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25:39But he's definitely somebody who is in the room on the issue. And if I put it together with the public comments, it still remains one of total mystery. Just in the way that it has, they ran on the issue. They said they would release it. There has not been one thing that has been released yet. We got the MLK files before we got the UFO and the Epstein files. So we're all aware. And there is still quite a lot of movement at the whistleblower and other level inside of Congress. There has been multiple pieces now of legislation. We're just supposed to compel the Pentagon. By the way, I've been checking up on this.

26:12I haven't heard yet whether Pete Hegseth or anyone on their team is doing really much on the UFO issue. I don't think that. And you have to dig deep on this stuff as we're all showing with the Epstein files. It took hundreds of FBI agents, weeks if not months, to compile all this stuff from everywhere. And then apparently they were finding things in different areas. That's what they're claiming about Russiagate too. And that's, you know, surface level political scandal. So just imagine on this particular issue. But anyway, I mean, I think it's an issue for transparency. The vice president recently was on a podcast talking about it as well.

26:44Here's what he had to say. There are stories that I am particularly focused on, in part just because you talk with your buddies about it. Like I'm obsessed with the whole UFO thing. What's actually going on? What were those videos all about? What's actually happening? I haven't gotten to the bottom of it yet, but we're only six months in. We've been very busy. That's actually the August recess is in part me going to try to dive to the bottom of the whole UFO thing last year. I mean, you got to have us back. Okay, I'll let you know. I'll let you know. So will we ever hear about it again? I'm still, you know, remain a bit skeptical.

27:16One of the reasons why, and I've talked about this before, John Podesta, who was the White House chief of staff under Bill Clinton, huge UFO guy. He actually tried to figure it out. He writes about it in his book. Basically, at every turn, they were like, don't worry about it. And Bill Clinton, he even said it himself. Bill Clinton was like, I'm embarrassed to say I tried to find out. And they basically didn't tell me what was going on. You too, Bill Clinton. How am I just learning this? Well, I don't do it very often. We're not on the 90s. Imagine if we were broadcasting on Lewinsky. He's like, I'm embarrassed to say I couldn't find out what was going on.

27:48But that's what he said. Obama, remember, in his interview one, he was like, well, I can't tell you, in terms of what he had to say about the issue. And now we have Trump and basically every successive person, even the vice president, top level political appointees. You genuinely do need like a strike team of people. Plus, you need more people in the government to come forward. I like Tulsi. Tulsi is my favorite. She's literally the director of National Intelligence. She's like, I still have a lot of questions. See, I hate when they do that. See, it pisses me out, too. Because now you have power.

28:17This is so common. Not just the Trump administration with all sorts of politicians who, oh, gosh, I wish someone in power would do something. It's like, that's your job. Lady, this is your freaking job. Like, what are you talking about? You still have good men? Go ask the questions. Go get the answers. That's the whole reason you were supposed to be put in there. Right. And yet there she is just playing helpless. Like, she has no power, no ability to do anything, which maybe she doesn't. I don't know. But if she doesn't, then she should admit that too. I was going to say, though, remember she said that about the Epstein thing as well.

28:45I think it was Charlie Spearing, shout out, who asked her, he's like, do you have any information that Epstein is an intelligence asset? And she's like, well, I haven't seen anything like that. It's like, well, have you looked for it? You know, have anybody asked about it? I always say that. Yeah. Oh, I don't know. I haven't seen anything. It's like, who did you look for it? Wouldn't look for it, right? It's like, well, yeah, you're not going to know unless you try to look for it. And yeah, anyway, I mean, if you just look at the history and the way that they're all talking about the issue, they're winking, they're nodding.

29:13And I don't know whether it's to drive up. Actually, I don't think so, because they are not volunteering the information. It's Miranda Devine who pressed on two of them. Both of them basically gave cover up like answers. JD has always had kind of an interest in the UFO issue. But also we have to be honest. It's like the vice president doesn't have the power. Like you need a full-on commitment from the DNI, from the SECDEF. Who knows what Pete Hegseth has going on in his building right now? Would his generals even tell him the truth? I do not have any confidence basically in the way that he is running his building right now.

29:45He's got other problems. Yeah, he's got way bigger problems in terms of how he's operating inside. inside. So anyway, I think that's really all we unfortunately have. I would ask people in the White House and others if you do have public pressure or future hearings, things like that. I know that there's some rumbling about that, but almost all of them really have been stopped in their tracks. And there are well-meaning people in Congress who have been trying on the issue, but an individual member of Congress, as we've shown repeatedly, have no power. Little power, yeah. Very little, you know? You know what I think they should do, Sagar, if they really want to put this to bed?

30:18I think they should issue a two-page memo that says there's nothing to see here. Well, they've done it before. They've already done that. They should put on a video that they claim is raw footage but is actually highly edited and missing key portions of the video and lie about that as well. I think that will really tamp down public interest. Russell, what you're describing is literally what they have done on the UFO issue. They did that before with the Pentagon. Remember the headline? They do it every time. No evidence of aliens. It's like, well, there's no evidence. It's not. There's no evidence of what the fuck it is.

30:44All right? So you can't tell us what it is. and they're like, well, there's 14 incidents or whatever, which we can't explain in any way whatsoever, but there's no evidence that it's aliens. And it's like, well, what is the evidence of what it is? Finally, God, what is the name of the James Fox documentary? I always want people to watch this one. Is it Moment of Contact? I think that's what it's called. Moment of Contact, yeah. If you, I dare you to watch that and not believe in UFOs. I dare you. That's the one about Brazil, right? Yeah, the Brazil, Virginia. I'm serious. You cannot watch it and tell me that UFOs are not real.

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33:07Crystal, what are you taking a look at? Wow, I haven't said that in a while. Well, in a Senate that is full of amoral, psychopathic monsters, it can be difficult to choose among the various odious figures who should truly reach the S-tier of villainy. You've got your proudly genocidal types like John Betterman. You've got your Islamophobic pro-crypto sellouts like Kirsten Gillibrand. But in terms of the Democratic caucus, at least, In my humble opinion, Cory Booker is the worst. He is just the fucking worst. Booker combines theatrical vacuous preening with corporate slavishness, with moral horrors for a total package that is thoroughly and completely repugnant.

33:47Please, for the love of God, someone decent primary this man. So the problems with Cory Booker, of course, they're nothing new. I actually attended a wedding that he officiated once, and I swear to God, The first maybe 20 minutes of the ceremony, he spent describing his own personal faith journey. Leave it to Cory Booker to make a wedding about himself instead of, I don't know, maybe the bride and groom. I'm also old enough to remember when Booker went and meet the press as a top Obama surrogate to decry that campaign's attacks on Mitt Romney's Bain Capital private equity record, this was really something.

34:22As far as that stuff, I have to just say from a very personal level, I'm not about to sit here and indict private equity. To me, it's just we're getting to a ridiculous point in America, especially that I know I live in a state where pension funds, unions and other people are investing in companies like Bain Capital. If you look at the totality of Bain Capital's record, they've done a lot to support businesses to grow businesses. And this to me, I'm very uncomfortable. This kind of stuff is nauseating to me on both sides. It's nauseating to the American public. Look, enough is enough. Stop attacking private equity.

34:54Stop attacking Jeremiah Wright. This stuff has got to stop because what it does is it undermines, to me, what this country should be focused on. It's a distraction from the real issues. It's either going to be a small campaign about this crap or it's going to be a big campaign, in my opinion, about the issues that American public cares about. Nauseating. Okay. The Obama campaign and Democratic-based backlash against Cory Booker was swift after those comments. I remember a sweaty, nervous Rachel Maddow interview he did in the aftermath of those comments to try to clean it up, but he never really fully recanted.

35:24It was a very revealing episode because it broadcasts that he was willing to take the heat, even against Obama, the most beloved figure in the Democratic Party, in order to defend the honor of Capitol. His mentality is donor-first through and through, but wrapped in a shoddy veneer of supposed progressivism. Booker's not stupid, though, unlike some of his duller compatriots who thought that there was political advantage to be gained from playing footsie with MAGA, like, let's say, Gavin Newsom having Charlie Kirk and Steve Bannon on his podcast or all of the Doge Caucus people, Booker recognized pretty quickly in Trump 2.0 that the Democratic base was desperate for figures who would stand up and fight the Trump administration.

36:01So what did Cory Booker do? Well, he strapped on an adult diaper and took to the floor of the Senate for an epic filibuster, boldly speaking truth to power for hour after hour after hour, excoriating the Trump administration, promising to fight, their power grab at every turn, eventually breaking the record for the longest ever floor speech. Maybe we thought this man has turned a page. Maybe he's decided to rise to the historical moment to put grassroots democracy over donor-driven capitulation. But even in this speech marathon, the red flags were pretty clear. First of all, it wasn't actually a filibuster as it wasn't blocking any actual action.

36:40Second, he used some of his time to embrace abundance, the big money backed neoliberal rebrand dedicated to putting a glossy new sheen on status quo politics. Finally, he swiftly moved from declaring all-out war on the Trump administration to voting to confirm justice-involved person and Trump family relative Charles Kushner as ambassador to France, demonstrating just how committed Booker really is to actually fighting Trump administration nepotism and thuggery. The Kushner vote was particularly egregious given that he was convicted of some pretty wild crimes in Booker's own home state of New Jersey.

37:13You guys can go and look that one up. In fact, only a handful of Senate Democrats have supported more Trump nominees than Cory Booker has, the man who theatrically pledged to fight the Trump administration relentlessly. Booker is apparently all resistance in the streets, but capitulation in the sheets. The dude is also utterly shameless, too. When the Newark mayor and New Jersey congressional members were arrested attempting to examine an ICE detention facility, Booker, of course, nowhere to be found. When other members were flying to El Salvador to demand the release of innocents from a slave labor camp, Booker was reported to be planning a trip, but seemingly quashed it when Hakeem Jeffries told Democrats that they needed to back off the case.

37:52So while substantive action has ranged from non-existent to outright complicit, theatrics have certainly continued. Most recently, Booker got into an intentionally noisy spat with Senator Amy Klobuchar. Apparently, Booker was looking to grandstand over some provisional policing bill. Klobuchar was pissed off and disgusted with this little performance because he actually couldn't be bothered to show up for the committee vote when said provision was actually being discussed and voted on. So here is a snippet of Booker's outburst. I was just called out by name and I want to respond. I don't need somebody implying in any way that this is not vital to me and my state that we have resources for our police officers.

38:33But what I am tired of is when the President of the United States of America violates the Constitution, trashes our norms and traditions, and what does the Democratic Party do? Comply? Allow him? Beg for scraps? No, I demand justice. It's time for Democrats to have a backbone. It's time for us to fight. It's time for us to draw lines. And when it comes to the safety of my state being denied these grants, that's why I'm standing here. Don't question my integrity. Don't question my motives. I'm standing for Jersey. I am standing for my police officers. I'm standing for the Constitution, and I'm standing for what's right.

39:18Standing for what's right, you say? Well, it will surprise no one to learn that shortly after this tour de force of moral preening, I believe in front of an empty chamber, by the way, Booker would once again vote to ship offensive weapons to Israel so they can continue their campaign of terror against starving Palestinian children. What clarity, what courage, what incredible moral leadership. And truly, it is with Israel's genocide in Gaza where Booker has reached his final, most despicable form. It will not surprise you to learn that he is a top recipient of Israel lobby funds and he votes and acts accordingly in seemingly every instance.

39:52He's been enthusiastic in efforts to criminalize criticism and boycotts of Israel. He goes that extra mile by attending AIPAC policy conferences. He even gushed in leaked audio about how he texts back and forth with AIPAC's president like they're a couple of teenagers. Par for the course, I guess, for someone with an apparent multi-decade close friendship with the utterly reprehensible Rabbi Shmuley. Here they are together horsing around at a Purim party at Oxford in 1993. By all accounts, the two were extremely close friends for decades, falling out, according to Booker, over shmuley being so self-promoting that even Cory Booker couldn't quite take it.

40:31I guess the man does have some limits, apparently. But Booker's ironclad commitment to Israel has outlasted his shmuley bromance. In fact, perhaps nothing so accurately encapsulates the putrid essence of Cory Booker. As this photo, with wanted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu, back when he was in town just a few weeks ago. Corey has the intellect to know a photo op with Bibi, probably a bad look while babies are literally being starved. So he hides his face, but he lacks the integrity to actually buck his donors. So there Corey is in the photo, lamely trying to hide behind someone. Now he claims the photographer positioned him this way.

41:10Okay. Now it goes without saying, you'd be hard pressed to identify a more monstrous and destructive figure in the entire world. than Netanyahu. And yet here is self-anointed moral warrior Cory Booker meeting with modern-day Hitler so he can hear the latest Hasbara talking points about how children with pre-existing conditions don't really count as starving or how American Jews voting for Zoran are actually Hamas. Speaking of Zoran, guess who refuses to get behind the Democratic nominee for New York City in spite of a resounding 12-point victory? You guessed it, Mr. Courageous himself, Cory Booker.

41:44about mom donning are you going to support him i i have learned a long time ago let new york politics be new york politics we got enough challenges in jersey i got a governor's race i'm supporting mikey sheryl i got legislative races that's where my energy is going to go going into november new york city i love you you're my neighbor you're about 10 miles from where i live you guys figure out your elections i'm going to focus on mine would you be surprised if i informed you that his don't endorse in new york rule is not some consistent booker anti-meddling policy In fact, for years, Cory Booker ran a PAC that endorsed Democrats in races across the country.

42:19And he currently sits on the board of the PAC Democrats for Education Reform, a group founded by billionaire and former mayoral candidate Whitney Tilson, and which endorses candidates who are against teachers unions and generally in favor of charter schools. He's got no problem endorsing candidates in New York or in any other state, by the way. He just doesn't want to support this particular candidate. Given Corey's delight at texting like a teenager with AIPAC and his close association with billionaire Zionist Whitney Tilson, who made his whole mayoral campaign about Israel, I think we all know why the supposed progressive just can't bring himself to support the progressive Democratic nominee for mayor.

42:57To top off all the self-congratulation and cash grab and really wrap it all in a bow, Booker has decided to turn his 25-hour speech into a book called Stand. On the publisher's website, they describe Stand as, quote, a celebration of the Americans who chose to get up in the face of injustice, who championed the uniquely American values central to making our nation a more perfect union, despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles. It's also, they say, a guide for today. Leadership is not derived from position or title. It comes from action and example. Action and example, really? Booker's actions have been grandstanding.

43:35His example has been support for a genocide. co-opting progressive language to run cover for a rogue ethnostate. For these reasons, and so many more, I do hereby declare that Cory Booker is just the fucking worst. Watching him out there, still doing his little Obama impersonation, moral preening, and then turning right around and voting for an offensive weapons package to Israel. You've got to be kidding me. Well, remember his big filibuster? I mean, this is the problem with these guys. This is what they're all about. And if you just scratch the surface a little bit, it's like the pro is. I mean, listen, obviously, I know the pro is real thing that's big for the left.

44:15But look at the money stuff that goes back now for decades. Oh, yeah. Like with his private equity. That's what I'm saying. That was what? 2012. I've been a longtime Cory Booker haters for the record. But it's it shows people that is what it takes. The superficiality to be beloved by the media as some sort of Democratic star or at least was for years. Yeah. Well, I'm hoping there's a corrective. Here's the thing. with that Booker exposes. It's not an accident that the very same people who would be the type to go on and be like, these attacks on Bain Capital, I just can't, are the same people who would be voting still to send offensive weapons to Israel.

44:50They are the same people. And the reason is because they put donors first. And so wherever the most amount of money is for campaign contributions, that's where their positions are going to align. And so Cory Booker, I don't know that it was his unique innovation, but he follows the model of he really wants to position himself as like he's some sort of progressive. But then if you scratch underneath the surface and you say, oh, well, when the progressive values don't align with what the donors want, which direction do you go? Yeah, that's right. We know which direction he goes. That's well said.

45:19That's very true. Yeah. Yeah. And somehow his veganism also fits into this. Like the personal, like, I'm just saying, it's like, for me, there's something about the pro-Israel vegan. Like that is a guy. And And specifically, it just fits with Cory Booker. So I don't know what that is. That's an interesting point. Well, it's about the person, you know, like if you're vegan, which I mean, there's not really a health reason to be vegan. But like if you want to be vegan, a lot of it is about like stopping the suffering of the world and all of that. Right. And so then, you know, to be pro-Israel, especially now today and supposedly progressive on top of that, like that just fits.

45:56Yeah. Yeah. You won't slaughter a cow, but you'll allow, you know, thousands of babies to be. You won't even eat cow-based products, like milk or anything. But yeah, exactly. Will you slaughter a red heifer? That's my question. We'll get Ryan on that one. I'll eat a heifer burger. Somebody send it to me. I'll eat it. I'll eat it today. Is that sacrilegious? I'm not sure. For Hindus, I guess it is. For Jews, I don't know. Yeah, true. All right. Okay, guys. All right, let's get to Chris Smalls. So as you guys likely know, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition has been trying to break the siege in Gaza.

46:28They've sent a number of ships at this point. One had Greta Thunberg on board and other activists attempting to bring in basic aid and break that siege. Both ships have at this point been the activists were kidnapped off the ship and were now joined by Chris Smalls, who many of you longtime viewers of the show will know is the founder of the Amazon Labor Union. He was on board that second flotilla and was not only arrested, essentially kidnapped off the high seas, but was beaten and detained in Israeli prisons for a number of days. So first of all, Chris, welcome back. Welcome home. Welcome back to the show.

47:01It's nice to see your face. Good to see you, man. Thank you. Thank you for having me. Of course. So just take us through why you wanted to be a part of this and what your experience was. And we've got time, so take your time and explain to the audience what happened. Yeah, absolutely. Well, I want to definitely just touch on this mission was actually boat number 37. I know a lot of people gravitated to the Madeline. They thought it was like the first mission. And they've been doing these flotillas since 2008. Only in the last two decades, really, only five flotillas actually made it to the Gaza Strip.

47:41So it was very important for me to join this last mission on the Hundela as a labor activist, as an American taxpaying citizen. I wanted to take a stance that was more direct. I've done a lot of protests. I've been to a lot of student encampments. I've been heavily involved with the pro-Palestine movement since the very beginning. And as a labor leader, once again, labor unions in America and the U.S. specifically have been very complicit, if not participating in this genocide, with shipping arms and manufacturing weapons still with no resolution since October 7. And once again, as a taxpaying citizen, we all need to be outraged of where our money is going.

48:25You know, the killing and slaughtering of half a million Palestinians in less than two years. It's just inhumane. So for me to join this mission, I hope that it spread awareness. It seems like it did. Of course, the legacy media didn't touch on it. Certain politicians, you can name them, they didn't touch on it. But I'm hoping once again that the awareness that we have on the left and the awareness that we have in the community will get this story out there and also help push the narrative, like you said, to break the illegal siege that Israel has imposed for the last two decades. So, Chris, as you said, you're an American citizen.

49:03Describe your treatment after you're detained by the Israelis. Well, of course, not just that. I'm a black man from America. And there there it's been a history there for a very long time. And as one of the only black passengers on the Handela, I was kind of aware of what situation I was going into prior to going. But you know what? I said it doesn't matter. People need to see the truth. And unfortunately, they bit the bullet. But as soon as we were transferred over from the IOF to the immigration court authorities, I didn't consent to their propaganda stories. I put my hands up over my face to cover my face from the camera crews that they have.

49:51They had pretty much camera crews the entire time trying to film propaganda like they did with Greta Thunberg with the sandwiches and things like that. And when I did that, I was attacked by seven authorities. They threw me to the ground. They put their knee in my back. They twisted my arms behind my back. And they had three guys on each side. They levitated me. And one of them was pulling my hair and using my chains as a noose to choke me until I couldn't breathe. Then they took me to a separate room. They threw me against the wall a few times. And they were saying some racist remarks in my ear saying that they're the furthest thing from my brother and, you know, nowhere close to being brothers.

50:30and they kept me isolated from the rest of the passengers and volunteers for the whole time. They guarded me with five guards. And yeah, once again, I was treated differently from the rest of the crew. Were there any, while you were arrested and after you had been assaulted, were there any American politicians who intervened to try to get you back? Talk to us about the, yeah, because I mean, you are an American citizen. You would think this would be something that this administration, that various politicians would care about. Did anyone speak out? Did anyone intervene on your behalf? No, not to my knowledge.

51:08I did. When I returned home, I did see that the only rep that really spoke out was Summer Lee. And I believe Rashida Tlaib, of course, who I spoke to on the Hondela on a live stream. But as far as the embassy, the U.S. embassy never showed up for us. I was one of seven Americans. We were one third of the crew, which was, you know, that was unprecedented by itself to have so many Americans on board. The embassy didn't do anything. I spoke to the consulate while I was in custody. He promised that he was supposed to take care of my safety, but he failed at that. I was already assaulted by then. and every other embassy for all the other countries that was with us, they showed up in person and they made sure that their people got home.

51:57The U.S. did not. Wow. I mean, so nobody at the consulate, nothing, was ever— Absolutely not. They did not assist you. No. It's crazy. Chris, what was your goal? What was the goal of bringing this aid? What did you have on board? And did the Israelis have any legal authority to intercept this ship? Yeah, so, you know, we know we didn't have enough aid. The goal was never to deliver humanitarian aid. The goal is to break an illegal siege. The aid that we had was very minimum, but we had prosthetic parts. We had medical supplies, baby formula, baby diapers, women care products, and a whole bunch of hope and solidarity.

52:43You know, we knew that we could never feed everybody in Gaza. But once again, to break the seed is what the message is about and the goal is about. And as far as Israel's jurisdiction on international waters, they have none. The ICJ ruled over a year ago with the case versus Israel in South Africa that they that humanitarian aid can continue to be delivered to the people of Gaza. They cannot block that in any way, whether it's land or sea. So we were in our legal right as civilians to deliver this humanitarian aid. In Israel, fake maritime blockade is not a real thing. They have no jurisdictions on international waters.

53:22This is why it's deemed a kidnapping. And Chris, just broadly, you know, reflecting on your experience, you know, what does it tell you about your own treatment and the silence from here, politicians here in America? Because we hear a lot about hostages held in Hamas, which is fine. Some of them were American citizens. And, of course, we should care about them. But you were effectively held hostage by Israel. And you received no contact from anybody in our government. Well, once again, this is, you know, silence equals death. And that's exactly what our American government is showing us, is that they'd rather be complicit and participate in a genocide than actually stand on the right side.

54:06of history. And it's not just the government. It's these labor unions who passed zero resolutions. It's these corporations like Amazon who invested$7.2 billion into the Nimbus Project. They essentially are the Iron Dome. I mean, it's all of them. It's all these dots are connected. And, you know, I hope the people paid attention to who exactly, who they called their so-called progressive politicians. They were silent, completely silent. You can't tell me that that they didn't catch wind of what was going on, especially with me. As you know, Crystal and y 'all, y 'all have been reporting on me for the last five years, ever since I was fired.

54:48I've been in major headlines. I've made every major publication in the country, in the world. So there's no excuse for why they've been silent, but the fact that they are complicit. And finally, Chris, you know, I think a lot of people who see these images and are horrified, I think a lot of people struggle with what their moral responsibility is in this moment. How do you think about that question? We all have a role to play. And that's what that's exactly what I'm doing. As a labor leader, I chose to take more direct stance. I'm not encouraging everybody to do that because it's not meant for everybody to join these flotillas.

55:26We shouldn't have to put our lives on the line. You know, this was a life or death situation. And I have I have children of my own. I wanted to return home and make sure that they have a future to live in. And that's what people need to think about, especially American citizens, once again, who taxpaying dollars are going towards this. We all need to be outraged. And if whatever way you feel like showing your activism, it's the time. The time is now. And that's what we have to do. We have to hold these entities accountable and we have to hold these people in power accountable right now. Wow. Chris Smalls, always great to see you.

56:04Great work here. You know, incredibly courageous, as you said. I mean, you you put your life on the line for something you believe in. And that is truly to be commended. So thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for the work you're doing. Good to see you, Chris. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you guys so much for watching. We appreciate it. Great Friday show for everybody tomorrow. See you then. My name is Arnold Bogarty, and prior to me enrolling in Rasmussen to become a nurse, I spent 16 years in the military, 12 in Special Forces as an Army Green Beret, and I was recommended to Rasmussen by a former student.

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