Just looking at the headline real quick, Todd Blanche is insisting that the Epstein files did not play a role in the Bondi firing. I think I heard Jay talk about how there are some reports out there that Donald Trump fired Pam Bondi because she didn't go after his political enemies. Aggressively enough, I'm seeing that reported as well. I don't know the reason why Pam Bondi got fired. I do believe that she shanked the whole Epstein investigation. And I've said this a thousand times. I'm not going to spend a lot of time on it this morning, but she sealed her own fate when she went into the administration talking big and she had been talking big about the Epstein files for years. She was a guest on the talk shows and Hannity and all of these and it's like, oh, the Epstein files, I know, I know, I know the Epstein files, I know, I know, and she didn't know. And so she was talking big about how she was going to, if she was in the Attorney General's office, if it was up to her, then she would know where the Epstein files would be and she would make sure that they got released and all of these other, and then she got into office as the Attorney General and she made mistake after mistake related to the Epstein files. There was, of course, the binders, remember the whole binder controversy, where, yeah, this was a big, big deal. You know, here comes all of these influencers and everybody's got their little binder and it turned out, oh, hey, look, we've got the Epstein files, and then it turns out that they were old files and they were files that the majority of people who are into the nitty gritty of the Epstein files had already known. It was, you know, nothing but a bunch of old news. Remember in the restaurant when she was talking about the Epstein files? Remember when she had said that the Epstein files, that they had all been released and Epstein, you know, committed suicide? Well, then it turns out that was a falsehood. After she announced that all of the Epstein files had been released, then what happens? They released like millions more. So I would say it this way, if Pam Bondi did not get fired because of the Epstein files, well, she should have been fired. But again, she sealed her own fate because she was talking big even before she went into office. And that is why Donald Trump chose her to be the Attorney General. Now, I don't know why it is that she got fired. Who knows, whatever. There's some, you know, there's some accusations that she was, you know, leaking material and all that. I have no idea. I have no idea. Do you know what I do like though? Lee Zeldin. I like Zeldin. I agree with Tim Burchett. Lee Zeldin is a good, solid conservative. And he is somebody that Republicans and hardcore conservatives hold in very high esteem. So we'll see ultimately where it goes from here. There is a headline that I want to share with you regarding Iran. By the way, Supertext Line is open 615-737-9986. Watch us on YouTube, subscribe. And if you would, we're on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Twitch, 997, WTN.com. You can watch the radio show live five to nine or you can watch it anytime of the day or night. I've got a friend in California. She watches it like a night the, you know, the day after whatever. Listen, as long as you watch, like and subscribe. Reckage of downed US fighter posted by Iran matches an F-15 fighter that is based in the UK. As Tehran's missiles hit a water plant and oil refineries as well. So it would appear anyway. And we don't know if this is real or if this is propaganda. But the Daily Mail is reporting that this wreckage of an apparent American war plane that Iran says was shot down matches an F-15 aircraft based in Britain. It is claiming. So we'll have to see aviation experts studying pictures posted of the apparent wreckage say sports the US Air Force in Europe badge as well as a red tail flash belonging to the 494th fighter squadron based in Suffolk. They say the plane is instead likely to be an F-15E strike Eagle the same type of plane as the three aircraft accidentally shot down by Kuwait's Air Force at the start of the conflict. Let's see here. Name of that town Suffolk. Suffolk. I don't know how they say it. And it's like England. Oh, yeah. So if we're talking about Suffolk in Virginia, then it's Suffolk. Okay. But if it's in England, I believe they call it Suffolk or Suffolk cating. I have no idea what that means. That's all the Muslims. Okay. Let's see here. They say getting back on track considering the amount of fake and AI generated imagery Iranian sources have circulated online since the beginning of Operation Epic Fury. It is a legitimate question to ask about the authenticity of these photos. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know if this is real or not. But what I do know is real is the absolute breathtaking video of Donald Trump taking out an Iranian bridge. I don't know if you we did talk about this earlier. So just a real quickly I mentioned this in the five o'clock hour. But the Trump administration has taken out a massive bridge in Iran. Remember that the president has been, you know, talking big as he does and warning Iran that it is time to make a deal before it is too late. That is what the president posted on Thursday. He posted footage of what appeared to be strikes on a bridge in Iran. Well, few hours ago, yesterday, the president did take out a massive bridge that did connect Iran or I should say Tehran with one of their western towns. And this is a bridge. And again, it's the biggest bridge in Iran. And they say that it is the B one bridge. It connects Tehran to the western city of Karaj. And so, you know, one of the things when I saw that, okay, so this is a bridge that is used militarily, I'm sure. But also, you know, the civilians in Iran use this bridge as well. So I do wonder if we're, I don't know, I, I'm having a hard time figuring out if this bridge again, it's called the B one bridge. It connects Tehran to a city called Karaj to the west of Tehran, the capital. And some people are calling this a civilian target. Other people are saying this is a military target. I think civilians have been using this bridge. But it is definitely a bridge that is also used for the military. Either way, the president has now posted another message on true social, and it's talking about all of the other bridges in Iran and how they could very well be taking out those bridges as well. So, you know, busy day as it relates to the war in Iran, the president is most certainly, and Pete Hegzeff's definitely pounding the live and crap out of Iran and out of Tehran. As this war does continue, the folks over at CNN are reporting just to let you know where we are at, you know, on this Friday morning, good Friday morning. CNN is out there reporting that Iran still has 50% of their missile and drone capability. Now, I talked about this in the last hour. I don't know if I believe that the three of us actually spoke about this. Jay Sam and I, and we basically said, you know what, drones maybe. But I don't believe that Iran still has all of those missiles. The White House has come out and said that the Iranians have been attacking Israel and some of these other Middle Eastern nations less and less and less because we've been taking out a lot of those missiles and a lot of their capability to launch said missiles. So, California Governor Gavin Newsom, and we're going to have some fun with him here in a little bit as well with he and some things that his wife have been saying. But California Governor Gavin Newsom in the news today, widely seen as the front runner for Democrats in 2028. This is shocking to me. Vince Collinaze is redefining news talk with the Vince show. It is a reflection of your response to this program that we get to take this thing to the next level. These gigantic shows, this is going to be so much fun. It's unbelievable. In-depth interviews, live-caller interactions, and a front row seat to the most important conversations of the day. I've got updates. I've got big stories. We'll sort through the truth of what's really going on to buckle up. Here it comes. The Vince show, following listen on your favorite platform. Three-quarter of Democrats see Gavin Newsom as really their only choice to run in 2028. How is that possible? With all of the failures of Gavin Newsom, with all of the failures that we've seen in California, three-fourths of Democrats see Gavin Newsom as their choice for 2028 across the entire country. I mean, that, I don't know. I don't know why I'm shocked, but I am, because you know what? You would think that performance matters, but clearly not in the Democrat party, because if you look at the performance of Gavin Newsom as a governor for the state of California, dude has been an absolute epic failure. Who do you think is the bigger failure? Tim Sam, who's the bigger failure? Gavin Newsom or Tim Walz? Dude, that's, I mean, that's comparing horse poop to cow poop right there. I gotta say Gavin Newsom, because you have the, you've got a more fiscally important state to the nation and the international economy. Jay, who do you think is the bigger failure? Gavin Newsom or Tim Walz? Gosh, you know, I would probably go along with what the reasoning Sam has used, but in terms of a bigger putz, I would go with Walz, but as far as a failure goes, yeah, I would go with Newsom. That's actually, that's a really great point, Jay. Who's the bigger putz? You know, that would be Tim Walz. That would be Tim Walz. You made a great point about, you know, performance mattering. And I think we kind of start to understand why Jennifer Newsom's all wound up and irritated all the time. Yeah, we'll, we'll get anywhere, can we? We'll get into that. But you know, Newsom, they're talking about the reasons why Gavin Newsom is such a failure. So this was this rather infamous moment. We all covered this. We all remember this where old Gavin Newsom is speaking to a mostly black audience. I'm like you. I'm no better than you. I'm a 960 SAT guy, and I'm not trying to offend anyone, you know, trying to act all there if you got 940, but literally a 960 SAT guy. I cannot, you've never seen me read a speech because I cannot read a speech. So even people on the left thought that that was an epic disaster. There were some people on the left that thought that this may be the end of his political aspirations. I don't think so. And a lot of Republicans, of course, made hay about that. But you know, nonetheless, the Democrat Party does see this guy as the future above anyone else, according to all of the polling. Now, President Trump in commenting on Gavin Newsom, this is what the president has said about the California governor. Gavin Newsom, I believe he took himself out of the running when he says he is, he suffers from mental disability. And a reporter said it was terrible that I talked that way about somebody with mental disability. I said, I have no problem with it, but I don't want a person with mental disability to be my president. I mean, you don't want to have a person with mental disability being your president. And Gavin Newsom said that he can't read a speech. He can't do almost anything. And then he said he's as dumb as all the people in the room. And he got accused of being a racist, which was an amazing thing. I thought it was the worst interview I've ever seen anybody give. He's actually a very stupid person. So a couple of things. Number one, Gavin Newsom has said that he is dyslexic, but on the other hand, he has said that he is able to, you know, read books at a two hour clip. So Gavin Newsom, he, he's a perpetual liar. And there's a lot to say about Gavin Newsom. I'm not going to go all personal today, but I just, I think that the guy is slimy as the day is long. Me time, by the way, over at CNN, S E cup. She is branded as a moderate Republican, but is often very critical of President Trump. And so there she is, S E cup on CNN. She works as a commentator. And she this, this made news yesterday. She said this about Gavin Newsom. I don't like Gavin Newsom. I think the Democrats are wrong to wrap their arms around Gavin Newsom. I don't think another California coastal liberal is the savior of their party. I think Gavin Newsom's made a ton of mistakes. And I don't think California as economically important as it is should be a model for how our states should run. Do you know what I don't understand though? And I think this is a very valid point. So she's talking about the failures of California. Well, then who do you like? I mean, let's, let's look at the big governors and the big candidates who are considering running for the state for the presidency in 2028, right? So you've got Tim Walts. Of course, I think his political political career is over. But you also have Kamala Harris. She has been a complete abject failure. And I'm trying to think of who else is out there for the Democrats. You know, you've got the Pritzker, JD, JD, JD, B for big boy. Yeah, they're very good. JB Pritzker. You've got, you know, the Democrat mayors, you've got the Democrat senators, you've got Crian, Cory Booker and some of these other folks. So but I think that Newsom really is the prototype Democrat. Is he not? He favors open borders. He favors sanctuary cities. His soft on crime policies are legendary. The health care and childcare for illegal aliens in California, transgender services for kids under the age of 18 in California, $20 an hour minimum wage in California for fast food workers. And of course, there is the fraud in California. Now that has been well documented. CBS News is first to report the arrest today of a married couple in Southern California accused of ripping off Medicare for nearly seven and a half million dollars through a series of fraudulent hospice claims over 700 hospices in Los Angeles County alone have read flags for fraud. According to our investigative team in this particular case, the flags included a five year survival rate of 97% high for what is supposed to be end of life care. The FBI says additional arrests are expected. All right. So if not Newsom who? Mamdani? New York's going to be an epic failure. So all of these people are so incredibly flawed. But Sam, you looked up some of the epic failures of Gavin Newsom in California. You know, we've only got like an hour 40 minutes left in the show. So I don't know if we have enough time. All I all I did was go to grok and I said, list the failures of Gavin Newsom as governor and it spit out the homeless crisis. They spent 24 to $37 billion for the homeless population has grown by 180,000 statewide. The high end that money, they don't know where it went. Exactly. And then the high cost of living with housing shortage that he campaigned on building 3.5 million homes by 2025. Got nowhere close to that population. Exodus and business climate. California has sustained net domestic out migration. Hundreds of thousands leaving for other states annually in recent years. Crime and public safety as you touched on budget and deficits in the fiscal management. $100 billion surplus was claimed. But projections are actually more like in the 10 to $38 billion range and and I will add because we got to wrap this up. I know that there's a lot more the rail project as well. Don't forget that after the fires in California, they talked about trying to get all of those homes rebuilt and the people have given up. Didn't they buy some of them to turn into Section 8 housing? Yeah. Yeah. And you've got your Section 8 housing. You've got your apartment buildings, you know, the what do they call it? High density is that what they call it? Yeah. Yeah. The apartment buildings and the like, you know, they don't want people who, you know, are worth four or five, six, 10 million dollars, you know, building their their big McMansions again. They want to put a bunch of, you know, low income housing in these places. And people are leaving. I mean, you just mentioned it. We talked about this yesterday, as a matter of fact, people are leaving California in droves. By the way, we missed one talking about what Democrats could, you know, be really good for 2028 for the left. Rahm Emanuel. I'm going to tell you, I think Rahm Emanuel could actually give Gavin Newsom a run for his money. I do. Because and then I'm going to move on. But I want you to think about this. So we talked about and Sam did a great job of outlining some of the failures of the Newsom administration in California. So you compare that with, you know, I don't know exactly what Rahm Emanuel has accomplished. But you know what, in politics, sometimes having a resume, like a long resume, like a Kamala Harris or like a Gavin Newsom, it actually is not a benefit because you've got a track record of either success or failure. And so and here's the other thing. When when when you look at Gavin Newsom, one of the things that they'll always tell you is, Oh, Gavin Newsom, you know, he's he's really good in in the numbers. His you know, his ratings are good. His ratings, meaning his polling numbers are good. People like him so on and so forth. But do you know what people like Gavin Newsom? People like Gavin Newsom because they don't know Gavin Newsom, like Californians do. Now, do you know when Gavin Newsom's polling numbers skyrocketed? Do you know when they did? You don't need to look it up. I'll tell you when he started going after Donald Trump big time, when he started mocking Donald Trump, do you remember that whole thing and the hand gestures and the hand gestures, the whole thing, the fake tweets, you know, all that. So thank you for your attention to this matter. Yeah. And so the more that Gavin Newsom did that, the more that he distracted from his own failures. Once you get into the primary, and it's just like SCCUP said, once you get into an actual primary where you start talking about the success or the lack thereof of Gavin Newsom, then it's going to look a lot different. And so then somebody like Rahm Emanuel and I'm not a big Rahm Emanuel fan, but I'm just trying to tell you that he was the mayor of Chicago at one point. Rahm Emanuel, he was for Obama. Wasn't he the chief of staff for Obama? Rahm Emanuel? He was also on Clinton staff too. Okay, Clinton staff too. People are saying Rahm Emanuel, Joan is saying Rahm Emanuel is evil. R. Joan? I can't imagine R. Joan is up right now. No, it can't be R. Joan. This Joan is in North Carolina. But anyway, but I bet you Joan would agree. I bet you R. Joan would agree that Rahm Emanuel is evil. Who's your favorite governor in the country right now? As far as you were talking, my favorite governor in the country. Yeah, should be an easy choice. Should it be an easy choice? Should be. Okay, I'm gonna get hammered for this. I like Ron DeSantis, Florida governor. I do like our governor too. Who wouldn't? That's where I was trying to lead you into. Who wouldn't like Ron DeSantis? Ron DeSantis is the polar opposite of Gavin Newsom and what he's done for the state and for the people. And when you run, you're gonna go, look what I did here to the American people. This is why she put me in office and look at their resumes and they're just total opposites. Yes, but I think if you look at J. D. Vance and if you look at Marco Rubio, Ron DeSantis is far and way down third in that order. That's our third on the batting order. Yeah, that's the point, man. We got a great lineup. And I think that I wouldn't mind seeing DeSantis as maybe, I don't know, like an attorney general. Although last time I said that, people are gonna come to the radio station with pitchforks and torches because they didn't like whatever. I do. I like Ron DeSantis. I'm not gonna shy away from my appreciation for what Ron DeSantis is and does. I think he's been a great supporter of Donald Trump. Anyway, moving right along. I know I don't know if he wears lifts. Apparently, he does. Ask Chris Han about that. All right, real quickly. Where was I going with all this? I don't even know. Rahm Emanuel. Rahm Emanuel is evil, says Joan. All right. There was a CPAC event. This is audio only. There was a CPAC event this week. Erica Kirk and Caroline Leavitt were up on stage. They got hit with this question. You ready? Listen. According to the Heritage Foundation, which is a conservative database, by the way, there have only been a few hundred cases of voter fraud since 1982 out of hundreds of millions of votes. Additionally, according to the Brennan Institute of Justice, there are 21.8 million Americans who do not have easy access to produce citizenship. So my question to you is, is it worth it to risk millions of Americans from voting in order to prevent a few hundred cases of voter fraud? So you heard this guy, very excited. And in case you didn't hear that, he's saying the Heritage Foundation has shown only, all right, this is semantics, friends, only a few hundred instances of voter fraud in their database. Yet, you know, he says, how is it possible that if there's only a few hundred instances of voter fraud in the Heritage Foundation database, how is it disenfranchising or, you know, causing credibility issues in the vote? Because Heritage Foundation is a conservative foundation. I'm going to tell you why coming up next. Full send golf. You guys know how much I really, really love golf. I think every week would be dope to post on the golf channel. I want to get a lot of guests on here. Salim's going to take leave. I'm down to be in it. It's not really work to play golf. Join the party on the golf course. I was like, let's go to the range. So what are we putting on? We said 10K, right? 10K. All right. We probably bet more than all the other golf channels, right? 10K, nine holes. Those guys bet for like cookies. I feel like I'm going to shank it. This guy's been trading like a Navy SEAL when it comes to golf. I'm very, very excited. You excited? Yeah. Full send golf. Follow and listen on your favorite platform. So you heard the guy ask, okay, so if there's only a couple hundred, as he says, a couple or a few hundred instances of proven voter fraud in the Heritage Foundation database, why do you, as Republicans, as conservatives, support the Save America Act? Something they say that could disenfranchise millions of voters? Now, I'm going to let this was again, this was Caroline Levin and Erica Kirk. They were on the stage at a CPAC event. First of all, I have not seen the data you provided. So I'd like to go check it myself and make sure that it's actually accurate in the way that you're citing it. And there is certainly much more, I believe, voter fraud in this country. And I'm sure the statistics back it up than what you cited with one survey. And why are you okay with any voter fraud in the United States of America? By the way, for clarification, this may have been a turning point USA event. I'm probably it's a TP USA event. But anyway, so he said a few hundred. The database actually shows just proven cases as opposed to allegations, criminal convictions. And they call this just a sampling. The Heritage Foundation calls this just a sampling of fraud, not a comprehensive list of all the fraud that has taken place. So you heard Caroline Levin say, well, you know, we got to look at what exactly it is that you're talking about because she's not buying it. I'm not buying it either. But Heritage Foundation does say this is proof that the fraud does exist, but realize that local jurisdictions don't always investigate the fraud when there are accusations. Alright, so there's that aspect of it too. I love the meme that's been bouncing around the internet. How is it that we have Medicaid fraud, Medicare fraud, immigration fraud, tax fraud, insurance fraud, banking fraud, but our elections are perfectly secure, right? I mean, does anybody buy that? I don't. But here's my point. In states where ID is not required, where proof of citizenship is not required, we're not catching the fraud because they've basically legalized the fraud by not requiring ID. That's my point. The reason why we're not catching the fraud is because, you know, you're California, you're Illinois, you're Oregon, you're state of Washington, you know, all of these, you know, leftist run states that have, in my opinion, all of this fraud and states that Democrats always seem to win, they've legalized the fraud. I mean, in Minnesota, remember, in Minnesota, you can vouch for eight other people in your neighborhood. You don't think that's riddled with fraud? Of course it is. Now, is it, I'm going to air quote this, is it convicted fraud or, you know, proven fraud or no, it's not convicted fraudsters or proven fraud because they're not going to look into it. That's the whole point. So who needs to break laws when the laws are written in these states to just legalize the fraud, essentially allowing it to happen? Here's more from Caroline Leavitt. We should have, we are the greatest country on the face of the earth and we should have the safest, we should have the safest and most secure elections of any country on earth and it is an transparent and it is absolutely absurd that voter ID is not the land of the law in this country already in 89% 80 to 90% based on which poll you look at of Americans in this country support bringing a piece of identification to the polls when you cast a ballot in American. I mean, obviously she's correct. It doesn't matter the survey people support to save America Act, 80, 90%. And all it does is it just wants you to prove that you're a citizen. That's it. You want to know where they don't have voter ID requirements because their elections are so safe and secure? Japan voter registration is automatic and based on the basic resident register. Japanese citizens aged 18 and up who have lived in the municipality for at least three consecutive months are just automatically added to that electoral role because they're all citizens. So they don't have to prove who is and isn't eligible to vote in Japan. You know, one of the things is as you listen to the left and they try to scream, you know, discrimination, they try to scream, oh, the Republicans are trying to suppress the vote, all of that it is perfectly obvious that the people who don't believe in free and fair elections are the Democrats. And as I've said forever, it's all about simply put, they want the room to cheat. Here's more. And this idea that the Save America Act would disenfranchise anyone is frankly insulting that Americans aren't smart enough to get the proper identification to go vote and show up to the... So we should... I will end by saying we absolutely should pass the Save America Act. It's a common sense piece of legislation and Democrats would be wise to get on board with this because the only people in the world except for maybe the gentleman who asked the question seemed to be politicians in this city who don't want voter ID and proof of citizenship in American elections. So I think everybody on Capitol Hill should pass that. Look at the thing I was thinking about. You know, when you look at and you think about all of the polling that is out there where 80, 85, 90 percent of the people out there believe that the Save America Act should pass or at least they believe in the tenants of the Save America Act. And the left is like, oh, the women, the married women, oh, the whore. Do you know how many married women were asked the very question about the Save America Act and they all said, we want free and fair elections. That's the whole point. So when you... I've got some great audio. Do I have time to do it? No. Vitoad. Fine. Coming up, I've got some great audio from Merrill Streep, the actress Merrill Streep. And listening to her as she is trying to explain why she is against the Save America Act is awkward and painful. And I'm going to talk about that straight ahead on Super Talk 997 WTN. By the way, very quickly, we have some breaking jobs news. It is good news. So apparently, and Jay's probably got this in his newscast, but the jobs numbers apparently were better than expected. Way better than expected. So talk about that, Sam. Well, so apparently we've added 178,000 jobs in March, rebounding from a significant revision of February's data, which showed a loss of 133,000 jobs. And our unemployment rate has dropped a tenth of a percentage down to 4.3. So now my very cynical question will be, okay, but when are they going to revise this number down? Well, so the expectation was that this job mark would be at 59 to 60,000 jobs. So we've really surpassed that. Wait, okay, hold on. Yeah. The expectation was 50 to 60,000 and the reality was 178,000. Yep. Definitely helps that about 31,000 nurses are going back to work following some strikes. Yeah. But we've had some, a couple of other positive economic news in the last couple of days, we had consumer confidence. That was up. And I forget what the other one was, but we've, so this is like the third or fourth day of positive economic news. I know I don't get really excited over the positive economic news because there's, you know, for every good story, there's negative stories as well. I get it and stuff is still really expensive, but you cannot deny that creating a lot more jobs is or creating the environment for job creation and for companies to continue to keep people employed. That is a very big deal for the Trump administration. All right, real quick, 754, Jay's got the news at eight o'clock, Jay. Yes, sir. Dan, coming up at eight o'clock, well, oil prices continue to rise. We'll have some comment on what's that's doing to the economic front globally. And if boots on the ground in the Iranian war become necessary, whose boots should they be? Tennessee Congressman waves in on that. Again, that's coming up at the top of the hour on Super Talk 997 WT. Hey, I've got a great new name, Sam, when Jay fills in, I've got a great new name for Jay. Joy Kyl Jay. Uh-oh. Here we are talking about some great news on, you know, the job I mean, I mean, you come in with the you lead with the cost of gas and oil. Well, hey, it's the realities, Dan. I mean, you know, that's that's the news. Still don't shoot the messenger. Joy Kyl Jay coming up at eight still lower than the Biden administration gas prices, just saying. Yeah, exactly. Right. And I do have the job numbers story though. So Jay, I'm just kidding. You know, we love you. Yeah. Uh-huh. So my first wife said, do you know what's so funny about working with Jay? You never know when it's going to take an awkward turn. 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