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Well, hello everybody. Welcome to the Todd Starnes Radio Show. It is a busy day. By the way, Senate leadership votes underway. We're going to have those results here momentarily.

And the House leadership votes underway. President Trump being greeted like a triumphant warrior, a hero to the GOP conference up on Capitol Hill today. they gave him a massive welcome it was really something to see ladies and gentlemen also i'm just going to go on a limb here i saw the interactions between president trump and joe biden i've never seen joe biden look so comfortable and relaxed joe biden was smiling having a good time he and the president were jockeying back and forth it was really really quite the scene and uh the i'm just gonna go out on a limb here i have a feeling i have a sneaking feeling ladies and gentlemen that joe biden actually voted for donald trump that's what i think really happened here now we're going to start off the show with some breaking news breaking news now on the todd star show and it's some very disturbing news ladies and gentlemen uh we can now report that the the senate leadership vote is over and the never trumpers have won uh we can now report that john thune will be the next senate majority leader he is actually the worst of the three senator john thune from south dakota senator thune has a very long history and we'll try to pull up some of the audio of Senator Thune over the past, really going all the way back to 2016, attacking Donald Trump, not only in private, but also in public.

So this is a massive win for the neoconservatives. This is a massive win for the establishment Republicans. It is a massive win for the never Trump Republicans. It is a massive win for the Democrats.

So this is going to slightly complicate President Trump's agenda because he has to work with the majority leader in the Senate to get through any changes that he's wanting. Any confirmation of the nominees to his Justice League of the Cabinet, those will have to come through the U.S. Senate. And I'm telling you right now that John Thune is going to be a problem.

Now, we're working right now to get the vote totals and we will as soon as those come in we will try to let you know this was all done in secret so the senate republicans met in secret to cast this ballot we're being told now that um the final vote and here we go folks john thune 23 john cornyn 15 and senator rick scott 13 so your republican senators up on capitol hill just just kicked you in the wazoo that's what happened here this is a massive defeat for the trump agenda in the u.s senate and i am telling you folks you can't trust these people you can't trust them these senators and i know that for example my two um you had bill haggerty who came out day one bill haggerty came out day one and proudly announced who he was supporting. Senator Marshall Blackburn hemmed and hawed. She then came out yesterday and announced that she was supporting Rick Scott. And I believe Senator Blackburn, to be a person of her word, and I believe that she did just that. We're going to find out who these people are.

We're going to find out who the traitors to the America First agenda are, and we will publish their names, ladies and gentlemen. I can promise you that. But again, we're going to be taking your calls as well on this breaking news that just came out. John Thune winning the GOP leadership race, and he's a rhino, a Republican in name only. Once again, a very disturbing development as we go through the early moments of the Todd Stearns radio program.

All right, our telephone number, 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. While all that was going on, President Trump and President Biden sat down in the Oval Office, a roaring fire in the fireplace. And Joe Biden looked like they had put the medication back in the porridge this morning, and he appeared to be fairly loosened. and they shook hands and both of them sitting on the edge of their chairs looking like they're having a good time let's take a listen looking forward to having a like we said smooth transition do everything we can to make sure you're accommodating what you need and we're gonna get a chance to talk about some of that today it's good welcome thank you very much and politics is tough and it's in many cases not a very nice world but it is a nice world today and i appreciate very much a transition that's so smooth it'll be as smooth as it can get and i very much appreciate that you're welcome thank you all we heard i don't know if this is true or not we heard trump brought with him like an entire like gallon of delicious uh briars ice cream is that true no it was bluebell or it was bluebell vanilla i think very kind man donald trump very kind wow so there you have it oh who wasn't there was melania melania said nope not gonna go don't need to go there and i think melania rightfully rightfully so holding some grudges and mrs dr first lady joe biden she is in no mood no mood at all and i don't know if you saw the video we're going to be playing this tonight we actually have a body language expert coming on my Newsmax show tonight a body language expert that is going to break down not only what you just saw the interaction between Trump and Biden but also the the interaction or the lack of interaction between Jill Biden and Kamala Harris at Arlington National Cemetery Jill had the glasses on she was staring straight ahead and refused to even acknowledge that Kamala Harris was actually there there is some bad blood there ladies and gentlemen it is ugly so anyway um we'll and we'll be analyzing all of that tonight on the newsmax show so look we're going to take a quick break here and we're going to let you guys weigh in on this breaking news that the conservative the pro-trump candidate in the senate majority race has fallen came in third place what does that tell you about the Republican leadership?

What does that tell you about your Republicans in the U.S. Senate? 901-260-5926 is our number. That's 901-260-5926. I mean, honestly, when it comes to the Republicans and Capitol Hill, we have learned as conservatives that, you know, they just tell us to bend over, shut up, and, you know, enjoy the ride.

They don't even give you a cigarette. We'll be right back. Folks, hang on tight because we're heading into one of the most critical elections this nation's ever seen. And let's be honest, there's no guarantee it's going to go your way. We've already seen how far the radical left will go to push their agenda.

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So this guy is a huge never-Trumper, and he has, in fact, and will become the next Senate Majority Leader. He's basically a younger version of Bench McConnell. All right. I really love him. He's a good man.

Thank you, Senator. Let's go to the phone lines here, 901-260-5926. We'll start the day in Ocala, Florida.

Sonny, listening to us on WOCA. Hi, Sonny, what's going on? Doesn't anybody look at past records? This phone is a total demarat. It's in Republican clothing.

and no matter what you say these records stinks number one and number two how bad can the republicans be not to support president trump and his request for uh scott the uh you know the senate leader look it's yes sonny it's a great point and and you're right um senator thune has a very long history of being anti-trump as a matter of fact we've got some of that audio uh let's play cut number 13. Donald Trump is the republican nominee would you support him?

Well I'm uh I'm hoping we end they have other options there you go sonny uh the guy he he was not a fan from day one it's a shame how these republicans they must love shooting themselves in the foot because i guess they feel oh it feels better after you've done ruined my foot i think i i just cannot comprehend this. That's why I'm independent.

Sonny, good for you. And I'll tell you, folks, you need to be lighting up the phones right now. You need to be calling your senators, your Republican senators, and giving them a piece of your mind over this, folks. Just light up the phones, and then you call me and let me know what they told you. But here's Senator John Thune.

I want to read this to you this is what senator john thune and this is all you need to know about this guy john thune back in in 2020 after the the minneapolis riots he said this too many black americans live in fear that what happened to george floyd could happen to their own fathers sons and daughters we must continue to strive toward the full realization of america's founding promise that all men are created equal and liberty and justice for all.

So some of you may be out there saying, well, wait a second. Maybe that was somebody who wrote that on his X feed. No, no, no. These are remarks that Senator Thune delivered from the well of the U.S. Senate.

So not only is he never a Trumper, this guy is woke. You're basically looking at a conservative Democrat here. I mean, that's really what you're looking at. 901-260-5926. Here's Senator Thune just a few days ago issuing a warning.

I mean, the man parts on this guy. Warning Donald Trump. Cut 12. Is President-elect Trump involved? Does he have a chosen preference in the Senate?

Do you know, Senator? And will that come into play? I don't know that he does. I stay in regular contact with him and with his team. And, you know, obviously, if he wants to, he could exert a considerable amount of influence on that.

But honestly, I think my preference would be, and I think it's probably in his best interest to stay out of that. These Senate secret ballot elections are probably best left to senators. And he's got to work with all of us when it's all said and done. But whatever he decides to do, that's going to be his prerogative, as we know. All right.

There you go.

So issuing a warning to President Trump to stay out of it all. Let's go to the phone lines. Jackson, Tennessee. Keith listening to us on the great WTJS. Hi, Keith.

What say you?

Well, hey, good morning. I'm from the northern city of Jackson, Tennessee. All right, let's put Keith on hold. Let's work out the phone situation here, guys. And I think we got a bad connection.

901-260-5926 is our number. That's 901-260-5926. I want to play one more piece of audio just so you can understand the flavor of who we're talking about here. This is Senator John Thune bashing Donald Trump. Cut 11.

If you look at the record in 18, 20, and 22, when he's the issue, we lose. And so I would rather have the issue be Biden and his policies. and I think the way that you do that is you get a different nominee, which is why I endorse somebody else. The people who decide national elections are the middle of the electorate. It's the soccer moms, it's the suburban voters, it's younger voters, and I just think that we've got to have a candidate that can appeal to those, And I think that a lot of the drama and the chaos that seems to be happening on an ongoing basis makes it harder to win those types of voters.

I think the long-term effect, and again, this is where those of us who care about these down-ballot races and want to get the majority back in the Senate, as you try and recruit candidates, they're going to be looking at that political environment and saying, am I going to be running against the tide or with the tide? and there's a big difference based on who you nominate.

So this guy has never been a Trump supporter. And I want to see the final list here, folks, and I want to see who voted. And it's bad to say this as I'm a card-carrying member of the Republican Party, folks, but I don't trust my elected leaders. I just don't trust them. And you should not either.

I want to demand to see how all of them voted. That's what I want to see. I want to see how every single one of these senators voted. And I want to know why they did this in private. Why was this vote done in private?

Because right now, here's what everybody in the country right now is now wondering, okay, and you're going to have a lot of conspiracy theories out there and people saying, okay uh well did so and so vote i mean they're out there saying well i voted for rick scott only 13 people only 13 people voted for rick scott what does that tell you about the current condition of the republican party at least on the senate side this is absolutely insane all right i think we got keith back now all right keith uh sorry about the phone garbling there. Go ahead and finish your thought.

Okay, real quickly, since it's a bad phone connection. First, the Senate Majority Leader, of course, does not have the power that the Speaker of the House would have, so that's one good thing. He doesn't have the power that the House Speaker would have over the House, and secondly, it's not so much his RINO policies, it's seniority, and the Senate seniority rules, and a lot of senators voted for him because of seniority and not because of politics. I think that's a fair assessment. But the issue here is, and we saw this with Mitch McConnell, and John Thune is basically a less wrinkled version of Mitch McConnell here, Keith.

So the question is, will Thune still be able to maintain that McConnell group and stop some of these nominees, specifically Pete Hegseth, who I think is going to have a little bit of trouble getting his nomination through the Senate. I don't think the vote is going to go again.

Okay, yeah, we've unfortunately got a really bad phone connection here, guys. Keith, sorry about that, my friend.

Okay, so let's reset. We're waiting for the vote on Speaker of the House. We will bring that to you as it happens. Also, any new details on President Trump's private meeting with Joe Biden, we'll bring those to you as well. Coming up, we've got some great guests.

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Congressman Mike Collins joins us. Congressman, good to have you with us today. Hey, Todd, good to be with you. All right, so it looks like Senate Republicans screwed us again. john thune winning the senate majority uh race uh your reaction to that long as he's america first and we're going to push america first policy that's what we got to have we got to have somebody going to do that 100 well it doesn't look like we do i mean this guy is not just on the record he's been out on tv uh for years bashing president trump i just don't understand what was going on in the senate i know you're on the house side and we're going to get to that in a second but this is really concerning for all of us conservative voters who go out there we give it our all we give our money to support these candidates and they turn around and pull something like this well need to hold his feet to the fire then you know we got the 800 pound gorilla in the white house we've got every opportunity out there right now from the house to the senate and there is no reason that we shouldn't make history in the 119th congress we ought to be able to get everything done that President Trump has promised the American people without any question and get this deadline placed back on track.

It's not that hard to do. And if it gets down to the point where that's not happening, then I think you're going to see changes that happen. There have to be. And Congressman, I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but this president has a mandate from the american people to make to make massive changes and and fast i mean starting on day one so this is not like a we got to get to know you uh we're going to see how this thing plays out no this thing this thing's on on jet fuel man it's time to fire these rockets and roll congressman um can you tell us about the house leadership vote how is that going Well, we haven't voted yet. We won't vote until the end of the week.

I don't think you're going to see, you probably won't see any change in the leadership from, you know, as the way it goes right now, from the speaker down through the whip. The biggest thing is, Todd, and we've heard it, you know, we had candidate forums this morning, even from Speaker Johnson. He's 100% on board with whatever Trump needs done. We're going to do it over here. and he is 100% behind the America First policies.

And that's what's got to happen. To me, it's more about as long as you're going to push these policies and you're going to make this Congress and this House unified and make sure that we stay unified and people stay together on this thing, that's what's got to happen. We don't need fractured. We don't need people going off the reservation. We ought to be on the same page, And that page needs to be what Donald Trump campaigned on and has promised the American people.

Congressman, I want to paint the picture for our audience. There you are, front row today. You posted a photo. There is the president. I mean, it looks like you're just within a few feet of him.

And you've got a mountain dew, not a diet mountain dew, sir. You're doing the dew, sir. I respect that. that's a southern thing you know you but you but you know after i got my mechanical hard valve i drank a mountain dew and i could feel my valve doing extra rotations that's the power of the mountain dew uh what was that like president trump walks into the room take us through that experience no it was electric you know you had president trump come in you had you even had elon musk sitting on the front row up there um you could feel it listen this energy and i know I've said it time and time again on the campaign trail. And back then I used to say that I hope I don't have blinders on and I didn't have blinders on.

There is an electricity in the air and there is an energy and people are expecting things out of us. And if Boone doesn't do it, then by God, I guarantee you he can be replaced and he will be replaced. We're at that point in the history of this country. Anybody in leadership, if they're not willing to toe the line, then there's not going to be any reason to keep them.

So I think that goes for anybody up here. But you could feel somebody that genuinely cares about this country, and President Trump does. You can see it in him. You can see it in how he's comfortable about what he believes in, and he doesn't tiptoe around things. He tells you what he sees.

He tells you what he believes. He tells you what he wants to do, and there's no faking it. There's no putting up a show just because you're in front of a different crowd. And that's what I like about the man. And he's genuine.

And we've got to run this place like a business. We've got the power to do it, and by God, it's time to get rolling. You couldn't wipe this grin off my face for nothing. But, Congressman, tell us about some of the things the president told the conference today.

Well, he said we need to stay unified. You know, he praised Johnson for getting this thing across the line, keeping a majority, and committing to do America First policy.

So you're going to see a number of things happen. You know, day one, we know he's going to have to sign some executive orders just to stop some of this mess that's going on, like on the southern border. But then we've got a number of things that are teed up from inflation battling to energy independence to making sure that we build that wall and we secure that border to making sure we kick these illegal aliens out of our country. That's going to happen. That can happen, and it will happen.

Congressman Mike Collins from the great state of Georgia on our Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line today. and the congressman was on the front row when President Trump came in and addressed the GOP conference today. I'm curious about your colleagues in the House. Are they just as determined and fired up as you are?

Well, you know, I'm sure that some are in a little bit swingier type district. I'm not sure. It doesn't matter. What they need to understand is we can give cover and make sure that they're okay, but they've got to make sure that they understand that we've got an agenda. We've got a mandate.

And I think everybody does. I feel very comfortable in saying that, that they do. And, you know, whether they're as excited about it as me, I don't know. I came up here on a mission, and that mission can happen now that we've got Trump in the White House and we've got a Senate. You can bet your bottom dollar the first thing I'm going to try to push.

We need Lake and Riley passed. As a matter of fact, I'd love to see it go back through. The Senate needs to pick it up now. I'd love to have people on record on how they want to vote in the end of the 118th Congress in the Senate. But Lake and Riley can actually help our ICE agents to get out there and deport these criminals.

And there's some other things that we've got out there that I've got out there with some other folks that we're going to start pushing that can help make sure law enforcement has the tools they need that we can get rid of these thugs and these criminals that have invaded our country. That's it. And Congressman, how confident are you that on day one we will see the mass deportation begin? I think Tom Homan would get started today if they would let him. I feel very confident that the man's capable.

He's shown he's done it before. He did it when he was in the Obama administration, for God's sake.

So he knows what to do. As a matter of fact, I've had so many local law enforcement sheriffs in my district, and they came up to me all during the past year and just said look mike if you'll just give up the go ahead we know where they're at we know our county like the back of our hands we know where to go get we can pick them up we can have them gone within a week i love it congressman i'm look i'm excited about this and and again it's the president has a mandate he won the popular vote he'll win the electoral college uh the the one slight concern i mean we are we're still we still have a couple of house seats out before we can declare johnson um you know the republicans control the house is that right or has that changed well i think that uh no we got control of the house You know and I not sure if they even called the one out in Washington You know they got jungle primaries and jungle generals out there which the top two vote getters that come out of the primary go to the general. And you've got one seat out there that the two Republicans are running against each other for the general. You know, it's going to be a Republican. But the AP hadn't given that seat to the Republicans yet.

When I looked at it, I think it was yesterday morning while I was looking at it.

So you know that it's going to be a Republican, but that's the AP. Look, they'll play those type of games just to try to stall anything, anything they can do to slow down us getting our leadership, our organization in place, and getting our plan moving. They'll do that, and that's okay. Let them play whatever games they want to. We've got things in play.

We've got a process, and we've got a plan. I want to read this. I want to read this to you. This just happened on the floor of the Senate. This is Chuckie Schumer.

And I'll just read the quote to you, Congressman. I congratulate Senator Thune on being chosen by his colleagues as the next Republican leader. I look forward to working with him. We've done many bipartisan things here in the Senate together, and I hope that continues. No, what Chuck Schumer just said is that the Republicans have capitulated and they've surrendered to the Democrats.

And that's what they call bipartisan. And all I can say is no compromise. We've got to rule. We've got to govern with an iron fist. That's what the Democrats would do, and we know that because that's what they've done.

I mean, so we need to do the same thing the Democrats do. You're exactly right. And if he wants to call bipartisan where they get on board with America first and do what we're pushing, then get on board. That's it. Come on over.

All right, Congressman, we've got to leave it there. I know you're a busy man, and we're excited to get you back on the show. This is, again, I think it's a huge, huge win for America. Oh, I do too. I do too, man.

And everybody out there, I appreciate your help getting out and voting. I appreciate you keeping this on the front burner and keeping people engaged. That's what's wanted. I've been out all across this country, and it's just everyday, ordinary. blue-collar folks that are sick and tired of what's been going on, whether it be their pocketbook or their family's security.

And there is a true mandate out there, and we've got to act on it. We don't. There's no reason for me to be up there. That's it. All right, Congressman Mike Collins from the great state of Georgia.

Congressman, thank you. Thank you. By the way, folks, Senator Thune comes from a deep red state.

South Dakota is very, I mean, it's very, very conservative. he only votes conservatives 62 percent of the time that's what chucky schumer was just talking about that's what they call the bipartisanship is that thune has been working with the democrats this is not good this is not good at all and all these republicans now coming out ted cruz the latest oh i voted for rick scott okay only 13 of you voted for rick scott so we're doing the math here so somebody's not telling us the truth we need we need honesty we need transparency and that's why this should have been a public vote uh gotta take a break here folks 901-260-5926 that's 901-260-5926 this is the todd stern show today we have two very special guests on our program introducing len and lime hello for starry lemon lime soda thanks for having us what is starry lemon lime soda. It's a crisp, clear burst of lemon lime flavor, and it's caffeine free. Between us, one of you must be a little more important to Starry than the other. Who is it?

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All right. Well, hello, ladies and gentlemen. This is the Todd Starnes radio program. I am Todd Starnes, your voice of truth across this great nation. Hope things are going well.

We've got a lot to get through this hour of the program. and again the breaking news from the last hour senator john thune elected by um by the senate republicans and this is a great big up yours to the american people and specifically america first voters let me explain something about the senate and there was a little bit of a dust up yesterday day before yesterday uh we we've been talking about this quite a bit on our socials and if you've If you've been on my Twitter feed, you know that we've been getting millions of engagements over all of this stuff.

So it's a big deal. And the senators are very upset over this. And not just me, but a lot of the other conservatives out there are also raising these concerns. And the senators are taking great offense at this. Because in the U.S.

Senate, the Republicans in the U.S. Senate, they believe that you have no right to tell them what to do. that once they are elected, they become little tiny kings or queens. And how dare you question what they do? How dare you demand anything of your U.S.

senator? And ladies and gentlemen, not everybody's like that. I think we're pretty blessed here in Tennessee. We have two great ones here. I think Ted Cruz is good.

Rand Paul is good. You've got others out there. But by and large, the Republican caucus in the Senate, they hate you. They hate everything you stand for. They hate Donald Trump.

And I truly do hope that we're able to get the Trump agenda through the U.S. Senate. I truly do. Because I suspect we're going to have some problems there. Big time.

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Now last night President Trump announced that Pete Hegseth from over at Fox was going to be his pick to lead the Pentagon and I think this is a pretty brilliant outside of the box selection.

Now I've known Pete for a number of years and a little bit of Fox News trivia when And, gosh, Pete came to the network in 2014. I came in 05. Pete's wife happened to be my executive producer, so we were pretty close. And we were, as a matter of fact, my EP's office was directly next to mine. And so I saw Pete and his wife, Jen, on a number of occasions.

They have since moved to the Nashville area. And Hank Seth is a big Tennessee volunteer fan, so you know he's good people.

so anyway um all you know what has broken loose as a result of pete hegseth being named um secretary of defense and i think we have some audio this from whoopi goldberg uh from the view i sent the nice and that over to you there dylan do we have that all right we'll get to that all right let's uh this is whoopi goldberg just moments ago that's not true so is this the guy who's qualified to make decisions about the most powerful military in the world who clearly does not know anything about the military. You know, and also I feel insulted. I'm a morning TV host, and I've been here the longest. Where's my ambassadorship to Italy, Donald? Isn't something I said?

Beyond what he's saying just about women, the scary part is the Secretary of Defense is the highest ranking member of the federal cabinet, and there is a budget of $841 billion. It's the largest government agency. It operates 4,800 sites in over 160 countries. And as someone who right now we stand here with a country that has a lot of turmoil in the Middle East, in Russia and Ukraine, even in Asia with China. It makes me more than a little worried that you're picking someone who has he served for five or six years.

He was middle mid ranking, never has worked in the government. And you can say the government's bureaucratic and get an outside person that's going to clean it up. but it hasn't been cleaned up yet, and therefore you have to understand the place you're going into to operate it at its most efficient capacity.

So it's alarming. It's alarming. Oh, my word. What was that man thinking? Pete Hexneth is just a – are you kidding me?

Donald Trump, he chose a weekend talk show host to be the Pentagon leader? That's literally what they're out there arguing about. and they're accusing Pete Hegseth of just being selected because he's a host at Fox News channel.

Now, I want to share some background with you about Hegseth, and again, I know him, and I'm a pretty good judge of character. He's a good guy. 44 years old, Pete Hegseth is, and he's been around the world a time or two.

Now, I can tell you that Hegseth has served two tours of duty in war zones, Iraq and Afghanistan. He also served and worked at Guantanamo Bay.

So Hegseth is a very well-established combat veteran. He served in the Army for 20 years. He was decorated with not one but two bronze medals along with a number of other awards and distinctions. This is a guy who, and again, they're saying, they want you to think this is some nobody who has a talk show on cable television, and that's the only reason that Donald Trump chose him. That is not why Donald Trump chose him to lead the Pentagon.

is because Hegseth has been a passionate defender of veterans for years. That Pete Hegseth has been out there standing up for veterans when nobody else was. That's who Pete Hegseth is. That's why he was selected. As a matter of fact, when Pete returned to the States after serving honorably in the war zone, and by the way, he volunteered to go into those hot zones.

that tells you the kind of caliber of a man pete hegseth is when he got back home he headed up an effort to help veterans get the benefits they desperately needed and by the way this is you want to talk about his academic credentials because they act like he's a buffoon this guy is anything but a buffoon he graduated from two ivy league schools He got his undergrad at Princeton, and he got his graduate degree. And by the way, it's a master's in public policy. He doesn't know anything about running the Pentagon. Really, he's got a master's in public policy from Harvard University. And Elizabeth Warren is out there saying she's demeaning Hegseth.

Pocahontas. She's out there demeaning Pete Hegseth, saying that, well, Well, he's just a weekend talk show host. Anybody hear drums? Is that just me?

Sorry.

So let's, again, dissect her argument.

So she says this guy's not qualified. Really? He served 20 years in the Army. He's got combat experience. He's seen war up close and personal.

What about you? What about you, Liz? How many years did you serve in the military, Liz? Liz Warren says that her qualifications are that she had two brothers that served.

Well, God love them, and God bless their service, and we honor that. But, Liz, you didn't serve. What's wrong with you, Liz? Why didn't you serve? You know, here's what gets me about all these folks up on Capitol.

And, by the way, this is Republicans and Democrats because you got war hawks on both sides of the aisle. And here's what gets me. They had this bloodlust. and because they are servants of a greater master, being the military-industrial complex. And that military-industrial complex thrives on war.

That's how they make their money. The more soldiers get killed, the more happy the military-industrial complex is. But honestly, maybe we need to be in a position where if you've never served in combat, you do not have a right to send the sons and daughters of America off to war. Because how many wars have the Republicans gotten us involved in, and we had no business being in those wars? That's not a Democrat thing.

That's a Republican thing.

Now it's a Democrat thing. But I want to go back to Iraq. But again, Senator Warren is out there saying, well, this guy's not qualified.

Okay, how is he not qualified? how is he not qualified not only is he a combat veteran not only is he an ivy league grad he's married he's got seven kids all of this for a guy who just turned 44 years old back in june and i would be curious to know what makes pocahontas who has no military experience thinks she has more expertise than a combat veteran who was awarded two bronze stars again does anybody hear the drums i hear drums maybe it's just me anyway ladies and gentlemen all i can tell you is um i have had i i've had an opportunity to analyze all of the things that she's alleging here and it just seems to me that pocahontas is way off the reservation ladies and gentlemen anybody else hear that maybe it's just me so here's why they're upset and i think this is pretty brilliant but um pete hexeth doesn't believe that women should serve in combat roles in all seriousness this is one of the reasons why they hate this guy because pete hexeth you know why? He's a red-blooded American man. He doesn't want a woman. He doesn't want American women to have to go out and fight the wars.

And I know this is going to sound sexist to a lot of the magenta haired Subaru drivers in America, but I want you to understand something. Fighting wars is men's work, and it should be men's work. We should not be subjecting the daughters of America to the horrors of what happens on the battlefield. We just shouldn't. And it sickens me that the Democrats are more than willing to put beautiful American women on the front lines so they can have their body parts blown to smithereens.

And that's always angered me. I don't judge, and I don't. If a young lady wants to join the military and she wants to have that kind of life, she ought to be able to do that. I don't begrudge that at all. I honor anybody who wants to serve and to defend our freedom.

But there is a place in the military, and that place is not on the front lines. Here's Pete Hegseth, cut four. I'm straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles. It hasn't made us more effective, hasn't made us more lethal, has made fighting more complicated. We've all served with women and they're great.

It's just our institutions don't have to incentivize that in places where traditionally, not traditionally, over human history, men in those positions are more capable. And I completely agree with that. Coming up, we're going to play some more audio. He also talks about the wokeness that has infected our military. We're going to be taking your calls on Pete Hegseth.

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You know, there wasn't any way Joe Biden got 81 million votes. You know, lucky he got 8 million. But, you know, I've been thinking about this for a long time, and I'm sure it could never happen. But don't you think we owe Trump four more years?

Well, Trump was joking about that earlier today, and a lot of people are taking him seriously. and it was just a joke. But no, he can't. He's not allowed to do that under our current U.S. Constitution.

But, Louise, I suspect J.D. Vance will be more than happy to pick up the mantle of the America First movement. Louise, thank you for that great call. Let's go to John in Kentucky. John, what's your take on Pete Hegseth?

Well, first of all, I had the pleasure of meeting him when I was living in Ohio. And this guy, he is just so laser-focused on taking care of our military and our veterans. He headed up an organization called Concerned Veterans of America. He personally sought to it when they did tours. He made sure things were being done, and he got the message out.

And so also, there is a reckoning coming, and this is the impression I got. But he placed Pete Hexeth in that position because there's a reckoning coming for all those woke generals and those people, especially when we're dealing with what happened in Afghanistan. I just really believe that a lot of these woke generals are going to be seeking out retirement. And I hope he pulls General Miley in and brings him up on charges of treason for calling his Chinese counterpart. Because honestly, I've seen this guy in action.

He is somebody you don't want to mess with. and he is an outsider, Todd. And the most important thing, he believes in the Lord. He believes in his country, and he loves his country, and he's proved that numerous amounts of time. And here's one more thing.

He keeps in contact with his men he served with, Todd. What kind of person is that? That's a man of honor. He is a man of honor, and he's a good friend. He and his wife, we got to socialize together back during my years in New York City.

They were very kind, came out to one of my book signings, And as a matter of fact, I posted a photograph on the Instagram, ladies and gentlemen. If you don't follow me on Instagram, just look for Todd Stearns FNC, and you'll see that there. John, thank you for weighing in here. And I know you're a military veteran, and we respect and thank you for your great service. 901-260-5926.

Real quick, I want to get to this. You're going to be hearing a lot about this, and I want you to understand the context of what's going on here.

So the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump was putting together a committee that would purge generals and officers who were woke. All right. They're calling it a warrior board to review the top military officials. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a brilliant move. And let me explain why.

And you're going to hear how there's a purge. No.

Well, it is a purge, but it's a purge that needs to happen, because when Obama was president, Barack Hussein Obama fired 198 officers, generals, high level military personnel, 198. And why did he do that Because every one of those generals would be considered a gun Bible deplorable Rock conservative American patriots And what did Obama do He literally reconfigured and fundamentally transformed the Pentagon into this social engineering petri dish, which is why you've got all of these drag queens in the Navy in the Air Force right now. And so Trump is going in, and they all see this, right? And Hegseth, he is a fierce, fierce opponent of the wokeness that has infested the military.

So they're going to go in, and they're going to clean house. And that's what this is all about. I got no problem with this warrior board or MAGA military. We need a MAGA military, ladies and gentlemen. We don't need the Navy SEALs and stiletto heels.

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We haven't talked since election night. You were a part of our coverage. And, man, President Trump's got a mandate. How about that? I know.

And I think even those of us who are optimistic that he was going to win, you know, I did not see him winning the popular vote. I did not see him winning almost every swing county. I mean, it's really a remarkable achievement. And I think it's remarkable, too, that Democrats are still trying to figure out what happened, you know, kind of going back to their old playbook and saying, huh, I guess we got this wrong. Boy, did they.

and that's kind of good news for Republicans because until they get it right, I kind of see Republicans winning and we have a deep bench going forward. If Trump can execute on all these ambitions that he has, good for him. I think he will. I think he's assembling a very good team to do that and that's really setting up the next generation of Republican leadership which is, as I say, incredibly strong. You know, the word coming out today of John Thune winning the Senate majority race, and of course that's a big disappointment to the conservatives who wanted Rick Scott.

What's your take on that, and is that going to impact the Trump agenda in the Senate? I don't think so. I think Thune and Cornyn and, of course, Rick Scott all had committed to basically working with Donald Trump to get his agenda through. They made that clear in talking, for example. I think they all came out and said, yeah, recess appointments, if that's what you want, if that expedites this startup, let's do it.

And I think, look, John Boone was the number two in the Senate, been there a long time. That's not all bad. If he is willing to work with Donald Trump, he has heft. He's a popular guy. And I think you're just, I think with Rick Scott, You could have ended up in endless turmoil with all the stalwarts of the old guard not wanting to play ball.

And listen, we need them to play ball, right? I mean, this has to be every Republican legislator, both houses of Congress, moving towards the same objective. And I'm hopeful that Dune sees the writing on the wall here. Look, this is a mandate. They have a majority because of Donald Trump.

And I think the Senate needs to remember that. I think they will. Liz, let's talk about the meeting today. It's interesting. The vice president was not there.

President Trump, Joe Biden, and man, did Joe Biden have a big old smile on his face today. He sure did. I know. What do you make of that? I mean, is it possible that he really was so angry at having been deposed and dumped basically by his party that he really was eager to kind of hit back at them, that he really did immediately nominate Kamala Harris to run in place of him because he knew that she would not be a good candidate.

By the way, we all knew she wasn't going to be a good candidate. It was I wrote I literally wrote a piece, I think, three years ago saying that she was a great insurance policy for for Joe Biden because no one was going to push him overboard if she was the replacement.

Well, look what happened. That's exactly what happened.

So, you know, look, I don't know what's in Joe Biden's mind. I'm grateful that they had a cordial meeting. Frankly, I think it was terrific that Melania Trump did not grace Jill Biden with her presence and have the normal tea, because Jill Biden has been part of this administration, if not one of the prime movers, of being attack dogs to the Trumps. And I think it was perfectly appropriate to say, no, people who have kicked the FBI on me and my family, by the way, my family, too, including Barron, rifled through my underwear drawer. They do not get me to come and sit down and have tea.

So bravo to her. A thousand percent. And good for Melania Trump. I know a lot of people are giving her grief on the left, but I think that was a very wise decision. And again, somebody owes her.

an apology. That's just unacceptable. But again, Liz, this is, I don't know, there just seems to be an excitement around the country. And I think maybe even a sigh of relief that now the grownups are back in charge. Yeah, I think that's true.

I would say not everywhere in the country. I live in New York, as you know, and I'm sure we've had our fair share of women shaving their heads and doing other completely preposterous things to signal their displeasure. I spoke to one of my relatives in Maine. He said the place is just such an incredible gloom fest. He can't believe it.

And that's too bad because, you know what, the rest of the country is ready, ready to make America great again. Todd, there's so much stupidity, stupidity going on and infecting our daily lives. And Donald Trump is the person who got up and said, no, we're not going to let biological men compete against our daughters and our sisters in sports. It's stupid. And people responded to these things because they know it's stupid.

We're not going to set our bail laws in such a way that criminals roam free because guess what? They're criminals and it's dangerous. And yes, we're going to close our border. All of those things are things that are extremely popular, including, by the way, deportations. And you can just set your clock.

You know, and I know that the liberal media in particular, but liberals in general, are going to go berserk when they start deporting people out of the U.S., and yet the majority of the country wants that to happen. And not only that, there's been a long track record of that happening. Bill Clinton back in the 1990s deporting as at least 11 million illegals.

So really, if Trump wanted to, he could say they're just going back to the democrat policies of the 1990s yeah and barack obama that's right deporter and deporter in chief i mean he didn't earn that uh slur because it was a slur from the left uh for no reason he actually did deport a great many people who were in the country illegally look if you want to come to the united states great we welcome immigration and everyone has always said that, but do it legally. That's the recipe for success. And so, you know, when you have border towns in Texas, 90% Hispanic voting overwhelmingly for Donald Trump, you can be pretty darn sure that this is a successful and popular idea.

So, you know, Democrats just really had their fingers and their ears and their hands over their eyes. They didn't see, they didn't hear what the country was saying, you know, they've got some time to think about that. Liz, let's talk about the administration, and it's starting to fill out a little bit. Tulsi Gabbard, the latest name for director of national intelligence, a lot of names out there. Pete Hegseth nominated.

What's your take on the folks that are going to be a part of this administration so far that we know of? Uh, I'm really jazzed about almost all of them, including the two that you just mentioned. Um, I think that they are, they're being dismissed by liberal media as loyalists, as though that's a bad thing. Uh, what I would say is that they're allies and that there are people who are on board with Trump's agenda. You know, I had a lunch not long ago with John Radcliffe and he was saying, And, you know, yes, the Trump first term was chaotic.

A lot of people left, but those were not Trump people. He did not have his own team in place. And I think what we're seeing now is he will very much have his own team in place. People who approve of and want to help with his agenda. And that's just a world of difference.

So I'm really excited about Mike Walsh. I think he's a fantastic pick. I have to say, Todd, my most excited thing, and I think I've said this to you before, maybe, is the Vekra Maslami and Elon Musk with the Government Efficiency Commission. I think it is awesome. And I have no idea how effective they'll be.

But if there are two guys on this planet who could actually devise a way to shrink our bloated, redundant government, I would put them, you know, top of the pack. Liz, I'm going to send aside my man card for just a moment. And there was a movie back in the 1990s, I believe it was the 1990s, called Dave. Do you remember this movie? It was about the American president.

And so anyway, the president had a stroke. And then so they found a doppelganger who looked just like him. And he ran a company that got people jobs.

So anyway, he goes in there and he brings in his best pal who's like an accountant or something to cut the fat out of the budget and to actually balance the budget. I imagine that's what Elon and Vivek Ramaswamy are going to do.

Well, I think, honestly, you know, with a $6 trillion budget, I mean, come on, there are so many opportunities to find fraud and waste. And I think, frankly, one of the fun things over the next several months is going to be, and it's already happening now on Twitter or text, is that people are sending in things saying, oh, here's six programs that make absolutely no sense at all. Let's get rid of them and include spending on a DEI Zoom. Is that even possible? I don't know.

Maybe they made it up. But I mean, there's going to be there's going to be some great stuff that we're all looking at and saying, good Lord, who is the idiot who thought this one up? Vivek, I think, had an incredible post today saying people say you can't fire the bureaucracy. You can't lay off people. Here's my approach.

Everyone with a Social Security number, this ends in an even number, they're gone. They're fired. And the civil service protections don't protect against mass layoffs. There you go.

Just cut the federal staff in half, which I know is hilarious. I don't think it's probably true, but, you know, what a great idea, right? Exactly.

Well, most of these agencies have so many people that are, you know, they're not even actually at the office. I mean, a friend of ours took over Social Security under Trump, and he said there wasn't anyone in the building. And I think that's true still.

Well, it's going to be interesting to see. And, again, over 2 million federal government workers. and I suspect those numbers are going to be dwindling very soon. Liz, we got to ramp it up there, but we'll be touching base soon and great reporting, great analysis. Thank you.

Thanks so much for having me. All right. The great Liz Peake, everybody over at Fox News. All right. Hang tight.

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and it's from, and it's to the child. And she asked our volunteer, do we put this from your church? And she said, no, you did this. You selected it. You purchased it.

Wow. And it's from you. And so that's kind of a small microcosm of what low-income parents are kind of emotionally and how they see themselves that, hey, I need a handout. This is from you. And we're trying to flip that script and say, you provided this, you did this, you are doing what God has designed you to do as a parent.

And so the ministry is set up that way.

So it's more than a simple, you know, providing Christmas for kids. It is really what we're trying to do is affirm the dignity of parents, that no matter what you lack materially or in finances, there's a way of doing that. And we have a very short amount of time here, Pastor, so let me jump in here. And again, if you're in the listing area, in the Memphis area, you can actually drop by, go by Landers Nissan, and you can bring new toys.

So this is not old toys. These are brand-new, unopened toys. Is that right, Pastor? All brand-new. We want the best for our families that are coming in, just like we would go to a store.

Well, I think it's a beautiful thing. And if you are listening to us in Portland, Maine, or Salem, Oregon, you have an opportunity to still be a part of all of this. and you can go to my website toddstearns.com and you'll see the the headline join todd to ensure low-income families have a merry christmas there is a link that you can donate money and then the church will go out and just uh jeff we got about 30 seconds here but i guess you guys will go out and and buy use that money to buy christmas gifts exactly we we have a team that goes out and shops and um and they purchase the gifts that are needed and we set it up at it in our gym, basically. And so families from our local schools come in and shop. And we're thankful for, you know, they'll match every donation up to $7,500.

And that's very generous of them to do that. That's huge. And again, they're going to match those donations. $7,500, folks. Landers Nissan will match that.

So that's huge.

So we've got a job to do as a national show. let's get out there and make those donations if you're in the south haven area that's where all of you kwam listers go out there drive over there during your lunch break and drop off those those toys or you can actually drop off a financial donation maybe you don't have time to go down to walmart but you can still drop by a donation as well pastor jeff we're gonna have to leave it there but we thank you is ben deter behaving himself that's the big question we're keeping an eye on him all right put him on the prayer you know he's a preacher's kid so you got to watch out for those that's all right pastor jeff we have there you go uh we'll check in with ben deter in the next hour again you can in the break go to todd sterns.com click on the link you'll see the story there and let's make this a merry merry christmas all right hang tight everybody hour three coming up next Hi, everyone. If you've been injured in an accident that was not your fault, listen up. We have legal professionals standing by to answer your questions for free. Call now and find out if you have a case and how much it's potentially worth.

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Todd Starnes. Oh, yeah. All right. Well, pardon me. Geez, I was fighting with my headphones.

Hello, everybody. Welcome to the show. This is the Todd Starnes Radio Show, your voice of truth and hope across this great nation. And ladies and gentlemen, we have got a lot of fun stuff happening this hour of the program. We're going to be checking back in with Ben Dieter.

He is out collecting toys right now at a car dealership in South Haven, Mississippi. We'll explain why in just a few moments. But in the meantime, you can go to ToddStearns.com and you can make a donation. We're helping a lot of low-income families not only have a Merry Christmas, but also to do it with dignity and to provide and to protect the dignity of these families. And it's called Affordable Christmas, and you can find out details at ToddStearns.com.

And we're just going to be doing this this week. It's just a quick way that we can help out our community and, of course, help out the area that I grew up in. I grew up in South Haven, Mississippi, and there are good people down there. All right, I want you to write down our telephone number. If you would like to be a part of today's program, all you have to do is pick up the phone and give us a call, 901-260-5926.

That's exactly what David did in Memphis, Tennessee, listening to us on KWAM. And, David, I appreciate you holding over over the break. What's on your mind today? Yeah, just something I haven't heard a lot of people talk about, but I think it's kind of funny and something we really got saved from. In 2026, as you know, we're going to turn 250.

And I can only imagine the horror show that would have been the birthday celebration had Kamala and the Democrats won. But now I'm thinking, what is Trump going to do for the nation's 250? Can you imagine? I mean, it's going to be huge fireworks and all that sort of stuff. It's going to be incredible.

Let me tell you something, David. Let me tell you something, David. If the Democrats had been in charge, Uncle Sam would have been wearing fake boobs and stiletto heels. I guarantee you, that's what the celebration would have been looking like. It would have been a freak show.

Yeah, it would have been a whole focus on how terrible we are and our horrible history. But, David, I have good news for you, my fellow Memphian, because President Trump has actually already announced that it is going to be a 12-month celebration. He's calling it Salute to America 250, and the president's calling for a great American state fair with pavilions from all 50 states, nationwide high school sporting contest, and the president wants to build the National Garden of American Heroes.

so this is uh very exciting and i i think it's going to be one of the grandest celebrations in the history of the republic yeah well i know i didn't get a lot of attention during it's a very it's a minor point but i think man that was uh something that really was on my mind a little bit i'm like you imagine how miserable that's going to be if you know i think that's i think that's why trump wanted to win to be honest he wants to be able to plan that party yeah i appreciate it Take care, Todd. All right, David. God bless you. And, David, if you're over in South Haven, Mississippi, drive over and say hello to Ben Dieter at Landers Nissan.

So this is kind of exciting. We've never really done a remote for the show, but typically we're at CPAC or the National Religious Broadcasters or at, I don't know, West Coast Baptist College. This may be the first time we've actually done a remote from a car dealership during the radio show.

So before we get to some audio here, I want to share with you a story. And this is really, it's sad for those of you who are big radio fans, because the nation's radio community and industry is really going through it. I've taken one on the chin. There have been a lot of layoffs over the past two weeks, and most of them have come from iHeart radio stations and Cumulus radio stations. and it's really bad and and look a lot of these stations are at the they're at the mercy of their their overlords the and and it is not pretty now the the big story this week in the radio trades is that los angeles radio station kfi that's am 640 50 000 watt station out there in los angeles and they announced massive layoffs.

They literally gutted the news radio station's news team.

So they had a staff of 25 people, now cut down to 12. Among those that was let go was their longtime news director, Chris Little. He joined the station in 1991 and was promoted to news director in 2000.

Now, can you imagine that? being gosh in your late 50s um i think chris is in his late 50s uh if you're doing the math um and all of a sudden you're you show up to work and your your job's gone and it's horrible um the budget cuts are just insane and a lot of it and i'm just i don't know about you and i know we have a lot of great um independent radio stations that broadcast this show. But like I heart and Cumulus, they force down, they call them cram downs.

So they force their local radio stations to carry certain kinds of programs. And the local stations have absolutely no control. They're literally at the mercy of their corporate overlords. And that really troubles me because I believe that mentality has literally destroyed the radio industry. And that's not to say that there are glimmers.

And I would like to think that KWAM in Memphis, the radio station I own, we're one of the success stories. We're locally owned, we're locally run, and we care about our communities. Our radio programs reflect that. But in a lot of these towns, you don't even have local people. I mean, here in Memphis, if you wanted to go and talk to the morning talk show host at the iHeart News Talk Station, that person doesn't even live in Memphis, Tennessee.

I mean, it's crazy. There are no people there. You've got people. Let's say you're in, oh, I'm just going to make something up here, so don't hold me to this. But let's say you're in Dallas, Texas, and you're hearing the news on your local talk station, and if it an iHeart station the news people are probably in Kentucky I mean it insane But they doing it because they want to be cheap and because they made so many bad business decisions they are just hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars in debt, if not billions.

And it's just terrible. And it's hurting not just the industry, but I think it hurts the audience because there's no loyalty to you. You know, we ask you as listeners of the Todd Stern Show to be loyal to our show and to listen and call in and support our sponsors. Be nice to Miss Cassie when you're calling into the program. And most of you are very nice.

And so at the same time, we have a responsibility as, you know, as a station owner, as a host, to be loyal to you. And there's it's a relationship. It's a friendship. You don't get that in any other kind of a broadcasting venue. When you listen to a podcast, it's a one-sided conversation, right?

It's the host of the podcast. And if they have a guest, the guest. If you're watching Newsmax or Fox News, you're not able to call in. You're not able to talk back. But in radio, you can do that.

And that's why, first of all, I believe that radio is always going to be around. I truly do. And I believe that radio's greatest days are still in front of us, not behind us. But the problem is that we've got a lot of these corporations, and they're gutting these radio stations that are very successful, and they're taking away resources, and they're using those resources somewhere else. We had a guy that we hired, and just one of the greatest fellas, and he came from iHeart.

And he never would take a vacation. And I said, dude, why are you not taking vacation? You have vacation time. And the reason why is because over at iHeart, when they want to fire somebody, they normally do it when you go on vacation. And I used to work at iHeart when it was known as Clear Channel.

And I remember those days. And people would never want to take a vacation because they were afraid they would be fired. Can you imagine? You're taking the kids down to, I don't know, we can't say Disney World. I'll get in trouble.

Six Flags. and you're on the roller coaster and you get a text message, oh, yeah, we had to fire you. You're done. Don't come back. It's terrible the way they treat people.

There's a good buddy of mine. Many of you may know him, Joe Pags, long-time syndicated radio show host, but his flagship station is actually in San Antonio, W-O-A-I, great radio station, good people there. And he'd been there 19 years last week, and this happened while I was on the show. I literally got a text message from our good buddy Wyatt Cox over in Nevada. And Wyatt said, you're not going to believe this, but Joe Paggs just got let go.

Joe walked into the station to do his show the same way he has walked in over the past 19 years. And they said, oh, yeah, we had to lay you off today. You have to leave. And people wonder why radio is in the condition it's in.

So, you know, here's my take on this. And I think if we're really going to fix radio, and radio is important because it's really the only place where conservatives can have these kinds of conversations. And sadly, many of the talk radio stations in America are actually run, I'm talking corporately, are run by liberals who actually hate the content. I know of one city, and I cannot tell you the name of this. I wish I could tell you the name of this city.

I have a friend who has a show on that station. And one day I sent him a text. I'm like, hey, your station has been literally off the air for like two days. And the guy responded, yeah, we know, but the engineer hates conservative talk radio. And he said he'd get to us when he can.

There's another radio station, and the hosts were terrified of management because management was liberal, and they literally referred to the talk radio station as that white devil station. No, I mean, can you imagine having to go into that work environment every single day? And then on top of that, you're just a husband or a wife and you're trying to provide for your family and you walk in and it doesn't matter if you've been there two days or 20 years, your job is not secure. that's the problem with radio it has nothing to do with the people it has everything to do with the management and these corporations and i'm telling you this um i got to give props to there's a great radio station in gainesville georgia for example and it is a wdun and when you walk into that radio station you're going to see an entire staff that's been there 10 15 20 25 years it's a family-owned radio station, family-run radio station. That says a heck of a lot about that family and their values.

And I can repeat that story over and over and over again. We have so most of the radio stations that carry us, carry us because they had a choice. You know, these corporate radio stations, they don't have a choice. We had one big corporate radio station, and they were carrying this program. And they were forced to drop us because corporate wanted another show and i was talking to that that radio program director and he was really upset because our show was getting huge huge numbers and the replacement show is a dud and i'm not no i'm not gonna no dylan i'm not gonna name the name of the show because that's not the whole point of this conversation the point is that hundreds of very good and decent radio people lost their jobs over the past couple of weeks.

And I hope when you are looking at a radio station to listen to that you will support that locally owned, locally run radio station. Those people are out there working for you. When the lights go out, the storms come through, and you're trying to figure out what you need to do to protect your family, you can turn on the radio. And those people are going to be there. And they're going to be there because they live with you.

They live among you. You go to church with them. Your kids go to school. You play baseball with these kids, with their kids. I'm telling you, that makes all the difference.

And this is why I love radio. And, you know, it's so funny. I'll go to a place. I was in Statesville, North Carolina, and I was getting ready to head out to my next whatever location. And somebody said, oh, wait a second.

I listened to you on WSIC. I didn't realize you lived here in Statesville. And, of course, I don't. But the way we structure our show, folks think, you know, wow, this is Starnes lives in Salem, Oregon, or Starnes lives in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. No Starnes lives here in Memphis, Tennessee.

But you know what? We all share the same values. And it's not me talking down. It's just us having a conversation on our great big radio front porch. And our numbers are going to grow.

We're going to be adding more and more stations, but we're going to keep doing the same thing we have always done, which is delivering the very best radio program we can to you every single day. And I'm telling you, it's not over for radio at all, at all. But we've got to figure out something about these corporations because they are hurting, hurting so many radio people in the industry, and that is not right. All right, we've got to take a break here.

Sorry, I didn't mean to rant on that, But that really bothers me the way these corporations are treating these good radio people, not to mention another network that actually was Cumulus. And they told their staffers, you either get the clot shot or you're out of a job. I know a lot of people that lost their jobs as a result of that. That's not right. All right.

Got to take a break. 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. By the way, coming up later tonight, 5 o'clock Eastern on Newsmax, we're going to be bringing in a body language expert. and they've had a chance to monitor the conversation between Trump and Biden today.

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All right. Welcome back, everybody. Good to have you with us today.

So Don Lemon, the former CNN guy. And, by the way, talking about layoffs, continuing layoffs. layoffs. Hundreds of people at CNN are expected to lose their jobs, including Anderson Cooper. Can you believe that guy makes $20 million a year?

Geez, the guy's got no audience. Then MSDNC may be sold by Comcast. And if that's the case, you're looking at probably the complete destruction of that channel. They've lost over 50 percent of their viewers. Anyway, Don Lamont, who got fired by cnn is now doing his own little podcast and he interviewed a guy in new york city this is actually in central park they didn't tell you this uh but i i noticed the background and that is central park uh here is cut number six i mean i've been talking to a really really concerned and they're emotional and i think a lot of them have a right to be politicians aren't perfect they're imperfect like everybody else trump's rhetoric isn't for everybody his style isn't for everybody We got a lot of good things done under Trump.

Okay, then what they did, meaning a woman's right to choose, is removed under Trump. That's not the only issue in this world, okay? A percentage of the female vote went up 2%.

So are those women crazy? I mean, it's not 50%, but it's high 40s, and he got that.

So ask those women. Like, they voted for Trump.

So clearly, it wasn't just abortion was the issue.

Now, I agree. Even in very Republican states, you know, pro-choice amendments have done very, very well.

Okay?

So it is a concern. and I think most people are pro-choice, okay? But at the end of the day, like, there's a lot of people, there's other things. They're concerned about the broken border. They're concerned about crime.

They're concerned about inflation. They're concerned about a lot of other things.

So women are not one-dimensional. Men are not one-dimensional. And so if you're upset about abortion, great. If that's your prime issue, then go live in a state that's pro-choice. If it's not your one issue, like a lot of people vote for Trump, you got other things to care about, and he'll fix those things.

Not totally, but he'll do his best. I think it's easy for you to say as a man.

Well, dude, it's easy for me to say about a lot of things. sure i'm not a woman that's why i don't i don't opine on abortion there you go don lamon was not expecting that ladies and gentlemen all right hang tight uh gotta take a break we're going to your calls next 901-260-5926 that's 901-260-5926 this is the todd stern show and welcome back ladies and gentlemen don't forget head over to toddstearns.com and you can click on our christmas logo you'll see it there and help us as we raise some much needed funds we're buying christmas presents that will then be stocked in a store for low income families and we would love to help you join us in our affordable christmas project we'll We'll check in with Ben Dieter. He will be standing by in just a few moments. Let's go to the phone lines. Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Richard. Hi, Richard. What's on your mind? Hi, Scott. I'm glad you brought up the subject of the radio stations and the problems they're having.

I do have a question for you because you're the only person that I've heard even mention this, but do you believe that there's any relationship between that topic and the purchase by George Soros of more than 200 radio station licenses after Odyssey Incorporated went bankrupt. Because that was done by Soros. And the Republicans tried to say that the FCC was breaking established procedure to push that through, but it looks like it went through anyway.

So do you think there's a relationship there?

Well, it's all sort of in cahoots. And the concern would be, can Soros buy even more radio stations? I think that would be the broader concern.

So you have the big corporate giants would be iHeartRadio, Cumulus, Odyssey, which George Soros bought outright, so he owns all those Odyssey stations, and Town Square. Those are the big radio conglomerates. Out of all of those, I would say Town Square is the best, and they do a great job of letting their local stations do what they do and do it well, and they stay out of the way. The others, though, you could be in a situation where iHeart or Cumulus tries to sell off more radio stations to, say, for example, George Soros, and I don't believe that they're going to shut down the talk radios, the conservative talk radio host, but i think they will be curtailing what those conservative talk radio hosts can say on those channels now richard i'm in a unique position i am the only talk nationally syndicated talk radio host in america who actually owns his own radio station so we're able to do a lot more than the other talk show hosts can do because we are not being censored well that's one reason i enjoy listening to y'all and you know i listen to y'all online because i can't pick you up over the air in murfreesboro but um there are one or two stations here i can get and they're fairly conservative they are not to be blunt they're not in your league You are way above where they are. They are not bad for what they are and what they do, but they are not as good as KWAM.

Well, you are very kind to say that, Richard. And as much as we are and KWAM will always be a locally focused station, we're also a national radio station. You know, we broadcast my national show from here, and we do carry folks like Lars Larson and Larry Elder, Sebastian Gorka. And, you know, we want people from all over America to listen to KWAM, and it really is sort of a lifeboat.

So God forbid your local radio station gets bought out by, let's say, George Soros. At least you're going to be able to know that you can listen to the KWAM app, which is free of charge. Richard, God bless you. Thank you for those kind words, and you live in a great town, great city, MTSU, Middle Tennessee State University there in Murfreesboro. All right, let's go to Maysville, Georgia, and Charles on the line.

Hi, Charles, what's going on? Oh, great, great show, Todd. Thank you. Thank you. Just want to make a statement.

Everybody is concerned about the border. Why, why, why would they open the border? the border was open for one reason that was to get enough voters in here to vote the democrats back in office that did not work so they have no use for them now that's the way i see it you know charles help deport them yeah oh so you want to see you want to see trump deport all these folks no i want them all sent back but i think democrats should help send them back simply because they have no use for them anymore. They didn't vote them in. And that could very well be why you could see some Democrats doing that.

I think what's going to happen is you're going to see some of these Democrats that are not progressive. They're liberal, but they're not progressive. And you may see them start to change their views on some of these issues because they're not stupid. And I think a lot of Democrats are waking up, especially in Pennsylvania, the battleground states, and they're realizing that their constituents are sick and tired of these illegals getting all the benefits. Absolutely.

Absolutely. All right. Well, Charles, it's going to be a great day, I'll tell you that. And if you're going anywhere after January 20th, you might want to avoid the interstates because the southbound traffic could be bumper-to-bumper, folks heading to the border.

So there you go. All right, Charles, thank you for that. 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. So look, here is Scott Jennings last night.

Man, do I have great respect for this man. Scott Jennings is the only conservative on CNN. And he will be on this panel with, I don't know, six or seven Democrats. And man, the guy just, he says what needs to be said, and he doesn't get upset. He doesn't holler.

He just tells it like it is. And so he went toe-to-toe with Carl Bernstein and CNN over Pete Hegseth last night. Listen to Cut 3, please. They want to have confidence in the current leadership of the Pentagon and the way the defense situation has been operating for the last several years. I mean, from the Afghanistan pullout, which was an extreme debacle for which no one was held accountable.

We've had spy balloons flying over the United States. We built a $300 million pier as a public relations stunt, which wound up killing an American service member. I'd say I've had just about enough of the so-called insiders running the Defense Department. I think we ought to give Pete Hexat the chance. You think that's about insiders?

All the criticism of him is that he's not the expected Washington pick. And I'm just saying to you that the American people just voted against the expected Washington pick.

So he's got 20 years in service, Afghanistan, Iraq, two bronze stars, Princeton, Harvard. Yeah, he's on TV, but so are the rest of us. By the way, that lesson you just gave is really interesting because you highlighted a bunch of things that the civilian leadership of the country decided on. And the military, their job was just to execute. How did it go?

I'm just saying. I mean, how did it go? In terms of the decision-making, you're assigning decision-making responsibility to the military over things that civilians are responsible for.

So you make a good point. The civilian leadership made decisions, and then the people they put in charge of the Pentagon carried it out. And it was all pretty much a disaster.

So now we have a new president who I think got elected in part because of some of those disasters, and he's going to put in some of the non-insiders in charge of not just this agency but a bunch of them.

Now, look, you know, they've got to perform. They've got to perform. I mean, we've got 53 U.S. senators and Republicans. And Pete Hegseth, he's an American hero.

The man won two bronze stars for his service, and he's been a champion for veterans. I mean, he's going to have to go up there just like everybody else and prove his knowledge of how to do this job. He's not immune from that. But we ought to give this man a chance, in my opinion. Yeah, I completely agree.

And it's true. Everything he said is true. It can't get any worse.

So why not give Pete Hegseth a shot here? All right, let's go to northern Michigan. Austin, listening to us online. Hi, Austin, what's on your mind? Hey, Todd.

Well, I was actually going to call you on Friday to get your thoughts on a different issue, but as soon as you brought up the radio subject today, I had to weigh in because I'm a big radio head. I've always been a big fan of broadcasting. I do a lot of public speaking. And I know that this issue with big corporations laying off people has been big for quite a while. And I think that a local radio station's job is to be loyal to their listeners because, you know, I turn on radio every day for certain programs that I look forward to.

And, you know, when they're forced to drop a certain program or, you know, when a certain host goes away, then I think, you know, that's a big whoop and a big loss for the listening audience out there. And, you know, a little goes a long way when it comes to radio. And, you know, like I said, I'm a big radio guy.

Well, Austin, let me jump in here. Yeah, I mean, and that's a thing. And again, the corporations have no allegiance to your local town or your local community. And that's ultimately the sad thing here, because there should be loyalty, and there's just not. Austin, thank you for the call.

Let's go to Bill in North Carolina. Bill, what's on your mind? Just a suggestion in terms of deportation. Of course, federal law and federal agencies trump the interesting word. trump the uh sanctuary cities and states etc etc the border patrol and the federal marshals can hook up anyone they want and you know put them back on a plane and say okay sayonara i love the idea bill and i'm telling you there are going to be a lot of ideas um a lot of suggestions trump's got a plan and i have no problem i know we want you know there's talk about using the U.S.

military. We have been invaded. I consider what those illegals have done is an act of war, and we need to bring the military in. Let's secure the border and, quite frankly, shut it down.

So first, shut down the border and then start sending all of the invaders back across. And if we can do that, we're going to win the day. Bill, got to run, my friend. Thank you for calling in 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926.

This is the Todd Stern Show. I am, I'm doggone it, doggone it. I'm, uh, bag nabbit. I am confused, ladies and gentlemen. And perhaps you can help me understand this.

We've been watching this video of President Biden graciously welcoming Donald Trump, the president-elect, into the Oval Office of the White House. There's a roaring fire, the Christmas greenery atop the mantle, and they're having a lovely conversation. As a matter of fact, we've been told two hours, two hours these men talk together. But I'm confused here, and perhaps maybe even Ben Dieter might be able to help me with the answer to this question. Just a couple of weeks ago, President Biden was saying that Donald J.

Trump, the president elect, was the greatest threat to democracy the country had ever faced. And members of the president's own party calling him a Nazi, the president calling him a fascist dictator and garbage. And I'm just wondering why? Why on earth would you serve a fascist dictator freshly baked pastries? Just curious.

Let's go to the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line. Ben Dieter is standing by. He has been, oh, Ben Dieter, we're working to get Ben Dieter back with us. Again, the Affordable Christmas is underway. The Affordable Christmas Initiative underway at this hour.

Here's what we need you to do. Go to our website, toddstearns.com. Again, that's toddstearns.com. And at the top of the page, you will see some information on how you can help us raise money.

Now, this money is going to be used to buy brand new toys for boys and girls that have low-income families. And this church, Trinity Baptist Church in South Haven, Mississippi, they've done a terrific job of partnering with Affordable Christmas to make sure that parents are going to be able to go and buy gifts for their kids and they can do so at a very affordable price. And our job here is to raise money. I think we raised over $20,000, $25,000 last year. The goal this year, we want $7,500, and then the car dealership, Landers Nissan of South Haven, Mississippi, will actually match that amount.

So if our audience gives $7,500, then the car dealership will match that with $7,500 as well. All right, we have Ben Dieter, who is live at Landers Nissan. Ben, how are things going out there today? It's a party, Todd. You need to get off air and join us.

It's been a ton of fun just working with this great organization. And frankly, it's been encouraging. We've been seeing some of the totals that have been raised during your show, Todd, from listeners all across the country, whether that's Oregon to the great folks in Maine.

So on behalf of the church, just a big old thank you to you guys, because we have seen those donations coming in. And again, if you haven't, you can still go to ToddSterns.com, click that top story, and get in on some of the fun we're having here. I love this. And we talked to one of the pastors who explained how they got involved and why this is such an important program. uh we were also concerned about making sure you were on your best behavior no i'm hanging out with like deacons and pastors and i i yeah i thought i'm used to talking about mitch mcconnell and kamala harris so it's been it's been good for me to be hanging out with the church folks they're good people by the way yes that's good uh you might want to hit the confessional while you're out there um so uh by the way while you are out there landers nissan Donald Trump meeting for two hours with Joe Biden at the at the White House.

And they're having a good old time. Biden is all giggles and smiles. Of course. I mean, why wouldn't you be all giggles and smiles when you're hanging out with Adolf Hitler? Unless he's not Adolf Hitler, Todd.

They called this guy Adolf Hitler a week ago. And now it's like, let's booze and smooze with dictator on day number one. It doesn't appear so. I know that's why I'm confused I'm like wait a second I thought it was Hitler we're giving him a Danish what's up with that I know I didn't know Democrats loved garbage so much but I saw those photos there's no tension there and I'm wondering if again the person that was given the cold shoulder this entire election season unbeknownst to the American people was Kamala Harris because she was not in the building no she's uh last we heard from her she's in a bathtub full of collard greens drinking her sorrows away with a bottle of josh and barefoot wine yeah crazy things happening todd by the way detar we're in trouble uh ap picked up a story they they said newsmax host todd starn slams john thune as another trump rhino who is basically a less wrinkled version of mitch mcconnell i mean where's the lie where's the lie are they back checking you because there's no lie to be detected. They did not fact check.

Well done. That was a great line, by the way. I'm not shocked that AP picked that one up. I saw that when you pushed that. All right.

Well, Dieter, we're going to let you get back to it. And again, folks, if you're in the area, drop by Nissan. If you're listening to us on KWAM, drop by and say hello to Ben Dieter. I'm in a Santa costume. I was going to go with Elf, but okay.

There you go.

All right, Ben Deter, we're going to let you go. And again, folks, head over to ToddStearns.com and make a donation right now. And we do have breaking news, ladies and gentlemen. Breaking news now on The Todd Stearns Show. President Trump has officially named Senator Marco Rubio of Florida as the next Secretary of State.

The president just making that announcement literally a second ago and calling Marco Rubio a highly respected leader and powerful voice of freedom.

So your next secretary of state is Marco Rubio, the senator from Florida. All right, folks, it's been a lot of fun tonight, five o'clock Eastern. We're going to have a lot of fun on the Newsmax show. We've got a body language expert. We're going to be having a blast.

In the meantime, get out there and you be good, America. you