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[00:00.000 --> 00:01.240]  Hey, it's Ben Ferguson.
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[00:04.480 --> 00:08.700]  And I want you to hear about love, generosity, and compassion.
[00:08.720 --> 00:11.880]  We say those words all the time and they sound good.
[00:11.920 --> 00:14.240]  They feel good, but here's the truth.
[00:14.440 --> 00:18.440]  Those words don't mean anything unless they turn into action.
[00:18.800 --> 00:23.480]  And right now, not later today, not tomorrow, there's a child in the
[00:23.480 --> 00:26.080]  world who doesn't know if they'll eat.
[00:26.560 --> 00:30.760]  If they'll have a chance to learn or if there's any hope at all.
[00:31.160 --> 00:36.520]  And while we're all busy, life keeps moving forward, but that child is waiting.
[00:36.920 --> 00:40.560]  This is where you come in with Compassion International.
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[00:45.400 --> 00:50.840]  promises, but with real help that provides food, education, and hope
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[00:55.480 --> 00:58.480]  Put your words into action and join me.
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[01:59.240 --> 02:01.240]  It's the David Knight Show.
[02:07.320 --> 02:13.600]  As the clock strikes 13, it's Tuesday, the 17th of March, your Lord, 2026.
[02:14.160 --> 02:15.160]  Yes, it is St.
[02:15.160 --> 02:15.920]  Patrick's Day.
[02:15.920 --> 02:21.640]  And today we're going to talk about Ted Cruz taking on Catholics.
[02:21.880 --> 02:26.520]  And this is coming at a time when we just saw what happened with Carrie
[02:26.520 --> 02:32.640]  Prejean Baller being kicked off of the Religious Liberty Commission by Trump,
[02:32.640 --> 02:38.800]  because we will not have any religious liberty or any free speech if you
[02:38.800 --> 02:41.560]  disagree with the Zionists.
[02:42.440 --> 02:47.720]  We're going to talk about that as well as Trump's desperation for help.
[02:48.680 --> 02:50.760]  It's almost as if he made a mistake.
[02:51.800 --> 02:55.280]  And papers around the world are blaming this on him.
[02:55.280 --> 02:59.040]  And people are saying, well, I don't think so.
[02:59.040 --> 03:02.440]  I don't think we're going to get drug into this quagmire that you created.
[03:03.840 --> 03:07.000]  He's getting the cold shoulder from all these different people.
[03:07.000 --> 03:10.640]  So his response, we'll talk about what his response is.
[03:10.640 --> 03:11.240]  We'll be right back.
[03:21.640 --> 03:36.600]  Well, the UK telegraph, I mean, this is not the guardians, not a left-wing
[03:37.120 --> 03:40.920]  rag, I mean, it's establishment paper, but the way they describe this as
[03:40.920 --> 03:43.760]  Trump's mother of all miscalculations.
[03:45.560 --> 03:49.040]  And so, uh, yeah, it is Trump's mother of all miscalculations.
[03:49.280 --> 03:51.080]  Right now he's out there screaming.
[04:02.960 --> 04:03.600]  Yeah.
[04:03.600 --> 04:07.560]  When he was running for president, he said he wouldn't do this when he was
[04:07.560 --> 04:11.560]  younger, you know, but he went ahead and did it anyway, because he was told
[04:11.560 --> 04:13.440]  that he needed to by his boss.
[04:14.200 --> 04:18.600]  And so here we are and his response to all this, many people are writing
[04:18.600 --> 04:23.880]  headlines like this, we've got, um, uh, not just the telegraph, but there's
[04:23.880 --> 04:29.880]  also the, um, this is an article that was on mainstream media from, uh, Yahoo.
[04:30.240 --> 04:33.520]  That's where I got it, but I don't know who wrote the article here, but Trump's
[04:33.800 --> 04:37.240]  humiliating war miscalculation exposed.
[04:37.640 --> 04:39.440]  That's another version of that.
[04:40.000 --> 04:46.640]  And, uh, so, uh, you know, if you can't get the, uh, get out of, uh, give them
[04:46.640 --> 04:53.040]  the hormones, um, straight, well, we've got a lot of issues here and it's much
[04:53.040 --> 04:58.920]  bigger as I pointed out yesterday, much bigger than just a well, if you look at
[04:59.000 --> 05:02.440]  other things that travel through the straight of hormones, there's a lot of
[05:02.440 --> 05:06.400]  helium that goes through as a matter of fact, one third or slightly more than a
[05:06.400 --> 05:10.440]  third of the world's helium goes through the straight of hormones as well.
[05:10.520 --> 05:11.640]  And where does that come from?
[05:12.480 --> 05:19.320]  Well, that comes from the gigantic, uh, liquid, um, uh, petroleum gas, uh,
[05:19.320 --> 05:24.360]  facility there, Roz laughing that there's already been attacked once by Iran.
[05:24.520 --> 05:25.840]  They will attack it again.
[05:25.840 --> 05:27.760]  And they said, next time we will destroy it.
[05:28.680 --> 05:33.920]  You know, Trump didn't, uh, just kind of dismissed the idea that Iran could do
[05:33.920 --> 05:38.440]  anything because they were restrained in the past when they've been attacked by
[05:38.480 --> 05:40.280]  the U S and by Israel.
[05:40.880 --> 05:43.920]  And so, uh, they had warned, you know, you do this again, we're
[05:43.920 --> 05:45.000]  going to let everything go.
[05:45.040 --> 05:46.200]  He just dismissed that.
[05:46.960 --> 05:50.120]  And so you've got people now in the Trump administration saying, well, we
[05:50.120 --> 05:54.120]  need to move in and destroy Iran's facilities.
[05:55.360 --> 05:59.440]  They've already said, if you do that, we're going to destroy all the other oil
[05:59.440 --> 06:05.240]  ports, the refineries, the, uh, the drilling sites, all these different things.
[06:05.240 --> 06:11.800]  And, and so they've already done one small attack at the giant, um, liquid
[06:11.800 --> 06:15.520]  natural gas facility, Raz laughing, if I'm pronouncing that correctly.
[06:16.040 --> 06:20.600]  And so that's in cutter and that produces besides the natural gas is a
[06:20.600 --> 06:24.880]  by-product, they get a massive amount of helium and that's about a third of
[06:24.880 --> 06:29.120]  the world's helium and we don't use it just for balloons, we use it to make
[06:29.120 --> 06:34.880]  state of the art semiconductors and the, uh, facilities and Taiwan and South
[06:34.880 --> 06:38.040]  Korea are completely dependent on them for helium.
[06:39.080 --> 06:41.720]  We also use it in MRI machines.
[06:41.920 --> 06:43.680]  Uh, you're going to, it's a consumable.
[06:43.680 --> 06:47.400]  It's part of the MRI machines as well as launching rockets.
[06:47.720 --> 06:51.360]  There's a lot of ancillary things that are being shut down.
[06:51.360 --> 06:52.480]  It's not just oil.
[06:53.000 --> 06:56.480]  Oil is going to increase the price of everything, but there's a lot of other
[06:56.480 --> 07:00.120]  materials that are being shut down by this foolish operation as well.
[07:00.680 --> 07:06.200]  And in terms of global supplies, it's estimated there's only about a 45
[07:06.200 --> 07:10.560]  day global supply of helium available.
[07:11.440 --> 07:15.120]  And, uh, so I guess Trump feels like, well, you know, we produce some of that
[07:15.120 --> 07:18.680]  here in the United States, we produce quite a bit of it as well.
[07:19.000 --> 07:22.920]  So we'll be, uh, everybody will be dependent on us for oil and for helium.
[07:22.920 --> 07:23.560]  So we win.
[07:24.800 --> 07:28.360]  You don't win if you shut down all the supply chains.
[07:28.360 --> 07:29.840]  This is what Trump doesn't understand.
[07:30.000 --> 07:32.480]  This is the foolishness of his tariffs.
[07:33.160 --> 07:39.440]  Whatever your long-term plans are, you have to have a reasonable path to get there.
[07:40.320 --> 07:45.440]  They don't have any reasonable tactics to secure their long-term strategy.
[07:46.320 --> 07:47.600]  And they don't care about it either.
[07:47.640 --> 07:51.360]  They're just going to move fast and break things and figure it out later.
[07:51.960 --> 07:55.920]  And, uh, this is a pattern that we see being repeated over and over and over
[07:55.920 --> 08:00.480]  again in the Trump administration, just like him relying on declaring something
[08:00.480 --> 08:05.180]  to be an emergency so that he can skip all the laws, all the rules and the
[08:05.180 --> 08:11.480]  constitution, he moves quickly and he destroys everything and then it winds
[08:11.480 --> 08:19.880]  up affecting us as well, because if we shut down helium to the, uh, the
[08:19.880 --> 08:24.200]  Asian manufacturers of chips, semiconductors, and they can't make those
[08:24.360 --> 08:27.920]  semiconductors, we don't have a way to do that right away.
[08:28.880 --> 08:31.560]  If you wanted to do that, that would take a long time to do that.
[08:31.560 --> 08:34.080]  And that's not something that the government can force.
[08:34.960 --> 08:38.880]  You know, they're trying to subsidize this with a chips act from Biden and now
[08:39.200 --> 08:44.880]  Trump and his socialist urges that he wants to do, he is trying to incentivize
[08:44.880 --> 08:50.400]  this, which basically just boils down to crony corruption and that's what it is.
[08:50.400 --> 08:51.680]  Not capitalism at all.
[08:51.680 --> 08:53.960]  It's just cronyism and corruption.
[08:54.640 --> 09:00.680]  So the inner circle of Trump, as the telegraph says, reasonably downplayed
[09:00.680 --> 09:04.480]  the risks that the Iranian regime facing an existential fight for survival would
[09:04.480 --> 09:11.520]  respond far more drastically than it did during the 12 day war last June, the
[09:11.520 --> 09:15.480]  white house appeared unprepared for Tehran to reach for its equivalent of a
[09:15.480 --> 09:21.080]  nuclear button, a shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz and those preliminary meetings.
[09:21.120 --> 09:24.760]  General Cain told Trump that an American attack on Iran would prompt the
[09:24.760 --> 09:29.080]  regime to close the Strait of Hormuz, citing decades of us preparation
[09:29.080 --> 09:34.800]  for such an eventuality, but he doesn't listen, doesn't listen to his military
[09:34.800 --> 09:39.920]  planners, which is a real concerning thing in terms of what he's going
[09:39.920 --> 09:41.240]  to do next with Karagailen.
[09:42.800 --> 09:46.480]  Uh, is he going to take that over and is he going to have an amphibious
[09:46.480 --> 09:48.960]  landing of that or the Strait of Hormuz or something like that?
[09:49.960 --> 09:54.600]  Uh, it would be absolute folly based on what military commanders are saying.
[09:55.600 --> 10:00.560]  It'd be like a, um, you know, a cavalry charge at Normandy beach or something,
[10:00.600 --> 10:05.040]  because the technology has changed since they did amphibious landings.
[10:05.040 --> 10:09.560]  And of course they were always a costly thing to do in terms of human life.
[10:10.240 --> 10:12.280]  Does Trump care about that?
[10:12.960 --> 10:16.960]  Well, there's no evidence that he cares for the lives of soldiers and sailors at
[10:16.960 --> 10:19.720]  all, none, none whatsoever.
[10:20.680 --> 10:24.960]  He has nothing but contempt for the people that he uses, just like Henry Kissinger.
[10:26.160 --> 10:33.480]  And so if this doesn't make sense as a military strategy, if Trump is going to
[10:33.480 --> 10:38.680]  do this just for fun, as he said, if he's going to do it to show how powerful he
[10:38.680 --> 10:44.320]  is by disregarding the lives of the people who have sworn to protect the
[10:44.320 --> 10:50.320]  constitution, not to do his every whim, quite frankly, um, this is a real
[10:50.320 --> 10:56.120]  possibility because he's arrogantly disregarded not only the law and the
[10:56.120 --> 11:01.880]  constitution and international rules of war and the morality, uh, restrictions
[11:01.880 --> 11:07.320]  that we had on it, but he's also ignoring the pragmatic advice of his military
[11:07.320 --> 11:07.920]  commanders.
[11:09.120 --> 11:13.080]  And so we've already seen this in terms of pushing back against the advice of
[11:13.080 --> 11:17.280]  General Cain sources, familiar with the discussion until the wall street
[11:17.280 --> 11:21.920]  journal, Trump acknowledged the risk, but replied that Tehran would probably be,
[11:22.480 --> 11:26.920]  it would probably capitulate before severing the world's most vital shipping
[11:26.920 --> 11:31.720]  lane, even if it went ahead, the American military could wrestle back control
[11:31.720 --> 11:33.080]  regardless of the costs, right?
[11:34.480 --> 11:39.160]  I don't care how much money, how much material, how many lives it takes.
[11:39.680 --> 11:40.520]  You guys can do it.
[11:41.520 --> 11:43.200]  I got a lot of confidence in you.
[11:43.200 --> 11:43.760]  He says, right.
[11:43.760 --> 11:46.800]  Just not no confidence in their advice.
[11:47.640 --> 11:51.760]  And he doesn't care what anything costs, especially when it comes to blood.
[11:52.520 --> 11:56.240]  As a precaution, he ordered Chris Wright, the energy secretary, and Scott
[11:56.240 --> 12:01.960]  Besant, the treasury secretary to develop options to combat a spike in oil prices.
[12:01.960 --> 12:02.800]  Well, how's that working?
[12:04.000 --> 12:08.800]  Uh, what do you think these geniuses, Chris Wright and Scott Bessette might
[12:08.800 --> 12:10.080]  be the first thing they do?
[12:11.000 --> 12:13.120]  You might think the first thing they would do would be to fill up
[12:13.120 --> 12:14.920]  the strategic pro petroleum reserve.
[12:15.720 --> 12:17.040]  Oh, they forgot to do that.
[12:17.840 --> 12:21.280]  Go to a war on a, on a gas tank.
[12:21.280 --> 12:23.120]  That's a half full.
[12:23.680 --> 12:24.920]  Hey, it's Ben Ferguson.
[12:24.920 --> 12:28.080]  And I want you to pause what you're doing for just one minute.
[12:28.120 --> 12:32.360]  And I want you to hear about love, generosity, and compassion.
[12:32.400 --> 12:35.520]  We say those words all the time and they sound good.
[12:35.560 --> 12:37.880]  They feel good, but here's the truth.
[12:38.080 --> 12:42.080]  Those words don't mean anything unless they turn into action.
[12:42.440 --> 12:47.480]  And right now, not later today, not tomorrow, there's a child in the world
[12:47.480 --> 12:52.520]  who doesn't know if they'll eat, if they'll have a chance to learn or
[12:52.520 --> 12:54.360]  if there's any hope at all.
[12:54.800 --> 13:00.160]  And while we're all busy, life keeps moving forward, but that child is waiting.
[13:00.560 --> 13:04.160]  This is where you come in with compassion international.
[13:04.160 --> 13:09.040]  You have the chance to change a child's future, not just with words, not with
[13:09.040 --> 13:14.480]  promises, but with real help that provides food, education, and hope
[13:14.520 --> 13:19.600]  through local churches and people already in their community, put your
[13:19.600 --> 13:25.440]  words into action and join me, introduce a child to a loving heavenly father
[13:25.440 --> 13:30.720]  today at compassion.com that's compassion.com.
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[14:20.400 --> 14:25.840]  March 10th war Pete admitted the ferocity of Iran's attacks on its
[14:25.840 --> 14:28.920]  Gulf neighbors had caught America by surprise.
[14:29.600 --> 14:32.520]  He said, I can't say that we anticipated necessarily.
[14:33.080 --> 14:35.360]  That's exactly how they would react.
[14:35.760 --> 14:37.160]  But we know it was a possibility.
[14:38.240 --> 14:43.560]  Well, you know, it was a possibility, but you didn't do anything to prepare
[14:43.560 --> 14:45.120]  for that possibility, did you?
[14:46.080 --> 14:51.880]  The drone attacks that killed us soldiers on Sunday, 1st of March, the
[14:51.880 --> 14:56.160]  first US deaths in the war were later reported to have been, uh, to have led to
[14:56.160 --> 15:00.320]  an additional 30 troops being taken to hospital, suffering from a variety of
[15:00.320 --> 15:02.800]  shrapnel wounds, burns, and brain trauma.
[15:03.760 --> 15:11.080]  The base that was attacked and Kuwait had concrete slabs to protect against
[15:11.080 --> 15:18.080]  ground attack, but it had prefabricated tent like structure overhead, uh, just
[15:18.080 --> 15:19.960]  to give them, I guess, cover from the sun.
[15:21.360 --> 15:22.520]  This is a metaphor.
[15:22.880 --> 15:24.640]  This is a metaphor for the Trump administration.
[15:24.640 --> 15:29.560]  We're going to protect against a ground attack, but we haven't thought about
[15:29.560 --> 15:33.880]  the fact that there might be drones after what we've watched with the Russia
[15:33.880 --> 15:38.160]  Ukraine war now for a couple of years, they did nothing to protect from an
[15:38.160 --> 15:43.400]  attack from the above from above, um, unbelievably stupid, isn't it?
[15:44.160 --> 15:49.240]  And so when you look at the possibility of all this and how it is escalating,
[15:49.800 --> 15:51.440]  it truly is insane.
[15:51.720 --> 15:56.760]  Even if you think sending Marines in is a good idea, you should have
[15:56.760 --> 15:59.080]  prepositioned them in the region.
[15:59.760 --> 16:04.000]  So the policy director that Washington based defense priorities think tank,
[16:04.520 --> 16:07.680]  you don't wait two weeks for them to show up.
[16:08.680 --> 16:13.600]  And not only that, but it's, um, it's going to take two weeks from the point
[16:13.600 --> 16:18.720]  that he ordered one of the three amphibious assault, uh, uh, ships to take
[16:18.720 --> 16:23.240]  off from Asia is a two week journey from when he ordered it a day or two ago.
[16:24.040 --> 16:26.520]  He said, I think the biggest deal is the assumption that they would just
[16:26.520 --> 16:29.000]  bomb Iran and the regime would crumble.
[16:29.680 --> 16:34.040]  I don't think that's kind of, I think that's contrary to what we know about
[16:34.040 --> 16:39.640]  air power and what we know about Iran and how nationalism works.
[16:41.000 --> 16:45.880]  I said for the longest time, it's a bad strategy to attack civilians.
[16:46.680 --> 16:47.480]  It's immoral.
[16:47.520 --> 16:49.080]  Everybody understands it's immoral.
[16:49.080 --> 16:54.400]  And that's one of the reasons why it galvanizes the public in a particular
[16:54.400 --> 16:57.960]  society, the people who are being attacked, then fall in line behind their
[16:57.960 --> 16:59.400]  government, no matter how bad it is.
[16:59.400 --> 17:04.000]  And that's what's happened in Iran, no matter how bad a government is.
[17:04.440 --> 17:07.120]  And this is going to be the textbook example of it.
[17:07.240 --> 17:09.080]  Here's a government where they had protests.
[17:09.280 --> 17:12.360]  They're killing tens of thousands of people in the protests.
[17:12.760 --> 17:14.680]  Then you start bombing them.
[17:15.400 --> 17:16.040]  And guess what?
[17:16.040 --> 17:20.000]  They see you as worse than the government that they wanted to change.
[17:21.120 --> 17:27.640]  Trump shut down the regime change that he wanted by the civilian bombing at
[17:27.640 --> 17:31.960]  the center of the miscalculation was the hubris engendered by the Venezuelan
[17:31.960 --> 17:36.600]  operation, Trump surrounded himself also with a bunch of yes men.
[17:38.000 --> 17:40.240]  This has all been pretty obvious, isn't it?
[17:41.040 --> 17:45.080]  I think it's interesting to see that finally people are saying this in public.
[17:45.840 --> 17:49.280]  Just like it took a very long time for people to start calling
[17:49.280 --> 17:51.880]  the Trump shot a bio weapon.
[17:52.720 --> 17:55.080]  It was a bio weapon against us.
[17:55.840 --> 18:00.120]  And it was something that he did and the behest and the coordination
[18:00.120 --> 18:06.840]  with, uh, political entities outside of the U S against Americans.
[18:07.280 --> 18:12.840]  The entire COVID thing was a treasonous trader, uh, action that Trump took
[18:12.880 --> 18:15.960]  against the constitution and against the American people.
[18:16.200 --> 18:20.120]  And even if you don't see it like that, you have to see the folly of it.
[18:20.280 --> 18:26.120]  And here we are again, traitorous actions, criminal actions in violation
[18:26.120 --> 18:31.040]  of our law and international law and everything else, all moral law and
[18:31.040 --> 18:36.360]  stupid to boot best the Trump administration in a nutshell, Trump
[18:36.360 --> 18:40.480]  jettisoned the traditional preparations for war, which include a wide circle
[18:40.480 --> 18:45.480]  of intelligence and analysis and months of classified deliberations.
[18:45.560 --> 18:50.160]  And instead he kept the team tight and small because he didn't want
[18:50.160 --> 18:51.960]  people talking about it, right?
[18:52.640 --> 18:55.160]  Pete Hegseth doesn't like people talking about what they're doing because
[18:55.160 --> 18:58.760]  what they're doing is so stupid and criminal.
[19:00.160 --> 19:06.600]  So Trump's humiliating war miscalculation exposed European countries reject
[19:06.640 --> 19:11.600]  Trump's call for, um, help to reopen the straight of horror moves.
[19:15.680 --> 19:16.320]  Please help me.
[19:22.920 --> 19:25.640]  Roll, roll your butt gently down the street.
[19:32.160 --> 19:32.680]  Come on.
[19:40.680 --> 19:43.120]  Why nobody helps me to open hormones.
[19:46.360 --> 19:46.640]  Yeah.
[19:46.640 --> 19:46.920]  Yeah.
[19:47.160 --> 19:49.440]  Um, the memes are better with AI.
[19:49.440 --> 19:52.400]  I think still I like that.
[19:52.840 --> 19:58.360]  Anyway, Trump standing in New York with his sign, help me with hormones.
[19:58.400 --> 19:59.120]  I need some help.
[19:59.160 --> 20:01.800]  I got into a quagmire that I don't know what to do about.
[20:02.480 --> 20:04.640]  And, uh, and it's going to mess you up as well.
[20:05.320 --> 20:08.120]  They might have a different solution for this.
[20:08.640 --> 20:10.920]  Uh, maybe instead of helping him with hormones, maybe they
[20:10.920 --> 20:13.240]  distance themselves from America.
[20:13.240 --> 20:18.720]  The president's threat of a very bad future for NATO, unless it provides worship.
[20:18.720 --> 20:22.840]  So what does he do when, um, first of all, he gets into trouble.
[20:22.840 --> 20:24.040]  He screams for help.
[20:24.960 --> 20:28.760]  Then when help is refused, he threatens people.
[20:29.800 --> 20:30.040]  Yeah.
[20:30.040 --> 20:31.640]  He's a mafia Don.
[20:31.880 --> 20:32.640]  That's what he is.
[20:33.360 --> 20:34.960]  Uh, so the art of the deal.
[20:35.040 --> 20:37.120]  No, no, he's just a mafia Don.
[20:37.600 --> 20:39.920]  When he asks for help and he doesn't get it, he threatens people.
[20:40.760 --> 20:42.720]  Uh, that's a real nice country you got there.
[20:42.800 --> 20:46.680]  You know, uh, anyway, European countries have ruled out sending
[20:46.680 --> 20:52.280]  warships to her moves, despite threats from Trump that NATO faces a very
[20:52.320 --> 20:54.320]  hard future, very bad future.
[20:54.320 --> 20:54.680]  Sorry.
[20:55.280 --> 20:58.480]  If members fail to help reopen the vital waterway.
[21:00.120 --> 21:06.640]  Keir Starmer said the UK would not be drawn into a wider war, but he said
[21:06.640 --> 21:08.840]  he was working on a viable plan.
[21:09.520 --> 21:15.480]  Well, uh, Trump is again, uh, this is what he says in terms of threatening them.
[21:15.800 --> 21:22.000]  We are aggressively dismantling a rents defense base and ability to rebuild
[21:22.000 --> 21:27.720]  its missiles and drone capability is getting down to close to zero and we're
[21:27.720 --> 21:32.760]  hammering their capacity to threaten commercial shipping in the straight of
[21:32.840 --> 21:37.360]  our most with more than 30 mine laying ships destroyed.
[21:37.360 --> 21:41.520]  We hit to the best of our knowledge, all of their mine laying ships.
[21:41.520 --> 21:44.720]  Now they can put them on other types of ships, I guess, and drop them in.
[21:44.720 --> 21:47.560]  But we don't know that any have even been dropped in.
[21:47.560 --> 21:50.880]  We're not sure that any have been negative for them.
[21:50.880 --> 21:56.160]  If they do it, it's a form of suicide, but, uh, we don't know that they have
[21:56.160 --> 22:01.880]  dropped any in, but we've, uh, we've hit all 30 of their ships and destroyed them.
[22:01.960 --> 22:03.640]  They're all at the bottom of the sea.
[22:04.560 --> 22:07.960]  We strongly encourage other nations whose economies depend on
[22:07.960 --> 22:09.640]  the straight far more than ours.
[22:10.240 --> 22:13.320]  You know, we get less than 1% of our oil from the straight.
[22:14.040 --> 22:17.120]  And, uh, some countries get much more.
[22:17.120 --> 22:21.200]  Japan gets 95% China gets 90%.
[22:21.280 --> 22:24.240]  Many of the Europeans get quite a, quite a bit.
[22:24.760 --> 22:26.880]  South Korea gets 35%.
[22:27.640 --> 22:31.200]  So we want them to come and help us with the straight.
[22:31.760 --> 22:34.240]  Uh, we have it in very good shape.
[22:34.240 --> 22:39.000]  The countries I said, we've already taken care of Iran, but now, uh, because of the
[22:39.000 --> 22:43.720]  fact that literally a single terrorist can put something in the water or shoot
[22:43.720 --> 22:48.240]  something or shoot a missile, a small missile, and it's fairly close range
[22:48.240 --> 22:53.760]  because it is a tight area and which is one of the reasons they've always used
[22:53.760 --> 23:00.760]  that as a weapon, Iran has always used that as an economic weapon and, uh, it's
[23:00.760 --> 23:03.240]  not going to be able to use, be used very long.
[23:03.880 --> 23:05.040]  We thank you for watching.
[23:05.040 --> 23:06.400]  And remember, stay updated.
[23:08.000 --> 23:11.160]  So again, uh, something that Iran has always used, right?
[23:12.520 --> 23:13.240]  They've always used that.
[23:13.240 --> 23:14.840]  So why didn't you do something about it?
[23:14.840 --> 23:19.960]  And, you know, just because China gets 90% of its oil through the straight
[23:19.960 --> 23:23.280]  of her moves, he thinks they're going to come in and help him.
[23:25.000 --> 23:27.560]  No, they're going to play the long game and they're going to set
[23:27.560 --> 23:29.160]  back and watch him twist.
[23:30.000 --> 23:32.760]  You know, a single terrorist, he said, can shut down the straight of her moves
[23:32.760 --> 23:36.560]  or maybe a single terrorist dictator.
[23:37.320 --> 23:38.960]  He says it's threatening shipping.
[23:39.800 --> 23:42.080]  Well, didn't he do that with his tariffs?
[23:43.080 --> 23:46.280]  We have seen all of these things that he attributes to other people.
[23:46.800 --> 23:48.680]  We have seen him do the same thing as well.
[23:48.840 --> 23:53.320]  So he's urged China, Britain, France, Japan, South Korea, to send warships
[23:53.320 --> 23:56.400]  to help reopen the waterway, even though they are not involved.
[23:57.360 --> 23:59.520]  And, uh, they're saying, uh, no, thanks.
[24:01.120 --> 24:06.080]  So, um, here's what it would take scaring the straight of Iran's long flank
[24:06.840 --> 24:13.160]  would mean a big commitment of warships or sizable ground operation.
[24:13.200 --> 24:14.320]  I would say, or both.
[24:15.840 --> 24:22.800]  And so again, because of his ego, because he's not going to say we've had enough,
[24:23.680 --> 24:27.360]  Trump continues to move on and he's going to wind up not with boots on the
[24:27.360 --> 24:29.160]  ground, but boots in the ground.
[24:29.520 --> 24:33.520]  He's going to get a lot of people unnecessarily killed because the
[24:33.520 --> 24:37.320]  commander and thief is a fool as well.
[24:38.000 --> 24:44.520]  And so, um, it's, um, it's amazing to see what this guy is doing.
[24:45.240 --> 24:48.000]  He's capable of doing anything and he boasts about it.
[24:48.680 --> 24:49.920]  Uh, no restrictions at all.
[24:49.920 --> 24:53.200]  He thinks on what he can do or what he should do.
[24:53.640 --> 24:57.360]  We're going to take a quick break and, uh, we're going to come right back and
[24:57.360 --> 25:02.840]  we're going to talk about, uh, what's going on in terms of the Iran war as
[25:02.840 --> 25:07.440]  well as the backstory behind it, the political push, what has happened to
[25:07.440 --> 25:14.160]  our country to get us into a situation where a handful of people who are working
[25:14.160 --> 25:18.760]  for a foreign power because they're paid for them can do this to our country.
[25:19.400 --> 25:20.240]  It's disgusting.
[25:20.240 --> 25:25.920]  And I've said for the longest time that politics is downstream from religion.
[25:25.920 --> 25:31.160]  So we're going to talk about the religion that is making all of this possible.
[25:31.840 --> 25:33.640]  And that is how they are changing this.
[25:33.640 --> 25:38.760]  And Ted Cruz is at the epicenter of this big change.
[25:38.760 --> 25:41.800]  We're going to talk about what he's just done in the last couple of days.
[25:41.800 --> 25:42.640]  We'll be right back.
[25:44.160 --> 25:45.160]  So what's going on?
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[29:29.320 --> 29:33.880]  Well, before I get into any deeper into what is happening in Iran, I
[29:33.880 --> 29:35.680]  want to cover some other things.
[29:35.680 --> 29:39.560]  There's an article from Free Thought Project, five stories you probably
[29:39.560 --> 29:42.120]  missed as war rages in Iran.
[29:42.120 --> 29:43.520]  That is so important.
[29:44.080 --> 29:49.120]  I mean, it's not just that it's a war that has global potential, but it's a war
[29:49.120 --> 29:54.080]  that threatens to plunge the entire globe into an economic depression, which is
[29:54.080 --> 29:58.600]  really what Trump has been doing from the very beginning, where you look at COVID.
[29:58.600 --> 30:05.040]  When you look at the tariffs, this is just the next step and the great reset of
[30:05.040 --> 30:09.080]  taking everything down for the global so they can rebuild their technocracy.
[30:09.680 --> 30:13.160]  And as part of that, the first story that Free Thought Project talked about,
[30:13.160 --> 30:19.280]  the new NSA director has the same old positions on surveillance.
[30:19.880 --> 30:24.760]  This is the person who has been appointed by the Trump regime, Joshua Rudd,
[30:25.360 --> 30:30.920]  an army general who has signaled his support for the long criticized FISA
[30:31.320 --> 30:35.880]  Section 702, despite claims from lawmakers and Rudd himself that the
[30:35.880 --> 30:40.560]  surveillance tool doesn't ensnare Americans, civil liberties groups have
[30:40.560 --> 30:45.200]  long warned that the American, that Americans data is being swept up along
[30:45.200 --> 30:46.880]  with the data of non-Americans.
[30:46.880 --> 30:49.840]  And of course it is a fact.
[30:51.080 --> 30:52.480]  It's not a theory.
[30:53.520 --> 30:57.800]  And it is a conspiracy to surveil everybody.
[30:57.800 --> 31:02.720]  And this goes back again to Ron Wyden and asking James Clapper, because
[31:03.280 --> 31:08.200]  as much as I disagree with Ron Wyden on virtually everything, this is an issue
[31:08.200 --> 31:10.160]  on which he has really hung his hat.
[31:10.840 --> 31:13.800]  And I'm glad that he has, because the conservatives aren't
[31:13.800 --> 31:15.160]  really focused on this either.
[31:16.080 --> 31:19.400]  And so he asked James Clapper that, I don't remember James Clapper, are
[31:19.400 --> 31:22.120]  you spying on Americans without a search warrant?
[31:23.120 --> 31:27.400]  And James Clapper, well, not intentionally, sir, you know, all this
[31:27.400 --> 31:32.240]  kind of stuff, which was a lie, but he was never prosecuted for perjury because
[31:32.240 --> 31:36.280]  we found out right away with the Snowden leaks that they actually were.
[31:36.920 --> 31:37.800]  There's no question about it.
[31:38.040 --> 31:43.360]  And then rather than change anything, you had Michael Hayden, who had been
[31:43.920 --> 31:49.560]  former head of the NSA, as well as the CIA, came out and said, I blame Ron
[31:49.560 --> 31:53.840]  Wyden, he knew all of his staff knew that we were doing this and they put
[31:53.840 --> 31:57.600]  him on the spot and had him commit perjury, of course, and they didn't
[31:58.040 --> 32:01.000]  prosecute him for it anyway, but that's the problem, right?
[32:01.120 --> 32:04.840]  You shouldn't tell people that you're breaking the law, that you're
[32:04.840 --> 32:06.120]  breaking the constitution.
[32:06.560 --> 32:08.080]  That was Michael Hayden's response.
[32:08.840 --> 32:11.120]  Just unbelievable what these people are doing.
[32:11.280 --> 32:14.760]  And look, when we look at what is happening with the Trump administration,
[32:15.720 --> 32:19.680]  all of this mania about artificial intelligence and pushing it.
[32:19.680 --> 32:26.520]  Yes, there is a financial aspect to it and he is owned by the big tech people.
[32:27.840 --> 32:33.360]  But it's also the Trump administration's mania to do surveillance, unlike anybody
[32:33.360 --> 32:35.600]  else, and that's really what AI is about.
[32:36.080 --> 32:36.920]  It's about surveillance.
[32:36.920 --> 32:40.800]  When you look at what's going on with the Pentagon and with Warpete coming
[32:40.800 --> 32:42.000]  after Anthropic, why?
[32:42.000 --> 32:44.360]  Because they've got two things they don't want to do.
[32:44.600 --> 32:47.800]  They don't want to have autonomous killing machines and they don't want to
[32:47.800 --> 32:54.400]  use AI for domestic surveillance because of that, we have to destroy you.
[32:54.560 --> 32:57.360]  And that tells you everything that you need to know about this criminal
[32:57.360 --> 33:01.360]  Pentagon and this criminal administration, I'm sorry, regime.
[33:02.320 --> 33:06.680]  And so Ron Wyden, a longtime opponent of mass surveillance, raised concerns
[33:06.680 --> 33:11.080]  about Rudd's seeming lack of commitment to keeping other NSA surveillance
[33:11.080 --> 33:12.120]  activities in check.
[33:12.800 --> 33:17.960]  I asked General Rudd, said Ron Wyden in a statement, opposing his confirmation.
[33:18.520 --> 33:23.240]  He said, I asked him whether if he were directed to target people in the US
[33:23.240 --> 33:26.960]  for surveillance, he would insist that there be a judicial warrant.
[33:27.800 --> 33:30.720]  I told him in advance that I was going to ask the question.
[33:31.320 --> 33:34.840]  And then at the hearing, I offered him the opportunity to answer with a yes or no.
[33:36.280 --> 33:37.320]  I didn't get an answer.
[33:38.440 --> 33:39.360]  And so here we are.
[33:39.360 --> 33:44.560]  We've got somebody who's just like James Clapper and he's being appointed by
[33:44.560 --> 33:47.560]  Trump to spy on the American people.
[33:48.000 --> 33:50.760]  And then that takes us to the second story that Free Thought Project had.
[33:51.480 --> 33:55.560]  The fact the Palantir CEO is warning that the military will seize technology.
[33:56.320 --> 34:02.960]  Alex Cart, CEO of Palantir, by the way, while he's doing this event where
[34:02.960 --> 34:07.320]  he's warning companies, you better be careful if you don't tow the line, the
[34:07.320 --> 34:14.200]  government is going to take you over, which again is Anthropic, which has the
[34:14.200 --> 34:19.200]  Claude large language model, was working with Palantir to do targeting and still
[34:19.200 --> 34:23.120]  is in this criminal Iran war.
[34:23.600 --> 34:27.120]  And so don't get your hopes up too high about Anthropic.
[34:27.120 --> 34:32.920]  However, it is really surprised everybody that the Trump administration,
[34:32.960 --> 34:37.840]  especially Warpete, has declared that because they refuse to do their bidding
[34:38.600 --> 34:44.240]  in terms of whatever they asked, whether it is legal or not, that the response of
[34:44.240 --> 34:46.000]  Warpete was to say, well, that's it.
[34:46.040 --> 34:47.640]  We're going to put you out of business.
[34:48.400 --> 34:54.200]  We're going to tell everybody that if they deal with the US government, that we
[34:54.200 --> 34:57.800]  will cut them off as contractors to make sure that nobody deals with you.
[34:57.880 --> 35:01.840]  So their response was to say, we're going to put Anthropic out of business.
[35:01.840 --> 35:05.600]  If they won't work with us for domestic surveillance.
[35:06.640 --> 35:10.600]  And so what Alex Karp does is he changes it, tweaks it slightly.
[35:11.360 --> 35:15.880]  He said, you better be careful because if you don't do what the government says,
[35:16.760 --> 35:19.160]  the government is going to take over your company.
[35:20.080 --> 35:26.640]  So what he actually said, he said, if you expect the Pentagon to, he said, you can
[35:26.640 --> 35:31.480]  expect, he told this to fellow tech executives, you can expect the Pentagon to
[35:31.480 --> 35:33.160]  nationalize your products.
[35:33.840 --> 35:37.640]  If AI continues to replace human jobs, the Silicon Valley believes that we're going
[35:37.640 --> 35:41.160]  to take everybody's white collar jobs and screw the military.
[35:41.160 --> 35:42.120]  See, that's the key.
[35:42.480 --> 35:44.080]  It's not about taking people's jobs.
[35:44.080 --> 35:48.720]  They're not going to take over your company because you're taking everybody's jobs.
[35:49.160 --> 35:52.640]  They're going to take over your company because you're not doing domestic
[35:52.640 --> 35:56.400]  surveillance for the military, for the standing army.
[35:57.400 --> 36:02.320]  The means of defense abroad have always become instruments of tyranny at home.
[36:02.520 --> 36:04.920]  Always, always said James Madison.
[36:05.720 --> 36:11.280]  This is just observations of human nature and government over millennia.
[36:12.520 --> 36:15.120]  And that's what this AI is going to be.
[36:15.120 --> 36:19.240]  And it's not, it's now an open secret because of war Pete.
[36:19.880 --> 36:22.080]  I guess we can thank him for that, even though he's criminal.
[36:23.040 --> 36:26.000]  Uh, but he said, you think they're just going to stand around while
[36:26.000 --> 36:27.320]  you screw over the military?
[36:27.960 --> 36:29.560]  They will take over your company.
[36:30.600 --> 36:34.920]  He said, um, if you don't think that's going to lead to the nationalization
[36:35.640 --> 36:38.640]  of our technology, you're retarded.
[36:38.640 --> 36:44.120]  He said, so they will either destroy your company or they will more
[36:44.120 --> 36:47.360]  likely take it over, nationalize it.
[36:48.040 --> 36:52.520]  Wasn't that, wasn't that the, the, uh, complaint against Venezuela that they
[36:52.600 --> 36:55.200]  nationalize the oil industry that was there?
[36:56.440 --> 36:57.880]  Well, that's what they're going to do.
[36:57.920 --> 37:01.520]  And again, our government is no different from the evil governments
[37:01.520 --> 37:03.280]  that they want to fight, right?
[37:03.720 --> 37:07.400]  Despite entropic CEOs impressive rhetoric about these concerns, the
[37:07.400 --> 37:12.640]  company has filed a lawsuit to reverse this designation of being a supply chain
[37:12.640 --> 37:17.160]  risk and presumably continue contracting with the federal government.
[37:18.000 --> 37:20.040]  Do you target people for this criminal war?
[37:21.720 --> 37:22.920]  So there's that.
[37:23.440 --> 37:29.320]  And how about the irony of calling entropic a supply chain risk?
[37:29.560 --> 37:33.160]  You know what the biggest supply chain risk to the military, to
[37:33.160 --> 37:36.360]  America, to the world is Donald J.
[37:36.360 --> 37:40.440]  Trump, he is the guy, the breaker of supply chains.
[37:40.440 --> 37:45.480]  That's what he has hung his hat on since 2020 and he's back at it again.
[37:46.480 --> 37:51.680]  And then we take a look at his tariffs, another supply chain risk, right?
[37:52.600 --> 37:58.200]  The $12 billion of, um, handouts from the USDA that they promised that
[37:58.200 --> 38:02.560]  were very late coming a member, uh, as you know, we put these tariffs on China.
[38:02.560 --> 38:07.320]  China just said, Oh, we're going to stop buying $20 billion worth of
[38:07.320 --> 38:10.480]  agricultural products from the U S just like that.
[38:11.360 --> 38:19.240]  And then they gave, um, uh, um, they gave a $20 billion to, uh, the
[38:19.240 --> 38:21.080]  U S government did to Argentina.
[38:21.640 --> 38:25.400]  Presumably, I guess, because Javier Malay is now in the Chabad Lubavitch.
[38:25.960 --> 38:27.720]  So now we get Lubavitch, I guess.
[38:28.160 --> 38:33.200]  Uh, so now he gets subsidies from fellow Chabad or, uh, Donald
[38:33.200 --> 38:35.800]  Trump and Jared Kushner.
[38:36.200 --> 38:37.520]  Hey, it's Ben Ferguson.
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[39:36.480 --> 39:38.200]  And you also change yourself.
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[40:34.800 --> 40:35.720]  And Ivanka Trump.
[40:36.040 --> 40:38.240]  And so he gets this massive subsidy.
[40:38.240 --> 40:38.960]  What does he do?
[40:39.880 --> 40:45.200]  He turned right around and undercuts the farmer say, I'll supply this for you.
[40:45.600 --> 40:48.920]  You know, China wants soy and other things like that, but they don't
[40:48.920 --> 40:50.600]  want to buy from the U S because the tariffs.
[40:51.240 --> 40:56.640]  So the guy that we give $20 billion to says, I'll handle it.
[40:57.600 --> 41:00.520]  And I'll give you the soy so you don't have to buy it from America.
[41:01.120 --> 41:04.320]  So they subsidize him instead of the farmers, the American farmers.
[41:04.640 --> 41:07.840]  And of course, it's not really that many American, I mean, the
[41:07.840 --> 41:10.120]  small guys are getting cut out.
[41:10.120 --> 41:15.000]  Now it took a very long time to put any of these subsidies out.
[41:15.440 --> 41:17.120]  So that was back in September.
[41:17.760 --> 41:22.400]  Trump kept promising and Scott Bessent kept, Oh, the subsidies
[41:22.400 --> 41:23.680]  are on their way, on their way.
[41:24.080 --> 41:25.800]  Finally, they said, well, we'll do it in January.
[41:25.960 --> 41:27.360]  Sometime in January didn't happen.
[41:27.440 --> 41:31.560]  It just now started guess who's getting the money.
[41:32.240 --> 41:33.480]  All the big guys.
[41:34.240 --> 41:39.200]  It's like the, what Trump did in terms of the, was it the cares act?
[41:39.200 --> 41:42.000]  I think that was supposed to help small businesses.
[41:42.520 --> 41:47.200]  So Trump changed the definition of a small business to include big businesses
[41:47.200 --> 41:54.840]  like his, and you had more than 50% of the money went to 5% of the companies.
[41:54.840 --> 41:56.400]  The same thing is happening right now.
[41:57.240 --> 42:04.560]  As Trump damages the farmers, it's the big agricultural interests who are
[42:04.560 --> 42:09.600]  getting the federal assistance, none to the small farmers want them out of
[42:09.600 --> 42:13.200]  business, because if you've got less than a thousand acres, like Hillary
[42:13.200 --> 42:14.960]  Clinton said, I can't be bothered.
[42:15.400 --> 42:17.040]  She was talking about nationalizing healthcare.
[42:17.040 --> 42:20.600]  She said, I can't be bothered with all these undercapitalized small businesses.
[42:21.320 --> 42:26.000]  I mean, you don't have enough capital to bribe her or to pay Trump.
[42:26.520 --> 42:27.520]  They don't care about you.
[42:28.440 --> 42:30.920]  They would prefer to see you out because they're working for the big
[42:30.920 --> 42:32.720]  guys that are competing against you.
[42:33.360 --> 42:38.440]  So they finally came up with 12, so they give Argentina 20 billion and
[42:38.440 --> 42:43.560]  Argentina takes over the soy business with China that Trump destroyed.
[42:44.800 --> 42:49.440]  They give them 20 billion and then they promised 12 billion to US farmers.
[42:50.080 --> 42:52.040]  But that was in September, right?
[42:52.600 --> 42:57.320]  So here we are, what six months later, and finally they kick it out.
[42:57.320 --> 42:59.880]  But when they do, it only goes to big ag.
[43:01.000 --> 43:05.520]  So, um, and then the key issue they point out here in a free thought
[43:05.520 --> 43:08.920]  project, adding insult to injury.
[43:09.600 --> 43:12.840]  Uh, the farms that are getting the bailouts are growing things like
[43:12.840 --> 43:16.960]  soybean, uh, safflower, sunflower, and canola.
[43:17.720 --> 43:23.240]  These are the seed oils that supposedly maha making America healthy again.
[43:23.720 --> 43:26.320]  Supposedly maha is against the seed oils because we all
[43:26.320 --> 43:27.720]  know how unhealthy they are.
[43:28.560 --> 43:31.320]  But instead they're going to subsidize seed oil.
[43:32.080 --> 43:37.240]  They're going to subsidize and protect from legal liability glyphosate.
[43:38.520 --> 43:44.320]  This is what big ag wants and big business has its way with Donald Trump.
[43:45.280 --> 43:49.360]  And so, uh, he supports glyphosate.
[43:49.360 --> 43:52.920]  He also is fighting to keep fluoride in the water.
[43:52.960 --> 43:58.840]  We had a hard one court case to, uh, shut down fluoride and
[43:58.840 --> 44:01.240]  to show that it was harmful and the judge agreed with that.
[44:01.920 --> 44:04.640]  And so the Trump administration appealed that they want to
[44:04.640 --> 44:06.240]  keep putting fluoride in the water.
[44:06.440 --> 44:10.960]  Finally, we have the department of justice under the Trump regime
[44:11.960 --> 44:15.840]  has another gun control move that is going on a few days after
[44:15.840 --> 44:19.960]  the Iran conflict started, the Supreme court began hearing arguments concerning
[44:19.960 --> 44:22.800]  whether the government has the right to infringe on people's gun rights.
[44:23.280 --> 44:29.400]  If they are deemed to habitually use illegal drugs like pot, even though
[44:29.400 --> 44:33.960]  cannabis is legal in many States, the arguments hinge on provision of the
[44:33.960 --> 44:39.400]  gun control act of 1968 signed by Lyndon Johnson, uh, despite the Trump
[44:39.400 --> 44:44.320]  administration claiming that they support the second amendment of the
[44:44.320 --> 44:49.680]  Trump DOJ chose to appeal a lower court decision, which ruled in favor of a
[44:49.680 --> 44:54.640]  man who owned a firearm and admitted to using cannabis a few times a week.
[44:55.560 --> 44:57.640]  So they took away his second amendment rights.
[44:58.720 --> 45:01.240]  Is that a surprise from this Trump administration?
[45:01.600 --> 45:02.800]  They don't support the first amendment.
[45:02.800 --> 45:04.160]  They don't support the second amendment.
[45:04.160 --> 45:05.960]  They don't support the fourth, the fifth amendment.
[45:06.360 --> 45:07.640]  They don't support the 10th amendment.
[45:07.640 --> 45:12.800]  They don't support the constitution period, especially the parts that were
[45:12.800 --> 45:17.760]  supposed to fix the flaws of the original document in terms of
[45:17.760 --> 45:19.680]  honoring our individual rights.
[45:20.600 --> 45:26.680]  So, um, uh, there have been some silver linings as they point out, uh, the
[45:26.680 --> 45:30.600]  city of San Jose, California, meanwhile, has moved to tighten restrictions
[45:30.600 --> 45:34.200]  on the use of the flock surveillance cameras.
[45:34.920 --> 45:41.640]  The, um, privatized, uh, the public private partnership to have a police state.
[45:42.480 --> 45:46.320]  And so that is a, that's happened since all this Iran stuff has happened.
[45:46.720 --> 45:52.800]  Um, and so, um, you have, um, um, and they said, they thought that
[45:52.800 --> 45:57.520]  the pushback from some of the people who were supporting Trump, some of
[45:57.520 --> 46:01.080]  the, um, self-described maha people.
[46:01.960 --> 46:07.240]  I just, I'm so sick and tired of, uh, all the variations of MAGA because
[46:07.240 --> 46:11.160]  I can't stand the MAGA cult, but they said, well, it was good that after
[46:11.160 --> 46:15.480]  Trump supported glyphosate, uh, there was some, a little bit of independent
[46:15.480 --> 46:23.480]  thought and principle over blind MAGA tribalism, you think I'm not so sure.
[46:24.200 --> 46:28.120]  Uh, we can always hope and look for some signs of that, but here's
[46:28.280 --> 46:29.440]  some real positive.
[46:29.840 --> 46:34.840]  I think you have United Airlines, which fired people over COVID
[46:34.840 --> 46:36.720]  vaccine religious exemptions.
[46:37.400 --> 46:40.920]  And there was a lawsuit against them, a class action lawsuit.
[46:41.640 --> 46:46.520]  And now that is moving forward, a class action lawsuit against United
[46:46.520 --> 46:52.320]  Airlines over the COVID-19 vaccine religious exemption policy can move
[46:52.320 --> 46:56.840]  forward, said in a federal appeals court this week, the appeals court upheld
[46:56.880 --> 47:01.760]  a lower courts, 2024 ruling that United discriminated against employees by
[47:01.760 --> 47:08.000]  placing them on unpaid leave after granted their religious exemptions to
[47:08.000 --> 47:08.600]  the vaccine.
[47:08.600 --> 47:13.440]  So think about that in order to, uh, uh, you know, they would have an, an
[47:13.440 --> 47:17.720]  issue if they said, well, we're not going to honor your religious beliefs,
[47:17.800 --> 47:19.040]  your religious exemption.
[47:19.600 --> 47:22.120]  And again, everybody was a war gaming.
[47:22.120 --> 47:22.920]  How can we do this?
[47:22.960 --> 47:29.000]  Let's see, let's tell them that, uh, bear aspirin was used in terms was
[47:29.000 --> 47:34.960]  developed, uh, even aspirin was developed in terms of experiments on, um, you
[47:34.960 --> 47:38.360]  know, fetal cell lines and things like that, which is not true.
[47:38.960 --> 47:42.920]  They did some experiments after the fact, but, um, using Willow bark and
[47:42.960 --> 47:45.000]  aspirin has been around for a very long time.
[47:45.520 --> 47:46.000]  Anyway.
[47:46.440 --> 47:50.280]  Uh, so there was this war gaming, but how can we trick people up on their
[47:50.280 --> 47:51.520]  religious beliefs?
[47:52.000 --> 47:55.560]  You know, we've got to, uh, and they, uh, had a series of questions that
[47:55.560 --> 47:59.320]  they'd all worked out how they were going to destroy people's religious
[47:59.320 --> 48:02.880]  exemptions, but rather than take that approach, I said, all right, you
[48:02.880 --> 48:05.280]  don't have to do it, but if you don't do it, we're not, we're going to put
[48:05.280 --> 48:08.200]  you on unpaid leave to try to get them to quit.
[48:09.360 --> 48:12.720]  So they don't even get fired or get any unemployment.
[48:12.720 --> 48:16.200]  So there's a class action lawsuit that is going to be moving forward.
[48:16.200 --> 48:17.000]  That is good.
[48:17.640 --> 48:18.360]  Glad to see that.
[48:18.840 --> 48:20.120]  Hey, it's Ben Ferguson.
[48:20.120 --> 48:23.800]  And I want to be honest with you for a second about how an act
[48:23.800 --> 48:25.640]  of compassion really feels.
[48:25.720 --> 48:30.920]  A couple of years ago, I made the choice to partner with an amazing organization
[48:30.920 --> 48:32.560]  called compassion international.
[48:32.760 --> 48:33.320]  Why?
[48:33.600 --> 48:36.360]  Because I wanted to sponsor a child in need.
[48:36.760 --> 48:37.880]  It was a nice idea.
[48:37.880 --> 48:38.400]  Sure.
[48:38.680 --> 48:44.080]  But I had no idea just how much that simple act would change my life as well.
[48:44.480 --> 48:49.400]  I sponsored Nadia and got to watch her life change right in front of my eyes,
[48:49.680 --> 48:54.280]  going from starving literally alone on the streets to getting the healthcare
[48:54.280 --> 48:59.960]  and education she needs to reach her God given full potential, I got to be a
[48:59.960 --> 49:04.440]  part of that change and the light of that compassion, not only illuminates
[49:04.480 --> 49:07.120]  in her, it illuminates now in me.
[49:07.520 --> 49:09.760]  That is the power of compassion.
[49:10.120 --> 49:13.320]  The light of Christ shines on all of us.
[49:13.720 --> 49:18.320]  Feel it for yourself and change literally a child's life, change the
[49:18.320 --> 49:20.720]  world, and you also change yourself.
[49:20.920 --> 49:22.680]  You can sponsor child today.
[49:22.840 --> 49:27.960]  Visit compassion.com that's compassion.com.
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[50:01.400 --> 50:01.960]  Even better.
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[50:13.800 --> 50:16.800]  talk to yourself for an hour, you might as well publish it.
[50:17.440 --> 50:22.960]  By the way, when we were talking about the SAVE Act the other day, I talked
[50:22.960 --> 50:28.440]  about Trump's tweet and he was saying here, you got to pass the SAVE Act
[50:28.480 --> 50:34.160]  because we need to have ID presented and we need to make sure that people are
[50:34.160 --> 50:36.120]  citizens and so forth.
[50:36.120 --> 50:39.880]  So it was all about voting until you get to item number five.
[50:40.880 --> 50:46.560]  Item number five was no transgender surgery, unless the parents consent to it.
[50:46.600 --> 50:47.760]  Remember I talked about that.
[50:48.720 --> 50:53.720]  He's now deleted that post because he's getting a lot of pushback against that.
[50:53.960 --> 51:00.560]  Why don't we put up something saying that parents, we can't sexually molest
[51:00.560 --> 51:05.520]  children like he did, unless the parents consent, right?
[51:05.520 --> 51:09.520]  If the parents want to sell the kids to Jeffrey Epstein and me, that'll be fine.
[51:09.680 --> 51:13.400]  Or if the parents want to molest the kids themselves, that's fine as well.
[51:14.560 --> 51:15.600]  How is that fine?
[51:15.880 --> 51:21.280]  Once you start doing that, once you start mutilating your child, you have changed.
[51:21.280 --> 51:23.080]  You're no longer a parent.
[51:23.520 --> 51:32.400]  You are a predator like Trump and Epstein and you don't deserve parental protection.
[51:33.360 --> 51:36.720]  And so that's what's in the SAVE Act, believe it or not.
[51:36.960 --> 51:39.200]  They make it sound like it's all about voting.
[51:39.200 --> 51:42.800]  You know, none of this vote by mail, but Trump himself created.
[51:43.960 --> 51:47.280]  And of course he was one of the initial pushers of all this transgender stuff as
[51:47.280 --> 51:51.280]  well with his beauty contest and, and so forth.
[51:51.280 --> 51:59.400]  And he and Melania and the log cabin Republicans and his rainbow merchandise
[51:59.400 --> 52:03.880]  when he was running for office in 2020, he's been a big promoter of that.
[52:05.560 --> 52:11.000]  The supporters of him really don't understand who this guy is.
[52:11.320 --> 52:14.120]  They haven't got a clue as to who this guy is.
[52:14.480 --> 52:19.160]  And so as they make this all about voting, and then they throw this in and
[52:19.160 --> 52:23.120]  claim that they're standing for parental rights, the parental right to
[52:23.120 --> 52:25.520]  mutilate and to sterilize your child.
[52:26.640 --> 52:28.000]  That's not a parental right.
[52:29.080 --> 52:32.880]  Uh, that is predation and abuse.
[52:33.760 --> 52:40.040]  And so Trump has now deleted that social media post and, uh, saying that trans
[52:40.040 --> 52:46.920]  kids may receive gender affirming surgery, uh, if the SAVE Act passes
[52:46.920 --> 52:48.480]  and the parents consent to it.
[52:49.400 --> 52:55.160]  Uh, what he wrote was no transgender mutilation surgery for children without
[52:55.480 --> 52:57.920]  the express consent of parents.
[52:58.960 --> 53:00.640]  And we have seen that over and over again.
[53:00.640 --> 53:03.120]  Meanwhile, you have Republicans everywhere.
[53:03.120 --> 53:07.960]  Mike Lee is really doubling down on the SAVE America Act.
[53:08.840 --> 53:13.520]  It'll show who is fighting for secure elections and who fears them.
[53:13.520 --> 53:19.360]  He says, well, I think I know who doesn't like fair elections.
[53:19.360 --> 53:23.680]  I think I know who created this whole vote by mail scam.
[53:23.920 --> 53:27.040]  It was Donald J Trump in his first term.
[53:27.120 --> 53:29.120]  He was the one who created vote by mail.
[53:30.040 --> 53:37.440]  It was one of the results of his unconstitutional fraud of the COVID lockdown.
[53:37.480 --> 53:43.000]  And rather than address that, you got people like Mike Lee, uh, saying this
[53:43.000 --> 53:44.880]  is how you stand up for America.
[53:44.920 --> 53:49.840]  No, how you stand up for America, Mike Lee is to try to walk back some of the
[53:49.840 --> 53:54.440]  stuff that was done to us in 2020 and to make sure that doesn't ever happen again.
[53:55.040 --> 53:59.320]  They're not doing anything to stop future pandemic McGuffins.
[54:00.240 --> 54:05.440]  Uh, they're not doing anything to broad to block that kind of abuse of executive
[54:05.440 --> 54:07.600]  power based on a declared emergency.
[54:07.760 --> 54:11.640]  If you can declare an emergency with the same person who declares the emergency,
[54:11.640 --> 54:14.680]  then hands himself dictatorial power.
[54:15.160 --> 54:18.360]  I mean, this government is hanging by a thread.
[54:18.360 --> 54:20.400]  And I think that thread broke a while ago.
[54:21.040 --> 54:24.040]  And so why did Trump create this whole vote by mail thing?
[54:24.040 --> 54:26.360]  That's the thing that needs to be answered.
[54:26.360 --> 54:31.960]  Meanwhile, Florida is passing a voter ID bill that is modeled after the save act.
[54:32.720 --> 54:34.880]  This could all be handled at the state level.
[54:34.920 --> 54:38.520]  And if we do it at the state level, we might get it without the
[54:38.520 --> 54:41.600]  transparent aspect of this.
[54:42.320 --> 54:44.760]  I don't know if that's in the Florida bill or not.
[54:45.320 --> 54:48.480]  Uh, maybe hopefully they didn't copy that part of it.
[54:48.920 --> 54:51.360]  Maybe they just stayed on the voting aspect of it.
[54:51.360 --> 54:56.640]  I agree with what's in the, um, save act in terms of the voting aspect of it.
[54:57.240 --> 55:01.560]  That's why I disagreed with Trump in 2020 because he didn't agree with it.
[55:02.680 --> 55:04.200]  The guy is all over the place.
[55:04.240 --> 55:08.840]  Meanwhile, Democrats are referring Kristi Noem to the Department of
[55:08.840 --> 55:14.040]  Justice, to Pam Bondi for criminal investigation.
[55:14.720 --> 55:16.200]  Well, good luck with that.
[55:16.720 --> 55:20.400]  Um, I don't think that's going to go anywhere at all.
[55:20.760 --> 55:24.440]  Uh, and of course, um, it's not just that she lied about some of the
[55:24.440 --> 55:27.000]  details when she was testifying.
[55:27.800 --> 55:31.320]  The real issue is the corruption itself.
[55:32.360 --> 55:33.320]  Incredibly corrupt.
[55:33.680 --> 55:37.040]  That's inaccurate, madam, madam secretary, I'll read from the
[55:37.040 --> 55:40.200]  notice from your agency, given the immediate action to significantly
[55:40.200 --> 55:44.400]  reduce illegal immigration and border crossings, DHS invited, excuse me,
[55:44.400 --> 55:50.200]  identified four companies, four of the hundreds of thousands of companies in
[55:50.200 --> 55:52.720]  the United States, you identified four.
[55:52.880 --> 55:55.160]  One of those is this safe America media company.
[55:55.160 --> 55:57.000]  Where is safe America media headquartered?
[55:57.400 --> 55:57.920]  I don't know.
[55:58.440 --> 55:59.920]  I don't know either, madam secretary.
[55:59.920 --> 56:00.680]  We can't find it.
[56:01.120 --> 56:02.240]  We can't find a website.
[56:02.960 --> 56:06.120]  We did find an address that's registered for this company.
[56:06.120 --> 56:07.200]  Do you know where that address is?
[56:08.040 --> 56:09.520]  Is there a problem with this contract?
[56:09.520 --> 56:13.400]  I'll tell you about it, madam secretary, the address is registered
[56:13.400 --> 56:16.880]  to a political operative, madam, madam secretary, the company, and
[56:16.880 --> 56:17.960]  then I'll give you an opportunity to respond.
[56:18.160 --> 56:22.280]  The company is registered to a political operative in Virginia.
[56:22.440 --> 56:26.520]  Do you know just by way of example, whether this company that received
[56:26.520 --> 56:31.680]  $143 million in taxpayer dollars, has it ever done work for the government before?
[56:31.760 --> 56:32.320]  I don't know.
[56:32.320 --> 56:32.720]  I can't.
[56:32.720 --> 56:34.440]  The answer is it has not.
[56:34.440 --> 56:35.600]  And do you know why we know that?
[56:35.720 --> 56:42.120]  Because it was incorporated eight days, eight days before this contract went out.
[56:42.840 --> 56:48.960]  You want the American people to believe that this is all above board, that $143
[56:48.960 --> 56:54.320]  million of taxpayer money just happened to go to this one company that doesn't
[56:54.320 --> 56:56.800]  have a headquarters, doesn't have a website, has never done work for the
[56:56.800 --> 57:00.640]  federal government before and is registered apparently or attached to a
[57:00.640 --> 57:02.920]  residence from a political operative.
[57:03.200 --> 57:07.560]  And of course, one of the subcontractors of that contract, as you know, is a
[57:07.600 --> 57:11.720]  political firm that's tied to you back when you were governor of South Dakota.
[57:11.800 --> 57:16.320]  The reason why I ask these questions is that this is taxpayer money.
[57:17.160 --> 57:22.840]  And I presume, I don't know this for a fact, but Senator Tillis noted yesterday
[57:23.160 --> 57:27.000]  the way in which your agency is blocking the inspector general from 11 different
[57:27.000 --> 57:28.760]  investigations that it is trying to conduct.
[57:28.920 --> 57:30.920]  I don't know if this happens to be one of them.
[57:31.320 --> 57:36.040]  I certainly hope it is because eventually the facts will become public in this regard.
[57:38.680 --> 57:39.800]  And that's the real issue.
[57:40.200 --> 57:43.080]  It's not about some perjury trap that probably caught her.
[57:43.080 --> 57:46.120]  And I'm sure she was lying because that's what she does.
[57:46.160 --> 57:51.480]  I mean, we saw the lies when they were talking about the murders of ICE committed
[57:51.480 --> 57:53.680]  by ICE in Minneapolis.
[57:53.720 --> 57:59.320]  And of course, the other person who is involved in this is her deputy, who was
[57:59.320 --> 58:04.640]  the spokesperson, who was also telling lies as big as Kristi Noem about what
[58:04.640 --> 58:06.000]  had happened in Minnesota.
[58:06.440 --> 58:11.480]  She's got a lot of motivation for doing that because she is knee deep in hundreds
[58:11.480 --> 58:14.520]  of millions of dollars of corruption herself as well, the deputy.
[58:15.360 --> 58:17.680]  And so she's going to lie about all this stuff as well.
[58:18.560 --> 58:24.960]  11 different investigations that DHS is blocking from DOJ, but I don't think
[58:24.960 --> 58:26.800]  there will be an investigation of her perjury.
[58:28.160 --> 58:32.320]  Pam Bondi is a team player, if nothing else.
[58:33.760 --> 58:39.360]  Meanwhile, a judge has quashed the grand jury subpoenas of the Fed and Jerome
[58:39.360 --> 58:41.640]  Powell and the renovations probe.
[58:42.160 --> 58:46.760]  Now I think the renovation has the hallmarks of criminality in it.
[58:46.760 --> 58:48.800]  The amount of money that is there.
[58:49.720 --> 58:56.040]  But nevertheless, this was really something that was being done by Trump to
[58:56.040 --> 58:59.240]  intimidate Jerome Powell as the chair of the Federal Reserve.
[59:00.080 --> 59:02.720]  And so the judge called them on that.
[59:02.720 --> 59:04.920]  He understood that it was politically motivated.
[59:05.120 --> 59:12.400]  This is the criminality of this mafia administration, weaponizing law fair.
[59:12.960 --> 59:16.000]  And of course, everybody saw the Biden administration doing
[59:16.000 --> 59:17.440]  lawfare against Trump.
[59:18.320 --> 59:20.480]  And it was what got Trump elected by the way.
[59:21.280 --> 59:23.920]  But now Trump has exceeded.
[59:24.520 --> 59:27.920]  He's taken the example that was set by Biden and he's gone way beyond that.
[59:28.240 --> 59:31.160]  Federal judge ruled the Justice Department subpoenas of the Federal
[59:31.160 --> 59:36.680]  Reserve and its chair, Jerome Powell, may not be enforced according to court
[59:36.680 --> 59:38.080]  filings on sealed Friday.
[59:38.880 --> 59:44.200]  A district judge, James Boegsberg, quashed two subpoenas served on the
[59:44.200 --> 59:49.240]  Fed's board of governors that sought records about a two and a half billion
[59:49.240 --> 59:50.560]  dollar renovation project.
[59:50.560 --> 59:51.080]  That's what I'm saying.
[59:51.280 --> 59:56.480]  How in the world could you spend two and a half billion dollars on
[59:56.480 --> 59:57.600]  the renovation of a building?
[59:57.600 --> 01:00:01.800]  How many buildings cost two and a half billion dollars in the first place?
[01:00:01.960 --> 01:00:03.720]  And this is just a renovation.
[01:00:04.520 --> 01:00:06.480]  This is not even new construction.
[01:00:08.480 --> 01:00:12.000]  The judge pointed to abundant evidence that the subpoenas were part of a
[01:00:12.000 --> 01:00:13.960]  pressure campaign against Powell.
[01:00:14.800 --> 01:00:18.520]  Did prosecutors issue those subpoenas for a proper purpose?
[01:00:18.520 --> 01:00:19.040]  He said.
[01:00:19.800 --> 01:00:21.360]  The court finds that they did not.
[01:00:21.800 --> 01:00:23.120]  In other words, this is all political.
[01:00:23.120 --> 01:00:30.400]  There's nothing that is really there in terms of this probe, because it
[01:00:30.400 --> 01:00:33.120]  wasn't even really about the money.
[01:00:33.720 --> 01:00:38.480]  Uh, Trump claimed that it was a perjury issue.
[01:00:38.840 --> 01:00:40.080]  Hey, it's Ben Ferguson.
[01:00:40.080 --> 01:00:43.240]  And I want you to pause what you're doing for just one minute.
[01:00:43.280 --> 01:00:47.520]  And I want you to hear about love, generosity, and compassion.
[01:00:47.560 --> 01:00:50.680]  We say those words all the time and they sound good.
[01:00:50.720 --> 01:00:51.440]  They feel good.
[01:00:51.800 --> 01:00:53.040]  But here's the truth.
[01:00:53.280 --> 01:00:57.280]  Those words don't mean anything unless they turn into action.
[01:00:57.640 --> 01:01:02.640]  And right now, not later today, not tomorrow, there's a child in the world
[01:01:02.640 --> 01:01:07.720]  who doesn't know if they'll eat, if they'll have a chance to learn, or
[01:01:07.720 --> 01:01:09.560]  if there's any hope at all.
[01:01:09.960 --> 01:01:15.360]  And while we're all busy, life keeps moving forward, but that child is waiting.
[01:01:15.720 --> 01:01:19.360]  This is where you come in with compassion international.
[01:01:19.360 --> 01:01:24.240]  You have the chance to change a child's future, not just with words, not with
[01:01:24.240 --> 01:01:29.640]  promises, but with real help that provides food, education, and hope
[01:01:29.720 --> 01:01:33.880]  through local churches and people already in their community.
[01:01:34.360 --> 01:01:37.320]  Put your words into action and join me.
[01:01:37.560 --> 01:01:43.360]  Introduce a child to a loving heavenly father today at compassion.com.
[01:01:43.680 --> 01:01:45.920]  That's compassion.com.
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[01:02:31.800 --> 01:02:36.800]  talk to yourself for an hour, you might as well publish it in terms of questions
[01:02:36.800 --> 01:02:40.240]  that he was asked when he was talking to Congress, just like what we're
[01:02:40.240 --> 01:02:41.440]  talking about with Christine Ohm.
[01:02:41.680 --> 01:02:44.040]  So it wasn't about the actual crime itself.
[01:02:44.920 --> 01:02:48.640]  It was about perjury, uh, regarding what was done with the money.
[01:02:49.760 --> 01:02:54.160]  And so, uh, as, um, people are talking about what happens next.
[01:02:54.800 --> 01:02:59.120]  You had, as soon as that was put out, you had judge, uh, Janine
[01:02:59.120 --> 01:03:05.680]  Pirro flipped out and, um, because she's the one who has been charged.
[01:03:05.680 --> 01:03:10.160]  This Fox news commentator has been charged with taking this thing forward.
[01:03:10.520 --> 01:03:15.000]  So Trump is headed for the Supreme court and he's headed for a bruising
[01:03:15.080 --> 01:03:21.160]  says, um, uh, raw story, uh, because John Roberts has lost his patience with him.
[01:03:22.040 --> 01:03:27.600]  A meltdown by us attorney Janine Perot over being blocked by judge Boasberg
[01:03:28.160 --> 01:03:32.960]  and her attempt to subpoena Jerome Powell is setting up a possible showdown
[01:03:32.960 --> 01:03:37.760]  in the Supreme court, which will not go well, according to a former prosecutor.
[01:03:38.360 --> 01:03:44.560]  Um, former Palm beach County state attorney, Dave Ehrenberg said Piro
[01:03:44.560 --> 01:03:49.600]  has every intention of going to the Supreme court for relief, but he said,
[01:03:49.600 --> 01:03:53.320]  um, that's not going to work out too well for them.
[01:03:53.320 --> 01:03:59.440]  According to him, Piro's a saber rattling combined with Trump's attacks
[01:03:59.480 --> 01:04:03.840]  on Powell on social media will make it hard for the department of justice to
[01:04:03.840 --> 01:04:07.000]  get a sign off to proceed from the nation's highest court.
[01:04:08.040 --> 01:04:13.960]  So again, Trump was his own worst enemy because he made it very clear that his
[01:04:13.960 --> 01:04:18.600]  attacks against Jerome Powell were because he didn't like Powell's policy.
[01:04:19.160 --> 01:04:23.040]  Not because he had a problem with the excessive and I would say likely
[01:04:23.040 --> 01:04:27.360]  criminal two and a half billion dollar renovation, they made it about
[01:04:27.840 --> 01:04:29.280]  his disagreement on policy.
[01:04:29.840 --> 01:04:33.160]  They made it about some perjury trap questions that they had.
[01:04:33.760 --> 01:04:35.440]  It wasn't about the substance of it.
[01:04:35.920 --> 01:04:40.200]  On Friday, a furious Piro shouted at reporters by inserting himself and
[01:04:40.200 --> 01:04:43.560]  preventing the grand jury from even obtaining, let alone hearing evidence.
[01:04:44.280 --> 01:04:48.240]  Boasberg has neutered the grand jury's ability to investigate a crime.
[01:04:49.600 --> 01:04:55.600]  What crime, you know, you have publicly tweeted out what your real purpose
[01:04:55.600 --> 01:05:00.520]  and all this stuff was, and so, um, he read your tweets and he said, this
[01:05:00.520 --> 01:05:06.000]  is all just, uh, trying to intimidate this guy and, and try to change his policy.
[01:05:06.560 --> 01:05:08.760]  This is a self-inflicted wound.
[01:05:09.320 --> 01:05:12.280]  Trump put out all those statements and you know, it's going to be rough for
[01:05:12.280 --> 01:05:18.440]  you when the opening lines of a judge's ruling feed Trump's own words back
[01:05:18.600 --> 01:05:23.400]  to the prosecutors, but he said was, well, here's what your boss wrote.
[01:05:24.120 --> 01:05:25.320]  I know what this is about.
[01:05:25.320 --> 01:05:29.560]  This is not about the issue that he has with the cost of the renovation.
[01:05:30.080 --> 01:05:31.520]  He leaned on Trump's own words.
[01:05:31.520 --> 01:05:35.800]  He said, I have a common sense that everyone else here, uh, like everyone
[01:05:35.800 --> 01:05:40.000]  else here and I don't have to put my head in the sand, we can see what's going on
[01:05:40.000 --> 01:05:47.200]  here, he said, uh, in that tariff ruling recently, uh, Robert seemed like he's
[01:05:47.200 --> 01:05:48.520]  lost some patience with Trump.
[01:05:49.080 --> 01:05:51.200]  He didn't give the president anywhere near the deference that he
[01:05:51.200 --> 01:05:53.120]  gave him in the immunity ruling.
[01:05:53.760 --> 01:05:57.320]  I think this ruling will hold up on an appeal, especially because you've
[01:05:57.320 --> 01:06:01.160]  seen other rulings by the Supreme court that show that they put the Fed in a
[01:06:01.160 --> 01:06:05.520]  unique place, a special bubble that protects them.
[01:06:06.560 --> 01:06:07.440]  Yeah, that's right.
[01:06:08.160 --> 01:06:09.640]  I don't like that either.
[01:06:10.320 --> 01:06:13.040]  Uh, I also don't like Trump's arrogance.
[01:06:13.520 --> 01:06:16.640]  This particular case, he was hoisted by his own batard, or maybe we
[01:06:16.640 --> 01:06:18.960]  should say hoisted by his own hubris.
[01:06:19.640 --> 01:06:22.120]  We're going to take a quick break and we're going to come back and take a
[01:06:22.120 --> 01:06:25.160]  look at what is happening with the Iran war.
[01:06:25.880 --> 01:06:26.720]  So stay with us.
[01:06:26.720 --> 01:06:28.280]  We will be right back.
[01:07:16.640 --> 01:07:22.440]  You're listening to the David Knight show, Elvis, and the sweet sounds of
[01:07:22.440 --> 01:07:30.160]  Motown find them on the oldies channel at apsradio.com well, I got some comments
[01:07:30.160 --> 01:07:37.600]  here, Mark Young 12 says, uh, Ted Cruz, uh, his lobby total is $6.1 million.
[01:07:37.640 --> 01:07:41.040]  Check how much your senators and reps take in from Israel.
[01:07:41.040 --> 01:07:42.560]  And of course, this is coming from AIPAC.
[01:07:42.800 --> 01:07:45.960]  Let's talk about that before we get back into the Iran war, because as I said
[01:07:45.960 --> 01:07:50.480]  before, uh, religion is upstream of politics and of course, politics is
[01:07:50.480 --> 01:07:57.040]  upstream of war, uh, Jerry Alatalo says, uh, Joe Kent announced his resignation
[01:07:57.040 --> 01:08:01.680]  as director of the national capital of the United States, uh, of the United
[01:08:01.680 --> 01:08:05.680]  States, uh, of the United States, uh, of the United States, uh, of the United
[01:08:05.720 --> 01:08:09.160]  States, uh, of the United States, uh, of the United States, and he announced
[01:08:09.160 --> 01:08:12.360]  his resignation as director of the national counterterrorism center.
[01:08:12.680 --> 01:08:17.440]  He said pressure from Israel had pushed Trump into war against Iran.
[01:08:18.480 --> 01:08:19.300]  Well, that's great.
[01:08:19.360 --> 01:08:24.440]  And so when you look at this, you know, the question is, if you're going to resign
[01:08:24.440 --> 01:08:28.000]  with this stuff and make a public statement, I think that's important.
[01:08:28.000 --> 01:08:31.840]  And that might be the best way to push back from this stuff rather than stay
[01:08:31.840 --> 01:08:39.360]  He has been marginalized inside the administration if she really is opposed to the war as she has consistently said
[01:08:40.080 --> 01:08:45.840]  She ought to stand by those convictions publicly and I've never heard of that guy before but
[01:08:46.280 --> 01:08:51.560]  Kudos to him for for leaving again. The argument is can I change things if I stay inside one?
[01:08:51.560 --> 01:08:57.840]  No, you can't not in the Trump regime. You can't if it's been thoroughly co-opted from the top down and
[01:08:58.480 --> 01:09:03.840]  If they're going to go against your recommendations, you might as well get out and publicly oppose it
[01:09:03.840 --> 01:09:08.800]  I think that's the best thing that you could do live free or perish says if Trump doesn't like your country
[01:09:09.160 --> 01:09:15.360]  He puts tariffs on him. That's right. He said I can do whatever I want. I can destroy a country
[01:09:15.640 --> 01:09:20.000]  And he doesn't just mean with his military might at his disposal now
[01:09:20.560 --> 01:09:25.920]  he means that he can do it economically and of course tariffs are taxes and
[01:09:26.600 --> 01:09:28.600]  Taxes are the power to destroy
[01:09:29.320 --> 01:09:35.040]  So but in the end the consumer and America pays the consequences. That's right. We pay the consequences
[01:09:35.640 --> 01:09:43.000]  For the wars and we pay the consequences and we pay the taxes as well and we pay the taxes for the war
[01:09:43.920 --> 01:09:45.520]  and so
[01:09:45.520 --> 01:09:50.160]  As a matter of fact, that's even when Eric Peters writes about his daily
[01:09:50.680 --> 01:09:55.560]  Briefing that he's been putting out almost daily about the Iran war. He says the war taxes
[01:09:55.920 --> 01:09:59.600]  And then puts the date because you can think of it that way
[01:09:59.760 --> 01:10:04.440]  Hey, it's Ben Ferguson and I want you to pause what you're doing for just one minute
[01:10:04.440 --> 01:10:08.720]  And I want you to hear about love generosity and compassion
[01:10:08.720 --> 01:10:12.560]  We say those words all the time and they sound good. They feel good
[01:10:12.720 --> 01:10:19.400]  But here's the truth those words don't mean anything unless they turn into action and right now
[01:10:19.760 --> 01:10:21.760]  Not later today not tomorrow
[01:10:21.920 --> 01:10:28.400]  There's a child in the world who doesn't know if they'll eat if they'll have a chance to learn or
[01:10:28.600 --> 01:10:35.040]  If there's any hope at all and while we're all busy life keeps moving forward
[01:10:35.040 --> 01:10:40.600]  But that child is waiting. This is where you come in with compassion international
[01:10:40.600 --> 01:10:46.060]  You have the chance to change a child's future not just with words not with promises
[01:10:46.120 --> 01:10:49.800]  but with real help that provides food education and
[01:10:50.160 --> 01:10:55.040]  Hope through local churches and people already in their community
[01:10:55.280 --> 01:11:02.560]  Put your words into action and join me introduce a child to a loving Heavenly Father today at
[01:11:03.280 --> 01:11:04.600]  compassion.com
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[01:11:58.600 --> 01:12:02.560]  Let's talk a little bit about Ted Cruz and what he's been up to lately
[01:12:03.520 --> 01:12:05.280]  and
[01:12:05.280 --> 01:12:07.760]  Skip over a little bit of this stuff. Let's go directly to
[01:12:08.600 --> 01:12:10.600]  Mr. Cruz himself
[01:12:11.400 --> 01:12:17.360]  there's a an article up on LifeSite News, which is a Catholic site and
[01:12:18.280 --> 01:12:24.720]  They're very upset about what Ted Cruz has said about Catholics and understand that the problem that
[01:12:25.600 --> 01:12:30.880]  Ted Cruz in this Kerry Prejean baller is Catholic as well and
[01:12:31.880 --> 01:12:35.720]  the issue really is this conflict that has developed between
[01:12:36.720 --> 01:12:40.840]  The so-called Zionist Christians, which I think is an oxymoron
[01:12:42.320 --> 01:12:49.600]  Zionism is a political movement, right? And so what you're saying is you're a political Christian. I
[01:12:50.640 --> 01:12:57.360]  Think Christians should be involved. I think we should speak out. I think we should have some discernment, but it shouldn't be the main thing and
[01:12:58.800 --> 01:13:04.040]  It really is the it needs to be below the more important things
[01:13:04.040 --> 01:13:09.760]  but not for people like Ted Cruz because he's getting six point one million dollars from a pack and
[01:13:10.880 --> 01:13:12.880]  so they're attacking
[01:13:13.640 --> 01:13:17.880]  traditional Catholics because the traditional Catholics are holding to the
[01:13:18.640 --> 01:13:22.080]  Doctrine about what happens and in times and what?
[01:13:22.680 --> 01:13:24.680]  Israel's standing is before God
[01:13:25.000 --> 01:13:31.080]  They're holding to the traditional Christian understanding that has been the understanding not only of Catholics
[01:13:31.480 --> 01:13:34.880]  But of the reformers as well of the Protestants and
[01:13:35.640 --> 01:13:41.000]  So that this has been something that has been common throughout Christianity for millennia
[01:13:41.640 --> 01:13:43.440]  until you had the
[01:13:43.440 --> 01:13:46.640]  dispensationalist and the Darbyist and the Scofield Bible and
[01:13:47.120 --> 01:13:53.160]  The massive amounts of money that Israel is giving to a lot of preachers
[01:13:53.160 --> 01:13:57.680]  I mean this organization that Netanyahu has helped to create
[01:13:58.240 --> 01:14:01.640]  That is working as a liaison to
[01:14:02.280 --> 01:14:05.480]  Get pastors to politically support Israel
[01:14:06.000 --> 01:14:08.960]  It's flowing in as has flown in the last year
[01:14:08.960 --> 01:14:16.680]  So thousands of pastors to these conferences that they hold where they go in and they lecture to them about the importance and the uniqueness
[01:14:16.800 --> 01:14:23.600]  Of the state of Israel this foreign government now go back to your churches and preach from the pulpit
[01:14:24.040 --> 01:14:26.840]  What I'm telling you that they all need to support Israel
[01:14:27.720 --> 01:14:34.480]  And this is something that the state of Israel is spending talk about lobbying the politicians
[01:14:34.480 --> 01:14:36.960]  They are lobbying lobbying the pastors as well
[01:14:37.920 --> 01:14:43.240]  They're giving them lots of money and they've got this traveling tour and I've talked about this as well
[01:14:43.760 --> 01:14:48.560]  To go through and quote-unquote educate the pastors into their
[01:14:49.640 --> 01:14:51.600]  Israeli theology
[01:14:51.600 --> 01:14:53.600]  They're co-opting
[01:14:53.600 --> 01:15:00.760]  The churches just like they've co-opted co-opted our government and Ted Cruz is one of the key people in all this Ted Cruz
[01:15:00.920 --> 01:15:02.720]  endorses an article
[01:15:02.720 --> 01:15:05.840]  accusing traditional Catholics of being parasites and
[01:15:07.240 --> 01:15:09.240]  you know, this is
[01:15:09.600 --> 01:15:11.600]  As LifeSite News is
[01:15:11.720 --> 01:15:16.400]  Looking at this and last week. We've seen what happened to Kerry preaching baller and
[01:15:17.080 --> 01:15:20.640]  We see this op-ed piece is being put out there. They go. Wait a minute
[01:15:21.640 --> 01:15:27.240]  This is they're coming after us and there are some Protestants out there who are not Zionists
[01:15:27.600 --> 01:15:29.160]  Who are saying the same thing?
[01:15:29.160 --> 01:15:36.360]  They said this is something that is going to come after anybody who opposes Zionism and the state of Israel
[01:15:37.120 --> 01:15:38.240]  so
[01:15:38.240 --> 01:15:42.960]  it comes this essay that Ted Cruz put out and he says
[01:15:44.000 --> 01:15:45.840]  it is from a
[01:15:45.960 --> 01:15:52.300]  LifeSite News that characterizes the author a Republican Zionist account is called insurrection Barbie
[01:15:53.560 --> 01:15:58.120]  This on X Ted Cruz says read every word of this
[01:15:59.200 --> 01:16:06.080]  It's the best most comprehensive explanation of what we are fighting and they repeats it read every
[01:16:06.520 --> 01:16:08.520]  word of this and
[01:16:08.920 --> 01:16:10.920]  It's there's a lot of words
[01:16:12.040 --> 01:16:14.040]  8,000 words and
[01:16:14.320 --> 01:16:17.040]  I haven't read it yet. I didn't have time to read it yesterday
[01:16:17.040 --> 01:16:21.520]  But I will read it and I'll tell you if I see anything different there. This is the characterization
[01:16:22.320 --> 01:16:26.640]  Characterization, however from lights LifeSite News and I think they've got it
[01:16:26.640 --> 01:16:32.640]  right the author claimed that the Republican Party is being taken over by a small block of Catholics and
[01:16:33.360 --> 01:16:34.440]  undermining
[01:16:34.440 --> 01:16:37.920]  its support for Christian Zionism, I
[01:16:38.920 --> 01:16:46.560]  Would say that is an oxymoron again as I said before Zionism is a political movement and
[01:16:48.920 --> 01:16:52.520]  It is being used for a divide and conquer
[01:16:53.160 --> 01:16:57.800]  We can look if you want to know what Zionism is of course Zionism is saying we're going to have a homeland for the Jews
[01:16:57.800 --> 01:16:59.520]  and initially
[01:16:59.520 --> 01:17:04.520]  Rothschild and others were looking at a lot of different places. It wasn't just Palestine
[01:17:04.520 --> 01:17:07.280]  They were looking at a lot of different places to have a homeland and
[01:17:08.280 --> 01:17:09.560]  so
[01:17:09.560 --> 01:17:14.680]  It really is now being used as a way to divide and conquer
[01:17:15.080 --> 01:17:16.600]  Hey, it's Ben Ferguson
[01:17:16.600 --> 01:17:22.000]  And I want you to pause what you're doing for just one minute and I want you to hear about love
[01:17:22.520 --> 01:17:27.900]  Generosity and compassion. We say those words all the time and they sound good. They feel good
[01:17:28.040 --> 01:17:29.640]  But here's the truth
[01:17:29.680 --> 01:17:37.160]  Those words don't mean anything unless they turn into action and right now not later today not tomorrow
[01:17:37.360 --> 01:17:43.800]  there's a child in the world who doesn't know if they'll eat if they'll have a chance to learn or
[01:17:44.000 --> 01:17:49.920]  If there's any hope at all and while we're all busy life keeps moving forward
[01:17:50.280 --> 01:17:56.000]  But that child is waiting. This is where you come in with compassion international
[01:17:56.000 --> 01:18:03.760]  You have the chance to change a child's future not just with words not with promises but with real help that provides food
[01:18:04.520 --> 01:18:10.160]  Education and hope through local churches and people already in their community
[01:18:10.680 --> 01:18:17.960]  Put your words into action and join me introduce a child to a loving Heavenly Father today at
[01:18:18.680 --> 01:18:20.000]  compassion.com
[01:18:20.000 --> 01:18:22.000]  That's compassion.com
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[01:19:06.360 --> 01:19:12.640]  Spreaker because if you're going to talk to yourself for an hour, you might as well publish it the Republicans
[01:19:12.640 --> 01:19:14.640]  It is also being used
[01:19:14.760 --> 01:19:21.400]  To shut down free speech to shut down the free exercise of religious conscience as they saw with Carrie Prejean baller
[01:19:22.000 --> 01:19:24.000]  It's being used for war
[01:19:24.360 --> 01:19:26.360]  It is being used
[01:19:26.840 --> 01:19:30.680]  For attacking anybody who is America first
[01:19:31.760 --> 01:19:33.680]  It should be very telling
[01:19:33.680 --> 01:19:40.960]  What this is really about the so-called Zionist Christians the inflammatory rhetoric in this article says LifeSite News
[01:19:41.560 --> 01:19:45.920]  Continues with the author describing the block of Catholics as quote parasites
[01:19:46.760 --> 01:19:52.000]  Saying they are engaged in theft and the slow poisoning of existing institutions
[01:19:52.000 --> 01:19:58.520]  Would Ted Cruz ever say that about Paula White and the prosperity gospel movement that is so tied to Donald Trump
[01:19:58.520 --> 01:20:04.000]  Are they parasites engaged in theft and the slow poisoning of?
[01:20:04.880 --> 01:20:06.720]  the church I
[01:20:06.720 --> 01:20:09.320]  Say they are but he would never say that
[01:20:09.960 --> 01:20:13.120]  Deploying a medieval theological framework, they said
[01:20:14.480 --> 01:20:21.560]  Against Christian Zionism again. Yeah, it was not only medieval. It went way before the medieval times
[01:20:21.560 --> 01:20:26.640]  It was a thousand years earlier than that. It has traditionally been the understanding of
[01:20:29.560 --> 01:20:31.240]  Theology and
[01:20:31.240 --> 01:20:37.960]  The other stuff is the novel interpretation and of course to dispensationalism. They added Zionism
[01:20:39.320 --> 01:20:41.440]  So they said there which is political
[01:20:42.360 --> 01:20:45.240]  We've got neocons out there who are pushing for war, right?
[01:20:46.280 --> 01:20:48.360]  Maybe we should call these people neo-christians
[01:20:49.280 --> 01:20:53.000]  because they've got a new theology that's only a couple hundred years old and
[01:20:54.080 --> 01:20:57.280]  They're using that to push neocon wars
[01:20:58.840 --> 01:21:00.840]  Just call them the neos
[01:21:01.680 --> 01:21:03.720]  Just say no to neos
[01:21:03.720 --> 01:21:08.720]  They worship a political movement and they worship a foreign government
[01:21:09.360 --> 01:21:11.920]  And they seek to replace the Lord Jesus Christ
[01:21:12.960 --> 01:21:17.560]  With this political government as a matter of fact Ted Cruz at the same time all this stuff is happening says
[01:21:17.880 --> 01:21:20.040]  You know, you need to stop saying Christ is King
[01:21:21.400 --> 01:21:26.160]  Because we've got to replace the Lord Jesus Christ with the state of Israel and Netanyahu
[01:21:27.160 --> 01:21:33.160]  Well, then you know who may have already met Lord Jesus Christ for all we know certainly a lot of indications of that
[01:21:33.760 --> 01:21:37.280]  They're not seeking to evangelize. He said they said
[01:21:37.920 --> 01:21:41.680]  Ben Shapiro calls them frauds and grifters and we believe that they are
[01:21:43.000 --> 01:21:49.360]  Yeah, it's not the the frauds and the grifters folks are the people who are using Christ
[01:21:50.400 --> 01:21:52.280]  for their politics
[01:21:52.280 --> 01:22:00.080]  The people who are using Christ for their prosperity people like Ted Cruz people like Paula White and people like
[01:22:00.520 --> 01:22:02.960]  lieutenant governor of Texas Dan Patrick
[01:22:03.720 --> 01:22:08.240]  The doubt refers to undermining the political ideology of Christian Zionism
[01:22:08.240 --> 01:22:11.640]  They said their goal is not conversion. Their goal is doubt
[01:22:12.840 --> 01:22:14.840]  Well, I would ask these
[01:22:15.640 --> 01:22:20.600]  1,000 pastors who had an all-expenses paid trip to Israel
[01:22:21.720 --> 01:22:26.400]  So they could be propagandized by that government was your goal in going there
[01:22:27.120 --> 01:22:29.560]  To give the good news about the Lord Jesus Christ
[01:22:30.480 --> 01:22:32.480]  Or was it to take some shekels?
[01:22:33.240 --> 01:22:35.240]  What was your purpose?
[01:22:35.520 --> 01:22:38.320]  30 pieces of silver I guess I handed you I don't know
[01:22:38.600 --> 01:22:43.960]  The article which Cruz described as being the best and most comprehensive explanation about what we are fighting
[01:22:45.240 --> 01:22:48.720]  Condemns Catholics for their embrace of traditional Catholic doctrine
[01:22:49.440 --> 01:22:56.480]  the chief objection raised is Catholic opposition to Christian Zionism, which it treats as central to
[01:22:56.880 --> 01:23:00.000]  Evangelical Protestantism and to the American Republic
[01:23:00.680 --> 01:23:07.800]  That's one of the most amazing aspects of this article from the quotes that are in the LifeSite News article
[01:23:07.800 --> 01:23:11.440]  in other words, we're supposed to believe that the foundation not only of
[01:23:13.560 --> 01:23:18.680]  Christianity as we call it the understanding of people who follow Christ. I don't talk about Christendom
[01:23:18.680 --> 01:23:22.240]  I don't talk about governments as being followers of Christ. They never are
[01:23:23.040 --> 01:23:25.840]  Governments always opposed to Christ. They don't like to have
[01:23:26.840 --> 01:23:28.640]  another king
[01:23:28.680 --> 01:23:30.440]  But
[01:23:30.440 --> 01:23:32.440]  When you look at what they are
[01:23:32.960 --> 01:23:37.360]  Pushing it is to tell us that the American government was set up
[01:23:38.280 --> 01:23:40.280]  And our society was founded
[01:23:40.760 --> 01:23:44.840]  To get Jews back to their homeland, which is what Zionism is about
[01:23:44.840 --> 01:23:48.960]  It's about having a homeland not necessarily even the original land
[01:23:49.440 --> 01:23:56.160]  That they say but to have a homeland somewhere. That was the purpose of America. That was the purpose of
[01:23:56.640 --> 01:24:03.000]  Christianity that was the purpose of the Bible according to these people the essay claims that modern American conservatism
[01:24:03.560 --> 01:24:05.560]  rests on a theological claim
[01:24:06.320 --> 01:24:08.320]  Which is not about America at all
[01:24:08.520 --> 01:24:10.520]  This is what the article says
[01:24:10.640 --> 01:24:14.720]  That God made an eternal unconditional covenant with the Jewish people
[01:24:15.240 --> 01:24:21.800]  that the modern state of Israel is a fulfillment of biblical prophecy and that Christians who bless Israel are
[01:24:22.320 --> 01:24:24.680]  obeying a direct divine command
[01:24:25.400 --> 01:24:31.840]  Remove that conviction and you remove the moral engine that has driven evangelical political engagement for half a century
[01:24:32.760 --> 01:24:34.480]  for half a century
[01:24:34.480 --> 01:24:42.200]  Well, you know that has not been the understanding of Christians for 2,000 years not 50 years, but 2,000 years
[01:24:42.960 --> 01:24:44.960]  if that were true
[01:24:44.960 --> 01:24:47.080]  you know, what do we say about the
[01:24:47.920 --> 01:24:49.920]  the creation of
[01:24:50.160 --> 01:24:53.800]  America the other two centuries of America. What do we say about 2,000 years?
[01:24:54.800 --> 01:24:59.800]  Of Christianity and 200 years of America. You saw them out the window, right?
[01:25:00.320 --> 01:25:04.040]  The pilgrims who came here in 1620 were not focused on
[01:25:04.680 --> 01:25:09.240]  the establishment of a Jewish political state in Palestine
[01:25:09.800 --> 01:25:15.440]  They were focused on propagating the gospel. You can see it in the mayor of our compact, right?
[01:25:15.600 --> 01:25:19.640]  We want to bring the gospel to the people who already live here
[01:25:20.640 --> 01:25:25.360]  Now we've got pastors who go to Israel and they don't even want to take the gospel to them, right?
[01:25:26.160 --> 01:25:32.520]  They take their coin, but they don't give them anything in return for most of Christian history writes this article
[01:25:32.960 --> 01:25:36.160]  the dominant theological position regarding the Jewish people was
[01:25:37.560 --> 01:25:38.960]  supersessionism
[01:25:38.960 --> 01:25:43.840]  replacement theology the belief that the Christian Church has superseded the Jewish people as
[01:25:44.560 --> 01:25:51.560]  Inheritor of God's covenant promises under this view the promises to Abraham Isaac and Jacob are now fulfilled in the church
[01:25:52.080 --> 01:25:54.400]  Actually, they're fulfilled in Christ
[01:25:55.400 --> 01:26:01.080]  If when you talk about I will bless those and through you all nations will be blessed that was about Christ
[01:26:01.080 --> 01:26:07.240]  And so I say from the very beginning people like Ted Cruz and these self-described Christian Zionists
[01:26:07.800 --> 01:26:13.280]  Want to replace Christ with a political state of Israel in that promise
[01:26:13.880 --> 01:26:18.080]  So the said the Jewish people according to them have no special ongoing
[01:26:19.000 --> 01:26:21.000]  covenantal status well if you look at
[01:26:22.000 --> 01:26:24.680]  Galatians if you look at Romans if you read those
[01:26:25.280 --> 01:26:27.280]  You see that yes
[01:26:27.400 --> 01:26:33.800]  They were a very integral part of God's plan and yet the reality was that true Israel
[01:26:34.520 --> 01:26:36.520]  was always about
[01:26:38.480 --> 01:26:40.480]  Was always based on the people of faith
[01:26:41.240 --> 01:26:43.240]  It was never about a
[01:26:44.120 --> 01:26:46.880]  Genealogy is never about geography
[01:26:47.360 --> 01:26:49.720]  it was always about faith and
[01:26:50.560 --> 01:26:56.360]  People who would trust Christ as a matter of fact. This is something that is not just with this
[01:26:57.400 --> 01:27:03.240]  Insurrection Barbie. It's not just something with Ted Cruz. This is being pushed by Newsmax
[01:27:03.880 --> 01:27:05.880]  Look at this graphic right here
[01:27:06.120 --> 01:27:10.240]  It shows it's got a pyramid and it shows the foundation
[01:27:11.280 --> 01:27:15.800]  Of Western civilization, so you got a pyramid and at the top of the pyramid
[01:27:16.640 --> 01:27:19.000]  Teetering at the top is Western civilization
[01:27:19.240 --> 01:27:23.240]  so it shows the foundation of this pyramid is Judaism and
[01:27:23.760 --> 01:27:28.020]  Then Christ and then Christianity and then the USA
[01:27:29.120 --> 01:27:31.120]  What's wrong with that?
[01:27:31.320 --> 01:27:33.320]  well, first of all
[01:27:33.440 --> 01:27:39.480]  You know that is it's not a timeline. This is a foundational thing that he's talking about here
[01:27:39.480 --> 01:27:44.760]  I have a real problem with Christ not being the foundation number one
[01:27:45.320 --> 01:27:50.040]  He's got Judaism is being founded and we've heard this from Huckabee. We've heard this from Huckabee
[01:27:50.040 --> 01:27:54.720]  We've heard it from Ted Cruz now here is Newsmax pushing this Judaism
[01:27:54.720 --> 01:28:00.040]  It says is the foundation of the free world. This is a screenshot from their report. I
[01:28:00.520 --> 01:28:02.880]  would suggest a different way of looking at this and
[01:28:04.000 --> 01:28:06.800]  I would say that you've got a
[01:28:07.560 --> 01:28:09.120]  situation where
[01:28:09.160 --> 01:28:11.160]  Christ is a foundation and
[01:28:12.240 --> 01:28:17.240]  What we have here is not a pyramid situation, but you have a
[01:28:18.200 --> 01:28:20.200]  foundation of Christ and
[01:28:20.840 --> 01:28:23.040]  you have people regardless of
[01:28:23.920 --> 01:28:26.480]  Whether they're male or female free or slave
[01:28:27.000 --> 01:28:29.000]  Jew or Gentile regardless
[01:28:29.440 --> 01:28:32.040]  the people that build on that are
[01:28:32.840 --> 01:28:36.720]  building based on faith and so there'd be a line going up from Christ that would be
[01:28:37.720 --> 01:28:39.720]  Based on faith
[01:28:40.160 --> 01:28:43.080]  As Paul said this is the Christian understanding
[01:28:43.880 --> 01:28:47.600]  Christian understanding has always been what the New Testament said
[01:28:48.160 --> 01:28:49.840]  Which is that?
[01:28:49.840 --> 01:28:51.840]  Not all of Israel was Israel
[01:28:52.280 --> 01:28:56.680]  right that the people who followed God were Israel and the people who
[01:28:57.440 --> 01:28:59.800]  because they were the children of the promise and
[01:29:00.880 --> 01:29:05.280]  That's what Christ said as well. He said you say that your children of Abraham
[01:29:05.920 --> 01:29:07.920]  He said Abraham saw my day and
[01:29:09.240 --> 01:29:11.920]  Rejoiced in it. That was what the promise was about
[01:29:12.600 --> 01:29:16.880]  It was about Christ coming and through him all nations would be blessed. How?
[01:29:17.480 --> 01:29:23.320]  Hey, it's Ben Ferguson and I want you to pause what you're doing for just one minute and I want you to hear about
[01:29:24.080 --> 01:29:30.400]  Alejandra she lives in a remote community with very few resources and little to no health care
[01:29:30.720 --> 01:29:34.800]  So when Alejandra gets sick her parents have no real options
[01:29:34.840 --> 01:29:40.080]  No doctors in their community and no money for real medical care
[01:29:40.440 --> 01:29:46.160]  By the third day her body was shutting down. She woke up and just long enough to tell her mom
[01:29:46.160 --> 01:29:50.520]  I can't take the pain anymore. I can't keep going
[01:29:51.120 --> 01:29:55.160]  Her parents drove hours to find a doctor who tried everything
[01:29:55.440 --> 01:30:02.520]  But she needed a private hospital and that was impossible for her family to afford and that is when
[01:30:03.000 --> 01:30:06.600]  Compassion International stepped in now through compassion
[01:30:07.160 --> 01:30:10.920]  Alejandra was treated and against all odds she survived
[01:30:11.400 --> 01:30:16.160]  She lived because someone just like you took action right now
[01:30:16.640 --> 01:30:22.660]  Unfortunately, there are children just like Alejandra who won't survive unless someone like you steps in
[01:30:23.460 --> 01:30:29.260]  Compassion International partners with local churches providing children with the support that they need
[01:30:30.140 --> 01:30:32.540]  critical medical care plus food
[01:30:33.380 --> 01:30:37.640]  Education and the hope of the gospel all in Jesus name
[01:30:37.860 --> 01:30:43.460]  So help a child just like Alejandra today. You can visit compassion.com
[01:30:44.180 --> 01:30:46.180]  That's compassion.com
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[01:31:30.220 --> 01:31:37.020]  Spreaker because if you're going to talk to yourself for an hour, you might as well publish it because he's a prince of peace
[01:31:38.060 --> 01:31:40.060]  Not a nation of war
[01:31:40.900 --> 01:31:42.900]  which is what Israel has become and
[01:31:43.780 --> 01:31:49.140]  He would bring most importantly peace between God and man because that's really what people need
[01:31:50.020 --> 01:31:53.020]  all of this other stuff, you know want to play the
[01:31:54.140 --> 01:31:56.140]  Christmas song
[01:31:56.140 --> 01:32:01.100]  and and actually I did an instrumental version of it because I like the tune but it was a
[01:32:01.660 --> 01:32:06.780]  Longfellow's poem, you know, there is no peace on earth. I hear the Christmas so I heard the bells on Christmas Day
[01:32:07.060 --> 01:32:10.380]  They're all familiar Carol play you know peace on earth goodwill man
[01:32:10.380 --> 01:32:15.500]  But there is no peace on earth a goodwill man. His son was fighting I think killed in the Civil War
[01:32:16.980 --> 01:32:22.040]  The war of northern aggression and it's like so don't talk to me about peace
[01:32:22.820 --> 01:32:25.220]  You're not going to allow people to have self-determination
[01:32:26.020 --> 01:32:31.060]  You have to impose your will on them and you're willing to kill and die for that
[01:32:31.500 --> 01:32:34.980]  Don't talk to me then about peace, but that was not what Christ brought
[01:32:34.980 --> 01:32:39.620]  He did not bring peace between people. He said it was gonna be conflict between people
[01:32:40.220 --> 01:32:43.820]  He brought peace between God and man and that's really what we need
[01:32:43.820 --> 01:32:48.580]  Why are the nation's raging at the Lord and his anointed his Christ?
[01:32:49.420 --> 01:32:51.420]  Well, because they want the power
[01:32:51.780 --> 01:32:53.780]  so
[01:32:54.300 --> 01:32:59.860]  What this issue essay tells you is that Ted Cruz and his Zionist ilk
[01:33:00.580 --> 01:33:03.060]  Have sold their soul quite frankly
[01:33:04.020 --> 01:33:10.140]  When we talk about 3d chess, how about diluted determined and dangerous because that's what these people are
[01:33:11.980 --> 01:33:13.980]  You know you read the
[01:33:14.380 --> 01:33:19.260]  Galatians Romans the rest of the Bible. It's all laid out there even in a commentary
[01:33:19.860 --> 01:33:23.640]  About this specific issue. That's what's so amazing about it to me
[01:33:24.220 --> 01:33:26.740]  That was a foundational promise
[01:33:27.300 --> 01:33:31.100]  It was not about the nation of Israel. It was about the Lord Jesus Christ
[01:33:31.220 --> 01:33:33.220]  And as such
[01:33:34.580 --> 01:33:42.140]  Usually the Bible doesn't go into such detailed explanation of a passage and yet this is what these people have done
[01:33:42.140 --> 01:33:43.820]  They have rejected
[01:33:43.820 --> 01:33:44.980]  that
[01:33:44.980 --> 01:33:46.980]  detailed explanation
[01:33:47.420 --> 01:33:49.420]  refuted it and
[01:33:49.420 --> 01:33:53.220]  Ignored it and so the Republican Party writes this essay
[01:33:54.220 --> 01:33:57.700]  And grassroots energy will come from a coalition dominated by
[01:33:58.620 --> 01:34:06.200]  Ethnically and religiously defined Catholic and Orthodox nationalism where the evangelicals present but no longer theologically sovereign
[01:34:07.100 --> 01:34:14.320]  Again the divide and conquer we got to divide people politically and to evangelical and Catholic
[01:34:15.100 --> 01:34:16.060]  camps
[01:34:16.060 --> 01:34:21.500]  When if you talk about the politics of it, you know, I have my disagreements with the Catholic theology
[01:34:21.780 --> 01:34:24.780]  I don't agree with a lot of the teachings on various things but
[01:34:25.460 --> 01:34:29.100]  We can have common cause when it comes to trying to stop abortion
[01:34:29.620 --> 01:34:35.020]  when it comes to enshrining life when it comes to trying to stop war when it comes to
[01:34:35.980 --> 01:34:42.660]  You know trying to promote America first and families. There's a lot of common ground in politics, especially right?
[01:34:42.660 --> 01:34:47.860]  We may have our doctrinal differences about teaching and I'm not saying that's not important
[01:34:47.860 --> 01:34:50.620]  but we take a politician like Ted Cruz I
[01:34:51.420 --> 01:34:54.340]  All of the so-called conservative issues
[01:34:54.860 --> 01:35:00.600]  Gotta be lockstep between both Protestants and Catholics on all these different issues when it comes to the
[01:35:01.380 --> 01:35:05.460]  Being pro-life and anti-war and pro-family. There's
[01:35:06.020 --> 01:35:09.100]  Shouldn't be any any dispute there that they're on the same team
[01:35:09.660 --> 01:35:11.660]  Why is he trying to divide this out?
[01:35:12.660 --> 01:35:16.500]  Because of Israel that's the only reason the Judeo-Christian
[01:35:17.060 --> 01:35:21.380]  Vocabulary that every Republican president since Reagan has used will have been replaced by
[01:35:21.940 --> 01:35:26.540]  Christian civilization which means something entirely different
[01:35:27.340 --> 01:35:29.140]  Does the essay?
[01:35:29.140 --> 01:35:31.140]  well again
[01:35:31.420 --> 01:35:34.020]  When I look at these types of things like
[01:35:35.060 --> 01:35:40.700]  Christian Zionism and Judeo-Christian I see that as a framing that is more
[01:35:42.620 --> 01:35:44.620]  Moving from Christ to politics
[01:35:45.300 --> 01:35:47.100]  Right and
[01:35:47.100 --> 01:35:50.220]  Again, these other social issues are very important
[01:35:50.900 --> 01:35:57.980]  Being pro-life anti-war pro-family and all that stuff. That's very important. It's not more important than your understanding of Christ
[01:35:59.060 --> 01:36:01.540]  And so we can still have those disagreements
[01:36:01.780 --> 01:36:08.220]  We have the First Amendment because we want people to be able to disagree on the most important things
[01:36:08.220 --> 01:36:14.340]  And yet when it comes to politics that ought to be common cause these are the people who are creating division
[01:36:15.100 --> 01:36:17.100]  and quite frankly
[01:36:17.380 --> 01:36:20.980]  I don't care what about the Republican Party
[01:36:22.580 --> 01:36:26.740]  Or Democrat Party any of these and I don't really care about these
[01:36:27.700 --> 01:36:29.900]  institutions or these denominations either
[01:36:31.540 --> 01:36:33.460]  So they have
[01:36:33.460 --> 01:36:36.460]  They've got political parties. They got clubs. They've got nations
[01:36:36.460 --> 01:36:42.300]  They've got many different churches that are all seeking to replace Christ as the focus
[01:36:43.140 --> 01:36:48.660]  They all want to replace Christ with their institution because they're people like Paula White
[01:36:49.620 --> 01:36:56.100]  If you want to talk about somebody who's a grifter, it's Paula White. It was out there and of course Paula White
[01:36:57.060 --> 01:36:59.380]  says that Donald Trump is
[01:37:02.100 --> 01:37:04.100]  Excuse me
[01:37:05.820 --> 01:37:08.580]  Well, let's see, I don't know if I got that here
[01:37:08.580 --> 01:37:10.580]  I
[01:37:11.420 --> 01:37:17.340]  Want about Paula White saying that Trump is God can you find that for me Travis? I'm having trouble finding that one here
[01:37:17.340 --> 01:37:19.940]  I thought I knew where it was. I don't see it
[01:37:21.340 --> 01:37:23.340]  Anyway, let me know if you got it
[01:37:31.540 --> 01:37:37.220]  It is God that raises up a king it is God that sets one down and so when you fight against the plan of God
[01:37:37.220 --> 01:37:39.220]  You're fighting against the hand of God
[01:37:40.060 --> 01:37:45.420]  Well, wouldn't that be true in terms of attacking Iran or any other country like that as well?
[01:37:46.780 --> 01:37:50.800]  simple fact of the matter is yes God is sovereign with the affairs of man, but
[01:37:51.340 --> 01:37:54.340]  somebody like Trump can be a blessing or a curse and
[01:37:56.020 --> 01:37:58.020]  You are allowed to criticize him
[01:37:58.660 --> 01:38:01.660]  she may not be because that's where she gets her money, but
[01:38:02.660 --> 01:38:04.660]  so yeah, if you
[01:38:04.700 --> 01:38:06.860]  Disagree with Trump you're disagreeing with God
[01:38:07.780 --> 01:38:14.800]  Because God speaks for our Trump speaks for God just like Paula White speaks for God, which means that neither one of them do
[01:38:15.660 --> 01:38:23.780]  so Ted Cruz shared an article which conflates opposing sola scriptura with being an existential threat to Israel and
[01:38:24.660 --> 01:38:26.660]  of course, this is from the
[01:38:28.260 --> 01:38:30.260]  From the Catholic point of view
[01:38:31.220 --> 01:38:36.980]  What they mean by that is sola scriptura and this is the fundamental disagreement between
[01:38:37.580 --> 01:38:39.580]  Protestants and Catholics and that is
[01:38:40.060 --> 01:38:45.420]  What is our ultimate authority they would say it is the church we would say that it is the Bible
[01:38:45.700 --> 01:38:48.300]  They would say we the church gave you the Bible
[01:38:48.300 --> 01:38:53.900]  We would say the Bible was agreed upon by everybody as something that had been there from the beginning
[01:38:54.220 --> 01:38:56.220]  it wasn't something that was created and
[01:38:56.780 --> 01:38:59.620]  300 ad so these are the disagreements that we have
[01:39:00.260 --> 01:39:05.900]  These are important disagreements to have and that's why we have the first amendment so that you can have those
[01:39:06.060 --> 01:39:09.180]  The freedom to disagree about the most important things
[01:39:09.980 --> 01:39:14.800]  But quite frankly, I think Ted Cruz is sola Zionism
[01:39:15.500 --> 01:39:18.860]  That's really the only thing that he cares about here. That is his
[01:39:19.540 --> 01:39:21.820]  his whole reason for existing and
[01:39:22.740 --> 01:39:26.180]  It is why he wants to censor and divide
[01:39:26.580 --> 01:39:32.100]  People against each other Cruz himself attempted to walk back his endorsement of the article since the initial writing
[01:39:32.740 --> 01:39:36.580]  Remember, he was emphatic to read every word. He said that twice
[01:39:37.060 --> 01:39:42.280]  He said we desperately need to preserve the strong union of faithful Catholics and evangelical Protestants
[01:39:42.580 --> 01:39:48.300]  The article lays out how profoundly harmful their conservative efforts are to drive a wedge between them
[01:39:48.460 --> 01:39:52.060]  We desperately need to preserve the strong union. He needs that
[01:39:52.860 --> 01:39:54.700]  for support
[01:39:54.700 --> 01:39:56.700]  But he needs even more so
[01:39:57.100 --> 01:40:00.020]  the support of a foreign government and
[01:40:00.700 --> 01:40:02.700]  of a faith that
[01:40:02.860 --> 01:40:04.660]  despises Christ
[01:40:04.660 --> 01:40:10.740]  So he is Israel first we can see this with the Trump war because it really is the Israel war and
[01:40:11.740 --> 01:40:16.080]  And we see it from Lindsey Graham, especially, you know Lindsey Graham. I'll be with Israel
[01:40:16.460 --> 01:40:18.060]  Right. Oh
[01:40:18.060 --> 01:40:22.620]  It's not Christ alone, but it is Israel alone according to Lindsey Graham
[01:40:23.180 --> 01:40:26.900]  According to Ted Cruz according to Paula White and Donald Trump
[01:40:27.580 --> 01:40:28.740]  so
[01:40:28.740 --> 01:40:34.260]  Remember that Ted Cruz got booed off the stage by Christians when he said if you'll not stand with Israel
[01:40:34.260 --> 01:40:36.940]  Then I will not stand with you the same thing
[01:40:37.780 --> 01:40:39.240]  essentially that
[01:40:39.240 --> 01:40:41.240]  you have
[01:40:41.580 --> 01:40:43.580]  Have Paula White saying and
[01:40:44.740 --> 01:40:51.340]  Let's see. I have this here we go. This is what Carrie Prejean said when she went on with Tucker Carlson
[01:40:51.380 --> 01:40:54.140]  I've been a loyal supporter of the president for almost 20 years
[01:40:54.140 --> 01:40:59.820]  this goes back to when I was 21 years old and I was miss you California at the Miss USA pageant and
[01:41:00.260 --> 01:41:03.860]  I've known him. I consider him a dear friend and I will tell you right now
[01:41:03.860 --> 01:41:08.500]  I do not recognize our president. I think that we are an occupied nation
[01:41:08.500 --> 01:41:15.980]  I think that a foreign country has occupied our government and we are seeing now that this president of the United States of America is
[01:41:16.020 --> 01:41:19.060]  being influenced by a foreign government and
[01:41:19.460 --> 01:41:26.780]  Maga let me tell you right now Maga is dead. It is deader than dead and Americans are furious
[01:41:27.020 --> 01:41:29.860]  We do not recognize president Donald J. Trump anymore
[01:41:31.940 --> 01:41:35.140]  You never realized and recognized what he was in the first place
[01:41:36.820 --> 01:41:38.900]  It was it was always there
[01:41:39.580 --> 01:41:43.540]  Anyway, this is all coming Ted Cruz promote Ted Cruz's promotion this article
[01:41:44.460 --> 01:41:48.860]  Came right after he claimed that Christ the King to say that
[01:41:49.220 --> 01:41:55.620]  Is anti-semitic and it came right after she was kicked out of the religious Liberty
[01:41:57.620 --> 01:42:04.420]  Commission because of her beliefs and it came after War Pete's mentor Doug Wilson
[01:42:05.460 --> 01:42:10.660]  Called for Catholic processions and other public expressions of faith to be banned in America
[01:42:11.020 --> 01:42:16.500]  He said you shouldn't be allowed to do that in public. It's like what have you read the Constitution? Obviously
[01:42:17.060 --> 01:42:20.300]  Doug Wilson hasn't read the Constitution or doesn't agree with it
[01:42:20.940 --> 01:42:24.900]  because they haven't called Pete Hexseth to the carpet for
[01:42:25.820 --> 01:42:29.200]  violating the Constitution as well as the law of God in his
[01:42:29.780 --> 01:42:35.180]  rapacious murders and wars bragging about the people that he kills and ignoring
[01:42:36.780 --> 01:42:38.780]  Constitution domestic law Pentagon rules
[01:42:39.420 --> 01:42:44.540]  International rules like the Geneva Convention as well as most importantly God's rules
[01:42:45.220 --> 01:42:46.900]  so I
[01:42:46.900 --> 01:42:50.540]  Don't know what's happening to some of these people that are there
[01:42:50.540 --> 01:42:54.100]  But there was an interesting op-ed piece about all these things as well
[01:42:54.100 --> 01:42:58.300]  Not just from the Catholic perspective I get why they feel like they are under attack
[01:42:59.060 --> 01:43:03.300]  But from the perspective of Protestants, this is JD Hall writing. He says
[01:43:03.940 --> 01:43:09.780]  Operation goy destroy. He said the Israel first people are tightening the noose on historic Christianity
[01:43:10.420 --> 01:43:15.500]  He said they're coming after us all of us and we need to be ready to push back
[01:43:16.140 --> 01:43:19.500]  So you have the White House Commission declaring that?
[01:43:20.860 --> 01:43:22.860]  Your theology is wrong
[01:43:22.900 --> 01:43:29.900]  Violation of the First Amendment as well as of the free exercise of religion and we've already seen the Zionist
[01:43:30.460 --> 01:43:35.540]  People come after free speech saying you're not allowed with free speech to criticize Israel
[01:43:36.420 --> 01:43:43.240]  A US senator has declared your confession of faith to be a hate slogan and the CIA has declared a journalist
[01:43:43.240 --> 01:43:48.420]  That'd be Tucker Carlson to be a foreign agent for talking to the wrong country before the wrong war
[01:43:48.940 --> 01:43:50.940]  the only question is is
[01:43:51.460 --> 01:43:56.480]  If they're coming for you next and again, these are all First Amendment issues
[01:43:57.700 --> 01:44:00.420]  Paul White told a Federal Commission to stop promoting
[01:44:01.060 --> 01:44:03.380]  historic Christian theology on social media
[01:44:03.860 --> 01:44:09.980]  Ted Cruz told a National Christian television audience that saying Christ is king is basically saying the same thing
[01:44:09.980 --> 01:44:12.420]  It's to say that you hate Jewish people
[01:44:13.180 --> 01:44:20.820]  The CIA has allegedly wiretapped a journalist's phone for talking to Iranians, but it's really for criticizing Israel
[01:44:21.260 --> 01:44:27.020]  All three of these stories popped up over the weekend and they all preach a single theme
[01:44:27.460 --> 01:44:30.220]  The Israel first lobby is more powerful than you think
[01:44:30.860 --> 01:44:36.380]  Hey, it's Ben Ferguson and I want to be honest with you for a second about how an act of compassion
[01:44:36.860 --> 01:44:38.980]  Really feels a couple of years ago
[01:44:38.980 --> 01:44:44.280]  I made the choice to partner with an amazing organization called Compassion International
[01:44:44.860 --> 01:44:50.140]  Why because I wanted to sponsor a child in need it was a nice idea
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[01:44:57.180 --> 01:45:01.300]  Sponsored Nadia and got to watch her life change right in front of my eyes
[01:45:01.860 --> 01:45:06.860]  Going from starving literally alone on the streets to getting the health care and education
[01:45:07.580 --> 01:45:11.180]  She needs to reach her God given full potential
[01:45:11.180 --> 01:45:17.340]  I got to be a part of that change and the light of that compassion not only illuminates in her
[01:45:17.460 --> 01:45:25.460]  It illuminates now in me that is the power of compassion the light of Christ shines on all of us
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[01:46:29.160 --> 01:46:32.920]  And I think we just figured out who the deep state is
[01:46:33.960 --> 01:46:39.040]  Tucker Carlson in his fight here with the Trump administration of the Department of Justice
[01:46:40.160 --> 01:46:42.000]  is
[01:46:42.000 --> 01:46:45.760]  He's been referred to the Department of Justice by the CIA
[01:46:46.600 --> 01:46:49.840]  Because he was talking to people in Iran
[01:46:50.680 --> 01:46:55.160]  Before this war, but you know he also talked to the other side before this war
[01:46:55.520 --> 01:46:59.860]  He talked to Donald Trump himself as a matter of fact
[01:47:01.880 --> 01:47:04.760]  When you look at the I'll see where is this
[01:47:07.120 --> 01:47:13.520]  I'm fine. I guess so many clips here. I'm having trouble finding the one that I want but
[01:47:14.520 --> 01:47:16.520]  Let's see
[01:47:20.000 --> 01:47:22.520]  I don't know. Can you find that Travis? It's the
[01:47:23.280 --> 01:47:25.280]  Here it is right here
[01:47:25.400 --> 01:47:27.480]  Trump was talking about war hawks on
[01:47:28.960 --> 01:47:33.320]  With Tucker Carlson Tucker Carlson helped to get Trump elected a second time
[01:47:35.200 --> 01:47:37.960]  From that standpoint he deserves what he gets I think but
[01:47:38.480 --> 01:47:42.640]  He helped to get him elected a second time by letting Trump go on his
[01:47:43.040 --> 01:47:49.720]  Show and pretend that he was against regime change and foreign wars this and I didn't speak to him about it
[01:47:50.760 --> 01:47:55.080]  but then you know go a couple of years forward to go now and
[01:47:55.640 --> 01:48:02.600]  I don't blame him for sticking with his daughter, but his daughter is a very dumb individual very dumb about Liz Cheney
[01:48:03.480 --> 01:48:09.800]  She's a radical war hawk. Let's put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her
[01:48:09.800 --> 01:48:14.200]  Okay, let's see how she feels about it. You know when the guns are trying to face
[01:48:15.480 --> 01:48:21.720]  You know, they're all war hawks when they're sitting in Washington in a nice building saying oh gee will let's send
[01:48:22.120 --> 01:48:25.560]  Let's send 10,000 troops right into the mouth of the enemy
[01:48:25.800 --> 01:48:30.680]  Which he's about to do person and I used to have I'd have meetings
[01:48:30.960 --> 01:48:34.960]  With a lot of people and she always wanted to go to war with people
[01:48:35.120 --> 01:48:36.120]  So
[01:48:36.120 --> 01:48:41.240]  Whether it's her whether it's sick. I was surprised a little bit with Dick Cheney. I didn't know him at all
[01:48:41.240 --> 01:48:45.640]  I only had essentially the one or two phone calls and it was only a call saying
[01:48:46.400 --> 01:48:51.080]  Thank you very much for doing that for Scooter Libby. That was nice and Scooter Libby, by the way
[01:48:51.760 --> 01:48:52.880]  was
[01:48:52.880 --> 01:48:56.440]  Beyond that he couldn't believe that it it happened. Nobody would do it
[01:48:56.440 --> 01:49:00.240]  They should have done that for him years before but I was a little
[01:49:00.800 --> 01:49:07.880]  Our current strategy of nation-building and regime change is a proven absolute failure
[01:49:09.880 --> 01:49:15.520]  He's proving it again, we must abandon the failed policy of nation-building
[01:49:16.520 --> 01:49:18.520]  and regime change
[01:49:18.920 --> 01:49:24.520]  That Hillary Clinton pushed in Iraq in Libya in Egypt and in Syria
[01:49:25.080 --> 01:49:31.240]  Regime change takes chaos. You've seen how that works over the last 20 years. That hasn't been too good
[01:49:34.160 --> 01:49:39.440]  We're getting out of the nation-building business my honest
[01:49:41.640 --> 01:49:43.080]  Yeah
[01:49:43.080 --> 01:49:47.080]  Guidance to those young men and I think their concerns are very legitimate
[01:49:47.080 --> 01:49:53.800]  But if you're worried about the world spinning out of control if you're worried about a military draft if you're worried about God forbid
[01:49:53.840 --> 01:49:57.480]  a world war the best way to prevent it is to vote for Donald Trump and
[01:50:02.280 --> 01:50:07.280]  So, yeah Tucker talked to Trump and this is what they're saying the New York Times
[01:50:07.920 --> 01:50:11.560]  Reported that Tucker met with Trump three times in the weeks before the strike
[01:50:12.200 --> 01:50:18.360]  Lobbying against it each time Trump conversely tried to get Tucker on board to fight for Israel
[01:50:19.400 --> 01:50:21.400]  because he is a
[01:50:22.120 --> 01:50:26.080]  Great deal of influence in American conservatism Trump ignored Tucker
[01:50:26.480 --> 01:50:27.920]  bombed Iran anyway
[01:50:27.920 --> 01:50:35.760]  Then called Tucker a traitor on social media for having tried to get him to not start this failed war and it has already failed
[01:50:36.760 --> 01:50:40.560]  the CIA Mossad referral followed shortly afterwards
[01:50:41.560 --> 01:50:46.000]  The sequence is not even subtle. So just think of it and
[01:50:46.560 --> 01:50:47.840]  Some
[01:50:47.840 --> 01:50:51.560]  Think of the CIA and Mossad as just two
[01:50:52.360 --> 01:50:57.520]  branches of the same thing really they're partners except one of them is a junior partner and
[01:50:58.440 --> 01:51:00.200]  It's the CIA
[01:51:00.200 --> 01:51:04.800]  That is the junior partner and all this as Trump is a junior partner in this war
[01:51:05.440 --> 01:51:12.720]  Rod Martin floated the idea that Tucker had it coming for claiming that Israeli paid influencers even existed
[01:51:13.040 --> 01:51:19.960]  Of course, that's not a claim that's a documented fact writes JD Hall with registered foreign agent
[01:51:21.840 --> 01:51:23.440]  Requirement act
[01:51:23.440 --> 01:51:27.040]  Filings attached. I think it's what fair stands for but fair is a
[01:51:27.840 --> 01:51:31.200]  Registration I think is what it is foreign agent registration act
[01:51:31.200 --> 01:51:37.560]  And so of the vast majority of Israel's paid influencers are not registered through Farah
[01:51:38.280 --> 01:51:40.280]  People like Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee
[01:51:41.280 --> 01:51:43.480]  Show that is an exception
[01:51:44.120 --> 01:51:48.160]  We've watched 145 million dollars funnel into American evangelism
[01:51:48.960 --> 01:51:53.560]  From the Israeli government and from Jewish philanthropic sources in a single year
[01:51:53.720 --> 01:51:59.640]  This is the amount of money that they are feeding into these Protestant churches to get them to go to
[01:52:00.560 --> 01:52:07.400]  Israel on a free trip and various things that they've done as well as propaganda that they have funded
[01:52:07.800 --> 01:52:12.880]  That is a traveling show literally a traveling show we have watched pastor after pastor
[01:52:13.760 --> 01:52:19.840]  Board a Potemkin propaganda tour get wined and dined at the expense of the Israeli government
[01:52:20.640 --> 01:52:27.880]  collect their geopolitical talking points over a subsidized dinner in Jerusalem then fly home to their congregations as
[01:52:28.760 --> 01:52:34.000]  self-described public ambassadors for the nation of Israel and so
[01:52:35.000 --> 01:52:40.240]  They went to Israel for the money and for the politics these pastors did not go to Israel
[01:52:40.880 --> 01:52:42.880]  To spread the gospel about Christ
[01:52:43.400 --> 01:52:45.400]  Because that is not welcome there
[01:52:46.280 --> 01:52:48.280]  so again, they were
[01:52:48.800 --> 01:52:51.800]  Throwing Christ overboard for their political ideology
[01:52:52.920 --> 01:52:54.920]  They are Judas's
[01:52:55.400 --> 01:53:01.520]  We have watched a thousand American pastors cycle through the Friends of Zion Museum
[01:53:02.360 --> 01:53:04.520]  Ambassador program funded at
[01:53:05.200 --> 01:53:13.280]  Benjamin Netanyahu's personal request and then they return home with instructions to preach Israeli government foreign policy objectives from their pulpits
[01:53:13.880 --> 01:53:19.240]  we've watched Netanyahu address the top 50 American Zionist organizations on video and
[01:53:19.720 --> 01:53:26.920]  Hand them specific tactical marching orders and to instruct them to go to war against their own countrymen for the crime of
[01:53:27.720 --> 01:53:29.720]  noticing a genocide
[01:53:29.880 --> 01:53:33.240]  And again, we've seen people like Hagee in San Antonio
[01:53:33.720 --> 01:53:38.280]  His entire mega church is all about worshiping the state of Israel
[01:53:38.280 --> 01:53:45.400]  He's got Israeli flags there. He has Israeli politicians come and speak. It's disgusting to see how politicized this is
[01:53:46.440 --> 01:53:48.440]  and just understand that
[01:53:48.920 --> 01:53:50.920]  when you replace
[01:53:51.160 --> 01:53:53.160]  Christ with politicians
[01:53:54.120 --> 01:53:58.040]  You are not strengthening your religion you are diluting it
[01:53:58.280 --> 01:54:01.960]  You are diluting it to the extent that no longer exists anymore
[01:54:02.840 --> 01:54:08.080]  None of those organizations has filed a fairer registration that they're legally required to file
[01:54:08.600 --> 01:54:12.480]  We have watched a pack an organization that exists in its current form
[01:54:13.360 --> 01:54:15.760]  specifically because John F Kennedy
[01:54:16.320 --> 01:54:20.380]  forced its predecessor the American Zionist Council
[01:54:21.240 --> 01:54:24.400]  Kennedy JFK forced them to register as a foreign agent
[01:54:25.120 --> 01:54:27.120]  After which they dissolved
[01:54:27.760 --> 01:54:29.520]  Changed the name
[01:54:29.520 --> 01:54:33.520]  Waited for Kennedy's assassination then relaunched without registering
[01:54:34.160 --> 01:54:40.960]  We've also watched them promise to spend hundreds of millions of dollars destroying America first politicians at the ballot box
[01:54:41.520 --> 01:54:43.520]  people like Thomas Massey
[01:54:44.480 --> 01:54:46.480]  and again
[01:54:46.480 --> 01:54:48.640]  Massey has spoken out about this
[01:54:49.360 --> 01:54:53.600]  And finally, I know the DOJ wants to say they're done with this document production
[01:54:53.920 --> 01:55:00.560]  The problem is they've taken down documents before we were able to go over to the DOJ and look at the unredacted versions
[01:55:00.880 --> 01:55:03.440]  They took down some of the most significant documents
[01:55:04.080 --> 01:55:06.320]  two of them involving Virginia
[01:55:07.100 --> 01:55:09.040]  Dreyfray's
[01:55:09.040 --> 01:55:12.000]  case and other things the picture of
[01:55:12.860 --> 01:55:17.680]  Epstein at in a room where it's got CIA written on the boxes
[01:55:17.760 --> 01:55:19.360]  That's been taken down
[01:55:19.360 --> 01:55:24.720]  We want to be able to look at all these files. They can't keep those documents down after they've already produced them
[01:55:26.080 --> 01:55:28.080]  That's right, and he has
[01:55:29.520 --> 01:55:31.440]  Come under attack
[01:55:31.440 --> 01:55:32.480]  from
[01:55:32.480 --> 01:55:37.120]  Erica Kirk's version of Charlie Kirk's organization now
[01:55:37.760 --> 01:55:38.880]  and
[01:55:38.880 --> 01:55:43.040]  You know, they are saying, you know, he's anti-zionist and all the rest of this stuff. So
[01:55:43.760 --> 01:55:49.600]  TP USA is now coming after Thomas Massey goes what is this about and there were
[01:55:50.960 --> 01:55:56.720]  People brought back tweets where Charlie Kirk said that Thomas Massey was his favorite politician because he stood on his principles
[01:55:57.200 --> 01:56:02.400]  And because he was America first now under Erica Kirk, they have gone completely
[01:56:03.040 --> 01:56:07.280]  Against that and gone against Thomas Massey and he's pointed out
[01:56:08.320 --> 01:56:11.040]  This money from Jewish billionaires who are zionists
[01:56:12.000 --> 01:56:13.840]  Kerry Prejean baller
[01:56:13.840 --> 01:56:19.360]  Sat down with Tucker Carlson played that clip for you earlier to describe in detail what was like to be on the trump
[01:56:20.080 --> 01:56:22.080]  so-called religious liberty commission
[01:56:22.640 --> 01:56:30.080]  While holding the theological convictions of the majority of western christianity over the last two thousand years
[01:56:30.880 --> 01:56:35.760]  She said it looks like being summoned to the principal's office by a woman who preaches god will give you a cadillac
[01:56:36.400 --> 01:56:40.640]  And clear your hemorrhoids if you sow a seed of faith offering
[01:56:41.040 --> 01:56:47.700]  Hey, it's ben ferguson and I want you to pause what you're doing for just one minute and I want you to hear about alahandra
[01:56:48.480 --> 01:56:53.760]  She lives in a remote community with very few resources and little to no health care
[01:56:54.320 --> 01:57:00.400]  So when alahandra gets sick her parents have no real options. No doctors in their community
[01:57:00.960 --> 01:57:03.520]  And no money for real medical care
[01:57:04.080 --> 01:57:09.600]  By the third day her body was shutting down. She woke up and just long enough to tell her mom
[01:57:10.160 --> 01:57:14.160]  I can't take the pain anymore. I can't keep going
[01:57:14.720 --> 01:57:20.880]  Her parents drove hours to find a doctor who tried everything but she needed a private hospital
[01:57:21.360 --> 01:57:28.160]  And that was impossible for her family to afford and that is when compassion international stepped in
[01:57:28.640 --> 01:57:30.560]  Now through compassion
[01:57:30.560 --> 01:57:34.400]  Alejandra was treated and against all odds she survived
[01:57:34.960 --> 01:57:38.320]  She lived because someone just like you took action
[01:57:39.040 --> 01:57:46.000]  Right now, unfortunately, there are children just like alahandra who won't survive unless someone like you steps in
[01:57:46.620 --> 01:57:49.940]  compassion international partners with local churches
[01:57:50.400 --> 01:57:52.880]  Providing children with the support that they need
[01:57:53.440 --> 01:57:56.000]  critical medical care plus food
[01:57:56.700 --> 01:58:01.040]  Education and the hope of the gospel all in jesus name
[01:58:01.520 --> 01:58:04.720]  So help a child just like alahandra today
[01:58:05.280 --> 01:58:07.280]  You can visit compassion.com
[01:58:07.760 --> 01:58:09.760]  That's compassion.com
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[01:58:59.040 --> 01:59:02.800]  He's talking about paula white remember I played the clip for you where she was saying come on
[01:59:03.440 --> 01:59:06.720]  I'm not going I can heal you but i'm not going to do it
[01:59:07.440 --> 01:59:09.760]  Unless you get to that hundred thousand dollar mark
[01:59:12.800 --> 01:59:17.920]  That is the false prosperity false prophecy, uh
[01:59:19.040 --> 01:59:21.520]  Doctrine of paula white and these other people pay up
[01:59:22.320 --> 01:59:24.320]  You know prosperity
[01:59:24.880 --> 01:59:26.320]  For me first
[01:59:26.320 --> 01:59:32.240]  That's really what the prosperity gospel is is prosperity for the uh, the so-called pastors that are there. She's a joke
[01:59:32.720 --> 01:59:35.200]  Just like the religious liberty commission is a joke
[01:59:36.000 --> 01:59:37.680]  And she is the chief
[01:59:37.680 --> 01:59:39.920]  Advisor to donald trump, of course, he would find somebody
[01:59:40.480 --> 01:59:42.480]  Who is all about the love of money?
[01:59:43.360 --> 01:59:49.120]  And somebody who is the root of all evil according to baller dan patrick and the commission who is the commission chair?
[01:59:49.760 --> 01:59:51.760]  uh and the lieutenant governor of texas
[01:59:52.320 --> 01:59:57.040]  Opened a conference call by informing her that her job was not to protect religious freedom
[01:59:57.760 --> 02:00:00.800]  Despite that being the commission's stated mandate
[02:00:01.440 --> 02:00:06.320]  As written into the executive order that created it. No, he told her that the commission's job is to quote
[02:00:07.040 --> 02:00:09.040]  Protect the president's reputation
[02:00:10.160 --> 02:00:13.280]  You know, we've heard this over and over again. We've heard it from rfk jr
[02:00:13.840 --> 02:00:16.640]  He said well my job here is to restore people's trust
[02:00:17.440 --> 02:00:21.380]  And um the fda and and these other hhs organizations
[02:00:22.400 --> 02:00:25.360]  really, uh, your job is not really to
[02:00:26.320 --> 02:00:27.760]  support
[02:00:27.760 --> 02:00:34.320]  Informed consent to make sure that first do no harm. No your job is to restore people's faith in an institution
[02:00:34.960 --> 02:00:36.960]  That is corrupt
[02:00:37.040 --> 02:00:42.720]  Owned and has betrayed them over and over again. Why would we want our faith to be restored in that?
[02:00:43.440 --> 02:00:46.480]  And then you had tulsi gabbert. She said the same same thing
[02:00:47.200 --> 02:00:49.200]  My job here is to restore faith
[02:00:50.160 --> 02:00:55.360]  Faith in government faith in trump actually so we want people to have faith in trump
[02:00:56.080 --> 02:00:59.040]  Uh, we're not going to change anything as a matter of fact. We're going to make it worse
[02:01:00.080 --> 02:01:01.760]  um, so
[02:01:01.760 --> 02:01:08.320]  We've seen this over and over again. So the purpose of the religious liberty conviction commission was to make the president look good
[02:01:09.440 --> 02:01:13.360]  It wasn't to support religious liberty. This came as a revelation
[02:01:14.160 --> 02:01:16.160]  to kary prejean baller
[02:01:17.120 --> 02:01:19.120]  Obviously not a listener of the program
[02:01:20.720 --> 02:01:27.600]  In a particularly scumbag move, they also denied her lodging where they were all staying and that was at the museum of the bible
[02:01:28.880 --> 02:01:33.760]  Forcing her to stay off site. The fact despite the fact that she was traveling alone and she was concerned
[02:01:34.480 --> 02:01:35.920]  about her safety
[02:01:35.920 --> 02:01:41.840]  In the cesspool of washington dc. She ended up staying across the street in a hotel
[02:01:42.640 --> 02:01:49.600]  And she had to recruit a muslim woman from the commission's advisory board to walk with her over in the morning because the body
[02:01:50.160 --> 02:01:55.600]  Devoted to religious liberty could not manage basic logistical dignity for one of its own commissioners
[02:01:56.000 --> 02:01:58.000]  Well for either one of them actually
[02:01:58.080 --> 02:02:00.720]  When she arrived a former ted cruz staffer
[02:02:01.500 --> 02:02:04.960]  Materialized and attempted to steer her into a private back room
[02:02:05.760 --> 02:02:08.400]  To meet with dan patrick and paula white
[02:02:09.040 --> 02:02:15.840]  Before the hearing started she agreed to come only if her companion samira was permitted in the room
[02:02:16.640 --> 02:02:20.480]  They dismissed samira. So baller dismissed the meeting
[02:02:21.360 --> 02:02:24.640]  And very wisely dismissed it according to jd hall
[02:02:25.760 --> 02:02:28.640]  Because it looked like a setup at the hearing itself
[02:02:29.440 --> 02:02:32.800]  She counted 17 separate mentions of israel
[02:02:33.440 --> 02:02:37.280]  And then asked the panel of jewish witnesses whether any of them would condemn
[02:02:38.080 --> 02:02:40.080]  What israel had done in gaza?
[02:02:40.400 --> 02:02:43.600]  And you know, do we do have a lot of jewish people who have condemned
[02:02:44.240 --> 02:02:49.840]  What the state of israel did in gaza? You got I remember when there was the election of mom danny
[02:02:50.480 --> 02:02:52.480]  they had israeli
[02:02:52.560 --> 02:02:56.000]  Press was asking people on the street how they voted and they were
[02:02:56.780 --> 02:03:00.880]  Flummoxed that there'd be jewish people who would vote for ma'am danny and they said well
[02:03:00.880 --> 02:03:05.760]  We did it because we did as a protest of what israel is doing in gaza and you got people in
[02:03:06.720 --> 02:03:10.480]  The state of israel itself that are not happy with netanyahu's policies
[02:03:11.120 --> 02:03:14.560]  And they have protested it and they have been beaten for doing so
[02:03:15.440 --> 02:03:17.440]  so anyway
[02:03:17.520 --> 02:03:21.360]  She asked if they would condemn what had been done in gaza and they would not
[02:03:22.080 --> 02:03:24.800]  She then asked her now famous question
[02:03:25.520 --> 02:03:28.320]  Whether or not supporting the political state of israel
[02:03:29.120 --> 02:03:31.120]  Made her an anti-semite
[02:03:31.600 --> 02:03:33.600]  She said yes or no
[02:03:33.760 --> 02:03:35.760]  They declined to answer that as well
[02:03:36.800 --> 02:03:37.920]  Tucker
[02:03:37.920 --> 02:03:41.360]  In his interview with carrie preaching baller, he pressed the natural follow-up interview
[02:03:41.840 --> 02:03:48.560]  Question said did paul white or dan patrick ever open a bible? Did they explain from any text in any language at any point?
[02:03:49.200 --> 02:03:51.200]  Where her theology was wrong?
[02:03:51.520 --> 02:03:53.520]  Did they engage the doctrine at all?
[02:03:54.480 --> 02:03:55.440]  well
[02:03:55.440 --> 02:03:59.040]  The bottom line is that doesn't matter if you've got a commission on religious liberty
[02:03:59.520 --> 02:04:02.080]  They're not there to debate the doctrine
[02:04:02.640 --> 02:04:05.680]  They're there to support people's right to disagree
[02:04:06.560 --> 02:04:08.400]  And so it was irrelevant
[02:04:08.400 --> 02:04:14.720]  Whether they had their theology right or not or were they based it on the bible? We know that it's not based on the bible
[02:04:15.840 --> 02:04:19.360]  They told her she could not hold her theology without explaining why
[02:04:20.160 --> 02:04:24.160]  Which means the official position of the trump white house religious liberty commission
[02:04:25.120 --> 02:04:31.600]  Is that covenant theology the framework of augustin calvin the westminster confession the london baptist confession?
[02:04:32.160 --> 02:04:36.560]  The heidelberg catechism and the broad reform tradition, not just the catholic tradition
[02:04:37.360 --> 02:04:43.120]  But all of those protestant traditions that millions of american christians hold is anti-semitic therefore
[02:04:44.480 --> 02:04:46.800]  And disqualifying for federal service
[02:04:47.840 --> 02:04:53.040]  Every confessional congregation and christian holding to historic orthodoxy in the u.s
[02:04:53.920 --> 02:04:59.440]  Just got quietly indicted by prosperity preacher and a texas lieutenant governor who between them
[02:05:00.160 --> 02:05:02.160]  Have never successfully
[02:05:02.460 --> 02:05:07.920]  Exegeted a single bible verse, but here's the issue and this is why I speak out against it. I mean I have friends
[02:05:08.640 --> 02:05:10.960]  And I have friends like gerald salenti for example
[02:05:12.080 --> 02:05:14.800]  What they are doing has so poisoned him
[02:05:15.520 --> 02:05:17.520]  Against christianity he can't yeah
[02:05:17.600 --> 02:05:23.360]  He sees the evil that is really government is doing and when these people back them no matter what they do
[02:05:25.040 --> 02:05:27.600]  It puts him off against christianity in general
[02:05:28.240 --> 02:05:30.800]  And we see the same thing happening now with war pete
[02:05:31.440 --> 02:05:38.560]  And with doug wilson and so we have to speak out against that because that's not what christ is about i've seen people
[02:05:39.200 --> 02:05:41.200]  poisoned against christ because
[02:05:41.760 --> 02:05:46.000]  of people that they have dealt with or institutions that they have dealt with you know, we have
[02:05:46.620 --> 02:05:48.400]  situations in and
[02:05:48.400 --> 02:05:54.000]  Protestant and catholic churches of people who have been abused by pastors and priests and that type of thing
[02:05:54.480 --> 02:05:59.520]  And there's unfortunately a lot of that I see a lot of that being reported in the christian press all the time
[02:06:00.800 --> 02:06:02.800]  that is
[02:06:02.800 --> 02:06:04.800]  you know whenever you have a
[02:06:05.440 --> 02:06:10.240]  Whenever you have a church or something. It's a soft target. It's a soft target for terrorists
[02:06:10.880 --> 02:06:15.840]  It's a soft target for satanists and pedophiles as a matter of fact
[02:06:16.560 --> 02:06:19.440]  Because people are blindsided by that
[02:06:20.080 --> 02:06:24.560]  Uh, it's very easy for the wolves to get in among the sheep
[02:06:25.280 --> 02:06:28.640]  Because the sheep are typically not paying any attention to that
[02:06:29.180 --> 02:06:35.680]  Especially if the wolf comes in not just dressed as a sheep, but even better as a sheep dog
[02:06:36.240 --> 02:06:37.120]  You know
[02:06:37.120 --> 02:06:39.680]  This is the person who's supposed to protect you from the wolves
[02:06:39.680 --> 02:06:44.720]  But they in fact are wolf themselves pretending to be a sheep dog a protector of the sheep
[02:06:45.200 --> 02:06:48.400]  And so we need to look at that and as bad as that is
[02:06:49.280 --> 02:06:51.780]  We need to understand that that is a perversion
[02:06:52.800 --> 02:06:55.840]  Of what christ is about it's not a characterization of that
[02:06:56.560 --> 02:06:59.040]  And that's why this needs to be pushed back against
[02:06:59.680 --> 02:07:04.080]  Hey, it's ben ferguson and I want you to pause what you're doing for just one minute
[02:07:04.160 --> 02:07:08.320]  And I want you to hear about love generosity and compassion
[02:07:08.400 --> 02:07:13.840]  We say those words all the time and they sound good. They feel good, but here's the truth
[02:07:14.240 --> 02:07:18.080]  Those words don't mean anything unless they turn into action
[02:07:18.560 --> 02:07:21.600]  And right now not later today not tomorrow
[02:07:21.920 --> 02:07:25.760]  There's a child in the world who doesn't know if they'll eat
[02:07:26.320 --> 02:07:30.400]  If they'll have a chance to learn or if there's any hope at all
[02:07:30.880 --> 02:07:36.240]  And while we're all busy life keeps moving forward, but that child is waiting
[02:07:36.720 --> 02:07:42.960]  This is where you come in with compassion international. You have the chance to change a child's future
[02:07:43.360 --> 02:07:48.240]  Not just with words not with promises but with real help that provides food
[02:07:48.620 --> 02:07:49.840]  education
[02:07:49.840 --> 02:07:54.800]  And hope through local churches and people already in their community
[02:07:55.280 --> 02:08:02.000]  Put your words into action and join me introduce a child to a loving heavenly father today
[02:08:02.480 --> 02:08:04.480]  at compassion.com
[02:08:04.640 --> 02:08:06.640]  That's compassion.com
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[02:08:56.240 --> 02:09:00.000]  Uh, so again what just before all this stuff ted cruz went on
[02:09:00.880 --> 02:09:04.000]  cbn news the christian broadcasting network
[02:09:04.640 --> 02:09:07.680]  again, a place where you see a lot of tv evangelists
[02:09:08.320 --> 02:09:13.200]  Uh said the phrase christ is king is in his precise words quote
[02:09:13.920 --> 02:09:18.000]  Almost an online code word that means I hate jews
[02:09:19.680 --> 02:09:22.000]  He puts that word there almost
[02:09:23.440 --> 02:09:25.440]  Try to give him some wiggle room, but he
[02:09:25.840 --> 02:09:30.320]  We all know what he's saying. He's saying if you say christ is king that means that you hate jews
[02:09:31.440 --> 02:09:37.600]  I would say that if you don't give the jews the gospel if you continue to push this thing and say
[02:09:37.840 --> 02:09:42.400]  you're special because of your genealogy because of your
[02:09:43.740 --> 02:09:46.400]  Ethnicity or whatever and there's an issue with that as well
[02:09:46.960 --> 02:09:47.920]  but
[02:09:47.920 --> 02:09:54.160]  If you tell them that they're favored by god because of their ethnicity not because of their faith in christ
[02:09:54.800 --> 02:09:56.960]  You are the one who hates the jews ted cruz
[02:09:57.600 --> 02:09:59.600]  If you're going to give them that deception
[02:10:00.240 --> 02:10:06.900]  Cruz also volunteered that christ is king appears to have originated online and invokes imagery of the crusades
[02:10:08.240 --> 02:10:10.240]  Well tell that to war pete
[02:10:10.640 --> 02:10:15.360]  War pete is out there with crusader tattoos on his body and he's telling everybody
[02:10:15.760 --> 02:10:20.480]  Um, if you want to look at western civilization think a crusader he said
[02:10:21.440 --> 02:10:23.040]  Uh, and again
[02:10:23.040 --> 02:10:27.280]  I've always looked at the crusades and I thought what a stupid idiotic thing that was
[02:10:28.080 --> 02:10:30.080]  To go to war to fight people over
[02:10:30.560 --> 02:10:36.800]  A piece of land that you think is holy there's nothing holy about that land. The holy land is not holy folks
[02:10:37.440 --> 02:10:40.480]  It was a geographical area that has interest
[02:10:41.040 --> 02:10:42.640]  to people who
[02:10:42.640 --> 02:10:44.640]  Understand what happened there?
[02:10:44.880 --> 02:10:49.840]  But it is not holy ground. Holy ground is where god is holy ground is where?
[02:10:50.800 --> 02:10:52.800]  The lord jesus christ walked
[02:10:53.280 --> 02:10:54.960]  When he was there
[02:10:54.960 --> 02:10:57.360]  But he's not there now and it's not holy
[02:10:57.760 --> 02:11:03.600]  It's like moses and the burning bush that land did not stay holy forever because there was a burning bush there
[02:11:04.080 --> 02:11:08.480]  He's told to take his sandals off because that was holy because he was in the presence of god
[02:11:08.800 --> 02:11:11.520]  Not because it was something special about that land
[02:11:12.480 --> 02:11:14.480]  so again
[02:11:14.880 --> 02:11:16.880]  The bible tells us
[02:11:16.960 --> 02:11:20.480]  exactly the opposite of what ted cruz does the bible tells us that
[02:11:20.960 --> 02:11:23.120]  Uh lord jesus christ was born
[02:11:23.920 --> 02:11:25.920]  king of kings and lord of lords
[02:11:26.560 --> 02:11:28.720]  And um, you have people who have
[02:11:29.600 --> 02:11:31.200]  been in politics
[02:11:31.200 --> 02:11:33.200]  like this little senator
[02:11:33.280 --> 02:11:35.280]  Who don't like competition?
[02:11:35.680 --> 02:11:37.680]  From god they want to be god themselves
[02:11:38.160 --> 02:11:42.800]  Even the watered down perennially woke episcopal church of which tucker crawson was a communicant
[02:11:43.440 --> 02:11:46.080]  Has been singing crown him with many crowns since
[02:11:47.180 --> 02:11:48.720]  1851
[02:11:48.720 --> 02:11:52.800]  That phrase did not come from 4chan says jd hall
[02:11:53.680 --> 02:12:00.400]  It originated at the empty tomb and christians have been saying it in every language on every continent in every century since
[02:12:01.200 --> 02:12:05.200]  And they were saying it long before anybody had a social media account long before that song
[02:12:06.080 --> 02:12:08.080]  Or a carefully cultivated opinion
[02:12:08.560 --> 02:12:14.000]  About the modern levant cruz called replacement theology a heresy in the same interview
[02:12:14.480 --> 02:12:18.880]  He described it as the belief that god's promises to israel are no longer valid
[02:12:19.760 --> 02:12:21.760]  Which is a dispensationalist caricature?
[02:12:22.640 --> 02:12:24.560]  of covenant theology
[02:12:24.560 --> 02:12:29.280]  The so-called replacement theology better known as covenant theology or fulfillment theology
[02:12:29.920 --> 02:12:34.320]  Teaches that god kept his promises. He kept them in christ
[02:12:35.360 --> 02:12:37.360]  not in land deeds
[02:12:38.080 --> 02:12:40.080]  and uh, they are for all
[02:12:40.800 --> 02:12:44.960]  Of any country of any genealogy all those who are united to christ by faith
[02:12:45.440 --> 02:12:51.120]  The real issue folks is what your relationship to god is. It's not what your relationship to israel is
[02:12:51.760 --> 02:12:54.720]  That is such a political perversion of all of this stuff
[02:12:55.440 --> 02:13:01.040]  What cruz and white accomplished together this week is that they finally answered carrie prejean baller's question
[02:13:02.240 --> 02:13:04.720]  She had asked a panel of witnesses on record whether they
[02:13:05.600 --> 02:13:08.960]  Whether you have to support the political state of israel
[02:13:09.760 --> 02:13:11.760]  Or be characterized as an anti-semite
[02:13:12.640 --> 02:13:15.920]  They refused to answer then but the answer arrived this week
[02:13:16.720 --> 02:13:21.120]  assembled from an interview on cbn and a white house phone call
[02:13:21.920 --> 02:13:23.920]  If covenant theology is anti-semitism
[02:13:24.560 --> 02:13:27.040]  And christ is king is a hate slogan
[02:13:27.760 --> 02:13:30.000]  then the roster of anti-semites includes
[02:13:30.640 --> 02:13:33.120]  Everyone from augustin to john calvin
[02:13:33.840 --> 02:13:35.840]  and the entire western
[02:13:36.700 --> 02:13:40.960]  Westminster assembly and people like charles spurgeon and on and on
[02:13:41.440 --> 02:13:45.040]  The israel first lobby is not a normal foreign interest group
[02:13:45.600 --> 02:13:51.520]  Normal foreign interest groups hire lobbyists. They throw fundraisers. They write strongly worded letters to congressional staffers
[02:13:52.160 --> 02:13:54.320]  but the israel first power apparatus
[02:13:54.960 --> 02:13:56.960]  funds federal commissions
[02:13:57.040 --> 02:14:01.120]  Plants theological hall monitors inside white house advisory bodies
[02:14:01.680 --> 02:14:04.480]  Deploys the cia against journalists at dislikes
[02:14:05.120 --> 02:14:11.840]  And gets us senators to go on christian television and instruct believers to retire their confessions of faith
[02:14:12.720 --> 02:14:14.720]  One thing jd hall left out
[02:14:14.880 --> 02:14:17.120]  Is that the israel first lobby?
[02:14:17.760 --> 02:14:20.500]  Also sends us on quixotic crusades
[02:14:21.280 --> 02:14:23.120]  Against their enemies
[02:14:23.120 --> 02:14:25.040]  That's what this war is
[02:14:25.040 --> 02:14:32.560]  AIPAC alone has promised to spend enough money in american elections to fund a small nation's military budget
[02:14:33.200 --> 02:14:35.360]  And it does this without filing a single
[02:14:35.980 --> 02:14:37.440]  fara form
[02:14:37.440 --> 02:14:42.180]  Because the justice department that is currently preparing a criminal referral against tucker crawlson
[02:14:42.660 --> 02:14:48.660]  For talking to iranians has decided that particularly paperwork doesn't apply to a pack
[02:14:49.540 --> 02:14:52.900]  This is not a lobby that plays by the same rules as everybody else
[02:14:53.460 --> 02:14:56.820]  After all, why should they they are the chosen people god's favorite?
[02:14:57.540 --> 02:14:58.900]  And the rest of us
[02:14:58.900 --> 02:15:00.900]  have animal souls
[02:15:01.540 --> 02:15:03.540]  Israel is not like most nations
[02:15:04.020 --> 02:15:08.420]  It is sophisticated and well-funded intelligence agency that has demonstrated repeatedly
[02:15:09.140 --> 02:15:11.140]  Its willingness to go after critics
[02:15:11.700 --> 02:15:13.700]  in foreign countries
[02:15:13.700 --> 02:15:17.940]  Through means that go well beyond strongly worded diplomatic cables
[02:15:19.140 --> 02:15:23.300]  And that is the reality of why we are in this war folks
[02:15:23.940 --> 02:15:25.540]  We'll be right back
[02:15:25.540 --> 02:15:27.540]  Stay with us
[02:15:41.140 --> 02:15:43.140]  So
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[02:17:19.380 --> 02:17:21.540]  All right, welcome back dg8. Thank you for the tip
[02:17:21.540 --> 02:17:27.060]  He says david god tv was banned and removed in israel for sharing the gospel of john
[02:17:27.940 --> 02:17:34.260]  David if these zionists actually support biblical teachings, they would understand the biblical jews don't return to israel until
[02:17:34.820 --> 02:17:39.300]  Three and a half years into the tribulation the israel of today is irrelevant to the bible
[02:17:40.020 --> 02:17:42.020]  Yeah, it doesn't even
[02:17:42.820 --> 02:17:44.820]  Again, it's all politics
[02:17:45.780 --> 02:17:49.460]  It has a theological basis that has been used to push
[02:17:50.320 --> 02:17:51.780]  zionism
[02:17:51.780 --> 02:17:57.300]  and the kind of stuff that we hear from ted cruise and from mike huckabee, but um
[02:17:58.420 --> 02:18:01.860]  You've got for example the orthodox jews say the same thing i've said it's like
[02:18:02.500 --> 02:18:06.100]  If god wants to give the land to the jews nobody's going to stop him
[02:18:06.740 --> 02:18:11.540]  So the orthodox jews said we don't like the state of israel the ultra orthodox jews I should say
[02:18:12.020 --> 02:18:16.980]  We don't like the state of israel and the state of israel doesn't like them either. You can see video after video after video of
[02:18:17.460 --> 02:18:20.260]  soldiers beating orthodox jews who are protesting
[02:18:20.980 --> 02:18:24.740]  The secular state of israel and what they're doing and they said, uh, yeah
[02:18:24.740 --> 02:18:29.460]  We think god's going to give us the land of israel, but uh, we think god's going to do it that
[02:18:29.460 --> 02:18:33.620]  We're not going to do it ourselves. And as i've said in the past you want to go back to abraham
[02:18:34.260 --> 02:18:37.060]  Take a look at what happens to people even abraham
[02:18:37.700 --> 02:18:40.980]  When we decide that god gave us a promise
[02:18:41.860 --> 02:18:44.820]  And we want to see it fulfilled in our way
[02:18:45.380 --> 02:18:47.380]  And in our timing
[02:18:47.380 --> 02:18:49.380]  That's when really bad things happen
[02:18:50.180 --> 02:18:55.860]  That's why you got ishmael and all of his descendants that are currently fighting against the israelis that are there
[02:18:56.340 --> 02:19:02.260]  Because abraham decided that he was god wasn't keeping up his end of the bargain as quickly as he should
[02:19:02.500 --> 02:19:07.220]  But let's talk a little bit about what we see happening with the trump administration because it is truly amazing
[02:19:07.860 --> 02:19:15.300]  To see that out of their own mouths they convict themselves. And of course this goes back to the war now against mark kelly
[02:19:15.940 --> 02:19:17.940]  who for all of his cowardice
[02:19:18.260 --> 02:19:19.620]  of not
[02:19:19.620 --> 02:19:24.420]  Being able to come out and say that the trump administration did anything illegal. Obviously they did
[02:19:24.900 --> 02:19:27.300]  With the war in venezuela and with many other things
[02:19:28.260 --> 02:19:30.500]  He and this other person put together a video said
[02:19:31.060 --> 02:19:34.900]  You're not supposed to follow illegal orders if you're in the military
[02:19:35.540 --> 02:19:38.340]  And for that war pete went to war against him
[02:19:39.060 --> 02:19:42.580]  Because illegal orders apparently are the only kind that war pete wants to give
[02:19:43.780 --> 02:19:46.580]  And so now we've got in just the last couple of days
[02:19:47.860 --> 02:19:51.620]  We have a hexa saying we're going to give no quarter
[02:19:52.580 --> 02:19:54.580]  to iran which again
[02:19:55.140 --> 02:19:56.660]  is um
[02:19:56.740 --> 02:20:02.740]  Always been routinely condemned people like santa ana gave no quarter to their political enemies
[02:20:02.820 --> 02:20:08.660]  And this is something we've had international agreements for just like the geneva convention for the same reason that you don't
[02:20:09.140 --> 02:20:13.940]  Murder people who have been shipwrecked. They're now non-combatants and it's just like civilians
[02:20:14.500 --> 02:20:17.860]  And so we said you're not going to murder civilians. You're not going to target them
[02:20:18.340 --> 02:20:21.620]  And you're not going to kill people who have been shipwrecked and you're going to give
[02:20:22.480 --> 02:20:24.660]  respectful treatment to prisoners of war
[02:20:25.620 --> 02:20:30.420]  And we did that to protect our own military and now hegseth is out there saying no quarter
[02:20:31.300 --> 02:20:35.860]  And trump is saying yeah, I might attack carg island just for fun
[02:20:36.900 --> 02:20:41.620]  Just for fun. You're going to kill a lot of people including your own troops
[02:20:42.180 --> 02:20:44.180]  just for fun
[02:20:44.340 --> 02:20:47.220]  That is despicable. It's one of the most despicable things i've seen
[02:20:48.100 --> 02:20:50.100]  so he said um
[02:20:50.740 --> 02:20:54.260]  Mark culley said these two comments the no quarter comment by hegseth
[02:20:54.900 --> 02:20:57.060]  And the just for fun remark by trump
[02:20:57.700 --> 02:21:02.580]  Tells me that there was never a clear strategy for this war. Well, that's the least of it, isn't it?
[02:21:03.460 --> 02:21:06.740]  They're just making up objectives as they stumble along
[02:21:07.300 --> 02:21:11.060]  All the while our troops are put at risk and americans are paying for it at the pump
[02:21:11.780 --> 02:21:16.120]  Under article 23 of the haig conventions and declarations of 1899
[02:21:16.120 --> 02:21:17.640]  1999
[02:21:17.640 --> 02:21:24.040]  And 1907 it is prohibited in war to declare no quarter will be given to enemy forces
[02:21:25.640 --> 02:21:28.760]  That's where we are right now. We are the country
[02:21:29.560 --> 02:21:31.560]  that overthrows governments
[02:21:32.100 --> 02:21:33.800]  assassinates leaders
[02:21:33.800 --> 02:21:35.800]  and initiates war
[02:21:36.280 --> 02:21:38.940]  of our choosing wars of aggression
[02:21:39.100 --> 02:21:40.300]  I
[02:21:40.300 --> 02:21:46.380]  Am disgusted with the american government and you can take that to the cia and stuff it down their throats
[02:21:47.260 --> 02:21:49.820]  I'll pose this stuff as long as i'm here
[02:21:50.540 --> 02:21:52.540]  Thank you for joining us
[02:22:02.380 --> 02:22:04.380]  The common man
[02:22:05.020 --> 02:22:12.380]  They created common core to dumb down our children they created common past to track and control us
[02:22:12.780 --> 02:22:16.700]  Their commons project to make sure the commoners own nothing
[02:22:17.660 --> 02:22:19.660]  and the communist future
[02:22:20.620 --> 02:22:24.300]  They see the common man as simple unsophisticated ordinary
[02:22:25.260 --> 02:22:29.820]  But each of us has worth and dignity created in the image of god
[02:22:30.380 --> 02:22:35.580]  That is what we have in common that is what they want to take away
[02:22:36.380 --> 02:22:38.540]  Their most powerful weapons are isolation
[02:22:39.160 --> 02:22:40.520]  deception
[02:22:40.520 --> 02:22:46.060]  Intimidation they desire to know everything about us while they hide everything from us
[02:22:47.100 --> 02:22:50.780]  It's time to turn that around and expose what they want to hide
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