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>> Ed Vitagliano: to today's Issues, offering a Christian response
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>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, good morning, everybody, and welcome to Today's Issues on American Family radio. Today's Thursday, March 26, 2026. I'm, Tim Wildmon, and his studio with me is, the same crew has been here all week. Back for another concert. Ed Battagliano. Good morning, Ed.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I'm here for seconds, thirds, whatever, whatever comes after that.
>> Tim Wildmon: Fred Jackson.
>> Chris Woodward: Good morning.
>> Fred Jackson: Good morning, good morning.
>> Tim Wildmon: Krish Woodward. Hello. So, Krish, as always, brings the
>> Ed Vitagliano: energy freaking me out.
>> Fred Jackson: No more coffee for you.
>> Chris Woodward: I've always been told people, like me better after I've had my second pot of coffee.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah, yeah, okay.
>> Chris Woodward: True, Chris.
>> Ed Vitagliano: They don't like you better.
>> Tim Wildmon: They just tell you they do.
>> Chris Woodward: See myself out.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, thanks for joining us, everybody. appreciate it very much. Fred.
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>> Ed Vitagliano: Amen.
>> Fred Jackson: thank God, when we have a legacy media that has given up on journalism, that God, is allowing us here at American Family association, to have a news service, something, Tim, that your dad thought about many, many years ago now, and he knew that he couldn't get his message that he wanted to put out there through the mainstream media because for the most part, they hate Christian values. And so having our own news service here at afa, got started and now we have American Family Radio news that you hear at the top of the hour. And by the way, now we have more than 100 affiliates, so we service our own stations, but we have 100 affiliates, across the country, including the North Pole in Alaska.
>> Ed Vitagliano: That's true.
>> Fred Jackson: It is true. I thought it was a joke when I first was told about it, but there is a place called North Pole, Alaska, and there's a Christian station there that's taking Our news.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: So we're excited pole folks.
>> Chris Woodward: Isn't that where Brent's going next week?
>> Tim Wildmon: I hope they exist because as a child I sent many letters there. Yes.
>> Fred Jackson: So American, family radio news. But back a number of years ago, you know, why not start a website? and so a website was started, afn.net, afn.net, american FamilyNews. And you can go to that site through the day to check on the latest news. We keep updating it throughout the day but also we give you an opportunity to get an email each day with the summary. So if you go to our website, afn.net, go up to the right hand side, all we ask you basically to do is put your email address in there folks. That's all it is. Not going to charge you anything. Not going to bombard you with a whole bunch of emails all day long. You'll get one email per day, Monday through Friday. Gives you a very nice summary of the major stories of the day.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And they can click through and go to the longer stories if they want.
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International Olympic Committee adopts new policy to ensure only biological females compete
>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, let's begin with some good news. I was looking at Fox News and we've got this. We're going to have this soon on our own website. the International Olympic Committee, the IOC announced Thursday, that's today, this is breaking news that it is adopting a new policy that will ensure only biological females compete in women's competitions.
>> Fred Jackson: That's right.
>> Ed Vitagliano: That is up on American Family News.
>> Tim Wildmon: We got it.
>> Fred Jackson: We have breaking news.
>> Tim Wildmon: The new policy also employed genetic testing to verify the biological sex of competitors. In the women's section. they said this, I'll ah quote that did. The Olympic Committee eligibility for female category events at the Olympic Games or any other IOC event including individual and team sports is now limited to biological females determined on the basis of a one time syr sry gene screening, evidence based and expert informed the policy applicable for the LA 2028 Olympic Games onwards protects fairness, safety and integrity in the female category, end of quote.
>> Fred Jackson: And I loved what the president of the IOC had to say this morning. Kirsty Coventry is her name. Listen to this. At the Olympic Games, even the smallest margins can be the difference between victory and defeat. And she's a one time, two, time Olympic gold medalist herself in swimming. She said. So it is absolutely clear that it would not be fair for biological males to compete in the female category, end quote. Now that's common sense to us, right? But we're fighting this battle out there. And so many fronts here in the United States.
>> Tim Wildmon: But the American woke crowd, they want to, force this issue. Go ahead.
>> Chris Woodward: I have some reaction here, from Penny Nance at Concerned Women for America about this if you want me to read what she had to say.
>> Tim Wildmon: What does she have to say?
>> Chris Woodward: They like this announcement. and Penny adds, quote, it is no secret that biology and common sense show the unfair advantage biological male athletes have against female athletes. The IOC is standing on the side of equality and protection for female athletes based on inherent and distinct biological differences. While the IOC clearly chose to be compliant with President Trump's recent executive order to protect women's sports, we expect its decision to stand and not fall out of fashion in the future. Today, common sense rules the day. And biological female athletes deserve this protection forever.
>> Fred Jackson: Amen.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, so we got the Olympics coming up here, the Summer Olympics coming up here in Los Angeles in 2028.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: So great news from, you know, we need some good news.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Absolutely. ah, my mentality over the last week has been kind of pessimistic.
>> Tim Wildmon: I haven't noticed that.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And this brings me right back into the optimistic category. As we see common sense prevail. It's, it is a shame that we had to fight this battle. Okay, now I'm slipping back into pessimism.
>> Tim Wildmon: You don't do that.
>> Ed Vitagliano: But found some positive for God is shining some light on this issue. And I'll tell you, a lot of Christians deserve a lot of credit, for fighting this battle. Because there was a time after 2020 when Christians could have just shut their mouths on this and gone away because the so called experts were all pushing this. but they didn't, they stood up and they were accounted for. And that has shed the light necessary to open the eyes here at the IOC and hopefully that continues.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. All right, so that's good news. You know, if the transgendered, folks want to have their own Olympics, there's Nothing stopping that.
>> Ed Vitagliano: You know, it was never the point for those folks because that makes, you know, we, we, we went over this, Remember the, With the Target boycott.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Way back in. I think that was 2016, when we first started that, because they were going to allow men who call themselves women into girls changing areas, bathrooms. And we are suggested and offered, well, just make separate bathrooms for them. And they said no, because that means you don't think we're actually women. And that was what they were all about. So there's, there is no compromising with people who are that deluded.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, the Olympic, committee sided with common sense.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Common sense, yes. Good on them.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. All right, you're listening to today's issues. If you want to read more about that story, it's at our website, afn.net afn.net all right, Krish, what's your, next news story?
President Trump right now is having a cabinet meeting on Iran
>> Chris Woodward: All right, President Trump right now is having a cabinet meeting. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is to the president's right. War Secretary Pete Hegseth is to his left. Vice President J.D. vance is there, as well as new DHS Secretary Mark Wayne Mullin. They are discussing in front of, many TV cameras, all kinds of issues.
>> Tim Wildmon: Who's to the left, who's to the right? Not the joker.
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, I'm stuck in the middle with you, clown.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Anyway, it's a great song.
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, sure. Is Steve Sanding singing it? Probably as he's hearing us talk about it. But anyway, they're talking about a number of issues, including the war in Iran. and obviously there's been a lot of work.
>> Tim Wildmon: Krish, what's that? President Trump said, don't call it a
>> Chris Woodward: war, a conflict, a situation.
>> Tim Wildmon: I'm serious. President Trump.
>> Chris Woodward: Oh, yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes, President Trump did say yesterday. I'm not calling it a war, because if you call it a war, you
>> Ed Vitagliano: got to get approval from Congress.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's, that's, that's a conflict. And that is a legal military conference.
>> Chris Woodward: That is, that is, an accurate thing for him to say and do. But when you talk to somebody that's actually been in a war that people call it a conflict, they would tell you, I fought in a war.
>> Tim Wildmon: It's a, it's a war with a lowercase w, because, you know, this. Semantics, really. But the president, who is the commander in chief of the military, has a constitutional right to do what he's doing. President Trump, right now. Now, if it were to go on, there's a certain date that passes, where you would need to get, arguably, you would need to get congressional approval. Maybe it's 60 days.
>> Ed Vitagliano: The war power is. The War Powers act goes back to 1973. and, it's been a while since I've looked at this. I think, I think the President. The president is authorized first of all. The Congress, constitutionally is the only branch that can declare war. But since the president is the, commander in chief of the military, Congress delegated certain powers from its constitutional duties to the president in this War Powers Act. And I believe they have. The president has 48 hours to let members, of Congress know that's usually just leaders of both parties. And then they can conduct, I think it's 30 days worth of military activities. Then they have to also do something else and then can go to 60 days. But that, I'm not sure that, the Iraq War, was that a declaration of war?
>> Tim Wildmon: No, we haven't declared war, since World War II.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Okay.
>> Tim Wildmon: Not even the United States Congress. We've not done it, where we've declared war since that era, since that time. So.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Okay. Anyway, I'm a little fuzzy on some of those details.
>> Tim Wildmon: But you're positive.
>> Ed Vitagliano: But I'm positive person. I'm not feeling necessarily positive about this conflict, but about. The president does have authority to do what he's doing? For now, yes.
>> Chris Woodward: And a number of people have said as much that are in political office now. one of the things that the Trump administration has said for several days now is the fact that they want Iran to just the regime. They want them to come to terms, agree to give up things to go away, all kinds of, different situations. And yesterday afternoon at a White House press briefing, Caroline Levitt said the President is pushing for peace. He wants to bring an end to this. And, oh, by the way, Islamic regime that runs Iran, Trump's not messing around here. He's not bluffing.
>> Sandy Rios: Clip 2 President Trump does not bluff. Iran should not miscalculate again. Their last m. Miscalculation cost them, their senior leadership, their Navy, their Air force, and their air defense system. Any violence beyond the this point will be because the Iranian regime refused to understand they have already been defeated and refused to come to a deal.
>> Tim Wildmon: okay. She said President Trump doesn't. Doesn't bluff.
>> Ed Vitagliano: That's what she said.
>> Tim Wildmon: Believe that?
>> Ed Vitagliano: No, no, I don't think. I think he. I think.
>> Tim Wildmon: Are you bluffing?
>> Ed Vitagliano: I'm not bluffing. I think he had. President Trump bluffs. And that's just, that's just part of. That's part of being in A war or conflict.
>> Tim Wildmon: She's bluffing.
>> Ed Vitagliano: She's, she's, I think she, I think she really believes. Who was that again
>> Tim Wildmon: for?
>> Fred Jackson: The White House?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
Fred Kaplan: I think President Trump is being sincere in threats to Iran
All right, so I, I think she's trying to portray the President as being quite sincere in his threats to the Iranian regime. And that's what she means by he's not bluffing, I think in that the way the President operates. And then I'm going to put Fred on the hot seat. I don't know why I have to always be on the hot seat.
>> Chris Woodward: You're stuck in the middle.
>> Ed Vitagliano: yeah. the President, in carrying out his overall strategy, may, proceed with a little deception from time to time, which is a hallmark of warfare going back to ancient times. you, you show your opponent this while you're moving over here in this area. So I'm not quite sure if that qualifies as bluffing. but, anyway, Fred, what do you think?
>> Fred Jackson: I think the truth is going to come out over time about this. What I am seeing now, and we're three, three and a half weeks, almost four. Almost four.
>> Sandy Rios: Almost.
>> Fred Jackson: what I'm seeing is a change in definition of success. Now at this cabinet meeting, of course, Vice President there, Vice President Vance, and he's involved with these negotiations that President Trump has been talking about. But the President gave Vice President Vance the floor a few moments ago and I thought it was interesting in that out of his mouth came m. The important goal being a non nuclear powered country that we, we, we will now have an Iran that doesn't have a nuclear weapon capability. All right, so what I got from that is that's the goal now because a few weeks ago when this was being talked about, everybody remembers this. You had all these protesters on the streets of Iran. They wanted that Islamic regime out of power. President Trump said help is on the way to those people. I am getting the feeling that the goal of regime change is no longer the priority. Now I think if you were to ask the President, he would say of course it's a priority, but I don't think it's the defining priority of this battle now, as opposed to Israel, which very has clearly stated in the last 48 hours again that we have to have regime change or we will be right back at this.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And the Saudis have said that they think that's the right thing to do.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes. So there appears to be a dividing right now on priority issues between Israel and the United States. I think the President is anxious for a whole pile of reasons to get out of this as soon as possible. Now we've had other people say, we have Bob McGinnis, retired general, and he's been on Fox. We have him on our network. Chad Groening, our military reporter, talks to him all the time. If we come away from this also, this battle without some controls on the Strait of Hormuz, that's also going to be deemed as a failure as well.
>> Ed Vitagliano: It will. And I agree. Because this, the regime, whoever's in charge of it, they, they have been humiliated by the United States and by Israel.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Because, Israel killed somebody else. The one who, ordered the, this lockdown on the Strait of Hormuz. Hormuz, yes. So they have been humiliated. The military has been humiliated. That doesn't sit well with these radicals. So my expectation is the only way to really solve this issue. Now, I said in our story meeting this morning, we have kicked wide open a big old hornet's nest.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And you're going to have to exterminate this regime. You're going to have to have regime change. And that terrifies me because that is not an easy fix and would probably require boots on the ground. Would. Unless. Unless the threat of that causes the military to turn on these.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, the military.
>> Ed Vitagliano: The Iranian military to turn on the crazies running the show. it would require something probably as complex and as the troops and tanks and everything, like the first Gulf War.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: It probably would require hundreds of thousands of troops and a lot of Americans could die.
Don't think President Trump won't use bombs and military to attack you
>> Tim Wildmon: back to the trap question I laid for you right there.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: But you, answered somewhat and then you flipped it over to Fred.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I escaped. I tried to. I got out of that. I got out of that trap by chewing off one leg.
>> Tim Wildmon: I think Carolyn Levitt, if you, if you interpret what she's saying, maybe as. Don't think President Trump won't use bombs and military to attack you because he's proven that he will. So he's, he doesn't bluff in that respect. I think if you interpret what she's saying in that way. But what the reason I sort of asked the question. And I mean no disrespect to President Trump and this is a very, very difficult position he's in. But I don't. He's. He says one thing one day and makes you think, well, there's hope for an end. Like he said that Iran's given him a gift and that, they're in peace negotiation, then this might all be done. In a few days. And then I read where Iran says, we don't know what he's talking about because we're not negotiating anything. In fact, we have our own demands for a ceasefire, which are. Which are absurd reparations. You have to get out of the Middle east with your military bases. Yeah, absurd. And they're continuing to fire missiles, at least towards Israel. so, m. So I don't, Maybe this will all flush out in the next four or five days and we'll then be able to look back and understand what. What was being said and what was going on, especially by President Trump.
>> Ed Vitagliano: But m. Anyway, and here's my other concern. I've been reading about the fact that our supplies of missiles and interceptors is being drained. Okay. Because a lot of what Iran is still firing and what Iran is probably holding back, maybe still thousands of drones, cheap drones that cost $30,000 to make, and then you have to take them out with them. You know, an interceptor, a missile worth millions. And that I. What I. I'm afraid of is if we get into a ground war in Iran, we wind up with very few interceptors and getting stuck, like Russia has gotten stuck in Ukraine because the Ukrainians have been using a lot of cheap drones to take out very expensive tanks and to hit bases. And I don't want to see our troops sitting ducks like that. That's probably my biggest fear.
Fred Kaplan: I'm beginning to believe that regime change is unattainable
>> Tim Wildmon: One other thing, and you kind of referenced this. We were talking about this earlier this morning. I don't. I'm beginning to believe that regime change is unattainable.
>> Ed Vitagliano: from us.
>> Tim Wildmon: You mean from us or Israel? Now, Israel has, Israel has. They. They're taking out their leaders over there in Iran at an incredible rate. they know where they are. They find them as soon as. I mean, if they, if they are viewed as part of the threat against Israel, they will kill them when they. When they find out where they are. This has been going on. It's. But as far as regime change, that means a complete overhaul of the government. they get the ayatollahs out, the religious leaders out of power, which they control, the military, and then get somebody in there who is more, More moderate.
>> Tim Wildmon: Moderate, yeah. Okay.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And it's not going to run it according to Sharia law.
>> Tim Wildmon: Then you're going to have to get, It's going to have to come from within. And that, involves a coup or a civil, war of some kind. And that just doesn't seem to be happening right now. The People in Iran, if you read about the average person over there, they're basically, trying to just stay quiet and live behind their doors of their homes. Because if they oppose the government in any way, the regime in any way, they, they are hungry, they are killed, their families hunted down. I mean, you read about this. They, ah, you read about that wrestler the other day, this, very Olympic, I think, I think he was. And he was hung. I mean, that's very intimidating to the general public regime and many others. I mean, how many have they killed of their own people?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: In the last, in the last few months. So I just don't know to back, sort of circling back to your point, Fred, I'm not sure if the regime changes, is I use the word attainable or not using just air strikes on military facilities or even killing, the leaders.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, my understanding from what I'm again, I'm not an expert on the Middle east or Iran. What I've been reading, the, the mullahs, the ayatollahs, they have a shadow government inside the government of thousands of loyalists to that regime. And that's why the regime continues to function when you take out top leaders, because leadership has been dispersed amongst, even to lower level, people. And you can't kill them all.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, well, listen, we're a Christian radio network. We ask people to pray.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Amen.
>> Tim Wildmon: This is a matter of prayer too, for the body of Christ.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Ask God to intervene here and around the world.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, we'll be back momentarily with more of today's issue. Stay with us.
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The Israeli government went to war with Iran to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapon
Hey, welcome back, everybody, to Today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network. Tim, Ed. Fred. And Krish. Krish. so just one personal note about the, war. We, have some friends, Allison and I do, some dear friends who've been our tour guides for a couple, you know, 15, 20 years. they live in Israel, in northern Israel. And they have been in their, shelters just a lot, a lot, because, you know, the sirens go off or they get the warnings. And he just said to Allison, he said, you're just extremely stressful and like you might imagine, and disruptive to your everyday life.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And, how do you send your kids off to school?
>> Tim Wildmon: You don't. They have to stay home.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Okay.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, they don't. When they issue a national emergency, like, everybody's shelter in place, you know. Now, I don't know. That's been few days since we've talked with him. you know, but not, not, not over the phone, but I mean, you know, texting, things like that. So I. But they just, they've been living like that now for a few weeks. Of course, their, government, the Israeli government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, determined that it was necessary to try to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, which Israel feared they would use to fire on them and kill all the Jews as they, as they say they want to, as the Ayatollahs have stated many times. You know, the great Satan and the little Satan.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: And they need. And, we've mentioned it many times before to the. And I'm not, I'm not extremely knowledgeable on this, but I know enough to know that the religious views of the leaders of Iran are. It's very apocalyptic. And they view that they are doing Allah's will to attack the infidel. And the infidel leadership in the world, according to them, would be the Americans, which basically they would say are Christians, and the Jews, which are the Israelis. So if you want to know what motivates, the leadership, the regime in Iran from. They're. They're motivated by their religion and their religious views, and they happen to be in control of the country because they, they have taken over the. They've been in control of the military and the police for what, since 1979? Yeah, it's 1979. So that, that's. That when you, when you're dealing with Iran, you're not dealing with a normal, adversary in the sense that they, you know, they understand that they're driven by money or commerce or business or trade or they want to fight over land. There's a million things, people. Well, it's not a million things, but there's a priority list of reasons why countries go to war with each other. Usually it's over land or some natural resource, or, they hate each other for historical reasons. There's not that with Israel and Iran. It's not been that way. They're not even near border countries. They're about a thousand twelve hundred, fifteen hundred miles away. I mentioned this before. So you have to say, what's the reason. Why does Iran get up every morning hating on Israel and hating on the U.S. well, basically, it's. They're religiously motivated. That makes sense.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yes.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. but just pray for the folks there. Pray for both the folks in Israel and the people in Iran who don't want this. They don't want this regime any more than.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: The world does. But they're trapped. And,
Sandy Rios joins us on American Family Radio to discuss Middle East issues
All right. You're listening to today's issues on American Family Radio. Sandy Rios joins us now, host of Sandy Rios 24 7, the, popular podcast we [email protected] afr.net releases two podcasts a week. Good morning, Sandy.
>> Sandy Rios: Good morning, Tim and Ed and Fred and Krish.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Hey, Sandy.
>> Sandy Rios: No, it's great to talk to you guys.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, what do you think about what's going on over there in the Middle East?
>> Sandy Rios: Well, Tim, you know, it's interesting. I have been a little unplugged this week because I, I think you, without going to all the details, we've had some problems at our house, and I was supposed to be at CPAC this week and wasn't able to go. So I kind of have unplugged to try to solve our problems here. And in catching just a little bit here and there, I thought the war was going terribly, and I just wasn't sure what was going on recently. And I've been a big supporter of this endeavor. Well, today I've been looking into it because I knew we were going to talk, and it's just the opposite of what they're reporting. Honestly, Tim, it's just amazing to me how our minds are being molded by media. And of course, Iran is doing a lot of propaganda right now. Very clever. And, people are picking up on that. But from my understanding, this morning the Israeli defense has just killed the IRGC Navy chief and he's one of the ones along with a lot of other of his lieutenants. He's the one who's been like beating his chest and making threats over the hormone Strait of Hormuz and the the Corg island. And so he's gone. I mean I don't, I haven't seen, I didn't see that in a headline this morning. I got that in a different way.
>> Tim Wildmon: I think the liberal news media are hoping we lose.
>> Sandy Rios: Oh absolutely.
>> Tim Wildmon: Because if we lose, whatever, however do you define that? Anything to make President Trump look bad.
>> Sandy Rios: Absolutely right. And Tim, Tim, just a caution.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Sandy Rios: I say this often, you know, I used to work for Fox. I love a lot of things about FOX still, but they cannot be trusted on many things, especially their news department. Case in point, there was a headline this morning on Fox that said something about, you know, we're in trouble, with our weapons. And the story is that Iran's not spending much on their weapons and we're spending all these billions. We're kind of bankrupting ourselves running out of supplies. But then you actually look at the attached video and it's the opposite. Jesse Waters is reporting how he's got all of these interviews with the general that's running it and it's going brilliantly. So but the, the headline for the news department and the script was very misleading. So I'm just telling you we're in a time of really. I think the so called misinformation and propaganda is getting worse and it's harder and harder to discern. But I really do think after reading what I've been reading this morning that things are going well. And of course we have all kinds of ships, additional ships headed over there to. I think they're going to actually take that Korg Island. That's really what I think. And when they do, that's going to shut down the chest beating and bravado that the Iranians are using right now to intimidate.
>> Tim Wildmon: What is this island and what does it do? Who knows the answer to.
>> Sandy Rios: Yeah, it's a, it's the island where I think something like 90% of Iran's energy, supplies, including oil and whatever else is manufactured is held. Is manufactured.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Is sent from refinery dispersed.
>> Sandy Rios: Yeah. Okay. And so, so far I think we just hit a few places on that because we're trying not to destroy their inner, their oil and Energy capabilities for their citizens. Exactly, exactly. but I think that this is. I personally, I'm not a. Nobody's whispered in my ear, but I, I do think they're moving toward just taking that. And of course, the, the Iranians are really beating their chests about stopping the tankers from leaving the Strait of Hormuz. I think that's going to be all changing. You know, like, the Indians are sending help. The Indians are sending, three of their ships over there. I think it's going to be, God willing, there's going to be a conclusion and one that the world can live with, that does not include this Iranian leadership, the irgc, right now.
>> Tim Wildmon: So the Indians are sending ships.
>> Sandy Rios: Yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: India's military is no joke.
>> Tim Wildmon: They.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I'm not sure about how far they can project their naval power, but I am happy to hear that.
Sandy Rios: We conducted that war very poorly
Sandy, one of the things I wanted to ask you was, do you think this is going to wind up with a kind of first Gulf, war kind of setting where we're going to have to bring in tens of thousands of troops to, put boots on the ground to basically invade and get the Iranian leadership out by force?
>> Sandy Rios: No, I don't think that's going to happen. and the reason I say that, you know, the confusion is when President Trump was running, he said he want forever wars. He didn't want to repeat what happened in the Middle East. He was always a critic of that war. And it's the endless, the ridiculous way we conducted that war ad ridiculous. The stupid rules of engagement. I'm sorry, strong adjectives. But, they did horrible things to hamstrung our. So hamstrung our soldiers to cause them to get killed. The IEDs, we knew that Iran was making them, and yet we did nothing about it. So, you know, on Fox, when you see these, M veterans who've had their face blown off and their legs blown off, that's because of Iran. And we let them do that. We did nothing. and that's the way we conducted that war very poorly. This is not the same. I think everyone understands that Iran is a huge country. It would be a. It would be a mistake for us to lead an invasion into that country. It would take us forever to get to the places we need to be. They're so good at hiding these layers of mountains underneath and underneath. And I think the best way, I think what they're going to do is strategic, very strategic, like the Israelis have been doing, removing these peoples, with drones and with insiders and infiltration. That's really what I think is going to continue.
>> Tim Wildmon: Listening to today's issues on American Family Radio. Tim, Ed, Fred and Krish and Sandy Rios joins us. You can access Sandy's twice a week podcast known as Sandy Rios 247 by going to our website afr.net afr.net and Sandy's podcast. Just, click on the podcast and you'll see Sandy reels 247 there.
Tim Ferriss: Fred, you fell off your bike, but nothing broken
so what else is going on in your world there besides your house problems?
>> Sandy Rios: Well, this is very personal, but I had a pretty big fall. I tripped and did a lot of damage to myself, but I'm actually doing fine. It wasn't anything permanent. Nothing was broken. But boy, was it a rough patch.
>> Tim Wildmon: And I'm feeling that's the second biggie you've had. You fell off your bike. What was that, 10 years?
>> Sandy Rios: That was a long time ago. Yeah, that's before we moved here to Florida. And that's when I was, had just begun working for you guys. But yeah, that was fun. But this was a, this was a trip, I'm telling you. But anyway, so with that, and then we had a flood in our house and our floors were ruined. So that's what we've been dealing with. But you know what, it's a, it's just not the end of the world, is it? None of that is the end of the world. And I was just, listening to Gary Hammrick as I rode my bicycle. I know I'm still riding, writing it, this morning. And I was just reminded of, how good God is and how in control he is and how we don't have to worry because whatever that next step is, for me, the next step I think is going to be in heaven. The next step is heaven. And I'm getting. The more I trip, the more I fall, the closer I get. Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, that'd be a good gospel song right there.
>> Fred Jackson: Sure is.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Part country song.
>> Sandy Rios: Exactly. but you know, I've been, of course, I can never not watch the news. I have to stay in tune. One other story I didn't tell you, Tim, because this is important and this is not being reported as far as I can tell. And, this would be good for you, Fred, to know this. This is a post by a guy named Shay Kateri. The Islamic Republic is sending SMS messages to Iranians to participate in the international movement to assassinate President Donald Trump. With a website and a number to contact.
>> Fred Jackson: Wow.
>> Sandy Rios: So, we need to pray for our president.
Have you been watching what's going on the Senate floor
Because the other thing that's been on my mind. If you. I don't know if you guys have been. Have you been. Excuse me. Have you been watching what's going on the Senate floor? They. Are
>> Tim Wildmon: you there?
>> Sandy Rios: Yes, I'm sorry. I'm trying to.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, m. You coughing?
>> Sandy Rios: No, no, just choking to death. We have a lot of dust in our house, so there's more than one way to die, you know, I. But anyway.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, that's a country song, too, right there. You got some good lyrics going on here.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Did you hear Krish?
>> Sandy Rios: He said.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I think that was a James Baughan.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh. more than one way to die.
>> Fred Jackson: First verse, number three.
>> Chris Woodward: All right, try.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Try it again.
>> Tim Wildmon: Reset.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Reset.
>> Sandy Rios: Okay. Okay. Without, dust.
Tim Ferriss: I'm watching the SAVE act on the Senate floor
the other thing that's happening that I'm watching closely is the SAVE act on the. The Senate floor and also the lack of funding, for the TSA agents. How could we not watch that? And. And so, there is a new writer that I've really, grown to respect. She's like a researcher. Her name is, She goes by Data Republican. And she. I, I recommended that to you guys, actually. She. I'm learning more about her. I think she's deaf. I don't know who she is, but just people that I know know her, so, But she's. She does research all the time. And she basically, did a missive to Senator Thune because he's claiming, of course, that he wants to pass the Save America act to reconciliation. And we're being led to believe that that's possible, but it's just not. It's a complete ploy. It just won't happen because reconciliation requires, a budgetary concerns. And this. None of the provisions of the Save America act have anything to do with the budget. So, they're saying, you know, they're going to be. They're going to. They still want to take their Easter break. So, I think we're in trouble because they're pretending like they want to pass it. They are begrudgingly having these debates on the floor, but they're not serious about it. Now, lots of them are serious about it. Mike Lee is serious about it. Chad Cruz is serious. But soon in the leadership, they're not serious. They're playing us. They want us to think that they're doing something, but they're really not. They're playing games, and it's really disgusting, Tim, because this is about proof of citizenship to vote and. And showing of an Id. When you vote, it's those two things, and they can't bring themselves to discuss it, to do the hard th. Won. Won't do the hard work of passing it. You know, in the Senate, I remember when I was. I'll just go back this far. This is not that far. When, now I just. His name just went out of my head. Tom delay was the speaker of the House. That's when I was in D.C. i got to know Thom really well. And do you remember what they called him? Anybody? The Hammer. And the reason they called him the Hammer, because he was the whip for the leader of the. The Republicans were in leadership. They were in a majority. so Thom, Thom was the, the whip. He was the one who made sure that all the senators were in line on certain bills before they took a vote. Nobody's doing that. They just go, well, no, we just don't have the vote, so we can't do that. That's not the way it's ever worked, Tim. Except recently I did under. That's what McConnell did too. The most passive leadership. Because, they actually don't have the same passions, in many cases. Like Data Republican pointed out all the funders for Thune, like Goldman Sachs and Google and, Meta, which is Zuckerberg's thing, and Wells Fargo and all of these, all of these groups work for various, in favor of various parts of, illegal immigration benefits like the H1 visas and the E verify. They're all, they're against that, but they're funding Thune's campaigns and that's just one person's example. And that's why they don't care.
>> Tim Wildmon: You know, you need, when you consider, politicians or candidates, you need to find out who's giving them money.
>> Sandy Rios: Exactly, exactly.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's, that's, that's whose interest they're going to pay, attention to. Ed, you were looking something up on
>> Ed Vitagliano: that at your recommendation. Sandy. Ah, I, went to my ex account and, and followed Data Republican.
>> Sandy Rios: Okay, good.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Who? I'd never, I'd never, never, heard
>> Tim Wildmon: of Data Republican Data. Like a Data Democrat or. No data. An independent D, A, T, A.
>> Chris Woodward: Some people pronounce it not date a Republican.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, data.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Data Republican. And listen, there are all kinds of great.
>> Sandy Rios: I just always want you to.
>> Ed Vitagliano: All kinds of great stuff on her X feed.
Minnesota Rep. Krista Knudsen says Democrats turned off tracking for overseas money
Can I just read something as we're talking? I am listening, but I was reading this. This blew me away. She says she's posted this. Minnesota Rep. Krista Knudsen says they just found out the state of Minnesota turned off tracking for money being sent overseas. They turned it on for two weeks, saw all the money leaving, and Democrats. Democrats quickly shut off tracking to allow that to happen. And this was from someone in the Fraud Committee. It said today in the Fraud Committee, the Department of Human Services testified that they haven't been tracking the IP addresses of money that's literally being flown out of our state and where it's going. They did turn that on reporting for two weeks and found out that, yes, a lot of those IP addresses where the money's going were tied to overseas computers. And then they quickly shut it off after just two weeks of seeing where this money is actually going. And that's in the state of Minnesota. And that's. That's good information. I didn't say that's.
>> Sandy Rios: That's the kind of. That's the kind of reporting that she does.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Sandy Rios: And so I do recommend her to. I. I always called her her. And thank goodness for me, she is a hero, so.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, and for young ladies out there, I think it's good for you to date a Republican. That's probably a smart move.
>> Sandy Rios: You know what? Can I just say one. I, Without leaving us hanging in anger and frustration, the bottom line on the Save America act is the truth is that Thune and the leadership are only debating this because of you, meaning listeners. Because people have risen up, called them, called them out. People are not fooled anymore. They don't want these games, and they don't want to be played, which is what's been happening for decades. And so that's why they're. They're still kind of playing us, but they're on the floor debating it because of your outrage. And so I just say keep. Keep it going, because I think they're getting ready to take, their, vacation. Tim. And, someone recommended to me, and I think it's a great idea that, one of these undercover reporters should go to the airport and film some of our senators going through their special lines at the airport, because they don't have a standing line.
>> Tim Wildmon: I think it was Delta Airlines announced, that they're no longer making those special, lines available to really. Oh, yeah. To congressmen or their staff.
>> Fred Jackson: That's right.
>> Tim Wildmon: Because they're mad. Delta is, They didn't say it like I said it right there, but they're upset. They're angry because the TSA problem, which is because the Democrats don't want to fund the, Department of Homeland Security, thus The TSA agents aren't being funded, which leads to long lines, which leads to possibly some airports even shutting down. The Democrats are hoping that, that, that, forces some kind of, I don't know, restraints on ICE or either they just hope it looks or reflects bad on the Republicans and President Trump. They're trying to blame them. So that's what, But they were, yesterday I saw
>> Sandy Rios: those reports, you know, I saw another report where the, the airport, at least in this particular place, was really, I don't say empty, but really didn't have many people in it. And they're saying people are choosing not to fly because they're seeing. So that's hurting the airlines, too.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, also, these TSA agents, you know, they don't, they haven't had any income and most of them live paycheck to paycheck. And they're, They've gone a month now without any, pay. Again, who knows what's kind of. I've mentioned this before. the. If the Democrats are trying to do away with ice, the Immigration, Customs Enforcement that was called. They've been in the news. We all know who ICE is there to, enforce our immigration laws. And the Democrats want to get rid of ICE. How do they do that? The ICE is funded through 2029 in our federal government budget. I didn't know this until a few days ago because I thought the Democrats are trying to squeeze the Department of Homeland Security to get rid of ICE, but no, they are funded through 2029. So the Democrats here, in this case, they're trying to get the Republicans to, at least handcuff ICE or do away with them all together, which that's not going to happen. But the way that they're doing this is they're wanting to basically put out of business the airline industry. And with the TSA agents, putting them in. It's a bizarre to me way of trying to get at your target, but that's what they're rolling the dice with.
Sandy Rios: This is affecting the economy, the growth
>> Sandy Rios: Well, the other thing, Tim, this is affecting the economic numbers. Yeah, it's affecting all Americans. It will affect the economy, the growth and all of those measurements. And it's right before an election. They don't care. They don't care. They don't care. And, one other bad thing. Ah, the Republicans are actually trying to deal with the Democrats, because they, Let's see, how does this go? they feel like people are blaming them instead of the Democrats, which I don't know where they're getting that. I don't know where they're getting that. The media.
>> Tim Wildmon: I think the mainstream media is influencing that, I think.
>> Sandy Rios: So the Republicans are. Leadership's trying to make a deal with the Democrats, you know, to. But the problem is the Democrats almost, got what they wanted, but then they asked for more. So now the Republicans. Yeah, I'm sorry. You can get so cynical watching this stuff. So now the Republicans are in a bind, and so are the Democrats, because the Democrats just wanted more. Like the Iranians. Reminds me of the Iranians. And, And so now the Democrats have to, Republican leadership. Leadership has to decide before they go on their vacation if they want to give the. The Democrats even more. You see?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Sandy Rios: so it's just a mess, Tim.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: All right.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, we do have a few heroes up there. Mike Lee, Ted Cruz. There are some that are doing the right thing.
>> Sandy Rios: Absolutely. Ron Johnson, you know, in, the Tuberville, all those guys, the. You know, Josh Hawley. I mean, the light shines brightly for those guys. Those guys shine like a. A diamond compared to the dullards around them.
>> Ed Vitagliano: So that's also a good.
>> Tim Wildmon: I've been told that about gospel song.
>> Ed Vitagliano: You've been told what?
>> Tim Wildmon: I sound like a diamond around those. What'd you say, dollars? I don't like to talk about it. Sound like I'm bragging on myself.
>> Ed Vitagliano: No, no, say it more, Tim. Say it more.
>> Tim Wildmon: Sounds like I'm bragging on myself. All right, Sandy.
>> Sandy Rios: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: Thank you.
>> Sandy Rios: I did brighten your day, right?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes. And we wish you. We wish you. We wish you many days of. No. No house flooding and no falls and no dust.
>> Sandy Rios: Pride comes before a flood and a fall. Yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: The Dullards. Wasn't that a bluegrass?
>> Tim Wildmon: They were a good group. Yes, they were. They're back in the 70s. They used to open for the Florida boys. Remember this? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Okay. All right.
>> Sandy Rios: Oh, my goodness. I learned something.
>> Tim Wildmon: Thank you, Sandy.
>> Sandy Rios: Okay, my pleasure. Great to talk to you guys.
>> Tim Wildmon: Sandy Rios. all right. We'll be back momentarily with more of today's issues on American Family Radio. Stay with us. The views and opinions expressed in this
>> Sandy Rios: broadcast may not necessarily reflect those of the American Family association or American Family Radio.
