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If you want to call in, phone lines are open for you to do so.
Nancy's up first out of Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Democrat, go ahead.
Good morning, and thank you for taking my call.
I've only lived in Altoona for four years, but I am amazed at what I'm finding out that we have the fifth worst tap water in the country, okay, in this state of Pennsylvania, as well as Pennsylvania's breast cancer and thyroid cancer rates are higher than the national average.
Okay.
With all of the fracking and everything and the drill, baby, drill, my biggest concern is for the future of people's grandchildren and the future for our planet, okay?
Because we're obviously at a very crucial time, and he's putting somebody in charge of the EPA that has a very bad voting record.
And I just, it's very dismaying to think, you know, what's going on in our country right now, to be honest with you.
I just, I'm just, I don't recognize the country.
What do you know about Lee Zeldon, who's been announced to be Donald Trump's EPA administrator?
Just that he has a very, very anti-the environment voting record.
That's what I know.
Okay, so that's my concern.
And these are things that I've discovered as a senior living here in Pennsylvania the last four years.
I mean, frack, baby, frack, drill, baby, drill.
And people, when I talk to people and I network and I do talk to people in the community, they are totally not aware that we have the fifth worst tap water in the country.
And please check me because it's true, okay?
Because of all the industry.
So what is the legacy for people that have grandchildren and the future for people when this type of thing is going to happen, you know, not just in Pennsylvania, but in other states?
And I've also heard that they're going to reopen the nuclear power plant, which is not near where I live, but the Three Mile Island.
So it's just, I'm just aghast, frankly, you know.
Nancy, thanks for the call from Altoona Lee Zeldin.
This is the New York Times brief wrap-up of his tenure.
Former congressman from Long Island, who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2022.
Mr. Zeldin is an avid supporter of Mr. Trump, who voted against certifying the results of the 2020 election during Mr. Zeldon's tenure in the House of Representatives.
He voted against clean water legislation at least a dozen times and clean air legislation at least half a dozen times, according to a scorecard put together by the League of Conservation Voters.
And the other nominee who will have a big say over energy and environmental issues, it's the Energy Secretary.
We found out this weekend, Chris Wright is the nominee for that post, Chris Wright, the CEO of Liberty Energy.
There's the picture of him in the Wall Street Journal.
He was front and center for the fracking revolution, the Wall Street Journal writes, that reshaped the country as a band of scrappy wildcatters that reinvigorated U.S. oil and gas production to record heights.
His $2.8 billion company, Liberty Energy, pumps water and sand underground to frack customers' welbs.
His selection elevates, as they write, a pugnacious branch of the oil and gas industry that is skeptical of climate change science and mostly hasn't pledged to build out low-carbon energy businesses, unlike the giants, ExxonMobil and Chevron.
Back to the phones.
This is David, Independence Louisiana Independent.
Go ahead.
Good morning, Mr. John.
This is the original deplorable citizen, Citizen Dave.
And I live in a double wide out next to the garbage dump.
If I was in a little music group, the name of the group would be Poor White Trash.
But guess who's Tangerine Gula is going to be president?
Hey, look, you cut me off the last three calls, brother, but I'm going to save you the trouble.
See you next time, Brother John.
That's David in Independence, Louisiana.
This is Renee in Westchester, Pennsylvania.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Hi.
I'm just calling in to say what I expect out of my President of the United States of America for him to respect the Constitution, him to protect the Constitution.
I want someone that, regardless, I'm a Democrat, whether they're Republican or Democrat, to go in, take care of business.
I don't want four years of clowning, of clown, I don't know, and someone using the White House to get back at people pissed off because they said something against them or spoke against them.
That's what people, that's what happens when you run for president.
You're going to have people for you.
You're going to have people against you.
And also, as far as his picks, there's a lot of people in the Republican Party that are well-educated, experienced people.
And there's a lot of other people that he can pick for some of these cabinet positions.
And I feel that he should pick, you know, somebody that's experienced and not just because they're loyal and they don't have the proper experience.
I just put in that category, Renee.
I'm just saying, Marco Rubio is fine because he is experienced.
But I'm just saying some of these people, like that guy for Attorney General, someone who's worked as a prosecutor and maybe on the state level or somewhere have worked as Attorney General or something.
I don't, but someone with experience and not because, and they're telling him things because they're the truth, like Sessions, he was extremely nasty and cruel to that man.
And I'm just saying, you have Republicans that are qualified and with experience, and those are the people he should be using.
You know, not these people because they're friends and they tell him what he wants to hear and all that.
You know, the people who voted for Trump, I just hope that everything goes well and works out well because we're all citizens of the United States of America.
And everybody should want the best.
That's Renee, a Democrat in Pennsylvania.
This is Dean Republican in Muncie, Indiana.
Good morning.
Good morning, John.
I'm calling to address the speech that President Biden read at the Amazon rainforest.
You know, I understand there's a lot of things that we need to do in other countries, but what's going on right now in our county, the northern part, is they're installing solar fields.
Well, I want the public to know that they're chopping down millions of trees to get access to the sun for a solar field.
Now, how is that benefiting us?
It's not.
Here we're over there phasing the rainforest as we're destroying the forest in the United States.
And it really gets my goat.
And I witnessed it.
It's a quarter of a mile from my property.
And I've seen them cut down.
Over 500 trees.
They don't log them.
They just push them over and let them rot.
They need the access for the sun to hit the solar panels.
That's horrible.
We're not gaining anything.
And before I hang up, I want to compliment you on veterans today.
That was the best I ever seen anybody from Weston Street Journal handling the issue.
You were great.
Appreciate that, Dean.
That's Dean in Indiana.
This is Jay in Mississippi, Independent.
Good morning.
Good morning, Mr. John.
How are you doing today?
Doing well.
My comment is this.
Donald Trump is not in office yet, and they already, the news media is the same old playbook.
Now, look like y'all should have learned something from the last time.
That's the brain Trump went in big again.
Now, something else, they complain about all his cabinet picks.
Well, he could nominate Jesus Christ, and a lot of Democrats and these left-lane liberals would have a problem with that.
What cabinet post would you put Jesus Christ in, Jay?
Oh, I would put him in that's kind of a crazy question, but I would put him in the maybe I'd replace Gates and put him as in that position because, you know, everybody's calling in, got problems with all these.
You know, Jesus, one time, it was a woman who was caught in adultery.
And he bent down and told everybody who has anybody that has no sin, cast the first stone.
And he turned around and was all gone.
So that could be a good moral for today.
Have a good day to you now.
It's Jay in the Magnolia State.
Darren is in the centennial state.
Colorado Springs, good morning.
Hey, good morning, John.
I also wanted to say ditto on your Veterans Day show.
I thought you did a great job.
There's a lot of good folks sharing their family stories for Veterans Day.
It always happens on Veterans Day.
We get that every year, Darren.
I'm a veteran.
I really do appreciate it.
I also appreciate it.
You wrote, you read what was under the Statue of Liberty, and I'm almost brought a tear to my eye.
So I wish people think how this deportation plan of Trump's is going to go.
And if he's building this Christian coalition, we've got, what, four sex offenders?