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Memphis Businesses Refuse to Serve Law Enforcement · ToddCast Podcast with Todd Starnes

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  Speaker 1: From the principal Toyota studios, it's Morning in Memphis with
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  Speaker 1: Todd Starnes.
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  Speaker 2: And good morning, Memphis.
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  Speaker 3: Hello, everybody. I'm Todd Starnes, along with Helen Hazard. Great
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  Speaker 3: to have you guys with us today. As we get
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  Speaker 3: back to.
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  Speaker 2: It in the mornings here on the Mighty Dine 90. Look,
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  Speaker 2: we heard.
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  Speaker 3: We heard from you guys, and David Weimer, we have
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  Speaker 3: to give credit where credit is due, and David Weimer
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  Speaker 3: over at Weimer's Jewelers, he was like, Starnes, my mornings
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  Speaker 3: are not the same. So we've got to make sure
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  Speaker 3: that you are back on the air. So, David, this
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  Speaker 3: is for you, and we want to say hello to
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  Speaker 3: all of our great friends across the Mid-South. Those of
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  Speaker 3: you watching us on our social media platforms, welcome as well.
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  Speaker 3: It is going to be a hot one today, and
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  Speaker 3: KWAM's Chief Meteorologist, Laura Huckabee, is going to be along
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  Speaker 3: in just a little while with that complete forecast. Let
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  Speaker 3: me just say, 78 degrees right now, it is. Already
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  Speaker 3: humid outside, and every single day this week we are
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  Speaker 3: stepping up one degree to 100. But it doesn't matter
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  Speaker 3: because today is 901 Day in the Mid-South. A lot
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  Speaker 3: of celebrations going on, and we're going to get to
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  Speaker 3: a lot of those celebrations and share with you some
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  Speaker 3: of the ways that you can celebrate the good side
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  Speaker 3: of what's happening here in the Mid-South. We have some
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  Speaker 3: great guests coming up this morning. including Harold Grater from
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  Speaker 3: AutoZone Liberty Bowl. Harold was part of the delegation that
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  Speaker 3: went down to watch the Memphis Tigers win that extraordinary
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  Speaker 3: game in Vegas. So looking forward to talking to Harold also.
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  Speaker 3: We've got a big game coming up Saturday, and this
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  Speaker 3: is the very first game in the newly renovated Liberty Bowl.
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  Speaker 3: So we're going to get some insight in from Harold also.
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  Speaker 3: This is a great story. Jordan Mitchell Beatty, who runs
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  Speaker 3: a landscaping and lawn care service, they're doing some good
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  Speaker 3: deeds across the Mid-South and getting a lot of attention
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  Speaker 3: on social media. So we're going to be talking to
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  Speaker 3: Jordan as well. And Steve Gill is here also. Steve,
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  Speaker 3: publisher of TriStar Daily, which covers Tennessee politics. And, of course,
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  Speaker 3: we are right smack in the middle of, well, Tennessee
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  Speaker 3: politics today. The starting point today, though, involves a story
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  Speaker 3: that impacts a lot of you, many of you who
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  Speaker 3: go shopping, many of you who use local businesses and services. Well,
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  Speaker 3: a group of 50 businesses announced today. had a big
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  Speaker 3: press conference and announced they will not be serving any
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  Speaker 3: member of law enforcement or the Memphis Safe Task Force. Now,
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  Speaker 3: this is all organized by the Free the 901, which
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  Speaker 3: is a far-left, anti-cop, pro-criminal group. And they had a
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  Speaker 3: big press conference, and 50 of these businesses say, if
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  Speaker 3: you're in law enforcement and you come in and you
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  Speaker 3: want flowers, well, we're not going to serve you flowers.
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  Speaker 2: We're not going to sell you a flower. If you
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  Speaker 2: come in and you want a pizza, we're not going
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  Speaker 2: to serve you a pizza.
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  Speaker 3: So this rule impacts law enforcement as well as the
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  Speaker 3: Memphis Safe Task Force. And they're making a lot of headlines.
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  Speaker 3: One of the— and by the way, we're posting a list
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  Speaker 3: of all 50 businesses on kwmradio.com. Now, here's the thing.
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  Speaker 3: One of the business owners— She's the owner of a
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  Speaker 3: flower shop in Cooper Young, which, by the way, has
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  Speaker 3: experienced a massive uptick in crime. She says that what
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  Speaker 3: we need in Memphis is more social services and we
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  Speaker 3: need less police officers on the street. So first of all,
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  Speaker 3: we're not we're not publishing. We're not like doxing these people.
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  Speaker 3: They've already put all their information out there. But it
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  Speaker 3: seems to me an enterprising criminal would just go to
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  Speaker 3: the website, scroll down, and they would see all of
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  Speaker 3: the places where cops will not be. And it seems
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  Speaker 3: to me all of these businesses just became, I don't know,
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  Speaker 3: giant targets. That's what it certainly looks like for me.
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  Speaker 3: What say you, ladies and gentlemen? 901-260-5926 is our telephone
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  Speaker 3: number this morning. That's 901-260-5926. Also following the crazy story
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  Speaker 3: out of El Corralon.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: I can barely get through the menu at Taco Bell. Anyway,
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  Speaker 3: some Mexican bar. The feds raided this bar, and now
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  Speaker 3: the left is going nuts. We understand they have either— and
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  Speaker 3: we're still waiting on the official press release, so these
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  Speaker 3: numbers may change. But as many as 200 people may
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  Speaker 3: have been detained. It was part of some sort of
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  Speaker 3: a gambling operation, a lot of illegal stuff going on
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  Speaker 3: at this bar, and all of these people were detained. Now, Fox,
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  Speaker 3: you know, first of all, I want to play this.
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  Speaker 3: Cut 17, please.
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  Speaker 4: Imagine going out for a fun Saturday night with your
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  Speaker 4: friends or family or community and then more than a
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  Speaker 4: hundred of you being kidnapped and arrested by ICE, thrown
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  Speaker 4: into buses and shipped off to detention facilities, God knows where.
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  Speaker 4: That's exactly what happened in Memphis this weekend. And this
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  Speaker 4: is exactly what happens when Republicans are in power in
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  Speaker 4: state and local governments and totally bend the knee to
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  Speaker 4: Donald Trump. The National Guard is still deployed in Memphis.
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  Speaker 4: The Memphis Unsafe Task Force is still deployed. harassing migrant
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  Speaker 4: communities across the city. When I was out in Memphis
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  Speaker 4: this weekend, I was told how ICE is deliberately targeting
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  Speaker 4: Latino communities. One man was pulled over for just having
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  Speaker 4: two dark tinted windows. He didn't have the proper paperwork
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  Speaker 4: and he was deported because of his window tint. These
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  Speaker 4: are your neighbors, your co-workers, their local business owners, and
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  Speaker 4: they are being harassed. kidnapped and sent to concentration camps.
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  Speaker 4: In July alone, ICE kidnapped 50,000 people. And I don't
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  Speaker 4: know about you, but my groceries aren't any cheaper. My
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  Speaker 4: health care isn't any cheaper. My rent hasn't gone down.
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  Speaker 4: These are people that were just trying to go out
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  Speaker 4: and enjoy their Saturday night. And now this administration and
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  Speaker 4: the Memphis city government has told them they're not even safe.
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  Speaker 1: To do that.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: Well, there you go. This is one of the woke
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  Speaker 3: Karens that's out there. And you see them on the sidewalks,
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  Speaker 3: the overpass there.
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  Speaker 5: What is it?
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  Speaker 3: Shady Grove. A lot of these folks are. And, again,
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  Speaker 3: we don't judge here on the Mighty 990. We just observe.
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  Speaker 3: And our observations are most of these women are morbidly obese.
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  Speaker 3: And they have the nose rings and the magenta hair.
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  Speaker 3: And they reek of patchouli oil. I mean, those are
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  Speaker 3: just observations. And the reality is these women, and I
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  Speaker 3: wrote about this in my new book, The Golden Age,
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  Speaker 3: these women are very unhappy because many of them could
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  Speaker 3: not find a husband. And so, therefore, they're taking out
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  Speaker 3: their rage on the rest of us. And it is
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  Speaker 3: very unfortunate. But here's the reality. There are no concentration camps.
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  Speaker 6: Seriously.
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  Speaker 2: Seriously.
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  Speaker 3: Where are the concentration camps that she's referring to? Nobody
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  Speaker 3: is being sent to gas chambers here in Memphis, Tennessee.
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  Speaker 3: That is not happening anywhere in the Mid-South. But the
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  Speaker 3: reality is, if you are an illegal alien and you
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  Speaker 3: know you're here illegally, you've done nothing about it, then
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  Speaker 3: you have to go back to where you came from.
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  Speaker 3: And there was a Fox 13 story. And Fox 13
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  Speaker 3: is nowhere near like Fox News Channel, right? They are
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  Speaker 3: Fox 13. They hire leftists. And they called it a
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  Speaker 3: dark day, a dark day in the Mid-South.
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  Speaker 2: And they interviewed.
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  Speaker 3: People who said, oh, my gosh, the children, these kids
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  Speaker 3: have no parents anymore. And what are the children going
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  Speaker 3: to do? Well, my question is, what were the parents
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  Speaker 3: doing at a bar and nightclub at 1 a.m.? You
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  Speaker 3: leave the kids at home? Mom and dad should have
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  Speaker 3: been at home, and maybe they'd still be in the
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  Speaker 3: country illegally, but at least they'd still be here. So anyway,
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  Speaker 3: we're going to be taking your.
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  Speaker 2: Calls on that.
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  Speaker 3: Do you think the Memphis Safe Task Force is doing
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  Speaker 3: the right thing by rounding up all of the illegals
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  Speaker 3: here in the Mid-South? Coming up, we're going to be
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  Speaker 3: talking to Steve Gill. We've got politics, crazy story in Collierville.
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  Speaker 3: Seems to me you folks in Collierville have an out-of-control
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  Speaker 3: town manager. We're going to talk about that. We'll be
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  Speaker 3: taking your calls.
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  Speaker 7: 901-260-5926.
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  Speaker 2: That's 901-260-5926.
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  Speaker 3: And by the way, caller number three, you will win
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  Speaker 3: a personally signed copy of my brand new book, it's
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  Speaker 3: called the golden age how trump saved america all you
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  Speaker 3: have to do is pick up the phone be caller
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  Speaker 3: number three at 901-260-5926 we'll be right back And welcome
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  Speaker 3: back to Memphis in the Morning here on the Mighty 990.
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  Speaker 3: Happy 901 day. It is 78 degrees at White Station
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  Speaker 3: High School this morning. We're going to be up in
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  Speaker 3: the high 90s. So crank up the AC and grab
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  Speaker 3: a jug of Milo's tea down at Super Low. Let's
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  Speaker 3: go to the phone lines. East Memphis, Renee is listening
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  Speaker 3: to KW. Renee, how are you doing today?
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  Speaker 6: I'm good.
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  Speaker 2: How are you?
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  Speaker 3: Renee, I'm doing great. You know, getting back into the
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  Speaker 3: morning routine. So I had one cup of community coffee.
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  Speaker 3: So far, so good, though.
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  Speaker 5: That's good. I'm having mine right now as I listen
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  Speaker 5: to you. You were gone too long. Yes.
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  Speaker 3: So, Renee, tell your friends we're back and we're going
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  Speaker 3: to have a good time in the mornings together.
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  Speaker 6: We'll do it.
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  Speaker 5: I'm so excited.
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  Speaker 7: It's just not long enough.
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  Speaker 3: Well, we're working on that. You guys are working me
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  Speaker 3: to death around here. What's going on? I've got to
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  Speaker 3: have some time. I need my beauty rest.
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  Speaker 8: Well, you're going to have to find some good health.
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  Speaker 3: That's it. Well, we've got some great help here at KWAM.
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  Speaker 3: And Renee, I've got some exciting news for you. You
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  Speaker 3: have just won a copy of The Golden Age, How
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  Speaker 3: Trump Saved America. This is my brand new book. And
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  Speaker 3: so we're excited for you to read it and get
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  Speaker 3: a copy. And Miss Helen will tell you how you
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  Speaker 3: can do that. But congratulations.
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  Speaker 7: Thank you so much, Todd.
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  Speaker 2: And thank you for listening to the Mighty 990, Renee.
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  Speaker 2: There you go, folks.
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  Speaker 3: It really is that simple today. And we're going to
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  Speaker 3: be giving Renee Hang Tight. We're going to get Renee
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  Speaker 3: a copy of the book, and you're going to have
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  Speaker 3: an opportunity to win in the next half.
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  Speaker 2: Hour of the show as well.
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  Speaker 3: I want to go right away to our Patriot Mobile
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  Speaker 3: Newsmaker line, say hello to our good friend. His name
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  Speaker 3: is Steve Gill. He is publisher of TristarDaily.com. one of
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  Speaker 3: the top political websites in the state of Tennessee. Steve,
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  Speaker 3: good to have you with us on The Morning Show.
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  Speaker 5: Well, welcome back to The Morning. And you can't do
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  Speaker 5: this with just community coffee. You've got to throw in
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  Speaker 5: a Gibson's donut or two.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I got to cut back on the donuts.
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  Speaker 3: At least that's the official line that I have to
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  Speaker 3: say on air.
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  Speaker 5: Just lick the glaze off it and pretend you didn't
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  Speaker 5: eat it.
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  Speaker 3: No, my cardiologist down at Stern listens, so I've got
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  Speaker 3: to be careful what I say here.
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  Speaker 2: On the show.
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  Speaker 3: You know, Steve, we've been I don't know if you
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  Speaker 3: heard the big news coming out of coming out of Memphis.
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  Speaker 2: Two big stories.
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  Speaker 3: As many as 200 illegals or at least suspected illegals
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  Speaker 3: detained by ICE at a bar. And people are up
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  Speaker 3: in arms around here. And they're saying that what Memphis
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  Speaker 3: needs is more social services and not law enforcement.
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  Speaker 2: What say you?
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  Speaker 5: Well, I think you have to look at the cost
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  Speaker 5: of those illegals in terms of what it's causing Memphians
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  Speaker 5: for their car insurance, because when those people run into
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  Speaker 5: you with their car, they don't have insurance. So your
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  Speaker 5: insurance is going to pay, which drives up rates. They're
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  Speaker 5: also taking jobs from Memphians who could be working those jobs.
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  Speaker 5: They're using health care. Their kids, if they have kids,
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  Speaker 5: are using education services. The cost needs to be calculated
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  Speaker 5: in terms of the housing that they're using, drives up
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  Speaker 5: rent rates, drives up housing rates. So instead of whining
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  Speaker 5: about them being caught being here illegally, working here illegally,
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  Speaker 5: probably using false ID illegally. Let's focus on the cost
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  Speaker 5: to people in Memphis and across the country that illegals
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  Speaker 5: are putting into our wallets and taking away.
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  Speaker 3: Steve, I want to bring into the conversation James, listening
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  Speaker 3: to us in East Memphis. He wants to weigh in
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  Speaker 3: on this crackdown on illegals. James, you're on the air
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  Speaker 3: with Steve Gill.
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  Speaker 7: Hey, how are you?
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  Speaker 5: Good.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for asking.
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  Speaker 8: I agree. Completely with what Steve just said. Yeah, I
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  Speaker 8: agree with that. And I don't see what the uproar
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  Speaker 8: is about the, you know, the operation the other night.
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  Speaker 9: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Well, yeah, I mean, look, it was— I can't hear anything. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: it was 1 o'clock. No, we were listening to you.
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  Speaker 2: That's why. No, it was 1 o'clock in the morning.
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  Speaker 3: Those folks should have been in bed with their kids
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  Speaker 3: at home.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, that's what I don't understand, and I don't
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  Speaker 8: understand what the uproar was about. I mean, I used to.
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  Speaker 7: Live in the Berkler area, you know, a while back
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  Speaker 7: around 2010. And, I mean, there were some stores over there.
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  Speaker 7: I mean, it's kind of turned into a little Tijuana
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  Speaker 7: is what they call it now. And you couldn't go
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  Speaker 7: to a store without, if you speak Spanish, you couldn't
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  Speaker 7: get anything done.
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  Speaker 3: Well, James, it's a great point you're raising. Our time
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  Speaker 3: is limited here, but I think we got the gist
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  Speaker 3: of what you were saying. And thank you for calling in.
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  Speaker 3: But again, Steve, this goes back, and you heard Congressman
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  Speaker 3: David Kostoff is running ads on KWAM doubting the Memphis
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  Speaker 3: Safe Task Force. I wonder, is this going to be
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  Speaker 3: a big issue in the gubernatorial campaign moving forward?
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  Speaker 5: You know, I'm not sure because it's really a federal issue.
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  Speaker 5: And again, that's why you have the federal agents. That's
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  Speaker 5: why you have ICE involved in this. I mean, the
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  Speaker 5: state has very limited capacity.
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  Speaker 9: To do anything.
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  Speaker 5: So I think that it's an issue because people do
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  Speaker 5: see the costs. And, again, it's kind of like the
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  Speaker 5: old bank robber Willie Sutton used to say when asked
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  Speaker 5: why did he rob banks. He said that's where the
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  Speaker 5: money is. Well, apparently, if you go to the bars
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  Speaker 5: where the illegals hang out at 1 o'clock in the morning,
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  Speaker 5: they're using the right bait. You're going to catch your limit.
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  Speaker 2: There you go.
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  Speaker 3: Steve, I want to switch gears here. You took our
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  Speaker 3: local Republicans to task the other day on TriStar Daily.
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  Speaker 3: You pointed out, and this was during the big severe
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  Speaker 3: storm where power was knocked out to about 140,000 customers.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody was in the dark. People were sweltering.
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  Speaker 3: The Democrat running for governor, Jerry Green, announced that she
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  Speaker 3: was opening up her campaign headquarters so that citizens could
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  Speaker 3: come in, get some air conditioning, recharge their devices. And really,
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  Speaker 3: it was not political. It was just come and let
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  Speaker 3: us help you. The same day she put out that announcement,
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  Speaker 3: the local Republicans said, yeah, our office is closed until
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  Speaker 3: after Labor Day. And you have a problem with that.
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  Speaker 5: Absolutely. And one of the things that we hear so
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  Speaker 5: much about politics is money matters. Well, speed and agility
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  Speaker 5: matter as well. And when you have an opportunity, take
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  Speaker 5: advantage of it. And Jerry Green did a great job.
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  Speaker 5: The Democrats did a great job of saying, hey, here's
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  Speaker 5: something that can actually help people, which politicians and policies
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  Speaker 5: are supposed to do in the long run. And they
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  Speaker 5: acted on it. And as you point out, meanwhile, the
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  Speaker 5: Republicans in Shelby County are closing the office until, I think,
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  Speaker 5: September 8th. And then there were some people disputing.
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  Speaker 6: It, saying, oh, that's not true.
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  Speaker 5: It's like, well, they posted it. They made the claim
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  Speaker 5: they were doing it. And The biggest problem facing Republicans,
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  Speaker 5: I think, in this midterm election is lethargy, is lack
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  Speaker 5: of excitement. When Donald Trump is not on the ballot,
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  Speaker 5: MAGA voters, Trump voters tend to stay home. And if
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  Speaker 5: they stay home, Democrats are going to make gains in
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  Speaker 5: the House and in the Senate and in State House
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  Speaker 5: and State Senate and maybe even governor's races. So this
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  Speaker 5: is the time to have all hands on deck, to
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  Speaker 5: be hitting like a well-oiled machine, not lounging back and saying, well,
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  Speaker 5: we'll get to it in a week or so.
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  Speaker 3: We've got about 60 seconds here, Steve. And I think
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  Speaker 3: a lot of folks in the Memphis area are a
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  Speaker 3: little surprised because there is a downside to the redistricting.
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  Speaker 3: And the reality is, yeah, Memphis is getting three members
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  Speaker 3: of Congress, but they're not going to be here. They're
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  Speaker 3: focusing on where the big votes are, which is over
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  Speaker 3: in Williamson County and other parts of the district. How
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  Speaker 3: do you see those races playing out? You think we're
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  Speaker 3: going to sweep? Republicans are going to sweep?
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  Speaker 5: I think the numbers are there. These districts were drawn
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  Speaker 5: with the Republican advantages in all the new districts. But again,
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  Speaker 5: it turns out to turnouts. Who goes and votes? You
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  Speaker 5: can have an opinion. But if you don't actually, as
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  Speaker 5: you talk, get off your blessed assurance, we've got to
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  Speaker 5: get the churches, the Christian voters to leave the pews,
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  Speaker 5: get to the polls. The Democrats are doing that. They're
• 17:17
  Speaker 5: activating their voters in the black churches. And you've got
• 17:21
  Speaker 5: white pastors who are so afraid to mention politics from
• 17:24
  Speaker 5: the pulpit that they let The issues that matter, whether
• 17:28
  Speaker 5: it's abortion, whether it's who's going to be on the
• 17:31
  Speaker 5: Supreme Court, the issues that matter, they leave aside because
• 17:35
  Speaker 5: they're so afraid of the IRS. They can say go vote.
• 17:38
  Speaker 5: Even if they don't say go vote for a particular person,
• 17:41
  Speaker 5: they can say go vote the issues that matter to you. Pray, discern,
• 17:44
  Speaker 5: and vote. And they can do that from the pulpit,
• 17:47
  Speaker 5: but too many preachers are too afraid to do that.
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: Well said.
• 17:51
  Speaker 3: Steve, we could go on and on, but we've got
• 17:53
  Speaker 3: to take a break here, my friend. We're going to
• 17:56
  Speaker 3: get you back on weekly here on The Morning Show,
• 17:59
  Speaker 3: and we'll see how things go. We love your insight
• 18:02
  Speaker 3: and what you guys are doing there at TriStar Daily.
• 18:05
  Speaker 5: Thanks, Buck. I'll talk to you soon.
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 18:07
  Speaker 3: TriStarDaily.com, ladies and gentlemen. Go check out Steve's take, and look,
• 18:12
  Speaker 3: you may not agree with everything Steve Steve writes, but
• 18:16
  Speaker 3: at least you know where this guy stands on the
• 18:18
  Speaker 3: big issues. He did take the local Republicans to task.
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: All right, hang tight.
• 18:23
  Speaker 3: Harold Grader coming up, talking U of M football, Memphis Tigers.
• 18:27
  Speaker 3: And be sure to get a copy of my new
• 18:28
  Speaker 3: book at Novel Memphis, The Golden Age.
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: We'll be right back, everybody.
• 18:53
  Speaker 4: All right.
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: Welcome back, everybody.
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: It is a very busy morning here at the Mighty 990.
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: By the way, happy 901 day.
• 18:59
  Speaker 3: 9.01 day, Ghost River Brewery. They're celebrating today over at
• 19:06
  Speaker 3: the South Main Taproom, also celebrating at Laughlin Yard. That's
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: going on from 5 o'clock this evening all the way
• 19:13
  Speaker 3: to 10 o'clock at night. And they want you to,
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: it's going to be family-friendly and pet-friendly, which is great news.
• 19:18
  Speaker 3: Real quick, before we go to our very special guest,
• 19:21
  Speaker 3: let's go to Dean, our good buddy in East Memphis.
• 19:24
  Speaker 3: East Memphis is showing up on the morning show today.
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: Hi, Dean. What's going on?
• 19:29
  Speaker 9: What's happening, Todd?
• 19:30
  Speaker 6: Good to have you back on the morning show.
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: Thank you.
• 19:34
  Speaker 6: I just wanted to make some clarity on a post
• 19:36
  Speaker 6: that I shared my screen record with on your post
• 19:40
  Speaker 6: about Free the 901. I took that directly from Free
• 19:45
  Speaker 6: the 901's website. It's got a list of restaurants and restaurants. red.
• 19:50
  Speaker 6: Those are the ones that conservatives want to patronize. The
• 19:55
  Speaker 6: ones in green are who they want their crazies to patronize.
• 20:01
  Speaker 6: So there was some confusion on the Which one to follow?
• 20:05
  Speaker 3: Well, we've got it all sorted out for you there, Dean,
• 20:09
  Speaker 3: on kwamradio.com, and you'll see the full list. These would
• 20:14
  Speaker 3: be the stores that are refusing to serve members of
• 20:18
  Speaker 3: the task force, and those are the ones we want
• 20:21
  Speaker 3: people to know about.
• 20:22
  Speaker 5: Hey, and then the other thing, Shelby.
• 20:24
  Speaker 6: County is also recognized today as Dave Brown Day on
• 20:30
  Speaker 6: his 80th birthday.
• 20:32
  Speaker 3: Well, Dean, you are absolutely correct, and we would be
• 20:37
  Speaker 3: remiss if we did not celebrate. We've got a lot
• 20:39
  Speaker 3: to celebrate today. Dean, I'm going to have to leave
• 20:41
  Speaker 3: it there. Harold Grater joining us, the Associate Executive Director
• 20:45
  Speaker 3: of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, and happy Day Proud Day.
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
• 20:50
  Speaker 10: One of my former colleagues at Action East 5 and
• 20:52
  Speaker 10: obviously a legend in our city.
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: Wow, yes. Happy birthday, Dave. Oh, my gosh.
• 20:57
  Speaker 3: I remember as a kid, you know, you watched Dave
• 20:59
  Speaker 3: on TV and then, of course, wrestling.
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: Absolutely. Saturday mornings at 11. Absolutely. Oh, my gosh.
• 21:06
  Speaker 3: Maybe we should have a larger celebration for Dave Brown.
• 21:09
  Speaker 3: You know, they got the 901 day and Dave Brown.
• 21:12
  Speaker 3: We can never have too much celebration of Dave Brown.
• 21:14
  Speaker 3: One of the finest gentlemen I've ever known. And again,
• 21:18
  Speaker 3: obviously a legend in broadcasting here in Memphis in the Mid-South. We,
• 21:21
  Speaker 3: you know, I got to meet him. He came to KWAM,
• 21:23
  Speaker 3: I think last year, year before last, and just a
• 21:25
  Speaker 3: very gracious man and just a lot of fun. He
• 21:28
  Speaker 3: was here, believe it or not, with Jerry the King Lawler.
• 21:31
  Speaker 3: who used to work at KWAM until he got fired.
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: But that was back when he was a teenager.
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: Many moons ago.
• 21:37
  Speaker 3: Many moons ago. But I was more concerned about Jerry
• 21:40
  Speaker 3: the King. I'm like, all right, don't take it out
• 21:42
  Speaker 3: on me, pal.
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: No body slams or anything like that.
• 21:46
  Speaker 3: So look, Harold, man, this is an exciting time for
• 21:49
  Speaker 3: sports in the Mid-South. And I was following your social
• 21:53
  Speaker 3: media feed yesterday. So you went to Vegas and you
• 21:56
  Speaker 3: made it to the game. What was that like? It
• 21:59
  Speaker 3: looks like we had a pretty good crowd there.
• 22:01
  Speaker 10: You know, Tiger fans are really excited about the new coach,
• 22:05
  Speaker 10: Charles Huff, the renovations to Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. You know,
• 22:11
  Speaker 10: they have a vision for the future about possibly moving
• 22:14
  Speaker 10: to a Power Four conference. So a lot of excitement,
• 22:17
  Speaker 10: a lot of enthusiasm, a lot of energy around this program.
• 22:21
  Speaker 10: And I've got to tell you, I've known Coach Huff
• 22:23
  Speaker 10: for a few years, and to see him on the sidelines,
• 22:27
  Speaker 10: to hear his post-game comments after the win, see the
• 22:30
  Speaker 10: video from the locker room of the celebration, so many
• 22:34
  Speaker 10: positive things around this Tiger football team. And again, here
• 22:38
  Speaker 10: on 9-on-1 Day, another thing for us to celebrate.
• 22:41
  Speaker 3: I want to play some of that audio you just
• 22:42
  Speaker 3: talked about. This is Coach Huff explaining what they do
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: there at the University of Memphis.
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: Cut 16, please.
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: We don't play music at practice. So if you want music,
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: you're not going to play for me. So we get
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: the kids who are worried about football and creating value
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: for themselves. We don't do ice cream trucks. We don't
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: do fun things. You know what's fun? That locker room
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: right now is fun. You know what's fun? When these
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: guys graduate and they get to walk across the state,
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: that's fun. So no, we're not the, and what I'm
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: not saying, I'm not saying that other programs that do
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: that are not right. That's great. We have an opportunity
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: for the next six months for some of these kids
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: to change their life forever. So it is our job
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: as coaches, adults, administrators, supporters to do everything we can.
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: We spent a week and a half with Dr. Sherry
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: Mai teaching these guys how to sleep.
• 23:34
  Speaker 4: Why?
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: Because this trip was important. So she taught us how
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: to sleep. She taught us the value of sleep. She
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: taught us what to do Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, coming up.
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: Guys on the plane with eye masks. Guys on the
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: plane with 30-minute timers on. Last night we're staying up
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: 30 minutes later because we're trying to do everything we
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: can at the University of Memphis to help these guys
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: be successful in life. And if that means we had
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: to bring in a sleep doctor to help them sleep
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: a little better because we were playing, it's 1 o'clock
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: back home, right? So if we had to do something
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: to that minute of a detail to help these guys,
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: it's what we have to do. And I think once
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: they get here and they feel that love, I think
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: they really embrace it.
• 24:13
  Speaker 3: I should have gone to the sleep doctor class because
• 24:16
  Speaker 3: I didn't make it past the second quarter. That was
• 24:19
  Speaker 3: a long night for a lot of folks here in
• 24:22
  Speaker 3: the 901.
• 24:22
  Speaker 10: It was obviously a two-hour time difference between here and Vegas.
• 24:27
  Speaker 10: But again, so proud of the way this football team
• 24:30
  Speaker 10: performed in the opener. Going into the game, Coach Huff
• 24:35
  Speaker 10: and that coaching staff, they weren't saying a whole lot
• 24:38
  Speaker 10: about the rosters.
• 24:40
  Speaker 2: Certainly about the quarterback position. So we really didn't know.
• 24:44
  Speaker 10: He said in his postgame, and I did attend his
• 24:46
  Speaker 10: postgame press conference, he said, speaking to the media, he said,
• 24:50
  Speaker 10: I'd given you guys a nugget of information here and there.
• 24:53
  Speaker 10: If you had put it together, I'd kind of given
• 24:56
  Speaker 10: you some indication as to what we were going to
• 24:58
  Speaker 10: look like. But defense, defense, defense carried the day ultimately
• 25:04
  Speaker 10: for the Tigers Saturday night in Vegas. The quarterback, Marcus Stokes,
• 25:08
  Speaker 10: transfer from West Georgia, ultimately played well. Again, a lot
• 25:15
  Speaker 10: of enthusiasm, maybe 1,000 or so folks from Memphis.
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: Hey, that's great. Absolutely. There's not a whole lot of
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: airlift from Memphis to Memphis. to Vegas.
• 25:23
  Speaker 10: So to get there was quite an accomplishment anyway. But again,
• 25:27
  Speaker 10: a lot of excitement and a lot to build on
• 25:29
  Speaker 10: there as they come home for the home opener in
• 25:32
  Speaker 10: what is really, Todd, a new Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium.
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: I want to get to that in just a minute.
• 25:37
  Speaker 3: By the way, the big news, Coach Huff being named
• 25:41
  Speaker 3: Bear Bryant National Coach of the Week. That news came
• 25:44
  Speaker 3: out late yesterday, so that's a huge thing to celebrate
• 25:46
  Speaker 3: as well. The coach is maybe just a few years
• 25:50
  Speaker 3: younger than you and me, Harold. We've got to talk
• 25:52
  Speaker 3: to him about these chest bumps. He cannot be doing that.
• 25:56
  Speaker 3: We need the coach in good, healthy working condition.
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: He took a little tumble there at the summer break.
• 26:03
  Speaker 10: We don't need the coach going on the injured list
• 26:05
  Speaker 10: after just one game.
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: Exactly.
• 26:08
  Speaker 3: We're honored to have Harold Grater with us. And, Harold,
• 26:12
  Speaker 3: people are, first of all, we've got to pack out.
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: The stadium on Saturday.
• 26:17
  Speaker 3: I mean, that's just, there's no doubt that we've got
• 26:19
  Speaker 3: to pack it out. And what are people going to see?
• 26:21
  Speaker 3: Because you've seen, you've been there, you've seen it.
• 26:24
  Speaker 2: Sure have.
• 26:25
  Speaker 10: And I believe there are going to be opportunities this week. Again,
• 26:28
  Speaker 10: not to speak for the university, but Coach Huff's radio
• 26:32
  Speaker 10: show is going to be done from the stadium. And
• 26:34
  Speaker 10: I think they're opening things up on some limited basis
• 26:37
  Speaker 10: for folks to come out and see the stadium. The
• 26:41
  Speaker 10: renovations to the stadium are fabulous. Todd, It's the closest
• 26:46
  Speaker 10: thing to a new stadium, as you and I will
• 26:49
  Speaker 10: see in our lifetimes here. You know, a $ 225 million project,
• 26:54
  Speaker 10: renovated the west side of the stadium, the old press
• 26:57
  Speaker 10: box side for all of us who have been around
• 26:59
  Speaker 10: for years. Two levels of suites, two levels of club seating.
• 27:04
  Speaker 10: That's just the start. A new LED lighting system where
• 27:07
  Speaker 10: you can do the light shows, new sound system, new
• 27:11
  Speaker 10: video boards, ribbon boards. they've taken all the seats out
• 27:16
  Speaker 10: in the bowl of the stadium, sealed up all the leaks,
• 27:20
  Speaker 10: pressure washed it. It looks brand new. And it's really
• 27:24
  Speaker 10: exciting to see. And again, the stadium needed that love
• 27:28
  Speaker 10: and care. And all of us who are users and
• 27:31
  Speaker 10: tenants of the stadium, like us at the AutoZone Liberty Bowl,
• 27:34
  Speaker 10: we're going to benefit from that. But again, it's just
• 27:36
  Speaker 10: another step of how important this university is, this athletic
• 27:41
  Speaker 10: department is to the city. and taking a step to
• 27:45
  Speaker 10: where they want to go, which ultimately is to a
• 27:48
  Speaker 10: Power 4 conference. But it's exciting, and folks need to
• 27:50
  Speaker 10: come out and see it. It's going to be beautiful,
• 27:53
  Speaker 10: and I think it's going to be a crown jewel.
• 27:55
  Speaker 10: I'm really excited to see what's going to happen with
• 27:58
  Speaker 10: the Liberty Bowl. And, again, you guys are going to
• 28:00
  Speaker 10: be on show for the entire nation, and what a
• 28:03
  Speaker 10: great thing for people. They're going to be able to
• 28:06
  Speaker 10: see that, the beautiful new stadium.
• 28:08
  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
• 28:09
  Speaker 10: You know, we're only in week one of the regular season,
• 28:13
  Speaker 10: but our game, the 68th AutoZone Liberty Bowl, it'll be
• 28:17
  Speaker 10: here before we know it, January 2nd. You know, the
• 28:20
  Speaker 10: weeks of college football, they fly by. Which is, I think,
• 28:25
  Speaker 10: part of because we're all passionate about the game of
• 28:28
  Speaker 10: college football. So we spent half the week talking about
• 28:31
  Speaker 10: the game we just played and in the back of
• 28:33
  Speaker 10: the week talking about the game coming up. But a
• 28:35
  Speaker 10: lot of things to be positive and excited about. As
• 28:38
  Speaker 10: far as Saturday's game with Arkansas State, you mentioned about
• 28:40
  Speaker 10: packing off the stadium. That was one of the things
• 28:43
  Speaker 10: Coach Huff mentioned in his post-game press conference, calling out
• 28:46
  Speaker 10: the fans to say, hey, we need you, we want you,
• 28:49
  Speaker 10: come out, celebrate the win in Vegas and support this
• 28:53
  Speaker 10: football team. Because from what we've seen after, obviously the
• 28:57
  Speaker 10: sample is a small one, just one, but it was
• 29:01
  Speaker 10: a lot of excitement with that win in Vegas and
• 29:06
  Speaker 10: Coach is calling you out to come support his football team.
• 29:09
  Speaker 10: And if you have the time and the wherewithal, I
• 29:11
  Speaker 10: would encourage you to do that. And, again, come celebrate Memphis.
• 29:15
  Speaker 10: Come check out the new stadium. And, again, a lot
• 29:18
  Speaker 10: to be excited about around this football team. And hearing
• 29:21
  Speaker 10: those comments from Coach, Todd, I don't know if you've
• 29:24
  Speaker 10: had a chance to beat Charles, but he coached on
• 29:27
  Speaker 10: the staff at Alabama with Coach Saban.
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: Yeah. And there's definitely some Saban in him.
• 29:33
  Speaker 10: And listening to his post-game press conference, The word process
• 29:38
  Speaker 10: was mentioned two or three times.
• 29:40
  Speaker 2: Maybe four or five times.
• 29:41
  Speaker 10: And that's one of the key phrases that Coach Saban
• 29:44
  Speaker 10: always talked about was the process and the organization. Not
• 29:48
  Speaker 10: the team, but he called it an organization. And Coach
• 29:51
  Speaker 10: Huff certainly was influenced by Coach Saban. And as Coach
• 29:55
  Speaker 10: Huff has said, I win. And we certainly hope that
• 29:58
  Speaker 10: happens here in the long term with the Tigers. But
• 30:01
  Speaker 10: what a way to start his tenure winning on the
• 30:04
  Speaker 10: road in Vegas against a really good football team that's
• 30:07
  Speaker 10: still going to be in the mix for their conference
• 30:11
  Speaker 10: championship and the college football playoff.
• 30:15
  Speaker 3: Excitement can't be any higher. All right, Harold, we got
• 30:18
  Speaker 3: to leave it there. Folks, let me tell you, tickets
• 30:21
  Speaker 3: are available and it's going to be affordable. That was
• 30:24
  Speaker 3: one of the big things that the athletic director said
• 30:27
  Speaker 3: early on. So they're going to have a $ 7 meal
• 30:29
  Speaker 3: for you. So you're going to be able to feed
• 30:31
  Speaker 3: your family if you want to go to the game.
• 30:33
  Speaker 3: And ticket prices are very reasonable. By the way, there
• 30:36
  Speaker 3: are a lot of seats already. So, I mean, a
• 30:39
  Speaker 3: lot of sections already sold out. But there are still
• 30:41
  Speaker 3: plenty of tickets available. And we've got to look. We're
• 30:44
  Speaker 3: going to be on the show. We need to make
• 30:46
  Speaker 3: sure that Memphis is out there looking good for the
• 30:49
  Speaker 3: big game this coming Saturday. Harold, great to see you,
• 30:52
  Speaker 3: my friend.
• 30:53
  Speaker 2: Todd, thank you. Appreciate the opportunity.
• 30:55
  Speaker 3: All right, folks, coming up, we're going to be talking
• 30:57
  Speaker 3: to a guy who's gone around mowing lawns for people
• 31:00
  Speaker 3: in need here in the Mid-South. It's a great story.
• 31:03
  Speaker 3: Jordan Mitchell Beatty coming up next. We'll be right back.
• 31:13
  Speaker 3: All right, welcome back. We're working to get in touch
• 31:17
  Speaker 3: with Mr.
• 31:17
  Speaker 2: Beatty.
• 31:18
  Speaker 3: He may be out mowing grass, but doing some great deeds,
• 31:22
  Speaker 3: mowing the lawns of folks that maybe they don't have
• 31:25
  Speaker 3: a lawnmower. Maybe they don't have the money to pay somebody.
• 31:28
  Speaker 3: So doing some good deeds. And we certainly appreciate and
• 31:31
  Speaker 3: salute the great work of those folks. You know, I've
• 31:35
  Speaker 3: been out on the road quite a bit on the weekends.
• 31:38
  Speaker 3: We've been promoting my new book, The Golden Age, and
• 31:41
  Speaker 3: I really want to encourage you to get a copy.
• 31:43
  Speaker 3: Head down to Novel Memphis over in East Memphis. They've
• 31:48
  Speaker 3: got copies of the book, as a matter of fact,
• 31:50
  Speaker 3: signed copies of the book. Also, Barnes & Noble at
• 31:54
  Speaker 3: Wolfchase Galleria. They have books as well as along with
• 31:59
  Speaker 3: the Barnes & Noble at Germantown and Collierville. So plenty
• 32:03
  Speaker 3: of places for you to get a copy of The
• 32:05
  Speaker 3: Golden Age. This past Sunday, I was honored to speak
• 32:10
  Speaker 3: at Franklin Road Baptist Church. That's in Murfreesboro. And one
• 32:15
  Speaker 3: of the guys that I interviewed for the book, he's
• 32:18
  Speaker 3: a history teacher there at their Christian school. And we
• 32:21
  Speaker 3: had a great panel discussion. Let's listen to cut number seven.
• 32:26
  Speaker 3: What are the areas or what are some of the
• 32:28
  Speaker 3: stories that you've seen that are giving you hope for
• 32:30
  Speaker 3: the future of America?
• 32:31
  Speaker 9: I think what's most hopeful for me is in knowing
• 32:35
  Speaker 9: how God's word ends, the prophecies of how this world
• 32:39
  Speaker 9: is going to come to an end. We know that
• 32:40
  Speaker 9: Jesus Christ wins. And no matter what's going on in
• 32:43
  Speaker 9: this world, no matter what we see on the news
• 32:46
  Speaker 9: or going over in the Middle East or what's going on,
• 32:48
  Speaker 9: we know that Jesus Christ ultimately is our hope because
• 32:51
  Speaker 9: he's going to win it all in the end. So
• 32:54
  Speaker 9: I think that's the number one place we put our hope,
• 32:56
  Speaker 9: but in a more practical way. I read a stat
• 32:59
  Speaker 9: the other day that said that of young men 18
• 33:01
  Speaker 9: to 29 years old, 42% say that religion is of
• 33:07
  Speaker 9: very high importance to them. That's a 15% jump from
• 33:11
  Speaker 9: five years ago. So that's 15% more young men. I'm
• 33:15
  Speaker 9: like right in the middle of that age group. Let's
• 33:16
  Speaker 9: say that religion is very important to them. That's almost
• 33:19
  Speaker 9: half of all 18 to 29 year olds in America.
• 33:22
  Speaker 9: And that's hopeful for me because young men are going
• 33:24
  Speaker 9: to be the ones that lead our churches, that are
• 33:26
  Speaker 9: going to lead our government, and that hopefully are going
• 33:29
  Speaker 9: to lead our families back in a way in a
• 33:32
  Speaker 9: Christ honoring and loving way.
• 33:34
  Speaker 3: And again, I think this is one of the reasons
• 33:36
  Speaker 3: why we as a church need to be prepared for
• 33:38
  Speaker 3: those folks. You know, having strong youth ministries and youth programs,
• 33:42
  Speaker 3: having men's ministries, you know, having those, you know, like,
• 33:46
  Speaker 3: for example, some of the historic, you know, scouting organizations
• 33:50
  Speaker 3: have gone left. So looking for those opportunities, Trail Life
• 33:53
  Speaker 3: USA is something that we're very involved in. American Heritage
• 33:57
  Speaker 3: Girls for the young ladies, the Girl Scouts have embraced
• 34:00
  Speaker 3: Islam now. We have a story up on our website
• 34:02
  Speaker 3: about that. I do have hope, and I shared this
• 34:05
  Speaker 3: this morning, Pastor, that our hope can't be in a
• 34:08
  Speaker 3: political party.
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  Speaker 2: It just cannot be.
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  Speaker 3: So we used to sing that song, my hope is
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  Speaker 3: built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness. Ultimately,
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  Speaker 3: as I write in The Golden Age, it's not about prosperity.
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  Speaker 3: It's not about affordability. The Golden Age... and my estimation
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  Speaker 3: is about restoring the foundational truths that made America great.
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  Speaker 3: Let me jump in here because we're going to play
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  Speaker 3: the full conversation. Starting at 11 o'clock this morning, the
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  Speaker 3: Todd Stearns National Show. We have some great guests lined up,
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  Speaker 3: and we would love for you to stick around and
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  Speaker 3: join us. Coming up next, Armstrong and Getty, and then
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  Speaker 3: I'm back at 11 o'clock. By the way, last night,
• 34:51
  Speaker 3: some Unite Owls, if you were listening to Rita Cosby.
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  Speaker 3: It was a lot of fun. Rita had me on
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  Speaker 3: her show late last night from New York City WABC. And,
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  Speaker 3: of course, we carry Rita's show right after Larry Elder
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  Speaker 3: here on the Mighty 990. So there's really no reason
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  Speaker 3: for you to ever turn off the radio station. We've
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  Speaker 3: got all sorts of great content. And, again, ladies and gentlemen,
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  Speaker 3: it is Dave Brown Day. So if you see Dave Brown,
• 35:17
  Speaker 3: which you may, you know, he goes over to Gibson's
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  Speaker 3: every now and again. But be sure to say happy
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  Speaker 3: Dave Brown Day. And, of course, it's also 901 Day.
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  Speaker 3: And there are all sorts of great events across the
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  Speaker 3: city as we celebrate the good side of Memphis.
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  Speaker 2: 901-260-5926 is our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926.
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  Speaker 3: I want to circle back to this crazy story we
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  Speaker 3: were talking about where as many as 200 people detained.
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  Speaker 3: at a Mexican bar over the weekend. Now a group
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  Speaker 3: called Free the 901. These are far left radical activists.
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  Speaker 3: They are anti-cop. They are pro-criminal. And that's pretty much it.
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  Speaker 3: So they are now protesting and they are targeting businesses
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  Speaker 3: that support law enforcement. They are also announcing and they
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  Speaker 3: have released a list of businesses that refuse to do
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  Speaker 3: service with police officers and members of the Memphis Safe
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  Speaker 3: Task Force. So we have that entire list over on
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  Speaker 3: our website, kwamradio.com. I would encourage you to go to
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  Speaker 3: the website. You'll be able to check out the list,
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  Speaker 3: and you'll be able to see, first of all, what
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  Speaker 3: businesses you need to support, and also what businesses you
• 36:37
  Speaker 3: just need to be aware of, what businesses don't want
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  Speaker 3: any support from law enforcement or their families. And I
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  Speaker 3: think that's a pretty sad thing that they're doing, but
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  Speaker 3: that's just the reality of where we are. We have
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  Speaker 3: a lot of liberals here in the Mid-South, and that's
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  Speaker 3: just that. All right, tomorrow morning, we're back at it,
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  Speaker 3: 7 a.m., right here on the Mighty 990.
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  Speaker 2: Local, local, local. That's what we do here on KWAM.
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  Speaker 3: And don't forget, 11 o'clock, the Todd Stern Show, right
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  Speaker 3: here on the Mighty 990. Get out there and have
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  Speaker 3: a great, great 901 day, everybody.