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Ladies and gentlemen, I feel the need to share something of great urgency with you. Welcome to the Tom Starrance Radio program. And I I really did not want to start the broadcast week off on such a concerning note because we've got a lot of crazy stuff happening in the country. But I was talking this over with Grace Baker, who is a learned woman. And she said, Todd, you need to let people know you've got to warn America about this great danger looming across the fruited plain.

So I thought, well, Grace, I'm really not sure about this. I know I'm putting words in your mouth right now, literally, Grace Baker. Yes, you are. But you were very, you know, when I raised this story, you were very, very alarmed at what I shared with you, the information I shared. That's Morton, you have a duty.

To let people know, I feel as if we have a moral and a fiduciary responsibility. As the leading conservative talk show, noon to three Eastern, for us to discuss this issue. Because, again, it is an issue of national importance.

Now, I know many of you conservative men out there. We're wanting to have relations with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. They had their online dating profile all set up. That's right. I mean, they were on, what is the, I was going to call it, it's not getter.

What do they call her? Defender, thank you. There's a lot. There are a lot.

So get her. You know, AOC said that every conservative man in America was wanting to go out with her on a date, to have relations with her. I mean, she's not bad looking, but. No, I mean, look, Congressman Matt Gates, you know, said that, yeah, he'd said I'd take her out in a heartbeat. This is true.

So there you go.

So, I mean, you know, she is an attractive woman. She's a young woman, and she's out there doing all the vacationing and whatnot. But you don't need to do that, conservative men. And I want to, ladies, just ladies, just hang tight for a moment. I want to talk to the men of the audience.

You need to stay away from AOC. Because we got some disturbing information. You know, AOC has been very upset with all of you people out there, not obeying the government's rules and regulations on COVID vaccines, wearing the face masks. She's been very upset about all of that.

So, AOC is fully vaccinated, and she's even got the boosters.

So, she was down in Florida, and she was dancing about, cavorting with drag queens at this nightclub. She was also spotted with her boyfriend, the one who needs to see the podiatrist. They were at an outdoor cafe, and she was not wearing a mask during her vacation in Florida. I mean, she was photographed all over the place not wearing a mask.

Well, now we know. And it was announced over the weekend that AOC has come down with the China virus.

Now I know this must shock many of you because uh like you like like me, you're thinking to yourself, well, wait a second, the woman was fully vaccinated.

So, how is it that a fully vaccinated, young adult could come down with the China virus? It is a terrific question. But that's not the concerning part of the story. The concerning part of the story is that AOC, who is now, and I don't know if this was some sort of reverse psychology, but maybe just maybe AOC, and Grace Baker, you can help me out here as a conservative woman. Maybe AOC, when she was reading all the tweets about her boyfriend's footwear and the crustiness of the foot, maybe she was realizing, wow, maybe I need to, maybe I don't need to date these leftists.

Maybe she needed a branch out. Maybe she wanted a strapping conservative guy who was, you know, who could carry her out of a burning building, who peas standing up. Maybe that's her way. Maybe that's her way of saying, you know. It's her cry for help.

Matt Gates isn't that bad looking after all. I mean, maybe that's what she was saying. Yeah. I don't know. Is he married now?

I have no idea. Oh, he's back on the market. He's back on the market now. Yep. Oh, geez.

So, but here's my word of advice: stand down, man. stand out because um As much as I hate to say it, AOC is now communicable.

So, you know, I'm just saying, you don't want to come down with that. That's all I'm trying to say.

So, we now return you to your regularly scheduled programming. Great to have you with us today. You know, it was we've got so much going on here. Um, and uh, I want to start out with uh with an item we received over the weekend, and it involves a group called Focus on the Family.

Now, do you guys remember Focus on the Family back in the day? My parents were huge fans of Dr. James Dobson. He's the founder of Focus on the Family. He's he's hasn't been with them for years now, he's got his own separate organization, his own separate ministry.

So, he doesn't, but Focus on the Family is still very, very influential and instrumental in the Christian community. I knew years ago that something was up with Focus, that the new folks were the Focus on the Family leaders were not too keen on being as conservative as Dr. Dobson was. And so they started modifying some of their positions, and I don't think it was that noticeable to the average person.

Well, over the weekend, the Epoch Times and a local television station Got word. That focus on the family was going to comply with the OSHA mandates.

Now, today the OSHA mandate goes into effect, and it will remain in effect until the Supreme Court. Rules on whichever way they're going to rule on this issue. But right now, it is technically the law of the land. They're not going to enforce it.

So the enforcement does not begin until February.

So we've got about a month here of wiggle room. But beginning in February, if you do not comply, if you're a church, if you're a ministry, if you're a private business, and you have more than 100 workers, you will face fines. And it could be millions of dollars in fines.

Now, what's interesting about Focus on the Family, according to this, and man, are they upset about this? I got some nasty emails over the weekend from Focus on the Family. Basically, they were upset that we were reporting on this story. But this is important because many of you support Focus on the Family with your money. and it's important for you to know what's going on here.

So anyway, Focus on the Family. They told their employees that if the OSHA mandate becomes law, you will be forced to comply.

So Focus on the Family has decided they are going to bow on bended knee to the federal government. Television station KRDO obtained an email from an employee that was purportedly sent to workers by Jim Daly, the president the new president of Focus on the Family.

Okay. The concern is that if Focus failed to comply, they would face tens of thousands of dollars in fines.

Now many people within the building and many of the donors are outraged over this. And they're saying, wait a minute, why are why is focus on the family going to comply with the government?

Okay. So the Epoch Times reports that staffers who do not confirm they've been vaccinated by today. Must wear a mask at work, and they must start getting tested. On February the 9th. The employee said, I understand why Focus had put out the information they sent out.

The thing that I'm having trouble understanding is why they're not vocally or publicly fighting against the mandates and saying the government does not own our bodies, and that as a Christian organization, we believe God owns our bodies and that we are free people, not beholden to doing every terrible thing the government wants us to do.

Now, Focus on the Family pushed back, and they said the report was inaccurate. And here's the statement. I'm going to read all this. We're going to be fair. We're not into gotcha stuff here.

Focus says they believe each person should have the right to determine if they should be vaccinated. We are firmly opposed to a vaccine mandate, and any reports that suggest otherwise are misleading.

Well, that's all well and good, but that's not accurate. Their statement is not accurate. Yeah, we get it. They're opposed to the mandate, but they're not fighting against it. They're not in the fight like we are every single day here on this radio program.

Where are they? And for that matter, I get it. What they're saying is: yes, we're adamantly opposed to the mandate. But we're gonna comply. We're gonna do it anyway.

That's what they're doing. As a matter of fact, there's another statement. And let me tell you what. Let me explain how we do things on our website. We just don't cherry-pick quotes.

We put it all out there so you can see everything in context because we don't want you guys to be, we don't want to misrepresent.

So here's what Focus said. The fines are media reports and and I'm going to read this. This is from Focus on the Family, their statement. Media reports in the Epoch Times that focus or that focus supports a vaccine mandate are inaccurate. Notice they used the word inaccurate.

They didn't say false or a lie. FOCUS believes each person should have the right to determine if they should be vaccinated. We are firmly opposed to a vaccine mandate, and any reports that suggest otherwise are misleading.

However, folks, whenever that word pops up, you better listen up.

However, when it comes to current masking or testing requirements for those unvaccinated, we strongly believe our donors' financial support should be directly invested in ministry to families, not given to OSHA through exorbitant fines. These fines are threatened to be $130,000 per infraction by OSHA and could therefore climb into multiple millions of dollars for an organization of our size.

Okay, let me stop here.

So what they're telling us is they're putting money Above doing the right thing. That's what they're doing here. That's what they're saying here. Let's continue. Therefore, At this time, we are complying with the requirement for masking and on February 9th, testing if the Supreme Court does not overturn the Biden mandate.

So you know what? Stop. That's all you need to know. That's all you need to know. Focus on the family.

took a look at what was about to happen and they decided, wait a second. We could lose all of our money here.

Well Yeah. Let me say something about focus on the family. Yeah. Everybody has a decision to make here, folks. Everybody.

And sometimes there are prices to pay for making a decision. Many of you in this audience have already made that choice.

Some of you have been fired from your jobs.

Some of you have been forced out. You've had to find another job. Many of you businesses out there, you've had to shut down because of these government rules and regulations. But everybody's got a choice to make. Focus on the family's got a choice to make.

It looks like they've made the wrong choice here. Because they took a knee to the federal government.

Now, it seems to me that what they should have done is stand their ground, and they should do it by screaming from the mountaintops, shouting from the mountaintops, but that's not what they've done. They've done it quietly. And that's why it's important for us to share this information with you because you need to know what focus on the family is up to.

So the way it looks now, they're going to bow down to the government on this. I got to tell you, James Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family, he would never you think he would have bowed down to the government? You think he would have surrendered, waved the white flag and told everybody to mask up? To go get tested. I don't think so.

I don't think so. So everybody has a choice here. Focus on the family has a choice to make. And you, the donors of Focus on the Family, you guys, you've got a choice to make too with how you spend your money. And based on the hundreds of comments on Focus on the Family's social media pages, people are enraged about this.

What about you? 844-747-8868. Rule in effect today. What do you do? Do you comply?

Do you not comply? 844-747-8868. Our website, ToddSterns.com, and there's all sorts of great information. Caleb Park, our writing team, very busy today. When we come back, crazy story about American Airlines.

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All right, welcome back to the Todd Starring Radio Show. Jory writes in on the live stream. Todd, sadly, many pastors and Christian companies are in it for the money. They want their bread and butter.

So, they will often ignore the truth if it's controversial or involves personal cost they are not willing to pay. And again, folks, can you imagine the statement it would make? And you look at these mandates, and keep in mind, they're mandates, they're not law. The left, they want you to think, they believe that you guys out there are so stupid that you don't know the difference between a mandate and a law. But we have the smartest audience in all of talk radio.

And you guys see through that. You understand what's going on here. But could you imagine the statement Focus on the Family would make if they stood by their beliefs, took a stand and ended up getting fined a million dollars? Can you imagine the outrage you would have millions of Christians marching on Washington, DC? Yeah.

they very well could have changed these mandates. They could have changed, swayed national opinion. But a lot of these Christian ministries, and I don't mean to speak broadly, but you give these folks money. And many of them have decided to stay quiet. Many of them have they decided to shut down and obey the government when they started shutting down the churches and the Christian ministries.

And it's a shame. Because and I think Jory is right here that the reason why is they don't want to risk offending anybody. You know, that's the problem in a lot of churches across America. People don't want to offend anybody.

Well, I got to tell you something. The message in that Bible, the good book, that's going to offend people. It's supposed to. eight four four seven four seven eighty eight sixty eight. We're going to get to this American Airlines story after the news break.

But Grace, I have to tell you about what happened to me over the weekend, and I'm curious if this is happening to other people. You know, President Biden Says there is no supply chain problem. Everything is hunky dory. Oh, yes.

So I thought, well, all right, that's great news.

So I've been looking for a new dining room table. Sure.

So I went out to get a dining room table, and I found a couple online I liked.

So I went down to the stores and went to the first. It was Ethan Allen. Right. And they said, Yeah, yeah, it'll be probably about three months before we get that table to you. Three months?

Three months. Not three weeks. Not three weeks. So then I went to Haverty's. Same thing.

And I went to another store. Same thing. Went to Macy's. Same, they had nobody.

Well, first of all, you can't even find a sales clerk at Macy's. Oh, yeah, I believe that.

So I can't say same thing there because I never saw a sales clerk.

So I'm just assuming it was the same thing.

So I thought, dog, I'm going to go order something online here. Grace, I mean, everybody online in the stores, they say it's going to take about three months, three to four months, before I get the dining room table. Oh, yeah. Because. Of supply chain problems.

I'm thinking you may need to go to IKEA and build it yourself. No, I'm not building anything. No, if I wanted to build it. It's fun. It could be a fun weekend project.

You think I could bring you and Kyle and we could build it together. We could build my dining room table. Is that what you're saying? I'm not sure that's in my contract. Yeah, you want to read that fine print.

Jesus is this. That's all I'm saying. All right. Very well.

So I'm just curious: have you guys noticed that? The supermarket, it's weird. There are empty shelves, and it's for stuff that's not necessities, but things you like. Like certain brands. Exactly.

You just can't get it. Anything, I like the. I like the Japanese panko. You know, the Japanese. You can't find that anywhere.

I'm serious. There are big problems coming to this country, folks. Pay attention. This supply chain thing is going to. crash the economy if we're not careful.

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That's legacypminvestments.com. All right, welcome back to the Todd Starns Radio Show. Great to have you with us today. Is your business? Is your company, your employer, are they enforcing the OSHA mandates?

You know, those go into effect today and will remain in effect until the Supreme Court weighs in.

Now, unless I'm sorely misreading. The Supreme Court here, I think that the conservative majority is going to hold, and they will put Biden in his place.

So that's at least that's my reading of the arguments, and I had a chance to read through those over the weekend. But we shall see. In the meantime, There was an interesting thing that happened over the weekend. Speaking of the Supreme Court, I want to go back to Friday when you had Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who made a statement that has yet to be retracted. It has yet to be clarified.

It has yet to be removed from the official records of the court. Here is Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor as she weighs in on the China virus. We have hospitals that are almost at full capacity with people severely ill on ventilators. We have over 100,000 children, which we've never had before, in serious condition, and many on ventilators.

So That's a lie. And when we heard about this on the program, I flat out called it. I mean, this is a very, very provable lie. That was not challenged.

Now, a lot of people are thinking here, okay, well And I want let's step back for just a moment. One of two things happened. Either Sonia Sotomayor is an ignorant woman. Or And again, in and ignorant, I don't mean that insulting, it's that she did not know. She was uh speaking without knowing, or as we call it, and you folks in Mississippi call it, speaking out the wazoo.

She was either ignorant or Or She knew exactly what she was doing. And she was trying to deceive herself. Her fellow justices. One of two things. either or should disqualify her from the Supreme Court.

But I don't think this is a stupid woman. I don't think she is an ignorant woman. I believe that Sonia Sotomayor was getting her talking points directly from the patron saint of Wuhan. I think she knew exactly what she was doing. Yeah.

They're advancing a narrative they know is false. And we know it's false because Brett Baer over at Fox News. Mm-hmm. Finally, finally called out called out sotamayor For what she really is. Let's go to cut number four, please.

We can find from Friday suggests there are fewer than 3,500 current pediatric hospitalizations from COVID-19. Is that true? Yeah, but here's what I can tell you about our pediatric hospitalizations now. First of all, the vast majority of children who are in the hospital are unvaccinated. And for those children who are not eligible for vaccination, we do know that they are most likely to get sick with COVID if their family members aren't vaccinated.

So the most important thing we can do for those children to keep them out of the hospital is to vaccinate them and to vaccinate their family members around them. Understood. But the number is not 100,000. It's roughly 3,500 in hospitals now. Yes, there are.

And in fact, what I will say is, while pediatric hospitalizations are rising, they are still about 15-fold less than hospitalizations of our older age demographic. And by the way, there were so many nuggets coming out of that interview.

So she confirmed that Sotomayor lied.

So, again, we don't believe that Sotomayor is. is ignorant. We believe she intentionally lied. She wanted to deceive not only the justices but the but the nation at large.

So we know that she is a liar. But that's not all we learned from this interview that the CDC director did with Brett Baer. We also learned that An overwhelming number of the China virus deaths were not from the China virus. Cut number 12. The overwhelming number of deaths, over 75%, occurred in people who had at least four comorbidities.

So really, these are people who were unwell to begin with. In other words, you had people that had a heart condition. You had people that were. Obese. You had people that had the diabetes, as they say over in Arkansas.

You had people that were dealing with very serious health issues. 75% of those deaths were a result of those issues. Not the China virus.

Now the China virus may have exacerbated that, but that's not why they died.

So this flies in the face of the mainstream media's narrative that people are getting the China virus, perfectly healthy people are getting the China virus and they're dropping dead push it up days. It's simply not true. And you have to weed through all of this. I mean, that ought to be the lead story on every newscast in America. As I throw my pin.

In the studio. My apologies. But this is where we are, folks, where truth no longer matters. It no longer matters. But the reality is, we have upended our lives.

We have destroyed a generation of American children. I shudder to imagine what this country is going to look like in the next few years as we start to see the mental health issues manifested in these kids that have been stuck in their homes, especially in the Chicago area, by the way.

Okay. We're going to have Amy Jacobson on. She is the host, one of the hosts over at WIND in Chicago, and she's going to weigh in on this horrible school situation up there. But all that, but back to back to the Supreme Court here and back to the CDC director. Yeah.

She She unveiled what we all knew to be true. We've been talking about this for ages on this program: that they will not give us an accurate count of the number of people who died strictly solely from the China virus.

So, when you look at those numbers, so now they're saying, okay, 75% of the China virus deaths, the people had comorbidities. That implies, and again, I. It implies That the other 25% just died of the china virus, but that's not necessarily accurate because she was very specific. I want you to go back. Let's go back and listen.

Notice she didn't, she just said four.

So it may be that another percentage had three comorbidities or another percentage had two. Maybe somebody had one. The overwhelming number of deaths over 75% occurred in people who had at least four comorbidities. All right, stop there. Stop there.

So, Grace, here's what we're going to do. We're going to take a break here in a few minutes. I want you to take the number of however many china virus deaths there have been. All right, take that number. All righty.

And I want to, she says more than 75%. We're going to be generous. I want you to tell me what 20% is of whatever the total number of China virus deaths are. All right. Okay.

And we'll get that information. And then I want you to look up the CDC's numbers, the number of flu deaths in 2019. And 18. And we're going to compare numbers. And that way, we're going to explain exactly how serious this situation has been.

Folks, we have been fed a bill of goods.

Now, I don't want to go full-blown conspiratorial on you, but this is not just happening here in America. This sort of thing is happening in every single country on the face of the earth.

Okay. Something is up here.

Something is up. There is an effort afoot to destabilize every major country on planet Earth, except for Russia and China.

Something is going on here. We're going to talk about that. Let's go to the phones here. 844-747-8868. Steve, Central Arkansas, wants to weigh in on these vaccine mandates.

Hey, Steve. Hey, Todd. Uh I hear you hear people talking about this, but I don't think it's stressed enough. I I think the vaccine mandates are just Uh A little carrier for I think this court ruling that's coming up has been the object of this whole thing to start with. I think if they get this court ruling that allows a government department to put pressure on private employees and threaten your jobs, That's the tool they've been wanting.

They will use that on every public issue that is out there. Down the road. They called the Second Amendment a public health emergency. Make your employers make you turn in your guns if you want to keep your job.

Now, Steve, that's an interesting thought here because that is true. I mean, there are some cities where they are declaring the Second Amendment a public health emergency. And I'm surprised they haven't done that here in Memphis, where you got people getting shot all over the place. But to your point, this opens up a can of worms. And I just based on the questions that Justice Roberts and others were asking, I think we're going to be okay here.

But they're not going to stop, Steve. And you know they're going to try to find some sort of a loophole or a workaround. Yeah, I think that's look what they've done with Roe versus Wade. That sounded back in the 70s, that sounded like a fairly innocent. Only in in case of the m mother's health or rape or some type of emergency.

They turned it into now, they're talking about. Waiting until the baby's born and then having a discussion with your doctor and doing the old John McCain thumbs up or thumbs down. That's it. That's it. Steve, got a run.

Good thoughts. Folks, again, I'm curious, what is your boss telling you? Are you going to have to comply? Is your company going to have to comply with the OSHA mandate that goes into effect today? 844-747-8868.

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All right, so we ran the numbers here. Grace Baker, who Are you a math major? Grace Baker. No, it was journalism major now.

Well, I better double-check these numbers. Yeah, you might wanna.

So 856,356 people died from the China virus. Is that worldwide or is no, that's just here in America? That's just here in America. Oh, but remember, this is numbers since the start of the pandemic to now.

So they're saying there have been 61 million China virus cases in America. 859,000 people have died. Yes. And then 42 million have recovered. But now they're telling us at least 75% or more than 79% or 75% had a comorbidity.

Four or more.

So, when you factor that in, we're looking at roughly 20%. I suspect the number is more like 10 or 5%, because they're not telling us, okay, if you had one or two comorbidities, we just want to know who flat out dropped dead of the China virus. Sure.

171,000 people. Which is a terrible number. Don't get me wrong. I mean, you hate it when people drop dead like that. By the way, were you a big Full House fan?

No, I saw that, though. It's sad.

So you weren't either. You see, I felt bad because everybody's freaking out. I just know a lot of people love Bob Show. America's Dad. They call him America's Dad.

And I'm like, really? I mean, it is a terrible thing. Very sad. He was just found dead.

So, weird story. I've stayed at that Rich Carlton before. Oh, that's kind of creepy now. Not that room. No, I know, but you know, somebody's going to be staying there.

I mean, it's not like they just, you know, shut down the room forever. It might become famous. Bob Sagett died here. No, that's terrible. They're going to, you know, they've got to make money on the rooms.

But they don't know what happened anyway.

So certainly our condolences and John Stamos and man, a lot of people. Lori Laughlin, is she out of jail now? Yep, she's out of jail. Remember, she bribed, she bribed those people to get her kids into the college. Oh, yeah.

Remember that? The big scandal. I remember that very well. If you're making that much money, just pay the money. That's what I don't know.

What do you care? Yeah, I don't get it. I don't get it. Anyway, and then she was on Wind Calls the Heart. Yes.

Anyway. My mom likes this. All right. So, well, there you go, folks. And again, we peddle in facts here.

And the fact is, you have been fed a load of grade A Hooi. 844. 747-8868 is our toll-free telephone number. That's 844-747-8868. Kevin McCarthy wants to be the next Speaker of the House, and he sat down with Breitbart.

In the next hour, we're going to go through some of the things that he had to say. He plans on taking people like Ilhan Omar off of committees. I think that's. Look, I. I know this is a this is little of me.

But I say payback. Payback is a coming. And I say that the Republicans need to treat the Democrats just as they have been treated. And maybe, just maybe, the Democrats will come to terms with the fact that they have been behaving very badly over the past however many years. I doubt they will, but payback is a coming.

It's a coming. All right, we didn't have a chance to get to this American Airline story. We will get to this in the next hour. But a. A self-described pink hat wearing feminist.

got her got her Birkenstocks in a twist when she noticed that the American Airlines pilot on her flight had a Let's Go Brandon tag on his on his luggage. And so she took to Twitter. She was very disgusted by this and triggered. And so she filed off a complaint, and she's an elite status member. I'm an elite status member.

No, that's I'm sorry, that's inappropriate. She's a feminist. I'm an elite status member. And she was very upset over that.

Well, you know the feminists have the very deep voices, and they also wear the turtlenecks. I don't understand why they just do. Yeah. Anyway, American Airlines has apologized.

So that I have why would they even give this little bully the time of day? But they've apologized, and we can only hope they don't punish the poor airline pilot. I mean, what business is it of hers what this pilot has on her luggage? By the way, back in twenty twenty, and we went back and we did the homework here on this. Back in twenty twenty, American Airlines allowed their crew members to wear Black Lives Matter pins.

So help me understand this. You're going to let your employees Wear clothing and pins that promote a domestic terrorist organization, but you're not going to let your pilot have a Let's Go Brandon sticker on his luggage? What's up with that? By the way. We're getting some new information here.

A new variant of Trump derangement syndrome has apparently been discovered. The CDC says the new variant, and this is breaking news, the CDC says the new variant is called LGBT. LGBT, that is the new variant of Trump derangement syndrome. Apparently, LGBT stands for Let's Go Brandon Toxicity.

So Oh well. God have mercy if he gets that disease. I got to take a break here, folks. 844-747-8868. Get tested, too.

We'll be right back, America. Live from the Liberty University Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, it's common sense conservative commentary from Todd Starnes. That's right. I love this American. Grace, I have a question for you.

Being a member of Generation Z. I guess technically I am.

So I was writing a text message. We're So the Starrings family has been going through a bout with the China virus. And so we haven't had Christmas yet because everybody keeps coming down with the virus.

So, anyway, we were texting back and forth, and I had a question about the I get OMG and all that kind of stuff. Yeah. L O L. Is it lowercase or uppercase? I never know.

I either do all lowercase or all uppercase.

So it's one or the other, but not a mixture. Not both. All right. Well, I just want to. Yeah, it's just hard.

You know, you don't want to appear your age. And so it's true. It's trying to get acclimated. Let me see real quick. Do you know BRB?

BR, is that like a bed and breakfast? Not quite. I don't know. Be right back. Be right back.

Uh-huh. B R B. Why don't you just say be right back? Because it's less characters to pipe.

Okay. What about Airbnb? That's a totally different thing. B-N-B, not B-R-B. You see, this is all very different.

Come on, Todd. It's very confusing. That's all I'm trying to say.

We're here to help. Thank you, Grace. Appreciate it. All right, folks, this hour, Kevin McCarthy wants to be the Speaker of the House. He's laying out his.

He's laying out his plan, and we're going to break that down for you. And the question right out of the gate: is that enough to get you to support Kevin McCarthy? Or should we have someone new, some fresh blood in there, like someone like a Jim Jordan, someone who is actually a proven fighter?

So we're going to get into that a little bit later on. Also, Turning Point USA, we've got some local chapter members from the University of Memphis who are fighting back against critical race theory. We're going to be talking to those students as well. But right now, I want to go to the Patriot Mobile newsmaker line. We're very excited to share with you an incredible tour that's happening all over America called the Reawaken America Tour.

Clay Clark is on the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line. Clay, good to have you with us today. How's it going? Clay, going well. And I know that you're always in the thick of things.

I heard you over the weekend on a show. And there's a lot happening in this country right now as people try to figure out do we want to be a free people or do we want to be slaved to communism and socialism?

Well, I'll tell you this right now. If you go to Time2FreeAmerica.com forward slash Revelation, if I get abducted by an alien or I get, which seems like par for the course this year, but if you go to time to freeameric.com forward slash revelation, The truth lives on right there, but check this out. The Centers for Disease Control, which everyone is being told to listen to. In 2002, the Centers for Disease Control patented the coronavirus transmissible to humans with patent number 727. 9327.

All right. And that changes things quite a bit, doesn't it, when you start hearing the recommendations from the CDC, oh, we should stand six feet apart, we should take this test, we should do this. The CDC is not an organization that we should trust. And that's moving us closer to Marxism and socialism. And what's happening right now is people need to wake up to the facts.

In fact, in twenty fifteen, the patent for the COVID-19 test was filed. In 2019, if you look it up, you go to time to freeamerica.com forward slash revelation. It says right here, system and method, this is on the NIH website. The system and method for testing for COVID-19 was actually patented in 2015. That changes a lot, doesn't it?

Well, Clay, I mean, and again, this goes to the narrative, and clearly we have not been told the full story. Clearly, the CDC has been lying to us. And it's not just America, and that's the concern here, Clay. I don't think that we can just look at what's happening in our country in a vacuum. We've got to look at what's happening in other freedom-loving countries around the world.

This is some sort of a global phenomenon. And you do wonder, and we talk about the New World Order, one world government. It raises a lot of questions.

Well, I would just say this, and I want people to understand this. Again, if you go to time to freeamerica.com and you probably want to grab a coffee or a glass of wine, okay? You're going to take about 10 minutes there, okay? But 2002, the CDC patents the coronavirus, and someone says, What? That's a fact.

2010, a document called the Rockefeller Plan was written. If you go to page 16 of the Rockefeller Plan, it states: a world of tighter, top-down government control and more authoritarian leadership is needed, including coronavirus. quarantines, curfews, lockdowns and forced vaccinations.

Sounds familiar. And then we all know about Harvard's professor, Charles Lieber. He was arrested and recently convicted there over the Christmas season there. The Harvard professor, he's the one who's creating the nanotechnology that goes inside the human body that allows humans to receive signals without their permission.

So what we need to understand is Klaus Schwab wrote a book. In a 20-side the market, the beast? Oh, yeah. Yeah. I mean, think about this.

In 2015, Klaus Schwab was being interviewed by Charlie Rose. This is on the Charlie Rose Show. And Clauschwab was asked by Charlie Rose. He says, he says, Klaus Schwab, what is COVID-19, he says, What is the great reset all about? By the way, Klaus Schwab, the head of the World Economic Forum, wrote a book called COVID-19: The Great Reset.

So, Charlie Rose says, in 2015, what is the great reset? And this is how Klaus Law responded: intelligence, extracting. And robots look at things like gene editing. Exactly. Here we go.

You're ready. for medical science. And you see, the difference of this fourth uh industrial revolution is It doesn't change what you are doing. It changes you. If you take Genetic editing.

Didn't you hear what he just said? He said the difference of the fourth industrial revolution, he says, it doesn't so much change what you're doing for a living. As much as it changes you. Through the gene editing.

So this is part of the plant.

So if we if we remember, and I know it's hard to put put all these dates, so that's why I put a timeline there at time to freeamerica.com forward slash uh revelation, but march 11th, twenty twenty. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic march 11, 2020. And did you know that 15 days later, on March 26, 2020, Bill Gates. And Microsoft filed for a patent for a cryptocurrency system using body activity with the publication number W02020060606, thus making it possible, technologically speaking, for no man to buy or sell unless he has that technology inside his body. All right.

Well, it certainly sounds like the New Testament book of Revelation, Mark of the Beast. It does. And I will tell you this: what you have to understand is that I grew up in a Christian family. And I was taught, and I'm not blaming my parents, I'm just telling you what I grew up, I was taught that Satan. Seemed to be a kind of a mythological character that was indicative of things that were bad.

You know, bad things, Satan, Darth Vader. Good things, Jesus. But I didn't know that Satan really existed.

However, on April 12th, 2020, Microsoft during the lockdowns. Chose to feature. She's openly satanic, a spirit cooker. By the name of Marina Abramovich. And if you'll go to time to freeamerica.com forward slash revelation, you can see Marina Abramovich.

Se showcasing her satanic world views in the Microsoft Easter commercial. That's why they did that. May first, twenty twenty, Congress introduced the legislation, H.R. six, six. 66.

Folks, look this up at Google or DuckDuckGo right now. Come on. HR6666. Look it up right now on your computer. Type in HR6666.

In DuckDuckGo or Google. Oh, all right. Huh? We'll check that out, Clay. Hey, look, real quick though, we've got to promote this nationwide tour that you guys are doing.

And it's kind of a who's who. You've got what, General Michael Flynn, Mike Lindell, among others that are on this big tour. Yeah, I will tell you, if you want to know what's going on and you want to hear it, you want to hear from the top medical professionals that actually treat patients, doctors, scientists, attorneys, you want to go to time to freeamerica.com. And our tour is a little unique in that you can name your price.

So we're not going to have Today's event is sponsored by the Big Pharma Deep State to expose the Deep State. I mean, we're going to have, these are all people: Mike Lindell, General Flynn, Dr. Sherry Tenpenny. You're going to have Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

You're going to have Dr. Judy Mikeowitz. These are all people that are in the fight. You know, the gym owner from New Jersey, Ian Smith, who's been on Tucker Carlson countless times. Seth Keschell will be exposing election fraud.

But the whole point is, we're going to expose election fraud, medical fraud, religious fraud. monetary fraud and mainstream media fraud all at this two day event. You can go to time to freeamerica.com to request those tickets. And we're down to our final eight tickets for our Phoenix, Arizona event, january fourteenth and fifteenth, this Friday and Saturday, january fourteenth and fifteenth. All right, Clay, we're going to leave it there.

Good stuff. Good luck out there on the tour, and we appreciate coming on the program today. I really do appreciate you. Take care. All right.

Clay Clark, Reawaken America tour. Great. What was that? I was trying to, I was still kind of caught up on the whole Mark of the Beast thing. And there was some patent, a 666 patent.

I didn't understand. It's not even getting into the metaverse.

Okay. That's a whole other topic. Is that the Spider-Man thing? No. Oh, that's the multiverse.

I'm sorry. Metaverse is the Facebook creation that's going to suck us online. We're going to be in Ready Player One, the movie. Oh. There's a lot to unpack there.

I couldn't keep up with it. I need a vacation. I thought Ben Shapiro talked fast. Anyway, ThriveTimesShow.com is the website. If you want to get information on the tour and what they're doing, again, Clay Clark with the Reawaken America Tour.

All right. So we're going to take a break here. 844-747-8868. That's our toll-free telephone number. That's 844-747-8868.

This is the Todd Starnes Show. About a bar. Back up. And bring it is Todd Starnes. Nice.

All right, hello, everybody. Good to have you back with us. Wanted to give a special shout out to all you people out in the metaverse or multiverse. Wherever the universe! Have you ever had one of those days?

And I don't know if Rush. If Rush Limbaugh, El Rushbo, the great Maharushi, if he ever just had a show that just sort of, you know, went off the rails, Grace, I think that's today. I think that is today on the Tom Stearns Radio program.

Well, it is a Monday. It's our first full week back. Because the week before, right? No, wait, we did have a full day. See, I can't keep up with the days either.

We're in the multiverse. It's okay. What are you doing to me, Grace? This is not helping Matt. It's all my fault.

I know. I make it only worse. It's always Grace's fault.

Well, it's all right. It's in the contract. We got to blame somebody. Yep, it says: if we're not sure who to blame, we will blame Grace.

Well, there you go. All right. Thank you, Grace. You took one for the team, right? I did.

I will remember that at the year end for the bonuses. Thank you. I'll remember that. All right. The CDC, ladies and gentlemen, website.

They have a message. They say that to control the spread of disease within the borders, states have laws to enforce the use of isolation and quarantine. This is from the Gateway Pundit. The law also includes the use of police power functions in their quarantine stations. Quote, and this is from the CDC website: in addition to serving as medical functions, isolation and quarantine are also police power functions derived from the right of the state to take action affecting individuals for the benefit of society.

In other words, the CDC seems to think they've got the power to have you arrested. And isolated, thrown into a quarantine camp. That's what the Australians have done, by the way, to stop the spread of the China virus.

Now, this is interesting because where is the tweet I just saw? This is from the CDC director, who is now saying, and this is a direct quote from the CDC director. doctor Walinski that, quote, what the vaccines cannot do anymore is prevent transmission. Let me repeat this again. The vaccine, by the way, the vaccine that they want all of us to get, they want everybody to get the jab, Many, many, many young people are now dealing with heart problems they did not have.

Before they got the jam. Many soccer players, by the way, did you see the the video, this heartbreaking video, of a soccer match somewhere over in Europe. And they've been having a huge problem with the soccer players just Falling out, having heart attacks right there on the field. Yeah. And some poor guy, was he the goaltender?

I don't know. He was he just grabbed his chest, boom, he's on the ground, having a heart attack on live television. All of these people have gotten the jam.

So now the CDC is telling us, you know what? Yet we know that everybody got the vaccine. And what's the point of getting the vaccine?

So you don't get The virus Right? How many people do you know? And I know the numbers here. I checked the numbers. Let's talk about chickenpox.

Chicken pox, all right? Nobody gets chickenpox anymore, right?

Okay, maybe well, we ran the numbers, and around 10 to 15 percent of people who get the vaccine for the chicken pox end up getting the chicken pox. That is not the case with the China virus. As a matter of fact, And don't be surprised, do not be surprised if this happens. We're moving for the CDC director to come out and say what the vaccines can't do anymore is prevent transmission. You know what that tells me?

That tells me they're about ready to get out and announce, folks, Oops are bad, but turns out the vaccines will make you more susceptible to getting. The virus Don't be surprised if they, don't be surprised if that comes down. Oopsie. We're really sorry about that. We well, we thought we we thought we had it nipped in the bud.

But we don't. Oopsie. Do not be surprised if that happens. They're coming to that point. What the vaccine can't do anymore is prevent.

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So what's the point of the vaccine, ladies and gentlemen? If the vaccine. Cannot prevent training. What is the point? 844-747-8868.

That's our toll-free telephone number. That's 844-747-888. 8868. Oh, I've got to play this audio. President Biden went out to Colorado, and he was supposed to comfort the people who lost their homes in the wildfires.

Instead of doing that, he started talking about windmills. We're going to have windmills you're going to see that have 100-yard wingspan each. Each propeller on that on that windmill, 100 yards long.

So there's so much. that is going to be able to be done. And, you know, when I visit the National Revolution Renewable Lab, Energy Lab. Get it together, man. About 20 miles, I said, from here.

It's also going to create significant number of jobs. All right, stop, stop, stop, stop. Thank you. So, look, Biden seems to believe that the windmills will actually blow out the flames of the fires. That's why he's going on about these windmills with the giant wingspans.

Yeah. Jeez, all right, let's go to the phones here. Hendersonville, North Carolina, Ben, W-H-K-B. All right, Ben, what's going on? What's on your mind?

Yeah, um I guess you know, I'm so tired of listening to this COVID stuff. And I was just wondering, all these people that are coming across our border. I hear none of our officials Or the So be it. people that know anything. Uh How come they're not being jabbed or even tested or Where in the heck they're at?

Nobody knows. Ben, you know what? That is, that's the million-dollar question right there. I mean, Ben, seriously. Yeah, just go ahead, send it to the suitcase, put it in my driveway.

Right. Ben, God bless you. We're coming up on a break here, but you're making a lot of sense. Ben is making a lot of sense. And we have to start thinking like that, folks.

Well, wait a second. If it really is that bad, then why are they allowing all of these people infected with the virus into our country to spread the virus that's supposed to kill everybody?

So there's more to this. We'll get to it a little bit later. 844-747-8868, toll-free telephone number. That's 844-747777777777. 747-8868.

This is the Todd Starn Show. All right, President Trump's big rally coming up this Saturday. There's only one major news network that's going to cover the rally live. That's our good friends, our partners over at Newsmax TV. Folks, I watch Newsmax all the time.

Great hosts, Grant Stinchfield, Rob Schmidt, Eric Bowling, Sean Spicer. And look, the media, yeah, they're censoring President Trump. Not even Fox News is going to carry the rally live.

So millions of people have been tuning into Newsmax. President Trump says it's really great. This Saturday, the president is expected to make a big announcement. We don't know what that announcement is.

Well, I kind of sort of have a. Hunch. Anyway, that's coming up this weekend in Arizona. Got to tell you, you got to watch Newsmax's Trump list and get the rally info. You say, what is the Trump list?

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Again, text Skip to 39747 now. And folks, make sure you watch Newsmax Real News for Real People. All right, so we have a rule on this radio program. And it's really a guiding principle. We are celebrating our five-year anniversary this year, and we made a promise early on that whenever conservative students come under fire, that we would stand alongside those students.

And we have lived by that and honored that principle for a very long time now.

Well, here in Memphis, Tennessee, at the University of Memphis, the public university, the state university, there has been a great controversy that has exploded onto the national scene, where, in essence, faculty members are being bribed, they're being offered a bribe to insert critical race theory into their classes.

Well, I want to welcome into our studio Peyton Thornberg, who is the vice president and campus coordinator of the Turning Point USA chapter at the University of Memphis. Peyton, good to have you with us today. Hey, thank you for having me.

So, this is a crazy story that has gone national, and I want you to tell us. how you guys played a played a role in that.

So, after the email was leaked out revealing the university's plans to offer $3,000 to professors to infuse social justice and equity into all their courses, including core classes that you have to take before you can even take your specific classes for your major, Fox News, our Fox and friends specifically reached out to me, Audre Lattrell, and Ann Elizabeth Metheny about coming on their show and giving our opinions about it, and everything just took off from there.

So, you guys, we were talking before the break. You guys have a pretty good-sized TPUSA chapter at the university. Yes, sir. At the moment, we're sitting about 32, 33 members. We're doing everything we can to be active on campus and making our voices heard.

What is that experience like, being a conservative on campus at the University of Memphis? Is it a difficult thing like other places? Yes, sir. I would definitely say it doesn't make you more friends for sure. Is that right?

Surprisingly. Have you guys run into any kinds of problems? with the administration, with faculty? We get a decent amount of support from professors just as far as allowing us to set up and table and host events, but other than that, nothing really.

So you guys go on Fox News channel and you give your opinions about this. I mean, you guys were reaching out to the Student Government Association beforehand, and what did you want the SGA to do? We really wanted them to just hear us out and let Them know that we don't agree that that's where the taxpayer money should be allotted, especially with the condition of some of the dorms and other classroom buildings on campus. I mean, that's a lot of money, $3,000. It really is.

And I've driven around campus, it's a little run down. It's a little outdated for sure.

So you really do wonder, you know, what was the end goal here with this $3,000? I wish I could say. I definitely think that ultimately they were hoping to vamp up into more uh woke. woke mindsets on the campus and it just I'm glad we spoke up when we did. Have you guys seen that?

I mean you've got a lot of members of TPUSA on the campus. Have you guys started to see this idea that there's white privilege, white people have to repent for the color of their skin?

Well so I can't speak personally on it, but Aunt Elizabeth, if she was here, she took our critical race theory class that is offered on campus and she has a lot to say about it pertaining to that. What did she discover in that class? It does shame you for the most part as far as trying to Push the white guilt of just being born white, you're automatically an oppressor. It shames you for being a white person. It does, it's at the University of Memphis.

Yes. It's unacceptable. It's ridiculous. I mean, here on this program, you know, we believe in following the belief system that MLK preached about. Don't judge people by the color of their skin, the content of their character.

Well, and that's what all those classes - social justice, equity, critical crisis theory - it teaches you to view someone by the color of their skin. And that's not right. What's been the reaction? I'm curious, have you guys a conversation that students are having on campus, or is this more of a faculty sort of led issue? It's definitely more faculty-led.

Is that right? Yes, sir. Wow. Would you say I've asked a lot of people this question about their campuses? Would you say that the faculty would be more liberal than the student body?

I would say as a whole, yes. And Memphis is kind of a weird campus as far as political leaning. Nobody really speaks up about it much, but I would definitely say there's a silent majority of more conservative or moderate leaning students. Is that right? I would be stumped.

But Grace Baker, you were president of the Young Americas Foundation when you were at University of Memphis. Yes. Did you find that to be the case? 100%. there's definitely a silent majority.

And you know, I personally We didn't deal with issues with Support from like faculty and such. But I know there are many liberal professors, but like we received funding from the university to do events.

So the university was fairly supportive of us, but there are individual, very liberal professors that, generally speaking, I think are more liberal than the student body. Would you agree with that? I would agree wholeheartedly. You know, it's interesting. You guys didn't have to stand up, and I have to imagine there was a target on your backs when you speak up.

Uh it definitely felt like it. Uh there was a lot of uh Not necessarily nice comments made on social media, but we also received a lot of support from a lot of people, which was nice to see. A lot of support, and a lot of donors to the university spoke up as well. But because of what you guys did, and I saw the interview you did on the TPUSA website, here you are today. And just a few moments ago, we got word that the University of Memphis has decided they're going to cancel that initiative so they will not be bribing teachers with $3,000.

How does that make you feel? It's great news, but it's hard to get too excited about it right now because there's still a lot of work to be done because there's still campuses across America that are still pushing that into their curriculum. Here in the studio with us, Peyton Thornberg, he is the vice president of the chapter, the TPUSA chapter here. We were talking before the break about the big event, the AmeriFest, that was in Phoenix. You were there.

Yes, sir, I was. Describe that experience, being around so many other conservatives. It was unlike anything I've experienced in my life. There were about 10,000 other students and adult attendees that we were all like-minded and just fired up to be there. And the speakers did an amazing job.

Like Tucker Carlson opened up for us that first day, and it was just electric. The atmosphere was.

So I want to ask you about we have the midterms coming up, and I know that you guys are going to be very involved in that effort. 2024, who do you like for the Republican nomination?

Well, as a member of Turning Point, I can't necessarily give my political leanings about who I can endorse, but as my personal opinion, turning point aside, I definitely Trump all the way. Is that right? So you're a Donald Trump guy. I am. All right.

You know, because you're from North Mississippi, and that entire, that was just about as red as red could be in the last election.

So a lot of Trump supporters in that area. Big time. All right. Well, congratulations. This has got to be exciting news for you guys.

Yes, sir. It really is. We're ecstatic. All right. Well, the breaking news here, folks, is that the University of Memphis, as a result of the TPUSA, we're just going to give you guys credit, where credit is due here.

TPUSA brought this to the national forefront. They were going to bribe faculty members with $3,000 to insert critical race. Theory into the curriculum. And thanks to these young people, they were bold enough, courageous enough to take a stand. And now the university is backing down.

And ultimately, that's what it's really all about here, folks, is that when you take a stand, you're going to be able to facilitate change. But you've got to be willing to get out there and take that chance. And Peyton, you and your friends and fellow TPUSAers have done a great job here. Yes, sir. Thank you so much.

All right. What do you want to do with your degree? I'm hoping to get into politics ultimately. All right. Well, you know, Steve Cohen, we need somebody to go up against that.

I know you can't talk politics, but if you do, let me know if you need a press secretary. You'll be the first person I call. All right. Peyton Thornberg, ladies and gentlemen, from TPUSA. Isn't that great?

Isn't that encouraging to know that there are young people out there that are willing to take a stand and willing to fight back? They didn't march in the streets. They didn't burn down. You guys didn't burn down anything on Beale Street, did you? No, we just.

We actually had a peaceful protest. A peaceful protest. I love it. I love it. It proves, once again, folks, that you can facilitate change.

We just got to take a stand together, and we've got to take a break here. 844-747-8868 is our toll-free telephone number. That's 844-747-8868. This is the Todd Stern Show. Yeah.

Triggering microaggressions from coast to coast. It's Todd Starnes. You see, I love stories like that that have a happy ending. And again, folks, the reality is. That many of these kids, you're raising these great young conservatives, they go to campus, and all of a sudden they're exposed to these far-left teachers.

And as you heard our last guest, who's with TPUSA at the University of Memphis, by and large, the student body is conservative, and yet the faculty is ultra-liberal. And the only reason the faculty is there is to indoctrinate your kids. But thank goodness these you know, Grace he was uh I said, Well, how did you hear about how did you hear about our show? And uh he said, Well, I was working construction. The guy lives over in North Mississippi, working construction and would drive around in the uh in the company truck and he would uh listen to the to to the show.

And that's really, folks, that's what it's about. It's about, you know, again, you've got to pass along our conservative values. It's not something that just happens. We've got to educate the next generation. And that's what we try to do on this radio program.

And so a lot of you, especially you homeschool parents, you actually take a break during the day and you have your kids listen to the show.

So they can pick up a little bit of info on what's happening in the culture and what's happening in society. And you can hear my analysis. You can also hear opinions that might be different. From uh from yours. That's what this is all about.

So, again, a great victory at the University of Memphis. Where these college students discovered that the faculty was being bribed $3,000 to teach critical race theory in their classes. And they were exposed. And now, thanks to their efforts and the donors threatening to pull their donations, the university has had a change of heart. But you've got to keep your eye on this kind of stuff.

It's happening in every single public university in America, every single one of them.

So I say, good for you, Turning Point USA. You kids did a terrific, terrific thing. 844-747-8868 is our toll-free telephone number. That's 844-747-8868. So Kevin McCarthy sat down with our friends over at Pipewart just a few moments ago, and he's laying out his vision to be the next Speaker of the House.

And he had this to say about Ilhan Omar. The Democrats have created a new thing where they're picking and choosing who could be on committee. Never in the history have you had the majority tell the minority who could be on committee, but this new standard which these Democrats have voted for very if Eric Swalwell cannot get a security clearance in the private sector. There's no reason why he should be given one to be on Intel or Homeland Security.

So that will not, he will not be serving there.

So you're going to, if you're the Speaker of the House, you're going to remove him from those committees. Ilhan Omar should not be serving on foreign affairs. What about any committees for Ilhan Omar? You know, this is a new level of what the Democrats have gone. You look at um Adam Schiff, he should not be serving on Intel when he has openly, knowingly now used a fake dossier.

Lied to the American public in the process and doesn't have any ill will, says he wants to continue to do it.

So we're going to reshape. I mean, think about what happened to Afghanistan. Why did Afghanistan collapse so fast? Was the Intel committee under Adam Schiff focused on impeachment and not on the safety of America? Why are people coming across the border that are on a terrorist watch list?

What are they doing about it? And their own members on that committee say it's not happening when it's true. We need to have an Intel committee that looks at what's happening around the world and keeps America safe. It should do exactly what it was created, overseeing of our agencies and others. And so we're going to hold people to a higher standard in the process if they want to be on the Intel Committee and the training of what to be a part of that.

Take the politics out of it of what they've been doing. I've looked at and I tried to get a committee on China. Losie walked away from that. She walked away from it. When it took me eight months for her to get it.

And you watch what's happening today. Would we have the supply chain problem? We did a China task force. We didn't stop. And you read through.

The recommendations, those are the things we're going to implement, but America would be stronger today had we been able to do that sooner. A very simple question, ladies and gentlemen. Do you believe that Kevin McCarthy is up for the job? If the Republicans retake the House of Representatives, do you believe that we're going to be better off with Kevin McCarthy or someone like Jim Jordan? 844-747-8868.

That is our toll-free telephone number. 844-747-8868. We're going to play more of the interview coming up after the news break. I want to go to the phones. Keith hanging out with us on the talk station in North Carolina.

Hi, Keith. What's up?

Well, Todd, I hope you don't mind, but I'm gonna plug one of your books.

Now, Keith, I would never object to that, my friend.

Well. You were talking to that young America guy a little ago, and you were talking about what's going on in the schools. I was I've been reading your book God God Lest America. and I reached a certain point in it that I just had to call and repeat this because I have told people this for years. You take the West Coast and the East Coast, and you've got Sodom and Gomorrah.

Well, what we have what you said in your book there, you were you were quoting Billy Graham, quoting his wife. Whenever she was reading his book about sliding the slow slide, the per D M or whatever. uh purgatory I guess you would call it. And she said Billy? If God does not punish America.

He'll need to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah. And I really think that one phrase, that one paragraph, summarized your entire book. And anybody out there that has not read that book, Go to the library and get it. Go to Amazon. Go to Book the Million.

Go to wherever it is. Get that book and read it. That's all I got to say.

Well, Keith, that is very kind of you to say. And that was a fun book to write, but it was a sobering book to write because when you put it all together, when you put all the stories together, what's been happening in this country in one book, you realize, wow, this is the ultimate agenda of the left. And this is what a godless society looks like. And we don't want that. But that's where we're going if people of faith don't stand up.

So, Keith, God bless you, and thank you for those very kind words. And I'm writing the current book. The new book is in the process, and I think you guys are going to love it. It's of the same feel of God Bless America, but I've got a lot of important things to say in that book. It'll be out in September, October.

Hey, got to take a break here, folks. 844-747-8868. This is the Todd Starge Show. Live from the Liberty University Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, it's America's favorite cunt totem Bible-clinging deplorable American. That's uh That's right.

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You know, we've been following the... The travails of the University of Pennsylvania's lady swim team. Is that the proper way to say that? Is it ladies or women's? You know, back when I was growing up, you had the male and female sports teams.

It was like, well, our high school was the Rebels, and then the ladies were called the Rebelettes, right?

So, or if you're the Tigers, you're the Tigerettes, or the Lady Tigers.

So, I really don't know what they, I don't know what they call it, to be honest with you. But anyway, the University of Pennsylvania women's swim team had a big controversy with the guy who thinks he's a girl and has been blowing out records all over women's swimming.

So, over the weekend, something very strange, something very weird happened when the swimmer, the male swimmer who identifies as a female swimmer, went up against a female swimmer who identifies as a male swimmer. And the female swimmer who identifies as the male swimmer actually beat the male swimmer who identifies as a female swimmer. I need a drink. Wow. But there you go.

That's the latest from the world of collegiate sports. By the way, another big story that we followed over the weekend. Matt Walsh, our good friend, you see his stuff over at the Daily Wire all the time. He got suspended from Twitter because he was weighing in on this issue of gender. And Matt Walsh basically was suspended because he pointed out that biological males are men.

I want to go to the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line. Always great to have with us the Daily Wire Entertainment Guru, Megan Basham. Megan, hope you're doing good. I'm doing well, Todd. How are you doing?

You know, I'm trying not to be confused. It's hard. It's hard. It's hard. But Matt, I think, is back on Twitter now, so that's a good thing.

Yes, you know, in his inimitable mat style, he made his faux apology over confusing. What type of part men and women have.

So I'm not going to read Matt's tweet, but you can go there and see. And if you follow Matt, you can guess what sort of tweet he made to do his fake apology. You know who I feel sorry for, Megan, and I don't want to, I know I'm going to get in trouble with the theologians out there. I feel sorry for St. Peter.

You know, you kick the bucket, you're at the pearly gates, and St. Peter's like, well, wait a second. When we sent you down there, you were a male. And where are all these extra parts? Where are the original parts?

You know, I listen to you read that story. I'm like, I have a headache. I need to take a nap. Oh, my word. Megan, so much going on.

And of course, starting out with the death of Bob Sagett, which has just really stunned a generation of young people who grew up watching Full House. Yeah, I really It really has. And you know, it it sort of broke my heart. We don't know what happened yet. We know the drugs weren't involved, so that's good to hear because you always When you see a young celebrity death, your mind immediately goes to something salacious, so it was relieving to hear that nothing like that was involved.

And as I thought about Bob Saggett, you know, I kind of grew up as somebody who sneered a little bit at At Full House, because my sister, my baby sister, liked it and I thought I was a little too cool for Full House. But as I got older, I really came to appreciate Bob Saggett. Presence and what he represented as sort of America's new dad. And then, even further, as I got to know him as a comedian, he was a little raw for my taste, which might surprise people, about Bob Sagett. But he also spoke out a lot against cancel culture.

And I think people don't realize that about him, is that that's part of why I think other comedians like Norm McDonald respected him so much. Is that he was a guy who really defended free speech and free expression in all its forms?

So, you know, R.I.P to Bob Sagitt. And, of course, that TV show generated so many stars and launched the careers of a lot of people: John Stamos, Candice Cameron, and Lori Laughlin, who, by the way, is she out of jail now? Oh, yeah. She's been out for a while. She's on the rehabilitation of the image tour now.

I think she'll be back on something soon.

Well, I'm glad to hear that. There is another big story that you've been writing about, and this involves something that's happening north of the border where Canadian pastors now face jail time if they preach things such as the biblical definition of marriage or sex and values from a biblical perspective. Yes, and it as Pastor James Coates, who's one of the primary pastors speaking out about it in Canada, said, this essentially criminalizes evangelism. I'm going to have a big story coming out on this later this week. I was able to speak to Pastor John MacArthur, who has issued a call to American pastors.

To speak about this on January 16th from the pulpit and to basically let the governments of both Canada and the U.S. know that you are attacking the Word of God. Those were his words. You are attacking the Word of God. And I think it's important for people to know that, yes, this is a Canadian law that just passed, but one, it passed without.

any opposition from the so called Conservative Party.

So that, you know, the David French style conservatives there did not issue any sort of pushback. Against this legislation. And then here. We're seeing similar legislation introduced right now in Indiana.

So it's already here, and the time to start talking about it is now. You know, and Megan, it's interesting you brought that up because we did a segment early on. There's a lot of controversy surrounding focus on the family, and they're going to be complying with OSHA's mandates. They say that doesn't mean they support the vaccine. They're adamantly against forced vaccines, but they don't want to have to spend all their donor money on fines from the government.

And I was reading, I mean, hundreds of people are just enraged over this. And the primary concern people have is: well, wait a second, your job is to stand up to the government to take a stand. And the problem here is that you haven't even been out there, you know, shouting from the rooftops that this was going to impact religious ministries, much like the Canadians. If the church in America doesn't stand up with a very loud voice, you're right, this kind of stuff is going to happen here. in this country.

Right. And I'll be honest with you, I have not looked deeply into the focus on the family story, but having done some reporting on churches and vaccine mandates, Doesn't surprise me. And what does surprise me, though, I think, is the naivety with which a lot of ministries and churches are treating the states coming after them. They seem to keep trying to imply, like, it's not really about us. They're not really trying to control us.

I'm like, no, they are. And every step down this path is reinforcing for them the idea that, and we can get away with it.

So we are going to Enforce these mandates on you, and we will get away with it. And they are going to be followed by other mandates. Because, look, once you say that these things can be done under the guise of health, well, I guarantee you, these types of conversion bans, conversion therapy bans, where you cannot preach on biblical sexuality, they're going to enforce those under the guise of mental health as well. And Megan, that will happen if, you know, again, you mentioned one state already looking at that. California is the bellwether because they have a supermajority of Democrats that control every state office.

And if a state is going to go down that path, I would expect California to do that.

Well, and California has a conversion therapy ban. It is much more limited than the C4 bill. But the thing you need to know about this is at the last Democratic convention, they made conversion therapy bans. A tenant of their platform.

So you're going to be looking for this. They're going to be coming after churches. Under this guise of mental health. And that's why I would go, you know, these things that are happening with focus on the family, it actually is connected to these types of bills. Because once you say the government can dictate your health choices, they're going to come after you in all kinds of ways.

Oh, you got that right. They sure will. On the Patriot Mobile newsmaker line, Megan Basham, who's the Daily Wire Entertainment Reporter, Megan, Patton Oswalt. I just, you know, I thought he was creepy on the King of Queens back in the day. And I was just never a Patton Oswalt fan.

And we know he's a far lefty. But apparently, he and Dave Chappelle, longtime friends, took a photo with Dave Chappelle, and now he's why is he apologizing for this?

Well, you know, because some somebody with the name of, you know, Transgrinder ninety two came after him on Twitter, so you can understand why he was sold in a face of such power. Oh my gosh. What really? Sad about it is that Dave Chappelle is so much more successful than Pat Noswald. And he was actually doing a longtime friend, they've been friends.

By Oswald's own admission for 34 years. And he did him a favor and said, Hey, I've got a big show in Seattle, come over, do a guest set. And still, Pat Noswalt threw him under the bus like that. I'm sort of stunned. And I hope that Dave Chappelle is taking note because I go, man, you don't need friends like that.

Exactly. No, he really doesn't. And I look, I'm a huge Dave Chappelle fan. I wouldn't invite the Thursday Night Bible Study group over to watch, but it's some funny stuff. And what I find fascinating is the LGBT community, the activists, have tried to destroy this man, and he's only gotten more popular talking about Dave Chappelle.

Yeah, he has.

So I you know what I do fear though is Adab Chappelle is at a level where he knows I can say what I want to say. And they're not going to be able to destroy my career over it. But I do get concerned about the young club comic watching this stuff happen and thinking, oh, well, I better be quiet or they're going to come after me. And I don't have Dave Chappelle influence and money. This is.

I don't mean to throw a curveball, but I have to ask you: have you seen Yellowstone yet? I still haven't. I am so behind the timeline. I really need to watch it. But I have heard about.

How much liberals hate it, which really makes me want to watch it.

So I've got to carve out some time. You're the Daily Wire Entertainment Reporter. You need to be on top of these things. I'm doing so much reporting, I have no time for watching. It's killing me.

So, look, Megan McCain nailed it. She said the reason why people love Yellowstone is because it's not woke. And it's not, it's a, you know, it's not good for the church crowd, but it is a great series. You're going to love it.

Well all I need To see was Kevin Costner in that cowboy hat, you know, doing his masculine patriarchy thing. And I'm like, all right, I'm sold. I'm in, I need to watch this. Yeah. The best part was when uh an environmentalist ordered wanted to order something gluten-free and the chef said, What's gluten?

Yeah. That's all you need to know about Yellowstone. Oh, I love it. Yes, I absolutely need to make that my next binge. All right.

Megan, we got to leave it there. Always good having you on the program. Great columns you write over at Daily Wire, and we look forward to talking to you down the road.

Sounds good. Thank you so much. All right, Megan Basham, everybody, from the Daily Wire. She is the entertainment reporter. And if you don't read her columns, you really should.

It's just great, great stuff. Before we go to break here, we've got Ernest from Mississippi, been holding on for a while, listening to us on the great WPMO. Good to have you with us, Ernest. What's on your mind? How you doing, Todd?

Todd, I get right to it. Uh you mentioned Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy has moments in the spotlight. But like many Republicans, I find out that he's too wishy-washy, strong on some things, but not always on the right things. And you mentioned Metals which I mean, I'm I'm thinking Metals or even I know you're not there anymore, but still somebody like that or Jordan.

I would prefer And like I told Senator Wicker's office, I said, I only voted for him because He's wishy warship because I don't want a Democrat to take the seat, because at least with the Republicans, more babies will live and our rights will still stand. But McCarthy I feel that we say vote for Republican, he getting that position Then you'll be like good moments but like McCartney, then there's bad moments, but McCarthy, no. comfortably as a speaker I I I I wouldn't want him there. Yeah, that's you know, Ernest, I'm with you. It's you know, he has good days and bad days, and there's just no consistency.

And we need someone that is going to fight and stand up for the Republican conservative agenda like Nancy Pelosi has stood up for the the leftist agenda. Exactly. Yeah, I'm with you. Ernest, I just I feel bad for you in Mississippi. You guys have two uh your two senators are just a little uh kind of like McCarthy, wishy-washy.

Yes. And I do call their office, but I was very clear with Senator Wicker's office that Uh I don't care to vote for him, but then I don't want a Democrat to take the seat. And I'll call Senator Hyatt Smith and let her know that. She has stood stronger than Wicker. I like to see her do a whole lot better.

And tha and that's my thing. They they just won't be consistent enough for me. And therefore to speak for us, it's And I and believe me, I do call White Office a question. Quite often I'm polite. But I let them know I'm only one person on the phone, but there are a lot of people like me.

You know what, Ernest? I think you raise an excellent point here. We've got a skedaddle. Thank you for listening. Thanks for calling in, too.

And we're going to be down in the Pascagoula area speaking at a church down there in a couple of weeks.

So we'll fill you guys in on the details.

So be listening to WPMO and we'll get to that. Folks, got to take a break here. 844-747-8868. That is a toll-free telephone number. 844-747-8868.

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Ernie on the talk station. All right, Ernie. Welcome to the show.

Well, Todd, you asked about Kevin McCarthy. Yeah. So what you know, he's he's saying all the right things. You know, he wants to he wants to expel AOC and Eric Swalwell. And he wants to he wants to lay down the law, but what say you?

What say I is I remember about a year ago after the january sixth Nonsense. Uh He made a statement to the effect that uh Donald Trump will never ever be nominated for President again. I I'm not quoting his exact word, but he said, If I have anything to do with it, he will never be nominated to be the President of the United States again. And look at the guy's voting record. It's He is a uh he's he's basically a rhino.

Yeah, you know, I Ernie, I've heard that. I've heard that from a lot of folks up in Washington, D.C. I go to the House Freedom Caucus meetings and I hear those kinds of rumblings. People have some concerns about that.

So I don't know. He says the right things, but I don't know if he's the guy. Ernie, thank you for the call. We got to skedaddle. The computer's going to cut us off.

What do you think here, folks? Kevin McCarthy, is he a conservative? A rhino? 844-747-8868. That's 844-747-8868.

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All right, Irene, what do you think about Kevin McCarthy?

Well, he's okay, but my fan I mean, I'm a fan of Jim Jordan. And I'd like to give you three reasons why Jim Jordan has paid a price. for taking his strong stand. And number two, he's got a fire and a passion in his belly that I absolutely love. And I think that would be very contagious to the other Republicans if he were to lead with that fire and passion.

You know, I'm with you, Irene. I love Jim Jordan. The guy's a fighter, and he has proven himself. He's a veteran of many, many political wars, and I think he would do a terrific job leading the House of Representatives and leading the conservative effort there. And if not Jordan, I think it would be a hoot if Donald Trump, if he chose not to run for the White House, if maybe Donald Trump might consider stepping in.

Yeah. Now, that would be entertaining. Yeah, I wouldn't complain about that. All right. Well, Irene, thank you for listening to the program, and thanks for giving us a call.

We appreciate that, all of our great listeners out in Phoenix, Arizona.

Well, a big story we've been following out of Chicago is this battle between Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago Teachers Union. Long story short, schools are closed. I want to go to the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line, a great friend of this program, Amy Jacobson from Salem Radio, Chicago. Amy, good to have you with us today.

Well, hello, Todd. And guess what? I just found out that school's canceled again tomorrow for a fifth day. I just got the email from our school saying that due to staff shortages and not knowing who's going to be in class School is canceled yet again tomorrow. Amy, very rarely do I agree with Lori Lightfoot on anything, but look, she's spot on here.

We've got to get the kids back in the classroom.

Well, here's the thing. The teachers have no intention of going back to school. And this is not about a safety issue, Todd. This never has they're not worried about catching COVID. They're worried in flexing their muscle because we have a new CEO of CPS, and he's brand new.

He's young. He's Not even 50 years old, so they're flexing their muscles to him. They've got tire marks all over Lori Light, but because she knows that this is a breach of contract. And she could take them to court and file an injunction, and she's not because she's so wishy-washy, she just wants to be loved. that she thinks, oh, we'll just keep going to the negotiating table and They're they're going to cave and they're not.

They're just going to keep dragging her along until next Tuesday, which is the day that they originally wanted to go back for in-person learning, and that's what's going to happen.

So I mean She can just sit there and spin her wheels, but nothing's going to happen. I'm curious, Amy, what are your callers, your listeners saying there in Chicago?

Well, obviously, I mean, we've done this song and dance about 6,000 times in the past sixteen years that I've been associated with them through my children. Going to school there, and I wish to God we could have gotten out, but for personal reasons, we couldn't have. But they're not surprised. I mean, they say that they want remote learning, but we can't there's a new state law. You cannot go district-wide remote learning.

what the CPS and the mayor are offering it, which I think is very reasonable. In school to school basis and classroom to classroom basis. You have a high positivity rate. And a lot of kids are going to be out and go to remote learning for that certain grade. in that school.

But you can't go like our school has eight cases right now. That's that's three route of well I'm sorry. for teachers eight cases and for kids it's twenty eight. out of two thousand. You don't shut down a whole school in your remote learning for that.

That's ridiculous, but they're just trying to Exercise control and power, and that's what this is all about. But our listeners, you know, they're fed up with. teachers. And we will I will tell you this though, Todd, there are certain schools Where teachers are going back. Mount Greenwood Elementary, 98% of the teachers went back to school.

They're having class today. At our high school, there's certain teachers that are back, so about 500 kids could go back. To school, and they just have one-on-one tutoring, or do, you know, like there's an improv session or You know, just team building exercises, just something to keep them off the streets of Chicago. and in school because Seven kids since this would be young. Have died from COVID in the past two and a half years, and 149 have been fatally shot.

So we know what the real problem is, Chicago is, and it's not COVID. Yes, I know it is serious. I'm not minimizing the importance of that. but our kids are fine. Uh, for the most part, there's not the super spreaders that they thought they were going to be, and in fact, Todd, there's only two to five cases.

that possibly could be student to teacher transmission. Is that right? Wow, Amy Jacobson. I've got a front row seat to all this. I mean, I've been doing this, this has been my life's work for the past.

two years I go to Dr. Warti's press conferences, the Mayor's press conferences. The governors And that's it, two to five cases. That they can possibly trace back from student to teacher transmission. Amy Jacobson, Salem, Chicago, on the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line.

Amy, I'm curious: have you guys in the Chicago area seen an uptick in people that are home schooling or sending their kids to private school over the past couple of years? Oh, yeah. I mean, it's insane. Yes, there have been about 20,000 that dropped out of EPS that are. Um not all homeschooling.

Some of our going to private school, Catholic schools. Jewish schools, they're just finding other alternatives. And then there's 10,000 that we just don't know where they are. They just dropped out. And over the summer, there was a big push to.

Yeah. Where did these kids go?

Well, you know, where did they just drop out of school com completely? Or did there feel a lot of no a lot of parents move their kids out of state? I know that six people on our block moved. One went to Michigan, Colorado, Florida. Yeah, where they're free and where they Can have a life for their kids because this is ridiculous.

Last year, Todd. Our kids. had fourteen days of in-person learning. 'Cause it was a hybrid model, so they were only allowed two days a week. And they started in March.

So it is insane what the teachers' union has gotten away with this whole time, and now that they're doing this, this is just she should take them to court and put her foot down, and she should absolutely not pay the teachers who have not been showing up for work. Oh, look, I would have I would have fired them. J do what Reagan did with the air traffic controllers back in the day. I know. I wish that they could do that.

Our governor's got to do that. He's not going to do that. He placates the unions. It's an election year. He needs their votes.

So he's going to You know, he's going to offer testing because he's a gazillionaire and he can. is Pritzker Group owns the shield testing program that they want to use. It's just all Typical you know, Illinois politics, that's for sure.

So it's You know, they want more testing, they want N ninety five masks. We got them the N ninety five masks. They were just delivered an hour ago, by the way, just so you know, doctor Awardi put out a big press release.

So that's in place. And they're still not going to go back. because this is about power and control. And so far, they've got it. And until the mayor decides to play hardball with these folks, that's the way it's going to be.

Amy, we're going to leave it there. Thank you for the intel. We're going to touch base with you again to get an update on all of this. It's a sad, sad situation there in the Chicago public schools. Yep, and our kids are stuck in the middle of it.

And I'm here for you anytime, Todd. Thank you. All right. Amy Jacobson from Salem Radio, Chicago, on the ground there, and she's been going to the meetings. Personally, I think any day a child is homeschooled is a heck of a lot better than what they're getting in public school education.

But the reality is, not everybody can homeschool their kids. Not everybody has the money to send their kids to a private school, a parochial school. And public school is it.

So we'll see what happens here. But if it had been up to me, I'd have pulled a Reagan and fired every one of their butts. All right, 844-747-8868. That is our toll-free telephone number. The question of this hour, talking about Kevin McCarthy, beginning to make his play to be the next Speaker of the House.

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In North Carolina, going after Madison Cawthorne. Oh, that ought to be entertaining. Also, this just in from California. Governor Gavin Newsom wants California to be the first state in the nation to provide health care to all illegal. Aliens.

So, all illegal aliens in California will be getting free health care. And it's not free, it's paid for by the taxpayers. May I just say something? Uh All of you freedom-loving patriots that are still left in the Golden State, just pack your bags and head on out. Forget about a U-Haul.

As a matter of fact, there was a story over the weekend that U-Haul, they've run out of U-Hauls because people are literally leaving the state in droves. By the way, the number one state that the Californiers are moving to Texas. And the top three, I don't know number two, number three is Tennessee. And all I can say is, and I do not speak for the entire volunteer state, but don't you move to our state and bring your politics with you, or we're going to have some problems. That's all I'm going to say.

There you go. All right, let's go to the phones here: 844-747-8868. Lee listening to us on WDUN in Georgia. Hi, Lee. What's on your mind?

Hey, Cox. Thanks for taking my call, buddy. Glad to do it. Yeah, I've you know, I look at these guys all the time and you you're right on with this stuff. And McCarthy If you remember, if I my memory don't necessarily at one time Wasn't he didn't one of our congressmen step down and he was majority leader and did nothing?

And and now he's wanting to be a speaker of the house? Was that correct?

Well, he's had the opportunity to speak out a couple of times and to do something, and he took a pass. And I understand, look, it's politics. You've got to pick your battles. I get that. But my concern here is we need somebody who is not going to be another Paul Ryan or a John Boehner.

I'm sorry, I apologize. That's who it was, Paul Ryan. He was the one that Oh, Paul Ryan destroyed Paul Ryan is the reason why Donald Trump's agenda stalled in Congress, and now that guy is calling the shots over at Fox News channel. Exactly, that's who he was. My apologies.

I apologize to McCarthy. But and he's still a rhino.

Well, yes.

So let's see how this plays out here, Lee. First of all, the Republicans have to win, and I think they're going to. But the issue for me is we need a different kind of Republican leader. We need someone who is going to be a Tip O'Neill, who is. Is willing to work with the other side, but is not willing to compromise and betray voters and betray the party platform.

That's the kind of Republican leader we need: someone with a backbone of steel. Yeah. Jim Gordon would be a good one. Yeah, look, I'm with you, Lee. I'm with you.

I think Jim Jordan would make a fine Speaker of the House. 844-747-8868. Lee, thank you for the call. God bless you. That's 844-747-8868.

Howard, listening to us on WRWH, says this. And Todd, Donald Trump is going to be the next Speaker of the House. He is, all right, so we're marking this down, Howard. He says Trump is going to be the next Speaker of the House. He is going to run for the congressional district in Mar-a-Lago, which is, what, Palm Beach, and will be elected Speaker.

Just remember, you heard it first.

Well, Howard, I've got some news for you. He doesn't even need to run for Congress. If the Republicans gain control of the House, all they've got to do is nominate Trump. And if they've got the votes, he's the next Speaker of the House. Because.

According to the U.S. Constitution, you do not have to be an elected member of Congress to be Speaker. Of the House of Representatives.

So just something to keep in mind there as we move forward. By the way, there was a, where is that? Oh, here we go. This story. People wondering why is it that people on Twitter, why is the conservatives keep getting banned on Twitter?

What's going on?

Well, the FEC keeps track of donation dollars. This is from The Blaze. Theblaze.com. The FEC says that Twitter employees made 99% Of political donations to the Democrats. In other words, 99% of Twitter employees made donations to Democrats.

Google. Yeah. Sweet mercy. Why am I not surprised by this? Google employees, 94%, 94% of Google employees gave money to Democrats.

And here are the numbers: $652,600 to the Dems, only $37,700 to Republicans. Twitter employees donated fourteen thousand eight hundred and forty eight dollars. I guess Twitter doesn't pay as much as Google does. Maybe that's why the donations are so low. But they gave most of that to Most of that to The Democrats.

This is why, it's very simple. This is why conservatives keep getting banned on social media.

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Have a good one, America.