Democrats Balk at Gulf of America

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Todd Starns. Oh, yeah. Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Todd Sterns Radio Program.

So very happy to have you with us today. Happy Thursday to you, everybody. Wow. I don't know if you guys have done this. We're getting off on a sidetrack note here.

But I downloaded this brand new app. You know, we live in, yours truly, I live in one of the most. Violent cities in America.

So, I downloaded this citizens app. Have you guys had the citizens app on your phone? And it alerts you to crime news. And there's so much crime news that every time I charge up my phone, the battery is dead in about 10 minutes because of all the notifications I'm getting.

So, I've got to figure out a way to, Dylan, in a commercial break, I need you to figure out how to turn this nonsense off. Anyway, good to have you with us today. Enough of my personal problems. We have a lot going on today, ladies and gentlemen. And first and foremost, I have to call out our good friend Marjorie Taylor Green, MTG, the Congresswoman from Georgia.

And she has been leading the charge to codify the official renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. And it's a very exciting thing that's happening because the House of Representatives, just mere moments ago, overwhelmingly voted to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. And I'm very excited about this. Who was it? I was talking to somebody.

Just, oh, geez, Alou, who was that? I was talking to, well, it's a good friend of mine. Her name is Lisa Arnold. She is a great Republican here in Tennessee. And she was just on vacation down there and said that there are Gulf of America t-shirts.

People are just having a great time. And everybody's really embracing the name change.

Well, here's the one challenge. By the way, did Lisa Arnold. I wonder if she brought me back something, like a souvenir. I should have asked. I should have asked.

Anyway, um the problem is that let's just say, heaven forbid a Democrat gets elected in twenty twenty eight, the Democrat could rename the Gulf of America back to the Gulf of Mexico. And nobody wants that, which is why we needed to codify the president's executive orders. And so, anyway, that's exactly what MTG did. She introduced official legislation to change the name permanently to the Gulf of America. There was only one Republican who voted against this.

His name is Congressman Don Bacon from the landlocked state of Nebraska. And I don't know if he's got a problem with Trump or the Gulf of America. Maybe he doesn't like the South or maybe he's just a jerk. I it could be all the above. I mean, it really could be.

But anyway, he sided with the Democrats who sided with Mexico. Regardless, this now goes to the Senate. And look, it's going to be kind of tough. You've got to have 60 votes in the Senate. Republicans don't have, do they have 60 votes?

They're going to need some Democrats to join them in this endeavor. And if that happens, then For many years to come, generations to come, our families will be able to go down and we'll be able to lay out on the sands, the white sugary sands of the Gulf of America, and dip our toes in the beautiful in the beautiful blue waters. What a day that will be. Anyway, welcome to the show. Getting some breaking news just moments ago from my Newsmax producer that apparently there is white smoke coming out of the chimney there at the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.

So we're going to keep an eye on that. That means they've officially voted for somebody. Whoever it was got two-thirds of the votes. That's what you need to become the next Pope. And we'll let you know who that is.

Southern Baptists, in the meantime, meeting in Texas next month, and they're actually sending down a big, huge smoker. And we do the same thing. When we elect a new president of the Southern Baptist Convention, we look for the white smoke, and that tells us we've got a new Southern Baptist president, and also the ribs are done.

So that'll be fun. I hope they send me down there. I didn't want to go to Rome. I wouldn't mind going to Dallas. That's where the Baptists are meeting.

So, anyway, we'll let you know when that happens. Again, breaking news. We now apparently have a brand new Pope for all you Catholic folk out there. By the way, our telephone number, I want you to write this down: 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926.

You know, a lot of the Democrats are very upset over the renaming of the Gulf of America. And the reality is that the Democrats have been renaming everything. Anything named after a white guy. gets renamed in America. It doesn't matter if it's a park, if it's a street, if it's a building, if it's a fort, if it's named after a white guy.

And may I just offer a caveat? If it's named after a southern white guy, With any sort of direct or not so direct lineage to the war of northern aggression. then it's definitely getting renamed. And MTG was pointing all this out, saying, hey, look, what's the big deal? You're attacking us for wanting to change names.

You guys do it all the time. Cut number eight. Speaker, I'm honored to be here today in front of the American people as we debate the merits of the Gulf of America Act. This would rename the body of water formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. This is such an important thing to do for the American people.

The American people deserve pride in their country and they deserve pride in the waters that we own, that we protect with our military and our Coast Guard and all of the businesses that prosper along these waters. But Democrats today are outraged. They're outraged because they love the cartels more than any other people in the world, more than the American people. They spent the past four years funding and voting for policies that ripped our borders open. and allowed our country to be invaded by millions and millions of people.

drugs and fentanyl that murdered over 300 Americans every single day, human trafficking, child sex trafficking, terrorists, and millions of people that we have no idea where they are in the interior of this country. Democrats are outraged today because they are America last and they hate anything that would give the American people pride. And it's true. I mean, she's absolutely right.

So good for you, MTG. And I'm curious, ladies and gentlemen, do you support the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America? I just love it. It's got a great ring to it. People love it.

You can't help but smile. And I think, and MTG pointed this out, the idea of renaming the Gulf of America also brings a little bit of pride back to America, right? Those are our waters. And I'm just going to say this, and I don't mean to offend our listeners out in California. I really don't adhere me on this.

And I mean this with great sincerity. But your beaches suck. I mean, they really do. And I know it's not, it'll have nothing to do with you. It's not your fault.

But if you go down to places like Malibu or Huntington Beach or where Venice Beach and you dip your toe into the waters there in California, into the Pacific Ocean, a couple of things are going to happen. Number one, your toe is going to freeze off. And number two, when you bring your big toe out of the waters, let's say you dip your big toe into the waters of the Pacific Ocean. When you dip that toe back out of the water, it's going to be covered in seaweed. And if you're in Santa Monica, there's a pretty good chance you're going to have a hypodermic needle sticking out of your foot.

All that to say, and again, we love California, but your beaches suck. The best beaches in America. And it's not even. Look, let's talk. Can we talk Coney Island for just a moment?

What a. What a filthy beach. Look, great hot dogs at Nathan's, no doubt about it. But what a filthy place. If you want a beautiful, pristine, it's almost like God poured Dixie sugar crystals all over the Gulf of America.

and then just turn the waters crystal clear blue. That screams America to me. It it screams joy and happiness and patriotism. Lee Greenwood might even write a new verse to God bless the USA.

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Mm. Could you imagine? What would happen if they accidentally just shot the white smoke up with their whoop, whoop, whoop, oops? Our bad. Welcome back, everybody.

Good to have you with us. The Vatican, just moments ago, announcing that apparently they've elected a new pope. It takes a two-thirds majority vote of the cardinals that have been meeting in conclave. In the Sistine Chample. And they've got somebody that we will know who that person is probably within the next hour or so.

When they come out onto the balcony at Saint Peter's Square. I got a text from somewhere. Are you sure it wasn't Willie Nelson? No, no, it was not Willie Nelson. That's.

The wrong kind of smoke. But you know, it's interesting how they do this because a lot of people are: okay, how did they get the black smoke and how do they get the white smoke? Black smoke means they do not have a pope. The white smoke, it means they do.

Well, it turns out that they actually used a cast iron stove and they use, they mix up these chemicals, and the chemical mixtures. Determine the color of the smoke. It's pretty fascinating here. Apparently, for the black smoke, they use chemicals like well, they use a component of coal tar. and sulphur.

Which creates this dark black smoke. The white smoke they use of potassium chlorate, lactose, and pine rosin. Oh, there you go. We should try that here, uh, Dylan. We sh when we get a new morning host for KWAM we can just send the smoke signals up.

I just, I like that. Is that sacrilegious? I don't know. I'm a Baptist, so I can't answer that question. 901-260-5926, our telephone number.

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So look, Marco Rubio. God love him. There's a lot of chaos right now at Columbia University. in New York City, up on the upper upper west side. And there were dozens of pro-Hamas activists, about 80 or so of them.

And these folks, they were wearing the hijabs, they were wearing the masks, and it got really violent last night. And these are not the brightest bulbs.

So apparently, the JV terrorist. stormed the library and took over the library.

Now, here's what I love about what's happening across America: is that law enforcement are now being allowed to do their jobs. And so the security guards there at Columbia came up with a brilliant idea. Once they got all of the pro-Hamas terrorists into the library, the security guards shut all the doors and literally locked all the doors.

So they locked the bad guys inside the library. And they were not allowed to exit that library until they showed their identification.

So it created all sorts of chaos. The NYPD was called in, and they backed up the security guards. It was a pretty brilliant situation.

So again, these pro-Palestinian, pro-Hamas kids. causing all sorts of mayhem. The demonstrators push past a library security guard. They haul tote bags and backpacks. Went to the main reading room, chanting all sorts of anti-Semitic slogans.

Some of the protesters tried to leave, but were stopped by a row of Columbia public safety officers who held them in the room until they identified themselves. Let us out. You're holding us hostage. You brutes. You brutes.

You. you. Jewish brutes! And the security guards are like, yeah, you can holler all you want to. But you're not going anywhere.

It was really a pretty brilliant, it was a stroke of genius on the part of the security guards.

So, look, this is where Marco Rubio comes into it.

So, Rubio put out a statement last night. Rubio's watching all of this stuff. By the way, God love the security officers. They were able to evacuate a lot of the Jewish students. They were also able to evacuate a lot of students who were just caught up in this and they were just studying in the library.

So Rubio comes out and says, Look, here's the deal, folks. Um we're going to start investigating these kids. We know who they are. And we've got all their info. We've got their student IDs, and we're going to investigate these people.

Sure.

So Rubio has officially announced he is reviewing the student visas of all of the anti-Israel protesters who took over the library last night at Columbia University. And he says anybody who is there who is from outside the country, they will have their legal status revoked and they will be deported. And I say, good for you, Mr. Secretary. I'm just so pleased.

I don't know about you folks, I wasn't so sure about Rubio. But it turns out he's doing an amazing job. As a matter of fact, Marco Rubio is probably a sign from The Borders are Tom Holman. I think it has been one of the most effective cabinet members for Donald Trump. I really do.

So, I have a question for you on this issue of deportations. And you folks in Oklahoma. Hate to break it to you, but you got a rhino in your midst. That would be Senator James Langford. Senator Langford came out yesterday saying illegals deserve due process.

Cut number four. What's been confusing on this is some people see due process like as an American citizen. That's a right to a jury trial. That's all those different things. That's not true for due process for someone who's not a citizen of the United States.

It's a different process. It's often just literally what people call an immigration judge. It's not a typical federal judge or a state judge. This is someone that's in the bureaucracy that their task for DHS is that task on it.

So they're a government employee career. That's an immigration judge.

So it's a very different process for it. But yes, there is a need to be able to give an opportunity for someone to be able to make an argument before they're removed in the country.

So, Langford is now siding with the Democrats who say that these illegals deserve due process.

So, okay, well, let's talk about due process. What about due process to get into the country? What about that?

Now, it seems to me that if you're here illegally, and look, you want due process. Here's due process. Sir, are you here in America? Illegally. Oh, see, senor.

Si. All right. Yep, good. Bye-bye. Back back to Mexico for you, sir.

Oh, no, no, no, no. Mil Milo Vamerica. No, no, no. Back back across the border. 901-260-5926, our number.

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All right, folks. Welcome back to the Todd Stern Show. Today, by the way, is Skilled Labor Day. I don't know who comes with these holidays, but I like this one. Skilled Labor Day.

Are you somebody who works in a skilled trade? Trade, maybe HVAC, or maybe you're a welder or a steam fitter. This is the day that we celebrate you and the great work that you are doing. There is an interesting story in the Wall Street Journal. And the Wall Street Journal went and interviewed all of these high school juniors.

So these kids are what, 16 years old, and many of them are taking shop classes. Their high school actually has a shop class.

Now, I want to stop for just a moment, and I'm just curious: in your neighborhoods, in your communities, do your public schools, do they have shop classes? Do they offer things like home economics? Are they teaching the young girls how to maintain homes? Are they teaching them about how to make food? Are they?

No, these are not sexist things, Delvin. It's just the reality. Typically, the ladies, the men, they bring home the bacon, and the ladies, they cook the bacon. I mean, that's just kind of how it goes. That doesn't make me sexist.

I'm just saying. Anyway, I'm off target here. I let me get back to it.

So so anyway, the Wall Street Journal going to Philadelphia of all places at Father Judge High School By the way, Father Judge named after the priest who was the first official fatality of the. The 9-11 terrorist attacks. He was a chaplain with the FDNY and was killed at 9-11. But I digress. Elijah Rios will not graduate from high school until next year, but he already has a job offer.

one that pays sixty eight thousand dollars a year. Rios is a junior taking welding classes at Father Judge, a Catholic high school in Philadelphia, and they work closely with companies looking for workers in the skilled trades. Employees are dealing with a shortage of such workers as baby boomers retire. And they've increasingly begun courting high school students like Rios, a hiring strategy they say is likely to become even more crucial in the coming years.

So let me stop there for just a moment. Yeah.

So, this is a big deal. And Mike Rowe was on Fox News yesterday actually talking about this very issue. There are many people around the country. I know we have a lot of these guys that listen to us. You listen to the talk show out on your job sites, your work sites.

Maybe a lot of people in North Mississippi and the farm country listening to us on their tractors today and in West Tennessee. All that to say, we have a massive audience, and many of them are good, hardworking, blue-collar folk. Yeah.

And I'm curious to know if you have discovered that it is just hard finding people that want to work. You guys that own these construction companies and electrical companies. Because Mike Rose says we got a big problem in the country. He said that right now they've got just tons of jobs, hundreds of thousands of jobs. Most of them do not require a four-year degree, but there are just people that don't want to work.

And many of the people not wanting to work are not Generation Z guys, they are young men in the prime of their lives. The jobs are plentiful, but older guys just are not wanting to go out and find work. Many of them are not even motivated to work. Take a listen to Mike Rowe. First of all, every day is skilled labor day, or at least it should be.

And secondly, yeah, you can see it in virtually every number. But the numbers are confusing. You know, you've got, at this point, I think it's 7.6 million open jobs. Most of them don't require a four-year degree. And the feeling, and I was at that energy conference with Governor Perry a couple of weeks ago, and he's so right.

This is at the absolute top of mind. Every CEO who is there, talking, whether it's AI or data centers, it all trickles down to skilled labor. Gen Z got the memo in some way, shape, or form. And you can see it. The four-year degrees are trending down in that cohort, and there's a lot more interest in electricians and plumbers and steam fitters and welders and pipe fitters and the stuff my foundation has been focused on for 16 years.

So we have a need of, as Governor Perry pointed out, when we build these data centers, so massive investment, we need skilled workers. There's need and there's criticality. We've always needed them, and people understand. You don't want to wait three, four, five days for an electrician or a plumber. But what the governor's talking about, and people really are likening this to a modern-day Manhattan project.

You've got the maritime industrial base trying to hire 140,000 tradespeople right now, 80,000 openings in automotive. You just go down the list. And this is the thing that worries me too. I'm rooting for the president with the offshoring, the reshoring, the reinvigoration of manufacturing. But we've got 482,000 open jobs in manufacturing right now.

Almost a half a million open jobs they can't find workers for. I'm wondering if you are finding this to be true in your towns and your cities. 901-260-5926. That's nine oh one two six zero five nine two six.

Now, according to a center for the Center for Immigration Studies. They found that. The share of U. S. born men ages sixteen to sixty four not participating in the labor force has nearly doubled over the last six decades from eleven point three percent in nineteen sixty to more than twenty two percent in twenty twenty four.

And you can have that argument, I think, about why that is. I think one of the reasons you cannot underestimate the damage that Barack Obama did to the country, and it wasn't necessarily through his policies as much as, I mean, trust me, those really hurt the country, but it was this mindset. I mean, he was playing mind games with America's young people and specifically the millennial generation. And the millennials, those are the prime workers right now. All right.

And what is it that Barack Obama told this generation? You have to get a college education. If you don't have a college education, you're not going to be able to reach your full potential. You're not going to be able to claim your American dream. If you don't get a four-year degree, you are a lesser than person.

I mean, that's ultimately what Obama and his administration were telling all of these young kids that were still in high school, and many of them had no inclination of going to college. And what did they do? They went to college. They got saddled with just a massive amount of debt. They've got degrees that are now worthless, and many of them are either Still living at home, or they can't even afford to begin.

living and claiming their American dream.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump is out there. And one of the great benefits of what he's doing with the trade wars is that he's forcing these companies to reopen factories here in America. But to do that, They need workers. And That brings me back to this very clever idea that they've got in Philadelphia. Where these local companies, construction workers, you name it.

construction companies rather They're working now with local high schools that have shop class. I think it's a brilliant idea.

So, just think about this for a moment. You've got a kid. Let's say you have two kids, you have twin boys. eighteen years old, graduating high school. One wants to go to college, a major in, I don't know, English lit with a minor in lesbian studies.

And the the other decides, you know what, I'm gonna I want to become a welder. The kid who's going to be the welder is actually the kid that's going to take care of you later in life. Because that kid coming out of high school could be making upwards of $70,000 a year. According to the Wall Street Journal. Employers ranging from the local transit system to get the submarine manufacturers make regular visits to the high school's welding classroom.

They bring all sorts of swag. They pitch students on their workplaces. And when Rios, the seventeen year old, graduates next year, he actually plans to work as a fabricator at a local equipment maker for nuclear recycling and other sectors, a job that pays twenty four dollars an hour plus regular overtime and paid vacations. The teenager says it's a little overwhelming. Like, this company wants you.

That company wants you. And this is a kid who grew up in a neighborhood surrounded by drug addicts and the homeless. And he said he was really determined to make a better life for himself. Quote, it feels honestly like I'm an athlete getting all this attention from the pro teams. I mean, isn't that a wonderful feeling?

And what a great quote from this teenager who's saying, you know what? Yeah, it's kind of like signing day. And maybe that's what they ought to do with these high schools. You know, they haul out the high school athletes and the football player, and they're going to go play at the University of Memphis, and they have a big signing thing, and they bring out the hats, and the university swag, and mom and dad are standing behind them, and they're all very excited. Could you imagine if we started doing that for these for these high school kids taking welding classes and instead of going to college, they're signing with a submarine company, making seventy thousand dollars a year at eighteen years old.

I love this. 901-260-5926. Let's go to the phone lines. Murph in Germantown, Tennessee, listening to us on KWAM. Hello, Professor Murph.

Hey, doctor Starnes. I may not have my numbers. A hundred percent. But there was a young lady named Stossel that wrote an article for the Wall Street Journal about three or four weeks ago stating the very same thing you're discussing. A person with a degree in sociology.

to become a social worker. The median salary is somewhere around forty five K a year. to be a social worker and put up with all that Drama. She also compared that to an assembly line worker at General Motors who starts out at one hundred or not starts out but has the potential to earn one hundred K plus And I was unparing a couple of baseball games, high school baseball games, two weeks ago. talking to the catchers.

One catcher is going to be a diesel mechanic And the other catcher's going to HVAC, and they're going to a local tech school. And they're going to walk out of that front door on Graduation Day and pick and choose their own employer. It's really remarkable. Yeah, I'm Murph, I'm reading that. I just called up that story you were referring to.

It was about a month ago in the Wall Street Journal. A good man for U.S. manufacturing is hard to find. And I remember when I was growing when I was their age working at General Motors Parts Division in Saint Louis. making three dollars fifty cents an hour, and I didn't think there was that much money in the world.

Yeah.

And I remember those days not too terribly long ago, my friend. Not too long ago. put and I've held I worked there four summers in a row and had put me through Memphis State University.

Now, now, Murph, a lot of folks are, we have a lot of new listeners, and they may not know that you are a retired history teacher in the public schools. And I'm curious. Murph, back when you were in school, did you guys have a did you have like a shop class and things of that nature? Germantown High School had an automotive class and a medals class. And that was about it.

Now Collierville High School now has a welding class. an automotive class. Agriculture class. nursing introduction to nursing classes. They're on, in my humble opinion, on the cutting edge and way ahead of everybody else.

And those classes are packed, and they're good, solid American. Kiddos. that want to get out there and help You know, help American society.

So I'm all for it. It's, it's just, um, And for the life of me, Dr. Storms cannot figure out why college is so expensive. I just don't understand it. Yeah, it's I mean, there's just so much excess, so many classes.

I mean, how many people are finding jobs in lesbian literature and yarn making? I don't know that many people. I mean, I just don't get it. You get back to the basics, Murph, and I think that's really what it's all about: getting back to the basics. We grew up in the St.

Louis area, and it was less expensive for yours truly to attend Memphis State University. Than it was the University of Missouri at Columbia. Is that right? Back then, a big eight school. And Bapple's modern science, but I'll let you go, good buddy.

Take care. Murph, thank you. Always good hearing from you. Let's go to North Carolina. Beth is on the line.

Hi, Beth. What's going on?

Well, Todd, I just had to call and brag about our school system here in North Carolina, where I work at. Um work for a school system that we have a career in technical institute. We cover Our automotive institute has kids that win every year in the competitions and go to the NASCAR tech schools and do some of these big diesel schools because they have been taught so much and they've done so well. Not just the auto-tech, but also we have got a welding class that is taught. Packed right now, and 104 kids waiting to get in, and they're looking to get it expanded, hoping to get these kids in by September the 1st.

Wait, you've got a waiting list for the welding class? We sure do. 104 kids are waiting on it. Wow. We've got a pharmacy tech program, we've got a nursing and health care program, we have got a culinary program that is exceptional.

It is just great. We've got the cosmetology program. We've got rescue and fire Uh programs. We've got all kinds of programs that they're adding all the time, and they're also starting to lean more toward the robotics. As far as training kids other than the computers and robotics, what a lot of the companies are now going to as far as You know, some of the manufacturing things.

I love hearing this. Beth, what is the name of the school district? It's the Aredell Stakesville Schools. Wow. We are uh we listen to GOWSIC in Statesville.

North Carolina, and I just had to call and brag on our school system. I personally, we worked through the school nutrition program, and it is, I think, we have got one of the best school systems in the state, in my personal opinion. Beth, this is exciting, and I want you to tell everybody over there in the school system that we said hello and we salute them. I guarantee you, they're going to be getting calls from around the country with people wanting to know how they made it so successful. That's that's huge.

Over 100 kids on the waiting list to get into the welding class. Beth, I've got to run here. Thank you for doing that, though. And certainly a great school district that you guys ought to be proud of. All right, 901-260-5926.

Maybe your school's doing something like that. Give us a call. 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show. All right, welcome back.

Uh but we're getting some intel out of Washington, where it looks as though Tom Tillis has been successful in tanking the nomination of Ed Martin to be the next U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. Ladies and gentlemen, Tom Tillis needs to be primaried. He really does. There's been some talk of Lara Trump maybe jumping into the race and and beating Tillis.

I mean the the numbers they've done some polling, which shows Lara Trump would do very well against Tom Tillis. But the fact of the matter is, North Carolina, your senator, Is standing in the way of President Trump's agenda. The president just saying this moments ago: we'll pull some of this audio for the next hour of the show. The President says, I want to say Ed is unbelievable. Hopefully, we can bring him into, whether it's DOJ or whatever.

I have to be straight, I was disappointed. A lot of people were disappointed. And no doubt about that, but shame on Tom Tullis. The man is a Democrat disguised as a Republican, no doubt about it. And I hope that you voters there in North Carolina punish him.

I hope you Republicans in North Carolina consider censoring your Senator, unbelievable. All right, I've got to take a quick break here, folks. Our telephone number: 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show.

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President Biden is on the view, hanging out with the squawking magpies today. And he is in rare form. I don't know who is pushing him out here to do all these interviews. But it's just going about as well as you might expect. But one of the things that really fascinated me is something that he said just mere moments ago about.

Kamala Harris, Cut 15 please. And it was like 2016 all over again.

So why do you think the vice president lost and were you surprised? I wasn't surprised, not because I didn't think the vice president was a qualified person to be president. She is. She's qualified to be president of the United States of America. But I was surprised I I wasn't surprised because they went the route of uh the sexist route, all the whole route.

I mean this is a woman, she's this, she's that. I mean it really I I've never seen quite a as successful and a consistent campaign. undercutting the notion that a woman couldn't lead the country and a woman of mixed race. Oh, wait, I'm s uh who? What what?

Oh, he went there.

Now, wait a second. I I thought she wasn't a person of mixed race, right? I mean, at some point, she became the first black she was on her way to becoming the first black president, female president of these great United States. But now we're back to saying that she's a person of mixed race.

Now, this is interesting because when she was running for the Senate. In California, she was identifying as an Indian American. But then when she became vice president, she all of a all of a sudden became a black American, and she was going on and on and on and she was trying to she was preaching at all the black churches and she was dropping her Gs and she was giving out her collard green recipes. Remember that? She prepared collard greens in the bathtub.

Somebody said they actually tasted of pert. That's the shampoo. And I guess so if you're making your collard greens in the bathtub. Nobody does that, by the way.

So anyway, Biden's out there saying she lost. in twenty twenty four because she is a woman of mixed race. Is that true, ladies and gentlemen? Is that the reason why the American people rejected In landslide numbers. One Kamala Harris.

Biden also was Making the appearance on The View to again reassure everybody that the front porch light is still on. Cut 14. The projects, the benefits. How do you lead the world without having the best infrastructure? How do you lead the world without having the best health care enrollment?

How do you lead the world without having the best education system? How do you lead the world and have that done? I don't know. I don't know. What did he say?

Uh So Good to see you, Uncle Joe. Good to see you, sir. Anyway, he went on to. Blame Donald Trump For the border crisis. In America, you cannot make this stuff up.

Cut 12. When you announced that you wouldn't be seeking re-election, only 28% of the country thought that the country was on the right track.

Now, you are understandably very proud of many achievements in your administration, but do you take any responsibilities for responsibility for not hearing the concerns of voters on the border security or cost of living sooner? And do you take any responsibility for Trump's re-election? I do because look, I was in charge and he won.

So, you know, I take responsibility. Number one. But, number two. You know, uh... You remember, we put together a commission.

leading with one of the most conservative members of the United States Senate from Oklahoma running him. We came up with a significant means by which we could deal with the border. What did Trump do? He got on the telephone. And he call Republicans do not support it.

It's legal, it'll work, it'll make Biden look good, don't do it. Yeah.

And they backed off. They backed off. It's just not true though. It's just not true at all. And either Joe Biden is so senile he forgot, or he's just outright lying.

Either way, Not a good look. For Joe Biden. Oh, and here's something else. They asked him about his cognitive decline, and it was so bad. His answer was so bad.

That Mrs. Jill, Dr. First Lady, Mrs. Joe Biden, had to jump in and answer it for him. Take a listen.

Mr. President, since you left office, there have been a number of books that have come out, deeply sourced from Democratic sources, that claim in your final year there was a dramatic decline in your cognitive abilities. In the final year of your presidency, what is your response to these allegations, or are these sources wrong? They are wrong. Nothing to sustain that.

Number one. Think of what we're left with. We're left with a circumstance where We uh we had uh insurrection. Am I starter? We that not since the Civil War.

We had a circumstance where We were in a position that we uh Well, I'll The pandemic, because of the incompetence of the last outfit, ended up over a million people dying, a million people dying. And we're also in a situation where we found ourselves. unable to deal with a lot of just basic issues, which I won't go into in the interest of time. And so we went to work. And we got it done.

You know, one of the things that that Well, I'm I'm I'm And at that point, Mrs. Biden jumps in and takes over the interview. It's that band. Again, there's no reason for this man to be out there.

Somebody is, somebody actually thinks that. That he could still have some sort of a role within the Democrat Party. That's the only reason why he's out there right now. And that person is clearly smoking dope. 901-260-5926.

Our telephone over, that's 901-260-5926.

So, I want to go back to an interesting story here, and we briefly touched on this a few days ago when Nick Sabin. was invited to uh be at the White House. And now we understand that Nick Sabin has been appointed to a panel. From by President Trump.

So, the Trump administration is now considering an executive order. This is from the Wall Street Journal. That could increase scrutiny. Of the explos explosion in payments to college athletes, talking about the NILs. And I would contend that NILs have pretty much destroyed college athletics.

And especially in basketball. And so Trump met with Sabin, and Sabin has been a huge critic of the NILs and said, hey, look, we've got to do something about this, mister President. And it looks like the President agrees with him. Sabin apparently told the president that he believes the influx of money has damaged college sports. And the President agrees.

Trump said that he's going to take a look at crafting an executive order. And they're starting to look like what they're starting to wonder: what would that look like? How exactly do you reform the NILs? Because that's what Sabin is wanting to do here. Sabin is not wanting to get rid of them altogether, he's wanting to reform the NIL process.

And how do you do that?

Now Sabin says it's causing an uneven playing field. And basically equates it to an arms race among nations, except in this case, it's an arms race among the powerhouse schools. Chief among them being the Southeastern Conference, the greatest. football and sports conference in all of America. As God intended.

Now, college athlete compensation used to be limited by NCAA rules, and basically, back in the old days. Which was around 2000 or 2020, you got a scholarship, you got room and board. And now you're looking at some of these kids that are making more money right now than people that are currently in the NFL.

So I'm curious, ladies and gentlemen, because right now it's a free-for-all. Nearly 4,300 Division I football players switched schools in 2024. That's insanity. An estimated one point six billion dollars changed hands. That's according to the Wall Street Journal.

And coaches, meanwhile, are now lamenting that entire rosters can turn over between seasons. And it's true. As a matter of fact, I believe it is Baylor that may be another school where literally there's they're going to have a brand new team next year. None of the players are returning. Sabin, considered one of the greatest coaches in college sports.

History. And he retired in 2023, won seven national. Championships Pretty remarkable. Yeah.

So the question is, ladies and gentlemen, do you believe that President Trump should intervene here. Do we need to save college sports from the NIL?

Now, our telephone number, 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. Your calls coming up. All right, so we're getting new information out. The new Pope has been identified, and this is going to be interesting.

He's a Chicago native.

So, for the first time in. Pope history, we've got an American Pope. His name is. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, and he's going to be known, his pope name is Pope Leo.

So there you go. We're getting a little intel. There's not a lot of information about him just yet, but he is being seen as a progressive, which is not good news for all you conservative Catholics out there, you traditionalists. Of course, your previous pope was a communist, so there's that.

So, but he's not as. far to the left as Pope Francis. But Prevost, seen overall as a centrist on some key issues, social issues, he's viewed as a progressive. 69 years old. And again, he is a Chicago native.

All right. Well, let's go to the phone lines: 901-260-5926. Let's go to Mark listening to us on WTJS in Milan, Tennessee. Hi, Mark. What's on your mind?

Hey, I was just going to address the question about why We thought Kamala Harris was not elected.

Now President Biden, you just heard President Biden mark, and he said the reason why is all you people are racist. You didn't vote for her because she's a mixed race woman.

Well I can only speak for Mark, but That had nothing to do with my boat. From what I saw and what I have seen of her, she was not confident. to be President, nor is she competent to be the governor of California. Is that so?

So, for you, it was more the policies and not the skin color? Absolutely. Mm-hmm. Yeah, Mark, look, it pains me. These Democrats, they love playing the race card, and they do that a lot because they know it's effective.

But the reality is, I think, Mark, by and large, an overwhelming majority of the American people are over the whole race stuff, and they really do want to elect the most qualified person, regardless of skin color. I think that's correct. And again, speaking for myself, If we have a qualified black candidates or Whatever. race or gender. and I think that's the person to lead this country forward, then that's who I'm going to vote for.

All right. Mark, well said, sir, and thank you for listening to us today. 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. Curious, you Catholics out there, to hear about your brand new Pope, Pope Leo.

is his name. I want to get back to I want to finish a thought. I had a few more thoughts about the NILs before we had the breaking news. I think President Trump understands what's going on here. The President is a huge sports guy.

He was very big and instrumental in the old USFL. As a matter of fact, he owned the New Jersey Generals, which is how he got to be good friends with Herschel Walker back in the day. You may not, Dylan, this may come as a surprise to you. I mean, you're our big sports guy here. But back in 1981, Donald Trump actually tried to buy the Baltimore Colts.

Really? Oh, yeah. He was really determined. The Colts at that time were still considering relocating. They had not relocated to Baltimore.

They were originally Indianapolis. Colts. And then they um they went to Baltimore. And um, anyway, um. Or vice versa.

And anyway, a couple of other groups were. were able to accommodate. That's right. They relocated the team and then they became the Indianapolis Colts. It's all very and who was it?

Oh, it was the Cleveland Browns.

So the Browns were the ones that packed up in the Dark of Night and moved to Baltimore and causing all sorts I'm trying to remember my NFL history on the fly here. It's been a mess. Yeah.

Then in 1984. Trump tried to buy The Dallas Cowboys.

So Trump has been plugged into the sports scene for a very long time. And good for you, mister President. And I hope he does step in, and I hope he does intervene because, quite frankly, if he doesn't, I I mean, I'm just curious if we have any college football fans out there, but have you noticed that the NIL is actually impacting Your college sports experience. I just didn't find it it was really hard during the basketball season this this year just to sort of get behind anybody. I don't have time every year to meet the brand new team.

I mean, why? And by the way, one of the things they ought to consider here. Is all right.

Well, look, fine, you can have the NIL, but you have to commit. You've got to spend all four years. If you want that $5 million package, You're going to have to stay all four years at the same team. And maybe you could structure it like that. You want out?

For three years, okay, well, you've got to take a cut. You've got to sacrifice some of your cash. Let's go to Justin in Collierville, Tennessee, listening to us on KWAM. Hey, Justin, what say you? Hey, Todd.

So from my understanding, especially The biggest, I guess, stinker, what's wrong with the NIL, where it's literally the wild, wild west right now as far as money and athletes is. is all these boosters have control Over the NIL money, and the universities have no say-so.

So what I've been hearing is, and I agree with it. There needs to be some kind of reform where uh the universities will be able to basically dish out Um in IL. And you know what it needs to become is This is almost like college sports, especially where we're paying out. Is a minor league team. There needs to be a cap set for every university.

Um the the universities should be able to control the NIL money of paying their they're athletes because uh right now I mean, it it's like what we used to know. Uh, do you remember Albert Means when he was at University of Alabama? Oh wow, that's a blast. Yeah, so it's basically like that right now: is whatever booster you have has the most money or wants to put it out there, or whatever business. they can go anywhere in the country and just pay and pick your team off player by player.

And it's just it's just it's ruining college sports right now.

So I'm for some kind of reform and put the control back in the university's hands. Justin, we got you now. It makes a lot of sense. And you're right about those boosters. By the way, you know who the you talk about boosters.

Texas high school football? That's off the charts insane. You folks in Houston know what I'm talking about. All right, Justin, gotta run, my friend. Good hearing from you, and thanks for listening in.

We're trying to get more intel on Pope Leo. They're chanting it like a soccer chant right now in the St. Peter's Square. We'll be right back, everybody.

So apparently, everybody is really stunned by the selection of the American Pope, Robert Francis Prevost. to be known as Pope Leo the Fourteenth, They're saying he is a moderate. Others are calling him a progressive. And we'll see how all this plays out over the next couple of hours as people are pouring over his background and his writings. He served as a missionary in Peru.

He originally was from Chicago and now the very first American Pope. And it seems to be stunned, it really seems to have stunned a lot of pope watchers in the Catholic Church.

So there you go. As a bishop, though, in Peru, he did oppose a government plan to add teachings on gender in schools. The new pope now says the promotion of gender ideology is confusing because it seeks to create genders that don't exist.

So that's pretty much all we have right now. Is people are trying to come to grips with the brand new Pope just announced. Shocking everybody. Nobody saw this coming. And we have an American Pope for the first time in the history of the Catholic Church.

All right, I want to play some audio here. This is. Congressman, and this is, by the way, a Congressman Grilling, the chairman of USA Fencing, speaking of gender, there's been a huge controversy. On boys and female sports, cut number two. Do you think that parents who don't want their daughters competing against men in women's sports are whiny?

No, sir. You don't? Why did you write that on social media? I've got a. picture here where where you posted that.

You were allegedly responding to a parent who didn't want their daughter being beaten up by men in sports competitions. You said, I'm not going to pull her from the sport and write a whiny email announcing my departure. Sir, Mr. Congressman Jack had asked me about that, and I want to be crystal clear, that was an inappropriate message because many things are counting. Sir, no, I don't.

I don't at all. And in fact, why did you write that on social media? I regret it, sir. I deleted it shortly after posting it. I certainly don't feel that way anymore.

And given a lot of the messages that we receive, and even conversations. Do you think that parents who don't want their daughters competing against men in sport should be compared to the Ku Klux Klan? No, absolutely not. And I'm not sure if you're not sure if I said that in the message, sir. Why did you say that?

That was inappropriate. That was inappropriate. Yes, sir. Yeah, you're right. That is inappropriate.

I'd like to read what you wrote and what you posted on social media. Sure.

Responding allegedly to a lady who had these concerns. The only wizard that's going to dig you out of the myopic hole you've put yourself and your family in is one of the, quote, grand wizard variety. Inappropriate, sir, and I acknowledge that I said it, and I will commit to never making a message like that again. That was in response to a parent, according to you on social media, who had a problem with this. Was this a real email that you were responding to?

It was a real email, sir. I did not respond to it and hit it. This was a real email. Did an actual parent write this, or did you write this email? It was written by an actual person claiming to be a parent.

They were not a member of our. Were you that actual person? No, sir. You were not that actual person, but you staged this whole interaction. The response, sir, was not real, and I regret that.

Okay. All right. By the way, there was another interaction, and it wasn't with USA Fencing. It was a radical gender activist who literally said That the issue regarding boys playing in girls' volleyball is that what they need to do is outlaw spiking the ball.

So the leftist actually said, well, if we're going to protect girls, what we need to do is just outlaw the spiking of the ball in volleyball. Which is the entire point of volleyball, ladies and gentlemen.

So Brett Baer. Last night on Fox News channel, I had Bernie Sanders, everybody's favorite socialist, Uncle Bernie. You know what's interesting about a socialist? Bernie Sanders owns more homes than any I mean, than a lot of capitalists. And Bernie Sanders was grilled over this tour he's been taking, the Fighting the Oligarchy tour, with AOC, and Brett Baer called him out on it, cut number three.

You know, Alyssa Slotkin, senator from Michigan, she said you shouldn't be using oligarch. It's over people's head. You've gotten criticized from other people. Free Beacon says Bernie Sanders spent $221,000 on private jets fighting the oligarchy tour paid for by friends of Bernie Sanders. That you've spent millions of dollars in campaign funds on private jet travel over the years.

How do you push back on both of those lines? When's the last time you saw Donald Trump during a campaign mode? At National Airport. No, no, no. It doesn't.

But he's also not fighting the oligarchy. No. You and you run a campaign and you do three or four or five rallies in a week. The only way you can get around to talk to 30,000 people. Think I'm going to be sitting on a waiting line at United?

Waiting, yeah, what, 30,000 people are waiting? That's the only way you can get around. No apologies for that. That's what campaign travel is about. We've done it in the past, we're going to do it in the future.

And you think that this is hitting a mark? You think it's scratching the itch that voters want to hear from? I think at a time when the people on top are doing phenomenally well, when seniors, working-class people are struggling. People want to hear action to stand up to the people who have the wealth and the power and create an economy that works for all of us, not just the people on top. Who do you think you are, Brad Bierre?

Me, Bernie Sanders, the socialist, has to stand online at spirit airlines? Who do you think you are?

Next thing you know, you're gonna tell me I gotta fly coach. Nobody flies coach, I'm Bernie Sanders. Full stop, Prippia, full stop. All right, so Bernie Sanders is now saying. That he has to save America.

And Bernie Sanders. He feels that it's beneath his dignity to stand in line with people waiting to board a jetliner. Much like, I suppose, our good friend, the Congresswoman from Texas. Shuck yeah. Ow!

Yeah, Jasmine Crocker. Remember what was it last week? She was at Hartsfield Jackson Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. And you had the poor little handicapped people in the wheelchairs. You got the the military personnel.

And uh she sh she was like, Put me in front of all these all these crippled white people? Um I'm Jasmine Crockett. I got a shuckin' job in first class. And she did. She literally stepped in front of the handicap people.

You can't make up the sheer hypocrisy coming out of the Democrats these days. And so Bernie is basically taking a page out of Jasmine Crockett and saying, you know what, it is beneath me to stand in line with the regular people, the common folk. And sure, his jet may blow a hole in the ozone, but. He's fighting the oligarchy, man. He's fighting the oligarchy.

Oh, geez, Lou. 901-260-5926. Our telephone number, that's 901-260-5926. All right, we've got to take a break. This is the Tom Stern Show.

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All right, 901-260-5926, our telephone number. Final note there on Bernie Sanders. As he is defending his use of a private jet. This is a man whose literally his only job has been as an elected official. That's it.

He's had no other job, no other work experience other than working as a United States Senator. What I find fascinating. About about Bernie Sanders is this guy is worth more than three million dollars. How is that possible? How is it that an avowed socialist who's never held a private sector job Became a multi-millionaire.

Anybody want to explain that one? It's the craziest thing I've ever heard of. By the way, Bernie Sanders. also owns three houses.

Now I'm just curious. And I don't know that many socialists. I'm they're just not likable people. I'm, you know, I mean, nothing personal, but I just. Yeah.

It's unfortunate. I remember years ago when I was working at Fox News Channel. And I lived in Brooklyn. Loved Brooklyn. Lived on a great little street, Carroll Street.

in Park Slope. It was a great neighborhood. I was the only conservative in the internet.

Well, I take that back. There was an Italian couple. that uh my next door neighbors And I don't even know if they're still alive. They were an elderly Italian couple. And they would sit out on the front stoop.

I guess they were in their 70s, late, early 80s. And in the afternoon, as I was coming back from Fox News channel, they were on the front stoop and they were smoking joints. The Devil's Lettuce. Doobies. Very docile people, but man, did they hate Barack Obama?

The things coming out of their mouths about Barack Obama, and they were, you know, they were loud Italians too.

So the whole neighborhood. But anyway, I think aside from us, we were in. I mean, that was pretty much the everybody else was a Democrat. Yeah.

So I'm getting around to the point of why socialists are unpleasant people.

So anyway, across the street from me, a great family and a very well-known, nationally known psychiatrist or psychologist. And we got to be good friends. And so much so, you know, I would send Christmas cards and all this whatnot.

So, anyway, one of his kids played baseball at the Quaker school. And the kid was a pretty smart kid. And he was one of these kids, he'd get out in the middle of the street and he'd whack the ball. You know, it's Brooklyn. That's what you do.

So, anyway, one day I walked over to him. I said, Hey, how's baseball? And he goes, Well, you know, I really don't know about going to this Quaker school. I said, well, what's wrong with going to Quaker school? It's a great school, good education, great sports teams.

He goes, yeah, but the Quakers are pacifists. I said, yeah, I know. I heard that. He goes, But what does that have to do with anything? He said, Well, I'm not sure we're actually able to win any games.

Being pacifist.

So I thought that was very clever.

So I'm at the Dane. I'll never forget this. We are on the we had to travel across the river. We're on the opposite side of the East River at the baseball fields, and I'm sitting there with the guy. And you know how it is, baseball game.

It's sort of a slow, leisurely afternoon. And so I said, so I said, what's it like being a Quaker? I've never met a Quaker before. And the guy turns to me and goes, Oh, yeah, we're not Quakers. We're atheists.

I'm like, wait, what? He goes, yeah, we don't believe in God. And then I'm like, I don't know why I said this. I said, oh, dude, I'm so sorry. I've been sending you Christmas cards every year.

And I didn't want to think I was taunting the guy. And he was like, no, no, no, it's all good. It's all good. And then he, like, a few minutes later, the guy sneezes, and I'm like, God bless you. And I'm like, I'm so sorry.

I didn't mean that. Kind of laughed. But he was a pleasant guy. I mean, for an atheist, right? I mean, you'd still go over, and he would invite me over for the with we'd have a cookout, he'd grill burgers.

And uh y just a good guy. But the Socialists they're just mean, man. They're mean. And I don't know why they don't have to be mean, but they are. No, I'm painting with a broad brush, I'm aware of that.

Anyway, where am I going with all oh, yes, Bernie Sanders. Yeah, I wouldn't ha I wouldn't have a burger with this guy. But how did he get all of his money? And by the way, how many socialists do you know that actually own three houses and are worth more than three, four million dollars?

Something's not right there. I'm just telling you, something is not right there. 901-260-5926, our telephone number, that's 901-260-5926. Coming up, we've got some problems.

So it turns out that the Surgeon General who President Trump originally nominated as some Fox uh Fox News gal. No, not one of the blondes, one of the others.

Well, it turns out That she really doesn't have Well, let's just say this: her medical credentials are somewhat dubious.

So, President Trump last night pulled her nomination, and they've nominated somebody else who's credentialed. Credentials may be even more somewhat dubious. Primarily because she talks to trees and she may be a witch. Otherwise, a very nice person. But we'll get into more of that.

Also, James Carvel is now calling out Ilhan Obar for attacking white. Men, as a matter of fact, let's play this audio right now. Illian Omar. It says that white men are responsible for most of the deaths in the United States.

So let me get this straight. 69% of the people, I'm stuck on that number, I don't know, but 69% of people are going to vote are white. Of that, 48.5. A mayor.

So I don't know, my rough mass is 33%. Let's go out and piss off 33%. Oh, the people that vote, and that's a smart strategy. And the people that agree with her. They're people that actually agree with her.

And I think this honestly, I think these people are more trouble than they're worth. Yeah, that's James Carville calling out Ilhan Omar for going after white guys. And Carville. Who was, by the way, Carnival's only claim to fame is that he got William Jefferson Clinton elected. That's it.

He hasn't been all that successful, but. He got Clinton elected, and that was it. And so Carville even Carville understands what's happening here and that the Democrats will never ever be able to win a national election again if they keep attacking these white guys. I mean, it's really that simple.

So, anyway, Carville, having some fun with this. But I'm telling you right now, ladies and gentlemen, the bigger problem for the Democrats, their party's gone. I don't think they can recover from this. It's really bad. I mean, really, really bad.

You've got people like Ilhan Omar, this, again, Somali refugee who we welcomed into the country. We gave her every single thing she could ever ask for. We elected her butt to Congress, and she hates us. She hates all of us, and especially all of you white folk out there. And by white folk I mean you people of the Caucasian persuasion.

She doesn't like you. It just seems to me if you hate America that much Then go back to where you came from. I mean, in all seriousness, I mean, Delta's ready when you are. But there you have it, Ilhan Omar, is she still married to her brother? Have we Jeez, Lord, that's a little creepy.

A little creepy. All right, folks. Got to take a quick break here. We're also going to check on the raccoon. Trop smoking the meth pipe yesterday.

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We have news for you from Vatican City. It turns out. The Cardinals elected a woke Pope. It is my condolences to all you Catholics out there.

So folks, now going through and checking out a lot of the social media presence of the brand new Pope, this would be Pope Leo XIV, previously known as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who is from Chicago. And Prevost Has a very active, very vibrant social media page, and he tweets. He's not a big fan of President Trump. As a matter of fact, Prevost, well, pardon me, Pope Leo. Condemned shared tweets condemning President Trump for his position on illegal immigration.

He's also one of these climate change folks. He shared tweets calling on Trump to act on climate. Also The Pope, and here's one of the headlines by the way: Cardinal Prevost never investigated abuse claims, alleged victims say. Oh boy, that's not good. And then this one where he actually reposted, retweeted.

somebody who was honoring George Floyd.

So this is the new Pope, ladies and gentlemen, that was just announced, just elected mere moments ago. Very a lot of people very surprised by this move. Very surprised. But there you have it. If you are a Catholic, I very curious to hear your thoughts on this because the Catholic Church is Much like the Southern Baptist Convention, those are the two largest denominations in America, and both of them have been dealing with woke leadership.

And it hasn't been good for the country. I mean, it really hasn't. I think when you have a weakened Catholic Church and a weakened Southern Baptist Convention, you get cultural chaos. And I think at this point in history, Mm-hmm. People are looking for clarity, and I think a lot of Gen Zers are looking for clarity.

You know, it's really fascinating. Because Generation Z could very well be the generation that pulls us back from the abyss. And when you look at what's happening. Over the um When you look at what's happening in the culture with so many young people returning to traditional gender roles. Young men going into the workforce, young ladies deciding to stay home and to raise the family.

We're starting to see a change in the culture. And by and large, Generation Z, they've seen what their parents and their grandparents have gone through, and they realize, you know what? I don't like that. That's not for me. You know, we're looking for substance in our worship services.

I mean, how many times I mean, how many of you actually go to a church where it's really just a, you know, it's a concert? with maybe a self help sermon. And so you've got a lot of young men, especially, that are looking for something much deeper in their faith. And many of them are literally leaving the Protestant faith and they're becoming Catholics because they like the history and they like the depth of the theology. That they're getting.

So I'm curious to hear from Catholics out there. About the selection of this pope, there had been some thought that maybe, just maybe, and I've got a theory on this, and you'll have to, I'll give you my theory in just a moment. But there had been a thought that Pope Francis was so far to the left that the pendulum would swing back to the right.

So you would have like a Pope John Paul II or maybe a Pope Benedict. But that's not what happened here. Mm-hmm. And there is some thinking that part of the reason why is because a good many of the cardinals who were appointed by the previous pope. are just as far left as Pope Francis was.

So it may be a long time before the Catholic Church, at least from a leadership perspective, gets back to the traditional teachings of the Catholic Church. But I'm telling you right here, folks, this is going to be interesting to watch because younger Catholics. Are far more conservative than Pope Francis was and Pope Leo is. 901-260-5926. Let's go to the phone lines.

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Manny. And Manny, I understand that you're Catholic.

So, Manny, again, we're just learning a lot of information. First of all, your reaction: you know, you guys have a new pope. Oh, we lo I loved it. Call my wife up, but we're ready to go to church. We're ready to go to church this Sunday.

to celebrate, then you came out with that information about woke I said, Oh, my daughter's dropped and my one of my daughters called me up It goes out again and their grandkids call up. It is not like the idea.

So they're not big fans of the new pulp.

Now we're gonna we're gonna love 'em. Because he is our fault, he is our leader. I wish everything well with 'em, but I thought we'll change and it didn't happen. Yeah, I hope you fellas hope when he brings them back lat with black with a mask again.

Well, you know what's interesting because he's from Chicago, but when he delivered his message there at St. Peter's Square, he actually delivered that in Italian and I believe Spanish, but not English. Is it which is far in Italian I mean? I gre I grew up in the little area called uh Fort Avenue in the Bronx. You know that that's that's the Bronze version of Little Italy.

And I I grew up being Italian. I mean, I followed some system. My father my mother's from Rome.

So Well, we'll see how all this plays out. But again, from a Catholic perspective, Manny, does that impact let's just say you've got a liberal pope. Does that impact what happens there in the local parish? Uh our parish probably will not because We still good believe in God, we believe in the Bible, believe in Jesus. We're not going to let a human tell us what to do, even so we're woke.

We still believe in the Almighty God.

Well, there you go. I like to hear that, Manny. And I certainly thank you for calling in. I had a little bit of a phone connection there, but I think we were able to get the gist of what Manny was telling us. 901-260-5926, our number, that's 901-2606.

2605926. Pope Leo XIV. By the way, this is coming from the Independent, which is a newspaper out of the UK. The papal name Leo, unsurprisingly, Shows a Pope who is going to be strong. During a time of crisis, The last pope to choose the name Leo was more than a hundred years ago.

He led the church, the Catholic Church, from 1878 to 1903. The first pope with the name Leo, that was Leo the Great, led the church from the year 440 AD to 461. A. D. And the Pope, with the shortest, one of the shortest pontificates in history.

Uh that Pope Leo was uh pope for just uh barely a month. And then he kicked the bucket.

So there you go. All right, we're going to take a quick break here. A lot more to cover, ladies and gentlemen. Of course, the breaking news: the Catholic Church now officially has a brand new Pope from Chicago. This is the Tom Starn Show.

All right, welcome back, everybody. Happy to have you with us today.

So we've got to talk about what's happening with the Surgeon General, and it's. It's weird, man. Just weird. Just really weird.

So Here we go. The previous Surgeon General nominee. President Trump had to pull her name. She was one of the Fox News channel people, not one of the blondes. I think she was a brunette.

And so, anyway, it turned out that she had told people she had gone to medical school in Arkansas when, in fact, she had gone to medical school in the Caribbean. And uh that brings us to Casey Means. Who has a very interesting background, and we're going to get into that. And again, I don't know who's giving President Trump this advice. But This is the person that he believes.

Should be our next. Surgeon General.

So according to According to Miss Means. Who has never practiced medicine, by the way? She does not have a license to practice medicine. Her father, by the way, is an author of children's books, and she shares many of the similar she shares many of the same views as her father, who wrote a storybook called The Adventures of Felix the Flamingo. And at first glance you thought, Oh, what a lovely children's book until you realize that Felix of Flamingo is encouraging children to become transgender.

You're like, wait, what? No, it's true. She also Wrote frequently, and that we've got to. We've got all the receipts on this one. She um wrote about how she spends her quiet time.

She sets up a small meditation shrine in her house. And she prays to photos of her ancestors. asking for support on her personal journey. She also writes mantras and manifestations on small pieces of paper and tucks them around the shrine. She goes to weekly group meetings.

not at a church, but at something called the Self Realization Fellowship.

So that she can tune in with Spirit. She says that she once worked as a spir with a spiritual medium who helped try to connect her with her spirit guides for supporting guidance and did a full moon ceremony with grounded, powerful women. Who were called in abundance and let go of what was not serving us. You know, I did the full moon ceremony at that yoga thing a while back. Bad situation all around.

She says, I hiked alone and talked out loud to the trees. We're talking about oak trees. We're talking about We're talking about willow trees. No, Delan Azaleas are bushes. I don't think she talks to the bushes.

Just the trees. A pine tree. There you go. She says, I talk to the pine trees and the oak trees. Letting them know I was ready for partnership.

And asking them if they could help. My question, is she one of these echosexuals? Does she have relations with With like the vegetation and the foliage fol foliage? Is that what we're talking about here? It's a little creepy, man.

She goes on to say. I did plant medicine experiences. Wait a second. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. is she saying what I think she's saying here?

What exactly are plant medicine experiences? Does that involve and I'm just throwing this out there rolling papers and a Bic lighter? Is that what she's talking about here?

Well, it just seems to me. That doctor means Has a very, well, we could certainly say a colorful past. Laura Loomer says this is a terrible pick by President Trump. Casey Means doesn't even have an active medical license. Shouldn't the Surgeon General have an active medical license?

She also appears to support witchcraft.

Now now. Talking about praying to inanimate objects and spiritual mediums, searching for stardust. talking to trees and doing shrooms. She is a terrible pick who is more focused on selling her books and products on her website. with her brother.

Then she is about giving sound medical advice.

So we did a little bit of searching on that. Means, by the way, is a chronic disease entrepreneur. And she has very close ties to RFK Junior and the Make America Healthy Again movement. And she's got absolutely no experience in the public health administration, but has had a very successful career selling things like supplements, ointments, creams, and also those weird teas.

So there you go. What about Dr. Ben Carson? He would have been great. I know another great person, Dr.

Manny Seffi. Uh, from Vanderbilt University, he would have been a terrific pick for you as Surgeon General.

So, look, here's the deal with RFK Jr.: I know a lot of you folks love RFK Jr., and you think the guy is the bee's niece, but the reality is. Dude's a little weird. And he surrounds himself with a whole lot of weirdness.

So we'll see how all this plays out. But I'm not sure we need anybody pro-transgender. Hanging out with President Trump. I don't necessarily think we need anybody who talks to trees or covert other plants or species in the wilderness. It's just a little bit Weird.

I'm just saying. 901-260-5926. So that is the very latest there as we work to get through President Trump's nominations. When we come back, my monologue last night on Newsmax is going viral now, and a lot of folks are weighing in. A little upset, a little miffed at what I had to say last night.

So we're going to play that monologue, and you can determine if, in fact, I need to be torn a new one. I don't think I do. But I'm telling you right now, a lot of folks are really upset about what I had to say about President Trump and a lot of these grifters that are leeching onto the Trump administration. Oh, by the way, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson now backs a plan to eliminate statues of Christopher Columbus, so he wants to remove all the statues of Christopher Columbus from Chicago's parks. Take a listen.

We do have to make sure that our presentation is depicting Not just truth, but the best part of our existence, which is our collective humanity.

So Christopher Columbus is getting the heave ho.

Meanwhile, in New York City, have you seen this image, the stat the statue, pardon me. A twelve-foot-tall black woman. And she is a Let's just say larger than life. I mean this is a big girl. The twelve-foot tall statue of the black woman in casual clothing.

erected in Times Square, by an artist by the name of Thomas J. Price. According to the Times Square website, Price's multi-channel presentation. and sculptural installation forms a two-part takeover of Times Square. I don't know.

That statue is massive. and literally cast a shadow. Times Square stands as an iconic symbol and site of convergence, uniting people from all walks of life, individual stories and experiences intersecting on a global platform.

Okay, but why is there a big, tall, fat black woman in the middle of Times Square? I don't understand this. The name of the art exhibit Grounded in the Stars. I just don't get that one. Anyway, we'll, we don't know.

This is just a temporary. display. But there you go. Right there in the heart of Times Square. Uh All right, folks, hang tight.

We've got to take a quick break. Again, our telephone number is 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. Getting more information is Pope Leo the Fourteenth. becomes the first American pontiff for the Catholic Church.

And a lot of people are now saying that Pope Leo is Pope Leo the Liberal.

So we'll be checking in on that as well. We'll be right back, everybody.

By the way, we can confirm now that the Pope is apparently a Chicago Cubs fan.

So there you go. We're still working on the deep dive pizza. We'll get back to you on the, or the deep dish pizza. We'll keep you updated.

So, look, yesterday on Newsmax, I decided to go in and have a bit of a conversation about what's going on in the administration right now. And just a reminder, and look, the president probably is having these conversations quietly, I hope, with some of these nominees and some of these picks. But it just needs to be said that once again, that you are there to serve at the pleasure of the president and not yourself. And let's take a listen.

Well, we begin with news from Vatican City. The first meeting of the Conclave has concluded, and the verdict has been rendered. No Pope, not just yet. No black smoke pouring from the chimney. All right, my apologies, ladies and gentlemen.

We're going to regroup, and we'll get that to you in just a few moments.

However, I did have Steve Gill on the national show yesterday, and Steve actually addressed some of my concerns in the back and forth with our panel.

So let's listen to that. Steve Gill, host of the Steve Gill Show, and Tony Kennett, host of the nationally syndicated Tony Kennett cast. Gentlemen, good to have you with us. Steve, I want to start with you.

So where did I go wrong here? Am I being a little unfair to the administration? I think you're being too tepid. You're not angry enough. You're not frustrated enough.

I am furious that, again, we're not seeing any action. And Todd, you know, I'm a big University of Tennessee fan, and it has nothing to do with my support for the University of Tennessee. But I want to see some people in orange jumpsuits being perp walked out of wherever they're still working in this administration, in Congress, or former Biden officials. They should be arresting people left and right. We know that people who were dead were collecting millions and hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent payments.

Those payments weren't just disappearing. They were going into bank accounts. Nobody's been charged. Nobody's been arrested for any of those things. And God bless Pam Bodney.

I've been a fan of hers. But if those documents are and have been sitting on the corner of her desk, maybe if she'll go to her office, she'll see them and remember she's supposed to release them and maybe stay away from Fox News for just a few hours and go to her office. Yeah, Tony, I just don't get it. And I like Pam. I've had her on the show quite a bit, the Attorney General.

I mean, no disrespect, Cash Patel as well. But it just seems to me that something is not quite right here. You know, the whole emphasis was: we are going to get in there, we're going to blow things up, and right now it's really business as usual, at least from what we can tell. I think that you run a risk whenever you're doing any kind of a campaign saying that you're going to deliver the moon. You want the moon, Mary?

I'll throw a lasso up and get the moon for you. And the problem is, once you get into governance, it turns out there's a lot of things going on. And so I think the big issue here is over-promising. The Trump campaign ran, Trump is very grandiose in the way that he delivers promises. And so others who were running alongside him said, Oh, I'll just be grandiose like Trump is.

And the problem is, you have to pony up. You got to pay up when you sit down to the poker table. And I think that a lot of Americans are getting frustrated. I agree. Where are the perp walks?

Where are the investigations? I'm thrilled to see massive New Mexico fentanyl busts. That's awesome. We don't need you on the ground in New Mexico. I want you to deliver on the promises or explain in very detailed fashion with as little black marker or red tape as possible why you can't deliver right now.

Then, You might get a little bit of leeway with people. But whenever you play the from studio back to the office roulette game, you end up losing a lot of trust, and then you have Republicans that don't participate at all because they think they're going to get screwed over. And enjoy those midterms. And Steve, you and I, look, we've been in politics a long time. We've known each other for over two decades.

So we know how all this plays out. The clock is ticking, my friend. And again, I don't mean to pull the emergency alarm here and the brake, but we really do need to stop and reset here. And let's understand the only thing that matters is Donald Trump and that agenda.

Well, and he has a narrow window because, you know, the midterms are going to start literally within a few months. The next presidential race is going to start almost immediately.

So he doesn't have a long time to get things done. And again, Congress taking another four-day weekend off this weekend when they're taking about two weeks off every month. They're not getting the work done. They're not getting the job done of codifying the executive orders. And they can be swept away with a black Sharpie as soon as Trump leaves office, regardless of whether it's a Rhino Republican who follows him or a Democrat.

They have to put these things into law, and they're not even working overtime hours to get it done.

Now, with Tillis, man, I hope that they're already run Laura run, Laura Trump bumper stickers starting to appear in North Carolina. And in Georgia, you've just had the governor, the Rhino governor Kemp, decide he's not going to run, even though he has about a 10-point lead over John Osoff, the Democrat senator. In Georgia. I want to see Kelly Loeffler, the SBA director, who ran and narrowly lost when Trump told people to stay home rather than turn out for the runoffs. She needs to start running today, step into that race and bring that red Senate seat in Georgia back home to the Republicans.

Tony, real quick here, let's talk about that North Carolina race. You know, Laura Trump, that does make a lot of sense. That is her home state. Her family is there. She's spent a lot of time in North Carolina.

How do you think a Senator Trump out of North Carolina would fare? I think it would be a devastating loss for the great leadership that she's brought to the RNC. I am so exhausted still from Ronald McDonald's leadership in the RNC. I think Watley needs co-chair Laura Trump there. I think we can find a senator.

I think that right now, more important that the individual candidate is actually getting a Congress who, like you said, doesn't take four-day weekends. Everyone wants to wonder why we have executive agencies governing by regulatory fiat. It's because Congress is lazier than an obese middle schooler who won't play any sports. And this is only going to continue.

So I hope Laura Trump stays in the RNC and ends up getting us a ton of victories in elections based on the same strategy that worked in the presidential in 24. All right, there you go. A little bit of the back and forth over my monologue, which we really kind of started that conversation yesterday on. The radio show. And just a reminder that we do not have a lot of time.

Midterms are coming up, and the Republicans, if they keep messing around, they're going to lose control of either the House and or the Senate, and nobody wants that. And once that happens, the entire Trump agenda comes to a grinding halt. And right now, we're talking about. I mean, you look at executive orders, over 122 executive orders that still have to be codified by Congress. It's going to take time.

And right now, there is not a sense of urgency. And that's all this was. My monologue last night on Newsmax was to light a fire underneath the Republicans. All right, let's go to the phone lines: 901-260-5926. Jerry, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Hey, Jerry, what's going on? Good afternoon, Todd. My sincerest apologies to You personally, and let the audience know, you are even more of an extraordinary gentleman, sir, than I already thought you were.

Well, thank you. I love you just about as much as one heterosexual man can love another heterosexual man, God staring. Unblushing, Jerry. Thank you, though. Appreciate that.

Nothing wrong with the good man, Crush. There you go. Now, I don't know, and I hope so. I'm sure somebody from the administration is probably listening. Whoever is making these Surgeon General picks and recommending these people to DJT.

Mr. Trump, they are not your friend. The last woman, uh the one who was not straight about where she went to school. He also this was brought to my attention on a podcast from another excellent host earlier this week. All through.

COVID. Sure.

Social media. She flooded it with, oh, the vaccine is safe and effective. If you take the vaccine, you won't do this, you won't do that. Uh Mashed have saved tens of thousands of lives, hundreds of thousands. She did that on social media all through the thing.

And now we've got this new nominee. who may be even worse, it sounds like God. What's wrong with Ben Carson? That was an excellent idea, Stork. Yeah, look, I don't know if Ben Carson would have accepted it, but again, there are plenty of other rock-solid conservatives out there, Jerry, who would make fine U.S.

attorney, or rather, Surgeon Generals.

So I'm with you. I'm very curious who's calling the shots here. It sounds like RFK Jr. is picking a lot of these people. And again, there is a family member who has very close ties to RFK Jr.

and with this Casey Means, the latest nominee. And it's just going to look ugly, though, if President Trump has to pull this nomination. It just makes President Trump look bad, and he's got nothing to do with this. Yep, well, I hope RFK is not the one behind these suggestions because I like RFK. I I think he's on our side, but Something is just wrong with these recommendations.

Yeah, it's it's weird at all. All right, Jerry, thank you for the call and the kind words. And we appreciate you listening to the program. By the way, Turning Point USA. And I'm just sharing this information.

Charlie Kirk says that the new Pope is actually a registered Republican. But clearly, on the issues like climate and immigration, he would consider himself to be more aligned with the left. But Turning Point USA now is saying they've got evidence that the new Pope. Is in fact a Republican.

Well, that's okay. We'll see how it plays out. Certainly, he's pro-life. That's a good sign. And it certainly appears that he is standing on the right side of the gender issue.

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We'll be right back. All right, welcome back, everybody. Let's go right to the phone lines: 901-260-5926. Gary in Florida, W-O-C-A, our terrific affiliate out there. Hi, Gary.

What's going on?

Hey, good afternoon. traveling so I didn't catch all your show today, but when I called in uh I was I like Brett Baer a lot, but I think he only got a B plus out of the interview with Bernie Sanders because I was waiting for him when Sanders started talking about the amount of billionaires that Trump knows or hangs out with and on how he wants to rule the country Uh and you know, the world like that, uh, and the monarchy and the oligarchy. Uh I was waiting for Brett to talk and how you know how the money gets thrown around to different uh venues uh from these people I mean, George Soros, first of all, Bernie hangs out. He knows a lot of billionaires also. And a lot of the people Soros is famous, I know here in Florida, For uh uh you'll take a district attorney's race out of Orlando.

and he'll put one million dollars in it to get the right to place the right district attorney. And I just I just wish Brett would have pushed them more I know he wasn't gonna push him on the Ah, the key of the Biden's mental status, he uh uh Brett wasn't going to do that. But I wish you to push them more on the fact that Bernie still acts like he's a He's poor and he knows nobody that's rich. Yeah, it's a great point. And look, Brett got some good points in there, and I appreciate him doing that and calling him out on that.

But I think you're absolutely right, Gary. And again, just the sheer hypocrisy of these Democrats, you know, they live their lives one way, and they expect us to live in a completely other way.

So it's rules for thee, not for me. You got Yeah. Great show. Thank you. All right, Gary.

Hey, thank you for calling in. Thank you for listening today. By the way, tomorrow, for all of our listeners in northern Mississippi, tomorrow morning, I'm going to be doing, broadcasting an early morning show. I've been pulling double duty, and we would love to see all of our friends in Hernando, Mississippi. We're going to be doing the entire KWAM morning show from a place called Juniors.

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So just head over, you know, crack open the laptop and check out Amazon, Books a Million, Barnes and Noble, and you'll be able to get yourself a copy of the book there. Folks, it's been a great day. Of course, the breaking news, we're going to be covering that tonight, 5 o'clock Eastern on Newsmax, the Todd Stern Show. We will have live reporting coming directly out of Vatican City. Also, live analysis as well as people try to figure out what kind of a poet.

Just got elected. Is he a conservative? Is he a liberal? Is he a moderate?

Well, we're going to talk about it tonight on Newsmax. All right, folks, been a lot of fun today. Thank you again. ToddSterns.com, bookmark the website. Also, get yourself a signed copy again of Star-Spangled Blessings.

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