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Well, hello, everybody. Happy Friday to you. My goodness, what a busy week. And a lot of ground to cover today. By the way, coming up Super Tuesday next week, so it's going to be an insane political week here in America.

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Now, today, Open Line Friday. That means you can talk about whatever you want to talk about on today's program. We reserve all of those conversations for Friday, and you can call in, talk to Miss Lydia, and if she approves, you will be on the air.

So be nice to Miss Lydia. 901-260-5926 is our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. I want to start out with. And if you're following us, if you're watching us live on Rumble or on Facebook, you already know where we're starting here today.

But I was really moved yesterday. There was a lot of politics at the border. No doubt about it. But there was a moment that really captured my attention. And it wasn't President Biden found.

Feeble, shuffling around, looking lost, looking distracted. Yelling about the climate. While he was in Brownsville, Texas, by the way, we're going to be talking to a great friend of the program, Sergio Sanchez, who hosts a program in that area. That wasn't the moo the moment for me. It wasn't President Trump, by contrast, just barreling down a Trump Force One and rushing over and Greeting and shaking hands with all the Border Patrol agents, or that, um, iconic moment and okay, there were two moments that really moved me.

This is the first one. The President is standing there at the border, and there's the fencing and the razor wire that's been erected by Texas law enforcement, and there are the illegals. in the distance, and they can't get into America because of the border fencing, because of the razor wire. And what does President Trump do? President Trump stands there and he's waving.

He's waving at the illegals. And they're actually shouting his name. Even the illegals know who Donald Trump is. But Trump, you have to imagine, was having a little bit of fun, kind of mocking the illegals. Not gettin' into this country, pal.

Not to day. Not here. Head on down to Brownsville. That was a great moment. But the moment for me, and look, I get this a lot.

I get a lot of your messages, and I see your comments, and I know that. Man, we have been through some dark days in this country. I mean, it's really been tough. And there are a lot of folks that are willing to, they're just ready to throw in the towel. We we talked to a fella yesterday who called in.

And there was an MSNBC story, and Dylan, we can try to find that audio from yesterday from the MSNBC folks that were attacking country people, country folks. And this guy is one of those people. He's a country folk. He is a guy who just. He's living his life.

He's minding his own business, mowing his grass, going to work. He's paying his bills. doing what doing what everybody in this country pretty much ought to be doing. He's not in anybody else's business. He goes to church on Sunday, probably goes to watch the grandkids play basketball or volleyball at the local school.

And yet, the folks over at MSDNC, they ridicule these kinds of people. They think that we truly are the enemies of American democracy. And I want to stop for a second here about that phrase, American democracy. No, sir. No, sir.

Uh MSDNC people, pay attention. We're not a democracy. We're a republic. We are a republic.

So they're out there and they're saying all these horrible things about country people. And I know our phones, we talked about this late in the show yesterday, and our phones just lit up. People were really fired up about this. And I just asked a simple question. Is it true that people who cling to our our values, our our you know, for lack of a better term, the Bitter clingers, folks who cling to their guns, cling to their religion, Are we really the problem in America?

I would contend that we are the majority in America. I would contend that we are. The silent majority, but we're the majority. And for whatever reason, People like us don't like to get out there, and we don't like to vocalize what we believe in. The problem is, somewhere over, and I think it started in the Obama years when people were afraid to criticize Obama because if you did, Um, viewer label a racist, right?

Remember those days?

Well, I don't think that the president should be apologizing on foreign soil for America. Racist, you're a racist. Wait, what? What? Where did you extrapolate racism from that?

But that's what happened. And so I think a lot of people over the years were conditioned, were bullied into s into silence. And what was it that Bonhoeffer, the great German theologian, said, Silence in the face of evil is evil itself? When you do not speak, you actually speak. When you do not act, you actually act.

Dylan, I know I apologize for calling you. Were we able to get that?

So let's play that. I'm calling an audible here, and I'm going to get. Trust me, I'm on a tangent. I'm going to bring it back to Brownsville in just a second. But I want you to listen to what they were saying about us on MSDNC.

I mean, we lay out the fourfold interconnected threat that white rural voters pose to the country. First of all, and we show. 30 polls and national studies to demonstrate this.

So we provide the receipts in Chapter 6. They are the most racist, xenophobic, anti-immigrant, and anti-gay geodemographic group in the country. Second, they're the most conspiracist group. QAnon support and subscribers, election denialism, COVID denialism, and scientific skepticism, Obama burtherism. Third, anti-democratic sentiments.

They don't believe in an independent press, free speech. They're most likely to say the president should be able to act unilaterally without any checks from Congress or the courts or their bureaucracy. They're also the most strongly white nationalist and white Christian nationalists. And fourth, they are most likely to excuse or justify violence as an acceptable alternative.

So there you go, and this is the author of a book called White Rage. And they truly believe that the most dangerous people in America are. Are white country folks and folks who live in the suburbs? And they believe that you people who live in the burbs, you people who are of the Caucasian persuasion, Are the most vile people in America? You are a clear and present danger to their version of America.

Yeah.

So I just want to ask a series of questions here and um I'll just pose it like this. Would you rather live? In a suburb. Or would you rather live in an urban ghetto? Where would you rather live?

Would you rather live in a community, in a neighborhood where the lawns are mowed and people pick up the trash and everybody looks after their neighbors and the kids can ride their bicycles down the sidewalks and they don't have to worry about drivebys? Would you rather live in a neighborhood like that, or would you rather live in a neighborhood where there's a crack house on the corner? And there are drive-by shootings and People are screaming and cursing. Out in the front yard, the police are always there hauling somebody away. What neighborhood would you rather live in?

Because, according to the authors of that book, The worst thing would be to live in a suburb. That's what they're saying. That Again, why is it that the folks out in the country are not out there? And why are they not out there marching in the streets?

Well, they don't have time. Because they're literally growing our groceries. They're raising their families. They're going to church on Sunday. They have lives to to lead.

And that brings me back to something that happened yesterday on the tarmac. And it was, I don't believe in chance encounters. I don't know about you.

Some people say, wow, what a coincidence. I don't believe in coincidences. I. I believe in In divine appointments. I believe that God puts people in places for such a time as this, to borrow a phrase from the Old Testament.

The story of Esther. And I believe that whatever happened on that tarmac yesterday was a divine appointment. And President Trump was getting ready to go back. He was on Trump Force One. And he was getting ready to leave.

And then Franklin Graham, our good friend and the great evangelist, just happened to be there. And you know, Franklin Graham, a lot of people may not be aware, but Franklin Graham is a pilot. I mean, he can fly the big jetliners. And Franklin Graham happened to be there. And it was not a happenstance.

It was not just a coincidence. I believe that. For that moment. As we are embroiled in this great turmoil in our country, as we watch. The illegals Swarm across our border and kill our people on American soil.

There are people suffering all over this country. And again, Joe Biden promised to do this. He promised to usher in a dark winter. And there were those two men. And for me, it was just a reset.

A reminder because that There at some point They started praying together, and I don't know who instigated the prayer. I don't know. I don't even know what they were praying about. We do not know the essence of the prayer, and we don't need to know. But for a moment, there you had Franklin Graham.

And again, when President Trump, you know, he's not a handsy guy, he's not a hands-on guy. He doesn't like, he doesn't do that. Very often. Normally, the hands are by his side, especially when somebody's praying for him. But in this instance You had the President of the United States, Donald John Trump.

And he put his hand on Franklin Graham's back. And Franklin Graham put his hand on the President's back. And together, those two men on that tarmac at the Texas border. Spent time in prayer. I don't know what the essence of the prayer was, but it doesn't matter.

But here's the reassurance, and this is why this was important. It was a reminder That faith matters, and faith matters to this president. Contrary to what you may read in the papers, and Donald Trump's faith in God may not look like yours. He may not go to a church where they have a worship band, and he may not raise his hands. He may not even go to church every Sunday.

He may be out at the golf course on Sunday. And I know some of you out there.

Well, Todd, what does that mean? What does that tell you about the President and his faith?

Well, it tells me he's pretty much like the average Christian in America. I'm just saying. But there's an essence there, there is something there. That is our hope in America, right there, ladies and gentlemen. That's the hope I write about in my book.

That's the hope that I. I I wrote about in Twilight's Last Gleaming. My new book is not a book about doom and gloom, it is about hope and glory. Because I do believe That that's the solution right there on that tarmac. A president Who has faith in God and a president?

Who is not ashamed to declare that faith in public, a president who is not ashamed to have a man of God praying over him? But I'm telling you this right now. If somebody like Franklin Graham is giving President Trump counsel, That is good and godly counsel, and I believe that we are well on our way. To turning this nation back to God. That's my take on it.

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My apologies. We're lining up a big interview for Monday in advance of Super Tuesday.

So we'll keep you updated on all that. In the meantime, let's go to the phone lines. I want to start our day in beautiful Little Rock, Arkansas, radio station KARN. Let's say hello to Ruben. Ruben, what's on your mind today?

Hi, Todd. Yeah, I think it was divine intervention that President Trump ran into Franklin Graham on that tarmac. Can people forget before the twenty sixteen election, Trump was pallying around with Falwell Jr. And then Falwell Jr. started having three sites.

All right, well, let me jump in here, Ruben. Where are you going with this? What's your point, Ruben?

Well, do you think Trump will have a Graham have three sons with his wife and the poolboy? Ruben, you know, this is the problem with people like you. And to folks, Ruben is one of these, we call him seminar callers. But the problem with people like Ruben. He doesn't have a day job, so he has to sit in his parents' basement and he prank calls radio programs.

And I think that's pretty sad, Ruben, that you would do something like that. You could have at least been honest with the call screener. Why did you lie, Ruben? Why didn't you just say, I want to come on here? And I want to be a jerk.

I want to be an idiot.

Okay, we're done. Ruben, goodbye. Goodbye. Let's go to Anthony in Alabama listening to us on KWAM. Hi, Todd.

This is Anthony in Alabama, and thanks for taking my call. I listen to your podcast all the time in the evening, but I had something to relay to you how I feel about what's going on in the House of Representatives. And they're kicking the can back down the road again. And we can't afford we all know we can't afford this. And I think it's time, and I don't know how we could do this, it's time for the Republican Party to get some competition.

I don't think they have any competition. And they need some change And without that competition, they're not going to change because they're the same. And I mean, if you look at the Speaker of the House, does he actually instill any confidence in you? That he's going to do anything not right now. Not right now, Anthony.

And I just haven't seen it. I've wanted to see it, and I feel pretty bad because I was a big supporter of this guy. I had a lot of hope in Mike Johnson, and he's a good guy, but that doesn't necessarily make someone a good leader. And that's what we need: a strong, good leader. Exactly.

That's what I say. And I don't know what's going on with them, but either they're just grabbing for all the gusto, like the old Slitz beer commercial used to say, while they can, because they've already taken the country off the cliff and we haven't hit the bottom yet, or They're just plain cowards, and they are not going to fight for us.

Now, I have a lot of hoops in the Article 5 Convention of States. But I don't think we're going to have enough states to get onto this because there's a lot of blue states. And we're short, and I don't believe the blue states are going to sign on to that.

So I don't put a lot of faith in Article five, Convention of the States, but Something has to be done with the Republican Party. They are not going, they don't fight for us. They are not going to do anything for us. And if we keep believing that, and I know right now they're the only game in town for us to vote for, but you can see what they're doing now. They're not going to do anything for us.

I don't think it matters. I think Trump's going to do the best he can when he gets in there, but he's going to be up against the law, even with the.

Some of the conservatives that are in that party.

Well, yeah, I have no doubt about that. And Anthony, we got to skedaddle for a break here.

So I I appreciate your call. And I think, you know, folks, Anthony raises a pretty important point here. Which is uh Trump not only do we need Trump, but we need a Congress that will work with Donald Trump and not against Donald Trump. And when you go back to the first term, his first term in office, he was having to work against Paul Ryan And Mitch McConnell. That was the problem.

Is that the Republican Congress worked against Donald Trump?

So that's why we've got to do something here. And look, a lot of you are already speaking out by refusing to donate to the Republicans. You're supporting candidates and not the party. And I think that's the way to go. All right, got to take a break here: 901-260-5926.

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Ian on the line. Hi, Ian. What say you? Hello, mister Starnes. Good to speak with you.

I'm a long time listener. I love your radio show. And I'll do my best to be succinct here, sir.

So regarding the remarks that were made in MSDNC, this author that made these remarks demoralizing and stigmatizing. White rural voters, I think it's going to bite the left in the butt. To be honest, I think it's a further continuation of what. Barack Hussein, Hussein Obama said, calling us deplor deplorable Got him. The portable to cling to her.

guns in our religion. I think it's going to galvanize these voters who are the five majority to get behind support President Trump. and reclaim our country this November, And then, so I want to hear your thoughts on that. Also, I wanted to make a real quick remark on. The unfortunate murder of Lake and Riley in Georgia.

I think this illegal alien should get the death penalty. I'm not confident that he will, but. It's a disgrace, and I'm just praying for her family. But that's all I wanted to say. I love your show, Mr.

Starnes, and thank you.

Well, Ian, thank you for calling. Really appreciate that. We love all of our great listeners across the Buckeye State. And I'm with you. I'm concerned about how this Lake and Riley case is going to turn out.

As a matter of fact, President Trump was actually talking about this at the border. And it's interesting to note this. That Joe Biden has yet to pick up the phone and call the family of Lake and Riley. I mean, he did that. Any other kind of a case, if you have a George Floyd-style case, you've got.

Biden on the phone, flying to the funeral, making the presence known. But that is not the case here when it comes to Lake and Riley. Here's President Trump yesterday at the border. Cut three. One week ago, a beautiful 22-year-old nursing student from Georgia.

was barbarically attacked Almost unrecognizable. While she was out on her morning run, she was a morning run, she was doing a Keep herself in shape. She was a beautiful young woman. She was a great person, best nursing student there was. I spoke to her parents yesterday.

They're incredible people. They're devastated beyond. Believe. But she was beautiful, just so beautiful in so many ways, and brutally assaulted, horrifically beaten. kidnapped and savagely murdered.

The monster that charged uh charging the death Is an illegal alien migrant who was led into our country and released into our communities by crooked Joe Biden. He's crooked. I took the name away from Hillary. Because she's no longer relevant, I guess. She was terrible, but he is what he is doing, it is just unbelievable.

Joe Biden. will never say Lake and Riley's name. But we will say it and we will remember. We're not going to forget her. It's been.

It's just a horrible story that we've had to live with for the last few days. It's hard to believe. And her parents are. Just they can never be the same. Great people.

And you can hear the heartache in President Trump's voice. He felt their pain. He talked to this family, and it says, again, a lot about. President Trump's character. That he would reach out to this family in their time of unimaginable grief.

But Joe Biden doesn't care because that life does not matter. That life does not fit into the Democrat Party's narrative. That the and again, where are they from? Lake and Riley's family is from the suburbs.

So they believe that suburban dwellers. Are very bad people, that they are the greatest threat. Facing the nation. By the way, the two people who ought to be brought up on charges, the mayor of Athens, Georgia and the Sheriff of Clark County, Georgia, they belong in jail because they have violated the state policy banning sanctuary cities. and sanctuary counties.

And they're on record. They ought to be arrested. By the way, Memphis, Tennessee. Pay attention, you people. You guys were on Fox News just the other day.

Turns out that Shelby County, Tennessee, is also a sanctuary county for illegals. And these illegals are not stupid, folks. They're going to start showing up. And I was reading some of the comments on our flagship station social media page, KWAM. And people are already starting to see an influx in the numbers of people that are speaking Spanish only speaking Spanish here in the Memphis, Tennessee area.

Uh let's go to Jerry in Wisconsin. Hi, Jerry. Is this our friend Jerry the Liberal? Yeah, this Uh during the I I'm not going to say, you know, just because you're a Christian conservative, Todd, I don't believe you're a bad person or you're a horrible person or because you're white. I'm white myself.

You live in the suburb. I believe that most Christian conservatives, the Christian nationalists, are fundamentally good people. But what I agree with that, there's some bad beliefs. That they have. I mean, other people, there's people on the left who have bad beliefs that probably believe people believe I have some bad beliefs, but they are more likely to be anti-immigrant.

Jerry, we've got a super bad connection, so we're going to try to get that worked out, and we'll try to get Jerry back on. And we'll try to get to the point of what he was trying to say there. Let's go to Ron, North Carolina, listening to us on WSIC on this Open Line Friday. Hi, Ron. What's going on?

I'm a long time listener of yours and I love your program. I'm a first time caller. But I want to know why the Congress hasn't done something with Article three, Section three of the Constitution. And why don't they go after him for Treason Biden. Just wants your thoughts on it.

Well, Ron, I'm not sure you're going to like what I have to say about that. I just don't think they have the courage. To stand by their convictions. I really don't. And to you, I want to read Article three, Section three.

I think Biden has clearly violated Article four, Section four by not coming to the aid of a state that's been invaded. And Greg Abbott has made the official government declaration that their state's been invaded. and the Federal Government has done nothing. But Article three, Section three of the Constitution, known as the Treason Clause, and it defines treason as levying war against the United States or aiding its enemies.

So your argument, Ron, is that Biden has been aiding our enemies. Is that right? Is that where you're going? Absolutely. The southern border particularly.

Man Ukraine I think well, yes, and China. I mean, the list is a long one when it comes to the Biden Family Crime Syndicate. Again, the question is: why isn't Congress acting? That's what you asked. And I'm afraid it's just that our elected leaders, the Republicans that we have in Congress, are Are just not men or women of conviction, by and large.

I'm not saying all of them, but by and large, they're just not men and women of conviction. They don't have the courage to do it, Ron. I agree with that totally. I've got one more question I want to run by you right quick. Sure.

What about these illegal immigrants coming in? Are they going to be able to vote? Yes, I think they will be, and they're going to find some sort of a workaround. But we're already seeing that in some cities where they're allowing the illegals to register to vote in municipal elections. These people are not citizens, they have no right to vote.

And, Ron, my concern is this: they're shipping these illegals. Biden's very strategic here, or pardon me, O-Biden is very strategic, and they are moving these illegals into red cities and red states. And you watch and see what happens on election day. I hate to watch it cards. I'm afraid it's going to turn out the leader.

Well, I yes. I I think what, you know, if If the Republicans, and I'm using air quotes here, but if the Republicans lose in landslides in November, The the fix is in. And at that point, all bets are off. I think you're going to have people taking to the streets.

Well, I'm looking forward. I have been in the past three years, I think Civil War will be on In a new context. It could be, but I don't think it's going to be the way we would. You know, when you think about the Civil War, you think about North versus South. I mean, we're talking about.

There are states above the Mason-Dixon line that feel the same way a lot of the states south of the Mason-Dixon line feel.

So it would be a very different kind of a situation. Got to run, my friend. But thank you for calling in. And you give us a holler back one of these days. All right, we've got Jerry back.

All right, so Jerry, so finish your thought there.

Okay. I'm not sure how much got through. But as I said, I Christian Conservatives, I believe you guys are not fundamentally good people. I just believe there's a lot of bad beliefs, and I believe that there's The beliefs that you anti more likely be anti-gay, more likely to like oppose a fear of immigration. What do you mean by anti-gay?

Well, you guys are anti. I know you say, well, it's because of your religion. No, we're not anti-How does that make you anti-gay if you follow the teachings of the Bible? How does that make you anti-gay?

Well, I I believe the Bible is it's in itself anti-gay. I know that that's a controversial thing, but I I don't believe in the Bible. I don't believe the Bible is the least bit true, but the Bible calls for the killing of gay men who have sex with other gay men consensually.

So I don't believe that the Bible is a fountain or something should be followed. I believe it's fundamentally an immoral book. I know that's a controversial position, and I couldn't get elected to public office with that position today because that would be basically forbidden for anyone running. But that's what it is.

So you you look at gay people and you say, well, you know, we don't like that, so we f y use the Bible. But I don't believe a good God would be anti-gay. I don't believe a good and just God would oppose people's rights based on being gay.

So I I don't believe that's a good book to follow.

So let me say this. Look, the Bible has. Do you have a problem with the Ten Commandments? Um well, most of the con commandments do with uh you gotta you cannot you must uh there's only four or five of them to do with morality. The other ones are commands to worship the God, you know, not to take the g Lord's name in vain.

Why difference does it make? Or not work on the Sabbath? Why can't I chew work? Why is this God commanding you that you cannot work? You should be able to choose that day.

I'm going to answer your question. We're going to let you go, Jerry, because you are screeching and squawking and popping here. And that's not you, it's your phone. But I appreciate you calling in. Folks, Jerry the Liberal, one of our regulars, says that the Bible is not a moral book.

What say you? 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. Now, look, I just want to set the record straight here. I believe That and first of all, I am a Christian.

I am what you would declare you would define as an evangelical Christian or a sage con, as Tony Perkins is calling us these days. That being said, I also believe in the Constitution. And I believe that under our Constitution, you should be able to live your life how you see fit, provided you're not. You're not shoving your beliefs. Down my throat.

And that's why I believe America is the greatest country on the face of the earth. That under our Judeo-Christian teachings, You can beat gay and live your life here in America. You're not going to be persecuted for that. But the problem we're facing now is Christians are being persecuted by the alphabet activist mob. And there is and we're going to get into this more a little bit later on, but I can tell you that especially in the military, there is an outright war on people who are Christians and people who do not bow down and worship The Rainbow Flag.

And this audio is going to shock you. We're not going to be able to get to it this hour, but we are going to play this audio for you before the show is done today. All right, so look, we're going to take a quick break. And so, all that to say. That I do believe that under Judeo-Christian teachings, you can worship God.

You don't have to worship God. Jerry says that he doesn't believe in God. You can be an atheist. Is that my desire for you as a Christian? No, I want everybody to know Christ, I want everybody to go to heaven.

But I'm not forcing my beliefs on you. I'm not saying you will do this or we're going to throw you in jail. That's not what we do here in this country. It's because we have a choice, and that is at the root, that is at the crux of what it means to be a follower of Christ. You get to make that decision.

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Hi, Jonathan. What's on your mind? All right, let's go to Larry in Oregon. Hi, Larry. What's on your mind today?

Good morning, Todd. How are you today? I'm good. Thanks for asking.

Well, I just uh Regular listener and I I I get fired up when when when our liberal friends call in with uh There their point of view of being equal with God and God is the moral and the Bible is the moral and All right. You know what? It just gets right back to the Days of where our country came from. And it actually I don't want to see a weakness of our country. I it's supposedly it's a strength, but when you kick God out of where our country came from and what our country is all about, we don't have a lot left to stand on.

And we start going down the road. And allowing people, and I don't want to say allowing like we're going to throw them in prison, but if the Allowed view of our country is that the Bible is immoral. And You start kicking out the all the The things that our country was built upon, then you will get. Anarchy. Larry, and you very well said, the computer is going to cut us off.

But as John Adams said, our nation government is completely inadequate for anyone other than immoral people. We'll be right back, folks. Live from the Liberty University Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, it's America's conservative blowtorch. See ya. That's right.

I love this American ride. Todd starts. Oh, yeah.

Well, hello. Everybody, welcome to the Todd Stearns Radio Program. Broadcasting border to border, coast to coast across the fruited plain. Wow. We have.

We're adding new affiliates, and we're going to be giving you guys a shout out next week. And I just want to say thank you. We have. I don't know how many affiliates we have, like 140, 150 somewhere. We've got a boatload of them.

And we appreciate all of you fine people hanging out with us noon to 3 Eastern. Just a reminder that Sunday I will be at the First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas. And we're basically launching our new book at First Baptist Dallas. I'll be speaking in both morning worship services. And then afterwards, we will be signing books.

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So be sure to check us out there coming up Sunday. And then we're going to be posting all of our, we're doing a national book tour.

So we're going to be in D.C., California, all over the country. And we'll be coming to your neighborhood as well. And we're going to put all of that information on our website.

Well, look, yesterday, it was a crazy time at the border, and it's pretty incredible. When you look at how President Biden behaved, and a lot of people were saying, you know, he just didn't look like he was there. I mean, he was there, but I don't think he was there there, if you know what I mean. I want to bring in a great friend of this program. He is a long time radio host, Sergio Sanchez, joins us on our Patriot Mobile newsmaker line.

Sergio, good to have you with us today.

Okay. Amen. Thanks for the call. Yeah, he wasn't there. I tell you what, Border Patrol and all the other people around him, they didn't want to be there.

Just a one look at a picture of all these people around him, man. They I bet they were forced to be there.

Somebody all those people drew the short straw to be behind Biden. The looks on their faces, my goodness, the disgust. On all the Border Patrol and federal agents around Joe Biden yesterday. That was something. They weren't even trying to hide it.

I mean, they looked like they were angry at the president. Yeah, rightfully so, man. He's Joe Biden is the one who created the steaming pile of of policy done on the border. It's his fault. It's it's It's beyond comical.

It's like a little kid Who soils his underpants and blames everybody else for the crap that he did? He Joe Biden did not create illegal immigration. Joe Biden exacerbated the problem needlessly. And he promised, I mean, he told. people voting for him.

That's what he was going to do. And and nobody saw it. And now It's like, whose fault is it?

Well, it's it's your fault, Dopey. He he's the one who created this message. The hypocrisy, the p the um the the political games being played yesterday, it it was just beyond ridiculous. Sergio, folks, is the program director and show host at News Talk 710KURV. Great call letters, great radio station there in the McAllen, Texas area.

And Sergio, by comparison, President Trump at Eagle Pass, which has really become ground zero, he was bounding off of the plane, going over, shaking hands with all the Border Patrol agents. It was really night and day. Yeah, 'cause uh the Board of Patrol and customs and everybody else. they know that Trump has our back. They know That he is America first.

They know, you know, when the Eagle passed, everybody who showed up yesterday. that he by executive pen, improvise some type of solution where three point five years ago, we had a trickle of what we have right now. And yes, it was executive orders. I usually won't go in that direction, but Pat Helwyn. When you got Congress for decades upon decades has not addressed this issue a step at a time, secure the border first, plug the hole, and then deal with the flood that you have in here.

Now you have. Open season, a flood, a tsunami under Joe Biden and Donald Trump, who actually fixed the problem three and a half years ago, who knows how to fix the problem, who knows how to force Mexico to do its part. To help secure their border as well and talk with Central America and South America and other nations to take their people back. Yeah, there were chance. Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump.

Celebrating Donald Trump visiting Eagle Pass yesterday. It was wonderful. You were You're there, you see all of this in real time. And when you have a story like what happened to poor Lake and Riley in Athens, Georgia. My understanding is, you guys are dealing with this kind of stuff all the time along the border.

Yeah.

You know, and I could say, Todd, that We used to But there's one guy who's standing in the way and has forced the cartels to shift everything far west of Deep South Texas, which is where I'm at here at at Starbase Brownsville, McAllen and three hundred miles west of us. Texas is big, three hundred miles west of us, Pas Laredo as Eagle Pass. We're So Joe Biden was here with with in our area. Eagle Pass, that's that's three hundred miles west upriver on the Road Rand. That's for Donald Trump and everybody else with Governor Abbott.

See, it's Governor Abbott who's standing in the way. Razor wire, big box containers, whatever the National Guard, whatever it takes, he has placed on the border. And the cartels that are making money hand over fist on this. They have now gone far west, west Texas, El Paso area, but Arizona. California, I know the hotspot.

But we used to see the tsunami. In fact, McCall. My area, which is right next to Brownsville, we used to be number one in the nation for illegal entry: 3,000, 2,500, 3,500 daily on a daily basis. Like two years ago, two, three years ago. And Governor Abbott said, to hell with this.

This is an invasion. I'm going to do something. I'm going to put the guard on there. We're going to do whatever it takes. And now we're seeing the fruits of it.

And God bless Greg Abbott. He's been sending charter buses. To Chicago, to New York, to DC, to Denver, to LA, everywhere. Philadelphia's been sending all of these illegal limits up there for all these hypocrites to deal with them and pay for them, all these so-called sanctuary cities.

So it's Greg Gabba that's changed things for us. And now Sadly. In the interior, Folks from Georgia to Illinois to New York, now they got to be able to cry. And now they have to do some soul searching and figure out how they got there. And I tell you, they got there by voting stupidly.

By voting for Democrats nationally and at the local level, some of those Democrat politicians that declared themselves sanctuary cities. All right, Sergio Sanchez, ladies and gentlemen, radio station KURV in McAllen, Texas. And again, Sergio, this is the major issue in just about every state that's held a caucus or a primary so far. Are you surprised by that? No, and who was it that said that was either Ted Cruz or Governor Abbott?

Every state. Every city is now a border state. And the palm is It's gonna get worse. I mean, this is if the illegals and the cartels figure out that they have, what is another 10 months of this? They're going to continue flooding the border because Joe Biden ain't going to do anything.

Texas is going to harden up the border. They're going to continue coming through Arizona, continue going to California. Whoever makes it through Texas, everybody's going into the interior. It's going to get worse this year. And if people vote stupidly come November and vote Joe Biden or whoever is representing the Democrats, because I'm still convinced it's not going to be Joe Biden.

They vote for National Democrats, for Congress people. They re-elect their senators, Democrats to Washington. They have doomed us. I don't know how we survive. And it's bad enough we already have like almost 10 million illegals across the board waiting in line to hear their asylum cases.

They're not gonna they're not asylum cases. I don't I don't see how we survive with another four years. Sergio, we're going to have to leave it there. Good intel, and we appreciate the great work you're doing. Great radio station, and keep fighting the good fight down there, friend.

Call again, friend. Thank you. All right. Sergio Sanchez, he is the program director at News Talk 710 and KURV. I mean, they're right there, folks, on the border.

And they're dealing with this every single day. Just unbelievable. All right, today, Open Line Friday, so you can talk about whatever you want to talk about. Our telephone number is 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926.

Let's go to Jonathan, listening to us on radio station KXEL in Iowa. Hi, Jonathan. What's on your mind today? Hi, Todd. If Trump is a billionaire, why is he having such a hard time coming up with the money for an appeal?

Well, he's not having a hard time at all, but that's a lot of money, Jonathan, and I appreciate the call. But the reality is, this is not about justice. This is about using our nation's legal system. As a way to attack your political enemies. That's what it's all about.

And it's not about the money. But they want to destroy this man, and it's pretty pathetic. Uh let's go to North Carolina, Jessica W S I C. Hi, Jessica, what say you?

Well, hello, I'll try to put this as clear as I can. First off, thank you for my call. I waited for almost an hour.

Okay, two things you said. One thing I agreed with, one thing I didn't. That was what happens if you spoke up about Barack Obama, then you'd be labeled one thing, okay? And then you said a thing about the rainbow flag.

Well, I happen to like rainbows, but I'm not part of the LGBT community, all right? And now what we've got out of the bag is this noncommittal vote. And right now in the media, noncommittal is to me, should be neutral, but it's already got a spin on it.

So as to what happened in Michigan, I'd like to know if you could please define what a noncommittal vote is because we're I'm feeling like the voters getting attacked at this point. It doesn't matter who's running for what, okay? They're using the legal system to make it hard to vote, period.

Well, I'm not quite sure I understand what you're saying because in Michigan the noncommittal vote was used as a protest vote by Rashida Tlaib, and there was an effort in the Muslim communities to use that as a way to punish Joe Biden and to get his attention on his position with Gaza and Hamas. Correct.

So what if I wanted to vote noncommittal on something because I just wasn't sure what my decision is, but noncommittal says I went as a voter, but I didn't know what to vote for, so I but I can't commit 'cause I don't have enough information. Does that automatically make me For those people. No, it does not. Noncommittal should be a natural vote. I'm not understanding what you're saying.

So, would you not have a responsibility, Jessica, to go and do your homework and be prepared so when the time comes to vote, that you're ready to vote?

Well, I do have that responsibility, yes, I do. But what if I did do all that and I still felt noncommittal? That doesn't mean I'm going to be noncommittal as a protest and don't know what to do, and at least I tried to vote.

So, in the end, what we're not seeing coming is that noncommittal is becoming a vote.

Well, yes, it is, but you're voting against somebody when you're voting noncommittal. Yeah.

Yeah.

That's why he helped with what's what's the definition of a noncommittal vote. Yeah.

That's all. All right, Jessica, appreciate the call. Um, I think I may need a drink. I think I made it a Baptist Martini. 901-260-5926 is our number.

Better make it a double. 901-260-5926. We'll be right back. All right, folks, a little bit of breaking news coming out of Washington, D.C. And we haven't talked a lot about this story, but we will be talking about it in the coming days.

We understand that Steve Baker, who is an investigative journalist with Blaze Media, has now been taken into custody by the FBI.

Now, Steve Baker. And many of you have read his work. We've had Steve on the show a time or two. He was at the U.S. Capitol on J6, and he was there as a reporter.

And he was documenting the events of that day. And he has now been arrested and charged as a result of doing his job. A Baker was videoed. being led away in handcuffs. Hands behind his back in handcuffs as if he was.

He was also, and I'm just reading the information here. That um He also had shackles on his ankles. This is what they're doing to conservative journalists in America. My anger right now, ladies and gentlemen, is. I'm just trying to keep it together.

because I don't want to blow out the speakers on your car right now. But this is this is enraging.

So now you have the shadow government controlling Joe Biden. And that shadow government is being led by Barack Hussein Obama. And and Valerie Jarrett of Iranian descent. And they are now jailing. Conservative journalist.

They're coming after us just like they're going after Donald Trump.

So he is being charged. Are you ready for this? And just understand. Shackled. Shackles on his arms, on his hands, shackles on his ankles.

He is only charged with misdemeanours. In Memphis, Tennessee, they won't even give you a ticket for a misdemeanor here. But if you're a conservative journalist, they will lead you away in shackles. He is charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority. disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.

The man was there, ladies and gentlemen. The man was there. To do his job, he was reporting on the news. Baker turned himself into the FBI in Dallas earlier today. This is all happening within the past hour.

His attorney, James Lee Bright. says that he is incredibly disturbed about what's happening to mister Baker, especially in light of the fact that Baker has been in full compliance with the FBI. He said the federal government Um is still going after people who were legitimately functioning as journalists on that day. and said the whole point of this is to is to terrify journalists into not reporting the news.

So, this is happening in Dallas, Texas, right now. The FBI ordered Mr. Baker to show up in shorts and sandals. To make it easier to prep an individual for the humiliating perp walk. Which they did.

Instead, mister Baker arrived in a suit and a tie. Good for you, sir. He was placed in handcuffs, walked by a pair of agents to a vehicle and transported to a courthouse. Blaze Media Editor-in-Chief Matthew Peterson. posted this, It's tough to watch, totally unnecessary.

There was no reason to take him into custody and have US Marshals transport him to the courthouse. We expect and hope to see him on the other side of this in a few hours. Glenn Beck is livid. He says when the United States government can come after individuals, that's when you know our republic is crumbling. I've always said that if they can go after Donald Trump they will go after people like you and me, and now they are.

But Steve Baker is not deterred, and neither are we. And I can just tell you that we are always prepared here. You never know when the government goons are going to show up and barge into the radio bunker and try and silence this microphone. But we have plans in place. Heaven forbid something like that happens.

This is just unacceptable. Steve Baker, and I have looked into the case and the video clearly exonerates this man. He was there as a journalist. I'm just very clear. But again, the breaking news, Blaze Media investigative journalist Steve Baker taken into custody By the FBI.

Ladies and gentlemen, I say this. Defund and dismantle the FBI. Make everybody unemployed. Come up with something else, but what they're doing now is not working. 901-260-5926.

This is the Todd Stern Show. Yeah.

All right, welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. Good to have you with us. Let's go to the phone lines. AJ in Georgia, listening to us on WDUN. Hi, AJ.

What's on your mind? Hey, Todd. I've I've called before, uh, but uh I live real near Athens and I have a daughter and a twenty one year old granddaughter. And this has really hit home for me. And I've been watching this, and I heard you talking about the mayor and the sheriff.

And I know Governor Kemp has been great. He's been doing a lot of good that he's trying to do. And I heard they did take the told him they will not be using the the district attorney in Athens on this case. I'm not sure if you heard that yet. Uh I don't know.

I don't know what to do, uh, what's going on with these people here. I'm just worried about everybody and uh anywhere I go we spend most of our time in Athens and uh was not even sure What to do or what to say about this.

So, I just wanted to let you know that I hope people like yourself, who are wonderful Americans, will keep. Lake and Riley in the forefront of this news, because I'm afraid after her funeral today. But very well uh excuse me. That they will take her off the headlines and she'll be forgotten within about a week. And I'm sure hoping that doesn't go that way.

Well, you know, we're going to do our best here on this program, AJ, and there are so many cases like this. And, you know, the reality is that not a lot of them get the kind of news coverage. Certainly, the mainstream media has already moved on from this, right? They know this does not fit the narrative, and they know how dangerous this kind of a story is because it really does convey the brutality of what's happening in this country with these illegals. And they want everybody to believe that these illegals are just coming right across the border, singing kumbaya and wanting to become great American citizens, and they don't.

They want to destroy this nation and they want to do harm to us. Yes, and I believe that, and I hear what you're saying. I the mayor was talking about up there, it's not a Sanctuary City, but they have him on video recordings that he was talking about that. Uh and yeah, I'm just worried about that, that she'll she'll be forgotten. And I know people like yourself will try to keep it uh real tight into into the forefront.

Somebody's going to have to pay for some of these things. I've been around a real long time with a daughter and a granddaughter, and I tell you what, I've never seen anything like this. In my life. Uh I went through Vietnam, I went through a lot of other things and uh This is just This is just insane to news media. I'm not even sure what to say about them anymore.

MSNBC says it's just a. Not a good thing. It's just a terrible thing. These are you know, what are they calling them now? Undocumented immigrants and so forth.

They're calling them newcomers now. Newcomers is what they're calling them. Yeah, I heard that too, and I thought. You know, and I said, Well, I just try to call. I'm not, you know, really sure how to how to process stuff, but I just want to make sure that some people keep it on the forefront here.

And I'm just praying for the country. I'm afraid that I don't know we're ever getting out of this. All right. Well, AJ, I appreciate you calling in. Thank you for that.

And again, folks, our telephone lines are open, 901-260-5926. This is Open Line Friday. That's 901-260-5926. Let's go to the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line on the phone from Riverton, Utah. Is Mayor Trent Staggs, who is running to be the next United States Senator from Utah.

Mayor, good to have you with us today. Hey, great to be on again. Thanks. You know, you hear callers like that, and I think the nation, at least well, certainly not the media, but the nation, the citizens of America, they see these kinds of stories about young American girls that are being brutalized by these illegals. I guess it sort of makes sense why that seems to be the big issue that will be compelling voters to get out and vote in November.

Absolutely. I think the number one issue I'm hearing on the campaign trail really is the border and just how disastrous it is under the Biden administration and just how intentional it's beyond incompetence. I think it's by design. They're allowing this flood, this invasion coming across the border. I mean, you could have very well maintained the policies that President Trump had.

that were effective. in keeping the number of these illegal immigrants And we are seeing this. And sadly, yes, far too many crimes are being committed by folks that shouldn't be here. And I'm seeing that in my own home state. Uh I spoke with the Salt Lake City Field Office Director for ICE.

And he had claimed this was back in October when they had issued a memo declaring even my own state a sanctuary state because of the policies that they were enacting. And he made the horrifying statement that on average about two illegal immigrants a day, they are deporting that have committed sexual assault. And this is staggering. It's got huge impacts. on all of our residents, the number one goal The number one responsibility.

of government is to protect its citizens in their rights to life, liberty and property. And this is not happening under this Biden administration and why we need to get in there. We need President Trump back in office, and we need America first. senators and congresspeople. to be able to work with President Trump and get this under control.

Yeah, I know that Nikki Haley has been crisscrossing the state of Utah, had a visit there. How is her message resonating with Utah Republicans? I'm curious. It isn't. I mean, this is it's resonating with a few in the establishment, and I see some of our Elected officials here in the state of Utah that rally are trying to rally behind Nikki and give.

Her campaign that's on life support right now, some semblance. of breath. But it really isn't. I mean, Americans, they especially Utahns here, they were very happy under President Trump and his leadership. We're ready to get back Uh to Such successful policy, where we had tax cuts and great Supreme Court nominations and strength on the world stage that we just don't have today.

And somebody in office there that was fighting for everyday Americans. And that's what's so appealing about President Trump. And all of his great accomplishments, and we don't have that in Nikki Haley. We have somebody who I think is. a difference without a real distinction uh between her and uh and Joe Biden.

And sadly, that's the case. And I think more and more Americans are seeing that. I mean, we see President Trump polling 80 percent or higher. amongst Republican voters. He's winning almost every poll in a race against Joe Biden, and we need to get back to those policies that were so successful.

All right. On the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line, Mayor Trent Staggs, who is running for the U.S. Senate Super Tuesday coming up. How are things going for you out on the campaign trail? Oh, they're going fantastic.

I mean, I've been so blessed we're out there. We've got so much support in this great state, almost Over a hundred elected officials across the state of Utah that have endorsed my candidacy. supporting me on the national stage. We've been the recipient of so many great endorsements. From Senator Tommy Tuberville, Kerry Lake, Mark Levin, Charlie Kirk, Rick Grinnell, Cash Patel, so many great patriots.

Um and this message of America first. of working for everyday Americans My record that's typified that for 10 years that I've been in office, that's really, really resonating with folks here in the state. And we think we're in the lead. We need to get through our caucus and convention here in April and the primaries in June. And we expect To be the next senator from the great state of Utah and actually have two constitutional conservatives.

In our state, with me and Senator Mike Lee. That's what we've been saying. If you want another Mitt Romney, I'm not your guy. If you want, Another Mike Lee. I am your guy.

And we've had many here say that would be the dream team, to be able to be back there and work with Senator Lee and advance such constitutional conservative principles and get this country back on track.

Well said. All right, well, we're going to have to leave it there. Mr. Mayor, good luck to you. And again, the website trentstaggs.com, ladies and gentlemen.

That's trentstaggs.com. Mr. Mayor, good luck to you. Thank you so much. All right, again, our telephone number here, ladies and gentlemen, 901-260-5926.

That's 901-260-5926. Just a reminder that we are in the middle of a big fundraising effort for our friends at Elias Defending Freedom, and they are doing a terrific job of that. It's especially important. Seeing how they are standing up for people who would otherwise have no legal representation. I'm thinking about mid-Vermont Christian School in the headlines.

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So, as we head into the weekend, I want you to take a moment to remember what's at stake here. And Alliance Defending Freedom needs our help. If you go to my website, toddstearns.com, there is a stand with ADF banner at the very top of the page. And you're going to be able to help me support this very important organization. My goal is to raise $20,000 for these good people.

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Got to take a break. We'll be right back. All right, welcome back. Good to have you with us. Wow, this day is flying by.

Coming up, we're going to be talking to North Dakota Governor Doug Bergerum. He's going to be here. You know, he ran for president. I like this guy. Honestly, between you and me, he would have made a good president.

He's sent the National Guard down to the border there, and of course he's endorsed President Trump ahead of Super Tuesday coming up next week. And so we'll be talking with the governor in the next hour. Also. A fascinating story about a missionary in Guatemala. Who has written an incredible book?

This is going to be a great conversation coming up in the last segment of the show today. Also, I just want to encourage you folks to head over to Amazon, Books a Million, Barnes and Noble, and pre-order a copy of Twilight's Last Gleaming. Can America Be Saved? We are in the final throes of the book launch, and I'm very anxious for you to read the book. I can't wait to hear your thoughts on the book.

I think on launch day, I'm going to read a couple of passages for you, and hopefully, you'll be able to get a sense of the flavor. There's a lot of humor in this book, a lot of humor. All right. I want to play some audio for you. This is from a Um a transgender U.S.

Space Force official talking about how inclusion. Is a matter of national security. Cut number two.

So inclusion is a national security imperative. We fight today, and we are going to fight in the future using brain power. And if that brain who's going to revolutionize the way we fight in space, we fight in cyber, just happens to be in a trans body, you should want them all serving alongside me. And for your organizations, it's the same way. Those perspectives that we get from a diverse set of individuals, it's been talked about on stage a lot regarding the science behind high-performing teams.

We need those perspectives. But it's inclusion that actually drives that. Because you can bring people in, and if they don't feel safe to speak up, if they don't feel safe to bring their full selves to work, you're not going to get the value of the diversity.

So for us, it is absolutely critical to drive our future success as an organization and potentially on the battlefield. And I think it's the same way for all of you because we can't leave that talent that is going to revolutionize the way we do business behind. All right, that's a lieutenant colonel. Dude in a dress, wearing pantyhose. How do you think the Russians feel about that?

You think they're laughing at us right now? What about the Chinese? You think the Chinese are are trembling in fear? Cut number one. All too often?

I hear leaders talk about providing everyone with dignity and respect like it's an aspirational goal. That's not good enough. Dignity and respect is the bare minimum. It's the floor of where we can be. We must set our sights higher and focus on intentional inclusivity because there are still far too many people out there, not just LGBTQ individuals, that feel marginalized, shut out or discriminated against.

So for all of you out there, I ask you to set out your symbols of pride, share your pronouns in your email, particularly if you're a person who doesn't think they need to. Initiate difficult conversations about racial and gender barriers, and share a bit of your vulnerability. in a way that draws others in. You all have the power to take intentionally inclusive actions to ensure the multiple perspectives that we know make us stronger as we devise winning warfighting strategies get heard. All right, this was all part of a Pentagon-sponsored symposium.

Talking about inclusivity. within the military.

So this is happening. With the Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy, everybody, Space Force. Do you understand now why they're having a hard time recruiting people to join the military?

Now, it seems to me if you're a member of the alphabet activist community, well, you're going to want to join. And the The reality is That most of them are not. Because it's such a small segment of the population.

Now the the media would have you believe that everybody's gay, that that the true minority in America would be um a heterosexual. Right? They would have you believe everybody's gay.

So, if that's the case, I mean, if we're buying into the media's argument that everybody's gay, then why are they having such a hard time finding people? To join the military, which now is really not a military defending America as much as it is defending the LGBT agenda. Because this military is a rainbow military. This is not the US military. Those days are gone.

But this is why people are saying, okay, I'm done here. There's no way that I'm going to send my son, I'm going to send my daughter. To serve under some sort of a transgender person, a dude, and a dress. Not going to happen. And a lot of these young people, they're coming out of this radical indoctrination that they've been through in high school, and they're like, why in the world would I want to volunteer to be a part of an organization that is just tripling down on what that's been shoved down our throats in schools?

So I completely get it. But I'm curious to know from our veterans Are are you concerned about Military preparedness? Are you concerned about our ability to go and fight and win a war? And again, it's not so much fighting wars, it's winning them. Are we better off when most of our military leadership at the Pentagon level?

Is woke? That most of our Military generals are L G B or T? Because this does seem to be the major focus right now. 901-260-5926 is our number. That's 901-260-5926.

Another story we're going to be following in the next hour. The latest from Fulton County, Georgia, that courthouse where Big Fanny Welles and her boy toy lover. That hearing has continued and it is not looking good. And, folks, I I know this may be hard to grasp, But there's a good chance Donald Trump could could end up getting out of all of these charges. I mean all of the cases that they have levied against Donald Trump are just they're falling apart.

And why is that? Because he didn't break the law.

So there you go. All right, hang tight, everybody. We've got to take a quick break. We'll catch up on the Time of the Hour news. 901-260-5926.

Open line Friday. We'll be right back. from the Liberty University Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, it's America's favorite gun totem, Bible-clanging, deplorable American. See ya. That's right.

I love this American ride. Todd starts. All right. Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Ton Search Radio Program.

Hope you're doing well today. A lot going on. Wow. Folks, I You know, it's non-stop. Normally, I take a breather, walk outside, get some fresh air in the lungs, but it's just been wall-to-wall answering emails and putting out fires today.

All right, I want to go right to the phones that is Open Line Friday at 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. Let's start this hour of the show with Donnie in North Carolina, WHKP, our great affiliate there. Hi, Donnie. What's on your mind?

Hey, I was listening to you about the transistor in the military. Um Excuse me. I'm an ex-bat. I served with 18th Airborne Corps Desert Storm and transistor in the military period, I think is a disgrace Um I don't I don't think You know, that they should even be allowed. You know, you don't know how they are, what, you know.

medications they're on or whatever, you don't know how it's going to affect them. And um I think, you know, and I love America and I love this country, but I think, you know, for the last three and a half years, We've probably got the weakest military in the world, and the world knows that. And that's why we're getting picked on so much. And I've got one more other comment I just want to s shout out and say, go balls. Oh, I like that.

Go vols indeed. All right. Thanks, Donnie. Yeah, look, I'm very interested to hear from military veterans. You guys, you gals, you served out there, you put it all on the line.

And here's my take on, and some people have different opinions of the LGBT crowd, whether or not they should serve. Bill Clinton, of course, back in the day, don't ask, don't tell. My personal philosophy is this: if you want to put it all on the line for this country, you want to stand up and fight for my freedom, then I support you. But what I don't support is turning the military into some sort of a social just so social justice training camp. Where all the soldiers are wearing the rainbow flag.

I got a problem with that. Big problem. Let's go to Don in South Carolina. Hi, Don. What's on your mind?

Okay, I was in the Navy for four years. There's a story that goes back to the Vietnam War. Where four guys who were trans vineyards got into a fight. In the newest USS New Jersey. In a gun mount.

And what happened was they committed suicide and they blew up one of the gun turrets. You can't have these relationships in the military. Military is a Staunch. Gifts of coin. When they say turn right, you've got to turn right.

You can't think about it. When they say shoot at Thirty three degrees, you can't think about your boyfriend. Yeah.

Yeah, I guess. Don, I have no idea what you're talking about as far as the suicide story. I haven't heard that story, and I'll look into it. But I think when it goes to order in the military, That's when you've got to step back and say, okay, what is the military all about here? Are we a training ground for the transgender movement?

Or are we here to kill the enemy and blow things up? That's what we have to decide. Don, appreciate that call. 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926.

Let's go to North Carolina. Dan on the line wants to weigh in on Speaker Mike Johnson. Hi, Dan. What's going on today? Hey uh Todd, how are you doing?

I'm good. Thank you for asking. Yes, sir. I'm a Vietnam era veteran a long time ago, but anyway, uh. Uh Mike Johnson just the Trish Reagan, I was Uh I was looking at Facebook while I was listening to you and She came across there and I clicked on it.

And he's just now released the 5,000 tapes. Medical care.

Okay, do me a favor here, Dan. I want you to turn down whatever's blaring in the background. We can barely hear you. I'm good. Okay.

All right. There we go. There we go. Yeah, I had the uh Facebook uh it was still on there when I was talking. Yeah, but he just released those When did he do that?

I I have no information on on that, and it's certainly not in the news.

So when did you're saying that Speaker Johnson has released all the J-Six tapes? Yeah.

Truce Reagan's just come across Like I said, I was looking at the Facebook while I was listening to you, and then it came across on my Facebook that Uh she had breaking news so I clicked on it. There's another thing I just wanted to tell you about too, I don't know if you know about. But the uh V A has started Seeing uh Illegal. Immigrants. Uh you know looking at their health and Any kind of Wha whatever kind of things they got bothering them and uh looking at their teeth and stuff.

I don't know if you knew that or not, Bess. That sh that shouldn't be. Because the V A is supposed to be for veterans that They they don't even do health care to some veterans and they do one in to these illegals. That ain't right. All right.

Appreciate that call. Thank you for listening. Got to take a break here, folks. We'll be right back. But this is a Joe Biden invasion.

This is a Biden invasion over the past three years. I call him Crooked Joe because he's crooked. He's a terrible president. The worst president our country's ever had, probably the most incompetent president we've ever had. But it's allowing thousands and thousands of people to come in from China, Iran, Yemen, the Congo, Syria, and a lot of other nations.

Many nations are not very friendly to us. He's transported the entire columns of fighting-aged men, and they're all at a certain age. And you look at them and say, they look like warriors to me.

Something's going on that's bad.

Now the United States is being overrun by the Biden migrant crime. It's a new form of vicious violation to our country. It's migrant crime. We call it Biden migrant crime, but that's a little bit long.

So we'll just leave it. But every time you hear the term migrant crime, you know where that comes from. Allowing thousands and thousands. Thousands and actually millions and millions of people to come, could be 15 million, could be 18 million. By the time he gets out of office, because hopefully the biggest risk we have is nine months.

It's a long time. A lot of bad things can happen. I always say, In speeches and rallies, it's if you take the 10 worst presidents in the history of our country and you add them all up, all of the problems, all of the lousy jobs they've done, you can add them all up. It's not as bad as this one. man has done for our country.

What he's done to our country is he's destroying our country. We were just talking before, we were the general was saying, I can't believe he can't believe what's happening. He can't believe it's so sad. Last year, almost half of all ICE arrests were criminal aliens charged for more than 33,000 assaults. 3,000 robberies, 6,900 burglaries, 7,500 weapons crimes, this is all migrant crime, 4,300 sex crimes, 1,600 kidnappings, and 1,700 homicides and murders.

These are the people that Are coming into our country, and they're coming from jails, and they're coming from prisons, and they're coming from mental institutions, and they're coming from insane asylums. and they're terrorists, they're being led into our our country. And uh it's horrible. It's horrible. All right, that was President Trump yesterday at the border.

I want to go to the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line, say hello to the great governor of North Dakota. Governor Doug Bergham, Governor, good to have you with us today. Todd, great to be with you. Thanks for having me on the show. Absolutely.

And I have to say, I really enjoyed your performance during those early debates. I thought I was shouting in agreement with you in pretty much everything you were saying.

Well, thank you. Appreciate it. The support and encouragement. And of course, great now to be endorsing President Trump. I just was at the border two weeks ago myself, and everything he's saying is absolutely true.

It's happening.

Well, let's talk about that. I know that you sent the National Guard to the border. Why did you do that? Why was that important for you to do?

Well, we've been doing it throughout my time as administration. We're a border state. We're on the northern border. We understand how this impacts, but of course, the federal government Hasn't even staffed the positions. They've got open positions in the Border Patrol, so they're pulling people off the northern border to go to the southern border to do paperwork.

So the problem on the southern border is creating an open border on the northern border. And so we care about it that way. But I think every state, every governor is now running a border state because this invasion is also mass casualties. I think our administration in North Dakota, we've cared a lot about the disease of addiction, whatever, but we've lost. the equivalent of five Vietnams of deaths due to overdoses since Joe Biden took office, three hundred thirty thousand people.

Every seven minutes, there's a fentanyl poisoning in this country. And so it's yes, there's a mass invasion, but we've also got mass casualties. And so I don't know how not to care deeply about this because it is, it's destroying the country. Governor, you see what's happening at the southern border, and it's a great point you make that it's also happening at the northern border. I think in Maine a couple of days ago, they had a bunch of Chinese nationals sneaking into the country.

This is a huge national security issue. And I know we've had a lot of lawmakers on our program saying it's not a matter of if but when. What are you hearing as the governor? Are they sharing this information with you that there is a clear and present danger lurking in America right now? No, the communication with the federal government to the governors has been really abysmal.

And one of the things we were at the National Governors Association meeting recently, our our Chairman, Spencer Cox, from Utah, he's the chairman this year for the national for Republicans and Democrats, the request that he made was, could you please tell all the governors, these ten million people that you've so-called asylum seekers that you've put in the country, what was the address that they gave you that they said they're going? The federal government hasn't even shared that. They, of course, don't have to go to that address, but literally, no governor can tell you that they know where these 10 million people have been shipped to around the nation. And so it is. uh the the federal government is not only failing at their duty to To prove one of their narrow list of things that in the Constitution the Federal Government is supposed to do, it's national security, that includes border security.

They're failing to do it. And when governors want to step in to help, you see what happens with Governor Greg Abbott. They battle against the states when they say, give us the information so we might know where some of these. Uh people may be saying that who's got a criminal record and where did you send them to? That would be great to know.

Federal government not sharing it. I mean, Joe Biden's first hundred days in office, he signed 94 executive actions on immigration. But they weren't to stop integration. Many of those were to reverse the policies that President Trump had put in place.

So, as a governor who served under President Trump, and now I've had to endure the Biden administration. I can tell you, we're as a state governor, we're on the front lines. And the Biden administration, wrong on the economy, wrong on energy, wrong on national security, wrong on border security. And President Trump, he had it all right. America was safer and more prosperous when President Trump was in office and that's just a fact.

On the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line today, this Friday, is Governor Doug Bergham from North Dakota. And Governor, of course, Super Tuesday coming up. I've been a big fan of Donald Trump for a very long time, and it concerns me that Nikki Haley is still in the race, and only from the point of this is costing a lot of money, and this is money that could and should be used to fight the Democrats, not each other.

Well, you're absolutely right. And I got to tell you, Todd, I mean, it's a But it's Really benefiting the Democrats right now. I mean, Gavin Newsom was on CNN last week. saying that the best surrogate that Joe Biden has in the country right now is Nikki Haley. Because every day that uh she's out there attacking President Trump, And again, Super Tuesday is coming.

He's going to win 70, 30, 80, 20. These are landslide. mega victories that he's going to have. He'll win in North Dakota and our caucus on Monday, so he'll racked up another victory before he even gets to Super Tuesday. And this race is functionally over.

So I'm pleased to see President Trump is Ignoring uh Nikki Haley right now and all other competitors that think there's a race that's still on, he's going to be the nominee. And as a party, we've got to unite behind him, and we've got to focus on beating Joe Biden in November because, like I said, Joe Biden, another four years, I can tell you as a governor, it would be bad for our state. It would be bad for every state. Certainly bad for global stability in the world right now because his policies, like on energy, he's empowering. Iran.

China, Russia, I mean the energy policies are helping our adversaries and hurting America. Governor, I'm curious. Looking down the road, Trump's going to be looking for a VP. Got any recommendations?

Well, I know President Trump he'll make a smart decision at the time of his choosing. And I know he's going to he's learned a lot since twenty sixteen. I think his administration from You know, the V P to the cabinet leaders to the four thousand positions you'll appoint, uh these are people that are going to be focusing on America first, and people are going to be they're going to see a change in this country when he's elected. Uh and it's not the it's not this uh Be afraid. About you know, democracy going away.

Joe Biden with with his Efforts through his agencies, everything from the EPA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Land Management, states like North Dakota, we're under assault with a mountain of regulations that are not laws passed by Congress. That's a dictatorship. When one administration, without a single vote from the other party, tries to drive their ideology on the entire country. And so I know that our economy will be better, the world will be safer when President Trump's back in office.

All right. That was a very good political non-answer there, Governor. I got to give you credit for that one. But I understand. What about yourself?

I mean, if President Trump called you up, would you be interested in the gig?

Well, I care about this country as President Trump does. I've had an opportunity to. Uh you know See him at work and see how hard he works. I mean, America should know when he won that Iowa caucus. By thirty points.

I mean, historic, largest victory in a multi-candidate ever. Gets on the plane. He invited First Lady Catherine and I along with him on. Trump Force won. It's midnight when we're leaving Iowa.

There wasn't one single alcoholic beverage served on that plane. There were 40 people on there that was part of the team, and everybody worked for the next two and a half hours till we landed on the way to New Hampshire, including the president himself, setting the pace.

So it was 3:30 in the morning when we landed, and the guy had read. You know, th Twenty newspaper articles that were printed off for him. They were focusing on the next week. This guy works around the clock for American people. And so, you know, I know that there's going to be a lot of people that would love to be part of that Trump administration.

All right, you got to spell the beans here. What was that like being on Trump Force One?

Well, I think it's again, it's an insight that's exactly opposite of what the mainstream media would portray because here's the big victory. There was Wasn't even five minutes of celebrating. It was like, okay, we got a job to do. We're focused on November. We're going to go.

And again, on the working on. strategy and working on how do they navigate through this primary thing. And I just again, I've always been impressed by his work ethic. That was his particular lens in the middle of the night recently, where I think Americans just need to know how hard he works How hard he works for all of us. I got to see that up close and personal.

I spent 90 minutes with him during an interview at his office at Mar-a-Lago, and the man can multitask. I've never seen anybody do it at the level he does it. But to your point, he is a hard worker, and he's a great man, and he's going to be a great president. Governor, we've got to leave it there. An honor to have you on the program, sir.

You're a great American patriot.

Well, Todd, thank you, and credit to you for everything you do to help keep Americans informed. And what an incredible career you've had, and honored to be on with you. All right, Governor Doug Bergum, everybody, from North Dakota, got to take a break. We'll be right back. All right, as we head into the weekend.

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It came out just a few days ago, and one of the authors is on the Patriot Mobile newsmaker line, Jackie Darby, a missionary in Guatemala, with the brand new book, Whose Am I? The Truth About Your Worth and Identity in Christ. Jackie, good to have you on the program today. Hi, Todd. Thank you so much for having me.

All right. Well, let's just jump right into this. Tell us about the brand new book.

Well, we are super excited, my co-author Aisha and I, to be able to present this book, Whose Am I in English. And it all began because of my story, what God has done in my life. And so Okay.

So I was just going to tell a little bit about my story. And I was an abandoned baby left to die in the garbage dump of South Korea. Um I had rats eating on my naked little body. And I believe that God sent an angel, a missionary nurse, who found me, rescued me, and took me into an orphanage. And from that point on, I became eligible for adoption.

And in the meantime, God was working another part of the story. and touched my parents' heart, who were from Illinois. Oral farmers in Illinois. And they really had a heart to adopt, but they already had five biological children of their own. And they began the adoption process.

but three previous babies that were assigned to them all passed away before they ever made it to their home.

So on the day that um President John F. Kennedy was assassinated about an hour after that news went across the radio and TV. My mom received a phone call. From Mrs. Bertha Holt, who is the co-founder of Holt International, and asked her if they would reconsider a fourth baby that they had found.

and explained my situation, and my parents immediately said no. Because they felt like, well, after three babies passed away, then maybe it just wasn't part of God's will. But after a few weeks, they changed their mind. And I ended up in the United States at eight months old, flew into Chicago, O'Hare. and began a life with my new adopted family.

And so you tell this story in the book, and it's for children, but I understand it's also for adults. Is that right? Well, it's definitely a resource for adults to use to read to their children. The ages are six to ten years old. That's the age group that we focused on.

But our heart's desire is that anybody who reads this book, whether they're children, teenagers or adults, will all hear a message about their identity and worth through Christ. And I understand that this book is really good for children who might be wanting to understand adoption. Is that accurate? That is true. Another one of our heart's desire, I'm a missionary in Guatemala.

And I help with a support group for adult adoptees. And over the years, my co-author and I, who we work with adults and a lot of vulnerable children. We have found that here especially Adoption is a big secret. And Several of these adult adoptees aren't even told they're adopted until they're in their twenties and thirties and talk about an identity crisis. And so We felt like, wow, through my story And also through the story of another character who's in the book is my co-author's youngest adopted daughter.

I've been able to share my story and help her in her adoption process. in understanding Just know we both can identify with the questions. Um Just the trauma that that Sometimes adopted kids go through of not understanding why they're not with the original families. And their identity and where they came from. Um Spending time with Darlie, the character in the book, and hearing so many of these other stories.

That the adoptees don't know the truth or they found out at such a latter later age in their life, we felt there was such a need and God could use my story and Darley's story to help Um open up these sometimes very complicated conversations. and talk about the truth.

Well, I think this is just terrific. And again, folks, on the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line, Jackie Darby, a missionary in Guatemala, co-author of the brand new book, Whose Am I? The Truth About Your Worth and Identity in Christ. And I'm curious, Jackie, I know the book just came out, but have you started getting any kind of feedback, any response from readers? Yes, believe it or not, we are so excited to hear all the different comments.

There was a lot of preorders. For the book, a lot of excitement.

So we're super happy about that, that everybody is very excited about reading this book. It's so exciting because not just small children are wanting to read the story and get into the story because the illustrations are beautiful. And my coauthor, Aisha, has such a gift for illustrating and brings the whole story alive. But We have been getting so many so much feedback even from adults Who are reading it with older children and adult adoptees who have already read it and said, oh my goodness. This message speaks to my heart even though I'm an adult.

So we have been getting lots of positive feedback from all ages.

Well, this is just terrific. It's really a beautiful book. And ladies and gentlemen, it's available wherever you buy your books. You can also find it on Amazon. Again, the name of the book, Whose Am I?

The Truth About Your Worth and Identity in Christ. Jackie, congratulations, and please congratulate your co-author as well. We wish you guys nothing but the very best. And here's to a great-selling book. Thank you so much for having me.

All right. There you go, folks. Again, Whose Am I? It's a great storybook. And especially, you know, if you've got.

If you have someone in your family who might be adopted, this is a great little storybook that can really help them understand who they are. And as Jackie wrote This is perfect for adopted or foster kids. For parents hoping to adopt. Or just kids wanting to understand what adoption is all about.

So there you go. Well done. All right, folks, we've got to take a quick break here. Again, our telephone number is 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926.

We'll be right back. All right, welcome back. We've been watching on uh News Max, the closing arguments in the Big Fanny Willis case.

So we're paying very close attention to that. You can watch Newsmax. Go over to Newsmax Live on their YouTube channel, and you'll be able to watch it for free there, also on their YouTube. Newsmax. Facebook page.

So, by the way, tonight, 5 o'clock, you can also watch me on Newsmax, 5 o'clock Eastern. Be sure to watch our show. We've got a great lineup of guests, Caroline Lovett. And by the way, on Monday, President Trump is confirmed to be a guest on the Todd Stearns Radio program and in advance of Super Tuesday.

So always, always fun to have President Trump on the program. All right. By the way, speaking of that, speaking of Newsmax and President Trump, Newsmax wants to know your opinion. They are still conducting this national poll on who you think. Trump ought to pick as his vice presidential running mate.

And there are a lot of names being thrown around out there. I heard Christy Noam. was at the top of the list. And of course, Governor Noam was just at Mar-a Lago a couple of days ago, closed door meetings. And we asked Caroline about that.

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Again, that is SCIP to 39747. Couple of stories we've been following in the Culture War. Area It's Friday. I lost the word. My apologies.

We've been talking about the censorship of Christians.

Well, a church in Fort Worth, Texas learned that lesson the hard way, Hulund Street Church, they wanted to advertise on Hulu a 22-second video. Pastor Wes Hamilton wanted to invite viewers to attend services.

So they have a lot of first responders that are members of the church, and many of them are not able to attend on Sunday because they have to work.

So the church decided, let's start a special wheat night service for people who might be firefighters or police officers. Anyway, Hulu rejected the video. And they did it not once but twice, and they accused the church of violating a policy regarding religious indoctrination.

Now, at this point in the story, you You would think, okay, so the church just went quietly, but they did not. Pastor West reached out to First Liberty Institute and about forty eight hours later Hulu changed his policy. It turns out there is a law on the books that makes it illegal to discriminate against Christians. And so good for you, Pastor Wes, for doing the right thing here. Nobody got hurt.

Nobody got beat up. Nothing got burned down. Hulu changed his policy.

So we're glad to hear that Hulu did the right thing as well. There is another crazy story, this one out of Miami. There's a tiny church in Miami, and they're trying to find a place for a Sunday morning service or a Wednesday night Bible study. And by tiny church, they have about 10 members.

So there are just not many people there. And so they don't need a lot of space.

So a meeting room would suffice.

So they reached out to the Miami Dade Public Library System, and they've got libraries all over the place. And they asked, is it possible for us to use or rent a meeting room at one of your libraries? But they were turned down. The congregation was rejected. And it turns out that there's actually a policy on the books.

That bans religious groups from using any meeting space in the library.

So, if you're a church, you are not allowed in Miami-Dade County, Florida, to. Utilize any space inside the library. It seems to me that Governor Ron DeSantis needs to know about this.

So that he can fix this.

So, anyway, the American Center for Law and Justice, they are now jumping in and they are representing this church. But as it now stands, they are still banned from using a meeting room in the library. What I find interesting, I did a little bit of research, and it turns out that the Miami-Day Public Library system is very big and dare I say, bullish. On drag queens.

So they are more than willing to open up their libraries to the drag queens. but not to Christians. What do you make of that?

So the ACLJ, about 30 years ago, they had a very similar case that went all the way to the Supreme Court. And the Supreme Court ruled that the government Violates the First Amendment when it denies access to a speaker or a group simply to suppress a point of view. And that case, in particular, involved a public schools decision to ban a church from using their meeting space. And if I could just point out here, and I know you guys know this, churches are made up of people. Those people are what we call taxpayers.

And those taxpayers actually pay money to build the libraries and to build the public schools. And if you are going to open up your library or your public school to a drag queen, if you're going to turn your public school. Public library or your public school into a gay bar, then guess what? You got to let the Christians in. It's a very simple rule.

So, anyway, we'll let you know how things turn out here. ACLJ's already sent warning letters to the library, and they're saying, hey, look. What you're doing is illegal, and we will sue you. We will go to court if we have to. And who knows if they do that uh the The church might have enough money to build their own building.

So there you go. All right, again, coming up a little bit later on tonight, folks. It's going to be a fun show on Newsmax. Caroline Levitt is going to join us. Also, we're going to be getting reports on what happened at the border and also what happened in court today.

The closing arguments continuing. President Trump in court today as well.

So a lot of moving parts. Breaking news Friday, just here on the Todd Stern Show, but also over on Newsmax. And also, just a reminder: head over to Amazon and get yourself a pre-ordered copy of my new book, Twilight's Last Gleaming: Can America Be Saved? We're going to be in Dallas this coming weekend, Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Dallas. If you are in the area, would love for you to drop by and say hello, and would love to be able to worship with you and your family there at a great church.

Pastor Robert Jeffers is going to be preaching, and I'm going to be speaking, and we're going to have a great time. All right, folks, we've got to scoot out of here. It has been a great day. In the meantime, head over to the website, download our freebies. That's our podcast.

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