American Family Association thanks donors for support on Share a Thon last week
>> Jamie Sanchez: In Denver, Colorado, Jamie Sanchez obeyed the Lord's call and opened the Drip Cafe to create jobs to help unhoused people get back on their feet. Of course, the LGBTQ community began persecuting him for his Christian beliefs. His inspiring story of standing boldly for God's truth in the face of great opposition is part of our Impact series, and we'll send you the DVD as our thanks for your gift to AFA. Visit afa.netspiritualwarf afa.netspiritualwar.
>> Tim Wildmon: Welcome to today's Issues.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Offering a Christian response to the issues of the day.
>> Fred Jackson: here's your host, Tim Wildmon, president.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Of the American Family Association.
>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, good morning, everybody, and welcome to Today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network. Today's Monday, April 14, 2025. Thank you for listening to AFR. Joining me in studio today is Ed Battagliano. Good morning, Ed.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Good morning, Tim.
>> Tim Wildmon: And good morning, Fred Jackson.
>> Fred Jackson: Hi there, Tim.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, fellas. first of all, we want to thank folks last week for life, for what happened last week on our Share a Thon.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Amen. We had a, an excellent sheriff on our spring Share a Thon three days in the spring. We won't do that again until the fall. Three days in the fall. And we reached our goal $4 million, and had, just over 17,000, donations. a lot of those we believe represent families. A lot of our folks who listen have families. And so we are grateful for the support of our listeners and for the Lord helping us, stay on the air for another six months.
>> Tim Wildmon: Amen. Fred, you took some phone calls from around the country, didn't you?
>> Fred Jackson: No, I was in here.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, he's in here. Okay. Well, I know that a lot of our staff, the vast m. Majority of our staff, yes, answered the phones, and. And were blessed, yeah, to talk to folks from around the country who believe in what we do. And.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And we had a number, a good number of volunteers who came from outside the ministry, and they traveled on their own dime. Some of them coming. there was four that came from, like, South Carolina. I mean, they come from a ways away, too.
>> Tim Wildmon: So thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much.
Rory McElroy won the Masters golf tournament yesterday
All right, you're listening to Today's Issues. A lot of things going on in the news. Before we get to the hard news, we were talking this morning. I'm a, I watch professional golf. and not everybody enjoys every sport. Everybody. Everybody got what they like. But,
>> Ed Vitagliano: And you play golf? I play golf, yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: So, yes, some say I do Know, I do enjoy golf.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: So I do enjoy playing and interest in it. And I watch and, pay attention to professional golf.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: And, yesterday, Rory McElroy, even people who don't know golf know that name. He's one of the top golfers. It's neither. Now, he may be the top golfer in the world. Anyway, he. He won the Masters, which is, you know, one of the four major tournaments of the year for, for golf and, and some can consider the premier golf tournament. Anyway, he had, he won that. And, everybody. Nine years since he had won his last major tournament and he had never won the Masters before for all his success. So every year it was like, are you going to win this year or you lose again? You know, that, that was kind of the, the questions he gets all the time leading up to the Masters.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And I would guess for a professional it would. That would get in your head.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. You know, it's like people get off my.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Get off my back. So yesterday, he climbs the mountain, reaches the summit and wins the Masters golf tournament. Rory McElroy, he's from Northern Ireland. And, it was just from a human perspective to watch the elation and the relief and the joy that he had just made you. At least for me, I think it made. For most people, made them. Made him smile.
>> Ed Vitagliano: It was, it was heartwarming. You showed me the, moment when he won, and it was. It was heartwarming.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And I had read an article about, you know, some of his struggles, personal as well as in the golfing. And it was just like you said, you just. I like seeing people succeed.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And reach their dreams.
>> Tim Wildmon: And I think, part of the, the elation was the. I think the $3 million purse, that, that, that helps. That he. For, When I've told people, you know, I. You have to seriously consider whether nowadays with the money that's in professional sports, especially like golf or tennis or something like that. I don't know the value of an education versus just putting them on the golf course at 8, 3 and say, you know what I'm saying? You work out here eight hours a day and we'll see how. You know what I'm saying? I don't know.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I hear you.
>> Tim Wildmon: It's a judgment call.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, that's what it was for you in professional, basketball.
>> Tim Wildmon: It was.
>> Ed Vitagliano: You had to make a choice.
>> Tim Wildmon: I had to make a choice. But, you know, unfortunately, my knee made it for me.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah. So who knows the height which you would have reached.
>> Tim Wildmon: I don't like to talk about it.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah. Because.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And I. And I like. I like for people to. To see their dreams come true because mine pretty much have been shattered.
>> Tim Wildmon: Your athletic dreams?
>> Ed Vitagliano: No, just all my dreams.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: All my dreams kind of shattered.
>> Tim Wildmon: You know what, my m. Friend?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: You need you about two Joel Osteen books.
>> Fred Jackson: Okay.
>> Tim Wildmon: We'll get you back on track.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Two. I need to. I need a double dose.
>> Tim Wildmon: You need a double dose. You need that every day Friday and whatever, else. A bestseller. Yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I'm kidding, folks.
Stanley cup playoffs start next week; all original six teams out
>> Tim Wildmon: All right.
>> Fred Jackson: Well, no other sporting news. Other sporting news.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: You got to be switching now to a different sport. What do we got now, Fred?
>> Fred Jackson: Stanley cup playoffs, started next week. This coming weekend.
>> Tim Wildmon: NHL.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: So you guys keep me posted on that.
>> Fred Jackson: Huh?
>> Tim Wildmon: Huh?
>> Fred Jackson: And watch for the Winnipeg Jets.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And I'm going to. I'll just say, because I know Fred would like to say of the original six teams. Yeah. Two in Canada, four in the United States. This is the first time ever that all four United States based original six teams will not be playing. They're all out. New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks. That's. That's, Fred's, favorite team, actually. and, the Detroit, Red Wings all failed to make the playoffs. The Bruins are my favorite team, but a bunch of Canadian teams.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Are in Ottawa.
>> Fred Jackson: Toronto finished first in their division.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: is this in the Bible? Like. Well, I don't know, like the book of Revelation. Where.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I don't know. We may have to call Jan Markel and find out.
>> Tim Wildmon: Find out. All six, original teams don't make the.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, for the four US Based teams, Montreal and Toronto, our original six teams there. And Calgary might get in. They still have a fellow.
>> Tim Wildmon: I think we need to stop.
>> Fred Jackson: Chicago Blackhawks finished 31st.
>> Ed Vitagliano: my team, the Boston Bruins, right now are the fourth worst team in the league.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. I think we're going to lose people here.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Oh, yeah. But the golf, that was. That'll keep.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes. We all have our favorites, don't we?
>> Ed Vitagliano: All right.
>> Tim Wildmon: I do. I do like the NHL. NHL when it gets right down to the. You know what I'm saying?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Oh, it's gonna be exciting.
>> Tim Wildmon: You get the Stanley cup and, everything's on the line. That's fun to watch.
>> Fred Jackson: All right.
>> Tim Wildmon: it's kind of like people who watch professional golf they may have watched yesterday, but they're not gonna watch next week.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: You know, when some routine tournament.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: You know the routine. Turn over there and watch me some professional bowling. What I'm. You guys want me to review the bowling season?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah, go right ahead. hey, we had share a thon last week.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right.
Someone allegedly threw Molotov cocktails into Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's mansion
>> Ed Vitagliano: All right, Fred, everybody.
>> Tim Wildmon: What piece of depressing news do you have for us this Monday morning? Fred?
>> Fred Jackson: Scary, scary, scary. In all seriousness, yes, for Governor, Josh Shapiro. He is the Democrat Governor of Pennsylvania. 2:00 yesterday morning, someone, and we now know his name, 38 year old Cody Palmer of Harrisburg.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Balmer, I think.
>> Fred Jackson: Is that B A L Balmer. He scales a seven foot fence that's around the Governor's house, scales that fence, brings with him some Molotov cocktails, breaks a couple of glass windows, throws those Molotov cocktails in there. The good news is the governor's family.
>> Ed Vitagliano: All got out, but they were in.
>> Fred Jackson: There, they were asleep 2:00 Sunday morning. And if you've seen some of the pictures, I mean it's just total destruction inside.
>> Ed Vitagliano: This didn't just burn a few drapes. No, this gutted the mansion.
>> Fred Jackson: now the 38 year old Cody Palmer, has been arrested. In fact he turned himself in. But I just was looking at the update here from Fox News. Let me tell you a little bit about this guy, trying to figure out why he did this. First of all, Fox is reporting that this guy was first identified to police by a former girlfriend after he allegedly confessed to her and wanted her to call police to turn him in. A short time later he turned himself in. According to Fox News, while being interviewed by troopers, Palmer admitted to harboring hatred towards Governor Shapiro. We don't know why. He allegedly told investigators he removed gasoline from a lawnmower and poured it into some bottles he found at his residence. And then he walked an hour to the Governor's mansion with the intention of throwing these homemade Molotov cocktails into the residence. The police say he admitted to scaling the perimeter fence, breaking two windows and then throwing in, he broke them with a hammer. He had threw in the Molotov cocktails inside and then allegedly admitted he was aware. It was possible that Shapiro and others were in the home at the time and it was a possibility that people could be injured by his actions. So they already got this confession from this guy. We don't, we. He says he hates the Governor but he doesn't say why, at least so far. But Governor Shapiro obviously upset. Governor Shapiro is, it's, he's a Jewish, Jewish family and they had just finished on Saturday evening celebrating Passover. There's no indication yet of anti Semitism in This. But we're. We're fairly young in investigating all of this. Governor Shapiro very obviously upset when he had this news conference, late yesterday. Cut number one. We don't know the person's specific motive yet, but we do know a few truths. First, this type of violence is not okay. This kind of violence is becoming far.
>> Tim Wildmon: Too common in our society.
>> Fred Jackson: And I don't give if it's coming from one particular side or the other, directed at one particular party or another or one particular person or another, it is not okay.
>> Tim Wildmon: And it has to stop.
>> Fred Jackson: We have to be better than this. We have a responsibility to all be better. So that's Governor Josh Shapiro, obviously, and understandably very upset. But he's making the point that this, as he said, this kind of violence, regardless of political affiliation, has to stop. And the question is, why are we seeing more of this violence? Certainly we're familiar with what happened to President Trump on the campaign trail, last July, the, attempt on his life. But he asked. The governor asked an interesting question, guys. Why are we seeing more and more of this kind of violence?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, first of all, I certainly can appreciate the governor being, so upset about this. Second of all, I am kind of stunned that an individual can get that close to a governor's family, to a governor and his family. Scaling a fence, breaking windows. He's carrying Molotov cocktails. Nobody sees him? No, apparently, no.
>> Fred Jackson: And he got away, this guy.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yes. And he got away. This guy could have gone into the mansion.
>> Fred Jackson: Uh-huh.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And walked upstairs.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I mean, so I'm really stunned that there's so little security, so little protection for the governor of a large state like that. That seems inexcusable. But just to answer the question that you raised and that he's kind of raising, I, think this individual, that did this, the alleged. I guess we still need to say, allegedly, a lot of these people seem to be mentally or emotionally unhinged. And when a culture like ours gets so, divided, angrily divided, you know, so deeply, hatefully divided, there. There's a small percentage on both sides, I guess, that kind of fall off the edge and, and engage in this kind of activity. But I will also say my final point. There is also organized violence.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And I have to say that the left at this point, because I think they're motivated by Marxism. they are more organized. And we've seen this with the firebombings of Tesla dealerships and some of these other things. We don't need to go into all the details, but this is well organized, so there's a number of factors at play here. and, I guess we got to wait to find out which category this guy falls in.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Do we know the m. the motivation?
>> Fred Jackson: No, no, we don't.
>> Tim Wildmon: It wasn't political or anti Semitic or anything.
>> Ed Vitagliano: We don't, we don't know at this point. It might, he might talk more.
Man charged with murdering parents to get money for possible Trump assassination attempt
>> Fred Jackson: There's another case I, think this is in Wisconsin. Young man, and this, this goes back two or three weeks ago. He is now charged with murdering his parents because he wanted to get money from them to carry out a possible assassination of President Trump. So this is a young man, I'm not sure if his late teens, early 20s, but he's charged now with murdering his parents to get some money to go and carry out an assassination attempt on President Trump. These are all fairly young individuals that we're seeing, and it's troubling. And you raise, There are mental problems. Yes, but I'm also very concerned, as you have raised Ed, about the organized protests, the anti Semitism that we've seen on our university campuses.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Listen, I wrote for, the stan magazine, AFA's magazine. I don't know, several months ago this might have been, I'm not sure. Anyway, within the last six months, I wrote an article dealing with the assassination. Assassination attempt on President Trump. Okay. Before the election. and in doing some research for that, I found out that since the assassination of John F. Kennedy, there have been assassination, either attempts or plans foiled. Ah. by federal law enforcement or some came to fruition. There were assassination attempts. Reagan was shot, an attempt on Ford's life. Okay. But every single president since then has had attempts, or plans foiled. So this becomes kind of a, a go to plan for people who hate the other side politically. And, it just seems to be a part of our US culture right now. And you can talk about all kinds of reasons for that, but since jfk, every president.
>> Fred Jackson: Well, we also had the United Health Care.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Right.
>> Fred Jackson: the CEO who was assassinated.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: That was so well planned. But what was scary about that is how many people supported him because they don't like insurance companies.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, there was a poll we talked about last week, I think, or maybe the week before that. 55% of self described leftists in this country are okay with assassinating Trump. That's stunning.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. the, Yeah. I just wonder though, with Governor Shapiro of Pennsylvania. He's a Jew.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: And it was Passover. Am I. Right, right. And so, I mean, and I just think I.
>> Ed Vitagliano: That can't be coincidence, what you're saying.
>> Tim Wildmon: I think we'll find. I think we'll probably find out this guy was anti Semitic, that's what I'm saying. And hated Jews, that's what I'm saying. That's most likely what will, what will be uncovered. you're listening to today's issues on the American Family Radio Network. Listen, when you got 340 million people living in a country, you're going to have some wackadoodle crazy nuts who do things that are violent or, extreme assassination attempts and things like that. They get, and they usually are by themselves, loners, and they get unhinged on something, obsessed with something, and then they, you know, they have mental. Anyway, there's a combination of factors. While people do go to the extent.
>> Ed Vitagliano: There's a lot of, There's a lot of drugs in our culture, recreational, drugs, but also pharmaceuticals that people take. And who knows what happens to the minds of some people. I'm not saying that they're not necessary for depression or whatnot, but we just don't know what happens to people who've been taking these kind of things for a long time.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, that's true.
Fred Doge: President Trump to meet with El Salvador president today
Next story. Fred?
>> Fred Jackson: Well, we know some of the, violence in this country has been imported. and a lot of people say thanks to Joe Biden. He opened up the border and we had gangs coming in from Venezuela and many other countries. Well, today, President Trump will be hosting a meeting with the President of El Salvador, Nayib, Bukhaili, I believe his name is, and he's going to be at the White House today. And of course, President, Trump is using a very high level, high security facility in El Salvador. We've already shipped at least 210 of the gang members that have been arrested since President Trump came into office. And so he'll be meeting today. They'll likely be talking about more of these individuals. And there's a lot to talk about today as far as, the gangs that are in, in this country and the efforts being made, to, to basically, get rid of these guys because they pose such a serious threat to the country. Well, this morning, Homeland, Security Secretary Kristi Ngo, was interviewed about this. In particular, she was asked about, a judge that has, that wants the Trump administration to bring one of these guys back because there was a clerical error in the arrest documents that sent this guy to El Salvador. here's what Kristi Noem had to say about all of that.
>> Kristi Noem: Cut number six is that stop acting like you have the authority to dictate foreign policy and national security decisions that the president is making to protect its citizens. So, this was just one of those examples of an individual that, you know, was an MS.13 gang member, had multiple charges and encounters with the, individuals here trafficking in. His background was found with other MS.13 gang members. Very dangerous person. And what the liberal left and the fake news are doing to turn him into a media darling is sickening. we need to stop doing this, stop allowing liberal judges to try to dictate what President Trump is doing to, make America safe again. So I'm grateful for the Supreme Court's decision, and I'm hoping that we can have a new path forward where the President and his powers are recognized.
>> Tim Wildmon: Who's that?
>> Fred Jackson: That's Homeland, Security Secretary Christy Noem. Now, she also was talking about real, ID. And real, ID comes into effect. The deadline is May 7th. And you may want to have a look at your driver's license, folks, right now, because there should be a little emblem up in the right hand side. If you don't have one of those driver's license, you can even travel domestically, maybe if you have a passport that you carry with you. But Real id, Kristi Noem says, is going to be another method that the country our authorities can use to try to catch some of the bad guys. Cut number 11 to do that.
>> Kristi Noem: You've had quite a bit of discussion on Real ID and its implementation here in the country. And the reason that Real Ideas is being enforced is because it's a federal law. Joe Biden kicked the can to May 7, and this, real ID is going to just empower the states to make sure we're checking people's residences, their current legal status will be verified. We're going to make sure that people who are getting Social Security numbers in this country aren't voting in states. The states have the power and the information to ensure election integrity. And here at the federal level, that information is not going to be any bio, biometric information. It'll just allow people to get an ID that they should be on our planes, they should be people that are United States, residencies, and that legal status will be checked. So it'll allow us to, get more information to states so that they're making sure that they're protecting their election laws as well.
>> Fred Jackson: Now, there's a couple of things I know we have to go to A break. but Doge has been looking at Social Security numbers and who they have gone to. Folks, it's scary. We're talking about thousands of people that are even on the terror watch list in this country who are getting Social Security numbers. That's one aspect to all of this. And so, as I said, I know we're coming up on the break here, but I think we need to talk about that when we come back.
New non citizen Social Security numbers issued for fiscal year 2024 was over 2 million
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, and some of the numbers that we kind of, have kicked around here the last couple of weeks. new non citizen Social Security numbers issued for fiscal year 2024 was over 2 million.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Ed Vitagliano: That was up more than a million over fiscal year 2023. in fiscal year 2021 was only 270,000. That's a lot. Yeah, but we're talking about non citizens.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Getting Social Security numbers.
>> Tim Wildmon: How's that even possible? Do you not have to provide proof of citizenship?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Not in Joe Biden's America. He. I guess they didn't.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's true. How many did you say? We can come back to those numbers. We get back.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah, we, we can come back. Over fiscal year 2024, more than 2 million non citizens received a Social Security number.
>> Tim Wildmon: Who, who's saying this?
>> Ed Vitagliano: This was from Fox. This is a story that was on Fox.
>> Tim Wildmon: Fox.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I, I don't know. I, I, screenshot it and sent it around, but it was on Fox, business.
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Fred Wildman says he got his metaphor mixed up with his wife
>> Fred Jackson: To more of today's issues.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, welcome back to today's issues on this make your blood boil Monday with make your blood boil Monday here on American family radio. That's our goal. So Fred whips up these stories that get, your blood pressure to go to.
>> Ed Vitagliano: That's right.
>> Tim Wildmon: So.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Makes my skin boil.
>> Tim Wildmon: So. So, friends, I think you're mixing your mouth or either something.
>> Ed Vitagliano: My blood.
>> Tim Wildmon: Either that. She got something biblical going on.
>> Ed Vitagliano: My blood crawl. I like mixing the Bible. I like mixing metaphors. I mean, it's not, it's, it's. It's not rocket surgery. Okay.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. You're. You're becoming the object of our scorn. Yeah. Okay, so I've told this, but this. I gotta tell it again now.
>> Ed Vitagliano: You got to.
>> Tim Wildmon: I gotta tell it again. so my, my wife, Allison, we've been married 40 years, but this is about 20 years ago, right. So, we're out in the yard, it's summertime and we're doing yard work. She does 90%. I do 10, but it was my 10 day, right. So I'm out, have been out. And so my oldest son, I got three kids, molded son. Wesley was, I don't know, 15, 16, 17.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: He had a driver's license, so he would have been. Anyway, his mother goes. His mother. You know where I'm going with this when I call her his mother.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: So he did something to tick her off. And she gets off the cell phone after talking to him and like, looks, and gets the rake back. And then poor rake, you know, just taking the abuse of her anger. So she, she looked, she looks over me and she goes, I tell you one thing, that Wesley Wildmon m. You better. He better stop and smell the coffee. Better stop. he better wake up and smell the coffee. And I was like, I think you mean stop this. No, she said, he better stop and smell the roses. So I think you meant stop and smell the coffee or something like. Anyway, she got her metaphors.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Mixed up pretty big time. And, I didn't say anything. I didn't point it out at the time. It wasn't appropriate. It would have been appropriate.
>> Ed Vitagliano: That wasn't the reason.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Deadly weapon in her hand would have.
>> Tim Wildmon: Benefited me at all. To say how you mixed up your metaphors right there. And I think you want to correct that.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Just need to calm down.
>> Tim Wildmon: Alison, you need to wake up and smell the roses.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I, think that must have been what it was. Wake up. Smell the coffee.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's what it was. And she said, wake up and smell the roses.
>> Ed Vitagliano: You better, like, wake up. Okay. Wake up.
>> Tim Wildmon: You know how people say, you better.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Wake up, stop and smell the rose?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes. I got.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Wake up.
>> Tim Wildmon: And I myself.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: In trying to remember this, got my metaphor mixed up. She said, he better wake up and smell the roses. And so.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And you said, well, dear, I think you meant.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I think. No, I think I waited, like, till later that night to point it out. everything. Everything.
>> Ed Vitagliano: That's because you had been married long enough. You'd been.
>> Tim Wildmon: You'd learned that every married man knows exact what you're talking about. Hey, there's a reason they say if Mommy ain't happy, ain't nobody.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Ah, that's. That is absolutely true.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's in Proverbs.
My wife sometimes will say something about, you know, she did this
>> Ed Vitagliano: My wife sometimes will say something about, you know, she did this or she picked this up.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And I can. You guys probably don't know this. I can be. I'm prone sometimes to complaining. Okay.
>> Tim Wildmon: Really?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah. But she'll.
>> Tim Wildmon: It's rare.
>> Ed Vitagliano: She'll say something, and she'll look at me and she'll say, problem. I go, no, ma'am.
>> Tim Wildmon: People couldn't see unless they're watching on the Internet. How your eyes batted.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: So you've evidently got Diane down pretty good there.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Oh, yeah, yeah. Problem? no, ma'am. This is just the way I like it.
>> Tim Wildmon: What's that look on your face?
>> Ed Vitagliano: It is.
>> Tim Wildmon: Are you gonna say something?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Your rapture. I just am so in love.
>> Tim Wildmon: I don't like your body language. I'm going like I'm driving a car. How can my. How can I even have anybody. Language?
>> Ed Vitagliano: But. But you are right. If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: that's right. All right, Fred.
6,500 illegals on terror watch list had Social Security numbers
>> Fred Jackson: All right. A little bit of Department of Government Efficiency News, better known as Doge. you remember back there, I think there was. This was another court case with regards to what Doge can and can't do. But anyway, a judge said they had the right to start investigating Social Security numbers. Who has them? Remember, there's been all kinds of talk about, you know, 150 year olds and, 5 year olds and all of that sort. Well, the latest report has to do with how many people on the Terror Watch list have been able to get Social Security numbers. 6,500 illegals on the terror watch list had Social Security numbers and were receiving some kind of benefits. 900 of them had been collecting Medicaid, 41% of them had been getting unemployment insurance, and 22 had federal student loans. I mean, this, this is amazing. Now we're getting this from Doge volunteer Antonio. Gracias. And, this is what he had to say about that cut number five.
>> Jamie Sanchez: It made my jaw drop, too, when I saw it. you know, we were in Social Security looking for fraud, waste and abuse. And to do that, we actually looked at the enumeration system, the system by which people get numbers in America. And we found that, there were just about five plus million of them that came to the country as illegals, were giving various forms of parole or allowed in the country. and they got through an automatic system, Social Security numbers, they get into our benefit systems. And we tracked that through and found that they were on the benefit programs. And, just because we were curious, we then looked to see if they were on the voter rolls. And we found in a handful of cooperative states that there were thousands of them on the voter rolls and that, many of them had voted.
>> Fred Jackson: So I hope you got that. 5 million people in the country illegally able to get. And I'm not understanding what he was saying. There's some kind of automatic way you can get a Social Security number. What in the world?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Who can solve this? Who can. Who can get. Now that it's been exposed, I wonder what they. Who's going to do something about it? Hopefully President Trump will, be able to do something. We can't have this.
>> Ed Vitagliano: This is so bizarre. We're talking about 6,500 people who are on the terrorist watch list who hate our country. And we're paying them.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: The taxpayers are paying people who hate our country and want to harm us. That is just so bizarre.
>> Tim Wildmon: You know what happens here? The federal government gets so big and bloated that the left hand doesn't know what the two right hands are doing.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: You know what I'm saying?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: And it just gets so massive. It's that, no, nobody, you know, President Trump and Elon Musk and others are trying to expose this so that something can be done. And because they're exposing fraud, waste and abuse, they're getting, especially Elon Musk and they're getting slammed. And I'm going like, what? What are they doing? That's a, that's a problem.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah. Why is this not bipartisan?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, it should be bipartisan.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Members of the Democratic Party. Why aren't they just as horrified as the rest of us?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. And so it took something like this with President Trump telling Elon Musk, go out and find waste, fraud and abuse, and you have the authority of my office to do your investigation. It took something like this to expose these kinds of things.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: And it seems like every three or four days are just something outrageous that they talk about, that you go, surely this couldn't be happening. And it is. And so anyway, so. And the President Trump is being, his executive orders to dismantle some of these organizations, are. It is for the most part, being upheld by the Supreme Court.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: So because saying. Saying they're not ruling on whether they like Trump or not or whether they like his politics of Elon Musk or not, they're saying, yes, the office of the presidency does have the authority to do such and such.
>> Ed Vitagliano: You know, it's. It's straight. This is so strange with these people, on the terrorist watch list who want to harm us. I was just thinking it's like watching a movie where someone hires a hitman and the person who's supposed to get hit is paying the guy, yeah, I'm paying you to try to kill me. It's, it's, it's. It's.
Ted Harris: Democrats supported open borders to turn whole country blue
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, well, well, it also takers belief.
>> Fred Jackson: Did you see the numbers of people who have been voting? They're getting on voting lists.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, this is a part. Listen, we all know who to blame for this, all right? Joe Biden and the Democratic Party, by and large, not all. There were some outliers, you know, John Fetterman and a few others, but by and large, they supported Biden's, open the border policy. And it's clear, and has been made clear that the reason they were doing that is, is to turn the whole country blue by letting people in that were more than likely to vote for socialist policies. And they were going to bribe them by giving them welfare and college loans, free medical care, free medical care, all of this. And then Social Security numbers and letting them vote. That was the plan. And when we talk about a political reprieve for this country, we have four years, maybe just two years, until midterms. Less than two years now. but we. To try to reverse some of this because we came that close to losing the country.
>> Tim Wildmon: You know, we can move on to the next topic here. But I just, I've never seen a. I didn't think I'd see the day when one of our two major political parties, the Democrats here, in this case, don't care about borders.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: At all. And would just, just don't. Don't care. And let, let them all come in. We'll pay for everything. And, I mean, that's just that, that. By the way, that wouldn't be sustainable if you really did that. If you did. If you did it to the degree that the Democrats really would like to do it, that is continue to flood the country with millions of people. Like Ted's point, with the end goal being to turn the whole country blue. If you flood the country, if you flood the United States with, people, they come in here and then you make them citizens, you let them vote, then they're beholden to the Democrat Party forever. And it, So the hope that we become just a blue country, that's what the objective would be by the Democrats. But it's just like, man, don't you even care about the borders, Controlling the border. Nope, don't.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: They wouldn't say it. Some of them exactly like I just did for. But for all practical purposes. But they pretended. They, the Democrats, Biden, mayorkas, they went through the motions. They pretended like, yeah, we care. We did. We're doing the very best we can. The border secure. One of the best lines in President Trump say the Union speech was. I don't know if they called it state, of the Union officially, but, you know, couple months ago was when he said that Biden had millions and millions and millions of people in. Some people think 15 million or so, illegally into our country. Didn't care, didn't stop them. Shipped them all over America or they went all over the country. And then, and then when Trump gets in, he shuts it down completely. Now it's a trickle. And he goes, he said this, he said, the people kept saying, we need new legislation. That's what the Democrats have said. We need comprehensive immigration reform. Refer. Remember all this?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's what Harris was saying. And Biden was saying, all the Democrats blaming the Republicans. We need this law or we can't do anything. And Trump said, no, we didn't. Evidently, we didn't need a law change. We just needed a presidential change.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah, we just needed a new president.
>> Tim Wildmon: And I thought that was a mic drop.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yep.
>> Tim Wildmon: Moment right there.
Fred Whitaker: President Trump is following through on many campaign promises
All right, you're listening to today's issues on the American Family Radio Network. Listen for whatever other promises President Trump made during the campaign that have yet to be fulfilled. and there are some. And that he's working on, shutting down the border. One of the linchpins of his, campaign. He has. Absolutely, absolutely. And the massive deportation, which we're going to talk about right now because we got the president of El Salvador at the White House today, right, Fred?
>> Fred Jackson: That's correct.
>> Tim Wildmon: Anyway, just kudos to. It isn't often that politicians follow through with their promises. And I will say this about President Trump and his team with respect to border control and deporting, gang members. He is absolutely doing everything that he.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Said he would do, and it looks like he's going to basically federalize the border with using troops.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Ed Vitagliano: So, to your point, this is exactly what he said he was going to do on this issue. And he is doing it and he's rocking it.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I mean, just so successful.
>> Fred Jackson: There was one, there was a story last week, I think it was, at one of the border areas that when Joe Biden was there, hundreds of people were coming in every day. And as an example of what has happened since Donald Trump became president, once again, they said they went back to this area of the border. I forget where it was. New Mexico, I think. they went back and the only person that was there was a guy with a broom and he was sweeping the cement around this crossing. That was it. Nobody.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: And that's a tremendous example of what Donald Trump has done.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, yeah.
Next story with El Salvadorian president? Well, he's in the White House
Next story, Fred.
>> Fred Jackson: All right, well, what about this.
>> Tim Wildmon: Story with El Salvadorian president? Well, he's in the White House now.
>> Fred Jackson: He is at the White House right now. They're going to be talking about. The understanding that I have from some of the press reports that I've read is that, the president of El Salvador, he is ready to take even more of these individuals.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Who is it? Naive. Bukele.
>> Fred Jackson: Bukele, yes. he is willing to take more. Now. We're paying, we, the United States government is paying, El Salvador $6 million to house the guys that we have shipped down there already. Six million for one year.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Now.
>> Fred Jackson: What happens after that, we don't know. but apparently, he is very open. This is. Bukele is a very interesting guy. He has become extremely popular there in Central America because he has been dealing with the gangs in Central America. And I think perhaps many of our listeners have seen the pictures of this facility that's down there, very high tech looking.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Is this the one that Kristi Noem went to?
>> Fred Jackson: Yes. And she stood outside the bars and I mean, in a Cell you probably have 20, 25 guys.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: And you have racks. Not nice bunk beds and color tv, right? No, not at all. you have these guys in racks, and I think they're in there 23 hours a day. They get one hour outside. but he's, he's a rock star in Central America visiting the White House today.
>> Tim Wildmon: And I think that's that prison where barbers have job security.
>> Ed Vitagliano: That's what they all get their heads shaved.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. And keep them shaved. You know what? I would imagine this fellow here, what's his name?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Bukey.
>> Fred Jackson: Okay.
>> Tim Wildmon: He's the president of El Salvador.
>> Fred Jackson: That is correct.
>> Tim Wildmon: I mean, he would be a top target of, the gangs. Oh. Of the, you know, the drug cartels and people like that. Because evidently he's a tough guy and he's shutting down, huh? he's. Go ahead.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I just know. I was just going to say Fred, kind of gave me a compliment this morning in our story meeting. He said this Bukele guy, he looks like an Italian. And I thought he was going to say a handsome Italian guy, but he said an Italian mobster.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. That was disappointing. I was there when that happened. Yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Oh, wow. I just.
>> Tim Wildmon: Inappropriate.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: Broke your heart, right?
>> Ed Vitagliano: He is, he is a good looking, good looking young guy and apparently in the White House is conservative and tough.
>> Tim Wildmon: He's at the White House today talking to President Trump. So we're paying el Salvador to $6.
>> Fred Jackson: Million to house them for one year. After that, I'm not sure what happens.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, so they. El Salvador is now our new Guantanamo Bay, basically. Am I right?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, here, here's the thing. I'd be in favor of us paying an ongoing amount. I don't know how many. Whatever.
>> Tim Wildmon: Take them.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah. To take them. Because some of these come from some of these gang members that we sent there. Come from other countries. Didn't. Weren't there some Venezuelans.
>> Fred Jackson: Oh, yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: That we sent out and they said, yeah, we'll take them. I'm saying, all right, fine, we'll pay you.
>> Tim Wildmon: There was one person, I think that was sent there wrongly and we're getting them. He's coming back.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I think this, this is the one that.
>> Tim Wildmon: A false fake news.
>> Ed Vitagliano: That's the one that, Kristi Noem was saying. He was Ms. 13. He already had prior meeting of the media.
>> Tim Wildmon: I read I sucked it up.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: See there fooled me even on that one.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Who knows? Anyway, so, all right, next story.
Donald Trump is dealing with anti Semitism and anti Israel protests
Fred, hey, listen.
>> Fred Jackson: There's so many fronts that Donald Trump is dealing with. Right now. And we all know dealing with the anti Semitism, the anti Israel protests. And one of the king big leaders of that has been this, Mahmoud, Khalil. He is in. He is in a detention center right now in Louisiana. All right? He led the protests on the campus of Columbia University in New York. So ICE picked him up. He's got a green card. ICE picked him up, sent him to the detention center in Louisiana. Well, on Friday, late Friday afternoon, a Louisiana immigration judge gave her, the ruling that this guy, Mahmoud Khalil, can be deported. And this is something that Marco Rubio, our Secretary of State, is really big on. He's saying, these students, some of them come here on student visas, and they're taking part in these anti Israel, anti Semitic protests on our campuses. And he's saying, we're going to ship you out when we give you a visa to come here as a student, when we give you a green card to come here. you have to behave yourself. And if you're leading anti Israel protests, you're being, hard on Jewish students. Jewish students are being mistreated, not only at Columbia University, but several others. you're not welcome here anymore. So the green light has been given. Now, the lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil have until, I think, next. Late next week to respond to this judge's decision. but, you know, you talk about the mainstream media. He has a wife who's, I think, expecting a child. She's an American citizen, by the way. But, you know, they are actually, they're not just complaining about anti Semitism on our campuses. They are actually doing something about it. And also, another prong in the effort to deal with the anti Semitism is to withhold funds from these universities who are refusing to do something about it. And then we have the case of Columbia University, that the Trump administration now wants to install federal oversight over Columbia University. They would appoint a judge to actually look at how things are being run there and to track down how it is that Jewish students are allowed to be mistreated. And we know that it's not only students, folks, it's professors at some of these universities that are very anti Jewish.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, the news media, by and large, has defended Mahmoud Khalil, basically saying he, you know, this is a free country. You're allowed to have your political beliefs and your political opinions. and ordinarily I would say, okay, if you're an American citizen, you have the right to your views, no matter how trashy they are, no matter how vile. Many of us think they are. But if you're a guest in the country, it makes absolute sense that the federal government, the Trump administration that is in charge of visas and green cards and so on and so forth, has the right to say that kind of behavior. We don't want your guest just like a guest in someone's home. You know, something you might do in your home is not necessarily appropriate at somebody else's home.
>> Fred Jackson: That's right.
>> Ed Vitagliano: You know, so I. I think this guy needs to go. I feel bad for his situation with his wife expecting, but that's on him. He has a, visa in this country, and he spent it.
>> Fred Jackson: Uh-huh.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Basically campaigning against Jews. And. And let me just say, as a side note, I never thought we'd be in this country, be at a place where, you look at two political parties that are taking two opposite views on the Jews in this country. I just. Just never thought we'd get here where one political party and college campuses are defending the right of students to make Jews feel unsafe on campus.
Former Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas confirmed as U.S. ambassador to Israel
>> Tim Wildmon: Along those lines, we wanted. We wanted to make sure everybody got the news that Governor Mike Huckabee. Former Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas was confirmed.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: As the U.S. ambassador to Israel. M. under President Trump. President Trump appointed Governor Huckabee. Still called governor, even though you're not. And Mike Huckabee was on with us on this show about two months ago, I guess or so. And, we were talking about this because, he had yet to be confirmed or had his hearings, and that was the last. In the last 10 days or so. So he's either in Israel or getting ready to go to Israel. And we've been in communication with him, and he will be in our show. He will be on this show as he promised. Remember that?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: So I told him. I told Brent, our producer. I tell him we don't need any more lying politicians. So if you told us you're going to do something.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: You know what I'm saying?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: So he said yes.
>> Ed Vitagliano: We're hoping to get him on next week sometime.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, maybe next week. So pray for Mike Huckabee and his wife and, their. Their new role there, because that's extremely important position. It's really the face of the US in terms of at least our president in, in Israel, one of our key allies. And Michael, My. Huckabee loves Israel.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yes, yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: And he's one of us. Okay. He's an evangelical Christian who has a great, great appreciation for the history of that land. And, so he'll do a great job. And we look forward to visiting with Mike Huckabee coming up very soon. All right, we're going to take a short time out right here. When we get back, Steve Paisley Jordal will be on with us. Stay with us.
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