What the Federal Government Is Permitted to Do

ever had by a mile. Do you want some idea of what we're going to tackle tonight? Well, someone wants to know why can we dictate anything to the States? The federal government's supposed to be small. Someone wants to talk about the cartels, the links with the government. But we have so much more than that. Many versions of animal which one would I want? Somebody wants to talk about the meat line massacre in Vietnam? How could something

like that happen? The American Revolution? Look, this is a tiny, tiny sample of the wide variety of awesome questions tonight on the Ask Doctor Jesse. Portion of the world famous Jesse Kelly Show before we get to the questions, and I will get to them very quickly, I promise, because it's just there are too many good questions to avoid it. I had this thought last night and it's cracking me up.

The communists are on the run right now, and as we talked about, it won't mask forever, but for now we can enjoy this moment where they're lost, they don't know which way to go. There's a portion of the party we already talked about the poll numbers that said, hey we got, hey, we got to moderate a little bit here, that we got a little too wacky, but an equally powerful and equal portion of the party wants to be the Jasmine Crockett Party.

there are great things happening out there. And of course not everybody getting fired is a filthy communists, So keep the others in your prayers. But the fired federal workers, it's hard. It's a hard sell for the American people to care. And then let me explain because there's actually this. I could talk Russia, Ukraine to explain this as well, something I've tried to explain before on the show to our politicians, Republican and Democratic. Let me explain again. Times change, right,

times change. I I'm fully employed now, as you know, have a radio show, TV show, so I have a job. I have a paycheck tonight it's Friday night. If I so desire, if I want to have a couple bourbons tonight, sleep in tomorrow morning, do nothing all weekend, which I'm not going to do this, but if that's what I wanted to do tonight, I would have no issue with that at all. Guy's got a job, he's providing for

his family. Things are going well. If the times I've been out of work, remember when I quit selling RVs, I was trying those seven years ago. I was trying to get some kind of a media career. Going out of work. We are out of money. She's going back to work just so we can add benefits. If that's the situation, and I want to knock out a couple of bourbons on a Friday, then do nothing all weekend, maybe I'll do it again on a Monday, I may have something to say about that. Because times have changed,

circumstances have changed. Put the bourbon down, go find a job. We're desperate here in the United States of America. Our politicians have gotten used to life being so good for Americans, the financial situation being so good for Americans, that they are able to foreign adventure without end. Oh, we want to invade here. We want to send troops there, We want to send missiles here. Send them one hundred billion,

send them five hundred billion. Republican and Democrat they've been used to this one system forever, which is why the Russia Ukraine thing really threw them all for a loop. Most definitely the Republican Party. They just thought we were going to do that again. Heck, they'rew another one hundred billion, another two hundred billion. That doesn't land the way it did ten years ago. When people can't afford eggs ten

years ago. Even if you complained about it, you wouldn't really care because your life's okay, your standard of living's okay. When you have maxed out your credit card, you're on your third job. You don't want to hear a single American politician tell you that Ukraine's the most important thing in the world. It doesn't land. It does not land. And the same thing is happening right now with the fired federal workers getting fired. Anybody getting fired in general

is not something you love. We hope we laugh when dirtballs get fired. But I've been out of work. I don't like. I don't like when people get fired. But the American people are struggling still. Inflation is still here. It has not gotten any better. Struggling people don't They're not making ends me. They're struggling right now. We still have credit card debt that's at national historic levels, records credit card debt. People are burning it at both ends.

And so these federal workers are getting fired. Well, that seems to be the thing Democrat politicians and their media apparatric friends are trying to They're trying to sell you

on how sad that is. You know, you didn't read any ABC puff pieces about the thirty three percent of small businesses that close during COVID, But my word, every single day ABC, NBCCBS, fired workers, fired workers, and the federal government, the Democrat politicians, they keep running to the camera and they keep calling them civil servants, these civil servants. This is an outrage. I am so sad for these families.

And maybe that would land better. I doubt it, but maybe it would land better if they then didn't go to the federal worker. You know, the Democrat politician Chuck Schumer just told you this is a critical civil servant. They're serving the country. And then the camera gets stuffed in the face of the fired federal worker, and she says.

It's not And I think it's hilarious. I think it's hilarious that they can't seem to get a handle on any messaging right now. They can't. They can't even get people to care so far about the illegals getting deported. They can't get people to care about fired federal workers, because every one of these ones seems to run to the camera and talk about some degenerate sexual things she was doing with your money. It's not landing with people who can't pay the bills. And it puts a smile

on my face. It's wonderful to watch people who used to command the messaging, and that was not long ago. Remember during COVID, all these people who are flailing now, they commanded the message, every part of it. When Saint George Floyd died, they commanded every part of the message. They owned the narrative in this country. They would decide what the narrative was, Boom boom, boom, everyone would fall

in line. The American people were too demoralized and broken down to see through the whole thing that people who are flailing and desperate now are the people who were in total control like five minutes ago. And it's awesome to see. And the reason it's awesome to see is how you use power says so much about you. When you get at whatever level of power you have in your life, maybe it's at work, at home or company, whatever, If you use your power to help others, to benefit people,

good things will come your way. But if you fall into that human thing, we're all guilty of it from time to time, and you use it to abuse people and serve yourself, well, that power will leave you at some point and you're gonna find yourself with nothing. And that's where the Democrats, that's where the communists are right now. And it makes me smile. It is the Jesse Kelly Show on a Friday. We might end up doing quite a bit of history tonight, and I'm not sorry about

that in the least, just letting you know. That's how asked doctor Jesse Friday goes from time to time. So let's talk about this one, dear showgun, little hands. It's not nice. I'm sid and I'm a fellow anti communist out of Massachusetts. A history class I took in college taught me that the power of the United States lies with the states, while the federal government serves as just

a guideline for the laws. This is what allows some states to have recreational drug use, others restricted abortion laws while the federal government holds into opposing view. Although I agree that illegal migrants need to be sent back where they came, is the Trump administration violating states rights? By forcing states to follow suit. Thanks for fighting the good fight. Well,

Trump actually said something today about this. This was a few hours ago he said this, and I'll get to what Trump said in a moment, but it brings up an interesting point. First, let's talk about how the government was set up and how it's actually supposed to work, because what we have now is not at all constitutional and not at all how it's supposed to work. You've read, at least I hope you're vaguely familiar with the Constitution. It doesn't really lay out that much of what the

federal government should do, does. It talks about things like currency and things like that, but it doesn't talk about the federal government that much. Why is that the case, Because the federal government in the United States of America. Remember remember it's in the name United States of America. This country is not called France, Canada, Russia, this country United States. The federal government is not supposed to do

hardly anything. In fact, when the founders were trying to figure out how to make this work, they were what they essentially laid out was, Okay, the states are going to unite. They'll unite under one banner, one country, one government. However, the federal government, it should only do the things it absolutely has to do, and everything else should be left to the states. That's how they laid it out. So that's why things like currency are in the constitution. Why

is that important? Because you can't have one country where Maine has one currency in Texas has a different currency. If you're going to be one country, there has to be one currency. That's one of the that's one of the few things you need the federal government to do. The military, even the military was supposed to be very, very small, but they also understood you can't be fighting

each other. The states. Yes, we're supposed to essentially have their own militias and military, but all in all, the federal government in a time of war needs to be able to command truths from here, so grab these guys and to But other than that, the federal government doesn't get to do anything. The states were supposed to do it all. Did you know the states used to handle their own immigration. Did you know that? It's true the states used to handle their own immigration. That wasn't even

a federal thing. So why are we are? Why are we at where we're at? Why did Donald Trump spoke today. Why did Donald Trump get up today and say this to the governor of Maine. Governor of Maine's out there every day. We're not going to comply. We're not going to comply. We're not deporting of eagles. Trump said this today.

thirty million for this university program. You can have this, you can have that. But the problem is, Look, it's just you know, I've called the government a criminal organization many times before. It's not at all dissimilar to how the for your works organized crime. When it comes to businesses, Hey, I understand your hard up. Some people blew out your windows last night. You don't have the money to pay for it. Hey, it's me. Why don't you let me

float you ten grand. I'll get you some windows, will spruce the place up. Now the business owner knows you accept that ten grand, you're gonna get your windows, got nice shiny windows. Everything's good. But now I'm at his behest. Now in accepting his money, I have allowed him to have power over me. That's the system we have in the country right now. Now, I'll finish my thought on

that in a moment. It is the Jesse Kelly Show on a Friday, and ask doctor Jesse Friday reminding you you can email the show Jesse at Jesse kellyshow dot com. So back to finishing up. My answer on the question, isn't it kind of against how the states were set up that that we can dictate things to the states, the federal government can dictate things to the states. Yes,

it is. It should not be this way. But what's happened over a long enough period of time is the federal government has bought influence with the states, giving them a ridiculous and unconstitutional amount of control over how the states do things. So what does that mean when it comes to things like immigration or I played that audio cut earlier from earlier today of Trump beating up the governor of Maine because she wants men to be able

to play in women's sports. It's not that the federal government, or Trump in particular, it's not that he can force Maine to have a particular policy when it comes to men playing against women in sports. It's that Trump can withhold federal dollars if they don't comply. That's what it means. Now, if you can do without those federal dollars, do as you please, most people cannot. This is the problem. Money like that becomes its own prison you've heard this. Maybe

you've heard this unemployment. Maybe you've experienced this yourself. Maybe you're in the middle of it right now. You've heard the term golden handcuffs, haven't you? Golden handcuffs. I have one of my buddies. I shall tell you he doesn't care. I'm sure he said this on the air. One of my mentors, Michael Berry, talks about this. He's the reason I'm in radio and media. I would never be able to do this if he had not mentored me and told him to try it. But he was early on

in his career, not this big shot radio star. He was a lawyer. And he said, Jesse, you have at least he got, you know, some hot shot firm here. I believe it was here in Houston that he was a lawyer. He said, Jesse, you have no time. You have no life. You're working eighty hours a week. You you can't even really meet a woman, because who has You don't have time to dater? Right, Hey, nice mate, and you hopefully I'll see you next month. You have

no life whatsoever. But you're making two hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year. You're driving a new BMW and so you don't like your life, You're not content, you're not happy. But Honie, give up a new BMW to walk away from that job and go be whatever you end up being in life field, construction or realtor whatever you end up doing. To walk away from that law

job means giving up things that you have grown accustomed to. Yeah, you work eighty hours a week, but when you you do get to go have dinner, it's stake night every time. What if stake Knight goes away and it becomes waffle house night every time? It's hard to adjust to a

lower standard of living. The same thing applies when it comes to the federal government and the states, to the various entities out there in the federal government, the NCAA, why did the head of the NCAA so quickly come out and say we will comply with Donald Trump and his executive order? Because if the federal money goes away, they collapse on themselves. It's why, really we need to

reduce the federal government's influence. We're enjoying it now because we are finally in command of it again, but really the ultimate solution is always limiting the government, reducing its size. That way, the next time a filthy communist gets in there, they don't have the power to say you will do this, you will do that. Hope that answered the question, Jesse's

serious question. We have we watch our politicians politic about troops and contacts since Vietnam, with the foreign Terrorist organization designation of the cartels, when are the Democrats going to start publicly blaming US troops for killing people. I brought this up because it's another aspect to this coming cartel war that is going to be something we have to keep our eyes on. Public opinion. The United States of America has a representative government, and that's a good thing.

That's the only kind of country I want to live in. I don't want a king, I don't want a dictator. I hope you agree with me on that. I want some say in who leads my country, and in my opinion, that's the best form of government. However, there are positives and negatives to all forms of governments. That's why some countries, actually including ours, will kind of adjust how the powers are divvied up depending on the situation. That's why the

president is called the commander in chief. Did you know that? Because in times of war. He runs the military. He doesn't have to go to Congress. If Congress has declared war, that's how it's supposed to work anyway, then he prosecutes the war however he sees fit. He doesn't ask Republicans, he doesn't ask Democrats. He does as he pleases. The Romans understood this. The Romans were very good about this, where they were adamant no kings, no kings, no kings,

no tyrants, no tyrants. Yet they had a system in place in times of crisis, invasion, things like that, hey we need a dictator, Why you need one guy call the shots? He calls the shots. What he says goes. But on time to debate, all this stuff go There are positives and negatives to every government, every form of government.

One of the negatives, if you want to look at it that way, maybe I shouldn't put it that way, but one of the negatives of a representative government that is subject to the whims of the people is it changes often and they always have to monitor the mood of the public. They can't always sit there and monitor what is right, what is wrong, what is good. That's what we want them to do, but it doesn't work that way, and it's never worked that way. I promised

you a little bit of history. We're only going to do a brief one here. I was just nerding out on something last night in a book I was reading. But you know, we love to talk about World War two is actually a good example. World War two is a good example. We love to talk about the Air War, and we're bombing these cities, we're prosecuting the air war.

Did you know that they were closely closely monitoring the mood of the public the entire time during the Air war And part of the reason we ramped up the air campaign over Japan and started bombing their cities to rubble is they were monitoring public opinion by forty four forty five, and people were over It sounds crazy because we don't look at World War two that way. The whole country united, and we never stopped until the evil was defeated. But that's a lie. Human beings back then

are the same as human beings today. After so many years of war, the American public was tired, tired of the rationing, tired of our boys dying, tired of the cost. The American public was tired and part of the reason the air war over Japan ramped up so much, as the American public was looking at their watch and taping it, saying, wrap it up, time to wrap it up. I'm done with this whole thing. And so we started really leaning in.

Oh my gosh, bomb them the smithereens. And after we fire bomb Tokyo, for example, Operation Meeting House, we torched Tokyo one hundred thousand people, burned them to death. The American politicians weren't sure how that was going to land, because we here in America, we have an understandably lofty view of our morality and we only do things the right way, and we're not armies of darkness, and we

don't do these things. So after Operation Meeting House, they started polling the American public, almost wincing while they did it. Oh hey, let's one hundred thousand dead women and kids too, Let's ask the public what they think about it. And it turned out the American public was so sick of the war, so ready for it to come to an end. The public loved it. Yeah, burn some more sounds good, yep. Is that gonna wrap up the war? Fine? Torch them all? And then they ramped it up even more. That brings

us to the cartels. I don't know how this is going to go. I don't know how the Trump administration plans on prosecuting it. And again I'm not against it at all. What I have said is, do not get yourself trapped into this bumper sticker mentality where it sounds easy, Yeah, bomb the cartels. Whoa yeah, terrorists just take out their car, take out their leader. It's not in it anyway going to be that simple. Have you have you thought about what happens if there's some bad video on the news

one night. Let's talk about that bad video.

I came up with in my head. Okay, I watched the documentary one time. I think I think it's called Cartel Land. I believe anyway, it's called Cartel Land. I think it should be available. We can go watch it if you want. But I find that stuff to be fast. And I remember on one of the towns where the cartel was kind of running things in the town, there was a place where the cartel was kind of they were hanging out. It was their their spot, their headquarters.

But as I've tried to explain, it wasn't some dark, scary warehouse out in the mountains. Was right in the middle of town. They were touching buildings next to them. Was right in the middle of town. The cartels don't want this war for obvious reasons. They don't want to die, they don't want their they don't want their profit crushed. Mexican government doesn't want the reasons much for the same much for the same reason. They don't want this war

for the same reasons. Okay, the United States government, we will at least on some level, have to coordinate with the Mexicans in order to prosecute this war. That's why the Green Berets are already down there training them. Now, let's go to this town that's in cartel land, the car the cartel town. I remember this cartel got It's not people who have any problem with loss of life or violence women, kids, doesn't matter. These people will kill.

Let's say, let's say we're gonna take that building out. We're gonna wipe it out. Let's say, because we probably will have to, Let's say we let the Mexican government know, Hey, ten o'clock tonight, we're going into that building. Let's say, for the sake of argument, the Mexican government finds a way to get that information to the cartel itself. And remember, remember what Brandon Darby said the other night about the cartels and what they're already doing. These are more sophisticated

organizations than you want to acknowledge. They're already running propaganda campaigns to protect themselves. These are sophisticated people. They're online, they're on Twitter, they're everywhere, data encrypted, comms data. Okay, so the Mexican government, this is just a hypothetical. They tell the cartel guys Hey, ten o'clock tonight, someone's gonna

drop a bomb on that building. What if the cartail guys gather up fifty kids, put them in the basement of the building, and then call CNN and tells CNN to have the cameras ready because the bomb's going to drop on that building tonight. Remember CNN. They eat, sleep, and breathe the destruction of Donald Trump. It's all they want. CNN parks at a block away, watches the bomb go off, and live on CNN, the American public is treated to video of a bunch of dead Mexican kids. What happens

to public opinion about the cartel war? Then, I am not again saying don't do it. I am saying this journey is fraught with danger, fraught with danger, not necessarily because of the cartels themselves, that's part of it. It's more because of the Mexican government, the federal government, and half the states which are controlled by the cartels. You bring up an excellent point. We need public opinion. We must have it on our side, and right now Trump

has it on his side. When it comes to cartel stuff. You're not gonna find many Americans that are pro cartel or pro fentanyl, and people see the numbers, staggering numbers, and frankly, I wish they would release the real numbers of the missing children. I'll tell you something. I'm going to be very vague here to protect my source and people who told me. But you know that number three hundred thousand missing kids, Ah, that's off by probably a

couple million. You don't even want to know what I know about what these cartels have been doing with human trafficking and Cuba, and it's it's unspeakable. And in order to get the public opinion on our side, maybe maybe more openness should be there. Either way, it's going to be ugly. It can be ugly if it's not done right. Now. Remember we have very sharp people in charge now, said peteg Seth is not only sharp, he's going to have sharp people in charge. But you can do everything right right.

It doesn't involve us screwing anything up like that, Like that cartel situation, that hypothetic, Well I just gave you that doesn't involve us screwing anything up. It's one corrupt guy works with another corrupt guy who works with one evil guy. And there you are sitting there holding the bag. You look like a dirt ball. But these are the things that can happen, all right,