Many “Conservatives” Say U.S. Should Not Retaliate for Attack

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Well Hello, everybody. Oh, wow. I was. Have you ever gotten caught up in something and you're just so focused? You're laser, you're laser focused.

And I I almost forgot I had a show to do today. All that to say, welcome everybody. We are going to have a lot of fun today. A lot going on. And by the way, we have some great guests coming up.

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So we're going to be taking your calls as well. Our telephone number, I want you to write this number down: 901-260-5926. That's 901-2600. two six zero five nine two six. Coming up a little bit later on, we have to talk about Star Trek.

You know, a lot of people, they sort of. They divide themselves, right? You're either Star Wars fans or your Star Trek fans. And very rarely do the two actually intergalactically mingle, if you know what I mean. And actually, I'm not sure what I meant by that, actually.

But anyway, for example, the chief engineer of the Todd Starns Radio program, yes, we have a chief engineer. His name is Chuck Condren. And Chuck is a big Trekkie.

So when you go into his office, it's sort of like a shrine, right? He's got Captain Kirk and Spock and I don't know, all the little Klingon people. And it's pretty amazing when you walk in there. And he actually has a Dylan, I don't know if you knew this about Chuck Condren. But uh Chuck has a um he loves to decorate for Christmas.

And he has a Star Trek Christmas tree. It's with the USS Enterprise, the whole nine yards. Why am I not surprised? Right? Exactly.

So.

So, anyway, I was telling Chuck the other day. Chuck is also the chief engineer for KWAM, the flagship radio station of this great program. And We've been having some issues with how strong the signal is. And so I'm out there. Chuck, he was at the tower site.

And I'm, Chuck, we need more power, Chuck. They need to be able to hear us across the fruited plain, Chuck. And he said, Todd, I'm giving her all that she's got. It's He's our Scotty. Here on the program.

Anyway, all that to say, Star Trek is coming under attack from the woke mob, and we're going to get to that story in just a little while. It's bizarre. Even Bill Shatner's upset about this.

So we'll be telling you about that. But I want to start off. with the situation out of the Middle East. Where a lot of the people who are conservatives Um who are America First Conservatives, say we have no business retaliating against the Iranians that That we should just, I don't know, turn a blind eye. And that's the thing.

They really don't explain what we're supposed to do.

Okay. But as it now stands and by the way, This story keeps getting worse and worse. You know, originally they told us uh three people killed, was it twenty people injured, and then it was twenty-five and then it was thirty and Now we understand it's more than 40 people, more than 40 of our troops, or as KJP called them, 40 of our folks. More than forty ch what a disgusting woman. She's what an ignorant woman.

But this is what you get, by the way, when you do a diversity hire, which is why so many people are terrified when they get on board airplanes, because they look at KJP and they realize this woman, she doesn't have she doesn't have a brain lobe. This woman is a moron. And the only reason she got hired because, and you can pick out of the three, she's an immigrant, she's black, and she's a lesbian. And they were needing a diversity hire at the Biden White House, which is why she's there. Disparaging our troops.

Anyway, I digress.

So you've got these conservatives out there. And they're saying, well, you know, well, Tucker Carlson is one of them. And there are people like Lindsey Graham and John Cornyn who say that we need to hit back and we need to hit hard. And I'm one of those people. I believe That we should hit back in a in a shock and awe campaign.

But Todd, what happens if they fire back? We're just going to have another world war.

Well, you know what? Elections have consequences. The only man who kept the peace was Was Donald John Trump, the only president in modern American history who did not get us involved in a war? And why was that? Yeah.

Because a lot of people, a lot of foreign leaders, Thought Donald Trump was crazy. They thought that that man might actually push the button on him. And by the way, that's the kind of person you want in the White House. That's the kind of person Ronald Reagan was. They were terrified of Reagan.

Just like they were of Trump. And why is that? Because they thought that both of those men were crazy enough to push the button. That's what we need. But now we literally have a Pentagon, and ladies and gentlemen, as of just a few seconds ago.

We've had no response. The reporting inside the beltway on this. Is that the Pentagon doesn't have a plan? They're working up a plan. What the hell does that mean?

How do you not have a plan? How do you not have a plan already in the book? Do we not have like a folder? I mean, if you go to the Todd Stearns radio show, if you go into our massive vault of information, let's just say we're going to be talking about transgenderism, we have a folder for that. You're telling me that they don't have a folder at the Pentagon for what happens when Iran launches drone attacks on our soldiers?

We don't have a folder? We don't know what to do. We don't know what to do. How do you not know what to do? Here's a thought: blow them to Smither Reigns.

You got warships, you got airplanes, get them in the air. Not the ships, the airplanes, get them in the air. I Uh Ladies and gentlemen. This is the state of our country right now. We for Years have had on this program lawmakers, many of whom are veterans.

And they see what's happening. In our military. And they've been coming on this program, and they've been warning you. And me. That Military preparedness was a significant issue.

As a matter of fact, it was a national security issue. And now I hope you understand what they all meant by that. We're not prepared. We were caught flat-footed. As a matter of fact, the reporting is that the drone was coming in as an American drone was coming in, and nobody caught it.

How is that possible? Who is the person responsible for monitoring the radar systems? Was that person a diversity hire within the military? The U. S.

Navy and we hadn't we didn't have a chance to talk about this yesterday, but the U. S. Navy announced that they are now dropping their standards. You no longer have to have a high school diploma or a GED. to get into the Navy.

Now, the Navy says they've got thousands. They've had to turn away thousands of people who've wanted to join because they don't have a high school diploma or a GED.

Now I want to say something about that. Uh Back in the 1920s and 30s and 40s, there was probably a pretty darn good reason that you couldn't finish your high school education. Maybe you had to work on the farm. It was the Great Depression. People have maybe you had to go and get a job to help support your family.

I get that. But there's no excuse nowadays. There's literally no excuse for not having a high school diploma in America. Not a one. There is no excuse for not getting a GED if for some reason you cannot complete your high school education.

Now there may be some extenuating circumstances. I get that. But by and large. There's no reason why you should not be able to get your high school diploma. And you know what that tells me?

If and it's one thing if you had to drop out of high school. It's another thing if you didn't want to get a GED, because that tells me you have no follow-through. You have no discipline. And maybe, just maybe, the Navy can give these people this one. I hope they can.

But that's not the point of the Navy. The point of the Navy is not to help you get your life in order.

So here we are, ladies and gentlemen, and you've got a lot of these people that are America first conservatives, and they say. No, we should not hit back because it will lead to World War Two Three, and we have no business being over there in the first place. And you know what? Those are fine arguments to have. But not anymore.

Because we have been attacked not once, not twice, not even three times, ladies and gentlemen. We've been attacked over 160 times by the enemy. Iran is sitting over there, and the Ayatollah is just laughing at us. Just laughing at us. Because they see Look, they're on Twitter.

They see. And they know that a lot of conservatives who probably support the military. Do not support the military doing its job.

Now, I don't know why we were in Jordan. I have no earthly idea. It doesn't matter. We were there. And Iran hit us.

And they did it in a pretty despicable way while our troops were sleeping. Folks, I'm telling you, that is Mm-hmm. It's beyond evil, it's it's cowardice and it's evil.

So we're going to be taking your calls on this. What do we do here? Do you stand with Biden and Tucker Carlson and all those folks who. And look, Biden may not even be aware of what's going on here. And I get that.

He's old and he's senile. But I'm telling you, there is a very large swath of our own. community of conservatives who say that we should stand down here.

So I'm curious, ladies and gentlemen, your thoughts. Should we hit back? Should we hit back hard? Our telephone number is 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926.

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And I was one of the few conservatives back in the day who opposed the war in Iraq. The only reason George W. Bush went in there was to for payback for his daddy, because his daddy did not finish the job when he should have because of the UN mandate. And by the way, that's what happens when you allow the United Nations to run your foreign policy. We had no business going into Iraq the second time.

There were no weapons of mass destruction. We now know that. But again,. The people of Iraq, and again, George W. Bush said, Well, the people of Iraq want democracy.

We're bringing freedom to Baghdad.

Well, here's the problem: the people of Baghdad didn't want our freedom, they don't want our way of life. And if you want freedom in your nation, and if you want to fight for freedom in your nation, you do that. And we're happy to stand alongside of you, but we're not going to fight your battles for you. That's not who we are. But when you have a nation like Iran.

And they're going out there and they're killing your soldiers. We have an obligation to get out there. And hit back hard. Quite frankly, Iran should not have a navy. Right now.

All right, let's go to the phone lines. Our telephone number is 901-212-1. 260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. Jim in Lakeland, California, starting our day off on KWAM radio.

Hi, Jim. What's on your mind?

Well, I think we ought to go in and hit Iran hard to take out all our communications, take out all our electrical stuff. And then when we do, they'll have a meltdown of the nuclear reactors and completely crimple them, take out their oil fields and everything.

So you say shock and awe. Shock and all. Just like I said, what famous person said, what the heck was that? That was the mayor of Hiroshima. That Well, you know what though?

Jim, what we did at Hiroshima, what we did at Nagasaki saved hundreds of thousands of lives on both sides of the war.

So to your point. If you respond with force. Shock and awe. I can promise you this, people are going to think twice about messing with America.

Well, it worked once, it'll work again. I'm with you. Jim, I'm with you. And I appreciate that call. Here's the problem, folks.

We haven't done Shockana. I know that that phrase was used back in Afghanistan and Iraq, but we didn't do Shockana back then. But that's how you have to respond to these people. And then they stop messing with you. Let's go to Mike W L O B in Maine.

Hi, Mike. What say you?

Okay. Back in the seventies and eighties, Todd, I contracted for DOD. which, you know, rolls over in the state and language. And uh I was in the invasion of uh Grenadia and the invasion of Panama.

Now look, I just watched the President getting into the Marine One so he can go to a fundraiser in Florida. Are you kidding me? Every one of these guys needs to be in a situation room right now. figuring out how the hell we're going to straighten this out.

Now listen, the Iranians have two spy ships in the Red Sea. One is called the Shabiz. The other one's called the Begside. They're both intelligence gathering ships registered as general cargo vessels.

Now the Babel Mendeb Strait, that's where they cruise around.

Okay. And basically, it's a crucial waterway that controls access to the Red Sea and through that canal.

Now both of them continuously relay intel and coordinate to the Hookie Rambles.

So If I was sitting in a situation room with these guys, I'd be saying let's hit 'em, let's hit the Slaves. In a data homework, hit the button. And I'll tell you, that takes out their intelligence Close enough. Right there where the Houthis are to stop this. And then you go hit the houseies and you hit 'em hard.

Take out the munitions manufacturing plant And I repeat. I ran. There's two of them there. But somehow these guys down there can find their butts with both hands. Mike, I'm with you.

It makes no sense that Joe Biden is down doing fundraising when he ought to be in the situation room organizing whatever response we're going to have. But, Mike, here we are. It's Tuesday. This attack happened on Saturday. And their argument is: well, we're going to respond in our own time.

That tells me they don't have a plan. respond. No, they got no game plan at all. That's obvious. Look, look at the pull out of Bath Canvas stand, okay?

There was no game plan there either. They closed Baglam Airbase, one of the most strategic bases in the world. probably about three hundred miles away are the Chinese nuclear plant. And they closed the base. and they let all every one of these terrorists out of the prison there.

One of the bombers at the date that killed the fourteen and fifteen and fifteen marines Mm-hmm. Came from that jail. See, these guys, they're a mess down there. I just gotta tell you, they're a mess. I mean, the regular military is way to go.

Don't trust me. But I'll tell you, it's leadership. And when you don't have a change in command structure, Command does not change. That's where our problem is. Mike, it's look, this is good intel you're giving us.

I want you to give us a call back. We've got to do something here. Mike, appreciate that call. We've got to do something here, ladies and gentlemen. And the response has to be ferocious.

I'm not sure this administration does ferocious. I'm not even sure the conservatives want to do ferocious. All right, our telephone number: 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. We'll be right back, America.

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And our understanding is, and there's been some mixed reporting about this, all three are believed to be from Georgia, at least the military base there in Georgia. And so we want to pray for the good people of the entire state of Georgia as they mourn the loss of these incredible individuals. And uh the What's really concerning are the we're getting some description of the injuries, and it seems to be a common occurrence now, but they're talking about brain injuries, so you wonder what sort of devices these drones are actually carrying. It's just unbelievable. When I go back to this Navy thing, and I want to go to the phone lines here in just a second.

But the reason why the military is having a hard time recruiting and by the way, they're dropping physical standards in the Army, this is across the board a big problem. And one of the main reasons that red blooded American boys are no longer interested in joining the military is because the military has gone woke. They want to go and fight wars, not become social justice warriors. And that's why a lot of these boys are not wanting to join up. I want to go to Linda in North Carolina listening to us on WTKF.

And Linda, a lot of people may not be aware, but that is there's a very large military community there in that part of North Carolina. Oh, yes, we have. I will I will say sport brag. Yeah. Sharing point.

And Campbell June right here in North Carolina. And to me, that is our heartbeat. And We're playing black emo, these people. They're doing this several months now I've been hearing where they want the illegal they are illegal. go into our military.

If they drop those two qualifications, they all qualify. That's it. And Linda, I'm curious, what are people saying around that part of North Carolina? I mean, in church house, do you guys are y'all concerned about The the the way, the direction the military is going. Oh, yes, and we have a good man that's running for our governor.

Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson. He is a great man. He's going I mean, I've been campaigning for him since three weeks after he won as lieutenant governor to be governor, and if the Lord will help us, he will be the governor of North Carolina.

Well, Mark's a good friend of mine, and we've had him on the show a time or two. And I think that, but again, from a state perspective, he's going to be rock solid. What we've got to do is we've got to facilitate change in the White House because we need a strong military. We don't need these drag queens running around Navy ships. We don't need this social justice nonsense anymore in our military.

Well, I'm asking everybody that listens to your show On the radio or watches your show on Newsmax, to please call your congressman. Tell them there are laws on the book that will keep the illegal value. And they should never, never drop. Uh Requirements that we already have to keep illegals and other people that wish us harm out of our military.

Well said. And Linda, I suspect a good many people are doing that right now. Appreciate you calling in, and thanks for mentioning our Newsmax show as well. I want to switch gears here.

Someone, a former colleague, sent this story over to me. I don't get on the Fox News website anymore. Have you guys been over on the Fox News website lately?

So, when you click on a story, you only get like the first sentence, and then you have to sign up, you have to register for an email, and it's a pain in the butt.

So, somebody sent me this story. And I want to share it with you. It's pretty shocking.

So there is a. A fat dude His na well, his name originally was Al, but now he identifies as a fat woman. and goes by the name Alley. And I mean, this is a big 'un. Remember when we were kids and we had the little toys, the Weebles?

They wobble, but they don't fall. Yeah, that's the guy looks like a human weeble. Anyway, this guy has become some sort of a big. Influencer in the TikTok community. And by big, I don't mean girth, I mean very popular.

Okay. It's terrible. Yeah. So anyway, uh Fox News. Did a story about this, and I thought, oh, wow, so Fox is attacking this overweight dude here in a dress.

And um It turns out that Fox actually published a flattering profile Of large marge here. This is the The headline, Trans Influencer who became viral meme, says declining masculinity is getting out of control. The great irony here is that the whole transgender movement is literally an attack on masculinity. That that's what gets me here. I These people at Fox.

Hannah Grossman. And there was look, there were two people assigned to write this profile piece. This is insane. Hannah Grossman and Alba Cuebas Fantusi. Is that they're the authors of this nonsense.

And it is a very flattering portrayal of this transgender activist, this guy who thinks he's. A woman. And through the entire piece, they use the wrong pronouns. They called the guy the trans woman told Fox News Digital that dating in the modern age comes with its difficulties, including declining masculinity in society.

So here's Here's something that they talk about a lot over there at that network: is that if you are a man. And let's just say you're a man. You are a manly man. You have the plumbing the good Lord gave you still attached to your body. And you're you're a man, man.

And so you are at a Bar, and you meet a woman, and maybe your type is, you know, 500-pound women. and you see a five hundred pound woman sitting on a couple of stools there at the bar. And I would have to imagine A stool for each butt cheek. And you, um You buy her a soda, a Coca-Cola. And Then she says, No, I'm I drink diet.

So you've got the 500-pound woman that you're trying to flirt with, and you buy her a Diet Coke, as we call it, a Baptist martini. With a little wedge of lemon. That makes it healthy. And you start talking to this gal, and all of a sudden you realize, and you realize pretty quickly when you say, oh, well, can I get you something to drink? Uh miss.

And anyway, Large Marge says, Yes, I'll have a Diet Coke, please. And you're like, whoa. Geez, hello!

Okay. Do you have a cold? Your voice is really deep. No, this is how I talk. My name is Allie.

And all of a sudden you realize That That's no woman, that's a dude. And what do you do? You go back to your seat. Pardon me, well, now in today's society, you become transphobic.

So, if you don't want to date the 500-pound dude, Wearing a dress, sipping the Baptist martini. That makes you the bad person. Do you understand how screwed up society is right now? Have you seen the pictures, Dylan? Unfortunately, we've got audio with the dude.

You think I was making this up? Let's listen to this dude. I understand that like to society I guess to like the male gaze, if you wanna call it, or whatever it is, I know I'm not a ten. I know that I'm plus size. I know that there's so many other things wrong with me, blah, blah, blah, et cetera.

The list goes on.

However. I carry myself. And with such grace and light and With politeness and I know what I bring to the table. I feel like we live in a very sensitive society right now. Where it's almost like No, but like Chill out.

I just see A lot of men expecting Yeah. Women in the relationship, especially when they're in committed relationships already, like they expect the women to go above and beyond. And like them just almost do nothing. And I feel like it's something that I see a lot outside of social media. I also love when, like, there is a little bit of a.

A little bit of a gender role in a relationship. I don't, I don't, I don't think I don't toxic masculinity at all. Whatever, like the the norms, I guess, but I like when there's just like a little bit of that, like I'm the man and I'm gonna take charge, you know. Like, 'cause like, why not, you know? I feel like a lot of boys need to start being boys though.

like when it comes to like the male roles, because a lot of like men nowadays are expecting princess treatment. And it's like, okay, well, I want that energy just as much as but just as bad as you do. For example, like let's say I get a flat tire on the side of the road. And we're together, you better know how to change that tire. Like, you better know how to do these things.

Cause if I have to call my dad. Just like I said. No. No. Say serve.

Yeah. I'll rush in anything. Enjoy your time being single because I feel like that's what you learn the most about yourself. Yeah, very much that. Because you always want to see what kind of person you are alone.

To see the way you're capable of once you are in a relationship.

So let me get this straight. Pardon that pun.

So this dude says that if he's out on a date, he would expect The man with the male nether regions, he would be the one responsible for changing the tire if there was a flat tire. All right. This is a joke. And so, Fox News, I mean, this was a very long. feature profile piece on this uh uh on this dude.

Who thinks he's a woman? And what they're trying to do here, folks, is normalize this sort of behavior. That's what Fox News is doing now. They're trying to normalize all of this. In other words, there there should be something normal about a red blooded American young man wanting to date a five hundred pound dude in a halter top.

Mm-hmm. Oh oh oh oh Not nothing. Uh Anyway, you say, what's going on over at Fox? Folks, I'm telling you. The LGBT crowd has completely taken over Fox News Channel.

I'm telling you, I know it seems hard to believe. But it's true. And a good many people who work behind the scenes, and a good many people on air. Are of that persuasion. And look, I have, what do I care?

I don't care. You live your life. It's America. What do I care? If you're a grown man and you want to you want to date Jamba the Hutt, then by golly, have at it.

So, anyway, Fox News here has come under fire. And a lot of people are like, why is Fox doing this?

Well, they've got the Jenner formerly known as Bruce as like a contributor to Fox News Channel.

So they have completely embraced this. And basically, there's it's a great big F U to the evangelical Christian world, all of you Catholics out there. And their theology at Fox is Those Christians are not going to go anywhere else.

Well, I would sincerely disagree with that because I think a lot of Christians have turned off Fox News and they're turning on Newsmax. The Daily Signal Back in May, released an expose.

Somebody sent them a copy of the The company manual And they said that Fox News employees are now allowed to use bathrooms that align with their gender identity. rather than their biological sex. They are permitted to dress in alignment with their preferred gender. And they also must be addressed by their preferred name and pronouns in the workplace. May I just say something?

If I were still at Fox News, I wouldn't be able to work there. I would have been given the heave hoe because there's no way I'm calling a dude a gal or a gal a dude. I don't do that. Don't play that game. And by the way, every single person that you see on Fox News channel, they now embrace this.

They have to embrace this. It's the rules at Fox. Fox also offers to help employees come up with a workplace gender mutilation plan. to ease their gender transition at work. I'll never forget the day.

That it was and it was a big deal. And this happened when I was there. that they had a dude Who decided he wanted to become a woman wouldn't even shave his legs. I mean, there wasn't any effort made. Just put on a dress.

And there was a big effort to just like a huge thing. Welcome to the ladies' bathroom. What What? Oh, but that's Fox News now. The Daily Signal talked to a number of current and former Fox employees who requested anonymity, and the reason why is they will destroy you.

If you do not bow down to the LGBT agenda, they will destroy you. A former producer for Tucker Carlson Tonight told the Daily Signal, they want you to think it's this place that supports traditionally conservative values, but in reality they're pushing this nonsense behind the scenes. That's from the Daily Signal piece from Mary Margaret Olihan. We'll get Mary Margaret on to talk about this.

So, all that to say, maybe you should not be surprised that Fox News is now. uh writing these beautiful profile puff you know puff pieces On, you know. Overweight. Transgender checks. who are actually dudes.

I'm just saying. All right, 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. How dare you call it? Go after fox news like that.

I'm sorry, Miss Allie. Mr. Alley. Whatever you are. We'll be right back.

All right, welcome back, everybody. Good to have you with us. Um what Coming up, we're gonna be We're going to be talking to Robin Poppin. I may get poppin' away on this transgender story. This is crazy stuff that's going down.

We're also going to be following developments out of the Middle East if the United States decides they're going to. Punish Iran. But as it stands now, ladies and gentlemen. It doesn't look like we're going to do anything. Got a text message.

Starnes, aren't you going to say anything about my orcas? Yes, once they actually impeach him, I will be more than happy to do that. But I'm tired of saying the Republicans are going to do something. I'm looking forward to the day that the Republicans actually do it.

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It's America's conservative blowtorch. That's right! I love this American rider! Todd starts! I want to remind the public that Donald Trump and House Republicans also have their own ideas for the border.

So let's review. the majority's border ideas that they've actually presented Here they are. Donald Trump actually has said that he wants to build Alligator moats along the border. That's one of his incredible ideas. Another idea that Donald Trump has promoted is Is he actually wants to electrify the border fence and maybe even put some spikes.

On the border. That's another Donald Trump. and MAGA majority Puerto Rico. Another idea Which I'm not sure how well it would go, is he wants to actually bomb northern Mexico with missiles. That's another challenge.

Trump idea. And finally, I think one of the ones that I think is the most grotesque is suggestions that instead we should maybe just shoot migrants. In the legs, as they cross the border.

So once again, the Donald Trump and MAGA plan is alligator votes. bombing northern Mexico. shooting migrants in the legs and electrifying the fence and putting spikes on them. That is the Donald Trump border plan.

Okay, that's Congressman Collins and ladies and gentlemen, the guy's full of malarkey, but I got no problem with the alligators. Matter of fact, if you could find some freshwater piranha, stick those in the Rio Grande. But honestly, we need to do something different because what the Biden administration is doing right now is not. Working. Period.

Well, I know a man who does have a plan, and he's got some new legislation out, Congressman Mike Collins from Georgia, who joins us on the Patriot Mobile newsmaker line. Congressman, first welcome to the show. And second, we should start by offering our condolences to the brave soldiers from Georgia who lost their lives as a result of the Biden's policies.

Well, Todd, I appreciate you having me on, and you're exactly right. It's a sad day. It's been a sad day in two aspects. And one of them, you're right, they were from Georgia. but it is direct result of the Biden administration.

And it's been in every facet of this administration where they have been a failure to America.

Now I'm not sure who that congressman was that you had that you were quoting there. But you know what? You can look at results and see what's going on today versus what was going on during the Trump administration. And I don't think it takes anybody with much brain power to understand that we need to go right back to the Trump administration. I think you're 1,000 percent right there.

That was a Democrat congressman from Congressman Garcia. Look, the reality is that we've been invaded, and for the Biden administration to give orders to have any razor wire taken down, anything of that nature, it seems to me that is vandalism of state property. And if I were the governor, I'd be saying arrest anybody who tries to cut down a single piece of razor wire.

Well, you're exactly right. And to use our Border Patrol and for that method instead of actually let them help patrol the border is one of the reasons that we were able to get involved from a congressional standpoint because you know, Todd, we have what's known as power of the purse. And when we can say you cannot enforce a rule, which is exactly what they've made, a rule to go out there and cut wire, that will prohibit them from even actually being able to go and participate in something that Mayorkas and this crazy bunch over in the Biden administration is trying to enforce with an invasion of our country.

So, Congressman, where are we with the Mayorkas impeachment? When does that go before the entire House? Myerquis impeachment should come up. I hope it's this week. We'll start debate on it here in short order.

And it's fairly I mean, it's laid out as plain as can be. If you would have asked me six months ago, I'd been willing to impeach you, sorry. But then I'm willing to do it this afternoon or tonight. Uh but uh we'll get out to debate. and lay the facts out from what Homeland Security has presented.

And then we'll have a vote on this and see if we can't get rid of this guy.

Well, we need to. And we've got to start playing hardball here on this border situation. And, Congressman, the concern is. That you've got a drone a drone attack just happened on American troops in Jordan. Who's to say we can't have those drone attacks right here in America perpetrated by the sleeper cells that have been able to infiltrate our border and are currently in our country?

No, you're exactly right, Todd. You know, I was reading something earlier where you've had numerous Chinese. coming across that border that had been gotaways.

Now the ones they've caught up with, they're actually Chinese soldiers.

So you don't know who's coming across that board. And we've had almost 2 million people that are guideaways, over 300 that were actually on the terrorist list that they did catch. We've got a huge problem down there. And it's not just people coming, it's the human trafficking, it's the fentanyl, it's the drugs that they're bringing with them. It's one of the reasons, you know, I was the first freshman to get a bill signed into law last year that had dealt with protecting our law enforcement and our first responders.

From all this additional mess that they're putting in, fentanyl that's coming across that sinking border down there. And so that's why I think this RAZER Act that we've put out there is just part two of this to try to help.

Some of this mess that's going on down there until we can get this thing straightened out. Basically, the only way I think you're going to get it straightened out is one of two ways. You know, all of this was in HR2 that we passed. But Joe Biden and his infinite wisdom five minutes into his Presidency is the one that reversed all of the executive orders that President Trump had put into place. And the only reason that Trump had to put him in the place was because he didn't have the votes to get laws passed.

Well, by God, we got enough folks up here now in the U. S. House of Representatives. Matter of fact, almost seventy percent of the makeup of the Republican Party right now are America First Agenda representatives. We just need the captain of our ship to come back on board.

America votes the right way in November, and we're going to do that We get Donald Trump back in the White House, by God, we're going to take our country back.

So, Congressman, real quick here, tell our listeners what the Razor Act would do if it becomes law. It simply states that that no federal employee can go out there and cut razor wire or any sort of barrier along our southern border, and that's not just Texas. I love it. I love it. And you're right, it is very simple.

Real quick, Congressman, before we let you go, I'm curious to get your take on where we are with the response to what the Iranians did, and how should we respond? We ought to go vaporize us a couple more Salamannis. Pretty clear. I'm with you 1,000%. Stop this mess.

As a matter of fact, Congressman, and I know that we've got a lot of people on our side of the aisle, including a lot of America First People, who are out there saying we shouldn't respond, we shouldn't be there in the first place. But I want to remind people how Donald Trump handled things. This is well, cut number nine. Last night was a great night for the United States. and for the world.

A brutal killer. one who has caused so much hardship and death. has violently been eliminated. He will never again harm another innocent man, woman, or child. He died like a dog.

He died like a coward. The world is now a much safer place. God bless America. Thank you. God bless America, Donald Trump.

Congressman, that's the kind of response we need. Yes, sir. Todd, I'll tell you what. I can sum this thing up. You know, during the Trump administration, Iran was producing about four hundred thousand barrels a day.

Today, do you know what they're producing? No, sir. They're they're producing over. four million barrels a day. There you go.

Now that tells you enough that you need to know right there, that this administration and their agenda of pushing us to a socialistic society to where we get rid of everything that we own. They don't want you to own EVs, but they have emboldened our enemies by taking away our energy independence here. And we are buying oil from our enemies who are out there funding all these thug terrorists. who want to kill us. And we've got so much to run on against this administration.

I don't understand why in the world anybody would want to go with four more years of what we got right now, because this country can't stand it. Congressman, we're going to leave it there. You're making a whole heck of a lot of sense, and we appreciate you being on the program today. Hey, I appreciate you having me. Thank you.

All right. Congressman Mike Collins, everybody, out of the great state of Georgia, and a couple of the news nuggets. He says we need to impeach Hisari Butt, talking about Majorcas, and he says we need to vaporize a few of them, like Soleimani referring to Iran. I am a big fan of everything this congressman just said. But we've got to play hardball here, ladies and gentlemen.

And if we don't, it weakens us as a nation. I mean, it really is that simple. All right, we've got to take a quick break. Coming up a little bit later, Robin Poffman joins us with news of the day, also weighing in on the border crisis. Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger will drop by as well.

Again, our number: 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show. All right, welcome back, everybody. Good to have you with us. All right.

Have you Pre-ordered a copy of my brand new book coming out. Folks, I want you to do this. I'm telling you, this book is, if you only read one book in 2024, this is the book that you need to read. I'm excited for you to check it out. It's called Twilight's Last Gleaming: Can America Be Saved?

And you can pre-order a copy at Barnes Noble, at Amazon, wherever you get your books. I probably shouldn't say this, but I'm going to say it. I'm a huge fan of independent bookstores. And one of my favorite bookstores in Memphis is called Novel Memphis. And I probably spent $5,000 or $6,000 since I've been back in Memphis buying books from these people.

And they're all very nice and very friendly, but they're as liberal as the day is long. And I suspect some of them are actually communist. I don't have any evidence of that, but I have my suspicions.

So anyway, um They carry my books, but I think they do so begrudgingly. And we had reached out to them to host a big book sign. We're doing a big book launch party. here in Memphis in March when the book actually comes out. And so we reached out to him.

And one of the things I I love doing, and this is important for me as a writer, is I believe in supporting local independent bookstores. And so we'll typically reach out to a local independent bookstore and say, hey, we're coming to town. We would love for you to host us. And again, it doesn't cost any money, but the whole point is to sell the bookstore a lot of books because you guys turn out at our book events. And we will sell a couple of hundred books, and that's a huge, huge thing for these small independent bookstores.

So anyway, uh reached out to Novel Memphis. And we said, hey, Um and I did this with the biscuit book. And they said, oh, well, we're really not doing in-person signings anymore, and you know, but we'll stonk the book. But we're not going to have you come and speak or do anything like that in the bookstore. And I thought that was kind of weird because the biscuit book was non-political.

But, and again, they sold, they sell a lot of Todd Starn's books. And so uh we reached out to him back Last summer, and we told them: hey, a new book is coming out, and we would love to be able to do an event. And by the way, let me step back for a moment. We promote every single thing that Novel Memphis does on KWAM, the radio station I own. And we do that free of charge.

And because the bookstores, they got no money. And so we're happy to promote when they've got an author coming to town, and we want to do our part. We want to be good neighbors, expect nothing in return.

So, anyway, we finally got a response, and they said, No, you're not welcome here. We're not going to do a book signing for you. There will not be a book event here for you. They said we just don't have time.

So we reached out to him almost a year ago. And, ladies and gentlemen, every Liberal. that has written a book has done a book signing at Novel Memphis. And I got to tell you, the reason I wanted to do an event in that bookstore, and we were going to rent out, have a. Beautiful restaurant.

And we were gonna we were just gonna we were gonna use the restaurant for appetizers and hors d'oeuvres. And if you've ever been to one of our events, you know we throw a great party. I mean, Dalton Glascock, our CEO, one of the top party guys in America, he knows how to throw a party. And they said, No, you yeah, you're not you're not welcome here. And I thought about that for a long time.

And I thought, man, how do we respond to this? Because you know what? It's a business, and they have a right to decide who they want to do business with. And my whole point was, let's bring About 300, and we're expecting about 200 to 300 people at our book signing party. And we said, my thought was: let's bring these people into Novel Memphis.

Maybe they'll buy some other books. because I will tell you this much, conservatives have money, and conservatives like to support things, and conservatives like to read. But they said no. We're not welcome there.

So we're doing our event somewhere else, and it's really unfortunate. And I thought long and hard about it: how should I respond to all of this? And I've decided, you know what? We're going to keep supporting local authors. And we're going to keep doing that.

I don't want these people to go out of business. But if you feel led, you might want to give Novel Memphis a call and let them know what you think about how they treat conservative authors, because I don't think it's right. I think it's kinda lousy, if you ask me. And I guess I should be. Maybe angry about it.

But I'm really disappointed. And quite frankly, it's a little embarrassing. You know, I'm a USA Today bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller. We sell a lot of books. And if novel Memphis doesn't want the business of conservatives, Then maybe maybe somebody ought to start another bookstore in town.

But there you go, folks. It's part of this cancel culture movement. But we're going to keep doing what I think is right, and maybe they will see the error of their ways, maybe not. When you go into the children's section there, and I'm working on a children's book about Ronald Reagan and Clarence Thomas. When you go into their children's section, they have literally have children's books about AOC And Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

So maybe we'll take some calls here. What do you how do you think I ought to respond to this? Because I haven't responded back to these people yet. And I was debating whether or not to even bring it up on the program. Because it's really not that big of a deal.

I mean, we can sell books, we can host a party. But what do you think I mean what do you think the response ought to be here? I mean, a lot of conservatives do shop at Novel Memphis. They buy their books at Novel Memphis. And I mean, do conservatives need to know that they're really not welcome there?

That only liberals are welcome there. They they don't want our money? Is that important for conservatives to know? Not every independent bookstore is like that. By the way, But I came across this kind of behavior and this attitude in New York City a lot.

As a matter of fact, the local bookstore in my neighborhood, it was a great bookstore, and the owners were very kind people. And they were liberal, but they were very kind. And the lady said, Todd, we would love to host a book signing for you, but we're afraid that it would hurt us and that liberals would. Would protest and stop doing business. And Todd, this is a liberal neighborhood.

I know.

So I got it. I mean, at least they were kind about it.

So, all right, how should I respond to Naval Memphis, ladies and gentlemen? 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. I guess that's my Twilight's last gleaming of that bookstore. She's a loo.

Uh hang tight, we'll be right back. All right, welcome back to the show. Let's Let's go to the phone lines real quick. Cece's been hauling on for a while, listening to us in Chattanooga on Nouga Radio. Hi, Cece, what's on your mind?

Hey, can you hear me, Todd? You're loud and clear. It's like you're right next door to me, Cece.

Well great. Mary And I think you're really cool. If I had that bookstore, you would certainly Yeah. You'd be able to go in there without any possibility.

Well, you're confused. What I want to talk about is Iran.

So, um, uh, all these people want to hit back at Iran.

So, you know, Iran hits back at us, we hit back at Iran, and the the administration or whatever it is. uh doesn't wouldn't have any problem with going into another war. And that would certainly postpone the election for starters.

So it's it's my idea, like When uh the Biden administration came in, uh Iran was almost penniless thanks to Exactly truck.

So I think we hit them in the pocketbook. I think it's a terrific thought, Cece, and again, that should have already been done. But again, this administration, these people are morons. They went out there and took away the terrorist designation for the Houthis, and now we know how all that turned out. And you're right, literally funding the ⁇ and this administration is funding the attacks on American service members.

So look, I think that's a fine idea. But honestly, Cece, we've got to do more than that. And maybe that's what we should have done after the first attack. But after 160 attacks and you've got dead Americans, there needs to be a shock and awe campaign at this point. What else?

Lord, help us all. I know.

And elections have consequences, Cece. It's really sad. Cece, you give us a call back. I like the way you think and you had some good thoughts there. I want to bring into the conversation on our Patriot mobile newsmaker line the great, the one, the only, the queen of talk radio, Robin Poffman.

Yeah. Hello, Your Majesty. By the way, uh, you just got a marriage proposal. Wait, what? From that last caller.

Oh, I did? From that last caller. I think she said that she would marry you, if I'm not wrong. Go back and flag the tape. Oh, well, look, we have some of the most beautiful women who listen to this radio program.

So I would be a blessed man. Conservative women are the best. They are. And they're actually women, too. Isn't it shocking?

These days, you never know, Popman. By the way, I got to get your take on this because I am struggling with how to respond. You know, the new book is coming out in March, Simon Schuster. Right. And the local independent bookstore, Novel Memphis, where I have shopped for many years, spent thousands of dollars.

I was tallying it up. I've spent over $5,000 at that store. buying books. And they host all these signings about every day they're doing a book signing or a book event. And they told us, Yeah, no, you're not welcome here.

We're not doing that for you. Of course not. I mean, I'm the author of two books, one on the Casey Anthony trial. I mean, you know, criminals don't care if you vote Democrat or Republican. And the other my other book, covering catastrophe, Broadcast Journalist Report nine eleven, is a charity project on nine eleven.

And I have to say that I've run into this in my career, so you're talking to the right person, that if you're a conservative or have an R in front of your name, a lot of these hippie-dippy and I don't know because I've never been to the bookstore that you're discussing.

So I don't want to paint everyone with the same brush stroke, if you will. But in my experience, Todd, If you are conservative and you're dealing with some hippy-dippy liberals at a bookstore, I'm not saying all bookstores are this way, but some of them, they don't, you know, you're banned because you have an R in front of your voting record and you're conservative and farther to the right than Mitch McConnell. And that's not saying much. That's not saying much these days. But the point being that, yeah, you're not welcome because the same reason that a lot of other people like, you know, Ann Coulter and other conservative speakers, you see the great warm welcome that they don't get on college campuses, which are supposed to be open to free thought and free speech.

The last I looked, this is the USA, not the USSR. And it's a real problem. If I were in your shoes. I would knock off all the email back and forth, and I would physically go there, show up. Have a little chat in person with the manager and really drill down deep and get to the bottom of it because what you're going to find is that if there's resistance and they looked you up and you're a conservative host.

you're going to be banned, unlike if you were a liberal host. Yeah, oh, yeah, they know, and it was funny because the last time we dealt with them, um, They were, it was very funny. They were happy to, they were happy that I was writing a biscuit book, and they actually pointed out that it was a lot better than the last book, Culture Jihad, How to Stop the Left from Killing a Nation.

So I do think there is the biscuits got burned in that book. But I see your point, Robin. And by the way, this is, I would say, this is an upscale, hippie-dippy bookstore. It is in a very wealthy part of the community, a beautiful bookstore. You would love it.

I'm just a book guy, so that's kind of my thing. I love exploring bookstores. And I get it. I get it. They're all liberal.

But the intolerance, Robin, that's what just gets me. And you've experienced this with the books you have. I have. I have. I've experienced this.

I really don't want to say where because I'll identify the cities and this, that, and the other. I really don't want to go down that path and we can discuss it off the radio. But I will say I've experienced this in multiple cities, not just in one city. God forbid you talk about 9-11, even though it's a charity book. That was sold in Barnes and Noble back in the day, 23 years ago.

Nowadays, if you want to educate this generation about 9-11, you run into a huge resistance. I would also pull out of the card that you are coming with your own undercover security. That might also help the situation. I think you need to invoke me to have a little chat ski with these people.

So, and Robin, you know, we do parties very well, and you know, we have live music, we'll have a live band, we only do the finest of hors d'oeuvres and beverages, and people really have a good time. And I just, for me, it was just saying, hey, you know, conservatives, check out this bookstore, which is really great. And, you know, conservatives buy books. And you know that, Robin. We're very learned people.

Right. But anyway, it's just, it's kind of shocking. Can I give you the bottom line? You ever hear the old fashioned expression, you cut off your nose to spite your face? Here's what really ticks me off about this whole story.

And again, I've been a victim of this myself. On my char I'm just going to speak for my charity book. Robin Poffman isn't making the money. The charity was making the money. It was the subject matter.

In the same sense that I know, Todd, that you would feed all their guests and they're going to make money because one conservative person, I come to your book signing, right? I'm not just going to buy the Todd Starnes biscuit or jihad or whatever's going on book. I'm going to buy some other books, some knickknacks. I'm going to buy a coffee in there for five bucks. You know what I'm saying?

So they're cutting off their nose to spike their face because nobody's coming in there to just buy one book for 20 or 30 bucks. Like yourself, they're going to spend over the course of a year anywhere between $1,000 and $5,000 or whatever their budget allows, even if they spend a couple hundred bucks.

So they're ruining, they're so petty that they're ruining it for themselves. It's really sad. And that's what just, I'm not even angry about it. I was angry about it. I'm not angry about it now.

I've been stewing on this for a couple of weeks, Robin. And it's just sad because I see intolerance and I see, and that for me is just unacceptable, especially in, of all places, a bookstore where, you know what, do I complain that they've got more Michelle Obama books than they do holy Bibles or something? No, of course not. Because I get it. They're a liberal, you know, that's their bent.

I get that. But to come out there and say, you know what, conservatives, you're not welcome. And that's what they were saying. I mean, you know, it's the wink and the nod. But anyway, I'll.

You know what you should do? You know what you should do? Just go to like a local police station or a local firehouse or a local local local location. local whatever, something having to do with our first responders. See if they have a room for you and donate a couple bucks from each book to the first responders and have them host you and all your wonderful listeners and call it a day, feed everybody and move forward.

And then they lose out on the money and so be it. And then a couple bucks from your book goes to a donation and everybody's happy. That's the Robin method. That's the Robin answer to this problem. Let me tell you something.

We've got another location lined up and it's going to be great. Robin, you'll be getting an invitation. We're going to be opening up. People are going to have an opportunity. It's going to be a fun night.

We're expecting a good couple of hundred people to show up and we will have a blast. And, you know, the people at Novel Memphis, you know, shame on you. Look, we have got to talk about what's going on at the border and how it ties in with what just happened in Jordan. And, Robin, I know this is a huge, huge issue for you, but the fact that here we have an attack on American troops on a Saturday night while they were sleeping, and we have yet to respond. And, Robin, you got back.

Biden, who's doing a campaign stop in Florida. I don't think they've got a plan. There is no plan. I was so saddened when I saw the smiling, beautiful faces of the three Army reservists we lost, all three of them from the state of Georgia. It is such a tragedy for their families And sadly, this is why so many and I just heard today, Todd, this is a very personal.

I know someone Who's in the Navy? Who is leaving for this very reason? He told me today that he is not renewing his contract. because of what's going on at the Pentagon, the shadiness of the Defense Secretary not alerting the President of the United States that he's going out for a You know, a prostate surgery that nine out of ten men need after they're 70 years old. It's ridiculous.

Like Okay. the whole cover-up. No response to the Iran situation, no response to the Hamas terrorist attack. the the American media silent on the one hundred and thirty U. S.

and America we still have six American hostages and one hundred and thirty Israeli hostages, our number one Israel ally over there. We are in very scary times. You look at Biden and any of any of your listeners listening to or watching Biden sound bites as he campaigns around the country, you've got to be terrified. This is somebody's grandfather who has full blown dementia that is affecting his ability to for his balance It's affecting his walk and his gait. It's affecting his speech.

It's affecting his mind. This man has full-blown dementia. And our enemies are are going to take advantage of it. Robin, I'm curious how you think we need to respond here. You've got folks like Tucker Carlson, Vivek Ramaswamy, and they say we shouldn't be going to war, we shouldn't be invading people.

I don't think this is a matter of invading people, but Robin, we've got to have a response here. I'm all about the Trump methodology where you just vaporize the head. Person in command. We know who's calling the shots. Our government knows who's directing this.

This is not happening in a vacuum. There is a Osama bin Laden figurehead that's in large and in charge. They know the name. We know where these people are. And kaboom, you just, you know, you take out the top person, and then the whole organization collapses.

That's what Trump did. Remember when they vaporized that guy at the airport? Hey, Robin, let's listen to how Trump used to handle those kinds of situations. Cut number nine. Last night was a great night for the United States.

and for the world. A brutal killer one who has caused so much hardship and death. has violently been eliminated. He will never again harm another innocent man, woman, or child. He died like a dog.

He died like a coward. The world is now a much safer place. God bless America. God bless America. That was when Al Baghdadi got vaporized.

Robin Poffman. Yeah. You know, there's a couple of them that we have taken out. I would say this to you, Todd. If if you're in high school and somebody's bullying you, And you don't put an end to it, kaboom, verbally tell someone, do something about it, and you keep taking the abuse, the abuse is going to continue, right?

If you're Nicole Brown Simpson, if she would have done something about OJ, maybe she would still be alive today, right? If you keep taking the abuse and you don't strike back, one, two, three, bang, kaboom, you're gone, is the Trump method. You're going to keep dealing with this. It's like cockroaches. If you don't get rid of the one that you see in your house, you have 10,000 behind the cabinet.

So you got to eliminate the problem. Wham, bam, thank you, ma'am, done. And then you don't have to deal with it anymore. But the way we're not dealing with it, we look so weak and so wimpy. And I'm being kind with I'm choosing my words very carefully here because this is a family show, but we look very weak and very wimpy.

Yes, we do. Meow, meow. Robin Poffman, ladies and gentlemen. Robin, we got to leave it there. We're super late for a break.

Always great to hear from you. Great insight, as always. Text me the coordinates of the book signing. I'll be there with the big man.

Okay, I'll do that. It will not be a party without Poffman there, so. Yeah. All right. Thanks, Robin.

All right. Robin Poppin, everybody. And we'll be providing more details on the book launch party. By the way, some people said, Todd, we want to reach out to Novel Memphis. How do we do that?

Well, write down the number. I'm about to give it to you. This is the telephone number: Novel Memphis, 901-922-5526. Again, that's 901-922-5526. And you can let them know what you think about banning conservatives.

We'll be right back. All right, real quick, let's go to the phone lines. Rick in Jackson, Tennessee, WTJS. Rick, you got about 60 seconds. Go for it.

Hey Todd. Can you hear me? Yes, sir, Rick. What you got for us? You got about 45 seconds now.

Well, great. great show, and I want to donate my book Oh, like that lady was saying. I want to donate my book to the library, whichever one you end up with or want to do with. Oh, so you've written a book? I've done a lot more than that.

Yeah. I've met. I've had dinner with William Barkley. and all the stuff about bookstores and publishing I had ten thousand first hand. I love that lady.

All I care about is what's going on in the Mideast. The first thing we ought to do is. Blow those two ships out of the water in the Red Sea. Blow 'em, then we'll go from there quick. Rick, I'm with you there 1,000%.

And I think that's a good way of looking at it. And Iran should not have a Navy. That ought to be our response. Rick, you're a good man, and thank you for your great generosity there. We've got to go.

The computer is going to cut me off, Rick. Hang tight, everybody. And look, if you want to call that bookstore, give them a call: 901-922-5526-Novel Memphis. Let me know what you think about banning conservatives. We'll be right back, America.

Live from the Liberty University Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, it's America's favorite gun totem, Bible-clanging, deplorable American. That's right. I love this American rap. Star.

Well, hello everybody. Welcome to the program. This show is sort of taking a weird turn today, and I just want to make you aware of that. I. I've been dealing with an issue.

And uh I For those of you, by the way, welcome to all of our Newsmax viewers, and we're always honored to have you folks with us today. But I've been dealing with a personal issue involving the new book, and it comes out in March, March 19th. And so right now, the entire team, we are just wall to wall. When we're not preparing for the show, we're booking the tour. We've got a lot of speaking engagements.

And what's it, a couple of weeks, I'm going to be at the Reagan Ranch speaking to a very large group of conservative high school kids. We're doing a big book signing there. I believe every kid is getting a copy of the new book, Twilight's Last Gleaming. And we're going to be at CPAC NRB National Religious Broadcasters. And of course, we're going to be doing the big tour around the nation.

But so, all of that to say, and our friends at the House Freedom Caucus are throwing a big shindig in Washington. And I'm most excited, though, about our affiliate book tour. And we're going to be able to meet many, many of our listeners across this great nation. I'm very excited about that. Yeah.

All that to say, and I know this has really gotten under my skin, so just bear with me.

So I was very excited because the independent bookstore here in Memphis, Novel Memphis, I have spent over $5,000 buying books from these people. And it's really a fine bookstore, just a beautiful bookstore. And there's a great backstory to what's happening at Novel Memphis. Anyway, They refused to host a book signing and they refused to host a book event, like a QA kind of a thing. And so we had approached them.

And you know, these bookstores, there's not a lot of wiggle room for profit, right?

So I always tell people: if you have the option, go shop locally. We do that here at the radio station I own in Memphis. We have a rule. We buy local first. Even if it costs a few dollars more, it's important to support local businesses.

And I just live by that idea every single day, and we work very hard. And there are some times, well, we don't have a choice, and we have to buy from one of the big, big box stores. And don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with big box stores. All right, we love all businesses, but I have a heart for small business owners, and I have a heart especially for independent bookstores because I know it's tough.

So we reached out to Novel Memphis and said, hey, look, you know, we got the book coming out and we'd love. We'd love for you guys to host our signing. We could probably guarantee about at least 200 books being sold, which is massive. And they said no, they turned us down.

Now they host every liberal author under the sun, and a lot of these signings they'll have a couple of people coming out. But the idea of having a couple of hundred people showing up at this bookstore for a conservative author, I guess that triggered them. I do not know. But they turned us down. Flat out turned us down, and that's unfortunate.

But I'm telling you right now that um It's It's beyond anger at this point. It's just frustration and disappointment that there's such intolerance. Within the book community. And I think a lot of us as conservative authors have experienced that. I mean, Mark Levin being banned from of all places Target.

So here's how crazy it is. Target is actually carrying my new book. But Novel Memphis is not going to open us up for a signing. And you know what? I accept that.

That's their business model. And if they don't want conservatives shopping at their bookstore, That's their business. But it's just really unfortunate. I want to go to Stephen in Orange County, California. And Stephen, I understand you called Novel Memphis.

That's at the last break, Todd. I did.

Well, I hope you were. And Stephen, hold on. I know you were polite. And by the way, folks, if you're going to call Novel Memphis, and here's the phone number: 901-922-5526, be polite. We're conservatives, right?

We're ambassadors for our Lord and the conservative movement. But let them know how disappointed you are. 901-922-5526 is the number for that bookstore.

So, Stephen, I'm curious, what did they tell you? Oh, nice game. Hey, I I like you talk to a manager. Great. Wait a second.

young man picked it up and I said, Hey, I probably getting a lot of calls from the fan the top a lot of calls from the Odd star it's fan club date. Chuckle. Yeah. I said, well, I just wanted to throw my hat in the ring, and it sounds like you're Fine it. Todd apparently was pretty close to Fox's personal library.

Purchase. store. And um You know, why don't you guys host them? And he said, well, it's more of a business decision than anything. If his root, as he put it, his roots and religious books sell really well.

But his political books don't sell that well.

Well, you know, there's going to be quite a few people that would show up just to support Todd and get his autograph and everything. Uh the guy said, well, we'll think about it. But okay. God, you know, may may God bless you.

Well, good for you. Stephen, this is I am Stephen, do you have any of my books by any chance? I have not a single one of your books, but Twilight's Last Gleaming sounds wonderful.

Well, you're going to love Twilight's Last Gleaming, but here's what I am going to do. You'll have to order that one, but I'm going to don't hang up because I want to make sure that we send you some of my books. We'll send you Culture, Jihad, and the Biscuit Book, and we're going to throw in the Deplorables Guide to Making America Great Again. To answer your question, Stephen, and look, I get it if it's a business decision, but what they told you was not accurate because my political books have actually made the USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller list. They do incredibly well.

The Biscuit Book did great.

Now, the average book in America, Stephen, according to Publishers Weekly, The average book in America sells about 500 copies. And I can tell you, every single one of the books that I've written has sold well over 10,000 copies. And so we sell a lot of books. And the fact of the matter is, we could have had hundreds of people in that bookstore. And helping their business and being a good partner.

And they're literally right around the corner from the studio where I broadcast. And that's what frustrates me is there's this intolerance within the literary society and the literary movement to people of the conservative bent. Yes.

Well, we just said, as my pastor said, my pastor was on your show last week, Pastor Jack Hibbs. Oh, we love Pastor Jack, and he's Okay. Yeah, so just love on people. Just love on we just need to love on people. That's it.

That's it. But I will say this, I was a little frustrated.

So there you go. Stephen, God bless you. Hang tight. We're going to get Stephen's info and we're going to send him. We've got Culture Jihad.

Make America Great Again and the biscuit book.

So we're going to get you taken care of. All right. So enough of that. But again, if you'd like the number to call and just, again, be polite and be kind, but say, hey, you're a conservative. You buy books and you'd like to see them hosting us one of these days.

901-922-5526. That's 901-922-5526. Can we talk about Star Trek for just a moment? Have you heard this story? This blows my mind.

And I hope our chief engineer for the Todd Stearns radio show, Chuck, we call him Captain Chuck. He is a huge Star Trek fan. And Chuck. Is his whole office is sort of like a shrine to Star Trek.

So anyway, there is a big controversy over across the big pod involving Star Trek.

So the EU, the European Union, is wanting to censor. Star Trek. and its opening line about going where no man has gone before. Space. I love this.

This is the opening, this is the opening of Star Trek. And then you've got the lovely, you have the lovely, I don't know what's playing. Is that like a harp, a trombone? Is that a bassoon? That's not a bassoon.

Are those people just oohing an eye? Oh, that's what it was.

Alright, there you go. Anyway, ladies and gentlemen, thank you though.

So anyway, you've got uh You've got Star Trek under fire. William Shatner is saying, What's wrong with you people?

So they want to remove. They want to remove the whole Star Trek slogan, going boldly going where no man has gone before, and they want to get rid of the word man.

So William Shantner, Captain Kirk himself, is Writing about this, and he's calling it presentism at work yet again. Isn't it better to start at the beginning and redo foundational material like the Magna Carta? Religious writings, works of Shakespeare before worrying about a silly TV show opening that reflects social commentary of the time. If people are offended by six seconds of dialogue, Recorded in 1966. Without a modicum of understanding of the social issues at the time, there's bigger issues than they need to deal with first, like educating themselves.

Somebody beam him up, Scotty.

So good for you, Captain Kirk. And we stand with the good people of the Federation. All right, we got to take a break. When we come back, we are going to the phone lines. Our telephone number is 901-260-5926.

That's 901-260-5926. We'll be right back. Jeez Luke. Apparently, do you guys have this problem with the new? Have y'all done the new upgrade for the iPhone?

I don't think I like this.

So, somehow, Autofill was on during the entire last segment of the. of the uh of the show. I just sent somebody a very long message. Whoops, my bad. I'll have to get this figured out.

Okay, let's go to the Patriot Mobile newsmaker line. You know, I have personal problems. I need to put those aside so we can talk with our good friend from the eastern part of the great state of Tennessee, Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger. Congresswoman, hope you're doing well today.

Well, I certainly am, Todd. Have you got a problem I can help you with, sir? It's the new iPhone upgrade, Congresswoman. I just I'm not liking it, and I just I can't figure out how to get autofill to undo. Uh-oh.

Well, I don't know. I may not have updated mine, but I'll check it when I get off here. I don't like that either when they change things around, Todd. People are saying, Congress, they say, don't do the upgrade, and I did the upgrade. I should have learned my lesson.

So there you go. I don't know. Yeah, by the way, we were talking. Live and learn. Live and learn.

We were talking about my new book coming out. I know we're coming to D.C. to do an event. You were one of the great people who endorsed my new book, Twilight's Last Gleaming. Thank you very much for that.

Oh, you are welcome. You're just precious, Todd. People need to read that book if they want the truth. And we got a bunch of people searching for the truth right now. And you're just the one to deliver it, sir.

Well, you're kind, and thank you for that. And we'll talk more about the book at a later time. But I want to get to what's happening overseas right now. A lot of people wondering when we are going to push back and when Iran is going to learn they can't mess with the United States of America. What are you hearing?

Well, I'm not hearing a lot of anything. After one hundred plus strikes against our military men and women, looks to me like the Biden administration would have sent a stern message And with the technology we have, honestly, they could have gone in just like President Trump did and drilled down and got the bad actors and just alleviated that issue, Todd. But Elf. Why do we even uh take the sanctions off of those people over in Iran? Why?

We need to strengthen those sanctions and I'm not saying escalate it to a to get into another war, but for God's sakes, we need to protect those precious people over there. We lost three lives. How many I don't even know if they finalized the count on how many were injured. It's a travesty. It's a travesty.

And I said that in the statement that When they see a a a power void like they do in our White House.

Somebody's going to try to fill that void, and that's exactly what Iran's doing. They know that there's a weak leader. Of the United States, and they're going to try to capitalize off that, and they are.

Well, one of the things that really stunned me, we have a number of our friends on our side of the aisle who are saying, well, we don't need to go to war over this. We don't need to invade.

Well, I don't think it's about going to war. I don't think it's about an invasion. But I do think maybe Iran doesn't need their Navy. I think we need to send whatever we do has to be shock and awe. And we've got to really jerk a knot in the entire world to say, you mess with the United States, there will be you know what to pay.

Well, that's why we have to return to the Trump era foreign policy. You promote peace through strength. And I'm like, buddy, go ahead, make my day. That's the way we ought to be. And in no uncertain terms, don't cower down to those people.

They capitalize on somebody's weakness. And I'm like, Don't wait till you have 100 strikes either. Do something. They can be precise in their methods. And I don't know what they're waiting on.

I don't know how they are, what they're going to do. They haven't said they said there will be retaliation. But as far as I know, I haven't heard anything.

So you can't stand by and let them continue to attack our men and women in uniform. That's true. It can't be tolerated. No, it cannot be tolerated. We've also been following the developments.

Our good friend, fellow Tennessee Inn Congressman Mark Green, moving ahead with the Majorcas impeachment.

So what happens next in this process?

Well, the impeachment is in market today, so I'm sure as soon as they finish that and their committee work, they'll bring it to the floor for a vote. You know, I mean, he's proved over and over he's a threat to our national security and we need to impeach him. And if people didn't think so before when they said they didn't have the votes, they are thinking again. because their articles, and I was reading what Homelab had sent out. Secretary Mayorkis has breached the public trust by violating his oath to faithfully discharge the duties of his office for one thing.

He's knowingly made false statements to Congress. Todd, and he's also obstructed the committee's work on oversight investigations. And I'm like, if that's not grounds for impeachment, what do you need? It's a great point, and it's a fair point. Congresswoman, we are coming up on a hard break here.

So, again, we appreciate your hard work on behalf of the American people and the good people of Tennessee. And we appreciate you are one of the few folks you campaigned and you are delivering on your campaign promises, and we really respect that.

Well, I appreciate you, Todd. You call me any time, and don't upgrade your phone next time, like they told you. I know I should have listened. I should have listened. All right.

Thanks a lot, Congresswoman. Diana Hirschbarger, everybody from East Tennessee. Great lady and a great lawmaker, and just doing a terrific job.

Someone said, Are you going to be coming to East Tennessee for a book signing? Yes, we are. I'm telling you, folks, Grace Baker is plotting a huge, huge book signing tour. It's going to be a lot of fun. And again, we're being told phones are lining up at Novel Memphis, and good.

I think they need to hear from conservatives and let them know that we read books too. And they need to start practicing a little tolerance.

So, if you want to call the bookstore and say, You need to carry Todd's book and you need to have shame on you. Be nice and polite about it, but give them a call: 901-922-5526. Again, that's 901-922-5526. And trust me, folks, this is about ideology. That's what this is about.

Pretty, pretty pathetic. All right, we've got to take a break here. The question for our News Mac audience, we've been asking this on radio. Should the United States fight back with shock and awe? We'll be right back, America.

Well, welcome back, everybody. Good to have you with us. Let's go to the phone lines: 901-260-5926. Again, that's 901-260-5926. Let's talk to Wayne in Tennessee.

Hi, Wayne. What's on your mind?

Yeah. as far as it goes, My order he he should have been impeached long ago. Actually. Biden should have been impeached long ago. And it just Totally ticks me off.

Yeah. all these congressmen that are supposedly working for us Philly in their pockets. Out of our pockets. They've taken our tax money and sending it everywhere. taking over the illegals.

The illegals get more Brahma The people out of tax money then the regular people that should be here. Wayne, no doubt about that. What part of Tennessee are you calling from, Wayne? I'm calling from just north of Knoxville.

Well, all right, good people, and we love East Tennessee, Wayne. And you guys keep fighting the good fight out there. And thank you for watching Newsmax. And again, ladies and gentlemen, the final hour of the radio program is actually simulcast on Newsmax 2. You can watch us on all of Newsmax's platforms.

Our telephone number is 901-260-5926. And a very simple question: What do you think the United States ought to do in response to the attack by Iran? If this had been Donald Trump, I can promise you this. By Sunday morning when we were all getting up and getting ready to go to church, President Trump would have been on television, he would have been on Newsmax, he would have been on the radio. Announcing that Iran was no longer with us.

The entire country. But here we are. This attack happened late Saturday night as our troops were sleeping. And here we are Tuesday, and still nothing from this White House. And I find that to be pretty appalling.

Let's go to California. John is watching us on Newsmax 2. All right, John, you are on the air. Hey, Todd. Hey, I I'm a homeless, disabled.

Vietnam vet And this Uh whole thing with the three beautiful kids being killed Yeah, in their sleep doesn't fit Right with me. It really does. Yeah, when when I was over there. I've seen a lot of stuff. Look.

It doesn't have to be that way. John, it doesn't have to be that way. What part of California are you calling in from, John? Fill more. You know, there are a lot of programs and a lot of agencies available to help you out, John, and I hope that you certainly seek those out.

And if not, the Veterans Administration, certainly go and visit one of the local church congregations. It's absolutely unacceptable that anyone who served in our great military, who fought in our wars, should be homeless.

So, John, I want to make sure that you promise that you're going to go and you're going to try to get some help there. You don't need to be homeless. I've I've I've tried, David. I I have a Spring time to our just don't have enough money if I I have to give up that and It's complicated, very good.

Well, John, look, and I look, I can respect I respect that, but I will say this. You might want to visit a local church and talk to a pastor, talk to a member of the clergy, and they might be able to help get you pointed in the right direction. John, God bless you, and good luck to you, and thank you for calling in today. Let's go to Roger in Tennessee. Wants to weigh in on the Mallorcus impeachment.

Hi, Roger. What's going on? That's what. Um I'm glad you're coming to East Tennessee for a book signing. Um It seems like Maokis has a different mindset Uh they think tend to look at things differently than we do.

I don't think they're in their right mind. If you know what I mean. You know, Again, I think ultimately, and I get it, not much is going to happen here, but. At the same time, the Republicans have to send a message, and they have to let people know we're not going to tolerate this nonsense anymore. Exactly.

Roger, appreciate that call, and we certainly appreciate you listening to the program. Again, our telephone number, ladies and gentlemen, is nine hundred one two six zero five nine two six, and you'll see that number up on the screen occasionally. I want to play some audio here. This is from Rachel Mancow's show over on MSDNC. And it was a fascinating interview with Eugene Carroll.

And if every person in America either watches or listens to this interview, I can promise you Donald Trump is going to win in a landslide. Because you will understand what that fake sham kangaroo court trial. On the trumped-up fake allegations against President Trump was really all about. Take a listen. You've talked about using some of Trump's money that you're about to get to help shore up women's rights.

Do you know what that might be, what that might look like? Yes, Rachel. Yes.

Tell me. I had such great ideas for all the good I'm going to do with this money. First thing, Rachel, you and I are going to go shopping. We're going to get completely new wardrobes, new shoes, motorcycle for Crowley, new fishing rod for Robbie. Rachel, what do you want?

Penthouse? It's yours, Rachel. Penthouse and France? You want France? You want to go fishing in France?

No? All right, all right, okay. That's a joke. Although, if me fishing in France could do something for women's rights, I would take the hint. You know, I would obviously take one for the team.

All right, let me as if you need persuasion in that regard. All right, you see what it's really all about here, folks? It's a big joke. And you heard those words coming out of E. Jean Carroll's crusty little mouth, those crusty little lips of hers.

This is all a joke.

Well, it's no laughing matter. And I can assure you that President Trump and his legal team, they're going to appeal this ruling, and I don't think she gets a single penny. I think that Eugene Carroll is not going to get a single penny of this money at the end of the day. But this woman is clearly there's something wrong about her. I don't know if it's some sort of a mental defect.

I'm not a doctor, so I cannot give you some sort of a clinical diagnosis. But she is, as we would say in the Southern States, touched in the head. And when you go back and when you read her history and the fact that this woman claims that she is being w she said that she was uh first sexually assaulted by a seven or an eight year old little boy, This woman has been naming names, and clearly, when you look at the actual facts surrounding this case and who this woman really is, and all of this information was not allowed to be presented in court, the judge, who is corrupt, would not allow any of this information into the courtroom.

So, this is beyond insane. What what happened to Donald Trump? But you got a taste of what was really going on. With that interview between Rachel Mankow and the and Eugene Carroll. And there's a lot more that'll be coming out.

But at the end of the day, Don't believe it, folks. Just don't believe it. All right, we've got to take a quick break here. Our number: 901-260-5926. We'll be right back.

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We're not one of them. We want to give you stuff, which is why we provide our free newsletter and our podcast to you over at ToddSterns.com. Let's get right back to the phones. Let's go to Washington State. Michael is hanging out with us today.

Hi, Michael. What's on your mind?

How are you? Thank you for having me on. Mommy first of all. The question is. is I'm talking to some prosecutors, friends of mine, The um Citizens have an actual right to arrest anything Anybody who's doing anything illegal in this country.

If somebody does something out of a police officer's view, Th then they you fill out another a statement and it basically goes to court. with the a citizen that did the arrest. Um And that being said, anybody that's in this country It's coming here illegally. We have a right to arrest him. Right there on the spot.

There's nothing stopping the people from doing this. And I wanted to find out your opinion on that.

Well, you have to be careful, Michael, and you got to make sure you're following the laws that are on the books. And I will say, even if you do follow the law, you could find yourself in legal jeopardy.

So, look, here's my take on this. We've got a convoy that's heading to the border right now. A lot of patriots in that bunch. We need to let The law enforcement in Texas do the job. I mean, that's what they're hired for, that's what they're trained for.

And again, it is a very dangerous situation down there. I think the convoy that said it down there, the average Americans, I think you can show support by holding rallies and volunteering and doing whatever is necessary. But, Michael, I would point to a story involving a rancher. Who was actually arrested after he shot and killed illegals who were on his property? Seems to me that that guy was well within his rights to protect his wife and his family, to protect his property, and yet this guy is now in legal jeopardy.

He's facing charges. He's got tons of money coming out of his pocketbook to cover those legal fees.

So, to your point, And I know this is sort of a long-winded answer, Michael, but If you do that, number one, you got to be willing to play by the rules. But number two, you got to have some money because you may end up in court. This is true. This is true. This is exactly what the prosecutors are telling me.

And that's what's interesting. You know, the standard of the law. really do not exist to the people that are legally Operating and legal citizens in this country. Unfortunately, because of all of these leftist policies out there, there's one set of rules that govern people like you and me, Michael, and another set for those illegals that are coming across that border.

So appreciate you calling in, Michael. Again, my advice, folks, let law enforcement do the job, right? That's what they're there for. And we've got to make sure that we are good ambassadors. And that we are good American citizens.

And what does that mean? We abide by the law of the land. That's what we do. Let's go to Donald in South Carolina, listening to us on WDUN, great radio station. Hi, Donald.

What's on your mind?

How you doing? I'm retired from the Navy. I did three tours on the USS Long Beach in the Mediterranean Sea. We went through the Suez Canal. We're in the Indian Ocean.

And it was the sixth fleet Six fleet is composed of about one hundred ships. Believe me, Claire Attard. We don't have to take any crap from anybody. All they have to do Is press the button. The USS Long Beach was the first nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser.

two four six eight and it had about one hundred missiles. And this was back in 65. All they have to do is blink.

Now, if you can get Biden to get out of the basement, Press the button. And forget about it, move on to the next page, believe me.

So, Donald, let's say for the argument here, you're in charge. What is your response to what Iran did to us?

Okay. Simply press the button. You have nucle We have a lot of nucle we have a lot of guided missile cruisers over there. You have to take a forward stance just like Teddy Roosevelt said. Speak quietly and carry a big stick.

You have to be offensive. Because Iran was really nothing years ago.

Now they've grown to be a significant.

So, what I would do before I was Biden, I get the trajectory on military locations in Iran and one night about 30 Tomahawk missiles. Boom. I'm not a hawk. I'm from the Vietnam-era Navy. And if you have other Navy guys call you up, they'll tell you the same thing.

You can't play around with these people, you got to hit them first. Boom. Donald? I think we have to have a ferocious response. Whatever that is, Iran needs to know they will never, ever, ever be allowed to do something like this again.

And if that means, again, turning Tehran into a glass parking lot, all right, I'm okay with that. Because we've got to have peace in that region, and the only thing these radical Islamists respond to is brute force.

So we'll see how things go. Appreciate you, Donald, and thank you for listening to the program. Let's go to Leanne in Illinois. Leanne, what's on your mind? This Trump off the ballot the whole country.

Like he has not been proven guilty for anything. And here we are trying to remove people. Should we not take off Biden? He's got sticky fingers. He's small fear.

He's taking money from Beruzenach. He's not being convicted, but we're not going to take him off. He's sniffing our children, too. It's a terrible thing. Yeah, look, the Illinois so this was breaking news.

Within the past couple of hours, the Illinois State Board of Elections rejected a complaint. That sought to disqualify Trump from the Illinois primary ballot.

So the good news is Trump will be on the ballot. But people are trying. And Leanne, this just shows you how terrified they are of Donald John Trump. They are trying every single thing possible to remove this man from the ballot. Absolutely.

You know what it is? It's that swamp and it's getting thick. And he's not being he's not bought. He cannot be bought. And if he can't be bought, they don't want to end.

And six you know what I mean? There's no there's no buying him. Yes.

You call them out and they'll like it. It's a great point. Leanne, appreciate that call. Let's try to work in one more call. Sandra in Michigan.

All right, Sandra, you've got about ninety seconds here. Hi Tad, I was just colleague. It was just sad that we're not giving the recognition for the three service people we lost that fought for our country. But they can go out here and act like George Boyd was so much and he was nothing but a drug addict and a criminal. You know, it it it's a sad day in the United States.

Sandra, all three of the individuals who lost their lives Uh black men and women. Put on the uniform of this country. They put their life on the line so that I can sit behind this microphone and have a conversation with you right now. And to your point, I haven't seen a single person protesting, marching in the streets over the murders, the slaughter of American soldiers at the hands of the Iranians. My men.

I have not either, and it's a sad day. It is. It is a sad day. God bless those families. And we've been talking about them throughout the radio program today, and we have to.

The young people of America need to know the names of those soldiers who gave their lives so that we could be free. Sandra, God bless you. Folks, been a great day on the radio. We're going to keep it up again on the TV show coming up in, well, about three minutes. You'll be able to watch us, the Todd Stern Show, on Newsmax 2.

Ladies and gentlemen, again, Twilight's last gleaming. Can America Be Saved? Help us out. Go and pre-order a copy of the book, and you can do that wherever you buy your books. All right, have a good one, everybody.

We'll see you tomorrow.