The Jason Stapleton Program

If you wonder why I have written off the Libertarian Party, this is a great example.

The LP is full of arrogant, self-righteous children and Vice Chair Arvin Vohra is a perfect example. No tact, no sense of messaging, no clue.

I hit the LP hard in this episode, so if you're a big fan, you might want to skip this one.

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Trump has been in the news all weekend with pundits debating his new mid-east strategy. What none of them are talking about is the 110 Billion dollar arms sale that all this diplomacy is meant to facilitate.

More on that in the back half of the show.

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Finally, we'll talk about the new Facebook rules for offensive and violent content. Turns out, if you want to kill yourself on a Facebook live stream they're ok with that.

Jason

We knew this was coming. For all the talk of a recovery, the numbers just aren't playing out the way the Fed suggested.

And if you thought the Fed had a broad range of options to deal with a stagnant economy, low inflation, and falling GDP think again.

In typical fashion Jim Bullard, head of the St. Louis Fed suggested that future QE might be needed.

How many times do we have to repeat the past before we learn from it?

Connecticut is learning. Time and again they've exploited the richest in their state to pay for their bloated budgets, but that's not working anymore.

They now face a 400 million dollar shortfall this year.

It turns out you can't just tax the rich to pay for all the "stuff" you want.

The real monster eating our nation isn't the rich or the poor. It's not the Republicans or Democrats. What's destroying our nation is the government itself. That greedy, self-serving, animal that does nothing but take and consume.

Until we decided to draw a line in the sand and bind down out government nothing will save us.

Jason

Is it that unthinkable? Yeah, I think it is. As a general rule, any time the media poses a question the answer is "No."

Ousting a sitting president is nearly impossible and getting Trump out is going to take a lot more than the circumstantial evidence they've put together so far.

But none of that is stopping the media from continuing the assault on Trump.

The Washington Post is reporting this morning on a story involving Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy who is apparently on tape saying he thought Trump was being paid by Putin.

Was he joking? Was he serious? It doesn't matter. The optics are terrible, and it distracts from any real work getting done.

For example, Republicans are now saying an overhaul of the tax system; even simple tax cuts will likely not happen until next year.

Typical, predictable and sad.

Jason

Here's a question for you...

Does the President have the right the ask the director of the FBI to drop an investigation?

I mean, the president is the head of the executive branch, and the FBI is part of the executive.

We're going to talk about it today. Either way, it's terrible optics for an administration that is already struggling.

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Trump is about to announce a plan to create an "Arab Nato."

Mark my words, we are getting ready to arm our future enemies.

Apparently, during a meeting with the Russians, Trump "leaked" information to the Russians about an ISIS terror plot.

If I understand the particulars, the issue has more to do with a potential violation of an intelligence sharing agreement rather than a serious covert infraction.

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Does Facebook have a responsibility to prevent its subscribers from committing crimes, suicides or other inappropriate acts on live streams?

Today we discuss.

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If you're tired of seeing homeless people crap outside your business, does it make you a heartless capitalist?

It's happening in California, and business owners are fed up.

All that PLUS, Puerto Rico and they're pushing for Statehood.

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