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0:00 Are you ready? Yeah. Okay, let's do it. Bill Martinez Live, a program about current events, our culture, our values, our politics, and our future. And now, Bill Martinez. Hey, right now, America, it's six minutes after the top of the hour. I am Bill Martinez, and he is Dr. Michael Bussler, public policy analyst, economics expert, and professor of finance at Stockton University in New Jersey. Michael, good to have you back with us. How are you, sir? I'm doing well, Bill. Thanks for having me. As you know, it's always my pleasure to be here. Michael, this bugaboo that's driving me nuts from the left, talking about affordability. I mean, what do they know about affordability?

0:46 They have demonstrated an ability to enact regulations and policies that that are inaffordable or unaffordable. When we're talking Obamacare, what Biden did, what Obama did, Obama had really pulverized the middle class in such a way that he concluded that there was no way that America could ever surpass a 2% GDP. It just was incomprehensible. What Trump was talking about was just absolutely foreign to Barack Obama. And it seems not only Barack Obama, but to the Democratic Party at large, because... Here you've got a president that continues to come up with, I believe, just some novel and exciting ideas to grow our country, to make things more affordable. He took over a country that was unaffordable, that was developed by the Democratic Party almost single-handedly, Michael, but yet they want to fool people by talking affordability.

1:46 And of course, they've got support by the mainstream media that is acting as their propaganda arm to get people to think that, oh no, it's the Republicans that have been producing all these unaffordable issues, right? So how do you measure affordability? Well, if your real wages or your real total income is increasing more than prices are increasing, then things are affordable. In fact, you have a real increase in income and you have a higher standard of living and you don't have an affordability crisis. So during the Biden administration, for four years, the cumulative effect of inflation was that prices rose about 21% over that four-year period. Incomes were relatively stagnant. Median household income only went up by about $ 1, 500, and it was in the $ 78, 000, $ 79, 000 range. Median income now is up to $ 85, 000.

2:45 So people's incomes are higher and Trump's first year in office, the inflation rate did come down. So as a result, there was a real increase in standard of living. Now we have the Iran war that temporarily will cause oil prices to rise. And when oil prices rise, it ripples through the economy and you end up with inflation, not roaring inflation, But we're running at 3.4%. The last couple of months is measured by the consumer price index. We'd like to get it down to 2%. And of course, that's our goal. And if you take energy out of it, the inflation rate is pretty close to 2%. So although there's a temporary spike with energy prices, because the president felt that it was in national security to make sure that Iran never had a nuclear weapon. This price spike is temporary, and once this is over, the affordability index will go way up. People's incomes are going up, and once the war is over, the inflation rate will get down to 2%, and then we'll see some real increases, and nobody will be talking about affordability anymore.

4:16 You know, what Trump has laid out, what you just laid out right now is very real. I mean, this is not theoretical. You know, this is what I love about this president, is that he's very practical, very commonsensical, and he doesn't talk in grandiose terms, although he does get a bit hyperbolic at times, I get. But there's something to back it up. And what he's done time and again, whether it's no tax on tip, no tax on You know, Social Security, the big, beautiful bill and what's been going on, you know, overall. And I think that I think most reasonable Americans will look at this Iran war that we're in as a small price to pay to not let this terrorist group have a nuclear weapon or have nuclear capacity, because if they did and they were taking this kind of craziness, this kind of terror to the world, what would the world look like?

5:12 Exactly. I hope you're right. I hope the American voters view this as just a price we have to pay to really put this Iranian threat to rest for good. Instead of kicking the can down the road like every other president, we want to finally end this. What the Republicans have to emphasize now is, yes, the inflation rate is not as low as we'd like it to be. And yes, gasoline is a little higher than we'd like it to be temporarily. But look at all the good. So this bill that was passed last July went into effect in January. It took a few months to filter through. Now in the third quarter, the Atlanta Fed is predicting GDP growth to hit 5%. Most of my colleagues are not that optimistic, but they're even saying 3.5% growth. And this.

6:05 Is in the middle of the war, by the way, right? Exactly, which does put a drag on things, especially with these high prices. They just announced the poverty rate hit a, I don't know, 40 or 50 year low. The unemployment rate continues to be in the 4, 4.1% range most economists consider full employment. Blue collar workers have now a lower unemployment rate than they've had in decades. And there are more opportunities for them. Apprenticeship programs are popping up. Mike Rowe's got this institute where he's helping everybody become electricians and plumbers and carpenters. So this economy is growing really for everyone. And with all this new investment that's being poured into the country, foreign investment and domestic investment, and I said on the show before, remember, if a business makes an investment this year, They can write the whole thing, the whole investment off this year instead of depreciating it over 5, 10, 20 years. Business investment is up more than 10% over last year as a result of this. So that's more new factories and more equipment being built and more future jobs for everyone. This economy is about to really take off. The only drag we have is this Iran war. We'd all like it to be over as soon as possible. The president thought he

7:37 could get this over relatively quickly. He doesn't want to kill a lot of people. And as a result, he's not going in and just blowing up everything, which he could easily do. I'm not sure how this is going to end, but at some point it will end. Oil will flow. The price of oil will get down way under 70 a barrel, maybe down to 60. Gasoline will go back down under $ 3 a gallon, perhaps as low as $ 2. 50. It takes four or five, six months to happen. But once that happens, inflation rate comes down, we'll be back to the 2% range where the Federal Reserve wants it. They can then lower interest rates. And then with the lower inflation rate, we'll see long-term interest rates like mortgage rates now are up to 7%. We'll see all those come down. Things will be much better.

8:28 Well, and the thing is that the voter needs to understand, Michael, is that This is the vision that Trump has cast with, you know, some facts. I mean, this isn't theoretical that gas will be coming down and the cost of fuel and that. It's all very practical. And you can run the numbers on it and see this really happening. Whereas the Democrats, those on the left, they want higher gas prices. That's been a big part of their DNA. So, you know, America needs to understand who's delivering on their behalf. We've got to go to a quick break, so stay with us. We've got more from Dr. Michael Bussler on the other side. Stay with us. We call ourselves ASAP Travel for one reason. We can help you book a ticket ASAP. For those of you that don't know, that means as soon as possible. That means no wait time. You get through right away. No searching online. Our specialty is the lowest available fares on the big name airlines.

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14:26 And I got to imagine for them, because look, it's fixed in a sense. And so they're going to feel more of the pain because their government money is not going as far as it used to because of what's happening right now. And meanwhile... they're missing the bus on these job opportunities. So what's going to be their legacy? What is going to be the future for them and their families if they don't participate in this dynamic job market that is coming at us full speed ahead? Yeah, they'll be missing a tremendous opportunity. You know, I thought President Clinton fixed this. We had a welfare program And he said, no, this is going to be a workfare program. So you get welfare, but if you're able-bodied, sound mind and body, and you can work, you have to go out and work. And I thought the Republican Congress passed something that said you have to either work or do some volunteer work at least 20 hours a week.

15:26 So we need to get people who can take care of themselves to take care of themselves. themselves, that ends up being better for everyone. The taxpayer, it's better for them too. People feel much more. More importantly, it's better for them. You're exactly right, Michael. And I think that's understated because unfortunately, this group has been looked at as a voting block for a particular party that has continued to cater to their desires and and give them a false pretense. And what they're doing is they're wasting their lives. I mean, we only have so much time on this earth. And for them, with the talent that is there and available, that's being underdeveloped and unexpressed, it's a sad commentary that here in this greatest country on God's green earth, that we are debilitating a demography in our country like this.

16:25 Yeah, and the key point, Bill, is this is better for them. People, if you earn your own income and you buy things that you earn income to buy, you feel much more self-esteem and feel much better about yourselves. And you're right. Democratic policies have put families on the dole. And a lot of this goes multi-generational. And they keep saying, look, just keep voting for us. We'll make sure you have welfare payments. We'll take care of this for you. We'll take care of that for you. We'll make sure you have health care. So keep voting for us and we'll keep giving you free stuff. It hurts everybody. It hurts the taxpayer. Because remember, the government doesn't have any money.

17:11 All they have is what they take from the taxpayers. So when the Democrats say, well, we'll give you free stuff, it means they're going to ask people who earned their own income to give some of that income to the government and taxes to pay for your free stuff. You're too kind. The Democrats never ask They just take, Michael. I'm sorry. Because I'm sure we probably ran some people into a ditch right now. Get out of the ditch. It's okay. It was just an accident. It was an accident in terms. I was trying to be kind, but you're right. And this isn't good for anyone. So what we have to do, remember, I've said this on the show a number of times.

17:52 Our system became so great because we encouraged individual freedom and individual responsibility. If everybody who was able, sound mind, body, able to take care of themselves did take care of themselves, we'd have far less problems. And a lot less than $ 40 trillion in debt, oh yes, by the way, right? Yeah, Trump is trying to fix this. He's trying to reduce government spending. He can't do it. So just last week, he used what was called a pocket rescission, which means Congress had appropriated 800 and some million or billion dollars worth of things to spend. And Trump said, look, I'm just not going to spend them. The fiscal year is over in a couple of days. I'm not going to spend it. And he said, we don't need to spend it.

18:44 So why spend it? And if we're not going to, we don't have to spend it. It'll help get spending down and reduce costs. The deficit, Congress, Democrats are going to fight them. They're going to take them to court. They're going to do whatever they have to do. Spend money even if you don't have to, the Democrats are going to say. Just spend the money. If you don't spend it, we won't be able to give it to you next year. So you better spend it this year. Yeah. Yeah, this is the kind of time, and we've talked about this, Michael, at this time of year when people start spending $ 10, 000 for number two Ticonderoga pencils en masse. I mean, stupid. stupid waste of the American taxpayers' money. And how dare they do that? I mean, that is such an insult. And I've been saying forever, you know, that when we get this close, that there ought to be some sort of, you know, shutdown. OK, no more government spending. We're going to take a 30 day fast on government spending. So whatever is there and latent in the budget, it's clawed back. It's brought back into the budget and we'll redistribute it, come the next year. Because this is when the stupid spending takes place.

19:50 And the logic is, if we don't spend it, next year when they go to put the budget together, and Congress really hasn't passed the budget in years, but once they pass spending appropriations, they'll say, hey, you didn't spend it, you must not need it, so we're not going to put it in here. So the logic is, let's spend everything. whatever's in the budget, make sure we spend everything. So when we come next year, they say, Oh, we allocated this much to spend it. And you probably need three, five, four or 5% more for inflation. And the spending keeps, keeps going up. You know, in 2019, the federal government spent 4.9 trillion a year, 4.9 trillion. They're now up to 7.4 trillion. It's only six or seven years. There's been an explosion in spending. Let me say one other thing. Um, The Democrats say, we're going to put in a program.

20:40 It'll only be temporary. It'll eventually run out. And I keep thinking what Milton Friedman said. There's nothing more permanent than a temporary government program. That's what happens. They put these things in, and you just can't get them out, and spending just keeps going up. So here we are, $ 7 trillion, but we're generating, what, $ 4 or $ 5 trillion? About $ 5. So we're $ 2 trillion over. And there's no consideration. Every other household in America is finding ways to cut back, make sure the budget comes in line, the whole deal. But yet we have government officials and we keep electing these same government officials to just ignore that we're $ 2 trillion over budget.

21:22 Yeah, you know, this has been a problem. Really, it started with President Kennedy when his economists convinced him, listen, you don't have to balance the budget. Just spend whatever you have to spend, tax whatever you tax. If it doesn't balance, don't worry about it. The American public will lend you the money. You won't have a problem. He didn't quite buy it at first, but then he did. Since that time, what is that, 63 years, we balanced the budget only four years. 63 years, 59 years we run a deficit, and the deficits are getting larger. They're now talking $ 2 trillion a year, and it's been that way for the last three, four, five years. Look, this $ 40 trillion debt is an issue. Well, what's the problem, people say to me? Well, the problem is the interest expense alone is nearly $ 1 trillion a year. And that's $ 1 trillion we can't use for more productive measures, number one.

22:21 The second problem is The federal government is pulling $ 40 trillion out of capital markets. You're going to end up with a capital shortage, which means business is going to have a tough time expanding. And you're going to see things like mortgages and things being more expensive. So we have to tackle this debt. And every president has kicked the can down the road. Well, I'll do this. Let me get by this year. I'll let the next guy worry about it. The thing is, we're at the end of the road. You can't kick it down the road. President Trump, I know he's got a lot on his plate here, but I think after the midterms, he's going to have to do something to address this problem. Michael, the number one deal, you've got to balance the budget, right?

23:02 That is the mantra. That's the focus. Just like with Trump in his first administration, it was always about jobs. How are we doing with jobs? How are we doing with jobs? Now it's got to be the new mantra is how are we doing with the budget? Is it balanced, right? Because if you balance it, then you're starting to address these issues. and you will take care of some of these problems that we have. It's just a natural occurrence, is it not? Yes. Look, if we're stuck in a very deep hole, which this public debt is, the first thing to do when you're stuck in a deep hole is to stop digging. So if we can balance the budget, we won't be digging anymore, so we won't be getting any deeper. Then we can figure out how we can get out of this.

23:43 President Trump says we can grow our way out of this. So if the economy has if we can at least keep government spending constant and the economy is going to grow the way it looks like it's going to grow, tax revenue will increase and eventually you'll be able to balance the budget. It won't do away with the public debt, but he says it's a way to at least stop the deficit. I don't know how many years that'll take and whether that's necessarily the best approach, but I think that's the one that President Trump is trying. See, we're still carrying the load of COVID and these decisions and policies that were thrust upon the American people by Joe Biden and the Democrats. And it's amazing to me why we can't. I thought COVID was over. Why are we still carrying that load? Because just as you said, and as Milton Friedman said, you know, They're not going to let go of this because they have they've bought votes and they've bought, you know, public interest, you know, by utilizing by robbing from the taxpayers in order to satisfy their political desires. Right. I'm going to let you wrap it up. Go ahead, Michael.

24:58 Exactly. Yeah, there's look, the one thing I can say is the midterms coming up in a matter of weeks are extremely important. The Democrats, many of the Democrats that are running, especially these socialists, really want to take the country in a bad direction that's counterproductive to all American principles. So I say to everybody, make sure you go out and vote. It's very important that everybody votes. The system doesn't work unless everybody votes. And when you're out there, take a look at what each candidate is saying and decide what you think makes the most sense. I think you'll find what the Republicans are saying A lot of common sense issues. They don't use scare tactics. You know, the Democrats, first they said we're going to run out of food. Then it was climate. Now it's the AI is going to take us over. So the Democrats, the Republicans are not running on fear. They're running on promise.

25:51 The Democrats are running on fear. Take that into consideration and make sure you vote. Very important that everybody votes. Dr. Michael Bussler, public policy analyst, economics expert, professor of finance. Thank you, Michael. Appreciate it. Take care. Always my pleasure. Have you written a book or do you have a manuscript ready and just need to find the right publisher? Christian Faith Publishing supports authors like yourself to bring their books to life. And right now we're offering you a free writer's guide designed to steer you towards book completion. Christian Faith Publishing evaluates each manuscript we receive. If your book earns approval, we take care of everything. Editing, designing, printing, processing. promotion, and widespread online and in-store distribution. Picture your book gracing the shelves of specialty Christian bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and numerous other retail destinations. It's time to get that manuscript published and to work with a publisher who shares your values of integrity and honesty. You can get your book published. Get your manuscript reviewed and a free writer's guide today.

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30:08 Well, welcome back, America. Bill Martinez here. For more information on the show, you want to go to BillMartinezLive.com. Dr. Michael Youssef is joining us. What an honor to have him here. Dr. Youssef has been so special in so many ways. Let me say this to you, ladies and gentlemen. You know, what his ministry has done over the years in terms of keeping us up to date and aligning our understanding of what is going on, because there's a lot of signs and wonders out there. And lest you be confused and gaslit, you need to know the voices that you can trust. Jesus warned us about that, right, Dr. Youssef? Absolutely. We have so many false prophets, it breaks my heart.

30:52 Yeah. Well, but we need to be, it's critical in this era right now, because as you say, the information age being what it is, it is really demanding that we be more discerning than ever. So we need to understand and discern the legitimate from the illegitimate, right? Absolutely. So number one need for the Church of Jesus Christ, the elect of God, the bride of Christ, number one need is discernment. I mean, we always needed discernment from first century, but today we need it more than ever. And that is why so many people think we are living in the last days, because Jesus asked the question, when the Son of Man return, will he find faith on the earth? Because one of the signs of the nearness of his return is the great falling away. And when you read about all this deconstruction on the part of some megachurch pastors and singers and people who once walked in the faith, it makes us really more determined to be diligent about discerning the truth. And while our heart breaks for those people when they turn their back on the faith, but we... must never, never, never give up on the truth of the gospel. Exactly.

32:14 Well, you know, and to that point, and I've shared this with many people, when you're looking at, you know, the truth versus a lie, the legitimate versus the illegitimate. I use the example of bank tellers, you know, with bank tellers, right? And I think you may have shared this story as well, is that when they do their training, they don't study the counterfeit. They study the legitimate. And I think there's relevance here because with the Word of God, you need to study, be more studious on the Word of God, which is the anchoring point, the truth, not all these other, you know, these commentaries or these other, you know, worldly ideas. You got to know what you're anchored in, right?

32:57 Absolutely, because... The fake can look so real. And as you rightly said, the training of the FBI people in the counterfeit currencies and the bankers is always know what is the correct currency so that you immediately recognize. You don't have to put it to the light. You'll know it as soon as you feel it. And I've told the story many times where a young man wanted to learn about jade in China and they put him up with this old man and that old man gave him a piece of jade and he began to tell him stories and history and all kinds of things and the man got so frustrated a few days later he said I came here to learn about jade all these stories is not going to help me he said okay then he handed him a fake piece and as soon as he thought he said oh that's not jade He said, all this time, you've been feeling the real jade, and now you recognize the fake. And so we need to be spending time with the Word of God. My testimony is, I was a pastor 39 years ago, 38 years ago, and I was running haggard and thinking that, you know, I am the best thing since sliced bread. Church was growing fast, and And then all of a sudden, the Lord put me on my back for two weeks, so the double pneumonia. And so when you're on your back, it's the only way to look up. And the Lord began to speak to me. I can do this without you,

34:30 but you cannot do it without me. I wept and I wept and I said, Lord, what do you want me to do? He said, I want you to give me the first fruit of the day. And would you believe that for 37 years, I have never made a morning appointment. Because the first fruit of my day, and then the Lord blessed and anointing came, and the things that would take me a week were accomplishing in a day or a day and a half. And so I plead, not just with pastors and elders, but every person who knows and loves Jesus, do not compromise your time in the Word of God, because that's what's going to save you in the end.

35:11 Well, and just as you exampled, and I've heard this time and time again with testimonies in my life as well, is that when you first stop to think, you know, God, I got so much on my to-do list. How do I carve out this time? But then you get to that point and you say, okay, I'm going to commit, help me commit this time. And you do, and God redeems it in incredible ways. And what used to take you, you know, like you just said, weeks to do, you're getting done in days. It's more expedient. The divine connections that are coming in to help and support the agenda, God's agenda, not your own. It's just it's miraculous, isn't it? Amen.

35:52 Amen. And that's why I feel that in this fourth quarter of my life, I'm trying to wake up the church. And we have this Wake Up America. And we have over 600,000 people signed up to pray for an awakening in America. And I was in Houston, Texas just last weekend. And I spoke to a large crowd in the arena there. And Chris Tomlin led the music. And I gave them a very strong message. Wake up before it's too late. Because we are right now being lulled to sleep in the church of Jesus Christ. Islamists and socialists and communists and all trying to take over this great nation that we all love. Only the Christian believers, through their commitment and the preaching of the gospel, uncompromised gospel of Jesus Christ, will save the day. Politics has its place. Politicians have their place. But only the gospel of Jesus Christ is going to bring a great awakening that will make the socialism, Islamism, and all the other isms that ought to be wasms will be irrelevant.

37:02 Right. And so that's a burden of my heart for whatever years the Lord gave me. Well because you know consider the start when it all began for America it was bathed in prayer it was bathed in fasting it was bathed in the word of God and it ignited an awakening that brought this country together and really because when they first came together they weren't sure what you know yes okay we want to come to a country where we can you know freely exercise our religious beliefs but they didn't understand that God had a higher calling than that he wanted his people to be free Michael Amen. Absolutely. And that freedom gives us freedom to preach the gospel.

37:44 And while I know that under pressure in Iran or China and elsewhere, persecuted Christians are becoming stronger than ever, but we should not take our freedom for granted. Because if we don't, like... the people of Israel of old, who are the apple of God's eye. And he allowed them to go to the Babylonian exile because they began to compromise. And Jeremiah, my goodness, he's my favorite prophet, again and again and again, calling them back. But Compromise continued. Compromise continued. They're going in the synagogues and the temple on Saturday, then compromising with Baal for the rest of the week. And we're seeing that happening in the churches of Jesus Christ. Best-selling book is Your Best Life is Now. No, it's not. It's in heaven. And we are to warn people, wake up before it's too late.

38:38 Right. And, you know, and what I sense, Dr. Youssef, is there is this intensity because of the time drawing nigh. I find myself, you know, being more expressive, more direct. And, you know, perhaps it's the Holy Spirit, I pray it is, you know, that's operating through us. And because our voices need to break those walls down to help, you know, soften the hearts so that when the word of God comes in, that it will implant into their hearts and change their lives the way God intended it to be, right? Amen. Absolutely. Yeah, I'm with you 100%. Hey, well, I got a few seconds here. Just a quick reminder. You can catch this show on all major podcast platforms, by the way, including YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, wherever you listen. Be sure to download or subscribe so you don't miss any. Bill Martinez live episodes. As promised, we've got more from Dr. Michael Youssef, his latest book, An Unholy Alliance, How Progressivism Brought About an Islamist Invasion.

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44:14 It was in England, published by Zondervan. Here it was published by Thomas Nelson. And I wrote the book, Warning the West of the Islamic Invasion. And back then, one of the Reagan administration officials said to me, he said, you mean these goat herders are going to be a threat to us? And after September 11, he called me and he said, man, I have never forgotten those words that I said to you. And so here we are now. We are experiencing this incredible invasion of Islamists. And I always make a distinction between Muslims and Islamists. Right. I get criticized for that, but that's OK. No, I think that's a fair. You have to declare it and break that up because there is a clear delineation between the two.

45:00 And I have some Muslim friends who absolutely hate the Islamists. And look, the Islamists were outlawed in Egypt and Jordan and Emirates and Saudi Arabia even. So that's why I'm careful with my words. And I love the Muslim people. I have no... And I really do have, I'm spending hours in preparation. We have a television station 24-7, kingdom set, going into 260 million homes in the Arab world because we love the Muslim people. But these Islamists, the Muslim Brotherhood, was founded with one aim in mind. All the other groups came out of it. But it's the womb that brought all these Islamic movements, ISIS and all of them.

45:48 And it is basically that they need to dominate the world the world, and bring the successor, whom, of course, in Arabic means caliphate. You hear that word all the time. Bring a successor to the prophet and rule the world. And in many ways, we know that the Antichrist is going to do that. But in reality, when you look at Pedersen, New Jersey, and when you look at Dearborn, Michigan, when you look at cities in Epic City in Dallas, Texas, I mean, they're going after... All these places to choke hold. Well, look at New York City right now with a call to prayer in Times Square. Did you ever think that would happen? Never.

46:31 Never. Not in a million years. When I escaped with the clothes on my back back in the 60s, when I escaped from the Middle East and came to the freedom in the West, I never thought that this will follow me, that nightmare will follow me. But here we are, you know, Mr. Mamdani is really more of a committed to his combination of Islamist and socialism or communism, whatever name you want to give it. But in reality is that unholy alliance that I talk about in the book is that has always been the case. You found it in Egypt with the Muslim Brotherhood and the Revolutionary Army with Nasser. They were all initially Muslim Brotherhood members, but then they kind of, when they take power, they turn on each other, which will happen, and it happened again in 79 in Iran, where the left wing, the communists, the Marxists, took to the streets, got rid of the Shah. Well, what happened? Khomeini flew in from Paris. And as soon as he took power, he chopped their heads, got rid of them. And these Islamists would call these Marxist leftist allies, they don't call them useful idiots like the communists do.

47:50 They call them the donkeys of the revolution. They're the ones who are carrying us to reach our goal of conquering the West and becoming the dominant religion of the world with their caliphate in power. So it is very important for the church to wake up and know what's going on so that they know how to pray, they know how to witness, they know how to take a stand, and they know how to vote even. Because sometimes these candidates are so slick. And my goodness, I mean, I know the Bible said that the devil appears as an angel of light. And we're seeing that's happening right now all over this country. Deception, deception. As you and I started talking about discernment. And so that's what the Church of Jesus Christ, that's what the believers need. But really, every freedom-loving person, whether they're Christians or not, they need to wake up to what the ultimate goal is. and what they want to accomplish.

48:52 Exactly. When you talk about, you know, for the sake of our audience, the red-green unholy alliance, break that down for the audience to understand. Go ahead. Green is always the color associated with Islam, and the red, of course, associated with communism. Exactly. And they now are forming this alliance, this unholy, because eventually, if they ever, ever, God forbid, come to power anywhere, one of them is going to destroy the other, and we know who is going to win that battle. But in reality, they are right now kind of working together, hand in glove, in order to bring Western civilization to chaos and destruction. And on top of that, they think, The communists want to build their communist utopia, and the Islamists want to build their Islamist Sharia law all across Europe and the United States. But in reality, and what I call this omnicore, some of those people who are environmentalists and green and all that, they're now supporting so-called free Palestine. But in reality... you know, this omni-cause. Whatever cause is going on, whatever is happening, they're going to join it in order to see the destruction of Western civilization.

50:15 Their number one target in the Middle East, though, is Israel. Psalm 83 points out, right? I mean, you're going to have this red-green alliance, and that's been their mantra for thousands of years. Ancient hatred, they call it. So here they are. You talk about useful idiots. The greens are going to utilize the reds, as Psalm 83 points out, I believe, you know, to come down and attack Israel. And then after Israel, then, of course, America. But they're already licking their chops in America. They've already invaded the country, right? They have. They have, absolutely. Look what happened in England. Eleven of the 13 big cities now have Islamist mayors, including London, of course. And the change in London, and I've been going there every year since 77, and I have a family there. But the change, 35 of the population of London now, 35% are Muslims. And the mayor, Sadiq Khan, is creating this vacuum. And now they, I mean, look, St.

51:18 Paul's Cathedral, the Anglican Church, the Church of England, now is turning into a nightclub. I mean, and then this woman who's the Archbishop of Canterbury. And unfortunately, I say, this is the church I was ordained in 52 years ago. Not anymore, but she gave the award to this most militant Islamist. And there are pictures all over the world. And then she woke up and realized that this guy is really supporting terrorism. So she withdrew the thing. But it's too late. That's right. And this is the trouble we're facing in the United Kingdom, in Europe, and now in the United States. And as I said, that's why I wrote that book. the unholy alliance, that if you give them room, they eventually will destroy each other. But let's be aware of that, but particularly voting.

52:12 My goodness, it breaks my heart how many percentage of Christians stay home and never vote. Well, only 50% of Christians will bother to register to vote, and of that 50, according to polling in Barna... is that only 50% of them will actually go out to vote. Yeah, and yet you have 85% of the Muslims in America register to vote. Well, that's why 82,000 can control Minneapolis, right? That's exactly right. And not only Minneapolis, I mean the entire state. They've been able to now control the entire state. That is amazing to me. Michigan is not far behind. New Jersey is not far behind.

52:55 And they know exactly how and strategically they place their foot soldiers and they put them into position of power, whether it be mayor or city council or school board. And now, of course, we have three running for Congress and Senate who are known Islamists and they make no apologies for it. So how does this tie in? And I want people to understand this because you do clearly, you see it, the DSA and how you talk about useful idiots, how the DSA is being used by the Greens. Yeah. And by the Islamists, you see, this is what happens.

53:36 It doesn't matter. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. And that is really the motto. They will do whatever. And there's something in the jurisprudence, in Islamist jurisprudence called taqiyya, which is a virtue to lie. And I've written about this 45 years ago. But do you think anybody would listen? No. And I'm sorry to say, that unless now, maybe even too late, but I still think there's hope if God's people rise up and take the responsibility seriously. They don't stay home during election time. I grew up where dictatorship, and it was a referendum on the dictator, and there's always 99.9%. That's right. I mean, that's, but Here, I consider it a great privilege to be able to go and vote for the candidate of my choice. And how can you squander that incredible privilege? It's just beyond me.

54:35 And so I'm appealing through your audience that please raise the alarm, knock on doors, do whatever it takes, talk to your friends, talk to your neighbors. Say this is a very important time and we must not squander it. Well, as we wrap up, The final takeaway of your book, An Unholy Alliance, How Progressivism Brought About an Islamist Invasion. What say you, Dr. Michael Youssef, as we wrap things up? Well, I just say that, look, we've seen this picture before. And in the long run, we also have read the last chapter. We know we win. And I'm not afraid. I'm not frightened. I'm not worried. I do worry about what my grandchildren will face. But I know I'm going to heaven. But the question is, do you love your children, your grandchildren enough to stand up and be counted?

55:31 Yeah. That's the bottom line. It demands activation. You can no longer be passive. You have to engage that which is ungodly, do you not? Ezekiel said, I'm a watchman on the wall. That's how I feel. that if the watchman on the wall see danger coming and says nothing, then when there is a disaster, the blood of those people in your hand, the hand of the watchman on the wall. But if you see danger coming and then you warn the people and then they don't take notice of it, their blood is on their own hands. And so at least as one person, and I know you joined with me in this, that we need to be watchmen on the wall sounding the alarm, saying danger is coming. Wake up before it's too late.

56:23 Dr. Michael Youssef, thank you for being a watchman. And I join you in that. He's the founder and president of Leading the Way. How can people follow. You, Dr. Youssef? Well, LTW.org is a Leading the Way website. And of course, we're on a lot of radio and television stations. But, you know, I honestly, I'm not looking for followers to follow me. I want followers to follow Jesus. Amen. So anybody who contacts us, we're going to direct them to Jesus. That's the burden of my heart. I'm too old to worry about all the stuff that I used to worry about when I was younger. It's all gone. I'm only about one thing, and that is the audience of one. When I see him, hopefully soon, and hear from his lips, well done, good and faithful servant, that's all I live for.

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58:37 They need us talking. Yes, exactly. Well, let's talk about diesel prices. Hitting American farmers, truckers, businesses very hard these days, right? Of course, and we're seeing it particularly impacting ag communities right now. It's been a top political concern. I think particularly because we have some of these Senate races in states like Iowa right now, where it's jumped to the political forefront. We've had President Trump floating a couple of actions around this space, including the possibility of banning diesel exports, where the United States is currently the world's leading export. of diesel fuel. We export about 1.3 million barrels per day. So it'd be a significant impact on the American energy industry and something the White House is mulling right now.

59:21 Well, like anything, you consider all options, but you have to look at the risk reward, don't you? Absolutely. And I think here, And look, the president, he likes to float ideas and get feedback. He's talking to various different people, both within his cabinet and outside the administration. But this is what I think would be a particularly damaging mistake to make. I agree here with our Energy Secretary, as well as the Treasury Secretary, Scott Besson, and Doug Burgum as well here, who are warning Trump not to move forward with doing this. I think realistically, what would happen is if you ban diesel exports. We'll have a very short-term reduction in prices, but quickly what will happen is we don't have storage for excess oil. We're at full tilt here. It's not a domestic supply problem. It's a global issue. We'll very quickly see as U.S. production have to shut down, gear down, which would not only impact and increase prices on diesel, but other fuels as well, including jet fuel and normal gas prices as we reduce our refining capacity. and actually lower supply domestically. That would raise prices. And I think even politically, that timeline would be raising gas prices, raising diesel prices before the election.

1:00:37 I think there's a little bit of a political panic here, but I think this solution would be particularly damaging. Raise gas prices. I don't think it's right, too, where we have people frustrated who are already paying $ 4. 50 per gallon to be asked to pay more. I think they'll be angrier if they're paying more. $ 4. 75 a month from now, right before the election. And they're paying higher prices because of something done, kind of a special interest to help the farming community. Of course, everyone wants to see diesel prices come down. I think ultimately, we're going to continue to see the Trump administration opening up the Strait of Hormuz, making progress with Iran. I think that's the way out of this. And we've seen the Trump administration take key actions like the Jones Act waiver. We should have the House and Congress back making that permanent, making that policy permanent.

1:01:24 And of course, continuing to roll back all of these environmental regulations, their wasteful green far left policy. They're adding to the price of gasoline right now. These are administrative actions they could be taking. But again, the diesel export ban, I think, is a dangerous kind of Jimmy Carter era idea that we need to be avoiding. Right. Don't you feel a little bit, at least I do, that this is kind of bait that the Democrats are throwing out there to see if, you know, what Republicans going to hit it? I don't think, you know, Trump kind of sees this. He has a broader view of things and sees the play here. And he'll go along just to mess with them and maybe just go in and, you know, he's like he's grabbing the fishing line and just tugging at to make them think like they've got somebody.

1:02:09 But I think he knows he knows better because, you know, the the implications, the consequences would be debilitating and would not be in the best interest, especially this close to the election. That's exactly right. And I think, again, the president likes to float ideas, get feedback. I think what we're seeing here out publicly, very notably, pretty much everyone involved in energy policy in the administration, his cabinet secretaries, are all publicly against this. So I think you have a little bit of the people who do policy and the trusted advisors to the president. And the president, on the other hand, dealing with some of the political team and concerns about the Senate race is But we can't have a medicine that's worse than the current.

1:02:54 Disease for us. Well, yeah, exactly. Like Trump said in the era of COVID, don't make the solution worse than. The disease itself. Of course, we realize that. Little did we know how prophetic he was when he made that statement. But, you know, Mike, looking back historically with export bans, has America fared well with export bans? No, and I alluded earlier, this is kind of tried and failed Jimmy Carter era policy. Of course, even more recently, we had Joe Biden floating export bans on both crude oil and our natural gas, of which the Trump administration came in and rightfully did a 180 on, where you had all these great trade deals being announced to the president requiring other countries to be purchasing our oil and our natural gas to purposely boost American exports. which is what we want to be doing because this has been an across the administration argument about we're increasing our domestic manufacturing supply, our production on oil and natural gas, which brings prices down lower as we have American energy dominance and independence, both of which would be undermined if we start limiting our exports. It's just a price signal to domestic production to produce less. They're already producing at full tilt right now. The only answer would be shutting down domestic production leading to higher prices. And I think even, again, for this specific concern in the agricultural community, in the community, we actually.

1:04:23 Had the U.S. Department of Agriculture, their chief economist, warn that this would negatively impact the ag community because it would, in the very near term, lead to higher prices in diesel, which is, of course, going to impact these farmers. Of course, we want to be providing relief, but this is not the answer. And conservatives have always known this. Republicans have always known this. Well, I may be misremembering history, but when I think of an export ban as well, another part is what happened with Japan just prior to their attack on Pearl Harbor. There was an export ban that came into play, right? And look what happened. It brought us into a war. Yeah, and it made the Japanese desperate.

1:05:03 Yeah. Right? And it's directly a huge part in beginning World War II and Pearl Harbor. Mm-hmm. And again, I think that's key now, even more so now where we have a very global market for oil. And we've seen what American production has been able to do in the areas of natural gas, which I think is the most remarkable. It's hard to focus on good news when gas prices are high, but natural gas prices have come down during the Afghan war, which is amazing. It's a testament to American energy production. We don't want to do anything that's going to undermine that. And again, the benefit we have from from our energy abundance and from our from our independence, not on the Middle East.

1:05:47 We don't want to don't kill the golden goose here. I think even some of these political folks are not in the policy shop. Trump should listen to his cabinet, listen to his chief advisors. I think he's going to come down the right spot on this at the end of the day. I think it's particularly some bad polling in Iowa. We shouldn't panic at one poll. And then we shouldn't be pulling kind of these type of levers, which are only going to worsen the situation. You see, to me, when you rule by pollings, it impacts leadership. Leadership takes you from where you are to where you need to go. And Trump is great at that. The challenge that Trump has is he has a very activist media, a politicized media that that takes every bit of advantage to carry the water for the Democratic Party, and especially now in these ensuing months heading into the midterms, right?

1:06:45 Yeah, and I think if you look at where this idea came from first, it was first floated by John Thune, the Senate leader, last Tuesday. It was the first time it broke into the news. So I think he's hearing from some of the Senate campaigns on the trail, I think reacting too quickly, too harshly to some. Bad poll numbers. And I think Trump is trying to, you know, he's hearing all voices in the party. But he has been, I think, the most pro-energy president we've had. Right. Exactly. We've got to go to a quick break. Let's pick it up on the other side. More from Mike Pallitz after this. Everything is expensive right now. Gas, food, you name it. You're spending more, you are making the same or less money.

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1:12:12 Yeah, and I think that this is a good example of where we don't want to be panicking, we don't want to be overreacting. We shouldn't throw out what's been conservative energy policy for 40 years and just completely undermine it and do what the Biden administration would have done. The exact policies they pursued was to limit exports, to limit American energy production. I think the hypocrisy of Democrats is on full display right now. It's always been the party saying this is what we have to do to save humanity, to lower global carbon emissions. We need a carbon tax to purposely raise gas prices. And so we should stay fully away from that. We're team energy abundance and energy dominance. Keep increasing American production. That's the more way to get supply on the lower gas prices. I think Trump will land in the right spot of this.

1:13:03 He's got a great team around him. Again, his pretty much full cabinet team is urging him. Not to do this. I think what we need is more policy that they have been pursuing. These Jones Act waivers, the long history that any president's done thanks to President Trump, great policy that Congress should get back in here that lets oil move port-to-port easier and lower gas prices. It's been hugely effective while it's. Been in place. You know, we live by free markets. We should die by free markets, in my humble opinion. I mean, this is what truly has made America great, is that when the government comes in and starts manipulating things and thinks they know better, I mean, they mess up time and time again. You'd think they'd learn their lesson, but they just can't help themselves because... They look at particularly on the left. They look at everything through a political lens.

1:13:49 What's the political advantage? Forget about, you know, which is really it's more of a transactional political advantage. It's not anything long term. It is something that time and again, when these decisions are made based on a political advantage or they're transactional in nature. You know, we end up a couple of years down the road regretting and say, what were we thinking? And then worse yet, it stays in place until you get somebody like Donald Trump who has the courage to say, what, are you guys nuts? What are you doing here? Can't you see that this is interfering with the free market flow, like you said? Perfect example of this is during the Biden administration, right? Because of the energy policy they pursued to purposely limit production, when we got closer to the election, the Biden administration, they started releasing our strategic petroleum reserves strictly for political reasons, lower gas prices, rather than reversing their policies, short-term get us through the election, depleted our stock. And now when we're in an actual war with Iran, we don't have those to rely on. I think the fault of the Biden administration, both for their energy policy and specifically the strategic petroleum reserves, Democrats deserve more blame for the current situation.

1:14:59 I would encourage President Trump, and they are doing this, to put more pressure on the Europeans to get more of their reserves on the market. to make up for the fact, look at what they've been doing to limit production in all of Europe. But again, here, we can't do more damage. The first rule should be no harm. I think Trump's going to come down the right spot. We're not going to pursue this. We're going to keep driving American energy production. Well, and to your point, I thought President Trump's address to the United Nations was brilliant. I mean, you talk about stature and you think, again, There's such a great contrast between the current president and the previous president, the current administration versus the previous administration. The Congress, again, the contrast difference, even though things are not working out exactly the way we'd hoped to, considering we have the majority in both houses. But regardless, I mean, here we get the big, beautiful bill. We've got lots of victories, you know, Trump has done a lot to really factor in the affordability issue by answering these problems, putting money in the pockets of American citizens. But, you know, the American citizens are being propagandized. They're being gaslit by the mainstream media.

1:16:19 And this is why Trump has had it with these people and saying, hey, look, you know what? I don't want you in the White House, regardless of what a judge says. You know, they got a temporary restraining order. I guess they're going to find some way to weasel themselves back in there. But, you know, be that as it may, you know, he's calling out the media to say, look, you need to be doing a service to the American people, and that is report on the facts, on the news, not a bunch of political commentary. And, Bill, that's so important because really, and again, what are elections about? It's about drawing a contrast with the vision for America. There is no policy Democrats are offering that are going to lower gas prices or lower energy prices.

1:17:00 This is what they've always had the intention of purposely doing. We have to be constantly reminding people of that, that Democrats are going to come in, they're going to push carbon taxes, they're going to push in subsidies for electric vehicles and wind and solar, and they're going to drive up gas prices, energy prices, home heating. That's what they actively campaign on. Right. So for the media to just sit back and not cover that as part of the story here, that part of the problem is Democrat policy over decades. Yeah. We need to be drawing that contrast. And again, showing that we're the pro-energy drill baby drill party. That's the issue here that we need. Yeah. And let's go after the engines of American industry, the billionaires, the people who have been successful. Let's go and go after them, dox them, make them look bad for working hard and participating in the free market system. And they've benefited from it. And, you know, without even, you know, everything's all one-sided. You know, they talk about the billionaires.

1:17:59 But they don't talk about their generosity, what they're doing in terms of how much money that they contribute, not only to their employees and the communities in other, you know, philanthropic activities. But, you know, all that set aside is just, oh, they have billions and I don't. And now all of a sudden, you know, because the Democrats are great. at creating the racial divide. You know, anything that looks like a racial divide, I mean, they've got that model down. And as soon as they can put it into that working system, you know, that's what they're doing right now. And of course, that's what socialists have done from time immemorial. So there's nothing new here. Yeah, right.

1:18:39 They want to divide you politically for race, class, and gender to distract you from what's actually happening in your life, from what policies are being put forward, whether those in or negatively impact your life. I think you take the example of Trump accounts. I can't think of any substantive argument Democrats have put forward why this is a bad idea. We're seeing record philanthropic giving, where you're seeing these millionaires and billionaires that Democrats detest so much making massive contributions to to millions of children's Trump accounts and entire area codes across the country. Right, exactly. There's been no argument about why a new savings account that lets you save and invest more of your own money, make you less dependent on the government for retirement in these philanthropic contributions to those accounts from wealthy individuals. There's no substantive critique to this or why this is bad for Americans. They just hate that it's called Trump accounts.

1:19:34 Right. And again, what are they offering to improve your life? I can't think of any policy. Well, the Trump administration... has put more money in your pocket by letting you keep more of your own money and tearing down government barriers. And this could end up being the solution to the Social Security debacle that we're in the middle of, that we're being told that it's going to be gone in another five or six years. It's going to go bankrupt. I mean, you've got so many Americans that have paid into it. That is their money. And the government has basically They've come in and robbed from the taxpayer that money, and now it's bankrupt. And they're just, oh, well, it's going to go bankrupt in about six years. Like, no big problem. Are you kidding me?

1:20:17 And Democrats view a crisis as an opportunity. Sure. Democrat plan on Social Security. They're going to hike payroll taxes, which is essentially a payroll tax, a tax increase on every American. They're going to put that burden on working families. to keep subsidizing larger checks out, they're gonna lower the retirement age and give more gracious benefits because they want you dependent on government. They want it so that you have to vote Democrat in order to have a secure retirement. Republicans, they wanna let you keep more of your own money. They want you less dependent on government for retirement. And again, that's what the Trump administration, they're not just talking about it, they've delivered it. They've done that with Trump accounts. They've done that with expanding health savings accounts. These are major policies that are improving your daily life that the media and Democrats don't want you to know about.

1:21:08 Well, the Democrats have created single-handedly a dependent class for one reason, to secure the vote. And here it is. How many Americans are dependent on these policies that the Democrats have instituted, Mike? We've got to wrap things up, so I'll let you summarize it and take us home. Go ahead. Yeah, I think what Democrats like to do is they like to talk about we're still at the turn of the century, where almost no one's in the stock market. You compare Europe versus the U.S., about 20% of people in Europe are in the stock market. It's over 62% now in the United States. That means it's changing how you vote, the news you consume. Every time we're creating a new savings account, I think we're converting to a Republican voter in this country.

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1:26:05 And here to tell us more about it is Dr. Andrea. Thank you so much for being with Dr. Andrea Chadwick. How are you? I'm doing great. Thank you so much for having me. Well, Dr. Chadwick is a pain medicine physician at the Academic Center Clinical and Translational physician scientist. And, you know, thank you for being here because fibromyalgia is one of those that we hear about, you know, we see ads, but I don't think we quite understand unless you happen to be affected by it, right? Absolutely. It's often misunderstood and overlooked. So exactly what is fibromyalgia?

1:26:47 So fibromyalgia is often misunderstood or overlooked because it has a lengthy diagnostic journey. And we'll talk a little bit about the symptoms in just a minute. With patients, they wait about 6.4 years from their first symptom-related complaint to receiving that official diagnosis. It's also important to point out that because symptoms associated with fibromyalgia might overlap with other conditions, and they're also not outwardly apparent in some individuals, These people can report challenges with navigating that diagnostic journey. And as you mentioned, fibromyalgia is more than just pain. It's a condition that affects your whole body and can cause many symptoms. Fibromyalgia is an example of a type of pain that comes from altered pain processing within the central nervous system. And we call that nociplastic pain. The characteristic core symptoms of fibromyalgia can include widespread chronic pain, non-restorative sleep and fatigue. It's also important to point out that fibromyalgia symptoms may fluctuate over time and that patients may report symptom intensity that changes. And it could be based on a variety of different factors such as stress, the environment or activity. And ultimately what this does, it can make it really difficult for patients with fibromyalgia to maintain consistent routines.

1:28:10 Well, and as you say, because fibromyalgia it's a bit of a rollercoaster ride. You know, the patient might think, okay, I got this. I'm doing okay. It's not so bad. And this is probably why it takes so long to really diagnose the issue because it can be somewhat ghost-like. Is that fair to say? Absolutely. Like I mentioned, you know, those symptoms can overlap with other conditions. Patients may not have any outwardly apparent symptoms or signs, and this really leads to them having a difficult time navigating that diagnostic journey, which can involve a lot of different physicians over time until they get that official diagnosis, which, as we mentioned, can take up to 6.4 years. Wow, that's crazy.

1:28:51 Dr. Chadwick, as you mentioned, for someone living with fibromyalgia, even the simplest tasks can be exhausting or feel impossible. For more than 15 years, people living with fibromyalgia have experienced limited treatment options. Now there's another option for those living with this pain, right? Yeah. I mean, so there's a, as you mentioned, there's a new agent that has come out, the first FDA approved treatment in over 15 years. It's really important to talk about this because over 10 million adults in the United States most of whom are women, are affected by fibromyalgia. And again, it's that chronic syndrome characterized mainly by widespread pain, non-restorative sleep, and fatigue. So the approval of Tenmya, which is spelled T-O-N-M-Y-A, really could mark a shift in fibromyalgia care for patients who are suffering with this. And again, it's the first FDA therapy for the treatment of fibromyalgia in adults in over 15 years, which is a really big breakthrough.

1:29:56 Now, how is this medication delivered? And is it so much different than what's been out there before? So Tenmaya is a prescription medication used in adults for the treatment of fibromyalgia. And it's not known if Tenmaya is safe and effective in children. Tenmaya is a non-opioid medication that's taken once a day at bedtime and its unique sublingual formulation, which means it's, sorry, can we start that question again? Yeah, go ahead. Go ahead. Start from the top. Okay. Hold on one second. Go ahead. I'll cut that out. I'll make a note to end it. All right. No worries. Okay. Thank you so much. Well, Tenmaya is a prescription medicine used in adults for the treatment of fibromyalgia, and it is not known if Tenmaya is safe and effective in children.

1:30:44 Tamiya is a non-opioid medication that is taken once a day at bedtime, and its unique sublingual formulation, which means it dissolves under the tongue, is designed for rapid absorption into the bloodstream. The sublingual formulation is designed to initially bypass first-pass liver metabolism, which reduces the conversion of cyclobenzaprine to norecyclobenzaprine, a metabolite that is linked to wake-promoting activity. Additionally, Tenmaya, as a sublingual cyclobenzaprine, is given at a low dose, which is 5.6 milligrams after two weeks at 2.8 milligrams for the treatment of fibromyalgia. Tenmaya is the only formulation of cyclobenzaprine that is FDA-approved for fibromyalgia, and Tenmaya demonstrated a significant improvement in widespread pain symptoms across two Phase III clinical trials. In these clinical studies of Tenmaia, the side effects were generally manageable. The most common ones that were reported in clinical trial, these clinical trials were mouth numbness, mouth discomfort, an abnormal taste in the mouth, feeling sleepy, fatigue, dry mouth, canker sores, as well as tingling in the mouth and mouth pain.

1:32:03 Well, we're talking with Dr. Andrew Chadwick, a professor of anesthesiology, pain and perioperative medicine at an academic center and a board-certified anesthesiologist and pain medicine physician. You know, Dr. Chadwick, I think anytime you can reduce pain, I mean, you know, this is almost miraculous for all that people have been dealing with, you know, traditionally, right? Absolutely. You know, chronic pain is very impactful. And having a new option for therapy is really a wonderful breakthrough for those who are suffering with the condition. Now, for patients who are dealing with fibromyalgia, just bring it all into perspective for our audience. And that is, you know, what they say to you repeatedly. I know we touched on the fact that, you know, it takes over six years for people to really understand what they're dealing with here. What are the patients telling you?

1:33:03 Well, the patients are really kind of describing the things we've talked about before, which is that they've struggled to get that diagnosis. They've waited an average of that 6.4 years from their first symptom-related complaint to a clinician to get that diagnosis. And as we mentioned, it's more than just pain. It affects their whole body, their whole life. It can cause many different symptoms. which include that chronic widespread pain, but also the non-restorative sleep and the fatigue, which oftentimes is just as impactful as the pain that they're dealing with. And so, you know, having that different option with Tenmaya is really, could mark that shift in fibromyalgia care for patients.

1:33:47 How can family members come alongside? Because, you know, having support, I mean, because like anything, we all have blind spots. Family members are the first to see those blind spots. And we want to be a helpful agent with our loved one who is experiencing this kind of frustrating lifestyle. I mean, no sleep, pain, exhaustion. I mean, just load it up here. I mean, before you know it, you're carrying quite the load, aren't you? You know, I think it's just so important. And as you point out, the impact of all of these different symptoms that can take a toll on a person as they're just trying to have, you know, live their best life.

1:34:30 And so having those family members as a support system is also very, very important in those patients along this journey. What would you tell someone with fibromyalgia who wants to talk to their doctors about these new treatment options? Well, I would tell someone with fibromyalgia that Tenmaya is approved for the treatment of fibromyalgia in adults and can be used as indicated as a first-line treatment. It's also important to know that any adult with fibromyalgia is eligible for Tenmaya, but there are exceptions for specific contraindications as noted in the label. People should talk with their doctor to determine whether Tenmaya may be an option for them.

1:35:11 And as always, patients should always inform their doctor of other medical conditions as well as other medicines that they are taking. Well, we've been talking with Dr. Andrea Chadwick. She is a double board certified anesthesiologist and pain medicine doctor and directs research focused on fibromyalgia and chronic centralized pain. Dr. Chadwick, thank you so much for being with us as we wrap things up. Tell everybody where they can go for more information. Well, for more information, people can visit Tenmaya.com and it's been an absolute pleasure to speak with you today. Thank you so much for your time. It's important to note that Tenmaya is not indicated for sleep, fatigue, or improvement in quality of life.

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1:40:29 We had the announcement yesterday of a $ 15 billion steel plant going into Iowa. How awesome is that? That's the biggest deal in Iowa in a long time. Can you imagine? I mean, again, Trump does these things, Bill. I got to imagine the Democrat leadership in the back room going, why didn't we think of that? Yeah. Yeah, you're exactly right. It's so far outside the box, and it's the kind of thing that only Trump could come up with and just muscle it through. I was thinking, wait a minute, Steele, that's supposed to be Pennsylvania. Why isn't that Josh Shapiro taking credit for that? Oh, wait, because the Democrat governor that a lot of people are looking at as their potential presidential candidate in a couple years, he was kind of slow off the mark, and all of a sudden Steele is going to Iowa because President Trump said, Let's put steel in Iowa. That's it's just it's another example of Trump outside the box thinking.

1:41:24 It's something to note here, Bill, just what you just said. And that is things are with Trump on Trump time with expediency. I mean, he's not going to wait until you're in a better mood. I mean, business moves at the speed of light and as it is necessary to move. And if you want to contemplate it and have meetings upon meetings to figure it out, you know, these superintelligent centers, they may not be in a city near you because somebody else is willing to pull the trigger and make it happen and look at all the jobs and what will happen to those communities as a result. And on top of that, I believe it's the Senate trying to secure the idea that these data centers will not be at the expense of of local entities. But great idea.

1:42:12 But who's blocking that now? The Democrats. Who's blocking that is Martin Heinrich, the Democrat from New Mexico. And why is he blocking it? We talked about this last week. This is a bill that went through the House, 417 to 3, Bill. Right. And as I said last week, it's still true. We don't get 417 people in the House to agree that the sun rises in the east. It just doesn't happen. So when you get 417 votes in the House, you got to look at that and say, wow, this is a good piece of legislation. It must be by definition. And the Senate had to come back another week. They've got to be in town because they've got to go through the procedural heavy lifting that it takes to pass a bill if there's a block to unanimous consent. The Senate can move very quickly if all 100 senators agree to move very quickly. they have what's called a unanimous consent request. And it's basically, I ask unanimous consent that we shove the rules in the corner and we just move this sucker really quickly. And they can do that if all 100 senators agree. If one senator disagrees, nope, you got to go through the rules and the rules are meant to slow things down in the Senate. Okay, so this week we will be voting in the Senate on the procedural motion to get started considering the Ratepayer Protection Act which is a piece of legislation sponsored by John Huston, the senator from Ohio, where there's a lot of new data centers going up and a lot of people want to put more data centers there. I don't

1:43:42 know why, frankly. You know, one county over from me in Northern Virginia is Loudoun County, where half the data centers in the country have been placed. Over the last 10 years, you go talk to people in Loudoun County, They're not unhappy about data centers. You know why? Because their electricity rates have gone down and their property taxes have gone down because the people who are building the data centers are now forking over lots and lots of money in tax revenue. Imagine that. Imagine that. So what you need is some good local politicians, some zoning officials who know how to cut the deals with the people who have the money who want to build the data centers. All right. Answer me this, because you've got experience there in Loudoun County. What's the noise level issue? I mean, the media has been bringing up this like, you know, some kind of red herring or something.

1:44:34 I don't know. It's bizarre. You know, I live in a house so I can have a basement so I can play my loudspeakers loud. I like to listen to Led Zeppelin. I'm old school. I like to listen to Led Zeppelin at concert levels, about 105 decibels. Yeah. Guess what? Outside my house, I had to check this out, but I wanted to make sure that I wasn't in violation of any noise ordinances where I live. Outside my house, when it's playing at 105 decibels inside my house, outside my house, 10 feet from the structure, 50 decibels. You can't hear it. Okay, that's what the data centers are in Loudoun County. If you're right next to them, and guess what? The TV crews in all these local news shots around the country, oh, the data centers are so loud.

1:45:20 They go put the microphone right next to the sucker. Sure, if you put it right next to it, it's going to sound loud. But if you're literally 100 feet away, quiet. Nobody in Loudoun County is complaining about data center noise. Trust me on this. Well, you know, only because we need to counter, you know, the deception that's being put out there by the mainstream media that just wants to find anything that they can complain about that Trump is doing that is going to advance and make America truly great again. Well, let's keep in mind one thing. We've got X, excuse me, the former Twitter. Elon Musk bought it. It's now called X. Their security team, a couple of weeks ago, I think maybe three weeks ago, announced that they had found, they had investigated, and they had found a Chinese operation, a Chinese influence operation against AI and data centers that had 200,000 accounts, fake accounts that were being run by Chinese AI. So that means somebody in China decides, here's a message that we want to propagate throughout the X sphere, throughout the X universe, the X environment. He sends a message and instantly there's 200,000 accounts that are replicating and passing on that message to all of their networks. What is China doing? China doesn't want the United States to build AI. China doesn't want the United States to build the data centers that will allow the AI explosion to take place. So those are two targets of Chinese intelligence services.

1:46:55 trying to sway public opinion in the United States against AI and against data centers. Let's keep in mind, this isn't just a race for technological advancement. This is an existential race. We have a new Cold War going on. And just like the race to the moon wasn't just about technological advance, there was another aspect to it nobody talked about. Because remember, when we got to the moon first, That was only after the Soviets were the first to put a satellite in space with Sputnik. That scared the bejesus out of everybody in Washington. You better believe it because it spoke to missile technology. It spoke to the ability to precisely move things through the heavens. Okay, we got to the moon first. Did the Russians ever go to the moon? No, they didn't go to the moon.

1:47:45 They just stopped because they knew they had been beaten and that was the end of that. I think similarly, when we get, and I don't know, I'm not an expert in AI, but I think when we get to the place where we are declared the winners and everybody knows we're the ones who won the AI race, I think we're going to see a similar kind of thing where China just says, okay, there's no sense in spending more money going down this rat hole. The Americans have beaten us, period. But we got to get there first. And we've got to seal up these barriers, Bill. that can make it as impossible as possible that China cannot steal our intelligence.

1:48:29 Oh, you're absolutely right. And whether we're talking about overt influence operations like X has announced or covert espionage, And believe it, the Chinese aren't just trying to steal secrets from the Pentagon and from the U.S. Government. The Chinese are trying to steal secrets from Google and from OpenAI and from Apple and from Amazon. And, you know, keep in mind, lots of people, myself included, I still think of Amazon as the place that I go to, you know, five times a week and order things that show up in a box a day or two later. That's not how Amazon makes its money anymore. That's how we all think of Amazon. Amazon makes its money by hosting web services. Amazon is one of the biggest of the high-tech companies. And believe me, the Chinese are burrowed deep inside Amazon's networks, trying to steal Amazon's most secret secrets.

1:49:27 Jeff Bezos is well aware of this. All these guys are well aware of this. And it is part of what is now the existential race to control the future. And it's a race that we simply cannot afford to lose to the Chinese. And they are our main competitor in this. Is there any indication whatsoever that the Democrats as a party can manage something this complex and moving this quick? Is there any indication in the past, in their past behavior, that they can do something like this? I see no reason to believe that that's the case. I'm not even sure that the senior leaders of the Democratic Party are aware of the stakes. This is one of those places where it wouldn't happen until after the election, but it might actually be nice to see the president host some of them at the White House and say, you know what, it's time for you guys to get a briefing. Let me set you up with some of the top minds that we have in the government that you haven't yet taken the time to meet.

1:50:30 Yeah, because you hear their responses, Bill. They're so sophomoric and emotional. I mean, it's so political. Clearly, you don't know what you're talking about. But yet, there are too many Americans out there that are following their lead like lemmings over the cliff. Yeah, well, you know, Abraham Lincoln once said, it's better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. Exactly. And that's what I think of a lot of times when I see these Democrats on the Sunday shows in particular being asked questions about AI. And all they have to say is, oh, we've got to slow things down. We need guardrails. You know, there's another thing going on here, too, and that is something we call regulatory capture. The idea of that we've got these four, I think there are four giant AI companies. There's OpenAI, and there's Anthropic that has Claude, and there's Google, and there's another one. And they have now, as of a couple weeks ago, they're telling Washington, hey, we need guardrails. And so the president and Speaker Johnson are meeting today with some of these high-tech CEOs to talk about what kind of guardrails the government ought to put on AI, if any. And keep in mind, I think what's going on here is these guys have now, they've reached the plateau, and they want to kick away the ladder.

1:51:57 You're going exactly where my thought is, exactly. That's it. They want to use government to kick away the ladder and make sure, since they've achieved market dominance in this area, they want to make sure that there's not a startup that's a couple years behind that's going to leapfrog them. Remember, there was a time when IBM was much bigger than Apple. Apple was just this little computer company that made this little computer that nobody except high-tech nerds really liked. Everybody else was buying an IBM clone. And then all of a sudden, in the space of a year, Apple leapfrogged IBM because attitudes changed. And all of a sudden, everybody wanted Apple's products. And then Apple introduced the iPhone and they said, guess what? We're not just a computer company. We're a company that brings technology into your hand and makes it easy for you to use.

1:52:51 And the people at Apple were left looking like the people at Kodak. You remember Kodak? Kodak used to be the biggest company in the world making film for cameras. And then came the digital camera. And Kodak said, digital camera? Nobody's going to stop buying film. Can you even buy a piece of stock in Kodak anymore? I don't know that they're even traded. Are they even alive? I don't know. Because the executives had a choice to make and they made the wrong choice. They stuck with the past, just like IBM stuck with the past and Apple leapfrogged them. Now we've got these open AI giants. They don't want to be leapfrogged. And so they want to use government to slow down the competition. I think President Trump, being a businessman, understands. In fact- Being a very competitive businessman who grew up in a very competitive market, New York real estate, commercial real estate in particular, he understands the use of government to stop your opponents from catching up on you in the marketplace. And I think he's on to them, and I think they're going to have a hard time convincing him in particular that they need guardrails from government to slow everybody else down.

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