#MorningMonarchy: February 4, 2025

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[1] You're listening to Media Monarchy with James Evan Pilato.

[2] USAIDs, Atari decanters, and drone hunters.

[3] Plus this day in history with Knot for broadcast and our song of the day by Unigan on your morning monarchy for February 4th, 2025.

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[27] Chat yesterday said, fantastic stuff.

[28] I love the media literacy and holistic view of the day's theme.

[29] I was like, what?

[30] Yeah.

[31] You take all the separate threads and weave them together, showing how one element, sports, politics, can feed into another, real politics, finance, politics, etc. And I do say thank you.

[32] You know what I should do one of these days?

[33] I should do a flipped schedule some month.

[34] Go on at 9 p .m. my time.

[35] I have so many good thoughts then.

[36] For hour four, I'll talk about this album I like over top of it.

[37] Oh, the second bridge is all ahead of the once.

[38] It is your tech news, techno Tuesday.

[39] We call it hashtag cyberspace war.

[40] You are already uploading your morning monarchy to your frontal lobe, but you better balance it out.

[41] You better balance out the technologist banging on the keyboard with those, you know, cyber goth kids dancing.

[42] You know, you should strive to have this be your spirit animal.

[43] Your daily DJ set will kick off with personalized autograph techno from a Danny friend on 12 inch vinyl.

[44] Electro liners classic from 95 will kick us off on vinyl.

[45] Yeah, those kids.

[46] Plus new electronic techno, ambient, down tempo, synth wave, all the sounds.

[47] And I got brand new music from London duo, indie duo, Real Lies.

[48] Where's your lockdown now?

[49] They've got a great just techno pop thing going.

[50] Always love to hear new stuff from them.

[51] Om Lab out of Colorado.

[52] And the diva of the diode, America's first female synth hero, Susan Ciani, with pinball music from Xenon.

[53] Does anybody remember Xenon, the pinball machine?

[54] I've never played it, but we will listen to what it sounds like playing it.

[55] All that and more on your Pump Up the Volume.

[56] An hour of old -time radio as well.

[57] Now I hear people are quoting episodes of Mind Webs.

[58] The rather underground old -time radio show from the late 70s up in Madison, Wisconsin.

[59] It's more like an audiobook with one guy in a Tangerine Dream music bed.

[60] I've got two episodes from June and July 1978.

[61] The Unfinished and To the Dark Star.

[62] Wasn't that John Carpenter's first film?

[63] Hope you guys are doing well.

[64] Whenever, wherever you are, that you're safe and sound and not freaking out.

[65] We'll be fine.

[66] Four minutes after 10 a .m. here in northern New Mexico.

[67] It is February 4th, 2025, and you know what we got to do.

[68] Previously on Monarch.

[69] Big news.

[70] The NFL is registered as an entertainment business, so even Dean Blandino's brother believes the NFL is rigged for Tay -Tay and the Kansas City cheats.

[71] And the fans at Toronto Raptors games continue the trend of booing the American national anthem at pro sporting events in Canada.

[72] Yeah, remember, they came to America so the Blue Jays could still practice and play during the scandemic.

[73] But it's super deadly and get this jab.

[74] See, they didn't even believe their own crap.

[75] They didn't actually follow their own rules.

[76] So, hey, turns out Mexico will pay for the wall.

[77] After all, they are deploying 10 ,000 troops to the border as the tariffs hit Paul's Snow Mexico and Old Hexico.

[78] Anti -ice protesters waving foreign flags blocking the 101 in L .A. the other day.

[79] And I think that was a pretty good talk from Nino America.

[80] Imagine an American illegally moving to Africa and protested being removed by waving an American flag.

[81] As South African Elon Musk demands recall of L .A. Mayor Karen White House rescinds order freezing federal spending, there's been a lot.

[82] There has been a lot going on.

[83] But I also wanted to talk about Luigi yesterday as well.

[84] Could fandom cause jury nullification in Luigi Mangione trial?

[85] And we even discussed a little bit of myxomatosis, judge, jury, and executioner.

[86] We now return you to your regularly scheduled D program already in progress.

[87] Shit's a wreck.

[88] I can't keep up with all the decades happening again this week.

[89] But, you know, my OCD says, sure you can.

[90] What's stupid sexy Flanders little inner child voice saying?

[91] You're doing great, Nettie.

[92] Keep it up.

[93] Trump to suspend funding to South Africa over land expropriation.

[94] There's a lot of hilarious winning.

[95] D .J. Trump said on Sunday he would suspend future U .S. funding to South Africa in response to the country's new controversial expropriation law, which allows land seizures by the state.

[96] In a Truth Social post to the social media site that he owns, which is probably one of his smartest moves ever, Trump accused South Africa of seizing land and, quote, treating certain classes of people very badly.

[97] South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a bill into law on January 23rd that allows provincial and national authorities to, quote, expropriate land in the public interest, end quote, for various reasons.

[98] quote, subject to just an equitable compensation being paid, end quote.

[99] The expropriation law aims to address racial disparities in land ownership.

[100] 30 years after the apartheid system was totally abandoned, most farmland remains owned by Whitey.

[101] So there's Trump taking South Africa, you know, away from all those Fugees and giving it to Elon and Charlize, you know, as it's supposed to be.

[102] No other countries we give money to do anything like that, do they?

[103] That's how we get going on your Tuesday morning monarchy.

[104] Yes, Tuesday is Technology Tuesday, and we'll ease into it.

[105] But again, there's a lot of decades happening in this past few weeks.

[106] Former sketch comedian and frontman of the giant Democrat war money laundering scam for neo -Nazis, Zelensky claims Ukraine received less than half of USAID.

[107] Don't know where all that money went.

[108] Man, this sounds really familiar.

[109] It's almost like every war I've seen in the last nearly 50 years.

[110] Ukrainian President Voldemort Zelensky has said his country only received about $76 billion.

[111] In aid from the United States, despite America authorizing around $175 billion to support the poor war -torn country, in an interview with the Associated Press published over the weekend, Voldemort said he doesn't know where most of the money allocated under Brandon to the Ukraine is gone.

[112] When I hear, both in the past and even now, from the U .S. that America's provided Ukraine with hundreds of billions as the president of a nation at war, I can tell you we've received more than $75 billion.

[113] We're talking about tangible things because this aid didn't come as cash, but rather as weapons, which amounted to about $70 billion.

[114] But when it said that Ukraine received $200 billion to support the army during the war, that's not true.

[115] I don't know where all the money went.

[116] I don't know where all the money went.

[117] What are you, fucking Paul Wolfowitz or something?

[118] Look, when I hear, and I've heard before, and today we hear from the United States, look, when I hear...

[119] That America gave Ukraine.

[120] Yeah, right.

[121] You're too slow.

[122] I already read all that shit.

[123] You listen to your morning monarchy.

[124] If you need that clip, of course, it will be included in your show notes.

[125] Don't worry.

[126] Surely the U .S. has like an inspector general or something or like an office of oversight to keep track of missing trillions in U .S. theft payer aid to Ukraine.

[127] Never mind.

[128] The Brandon administration and congressional proxy war allies blocked all that.

[129] So, yeah, don't ask where it went.

[130] They made sure to not keep track of it.

[131] Man, it takes two wings to fly.

[132] That's fascist, baby.

[133] Rubio, that is brand new Secretary of State Marco Rubio, demanding Panama reduce Tricom influence over the Canel, or the U .S. will act.

[134] They like it, Canel.

[135] U .S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio kicked off his trip to Latin America by meeting with Panamanian leaders, pressing them to urgently address China's influence over the region.

[136] Panama says, so, you know, much like Colombia, they act tough for a second, but dude, all these places immediately caving like a belt.

[137] Panama says it will not renew Belt and Road agreement with China after Rubio visit.

[138] You might have heard about Belt and Road on, what's that show, New World Next Week.

[139] The announcement followed President Jose Molino's meeting with U .S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Panama City on Sunday.

[140] All the spring breakers are probably on their way.

[141] Where's the fucking money, Zelensky?

[142] Meanwhile, Trump says Venezuela agreed to take illegal immigrants back.

[143] Pay for transportation.

[144] That's the extra part.

[145] No, you're going to pay the shipping too.

[146] DJ Trump said on February 1st that Venezuela, which I believe this day in history, was overthrown again by Hugo Chavez.

[147] But we'll get to that at the end, this day in history.

[148] You know, that contextual, subtextual look at what's been going on, not just what's been going on the last eight seconds.

[149] DJ said on February 1st that Venezuela agreed to receive all Venezuelan illegal immigrants arrested inside the United States and provide their fucking shipping and handling back home.

[150] Venezuela has agreed to receive back into their country all Venezuela illegal aliens who were camped in camps in the U .S., including gang members of Trendy Aragua.

[151] Venezuela has further agreed to supply the transportation back.

[152] That's pretty good.

[153] Fudge Trudy, I was going to make that joke to my dad.

[154] Like, damn, that's almost like Trump has read The Art of the Deal or something.

[155] Oh, wait, that's right.

[156] He wrote it.

[157] Also, my dad did read that back in the day.

[158] My dad, not a voracious reader.

[159] Mostly, of course, the Bible.

[160] Two books I remember seeing on my dad's nightstand.

[161] He had The Art of the Deal and he had Hell's Angels about Howard Hughes.

[162] I have to ask him about that.

[163] The comments, of course, came after the U .S. Special Envoy Richard Grinnell met with Venezuelan leader Nicolas Empanada Maduro on January 31st and brought back six, brought back six American citizens formerly detained in Venezuela, according to the photo proof.

[164] And getting our fucking American Fugees back to him.

[165] We didn't have to give them Brittany Griner in exchange.

[166] And they're all citing this as proof.

[167] Proof that Brandon did it.

[168] Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala deployed troops to lower migration.

[169] April 12, 2021.

[170] The Biden administration has struck an agreement with Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala to temporarily surge security forces to their borders in an effort to reduce the tide of migration to the U .S. border.

[171] Yeah, I doubt temporarily lasted three plus years all the way up to last month, right?

[172] And the left copy -pasted all of this on their sock puppet bullshit Twitter accounts.

[173] You moron, this was achieved by Biden in 2021.

[174] The thing is that Biden didn't make an ass of himself in the process.

[175] Doesn't seem like there's a lot of proof for that.

[176] Hey, but what's that going to stop you from, you know, throwing a stink about stuff?

[177] On a day without immigrants, hundreds of new Hexaco demonstrators push for protections.

[178] No, protections for themselves.

[179] They want death and war for their political enemies.

[180] But, you know, them to be covered.

[181] An estimated crowd of 1 ,200 people turned out for a pro -Fuji March and rally Monday morning outside the state capital in Holy Faith, New Hexaco.

[182] I think people are ready to stand up for our communities and the dignity of immigrant workers and immigrant families, said Marcela Diaz, executive director of the non -profit Woker and Immigrant Rights Group Somos Un Pueblo Unido.

[183] Pueblo People United, I'm going to guess.

[184] People are not afraid and they're standing up for themselves.

[185] The Immigrant and Workers Day of Action started with a march at Railroad Park and nobody was even shot.

[186] Another New Mexico county could see immigrant detainees as U .S. expands ICE capacity.

[187] Leah County Commissioner Pat Sims, a registered Republican but libertarian at heart, he calls his cows that you got to start this story off with a little, you know, human interest story.

[188] And the people in the comments aren't mad.

[189] They claim it's the right that's ginning up all this, you know, division.

[190] You know, like people who burnt down half the fucking America.

[191] Trump administration's so violent.

[192] Leah County Commissioner Pat Sims, a registered Republican, but a libertarian at heart.

[193] He calls his cows Democrats.

[194] They're always sitting around waiting for a handout.

[195] Ah, you finally got it?

[196] Yeah.

[197] Translation, Santa Fe is holy faith.

[198] That's why I've been saying that for the last eight years.

[199] They're always sitting around waiting for a handout.

[200] He has homes on both sides of the U .S. Hexaco border, one in Yunus and one in Baja, where he runs an international team that races trophy trucks.

[201] Damn.

[202] In Mexico, we don't even close the doors at night.

[203] We just leave the screens open and let the sea of Cortez cool us down.

[204] However, he said, citing drugs coming across the border into New Mexico, I lock my deadbolt in the U .S. Sims said he'd be 100 % in favor of having federal immigration and customs enforcement detention facility in Leah County.

[205] New Mexico already has three ICE detention facilities with a combined capacity of about 2 ,000 people.

[206] None is located in Leah County, but that could change.

[207] Again, everything we say and play will always be included in your show notes, I believe.

[208] One more note coming from down here in, oh, no, the new Hexaco.

[209] Man, homie, did you just grow those sideburns to look more street?

[210] Albuquerque Mayor.

[211] The shitty of Albuquerque's top leader, Mayor Tim Keller, white male, weighed in on the DWI dismissal scandal involving the shitty's police officers that federal investigators believe dates back more than two decades.

[212] What?

[213] Corrupt pigs in New Mexico run by Democrats?

[214] Hello, news?

[215] Kirky investigates, and they asked Mayor Keller how a scheme like this, you know, could be prevented in the future.

[216] In response, Mayor Sideburns acknowledged, Somebody posted his picture.

[217] His sideburns are awesome.

[218] That's one downside to the archive .is links.

[219] Upside, of course, we get archived articles so they can't remove them from us and send them down the memory hole.

[220] Bonus, we are not giving those sites any kind of traffic.

[221] The downside is they never really want to render in the chat.

[222] In response, Mayor Keller acknowledged the schemes involving Albuquerque Police Department officers accepting bribes to make DWI cases disappear, and he said he has faith in the current leadership of the police department to fix the culture and restore public trust.

[223] Whatever.

[224] We never trusted you.

[225] There was no trust lost.

[226] It's literally, literally unconscionable that anyone, let alone a...

[227] police officer could accept a bag of $5 ,000 and someone thinking that was moral or appropriate or justified too, that they'd get away with it like they have for fucking decades.

[228] It was not long moving here before we realized and learned, oh, you pay off the cops for DWIs.

[229] Here's 10 grand.

[230] We know the people that know the people that have done it.

[231] I know, you can't take that to court though.

[232] So that is like unconscionable.

[233] Like totally.

[234] I can't understand that.

[235] And I think that's why there's a lot of shock, even hearing just how brazen it was and how long it lasted.

[236] Mayor Tim Keller acting shocked, shocked to find gambling going on in this establishment.

[237] Here are your earnings, sir.

[238] Oh, thanks.

[239] You're listening to your Morning Monarchy.

[240] Good googly movies.

[241] Yeah, it looks like he really grew those sideburns out to look, you know, look more country.

[242] Speaking of not looking country, Canada announces U .S. tariffs on hold for 30 days after the turd had a good phone call with DJ, you know, Justin Castro, the child rumored to be the love child of, you know, Fidel Castro.

[243] He's resigned, but remember, he's holding the Canadian government hostage for the next couple of months.

[244] Good googly mooglers.

[245] President Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a temporary deal yesterday.

[246] to halt the imposition, this could be an imposition, of 25 % tariffs on each other's imports for 30 days while a final border security pact gets hashed out.

[247] Trump, 78.

[248] Trudeau, 53.

[249] Spoke on the phone twice Monday before announcing the word they call each other.

[250] Oh my God, I love it when it happens.

[251] They both dialed at the same time.

[252] With Canada set to ensure 10 ,000 troops will be stationed at the northern border and the prime minister vowing to take steps to crack down on fentanyl smuggling.

[253] I mean, they should just stockpile it so they can use it for their MAID program, medical assistance and dying.

[254] Canada has agreed to ensure we have a secure northern border and to finally end the deadly scourge of drugs like fentanyl that have been pouring into our country, Trump announced on the social media platform he owns.

[255] Following the call with Turdow, Canada will implement their $1 .3 billion Porter plan.

[256] And again, Mexico and Canada suddenly found the ability to do this after denying it for the previous four years?

[257] And of course, this following video was produced by a DEI hire.

[258] That's why there's only audio on the left channel.

[259] On Saturday, President Trump imposed new tariffs on products coming from Canada, Mexico, and China.

[260] And the automotive industry is bracing for what that can mean for local mechanics.

[261] At Girl Gang Garage in Phoenix, Bogie calls the shots.

[262] But decades of experience have taught her the auto industry is often more complex than the cars it produces.

[263] We are a global market.

[264] We do depend on other countries to do what we do.

[265] According to the U .S. Department of Commerce, Mexico and Canada are the top suppliers of cars and car parts and the largest buyers of U .S.-made vehicles and parts.

[266] So the 25 % tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods.

[267] have Bogie concerned.

[268] In the process of building a car, it can go back and forth across the border multiple times.

[269] And she says a potential trade war is the last thing the industry needs.

[270] We're already seeing significant delays in getting parts as a result of, you know, just post -COVID times, recovering from all of that, shipping issues.

[271] We're seeing parts delays getting longer and longer, and the parts prices are going up.

[272] The Trump administration says the tariffs are meant to pressure countries to crack down on illegal drugs.

[273] and that they won't lead to higher costs.

[274] But Bogie's skeptical.

[275] We'll have to wait and see what the actual impact is, but I would not be surprised if we see increased delays, if we see increased prices, dramatically increased prices in parts, in automotive repair, and in the cost of new vehicles.

[276] And even some of the most common parts of your car could be impacted.

[277] This control module and this gasket were both made in Mexico.

[278] These axles were made in China.

[279] We hope that it's just negotiation tactic and that it's not actually going to go into effect.

[280] But tears are set to take effect Tuesday.

[281] So until then, Bogie will do what she does best, fix cars and empower other women to do the same.

[282] In Phoenix, Adam Mincer, ABC 15, Arizona.

[283] So there you go.

[284] Tard kids don't know how to make stereo video files when they upload them to the social media platforms.

[285] Now my ears even feel weird.

[286] So yes, that was audio only on the left side.

[287] Oh, the sound effects!

[288] And you can hear all the people muttering in the background.

[289] That's on the right side.

[290] They don't even know how to do the job they have.

[291] Now I'm talking about the tards making the videos.

[292] Fixing the cars, they're kicking ass.

[293] 21 minutes after 10 a .m. herein, that's right, northern New Mexico.

[294] In related news, Tim's cancels Kigali concert over Dominican Republic -Congo -Rwanda conflict.

[295] I understand some of those words.

[296] Some musician.

[297] They noted, Again, these kids want to riot and protest and whine and bitch.

[298] They don't even know what they're arguing about.

[299] I didn't know this thing had been going on in Rwanda for 40 goddamn years.

[300] Hey, speaking of unaware, this is a good one.

[301] Passenger wanders onto baggage conveyor belt and disappears.

[302] There's no good audio I can play for you, but you gotta check the video out.

[303] An airport in Russia, a confused elderly woman mistakenly steps up onto the baggage conveyor belt and gets dragged all the way in.

[304] When it gets to the small part, it just knocks her backwards and sucks her the rest of the way in.

[305] Before check -in, workers could notice...

[306] The fur coat -clad flyer was sucked into the abyss behind the draft curtains.

[307] See?

[308] Russia needs the crack TSA squad.

[309] You know, like those ninjas that sold the DC plane explosion footage to see it in the other day.

[310] In related news...

[311] Conflicting altimeter data retrieved after mid -air collision near Washington.

[312] Investigators have found conflicting altimeter readings from the control tower data of the Black Hawk military helicopter and the passenger jet that collided on January 29th during some sort of, you know, military operation with a bunch of DEI hires.

[313] I'm just kidding.

[314] There was only one alleged woman on the Black Hawk.

[315] National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB if you're nasty.

[316] Told repeaters on Saturday that preliminary altimeter data don't match the events on the night of the deadly accident.

[317] Officials said the control tower recorded the Black Hawk helicopter flying at an altitude of 200 feet at the time of the collision in line with its maximum allowed altitude for its very dangerous flight path.

[318] Would you, I don't know, if she would just get spit back out the conveyor belt?

[319] Well, no, I think it's their boarding.

[320] So all those luggages, all those things going on that line, those are meant to offer planes.

[321] So she probably got, you know, stuck in the wheel well somewhere.

[322] Data from the passenger jet's flight recorder showed the collisions occurred at an altitude of around 325 feet, you know, plus or minus 25 feet.

[323] So that might only be 100 feet, but they're lying about 100 feet.

[324] In related news, lawsuit alleges the FAA denied a thousand people air traffic controller jobs to meet their DEI hiring targets.

[325] Sorry, D -I -E.

[326] Just as multiple air travel -related tragedies have suddenly taken place, usually around the first new moon of a new year, it's been reported that the Federal Aviation Administration, who we will hear from later in this episode, fighting a class action ass collection lawsuit alleging it denied a thousand people ATC jobs based on diversity hiring targets, you know, just based on this lawsuit, originally filed in 2015.

[327] Damn, I don't even think Orange Man had happened yet.

[328] The lawsuit, originally filed in 2015, resurfaced following a fatal mid -air collision in Washington, D .C. that claimed 67 lives, the deadliest U .S. aviation disaster in nearly 25 years.

[329] Hours later, a small private plane crashed in northeast Philadelphia, putting emphasis on the role of air traffic control.

[330] At the time of the Black Hawk helicopter incident, staffing levels were reportedly not normal.

[331] Andrew Begata, the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit, criticized the FAA's focus on diversity and inclusion, suggesting it contributed to the likelihood of such an accident.

[332] The New York Post report says that the lawsuit claims the FAA, under the Obama administration, replaced a skills -based hiring system with a, quote, biological assessment to increase minority hires.

[333] Thanks, Obama!

[334] You know, if I wasn't crazy, I'd almost think he was worse for people of color than, you know, Orange Man. But look, just like Rolling Stone realized, oh, protest songs.

[335] Yeah, let's remember to protest.

[336] NPR occasionally gets it right as well.

[337] How corporate America got DEI wrong.

[338] This yesterday from NPR business.

[339] You mean like capitalism?

[340] Five years ago, in the wake of Fentanyl Floyd's shocking cack -out and the sweeping reckoning of bullshit, peaceful, racist violence that murdered 24 people, way less than at J6, corporate America rushed to join in.

[341] Big businesses started making big and expensive promises to fight racism and increase diversity.

[342] Walmart, the world's largest company, spent $100 million on a new center on racial equity, and that was just one of many such investments.

[343] All told, the country's largest companies pledged almost $50 million.

[344] billion towards addressing racial inequality, which they should put quotes around, in the year after Fentanyl Floyd's death, the CIA's favorite newspaper estimated in 2021.

[345] Their CEOs announced these promises with solemn rhetoric about the company's roles in fixing societal problems.

[346] We want to address systemic racism in society head on and accelerate change, Walmart CEO Doug said in June 2020.

[347] But today...

[348] Corporate America is rushing just as quickly in the other direction, almost as though they have no morals.

[349] Mounting political and legal attacks have turned DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion from a corporate rallying cry to a politically toxic football.

[350] Because the left loves football now.

[351] All right, so let's get into it.

[352] Elon Musk says, DJ Trump has agreed USAID should be shut down.

[353] Search USAID CIA.

[354] You'll have some fun on that.

[355] The least surprising thing ever is watching Democrats defend the CIA front organization known as USAID, deceitfully depicting it as yet some nice organization that wants to help.

[356] So, for example, Cuban Twitter.

[357] And other times, USAID pretended to be an intelligence agency.

[358] CIA!

[359] USAID grant 2024.

[360] $2 million.

[361] Recipient Association Lambda.

[362] Strengthen trans -led organizations to deliver gender affirmation.

[363] Fuck that.

[364] USAID spends $40 billion of taxpayer dollars to fund foreign aid.

[365] $45 million to Burma.

[366] $520 for consultant -driven ESG investments in Africa.

[367] And $1 .2 billion in awards to undisclosed recipients.

[368] USAID has awarded $969 ,000 to Stephen Linnelli of D .C. for supporting development, democracy, and innovative, inclusive development.

[369] So let's see.

[370] What else do we got here?

[371] What else have we been paying for in USAID?

[372] Here's $1 .5 million for Grupa Izadji.

[373] The activity aims to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in Serbia's workplaces, which is super important, you guys.

[374] So those are just some brief examples of what...

[375] you know, they've been stealing your taxpayer money for and sending over to other Fuji countries that don't do shit for us.

[376] Again, don't get me wrong.

[377] I never wanted to imperialize or invade any of those other places at all.

[378] See, that's, you know, we're the weird place.

[379] It was like, we hate the cops and the criminals.

[380] So yeah, people are mad that the, it looks like, you know, they're mad that the checking account is closed.

[381] $295 million for Mexico, $324 million for the Czech Republic, $334 million for Estonia, $339 million for Lithuania, $375 million for Poland, $397 million for Romania, Bulgaria, Tanzania, on and on and on and on and on.

[382] Now what they want to argue about is whether DJ can end the shit out of it.

[383] He can.

[384] USAID was...

[385] Created by warmongering philanderer John F. Kennedy.

[386] You know, the family who made their riches running bootleg liquor and rigging elections in West Virginia.

[387] USAID created by JFK through EO 10973 on November 3, 1961.

[388] It can be restructured, reformed, or abolished through those same executive actions.

[389] We'll include the Wikipedia link, United States Agency for International Development.

[390] It'll all be in show notes.

[391] But again, things are moving rather quickly.

[392] It seems as though the threat is made.

[393] The defendant, of course, says, no, fuck you, we'll fight the Trumpage.

[394] Oh, wait, the money.

[395] And they change immediately.

[396] USAID to merge with the State Department in an apocalyptic shakeup with Rubio acting as the director.

[397] U .S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced yesterday he is now acting director.

[398] of the United States Agency for International Development amid an apocalyptic shakeup, because they love the end times now.

[399] As Democratic lawmakers threaten to stall the Trump nominees.

[400] It's RFKJ.

[401] He's probably seconds away from being confirmed, right?

[402] According to Rubio, the functions of USAID must align with U .S. foreign policy, as he called it a completely unresponsive agency.

[403] Rubio also delegated the authority to run the agency over to a...

[404] unnamed U .S. official as the head of government efficiency, Elon Musk, told USAID employees on Monday to stay the fuck home.

[405] I'm Senator Andy Kim from New Jersey.

[406] About 20 years ago, when I first came to work for the federal government, I walked through these doors right behind me. I started off my career in public service at USAID.

[407] And I just have to say...

[408] how proud I was to be able to serve the country, how proud I was to work for USAID, to be part of the foreign policy of this country.

[409] And I have to tell you, it was really tough today walking through these same doors 20 -some years later, only to see it shut down to employees.

[410] I got all weekend long, I was getting calls and phone calls from people that I worked with at USAID.

[411] before, people that are there now, people who have been disrespected by this administration, that pushes them to the side, basically calls in criminals, and tells them not to show up to work today.

[412] In fact, I went inside trying to speak to the acting administrator, Gray.

[413] Unfortunately, I was not able to meet with him, and I'm going to continue to try today to be able to meet with the acting administrator because I want to hear straight from him.

[414] These are the orders that he gave.

[415] You have mysterious people within this new administration sending out emails across the entirety of USAID telling them not to show up.

[416] I talked to the security guard just in there.

[417] He said he has been given specific orders to prevent employees of USAID from entering the building today.

[418] And I just find that to be absolutely ridiculous.

[419] This is no way to govern.

[420] This is no way to treat public servants.

[421] And this is no way for us to conduct our foreign policy as a country.

[422] So I just had to show up today, see it with my own eyes, the chaos of this administration and just their attacks upon public servants in our country.

[423] It doesn't seem like you actually can do shit about it.

[424] So why are you griping so much?

[425] Well, I certainly hope Congress takes action because what is happening here is illegal.

[426] It is unacceptable to have a president try through executive power be able to reorganize.

[427] That's how it was created.

[428] It was made that way.

[429] It was created through federal statute, codified through federal statute.

[430] Executive order brought you into this world.

[431] It can fucking take you out.

[432] Like your mom says.

[433] So the idea that they are moving forward in this way without any notification to us about trying to change federal statutes just shows how much of a paragraph this is.

[434] So, yes, I do hope that Congress, I certainly want to go back to the Capitol today, engage with my colleagues and see what actions we can take to try to stand up for the American people, stand up for our laws.

[435] were not allowed or were escorted in and then escorted out.

[436] And we even heard from some of them that they are worried about the repercussions this could have worldwide.

[437] Yeah, I mean, first and foremost, I tell the staff of the USAID, I'm sorry for what's happening to you.

[438] I'm sorry from the bottom of my heart as someone who...

[439] I was so proud to work at USAID.

[440] My very first job in the federal government was right here at USAID.

[441] And the fact that these employees are being demonized.

[442] Spook.

[443] The fact that they're being called, you know, it's a criminal organization from Elon Musk.

[444] It's the CIA.

[445] The fact that they're being told not to show up.

[446] Say CIA.

[447] Federal aid is being frozen.

[448] Fed. Fed. It's just such disrespect.

[449] They deserve better.

[450] They are public servants.

[451] Fuck them.

[452] No, they don't.

[453] And right now they are being treated as if they're the criminals.

[454] The Asian version of a Jewish Neil Diamond.

[455] Damn, if I was Neil, I would have sued that dude.

[456] That's a real huge Neil Diamond ripoff.

[457] Also, you know, in my recording of this episode, that left -wing audio might now be on the right because my wires are crossed.

[458] Rock Me Gently, a song by Andy Kim, released as a single in 1974, The Canadian Singer, who charted several hits from 68 to 71, hadn't had a top 100 single since September 71.

[459] and had been without a label deal since early 73.

[460] Nonetheless, he said in 74, I never mentally admitted defeat in spite of three years off the charts.

[461] He made his own label, Ice Records, and personally financed the recording session that produced Rock Me Gently.

[462] He could only afford to record two sides, and deciding the second side wasn't good enough to be an A side, he just put the instrumental of Rock Me Gently on its B side.

[463] Which is, you know, preferable sometimes.

[464] The single impressed Capitol execs who signed Kim to a deal.

[465] Rock Me Gently debuted on the Hot 100, June 22, 1974.

[466] Isn't that the solstice?

[467] It took 14 weeks to reach number one.

[468] Also rose to number two on the UK singles charts.

[469] Number 10 in Ireland remains his only charting song in either the UK or Ireland.

[470] Even the instrumental got substantial airplay on an R &B station.

[471] It would be Kim's last top 10 hit in either country.

[472] Nice try, Canucks.

[473] Andy Kim politician.

[474] Now the question, who in the public are they serving?

[475] And maybe a career in public service isn't a good thing.

[476] Maybe ever since we've had career politicians that things haven't been as great.

[477] As noted in the chat, on the contrary, my friend, public servants should be disrespected.

[478] They only serve themselves.

[479] Maybe they could learn to coal mine.

[480] They should also accept that if the public that they claim to love...

[481] gives them a mandate to go the fuck home, you should accept it and walk away.

[482] It's becoming a struggle to get the work -from -home dweebs back to the office the citizens pay taxes for, and then these dweebs get told not to show up anymore, and then they freak out.

[483] The irony is deliciously stupid.

[484] So if it's, you know, all about service to the country and the American people, why don't you work for free without taking any money from the taxpayers?

[485] Andy Kim, born July 12, 82 in Boston to Korean immigrant parents, grew up in South Jersey.

[486] His father was a geneticist and his mother was a nurse.

[487] So real scrappy beginnings.

[488] During college, Kim was an intern at the United States Agency for International Development and at the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless.

[489] Problem solved.

[490] He later received a Rhodes Scholarship and a Harry Ash Truman Scholarship to study international relations at Magdalene College, Oxford.

[491] At Oxford, he became friends with fellow Rhodes Scholar, Pete Buddy Judge.

[492] Kim worked at the State Department, served in Afghanistan as a civilian advisor to Generals David Petraeus and John Allen before Oregon as National Security Advisor under President Barack Obama.

[493] Kim served as a United States National Security Council official, and after the Sinjar Massacre, Kim wrote the plan implemented by Obama to blow people up.

[494] Oh wait, sorry.

[495] Strike ISIS.

[496] So that's why he defends this CIA strike force killstorm with a food handout face.

[497] Kim was endorsed by Barack Obama, former U .S. Vice President Joe Biden, New Jersey Governor Filth Murphy, and actress Piper Barabo, whose body count sucks compared to all those other guys.

[498] But that made me go look up her Wikipedia.

[499] Why the fuck would we care about what the coyote ugly bar dancing chick thinks?

[500] Piper Lisa Barabo.

[501] October 31st, 1976, an American actress.

[502] Following her breakthrough in the comedy -drama film Coyote Ugly, she starred in Cheaper by the Dozen, its sequel, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, The Prestige, and...

[503] Well, wait.

[504] In 2008, Parabo co -starred with Jamie Lee Curtis in the family comedy film Beverly Hills Chihuahua.

[505] She maybe got some good, you know, art to hang up in her place.

[506] We've got some awesome unhinged tranny rants from Curtis coming up Friday.

[507] The following year, Parabo was cast as a CIA field agent, Annie Walker, the lead character in Covert Affairs, nominated for a Golden Globe.

[508] Then she's in Angel Has Fallen.

[509] Wow, it's almost like you can track their descent into intelligent work.

[510] intelligence work being a cutout, whether they know it or not.

[511] Just by looking at their discography, oh, I'm sorry, filmography, Paraba was arrested for protesting Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearing, you know, because they made up a bunch of rape couch bullshit instead of attacking him on being a Patriot Act piece of shit.

[512] She was also arrested in November 2019 while attending one of Hanoi Jane's weekly climate change protests.

[513] Parabo endorsed Jokohannas in 2020 and regularly uses her Twitter and Zuckergram accounts to advocate for voter registration and voter education.

[514] She's encouraged followers to seek out vote riders to learn more about voter ID requirements.

[515] What?

[516] There's requirements?

[517] Parabu is an advisory board member of the Hometown Project, a non -profit organization that works to help elect candidates in local races.

[518] Okay.

[519] Also, shockingly, Parabu endorsed Kotmala in the 2024 America's Next Top Zionist.

[520] They're all intelligence agents, whether they know it or not.

[521] Now, I'm kind of feeling only a fool would say that.

[522] It's like a theme song for now.

[523] You're listening to your Morning Monarchy.

[524] I have obviously tried to cram in way too much stuff on this Cyberspace War episode.

[525] Let's see if we can pick up the pace.

[526] Gold at all -time highs amid physical gold shortages.

[527] As AJ notes, the empire is trying to strike back.

[528] BlackRock -backed hedge funds have placed giant put options against the U .S. economy in a desperate attempt to blow up the DJ recovery on the launch pad.

[529] Meanwhile, Robinhood is very excited about Palantir.

[530] Their shares have never, ever been higher.

[531] They are pretty much the rockiness stock.

[532] Speaking of rockiness, Trump settles with Meta platforms for $25 million.

[533] After, of course, the social media giant suspended his accounts following the super scary capital riots.

[534] Meta, of course, did not admit any wrongdoing in the settlement.

[535] In other money news, Trump orders creation of a U .S. sovereign wealth fund.

[536] tasking the heads of the Treasury and Commerce Departments with beginning the process to create an American sovereign wealth fund, generally uses the nation's reserves and invests the funds to generate returns which can be used to, you know, pay off all your fucking debts.

[537] It's unclear what types of safeguards would be placed around a U .S.-owned investment fund to ensure it has transparent reporting obligations and that the investments aren't benefiting political allies and stuff.

[538] Okay, I think I need a little coffee break.

[539] Let's take a little moment here, you guys.

[540] Man, I think summer is over.

[541] It's fucking 53 already here.

[542] That's in American degrees.

[543] Oh, coffee.

[544] You know what?

[545] Let's not just take a coffee break.

[546] Well, you know, we should probably take a video game break as well.

[547] This channel is called Seven of Seven.

[548] He says right before this clip that he's actually the seventh kid of seven boys.

[549] So, of course, you know, that means...

[550] I'm going to beat this shit out of you.

[551] We won't beat the shit out of each other.

[552] You're the oldest of five, sister.

[553] Well, I guess that ain't happening.

[554] So he dies on Solaris.

[555] Speaking of Atari, for some of you who are new here.

[556] I was.

[557] I got something to show you.

[558] That's what my camp teacher is.

[559] I'll show you my Atari joystick.

[560] An Atari joystick decanter, and he holds it up in front of the camera.

[561] Filled with whiskey.

[562] I was like, damn.

[563] Atari joystick decanter.

[564] And it's what again, Jeremiah?

[565] I, of course, in the live chat, which comes up on the screen in front of him, I was like, is that a bong?

[566] That's a bong.

[567] Too nice.

[568] No, it's not.

[569] It looks like it when it's empty.

[570] Maybe it began as an Avon cologne bottle?

[571] Which I should tell Atari that, you know, because they all did get high back in the day.

[572] Zed's dead, baby.

[573] Because he didn't use the Konami code.

[574] Hey, you guys, you know what they call a Sega Genesis in France?

[575] More fantastic shit from Sega Sounds.

[576] Yes, that is Dick Dale.

[577] And his Dell tones, Miser Lou, but in the Sega Mega Drive, Sega Genesis sound font.

[578] All right, now we're...

[579] Definitely making up some time here.

[580] Cover art prompt.

[581] An illustration of a U .S. aid worker standing next to a giant Atari decanter.

[582] In the background, there are drone hunters with high -tech equipment.

[583] The setting is a desert landscape with sand dunes.

[584] So, conspiracy fans, in that first official press conference held by the new DJ administration, White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt revealed new deets about those drones.

[585] that were the most important fucking thing in the world a couple months ago.

[586] Citing DJ directly, Levitt said the drones that were flying over New Jersey in large numbers were authorized to be flown by the DEI -obsessed FAA for research and various, you know, other reasons.

[587] Temporary flight restrictions, of course, were ordered.

[588] Multiple politicians, among others, threatened to shoot down the aerial devices, which would be a great idea.

[589] NBC News, owned by Comcast, reports a research company compiled a list of 650 sightings of the mysterious drones.

[590] It's like it's getting to be a pretty popular hobby.

[591] Mystery solved.

[592] And before I turn to questions, I do have news directly from the President of the United States that was just shared with me in the Oval Office from President Trump directly.

[593] an update on the New Jersey drones.

[594] After research and study, the drones that were flying over New Jersey in large numbers were authorized to be flown by the FAA for research and various other reasons.

[595] Many of these drones were also hobbyists, recreational, and private individuals that enjoy flying Jones.

[596] In meantime, it got worse due to curiosity.

[597] This was not the enemy.

[598] a statement from the President of the United States to start this briefing with some news.

[599] money went that is the classic poll quote for your brand new cyberspace war morning monarchy february 4th 2025 we're gonna get this baby in under schedule and under budget together we can hunt the drones fuck yeah another classic from hard archive i feel like saying droning tonight anonymous soul singer recorded back in 74 singer claimed to have recurring dreams about robots called drones flying over new jersey to follow and observe people came to be known in his dreams as the drone hunter The single, of course, produced with the help of artificial intelligence, available now via the fine fuckers at Hard Archive.

[600] Okay, so that is a truth song.

[601] And they know, see, this is the kind of brilliance that ties everything together, the thematic genius of your morning monarchy.

[602] So we're telling you something, but also telling you nothing.

[603] I have your truth music song of the day, your second Luigi song of the week, Unigan's Triple D, coming up in just a few moments.

[604] But of course, past is prologue.

[605] Published to Media Monarchy a decade ago today, February 2015, page 3, Media Monarchy Smucker spreads into pet food business with Big Heart by, yeah, with a name like Smuckers, it has to be GMO, and new allegations of Saudi involvement in 9 -11.

[606] Shows on this date since we went full -time, February 4th, 2016, Jared Leto executive producing cult documentary, Holy Hell, because Laurel Canyonites will always deflect to some other bad cult.

[607] Look over there!

[608] he's bad.

[609] And it is quite the day in history, you guys.

[610] Patty Hearst kidnapped, Chavez coup, Amadou Diallo killed with a fucking plunger in New York by the pigs, Facebook found it, and birthdays, Rosa Parks, George Romero, Dan Quayle, Alice Cooper, and Tim Booth of James.

[611] And we played the books and broadcast on your Mixler music this day in 2016.

[612] In episode 257 of New World Next Week, Zika hype spreading panic pandemic plus negative rates and gene editing.

[613] February 4th, 2019, Foxconn said to proceed with Wisconsin plan after Trump call.

[614] And some pretty heavy shit on that episode as well.

[615] Why Falcons owner Arthur Blank will collect all the Super Bowl revenue even though taxpayers own the statement.

[616] Largest land grab since 48, Israel expels 36 ,000 Palestinians.

[617] More AIPAC than J Street.

[618] Kamala Harris runs to the right on foreign policy.

[619] The California senator's hardline positions on Israel -Palestine point to a dangerous disregard for international law.

[620] And it goes on and on and on.

[621] Democrat Ralph Northam admits he wore blackface in Michael Jackson dance competition.

[622] A coup d 'etat on this day led by Hugo Chavez against Venezuelan President Carlos André Perez in 1992.

[623] George Washington was elected.

[624] The Confederate States were formed.

[625] Prescott Bush founded the USO to cover up his Nazi tracks.

[626] M62 coach bombing.

[627] RIP Karen Carpenter.

[628] Letterman finally played.

[629] The final Bill Hicks appearance that he was a gutless turd and removed from broadcast originally, because now later it costs nothing to be a patriot.

[630] Nigel Bruce, Charles Lindbergh, Ida Lupino, Conrad Bain.

[631] Adrian King, Clint Black, Oscar De La Hoya, Natalie Imbruglia.

[632] That's why I played some Alice Cooper.

[633] And some Warrant.

[634] I want you to pump up the volume this day in 2019, but let's jump to 2020, this day in history.

[635] Morning Monarchy, February 4th, 2020.

[636] Not for broadcast.

[637] Early access trailer launch, controlling the broadcast trailer.

[638] What a wild ride this has been.

[639] That could be catastrophic.

[640] The catastrophe is that they're succeeding.

[641] Listen now, I know you've only come in to clean up the place, but I've got to be caught up.

[642] You're going to have to run the news tonight.

[643] Okay, I will.

[644] That's a long clip, actually.

[645] And I was just looking, that game is available on Steam.

[646] You basically play a news producer.

[647] Also, look at that iconic cover art from Matt Civetic's Citizens Gateway.

[648] David Fortet and Squarepusher on your pump up the volume that day.

[649] Gonna fuck you with my red hot car.

[650] Morning Monarchy this day, 2021.

[651] America's murder rate increase in 2020 has no modern precedent.

[652] What's behind the sharp rise?

[653] At least two FBI agents killed in gun battle while serving child porn warrant sets town on fire.

[654] No!

[655] the Trump administration, so violent.

[656] Oh, wait, those violent pedos were under Brandon's watch.

[657] Pump up the volume this day in 2021, a cult character in Sun Ra and New World Next Week 436, the globalists prepare war on domestic terrorism, plus monkey brains and California pushback.

[658] Finally, three years ago today, damn, RIP Johnny Fever and some guided by voices and Illuminati hotties on your pump up the volume.

[659] So again, all this week, all brand new Triple D songs.

[660] It ain't diners, drive -ins, and dives no more.

[661] And Luigi's looking at his next court date coming up in just a couple of weeks.

[662] You know, we wanted to get it in ahead of time.

[663] A note that, of course, the system is rigged, you know, just not for us.

[664] The new single by Kansas -based artist Unigan, Y -O -O -N -I -G -A -N, composed the lyrics and completed the song with the help of Suno AI.

[665] It is available via the artist.

[666] Deny, defend, depose.

[667] Unigan, your truth music song of the day.

[668] As we shut down your cyberspace war morning monarchy, you got to log out.

[669] Just, you know, remember to do like C prompt end.

[670] February 4th, 2025.

[671] James Evan Pilato kicking that ass since 9 -11 -05.

[672] We appreciate your business and appreciate you remembering the motto of the kingdom like Glass Rabbit says.

[673] He said it all the time.

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