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Jenna Ellis: Rights that our founders recognize come from God our creator

Jenna Ellis in the morning on American Family Radio. I love talking about the things of God. Because of truth and the biblical worldview, the U.S. constitution obligates our government to preserve and protect. The rights that our founders recognize come from God our creator, not our government. I believe that scripture in the Bible is very clear that God is the one that raised up each of you and God has allowed us to be brought here to this specific moment in time.

Fred Jackson: Now here's guest host Fred Jackson and indeed, good morning to you.

May says the months go by quickly when there's so much news happening

It is a Friday, I think it's the 29th day of May. We're almost done. Five months of this, I'm going to say a brand new year because that's the way it feels like. But you know, when there's so much news happening, the, the days, the weeks, the months go by so quickly and we have so much to talk about this morning. kind of the phrase of the day. Deal or no deal? Deal or no deal? May remember there was, a game show, back, well, not too long ago, I think Howie Mandel was the host of the show. And, it kind of featured some pretty ladies coming up on this set of stairs and they each had little, not suitcases, briefcases. And you had to pick the briefcases that had the most money and you could gamble with it or, you know, you could lose. Deal or no deal.

President Trump is expected to respond to a tentative ceasefire deal with Iran

All of that in connection with, right now what we're waiting for is President Trump to respond to a deal that was first reported by Axios yesterday. A tentative 60 day ceasefire deal that has been worked out between negotiators for the US And Iran. Now, according to Axios, one of the key points is that Iran would be given 30 days, to take those mines and other obstructions to shipping out of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran would have to give up the control that they have afforded themselves over the Strait of Hormuz. they would have 30 days to do that and then they would move on to other things. If that happened, they would move on to other things. And those other things are what a lot of people are talking about. Those other things include, discussions about enriching uranium. it includes things like sanctions being removed. it includes a demand that, Israel, stop responding to Hezbollah, missiles coming into their country. So those are the kind of the sticking points that are there. So President Trump apparently has had this deal in front of him now and I'm a little surprised. It's almost 24 hours. Normally he responds pretty quickly to Something he doesn't like. But, we haven't heard at least as of seven, o' clock Central time on this Friday morning. We haven't heard from him yet as to how he responds to it. So we're going to be talking about that a little bit this morning. But, you know, Israel is always at the center of things. It really is in the Middle East. And my Bible reading this morning took me to Isaiah 60, and, I'm often reminded of a comment from Prime Minister Netanyahu that he, this is the way he put it. He says we live in a rough neighborhood. talk about an understatement. what Israel faces, you know, Isaiah 60 has. And it's a prophecy from the prophet Isaiah, but prophecies in the Bible sometimes have near events, but also distance events. And, I was encouraged by some, of these verses out of Isaiah 60 this morning. I'll just read a few starting in verse, 10. Foreigners will. And this is referring to Israel, referring to Jerusalem. Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their k will serve you. Though in anger I struck you, talking about God's judgment, against Israel, when they went in, in 586 B.C. into Babylonian captivity, Though in anger, I struck you in favor. I will show you compassion. Your gates will always stand open. They will never be shut, day or night, so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations, their kings led in triumphal procession for the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish. Boy, I thought about Iran. Right away, it will be utterly ruined. The glory of Lebanon will come to you. The juniper, the fir and the cypress together to adorn my sanctuary. And I will glorify the place for my feet. The children of your oppressors will come bowing before you. All who despise you will bow down at your feet and will call you the city of the Lord Zion, of the Holy One, of Israel. And of course, most of this obviously will not happen. Revelation 21 talks about these things. So it's a future. But, you know, when you think sometimes that the bad guys are going to win this battle, think again. God is in control. And he's already told us that he is going to take care of his people and he is going to return someday and he is going to lead his kingdom from the city of Jerusalem. And those countries that have been oppressors of Israel, they will come and bow down to him in that beautiful city of Jerusalem. So I was just encouraged by that because of the news that we deal with on A very daily basis. And those of us who love the Jewish people and love Israel and believe, that, God is going to protect her and that there's so much more that he wants to do and will do, for Israel. I was just encouraged by that because Israel is under attack all the time, both verbally and also, of course, right now. What's happening despite this ceasefire in the Persian Gulf, Hezbollah has been attacking Israel. Hezbollah, of course, is one of those arms of the Iranian regime. They've been attacking Israel, forcing Israel to respond and send troops into southern Lebanon to try to deal with this. I could go on and on about the media coverage which makes Israel look like the bad guy in this, but, you know, has often been the case even in recent history. Israel is simply defending itself. It seldom fires the first shot. It's just defending himself. But if you believe the mainstream media, Israel is the bad guy. You know. Yes, Israel is a bad guy for defending itself, itself. So, ah, anyway, I was very encouraged by that. Again, is Isaiah 60 if you want to, read it for yourself.

Grant: Can you really trust the Iranians on a nuclear deal

All right. Talking about this deal, as I say, has an opening that would appeal to people. Certainly the, the idea that the Strait of Hormuz, would be opened up and shipping would be, open up, obviously the, the bl. United States has put in place, would be lifted and, also, you know, would result in gasoline prices going down. And, obviously it would be helpful for, Republicans, for the President coming up to these midterms if gas prices go down. so there's a lot to this. But, you know, in reality, there's the issue, can you really trust the Iranians? Even if they agree to something verbally, even in writing, it doesn't mean a whole lot. And, that kind of rang true this morning in an interview that Fox did with Jack Keen. He's a retired, high ranking, ah, officer. He is a military analyst who tells it like it is. And that's one of his big concerns, that despite what the Iranians may say at a negotiating table, they have proven over and over again they cannot be trusted. Here's Jack keane, cut number 12.

Jack Keane: We know they're going to cheat. Look at this, right now, what's taking place just this week alone, with the violation of the ceasefire and the Straits of Hormuz. Who's doing that? The Iranians are doing that. And we had to react to it. Look what they've done in Lebanon. The ceasefire began on April 8, and since April 8, less than two months they have fired rockets and missiles into northern Israel. Over 900 times. 1,200 plus drones have been fired into northern Israel, all since April 8th. And that is under the guise of a ceasefire. And the Israelis are in a defensive crouch because they're abiding by the terms of the deal, which is they can only conduct defensive, operations. I point this out because it reminds us who we really are dealing with here. They are likely to want to cheat.

Fred Jackson: no kidding. Likely to want to cheat. So, I think those are wise words from retired, General Jack Keane. And, you know, I know President Trump is aware of this, but, he's being interviewed, for, an interview, I think, that's going to air on Fox sometime this weekend. And he's asked about, you know, people are going to say you're going to make a deal, and make a compromise because you've got midterms coming up. And obviously that's all part of it. But, have a listen to his take now. He's not still showing his hand on this particular deal, so this is more of a broader comment on where his thinking is with regards to Iran. Cut number nine, I'd imagine if you could have timed things perfectly. Having a conflict just in front of the midterm elections at a time like this isn't ideal. You acknowledge the high gas prices. You have consistently been willing to do the hard things, the things that your predecessors said should have been done, but they didn't have the guts to do them. You have taken them on, and Iran is a great example of that. Well, you have a problem, you know, structural problem, because you have the midterms, you have the elections. Well, that's going to go on for hundreds of years, every two years.

Fred Jackson: So you have really a very small window. So if you wanted to play that game, then you would wait till the

Fred Jackson: midterms are over and then the following hour you'll attack Iran because they cannot have a nuclear weapon. Most people agree with me on that. But then it gets maybe carried into, you know, the next election, whether it's a midterm or not. so you have a very short

Fred Jackson: window for doing anything having to do with war. But I don't view that window. I view it.

Fred Jackson: I have to do what's right, has to do what's right. we need to pray for our president. it is a difficult decision. Everybody knows how dangerous Iran is. Everybody knows what their intentions are. Even in recent days, Iranian regime, has repeated once again, their ultimate goal is to Wipe Israel off the face of the earth and to come after, you know, the United States as well. So that's where their thinking is. Those are the kinds of people that you're actually, dealing with. Rebecca Grant is a national security and military analyst and she talked about this deal in interviews yesterday. And I think she is also being very cautious about just where we are and how we're supposed to deal with this cut. Number eight. There are a lot of good points here, including getting at the enriched uranium disposal, ah, a process for reopening the strait. But I got to tell you, unless President Trump gets the deal he wants from Iran, he will strike again. And that strike with a ballistic missile going towards Kuwait where we have a lot of forces. That alone is justification for Admiral Cooper to carry out more attacks if necessary. Still two aircraft carriers and a lot of land based air in the region.

Fred Jackson: So we're just going to have to wait and see. As I say, as of going on the air here a few moments ago, there has been no response particularly to this deal, from President Trump. We'll just have to wait and see. But you can imagine the pressure, pressure from within side, even his own party on this because you have Republicans, Lindsey Graham and a few others that basically say, you know, we just need to bomb Iran into smithereens. But there's a problem with that and I know President Trump is well aware of this. we talk about the citizens of Iran, we talk about people, Christians, there in Iran that are being persecuted by this regime. Do you just want to go in willy nilly and start bombing and destroying and, and you would kill many of those innocent people. So I know the President, that's got to be part of the equation. But at the same time, you cannot allow this regime to continue because remember, it's not just Iran. It's those proxies like Hamas, like Hezbollah, like the Houthis, these, these are the, these terrorist groups, these Shia terrorist groups, they're not going to back away. Hamas, Israel, this just in the past week, was forced to go in and kill another Hamas leader in Gaza. They haven't put up the white flag, folks. they're still there. Hezbollah, they're continuing, continuing to put missile launchers in apartment buildings in Lebanon, in schools in Lebanon. They are not putting up the white flag. They are going to continue to go after Israel. And of course the United States can never, can never rest with regards to Islamic terrorism and what is going on and the attacks that are being Planned. We get reports of that all the time. So, we're going to be talking a little bit more about this. Our good friend Gary Bauer at Campaign for Working Families is going to, join us in a few moments. And we're also going to talk about the mayor of NewSong York and what he's saying about Israel Day coming up this weekend.

Fred Jackson welcomes Gary Bauer back to American Family Radio on Friday morning

Welcome back to Jenna Ellis in the Morning on American Family Radio. And indeed, we are back on this Friday morning. Fred Jackson sitting in for Jenna today. And joining us right now from, the capital of the world, some people call it Washington, D.C. gary Bauer, good morning to you.

Fred Jackson: Gary.

Gary Bauer: Good morning. That's kind of a scary thought, but I guess that's true in many ways, right? This is, arguably the most important country in the world, and that means that Washington, D.C. is the most important capital.

Fred Jackson: Hey, listen, I'm still going to feel sorry for you, Gary. Maybe, I guess you probably, yeah, you probably developed a thick skin, living in that environment for so many years. But, Gary, want to talk to.

Gary Bauer: Yes, I have, Fred. But I also joked that when I first came here, I was six foot three, and if anybody has seen me recently, I've lost a few inches.

Gary Cohn: President Trump facing tough decision on Iran nuclear deal

Fred Jackson: Gary, the big story of the morning is, and I know you're aware of this, I've been reading your, end of day yesterday. It's, the Deal or no Deal, and we've been talking about it here. The president, would it be unfair to say this is a real tough one? And maybe this is why President Trump hasn't responded to this deal yet. he's getting a lot of pressure to wrap things up there. But also the reality is, Iran is a bad player and he's still got to make sure that he keeps these people in check. So do you think we have a deal or is there no deal here?

Gary Bauer: I don't think we have a deal on the things that, end up mattering probably long term the most, which basically is, their nuclear program. So I think, you know, we'll probably get another 60 days of negotiations, and agreements on a lot of other things, hopefully, including opening up the straits, of Hormuz. But I think the nuclear deal, will take longer to negotiate and literally could go on. I hope it doesn't, but could go on for months and months and months. You know, Fred, I don't think that there's enough focus on the fact that we knew Iran was a threat. But what we have found out during this conflict is they were much further along and becoming a really worldwide threat to every free nation, to the nations of Europe, to us, etc. I mean, their conventional military program was much further advanced than we thought. And, you know, the Democrats are saying, well, they're. Now they control the, you know, the Straits of Hormuz. Well, the fact is, we now see they had control of it the whole time. I mean, anytime they won it, they would have been able to successfully shut it down. And people have forgotten it over the last 10, 15 years. They did that a couple of times when it suited their purposes.

Gary Cohn: Can we really trust Iran's word on nuclear agreement

Fred Jackson: Now, Gary, you've kind of addressed this. The other aspects to be negotiated, the enriched uranium, lifting of sanctions, those kinds of things. Do we. Do you really think President Trump is going to, trust the word? We played a clip a few moments ago of, retired General Jack Keane, that we know, Iran cheats. Can we really trust their word? If they say no, we'll stop developing our uranium? do we really trust them not to continue funding and, equipping Hezbollah and Hamas and the Houthis? I mean, this is a regime that, no matter what they say at the negotiating table, how can we trust them?

Gary Bauer: Well, you know, I think what history has taught Fred, is that, every agreement you make with a power, a nation, whether, you know, it's Iran or the old Soviet Union or Communist China, it's not worth the paper it's written on. So, as Ronald Reagan famously said decades ago, trust but verify. So whatever agreement we make with them, it's important to have it on paper. But then we use the incredible technological edge we have with satellites, human, intelligence, Israel, which is a tremendous asset to us and being able to collect intelligence, and we're going to be able to know whether, they're cheating on the provisions of whatever agreement is reached, and, at least this president will act accordingly. Now, whether somebody gets elected in 2028, you know, like, the Governor of California or Harris or Pete Buttigieg, who's just taken the lead in an Emerson poll, I don't believe they'll do, the things that have to be done to make sure these agreements are followed. But I have complete confidence that as long as Donald Trump's president, or if J.D. vance becomes president or Marco Rubio becomes president, I think they will do what has to be done to verify the agreement.

New York Mayor Zoran Mamdani declines to attend Israel Day Parade

Fred Jackson: All right, we, just want to move on to another subject. But you know what? It's related, to the Middle east, in particular, Israel. Don't know if you heard, the Mayor of NewSong York, Zoran Mamdani, he announced this week he was asked a question and he responded to it, whether he would attend the, the annual Israel Day Parade coming up this Sunday in NewSong York. Now, it's been going on since mid-60s I believe it was, and it has been the tradition that the mayor of NewSong York would attend that. But this is what Zoran Mamdani had to say when asked whether he would attend this year. Cut number 10.

Gary Bauer: I said on the campaign trail that

Fred Jackson: I wouldn't be attending the parade.

Gary Bauer: And I've made my views on the

Fred Jackson: Israeli government abundantly clear.

Gary Bauer: And I also said on that same campaign that, ah, I would have a

Fred Jackson: responsibility as the mayor of the city to ensure the safety and security of each and every NewSong Yorker. And I don't believe that my presence

Gary Bauer: as the mayor should determine whether or not a NewSong Yorker is safe or secure.

Fred Jackson: Now, I listened to a response to that from Lizzie Zavinsky. She is an Israel activist. She's been the grand marshal of the parade and maybe this year as well. This is how she responded to Madonna's comments. Cut number 11.

Fred Jackson: He's not going to attend because he's told us who he was from the beginning. He's never kept it a secret. I do want to make it clear that you cannot say that you support the Jewish community and don't support Israel and don't support Israel's right to exist. As Mamdani has said, the Jewish people and the state of Israel are inextricably linked. We face Jerusalem when we pray. We mention Israel over 50 times in our daily prayers. We are one and the same. So you can't support the Jewish people and not support their right to the State of Israel. But that is what Mamdani is claiming to do. But you know, he got rid of safety protections for the Jewish community on day one of taking office. He got rid of the definition. What do you mean? How did he get rid of the protections? He signed an executive order that got rid of our previous mayor, Mayor Eric Adams executive order to, create buffer zones outside of our religious institutions.

Fred Jackson: Gary, do you ever think we'd see today, especially with the large Jewish population in NewSong York, that you would have a mayor who'd say he's not going to attend that, not going to support the hundreds of thousands of Jewish people who live in his city?

Gary Bauer: Yes. You know, Fred, demography is destiny. And this, country has been intentionally, its demography, its demographics have been intentionally changed by Open borders and mass migration from the Muslim world. So it's now a political calculation in a city like NewSong York, which I believe has several million, Jews. I think it has the largest Jewish population of any city outside of, ah, city in Israel. so once you've done that, I think probably if you polled it, between the Muslims now, which nearly are as many in NewSong York City as there are Jews, and then the socialist left in NewSong York City, which is another voting bloc, what he's doing is probably popular, but it's wrong. And it is a warning sign of a deep, evil descending on America. The Democrat Party has become obsessed with this little tiny strip of land in, the Middle east where 10 million people live. And they have clearly thrown Israel and the Jewish people, overboard because they believe they're going to more than make up for that loss of votes with the new America that they're building with, with the open borders that we saw during the Biden years. So I, you know, historically, anytime a country starts going down this road, that country is in deep, deep trouble. It's the canary in the, coal mine. It is a warning that there is a sickness among us and it's growing in strength every day.

Fred Jackson: You know, it's amazing, Gary, that, you know, Democrat presidents in the past, you know, Bill Clinton and others, they were supporters of Israel. you know, Hillary Clinton, a, supporter of Israel, at least verbally and vocally when they were campaigning. So what has happened in that short period of time? You address the illegal immigration, open borders, but also, you know, education is in your background. talk a little bit about the force of our propaganda machine that we call universities, and what you saw after October 2023, the massacre of Jewish people in Israel. And yet we had pro Hamas protesters at Harvard.

Gary Bauer: Yeah. excuse me. got m a fog of my throat today, Fred. You know, all those things. I mean, my goodness, where to start? This is. This is just. It is almost inexplicable. But look, who would have thought 20 years ago that in a state, like Minnesota, settled by Scandinavians many years ago, that one of the most popular congressmen would be, a congresswoman named Yohan Omar? I mean, the transformation that has taken place in this country is incredible. In Salt Lake City, Utah, the home of the Mormons, there's a district there that could be a competitive district. It's likely to elect a Democrat at the Democrat convention to nominate somebody. A large population of Somalians showed up at the Democratic Convention registered to be, participant and they nominated somebody that is a, Somalian who could very well win a House seat in Mormon Utah. So I get back to demographics. You point out very, correctly, the universities by and large are infected with this analysis that they use to teach students about the world. There are the oppressed and the oppressors. And they have put Israel, even though it is one of the most ethnically diverse nations in the Middle east, they have put them as well as the United States in the category of oppressors. So everybody else has a claim against them. if you don't have the job you want, it's because of the Jews. If your kid didn't get into the school, he won. The Jews did it. If we're in another war, look at what those Jews are causing. This is the stuff of 1930s Germany. And it's interesting to me, Fred, that these Democrats that are always throwing around words, Trump's a Nazi, Trump's a fascist, et cetera, they're likely to elect a guy in Maine as a United States Senator. He will be the first US Senator with a Nazi tattoo and he will be and is a Democrat.

Fred Jackson: And you know, talk about candidates, coming up, James Tallarico in Texas, he's all over the place with his theology especially. He's a graduate of a Presbyterian USA seminary. This is what he has had to say about God being non binary. Cut number three.

Gary Bauer: You said God is non binary.

Fred Jackson: What did you mean by that? Well, you know, I think I

Gary Bauer: was being intentionally provocative with that statement.

Fred Jackson: But what it means is that God

Gary Bauer: can't be defined by human categories.

Fred Jackson: Do you regret describing it that way or talking about God that way? There are some statements that I've made

Gary Bauer: that I, that I certainly regret.

Fred Jackson: Do you still believe there are six biological sexes? I know there are two sexes, men and women. You have to laugh. But he's the guy that could be a senator if Texas decides to elect him.

Gary Bauer: Yeah, look, it'll be a hard race, very close race. The Democrat Party loves him, which tells you something. They will spend almost unlimited amount of money to get him elected. And notice these wonderful questions by that hard hitting CBS reporter. that was a political ad that was an effort to help him, Talarico, clean up the mess that his previous statements have created. that could hurt him in this election. I think it's a toss up. I think it's going to be very hard.

Franklin Graham is furious that Talarico says abortion is wrong

But I noticed today mild mannered Franklin Graham, who is slow to anger could not restrain himself. He is furious that this Talarico keeps saying that there's nothing in the Bible that says abortion is wrong. And Franklin Graham schooled him in the Bible. The entire scriptural message is the dignity and value of every human life. The Bible says, choose life. God says, choose life so that you and your children may live and enjoy all the blessings that, I mean, for mankind. The Bible talks about how we are wonderfully knitted in the womb. I mean, it is. The early Christians grew because they opposed child sacrifice. So this guy is the proverbial wolf in sheep's clothing. And Fred, it shows. You know, they keep saying they don't want religion involved in government and politics. They definitely want this version of Christianity involved in government and politics. In fact, this, this is evidence that they intend to, to steal the Bible and the church before it's all over.

Fred: Gary Dobson, thanks for joining us this morning

Fred Jackson: Gary, just before we have to leave, I want to give you an opportunity to tell us about your end of day, which I love reading each day, your summary of the news and your thoughts on things. How can people get that in their mailbox each day?

Gary Bauer: Well, thanks for asking, Fred. They can go to our O U R Our American Values and they can sign up for it there. I'm also doing a lot of work for the James Dobson Family Institute, and you can check them out at the

Fred Jackson: James Dobson familyinstitute.org Gary, thank you as always. Great to talk to you, man. Have a great weekend.

Gary Bauer: Great to be with you, Fred. God bless.

Fred Jackson: all right. Much more, on our program this morning, going to be talking about university professors, indoctrinators all.

American Family News reporter Chris Woodward discusses anti Semitism on college campuses

Welcome back to Jenna Ellis in the Morning on American Family Radio. And we are back on this Friday edition of Jenna Ellis in the Morning. Fred Jackson sitting in for Jenna today. And joining me right now in studio is reporter extraordinaire from American Family News, Krish Woodward. Krish, welcome.

Chris Woodward: Thank you very much.

Fred Jackson: Okay, I think we're just going to get. You could say that again.

Chris Woodward: Thank you very much.

Fred Jackson: Thank you very much. we heard you. That's true. Very good. You know, Krish, we're talking with Gary about what's, going on the anti Semitism in this country and, very often taking place on university, campuses. And we really saw it manifested in the wake of that massacre of Israeli citizens on October of 2023. and despite the fact that a lot of attention has been put on this anti Semitism, the Trump administration is working hard to try to put an end to it. It is still happening.

Chris Woodward: Yeah.

Fred Jackson: And the latest Incident, that we've been reporting on in American Family News is at ucla. Tell us a little bit about that.

Chris Woodward: Yeah, this is actually, the third time that the Trump Justice Department has accused and come down against, UCLA for things like anti Semitism, saying that, Jewish and Israeli students, have been treated unfairly. the university hasn't done anything to combat it. there's actually a quote from Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who's a big free speech advocate, and she said, earlier this year we sued UCLA for subjecting its Jewish and Israeli employees to an anti Semitic hostile work environment. Now the Department of Justice calls UCLA to account for its toleration of the equally appalling hostile educational environment against its Jewish and Israeli students. Some people, Fred May, listen to these things and think, well, this, this doesn't impact me. I'm a Christian. you should care about how Jewish people are being treated Christians, because if people will come down ugly, and hard against Jewish people, they will have absolutely no problem mistreating you because of your Christian faith.

Fred Jackson: Well, one of the people certainly speaking out about this anti Semitism on campuses is Brooke Goldstein, human rights attorney and founder of End Jewish Hatred. And I want to play that clip right now. It's cut number two.

Fred Jackson: We are in the age of minority rights and civil rights. We respect black rights, we respect gay rights. So why is it that when it comes to Jewish students and Jewish civil rights, everything is politicized? I want to make the important point that this is not happening in a vacuum. For the last 20 years, our students at universities, colleges across the country have been poisoned, have been radicalized, and they've been waiting for this moment, which happened on October 7, which was an opportunity for them to press play. And what they've done is they've taken Jewish civil rights and they've politicized it.

Fred Jackson: Now you have, one of your expertise areas reporting for us has been education. So we've talked a lot about what's been going on on our campuses and the issue of what our professors are teaching our kids. And there is a group that you've been dealing with for quite some time. They're called fire, which stands for the

Chris Woodward: foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.

Fred Jackson: All right, they have come out, just this week with a brand new report looking at the biases of, professors on our campuses, political biases, et cetera, et cetera. Tell us a little bit about that.

Chris Woodward: Yeah, so this is a new study, and it indicates that donations from faculty at top Universities have become increasingly one sided with the range of opinion being concentrated on the left. It does not just show that politically active faculty tend to give to Democrats, we all know that, but it tends to show that they're clustered in a narrow subset of liberal politics with very little counterbalance. The guy that did the research for this, David Primo, he's a professor at the University of Rochester and he did this study for fire. They commissioned the study and Primo matched faculty members with campaign contribution records from Stanford's database on ideology, money, politics and elections. That database includes approximately 850 million itemized political contributions going back to 1979, before I was born. once he was able to parse out the individual faculty donors, he used a measurement called a CF score, which is a campaign finance based measure to place donors and candidates on a particular ideological scale. And he was able to determine where exactly these professors are ideologically when they donate. We don't just find out that they donate to liberals. We actually found out which liberals they tend to agree with. And here to explain a little bit more of this is Connor Murnane of, fire clip one.

Gary Bauer: So we can chart this course of, you know, oh, if this number is AOC or Elizabeth Warren, just to the right of that on the political scale is where the vast majority of faculty donors are. so it is unique in that it separates from political party to specific individual and you know, gets, gets probably as narrow as you can with a look like this.

Chris Woodward: So to help put this in better perspective, I'll explain it this way. professors at top universities, are not donating to like the Joe Manchins, in the Democratic Party. They're donating to the radical leftists that have taken over the Democratic party, the AOCs of the world, the Elizabeth I always have a plan for everything and it's going to cost you a lot of money, Warren. Bernie Sanders, who's not a Democrat, he's an independent, but he hangs out with Democrats. And for some reason, that party has all changed its policies to match his ways, which is why he's ruined that party. and so when you look at this research, Fred, you can see that not only are they just donating to Democratic Party candidates, they're donating to the ones that are really radical, that are pushing a lot of this stuff, including anti Semitism on campuses.

Fred Jackson: You know, here's what's amazing. This bunch of individuals who are amongst those who preach the loudest about the importance of diversity. But the reality is they will not permit diversity in classrooms on our campuses.

Chris Woodward: Yeah, the love trumps hate. People only want their version of love. And if you don't agree with them on everything they're preaching, you are a hater and you need to be canceled. you need to be not allowed to operate and live in a society, that we call home.

Fred Jackson: So this has been going on for some time. I know some governments have taken some degree of action, against campuses. you know that the Trump administration, when those pro Hamas demonstrations were taking place at Harvard and some of these, Columbia I believe it was, and several other schools, the Trump administration threatened to remove funding for them and of course the universities went to court. So that tells me the fact that they would fight. That tells me they are not really ashamed of their anti Semitism and their far, far left ideological, teaching.

Chris Woodward: Yeah, I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that the professors you've now granted tenure to, include those that are on the far left, the Palestine, no more Israel, type, people out there that are, sharing all kinds of nonsense, not only in the classroom but on social media. They go on television, and do hits with channels like Ms. Now or cnn and they spread their nonsense, which is why we've trained up a bunch of nincompoops, you know, 18 to 30.

Fred Jackson: Yeah. So I think, Chris, it's safe to say parents need to be actively involved in their choices of where they're going to send their kids. The thing that bothers many conservatives is that the taxpayer dollars of even Christian parents are helping to pay and subsidize these universities who are then they parents send their kids to these schools. And I know some parents say, well my kid is grounded enough in scripture and they're not going to be persuaded. But many times we hear stories, kids come home for Christmas break and their parents aren't recognizing who is this child of mine with these strange ideas.

Chris Woodward: Yeah. And don't think parent that because your child is going to a taxpayer funded institution in a red state that they're going to be safe. There are a number of very liberal campuses, in red states. I could name off half a dozen examples right now. but don't think, well, you know, my kid's gonna go to school in, you know, the state of Texas somewhere. That doesn't mean, he or she is safe. Some of those professors, actually come from other campuses like Berkeley, or maybe they went to school at a Ah, really radical campus. And then they bring their, you know, ideological, problems, their false notions, to a campus where you are paying money to, and your student, your child might be there.

Fred Jackson: You know, it's interesting you mentioned we're not going to pick on Texas, but there is an example. We did a story with Baylor University back just a few weeks ago. They had people on campus celebrating the homosexual lifestyle.

Chris Woodward: They do, they do. And that's a, that's a problem. I mean, you can't even trust a, school that has, you know, like a faith based, Genesis. Just because it's faith based doesn't mean, that you're safe. You still need to actually go. You need to look at the curriculum, you need to go on campus, you need to talk to people, find some alums maybe from that area.

Chris: One story that's getting a lot of play involves Jill Biden

And really, through the process of networking and conversations with people, you need to pick and choose where it is that your child is going to go. I know it's concerning. I mean, I've got a teenager that's two years away now from going to college. And I'm praying that everything goes well. There's, we're praying that the Lord will show us where exactly, she needs to go if the Lord even wants her to go to college. I mean, that's, that's one thing parents and students need to do, is pray for the Lord to give direction to your child on what he may have planned for them. You don't have to go to college for everything. you know, millennials, gen zers, we've all been led to believe that you need to go to college to have, a better life. but as we've learned from, recent years, there's nothing wrong with learning how to wire a house or, you know, being, being a plumber. I mean, you can go to trade schools. there's a number of things that you could do out there, to have a good career and serve the Lord that way without going to college and burying yourself deep into debt.

Fred Jackson: Krish, we're dealing with a lot of stories right now. It is a, political period. And, one political story that's getting a lot of play right now involves Jill Biden. Yeah, Jill Biden has got a new book coming out. I think it's going to be released officially on Tuesday, next week. but she's doing a lot of interviews to peddle that book. but she's being challenged on, this, the mental state of her husband, going back to the debate in 2024. And she's having to explain a few things. here's a little bit from, a couple of her interviews. But we want to start with the night of that debate, after Joe Biden had his problem. she's now saying he may have. She thought that he was having a stroke. But, right afterward, if that was true, she thought he was having a stroke, she took him out to a campaign event and told him he did such a great job. But then you're going to hear a little bit of the interviews that are going on right now about Jill Biden. what do you really believe about your husband? Here's cut number four.

Fred Jackson: Joe, you did such a great job. You answered every question.

Gary Bauer: You knew all the facts. And let me ask the crowd, what did Trump do?

Fred Jackson: L. Yes, I wasn't horrified. I was frightened, because I had never ever seen Joe like that before or since. Never or since. Yes. And it scared me to death. Did you ever see signs that he was falling into cognitive decline? No. People were saying he wasn't the same Joe Biden. Well, I don't think that's true. He was the, same. The essence of the same Joe Biden. But, yeah, he was slow. He was getting older. I mean, we all observe that when, you know, it's a very intense job. I think it ages you. quickly.

Fred Jackson: You know, it's really interesting. She said, you know, Trump lied during the debate, but right now, she's being accused by some of lying about saying Joe. I didn't see really any problems with Joe's mental capacity.

Chris Woodward: Yeah, a lot of people have wondered why she or Hunter didn't, step forward earlier on, before all that happened with the debate, and tell him, you know, Joe or Dad, it's time to let it go like, you served your country, give it to Kamala or somebody else. Let the party figure out who your successor is going to be. and I don't know, maybe they had those conversations. Maybe Joe said, I'm putting my foot down. I'm the man of the house. I don't know. I wasn't in that room if they even had that conversation. But I will say this. if anybody out there is making the notion that it was, people that were benefiting from his position as president wanted him to stay in that position no matter what, those people have a little more ammunition now for that argument. And I think, you know, for anybody to say, Jill wanted to be first lady or continue to be first lady and have the spotlight remain on her. Same thing with Hunter. I, think the fact that they did not, do that, it adds to that argument from people out there. I think she enjoyed, being first lady. and now they're doing damage control because it's so obvious. And it's also obvious, too, that the media was running cover for him, because now the same people who had the ability to cover Joe Biden's cognitive decline are now trying to lead Americans to believe that Donald Trump's health is not good.

Fred Jackson: Oh, yeah, I heard an interview yesterday, on Fox. Krish Coons, who is the Democrat senator from Delaware. he was asked about everything that Jill Biden is saying out there. There are some Democrats that are really upset with Jill Biden because she's bringing attention back to that. But his response to Joe Biden's cognitive state, back there in, 2024, his response was, well, I've noticed President Trump has been falling asleep lately.

Chris Woodward: I tell you, I cannot believe that somebody from Joe Biden's home state of Delaware would say something negative about Donald Trump and ignore Joe Biden's problem.

Fred Jackson: I know, I know. Well, it is a political season, isn't it?

Chris Woodward: It is.

Fred Jackson: And we are here, it always is. Our very best American Family news. To tell you the straight stuff, folks, and we will, with God's help, continue to do that. Thank you very much.

Chris Woodward: Thank you.

Fred Jackson: Good to be with you. And thank you very much, folks, for being with us this morning. Jenna, Lord willing, be back on Monday. It's been good to be with you. Stay tuned to American Family Radio for much more great programming throughout the weekend. Have yourself a good weekend, folks. Bye for now.