you know, these two different types of of speaking of the English language. And I say this is this is collegiate Jasmine.

So that is and apparently that the guys in the studio did that audio not come through. It didn't come through. OK, unfortunately, I think that's only in one channel. So I'm not going to be able to play it. You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to post this to my social media. If you want to go see it or go listen to it, you can, because it is a classic example of somebody who will go from, you know, one type of speaking, which is very collegiate, very, you know, private school to basically speaking a street. And so I've gone ahead and I've reposted that to my social media pages. You can find me on the socials at Dan Manda show eight, six, six, 90 red eyes, the phone number eight, six, six, nine, zero, seven, 33, 39. Got a lot more straight ahead. For 250 years,

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866-90-red-eye is the phone number, 866-907-3339. Okay, so I think we've got some, what do they say, string and bailing wire, and we figured out how to play this audio of Jasmine Crockett, And it is a classic example of essentially somebody who speaks two different versions of the English language. This, the first one, by the way, I think Gary, I think she was his congressman. But this is a Jasmine Crockett, who I not so affectionately call collegiate Jasmine.

First of all, it's good to see you in the new year. You know, no one could have told me that when I went down to Austin now looks like a little bit over a year ago that I would be running for Congress.

Right. So so that is, you know, she sounds very pleasant and nice. And I'm sorry, some people are going to say, well, she sounds white. No, she sounds like she's speaking proper English. Then this is the same Jasmine Crockett at an event. I think it was last year.

Maybe because these people, they are crazy because they always talk about how Christian they is. Yeah, I don't know how many of them on that side are getting divorced because they're getting caught up sleeping with their co-workers, staffers, interns, all the things. Yeah, you ain't got to believe me. Just go Google. You'll find some of it. I'm telling you, and the wives is being messy and petty. They putting it in.

There you go. All right. So so that so that is the black English that California wants to teach to their very young children. Unbelievable.

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Now, it's Red Eye Radio, with talk about everything from politics to social issues and news of the day. Whether you're up late or you're just starting your day, welcome to the show. From the Relief Factor Studios, for Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, here is Dan Mandis.

866-90-RED-EYES, the phone number, 866-907-3339. Hope you are doing well, and thank you for tuning in to Red Eye Radio. And you can always find me on the socials at Dan Manda Show. I host a morning show in Nashville, Tennessee, Supertalk 99.7 WTN. You can find that show if you choose to try it out locally in Nashville. It's on 5 to 9 Central, 6 to 10 Eastern. We are on YouTube and Facebook and 99.7 WTN.com. And that is video streaming. And you can find us audio streaming everywhere you stream your audio podcast as well. So there's a lot going on. Last night, we talked a lot about Mitch McConnell and whether or not Mitch McConnell was alive or dead or brain dead. Now, remember, yesterday we told you that Mitch McConnell was said to be brain dead. Nobody really knew what was going on. Well, now there is a full on effort by the Republican Party to say, no, no, no, no. Mitch McConnell is alive and well. Just ask Scott Jennings. He chimed in on X. I spoke to my old friend, Mitch McConnell, this morning, the senior senator from Kentucky. He is still recovering in the hospital. We spoke for just shy of 20 minutes about Iran, Ukraine, the unfolding situation in Maine, my visit to the TR presidential library.

and even a little bit of Senate history. He says, I told him we want to see him back at work as soon as possible. Now, it is important to note, you do know that Jennings used to do some consulting work for Mitch McConnell, had a great relationship, clearly still does. Then Jennings spoke about that relationship. He was on CNN later on that day.

Do you think he'd be willing to call into the show? Could we get him on the phone now?

You know, I wasn't really expecting him to call this morning, to be honest. So when the phone rang and I was able to talk to him, I was frankly pretty grateful. I mean, as I said, I've known him since I was a teenager. If it hadn't been for Mitch McConnell and the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, you know, I would never have been able to go to college. He's been my mentor, and he changed the trajectory of my life. So, you know, when things happen to him and happen to people in your life that you really care about, you know, you just sort of naturally feel extremely worried. So when I heard his voice today and he he was clearly keeping up with stuff that that made me happy to hear from him, because like everybody else, I've been, you know, somewhat in the dark about it. But to hear him talking and know that he's also talking to the Senate leadership, it made me pretty happy.

Yeah. So part of the issue, of course, is that, you know, I'll say glad McConnell is doing better. But the reality is, is that he should no longer be in the Senate. We howled as conservatives at Dianne Feinstein still being in the Senate when it was clear that she was no longer able to serve. Republicans obviously screamed about Joe Biden's dementia as well. Now, the difference here, I suppose, is that we really haven't seen much from McConnell as far as whether or not he has the cognitive ability to keep doing his job. But we do know that he froze on TV at least a couple of times. We also know that there is video of him collapsing, walking through the hallways of the Capitol building. So and when you when you listen to him being interviewed sometimes or when you watch him as he's speaking from the Senate floor, he doesn't sound like someone who, frankly, has all of his faculties. There's no other way to say it. The mega media ecosphere,

shall we say, has been driving a lot of the questions about where Mitch McConnell has been and what has happened to him. You, of course, are in tune with that in the role you have on your radio show. Do you think they should put out a picture of Mitch McConnell, that he should release more to the public to quiet this noise?

Yeah, I think Al had a good point about McConnell's general disposition towards privacy. I sometimes wonder, like, if I were laying in a hospital bed, would I want a bunch of people around photographing me? Probably not. Particularly if I were an 84 year old person who's normally private about his health. Probably not. All right. So I'm a big fan of Scott Jennings.

He's full of crap. Mitch McConnell is a I'm going to air quote this, but he is a public servant. He is a senator. And the people who voted for Mitch McConnell, the people in Kentucky. Deserve to know what is going on with their senator. They do. And so when you are a senator, and obviously this is up to a point, but when you're a senator, you owe it to your constituents to let them know how you're doing. With some semblance of proof. I'm not saying that you completely give up your right to privacy. That's not what I'm saying. You don't give up your right to complete medical privacy. But at the same time, if there is a question, people deserve to know the answers. And I feel like now there is a full on push by the establishment Republicans to ensure that everybody understands that Mitch McConnell is doing. just fine. And yeah, he's frozen up multiple times in front of the cameras. He's had what is said to be a massive heart attack and he's nowhere to be found. As I mentioned, he's fallen inside the Capitol at least once. And when we see him taking questions, it is clear he just isn't there. Mentally. And so you can sit here and you can say if you're CNN, oh, it's mega noise as that that anchor did. But the reality is they're not being transparent. The Republicans are not being transparent as it relates to Mitch McConnell. And so just because the mainstream media will not ask the questions that need to be asked regarding Mitch McConnell's health and regarding Mitch McConnell's ability to continue to do his job, that's once again.

MAGA folks doing the job of the journalists across America, a lot like Nick Shirley. Mainstream media wouldn't call out all of that Somalian fraud in Minnesota. So what happened? Nick Shirley went out and did it himself. Same thing here. People are asking the question, where is Mitch McConnell? Is he fit to serve? Does there need to be a special election in Kentucky? And so just because the media won't do the job that these MAGA outlets or journalists are doesn't mean that they're not legitimate questions that are being asked. The media mainstream won't ask the questions. And so part of me wonders. And this is where my conspiracy hat goes on, perhaps. I don't know, whatever. But part of me wonders if more mainstream journalists and politicians are not asking those questions about Mitch McConnell is because he and Donald Trump, you know, they've been they've been enemies for quite some time. so i'm willing to bet that when the time comes mitch mcconnell is going to get the hallowed john mccain treatment you know where he's a national hero because he's been going up

against donald trump but i look i take the criticism i think it's a fair question about transparency i think it's a fair question about whether they've done enough but ultimately these office holders you know they're they're in charge of their own operations and and you know it may be somebody around him says let's put out a picture and he doesn't want to do it i think i think that's a that's a fair observation from al but all i can tell you today is uh all the rumors about him being dead or brain dead or you know being his body's being hidden somewhere i've seen all kinds of crazy things on the internet that's obviously not true because he picked up the phone and called me

And that was that was a good thing. So. There's a lot of different ways that they could have proven that Mitch McConnell is still alive. And by the way, just so you know, I do believe that Mitch McConnell is still alive. But there's a lot of ways that they could dispel these rumors. For example, as Scott Jennings had that 24-minute conversation with Mitch McConnell, somebody could have taped some of that interview. Just it's as simple as Scott Jennings has his phone. Mitch McConnell has his phone. The two of them are talking. You could have Scott Jennings put his phone on speaker and another person could have recorded that conversation. conversation. Or they have on phones these days. I don't know what kind of phone Scott Jennings has, but there's a way to record phone conversations on your own iPhone. So if I'm on a phone with somebody and if I so choose, I've never done it. So I'm not exactly sure how it's done. But there is a way to tape that phone call on the newer iPhones, I believe. By the way, did you see this? on Tuesday in an apparent effort to push back on the rumors that McConnell's health had significantly deteriorated a number of high-profile Republicans including Senate Majority Leader John Thune put out statements saying they have recently spoken with McConnell McConnell's office pointed to the statements and said as the senator continues to recover, we will be sure to keep you updated. Despite constant requests for updates from CNN, his office, Mitch McConnell's office, has not disclosed a medical reason for the hospitalization or provided specifics on his health status beyond saying last week that he continues to improve and is working closely with his staff on Kentucky and Senate matters. Well, the problem is the lack of information leaves a lot of room for conspiracy. I mean, that's the bottom line. And again, there's a lot of weirdness going on, because as we told you yesterday. Mitch McConnell's wife, Elaine Chao, flies off to China. Meets with the Chinese vice president. As her husband is apparently, you know, lying in the hospital and I don't know, apparently close, close to death. And a lot of people are trying to figure that one out. And why did Mitch McConnell, this happened earlier today, why did Mitch McConnell's daughter, why did his daughter eliminate all of her social media? That's another question people want to know.

So there's just a lot of strangeness that is going on, by the way.

as it relates to Elaine Chao, the wife of Mitch McConnell, flying off to China. Marjorie Taylor Greene had some thoughts about that. She spoke to TMZ. Listen,

I want to call this out. This really irritates me. The Republican Party is all campaigning against communism right now. What about Elaine Chao? Elaine Chao flew to China and met with the vice president just a few days after Mitch McConnell is practically died and went to the hospital. So where are we going to call out a possible communist Chinese spy right there? You're calling his wife a possible Chinese. Yes. Yes. Yes. 100 percent. What woman leaves her husband's side while he is dead or dying in the hospital, flies to China and meets with the vice

president. Answer me that. You know what? Marjorie Taylor Greene, I wish that I could. But I don't get it. I just don't understand. By the way, as I mentioned, McConnell's daughter has deactivated her social media accounts. Again, his wife off the China total secrecy from the Senate and the Republicans. This is a Democrat Mike Nellis, and I believe that he may have a point here in this audio clip.

I'm the McConnell thing. I also don't buy this either. If Scott Jennings and Thune and everybody else could have a 20 minute phone call with Mitch McConnell, he should be able to shoot a 60 second proof of life video to show us that he's OK. I think they know the deadline for a special election is August 3rd. If he's dead or if he's on a ventilator, if he's not able to do his job, he should resign right now. They should have a special election.

So, OK, but. All right. So. Point. He's right. Hell has indeed frozen over. I agree with the Democrat and it doesn't have to be a video. It could just be maybe a phone interview. And, yeah, the question about McConnell's term, he's not running for reelection, the August 3rd deadline they're talking about. That is the cutoff date in Kentucky after which a U.S. Senate vacancy would not trigger a special election, August 3rd. So if there is a Senate opening on, let's just say, August 6th, well, there isn't enough time to run a special election. So McConnell's seat would remain vacant until the regular November 3rd election. The winner of that election on November 3rd would just take over immediately and serve the remainder of that term. Now, Andy Barr is the guy who already won the primary and is running against the Democrat guy by the name of Charles Booker in the general election. Barr is considered the absolute favorite. He got Donald Trump's endorsement. He is incredibly MAGA. He is considered the front runner. So if we find out tonight or tomorrow or this week that Mitch McConnell is dead, brain dead, whatever, then Kentucky would hold the special election and the winner would finish out the rest of McConnell's term, which would only be a few months. The Daily Caller is now reporting that this response to his health crisis has been coordinated by the Republican Party. This is what they say. Republican Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell's office sending an email on Tuesday that included a compilation of statements from senators and acquaintances claiming they spoke to the former majority leader for similar lengths of time and discussed related topics. then why can't the people of america and most certainly the people of kentucky hear from their senator inquiring minds want to know 866 90 red eye is the phone number 866 90 733 39 my name is dan mandes i host a morning show in nashville tennessee on supertalk 99 7 wtn if you cannot call but you want to text 615 737 99 86 it's got a lot more straight ahead this morning's

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I can't even keep up with it.

The most difficult part about a meeting is preparing for it.

because he is sharp, intensely probing, and detail-oriented and focused. And I'm telling you, this guy's tough. He's smart. He's on his game.

He has vision. He has knowledge. He has a strategic thinker.

He's focused. He's detail-oriented. He's always thinking about the big picture. He's engaging. He is capable.

So that is the Republicans, and they are talking about how Mitch McConnell is improving. He's going to be just, oh, wait, no, that was the Democrats. as they were defending Joe Biden. Sadly, the Republicans sound exactly the same defending Mitch McConnell, who should have been out of the Senate at least a year ago. It is incredibly disappointing when the Republicans spend years criticizing the Democrats for covering up for Dementia Joe, Joe Biden, and then they go and they do the same thing for Mitch McConnell. I wish Mitch McConnell all the best. I hope he's alive. I believe that he is alive. I don't know if he is fit to serve. But I do hope that the Republicans understand, and I'm a Republican, I'm a conservative. And I hope that they understand that When they're defending, not really letting America or Kentuckians know how Mitch McConnell is doing. No tape, no video, nothing. Well, then they sound just like the Democrats defending dementia Joe. Come on, GOP, do better.

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866-90-RED-EYE is the phone number. 866-907-3039. How many of you parents have paid for a degree for your kids and then they got out into the world and they weren't able to get a job that would pay off some of the college debt that they have? A lot of us have had to deal with that or your kids themselves went through college and they got some sort of, I don't know, humanities degree. I mean, I know you know how this works. The Trump administration is trying to fix this. But your kids go and they get like a humanities degree and they spend, I don't know, whatever it might be, 50, 60, 70.

$70,000, $80,000 on a college education, then they get out into the real world. And if they can even find a job that has something to do with their college degree, it doesn't pay anything. Well, now the Trump administration is putting an end to that. This is the headline from the New York Post. And I love this because I've been talking about this forever. However, the government is pulling student loan money from worthless college degree programs. They say, and it's about time, and it is an opinion piece by Ricky Schlott. So I'm going to read a little bit of this and comment along the way, because I know that I've been hosting talk shows for years and years and years. And I've spoken to parent after parent after parent. Who has paid money for these useless degrees. They knew at the time they were paying money for a degree that would do nothing to help their kids be able to pay the bills and buy a home and support a family. And, of course, the government does what they do by loaning these young adults money, tacking on a healthy interest rate, of course, and knowingly giving them money for a degree that will get them nowhere in life. And the Trump administration is saying no more. Thanks to a new federal policy that went into effect on July 1st, students will no longer be able to take out federal loans to pay for degree programs that fail to provide them a return on investment that is huge. huge. Do you know how many kids, how many young, I'm, I'm older, so I call 20 somethings kids. I'm sorry. I'm trying to break the habit. But do you know how many adults are hamstrung by really bad decisions on where to go to college and that degree? And by the way, the high schools are are culpable in this as well. because the high schools, if you've got some of these, what did you call them? When I was in school, when I was in high school, we had people, part of the school district that would help you choose a career. And there's a lot of people that have been in this position where they go to the career counselor. That's what it was when I was in school. They'd go to the career counselor and they would say, I want a degree in theology or the fine arts or drama. And more often than not, the career counselor would encourage them to rack in a whole bunch

of student loan debt and get that degree so that you can, you know, portray Shakespeare in a college play or in a classroom. But where does that get you in real life? Nowhere. I mean, very few people who get a degree in drama or the fine arts end up being an actor. And that's just the fact. The New York Post article does continue. It is a response to a shocking fact. Listen to this stat. Graduates of more than 800 college programs across the country, including at institutions like the University of Southern California and New York City's New School, make less than the average high school graduate four years after getting a degree, despite all of that time and effort and tuition money. you know why that is because these days the average high school grad is going to a technical school is going to a trade school is learning how to work with their hands and i know that there's there's some people that go to the go to the university of Southern California or Yale or Harvard, and they wouldn't be caught dead crawling up into an attic and fixing an HVAC unit. They wouldn't be caught dead trying to fix somebody's plumbing. But you folks listen to talk radio. You know who's making bank right now. you know who's getting replaced by ai and you know who is getting replaced by workers from foreign countries and it's the people who got their hallowed degrees at the University of Southern California and Yale and Harvard. And so now the American government will have no part in propping up degree programs that may not even lead to a livable wage. A provision of the big, beautiful bill cuts them off from federal aid access if they cannot break that non-grad salary baseline. I love this. Teens and 20-somethings, they say in the opinion piece, should be protected by the federal government from making a catastrophic financial decision, like taking on debt to finance a degree that ultimately could decrease their earnings potential. But not only are you, this is me talking now, not only are you protecting these teens and 20-somethings, but you know who else you're

protecting the American taxpayer. Because we've had a lot of these college graduates who have had their federal loans forgiven. By Joe Biden and, yes, by the Trump administration as well. And so those men and women who are learning how to fix HVAC units, learning how to be plumbers and so forth. They are the ones that are ultimately screwed. Because our taxpayer dollars are going to pay off the college debt of these folks that went to college and are unable to pay their college debt. And so then you have the presidents in Congress coming in and saying, you know what, Don't worry about it. We'll forgive your loan. And in my opinion, here in 2026, we've known for decades. Which of these college degrees will allow you to get a great job and which of these college degrees will be absolutely worthless? For example, I look it up. You ready? The lowest paying bachelor's degrees are typically in fields where graduates are more likely to work in education, social services, which, by the way, there is a lot to be said about education and social services. I don't want to include those in this conversation. But you look at the music degrees, drama degrees, fine arts, studio art. ministry, theology, social work, elementary education, early childhood education. Now, the ones that allow you to, you know, join the ministry or theology, education degrees, I would not believe that those are included in this that I'm talking about, because obviously we need teachers. But I think that this is a great idea. According to the findings, 804 programs, 2% of all undergraduate programs, which graduate 40,000 students annually, were flagged as potentially failing the new policy changes, including several at high-profile universities. And remember. If the graduate makes less than the average high school graduate four years after getting a degree, despite all the time, effort and tuition money, then that program will not be eligible for these government student loans makes all the sense in the world.

They say graduates of the fine graduates of the fine and studio arts program at New York City's Cooper Union pulled in just twenty four thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars on average four years out. And students with degrees in liberal arts, as well as fine and studio arts from Bard College, made slightly below the typical high school grad at thirty four thousand five hundred seventy one dollars and thirty four thousand six hundred and sixty seven dollars, respectively. I've spoken to so many people, you know, not only in my years as a talk show host, have I have I spoken to parents who have been asked to pay an exorbitant amount, exorbitant amount of money for these college educations when they knew that it was going to do their their kids no good. but have also spoken to those kids who went into these various programs and now they're mired down in all of this college debt and they cannot get out of it. I know.

a guy who's an IT professional. He's got a good job. But you know what the problem is? He took out a loan, high interest. And even though he's got a good job in IT, he said to me about a year ago, I'll never be a homeowner. I'll never be able to support my family the way that I want to support them because of his college debt. And he's got a good gig. He does. So I think it is absolutely the right thing to do, that in the big, beautiful bill, the Trump administration pulling student loan money from worthless college degree programs. And as they say in the opinion piece, it is about time. 866-90-RED-EYE is the phone number, 866-907-3339. My name is Dan Mandis. You can find me online at Dan Mandis Show. Got a lot more straight ahead.

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866-90-RED-EYE-DAN-MANDIS Filling in for Gary and Erica I think President Trump has done a lot of really good things The Trump accounts might be one of the best So Fox News, 10 hours ago they are now reporting that the Trump accounts app just shot to number one on Apple's App Store. They say Americans are racing to download the app, which lets parents manage new government sponsored investment accounts for their children as part of the federal savings program. So you know all about the Trump accounts. I'm sure Positive Gary and Eric have talked about it. Basically, these are accounts, U.S. children under the age of 18 with a Social Security number can have a Trump account open for them. Kids born between January 1st of 2025 and December 31st of 2028 can receive that one time thousand dollar federal contribution. That is very good news. And clearly, the American people are seeing the benefit.

Philanthropies can contribute as well. If maximum contributions are made for kids born this year, that could mean more than $300,000 by the time they become an adult. If no contributions are made, that return on investment still adds up to about $5,800. I mean, the thing with this is,

and it's great. I love this. And I know that some people don't like it for various reasons. We'll get into that. But if maximum contributions are made by the age of 18. Three hundred three thousand dollars, eight hundred three hundred three, eight hundred dollars, three hundred three thousand eight hundred dollars by the age of 18, by the age of 28, that turns into well over a million dollars. Trump accounts by the age of 18, fifty eight hundred dollars. If no contributions are made, that thousand dollars will turn into fifty eight hundred dollars. By the age of twenty eight, that thousand dollars turns into eighteen thousand one hundred dollars. And I think part of what this does, and this is why I love this so much, is that it teaches people about compound interest. It teaches people the greatness and the importance of saving money. Because it is my opinion, and by the way, I'm raising my hand. When I was 18 years old, I was absolutely financially ignorant. My parents, I mean, bless their hearts, they're both gone so I can criticize them and not feel uneasy about it. They didn't teach me anything. About finances, they just didn't. And I don't know why they didn't, but this is a great way to teach your kids about the importance of saving money and also the importance of putting money aside for whatever. because that interest does compound and it's a great way to teach your kids about money.

So, first of all, I think that the most important investment decision a person could make is not, did you pick the right index? Did you pick the right stock? It's getting in the market. And what the Trump account does is it broadens the capability of people to have access to the market. So let me put that in the power of compounding.

That's exactly what I'm saying. Thank you, CNBC, for proving my point. The power of compounding interest. Got a lot more straight ahead. Red Hat Radio.

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