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Hello, everybody. Thank you for joining us today. We have a lot happening. Senator Marsha Blackburn is here today. Also, and just so you know, we are literally every person running for governor has reached out to us.
They've asked for airtime, sit down for an interview, and we have agreed to do that.
So all of the candidates are going to be coming through the K-Wham studios. It doesn't matter if they're running for Congress, local. We've got both candidates running for Lakeland Mayor that are going to be joining us in the coming days.
So we've got a lot of political news happening. And again, this is why K-Wham, the Mighty 990, is the number one News Talk radio station in the Mid-South. Our numbers just on streaming are off the charts. And it's because you folks. Want to hear from these candidates.
So, coming up in just a little while, Marsha Blackburn is going to be here. As we go through the political season, Steve Gill, who is the publisher of TriStar Daily, he'll be joining us at least twice a week to break down a lot of the political news, and there really is a lot of political news. But Memphis was right in the middle of national headline stories yesterday and yesterday afternoon, the Attorney General Todd Blanche coming out in a Rose Garden press conference late yesterday and talking about the incredible, the incredible success story that is Memphis, Tennessee. And of course, President Trump. Bringing the National Guard to our city after we asked him about it right here on KWAM on our airwaves in this very studio.
And the president promised he would take a long, hard look at Memphis. And he ended up a couple of weeks later making the move to send in the National Guard. At the time, we were the nation's most violent city. We were the nation's deadliest city. And that was coming from the FBI director himself, Cash Patel.
And now, when you look at where we are, it is just truly remarkable. Here's the Attorney General yesterday talking about Memphis on the national media. Cut 27, please. Done in Memphis. Today is the one-year anniversary of us signing the Memorandum of Understanding with Memphis to do the great work that we've done over the past year.
Nearly 13,000 arrests in the Memphis area, more than 2,000 illegal firearms seized, and nearly 1,500 known gang members arrested over. The past year. We also located more than 200 missing children. St. Louis over the past four weeks.
our HSTF platform. has been extraordinarily successful arresting over two hundred fifty violent criminals, many with outstanding warrants and extensive criminal history, and they've taken over one hundred illegal firearms off the streets. That's just in the past four weeks. And today, you may have heard Director Patel announce that the FBI has arrested ten out of ten of the criminals on the FBI's ten most wanted list in the first eighteen months of the administration. I mean, it really is remarkable what this administration has done for Memphis.
And, you know, the carjackings, there was a time when you had to be very careful about going to get gas, very careful about going to the grocery store, especially if you were a woman, because you were targeted by these thug carjackers. And look, there's still a lot of work that has to be done. No doubt about that. No doubt about it. People are still getting shot.
And what I love about the president is he did something that the Democrats in this town did not do. President Trump realized that most of the victims, most of the victims of these criminal thugs. are black folks. And the President said not on my watch. The Democrats in Memphis turned a blind eye as black people have been killed in the streets.
They've been carjacked. They've been robbed. They've been beaten. And not a sing they did absolutely nothing to stop the viola, nothing at all. Nothing at all.
Trump comes in and says, We're going to do something about this. This is not right. This is not normal. People in America should not have to live like this.
So I just say, and honestly, you know, the NAACP and all of these race-baiting grifters out there, they really ought to thank President Trump for. Or what he did. But they'll never do it. And honestly, City Hall ought to do it uh as well. But instead, Bill Drees has a piece up on the the Daily Memphis.
And today, here's the headline City council members plan to ask the Memphis Task Force to leave. And according to the Daily Memphian, City Council members Yolanda Cooper-Sutton. And uh you've got uh Easter Thomas. will ask the council to approve a resolution asking the Memphis Safe Task Force to leave the city. They say, of course, it is a non-binding resolution, but they say they have heard from several family members of people arrested by ICE.
And they say the task force has to go. I'm curious: do you want to see the task force go? Do you support Memphis City Council here? By the way, the two people bringing up the resolution, again, Democrats. My question to Yolanda, and by the way, and this is the same moment.
Do you remember it was a couple of years ago, she was being interviewed by a reporter, and all of a sudden there was a drive-by shooting, and she was as calm as a cucumber and telling the reporter it was going to be okay, and she started praying.
So I'm just curious: what does Yolanda Cooper Sutton tell the black citizens of her district who have been victims of crime? I just find it just appalling the way the city council has behaved lately. Only because of this, and just understand. Our city, and you and you were going to hear Marsha Blackburn talking about small businesses. Our city has been suffering.
When you look at the actual numbers of people that have left Memphis and Shelby County, it's staggering, just staggering. And we were on a trajectory to become the next Detroit, where the population just evaporated because it was so bad.
So, anyway, do you agree with the city council wanting to introduce a resolution? To ask the task force to leave town.
Now, here's what we're going to do: we're going to compile an audio tape of you folks calling in and thanking President Trump. For sitting in the task force, and I'm going to send that directly to the president's assistant. And we're going to make sure the president knows there are people here in Memphis and Shelby County who are very appreciative of what the president did. If you want to join that effort, all you have to do is pick up the phone and call and say thank you, Mr. President.
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Say hello to our good friend, Steve Gill, publisher of TriStar Daily. Steve, good to have you with us. And the starting point is a story that's making the rounds that President Trump not doing well in the latest polling data coming out. He was, his net approval, this is according to the Commercial Appeal. His net approval was at 1% in the state, now has flipped to a negative 4% as of September 12th.
Now, the caveat here, and we will always do this on the show, Steve, the poll was conducted by Civics, which is known to be a left-leaning polling agency.
So that's important to factor into this. But what do you make of these numbers? Yes, I mean, I think there's probably been some slippage because President Trump has recently, and I think because of world events to a large extent, been so focused on foreign policy, which is not the top of mind thing that most Americans, most Minfians are concerned about. I mean, we're concerned about gas prices, affordability, crime, illegal immigration. And I think the administration continues to find itself dragged into or in some cases prioritizing foreign policy.
And our default setting as a nation has always been sort of a isolationist mentality.
Sometimes that's good, sometimes that's bad. But I think that's part of the reflection. And as you point out, this polling company is a left-leaning polling company. I think they were polling registered rather than likely voters, which is ridiculous, 48 days before an election.
So I think there's a lot of questions to be raised about the polling data itself. But I do think there's been a softening of support for Trump. He's kind of turned the tide on that. Getting gas prices down would be a huge step.
Well, gas yes, absolutely. And I again, you know, the question is, is it really Iran that's the cause of the high gas prices, or are the oil companies taking advantage of what's happening there to say, oh yeah, we have to raise your price? It's almost $4 a gallon here in Memphis.
Well, and I think there's no question that the oil companies, the gas companies are taking advantage of the opportunity to artificially raise the prices. When you look at the price of a barrel of oil, we've had higher. Barrel of oil prices in the past, and the gas prices were still a little bit lower.
So there is something disconnected there. The other disconnect, and I think the Trump administration has not hammered this home enough over the last. Two years, we haven't built a new refinery in America since 1977. You don't take a barrel of oil and then just put it into your car's engine. You have to convert it to gasoline and diesel and aircraft aviation fuel.
So, no, no. New refineries that would be more efficient, more effective, more costly, cleaner for the environment is because the left has, for all these decades, blocked us from building new refineries here. We've now got access to all this amazing oil in Venezuela.
Now, it's a dirtier oil that requires a bit more to refine it. We're going to be helping them build refineries in Venezuela because to build refineries to convert that new accessed oil here in the US would take decades. We can help them. Again, it will cost a little bit from the taxpayers, but it will help rebuild a Venezuelan economy. We could be rebuilding our own, creating jobs here, but we're going to have to do it there because our environmental wackos, the people who told us climate change would have us all dead by now, won't let us build the resources we need to convert resources to gasoline.
All right, Steve Gill on our Patriot mobile newsmaker line. He is publisher of TriStartDaily.com. Today, Steve, independent candidate. For a governor. Her name is Lauren Pinkston, P-I-N-K-S-T-O-N.
Lauren Pinkston is going to be in Memphis. She's hosting a meet and greet with Rhodes College students later this afternoon. Before that, she's going to be sitting down with us here at K-Wam for an interview. What can you tell us about Lauren Pinkston? You know, she's smart, she's articulate, you know, she's been out there working, you know, aggressively, you know, meeting with groups, talking to people for several months now.
You know, the problem is she has no resources, she has no money. And as you know, the mother's bilk of politics is cash. And in case people don't realize it, you can't get mail, you can't get TV, you can't buy radio for free.
So her big disadvantage is nobody knows who she is. She has zero name recognition, and that's why you see her lagging so far behind in the polls. I mean, I think she's got some good ideas. I think you're going to hear those on your show today. But I think she's going to ultimately be a two to three percent kind of factor in the race.
while you've got the, you know. Jerry Greene, the Democrat candidate. When you look at the numbers, Kamala Harris got, what, 40% or so against Donald Trump.
So that's kind of the baseline number for Democrats. It all depends on turnout. Can they turn out their vote? Can Republicans turn out their vote? It all is going to be a turnout game, and whether she can get to that 40% is a question or higher.
And then you've got David Hatley, who I know who's talked to before.
Well, yeah, I wanted to kind of go through one by one here.
So, yeah, let me jump in here.
So, we had Blackburn on the national show yesterday. We're going to play more clips of this, but I wanted to play this clip because I brought up Jerry Green to the senator. Jerry Green actually calling Blackburn a coward. And I asked the senator about that. Let's take a listen.
The gubernatorial race is heating up. You have a Democrat opponent, a woman by the name of Jerry Green, who sits on the council in Memphis. She posted something about you. She said that you are a coward. I'm curious to get your reaction to the rhetoric coming from the Democrats in this race.
You know, we are running our race. We've got a great message. We have a history of working with and for Tennesseans. And working to make their lives better every day. We are going to stay focused on that and leave the noise to others.
I said, I've got an opponent that is a socialist. I've got another one with quite a colorful record, but we are focused on the people of Tennessee and how we best serve them. It is an honor every day to work for the people of Tennessee.
Well, I know your team has actually put out this website, deadbeatdave.com, this independent guy, David Hatley. And you're right. I mean, the guy is a convicted criminal. He says that he's written about all of his past crimes and mistakes that he made, he said, younger in life. What is it about this guy that would disqualify him to be governor of Tennessee?
And uh One of the things we know is that Tennesseans want somebody who has a history of delivering for them, somebody that understands the states, each grand division, and has solutions. To problems. We are a great state. We're not a bad state. We're not bad people.
We are one of the best states in the country. And we've got the lowest per capita debt burden in the country, the lowest tax burden. This is a good thing.
Okay, let me jump in here. Steve, so first, she didn't answer the question, but I thought it was interesting. She said, leave the noise to others. It was her campaign that actually created the deadbeatdave.com website. And created it directly.
I mean, these are people that are political professionals, and they didn't create a third-party PAC, as is normally done, to create this attack smear campaign on Hatley. By the way, contrary to Marsha Blackburn, he signed the front of a check, actually created in the business world. Jobs in Tennessee and actually employed people and hired people and grown a company.
So the claim is somehow, I guess, she's trying to claim that he's called Tennessee bad when he's the one that's actually been on the front lines actually doing things. And they're they're attacking him left and right. If she truly has an insurmountable lead, can't lose. Why is she so busy attacking her opponents rather than simply talking about the issues? And as you heard in that clip and others, She's not talking specifically about what she's actually done or will do as governor of Tennessee.
I think that's interesting. Also, this whole, you know, he's a convicted felon business. You know, he was kiting checked. He was passing money from one account to another as he was creating his business. You know, what, 30 years ago, 20 years ago, had, you know, got caught with, I think, about $35,000, $40,000 in moving this money around.
Right. Went to Knox County Jail. not federal prison as Marsh's team has lied. He went to Knox County Jail for 23 days. And yet they're making, and as you mentioned, he revealed it in his own book and has not been hiding it.
But again, I think it's the desperation of attacking him. And my question about the debate, and I've said this publicly before. Can Marsha Blackburn not defend capitalism against a socialist? In Tennessee, I mean, socialism is bad, it would be horrible. Can Marsha Blackman not go one-on-one and defend capitalism against socialism?
I will say, and we address that later. We're going to go in the next half hour of the show and we're going to play some of that audio. And I do ask her about the debate situation. I do think it's interesting. One of my staffers was that one of our sponsors yesterday, while this interview was playing, and the guy said, one of the customers just chimed in and said, I'm voting for that Hatley guy because he wants to get rid of the flock cameras.
So, flock cameras may become a campaign issue. Who knew? Steve, we've got to leave it there. We're up against a break here. Again, TriStarDaily.com.
Steve Gill, thank you, sir. Thanks, my friend. All right, there you go. A lot of news coming out and exclusive news right here on the Mighty 990. Our number 901-260-5926.
Yeah. And welcome back, everybody. I'm Todd Starnes and the principal to you at a Memphis studio. If you think it's crazy here in Tennessee with politics, wait until you hear what's going on. Across the river in Arkansas, there is a Democrat who is running against Tom Cotton.
Her name is Hallie Schaffner, and she is as woke as the day is long. I want you to listen to what she had to say about illegal aliens, cut 29. Every farmer will tell you, yeah, at one point we did. or still do employee undocumented immigrants. And it's absolutely ridiculous that these folks are being round up because they're hardworking people.
They're some of the best people we know. And honestly, we'd trade five Americans for just one of them. Because of how hard they work. And why is it that there's no pathway for them to work here legally when they're good workers, we pay them well, they spend money here, they have family here. We're acting like all Republicans.
Like what's happening with ice. And Tom Cotton's basically saying, you, Andy, if you're a Republican and you disagree. With my position on ICE, or if you're asking any kind of questions about it, well, you must be anti-American and anti-safety. And I'm like, I have a seven-year-old boy, all I think about is safety.
So there you have it. An illegal alien, according to Ms. Schoffner, who wants to be the next senator from Arkansas, according to her own words, she says that one illegal alien can do the work of five red blooded American patriots.
So, this is look, this is the Democrat Party's mindset. They truly believe that the illegals are better than all of us, which is why they want to replace all of us with the illegals. That's why they had the open borders during the Autopen presidency of Joe Biden. They wanted these people to flood in here.
So, I'm just curious: do you agree with Ms. Schofner, the Democrat candidate from Arkansas, who believes that American workers, I guess you guys are lazy. She says one illegal can do the work of five Americans. 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926.
Unbelievable. Also unbelievable, this story out of the Daily Memphian today.
So if you've driven by the old commercial appeal building. You know that they're in the process of tearing it all down, and they're building a $1 billion brand-spanking new Regional One hospital. And there were all sorts of ceremonies and celebrations, and all the Democrats were out there talking about how this was going to be the most state-of-the-art hospital in America.
Well, they left out one tiny little detail. According to the Daily Memphian, There's No plan in place to actually pay for the $1 billion hospital. I'm not making this. This is the Daily Menfian. They got the Freedom of Information Act request.
They did a deep dive into the numbers and they realized there's no way To pay for this thing.
Now, Regional One provided limited information to the daily Memphian. In a statement, the hospital said they keep detailed records of all expenditures related to the project and provide them to the county. Former Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris' administration did not answer phone calls or emails about the project throughout August.
Well, that's a red flag. One of the questions they had. was how it planned to finance the $150 million in capital projects the county had planned for the current fiscal year. The former mayor did not answer those questions at all.
So now, is it possible that the new commission could get stuck with all of this? According to the Daily Memphian, there is a contract between Regional One and Cavallis All World, which is a joint venture of a healthcare consultant. And the contract started in May And there's a four-year construction timeline. The hospital hopes to have everything built by 2030. They say the maximum price is $1 billion.
You know it's going to be more than that. And it gives the joint venture a 2% fee based on that value.
So the consultants are getting $20 million. which is $330,000 a month. In June and July, Regional One paid more than $700,000 from its own funds.
So, big problems are afoot at Regional One and the Shelby County Commission, and they just had their very first meeting. What a mess. That is going to be. But my bigger question is, how in the world did the previous commission sign off on all of this without even knowing how they planned to pay for the new one billion dollar hospital? Unbelievable.
901-260-5926 is our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. So, yesterday, we had the chance to sit down with Senator Marsha Blackburn talking about the great success of the Memphis Safe Task Force. Let's listen to Blackburn explain why the Democrats did not fix Memphis. Take a listen.
You know, what's really shocking about all of this, Senator, is that the Democrats who have run Memphis for generations could have done something about this, but they did not do anything. They didn't do anything at all. And it took your efforts. It took the efforts of people like State Senator Brent Taylor, now running for Congress, and it took President Trump. You took that to President Trump and said, Mr.
President, we need help in Memphis. And he delivered when the Democrats failed to do so. You're exactly right about that. And Director Patel and the Attorney General listened when we said, we need your help. We can't do this on our own.
And they said, we will help you. And indeed, Director Patel, when he was with us a year ago, gave me that public commitment that they would do that. And they have lived up to that. And now that other cities, St. Louis, Other cities are looking at Memphis.
You've got Director Patel today talking about the Project Viper, which was the first part of putting this task force together. how he now has that in a couple dozen cities where they're looking at how you work in partnership to get crime under control. And Todd, I'll say this, also the cartels that have moved into some of these issues. We in Tennessee have sent this message loud and clear. If you are here trafficking our children, if you are trafficking drugs, we are going to hunt you down.
We're going to find you and apprehend you. We are going to put you in jail. We are going to prosecute you. But you are not going to get away with this. And it has that message is being understood.
By these cartels, and they are leaving the area, and that is a positive. One of the other things we asked the senator about is how we can keep Tennessee safe. Take a listen. Senator, I thought it was interesting, something you said in your remarks to the FBI director, that you wanted to see those numbers every single day. And I think that's going to impress a lot of people who, you know, sometimes this part of Tennessee gets left behind in the conversation, but it certainly appears that you are paying very close attention to what's going on here in the Memphis area.
Yes, indeed we are. Ben Blackman is our chief counsel, and he grew up in Memphis, went to school at Christian Brothers. And law school at Ole Miss. And he has really drilled down on these numbers. And as we have worked.
Right with your local, state, and federal agencies. Every day we check these, we look. At the criminals that are being detained and are being jailed, I will say this. Um our U.S. Attorney Mike Donovan has been Miller on this.
Tyrese Miller, the U.S. Marshal. Deller. And these gentlemen are individuals that are now recognized across the country. Chief Davis is getting calls from around the country from other police chiefs saying, How have you done this?
This is good for Memphis. And one of the things we're hearing not only from citizens about how much safer it is, but from small business owners and about they're beginning to have people Look at relocating businesses and reaching out to them and saying, could you supply this? Would you be a vendor for that?
So it's opening up opportunities for economic growth and development that a year ago, Memphis did not have the Chamber of Commerce. Is getting more requests for information. This is good. It means more jobs, it means higher wages. All right, there you go.
Just a bit of our interview with Marcia Blackburn. Also, had a chance, and we'll get to this after the break, to ask her about the debates. What's going on with the debate? And my question to you: do you believe it's important for the candidates to agree to a debate. Is that an important factor in the election?
Does it really matter? Our telephone number, 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. Got a note from our friends in Millington, the Navy Mid-South Half Marathon coming up on September the 26th. That's a Saturday.
And there is all sorts of great fun happening. There is a big vendor expo, a lot of family fun as well. And if you'd like information, go to kwamradio.com. That's kwamradio.com. And we have intel on the Navy MidSouth Half Marathon.
And it's just a wonderful way to come out, show your support for the Navy, and to show your support for the men and women who are serving our nation. And get a little bit of exercise, too. Not just a half marathon, there are smaller races as well. And you'll be able to take part in all of that fun coming up next Saturday at the Navy Mid-South Half Marathon. All right, we've got to take a break.
We'll be right back in the principal Toyota Memphis studio. And welcome back. A very busy morning here in the Mid-South. I'm Todd Starnes, and we are proudly broadcasting in the principal Toyota Memphis studio. I want to give a shout-out to our good buddy, David Weimer.
You know, David Weimer was the very first sponsor here on the Mighty 990 when I bought this radio station. And we just love the relationship we have with David. And if you haven't been down to really to special things, which is right next door to Weimer's Jewelry, they just, it's a wonderful vibe going down over there in Bartlett. And also, I call it my little slice of Mayberry, which is the Germantown Pharmacy. You go there, you get your drugs, and you pick up some chicken spaghetti from, oh, great.
They sell food there too. And it's just a, and you never stay for a couple of minutes. You got to stay and you got to talk to folks and you got to hang out.
So, anyway, we thank all of our wonderful sponsors who make all of this possible. And we thank you also for being customers and supporters of those businesses. And by the way, the great thing about K-Wham is that we deliver results for all of our sponsors. And it's important for us to provide a platform for locally owned businesses here in the Mid-South. That's what we do.
So if you have a business that you would like to promote here on K-WAM, just drop us a call and we'll get your information and get right back to you. 901-260-5926 is our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. By the way, congratulations once again, Memphis. Give yourselves a pat on the back.
U.S. News and World Report naming Memphis as one of the best food cities in the United States. We came in number eight on their list. And they gave a couple of our local places some shout outs. They also praised our chicken wings.
And the honey gold sauce. You know, I'm not a sauce guy. I like the roasted wings, and I'm good there. Elwood Shack, Cozy Corner, got shout-outs. And also, Gibson's Donuts, among some of the restaurants that they highlighted there in the U.S.
News and World Report story.
So congratulations, Memphis. We do have the best food in America. And I'm going to go ahead and just mark us up as the number one city, if that's okay with you guys. 901-260-5926. I want to go back and play some audio from our interview, our exclusive interview with Senator Marshall Blackburn.
And I brought up the. The prickly issue of debate.
So let's take a listen. I'm also one of these guys that just loves debates. I'm a journalist, I'm a broadcaster, and I love the debates, and I love hearing conservative ideas being debated. Is there any circumstance that you would consider or at least think about doing a debate with your opponents? You know, my opponent is a socialist I'm a conservative this is a contrast election and will always we we love talking about what we are for but Todd I'm not going to give air to these defund the police put social workers on the streets Medicaid, not even Medicare, but Medicaid for all.
We're just not going to give the ear to that. All right, there you have it. She's not going to debate. I will just say this: it's a missed opportunity. Because the problem is, the nation's education system is giving air to socialist ideas, and that's why so many young Americans are embracing socialism.
And I think that's why it is imperative for all of our candidates to get out there on the debate stage and say, okay, here's what conservatives believe, and here's what the socialists believe. We need to see those, and people need to see those issues being debated. As a matter of fact, I'd love to see some of these debates happen in high schools around the state of Tennessee. Bring in the juniors and seniors and let them see these candidates. And let's talk about the issues.
And maybe just maybe we can sway minds here. Because right now, we are very close to losing a generation again. To the socialist, and I don't want that to happen, and I know you don't want that to happen either.
So maybe we'll try to get, we're going to try our best to make this happen. There will be a debate on K-Wham with or without the Republican nominee. I will promise you that. We've reached out to all of the other candidates, and they have agreed to a debate, and we'll make that happen. And if I have to be the guy that's debating the conservative side of things, then I'm happy to do that.
Happy to do it. 901-260-5926, our telephone number. The Knowledge Bull. Anybody remember The Knowledge Bowl? This goes back 39.
This would be the 39th season of The Knowledge Bowl, and it's a lot of fun for the kids. You know, they get on TV and they answer the tough questions, and there's scholarships and trophies and bragging rights and all that kind of good stuff. Collierville High School won the championship, the most recent Knowledge Bowl season.
Well, now Channel 3, WREG, says that they're going to be pausing. The Knowledge Bowl. And Daily Menfield got an email, got a copy of the email. They said after careful consideration, I've decided we're going to place Knowledge Bowl on hiatus for the upcoming season. Over time, we have seen declining interest in the program as well as a decrease in scholarship funding available from our donor partners.
Given those changes, I believe it's appropriate to pause the program and evaluate what the future of Knowledge Bowl. Could look like.
So, look, we're going to look into this. We're going to see what's good. We're going to find out what's going on. And maybe there is a version of that that we could do here on the Mighty 990, right here on K-Ram.
So, we're going to check it all out and we'll let you guys know how you might be able to help out. Really disappointed in W-R-E-G. I mean, really, guys? Come on now. All right, folks, again, it has been a busy News Day and a lot more ahead.
Armstrong and Getty coming up my national show starting at 11 o'clock right here on the Mighty 990. Be sure to check out kwamradio.com for all of our news and information. Have a great one, everybody. you Yeah.
