Today's Issues continues on AFR
>> Today's Issues continues on AFR with your host, Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association.
>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, welcome back, everybody, to Today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network. Today's Issues, the name of this show on afr. Tim Wessie Ray. And now, Steve Paisley Jordan joins us. Good morning, brother Steve.
>> Steve Jordahl: Morning, everybody.
>> Tim Wildmon: So, how's life?
>> Steve Jordahl: life is good. Life is good. right here in Mississippi. We're having a good time. A lot of news to cover, so not a dull moment.
>> Tim Wildmon: How did you, by the way? I'm just curious. You, you've lived all over. You've lived in Madagascar, right?
>> Steve Jordahl: Yep.
>> Tim Wildmon: Then you lived, you grew up in Northern California.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yep.
>> Tim Wildmon: And you lived in the Los Angeles area, right?
>> Steve Jordahl: Went to school in LA? Yep.
>> Tim Wildmon: Then you lived in Colorado.
>> Steve Jordahl: 15, years.
>> Tim Wildmon: Where else?
>> Wesley Wildmon: I feel like at this point you're making this up.
>> Steve Jordahl: Well, I was born in Portland.
>> Tim Wildmon: I just wanted to say to Steve that ICE is waiting for you and they're right outside our building here. because you just, Anyway, you immigrated to here from Madagascar and I don't think you did it right.
>> Steve Jordahl: I might not.
>> Tim Wildmon: They want to talk to you. No, I say that to set to ask you this question. Where else, by the way, was there.
>> Steve Jordahl: I went to school. I was born in Portland, Oregon, and, went to seminary up there in Portland, Oregon.
Colorado has almost no humidity, which makes cold not as like Mountain West
>> Tim Wildmon: So the humidity in the south is well known in the summertime. and so how have you had. Have you. I know you work inside.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: But, how did you. How did that, did you notice that or anything?
>> Steve Jordahl: I'd been to, I'd been in humidity.
>> Tim Wildmon: in Madagascar.
>> Steve Jordahl: No, Madagascar was, it was, tenant Arif, the capital city is in the tropics. It's above the Tropic of Capricorn. So, it has a rainy season. It's like every tropical country. the humidity. My story with the humidity is my kids, we went and took them to, ah, Disney World one time and we were in Colorado. Colorado.
>> Tim Wildmon: Orlando or Anaheim?
>> Steve Jordahl: Orlando Disney World. Yeah. And Colorado, is, I mean, has almost no humidity. It's, it's dry, dry, dry up there, which makes cold not as like the Mountain West.
>> Tim Wildmon: Most of the Mountain west is like that, right?
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah. And, so when we got off the plane, we're in the airport and everything. We walk to the doors that lead out of the airport to the place outside where you pick up the passengers. The doors open, my kids take half a step out there and they stop. What in the world is this? They'd Never been in that kind of humidity before, but, yeah, it's, it's, it's a little different. It's okay. Yeah, Yeah, I like being inside.
Jory Rand says bringing police into riots could turn riots into violent confrontation
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, what's your first story?
>> Steve Jordahl: All right, I know you guys, talked an awful lot about the LA riots and everything, and I just want to bring this up. This is, this is, we can chalk this up to the way the media is covering the riots. Okay, I'll just throw this out here and then we can move on to something else. But local, news anchor Jory Rand. Jory J O R Y Rand R A N D. He works with ABC News 7 in LA, and he's one of these people that thinks, that bringing the police in, the national, Guard in, the troops in, that's not a good thing because. Well, I'll let you listen. Cut. Sixteen large group of people.
>> Tim Wildmon: It could turn very volatile if you move law enforcement in there in the.
>> Steve Jordahl: Wrong way and turn what is just a bunch of people, having fun watching cars burn into a massive confrontation and altercation between officers and, and, demonstrators. Yeah, the altercation comes when you bring the police in.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, that's kind of what. Right. One of those things go. You go to a person. Are you hearing yourself?
>> Steve Jordahl: That's right.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's right. Let's go out and have some fun watching cars burn. Right.
Some protesters called for driverless cars during Saturday's Los Angeles riots
>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, as a part of the riots on Saturday, speaking of this, some of the protesters, called or ordered, however you say it, driverless vehicles.
>> Steve Jordahl: Way more.
>> Tim Wildmon: Which we're going to serve as taxi service under legitimate purposes.
>> Steve Jordahl: Correct.
>> Tim Wildmon: And then they called them to the area, where they were and they set them aflame. Right. Steve, did you hear about this?
>> Steve Jordahl: Some of these cars were, well, $100,000 cars. These are driverless cars. In fact, I saw one figure that said, they're up to $500,000. I have hard time believing the car would be $500,000, but very expensive. They're completely driverless, so they have all the technology. They're nice cars because they're, and I think they're electric. But yeah, the protesters, the rioters called a taxi, basically, and this taxi comes and then they set it on fire.
>> Tim Wildmon: I just don't. The, the riding aside, I don't think, Ray, I could get in a car that pulls up without a driver.
>> Tim Wildmon: Without a driver. Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: Have you ever done that, Steve?
>> Steve Jordahl: No. No.
>> Tim Wildmon: Where are they, are they in other places besides Los Angeles? What's the name of the company?
>> Steve Jordahl: Waymo.
>> Tim Wildmon: Waymo.
>> Steve Jordahl: Waymo. It's Way more fun to drive in one of those.
>> Tim Wildmon: So they.
>> Steve Jordahl: Apparently, it's way more fun.
>> Tim Wildmon: You're saying this before, right? Never.
>> Tim Wildmon: Never seen it. I don't think I've ever heard of it. But this is kind of crazy. So the rioters were calling for these. Waymo.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: Which don't have any drivers.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: When they show up, then they're setting them.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes. Fire. And they finally. The Waymo company stopped sending them because they realized, you know, after two or three cars explode, we're running.
>> Tim Wildmon: We're, we're losing our fleet here. Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: We got a lot of cars that aren't coming back.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: They're going to the same area. Wonder what's happening, Bill.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, I'm looking at the Waymo course right now. The technology they have on here. I can see that these cars being a couple hundred thousand dollars for sure.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Steve Jordahl: Well, current cities, Phoenix, San Francisco, Louisiana and Austin. They're basically coming soon. Atlanta, Miami and Tupelo. No, no, no.
>> Tim Wildmon: They're computer controlled cars.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yep. AI is amazing.
>> Tim Wildmon: driverless. What would you get in one, Steve?
>> Steve Jordahl: I'd have a hard time.
>> Wesley Wildmon: I. I don't know from the awkwardness or the.
>> Steve Jordahl: But.
>> Tim Wildmon: But if you order one, you know, it is already.
>> Steve Jordahl: I wonder if they're actually available for, like, purchase by it.
>> Tim Wildmon: Can you, can you weigh one down?
>> Steve Jordahl: Oh, I don't know. I think you ordered one with an app. You don't drive around.
>> Tim Wildmon: they're not designed for.
>> Wesley Wildmon: If a person's waving one down, they're not gonna be the same person using it.
>> Tim Wildmon: If you see a, Do they have a little, sign on top?
>> Wesley Wildmon: No, but they have like four different layers of, of cameras and video footage. Or.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. you know how you wave down a cab? I just didn't know if you could.
>> Steve Jordahl: They're not driving around the street empty. They're in a garage somewhere. You ordered.
Leftists say that bringing in law enforcement only escalates ISIS escalation
>> Wesley Wildmon: All right, guys, let's get back to the. The clip here said that the police officers in the military showing up to enforce law would cause chaos.
>> Steve Jordahl: That's the problem.
>> Wesley Wildmon: So they're showing up.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. That's what the. That's what the liberals say.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: That bringing in law enforcement only escalates their escalation. Well, listen, I would be fine with that argument if this were done in a vacuum and they. And the. And the. Or if the, law enforcement support like the National Guard or riot police were brought in and they weren't, already provoked to be there for a reason. The reason they're There is to protect the ICE agents.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Right, right.
>> Tim Wildmon: From being pummeled.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Otherwise they wouldn't be near, they wouldn't be called out. So the lefties don't mention that. They don't mention that. Or they would say escalate or they would say ISIS are thugs and they don't need to be there in the first place. We don't need to enforce our immigration laws because we don't believe in immigration laws because they're immoral, just like they don't believe in borders.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Right, right.
>> Tim Wildmon: So, that, that's the thinking on the far left anyway.
>> Wesley Wildmon: But the irony here, there's already an escalation, which is why we're right coming next story, Steve.
The U.S. army has met its annual recruiting target of 61,000
>> Steve Jordahl: All right. Hey, Good news. The U.S. army has met its annual recruiting target of 61,000 new recruits in the first week of June. That's four months ahead of schedule. it had failed to meet its recruiting goals in 22 and 23. And it had struggled for years to meet recruiting, goals. And so what's the change? Well, the US army is focused on lethality, taking care of soldiers, transforming a dangerous future young, for young people across the country that want to be part of the army. And Donald, Trump and Secretary Pete Hexif have attributed the change in attitude brought by the Trump administration's end of policies promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. And I have to say, if Democrats are looking at how to to appeal to young men, they might want to ask Pete Hegseth. They won't.
>> Wesley Wildmon: This is a small sample of that. A couple weeks ago I was in Washington D.C. and I went, while I was there on work, I was able to go to one of the Washington Nationals baseball game. And from the time I walked up to the time I left right and left, there was a lot of support for the army. There was a lot of booth sign up booths or and they had a video that they played in support.
>> Tim Wildmon: they were trying to recruit.
>> Wesley Wildmon: They were recruiting. They had these large military vehicles, and this is something that I haven't seen in a long time, as it relates to trying to recruit. And they were recruiting like you were, like you were just describing. And it was a good, it was just, it was a really patriotic and cool feeling to be the Washington national game and see that their stadium and their support was for recruiting for the army. And they made it out to be like you did, like protecting the country. There was no lgbt, no woke stuff in their advertisement, but it was.
>> Tim Wildmon: Like, well yeah, this Is very simple. Very Ray. This is very simple. Under Biden, they tried to turn the United, States military into this program. And the men in particular men. The young boys. I see young boys. Not 12. I'm talking about eligible age. Eligible to enter the armed forces. The numbers dove. They took a drastic decline. Nope, they were not. None of the armed services, branches were meeting their required numbers. Maybe, maybe the marines, I'm not sure. But, but then, when President Trump was elected new, commander in chief, get rid of all the WOKE policies, then the numbers of recruits skyrocketed.
>> Tim Wildmon: And I don't think we should be surprised because the army is a fighting force. it's there to defend freedom in America and around the world. And if, if you fill your army with, quote, drag queens, so to speak, don't be surprised when you can't produce a George. Yes. Patton. If you want a General Patton, you got to get these other guys out of the army. And I think what's happening now under Mr. Trump and Pete Hickseth, we're getting the army back to what it was always meant to be.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Amen for one.
>> Steve Jordahl: Wesley. Just see, I'm glad you actually came, back instead of joining the army.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Army.
>> Steve Jordahl: Because I know it must have been tempting.
>> Wesley Wildmon: It was just inspiring, man. I walked up and I was like, what is this tank doing here right in the middle?
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, you mean what they were doing? Yeah, they were advertising for the army.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah. And they had a booth set up. Once you got closer, you saw what was going on and it was pretty cool. Pretty cool.
The Trump administration is announcing what they're calling Trump savings accounts
>> Steve Jordahl: All right. This is something that's in the big beautiful bill and a lot of people aren't talking about it, but, the Trump, administration is announcing what they're calling Trump savings accounts. And Donald Trump himself is actually going to explain it to us. Cut 13.
>> Donald Trump: Here is how the accounts work. For every US citizen born after December 31, 2024, before January 1st, 2029, the federal government will make a one time contribution of $1,000 into a tax deferred account that will track the overall stock market. In other words, it will be pegged to an index that we'll pick. Right, Michael? We'll pick it. We'll pick a good one. These accounts will be private property controlled by the Giles, guardians. And in many cases those guardians will be the parents. We think probably the parents will be the guardians. They'll be open for additional private contributions each year from family, friends, parents, employers, churches, private foundations and more. This is a pro family Initiative that will help millions of Americans harness the strength of our economy to lift up the next generation. And they'll really be getting a big jump on life, especially if we get a little bit lucky with some of the, numbers and the economies into the future.
>> Steve Jordahl: Thousand dollars. and you're automatically enrolled when you're born. that. No, you don't have to apply for it. you can start withdrawing. You can take up to 50% at age 18. you have access, to the full balance at age 25 for qualified purposes. If you want a small business loan or higher education, you get full control of it for any purpose at age 30. Wow. And you can contribute, parents and others, can contribute to $5,000 a year, tax free.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Now, just part of this is not part of the big, beautiful bill.
>> Steve Jordahl: It is part of the big beautiful bill. Yeah. Cool.
>> Wesley Wildmon: I like that.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, this is. Yeah, this is the beautiful part. Beautiful bill.
>> Steve Jordahl: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, that's, So, so, so when does that start?
>> Steve Jordahl: I think he said it's going to start, January 1st, 2025. Well, if you were born this year, January 1st, 2025, when the bill passes, it's retroactive to the January 1st this year.
>> Tim Wildmon: Listen, I like the idea. The concept's good. seems to me the bookkeeping nightmare here would be, or, could be a nightmare.
>> Steve Jordahl: Well, you already have like a health savings account that you can, that you can set up. certainly the.
>> Tim Wildmon: Every child, Every child born in the US Will get a thousand dollars.
>> Steve Jordahl: Every child born in the US Will have an account set up for them for a thousand dollars.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right.
>> Steve Jordahl: Every citizen. Now, there's that whole argument about birthright.
>> Tim Wildmon: And it's invested in the stock market.
>> Steve Jordahl: It is pegged to the stock market. Yeah. So I don't know if that's the same thing as invested in. But as the stock market goes up.
>> Tim Wildmon: So Peg, is in charge of it.
>> Steve Jordahl: Peg is in charge of it, Yes. I understand she's pretty good.
>> Tim Wildmon: She a stock broker.
>> Steve Jordahl: She's good with money.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Peggy's short for Peg. Peg is short for Peggy.
>> Tim Wildmon: Are we missing each other?
>> Steve Jordahl: What I'm hearing, the, the drawback, what people are saying, why this might not be a good idea is because with any federal program you can never. I don't know. He sunsets it in 20, 29. I think that's just because of the, the function of the bill. but, it will almost certainly be re. Upped and increased. And so, people are worried with a, country that's Already way over its head in debt that we're going to start.
>> Tim Wildmon: I think the Democrats will want to include illegal aliens.
>> Steve Jordahl: Well, this equation, they might. It's not the way the bill's written.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. I wouldn't be. That wouldn't be surprising to me if they didn't come out in favor of that.
AT&T recently experienced major data breaches compromising personal information of millions
all right. You're listening to today's issues on afr. hey, you got that ATT story there? You know what I'm talking about?
>> Steve Jordahl: I don't know.
>> Wesley Wildmon: I don't.
>> Tim Wildmon: at and t for those who subscribe to 18.
>> Steve Jordahl: Oh, the Social Security numbers.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, they had a major data break.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah, I would see that.
>> Tim Wildmon: Every day is a new data break breach, for the world and our country. Anyway, I didn't know if you had.
>> Steve Jordahl: I read it this morning. I didn't bring it in. But, yeah, according to, the Internet, which is never wrong, they've recently experienced major data breaches compromising the personal information of millions of customers. There's a website you can go to. if you're an AT&T customer, you go to this website, you can put your name and, city and date of birth, and it will tell you. It'll. It'll tell you if you are. Have the potential to be compromised, and then it'll try to sell you a solution. So take that for what it's worth.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, this says that this according to Yahoo Tech. Ray, did you hear about this?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, and I checked up on it. I found, some of my stuff is in. Is in there in that breach. But it's exactly what you said, Steve, that it's on a website where, it says, yeah, some of your stuff's in there, and pay us some money and we'll fix this.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah, well, surprise.
>> Tim Wildmon: What now? So. So you have a. Do you have a data breach? well, is. Especially a company the size of AT&T is Usually they are, victimized by a cyber criminal. big outfit. Right?
>> Steve Jordahl: Here's the details. The stolen data was posted to a Russian Cybercrime forum on June 3. The file contains the full names, birth dates, phone numbers, email addresses, home addresses, and 44 million Social Security numbers in plain text. So you can go to, this website and I can't, I don't remember it. I don't even know if we want to send people there. It's a sales thing. But you put your name in.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's one. That's the one that I went.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah, me too.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, people can Research it for themselves. You just type in AT&T data, breach. Here's the thing that I was talking to one of our, one of our other, staff here, Ray and Stephen. I don't understand how a company as large, for example, as AT and T, and they're not the only ones. I mean, this happens on a regular basis, don't have enough money to secure their own data, without it being, you know what I'm saying.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah, this is going to be a problem. And so it used to be that, when 44 million, Social Security numbers get out, Ray, you, you say, well, what's the chances they're going to pick my little, you know, four thousand dollar savings account? Who cares? You know, the kind of anonymity in numbers. AI is changing that whole thing. AI can pick everybody's pocket at once.
>> Tim Wildmon: And the other thing for that encouraging word.
>> Steve Jordahl: Well, it gets better because, not only will AI if they get into, when they get into quantum computing. I was reading this the other day. quantum. Did I say this on the air? I think we might have talked about it.
>> Tim Wildmon: I don't think so.
>> Steve Jordahl: They've got a new quantum computer that can, that can solve a problem in 10 minutes that would take Big Blue supercomputer 7 trillion years to solve.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, this is like marvel stuff.
>> Steve Jordahl: It is. And so, with that much computing power, they say that there's going to be no more security. There's no nothing. You, no lock you can put on your savings account or your AT&T can put on their passwords. There's no encryption that, that can't break in seconds.
>> Tim Wildmon: So then we can start growing my own vegetables.
>> Steve Jordahl: I think that's what you better do.
>> Tim Wildmon: Bury my phone.
>> Steve Jordahl: Might not have an address. Your mattress.
>> Tim Wildmon: Start walking everywhere.
>> Tim Wildmon: Do away, isn't it?
>> Tim Wildmon: I don't even want to get any smart car anymore. Go ahead.
>> Tim Wildmon: Anything that's online is vulnerable at some point. Anything. Well, any of, any data that's online is.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, especially when they have you. If the bad guys get your Social Security number. I mean this. According to this report, 86 million AT&T customer records have been leaked, including full names, date of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, physical addresses and Social Security numbers. What more do you need to take out a loan, Right? I mean, I guess you, I guess you do. what, what you do need to do, and everyone listening here is, these credit, services. What do you call them? You know what I'm talking about?
>> Wesley Wildmon: it's not credit service you talking about. VPNs?
>> Steve Jordahl: No, it's.
Experts say freezing credit scores may be an overreaction
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, the credit services that, you sub that. That there's three major ones that people subscribe to. When you go. If you go to get a loan for a car.
>> Tim Wildmon: Equifax, TransUnion.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes.
>> Steve Jordahl: Credit scores.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, they said you need to lock those down, whatever that means. Shut them off or freeze them. Freeze them? Freeze them. So that, again, we're probably overreacting here, but still, I doubt it. Well, I don't think what we just suggested is an overreaction. I'm just saying that, you know, every week is a new, big, big corporation. Data leak.
Some archaeologists have been rooting around in Egypt and they have found some new data
Go ahead, Steve.
>> Steve Jordahl: All right. hey, they, This will be interesting to y' all. Some archaeologists have been rooting around in Egypt and they have found some. The. The Egyptian technology was a lot more, exquisite than we thought. In fact, you might not know this, but Egyptians were the first ones to invent social media.
>> Tim Wildmon: Are you calling them Egyptian, Steve?
>> Steve Jordahl: Egyptians.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.
>> Steve Jordahl: And if they have uncovered new data, I, want you to hear this. They have found. Moses and Erin, when they were going to see Pharaoh, decided to live stream the event. Yeah, yeah, we found that. We found. Yes, we have found the video cut 15.
>> Speaker F: Guys, me and Erin just got inside the palace. We're about to ask Pharaoh to let our people go.
>> Wesley Wildmon: No idea how this is gonna go, but wish us luck.
>> Speaker F: Okay, we just left the meeting. We asked, he laughed, said, no one's going anywhere anyway, the fight goes on. Pharaoh, if you're watching this, this is your last chance. Let the people go or it's gonna rain. Hail, frogs, whatever.
>> Tim Wildmon: Hashtag, let my people go.
>> Speaker F: He let us go, then changed his mind. Now he's sending soldiers. We're literally running to the sea right now. We just got here. Sea in front, army behind. No way out. Everyone's freaking out. Let's see what God tells us to do. Guys, the sea literally opened up. I'll, explain later. We're walking through now. And, no, this path isn't on Google Maps. All right, guys, we made it. Seals behind us. Pharaoh's not. Don't forget to, like, comment. And maybe bring sandals next time.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah. So archaeologists.
>> Wesley Wildmon: All right, that's funny.
>> Tim Wildmon: That sounds like Babylon based stuff.
>> Steve Jordahl: yeah, it does. No, it's AI stuff. Actually, there's a video that goes with it. It's really good.
>> Tim Wildmon: Where'd you see this?
>> Steve Jordahl: My, Twitter feed has all kinds of weird stuff going on.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, my word.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Twitter feed together. Okay, that's the answer I was looking for, too.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, well, there's the music. Probably a good thing. All right, thank you for listening, everybody, to today's issues on the American Family Radio Network. Appreciate, Steve, a pleasure. Wesley Ray, Chris Woodward, Brent Creeley, our producer, and Sandy Rios joined us, too. have a great day, everybody. See you back here tomorrow. Sam.
