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From Naval Mishaps to Political Firestorms: Tuesday's Top Stories
The sun is shining brightly in Alabama as we unpack three newsworthy stories that showcase the bizarre juxtaposition of our current reality.
First, an astonishing military mishap in the Red Sea where a $56 million F-18E Super Hornet fighter jet slipped off the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier and plunged into the waters below. The incident occurred when the carrier executed a sudden turn, potentially to evade Houthi rebel fire, causing both the jet and the towing vehicle to slide overboard. Thankfully, crew members escaped unharmed, but the expensive warplane now sits at the bottom of the sea—representing a significant and costly loss for the Navy. The story raises fascinating questions about military protocols during high-tension situations and the financial consequences of such accidents.
Moving to the political arena, we examine Illinois Governor JB Pritzker's alarming rhetoric calling for citizens to "mobilize" against President Trump. During an MSNBC interview, Pritzker doubled down on inflammatory language, declaring "Republicans cannot know a moment of peace" and drawing inappropriate comparisons between Trump's administration and Nazi Germany. The governor's call for "mass protest, mobilization, and disruption" without substantive policy criticisms appears deliberately inflammatory and potentially dangerous in our already divided nation. We break down why such extreme language undermines constructive political discourse and serves no productive purpose beyond inflaming tensions.
Ending on a more hopeful note, Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred revealed discussions with President Trump regarding Pete Rose's permanent ban from baseball. Following Rose's death in September, there's renewed interest in potentially removing the career hits leader from MLB's ineligible list, which could posthumously restore his legacy. Interestingly, Manfred also expressed concerns about how immigration policies might impact international players from countries like Cuba and Venezuela, highlighting the complex intersection of sports, politics, and international relations.
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Hello, good morning, happy Tuesday, welcome. One and all the birds are chirping. It's going to be a beautiful day here in Alabama in the 80s. Sun will be out, gorgeous, gorgeous weather today. All right, I have three stories I want to go over with you.
Speaker 1:Did you know that we lost a $56 million aircraft carrier off the USS Harry S Truman the other day? And the aircraft carrier was out there. It's it's patrolling the seas to protect the traffic, the traffic lanes, whatever trade lanes, from the Houthis and they had. They were rolling out an aircraft carrier or they were rolling out an airplane and the ship made a last-minute sharp turn and off went the tow vehicle and the airplane. Luckily, the staff and crew member jumped off the equipment in time so they didn't go overboard. A US Navy F-18E Super Hornet fighter jet slipped off an aircraft carry and sank into the Red Sea as the ship was making a hard turn, possibly to avoid fire from the Houthi forces. According to reports this is from the New York Post the $56 million warplane was lost. The $56 million warplane was lost. We lost it, but the pilot made it out alive. Thankfully, the jet was being towed out of a hangar.
Speaker 1:On Monday excuse me on the USS Arias Truman, when the carrier suddenly shifted and the tractor pulling it lost control, sending both the jet and the vehicle overboard the vehicle that was towing it out. Initial reports from the scene indicated that the Truman made a sudden turn to evade an attack on Houthi rebels. An official told CNN. So there's that. How does that work? Do we just leave it there? I'm not sure. Do we try to go get it out? I don't know how does that work. It doesn't tell us the rest of the story. All we know is that it slipped off the aircraft carrier as it was making a sharp turn, possibly to avoid Houthi fire. Okay, well, isn't that interesting? Maybe All right.
Speaker 1:Jb Pritzer, this guy y'all. I can't. Even with this guy. He doubles down on calls for people to mobilize against trump. Five alarm fire. What does this mean? What is he? Is this not incitement? What is this? What is he saying? Is this not incitement? What is he saying? Is he calling for violence? Is he calling for his people to get out on the streets, to get up in our faces and start fights? What is he talking about?
Speaker 1:Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzer urged Americans to mobilize against President Trump on Monday, a day after he delivered a fiery speech in New Hampshire calling for disruption and mass protests. Y'all this is not good, but I don't think anybody's going to listen to him. But you know there are some crazies out there. Let me be clear we're in a perilous moment in this country, pritzer said during an interview with MSNBC host Jen Psaki when asked about what he was trying to convey in his speech at a New Hampshire Democratic Party dinner Sunday night. In his speech, which conservatives quickly blasted as reckless, the governor declared that Republicans cannot know a moment of peace.
Speaker 1:So let me back up here to this other paragraph where he says let me be clear we're in a perilous moment in this country. Moment in this country. Can he give me what does he mean? That's just rhetoric. That's just stupid stupidity. He doesn't even know what he's talking about. If he did, he would give us examples, and the examples that he would give us would be you're not allowing us to mutilate children. You're not allowing us to have open borders and import all these criminals over here to invade the country. We want the criminals, we want the rapists and gang members, ms-13 and all the horrible, awful people here. We want them here. That's what he would say, because that is their message. I don't know what perilous moment he is talking about. We are in good hands right now, so he's just being ridiculous and it's dangerous. They have to understand that we will fight their cruelty. What cruelty are we talking about? We are protecting Americans, sir, with every megaphone and microphone that we have.
Speaker 1:Prisker said at the mcintyre okay, whatever, 100 club dinner um, never before in my life have I called for mass protest, for mobilization, for disruption. But I am now for what again? For what? Because we closed our borders and we're protecting, we're having America first agenda, because we're protecting women and children. Is that what you're talking about? Is that the perilous times that you're talking about, idiot? Okay, during this interview with Psaki, the governor doubled down on his comments and even likened the Trump administration's policies to those of Nazi Germany.
Speaker 1:I can't this guy. I wish every single ginormous podcast brand name out there would blast this guy on full volume for everybody to see what an absolute ridiculous person he is. You cannot take this guy seriously. It's just. This is the political world we live in now. If you don't like somebody and their policies, if you don't like it, then they're Nazi Germany or they're racist, of course. But to compare Trump and his administration to Nazi Germany is offensive, and it's not just ridiculous, it's just so off base. It's like black and white, night and day. It's totally different.
Speaker 1:I don't understand where he gets his information. He just gets out there and says stuff that just to get people riled up, I guess. But what is the point of that? I don't understand. I don't understand this at all. But we're going to move on to the next story because I am running off of time here. Running out of time, all right, but hopefully we're going to get some good news here.
Speaker 1:Rob Manfred to rule on Pete Rose reinstatement after Trump talk. All right. New York Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said he discussed Pete Rose with President Donald Trump at a meeting two weeks ago and he plans to rule on a request to end the sports permanent ban of the career hits leader who died in September. Maybe that's what Pritzker is talking about about being such a horrible administration. Maybe because he talked to the baseball commissioner about getting Pete Rose's permanent ban done. Speaking Monday at a meeting of the Associated Press sports editors, manfred said he and Trump have discussed several issues, including Manfred's concerns over how Trump's immigration policies could impact players from Cuba, venezuela and other foreign countries. Well, you know, I don't think they're rapists and murderers and gang members, are they? They're baseball players. So you know, I swear we have lost all common sense. Manfred is considering a petition to have Rose removed from MLB's permanent ineligible list, so hopefully that'll be going on.
Speaker 1:You can go finish reading that. This is a quite a long, extensive article. If you would like to go finish reading that, it is on my x-file. All right, I think that's all I've got for now. We need to go on to the question of the day. All right, who is the best baseball player of all time since the beginning of baseball? Who is the best baseball? If you don't follow baseball, then give me a football player. If you don't follow football, then give me a musician. The best, best of ever time, of all time. That's the question of the day. All right, I have to go. Thank you for listening and love y'all. Have a good one.
