Hundreds of Women Rally for Mom Who Killed Children

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What a disaster that is. Every time this woman opens her mouth, and she's a lovely lady, and I so the criticism is really about her politics and not her as a person. But every time this woman opens her mouth, it's a reminder that she is woefully, woefully unqualified. to be a United States Senator.

So Ralph Norman generating a lot of attention in the polls. And so we're going to talk to Adam Morgan about that, get the lowdown on what exactly is going on In South Carolina right now, why is it the Democrats are unloading all of this? You know, all of this vitriol.

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So a couple of things we shall start with. Many of you love hamburgers. Many of you love beef. The price of beef is going up quite a bit. And no doubt about that.

I think over, what, $6 for a pound of ground beef these days at the supermarket, which is up considerably from where it was back during the previous administration. We just call it like it is, ladies and gentlemen. We're not making these numbers up, but beef prices. Are indeed higher.

So President Trump today just announced a ninety day waiver on tariffs for foreign beef. Mm-hmm. And the President is going to allow up to 300,000 pounds. Of ground beef to be imported into the United States from other countries. And that is a um That's an interesting thing here.

The President also announcing that the beef that is imported, so the foreign beef, will be sold at twenty five percent below current market prices. And the point of that is to lower prices at the grocery store. But it seems to me that is undercutting and undermining American cattle ranchers. And I don't know about you, but I've got a problem eating foreign beef. If I want a hamburger, I want to make sure that that hamburger is coming from a cow that was.

from the United States of America.

So anyway, the president says That look, and I think what's happening is the White House is now understanding that the American people are in a difficult fix. They're very frustrated over the prices of things at the grocery stores and the gas pumps, and that is not going to ease up anytime soon. And so the President is making this move here. And I'm curious to hear from any of you farmers out there. Uh if you know if this is going to concern you.

That the President is going to allow foreigners to sell their beef on American soil at 25% below current market prices.

Now, the president, this is according to News Nation, the president did not say. where the imported beef would come from. Americans have seen beef's prices surge to record highs this year, with the nation's cattle herd the smallest it's been. in more than seventy five years. A pound of 100% ground beef costing shoppers, are you ready for this?

$6.89 in July, just below April's all-time high from about $5.55. That's what it was when President Trump began his second term in office.

Now, the administration is blaming the Biden administration for the high beef prices. Over the past five years, the average price for a pound of ground beef has surged. Nearly 60%. Ranchers are warning that rebuilding the herd will take time. And the President is now turning to tariff relief in an effort to lower prices more quickly.

Want to go to the phone lines here? 901-260-5926. Arnie in Georgia.

Now, Arnie, I understand, are you a cattle farmer? That is correct. I've taught Ouija before, actually while I was feeding my cows. Arnie, we're honored to have you with us, and we thank you for the hard work. I can't even imagine what kind of work you guys put in on an average day.

What's your take here on the President's big announcement today? I think President Trump really is getting the wrong advice from his advisers. I realize, yes, the price of beef has gone up. But if you look at the gener the price of everything else going up correspondingly, There's not a lot of difference. And us producers, I'm at the producer end, and we are at the lower end of everything because you have your producers.

Then you have your feed lots and stockyards. Then you have the processing plants.

Well, there are only four companies in this country that actually operate they own they operate eighty percent of the beef processing. And they're the ones that have a monopoly on it. Arnie, let me ask you a question here. And I've got several. First of all, I understand that there just are not as many cattle as there have been in previous years.

Why is that? Several reasons. One, depleting farmland. Two, There well, there's so many people who are getting out of it. 'Cause a lot of it the farmers are older generation.

I mean, I'm I'm not considering the older or the younger, but I'm still staying in it. But as the parents die off from all this land, right after this happens, so many cases, and I've seen it happen here where I'm at, Somebody, a real estate speculator, comes in with a check with more zeros than the kids have ever seen in their entire life. Of course, they're ready to sell it off, get that big check and they're gone.

So that farmland will be gone. There have been several there have been severe droughts out in the Midwest And a lot of farmers a couple of years back had to sell their most of their herds off just because there was no way to feed them. Because the drought and it takes time to build a herd up. Yeah. But I mean, there are many different facts.

So, Arnie, I want to read to you, this is from the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, and they're upset about all of this. They say that flooding the market with government-subsidized below-market beef is not the way to rebuild the American cattle herd. Do you agree with that assessment? Oh, 100%, absolutely. There's something that the cattlemen are not saying.

Okay, one thing to build up the herd, you would have to have replacement cattle.

Well, the replacement cattle now were a good in my area. for a good replacement. cow. They want call a first time cow, she's had her first calves, so you're pretty much over the Birken hump. For a decent one.

you may leave be looking you know $2,500 to $4,000 depending on how. how good she is.

Well, it seems to me that if you're flooding the market with this, I see no difference in this than Zoran Mandami opening up a grocery store and charging, what, 35% less for his products. I mean, if you're going to allow these foreign cattle farmers to sell their product at a discount, you know, people are going to go with the discount. That's exactly right. And It's something that most people don't know. I said, according to one of my congressmen, a meeting Reet a year or two ago, and he was unaware of this.

But do you realize that Even with live cattle. Oh, it has to be in this country for thirty days and fed in this country for thirty days, It doesn't matter where it comes from. it can legally be labeled as USDAD. Yeah, oh wow. I've got a big problem, a big problem with that.

Arnie, thank you for the update there. And Again, this is a head scratcher, ladies and gentlemen, but the White House announcing this, and it looks like you American cattle farmers are getting screwed.

Sorry to break the news to you. 901-260-5926, going to take a break when we come back. I've got to give you this update on this insane story: the mom who killed her three kids, she's claiming she's what got bipolar, postpartum depression, or whatever.

Now, the crowds are even getting larger for women standing outside defending this woman. And now, more than a million dollars has been raised for her as well. We're going to share the latest intel there: 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show. When a nation drifts, the church faces a choice: silence or courage.

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So I'm going to play some audio here. These are supporters of Lindsay Clancy. This is the Massachusetts woman who murdered her three children. She strangled them with these exercise ropes. And then she threw herself off of the uh the second floor of the uh family home there, and I think she's paralyzed now.

Uh anyway, uh her attorneys are claiming that she had uh some sort of uh postpartum depression or whatever, and uh that led her to kill the children. And she said she heard voices, and the voices, um, you know, the voices told her to kill the kids. The husband, by the way, has now divorced her.

So there you have it. Anyway, all of these women, these woke white women wearing pink T shirts, are outside and the the crowds keep growing. Cut number 31. One of my sister-in-laws, it could be one of my best friends, and it could be me.

So just here to support. We are hearing her. We see that she tried everything. And I really do believe that she went into a state of psychosis. We feel like the system counter.

She was begging for help and no one was there. I don't know if this being here will make her feel any better about it. I mean, she's looking at hell right now. Oh, and now they're blaming the husband. They're saying the husband should have done more to take that that she was just overwhelmed with being a mom and the husband should have stepped in and should have offered some sort of assistance.

But now we know the husband actually worked from home so that he could be there with the wife.

So anyway, is she just slamp crazy nuts or what? But They're hoping that they're going to be able to get her off, and basically, no jail time. They want to send this woman to some sort of a medical treatment facility and then maybe back out on the streets. Who knows? This is just Crazy, crazy stuff Unbelievable.

But there you go, ladies and gentlemen. You know, we had Jonathan Kahn on the show yesterday. He's working on a brand new book coming out in September. And he says: the reality is that there is a demonic force in America. And you can't help but wonder that when you hear these kinds of stories of a mother who kills her children, and instead of being condemned, this woman is being celebrated like she's some sort of a hero for the women's lib movement.

Never seen anything like this. Got an update from Dearborn, Michigan to share with you. This is a Christian pastor who addressed the city council, you know, Dearborn, Michigan, all Muslim. And the city council members are trying to push Sharia law onto the citizens of Dearborn. which you are not allowed to do, but that doesn't seem to be stopping these guys.

Anyway, I want you to listen to this Christian pastor as he addressed city council members the other day. You are not up under American law. You are up under Sharia law. That is the reason why you have made no arrest. You laugh.

You are three generations of racism in this very city. You know it. You have seen What has happened in this city? And it is my people that have funded you. It's my people that made sure that you have what you have.

And you spit on us, you degrade us, but you're only 1% of this nation. We are not a nation of Muslims. We are a nation of Christians. We are one nation under God, indivisible, the God of the Bible, the God of the Lord Jesus Christ. That's the God in whom we serve.

I want you to prove to me we're not up under Sharia law. Will you denounce councilman or rally? Will you denounce Sharia law? No, they didn't. Will you denounce Sharia law?

Will you denounce your real law? Abraham, you went to Hillsdale. Will you renounce Sharia law? Will you renounce Sharia law? America, we have lost this city.

This is a city that is no longer up under American laws. We are up under Sharia law. And we will not have it anymore. Enough is enough. Wow.

The preacher was fired up there, and rightfully so. Uh the fact of the matter is You cannot have Sharia law in the United States of America. By the way, that guy, his name is Lorenzo Sewell. He is a pastor there. In Dearborn, and he said he's had enough.

He's just that he has had enough of the Islamists trying to impose their political ideology, and we're talking about political Islam here, trying to impose their political ideology on the rest of Dearborn, Michigan. I do not blame the pastor for being frustrated.

So, good for you, good for you, pastor. And I'm surprised the Muslims didn't rise up and do anything. But again, they control everything. The Muslims control everything in Dearborn, Michigan. And look, that's going to continue to happen.

We saw it, I think, happening in Patterson, New Jersey as well. Completely controlled by the Islamists. Those numbers are only going to grow. You know, we had Congressman Keith cell phone from Texas, and he's very concerned about what's happening to you people down in Texas as the Islamists continue to rise up and take over places like McKinney, Texas, for example. All right, got to take a break here: 901-260-5926.

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They're going to import A bunch more boxed beef. Ground beef. Scrap cuts, it's what I call them. And hopefully bring down the price of ground beef in the store for you all. We've seen a market crash.

For live cattle. Live cattle that people like myself grow and take to the to the processing plants or go down through the system. Yeah. That's dropped forty cents a pound already just from that plant closure.

Now this morning. the markets are crashing. But will your price change?

So far, we have not seen that. We have not seen that. And at what expense to you? I'll tell you what expense to you. This is the opposite of what needs to happen.

We're not going to retain heifers. and build a herd When we can have You know, the stroke of a pen, drop our price. to where we don't make a profit. Anymore. And honestly, that's where we stand.

We finally begun to make a profit, and all hell breaks loose. People can't handle it. You know, I guess, because beef is high in the store. I get it, beef is high in the store. Look at what else is high in the store.

Look at what's high for the rancher and the producer. Fuel, land, labor, all of it. You know, you got a nine-dollar latte. But Seven, eight, nine dollars a pound for ground beef is too much, right?

Now you're going to get stuck. All right, there you go, ladies and gentlemen. One of the angry farmers there, and he's pretty fired up, and rightfully so. As President Trump announced, he is going to lift the tariffs on foreign beef, and he's going to allow those foreign cattle ranchers to sell their product at stores at a great discount that is not afforded to other American ranchers. Let's go to the phones here: 901-260-5926.

Alice, listening to us on KWAM in Arkansas. Hi, Alice. What's on your mind today? Oh, hello, mister Starnes, and thank you, thank you for taking my call. Yes, I want to briefly talk about the beef situation.

I understand China has bought up an awful lot of farmland. And so, therefore, that's also part of this big problem. But what I really want to talk about is the woman who killed her children. The blame game didn't work in the book of Genesis, and it won't work now, today, either. Number one, my mother used to be the head nurse in the OB department.

And they used to keep the mothers ten, maybe twelve days. And they would say, Has she had her cry yet? Yes, there are points pattern blue. But when they kept them in the hospital, there were people there to help them. And today, that's not happening.

And that's really sad. But when somebody says they hear voices, unless it's a sweet, Special still voice from my Savior Jesus Christ. It is of the devil, and they need to get help. And another thing I want to say is. whom we submit ourselves to be our master, that will be.

He will be our master. I'm glad I have the capital H E Master Jesus Christ. I do believe John is coming to America, and my heart hurts very much. No, not. I hear that in your voice, Alice, and it's just shocking to see.

Not, I mean, the crime in and of itself is beyond horrifying. But the reaction from the American people that are embracing this woman as if she is somehow the victim and that she should not be punished for what she did, that is just off the charts and insane to me. Alice, thank you for calling in and thank you for listening to the program. 901-260-5926, our number. That's 901-260-5926.

All right. Got to play this audio. There is a sports writer. Out of the Seattle Times, his name is Matt Calkins. And he wrote a column.

So again, this guy, his job. at the Seattle Times is to have an opinion. and to write about that opinion. I know it's a unique concept, but that's what the guy does. Matt Calkins is his name.

Well, it turns out he has now resigned. Because the newspaper refused to publish a column that he wrote supporting young ladies who believe it's wrong for men to be on their athletic teams. Got 33 plays. Can you give us more details on what your column was about and why you think your editors declined to publish this one and others? Sure.

I basically went out to a rally outside a climate pledge arena where the Seattle storm play, and they had a game against the fever. And I talked to a couple of girls who were opposed to biological males competing against them in sports. One had lost to a biological male in a race when she was in eighth grade. Another refused to play a game against a biological male, a basketball game, and was taunted by her. Fellow students relentlessly, and I kind of wanted to get their stories in there.

And so I wrote this column. I sent it to my editors Friday morning. They said, well, it's not ready for Sunday's paper yet, but we'll take a look. Then on Monday, they said, You know, we're going to take this up to the top two editors in the newsroom by Wednesday. And I'm kind of going, this is becoming like an event that they're taking this long.

And then on Thursday, I got the call saying, we're not going to run it. And basically, the premise of my column was, you can read between the lines and probably see where I stand, but these two girls were basically saying, this isn't an anti-trans movement. This is just a pro-girls, pro-women's movement. And that was pretty much the premise. Like, let's stop hurling these, throwing these labels around and calling people bigots and trans folks so we can have an honest conversation about a delicate topic.

And Seattle Times just didn't want to run it. It's not the first time that it kind of gone against the grain and gotten a lot of pushback. And so I resigned on the spot. And it wasn't an emotional decision. It kind of sounds like a rage quit move if I just was talking to a random person, but it's something that I've been thinking about for a while just because I felt like I couldn't quite do my job as a sports columnist if I was restricted on a lot of these topics.

You know what's interesting is that there is an organization of gay and lesbian and transgender. Journalist, and they are a very powerful group. As a matter of fact, they have a partnership with Fox News Channel. If you want to know why Fox has gone squirrely, it's because they've hired so many LGBTQIA plus journalists. That's the reason why.

Overwhelming number of the people employed by Fox are not anywhere near conservative. And that should be, I don't know, an eye-opening thing, I suppose, for folks. But just so you know, that's what's going on there. And so, anyway, these gay journalists or the LGBT journalists. Are very powerful and they will silence anybody who objects to their agenda, especially in the newsrooms.

So, the best thing that could have happened to this guy is for him. Honestly, he should have, you know, he should have waited and let him fire him so he could get unemployment. But I get it, I get it. I remember in my final days at Fox, it was insane. They were doing crazy things, even at Fox News Channel, celebrating.

They had these huge pride celebrations, all the rainbow colors. And you were expected to participate, which I did not do. and I had no intention of doing, But man, the pressure, even at Fox, To bow down to these LGBT journalists is just off the charts, off the charts. I'll never forget there was a um There was a fella at Fox. He was not exactly a looker.

You know, I mean. I mean, it is what it is. You know, guys are guys. And this guy decided he wanted to become a woman.

So he put on a dress. And I guess that made him a woman. And one of the staffers, I'll never forget this. One of the staffers made a big deal about it. One of the female staffers made a huge deal about this in the newsroom.

And Actually, escorted this man for the very first time into the ladies' room. No, no, it was not. No, it was not PMS Now. Nope, Dell. It was not CNN.

No, it was Fox News Channel. Yeah. I'm just telling you. Oh, by the way, the Log Cabin Republicans. Are you familiar with this group, the Log Cabin Republicans?

No, they don't live in log cabins. No, they're... That's understandable. I get that. Anyway, they represent gay conservatives.

And If you haven't been to Washington, D.C., you're not going to appreciate or understand what I'm about to say. But most of the Republican Party is gay in Washington. I just want to throw that. Tell them why are you laughing? Because I know that.

It's true. It's true. But look, as long as they stand up for the conservative values, what do I care?

Okay, it's your life. Live your life.

So, anyway, they got a group called the Log Cabin Republicans. And they have officially dropped the T from their group.

So they no longer represent the L G B T. They only represent the L G's and the Bs. Everybody else, you're on your own. And they're catching holy you-know-what for it. Anyway, Log Cabin Republicans, the nation's largest group representing gay conservatives.

Oh, by the way, this is why there are so many single women in D.C. And you hear this complaint a lot, by the way. And all these lovely, beautiful young ladies, and they're in Washington. And, you know, they want to marry somebody so they can be the first lady of, you know, whatever. And the constant complaint is they can't find any straight guys in Washington.

No, I don't know what. Maybe there's something in the water. I don't know. But Yeah. It is what it is.

I know I'm probably shocking people out there. Can you imagine your kid comes back from his internship in Washington? Hi, Mom. I'm a Republican. Oh, God.

Anyway, Ross Hemminger. Is the group's president, Law Cabinet Republicans, wrote the organization's board of directors voted to narrow its national advocacy focus. to the L, the G, and the B. on issues relating to sexual orientation and conservative values. The group will now focus on lesbian, gay and bisexual advocacy, dropping the T from the widely used acronym LGBT.

Well, what about the Q and the plus? You know, that's all part of it. It's like the alphabet activist here. Mr. Hemminger says, Moving forward, we are an LGB advocacy group as our founders envision and as our moral center calls us to be.

So there you go.

So, the transgender crowd is even too crazy for the log cabin or Republicans. I think that's the story there. 901-260-5926, our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show.

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In my soul sky. You got DJ Dell on track. I'm sorry, what was what? You don't like it? Oh, that surprised me.

It just kind of came out in order. What it was that DJ Dill spinning the track? Yeah, it's my tag. But I'd give it a shot. Who knows?

All right. Good stuff. All right, DJ Dillon. Ladies and gentlemen, here's how that works. Not only is it Open Line Friday, but if you call in and request a song, DJ Dill, we're the only talk radio show in America that actually plays tunes, then DJ Dill may play your music.

Do you have any rules? Are there any guidelines?

Something you will not play? Um, no, not really. I don't have any, uh, I don't have any standards here. Maybe no cursing. You have no standards?

No, I have standards. No, no cursing is probably the only rule. I mean, we have we have standards that we have to follow, but if it sounds good, I'm going to play it. Do you have a Screamo version of like Amazing Grace or something like that? Is that what you're requesting?

No, not really.

Okay. I was just wondering. I'm sure I could find it. Wow. So again, just all you got to do is give us a call if you got a song you'd like DJ Dull to play.

901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. By the way, coming up Sunday, hitting the road, I'm actually driving to Dallas. It's One of those things, Dylan, if it's like within a six-hour drive, you know, I'm going to do that as opposed to get on the plane. You got to get to the airport with two hours early.

Then you got to wait for your luggage. It's just too much of a hassle. Yeah. And they got they have two Buckies now Along the way.

Well, you have to stop by both. I'm going by the brand new one. Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders was just in Little Rock, which is where the state capital is, but that's where the new bucket says right outside of Little Rock. And uh gonna stop by there, get my first uh fill up there, and uh then off to uh Texas. You have to get us more merch, by the way, too.

Um we do have like several little beaver things in here, but we need more, I think.

Okay, like a sign or something. Do my best. I'll try to get I'll try to get you some some beaver merch. Steal the mascot if you can. Steal the mascot.

The statue. I'll do what I can. Thanks. Do we have a toe line? Is that what we tow it behind us?

Sunday, First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas. And looking forward to meeting so many of our great Texas listeners and friends. We'd love for you to be there, worship with us. After the service, we'll be signing copies of The Golden Age. You'll be able to purchase a copy there.

Barnes and Noble is going to be on hand, and we appreciate them giving up their Sunday morning to help sell the books.

So, again, come on out. You're going to have a great time. The music there is phenomenal. The preaching is off the charts. And then, you know, I'm going to be hanging out.

So I get a chance to visit with you as well. A lot of people say, Do you do the pictures too? Absolutely. I stay there and I sign every single book. And we stay there till there's nobody else left.

So that's the way we do things. And then right back to Memphis Sunday afternoon. Going to be a busy weekend. All right, coming up in the next hour, we're going to be talking to Adam Morgan about what's happening in South Carolina right now. Look, there's no way around it.

The establishment Republicans want Darlene Graham. To be the nominee. Uh that's it. And President Trump has been given some advice. I don't know if the president's doing this out of loyalty to Lindsay or what, but the president has endorsed Darlene Graham.

And he's going to be holding a big rally for her in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina today. And I will just say this. Ralph Norman's the guy. If you want to elect a senator who's going to be a conservative, And who's authentic and has a proven track record? Then Ralph Norman's your guy.

And it just really, it's a little frustrating to see the Trump administration coming out here and once again endorsing someone who clearly is not qualified for the job and doesn't have the skill set necessary. And that is not a slam at Darlene Graham. It's just the reality of the situation. And we saw all of that take place at that debate. But even more disturbing, I think, was the fact you had Fox News channel Hannity out there propping her up.

And that's what really bothers me about all of this.

So we're going to get into that with Adam Morgan. We're going to be taking your calls as well. This is going to be a constant struggle as we move well beyond the midterm elections, as the establishment Republicans try and reclaim control of the Republican Party. And that's what concerns me about this particular race. Six years, we're talking about six years.

So you're either going to get stuck with Darlene Graham, who may or may not be a conservative, or Ralph Norman, who is in fact a conservative. All right. I've got to take a break here, folks. Head over to the website, ToddSterns.com. We have some great stories, including one about Detroit.

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Hour two of the big show underway. And we have been trying to figure out What exactly is going on in the state of South Carolina? This uh this debate from earlier in the week. Wow, what a disaster. You had Darlene Graham out there.

And first of all, I want to go back. And if we could, I just want to play what she had to say regarding Taiwan and foreign affairs. Cut number 22, please. National security question as well. Senator, are Taiwan and the South China Sea national security issues for the United States?

If so, why? I'm sorry, could you repeat the question? Are Taiwan and the South China Sea national security issues for the United States, and if so, why or how? I'm just going to be honest here. I'm not on national security.

I'm not that informed on national security. But I do support the military movement. All right, we're good. We're good. We got the gist of it there.

So, what happens?

Well, of course, Darlene Graham goes on Fox News channel. Hannity brings her on to try to save face cut number 28. Yeah, you know, and to be fair, if people want to judge you on. On the South China Sea and Taiwan.

Okay, I think that's fair, but I bet. Based on all your time with your brother, that you know probably everything about the Middle East because he went on one trip after another to every country in the Middle East. And I know you know a lot about Europe and the Ukraine-Russia situation because he went to Ukraine more than any other senator. And you even said in our interview that you were going to focus more on domestic issues than your brother did. I mean, you were very clear.

Absolutely. I know national security is important. We have a wonderful commander-in-chief. I know that we need to stand with Israel and the issues in Iran are serious. I understand all that.

But again, I'm focused on the issues for everyday people in South Carolina that are struggling to make ends meet.

So that's where I really want to focus. Another concern from the debate I have last night is my opponent said he was going to cut Social Security. That's very concerning to me. He also talked about creating a pathway for illegal immigrants.

So that's another concern I have. All right. I want to go right away to the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line. Say hello to our good friend, former state lawmaker there in South Carolina, Adam Morgan, president of Majesty Music. Adam, good to have you with us.

So, look, it went from bad to worse. Yesterday, she was doing an interview. And one of her handlers told the reporter: no hard questions. What is going on here?

Well, I mean, hey, I've run for office before. If that's all you got to do to just, you know, smooth sail right in there, not answer any tough questions, that sounds pretty cushy. What, like, you're right.

Well, what are we doing? We have somebody who is in the U.S. Senate. She's not even just a candidate. She is the current senator from the state of South Carolina who said that, you know, national security, that's not her thing, and she's not informed on it.

Well, what have you been doing in the office? That's really terrifying. And as far as what do I think is going to happen and how this is going to shake out, I don't know if you saw Mark Sanford, the former governor of South Carolina. And one of the candidates who just ran in the primary, what, less than two weeks ago, he came in fourth. He got like 50,000 votes.

He just endorsed Ralph Norman this morning.

So I think as you're looking at how this is going to shake out, Norman's up in the polls. Darlene's had this incredibly embarrassing gap. Let's be honest, probably one of the worst gaps in American political history. They'll be playing that clip for years. And now, with Sanford's endorsement of Norman, I think Norman's going to have a very strong showing.

I mean, the Graham camp is putting all their hopes in President Trump's endorsement. And I just think we just saw this played out in the governor's race. President Trump endorsed Pamela Yvette. I'm not sure who is telling him and advising him to endorse these candidates, these establishment candidates who have done nothing and are not qualified for these offices. But I think in that race, you saw people didn't buy it.

And he ended up having to issue a dual endorsement because the polling for Pamela Vett was so bad, they knew she was going to lose. I think you're looking at the same setup here. Adam, we had an unscientific survey on my ex page.

Well over 1,000 people took part in the survey. Who won the South Carolina GOP Senate debate? 66% said Ralph Norman won it. 23% said Darlene Graham won. And 10% said Darlene Graham's yellow notepad actually won the debate.

I have never seen someone rely on crib notes like that before. And even then, she still was not able to deliver comprehensive answers to some pretty simple basic questions. Yeah, it's terrifying. And that's the main criticism of her is that she's not qualified for this position. And what she did is she proved to everybody she is absolutely not qualified.

She's been a government bureaucrat for her entire professional life, which that's a red flag right there. She pushed DEI in the departments and celebrated it in the departments she worked in and managed. She requested budget increases every single year when she operated those bureaucracies. And now she wants to be. this conservative like you're not a fiscal conservative and then she said well i'm a social conservative but then i don't know if you saw that clip somebody just asked her what her position on life was and whether she believed life began at conception and supported protecting that she couldn't even answer that question she said she had to think about it yeah no you're running for one of the most uh high profile offices in the world that you are in fact the most powerful political body elected body in the entire planet i think you should have basic answers on fundamental issues like life and national security So, President Trump is going to be doing a big rally in South Carolina today.

I don't know who's giving him the guidance here. Who is giving him all of this information on the endorsements? Ralph Norman has been nothing but loyal. He has been a solid, dependable voice on the conservative side of issues. Even when the President and his administration were not on the conservative side of the issue, Ralph Norman stood his ground.

I'm not sure who they're listening to. What's your take on what President Trump has done here? I think a lot of it's a loyalty to Lindsey Graham. You know, Lindsey had been a very hostile opponent of the president, much more hostile than Ralph Norman's ever been. Ralph Norman has never even criticized the president.

I don't know if you've seen that. He's never actually said anything negative about the president. He just doesn't like that he's held up some bills to make them more conservative. You remember the one big, beautiful bill? Norman's the one that held it up and got rid of all the Green New Deal subsidies that Biden had in there and forced work requirements for Medicare.

Ralph Norman is the original author of the Save Act. He's the one who filed the bill in 2020 and stood with the frontline doctors during the whole COVID debacle.

So, I mean, this is one of the strongest conservative voices. He's endorsed by Turning Point USA and the Freedom Caucus. He has the best club for growth score in Congress. I mean, you name it. He's proven that he's the strongest conservative voice.

And I think that you have a loyalty to Graham from the Trump camp. And I think that's who's advising him and pushing it. And same thing with Hannity. You know, that was an embarrassing interview for Sean Hannity to see that level of just bias. And he's softballing her questions and giving her cushion, giving her answers, actually, like kind of, you know, holding her hand through the interview.

And her claims there were laughable. What Ralph Norman said is he wants to cut the waste, fraud, and abuse that the Doge Commission found in Social Security. Those are the cuts he wants to Social Security so that the program is solvent and people continue to get the benefits that are due to them.

So it's laughable. Is Darlene now saying she actually supports fraud? I mean, is that where we are?

So I think people that are informed on this election are gonna vote Norman, that want a conservative, competent person. The question comes down to geography, and that's why the president is going to Myrtle Beach. Because if you look at a map of South Carolina, the upstate is the largest share of conservative voters. That area is going to go heavy Norman. It already went Norman in the previous race.

So that really comes down to the Midlands and the Low Country. Midlands is going to go Darlene.

So that means all this rides on what happens in the Low Country, where Norman has historically not performed as well.

Some people say it's just a more moderate area.

Well, Sanford's from Charleston. He won Charleston in the first go-round. He just endorsed Norman. The other largest share of voters is along the coast, that Myrtle Beach area. That's where the president is going to have his rally.

And the hope is. That they can boost turnout in that area, which is very pro-Trump, in order to push her over the finish line. But I think after that gaff, I just don't think it's going to work.

Well, you know, again, it's a disturbing situation, and I'm curious about your take on Greta. You know, she actually is very upset that everybody's focusing on that question and her answer. She said that it's unfair and that she wishes she had not asked the question. What do you make of that coming from the debate moderator? It's ridiculous.

I mean, we have debates so that we can find out more about the candidates, where they stand, and what their competency is, and that question, which, you know, high school students could answer, you know, what the problem with Taiwan and the issues with China and whether or not that's a national security threat. And by the way, just for her to say that that's not that big of a deal and not a big issue, you know, and she wants to focus on domestic issues.

Well, I'm sorry, as a South Carolinian, if you get us in a war and with China, which is probably the most likely war we get in, and our kids are sent overseas, suddenly that becomes a very big domestic issue that's hitting your kitchen table when your kids have gone to war.

So I just think it's laughable for her to kind of spin it in that way. And I'm not sure what Greta is doing. It's so weird to see all of these establishment figures trying to. To carry water for Darlene. It's like if the voters don't want her and she's not competent, guys, just stop.

Like, let the voters decide, and let's make sure we get competent candidates because we could potentially lose this seat. The Democrats have been salivating over flipping South Carolina seats for election cycle after election cycle. In fact, they spent more money against Lindsey Graham, I think it was six years ago, than they had ever spent in U.S. history for campaigns in the Senate.

So I wouldn't be surprised if the Democrat candidate Annie Andrews, who's already taking full advantage of this massive gap, goes in and all the money comes in against Darlene.

So there's also a risk of potentially losing this Senate seat in a hard year, election year for Republicans. I'm not willing to take that gamble, and I hope most South Carolinians aren't either. Adam, so we get to vote for Ralph Norman. Adam, I'm curious here. The president came out earlier today, said they're going to let 300,000 metric tons of beef be imported over the next 90 days.

No tariffs. That foreign beef is going to be sold at, I think, 25% less than American beef. The U.S. Cattlemen's Association coming out and saying this is insanity. You've got the President saying, you know what, we're going to have to just deal with these higher gas prices right now.

I'm curious, I mean, you've been in politics before. How do you see all of this playing out? Do you anticipate any of these moves having an impact on voter turnout in the midterm elections?

Well, I think if the elections were today, they would definitely impact. But I'm hoping and I'm confident. I mean, President Trump is a very adept person when it comes to campaigning and his competency in his office.

So hopefully, they'll be positioning rapidly, because you know that the elections are coming very, very soon, to focus on those affordability issues and give more reassurance there. I would be very concerned if the elections were today. But we do have a little bit of runway, and the Republicans, just broadly, need to really hone their message on affordability. It's what everyone cares about right now. And so, yeah, I hope that they can have some better answers and reassure people more because there's so much that this administration is doing that is fantastic.

And we're winning in a lot of different areas.

So, you need to highlight those areas and also be making sure that the moves that we're making right now are actually dealing with those affordability issues so that we can have a good showing come November. Yeah, we're just off message right now. They got to get back on the messaging there. Adam, we're going to have to leave it there. We will be watching as the president hosts the rally today.

And, of course, it is going to be a very closely watched race as well. Adam Morgan, thank you for joining us. Thanks for having me on. All right, there you have it, ladies and gentlemen. Yeah, we have got to get back on message here.

The President has had a very successful president. Two years, two years, as I outline in the golden age. But for some weird reason, the administration is off focus right now. There was a survey out. People are, and the gist of the survey is that the American people say the president's focusing too much attention on all of the projects in Washington, D.C., the ballroom, and the arch and all of the monuments.

Look, there's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing inherently wrong with that. But that is, if that is the only messaging coming out of the White House, you're struggling to pay your bills, and the president is holding a press conference outside the big, beautiful, new, huge house. Telepad. Then, yeah, there's going to be a disconnect there.

Again, we need the helipad. I mean, that was a necessity, but the issue is. about the optics and it's always about the optics when it comes to politics. As Adam said, we still have plenty of time. The election's in November, but we've got to start getting this economy turned around.

The affordability issue is going to be a factor, and it is one right now, which is why the president made this dramatic move and allowed the foreigners to send their beef to America. All right, got to take a break. 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show. Todd, would it be safe to say that Darlene Graham would be considered a DEI hire?

You know what happens if she wanted to be a um Surgeon Just put her in the operating room because of who she knows? Just throwing that out there. Yeah, all right. That's Mark from the Villages in Florida, America's friendliest hometown. And, you know, it's a great point he raises here: that Darlene Graham.

was Appointed to the position because she was related to Lindsey Graham. Oh, by the way, you folks in the villages, you can purchase copies of The Golden Age at your local Barnes Noble there in the villages. You folks that live there, you know exactly where that bookstore is, and they have plenty of copies of The Golden Age: How Trump Saved America. This story out of San Francisco. Sam Dogin.

was spending the afternoon in the park teaching his kids His six-year-old daughter and nine-year-old son, How to play tennis. They had just returned from a family trip to Hawaii, and he took the kids out for what he thought was going to be, I don't know, a nice afternoon. Just a father and his kids, very quintessential American moment.

So, anyway, they were there at the Golden Gate Heights Park about 20 minutes into the practice session. to San Francisco. Rangers, park rangers, came over and asked mister Dojan if he had a permit. to teach tennis. mister Jojan was kind of shocked.

According to the California Post. He said, What are you talking about? These are my kids. We're just out here goofing around. And one of the little boys, well, the son told the park rangers, He's my daddy.

They were going to give the guy a ticket. This is insane. This is bizarre. But one of the Rangers told him That it's against the law to teach your kids how to play a sport in San Francisco. using a city park.

And the fine was nearly $200, $192. That's how much they were going to charge this guy. Mr. Jojan Said this was nuts. He said there was it was just a surprise.

Why even bother trying to disrupt a perfectly nice afternoon with a father and his two kids? Park Rangers say they routinely check people to see if they have permits. What What an insane story. This, ladies and gentlemen, is why you just cannot elect Democrats. They suck the fun out of everything.

This is. Really, just unbelievable. Wow. We'll be right back. Club rings, stick film.

When I step out, I'm only throwing you in. They can't run and do that. All right. Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. Rocking it out on this Friday edition of the Time Strange Radio Show, DJ Dell spinning the tunes, the only talk radio show in America with our own DJ.

We need to give you a booth, Dylan. I would love a booth. I just sit there with my hands pumping in the air, just That's it. Kind of like the drummers do now, you know, in the churches. They put them in boxes.

Plexiglass. I love it. Hey, let's go to the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line, say hello to our good buddy, also rocketed out in California, Joe Messina, host of the Joe Messina show. Joe, hope you're doing good today. I'm doing great.

Listen, I thought I had good music, man, but you got it going on. I may steal Dylan for you nights, you know, and get some good music going on. Yeah, you could, you know, Dill, you could like make a little side hustle out of all of this. Hey, I charge by the hour.

So there you go.

Oh, oh, true capitalist. I love it. Joe Messina, the brand new book, The Golden Age, How Trump Saved America, in bookstores nationwide. And I am proud to tell you, you, sir, are mentioned on pages 246 and 247. Wow, I'm blessed.

Thank you.

Well we'll have to have you we'll have to have you on the show to talk about me in your book. Yes, we yeah, and I actually said nice things about you, by the way.

So it's a I'll send the check tomorrow. We'll be good. By the way, you folks in Santa Clarita, the nearest Barnes and Noble to you guys in Valencia, I don't even know where that is that anywhere near you guys? It's yeah, it's a couple of miles from me, a couple of miles right off the five freeway, so We'll get them there if you're going to show up. All right.

Yeah. Creekside Place is, they actually have books available at the Barnes Noble there in Valencia. That's Creekside Place.

So, you folks, if you want to get a copy right now, you can go down to the Barnes Noble and get yourself a copy of The Golden Age: How Trump Saved America. All right. Joe, we just had a story out of San Francisco. The California Post reporting on this: a poor guy. going out to the local park.

with his uh two kids. And they're small kids, like six and nine. And he was just going to spend the afternoon teaching the kids how to play tennis. Park Rangers show up and say, you can't do that. You have to have a permit to teach tennis, and the fine is like 200 bucks.

And I guess they extended some grace. They didn't find the guy. But the idea that you can't even go out in San Francisco and teach your kid how to play tennis or baseball, this is nuts. No, no, this is California. I mean, I'm surprised that you're surprised.

This is exactly what happens. I don't know if you remember the story about a year and a half ago where there was a church that was feeding homeless people in a San Diego park, and they were making the sandwiches in their kitchens at home. They would, you know, put the food together, and then they would take it to the park and feed these poor people who didn't have any food. They were rummaging through garbage pails. They shut it down, Todd.

They told him, You can't do this. You have to have a health permit. You have to have this and that. I'm going, seriously? We can't feed people that we should have put the money through Newsom's pocket and they were fine with it.

But no, we see this stuff all over the place.

So the poor guy, his name is Mr. Dojin. He says he has to carry documentation with him. And he says, I'm going to have to get their birth certificates and carry them with me in my tennis bag just to prove they're my children. I'm not going to get a permit to teach my children.

Wow. Yeah, amazing, but not surprising, seriously. No, it's just shocking. Um, another story I'm I'm curious about, uh this is from Foxnews.com, and I know that you're president of the school board there in Santa Clarita, one of the largest districts in the nation in the state. The comptroller candidate, there's a guy named Herb Morgan.

He's really upset. Because spending for education has gone from $97 billion in 2019 to $151 billion. And the kids are getting more stupid.

Meanwhile, in Mississippi, for example, they started teaching phonics again, and Mississippi is one of the highest-ranked schools when it comes to literacy and things of that nature. Herb here's got a big problem with what's going down in California. What say you? I do too. I think he's look, I'm not pleased.

I'm not making fun of the people in Mississippi, but I mean, seriously, California is supposed to be the most technology savvy s state in the Union. We're supposed to have all these great teachers, and we have a lot of great teachers. We have a great education system, and we're failing big time. We get, I think in my district, it changes in different areas, but we get almost $14,000 per student. And the state puts these mandates on you that make it very, very hard to actually teach, number one.

And number two, the curriculum is. Crud, I'll put it that way.

So he's right. He's exactly right. We're spending a lot of money. We're not getting that bang for a bunk. I'm not going to blame it all on the teachers like some people do.

I'm going to blame it all on the state and the education system, what's coming down from the state, telling us what we have to teach the kids. Todd, we used to have an exit exam for high school. They took it in 10th grade. And I used to make fun of that, saying, okay, you've got two more years. Why are we giving it 10th grade to see where these kids are at?

We no longer have an exit exam. You get out whether you can read, write, speak English, whether you can add two plus three. You're going to graduate high school if you have enough credits. And even getting credits isn't that hard to do anymore.

So it's the state fails big time on education, but we're probably close to number one in what we spend per student. Wow, it's just insanity. And again, this video that went viral a few days ago, the poor guy in Texas, the school teacher weeping because his high school kids don't know how to read or write. I mean, this is a complete Failure of the children of America and also moms and dads, because quite frankly, moms and dads, you need to be teaching your kids how to read and write before they step foot in school. And I'll go one step further with it.

Yeah, they should be doing that, but you also should be engaged in your child's education. Find out what they're teaching, find out what they're learning, ask them questions. You don't have to interrogate them, but sit down and watch them do their homework or whatever it takes for you to feel comfortable. Todd, I got stuck in that trap with my youngest son. They were moving him along, but there was just something that wasn't right.

And so I used to have my kids read books with few pages in it, and then I would talk to them on S Saturday about okay, what did you read this week? What did you He couldn't read. He was in sixth grade and he literally couldn't read. And they told me when I questioned them on it and brought it to their attention, they tried to tell me he was at grade level, but he was in sixth grade reading at a fourth grade level. And they tried to tell me, well, you know, some kids are just, you know, D plus, C minus kids.

You're going to have to come to that conclusion.

So he can't read. He couldn't even tell whether he was a C or a D minus student on his report card. He can't read. That's what we have that's what we're up against here in this state. Joe Messina joining us on our Patriot mobile newsmaker line today.

Joe, I want to switch gears, I want to play some audio. There's a new debate that has surfaced over the difference between tipping and gratuities. And there's a lady who went on TikTok and she identifies herself as a waitress. And here's what she had to say: What's up, y'all? Welcome back to Another Day in a Life as a Waitress.

I just want to let everybody know that gratuity is not a tip, gratuity is gratuity, and a tip is a tip. Let me explain. Gratuity is often split between all the waitresses depending on where you work. Out of that gratuity, the waitress has to pay the bartender, the person making your drink. Out of that gratuity, the server also has to pay the bar back, who are the people who come and help clean up, make sure the table stays clean.

So when I give somebody a receipt and they look at me and they say, oh, gratuity is included, I say gratuity is included, but a tip is not. Gratuity is gratuity, and a tip is a tip. And If gratuity isn't solely going to the person who's serving you and your server is treating you right, making sure you have everything, keeping your space clean, being responsive and just you know, being a great server, then you should tip your server. And if you can't afford to tip, then you shouldn't be out. Plain and simple.

Just Joe, what do you say about that? Our education system has failed us tremendously. That's all I'll say about that. But no, I mean, look, I don't know how. I really don't know who sat her down, but And I have a lot of I know a lot of servers.

I know a lot of waitresses and waiters. No, the tip is the tip. And if she decides, unless the restaurant forces it, I know that ha that happens in some cases. But if she decides that the bus boy, the bartender, the whatever, is part of that whole thing, then so be it. But no, I'm sorry.

The tip is the tip. And I'm one of those guys that I tip accordingly.

So if I don't see you, you come by the table one time for the whole meal, you get about a dollar. But if you're giving me fantastic service, I am that guy that'll give you $10, $15, $20 if you're really attentive and make sure that we're taken care of. I, you know, this is mind-boggling to me. First of all, what the restaurants are now doing, and so the gratuity is they'll add that.

So, if, like, say, you have four or five people in your party, they'll add the gratuity in.

So, you're forced to pay that, which is, you know, what, 15 to 20%. And then she's expecting a tip on top of the mandatory gratuity that the restaurant adds in. And people are wondering why these restaurants are going out of business. It seems to me this is the reason why.

Well, it's one of them, because here in California, as you know, You know, minimum wage now for these people, and I don't mean that in a derogatory way, but minimum wage for these services is 20 bucks and 21 bucks an hour. And going up from there. And the restaurants, they work on a slim margin to begin with. And if you're a mom-and-pop restaurant, you've got your own paycheck sitting in a drawer waiting to cash them. Oh, yeah.

So you're right. There's a lot of places that are closing. One of my favorite pizza joints near me is closing down. They can't afford all the fees and the regulations from the state of California. It's a bad place to have a food business, especially.

So you're right. I mean, it's making it hard for people to go out and eat. It's making it hard for businesses, food businesses to stay open. Dylan, do you tip. I do tip.

You are do you are you a good tipper? What kind of a tipper are you? I tip at least 20%. If it's a good service, then I'll go higher.

So, guys, I'm at the Corky's drive-thru, and Corky's one of our, you know, it's not my favorite barbecue joint here, but you know, when you're in a pinch, when Topps BBQ runs out of pork, it's still waiting to figure out how that happened. But so, you, you, I go to Corky's, and so I'm in the drive-thru, guys. I'm in the drive-thru, place my order, give them my card, I get it back to sign, and there's a place for me to leave a tip. and drive-through. Yeah.

Is that like a thing now? What about what about when you go to the coffee shop? We have I don't frequent Starbucks. I go to the smaller ones, but there's times where I have a a client that wants to meet at a Starbucks, and you go in there, and when the little electronic device that they have you use all the time now, it pops up.

Now I'm standing there. I'm putting my card in there, right? I'm placing the order verbally, and they want me to put a tip in there. For all the work I did. No, no, no.

I know exactly what you're talking about. I was getting some iced tea. It was a $2 iced tea, okay? A $2 iced tea, and it gave you the option of a $1 tip. I'm tipping half the price of the iced tea.

Okay. Oh, fifty all right, fifty percent. We're good. Uh So, anyhow, no, it's I will tip somebody. It doesn't matter what it is.

Whether I go to the car wash or what have you, I'm one of those, I'm a merit tipper. How do you like that? I just it just angers me. I'm not, it makes me unhappy. You know, it really makes me regret going out to eat.

You know, they're just nickel and diming you.

So, when you look at that, like say if it's a $20 burger, all right, and if you're going to go out to a nice restaurant like a Roost Chris, you know, you're going to get a you know, order a burger, you're going to pay a good price for it. But then, by the time you get finished with all of the additional fees, you're looking at a $30 or $40 burger. Shit, shit. You're no kidding. Hey, I would I was at an event a couple of weekends ago where they had a uh a basic hot dog and hamburger uh you know we used to call them roach coaches, right?

Food trucks. Anyway, I got there, a basic cheeseburger with lettuce and tomato, mustard, ketchup, and a small thing of fries. And it was $14. I was waiting for the stock certificate. You know, I'm standing there grabbing my hamburger.

$14. Mm, my word. All right. Well, there you go, ladies and gentlemen. The great Joe Messina.

Joe, what's coming up on the big show tonight?

Well, thank you.

Well, tonight I've got a guy coming on, an expert actually, in the field of where we're having a problem still having a problem with fentanyl here in California. We're still seeing the deaths happen here in California. And our buddy Brad Dakis is going to join us to talk about how to fight the state. On the he, she, me, them, thus, and all that from the teachers have to use. That sounds fun.

All right. Well, the great Joe Messina, JoeMessina.com. Go check out Joe's great website. Joe, hope you have a great weekend. Thanks, Jut.

God bless, man. Have a great weekend. All right. I guess the question is, Dylan. Do you tip and drive through?

No, I'm just gonna go ahead and put that out. Why would you do that? Who are you tipping at that point? I don't know. Like Is the tip going to the cook, like straight back, or is it going to the Cashier, I don't know.

It's, I mean, or that's what I want. Why exactly am I tipping you? Yeah, because sweet tea is crazy, by the way. Can you believe that? Aren't they just pouring it from the little thing?

Unless they made it themselves. Just. Sure. It's designer. What are you going to do?

You know, it's like a coffee shop. All right, fine. I'm paying for the ambiance, but really, I'm tipping 50%. That's what I'm expected to do here. Or the tip is more than the actual beverage itself.

That's rough. Sure. Yeah, I got you. I got you. I'm curious, ladies and gentlemen, do you tip at drive-through?

901-260-5926. We'll be right back. See you to be mine since my baby been gone. I'm just only me to be the comfort you alone and I'm only for you. All right, Dylan, you're gonna have to give me some education here on our bumper music.

This is Lonely For You Baby by Sam Dees. Oh yeah. Yeah. All right. One of our listeners called this in and this is uh Quite a good suggestion, possibly.

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They don't even do that on the rock stations, right? Back in the day, Dylan, you could actually used to. I don't know if anybody remembers this, but you could call in and request a song to be played. I've been alive during that time. That's true.

I've gotten to do that. They didn't play it. They don't do it anymore. You know why? Because everything's automated.

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This is the Todd Stearns Radio Show. Live from the Liberty University Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, it's America's conservative blowtorch. That's right. I love Love is American. Todd starts.

All right, it is hour three of the Todd Stearns Radio Show. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for making us your home, noon to 3 Eastern for great conservative conversation. We like to have a little bit of fun today on Fridays, Open Line Friday. We're going to talk about whatever you want to talk about. Write down our number: 901-260-5926.

Also, DJ Dill is ready to spend the tune.

So, if you've got a song recommendation, you can call him with that as well. In the last hour of the program, we were talking about this sort of new controversy: a woman, a waitress, going on TikTok and explaining that there's a difference between a gratuity and a tip. And if you can't afford to tip, then you should not be eating out.

Well, I want to go to the phone lines. David in Memphis, Tennessee, listening to us on our flagship station. All right, David, so were you a waiter? Is that the knowledge you're bringing into the conversation here?

Well, actually, no, my nephew, he worked his way through college being away there, and he's told me a lot of different stories. And like for instance, you know, you talk about the gratuity on the parties. They put them gratuities like on six or more because nowadays, and he's experienced himself, and it was very disappointing before they did it at the restaurant he worked at. uh uh groups of people will come in there and work is but off, good grace service and they will leave little to nothing. And when he could have been working the smallest, he was actually making some money.

So that's one reason why they put a gratuity on, you know, on parties. And uh as far as that little girl talking about uh pay in the folks, uh just like uh The guy you're talking to, the other radio guy, he's right. It's your choice to give those folks your gratuity. not mandatory. I've I've ever heard of, you know.

But uh that's basically what I wanted to show. Yeah, look, I normally tip the bill.

So that's, I mean, I just do that. If the service is really good, whatever the bill is, I'll just tip that. And, you know, and I don't think anything of it. What bothers me is when they write in those amounts for you, because again, I think that should always be the diner's decision, you know, and their choice to make. I get it, though, with all the I mean, I sort of understand the gratuity with those large groups because there have been so many of these reports of people just altogether skipping out on the bill.

You know, they just get up and they walk out and leave.

Well, I'm poor of gratuities. I'm a big tipper and everything. I do. There is a, I forget the name of the restaurant. I won't even name it if I do it, but.

is down in Barley by Railroad Tracks at the bre uh a breakfast restaurant. I've never Uh, I went in there once and I walked out because The food they're supposed to be supposed to be good, but they had gratuity. It's already had high prices there. They had gratuity. Even on the Sigo orders, everything had gratuity.

I don't agree with that. If you if you're gonna force me to pay something when You know, uh, in those instances, especially cabo orders and stuff, well, you know, I'm uh I'm not gonna get my business. Yeah, I'm with you on that. All right, David, thank you for the call and thank you for listening. Appreciate that.

I want to go right away to our Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line and say hello to our good friend, the great journalist, Caleb Park. Caleb, hope you're doing good today, host of the Good Report. With Caleb Park. Hey, Todd, I am doing great today. I don't know if you can see that God Bless America sign behind me, but I just put that up right before I jumped on with you.

And I just got this copy right here of The Golden Age: How Trump Saved America by the one and only Todd Starnes. I did not know that my name was going to be on the cover either.

So, my endorsement on the back. Thank you so much for. Allowing that. Want to encourage everybody to go out, get a copy at your local bookstore. And if Todd's in your area, make sure you get it signed.

So, Todd. I got to get this one signed by you. Yeah, no, look, this is very cool. And you are, your endorsement is right there with Pastor Jack Hibbs, Robert Jeffress. The President of the United States and Caleb Park.

Good company. I will every day be glad to be counted with those guys. Actually, I was checking the index here. You're actually mentioned in one of the chapters as well. I was looking at the index.

186. You're on page 186, Caleb. Oh, so 186.

Okay. Well, I'll bookmark that, highlight it, and. Yeah, maybe do some reading. A little bit of light reading.

So, Caleb Park, one of the great early endorsers of the Golden Age, and we really appreciate that, Caleb. By the way, I want you to weigh in here on the controversy over these gratuities. I just think if you're at the drive-through, You should not be tipping. I just don't understand why we're doing that. Yeah, Todd, I feel like it's a social tax at this point where it's like, if you've got, you know, Americans, we're generous people.

We love to be generous. We love to support others. And at this point, it's, you know, it's every time you're tipping and you see those numbers and they're staring at you like, oh, you just got to fill that out. And it's like, They're looking at you and you're like, what are the drive-through is the most ridiculous one. But when you're getting a to-go order, like you're like the caller just said from Memphis, I'd have to agree with him.

It's when you're getting it to go, they're not doing anything extra, any You know, unless they're like... Giving you a massage or something, or helping you carry it out to your car, like at Chick-fil-A or something.

Okay, this just turns weird. Yeah. I'm not sure I want to get a single guy's gotten out of control. I'm not sure I want to get a massage at a quirky's. I'm just going to tell you.

Ease up on the barbecue sauce, man. I got to retract that one. Yeah. This is a bad example. That's all.

All right. Caleb Park with the neon sign talking about massages joining us from Florida today. Not a good look, is it? No, it's terrible. But let's move on.

You've been weighing in on this Sophie Cunningham story out of the WNBA. Is this true that you've started watching the WNBA because of Sophie Cunningham? Yeah. I mean, I didn't really want to admit that, Todd, but yes, it is true. I started watching the NBA and I've been watching the fever games.

She's so much fun to watch on social, follow on social media. She just turned 30 years old. She was singing a song at a bar. She's. She's just a light in a place that can be kind of, you know, boring and dark.

And yeah, watching her on the field, she's. Make it, she's one of the highest three-point shooters in the league. And so that's fun because she sinks a lot of threes. And yeah, right now, a lot of people support her. She just got a deal with a coconut water brand.

So you're going to see me drinking more coconut water in the next couple of days. And I'm down here in South Florida, so it's perfect.

Well, there you go. Caleb, I want to bring into the conversation Lisa, who's listening to us in Gainesville, Georgia, on WDUN. Lisa, you're on the air with me and Caleb Park. What's on your mind?

Well I just wanted to say just say two quick things. During the China virus, When I would go through a drive-through, I usually gave the kid or the adult a tip because I appreciated them working during that time we had lockdowns. And Then there's a certain drive school I go through early in the morning, and this woman works there. And as soon as I hear her voice, she is so pleasant. She obviously has a job like you and me.

We have to make money. She makes my morning so happy. And I know she has some struggles. And every time I give her a five dollar bill, It's just a nice thing to do. She makes my day.

She's positive. She wants to be at work. I like that. Lisa, I like that too. And Caleb, you know, Caleb covers all these good stories.

Caleb, you ought to offer like a tipping box that are on your website.

Well, And I was going to say, Lisa, you're the type of person that we like to highlight. And you're the everyday American that truly is the reason. That we have tipping and that we're so generous because you're giving people that support. And so, thank you for doing that. Thank you for sharing that.

And I, yeah, I'm with you. I think the flip side is when it gets ridiculous, but people like you are what gives me hope and what makes tipping, you know, A fun thing to do, like Todd said. All right. Well done. Lisa, thank you for the call.

Let's go to Tom in Houston, Texas, listening to us on Patriot Talk 920. All right, Tom, what say you?

Well done, um On the tipping. I am the guy who If I got Ad service. I would tip one or two cents just to let them know I saw the line. on there before all these digital uh uh tablets started showing up. Back when you got a paper receipt, But now if I get a good service, you're going to get a good tip.

And I'm going to open up a can of worms on you. we like to cruise two to three times a year. end up the uh the uh big item on the cruise boats now is this uh Uh what do you call it? Obligatory tipping. Anywhere from eighteen to twenty-four dollars per day per person.

In your cabin. And I'm the guy I go down and I remove my tips and I give tips myself. in an envelope to my service people. Last time we were on the cruise, It's a main dining room. We have a team, you know, an actual waiter who takes the order, and the other three people service our table.

I gave them the one hundred fifty bucks at the end of a seven day cruise.

Okay. And I really don't think that's too terribly Butch, you know. I wouldn't say that was incredible, but and then our room steward. He got a hundred bucks. You know?

So I am not against tipping. I'm against foolish tipping. Yeah, Tom, I'm with you on that. And again, and it should be left up to the individual. I think that's ultimately the issue I have.

But the idea that I'm sitting in a drive-through and you're expecting a tip from me, yeah, I just don't think that's going to happen, Tom. Yep, and Todd I did leave her. Private message with the DJ for you.

So you need to get together once the show's over and you've had two or three lattes. All right. Thank you for that, Tom. All right. Thanks for calling in.

I'm kind of nervous about that one. Caleb, no doubt, this is an issue. I think just a lot of people, you know, they want to be able to go out and they do want to do the right thing here. They just don't want to have to pay more in the tip than they actually pay for their meal, I think. Yeah, and I'd have to disagree with Tom a little bit.

He said it wasn't a very generous tip. That was a super generous tip for the, you know, for the staff there. And so, you know, I think a lot of times people don't like to toot their horn. Tom, great job. All right, good stuff.

But I think why people are upset about the tipping is because it's sneaky. You know, there's this pressure, and sometimes it'll be like, oh, there's a tip, and then there's a service charge. And it's like, you're like, wait, what does each thing mean? And And then now you have waitresses claiming that gratuity and tipping are different so. I don't know, Todd.

I don't know what the answer really is. All right. Before we let you go, Caleb, big, big question about who should replace Caroline Levitt. She's leaving the Trump administration. She has done a brilliant job as press secretary.

I'm just going to run through the list here. Who do you like? Scott Jennings? I do like him. You know, he goes viral on social media for a lot of his takedowns on the CNN panel.

So I think it would be interesting to see him at the podium. You see, I don't think he's a Trump guy. I really don't. And he gets upset when you mock his teammates over at CNN. And that's a big red flag for me.

So, all right, we'll put a question mark beside Jennings. Elena Haba, what do you think about Elena?

Well, she already said that she's probably not going to be the pick, but I do think she looks the part, has defended Trump in court. She would be a good pick. She got Two thumbs up for me. All right. I've also heard about Fox News correspondent Alexis McAdams, not very well known.

Yeah. So she did get the green light from Trump when he was interviewing her. I think it was a little tongue-in-cheek, but I think she would probably. I I don't know because she's a reporter.

So we actually don't really know what her opinion is. And if we're being honest, Todd, I think that the person that's going to be the next White House correspondent or White House press secretary is probably going to come from inside the White House. Because Trump really likes loyalty, and somebody that's been with him, Caroline Levitt was somebody that was by his side every step of the way from the campaign to the White House, and she's done. A phenomenal job. whether or not you're a Democrat Republican.

I think everybody can agree. She's done An excellent job, especially as the youngest press secretary that we've had and raising two young kids. There has also been some speculation that there's somebody else that could be in the mix. I've seen a photograph of this individual behind the White House podium there in the press briefing room, holding actually one of these iced matches, one Caleb Park. Can you confirm that you could be up for the job?

Well, Todd, I will say this. I'm not closing any doors here. And if President Trump calls me, I will answer. And you can check out that photo on my social media at Caleb Park. At Caleb Park.

All right, Caleb, we're going to have to leave it there, my friend. What do you got cooking? Where do you want to send people if they want to get more information about you? Yeah, follow me on social media. It's Caleb Park with an E and Calebpark.com.

I've got a new episode on my podcast with a master, and he owns a global mission organization, John Kim. I'll be releasing that episode soon, and I'll be posting about the book. That I got from Todd. Be looking for that review soon, guys. Follow me there.

And congratulations, Todd. This is huge. Caleb, thank you again. Always fun having you on, and lots of good laughter and good news as well. Caleb Park, everybody, on our Patriot mobile newsmaker line.

And again, you can read all about Caleb in the Golden Age. Be sure to get a copy at your favorite bookstore. You can also find a copy at Amazon as well. All right, we've got to take a quick break here, folks. Our telephone number: 901-260-5926.

Again, that number, 901-260-5926. This is The Todd Stern Show. All right, let's go to Ocala, Florida. Richard is listening to us on WOCA. Hi, Richard.

What's on your mind today? Oh. Mick, thanks for taking my call, Mr. Todd. One thing on the tipping Um occasionally I'll tip it to drive-through wind.

If they're friendly and nice, And you know, you like to tip on that. But something that does bother me is when they bring your BO and it gives you two or three options. Uh, like it's like they're demanding it out of you, and that's not what a tip is for. A tip is you're tipping for good service. If the service is mediocre, you might only tip 10 percent or 12.

If it's nice service, you might go from 15 to 20. You know what I'm saying? But it's like they're now they're even showing you can give as much as twenty-five. And to me, that's uh there that's no taste, that's poor taste. We're turning into an entitlement society.

We're beggars and bums. We're turning into beggars and bums, and it it bothers me. And then another issue, if I can mention on Fulb's endorsements, I'm just I'm dis disappointed to mister Trump with his North Carolina endorsement. I'm very disappointed in his Florida endorsement. That Mr.

Collins and Mr. Paul Renner, both of them, was excellent conservative choices that has proven where they stand and what they'll do for the conservative Florida. And this guy they Trump endorsed was a transplant. He moved in here from New York and he used to be a Democrat at one time. Richard, I am right there with you.

It's been a little bit aggravating to see some of these endorsements coming down, no doubt about it. Richard, I'm going to have to leave it there and thank you for listening. By the way, you folks in Ocala, the Barnes Noble College Road, they've got copies of the Golden Age. Same thing over at the Villages, Lake Sumter Landing. They've got plenty of copies there as well.

All right, hang tight, everybody. We'll be right back.