Yeah.
It could be an afternoon nap time for me.
I was listening to Maggie Dawn and she covered a few things that I thought was really interesting like the SAVE Act, where they're asking for birth certificates, which might be different for women because they have a maiden name.
My wife had gone through that.
A number of times because they still haven't gotten it correct.
She's got different names all over the damn map.
some companies have her listed this way and that and it's, and it gets mixed up eventually.
It's confusing.
Boy, did you have a ball at the test?
Well, we're encouraging your calls.
What we're gonna do today is we're gonna get everybody else's reaction to what happened last Friday afternoon.
I know that Maggie did a great job of that, and Jim...
Santel was in for Dom last Friday and they talked about it ad nauseam.
I think now it's time to hear from all these other people all across the country, maybe all across the globe and get their input on this.
What they're thinking, what their alternatives are going to be like now.
It's gonna be different.
Now we heard on Maggie's show there is a protest in support of Ukraine.
and I'm not quite sure where that protest was going to be held.
I think it is in Madison.
Is it in
Hey, a couple quick things.
Hang
Okay.
I'm sorry, I said Elon Musk.
I meant Zelensky.
So how many terrible things has he gone because I have so many right wingers going, you don't know the whole story.
And I'm like, well, it can't be as bad as Musk.
Yeah, but he doesn't
Yeah, well, yeah, they're in a war, but I did hear Zelinsky was making plans that if he did have an election, that he would hold it now, and if they had another election, they would also be a part of NATO.
That would be the negotiating chip he has.
If they want to get rid of him as the president, then they're going to have to also include Ukraine in NATO.
So that's the condition that he has.
Peggy,
That happens at eight o'clock tomorrow night.
Of course, that'll be covered on civic media throughout the network.
And we'll see how that goes.
You know, they're talking about bringing in the Democrats, maybe bringing in some guests, some former employees of some of the various agencies that have been cut by Elon Musk and his crew, the Doge crew.
So many people, 60,000 people laid off.
That's ridiculous.
You know, again, no one closes their business up to have an audit or to find out if people are stealing or if people are working at the company at all or if those paychecks are going to absolutely anybody at all.
See, that's the whole point.
These five question.
emails that they're supposed to send in.
It's just to check and see if there are that many people actually working for the government.
goods the one thing I didn't like about what the reaction to that is Honda has decided to build a plant
in this country, in the US now, for their hybrid vehicle.
They were going to build it in Mexico, but now they have changed their minds because of...
the tariffs.
So it looks like Trump's plan to get companies to manufacture stuff in this country may actually be working, at least for Honda and their hybrid product being built now in this country.
That's maybe in a couple of years.
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I was just wondering if someone could tell me exactly how much Elon Musk saved the United States by
shuttling his family, his mom and his kids around on Air Force One, and also taking Marine One helicopter ride to the White House
weekend.
How much did he save the United States
Yeah, I just want to say lately I've been starting to shop at my local Mexican store and looking things up and see if I can buy anything from Canada.
So instead of buying purposely for America, I've been buying the other way around.
So I just want to say other people need to do this too.
So yeah,
even my
dog food, I switched to a Canada dog food.
Oh, really?
That's what Chewy's for.
got chickens, I'll sell eggs.
Well,
Oh, yes.
Good afternoon.
I watched the little spectacle in the Yolba office and it was clear earlier that Trump had met with his Soviet or his Russian handler.
God lost the foreign minister to get his talking points.
I think the goal was the Trump and and JD Vance to basically ground beat Zolensky into such a state that he would virtually surrender and and when he did not that's when they became angry and now they're demanding that Zolensky apologize.
It's like the boy who beat somebody into a pulp and then demand that the victim apologize because his fist hurt.
That's right.
This is, we are watching on, you know, on the world stage, nothing but, but sugary coming out of our overall office is the worst spectacle in American history.
And Trump should be arrested, you know, as soon as possible, and the whole gang should just be tried to treason it.
It's just outrageous what's happened.
You know, there is a lot of money going to Ukraine at this point, even without the US.
And I've got a little cut here from Steve Ratner from the morning show.
This is cut 29, if you can find that.
And he went over how much money is being spent in Ukraine and who's putting the most money in.
And I don't think there's any surprise that Trump is probably lying about this.
So let's
listen to this.
We talked about the 120 billion that we have given Ukraine.
A lot of that has gone to U.S.
factories, U.S.
workers, U.S.
and the U.S.
economy, because a lot of the work supports American businesses.
Yeah, exactly, Joe.
So let's take a look over here at two points.
The first, the one that you're referring to,
It's been estimated, excuse me, that as much as 70% of our aid has actually been spent in the United States.
So that is money that is here.
It's not even necessary in the form of aid.
We've just literally sent them equipment, sent them ammunition that we have then replaced using our money from U.S.
factories, U.S.
workers, which is that we have committed only another $5 billion at this moment.
I mean,
We are actually manufacturing new equipment in this country, sending our old equipment to Ukraine.
Right.
Yes, so it's it's working out in everybody's favor and not only that what happens if we stop doing anything with Ukraine Then those factories in the US will slow down and people won't be making that kind of money anymore We're not spending it and we're not replacing the old equipment with the new equipment and have you seen I've seen pictures of these these boneyards of Retired military equipment.
Oh, sure.
And
they're gonna tear all
Oscars.
This was not Joe Rogan's podcast, wasn't it?
Yes, it was.
Joe Rogan.
Let's listen.
Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.
Where I explain that oh, so will people pay into social security?
Yeah, and the money goes out of social security immediately, but the obligation for social security is your entire retirement career.
Yeah, so you're you're paying With your you're paying like like if you look at the future obligations It far exceeds the tax revenue.
Okay
For far if you've looked at the debt the debt clock.
Yes.
Okay.
There's our present-day debt, but then there's our future obligations So when you look at the future obligations of social security The actual National debt is like double what what people think it is because of the future obligations
so basically people are living way longer than expected
And there are fewer babies being born.
So
you have more people who are retired
and get a little for a lifetime and get
a
little for retirement payments.
So the future obligation.
So however bad the financial situation is right now for the federal government, it'll be much worse in the future.
Okay.
sounded like a self-fulfilling prophecy.
It's going to be much worse in the future because you're taking all the money, Elon.
away
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This is the Civic Media Radio Network, Dom Salvia Show with John and Gordy sitting in for today.
Dom will be back tomorrow.
John, we've got a bunch of texts here and we've got people hanging on the phone.
Let's go to the text first.
This first one from Richland Center.
I'd like to request that when Democrats repost memes, they judge first whether they're vulgar.
and leave the ignorant crap to the magas, okay?
Good point.
Really?
Yes, means.
All right, Kurt, of course, let us know that like Trump, he seems to have trouble speaking in complete sentences.
He always speaks in generalities.
He can't be specific on any one example.
to anybody, and it is so true, so true.
to mention this, Elon, according to the Associated Press, found his comments were overstated and misrepresented social security data, and he also, get this, Musk, the world's richest man, and an increasingly powerful advisor to Trump, also describes the federal government.
as one big pyramid scheme.
So now you know why he's ripping the government apart.
He thinks it's a pyramid scheme.
Hi.
The EU had their big meeting and already...
There's big contracts going now to Ireland to make arms for Ukraine I'm hoping that Ukraine can pull through this with with Since Europe has been supplying more than us to begin with
I Just hope they can pull it off and now they'll have non-UF
Yeah, hi.
I mean, some may say what I'm thinking, what I'm going to say is vulgar, but I would put it in the category of waste, fraud, and abuse.
Return to Elon Musk again, as you pointed out, the richest man in the world on who said that no social security for you.
Sorry, I just earned money from my government contracts, which continue and continue.
But I would like to point out the fact he was taking that Air Force One flight as one of your previous callers mentioned.
And it's the cost of doing that is apparently about close to $3,000 per minute when that sector is up in the air.
So that was Mr. Musk and his mama.
and his little kid.
Now, this is the same little kid, I believe, although it's hard to know because he's got like 12, 13 kids who was wiping his boogers on the White House desk resolute that Trump was at.
And apparently they took that desk out and had to clean it down after that kid had left his trail of slime on it.
Is
Really?
Yes.
So how much more are we paying after we paid for Elon Musk, his mother and his child to go on Air Force One?
Because of course, the richest man in the world couldn't get his own flight on his own plane, some private plane.
So instead, we taxpayers have to pay that.
And then how much are we going to have to pay to host down Air Force One after that?
So cue the Kleenex and maybe a nanny might be a good idea.
If Graham, I can't watch that.
Yes.
All right.
Maybe no more of a hoes down there.
They do every time Trump gets on and off that airplane.
It might be leaking out of Trump's garments that, um.
Wow.
I mean, it is just, it is just.
You know, and we're restricted enough to avoid the FCC requirements, to avoid being vulgar, is kind of asking a whole lot because
You know, that Trump is the most vulgar man I think we've ever had in the White House.
And to have Elon Musk there too, I mean, this increases, you know, doubles the vulgarity of the man.
It is just a couple of detestable human beings that are going to cost this country dearly.
And for us to reverse course on what we're supposed to say about Russia now is just really disturbing.
I mean, that Russia is now our friend.
Good
Yeah.
Well, first I want to get to something and this is this is part of being Putin's puppet.
OK.
Right.
Pete Hexeth just reportedly ordered the U.S.
military cyber command to stand down from all planning against Russia.
Analysts.
Yes, have been ordered not to follow or report on Russian threats.
I'm not my head can't wrap around this Yeah,
The order was handed down before Friday's Oval Office blow-up between Trump Vance and Zelensky former intelligence committee chair Mike Turner and Carlos Jimenez were surprised as heck
When they found out about it, and this is on a two different broadcast, but here's the reaction.
Let's listen to cut 24.
Hegseth doing away or just shutting down the cyber command.
These reports that Defense Secretary Hegseth has ordered U.S.
Cyber Command to temporarily halt cyber operations and planning against Russia.
Does this concern you?
Have you been briefed on
this?
I don't know.
I'm unaware of that.
I don't believe that.
There are too many.
I'm certain considerations there for that to be an accurate statement, so blanket.
But they have ordered cyber command to halt cyber operations.
It's
the linkage to the negotiations that you're questioning.
Considering what I know, what Russia is currently doing against the United States, that would, I'm certain, not be an accurate statement of the current status of the United States operations.
You are confident that the United States.
I'm
confident, considering what Russia is currently doing against the United States, the United States status against
that.
That's not good.
Considering what we are facing from from Russia operations.
Yes
comes up.
Why are we doing this and why we're doing it now?
I'm sorry.
Who's who did that?
He's ending a cyber offensive cyber operations in Russia as of now as of now
I Don't know why he's doing that the Russians are attacking us every single day the Chinese are attacking us every single day I don't think you do you signal the Russians that hey, we're gonna unilaterally withdraw from
from this space.
If they can keep attacking us and they do every single day, they should be fearful of our capacity to inflict damage on them.
So I really don't understand where that's coming
from.
It makes it look like we're moving to Russia's side, doesn't it?
I hate to use the word, but tilting towards Russia
looks
like
that.
Well, that would be a mistake in my side.
Do you think
The EU is coming to the rescue here, and that is great to see.
But this country, I mean, reversing course is a dramatic change for all of us as citizens.
I mean, history has taught us that we should be there for everyone.
We are the most powerful country
in the world, and we have turned our backs on everyone.
All our allies, NATO countries, it just, you know, it doesn't make any sense.
Here, I've got something.
This is, I think this is a perfect spot for it because this is Russian influence, Russian oligarchs.
This is how Trump made all of his money.
I got a lot of this information from the watch.
in post, but I also found a recording that summarizes what was in that article, and I want to play Cut 25.
It's interesting because this is how Trump survived all the bankruptcies that he had gone through.
Let's listen.
Donald Trump was a Russian money launderer.
In the late 80s and early 90s, Donald Trump was in complete financial failure.
As soon as Donald had control of the Trump Organization, he quickly borrowed, spent, and soon collapsed his father's company.
By 1992,
He's on the hook for 800 million and is desperately seeking any avenue to make himself solvent.
Meanwhile, in Russia, as their economy crashes, the Russian mafia is trying to move as much money as possible out of Russia.
In total, they end up moving close to $2 trillion.
And a very large chunk of that money ends up passing into Donny's grubby little hands.
Trump Tower.
is one of the few places in America where you can buy a condo anonymously, which if you're looking to privately launder large sums of money buying New York real estate and never having to disclose who you are or where your money came from is just ideal.
Building after building is constructed and the Russian mob
both directly and through shadowy shell companies, buys nearly 70% of his unoccupied space.
By the 2000s, the vast majority of the Trump organization is paid for with dark money directly from Russian oligarchs and the Russian mafia at this point.
Russian businessmen have cut out the middlemen and started building these towers themselves, simply leasing Donald's name and organization while they create their own real estate to purchase with their own dirty money, which left Donnie the free time to focus on his real passion.
being famous.
Donald will tell you this story about his business sense, how he fought back from bankruptcy and he's this self made billionaire.
But what Lil Donnie actually is, he's a mule, an asset for cleaning cash from human trafficking, extortion and the drug trade.
And without two decades of Russian money, he'd be broke alone and on the street.
Right.
He's selling a gold card where people for five million bucks.
Donate five million dollars to become a citizen.
I mean, this is another way of laundering money and and this is Anthony Scaramucci.
He was the White House Communications Director for a little while.
Yeah, let's listen to what he said about this confirming that last audio
Listen,
some journalists that believe that he had a money laundering spigot going with Russian oligarchs.
And that's the reason why his two sons said prior to the 2016 election that they got their money from Vladimir Putin's oligarchs, that that's all their money came from for all the real estate investing deals.
I don't know.
I'm not close enough to it, but I can say this to you.
He acts either as a stooge.
and a useful idiot of Vladimir Putin, who is somehow tied to Vladimir Putin economically or otherwise, that we don't understand.
But it's the same cause and effect.
You have the President of the United States literally reading Russian talking points at press conferences and now voting against the historical allies of the American government and the freedom of democracies here in the West.
And he's voting with the North Korean dictator and the Russian dictator.
That's Anthony Scarabucci.
And everybody knows this in New York.
My sister told me about this when she moved out there and it was just common knowledge, okay?
So it's not rumors.
It's not something you'll find on Snopes is being not true.
Here's a Markin' participant goes, I wonder how Dom is staying calm, not being able to vent on the air.
Yeah.
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Uh-huh.
Well this morning I talked to you guys and I mentioned the Russian asset, but here's more of it.
At the beginning of this war, the Russians had 19.6% of the country.
Now they have 19.2%.
That's a stalemate in my mind.
That's not that he's getting beat.
And if we would have supplied him properly, which the Republicans wouldn't do
for the last two years, we could have toppled him.
Meanwhile, here's Putin, back in his country, remind people of this.
A couple of years ago, remember, when they try to say, Oh, you don't have the people to fight this war.
What about Putin, the Wagner group?
Okay.
And they
basically almost toppled him 20 miles from from Moscow.
Yes.
And so this guy's weak.
He's 20% inflation in the country.
800,000 people dead.
And you're telling me that he can't sell the war or to his countrymen.
No, Putin can't.
Yeah.
Putin can't he's weak he was vulnerable and he could have been tipped over two years ago Had not been for the Republicans.
what's not being reported guys.
That makes me sick to my stomach.
Yeah.
That's
Hey, good afternoon, gentlemen.
Great show as usual.
You let him get up early in the morning to listen to you guys.
So it's kind of refreshing to have you on at night.
Every time I think, yeah, every time I think it can't get any worse with Trump, it does.
Oh, I know.
There's no end to this.
There's no end to this.
I mean, TMBC today was reporting that, hey, save like two or three months of expenses because you may not get social security checks.
because of what President or Vice President Musk is doing.
So when places like that are reporting that, you've got to kind of take heed.
So I don't know where we're headed here, but I could tell you this, we do not have a Republican party anymore.
They're scared to death of Trump.
And I mean, I would probably be too.
He's got a Gestapo running around out there.
And the way it looks, he's going to have a try.
You know what, I better just calm down.
Calm down.
I'm just gonna go drink some Jack Daniels
Hi, gentlemen.
I would like you guys to think about and your listeners to think about the medical possibility
of Donald Trump having Alzheimer's disease, the early onset of it, because we saw him on television, on the media, and he was completely, what do you call it, irrational, irrational behavior.
Now that happens with Alzheimer's, that's the early stages.
What do you think?
All right.
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And then Pete Schwabow will be in at six o'clock tonight.
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