No BS Newshour Episode #381
Labor Pains
(29:41) Ghost membership and discarded ballots. Will the corruption in the UAW leadership ever end?
(0:04) Detroit’s Wizard of Woodward. The dark political arts of Mayor Mike Duggan. (4:20)
(24:06) Obstruction of Justice- Michigan’s corrupt AG Dana Nessel thumbs her nose at the law and lands herself a subpoena compelling her to appear before the House Oversight Committee. Under oath. And bring the documents, madam.
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Transcript:
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Here’s Mike Duggan.
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Mr.
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Greer, welcome to Off the Record.
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Nice to see you.
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Let’s assume that you’re governor.
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So now Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan wants to be Michigan
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Governor Mike Duggan.
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And every time I see one of those softball interviews
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on TV or read a puff piece in a national newspaper,
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it reminds me of one of those old scratch and sniff
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photographs of a country farm.
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Smells like bullshit.
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Let me show you.
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Mayor, what is the biggest issue facing Michiganders
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right now?
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Our kids can’t read.
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I mean, the schools are just terrible.
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And the kids in Detroit can’t read the most.
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Ha! Gay! Duggan’s been mayor of Detroit for 12 years,
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and we’ve still got the worst urban school district
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in America.
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And now Duggan wants to be put in charge of every Michigan
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school kid.
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And look what’s happened in the last 12 years.
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We brought the factories back.
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We got the streetlights on.
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Actually, Detroit’s finances are a mess.
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I mean, even a blind man can see it.
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Mm.
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After blowing through a billion Biden bucks,
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Detroit’s revenues are now falling.
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Meanwhile,
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public safety contracts are coming due.
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And somebody stole $40 million for this park right
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under our noses.
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It’s so bad,
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the city’s considering a sales tax on suburbanites.
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The Census Bureau and I are now in agreement on the
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last two years of the council,
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and we gained about 5,000 two years ago,
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7,000 last year,
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and led the state of Michigan.
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That’s just because the census changed the way it counts.
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Well, duh.
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That means almost every metro area in America gained
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population,
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except Frisco.
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Or Frisco.
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Now take a look at downtown Detroit at night.
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It’s dark.
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Either these buildings are half empty or no one can
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afford their electricity bills.
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And this apartment building owner,
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he’s going bankrupt.
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Help me.
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We’re done with this conversation.
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Then there’s crime.
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Nobody’s asking Mike about crime ’cause Mike’s making
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up to crime numbers.
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It’s kind of a big deal now in DC.
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But Mike had 300 bodies go missing from the homicide
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count in the last 10 years.
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Are you gonna ask him that?
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You don’t need to ask him that.
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I already proved that.
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Wanna be my governor,
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Mike?
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Good luck.
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Live from downtown Detroit,
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it’s the New Bullshit News Hour with my main man,
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Charlie
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And Karen Duman.
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Assistant breaking this.
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Dub or bullshit.
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Dub or bullshit.
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I’m Grace Karos,
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and I’m third generation of American Coney Island.
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People say Detroit’s a comeback city.
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I say where you’ve been.
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We’ve been here for over 100 years.
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My family’s been here on the same corner,
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serving our famous proprietary American Coney Island
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hot dog.
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So like always,
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we’re keeping things fresh,
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updated, and new.
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We’d love to have you come downtown and visit us,
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but if you can’t,
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you can always go to americanconeyisland.com,
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order a Coney kit,
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get it delivered fresh right to your door.
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Is this the hole-in-one?
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It’s a hole-in-one,
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$50,000 if you hit it.
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Luke Nowacki,
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Financial Wealth Management.
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What is 50 grand after tags?
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37750.
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What about state tax?
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Yeah, that’s,
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I’m throwing both in there.
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What about sales tax?
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There’s no sales tax.
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Well, you’re buying the beer.
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It’s income.
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You’ll buy the beer.
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We write that off.
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Luke Nowacki,
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Financial Wealth Management.
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Expense allowance.
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Happy Labor Day,
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y’all.
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I want to welcome in Randall Pearson,
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former president of UAW Local 140,
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the oldest in America.
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First local in UAW.
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Yeah, and you used to be the president.
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I was.
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Till they ripped you off.
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Yeah, they stole it.
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Well, we’ll get to that.
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But let me tell you about
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The whole dark art of politics,
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which consists of dishonesty and distortion cooked
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up in a cauldron of naive headlines.
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Behold these headlines.
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Governing Magazine,
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Meet America’s Most Effective Mayor,
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Detroit’s Mike Duggan.
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Or this one from the New York Times,
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Downtown Detroit is back.
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Or this one from the Business Traveler,
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From Bankruptcy to Boomtown,
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Why Detroit is a Must Visit.
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Now, the establishment has milked everything it could
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out of our absentee sorority girl,
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
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Now it appears the money class is attempting,
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through its media minions,
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to set the table for eight years of machine boss Mike
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Duggan, the turncoat Democrat,
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now making a run for the governorship of Michigan
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as an independent.
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Incensed Democratic leaders tell me that they promised
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to beat Duggan’s political career to death with his
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own record as the bludgeon,
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and there’s plenty of wood in that bludgeon.
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Now things have improved since Duggan took office in
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2014, while an emergency manager,
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mind you,
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fixed the books and the lights and steered the city
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through its historic bankruptcy.
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How could things not improve in a city that had completely
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bottomed out?
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But look beyond the gossamer headlines and you’ll see
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the threadbare furniture in the parlor.
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Detroit’s population is growing,
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reversing A 75-year trend.
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Yes, Detroit grew up by about 6,000 people in 2024,
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but this is mostly due to an influx of illegal immigrants
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and the fact that the Census Bureau simply changed
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the way it calculates population.
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Now nearly 90%
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of all American metro areas recorded population gains
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under this new math,
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even troubled megalopolises like New York City and
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Los Angeles,
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both of which I used to live in.
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Love those places.
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And even with this new estimating methodology,
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Detroit has lost 43,000 residents since Duggan took
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office, a stunning 6%
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drop.
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Now the headline,
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downtown is back.
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You know what I say?
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The truth is there are less people living in downtown
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Detroit than downtown Cleveland.
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Just read the work of J.C.
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Rendell, the last honest reporter in town.
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Randall recently wrote in the Detroit Free Press that
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a number of new apartment developments in the city
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are in receivership due to a lack of jobs downtown
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and thus renters living downtown.
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Another headline,
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Detroit records lowest number of homicides in 60 years.
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Randall?
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Woo! Poppy champagne!
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Because one less life lost is always a good thing.
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And the number of homicides has indeed been steadily
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falling in Detroit as it has across the country.
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But Detroit,
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as I’ve reported here,
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has been cooking its homicide stats for years.
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Through the 1st 10 years of the Duggan administration,
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300 homicide victims simply disappeared through statistical
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alchemy and reclassification.
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That’s 10%.
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Even so, Detroit still has the 4th highest homicide
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rate in America,
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worse than Washington,
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D.C., and it remains a top five most violent city.
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So what about the neighborhoods?
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Detroit ranked the number
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One riverfront,
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is that right?
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Riverfront walk?
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The number one riverfront walk in America,
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number one.
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I don’t know how they bought that one.
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It was the New York Times invites you to visit the
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new Centennial Park,
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and I’m quoting here,
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a lush 22 acres
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along Detroit’s revitalized rest riverfront.
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But the problem is with that,
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New York Times never came here to look at it because
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the park today is still a muddy construction zone
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because someone embezzled $40 million right under
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the city’s nose.
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I could go on and on and on.
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And I will as election day grows closer when the Democrats
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start airing grainy black and white videos of Duggan’s
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biggest scandals.
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the worst public schools in the country,
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the city’s crumbling finances,
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the poison dirt and the federal grand jury,
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sweetheart deals and public dollars to his political
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contributors and current wife.
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Remember that one?
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Remember the booty call?
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Rich Republicans donate to the Wizard of Woodward because
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the Wiz has made them even wealthier.
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Little of this has made it into the news pages.
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Not yet.
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Man, this magic act is a thing to behold.
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Look at this here,
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man.
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Just tell you something,
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the garbage man,
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the garbage man downtown here,
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he’s amazing,
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this guy.
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He wants to run for mayor,
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but you know what he said?
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I’m going to take 8 years and do some studying on it.
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When’s the last time you ever heard that?
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I’m actually going to do some studying on it.
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You know, it’s not like I live in a McMansion up on
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38 Mile Road with a bunch of churches and just throwing
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bullshit around,
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right?
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Let me tell you what the garbage man knows,
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that you won’t get from the Downtown Development Project
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and the Detroit Economic Development Corporation.
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Here’s what the garbage man knows.
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Been working for a decade down here.
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if this population doubled,
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right?
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Like, wow,
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it’s wow,
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man, downtown is back,
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it’s back.
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Then how come the garbage hasn’t doubled?
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This is true worker man shit.
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This is Labor Day.
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A worker man knows.
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I mean, and you know about the state of Stellantis
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and everything else.
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Yes, indeed.
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But they never ask you,
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do they?
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Never.
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So like these are the finances,
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dude.
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This year,
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When it justified for inflation,
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the budget shrinks by $10 million in Detroit.
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The next year,
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it shrinks by another $50 million,
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and it doesn’t include inflation.
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So now we’re talking about $80,
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$85 million.
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poof, gone.
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The police want a contract,
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fire wants a contract.
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You know about contracts.
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No doubt.
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In the bankruptcy,
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they took a hit because they don’t get social security,
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only their pensions,
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right?
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That’s the way public safety works.
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Their cost of living adjustment for the last 10 years
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was 1% a year.
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Wow.
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Okay, you’re the president of the year.
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You know what that means,
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right?
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Yeah.
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Maybe the listener doesn’t.
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Here’s what that means.
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Over 10 years,
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you got a 10%
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increase
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on your pension.
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But over the last 10 years,
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inflation is 36 and a half percent.
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It ain’t adding up.
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Yeah, no, that’s a subtraction.
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You don’t add.
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You lost 25%.
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They did their level best to bring this city out of
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it.
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Now they want something.
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Are you going to give it to the working person,
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to the paramedic,
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to the cop that helped bring this homicide rate down
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to the
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Firefighters who now double as paramedics or EMTs,
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are you going to pay them?
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Because they want to get paid.
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And they should get paid.
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Yeah, so you know,
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my dude the garbage man,
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he’s looking at this going,
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shit.
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I go, yeah,
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shit.
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Okay, so what happens in fiscal year 27,
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all the Biden bucks stop flowing.
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So right now,
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all this shit,
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the pension emergency fund,
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all the shit was backed by $1 billion in Biden bucks.
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Like we would have been in the red already.
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You know what I’m saying?
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Yeah.
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And you’re supposed to have a balanced budget in Detroit
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for the 1st 10 years after bankruptcy.
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We did that.
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You know how we did that?
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Not because Mike’s magic,
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but because they never paid into their pensions.
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Did you know that?
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City didn’t pay into it.
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what paid into it?
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The donor class,
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the foundations,
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Kresge Foundation,
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Ford Foundation,
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and the state of Michigan,
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which means me and you and her and him and him.
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That’s what that means.
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So now that’s gone.
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It’s a good thing Biden sent a billion bucks because
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we stuffed a little aside,
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but it’s not enough.
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That’s why this dude is getting gone.
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And he ain’t doing it as a Democrat,
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not because he despised the Democrat.
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He would, if he could win,
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he’d keep it.
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That’s because Jocelyn Benson in Detroit is as popular
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as he is,
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but nobody asked the people.
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See this here?
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This is a different one,
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but it turns out there’s three of these things.
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This is a lawsuit brought by Doug,
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and he’s behind this,
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trying to hit me for libel
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and defamation.
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And this has to do with that demolition program where
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we got like 1/4 billion federal dollars and it turns
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out all the money went missing and they,
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we’re discussing prices with preferred contractors,
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which is bid rigging.
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That’s what they call it.
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And I wrote his guys,
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his minions,
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Duggan’s guys running this shit couldn’t manage a
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candy store.
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So now,
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They did this three fucking times,
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man.
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Now they want a retraction.
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You’re going to sue me.
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They wanted my job.
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They used to go to Fox 2.
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They’d pull up 3 suburbans deep trying to get me fired.
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When I was telling the truth,
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none of this shit ever worked.
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Right.
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I don’t know.
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Three times.
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Yeah.
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Three times.
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Jesus.
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This one was deadline Detroit.
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And then it was Fox 2.
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It was.
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This is unbelievable.
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Like.
405
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I think I might stop doing this show.
406
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I might stop doing journalism and start a super PAC.
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That’s where the money is.
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Right, where it’s like Mike Duggan and it’s just me,
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the reporter,
410
00:14:14,300 –> 00:14:17,180
doing 30 second pits during the news because the news
411
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won’t do it.
412
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Going, did you know about the booty call and then that?
413
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Did you know he hooked up his girlfriend?
414
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He said, it’s a wonderful infant mortality program.
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It’s the best in the country.
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And then when you look the data up,
417
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It got worse.
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It got worse when you started following the money to
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your girlfriend.
420
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I mean, your wife.
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Man, fuck out of here.
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Wonderful.
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00:14:40,140 –> 00:14:41,940
That guy won a national,
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international award.
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The golden lockbox from the Association of Investigative
426
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Reporters and Editors for the most opaque,
427
00:14:50,700 –> 00:14:54,780
secretive government in the United States,
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the world,
429
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whatever it was.
430
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Wow.
431
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then he’ll love being governor because it’s a secretive
432
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up there too.
433
00:15:02,380 –> 00:15:03,820
Oh, no, we’re not doing this.
434
00:15:04,140 –> 00:15:05,500
We’re not doing this.
435
00:15:06,860 –> 00:15:07,900
We’re not doing this.
436
00:15:07,980 –> 00:15:08,780
Where’s Whitmer?
437
00:15:09,460 –> 00:15:09,980
Yeah, exactly.
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Off to Japan with like 18 people.
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Dude, and find,
440
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you know,
441
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I’m reading,
442
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I’m reading the Dying Detroit News.
443
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And they’re saying all the money she gave to the companies,
444
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we give it to Ford,
445
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GM, the Chinese battery plant,
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the Korean battery plant,
447
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but it hasn’t produced any jobs.
448
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Well, wait a minute.
449
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During the last election cycle,
450
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like, you know,
451
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they were just smarmy,
452
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wise-ass political writers going,
453
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Trump went to Lansing and said electric vehicles are
454
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ridiculous that we have to get rid of them,
455
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and we should,
456
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right?
457
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UAW guy?
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Fuck them electric vehicles.
459
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They don’t sell for what?
460
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Hey, look,
461
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I’m a gasoline Hemi guy.
462
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You know, they don’t sell.
463
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You can’t just force that down our throat.
464
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And they’re too expensive.
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Too expensive.
466
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And the government was back in that.
467
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And so if they’re expensive and the government’s giving
468
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you a discount,
469
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you’re giving a discount to rich people.
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Yeah.
471
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It’s backwards.
472
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Yeah, I don’t understand,
473
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but.
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Where you live?
475
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What city living?
476
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I’m in Detroit.
477
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When it rains,
478
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does the power go out?
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Most definitely.
480
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And it rains a lot in Michigan.
481
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So when it’s raining and it’s emerged,
482
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we got to get out of here.
483
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We can’t get out of here because the cars are not charged.
484
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We should be making hybrids,
485
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man.
486
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In the wintertime,
487
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too.
488
00:16:29,660 –> 00:16:33,540
You know what they say about the EVs in the wintertime.
489
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What?
490
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They don’t charge right.
491
00:16:35,460 –> 00:16:36,700
They don’t hold their charge.
492
00:16:36,700 –> 00:16:39,100
Oh, I remember that from the cold snap last year.
493
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They were blowing up.
494
00:16:40,540 –> 00:16:40,940
Yeah,
495
00:16:41,500 –> 00:16:44,460
But Warren Truck is making a hybrid that’s supposed
496
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to go, it’s a long extended range hybrid that’s supposed
497
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to go 750 miles on one charge.
498
00:16:51,540 –> 00:16:52,500
So Wagoneer.
499
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Hey, they making shit at Warren Truck,
500
00:16:54,100 –> 00:16:55,940
didn’t they lay off 2000 people?
501
00:16:56,140 –> 00:16:56,620
Yeah, they did.
502
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That’s all we have is the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer.
503
00:17:00,220 –> 00:17:00,860
Is it electric?
504
00:17:01,340 –> 00:17:02,060
It’s hybrid.
505
00:17:02,220 –> 00:17:02,580
Oh, it is.
506
00:17:02,580 –> 00:17:03,580
The brand is hot.
507
00:17:03,580 –> 00:17:04,620
The one that we’re coming out,
508
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the extended is hybrid.
509
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You want to promote that?
510
00:17:07,580 –> 00:17:08,580
You believe in this product?
511
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I believe in it because it’s creating jobs and keeping
512
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us working at work.
513
00:17:12,620 –> 00:17:13,660
What would it work?
514
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Yeah.
515
00:17:14,380 –> 00:17:16,780
So it does 750 miles on a charge.
516
00:17:16,940 –> 00:17:17,220
Yeah.
517
00:17:17,260 –> 00:17:18,900
But you can drive gas and not worry.
518
00:17:18,900 –> 00:17:20,660
Gas and the gasoline,
519
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you charge the battery.
520
00:17:22,460 –> 00:17:24,060
So you don’t have to plug it up.
521
00:17:24,220 –> 00:17:24,940
Oh, you don’t?
522
00:17:24,940 –> 00:17:25,100
Yeah.
523
00:17:25,740 –> 00:17:26,540
Oh, is that how they work?
524
00:17:26,860 –> 00:17:27,900
Traditional hybrids.
525
00:17:27,900 –> 00:17:28,780
Yeah, I used to have one.
526
00:17:28,780 –> 00:17:29,260
I loved it.
527
00:17:30,620 –> 00:17:33,420
That’s a great question.
528
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Yeah.
529
00:17:35,420 –> 00:17:38,380
I mean, what do they put in there to make,
530
00:17:38,380 –> 00:17:38,940
is it, what is it,
531
00:17:39,020 –> 00:17:39,740
platinum?
532
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Palladium?
533
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The battery?
534
00:17:42,220 –> 00:17:42,340
Yeah.
535
00:17:43,340 –> 00:17:45,580
I’m trying to think of investment opportunities here.
536
00:17:45,900 –> 00:17:47,420
Everything’s so overvalued,
537
00:17:47,420 –> 00:17:48,060
man, you know.
538
00:17:49,580 –> 00:17:50,380
Right, If it was silver,
539
00:17:50,380 –> 00:17:51,900
we’d just buy the shit out of silver.
540
00:17:52,540 –> 00:17:53,020
Okay, yeah,
541
00:17:53,020 –> 00:17:54,140
but I mean,
542
00:17:56,540 –> 00:17:57,660
I just stick with it,
543
00:17:57,660 –> 00:17:58,140
folks.
544
00:17:58,140 –> 00:17:59,980
Don’t be, don’t be hustled here.
545
00:18:00,060 –> 00:18:01,100
And then you can decide.
546
00:18:01,580 –> 00:18:03,660
This guy’s the best of all options.
547
00:18:04,060 –> 00:18:04,460
Both of them.
548
00:18:04,460 –> 00:18:07,020
I don’t, we were talking about whoever you vote for,
549
00:18:07,020 –> 00:18:08,660
like I respect the shit out of it.
550
00:18:09,500 –> 00:18:11,940
You know, as long as we’re being respectful about how
551
00:18:11,940 –> 00:18:13,020
we’re discussing stuff.
552
00:18:13,100 –> 00:18:13,420
Yeah.
553
00:18:13,740 –> 00:18:15,580
You know, you have a right to vote for who you want
554
00:18:15,820 –> 00:18:16,380
to vote for.
555
00:18:16,380 –> 00:18:17,260
It’s a democracy.
556
00:18:17,260 –> 00:18:17,540
Yeah.
557
00:18:17,820 –> 00:18:18,780
So even if,
558
00:18:18,780 –> 00:18:19,180
you know,
559
00:18:19,180 –> 00:18:20,860
like you’re not fully aware what’s going on,
560
00:18:20,940 –> 00:18:22,420
they didn’t write that down.
561
00:18:22,620 –> 00:18:22,780
Right.
562
00:18:22,780 –> 00:18:24,340
There’s no IQ test to vote.
563
00:18:25,980 –> 00:18:26,260
All right,
564
00:18:27,980 –> 00:18:28,700
let me see here.
565
00:18:28,700 –> 00:18:31,620
Oh, wait, before we do this,
566
00:18:31,620 –> 00:18:32,460
I just got to do,
567
00:18:32,460 –> 00:18:33,300
I just real quick,
568
00:18:33,300 –> 00:18:36,300
this Kilmar Obrega Garcia,
569
00:18:36,780 –> 00:18:37,740
the Maryland dad,
570
00:18:38,220 –> 00:18:39,420
who’s an MS-13 guy,
571
00:18:39,420 –> 00:18:40,540
and we shipped him,
572
00:18:40,900 –> 00:18:42,940
yeah, we shipped him to El Salvo.
573
00:18:42,940 –> 00:18:43,740
We brought him back.
574
00:18:43,740 –> 00:18:45,100
They took him back to Tennessee.
575
00:18:45,340 –> 00:18:47,100
They want to try him for human smuggling,
576
00:18:47,420 –> 00:18:47,740
right?
577
00:18:48,220 –> 00:18:49,660
The judge lets him go.
578
00:18:49,660 –> 00:18:50,780
He didn’t plead guilty.
579
00:18:51,020 –> 00:18:52,100
So ICE picks him up,
580
00:18:52,420 –> 00:18:52,820
and they’re like,
581
00:18:52,820 –> 00:18:53,740
you’re going to Uganda.
582
00:18:54,940 –> 00:18:57,180
Supreme Court ruled he can go to Uganda,
583
00:18:57,740 –> 00:18:58,060
right?
584
00:18:58,460 –> 00:19:01,420
But now we have an appeal.
585
00:19:01,420 –> 00:19:03,260
The guy’s been ordered to port it twice,
586
00:19:03,260 –> 00:19:03,700
etc., blah,
587
00:19:03,700 –> 00:19:03,980
blah, blah.
588
00:19:04,140 –> 00:19:04,780
We have an appeal.
589
00:19:05,820 –> 00:19:08,620
And correct me if I’m wrong,
590
00:19:08,620 –> 00:19:12,220
Mark, the foundations of his appeal are one,
591
00:19:12,700 –> 00:19:15,580
the United States government is trying to coerce me
592
00:19:16,140 –> 00:19:18,500
by sending me to Uganda to plead guilty in the human
593
00:19:18,500 –> 00:19:20,780
trafficking case so I can be deported.
594
00:19:20,860 –> 00:19:22,380
Yeah, if he’s pled guilty,
595
00:19:22,380 –> 00:19:24,900
the deal is then after you serve your term,
596
00:19:24,900 –> 00:19:25,500
you’re deported to,
597
00:19:25,500 –> 00:19:26,460
I think, Costa Rica.
598
00:19:27,420 –> 00:19:28,620
Deport me to Costa Rica,
599
00:19:28,620 –> 00:19:28,740
dude.
600
00:19:29,420 –> 00:19:32,140
I know people that pay fucking 10s of thousands of
601
00:19:32,140 –> 00:19:33,020
dollars to go down there,
602
00:19:33,060 –> 00:19:33,180
man.
603
00:19:33,260 –> 00:19:35,180
Send me to Costa Rica.
604
00:19:36,380 –> 00:19:37,420
You didn’t want to go to,
605
00:19:37,420 –> 00:19:38,220
yeah, I don’t want to go to,
606
00:19:38,220 –> 00:19:39,100
I don’t want to go to Cannes,
607
00:19:39,100 –> 00:19:40,420
you know what I mean?
608
00:19:40,420 –> 00:19:42,060
I don’t want to go to the Amalfi Coast,
609
00:19:42,060 –> 00:19:43,340
no, never mind that.
610
00:19:44,860 –> 00:19:45,820
Another reason
611
00:19:46,860 –> 00:19:47,500
And remember,
612
00:19:47,500 –> 00:19:49,580
the Supreme Court ruled this is proper.
613
00:19:50,140 –> 00:19:51,100
Another reason he says,
614
00:19:51,100 –> 00:19:52,220
I don’t know anybody in Uganda.
615
00:19:52,220 –> 00:19:53,580
I could be a target in Uganda,
616
00:19:53,580 –> 00:19:53,860
right?
617
00:19:53,980 –> 00:19:56,060
I don’t have any legal status in Uganda.
618
00:19:56,380 –> 00:19:58,620
And worse still,
619
00:19:59,660 –> 00:20:01,420
I couldn’t speak the language in Uganda.
620
00:20:01,420 –> 00:20:01,500
Wow.
621
00:20:02,060 –> 00:20:05,820
The official language of Uganda is English.
622
00:20:07,260 –> 00:20:08,460
I can’t speak the language.
623
00:20:08,460 –> 00:20:10,300
The dude’s been here for 14 years.
624
00:20:10,300 –> 00:20:11,220
You can’t speak English?
625
00:20:13,660 –> 00:20:14,700
You’re all tatted up.
626
00:20:14,700 –> 00:20:17,060
You’re driving people across the country and you can’t
627
00:20:17,060 –> 00:20:17,620
speak English.
628
00:20:18,140 –> 00:20:20,700
This is the quality of dude that we wanted in here.
629
00:20:21,100 –> 00:20:22,220
You know, we all do it.
630
00:20:22,540 –> 00:20:23,420
Love immigrants.
631
00:20:23,420 –> 00:20:25,140
They keep the country strong,
632
00:20:25,140 –> 00:20:26,140
infuse new blood,
633
00:20:26,300 –> 00:20:26,620
right?
634
00:20:26,860 –> 00:20:27,180
Yeah.
635
00:20:27,740 –> 00:20:29,340
But I don’t think it’s the kind of dude.
636
00:20:31,100 –> 00:20:31,580
Thoughts.
637
00:20:31,580 –> 00:20:34,620
Hey, to each his own,
638
00:20:34,620 –> 00:20:35,020
man.
639
00:20:35,580 –> 00:20:38,060
No, not to each his own.
640
00:20:39,500 –> 00:20:40,380
This is our country.
641
00:20:40,460 –> 00:20:43,260
I’m talking about far as the thoughts and feelings
642
00:20:43,260 –> 00:20:45,100
on how you feel about the situation.
643
00:20:45,420 –> 00:20:48,260
I don’t know enough about this guy to speak on him,
644
00:20:48,620 –> 00:20:49,100
you know.
645
00:20:49,340 –> 00:20:51,100
Okay, so a due with a criminal record,
646
00:20:52,540 –> 00:20:53,980
known gang affiliation.
647
00:20:58,452 –> 00:21:01,212
Been here 14 years and been ordered to be deported
648
00:21:01,692 –> 00:21:02,092
twice.
649
00:21:02,092 –> 00:21:03,532
Final deportation order.
650
00:21:04,172 –> 00:21:07,292
If he’s causing havoc here and he’s here legally,
651
00:21:07,412 –> 00:21:09,292
then you adjust accordingly.
652
00:21:09,292 –> 00:21:09,612
I don’t know.
653
00:21:09,852 –> 00:21:10,412
Mark, go ahead.
654
00:21:10,412 –> 00:21:10,892
I know you.
655
00:21:11,452 –> 00:21:11,692
You’re.
656
00:21:12,132 –> 00:21:13,012
Which part?
657
00:21:13,012 –> 00:21:13,452
I don’t know.
658
00:21:13,852 –> 00:21:16,092
I think sending him to Ghana is kind of a dick move.
659
00:21:16,732 –> 00:21:17,532
Uganda.
660
00:21:17,772 –> 00:21:18,572
Come on.
661
00:21:18,572 –> 00:21:19,612
What did I say?
662
00:21:20,012 –> 00:21:20,412
Ghana.
663
00:21:20,572 –> 00:21:21,212
Oh, I thought I said.
664
00:21:21,212 –> 00:21:22,812
Turn him out and point out Uganda for me.
665
00:21:23,372 –> 00:21:24,572
No, lower,
666
00:21:25,452 –> 00:21:27,612
higher, right in there.
667
00:21:28,652 –> 00:21:33,812
Yeah, it’s our high-tech LED GPS map.
668
00:21:33,852 –> 00:21:34,332
Oh, okay.
669
00:21:34,772 –> 00:21:36,052
I mean, map on the dash.
670
00:21:36,212 –> 00:21:39,052
He should have just had the original deportation hearing
671
00:21:39,052 –> 00:21:40,892
and he would have been back in El Salvador and it
672
00:21:40,892 –> 00:21:41,532
would have been done,
673
00:21:42,252 –> 00:21:42,732
you know.
674
00:21:43,452 –> 00:21:46,412
So he’s become a pawn for both sides and maybe I’m
675
00:21:46,412 –> 00:21:47,452
too nuanced because that,
676
00:21:47,452 –> 00:21:47,692
you know,
677
00:21:47,692 –> 00:21:50,252
one side is the worst person ever.
678
00:21:50,652 –> 00:21:52,172
He’s a wife beater,
679
00:21:52,252 –> 00:21:53,212
gang member.
680
00:21:53,452 –> 00:21:55,452
Then you have the other side that’s he’s just a dad.
681
00:21:55,452 –> 00:21:57,852
And I think the truth falls somewhere in the middle.
682
00:21:57,852 –> 00:22:00,052
So let’s hear out the due process.
683
00:22:00,212 –> 00:22:01,692
All that’s true.
684
00:22:02,172 –> 00:22:05,212
Two judges found the likelihood you’re MS-13.
685
00:22:06,092 –> 00:22:07,292
You’ve been ordered deported.
686
00:22:07,372 –> 00:22:08,492
You’re also a dad.
687
00:22:09,212 –> 00:22:10,492
Yeah, and it can all be true.
688
00:22:10,652 –> 00:22:11,332
It is all true.
689
00:22:11,332 –> 00:22:13,292
But I hate that it’s a political pawn now.
690
00:22:13,892 –> 00:22:16,652
are we going to be able to get bad people out of here
691
00:22:16,652 –> 00:22:17,132
or not?
692
00:22:17,372 –> 00:22:18,572
Yeah, we are.
693
00:22:18,652 –> 00:22:20,412
We’re going to do this every freaking time.
694
00:22:22,252 –> 00:22:23,052
And people,
695
00:22:24,012 –> 00:22:27,532
smart people just don’t know immigration.
696
00:22:27,532 –> 00:22:28,772
He’s got constitutional rights.
697
00:22:28,772 –> 00:22:30,892
Yes, he has some constitutional rights.
698
00:22:31,132 –> 00:22:32,012
Like for instance,
699
00:22:32,972 –> 00:22:37,132
you’re not entitled to bond or bail when you’re caught
700
00:22:37,132 –> 00:22:38,932
up in the immigration.
701
00:22:38,932 –> 00:22:40,972
He’s in ICE holding right now.
702
00:22:41,452 –> 00:22:42,692
It says in the Eighth Amendment,
703
00:22:43,052 –> 00:22:44,972
it’s a reasonable bond.
704
00:22:45,292 –> 00:22:45,772
You don’t get,
705
00:22:45,772 –> 00:22:48,892
see, he doesn’t get to have a weapon.
706
00:22:49,612 –> 00:22:51,452
You don’t get a Second Amendment right.
707
00:22:51,452 –> 00:22:56,892
You know, you’re not allowed to proclaim love for MS-13
708
00:22:57,772 –> 00:22:59,292
because it’s now a terrorist organization.
709
00:22:59,292 –> 00:23:01,612
That’s perfect grounds for deportation.
710
00:23:01,932 –> 00:23:04,412
It’s complicated and will be helpful
711
00:23:05,132 –> 00:23:06,972
If we knew what we were talking about before we just
712
00:23:06,972 –> 00:23:07,772
started doing this.
713
00:23:07,932 –> 00:23:08,252
There you go.
714
00:23:08,572 –> 00:23:09,132
Most definitely,
715
00:23:09,532 –> 00:23:09,692
right.
716
00:23:09,692 –> 00:23:10,492
There you go.
717
00:23:10,572 –> 00:23:11,132
All right,
718
00:23:11,132 –> 00:23:11,932
just had to do that.
719
00:23:12,732 –> 00:23:15,492
It would also be helpful if he wants to make a point
720
00:23:15,492 –> 00:23:16,252
to make it in English,
721
00:23:16,252 –> 00:23:17,612
like you saw the video of him.
722
00:23:17,692 –> 00:23:18,292
Yeah, play it.
723
00:23:18,332 –> 00:23:19,532
Oh yeah, like when he’s,
724
00:23:19,772 –> 00:23:20,732
they got him cuffed up,
725
00:23:20,772 –> 00:23:21,172
ankled up,
726
00:23:21,172 –> 00:23:22,332
and they’re taking him to holding,
727
00:23:22,332 –> 00:23:22,572
right?
728
00:23:23,052 –> 00:23:23,812
Somebody’s filming,
729
00:23:23,812 –> 00:23:25,452
probably an ICE agent.
730
00:23:25,852 –> 00:23:26,652
They’re filming him,
731
00:23:26,972 –> 00:23:28,172
and as he’s coming towards the camera,
732
00:23:28,172 –> 00:23:33,612
here’s what he says.
733
00:23:35,052 –> 00:23:35,732
Repeat that.
734
00:23:36,092 –> 00:23:38,412
He said, gobierno corrupto.
735
00:23:38,412 –> 00:23:39,532
He goes, corrupt government.
736
00:23:42,652 –> 00:23:44,252
Say more punch if it was in English,
737
00:23:44,652 –> 00:23:44,772
right?
738
00:23:46,572 –> 00:23:47,052
Just saying,
739
00:23:47,052 –> 00:23:48,412
from an optics perspective.
740
00:23:48,892 –> 00:23:50,972
Here I’m talking about being used as a pawn.
741
00:23:50,972 –> 00:23:52,012
You might as well play the game.
742
00:23:55,452 –> 00:23:57,412
Speaking of gobierno corrupto,
743
00:23:58,972 –> 00:23:59,452
hit me.
744
00:24:00,892 –> 00:24:01,612
What a segue.
745
00:24:01,612 –> 00:24:02,092
Why am I, why?
746
00:24:04,332 –> 00:24:06,692
Dum, dum, dum,
747
00:24:07,252 –> 00:24:07,492
dum, dum,
748
00:24:08,052 –> 00:24:08,532
dum, dum,
749
00:24:08,532 –> 00:24:09,132
dum, dum,
750
00:24:09,212 –> 00:24:09,452
dum, dum,
751
00:24:10,652 –> 00:24:11,372
dum, dum,
752
00:24:11,652 –> 00:24:12,012
dum, dum,
753
00:24:12,012 –> 00:24:12,252
Dana.
754
00:24:15,372 –> 00:24:16,092
Y’all wow.
755
00:24:17,452 –> 00:24:18,012
That’s a hit,
756
00:24:18,012 –> 00:24:18,172
man.
757
00:24:18,172 –> 00:24:20,492
That’s a that’s a cult classic right there.
758
00:24:20,892 –> 00:24:21,772
Well, oh, dum,
759
00:24:21,772 –> 00:24:22,492
dum, Dana.
760
00:24:23,292 –> 00:24:28,372
The Michigan House Oversight Committee voted unanimously
761
00:24:28,372 –> 00:24:28,812
yesterday.
762
00:24:28,812 –> 00:24:29,852
Unanimously.
763
00:24:30,012 –> 00:24:30,892
All Democrats,
764
00:24:30,892 –> 00:24:31,852
all Republicans.
765
00:24:32,412 –> 00:24:38,572
to authorize a subpoena compelling Dana Nestle to testify
766
00:24:38,572 –> 00:24:42,972
under oath and turnover documents related to those
767
00:24:42,972 –> 00:24:46,652
two criminal cases that she scuttled.
768
00:24:47,372 –> 00:24:50,732
One of the criminal cases involves her wife,
769
00:24:51,532 –> 00:24:53,612
campaign finance laundering,
770
00:24:54,732 –> 00:24:55,212
right?
771
00:24:55,532 –> 00:24:57,452
And the other involves
772
00:24:58,612 –> 00:25:01,292
an alleged insurance fraud scream against the brain
773
00:25:01,292 –> 00:25:04,252
damaged old lady in a nursing home by her friend,
774
00:25:04,732 –> 00:25:06,172
slip and fall attorney,
775
00:25:06,652 –> 00:25:11,132
and former state treasurer for the Democratic Party,
776
00:25:11,132 –> 00:25:12,012
Tracy Cornett.
777
00:25:12,732 –> 00:25:14,172
She made them both go away.
778
00:25:14,412 –> 00:25:18,012
Now, as we reported either earlier this month or last
779
00:25:18,012 –> 00:25:19,452
month, earlier this month,
780
00:25:20,012 –> 00:25:20,412
was it?
781
00:25:21,092 –> 00:25:21,932
I forget when exactly,
782
00:25:21,932 –> 00:25:22,412
late July,
783
00:25:22,412 –> 00:25:23,132
early August.
784
00:25:23,612 –> 00:25:26,092
They wanted all communications involved in both these
785
00:25:26,092 –> 00:25:27,132
cases, okay?
786
00:25:28,652 –> 00:25:29,772
She never got back to him.
787
00:25:30,652 –> 00:25:32,652
The counsel for the attorney general’s office,
788
00:25:32,652 –> 00:25:34,092
the lawyer for the head lawyer,
789
00:25:34,652 –> 00:25:36,172
ignored the house oversight.
790
00:25:36,652 –> 00:25:37,812
So house oversight went,
791
00:25:37,932 –> 00:25:38,892
we want those.
792
00:25:39,612 –> 00:25:40,812
It’s not, I read,
793
00:25:41,292 –> 00:25:43,692
I didn’t read it in any of the Detroit papers because,
794
00:25:43,852 –> 00:25:44,172
you know,
795
00:25:44,172 –> 00:25:45,372
see you next Tuesday.
796
00:25:45,692 –> 00:25:47,212
They refused to write about it.
797
00:25:47,372 –> 00:25:50,092
It’s when your chief law enforcement officer is
798
00:25:50,972 –> 00:25:53,412
compelled to testify under oath.
799
00:25:53,532 –> 00:25:55,132
You think you that’d be front page news?
800
00:25:55,452 –> 00:25:56,612
Hell yeah.
801
00:25:56,892 –> 00:26:01,212
Fuck the attorney general’s now compelled to testify.
802
00:26:01,612 –> 00:26:04,332
Been thumbing the nose at oversight.
803
00:26:04,812 –> 00:26:05,692
You wouldn’t read it there,
804
00:26:05,692 –> 00:26:10,492
but the other ones are trying to the other periodicals
805
00:26:10,492 –> 00:26:11,772
that did report on this,
806
00:26:13,052 –> 00:26:17,212
trying to call it a conflict of interest investigation.
807
00:26:17,692 –> 00:26:19,532
No, this could be obstruction of justice.
808
00:26:19,692 –> 00:26:21,292
This could be dereliction of duty.
809
00:26:21,372 –> 00:26:22,812
This is a lot of stuff.
810
00:26:23,452 –> 00:26:24,812
That is amazing.
811
00:26:24,972 –> 00:26:28,972
So that’s September 16th when she has to be there.
812
00:26:29,612 –> 00:26:30,652
And I’ll be there.
813
00:26:30,732 –> 00:26:31,052
Good.
814
00:26:31,212 –> 00:26:32,412
You know why I’ll be there.
815
00:26:33,732 –> 00:26:34,892
Because it’s next Tuesday.
816
00:26:45,532 –> 00:26:45,772
Dana.
817
00:26:47,212 –> 00:26:48,652
It’s getting hot in the hot tub,
818
00:26:48,652 –> 00:26:49,052
Dana.
819
00:26:50,012 –> 00:26:51,612
Hit me with XG.
820
00:26:51,852 –> 00:26:52,292
Well, you know,
821
00:26:52,292 –> 00:26:52,972
when it rains,
822
00:26:52,972 –> 00:26:53,852
the power goes out.
823
00:26:53,852 –> 00:26:55,132
And when the power goes out,
824
00:26:55,132 –> 00:26:56,052
the internet goes out.
825
00:26:56,052 –> 00:26:57,132
When the internet goes out,
826
00:26:57,132 –> 00:27:00,332
I call my friend Matt and Bernie at XG Service Group.
827
00:27:00,492 –> 00:27:02,332
Look at Bernie here on his hands and knees,
828
00:27:02,492 –> 00:27:03,852
giving it everything he’s got.
829
00:27:04,412 –> 00:27:05,612
Look at that man crack.
830
00:27:05,932 –> 00:27:06,812
So busy.
831
00:27:07,372 –> 00:27:08,412
He forgot to wear a belt.
832
00:27:08,412 –> 00:27:10,492
There’s Matt right there getting the board together.
833
00:27:10,492 –> 00:27:13,212
That’s 734-245-4100.
834
00:27:13,212 –> 00:27:16,052
If you need Matt and Bernie to come take care of your
835
00:27:16,052 –> 00:27:16,972
voice over internet,
836
00:27:17,212 –> 00:27:18,412
your security cameras,
837
00:27:18,572 –> 00:27:20,172
off-campus access control,
838
00:27:20,412 –> 00:27:22,812
Wi-Fi and cameras for homes and business,
839
00:27:22,812 –> 00:27:23,932
they’ll design it for you.
840
00:27:24,252 –> 00:27:24,972
got restaurants,
841
00:27:24,972 –> 00:27:26,212
they do drive-thru systems,
842
00:27:26,212 –> 00:27:27,932
railroad cameras for public safety.
843
00:27:28,172 –> 00:27:31,452
Total wireless camera systems for your home and business.
844
00:27:31,692 –> 00:27:32,172
Yeah, that’s right.
845
00:27:32,172 –> 00:27:35,852
Call XG Services at 734-245-4100.
846
00:27:38,172 –> 00:27:40,892
Labor Day would be Labor Day without the UAW would
847
00:27:40,892 –> 00:27:44,532
be the UAW without some scandal to get us all voted
848
00:27:44,532 –> 00:27:45,212
scandal.
849
00:27:45,932 –> 00:27:46,772
Randall Pearson,
850
00:27:47,052 –> 00:27:50,572
former president of Local 140,
851
00:27:50,572 –> 00:27:52,012
the Warren Truck,
852
00:27:52,012 –> 00:27:59,092
his father also a big UAW wig who also got run out
853
00:27:59,092 –> 00:28:00,492
on an illegitimate rope,
854
00:28:00,812 –> 00:28:02,092
illegitimate rope.
855
00:28:02,372 –> 00:28:03,292
Is this correct so far?
856
00:28:03,532 –> 00:28:04,892
But before we get into it,
857
00:28:06,012 –> 00:28:06,292
Mr.
858
00:28:06,292 –> 00:28:11,292
Pearson, I want to give a shout out to Flint Teamsters
859
00:28:11,292 –> 00:28:13,852
Local 332 to registered nurses.
860
00:28:14,012 –> 00:28:15,452
They’re going to walk out Labor Day.
861
00:28:15,452 –> 00:28:18,132
They’re scheduled to walk out Labor Day against the
862
00:28:18,132 –> 00:28:21,372
Henry Ford Health System because they want non-union
863
00:28:21,372 –> 00:28:25,532
wages, non-union work rules for the nurses there,
864
00:28:25,532 –> 00:28:26,972
and they’re making a stand.
865
00:28:27,452 –> 00:28:28,252
You know what I’m saying?
866
00:28:28,252 –> 00:28:28,492
Yeah.
867
00:28:28,652 –> 00:28:30,172
So hold the line.
868
00:28:30,492 –> 00:28:31,092
Hold the line.
869
00:28:31,212 –> 00:28:31,852
You should be.
870
00:28:32,172 –> 00:28:33,612
Yeah, you should be paid.
871
00:28:34,412 –> 00:28:35,732
Right, she shared a wealth.
872
00:28:36,332 –> 00:28:38,092
I don’t know what Henry Ford’s structure is,
873
00:28:38,092 –> 00:28:38,372
but…
874
00:28:38,892 –> 00:28:41,212
of hospitals are now owned by the hedge funds.
875
00:28:42,132 –> 00:28:43,052
Pay the members.
876
00:28:43,852 –> 00:28:44,212
Pay them.
877
00:28:44,212 –> 00:28:45,812
Give them what they deserve.
878
00:28:45,812 –> 00:28:46,412
Yeah, right.
879
00:28:46,412 –> 00:28:47,452
Like on this Labor Day,
880
00:28:47,452 –> 00:28:48,732
let’s Tucker Carlson,
881
00:28:48,732 –> 00:28:49,892
one asked me something.
882
00:28:49,892 –> 00:28:53,132
He goes, what do you think about unions?
883
00:28:53,292 –> 00:28:53,812
And I said,
884
00:28:53,852 –> 00:28:54,572
you got to forgive me,
885
00:28:54,572 –> 00:28:54,972
dude.
886
00:28:55,932 –> 00:28:57,972
Like, I don’t know if you’re a neo car,
887
00:28:57,972 –> 00:28:59,212
what you feel about them.
888
00:28:59,292 –> 00:29:00,652
I got to tell you where I came up from.
889
00:29:01,052 –> 00:29:04,772
Since when was it a sin for a person to share in the
890
00:29:04,772 –> 00:29:07,372
profit of the thing that they do?
891
00:29:08,332 –> 00:29:08,572
Right?
892
00:29:08,852 –> 00:29:10,172
That’s just in our blood.
893
00:29:10,412 –> 00:29:11,292
Now we can argue,
894
00:29:11,332 –> 00:29:12,332
and you’re going to,
895
00:29:12,732 –> 00:29:15,292
we can argue about corruption and the unions and everything,
896
00:29:15,452 –> 00:29:18,172
but that’s a very foundational principle about American
897
00:29:18,332 –> 00:29:19,212
middle class.
898
00:29:19,532 –> 00:29:20,252
Most definitely.
899
00:29:20,252 –> 00:29:21,452
And then he said to me,
900
00:29:22,892 –> 00:29:23,932
what’s a good union?
901
00:29:23,972 –> 00:29:24,332
And I said,
902
00:29:24,332 –> 00:29:25,452
oh, no, motherfucker.
903
00:29:26,012 –> 00:29:27,852
No, talk about a guy’s unions.
904
00:29:27,852 –> 00:29:28,772
I talk about his wife.
905
00:29:28,772 –> 00:29:30,332
You just, you don’t do it,
906
00:29:30,332 –> 00:29:30,652
right?
907
00:29:31,052 –> 00:29:32,412
So let’s talk about your union.
908
00:29:35,452 –> 00:29:35,772
Let’s go.
909
00:29:35,772 –> 00:29:37,132
Okay, real short.
910
00:29:37,132 –> 00:29:38,892
So, as I understand it,
911
00:29:38,892 –> 00:29:43,132
when were you first elected president of UAW Local
912
00:29:43,132 –> 00:29:46,972
140, the first local in the history?
913
00:29:47,812 –> 00:29:52,812
I was elected union president in 2017 through 2023.
914
00:29:53,052 –> 00:29:54,572
Then I ran and I lost.
915
00:29:54,572 –> 00:29:56,092
Then I ran again and won.
916
00:29:56,412 –> 00:29:58,732
Okay, so it’s a six-year term?
917
00:29:59,132 –> 00:30:00,292
It’s a three-year term.
918
00:30:00,332 –> 00:30:03,532
Okay, so you were in 2017 to 2020,
919
00:30:03,532 –> 00:30:04,652
2020, I’m sorry.
920
00:30:04,652 –> 00:30:07,132
Then you got re-elected in 2023.
921
00:30:07,652 –> 00:30:10,172
what happened between 2020 and 2023?
922
00:30:10,172 –> 00:30:12,452
I lost the election during the pandemic.
923
00:30:12,572 –> 00:30:12,892
Okay.
924
00:30:12,972 –> 00:30:14,412
And the other guy,
925
00:30:14,492 –> 00:30:15,292
the imposter,
926
00:30:15,292 –> 00:30:15,732
got it.
927
00:30:15,972 –> 00:30:16,132
Okay.
928
00:30:16,332 –> 00:30:20,972
And he was president until 2023 when I ran against
929
00:30:20,972 –> 00:30:21,692
him and won.
930
00:30:21,892 –> 00:30:22,172
Okay.
931
00:30:22,652 –> 00:30:25,732
Then they made a redo and they cheated and got me out
932
00:30:25,732 –> 00:30:25,932
of there.
933
00:30:25,932 –> 00:30:27,052
Wait, so, okay,
934
00:30:27,052 –> 00:30:29,212
so you’ve served a term 17 to 20,
935
00:30:30,012 –> 00:30:33,212
then you lost to COVID and the other guy,
936
00:30:33,532 –> 00:30:34,652
20 to 23,
937
00:30:35,052 –> 00:30:36,492
Then in 2023,
938
00:30:36,492 –> 00:30:39,212
you won another term to go through 2026.
939
00:30:39,452 –> 00:30:39,932
Exactly.
940
00:30:40,012 –> 00:30:40,492
Okay.
941
00:30:40,892 –> 00:30:44,412
But so you took office then.
942
00:30:44,692 –> 00:30:45,652
I took office again.
943
00:30:45,932 –> 00:30:47,572
You took office in 2023,
944
00:30:47,572 –> 00:30:48,252
2023.
945
00:30:48,252 –> 00:30:51,292
So midway through this or early on,
946
00:30:51,292 –> 00:30:52,732
they have a re
947
00:30:53,532 –> 00:30:53,852
Vote.
948
00:30:54,252 –> 00:30:55,092
They had a revote.
949
00:30:55,092 –> 00:30:56,012
On what grounds?
950
00:30:56,252 –> 00:30:58,572
They said that they ran out of ballots,
951
00:30:58,732 –> 00:31:01,452
and they did run out of ballots,
952
00:31:01,452 –> 00:31:04,852
but they got the ballots before the end of the election
953
00:31:04,852 –> 00:31:07,612
day, and they granted him a new election.
954
00:31:07,612 –> 00:31:08,332
Who granted it?
955
00:31:08,812 –> 00:31:10,412
The IEB Board and Sean Fang.
956
00:31:10,412 –> 00:31:12,372
Okay, so it’s the UAW hierarchy.
957
00:31:12,372 –> 00:31:12,732
Yeah.
958
00:31:12,812 –> 00:31:15,212
Okay, so he wins,
959
00:31:15,732 –> 00:31:16,332
and you’re out,
960
00:31:16,332 –> 00:31:16,972
because they were like,
961
00:31:17,052 –> 00:31:17,932
oh, everybody,
962
00:31:17,932 –> 00:31:19,612
some people were disenfranchised,
963
00:31:19,852 –> 00:31:20,652
they didn’t have the vote.
964
00:31:20,732 –> 00:31:20,932
Okay.
965
00:31:21,772 –> 00:31:22,572
Then you have
966
00:31:23,172 –> 00:31:25,772
Election in 2023.
967
00:31:25,772 –> 00:31:26,412
The redo.
968
00:31:26,572 –> 00:31:27,052
The redo.
969
00:31:27,132 –> 00:31:27,332
Okay.
970
00:31:27,572 –> 00:31:28,652
And which you lost.
971
00:31:29,292 –> 00:31:29,692
Right.
972
00:31:29,772 –> 00:31:30,732
But did you lose?
973
00:31:31,052 –> 00:31:31,572
I didn’t.
974
00:31:31,572 –> 00:31:32,492
What the fuck happened,
975
00:31:32,492 –> 00:31:33,012
Randall Pearson?
976
00:31:33,212 –> 00:31:34,092
Well, you know,
977
00:31:34,412 –> 00:31:36,692
somebody called me late night after the election and
978
00:31:36,692 –> 00:31:37,932
said they found ballots,
979
00:31:37,932 –> 00:31:41,292
torn up ballots and request slips in the garbage.
980
00:31:41,932 –> 00:31:44,652
And so some people went and they found them,
981
00:31:44,652 –> 00:31:48,012
and then I called the UAW immediately,
982
00:31:48,252 –> 00:31:51,772
and they kind of brushed me off about it and did nothing
983
00:31:51,772 –> 00:31:52,252
about it.
984
00:31:52,572 –> 00:31:54,332
So I put in appeals and whatnot,
985
00:31:54,332 –> 00:31:56,492
and here we are two years later,
986
00:31:56,492 –> 00:31:59,532
and I’m still not in my seat.
987
00:31:59,572 –> 00:32:02,652
And where in the history of democracy is it where it’s
988
00:32:02,652 –> 00:32:04,172
proven, not alleged,
989
00:32:04,732 –> 00:32:05,852
That a guy cheated.
990
00:32:05,932 –> 00:32:08,172
I mean that they cheated to get somebody in office
991
00:32:08,172 –> 00:32:09,612
and they stay stay in the seat.
992
00:32:09,932 –> 00:32:10,492
I don’t get it.
993
00:32:10,492 –> 00:32:10,972
Let’s do it.
994
00:32:10,972 –> 00:32:11,212
This.
995
00:32:11,372 –> 00:32:11,732
It’s.
996
00:32:14,612 –> 00:32:15,052
Sorry about that,
997
00:32:15,052 –> 00:32:15,172
man.
998
00:32:18,812 –> 00:32:19,572
That’s just he goes.
999
00:32:19,572 –> 00:32:20,812
I don’t recognize the number.
1000
00:32:21,852 –> 00:32:24,252
I don’t recognize the number.
1001
00:32:24,252 –> 00:32:25,212
He goes, hello,
1002
00:32:26,332 –> 00:32:26,892
motherfucker.
1003
00:32:26,892 –> 00:32:27,732
We heard you talking.
1004
00:32:28,572 –> 00:32:29,772
Shut the fuck up.
1005
00:32:30,732 –> 00:32:31,172
Exactly.
1006
00:32:31,252 –> 00:32:32,012
He won’t shut up,
1007
00:32:32,012 –> 00:32:32,372
will you?
1008
00:32:32,412 –> 00:32:32,852
He won’t.
1009
00:32:33,052 –> 00:32:33,812
No, you won’t.
1010
00:32:33,812 –> 00:32:34,172
I won’t.
1011
00:32:34,172 –> 00:32:37,812
Okay, because I’m going to get to like how we know
1012
00:32:37,812 –> 00:32:38,492
what’s going on.
1013
00:32:38,812 –> 00:32:44,092
But I met him in the fall of last year when everybody
1014
00:32:44,172 –> 00:32:47,532
at 140 was threatening strikes.
1015
00:32:47,692 –> 00:32:49,412
We’re going to have strikes all over the place because
1016
00:32:49,412 –> 00:32:53,972
Stellantis wasn’t honoring this great contract apparently
1017
00:32:53,972 –> 00:32:54,412
we had.
1018
00:32:54,812 –> 00:32:55,652
And he’s like,
1019
00:32:55,772 –> 00:32:56,012
hey, man,
1020
00:32:56,012 –> 00:32:56,532
I got to talk to you.
1021
00:32:56,532 –> 00:32:57,332
I got to talk to you.
1022
00:32:57,332 –> 00:32:57,772
I’m like, yeah,
1023
00:32:57,772 –> 00:32:58,412
give me a number.
1024
00:32:58,412 –> 00:32:59,292
Give me a number.
1025
00:32:59,292 –> 00:32:59,612
And then
1026
00:33:00,332 –> 00:33:01,372
We finally got to it,
1027
00:33:01,372 –> 00:33:01,532
right?
1028
00:33:01,532 –> 00:33:03,532
It’s about 11 months later.
1029
00:33:03,532 –> 00:33:03,692
Yeah.
1030
00:33:04,092 –> 00:33:04,892
Ten months later.
1031
00:33:05,052 –> 00:33:06,212
But I told you I’d do it.
1032
00:33:06,572 –> 00:33:08,252
I’m better late than then,
1033
00:33:08,252 –> 00:33:08,492
you know,
1034
00:33:08,492 –> 00:33:09,852
he’s all happy and I’m like,
1035
00:33:09,852 –> 00:33:10,492
send me the stuff.
1036
00:33:10,732 –> 00:33:13,372
And then I sent the stuff and then I get a text like,
1037
00:33:13,612 –> 00:33:14,292
motherfucker,
1038
00:33:14,732 –> 00:33:15,812
you don’t care about me,
1039
00:33:15,812 –> 00:33:15,932
man.
1040
00:33:15,932 –> 00:33:16,972
You don’t care about the union.
1041
00:33:16,972 –> 00:33:17,372
And I’m like,
1042
00:33:17,612 –> 00:33:18,892
just give me a minute.
1043
00:33:18,892 –> 00:33:20,492
Give me a minute.
1044
00:33:20,652 –> 00:33:21,932
Sounds like a good negotiator.
1045
00:33:22,132 –> 00:33:22,252
Yeah.
1046
00:33:22,412 –> 00:33:23,932
So what happened?
1047
00:33:23,932 –> 00:33:25,692
Like what he says is legit.
1048
00:33:26,412 –> 00:33:30,092
The United States Department of Labor,
1049
00:33:31,532 –> 00:33:31,932
right?
1050
00:33:32,332 –> 00:33:37,452
The Secretary of Labor was the plaintiff in your case.
1051
00:33:37,852 –> 00:33:41,652
The defendant was the UAW Local 140.
1052
00:33:41,932 –> 00:33:42,212
Right.
1053
00:33:42,212 –> 00:33:43,612
The judge ruled,
1054
00:33:43,852 –> 00:33:44,332
hey, man,
1055
00:33:44,332 –> 00:33:45,852
this is real fucked up.
1056
00:33:46,172 –> 00:33:46,812
First of all,
1057
00:33:47,052 –> 00:33:49,692
where’s your list of absentee ballot applications?
1058
00:33:50,092 –> 00:33:50,372
Right?
1059
00:33:50,452 –> 00:33:52,492
Where’s the envelopes for the absentee ballots?
1060
00:33:52,772 –> 00:33:55,132
Where is the oversight?
1061
00:33:55,132 –> 00:33:56,332
Nobody was watching,
1062
00:33:56,892 –> 00:33:57,212
right?
1063
00:33:57,812 –> 00:34:00,252
What else?
1064
00:34:00,252 –> 00:34:02,132
There was a lot of…
1065
00:34:02,412 –> 00:34:08,972
Yeah, and then the judge also found that there were
1066
00:34:08,972 –> 00:34:13,532
more people voting or on the rolls than were
1067
00:34:14,732 –> 00:34:16,252
actually registered to be on the rolls.
1068
00:34:16,252 –> 00:34:19,772
There were people not in the union local voting in
1069
00:34:19,772 –> 00:34:20,572
the election.
1070
00:34:21,052 –> 00:34:21,652
Real crazy.
1071
00:34:21,652 –> 00:34:25,772
And then a bunch of ballots go into the dumpster.
1072
00:34:26,332 –> 00:34:27,612
We got any tape here?
1073
00:34:27,772 –> 00:34:28,732
Now watch this here.
1074
00:34:29,692 –> 00:34:31,612
Okay, if you’re listening and not watching,
1075
00:34:31,932 –> 00:34:36,732
we got a black SUV pulling up to the green dumpster.
1076
00:34:37,332 –> 00:34:38,332
Where is this,
1077
00:34:38,492 –> 00:34:38,972
Randall?
1078
00:34:39,292 –> 00:34:39,812
That’s behind.
1079
00:34:40,572 –> 00:34:42,092
Local 140.
1080
00:34:42,252 –> 00:34:43,692
Oh, you mean they,
1081
00:34:43,852 –> 00:34:45,212
it’s like Jimmy Hoffa.
1082
00:34:46,412 –> 00:34:49,692
No, nobody thought to look in the dumpster right behind
1083
00:34:49,852 –> 00:34:51,132
where everybody was voting.
1084
00:34:51,132 –> 00:34:52,012
Behind the local,
1085
00:34:52,012 –> 00:34:52,172
right?
1086
00:34:52,172 –> 00:34:52,812
Nobody look,
1087
00:34:52,972 –> 00:34:53,492
oh my God.
1088
00:34:54,732 –> 00:34:55,092
Yeah, well,
1089
00:34:55,092 –> 00:34:55,292
they had.
1090
00:34:55,292 –> 00:34:56,492
You think that’s where they look for Jimmy Hoffa?
1091
00:34:56,492 –> 00:34:58,932
They had him in a dumpster too across the street from
1092
00:34:58,932 –> 00:34:59,452
the plant.
1093
00:34:59,612 –> 00:35:03,052
They had him in two dumpsters and two locations at
1094
00:35:03,052 –> 00:35:03,212
the
1095
00:35:04,252 –> 00:35:07,052
behind the local and in the parking lot in the plant.
1096
00:35:07,372 –> 00:35:10,492
But the company wouldn’t show me the video of who put
1097
00:35:10,572 –> 00:35:14,492
the ballots in the garbage in the plant on the parking
1098
00:35:14,492 –> 00:35:14,692
lot.
1099
00:35:14,692 –> 00:35:16,012
But since I was president,
1100
00:35:16,332 –> 00:35:17,692
I had access to this.
1101
00:35:18,252 –> 00:35:18,812
And like I said,
1102
00:35:18,812 –> 00:35:20,972
they could have went anywhere on earth to throw them
1103
00:35:20,972 –> 00:35:23,772
ballots away and they come and throw them in the dumpster
1104
00:35:23,772 –> 00:35:25,412
under the camera behind the local.
1105
00:35:25,452 –> 00:35:28,572
Did they introduce this as evidence in that in that
1106
00:35:28,572 –> 00:35:29,292
court case?
1107
00:35:30,532 –> 00:35:32,532
Because I know you didn’t bring it to the United States
1108
00:35:32,532 –> 00:35:33,692
Department of Labor brought it.
1109
00:35:33,692 –> 00:35:35,212
So I’m just curious.
1110
00:35:35,612 –> 00:35:36,492
I don’t think they did.
1111
00:35:36,972 –> 00:35:37,772
Wow.
1112
00:35:37,772 –> 00:35:39,452
I don’t think they did.
1113
00:35:39,452 –> 00:35:41,132
I think that’s amazing.
1114
00:35:41,292 –> 00:35:43,612
But they did the investigation so forensic.
1115
00:35:43,612 –> 00:35:44,132
I was like,
1116
00:35:44,132 –> 00:35:46,332
damn, I thought just with my investigation,
1117
00:35:46,332 –> 00:35:49,212
I was Randy Cochran and I could win on my own.
1118
00:35:49,212 –> 00:35:50,492
But Randy Cochran.
1119
00:35:50,652 –> 00:35:51,572
Once they did it,
1120
00:35:51,612 –> 00:35:51,772
was.
1121
00:35:51,892 –> 00:35:52,892
Who’s Randy Cochran?
1122
00:35:54,812 –> 00:35:55,372
You know, once they did.
1123
00:35:55,372 –> 00:35:56,612
He’s one of the Jackson brothers.
1124
00:35:58,492 –> 00:35:58,732
Right.
1125
00:35:59,252 –> 00:36:00,412
Me Johnny Cochran.
1126
00:36:00,492 –> 00:36:01,412
You mean Johnny Cochran?
1127
00:36:01,772 –> 00:36:01,932
Yeah.
1128
00:36:02,132 –> 00:36:02,892
God rest his soul.
1129
00:36:02,892 –> 00:36:05,092
But once they did their investigation,
1130
00:36:05,092 –> 00:36:05,932
I said, damn,
1131
00:36:05,932 –> 00:36:08,172
they pulled out all the stops to get me out the way.
1132
00:36:08,572 –> 00:36:09,572
I couldn’t believe it.
1133
00:36:09,572 –> 00:36:10,452
So now the,
1134
00:36:11,212 –> 00:36:12,092
oh, by the way,
1135
00:36:12,492 –> 00:36:14,732
do you know in that very same dumpster?
1136
00:36:19,098 –> 00:36:22,418
That’s where they found Jimmy Hoffa.
1137
00:36:23,098 –> 00:36:23,618
Pinky ring.
1138
00:36:24,778 –> 00:36:26,178
No, that’s not right.
1139
00:36:26,178 –> 00:36:27,058
They didn’t find that.
1140
00:36:27,258 –> 00:36:30,098
They found that one in your mother’s asshole underneath
1141
00:36:30,098 –> 00:36:30,618
the sofa.
1142
00:36:31,178 –> 00:36:31,658
No offense.
1143
00:36:31,818 –> 00:36:32,378
It’s just a joke.
1144
00:36:32,778 –> 00:36:33,618
Your mom’s listening.
1145
00:36:33,778 –> 00:36:34,778
I’m sorry about that.
1146
00:36:35,258 –> 00:36:36,058
Is your grandma alive?
1147
00:36:36,778 –> 00:36:38,698
My mom and grandmother’s past.
1148
00:36:39,098 –> 00:36:39,738
Rest in peace.
1149
00:36:39,738 –> 00:36:40,178
We good.
1150
00:36:40,778 –> 00:36:41,538
I’m thick skinned.
1151
00:36:41,658 –> 00:36:41,978
I’m good.
1152
00:36:42,858 –> 00:36:43,978
I know you meant nothing by it.
1153
00:36:43,978 –> 00:36:44,698
No, I didn’t.
1154
00:36:45,258 –> 00:36:45,458
No.
1155
00:36:45,698 –> 00:36:47,178
And I know you’re close to your fighting weight.
1156
00:36:47,898 –> 00:36:48,418
No doubt.
1157
00:36:49,738 –> 00:36:50,258
250.
1158
00:36:50,658 –> 00:36:50,818
Yeah.
1159
00:36:52,938 –> 00:36:55,018
Why the fuck would you want to be?
1160
00:36:55,738 –> 00:36:56,138
Okay, well,
1161
00:36:56,138 –> 00:36:57,018
let’s finish this.
1162
00:36:57,418 –> 00:37:00,658
So the United States Department of Labor ruled that
1163
00:37:00,658 –> 00:37:02,138
there’s got to be another redo,
1164
00:37:02,138 –> 00:37:03,338
a second redo.
1165
00:37:03,578 –> 00:37:05,818
They say it’s voided from the executive board up to
1166
00:37:05,818 –> 00:37:06,418
the president.
1167
00:37:06,418 –> 00:37:08,698
If it’s voided from the executive board to the president,
1168
00:37:08,858 –> 00:37:10,538
that mean I should be back in my seat.
1169
00:37:10,698 –> 00:37:15,258
Well, where’s the where’s the court required revote?
1170
00:37:16,218 –> 00:37:16,938
They haven’t did it.
1171
00:37:17,698 –> 00:37:18,378
They didn’t do it.
1172
00:37:20,378 –> 00:37:21,578
where’s the,
1173
00:37:21,578 –> 00:37:26,138
isn’t the UAW under oversight by a special monitor?
1174
00:37:26,138 –> 00:37:27,258
Yeah, they have a monitor,
1175
00:37:27,258 –> 00:37:28,698
but I mean,
1176
00:37:29,098 –> 00:37:31,578
they’re more interested in the national attention
1177
00:37:31,578 –> 00:37:33,418
and organizing other plants.
1178
00:37:33,418 –> 00:37:34,058
I mean, you know,
1179
00:37:34,298 –> 00:37:35,738
trying to get that new members,
1180
00:37:35,978 –> 00:37:37,258
but it’s like the local level.
1181
00:37:37,258 –> 00:37:39,018
It’s nothing like it’s shit.
1182
00:37:39,178 –> 00:37:41,578
So the monitor’s not doing the nitty gritty.
1183
00:37:42,698 –> 00:37:43,458
No, not really.
1184
00:37:43,458 –> 00:37:44,018
And Warren.
1185
00:37:44,018 –> 00:37:44,818
No, I mean,
1186
00:37:44,818 –> 00:37:45,338
nothing’s happening.
1187
00:37:45,338 –> 00:37:47,898
So the UAW is stalling.
1188
00:37:48,298 –> 00:37:49,418
Sean Fain is stalling.
1189
00:37:49,498 –> 00:37:52,698
Well, now they saying I’m having a hearing on it October
1190
00:37:52,698 –> 00:37:53,378
3rd, but shit,
1191
00:37:53,378 –> 00:37:55,258
the election is May of 26th,
1192
00:37:55,258 –> 00:37:55,898
the general.
1193
00:37:56,378 –> 00:37:59,018
So where’s the relief for me?
1194
00:37:59,498 –> 00:38:00,458
You know what I mean?
1195
00:38:01,098 –> 00:38:02,458
And what they cheated on me,
1196
00:38:02,458 –> 00:38:03,178
I didn’t cheat.
1197
00:38:03,338 –> 00:38:04,378
I’m not the bad guy.
1198
00:38:04,938 –> 00:38:05,578
You know what I mean?
1199
00:38:05,738 –> 00:38:06,858
So why would they,
1200
00:38:07,498 –> 00:38:11,418
try to make it seem like I was a bad guy for exposing
1201
00:38:11,418 –> 00:38:11,658
them?
1202
00:38:11,818 –> 00:38:13,178
When I went to you guys first,
1203
00:38:13,178 –> 00:38:15,498
they said I stepped on their toes by going to the
1204
00:38:15,658 –> 00:38:16,618
Department of Labor.
1205
00:38:16,618 –> 00:38:17,418
Now the guy that,
1206
00:38:17,818 –> 00:38:19,098
we’ll leave his name out of it,
1207
00:38:19,098 –> 00:38:19,418
right?
1208
00:38:19,418 –> 00:38:21,778
Now the guy that’s currently the president,
1209
00:38:21,778 –> 00:38:22,298
is he?
1210
00:38:23,818 –> 00:38:25,418
politically linked with Sean Fane?
1211
00:38:25,418 –> 00:38:26,858
Is he like one of Fane’s guys?
1212
00:38:27,178 –> 00:38:28,378
Well, I wouldn’t say that.
1213
00:38:28,378 –> 00:38:28,578
Okay.
1214
00:38:28,618 –> 00:38:29,658
I wouldn’t say that.
1215
00:38:29,658 –> 00:38:30,378
But you know.
1216
00:38:30,378 –> 00:38:33,258
So what is this like local in the house politics?
1217
00:38:33,418 –> 00:38:33,898
Local, yeah.
1218
00:38:33,898 –> 00:38:34,698
This is a hijinks.
1219
00:38:34,698 –> 00:38:37,258
This isn’t this isn’t some grand scam.
1220
00:38:37,258 –> 00:38:39,658
It’s it was locally in that.
1221
00:38:39,658 –> 00:38:43,338
But then when the way International handled it,
1222
00:38:43,338 –> 00:38:45,738
kind of made me feel like they was in cahoots with
1223
00:38:45,738 –> 00:38:45,858
them.
1224
00:38:46,138 –> 00:38:47,018
You know what I mean?
1225
00:38:47,258 –> 00:38:48,298
I can’t prove that.
1226
00:38:48,618 –> 00:38:50,378
But the way it looked,
1227
00:38:50,378 –> 00:38:51,658
it really stinks.
1228
00:38:51,658 –> 00:38:52,618
Well, what’s interesting.
1229
00:38:52,618 –> 00:38:53,698
Tell me if I’m wrong here.
1230
00:38:54,698 –> 00:38:58,378
The monitor is looking at the going ons at 140,
1231
00:38:58,378 –> 00:38:59,898
but it’s not about this election.
1232
00:38:59,898 –> 00:39:01,698
That’s if I’m see if I’m correct.
1233
00:39:02,058 –> 00:39:05,018
The international treasurer.
1234
00:39:06,218 –> 00:39:06,698
What’s her name?
1235
00:39:06,698 –> 00:39:07,098
Mock.
1236
00:39:07,338 –> 00:39:07,738
Mock.
1237
00:39:07,818 –> 00:39:08,058
Yeah.
1238
00:39:08,058 –> 00:39:10,018
She’s from 140.
1239
00:39:10,138 –> 00:39:11,258
Yeah, I was her president.
1240
00:39:11,338 –> 00:39:12,458
You were her president.
1241
00:39:12,618 –> 00:39:14,298
And the vice.
1242
00:39:15,418 –> 00:39:16,218
Rich Boyer,
1243
00:39:16,218 –> 00:39:17,138
I was his president.
1244
00:39:17,178 –> 00:39:18,458
He’s also from 140.
1245
00:39:18,498 –> 00:39:18,858
Yes, he is.
1246
00:39:18,858 –> 00:39:20,218
And Fain pushed them out.
1247
00:39:20,458 –> 00:39:22,098
And there was a big complaint,
1248
00:39:22,098 –> 00:39:23,098
a big scandal.
1249
00:39:23,498 –> 00:39:24,898
And the monitor ruled,
1250
00:39:24,898 –> 00:39:25,938
in fact, that they had over,
1251
00:39:26,538 –> 00:39:29,418
Fain had overstepped it because they were alleging
1252
00:39:29,498 –> 00:39:30,778
Sean Fain was doing what?
1253
00:39:31,098 –> 00:39:31,938
Overspending,
1254
00:39:31,978 –> 00:39:33,378
hooking up his girlfriend,
1255
00:39:33,378 –> 00:39:33,618
right?
1256
00:39:33,898 –> 00:39:34,618
That same old,
1257
00:39:34,618 –> 00:39:35,538
same old.
1258
00:39:35,898 –> 00:39:37,018
Dereliction of duty.
1259
00:39:37,818 –> 00:39:39,658
Well, that’s what they pushed in Brian Keller.
1260
00:39:40,138 –> 00:39:42,698
And that’s what they did with the six locals voted
1261
00:39:43,138 –> 00:39:46,698
on having Austin is from like their election to duty.
1262
00:39:46,698 –> 00:39:48,058
Explain how many locals are there?
1263
00:39:48,378 –> 00:39:49,098
Far as I know,
1264
00:39:49,098 –> 00:39:50,138
it’s six that voted.
1265
00:39:50,298 –> 00:39:51,378
No, how many across country,
1266
00:39:51,378 –> 00:39:52,778
like 100 and something?
1267
00:39:52,978 –> 00:39:54,138
I couldn’t give you that answer.
1268
00:39:54,138 –> 00:39:55,338
This is your fucking president.
1269
00:39:55,818 –> 00:39:56,458
Yeah, I couldn’t.
1270
00:39:56,778 –> 00:39:57,338
It’s a lot,
1271
00:39:57,338 –> 00:39:57,498
man.
1272
00:39:57,658 –> 00:39:59,378
It’s 300 something,
1273
00:39:59,378 –> 00:39:59,538
you know.
1274
00:39:59,538 –> 00:40:01,898
Okay, so it takes 6 locals.
1275
00:40:01,978 –> 00:40:02,298
Yeah.
1276
00:40:02,898 –> 00:40:06,298
to trigger a clause in the Constitution of the UAW
1277
00:40:06,858 –> 00:40:11,258
to begin a recall of the president,
1278
00:40:11,498 –> 00:40:12,138
Sean Fain.
1279
00:40:12,298 –> 00:40:14,618
And 6 locals have now done that.
1280
00:40:14,618 –> 00:40:15,978
Yes, 6 locals so far.
1281
00:40:16,098 –> 00:40:17,458
So this process is moving.
1282
00:40:17,578 –> 00:40:18,098
It’s moving.
1283
00:40:18,138 –> 00:40:21,098
So we got the UAW moving on Fain,
1284
00:40:21,258 –> 00:40:23,978
we’ve got the special monitor looking at Fain,
1285
00:40:24,858 –> 00:40:26,378
and we’ve got
1286
00:40:28,258 –> 00:40:29,498
Really no movement on you.
1287
00:40:30,058 –> 00:40:31,218
No movement.
1288
00:40:31,218 –> 00:40:32,938
October 3rd is the hearing,
1289
00:40:32,938 –> 00:40:34,818
but like I said,
1290
00:40:34,818 –> 00:40:36,618
I have no faith in it no more,
1291
00:40:36,938 –> 00:40:38,858
because I’ve been waiting this two years.
1292
00:40:39,138 –> 00:40:41,258
When the other guy put the appeal in,
1293
00:40:41,258 –> 00:40:42,058
it was a year,
1294
00:40:42,218 –> 00:40:44,458
less than a year when they made it have a redo.
1295
00:40:44,778 –> 00:40:45,738
Now it’s two years,
1296
00:40:46,498 –> 00:40:49,018
and he had baby teeth in his appeal.
1297
00:40:49,018 –> 00:40:51,698
My appeal got saber-toothed tiger teeth.
1298
00:40:52,498 –> 00:40:53,178
You know what I mean?
1299
00:40:53,338 –> 00:40:53,978
With everything,
1300
00:40:54,138 –> 00:40:55,018
the video,
1301
00:40:55,018 –> 00:40:56,458
the evidence,
1302
00:40:56,658 –> 00:40:59,338
what the Department of Labor discovered as far as
1303
00:41:00,058 –> 00:41:00,618
the votes,
1304
00:41:00,618 –> 00:41:01,258
the ballots,
1305
00:41:01,258 –> 00:41:03,618
you let people vote that one from 140.
1306
00:41:04,698 –> 00:41:07,738
You let all the retirees vote for one person with the
1307
00:41:07,738 –> 00:41:11,098
same ink pen outside of what the election company
1308
00:41:11,098 –> 00:41:11,418
was.
1309
00:41:11,418 –> 00:41:12,778
They investigated thoroughly,
1310
00:41:12,778 –> 00:41:13,578
forensically.
1311
00:41:13,898 –> 00:41:15,098
And that’s why I was saying,
1312
00:41:15,098 –> 00:41:17,178
I couldn’t believe all the stops they pulled out.
1313
00:41:17,458 –> 00:41:21,818
I sent you the 20 page with 90 bullet points.
1314
00:41:22,418 –> 00:41:24,698
of how they cheated on me to get me out of office.
1315
00:41:25,018 –> 00:41:28,898
And you mad at me because y’all bullshit and didn’t
1316
00:41:28,898 –> 00:41:29,498
move on it.
1317
00:41:29,818 –> 00:41:31,578
And I went to the Department of Labor.
1318
00:41:31,578 –> 00:41:34,058
You didn’t send me anything to fucking bullet points.
1319
00:41:34,698 –> 00:41:36,378
I had to read the whole fucking court case.
1320
00:41:37,158 –> 00:41:40,438
I had to call a private eye I know to get the whole
1321
00:41:40,438 –> 00:41:40,918
thing.
1322
00:41:41,718 –> 00:41:42,758
He had bullet points.
1323
00:41:43,958 –> 00:41:44,918
He had bullet points.
1324
00:41:45,398 –> 00:41:46,718
But I wouldn’t have believed those anyway.
1325
00:41:46,718 –> 00:41:48,958
I had to do my own research because this is the No
1326
00:41:48,958 –> 00:41:49,878
Bullshit News Hour.
1327
00:41:49,958 –> 00:41:50,718
Yeah, no doubt.
1328
00:41:50,718 –> 00:41:51,158
All right,
1329
00:41:51,158 –> 00:41:51,318
man.
1330
00:41:51,318 –> 00:41:52,278
Well, you know,
1331
00:41:52,918 –> 00:41:54,598
I thought all this was over,
1332
00:41:54,918 –> 00:41:55,238
you know,
1333
00:41:55,238 –> 00:41:57,478
like after a couple years ago when the Fed swept in,
1334
00:41:57,558 –> 00:41:59,158
put the whole leadership in prison,
1335
00:41:59,598 –> 00:42:00,998
had oversight of it.
1336
00:42:01,158 –> 00:42:02,038
You thought it would
1337
00:42:02,518 –> 00:42:06,118
it would line up and start functioning appropriately.
1338
00:42:06,118 –> 00:42:07,398
Indeed, indeed.
1339
00:42:07,718 –> 00:42:10,598
Because we need a functioning counterweight,
1340
00:42:11,478 –> 00:42:11,798
right?
1341
00:42:11,958 –> 00:42:15,878
To like, we never would have had NAFTA if we actually
1342
00:42:15,878 –> 00:42:18,678
had functioning unions back in the 90s.
1343
00:42:19,118 –> 00:42:21,198
Because they were a mess and they were corrupt.
1344
00:42:21,198 –> 00:42:21,598
They did.
1345
00:42:21,598 –> 00:42:23,238
There wasn’t enough pushback.
1346
00:42:23,358 –> 00:42:23,878
And now,
1347
00:42:24,598 –> 00:42:27,078
Everybody realizes what a mistake that was.
1348
00:42:27,318 –> 00:42:27,478
Yeah.
1349
00:42:27,718 –> 00:42:28,838
That’s why it’s important.
1350
00:42:28,838 –> 00:42:31,878
One truck built everything in house until NAFTA.
1351
00:42:32,358 –> 00:42:33,158
Everything.
1352
00:42:33,838 –> 00:42:34,958
Right there at one truck.
1353
00:42:35,038 –> 00:42:36,438
When did you start over there at one truck?
1354
00:42:36,438 –> 00:42:38,318
I started at one truck in 1987.
1355
00:42:38,318 –> 00:42:41,518
Do you remember all the machine shops and everything?
1356
00:42:41,518 –> 00:42:41,998
I remember that.
1357
00:42:41,998 –> 00:42:42,918
Like Van Dyke,
1358
00:42:42,918 –> 00:42:43,678
8 Mile, like
1359
00:42:44,358 –> 00:42:50,278
When the ergonomics one is good when you had to be
1360
00:42:50,278 –> 00:42:51,958
a real man to work in chassis.
1361
00:42:52,278 –> 00:42:53,078
Yeah, I was there.
1362
00:42:53,078 –> 00:42:54,438
I blood, sweat,
1363
00:42:54,438 –> 00:42:54,918
and tears.
1364
00:42:55,318 –> 00:42:57,678
You know, my father was president and when I asked
1365
00:42:57,678 –> 00:42:59,198
him to hook me up with a good job,
1366
00:42:59,198 –> 00:43:00,278
he said, excuse me,
1367
00:43:00,278 –> 00:43:00,918
fuck you.
1368
00:43:01,718 –> 00:43:04,638
about to work and earn it like everybody else did.
1369
00:43:04,638 –> 00:43:06,278
Get out there and do that job or quit.
1370
00:43:07,238 –> 00:43:08,998
So I had it the hardcore way,
1371
00:43:08,998 –> 00:43:09,878
3 the hard way.
1372
00:43:10,518 –> 00:43:11,558
And it’s a shout out,
1373
00:43:11,558 –> 00:43:13,958
like just to Labor Day in Michigan and Rosie the Riveters.
1374
00:43:13,958 –> 00:43:15,798
A lot of the women over there at Warren,
1375
00:43:16,118 –> 00:43:17,878
a lot of the workers at Warren Truck are women.
1376
00:43:18,438 –> 00:43:19,118
Yeah, good,
1377
00:43:19,158 –> 00:43:20,118
hard-working women.
1378
00:43:20,118 –> 00:43:20,638
Yeah, dude,
1379
00:43:21,078 –> 00:43:23,318
I met a lot of them when I was hanging out over there.
1380
00:43:23,318 –> 00:43:23,518
Yeah.
1381
00:43:24,438 –> 00:43:25,118
Dedicated.
1382
00:43:25,318 –> 00:43:26,678
Oh, and they’re so mad.
1383
00:43:26,758 –> 00:43:27,078
Yeah.
1384
00:43:27,558 –> 00:43:29,398
Like this great contract,
1385
00:43:29,398 –> 00:43:30,078
you promised.
1386
00:43:30,078 –> 00:43:30,438
It was like,
1387
00:43:30,758 –> 00:43:31,798
it looks great on paper,
1388
00:43:31,798 –> 00:43:33,958
but Stellana’s just fucking laid everybody off.
1389
00:43:34,118 –> 00:43:36,598
Yeah, soon after the contract and the strike,
1390
00:43:36,998 –> 00:43:38,438
it’s like the company attacked us.
1391
00:43:38,438 –> 00:43:39,158
And I told,
1392
00:43:39,558 –> 00:43:42,838
I sent word to International that we,
1393
00:43:42,838 –> 00:43:45,638
they set a dangerous pattern on what we’re doing now
1394
00:43:45,958 –> 00:43:48,318
by them not coming in to help the N.
1395
00:43:48,558 –> 00:43:50,598
on what was going on locally.
1396
00:43:50,838 –> 00:43:54,838
you can’t just get props naturally what we doing and
1397
00:43:54,838 –> 00:43:58,198
leave the local union and the people that voted you
1398
00:43:58,198 –> 00:43:59,638
in out hanging.
1399
00:43:59,638 –> 00:44:03,638
Well, we getting attacked by the company,
1400
00:44:04,118 –> 00:44:04,998
constantly.
1401
00:44:05,478 –> 00:44:06,678
people getting time off,
1402
00:44:06,918 –> 00:44:08,078
it was a record contract,
1403
00:44:08,078 –> 00:44:09,638
but people getting record discipline.
1404
00:44:09,798 –> 00:44:12,518
Well, we can’t reap the benefits from the record contract.
1405
00:44:12,918 –> 00:44:13,558
You know what I mean?
1406
00:44:13,558 –> 00:44:14,478
So that’s bullshit,
1407
00:44:14,478 –> 00:44:14,838
man.
1408
00:44:15,438 –> 00:44:17,478
And then, just to bring this full circle before we
1409
00:44:17,478 –> 00:44:18,278
wrap it up,
1410
00:44:19,798 –> 00:44:23,678
we begin at the top with Doug and talk about the factories
1411
00:44:23,678 –> 00:44:24,198
and et cetera.
1412
00:44:24,198 –> 00:44:26,638
Well, the big one in Detroit was JNAP,
1413
00:44:26,638 –> 00:44:26,758
right?
1414
00:44:26,838 –> 00:44:28,638
The Jefferson North Assembly Plant,
1415
00:44:28,958 –> 00:44:30,918
where there’s two pieces of it.
1416
00:44:30,918 –> 00:44:33,798
There’s the Mac facility and the Jefferson facility.
1417
00:44:34,558 –> 00:44:37,158
And we gave them like a half a billion dollars,
1418
00:44:37,238 –> 00:44:37,918
some cash,
1419
00:44:37,918 –> 00:44:38,918
some tax stuff,
1420
00:44:38,918 –> 00:44:39,878
some property.
1421
00:44:40,358 –> 00:44:42,838
Let’s not pretend we’re not handing companies money.
1422
00:44:44,158 –> 00:44:45,958
They promised us 10,000 jobs.
1423
00:44:46,038 –> 00:44:47,958
We got 5,000 existing jobs,
1424
00:44:47,958 –> 00:44:49,438
and there’ll be 5,000 more jobs,
1425
00:44:49,438 –> 00:44:50,758
and there’ll be great paying jobs.
1426
00:44:51,158 –> 00:44:52,838
They don’t got 5,000 now,
1427
00:44:53,718 –> 00:44:54,118
right?
1428
00:44:54,198 –> 00:44:55,158
Yeah, it’s rough,
1429
00:44:55,158 –> 00:44:55,478
man.
1430
00:44:55,478 –> 00:44:57,878
I mean, you’re like a union representative.
1431
00:44:57,878 –> 00:44:59,038
Those numbers are about right,
1432
00:44:59,038 –> 00:44:59,478
am I correct?
1433
00:44:59,478 –> 00:44:59,958
Yeah, about right,
1434
00:44:59,958 –> 00:45:00,118
yeah.
1435
00:45:00,278 –> 00:45:04,398
And okay, so all we really did was hand an international
1436
00:45:04,398 –> 00:45:07,278
company, because they’re really based in Europe.
1437
00:45:07,478 –> 00:45:08,998
We just gave them a half a billion.
1438
00:45:10,278 –> 00:45:11,558
Layoffs, wow.
1439
00:45:12,398 –> 00:45:16,678
Okay, that’s not representing the public interest very
1440
00:45:16,678 –> 00:45:16,998
well.
1441
00:45:17,398 –> 00:45:18,278
No clawbacks,
1442
00:45:18,278 –> 00:45:18,918
no nothing,
1443
00:45:19,398 –> 00:45:19,798
right?
1444
00:45:20,438 –> 00:45:20,838
Man.
1445
00:45:21,158 –> 00:45:25,118
Those temps was in my office crying when they got fired
1446
00:45:25,118 –> 00:45:27,878
because they voted for that contract and with confidence
1447
00:45:27,878 –> 00:45:31,078
that they would be full time and they was lined up
1448
00:45:31,078 –> 00:45:32,598
outside my office crying,
1449
00:45:32,598 –> 00:45:32,838
man.
1450
00:45:33,438 –> 00:45:34,398
And you know,
1451
00:45:34,398 –> 00:45:34,838
I had to,
1452
00:45:34,918 –> 00:45:36,798
they coming in here like I’m a psychiatrist.
1453
00:45:36,798 –> 00:45:38,998
They on the couch and I have no answers.
1454
00:45:39,558 –> 00:45:40,838
I have no answers for them.
1455
00:45:41,038 –> 00:45:43,558
I called international to see what was going on.
1456
00:45:43,558 –> 00:45:44,678
I didn’t get a call back,
1457
00:45:45,238 –> 00:45:45,638
you know.
1458
00:45:45,798 –> 00:45:48,958
So I feel real bad about what happened to those temps.
1459
00:45:48,958 –> 00:45:49,878
I was a temp.
1460
00:45:50,358 –> 00:45:51,558
You know, that’s how I got on.
1461
00:45:51,798 –> 00:45:53,078
Do people bought houses,
1462
00:45:53,078 –> 00:45:53,998
signed leases,
1463
00:45:54,118 –> 00:45:54,758
have, you know,
1464
00:45:54,998 –> 00:45:57,558
and families and nobody working at the truck plant
1465
00:45:57,558 –> 00:45:58,518
actually owns a truck.
1466
00:45:58,518 –> 00:46:00,238
They’re leasing the motherfucker because they can’t
1467
00:46:00,238 –> 00:46:00,758
afford
1468
00:46:01,278 –> 00:46:02,918
to buy the thing they build.
1469
00:46:02,998 –> 00:46:03,158
Yeah.
1470
00:46:03,398 –> 00:46:03,958
Is that right?
1471
00:46:04,038 –> 00:46:04,318
Yeah.
1472
00:46:04,918 –> 00:46:05,238
All right.
1473
00:46:05,718 –> 00:46:06,838
And thanks for being here,
1474
00:46:06,838 –> 00:46:07,118
dude.
1475
00:46:07,118 –> 00:46:08,478
Hey, I appreciate you having me,
1476
00:46:08,478 –> 00:46:08,838
Charlie.
1477
00:46:08,918 –> 00:46:11,878
And shout out to the coldest president ever to do it
1478
00:46:12,198 –> 00:46:13,478
in local history,
1479
00:46:13,558 –> 00:46:14,518
Randall W.
1480
00:46:14,518 –> 00:46:15,638
Pierce and my father.
1481
00:46:15,958 –> 00:46:16,358
Right on.
1482
00:46:16,358 –> 00:46:16,838
Senior.
1483
00:46:17,158 –> 00:46:17,478
Senior.
1484
00:46:17,478 –> 00:46:17,638
Yeah.
1485
00:46:18,198 –> 00:46:22,358
And Flint Teamsters Local 332 Registered Nurses,
1486
00:46:22,358 –> 00:46:23,238
fight the good fight.
1487
00:46:23,798 –> 00:46:24,638
See you next week.
1488
00:46:25,998 –> 00:46:26,198
Thanks.
