state, local, and tribal, and territorial officials do not have authority to do so, to protect their

communities from the misuse of drones. They are wholly dependent and limited federal support.

So a drone over a music festival, if it's spotted by the cops, even if it has a little gun on it,

even if it has like a little bag of T&T hanging off the

bottom of it, the local cops can't do anything. They don't have the legal authorities. They're going to

have to call federal agencies, the Department of Justice or Homeland Security or the Defense Department

or Department of Energy. Like, how many music festivals are there all over the country in the summer?

In addition to the baseball games and football games and all the other things that are going on that are mass public events?

The feds can't be at all of those.

And so with our local authorities handcuffed, that's disturbing.

I am so damn tired of being lied to.

I don't think I can deny it anymore.

You can't stick to your story if you think it flies.

But I'm not going to buy it anymore.

Hello, my friend, and thank you for listening to the 319th episode of Congressional Dish.

I'm your host Jennifer Bryny. And the episode you're about to hear today is important. And I want you to listen to it.

And I know that I'm glad that I have this information because I feel like knowledge is power.

But before we get into this episode, I do just want to give you a warning, especially if you

are listening to this within days of it being

released, because this episode is one of those that's, I don't know how else to say this, it's going to

expose how unsafe we are here in the United States. And so if the news is too much for you right now,

because this episode is going to be released during the same

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