Tony Katz

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has sent shockwaves through not only financial sectors, but through the lives of Americans from coast to coast. A bank collapse? The largest since Washington Mutual? This is huge! Is my bank next? Meanwhile, Wall Street bigwigs and tech investors are screaming for the Federal government to get involved and, basically, bail out this bank. On Capitol Hill, and across the MSM, they are blaming deregulation from former President Trump for the debacle. Of course, they purposefully fail to notice that Joe Biden is president and Democrats held control of the House and Senate for two years. What really happened? Is it Trump's fault? Should Americans be worried? According to economist Dr. Matt Will at the University of Indianapolis: Regulators were asleep at the switch. No, it is not Trump's fault. Worry, well....you'll have to watch the video. Presented by Americans For Prosperity. http://americansforprosperity.org

If you don't agree with Fox News host Tucker Carlson's take on January 6th, that's ok. People disagree all the time. And you can say so. You say he's wrong, you can say he's "misinformed;" hell, you can even call him a liar. Those are three phrases that many have used when discussing Whoopi, Joy and the rest of the progressive talkers. But if you think he should be arrested for speaking? Well, that's different. That's The View not knowing anything about the First Amendment. But don't let facts keep them from engaging in a very dangerous conversation of their own. Presented by Americans for Prosperity. http://americansforprosperity.org

Since when does anyone oppose information? How is anyone - whether they a politician or a member of the media or an everyday American - opposed to the release of video footage of the January 6th riot? And yes, it was a riot. Not an insurrection. One can argue for or against narratives formed around information. But arguing against information? That's madness. Presented by Americans For Prosperity. http://americansforprosperity.org

The headline from the New York Post grabbed my attention - DoorDash driver refused to hand over food after patron gives her $8 tip. She even threatened to take the order back to the restaurant!! Yes, it's a crazy story. But it's more than that. It's a spectacular example of what is happening in society. People who think they deserve because, well, they think they do. They don't want to earn it. They don't want to work for it. They just want something given to them, anytime they demand it. As Gabrielle Zevin wrote in her book "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow:" "If their traumas are the most interesting things about them, how do they get over any of it." Watch and share. Presented by Americans For Prosperity. http://americansforprosperity.org

Tony Katz joins 'Cross Country with Lawrence Jones' on Fox News to discuss New York City's plans to pay settlements to protesters involved in the BLM riots of 2020 over assault claims against the NYPD. ****** SUBSCRIBE ON RUMBLE: www.rumble.com/tonykatz BECOME A SUPPORTER ON LOCALS: https://tonykatz.locals.com/ ****** Follow Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonykatz Follow Tony on Facebook: https://facebook.com/tonykatzradio Follow Tony on Instagram: https://instragram.com/tonykatz Follow Tony on Gettr: https://gettr.com/tonykatz

Yes, the crowd was smaller. But that had nothing to do with former President Donald Trump. Don't listen to a single word the MSM says about Trump fatigue....it was not apparent at CPAC, and he's not the reason the crowds didn't show. The Trump support is still there, still strong and not wavering. Watch! Presented by Americans for Prosperity. http://americansforprosperity.org

The normally raucous CPAC crowds were not there this year. The cheers, the jubilation, the exictement? All of it very muted. Those attending the event were very pro-Trump. It was hard to find anyone wearing DeSantis swag. The topics of discussion? Fentanyl, the Southern Border and China, with a mix of protecting children and education. The economy never really got mentioned. Does Tony think that CPAC 2023 shows a divide in the GOP? No. And he explains why in the video. Presented by Americans For Prosperity. http://americansforprosperity.org

BAIER: “Let’s start with the laptop. The FBI has had access to this laptop for more than three years. Why is this investigation on the Hunter Biden laptop taking so long?” WRAY: “Well, the investigation is being led, as you may know, by a U.S. attorney appointed in the last administration out of Delaware. And the FBI is actively supporting and working with that U.S. attorney on that investigation.” BAIER: “But the whistleblowers are telling these lawmakers that there was an internal effort to shut down the investigation from the beginning. Have you found that?” WRAY: “I have not found anything like that.” BAIER: “Alright. So let’s talk about the FBI and what you told Big Tech, or some agents did, about the authenticity and providence of Hunter Biden’s laptop. What about that, from an FBI perspective?” WRAY: “The FBI does not and is not in the business of functioning as the truth police.” BAIER: “Understood.” WRAY: “We don’t tell social media companies to censor anything.” BAIER: “Well, the Twitter files suggest something different. I mean, there was an FBI request, numerous times. Taibbi puts it out, FBI San Francisco requested to ban certain accounts. Twitter personnel in this case went on to look for reasons to suspend all four accounts that the FBI wanted to ban or suspend. Is it appropriate to flag social media accounts for — on Twitter or elsewhere, due to politics or government policies when it comes to Covid? Is it appropriate in any way? You’re saying it doesn’t happen but there is evidence that it had.” WRAY: “We don’t tell social media companies to ban accounts.” BAIER: “But you suggest?” WRAY: “What we do is tell social media companies about information that we have about foreign disinformation campaigns by foreign actors, by foreign intelligence services, and those companies then make decisions about what, if anything, they want to do about it.”

MAHER: “Just like in life, you don’t always agree with your friends on everything. So, it did turn out that it was okay because here I am 30 years later, still on. But I get every year when we are looking for — maybe we want new writers on our show. I love the writers I have, but you know what, I’m running a business here. I’m sorry, it’s brutal, but if I can find somebody better, that’s what I’m doing. I always serve the show first. So every year I read these packets of proposed writers and I read them this year as I do every year. It’s just stunning how uniform their points of view are.” TAPPER: “And it hasn’t always been that way. MAHER: “Exact — well, I don’t remember, but I don’t think it was every quite this bad. It’s the exact same point of view on every single issue. And it’s very predictable. I have a relationship with people who want to hear what I think is the truth, and I’m going to present both sides. And they may not be fair and balanced, there may not be equal weight put to each side because that’s not what the truth is. Truth isn’t always 50/50.” TAPPER: “Right.” MAHER: “So, I live with that. But, it’s — it gets more difficult because we’re so tribal now.”

TAPPER: “How do you define wokeness? Because I hear people use the term all the time and it means something different to everybody.” MAHER: “Again, I think it’s this collection of ideas that are not building on liberalism but very often undoing it. I mean, five years ago, Abraham Lincoln was not a controversial figure among liberals. We liked him. Now they take his name off schools and tear down his statues. Really? Lincoln isn’t good enough for you? You know, 5, 10 years ago, bedrock liberalism was we are striving to be a colorblind society where we don’t see race. Of course, we see it, but it doesn’t matter. That’s not what woke is. Woke is something very different. It’s identity politics — we see it all the time. It’s always the most important thing. I don’t think that’s liberalism. I mean, I could mention so many issues like that. I remember doing that show on HBO, comic relief for the homeless. And the idea then, again, among liberals, I thought, was for the sake of compassion, can we get these people off the streets so they have a roof over their heads? And now it’s like, ‘How dare you try to move the homeless? This is where they live!’ It’s like, again, you change the definitions and then you say I’m more conservative? I believe what I’ve always believed. You change these things and then you yell at me for it.”

LIGHTFOOT: “Let me just do this. So thank you and — and thank everyone so much. I feel a lot of love in this room as I felt every step of the way on this journey. I’ve called Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas to congratulate them on their victories and advancing to the runoffs. We were fierce competitors, in these last few months, but I will be rooting and praying for our next mayor to deliver for the people of the city for years to come. Thank you.” (Cheering and Applause)

BIDEN: "You know, I know-- I know real power and I see it. The Divine Nine. We're honored to have presidents- all the presidents here tonight. I want to thank you for that, and, by the way, I'n not... I- I may be a white boy, but I'm not stupid. (laughter) I know where the power is. I know where the- you think, I’m, joking, I, learned a long time ago about the Divine Nine. That’s why I spent so much time at Delaware State campaigning and organizing my campaign in Delaware."

BIRX: "You know, I think it’s important that a group gets together of scientists, particular molecular virologists, and moves past the politics and say what do we really know? What do we know now about this virus, how it mutates, how it spreads through humans, what do we know that China was doing and it makes total sense that China was working on a vaccine and growing these – growing these viruses in tissue culture. That changes the virus over time. That’s what you do in the laboratory. And so it makes sense and I think really getting people to get – I know we are never going to get the data from China. China has not been transparent. We saw in that their recent outbreak. They weren’t telling how many people were succumbing to Covid. That’s been going on three years now and we have to be very clear. China they did not learn from sars, they were not transparent with Covid-19 in 2019, they are not transparent today in 2023, and we just have to understand that we are not going to change China’s behavior and put into place processes and accountability across the globe to ensure other countries are protected.

ZAKARIA: “Is it fair to say that the economic sanctions have not had the bite that people expected?” SUMMERS: “Russian economic sanctions haven’t really bitten that hard because less than half of the world’s people have been involved in countries that are part of the sanctions and a large part of the world’s GDP. China, India, Turkey, as you mentioned certainly more than a third has not been part of the sanctions. And if you look at Russia’s neighbors, their trade with us has ramped up considerably in the last year which suggests that they are serving as a way station for goods to get into Russia. So there are real limits to the damage we can do Russia economically. We probably should try to stiffen up on the price caps on energy. There is financial areas where we can tighten. But the most important part of winning the economic aspect of the war of attrition is doing much more to support the economy of Ukraine which, by some measures, has declined by 40 percent.”

THIESSEN: “Most Americans looked at this news and said, Well, duh, of course it came from a lab.” PERINO: “Right.” THIESSEN: “Everyone — everyone in the — every normal person in America has known for years that this came from a lab. I mean, think about this. The coincidence would be involved. It happened in Wuhan, which just, which is the home of the Wuhan Institute of Virology that studies back coronaviruses, but it didn’t come from a lab. I mean, they were — they were do — we know they were doing gain of function research. We know they were doing it at biosafety level two, instead of biosafety level four, which is with the spacesuits. We know that three people from the Wuhan lab got sick in November 2019, at the start of the pandemic and had to go to the hospital with Covid symptoms. But yeah, it didn’t come from a lab.

The push to using ESG (environmental, social governance) standards isn't about creating returns for investors. Rather, it's a push to a radical ideology that sees the investor return as inconsequential. States like Indiana are fighting it. Gov. Ron DeSantis is fighting it. Do they understand the issue? Of course, the investor - you - wants a good return. Those running the fund you're investing in? They see it very differently. Andrew Stuttaford of National Review discusses the problem with Tony Katz. Presented by Americans For Prosperity. http://americansforprosperity.org

Reps. Omar, Tlaib, Pressley and Bush took to the steps of the Supreme Court to demand that they allow President Biden to unilaterally cancel student loan debt. Sen. Warren screamed that Biden is allowed to do it, because, after all, Trump did it! (You would think Warren would be opposed to doing something Trump had done.) None of these politicos believe in personal responsibility. And that's the real problem. Presented by Americans For Prosperity. http://americansforprosperity.org

Retired Maj. Mike Lyons joins Tony to discuss the continued money being poured into Ukraine's fight against Russia. Is it worth it? And why hasn't President Biden discussed the "goal" with Americans? And, does the information from the Energy Department that it is possible (probable) that Covid-19 leaked from a Chinese laboratory hurt them on the world stage? Leave a comment below! And thanks to my sponsor, Americans For Prosperity http://americansforprosperity.org

With the stroke of a pen, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis changed the relationship between Florida and the Reedy Creek Improvement District which houses Disney. Was this change a smart idea in the pursuit of better governance, or was this an act of retribution for Disney being so vocal about the Parental Bill of Rights in the state. The market should punish bad corporate behavior like Disney's in this case, not the state of Florida. But that doesn't mean Florida was wrong in this case. Presented by Americans For Prosperity http://americansforprosperity.org

BIDEN: “So, I think things are a little out of whack, and I don’t blame people for being down. You know, when you have a year or two years of the pandemic, kids out of school, the mental health problems in the country are seriously increased, especially among young people. Some things are — for example, even if they’re dealing with employment or getting better jobs or making more money. Inflation is still higher than it should be, and everything from gasoline prices to a war going on in Ukraine. I mean, so, I can’t think of a time when there’s been greater uncertainty, notwithstanding the fact we created 800,000 manufacturing jobs. We’re better off than virtually any other major nation in the world economically. But it’s understandable why people are just down.”

Crime in Chicago has skyrocketed since Mayor Lori Lightfoot took office. Instead of dealing with the tremendous crime rates in her city, Mayor Lightfoot tells prosecutors to release violent criminals and suggests her opposition not vote. The people of Chicago are looking for new leadership. ****** SUBSCRIBE ON RUMBLE: www.rumble.com/tonykatz BECOME A SUPPORTER ON LOCALS: https://tonykatz.locals.com/ ****** Follow Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonykatz Follow Tony on Facebook: https://facebook.com/tonykatzradio Follow Tony on Instagram: https://instragram.com/tonykatz Follow Tony on Gettr: https://gettr.com/tonykatz

Blinken: “President Zelenskyy has put forward a 10-point plan for a just and durable peace. President Putin, by contrast, has made clear that there’s nothing to talk about until Ukraine accepts, and I quote, ‘the new territorial realities,’ while doubling down on his brutal tactics. Members of this council have a fundamental responsibility to ensure that any peace is just and durable. Council members should not be fooled by calls for a temporary or unconditional ceasefire. Russia will use any pause in fighting to consolidate control over the territory it’s illegally seized and replenish its forces for further attacks. That’s what happened when Russia’s first assault on Ukraine froze in 2015. Look at what followed. And members of this council should not fall into the false equivalency of calling on both sides to stop fighting or calling on other nations to stop supporting Ukraine in the name of peace. No member of this council should call for peace while supporting Russia’s war on Ukraine and on the U.N. Charter. In this war, there is an aggressor and there is a victim. Russia fights for conquest, Ukraine fights for its freedom. If Russia stops fighting and leaves Ukraine, the war ends. If Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine ends. The fact remains, one man, Vladimir Putin started this war, one man can end it.”

COLLINS: “And Taiwan is, obviously, a major part of this. There are reports that the U.S. Is preparing to send more U.S. Military forces to Taiwan. Is that accurate?” AUSTIN: “I won’t comment on troop deployments or operations or our training. What I will tell you, Kaitlan, is we remain committed to supporting Taiwan in accordance with the Taiwan Relations Act, we will do everything we can to help them acquire the means to defend themselves.” COLLINS: “The general who is the head of Air Mobility Command recently sent a memo out saying that China and the U.S. he believed to be at war two years from now. He said, quote, ‘My gut tells me we will fight in 2025.’ Is that true?” AUSTIN: “What you heard me say in the past, and I’ll say it again today, is I don’t see an imminent attack by China on Taiwan and — but what you have to — you know, what we — we can talk about what we see, and what we see is increased activity by the Chinese in the Taiwan Strait. We have seen a number of center line crossings in the airspace. We have seen increased activity in the waters around Taiwan as China continues to try to intimidate Taiwan.” COLLINS: “Given that, why do you not think an attack is imminent, given you’re seeing that increased activity. AUSTIN: “There are a number of reasons that I won’t go into here, but I don’t think it’s in Xi’s best interest to attack Taiwan at this point in time. And you have to judge them by what you are seeing. Again, we are seeing increased activity. We got to make sure that we have — that we remain focused on this and we have the ability to deter China from making a bad decision. And we will have that — we have that capability now. We will continue to have that capability.”

Reporter: “You mentioned a national political figure who’s decided to get involved. It sounds like you’re talking about Trump. And then you said, ‘I need your help.’ How can he help?” Buttigieg: “Well, one thing he could do is express support for reversing the deregulation that happened on his watch. I heard him say he had nothing to do with it, even though it was in his administration. So if he had nothing to do with it and they did it in his administration against his will, maybe he could come out and say that he supports us moving in a different direction. And we’re not afraid to own our policies when it comes to raising the bar on regulation. And I’ve got to think that him indicating that this is something that everybody, no matter how much you disagree on, politics and presidential campaigns, can get behind. Higher fines, tougher regulations on safety, Congress untying our hands on braking rules, all the other things that go with it. That’ll be a nice thing for him to do.”

DeSantis: “So, our proposed legislation will prohibit that practice. Local governments will not be able to provide funds to issue ID cards to illegal aliens, and the legislation will invalidate all out of state licenses that have been given to illegal aliens.” (Cheering and Applause) "Our bill will require when you register to vote that you affirm or swear under penalty of perjury, that you United States citizen. And so if you check that box and you’re, not then you’re opening yourself up to — to — to prosecution. And we need to make sure that we want all citizens here that want to vote to vote, but we don’t want anybody here voting illegally. And if you’re, not a citizen of this country, you should not be voting in our elections.” (Applause)