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This is the Jesse Kelly Show.

It is the Jesse Kelly Show, another hour of the Jesse Kelly show.

Another hour of the Jesse Kelly show on a wonderful, fantastic Thursday.

Remember, we got Brandon Weikert about a half hour from now talking Russia, Ukraine, Iran, and

Netanyahu stuff.

We have Carol Roth next hour, but we have other things we have to discuss, and there are lots of them.

Communist lies is on the list.

I have a fear about how bad the Democrats are right now.

I'll explain what I mean.

But first, I'm going to talk again in a different way about trust, institutional trust, why it really

matters and what's happening out there. So I'm going to use this example. Because people,

it can be confusing, what actually is power? What is short-term power? What is lasting long-term power?

So let me explain the difference. Let's say I am in charge of the police department. I'm the police

chief. Small town, pretty small town. We're in West Virginia. We're

in rural West Virginia. And it's a 20-person police department. I take over. I'm the police chief.

I am an evil, corrupt human being. Now, I use my position as police chief to fill up my 20-person police department with other

evil, corrupt people.

And we will deal drugs, we'll commit murders, we'll do whatever with the authority of the

police department.

In fact, if you, because you're part of my town, if you make me angry, if I decide I want

you out of the way, maybe you witnessed me commit a crime, I have the power to gather my men,

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