Rubio's Surprising Speech at Munich Security Conference, Charlotte Video Drops, and Lent Prep!
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🗓️ 16 February 2026
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Secretary Marco Rubio delivers a powerful speech at the Munich Security Conference, laying out a bold vision for the future of the West. We break down what he said — and how prominent Democrats responded. Meanwhile, the long-awaited Charlotte diocesan video finally drops. And finally, as Lent approaches, how should Catholics prepare? All this and more on the LOOPcast!
00:00 Welcome to the LOOPcast
04:30 Munich Security Conference
39:55 Good NewsÂ
49:00 Church Corner
54:56 Charlotte Video
56:51 Twilight Zone
1:10:20 Closing Prayer
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| 0:00.0 | And we're live. Welcome back to the loopcast. It's Tom Erica and Josh. Happy Monday. |
| 0:04.5 | And listen, first off, brought you by the zeal. I'm going to say something that offends |
| 0:10.1 | someone on the podcast. It's President's Day. You might be watching this in your pajamas, maybe, |
| 0:16.1 | because you're off of work. So I just, this feels like a Merry Christmas situation. |
| 0:22.2 | So, Josh, is there a reason? Should you be the person to annoy the people around you to be like, hey, it's awesome. |
| 0:26.0 | We have off President's Day. You say, no, it is not. What do you say? First of all, why would |
| 0:29.5 | we be celebrating people like Woodrow Wilson? No, today is not President's Day. That is a made up |
| 0:34.7 | name by a bunch of people who want to sell sofas and other, you know, |
| 0:39.4 | fancy appliances on this day. This is George Washington's birthday observed. And I don't like |
| 0:48.2 | the fact that we moved it from his actual birthday to, you know, which is the 22nd to the third |
| 0:53.3 | Monday in February. |
| 0:54.8 | And then it just became President's Day. I think that's part of the problem. It's absolutely the problem. And I made a point of this last year. And I bugged someone in the administration. And yes, last year it was President George Washington's birthday. That's what he sent out. Donald Trump did. but then apparently I got to do it every year because you look at their Twitter feed today and it's all President's Day, President's Day. My goodness, guys. I did see Obama today for the first time in a long time. He kind of popped up. Maybe that's part of a. It's part of my childhood. He said that, you know, politics has gotten too toxic. Yeah. Too divisive. It's awesome. I love that from Obama. Anyway, laughing about that. Hopefully you guys are joining us. So, happy to be here on this Monday. So we have the Munich Security Conference. Lots of interesting stuff from that. Erica said that she will be watching Rubio's speech in 20 years with their classically educated children. |
| 1:44.8 | Yes. |
| 1:45.5 | And I just was like, that has to be. |
| 1:48.5 | Like, how good could this speech have been to say something like that? |
| 1:52.2 | And Erica's not usually one to go over the top. |
| 1:54.4 | It was a great speech. |
| 1:55.3 | It really was a great speech. |
| 1:57.0 | And I think it was especially interesting considering, I guess, the opposition, quote unquote, from Democrats who made the trip abroad. |
| 2:04.6 | And AOC had some interesting thoughts on history. |
| 2:09.2 | And then I saw Gretchen Whitmer made an appearance, Hillary Clinton made an appearance. |
| 2:12.1 | So it kind of was like this little bizarre, a little bit of a gala of the American political factions overseas, and then Europe |
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