Bill Meyer Show Blog and Guest Info 1/6 to 1/10/2025

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Friday 01-10-25 Bill Meyer Show Guests

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6:35 Rick Manning, president of Americans for Limited Government – www.DailyTorch.com with today’s DC Swamp update. We’re discussing the California fires, and the 1, 2, of 3 “Big Beautiful Bills” strategy for incoming President Trump.

 

7:10 Greg Roberts, www.RogueWeather.com and today’s Outdoor Report, plus a lot of fire conversation about California and its rhyming with Almeda Fire in our area.

 

8:10 Joe Guzzardi, longtime immigration analyst with Institute for Sound Public Policy www.InstituteForSoundPublicPolicy.org   

 

 

Trump at Center of H-1B Dust Up Between Musk and MAGA Supporters
January 7, 2025
 

In the days immediately following his decisive victory, President-elect Donald J. Trump was cruising right along. His avowed enemies like Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, who had reiterated over and again that Trump is a racist, a fascist and a threat to democracy, and embattled Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, all scurried to Mar-a-Lago to kiss and make up. Mar-a-Lago is, Trump said, the “center of the universe,” and the location to which those seeking to grow their influence, flock.

 

Then, the unlikely happened. During the Christmas and Hanukkah seasons, a brouhaha broke out about the H-1B visa’s future between immigration expansionists Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy versus the MAGA loyalists. Trump, to his base’s horror, sided with Musk, Ramaswamy, India-born venture capitalist Sriram Krishnan, the incoming senior Artificial Intelligence policy advisor, and ex-PayPal COO David Sacks, recently nominated to become Trump’s AI “czar.” Sacks said, “it was time to move forward”, which means that multi-millionaire and billionaire Silicon Valley tycoons are in accord that issuing tens of thousands more H-1B visas is essential.

 

Musk defended the H-1B program, arguing misleadingly that the U.S. has a “dire shortage of extremely talented engineers” and compared importing IT workers to the NBA drafting international hoopsters. That’s quite a stretch of Musk’s imagination since each year U.S. universities graduate thousands of citizens with STEM degrees and only a handful of 7’ athletes who can shoot, pass and defend on a professional level.

 

Adding fuel to the fire, Trump spoke glowingly about the H-1B workers he hired at his properties and echoed the expansionist’s theme that the U.S. needs “exceptional talent,” a common misnomer used to describe foreign-born visa employees who may have only average IT skills. Trump’s affinity for H-1B workers is a dramatic about-face from the position he held during his first term when he emphasized the importance of hiring Americans first. To his supporters, Trump’s siding with the expansionists was not only a cataclysmic betrayal but also brought into question whether Musk had supplanted the president as the administration’s supreme potentate. Musk is Trump’s most important donor, his most influential social media contributor, a key policy advisor and a Mar-a-Lago regular. But Musk’s most critical role: he was vital to Trump’s re-election campaign. As the “who’s the president gossip?” continued, Trump, speaking at the conservative Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest conference in Phoenix, deflected the question and stated, tongue-in-cheek, that it would be unconstitutional for the South Africa-born Musk to become president.

 

Trump has a golden opportunity to fulfill his vow to defend American workers and test the elitists’ deception that H-1Bs are the most qualified workers and essential to their corporations’ successes. The scrum between the elitists and the MAGAs might be resolved definitively if Trump could muster up the courage to cancel the next H-1B visa lottery. By definition, a lottery cannot exclusively produce “the best and brightest.” If the impossible happened and the lottery were eliminated, that would mean that Meta, Microsoft, IBM, etc. would have to get along with their already-employed IT workers —no more massive layoffs—or hire U.S.-born IT workers. Breitbart’s Neil Monro, a long-time H-1B analyst, wrote that “the annual inflow of white-collar visa workers is at least 500,000. The resident [H-1B] population is at least 1.5 million, nearly all of whom work longer hours at lower pay in the hope of getting green cards from the U.S. government.” Put the emphasis on “lower pay” and “green cards.” The H-1B visa is dual-intent which means that a foreign national can enter the U.S. as a nonimmigrant but retain the option to eventually apply for a permanent residency green card.

 

Since its inception as part of the Immigration Act of 1990, the H-1B visa has been abused and

its original intent—to provide a non-immigrant temporary permission to work in the U.S. legally—has been hijacked. The corrupt American university system, which continues to enroll foreign students—1.2 million as of academic year 2023-2024— at an increasing percentage of its total student population, forces citizen students to compete with the entire world for admission into coveted STEM programs. Specifically, 56% of international students studied STEM fields, and China, America’s top global threat, receives 27.4% of the H-1Bs and India, 25.4%.

 

Writing in the Economic Policy Institute, Daniel Costa and Ron Hira concluded that among the many flaws in the H-1B visa none is more egregious than allowing employers to legally hire and underpay workers relative to U.S. workers in similar occupations in the same region. For those who advocate for ending illegal immigration but then add that they’re all-in on legal immigration, note that the H-1B visa is a legal vehicle to enter the U.S., take jobs even though Americans’ employment and wages are undercut.

 

Whether it’s illegal immigration like what’s gone on for four years at the northern and southern borders or legal via the H-1B visa, Americans want less immigration. Trump wasn’t elected to undermine his supporters’ reduced immigration hopes, the very issue that helped return him to the White House.

 

Joe Guzzardi is an Institute for Sound Public Policy analyst who has written about immigration for more than 30 years. Contact him at jguzzardi@ifspp.org

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Thursday 01-09-25 Bill Meyer Show Guests

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6:15 Dan Schneider, Vice President of MRC Free Speech America and leader of the Free Speech Alliance, has been at the forefront to fight the existential crisis as social media giants in collusion with the radical left root out and silence conservative speech on their platforms and across the Internet

 

Meta just announced it is changing its policies on free speech and is eliminating its third-party fact checking system as Mark Zuckerberg vows to restore free expression on Facebook and Instagram. 

 

Dan on X says: 

“The First Amendment was on life support, but Facebook has just switched sides and joined the effort to save free speech and our democratic Republic!”

 

 

7:10  John O’Connor, is author of Postgate: How the Washington Post Betrayed Deep Throat, Covered Up Watergate, and Began Today’s Partisan Advocacy Journalism

 

He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Northern California representing the United States in both criminal and civil cases.

 

 

BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Postgate-Washington-Betrayed-Watergate-Journalism/dp/1642932590

 

 

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Trump asks the Supreme Court to block his sentencing this Friday

 

Read article below:

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5073608-donald-trump-supreme-court-sentencing/

 

 

 

8:10 Captain William E. Simpson from the Wild Horse Fire Brigade –  

 

 

We’re Burning! But is anyone learning?

 

 

LA Grass and Brush Wildfires could have been prevented! A Mixed Herbivory Plan Would Have Saved Lives & Property, that’s uninsured!

By: William E. Simpson II

 

 

Part of the 3,000-acre fire-break on the OR-CA border courtesy of our local wild horses

 

 

William E. Simpson II speaking to investigative film maker, Micah Robin, in May 2018, 2-months before the Klamathon Fire in July 2018.  In the background are the horses managing wildfire fuels, which ultimately benefited CALFIRE’s suppression efforts in July 2018, two months later. The wind driven blaze was stopped before it incinerated the college town of Asland, OR, which was on standby for evacuation.

 

Micah Robin’s award-winning film was showcased at several film festival in 2019.

 

FUEL, FIRE & WILD HORSES: https://www.pitchstonewaters.com/fuel-fire-and-wild-horses/

 

Our herd of horses created a massive fuel break, and several smaller fuel-breaks that helped CALFIRE stop a deadly 38,000-acres wind-driven wildfire in 2018 using wild horses before it reached the college town of Ashland, OR.

 

In a silly comment to Epoch Times, Siskiyou County Supervisor Ray Haupt said:

 

“Horses don’t eat trees”….  

 

But they certainly consume 5.5-tons of grass and brush per horse, per year.  And according to peer-reviewed published scientific studies and the InciWeb statistics on hundreds of wildfires, 2/3rds of ALL wildfires have grass and brush as the KEY fuels.

 

NEW award-winning documentary HORSE of NATURE recounts the Klamathon Fire:

 

https://vimeo.com/998882803/001b27d9c1?share=copy

 

NPR National Science: https://www.npr.org/2022/10/30/1131042723/preventing-wildfire-with-the-wild-horse-fire-brigade

 

NIH: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/research-news/17511

 

The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/27/are-americas-wild-horses-the-answer-to-wildfires-a-photo-essay-aoe

 

AM BEST (since 1898) who provides insurance industry oversight on credit ratings and risk analysis, having conducted due diligence on my thesis that wild horses are an important, practical, cost-effective tool for wildfire fuels management in many areas. They arrived at this conclusion based upon their own due diligence. They were so impressed with what they learned, they financed their own 8-minute documentary about our work and Herbivory Plan, called Wild Horse Fire Brigade:

 

1). https://www.ambest.com/video/video.aspx?s=1&rc=wildhorses323

 

2). Magazine – AM BEST Review: https://bestsreview.ambest.com/edition/2023/june/Wild-Horses-and-California-Catastrophic-Fire.html

 

Reducing wildfires and toxic smoke is a non-political, bipartisan issue.  NSA considers wildfire a National Security Threat.

 

UCLA recently released a shocking Study that shows 5,000 Californians each year (over the ten-year Study) died prematurely from toxins in wildfire smoke, costing $435-Billion in economic damages.

 

Epoch Times is said to be the 5th largest newspaper in America. They are an online and print publication. Recently, they did an investigative news article (by award-winning journalist Brad Jones) of our Org, our research and the benefits we offer to all Americans who are impacted by wildfires and toxic wildfire smoke.

 

HERE below is the link to that article from this past Sunday. Normally, you need a paid subscription to read premium Epoch Times articles, but through a special relationship with Siskiyou News, we have this FREE to read copy of this premium national article:

 

https://www.siskiyou.news/2025/01/07/wild-horses-can-help-prevent-wildfires-advocates-say-the-epochtimes

 

 

 

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Tuesday 01-07-25 Bill Meyer Show Guest Information

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6:35 Mike O’Neil with the Landmark Legal Foundation. We dig into the Judge Merchan sentencing of Trump this week along with a busy and controversial SCOTUS term. Cases discussed include:

Kerr v. Planned Parenthood South Atl.

This case concerns whether South Carolina can prohibit Planned Parenthood from receiving taxpayer funding under the state’s Medicaid program. At issue is a 2018 executive order by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster which prohibits state Medicaid funds from being sent to Planned Parenthood and other groups that provide abortions. A federal district court had struck down Governor McMaster’s order and required the state to restore Planned Parenthood’s funding. The Fourth Circuit later affirmed the district court’s decision.

 

South Carolina had appealed the case to the U.S. Supreme Court nine times to no avail. The Court finally accepted it this December.

Oral arguments have not yet been scheduled.

 

United States v. Skrmetti concerns a Tennessee law which prohibits most medical treatments to minors meant to reinforce a purported gender identity inconsistent with the child’s sex. Gender-dysphoric children and related parties filed suit, arguing that the law violates constitutional principles of due process and equal protection. They argued that because some medications, like puberty blockers, could still legally be given to children for uses other than gender transitioning the law discriminated based on sex. The Tennessee Solicitor General argued that the law does not discriminate based on sex but limits medical treatments available to minors based on the treatment’s medical purpose.

 

7:10 Four-term U.S. Congressman Jim Renacci talks the Speaker’s Race

National Debt / Spending, Inner-workings of Congress, his podcast and all sorts of info and issues at www.JimRenacci.com

 

7:35 Former Josephine County Commissioner Herman Baertschiger talks the Dem attack on our area, the believe we’re being targeted, suggestions for the incoming board and more about the state of GOP politics in Oregon.

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Monday 01-06-25 Bill Meyer Show Guest Information

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6:35 Leighton Grey, host of the Grey Matter Podcast, is a litigator by trade. Leighton Grey’s leap into the world of podcasting was fueled by an unquenchable search for truth and justice. 

 

Is Canada Doomed Unless It is Absorbed into the United States?

 

Leading Canadian Legal Mind Argues Becoming American is Canada’s Best Option.

 

Trudeau Leaves Canada In Suspense as Anxious Liberals Urge Him to Go

Majority of Justin Trudeau’s caucus calls on him to quit

 

The Destruction of Canada

 

“Canada is in reality a piece of geography made up of provinces and territories that don’t get along well with each other, where unnecessary, uneven, and unequal bureaucratic regulations across provincial and territorial borders create many frustrations for businesses that cannot flourish productively and efficiently. It is virtually impossible to correct provincial inequities by revising the 1982 Constitution, the writing of which Prime Minister Trudeau senior was a participant,” writes leading Canadian legal mind Leighton Grey.

 

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7:10 Dr. David Kanani serves as the Director of US ORT Operations, President of Bramson ORT Institute of Technology, and President of Los Angeles ORT College. With over 40 years of experience in engineering, education, and leadership, Dr. Kanani is a passionate advocate for STEM education and national security. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) from Princeton University and is dedicated to fostering innovation and developing a robust pipeline of STEM talent in the United States.

 

 America’s growing dependence on foreign STEM talent is more than an economic issue—it directly threatens national security. Dr. David Kanani warns that expanding H-1B visa programs leaves America vulnerable, creating reliance on foreign expertise in critical industries.  His solution? A renewed focus on cultivating domestic STEM talent. Dr. Kanani’s vision aims to safeguard our technological independence and secure America’s future in an increasingly competitive global landscape by empowering educators, investing in students, and prioritizing homegrown innovation.

 

Find out more at www.laORT.edu of www.Bramsonort.edu

 

8:10  Dr. Dennis Powers, retired professor of Business Law at Southern Oregon University with “Where Past Meets Present”.

 

 

The Carpenter Foundation

By Dennis Powers

 

The allure of the early 1900’s Orchard Boom drew numbers of well-educated Easterners and Midwesterners to the Valley. Included in these newcomers were the Harvard-educated brothers, Leonard and Alfred Carpenter. After college, Leonard had been an electrical engineer and Alfred in the real estate and banking business. Although neither knew much about agriculture, the Carpenter brothers planted a pear orchard in 1909 with a draft-horse team. The two men established their Veritas Orchard and took turns managing it.

 

Alfred decided to travel around the world in 1920, as Leonard with his wife of three years, Winifred, watched over the orchard. While on the cruise, Alfred met and fell in love with Helen Bundy and were married in 1922 in Cairo. Helen’s father, Harlow Bundy, and his brother had started a business in New York state three decades before that later owned the important patents for punch clocks. Named the Bundy Time Machine Company, the operation expanded, merged with others, and in 1924 with others formed International Business Machines (“IBM”). Helen and her two siblings were the owners of very valuable stock.

 

Living for a few years in Pasadena, Alfred and Helen returned to the Medford area in 1926. Buying land near Jacksonville on Old Stage Road, they planted a small orchard and built a “large and inviting” home that they named “Topsides.” This became the center for their parties and social events, often for the benefit of nonprofits. Alfred managed their orchard and later became a board member of COPCO (which over time became part of the mega-utility, Pacific Power) and the Medford Irrigation District.

 

With the trials and tribulations of World War II, the Carpenters used their private funds to form the Jackson County Recreation Committee (“JCRC”), which provided entertainment and activities for the military personnel at nearby Camp White. This was a large undertaking with the troops numbering at one time as high as 40,000. Their committee purchased the building originally built and used by Pacific Telephone as the entertainment facility. (Alfred and Helen transferred the building’s ownership in 1958 to the University Club.)

 

Although there was no further need to entertain the troops when the war ended, Alfred and Helen continued their charitable support: Scholarships were granted so that “worthy” students could attend college; and major donations were made to Medford’s Community Hospital/Rouge Valley Medical Center (“RVMC”–now Asante), the Red Cross, and the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University. Many were made anonymously.

 

The JCRC reorganized in 1958 to become the Carpenter Foundation with a board of trustees; its aim was to “add opportunity, choice, inclusiveness, enrichment, and a climate for change for those living in the Rogue Valley.” The Foundation’s first grants included the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (“OSF”), RVMC, and this has continued over the years.

 

 

Alfred not only served on the RVMC board for nearly 40 years, but he also served as its president for 11 years, and would make a weekly visit to talk with the employees and physicians; he additionally served for a time as the chairman of OSF’s fund-raising committee. The major assistance given to the Valley’s arts and music is noteworthy. This included substantial grants that supported major projects and/or the development of the Angus Bowmer Theatre and Carpenter Hall at OSF, the Britt Music Festival, and the Craterian Performing Arts in Medford.

 

Helen Bundy Carpenter died in 1961, and Alfred later remarried Helene Salade Donker. Following into the foundation was Alfred’s nephew, Dunbar Carpenter, whose father Dunbar (Alfred’s older brother) had come to Medford during the Orchard Boom, but returned later to Boston. Dunbar was born in Medford in 1915, graduated from Harvard, married, and during World War II flew the large Pan American Clippers for civilian contractors working with the military.

 

After World War II, Leonard and Winifred—then in their sixties—asked Dunbar and his wife, Jane, if they would be interested in taking over their orchard. They did and moved to Medford. In 1972, four public trustees were added to the family members. When Alfred died in 1974, Dunbar (1915-2008) and Jane Carpenter (1915-2007) continued the foundation as a major charitable organization in this area

 

Their adult children and sisters, Karen Carpenter Allan and Emily Carpenter Mostue (joined by daughter Ali), serve as Vice-President/Secretary and President, respectively, of the Carpenter Foundation. Since its inception, the foundation has awarded near $30 million in total grants, $3-plus million in college scholarships, and 5,000-plus grants to

Southern Oregon nonprofit organizations.

 

It provides grants in the areas of human services, education, scholarships, the arts, and public interest. In an average year, it will make over 100 different grants, totaling as much as $850,000-plus in a given year. Despite its continued, large support of this region, the foundation’s assets are now $20 million in total (from $1 million when first established). Reviewing the list of recipients at its website gives a striking overview of the many areas so supported.

 

Alfred and Helen Carpenter created a foundation that truly stands out, and as Dunbar and Jane Carpenter continued with Karen and Emily. Their stewardship has brought about a striking positive climate of change–for all of us living here—that continues on.

 

Sources: Dennis Powers, “The Carpenters and Their Foundation,” Grants Pass Daily Courier, July 21, 2024, Pg. B-8; see generally, “Carpenter Foundation,” at History, People, Grants Made, and Financials, including downloading the Carpenter Foundation Booklet, “Fifty Years of Growing Community”; George Kramer, “The Oregon Encyclopedia: Carpenter Foundation and Alfred (1881-1974) & Helen Bundy (1886-1961),” at Synopsis.