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In Iran, State TV is telling its people to put their children at power plants

from The Charlie James Show Podcast

Charlie James discussed disturbing reports that Iranian state TV is encouraging citizens to place their children at power plants and other critical infrastructure sites to serve as human shields against impending U.S. airstrikes. This development follows President Trump’s "Easter Miracle" rescue of a downed American airman and his subsequent ultimatum for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face the destruction of its entire power grid and bridge network by Tuesday. While international organizations like UNICEF have condemned the regime's mobilization of minors in war roles, the show contrasted this "desperation" with the strategic resolve shown by the U.S. military.

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00:02 In Iran, state television is telling people to round up their children and place them at their power plants. That's literally what they're doing. They are trying to use children as human shields for their power plants. 00:28 You wanna know the difference? 00:32 between radical Islamists 00:37 and just about everybody else in the world, that, that'll show you. They put rocket launchers next to schools. They put rocket launchers in hospitals. They put rocket launchers in daycare centers. And now they're asking their children to go stand at the power plants so that Trump will not strike. 01:05 Well, let me tell you something. I'm pretty sure President Trump has a contingency for all of this. Pretty sure there will be. So we'll see what happens. That is absolutely disgusting. Speaking of radical Islamist, Zoran Mondani, the mayor of New York City. You see, he's raised taxes on the wealthy in New York and the wealthy decided, you know what, I'm just not going to do that. 01:35 So a lot of people are packing up their businesses and they are leaving New York, wealthy people. Even Robert De Niro. you see this? Robert De Niro is angry that Zoran Mondani raised his taxes. Multi-millionaire Robert De Niro, by the way. Very upset about that. So in order to combat that, listen to what Zoran Mondani is saying he's gonna do. 02:02 being in the wealthiest city in the wealthiest country in the history of the world, we already see an exodus of working in middle class New Yorkers. So I don't have a hesitation in asking those who make the most amount of money in the city or the most profits in the city to pay a little bit more so that everyone can actually stay in the city. It's also something not just about justice or the ability for working class people to live here. It is also actually about ensuring that corporations can continue to attract the top talent to this city. 02:30 because in a city where childcare costs more than $20,000 a year, I've heard from corporate leaders about how difficult it is for them to attract individuals who would work at their companies but want to raise a family because you could be making $300,000 a year and you will feel that $20,000 a year because of the fact that we have allowed for the absence of affordable childcare to become reality here in this city. So they want somebody who is making 300, that's how expensive New York City is. Somebody making three 03:00 300 grand a year, 300 grand a year, not to pay for their own childcare. For everybody. So the best way, the best way to keep people in New York City, of course, is raise taxes. Obviously, he did not go to the Wharton School. Obviously not. And in fact, he's doing something else. He's got a brand new initiative out there. 03:29 It's called the racial equity plan. Now we all know what equity means, right? We'll be, yeah, we'll check this out. This is our Ron Mondani. And while today's true cost of living measure confirms that the affordability crisis touches every corner of our city, we know that these effects are not applied evenly. So often it is black and brown New Yorkers who are hit the hardest. This preliminary racial equity plan is the first step in developing a whole of government approach. 03:59 to tackling that reality. It is a plan that lays out these first steps to solve decades of neglect and discrimination. And it places the work of 45 city agencies within a singular framework. So. 04:14 What they're going to be doing is going to be helping black and brown New Yorkers. 04:22 exclusively exclusively black and brown New Yorkers. That's it. Nobody else. Are you black? Yeah. All right. You're good. What are you? I'm brown. All right. You're good. What are you? I'm white. Sorry. Out of here. What about you? Asian? Nope. Sorry. Got to go. This is only for black and brown New Yorkers, this equity plan. that's all they're to be hiring. Well, 04:52 Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon is now launching an i ...

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