Atheist Declares War on Los Angeles Cross

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Yeah, well, hello everybody. Welcome to the Todd Starnes Radio Program. What an honor to have you with us. We have a lot of ground to cover, and today we're gonna be taking a look at the Northeast. There are a lot of competitive, very competitive, congressional races there in New Hampshire. Also, New York State with battleground seats on Long Island. And Maine, we're gonna be taking a look at the Senate race where Susan Collins is sort of neck and neck now with the Democrat there. We're gonna be talking to Kristen Cianci, who is with the RNC coming up a little bit later on. Also, nationally, we've invited Adam Morgan to drop by former chair and founder of the House Freedom Caucus in South Carolina. And he'll be giving us his viewpoint, his vantage point. Andrea Butler is here. And those of you that are watching us on our video platforms, YouTube, Rumble, and Facebook, and also on Axe, you will know that we're gonna be talking about this crazy story out of Los Angeles, where an atheist has filed a federal lawsuit and wants to have an historic cross, a Nativity scene, removed from the city's historic district, the El Pueblo Market is what they call it, or El Pueblo. And it's a beautiful area, a beautiful ornate cross that's been there for nearly a hundred years, and now it is in danger of being removed. So we're gonna be talking to our friends at Beckett, which is a great religious liberty law firm, and Corey D'Angeles from the Heritage Foundation is going to drop by as well. So I told you, we've got a massive show. Can we talk about a couple of things here involving the administration? And so much excitement yesterday as the president came out and the Attorney General, FBI Director, and promoting and touting these incredible crime numbers where crime across America is coming down, and there has been a dramatic drop because the president is unleashing law enforcement and giving them the resources they need to get the bad guys off the streets. So the problem is that for the rank and file, there are so many other issues that are impacting voters. And the economy being one of them, this war in Iran is dragging people down. And let me just say this, I am talking to folks all across the country, having conversations. Last night, I was talking to somebody from Virginia. And they said the issue there are these data centers in the small towns and communities. And many of these people, one of them actually gave testimony. This individual said that she happened to be a longtime Trump supporter going all the way back to 2015, 2016 And she is really upset at the administration's categorizing the small town folks as basically country hillbillies if they don't support these data centers. And again, it's a matter of they gotta go somewhere. I mean, there's no doubt about that. We cannot allow China to be the leader, the global leader in AI technology and development. So the question is, where do we put them? That seems to be the big issue. So there are a lot of things happening out there. Of course, the gas prices just, you know, insane. We're almost at, what, four bucks a gallon here in Memphis, and it is what it is. And so now, a lot of folks in MAGA world are just saying to shut up and smile when you pay higher prices at the pump. And to do anything else is considered to be unpatriotic, which is sort of funny because when Biden was president and the gas prices were high, the MAGA folks were going bonkers crazy.

You can't have it both ways. But regardless, it's having an impact on people. I mean, it really is. And the people are somewhat dejected. This Iran situation, though, is starting to concern me because we have declared victory over there. I don't have any time, four or five times. There is a new report coming out of Fox that Iran drone and missiles hit a US vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. Trey Yankst, who is their chief foreign correspondent, reported this morning that the US vessel was hit earlier in the week by an Iranian drone and a missile attack. Now, that's troubling because the president declared that the Strait is under US control and that he's been working overtime to get oil flowing through the transit hub.

But according to Fox News, quoting two sources, it was a US contracted vessel that was hit, and the incident occurred around the Strait of Hormuz, not in the Strait of Hormuz. So we don't know what that means. One of the projectiles struck the vessel, caused minor injuries. Injuries are being treated in a Gulf country, and some US personnel were on board. So that would tell us that there were military personnel on board, possibly.