It Turns Out Biden Really Is Senile

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

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So we have a lot going on today, ladies and gentlemen. And first and foremost, I've got to give you, the great listeners of the Todd Stearns radio show, Border to Border, Coast to Coast, Across the Fruited Plain. I've got to give you guys a round of applause.

Well done, you. You folks have been lighting up the phones. You've been calling your elected leaders and you've been telling them to vote no on the continuing resolution to hold the line. And I know it's a very busy time of year, Christmas, you're out shopping, you're many of you are taking your vacations, but this really is well, was and continues to be an all hands on deck moment as we stop Speaker Mike Johnson and the Democrats for doing terrible things to this country. And I want you to understand something real quick because Speaker Johnson's like, well, this is going to just get us through March.

No, no, no. The bits and pieces that we've already been able to read of this more than 1,500-page government spending bill would literally, and this is the important part here, folks, would literally handcuff President Trump and his agenda for an entire year. There are maneuvers and political maneuvering, congressional maneuvering. There are tactics that are buried into this CR that would hamstring President Trump and his efforts. To pretty much rebuild and reshape and remake the government the way it should be.

So, this is yet another reason why we have to shut this thing down. And it looks as though that is happening. I'm telling you right now, though, that this radio program. Was the very first, and you we can go back into the archives. But we were the first radio program in America, and I was the first conservative talk host in America.

To suggest that Speaker Mike Johnson needed to go. I've been saying this for months now. And we've gotten a lot of blowback. There are a lot of people in the religious liberty world that don't even want to come on the show anymore because they accuse me of being anti-Christian. Seriously, that they have been saying that I am anti-Christian because I'm going after Mike Johnson.

Now I just want to say something here about Mike Johnson. I'm erring on the side of caution and just suggesting that he's doing all of this out of sheer ignorance. But somebody in Washington, D.C. tried to sabotage Donald Trump's first year in office.

Somebody tried to do that with this continuing resolution.

Now, Mike Johnson was either complicit in that. Or he was ignorant of it, but either way, it doesn't matter if he was complicit or if he was ignorant, either way, that should disqualify him from the leadership position. We need a man Or a woman, we need someone in the speaker's chair that will put the fear of God in these lawmakers.

Now, I have a thought here about something, and I wanted to I haven't even discussed those with Ben Dieter, so I'm going out here on a limb. But you know, the Speaker of the House doesn't have to be an elected member of Congress. Right. We've we've been through that. We went through the history of that a while back after the Kevin McCarthy debacle.

Yeah. I want to posit an idea. What if we were to have somebody? Because we need somebody in the speaker's chair. That will literally Ram through Donald Trump's agenda.

Everything Donald Trump wants, Donald Trump must get.

So here's my suggestion. Let's name Don Trump Jr. as the next Speaker of the House. Let's go ahead and shut down the government, right? Shut down the government.

Let it shut down. It'll be midnight Friday. Government shuts down. Let's shut down the government, keep it shut down until January 20, when the country is under new management and we reopen and the Republicans in the House. Select Don Trump Jr.

as the Speaker of the House. Because I can assure you this: Don Trump Jr. is going to make sure that his father's. Agenda gets through the House of Representatives.

So I'm curious to hear your thoughts about that. 901-260-5926, I want you to write down our telephone number. You will need it today if you want to call in and be a part of the program. That's 901-260-5926. Senator Josh Hawley.

Says Johnson's got to go. Cut five. Why would you saddle Donald Trump with this terrible spending bill before he even gets into office? And, Sean, the worst part is it dumps it right back in his lap in March. In March, under this bill, they'd shut the government down again, have to do this all over again, have to raise the debt ceiling again later the same year.

It's ridiculous. It's a horrible plan. I can't believe that Republican leadership ever cooked it up. Clearly, they didn't talk to Trump about it. And I tell you what, we need to have a serious look at who's leading this Congress because if this is the best they could do, I mean, it's just total incompetence.

This is a disaster.

Well, it is a disaster. And we've, folks, it's going to continue to be a disaster until we, the people, rise up. And put a stop to this nonsense.

Now, a lot of folks out there are now blaming, this is great, they're blaming Elon Musk, and they're calling Elon Musk the co-president. And the reason why the media is doing that, by the way, they want to drive a wedge between Donald Trump and Elon. That's what's going on here. No, no, no. Elon's not the co-president.

What Elon did was he opened up X. Formerly known as Twitter, and it has now truly become a national platform of conversation. And if you are a member of Congress, Your butt better be on on X. And you're going to be able to find out what the people are thinking. You're going to be able to get the pulse of the nation on X now because of what Elon Musk did.

It truly is a free speech platform.

So it's not that Elon is calling the shots here. It's Elon is reading the tea leaves. Elon is reading what you guys are writing and posting. I mean, we've got millions of people now that are weighing in on our Twitter feed that we did not have before. We're adding a couple of thousand new people every single day on X.

It's really it's really remarkable. But that's what's going on here. Here is Congressman Eric Burleson, cut number six. I think that they probably are going to come up with a skinny version of a continuing resolution before tomorrow, but. I'm okay to shut it down.

I'm okay to shut it down. Come back like when we shut it down, it's 85% of the federal government is still operational. We'll come back in January under a Republican Senate and a Republican House, and we can pass the appropriations the way that we want to with no excuses.

So, what I'm excited about is when we get here, when we get back here in January. You know, all these excuses about, oh, we had to do this because Chuck Schumer wanted it or Joe Biden wanted it, those all go away. And the American people are going to be able to shine a spotlight. On the Republicans. in in the House and the Senate and make sure that we do our job.

I I like this idea. And again, this is not about punishing anybody. This is about doing the right thing. By the way, Congress wants a pay raise. And that is actually tucked away in this 1,500-page bill.

We're going to get to more of that in just a little while. But I want to hear from you, what do you think first of all about installing Don Trump Jr. as the next Speaker of the House to ensure the President's agenda is not sabotaged? Do you believe we should go ahead and shut down the government, let it stay shut down until Donald Trump takes the oath of office? Our telephone number is 901-260-5926.

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Okay, I love that. I just know rid of the words. I like how along. Oh, I'm sorry. Welcome back to the Todd Cearns Radio Show.

I was taking a sleigh ride through a winter wonderland. Good to have you with us. Folks, wow, we've still got a ways to go, don't we? By the way, the last hour of the show, we are doing a fun Christmas trivia. You're going to love it.

Our team has had so much fun putting all of this together.

Some of Ben's questions were a little inappropriate, but that could have been the wine talking. I don't know. But you're going to love it. I can promise you that.

So, look, just a few moments ago, the gals over at the View. They are really upset over Elon and JD Vance. Cut number 11, please. Who is in charge? Because I've been saying it for a while.

Yes, you have. I've been. I'm saying that I think Elon Musk believes he's president. I do.

Well, you've been calling. I've called him vice president, I've called him president, because I don't know what JD is doing. I I hardly ever see I don't remember the last time we even talked about JD. He's right. He's planning the presidency when he gonna get rid of Trump.

So, you think it's Musk Musk Vance? Possible. Hey, you know who? Stay away from the stairways. Yes.

Because, you know, people put the leg out to trip you forward down the stairs. Watch out. Ooh. Who in charge?

Well, Whoopee, I'm going to answer that question for you. His name is Donald J. Trump, and he is large, and he's in charge, baby.

So you better get with it. And if you can't, just head on back home, Whoopee. Call it a day on the view. Go make yourself a sandwich, maybe a salad, and enjoy the Trump years. It's going to be great, ladies and gentlemen.

Trump is making America great again. And by the way, he is triggering people all over the country. CNN's lost almost all of its audience. Then news comes out today that Neil Cavuto, that's the show that nobody ever watches at Fox. I know it's a dirty little secret, but nobody ever watches that show.

And Neil Cavuto ending his show on Fox. It's going away. He was a huge never Trumper. I mean, he hated Donald Trump. That show's gone.

It's over. I'm telling you, it's a good day in America. By the way, there are calls, and we'll get to Mike Lee in just a moment. I do want to get to your phone calls. Mike Lee calling for Vivek Ramaswamy or Elon Musk to be the next Speaker of the House.

Mike Johnson's done here. He has, he's destroyed himself. And I look, I get that he's a nice guy, but nice guys sometimes can't be effective leaders. Because they can't do the hard job that needs to be done.

Sometimes you have to say no.

Sometimes you have to stand up to bullies like Chucky Schumer. And Nancy Pelosi.

Well, you can't You don't have to stand up to her because she's in the hospital and she got a hip replacement. I've got thoughts and prayers and hope she gets back. But anyway, you can't count out of these people.

Somebody told me, and I've had actually several people have told me. That the problem is is Not Speaker Johnson, but it's actually his staff, and most of the staff are rhinos. And they've cut off Johnson's access to everybody. I mean everybody.

So he's sort of isolated now. And it's a big problem. But ultimately the the the buck stops with the guy swinging the gavel and that's uh Speaker Johnson. Tiny gavel. All right, let's go to the phone lines here.

901-260-5926, Scott in Athens, Georgia. Listening to us on WTUN. Hi, Scott. What say you? Hey, Todd.

I think Margie Taylor Greene should be the speaker. I think she terrorized both the Republicans and the Democrats. I think they need somebody to terrorize them. I think Marjorie Tyler Greene is like The perfect speaker. When you say terrorize, what do you mean?

Do you mean like she threatens to punch him in the nose? What do you mean by terrorize? I mean, expose them for what they are. I mean, both parties are corrupt, and it needs to come out how corrupt our Congress is. I think she's good at She pointed out the uniparty.

And she's just, she's a spitfire. And that's what we need is the speaker. I mean, she doesn't. She don't back down. And that she's a pit bull, and that's what we need.

All right, so you want MTG, and you want somebody who's going to be a pit bull, who's going to punch back. I get that. And I think sh look, I think she would be very effective. The question is, can she get the votes? That's going to be the question.

Will the Republican cauckey will they give her the votes necessary To be the next Speaker of the House. And I don't know. But that's a. Scott, I like where you're going with this. Thank you for the call.

901-260-5926 is our number. Who would you like to see as the next Speaker of the House if Johnson gets the heave-ho? By the way, this just in, you know, America Fest is coming up. This weekend, and Mike Johnson was supposed to speak. Mike Johnson has now officially backed out of that speaking engagement.

You can read into that whatever you want to, but that's the news coming out of Turning Point USA. Mike Johnson will not be speaking at. at uh at America Fest in in Phoenix, Arizona. All right. This is Mike Lee, and he's got some ideas for the next Speaker of the House.

How do we go forward then? How do we do this? First of all, we're going to need new leadership. We've got new leadership in the Senate coming in the coming year. And I believe that The writing's on the wall, unless I'm just mistaken.

It seems to me that new leadership in the House is almost inevitable. If that's the case, I think we need to go outside the box. I think we need to look to a different place. Remember, neither the Constitution nor the House rules. require that the speaker Be a current member of the House of Representatives.

And I I propose That they swam it. Look, the Doge movement is enormously popular in the House. Just listen to House members who are Republicans. They can't get enough of them, including many of the people who have been part of this swampy process. They praise Doge.

Oh, Doge is going to save this. If that's the case, That being the case, given that they all have expressed such affection for Vivek, And for Elon, let them choose one of them, I don't care which one, to be their speaker. That would revolutionize everything. It would break up the firm. We would now have government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

rather than this carkell. from the firm, which is systemically corrupt. All right, there you go.

Sorry about that, folks, but it was a little hard to hear. But basically, Mike Lee is now calling for either Vivek Ramaswamy or Elon Musk to be the next speaker of. The house This is a good thing that's happening here, folks. This is not a bad thing. I know that I've been reading all the X feeds.

Oh, it's chaos in the Republic. Trump's already unraveling his. No. It's all a good thing. We are rooting out the rhinos.

And we're also explaining to those who are elected to Congress. That There's a new sheriff in town. And his name is Donald J. Trump. And he knows how things operate now in Washington, D.C.

And it's not going to be business as usual anymore. But more importantly, we the people have woken up. We, the people, now have access. Thanks to X and to the Todd Sterns show and ToddSterns.com. We now have.

the ability to alert people to what's going on. All right, we've got to take a quick break here. 901-260-5926 is our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. We'll be right back, America.

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Hi, Rob. What's on your mind? Hello, Todd. Thanks for taking my call and Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.

Yes, no, thinking about the speakership, House Speaker, I think Don Junior would be great. I'm just worried about Um too many people worried about nepotism. you know, having his son right in there. But with that said, I'm a big fan of Jim Jordan. I think he's kind of a bulldog.

I know he's got his hands full with what he's doing, but I'd love to see him in there. Yeah, you know, I've always been a supporter of Jim Jordan in that role, but Rob, honest to goodness, that man, I have talked to him privately, he just does not want that job. Yeah, I could understand that. Yeah, it's Yeah, go ahead, Rob. No, no, that was about all I had.

You know, I don't want to take too much time up from you, but I just wanted to put my two cents in, and maybe somebody could twist his arm a little bit, put him in a. He was a wrestler, and you've got to be careful with him. You can put him in a headlock. That might be effective on Capitol Hill. All right.

Rob, Merry Christmas to you, and thank you for calling in. 901-260-5926 is our number. That's 901-260-5926. So the Wall Street Journal. Oh, no, no.

I told you I was going to get to this story, and this is just absolutely insane. Yeah. But it turns out, ladies and gentlemen, That tucked away inside this fifteen hundred-page bill is. Is a provision that would give every member of the House and the Senate a pay raise.

Now, right now. Right now, we just found out that the average member of Congress earns $174,000 a year. If you're in a leadership position, it's a lot higher. But if you're just a rank-and-file member of Congress, you earn $174,000 a year. And you've got people out there.

In Congress, now saying they cannot live on $174,000 a year, that they need a pay raise. And so, according to the continuing resolution, they would get a pay raise of as much as $6,600 a year. And it could be even higher.

Now you think, well, you know, I mean, maybe they need a little bit more because they got a get a little apartment in DC. No, they don't. They can get a cot, they can sleep in their office. A lot of the lawmakers do that. You could get a pull out bed, the couch that turns into a bed.

You don't need anything glamorous. And by the way, the whole point of Congress was to be part-time, right? Nobody intended for our lawmakers to be full-time legislators. And it just seems to me, ladies and gentlemen, that every day the lawmakers spend in Washington, D.C. is a bad day or has the potential for being a bad day for the American people.

I'm just telling you.

So, I did a little bit of research last night, and I was like, wow, so is that it? Do they just get $174,000 a year? It turns out there's a lot more to it. And I want to go through some of this because you need to understand the context of this $174,000 a year. Keep in mind, many of them have other jobs or businesses, or they have a spouse that works as well.

So, if that's the case, you're looking at these. At some of these members of Congress bringing home a quarter million dollars, $300,000 a year. Knowing that, though, before I get into the perks, because there are a lot of perks that go along with being a member of Congress. Anybody want to explain how a person who makes $174,000 a year? How they're millionaires now.

Anyone want to explain that why we have so many millionaires in Congress right now?

So here are some of the perks. You get free reserved parking spots at the airport. You get a dedicated reservation line to book your airline tickets. Which, by the way, the American people pay for. You get a taxpayer-funded gym membership, and you get access to the private dining room there on Capitol Hill.

Okay. And by the way, let's say you got a congressman and he does something inappropriate with a secretary or one of the pages. Guess what? There's a taxpayer-funded slush fund. to settle workplace disputes.

And Forbes magazine reports that the settlements from that slush fund, are you ready for this? Since 1997, they've paid out $17.6 million. And that doesn't include the amount of money it took to publish all of the non-disclosure agreements. I cheez aloo Oh, and that's not even half of it. Are you ready for this one?

So House members are getting federal subsidies to cover health insurance, and that's about seventy two percent of their premiums that you and I are paying for. In addition to the $174,000. That they take home in their paycheck. And this is what really bothers me about all of this. The Members of Congress, depending on how long you've been there.

You get a lifelong pension. 80% of your salary.

So that's about $139,000 a year until your death. Yeah. And then, when you die, or let's say a congressman dies, congressman so-and-so kicks the bucket. His family gets a one-time death gratuity of $174,000.

So the family of the dead congressperson will get an entire year's Salary. I did a little bit more research. What about active duty service members? What about them? What happens if, let's say, an active duty service member is killed?

In the line of duty, what happens to the family of that dead soldier?

Well, it turns out. The service member's family only gets $100,000 a year.

So a congressman dies in office, his family gets $174,000, almost twice. And by the way, it would be twice with all of the new additions and the pay increases. An active duty service member's family only gets $100,000.

So I'm curious, ladies and gentlemen, what do you think? Does Congress deserve a pay raise? What have they done to justify getting a pay raise? 901-260-5926 is our number. That's 901-260-5926.

So like the Wall Street Journal has come out with Just a disturbing story. We all knew this was true, but it's just to read it, and it is a massive story. They have done an incredible job going into the White House and doing a deep dive on the diminished state of Joe Biden. Mm-hmm. And it turns out Joe Biden really is senile.

I mean, that's the bottom line. After reading through this Wall Street Journal piece, it's just really shocking. Just shocking. The story uh written by four journalists of here Annie Lynski, Rebecca Ballhouse, Emily Glazer, and Sabone Hughes How the White House functioned with the diminished Biden in charge. This is stunning.

And basically. The senior advisers We're pretty much running the show. I'm talking about Jake Sullivan over at National Security, the NSA advisor. You've got. A number of others and senior staff that were actually running the show.

According to the story, they had to keep meetings very short because Biden would fall asleep and then he would get confused. They had to make sure that questions were kept to a minimum because Biden couldn't answer them. He was literally just he wasn't there. There was nothing in his brain. He's just an old feeble man.

Staffers were saying that they've never seen anything like this.

Now the Wall Street Journal interviewed nearly fifty people. Including those who participated in or had direct knowledge of what was happening. And they're saying that this was insane. And my question is, why didn't anybody say anything? In all seriousness, wha why not?

How is it that They can Kept him away from his cabinet members, his secretaries. How is that possible? The White House, by the way. Said that President Biden had his good days, had his bad days. Bad days far outnumbered them.

The gut. According to the Wall Street Journal, if the President was having an off day, meetings could be scrapped altogether. On one such occasion in the spring of twenty twenty one, a national security officer explained to another aide Wild why the meeting had to be rescheduled. Quote, he has good days and bad days, and today was a bad day, so we're going to address this tomorrow, the aide said. Congressman Adam Smith of Washington.

found when he tried to share his concerns with the President ahead of the withdrawal from Afghanistan in twenty twenty one, Smith, a Democrat who chaired the House Armed Services Committee, was alarmed by what he viewed as overly optimistic comments from Biden as the administration assembled plans for the operation. And if you read between the lines there, ladies and gentlemen, it could very well be that Biden's diminished capacity. led to disaster. and the evacuation. Of Afghanistan.

Thirteen U. S. service members killed. One hundred and seventy Afghans dead. Smith at the time made a critical comment to the Washington Post about the administration lacking a clear-eyed view.

Um The U.S.-backed governments durability in Afghanistan. It was among comments that triggered an angry phone call from the Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, which ended up getting an earful from the frustrated chairman. I want to say something here. I blame every single Democrat. Because they knew.

And they said nothing. As a matter of fact, my question is why is Joe Biden still president today? What's up with that? We have a commander-in-chief who cannot lead. We have a commander-in-chief who may not even be aware of where he is right now.

His mind is gone. And I also blame the White House press court. They had an upfront view of it all, and they turned a blind eye, and they said nothing. They said absolutely nothing, ladies and gentlemen. But here's an even more frightening question.

If, in fact, this story is. As accurate Who exactly has been running the White House? And this administration for the past four years. That question must be answered. Let's go to the phone lines here.

Mike in Ocala, Florida, listening to us on 96.3 FM. Hi, Mike. I understand you're a retired Navy. Yes, Todd. doing a Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas. Yeah, I was just listening, you know, what what sort of Lost my off my back really is I did 20 years, which I would do again in a heartbeat. I love it and I missed it. But to get my medical Uh pension And these guys have to do one term and they get that same medical benefit I get for 20 years. all the time lost in deployments uh from my family.

You know, I I just In my opinion, that needs to change. You know, I just don't think it's right, but that's me personally. What do you think about these pensions from the congressman? It's inflated and outrageous, in my opinion. Um and again, there's some congressmen Um that have served God bless them.

And some of them only did four to eight, ten years, some retired. And then, you know, in that in in that faction of the the pension that they get from the military and the and the medical you get. Yes. well deserved, but somebody who's never stood a watch Somebody who's never been under fire.

Somebody who's never been deployed. You know, I I'm sorry, if you just do one term or even two terms, I don't think you're entitled to that amount of money. Yeah, this is insane. They don't even work a full year. We're looking at going back some of the days, and we'll have to check the most recent, but we're looking at 165 days, 168 days.

There are 131 days. These guys are not working overtime hours. No. They definitely don't know what an eighteen hour day is. seven days a week for about five Marks.

Exactly. Or working. I mean, look, and I get it. They're back in their districts. They're going to meetings and engagements and things of that nature.

And that's all well and good. But the reality is, that's the job that they ran for. They signed up for it.

So I'm not quite sure why they're moaning now. And a lot of them are really upset. Look, I'm still trying to figure out how do you become a multimillionaire on that level of salary? That's what I want to know.

Well I I mean, you've been in this game long enough, Todd, to know, or we all know how it's done, but. I I you know, for me, it's It's the excitement of this new Era in government, and I'm just hoping that they clean house and they get these folks that are. non-politicians in office And that they can't you know, term limit would be I'm 59, getting ready to turn 60. I would love to. Go to my grave.

knowing that there's term limits in the US government and state government. local government Um Period. You know, I just It's ridiculous. That you have career politicians. And then you and I have to work Ungodly hours to get what we have, what we've earned.

Yeah, it's not a government, it's a taxpayer-funded nursing home. I mean, that's that's really what it is. And it's, I'm with you. I like the idea of term limits. Uh, Mike, got a run.

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Very happy to have you with us today. By the way, our telephone number, if you want to phone in and be a part of the program, 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. So, Senator John Kennedy from Louisiana. Saying that we got big problems in the house.

Cut number three, please.

Well, Lawrence, I saw what you saw. I mean, it's a multiple vehicle pileup. I knew as soon as I saw the bill there was going to be trouble. The thing was as big as a Costco, and Speaker Johnson had to add a lot of spending porn to get the Democrats on board. Uh this can be fixed.

Here's what, if I were king for a day, I'm not, and I don't aspire to be, here's what I'd do. First, I would tell everybody to take their meds. Number two, I think President Trump is going to have to consider coming to Washington. I mean, let's face it, he's the President now. It's not President Biden.

President Trump needs to sit down with Mike Johnson and Jon Thune and come up with a new skinny CR. If the President wants to do something on the debt limit, we need to find out what it is and put it in the bill. And then the president's going to have to help Mike sell it in the house. All right. That was Senator Kennedy last night.

Let's go to the Patriot Mobile newsmaker line. Congressman Tim Burchett from Tennessee joins us. Congressman, first Merry Christmas to you. Hope you're doing well. And I hope you have a very politically incorrect Merry Christmas celebrating the Barkley.

Thank you, brother. That's pretty much how we roll around here, Congressman, to be honest with you. I know that. Yeah. Congressman, where are we?

What is the latest? Where are we on this continuing resolution?

Okay. Well, the other deal is dead. Um And there's a lot of misconceptions out there with it. There wasn't a forty thousand dollar pay raise for Congressman, what it was was the cost of living, it was a four thousand to six thousand dollars. I was against it anyway.

I I was on CNN yesterday and they were Saying something about it, and I said, about Elon and Trump weighing in on it. And I said, well, I welcome their support because I was doing this over a week ago. If you check my tweets and stuff. And what it is, is just a. A continued resolution is a Complete failure on our part, which we've done for over thirty years, both Democrats and Republicans, and it just continues the bad spending policies of Nancy Pelosi.

and Chuck Schumer. And so They loaded this thing up to get everybody's vote. And then, guess what? The public found out about it. They're so arrogant.

The tarmac boys, as I call them, the ones that are always out on the tarmac greeting the President. Whether it's Democrat or Republican, they don't ever look like me or you, Todd. Let's just face it, it's never going to be us. And these are the guys that are always beat patting. Trump on the back and telling him how great he is.

They'll be the one that's going to stick a knife in him as soon as possible. But They asked for a whole lot. And now, guess what? We're going to pass a clean CR. and a clean CR and under normal circumstances, people would be pitching a fit, but they ask for so much, and then they clean it up.

And now everybody's going to run home and talk about how fiscally responsible they are when every bad gum dollar is borrowed that we're spending. another trillion dollars every hundred days. And so it uh Levek and and Elon are going to do the Doge thing and they're hoping to cut two trillion dollars.

Well, guess what? That's just two hundred days of the current level of spending. of deficit spending that we're adding to our debt. We just, in that bloated VR that they tried to pass, had over one hundred. Million dollars in it for research for our Army and Air Force.

We weren't really sure what they were researching. But we just gave them nine billion new dollars. in the already bloated National Defense Authorization Act the week before. I you know, it's it's just the same old Washington sewer. And America woke up finally after we've been yelling about it.

A few of us up here have been yelling about it. And now I'm watching Fox and all the others. Pick my dollies. rhino Republicans out there patting themselves on the back about how They're so fiscally strong.

Well, they were right. They were in bed with this thing up until. Trump and Elon busted it and said they were going to and Elon said, I'm going to primary anybody who. I'll fund the primary opposition, anybody who votes for this monstrosity.

So they got caught with it. And everybody's running from it and claiming, oh, I wasn't there, but they were. This thing was going to pass. There was probably fifteen or twenty of us that would have voted against it. As of yesterday, if we'd have just had half the Republicans vote for it.

every single Democrat would have voted for it. No. you know, it's Washington as usual. Trump can't get here fast enough. And I want to warn everybody The new talk now is to raise the debt ceiling for five years.

And the debt ceiling is a limit on how much debt we can incur. It ought to be at zero. But But that's just where we're at. And so we go five years, you're looking at adding another fifteen trillion dollars on our debt limit. Yeah.

So I think. People better wake up. And realize what's going on. And I worry about. I worry about Elon and Bovec after a few months of this misery up here because what's going to happen You're going to have a committee.

In the House, going to send over something, a pretty strong proposal to the Senate, and then the Senate's going to send their proposal over to us. We'll vote against theirs. They'll vote against ours. And guess what? Nothing will happen.

Nothing will happen. America better wake up. Start holding these people accountable. Start reading these dadgum bills. They're on the computer.

You get your grandkids to show you how to download these things. And start finding out what the heck we're doing up here comes, dad gamma, it's not right. No, it's not right, Congressman. And again, and to your point, I mean, two trillion dollars, okay, I'm happy, but that's not even going to put a dent in where we are right now. And it's going to take a little while, I think, to root out all of this nonsense we're we're funding.

Is Speaker Johnson up for the job? Because the way I look at it, I don't think he is. I'm putting my cards out on the table. I think we need a new speaker. It's ultimately up to Donald Trump.

who the next speaker is. Let's just be honest. It's everybody's going to talk tough and a couple of people will peel off. But everybody if Trump calls them, They're gonna do it. just like if Trump calls them and says remove the debt limit.

And most Or gonna are gonna cave. What's the speaker's deal here? Back before he became speaker, he was a regular on this show, and immediately we got cut off. And I reached out. I I have a lot of mutual friends and reached out to them, and they're telling me that the speaker staff is really the problem here, that they're not good, and they're the ones calling the shots.

Are you can you give us any guidance there?

Well, when you have seventy percent of carryover from the previous speaker, you well, there it is. It is it's just so big. It's so big. I looked at the other day and one of our committees, Todd, and we did the obligatory End of session picture. You know, everybody sits up there and we act cordial and do all that stuff.

And then they bring the staff in for the picture. We had over fifty staff members on the Republican side of a committee. A committee I can't even get a bill heard in. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Staffers don't like it.

It causes too much controversy. It cuts too much money. Dope. That's the problem. That's your sewer.

It ain't a swamp, it's a sewer. Nothing flows in and nothing comes out.

So, just to recap here, because I know a lot of folks are kind of confused. Where do we go from here?

So, the current deal is that's gone.

So, will a new one be presented? When will that happen? Yeah. They're going to do a so-called clean CR. And it's going to be it on a normal it's like I said, The old bill, we shot ourselves in the head five times.

This bill, we shoot ourselves in the head three times.

So, you know. Under any normal circumstances, if they'd have brought that first bill out, the one they're bringing out today, the new one. Everybody would have pitched the fifth. But now everybody's going to run home and pat themselves on the back. Oh, look, we just spent a.

we spent a trillion multi trillions of dollars in deficit spending, and we're fiscally conservative. It's like when I raised the speed limit in Tennessee, Todd. I asked for eighty five and I took seventy because I knew seventy is what I wanted. All they're doing is playing the American public. and the big boys will the tarmac boys will get whatever they want.

And out of a clean CR.

Well, here in Memphis, I can tell you the average speed limit is 125, Congressman.

So it is what it is.

Well, Congressman, we appreciate the update. And again, it's a mess. And I am just, I think people are frustrated. And I will say this: my head is off to the good people who phoned. Wrote messages on X, and I think when you've got Elon Musk involved, that does really help convince people to do the right thing.

Well, I don't want to hurt his feelings, but The American public had already spoken. You know, two weeks out, I was already against this thing, and people knew it. People weren't calling me every day saying, Hey, man, are you going to move to the seat? They already knew where the heck I was because people like you were reporting where we were. And um and I welcome them to the fight.

I was just asked by The Wall Street Journal what I thought about don't you think it's odd that they're involved? And I said, well, y'all aren't asking if it's odd when these dot com billionaire liberals put millions of dollars in these dark funds to run against conservatives like myself. I said, why can't and they're signing their name on it. Everybody knows where their support's coming from. It's coming from their own bad gum pocket.

So. You know, I welcome them to the party. Mm. All right, Congressman Tim Burchett from Tennessee. Congressman, Merry Christmas to you.

I hope you have a very politically incorrect Merry Christmas celebrating the birth of our Savior. Thank you, brother. All right, Congressman Tim Burchett, everybody, on the Patriot Mobile newsmaker line. All right, we're going to take a quick break here: 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926.

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All right, this is a fascinating story. Um San Francisco. And man, are they really struggling out there? In San Francisco, a lot of businesses leaving because of the crime and the homeless people and the drug addicts. People are literally walking around.

It looks like a zombie apocalypse, and it's just really tragic. I was used to, when I was working in Sacramento at KFBK, we would go into San Francisco on the weekends for shows or restaurants or whatever. And just absolutely a beautiful city, a vibrant city. The architecture is just stunning. And the people there, it's just a friendly town.

And you have to, you know, like any town, you got to be careful where you're going. Predominantly, the. The downtown area along the wharf, just really, really. good people. And now the poor town it has just been decimated.

Just decim decimated.

So now the City of San Francisco, and they've been struggling financially. It's bad. It is very bad. Businesses are shutting down only because the police aren't doing anything, right? They're not cracking down on crime because they're not allowed to.

And they've got great cops. Don't get me wrong here, the cops are great. but they're just not allowed to to do anything about the criminals.

So, anyway, they figured out that the biggest problem that San Francisco has, according to City Hall, Is that people are mocking fat people.

So, the San Francisco Department of Public Health has hired a. A self-described anti-weight-based discrimination expert. To consult on weight stigma and weight neutrality. Virgi Tovar is the author of the book, You Have the Right to Remain Fat. And subsequent books, I have to imagine you have the right to have diabetes.

You have the right to heart disease. Anyway, um the New San Francisco. Fat czar Virgy Tovar says that forcing people to eat less cake is a form of oppression. Cut one. C-R-S-I.

If you're like many women, you've been to a birthday party or a small office gathering, an event that's meant to bring people together. There's swinging tunes, some adult beverages, and good convo. And then it comes time to cut the cake, and someone decides to ruin everything. Oh my god, that slice is huge. That slice is bigger than Beyoncé's paycheck.

Can you come behind? Half of half of that. A cake-related fat phobic incident or CRFI is that moment when it's time to eat delicious cake and it's interrupted by a moralizing impulse. Inevitably, there's always someone at the party who has to declare publicly that their slice is too large and that the person who's cutting the cake, almost invariably a woman, must do some disproportionate amount of labor in order to accommodate their need to feel superior. All right, that's Virgie Tovar.

She's also a contributor to Forbes magazine, and she reports on stories for the plus-sized market. Her most recent article featured about hosting a size-inclusive Thanksgiving. I wonder if they had three turkeys instead of one, and also fat phobia that's in current TV shows.

Now, I'm trying to describe this woman, and Bende, I want to be polite, but her, you know, when you sit down, and so it's like her belly protrudes beyond her body. She's a big girl. There's a lot going on, and I don't know what I can say and what I can't say. Let's just say this. Not exactly sure if she's walking toward you or walking away from you.

That's a fair way of describing it. Politely, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. She has been a vocal critic of something called diet culture, which I guess is being physically fit and BMI metrics.

So she's opposed to that as well. And I think she just wants Americans to eat more cake and pudding.

Well, okay, so imagine being tapped. To be The fat czar. Just imagine that being your title. We talk about a border czar, an energy czar. You're the fat czar.

I mean, but I guess if you're trying to destigmatize weight and BMIs and fat they did the same thing in New York. Remember, they tried banning fat phobia in New York. cracking down on it. She says that we should talk less or not at all. Yeah, exactly.

Talk less. Eat more. You have the right to remain fat. He says, don't talk about exercise at work. Wow.

She has got it. They always have the glasses. I was going to point out. They've got the glasses. It's the leftist glasses.

Wow. And there's an Instagram post, and she's holding up a sign that says, I don't want Ozempic. Oh, Zempic wants you. Very bad. You would be a perfect person to get on this drug.

And she also says that you cannot call obesity a disease anymore.

So you don't have to call it. You're wearing it, sweetheart. That's the kind you see her getting on board. She's in line at Southwest, and you pray to God. Please note.

No, you want her sitting by the window seat just in case the window flies out. You push her through the hole.

Well, she plugged the hole. All right, 901-260-5926. This is the Tot Starting Show. All right, welcome back to the Todd Sterns Radio Show. Great to have you with us today.

Merry Christmas to you, wherever you might be across this great country. By the way, coming up in the next hour, we're going to have a lot of fun. We're going to have a lot of fun, a lot of trivia, a lot of chance for you guys to win some great prizes. In the meantime, I want us to go back in time. And you are going to Hear for yourself the cognitive decline of Joe Biden over the decades.

Listen to cut number eight, please. The end result is they're about to knock my mother on the head with a lead pipe, shoot my sister, beat up my wife, take on my sons. Jack Kennedy lowered tax rates, increased growth. Ronald Reagan.

Now you're Jack Kennedy. In America, we never bow. We never bend. We endure. We move forward.

We are America, and we are second to none. Your party wants to go socialist money. My party is socialist. I am the Democratic. And they're going to dominate you, Joe.

You know that. I am the Democratic Party right now. Much more informed on. The um Come on. Um Some of the political Players And some of the Beer brewed here, it is used to make the brewed beer definitely.

Oh, Earth Rider, thanks for the Great Lakes. I wonder why it's funny. Yo! Mess with the minimum work unless you want to get the benefit. Whoa.

So again, I mean, this is not the same Joe Biden that was in the U.S. Senate. There's our oldest president, the guy's clueless. The Wall Street Journal coming out with a huge expose this morning, and it's just really Unfortunate. But what should anger you is the level of cover-up here?

You've got the entire Democrat Party, the leadership, all of the chairs of the big committees, all of them knew, all of them knew that Joe Biden was not well in the head. The front porch light was on, but nobody was home. That was Joe Biden. Just go back and let's take a look just over the past, what, year or so, cut number nine. Representative Jackie, are you here?

Where's Jackie? I didn't think she was. Oh, she's going to be here. Much more informed on The um The motives of Um Some of the political Players And some of the And the political parties. We're going to seize their yachts, their luxury homes, and other ill-begotten gains.

of Putin's kleptocracy. Yeah. Kleptocracy and klept the guys who are the kleptocracies. Beer brewed here is used to make the bre brew beer in this defined. Oh, Earth Rider, thanks for the Great Lakes.

I wonder why he's thinking. Yo! Mess with the minimum work unless you want to get the benefit. Asylum officer officers. And over 100 cutting-edge inspection machines to help detect and stop fentanyl coming on our southwest border.

Oh, by gosh. Ladies and gentlemen, You really think this guy's calling the shots in the White House right now? You really think that's true? A lot of folks are saying that he needs to go before January 20th. And there is some conversation afoot, but Kamala Harris.

Uh she's back on the she's back on the booze. I mean, there's really no way to say that, but she's back on the booth. And this is the good audio. Yeah. I mean, this was a speech she was giving to young Democrats, Todd.

And I mean, it's rather remarkable because this is her. Supposedly clear-eyed, but as you point out, she sounds absolutely hammered. Absolutely hammered. It's terrible. And again, folks, this is.

Do we have that audio? All right, let's play that. I just love seeing all of our young leaders. You know, when I look out at all of you, I know and I feel so strongly. The future of our country is bright.

It is bright because of all of you. Many people have come up to me telling me they feel tired. Maybe even resigned. Folks who have said to me that they're not sure. Whether they have the strength.

Much less the desire. to stay in the fight. But let me be very clear. No one can walk away. No one can walk away.

We must stay in the fight. That could be the Hennessy talking. I just wow. Wow. And she was speaking to give context to that audio.

She was speaking to young Democrats who are still in therapy. They're in their safe spaces after she lost for the country, for Democrats. And so all of these young people, Todd, they're having a blue-blue Christmas. They're like, how are we ever supposed to get back to our activism causes? And that was her message of some form of hope or therapy: like, get back out there.

And that's what they got. And they were only more depressed. You know, she's going to need a new job. I know that she wants to run for president, but she's broke. She got no money.

Well, there's a report by the Daily Mail that she's getting book deals left and right. And actually, Netflix is wanting to do a series on this woman. The only $20 million book deal. Oh, how? $20 million?

$20 million. That's not going to cover it. She was over $20 million in debt. $1 billion. Yeah.

It's crazy. But I would still, look, if the Netflix series is about what really went on in that White House, I'm all over it. I'd watch that. Yeah. Well, and that's what in this Daily Mail article it was saying.

People close to Kamala Harris said all of these TV executives, the people with HBO and Amazon Prime, they keep on asking her if she'll do a TV series with them to talk about the handoff between Joe Biden, who you just heard from in that audio, very cognitively impaired, and Kamala Harris. I mean, that would be must-see television. But will she actually do it? How desperate is this woman for a job and cash? You know, what was it?

Snooped. Was Snoop Dogg? Wasn't he a spokesman for Colt 45? Malt liquor back at, I think he was. We can Google that, won't you?

That in Bic. The Dick Laters. No, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Billy D. Williams.

Why not Kamala Harris? Imagine she's sitting in the bathtub, soaking with the collard of greens and drinking the cold 45. This is a great idea, Todd. I mean, Being very generous. She needs to rebrand herself.

How do you rebrand yourself? I don't know. But she's. Or Josh. She could be the new spokesperson for Josh.

Or collar greens in the bathtub. Or collar greens in a bathtub. Yes. That's a marketing campaign. Sweet mercy.

All right. There you go, ladies and gentlemen. It is a weird time for poor Kabala Harris. She is going to need a job. And maybe we could, maybe our listeners have an idea.

Maybe what is that second career? But she's 60 years old. She's a young lady. Yeah. She's a young woman.

There can always be a new second half of her life. I have a suggestion. She would be great on the view. Oh, this offense just Well, I mean, the add her to the lineup. What about, could she be that person?

You always need somebody in the audience, like at a comedian, like at a comedy club, that's helping start the laughter, you know, because she's really good about that. She just starts laughing for no apparent reason whatsoever. Yeah. Yeah, that's a great idea. What kind of a job would you recommend, ladies and gentlemen?

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This is the Todd Starring Show. Uh All right, welcome back everybody. Happy to have you with us today on the Todd Cearns radio show. Wow, let me say this. There is a lot going on right now with people getting sick, and there's just a lot of illness going around.

I've noticed it around Memphis as well. And there's also a lot of concern, especially when you're getting together for the holiday, getting all the family together, and folks are going to get the sniffles or the whatnot. But now we have to possibly contend with bird flu. I think. You know who's going to tell us?

Dr. Kelly Victory. She is the Chief of Disaster and Emergency Medicine at the Wellness Company. Dr. Victory, welcome back to the show.

Hope you're doing good. I am doing great, Todd. Thanks as always for having me. All right. So do we need to be worried here?

I know Governor Newsome, California, declared a state of emergency over a case of the bird flu there. Is this something that we need to be concerned about? Absolutely not. Bird bloom has been around H5N1 for quite some time, Todd. The good news is that it simply does not spread easily human to human.

It the only people who have contracted it in the state of California are people who have been in direct contact with infected poultry, birds or infected cattle. And that is largely the way bird flu has always gone. There's been a singular case of severe human disease in the state of Louisiana. Everybody else who has contracted it has had very, very mild symptoms: runny nose and a little bit of pink eye or conjunctive itis. And again, there's been no human-to-human transmission in the state of California.

There have been a total of, I think, 160 people who have, quote, tested positive, but they're barely ill.

So there's no reason for people to be concerned, and absolutely no justification for Gavin Newsom to have declared a Preemptive or proactive state of emergency. I am concerned that they are going to use these outbreaks. As a reason to, number one, instill fear in people, number two, to create chaos going into the new administration, and thirdly, to unnecessarily call or kill off these infected animals when what they should do is simply let the virus run its Course, through the flock or through the herd, some number of animals will get sick and some may even die, but the vast majority will develop natural immunity. Instead, if they unnecessarily kill millions and millions of poultry birds, for example, or cattle, all they do is drive up the prices of those things. And so it will make it very, very difficult for President Trump to do anything about skyrocketing grocery prices if they have put that sort of a hurt on the food and the food supply.

I noticed there was a report, I think it was on MSDNC, Dr. Peter Hotez. And this guy is pretty notorious. And he was one of the clot shot pushers.

Now he's predicting that America could be hit by multiple pandemics after Trump is inaugurated. How can he get out I mean, how can somebody say something like that? How can a doctor say something like that? He has a remarkable crystal ball, apparently, Todd, that Peter Hoch has not only predicted multiple pandemics and outbreaks, but he predicted them on January 21st of 2025.

So he's really dialed in on the Ouija board. He rattled off in an interview, I think, 11 or 12 different pathogens, everything from bird flu to Zika, Ebola, coronavirus. Malaria on down the line of different things that he was quite certain would affect humans. I think a couple of things. Number one, it is pure unadulterated fear-mongering, which he is really proficient at.

But number two, it's because Peter Hotez is aware. that they are doing gain of function research. Specifically on H5N1, on bird flu, in the United States, at places like the University of Wisconsin in Madison and the USDA labs in Georgia. And they are specifically trying to make H5N1 more transmissible, human to human, because left to its own, it does not spread between people. Why in the world would they be doing that kind of genifunction?

You can ask yourself. Truly, they will tell you it's because. they want to develop a vaccine or know how to treat it if it should happen. But I believe that fundamentally, they are weaponizing it, which is the exact thing that happened with With COVID, with COVID-19, that was absolutely irrefutably the result of gain of function research. Whether it got out purposefully or out of abject incompetence via a lab worker, I can't say, but it was not a naturally occurring virus.

And we should absolutely not allow this to continue, this gain of function, where you take a virus like bird flu that otherwise would simply affect poultry, birds, and cattle, and start trying to manipulate it in a laboratory so that it spreads more easily amongst people. Dr. Kelly Victory is the chief of disaster and emergency medicine at the Wellness Company. And Dr. Victory, of course, we've been promoting the great emergency medical kits that you guys have.

One of my staffers is really into the healthy living and running and drinking the bone broth and all that kind of stuff. Anyway, he was very excited to see all these self-defense. Complements that you guys have as well for not just grown-ups, but also for kids. Yes, and thank you for pointing that out because we have these great emergency kits and quite a number of them, but we have a huge line of great supplements, the ones that you just mentioned. I also am a huge fan of the broccoli sprouts.

You can't possibly eat enough broccoli sprouts as a food source to get enough of the active ingredient, which is sulforaphane.

So we have a dehydrated version that comes in a capsule, has tremendous anti cancer and antioxidant effects We've got medication or supplements, formulations for sleep, for stress management, for clarity of thoughts. We've got really, you should go to the website and look at all of the different options there. And as you said, we have gummies for kids to support not only immune health, but also to replace electrolytes for kids who are super active. If you've got kids who are out there on the soccer field or football field, particularly in the warmer months, great gummy supplements for kids, as well as a spike support gummy for kids for those who may be suffering from the effects of either the mRNA vaccines or from COVID itself. And one of the things, we'll talk about this the next time you come on, you also have a great series of supplements for pets as well.

That's pretty exciting.

So called Pausitive Pet Series. Yes, and we are expanding every day. We have just launched a field emergency kit, which is a hard case that has, it is certainly my area of expertise. And I could tell you that this particular kit includes not only a dozen different prescription medications, but lots of the things you would need for wound care, burns, those sorts of things in the time of an emergency. One of the things I think is really worth having on hand.

This is not fearmongering. I'm not trying to make anybody become a prepper. I'm simply saying that this is what I call rational readiness, having those things in your possession ahead of time so that you are not at the mercy of the health care system or trying to find an ER or urgent care if something were to happen. All right. Well, Dr.

Venturi, we have to leave it there. We again appreciate all the great information and the great work you guys are doing over at the Wellness Company. Thanks for having me. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.

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I'm going to have to get Dieter the Bison trifecta. You can actually get all he's he walks around drinking the bone broth all the time. I'd like to, you know, get him a pill so we don't have to smell the bone broth. All right, hang tight, folks. Hour three of the big show.

We're about to test your Christmas trivia. This is the Todd Stern Show. Live from the Liberty University Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, it's America's conservative blowtorch. That's right. I love this American ride.

Todd Starns. And hello, Americans. Welcome to the Todd Starns Radio Program.

So very happy to have you with us today. Trust you're doing well.

So I uh I want to talk about the nation's education system for just a moment. We have a story about ToddSterns.com. This is just. Just insane.

So, this is out of California, Rancho Buena Vista, California, is the school district there. And a very simple math equation for you, ladies and gentlemen. Did you know that 2 plus 2 equals you're gay? Anybody know that? Did you know that?

It's true. The math teacher at Rancho Buena Vista High School in California. Is under fire because of a diversity, equity, and inclusion exercise that took place during math class. There are photos of the instructions. The children were given, they were told to stand in a circle.

And then the teacher told them: each of you is now either gay or lesbian. And you're about to begin your coming out process.

So then the kids all had to go around the circle and they had to create their coming out process. And at least six people that we know of, at least six students actually walked out of the class in protest. And parents are in an uproar. They showed up at the local school board meeting, and what happened?

Well, they called the cops. They called the cops. What they should have done is called the cops on the teacher. One parent, James Leon. Said, I don't see how this is part of the California curriculum for education.

There is nothing that it does other than groom children. And it's true. This has nothing to do with math. This has nothing to do with long foreign division. This has nothing to do with children understanding how much change to make.

And it's not okay. And it's not okay. mister Leon says this is disgusting and it should not be allowed. He says, I don't think this assignment should ever be taught to any children, and it doesn't do anything other than groom them. And anybody who teaches it should be fired immediately.

I completely agree. And this is absolutely bonkers. But here's what I don't cap. I'm wondering why the local gay pride organization, the Alphabet Activist, I'm wondering why they didn't get upset and offended because the teacher only gave them two choices. You can either be a gay or you could be a lesbian.

Okay, well, what about all those pansexual non-gender conforming people? What about them? Don't they get it? What about the two-spirit or polygender people? Don't they get a say?

Seems to me that's not very inclusive. I mean Geez, hello. And then there's a story out of the Bay Area, and I understand it's San Francisco. But a you know, every time you have a so any time there is some inappropriate behavior going on in the church youth group or in the church choir, it's wall to wall national news. But it's not all that common, right?

It's, I mean, they make it seem like it, but it's really not. All of it is wrong. Don't misunderstand what I'm saying here. But the reality is, many of these public schools have become breeding grounds for perverts. And there's all sorts of stuff going down, and it never gets the same national news attention.

This story from the San Francisco Gate, SF Gate. A former Bay Area High School sports coach was arraigned on Tuesday. On charges, he paid two teenage boys to produce sexually explicit materials. for later sale online. Todd Baldwin, a high school sports coach, charged with enticing a minor and receiving child porn.

You're not going to hear about that story on your evening news. Unbelievable. There's some sickos going on down there.

So, anyway, all that to say: homeschool your children, America, just homeschool your children. 901-260-5926. Our telephone number, that's 901-260-5926. We have another story up at ToddSterns.com, and I had no idea that this was actually a thing, but apparently it is. A thing.

So there's a story about a realtor. And of all places, Maryland, Staunton, Maryland, or Virginia, rather, Stoughton, Virginia, my apologies. And this realtor is also a pastor, so he's a bivocational pastor, and he goes out there and he sells houses. And he's done it for a long time.

So a couple of years ago This pastor/slash realtor decided he was going to run for the city council there in Staunton, Virginia, in the Commonwealth. And I guess there was a big debate about gay marriage or something. I don't I'm not sure the circumstances of why this became an an issue, but for whatever reason the pastor slash realtor posted a Bible verse from the Old Testament, the book of Leviticus, Along with a message from Franklin Graham talking about the biblical definition of marriage. That's uno man, uno woman. For those of you who only speak English, that's one man and one woman.

So anyway, not a big deal. At least at the time, nobody thought it was a big deal because, you know, he's a pastor. And he posted a Bible verse. And the Bible does condemn homosexuality. Not homosexuals, but homosexuality.

The act.

So, anyway, there was another realtor in town who happened to be of the. L Gpt Persuasion. And that individual became triggered and filed a complaint with the Virginia Association of Realtors. And this gay Realtor said, Hey, look, this pastor He hurt my feelings. and he is guilty of hate speech.

The idea that he could share a Bible verse. Is now hate speech. All right, that's where we're at right now. The guy's name is Wilson Fauber. Pastor Fauber telling CBN News That the National Association of Realtors is woke.

So the guy had to go up on charges, like within the real estate community. There was actually a trial where they decided, after all was said and done, that the pastor had in fact violated he was found guilty of violating an ethics rule that bans realtors from certain religious expressions. Our friends at CBN News, the Christian Broadcasting News Network. Reporting this story? Fortunately, Mr.

Favre, Pastor Favre, has legal counsel the Founding Freedoms Law Center. And it's shocking, but according to the laws regulating realtors in the Commonwealth of Virginia. You're not allowed to share Bible verses that might offend gay people. No, I'm not making this up. It's true.

Michael Sylvester is an attorney with the Founding Freedoms Law Center there, again representing the pastor. He says this all changed in 2020 when the National Association of Realtors adopted a rule that prohibits anyone from speaking what they deem hate speech against certain protected classes, such as sexual orientation or gender identity. But here's the catch. This could be the loophole that, I mean, if they appeal this, and I hope they're going to appeal it. But here's the loophole.

The comments the pastor made happened way back in 2015. Which was five years before the rule ever existed.

So, this guy is being punished for religious views. He shared back in 2015, so why is he being punished now? It makes absolutely no sense. The pastor said the reality is Christians don't have any rights, and this is just totally wrong. And the National Association of Realtors, which happens to be the largest trade organization in America, they're really setting a precedent by this policy.

He said, if I'm guilty because I post my religious beliefs in a meme or a scripture on my Facebook or social media accounts, And if that's guilty of hate speech, there are millions and millions of Christians that agree with my position. and we don't have a voice. You know, this is an interesting thought here. He's now saying that he has to be silent in order to keep his job as a real estate agent.

So here's the deal. This is shocking. Pastor Fauber of Staunton, Virginia now faces a $15,000 fine for sharing a Bible verse. WTH America. And he could also lose his license to sell real estate.

You think that the pastor did something wrong here, ladies and gentlemen? And I'm curious about any of you other realtors out there. I know we got a lot of you folks. You listen to us as you're driving from one house showing to the next. And is this true that you're not allowed to share things on your social media pages?

That might offend people? 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. We've got the pastor story up on our website. I would encourage you to read it and share it.

We gotta fix that. That's not what Right, ladies and gentlemen. All right, let's go to the phone lines here: 901-260-5926. Patty from North Carolina. And Patty, I know you want to talk about the next Speaker of the House.

Are you a big Mike Johnson fan? Are you Freaking kidding me. Uh he should go. Yeah, you're not a big, so you're not a big Johnson fan. Who do you like, Patty?

If it's not Johnson, who do you like?

Okay, okay. You know who I like? I either like Tim Burchick or Thomas Nassey.

Well, yeah, I could I mean, Thomas Massey, he's a contrarian, though. I'm not sure he's going to be able to get those votes. I mean, I like Massey, but the reality is that he's a contrarian. But you like Tim Burchett? I could see Burchett.

I think he would do a good job. Inverching. You know what, another thing, you know, before I before I go, I want to just say something. I want to wish you and your staff a very Merry Christmas and a Have a maggie new year.

Well, you know, you know what? I love you guys. I love you. I love you, Todd. You know what?

If. Nobody calls me between twelve and three because I say I have another man in my life, and it's you, Todd Starnes. Patty, I'm blushing. I don't know what to say. And you are.

And you know what? I gotta say something. You know what? Thank you for putting up with me. Ah!

Oh, Patty. We love you, Patty, and we love all of our great listeners. But you're a gem, and Patty, I hope you and your family have the best, merriest Christmas of all. Yeah, God bless you, Tom. All right.

God bless you, Patty. That was very kind. All right. As promised, we do have some trivia to share with you, and we're going to start. with uh one of my favorite Christmas movies of all time.

No gel, and it's not diehard. It's the other one. Um National Lampoon, Christmas Vacation. I can watch it. There are certain movies, and I don't know if you guys are like this, but there are certain movies.

That you just have to watch at Christmas time. And I'm thinking of it's a wonderful life. National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. Elf I like the Christmas story. And if I'm busy, I'll throw in the Hallmark Channel movies in the background, but I don't watch them because it's pretty much the same storyline, just different actors.

And I at least I think they're all different actors because they're the beautiful people. You know, they never have ugly people in the Hallmark movies. They're always beautiful people. Anyway, let's talk about National Lampoon's Christmas vacation. What animal causes all of that chaos in the Griswold house?

There's an animal that created chaos in the Griswold family home. Can you name the critter? 901-260-5926 is our telephone number. That's 901-266. two six zero five nine two six This is the Todd Stern Show.

Yeah. All right, the Todd Stern's radio show Christmas band. They're tuned up quite well today, Benty. Kind of digabus. A little big band janzy Christmas?

It's one, we're less than one week out from Christmas. Can you believe that? Yes. Why are we fading the music now? I love the pants.

Where's the pants? Do they go away? Bring them back to the microphone. We paid a lot of money for our band. Then the studio B.

Oh, yeah, here comes Santa Claus. I hope he's got Kevlar if he's coming across Memphis. Maybe bulletproof the bottom of the sleigh. Ooh. All right, let's go to the phone lines here and say hello to Kaylee in Tennessee.

Kaylee, what part of Tennessee are you calling us from? From Germantown. Germantown, Tennessee. All right, Kaylee. Um, everything going Christmassy there in Germantown, Tennessee?

Yeah. Well, I'm glad to hear that. All right, we're going to try to win you a prize here, Kaylee. National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. There was an animal that caused all sorts of chaos in the Griswold home.

Can you tell us what that animal was? A squirrel? Yes, uh ho ho ho. Wow, wow. That's nasty.

Well done. Yes, Kaylee, congratulations. You are a prize winner. Do you have big plans for Christmas? Um I think we're going to decorate soon and Um Yeah.

Well, there's nothing wrong with decorating at the last minute. I'm always a fan of actually, I don't decorate all that much, but we decorated this station. We have a big Christmas tree, Kaylee. It's huge. It is huge.

It's big. It's big. Kaylee, hang tight. We're going to get you hooked up with a prize. And we'll try to do another trivia question in the next segment.

Speaking of squirrels, though, and that was a frightening scene, which is one of the reasons why, do you do a real tree or a fake tree? A real tree. Really? Yeah. They're authentic, like me, and they smell good, like that candle in front of your face.

We do have a candle. Who brought the candle?

Someone said, oh, a James Packard. No, no, no. James Pest Management, one of our great sponsors in Memphis, brought us by a lovely Christmas package. And in the package was this great candle. It's called Heirloom Applegrove.

Mm. Yes. Heirloom Apple Grove Smells like spiced apples. Wow. Cinnamon steak.

Okay. And vanilla cream. I was about to say, where's the Christmas part? I don't know. I think it's the cinnamon stick and the vanilla cream.

Yeah. I notice you haven't lit it. Would that be a fire hazard? No, I still don't have a lighter. I wish I did.

But back to the squirrels. This is a story out of San Francisco where apparently they're dealing with a big problem in the Bay Area. Squirrels are now turning on each other, and now squirrels are eating each other.

So you've got You've got the squirrels going cannibal. Yes. It's a big problem that apparently squirrels are eating other rodents. Uh in the Bay Area. It's kind of an evolutionary process of freaking people out.

Yeah, of course. They're not supposed to be eating each other, they're herbivores. This is the headline from one of the San Francisco newspapers: Bay Area squirrels are killing and decapitating en masse. Jeez, hello. You know why?

I'm telling you what's happening is those squirrels are going around getting their little nuts and berries and whatnot, and you got people smoking meth. And it's an, I'm telling you, it's in the air. And now you've got zombie squirrels on the loose in California. Oh, geez. All right, hang tight.

We'll be right back, America. Well, the legacy media is panicking. Oh no, the Galverbrint's gonna shut down. What are we gonna do? Jake Sherman over at Punch Bowl News.

Writing this. It's now 2:20 p.m. on the day before the government shuts down. The speaker hasn't spoken at all to day. or much of yesterday Lawmakers involved in talks with leadership say they're not making much progress.

The Senate doesn't know what's going on. Things are pretty grim. I just say shut it down. Shut down the government. What the longest government shut down was 30 days?

We got plenty of time. We got new management coming in on January 20th. Let's just send everybody.

Well, they're already home. Nobody actually goes into the office. Let's send em let's send him home Let's go to Ben in Vancouver, Washington, watching us on our Rumble channel. All right, Ben, what say you? Eighton.

Hey, I just want to say who should be the Speaker of the House and We all know who it should be, it's Elon Musk. you know, like Rand Paul said, because You know, we got Lil Johnson in there like totally ruining everything, but Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Wait, I'm sorry, you said little Johnson? Yeah, yep. Not big donkey.

Not big donkey. No, no, no. I understand. Yeah. But but the thing is is that we don't know if Elon wants the job because he's got like He's got he got he's got SpaceX, he's got He's got Tesla, he's got Starlink, he's got Neuralink.

We've got the boring company. He's got all these jobs going, but And he's got if and he's got Is He's got a doge. But Hopefully, we can get him into this position. 'Cause like Rand Paul said, he's the best guy. But If he's got the time and you can do it, maybe the best.

And of course, Lil Johnson is a joke, so we got to get him out. But You know, Elon would be the best.

Well, look, I like this idea, but you're right. I think you've laid it out that Elon's got a lot on his plate. That being said, I have no doubt that Vivek could handle Doge all by himself. And I'm sure there are some other folks that could step in if, in fact, the offer was made. We just need whoever that person is.

Ben, it needs to be somebody who is going to ensure the President's agenda is rammed through Congress. Yeah. All right. All right. We know that Elon's got the brain to do it all.

You know, we know he's got the best brain in the country, so. Like Rand Paul, man, he's so good. You know, Rand Paul and Ron Paul. All right, well, let's see how it plays out. Ben, appreciate the call.

Thank you for listening. Rand Paul said this, the Speaker of the House need not be a member of Congress, which is true. We mentioned this at the start of the show. He said nothing would disrupt the swap more than electing Elon Musk. Think about it, nothing's impossible.

Not to mention the joy of seeing the collective establishment, aka Uniparty, lose their ever-loving minds. That would. That alone could be worth it. I mean, it's going to be fascinating. It is not.

Business as usual. in Washington, DC anymore, ladies and gentlemen. Question. Do you really think? Elon Musk and Mike Johnson are Tex buddies.

Yeah. Yeah. So can we go back and talk about that? There was a TV commercial. Back in the 70s, that's before you people were thought of.

Ben Dieter and Dylan. You guys, there was a serial. Was it life? It was life cereal. It was like grown-up people's cereal.

You know, it wasn't like Fruit Loops or Cap and Crunch. Or Count Chocola. It wasn't like that. Or the Fruity Pebbles. I never was a big fan of the Fruity Pebbles.

But I know some kids who were.

Well, anyway, I can't. It all makes sense.

So, anyway, um So there was a commercial, and it was the life cereal. It was just basically like bran flakes or something. It wasn't even like Tony the Tiger. They're great. It was like grown-up cereal is boring.

What are you laughing at? Is that the commercial for very great? It's like Tony the Tiger.

So, anyway, so you have this life cereal, and they had these two kids, and they were sitting at the breakfast table, and they had a bowl of the cereal, the life cereal. It was just a plain bowl of grown-up brown cereal. He was like, And one of the kids says, Well, I'm not going to try it. You, we got this. We had the ad.

Dylan found the ad. Let's listen to the ad. Look at this stuff. Look, Cereal, it's hard to be good for you. I'm not gonna try it.

You try it. I'm not gonna try it. Let's get my Yeah! You won't need it. A seventh thing.

He likes it. He likes it. There are two kinds of life cereals to please all kinds of kids, regular life and cinnamon life. Make life cereals part of your nutritious breakfast. Wow.

Can you get the AIDS commercial while you're doing that, Dylan? Thank you. I just love those old school commercials.

So look, Mikey reminds me, every time I hear that commercial, I think about Mike Johnson. And when you see the pictures, and you've seen the video of him going to like the UFC matches. He's on Trump's plane. He's off to the corner. And he's always in the back, like trailing along like the kid brother, right?

He's not ready for the grown-up table just yet. Yeah. They're eating Big Macs on Air Force One at the President Elon Musk, and there's Mike Johnson eating a kid's meal. And he's with a toy. And he's not even at the grown-up table.

No, he's always off to the corner. And there's like, look, he's photo bombing everything. He's everything. Everything. Their communications team is not going to like this.

No, well, no, they don't like us at all.

So anyway, what were we talking about? He's on cable saying that he's been texting and explaining the continuing resolution and why it needs to be 1,500 pages. to Elon and Trump. He's almost Mike Splaining to them. And the word comes out late last night that Donald Trump and Elon Musk, they're not getting it.

And he's trying to explain why this should actually be passed in these text threads. He's like, well, guys, don't you know I'm texting Elon right now? And I just I don't know if he is he really texting Elon Musk? I don't know. To me at the AIDS commercial, I love this.

I've tried fat diets, powders, pills. Still, my weight's been up and down like a yo-yo. Until the AIDS plan taught me how to take off weight and help keep it off. AIDS may taste like a candy, but AIDS contains one of the most effective appetite suppressants you can buy. And there's no stimulant in AIDS that could make you nervous.

With AIDS, I ate less, so the weight came off. To help keep it off, when I sometimes want things loaded with calories, AIDS helps put me in control. Let the AIDS plan teach you how to take off weight and help keep it off. Try peanut butter AIDS. Peanut butter AIDS.

Nothing like smearing the peanut butter AIDS on some white bread. That's a real commercial. Yeah, my mom had AIDS all the time in the kitchen. Wait a second. That's it.

She used to wash it down with tab. Wow. Anyone remember tab? And it was one of those, I would always have to go to the store, and I would have to run in and get my mom some tab and some AIDS.

So you go down to the local store. How is that spelled? I am so confused. It's A-Y-D-L. It's a diet supplement.

It's like a candy. And it had the most unfortunate.

Well, at the time, it was okay, but then, you know, the 80s came. And well, you know the rest of the world. We changed the spelling. Yeah, we changed the spelling by just one letter. I guarantee you, there are ladies in the Todd Stearns radio show audience who's taking AIDS.

They loved AIDS and with TA, and they washed it out with TAB. How about Jesus. Tab is the most disgusting diet drink known to mankind. And it came in a it was produced by Coca-Cola, and it was in a pink can. And it was so disgusting.

I mean, it's hard for me to describe it, but it was like almost drinking. I don't know. Petroleum with a lemon flavor. It was just awful.

So this was Ozempic back in the what, 60s? Yeah, but there were like little candies. Like, you know, you go for Valentine's Day, and I mean, there you are, you're getting your Valentine's Day cards, and then somebody gives you AIDS for Valentine's Day. And people are like popping them like they're candy. They're like little caramels.

And AIDS made you lose weight. They would make you lose weight. I mean, it just dropped right off. All right. No, I'm not making this up, Dylan.

It's a real thing. You just heard the commercial. We don't make things up here on this program. All right, we've got another trivia question as we immediately take and answer emails from our pastors for that last segment. It's a wonderful life.

Great movie. It's a wonderful life. What happens every time a bell rings? Rings. What happens?

Yeah. Every time. I can't. I can't. It's a wonderful life.

What happens every time a bell rings? If you know the answer, give us a call, 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. By the way, before we go to break, Sarah in Statesville, North Carolina. Sarah, you cannot, I don't believe what you're about to tell me.

I love CAD COVID. I did. I mean, they don't make it anymore. But I loved it back in 1978. Heck to the yeah, Todd.

Heck to the yeah.

So that was like my mom's jam. She loved tab. Yeah. T A B My Mama. Put that tab cola and I was I was a cheerleader.

popular, I was like, you know, a hundred and Eight pounds. I I and when I came home from school, We all all as girls We say, oh no, I'm got that. Yes, I do. And we Sit around the kitchen table. And drink Cap Cola heck to the end, Todd.

I don't know if I should mention this, Sarah, but my mom she stopped, but when I was a kid, uh my mom would smoke cigarettes, drink tab and and pop those AIDS dandies at the kitchen table.

Okay. That was the seventies. It was for seven years and was credited against College, guess what? Back in the seventies, we were so unsophisticated. But life was better back then, don't you think?

Oh, you know, I think it was.

Now, I grew up, I was born in 67, so I kind of straddled the 70s and the 80s. And, you know, we went through, I mean, I didn't get into the whole disco thing, so I was more like, you know, 80s music. That was more my jam. But I'm telling you, we had so much fun back in those days. We didn't have to worry about cell phones and the internet.

You just, you know, you let kids be kids. Yeah, exactly. We were unsophisticated. I told my son, I said, Justin, we were unsophisticated back then, but guess what? It life was.

simple back in the late seventies.

So get it up. Giddy him. All right. Sarah, thank you for the call. Sarah is a fan of Tab.

Yeah, they stopped making it.

Well, uh allegedly, you can get it on is this what it looked like? Wait, is that the black market? Amazon. What? Four bucks.

$400. What? $495 for 12 cans of taps. I bet Sarah would spend $400 for a six-pack of taps. It's cheaper than a Zenpic, and it sounds like she liked it.

Yes, because you threw up everything after you drank it. All right, we got to take a quick break here. Back to trivia: 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show. Mm-hmm.

And welcome back to the Todd Starns Radio Show. We're getting ready for Christmas around here. Let me tell you, tomorrow, we had a little bit of a snafu, but tomorrow, we're going to do a full hour of Christmas trivia. It's going to be a lot of fun. We're going to have a lot of laughs, and we need a lot of laughs, right?

I mean, there's a lot going on in the country right now, and I want us to kick back and have a good time. All right, let's go to the phone lines and say hello to the lovely Regina in Georgia. Regina, how are you today? Oh, I'm fine, sir. How are you?

Yes, I'm lovely. Thank you so much.

Well, you sound very lovely. Um, Regina, let's try to win you a prize here. It's a wonderful life. Have you seen the movie before? I've seen portions of it.

I've never seen the whole thing. You see, that may be a good conversation for tomorrow, by the way, Regina, because I think there are a lot of people and when it comes to Christmas movies, you've only seen bits and pieces. I I don't know if there's anybody in America who's actually sat down and watched an entire Christmas movie at one setting. Oh.

Okay. I think that's my theory. We will test it tomorrow. All right, let's talk about It's a Wonderful Life. What happens every time a bell rings?

An angel gets its wings. Yeah, Regina. Santa says you're right. Absolutely. An angel gets its wings.

Congratulations. Thank you. Regina, do you have big plans? Tell me about your plans for Christmas. Um Just getting together with the family and I'm 73 years old, so I really don't cook that much anymore.

So perhaps my daughter will cook. Oh, well, that's good. Yeah, you know, Grandma Stearns used to do all the cooking, and we always had a big meal on Christmas Sunday. Yeah. Yeah, the grandmas did.

I'm telling you, my mother did. Yeah, that was like their jam, and you had to get out of the way. Nobody comes into the kitchen. Right. All right.

Well, Regina, Merry Christmas. Hang tight. And Miss Cassie is going to get all of your information there. All right. I didn't know if I should ask if she drank tab.

That might have been a bit too far. I didn't want to press it. All right. What's going on, Ben Dieter?

So it's getting ugly with the House of Representatives and this spending bill battle. The president-elect Trump just released a couple different true socials going after. Chip Roy, which is interesting because Congressman Roy is a member of the House Freedom Caucus. and going after him saying he is getting in the way. of this spending bill battle.

Also, saying that, hey, we can primary you if you get in the way of our agenda.

So, pretty long statement. A couple true socials while we've been on air in the last five minutes.

Well, Chip Roy is one of the guys, he's a hardliner when it comes to being fiscally responsible. Which is really kind of a surprise here. And I'm wondering, we're going to try to get more information on this, and we'll try to have an update at 5 o'clock on the Newsmax show. But Congressman, oh, well, here we go.

Well, this is yesterday: Congressman Chip Roy calling on the administration to pardon pro-life Americans. Trevor Burrus, Jr.: Here's what he said. Chip Roy is just another ambitious guy with no talent. By the way, how's Bob Goode doing? I hope some talented challengers are getting ready in the great state of Texas to go after Chip Roy in the primary.

He won't have a chance. Interesting.

Now, Chip Roy is again, he's one of these contrarians. Yeah. So the question is: all right, exactly. Yeah. How serious is Trump here, or is he just trying to get Chiproy in line?

Mm-hmm. However, it is something else interesting here. If Donald Trump is not happy with somebody, he can just go and blast them and then the entire country turns on them. But I can't imagine I mean, Chip Roy is a contrarian. And I've disagree with him on a lot of stuff, but not this fiscal responsibility stuff.

Yeah, yeah. It's interesting that he's. Cracking down on Chiproy. in some cases a little bit more than Mike Johnson. Mm.

Well, Mike Johnson's his guy, and Mike Johnson's screwing this thing up. Big time. All right. We're going to keep you up to date on that. ToddStarnes.com.

Check out our website for updates, ladies and gentlemen. Also, tomorrow, another, we will do a full, absolute full hour of trivia. We're going to have a lot of fun, a lot of laughter. And again, don't forget tonight, 5 o'clock Eastern on Newsmax, the Todd Stern show. Get out there, folks.

Have a great day. Be good, America.