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Mark Levin Audio Rewind - 3/14/18

On Wednesday’s Mark Levin show, The widespread public demonstrations by high school students display a much deeper issue with American public education, mainly that it has become in many ways a vehicle to indoctrinate our schoolchildren with leftist ideas. These efforts in these schools are never to advance liberty, constitutionalism or capitalism generally. It’s always to advance the Left’s agenda. These schools have become propaganda mills. How did we get here? There’s been an effort underway for 100 years by the Left to turn education into the advancement of the progressive ideology and they have succeeded with the help of John Dewey. Also, we’ve been hearing that the Pennsylvania election is a a bellweather race for President Trump. All during the Barack Obama years, Democrats lost 1000 legislative seats, lost the house in 2010, lost the senate in 2014 and numerous governerships. Do you remember the media reporting that Obama is responsible for all those loses? No, yet every race in the country is a referendum on Trump. Later, Sen Rand Paul’s attack on Gina Haspel was shameful; he accused her of enjoying waterboarding terrorists. After 9/11 Haspel was in a position and did things in order to help protect our country. Paul did nothing and has no idea how war works.

Mark Levin Audio Rewind - 3/13/18

On Tuesday’s Mark Levin Show, President Trump sounds like a man fully in charge by firing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, not deranged or someone who should be removed under the 25th Amendment like the media says. Tillerson was fired not because of confusion within the Trump administration, but because Tillerson was undermining Trump’s position on the Iran deal. Trump firing Tillerson shows he is prepared to take action and do what he has to in order to advance his principles and implement his policies. Also, Trump’s nomination of Gina Haspel as CIA director should be celebrated, but instead she will be criticized endlessly by leftists dressed up as journalists doing anything to prevent her confirmation. Haspel is an American patriot who did her job wonderfully, and if her nomination is blocked, Trump should recess appoint her to head the CIA. If Obama appointed the first woman to be CIA director, the media would be going bonkers and Haspel would be politically bulletproof; instead it’s the opposite because she’s Trump’s nominee. Later, the Barack Obama campaign hired Fusion GPS to investigate Mitt Romney during the 2012 election just as Hillary Clinton did to Trump in the 2016 election. Obama hid payments to Fusion GPS through the same law firm that Hillary used and reported the money paid as legal services. When it comes to collusion, all roads lead to Obama. Finally, Mark speaks with Andrew Pollack, father of one of the victims of the Parkland school shooting.

Mark Levin Audio Rewind - 3/12/18

On Monday’s Mark Levin show, The media in America claim that the 1st amendment is under attack and it is, by the very people who earn their living as journalists and reporters. They are destroying freedom of the press and they decided that the only way they can survive in competition is to take sides with the Democrat party. When President Trump calls out reporters they say it’s an attack on free speech. But it’s OK for the media to go on and on about a mental illness they say Trump has? What’s the purpose of freedom of the press? To give liberals platforms to spew their hate? Also, you don’t need to abandon conservatism in order to defend Trump. You can disagree strongly with him on things like immigration or tariffs. There’s no reason to abandon liberty or capitalism; you’re not disloyal to Trump if you are loyal to your principles. Later, the house intelligence committee found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians. Yet, the media is still on the prowl, trying to connect Trump and his administration to anything they possibly can to bring up wrongdoing. The America people have been subjected to the biggest hoax in history with this investigation. We still must have a special counsel to investigate the FBI, DOJ and the intelligence agencies so the country is never put through this again. Finally, the real problem isn’t that China is dumping steel, the real problem is that they are stealing our technology, which is a true national security issue. This is what we should be focusing on - not driving up costs for consumers with tariffs.

Mark Levin Audio Rewind - 3/9/18

On Friday’s Mark Levin Show, Benjamin Netanyahu is dealing with the same type of ultra-left-wing media attacks in Israel as President Trump is in America. Now, the Israeli media is launching a pre-emptive attack on Netanyahu before his interview with Mark which airs on Sunday on Fox News. The media in Israel is full of leftist, pro-socialist appeasers. Also, we now know that the Obama administration affirmatively refused to stop the Russian cyberattacks during the 2016 election. Susan Rice told Michael Daniel, White House director of cybersecurity, to cease and desist efforts to fight back on Russian hacking. Rice told Daniel and his team to stand down so they didn’t box in Obama; if they gave him options he’d have to act. Obama didn’t want to do anything to stop the Russians because he was sure Hillary Clinton would be elected and didn’t want anyone to say the election was fraudulent. Obama let Russian cyberattacks slide because in the end he was all about power, not integrity, and is now at the center of this monumental scandal. Later, Trump deserves great credit for how he’s handled North Korea, not the vicious attacks he’s getting from the media. Through wise use of our military, economic sanctions, and the international community, Trump has put enough pressure on Kim Jong-un to bring him to the table.

Mark Levin Audio Rewind - 3/8/18

On Thursday’s Mark Levin show, the Democrats and the media want you to focus on Roberts Mueller’s investigation into a meeting that Erik Prince had with the Russians in January 2017, but that’s not the story. The story is that Prince, an American citizen, was spied on by the Obama administration 9 days before Trump’s inaugration for no reason and then leaked his name to the media. There is no justification for spying on people realted to Trump’s campaign and it’s a disgrace that the media is protecting Obama’s spying. Do you realize how remarkable it is that Trump is President? FBI resources, the Obama White House, the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC all conspired to destroy Trump and the people around him. This is why there needs to be another special council appointed. Later, people who previously were proud capitalists have decided that Bernie Sanders and Herbert Hoover were right on tariffs. How can they embrace tariffs under Trump but rejected it under Obama? These Republicans supporting this are not standing for the little guy anymore because these are taxes on us. Finally, South Korea had a major announcement that Kim Jong Un wants to meet with Trump and prepare to denuclearize. North Korea has spent decades perfecting their ICBM’s and nuclear warheads. Why all of a sudden does he want to talk to Trump? Do you think, with China’s assistance, that North Korea is trying to play this administration into one more deal? Right now we have to be skeptical about Kim Jong Un.

3/7/18 - Mark Levin Audio Rewind

On Wednesday’s Mark Levin Show, Progressives believe in state’s rights and the 10th amendment one day and the next day believe the opposite, and this is exactly what’s going on in California. Their position today is to believe in the 10th Amendment and that states can decide their own immigration policy. However, the left and President Obama attacked Arizona for claiming the same thing a few years ago, taking Arizona to the Supreme Court to determine that the Federal government controls immigration. Everyone on the left attacked Arizona for defying Obama and enforcing federal law, but today they want California to create their own immigration policy and defy federal law. Their immigration policies aren’t intended to help the country; they’re intended to help the Democrat party and the progressive ideology. Also, prior Federal governments would punish states by cutting off funding to states that didn’t comply. Now the very people who did that in the past object to it being done today. This is why you can’t take a progressive’s argument seriously, but need to take what they’re doing very seriously. Later, justifying a tariff on steel because China is dumping steel is the biggest lie in modern times. Chinese steel makes up 2% of steel imports, while 70% of domestic production is done by domestic companies. No car manufacturer, dishwasher, or HVAC producer controls 70% of their market, yet a handful of American steel companies control 70% of the steel market; any industry controlling 70% should be considered a monopoly. Finally, when you argue against capitalism you argue against individual rights. Without capitalism, we’d have a ubiquitous government. The idea that you can find attachment to something profound through government is perverse and dangerous.

3/6/18 - Mark Levin Audio Rewind

On Tuesday’s Mark Levin show, Bill Cunningham fills in for Mark.  Democrats won’t stand behind President Trump signing any gun legislation or immigration law and hand him a victory. They care more about politics than about policy. Why would the Democrats hand Trump the issues that they want to run on in September’s election?  Trump is wasting his time with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi on immigration and guns.  Also, there were so many red flags with Nikolas Cruz and by the inaction from the FBI, he was essentially cleared by them. Just like they cleared Dylan Roof and Nidal Hasan. The best way to predict a murderer is if the FBI clears them.  Every part of government failed with Cruz.  Right now, there are about twelve states where teachers are carrying guns in schools and it’s occurring successfully. It would be nice if we could protect our kids just like Capitol Hill and sporting events are protected with guns.  Later, a 20 year old Oregon man is suing Walmart and Dick's over raising the age to buy guns. At age 18, 19, and 20 you can fight in military, marry and divorce but not buy a gun? That’s ridiculous.

3/5/18 - Mark Levin Audio Rewind

On Monday’s Mark Levin show, there is no such thing as free trade but the goal is to have freer trade. There are always taxes and regulations on trade, but a tariff on steel, aluminum, and lumber won’t punish the Chinese, only the American citizens. China wants the U.S. to put tariffs on steel because they’ll sell cheap steel to our trade partners around the world; we’d be handing them our steel market. Protectionists wrap tariffs up in patriotism when it’s the opposite, and at its root is a lack of understanding of liberty and capitalism. We have a history of tariffs, and when we have across-the-board tariffs we put people out of work in this country. We should be very skeptical when people have simple answers to a complex economy. Also, if we had a responsible deputy attorney general, the investigation into President Trump’s collusion would stop. There’s no way the Framers would have empowered an inferior officer of the government, who is unaccountable to the President or Congress, to be free to go through the background of the President and his family in search of a crime. We’ve reached a point where Robert Mueller and Rod Rosenstein are literally undermining the country. Meanwhile, police in Israel have unleashed investigations on Benjamin Netanyahu similar to the special council on Trump. Leftists are leftists, whether they’re in the U.S. or Israel; they have the same progressive mentality. Finally, Chip Roy calls in to discuss his campaign for the 21st Texas congressional district; the primary is Tuesday. He can be the next great conservative voice!

3/2/18 - Mark Levin Audio Rewind

On Friday’s Mark Levin Show, Robert Mueller has President Trump’s family in his crosshairs and they’ve done nothing to deserve this treatment. It’s not a crime for Trump to be president, for Ivanka and Jared Kushner to be in the White House, for Melania to get a green card, or to do business in Russia, yet Trump’s family is attacked day in and day out. The things said about Trump and his family are unparalleled in history and has been a setup since day 1. Also, tariffs are a tax on the American people and they’re the least conservative thing imaginable. The United States produces 70% of the steel used in the country and China ranks 11th in steel importation; there’s no defense needs to impose tariffs to control the steel industry. We have a history of steel tariffs and they’ve all been counterproductive, resulting in Americans losing jobs and paying more for automobiles, cans of soup, and anything that uses steel. In addition, tariffs push away our closes trade partners like Canada and Mexico and force them to trade elsewhere, like with China. Tariffs won’t make America great again; they will just make America weak. Later, Chuck Schumer is voting against a judge nomination because he’s white. The Democrat party is obsessed with race and always has been. There’s something truly sick about Schumer’s progressive ideology and he should be expelled from the Senate.

3/1/18 - Mark Levin Audio Rewind

On Thursday’s Mark Levin Show, President Trump wants to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum, which increase prices on the American people. How is it that the market works in every field except for about six where we are told we have to have a fair system? Tariffs are un-American and are something that Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders support. Tariffs hurt American workers and will be a detriment to American businesses. People are going to lose their jobs. Our government is set to place a tax on us after giving us a tax cut. It’s time to stop subsidizing industries because the vast majority of us are not subsidized; this is food stamps for industries. Later, Trump says that government should 'take the guns first, go through due process second'. How do you have due process after the fact? It seems that Trump wants to violate the 2nd and now the 5th amendment. Also, day after day, the president slams the NRA, telling politicians not to be afraid of the group. How about mentioning the Bill of Rights, individual liberty, and stick to the real solutions such as trained professionals armed in our schools? The NRA is not the enemy. Beating it down every day is outrageous.