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>> : Thank you for standing with the American Family Association. Welcome to Today's Issues, offering a Christian response to the issues of the day. Here's your host, Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association.
>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, good morning, everybody, and welcome to Today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network. Today is Thursday, August 26th. Excuse me. 27th, 2026. So welcome, to the program. Thanks for listening to American Family Radio. Joining me in studio is Fred Jackson. Good morning, Fred.
>> Fred Jackson: Good morning to you, Tim.
>> Tim Wildmon: Krish Woodward.
>> Chris Woodward: Good morning.
>> Tim Wildmon: And who's this? Got a new fellow named Ray Pritchard from. How you doing, Ray?
>> Tim Wildmon: Doing good, Tim. summer travels are over. I'm glad to be back home. Good. good to see your face again.
>> Tim Wildmon: Absolutely. Well, good to see you again. Course, listeners may not know we can see Ray on our camera. He's in, the Tampa area. And, we're in Tupelo, Mississippi, and we're doing the show together as we do often. But Ray's been traveling and you've been moving. You've been traveling. You're. Are, ah, you all settled now?
>> Tim Wildmon: we are settled here in Florida. We got back two days ago. 33 straight days on the road, which is about 31 days too much.
>> Tim Wildmon: You sound like one of those, you know, rock stars or country music or, you know, those musicians that have to travel from one city to another. But now you did. You did several, another. One hotel room. Another hotel room. But now you did some camps, right? Some Bible camps, right.
>> Tim Wildmon: Did Bible conference in. I was in Kentucky, then did a week in NewSong York and did a week in NewSong Jersey, then a week in Oregon, you know, some travel in between. And then last week was in Muskegon, Michigan, at Maranatha Bible and Missionary Conference. And. Hey, Tim, shout out. We have a. I did not know this. I knew we had a station there.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: But we have a ton of listeners in western Michigan, because I think about half of them came by to say hello.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, that's awesome.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's a lot of the friends who came to the Bible conference, first thing they said. In fact, the first fellow I met who's on the tech team up there at Maranatha he said, I don't know your face, but I know your voice. Here's me on the radio.
>> Tim Wildmon: Amen.
>> Fred Jackson: That's wonderful.
I believe God's doing something among the young people of America
>> Tim Wildmon: What was your, What was your theme? This. This,
>> Tim Wildmon: I was in the book of Philippians.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.
>> Tim Wildmon: In a series all summer long called Joyful Living in a Grumpy World.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, I like that. Joyful Living in a Grumpy. You're going to make a book out of that? That's a great title.
>> Tim Wildmon: Feels like it For. Feels like a message for such a time as this. And, great book. And we. We had a blast. And I got to tell you this because people have asked me, so what. What do you see out there? Out there, you know?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: The conferences were full. Everywhere we went. Youth camps associated. We saw Young families with kids. Youth camps, full to overflowing. I tell you, God is doing something. He's up to something in the US People look around and they understand the government, and we are all for good government here at afol, but the government's not going to save us. It's God Almighty. It's the Lord Jesus Christ. And I think they're. Fred. I think there's. I sense it out there as I was preaching. People are looking for reality. And young people. We had tons of young people at all these conferences. They are looking for reality. They're done with the flash and the splash and the smoke machines and all of that. they want to find out who can I trust? And what a joy to see a generation of young people. I believe God's doing something among the young people of America. So to Tim M. It was a tremendous, tremendous summer. And, I sense the Lord in the midst of everything else happening in our society.
Ray: More and more people are realizing there's a war on reality
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: we have enough bad news to share. Let me give some good news. God is at work in our country. And I got a little glimpse of it as I traveled from coast to coast.
>> Fred Jackson: You know, it's interesting Ray mentioned the word reality. We had Frank Turg on yesterday. He has a new book out. And what's the title of the book? The War on Reality. So that goes together, what you're talking. I think more and more people are realizing there's a war on reality. I mean, the reality of, you know, we're facing today. People think they can say. Some guy can say, I think, I'm a woman, therefore I am.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right?
>> Fred Jackson: Just crazy stuff like that. And of course, the socialism, Marxism and all of that.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, and common sense. People hear that and they go, that's nuts. That's Crazy. Well, I know. I know that must be wrong. And I'll, tell you, here's a good word for pastors out there. People are hungry for the word of God.
>> Fred Jackson: Amen.
>> Tim Wildmon: They want a word from the Lord that they can trust. So if you wonder what you should do this Sunday, Pastor, Preach the word. Preach the word.
>> Fred Jackson: Amen.
>> Tim Wildmon: Start there, and people will be glad to hear what you have to say.
>> Tim Wildmon: The churches that are growing in America are the churches that are. Preach the Bible. As the author. Authoritarian. Not authoritarian. Authoritarian. What am I trying to say?
>> Tim Wildmon: Authoritative. Authoritative.
>> Tim Wildmon: Authoritative. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. word of God.
>> Fred Jackson: Amen.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Just preach the word. Yeah. The churches that are dying are the ones who, who don't believe in the inerrancy, and the, authority of Scripture.
>> Fred Jackson: Amen.
>> Tim Wildmon: So, I mean, that's just why God, to a church, if they don't believe anything, right? You can go to the church of golf or the church of fishing or the church of bike riding.
>> Tim Wildmon: It'd probably be better for you than to go one of these compromising churches. People want to know, thus saith the Lord, what does God have to say? And let me say again while I'm, over. Look, pastors, give us the straight word of God. Never apologize, never back down. Just give it. If you give the word of God unadulterated, straight, word for word, verse by verse, people will come and hear it. And I'll tell you, there are lost people out there who, they may not even understand that they're lost, but they are spiritually confused. They're trying to find the light. They are trying to get to know the Lord, preach the word and share the good news that Jesus is a wonderful savior, and you will see amazing things happen in your ministry.
>> Tim Wildmon: Amen.
>> Fred Jackson: Amen.
>> Tim Wildmon: Amen. Well, it's good to have you back, back in the saddle. And, we are going to forge ahead now with the program as we do every day, covering current events, what's happening in our world. Keep you informed.
The deadly flash flood in Nepal yesterday left at least 350 dead and dozens missing
Krish, what's story number one?
>> Chris Woodward: It is our top story on afn.net in the associated Press section. The deadly flash flood in Nepal yesterday was likely by a huge chunk of a glacier that broke off and temporarily dammed a river. This is according to preliminary investigation by scientists. they're still piecing together information from satellite and ground level data to figure out exactly what happened to cause the flood. We do know right now that at least 350 people were killed. this left more than a thousand missing, including more than 60Americans. And I was talking about this with Fred earlier this morning when I got in. I know my church, has a missionary over in Nepal. A lot of people have missionaries over in Nepal. so we all need to be in prayer for a whole bunch of people over there.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah. Folks, if you want to see the impact of this, there were cameras that caught this mountain of water coming down and you see people scrambling. They had just seconds because it was a beautiful day there. The sun was shining, it was blue sky. It's kind of like an earthquake. you know, you don't get warnings three days in advance. And to give you an idea, Krish is exactly right. A big chunk of glacier came off. There was some confusion initially because that piece of glacier was so big IT registered like 5.2 on the Richter scale. And they first thought, okay, we had an earthquake, but that wasn't it. Now they're saying was the size of that piece of glacier falling off that created this earthquake like tremor. And so you had this wall of water. They've had some warm weather in there. And so right now on afn.net, afn.net, you have at least two or three different videos giving you what it was like for these deer people. I mean, this was huge. When we talk about a wall of water, we're talking about a wall big enough to pick up, carry them to, tear down buildings.
>> Tim Wildmon: It looked like a tsunami on land.
>> Fred Jackson: Exactly.
>> Fred Jackson: It's a very good comparison. So now you can understand at least. And the death toll sadly will grow at least 350, as Krish said. But about 313, hundred, pardon me, missing. And as Krish said, at least 65, apparently are United States citizens. And apparently there were a large group of people from various countries all over the world were there on some kind of religious pilgrimage. So that's why you have multinationals that are amongst the missing right now.
>> Tim Wildmon: Do you know the name of the town that it hit? or was there, I think there
>> Fred Jackson: was a variety of community.
>> Tim Wildmon: So this glacier breaks free, slides down. This is what I'm envisioning. Slides down mountain into a river, releases that. Yes, that's what happened. And then you saw the videos, Ray, right?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I did. And I got to say, Tim, I have never seen anything quite like that. You know, I saw the one where it looked like there was a kind of a city gate or something. People, were in front of the city gate and you watch it for about 30 seconds and nothing's happening. Right. You see some people moving Fast. And you go, well, there's nothing here. And then suddenly, I mean, like in a second or two a.
>> Fred Jackson: If.
>> Tim Wildmon: What would you. A mountain of mud and water.
>> Tim Wildmon: And debris overwhelms everything. Honestly, you look at it and it looked like something out of one of those Hollywood disaster films. And then you realize this is not AI. This is not Hollywood. This is. And nobody has a chance. If you were, if you were caught in that river of mud, you're gone.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right?
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: And sadly, I think that's, you know, the people that are missing, that's what happened to them.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: They got, they either got swallowed up by the mud or they got washed down the river. And But 65Americans here, that, you know, I would love. Ones here are going to be,
>> Chris Woodward: Oh, sure.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, go ahead.
>> Chris Woodward: I would venture to guess there's people we don't even realize are missing at this point.
>> Tim Wildmon: At this point. Yeah. All right. You're listening to Today's issues. I guess she, man, they woke up over there some beautiful, as Fred says, a beautiful day. And then bam. Yeah, calamity hits.
>> Chris Woodward: There was a guy on Fox this morning talking about it. His name is Jeff Dacosta. he's some sort of researcher when it comes to meteorology and other, sciences. he said that some people over there only had seconds to react. Clip 1.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, the defining factor here was definitely speed. And in terms of detection and forecasting, we need to make sure that the information sort of gets flows faster than the water. these things can be very difficult to predict. but there are always indicators, that can be useful. And in times like these, it's really minutes that count more than hours.
>> Chris Woodward: I do want to also point our listeners and viewers to our Today's Issues Facebook page. As you guys were talking about this, I went through and posted the Associated Press videos that we have on our website for people to watch and see exactly what happened over there.
Closing arguments are underway in the Lindsey Clancy trial involving three children
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.
>> Fred Jackson: All right.
>> Tim Wildmon: You're listening to today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network. Go ahead, Krish. Story number two.
>> Chris Woodward: Closing arguments are underway in the Lindsey Clancy trial. This is the lady that, prosecutors say took the lives of her three kids. Now, her attorney is not disputing that she took the life of her kids. What her attorneys are arguing is that she suffers or suffered from postpartum psychosis, which by definition is a rare, severe medical emergency involving a sudden loss of touch with reality shortly after childbirth. this has been a very, widely covered, situation. Her defense, made their closing arguments today and as we speak, prosecutors are making their closing arguments. Her attorneys today said there is evidence that she was a good mom prior to having this episode. and she, of course, has had a lot of sympathizers show up, not only in court, but outside the courtroom to try to, speak up for her and say that what she did wasn't her fault.
>> Tim Wildmon: Has she testified herself?
>> Ed Vitagliano: No.
>> Tim Wildmon: She going to. She's not?
>> Chris Woodward: I don't believe so, no.
>> Tim Wildmon: No. you've been following this case, Ray,
>> Tim Wildmon: you know, just a little bit.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: The thought of a mother killing her own children, is. Well, it's. It's hard, it's hard to get your mind around that. Was she in her right mind when she did it? I'm, I'm. It's hard to know what the, what the term right mind means in that situation.
>> Tim Wildmon: But, yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: So, okay, if she's found guilty, then what, what, what, what, what punishment does she face then? Life in life imprisonment.
>> Fred Jackson: That's the maximum. it would be life, probably in a medical fac. because the other part of this story is that after she killed her children. And again, as Krish said, that is not in dispute here. It's, her frame of mind, really, that's in dispute. after she did that, she threw herself off a building. And if you've watched the trial, she is in a wheelchair. She is paralyzed from the waist down. there have been many issues that have come up during this trial. the medical community, by the defense, has come under some condemnation because she was on multiple drugs in the wake of, the latest birth of the child. But also, she apparently talked about her mental problems. We want to be clear once again, postpartum M blues is something a lot of women have after a baby. Normally that clears up with, after they deliver, after two or three weeks because of hormonal.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right. it's real.
>> Fred Jackson: It's real, it's real. But this is a case of postpartum psychosis. And what's come out in this trial is that according to Lindsay Clancy, she heard voices. And I think she even specified a male voice telling her to kill her children and then basically take her own life. So what has happened outside the courtroom? She has had supporters, dressed in pink. So she has had supporters outside. But there's also been supporters saying, no, we cannot let a person get away with killing her three children because of a mental state. So that's what it's going to come down to. the jury is hearing closing, ah, remarks from both the defense and the prosecution this morning. It'll be go to the jury, I would assume within the next few days. It's going to be very interesting to see what happens. The defense has kind of introduced the idea of perhaps reducing it to a manslaughter charge. We'll have to see where this goes. I listened to the prosecution as they started their summation about 20 minutes ago, and they said, let us not lose sight. The victims here are the three kids. The defense has done its best to paint, Lindsey Clancy as the victim, but the prosecution is saying we cannot forget there are three dead children. And, society cannot allow a person to get away with this.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. This is in the state of Massachusetts, right?
>> Fred Jackson: That is correct.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. So the closing arguments taking place today in the, Lindsey Clancy, ah, trial. She obviously there and as you say, in this wheelchair, so. So she strangled her three children and then she jumped off a building. Correct. Okay. So they're going to argue that she was temporarily insane.
>> Fred Jackson: Hm.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's what the argument is. Because of the post, what do you call that exact.
>> Fred Jackson: Postpartum.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Postpartum psychosis.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: Which goes well, well, well beyond the blues. Go ahead. Krish. So we're.
Meta, owner of Instagram and Facebook, reached settlement with state attorneys general
Anyway, so that's today. Well, they, this is a jury trial, correct? So they may deliberate an hour, they may deliberate three days. Who knows when the verdict will come down, right?
>> Fred Jackson: That's correct.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. You're listening to today's issues on American Family Radio. Go ahead, Krish.
>> Chris Woodward: Yesterday, Meta, the owner of Instagram and Facebook, announced a landmark settlement, or they agreed to a landmark settlement with state attorneys general. Republican and Democrat. states in recent years have filed a lawsuit against Meta, saying that they not only knew about addiction issues for people underage on Facebook and Instagram, but they didn't do anything about it. And so a number of Republican and Democrats took Meta to court. the trial began a couple of weeks ago in Oakland and things were going underway, or things were underway when Meta announced yesterday. Hey, let's just settle here so I can read some of the things that Meta has agreed to do, to police this problem going forward. starting in the next couple of months, Meta is going to have time limits and productive pauses for people under the age of 18 that are on Facebook and Instagram. There's going to be nighttime blocks restricting children's access from midnight to 6:00am there's going to be limited school access for kids as well as stronger, more user friendly parental controls. What people need to know is the sound bite. I'm about to play here from a Haley McNamara. Haley works for the national center on Sexual Exploitation and she told AFN Meda has a history of promising things and not delivering. And moms and dads still need to be moms and dads.
>> Caroline: Clip 11 Meta has a history of rolling out safety standards, that then don't work. about four out of five of Instagram for teens safety settings did not work in a ah, test that was done earlier this year. Parents, we still have to keep our hands on the wheel and to stay engaged with our kids online experience.
>> Chris Woodward: I, will add that Meta has also agreed to pay billions of dollars to all the states that took Meta to court. So depending on the state our listeners or viewers might reside in, they could be getting some money in the near future from Meta.
>> Tim Wildmon: Meta of course is owned by Mark Zuckerberg who founded Facebook. Yes, so he founded Facebook first and then he renamed the company used to be called Facebook, then he renamed it Meta, which also owns Instagram and some other things.
>> Chris Woodward: But it was those two platforms that
>> Tim Wildmon: were at dispute, what was the amount of money for? Fred, what are they being sued for? Do you know?
>> Fred Jackson: They were sued by a variety of states, for allowing a mechanism so that these kids could possibly become addicted, to being online for hours and hours at a time without any restrictions being put in place. But as Krish has mentioned a couple of times, many people think, parents, especially for these ages, these new rules are going to apply for kids from 13 to 17. Well, many people say, mom and dad, where are you? You can put the restrictions in place. But apparently, the states felt that's not enough, that the company providing the product needs to self impose restrictions to stop some of the problems that we have seen with kids who spend so much time and sometimes endangering their own lives, including suicide. here's the thing. I was reading through a Wallnua Street Journal assessment of this this morning and it comes down to this point. Okay, you're setting up an account. How are you going to verify the age? Because a kid can lie. Well, I'm 18 years old when they're really 14 years old. And according to the Wallnua Street Journal, they say they're going to depend on AI to see if the kid is lying. Now I don't pretend to understand how AI works, but apparently AI is going to be able to detect through history how old or make an estimate at least how old the person is. so we'll see how all of this works out. I read somewhere, too, Krish, and maybe you can verify this, that one of the conditions on the settlement is that the other platforms that Zuckerberg doesn't own have to ask. They have to agree to the same thing or they regard it as unfair competition.
>> Chris Woodward: Correct. California, for example, has had a lawsuit against TikTok, and they're planning on using this as part of their arguments to try to force them to do the same thing.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, and don't feel too bad for Zuckerberg. He's not going to go poor over this $18 billion judgment. That company makes about 200 billion a year.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Chris Woodward: Is that all that?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I think he's, ah, 401k secure. so, Ray, what do you think about. What do you think about this? $17 billion. So this is like the big tobacco settlement.
>> Chris Woodward: People have made that comparison.
>> Tim Wildmon: Big tech settlement. And they're paying out all this money to the various states that joined the lawsuit. Okay, go ahead, Ray.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, number one, social media in general is addictive. And we understand it. M. Maybe. Maybe we're using addiction in a different sense than talking about alcohol or drugs, or maybe not. That's a discussion for another day. But it's designed to be addictive. Twitter X designed to get you riled up. Facebook, designed to get you. What do they call it? Doom scrolling. Going from one video to another to another. I saw this all summer long, traveling around, going to a room. Fred, everybody's got their head down, right?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Adults, teenagers, kids. Everybody's got their head down. They look up, they nod at you, and they got to go back to the screen. So certainly my comment is really not on the settlement. My comment is the one that was made earlier. Parents, parents, you need to know what your children are watching, what social media they're engaging in.
>> Tim Wildmon: M. Do kids even use their kids? I mean, anybody under 30 that. Most of them don't use Facebook anymore.
>> Fred Jackson: They.
>> Chris Woodward: A lot of them use Instagram. Instagram, including a, teenager I know
>> Tim Wildmon: a TikTok or one of those.
>> Tim Wildmon: TikTok. Huge with the kids.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, we will be back momentarily. Sandy Rios will be, joining us in just a few minutes.
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>> Tim Wildmon: Greece and Italy. We're going there in the spring of 2027. Hello, everyone, I'm Tim Wildmon, president of American Family association and American Family Radio. My sons Walker and Wesley are going to be leading a tour of Greece, which includes, many of the sites found in the Book of Acts where Paul traveled. And then we call that the Footsteps of Paul. And then we're going to Italy. By we, I mean Allison. My wife and I are leading a group to Italy to see the sights of, that great country, including Rome. We're going to visit Rome and that'll take a couple, three days to see all that's in Rome. And so we're going to visit the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo, you may have heard of him, he was a slightly better than average artist. So we're going to be going there. If you want all the information on our tours of Italy and Greece, go to tours.afa.net that's tours.afa.net we now have
>> Tim Wildmon: this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves. 2 Corinthians 4, 7.
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Sandy Rios was scheduled to be with us, but she postponed
>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, welcome back to Today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network. Thanks for joining us, Tim, Fred, Krish and Ray. And Sandy Rios was scheduled to be with us, but she had to postpone. So maybe we will, catch up with Sandy tomorrow or in the next few days. We will see how, her how that works out for her schedule. again, thank you for listening to American Family Radio. Next story. Krish.
Democrats are concerned about the Democratic socialists running for office in this midterm election
>> Chris Woodward: All right, we have played on this show sound bites from Democrats, that are concerned about the Democratic socialists running for office in this midterm election. James Carville comes to mind as one of the Democrats, saying in an accent. I'm not going to even attempt to try. but these people are not Democrats. They should have their own party. A Michigander that has an issue with Democratic Socialist candidate M. Abdul El Said, is Debbie Dingell. She is concerned that El Said is not doing enough to separate himself from this Hassan Piker guy that's been traveled around the country saying, wait a minute.
>> Tim Wildmon: Wait a man. You're dosing out some names now. and I don't know if that's the right word. And I think I just made.
>> Chris Woodward: Throwing out name.
>> Tim Wildmon: Throwing out name. to review, we have Dingle.
>> Chris Woodward: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: We have El Said. And who. Who's the third character?
>> Chris Woodward: Sorry. Hassan Piker.
>> Tim Wildmon: Hassan Pikers entered the room.
>> Chris Woodward: Yes. Hassan Piker is basically like the new George Soros.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, another name.
Democrats are upset that Democratic socialists are harmful to the party, Chris says
All right, Krish, are we throwing. So we got four people at a bar, Right.
>> Chris Woodward: And then the pope walked in.
>> Tim Wildmon: Four people walk into a bar, and then the Pope. Anyway, and, well, the Pope's lefty with them for the most part. They're all in, lefty land.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: So, but what's the issue here now?
>> Chris Woodward: Democrats are upset that Democratic socialists are harmful to the party.
>> Tim Wildmon: I know it might be an elementary. But people listen to the show. They know what's going on. When you say Democrat socialists, you're talking about these people on the far, far left who are advocating some really nutty, really nutty ideas, and they're at war with traditional Democrats who are in many ways nutty themselves, but they just don't have as many peanuts in their bar.
>> : Correct.
>> Tim Wildmon: Have I, got this right?
>> Chris Woodward: Yes. I'm doing my best not to throw
>> Tim Wildmon: out another name as a comparison. They're worried. They, the traditional Democrats are worried that these far, far lefties, the Democrat Socialists are, Are going to hurt them in November in the general election. Is that right?
>> Chris Woodward: Yes. He did better than I did. We have an opening in the newsroom
>> Fred Jackson: if you want to.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's all right. I just want to make sure.
Senator Debbie Dingle says Abdul El Sayed should distance himself from Piker
So, so, so what are we about to hear?
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, this is Debbie Dingle saying El Sayed needs to cut ties with Hassan Piker. He's bad for business Michigan. She's a. Yes.
>> : Click.
>> Tim Wildmon: Look, I'm going to say this to you. I'm tired of people trying to drag me into it. I strongly disagree with many of the things that Hassan Piker said. I think it's incumbent upon, Abdul to make it very clear to people that he doesn't agree with things that Hassan Piker says. I pray we're not going to see him in Michigan from now until the election.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, this can get confusing for people and that's why I'm here to clear it up. So that's Debbie Dingle.
>> Chris Woodward: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: Senator from Michigan. And she's talking about, she's being asked about something. A, provocateur on the far, far left is saying. What's, the fellow's name?
>> Fred Jackson: Hassan Piker.
>> Tim Wildmon: Piker. And he's friends with El Said who's running for Senate. The media is trying to make her that way. Debbie Dingle, Senator from Michigan, defend his. The association of the two. Is that right?
>> Pam Bondi: Correct.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. All right, so what, what does, what does this guy say that's provocative?
>> Chris Woodward: Among the terrible things that Hassan Piker has been quoted several times as saying is that Americans deserved it on 9 11. Yeah, that's, that's, he's also Charlie Kirk.
>> Tim Wildmon: and they'll say it hangs out with him.
>> Chris Woodward: Yes. There's a famous picture of them that Fox and other people love to play.
>> Tim Wildmon: Denounced him.
>> Chris Woodward: not in those exact terms.
>> Fred Jackson: Now that he knows it's a problem that, this Piker guy is a liability for him. yes, El Sayed is now trying to distance himself from his friend Hassan Piker.
Abdul El Sayed being forced to defend association with radical leftist
All right, so here's a little bit of Abdul El Sayed trying to distance himself from this guy, this radical, radical, radical leftist. Let's cut 16.
>> Tim Goeglein: Hasan Piker is a streamer in California. You would think if you turned on any media that this whole campaign is about a streamer in California. That's not what this campaign has ever been about. This campaign has always been about the ability to afford your groceries in Michigan, the ability to send your kid to a good school in Michigan, the ability to see a doctor in Michigan.
>> Fred Jackson: You know, El Sayed is very good at not answering questions.
>> Fred Jackson: He was on with Jesse Waters at Fox, earlier this week. Jesse Waters asked all the pertinent questions. You know where you stand on this issue, this issue. And he refused to answer anything. You know, you just heard El Sayed say, that Hassan, Piker is a streamer in California. So why are you bringing him up? Well, Mr. El Sayed, Dr. El Sayed, the reason it's being brought up is because you campaigned with him. He was on your platform, your buddies.
>> Fred Jackson: And because of his.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, he didn't. He's being forced to defend his association with him. And he doesn't want to. And he doesn't want to for obvious reasons.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: When you say 911 was. What did you say?
>> Chris Woodward: What the guy say that we deserved it.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. All right, Ray, any thoughts on this before we move on?
There's a good chance Mike Rogers will win in November, Chris says
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, I think there's a good chance outside is gonna. Is going to win.
>> Tim Wildmon: Really?
>> Tim Wildmon: November? Yeah, and there's a good chance he's going to win.
>> Chris Woodward: Polling shows it.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, some, some real conservative folks that I talked to last week.
>> Tim Wildmon: Michigan, Michiganders in western Michigan. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: They, worried. No, not so much word. They said he's going to win. And they're not born, they're there for Mike. Was Mike Rogers. Yes.
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: Wow.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, that's. That's, last polling I saw that was, you know, very, very close. Very, very close. Now, who knows how to look in November, but it looks like a very, very close race. Yeah. so. All right, you're listening to today's issues on American Family Radio. So with Debbie Dingle. Senator. Then we're going to have Darlene from South Carolina.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: So we're gonna. You're talking about old school names.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right. In the US Senate, we need a
>> Chris Woodward: representative, Elvira or, somebody.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's a good one, Chris.
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Senator Elvira, ladies and gentlemen.
>> Chris Woodward: There's got to be a somebody from, you know, Muskokee or something.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I think there is, from Okie. An Okie from Muskoki. Yeah, I think that's already a song
>> Chris Woodward: which is not a Carpenter song. I can verify that.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, you're listening to today's Issues. Next topic. Let's move on from Debbie Dingle.
White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt is leaving today
>> Chris Woodward: All right, here's another name that I have to throw out to set up this clip.
>> Tim Wildmon: Go ahead.
>> Chris Woodward: White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt is leaving us. we knew that, days ago when she made, it known through social media and through, television that she's going to be stepping away as press secretary. She is still going to be doing some work for the Trump campaigns and, political efforts and whatnot. and as part of her farewell, we have a montage of Caroline Levitt giving reporters the business at various White House press briefings over the last year and a half. Clip 10.
>> Pam Bondi: We expect you to cover that as you should, Caitlin, but you and your network know that you take every single thing this administration says and tries to use it to make the President look bad. You're a left wing hack. You're not a reporter. You're posing in this room as a journalist. And it's so clear by the premise of your question. And so if there were peaceful protests on Saturday for the military parade, President
>> Tim Wildmon: Trump would allow that?
>> Pam Bondi: Of course the President supports peaceful protests. What a stupid question. My first reaction when seeing former President Biden was speaking tonight was, I'm shocked that he is speaking at nighttime. I have thought his bedtime was much earlier.
>> Tim Wildmon: There is now a member of the
>> Ed Vitagliano: European Parliament from France who does not think the US Represents the values of the Statue of Liberty anymore.
>> Chris Woodward: They want the Statue of Liberty back.
>> Pam Bondi: It's only because of the United States of America that, the French are not speaking German right now. So they should be very grateful, to our great country. I gave a quote to one of the media outlets in this room yesterday that Democrats behaving like children would be the least surprising thing of the night. and unfortunately, that quote did turn
>> Tim Wildmon: out to be true.
>> Tim Wildmon: He looks forward to watching. She's about to have a baby, right? Or she. No, she did have a baby.
>> Chris Woodward: She did have a baby.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's her second child.
>> Chris Woodward: She's stepping away.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.
>> Fred Jackson: Today is her last day at the White House.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, that's a mom. You better that if you're her child, you better go ahead and eat your vegetables.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes, you better just do what mom says.
>> Fred Jackson: Boy, she's a pretty sharp cookie for somebody who's under 30 years of age.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, yes.
>> Fred Jackson: She's in her 20s.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: she blew me away from the very first day she took this job because of the way she handled these reporters, CNN and others like that. She's like a tried and tested old time political fighter. And she's 28 years old. It's amazing.
>> Tim Wildmon: But today's her. Who's taking her place?
>> Chris Woodward: That's a mystery.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes, she was asked that question this morning on Fox. You know, can you get.
>> Tim Wildmon: If today's her last day, somebody's got to take her place, right? To be press secretary.
>> Fred Jackson: She says there are many applicants and she says President Trump has asked her advice, but, that's as far as she would go.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, you would think that they would have had somebody ready to go because somebody then. Now somebody's gonna have to be entering them. Right?
>> Donald Trump: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: It was kind of interesting when she was away on maternity leave, they had various people like the vice president come in. Yeah. And and I think they had
>> Chris Woodward: Rubio did it one day.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, Marco Rubio did it one day.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, well that's good. You talk about going right to the top.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: For the exception of the President himself, to have your Secretary of State and. Right. Ray VP do press conferences for the White House press corps.
>> Chris Woodward: The, Joe and Jane six packs of the world on social media have been throwing out their suggestions for who they would like to see in this capacity. For example, some people have thrown out CNN commentator Scott Jennings. They say they would love to see him take on CNN and other, people there. Some people have also had fun with, they've thrown Sophie Cunningham's name out there just because she's good at finger pointing. And they've, they've even some social media memes have Sophie, in her Indiana Fever uniform pointing to a reporter to let them ask a question.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Well, we'll see what happens.
President Trump has hired some excellent press secretaries
So, Carolyn, Levitt. Last day.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, last day today. And I really appreciate, what she has told the public. You know, she's got two little babies and she's going to go home and that's her priority right now. But she is going to be an advisor, to the President, part time advisor and she hopes to travel on Air Force One every now and then.
>> Tim Wildmon: She says, I tell you what, President Trump, I've said this before, has hired some excellent press secretaries and that's going to be a hard act to follow because you had, Sarah.
>> Fred Jackson: Sarah Huckabee.
>> Tim Wildmon: Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Sanders.
>> Fred Jackson: Yep.
>> Tim Wildmon: Now governor of Arkansas.
>> Fred Jackson: Hm.
>> Tim Wildmon: Then you had Kaylee McElpenny. McIlvany.
>> Chris Woodward: McElhenny. McEnany.
>> Tim Wildmon: Excuse me, Kaylee McEnany.
>> Chris Woodward: We're just throwing out the names.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right. She had her. And remember her binder.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: And then you had Carolyn Levitt and there's been one or two others, but those three have just been like all Stars. So it's going to be hard to, Hard to, you know, you got some big shoes to fill.
>> Chris Woodward: Yes.
>> Fred Jackson: You got to be a pit bull.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: Because you're walking into an environment, of reporters who hate your boss.
>> Tim Wildmon: They're pit bulls too.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: So you better be one.
>> Fred Jackson: You better be.
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: Better be.
Fred: So we wish Carolyn Levitt, uh, the best
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, you're listening to today's issues. So we wish Carolyn Levitt, the best. And so she says you'll still be seeing her do some, what, press interviews or something.
>> Chris Woodward: she's gonna, I saw one story saying that she was going to be kind of the face and you know, figurehead for some sort of pack that the President is going to have, going into 2028 for some sort of political effort. Whether it's behind Vance or something, I'm not sure.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Because President Trump's. He's finished.
>> Chris Woodward: He is term limited. Although he does from time to time poke the bear by mentioning that he's, you know, gonna run again.
>> Fred Jackson: It's gonna be interesting to see if she's on the plane today because President's going down to Houston, Texas.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: He's got an event down there. He is honoring the Artemis crew that, did that little trip to the moon there not too long ago.
>> Tim Wildmon: A little trip to the moon. Like the way you say that, Fred.
>> Fred Jackson: A little trip.
>> Tim Wildmon: Easy for you to say if you don't get on the ship.
>> Fred Jackson: Compared to Mars, it's a little trip.
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, that's right.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's right.
>> Chris Woodward: And we're back in two weeks.
>> Fred Jackson: Yep.
Ray: Senate race in Texas is very, very tight. Three points is really close. Um, Democrats need to pick up a few states
But I find it interesting the President's going to Texas today because this race, this Senate race in Texas is getting a whole lot of attention. The Democrat Tellarico is pulling in a bunch of money and the Republican Paxton, appears to be in some polls. Correct me if I'm wrong, Krish appears to be in trouble.
>> Chris Woodward: Oh yeah, he really does. Democrats need to pick up a few states in order to try to regain the majority here.
>> Tim Wildmon: I don't receive that. My hands over my ears. I got, I'm just gonna. You can talk if you want to.
>> Chris Woodward: Right. That's why Republicans really need to win in Michigan. because right now it looks like Talarico might actually pull us off going purely by polling, which could be wrong.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, that's one of those things. I'll believe it when I see it because, and I may see it, but because, Ray, we, we, we've heard for the last two or three Senate cycles there in the state of Texas that, you know, Cruz is going to be beat or whatever and it always ends up being 4 or 5 point margin in favor of the Republicans. So Texas has been a red state for a long time now. I'm not saying it's not going to be close, but to me four or five points is almost close. Three points is really close. so we'll see what happens there. But you are correct that the polling shows that this is a very, very tight race between the Democrat Talarico. Is that how you pronounce James Talarico?
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: Is he a, House of Representatives member?
>> Chris Woodward: He is a Texas State lawmaker I
>> Tim Wildmon: believe it is a Texas state lawmaker.
>> Pam Bondi: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. And,
>> Fred Jackson: Paxton.
>> Tim Wildmon: Paxton.
>> Chris Woodward: Paxton.
>> Tim Wildmon: Paxton is the Attorney general, Correct? Correct. And so Paxton has won one or two statewide elections. So he has, you know, you couldn't ask for better name recognition. And, the, So it's. It's just not, You know, Paxton is not a newbie on the scene. This is a, So that. Anyway, we'll see. As I say, we'll. I didn't think that a Democrat could win a statewide election, for Senate in Georgia. This is like seven or eight years ago. And I promised to, quote, eat my hat, end quote, if that happened. And so I'm not making. I'm not doing that again because, I couldn't fulfill my commitment. I tried, you know, but it was nylon, you know what I'm saying? And it was really hard to digest.
Ray: Every evangelical in Texas ought to find Talarico reprehensible
All right, you're listening to today's issues. Ray, any thoughts on that?
>> Tim Wildmon: you know, one thing about Talarico, he's. He's liberal, he's left wing, all of that. And his views on Christianity. Yeah, they are, every evangelical in Texas, which is millions of voters, ought to find him. Ought to find him, they ought to find him reprehensible just on that alone. But he's clever, he's well spoken. If you listen to him, he presents himself well. You know, he has this training in theology m. And has this sort of, you know, arms out, will embrace all the views. it's going to be hard for Paxton to pin him down because Paxton brings his own baggage. Right?
>> Chris Woodward: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: Into this. Into this race. and Talarico is just good. He's. When I say just good, I mean he's a clever communicator. He knows how to present himself well. So, I know, Tim. I mean, in a way, Tim, I feel the same way you do. Look, it always seems to be 3 or 4 percentage points different, but, this might be the year, and I hate to say it, when the Democrats break through in Texas, which 10 years ago seemed impossible to me, and I
>> Chris Woodward: think that is something that should make everybody, particularly in the south, where Democrats used to have a stronghold. It should make everybody concerned if, if Talarico pulls it off, that party will start pumping a ton of money to try to win back the south, which it held for generations after the Civil War.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right, right.
President Trump says when he's on the ballot, Republicans win
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, go ahead, next story.
>> Chris Woodward: All right, we do have some audio from President, Trump here. they are hoping that his, appearance in Texas is going to kind of rub up the GOP there and get a good, turnout for Republicans in general, in Texas and beyond.
>> Donald Trump: Clip 5 There's a theory that I get to vote. You know this, I see it all the time, that when Trump's on the ballot, they win. When he's out of the ballot, the people don't go to vote. I'm asking the people to get out and vote, pretend I'm on the ballot. If they go out and vote, we're going to win. And if we don't, our country is going to be in sad shape because we're going to go through a lot of things.
>> Tim Wildmon: I just think it's so funny when Trump talks in third person when Trump says, when Trump wins, Trump runs Trump, you know, so who was it that also did that? Bob Dole did that a lot. Remember that senator from Kansas? He'd be talking in a debate and he'd go, well, Bob Dole says, and you are Bob Dole, you know, so what if. So President Trump is saying, pretend I'm on the ballot in, in these, in Texas or whatever.
>> Fred Jackson: Right?
>> Chris Woodward: And you know it. In all honesty, his agenda is because if Democrats win back the House, they're not going to fund anything he wants to do, and if they win back the House and the Senate, they're going to impeach him before President's Day.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. So what do you think about that, right, What President Trump's talking about there?
>> Tim Wildmon: Look, that's, that's exactly the way to play it. make himself the issue to, to rev up the MAGA base. Right. Which is huge. Right? The MAGA base is huge in Texas. I expect, I expect he's going to make multiple visits to Texas this fall to do whatever he can to pull Ken Paxton across the finish line. And he might be able to do it. It wouldn't, wouldn't surprise us, would it?
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, with President Trump, though, it cuts both ways. Okay, yes, he's popular with his base, but he's m. Not popular with the other side and with some in the general public. It depends on, you know, who you ask and what their, what their issues are. So it, I, think Trump's influence matters more in a, in a primary, than it does in a general election. That's my own thoughts. But, but anyway, yeah, we'll see what happens in Texas. But if the Republicans lose a Senate race in Texas, that's, you know, that's, that's almost, I don't know where we just said, be a, like a Republican winning in where? Well, maybe Michigan, which could happen. So that could offset the Texas. I don't know. It's just as I say, I believe I'll see it when I, I believe it when I see it. But go ahead, Fred.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, I think talking about Texas, I mean the demographics are changing in Texas. They have a fairly large Muslim population right now. Which may explain, why Telorico said the other day that Christians and Muslims worship the same God.
>> Chris Woodward: Yes. And you know, we started the show talking about how pastors need to give, people the word. People also need to know what the word says to be able to spot the nonsense from people that claim they went to seminary and know what they're talking about.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I see what you guys are saying, but I could probably give you an example of Republicans with bad theology too.
>> Chris Woodward: Oh sure, that's true. That's very true.
>> Tim Wildmon: So we don't look for proper theology necessarily from our politicians, we look for good policy. But at the same time, for a man like Talarico who claims to be a, Christian, to say that Muslims and Christians worship the same God, that's just factually incorrect.
>> Fred Jackson: But a lot of people believe that, that Allah is just another name for our God, Ray.
>> Tim Wildmon: oh, Muslims don't believe that. That's why they try to convert us.
>> Chris Woodward: Correct.
>> Tim Wildmon: And we don't believe that either. That's why we try to convert them. Muslims and Christians who follow the Bible or the Quran don't believe it's the same thing. Go ahead, Ray.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, I mean, that's exactly right. The only people who say that are the people who don't understand Islam or Christianity. Right. Because we know the God of the Bible is not Allah. It's not Allah, it's not the God of Islam. And I know there's some people like Talarico who like to say things, and I'm not ascribing this specifically, but people on the left, left leaning, even, not even Jeff's wrong word, left leaning liberal, so called Christians. How about that? Like to say, oh, there's no difference, we have God with Jesus and the Muslims have God without Jesus. Our Lord made that perfectly clear. If you've seen me, you have seen the Father, the Gospel of Jon, the equality of the Father with the Son. That's as basic a biblical and Christian doctrine as you can have. So no, Christians and Muslims do not worship the same God at all.
>> Tim Wildmon: I don't even know why Tellarico gets into all that.
>> Fred Jackson: I think he's trying to appeal to the Muslim vote in Texas.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Well, you're listening to today's issues on the American. Welcome to the American Family Radio Network. I'm, Tim with Fred, Krish and Ray. We will take a short time out and be back with Steve Paisley Jordahl. See you in a few minutes.
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>> : Thank you for standing with the American Family Association. Welcome to Today's Issues, offering a Christian response to the issues of the day. Here's your host, Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association.
>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, good morning, everybody, and welcome to Today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network. Today is Thursday, August 26th. Excuse me. 27th, 2026. So welcome, to the program. Thanks for listening to American Family Radio. Joining me in studio is Fred Jackson. Good morning, Fred.
>> Fred Jackson: Good morning to you, Tim.
>> Tim Wildmon: Krish Woodward.
>> Chris Woodward: Good morning.
>> Tim Wildmon: And who's this? Got a new fellow named Ray Pritchard from. How you doing, Ray?
>> Tim Wildmon: Doing good, Tim. summer travels are over. I'm glad to be back home. Good. good to see your face again.
>> Tim Wildmon: Absolutely. Well, good to see you again. Course, listeners may not know we can see Ray on our camera. He's in, the Tampa area. And, we're in Tupelo, Mississippi, and we're doing the show together as we do often. But Ray's been traveling and you've been moving. You've been traveling. You're. Are, ah, you all settled now?
>> Tim Wildmon: we are settled here in Florida. We got back two days ago. 33 straight days on the road, which is about 31 days too much.
>> Tim Wildmon: You sound like one of those, you know, rock stars or country music or, you know, those musicians that have to travel from one city to another. But now you did. You did several, another. One hotel room. Another hotel room. But now you did some camps, right? Some Bible camps, right.
>> Tim Wildmon: Did Bible conference in. I was in Kentucky, then did a week in NewSong York and did a week in NewSong Jersey, then a week in Oregon, you know, some travel in between. And then last week was in Muskegon, Michigan, at Maranatha Bible and Missionary Conference. And. Hey, Tim, shout out. We have a. I did not know this. I knew we had a station there.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: But we have a ton of listeners in western Michigan, because I think about half of them came by to say hello.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, that's awesome.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's a lot of the friends who came to the Bible conference, first thing they said. In fact, the first fellow I met who's on the tech team up there at Maranatha he said, I don't know your face, but I know your voice. Here's me on the radio.
>> Tim Wildmon: Amen.
>> Fred Jackson: That's wonderful.
I believe God's doing something among the young people of America
>> Tim Wildmon: What was your, What was your theme? This. This,
>> Tim Wildmon: I was in the book of Philippians.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.
>> Tim Wildmon: In a series all summer long called Joyful Living in a Grumpy World.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, I like that. Joyful Living in a Grumpy. You're going to make a book out of that? That's a great title.
>> Tim Wildmon: Feels like it For. Feels like a message for such a time as this. And, great book. And we. We had a blast. And I got to tell you this because people have asked me, so what. What do you see out there? Out there, you know?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: The conferences were full. Everywhere we went. Youth camps associated. We saw Young families with kids. Youth camps, full to overflowing. I tell you, God is doing something. He's up to something in the US People look around and they understand the government, and we are all for good government here at afol, but the government's not going to save us. It's God Almighty. It's the Lord Jesus Christ. And I think they're. Fred. I think there's. I sense it out there as I was preaching. People are looking for reality. And young people. We had tons of young people at all these conferences. They are looking for reality. They're done with the flash and the splash and the smoke machines and all of that. they want to find out who can I trust? And what a joy to see a generation of young people. I believe God's doing something among the young people of America. So to Tim M. It was a tremendous, tremendous summer. And, I sense the Lord in the midst of everything else happening in our society.
Ray: More and more people are realizing there's a war on reality
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: we have enough bad news to share. Let me give some good news. God is at work in our country. And I got a little glimpse of it as I traveled from coast to coast.
>> Fred Jackson: You know, it's interesting Ray mentioned the word reality. We had Frank Turg on yesterday. He has a new book out. And what's the title of the book? The War on Reality. So that goes together, what you're talking. I think more and more people are realizing there's a war on reality. I mean, the reality of, you know, we're facing today. People think they can say. Some guy can say, I think, I'm a woman, therefore I am.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right?
>> Fred Jackson: Just crazy stuff like that. And of course, the socialism, Marxism and all of that.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, and common sense. People hear that and they go, that's nuts. That's Crazy. Well, I know. I know that must be wrong. And I'll, tell you, here's a good word for pastors out there. People are hungry for the word of God.
>> Fred Jackson: Amen.
>> Tim Wildmon: They want a word from the Lord that they can trust. So if you wonder what you should do this Sunday, Pastor, Preach the word. Preach the word.
>> Fred Jackson: Amen.
>> Tim Wildmon: Start there, and people will be glad to hear what you have to say.
>> Tim Wildmon: The churches that are growing in America are the churches that are. Preach the Bible. As the author. Authoritarian. Not authoritarian. Authoritarian. What am I trying to say?
>> Tim Wildmon: Authoritative. Authoritative.
>> Tim Wildmon: Authoritative. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. word of God.
>> Fred Jackson: Amen.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Just preach the word. Yeah. The churches that are dying are the ones who, who don't believe in the inerrancy, and the, authority of Scripture.
>> Fred Jackson: Amen.
>> Tim Wildmon: So, I mean, that's just why God, to a church, if they don't believe anything, right? You can go to the church of golf or the church of fishing or the church of bike riding.
>> Tim Wildmon: It'd probably be better for you than to go one of these compromising churches. People want to know, thus saith the Lord, what does God have to say? And let me say again while I'm, over. Look, pastors, give us the straight word of God. Never apologize, never back down. Just give it. If you give the word of God unadulterated, straight, word for word, verse by verse, people will come and hear it. And I'll tell you, there are lost people out there who, they may not even understand that they're lost, but they are spiritually confused. They're trying to find the light. They are trying to get to know the Lord, preach the word and share the good news that Jesus is a wonderful savior, and you will see amazing things happen in your ministry.
>> Tim Wildmon: Amen.
>> Fred Jackson: Amen.
>> Tim Wildmon: Amen. Well, it's good to have you back, back in the saddle. And, we are going to forge ahead now with the program as we do every day, covering current events, what's happening in our world. Keep you informed.
The deadly flash flood in Nepal yesterday left at least 350 dead and dozens missing
Krish, what's story number one?
>> Chris Woodward: It is our top story on afn.net in the associated Press section. The deadly flash flood in Nepal yesterday was likely by a huge chunk of a glacier that broke off and temporarily dammed a river. This is according to preliminary investigation by scientists. they're still piecing together information from satellite and ground level data to figure out exactly what happened to cause the flood. We do know right now that at least 350 people were killed. this left more than a thousand missing, including more than 60Americans. And I was talking about this with Fred earlier this morning when I got in. I know my church, has a missionary over in Nepal. A lot of people have missionaries over in Nepal. so we all need to be in prayer for a whole bunch of people over there.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah. Folks, if you want to see the impact of this, there were cameras that caught this mountain of water coming down and you see people scrambling. They had just seconds because it was a beautiful day there. The sun was shining, it was blue sky. It's kind of like an earthquake. you know, you don't get warnings three days in advance. And to give you an idea, Krish is exactly right. A big chunk of glacier came off. There was some confusion initially because that piece of glacier was so big IT registered like 5.2 on the Richter scale. And they first thought, okay, we had an earthquake, but that wasn't it. Now they're saying was the size of that piece of glacier falling off that created this earthquake like tremor. And so you had this wall of water. They've had some warm weather in there. And so right now on afn.net, afn.net, you have at least two or three different videos giving you what it was like for these deer people. I mean, this was huge. When we talk about a wall of water, we're talking about a wall big enough to pick up, carry them to, tear down buildings.
>> Tim Wildmon: It looked like a tsunami on land.
>> Fred Jackson: Exactly.
>> Fred Jackson: It's a very good comparison. So now you can understand at least. And the death toll sadly will grow at least 350, as Krish said. But about 313, hundred, pardon me, missing. And as Krish said, at least 65, apparently are United States citizens. And apparently there were a large group of people from various countries all over the world were there on some kind of religious pilgrimage. So that's why you have multinationals that are amongst the missing right now.
>> Tim Wildmon: Do you know the name of the town that it hit? or was there, I think there
>> Fred Jackson: was a variety of community.
>> Tim Wildmon: So this glacier breaks free, slides down. This is what I'm envisioning. Slides down mountain into a river, releases that. Yes, that's what happened. And then you saw the videos, Ray, right?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I did. And I got to say, Tim, I have never seen anything quite like that. You know, I saw the one where it looked like there was a kind of a city gate or something. People, were in front of the city gate and you watch it for about 30 seconds and nothing's happening. Right. You see some people moving Fast. And you go, well, there's nothing here. And then suddenly, I mean, like in a second or two a.
>> Fred Jackson: If.
>> Tim Wildmon: What would you. A mountain of mud and water.
>> Tim Wildmon: And debris overwhelms everything. Honestly, you look at it and it looked like something out of one of those Hollywood disaster films. And then you realize this is not AI. This is not Hollywood. This is. And nobody has a chance. If you were, if you were caught in that river of mud, you're gone.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right?
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: And sadly, I think that's, you know, the people that are missing, that's what happened to them.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: They got, they either got swallowed up by the mud or they got washed down the river. And But 65Americans here, that, you know, I would love. Ones here are going to be,
>> Chris Woodward: Oh, sure.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, go ahead.
>> Chris Woodward: I would venture to guess there's people we don't even realize are missing at this point.
>> Tim Wildmon: At this point. Yeah. All right. You're listening to Today's issues. I guess she, man, they woke up over there some beautiful, as Fred says, a beautiful day. And then bam. Yeah, calamity hits.
>> Chris Woodward: There was a guy on Fox this morning talking about it. His name is Jeff Dacosta. he's some sort of researcher when it comes to meteorology and other, sciences. he said that some people over there only had seconds to react. Clip 1.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, the defining factor here was definitely speed. And in terms of detection and forecasting, we need to make sure that the information sort of gets flows faster than the water. these things can be very difficult to predict. but there are always indicators, that can be useful. And in times like these, it's really minutes that count more than hours.
>> Chris Woodward: I do want to also point our listeners and viewers to our Today's Issues Facebook page. As you guys were talking about this, I went through and posted the Associated Press videos that we have on our website for people to watch and see exactly what happened over there.
Closing arguments are underway in the Lindsey Clancy trial involving three children
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.
>> Fred Jackson: All right.
>> Tim Wildmon: You're listening to today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network. Go ahead, Krish. Story number two.
>> Chris Woodward: Closing arguments are underway in the Lindsey Clancy trial. This is the lady that, prosecutors say took the lives of her three kids. Now, her attorney is not disputing that she took the life of her kids. What her attorneys are arguing is that she suffers or suffered from postpartum psychosis, which by definition is a rare, severe medical emergency involving a sudden loss of touch with reality shortly after childbirth. this has been a very, widely covered, situation. Her defense, made their closing arguments today and as we speak, prosecutors are making their closing arguments. Her attorneys today said there is evidence that she was a good mom prior to having this episode. and she, of course, has had a lot of sympathizers show up, not only in court, but outside the courtroom to try to, speak up for her and say that what she did wasn't her fault.
>> Tim Wildmon: Has she testified herself?
>> Ed Vitagliano: No.
>> Tim Wildmon: She going to. She's not?
>> Chris Woodward: I don't believe so, no.
>> Tim Wildmon: No. you've been following this case, Ray,
>> Tim Wildmon: you know, just a little bit.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: The thought of a mother killing her own children, is. Well, it's. It's hard, it's hard to get your mind around that. Was she in her right mind when she did it? I'm, I'm. It's hard to know what the, what the term right mind means in that situation.
>> Tim Wildmon: But, yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: So, okay, if she's found guilty, then what, what, what, what, what punishment does she face then? Life in life imprisonment.
>> Fred Jackson: That's the maximum. it would be life, probably in a medical fac. because the other part of this story is that after she killed her children. And again, as Krish said, that is not in dispute here. It's, her frame of mind, really, that's in dispute. after she did that, she threw herself off a building. And if you've watched the trial, she is in a wheelchair. She is paralyzed from the waist down. there have been many issues that have come up during this trial. the medical community, by the defense, has come under some condemnation because she was on multiple drugs in the wake of, the latest birth of the child. But also, she apparently talked about her mental problems. We want to be clear once again, postpartum M blues is something a lot of women have after a baby. Normally that clears up with, after they deliver, after two or three weeks because of hormonal.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right. it's real.
>> Fred Jackson: It's real, it's real. But this is a case of postpartum psychosis. And what's come out in this trial is that according to Lindsay Clancy, she heard voices. And I think she even specified a male voice telling her to kill her children and then basically take her own life. So what has happened outside the courtroom? She has had supporters, dressed in pink. So she has had supporters outside. But there's also been supporters saying, no, we cannot let a person get away with killing her three children because of a mental state. So that's what it's going to come down to. the jury is hearing closing, ah, remarks from both the defense and the prosecution this morning. It'll be go to the jury, I would assume within the next few days. It's going to be very interesting to see what happens. The defense has kind of introduced the idea of perhaps reducing it to a manslaughter charge. We'll have to see where this goes. I listened to the prosecution as they started their summation about 20 minutes ago, and they said, let us not lose sight. The victims here are the three kids. The defense has done its best to paint, Lindsey Clancy as the victim, but the prosecution is saying we cannot forget there are three dead children. And, society cannot allow a person to get away with this.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. This is in the state of Massachusetts, right?
>> Fred Jackson: That is correct.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. So the closing arguments taking place today in the, Lindsey Clancy, ah, trial. She obviously there and as you say, in this wheelchair, so. So she strangled her three children and then she jumped off a building. Correct. Okay. So they're going to argue that she was temporarily insane.
>> Fred Jackson: Hm.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's what the argument is. Because of the post, what do you call that exact.
>> Fred Jackson: Postpartum.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Postpartum psychosis.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: Which goes well, well, well beyond the blues. Go ahead. Krish. So we're.
Meta, owner of Instagram and Facebook, reached settlement with state attorneys general
Anyway, so that's today. Well, they, this is a jury trial, correct? So they may deliberate an hour, they may deliberate three days. Who knows when the verdict will come down, right?
>> Fred Jackson: That's correct.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. You're listening to today's issues on American Family Radio. Go ahead, Krish.
>> Chris Woodward: Yesterday, Meta, the owner of Instagram and Facebook, announced a landmark settlement, or they agreed to a landmark settlement with state attorneys general. Republican and Democrat. states in recent years have filed a lawsuit against Meta, saying that they not only knew about addiction issues for people underage on Facebook and Instagram, but they didn't do anything about it. And so a number of Republican and Democrats took Meta to court. the trial began a couple of weeks ago in Oakland and things were going underway, or things were underway when Meta announced yesterday. Hey, let's just settle here so I can read some of the things that Meta has agreed to do, to police this problem going forward. starting in the next couple of months, Meta is going to have time limits and productive pauses for people under the age of 18 that are on Facebook and Instagram. There's going to be nighttime blocks restricting children's access from midnight to 6:00am there's going to be limited school access for kids as well as stronger, more user friendly parental controls. What people need to know is the sound bite. I'm about to play here from a Haley McNamara. Haley works for the national center on Sexual Exploitation and she told AFN Meda has a history of promising things and not delivering. And moms and dads still need to be moms and dads.
>> Caroline: Clip 11 Meta has a history of rolling out safety standards, that then don't work. about four out of five of Instagram for teens safety settings did not work in a ah, test that was done earlier this year. Parents, we still have to keep our hands on the wheel and to stay engaged with our kids online experience.
>> Chris Woodward: I, will add that Meta has also agreed to pay billions of dollars to all the states that took Meta to court. So depending on the state our listeners or viewers might reside in, they could be getting some money in the near future from Meta.
>> Tim Wildmon: Meta of course is owned by Mark Zuckerberg who founded Facebook. Yes, so he founded Facebook first and then he renamed the company used to be called Facebook, then he renamed it Meta, which also owns Instagram and some other things.
>> Chris Woodward: But it was those two platforms that
>> Tim Wildmon: were at dispute, what was the amount of money for? Fred, what are they being sued for? Do you know?
>> Fred Jackson: They were sued by a variety of states, for allowing a mechanism so that these kids could possibly become addicted, to being online for hours and hours at a time without any restrictions being put in place. But as Krish has mentioned a couple of times, many people think, parents, especially for these ages, these new rules are going to apply for kids from 13 to 17. Well, many people say, mom and dad, where are you? You can put the restrictions in place. But apparently, the states felt that's not enough, that the company providing the product needs to self impose restrictions to stop some of the problems that we have seen with kids who spend so much time and sometimes endangering their own lives, including suicide. here's the thing. I was reading through a Wallnua Street Journal assessment of this this morning and it comes down to this point. Okay, you're setting up an account. How are you going to verify the age? Because a kid can lie. Well, I'm 18 years old when they're really 14 years old. And according to the Wallnua Street Journal, they say they're going to depend on AI to see if the kid is lying. Now I don't pretend to understand how AI works, but apparently AI is going to be able to detect through history how old or make an estimate at least how old the person is. so we'll see how all of this works out. I read somewhere, too, Krish, and maybe you can verify this, that one of the conditions on the settlement is that the other platforms that Zuckerberg doesn't own have to ask. They have to agree to the same thing or they regard it as unfair competition.
>> Chris Woodward: Correct. California, for example, has had a lawsuit against TikTok, and they're planning on using this as part of their arguments to try to force them to do the same thing.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, and don't feel too bad for Zuckerberg. He's not going to go poor over this $18 billion judgment. That company makes about 200 billion a year.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Chris Woodward: Is that all that?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I think he's, ah, 401k secure. so, Ray, what do you think about. What do you think about this? $17 billion. So this is like the big tobacco settlement.
>> Chris Woodward: People have made that comparison.
>> Tim Wildmon: Big tech settlement. And they're paying out all this money to the various states that joined the lawsuit. Okay, go ahead, Ray.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, number one, social media in general is addictive. And we understand it. M. Maybe. Maybe we're using addiction in a different sense than talking about alcohol or drugs, or maybe not. That's a discussion for another day. But it's designed to be addictive. Twitter X designed to get you riled up. Facebook, designed to get you. What do they call it? Doom scrolling. Going from one video to another to another. I saw this all summer long, traveling around, going to a room. Fred, everybody's got their head down, right?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Adults, teenagers, kids. Everybody's got their head down. They look up, they nod at you, and they got to go back to the screen. So certainly my comment is really not on the settlement. My comment is the one that was made earlier. Parents, parents, you need to know what your children are watching, what social media they're engaging in.
>> Tim Wildmon: M. Do kids even use their kids? I mean, anybody under 30 that. Most of them don't use Facebook anymore.
>> Fred Jackson: They.
>> Chris Woodward: A lot of them use Instagram. Instagram, including a, teenager I know
>> Tim Wildmon: a TikTok or one of those.
>> Tim Wildmon: TikTok. Huge with the kids.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, we will be back momentarily. Sandy Rios will be, joining us in just a few minutes.
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>> Tim Wildmon: Greece and Italy. We're going there in the spring of 2027. Hello, everyone, I'm Tim Wildmon, president of American Family association and American Family Radio. My sons Walker and Wesley are going to be leading a tour of Greece, which includes, many of the sites found in the Book of Acts where Paul traveled. And then we call that the Footsteps of Paul. And then we're going to Italy. By we, I mean Allison. My wife and I are leading a group to Italy to see the sights of, that great country, including Rome. We're going to visit Rome and that'll take a couple, three days to see all that's in Rome. And so we're going to visit the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo, you may have heard of him, he was a slightly better than average artist. So we're going to be going there. If you want all the information on our tours of Italy and Greece, go to tours.afa.net that's tours.afa.net we now have
>> Tim Wildmon: this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves. 2 Corinthians 4, 7.
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Sandy Rios was scheduled to be with us, but she postponed
>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, welcome back to Today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network. Thanks for joining us, Tim, Fred, Krish and Ray. And Sandy Rios was scheduled to be with us, but she had to postpone. So maybe we will, catch up with Sandy tomorrow or in the next few days. We will see how, her how that works out for her schedule. again, thank you for listening to American Family Radio. Next story. Krish.
Democrats are concerned about the Democratic socialists running for office in this midterm election
>> Chris Woodward: All right, we have played on this show sound bites from Democrats, that are concerned about the Democratic socialists running for office in this midterm election. James Carville comes to mind as one of the Democrats, saying in an accent. I'm not going to even attempt to try. but these people are not Democrats. They should have their own party. A Michigander that has an issue with Democratic Socialist candidate M. Abdul El Said, is Debbie Dingell. She is concerned that El Said is not doing enough to separate himself from this Hassan Piker guy that's been traveled around the country saying, wait a minute.
>> Tim Wildmon: Wait a man. You're dosing out some names now. and I don't know if that's the right word. And I think I just made.
>> Chris Woodward: Throwing out name.
>> Tim Wildmon: Throwing out name. to review, we have Dingle.
>> Chris Woodward: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: We have El Said. And who. Who's the third character?
>> Chris Woodward: Sorry. Hassan Piker.
>> Tim Wildmon: Hassan Pikers entered the room.
>> Chris Woodward: Yes. Hassan Piker is basically like the new George Soros.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, another name.
Democrats are upset that Democratic socialists are harmful to the party, Chris says
All right, Krish, are we throwing. So we got four people at a bar, Right.
>> Chris Woodward: And then the pope walked in.
>> Tim Wildmon: Four people walk into a bar, and then the Pope. Anyway, and, well, the Pope's lefty with them for the most part. They're all in, lefty land.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: So, but what's the issue here now?
>> Chris Woodward: Democrats are upset that Democratic socialists are harmful to the party.
>> Tim Wildmon: I know it might be an elementary. But people listen to the show. They know what's going on. When you say Democrat socialists, you're talking about these people on the far, far left who are advocating some really nutty, really nutty ideas, and they're at war with traditional Democrats who are in many ways nutty themselves, but they just don't have as many peanuts in their bar.
>> : Correct.
>> Tim Wildmon: Have I, got this right?
>> Chris Woodward: Yes. I'm doing my best not to throw
>> Tim Wildmon: out another name as a comparison. They're worried. They, the traditional Democrats are worried that these far, far lefties, the Democrat Socialists are, Are going to hurt them in November in the general election. Is that right?
>> Chris Woodward: Yes. He did better than I did. We have an opening in the newsroom
>> Fred Jackson: if you want to.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's all right. I just want to make sure.
Senator Debbie Dingle says Abdul El Sayed should distance himself from Piker
So, so, so what are we about to hear?
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, this is Debbie Dingle saying El Sayed needs to cut ties with Hassan Piker. He's bad for business Michigan. She's a. Yes.
>> : Click.
>> Tim Wildmon: Look, I'm going to say this to you. I'm tired of people trying to drag me into it. I strongly disagree with many of the things that Hassan Piker said. I think it's incumbent upon, Abdul to make it very clear to people that he doesn't agree with things that Hassan Piker says. I pray we're not going to see him in Michigan from now until the election.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, this can get confusing for people and that's why I'm here to clear it up. So that's Debbie Dingle.
>> Chris Woodward: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: Senator from Michigan. And she's talking about, she's being asked about something. A, provocateur on the far, far left is saying. What's, the fellow's name?
>> Fred Jackson: Hassan Piker.
>> Tim Wildmon: Piker. And he's friends with El Said who's running for Senate. The media is trying to make her that way. Debbie Dingle, Senator from Michigan, defend his. The association of the two. Is that right?
>> Pam Bondi: Correct.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. All right, so what, what does, what does this guy say that's provocative?
>> Chris Woodward: Among the terrible things that Hassan Piker has been quoted several times as saying is that Americans deserved it on 9 11. Yeah, that's, that's, he's also Charlie Kirk.
>> Tim Wildmon: and they'll say it hangs out with him.
>> Chris Woodward: Yes. There's a famous picture of them that Fox and other people love to play.
>> Tim Wildmon: Denounced him.
>> Chris Woodward: not in those exact terms.
>> Fred Jackson: Now that he knows it's a problem that, this Piker guy is a liability for him. yes, El Sayed is now trying to distance himself from his friend Hassan Piker.
Abdul El Sayed being forced to defend association with radical leftist
All right, so here's a little bit of Abdul El Sayed trying to distance himself from this guy, this radical, radical, radical leftist. Let's cut 16.
>> Tim Goeglein: Hasan Piker is a streamer in California. You would think if you turned on any media that this whole campaign is about a streamer in California. That's not what this campaign has ever been about. This campaign has always been about the ability to afford your groceries in Michigan, the ability to send your kid to a good school in Michigan, the ability to see a doctor in Michigan.
>> Fred Jackson: You know, El Sayed is very good at not answering questions.
>> Fred Jackson: He was on with Jesse Waters at Fox, earlier this week. Jesse Waters asked all the pertinent questions. You know where you stand on this issue, this issue. And he refused to answer anything. You know, you just heard El Sayed say, that Hassan, Piker is a streamer in California. So why are you bringing him up? Well, Mr. El Sayed, Dr. El Sayed, the reason it's being brought up is because you campaigned with him. He was on your platform, your buddies.
>> Fred Jackson: And because of his.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, he didn't. He's being forced to defend his association with him. And he doesn't want to. And he doesn't want to for obvious reasons.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: When you say 911 was. What did you say?
>> Chris Woodward: What the guy say that we deserved it.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. All right, Ray, any thoughts on this before we move on?
There's a good chance Mike Rogers will win in November, Chris says
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, I think there's a good chance outside is gonna. Is going to win.
>> Tim Wildmon: Really?
>> Tim Wildmon: November? Yeah, and there's a good chance he's going to win.
>> Chris Woodward: Polling shows it.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, some, some real conservative folks that I talked to last week.
>> Tim Wildmon: Michigan, Michiganders in western Michigan. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: They, worried. No, not so much word. They said he's going to win. And they're not born, they're there for Mike. Was Mike Rogers. Yes.
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: Wow.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, that's. That's, last polling I saw that was, you know, very, very close. Very, very close. Now, who knows how to look in November, but it looks like a very, very close race. Yeah. so. All right, you're listening to today's issues on American Family Radio. So with Debbie Dingle. Senator. Then we're going to have Darlene from South Carolina.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: So we're gonna. You're talking about old school names.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right. In the US Senate, we need a
>> Chris Woodward: representative, Elvira or, somebody.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's a good one, Chris.
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Senator Elvira, ladies and gentlemen.
>> Chris Woodward: There's got to be a somebody from, you know, Muskokee or something.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I think there is, from Okie. An Okie from Muskoki. Yeah, I think that's already a song
>> Chris Woodward: which is not a Carpenter song. I can verify that.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, you're listening to today's Issues. Next topic. Let's move on from Debbie Dingle.
White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt is leaving today
>> Chris Woodward: All right, here's another name that I have to throw out to set up this clip.
>> Tim Wildmon: Go ahead.
>> Chris Woodward: White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt is leaving us. we knew that, days ago when she made, it known through social media and through, television that she's going to be stepping away as press secretary. She is still going to be doing some work for the Trump campaigns and, political efforts and whatnot. and as part of her farewell, we have a montage of Caroline Levitt giving reporters the business at various White House press briefings over the last year and a half. Clip 10.
>> Pam Bondi: We expect you to cover that as you should, Caitlin, but you and your network know that you take every single thing this administration says and tries to use it to make the President look bad. You're a left wing hack. You're not a reporter. You're posing in this room as a journalist. And it's so clear by the premise of your question. And so if there were peaceful protests on Saturday for the military parade, President
>> Tim Wildmon: Trump would allow that?
>> Pam Bondi: Of course the President supports peaceful protests. What a stupid question. My first reaction when seeing former President Biden was speaking tonight was, I'm shocked that he is speaking at nighttime. I have thought his bedtime was much earlier.
>> Tim Wildmon: There is now a member of the
>> Ed Vitagliano: European Parliament from France who does not think the US Represents the values of the Statue of Liberty anymore.
>> Chris Woodward: They want the Statue of Liberty back.
>> Pam Bondi: It's only because of the United States of America that, the French are not speaking German right now. So they should be very grateful, to our great country. I gave a quote to one of the media outlets in this room yesterday that Democrats behaving like children would be the least surprising thing of the night. and unfortunately, that quote did turn
>> Tim Wildmon: out to be true.
>> Tim Wildmon: He looks forward to watching. She's about to have a baby, right? Or she. No, she did have a baby.
>> Chris Woodward: She did have a baby.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's her second child.
>> Chris Woodward: She's stepping away.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.
>> Fred Jackson: Today is her last day at the White House.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, that's a mom. You better that if you're her child, you better go ahead and eat your vegetables.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes, you better just do what mom says.
>> Fred Jackson: Boy, she's a pretty sharp cookie for somebody who's under 30 years of age.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, yes.
>> Fred Jackson: She's in her 20s.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: she blew me away from the very first day she took this job because of the way she handled these reporters, CNN and others like that. She's like a tried and tested old time political fighter. And she's 28 years old. It's amazing.
>> Tim Wildmon: But today's her. Who's taking her place?
>> Chris Woodward: That's a mystery.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes, she was asked that question this morning on Fox. You know, can you get.
>> Tim Wildmon: If today's her last day, somebody's got to take her place, right? To be press secretary.
>> Fred Jackson: She says there are many applicants and she says President Trump has asked her advice, but, that's as far as she would go.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, you would think that they would have had somebody ready to go because somebody then. Now somebody's gonna have to be entering them. Right?
>> Donald Trump: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: It was kind of interesting when she was away on maternity leave, they had various people like the vice president come in. Yeah. And and I think they had
>> Chris Woodward: Rubio did it one day.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, Marco Rubio did it one day.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, well that's good. You talk about going right to the top.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: For the exception of the President himself, to have your Secretary of State and. Right. Ray VP do press conferences for the White House press corps.
>> Chris Woodward: The, Joe and Jane six packs of the world on social media have been throwing out their suggestions for who they would like to see in this capacity. For example, some people have thrown out CNN commentator Scott Jennings. They say they would love to see him take on CNN and other, people there. Some people have also had fun with, they've thrown Sophie Cunningham's name out there just because she's good at finger pointing. And they've, they've even some social media memes have Sophie, in her Indiana Fever uniform pointing to a reporter to let them ask a question.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Well, we'll see what happens.
President Trump has hired some excellent press secretaries
So, Carolyn, Levitt. Last day.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, last day today. And I really appreciate, what she has told the public. You know, she's got two little babies and she's going to go home and that's her priority right now. But she is going to be an advisor, to the President, part time advisor and she hopes to travel on Air Force One every now and then.
>> Tim Wildmon: She says, I tell you what, President Trump, I've said this before, has hired some excellent press secretaries and that's going to be a hard act to follow because you had, Sarah.
>> Fred Jackson: Sarah Huckabee.
>> Tim Wildmon: Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Sanders.
>> Fred Jackson: Yep.
>> Tim Wildmon: Now governor of Arkansas.
>> Fred Jackson: Hm.
>> Tim Wildmon: Then you had Kaylee McElpenny. McIlvany.
>> Chris Woodward: McElhenny. McEnany.
>> Tim Wildmon: Excuse me, Kaylee McEnany.
>> Chris Woodward: We're just throwing out the names.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right. She had her. And remember her binder.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: And then you had Carolyn Levitt and there's been one or two others, but those three have just been like all Stars. So it's going to be hard to, Hard to, you know, you got some big shoes to fill.
>> Chris Woodward: Yes.
>> Fred Jackson: You got to be a pit bull.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: Because you're walking into an environment, of reporters who hate your boss.
>> Tim Wildmon: They're pit bulls too.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: So you better be one.
>> Fred Jackson: You better be.
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: Better be.
Fred: So we wish Carolyn Levitt, uh, the best
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, you're listening to today's issues. So we wish Carolyn Levitt, the best. And so she says you'll still be seeing her do some, what, press interviews or something.
>> Chris Woodward: she's gonna, I saw one story saying that she was going to be kind of the face and you know, figurehead for some sort of pack that the President is going to have, going into 2028 for some sort of political effort. Whether it's behind Vance or something, I'm not sure.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Because President Trump's. He's finished.
>> Chris Woodward: He is term limited. Although he does from time to time poke the bear by mentioning that he's, you know, gonna run again.
>> Fred Jackson: It's gonna be interesting to see if she's on the plane today because President's going down to Houston, Texas.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: He's got an event down there. He is honoring the Artemis crew that, did that little trip to the moon there not too long ago.
>> Tim Wildmon: A little trip to the moon. Like the way you say that, Fred.
>> Fred Jackson: A little trip.
>> Tim Wildmon: Easy for you to say if you don't get on the ship.
>> Fred Jackson: Compared to Mars, it's a little trip.
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, that's right.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's right.
>> Chris Woodward: And we're back in two weeks.
>> Fred Jackson: Yep.
Ray: Senate race in Texas is very, very tight. Three points is really close. Um, Democrats need to pick up a few states
But I find it interesting the President's going to Texas today because this race, this Senate race in Texas is getting a whole lot of attention. The Democrat Tellarico is pulling in a bunch of money and the Republican Paxton, appears to be in some polls. Correct me if I'm wrong, Krish appears to be in trouble.
>> Chris Woodward: Oh yeah, he really does. Democrats need to pick up a few states in order to try to regain the majority here.
>> Tim Wildmon: I don't receive that. My hands over my ears. I got, I'm just gonna. You can talk if you want to.
>> Chris Woodward: Right. That's why Republicans really need to win in Michigan. because right now it looks like Talarico might actually pull us off going purely by polling, which could be wrong.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, that's one of those things. I'll believe it when I see it because, and I may see it, but because, Ray, we, we, we've heard for the last two or three Senate cycles there in the state of Texas that, you know, Cruz is going to be beat or whatever and it always ends up being 4 or 5 point margin in favor of the Republicans. So Texas has been a red state for a long time now. I'm not saying it's not going to be close, but to me four or five points is almost close. Three points is really close. so we'll see what happens there. But you are correct that the polling shows that this is a very, very tight race between the Democrat Talarico. Is that how you pronounce James Talarico?
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: Is he a, House of Representatives member?
>> Chris Woodward: He is a Texas State lawmaker I
>> Tim Wildmon: believe it is a Texas state lawmaker.
>> Pam Bondi: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. And,
>> Fred Jackson: Paxton.
>> Tim Wildmon: Paxton.
>> Chris Woodward: Paxton.
>> Tim Wildmon: Paxton is the Attorney general, Correct? Correct. And so Paxton has won one or two statewide elections. So he has, you know, you couldn't ask for better name recognition. And, the, So it's. It's just not, You know, Paxton is not a newbie on the scene. This is a, So that. Anyway, we'll see. As I say, we'll. I didn't think that a Democrat could win a statewide election, for Senate in Georgia. This is like seven or eight years ago. And I promised to, quote, eat my hat, end quote, if that happened. And so I'm not making. I'm not doing that again because, I couldn't fulfill my commitment. I tried, you know, but it was nylon, you know what I'm saying? And it was really hard to digest.
Ray: Every evangelical in Texas ought to find Talarico reprehensible
All right, you're listening to today's issues. Ray, any thoughts on that?
>> Tim Wildmon: you know, one thing about Talarico, he's. He's liberal, he's left wing, all of that. And his views on Christianity. Yeah, they are, every evangelical in Texas, which is millions of voters, ought to find him. Ought to find him, they ought to find him reprehensible just on that alone. But he's clever, he's well spoken. If you listen to him, he presents himself well. You know, he has this training in theology m. And has this sort of, you know, arms out, will embrace all the views. it's going to be hard for Paxton to pin him down because Paxton brings his own baggage. Right?
>> Chris Woodward: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: Into this. Into this race. and Talarico is just good. He's. When I say just good, I mean he's a clever communicator. He knows how to present himself well. So, I know, Tim. I mean, in a way, Tim, I feel the same way you do. Look, it always seems to be 3 or 4 percentage points different, but, this might be the year, and I hate to say it, when the Democrats break through in Texas, which 10 years ago seemed impossible to me, and I
>> Chris Woodward: think that is something that should make everybody, particularly in the south, where Democrats used to have a stronghold. It should make everybody concerned if, if Talarico pulls it off, that party will start pumping a ton of money to try to win back the south, which it held for generations after the Civil War.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right, right.
President Trump says when he's on the ballot, Republicans win
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, go ahead, next story.
>> Chris Woodward: All right, we do have some audio from President, Trump here. they are hoping that his, appearance in Texas is going to kind of rub up the GOP there and get a good, turnout for Republicans in general, in Texas and beyond.
>> Donald Trump: Clip 5 There's a theory that I get to vote. You know this, I see it all the time, that when Trump's on the ballot, they win. When he's out of the ballot, the people don't go to vote. I'm asking the people to get out and vote, pretend I'm on the ballot. If they go out and vote, we're going to win. And if we don't, our country is going to be in sad shape because we're going to go through a lot of things.
>> Tim Wildmon: I just think it's so funny when Trump talks in third person when Trump says, when Trump wins, Trump runs Trump, you know, so who was it that also did that? Bob Dole did that a lot. Remember that senator from Kansas? He'd be talking in a debate and he'd go, well, Bob Dole says, and you are Bob Dole, you know, so what if. So President Trump is saying, pretend I'm on the ballot in, in these, in Texas or whatever.
>> Fred Jackson: Right?
>> Chris Woodward: And you know it. In all honesty, his agenda is because if Democrats win back the House, they're not going to fund anything he wants to do, and if they win back the House and the Senate, they're going to impeach him before President's Day.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. So what do you think about that, right, What President Trump's talking about there?
>> Tim Wildmon: Look, that's, that's exactly the way to play it. make himself the issue to, to rev up the MAGA base. Right. Which is huge. Right? The MAGA base is huge in Texas. I expect, I expect he's going to make multiple visits to Texas this fall to do whatever he can to pull Ken Paxton across the finish line. And he might be able to do it. It wouldn't, wouldn't surprise us, would it?
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, with President Trump, though, it cuts both ways. Okay, yes, he's popular with his base, but he's m. Not popular with the other side and with some in the general public. It depends on, you know, who you ask and what their, what their issues are. So it, I, think Trump's influence matters more in a, in a primary, than it does in a general election. That's my own thoughts. But, but anyway, yeah, we'll see what happens in Texas. But if the Republicans lose a Senate race in Texas, that's, you know, that's, that's almost, I don't know where we just said, be a, like a Republican winning in where? Well, maybe Michigan, which could happen. So that could offset the Texas. I don't know. It's just as I say, I believe I'll see it when I, I believe it when I see it. But go ahead, Fred.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, I think talking about Texas, I mean the demographics are changing in Texas. They have a fairly large Muslim population right now. Which may explain, why Telorico said the other day that Christians and Muslims worship the same God.
>> Chris Woodward: Yes. And you know, we started the show talking about how pastors need to give, people the word. People also need to know what the word says to be able to spot the nonsense from people that claim they went to seminary and know what they're talking about.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I see what you guys are saying, but I could probably give you an example of Republicans with bad theology too.
>> Chris Woodward: Oh sure, that's true. That's very true.
>> Tim Wildmon: So we don't look for proper theology necessarily from our politicians, we look for good policy. But at the same time, for a man like Talarico who claims to be a, Christian, to say that Muslims and Christians worship the same God, that's just factually incorrect.
>> Fred Jackson: But a lot of people believe that, that Allah is just another name for our God, Ray.
>> Tim Wildmon: oh, Muslims don't believe that. That's why they try to convert us.
>> Chris Woodward: Correct.
>> Tim Wildmon: And we don't believe that either. That's why we try to convert them. Muslims and Christians who follow the Bible or the Quran don't believe it's the same thing. Go ahead, Ray.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, I mean, that's exactly right. The only people who say that are the people who don't understand Islam or Christianity. Right. Because we know the God of the Bible is not Allah. It's not Allah, it's not the God of Islam. And I know there's some people like Talarico who like to say things, and I'm not ascribing this specifically, but people on the left, left leaning, even, not even Jeff's wrong word, left leaning liberal, so called Christians. How about that? Like to say, oh, there's no difference, we have God with Jesus and the Muslims have God without Jesus. Our Lord made that perfectly clear. If you've seen me, you have seen the Father, the Gospel of Jon, the equality of the Father with the Son. That's as basic a biblical and Christian doctrine as you can have. So no, Christians and Muslims do not worship the same God at all.
>> Tim Wildmon: I don't even know why Tellarico gets into all that.
>> Fred Jackson: I think he's trying to appeal to the Muslim vote in Texas.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Well, you're listening to today's issues on the American. Welcome to the American Family Radio Network. I'm, Tim with Fred, Krish and Ray. We will take a short time out and be back with Steve Paisley Jordahl. See you in a few minutes.
>> Pam Bondi: The views and opinions expressed in
>> Tim Wildmon: this broadcast may not necessarily reflect those of the American Family association or American Family Radio.
Ray Pritchard joins Tim Wildmon, Fred Jackson, and Chris Woodward after 33 days of summer Bible conferences across the country. He reports that churches and youth camps were full to overflowing and sees a growing hunger for biblical truth among young people. The panel then turns to the devastating glacier collapse in Nepal that killed at least 350 people and left more than 60 Americans among the missing. Closing arguments are underway in the Massachusetts trial of Lindsey Clancy, who is accused of killing her three young children. Her defense cites postpartum psychosis while prosecutors argue she must be held criminally responsible. The program also examines Meta's landmark settlement with state attorneys general over teen social media addiction, which includes new platform restrictions and a multibillion-dollar payout. The hosts discuss political developments including Democratic infighting in Michigan's Senate race and the tight Texas contest between Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton and Democrat James Tallarico. They also mark Caroline Levitt's final day as White House press secretary and reflect on her direct approach with the media.
Chapter Markers
[00:00:00] Show Intro
[00:00:13] Host and Guest Introductions
[00:02:27] Ray Pritchard on Summer Bible Conferences
[00:07:07] Nepal Glacier Flood Disaster
[00:12:33] Lindsey Clancy Trial Closing Arguments
[00:17:46] Meta Settlement on Teen Social Media Addiction
[00:30:01] Michigan Senate Race and Democratic Socialists
[00:37:37] Caroline Levitt Exits White House
[00:43:07] Texas Senate Race
[00:53:46] Program Close
Ray Pritchard joins Tim Wildmon, Fred Jackson, and Chris Woodward after 33 days of summer Bible conferences across the country. He reports that churches and youth camps were full to overflowing and sees a growing hunger for biblical truth among young people. The panel then turns to the devastating glacier collapse in Nepal that killed at least 350 people and left more than 60 Americans among the missing. Closing arguments are underway in the Massachusetts trial of Lindsey Clancy, who is accused of killing her three young children. Her defense cites postpartum psychosis while prosecutors argue she must be held criminally responsible. The program also examines Meta's landmark settlement with state attorneys general over teen social media addiction, which includes new platform restrictions and a multibillion-dollar payout. The hosts discuss political developments including Democratic infighting in Michigan's Senate race and the tight Texas contest between Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton and Democrat James Tallarico. They also mark Caroline Levitt's final day as White House press secretary and reflect on her direct approach with the media.
Chapter Markers
[00:00:00] Show Intro
[00:00:13] Host and Guest Introductions
[00:02:27] Ray Pritchard on Summer Bible Conferences
[00:07:07] Nepal Glacier Flood Disaster
[00:12:33] Lindsey Clancy Trial Closing Arguments
[00:17:46] Meta Settlement on Teen Social Media Addiction
[00:30:01] Michigan Senate Race and Democratic Socialists
[00:37:37] Caroline Levitt Exits White House
[00:43:07] Texas Senate Race
[00:53:46] Program Close
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