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	You're listening to the Liberty News Radio Network, and this is the Political Cesspool.
	The Political Cesspool, known across the South and worldwide as the South's foremost populist conservative radio program.
	And here to guide you through the murky waters of the Political Cesspool is your host, James Edwards.
	Time again, ladies and gentlemen, that time we look forward to every week, that time when we can come together Saturday evening.
	That's our time.
	And it is Saturday evening, September the 23rd.
	James Edwards and Keith Alexander here with you for another live broadcast of TPC.
	There are a lot of people out there in our cause and on behalf of our cause doing good work.
	And it seems as though TPC is in contact with all of them, working in cooperation, either on the air or behind the scenes.
	And tonight we'll be talking with two such people who are fighting on behalf of our people in the court of public opinion and in the court of law, respectively.
	So don't miss it.
	Later tonight in our second and third hours, we're going to be talking with Lauren Witzke, the former Republican nominee for United States Senate out of Delaware, and Glenn Allen, co-founder and chief legal officer of the Free Expression Foundation.
	So I look forward to getting to that with you tonight, ladies and gentlemen.
	But I got to tell you, Keith, you and I were talking about it tonight.
	Keith, first say hello.
	Let's check your levels.
	Let's get you all mic'd up here.
	Well, can you hear me?
	Wow.
	We didn't even have to change it this time.
	Keep it just like that.
	Don't do anything different.
	I'll do it.
	We've never had you nail it the first time.
	Normally we have to adjust a knob or slide you up or down.
	Right.
	Yeah.
	I'm the problem child of the news.
	All right.
	But no, I mean, we were talking about this earlier tonight.
	It started on April 1st when we had that book launch for the Honorable Cause in South Carolina.
	And just this last week, I was out of town for a private event.
	But between April 1st and last week, I don't think I spent two consecutive weeks at home.
	I mean, we have been out meeting the people of TPC Nation, our friends and family in TPC Nation this year.
	We have been around.
	You've been ridden hard and put up wet, as they say.
	I mean, you're worn out.
	I don't see how you keep up this pace.
	But on the other hand, it's really important because I feel like our movement is, you know, going to a new level now.
	You know, we're becoming much more popular.
	People that ascribe to our viewpoint are much more numerous than they used to be.
	And this is a time to, you know, strike while the iron is hot.
	You know, this is when you need to build bridges where you need to be putting things together.
	And let me say this, that's what you're doing.
	You've been, that's the fruit of all the labors that you've put into by going here, there, and yonder, making speeches and reaching out to people, getting people, new people onto our show.
	It's all bearing fruit.
	Of course, a lot of the events were private.
	Some of them were public, like Amrin.
	We still continue to get good feedback from that.
	And actually, Jared's going to be publishing a transcription of the talk that I gave there here pretty soon where actually we have a courtroom transcriptionist who's transcribing it for us.
	We've got all sorts of contacts out there and certainly a lot of trot lines out there.
	But it's just been, it's such a rewarding thing to meet the people who make this show work.
	And then, of course, all of our colleagues in the cause writ large.
	And to be piped in like that, I mean, that's one thing the SBLC actually got right all the way back in mid-2000s when they started covering us so heavily was that we were sort of a nexus.
	And that's something that I pride myself in.
	I pride myself in this, that we work well with others and that if anybody, if we identify anybody that's doing good work and who is operating in good faith, we try to work with them and help them and cross pockets.
	Your first grade report card, you got a plus by what plays well with others.
	Well, listen, here's one thing I want to do to start the show.
	Clearly, we have two great guests tonight that I think are going to entertain and inform you.
	And we've got some topics that I want to cover with Keith Alexander as we go through some news and headlines and current events here in this first hour.
	Lauren Whitzee is really going to be a lot of fun in the second hour because we have so many different things we're going to be talking to her about in just a rapid-fire sort of way.
	So stay tuned for that.
	Every time she comes in, she brings a lot of energy.
	But one thing I want to do at the top of the show, maybe for what remains of this segment in the next segment, is I want to let TPC's audience speak for itself.
	In the midst of all of this travel, I've fallen behind a little bit on answering correspondence, whether it be the written letters and notes and cards that come into the mailbox or email or whatever.
	Trust me, folks, we do read it all.
	We can't always answer it all.
	But let me tell you this.
	There are a few things here now.
	There's nothing more important to us than your letters like this.
	This is as important as anything we do corresponding with our base.
	Well, we call our audience our family, and they really are part of our extended family.
	And I think it's just wonderful when we can read a few of these letters and emails and things like that to let everybody else know the kind of people who are tuning into this program.
	And here's a very nice, this really sets the tone, I think.
	This is a handwritten letter from Carol in East Tennessee.
	And she writes, James, thank you for the newspaper subscription.
	She's talking about, of course, our ongoing.
	One week left, by the way, ladies and gentlemen, with our third quarter fundraising drive.
	Get that gift subscription for the American Free Press that'll run through the rest of the year and into January even.
	She writes, Thank you for the newspaper subscription.
	All of your work is appreciated.
	This country is in a mess.
	Evil is rampant.
	If I didn't have the Heavenly Father and His strength, well, what can I say?
	Take care and stay strong.
	And this dear lady has been such a big help to us.
	And I think that really just sets the tone.
	That is our audience right there.
	She's indicative of the type of people that support us.
	And see, this is what we need to do.
	For example, on those American Free Press subscriptions, some people are already getting it.
	Well, we've been talking with John Friend.
	We'd like to go ahead and send one of those if somebody, rather than doubling up on a subscription, send one of those subscriptions to somebody that is in jail.
	Yeah, wait till I read this.
	I mean, we've got some stuff like that.
	I'm about to tell you.
	See, our audience is thinking ahead of you even.
	So listen to this.
	You got some of that coming, but here's one.
	I mean, and again, we get a lot of stuff like this.
	And I'm going to read this one to make a point.
	He writes, enclosed, you'll find $20 cash to support your efforts.
	Please keep up your good work.
	I wish I could do more.
	Let me tell you something, folks.
	We feel this.
	We feel $20.
	All right.
	This is how the show has stayed on the air for 20 years almost.
	And obviously, and I think I need to be clear about this.
	You say, well, you're on AM Radio.
	Surely you've got a contract.
	Well, there are contracts involved, but not paid ones.
	I mean, we have some deals with local radio stations.
	We scramble every month or every year for sure.
	Well, we don't get paid to do the show from a broadcast entity, and we don't get paid by advertisers.
	You say, well, I hear all these ads.
	Well, we barter a lot of the ads.
	Sometimes we do it for friends.
	Sometimes people like, of course, you know, Dixie Republic supports us anyway, so we run an ad for them.
	Anything we can do in return that we try to do.
	But as far as like paid ads, paid sponsorships, we don't have that.
	We don't get paid by any broadcasting entity.
	It is a 100% listener-supported show.
	So $100, $20, $1, whatever, we certainly feel it.
	And here's another one.
	This is from Brian in Texas came in this week.
	Dear James and Keith, please find enclosed my meager donation.
	Believe me, folks, he's being modest with that adjective.
	My meager donation to the program.
	Brian, what you sent was a very big help.
	I hate that I wasn't able to join you at the Amerin conference as it sounds like you had a great time and enjoyed great fellowship.
	I have also been enjoying the variety of guests that you've been having on the program lately.
	I found Dr. Greg Johnson's Homeland Institute polling to be particularly interesting because polling isn't typically a realm our people venture into.
	I think it's important to seek out and interview more people that exhibit this out-of-the-box thinking for our cause.
	We have been willing to venture into realms and spheres we normally wouldn't to learn how we can influence both the population and elected officials.
	Keep up the good work.
	I have no doubt that you'll keep delivering great programs.
	That's Brian in Texas.
	And Brian, I got a very nice gift package that's going to be coming down to you this week, my friend.
	And thank you for the comments.
	And yes, we're, of course, Keith, thrilled about the kind of guests that we have on every week, including the ones we're going to have on tonight.
	No, we're not just doing the same thing over and over again.
	We're always seeking new and interesting content for our audience.
	A lot of new guests this time.
	We've talked about this.
	A lot of first-time guests this year.
	We always try to do that.
	Along with your tried and true favorites, of course.
	We're going to spend one more segment in the mailbag, and then we're going to get to news and headlines and current events.
	And of course, those aforementioned featured guests of the night.
	Stay tuned.
	Just getting started.
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	Because they get spiritual power from lying.
	The lies come from Satan, the father of lies.
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	Here's how the political lying process works: Satan provides the beast with a lie.
	Then, the more they use the lie, the more they reproduce the lie, the more spiritual power they get.
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	All right, folks, one more segment in the mailbag.
	Call me crazy.
	I think it's fun when TPC listeners can hear from other TPC listeners.
	And who knows?
	Maybe your piece of correspondence was selected to be read tonight.
	But again, I just think this fosters that sense of that familial bond.
	And here's one.
	That's right, that too.
	Mr. Edwards, the story about the Selma trip was some of the best radio content I've ever heard.
	Various such safaris might have to become a yearly tradition.
	Keep up the good work.
	And that's from Ryan.
	And I think Ryan, if Memory Services in Kansas City, Ryan, I wish you could have been there with us, my friend.
	I sure do.
	Certainly our traveling party.
	Bring a barf bag when you do that.
	Or a bulletproof vest would probably come in more handy.
	But our traveling party definitely stood out amongst the citizens of Selma.
	But that was a very good thing.
	Just like that article that they ran recently in Occidental Observer about blacks and begging in Africa.
	It said if you disembark from a boat or an airplane, you'll have at least 20 hands thrust in your face asking for money.
	Well, it was just like that in Selma.
	Well, except there was only a couple of people, but both of them had the hands out.
	But anyway, that was a fun trip.
	Jared covered it twice.
	We covered it a couple of times on the show, and I think we certainly covered it thoroughly.
	Here is a listener in Richmond, Virginia.
	Dear James, I've been with you all summer, listening weekly.
	Good stuff.
	Here's a small donation to help keep TPC on the air.
	Well, thank you so much for that.
	That is Doug, Doug in Richmond.
	Thank you, Doug.
	All right, what do we got here?
	We're taking these just off the top here.
	All right.
	James, this is in reply to your third quarter update and gift incentives letter.
	I've watched and listened to you for years and admire your personality and your work.
	I will send you a modest contribution with this letter.
	My wife and I live on the proverbial fixed income, so we can't donate a lot.
	Here's wishing you all the best to you and yours and to our people.
	Well, sir, again, this is a gentleman.
	I won't say his name, but this is a gentleman that I had the opportunity and the privilege of having met at one of my stops this year.
	And listen, I get it.
	I mean, everybody's pinched in this economy.
	We've been talking about it.
	I understand the reality of fixed incomes and all of that.
	So every consideration given by anybody in our audience.
	And let me say this.
	You know, boomer's get a lot of criticism nowadays, but we have so many boomer people, older people on fixed incomes that come through for us every time.
	I want to say just hello here.
	I'm not going to read the piece of correspondence, but it was good stuff.
	Say hello to Bill and Ruth Ann.
	And Ruth Ann, my wife wants to give you a call about this preparedness stuff.
	This is another thing.
	Sometimes we just get helpful information that's sent in.
	Hey, here's some stuff to help you, you know, be better prepared for, you know, come what may with regards to.
	Everybody, they don't know what the problem is going to be, but everybody perceives that there's going to be a problem in the run-up to the next president.
	And it's just people looking after people.
	Okay, that's what we do here.
	And that's what our audience does.
	We try to do it for them, and we look out for them, and they look out for us.
	And she sent me a bunch of great information.
	I mean, they're such wonderful top-tier supporters, Bill and Ruth Ann are, but helping us out with some information that we needed to know.
	I love that, folks, and I love that about this audience.
	Dear Mr. Edward, here's another one.
	Dear Mr. Edwards, I'm still loving the show, and I still have my job.
	Thanks for everything you do, and thanks to the entire Cesspool family.
	Well, she said the word there.
	That's from Michelle.
	Michelle, you said the word.
	It's a family.
	And that's another thing that family does, Keith, and that's what our audience does.
	You would be surprised, folks.
	Maybe you wouldn't, how much correspondence we get, you sharing with us things that are going on in your lives.
	Marriages, births, sicknesses, even, sadly, deaths sometimes, job opportunities, advancements.
	I mean, we love hearing that from you because we feel connected with you.
	And it's just a wonderful, wonderful relationship that we have with our audience.
	Our people are the salt of the earth, and we want to help you in every way that we can, really.
	Here is one.
	Okay, this is a gentleman that sent in a contribution, and he's asking, do we still have any of those Drew Lackey?
	Speaking of Selma, do we have any of those Drew Lackey CDs left?
	Yes, my friend in Georgia, I will make sure you get one of those.
	And I love this, too, about our audience.
	This goes back to what you were mentioning a moment ago.
	This is a listener in Hollywood, California, West Hollywood, California.
	Under deep cover.
	We got them everywhere.
	Hi, James.
	I already subscribed to the American Free Press, so maybe you can give that perk to someone that can't contribute enough to receive it.
	It will be my gift to them.
	Always appreciative of you and Keith and all of the hard work and dedication you bring every week to each show.
	And he saves it, this listener, in West Hollywood, California.
	God save the South.
	Wonderful.
	See, we have people that see through the propaganda.
	And, John, we're going to send you something nice as well.
	Here's Gene Andrews.
	So again, when you have the support of your peers, people like Gene Andrews, who we look up to as heroes.
	Dear James, saw your speech that you gave at the Amerin conference and on their website.
	You did an outstanding job, as always, and I wish I could have been there.
	And he is, even Gene Andrews is supporting this show.
	So when you have your own guests that are supporting the show, it really is an all-for-one, one-for-all mentality.
	And Gene, we're going to send you something real nice this week, too.
	Can't wait to talk to you again.
	I hear you every week talking with Eddie and y'all just.
	People understand that it's important to keep you in this premier spokesperson place in our movement because really, you've risen to the heavenly.
	I don't know about any of that.
	We do our best with what we've got, and I'm thankful for the audience we've got.
	That's always been our resolve, Keith.
	We have always said whatever flock God gives us, we will tend to it to the best of our abilities and try to be good stewards of whatever support we can receive.
	And I think we've done a pretty faithful job with that.
	Mr. Edwards, wish I could support you in a more material manner.
	I do respect and enjoy your work at TPC.
	You make me proud to be a southerner.
	This is about you and TPC and the heroic work you do for all of us Southern nationalists.
	And this comes from a listener in Bluffton, South Carolina.
	Well, my Bluffton friend, we're going to be sending you a nice gift package this week as well.
	And that's no bluff.
	You made me laugh at that one.
	That was a good one.
	Here's another guy that we've known for a long time.
	Sometimes you receive correspondence from people you've never heard from before.
	Of course, that happens all the time.
	But sometimes it happens quite often that you hear from people that you've known for a long time.
	Here's Sid Secular.
	Dear James, it's great being on your show.
	He was with us for a cameo appearance there at the Amran.
	This is something that I hear from a lot of people, what he's about to write here.
	This is Sid Secular.
	It's so easy to be dispirited in the dystopian situation we're in, but your unrelenting optimism is a source of inspiration as we carry on in the fight in our own various ways.
	I enjoyed seeing Keith Alexander again as well.
	He's talking about he was with us at Amran.
	I'll certainly appreciate another opportunity to be on your show.
	Well, Salty Sid, we're going to get you back on the show.
	And he is already a subscriber to the American Free Press, and he gifted a subscription.
	He sent in his support and gifted a subscription.
	He designated his intended recipient.
	And Sid, you have my word.
	We got him signed up.
	Sid creates so much good content for so many different organs.
	I know Council of Conservative Citizens, Comrade, Sid was.
	That's why I don't mind saying his last name.
	He's already out there, folks.
	We're not doxing anybody here.
	No one ever gets doxed here on TPC.
	But we will use last names if they're already out there in public.
	Dear James, your article in the recent issue of American Free Press Anarcho-Tyranny Rules in America was outstanding.
	I'm making sure that many of my acquaintances get a copy.
	Thanks a million.
	And that's from our dear, dear good friend, buddy in Arkansas.
	And thank you for that, buddy.
	That's another thing that we've done this year, Keith.
	It's just been a wonderful partnership.
	Of course, it's our ongoing fundraising incentive.
	You've been a busy beaver.
	It's been a busiest year.
	I think it's been the busiest year of the 19 we've had so far.
	And I think it's truly appreciated by people in the movement.
	You know, we're, you are, I'm not going to try to take credit for myself on this, but you have basically really, you know, been an inspiration to a lot of people.
	Going around to all these different places, getting the word out, growing the movement.
	It's wonderful.
	We've been toiling in the vineyards, that's for sure.
	And it's been our honor to do so.
	Here's one more that we'll read, and then I guess we have to get to work.
	Although, I think that this is important to do.
	I think it's important to step back from time to time and just let people hear from one another who are tuned in tonight.
	But this one just really blew me away.
	And, sir, I owe you a phone call, and it will be coming next week.
	Dear TPC, I discovered your podcast a few months ago.
	So, here again, Keith is a relatively brand new listener.
	I enjoy your show.
	You're doing important work.
	I like the professional style.
	I don't know if we've ever been called that before.
	I'm kidding.
	I'm kidding.
	We do take a lot of pride in being professional.
	I like the professional style of the show, especially that there is no profanity.
	Too many white positive content producers are extreme potty mouths.
	It makes it difficult for me to listen to them.
	You have really good guests, too.
	I'm a pro-white on the West Coast.
	This is another gentleman listener in California.
	It's lonely out here.
	You men of the South are truly inspiring in your tenacity and enthusiasm for our people.
	On the most recent show, you emphasized how important financial contributions are.
	So I have included a check, which I hope is helpful.
	Thank you for all the work you do.
	And that comes from, again, Steve in California.
	And Steve, you do not know.
	It would be impossible for me to exaggerate how much what you said helped, especially you, but everyone else as well.
	Especially so, too, I guess I should say.
	I mean, everybody.
	And we have one week left in our third quarter fundraising drive.
	If you've not yet, this subscription to AFP is a hand in-glove fit, a perfect compliment to our on-air work in the print word form.
	Thank you, everybody.
	When we come back, the show will begin in earnest.
	Stay tuned.
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	We are going to get to work this segment, but I do have to actually make one more announcement, and I'll make that announcement by reading this email that came in from a listener in the UK.
	Dear James, I'm sure like many of your donors, one doesn't expect, however thoughtfully chosen and welcome they always are, gifts for supporting this modern-day noble cause that you have dedicated your life and championed with such commitment, enthusiasm, and success.
	Wow.
	That's a good guy.
	Thank you for saying that.
	Even so, he writes, I shall look forward to receiving the issues of American Free Press.
	Well, it is our honor to send these gifts.
	I just cannot, for the life of me, accept support at that level without saying thank you, certainly, but also by showing it with something that I hope you'll enjoy.
	And he does write.
	I always enjoy listening to the political SASPOL, but the September 9th broadcast was even more exceptional than usual.
	It was informed, revealing, and energizing, rather like a political, I don't even, I can't even pronounce that word, but that's a good one.
	With you, Keith Alexander, and Chris Canwell at top form.
	The overall effect was very uplifting, albeit tempered by sensible, if hopeful, qualification.
	As you and Keith have said, it really is time for the good guys to prevail.
	Thank you for all your dedication and hard work, and all the best you and your family.
	Well, thank you, and God bless you, my friend, in the UK.
	Always good to hear from you.
	What is this word?
	I'm going to have to look at it.
	Well, we'll look at it later.
	We'll look at it later.
	Now, here's an email that's actually going to lead us into business tonight.
	Now, you'll remember, Keith, a couple of weeks ago, we were talking about how the Supreme Court has made now twice, twice now, the Alabama Supreme Court redraw its congressional map to where I guess all blacks will be seated out of the Alabama congressional delegation.
	And here is a question that we received from listener Dave about our commentary and insights on that.
	Gentlemen, listening to the show and the VRA is talking about the Voting Rights Act, expressly forbids state legislatures from using race as a criterion for drawing congressional districts, but the Supreme Court decision has effectively rewritten the law from the bench with their recent decision forcing Alabama to redraw their districts specifically to ensure that blacks gain more congressional seats.
	That's interesting.
	That's interesting.
	I think that's an argument there.
	You're supposed to not take race into account.
	They are forcing you to take it into account here.
	Well, you know, all of the early civil rights litigation, like the 1964 Civil Rights Act, had that type of language.
	It was supposed to be colorblind.
	Instead, it has become the exact opposite.
	You have to be acutely color conscience in favor of blacks.
	The problem with voting districts in Alabama is that when you assure that you have blacks all together in one district and you maximize those districts as much as you can, what you're doing is you're freezing out the Republican Party.
	So why would a Republican-dominated legislature want to do that?
	Right now, in the U.S. Congress, I think that Republicans have four more members than there are Democrats in it.
	They don't have a margin of error here, folks, you know, and there are enough rhinos where that four probably is, you know, minus 10 altogether.
	Why in the world would any political party that wants to prevail and be effective do that?
	You know, we're going to have to get, you know, somebody needs to get a dose of common sense into the people on the Supreme Court, and particularly John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh.
	Those are the two biggest disappointments of the conservatives there.
	Somebody needs to, they need to take a lesson from Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito and really be worthy of being called conservatives.
	All right.
	Now, I will tell you, we're going to make up, I don't think there's been a waste of the second of the show tonight.
	I came in compelled to read some of that correspondence, but we're going to make up for what we didn't cover in terms of hot topics and current events in the second hour with Lauren Witzke.
	She has been booked tonight for exactly that reason.
	And we're going to be talking about this purported government shutdown.
	We're going to be talking about the spending bill.
	We're going to be talking about Zelensky, Ukraine, Trump, the election, what next year looks like.
	Ban the ADL.
	We'll revisit that.
	We'll even talk a little bit about Lauren Boebert's trip to the theater.
	And a lot more with Lauren Witzke, who can always make a good time better.
	And then Glenn Allen, the important work at the Foundation for the Free Expression Foundation and his work in courts.
	So a lot of that's coming.
	Don't worry.
	We're going to get to it all.
	Anything else you've seen this week, Keith?
	We've got a couple of minutes left, and then when we come back, I'm going to tell the folks, man, we're always getting into something around here at TPC.
	And we're in two big things that are happening right now that you probably don't even know about yet, folks.
	We're going to tell you in the next segment.
	Before we do that, we're going to let Keith stretch his legs a little bit or his lungs at the very least.
	Anything else you've been watching?
	You weren't on the show?
	No, we were on the show together last week.
	Like I said, I lose track of time.
	It's been a crazy last week with obviously Kevin McDonald and John Friend.
	Yeah, that was a great show.
	Well, the band the ADL.
	It feels like I haven't seen you in two weeks.
	Because I think my last week has felt like two weeks.
	A lot of travel, a lot of wear and tear.
	But anything else you're watching right now that you wanted to comment on?
	Well, I'm surprised at the legs that the band the ADL movement and Keith Woods have gotten out of that.
	Basically, they've got the ADL back on its heels.
	You know, the SPLC is a mere shadow of its former self now.
	You know, all the old hands there have retired or been pushed out.
	And, you know, they're not the formidable foe that they used to be.
	On the other hand, the ADL has grown in power and venality, quite frankly, under Jonathan Greenblad, who is a more effective leader than Abe Foxman was, in my opinion.
	And, of course, having the ADL effective in what their mission is is bad news for America.
	I don't know about effective.
	I mean, he's certainly more vicious, but he's also brought down a lot of noticing.
	Well, that's what, yeah, you're right.
	Thing is, he has initiated a lot of censoring, a lot of doxing, things like this.
	But it has now, because of Keith Wood and the Band the ADL movement, gotten some blowback.
	And we're seeing people that in the past have kind of resisted and faded away from grappling with the Jewish question jump into it now.
	So, you know, that's a good movement because, quite frankly, if you don't deal with the Jewish question, you're not going to deal with the left because that's the source of all their power.
	You know, that's their kryptonite against us.
	For example, if it weren't for Jewish power and influence, Jewish money, Jewish media, Jewish networking, things like the civil rights movement, the homosexual rights movement, climate change, none of these left-wing radical egalitarian movements would have had any legs at all.
	And now you can finally talk about it.
	It's out there.
	And if the ADL wants to get involved in all this, there is a price to be paid for that.
	And that is making people more aware of the power of Jewish power and influence in promoting leftism.
	Now, you see, folks, I didn't know what he was going to say when I said, what do you want to talk about?
	But I should have known.
	I've known him for so long.
	You see what happens when I give Keith, when I ask Keith what he wants to talk about, exactly where he goes?
	That's it.
	The thing is, that's the most important part of it all.
	You know, without that.
	All the things going on there.
	Yeah.
	All right.
	Well, it is.
	It's a very big thing.
	And that's why, in Band the ADL, for example, what it's doing, it's shining light on the very suspect origins of the ADL, like the Leo Frank case.
	And that's coming across now.
	People are reading about that.
	And a lot of people didn't know that story, and they're shocked by it.
	I think we spent two hours talking about the Band the ADL and its related aspects related to it with Chris Cantwell two weeks ago.
	We spent at least an hour on it last week with Kevin McDonald, but there is an update.
	So your timing is impeccable there, my friend.
	There is an update, and it involves us.
	Now, we know, because we've covered it the last two weeks, it was Keith Woods that got this whole ball rolling with Elon Musk and the various multiple on several different days.
	Who did that song, Keep the Ball Rolling?
	We need to play that one.
	Well, we could play Red Rubber Ball.
	Yeah, but Keep the Ball Rolling, Keep the Ball Rolling.
	Girl, the name of the game.
	Who was that?
	Well, it wasn't the circle.
	No, it wasn't the circle.
	It was, I forget.
	We'll look it up.
	Anyway, they have gotten the ball rolling on this, and it seems to be a perpetual game.
	Jay equals Keith Woods, but he's the one.
	I mean, like every day, it seems like Elon Musk every day was waking up with his morning coffee and engaging with Keith Woods about the nefarious nature of the ADL.
	You know, it will not, it's a story too good to pass up.
	It's just, it has legs of its own and people are like saying, thank heavens this thing has finally, you know, surfaced and is now a primary con content driver for people.
	Everybody in the movement.
	I mean, it was the talk of the town really all of September, the band, the ADL, what Keith Woods had done.
	And of course, you know, talk about the American Renaissance Conference.
	Keith Woods kicked off the American Renaissance Conference.
	He gave the hardest.
	He was the first speaker.
	He was the opening act and did such a great job.
	And then he goes home and just has an all-time hit with this.
	I mean, this is a platinum hit there.
	It's come to the forefront of the movement.
	And anyway, there is an update, an update.
	As much as it has been covered and it's been covered by everybody, there's an update and it involves us and Keith Woods and Elon Musk.
	And I'll tell you about it when we come back.
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	Well, as we mentioned, just last night, not even 24 hours ago, if you're listening live this Saturday evening, Keith Woods was back at it again with Elon Musk.
	So there was a tweet, and it was a tweet of a video from the comedian Russell Brand.
	And the caption read, Russell Brand releases a new video addressing the alarming state of online censorship, encouraging his YouTube audience to follow him to Rumble.
	Brand highlights the Trusted News Initiative and the United Kingdom's online safety bill.
	Okay.
	So here's a pretty famous comedian, Russell Brand, who's lamenting the nature of censorship and oppression and the attacks on free speech.
	And he's saying, you know, he's going to take his YouTube audience and take them to Rumble.
	All right.
	That has a more open and they have a tolerance of the diversity of opinion.
	Let's put it that way.
	Okay.
	So Elon Musk replies directly to this tweet.
	And Elon Musk responds, it's rather disappointing that Russell Brand is exclusively pushing Rumble when X, which is what they call Twitter now, when X has supported free speech just as much.
	And here is Keith Woods again.
	Keith Woods responds.
	Elon, you may not be aware, but a number of nationalist and conservative activists have been banned by X this year despite seemingly not having violated your terms of service, including James Edwards, Kevin McDonald, Tom Sunich, Mark Collett, Nick Fuentes, and Varg, I don't know how to pronounce his last name, Vikernese.
	And there are also accounts banned by the previous administration that have never been reinstated, such as Jared Taylor and American Renaissance.
	And that tweet, and you know, of course, Elon Musk reads Keith Woods' stuff because they have this open and public conversation and dialogue with one another.
	That tweet has already received well over a quarter of a million views.
	So this is something that has gone, been viewed by a quarter of a million people.
	And he's asking, you know, what about James Edwards, Elon?
	You say you're for free speech.
	And by the way, can you at least, if you can't reinstate him, can you at least let us know why they were banned?
	And that was something Elon Musk had sort of head-faked on a few days ago, saying that he was going to release the list of people that the ADL had asked him to ban.
	I have no doubt we were on it.
	But here, look, Keith, right now, the biggest game in town, the Elon Musk ongoing dialogue with Keith Woods, here's the latest chapter, and we're involved.
	And I want to thank again Keith, and I sent Keith an email about this, the other Keith, Keith Woods, not Alexander, although I thank you too.
	But I want to thank Keith Woods again for putting our name, keeping our name in his mouth, because I would sure like to have my account restored.
	I mean, we were doing some pretty good work there.
	Well, Elon needs to put his money where his mouth is.
	He needs to come through.
	You know, he can say he's for free speech, but as long as he's doxing or he's not doxing, but he's censoring somebody like James and Jared and all these other people that are named here, then he is not censoring craziness.
	He is censoring perfect sense.
	This is what Kevin McDonald said last week in the show.
	He said, if you look, all of the people who have been banned are the people who really articulate the message in the right way.
	It's not the Yahoos.
	It's not the Cougars.
	It's not the Cranks.
	It's not the people that are just rabidly nutty.
	Those are the people they don't want to censor because they want our views to have a negative impression in the public marketplace of ideas.
	But what you've done so many times on this is articulate a very reasonable, common sense viewpoint and rationale for white nationalism and white advocacy.
	And so have the other people that have, you know, that are mentioned in Keith Woods' tweet, I guess you would call it or whatnot.
	But this is what we need.
	We need to basically tell Elon Musk to, you know, let's get down to brass tags.
	These are the people that should not under any circumstances have been censored that have been censored by your organization.
	Make it right.
	So before you could have plausibly argued that, okay, well, Elon Musk is the richest man in the world.
	And by the way, my next article coming out in the next issue of American Free Press deals with the ban the ADL, Keith Woods, Elon Musk situation.
	But that was, of course, written.
	I really think that's the most important issue right now in our movie.
	I think American Free Press agrees because I think there's three or four articles in the next paper that deals with that.
	And of course, it's been the hottest topic in our movement.
	All we need to do is get our ideas out there and we will prevail.
	And that is what the ADL, the SPLC, and all these other kooky left-wing groups know, and that's what they fear.
	I think you could have argued plausibly.
	I mean, look, we're pretty big.
	I mean, you look at all the news we've made.
	I have no doubt that the ADL instructed, and probably the SPLC too, and we'll get to them in a minute, instructed X or Elon to shutter us.
	Now, you could say, though, still, just because he owns the company doesn't know, doesn't mean that he knows everything that goes on.
	There could have just been some rogue Antifa employee that survived the purge who decided to shutter us.
	But now I think it's increasingly unlikely.
	I think it's unlikely now that Elon Musk doesn't know who we are because he has this ongoing dialogue with Keith Woods.
	And this was just, I mean, this has already gotten nearly, you know, what you can do is tune in and then tell us if he thinks that we have somehow violated his standards.
	There's no way I ever did.
	People listen to this show.
	I tweeted the exact same way.
	I never even responded to comments on Twitter.
	I just posted my thoughts.
	I never engaged untowardly or otherwise with any of the other users.
	That's acrimony.
	I think that certainly he knows who we are now.
	You could have argued, well, maybe he does, maybe he doesn't.
	I mean, it's not like Robert E. Lee knew the activities of every private in the Confederate Army.
	So I get that.
	But I think now, I mean, it's certainly, but always it was because we were on a list.
	We know that.
	We certainly didn't violate anything.
	But anyway, so here we are now in between a quarter of a million and a half a million of views on this tweet that was posted just last night.
	And so we're happy to be there and we're happy to be back in the conversation.
	And my account still hasn't been restored, nor have the accounts of Kevin and Mark Collett and Tom Sunich and everybody else that was banned at the exact same time on the exact same day back in March or April.
	But wherever the action is, TPC is right around there.
	Well, look, the ban the ADL movement has thrust the political cesspool, James Edwards, Tom Sunick, Jared, Kevin McDonald, all of these people into the forefront of the debate.
	Because we're the ones that they're banning.
	Right.
	And as a result of that, people know about us.
	We now have a bigger public face than we used to have.
	And people are checking us out.
	And people like what they're seeing and hearing.
	I was always very happy and very proud of our standing amongst our peers.
	But there's just no doubt about it, Keith.
	This year, it's gone to another level.
	It really has.
	I mean, for a lot of different reasons, too.
	But here's another one.
	I mean, we are under attack again this very week by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
	I received word back on Tuesday or Wednesday.
	I just gotten home.
	I was tired from six months of travel.
	The SPLC is doing another hit piece on it.
	This will be, since 2005, their 80th, even 80.
	We were at 79.
	Now it's going to be.
	I haven't laid a glove on you yet.
	Well, I mean, look, you don't, I can't say I look forward to it, but I could take it or leave it.
	But I guess they already know what I'm going to say.
	It's the same thing I said with the very first time when it was national news.
	I'm ecstatic to be on their list.
	You haven't arrived as a leader.
	You can't be considered a leader unless you're on the list of these communists and civil rights hustlers.
	I'm going to say the same thing next week when this article comes out.
	But they're attacking Sam Bushman as well.
	And Sam Bushman responded.
	Sam Bushman invited them.
	They sent him a list of nine questions.
	And I've got the questions right here.
	What about hosting white nationalist James Edwards?
	What about the political cesspool, white nationalist political cesspool?
	What about this, this?
	What about going to Dixie Fest in South Carolina?
	I mean, God forbid, Dixie Fest.
	I don't know what kind of people they think showed up there, but it was the very best people in the country.
	I can tell you that.
	A lot better than the membership of the SPLC, I guarantee you that.
	All of this.
	And so Sam responded.
	He said, yep, I'll answer all of your questions openly and transparently.
	Why don't you send, why don't you come on the radio with me?
	He's talking to the SPLC goon who sent the email.
	They sent it anonymously.
	They wouldn't even tell him his name or her name or whoever's sending it.
	They wouldn't answer when Sam asked, what's your name?
	But he invited them to a two-hour live and transparent.
	He said, I'll answer every question you've got from me openly and transparently.
	But I've got some questions for you too.
	Will you come on the air?
	I'll answer your questions.
	You answer my questions.
	And they said, no, we're not going to do that.
	Of course they're not.
	You know, even-handiness is the furthest thing from their mind.
	You know, they are not fair.
	They are not honest.
	They have no integrity.
	They are just, you know, an organized group of rabble, actually.
	And it becomes more and more apparent with every utterance they make.
	And, you know, they've even diminished.
	They've been, while the ADL has been growing in influence, the SPLC has been diminishing.
	Well, you got, I mean, you certainly haven't had.
	I see the ADL and the SBLC is certainly one of the same in many regards.
	But the SBLC with the connections, I mean, they always try this sort of like, I think as Sam Dixon puts it, this parody of McCarthyism.
	Except with McCarthy, at least those people really did have links and ties to communism.
	But the SBLC tries to do six degrees of separation from, and of course, David Duke was mentioned in this list of questions for Sam Bushman to answer.
	Well, what about James Edwards being friends with David Duke?
	Well, at least David Duke is alive.
	They keep invoking Emmett Till and Leo Frank and people like that.
	But Sam had just such wonderful answers.
	And he actually proceeded to answer these questions in abstentia on his show last Wednesday at LibertyRoundtable.com.
	If you want to go check it out, folks, it was just a wonderful, you know, he answered them.
	It was sort of like, remember when Clint Eastwood went to the Republican National Convention, he had like an empty chair for Obama?
	That was like the SPLC.
	Sam answered all their questions.
	He did a wonderful job with it, but they weren't there to answer his questions.
	And of course, you've got the 20 state attorneys general denouncing them as an utterly discredited source.
	Discredited SPLC.
	Utterly discredited source.
	You've got, you know, obviously their staff attorney being charged, arrested and charged with domestic terrorism.
	You know, will he be convicted?
	You have this guy, Floyd Lee Corkins II.
	He's the man who shot a security guard at the headquarters of the Family Research Council.
	You'll remember, Keith, that the SBLC said, well, Dylan, the Council of Conservative Citizens was responsible for Dylan Ruth's murder of the black church folk.
	And, you know, I'll take it at the media's word, I guess, that Dylan Roof ever even went to the COCC's website.
	I never heard anything from Dylan Roof himself, but I did hear Floyd Lee Corkins II say it was especially, it was exactly because of the SBLC's hate watch list that he targeted the Family Research Council.
	So these are all questions.
	But anyway, folks, here's what you got to know.
	Because we're out of time this hour.
	This is where the action is.
	This is where the action is.
	TPC is in the middle of all of it.
	And whether it's the band the ADL and Keith Woods and Elon Musk and Keith Woods trying to get us reinstated, God bless you, Keith.
	Getting attacked by the SPLC.
	We'll talk more about that next week when the article hits.
	It's going to hit sometime next week.
	I think they're going to call me racist, anti-Semite, neo-Nazi, neo-Confederate, bigot, homophobe 40 or 50 times in it like they've done in every article the last 79 times they've written about me.
	Literally, that's not an exaggeration.
	They seem not to realize only one-tenth of 1% of people in America give a damn about what they think.
	It's actually almost becoming helpful.
	I don't know.
	But God bless them.
	Let's hope they turn from their wicked ways and find Christ.

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