Guest: Dave Brat – Liberty University Dean, School of Business (Liberty.edu/CEOSummit) – CEO Summit event August 10-12 Topics: 1) CEO’s from around the globe to gather at Liberty University 2) Goals and Objectives of the Summit 3) Rents up 11% YTD and Inflation running at 5.4% outstripping wage gains 4) Infrastructure bill still being written, almost $600B of additional spending within a $1.2T bill – Agreement at hand according to Sen. Schumer and Sen. Portman 5) Democrats still going to push $3.5T bill on “human” infrastructure – Another Entitlement with no Republican support – Status uncertain 6) CDC loses much credibility as recommended Mask Mandates return even for the Vaccinated folks. Why? *Sen. Cruz rips policy “No mask mandates, no vaccine mandates, no lock downs, no school closures” *Break through cases increase 7) Seattle rebuilding its Police force after losing 250 officers while crime surges up 33% this year 8) Chicago Police Chief blames the courts for early release of violent criminals for crime surge 9) The Border is out of control. Human Sex Trafficking soars. I have a real time report from New Mexico *Biden administration says to not use the term “Illegal Immigrant” 10) House Democratic margin falls to 3 votes after TX Special Election win by Jake Ellzey beating a Trump candidate 11) Biden approval hits a new low at 46% while 52% Disapprove *26% Strongly approve while 42% strongly Disapprove resulting in -16% – That is bad

In Arizona, an ongoing and auxiliary “audit” of the 2020 election results has kept proponents of the “Stop The Steal” movement on the edge of their seats. These folks believe that there were major, fraudulent issues with the electoral system itself, and they believe that a reexamination of the processes and networks involved in counting the vote will provide enough evidence to force Congress to act. Some may even have found themselves wondering if an end to the audit might come just days ahead of Mike Lindell’s “reinstatement day” prediction of August 13th – providing a bit of confluence to some of their theories about the future of Donald Trump’s political career. The Justice Department, on the other hand, isn’t too thrilled about the idea of these audits spreading to other states, and they’re flexing a little of their electoral power to keep other locales from getting any ideas. The Justice Department on Wednesday issued another warning aimed at states conducting or considering audits of ballots tallied in last year’s election, reminding election authorities that allowing ballots to be mishandled can violate federal law. While the Biden administration “guidance” document carries no formal legal weight and may not strike fear into local officials, the Justice Department used the release of the legal analysis to press their campaign of saber-rattling against Republican-led audits of the 2020 vote in Arizona and other states, as well as voting changes many GOP-controlled states are pursuing as part of purported anti-fraud efforts. Then came the mobster-esque verbiage. “Jurisdictions have to be careful not to let those ballots be defaced or mutilated or lost or destroyed as part of an audit,” said a Justice Department official who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity. “This document puts down a marker that says the Justice Department is concerned…