>> Today's Issues continues on AFR with your host, Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association.
>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, welcome back, everybody, to Today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network on this Monday, August 17th. Joining us in studio now, by us, I mean Ed and yours truly, but joining us now is Steve Paisley Gerardo. Good morning, Steve.
>> Steve Jordahl: Good morning, everybody.
>> Tim Wildmon: Good weekend for you there.
>> Steve Jordahl: It was a good weekend. Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: What stands out about your weekend, Steve? What was the highlight?
>> Steve Jordahl: our pastor is going through, and I want to make sure I get this right. the book.
>> Tim Wildmon: The Bible?
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah, the Bible.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Oh, that's awesome. I love when pastors do that, don't you? They go. They, preach out of that Bible that there.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah, he's their Bible. He's going through the book of First Timothy, I believe. Ah. and you don't know.
>> Ed Vitagliano: It was just yesterday.
>> Tim Wildmon: I wrote a comic.
>> Steve Jordahl: It was a good message. but I also. I also got the. I have the privilege of teaching a Sunday school class. And, so I. I had,
>> Tim Wildmon: You use. What Bible verse did you use for your lesson?
>> Steve Jordahl: We were. We were, going out. This is like, if you asked me what I wrote on the other day and why did I bring it up if I'm not going to have it or tip my fingertips.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's what I.
>> Steve Jordahl: This is. We talked about, the, the story of when, Jesus, I'm trying to help you. Hold on.
>> Tim Wildmon: No, you're not.
>> Ed Vitagliano: You're trying to.
>> Tim Wildmon: Huh? I'm trying to help him.
>> Ed Vitagliano: It's like when my dad would say, hurry up, hurry up. And I'm down and I'm nervous.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah. So there's a. Oh, I'm gonna come. I'm gonna come back to this because it was a good lesson, and I don't know why I brought it up.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Steve, just say teaching it. I'm old and I can't remember.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yes, I am. I am old, and I can't remember things anymore.
>> Tim Wildmon: all right, well, I. I just. I didn't think that was.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Would the preacher preach on.
>> Tim Wildmon: Great mental challenge.
>> Steve Jordahl: You always ask me.
>> Tim Wildmon: You always ask me what coming for me.
>> Ed Vitagliano: What did the preacher preach on it?
>> Tim Wildmon: I didn't. I didn't make it yesterday, so I don't even know.
>> Ed Vitagliano: well, that's.
>> Tim Wildmon: So you got me.
>> Ed Vitagliano: That's one way to answer. Huh?
>> Tim Wildmon: How would I know?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, it's online. You can always watch it later when you get home. Know.
>> Steve Jordahl: All right, I remember.
>> Tim Wildmon: I just stepped right into that one, didn't I? All right, so Anyway, Steve, no judgment.
>> Steve Jordahl: No, that's okay. I remember it was the story of, when Jesus went to, dinner with the Pharisee, and there was a woman of ill repute who came, followed him into the house and washed his feet with her hair in tears. And the, the Pharisee was looking at him like a prophet and wondering why he was allowing this woman of ill repute to touch him. Very, inappropriate and too intimate for the time and probably would be too intimate for this time. And I was uncomfortable with the passage until I remembered and I figured out that what the woman was doing was worship. It wasn't, any interaction between a woman and a man. It was between a woman and God.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, and the Pharisees were upset because they thought Jesus should have kicked her to the curb.
>> Steve Jordahl: Right?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Because she was a. You call it a woman of ill repute. Ill repute. I just say one of them. They're harlot women. Just. Just lay it right out. Harlot. One of them. They're harlot women. No, I understand what you're trying to do, but. Yeah, so I think God doesn't want sinners. And he wants to say.
Well, the question that I had to ask myself when I approach God
>> Steve Jordahl: Well, the question that I had to ask myself when I approach God, when I'm praying, am I approaching him as a man to another person? Because we anthropomorphize God all the time. I'm asking him to do.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, speak for yourself.
>> Steve Jordahl: Well, we ask God to intervene in our lives. But am I looking at him like another conversation I'm having with you is
>> Ed Vitagliano: just God, or we bring him down to our level? Right.
>> Steve Jordahl: Or am I addressing the author of the universe, the creator of the whole universe? And am I humble? And am I putting myself out there in an emotionally compromising position because God wants me to be vulnerable and open and honest with myself when I come to him?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah. And do we think God's going to kick us to the curb because we're sinners? And. And this is a perfect.
>> Tim Wildmon: Your.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Your reference here is a perfect example of how God feels about sinners who come to him in humility and faith.
>> Steve Jordahl: Right.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And. And Jesus shows the Father, right, by loving this woman, forgiving her.
>> Steve Jordahl: it was a powerful. And. And I'm glad I remember. It was right on the tip of my tongue. But, yeah, I. I had a. A real good time, if you can call it a good time. It was. It was a very good time researching, looking into that passage and then presenting it for the.
>> Ed Vitagliano: So this is what you.
>> Steve Jordahl: I Was teaching. Yes. Yeah, that's what I was teaching.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well done.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, good, good for you. Next story.
A new HHS report finds hundreds of hospitals preyed on vulnerable children
>> Steve Jordahl: All right, I want to talk about a new government report that came out from the Health and Human Services Department. It's called Wolves in White Coats and it is A report from HHS that found that more than 225 hospitals and health systems in the US preyed P R e Y e d on vulnerable children and told families that their kids needed life altering medical treat for misdiagnosed gender disorders. These are the transing the kids. And this report found hundreds of hospitals and medical clinics that preyed on these kids. And they are going to be holding these, people accountable. I want you to hear from, we're going to hear from Robert F. Kennedy and Brian Christine. Brian Christine is an HHS Assistant secretary and they're going to talk about this report. cut 15.
>> Tim Wildmon: These are sex rejecting, mutilating, transgender procedures promoted by the Biden administration and thanks to President Trump's leadership, we're changing course. Subjected children to profound interventions while serious questions remained about evidence, about informed consent and about financial incentives. The report found more than 225 hospitals and health systems established pediatric gender programs nationwide where they preyed on vulnerable children and told families that their kids needed life altering medical treatments when what they really needed was compassion and counseling when
>> Ed Vitagliano: children may have been harmed and families misled. It's on those of us in power
>> Steve Jordahl: to find the truth and, and to seek justice for kids who are harmed by these doctors. So many of these people got rich not by doing what was good for
>> Ed Vitagliano: the patient, but by actually mutilating these kids.
>> Steve Jordahl: It was disgraceful. If someone broke the law, we are going to hold them accountable. That was J.D. vance, not our future here.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Look, first of all, a shout out to the Trump administration. President Trump and his entire administration, they have been warriors on this issue. They have done so much good to stem the tide of this transgender insanity which was unleashed, by the Biden administration. It had started before that, but the Biden administration, just put it on steroids with official policies. The Trump administration has put a stop to it and the fact that they are going, if the cases lead to it, are going to go after those who got themselves rich doing this. second of all, I would say this is the kind of horrifying story that should not be politicized. I don't know why Democrats, first of all, why the Biden administration unleashed this devastation on our young people, but why Democrats and Republicans can't find the common ground to say this is unacceptable, no matter who's in office. And, listen, I'm not sure the third thing I'll say about this because I think this is wonderful what the Trump administration has done on this. I'm going to say I'm not sure how many of these medical people, can be charged because they were basically given the green light by the Biden administration. They're probably just going to say, hey, we were doing what we were told to do and encouraged to do by the president and his administration under Joe Biden. But at the very least, these people and these hospitals, these medical facilities should be shamed forever for doing this.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And that's, that's what I preached on today.
Steve King: The craziness that the Trump administration is fighting here is coming
>> Steve Jordahl: Well, we, talked last week, I think, about, AOC talking when she said, she said a phrase. She said we. I don't have it here, but she said Woke one was crazy.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Steve Jordahl: Which kind of says it's, there's a Woke two coming. And my warning to us is that this craziness that the, the Biden administrator, that the Trump administration is fighting here is just hiding around the corner. They will try to bring it back now whether they'll be able to get out from under the lawsuits. I don't know if the Justice Department will, if it's under a Democrat leadership, will dismiss these cases or whatever, but I hope they are able to follow through with them. but it's on its way.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, I, I, what AOC said about Woke 1, I was about to say it's disingenuous, but that's too kind a way of putting it. This is lies and deception. They're, they're not backing off of what they call Woke one. They just realize it's politically damaging. And so they are going to repackage their ideology into something like, a little bit more palatable, but they are going to try to accomplish the same things. So I don't believe AOC or any of these far leftists, as far as you can throw them. The parents and voters need to be paying attention and acting accordingly. Protect your kids and your grandkids and protect this republic.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yep.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I'm, I'm getting wound up now.
>> Tim Wildmon: Up with you, brother.
>> Ed Vitagliano: The Diet Coke is just now kicking in.
>> Tim Wildmon: Just now, folks.
>> Ed Vitagliano: You bet. You better buckle your seatbelt.
>> Tim Wildmon: Seatbelt.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I have 14 minutes left. There's no telling what I'm going to say.
>> Tim Wildmon: Go, go, Steve.
Emily Gallagher is running for New York State assembly from 50th district
>> Steve Jordahl: All right, you guys were talking last hour about the Democrat Socialist Party and how they Get a little crazy at times. I want to introduce you to a state assembly woman, Emily Gallagher, who is running for her reelected to her NewSong York State assembly seat from the 50th assembly district. But she was complaining because CVS and Walgreens have been closing stores in Manhattan and in NewSong, CVS has closed about 220 stores in 2025, about 900 stores. They closed from 2022 to 2024. And they're doing this because they're getting
>> Ed Vitagliano: ripped off, getting robbed.
>> Steve Jordahl: They're getting robbed. People going in and shoplifting.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, and on the west coast they were opening big trash bags and filling it with stuff and walking out.
>> Steve Jordahl: Right. Well, Emily Gallagher was, she held with a group called Court Watch nyc, which is a liberal looking at some of the court cases coming through the local courts. And they, she says what they saw was in fact, you're seeing Fox News. If you look at our, if you look at our tv, you're seeing what we're going to be playing right now. and this, is Emily Gallagher saying that shoplifting, they're doing it because. Well, it's a biological need. Yes. Cut. 12.
>> Speaker D: Most of what we saw were crimes of poverty. People who were stealing things like toothpaste, people who are stealing things like, you know, soap. And that means if you're stealing those things, you need them. And we are choosing to protect billion dollar companies like CVS and Walgreens over the people who are struggling to get by. So I would say that the truth, true crime, is that there is such incredible wealth disparity in this city that there are people who can be thrown in jail simply for having a biological need. And so one of the things that I'm fighting for at the state level is to make sure we pass things like treatment, not jail. And that we hold the line on the incredible criminal justice reforms that we have done over the last 10 and 20 years that are constantly being threatened by right wing media who are looking to fear monger about people who are actually just in absolute dire straits now.
>> Tim Wildmon: They're in dire state. She said they need some toothpaste and what else?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Soap.
>> Steve Jordahl: Deodorant.
>> Tim Wildmon: Let me write this long. Hold on, I need to go the. If you need to go to the grocery store, I'm writing these things. So what else?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Soap. Deodorant. Deodorant for sure.
>> Tim Wildmon: In the summer. Yeah, deodorant. Right on those subways.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And that's all she mentioned.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, so they need toothpaste. The Thieves need soap, right? And deodorant. And we need to get out of their way and let them clean out, not arrest them.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And for those who do commit crimes, treatment, not jail, which, Well, go ahead. I'm sorry. Well, I'm wound up.
>> Tim Wildmon: I'm with you on that. She says treatment over jail, right?
>> Ed Vitagliano: For theft, that, that's in theory, that's not a bad idea. I'm not talking about. I think you should try to rehabilitate criminals. But, but they gotta, you gotta lock them up.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, What, Why do you need treatment? That she's double talking. She says they need, they steal these items because they need it. Right?
>> Steve Jordahl: That's what she says.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, why do you need treatment for that?
>> Ed Vitagliano: I think first of all she might not have an answer because I doubt these are just platitudes to her. I think that the argument would probably be that people who commit crimes, and this is the core of our argument, people who commit crimes are just trying to get really deep down inside the things they need. They need to be helped to understand that there may be a better way to do it. But I'm not sure if that answers your question, but this, this, that little speech now, it's kind of, kind of gone viral.
>> Tim Wildmon: excuse me. For one thing, what she's expressing there is the mainstream view of the democrat socialist people on the, on the far left.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: So that's not out of the mainstream for them, what she described.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Right, go ahead. No, listen, this, the, she's, she's saying there's so much wrong with what she said. She's saying that cvs, Walgreens, these places are closing because right wing media has fear mongered this issue. And these people are just trying to get what they need because billionaires, okay. And oligarchs. Ok, so what's going to happen in NewSong York and other big blue cities is that you're going to see more and more privately owned drugstores, pharmacies, grocery, stores shutting their doors because of crime. And therefore you're going to have the socialists saying, see, we've got to provide what the people need. So we're going to make government, we're going to create government owned pharmacies and grocery stores and clothing, whatever, because they are going to drive out the private businesses and before you know it, the government will own the means of distribution, which is one of the tenets of communism.
>> Steve Jordahl: What could possibly go wrong?
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, she's an idiot. I just, that, that, well, let me just put it this way. She May not be an idiot. She probably could beat me on act or sat. I don't know. I'm saying her ideas are idiocy.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. That's right. That's. That's what I meant to say. So the idea that you should allow people to go into CVS or Walgreens and raid their shells in the name of their meeting basic needs is just insanity? Well, I just say, let's just open up your house, miss Whatever her name is, Emily Gallagher, just open up your house and say, y' all come take what you need.
>> Steve Jordahl: Now, I don't have data to back it up, but from m. The videos that I've seen, they're not stealing deodorant and toothpaste.
>> Tim Wildmon: You know, it doesn't. It doesn't matter. I don't care. Yeah, doesn't matter. You can't be stealing from stores. Right, and justifying it in any way whatsoever.
CVS and Walgreens have shuttered stores because of shoplifting
You steal from stores, you get arrested, and if you don't have that, you don't have civilization. And furthermore, CVS and Walgreens invest a lot of money in their operations and their stores, and people depend on them for employment. And if you start just going in and saying, big, pharmacy companies can be raided and no. No consequences. That's why I said just. Everybody knows this is stupid. But she spouts it like it's your
>> Ed Vitagliano: earlier point in the first hour. Tim, I think there are. There are people who are buying the bait and not seeing the hook. The bait is, hey, I need groceries, I need health insurance. And the. And the argument is, well, we're going to eat the rich, we're going to tax the billionaires.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right?
>> Ed Vitagliano: we're going to not, put people in jail. And they're not seeing the hook, which is the whole point of baiting a hook.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right?
>> Ed Vitagliano: And what they're going to wind up is a complete loss of freedom. And a country like Venezuela that. That collapses its economy, and then everybody is the same amount of poor.
>> Tim Wildmon: And, you know, what's the. You know, what's. What they do to these far lefties? They double talk, a lot. Because if. If she's saying CBS and Walgreens, that. That's what. She cited them in particular.
>> Steve Jordahl: She did.
>> Tim Wildmon: She said they need to be, open their shelves up for people to come and get what they want without penalty. Isn't that what she's arguing?
>> Steve Jordahl: That's legalized shoplifting.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Okay. A, store can't stay in business like that. In fact, CVS and Walgreens have shuttered many stores in these, inner cities, in big cities in particular, because the shoplifting, they're not, able to operate any longer and make a profit. But what she's saying, okay, so let's just say that, we applied her logic, and then the Walgreens store in her neighborhood says, you know what, we're gonna have to close because we can't, we can't sustain this shoplifting that goes on and keep our business open. You know what, you know what these people would say then? Oh, so you're closing your store in a poor neighborhood.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah, you're racist.
>> Tim Wildmon: Or in a minority neighborhood, you're racist.
>> Ed Vitagliano: They have said that.
>> Steve Jordahl: Well, she said that we are supporting billionaire companies over these poor people who need deodorant.
>> Ed Vitagliano: You know, it's not just that the stores can't survive with a high percentage of shoplifting going on. It's that regular paying customers stop going because of the criminal element that's walking in and they don't feel safe. And then you add to it the drugged out people using needles, the homeless people outside these stores in big cities, real customers don't want to go. And so all of that together is causing these companies to shutter these stores in inner cities. And the socialists are going to say, well, then the government's going to have to step in.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. All right. You're listening to today's issues on American Family Radio. The only reason we talk about that is because that is the appeal of this Democrat socialist, philosophy. And they are, they represent at least 40%, if not more of the Democrat
>> Ed Vitagliano: Party in the US and it's probably growing. By the way, I do want to clarify. The, DSA is not an official political party. Okay. This is a. The Democratic Socialists of America is an organization that is funding, helping to fund candidates running under the Democratic Party label.
>> Steve Jordahl: Emily Gallagher is the red part of what is being known as the green red, coalition. The green part is the Muslim part. And I found this from 1989. And I know this is old, but this is coming around. I've never heard anything put this specifically as good. Listen to, listen to cut 16.
>> Speaker E: American melting pot. We do not want to melt into American society and disappear. We want to go into American society with Islamic ideals and revamp their thinking. We want to revamp them. We want to turn them into Muslim individuals. We shouldn't have feelings of, distaste for them or intolerance because they're potential Muslims. Education is one of the most important areas that Muslims have to address. And while our objective, our final objective is not just to become part of the system that we experience now and that we see our objective, our final objective is to create our own Islamic systems. And not only create Islamic systems for Muslims, but to look at all the other people who are sharing this country with us as potential Muslims. And in that long range process of making America Muslim, all of America must.
>> Steve Jordahl: I could play you 10.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Where did you get that?
>> Steve Jordahl: That is from a Tik Tok, account called Islam Invasion at Islam Invasion. And it's it.
>> Ed Vitagliano: That was from 1989.
>> Steve Jordahl: 89, but I could play.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Oh, all right. So somebody. Because there's no tik tok in 1989, somebody's gone back and found the video. These up?
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Wow. I've never heard it, express that clearly, openly either. Yeah, folks, that's another reason why we encourage you to listen to this show, listen to other programming on American Family Radio, and go to afn.net where Steve is one of our all stars over there. You get this kind of information. It's hard to get it anywhere else, especially from a Christian perspective. AFA, afn.net is the place to go for that.
Keep listening to American Family Radio and we'll see you tomorrow
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, we're out. of time. We thank you for yours. We hope that you have a wonderful rest of your day. Keep listening to American Family Radio and we'll see you back here tomorrow.
>> Today's Issues continues on AFR with your host, Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association.
>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, welcome back, everybody, to Today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network on this Monday, August 17th. Joining us in studio now, by us, I mean Ed and yours truly, but joining us now is Steve Paisley Gerardo. Good morning, Steve.
>> Steve Jordahl: Good morning, everybody.
>> Tim Wildmon: Good weekend for you there.
>> Steve Jordahl: It was a good weekend. Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: What stands out about your weekend, Steve? What was the highlight?
>> Steve Jordahl: our pastor is going through, and I want to make sure I get this right. the book.
>> Tim Wildmon: The Bible?
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah, the Bible.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Oh, that's awesome. I love when pastors do that, don't you? They go. They, preach out of that Bible that there.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah, he's their Bible. He's going through the book of First Timothy, I believe. Ah. and you don't know.
>> Ed Vitagliano: It was just yesterday.
>> Tim Wildmon: I wrote a comic.
>> Steve Jordahl: It was a good message. but I also. I also got the. I have the privilege of teaching a Sunday school class. And, so I. I had,
>> Tim Wildmon: You use. What Bible verse did you use for your lesson?
>> Steve Jordahl: We were. We were, going out. This is like, if you asked me what I wrote on the other day and why did I bring it up if I'm not going to have it or tip my fingertips.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's what I.
>> Steve Jordahl: This is. We talked about, the, the story of when, Jesus, I'm trying to help you. Hold on.
>> Tim Wildmon: No, you're not.
>> Ed Vitagliano: You're trying to.
>> Tim Wildmon: Huh? I'm trying to help him.
>> Ed Vitagliano: It's like when my dad would say, hurry up, hurry up. And I'm down and I'm nervous.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah. So there's a. Oh, I'm gonna come. I'm gonna come back to this because it was a good lesson, and I don't know why I brought it up.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Steve, just say teaching it. I'm old and I can't remember.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yes, I am. I am old, and I can't remember things anymore.
>> Tim Wildmon: all right, well, I. I just. I didn't think that was.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Would the preacher preach on.
>> Tim Wildmon: Great mental challenge.
>> Steve Jordahl: You always ask me.
>> Tim Wildmon: You always ask me what coming for me.
>> Ed Vitagliano: What did the preacher preach on it?
>> Tim Wildmon: I didn't. I didn't make it yesterday, so I don't even know.
>> Ed Vitagliano: well, that's.
>> Tim Wildmon: So you got me.
>> Ed Vitagliano: That's one way to answer. Huh?
>> Tim Wildmon: How would I know?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, it's online. You can always watch it later when you get home. Know.
>> Steve Jordahl: All right, I remember.
>> Tim Wildmon: I just stepped right into that one, didn't I? All right, so Anyway, Steve, no judgment.
>> Steve Jordahl: No, that's okay. I remember it was the story of, when Jesus went to, dinner with the Pharisee, and there was a woman of ill repute who came, followed him into the house and washed his feet with her hair in tears. And the, the Pharisee was looking at him like a prophet and wondering why he was allowing this woman of ill repute to touch him. Very, inappropriate and too intimate for the time and probably would be too intimate for this time. And I was uncomfortable with the passage until I remembered and I figured out that what the woman was doing was worship. It wasn't, any interaction between a woman and a man. It was between a woman and God.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, and the Pharisees were upset because they thought Jesus should have kicked her to the curb.
>> Steve Jordahl: Right?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Because she was a. You call it a woman of ill repute. Ill repute. I just say one of them. They're harlot women. Just. Just lay it right out. Harlot. One of them. They're harlot women. No, I understand what you're trying to do, but. Yeah, so I think God doesn't want sinners. And he wants to say.
Well, the question that I had to ask myself when I approach God
>> Steve Jordahl: Well, the question that I had to ask myself when I approach God, when I'm praying, am I approaching him as a man to another person? Because we anthropomorphize God all the time. I'm asking him to do.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, speak for yourself.
>> Steve Jordahl: Well, we ask God to intervene in our lives. But am I looking at him like another conversation I'm having with you is
>> Ed Vitagliano: just God, or we bring him down to our level? Right.
>> Steve Jordahl: Or am I addressing the author of the universe, the creator of the whole universe? And am I humble? And am I putting myself out there in an emotionally compromising position because God wants me to be vulnerable and open and honest with myself when I come to him?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah. And do we think God's going to kick us to the curb because we're sinners? And. And this is a perfect.
>> Tim Wildmon: Your.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Your reference here is a perfect example of how God feels about sinners who come to him in humility and faith.
>> Steve Jordahl: Right.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And. And Jesus shows the Father, right, by loving this woman, forgiving her.
>> Steve Jordahl: it was a powerful. And. And I'm glad I remember. It was right on the tip of my tongue. But, yeah, I. I had a. A real good time, if you can call it a good time. It was. It was a very good time researching, looking into that passage and then presenting it for the.
>> Ed Vitagliano: So this is what you.
>> Steve Jordahl: I Was teaching. Yes. Yeah, that's what I was teaching.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well done.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, good, good for you. Next story.
A new HHS report finds hundreds of hospitals preyed on vulnerable children
>> Steve Jordahl: All right, I want to talk about a new government report that came out from the Health and Human Services Department. It's called Wolves in White Coats and it is A report from HHS that found that more than 225 hospitals and health systems in the US preyed P R e Y e d on vulnerable children and told families that their kids needed life altering medical treat for misdiagnosed gender disorders. These are the transing the kids. And this report found hundreds of hospitals and medical clinics that preyed on these kids. And they are going to be holding these, people accountable. I want you to hear from, we're going to hear from Robert F. Kennedy and Brian Christine. Brian Christine is an HHS Assistant secretary and they're going to talk about this report. cut 15.
>> Tim Wildmon: These are sex rejecting, mutilating, transgender procedures promoted by the Biden administration and thanks to President Trump's leadership, we're changing course. Subjected children to profound interventions while serious questions remained about evidence, about informed consent and about financial incentives. The report found more than 225 hospitals and health systems established pediatric gender programs nationwide where they preyed on vulnerable children and told families that their kids needed life altering medical treatments when what they really needed was compassion and counseling when
>> Ed Vitagliano: children may have been harmed and families misled. It's on those of us in power
>> Steve Jordahl: to find the truth and, and to seek justice for kids who are harmed by these doctors. So many of these people got rich not by doing what was good for
>> Ed Vitagliano: the patient, but by actually mutilating these kids.
>> Steve Jordahl: It was disgraceful. If someone broke the law, we are going to hold them accountable. That was J.D. vance, not our future here.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Look, first of all, a shout out to the Trump administration. President Trump and his entire administration, they have been warriors on this issue. They have done so much good to stem the tide of this transgender insanity which was unleashed, by the Biden administration. It had started before that, but the Biden administration, just put it on steroids with official policies. The Trump administration has put a stop to it and the fact that they are going, if the cases lead to it, are going to go after those who got themselves rich doing this. second of all, I would say this is the kind of horrifying story that should not be politicized. I don't know why Democrats, first of all, why the Biden administration unleashed this devastation on our young people, but why Democrats and Republicans can't find the common ground to say this is unacceptable, no matter who's in office. And, listen, I'm not sure the third thing I'll say about this because I think this is wonderful what the Trump administration has done on this. I'm going to say I'm not sure how many of these medical people, can be charged because they were basically given the green light by the Biden administration. They're probably just going to say, hey, we were doing what we were told to do and encouraged to do by the president and his administration under Joe Biden. But at the very least, these people and these hospitals, these medical facilities should be shamed forever for doing this.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And that's, that's what I preached on today.
Steve King: The craziness that the Trump administration is fighting here is coming
>> Steve Jordahl: Well, we, talked last week, I think, about, AOC talking when she said, she said a phrase. She said we. I don't have it here, but she said Woke one was crazy.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Steve Jordahl: Which kind of says it's, there's a Woke two coming. And my warning to us is that this craziness that the, the Biden administrator, that the Trump administration is fighting here is just hiding around the corner. They will try to bring it back now whether they'll be able to get out from under the lawsuits. I don't know if the Justice Department will, if it's under a Democrat leadership, will dismiss these cases or whatever, but I hope they are able to follow through with them. but it's on its way.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, I, I, what AOC said about Woke 1, I was about to say it's disingenuous, but that's too kind a way of putting it. This is lies and deception. They're, they're not backing off of what they call Woke one. They just realize it's politically damaging. And so they are going to repackage their ideology into something like, a little bit more palatable, but they are going to try to accomplish the same things. So I don't believe AOC or any of these far leftists, as far as you can throw them. The parents and voters need to be paying attention and acting accordingly. Protect your kids and your grandkids and protect this republic.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yep.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I'm, I'm getting wound up now.
>> Tim Wildmon: Up with you, brother.
>> Ed Vitagliano: The Diet Coke is just now kicking in.
>> Tim Wildmon: Just now, folks.
>> Ed Vitagliano: You bet. You better buckle your seatbelt.
>> Tim Wildmon: Seatbelt.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I have 14 minutes left. There's no telling what I'm going to say.
>> Tim Wildmon: Go, go, Steve.
Emily Gallagher is running for New York State assembly from 50th district
>> Steve Jordahl: All right, you guys were talking last hour about the Democrat Socialist Party and how they Get a little crazy at times. I want to introduce you to a state assembly woman, Emily Gallagher, who is running for her reelected to her NewSong York State assembly seat from the 50th assembly district. But she was complaining because CVS and Walgreens have been closing stores in Manhattan and in NewSong, CVS has closed about 220 stores in 2025, about 900 stores. They closed from 2022 to 2024. And they're doing this because they're getting
>> Ed Vitagliano: ripped off, getting robbed.
>> Steve Jordahl: They're getting robbed. People going in and shoplifting.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, and on the west coast they were opening big trash bags and filling it with stuff and walking out.
>> Steve Jordahl: Right. Well, Emily Gallagher was, she held with a group called Court Watch nyc, which is a liberal looking at some of the court cases coming through the local courts. And they, she says what they saw was in fact, you're seeing Fox News. If you look at our, if you look at our tv, you're seeing what we're going to be playing right now. and this, is Emily Gallagher saying that shoplifting, they're doing it because. Well, it's a biological need. Yes. Cut. 12.
>> Speaker D: Most of what we saw were crimes of poverty. People who were stealing things like toothpaste, people who are stealing things like, you know, soap. And that means if you're stealing those things, you need them. And we are choosing to protect billion dollar companies like CVS and Walgreens over the people who are struggling to get by. So I would say that the truth, true crime, is that there is such incredible wealth disparity in this city that there are people who can be thrown in jail simply for having a biological need. And so one of the things that I'm fighting for at the state level is to make sure we pass things like treatment, not jail. And that we hold the line on the incredible criminal justice reforms that we have done over the last 10 and 20 years that are constantly being threatened by right wing media who are looking to fear monger about people who are actually just in absolute dire straits now.
>> Tim Wildmon: They're in dire state. She said they need some toothpaste and what else?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Soap.
>> Steve Jordahl: Deodorant.
>> Tim Wildmon: Let me write this long. Hold on, I need to go the. If you need to go to the grocery store, I'm writing these things. So what else?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Soap. Deodorant. Deodorant for sure.
>> Tim Wildmon: In the summer. Yeah, deodorant. Right on those subways.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And that's all she mentioned.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, so they need toothpaste. The Thieves need soap, right? And deodorant. And we need to get out of their way and let them clean out, not arrest them.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And for those who do commit crimes, treatment, not jail, which, Well, go ahead. I'm sorry. Well, I'm wound up.
>> Tim Wildmon: I'm with you on that. She says treatment over jail, right?
>> Ed Vitagliano: For theft, that, that's in theory, that's not a bad idea. I'm not talking about. I think you should try to rehabilitate criminals. But, but they gotta, you gotta lock them up.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, What, Why do you need treatment? That she's double talking. She says they need, they steal these items because they need it. Right?
>> Steve Jordahl: That's what she says.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, why do you need treatment for that?
>> Ed Vitagliano: I think first of all she might not have an answer because I doubt these are just platitudes to her. I think that the argument would probably be that people who commit crimes, and this is the core of our argument, people who commit crimes are just trying to get really deep down inside the things they need. They need to be helped to understand that there may be a better way to do it. But I'm not sure if that answers your question, but this, this, that little speech now, it's kind of, kind of gone viral.
>> Tim Wildmon: excuse me. For one thing, what she's expressing there is the mainstream view of the democrat socialist people on the, on the far left.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: So that's not out of the mainstream for them, what she described.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Right, go ahead. No, listen, this, the, she's, she's saying there's so much wrong with what she said. She's saying that cvs, Walgreens, these places are closing because right wing media has fear mongered this issue. And these people are just trying to get what they need because billionaires, okay. And oligarchs. Ok, so what's going to happen in NewSong York and other big blue cities is that you're going to see more and more privately owned drugstores, pharmacies, grocery, stores shutting their doors because of crime. And therefore you're going to have the socialists saying, see, we've got to provide what the people need. So we're going to make government, we're going to create government owned pharmacies and grocery stores and clothing, whatever, because they are going to drive out the private businesses and before you know it, the government will own the means of distribution, which is one of the tenets of communism.
>> Steve Jordahl: What could possibly go wrong?
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, she's an idiot. I just, that, that, well, let me just put it this way. She May not be an idiot. She probably could beat me on act or sat. I don't know. I'm saying her ideas are idiocy.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. That's right. That's. That's what I meant to say. So the idea that you should allow people to go into CVS or Walgreens and raid their shells in the name of their meeting basic needs is just insanity? Well, I just say, let's just open up your house, miss Whatever her name is, Emily Gallagher, just open up your house and say, y' all come take what you need.
>> Steve Jordahl: Now, I don't have data to back it up, but from m. The videos that I've seen, they're not stealing deodorant and toothpaste.
>> Tim Wildmon: You know, it doesn't. It doesn't matter. I don't care. Yeah, doesn't matter. You can't be stealing from stores. Right, and justifying it in any way whatsoever.
CVS and Walgreens have shuttered stores because of shoplifting
You steal from stores, you get arrested, and if you don't have that, you don't have civilization. And furthermore, CVS and Walgreens invest a lot of money in their operations and their stores, and people depend on them for employment. And if you start just going in and saying, big, pharmacy companies can be raided and no. No consequences. That's why I said just. Everybody knows this is stupid. But she spouts it like it's your
>> Ed Vitagliano: earlier point in the first hour. Tim, I think there are. There are people who are buying the bait and not seeing the hook. The bait is, hey, I need groceries, I need health insurance. And the. And the argument is, well, we're going to eat the rich, we're going to tax the billionaires.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right?
>> Ed Vitagliano: we're going to not, put people in jail. And they're not seeing the hook, which is the whole point of baiting a hook.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right?
>> Ed Vitagliano: And what they're going to wind up is a complete loss of freedom. And a country like Venezuela that. That collapses its economy, and then everybody is the same amount of poor.
>> Tim Wildmon: And, you know, what's the. You know, what's. What they do to these far lefties? They double talk, a lot. Because if. If she's saying CBS and Walgreens, that. That's what. She cited them in particular.
>> Steve Jordahl: She did.
>> Tim Wildmon: She said they need to be, open their shelves up for people to come and get what they want without penalty. Isn't that what she's arguing?
>> Steve Jordahl: That's legalized shoplifting.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Okay. A, store can't stay in business like that. In fact, CVS and Walgreens have shuttered many stores in these, inner cities, in big cities in particular, because the shoplifting, they're not, able to operate any longer and make a profit. But what she's saying, okay, so let's just say that, we applied her logic, and then the Walgreens store in her neighborhood says, you know what, we're gonna have to close because we can't, we can't sustain this shoplifting that goes on and keep our business open. You know what, you know what these people would say then? Oh, so you're closing your store in a poor neighborhood.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah, you're racist.
>> Tim Wildmon: Or in a minority neighborhood, you're racist.
>> Ed Vitagliano: They have said that.
>> Steve Jordahl: Well, she said that we are supporting billionaire companies over these poor people who need deodorant.
>> Ed Vitagliano: You know, it's not just that the stores can't survive with a high percentage of shoplifting going on. It's that regular paying customers stop going because of the criminal element that's walking in and they don't feel safe. And then you add to it the drugged out people using needles, the homeless people outside these stores in big cities, real customers don't want to go. And so all of that together is causing these companies to shutter these stores in inner cities. And the socialists are going to say, well, then the government's going to have to step in.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. All right. You're listening to today's issues on American Family Radio. The only reason we talk about that is because that is the appeal of this Democrat socialist, philosophy. And they are, they represent at least 40%, if not more of the Democrat
>> Ed Vitagliano: Party in the US and it's probably growing. By the way, I do want to clarify. The, DSA is not an official political party. Okay. This is a. The Democratic Socialists of America is an organization that is funding, helping to fund candidates running under the Democratic Party label.
>> Steve Jordahl: Emily Gallagher is the red part of what is being known as the green red, coalition. The green part is the Muslim part. And I found this from 1989. And I know this is old, but this is coming around. I've never heard anything put this specifically as good. Listen to, listen to cut 16.
>> Speaker E: American melting pot. We do not want to melt into American society and disappear. We want to go into American society with Islamic ideals and revamp their thinking. We want to revamp them. We want to turn them into Muslim individuals. We shouldn't have feelings of, distaste for them or intolerance because they're potential Muslims. Education is one of the most important areas that Muslims have to address. And while our objective, our final objective is not just to become part of the system that we experience now and that we see our objective, our final objective is to create our own Islamic systems. And not only create Islamic systems for Muslims, but to look at all the other people who are sharing this country with us as potential Muslims. And in that long range process of making America Muslim, all of America must.
>> Steve Jordahl: I could play you 10.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Where did you get that?
>> Steve Jordahl: That is from a Tik Tok, account called Islam Invasion at Islam Invasion. And it's it.
>> Ed Vitagliano: That was from 1989.
>> Steve Jordahl: 89, but I could play.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Oh, all right. So somebody. Because there's no tik tok in 1989, somebody's gone back and found the video. These up?
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Wow. I've never heard it, express that clearly, openly either. Yeah, folks, that's another reason why we encourage you to listen to this show, listen to other programming on American Family Radio, and go to afn.net where Steve is one of our all stars over there. You get this kind of information. It's hard to get it anywhere else, especially from a Christian perspective. AFA, afn.net is the place to go for that.
Keep listening to American Family Radio and we'll see you tomorrow
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, we're out. of time. We thank you for yours. We hope that you have a wonderful rest of your day. Keep listening to American Family Radio and we'll see you back here tomorrow.
Tim and Ed talk with Steve on top news headlines of the day including a discussion on the Wolves In White Coats report.
Chapters:
(00:00) Today's Issues continues on AFR
(04:05) Well, the question that I had to ask myself when I approach God
(05:42) A new HHS report finds hundreds of hospitals preyed on vulnerable children
(09:33) Steve King: The craziness that the Trump administration is fighting here is coming
(11:17) Emily Gallagher is running for New York State assembly from 50th district
(17:44) CVS and Walgreens have shuttered stores because of shoplifting
(23:50) Keep listening to American Family Radio and we'll see you tomorrow
Tim and Ed talk with Steve on top news headlines of the day including a discussion on the Wolves In White Coats report.
Chapters:
(00:00) Today's Issues continues on AFR
(04:05) Well, the question that I had to ask myself when I approach God
(05:42) A new HHS report finds hundreds of hospitals preyed on vulnerable children
(09:33) Steve King: The craziness that the Trump administration is fighting here is coming
(11:17) Emily Gallagher is running for New York State assembly from 50th district
(17:44) CVS and Walgreens have shuttered stores because of shoplifting
(23:50) Keep listening to American Family Radio and we'll see you tomorrow
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