Tucker Says Americans Who Back Israel are “Shills”

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Today is Open Line Friday, and what a wild week it's been. And it's been a roller coaster of a week, but I think a lot of people are just still so excited about President Trump's State of the Union address and really giving the Republicans in the House and the Senate and at the state level as well the send-off they needed to go out there. And win these elections. And the President, this two-hour speech, and we're going to talk to Senator Marcia Blackburn. She is in town and dropped by earlier today.

We did a pre-taped interview. And you're going to hear her talking about the importance of what the President said. And the president really setting the agenda leading up into the midterm elections.

So, anyway, our telephone number on this Open Line Friday, and this is the day you can call in and you can talk about whatever you want to talk about on today's program. Our telephone number to do that is 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. Also, we're excited to have the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stephen Vaden, is going to be with us in studio.

There's a lot going on in Memphis this weekend, and we have a lot of farmers from all across America. I believe it's the Farm and Gen Convention down at the convention center. I don't think it no, it's not that kind of gin, Dilla, not Seth. That's down the road at Old Dominic's, uh the brew house there.

So So, anyway, we're going to be talking with him as well. You know, the starting point today is this situation between. The Republican Party and conservatives and evangelical Christians and the nation of Israel. And I just have some questions for you, ladies and gentlemen, because I want to gauge where our audience actually stands on this particular issue. Because right now you have a number of very powerful social media influencers, people like Megan Kelly and Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, and they are They are really spreading a lot of anti-Israel propaganda.

And they're out there saying that we should not be supporting the nation of Israel, that we should not be giving them any of our tax dollars. They're making all sorts of accusations, and they frame it in such a way as: you know, we're just asking questions here, y'all. We're just asking questions. Benjamin Nahu, is he like Hitler? We're just asking questions.

That's all. We're just asking questions. Well, I got some questions of my own for these people. And it seems as though Tucker and Megan and Candace are intentionally trying to divide. And create a civil war, create a conflict within the Republican Party.

So, you're going to hear some interesting conversations from Tucker and others. About what's about the relationship that we have with Israel. You know, Tucker Carlson going at it with Governor Mike Huckabee, with Ted Cruz, and the idea now that Mike Huckabee is a bad person, and that's the allegation. You got people coming out, Tucker Carlson wanting to lecture Mike Huckabee on theology. You know, a lot of people may not remember this.

But The truth of the matter is that Mike Huckabee is actually A theologian. He went to seminary. He studied to become a pastor. As a matter of fact, he was a Southern Baptist pastor for many years before he decided to jump into politics.

So, if we're going to have a theological discussion between you and me, and my choices are Tucker Carlson and Mike Huckabee, yeah, I'm going to trust what Mike Huckabee has to say. But ever since I was a little boy, growing up in the Southern Baptist Church that I went to, we were always taught to respect the nation of Israel. And this was part of our teaching. And now you've got folks like Tucker Carlson. And Candace Owens and Megan Kelly that are coming out there and are seemingly suggesting that all of the things that we learned in church over the years.

It's wrong. That we've got it all wrong. That Israel has no special place in the scripture. Israel has no special relationship with the United States. And if you believe what the left is trying to tell us, and they are the left.

If you believe what they're telling us, that Israel is responsible for every single problem in this country. That's what they're trying to tell us. And I'm wondering if you agree or disagree with that premise.

So here's Tucker dropping a bombshell. Take a listen. Everybody knows the only reason we're having this war. Is because Israel wants it. This is their last chance, they believe.

This presidency is the last presidency where they're going to have unequivocal bipartisan support. Period. You can't primary every Thomas Massey, and there's a whole army of them coming at some point because everyone can see what's going on. And you can shut down X and you can shut down the internet. You can.

be like Great Britain and arrest people who protest Israel, but Attitudes are not going to revert to what they were five years ago.

Sorry. And they know this.

So this is our last chance. What's so amazing Is that Israel, which at least is acting in what it perceives to be its own national interest? is joined by its shills in the United States, of course. But really its only other ally in this is the American news media. Whose job it is to tell you the truth?

and inform you as to what's happening, to tell you, hey, wake up. The world could be changing. And it's going to affect you and your family. That's their job. And instead they've been lulling you to sleep with the same variety of transparent lies and propaganda.

So now, Tucker Carlson is saying: if any of you are American citizens and you consider yourselves to be patriots, And you support Israel, you're nothing more than a shill for the nation of Israel. You know, and I think this does need to be addressed by somebody. Exactly, when did Tucker Carlson change his position on the nation of Israel? And I think it is incumbent upon Tucker and Candace and Megan Kelly to explain their evolution here. And also, I would be very curious to know if they are receiving, if their organizations are receiving any funding from, I don't know, say, Arab countries.

That might benefit. from the United States of America, again, detaching itself. From the nation of Israel.

Now, we will have some folks call in, I have no doubt about this, who are theologians, who are experts on the end of days, the book of Revelation. And there's been a lot said in prophecy. And again, I'm sort of tiptoeing here because this is not my realm of study. There are many of you engrossed in this, and you're probably going to want to call in and set me straight here. But there are, the reporting I have from the book of Revelation.

is that At the in the end of days, Before the rapture occurs, That all of the nations of the world will turn against Israel. And I remember growing up as a little kid, and I'm like, well, that's impossible. The United States is always going to be by Israel's side. But now, when you see this sort of rhetoric, and I am telling you that a lot of young conservatives and a lot of young Republicans, especially, are buying into all of this, that the Jews are responsible for all of the problems in our country, that I see now where this could very well be an issue. And it could be a problem, and it could be at the you know As Tucker said in the interview, he actually said that Donald Trump will be the last pro-Israel president.

So, if we cut ties with Israel, what happens then? What happens then? A lot of people in the evangelical Christian world are saying, well, if we do not support Israel, we will not be blessed by God. Do you buy into that argument? Anyway, President Trump, of course, has been enraged over what's been happening in Iran, and we've seen just hundreds and hundreds of protesters.

Some say thousands that have been slaughtered in the streets because they're fighting for their freedom. And Tucker actually. actually questioned if that's actually real. Take a listen. There's been, you know, the oh, we feel bad for the billion Iranians murdered in the streets of Tehran or somewhere.

Who knows what the number is. Very sad situation. But 32,000 people were killed. over a relatively short period of time. You can't believe any number connected to any conflict in any country ever, because everyone lies about them all the time.

But some number of Iranians protesting the Iranian government apparently were killed by the government.

Some number of Iranians protesting the Iranian government apparently were killed by the government.

So now he's calling that into question as if it's not a big deal. And of course, all of this is centering around whether or not we should preemptively strike Iran to take out their nuclear program. And I believe that we should. And here's the reason why. I don't want to see a mushroom cloud over any.

American City. I just don't. And I don't want to see a mushroom cloud over the nation of Israel. And that's exactly what the Iranians, these mullahs, these radical Islamists. are hoping will happen.

Heck, they might even try to launch nukes at both of us. But Tucker doesn't seem to think that's a problem because according to Tucker, it's the Muslims who are the peaceful people. It's all of us Christians and Jews. We're apparently the the problem here. Cut number three.

Chuck Schumer is every bit as much in favor of an invasion of Iran, a regime change war in Iran. as I don't know Pick a brain-dead Republican senator. Which is almost all of them. They're all for it. And so were all the Democrats.

You don't see Alexandria Cazio-Cortez making a real case against she like a pro forma case because she knows that all of her constituents hate it. But is she really working to stop us? Of course not. 'Cause they're all for it, 'cause they're paid to be for it. And so were the media.

So here's a quick cross-section.

Now It goes without saying that the Wall Street Journal, owned by the Murdoch family, has been by far the most egregious and the most stealthy. Because. Starting new regime change wars on behalf of Israel is like the whole reason to have the Wall Street now, apparently. Yeah.

So he's saying that all the Republicans and all the Democrats and the Wall Street Journal, all the conservative media, we are apparently owned by Israel. I can tell you that that is patently false when it comes to what we do here. Our opinion is not influenced by anybody or anything. Period. So it goes back to sort of rewriting what happened on 9-11.

And you watch how this narrative is going to switch quickly because this crowd will turn around and try to blame 9-11 on the Jews.

So, this is how this works: everything that's happened in this country, everything that's happened wrong in the world, they're going to blame the Jews. Isn't it amazing? There's this tiny sliver of land they have over there, and yet they're not even allowed to keep that. And you've got people who made their millions of dollars on the backs of conservatives, and now they're using that money To try and destroy the nation of Israel. That's what this is really.

All about. All right, we've got to take a break here. 901-260-5926. Do you agree with Tucker Carlson here, folks? that we need to sever our relationship.

With Israel, and that all of you folks that support Israel are nothing more than shills. 901-260-5926. Our telephone number, that's 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show. Israel is a hot topic right now.

So many opinions and emotions surrounding it, and it can feel hard to know where to start.

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Well, it is always a pleasure to have Senator Marcia Blackburn in studio. You see her all over the cable news channels. But we love doing radio because we get to hang out a little bit longer. And you know how it is, Senator, with the TV stuff. And that's what Hannity was talking about this.

You know, he always hates having to cut everybody off, but we only have a certain amount of time. But with radio, we can be a bit more relaxed.

Well, that is so true. You can get the full story when you're doing radio. And many times you've got a three, five, seven-minute segment on TV so you can give the highlights and not the details. And you know, I think that's why so many people are doing streaming and radio shows are turning into podcasts and some of the innovative things that you're doing because people want more of the detail and more of the facts. And I think that's a good thing for the country.

I think it's a healthy thing. You know, the fourth estate has been in such disrepair for so long. It's nice to know that there are citizen journalists out there. And I think that's what our founding fathers were looking for, is people shining light on the big problems of the country. Absolutely.

And so many of these are, what I say, where the rubber meets the road. They're at your local level. And the fact that people have the opportunity to get that information and then bring that information forward.

So if it is bubbling up at the local level, you make state and federal officials aware of where the problems are. And, you know, we saw that with the Minnesota fraud case. The state electeds had tried to get everybody to be aware of this, but it really popped when an independent journalist knocked on the door of the Learing Center and found out there were no children that were there. It was a citizen journalist who did all of that. That's right.

He did the work that the professional journalists either were ignorant about or they just completely overlooked it. This was your last State of the Union address as a senator, and it was a doozy. What a great speech. I'm telling you, two hours flew by. And I thought that the President did a fabulous job.

The way he just continued to talk, even with all the leftists sitting over there and yelling at him and their conduct was appalling. But he just kept right on rolling. And I loved the fact. that he said, stand if you believe your job is to protect the citizens of the United States rather than protect illegal aliens. And they sat.

And you want to say, Look, people, we all take an oath. And that oath is that we will uphold and support the Constitution of the United States and defend our nation against all adversaries, foreign and domestic, while defending the right to vote Um defending our citizenship. Is one of our duties, and they would not even stand for that. They wouldn't stand for family members that had lost loved ones. They wouldn't stand for those that had served our country.

They finally stood up for the hockey team, but that took them a a little while. I mean, the fact that they would not stand and honor the Constitution, honor their oath, and honor people who have served our nation or have lost loved ones was astounding. And I I've got to tell you, Todd, I think that's going to be That moment Is going to be a pivotal moment in the elections that are coming up. Do you stand? For this nation, or are you for illegal immigration and letting anybody in the country on election day, whether they're a tourist or have a visa or whatever, go to the polls and vote, whether they're legal or not, whether they're a citizen or not?

It was really a masterclass in delivering a speech. The humor, and that's one thing people don't get. You know, if you spend time with the president, you understand he's got a wicked sense of humor. Very much. The self-deprecating comments coming at the, it was hilarious.

And you're right, it was two hours, but it just flew by. Yes, it did, and I thought he played it just perfectly. It was a masterclass. You know, when you see the reaction from the hockey team, U.S. men's hockey, I think it really does define the moment we're at in the country right now.

Here in the Memphis area, I live in Germantown. People are literally driving around playing Freebird in their car. You could hear it when you're at a traffic light. But it was a great moment, and yet here you have all the Democrats out there attacking these guys.

Now they're attacking the women because, of course, the President invited them to attend the White House as well. What do you make of that? Oh, they have Trump derangement syndrome. You know, maybe it's a terminal case. I don't know.

But anything President Trump is for, anything that he honors, they want to dishonor. Anything that he wants to highlight, they want to suppress. And they do not want him to do well. And thereby they're not wanting the country to do well. One of the big issues the President did speak about involves the Senate and Majority Leader Thune and this issue surrounding the Save Act.

What needs to happen here? There's been a lot of talk about implementing re-implementing the talking filibuster, where you actually have to get up like they did in the old days. Where do you stand on that, and what do you think the majority leader ought to do?

Well, I'm a suppor a co-sponsor, actually, of the Save Act from last Con Congress and the Save America Act, as we're calling it this Congress. I think it is common sense. You ought to show an ID to go vote. Tennessee has been ranked number one in election integrity and security. You prove who you are when you go to vote in the state of Tennessee.

That's a good thing. And for that to be a nationwide policy is appropriate for people who register to vote, because you do have some states that allow those that are illegally in the country to get a driver's license. You have to prove that you're a citizen of this country in order to register to vote. I think that's a good thing.

So this is just common sense. Moving it forward in whatever way, shape or form we put it on the floor, whether it's a unanimous consent, a day of rule, or going to the floor and having the talking filibuster. I'm for whatever it takes. You think we're going to be able to get it done before the midterms? My hope is we can get it done before the midterms.

Absolutely. Senator Marcia Blackburn is joining us in studio, and she is about to be the next governor of the state of Tennessee, the first female governor of the state of Tennessee. I don't want to get the card before the horse here, but you're leading in all of the polls. You've been crisscrossing the state, working around the clock, meeting with people. And I'm just curious, what is it, what lessons did you learn from the Senate that you think are going to be helpful to you in the governor's office?

One of the things that as you look at I think all of your experience, and of course, for me, building a sales organization, opening the doors of opportunity for 40,000 women who have worked with the Southwestern Company since I opened those doors, learning how to lead an organization. As I say, you lead people, you manage assets, and Tennessee needs a leader. We don't need a manager. And then a leader who can build out a vision, who can chart a path, that is what our state needs, and that leader is me. And as you look at the work in the House and in the Senate, You realize how important it is to build a team.

and effectively move policy that is going to strengthen the state. And you know, Todd, after the state income tax was passed, we had to do a reset our state income tax was defeated. We had to do a reset in our state. We weren't going to get a state income tax. And so our state had to skinny up.

We had been at the bottom in economic development and education. We did a reset. Our education scores for children improved. and we've become an economic powerhouse. Not having a state income tax was an imperative.

Now President Trump is sending back responsibility and authority. in education, economic development, infrastructure, innovation, illegal immigration, how we protect children, how we keep boys out of girls' sports, and health care, health care delivery. All of this is coming back to us And it is imperative that we s do another reset and I know how to do that. and it is going to be a great time to reset how our state conducts business, how we deliver services, and it is going to have an impact for decades to come. I don't know if you've been following the situation in Nashville, Lower Broadway, where some of these family-owned businesses going back generations are watching their property taxes being raised, in some cases, what, $600,000?

Is there anything the governor's office can do to step in to help these folks?

Well, this is a Nashville Metro City Council issue, but I recently met. With a group of these businesses that are there in downtown Nashville and have listened to their stories, whether it's Acme or Peglak Pope. Porker, or many of the other clubs and businesses that are there. And what has happened is the Metro Council has elevated those property assessments and thereby elevated the tax to the point that they're driving these businesses out. I do know the state legislature at this point is looking at what they can do to help save these businesses.

Here in Memphis, it's really been just a remarkable story of the President giving the city a shout out, sending in the Memphis Safe Task Force, which you have been at the forefront of in getting these federal agents and assets to the city, and it has been remarkable. I want you to talk about the success, and then we have some breaking news we're going to share. But, I mean, again, the idea that people can now go out and enjoy this great city without getting carjacked, that is something else. It really is. And people, we get calls in our office every single day from people saying thank you for caring about Memphis.

I love Memphis. I love Shelby County. I love the west part of our state. And bringing attention to this and getting the commitment from Cash Patel and Attorney General Bondi and then President Trump to put these resources to work has made a difference. You know, in the 150 days since we got all this going, we've cut the crime rate in Memphis by over 50 percent.

We're closing in on 8,000 arrests, closing in on about 2,000 weapons seized, and have recovered over 150 missing children. Wow. Unbelievably successful. I was talking with Rachel Bells. Her family owns Beabody.

And I said, Isn't it nice? The ducks don't have to wear Kevlar anymore. They can swim in the lobby in peace.

However, there is a problem, and you have fired off a letter to the district attorney in Shelby County. His name is Steve Mulroy. He is a George Soros-style DA, very soft on crime. And according to this letter that you've sent, The Memphis Crime Beat is reporting that hundreds of these people that you just mentioned that have been arrested, very dangerous people, are being put right back out on the street. That is what is happening on these state and local based crimes because of D.

A. Mulroy.

Now I will say this, any crime that can go federal, our US Attorney Mike Donovan, who is doing a fabulous job, takes those crimes federal. And we are getting prosecutions there and getting these criminals locked up. But when you look at the stats from December, And there were five. 514 felony cases were resolved. In December of 2025.

Now, 144 of those, Mulroy dismissed. I just said no problem here. Go on.

Now there were three hundred and seventy prosecuted cases. One hundred and seventy eight defendants received suspended sentences, probation, or probation only. And this is unbelievable.

So they have these offenses, but he's just going to put them on probation and let them walk. Eighty four defendants received prison time.

So out of the five fourteen, only eighty four went to jail, sixty three received diversion, forty five were released with time served.

So Received no prison time, and forty-nine per cent of all the sentences imposed were imposed for less than a year. And when you've got your US Attorney and your US Marshal and all these Federal agencies that are here working. with the TBI THP and the National Guard, and we are getting criminals off the street and people can go downtown, people can go out and about and they're not worried. Kids can go play out in the yard and you've got a DA who will not prosecute these criminals. This is unbelievable.

And the people of Memphis are really stirred up about this. And they're talking to the state legislators and to the governor. They're talking to our office and saying, this DA has got to come in line and prosecute these people. Got to.

So you've sent a letter and you're demanding answers by what, 5 o'clock, March the 6th? Absolutely. Yes. We are putting a lot of resources into making certain that we not only get the crime rate down, but that we keep it down.

So with everybody doing their part except the DA, we need the DA to join us. And to work on this. Absolutely. Well, Senator, we're going to have to take a break here, but we really appreciate the great work you're doing in bulldogging these issues for the good people of Tennessee. I mean, we saw what just happened in New York City where they were pelting officers, and then the DA, Alvin Bragg, turns around and says, we're not going to be prosecuting anybody on this.

We cannot have lawlessness. No, we can't. We can't. All right. Senator, good to see you.

Good to see you. And where can people go if they want to get information on the campaign? MarshaBlackburn.com. You made it really simple. I did indeed.

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All right, welcome back, everybody. This is the Todd Starns. Yeah, it's a Todd Starns radio show. Happy Friday to you, America. Coming up the next hour, we're talking ag, and that's a big deal.

I know a lot of you folks have been wondering about the price of stuff at the grocery store, and we're going to be honored to talk to Stephen Vaden. Who is the deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture? There is a major, major farm convention here in Memphis. We have farmers from all over America for the annual Farm and Gin Convention.

And again, Dylan, no, this is not the drinking kind of gin. It's farm equipment. I'm not going to say that I was genuinely confused about that, but I do understand gin and gin are two different, they have different meanings. Yeah, no, no, I, yes, exactly.

So there you go. By the way. Went to Bo Jangles last night. After I don't know why I got off the Newsmax show, and I'm like, man, I could go for some Bo Jangles. You can never go wrong with that pick.

So I was thirsty. I'm always parched after the Newsmax show.

So I asked for a big old, big old jug of, or like a huge, like supersized iced tea. And I asked for an unsweetened tea. I guess nobody drinks unsweeten tea at Bojangles. Or in the South. Because when I took that big swig, I realized right away it was iced coffee.

Wow. Yeah.

At that time of the day, too, that's uh that's not good. That's criminal. Yeah, it's yeah, exactly. By the way, President Trump just got the alert on his way to Texas, Corpus Christi, to be exact. Do you folks in the Houston area know where that is?

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Okay. Live from the Liberty University Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, it's common sense conservative commentary from Todd Starr. Wow. Yeah.

I love Love is American. And hello, everybody. Welcome to hour two of the big show. This is the Todd Starns Radio Program. We are proudly broadcasting on more than 130 radio stations across this great nation, broadcasting from our headquarters here in beautiful Memphis, Tennessee.

Wow, we have got a busy, busy day. You just heard from Senator Marsha Blackburn a few moments ago. Of course, there are a lot of folks in town for a major, major convention, the annual Farm and Gin Show downtown in Memphis.

So we have a lot of good people wandering around Beale Street and hanging out. And among those is the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stephen Vaden, joins us. And Stephen, I didn't realize that you are a Memphis native. Welcome back home.

That's right. I was born downtown at the Med.

Well, you know, you're either born at the Med or you're born at Baptist.

So you're one or the other here. But you're what, from Union City, Tennessee. That's right, two hours up U.S. 51. And we were having a great conversation about my favorite sausage.

I know people are always like, oh, yeah, Tennessee. No, not Tennessee Pride. It is Williams' sausage, the best sausage in America. And they don't even pay me to say that, Stephen.

So that's how good it is.

Well, I know the family well. They're located there in Union City, and I'll have to agree with you. I think it's the best.

Well, there's something to be said. And one of the, you know, we're a, I call myself a mom and pop operation, you know, owning a radio station and doing the national show. And we have a very special place in our hearts for small businesses and family-owned businesses. And especially, and I didn't really discover this until later on in the, we've been doing this show for almost eight or nine years now, is that we have so many farmers that listen to us when they're out on their tractors and, you know, they're out there working. And it's nice to know that we can be a voice for farmers in America.

And what you guys are doing, especially, is so vitally important to all of those great farmers. farmers out there.

Well that's right. Every farmer is a small businessman. And they know what it's like to sign the front of a paycheck. And they are dealing with a tough economy right now, thanks to the inflation that we have seen over the past four years. And we are working hard in the Trump administration to create new trade deals with foreign countries so that they have more markets in which to sell their goods.

All the while we are trying to deal with some of the input cost issues, looking at some of the antitrust concerns that we believe farmers rightfully have in terms of the shrinking number of companies who are seeking their business in terms of the inputs farmers need to grow their crops every year. And it seems like, at least in years past, and we would hear from a lot of our listeners in places like Kansas and in Iowa, where it seemed like Washington was not listening to them. They didn't want to have anything to do with the farmers of America. And those days are gone now. They are.

And as a matter of fact, not only are we listening, we're going to make certain all of the people underneath us are listening because we're sending them out closer to rural America. As you know, Todd, we've got a huge footprint in Washington, D.C. We've got one of the largest office buildings in the world that houses part of the Department of Agriculture. It's 70% empty. It has $1.6 billion in backlog maintenance.

No private entity would ever run its business that way. And plus, I don't have to tell your listeners, there's no rural in Washington, D.C. And we serve rural America at the Department of Agriculture.

So we're giving that building back. We're taking that off the taxpayer's dime, and we're sending our employees to be closer to the people whom they actually serve.

So I'm curious, first of all, what's been the reaction from the actual staffers there at USDA? And second, what's been the reaction to all the farmers out there who are probably going to have resources much closer to where they are now?

Well, for farmers, they love it. because it means that there will be people who are making decisions that affect their daily lives who are now no longer located in Washington, DC and more in touch with the rural communities whom we serve. For our employees, I think for those who genuinely love rural America, they're excited about it because the locations that we're sending them, they all have much lower cost of living, much lower crime and better quality of life than Washington DC. I love that. And honestly, what's the old country music song?

I've Got Friends with Tractors. I mean, you're not going to have that in Washington, D.C., but you are if you're going to be out in the countryside. No, you're not. And that's the point. We need to focus on whom we serve.

And it's not the lobbyist and corporate class in Washington, D.C. It's the American farmer that's the backbone of our economy, and we need to be out there with them. I just love the messaging coming off of this. Stephen Vaden is joining us, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Ag, and in town for the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show.

Have you been down? Have you guys had a chance to be down at the show just yet? Yes, we addressed the crowd this morning. We talked about the work we're doing to support American farmers during the trade disruption while negotiating trade deals that, for example, guarantee that the country of Indonesia is going to be buying more than 160,000 metric tons of American cotton every year for the next five years. Yeah, you just had our folks listening to us in the Mississippi Delta very excited to hear that news, I have to imagine.

Well, we're trying to negotiate trade deals that have metrics. Because that's the only way we can know that they're accomplishing the goal. We want to sell more of what we grow to more people. And if we just have a trade deal that's general and says you should buy more American farm goods, there's no way to hold people accountable. We will know whether Indonesia buys that 163,000 metric tons of cotton that they've agreed to every year, just the same way we know, Todd, that China met its commitment to buy 12 million metric tons of American soybeans at this marketing year.

President Trump will hold them accountable. That's why they're going to make these purchases. And if they don't, there'll be consequences on the back end. You know, some of the things that you guys have had to deal with, and I tell people all the time on the show that the president, when he came into office, there were so many dumpster fires burning around the country. And to hear the president rattling off all of the great success stories on Tuesday at the State of the Union address, one of those was actually within the Department of Agriculture.

And you guys, first of all, you had this DEI atmosphere going on. And that's something that you guys had to address pretty much right away. Todd, God doesn't discriminate. When there's a natural disaster, it affects all farmers, black, white, male, female, alike. And yet under the previous administration, If you were one of their preferred demographic groups and you suffered from a drought, You got more money than your neighbor next door just because of the color of your skin.

That's wrong. It's unconscionable. And it's also unconstitutional. We've put an end to that, and that's not just rhetoric. We filed a notice in federal court.

with lawsuits filed by farmers represented by the Texas Farm Bureau, who rightly were upset about this, saying we agree with you, this was wrong action, we're not going to defend it, and we want the court to issue an order to permanently stop any future wrongheaded administration from doing it ever again. It's shocking because we had heard the rumblings that this was going on, but when you guys actually discovered, oh, yeah, this is actually happening, what was the reaction to the folks there on staff?

Well, I mean, it's hard to believe that your federal government would be doing this. This has been settled since the adoption of the 14th Amendment. We don't make distinctions on the basis of race. And yet, literally, if you had two farmers next door to one another suffering from the same drought, and one of them was black and one of them was white, or one of them was female and one of them was male. The African American and the female farmer would get a bigger disaster relief check than the white male farmer solely because of their demographic characteristics.

That's just bonkers. It is bonkers. And equally as bonkers was the abuse that was happening in the food stamp program. And I know that that has been a big concern for you guys. It is.

And let me start out with some good news that I'm certain your listeners heard the president announce in the State of the Union. We have removed 2.4 million people from the food stamp rolls. Wow. 2.4 million people are now available to work and no longer on the dole, thanks to the beginning of the reforms that we've implemented. And that's before we get to the concerns we have about fraud.

I mean, we've got now, I can say 29 states, Todd, because Kansas, led by a Democrat governor, but they've reached a voluntary agreement with us. They've given us their data too. We still need the other states led by Democrats to follow along. But with the states that we've got, we've already found, and this is hard to make up, but it's true. 186,000 dead people are receiving food stamp benefits.

We've got 355,000 people. In the 28 states that we've analyzed, who are receiving food stamp benefits multiple times. That means they're either receiving benefits Twice from the same state? Or we have one enterprising gentleman, Todd, who is simultaneously receiving benefits from six different states. How is that even possible?

Well, that's the question that we're asking, because obviously we need our state partners. To be administering this program in a way that makes fraud difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. I'm grateful to the 28 and now 29 states who have voluntarily shared their data with us. Tennessee is thankfully one of those, where we can go through their data for them, run through these different databases, and find these likely fraudulent recipients, and then have the states go investigate and remove them from the rolls. I don't understand why New York, Illinois, and California wouldn't want to do this.

We don't charge the states anything for this. We do all the data analysis for free to them. All we want is the data. And yet the states that claim there's no fraud in the system are the exact same states that don't want to hand over the data. It does make you wonder what that number is going to look like if they eventually hand over that information.

Well, I'll give you one idea, and this is this is a late breaking development. But we're doing undercover operations in some of these states to try to catch these fraudsters in the action. and within the past two weeks we had an agent in the State of Minnesota. who was seeking to see what he could do with an E B T card. Among the things he was able to buy, obviously against the law, multiple different ways with an EBT card.

Methamphetamine. No joke. We have people who are trading their food stamp cards For hard drugs. And this is going on around the country, and we have a specific instance of it which we've now caught in Minnesota.

Now, you're catching these people. Are they being prosecuted? I mean, is there a penalty for all of this? They absolutely are. I'm proud to say that thanks to President Trump, we have a new inspector general at USDA.

You can think of him as our top cop. His name is John Walk. He's got a team completely devoted to stamping out SNAP fraud. He has the ability to arrest people. He has the ability to seek the Justice Department to prosecute them.

And that individual that sold that methamphetamine for an EBT card, they won't have to worry about where they'll be getting their meals from for the next several years. The prison system will take care of them. Wow. I just know that there are people cheering right now listening to what you're saying. But again, it's just shocking that it was allowed to get to this point.

And you really do wonder, at the end of the day, how many people legitimately are going to need help from the government.

Well, that's the point. There are people who need help. And we want to help them. And every one of these fraudsters, whether it be in Minnesota or the other states, the 355,000 people in the 28 states we have who are receiving benefits from multiple states, the nearly 200,000 dead people, they are literally stealing taxpayer money that is given through the generosity of the American taxpayer to those who actually need it. It's wrong, and it's going to stop under this administration.

All right, Mr. Secretary, we have got to take a break here, but we sure do appreciate you dropping by and delivering this news. I mean, it's the good news here is that you guys are fixing a lot of things that have been broken, and you're looking out for these dollars of the hardworking American men and women. And I know they have to be so thankful for the great work that you guys are doing. I'll give you the last word.

Well, if you are aware of fraud that may be going on in your communities, accepting food stamps. We've got a tip line. Please go to the USDA website, send us an email, or call us at the number you'll find there, and we'll follow up on it because we want to ensure whether it's through our farm programs, whether it's through the food stamp program, or whether it's through our wise use of taxpayer resources in terms of shrinking our real estate footprint, we're not taking one more dollar from you that is spent unwisely. I love that. All right.

Now, before you go, though, I mean, please tell me you're grabbing some lunch. You're getting some barbecue somewhere. Oh, you know that I am. While here in Memphis, I'm definitely going to have some of those dry rub ribs, and I'm not leaving home until I get them. You see, I know he's the real deal, Dylan, because he said dry rub, right?

That's how you know. You're located about a quarter mile from either Corky's on this side of the building or Central Barbecue on the other side. And we've got a Tops if you want a good burger.

So we got you covered, Mr. Secretary. Thank you, Todd. I look forward to it. All right, great to see you.

And, folks, we do have to take a quick break here. Wow. Lot of information that was just unloaded on the show. Your reaction, 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926.

This is the Todd Stern Show. And welcome back, everybody. This is the Todd Starnes radio show. Very, very happy to have you with us today. Wow, what a crazy interview.

I thought we were talking about like cows and chickens. I had no idea that somebody out there was trying to buy meth with an EBT card for crying out loud. That's insane. Insane. And also the idea that during the Biden administration, They were treating farmers differently based on their skin color.

And that to me is just beyond defensive. One of the hardest things to do is. Own and run a family farm. I mean, it's just sunup to sundown around the clock, 24 hours a day. And for For the government to come in and say, the white farmer is lesser than.

That is un-American in my book, and I'm glad to see President Trump using the Department of Agriculture to crack down and right so many wrongs in this country. 901-260-5926 is our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. Dylan coming up in the next half hour, and we may try to get him to stick around for the full last hour. Ben Dieter is back.

It's very exciting. I'm not sure. I don't know how we allowed him back in. Yeah, we tried to bolt the doors shut, but I guess he knows where the secret keys are since he's. There was, you know, it's a beautiful day here in this part of the country, and I don't want to get into other people's weather, but just it's that there's no wind, the temperatures, the right to whatever.

And all of a sudden, there was like this massive whirlwind. And I thought to myself, ooh, I got the shiver. And I thought, Ben Dieter's back. Yeah, Ben Dieter's mat. That's it.

So, anyway, we're looking forward to talking to our great alum, Ben Dieter, now press secretary to Congressman John Rose. And we're excited to welcome him back. And I know a lot of you folks are going to want to be able to say hello to him, and we'll certainly make that happen. By the way, don't forget tonight, 5 o'clock Eastern, Congressman Randy Fine joins me on Newsmax. The Hebrew Hammer is what they call it.

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It's coming out this spring called The Golden Age: How Trump Saved America.

Well, ladies. I felt like we got the announcements out at church. I thought you were on a roll. How long are these going? My gosh, you've got a book.

You've got this. You've got merch. You've got.

Okay, Todd. Go to ToddStarns.com, pre-order the book. It's good to see you, Todd. Wow, Ben Dieter's back. I was waiting for the show to start.

I was waiting for the show to start. I want content. I want politics. I want humor. And I, you know.

It's like going to church and the announcements go on. We've got a prayer breakfast for the ladies at six on Thursday. It's like, okay, we got it. We've got a special singer coming up. We're going to pray for the soloist.

Exactly. You know, it's going to be bad when they say, Y'all pray for me. I'm about to sing, How Great Thou Art. Or, Oh, Holy Night. Yeah, that is funny.

So, my dad's a pastor, and there was that person that would get up before they would sing, and they would go, Pray for me. And I'm like. No, pray for us. It's true. Pray.

Yeah, Pastor and pray for us. Lord, please have mercy. My ears. Please have mercy. Ben Dieter, an alum of the Todd Stearns radio show, somehow got hired by the government, and you're now the press secretary for Congressman John Rose.

They gave you keys to the Capitol building. Yeah, but I still have keys to. To Starnes Country.

So that's why I'm here. I was wondering how you got it, though. Yeah, I was about to say you just walked right in. Clearly, security is lax, Dylan. Hey, we're upstairs.

I don't know what you want me to do. I got the cameras set up, I can see him. I love it, man. Yeah, so it's so good to be back. I'll tell you, I came from Washington and I think I left this morning.

It was 30-something degrees. If that. And it's pretty warm here today. What, like 70 degrees? Yeah.

Sunny? It's going to be awesome. It's going to be beautiful. Maybe going up to 80. I don't know.

Yeah.

Very nice. It was like, yeah. It's so good to be back in what I would say. I feel like, and I tell this to people. Who me and everybody now is like, what did you do?

How'd you end up in your job? And I. say, Well, I went to the Todd Starr in School of Broadcasting. And this is it. This is where it all happened back in Memphis, Tennessee.

So it is always good to be back. Living in Washington, what is that experience like? Because President Trump talked about how dangerous it was, and they sent in the National Guard. Did it really make a difference? You know, I came from Memphis.

and Memphis makes Washington look like paradise. No offense. I love Memphis, but like Memphis It's dangerous. Tod has an armored vehicle. For a reason.

So I moved to DC and it was right ahead of the massive crime crackdown by the president where he. issued these orders and he sent in the National Guard. And I will tell you, when I got off the uh metro this morning to jump on the airport or jump in jump to the airport, jumping on an airplane to come back here, yeah, there are National Guards everywhere. I have no issue with them. It's actually very I mean, when have you ever seen a policeman or a law enforcement Agent.

And gone, that makes me uncomfortable to be around. Apparently, people feel uncomfortable around them. They're just all Democrats and I guess lawless. But I really enjoy the added police presence, which I love that they also are deployed in Memphis too and some other big cities. I will say this: that now that you're in DC and you're a part of like, I mean, you are living in the swamp now.

And what is that experience like for you? I know you're still running. You're a big, a lot of people don't realize you're a marathon. Wait, let me tell you this.

So you watch the State of the Union. I know you did. You were tweeting. And you were calling people out as you do. And so the whole nation is watching the president give a historic.

W record-breaking speech. You know where yours truly was? Where were you? I was in the crypt. Is that so?

That was underneath.

So you were underneath the Capitol building. Yep. Right beneath the floor of the House, where the president gave the state of the union. is this Basement. otherwise known as the crypt, Who once was to house the corpse of George Washington?

It's the craziest thing.

So, George Washington, the first president, was supposed to be buried. Underneath the capital. I don't know. For those history nerds out there, that's the story. And Martha Washington said.

That's not happening. He's going to Mount Vernon with me. And so there is still a place for where George Washington was supposed to be resting for eternity. And that's where they housed the staff while the president gave the remarks. Do you get the were you down there?

Did you get to see the president? Yeah, well, you didn't see the president, but you saw everybody else. You saw Supreme Court. You walked, then, after the president gave his remarks. Capitol Police will take all of the house staffers.

They'll escort you to the Rotunda. And that is where you see all 500 members of Congress. It's pretty crazy. You've got Corey, you've got all of these people from the senator. Who's the Senator?

Corey Booker. Yeah, I ran into him on accident. I turned around. I thought it was one of our staffers, and it was the Senator. Rashid Talib, Ilhan, Omar.

You've got Pam Bondi, Christy Noam. They are all stuffed in a room. It's like the Oscars, but for politicians. Wow. It's very cool.

Anyone cursing? Can you give us any tea? Who is the woman, the Hispanic woman that was delayed in her swearing in because of the government shutdown. I've never been able to pronounce her name. Yes, Senorita and Gordita.

Yeah, exactly. Congresswoman Gordita.

So she was having a whole protest in the thing, and I wanted to go up and be like, ma'am, have you no shame? But yeah, it's interesting to see them up close and personal. Yeah, it's a very neat experience. Wow. Ben Dieter, back with us, one of our great alums.

And if you'd like to say hello to Dieter, 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. We do have some breaking news to share. And Dieter, I'm curious to get your thoughts on this. The Attorney General just announcing that 30 more people are being charged federally in the storming of that Minnesota church.

That was the one where Don Lemon was videoing everything. 25 people have been arrested by federal agents. More to come.

So, this is news that is just dropping, and of course, we'll have more on this tonight. On Newsmax, Pam Bondi saying, You cannot attack a house of worship if you do so. You cannot hide from us. We will find you, arrest you, prosecute you. This Department of Justice stands for Christians and all Americans of faith.

That was such an insane thing. I remember years ago when I was a journalist, you have to have a code of conduct about yourself. If you're covering an event, for example, like tornadoes, a lot of reporters will just go running onto the piles of rubble when, in fact, that is somebody's house. And you should have the decency to ask, hey, may I? May I, you know, walk into your pile of rubble?

I mean, it's, you know, you've you've got to have some decency about yourself, but to see what Don Lemon did, geez a lou.

Well, and I don't know if you saw this as well, but a churchgoer, someone that was actually at that church when Don Lemon and the anti-ICE mob stormed. The church in Minnesota actually is suing Don Lemon as well.

So that's something to also keep an eye on. Yes, the DOJ pursuing some charges, but also you've got the families there just trying to pray to Jesus and worship God. And you've got this godless heathen in here with a camera sticking in your face. Yeah, I would be very careful if I was Don Lemon or any other journalist. Who wants to try these types of shenanigans?

All right. This is crazy stuff. We're going to take a quick break here, folks. 901-260-5926. We'll go right to the phones.

That's 901-260-5926. Again, the breaking news: the Attorney General announcing that 30 more anti-ICE leftists are going to be charged in the storming of that church in Minnesota. We'll be right back. Yeah.

All right, welcome back. This is Open Line Friday. Ben Dieter back in studio. Let's go to the phones. Richard in Ocala, Florida, listening to us on WOCA.

Hi, Richard. What's on your mind? Howdy, Mr. Todd. Thanks for taking my call.

Just a couple of things lightly. Mr. Targ, you mentioned that DA, I think it's in Memphis that's turning them criminals loose as fast as they're being arrested, so to speak. Um my question is The president has the constitutional authority. To my understanding, unless it's changed.

To fire every DA in the United States. Bill Clinton, remember, when he was first elected, the first thing he did was fire every Republican district attorney in America. Um It was the wrong thing to do, but it was his constitutional authority. Richard, that would have been, yeah, those would have been the U.S. attorneys, not the locally elected district attorneys.

So, but the appointed U.S. attorneys, absolutely, the president can step in, which is why they've been having such a big problem. I believe it's in New York State. where the President's trying to get rid of some left radical leftist up there.

Okay, all right, I just learned something then. It's just that, and every state has one U.S. attorney, is that correct?

Well, I'm not sure exactly how many U.S. attorneys are out there, but we can find out for you. That's all right, and another thing You mentioned about ev the world hates the Jews and they do, but Togware people miss it What they what the world hates worse than the Jews is the true Christians. And if you remember, Jesus was talking to the disciples, that was the church. And he said, Marvel not that the world hates you, because they hated me before they hated you.

And yes, the liberal news media and the w and the leftists, they hate the Jews, but they hate the Christians a whole lot worse. And they're going to persecute the Christians here as soon as they get the power. Remember, Hillary Clinton made a statement that the worst terrorists in the world was the Christians. It's the Christians they hate because they've been holding this thing at bay by the grace of God. And as far as you mentioned the word rapture, Todd, all I use is the authorized version, the King James Version.

But the word rapture is not in that Bible from cover to cover. It's not in the Old Testament. It's not in the New Testament. God's coming back one time, and He's going to destroy this world when He does and take the Christians to heaven with Him, whether they're Jew or Gentile. But people need to be prepared in their hearts because there's some bad times coming down the road.

And you're right, once Trump gets out of here. Uh, I think not just the Jews, but Christians are in trouble, too.

Well, yeah, they're going to throw all of us off the buildings by the time it's all said and done, there, Richard. And yeah, I appreciate you. By the way, Richard, 93 U.S. attorneys representing 94, I believe, federal districts across the good old U.S. of A and our territories.

God bless you, Richard, and thank you for calling in. 901-260-5926. Our number. That's 901-260-5926. Hanging out with our good friend Ben Dieter.

I never thought I'd see you drink a diet Coke. I know. I'm not healthy anymore. I've forgotten all about my maha ways. Yeah, it's crazy.

I got to DC and now I, you know And I can tell you just put on the weight. I know a whopping a hundred and nine pounds. Wow. Not weight. You gotta Cut down, go to PhD weight loss.

So use promo code Sterns. Calatron. It's funny because. He mentioned Hillary Clinton, and of all the things I would love to do. No.

Not Hillary Clinton. I would love to do Hillary Clinton. I'm sure the nation is breathing a sigh of relief right now. I met One of the things I would love to do is How do I phrase this? Grill Hillary Clinton.

We'll say that. Not do Hillary Clinton. We're going to interrogate her about the Epstein files. That's what's happening or whatever it's called. Wherever they're at.

Chippiqua. Chippaqua. Yeah.

Chippiqua. Somewhere in Indianapolis. New York. Westchester County. Yeah.

So I really, really wish I was with Oversight today because I think it's Bill today, Todd. Oh, yes. Hillary yesterday. Today's Bill. That's going to be interesting.

It's true. As a matter of fact, Nancy Mace, remember her? She used to work at Waffle House and now she's smacking around people up on Capitol Hill. Nancy, you okay there, Dieter? I just, I've seen her do it in person, physically.

Yeah.

You have? Yeah, because I work in the same building. Is it really? I mean, it's a lot. It comes at, yeah.

All right. So she said that Hillary Clinton was unhinged and screaming. Take a listen. Okay, I'm not going to say anything. No, she didn't want to answer any questions.

Questions about any of that and deferred most of those, if not all of those questions, to her husband. And he will be thoroughly asked about that today. You know, what did he know? What did he know? What did he see?

Because there were other people who've come forward publicly, like Kevin Spacey, who thought all of this was very strange and actually a very high risk for a president of the United States or former president. It's all very bizarre, but I asked her very pointed questions, and you'll see that in the transcript in the video that comes out, and you'll see how she responded. Uh as well. Screaming. Wow.

You know, I just want to know. Screaming. What does that sound like? I want to ask Bill. How do you do it, man?

How do you just every day? You know, would you rather be in prison? Would that be better? Would it be easier? Hey, let's go to the phones.

Jeremy in Memphis, Tennessee, listening to us on KWAM. Jeremy, you're on the phone with Ben Dieter. How are you being? To Jeremy, how's it going? How of you do?

Oh. Oh. I've been looking for you for a long time. You never pay me for the food stack. All right, there we go.

You got a Prank caller. What about food stamps? I know food stamps. Yeah, that was the wrong segment. You missed the first segment.

Were you asking people for food stamps?

Well, I was impacted by that government shutdown and I started soliciting donations. Did you? I think that's illegal. I don't know. But people were sending me care packages and boxes.

It was the longest government shutdown in history. I wasn't getting paid. It was insane. Let's go to Statesville, North Carolina. Miss Patty is on Miss Patty, you're on the air with Ben Dieter.

Hey, buddy. Hi, Patty, how are you? I'm good. I'm glad you're in the swamp, that's for sure. Hey, listen, when you were there, when you did you see outside the capital with all the frogs and the giraffes were dancing?

The Furries I did not. I saw images, but no, I unfortunately missed. Any any of you?

Well, what the case of Trump is cleaning the swamp out because they were all out. Did you see them all dancing around? I mean, these people are. There's something wrong with them. They are mentally ill.

They are mentally early people. Yeah, no, every single day I will walk out of work, and there will be people dressed in potty, I can't even say on the radio. And it's Trump derangement syndrome, but I've never seen it. It's insane. It's a virus.

I'm telling you, it's a mind virus. I know. I mean, I'm hoping that they grew up like a little shot or something. Like, have a shot for these people because, well, I don't mean, you know, you know what shot I'm talking about. But I'm just, I mean, they should have a vaccine for TBS.

I believe that.

Well, unfortunately, Patty, I think we're dealing with stage four TDS and there is no cure. And it's a tragic thing, but uh we just have to watch it all play out. But you have the little furries dancing on the Washington Mall. You know what? De Niro, and then what's up with De Niro?

Yeah.

He's a short little fellow. Hey, Patty, we've got to leave it there, but I'm glad you got to chat with the deeter out of the show. Bye, Miss Patty. Hour three of the big show coming up. Don't go anywhere.

901-260-5926. Open line Friday. Hero of the Todd Stearns Radio Show. Live. From the Liberty University Studio in Memphis, Tennessee.

It's America's conservative blowtorch. I love this American. Touched.

Well, yeah, that's me. Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Todd Stearns Radio Show. It has been a really busy, busy day. Here on the program, President Trump on his way to Texas.

He's going to be speaking in Corpus Christi. And the president's coming to deliver a message. The president's going to be out traveling all over the country campaigning for Republicans. And one of the things the president is touting is that things are looking really good in Texas. As a matter of fact, the average price for regular gasoline now at $260 per gallon, which is down 44% from the Biden administration.

Can you believe that? Gas prices down $2 per gallon more than $2 per gallon there in Texas, thanks to President Trump. By the way, gas can even be found for less than $2 per gallon at several stations across the state. Diesel prices going down 38% as well. The president also is going to be touting things like, for example, take-home pay for Texas families.

By the way, the Working Families Tax Cuts Act. You folks in Texas are going to be saving a little over $4,000 a year on your taxes. Not too shabby, ladies and gentlemen.

So, the president's going to have a lot to say when he gets down to Corpus Christi later this afternoon. You'll be able to watch the president's speech on Newsmax this afternoon.

Well, I want to go right away to our Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line and say hello to our good friend. He is Tennessee State Representative Monty Fritz from Kingston, Tennessee. And of course, Monty also running for the Republican gubernatorial nomination here in the volunteer state. Monty, good to hear from you. And thanks for being on the show today.

Well, thank you. I appreciate you having me on today. You made me think about uh Texas. I made a trip to McAllen, Texas, a couple of years ago to oversee what. really was happening at the border and and you're having an advertisement before your show talking about Deportation of illegals, and maybe slowing down the illegal immigration.

And it just took me to the collective thought of the number one thing I hear. at a college Republican. A YL or a tournament point chapter on our college campuses. is that uh illegal alien and immigration As a whole, it's a problem for young people, and they want us to do something about it. You know, Bonnie, I think one of the things that I saw coming out of the State of the Union address when the president just so eloquently said, I want you to stand if you believe that we should put Americans first and not illegals.

And you saw all the Republicans stand, not a single Democrat stood. And for me, you know, taking that down to the college, the collegiate level, If there is a scholar, if there's one scholarship available, Who do you give it to, the illegal or do you give it to the American kid? And I think the Democrats would give it to the illegal kid. I think you're right. And I heard that at the University of Vietnam, so they're like, why are we bringing people from Kuwait?

to put them into engineering slots when we have Tennesseans that need to be in those slots. And I gotta tell you, I agree with the young people. I the governor of the state of Tennessee doesn't get to decide all the immigration stuff, obviously, but the governor does get to play an active role in making sure that the deportation of the illegal is efficient, effective and humane. That's efficient and effective. We've got to do that for you.

Monty, I'm curious because, you know, a lot of we this is the first time I think I've had this conversation with any lawmaker, but when you look at the percentages of international students that we are educating at our expense as taxpayers, and I'm wondering if that's something that you would encourage the legislature to do, is to say, okay, are things out of whack here? You know, should we, you know, is there a certain percentage that is appropriate?

Well, that academic industrial complex is pretty powerful. It's much like Eisenhower said the Billy Industrial Complex was. And so they want to bring that money in for growth. I want to take care of uh Uh Tennessee as far as citizens own. I I think That we're at a point in America, and I hear this and I agree with it.

I think. We need to cut off the H-1B visas. We need to pause immigration, legal immigration for a while. And we definitely need to do the deportation. It's not just our colleges thought.

We we have I looked at something from the Center for Inter Immigration Studies the other day. and the population in America right now is fifteen percent foreign born. In 1970, it was 4.5% foreign. We have reached a saturation point, I think. that we better correct that or we're going to lose culture and adherence to our American exceptional, our Senate values.

And to be quite honest, Brethren, just the fact that the Constitution Our rights are absolutely come from God because other countries don't believe that. We want to preserve that in Tennessee. State Representative Monty Fritz is joining us, and he's running for governor in the state of Tennessee. And the reason I wanted you to come on the show is that you have led a resolution encouraging Tennesseans. To engage in a time of prayer and fasting from July 1st to July 31st every year.

And I'm curious, I want you to maybe explain to our listeners why you think that is so important.

Well, I think it's in alignment with our founders. First, Todd, our founders were Christian in the worldview. None of them were perfect men. George Washington wasn't a perfect man. But they understood that the blessings that we enjoy come from God, including our liberty, the rights that we have.

And I found myself in twenty twenty four somewhat frustrated that Governor Lee was pushing red flag laws and And if we weren't really standing up for people, I wrote up this long list agreement and 9,000 children in faith custody and violence in the streets and in the halls. Drug. And I really come to this the picture. That we can't legislate ourselves out of a hole that we're in in Tennessee, the best place in the world to live, by the way. And we can't spend ourselves alcohol.

There are things that we need to legislate, things that we need to spend ourselves, but we need a move of God. And so I think We're the only Legislative body in the history of the country that set aside 30 days. We did that in 2024 for July. And then and I traveled all ninety five counties. We prayed for God to move and Many people, pastors and politicians, repented in public.

and uh salt got sweet. And then in twenty twenty five Uh we decide to make that every year, so every July in the state of Tennessee. But those spiritually inclined. and those physically able.

So the government never tells us what to do. regarding our religious But for those spiritually inclined, physically able, Yeah, they're fast. God fans are blessed, sweet. I'm so honored that I got to pin the word. And it's in this in our state books that say we recognize God as Creator and King of all glory.

And that we ask the Lord Jesus. To heal our land, that the Holy Spirit to fill our courtrooms and our classrooms. And I think. That Repentance and seeking God's faith. is the way that Tennessee and America Has a liberty field and cost risk beauty.

I think it's only confusing.

Well, Monty, we're going to have to leave it there, and we have a bit of a tough phone connection there, but we certainly appreciate you coming on and taking such a bold stand for the values and the traditions that made this country the most exceptional on the face of the earth. Monty Fritz, everybody, a great American patriot, and we certainly appreciate him coming on the Todd Stearns radio show today. All right, here's the deal. We're going to take a break. Ben Dieter is back with us.

We're going to be taking your calls. It is Open Line Friday. That means you can call in and ask whatever you want to ask. You can talk about whatever you'd like to talk about. 901-260-5926.

That's 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stearns Show. Yeah.

All right, welcome back, everybody. This is the Todd Stearns Radio Show. Ben Dieter's back. You've been scarfing down food downstairs. We had one of our guests who was running for Senate in Illinois left us a lovely.

cheese and meats and you are scarfing those down, deeder.

So whoever Purchase that. I need to send them something. I need to send them. A gift card is phenomenal. Here's the thing: Washington, D.C., it cost me over two grand for a studio the size of, well, this studio, which is not a biggest studio.

Your studio apartment. My studio apartment.

So I have no money for food.

So I'm back here. I get free food.

So pardon me, I'm going to be a little bit of a glutton. We do what we can. Let's go to the phones first to Ohio. German Shepherd is on the line. And German Shepard, you're on the air with Ben Dater.

Thank you, Todd. Ben, it's good to hear from you, sir. I do have some concerns. Um um I got two issues. One, to make sure you're not drinking that Kool Aid out there in DC.

So I'd like to put you through the test to make sure you're still a conservative. Could you repeat after me, Jeezaloo? Jeezaloo, German Shepherd. Amen. All right.

I'm glad you haven't been drinking that Kool-Aid. And also, because you're up there rubbing the elbows with all those high-falutin people. Maybe you uh I I think Todd has the answer to Trump Derangement Syndrome in his book. Uh how to save a nation. And that's with if we could infuse testosterone with barbecue tofu.

Maybe you can talk to some of them people up there to fund the experiment on how to get that done. Hmm, I like that.

So you're saying you've got the tofu because that's the only thing the vegans eat their woke, and you infuse it with testosterone? Is that FDA approved? I have no.

Okay. You got to make sure that the ladies don't get a hold of it, though. Otherwise, we can start seeing some purple beards. You know what I'm saying?

Some very angry Subaru drivers is what you're saying, German Shepard. Yes, sir. Thank you. I love the show, and I'm praying for you guys always.

Well, German Shepard, thank you for that. And we appreciate you keeping tabs on us from Ohio. Let's go to Bob in Houston, Texas, listening to us on Patriot Talk 920. Bob, may I just tell you, we had so much fun visiting those great conservative ladies in Houston the other day. Oh, yes, they're great.

They are really supporters of American racism and everything. Hey, but the main reason why I wanted to call is mention about Ilhan Omar and her Um spitting in America's face during the during the State of the Union address, saw her screaming and yelling and everything and putting down the President. And it was just an embarrassment to watch her Um I'm surprised the DLJ hasn't done anything about her with all her antics marrying her brother. uh school loan applications and fraudulently applying for Many, many rules and laws that she'd broken with the tax. forms, tax reimbursements.

It goes on and on. There many agencies should be after her for all her different crimes. Um I just can't believe that nothing's been done about her and they got to that point and uh Even with her antics that she pulled off the other night, it doesn't look like anything's going to happen.

Well, Bob, Bob, I do have some breaking news to share with you, if that's okay. Breaking news now on the Todd Starn Show.

So we understand from Harmee Dillon from the Justice Department, she says that there are serious questions. About the circumstances of the paperwork around her naturalization. Dylan refusing to go any further than that, but she's implying that there's a possibility Ilhan Omar could be denaturalized naturalized. She could be given the heave ho. Fantastic.

Yeah.

All right. That was the reason for my call. And yeah, let's keep pursuing this. I know Tim Fitten with Judaica Watch is filing something against her as well. Maybe all the other different agencies concerned will help bring the end to this woman.

Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, I'm with you. I'm with you. All right, Bob, appreciate it. And thanks for listening to Patriot Talk 920, 901-260-5926 on this open line Friday.

Let's go to Germantown, Tennessee. Vicki is listening to us on KWAM. Hi, Vicki. Hey, Todd. Hey, Denn.

I just wanted to call in and say howdy, and see how y'all are doing today. Vicki, it's so good to hear your voice. Selling any houses today? Not today, but I've been pretty busy. And this new rate just that just dropped, we are really happy about that.

There's the low six, so below six is always good. We need to get Ben Dieters some real estate there in Washington, Vicki. I've got referral people I can talk to. I'm a member of leading RE, which is across the country, actually across the world.

So I can find you somebody, no problem. You don't purchase real estate in this swamp. You just don't. Unless you're a Clinton or an Obama. Because you're corrupt, you want to live there.

Yeah, don't worry. I'm going to come back to Tennessee, and when I do, you can hook me up with a pad.

Okay, y'all all heard that. Y'all all heard that. It's in writing. Dylan, mark that on the tape so we can play that back. Absolutely.

I am for that. Yeah, this has been an interesting week when it comes to political stuff. I'm a little concerned, to say the very least.

Well, look, Vicki, it's really going to, I think it's going to require all of us, you know, everybody focusing on the most important thing, which is getting conservatives elected to office. And, you know, that's and also understanding and embracing the grassroots of the party. And you can't just shove those people aside. There has to be a place at the table for everybody. And that's a tough thing.

You know, I was in Houston, Texas a couple of days ago speaking to the Republican club there, the Village Republican Club. And they talked about the importance of the grassroots and how important it is to, you know, to be a part of the party and to work together. I totally agree, and especially after the year that we've had, and we did make great changes with Revive 25, and now it looks as though it's kind of all fading away in my mind. And I hope I'm wrong. I hope I so hope I'm wrong.

Well, we're going to see what happens here, but I can tell you that we have got everybody's got to get on the same page, and that even includes the U.S. Senate, and Majority Leader John Thune is going to have to do something about this filibuster so that we can protect our elections. And if we can't do that, then we've got big problems in the country. All right. Vicki, always good hearing from you.

Thank you, Todd. And the other thing, too, I would say, we may be doing a campaign for right-ins if they have to. I don't know what else we can do. Nothing wrong with right-ins. There are some great people out there, great Republicans, and great conservatives here in this part of the state and across the nation.

All right, Vicki, good hearing for the great Vicki Gandhi. Go TeamGanty.com. She's a great conservative real estate person.

So great lady. Yeah, one of the best. All right. Let's go to Mike in Clear Lake City, Texas. Hi, Mike.

What's on your mind today? Hello. My question is, why does the EBSCON files even exist? And the reason why I asked that is you had a 20-year investigation of five different FBI directors. Six million plus files, hundreds of people named.

and it results in the arrest of two people.

So what was the whole point? of keeping this investigation going for twenty years. In other words, what what was the aha moment? Like Aha, we found what we're looking for or aha, we've Got him now. What was the whole point of keeping that going for twenty years if you only arrest two people?

Mike, I think it's a great question. And part of me wonders if those files existed to make sure that very powerful people stayed in line under the threat of having their secrets exposed. I wonder if that might possibly have something to do with all of that. Because you're right, only two people have been charged here, two across the big pond. But I think that's a fair question to ask.

What was the point of all of this? Hey Mike, I gotta run. That music means we've gotta scoot out of here, but it is a great question you leave us with. The next question: Can you wear pajamas to the airport? We're going to talk to Ben Dieter about that.

901-260-5926. This is Open Line Friday. All right, welcome back, Open Line Friday. This is the Todd Stearns Radio Show. And we're always, it's always fun to have our alumni back.

And of course, one of our guys now works for the Washington Post. Can you believe that? That's it's hilarious. Who? I can't.

I'm not going to say, I want to share. No, I'm not going to say that. I thought you were talking about me, and I was like, wow, he seems really cool. No, no. Ben Dieter is back with us, now working as a press secretary in Washington.

Of course, Grace Baker, we ran into at the NRB, and she is a publicist for a book, I guess, a book group, and she's doing well.

So always goodness, glad everybody's doing well. It's like one day we need to have a class reunion very soon. Oh, that is true. We do. We're coming up to that point.

Yeah.

Mm. Uh you just flew in from Washington, D.C. There is a story that is circulating about pajamas. You know, a lot of people, when they back in the day, back in, and there will be some of our listeners who will remember these days, but back in the 1960s and 70s, which I think was really the zenith of air travel. People used to dress up.

When they were going, if you were going on an airplane flight, they would wear the what? You would wear like what you wear to church, which does not even help now because people wear pajamas to church now, but they used to wear dresses and men used to wear suits with ties to go on an airplane. What freaks? That's insane. What do you mean?

Why would you say that's freakish? Because you wear that to maybe Easter Sunday, definitely not to Terminal B. Or, whatever concourse you're going in, I say, I am one of these people, I hate to say it. that I roll in to an airport wearing Okay. B you know those Snuggies?

They like the blanket. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Basically values, yeah. And that's how I roll. Do you get cold?

Is that why you wear them on the airplane?

Well, that and I just want to be comfortable. I don't want to wear a three-piece tucks on Spirit Airlines.

Well, then, I mean, they would You're lucky that people are wearing pants on Spirit Airlines. Yeah.

I'm just saying. Ha ha ha. I've heard stories. I flew Delta today and I'm used to flying Spirit in Frontier because Again, broke. And wow, I felt like I was in first class.

I was back in the port-a-pot in the back, but it was a very nice flight. According to Tampa International Airport, they posted something. Which many people implied was a ban on pajamas, wearing pajamas at the airport. We've seen enough, we've had enough. It's time to ban pajamas at Tampa International Airport.

They posted this on X, their official account, by the way, and they boasted about a previous ban on Crocs. And they referred to people who wear midday pajamas rather during the midday as a crisis. Oh no. It is a crisis, especially if you don't wear pajamas. Like.

You know. That's insane. But remember, look, the reason why people took this seriously is the Department of Transportation, you might remember this last, was it last fall? And they launched this big campaign encouraging people to wear pants and shoes when they fly. I didn't realize that was a problem.

Yeah.

Well, I will say that. Flying into Memphis is really interesting because half the time Those ladies aren't wearing. They need to be in dresses. I will give the Transportation Secretary props on that one. Like.

There's a lot of skin. And when I say a lot of skin exposed, there are some chunky people on those planes. And there's nothing wrong with that, but you've got to keep it covered, and you've got to keep it in your seat. And some of these people your seat, not the PS. You don't want if you've got body fat, you can't be in C A B and E and then D F, right?

You got one seat, you got ticketed for one, so don't be putting it in a m on my side. All right, can I come off my soapbox now? That's true, but you're a skinny guy.

So I'm just curious. You're a skinny guy. Are you saying I get half of A? You don't take up your whole seat. But I'm wondering: have you ever been in a situation where you're like you feel like a double stuff Oreo, right?

You know, you're sandwiched in between two Lardos.

So I let them pour it on my side. I will let them, once in a while, let the damn break and let them.

So they fluffy. But they've got to pay. They look like a cannoli that's been overstuffed, right? You know, the Italian dessert? Right, because they got the fat coming out both sides.

No, no. You know what I'm talking about. And it typically always comes with an aroma as well. Oh, it's the stench. Yeah.

So let me ask you.

So, I mean, again, because you say you get cold on those flights, does the body heat because you know, it does emit a lot of heat. That much tonnage. That is disgusting. But yeah, yeah. People, etiquette in airports, I do think is something that we have gotten away from.

There is a guy in first class. You know, those first class seats are pretty large. Yes. There was a fellow who came lumbering in into first class, and he was my seatmate. And he was so large, I had to get up and get out.

So the guy, and he still, and you know how they have those big, huge dividers in the first class. I mean, he had body fat that was pouring over onto where they put the glasses for the Dr. Pepper. No. When the guy got up, the guy had to get up to go use the restroom.

And when he rose from his seat, there was a blast of hot air. I have never, I'm honest to goodness. I'm like, oh, wow, I had to crank up the AC. An inferno. That's nuts.

So now Tampa International Airport is having to say: okay, folks, it was a joke. We were trying to be they were trying to be lighthearted about it, but I don't understand why why can't you ban pajamas? I mean, why do people dress like slobs on the airplane? Mm-hmm. Because this is America and only in America can you dress like slobs.

at Memphis International or DFW and get away with it. You know, these people don't like being told. Americans don't like being told. They don't like being told what they can eat, what they can't eat. They don't like when Michelle Obama said you can't eat that, you know, the little Debbie's, people like their autonomy, you know?

And so I think this is probably government overreach. Once again, I know it's a joke.

Well, you know, but still, I mean, it's a reminder. I'm just wondering why people stopped, right? Because people did used to, back in the 80s, we were sort of easing up on it. You guys didn't wear like the joggers or the sweatpants? No, you would wear like even the children.

And I'm sure some of our more seasoned listeners will phone in. Because they'll remember those days when you had to, even the children had to dress up and they had to, you know, be polite. Yeah.

Here's another, by the way, 901-260-5926 is our telephone number. That's 901-200. two six zero five nine two six. A Canadian psychology professor, Ben Dieter, who studies how relationships with pets support healthy development has her own unusual therapy animal. She has an emotional support chicken.

Oh. Clock. Professor Sonia Kong says, I feel like she's so smart. She can understand my emotions. What?

The bird is eleven month old and is named Saturday. Was born on Sunday. The chicken's name would be Saturday. The chicken's name is Saturday. Uh Oh, she was apparently na she was adopted from a farm in British Columbia.

What happens if she's upset with the emotional support animal? If it doesn't emotionally support her, if I'm a chicken, I'm running for the best. I've got a three-word answer to that. Finger-licking good. Yeah.

Oh, Clack, the Professor.

Okay. Don't be a motherclucker. The professor said. Quote When I was sad, she just lay there, looking at me, you know, trying to figure out what was going on. Why are you crying?

the chicken wondered. What are you, Doctor Seuss? What's happening here? The professor even crafted a special diaper for the chicken so it can travel around the city. Kong teaches at the University of Northern British Columbia and is researching how pets impact the social and emotional development of teens through an online survey.

So there you go. So I wonder if she's able to get on board. get on board an airplane with her emotional support chicken. Mm. Now Professor Kong's parents, they're old school, they're still getting used to the idea of their daughter's new pet, and jokingly asked if she planned to eat it.

Oh, God. You know the boomer parents are Republicans and this is absolutely a lefty. Here's the problem. You know, they sh she shows up with the chicken and they're like, Oh, we haven't we haven't fried chicken for supper? It's like, no.

This is the only thing keeping me from g bad things. She says, this is my. This is my pet.

So there you go. Emotional support chickens. And finally, Pen Teeter, this headline from the New York Post. We fart twice as much as previously thought. Scientists discover this new information from something called smart underpants.

Oh. According to the New York Post, while breaking wind could help protect against Alzheimer's and postpartum depression. Oh, God. You're kidding. I can't do that.

If this is the case, I'm going straight downstairs and finding as many Lima beans as possible because I'm terrified of Alzheimer's. Does Lima beans do it for you? Is that what? That and Taco Bell. Oh, geez, Lou.

It's the Taco Bell every time. The beefy five layer. I'm gonna be ha my brain is gonna be living clear forever. Wow. All right.

Back to the story. Yeah.

So they're saying that a breaking wind can actually be a good thing. Scientists recently discovered that we're passing gas a lot more often than previously thought, thanks to some smarty underpants. Oh, I get what they did there.

So, according to the research, previous research pinpointed an average of 14 tots a day. Oh. Dylan, you're above average. Less than I thought.

Well, you're above average, Mike. Way above average. Very much so. My mind is great. But researchers at the University of Maryland recently developed technology to measure human flatulence accurately.

And it's up to an average of now 32 farts a day. Wow. It's a little bit you put on your wrist, and it tells you like I'm getting to that. Yeah.

So it's an effort to understand excessive gastrointestinal issues. and gut microbes. The team created Smart Underwear, a tiny wearable device that snaps discreetly onto your underpants. I have questions. many of which I cannot ask so many questions.

Electrochemical sensors track intestinal gas production and hydrogen around the clock, except when the person is on the toilet. Individual rates varied widely, with some farting as few as four times a day, and others up to fifty nine times a day. Good Lord, man What if it's a woman? I don't think women fart. Do they?

Do they pass gas? I I'm going to have to defer. There you go. Previous estimates were so much lower due to self reporting issues.

Okay, now how many they were probably embarrassed, so they didn't want to self-report. Of course, who's going to sit there and count the number of times they fart and report that adequately? That's what the little machine on your underwear boxers are for.

So anyway, um yeah, so apparently there are other invasive techniques that provided inaccurate data. Uh pardon me, we've gotta stick a probe. Um okay. Yeah, that's not gonna work. And also, people were unclear about what counted as flagellance.

That wasn't my question, actually. The silent but dead leaves that counter is the only audible ones. Fair enough. It's a good question. Oh, my gosh.

In 2000, Dr. Michael Levitt, a gastroentologist known as the king of farts. Imagine studying that. Imagine dedicating your life to that soul issue. Continue.

It is virtually impossible for the physician to objectively document the existence of excessive gas using currently available tests. The researchers hope the new technology can provide better insight into what constitutes a normal gas range. like the optimal levels spelled out for cholesterol and blood pressure. I mean, really? Do you want I mean, you know, I have to take medicine for high cholesterol, but could you imagine having to get a prescription because you fart too much?

Okay. So they're watching. I've never been asked in like a doctor's office, How's your farts? Right. Yeah.

It's just usually how's your poop, which is also uncomfortable, but. Yeah.

Pass any gas today? Professor Brantley Hall from the University of Maryland says we. actually don't know what normal flatulence production looks like. Without a baseline, it's hard to know when someone's gas production is truly excessive.

So there you go. Wow. Yeah.

Wow, now you know that's going to be what I'm thinking about all day, and I'm going to be tiling them up. I wonder if people are going to start counting them. Mm, my goodness. All right, ladies and gentlemen, nine oh one. 2605926.

By the way. You know we have a lot of haters.

So many. And you have the most. I do have a lot of people that really dislike me.

Somebody called me. I've got to read this exactly the way it was written. That old Todd Starnes, he's just a he's a fussy Britches boy. Fussy Britches. What is a fussy britches?

Yeah, I think you're I think you're Complaining about too much. Fussy riches. Vessie breaches. Is that really what your haters are saying? They are calling me that.

Oh my gosh. Yeah.

It could be worse. It could be. They could call me an excessive flatulence person or something. I don't know. All right.

Well, there you go. After this segment. 901-260-5926. Open Line Friday. This is the Todd Stern Show.

All right, let's go right to the phones. Susan in North Georgia, WTUN. Hey, Susan, what's going on? Oh my goodness. Thank you so much for that great laugh.

I mean, I didn't think you could beat that chicken support segment. But the counting parts just had me laughing all the way home. And I just want to say, thanks for a good laugh. You got a great sense of humor. Yeah, truth is stranger than fiction.

Well, that's true. Absolutely, Susan.

Well, thank you for listening to WDUN, great radio station, and hope you have a great weekend, Susan. Let's go to David in Statesville, North Carolina. David, I understand you want to talk to us about Polish farts. That's right. Well, I I came from uh I'm Polish descent.

And I my uncles and aunts were, there were 16 of them from one lady. And they if you didn't if you didn't flagellate and if you didn't burp after dinner, They thought that something was wrong with you. Really? Oh yeah. Yeah, that was a lot of cabbage.

Yeah.

Yeah, and my dad said when you get to be 80, which I'm going to be 80 here in about a month. That you can flagellate on an elevator and tell everybody you did it. David, that's great advice. I have something to look forward to then. That's right.

And say and tell everybody after you do that in the elevator, say, I'm going to the tenth floor and I'm really holding one back. I hope you're not going that far. That's terrible. That's insane. Nobody none of my uncles or anybody ever died of Alzheimer's or any kind of brain disease.

Well, the the challenge there, David, the challenge there is whatever you do, don't do it around an open flame. That's right, then don't buy the match. Don't buy the match. All right, David. Thank you for that.

Remember the story we did before I took my other job about the woman that would sell her parts? Oh, I forgot. And they went for a pretty penny. I mean, people were buying those things off the eBay or Amazon.

Well, there's another government shutdown. There you go. I don't think anybody wants these. Ben Dieter, it's good to see you. It's so good seeing you.

Don't be a stranger. You don't be a stranger. Get your butt to Washington. Come hang. I'll see what I can do.

All right. The great Ben Dieter, everybody. Wow, it has been a lot of fun, and I'm glad we could end on some laughter. We need more of that in this country. Don't forget toddstearns.com.

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