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This is an IHAT podcast guaranteed human . This july fourth come celebrate at America's Block Party, hosted by America two hundred and fifty. America's Block Party is a camp miss fourth of July concert happening at the Los Angeles Memorial Colosseum Experience music performances by major artists, patriotic tributes, and the kickoff to giving Fort, helping to make july fourth the largest day of giving in American history. It's more than just fireworks. Join this landmark celebration and get your Americas Black Party Tickets now for seventeen dollars seventy six cents at America two fifty dot org slash LA . You fired up the grille, you strung the lights, you even cleaned the patio furniture. But let's be honest, your cornhole set is an embarrassment. This summer level up with official American Cornhole League gear. We're talking pro quality boards, bags, and everything you need to become the undisputed backyard champ ion of your entire neighborhood, or at least feat your brother in law. 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First up , an activist DA in Philadelphia yet again letting criminals walk. Why is this happening and who's behind it? We explain that for you. Next up, another judge has decided to step in and say that no, you cannot check and see if someone is an illegal immigrant before they vote . So what was behind this Obama appointed judge? We break that down as well. And lastly, two big victories for Donald Trum p and the Supreme Court when dealing with illegal immigrants. It's the weekend review and it starts right now . I want to move on to another big issue. We've got another activist DA that's been busted flat out l ying senator this time in Philadelphia . You can you can say thank you to the Democratic Party to the George Sorces for allowing this to happen and this is a story that needs to be on your radar screen as well . It is and let's talk about who this is. You know, we talked about Singman and a left wing billionaire spending money to do real damage to America . This is a story about another left wing billionaire spending money to do enormous damage to America. In this case , George Soros. George Soros has spent billions of dollars. He is the single most effective political giver, I think in American history. Now , effective is not a compliment. He is effective in being unbelievably harmful . There are, I believe, thousands of Americans who are dead because George Soros has spent the money so effectively . So he spent propaganda in support of open borders and you look at all of the people who have been raped and killed by illegal immigrant violent criminals , all the people that have been subject to terror attacks from illegal immigrant violent criminals . But Soros also is creative in his destruction and he realized that our democratic society has vulnerabilities and vulnerabilities that he can target. So he doesn't just target a presidential race. That's an easy big sexy target . Yeah . He really pioneered targeting district attorney races. Now district attorney races used to be sleepy little races. You'd have a Democrat and a Republican, but they both were prosecutors . They both were going to lock up criminals. If you were a murderer, you'd lock up murder, you'd prosecute them. There didn't used to be a massive difference between the two sides on DAs. You'd have a little bit different priorities from the one to the other, but everyone agreed violent criminals will lock them up and throw the book at him. That changed when Soros began flooding millions into DA races. Now these races didn't used to have millions of dollars in them. So this money just appeared out of nowhere and he elected what are called Soros DAs And sorosdias are the prosecution side of the abolish the police campaign. Look, Soros funded the abolish the police campaign too. If you want to destroy a society, I can think of a few more effective ways to do it than eliminate law enforcement because the result is anarchy and chaos. It's more murders, more rapes, more children being abused . That is I don't like to ascribe ill intent to someone, but Ben, I will say quite seriously , I do not know any other motivation for George Soros that makes any sense to me other than that he wants to destroy America because his action is he is perfectly calculated to destroy America. Yeah, if you look at the and it's a it's very calculated. It's prison reform, it's bail reform, it's defund the police . You do that trifecta, which is saying, well, we're going to let people out of jail because we just believe jail is somehow fundamentally wrong. You then say you want to defund the police so then you have no law enforcement. And then you have bail reform which says we're going to not put you in jail while we hold you for trial because you don't have a lot of money. So then you're letting rapists and murderers literally back on the street as fast as we catch them. That you combine those three . This is a framework for total anarchy in society, which is clearly what Saurus wants ? Yeah, look, just ask yourself the simple basic question . Is society better if there are more murderers on the street , more murderers in your community, more murderers living in your neighborhood . Any rational person would say no, I don't want more murderers in my community . Sorros says yes and he spends millions of dollars to elect DAs who agree with him. And so one of those soros DAs is a guy named Larry Krasner. He is the left wing soros DA in Philadelphia. And instead of going in with a mission of I'm going to go lock up the bad guys . His mission is quite literally I'm going to release as many bad guys as I can. Now you may be saying, come on, that can't be true. That's so extreme. All right, let me just give you the facts. So just this week , a five to Democrat court. So I'm going to read you what judges who are Democrats said about Larry Krasner . They found that he is so quick to false ly concede error in murder cases to try to free convicted murderers that it is tasked the Pennsylvania attorney general with checking to make sure that the SOROS DA is not lying. Now let me give you a little context of this because legally this is astonishing. I've never seen anything remotely like this . So a lawyer, particularly a government lawyer, has the ability to do what's called confess error. And confessing error is you go to the court and you say we screwed up. We made a mistake . We made a legal mistake, we made a factual mistake. And we're confessing error. You should take it from us. We were just wrong. And courts generally give enormous weight to that because nobody almost nobody ever confesses error falsely. Like confessing error is against your interest. So 're saying you screwed up your job, right? That's what you're saying. So it confessing error doesn't happen often and you usually believe it because it's against the interest of the litigant. I want to read from an appellate decision in one of these cases. Here , in this case, reviewed under a King's Bench jurisdiction, the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office on behalf of the Commonwealth conceded that Lavar Brown , a convicted murderer sentenced to death for a separate murder was entitled to a new trial based upon a facially untimely claim under the PCRA . Upon careful review , we conclude this concession was not reliable. More specifically, we find the District Attorney's Office conceded relief although none was warranted based on the existing record , violated its duty of candor to the PCRA court , withheld material evidence from the court opposed efforts by AMIKI to gain access to this evidence submitted a false stipulation of fact , misstated facts in its pleadings , failed to conduct a reasonable investigation , and opposed a required evidentiary hearing . The predictable result was an erroneous grant of a new trial . These circumstances , troubling as they are , would not warrant a remedy beyond reversal of the PCRA court's order in this particular case if they were confined to one case Unfortunately they aren't . Since twenty eighteen , the district attorney's office has conceded relief well over one hundred times. By the way, if that's your record, that would mean that you're basically the worst attorne y in the history of the world. It's worse than that, but let me get back to it. Let me finish reading it then as conceded relief well over one hundred times , mostly in murder cases like this one. Incredible. There have been numerous instances of untrustworthy concessions , lack of candor, misrepresentations of fact , lack of adequate investigation and avoidance of hearings . And the problems are poised to continue . There are apparently more than one thousand cases yet to be reviewed by the District Attorney's Office Conviction Integrity Unit , and the district attorney's office vigorously defends its checkered concession program as a necessary corrective to pass misdeeds by prior administrations. The District Attorney's O ffice's active ongoing and problematic concessions program requires broader remedial action to promote just outcomes . Accordingly , in addition to reversing the PCRA court's grant of a new trial here , we also hold that in any PCR A case in which the district attorney's office concedes relief , the PCRA court shall grant the office of the attorney general notice and the right to intervene in the case before ruling on the concession . Regardless of the attorney general's position on the concession, if it chooses to intervene , it may well agree relief is warranted . Its independent assessment and participation will enhance the reliability of the proceedings and the PCRA court's ultimate decision. I've never seen that I've practiced law a long time. So you said a hundred times, that means they're terrible lawyers. It's actually worse than that . This is not Larry Krasner saying, I Larry Krasner screwed up one hundred times. What he's doing is he's looking at murderers who are in jail right now that were put there by his predecessors by previous district attorneys and he's going and finding murderers and saying we should release you. We should release you. We should release you then he.' Ands going in. He's not just conceding error, he's conceding relief. Relief means what do you get? He's saying no, throw out your conviction altogether . Over a hundred times, almost all with m urderers and he's lying . Look, the only reason you do that go back to the fundamental question that I asked at the beginning of this segment . Do you think America is better off if there are more murderer s walking the streets or fewer murderers walking the streets. Do you want more murderers living in your neighborhood with your family ? Or do you want fewer murderers living in your neighborhood with your family? Anyone who is rational , anyone who loves America, anyone who is not trying to destroy our nation, the obvious answer is of course we don't want more murderers and yet George Sorrus and Larry Krasner both do it. By the way, Singh am does too. Now, if you want to hear the rest of this conversation, you can go back and listen to the full podcast from earlier this week. This july fourth come celebrate at America's Block Party, hosted by America two hundred fifty. America's Black Party is a camp miss Fourth of July concert happening at the Los Angeles Memorial Colosseum. Experience music performances by major artists, patriotic tributes, and the kickoff to giving forth, helping to make july fourth the largest, day of giving in American history. It's more than just fireworks. Join this landmark celebration and get your Americas block party tickets now for seventeen dollars seventy six cents at America two fifty dot org slash LA You fired up the grill, you strung the lights, you even clean the patio furniture . But let's be honest, your cornhole set is an embarrassment . This summer, level up with official American Cornhole League gear. We're talking pro quality boards, bags and everything you need to become the undisputed backyard champion of your entire neighborhood, or at least feat your brother in law . Shop now at aclshop. com because summer's too short for bad cornhole . Change comes fast, so wouldn't it be nice if one thing stayed the same like the price of your Wi Fi? Thanks to the Xfinity five year price guarant you'ree guedaranteed five years of the most reliable, fiber powered WiFi with no annual contracts and our best equipment. Plus, get online in minutes with Same Day Wi Fi and stream your favorite podcast on iHart radio. Lock in your price and unlock the possibilities. Exfinity, imagine that. Restrictions applies. Select plans only, not available in all areas. Use a fiber coaxial cable. Hi, it's Karen, Georgia from my favorite Murder. We cruised around LA in the Hyundai Ionic Five and dove into the fascinating life of actress and inventor Hetty Lamar. Want the full story? Take a listen . Hetty, she starts dating Howard Hughes, the aviation tycoon. Do you know a lot about him? I mean I watch the aviator, so I know everything Leonardo DiCaprio has allowed me to know about him, but incredible innovator. Right. She says he's a quote, very strange man. But they do get along really well. Give us examples. I know. They do get along intellectually . And in fact, she helps him design a faster plane. She takes a look at what he's designed. It's got these square wings and she's like, that doesn't make sense. And so she finds the fastest bird and the fastest fish and sketches out a drawing of like what the two would look like as a plane and that becomes the plane that we know today. And he calls her a genius. Check out our new episode spot glroundightbingreaking innovators like Hedi Lam ar and Billy Jean King, presented by the Hyundai Ionic five . Goodbye . Looking for something new? Try fencing, the Olympic and Paralympic sport that mixes speed, strategy, and fun, it's like chess meets cardio, quick feet, quick decisions, and a satisfying beep when you score a point. Kids, teens, and adults can start anytime, no experience needed, and many clubs have loner gear. Coaches teach fundamentals and safety from day one. Find a beginner class for your kids near you at try fencing. org. That's try fencing. org . Now on to story number two. All right, All right, I want to take a moment. I want to talk to you for just a second, honestly, about how an act of compassion really feels. A few years ago, I made the choice to partner with compassion International to sponsor a child who is desper inate need. Now, it was a great idea, right? That's what most people would say, all right, it's nice, sure . But you really have no idea just how much that simple act can actually change a life. And I'm not just talking about the child, I'm talking about my life. Now, I sponsored Nadia and got to watch your life change right in front of my eyes , going from starving alone on the street to getting the health care and education that she needs to reach her God given potential. I got to be a part of that change and the light of that compassion not only illuminated her , it illuminated me . That's the power of compassion and it's something I'm trying to teach my children about as well. Now the light of Christ shines on all of us and you can feel this for yourself and for your children . You can sponsor a child and have them involved. That's what I love so much . So not only are you changing a child's life, you're helping change the world, but you may even be changing yourself and your family . You can sponsor a child today . Visit compassion dot com that's compassion . com . I want to get to this for a run of time. And that is election database and this activist judge . Explain this judge what she has done here in a simplistic way what they were trying to do is make sure that people that were not American citizens and those are not eligible to vote would not be able to eligible to vote. That doesn't seem controvers ial. The majority of Americans are in favor of the Save Act. It's seventy five eighty percent, depending on what poll you look at. And this judge said, Hey, you guys can't cross check in different groups like social security, can't work with others And you guys know we're not going to allow this happen. That was shocking. Yeah, so I'm going to read from the Associated Press . A federal judge on Monday ruled that a recently revamped version of a federal tool central to the Trump administration's effort to nationalize elections can no longer be used. US district court judge Sparkle L. Sukna un, I want you to stop and think there's a frigging judge in America named Sparkle L. Sukden . By the way, she was a clerk for Sonya Sotomayor . She's a radical leftist. I voted against her confirmation, but she is a district judge in Washington, D. C. and Judge Sparkle sided with the advocacy groups that argue that the recent upgrades to the program called the systematic alien verification for entitlements or save aggregated Americans sensitive personal data in a way that could result in voters being wrongly purged from voter rules. Quote , all in all, the federal government has knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote . Sukaden said in an order explaining the decision, this court cannot stand idly by while that happens. She says Congress had expressly prohibited the government from centralizing Americans' personal identifying information and that the federal agencies that created the SAD program quote knew that the database violates these statutory protections . Now , this is a liberal activist decision . It is also a decision that doesn't make sense under the statute . The statutes that she was looking at , number one, the statute is the Social Security Act . And the Social Security Act requires, quote, Social Security account numbers of record that are obtained or maintained by persons pursuant any provision of law shall be confidential, and no authorized person shall disclose any such social security account number or related record. Well, you know what, Trump administration did disclose anyone's social security number ? That's exactly if they released , you know, your social security number , that would be a violation of the Social Security Act. They didn't do that. So Security Act doesn't say the federal government can't look at social security numbers. Like the government is one entity and it is a bizarre system that says you have records that show if people are illegal aliens or not . You, the federal government are not allowed to look at those records because a law says you can't publicly disclose them to others. They didn't. There's another law called the Privacy Act . And the Privacy Act, they claim it violated this as well. But again, the Privacy Act does not prohibit the federal government from looking at its own records. I mean, understand this is a ruling from a radical judge who's saying even though the federal government and initially the SAV database was set up to stop the federal government from giving government benefits, giving welfare to illegal aliens. Now, mind you, it is illegal to give government benefits to give welfare to illegal aliens. Congress has passed that law over and over and over again. And Democrats, when they're being completely split person ality on this , they will say repeatedly, well, we don't give welfare benefits to illegal aliens. They'll say that over and over again. They'll simultaneously say, Dear God, we've got to give welfare benefits to illegal aliens , what a monster would deny them. So they say them both. Remember when every Democrat running for president in twenty twenty was asked, should we give free health care to every illegal in America? And they all raised their hand, yep, yep, yep, every one of them right down the line . But at the end of the day, Congress has passed repeated laws saying do not give welfare benefits to illegal aliens and judge sparkle. And look, by the way, I think it is really impressive that my little pony is now a federal judge . But I just wish my little pony was not a Marxist. You would think that Judge Sparkle would recognize something beautiful like the Constitution or Federal Law , it is insane to say that the same Congress that says you cannot give government benefits or welfare to illegal aliens somehow said, but you're not allowed to look to see if anyone's an illegal alien. Nope, the government is blindfolded from looking at your own databases. I'm going to make another prediction in this show . I was just saying this what's going to happen? This decision will be reversed. It will be reversed when and how quickly? I don't know how quickly it might be reversed by the DC Circuit . If it's not reversed by the DC Circuit, I think it will be reversed by the U. S. Supreme Court. What I don't know is if it gets reversed in time for the election Part of the strategy of the litigants is delay and generally speaking These decisions can take a lot of time. Now the Department of Justice likely will seek emergency relief from the DC Circuit. Now it will depend on what panel of judges you get. You get three random judges on the DC Circu it . And then if the DC Circuit the probably the biggest danger is they seek emergency relief in the DC Circuit and they get a bad draw of left wing judges on the DC Circuit. And what I predict they would do then is just try to delay it till after the election. So they just slow walk it . And it's really make sure that they don't have any of this amendment for election day so you can have more people that can vote illegally . Yes. And so if you get a good panel on the DC Circuit, I am quite confident this will be reversed. And by the way, if the DC Circuit upholds this decision , I think the Supreme Court would take the case and reverse it , but in the normal course of things that would take a couple of years. So that would not impact the twenty sixth election. It would probably be in time for the twenty eight election. My hope is they take an emergency appeal and the DC Circuit overturns it quickly. Or even if the DC Circuit rejects the appeal, I want them to make a decision fast because then they could appeal that to the Supremes. I think the Supremes would act quickly. The danger is the DC circuit slow walks it for another six months . As before , if you want to hear the rest of this conversation on this topic, you can go back and download the podcast from early this week to hear the entire thing . This july fourth come celebrate at America's Block Party, hosted by America two hundred and fifty. America's Block Party is a camp miss fourth of July concert happening at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Experience music performances by major artists , patriotic tributes, and the kickoff to giving forth, helping to make july fourth the largest day of giving in American history. It's more than just fireworks. Join this landmark celebration and get your America's block party tick ets now for seventeen dollars seventy six cents at America two fifty dot org slash LA . What if your next favorite hobby came with a built in crew? That's cornhole. Whether you're brand new to the game or just looking for an excuse to get outside , there's a whole world of players out there ready to welcome you in. Local leagues, weekend tournaments, backyard throwdowns. It's all happening near you. Find your people at your next event at iPlayPornhole. com slash events. New hobby, new friends . Seeing you, just having a lot more fun. Change comes fast, so wouldn't it be nice if one thing stayed the same? Like the price of your Wi Fi? Thanks to the Xfinity five year price guarantee, you're guaranteed five years of the most reliable, fiber powered WiFi with no annual contracts and our best equipment. Plus, get online in minutes with same day WiFi and stream your favorite podcast on iHart radio lock in your price and unlock the possibilities. Xfinity Imagine that. Restrictions applies select plans only not avail,able in all areas. Use a fiber coaxial cable. Hi, it's Karen, Georgia from my favorite Murder. We cruised around LA in the Hyundai Ionic five and dove into the fascinating life of actress and inventor Hetty Lamar. Want the full story? Take a listen. Hetty, she starts dating Howard Hughes, the aviation tycoon. Do you know a lot about him? I mean, I watch the Aviator, so I know everything Leonardo DiCaprio has allowed me to know about him, but incredible innatories. Right. She says he's a quote very strange man. But they do get along really well. Give us examples. I know . They do get along intellectually . And in fact, she helps him design a faster plane. She takes a look at what he's designed. It's got these square wings and she's like, that doesn't make sense. And so she finds the fastest bird and the fastest fish and sketches out a drawing of like what the two would look like as a plane and that becomes the plane that we know today. And he calls her a genius. Check out our new episode spotlighting groundbreaking innovators like Headie Lamar and Billy Jean King, presented by the Hyundai Ionic Five. Goodbye . Are your kids bored

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