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0:00The voice of free speech, the truth delivered, the common sense for the American people. Welcome to the Skygaining Show. All right, the jobs report is out and we have the eye-popping numbers straight ahead. Plus, we're talking to the treasurer of the United States today about that data and some new coins coming out from the U.S. Treasury at the bottom of the hour. September is peak wildfire season and the U.S. Department of the Interior is taking action. U.S. wildland fire chief Brian Fennese is here to fill us in on that. Plus, Polster and Trump advisor John McLaughlin has a memo out with some advice for the Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterm. I have the details. It is Friday, September the 4th. I'm Scott Jennings reporting for Salem. We're in New York City today. Tonight, by the way, catch me on CNN from 9-11 Eastern for a special two-hour addition of News Night as we head into the Labor Day weekend.

1:02Also, yes, we are keeping an eye on the Lindsey Clancy courtroom in Massachusetts. Stay tuned for action there. Miss Trial may be incoming. We're watching it for you. On this day, 1998, two graduate students at Stanford University believed the Internet had a problem. It contained more information than any library ever assembled but finding the right information was becoming nearly impossible. The existing search engines mostly ranked websites by counting how often a particular word appeared. But these two grad students had a different idea. What if you judged a website by the company it kept? What if every link pointing to a page counted as a vote? And links from important websites counted for even more. Working from their dorm rooms, the two students built a search engine around that idea. They called it BackRub. Because their system examined the backlinks connecting one website to another. Not exactly a catchy name, but the technology was remarkable.

2:04In August of 1998, one major tech player watched a brief demonstration and he immediately wrote the grad students a check for $100,000. There was only one problem. He had made the check payable to a company that did not yet exist. So on September 4th, the grad students officially incorporated their new business. They moved out of the dorm rooms and into a garage in Menlo Park, California. A modest rental that included clunky computers, borrowed hardware, and a server cabinet partly constructed from Legos. They also gave their company a new name. Inspired by the mathematical term for the number one followed by 100 zeros, representing the almost unimaginable amount of information they hoped to organize. The company eventually grew out of that garage into one of the most powerful and influential businesses on earth. Now you know something is universally important when its name becomes a verb.

3:04Need some quick information? Well, thanks to those grad students, Larry Page and Sergey Brenn, you just have to Google officially incorporated on this day, September 4th, 1998. As we head into the Labor Day weekend, we got a status report today on the American economy and the data looks incredible. Today's jobs report stunned forecasters. They were freaking out. Over on CNBC, cut three. And we're hitting hold on to your seats folks. Non-farm payrolls for the month of August, up 162K, 162,000. That's basically three times what expectations are. And the last two months of job data on top of that was revised upwards to the tune of 55,000 more jobs. Unemployment held at 4.1% in line with expectations.

4:06The manufacturing sector added 16,000 jobs. Now our friend, E.J. Antony, over at the Heritage Foundation says manufacturing, which was in a three-year slide, looks like it's finally on the upswing, still a ways to go to reverse the steep decline at the end of Biden's term. But fingers crossed, E.J. says that this upward trajectory holds. Now, Trump, in Besson, the Treasury Secretary, promised an economic boom in 2026, and this jobs data seems to indicate that they were right. Now, on the flip side, with the economy running hot, there are now some expectations that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates at its next meeting. We'll have to see how they interpret the data. The president is already calling for a rate cut today. That's of course his longstanding position. That interest rates are too high. But the top line news today is the jobs report boomed and the naysayers are in shambles. This is no doubt a good jobs report for the president and his economic and his political

5:07team. That or thing in this jobs data, by the way, it's a story that almost nobody knows. The Federal Government workforce is now the smallest share of the overall US workforce since 1939. What's pretty clear is that the Trump economic policies have prioritized private sectors holds over the governments. And it's working. So that's the good news. Now here's the bad news. Americans are about to get hit again by rising health insurance costs. A new marsh survey of more than 1800 employers projects health benefit costs will jump over 8 percent next year. That would be the largest increase since 2003. Now what happened to American health care between 2003 and now? What was it again? Ah yes, Obamacare. That's what happened. This new data means that workers will face higher premiums, bigger deductibles and reduced coverage. Meanwhile, insurers on the Obamacare exchanges are requesting a median premium increase of

6:1215 percent for next year. So 16 years after Obamacare was sold as the answer to America's health care affordability crisis. The price keeps rising. The deductibles keep growing in American families keep paying the bill despite all the misplaced and misguided PR. It gets from the median Democrats. Obamacare folks has been an abject failure. The price goes up. The quality of the product is going down. For many Americans, it feels like you don't have insurance at all with the deductibles the way they are. Obamacare folks and the Democrats say they want more of this government involvement in your health care. No thanks. But let's get back to the job data, which is given Republicans fresh arguments for the election. The question now is, how should the Republicans frame it all up for the voters in the midterm? Mayor Fernand, presidential pollster John McLaughlin is out with a new poll and a memo with some blunt advice for his party. McLaughlin says Republicans face a difficult environment, but they may also be fighting the

7:12wrong campaign. On the standard congressional ballot, McLaughlin has it Democrats 48 to Republicans 43, a five-point lead. But McLaughlin changes the question. When voters are asked to choose between a Republican who supports free market capitalism and a Democrat who supports big government socialism, the result completely reverses. Republicans take the lead on that ballot, 47 to 40, a remarkable 12-point swing based entirely on how the choice is framed. And McLaughlin's message is simple. Republicans should make this election about competing economic systems, not merely personalities or party labels. Who rewards work, investment, and job creation? Who wants lower taxes, affordable energy, and less government regulation? And who wants higher taxes, price controls, government run programs, and politicians making more of your economic decisions? The booming jobs numbers give Republicans an opening, but according to McLaughlin, they must

8:12connect those numbers to something larger. Jobs do not materialize because Washington commanded them into existence. They are created when Americans are allowed to invest in build and hire and take risks. So the midterm argument writes itself, do you want more private sector growth and free enterprise? Or will you hand Congress to a democratic party in thrall with socialism? The enemy of free enterprise. McLaughlin's number suggests that when voters understand the choice, the political landscape changes dramatically. You're listening to Common Sense for the American People at Scott Jennings here on Salem. We are keeping an eye on the Lindsey Clancy courtroom up in Massachusetts. Let me give you the latest news. The judge signaled his intention to declare a mistrial today, and then he gave the defense an hour to file an appeal to that decision. The latest news is that appeal has gone up to the Massachusetts Supreme Court. But if that appeal is denied, there would be a mistrial, and they'd have to decide the

9:18prosecutors whether to start over and go after Clancy again. The word in the courtroom, according to the defense, is 11 to 1 in the jury room. There's one person holding out on a unanimous verdict. So we're keeping an eye on this for you, and if something breaks or the judge makes a final final decision during the show, we'll bring it to you. Let's talk supplements for just a moment when it comes to supplements, two things matter the most. Do they work and can you trust them? Rather than just tell you about relief factor, I'm going to let our customers talk about and answer those questions we hear from folks every day who have had very positive experiences with relief factor. Here's Pastor Bill. He strained his back around Christmas of 2025. He was in tremendous pain after starting relief factor within a few days. Pastor Bill says his pain was gone and he had regained full flexibility. He calls it quote, a miracle. And he recommends it to anyone dealing with pain. So if you are ready to believe in miracles, I would recommend you try relief factor, get

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11:21This month, Americans for Prosperity is celebrating the entrepreneurs who took a chance and overcame the odds and created jobs. Because sometimes it all starts with one small step. I encourage you to nominate the entrepreneurs who are pursuing the American dream at this website. Lensy Clancy Murder Trial. That's America builds freedom. It's a project of our friends at Americans for Prosperity. Joining us now, NBC News, legal analyst, Danny Savallos, Danny, we've been following this news of the Lindsey Clancy murder trial. And it looks like, sounds like there may be a mistrial in the works, but it's not yet official. Can you tell us the latest? Yes, there is a likely mistrial. But Scott Jennings, things are happening so quickly here. What happened was in Massachusetts, the law requires the judge to send the jury out. And I say twice, it's not a hard requirement. There are some wiggle room areas in the statute.

12:23The jury can consent to continue to deliberate, but generally speaking, Massachusetts puts a limit on how many times you can send a jury out when they are deadlocked. So now the jury is continuing to say we are deadlocked and the judges are not going to grant a mistrial. But the defense said, give us an hour. We're going to file for immediate relief before the appellate court, the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. So we are beyond that hour. And apparently I'm refreshing frantically here and on my browser because things are breaking by the second. But it appears the court is in a recess for lunch. And as it stands, the one hour time limit that the judge gave defense attorney Kevin Reddington to seek an emergency stay from the Massachusetts Supreme Court, that is coming gone. So I expect we'll have some real movement, some real answers after the lunch break. Danny, before you go, explain something to me. I was listening to a fellow commentator, Eric Erickson today.

13:25He was saying that Massachusetts is the only state in the nation where the jury has to presume insanity. So that's the defense here is that she's insane. So she can't be guilty of murder. Is that right? Is Massachusetts the only place where you have to presume the person is insane and not the other way around? Yeah, I would say yes because what Massachusetts does is it plays once the defendant raises introduces some evidence of insanity. And in Massachusetts they call it lack of criminal responsibility. I'll just call it insanity because it takes less time to say. But once the defendant introduces that, it isn't affirmative defense, but it is strange because Massachusetts reverses the burden of proof. They place the burden on the government, on the Commonwealth, to disprove insanity and disprove it beyond a reasonable doubt. That is a very high standard. And essentially is a requirement of a presumption of insanity when you think of it that way. It's really half to half dozen or however you say the old saying goes.

14:29It's the same thing by a different name. All right, Danny, before you go 20 seconds, give us your crystal ball view here. What's going to happen this afternoon and over the next few weeks? Time to put on my wild speculation hat. But I really feel pretty confident about this one. I'm often wrong. This one I think will be at a mistrile before 3 o'clock PM today. We're on the eve of a big holiday weekend. This jury wants to go. All right, Danny Savallos. Top legal analyst for NBC News. Danny, thanks for tracking the Lindsey Clancy trial for us. Coming up in just a second, we have the treasure of the United States, Brandon Beach on the line. But first, I do want to tell you about this interesting documentary that's coming out. It's interesting because it involves our friend, Charlie Kirk. Two weeks before his tragic assassination on September the 10th of last year, Charlie sat down for one of his final interviews to wrestle with a timeless question. Does God still speak to us today? And that conversation became the foundation for this powerful and provocative new documentary

15:32called, Can you hear me now? And this documentary explores prophecy, faith, scripture, history, and the role that believers are called to play in our culture today. So this documentary. I'm looking forward to because Charlie was our friend. And as you know, Charlie was on Salem radio during this time. And the chance, honestly, to hear one of his final interviews and put into documentary format and see how he was feeling about things just before he was taken from us tragically, I'm not going to miss it. You shouldn't miss it either. Pre-order this film. Go to CanYouHearMeNow.com. Can you hear me now film.com, rather? Or go to SalemNow.com and pre-order it. Again, it comes out very soon. The film is called Can You Hear Me Now? Go to SalemNow.com and get this movie, which features some of the last words of Charlie Kirk. All right, let's turn our attention to the economy joining us now, Brandon Beach, the treasurer of the United States of America is here.

16:35Brandon, I know you've got some news from the Treasury about a new coin that we have coming out. And I want to get to that. But first, I wanted to give you a chance on behalf of the administration to comment on the big jobs report today. Huge numbers, shattered expectations. How that data landed your years. Now, it was great. 162,000 new jobs, 4.1 percent unemployment, GDP's at 4.2 percent. You know, the inflation is at 3 percent. This shows present Trump policies are working. We knew we would lay the groundwork in 2025 with his executive orders and the tariffs and the big, beautiful bill. Now you're starting to see this all come to fruition in the results of all that hard work in 2025. And that's why these elections in the midterm are so important to continue to have good conservatives in place to continue the Trump policies that will work for the American people and create jobs and economic prosperity. And that's what you're going to see.

17:37All right, this is Brandon Beach talking to us. He's the 46th treasure of the United States appointed by President Trump in 2025. The treasure of the U.S. overseas, the U.S. meant and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. And in that capacity, Mr. Treasurer, you have some news about a coin that you're minting, a $1 coin to honor America's 250th anniversary. Tell us about that. Well, we did that for the president and its features, President Trump. They went on sale the other day two days ago, sold out of them. 250,000 of them were struck on July 4th with a special July 4th privy and those will really be valuable. But I want you to know this is legal tender and it's going to be in the banks in the next 30 days. You'll just be able to go to the bank and get a roll of Trump dollar coins just like you would a roll of quarters. And it's legal to have a living person on a coin. And so we're really proud that we were able to do this for the president.

18:37And I'm just happy we were able to do that. And he deserves it. He's been, like I said, the greatest president we've ever had and he's got this economy going well. We also have a 9-11 coin that will be the emerging Liberty half dollar coming out for the 25th anniversary of 9-11. And the really nice thing about this is made in New York at West Point by New Yorkers for New York citizens that were victims and our country. And it features on it a 9-11 with always remember and then it's got the Statue of Liberty passing the torch to a new generation with a flame symbolizing the momentum of our purpose as Americans. I think this is going to be a huge and it's also legal tender and it's going to be a half dollar and I think it's going to be very, very successful as we go forward. And remember 9-11 25 years ago. So Brandon, we have two coins that will be in circulation. One is a dollar and it has president Trump's face on it and that's to commemorate America

19:37250. But this 9-11 coin, it's a half dollar and of course 9-11 anniversary is next week. And it's also going to be out in circulation. Is it your expectation that people will use these coins in their day-to-day transactions or do you think most people want to get a whole lov them and collect them and not have them out in the world? Well right now we're seeing that the Trump coin, people are buying them to have them. But I want you to know it is legal tender. We are sending them out through the Federal Reserve and then the Federal Reserve will get them out to the banks. You know the Wells Fargo's and the Bank of America is the world and you will be able to go use them as legal tender and we're hoping that people will use them just like they did years ago with the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin. We want this to be legal tender but it is also somewhat of a collector's item and it'll be the same with the 9-11, 25 year anniversary coin. So and then we did a neat coin just to regress a little bit. A couple weeks ago we came out with a Freedom 250 gram pre-metal which had Roger Penske's

20:41image on one side as a motorsport pioneer with his image and name and then on the front had the US Capitol with an any car race that car in front of it. The first Indy car race ever in our nation's capital and it was a huge success. I actually went to that race Scott and when you saw the US Capitol in the background with Indy cars running down the streets it made you proud to be an American. It was a great day. The weather was great and it was a great event and I want to congratulate both President Trump and Roger Penske for pulling that off. Great day for America. I was in Washington that day for the race Brandon and yes the cars were cool. I've never heard anything louder in my entire life than those flyovers that occurred over Washington DC. I mean it was I was sitting at a table trying to have breakfast and it was rattling the silverware and the dishes off the table. I mean the display of American air power was just incredible. And then he had Air Force One, the new Air Force One flyover and it was really low and

21:45you could hear it and it was to your point. Those Navy and Air Force jets were unbelievable. It makes you proud to be an American. If you went to that event and you're not proud to be American something's wrong. We've got the greatest country in the world and I will never apologize for loving capitalism, the free enterprise system and loving our country. Well you just raised a topic we've been discussing on the show today and that's really this overall debate. We're going to have a capitalistic system that has created untold amounts of wealth and lifted people out of poverty or are we going to revert to socialism which crushes people and kills people everywhere that it's tried. That's what's on the ballot this November. Top line news from the treasure of the United States. We have two coins. We have the America 250 coin with President Trump's face on it and we have a new 9-11, 25th anniversary commemorative coin. That's coming out next week. That's a half dollar and both of these coins you should be able to go to the bank and request them and they are all legal tender. Brandon Beach, the treasure of the United States.

22:46Thanks for your time today. Well thank you. Happy Labor Day. Happy Labor Day my friend. All right. We are going to take a break. Before we go I will give you a quick update on the Lindsey Clancy situation. We heard from Danny Savalos earlier. He is expecting a mistrial. That's what the judge indicated earlier today. He's given the defense a last chance to appeal that decision and CNN is reporting that the hearing is underway in this final appeal for emergency relief to try to stop the judge from declaring a mistrial. Supposedly the jury is 11 to 1 and there's a lot of speculation about what that looks like in the jury room. We don't exactly know but there's a lot of speculation about it. We'll keep an eye on this for you but Lindsey Clancy trial looks like it may be headed for a mistrial this afternoon. By the way, speaking of coins and things I want to talk about a new partner here on the Scotch N. Show and that is noble gold investments. You hear a lot about investing in gold and silver these days and the questions never

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24:52a special programming event, the America 250 movie, Parathon. 10 great movies back to back. You've got two days to watch it all beginning Saturday and Sunday at noon Eastern only on the Salem News Channel. All right, it is the peak of wildfire season in the United States and as wildfires grow more destructive across the country, the federal government is changing how it prepares and responds, joining us to discuss that is Brian Fennese, the inaugural director of the U.S. Wild and Fire Service. Chief Fennese, thanks for joining us here. What are we doing over at the Department of the Interior to better prepare and respond to these destructive wildfires? Well, listen, thanks for having me, Scott. I appreciate the time. You know, through a presidential executive order back in June of 2025, where he ordered that the seven or eight disparate wild and fire agencies unify, we've done that for the

25:57most part with the exception of the Forest Service that is under the USDA and actually requires, as I understand, a Congress to move over. But we've taken the firefighters from the four fire bureaus, or the Bureau of BLM, the Park Service, Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Office of Wildland Fire, the Office of Aircraft Services, all of these were agencies from the Department of Interior and we've unified them. So we brought them together as one new fire agency. Prior to that, fire worked as, oh gosh, one of many things, all of these bureaus, to include even the Forest Service today, our land management agencies that do a lot of different things. One of those things happened to be fire. Well no longer on the DOI side. We are one fire agency where that newest firefighter reports directly up through a chain of command to me. So we've largely turned the DOI disparate wildland fire agencies into one public safety agency

27:02that focus on fire. I report directly to Secretary Bergham and this is how the future looks. Now as it's got people have said that and I hear that all the time from folks that don't want further unification of the Forest Service is that we've become disconnected or we'll become disconnected from the landscape. And nothing could be further from the truth. I mean that is where our work is done. Not just on the suppression side, but on the mitigation side. We all know that we've gotten ourselves into this position where our forests and our raised lands are so unhealthy because we've been so good at suppressing fire so for the many decades. And suppression is always going to be important. But more important probably our priority is treating the landscape, removing these hazardous fuels, that sort of thing. So chief it's it's out to me. Look I'm a lay person. You're the expert but it's down to me like what you've done and this is sort of music

28:02to my ears as a conservative and that is you've taken a bunch of different pieces of bureaucracy and you have streamlined it for the people of the United States so that it is more efficient and more effective. Is that about right? Oh man, you nailed it. I mean instead of having seven people at the table, now we've gotten one. And so we're seeing that play out. You talked about the peak of the fire season and you're right. We've been at what we call a preparedness level five which is the DEFCOM five or whatever you want to call it. It is the worst. And we're seeing fires. I mean right now we're almost 8.3 million acres burned. That's 160% more than the 10 year average. These fires are getting better. I mean we're seeing Spokane, the second largest city of Metro in Washington, you know, burned. And so, you know, yes, we want to continue to do that. And I'll tell you probably the biggest impact has been the authorities that the Secretary

29:05of the Interior, the President of the United States have given us. We now make those final decisions when it comes to how we suppress a fire. And you go, well, duh, you know, why wouldn't it be that way? Well, it wasn't always that way. And it's still not that way over the four serves. You have land managers and line officers who are not trained firefighters, subject matter actors, making decisions, strategic decisions that put our communities at risk. They don't have it. It's no different than say the fire department reporting to the parks and rec. Well, we've changed that over the DIY side. Yeah, we changed that over the DIY side. It sounds like you've made, it sounds like you've made extremely positive bureaucratic changes. And we've created what's called the U.S. Wildland Fire Service. Brian Finnecy, that's the voice you've been hearing. He's the inaugural chief responding to wildfires and fostering fire resilient landscapes for 500 million acres of public and tribal lands.

30:07Brian, thanks for joining us. We take a break. More news on the other side. It's Scott on Salem. Stay with us. The voice of free speech. The truth delivered. Common sense for the American people. Welcome to the Scott Jennings show. Quick check of the headlines here on Friday, September the 4th, the U.S. jobs data is out and it is crushed expectations. The economy has added 162,000 jobs in August. That is three times more than what was expected. In the last two months, we're revised up. We're 55,000 jobs added for June and July. Good news for the Trump White House. President Trump expected to sign an executive order today requiring clearer country of origin labeling for beef. That'll give shoppers more information about where the meat is coming from. And a quick programming note for you. This Labor Day weekend, Salem News Channel presents a special programming event, the America 250 movie marathon.

31:0710 great movies all back to back and you've got two days to catch them all, beginning Saturday and Sunday at New and Eastern only on the Salem News Channel. All right, we are approaching the 25th anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attack. The president is honoring one of the greatest charity efforts that came out of that tragic day. It's called the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. He'll have those folks over at the White House next week on Tuesday, September the 8th for a special ceremony. Joining us now to discuss that is the foundation CEO Frank Siller. Frank, so honored to have you on the Scott Jennings Show today. Tell us what is going on with the president and you over at the White House next Tuesday. Well, Scott, first of all, thank you for having me on and it's important that we talk about things like this in America because 25 years ago we lost 2,977 souls and 7,000 men and women ever since on the global war on terror. So that's what we're doing this coming Tuesday, September 8th at 10am at the White House.

32:12The president was kind enough and wanted to make sure that we never forget what happened 25 years ago and we're going to have a steel beam, an eye beam from the South Tower, the same tower where my brother perished 25 years ago in New York City, firefighted Steven Siller who ran through the Brooklyn battery tunnel on foot that day with 60 pounds of fire gear on his back and gave up his life. And so when that South Tower came down at 9.59am on September 1, 2001, my family's life changed forever. His family, his wife and five kids and we're going to recognize the great sacrifice of all those who perished that day. So you're taking this massive beam from the World Trade Center down to Washington. Will it be at the White House on the White House property there? Yes, it's going to be at the ellipse. And so you should know that we started this journey on May 2nd.

33:17We had it go all over the United States. We brought it to all significant locations. We would be connected to 9.11 or a sacrifice or a history. And my nephew, my brother's youngest son, Steven Jr. was with it 90% of the time. All over the United States, speaking about his dad, we were at Shanksville of course, flight 93 for those who remember that we're old enough. And one of the reasons we bring this around sky is to teach people that we're not even born, which is almost a third of the country 25 years ago, what happened that day. But we bring this around and we were at Shanksville. Could you imagine those 40 heroes that took over flight 93? And it's such a story that Todd Beamer, everyone remembers that was old enough, let's roll.

34:18And they got back in that cockpit and were fighting terrorist, you know, and they were on the action. The plane ended up turning upside down because they were fighting for control of the plane. And they flew over a school yard. Thank God they flew over a school yard and into an empty field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. And it was the first battle on the global war on terror. And these great heroes gave their lives. So wouldn't fly into the capital or fly into somewhere else where it would kill maybe hundreds of thousands of people like they did at the ground zero. So it's so important that we brought this all around the United States and that my nephew was talking about his dad and then the hero acts that he did that day and so many others. Our guest today is Frank Siller. He is the executive director of this great charitable foundation called tunnel to towers. Frank, you had a memoir come out about all this on September the 1st.

35:19It's called Let Us Do Good in that you told the story of your family and this incredible story of your brother who ran towards danger to do everything he could done that tragic day of 9-11. Tell us about the book. Again, it's called Let Us Do Good. And it just came out, didn't it? It just came out very proud of it. It took two and a half years to write it but it really took a lifetime. It was, it's about my parents a lot of it about how they taught their seven children about the only real joy you have in life is service and serving others and not get out of yourself. My mom always should say, you know, if you're feeling bad do something for somebody else or you're suffering or for it up to God. And they were devout Catholics. They followed St. Francis of Assisted where he said brothers and sisters, while we have fine, let us do good. And those teachings certainly have molded their children of the seven kids that are in my siblings and I and no greater sacrifice or service than my brother Steven who gave

36:26his life on September 11, 2001. Steven was married. He had five kids. Did you imagine what he was thinking about when he was through that tunnel that day? I mean, you know, he was a firefighter. He loved the brotherhood. Steven also, you know, and this has stories in there about his childhood, our childhood that my parents died when he was a little boy. And you know, we raised him because he was so much younger than us and, you know, he was orphaned by ten years old. And we raised him and he came back to stand out and live with me on static. And I was 18, get re-equainted with the little girl that he used to walk the grandma's school with, you know, years before and got married. And it's just, it's a love story in as that love story, in their love story and also love story that, you know, love so many people that he gave up his life. It is, it is, it's very miraculous. It adds a story to me. It's about so many other great heroes, so I should tell you about that.

37:27I know the great thing about tunnel the towers and why we're successful, you know, we have a run every year, the less than a September, a 40, 50,000 people running through the tunnel like Steven did, always less than a September. We honor all the great heroes who perished that day. Not just Steven, from the very beginning, we knew that Steven did not be only hero. But to me, he's my hero. He's very personal and I read a lot about him in this book. Frank, for those of us who were alive for 9-11, we all remember, never forget. But I remember, we said that all the time, never forget and we all had flags on our front porches and there were USA bumper stickers and American flag bumper stickers on our cars. But I got to tell you, 25 years later, hey, there's a bunch of people who are voting in our elections now who weren't alive for that and for them, this is a, you know, this is a story from a history book and be, I think there's a bunch of people that have forgotten the terrorist attack we suffered that day and what caused it and how we responded to it. What do you think we need to do to remind this country of what happened that day in the

38:31dangers that we all face as Americans from the people out there across the world who frankly hate us and hate our way of life? Yeah, and we have a lot of them here that hate us and hate our way of life. It's disgusting and it really is, upsetting is not even the right word to use. But this is what we do at the Tonal Vitaoas and I stay focused on what I can do and what we can do from the foundation. We have a curriculum K-12. You get download and go to t2t.org. Get down, age appropriate. It's incredible if you're a parent, you want to teach your children, download it, you're a teacher, you want to teach a class, download it, you're a principal, so on and so forth. You can download it. I have a 93-foot track and trail that goes around and it turns it to 1100 square foot in the using of all different artifacts from ground zero and we have five fighters there that, you know, with that, they're lost their friends, that lost their brothers and they go around with us all year round. We go to all different schools all year round.

39:33We have this piece of steel that we did this year, you know, all these stops that we made all across the country so people can go and pay respect. You can't, I can't tell you many times I saw families of four or five, you know, two kids, three kids, four kids, go up and touch that steel and say a prayer on it. There's great hope for America. I see it. It makes it, having that beam makes it real and, you know, sort of visiting the 9-11 museum and seeing the artifacts in there, that makes it real. I wish every American could lay hands on that beam and see an artifact from what happened that day. Frank Siller, Tunnel to Towers, thanks for your story today. Good luck at the White House with the president on September the 8th. Quick note about a movie that's coming out that I think you're going to want to see. It's from Focus Features and the acclaimed director of Captain Phillips and Jason Bourne. This movie is called The Up Rising. It is an amazing story of courage and sacrifice and rebellion. It has an all-star cast breathtaking visuals, visceral action.

40:33It's called The Up Rising. It is a must see cinematic epic. It is the true story of the rise of Robin Hood and it's coming to theaters on September the 10th. You do not want to miss it. It's called The Up Rising. You want to discover it and Dolby Sinema. It's called The Up Rising. Andrew Garfield is the star. I'm very excited about seeing this film. When we come back, my speech and its entirety from the RJC this week, don't miss it here on the Scott Jennings Show. Weapon we have. Common sense. This is the Scott Jennings Show. Welcome back to the Scott Jennings Show. For the rest of today's program, we're taking you back to Monday and the speech that I delivered to the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas. We'll play it in its entirety beginning now here on the Scott Jennings Show. Thank you so much for having me here today. I'm proud to be joining you as a citizen and resident of Kentucky's fourth congressional district, which also happens to be the home of the soon to be former Congressman Thomas

41:35Massey. And it's about time. I think it says a lot about our party. What are the party that takes out our trash? And what a contrast that is at a moment when the litmus test for being a national Democrat is really quite simple. Do you hate Israel and blame everything on the Jews? If yes, you're in. Now, tell me if I'm wrong, but I'd be willing to bet that the RJC is having a banner year of membership growth in 2026. I bet that there are more Democrats watching these speeches than ever before. So I want to speak directly to those Democrats today. Those Democratic moderates and Democratic Jews who have joined the ranks of the GOP curious. And can we start by sending them a message that they are welcome here today? Now, if that's you, if you're a Democrat who knows you have nothing in common with

42:40these socialists, these radical Islam-o-Marxists, and that they hate you because believe me, if you're a Christian or a Jew, they do hate you. Then you might be wondering, well, what do I have in common with the Republicans? Let me tell you why you belong with us in this room today. And to do that, I'm going to tell you a story of two anniversaries. You've already heard a lot about the first one this year, 250 years ago, a band of fed up colonists fought for more than just territory or liberation from a king. They fought for a set of ideals born in Jerusalem, Athens and Rome, and for truths they called self-evident. For the idea that all men are created, actually, let's pause on that, that all men are created by a loving God and created equal, no less, that we are endowed with certain and alienable rights, rights that come not from government, but from God. Rights to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, rights to speak, to practice our faith, to

43:44peaceably assemble like we're doing here today. And because these rights come from God, no king, no senator, and no mob of purple-haired socialists has any authority to obstruct them. Now back then, these were fighting words, words that could get you hung for treason. And for that, they were willing to stake their lives and their sacred honor. Why? Because they were steeped in a very specific moral and spiritual tradition. Not every religious tradition is the same. Some say to kill every man, woman and child who doesn't believe what you believe. Some celebrate the slaughter of youth at a music festival, for example, or the rape and execution of innocent civilians on Facebook live. Some religions say the only legitimate government is a theocratic slave state. But only one religious tradition could yield a document like our Declaration of Independence

44:47and that is the Judeo-Christian tradition. America was founded on the values of the Jews and the Christians. It is the only context in which the truths of our Declaration are self-evident. And it's why they aren't self-evident to many today. Take away the God of the Torah and the Bible and God given means nothing. Our rights are just ink on faded parchment, subject to the whims of whoever weasels their way into power. So to all those watching today, if you've ever wondered why the Islam-O Marxist-Left seems so desperate to destroy the Jews and the Christians, this is why. Because the only way to dismantle America is to dismantle its Judeo-Christian foundation. You do that, you win a few elections, and it's game over. That brings me to the second anniversary taking place this year. In just a few days, we'll mark 25 years since the worst attack on American soil since World

45:53War II. 25 years since those plains pierced the towers, since those innocent people leapt to their deaths and since clouds of ash swept New York City. For those of us old enough to remember that dark day, the memory is seared in our minds forever. But for an entire generation of Americans, 9-11 is just another story from history class. So it's up to us, those of us who saw it happen to articulate why it mattered. We'll return to my speech in just a moment. But first, let me tell you about ghost bed. People often blame the summer heat for a bad night's sleep. And boy, it's been hot out there. I think like the hottest week we've had in Kentucky all summer long. But the real problem may be in your mattress. Maybe it's trapping the heat. And that is why I switched to ghost bed. Ghost bed has built in cooling technology that helps keep you comfortable all night long.

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47:56We're going to get back to my speech that I delivered to the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas earlier this week right here on the Scott Jennings Show. Because it brought the death of innocent Americans, yes. But also the death of American innocence itself. See, America had won the Cold War only a decade before. We thought the enemies of the West were defeated. One famous historian called it the end of history, thinking we'd live happily ever after. But that September day forced us to face the truth. America is and always will be hated by much of the world, not because of something we did, but because of who we are. People Islam every tenant of Western civilization is heresy. Every adherent of the Judeo-Christian tradition deserves a fate like the victims of 9-11. But these Islamic extremists realized pretty quickly, I think, that 9-11 was a tactical

48:59error. The attacks were so overt, so barbaric that it exposed who they are and united our people against them. They saw American flags on every porch, USA bumper stickers on every car, and they certainly saw the B-52s bombing the daylights out of their camps and compounds. And they learned a lesson that to topple our country, they needed to attack it not from outside in, but from inside out. They needed to target its foundation. Our values, our patriotism, our Judeo-Christian beliefs. We are learning more and more about how they've used the openness of our society against us. Instead of financing terrorism, they finance progressive nonprofits. Instead of targeting office towers, they target young Americans in school and on social media. Instead of hijacking planes, they've hijacked universities, media outlets, and now an

50:02entire political party. Our enemies invested hundreds of billions of dollars into the West on a bet that where the big gash of 9-11 failed, a thousand little cuts almost undetectable in the moment could bleed us out over time. And sure enough, barely a decade after the towers fell, a new ideology rose in the West. One that said, maybe radical Islam isn't so bad. Maybe it's our fault they hate us. Maybe the real enemy is Israel. Maybe Islamic nations should send their people to live with us. And then they'll see how nice we are. After 9-11, we all made a promise to never forget. And for those in this room today, thank you for upholding that promise. And sadly, many others did forget. One by one, the countries of the West fell to this ideology.

51:06First in Europe, where 56 million migrants later, its politics and culture are unrecognizable. The UK and Germany are now 7% Muslim, Sweden, 8% France, nearly 10. And what do these new neighbors think of Europe and its laws? For half the young Muslims in Europe prefer a sharia law over European law. And they live accordingly with disproportionate rates of murder and rape. They also vote accordingly. They elect more enemies of the West who allow even more enemies and through the gates. Folks Europe is a few steps ahead of us on the road to tradition. But America is not far behind. New York is about to mark the 25th anniversary of 9-11 under Mayor Zoran Mamdani. Now what's the problem our liberal friends ask? Well, it's not necessarily that he took the oath of office on a Quran or that he holds Islamic prayers in City Hall.

52:08There are many decent and patriotic Muslim Americans who are mortified at those who've come to rip out the American experiment, rude and branch. The problem is what Mamdani's worldview tells him about America, that we are fundamentally flawed, that our laws built on Judeo-Christian principles are a vehicle for oppression, that our free market is a means for the capitalists, especially the Jews, to control the world. And therefore, the answer is not to tweak the system, but to destroy it. That is what the democratic socialists want, to destroy America. It is in their platform. All you have to do is read it, abolish the Senate, abolish the Supreme Court, abolish the presidency, abolish prisons, abolish the police, abolish borders, abolish our government, abandon Israel, destroy the American way of life. That is the end goal and it is your job.

53:09It is our job to stop them. Of course, the media wants you to believe it is all about free stuff. The DSA just wants to make us more like Norway and Sweden, they say. John Stewart even said, when you call it socialism, I think it is a misnomer. On this I have to agree with John Stewart. Socialism is a misnomer. The correct word is communism. The majority of the DSA's governing board is openly communist by their own admission. And they are perfectly clear. They don't want us to be Norway. They want us to be communist Cuba. It is why they issued a statement this month celebrating 100 years of Fidel Castro and accusing Marco Rubio of, can you guess, genocide for opposing the Cuban government? Will they love that word and all of us in this room who support Israel are genocidal

54:13maniacs. Nice to meet you. But Chairman Mal, the greatest mass murderer of the 20th century, Fidel Castro who starved and shot his own people like dogs in the street, oh, they are icons of the revolution. They even dress like them. This isn't just hypocrisy or stupidity on the part of our opponents. It's a strategy because what is the hallmark of any communist state besides torture and starvation? It's the persecution of the religious, especially the Jews and the Christians who believe in an authority higher than the state in a king of kings. And that's why they are so desperate to flip the moral calculus against you, to make you the enemy because it makes you easier to persecute or worse. Does anyone here think it's a coincidence? The month that Mondani took office, New York City saw a 182% rise in anti-Semitic incidents.

55:19The next time the media wags its finger at President Trump for calling the DSA communist or anti-Semitic, remember the DSA isn't hiding who they are. The media is hiding it for them. And next time a Columbia journalism grad writes a puff piece on Mondani's grocery stores, you can tell them to ask the people who got stabbed in front of the synagogue on the Upper West side if they are excited about a 3% grocery discount. It's not cheaper bananas at stake in this fight. It is nothing less than the safety of every Jew and the freedom of every American. Now, let's not only pick on Mondani, he may be the smiling instrument of our destruction, but at least he smiles. The same cannot be said of Abdul El-Sahed, Michigan's Democrat nominee for the Senate. You know this man, the guy who campaigns unapologetically with a son, Piker, who said that America

56:22deserved 9-11, and that the streets will run red with the blood of the capitalists. El-Sahed is the guy who excused a terrorist who rammed his truck into a synagogue full of sleeping preschoolers by saying that hurt people, hurt people. He's the guy who stayed silent on the death of Iatola Comanius, so as not to upset his supporters in Dearborn. Folks, please understand these are not ordinary political opponents, and neither are those with whom they conspire. The unholy alliance of communists, socialists, radical Islamists, and gender activists. You'll notice some of these groups are so twisted, they wind up supporting people who literally believe exactly opposite things. Why are people who would be thrown off of a building in the Middle East, marching down Fifth Avenue with queers for Hamas signs? There is an iron clad lesson of history. Nothing unites people like a common enemy, and mis-toxic brew of ideologies has a common

57:28enemy. That enemy is you. It is the Jews, the Christians, and all of us who believe in the values that built the West. And if you oppose them, if you speak up, if you push back as a matter of politics or just as a matter of faith, we saw what happened to Charlie. That great defender of Israel in the West. We saw what nearly happened to our president several times now. We saw El-Sah-Ed tell his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, you will have no safe quarter in Michigan. We saw the Attorney General of Michigan, a Jewish Democrat, say she was too afraid to go to her party's convention because she feared for her safety from El-Sah-Ed supporters. And just last week we heard Hassan Piker say that Jews who support Israel are inviting violence on yourselves, that you quote, don't recognize how dangerous this predicament is. Piker who for all intents and purposes is the principal spokesman for the Democratic Party

58:33right now said, and I quote, people don't f with Israel any longer. And if Jews and America keep putting this idea out there, that they are singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone is going to come around and take action, not against the state of Israel, mind you, but against American Jews. For every Jewish American in this room or watching at home, please understand, you aren't inviting violence on yourselves. They are inviting it on you. And everything is on the line in November. Violence and fear are the tools of choice for these anti-American radicals and make no mistake. They are now running the Democratic Party. You can forget Schumer and Pelosi and Jeffries, the DSA is the captain now. And that's why American politics, this year's midterms, your work at the Republican Jewish

59:33Coalition, they are fundamentally about one thing. Things Judeo Christian values and our American way of life. So to our GOP curious Democratic friends watching, if you are still wondering what you have in common with the Republicans, I want to make it real simple. And I will preface this by saying that I am just a redneck from Kentucky. And when I was growing up there was a funny comedian named Jeff Foxworthy. He had a bit and it was called you might be a redneck. As in, you are listening to a special edition of the Scott Jennings Show. I am going to have the conclusion of my RJC speech coming up after this next commercial break. But first I want to tell you about a project that our friend Charlie Kirk was working on before his death. Just two weeks before his assassination on September 10th of last year, Charlie sat down for one of his final interviews to consider a timeless question.

1:00:33Because God still speak today and that conversation became the foundation for a powerful new documentary. Can you hear me now? This film explores prophecy, faith, scripture and history and the role that believers are called to play in today's culture. The director is named Matthew Thayer. He examines the evidence and ways today's most prominent prophetic voices against scripture, history, politics and science. If you love Charlie and I know you did. If you are listening to this show, I know you love Charlie. I think you should pre-order, can you hear me now? Go to SalemNow.com to do that. They'll send you a free DVD. The movie is called Can You Hear Me Now? Go to SalemNow.com and get ready for this explosive new documentary. My RJC speech conclusion right after this on the Scott Jennings Show. Common sense for the American people. This is the Scott Jennings Show. Welcome back to the Scott Jennings Show. And now the conclusion of my speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition delivered earlier

1:01:36this week in Las Vegas. Thanks for listening. Dear dog for a walk and you both use the same tree, you might be a redneck. So I borrow from the great philosopher Jeff Foxworthy in his construct today because my Democratic friends watching you might be a Republican. If you believe your rights come from God and not from a pot smoking socialist in Brooklyn who actually lives in the lap of luxury, you might be a Republican. If you believe America did not deserve 9.11 but the Ayatola sure as hell did deserve what he got. You might be a Republican. If you believe you should need a government ID to vote but not to buy groceries in New York City, you might be a Republican. If you believe there are two genders no matter how many they them with a Berkeley degree called you a fascist, you might be a Republican.

1:02:43If you believe communism's problem wasn't bad PR but the communism's problem was communism. Say it with me. You might be a Republican. And let's get serious. If you're a Jew who believes you should be safe in your own synagogue in your own country. If you're a black American who treasors your faith who's tired of fearing for your life in a Democrat run city like Chicago, if you're a Christian who loves Israel and is sick to death over the left's rhetoric towards the Jews, if you're a Muslim who loves America and wants nothing to do with the radical Islam O Marxist trying to destroy it. And if you're a patriot, any red-blooded patriot who thinks our founders had it right, who wants your kids to inherit a great and proud and free country and who isn't going to let a chairman mal want to be taken away without a fight, then my friend, you just might be

1:03:43a Republican and you are welcome here with us. Let me close with a final thought. I started by telling you a story of two anniversaries. The 250th tells us who we are and the 25th tells us who our enemies are. The question before us today comes down to exactly that. Which side are you on? Are you on the side of the American founding or the American unraveling of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams or Zoran and Abdul of common sense or of communism? I know which side you're on. American Jews have been forced to make a choice. A life or death choice that you did not ask for by those who say that you are the common enemy against which this world must unite.

1:04:45They have staked it all on you. Their dreams of conquering this evil empire of America. Well, unfortunately for them, this ain't your first rodeo. They may have energy and the media and the universities and enough propaganda to choke a horse, but you have something they will never have. Six thousand years of experience defeating the dark. My Christian faith. My Christian faith tells me that God doesn't call the equipped. He equips the cold. And you are called. You stand in the spirit of the Maccabees outnumbered, underestimated, but unwilling to surrender either your faith or your freedom. You are the lynchpin in this battle for America and the West. If they cannot break your faith, they cannot defeat our civilization. If you hold the line, they cannot erase the truths upon which America and the West were

1:05:47built and they know it. So yes, you are called and you are equipped to keep the faith, to defend the Judeo-Christian foundation of the West and to make what was once self-evident, once more. Thank you for the honor of being here today. I will always stand beside you. I will stand with you and I will stand for you and I will do it for one reason because the Jews and the Christians and the Israelis and the Americans together, we are the true defenders of Western civilization. Failure to defend the West is simply not an option. May God bless our country. May God bless the Republican Jewish coalition, our President and the nation of Israel. Thank you. Thank you all. Thank you for listening to the show today. That will do it. Before we head off to the Labor Day weekend, next week we are doing the show from the RNC Midterm Convention in Dallas. Please have a great weekend, have a safe weekend and thank you so much for listening to

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