Target Says Christians Are More Dangerous Than BLM Protesters

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Well, hello everybody. Welcome to the Todd Stars Radio Show. Happy Friday to you. Wow, what a crazy week this has been. And also, it's been an historic week.

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So, So, I want to start with a crazy story that we originally brought to you yesterday, and we just had a snippet of the story, and now it sort of exploded.

Well, yesterday, our good friend Ben Dieter, and you've heard him on this radio program, he is the number one, the top-rated morning show host in Memphis, Tennessee, KWAM, our flagship station. And Dieter was down at Target, and he was shopping for something. And, you know, they're putting up all the Christmas decorations. They don't call it Christmas at Target, they call it holiday. And so Dieter noticed That, oh wow, there is there was some gay-themed Christmas decorations.

And he thought that was unusual. And he took a photograph. We actually have a picture. Of the gay-themed Christmas decor over on ToddSterns.com. You can see it for yourself.

Because I I'm gonna tell you, I I know that That Target has done a lot of weird stuff. A little pervy stuff going on down at Target. I didn't think they were going to be selling black queer nutcrackers. which seems to be very inappropriate in a number of ways. But sure enough, it turns out that's exactly what's happening.

And we've got the pictures also. Target is selling rainbow-colored snowflake ornaments and gay pride wrapping paper. And for those of you who may be tired of topping your tree with Harold, the angel singing, or a star, the star of Bethlehem, Target actually recommends a rainbow-colored gay tree topper. No, Dylan, I don't know what's at the bottom of the tree. But that's the top the top of the tree, that's what they're recommending.

Fourth, I know it's Friday. I yes, I'm going to church to pray, Dylan.

Now, for most of the nation, Jesus is the reason for the season, right? I think so. Jesus is the reason for the season. But at Target It looks like gay pride is the reason for the season.

Now, look, we've seen this play out, and I really thought Tarjay learned its lesson. I mean, man, they have been taking a pounding in oh, wrong word. They have been taking a beating in the you know what, that's not an appropriate word either for this con. They have been taking a drubbing. On Wall Street, the stock is in the tank.

People have boycotted Target. They're tired of having an agenda shoved down their throats. And they're saying, that's it. We're going to Walmart or we're going to shop locally, which, by the way, I actually recommend you do. We try as hard as we can on this program to shop locally.

That's important. If you're a small business owner, We have your back, and we respect you, even if it's going to cost us a few extra dollars. We're going to be out there and we're going to be supporting our local small businesses. But anyway, back to Target. They were among the first companies to welcome men into the women's dressing rooms.

We all know the story about the transgender theme merch they were marketing for little kids, and it's really unacceptable.

So the chief executive officer Of Target, a guy by the name of Brian Cornell, was on CNBC. And he's He's really upset at all of you Christians. And he actually says that that the the most dangerous people in the world are were not the Black Lives Matter protesters who were burning down cities during the George Floyd riots. But the most dangerous people in the world are all of you Church-going Christians. Take a listen to cut number 10, please.

People said, look, there are bathing suits that are transgender bathing suits that are being targeted and marketed to kids. There is a guy who you're working with, a designer who, you know, I don't know, was a devil worshiper with some of the things. What did you find? What would you say back to some of those criticisms?

Well, I think you and I both know those weren't true. But in the moment, we said the best thing for us to do is address the issue. We can't combat each and every statement that's being made and do the right thing for our team, take the learning as we go forward. But it was a difficult time. You know, I've seen natural disasters.

We have seen the impact of COVID leading into the pandemic.

some of the violence that took place after George Floyd's murder. But I would tell you, Becky, what I saw back in May. is the first time. since I've been in this job. where I had store team members saying, It's not safe to come to work.

He said it's not safe to come to work. As if all of you Christians are the the terrorists out there. And by the way, this is not some sort of we're not talking about just an isolated incident here. You saw the big story, and we talked briefly about this yesterday, Salon.com. Is out there saying that all of you evangelical Christians, all of you people, and I would throw, I'm going to throw Catholics into this mix too, because you Catholics have come under fire as well.

So, you folks who cling to God, you cling to your Bible, you people are worse than the Talibanman. You people are worse than Hamas. They lit salon.com and this moron over at Target, the chief executive officer. They literally believe that you people are more violent and more dangerous than the people that were shoving babies into ovens and turning on the broiler. As horrible as that may be, do you understand the level of hatred out there towards Christians in America?

We've been talking a lot about the hatred directed at Jews, but I'm telling you, this is a dangerous place to be in the country where you have major executives and targets, one of the largest big box stores in the country. I mean we we're not talking about the old T G and Y, we're talking about Target.

So, these kinds of executives spewing this sort of nonsense, even on CNBC. That's a problem. But I'm just curious, do you have a problem with Target Marketing Gay Christmas ornaments and turning the Christmas season into yet another gay pride holiday. What say you, ladies and gentlemen? 844-747-8868.

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Again, 844-747-8868. So, I got to give props to our good friend, Speaker Mike Johnson. Because he said we're going to We're going to get in there and we're going to support Israel. But we're not going to be dumping a lot of money into Ukraine, and we're not going to be at least not yet, but we're definitely not going to be tying Ukrainian funding to the funding for Israel. And sure enough, last night, the House, in a bipartisan vote, by the way, actually passed this fourteen point three billion dollar standalone Israel aid bill.

Here's Speaker Johnson cut five. Regarding Israel, while House Republicans are leading on appropriates, we're also leading the charge to support our cherished friend. And last week, in one of my first acts as Speaker, we passed a resolution reaffirming our commitment to Israel in its moment of peril. And now, as Israel begins the next phase of its war, it's been kind of disturbing to us. I've heard Democrats suggest that there needs to be a ceasefire.

Let us be clear. We've been very clear about this. There was a ceasefire. It was before October 7th, and Hamas broke it. And Israelis suffered unspeakable acts of evil, as you've heard even recounted here this morning.

Israel doesn't need a ceasefire. It needs its allies to cease with the politics and deliver support now. And that's what we're doing. House Republicans plan to do that. We're going to do it in short order, and it provides Israel the aid it needs to defend itself, free its hostages and eradicate Hamas.

which is a mission that must be accomplished. All right.

So well, good for you. And look, I think this is the right move. And even more important, this money is being offset.

So they're taking all the money out of the Internal Revenue Service. I you got all of that. But again, they're saying it's dead on arrival in the U.S. Senate.

So, the Republicans need to stand together here in the Senate, and if they can do that. And if they can bring along some conservative Democrats like Kristen Sinema, like Joe Manchin, if they can bring those folks along, they might be able to actually shove this through.

Now, the problem at that point is: will Joe Biden veto? And the administration says, yeah, they are going to veto.

Well, fine, let them veto. Let's go on the record and show that this administration, the Obiden administration, Does not stand with Israel. By the way. They sent Antony Blinken over there to meet with Netanyahu, and they're trying to strong-arm the Israelis.

So the Obiden administration is now trying to get Netanyahu to engage a ceasefire. And the argument is: okay, you've made your point, you've blown up a lot of buildings, you've got your revenge, now it's just time. To call it a day. And Netanyahu Netanyahu said, no, we're not doing that. No, we're not doing this.

We are sick and tired of Jews being killed. We're sick and tired of this. And it comes to an end now.

So Israel is not is not going to engage in a temporary ceasefire. You really think Hamas is going to you think Hamas let's just say they did They did a ceasefire. You really think Hamas would release all the hostages? I don't think so. Quite frankly, most of them were probably dead, and I know it's a terrible thing to say.

But quite frankly, based on what they've been doing, to the these Israelis Death may actually be a friend. It's despicable. The the The inhumanity, the sheer evil, it's just unbelievable. Oh, by the way, now you've got Hezbollah. And their guy gave a big speech earlier today.

And they're all excited. They're giddy. And they're saying that that they're going to keep attacking US troops in Iraq and Syria.

So here's a question for you, and it's a two-pronged question. First of all, Should Israel Engage a ceasefire. Have they made their point? Or should Israel be allowed to go in and eradicate Hamas? Secondly, Our troops are coming under attack, and a lot of these things are not even being reported in the media now.

And the reason why is they're afraid that you. The great listeners of this program would get so riled up that we would be demanding. Retribution.

So, my question, okay, we've got number one. Question number one: Should Israel engage in a ceasefire? But question number two, How does the United States need to be responding to these terrorist attacks on our troops? We've had at least two dozen troops that we know of, probably more. That have been injured as a result of these attacks.

844-747-8868 is our number. That's 844-747-888. And we'll be taking your calls on this.

So Ron DeSantis Yeah. Ron DeSantis is out on the campaign trail, and I think he has jumped the shark.

So Team Trump has been having some fun at DeSantis' expense. He's been walking around in these boots, and it's very clear that he's wearing some sort of a lift.

Some sort of a high heel inside the boot. And he's not being honest about how tall he is. And a lot of people think it's just funny, it's silly. But Ron DeSantis has really gotten angry over this.

So finally, somebody told him, Ron, you gotta have some fun with it. And so this is how that turned out: cut number four. Can we do this? Can we get this off the table first? I've been watching over the last, I don't know, maybe 10 days or so.

And there are these gotcha people, these people who just want to sit there and they want to talk about how tall you are, whether you're wearing boots with what do they call it, heel extenders inside it. I mean, Governor, the southern border is a disaster. Terrorists are coming across the border. We got two wars that we're kind of funding, and they want to talk about how tall you're. Respond, please.

Look, Eric, this is no time for foot fetishes. We've got serious problems as a country. We've got war in the Middle East. We've got terrorists coming across our own southern border. We have an American dream that's out of reach for millions of Americans because of the Biden flation and the high energy prices.

We've got schools that are indoctrinating kids, not educating kids, and we've got cities that are being overrun by crime. And I know people want to try to divert onto other issues. I know Donald Trump and a lot of his people have been focusing on things like footwear. I'll tell you this. If Donald Trump can summon the balls to show up to the debate, I'll wear a boot on my head.

This is a time for substance. This is a time for us to debate the issues that matter to the American people. And the question is: are you able to fight for them, which we have done in Florida? Are you able to win those fights, which we have been able to do in Florida? And are you able to lead to a better tomorrow?

We've done that in Florida. We'll do that for the United States of America. All right, so let's just review what Governor DeSantis just acknowledged. First of all, now he's attacking President Trump's manhood. Never a good idea.

And now he says that he would be willing to wear a boot on his head if, in fact, Trump shows up for the debate. All the while, he says. These are serious times that deserve serious answers.

So I quite frankly would love to see President Trump show up at the debate just to see if Ron DeSantis is truly a man of his word. Mm-hmm. And if that's the case, you're going to have a man who wants to be the next President of the United States wearing footwear on his head.

Something's not right with that guy.

Something is not right with that guy. And again, based on the issues that are facing the world right now. It's time for every Republican to call it a day. Regroup for 2028 and get behind Donald John Trump. 844-747-8868.

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And of course, they simulcast the final hour of the Todd Stearns show. And we just want to say thank you to the good people over at Newsmax for really being real news you can trust. I'm going to go to the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line and say hello to a good friend of this program. He is chairman of the House Judiciary, and he is a great American patriot from Ohio's 4th Congressional District, Congressman Jim Jordan. And Congressman, I know it's a day late, but happy National Ohio Day yesterday.

There you go. There you go. God bless the Buckeyes in the Buckeye State. Good to be with you. How are you doing?

You know, I'm doing well, Congressman. And look, we were pulling for you in the Speaker's race, and I think you would have been a great, great speaker, but you're doing such an incredible job on House Judiciary. And it looks like Speaker Johnson is really doing some good work right now. No, he's a good man, good, solid individual, Christian individual. And of course, he was a member of our committee, did outstanding work there, constitutional lawyer, argued cases in front of the court.

Just a super guy. And I think you're exactly right off to a great start. And I think he's going to continue to do great work from the country. You know, it's amazing to me to see the attacks coming. You know, they're coming after the guy and attacking his Christian faith.

I think Salon.com had a story up yesterday saying, oh, those MAGA Christians are more dangerous than Hamas. I mean, this is insane. It sure is. Mike and Kelly are just wonderful people. Polly and I traveled with them to Israel.

Years ago, their good friend, and this is the left, though.

Now, the left doesn't talk about, you know, when Mike took in a young man who didn't have a home, the work they've done there. I mean, actually, you know. practicing their faith in a real way, the good work he's done standing up for the values that I think make our country so special.

So left's never going to talk about that. They're just going to be critical and that's just the way the left and the mainstream media operate. But I think the country sees what great remarks he had when he was elected last week. How he's handled himself just this entire first week of being Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. I want to get to the big story in just a minute, but my favorite attack was the guy, this came from the Daily Beast.

Yeah, the guy has about five grand in his checking account. He's got a home equity loan, doesn't own stock. In other words, he's a regular guy, unlike a lot of these career politicians who are multi-bazillionaires. Yeah, yeah. Like Mike Johnson, regular guy, Joe Biden can find like millions of dollars laying around and get checks sent from his brother for $200,000 with loan repayment on it.

A little different there.

So, yeah, no, Mike is a good man. Let's talk about some work that you guys are doing on the committee. They're reporting out just a few days ago an investigation into justice. The allegation is that they're actually spying on staffers. For congressional members, what's going on here?

Well, we know that happened because Google notified Jason Foster, former staffer for Senator Kapaski, Horton staff member back when the senators and this team were looking into the whole Crossfire hurricane and what they were going on there with investigating President Trump and spying on his campaign.

So you had Capitol Hill stappers investigating the quote investigators, part of the DOJ, and you come to find out that the Department of Justice Was actually spying on the people doing that work, doing our oversight work on Capitol Hill, spying on them, looking at their you know, determining their emails, their phone contacts, their phone records. I mean, that's scary.

So we want to know. Who else? was being spied on. Was it their work phone, work computer, personal phone? What was going on here?

We think because the chilling impact that has on we have a duty, a constitutional duty to do oversight of the executive agencies. And here, this was going on, and those agencies are spying on the very people doing that constitutional work.

So this is a violation of, you know, I think, our fundamental liberties and a chilling impact it's going to have on our constitutional duty in the House of Representatives. And just a reminder at this deep state that President Trump was talking about during his first term in office, I mean, it is a real danger. It is a clear and present danger, and not just to the folks up on Capitol Hill, but I think even to average Americans when we've seen how they've weaponized agencies like the FBI.

Well, yeah, the Justice Department is saying parents are terrorists. The FBI said pro-life Catholics Are extremists, and now we find out that that same entity is spying on Capitol Hill staffers.

So you have all that on one hand, and then on the other hand, you have the way that the Justice Department, and particularly David Weiss, ran the Hunter Biden investigation, where they cut him all kinds of deals, tried to get the sweetheart deal passed the judge in Delaware, let the statute of limitations expire for the key years of tax problems for Hunter Biden. And those years just happened to be the years that Hunter Biden was getting income from Burisma, which goes directly to the President because Ukraine was part of his portfolio when he was vice president.

So you got this double standard, this different standard. when it's supposed to be equal treatment, equal standard, equal treatment under the law. On the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line right now, Congressman Jim Jordan and Congressman, there's been a lot of talk about impeachment. When are we going to start seeing people held accountable like Secretary Mayorkas, like President Biden himself? And if I'm hearing the speaker right, it sounds like.

We are moving down that path. Why is it? Can you explain? Because a lot of our listeners call in and they say, why is it taking so long?

Well, it takes long to get people in for the deposition. It takes long to get the documents. Chairman Comer has been trying to get the suspicious activity reports from Treasury. That took a while.

Now he's getting the bank records. from the Biden and the Biden family members who are part of this whole scheme. And then you've got to figure out who then you need to depose as well.

So that takes some time. What we've been doing on the Judiciary Committee is we've been deposing and interviewing the folks who were involved in the Hunter Biden investigation. We have Mr. Weiss, David Weiss, the U.S. Attorney from the District of Delaware, coming in next week.

We've talked to two other, actually three other U.S. attorneys. We've talked to the head of the DOJ tax division. We've had a number of depositions that we've done in this area, not to mention some of the agents on the case, the FBI agents who worked on the Hunter Biden case.

So we continue to do that work. And then, of course, the Ways and Means Committee, which is where the two whistleblowers, mister Shapley and Mr. Ziegler, came forward. They're continuing to get information from those two whistleblowers and make that information available as well.

So the three committees are working at some point I think we're going to all come together and lay out all the facts, all the evidence, and make a determination. is does this warrant moving to articles of impeachment? And if it does, we will go there. But we're driven by the facts and the evidence. I mean, and you've got the evidence.

I mean, we've all seen the screenshots of the check, the $200,000 check, the $40,000 check, 10% for the big guy. And meanwhile, as you pointed out in a tweet yesterday, the Democrats are saying, Yeah, there's nothing to see here, we got nothing.

Well, I I think the most compelling that that that is certainly compelling but the most compelling is still the barisma story. And remember, there are four fundamental facts here. Hunter Biden gets put on the board of Burisma, this Ukrainian energy company. Fact number two, he's not qualified to be on the board. He has no skill set for that, but he gets put on anyway.

Fact number three, the executives at Burisma, These Ukrainians come to Hunter Biden and say we are under all kinds of pressure. The Prosecutor General in Ukraine is investigating us. Can you help? He gets that request. He immediately calls his dad.

And five days later, his dad, who happens to be the Vice President of the United States, who happens to have the Ukraine portfolio as part of his responsibilities as the Vice President. His dad gets on a plane, goes to Ukraine. And starts the process of firing the Prosecutor General and uses our tax dollars to make it happen. Uh Go ahead. Again, on the Patriot Global Newsmaker line, Congressman Jim Jordan, it's that time of year, Congressman.

We're all coughing and sneezing these days. But to your point, and that's fair. I mean, it is about burisma, and we've got the goods there. I mean, Joe Biden himself was acknowledging in that panel what he did, talking about the SOP. Yeah, and then it's compounded by the fact that David Weiss In the investigation of Hunter Biden, slow walks the investigation, lets the statute of limitations expire, and he lets it expire, as I said before, for the tax years that deal with the income from Barisma that Hunter Biden didn't pay taxes on.

So he did that, I believe, because Beresma goes back to the Vice President, now President Biden. And so you have the actions that they took. Then, the way the Justice Department handled the investigation. And then finally, on top of all that, you have this overall scheme of this money and the checks and everything else, 20 different companies, 10 percent for the big guy.

So, what's that message where Hunter Biden's demanding the money come in? It comes in a few days later, $400,000 goes to Hunter Biden, and then ultimately $40,000 goes to Joe Biden, which is obviously 10 percent of that money that Hunter Biden made.

So, you have all that playing out. That, to me, is the story, and I think the American people see it for what it is. Congressman, real quick, and we'll let you get back to it. We are watching developments in the Middle East. You've got Hezbollah saying they're going to continue to target American troops in Syria and Iraq.

How concerned are you, and what is the vibe right now on Capitol Hill that this could end up becoming an issue where we have to jump in and we're fighting alongside Israel?

Well, it's a serious obviously serious situation. And our number one priority right now is, of course, helping our dear and close friend, the State of Israel. That's why we the first thing that Speaker Johnson had on the floor was the resolution in support of Israel. Yesterday, we passed the aid package for Israel. We want to give them the time, space and resources and not any of this ceasefire or pause or whatever the White House is calling it.

We want Israel to be able to go get the bad guy.

So that I think is priority number one. And then we got to we got to be sensitive to everything else that's going on that may impact us in our in our in our Resources in our troops who are in the region. All right.

Well, Congressman, we're going to leave it there. Always appreciate the time you give to us, and we appreciate the great work you're doing up on Capitol Hill. Thank you, Todd. Take care. Appreciate all your work.

Congressman Jim Jordan, everybody, on the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line. Oh, by the way, the congressman, I should have thanked him for.

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Adam Anders is the director. He'll be here in the next hour. Also, our good friend Dalton Glascock, who is running for the Wichita City Council, rock-solid conservative, tough-on-crime dude. And then a little bit later on for the Newsman's TV show, 3 o'clock Eastern, Laura Trump is going to be with us. I got a question for you.

Have you done a lot of traveling lately by airplane?

Now, if you have, you know that the seats are man, they try to jam a lot of people in there, and I guess they have to to pay the gas bill. It costs a lot of money to fill up those gas tanks on the airplanes. And so typically, you'll have a lot of people in there, and the seats, not only are they close together side by side, but also the ones in front of you and behind you.

Now, if you've been on an airplane, you know that there is a lever on the side. And you can press that lever, and it'll allow you to relax your chair.

So the chair will move back. And then it infringes upon the uh the space. Of the passenger behind you. And it's causing a lot of controversy.

So we have some audio of something that happened when a woman reclined her chair in coach. Take a listen. The whole trip, she pushed my seat. No, you've seen it. No, she did.

She put no. I'm allowed to put my seat back. I'm wild to put my deep. Mm-hmm. I'm allowed to put my seat back.

So there was a big fight because the woman put her seat back, and then the passenger behind her literally spent the entire trip. Kicking the chair and putting her knee into the back of the chair.

So I'm curious because there is apparently a lot of debate. Over whether or not you should be allowed to recline your chair like that in an airplane. And it seems to me That if you're going to recline, the person in front of you reclines, then in response, you should recline your chair to reclaim your space back. And it goes all the way back to the very back of the plane. And the poor schlub that gets stuck next to the bathroom, that guy's never allowed to put his chair back because his chair is flush against the wall.

So he technically would be the only passenger, or she would be the only passenger that sort of gets hosed by all of this. Yeah. But man, people really get fired up about all of this. They say, well, just because you have a right to recline your chair doesn't mean that you should recline your chair. Really?

I mean, is this some sort of a moral or ethical dilemma? Again, it seems to me if you've got the right, I mean, again, it seems to me this is on the airlines. If they don't want people to recline their seats, don't put the button there. By the way, it happens in first class too. I was flying back from Los Angeles.

I was giving a speech out there last weekend, flying back. And I just moved my chair a smidge. I didn't even recline it all the way, not even a quarter of the way, just a smidge. And the next thing you know, somebody's kicking my chair. And that's in first class.

So again, if the airlines can resolve all of this by just. You know, not allowing the chairs to recline. I mean, it really is that simple. By the way, there are these new chairs on the Delta Vlad, and they're so far back already. I mean, if you were to actually recline the chair, you would be sleeping it would be like a bed.

All right, coming up to the next hour of the program, we've got some video we're posting on the website. It's from Swamp Scott, Massachusetts. And they're playing lacrosse. I never have understood lacrosse. All I know is they give you a stick, and you're supposed to go out on the field and hit people.

So, anyway, there was an all-girls. Oh, it's they call it hockey? Is it hockey? No, that looks like lacrosse to me, but they're calling it hockey. Anyway, they have two all-girls hockey teams, but one of the teams has a dude.

And the dude Literally hit a girl in the face and knocked all of her teeth out. It's terrible. You can hear the poor girl screaming and crying. I mean, she's clearly in pain. Then you got people hollering in the stands about sportsmanship.

And this dude, this trans dude, is like, I'm the man, I'm the man, man. That'll teach you, woman.

Alright, that Hey, this is the transgender era, ladies and gentlemen. All right, 844-747-8868. That is our telephone number. Open line Friday. We'll be right back with your calls.

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Todd Starnes. All right.

Well, hello, everybody. Welcome to the Todd Starns Radio Program. Happy to have you with us today. Welcome, whether you are listening to us on the radio, you're watching us on Newsmax. We welcome all of you.

And by the way, today is Open Line Friday. That means you get to call in and you can talk about whatever is on your mind today. And real quick, I do want to go to the phone lines. Anna is listening to us on the great WDUN in beautiful Dahlonega, Georgia. And Anna, of course, a lot of people may not realize Dahlonaga is famous because.

Of gold. The big gold rush back in the day in Delonica, Georgia. All right, Anna, what's on your mind? What's going on? That woman that was screaming and yelling.

Which one, Dana? There's a lot of women screaming these days. That one that was on the on the um IS So she was on an airline yeah. Yeah. You know, Aristogeno.

God, people just can't control their own behavior anymore. everybody's screaming and yelling about stuff that doesn't matter. And it just It it's sad. We've lowered the we've lowered the bar on our own culture. Oh, it's true.

And back in the day, if somebody did something like that, let's just say you're a big guy, and if you're a big guy, your knees are going right into that chair anyway. I mean, you really have no control over that. You could just simply tap the person on the shoulder and say, Hey, look, you know, I'm a big guy. Would you mind not, you know, tilting your reclining your chair back? And more than likely, at least back when there were such a thing as grown-ups, you would be able to, you would say, you know what, no problem.

Sorry about that. And you go about your business. That is so true. I mean, people are just love they have no decorum anymore. It just uh Oh, it's just gotten completely out of control and people are just uh they're crazy.

They'll say anything and do anything and And they're not uh you know, uh, I'm not even saying about Oh, I think we lost Anna. All right, Anna, sorry about that. She's driving in the mountains. That's a beautiful town. If you ever get a chance to go to Telonaga, it is a great vacation stop, or if you're looking for a day trip, beautiful.

Beautiful town. They do the great big festivals. It's in the mountains, and they have a great restaurant. And somebody will have to call in, and you'll be able to tell me the name of the restaurant where you sit down and they bring you all the food, and it's family style. And the Stearns family, we go out there every couple of years or so, and it's so much fun.

And the food is unbelievable. Dahlonega, Georgia. Be sure to check that out. All right, I want to go to our Patriot Mobile newsmaker line. We told you that there are a lot of races around the country.

One of them is kind of important to us because the chief executive officer of my company is running for the Wichita City Council. And by the way, it's my understanding, Dalton, you got more votes than what the primary or the. The the the early race than anybody else? I did. I finished with over 50% of the vote in the primary.

So I'm very much looking forward to Tuesday and hopefully getting to work pretty soon. Wow, this is exciting. Dalton Glasscock, everybody, running for the Wichita City Council. And, of course, Dalton, you're very involved in Republican politics nationally. Folks, listening to us in Wichita on KQAM, the big talker, you need to pay attention to this guy because, Dalton, one of the big issues and one of the focuses of your campaign has been crime.

Yeah. Well, yeah, you see across most cities across the country a decrease in the police force. In which taught we're short over one hundred twenty police officers right now out of a force of about seven hundred. And so when you're short that many officers, you see an increase in crime, an increase in response time. And that's the basic function of government, and most major cities are failing at it currently.

Dalton, in Wichita, the emphasis has been what's happening in the bigger cities. We talk about New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Memphis. But what about Wichita? You guys are a medium sized city, a good sized city. Are you guys dealing with the same sorts of issues?

I mean, we're seeing hundreds of auto thefts a day, and you don't have the force of detectives to be able to solve many of these crimes. And so really the ones they're able to solve are the easiest ones because of how much work goes into solving these. And so when people know that their property isn't protected, that they can't go to shop because there's mitigation techniques at stores across Wichita now as well, those are problems that people are seeing every single day. And city councils have a direct impact on that. On the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line is Dalton Glascock, running for a city council in Wichita.

He is a conservative. Dalton, I thought it was interesting.

So you've gotten the endorsements of. of the unions as well as the conservatives. That's pretty unusual. Hey, I tell everybody I'm a bridge builder. I'm the only person in the city of Wichita to be endorsed by both the police and the fire union.

So that's my proudest endorsement. And I know I'm just looking forward to getting to work. And I think when you offer common sense solutions that get government back to the basics, it appeals to people on both sides of the aisle. I mean, you're a young guy. Why do you want to do this?

It's going to be a lot of work. You're going to be getting the calls. You know, if you get elected, you're going to get the calls. It's like somebody, you know, somebody's not picking up my trash. There's a pothole.

I mean, why would you want to do all that? Hey, I ask myself that every single day when you're out door knocking, whether it's hot or cold. And really, the why is: you know, I'm tired of my friends moving outside of my community, and I want to build a community that they want to stay here with. I did military and veteran affairs for the United States House of Representatives, and my job previously working for you was to help veterans get the benefits they deserve. And so, constituency service excites me, and I'm excited to help people potholes, excited to help people, you know, when there's downed tree limbs in the neighborhood, because those issues affect everybody on a day-to-day basis.

You can have that impact in local government.

Now, what I appreciate about you is, you know, especially because you've been involved in politics a really long time, and it just seems to me you've got a lot of these young guns, and they want to just say, okay, I'm running for Congress, or I'm going to run for the U.S. Senate, or I'm going to run for mayor.

Well, you know what? That's all well and good, but I like the steps in between. And I appreciate you saying, you know what, city council is important, and this is where I want to plant my flag.

Well, that's where you can make a direct impact. And going to Washington, DC sounds the most miserable experience of my life.

So I have no interest in that. I love what you saw and I want to stay here. It's actually a nice town. I re I mean, the the city's sort of going through this revival and love. You've got a fun downtown.

You've got the what is that river that runs through Wichita? The R Kansas River, not the Arkansas, the R. Kansas. Yeah, I never can figure that.

So it's the Arkansas River, but it's spelled Arkansas. It's the R Kansas River, yes. Yeah, you don't want to get that wrong. That would cost you votes. It'll cost you votes.

You can tell you're not a native if you did it wrong.

Sorry for all your listeners in Arkansas today. Wow, thank you for that. You've just launched a war between Kansas and Arkansas on the radio show. Way to go, guys. Normally, it's Kansas and Missouri, so we're ready to fight Arkansas, too.

You know, Dalton, looking at Republican politics at large, and we've been big proponents on this show of getting younger people involved and educating them. What is it going to take? I mean, when you look at where we are as a party right now, what do Republicans need to be doing a better job of doing? representation matters, and that's why I'm running. I think people need to see people like them in elected office and elevate the voices of young people.

We can't just expect them to work hard, but we also need their voices at the table. And so I think that's one way that the Republican Party can do it. And also just speak to the basic functions of government. Like we want consistency in politics. And we want to make sure that we're voting for people of character.

And so give someone a consistent person that has character, and I can guarantee you young people are more likely to support them even if they don't agree all the time on policy right now. See, I like that. And that's how we're going to do it. You know, it's one elected office at a time.

So, all right. Where can people go if they want to get more information and get involved in the campaign? What Election Day is next week? Is that right? It's on Tuesday, but people can actually vote at, if you see a vote today sign in Wichita, you can go to any location and vote today.

So you can do that today, tomorrow, and then election day is actually on Tuesday. And they can go to daltonglasscock.com for more information. And I would appreciate anybody who can reach out, ask me any questions. And Todd, I also remember visiting that restaurant with you in Dahlonica, Georgia, and it was one of my favorite places on all of our book tours. Wasn't that a great?

Yeah, we were doing a book tour up there, and man, that was a great restaurant. Was that the chicken of Jesus? Or is that something there of Jesus? No, it's well, it could be, but they did have good fried chicken. I know you were talking with an accent by the time you left.

You were saving all of you. The hospitality of Jesus. We'll go with that. Hospitality of our Lord. I love it.

Amen. All right.

Dalton, good luck to you. You've run a great campaign. I think people are going to be very lucky. Wichita will be very lucky to have you on the city council. And once you get there, you got it.

Man, you're going to be fighting for them. And I love that. And I think your constituents are going to love it too. Ready to get to work. Take care.

All right.

Dalton Glascock, everybody. And I love that. And look, yeah, it's. It's a moment of personal privilege. We're really excited about the great work he's doing, and he is a rock-solid conservative, and we appreciate that.

What is the name of that?

Somebody in Delatiga or North Georgia will know the name of that restaurant I'm talking about. It's going to drive me insane. Let's go to the phones here: 844-747-8868. Julie in Maine, W-L-O-B, our great affiliate there. Hi, Julie.

What's going on? I got through. Nice show, Todd. I love it. Every day I listen.

Thank you. Two things, very different in subject matter, but you said It was Open Line Friday.

So my first question is, why does Chris Christie keep saying that Trump built fifty-two miles of wall and he brags about it. That's what Christie pushes. And the second thing is this. In all Yeah. tremendous chaos going on in our country right now on all levels.

No one mentions How marijuana is affecting people. In all of this, when you have marijuana, as I did 50 years ago in college, it completely changes your head. Your thoughts, your personality, everything. There's a wonderful author out there, Alex Berenson, who wrote an amazing deeply researched book called Tell Your Children. And I would love to have you take an interest in the subject, the effects of marijuana on our society, and have Alex be on your show as a guest.

You know what's interesting?

Well, Junile, I'll make a note of that. There was a survey that came out yesterday, day before yesterday, and I thought this was fascinating. They said that more that young people, Gen Zers, are more likely to smoke pot than they are to go out and get drunk on the weekends. And to your point, I mean, when you look at what's happening in Colorado, where they legalize marijuana, and it's been a big problem for business owners trying to find workers that don't, you know, that, first of all, can pass the drug test, but number two, don't come into work stoned every day. That's right.

And it also ties into all the mental health issues that we have going on directly. You really need to talk to Alex Berenson. He just opens up the whole thing for inspection. Totally fact checked. All right, great stuff, Julie.

Appreciate the call, and thank you for listening. It is Open Line Friday, everybody. 844-747-8868. That's 844-747-8868. This is the Todd Starn Show.

All right, welcome back to the Friday edition of the program, everybody. I'm Todd Stearns, Open Line Friday. You can call in, talk about whatever you want to talk about today. By the way, let's go to the Phone Line's gym in Dahlonega. Jim, I understand you're going to be able to help me out here.

How's it going today? It's going great. It's beautiful up here in Delanaga. Have the leaves started to change yet, Jim? Oh, yeah, it's beautiful up here.

The wind's been kind of windy lately, but they've blown some of the poplar leaves down. They're starting to fall, but it's still beautiful up here.

Well, I'm glad quilt. I'm glad to hear that. It's a beautiful southern mountain town.

So, all right, tell me about this restaurant because I've been there at least a bazillion times, and the name has just escaped me. It's the Smith House. The Smith House. Ver a very good. Yeah, it's a great little place.

Oh yeah, it's wonderful. It's a family home You know, cooking place, and it's wonderful every time I've been there. And it's just good old home cooking, is that right? Yes, sir. Good stuff.

Wow. This is great. I understand.

So it is you're right, it's the Smith House, and they've been open since eighteen ninety nine.

So they got to be doing something right. Oh yeah. And it's it's A number A every time you go there. And so the way it works, what you you it's like family style.

So they just keep bringing out the food until you pass out or drop dead of of a coronary disease or something. Yes, sir. You sit down and they just bring it out to you just like your grandma used to. Wow. I like that.

Jim, you are a great American.

Sometimes, you know, I my brain is a vast Depository of information. But every now and again, I just forget things. And so I appreciate you calling in. Here's what I want to do for you. Do you have a copy of Culture Jihad?

How to Stop a Life from Killing a Nation? No, sir, I don't. All right, here's what I'm going to do for you, Jim. Don't hang up. We're going to get you let's get Jim a copy of Culture Jihad, and Jim will send that to you.

And you can go just bring it with you the next time you go to the Smith house, and you'll have a little reading material. Thank you, sir. I appreciate it. All right.

Love your show.

Well, Jim. Awesome, man.

Well, thank you, Jim. I appreciate that. And we appreciate you listening. I love all of our folks all over America that listen to this show. By the way, we will be coming to Gainesville.

I was talking with our good friends over at WTUN, and we're going to be planning some sort of a big book signing event there. And don't worry, we're going to be doing a national book tour coming up in March. And so we will be coming to your neighborhood. All right, so we've got this video. That we've posted up on our website.

Of the transgender field hockey player.

So, this is a boy, and he is playing on a girls' team, and he's trying to take a shot at the net. And it is a field hockey, taking a shot at the net. And just smacks the a female competitor right in the face. And it's all there. You can see it, and you can hear the poor girl screaming.

And people are horrified in the stands. This was between. A high school, Dighton Rehoboth High School, and Swamp Scott. And apparently, the transgender kid is on the Swamp Scott team. And uh the girl lost a number of teeth.

She collapsed onto the field in pain. You can hear her the girl's mother running out of the stands and onto the field. It's just. Really heartbreaking. The Massachusetts Family Institute has condemned the male athlete's actions.

Quote: You can hear the dear girl's harrowing screams after her teeth were knocked out. This is what they wrote on Facebook: when will this insanity end? When will the adults making the decisions to allow males to play in girls' sports wake up? and admit they're putting girls at risk. Another man writing in says every school official who allowed this should be arrested.

This will not be the last time we see this until we have more adults and more Riley Gaines in the world. Of course, Riley Gaines, the NCAA swimmer, we've had her a time or two on the program. But it's a fair point. And Riley Games pointed out something interesting. The president of the NCAA actually lives in that community so and as the former governor, Charlie Baker.

So what are they what are they doing about this? I mean, at what point are we going to stand up as a society? And, ladies, we love you. And we have the most beautiful, we have the most attractive, we have the most fancy. Fierce and gifted and talented women in our audience and of all of talk radio.

But ladies and This ought to be the man's fight. The men of America. When are we going to stand up, men? When are we going to take action and demand? That this kind of thing be stopped.

When are we going to do that? All right, we got to take a break here. 844-747-8868. Toll-free telephone number. We're going to your calls on this Open Line Friday.

We'll be right back. All right, welcome back to the Tot Stars Radio Program. Let's go to Orangeburg, South Carolina. Bobby hanging out with us today. Hi, Bobby.

What's on your mind?

Okay, Todd. And we're talking about the situation with the so-called transgender athletes. This is a two-fisted problem. First, when I was in college, a student wrote about them Sc sports such as wrestling, field hockey and other Olympic sports, or being eliminated For boys. And now they're working into the high schools and communities to eliminate boy sports while preserving girl sport in order to preserve federal Title IX rules.

as part one. And part two, you got the Obergefeld situation, which created this idea that. Avery Brundage's nineteen thirty six warnings over gender verification tests Which he called for after some intersex athletes won women's events in the nineteen thirty two Olympics. and led to gender verification tests after the precisors of the Soviet Union in nineteen sixty four. This minimum push the cancel Bruntage's warning.

Those two create the perfect storm and why we're seeing a lot of these guys claim to be women to play sport.

Well, I think there's a lot to that. But then, I mean, there are people out there who think and who truly think that they are women and they're just living in a man's body, which those people they need to be in some sort of a hospital getting help and treatment. They don't need to be out on an athletic field knocking the teeth out of biological girls who are out there playing a sport. Yeah. Avery Brundage who was the head of the U.

S. Olympic Committee and later the International Olympic Committee. He understood the dangers. Um such even before transgenderism existed. And this is ninety years ago.

He understood this issue. And yet Is this postmodern Mentality of exchanging the truth for a lie where we must exchange Brundage's truth. for the feelings of the people no which reminded me of the Johnson versus CrossFit lawsuit, where Major Dale Saran wrote, This guy's dealt with a woman. But we can't let him participate in the women's division, but yet it was Obergefeld that effectively decided against CrossFit.

Well, I will take your word on that, Bobby, and I appreciate you calling in. The reality is that under Title IX, That women and thank you for the call, Bobby, uh that under Title Nine Girls no longer have protections because, as Bobby pointed out, a lot of these guys are now joining these female sports teams. And they're putting women out in the cold. Let's go to Mark in the villages. Hey, Mark, what's going on?

Hey, Todd, I want to touch on three things. First of all, congratulations on News Mac. Hey, thank you. A new gig. Did you see Slineball Slickhead Newsom plow through a child during a basketball pickup game in China?

In China? Yes. Yes. Yeah, some of his head grease must have gotten on the bottom of his shoes. That's the first thing I wanted to say.

The second thing is Also, who needs college a college degree when Slickhead Newsome in his third world crap hole of the state just passed a bill giving McDonald's and Chipotle employees a pay hike of twenty dollars per hour? You know, I mean, he's going to bankrupt those businesses. If I was him, time to pull out the robots and just get out of the state. Yeah, you know, it's interesting you bring that up, Mark. There's a story I was about to segue to.

There there's a woman on TikTok. And she's very upset. She's she's a waitress. And she says that she's fed up with people who do not tip. And her argument is that if you go out to a restaurant.

And you cannot tip at least 20%, then you should not be eating out. I agree. You got to give them something. They work hard. You got to tip them something.

I usually tip. About twenty-five, twenty, twenty-five percent. Also, I want to touch on during the week, you were talking about time limits on kids making noise in rest well, no, no, you were talking about kids and making noise in restaurants. I say put a fifteen minute time limit on constant screaming. But I'll tell you what really teased me off, Todd.

Is when people blow their nose in a restaurant.

Now they should definitely pay a fine. Oh, oh, that's disgusting. It's disgusting. Can we talk one more time during the week since you're on Newsmax now? You're only limited to once a week.

So since you're on Newsmax, does that give us an extra option? I will not object to that. I would not object to that. Especially for your awesome I mean, all your coll collars are awesome, but you know, Our radio listeners are great callers.

So, yeah, that's a fair point.

So, if you're listening on the radio, you can call in during the TV show at 3 o'clock. Yeah, you look good in that suit. You got that tie going. You got that man. You look good.

Yeah, and they slap a lot of makeup on me, so I look somewhat presentable for T V. It's amazing. I don't do makeup. Rush never had to do that, Mark. Rush never had to do that.

All right.

Hey, Mark, good hearing from you. We'll look out for you on the national show coming up at 3 o'clock. Mark, by the way, was talking about this story. It sort of exploded. This was our hottest story of the week.

This restaurant in North Georgia that was charging a fee, a surcharge for parents who are bad parents.

So, if your kid is screaming like a banshee and you're not doing anything about it, they're going to slap you with a surcharge. But I want to go back to this waitress here. And I'm curious to hear your thoughts on this. The waitress says, I get paid $3.63 from the restaurant. My earnings, my wage, comes from tips.

And so she says that if you can't afford To pay a 20% tip on, say, your $50 meal. You need to go to McDonald's, but you should not go to a sit-down restaurant. Do you agree with that notion? That if you that you have to tip at least 20%.

Now, I'll tell you flat out. If you go out to dinner with me. And if you are my server, then you are in for a great night because I tip 100%.

So if the bill is fifty dollars, the tip is fifty dollars. And I do it because I for one thing I able to do it, but the other is I want to be able to recognize great service, and that's just what I do. But a lot of people can't afford that, or it's just a stretch to even pay the twenty percent. 844-747-8868 is our number. That's 844-747-8868.

Let's go to Minnesota. Mary Lynn is on the line. Hi, Mary Lynn. What's on your mind today?

Well, I just I have to share with you, Todd, that Monday night We went to the Family Heritage Alliance stand event in Sioux Falls. And the first time we went was because you were going to be speaking, and you told us about it.

So we've been going every year since. And the most exciting thing about the evening was that Coach Kennedy was the speaker that night. Coach Joe Kennedy, the football coach. Yes, and we first saw him at your event at the Cove many years ago.

So even though you weren't there, you really were there. Wow. You were all over the place. It sounds like that was a great event, Mary Lynn. It was, yes.

We've gone every year since, and it's just and it's grown so much. I think there were over 400 people this year. Wow. So, yeah, all good supporters.

So and then the top of the thrusting on the cake was that we we had assigned seats and assigned tables, and so we went to our table and it was right like right directly in front of the podium. And we thought, oh, we're so lucky to be sitting so close, we can take pictures of him and blah, blah, blah.

So this guy came over and pulled out a chair and said, can I sit next to you? And I said, yes, you may. And I looked and it was Coach Kennedy. We were at his table. Is that right?

So you got to sit and hang out with Coach Kennedy. I hung out with Coach Kennedy, and oh my gosh, I'm still just. You know, way up there. Isn't he a fun guy? He was so much fun, yeah.

And it and I didn't know, you know, all of his history. I knew, you know, the later part of it, but I didn't know about his childhood and Oh my gosh, the trauma that that poor guy went through. It's quite the story. It is quite the story. Yeah, but I thank you for all of that because if we hadn't gone to your event at the Cove, and you hadn't told us about the stand event, we might still not be going.

Well, Mary Lynn, thank you for calling. I remember you and your husband, great people. And that was a great event we did at the Cove. And we may try to resurrect that. You know, with COVID, we had to postpone those gatherings, but we may try to do something again.

So, Mary Lynn, good hearing from you, and you got to promise to give us a call back. You're well. Thank you much. All right.

What a great lady, and just a great husband and wife couple there. Good people. All right, let's go to Gainesville, Georgia, WDUN, our great affiliate there, Asim, is on the line. Wants to weigh in on the tipping situation. All right, what say you?

Hey, um I'm calling it in regards to the tipping situation. And I, you know, I eat out every day. And I'm. My point on this is: if the service is good, the tip should be good.

Some servers, you know. They come to the table and the service is cracked to where the individual. you know, tips on the service.

So I think that the tips is the tippers are pretty much deserved on the the s the quality of service. That's all I wanted to say.

Well, I look, I think that's a pretty common sense approach to it, Asim. And you're probably like me. You see somebody and a lot of these times you can tell if somebody's like a mom and she's a working mom and she's just she's crushing it. And so you want to be able to honor that. And you can do that by throwing a few extra dollars onto the table.

Of course, of course, if the energy is right. You know, sometimes you have people that are miserable. That's taking care of you. And as humans, we peep certain things. Um, that's all I want to say.

I don't want to talk too much and mess up my delivery. No, you did a great job, Asim. You give us a holler back, and we appreciate you listening to our great affiliate there in Gainesville.

So it's a pretty that look, it makes a lot of sense. All right, folks, we've got to take a quick break here: 844-747-8868. That's our number. 844-747-8868. This is the Todd Starge Show.

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the king of all kings. Wow. This sounds like it is going to be a great Christmas film. Welcome back to the Todd Starn Show, everybody, and welcome to our great Newsmax audience as well. The name of the film, Journey to Bethlehem, the Movie.

Adam Anders is the director of this incredible film. And the lineup here of the people in the show, we're talking about Antonio Banderas, and, of course, Joel Smallbone.

So if you're in the Christian music scene, you know who he is. As a matter of fact, we all used to go to church together back when he was just a little smallbone. Adam Anders, welcome to the show. Thanks for having me. All right.

Well, congratulations on the film. And this is quite the ensemble that you've put together. It is. It's a pretty amazing cast. I couldn't have hoped to have.

uh what we put together is just remarkable. Like you mentioned, from Antonio to Lecrae to Joel Smallbone, Milo Mannheim, who's a huge Disney star. It's just really awesome. They're phenomenal in the movie. And Lecrae, which he and I we got to pal around once at the Dove Awards.

We had to give a we were giving out the awards together, and what a great guy he is. And he's a part of the crew as well. He is. He's an amazing guy, and he plays the Archangel Gabriel. And just does an amazing job.

He kind of spoils the show, frankly, when he comes and He's fantastic.

So, Adam, you've got this. I mean, you have a storied career from Glee, High School Musical, The Passion, Descendants. How do you go from those projects to the journey to Bethlehem? Tell us about that journey. It's been a long one.

Man, 17 years ago, it makes me sound old, but 17 years ago I was visiting my wife's family in Iowa and I had this idea because I couldn't find a movie about Christmas and especially not when it was a musical. You know, we have all these Santa Claus movies and elf movies and whatever that are so great for families, but there was nothing that actually told the story of Christmas in that way. And that's the idea I had. And you have Mary and Joseph, this love story that was there, and Herod the villain. And you have, for me, the wise man.

I go, oh, those are the three stooges for comic relief. And it was just right there. I just had the vision that Christmas. I didn't think it takes 17 years to make it, frankly. But I can tell you what, if I made it 17 years ago, it would have been a terrible movie.

So I had to go to film school. The Film School of My Life, which was working with the best of the best in Hollywood for the last 20 years, and I've learned a lot from them, and that's why I think we're here now and we can release this movie. And, folks, we have the trailer up at ToddSterns.com. It is a beautiful film, and the music is really incredible. And I kind of see this, Adam, as becoming one of those, sort of like the Christmas story.

These are going to be one of those movies you just have to watch as a family every Christmas. I love hearing you say that, Tony. That was the goal. You know, I have a family, I have young kids. I wanted to make something that we can all enjoy together.

And one thing I learned during Glee was how to create music so that everyone enjoys it from kids to grandparents. And I applied that to this movie. Because what do we do at Christmas? We gather, right? We gather with our grandparents, cousins, uncles, all of us together.

What can we put on? Or what movie can we go to in the theaters That we will all enjoy. And that was the goal. And frankly, even people who aren't believers or go to church will love this movie. It's made for everyone.

I didn't just make it for Christians. I made it for everyone to enjoy at Christmas. I love the term family friendly because there's not a lot of that entertainment out there, but this is really a very well done, family friendly film. How important was it for you to have that kind of a film where the whole family could watch it?

So is everything, you know, because I know how hard it is to find something that you can put your kids in front of and walk away and feel okay about it. There isn't a lot of it. And this movie is truly for the whole family, young kids. It's totally, you know, it is. Designed to be something that everyone can enjoy, and there's no agenda.

It's just a wonderful story, the greatest story ever told. And for me, I wanted to do it in a way that would keep people engaged and kids engaged, frankly, because most Bible stories are somber, not a lot of celebration, not a lot of color. It's usually staff and sandals and dirt. And I just didn't want that. I said, this has to be vibrant, as colorful as Christmas is.

You know, every year when we decorate, I wanted this movie to jump off the screen and be my old storybook Bible when I was growing up come to life. Frankly, and I think we accomplished that. Do you see yourself going down and really charting a new course in in Hollywood? And have you thought about maybe what's the next big project? Yeah, I mean, Todd, it's crazy.

I've done so many things in my career, and the one thing I resisted doing was directing. But my whole career, I'm like, ah, you know, I'm having all this success, it's great. I'm really grateful for it. Not a malcontent. I feel very blessed to have the career I've had.

But I was like, something's missing. And until I was directing this movie, On set, I realized, oh my gosh, this is what it's all been about. This is what I've been prepared for, and it's my calling. And I loved every second of it. It used every part of my creativity, all my talents, and I just love it.

I'm going to keep doing it. You know, no matter what this movie does, you're stuck with me. I love movies like this. Love it. Love it.

Love it. All right, folks, the movie's out November 10th. Journey to BethlehemMovie.com is the website. Go and check it out. You'll be able to find out where the movie is playing.

Adam, we've got to wrap it up for this hour of the program, but congratulations to you and thank you for putting together this incredible film. Thank you so much for having me. And yeah, everybody go early and go off and make sure it stays in theaters all through Christmas. I love it. All right, we got a job to do, and folks, you're going to love it.

I'm telling you, you are going to love this. Go to the website, watch the trailer, and you'll see what I'm talking about. Adam Anders, a great, great director and a great guy, good man. All right, we'll be right back, folks. Hour three coming up next.

Live from the Liberty University Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, it's America's favorite cunt-totant Bible-clinging deplorable American. That's us, that's right. I love this American ride Todd Starnes.

Well, hello, everybody. Welcome to the Todd Starnes Radio Program. What an honor to have you with us, hour three of the big show. And we are proud to be simulcasting this hour on N2, the all-new platform, courtesy of our friends at Newsmax Television. By the way, coming up at 3 o'clock Eastern, immediately after the radio program, you'll be able to watch the Todd Starnes show, Lara Trump, our very special guest.

That's going to be a great conversation.

Now, today, for all of our new listeners out there and viewers, today is Friday. And on Fridays, we do something very special. No, yes, we do wear pants, but we always wear pants. And that's not what's special about Friday here on the program. We call it Open Line Friday.

That means you have the opportunity to talk about whatever is on your mind today. All you have to do is pick up the phone and give us a call, 844-747-8868. That's 844-747-8868. And we're going to be getting to hear calls momentarily. But right now, I want to go to the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line.

And say hello to two very good friends. We call this segment Radio Roundtable. Our good buddy Jeff Katz, who has hosted the Jeff Katz Show in Richmond, Virginia, our great affiliate there, WRVA. And the Queen of Talk Radio, Mary Walter, host of the Mary Walter Radio podcast. Jeff Mary, hope you guys are doing well today.

Doing great, Ted. Thanks for having us. I'm having to wear makeup, Mary. Can I just say it's Ben Dieter, the host of our morning show on KWAM, was our makeup artist is gone, and so he was powdering me. I'm just glad I wasn't asked to bend over.

I didn't know what what else was going to get powdered.

Now you know what it feels to be like a woman.

So when Grace says, Hey, could you do this? And she tells me what's going on with Newsmax, which, by the way, congratulations, I could be I'm beyond happy for you. Thank you. So excited. But I had to say, is this just radio?

Because I'm going to be sliding into the seat, because if it's T V, and I need like an hour lead time.

Well, look, right now it's radio, but soon, I think in December, we'll be able to see your beautiful, lovely face. But Mary and Jeff and I. Yeah, I told the Newsmax people, happy to do this, Jeff Kantz, but I'm not shaving my legs. That's where I draw the line.

Now, wait a minute, wait a minute. Mr. Starnes, just so you're well aware, I did not know it was just radio.

So, A, I did shave my legs, and I am well-powered. That's all I'm going to say. Thank you both for that. Look, before we jump into what's happening with Israel, Jeff, we posted a video up on our website, ToddSterns.com, and I was searching social media. I realized that you actually have a connection to the story.

There was a girls' field hockey game, a field hockey match, and there was a guy on one of the teams, and he took a shot at the net and just knocked the living daylights out of a girl, and she lost her teeth. Her teeth got knocked out. I mean, it's a horrible video. But, Jeff Kantz, I understand you used to live in that area.

So, you're familiar with all of these folks. Todd, Swampscott, Massachusetts was our home for the better part of a dozen years. My oldest boy is a graduate of Swampscott High School, and I am absolutely appalled at what happened there. But interestingly enough, it's not the first time Swamp Scott has experienced one of these transgender issues because there was a guy who was the principal of the elementary school that my youngest guy was attending in Swampscott, who all of a sudden decided he wasn't going to be a guy anymore. He was going to be a gal, and he wound up as a teacher in another school in the town.

I don't think it's anything in the water, but it is Massachusetts ultra-left-wing nonsense on full display. And, Mary, again, when you look at what happened and just the aftermath, the poor girl was shrieking and screaming on the ground. Parents, everybody who saw her Was just horrified, but the reality is this could have been prevented if you didn't have a biological boy playing on that other team. Yep.

Well, now that would assume that you actually believe science. And we only believe science when it applies to things like COVID and lockdowns. Otherwise, science is mutable and it's fungible, and it's all about feelings.

So he feels like a she, and that's really all that matters. And that poor girl can get replacements, she'll be fine. This is the ridiculousness of it.

Now in Virginia, I don't know if you saw the story, in Loudoun County, Virginia, kids walked out of high school because they've had it with the the bathroom policies where you can just go into whatever bathroom or locker room you feel like and the kids have had enough of it.

So they walked out earlier this week.

So this, I think we've hit the breaking point when kids are starting to be physically assaulted, which is basically what that was. It was an assault under the guise of a sport. And I'm not saying that that boy, girl, whatever meant to do that. But this is why we have a separation between men's sports and women's sports. And they don't want a third category because they don't want to the boys basically don't want to play against each other because it's really only boys who identify as girls who are getting on these sports teams, right?

So, I think we've hit the tipping point. I think enough is enough. And when you see the kids saying enough is enough, we're not doing this anymore. I think that's exactly where we see an end to this, or at least start to see some sane conversations. You know, Mary, if I could jump into one second, Mary's talking about the shot that this dude took against the female goaltender.

If you look at the video, my wife played field hockey in college at Boston College. And so she and I were looking at this, and she was sort of pulling it apart from a field hockey perspective. She says, Look, he's not trying to pass the ball to anybody. He doesn't really have a shot on goal. And so the question has to be: was he really intentionally trying to hit that girl?

And that makes it that much more disturbing. And you mentioned Loudoun County, right up the road from me here in Central Virginia. A hundred kids, as you say, marched out of those high schools. They were out in the parking lot singing the Star-Spangled Banner and God Bless America and simply asking for.

Some common sense that girls use the girls' locker room, girls use the girls' bathroom. Simple as that. And of course, it's not just there as well. Over in Pennsylvania, Sun Valley High School, we were talking about this earlier in the week. They had kids in that school district walking out of class saying, We're not going to stand by as you let guys go into the girls' locker rooms and bathrooms.

And I think we're finally starting to see a little bit of common sense coming, not from the adults, but actually from the kids themselves, Mary. Yeah, and there was just a, and I just was trying to bring it up real quick, but there was a poll that just came out earlier this week, maybe like Wednesday, that showed that home schooling is the fastest growing segment of schooling in this country, not private schools, not the charter schools, homeschooling. Think of the dedication you need to be able to do something like that, right?

Somebody's got to quit their job, be home all day, teach the kids, you've got to take the courses. It's a lot of work to do that. But there are parents who are saying, you know what, I'm just doing it. They're changing how they live in order to be able to keep their kids out of the government schools. This is why they don't want school choice.

All right, we've got a lot of money. All right, we've got Jeff Katz and Mary Walter with us, both great radio hosts. Guys, we've got to talk about. Florida Governor Ron DeSiantis. These boots are made for And that's just what they'll do.

One of these days, these boots are gonna walk all over you.

So apparently, guys, and Mary, I'm gonna start with you. Apparently, size matters. Maybe it doesn't matter. But clearly, something is going on with Ron DeSantis and his boot. Oh, did we lose Mary?

We may have lost Mary. Jeff Katz, do we have you with us? Yeah, I'm here, and I don't know how to break it to you, Todd. I am wearing Tocova's boots as we speak. It's all I wear.

I don't have the money for Lucchese like Ron DeSantis does, but I got four pairs of Tacova's boots. I love them.

So, do you wear like lifts in your. I mean, you know, look, I'm a short guy. I would be appalled to wear, you know. High heels or No, I I look, they're cowboy boots, so I mean there there's a little more elevation than you would get, say, in a pair of sneakers or flip-flops. But look, on a good day, I'm 5'10.

If I'm wearing my boots, on a good day, I'm 5'10.5. I mean, you know, I don't think there's any great lift from the boots, but I do love them, man. I'm telling you, the most comfortable things I've ever worn. Mary, is this an issue for you? I mean, are you electing a president based on his height?

on his footwear. No. But traditionally, we know historically the taller candidate wins, right?

So it's the thing. Here's the thing. I just wish he would just own it. It's kind of like the bald guy who doesn't want to admit that he's bald, so he's got like those four hairs that he keeps combing over his head and like twirling him around up there, right? Own it.

Shave the head. Right? That's what he should do. It's kind of like this is where Trump disappointed me, when they went with small hands and Trump was like, I don't have small hands, I have the biggest hands. Just don't it make a joke out of it.

He should have gone on stage with like those little tiny fake hands. It would have been hilarious. DeSantis should just own this. And make a joke out of it. Go, yes, I'm 5'11.

Who cares? You know, whatever height he says he is. Who cares? But he didn't do that, and now it's falling apart for him. He, this is just another, whoever is advising him, it's just another bad.

Step. I don't know who his advisors are. They've got to let him be him. And I think it would have been handled much differently. Mary, I think it's the wife.

I do. I can't imagine any other person on the campaign going up and saying, you know what?

Well, yeah, is somebody on the campaign literally going to go up to the governor and say, you need to put lifts in your boots? I I think that's the wife's call right there. Or has he been doing it all along and nobody noticed 'cause nobody cared?

Well, Jeff, you can see the I mean, clearly something is not right there because the boots are flopping.

Well, I don't know about the floppy boots. I mean, this is the thing I don't know. But I want to present it with floppy boots. No, I don't.

Well, I don't. But I, you know, this is the most I have spoken about boots since like last Christmas when I told my wife, I'm buying my own present. I'm getting boots. But I don't know if his boots are floppy. I don't know if they're standing up straight.

I just know the guy likes cowboy. No, I'm serious. Listen, now we're going to get a boot lesson, believe it or not. Because when you've got good quality cowboy boots, they're really leather, and that means you're supposed to put a thing in there to kind of support them so they keep their shape.

So maybe he hasn't put that in. Maybe he just grabs them and goes.

So he needs a boot support, is what you're saying, kind of like a jock strap for the boots. Mm-hmm. So to speak. This is like this is a guy thing at this point.

Well, well, it go it gets worse because now after DeSantis says, Well, we need to be you know, we've got serious issues, but uh by the way, President Trump, if he if he has balls, he'll go and debate and if he debates, I'm going to put a boot on my head. Yeah, yeah. Part of the dumb response is: who's running the campaign? And here I am saying they should let Ron be Ron. Clearly, that was.

off the cuff or off the top of his head. And he said I don't understand what is happening with him. He is just imploding so fantastically, he should just punch out at this point. Nikki Haley is really the only one running a serious campaign right now. And she seems to be gaining ground.

Do we have cats back with you? Katz, are you back with us? All right, we don't have cats, but Mary, do you have to do that? Oh, we've got cats. All right.

All right.

We'll go to you and then to Mary here. But to her point, there's new polling out of Des Moines, and our good buddy Jeff Stein from KXEL says that DeSantis is in a freefall, and now Nikki Haley is surging, and they're both tied for second place. Wow. I don't know that there's really any competition here. Although, again, I mean, there could be a whole discussion about footwear, Ron DeSantis against Nikki Haley.

It's really interesting. And to Mary's point, who is running the DeSantis campaign? I followed him as a congressman and as governor in Florida. I love the guy. And I really wish he would have had a team that said, okay, Ron, you be you.

And he's not always the most, quote, fuzzy guy, but damn, he's got a great sense of humor normally. He's got a great personality, usually. And for whatever reason, it just hasn't resonated. And I don't think his campaign team, assuming he's got one, has done him any favors. Mary, I'm giving you the final word.

Ooh, on Ron DeSantis? On Ron DeSantis. Yeah, I see.

Okay, I didn't know if I got to listen to that. Trump ought to show up at the debate, and instead of bringing the golf balls, he ought to bring a couple of volleyballs or something with him.

Well, here's the thing: I do think Trump should show up at the debate. Trump has to debate at some point in time.

However, he is getting so much free publicity, courtesy of Letitia James and all these other AGs and everybody else who's going after him. He is getting so much free publicity and so much goodwill. You have Van Jones on CNN saying, I think he's going to lose the black vote. Biden, that he sees them going over to Trump based on the economy alone, plus what the justice system is doing to him. I mean, he just said that yes yesterday on CNN.

You know, th so so I think I think mi Trump at this point, sometimes when he keeps his mouth shut, he does better than when he opens it. Oh, yeah. On that note, we will end it, ladies and gentlemen. Wow. We should have put a PG-13 rating at the start of this segment, guys.

Mary Walter and Jeff Katz, folks, we have links to all of their great websites and podcasts over at ToddStarnes.com. Have a great weekend, y'all. All right.

Congratulations again, Todd. All right.

Thanks a lot, guys. All right, Jeff Katz, Mary Walters. Never a dull moment with those two. All right, we've got to take a break here, folks, and pay some bills. Our telephone number: 844-747-8868.

That's 844-747-8868. This is the Todd Starden Show. All right, folks, welcome back to the Todd Stars Radio Show. This Friday edition of the program, let's work in some phone lines here. Let's go to Tracy in Memphis, Tennessee, listening to us on the great KWAM.

Hey, Tracy, what's going on? Hey, how are you? Let me tell you something, Mr. Uh Todd. I don't know what it is.

We're I've learned that we are in the same traffic At the same time, we're at the same Chick-fil-A at the same time, and we visit the same mall cross carriage crossing today. We obviously think alike because when y'all are trying to figure out Mr. DeSantis who's advising him. I was thinking it as you were speaking it. It is his wife.

It's got to be. It's his wife, it is definitely 100% his wife. I'm telling you, so I was thinking it ironically, and you said it, and I'm like, Lord, have mercy, I can't even call quick enough. But it's true but Tracy, again, the whole point is how do you approach this? You could have laughed it off, you could have had a good joke, you could have had a nice comeback, a retort, and it's not even a one-day story.

And now this has become the storyline of the DeSantis campaign. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, he just needs to sit down, kick his boots off, and go sit down somewhere. All right.

Tracy, appreciate that call, and thank you for listening. Let's go to Ray in Pennsylvania watching us on Newsmax. Hi, Ray. Welcome to the show. What's on your mind?

Well, you were talking earlier about home schooling and that. And how good you know, how's it growing? But No one remembers or no one's been taught or remembers Back in 1953. At the end of the Korean War. Justice Starling said that We'll never beat America militarily.

The only way to beat them They rain dark night and re-educate children.

Next thing you know, Teenager Union Teen Junior pops up. And I've brainwashed my kids ever since. Look, it's a great point, Ray, and that really is the engine that's driving this change in America right now, our nation's public education system. We are watching a radical transformation. And keep in mind, it was Barack Hussein Obama who actually promised that to fundamentally transform America.

And Obama was very successful because he did it. Using the government, yes, but also. Through the Department of Education. Ray, appreciate that call. Folks, our telephone number: 844-747-8868.

That's 844-747-8868. Your calls coming up next. This is the Todd Stern Show. All right, coming up at 3 o'clock on the Newsmax TV show, which you can watch on all of Newsmax's digital platforms, Laura Trump is going to be joining us also. Very excited to talk about a guy who's really been making a difference on his campus at the University of Chicago, Daniel Schmidt.

And he's going to be weighing in on the rise of anti-Semitism on university campuses around the nation. All right, want to go to the phone lines. A lot of people wanting to weigh in. This is Open Line Friday on the Todd Starns Radio Show. Let's go to Abbeville, Louisiana, John listening to us on our radio affiliate, K-R-O-F.

Hi, John. What's going on? Tom, thanks for my call. And actually I I told your screener a lie. I'm in Lafayette, the home of the UL.

The Raging Cajuns. Oh, and the last time I called you, we talked about the. He um Subway not subway shot, the poor boy sh That's the old-time grocery on West St. Mary in Lafayette. I have been there at least five times in my life, and I need to get back down there again, John.

Well, call me before you come, okay?

Sounds like a plan. All right, what do you want to talk about? What? I don't know if you can answer these questions. But I've got two of 'em.

All the money we're being. We're we're giving away as a result of COVID, Ukraine, Israel. Immigration. You know, whatever. Whatever situation that raises, it's ugly hit.

Doesn't the administration realize that the Piper will show up at the White House door One day. And demand Payback. And I'm sure the Piper Is named Kneecaps. Roselli. And the second question I have is I see this country gone bankrupt in about five years.

And when that happens, What do we use to conduct trade, especially consumer uh purchasing. And that's it.

Well, it's a great question, John. Appreciate you calling in, and I'll do my best to answer that. One of the concerns I have is the eradication of our actual currency. And there are a lot of places around Memphis where we originate this program, and they will not even take cash anymore. You have to have a credit card, you have to have some sort of a cash card, but they will not accept cold, hard cash.

So, look, it's a big problem, no doubt about it. And that's one of the reasons I'm excited about Speaker Johnson. I think he has illustrated the point that if we are going to spend money, if we're going to send money to Ukraine, for example, we've got to figure out where do we make up that money, where do we offset that money and that revenue? And we did that with Israel, taking $14 billion away from the Internal Revenue Service.

So, let's hope that, and again, the Democrats are not going to be fiscally conservative at all.

So, let's hope that Speaker Johnson is able to convert more Republicans to his way of thinking. All right, let's go to Nancy in Statesboro, Georgia, watching us on Newsmax. Hi, Nancy. How are you? Mm-hmm.

I'm great. How are you? And thank you for taking my call. Glad to do it. We love Georgia.

Nancy, did you ever remember a guy named Louis Grizzard back in the day? Actually, he's a distant cousin of mine. Is that right? Well, I am a huge Louis Grizzard fan. Used to read him growing up and one of my great inspirations for getting into this business.

Amazing.

Well, my goodness.

So all right, so you're important people, Nancy. All right.

You got to next time you call and say you're Lewis' cousin, and we're going to move you to the top of the line. What's going on? What do you want to talk about, Nancy? I want to talk about how all of these crazy uh smods uh These crazy Islamic people died. into the House of Representatives.

Glenn Beck addressed this in 2008, and he said that. he felt like that they were going to start setting up Many caliphats within this country. And you know, a representative district is relatively small. And if you get a large number A paper That are black thinking in one small area, they can put people in Congress. That's true.

And I think that I think that's what's happening. I think that they there is a something going on where they are Conspiring, maybe that's not the right word, but they're getting together anyway. And there a large number of these people are moving into an area that they feel like is a Representative district that they can take over, and they are getting. a representative that will of Harmon country and that is anti Semitic.

Well, Nancy, look, you're right on the money here, and the answer is very simple. There are a lot of like-minded people living in those congressional districts. When you look at Ilhan Omar, for example, that is a radically far-left Islamic Congressional district now. When you look at what's happening with Rashida Tlaib in the Detroit area, it's the same story. And I am concerned, and we've talked a lot about this on the radio show, and I would encourage you to tune in one of these days to all three hours because we do talk about this.

And I do share Glenn's concerns about these caliphates that are being set up here in America, these sleeper cells. We heard from Homeland Security just a few days ago, and they do acknowledge that. Terrorists have been able to infiltrate. our nation. They've been able to breach our borders.

And that is a concern.

So we just have to be prepared once those terrorists decide to strike or they get the call to strike. But ultimately, this is about understanding that we have some very radicalized people living in this country now. And when you look at what's happening, for example, Nancy at AOC's congressional district, she may not have an overwhelmingly Islamic district, but you've got radicalized young people that are getting out and voting for her, and they have the same belief system that a lot of these Islamists have. Nancy, appreciate that call, and we appreciate you listening to us. Hey, let's go to Hendersonville, North Carolina.

WHKP is our great station there. And I know, Robert, you want to weigh in on Louis Grizzard. Yes, I do, Todd. All right, Robert, you're on the air. Um, yeah, I just wanted to Tell you a little story I read about him one time.

He said he used to tip the waitresses. He put five dollars down. Yeah. if they were he didn't like them just hanging around the table either. But if they would done do their job and all, he he gave them the whole five dollars.

But if they were there and hang out and uh wasn't doing their job, they might not get none of the money, he said. Why did you Yeah, it was just how he was. That's how he but back in you know back in the day, five dollars quite a bit of a tip. Yeah. I mean You know, to back you know, back in the eighties, I guess, late eighties.

Yeah, he's done. I love Lewis Grizzard, too, and I love your show, Todd.

Well, thank you for that. Robert, I appreciate that. No, I've got every single book that Lewis wrote. Lewis also had a half-brother. His name was Ludlow Porch.

And Ludlow was actually known across the nation as one of the top trivia guys in America. Sports Illustrated sent a reporter down to Atlanta and actually interviewed Ludlow, and he became famous. And Ludlow, for the longest time, actually had a talk radio program, predominantly in the southern states, called the Fun Seekers Network. And it was a lot of fun, but they would do trivia, and people would call in. All the callers had weird names, nicknames.

It was a lot of fun. But yeah, those were good guys, and we need more people like that in America these days. Robert, appreciate that call. 844-747-8868 is our telephone number on this open line Friday. This story.

And this should not be surprising to anybody, but police arrested a man. Who was investigating how to build bombs? For a For an attack against Jewish people. The man was arrested in of all places, Texas, His name is 20 year old. He is 20-year-old Sahib Abu Yash.

Fox 26 there, and the local TV station confirms from their FBI sources that this guy. Are you ready for this, ladies and gentlemen? This guy who wanted to blow up Jewish people, he's a Jordanian national, and was in America. illegally. He came to this country on June 2nd, 2016, on a B-2 tourism visa.

And left about two months later and somehow made it back into the nation. And how did he do that? Ladies and gentlemen, he used a Palestinian passport. And that's how he got here.

So you better buckle up, folks, because there are a lot more people like that guy lurking about our great nation. All right.

eight four four seven four seven eighty eight sixty eight. Let's go to Los Angeles. Art listening to us on Newsmax. Hi, Art. What's on your mind?

Hi, how you doing? Doing well, Art. Go for it. might have a couple of situations. One of them is or thoughts, one of them is the Democrats always say that the Republicans are not above the law.

But we have Hillary Clinton with the 33,000 emails that were deleted. We have Pelosi ripping up the speech that. But President Trump did. Which is a crime, by the way. Did you know that?

Art? That's a crime. It's a felony. Yes, it is. Biden's saying on all the channels, saying that if you don't um get rid of that guy that he doesn't get the billion dollars.

So who they're saying who's above the law, they're above the law. But why don't the Republicans report it? But why don't they do anything about it? Why isn't anything getting done? You know what, Art?

This is a great question, but let's just be patient here. Speaker Johnson is basically leading us to that point where we are going to be able to get something done in the House of Representatives.

Now, look, they will impeach him. I do believe that President Biden will get impeached by the House, but the reality is, Art, nothing's going to happen in the Senate. I mean, that's just the reality of it. The Democrats control the Senate, so nothing's going to happen there. But we are going to get something done.

I do believe that. All right, appreciate that call. Let's go to Memphis, Tennessee. Vincent is on the line, listening to us on KWAM. Hi, Vincent.

What's on your mind?

Good morning, Todd. How are you today? I'm well. Thank you for asking. Oh, great.

Um my question was Do you feel that a lot of these issues that are going on in our country today that we may disagree with or may not. Are directly related. To the great reset. What do you mean by that? The Great Reset.

Are you familiar with the term the great reset that was initiated a I guess a few years ago now, but some of the more elites of our country.

Okay. All right.

Are you familiar with that? I am familiar with it, but there have been multiple great resets.

So, which one are you talking about? It would be the most recent with like some of the more elite Sagates, some other And what are they resetting? What is the whole point of the Great Reset in your mind? What would you say the Great Reset is? I think there's a lot to it.

To sum it up would be difficult, but I can tell you that one of their mottos was You will have nothing and be happy? Um So that kind of gives us some direction as far as what they're what they're planning or hoping to do. Yeah, look, so from that aspect, I think when you look back at the China virus pandemic, that was a moment in time, and if you want to call it a great reset. But I do believe that there are global forces at work that want this one, some people called it back in the day during HW's time the one world government, the new world order. I think there may be something to that.

I mean, I don't jump down that rabbit hole very often. But when you look at what the governments of the world did to the people during the China virus pandemic, for example, I think there's evidence of that. Ultimately, I believe here in this country, the issue was breaking the spirit and the will of the American people and honestly testing the American people, Vincent, to see exactly how far the government could infringe upon our rights. And what concerns me is we, the people, were by and large willing to surrender all of our civil liberties for the sake of being safe. And that's a big problem in my estimation.

Vincent, we've got to run for a break here. Appreciate that call. Again, folks, 844-747-8868 is our telephone number. This is the Todd Stern Show. All right.

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All right, let's go back to the phones here. Let's go to Vicki in Olive Branch, Mississippi. Hi, Vicki. What's going on? Yeah.

Well As Americans And citizens And I know all my friends and everyone talks about it. We won't, since we got the new speaker, Accountability for people in Congress that's supposed to be setting examples When they laugh like President Trump. Judge Kavanaugh. and destroy people's life. They should be accountable for jail time.

you know, for destroying that person's like line just to gain their political views. But Americans, and I've talked to a lot of people, we're tired of it. We won't see the one go to jail for what they're doing because it's not it keeps happening and we're sick of it. Look, I'm with you on this one, Vicki, and I love it. But ultimately, this is the job of we the people.

And if you've got a lawmaker, a representative, and he's out there or she's out there and she's not being honest, they promise one thing on the campaign trail, and then they get up and they act like Kevin McCarthy. Then you have an obligation, the voters have an obligation, to say you're not going back to Washington, D.C. And that's really laziness, I think, Vicki, on the electorate. But you've got to lead that charge, and we've got to get those people kicked out of office.

Well, you got them bringing in all these illegals, which they want, which they don't know much about how governments run, so they can. Use his pond to gain political votes and persuade them with all these gifts and stuff. But, you know, it's just. I think what the citizens get punished by what they do, it shouldn't be the different laws just 'cause they're in Congress. That gives them a get out of jail card every time they lie, it almost destroys people's lives.

And it's not right. It should be the same laws you perjure yourself, then you reap the consequences of everybody common citizens. Vicki, it's a lot of common sense, and you're right. And I'm excited about Speaker Johnson. I think he is going to be a true conservative leader, and I think that's going to help expose a lot of this wokeness.

I mean, look at what Senator Tumberville is dealing with right now in the U.S. Senate, where you have fellow Republican senators that hate his guts because he is pro-life. Vicki, we got to run. Appreciate that call. Ladies and gentlemen, coming up at 3 o'clock and just mere minutes away, our big N2 TV show, we want you to tune in and watch that.

You get out there. You have a great, great, great Friday, America. And be sure to go to church this weekend.