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Erick Stakelbeck: Exposing the Darkness | Stakelbeck Tonight

January 21, 2026 | S E | 23:29

Erick Stakelbeck uses his platform to shed light on the harsh realities facing Western civilization. From addressing the dangers of mass Muslim migration to exposing the brutal oppression in Iran, Stakelbeck navigates through a landscape of political turmoil and societal unrest. With a focus on truth, justice, and the fight against evil forces, Stakelbeck's unwavering dedication to informing and educating his audience brings a sense of urgency to the pressing issues of our time. Tune in as Stakelbeck Tonight delves into the heart of darkness and shines a beacon of hope.

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Stakelbeck Tonight | Erick Stakelbeck: Exposing the Darkness | Stakelbeck Tonight | January 21, 2026

Welcome to stakelbeck tonight.
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I'm erick stakelbeck and a real friend.
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Always tells you the truth, even when it may not be pleasant
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To hear.
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President trump spoke today at the world economic forum
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In davos, switzerland,
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And he delivered some hard truths to our european allies.
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Hard, but necessary
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Because the future of judeo-christian western
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Civilization hangs in the balance.
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That's because leaders in europe, canada and australia
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Have forgotten what made the west great in the first place.
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They've made a hard left turn towards socialism,
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Abandoned free speech, taking god out of their societies
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And thrown open their borders to millions of muslim migrants
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Who do not share what used to be known as western values.
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Today at davos, president trump once again implored
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Our western allies to get their act together.
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Watch the explosion of prosperity
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And conclusion and progress that built the west
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Did not come from our tax cuts.
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It ultimately came from our very special culture.
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This is the precious inheritance that america
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And europe have in common. we share it.
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We share it.
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But we have to keep it strong.
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We have to become stronger, more successful,
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And more prosperous than ever.
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We have to defend that culture and rediscover
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The spirit that lifted the west from the depths
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Of the dark ages to the pinnacle of human achievement.
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Folks, it's very obvious the main obstacle to our western
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Allies becoming strong and dependable partners
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Once again is the internal division
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And cultural chaos caused by mass muslim migration.
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Trump's message
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Secure your borders and limit islamic immigration,
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Or lose your societies, perhaps permanently, here in america.
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We saw with four years of mass migration and open borders
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Did under joe biden.
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Just look at the madness in minnesota right now
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Where ice agents
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Are being harassed and attacked for arresting
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Violent criminals who entered our country illegally.
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Here's more from president trump.
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The situation in minnesota reminds us
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That the west cannot mass import foreign cultures,
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Which have failed to ever build a successful society
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Of their own.
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I mean, we're taking people from somalia,
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And somalia is a failed state, a nation got no government,
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Got no police, got no milk, got no nothing.
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Again, hard truths.
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That includes greenland.
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Trump made clear, davos, that the u.s.
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Wants to acquire greenland, which is a very large
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And strategic landmass in the northern atlantic,
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Because denmark and really all of western europe are unable
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To protect greenland
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From china and russia, who are literally lurking
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In the waters there.
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So trump wants to make a deal with denmark to acquire
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Greenland, a deal
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That would really not be
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Necessary in the first place, if europe could be counted on
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To defend its own interest in the post-world war two era.
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Watch.
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But we saved greenland and successfully prevented
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Our enemies from gaining a foothold in our hemisphere.
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So we did it for ourselves also.
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And then after the war, which we won.
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We won it big without us.
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Right now, you know, i'll be speaking german and
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A little japanese. perhaps.
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After the
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War, we gave greenland back
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To denmark.
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How stupid were we to do that?
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But we did it.
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But we gave it back.
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But how ungrateful are they now?
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Now, to say that the assembled western bureaucrats
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And globalists
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At davos were squirming
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In their seats during trump's speech
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Would be an understatement.
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Truth bombs are never pleasant,
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But we do not want to be in a situation
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Where we have america standing alone
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Against the gathering storm of russia, china, iran
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And north korea and the rise of islamic extremism.
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The threats are very real.
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Trump is trying to get the attention
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Of the rest of the west before it's too late,
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And he's not waiting around for them to wake up.
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Tuesday marked one year since trump returned to office,
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And he did more in that year
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Than many presidents do during a full term.
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Most importantly,
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He secured our southern border and stopped the invasion.
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He also destroyed iran's nuclear weapons program, ended
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The gender madness, and d-i push in our federal government,
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Opened up our economy, strengthened our military,
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And struck several historic trade deals.
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And his deportation of violent illegal aliens has led
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To a huge reduction in crime, including the largest
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One year drop in murders in american history.
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Now, the mainstream media won't tell you any of this.
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They despise trump.
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But all of these moves
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Have made america safer, stronger and more sane.
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There really are two genders, male and female.
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Imagine that.
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Bottom line.
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Elections have consequences.
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If you want to know what life would have been like
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Under a harris wallace
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Administration, look, no further than the state of virginia.
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Governor abigail spanberger took office this week,
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And she and her fellow democrats now control the entire state
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Government after their sweeping election victory in november.
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Spanberger went right to work on day one, basically
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Trying to remake virginia into california.
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Folks, listen to this.
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And this is just a partial list.
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Spanberger and her democratic colleagues have already ended
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All cooperation with ice in the state.
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They've also ended mandatory minimum sentencing
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For crimes like rape, manslaughter,
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Assaulting a law enforcement officer,
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And possession and distribution of child pornography.
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They're raising taxes across the board.
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They're prioritizing dei, gender and racial preferences
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For government contractors, and they're very likely going
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To allow abortion up until birth.
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They're also cracking down on gun rights
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And have already renamed columbus day indigenous peoples
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Day. take virginia
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And spread those radical policies nationwide.
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And the lights go out on america and the west as we know it.
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Trump realizes this and is acting accordingly.
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He also realizes that the regime in iran
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Has crossed every one of his red lines.
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So what comes next?
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We get the inside story on the revolution in iran
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After the break. stick around.
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After the break. stick around.
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The iranian
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Regime has killed over 16,000 people in recent weeks,
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And the actual numbers are probably even higher.
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Morgues have overflowed into the streets,
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And there seems to be no end
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In sight to the regime's brutality.
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Despite communication blackouts in the region,
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Our next guest has sources inside
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Iran and is following the events there very closely.
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Our friend, journalist and founder of the iran israel
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Alliance, emily schrader, joins us from tel aviv
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To break down the latest coming out of iran.
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Emily, always great to see you.
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It seems that
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The mainstream media now
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Has moved on
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From the iran story, and yet the carnage continues.
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Over 16,000 people slaughtered by this regime.
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Emily, what is the latest you're hearing
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From on the ground in iran?
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Those brave protesters literally putting their lives
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On the line for freedom?
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Well, you described it pretty accurately.
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It is hard to get information out
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Because of that communications blackout
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And the fact that the media already seems to be moving on
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Is precisely by design of the islamic republic.
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That's part of the reason that they shut off the internet.
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The information that we're getting out
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Is always a few days late, at best, 8 to 12 hours late.
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The footage that we're getting
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Is footage from january 8th, ninth, 10th, 11th.
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The protests that took place during the worst part of
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The massacre that we saw.
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It has been ongoing.
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There have been reports of sporadic,
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Small scale protests, although for the most part
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It's now martial law.
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Across iran, we see the irgc in the streets
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Patrolling, you know, blasting from loudspeakers,
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Speeches of humanity
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And also threats to the public warning them not to assemble.
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There's a lot of chaos going on,
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A lot of oppression going on in the streets.
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And in addition
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To the thousands that we know
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Have been killed, just that we know so far.
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We also know that there
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Are tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands
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Who are injured from these protests.
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And beyond that, tens of thousands
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Who have been arrested.
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Now, the regime has been very clear
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That they intend to execute
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All of those they deem as being involved
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With these protests, of course.
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They're attributing blame to mossad
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Or the united states or anyone other than themselves.
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But at the end of the day,
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The only foreign intervention
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We've actually seen on the ground in iran
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Is that of the islamic republic,
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Which has brought in more terror proxies from iraq, at least
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5000 of them, to slaughter iranians on iranian soil.
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Yeah, emily,
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This is the kind of mass slaughter
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We've seen in the soviet union under stalin.
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In china, under mao slaughter of their own citizens.
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It's really unprecedented, at least in this century,
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The 21st century
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Thus far, over 16,000 people murdered by this regime.
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You mentioned president trump.
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Look, he has promised to come to the aid of the iranian people.
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He tweeted out. help is on the way.
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What do you think? the latest is there.
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He has traditionally been a man of his word,
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Especially when it comes to the middle east and iran.
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He destroyed the nuclear facilities,
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Of course, last june.
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But right now the iranian people are hurting.
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And if the united states doesn't come to the assistance
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Of the iranian people,
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The regime, it seems, will only tighten its grip.
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I appreciate his comments of
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Solidarity with the people of iran.
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He gave them a lot of hope and inspiration,
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And more people came to the streets as a result of that.
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But the flip side of that is that he has a responsibility
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When he says stuff like that
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As the president of the united states.
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And so to not do anything
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For now a week is very concerning to me.
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Of course, as someone who's advocating
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For human rights, but also to the people of iran,
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There are protesters who are dead today
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Because they believed
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That president trump was on his way to assist,
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To fight back against their oppressors,
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Their own government, the islamic republic of iran.
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And that is truly a tragedy.
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Now any revolution is going to have bloodshed.
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That's the unfortunate reality.
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We don't want to see it, but that is what it's going to be.
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It's just a matter of at what scale at this point.
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And only president trump has the ability right now
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To stop that bloodshed from getting worse.
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Say the regime stays in power.
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What does that mean for the iranian people
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And for the region? really a nightmare scenario, it seems.
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I actually don't think that's the worst case scenario
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When we're looking at the future of iran.
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The worst case scenario is that come in.
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I only is taken out and the irgc maintains power.
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We have to understand that
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When it comes to the islamic republic,
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The problem isn't only one leader,
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As it has been in certain other dictatorships.
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The problem is the system.
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In english,
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It's called the guardianship of the islamist jurist.
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That means that the supreme leader
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Has the total control over everything
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In the political sphere, at the state level.
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That is a complete theocracy, and that itself is
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What needs to be deconstructed.
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The irgc is not the army of iran.
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I'm not sure if a lot of people realize this.
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They are tasked with protecting the islamic republic itself.
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That's why
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They're the islamic revolutionary guard corps,
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Not the iranian revolutionary guard corps.
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And so their task has nothing to do
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With protecting the people of iran,
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Which is part of the problem here.
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The irgc has been allowed to have free rein
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To carry out whatever terror acts they want,
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Take money from the people of iran,
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Launder it through europe, through canada,
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Through other places
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With almost no scrutiny, with almost no consequences from
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The international community.
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And that in and of itself is a crime against humanity.
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So we need to see progress on that front
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With the money laundering issue to combat the irgc.
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We also need to see kinetic support
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For the protesters on the ground,
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Ideally from president trump and who knows, possibly
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Also the state of israel.
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Yeah, emily, great breakdown.
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Last question about a minute left.
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You mentioned the international community.
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What do you make of really to me, the deafening silence
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From from the left,
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In particular, the so-called global community in the face
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Of this mass slaughter by this islamist regime in tehran?
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Well, i think it speaks to the hypocrisy
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And the fact that just
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If we look at the mainstream media, for example,
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They had no problem
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Spouting these statistics from hamas,
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Which is a proxy of the islamic republic,
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For two years, despite the fact that this was
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From a terrorist organization that cited exactly zero
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Combatants, which of course makes no sense in a war.
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But when it comes to iran,
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They suddenly are very skeptical of any figures coming out.
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They don't want to publish
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Any of the correct information about what's happening.
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They've been constantly minimizing
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The influence of the opposition leader,
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The crown prince in exile, reza pahlavi.
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There's a lot of disinformation efforts going because
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Standing up to bullies, standing up to islamic theocracy
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Is not an easy thing
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To do, even for a country like the united states.
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But that's all the more reason that we have to do it right now.
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We don't have a choice when it comes
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To facing off against evil like this.
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We've been here before, and i sincerely hope
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That president trump
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Doesn't make the mistake of doing nothing
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And look back at this day in history
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And say, wow, i wish i had done more.
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Yeah. evil must be confronted.
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Emily. great breakdown as always, folks.
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Be sure to follow emily on x across social media.
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Emily god bless. great job.
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Keep up the great work. we'll see you again soon.
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And coming up after the break,
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We're talking about chaos in the streets of tehran,
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Where we are going to take you next
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To the streets of minneapolis.
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What's the latest there on that insurrection?
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Why it matters to you. that's next to ground.
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Why it matters to you. that's next to ground.
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Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight,
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In the wake of a church
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Being stormed by an anti-choice mob on sunday,
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The trump administration is vowing consequences.
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But is what happened in minnesota only
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The beginning has left wing revolutionaries grow more bold.
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I spoke with todd
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Starnes, host of the todd starnes show, on newsmax tv,
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About what
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This moment says about religious freedom, law and order,
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And where america may be headed next.
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Take a look.
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Todd, always great to see you.
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You know,
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Some are saying the rubicon has been crossed here
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After the church
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Storming in saint paul, but it seems to me
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The left has crossed a lot of rubicon.
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Todd, over the past several years.
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And now we're at a moment
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Where they're storming churches
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And we don't hear any opposition
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From tim walz or jacob frye, the mayor of minneapolis.
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How should the trump administration respond here?
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Is it time for the insurrection, insurrection act?
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Well, i believe that to
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Be the case, eric, and thank you for having me, as always.
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I've actually called on the trump administration
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To use the storming of that southern baptist
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Church in saint paul, minnesota, as as really the tipping point
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To declare an insurrection and invoke the insurrection act.
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Already 1500 troops are on standby in alaska,
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Just waiting to be deployed to the minneapolis area.
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And this is a pretty serious moment in american history
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Where now you have these far left agitators.
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And by the way,
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The attack was organized by black lives matter
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Minnesota and black lives matter, twin city.
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It is now time to crack down and put a stop and say,
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We will not allow this kind of behavior in america.
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Yeah, it's todd.
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For people feeling safe
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Wherever they live across the united states.
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This could come to a church near you, right?
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This is the game plan.
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Minneapolis.
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Kind of a test lab for these left wing agitators.
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But they would like to spread this writ large in cities
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Across america. it seems.
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Well, they certainly would,
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And they're certainly capable of doing that.
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I think one of the challenges for cities church, clearly
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There was not a strong security presence at that church.
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And the the mob of
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About 30 or so protesters, along with don lemon, were able
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To breach the doors and gain entry into the sanctuary.
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And i think it's yet another reminder for congregations,
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That we live in a very different time, an age where church
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Security systems are mandatory.
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So i certainly hope they're going to reconsider that.
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But don lemon, by the way, now doubling down on his defense,
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Saying they had a constitutional right to storm the church,
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And now he's saying that the congregation,
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Which was a mostly white congregation
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Of young millennials and gen zers, that the congregation
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Was white, was white supremacy.
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This is absolute insanity coming from don lemon.
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Yeah. and he was a former cnn host.
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It seems, todd, that this is far deeper than just,
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Political ideologies and differences.
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Even people who aren't christians are saying, hey,
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What happened in saint paul at city's church is demonic.
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Can you talk more about that spiritual battle
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That we're locked in right now, it seems, only be intensifying.
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Well, i think yeah, you're absolutely right.
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And i think this
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This is a symbolic of the spiritual warfare
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That's being waged really across the nation.
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And many churches in the aftermath of covid,
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Decided to disengage from the culture.
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And we're not,
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The salt and light that we needed churches to be.
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And as a result of that,
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The country has descended into chaos.
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I'm reminded about john adams.
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He said our constitution
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Is wholly inadequate for anyone other than a moral and
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Religious people.
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So when you take god out of the equation,
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When you take the church out of the public marketplace,
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You get chaos and the culture.
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So i think now we need to we need to see pastors
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Standing up and speaking truth to the culture.
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Just a few moments ago, i got off the phone with harmeet
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Dhillon, who is the assistant attorney general in charge
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Of civil rights, at their at the justice department.
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And she says they already have investigators on the ground.
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They are going to investigate.
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There will be arrest made, but first
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They have to do their due diligence.
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One of the interesting components here, eric,
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They're looking at using the ku klux klan act
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As a way to go after these protesters.
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Well, very interesting.
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And we want justice no matter how they get it.
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But wow. an interesting wrinkle there, todd.
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And and well said all around.
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And by the way, the main reason ice agents are in minnesota
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Right now is to arrest,
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Detain and deport violent, criminal illegal aliens.
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Which brings me to a point you've been making, todd.
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Nearly 80% of americans support nationwide voter id, yet
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Senate republicans won't even bring the save act to the floor.
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What's happening here?
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I have to show id to get a library card, but not to vote.
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It's madness.
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We had a i had a bout of flu a couple of weeks ago.
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I had to an id to get nyquil, for goodness sakes.
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Down at the walgreens.
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So it's a great point you raised.
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Look, i'm very troubled by what's happening in the congress
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Right now. for example, the
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The house will be back in session tomorrow.
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The senate, they're off for the entire week yet again.
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We do not have a lot of time. the clock is ticking.
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Midterms right around the corner.
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And the senate republicans, at least on the leadership side,
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They seem to be slowing down the president's agenda.
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And the most pressing issue
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There are really three pressing issues for me.
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Number one, securing the border.
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I think the president's already done that.
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Number two is the safe act.
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We've got to secure and bring integrity back to our elections.
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That has not been done.
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And the third is abolishing the department of education.
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We have yet to see that happen.
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But again, when you look at the numbers,
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The american people, they want secure elections.
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They don't want illegals.
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They don't want illegals voting in their elections.
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And i can't say i blame them, especially when you see
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What's happening in places
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Like minneapolis, like chicago, and like new york city.
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Yeah. it's insanity.
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Talk about a minute left. midterms.
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You mentioned november 2026.
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Seems a long, long way off. it really isn't.
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Can you just real quick, todd, break down the stakes
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Of these midterms and the consequences
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If the left makes major gains there and takes
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Control of the house and perhaps even the senate as well?
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Yeah, i think the senate is going to be safe.
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The house of representatives could be very tricky.
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And there's there's been a lot
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Of concern about leadership in the house of representatives.
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And, and that is going to be the deciding factor.
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Look, the most important thing
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Is getting the president's agenda across the finish line.
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If they don't, it all ends.
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It all ends.
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If the republicans lose
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Control of the of the house and the senate.
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So how do we how do we maintain control?
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Well, one of the most important things
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Is to make sure that the economy is in great shape.
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At the end of the day, people are going to be voting
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With their pocketbooks.
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James carville, who got bill clinton elected,
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Said, it's the economy, stupid.
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And he was absolutely right.
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And i think that's what we're going to be looking at here.
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Todd great breakdown as always, folks.
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Check him out on across social media and on newsmax tv.
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Todd great job. god bless. we'll see you again soon.
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Coming up, my final thoughts on law
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And order and civilization and chaos.
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That's next.
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Don't move.
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Don't move.
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Welcome back to stack.
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Stakelbeck tonight, folks.
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We've been talking about the chaos
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Gripping much of the world,
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Including the western world, as president
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Trump addressed in davos, switzerland today.
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I think of minneapolis
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And iran in particular, what's happening there.
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And i think of the book of isaiah, chapter 59, verse 14.
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So justice is driven back
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And righteousness stands at a distance.
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Truth has stumbled in the streets.
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Honesty cannot enter.
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Well, we hope both of those situations
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Change and change fast in minneapolis,
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Where we have these radical left wing agitators.
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And in iran, of course, we have the
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Butchery of the ayatollah is happening.
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Folks, keep both of these situation
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In your prayers now more than ever.
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Hey, tomorrow, great show.
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Aaron mullen is here and hud secretary scott turner,
00:23:15.250 --> 00:23:18.286
You won't want to miss that until then.
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God bless you and we'll see you soon.
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