Tim Wildman: Two tours coming up in March of 2027
>> Ed Vitagliano: 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. Real quickly, wanted to mention there are two tours coming up in March of 2027 that you may be interested in or know somebody who may be interested in that we are leading here. first is the Footsteps of Paul tour, which goes to Greece. And then the second tour, which is back to back. These tours are. Is the, we're going to Italy. So my sons Walker and Wesley will be leading the Greece Footsteps of Paul tour. And, Allison and I will be leading the Make Lasagna Great Again tour, to Italy, which is, tell. Nobody's listened to the show. Nobody even smiled in here in the studio. I thought that was pretty clever. Maybe you've heard it before.
>> Ed Vitagliano: anyway, Lasagna Great Again.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: You, you, you asked me what I thought about it when you sent.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I did.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: You liked it?
>> Ed Vitagliano: I liked it.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. So, we're going to go to Italy. We're going to Venice, ride the gondolas, going to Florence and Pisa and Rome. there's a lot of cultural things and historical things. Italy's one of the most, influential, countries in the world when it comes to art.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And you got that right, buddy.
>> Tim Wildmon: And food. And also a lot of us Christian, sites that we will see. The catacombs. Oh, yeah, we're going to the catacombs. So, if you have been waiting to go with a group of Christian folks to Greece or Italy or both, maybe this is your trip you might be interested in. so I say all that to say if you want to read the itinerary, the dates, the cost, everything you want to know about it, it's tours. T o u r s.afa.net t o u r s.afa.net tours.aca.net Again, these tours are in March of 2027, and we've scheduled them back to back. So if you want to do both, you can go with us on both of them because, you better have a big suitcase. Okay, you better have a big suitcase, but because that'll be put you gone about, you know, two and a half weeks, total. But still, if you want to do both of them, you're welcome to do both of them.
>> Ed Vitagliano: My understanding is that Europeans don't shower as much as Americans do.
>> Tim Wildmon: Anyway, anyway, so you'll fit right in.
>> Ed Vitagliano: So you can re wear those shirts
>> Tim Wildmon: I had no comment on that, Ed. all right, so that's coming up. Wanted folks to be aware of that in 2027.
Steve Paisley Jordan joins us now. Good morning, brother Steve
Tim, Ed, Fred, we're back here for the last half hour of today's issue. Steve Paisley Jordan joins us now.
>> Steve Jordahl: Hey, everybody.
>> Tim Wildmon: Good morning, brother Steve.
>> Steve Jordahl: Good morning.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, what you got going? Was anything else we needed to mention for Steve get started here? I don't think so. Right. Are you gonna say something? Okay.
>> Ed Vitagliano: No.
>> Tim Wildmon: Go, Steve.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I plan on not saying anything the rest of the show.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, Be that way.
Mayor Zoran Mamdani declined to attend Israel Day Parade this weekend
>> Steve Jordahl: Over the weekend in NewSong York City, they had, an event called the Israel Day Parade. It's, been held for years and years, and it's basically a pride, in the non gay way event to express pride of, being Jewish, Jewish heritage. And, it's a strong Jewish community in NewSong York City. And we got a little bit of a, first here because Mayor Zoran Mamdani.
>> Tim Wildmon: Who?
>> Steve Jordahl: Mayor Zoran Mamdani.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.
>> Steve Jordahl: Has he, Well, he declined to attend the event. He'd be the first mayor ever to not attend.
>> Ed Vitagliano: This has been going on since 1964.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Ed Vitagliano: That's incredible.
>> Steve Jordahl: And, so we asked, He, did a. A press conference and was asked about this. And I. He was, standing next to the NewSong York City Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch, and the tension. You could have cut the tension with a knife in that room because she, did not agree with his decision.
Steve Mamdani says New York mayor should have attended gay pride parade
Let's listen to. It's a very shortcut, but let's listen to the two of them, talk about their intentions. Cut 7.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I said on the campaign trail that I wouldn't be attending the parade.
>> Steve Jordahl: And I've made my views on the
>> Ed Vitagliano: Israeli government abundantly clear.
>> Steve Jordahl: And I don't believe that my presence
>> Ed Vitagliano: as the mayor should determine whether or not a NewSong Yorker is safe or secure.
>> Steve Jordahl: It's the mayor's decision not to march, and it is my decision to march proudly.
>> Tim Wildmon: Is she a Jew?
>> Steve Jordahl: I believe she is, yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: Tish. Is that a Jewish name?
>> Steve Jordahl: I don't know if I believe the name. I think she said she did say she was Jewish. I'm going to check that right now.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, if she's married, Tish would not be her maiden name anyway. but this is, This is Jewish.
>> Tim Wildmon: What?
>> Ed Vitagliano: The name. I think she is Jewish, comes,
>> Steve Jordahl: from a prominent Jewish family.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. So the mayor of NewSong York is. He's a Muslim. He's saying, I disagree with the Israeli government, therefore I'm not going to March in the NewSong York City Pro Israel day. Yeah. Okay. I don't like this guy at all. He's a self avowed communist, isn't he?
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: But I think this is consistent with his beliefs. Well, I don't think, I think he'd have been booed out of the. Booed.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Okay, but you know what? Okay, I'm. You're being charitable. Okay. And probably, I'm sure you're right, this is in line with his beliefs. But all I ever heard when it was gay pride parades is mayors saying, I'm the mayor of everyone in NewSong York City. Everybody, everybody's part of my constituency. I represent everyone. So I'm going to show up at the gay pride parade, even if I myself personally may not be in support of, for example, gay marriage. That's all I ever heard from people who said. And so this guy I think should have said, you know what? I'm the mayor. Everybody, everybody. And even people I don't agree with. But the left doesn't do that. They say, like Catherine Hochul. And I'm getting wound up. I said, I'm going to say governor of NewSong York. Governor of NewSong York. you don't like it, leave. We don't want you here.
>> Tim Wildmon: By the way, she did attend the Pro Israel rally. Yeah, she did. go ahead.
>> Fred Jackson: You know, this is connected though, Tim, to what we talked about in the first hour. Mamdani is upset. He said he doesn't agree with the Israeli government. He believes Israel was wrong to defend itself against that Hamas attack. He has even said publicly that if Netanyahu comes to NewSong York, he'll arrest him because of war crimes. War crimes. So he is anti Israel. He doesn't believe Israel has a right to defend itself against terrorism. And he doesn't like Prime Minister Netanyahu. So he is on the side of Hamas, and Hezbollah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I'll tell you something else. If he's a good Muslim, he doesn't think Israel should exist. Yes, because that is.
>> Tim Wildmon: Say that out loud.
>> Ed Vitagliano: That is the teaching of Islam, the way he's acting.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah, he was there of sorts. In place of his actual attendance, some parade participants carried cardboard cutouts of the mayor.
>> Ed Vitagliano: That's brilliant.
>> Steve Jordahl: His wife, to mock their absence. And yes, there was, a smattering of booze that were hurt.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Of booze for what?
>> Tim Wildmon: For the cardboard cutouts.
>> Ed Vitagliano: For the cardboard cutout.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. They boo those cardboard cutouts. That's very.
>> Fred Jackson: By the way, his wife is every bit as anti Israel as he is.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, probably Worse. Yeah, probably worse. But anyway, so next story, Steve.
A primary for Los Angeles mayor is scheduled for tomorrow
>> Steve Jordahl: All right, got a primary. A primary, coming up tomorrow in Los Angeles. The, actually, is it the vote for mayor or is the primary.
>> Fred Jackson: It's both for California governor. California governor and the mayor of la.
>> Steve Jordahl: They're up. And in case you're wondering if the waterboy has something to say about it, he is in. He is endorsing Spencer Pratt. this is the waterboy. Cut 10.
>> Tim Wildmon: Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider.
>> Steve Jordahl: Oh, do you think Spencer Pratt can do it?
>> Speaker E: You can do it, but I don't trust the Democrats exactly how I was hoping you would say that. Democrats have it, Spencer. No, the Democrats have their ideological captives and they're not letting it go. The thing is that they've convinced their people that, it's just no matter how bad things are, somehow these people are so evil will be worse. It's like, yes, your entire town burned down, but imagine if it was burned down by someone who was transphobic. Can you imagine?
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah, there are, He's an interesting, candidate, talking about
>> Tim Wildmon: does he have a chance to win?
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Steve Jordahl: Polls are showing at very tight race. In fact, some are showing him Hm. In front. I'd love to bring in some of the ads that he put together, but I can't because they're not all family friendly ads but they're.
>> Tim Wildmon: How did he gain popularity and notoriety? Where? Reality TV show.
>> Steve Jordahl: He. He did star on a reality TV show, but his house was burned down in the fires, that hit la, last year and he's been living out of a trailer ever since
>> Ed Vitagliano: and now drives it around. When he speaks.
>> Steve Jordahl: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: What does he say? I mean, how does that help you win a mayoral election?
>> Steve Jordahl: Well, they are not rebuilding, the houses that burned down, in la. They are not rebuilding the area that burned down at all.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's the current mayor of the Democrats fault.
>> Steve Jordahl: That's Karen Bass. He is laying that at the feet of Karen Bass. I will tell you that there has been, enough bureaucracy in LA for years that it was going to make it hard to rebuild them anyway. But, Karen Bass certainly has not, helped the situation in Pacific Palisades and other, other areas that were burned down in those fires.
>> Tim Wildmon: So he's running as a Republican.
>> Steve Jordahl: He is running as a Republican and he could win.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, we'll see what happens. how many now? There's three. There's two Democrats running. Right. And there's a Karen Bass, the current mayor and Then there's some other lady city councilman.
>> Fred Jackson: She's the kind of housing commissioner for the city, but she's further left than Bass.
>> Ed Vitagliano: She's probably draining some support away from Bass.
>> Tim Wildmon: If, it's one of those deals where if one person doesn't get over 50%, they'll have a runoff, right?
>> Fred Jackson: Correct.
>> Tim Wildmon: When you have three people and if they split the boat and nobody gets a majority.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: 51.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I'm gonna make predictions, I don't think.
>> Tim Wildmon: Make a prophecy.
>> Ed Vitagliano: No, no, I'm not gonna.
>> Tim Wildmon: You're on a roll today, man.
>> Ed Vitagliano: No, because you know what? If you make a prophecy and it doesn't come to pass and you speak in the name of. You're supposed to be stoned.
>> Tim Wildmon: Speak in the name of Ed.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Okay, I'm speaking in the name of Ed. I think Democrats will squeak by. It would be. It would be a kind of a, an earthquake if Spencer practice.
>> Tim Wildmon: I like that metaphor for la.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Oh, yeah. Think about that political earthquake if he's able to beat Bass and get a majority. So, I do think Democrats will squeak by, but it's a bad sign that, Spencer Pratt has gotten so far. A bad sign for Democrats that Spencer Pratt has gotten so far because it's clear people are getting fed up. Even in a deep blue state like California, they're getting fed up with what Democratic policies have brought them as a state.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, a lot of them are. But, whether that represents a majority or not remains to be seen again.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And I will point people to American Family News. AFN.net we do have our very own. Chad Groening has a story up. Prediction Dems will. Ed. Prediction Dems will edge past GOP challengers in California races. that's going on according with some analysis from political experts that Chad interviewed. but that'[email protected] so, folks, you need to check out American Family News. Got some great stuff up there.
In California, Republicans have not been able to win a statewide race since Schwarzenegger
>> Tim Wildmon: Let me ask you this. Generally speaking, in California, why are Republicans statewide, so dislike. Republicans have not been able to win a statewide race since Arnold Schwarzenegger was governor. He was a moderate Republican before that. I mean, this was a state that elected Ronald Reagan. You're from there. Steve, what happened?
>> Ed Vitagliano: It was 1966, the long time ago.
>> Tim Wildmon: Ronald Reagan. Yeah, but I'm just saying that one time they were real conservative.
>> Steve Jordahl: Sure, there were. And there still are, by the way. But once Democrats gained a majority in the House, they did what, they are not Democrats are promising to do in the United States Senate, which is do Away with the filibuster. It wasn't exactly a filibuster, but they made it almost impossible for Republicans to win. and so they have kept racking up, victory after victory after victory to the point where, it is numerically they have a veto proof majority in all the houses of, their legislature, the assembly and the Senate, and they have the governor's mansion and they just keep their foot on the neck of Republicans in the state. but it's.
>> Tim Wildmon: The voters keep putting the Democrats back in time and time again.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: So they are very popular. Democrats are in the state of California.
>> Steve Jordahl: They have bought into the lie that socialism is going to work, that the liberals have the answer.
>> Tim Wildmon: I guess. Back to my original question. Is there any one thing or two things that they would say? Republicans are, we don't like Republicans
>> Fred Jackson: because why I would say California, deliberately, the Democrats became very friendly to illegal immigrants. So they have a huge base of illegal immigrants there.
>> Steve Jordahl: That and Democrats keep offering free stuff and it's hard to.
>> Fred Jackson: It's all connected.
>> Ed Vitagliano: You know, a lot of people probably don't remember this. Maybe they do. When I was in high school. All right, so we're talking I graduated in 1976. If I, if I. What year? 1976.
>> Steve Jordahl: Wow.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I was a bicentennial. I won a speech award. I still have the coin I got for winning a bicentennial speech contest back in. It was 1976.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: All right, so anyway, enough of patting my own back there. So if I got this, get. Got this right. NewSong York was red, California was red. In the 60s on into the 70s, the south was blue, the Midwest was blue. Because of all the union, power, some of the, what we now consider deep blue states like NewSong York, California, they were red. And over the decades those things have changed partially, I think because of social issues came to the fore, with the Moral Majority. And people began to split on the basis of that. so anyway, it's fascinating to see how things change politically. And there may come a time, if our, if our republic lasts, when California turns red once again. Who knows?
>> Steve Jordahl: Yep.
CBS News reportedly looking to replace Anderson Cooper with podcast power Joe Rogan
Hey, CBS is looking. They say that they want to replace, Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's disappointing.
>> Steve Jordahl: You know who they're going to bring in? Maybe Joe Rogan.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Oh, come on now.
>> Steve Jordahl: CBS News is looking to replace Anderson Cooper. Cooper with conservative. Well, with podcast power powerhouse Joe Rogan. According, to sources as reported by Radar Online. Now, I gotta tell you that they are mislabeling and, Joe Rogan. He is no conservative.
>> Ed Vitagliano: No, he's not. He's libertarian.
>> Steve Jordahl: Very libertarian.
>> Tim Wildmon: Very foul mouth.
>> Ed Vitagliano: This would be a mistake for Joe Rogan.
>> Tim Wildmon: He's not gonna do this. He's a podcaster. He.
>> Ed Vitagliano: He does well in that really informal setting. He ended. The people he interviews a lot of times, you know, people who are, you know, pro marijuana or who talk about wrestling, you know, and it's people who talk about UFOs and the use of ayahuasca, you know, to contact spiritual entities.
>> Tim Wildmon: The use of what now?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Ayahuasca.
>> Steve Jordahl: It's a.
>> Ed Vitagliano: It's a. It's a drug.
>> Tim Wildmon: I thought that was what you put on sushi.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, I hope not. No kind of restaurant.
>> Tim Wildmon: Maybe I've been misled.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I hope you have been wondering about
>> Tim Wildmon: a little weird last week when I put that on sushi.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I'll tell you about machine elves and after the show. But I, I think it would be a mistake for Joe Rogan. I, I don't think he could handle that. That pressure.
>> Steve Jordahl: I don't.
>> Ed Vitagliano: He needs. He smokes a cigar, he drinks on this podcast. He. This is. It's made for that.
>> Steve Jordahl: This is his lineup over the last day or two. Harlan Williams, a comedian, actor, musician and filmmaker. Myshel Thaler, who's a, astrophysicist. I was listening to that. They're talking about quantum entanglements and all
>> Tim Wildmon: that down my alley.
>> Steve Jordahl: he is employed by the, As an. As an MMA analyst. Yeah, he's employed to do color commentary, for,
>> Ed Vitagliano: He was in the movie, the Kevan James movie, Here Comes the Boom. Yeah, it was a great little part there.
>> Steve Jordahl: Thom Segura, Skyler Gray. So these are people that, he. If he finds someone interesting, he'll interview them for three hours.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And he knows. He knows enough about all these topics to ask questions and let his guests go because he'll have physicists on. Especially if they're talking about. I think that interview you're talking about, with the, With Myshel, I think there was talking about aliens. Well, entanglement and aliens traveling. That's not gonna go well, I don't think with the CNN audience.
>> Steve Jordahl: One of the things that she was talking with him about, which was frankly a little bit disturbing, is that AI is the natural evolution of man and that that's how we're going to basically go out. Yeah,
>> Ed Vitagliano: that's how it ends.
>> Steve Jordahl: That's it. That's what they saying. So I agree with you.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I don't know AI Memes, but
>> Steve Jordahl: CBS is under the mistaken, thought that they're going to get a mega audience by getting him in, and they're not, so.
SEC is considering new content ratings for TV shows that depict gender identity
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, you're listening to today's issues on American Family Radio. Four and a half more minutes of show to go. All right, here comes Steve.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yes, the SEC is considering new content ratings for TV shows that depict. Is Alabama in this Alabama? No.
>> Tim Wildmon: SEC's. What?
>> Steve Jordahl: The FCC.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, my bad. I misunderstood communication. I was going to say, you know, they won enough. Yeah, they have socialism, communism, roll tide.
>> Steve Jordahl: I have to say that.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, I know you do.
>> Steve Jordahl: The Federal Communications Commission is considering new content ratings for TV shows that depict or discuss gender identity. According to the fcc. Recently, parents have raised concerns that controversial gender identity issues are being included or promoted in children's programming without providing any disclosure or transparency to parents. And so the industry guideline that parents rely on are with, it's co opting parents ability to raise their children
>> Tim Wildmon: the way they want, what they do. And you have to watch out for this today. And 1,000,000 moms, our own group, has spoke to this.
>> Tim Wildmon: you know, you gotta watch out today because these lefties, they try to sneak stuff in on children's programs that have you come to love and trust.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: Or at least a lot of people have. So. And then, you know, they build your trust with a viewing audience and they hit you with a transgendered. you know, you know, we've seen now when, when, when there's enough time to, to warn against this. Like in movie promotions, these movies that try to force feed LGBTQ down children's throats have bombed. Yeah, the old expression go woke, go broke does apply to many of the movies, but TV shows, you don't know what's coming next week. A lot of times they just slide stuff in, sneak stuff into. Even with children's programs, you've got to be aware of what your kids are watching, especially on the Internet.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And let me just, you mentioned One Million Moms. If you're a mom or a grandmom, you should go to1millionmoms.com we do have a. They do have an action alert on this subject of the fcc.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes.
>> Ed Vitagliano: So if you're not a part of that, you will be. You'll be given all kinds of information and opportunities to act on these kinds of issues. Go to One Million Moms. You spell it out. One Million Moms. Calm.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, that's.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, go ahead and be on special alert. Moms and dads this month in particular. This is Gay Pride Month. And we know the networks, they will try to promote programs, put programs on the air, even kids programs. So sad. that promote that lifestyle. So be very careful this month.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, true.
Steve: There are so many stories out there that are just too foul
All right, we're about out of time, Steve. Are you looking for some good news?
>> Steve Jordahl: I don't have a whole lot of good news, I gotta tell you. This is what's crossed my mind. There are so many stories out there that I would like to bring in that are just too, foul, for lack of a better term. I, don't want to bring them in because they're foul, but they are stories that actually are important stories, but we can't talk about them on the air. We are, as a culture, becoming very, very foul. And, I just disappoints me.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's true, sadly. all right. Thank you, Steve, though, giving us some good stuff to talk about on the program.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Love the shirt. Once again, thank you.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Steve Jordahl: Got my lsd. Flamingos on the black background.
>> Tim Wildmon: That needs a lot of explanation, but we don't have time for it. Just trust us, folks. Steve's not on lsd.
>> Steve Jordahl: No. Or ayahuasca or anything else.
>> Tim Wildmon: Our thanks to Fred, Ed Sheer, Steve, Brent Creeley, our producer, Cole Greene, our video man and, video man. Anyway, thank you for joining us today. Keep listening to American Family Radio.
