Teacher Faces Investigation Over Reporting Illegals

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That's right. I love this American ride. Todd starts. All right. I, uh, wow.

You know It's a new year. It's a new administration in Washington, D.C. And you sort of prepare yourself. We knew there was a lot of stuff that was going to happen in the first couple of weeks of the Trump White House. We were preparing all of you for that, that there was going to be multiple things happening.

And to just be prepared, put some Red Bull on the Wheaties. But I got to tell you something, folks. I did not have Dr. Phil capturing illegal alien pedophiles on my bingo card. I did not have that on the card.

Hello, everybody. Happy Monday to you. And ladies and gentlemen, I just have to tell you, when I woke up this morning, the moon was shining just a little bit brighter. And then when the sun rose, the sun was shining just a little bit brighter. The birds were chirping.

There are no flowers because it's 25 degrees outside. But if there were flowers, I think they would be brighter and more colorful. And people are actually smiling. Nobody's honking their horn in traffic. It is just a great day to be an American.

And I hope that you are feeling this. And I hope that I was talking to somebody over the weekend. We had a huge Republican gathering. Oh, I forgot to tell you about it. I've got to tell you about that.

So we had one of the largest crowds ever for the Republican Party reorganization. It was remarkable. Normally, they have about 100 people turned out. They had hundreds of people. I think 700 people, maybe I may be off on the numbers.

But it was huge. I'm counting like a Baptist church deacon.

So I think maybe there were like 500 or 600. But it was a huge crowd of just regular folks coming out and saying, you know what? If Donald Trump can make America great again, then by golly, we've got a shot at making Memphis great again. And I love that. I love that spirit.

I love that energy and that excitement and that enthusiasm that we can do anything in the world. And you want to know why? Because, by golly, we are Americans, ladies and gentlemen.

So, a lot happened over the weekend. I want to say, first and foremost, congratulations to our good friend Pete Hegseth, now Secretary of Defense. And It was disappointing that Mitch McConnell The swamp turtle and Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins voted against. President Trump's nominee. It took J.D.

Vance stepping in and casting the tie vote. But it doesn't matter. At the end of the day, he got it done. He's over the finish line. And as a matter of fact, Pete Hegseth already speaking, and we're going to play some audio a little bit later on this hour of the show, but Hegseth has already started rooting out DEI and all of these.

Let me put it this way: any service member wearing a feather boa won't be around much longer. It is a great day to be an American. And then yesterday. Let me say this about yesterday. This was brilliant.

So you had the president of Colombia. And the United States had filled up a couple of military jets with, I think, all total, it was about 160, almost 200. Illegals who were originally from Columbia.

So, what's happening is they're going into these neighborhoods and they're rounding up all these people. And this is a 24/7 operation. And by the way, the Borders are Tom Homan. Dare I say, may I use the biblical term here, he is a badass. And Homan is out there and he's not sitting in some office wearing the suit and just doing the T V interviews.

This guy is boots on the ground and he is literally arresting these bad guys. I've never seen anything like this. Remember back when, back in the day, when they first started the cops, bad boys, bad boys, what you got to do? Yeah, I'm not a very good rapper. I'm a white guy, but you get the point here, right?

That's what we need. We need an ICE reality TV show. I would be watching that 24-7. Could you imagine what a great show that would be?

So, anyway, you got Holman out there, and Dr. Phil's tagging along, and they're arresting all sorts of bad guys. And it's a beautiful thing. I've never seen anything like this. As a matter of fact, one of the guys, so they brought Dr.

Phil along on one of the ICE raids in Chicago. Yeah. And Dr. Phil is out there. I mean, he's like, you know, put me in the danger zone.

And so they put Dr. Phil in the danger zone. And so anyway, they're arresting all these people. The audio is not so great, so I'll have to interpret for you. And so they've arrested these illegals.

And the guy's looking at Dr. Phil. It was like, buenos dias, senor, are you Dr. Phil? And he goes, Well, yes, I am Dr.

Phil. Yes, Doctor Field? Ooh, mooey, mooie I don't know. I'm working. I can only.

My Spanish is really limited to the menu of Taco Bell. My apologies. I see you on Dr. Phil. Yes, you see him on Dr.

Phil because he is Dr. Phil. Oh. Classians. And so then they cart the guy off, and he's back to whatever third world country he came from.

And I know there are people out there that are very upset because, um, They say that we should be We should be kind and we should be loving. But I believe the kind and loving thing to do is to send these people back to where they came from. I believe the kind and loving thing to do is to welcome the people wanting to come into America the right way, the legal way. And yeah, there may be people out there that are fleeing some sort of a terrible calamity in their home country. And yes, we can help those people, but that's not who we're talking about here.

We're talking about. Molesters and pedophiles, murderers, rapists. We're talking about. Traffickers We're talking about some very, very terrible people. By the way, we've already located, I think, 75,000.

The Trump administration's already located, what, 75,000 missing illegal alien children out there. who were brought across Our border without mommy and daddy. Can you imagine the reunions that are going to happen back in Mexico and Guatemala, I believe the G asylum? Can you imagine? Donald Trump is doing what the Biden administration refused to do.

They refused to secure the border. And the reason why they wanted all these people coming into this country is they wanted to destabilize the country. That's what's really going on here.

So There is a teacher And This guy in Fort Worth, Texas, Northside High School. He's a substitute teacher. And he said, hey, look, because people are literally urging. ICE to come to their neighborhoods. You've got people all over America now posting messages and videos on X and TikTok, and they're saying, come to our neighborhood.

We've got illegals in our neighborhoods. And by the way, what I love about this. It's black, white, Hispanic, because the Hispanic Americans are some of the most outraged over what's been happening at the border.

So, Dylan, do we have this audio? The lady from, I believe, Chicago, and she was fired up and she said, Hey, look, I'm glad Tom Holman's coming to Chicago. Final thoughts are, you know, Tom Holman, you are welcome. I voted for President Trump, and let me tell you something. I was one of those lifelong Democrats.

I started voting at 18, voted in every election, voted Democrat in every election, except this last one, because I'm just tired. I'm tired of the same old thing happening from the Democratic Party. I'm so glad that President Trump is now delivering on some of his promises. I heard Stephen Smith ask this earlier on Bill Maher's store. Show, I'm sorry, what has the Democrats delivered for us lately?

Mm mm. Pardon me, I was drinking some community coffee, pecan prale flavor. Yes, amen, ma'am, amen. What has the Democrat Party done but destabilize every town, every city, every community in America? By the way, guess what I saw driving through my neighborhood, ladies and gentlemen, just yesterday.

It was a homeland security vehicle. They're even here in Memphis, Tennessee. Rounding folks up.

Now I want to prepare you for something, and you may have already started seeing this. The media is going to launch a full-scale propaganda campaign. And you're going to see all these little Mexican women, grandmas out there, and they're going to be crying and weeping and talking about how they came in and knocked down the doors. It it's all bogus because that's not what is happening here. All right.

Grandma Consuela is not getting hauled out of the house And thrown into the back of an ice van. That's not happening here. All right. What is happening is the people they are arresting right now, these are gangbangers, these are rapists and drug dealers and cartel members. These are very bad people.

So I want you to remember that. You're going to be seeing a lot of the sob stories. A lot of them. I just came here to pick your lettuce. No, you didn't.

And that's it. They're not getting the people picking the lettuce. They're going after the people. that are engaged in very horrible crimes. That's what's going on here.

So while all that is happening. May I just say This is my favorite story of the day. My favorite story of the day.

So, President Trump is out there playing golf. It's Sunday. The man's been busy. He was in California smacking around Gavin Newscomb and Mayor Karen Bass. It was remarkable.

Then the president goes. Can you imagine the president goes to Vegas and he's walking through the casino floor? And can you imagine you're just sitting there, you're playing craps, and all of a sudden you turn around and there's President Trump cheering you on? I mean, that's people were chanting USA, USA. In the casinos.

So anyway, Trump is out there and he gets back. He's flying back to instead of the White House, went down to Florida and he spent the day on the golf course. The guy deserved a day off. I mean, it's been an insane week. Yeah.

And so Trump gets a call. He's like in the middle of a round of golf. And he gets a call saying, Mr. President, The President of Colombia is not allowing our military jets to land. We've got these military jets that are full of illegals, and they're not letting them land.

Now, if this had been the Biden administration, we would have been like apologizing publicly to Columbia. And you know what Trump did? He was like, no problem. The governor or the President of Colombia says the U.S. cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals.

Well, keep them in your country, El Presidente. He says, I deny the entry of American planes. The United States must establish a protocol for the dignified treatment of migrants before we receive them.

So Trump Trump's in the middle. He's crafting this message in his golf cart. All right. He's down at Dorrell in Florida. And Trump says The order was given by Colombia's socialist president Gustavo Petro, who was already very unpopular amongst his people.

Petro's denial of these flights has jeopardized the national security and the public safety of the United States. Trump goes on to say, So here's what we're going to do, people. We're slapping them with an emergency immediate twenty-five percent tariff, every coffee bean that's coming out of Columbia. Then he said, if they want to keep it up after one week, we're going to knock it up to 50%. Then he ordered a complete travel ban and visa revocations for all Colombian government officials, including their allies and supporters.

And he also ordered customs and border protection to give a special inspection for all Colombian nationals and cargo. In other words, a bunch of Colombians just got to third base with our TSA agents.

So, all that to say, and so the president is doing this on the golf course in his golf cart, ladies and gentlemen. Before Trump even made it back to the clubhouse, Frank For a delicious, refreshing cold diet Coca-Cola. The Colombian president did a complete 180 and said, ooh. Me sorry. Senor Presidente, please forgive me.

Right. And Trump said he had no problem. No problem. We're sure it was just a miscommunication. And then Trump says this.

But just to make sure, we're going to keep those tariffs in place. Until you let that flight land. I love this man, ladies and gentlemen. Are you excited? Are you excited about what Donald Trump is doing right now in this country?

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Uh All right, so the mortars are Tom Holman says that if they have to, they're going to go into schools. They're going to go into churches wherever these criminal illegals, these very dangerous people are hiding out. They're going to go. And that has stirred a lot of anger among folks like the U.S. Council of Bishops, Catholic bishops.

Also, some churches, evangelical churches, even, are saying they will not allow ICE agents to enter. Their churches to round up these very dangerous criminal illegals. And I'm curious, ladies and gentlemen, your thoughts on that. Do you have a problem with? The feds going into a church and pulling out these criminals.

Our telephone number is 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. All right, let's start our day in beautiful North Carolina. Lisa is on the line. Hi, Lisa.

What's going on? Hi, Todd. Glad you're still. Glad Soros hasn't bought you out yet. Never, Lisa.

Never. Good. As far as the church thing, I'm going to pass on commenting about that. But I did have a comment about Dr. Phil.

As I was telling your call screener, during the last election, Oprah, I'm a boomer. I kind of grew up with Oprah, and she was like my third mother.

So I was extremely. Disappointed that she would even endorse Kamala. That surprised me to begin with. And then the money, you know, supposedly the money thing. But Opera was Represented somehow with Dr.

Phil back when, I don't know, the meat industry was trying to sue Oprah. And that's how they got there, I guess. I don't know. She was also the Epstein kind of Tie in. I don't know how I'm going to say this.

But anyway, so Dr. Phil, I really don't trust him. I know on one of his programs. Matt Walsh, he gave Matt Walsh a hard time when Matt Walsh was standing up or standing against the trans ideology. that this country has done to the children.

And So what concerns you about why don't you trust him? What concerns you about doctor Phil Lisa?

Well, and I think with our new administration, hopefully, they're going to do the Epstein list and get that out there. And doctor Phil just has, I think, some I just question him.

Now, now that I don't, you know, Oprah has shown her true colors and they seem to.

Well, you think Dr. Phil's on a list or something? I don't know, but you know, I'm wondering if his this is his new PR, you know, try to get out there to maybe get a f in front of Who knows? But he does have a publishing company and I believe FC or Delaine's dad had something to do with publishing and people and D. Doctoral PhD, you know, I don't know all of the story, but it seems It just seems kind of You know, my eyes have been opened now, and so I just don't trust.

I haven't heard anything like that, Lisa. I mean, it may be. I don't know. It may not be. I know that President Trump is promising to have that entire list released, and then we'll know one way or the other.

I would be willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. I know he's broken from Oprah. He's got his own media company now. And at least everything I've seen on the illegal immigrant side, you know, it seems to be on the up and up. But we'll keep an eye out for him, Lisa.

All right. Got to run, my friend. Thank you for calling in. 901-260-5926. Our number, that's 901-260-5926.

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This is the Todd Stearns Radio Show. Hope you're having a great day wherever you are across this country. We have some great guests coming up. We're going to be talking to our good friends over in California and our great affiliate there in Santa Clarita, also Statesville, North Carolina, on President Trump and his visits to both of those disaster zones. Also, our good buddy.

General John Tykert is going to be here to talk about Pete Hagseth, and Reagan Reese, who is the new White House correspondent for the Daily Caller, is going to drop by as well. It's going to be a lot of fun today. Let's go to the phone lines. Let's start with Pam in Memphis, Tennessee. And Pam, should we tell people?

You have a connection to this radio program. I do, but you don't have to. Yes, I'm Grace's grandmother by marriage. Grandmother-in-law. I love it.

That's right. We love Grace. We miss Grace. I adore her. I adore her.

She is great. Pam, what's going on?

Well, I don't know if you heard this today, but there was a very short little clip on the news that said that Trump, and I'm very amused by this, is sending um IRS agents down to the border. And I don't know if you remember during the Obama administration, When he built, I don't know if it was ever completed, but he was. Um going to build these huge facilities and and higher Thousands of IRS agents. Pam, those facilities were going to be big and beautiful, by the way. Not just huge, but big and beautiful.

Yes. Yeah. Well, you know, you started to wonder why they had to be armed, and that was another thing that was going on. They were all going to be armed. And so when he said that he was sending them bishop to the border, when Trump President Trump did, I was very amused by that and I thought, well, good, he's um repositioning them for something um constructed.

Pam, according to the White House and our sources, President Trump's sending nearly $90,000. New IRS agents. Remember those? That was a big controversial thing in the last couple of years, was the hiring of those IRS agents. But Trump's going to be sending them down to the southern border to guard the border.

The president also issuing an indefinite hiring freeze for the IRS, so they're not getting any more new employees. I'm so glad. I am delighted about that. And I've been there are a lot of issues that are going on in our nation that he's undoing, and I'm delighted about that.

So Pam, I know you're very involved in Republican politics. And I'm just curious, over the weekend, for me, it was just so exciting to see hundreds of Republicans coming out and getting re-engaged. Do you guys feel a sense of enthusiasm in Memphis being a blue city? Yes, I'm ecstatic. Yes.

And there were so many people around me. I had conversations with a lot of people that had never been involved before. It was a young man sitting in. I say young, young compared to me. Sitting next to me, that he said, I've never been to anything, and he said, I want to be a part of it.

He had children. Um, there were other people that had that were there that had not been involved before, so I'm hoping. that we have just a real boost Um for our Republican Party. Um it was it was very exciting. Pam, thanks for calling in.

By the way, I just texted Grace, and she says OMG with the little happy smiley emoji.

So. Oh, I'll text her in a minute. Thank you. All right, Pam. Thanks for calling in.

We really are we have we have a lot of new listeners, especially in Kansas and Salina, Kansas. We're like a great big front porch on this radio show. You never know who's going to drop by. And we love Grace. Grace used to be our executive producer before she went on to bigger and better things.

And of course, now Ben Dieter has that role. And we're just blessed all the way around. Let's go to Jackson, Tennessee, Miss Dottie. Hi, Miss Dottie. What's on your mind today?

Well, good morning. It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Would you be my neighbor? Come on down to Germantown.

Well Thank you. But I wanted to make a suggestion. Maybe President Trump is listening to your broadcast or one of his administrators.

Now if the Christian or the religious organizations are giving him a problem, about the ICE agents and the immigration agents coming into the churches. All he has to do is terminate their 501c3s. or their 501c4s. And maybe that is equivalent to a tariff that they could terminate that because see, most of these organizations are tax free.

So if they terminate their tax-free exemptions, then maybe they'll cooperate. You know, it seems to me, Ms. Donnie, and one of the untold stories, a lot of church groups have been getting millions and millions of our tax dollars to take care of these illegals. And I know, for example, Catholic charities put out a video yesterday on social media announcing to the illegals how they can avoid ICE agents. For me, that's aiding and abetting right there.

You know, you're helping people break the law. And the idea that you're going to be using your church house, and I think it really desecrates the the church house, the house of God, when you're intentionally harboring some very dangerous people inside your church walls. But like I said, if they're using their tax exempt status, which is like I said, a five hundred one C three or five hundred one C four, if they're terminated, then maybe they'll have a change of heart because they won't have the money the taxpayers' money because they don't have to pay taxes if they have those exemptions.

Well, I like this idea. I like where you're going with this, Ms. Dottie, because again, I mean, the other side of the coin here is that if you have a situation where you've got, let's say, an evangelical Christian church and they invite President Trump, how many times have those churches been reported to the IRS and their tax-exempt status has been threatened?

Meanwhile, all of these woke churches, they play politics all the time and there are no penalties.

So you're saying, fine, if they want to disobey the law, they lose their tax-exempt status.

Okay, well now that we have a new sheriff in town. then they have to be more careful. And then they can have is uh I was listening to the radio earlier this morning when they he was going to have a problem with the President of Colombia. Oh, yes.

Well, all he did was just tell them, okay, we're going to charge 25%. If you don't take your illegals back, or will up it to fifty percent. If you don't take your illegal bet.

So I think that se That's fine. Stick and tear it. Could be used for the churches that want to break the law and help illegally. Miss Dottie, the wise sage from Jackson, Tennessee.

Well said, ma'am. And give us a call back. Thank you for that. By the way, did you see all the Do they still have hipsters? Dylan, are hipsters still a thing?

No, he's shaking his head. Do you know? No, I don't think there are hipsters anymore. Have they grown out of it? What is a hipster?

Well, a hipster used to be like they would have the skinny jeans and wear the ball caps and have shaggy hair. Yeah, I mean, there are people wearing skinny jeans, but I don't think they call themselves hipsters. I see. Yes. One of them now, of course, now they're all older, so they're putting on weight, and they're still wearing the skinny jeans, and they kind of look like.

You know, muffin tops, right? You know, where that is kind of like, yeah. Yes. They're billowing out of the jeans. Not very hipster.

Anyway, they're all complaining now. Because they're saying, you know, oh, our coffee prices are going to go up. Have you been to a Starbucks? I mean, these people are paying, what, 5, 6? bucks for a glass of coffee or for a cup of coffee?

They can't even spell your name right. Come on.

So anyway, all that to say, I like where Miss Dottie is going with all of this, folks, that if the churches are going to intentionally break the law, and we're hearing about that in even in places like Tennessee, Where churches are willing to defy. There were churches where the pastors and these pastors are all woke, all right? But they're all very influential in their communities.

Well, we just don't like to talk politics in our pulpit. We just believe that Jesus loves everybody. Can't we all just get along and sing kumbaya and just love people to the Lord? Just love them to the Lord. What would Jesus do?

Would Jesus build a wall? No, I don't think he'd build a wall. He'd love people. We're just one big happy family here. And that's what they do.

And they're saying that. That Jesus would welcome the illegals into. There's nowhere in Holy Scripture where that is, they literally built walls around cities to keep people out in the Bible. And these are the same people that think everybody's going to get into heaven. They're going to be very surprised on Judgment Day.

I'll just leave it at that. All right, 901-260-5926. Let's go to Pam in North Carolina. Hi, Pam. What's on your mind today?

Uh I have an idea on how Tom Holman can get the money for these illegals? to de be deported. Since the NGOs are making billions of dollars, Why can't we confiscate their money? I mean, that's what they'd do with the drug dealers. They'd confiscate the property they got.

By ill-gotten gains? I love that idea. Pam, that's a great idea. I think so. Yeah, Pam, all right.

I'm putting this on the list because that's a terrific idea. And look, here's the deal. And I know it's really shocking a lot of people here, and the media, especially. And, Pam, thank you for that call. What's really shocking the media is that Trump is delivering on all of this, and Trump doesn't care.

I saw, I was watching a video on social media, and I wanted to play a little bit of it, but there is so much. Bad language. We couldn't we can Play it but But I want you to understand what's going on here. The men are in charge again. And by men I mean red blooded American men.

Who are oozing with toxic masculinity. And these men don't care what you think. As a matter of fact, we're going to play some audio coming up in a little bit about and J.D. Vance illustrated this point when he was doing the interview with the CBS anchorette, Margaret Brennan. And she thought she was so smug, but she was whimpering like a schoolgirl by the end of the interview.

And the reason why is people like J.D. Vance, J.D. Vance is a man's man. Donald J. Trump is a man's man.

Tom Holman is a man's man.

So is Pete Hexep. They've got a plan. They're going to deliver on that plan. And it may offend you. It may tick you off.

It may make you angry. It may make you cry. But you know what? They don't care. Remember when you were a kid?

And your dad laid down the law. Back when we were growing up, back in the 80s, the greatest generation, back when Gen X was growing up, daddy was in charge. What daddy said went. Daddy wanted fried chicken for supper. Guess what?

Mom was in the cook w mom was in the kitchen frying up some chicken in the skillet. That's how things were.

So we have now returned. We have now slammed on the brakes and we've taken over this wussification of men in America, and now the men are in charge. And it is going to take it's going to take some time. for people to get that into their system. But the feminists are freaking out now.

Because they realize that the men are wearing the pants in the country right now. And it terrifies them. But Let me say this. The good people of Colombia learned a very important lesson. And every country in the world needs to pay attention to what just happened on Sunday to the nation of Colombia.

Because this was a good old-fashioned case of FAFO. I will clean this up for our radio audience, but they fooled around and they found out. That's what happened. And I'm hoping that other countries are cluing in here on what's happening. But all I can tell you, when it comes to Donald J.

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All right, folks, if you haven't been paying attention, you need to start. The economy is getting a little squirrely. Oh, by the way, this just flew all over me yesterday.

So, Margaret Brennan from CBS, the anchorette, the lady anchor, she was doing the interview with J.D. Vance and trying to get him, trying to catch him on some things. And she said, Where's the executive order lowering the cost of eggs? Where is that? And J.D.

Vance did a wonderful job. Woman, be quiet. And then he explained to her how the economy works.

So all that to say, it's going to take a little bit of time. Right for everything, for the prices to start coming down and the processes are in place, it's just going to take some time.

So, all that to say that things are going to be a little rocky in the economy right now. We knew all that going into this.

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Well, I got to tell you, I am so proud of our good friend Marcus Limonis. Many of you watch his incredible program over on CNBC. He is also the CEO. Of Camping World. And there was another situation with one of their giant flags.

You know, they fly these huge American flags outside of all of their dealerships around the country. And Greenville, North Carolina, has decided to wage war. They decided this is the hill to die on. And so they said, look, here's the deal: that flag violates our zoning laws, and you got to take it down. And if you don't take it down, well, we're going to start slapping you with fines.

And so Marcus Limonis said, I'm not taking that flag down. And he's being pretty defiant about it.

So so far, they fined the company over $1,100. And every day that Old Glory flies, the dollar amount goes up. Mm-hmm. And Marcus Lomotus, who is actually from Lebanon, right? He came to this country legally.

How about that? And he became an American citizen. He says he is a proud immigrant and that he flies. The reason why he flies these giant American flags is because he wants to convey how much he loves his adopted country. Could you imagine if American-born, naturally, natural-born American citizens had that sort of mindset?

Mm-hmm. Isn't it interesting that he's not flying? Um the Lebanese flag. He's flying the American flag. And that says something to me.

So, anyway, he said that he was given the blessing of being able to come to America and become a citizen, and he's grateful. And so now he's got a little slogan trending on social media: no American flag is too big.

So I say good for you, Marcus. And If you're looking for a camper, might want to head on down to Camping World. The guy who owns a place, yeah, he's a great American patriot. All right, hang tight, everybody. Hour two of the big show coming.

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Live from the Liberty University Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, it's common sense conservative commentary from Todd Starr. That's right. I love this American ride. So I was watching this video of Al Sharpton, the Reverend Al. And the Reverend Al going into Costco with a bunch of his activist pals.

And all I could think of was: wait a second. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait a second here. You know, when I have to go into Costco. Which is not that often. And I'm going to explain why in just a moment, but I got a Costco membership.

I don't know why I got a Costco membership. I really don't need a 72-pack of Charmin. I really don't. And that's the smallest thing they have. I don't need a five-gallon tub of salsa.

There's only so much salsa a guy can eat. But I do love their shrimp salad. It's very delicious. I can scarf that down. But anyway, I digress.

But when you walk into Costco, first of all, you got to find a parking spot. It takes forever and a day to get the parking spot. You get to the parking spot. And then when you walk in, you got to show them your. Costco membership card, right?

And it used to be where you just could flash it and they, you know, you walk in, but they literally stop you now, and they have to make sure that the face matches the person and the customer, and it's just a big mess.

So then you get in there and you go shopping, and you do all of your shopping. And you, after you go through, and of course, you got to use, you have to self-check out, and you got to do all of that. And then you don't have any bags, right?

So you got to cart all the stuff out to your car. But before you can do that, you've got to stand in another line for, what, 20 minutes? Because they have to inspect everybody that comes out of the store. And it just seems to me, I'm on a Costco rant here for a moment. But it just seems to me that we would be saving a lot of time.

A lot of energy. And a lot of frustration if we just had checkout clerks. And that way they would know that you are paying for everything that you're buying. And when you haul your stuff out of the store, it's paid for. You don't have to show everybody a receipt.

And I don't know about the Costco that you go to, but the one I go to. It's one over by the Wolf Chase Gallery in Memphis. And I don't know if they've got a problem with theft or whatever, but they go through every single thing on the list. And you know, and what gets me is there's not like a line for people who just go there to get the shrimp salad because normally that's the only thing I'm going to a Costco to get, is that shrimp salad. And so I'm standing there and I'm.

I'm just waiting and waiting, and I always get behind the people that are buying for like the Duggar family, right? 72 boxes of mac and cheese. Yeah. All that to say. Oh, oh, and then you got to show your ID.

And I don't know if they do this at your Costco, but then when you're before you're getting ready to pay, you've got to show that you've got your membership card, and then you got to scan the membership card. It is a pain in the dairy air.

Okay.

So all that to say, somebody sends me this video. And I'm watching Al Sharpton coming into the Costco. He didn't have to show a card. Nobody in his entourage had to show a card. They just walked right on in and got their $1 hot dogs.

And I'm like, what is going on here? I'm at talk about black privilege. I want that kind of privilege.

So anyway, Costco is in the news. And Costco has decided that they are going to stand in solidarity with the DEI movement. Diversity, equity, and inclusion. And Costco really doesn't care. What you think?

Oh, by the way, Shanklin just texted in: Stearns, that was your mistake. They count the shrimp. It takes forever. It does. It's like.

One little shrimp, two little shrimp, but they're good shrimp. I'm telling you, it's good stuff. I will say this though, I've switched over to the Whole Foods. They've got bigger shrimp and they're just as good. Yeah.

So anyway, Costco is now embracing the whole. The whole DEI movement. And Al Sharpton showed up at the Harlem Costco to support the DEI policies. Here's a headline from the New York Post: Reverend Al Sharpton.

Okay, this guy is not irreverent. He's a charlatan. Reverend Al Sharpton leads Costco Buyout in support of companies' controversial DEI commitment. Marie Pohl and Deidre. Bardolph.

the writers of this piece, Reverend Al and about one hundred of his followers descended on the East Harlem Costco Saturday to support the company's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion practices. Sharpton says, We're supporting those who are not rolling back DEI. It's very important for us to be here. I want to see your membership card, sir. The demonstration was in response to President Trump's crackdown on DEI initiatives this week.

which put Federal employees working on such initiatives on paid leave and shuttering offices dedicated to DEI.

Now if you missed that story last week, we had a lot going on last week, ladies and gentlemen. But Trump came in and said, Every single person. That works for a DEI office in the federal government. You're now on paid leave until we can figure out where to either put you someplace else or we're going to have to fire you. They're shuttering and defunding every single federal DEI office.

Your tax dollars aren't going to be used for this nonsense anymore.

Meanwhile, ninety eight percent of Costco shareholders rejected a proposal calling on the wholesaler to evaluate risks posed by its DEI policies. Refrainow says, We will stand with those who stand with us. He gave attendees a $25 gift card to shop during the buyout event. Did they have membership cards? That's all I want to know.

President Trump's order was an outright affront to the black and brown community, Sharpton said. Is that true? Is that true? Are DEI policies? An outright affront to the black and brown communities because what Sharpton is saying here.

is that without those DEI policies that black and brown people would not be able to get good jobs. I believe that DEI is actually a form of racism that impacts both black and white. Because what they're saying is, well, we just don't think the we don't think the minority people are as smart as the white people, so we got to give them an upper leg. That's what DEI is. That's racist in my book.

I believe I believe that we should always be hiring the best of the brightest, no matter the color of their skin. I believe MLK preached a sermon about that.

So there you have it, ladies and gentlemen. Costco is now doubling down. And whenever you shop at Costco, which again, this is why I'm turning in my membership card. I'm done with Costco now. I can buy my shrimp somewhere else.

No, I don't know if Whole Foods has the D. I don't know. I hope they don't. Otherwise, they're going to have to May I just say something here? I'm just, this is disgusting.

I apologize. I know it's the lunch hour. Can we talk about Kroger for just a moment here? I want to talk about Kroger. And where's Ben Dieter?

I know Ben Dieter's a healthy eater. Oh, Ben Dieter, the healthy eater. That rhymes. Dieter, I got a question for you. Because Dieter is he eats like fruit and vegetables.

And all that kind of good stuff.

So anyway, um I was trying to, I was making a salad last night.

So I went down to Kroger and I got the lettuce and I got the baby cucumbers. I don't like the big giant cucumbers. I like the little cucumbers. They're easy to chop up and put in the salad. And I like the seedlings.

I don't like the seeds. Anyway, I digress.

So this has been going on for a good three months now at Kroger. And I don't know if if this is just in our area. But Ben, I go and I buy produce, whether it's an onion or a tomato or a bell pepper, and I get home and it's rotten. It's like Phil.

So yesterday, I would thought, well, maybe if I just dig into the pile of onions and I dug down and I got like I got like onion juice, which was black onion juice. And it was like a totally molded, mildewed onion. And I've been complaining about it. I'm like, guys, I think something's, I don't know where you're getting your produce from. But it's rotted.

That's what they said would happen. when Trump started deporting illegals. They wouldn't be political. That was quick. I hate to turn everything political, but no, you got to really watch.

What you pick up in the produce aisle? Do you examine it? Do you do the like the three look at all the corners of the fruit? You can even taste and sample the fruit before you take it home or the vegetable. You just have to pay for it.

You have to watch and examine those products. Maybe this is just a uniquely Uh unique issue here. Or I miss the farmers' market. Here's the thing. Yeah, we're in Memphis, and so we're not in some of those zones where they get around-the-clock sunshine.

So, really, until I would say May, are we going to get actually fresh produce? The raspberries, the strawberries. The lettuce, tomatoes, blah, blah, blah. And it's coming. It's nice outside today.

Oh, it is nice outside. All that to say, I went without produce yesterday. You're really cooking up a storm. I've gotten quite a few messages on Friday. The last thing you said is maybe we do a cooking show on the Todd Starn show, and all you want to do is talk about cooking.

So I'm saying we roll out maybe a segment of one. That's all I want to do. I just thought about, you know, maybe we could give lessons on how to make good southern food. You know, everybody's doing the canned stuff these days. It saddens my heart when someone breaks out of, you know, they want to.

you know, baked biscuits and it comes out of a can. That that to me is It's a sin. It's un-American. Yeah. I mean, I like Pillsbury as much as the next person, but you know, I think that's a sin against God.

Yeah. Right? I wrote a book about it. You wrote an entire book about biscuits. Don't be showing up with a can of biscuits.

Someone asked me the other day: is there actually recipes in the biscuit book?

Okay.

Yes. Of course there is. It wouldn't be the biscuit book without a recipe. Todd's basically Betty Crocker. I have.

Without the wig and without the high heels. Yeah, okay. I can. Thank you for that, Bend Eater.

So all that to say. Um Costco is an anomaly right now because a lot of these big companies, McDonald's, even Target, Target, has announced that they are doing away with the whole DEI crap. And I think what's happening is that these, and by the way, these businesses all along been deeter, they were never like pouring their hearts in the soul and pledging allegiance to the rainbow flag. They had a gun to their head, and the gun to their head was the human rights campaign. And they went out there and they bullied all of these companies and they said, you will bow down to us or we will destroy you.

But like, why Costco? Come on.

It's Costco. Why are they the only corporation in America in 2025 still hanging on to DEI? You know, people buy their underpants there. Did you know that? In bulk, I've heard.

Yeah, you get like 45. Pairs of long night underwear. Exactly. Yeah, and here's, I don't know if I can say this on the air because it's probably a crime, but I actually steal the company card. And by company card, I mean Todd's Costco card.

So now they're facing big boycotts. And I'm curious, do you boycott a place like Costco? I guess a lot of people are ripping up their Costco cards. I mean, I feel bad for the Mormons and the reality TV show families because, you know, they got big families. Yeah.

The Duggards need Costco. They're churning out babies over there. And maybe the Catholics, too, you know, because now they're saying that the Catholics are starting to procreate. Yeah. It's all part of this, you know, from the last segment, Donald Trump is daddy, and the men of America are in charge again.

I think not saying that.

Well, it's true. Daddy's home. Daddy's home. Get the belt, boy. Yeah.

Well, you know, if you remember when you were kids, wait till your dad gets home. Or there's a different connotation to daddy's home. Um but Go stand in the corner. I'm done. That's inappropriate.

Bye, guys. All right. We got to take a break here. 901-260-5926. Why do you think that these companies are getting rid of their DEI policies?

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What's the shooting about? All right, welcome back to the Todd Starring Radio Show. Let's go to Georgia. Smoke is on the line, and Smoke, I understand you've got some guidance on produce. Yeah.

Hey there, buddy. Hey, we love listening to you. We like you here in North Georgia.

Well, thank you. Yep, here in Cleveland we got a Walmart. We don't have a Kroger. I never get bad onions. And I don't never get bad lettuce.

And I the produce is right there. You can see it all. And we don't have that kind of trouble here. Really? I guess it's because we're just a bunch of rednecks and everybody else is in the city.

I don't know. Well, it may be. I mean, you know, the Kroger I go to is in the city and in the summertime, I'm all over the farmers' markets. I love knowing where my beef is grown. I love where my tomato I never buy tomatoes out of season, by the way.

I learned my lesson the hard way there. You don't like greenhouse tomatoes. No, sir. I you know, I gotta have them right off the vine smoke. I and really, that's I treasure a good fresh tomato sandwich in the summertime.

There's nothing better than a big beefy tomato. You're correct. It's nice and juicy, and the ones growing out in the field are always the best. This is true. This is true.

Yeah, but But yeah, I want to let you know on a little secret. You like selling. When you buy your head of lettuce and take it home and wash it. put it back in the Walmart Dark bag or a dark bag and put them back in your refrigerator, and it will last you another six to seven days. Get out of here, really?

Don't just put your head of lettuce. Yeah, don't put it back in there just in the open. Cover it up with something that's a little bit dark. and that let us last you four, five, six days longer.

Well, I have learned something new. Smoke, thank you for the tip there. And tell all the folks at the Walmart there in Georgia, we said hello. Yes, we have a good one. And like I said, you're a good one, too.

And we appreciate your fight. Don't never give it up.

Well, I'll do. I can promise you that. Smoke, God bless you. And again, tell all of your coworkers we said hello here on the Todd Stearns radio show. Let's go to Memphis, Tennessee, our flagship station, KWAM, making some statewide headlines today.

Kristen is on the line. Hi, Kristen. How are you? Hi, Todd. I'm doing well.

How are you? Doing good, doing good. And you were part of this huge, incredible event over the weekend that's going to make Memphis great again. I was so fortunate to be a part of that, Todd. It was truly a grassroots effort.

to usurp power from elitist establishment people to take the power back. And put it where it needs to be, which is in the grassroots movement with the people. We've taken it back. It was an amazing win. And we are ready to hit the ground running and get to work as quickly and as soon as possible, because as you know, Todd.

There is an awful lot of work to be done here in Shelby County, which is a Very blue county, but we're ready for it. We're ready for the challenge, and I'm super excited to have been a part of it. You know, I know that there are Republicans in Texas grappling with those issues right now, Republicans in Georgia. And I think it's exciting to see that grassroots folks like yourself stood up and said, you know what, we're going to fight for this. It's worth fighting for.

It is worth fighting for. You know, we endured about a year and a half or so of abuse from. The former regime, we stuck with it. We did not give up. We did not quit.

They tried to. They tried to struggle upon, but we stayed strong. We were in it. And in the end, we knew that we, you know, what we were saying would prevail and we would be victorious.

So I'm really, really pleased. Kristen, congratulations. That music means we got us good out of here. But well done, you. All right.

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18 plus terms and conditions apply. Mm. All right, over the weekend, President Trump in North Carolina, also in Los Angeles. And I will say there was a reason why Gavin Newscomb did not sit down for the interview, the press conference with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and the others, is because Donald Trump handed their hat to them. It was unbelievable.

Trump was large and in charge. In both of those states. And I want to go right away to the Patriot Mobile newsmaker line. We're honored to have with us two great friends and also affiliates of the Todd Stern Show, Joe Messina in Santa Clarita, California, host of the Joe Messina Show, and our good friend from WSIC, the owner and general manager, Justin Kazepas. Guys, hope you all are doing well today.

I'm doing fine, Todd. Thanks for having me on the show. It's always a lot of fun. Thanks, Odd. Great to be with you.

All right. Justin, I want to start with you. President Trump, boots on the ground. How was his arrival there received by the folks in North Carolina? Yes, I mean, there was a lot of love and gratitude for the fact that the President was willing to come out here to North Carolina this early on.

Obviously, got a lot going on. They're doing a lot of things. And it just was so interesting the moment that he got up there. He chose to let the people of Western North Carolina have the time. And so It was very, very cool to watch, and you know, people's stories and hearing them, um, actually what's going on in their life.

It was it was it was Quite moving. Joe, I know that the President was also in Los Angeles, and I was really impressed by a couple of things. First of all, the First Lady, Melania Trump, she was actually speaking in her native tongue to some of the survivors of the wildfires. But the President really showed himself to be large and in charge at those meetings. Oh, no kidding.

It was great. Look, even my Democrat friends were giving him credit for what he did at the table that day, and you could just see it. From the minute he got to the airport, you saw Governor Newsom, I mean, tried to be tough, but. Forgive me, but how can you be that tough with that howdy-doo-y face of his? Seriously.

And he put him right in this place, and you're right, Todd. He didn't go to that meeting. Because he knew he was going to have his head handed to him, just like the Mayor Bass did. And Trump laid it into her as well. But he didn't do it in his old way.

He did it in a great way. I mean, his comments saying that, hey, I've got executive powers and I'm using them to fix things. You have the same executive powers I do. You need to make it happen. And what she tried to wiggle out of it, I loved it again.

18 weeks is too much, or this many months is too much. You can do it now. You can get I was there with those people. They want to get started. You can do it now.

And then the other comment that I love that he made is when she said, we're just trying to keep them safe. He said, Safe Vermont. There's nothing left to burn. God, he was in rare parks. I loved him.

It really was. And Justin, again, when you look at the total devastation there in North Carolina and the complete failure of FEMA, I know that Trump is saying we've got to return The emergency management apparatus back to the states and do something else with FEMA. Do you think that's a good idea? What are people saying there in your state? It's an amazing point to bring up, Todd, because the key word there being management.

And to John's point, right, if you look at how California, the development of California, how it's happened or the amount of people, the your population there as compared to a state like North Carolina that is seeing now this phase of population and real time Development of this area of multiple pockets across the entire state in real time and happening and being able to learn a lesson. And so it's a real question, right, with Governor Sun and with Republicans then having the majority inside the state house. And how do we work this thing together? If all of a sudden North Carolina and these states in general across the entire country, each of us obviously looking at what's going on in our actual backyards of local, how do we manage it? Who's going to be in control of this?

What's it going to be like? Love the idea, right?

So we've now created the broad spectrum. Government has complete control, or the people have complete control. Where do we land in the management of all this? It's certainly up for conversation. Yeah, Justin Kazepas with WSIC, the owner of that great radio station, Joe Messina from KHTS, our great affiliate there in Santa Clarita, California.

Joe, Trump said something. We're going to go a little conspiratorial here, guys, if that's okay. Trump was asked about the fires, and this is the exact quote. It looks like, I don't want to say what it looks like. But you know what I'm going to say?

It looks like something hit it. And we won't talk about what hit it, but it is a bad, bad situation. And I'm wondering. What you think that is, Joe, that he's talking about?

Well, look, I can't wrap my mind around this. I barely made it out of high school, but he's talking about some of the underlying tone that some kind of beam, some kind of power beam hit it, set it on fire, and that's what started the whole thing. The fire started, the first big fire in Palace Verde started over, I mean, Palisade started in a backyard.

Now, the inside word from somebody I have over at the fire department says, you know, those fire logs, we're not allowed to burn wood in our fireplaces. I don't know if you guys do that. It's against LA. Wait, what? Yeah.

Ha ha ha ha.

Okay.

We cannot. It is illegal to burn wood in your fireplace in LA County. Justin, yet another reason why you need to stay in North Carolina. Don't don't go anywhere. Jeez.

Yeah. So apparently the the the man started to fire at his fireplace and and he wanted to go to bed. The log was still burning, so he put it in his backyard thinking it was going to be fine. The winds kicked up, and then you just take it from there. This is the story I'm getting so far.

Yes, you can't burn wood in your fireplace. There's your news headline. But it is interesting. I mean, the DEW, and I had 46,000 people engaging on this on my ex-feed over the weekend. And I just asked a simple question.

What do you think Trump was talking about? And to a person, folks were saying this all looks intentional, that it was possibly some sort of a directed energy weapon. But, you know, it's interesting, and maybe we'll find out. Maybe we'll never know. But, Justin, there were a lot of people theorizing about what was really going on in the western North Carolina mountains as well.

Man, Todd, it was such an anomaly of a real. And we talked about this last time I was on your show. Will we ever know why God allowed that to happen? I don't know. And I wish I could put my hand on the Bible and say what I think scientifically or whatever way the answer is.

But again, we I don't know. But the real question is not here from has our government been lying to us this long that like really like all these things are going on? I mean look our RFK G RFK files, uh MLK files all this real stuff that's like been of like secrecy for so long. when you just kind of put it out there, what's going to be the effect? We're all watching that in real time too.

No, it's yeah, I mean, and again, the lack of, I think it's the lack of information, the lack of trust that people have in their government, and rightfully so because the government's been lying to us for so many years. And so when you don't have the people being forthcoming, that's when you get these conspiracy ideas going. Justin, I'm curious: are people starting to see Movement in Western North Carolina? Are they starting to get the resources coming in? Yes, we're definitely I mean, there's definitely now movement, and it seems like there's certainly been a significant uptick of actually from what I'm seeing on reporting online random utilizing X as a wonderful way to connect, right?

And it's not a promotion as a platform, by the way, in no way, shape, or form, right? Like, I'm the top signal on any kind of stock ever, too. Just I'll say that out front because anybody can just buy stock.

So I'll just say, don't buy it based on me ever. But we are seeing the resources flow into North Carolina. And again, we know even when you talk about it, right? The power of radio, Todd, look at your national show. When a subject is discussed and put in the forefront, That's when we start seeing the action behind it.

And so, just grateful for the opportunity for North Carolina to continue to be a topic of conversation, a wonderful place to live. But don't come here, forget you ever heard about us, enough people already here.

Well, well said. I understand that. And we do our best on the national show as well as on Newsmax to keep people updated and what's going on there because the national media, they've just moved on. And real quick here, Joe, When are people that and that was the big question is when are people going to be able to go back to their homes? And Trump said, and again, the mayor was like, oh, well, they can go back now.

Well, they can't. And Trump was pointing that out. Waiting a week or even a couple of days, it's too long. Let the people get back to their homes. Yeah, the LA Department of Public Health put out a notice that they weren't allowed to go back because of the toxic chemicals.

that might be in what's left of the debris, and the mayor should have known that. The mayor should have had a clue. She's not plugged in at all.

So they won't be able to go back until that's lifted And the mayor doesn't have a right to simply lift that because the LA County Board of Health covers the city and the county at the same time.

So there's going to be a battle there over that. She was the same woman who uh forced us to wear masks. Almost a year longer than anybody else.

So I think you're going to see a fight happen there. And I hope Trump does hold up the money by saying, look, it. You don't want these people back in, then I'm not giving you the money you need to start cleaning it up. It's that simple. All right, guys, we're going to have to leave it there.

As always, Justin, Joe, thanks a lot. Always a pleasure. All right. Good guys right there. Great radio stations.

This is interesting, though, this directed energy weapon. I mean, they're saying, oh, we saw these beams coming down from the heavens, and that's what started the fires. And it's a real thing. I mean, this directed energy weapons are real things. Whether or not they were used to intentionally create the fires, that will be open for discussion.

But President Trump opened that door when he said what he said, leading many to speculate what exactly did happen there in Pacific Palisades. All right, we've got to take a break. 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show.

All right, folks, coming up in the next hour, we're going to be heading over to the Pentagon talking to Brigadier General John Tykert. He's got some intel on the State Department, I'm sorry, the Department of Defense and Pete Hagseth and all of the changes that are happening. Hagseth says this: no more DEI at the Department of Defense, no exceptions. at all. None whatsoever.

I want to play some uh Audio here, and we're hoping to establish contact with our good friend Art Allie. In the meantime, I want you to hear this is Martha. I'm sorry, this is Martha Radnitz talking to Tom Holman about the illegals. Cut number three. I want to go back to those military flights going south.

We as you said, we have never seen that before. Is that going to be a constant commitment from the U.S. military every single day to take deportees out? Yes. So is this what we will see every single Day ending in what the President has promised is millions and millions being deported.

Yes, but you're going to see the numbers steadily increasing. The estimates of perhaps those who have been convicted or arrested in the past 700,000 to over a million.

So after you do that, Then you go after everybody. who is there illegally. If you're in the country legally, You're on the table. Because it's not okay to violate laws of this country. You've got to remember, every time you enter this country legally, you violated a crime under Title VIII, United States Code 1325.

It's a crime.

So if you're in the country legally, you've got a problem. And that's why I'm hoping those who are in the country legally who have not been ordered removed by the federal judge should leave. All right. And by the way, he's 1,000% right. And I know this is really triggering for a lot of people out there, but the reality is, this is what Donald Trump got elected on, and they are delivering.

Down to the T. Cut number four, please.

So tell me what the definition of success is over the next six months, over the next year, by the end of the administration. What is mission accomplished here? taking as many public safety threats off the street as possible. Watching illegal alien crimes in the United States decrease, ending it, deporting every illegal alien gang member in this country, including. Trenda Awa and MS13.

Making our country safe. When we see the crime rate from Illegoanas go down, that's a success. Every public safety threat we're removed from this country is a success. Every national security threat that we find removed from countries' success. There's no number on it.

So, my success is going to be based on what Congress gives us. More money, the better we're going to do. I noticed you didn't put in that list of things that will be mission accomplished and success, getting every immigrant who is in the country illegally out. Why not? Because I'm being realistic.

We can do what we can with the money we have. We're going to try to be efficient, but with the more money we have, the more we can accomplish it. If I don't have the money to remove that million people, I'm not going to sit here and. One thing I'm no one can say I haven't been frank in everything I've said. Our success Every day is taking a public safety threat off the streets or getting a national security threat out of here.

Yeah, look, this is very simple, folks. It's black and white. And I just love the fact that Tom Holman is out there and he is leading the charge on the streets. He's not doing this from some cushy office in D.C., he is on the streets with ICE and all the other agents that are rounding up all these illegals.

Meanwhile, These wackadoodles are coming out of the woodwork. Here's a teacher in Texas who says he'll be harboring illegal aliens. Cut one, please. Why does being a teacher grant you the authority to commit federal crimes by harboring illegals? First of all, you heartless witch, these are not illegals, these are children.

Second of all, these children didn't come here because they wanted to. Their parents probably brought them here. Why? Because they wanted a better life for their kid. And if wanting a better life for your kid is a crime, aren't we all guilty?

Third of all, I am not harboring anybody. These are children going to school. But if they needed me to harbor them, I would any day of the week.

Okay, first of all, why am I not surprised that guy's the teacher? Look, here's the deal: yes, they are children, but they're here illegally. They're illegal children, all right? They're little tiny illegals. If you want to call them that, that's underage illegals.

We can call them that. It doesn't matter. Every single, just hear me on this, folks. And some of you, Starnes is just heartless. He's just a heartless Christian nationalist.

No, Starnes is not heartless. Every single penny. that's allocated to taking care of these illegal children, that's money that is not being used to take care of natural born American citizens. It's really that simple. And we don't have a lot of money, folks.

We are in debt up the wazoo. We are.

So, the idea that we're going to bring all these people in here and we're going to make our own kids and grandkids suffer. No, I'm not playing that game. When push comes to shove, and it really does come down to this, and you have this, like this teacher here in Texas. You have one scholarship. Do you give that scholarship to the smart American kid or the smart illegal?

Who do you give it to? That teacher in Texas would say, you've got to give it to the illegal. And I just don't believe that to be the case. By the way, Over the weekend in Dallas, Texas, and in Fort Worth, and we're going to be talking about this on Newsmax tonight, 5 o'clock Eastern. There were thousands of people coming out to protest our nation.

They were all illegals and their supporters. Every single person was waving a flag of another country, not a single American flag in the mix. And if these people love America so much, why are they flying the flags of their home country?

Somebody want to explain that to me? Quite frankly, what we should have done and again, Tom Holman, the guy can only do so much, we should have dispatched a bunch of Border Patrol agents over to these rallies and rounded up all of them. That's what we ought to start doing here. But I'm tired of this. Every other country.

In the world, they have a common sense immigration policy, and yet they're saying that America can't have one. And the reason why is very simple, ladies and gentlemen. They want to flood our nation. They want to replace the law-abiding American citizens, and they want to turn us into Venezuela. And we can't let that happen, and Trump isn't going to let that happen.

All right, hang tight, everybody. Hour three of the big show coming up next. Live from the Liberty University Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. It's America's conservative blowtorch. That's right.

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Well Margaret, I don't agree that all these immigrants or all these refugees have been properly vetted. In fact, we know that there are cases of people who allegedly were properly vetted and then were literally planning terrorist attacks on our country. That happened during the campaign, if you may remember.

So clearly not all of these foreign nationalists. But there are 30,000 people in the pipeline. Afghan refugee. But my primary concern as the Vice President, Margaret, is to look after the American people. And now that we know that we have vetting problems with a lot of refugee programs, we absolutely cannot unleash.

Thousands of unvetted people into our country. These people are vetted. These people are vetted. Just like the guy who planned a terrorist attack in Oklahoma a few months ago, he was allegedly properly vetted. And many people in the media and the Democratic Party said that he was properly vetted.

Clearly, he wasn't. I don't want my children to share a neighborhood with people who are not properly vetted. And because I don't want it for my kids, I'm not going to force any other American citizens' kids to do that either. No, and that was a very particular case. It wasn't clear if he was radicalized when he got here or while he was living here.

I don't really care, Margaret. I don't want that person in my country. And I think most Americans agree with me. Oh, my goodness. I don't really care, Margaret.

That, ladies and gentlemen, is right up there with Make America Great Again as great political slogans. I don't really care, Margaret. That was your vice president, ladies and gentlemen, J.D. Vance. And there were a lot of people that were really upset that J.D.

had agreed to do his very first interview with CBS News. And honestly, I'm glad to see him go there because he handed Margaret Brennan the he handed her hi her hat. That was a brilliant Brilliant interview. Welcome to the Todd Stearns Radio Show, hour three of the big show. We're going to be going to the White House a little bit later on.

Reagan Reese joins us. Also, our good friend, retired Brigadier General John Tycert, weighs in on the changes happening today at the Defense Department. And we're going to be taking your calls as well. 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926.

Let's go to Oakwood, Georgia. Bob on the line. Hi, Bob, what's on your mind? Hello, Todd Todd. Good to talk with you today.

Yeah, th these are illegals uh and they're free flights. You know, you've probably heard the name Colson Moore in the state of Georgia. Great. We had him on the show a couple of weeks ago. Great guy.

Yeah. Well well Colson actually heard that there were illegals at the Atlanta airport. He's a senator in Georgia now. And he goes down there to check on them. And the um the National Guard who were guarding these illegals while they were housed at the Atlanta airport.

would not let him in the room. They actually ran him off much like the Speaker of the House did the other day, When he tried to get into the governor's.

Well, let's stay focused here. Yeah, on the issue. Yeah, we talked about that last week. Yeah. Right, but here's another story.

of a sheriff down in Florida Arrest This young lady for prostitution. She's an illegal. And in their interview, it came out that She was from New York City. And she was in Florida. with uh several Johns A point a pointletice.

to have um prostitution with them. And Our government paid for her flight from New York to Florida. for her to do this. And on top of that, her prostitution was her way of repaying the people who got her across the border to begin with.

So She came to America trying to, you know, do a little better. And They made her A sex slide And our government pays for her travel.

Now figure that one out.

Well, the government's been paying for a lot, and by the government, we have been, and that's stopping. Trump is stopping all of this nonsense. And, Bob, I appreciate you calling in. Hollywood's going crazy.

Now, Ben Dieter, you know Selena Gomez. She's a very popular. She is, we can't even play the audio. The audio is not good, but she is just, she's lost it. She's like weeping.

I'm weeping. I wish I could do something more, but I can't. They're coming after you. Oh my god, I'm old Larry. What did they think deportation meant?

She said, All of my people are getting attacked, the children. I don't understand. I'm so sorry. I wish I could do something, but I can't. I don't know what to do.

I'll try everything. I promise. You know what I want to see? I want to see Selita Gomez try to stop Tom Holman from arresting a pedophile. That's what I want to see.

You know what I want to see? I want to see Selena Gomez and every A-lister in Hollywood that are losing control right now and are emotionally unwell open up their homes. Open up their backyards because they've got the money, right? I mean, Selena Gomez is what is their net worth over a billion dollars? I mean, she's massively popular.

She's got some money.

So you take care of them. Yeah. I mean, the issue is they're not having to put up with the problems that you're seeing in Chicago. in our cities.

So why don't you take all of your money And you deal with them. That didn't work well at Martha's Vineyard. Remember, all the busloads of illegals showed up. And initially, the folk said, oh, these are the new lawn guys and the mechanics. No, no, no.

They were there to be housed. And the wealthy, the rich, and the famous there in Martha's Vineyard said, we don't want them here. Yep. Wasn't very neighborly. It's incredibly hypocritical.

Wow. It's the hype of hypocrisy. All right, Selena Gomez. Yeah, thoughts and prayers, ma'am. She's really losing it.

Also, this person right here, this is great.

So, if you are going to eat at a Mexican restaurant. Be careful. You might not want to bring the Cadillac. Cut number two. Listen, if I pull up to the Mexican restaurant and I see a truck, because let's face it, it's going to be a truck with a Trump bumper sticker, you're getting keyed.

I didn't want to see you at Taco Bell. The only thing you get to eat for the rest of your life is plain white bread and mayonnaise. And I know that you were going to eat a lot of that anyway, but that's all you deserve. You deserve nothing that tastes good for the rest of your life. What's wrong with mayonnaise?

I don't understand. I love mayonnaise. Let's throw the white bread. What's wrong with tuna sandwiches? That's delicious.

A little hot sauce. I know. Nice. You got to have the celery, though, in there for the crunch.

So, what are they saying? Are they saying that everybody in the taco trucks are illegals? Apparently, so. Way to rat them out, people. You're ratting them out.

Tom Holman is going to start going to all the taco trucks. Wow, we can't even go to Taco Bell, apparently. No, I think Taco Bell that is fully, fully, fully stopped by probably Americans. I'm just saying. I don't even think Hispanic people are allowed to work at Taco Bell.

Well, I think it's illegal. Yeah. By the way, CNN went down to Mexico, or is it Guatemala? No, the G asylum, Mexico, and they interviewed a business guy down there. This is a great interview.

And the businessman in Mexico now, Ben in Mexico, says they love El Presidente Trumpo. They love him. Cut number seven. America, even Mexico, Mexico is a big market too. Yet, despite the potential loss Trump's tariffs might cause him, Cesar Santos believes widening cartel violence is a bigger threat to business here in Mexico, so much so that he's given up prime real estate to have a police presence nearby.

Yeah, that's on your own. Yeah, we donate that area. Yes, in the property. It's a big part of why he actually supports the man behind the tariffs. He's strong.

President Trump. Actually, I like him for all the issues we have in terms of all the criminal gangs and everything like that, the drugs.

So we need the help of people like him to stop that. Yeah, I mean, I love it. As a matter of fact, and it was hard to understand there, but he actually donated property across from his business so the police department could build their police station. It's a brilliant idea. But even the folks, even the law-abiding people in Mexico, they love El Presidente Donaldo.

They love him because they know that he is going to go after the cartels. And when that happens, they're all going to be able to live in peace. That's what it's all about. All right. We got to take a break.

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Well, I want to go to the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line. Welcome in a good friend of this program, retired Brigadier. General John Tychard. And, General, I know you've got to be excited about the news coming out of the White House where all of those military personnel. Who were fired because they refused to take that clot shot are getting.

Getting redeemed. Todd, it's great to be with you. And I am the military shamefully removed more than eight thousand faithful military members because they didn't abide by the COVID vaccine mandate. There were probably another seventy thousand that left. though not by the threat of force.

But there is a redemption to be had here, and I'm looking forward to seeing the signing of this executive order that invites those amazing Americans back into the military with back pay and benefits. And I think it's the start of maybe returning the well-being back to the United States military and a focus on merit-based, mission-focused leadership. And this has to make you feel good. And I know you have served our country for so many years so admirably, you and your family. They actually, this group of military personnel actually named you one of 18 leaders, model leaders for the DOD.

And they were really hoping that you, you were, I think, number two on their list, saying, we need General Tykard. He needs to be involved at the Pentagon in the Trump administration. Todd, I was massively honored by that, and that was a groundswell bottom-up movement that picked those 18 names. Really, for me, it's always been about support and defending the Constitution of the United States. And if there is an opportunity to serve my country under President Trump, I would love to.

I'm curious to get your thoughts on Pete Hekseth. It took the Vice President to break the tie vote over the weekend, but he was sworn into office. And right out of the gate, Pete Heckseth says no more DEI at the Department of Defense, no exceptions. Your reaction to that. Todd, it is so refreshing to get back to a focus on readiness and lethality in the DOD.

The American taxpayer invests their hard earned dollars in us not to be a social experiment but to focus on the A mission which is to defeat and deter. And it is so refreshing for military members, past, present, and future to have a Secretary of Defense. That wants to restore a warrior ethos and get back to the main thing, which is readiness and lethality. I thought that was an interesting word, that warrior ethos. That was part of Hegset's speech as he addressed the Pentagon earlier today.

How long do you think that sort of thing is going to filter down to the troops? It takes a while to adjust culture, but fortunately, some of these executive orders and policies are starting to remove those things. that are frankly distractions within the DOD. I like what Secretary Higsteth which was Unity is our strength, not diversity. and a shared purpose.

And I think that once you start hearing that from our secretary and you start seeing it implemented being policies of our leaders, then you can quickly snap back to what the military has always been about, again, which is readiness and lead ballots. On the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line is our good friend, Brigadier General John Tycert, retired, listed as one of the men that needs to be a part of the Trump Pentagon. You know, General, we're seeing the military being used now at the border. President Trump sending in hundreds, if not thousands, of troops. What do you make of that?

Is that a good thing to do? Pod, it is so long overdue that in order to maintain our sovereignty and to protect against real national security threats, We need a secure border. And the military is filled with experts. not only just of numbers of manpower, but in defending territory. And we need to get a control of our southern border for national security purposes amongst others.

And it is a very good use of those hundreds or thousands of military members that are being very quickly deployed down south. You know what I love? Over the weekend, there was the dust up with Columbia. They refused to let our military planes land. And, you know, instead of blowing something up or, you know, taking somebody out, Trump said, yeah, no problem.

We'll just slap a 25% tariff on you. And by next week, we'll knock that up to 50%. And what happened, Columbia reversed course? I think this is a great illustration of the definition of peace through strength. It is.

And we have various instruments of national power. Those include military, diplomatic, economic and intel. And the use of the economic instrument of power in this case was a brilliant one. And it's also a reminder that America is back. Because the rest of the world has been demonstrating or seeing a demonstration of our weakness.

The last four years, and now we're seeing a leader stand up from a position of strength. to make sure that the American interests are number one achieved. And it has been great to see that very small indication of President Trump utilizing strength of leadership and strength of will to allow America to achieve our interests. General, I know that you've got young kids, and I don't know if they're looking at the military, but I'm curious if you're hearing from maybe their friends and young people in general. Is there more of an interest in joining the military?

That's been a big challenge, is getting people to volunteer. It is. We have had a huge crisis in recruiting and then retention. Primarily because we have been distracted and not mission-focused in the military. And people want to join a service or an organization that has a mission and relentlessly pursues that mission.

I do have three kids. Two of the three are looking forward to joining the military when they come of age. The other one's still thinking about it. But really, They are doing so to support and defend the Constitution of the United States and to focus on the mission. And the fact that we're getting back to that is long overdue.

All right, I love that. General, real quick, where can people go if they want to get more information about you? I know you've written some great books, leadership books as well. Where can they go to get all that? Todd, thanks for asking.

JohnTyker.com. C-E-I-C-H-E-R-T has links to my leadership book, my devotional book, other things that I'm doing. And I love just being able to join you, Todd. Thanks for having me. All right, General, good hearing from you.

The great Brigadier General John Tykert. Retired Air Force general. He was command over at Joint Base Andrews, as well as Edwards Air Force Base, and just also a good man of God as well. And a wonderful, wonderful family. Had a chance to go to his book signing over at Edwards Air Force Base a couple of months back when I was in California.

The amount of people that showed up to see him and to stand in line to get their book signed. really says a lot about his character. And he would make a fine addition. To the Trump administration. All right, we've got to take a quick break here, folks.

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So, look, I want to go back to the Pentagon, and this is so vitally important. Again, there are so many dumpster fires burning. Number one, the border. And number two, what's happening in our military right now? And look, if.

If you're a grown adult, how you want to live your life is between you and God, right? That being said, The military is no place for you to go and join up so you can get a sex reassignment surgery at the cost of the taxpayers. That's not what the military is for. The military is there to kill the enemy and blow things up. That's what the military is supposed to be about.

Yeah. And we had so many people getting so concerned about the direction of the military, many of you calling in, sharing your first hand accounts. We had so many members of Congress coming on. And so now that Pete Hangsteth is coming in, He's going to get things whipped into shape lickety splint. I want you to listen to the first statement he gave to the Pentagon Press Corps earlier this morning, cut eight.

Move forward, troops? Putting more barriers. and also to ensure mass deportations, support of mass deportations, in support of president. That is something that the day. department absolutely will continue to do.

And today there are more executive orders coming that we fully support on removing DEI inside the Pentagon, reinstating troops who were pushed out because of COVID mandates, the Iron Dome for America. This is happening quickly. And as the Secretary of Defense, it's an honor to salute smartly, as I did as a junior officer, and now as the Secretary of Defense, to ensure these orders are complied with rapidly and quickly. Every moment that I'm here, I'm thinking about the guys. And gals.

Guam. In Germany Fort Benning and Fort Bragg. on missile defense sites and air traffic carriers. Our job is the fat ladine. and readiness And war fighting.

I'm going to hold people accountable. Lawful orders of the President of the United States will be executed. inside this defense department swiftly. and without excuse. We will be no better friend to our Yeah.

And no stronger. Uh adversary. No squats. Test us and try us.

So Mr. Chairman, thank you for a lot. I look forward to serving the troops, the warriors of this department. the honor of a lifetime. and we're gonna get to work.

God bless y'all. This right here is uh Jorge Olivera. He was killed in Afghanistan. He was asked about what I wear on my wrist every single day. It was a troop I served with, a soldier I served with in Guantanamo Bay when I was a platoon leader, who was killed in Afghanistan, not in my unit, but when I was there.

It's these guys that we do this for, those that have given the ultimate sacrifice. Whatever is needed at the border will be provided, whether that is through state active duty, Title 32, or Title 10, because we are reorienting. This is a shift. This is not the way business has been done in the past. This is the Defense Department will support the defense of the territorial integrity of the United States of America at the southern border to include reservists, National Guard, and active duty in compliance with the Constitution, the laws of our land, and the directives of the Commander in Chief.

Those will be decisions made by the White House. I look forward to conversations about anything we need to do to ensure we're securing our southern border. Mr. Secretary, how are you going to change military training?

Sorry? Dot Military training will be focused on the readiness of what our troops in the field need. deter our enemies. More rapid fielding, more rapid operations. to train as we fight will be something we want.

Are our units new crossings back? All right. Good for you, Pete Hegseth, our new Secretary of Defense, and doing a great job. Rob Smith is a TP USA influencer, and he is a decorated. Iraq combat veteran, and he just posted a lengthy message on X.

This is interesting, and I'm just gonna read what he says here. This is Rob Smith saying: I am a combat veteran, I am also a gay man. Trump is absolutely right to ban trans service members. And then he goes on to explain why in this rather lengthy post here.

So it's worth. You follow him, Rob Smith, online, and you'll be able to read his rationale. And coming from a very different perspective as someone like Pete Hagseth, I've got to play this. This audio. This came from a Chick-fil-A, and I don't know what it is about Chick-fil-A, but there's We're starting to see this happening in McDonald's now, where Chick-fil-A used to be the gathering, or Chick-fil-A became the gathering place.

For a lot of people. McDonald's used to be that way. And then over the years, things kind of went south in McDonald's. And I think they're starting to get their act together again, which is great. And maybe McDonald's will once again become that gathering place for folks just to sit around and drink coffee, share a sandwich or whatever.

And anyway, Chick-fil-A. Has become that place. Anyway, there is a military veteran and He um he's been going to Chick-fil-A. Every, you know, I think just about once a week. And it turns out it's his birthday, but it's not just any birthday.

This guy is 102 years old. And so he and his wife go to the Chick-fil-A and they share a sandwich together. And something really interesting happened at this particular Chick-fil-A when the employees all came out to sing Happy Birthday. Mr. Clyde.

You know that you're one of our favorite guest and certainly our favorite veteran.

So last year I gave you a a gift card.

So this year I want to give you a cow, a big cow. Eat more chickens. Eat more chickens. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday, dear Clyde. Happy birthday to you. Yeah, I just think this is awesome. And, you know, it's this is this is really what it's all about. This was the Chick-fil-A in Lenexa, Kansas.

And the gentleman there, Mr. Clyde, his name is Clyde Grisham, 102 years old. He is an Army veteran, and he served four years during World War II. He and his wife, Dolores, are good friends of the Chick-fil-A, and they always love coming and having dinner there. And they threw the whole crew came out, Penn Teeter.

And if you've been to Chick-fil-A, you know, they all came out there and they sang happy birthday and had a dinner. What's a good story? What a great story. Such a feel-good story. What a great.

You know, years ago, I was made an honorary Chick-fil-A employee. What? Yeah, I got the name badge, the whole nine yards. That's huge. It's massive.

I did. Did they give you food? That's what I want.

So I said, Do I get the employee discount? And he said, No, you don't get the employee. It's an honorary position. Gotcha. But I was honored.

I love that. Anyway, what a lovely couple. And Dolores just looks, she looks like a spring chicken. As they say.

So good on the good people there at Chick-fil-A and Lanexa. Kansas. That's near Kansas City and about halfway between Kansas City and Wichita. And, Dylan, did you watch the game last night? No, I skipped that on it because I was bored of these two teams making it.

So, yeah, Philadelphia. Look, I'm glad Philadelphia is at it. But I got to tell you, this Kansas City situation. It's ridiculous. And you add Taylor Swift on top of it, it's just more annoying than ever before.

It is. And you're not allowed to say anything because the owners are like Christians.

So, you know, it's kind of like you can't be hating on Chick-fil-A or the Kansas City Chiefs. I guess so. But I'm just saying there are some very questionable calls. Yes. And they've all gone in favor of Kansas City.

They always do, Todd. The Refs and Patrick Mahomes. Best friends. It's a miracle. Hang out after the game.

It's clearly. Oh. I wanted the commanders to be in it because they haven't, you know, they came out of nowhere. There was some sort of a weird story. We'll have to talk about this.

We're going to run out of time here, but there was a weird story about the touchdown and the referees telling Washington that, you know, or telling. Anyway, it was a big scandal. We'll save that for another day. We've got to take a quick break here, folks. We'll be right back.

All right, folks, don't forget five o'clock Eastern, the Todd Stern Show on Newsmax. I want to go right away to the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line and say hello to our friend Reagan Reese, who is now the White House correspondent for the Daily Caller. Reagan, congratulations. Oh, thank you.

So, how's that going so far? And what's the acclimation process like? Have you gotten in any fights with anybody yet in the press corps? You know they're all lefties.

Well, so actually, Todd, I was the Railroad correspondent under the Biden administration for about a year, but it does feel like I'm starting a new job all over again because it is so different covering the Trump administration than it has been covering the Biden administration. Before those same outlets that we just love so much, those MSNBCs, those CNNs, CBS, ABCs. got all of the questions. At one point, I know it was discussed in a press meeting that maybe for press conferences, there should be a signed seating, just like in the briefing room, with how the legacy media gets those first A couple of seats, and that's really all the press secretary goes beyond. But now it's really anybody's game.

President Trump has taken more questions in just those few hours that he was in office. All right. Than Joe Biden did in an entire week. And he's calling on anybody. There's no scripted list of what reporters he's going to call on.

There's no pre-approved questions. He's calling on whoever he wants, and he's shutting up reporters that he doesn't like that are speaking. And so it's a completely new world, and it feels like a new job. And it's also just it's higher profile and way more access for the daily caller this time around. Reagan, what are some of the things that you are seeing as far as priorities?

Certainly, the immigration roundups over the weekend have been pretty significant. Yes. This, you know, the border is. It's really interesting because you look back at JD Vance's interview this weekend with Need the Press, I believe it was. And They're trying to hit him on how uh Egg prices aren't lowered, and that's not something that that's something the president campaigned on, and that's a promise he has not catched.

If you look at You know, everything that Trump and his administration have done, especially on the border, this is exactly what he said he was going to do, and now he is. You know, holding it. His side of the bargain and putting that into action for the American people. And so. I think that the the board has definitely taken center stage right now.

I do, I read today that there are going to be some DEI, you know, getting rid of more DEI in the military and various. aspects of government executive orders coming. And so I think that's another thing that's going to take center stage soon is this culture war, that's the big thing coming out of twenty twenty. And I think kind of went under the radar going into the 2024 election, but that is something that I think President Trump and his administration are going to take a big focus on in the coming weeks and more. And of course, over the weekend, I thought it was fascinating, again, the Vice President having to go in, having to break that tie vote.

You know, that does lead to questions about some of the more controversial nominees coming up. We've got Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr., and we're hearing that as many as seven Republicans may be opposing RFK Jr. Is the White House confident that they're going to be able to sway over the Republican majority? That's going to be a great question. I think we're going to dive into more going into this week, whether it's the President himself that's going to address it or Press Secretary Caroline Levitt.

I think the posture of the White House when it's come to these secretarian picks is, of course, it's going to be a battle. Of course, these picks are controversial, but this is what the American people voted for when they voted for Donald Trump. They didn't want those same old bureaucrat cabinet officials coming in there. And so I think President Trump, from what I've seen and the things that I've read and You know, overheard, and the people I've spoken to, these Pits seem like a challenge at bay. They want to fight, a battle that they want to fight.

And so I think we're going to see more of that and just how strong of support some of these picks have from President Trump in the coming weeks. All right, Reagan, we're going to have to leave it there. Good luck to you. I know you're going to be super busy. This is a very active president we have here.

Definitely. I'm looking forward to it. All right. Reagan Reese, everybody, White House correspondent for the Daily Caller. Real quick, I want to try to squeeze in a quick call here from Lee, Newburn, North Carolina, listening to us today.

Lee, what's going on?

Well, uh first of all I'm very proud of our new president, I really like his style. But I was concerned about what's what might be going on. on the northern uh border. Uh I'd I'm wondering if so much attention is being paid to the southern border that maybe the smugglers are going to be shifting their attention to the northern borders And I don't I hadn't heard a whole lot about what's going on up there. Lee, it could be.

Look, I mean, right now they've got a big job ahead of their hands getting the southern border controlled. And look, if in fact They are finding that people are sneaking across the northern border. No doubt about it. I think Tomahoman will be allocating resources up there. But as you heard, the borders are, say, They only have a certain amount of money to play with here.

And right now the major emphasis is on the southern border.

Well, I understand that.

So but that was that was the main thing I wanted to call about is just Just hopefully they're not losing sight of what's going on up there. Lee, I don't think they are, but it's a good point to bring up. And look, we got a lot going on, and it's hard to imagine. This is only week two. And I think people are winded.

They're not used to winning this much so quickly.

So, anyway, Lee, God bless you, and thank you for calling in. Wow, this was a super fast show today. I don't know what the deal was, but we had a lot of fun, covered a lot of ground. We're going to do this all over again tomorrow. Again, 5 o'clock Eastern.

We're also hearing Trump may speak during my show tonight.

So tune in, and we'll be sure to cover the breaking news, whatever that might be. All right, folks, get out there. Have a great day, everybody. You be good, America.