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From Memphis, Tennessee, it's common sense conservative commentary from Todd Starr. Shut up. That's right. I love this American. You know, I love Judge Judy.

I I I really do. Uh she's uh she's a great lady. I don't know where she is politically speaking. I I I suspect she may be well, she may be a little timid, maybe she's a moderate. I don't think she's a flaming liberal.

But Judge Judy is a patriot. Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Todd Stearns Radio Show. Great to have you with us today. I want you to write down our telephone number.

You will need this. If you plan on calling into the program today, our telephone number, 901-260-5926. Again, that's 901-260-5926. Judy Scheinlin is her name. And of course, many of you, I think most of us know her as Judge Judy, and a woman who has been blessed with a hefty dose of common sense.

Honest to goodness. She's a very practical woman, you know, born, by the way, in New York City and has just an incredible story, a life story and career. And she's a brilliant legal mind. She was also a corporate lawyer back in the day. And then jumped into the entertainment industry and really became a Just a celebrity, a beloved celebrity.

She had a great book, her very first book, Don't Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining. That sort of tells you all you need to know about the lovely Judge Judy. Anyway, she's ramping up her career and doing the podcast. And so the other day, she was on this podcast and I think like a lot of Americans, she's just done. She is she's done with the left.

She's done with these radical Democrats. And the Democrats of today are not even the Democrats of The 1990s. I mean, these, you know, going back to, and a lot of people don't like to talk about this. You know, William Jefferson Clinton. And I'm not no, I know he yes, he was chasing around the interns in the oral office back in the day.

And I am not justifying that. I'm not dismissing that. The guy was a creep. He was a freak. A freaky deke.

That's who Bill Clinton was. And no doubt about it. But he was a very, he was an old school Southern Democrat. He wasn't some sort of a radical leftist like the types we have now.

So when you look back at Bill Clinton and his presidency, I mean, he's almost. He's almost a Republican based on what today's Democrats believe. You know, the survey that came out yesterday, and very disturbing, we've got all the we have the survey itself posted on ToddSterns.com. 33% of Democrats would be okay if Trump got assassinated. Thirty-three percent, ladies and gentlemen.

I it's I I how do you how do you live in the in the same country with people who think that it's okay to kill somebody just because you disagree with them politically? That's why Charlie Kirk is dead. That's why, and you know, people, I don't know, it's the uh that they don't have the long-term memory. Right. They don't remember what it was like back in the day.

I remember when President Trump ran for office the first time. Any of you remember that time? It was it was not all tip tiptoeing through the tulips. The leftist targeted the Trump rallies. Do you remember this?

They targeted the Trump rallies. They literally attacked. conservative young people. Leaving them bloodied and beaten in the streets. They were beating up grandmas.

And a lot of folks forgot about that. I do not forget. Ladies and gentlemen. My mind like a steel trap. I do not forget.

I remember what they did to our people. leaving them bloodied and beaten in the streets. And for what? Their only crime was wanting to make America great again. In some cases, their only crime was wearing a red MAGA hat.

Remember the Covington Catholic high school kid. Remember him? What CNN did to that poor teenage boy? And now that kid is he has more money than he knows knows what to do with thanks to the the legal settlement there. But it was an ugly time.

And people are just, I think people are. I don't know, are you sensing it? People are just exhausted. And I know that, look, the economy's in the cramper right now, and diesel prices out the wise. I get all of that.

But can we just set that aside for? We're going to talk about that a little bit later on in the show. But can we talk about. Just specifically the Democrats for just a moment. Who in their right mind would ever want to give these people power again?

And let me just say this: if you stay home on election day and you don't get out and vote, well, you're voting for a Democrat. I mean, that's it. In my mind, you're just as bad as the Democrats.

So people are just tired of it, and Judge Judy is tired of it too. People crapping all over our country. We live in the greatest nation on the face of the earth, ladies and gentlemen. Don't you ever let anybody tell you otherwise. This is one of the reasons why people are trying to come into our country.

They're literally storming the gates of our borders. They're dumping their kids into America because they know that America is a great place. You've got all these Democrats out there, and they're trying to tell you that America is some sort of a cesspool of evil, and it is not a cesspool of evil. It is the greatest freaking nation on the planet. And I don't know, every now and again, maybe all of us conservatives need a swift kick in the buttocks, and we need to understand what is going on here.

Now, I get it. I completely understand why everybody's angry with the Republicans, and they should be. As a matter of fact, Stephen Miller coming out yesterday and saying what we've been saying on this program for a very long time is that if If the Republicans lose in the midterms, it is all because of Majority Leader John Thornton. That's it. That's it, period.

I absolutely believe that. But again. Look at what we have to deal with here, ladies and gentlemen. We are dealing with a very, very dangerous time in American history. And this is one of those moments where I think all of us have to rise up and say, you know, yeah, I know.

Some of you just want to sit back in the lazy boy and you want to watch it all play out. We can't do that. We can't do it. The Communist are inside the gates. And they are surging.

So all of us have a choice to make. I think Judge Judy made her choice. And I want you to, this is Judge Judy. Talking about America. I want you to listen to it.

Take a listen.

Next year. And this gets political. which I don't mind. I have a house. and I have a home.

I consider America my home. America has been good to me. I think that it's the greatest country in the world. If you don't like this country, go somewhere else. Don't come to the greatest country in the world, the most successful country in the world, and say, I want to change it.

There are other countries that are there, something else that you want. Go there. Go there, but don't come into my home. America is my home. Don't come into my home and say, I want to change it.

May say I want to give more people opportunity. I want to change certain things. The way certain things, the way we do business, but we are a capital. Capitalist country that revered excellence, that revered entrepreneurship, that revered all the things that made us great, that produced an apple. An Amazon.

AI. Whether you like it or not, it's there. It produced the salt vaccine. It produced all of the major Inroads in medicine, and we did that because we encouraged brilliance and excellence, we gave them. Those people are pushwi.

They were in gifted classes. which I know public schools used to have.

Now it's taboo. Everybody should be equal.

Well, everybody's not equal.

Some people are tall.

Some people are short.

Some people are musical.

Some people are not.

Some people have big breasts.

Some people have no breasts. They're different. Don't come into my house. which is a perfect house. And tell me, Looks nice from the outside, but I'm going to change it inside to make it more of what we like, a more vanilla gray everything muted colors.

Look, that's the way we should be living today. Don't come here to redecorate. You don't like my house. Stay in your own house or find a different house. Yeah, that reminds me.

We got a Dolly Parton update. Dylan just reminded me of that. Thank you, Judge Judy. Yeah, yes, I agree with every single thing that this woman said. By the way, Judge Judy, she is a very pragmatic person.

And I think Judge Judy probably, probably many people in this audience share Judge Judy's. Philosophy about life. And she has actually endorsed candidates from, well, she endorsed Nikki Haley in 2024. She supported Michael Bloomberg, who was the Republican, turned Democrat, back to independent candidate.

So she's kind of all over the place, but she's a very pragmatic sort of person. And she holds to very traditional beliefs. And Judge Judy is right here. All of these people coming in like Rashida Talib and Ilhan Omar and her husband brother and what Zohran Mamdami, Coming into the country. We open up our arms.

And we welcome these people and they spit in our face and then they tell us they're going to spend their time, they're going to spend their energy, they're going to do whatever they can to change America. I mean, you've got a woman running for office in the state of Maine who actually said she wants to use her seat in Congress to send money back to Somalia. And that's what Judge Judy's talking about here. Why are all these people coming here and wanting to change our way of life? That's not how the immigration system was ever supposed to work.

That's not how it was meant to work.

So, really, instead of the poor, hungry masses yearning to breathe free, we're getting a bunch of radicalized immigrants. Who wants to destroy America from within? And now, one of them is the mayor of the largest city in the nation. And Judge Judy's right. You know what?

If you don't love our country, go somewhere else. Go somewhere else.

So I say good for you, Judge Judy. And you know, there was a time when most of the people in the Hollywood and some of you old timers, the the boomers, some of you boomers out there will remember these days when most of the Hollywood celebrities We're just like Judge Judy. Many of them were actually very conservative. Of course, John Wayne, chief among them, But do you remember the old school days when Hollywood was actually pro America, when Hollywood was they were putting out great movies, mister Smith Goes to Washington, Sergeant York, all of the John Wayne movies, the the Clint Eastwood Movies. Dirty Hairy But then they decided to jettison all of that.

Hollywood said, no, we don't want to represent American values anymore. As a matter of fact, they went after all of the, and I wrote a chapter in the book. Hold on, here we go. Here we go. The Golden Age: How Trump Saved America.

I've got an entire chapter on how Hollywood declared war on traditional American values. Bear with me as I scroll. I'll tell you exactly what chapter. Here we go. The Beverly Hillbillies Are a Threat to Democracy, Chapter 17 in the Golden Age.

They literally Hollywood literally wanted to remove any show. That made America look great. And that's what they did.

So, thank God for somebody like Judge Judy, who's still willing to say what needs to be said.

So many others in Hollywood, and I hear from a lot of these folks, conservatives in the entertainment industry in Hollywood on Broadway, and they're just terrified. They're absolutely terrified of letting anybody know that they support America or maybe they like Donald Trump or J.D. Vance. God forbid, J.D. Vance.

They are scared to death. That they will lose their careers if anybody finds out that they happen to hold. Conservative values. And on Broadway, especially, if you are a born-again Christian. That's it.

That's the death knell for your career.

So again, it didn't used to be like this, but we have turned a blind eye.

So many churches, first of all, moms and dads disengaged. Moms and dads, they don't give a rip what their kids are learning in school anymore. They don't care. They're doing too many other things. They're more interested in the travel teams and all of that stuff.

That's what's consuming moms and dads these days.

So they're not paying attention to what the kids are learning. And then you've got the schools, and they're completely screwed up. Then you've got the churches, and the churches were actually preaching morality to the kids. I don't know what the heck they're preaching nowadays. But it's not that.

And so We're supposed to be surprised that the country's going to hell in a handbasket? Let me tell you something. We are living in very dangerous times, and Donald Trump saved this country from going over the cliff. And if we're not careful. And if we're not careful, We're going to end up shoving ourselves over the cliff.

By reversing all of the great things that Donald Trump has done. And if you elect Democrats or you stay home on election day, the midterms, shame on you. Because you will be just as guilty. We have got to save the country from the communist at all costs. That has to be the rally cry now.

It has to be. All right, gotta take a break. 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. Great show coming up.

Liz Peake is going to be here, our good friend, one of the good guys, good gals at Fox News. And a little bit later, this is going to be a fun conversation. There is a federal duck stamp art contest. I am so excited about this. We're going to be talking to the good people over at Ducks Unlimited.

That's coming up a little bit later. All right, we'll be right back. Have you ever wondered why some people seem to age slower? Like they figured out some secret the rest of us missed?

Well, it turns out someone actually did. And it starts with a melon. Yep, a melon. There's a rare French melon that stays fresh four times longer than the fruit you and I buy at the store. Scientists discovered it produces an extraordinarily high level of a super antioxidant called SOD, the kind that helps defend skin from the visible signs of aging.

And get this? Meaningful Beauty partnered with world-renowned French cosmetic specialist Dr. Jean-Louis Sabah to capture that melon's youth-preserving power in a skincare line. You can actually use Every day.

So, if you're tired of trying products that all promise the same thing, this one is truly different because it starts with something nature designed to stay young. Subscribe today and get the complete introductory system for just $49.95 at meaningfulbeauty.com. You'll also get two free gifts: free shipping, and a 60-day money-back guarantee. Visit meaningfulbeauty.com and order today. Mm-hmm.

Oh, ladies and gentlemen, I love America, and I'm glad that Judge Judy loves America. And my question to you is, is it all worth saving or do we just throw in the towel? And I, yeah, I know things are not good. I know. I get it.

I completely get it. But you know what? We've got more at stake here, and we can't allow our kids and our grandkids to grow up in a communist country. We just can't do that. That's not who we are.

So, ladies and gentlemen, we all have a choice to make, we all have a decision to make here. Are we going to get involved? Are we going to go and vote in the midterms? Or are we just going to stay home and pardon me, but piss away an opportunity to save America? I mean, it's really up to it's it's up to you.

901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. Now, hear me on this. Look, just because we say something or we're critical of the President doesn't mean we're anti-Trump. It doesn't mean that I'm a a doom and gloomer.

Not at all. We're always going to call out the White House when I think they're doing something they ought not to be doing, or they're going back on a promise they made. That's called accountability. You know, if I'm not a yes man, I don't nobody writes me a check and tells me what to say. That's not how we operate here.

But we are going to be fair. We are going to be balanced. And I'm always going to be honest, be honest with you, ladies and gentlemen. You may not agree with me, but at least you know it is my honest opinion. All right, we got to take a break.

901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show. Yeah, welcome back, everybody. It's the Todd Cearns Radio Show. And coming up next week, very excited.

I'll be in California, and we're working out the arrangements now. We're going to try to do a couple of the shows from out at the Spiritual Leadership Conference at Lancaster Baptist Church and West Coast Baptist College.

Next week, we're also recording our special for the golden age. C-SPAN, the C-SPAN book channel, is going to be doing a one-hour special. Dylan, I can tell you're really excited about it. Do you watch, are you an avid watcher of the C-SPAN book channel? This might be the first time that I watched the C-SPAN book channel.

I bet you didn't even know there was such a thing. I didn't know that you could watch a book channel on TV. Yeah, it's kind of like Braille. Just, you know, put your hand up to the. I'm just kidding.

That's. I'm sure it's great. I just very inappropriate. I'll watch you, Todd. Thank you, Dylan.

Thank you.

So it's going to be a lot of fun. No, I'm going to promise you this: they're going to be like, what the heck just happened? What what did we just see on the C-SPAN book channel? I think ratings are going to spike. Yeah, you got to shake it up a little bit.

Got to. Speaking of shaking it up, have you heard? What is this story? It involves Mountain Dew and Sasquatch. Have you heard this story?

I can't say that I have. No. It's all right. Here we go. This is an actual story.

A Fox business.

Sophia Compton is the writer, the author. According to According to Fox, Hard Mountain Dew offers one a one million dollar bounty. to anybody who can prove that Bigfoot is real. According to the article here, Hard Mountain Dew is offering this $1 million prize, and you've got to be 21 years or older. Oh, I didn't realize there was such a thing.

So this is. This is Mountain Dew that they sing about in the bluegrass songs. Oh yeah, yeah, the real stuff. They call it that good old mountain dew. and those who refuse it are few.

The buzzards in the sky Get so drunk they can't fly Drinkin' good old mountain dew. Yeah. And I recently just learned what that actually was because Maybe I'm a little slow, but honestly, I think this price pool should be a little bit higher. Because haven't we been looking for Sasquatch for like. 30 years.

Oh, longer than that? Yeah. And the Loch Ness Monster? Yeah. I mean, so, so anyway, a million dollars, if I mean, which is pretty good money.

I mean, still, it's here's my thing, though. It just seems to me. That after you've had, I don't know, a six-pack of hard mountain dew, you're probably going to see a lot of Sasquatches. Yeah. Yeah.

I'm just saying. Who's to say? According to Erica Taylor, the senior brand director for Hard Mountain Dew. A quote: Hard Mountain Dew has always been about chasing bold experiences, and Bigfoot bounty takes that mindset to the next level. According to Hard Mountain Dew you know, they can't say that word enough in this article.

According to Hard Mountain Dew, entries will be evaluated using standards developed with Bigfoot researcher Bryce Johnson, who has appeared in and produced a docuseries exploring reports of the creature. In order to, now here we go, these are the rules because I know there are people right now in Hendersonville, North Carolina, and they're glued to the radio. Because you know, Bigfoot's over there somewhere lurking about in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I think I've seen it. Yeah.

Should submit. Yeah. In order to be considered for the $1 million grand prize, participants must submit compelling evidence that meets the contestants' verification requirements. Including at least four types of supporting material. This is a lot.

Examples listed by the company include alleged Bigfoot footprints. Bigfoot handprints. Thermal imaging Hair samples. Audio recordings Environmental evidence and photographs purportedly showing the creature. Wow, that's a lot.

I don't know. Seriously, if I'm Bigfoot, I'm scared now more than ever. How old is Bigfoot? Is he just an immortal being? I don't know.

78, 90. He's got to be getting up there. Yeah, gotta be. Slowing down. Yeah, so maybe he's easier to find.

I don't know. I thought, in all honesty, I was believing or not, of all places, New Jersey, and I thought, oh my God, that's Bigfoot. And it turned out to be Chris Christie. Ah, yeah. Yeah.

It's easy mistake there. Krispy Cream is what we call them. Back in the day.

So, environmental evidence.

So, would that be like poop droppings? Has to be. Got to be. It's gone. I love this idea.

I want to know, because you know right now there are probably teams of Gen Z guys that are out there. They came home, said, Mom, Dad, I'm leaving college, I'm taking a semester off, and I'm going into the woods, and I'm looking for Bigfoot. Yeah. Yeah, you're probably right. I don't know if they're ever going to find Bigfoot, though.

That's the thing. Because I feel like I've seen reality shows that are up there with the ghost hunting shows. that are the similar, you know Similar stature. Like, you can't find a ghost, you can't find Bigfoot. That's like the same thing.

A $1 million.

So I didn't. Oh, so Hard Mountain Dew is malt liquor. Oh God. They're going to be seeing thi seeing stuff more than mountain than the Bigfoots. I can tell you that right now.

All right, 901-260-5926. If you've seen Bigfoot, let us know. We'll pass along the contact information. Uh I don't know, you might be eligible for um for a prize. A million dollars.

You know what? I'll throw in a copy of the golden age. If somebody's, oh, here's the deal. If somebody's out there We need to get them a copy of the Golden Age, and we can get Bigfoot reading the Golden Age like on a, I don't know, a stump. Yeah.

Do you think that he reads? I really don't know. I'm just winging it right now. Good question, though. Who knows?

Does he speak English? He could know sign language like the monkeys. Yeah. Right?

Well, he's been in America long enough. Like, you know, he's probably learned our culture.

Well, you'd be surprised. A lot of folks crossing that border still can't speak English. And of course a lot of them need to shave too. I'm just saying. All right, we need to stop.

This is terrible.

So good luck to all of you Bigfoot hunters out there. 901-260-5926. You know what? Lady Bic ought to jump in and like co-sponsor. Oh, yeah.

Or Nair. Yeah, yeah. I'm not sure we won't see a denuded Bigfoot though. Ooh, yeah, I don't know. That's that's the terrifying to think about.

Uh Would be Andre the Giant or something? I don't know. Maybe he's Bigfoot and he just shaves. 901-260-5926. Speaking of crazy people, Senator Tommy Tubberville calling out transgender people from the Senate floor this week.

I want you to take a listen to Cup thirty. The fact that many listen to this, that many Airline pilots. Flight attendants. and air traffic controllers are part of the furry community. Lord help us.

It's terrifying when you think about this. When you walk onto a commercial flight, It's possible that the pilot flying your plane could have a deranged fetus of dressing up like an animal. What? You can't make this up. What?

It is the best interest of our country to bring back mental institutions As a normal part of our society. instead of sweeping it under the road. Otherwise? We're just sitting ducks until the next gender confused person decides to show up at our churches. or our schools and start committing acts of violence.

I have questions here. Lots of questions.

So is the senator suggesting That there are at this very moment, somewhere over America. There is an airline pilot who is dressed like a furry animal. Could you imagine trying to get into a plane and you're just brushed in the face by a tail that just. A furry tail. Oh, pardon me.

Pardon me, ma'am. I just I just can't. I you'cause you watch the airline pilots walking to the plane and they've got a big bushy tail sticking out the wazoo. They got the litter box behind them. Oh my God.

That's terrible. The flight attendants are preparing the, I don't know, for everybody else is eating what, you know, chicken or fish. And what, the pilot's eating kebables and bits? Yeah, they have a storage container just right there filled with cat food. Meow mix?

Is that it? Jeez a loo. And here's the thing.

Well, and we've heard these reports before. And actually, it was a couple of weeks ago. There was a flight that had to make an emergency landing because the pilot and the co-pilot got into it. And I didn't even think anything of it, Dylan, when I was reading the story. And one of the flight attendants said, Yeah, they were fighting like cats and dogs.

I had no idea. Because they are cats and dogs. Meow. Woof, woof, woof, woof. it Good golly.

And you think it's bad enough you got passengers seeing dead people on the plane. It's bad enough that you got Laquitia and Sharondolo going at it like, well, you know, in the middle of the plane, and now you got the pilots. Unbelievable. This is why I prefer driving. Yeah, I'm never flying again.

I'm going to take my chances at Bucky's. This is an insane segment. I'm sorry.

So, Senator Tumberville, I mean, and again, this is from the floor of the Senate. He's not out on the campaign trail. He's not in Tuscaloosa, you know, just riffing. He is saying in front of God and country and Marshall Blackburn that there are Pilots in America who dress up as as animals as animals. and they're flying you around.

Unbelievable. This is America. 901-260-5926, our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. Do you understand why you have to?

I don't care what you're doing on election day. You get your blessed assurance out of the lazy boy, and you go and vote. Because I don't know about you. But I don't want my flight attendant. scratching around and sniffing somebody's behind as they're coming on the plane.

Theoretically speaking, we'll be right back. Yeah, so I just got a got a text message from the great Paul Shanklin. He says, Starnes, this could now explain some of the strange, some of the odd, unusual behavior that's been happening at the TSA checkpoints now. I remember, and he's right. What was it?

A couple of weeks ago, where was I going? Oh, I was out to Calvary Chapel, Chino Hills. I was flying out of Memphis International. I got pulled aside. I always get pulled aside for the extra special screening, and I couldn't figure out why the TSA agent was sniffing my butt.

So it makes perfect sense now. That's just a regular thing, procedural. And then they you know, they brought in the lady, and the next thing I'm like, Ma'am, why are you licking my hair? I don't understand that. What's going on?

I think she was a feline. She was shedding too, all over the place. It was not a I just think if you should be an animal that's flying, it shouldn't be a cat or a dog. I don't get it. Unless you're a mascot or like a football team.

I don't understand that. I don't understand. And I don't want to understand. We could Can we get a hawk? Cow!

Oh, wait a second. Is that no? I get my bird signal. You know what? We've got the Ducks Unlimited people.

I may have to. Maybe they could help me out with my. Bird calls 901-260-5926. I just want to apologize, ladies and gentlemen. I'm not sure what happened this hour of the program.

I do want to circle back because we're going to get into this. We're going to go through some of the great successes. that President Trump has had. And the Republicans are just They're so inept, and I know they don't mean to be, but they really are. They don't understand what the message ought to be going into the midterm elections.

And there needs to be a message about the great successes of Donald J. Trump. And again, this is why I wrote The Golden Age. If you have any doubt about Donald Trump, I urge you to read this book, and every single doubt you have will fade away. You say, Todd, but wait a second.

What about the bromance between Trump and Ma'am Domney? I don't know. I don't understand it. Did it make me mad? Yeah, it did.

It really frustrated me. You know why? And here's again. What is the current talking point for all of the Republicans out there? That communism is bad, that socialism is evil.

So, what did our president do? He stands right alongside evil and he puts his hand around his shoulder. I wish I could tell you why, but You can't dwell on that. It's messed up. No doubt about it.

But there are so many bigger things at play here. And it is going to require all of us working together. I want to play. This is Rob Bluey, our good buddy from the Daily Signal. He's the executive editor.

And he was on one of the shows yesterday. And here's what he had to say, cut 31. Is there any way, Rob, for Republicans to get away from this price issue that the war has in fact led to a direct increase of diesel and gas prices and all the trickle-down effects of that? Maybe change the subject, Kelly. Your poll, the NBC poll, showed that Republicans still hold a decisive advantage on border security, crime and immigration.

So if they can focus perhaps on the successes in those areas, maybe voters don't pay as much attention. Border security, crime, immigration. We ought to be shouting that from the mountaintops. And here's the reason why. When you look at the polling data, those are issues that are still very important to voters.

And the fact of the matter is, Donald Trump shut down our border. Brilliant, brilliant strategy, great success story. This president has declared a war on crime. Crime numbers across the entire nation are down. But take a look at Memphis, Tennessee, where Donald Trump came in and crime is cut in half.

Donald Trump did that. Republicans did that. And then you've got the immigration issue: where we are deporting people. Are we deporting at the levels we should be? No, we're not.

But you know what? We've got to take the win where we can, and this is a win.

So there you go, ladies and gentlemen. Those are three things that we can get out there and we can campaign on that aren't going to drive people nuts. Border security, crime, and immigration. And again, President Trump needs to stay as far away from New York City and Zora Memdami as possible. Whoever is advising the president right now is hurting the midterm effort.

I mean, it's really that simple because it's a mess. And then you've got some Republicans out there, and we'll play some audio. We had a Republican candidate on yesterday. And again, setting you know setting the table here And with regard to the high High prices for ground beef. And the guy says, Well, you know what?

Eat more turkey. Yeah. So let him eat turkey. Yeah, that's not a good campaign message. You gotta fine-tune it a little bit.

I mean, I like a turkey sandwich along with an X-Guy, but. You give me a burger, that's what Americans want. The French eat the turkey. 901-260. No, I'm not.

No, no, you know what? I'm taking that back. I don't want to get a hate mail from the French. They are particularly nasty. When they send their messages.

So, anyway, we'll talk more about this later. Coming up in the next hour, Liz Peake is going to drop by. Also, Karen Waldrop, who is the chief operations officer for Ducks Unlimited, there is a nationwide Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest. This is going to be a great conversation. Looking forward to it and talking to the good people over at Ducks Unlimited.

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You know, it's interesting. I was reading something that Steve Forbes. who is the chairman, editor-in-chief over at Forbes Media. Wrote on X, and it is a great starting point for this hour of the conversation. Again, the Republican messaging is just insanely bad, and it doesn't need to be.

There are great success stories that they need to be focusing on, and especially now with the war and diesel prices and grocery prices, all that kind of stuff, which is a reality. But there are also some very great things that President Trump and the Republicans have done. For example, as Steve Forbes points out, taxpayers are going to get an average tax cut of nearly $2,300 in 2026 because of the One Big Beautiful bill.

Now, this is the same One Big Beautiful bill the Democrats are out there saying we're going to repeal.

So the Democrats want to take away your $2,300 tax cut. Again, another talking point for Republicans out there. I want to go to the Patriot mobile newsmaker line. Say hello to our good friend Liz Peake, Fox News contributor. Liz, hope you're doing well today.

Hello, Liz. All right.

Well, we'll try to get Liz Peake back with us here in just a minute, working all of that out.

So bear with me. But again, ladies and gentlemen, yeah, there's plenty of positive stuff that we can be talking about. in this election cycle. For example, Vice President J.D. Vance just announced that they had removed more than seven hundred fifty thousand fake enrollees From Obamacare, cut number 33.

What this looks like is in one case, we found a fraud ring that had 40 agents, 40 brokerage agents, who had funneled 50,000 people into the Obamacare system fraudulently.

Now, some of those people were probably legitimate. Most of those people were not eligible. Either they didn't meet the citizenship or the income requirements. Many of those people quite literally didn't even exist. We had a system in this country That rewarded brokers, that made people rich for enrolling fake people in programs that are meant to ensure that our fellow citizens have health care.

This was a scandal. And thanks to the work of Dr. Oz, Andy Ferguson, Secretary Kennedy, and of course the leadership of the President, this is stopping.

Well, that is great news. And we understand that they just saved, by doing that one thing, saved American taxpayers more than $2 billion. I want to go to the Patreon Mobile Newsmaker line. We've got Liz Peake back with us. Liz, hope you're doing well today.

Yes, I'm doing great. I'm so sorry about the communications problems. I am in the middle of New York City, midtown Manhattan, and it's UN Week here.

So there's such a blitz of communications Amongst emergency responders and stuff. Apparently, I guess the internet just goes out.

So, anyway, I'm here, and I was listening to your comments. comments about The economy. And I want to just tell you that a bunch of us have been tweeting recently that. S P Global Report on the U.S. economy compared to all the others in the world is exactly what President Trump told United Nations delegates yesterday.

It is the envy of the world, literally. Manufacturing, services, all the sectors, many of them are five year high, Todd. This is the economy that Democrats are trashing as they campaign for House seats and Senate seats. They're talking down our economy instead of pointing out that, for example, poverty rates in the United States hit an all time low last year. The wealth inequality is shrinking, not expanding.

There have been so many good things in this economy, particularly what you've heard about the K shape economy really isn't true because now The biggest wage gains are being felt and recorded at the low end of the income spectrum, not at the top end.

So, you know, you're. You and Steve Forbes, and I gotta tell you, we have been talking about this for months. The messaging from Republicans has been so appalling. I think they're afraid of talking about tax cuts because Democrats kind of make the case that that's all about favoring wealthy people. It's really not.

It has helped the average American, as you point out. And as you point out again, Democrats want to rescind that. Those cuts that were in the big, beautiful bill. Why aren't Republicans yelling from the raft tops about that? It's a great point.

And again, Liz, I get it. There are problems with the war and gas prices and all that. But the reality is you cannot go out there and campaign on those issues. And they're doing a lousy job of that. We had a candidate on yesterday, and his reaction was, well, just buy turkey, eat more turkey.

If you can't afford ground beer.

Okay. Yeah. Okay. Well, yeah. It's just like, come on here.

But again, there have been so many great successes. And for whatever reason, the Republicans just don't want to embrace those great successes. They really don't. They're running away from Trump. They're running away from, for example, immigration.

Okay, I get it that some people feel that the Trump administration went overboard in deporting a lot of people with no criminal records. The majority, however, have criminal records. And basically, he was, people have forgotten, Todd, that the tens of thousands of people who were wandering across our border completely unchecked during the Biden administration. It was unconscionable. Find me a Democrat running for office who's willing to talk about border security.

They're not. Again, that's a place where they're going to roll back a successful implementation of policy, and all of a sudden we'll again have a border overwhelmed with people. You know, I said on air this morning, and I think it's really true, Trump wants everybody to think he's on the ballot. Uh for better or worse, I guess. But his stock line should be: don't judge me against the Almighty, judge me against my opponents, because they are terrible.

It's a good point. And the administration also promised to crack down on waste, fraud and abuse. And J.D. Vance coming out and making that big announcement yesterday, what, 750,000 bogus enrollees in Obamacare? This is another reason to celebrate.

Yes. And again, where are Democrats on getting rid of all this waste, fraud and abuse? They're against it. They literally I think you've had twenty three states that have refused to send in the information that the administration wants to continue to purge Illegals from our Medicaid and Medicare roles, fraudsters from being signed up for those kinds of benefits. The Democrats don't want to play ball on this, and it's so wrong because it is a winning issue.

And again, where are the Republican candidates who are actually out there talking about this? I don't think they are. No, it's a great point. Liz Peak joining us on our Patriot Mobile newsmaker line today. And by the way, you can read that story about the Vice President over at LizPeak.com.

Liz, how do you think the Vice President's been doing? They've been putting him out on the campaign trail quite a bit over the past few weeks. Yeah, it's interesting. He's been much more visible than Marco Rubio, who presumably is The other person in the administration sort of vying to be the 2028 candidate. Um and I think maybe it's because And this is just anecdotal, but I think there are a lot of donors who are not.

That excited about JD Bands. And I can't even really pin down a reason why, although some of his economic Musings, let's say, over the last several months have sort of got people on guard. the fact that he's sort of anti corporate America. And again, this is there's a gray area here. I think a lot of us understand that big companies and big corporations have not always played in the Americans' interest.

On the other hand, being anti-business is not where Donald Trump is and not where most Republican voters are. I think Shady, you know, the other day he kind of slammed Margaret Thatcher.

Well, for a lot of us, Margaret Thatcher brought. Common sense and sanity of Great Britain when it was really on its knees. And I honestly, I d um, you know, we joked around Steve Forbes and Larry Cuzzo and I about how we really need to school J.D. Vance on supply-side economics because I don't know that he's a fan and I don't even know that he understands it, to be honest. Smart guy, don't get me wrong.

And by the way, whenever I hear and read about AOC being the candidate. In 2028, all I can picture is JD bands debating AOC. And I think we can agree it would be an unfair fight. Big time. Big time.

Yeah. Liz, as you know, I mean, from your vantage point, we're hearing from just internally, a lot of politicos are very concerned about the Republicans and their chances in the midterm. Are you hearing the similar things, or are you getting a different vantage point? No, I'm I think people are very worried about it. And let's face it, President Trump has done some things like initiate what I consider to be a kind of idiotic trade war with Canada, which really has made it much harder for Susan Collins And Mike Rogers, those states, both Michigan and Maine, being quite tied to Canada's economy, hasn't helped them.

And both of those candidates right now are really struggling even to stay even. I wonder if the polling is right. Obviously, the generic ballot, Democrats are ahead by, I don't know, depending, seven to nine points. last time that was the case, they picked up a lot of seats. But not.

An overwhelming number, and so I'm not really sure. You know, at the end of the day, Todd. I'm not even sure it's going to matter very much. We have sort of gridlock right now in Congress. My guess is we're going to have more of that.

But if Democrats really take on two years of wanting to impeach Donald Trump again, investigate everybody, and don't get anything done for the American people, I I think that sets them up very badly for twenty twenty eight. Oh, I do too. No doubt about that. All right.

So uh yeah, whenever UN week, yeah, I had to go down there a couple of years. They sent me down to cover that fiasco and I thought, please do not ever send me to the UN headquarters again.

Well, no, it's just impossible. I am never going to be in town again for this week because nothing moves. I mean, you're just, you know. Anyway, so apologies if I don't sound as clear as I should, but A, the internet's terrible, and B, there's No place to hide.

So there you are. Oh, geez, a little. All right, Liz, our sympathies for you. Liz Peak, everybody, on our Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line. Thank you, Liz.

Thank you so much for having me. Take care. All right.

No, it is really bad. It's total gridlock. All the streets are shut down, and you're better off just walking. If you have to go somewhere, just walk. But it is, yes, UN week is never a good time in New York City.

901-260-5926. You heard Liz's analysis. I'm just curious. We'll take a poll nationwide here. How are things going in your states?

What are you hearing from your politicos? They're in your communities. 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show. I want to go back in the time machine.

Again, the long-term memory of a lot of Americans on the Fritz, they just don't remember how bad and how awful the national media can be, which, again, is why I am absolutely backing President Trump's decision to ban CNN, Politico, and PMS Now from the White House press briefing room. It should have happened a long time ago. And by the way, the Washington Post ought to be booted as well. But anyway, President Trump is a kind and gentle man. This is Speaker Newt.

Going all the way back to uh 2012. The GOP presidential primary debate. And I want you to listen to how CNN and John King. Tried to attack Newt Gingrich, and Speaker Newt was having none of it. Take a listen.

Your ex-wife gave an interview to ABC News and another interview with the Washington Post, and this story has now gone viral on the internet. In it, she says that you came to her in 1999 at a time when you were having an affair. She says you asked her, sir, to enter into an open marriage. Would you like to take some time to respond to that? No, but I will.

I think. I think the destructive, vicious, negative nature Of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office, and I am appalled. that you would begin a presidential debate. On a topic like that. All you want to say for your friend, please.

Every person in here. No's personal pain. Every person in here has had someone close to them. Go through painful things. To take an ex-wife.

and make it two days before the primary. A significant question in a presidential campaign. is as close to despicable. as anything I can imagine. My two daughters.

My two daughters wrote The head of ABC. and made the point That it was wrong, that they should pull it. And I am frankly astounded. that CNN would take trash like that. and use it to open a presidential debate.

As you noted, Mr. Speaker, this story did not come from our network. As you also know, it is the subject of conversation on the campaign. I'm not. I get your point.

I take your point. John, it was repeated by your network. You chose to start the debate with it. Don't try to blame somebody else. You and your staff chose to start this debate with it.

Now, let me be quite clear. Let me be quite clear. The story is false. Every personal friend I have who knew us in that period says the story was false. We offered several of them to ABC to prove it was false.

They weren't interested because they would like to attack any Republican. They're attacking the governor. They're attacking me. I'm sure they'll presently get around to Senator Santorum and Congressman Paul. I am tired of the elite media protecting Barack Obama by attacking Republicans.

Yeah, and by the way, that is how you deal. with these nasty people in the media. These are not true journalists. These are political hacks. This is the CNN, Politico, PMS Now, The Washington Post, The New York Slimes, all of them stopped being legitimate news organizations a very, very, very long time ago.

And their mission in life is to destroy anybody who is a Republican. Look, they and everybody thinks, oh, well, you know, back in the day, they loved George W. Bush. No, they did not. They called him they called him Hitler.

They called George W. Bush a Nazi. Same thing with his father, George H.W. Bush. They hate they hate Republicans.

They do this to every single one of our candidates, which is why Willard Mitt Romney was a complete failure because he refused to acknowledge the fact that the media was his enemy. The media was trying to just, and Romney just did not want to have anything to do with it. They had all of this, and it wasn't dirt, it was legitimate intel on Barack Hussein Obama. Romney refused to go negative, he refused to go after Obama. McCain did the exact same thing.

And look what happened. Look what happened to the country. All right, got to take a quick break here at 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. We'll be right back.

All right, welcome back, everybody. This is the Todd Sterns Radio Show. Happy to have you with us today. Our telephone number 901-260-5926. That's 901-2665.

two six zero five nine. Two six. I want to play some audio for you. This is. This is from Uh From the Uh well, my goodness, my apologies here.

Uh Kamala Harris. And Kamala Harris is very upset. You know, she's going to be running for election. That's her intention. She says Republicans, all of you Republicans, are cheating by purging voter rolls.

Cut number 32. They are cheating by purging voter rolls.

So we say as leaders then to folks: not only must you register to vote, check your voter registration status to make sure you haven't been purged from the rolls. They're trying to take our tools, but we are a creative people. And we know how to fight. And we have always been fighting against the odds, and that has never deterred us. Wow, what's wrong with her voice?

It's very odd. Very odd indeed. But there you go, ladies and gentlemen. That is the plan. The Democrats are basically admitting: yeah, we have lied, we have cheated.

We have registered people who are illegal to, and by the way, that's not in dispute anymore at all, period. 901-260-5926. Let's go to Charles in Georgia. Charles, what's on your mind? Hey.

Tell on how you do it. I'm good. Thank you for asking. Yeah, I just want to go back on talk about Bigfoot and If you recall I do driving for do deliveries for Walmart. And I deliver sometimes out of Delonega.

And I was I took stuff to a lady and such as which is over the mountain from Delanega and She was telling me that Bigfoot lived right there up in the woods, and she pointed up Above our House close to the Appalachian where the Appalachian Trail is. And she said, um Yeah, she calls him junior. She said this mics. Yeah, he likes Her cooking, and he'll come and he'll peck on the window of her house. When he's hungry, and she'll put some spaghetti or whatever out on the porch, and he'll come and eat it.

And she said, matter of fact, He's up there in his blind right now. That's a good old yeah, really? Yeah. And she said, uh You notice how quiet it is. In which I had not paid any attention, but there were no birds, no squirrels, nothing was making a noise.

Okay, this is freaky. I gotta get out of here. Yeah. And I came back a couple of weeks later to make another delivery to this lady. And uh They the birds were chirping and everything, so it wasn't something about that particular area.

But So She was telling me some wild stories about Bigfoot, so it's kind of a freaky thing.

So, wait a second. Wait, wait, wait.

So, what's this lady being?

So, she says that Bigfoot. Um, Knox is like visits and loves Italian food and sits up in a deer stand. Is that the gist of it? What about a deer stand? Yeah.

Where he hides out in the woods. Oh, his lair, I guess, is a secret lair. Mm-hmm. Yeah. and his name is Junior.

Yeah. Colleger Jr. Yeah, I think she's been hitting that apple. I think she's been hitting that hard mountain dew. Is she running away?

It was pretty freaky though, that one time I was there that everything got quiet, so it made me kind of wonder.

Well, Charles, you never know that there are strange things there in the mountains of North Georgia, so you just never know, my friend. Yeah. And one other thing real quick. You're talking about the furries. and the pilot's been furries.

Bill what would be more appropriate than have Snoopy. That's the pilot. Oh, geez. Hello. And Woodstock as the co-pilot.

Yeah, there you go. There you go, Charles. All right.

Thank you for calling. Let's go to Randall in Gainesville, Georgia, WTU. And this apparently is Bigfoot territory. Hi, Randall. What you got for us?

Yeah, another Bigfoot story. And I guess I'm going to have to claim that book because, you know, they're up in. Blue Ridge, and around in that area, they got the Expedition Bigfoot Museum.

So If you've got a museum, it he has to exist.

Well, this is, I mean, this is a good point.

So you said there's a museum in Blue Ridge. Bright called Expedition Bigfoot.

Okay, I've never heard of such a thing. Go back, Todd. This. The the one of the minor cracks is a it's in a glass case about one inch. I mean, one foot wide on the ends and about three feet long, and it's a piece of.

Big for the experiment. You have to see that to us. Are you kidding me?

So they've got Bigfoot Pooh. Yes, sir. I had no idea. Now, is this the same Expedition Bigfoot? Is that like a T V show, like a reality show?

I think it's a reality show. Oh, no, it's the actual museum up there. You know, $9, I think, to get in, or what it used to be, something like that. No, there is actually a T V a reality T V show called Expedition Bigfoot. It's been on for years.

Well, I'm I'm I'm a anti-ma guy, so I'm oh, gotcha. All right, so there well, let me ask you this, Randall. Have you ever seen anything odd or unusual in the wilds there in Gainesville, Georgia?

Well, of course. But that's That's another story for another day. Wow. All right.

Well, look, if you've got evidence, I want to see this evidence, and because I would love to get the. Bigfoot, I would love to be photographed with Bigfoot reading the golden age. Mm-hmm. Just go to Expedition Bigfoot, the museum, there. You can put a box of books there.

All right.

Randall, I'll do that. Thank you.

Thank you for the information. Dylan, I didn't expect we were going to get calls on Bigfoot. Yeah, and I hate to think this, but $9 to get into a museum for a potential $1 million prize on Bigfoot, that's not a bad bargain there. It's a pretty good deal, and it's in Blue Ridge. I'm looking this up.

Oh, it is Expedition Bigfoot, Blue Ridge, Georgia. And it kind of looks like a cracker barrel for large hairy creatures of the forest. Perfect. That's exactly where we need to go right now. It is being, it's billed as, hold on, North Georgia's bill.

Biggest family attraction. And they actually have what appears to be. Oh my gosh, go to expeditionbigfoot.com. Live the adventure Discover the impossible. And he's right.

Adults and teens, nine dollars. And children under 12 years old, $6.

Now, here's what's interesting: Dylan, they're closed on Easter Thanksgiving. Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

Okay. I guess Bigfoot's a Christian. Yeah. Maybe a Methodist. Wow.

Maybe Nazarene. I don't know. Something. Yeah, I It is something. This is fascinating, actually.

This is truly remarkable. But we're just scrolling through this, but you're not allowed. If you have an RV or trailer, no, you can't do that. Or large buses, kind of like Buckies. The museum is self-guided, and it takes about 45 minutes to an hour.

It depends on your level of interest in the subject of Bigfoot. and Bigfoot research. They do have bathrooms, by the way, and a diaper changing station. For human babies, I have to imagine.

So there you go. All right.

If you're looking for something to do, I suppose, in Blue Ridge, Blue Ridge, Georgia. All right, 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. You know what? We're going to have to do a mosh-up here of aliens, people who have seen the aliens and people who have seen the Bigfoot.

That's what we're going to have to do. All right, we're going to take a quick break here, folks. 901-260-5926, our telephone number. By the way, this segment of the program brought to you by our friends at Newsmax. Tonight, Rob Finnerty revealing the growing threat from DSA and the radical left.

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Get Newsmax on major cable systems or download the free Newsmax app on your phone and start watching today. Takes just minutes to get all that done. Newsmax, it's real news for real people. All right, the New York Times reporting on Fox News. And they're celebrating and commending Fox News for abandoning Donald Trump and siding with CNN, PMS Now, and Politico.

So, Fox News is one of the five major networks that form the presidential TV pool. And when the president barred CNN along with Politico and PMS Now, the networks rebelled and refused to film his daily public events until CNN is reinstated. Fox News did not hesitate to go along with the plan. As a matter of fact, Fox News led the charge. Fox was scheduled to be the pool crew for the President's arrival at Joint Base Andrews, but declined to film the event.

Yeah. A Fox News spokesbabe. referred an inquiry on Wednesday to a joint statement made by the networks, which Fox News co signed. Inside Fox, journalists have kept an eye on the past and the future. It was a big deal when Fox joined the White House TV pool in the 1990s.

And in 2009, the pool came to Fox's defense when the Obama administration called the network a wing of the Republican Party and moved to bar it from a Treasury event.

So there you go. Fox News also supported journalists who were effectively evicted from the Pentagon by Pete Hagseth. It so happens that the current chair of the Five Network Pool Group is Brian Bowton, a Fox News bureau chief in DC. mister Boughten was the signatory on a note on Monday that decreed, effective today, the T V pool will not be covering events designated as pool coverage of the President. Not every Fox viewer is pleased.

Some right-wing accounts on social media blasting the network. Including Well Newsmax Fox is not alone among conservative-friendly networks in standing up for the White House press corps. Chris Ruddy Of Newsmax, pardon me, I got that wrong. Chris Ruddy of Newsmax says, quote, We hope the president reconsiders his decision as this would set a bad precedent for all media, including conservative outlets like Newsmax.

So everybody's coming on board here.

Well, I'm standing by my original decision, ladies and gentlemen. I believe the president made the right call here. And I say, kick them all out. As a matter of fact, I say just turn the White House press briefing room back into the swimming pool. I mean, what's wrong with that?

Let me just say this. No, no, we would not allow White House reporters to use the swimming pool. Do we really want to see Anderson Cooper running around in his little speedo? I don't think so. But anyway, that's just my thoughts.

I mean, again, you know, we're in the middle of construction. We already got the construction workers there. They're building the big, beautiful ballroom. Why not just have them, you know, take a break, take a day or two off, and go in there and dig up the swimming pool again? I mean, it seems pretty simple to me.

901-260-5926, our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. Two six. Oh, I want to play this audio. This is a guy who's running for Congress.

His name is Charlie Hatcher. He's a Republican. From Tennessee. He's the guy that beat Andy Ogle in the congressional race there. And Charlie Hancher is weighing in on the price of beef.

And basically, he said, all you people need to start eating turkey. Take a listen.

This is from the Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins. She was on a podcast yesterday, and a lot of people have really been concerned about the price of food, and especially beef. And I've got a couple of beef questions, Charlie, and I suspect you may have a beef with the beef. But this is the Secretary explaining what Americans should do if they can't afford to buy a pound of ground beef. Cut 23, please.

But if it is too expensive, unlike Fuel Benny, you can eat. chicken, pork, salmon, eggs. There are other sources of really good protein. And all of those prices are coming down as well.

So it isn't necessarily breaking out there. And listen, I'm a mom of four. I'm still feeding a whole bunch of kids, very hungry kids. We realize the price of groceries are too high. We're doing everything we can to bring them down after the Biden years of crazy, crazy inflation.

All right, so I did a little bit of research. It turns out the price of chicken is higher than today than it was under the Biden administration, as was the cost of pork. And I'm not sh I think you think that explanation is going to go over well with moms who want to feed their kids a hamburger? No, probably not, but she's right about different forms of protein.

So I was at the grocery store yesterday. I got two pounds of turkey, ground turkey, for $8.

So that's $4 a pound.

So I think there's things that they can do, but yeah, you know, the price of meat across the board is increased. The president saying one solution is to bring in beef from other countries. How do you feel about that?

Well, I've released a statement on social media about it. I didn't like it. One of the bright spots in agriculture is the beef cattle business, and a lot of the dairy business is dependent on what we're calling beef on dairy. And that's helping us.

So when the President announced that, and some of it was in the messaging, we import a lot of beef anyhow, but it's just the way that it was rolled out. Uh probably wouldn't have had that big an impact, but The market went down almost immediately and kind of knocked the legs out of some of the cattlemen.

So a lot of cattle farmers here, what exactly are you hearing from them and what are they concerned about? The price of diesel I mean, it's it's a record high. They've got to put it in their tractor, their grain trucks, their combines, their pickup trucks. And so that's that's that's uh they feel that every day. All right, there you go.

So, and it's true. I mean, turkey is good, but you know, it's not a hamburger. Hey, this story coming out of the New York Times, I'm shocked the Times is actually doing this story. But the New York Times reports that a Democrat-aligned group called Project Bullhorn paid more than 100 creators to flood social media with affordability content ahead of the midterm elections. In other words, The the Democrats are paying these uh folks on TikTok and other platforms to post all this video.

About how miserable things are, about how bad the economy is, about how they can't afford anything. This is not organic. This is not something that's real. This is all paid content. And according to The Times, These people were getting paid $25 to $30 per video, and many of the people doing the videos were not even disclosing that they were being paid to basically put out.

Propaganda to help the Democrats. Unbelievable. Some weren't even from the states they claim to represent. One Utah resident. Posed as a Texan.

And a creator in England claimed to be from Texas as well. Unbelievable. All right, hang tight. Got to take a quick break here, folks. 901-260-5926.

We'll be right back. La la la la la la la la. From Memphis, Tennessee, it's America's favorite gun-totin, Bible-clinging, deplorable American. That's it. That's right.

I love this American Starnes. Oh, yeah. You know, I got a note from one of our listeners, and they were just wondering, Starnes, why are you sharing this polling information? Because it's just going to demoralize people.

Well, that is certainly not the intent. I don't mean to demoralize you. I just want you to be armed with the facts, armed with information, so that you can be motivated to go and vote. I mean, that's ultimately why we do what we do here. And this is not about scaring people.

It's not about fearmongering. I will tell you that if the Democrats reclaim the House and the Senate, then the entire Trump agenda comes to a grinding halt. That is the end.

So a couple of a couple of items for you. First, out of the state of Florida, and I am passing on this information, there's a very well-respected. A polling agency.

Well, let me here we go. Let's let's start in Texas and then we'll get to Florida and then Iowa.

So this is coming from Mediaite. Texas State Representative James Talafrico has been polling consistently ahead of Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Senate race, but a new poll shows the blue team winning the governor's race as well. The polling numbers for President Trump and the GOP have been brutal as the second term has progressed, with Americans' views on his handling of the economy and immigration taking a dive.

So here is this latest polling information. And by the way, there's George W. Bush and John Cornyn are going to be out there campaigning for Republicans. They will not be campaigning for Ken Paxton. In the governor's race, recent polls have shown the Democrat.

Behind Abbott, but a new Marist University survey. shows the Democrat ahead of Abbott, the poll conducted between september 17 and 20 among 1,139 registered voters by live telephone. This Now the poll should be viewed in the context of still within the margin of error, but the poll showed forty nine percent of voters support the Democrat, forty six percent support Greg Abbott. Another 1% for another candidate, 3% undecided or refused to answer. Larry Sabateau reacted with surprise to the poll, posting several tweets calling it a Texas shocker.

And when one follower asked if this was a sign of a blue wave year. or a tsunami, or even a biblical flood, He said, Where did I leave my ark?

So there and that's what is happening right now in the state of Texas.

Meanwhile, there's another poll that and decision desk has now declared that the Florida governor's race is a toss up. Decision Desk HQ moving the governor's race. That's Byron Donalds. The Democrat is David Jolly. And right now, they're saying this could be a toss-up.

I don't believe that. I don't believe those numbers. Because Donalds does have a significant lead. Granted, that lead is dropping like a rock, but it should it should hold on. He should be able to hold on until election day.

So There you have that. And then you have Steve Dace over in Iowa. And I'm just going to read what Dace wrote here, and I'm curious to hear your thoughts on this. Yeah. Dace writing this, yesterday Iowa House Republicans were informed by their own pollsters that if you are in a 15-plus district, you are now within the margin of error.

And if you're in a 10-plus district, you're underwater. and that this might end up being an even worse midterm environment than 2006. Dace goes on to say this, I slept on whether to share this publicly because I don't want to cause anyone to black pill. But this morning I ultimately decided the truth should be shared while there is still six weeks left to do something about it for the good of the country. Because if the environment is this bad in my home state, where Trump has been the most popular political figure over the last decade, I can't imagine where it is everywhere else.

Seriously, again, I am shocked to see this. But I'm curious if you're sensing some truth here. And what dace is sharing? And he points out that the war is the giant albatross. This whatever kind of sort of but not really war has become an existential misuse of political capital, Day says.

Many of us never thought it was worth it, and more and more it appears voters agree. We have to save our own country and our own way of life first before we can save anyone else. We have to save America before we can save the world. If a plane is endangered, you are to put on your mask first, otherwise you're of no use to help save anyone else. It's a great point.

Dylan, I have a question. What if you're a furry on the plane? I mean, how do you get the mask over the, you know? The nose? The mask over the mask.

Mm-hmm. I don't think you do.

Sorry, I digress. I'm just curious. Good question. Dace goes on to say, I desperately want us to win. I desperately want this presidency to fulfill all the great promise it had coming out of the 2024 election.

But whatever this currently is, it isn't. We don't have to just sit here and take the L. It doesn't have to end this way. We can still win. There's plenty of ammunition to hammer the Democrats.

Yeah, I do agree with this. Again, I'm just shocked that Iowa, of all places, is dealing with a surge of Democrats. Dace goes on to say we need the president out on the stump ASAP. We need better and way more aggressive messaging. Stop running fake and gay ads about how often so-and-so shows up for votes, and instead mercilessly hammer Democrats on the wickedness they vote for.

I love that. Articulate specifically what the mission Or victory is in Iran at Yeah, that's uh yeah. I don't know what yeah, I don't know why we're over there. It's I don't know, you know. I don't think anybody else does.

Dace goes on to say, Out here in the cheap seats, it feels like another Middle East quagmire regular folks are paying for on both ends all over again. Yeah, it's true. And then he goes on to say, and for heaven's sake, make sure Sam Alito and Clarence Thomas are getting the finest health care in America. Lord knows we need them and they need to be healthy.

So there you go. Just again, take this. As it is meant, it is meant to help you and to encourage you to get out and vote. And early voting is starting in a couple of weeks. Get out and vote.

901-260-5926 is our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show. All right, let's get to the phones here. 9012-60-5926.

Say hello to Ron in Salem, Oregon, K-Y-K-N. Hey, Ron, what's on your mind today? My what's on my mind? I just got done working on Rodeo in Canyonville, south of Roseburg. I'd lose four if I got four good Republicans I'd stop I've known for years.

They're frustrated because our cannon is now articulating. Their arguments A news in the record why we got the green news scam. They're not talking about gender mutilation, they're not talking about. And, you know, everything that goes against Common constitutional law. Yeah.

Yet, you know who I see leaning on this stuff after hearing what you said about what they're saying about Texas and And up there in Iowa, Let's look at Paul Ryan. That's some some person. I'm being nice today. He he he's undermined he did the same thing in 2018. I'm watching them repeat where they sit back.

Stay in the office. He's not talking to me to RMC Chairman Joe Grueders or anything else. All I see is reactionary bull sugar. And we got to see.

Okay, yep.

Sorry. Got to watch the language there, ladies and gentlemen. Ron, thank you for calling. Got to keep it PG-13. I want to go to our Patriot Mobile newsmaker line.

Say hello to our good friend. He is the number one talk radio host in the entire state of Iowa, Jeff Stein, who is, of course, oversees our great big blowtorch out there, KXEL. Jeff, we were just talking about the concerns that are being levied in, of all places, Iowa now. And just wanted to, I mean, you would know if things are looking tough for Republicans. It depends which race, Todd, and I appreciate, as always, you having me on the program.

We have an open seat for governor with a retiring Republican incumbent. We have an open seat for U. S. Senate with a retiring Republican incumbent. And both of those races are going to be very, very tight, and Democrats have an edge in both, particularly the race for governor.

There's a money advantage for the Democrats There is a candidate who has been a state office holder for eight years, so name recognition is an issue. What's really interesting to me overall in both of those races all the candidates are denying their party affiliation. They don't put Democrat or Republican in the ads. They say that they're a new breed of bipartisan civic servant, et cetera.

Well, I think that's what the public wants to hear is that people will work together, but when you're in a state that Trump won pretty handily three times, you would think some of the Republicans might want to grab a hold of the President's coattails a little firmer than they are. You know, that it's a good point. And what brought this up, Steve Dace, who I know you know, had posted that he's been hearing that Republicans were told by their pollsters that if they're in a ten plus district, they're already underwater.

Well, I don't know if it's that bad because one of the things, and this is what makes it impossible to predict. We have a huge number of registered independents. in half of the state You have a Republican. registration advantage. followed by Independents with Democrats a far distant third.

There are many more independents than there are Democrats. Republicans hold their registration advantage at least by a narrow margin in all of the counties. or at least the congressional districts. But the key is, it's hard to tell when you've got this large number of people who are not as motivated to vote as partisans, who are not as predictable in their votes on top of it. And again, everybody's running as the next great bipartisan wonder And you know, what's a voter to do?

Hopefully, pay attention and uh be able to sift through the uh the stuff that kind of piles up this time of year, shall we say? Jeff, are the Republicans getting their m is it an issue of the Republicans getting their message out there? Or are the voters just not buying what the Republicans are trying to sell? I think that there is not. As consistent a message as I would like to hear.

I know that they are really focusing on the phrase working class tax cut. They're not saying big, beautiful bill, they're saying working class tax cut.

Well, I don't care what the verbiage is, get the point across. You now have two of the four members of Congress. Who voted for the War Powers Act in the House this month? Both of them wore the uniform. One is still in the reserves.

And it is interesting to see that shift this close to an election. And now you have the U. S. Senate candidate saying we've got to end the war despite voting for it repeatedly when the occasion came up, including two weeks ago. It's a matter, I think, that economic times are tough.

The audience as we near the harvest for farmers. They don't want to be paying six and seven dollars for diesel. But the bottom line is I think they still trust Trump But you have all of these out-of-town consultants telling the candidates to run to the center. And that may be a good strategy to some degree, but I just wonder if it's going to leave the base behind and you sure need to hold on to them. Yes, look, I'm that is an interesting point about the consultants because I have seen that in other states where they're telling these conservative candidates be more centrist.

Well, it's one thing if you've got a lot of independents, and so you want to be able to bring them across the finish line, but Todd, you cannot do it at the expense of your own base. And if the Trump base, notice I did not say Republican base, if the Trump base, Does not turn out in this election as they have for him when he has been on the ballot. It's gonna be problematic. And that's why the president says, pretend I'm on the ballot. He's gotta get those mega voters, the Trump voters.

Plus the traditional Republicans. less than a share of independence in order to maintain the majorities in Congress they need. I'm not sure people really can appreciate, unless you are in a true farming state, the impact that these diesel prices are having on farmers and their families, because that means, you know, of course, they're not going out to eat all the time. That means they may not be going out to eat at all. I mean, they're going to be using every single penny they've got for diesel.

You have caught me as I am literally parked outside the National Cattle Congress Fair, which starts tomorrow. It is a huge gathering of agribusiness. And all manner of folks, and I can already tell just in our preparatory meetings here. There is concern. There's concern about the Chinese living up to their um uh purchase obligations.

the cost to bring in the crop. And again, many of these folks have nice big fuel tanks on the farm they bought before this latest spike. But this is going to have a domino effect. It's not just the farmers, it's going to be now the cost to get the goods to market. to your grocery store, and guess who's going to pay?

for every nickel of increased fuel cost That's a supply chain issue. And mister and misses grocery shopper at the Kroger, they're going to be paying more because of the diesel cost. It's not that it's not for a good cause, I get it. But some folks only look at the other end of their checkbook in making a voting choice, and that could be problematic. Wow.

That's fascinating, fascinating. Jeff, appreciate your great analysis, and we're going to check in with you. And I appreciate you were literally, I'm like, we were texting in the break. Can you hop on the show? And you did a great job.

Thank you for jumping in here. You know, I'm here for you anytime, T.S. All right.

The great Jeff Stein, K-X-E-L, in Waterloo, Cedar Rapids. Cedar Falls is there too, by the way. Great area. It's really, you know, I love our nation. But I got to tell you, Iowa, pretty cool state.

If you haven't been, you need to go check it out. Great state, great stuff to do. And the people there are just beyond kind. 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926.

You heard Jeff Stein, and I think he gave us a pretty fair and balanced view of what's happening there in the Hawkeye state. You know, one of the things that somebody posted this on X, and look, I think they did a great job here just outlining. Everything that President Trump did. We would be here for three hours going through this list. But the whole point of it is, there have been some great victories under President Trump and the Republicans, great victories, and we need to be celebrating those.

And to Jeff Stein's point, It's appalling to think, and Liz Peake as well. I think Liz Peake used the word appalling. It's appalling that the Republicans don't have clear messaging here because we have a winning platform. We do. All right, got to take a break.

901-260-5926. Our telephone number, that's 901-260-5926. We'll be right back. And welcome back, everybody. This is the Todd Stearns Radio Show, broadcasting on more than 100 radio stations around the nation from our headquarters in beautiful Memphis, Tennessee.

It's not 100 degrees outside, Dylan. It was amazing this morning. The heat dome has lifted, and I feel like, I don't know, I feel like I'm in a new world. Oh, my gosh, you're not kidding. I'm wearing jeans and a pullover right now.

It's very nice.

Well, that's because it's 68 degrees here in the building. It's very nice in here. It's very pleasant. But also outside.

Well, it is absolutely. And there are big doings here in Memphis with our friends at Ducks Unlimited. You know, I'm a friend of the duck, Dylan. I don't know if you knew this. Yes, I'm aware of your accomplishments.

Well, not, you know, well, the Duck Dynasty guys, but they actually shoot the ducks.

So I don't want to talk about that. Maybe I have a mixed relationship with the duck community. But I was an honorary duck master at the Peabody Hotel, not one time, but two times, my friend. It's very, it's very cool. That's highfalutin.

Yes, it is. And I safely got I safely guided the ducks directly to the pond in the middle of the in the middle of the lobby at the Peabody. That can be difficult. Yeah. I mean, they're the most obedient ducks I've ever seen.

Well, they do.

Well, they threaten them. You know, if they make a mistake, they're on the menu at the French restaurant, Chez Philippe. I want to go to the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line because we're very excited to welcome an incredible organization onto the program to talk about the Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest. Karen Waldrop is the Chief Operations Officer for Ducks Unlimited. Karen, welcome to the show.

Thank you so much for having me. Well, we're just really, first of all, we're really excited about the great work you do at Ducks Unlimited, and we're going to talk about that in just a few moments. But this is an exciting thing: the 2026 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest. Tell us all about it.

Well, first of all, I'd like to get back to the fact of that you have done something in Memphis that I haven't done yet. I would love to be the duck master someday.

So I'm pretty jealous of that accomplishment. You've just surpassed all of my accomplishments to that one thing.

So that's very cool. All right, we're going to have to make this happen, Karen. I know people. I know people at the Peabody. That's great.

Yeah, so the Federal Duck Stamp, so the real name of it is the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, and it was started in 1934. And the reason it was started was because we were at the height of the Dust Bowl at that time, and waterfowl populations were plummeting. For those that aren't familiar with waterfowl, the prairie pothole region, so up in the Dakotas and up in Canada as well, in the prairie potholes, there are these really important small wetlands for waterfowl nesting and breeding and then also rearing the new hatch of the next year. And so it's a pivotal location from a conservation and habitat perspective. But we were losing waterfowl at just huge numbers because of the Dust Bowl and all of these wetlands drying up at this time.

And so that's when the Federal Duck Stamp Act was passed in 1934. And the idea being that waterfowl hunters would need to purchase these stamps.

So anybody over Or when they are in the field hunting. In the dollars from the duck stamp goes into federal program that protects and restores waterfowl habitat. For future generations of waterfowl? It's my understanding that the duck stamp has really been described as one of the most successful conservation programs. In American history.

Is that true? Yeah. Absolutely. It is one of the most successful and one of the earliest.

So it was one of the certainly one of the earliest recognized user pay system models for conservation being in 1934, but also one of the most successful. And I'd say some of the reasons for that is it has an efficiency that is unmatched by any other program that I have ever heard of. 98 cents of every dollar goes on the ground for habitat conservation. And so it has to go directly into purchasing wetlands or adding land to national wildlife refuges. And so I think that's part of the reason why it's It's been so successful, but I think also because it's just so widely supported.

It brings together art and conservation in such a way that you have waterfowl enthusiasts, art enthusiasts, stamp collectors, bird watchers, and it's just something that brings all of these different dynamics together on the voice for conservation. The artwork is just unbelievably beautiful. And it's my understanding that some of these artists, I mean, this is not something where you sit down and say, okay, I'm going to sketch something out today, this afternoon. They've been working on these projects, this artwork for a very long time.

Some of them for years and years. I mean, the winners, they often look at this as a career-defining achievement. It is, you know, there's it's the contest itself started in, I think, 49. I could be off on the air, but it. Again, the stamp started in 1934 and But the art contest didn't start until the late 40s, I think 49.

But either way, so you are only talking no more, and some people have won it more than once, than 75 people have this honor. And so it is, again, it is beyond just a duck stamp or a permit. It is recognized as a piece of art that is museums have these art collections, these stamp collections on display. And again, Has a much broader reach than just somebody that enjoys waterfowl hunting. And by the way, Dylan, just to clarify, Karen, and you can back me up on that, these are not stamps that you can mail a letter with.

So that's a whole different thing. Yes. It's a whole different thing. You can try, but I don't know if I would. And people will buy more than one.

I like to buy one that I keep and then one that I use that I, you know, sign and take in the field with me hunting as well.

So and and I Also these stamps, if you like going on wildlife refuges, which by the way I would recommend if no one's been on a National Wildlife Refuge, great place to go. Not only bird watching, but all sorts of wildlife use these refuges that are fun to go. Wildlife watch, photographers love these areas, birders. And the stamp actually gets you on any National Wildlife Refuge as well. That's ducks.org is the website.

That's very simple, folks. Write it down, ducks.org. And you'll be able to find all sorts of information.

Now, the actual competition, people are able to come and attend and see the live judging process in person. Absolutely. And let me tell you, I'm a I'm a Duckstamp Groupy. I absolutely love.

So, when COVID started, they started putting it live feed.

So, you can actually, if you aren't in the Memphis area, you can still go and watch this. If you get on the Fish and Wildlife Service website, you can still go on and actually watch the live feed of the judging. But I would recommend if you're in the Memphis area, come on down and check it out. We're going to have great information too about Ducks Unlimited and some of the conservation work, and we're going to have different museums and artists here, and you can talk and interact with the artists and see these great. I hear there's over 300 in the In the competition this year, and I don't know the exact number, but you can come and look at all this art.

We're going to have different events over the next couple of days, and you'll see the judges looking at the art and studying it, and you'll get to be part of history and get to see what's going to be on the next duck stamp. Be one of the first to see it. I mean, the work you guys do at Ducks Unlimited is just, it's, I have such great respect for you guys. And your company has actually played a very big role in supporting this legacy over the years. Yeah, I am actually very proud of that, and thank you for bringing that up.

I am proud of not only what we have done to support whether there is legislation like the recent Duck Stamp Modernization Act that made it legal to have the digital form that just makes it more open and available for people and for hunting, but also what we do on the ground in delivering it. Not a single penny of the duck stamp dollars come through Ducks Unlimited. That is all held by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and delivering it directly on the ground. But we help working We help to work since 1997.

We signed an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service where we helped to deliver, help them with the acquisition program that they have for voluntary conservation easements up in the Prairie Pothole region, where they work with landowners that are willing landowners to sign a conservation easement to protect these small wetlands and associated grasslands in perpetuity. And so we work with them hand in hand to find these landowners and to help secure these easements with them for this. And I'm very proud of that work. And our donors, our major donors.

Over $150 million of donors for Ducks Unlimited have helped support this important effort up in the prairie potholes.

So I'm very proud of what our members, donors, and Ducks Unlimited is doing for that conservation work.

Well, it's a great national story happening in Memphis, Tennessee. And Karen, you may not know this. We're actually neighbors. I own KWAM, the radio station of Memphis. Our towers are right next to you guys across the river in Arkansas there.

So we've got about 30 acres along the Mississippi River, and we love what is happening over there with all of the wonderful development and conservation. Oh, that's wonderful.

Well, nice to talk to you, Nathan.

Well, exactly.

So we'll come over for some sugar or something like that, eggs, whatever. And there you go. All right.

Karen, congratulations. This is exciting. We're going to try to get over there ourselves on Friday. Again, ducks.org, and you'll be able to get all the information. But again, thank you.

What a great story. And thanks for the great work you guys do. Thank you so much. It was great talking to you. Thanks for having us on.

Karen Waldrup, who is the Chief Operations Officer for Ducks Unlimited. You know, we don't have ducks on our side, Dylan. We have like what do they call them? Water moccasins? Yeah, the opposite of a duck.

Yeah, and I don't want to conserve those. No, I don't either. I really don't. I'm sure they serve some purpose in the great, I don't know. They can guard the water for all I care.

Yeah, I'm good. I'm good with that. Give me the lovely ducks. All right, we've got to take a quick break here, folks. And just a little, again, a little respite from politics.

We're big fans of conservation. You know, we believe that. God has called all of us as Christians to be stewards of his creation. And that means being good stewards of that. And so we really respect the great work that Ducks Unlimited does.

And if you haven't seen the duck stamp artwork, I'm a sucker for that. And I've got some great paintings in my home. They are just, it's just so wonderful.

So be sure to check that out at ducks.org. 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show. Uh All right, well. The Chinese president Xi Ji Ping, going to be at the White House tonight.

So all sorts of doings there. We'll keep you updated, and we'll rehash all of that on tomorrow's show. The question, I suppose, though, is whether or not they're going to let CNN or PMS Now or Politico into the building. And I just look, I think Trump is going to stand his ground here. And I can't say I really blame him.

One bit. By the way, can we go back to 2013 for just a moment? When my good friend James Rosen was at Fox, and this was when the Obama campaign literally spied on James Rosen and his entire family, cut number six. Documents released this week show the Obama administration secretly monitored a Washington journalist. In seeking a search warrant, the FBI called James Rosen a criminal co-conspirator, even though he isn't charged with any crime.

Jan Crawford is at the Justice Department. Jan, good morning.

Well, good morning, Nora. Good morning, Charlie. You know, I mean, these revelations have really just set up a firestorm of criticism from the left and the right. For the first time ever, a presidential administration is treating news reporting like a crime and a reporter like a criminal suspect. I will always honor the confidentiality of my dealings with all of my sources.

Fox News reporter James Rosen vowed Wednesday night to protect his source for a scoop he got back in 2009, reporting then that North Korea would respond to sanctions with more nuclear tests. Yeah. But the information was classified and the FBI launched an investigation to uncover Rosen's source that quickly focused on Rosen himself. The level of government surveillance over a reporter was unprecedented. Of course, media critics, the ACLU, are saying that no presidential administration, not even the Nixon administration, went after reporters with search warrants and secret surveillance.

And journalists that I'm talking to here in Washington, Charlie Norris, say they're already seeing the impact of this. All right.

Well, there you go. Again, the Obama administration, the Democrats, they did worse things to the media, worse things. And Well, what are you going to do? They're just turning a blind eye to all of this. 901-260-5926.

Senator Chuck Grassley, speaking of Iowa, not ruling out another run for the U.S. Senate in 2028. The guy just turned 93 years old. He would be ninety five on election day and one hundred and one if he were elected and completed another six year term. I'm telling you, folks, it's insane.

Just insane. My goodness. President, oh, James Tallarico. I think we've got time for this. James Tallarico's.

Lesbian preacher says Jesus did not die for our sins. Take a listen to this. Do we really believe that like a virgin gave birth to a baby? Yeah, okay. I just don't want to offend my own comments.

No, don't. Yeah. Absolutely, don't. Oh, it is the lesson. Part of what we encourage here is for people to think for themselves and take what makes sense.

It's kind of like what they say in 12-step programs. Take what you want and leave the rest.

So you you and I know that that would greatly offend. Your relatives who want to hang on to these archaic rules. Mary and the virgin birth comes out of the pagan belief that the gods came down and impregnated people. That people were still hanging on to. during that time.

We have no way of knowing if Jesus really existed. any more than we have uh of knowing that the original Buddha ever existed. and whether or not Jesus existed. doesn't really matter to me. The fact remains that that message That was delivered by someone named Jesus, supposedly.

And it could have all been made up, for all I know. And the God in the Old Testament is not a loving God. It's a vengeful. Killing people. Kind of God.

Yeah. This is a lot of mythology. Jesus was political. Yeah. Jesus was put on that cross not to save us.

Jesus was put on that cross because Rome hated him. And they thought he was a str a threat. To their domination of that area. And so they killed him.

So he was kind of more save our sins.

So he died more as a kind of a social justice warrior in some sense. Yes. So that makes a whole lot more sense to me than to say that some God would kill his son for us. That doesn't make sense. Never made sense.

How does that make up for all the things I could do?

Okay, enough of this. That is James Talofrico's lesbian pastor. Yeah. I have never heard such blasphemy spewing from the mouth of this woman. This is unbelievable.

That, ladies and gentlemen, is what you're going to be electing in the midterms.

So we're going to keep exposing a lot of this stuff as we move on through the election cycle, but that is slap crazy nuts. All right, tomorrow, going to be a fun show. Speaking in the wee hours of the morning to a Turning Point USA chapter in the Memphis area. We're also going to be feeding them a great Chick-fil-A breakfast. It's going to be a lot of fun.

Tomorrow, back on the show, analyzing whatever happens tonight with the Chinese. Also, don't forget, get a copy of my brand new book, The Golden Age: How Trump Saved America, available at your favorite bookstore. You can also get a copy on Amazon. All right, get out there. Have a great one, everybody.

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