my name is paul moore. >> david, 20. >> experts aren't surprised that these lighthearted contests arel the rage. >> people are perhaps like dreading going into the holiday season with their family and having to talk about politics. this is just a fun it's vibes. you just come and watch a contest and then you can leave after it's very low stakes. >> it seems like both digitally and in the physical, these events are really manifesting in public forums. like they pop up online and then they're organized in public parks here all around the country. does the fact that it's almost so accessible make it more popular? >> for sure, because there's no gatekeeping. it's not that you have to be an influencer. you don't need to be a content creator. you can just kind of show up. and i think that is something that people crave. >> the idea that people might just need a little fun was exactly what anthony had in mind. >> what i'm trying to do is just add entertainment to the world, and hopefully it's fun and wholesome and spreads past the internet. i want to create things on the internet for people

lisa murkowski, senator dan sullivan, governor mike dunleavy, representative mary stetler paul tulsa, chief randy moore of the u.s. foreign service, architect of the capital thomas austin, and the youth tree later, rose, a fourth-grade student from alaska. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the honorable thomas austin, architect of the capitol. >> good evening and welcome to the 60th annual christmas tree lighting ceremony at the united states capital. i am the architect of the capitol and i am honored to be here this evening as speaker mike johnson lights the 2020 four o christmas tree with the help of our special guest, rose, this year's christmas tree lighter who came all the way from alaska. it is a pleasure to welcome all of our guest this evening along with our capitol hill neighbors and those who are visiting washington, d.c.. a lot of work goes into finding the perfect christmas tree and i am glad to say we have made a beautiful selection this year, a 80 foot spruce from the national forest in alaska. lighting the capital christmas tree has been a festival holiday tradition since 1964 and is one

certain paul atkins for the chairman of the securities and exchange commission is also a reason to believe, that we are going to have some supporter around digital assets isn't that right steve mooreact that we need more publicly trade companies one of the reasons we don't we haven't seen ipos i think you will see a big, big increase in ipos next couple years because government regulation. and so, i think paul atkins spot on, on that we need to have more ipos more public companies. we've talked about half hour nobody mentioned the word "inflation", i am against fed rate cut i think you still have problems with inflation, when you see bitcoin going up like this, i think it is an indication, of just excess money flowing into bitcoin i am not saying an explosion of inflation but we are still above the fed target somebody has to explain to me above fed target why cutting rates. maria: right, look, there is every reason to raise it because especially if you are expecting a better economy and growth to be priority of the incoming trump administration why cut rates going into that? i think that is why jay powell started to back off things a bit andy he said we're not in any rush even tho

moore. a little more detail on what rand paul, doge before there was a doge found he said "this time i'm highlightingount. over a trillion dollars in government waste, ice skating drag queens, 12 million dollar las vegas pickleball complex, $5 million on ukrainian influencers and more. no matter how much money the government has wasted, politicians keep demanding even more." therein, steve, lies the root of the problem. >> it sure does, john. by the way, merry christmas. by the way, congress does like to play santa claus, don't they? pickleball. i love playing pickleball but i don't think the federal government should be subsidizing or football stadium towards this is where they're giving rascal came to see what happens. i wonder what happens. it goes on and on and on. this is what's contriving so much to our $35.5 trillion national debt and those are the things that should just be eliminated. we don't have the money to do it. can i say something by the way john about that segment you were just talking about about the student loan debt? smoke comes out of my ears when i hear biden talking about givin

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