10/24/25 - The Authoritarian Narrative: Are We Really Living in an Oppressive State?

Summary

Mark Levin Podcast – October 25, 2025

"The Authoritarian Narrative: Are We Really Living in an Oppressive State?"

Host: Mark Levin (Cumulus Podcast Network)
Episode Date: October 25, 2025

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Episode Overview

Mark Levin tackles the claim from Democrats and progressive activists that America is slipping into an "authoritarian state," dissecting the legitimacy—and irony—of this narrative. He zooms in on heated New York City politics, critiques the rise of Zoran Mamdani as a candidate for mayor, and rails against what he sees as the embrace of Marxist and Islamist ideas within the Democratic Party. The episode also features a wide-ranging conversation on American prosperity, media hypocrisy, constitutionalism, and a detailed historical discussion with Fox News' Bret Baier about Teddy Roosevelt.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Is America an Authoritarian State? (65:50–68:32)

• Mark Levin rejects the claim, popular in left-wing circles, that America is "authoritarian" under current or potential Republican leadership.
• Points made:
  • Everyday freedoms still thrive—Americans can travel, attend religious services, and live undisturbed by government authorities.
  • Levin says it’s projection: It’s actually today’s progressives pushing for “DEI,” regulating bedrooms, imposing taxes and regulations.
  • Quotes historical authoritarian actions (e.g., FDR) and dismisses claims that Trump fits this mold.
  • Quote: "How can you support the Constitution as we do and be authoritarians? It’s impossible. They're the ones who seek to avoid it, usurp it." (68:19, Levin)

2. The NYC Mayoral Race & Zoran Mamdani (02:06–16:11, 19:58–24:26)

• Levin and Rich express dismay with Democratic Party elites they see as abdicating responsibility to "Marxist Islamists."
• Zoran Mamdani, painted as a symbol of radical left-wing and Islamist influence, is predicted to bring social and financial ruin to NYC:
  • Increased crime, legalization of prostitution, an exodus of police, job loss, falling real estate values, and a city “bankrupt in spirit and finances.”
  • Quote (Levin): “You are going to see less cops, because cops are not going to want to work for the NYPD under this mayor... Recruiting is going to be a disaster.” (07:25)
• Mamdani’s campaign: Characterized as leaning heavily on appeals to the Muslim and migrant vote, accusations of Islamophobia against critics, and attacking America and Jews.
  • Quote: “Islamophobia—this has nothing to do with Islamophobia. It has to do with the Islamist radical ideology.” (20:50, Rich)
  • Levin and Rich denounce Mamdani's associations and statements as anti-American and anti-Semitic; they promise to remain fierce critics should he be elected.

3. Victimhood and Identity Politics (13:36–24:26)

• Mamdani presents himself as a victim of anti-Muslim bias, which Levin calls “manipulative sloganeering.”
• Levin and Rich argue that the real victims in NYC are Jews, blue-collar workers, and law-abiding citizens.
• Quote (Levin): “How dare you criticize him for his own record, for his own words, for his own positions. How dare you do that? That's Islamophobia. So vote for me.” (23:16)

4. Critique of NY’s Political Establishment & Legal System (37:01–47:58)

• Levin sharply criticizes NY Attorney General Letitia James for prosecuting Trump, calling her case fabricated while ignoring her own alleged mortgage fraud.
• Mocks media pundits and legal analysts, singling out figures like Nick Ackerman as partisan hacks.
• Quote: “If you're watching CNN, you get dumber by the minute. I'll be right back.” (47:58)

5. The State of American Prosperity (29:27–35:50)

• Levin defends America’s economic system, marveling at the abundance and variety in American supermarkets as a symbol of capitalist success.
• Lambasts progressive complaints about "affordability" by comparing US grocery stores to scarcity in Marxist/Islamist societies.
• Quote: “My point is, ladies and gentlemen... We are so blessed by our economic system.” (35:10, Rich)

6. The Israel Discussion & Christian/Jewish History (49:38–58:02, 105:36–107:58)

• Levin responds to criticism of Israeli PM Netanyahu and debates about the legitimacy of Jewish claims to Judea and Samaria (West Bank).
• Argues US politicians apply double standards to Israel and decries what he sees as manipulation of biblical history and annexation language by critics.
• Quote: “If Judea and Samaria don't belong to Jews, then the Bible is wrong... God already said so. They are not annexing anything.” (105:36)

7. Democratic Party and the “Authoritarian” Narrative (76:03–79:52)

• Levin plays clips from Senator Jeff Merkley warning about the erosion of democracy and “authoritarian takeover.”
• Dismisses such alarms as hypocritical, given the left’s own “oligarchic” and “regulatory” tendencies.
• Quote: “These are the people who want to impose on us DEI, who want to impose on us boys and girls' bathrooms, who want to impose on us confiscatory taxes...” (67:44, Levin)

8. Media Misinformation & Polling Data (78:09–82:46)

• Segment with CNN's Harry Enten reveals Americans less worried about the economy than media claims.
• Levin attributes the difference to media propaganda and disconnect with working Americans’ real experiences.
• Quote: “Let me help you out, Harry, may I help you out? Even though you're the chief data analyst, I'm the chief logictician.” (79:52, Rich)

9. Bret Baier Interview: Teddy Roosevelt, American Exceptionalism & the Progressive Tradition (87:20–104:47)

• Levin hosts Fox’s Bret Baier to discuss his new book, To Rescue the American Spirit: Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower.
• Baier details Roosevelt’s complex character: a mix of progressivism with strong foreign policy, personal resilience, and leadership.
• Notable stories include Roosevelt’s transformation from a sickly child to Rough Rider, handling labor strikes, and his diplomatic achievements.
• Quote (Baier): "He is a figure that is really interesting in history, but he is an enigma. You can't kind of pin him down." (88:56)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

| Time | Speaker | Quote | |-----------|--------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 07:25 | Levin | “You are going to see less cops, because cops are not going to want to work for the NYPD under this mayor... Recruiting is going to be a disaster.” | | 18:35 | Mark Levin | “You may get elected mayor, but I'm here for another four and a half years and I'll be on your ass every damn minute.” | | 23:16 | Mark Levin | “How dare you criticize him for his own record, for his own words, for his own positions. How dare you do that? That's Islamophobia. So vote for me. Vote for me. Let's get past this Islamophobia and right into radical Islamism and Marxism. This guy is a fraud.” | | 35:10 | Rich | “We are so blessed by our economic system, by what has been our political system. For some guy to come into New York... To trash our grocery stores, to trash our economic system...” | | 49:38 | Mark Levin | "Judea and Samaria have been the home of the Jews for 4,000 years. Anna. Check your Bible, Anna. Learn some history about Shiloh, about Hebron..." | | 68:19 | Mark Levin | “How can you support the Constitution as we do and be authoritarians? It’s impossible. They're the ones who seek to avoid it, usurp it.” | | 79:52 | Rich | "Let me help you out, Harry, may I help you out? Even though you're the chief data analyst, I'm the chief logictician." | | 88:56 | Bret Baier | "He is a figure that is really interesting in history, but he is an enigma. You can't kind of pin him down..." |

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Intro & Anti-Authoritarian Theme: 01:55–04:00
• NYC Mayoral Race & Mandami Critique: 02:06–16:11, 19:58–24:26
• Mamdani Victimhood & Islamophobia Discourse: 13:36–24:26
• Letitia James & Legal System Critique: 37:01–47:58
• American Prosperity: 29:27–35:50
• Israel/History/Biblical Land Segment: 49:38–58:02, 105:36–107:58
• Is America Authoritarian? Levin’s Rebuttal: 65:50–68:32
• Sen. Merkley/Left-wing Authoritarian Claims: 76:03–77:33
• Media Analysis & Economic Reality: 78:09–82:46
• Bret Baier Segment (Teddy Roosevelt): 87:20–104:47

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Tone and Style

Mark Levin’s tone is urgent, combative, impassioned, and often sardonic. He frequently mocks opponents, relies on historical references, and uses direct, sometimes fiery, language when discussing political adversaries or the state of American governance. His discussion with Bret Baier is more conversational and reflective, providing substantial educational insight into American history.

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Conclusion

Levin’s episode forcefully denies the progressive narrative that America is devolving into authoritarianism, turning the accusation back on his ideological opponents. The podcast merges current events, political analysis, culture war rhetoric, and American history into a sweeping critique of the left, culminating in a detailed exploration of the legacies that shape contemporary debates.

If you missed the episode, this summary encapsulates the energy, arguments, and major takeaways, giving you the core of Mark Levin's message and the voices that joined him this week.

Transcript

[Mark Levin]

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[Rich]

And won't give up the fight because.

[Mark Levin]

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[Rich]

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[Producer]

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[Brett Baer]

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[Mark Levin]

Hello, America. Mark Levin here. Our number, 877-381-38118.

[Rich]

You wonder why the Democrat Party is moving so hard. Left. Marxist Islamists left America. They don't have anybody with courage who is in leadership. They don't have anybody in courage who is in leadership. Hakeem Jeffries just endorsed Zoran Mandani. Schumer sits on the sidelines despite the fact that his own faith is under attack. His city is under attack, but he won't come out because he's worried about his own reelection one day. The governor of New York, who's a mess, who inherited her seat from Cuomo, she endorses Sora mandami6 weeks ago or so, and he won't endorse her should she run again? Not yet, he says.

[Mark Levin]

So the governor, the Senate minority leader, the senior senator, he would be speaker of the House, all these New Yorkers.

[Rich]

They don't give a damn about their state, they don't give a damn about their city, and they are surrendering the Democrat Party to the Marxist Islamists. You would think leaders in the Democrat Party would be defending the party.

[Mark Levin]

Even.

[Rich]

If it means, God forbid, they lose their seats, right? Is that really the end of the world?

[Mark Levin]

Even if you are them, is it really the end of the world? I guess power is is such a.

[Rich]

Glue, they can't let go of it. What else are they going to do, after all? So Mandani has no real Democrat Party opposition. There are some people, but they are not in leadership. They are not in leadership. Now, there is a new poll out. Interactive polls. Is interactive polls any good, Mr. Producer? It is. I mean, does that mean people have to go on the Internet and participate or people are contacted? What does that mean? Because if it's people going on the Internet, that doesn't mean anything. People have campaigns and so forth and so on. But here we have zora Mandani at 47%. Andrew Cuomo 29, Curtis Lewis 16. Now, if Cuomo were out, according to this, mondami would be 49, sliwa would be 41. An 8 point differential. Did you receive this too? I guess you did, Rich. And then without Sliwa, Mandami will get 49 and Cuomo will get 39. But Cuomo is not leaving and Slee was not leaving. So I don't even know what the purpose of the poll is other than to say what if? What if? I'm not sure it would matter anyway. I have no idea. Because turnout is the key, isn't it? And I'm sure that Curtis and Cuomo are relying on turnout. Cuomo is not an energetic candidate. He did a good job in the last debate, so did Saliwa. But Cuomo is a fall asleep candidate. That's the problem. And he couldn't stop Mandani before. So what will a world with Mandami as the mayor New York look like? Well, every Democrat is going to be asked going forward if they support Mondami. Every Democrat going forward is going to be asked if they support one of his radical kook policies, whether it's the economic socialism or cultural Marxism. You're going to see abject failure in a relatively short period of time with his policies. He's going to attract illegal aliens, he's going to attract the homeless, he's going to attract drug users, he's going to attract criminals. Where are they going to go? They're going to go into the subway system, they're going to go on the free buses, they're going to go into hotels that he'll commandeer like a Marxist dictator to house them all in the name of the people. Of course. We've seen this before, but this will be even more aggressively so. You might even see the city go bankrupt. You might. It almost did under Lindsey in the 1970s. A liberal Republican spent like a drunken Marxist, but nonetheless, this guy's a real Marxist. He's the real deal. What else are you going to see? He supports prostitution. Legalizing prostitution. I mean, is that a priority? Apparently so. Now, what does that lead to? Women being kidnapped? Indentured servants treating women like crap. But I haven't heard from any of the women's groups. None of them. Not with this Islamist ideology or this Marxist proposal. Prostitution. So you will see prostitutes on the corners. The police will not be able to arrest them. So you will see that in the city as well. You are going to see less cops, because cops are not Going to want to work for the NYPD under this mayor. Recruiting is going to be a disaster. People who can take early retirement are going to leave and they will move to Florida or somewhere else where they will be able to actually be cops. You will see that too. You are going to see a housing market. A housing market, depending on what he does and how he does it and how fast he does.

[Mark Levin]

Will not collapse.

[Rich]

Outright, but the values will diminish. Particularly when you have people leaving more than people who are coming to the city who actually have resources to buy a home.

[Mark Levin]

You're going to see the nations poor.

[Rich]

To the extent they can get to New York, moving to New York, illegal aliens coming to New York because the benefits will be more in New York than anywhere else. This will be a heavy, a heavy burden, particularly for middle class, hard working, blue collar American citizens are going to have to pay for most of this because a lot of the wealthiest people, a lot of the financial institutions and so forth, they are going to leave as they should. Why would you stay?

[Mark Levin]

So the burden will be on people.

[Rich]

Who cannot leave, who have jobs that require them to be there. Even though the jobs will be fewer and fewer. You're going to see retail institutions are going to suffer, not just grocery stores, clothing stores, delicatessens, pizzerias and so forth and so on that line the streets of the city. The people who do stay, many of them are going to stay for reasons having nothing to do with the viability of the city. Family connections, many generations, they don't want to leave. They have their home, they don't want to sell it. They can't get the number they want anyway. Cops and firefighters, if they can get out, they will. But otherwise they are stuck. They're stuck. You're not going to see a housing boom.

[Mark Levin]

So what's going to happen to the.

[Rich]

Plumbers and the electricians? What's going to happen to the construction industry, the men and women, the roofers, the bricklayers, the asphalt layers and on and on.

[Mark Levin]

Has a resonating effect through a city.

[Rich]

Has a resonating effect through an economy.

[Mark Levin]

You see, we know what works and what doesn't.

[Rich]

There's been enough human experience with this ideology called economic socialism and cultural Marxism. There's been enough human experience. I can tell you what's going to happen. The only issue is whether it happens quickly or more slowly.

[Mark Levin]

If you're going to depopulate the city.

[Rich]

Of people who are taxpayers, who are hard working, who are law abiding, you're going to repopulate the city with the opposite criminals, people on the dull, public welfare, illegal aliens and the like.

[Mark Levin]

And then you're going to see increased.

[Rich]

Radicalization of the city.

[Mark Levin]

There's going to be a big move.

[Rich]

By the Islamists to populate New York City because one of them is their mayor. He will create an environment that's welcoming to them and unwelcoming to every other faith. There's not going to be a business in this country on the face of the earth that's going to want to relocate from another city or state or another country. In New York City, why would they? Mark my words, this is what is going to happen. And he will be buffered. He will be supported by an equally radical city council. Maybe there can be some checks on him in Albany, but Albany is hard left, too. The governor's thrown in with the har left. She's not. She's not a statesman. She's not a leader. She's not going to fight it. She's gone along with it. I'll be right back.

[Mark Levin]

Folks, I have a question for you. Do you believe America's best days are still ahead? With the 250th anniversary of the signing.

[Rich]

Of the Declaration of Independence coming up.

[Mark Levin]

In less than a year, my friends at the Heritage foundation are taking stock of the current situation, and they need your input. They've launched a survey on America's future to gauge how Americans feel right now about where we are as a nation and where we're headed in the next 250 years. You know, for decades, your American values have been under attack. But now, where President Trump's administration in office, we have an opportunity to turn the tide and usher in a new golden age for America. But the Heritage foundation needs to hear from you. What policies do patriots like you most care about? What do you believe are the defining principles of America? What legacy do you believe we should pass on to the next Generation? Please visit heritage.org lavin today and share your feedback and help shape the future of America. That's heritage.org Levin paid for by the Heritage Foundation.

[Rich]

Alrighty. Look, I'm not trying to throw a wet blanket on a situation. The wet blanket is on the situation. That's the truth. The wet blanket is on the situation. Here is today Zoran Mandami with a group of Muslims outside a mosque in the Bronx. Today, Bronx cut six. Go.

[Zoran Mamdani]

And over these last few days, these lessons have become the closing messages of Andrew Cuomo, Curtis Sliwa and Eric Adams. Yesterday, Andrew Cuomo laughed and agreed when a Radio host said that I would cheer another 9 11. Yesterday, Eric Adams said that we can't let our city become Europe. He compared me to violent extremists. And he lied again and again when he said that our movement seeks to burn churches and destroy.

[Rich]

You know, pal, here's a deal. Here's the deal, moron. We're on to you. That Sid Rosenberg's on to you. I'm on to you. Eric Adams is on to you. Cuomo's on to you. Sleep is on to you. We're on to you. You're everything. And worse, you hang around with tourists, people who support terrorists, terrorist organizations, imams of that ilk. You have said things and you say things that indicate what you think and who you really are. Your chip off your father's shoulder as a faculty member at Columbia University. A vile, anti Semite, anti American. And your family's received a small fortune, if not a big fortune from Qatar, funneled to your mother. Don't tell us that were Islamophobic. When the ideology you support has slaughtered hundreds and hundreds of thousands of Muslims. That is the truth. And then you play victim. You are an empty suit. You are a sloganeer, you are a manipulator. You got a down path, but you're everything. Sid Rosenberg says you're everything Curtis Sliwa says you're everything Andrew Cuomo says you're.

[Mark Levin]

Everything Eric Adams says.

[Rich]

And most of all, you're everything I've said.

[Mark Levin]

That's who you are.

[Rich]

Poor baby. Poor baby. You're the one that hangs out with a 1993 imam who was a character witness for the imam who was involved.

[Mark Levin]

In trying to blow up the World Trade Center. You are the one who spews the propaganda. Hamas, a mass murdering Islamist blood cult, a throwback to the seventh century barbarians. That's you. You're the one that embraces care, which has links to Hamas, which was founded by Hamasites. And I can go down the list. No, play your victim crap. It is not going to fly. You may get elected, but you are no victim. You are a perpetrator. The things you have said about our country, the things you have said about Jews, the things you said about our president. Yes, you might as well be hanging out in Qatar or Turkey. You would fit in perfectly. That is not a smear, that is a matter of fact. A matter of fact? Yes, you do support a global intifada. A global jihad. You used to sloganeer about it, now you're offended by it. No, that's you, pal. We have you pegged right? Cut seven.

[Rich]

Please go.

[Zoran Mamdani]

Growing up in the shadow of 9 11, I have known what it means to live with an undercurrent of suspicion in this city.

[Mark Levin]

You know what? Give me a break about suspicion in the city. Against Muslims, the countries you admire, the ideologies you admire, the terror groups you.

[Rich]

Admire.

[Mark Levin]

Suspicion of where your head is. Do not use 911 to justify what you have said, what you believe, who you pal around with. Buddy, I for one, am not going.

[Rich]

To put up with it.

[Mark Levin]

We're not going to tolerate it. You may get elected mayor, but I'm here for another four and a half years and I'll be on your ass every damn minute. We'll be right back. We're coming upon the 250th birthday of the United States. And it has me thinking, what will.

[Rich]

America look like 250 years from now?

[Mark Levin]

My friends at the Heritage foundation want to know what, what policies should America prioritize? What principles should carry us into the decades ahead as America enters a new golden age? Heritage recognizes that this is the time to take stock and to be intentional about how we shape the future of America. And they can't do it without your input. So please go to heritage.org Levin and let them know what you think is important. Without patriots like you stepping up and speaking up for what you believe in, America as we know it can't survive for another 250 years. Please go to heritage.org Levin heritage.org Levin take the survey on America's future. This survey takes less than 10 minutes to complete, but it is critical for making sure that the America we pass on to future generations is an America we're proud of. Go to heritage.orglevin today. That's heritage.org Levin paid for by the Heritage Foundation.

[Rich]

Mark Levin, the Great one.

[Mark Levin]

The Great One.

[Rich]

Mark levin, dial in now. 877-381-3811. So Mandami is trying to bring out his base, which is the Muslim community, especially the Islamist parts of the Muslim community. And so today, he spent most of the day, as I can see from these clips, talking about being victimized. He's a victim, ladies and gentlemen. This man has said things, associated with people and promoted things that are really unimaginable in the United States of America. Unimaginable. And now if you criticize him or.

[Mark Levin]

Even if you talk about them or expose them, they pull this Islamophobia crap.

[Rich]

Islamophobia, this has nothing to do with Islamophobia. It has to do with the Islamist radical ideology. Kade, go.

[Zoran Mamdani]

The bigger question is whether we are willing to say goodbye to something much larger than either of these two men. It is whether we are willing to say goodbye to anti Muslim sentiment that has grown so endemic in our city that when we hear it.

[Rich]

Give me, give me a break. The people who are under attack in the city of New York are the blue collar workers. By the left are the Jews. By the Islamists and the Marxists are the cops. By the criminals are the homeowners. The hard working people of New York are under attack. And now it's going to get much worse. The New York Post had the numbers the other day. 62% of the migrant community is voting for this clown. That's how he's going to win. That's how he's going to win 62% of the Migrant community. And he wants to make sure that community turns out, especially Islamists. That's what he's doing today. And don't you dare criticize him. Because if you criticize him, you see you're an Islamophobia. That's not working. That's not going to work with those of us who see right through this bastard. He has said things about Jews, said things that should happen to Jews. I am not familiar that any Jew has said anything like that to him as a Muslim.

[Mark Levin]

Whether it is my buddy Sid, my buddy Curtis, not my buddy Cuomo. Man, I don't know the mayor, me.

[Rich]

We have never said anything about him. Number one, that's not true. And number two, number two, anything like.

[Mark Levin]

The blood libel hate that he has for Jews, the hate that he has for this country. Just like Talib and Omar and Sanders and aoc, that group that promotes him, the Democratic Socialists. These are Marxist Islamists. They want to overthrow this country. And how dare you criticize him for his own record, for his own words, for his own positions. How dare you do that? That's Islamophobia. So vote for me. Vote for me. Let's get past this Islamophobia and right into radical Islamism and Marxism. This guy is a fraud. He's no victim. He's a perpetrator. They changed the primary system in the Democrat for the Democrat party effectively. So a relatively small turnout would nominate this jerk.

[Rich]

Go ahead.

[Mark Levin]

Not whether the words are don't go ahead.

[Rich]

I don't want to hear this bastard anymore. Cuomo has released an AI video ad that's actually quite good criminals for Mamdani. You see, this is the reality.

[Mark Levin]

More people are going to be hurt. More people are going to be maimed. More people are going to be killed.

[Rich]

As a result of this guy.

[Mark Levin]

More stores and homes will be burgled and robbed, private property destroyed. Public places like parks, subways, public transportation and buses are all going to be ruined. They are going to be restrooms, toilets. You are going to see drug users and drug paraphernalia everywhere. Times Square and well beyond. Homeless in the streets, police who can't do a damn thing about any of it. We've gone from Giuliani getting these squeegee guys off to the street to Mondami inviting Islamists, inviting drug users, homeless, illegal aliens into the city by the throngs attacking success and successful people. This is the jackass who talked about raising taxes on whites and white communities, isn't he, Mr. Medusa? He's a racist. He's a bigot. That's what he is. I don't care if he's Muslim or Jewish or Christian or white or black. He's a punk. That's what this guy is.

[Rich]

And I'll be on him if he's elected day in and day out. Here's the Cuomo for New York City. Release AI video ad criminals for Mondami. Go. Zoran Mamdani's opponents want you to believe he's an inexperienced radical whose policies will make New York City more dangerous. But what do his actual supporters think? Mamdani isn't crazy. He's just trying to even the playing field, you know, give everyone a fair shot.

[Harry Anton]

Sure, he said multiple times we need to defund the police, but that was just a metaphor.

[Rich]

And yes, he did say crime is a social construct, but that was also a metaphor. His main backer, the democratic socialist ideas.

[Mark Levin]

Are common sense, such as decriminalizing misdemeanors.

[Harry Anton]

Like shoplifting, third degree assault, trespassing, prostitution and drunk driving with plans to decriminalize all drugs.

[Rich]

Mamdani will be a job creator for drug dealers. Instead of helping us homeless get off the streets and into the mental health facilities we need, he wants to give us safe injection sites to do crack and let us sleep in subway carts.

[Harry Anton]

These are actual policies Mamdani and the DSA want to implement.

[Rich]

On day one, when a woman, woman's.

[Mark Levin]

Being domestically abused, she finally won't have to deal with some pesky cop to arrest the abuser, but now a social worker to help, you know, kumbaya the situation.

[Rich]

Breathe in, breathe out. Mom Donnie is finally lowering jail sentences.

[Nick Ackerman]

Guilty.

[Rich]

But Mom Donnie says you're free to go.

[Harry Anton]

Who cares if legalizing prostitution statistically leads to a.

[Rich]

An increase for sex trafficking of women and young girls by 70%. You can't have safety without equality for unlawful abiding citizens like us.

[Mark Levin]

Globalize the intifada.

[Rich]

I'm a criminal. I'm a criminal.

[Producer]

I'm a criminal.

[Rich]

I'm a criminal. Yep, I'm a criminal.

[Mark Levin]

For Zoran.

[Zoran Mamdani]

For Zoran.

[Rich]

Mom.

[Mark Levin]

D.

[Rich]

I didn't have a real job until I was 30, but sure, give.

[Zoran Mamdani]

Me the keys to the city. What's the worst that can happen?

[Rich]

Paid for by Cuomo for nyc. This guy's never had a private sector job of any kind whatsoever. None. He's never had a real government job. An assemblyman who got nothing done. That's it. So he speaks in these vacuous phrases. He attacks our country, attacks the city, attacks the system. When somebody does that, they are attacking you. They are attacking your parents and your grandparents. You built the city. You built the country. They did too. And in comes an immigrant and his family. Just trash talk in the country. Trash talk in the city. Affordability. I want you to compare the United States to any other country on the face of the earth. Tell me about affordability. Affordability. It's interesting, too, that he focuses specifically on grocery stores. I've talked about grocery stores many times here. How about the big ones we call supermarkets? You've been to any of them lately? How about these warehouse places? Costco?

[Mark Levin]

Been to one of those?

[Rich]

These are miracles of capitalism and Americanism. Nothing like this on the scale that we have today. The Walmarts and so exist anywhere in the world. Certainly not in these Marxist Islamist countries. What is it that you want? What is it that we want? You go into a large grocery store and we've talked about this. The variety of vegetables, fresh or organic.

[Mark Levin]

From all over the world. How many kinds of oranges, all kinds.

[Rich]

Of lettuce.

[Mark Levin]

Fruits of every kind.

[Rich]

You go to the meat section, every.

[Mark Levin]

Kind of cut of beef.

[Rich]

And.

[Mark Levin]

90%, 95%, 80, 85% ground beef. All packaged, refrigerated, fresh. Where else does this exist? Whole chickens, already roasted chicken parts, dark meat, light meat, white meat. You go to the deli counter. Hundred different types of sliced, whatever you want. Go to the bakery section. Fresh bread, so many kinds, I can't even name them. Some with 12 grains, some with seven grains, some with six grains, no grains. Italian, sourdough, challah, you name it. Am I right, Mr. Producer? How many types of yogurt? How many types of butter and margarine? How many types of potato chips and pretzels? And popcorn. How many types of candy, detergent, Toilet paper, paper towels, Soda, juices, pre made food, frozen food? You want flowers for your wife? Get the flowers. They're right there.

[Rich]

Many of them have pharmacies right there for you over the counter right there.

[Mark Levin]

10 different types of toothbrushes, 10 different types of toothpaste, different types of razor blades, different types of deodorant. Whatever you want, it is all right there. And even though we complain like hell about the cost of drugs and depending on the drugs you take, there are some that are very expensive because they are very capital intense to develop them, to figure them out and develop them. And there is a relatively small pool of people who take them in some cases when your drugs are very expensive. But that said, you know damn well that you often walk out of there with 3, 4, 5, 10 different types of drugs and you haven't had to get a second mortgage on your home. That's for most of us. I understand there are exceptions. Affordability. There's not another place on the face of the earth that says anything like this. None. Not Western Europe, not Eastern Europe. None.

[Rich]

None.

[Mark Levin]

You want ice cream?

[Rich]

A zillion types of ice cream.

[Mark Levin]

Lactose intolerant. They got ice cream for you too.

[Rich]

Soybean ice cream, Oatmeal ice cream.

[Mark Levin]

Real ice cream, Heavy cream.

[Rich]

Ice cream.

[Mark Levin]

Ice cream sandwiches. Popsicles, Icicles. Italian ice. You want pizza? 50 different types of pizza.

[Rich]

Oh, yeah. Red grapes, green grapes, organic grapes, seedless grapes. It's incredible, isn't it?

[Mark Levin]

You start to think about it.

[Rich]

Mr. Producer.

[Mark Levin]

How about eggs? Want 6, 12, 18? What do you want? You want brown eggs, white eggs? You want large? Extra large? Extra, extra large? They are right there.

[Rich]

It's incredible. How about band aids? 20 different types of band aids. My point is, ladies and gentlemen.

[Mark Levin]

New.

[Rich]

York City, any city, New York State, any state. We are so blessed by our economic system, by what has been our political system. For some guy to come into New York, his family are migrants from Uganda. To trash our grocery stores, to trash our economic system, to complain about bigotry when his family chose to come here. And on and on and on. This man shouldn't be mayor. How the hell did he even get into the country? I'll be right back.

[Producer]

Much love in.

[Rich]

Folks.

[Mark Levin]

I have a question for you. Do you believe America's best days are still ahead? With the 250th anniversary of the signing.

[Rich]

Of the Declaration of Independence coming up.

[Mark Levin]

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[Rich]

So, Mandami, is it a rally after he's at the mosque lamenting Islamophobia while you spew poison against America and Americans, our economic system, and Jews? Now he's with his friend Letitia James. Cut to go.

[Zoran Mamdani]

We know that Donald Trump is coming after her because she did the right thing. She held him to account. She showed that no man and no wannabe.

[Mark Levin]

So here you go.

[Rich]

Her case was a fraud case. Because of her, she's a fraud. There was no mortgage fraud. There was no fraud whatsoever. Everybody was paid before the due date. The law was twisted and turned. And in the case of Letitia James, you can't be or have your primary residence in Norfolk, Virginia, and be the Attorney General in New York, can you, America? And so there's Zorhan Mondame. There he is, spewing his stupidity, his ignorance, his partisanship, and his hate in defense of an alleged criminal who lied on her mortgage.

[Mark Levin]

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[Producer]

He's here now, broadcasting from the underground command post deep in the bowels of a hidden bunker somewhere under the brick and steel of a nondescript building. We've once again made contact with our leader, Mark Levin.

[Mark Levin]

Hello, America. Mark Levin here.

[Rich]

Our number, 8773-8138-1187-7381-3811. It's amazing that how the Democrats online, isn't it? It's incredible. I mean, here you have Letitia James. She's accused legitimately, substantively, of lying to get a Better mortgage rate, and brazenly so. Primary residence isn't in Norfolk, Virginia. That a car, that apartment complex has five units, not four. And yet what she did to Donald Trump was outrageous. But Kathy Hochul stands right behind her, just like she stands right behind Mamdani. It doesn't matter.

[Mark Levin]

It doesn't matter. They could be running Jack the Ripper. The Democrats would line up behind Jack the Ripper.

[Rich]

Cut three, go. Our duly elected Attorney General, Tish James.

[Brett Baer]

Will walk into a courtroom not to pursue justice, as she has countless times.

[Rich]

On behalf of our great state, but.

[Brett Baer]

To be subjected to a gross injustice.

[Rich]

How can anybody even be a Democrat anymore? I don't get it. I really don't. Nell Hochul, you know, she's a liar. She's a demagogue, a propagandist. Listen to her. She's in court because of Trump.

[Mark Levin]

She is in court because she signed.

[Rich]

Documents under penalty of perjury.

[Mark Levin]

That is why she is in court. And I guarantee if any of you did that, you would get caught.

[Rich]

And if you did do it, you.

[Mark Levin]

Might still get caught.

[Rich]

And look how defiant they are. Look how self righteous they are.

[Mark Levin]

Do you not find that kind of incredible?

[Rich]

I do, yeah. Letitia J.

[Mark Levin]

You know, at least keep your mouth shut. But they don't. They don't.

[Rich]

It's incredible to me. Then you have Nick Ackerman.

[Mark Levin]

Nobody knows who Nick Ackerman is, but he was an assistant special Watergate prosecutor. You know, you got to really feel.

[Rich]

Sorry for Richard Nixon because these assistant Watergate prosecutors are all over radical left wing TV shows.

[Mark Levin]

And they're all hacks, every damn one of them. Absolute hacks. Nixon never had a shot. This guy's on cnn. CNN platforms, them. MSNBC platforms, them.

[Rich]

You know, I understand the Ellison family's trying to buy cnn. It's a lousy investment, I'm sure, but sure they'll do a better job of running it. No question about that. Couldn't do a worse job, frankly. Listen to this guy.

[Mark Levin]

This guy was an assistant special Watergate prosecutor. I didn't even know any of those were still alive, quite frankly, but apparently they are a lot of makeup.

[Harry Anton]

With.

[Mark Levin]

A lot of oxygen. They, you know, they get them going there.

[Rich]

Cut five, go.

[Nick Ackerman]

What we really ought to be focusing on is this indictment, which is completely bogus. I've had a chance to look at the indictment here. I've had a chance to look at the underlying mortgage document. And the only crime that's been committed here is by Lindsey Halligan and Donald Trump.

[Rich]

So Lindsey Halligan and Donald Trump committed crimes. See what I mean? Guy's an idiot. It's a partisan hack. Dime a dozen. And he looked at the mortgage document. Now, go ahead.

[Nick Ackerman]

Who essentially brought out a criminal indictment that they know is false and was done just for the purpose of using government research.

[Rich]

How do you know that? First of all, they didn't. But how do you know that? He has no idea. But you see, he's a former assistant special Watergate prosecuted. Oh, very, very important. He's lived his life off that. You know, every job he's ever had is because of that big deal job he had right there. So he must know something. Otherwise for sure, CNN wouldn't have him on now, would they?

[Nick Ackerman]

Gabba had resources to go after Donald Trump's political enemies. And I say this, I find it.

[Rich]

Sickening, really, stomach turning to hear these bastards one after another talk about the politicization of our criminal justice system after what they've done to this country, if they, what they did to President Trump, candidate Trump, Citizen Trump, candidate Trump again. It's sickening.

[Mark Levin]

Did this guy, did he go on CNN and complain once about any of it? Maybe he did. I don't remember him. Are you kidding me?

[Rich]

Sickening. Go ahead.

[Nick Ackerman]

The element of this indictment, paragraph six charges that Letitia James represented, she'd be living in the house and that she would not rent it. Well, that is all false because if you look at the actual underwear underlying document, what they did is they cherry picked out of it to take certain words. They don't put in the.

[Rich]

Hey, jackass. You may fool the people at cnn. It's not hard to do. She claimed it was her primary residence. Now what are you doing at primary residence, Mr. Producer? You live there primarily. How many primary residences did Letitia James have? But that was not her primary residence. Go ahead.

[Nick Ackerman]

Is allowed to rent on a temporary basis. They don't put in the fact you're.

[Rich]

Allowed to rent on a temporary basis. Now people who own homes know that. But there was never her primary residence. You see, if I'm sitting with this guy, look at him say, why you. I almost cursed. Why are you lying to everybody? The issue is whether she had temporary renters there. She seems to have permanent renters there. The issue is what representation did she make when she bought it that it would be her primary residence. We know that's false. She lived in New York. She ran for office in New York. She later ran for Attorney General, another office in New York, Norfolk, Virginia, or whatever the hell it is. That was not her primary Residence. Never, ever. It wasn't a matter of temporarily renting it. So I can never get these bastards on this program here. Be perfectly honest with you.

[Mark Levin]

Go ahead.

[Nick Ackerman]

She doesn't have to live there. She just has to be available to live there.

[Rich]

No, no, her intention was never to live there. It was impossible to be a public, elected public figure in New York. Was her intention to live there? Mr. Producer, you see what a BSER this guy is, but they give him.

[Mark Levin]

An assistant special Watergate prosecutor. Oh, he was a biggie, this guy. He was unbelievable. Nick Ackerman. Who the hell's Nick Ackerman?

[Rich]

Nobody knows.

[Mark Levin]

Doesn't matter. Nick Ackerman.

[Rich]

He's on cnn.

[Mark Levin]

He must be something special.

[Rich]

That's why people hate lawyers. It's not hard to hate lawyers, to be perfectly honest with you. Go ahead.

[Nick Ackerman]

Which they've completely taken the language to make up criminal.

[Rich]

Nobody took the language to make up anything, moron.

[Mark Levin]

She signed the document, a representation that she intended it to be her primary residence.

[Rich]

She did not.

[Mark Levin]

It never was.

[Rich]

And the host sits there like a.

[Mark Levin]

Bump on a log rather than asking.

[Rich]

Questions, well, how long did she ever live there uninterrupted? And how can you sign a document suggesting it's going to be. I mean, suggesting, representing it's going to be your. Your primary residence when you know it can't be and it's not.

[Mark Levin]

What about that? What do you mean, temporarily rented it?

[Rich]

That's all she ever does is rent it.

[Mark Levin]

I mean, there's so many answers to.

[Rich]

This moron, it's not even funny.

[Mark Levin]

But unfortunately, if you're watching cnn, you know, first of all, you don't know what you're doing anyway. If you're watching cnn, there's something wrong.

[Rich]

With you at this point.

[Mark Levin]

There really is. You're one of a handful of people. And what are you watching? Some of the dumbest hosts in America and some of the most moronic guests in America. The only reason you watch CNN is to watch that data guy.

[Rich]

Harry Enton.

[Mark Levin]

It's the only reason to watch CNN is to watch that guy. That's it. Otherwise, you get dumber by the minute. I'll be right back. There's a reason I'm proud to say Pure Talk is my wireless company, because they don't just talk the talk, they walk the walk. Especially when it comes to supporting our veterans. This month, Pure Talk is choosing to support Canines for Warriors, an incredible organization that rescues and trains dogs, then pairs them with veterans struggling with ptsd. These are men and women who Serve with honor. But when they come home, that brotherhood and support network they had in the military too often disappears. Canines for warriors steps up to fill the gap, giving these heroes purpose, companionship, and healing. That's exactly why PureTalk, a veteran light company, supports them. Choose a wireless company that shares your values. And with talk, text and plenty of 5G data for just 25 bucks a month, you could also be saving a ton of Money. Go to PureTalk.com Levin to make the switch today, again, go to PureTalk.com L E V I N and switch to America's wireless company, my wireless company, Pure Talk.

[Rich]

There's a video out there.

[Mark Levin]

Where a.

[Rich]

Reporter asked Benjamin Netanyahu, well, President Trump and his people said no, annexing the West Bank, AKA Judea and Samaria. We had a long talk about this, you and I, yesterday. Why is that so important to Judaism? And so Benjamin Netanyahu, who was pigeonholed, and he spends the overwhelming amount of time, the vast majority, praising the president, praising the Vice president, praising the Secretary of State, praising the United States of America, thanking the American people, and at the end, he says, really, it really doesn't matter. We're an independent country.

[Mark Levin]

Now.

[Rich]

That offended Anna Paulina Luna, who I do not know, certainly know of her. She retweets a tweet by somebody named Suleiman Ahmed who writes just in Netanyahu overrides Trump and says US can't stop Israel annexing the West Bank. He never said that. He says, it really doesn't matter what everybody is saying. We're an independent country. I explained last night that Netanyahu is not going to, quote, unquote, annex the West Bank. Certainly not while Trump is president, certainly not while this peace situation is going on. He's made that abundantly clear. He said so. So what is offensive about what he said? Judea and Samaria have been the home of the Jews for 4,000 years. Anna. Check your Bible, Anna. Learn some history about Shiloh, about Hebron, about the burial sites of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, about Samuel. They're all in the Bible. King David, King Solomon. Why would the Jews dare to say that that land belongs to them? But more to the point, what did.

[Mark Levin]

Netanyahu say that was so offensive?

[Rich]

Let me tell you something.

[Mark Levin]

There's not another country on the face of the earth that's treated the way.

[Rich]

Israel is, not another one.

[Mark Levin]

Oh, well, we send them this, we send them that. We send countries a lot of stuff. And when we were a budding country.

[Rich]

A lot of countries did a lot for us, including France.

[Mark Levin]

We wouldn't be.

[Rich]

A country but for the French Navy. Again, that's American history. The Battle of Yorktown.

[Mark Levin]

This is why history is so important. Ancient history and American history. After World War II did we go in and we say, you know what, Britain, you owe us everything. Keep your friggin mouth shut. You do what we tell you to do and you'll do it. Now you want help from us? We laid down 400,000 men. You do what we ask you to do. Is that what we did? No, I don't think so.

[Rich]

The way Israel is treated, there's not another country on the face of the earth that's treated this way. And let me be abundantly clear, if you're Jewish or near Christian or even.

[Mark Levin]

If you're Muslim, but not one of these jihadi Islamists. Those people are fighting wars for us because their enemy is our enemy. Their enemy hit us on 9 11. Their enemy hit us in 1993. Their enemy hit our Pentagon. Their enemy sought to hit our White House and our Congress. Their enemy killed 3,000 of our people. And on October 7th and beyond, they killed 20 of our Americans. They killed over 200 of our Marines. Anna, we do not have ground troops there. They do because they live there. They did not ask for this. They were attacked and they will be attacked again. Not one of their enemies. Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, none of them have laid down their arms. Not one of them. They are still plotting.

[Rich]

How could that be?

[Mark Levin]

We do not talk to Saudi Arabia this way, do we? We do not talk to Qatar this way, or Jordan or Iraq even where we did have men and women who died. We do not talk to anybody this way. And she writes, we are an independent nation. If you ask for our help, expect to be held responsible for upholding a very well negotiate peace deal. President Trump has made it clear, if you want America's support, you must respect the terms and conditions that come with it. They are.

[Rich]

They are.

[Mark Levin]

But they are an independent country too. And unlike every single country that surrounds.

[Rich]

Israel, they vote for their leaders.

[Mark Levin]

They vote for them.

[Rich]

We have a lot in common with them. We have nothing in common with Qatar. 0. We have nothing in common with Saudi Arabia.

[Mark Levin]

Hey Anna, I have an idea. Why are we making deals with Saudi Arabia? Shouldn't they be apologizing to us? Shouldn't they be explaining that 17 of the 19 hijackers came out of their country? What about that? I have another idea, Anna. Why are we cutting deals with Qatar? I'm sure you've been posting about this or maybe you even have a bill in Congress to oppose it. They gave aid and comfort, aid and comfort to ksm. And when our FBI had a bead on him and was getting him, they gave him safe passage. And shortly thereafter he decapitated Daniel Pearl's head and plotted the attack on 911 against our independent nation. Anna. And Israel is having to deal with Qatar and Israel is having to deal with Saudi Arabia. Our brand new friends. How dare you, Prime Minister of Israel, say you have an independent country. How dare you say that. Don't you understand? We bought and paid for you and your people. You are servants to us. You want weapons to defend yourself. You want weapons to defend the West, Europe, the United States, to take on the enemy that has attacked the United States.

[Rich]

And you do what we tell you to do. Wow. I used to respect her. I didn't know her, I don't know her, but all I have to say is wow. She retweets Suleiman Ahmed who twists what Netanyahu was saying.

[Mark Levin]

Justin Netanyahu overrides Trump and says US can't stop Israel and next thing he.

[Rich]

Writes the wheat bank because he's obviously illiterate in multiple languages. He's not overriding Trump.

[Mark Levin]

He's not doing anything. He is just making it clear. We are an independent country.

[Rich]

We decide what we are going to do.

[Mark Levin]

It could be 50 years, a thousand years from now, who knows. But what Ana does not post is that he criticized the leftists in the Knesset, not from his party in the Knesset, who tried to make this an issue while JD Vance was there, while the Secretary of State is there. He condemned them for what they did. He said, why are you poking them in the eye?

[Rich]

She didn't post that part. I wonder why.

[Mark Levin]

I'll be right back. There's a reason I'm proud to say PureTalk is my wireless company. Because they don't just talk the talk.

[Rich]

They walk the walk.

[Mark Levin]

Especially when it comes to supporting our veterans. This month, PureTalk is choosing to support Canines for Warriors, an incredible organization that rescues and trains dogs, then pairs them with veterans struggling with ptsd. These are men and women who serve with honor. But when they come home, that brotherhood and support network they had in the military too often disappears. Canines for warriors steps up to fill the gap, giving these heroes purpose, companionship and healing. That's exactly why Pure Talk, a veteran led company, supports them. Choose a wireless company that shares your values and with talk, text and plenty of 5G data for just 25 bucks a month. You could also be saving a ton of Money. Go to PureTalk.com Levin to make the switch today. Again, go to PureTalk.com L E V I N and switch to America's wireless company, my wireless company, PureTalk.

[Rich]

Liberty's voice, Mark Levin, talk with that voice now. 877-381-3811.

[Mark Levin]

Man, oh man, achieve. It's a great life.

[Rich]

Liberty and Levin, tomorrow night and Sunday night. I want to tell you briefly about them. Have a great opening statement tomorrow night. In fact, it's so good that even the people who do the graphics said, wow, that's a hell of an opening statement because I taped it. How do you like that? One Mr. Producer and two fantastic guests. General Jack Keane, who's just the best of the best, retired four star general, such a great patriot, such a great thinker and Katie Pavlich. I'm a huge Katie Pavlich fan. We've got such a wonderful farm team of young, smart people out there who are coming into their own and she's one of the best. And I try to promote the best here and on my Fox show. And Sunday, a big treat, a gentleman by the name of Julian Epstein. Now, some of you have heard of him, many have not. You're going to be glad you watched Sunday because it is my opening statement again, Killer, by the way, and Julian Epstein for the full hour. I don't put people on for a full hour who are lightweights. I don't fill time, I use every minute we get. Absolutely fantastic. And I Predict right now, Mr. Producer and Mr. And Mrs. America that after Sunday night's program with Julian Epstein, I'll never be able to get him back again because every host on Fox is going to want him as guest. That's how good he is. A Democrat. A Democrat, but not one of those Democrats. Incredibly articulate and thoughtful. I've known her for decades now. We don't keep up, we don't socialize, we don't, you know, exchange phone numbers and stuff like that. Always smart as hell. But in some ways, like Reagan, he says the Democrat Party has left him. He's not prepared to lead the party. He's fighting for the party. And this is what I said. It's like Mandami. And you see Hakeem Jeffries just endorses him and so forth. You do need people inside the Democrat Party. They're going to fight for that party or we're going to be dealing with this enemy within. And it is an enemy within. As long as the mandamis and the Sanders and the AOCs and the OMARS and the Talibs and the rest of the conga line are running that party. It's dangerous. It's dangerous for us. We the people. I want to encourage you now all in the audience, we talk about this sometimes. I know they say things and they go in one ear and out the other. You're busy or you're driving, please set your DVRs. Let's really make an effort. Set your DVRs. I know there's football, I know there's baseball, World Series. There's a lot going on in your lives, apart from sports, too. Maybe go out to dinner, have a date with your husband or your wife or somebody else. That's why modern technology is so fantastic. So I want to encourage you. Big LEVIN search set your DVRs for 8pm Eastern time Saturday on Fox, 8pm Eastern time Sunday on Fox. That way you can have it when you come home, take a look at it or the day after. Many ways it's like, it's like a podcast of this radio show. You can listen to it anytime you want. Well, that's what the DVR is. So I want to encourage you, whatever you're doing, if you're home or when you get home, please go ahead, set that record. 8pm Eastern Time, Saturday and Sunday, Fox. That's my show. Life, Liberty and Levin, you never know how much longer I'm going to do these things. Seriously, my family doesn't want me doing all this stuff because we don't have enough time together. And as you get grandchildren and family are in different parts of the country, whether it's Tennessee or Maryland or Florida or wherever it is, you want to have time beyond the holidays, you know, to be with your family. And by the way, one of the things I've always wanted to do, my wife, too, is to get into an RV and travel from the east coast to the West Coast. Mr. And hit all the little towns in between, the diners, the general stores, just to meet people, just to do that and bring the dogs with us. But that takes a couple of months. If you do it the way I want to do it, I don't have a couple of months right now. Something's going to have to give in a couple of years. A couple of years, something's going to give. That's the way it's going to be. So I'm going to determine what to hold on to two or three years and what not to hold on to. My first love is radio. You know that, right, Mr. Producer. It's my first love, it always has been as a little kid listening to my little transistor, Radio Shack radio, moving the antenna around to pick up, among other things, WABC or wor, wls. I could pick them up in Chicago. I could pick up the big Albany station. I could pick up these original 50,000 watt, 100,000 watt stations that were set up at the beginning of radio in strategic locations throughout the country. It's such an honor to be on these stations, most of them anyway. I'm on most of them. It's really a great honor. And of course, modern technology. Now, there are other ways to listen to the program and we try to maximize all the platforms. We really do. I want to thank you for that. Senator Jeff Markey is a freak, fraud and a phony. And why wouldn't he be? He's a liberal Democrat from Oregon. Now, these liberal Democrats from Oregon basically represent Portland pretty much because a lot of Oregon is rural. There's a lot of Republicans and conservatives here. The problem is the cities. Jeff Merkley, actually, not Markey. Jeff Merkley, he wants you to know we actually live in an authoritarian state right now. Right now. Let me ask you folks something. Depending on where you are in the country, it's Friday evening becoming Friday night, late Friday afternoon, whatever. Is somebody stopping you from doing something? If you want to go to a movie, you want to go out to dinner, just want to relax, you want to take a walk. If you're Jewish, it's Shabbat. If you're not Jewish, maybe you're still going to your church or wherever. Maybe there is a little league game going on, something going on in the kids, schools, whatever. Is somebody stopping you? I am not talking about criminals and that, I mean, is somebody from the government bothering you?

[Mark Levin]

No.

[Rich]

Anybody from the military? No.

[Mark Levin]

How about the National Guard? It's military, but it's a little different.

[Rich]

How about that?

[Mark Levin]

No. Nobody's bothering you.

[Rich]

How about ICE?

[Mark Levin]

Are they bothering you?

[Rich]

No.

[Mark Levin]

Border Patrol?

[Rich]

No. U.S. marshals?

[Mark Levin]

No. What do they mean?

[Rich]

We live in an authorian authoritarian state structure right now.

[Mark Levin]

What are they talking about? We have a president who complies with.

[Rich]

The Constitution, complies with the law, even.

[Mark Levin]

Though he is accused by those who.

[Rich]

Don'T comply with the Constitution and even don't believe in it and do not comply with the law, with their sores.

[Mark Levin]

Prosecutors and everything, regardless of their claptrap, their pablum. Where is this authoritarian state.

[Rich]

Now?

[Mark Levin]

These are the people who want to.

[Rich]

Impose on us dei, who Want to impose on us boys and girls, bathrooms.

[Mark Levin]

Who want to impose on us confiscatory taxes and regulations. Who say stay out of the bedroom when they can't get the hell out of our house with their stupid rules. This is typical of Marxists and fascists.

[Rich]

By the way they project onto their opponents what they really are. We know they're the oligarchs and authoritarians. I've been calling them that for 20 some years.

[Mark Levin]

They finally picked up on it.

[Rich]

How can you support the Constitution as we do and be authoritarians? It's impossible. They're the ones who seek to avoid it, usurp it.

[Mark Levin]

They're the ones who reject it. Remember, remember who wrote it? They used to tell us all the time, white supremacists, slave owners.

[Rich]

Then they wave it around. It's impossible for you or me to be that.

[Mark Levin]

It runs completely opposite of what we.

[Rich]

Argue for in our principles. And Trump's not an authoritarian.

[Mark Levin]

How is he an authoritarian? Theodore Roosevelt issued over 1,000 executive orders. Donald Trump will have to issue more than five times the amount he's already.

[Rich]

Issued in order to to catch up with Theodore Roosevelt.

[Mark Levin]

Franklin Roosevelt issued two hundred and fifty executive orders in his first year the presidency.

[Rich]

So he's already beaten Trump in a one year record. Talk about an authoritarian. FDR tried to pack the Supreme Court.

[Mark Levin]

Did a lot of stuff. Use the IRS against his political opponents.

[Rich]

Trump hasn't done that.

[Mark Levin]

Where's the authoritarianism?

[Rich]

Trump hasn't done that.

[Mark Levin]

You got to make stuff up. You got to make stuff up. Like somehow Trump's coming after everybody. So he's going after an NBA coach.

[Rich]

And an NBA player. I don't even get that one.

[Mark Levin]

I don't get it at all. These guys are crooks. Great danger to professional athletics. Once people don't trust that these games are legit, they think they're thrown. That's the end of that entire sport. And all the players and everybody connected to them done.

[Rich]

Done.

[Mark Levin]

Tied in with a mob. What does that have to do with Trump?

[Rich]

Nothing.

[Mark Levin]

Trump's adding a ballroom to the White House. My God, you would have thought he's tearing the whole thing down and putting up a mosque or something. Like no president has ever added to.

[Rich]

The White House or torn down parts of it and added to it.

[Mark Levin]

They have this tent out there. Every time they have a dinner, informal.

[Rich]

Dinner, he is saying, I am going to fix this. And he and certain of his very.

[Mark Levin]

Wealthy friends, they are doing it on their dime. The guy does not even take a salary. But it's an authoritarian state structure. It's here right now. It's in place. So when this weekend you decide to go to the mall or shop somewhere else or go to a ball game or go somewhere with your kids or go out to dinner, whatever you do, are you looking over your shoulder?

[Rich]

God, you have to get me. No, you'd be a psycho. It'd be a nut. So why do these politicians keep saying it? Agitprop. Leninism, early 1900s. To use fear mongering, to use propaganda, the worst kind. To manipulate the mind, sloganeering, repetition, in order to get action of some kind and usually violent action. And that's exactly what you're seeing. And you're seeing a lot of it from the left, from the Democrats, almost, if not exclusively. I'll be right back.

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[Rich]

Look folks, Life, Liberty and Levin, we're not always going to have a flashy object. My goal is to introduce you to people, places, arguments and things that maybe you've never heard from before or of before, in addition to people who, you know, who are fantastic. But I actually give time to finish a question. So I really try to use my format at FOX when I deal with guests as a way to intrigue you, entertain you and inform you. Because, you know, Saturday evening, Sunday evening you have a thousand different things you could be doing. I am well aware of it. And this is why my Saturday and Sunday program are as powerful as they are because of you. Because we do something differently. Because I don't underestimate the intelligence of my audience. Hear or there or either place. And I never will Other people do. I do not.

[Mark Levin]

One more big power hour. Hour three. When we return, you can hear us on radio, AM and fm. You can hear us on satellite, you can hear us on streaming. You can hear us on the Mark levin app, the iHeart app, ladies and gentlemen.

[Rich]

You can put on a tinfoil hat and I think you'd be able to hear us. YouTube you can hear us. Or open your window. I'm yelling as loudly as I can. We'll be right back. Israel is at war with Iran, a.

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[Mark Levin]

Hello America.

[Rich]

Mark Levin Here, our number, 8773-8138-1187-7381-3811. If we lived in an authoritarian regime, there'd be no elections in Virginia, New Jersey. There'd be appointed governors. Congress would be closed down. So these members of Congress running around going on tv, trying to block ice, they'd be shut out, wouldn't they? The government would be quote, unquote, open. The Democrats have, quote, unquote, closed it. The courts might as well go away because the President wouldn't have to pay attention to them either. None of this is happening. It's just so outrageous that they talk like this. This is this Guy Merkley. Cut 10, Mr. Producer, the Oregon nut job. Go.

[Mark Levin]

I was just determined to ring the.

[Zoran Mamdani]

Alarm bells about the authoritarian takeover.

[Rich]

This is a guy, another one who got up and spoke for 22 hours. You wouldn't want to be sitting near him. I can guarantee that. Go ahead.

[Mark Levin]

World is Democracies no longer die because.

[Zoran Mamdani]

Men with guns go in and take it over. Instead it's electeds who erode the separation.

[Mark Levin]

Of powers and the checks and balances.

[Rich]

I love getting lectures from radical left wing kooks, radical left wing kooks about separation of powers and the Constitution and all these things. When they don't believe a word of.

[Brett Baer]

It.

[Rich]

They don't believe a damn word of it. So we'll ignore that putz like we normally do. If they had their way, they would shut down this program in 2 minutes, 2 seconds. Harry Anton, you know him, the CNN chief data analyst. He's looking at the data. He always gets worked up by the data. Oh my God. I can't believe what I'm looking at. I can't believe. Which makes it very intriguing, I think. Well, what is it this time? Well, I know what it is, but I want to share it with you. What is it that he finds?

[Mark Levin]

Incredible.

[Rich]

Cut 11. Go.

[Harry Anton]

But you said you found something surprising about how Americans feel about the economy.

[Mark Levin]

I did, yeah.

[Harry Anton]

Surprising. I would honestly. Sometimes you look at the numbers and.

[Rich]

You just go, whoa.

[Harry Anton]

It kind of pops off the screen. This is going to be a contrarian take. What are we talking about? Well, well, you know, Matt was mentioning about the econ playing such an important role in last year's presidential election. The top problem facing the US's economic per gallop last year. Look at this. 43% at this time, 43% of Americans said the top problem was economic. Come to this side of the screen. It's just considerably different. We're talking about 24%. We're talking about a drop of near 20 points. And more than that, we're talking about across all of the different political groups, right? Democrats in Independents, Republicans. We see that the percentage who say the top problem is economic has been falling, has been falling, has been falling through the floor. And more than that, you know, we're talking about inflation. The percentage of Americans who say that the top problem is inflation has also been falling, which is I think very much surprising given all the news that we are hearing about the economy.

[Rich]

It really is surprising.

[Harry Anton]

How does this compare to like the historical look at how people feel about the economy? Okay, so you know, let's talk about. We'll go through history, right? Yeah, let's take a look. The top problem facing the facing the United States is economic. And the average midterm election. 35%. It's 35%. Look at where we are now. Again, it's 24%. It is lower. Fewer Americans right now are saying the top problem is economic than historically have said that the top problem is economic. So it's not only that the top problem being economic is lower than we were at this time last year. It is lower than we have historically been, despite all the news about how the economy is supposedly softening. So you just look at these numbers and you just go to yourself, wait a minute. There's something going on here with the American public.

[Rich]

Let me help you out. Harry, may I help you out? Even though you're the chief data analyst, I'm the chief logictician. Yes, yes. The reporting has been wrong. The reporting has been propaganda. While it is true for certain sectors of the economy, certain segments of the population, things are not better. Right now if you work for the federal government and you're among those not getting paid. But for other parts of the country, mostly in the private sector, they're literally not feeling this so called shutdown. It's not affecting them. Now if they want to go to a national park or something like that, it'll affect them. But the point is that there is economic growth. The point is that gasoline prices are down. You see interest rates sort of little bit coming down. Things aren't as perfect as the President wants them. He wants those interest rates cut. He wants the government opened. He wants those tax cuts to kick in. But all that said, it's nothing like what the Democrats and the media are saying it is. That's the disconnect. The media lie, the Democrats lie and they repeat themselves. Go ahead.

[Harry Anton]

This economic news, but yet the percentage of Americans who say the top problem is economic has actually been falling and is low than it normally is. It's fascinating. All right, how are people feeling about the shutdown vis a vis whether that's having an impact on the economy? You know, the story of this segment has essentially been that fewer people are saying that the economy is a top problem than historically were or were a year ago. And so, perhaps not surprisingly, we'll end on this note, Harm, shutdown is having on the economy a great deal or quite a bit. Back in 2013, the last time we had this measured during a shutdown, it was 65%. You come over to this side of the screen again, it's significantly lower. It's 48%. It's less than a majority. So what we're talking about here is again, fewer Americans are saying the top problem is economic compared to last year. Historically, and what we're seeing is fewer Americans are saying that the shutdown is going to be.

[Rich]

All right. Enough already. I'm getting a headache. No offense. Getting a headache. Yes, well, the truth shall set you free. Am I right? Where is Jesse Jackson these days? I understand he's quite ill. I mean, I don't know. That's. I thought that's what I heard. Okay. The truth shall set you free. The meteor. To try it a little bit more often. Oops. Hold on there, folks.

[Mark Levin]

Modern technology screws up everything.

[Rich]

But isn't that true? Yeah, I think it is. California threatens to arrest ICE agents. Nancy Pelosi says in San Francisco they should arrest ICE agents. In Illinois, they should arrest ICE agents. Okay? These people are waving the Constitution around. Local and state law enforcement cannot arrest ICE agents who are doing their jobs, who are doing as they are directed to do. It's called the Supremacy Clause. And you can imagine what would be happening if I'm wrong. You'd have an absolute civil war in this country. One city after another, one state after another. But look at these frauds, these phonies, these buffoons, Newsom, Pelosi, Pritzker. First of all, what kind of name is Newsom Newscomb?

[Mark Levin]

What kind of.

[Rich]

Pritzker. Pritzker. Anyway, so they're encouraging local law enforcement basically to take up arms against federal law enforcement. What else could they possibly mean? Arrest ICE agents. Arrest them.

[Mark Levin]

Now.

[Rich]

Think about this, America. Arrest ICE agents now. Representative Schneider in Michigan, nobody knows who the hell he is either, but nonetheless, I'll make him famous or he's infamous Democrat. Representative Schneider writes Breitbart on if migrants let in under Biden get health benefits. Asylum applicants are here legally, he says. Now it's interesting he says that because he heard me say this on the show last night. You see, what they're doing is what Biden did. And now what they're all going to be doing is they're going to claim that illegal aliens aren't illegal because under several of the twisting of the laws.

[Mark Levin]

By, by Biden, he didn't make them.

[Rich]

Legal, but he allowed them to stay here as if they were legal for a period of time on a different pretenses.

[Mark Levin]

And so it is that which the Democrats are using to claim we're not funding illegal aliens. We would never give them health care. That's against the law.

[Rich]

And so they play a semantical game. They break the law. On Thursday broadcast the C Span Washington Journal, Representative Brad Schneider of Illinois Democrat responded to questions of whether migrants were allowed into the country under the Biden administration would qualify for taxpayer funded health care by saying it depends on the circumstance. So a great caller actually was listening to this program and those people who.

[Mark Levin]

Have applied for asylum are going through the process, are here legally.

[Rich]

No, they're not. Host Mimi Gergis asked. Congressman, as you know, Republicans are accusing Democrats trying to get government health care, Medicaid to illegal immigrants. Democrats are denying that's the case. However, there's a large number of people that were paroled in the country under the Biden regime. See, they all listen here. Are they considered illegal immigrants to you or would they under the Democrats plan? Simple answer is unless you are here under legal authority, you do not have access to Medicaid. And what the Republicans are saying is, well, no, if someone shows up in an emergency room, they will get.

[Mark Levin]

All right, anyway, she's onto them. The host, the caller's onto them. That's the great nature of this program. It is ubiquitous every corner of the planet. I told you this is what they're.

[Rich]

Doing in order to claim no, of course illegal immigrants aren't getting health care. Depends what the word is is. Depends on what the phrase illegal immigrant is. I'll be right back.

[Producer]

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[Brett Baer]

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[Mark Levin]

You know, it's always a pleasure, it's.

[Rich]

Rare, but always a pleasure to have our buddy Brett Baer on. And he's a good man. He's a friend of mine. He does the news straight, which makes him a great journalist. There aren't many of those left. And he also every couple of years comes out with these fantastic books on the presidency and presidents. And his sixth one is Teddy Roosevelt. I would argue it's his best book. It's just a fascinating book. Fascinating subject. Teddy Roosevelt's a very complicated figure and a very important figure and he's got this great book out I want you to run to Amazon and we have it all over our social media. It's a great read this week and they'll deliver it tomorrow to rescue the American Teddy Roosevelt and the birth of a superpower. Brett Baer, how are you, my friend?

[Brett Baer]

Hey, Mark, thanks for having me.

[Rich]

Isn't it easier to do radio than tv? I mean, as far as I know you're sitting there in your underwear. Right.

[Mark Levin]

It's just the truth.

[Brett Baer]

I'm dressed. I'm dressed, but there's no makeup.

[Rich]

Okay. By the way, on that note, my.

[Mark Levin]

Wife says you put on more makeup.

[Rich]

Than I do now.

[Mark Levin]

It's not that I put on more. I have to put it on more often.

[Rich]

You understand? It's weird. All right, let's get to it. This is a great book. We had you on the TV program. I told you it was a great book. It's a tough subject. You know, some presidents are, you know, they're just white bread. This guy is really dynamic. Sometimes he has conflicting viewpoints, changing viewpoints. What is your thumbnail sketch of this man?

[Brett Baer]

Well, first of all, he kind of jumps off the page. You know, the anecdotes about him, his how he talks, the passion, the energy. He is a figure that is really interesting in history, but he is an enigma. You can't kind of pin him down. What this book focuses on is as president, his wish that his legacy be that America is forward leaning in the world, that it is a global leader. And so each one of these books, and it's hard to believe, but there's been six of these. We've done Eisenhower, Reagan, fdr, Grant, Washington, and now Teddy Roosevelt. Each one has looked at a soda straw moment in history that maybe was overlooked. And this soda straw looking at it is that Roosevelt wants to be forward leaning. He does so by reaching out to Russia and Japan that is in a territorial dispute that's devolving into a war quickly and could be a world war. He says, he telegrams, he writes them, says, I will host a peace negotiation. And he gets them to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and he shuttle diplomacy. He goes back and forth, he sets up the logistics, he does it all. And eventually they get a peace deal, a treaty, and for that, America is recognized and Teddy Roosevelt's recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize. That moment, history doesn't really say is the biggest thing for Teddy Roosevelt because as you mentioned, there's about nine different lives of this guy. But it is really what his legacy will be. We turn into a superpower as the nation turns into the next century.

[Rich]

And yet he was what we would call today a progressive. I mean, he was closer to Woodrow Wilson's domestic ideology than he was William Howard Taft. And he got very angry at Taft. Tell us about that.

[Brett Baer]

Yeah, so Taft, you know, first of all, on the progressive stuff, he is, you know, he was a capitalist. He was for capitalism, but he said he wanted capitalism for everyone. He, you know, obviously grows up in a wealthy family and kind of an elitist background, but he is always taught to care for the little guy and to really protect the downtrodden. He's, you know, he's the first president that gets involved in a labor dispute in a coal mining strike in 1902. He files 40 antitrust lawsuits against, you know, big companies, which doesn't go over too well. But on Taft, when he's leaving office, he thinks Taft is going to essentially be a rubber stamp on what he's been doing. And Taft takes a different road, much as Roosevelt took a different road when he took over for McKinley after the assassination. But he gets mad and decides, I'm going to run. He's not following what I thought he was going to follow. He was much more conservative. Taft, and he becomes the Progressive Party, the Bull Moose Party. He gives a speech in Milwaukee where he assassin tries to take him out. The bullet hits an eyeglass case and 50 pages of a speech in his breast pocket. It gets into his chest. He's bleeding. But he delivers a speech for 45 minutes. And his force of personality gets him the most votes of any independent party, more than Ross Perot in that race against Bill Clinton and George H.W.

[Rich]

Can you imagine if he had been assassinated? You would have two presidents out of three taken out. I mean, just horrific what was going on then. Now, at the beginning, though, he had been a very powerful governor of New York, and they wanted to get him out of New York because that was the, you know, financial center. And it's one of the reasons they offered him and gave him the vice presidency.

[Brett Baer]

No, exactly. He's, you know, each one of his jobs as state lawmaker, he was a troublemaker. He was kind of stirring the pot. The establishment couldn't stand him, and he became this populist. As police commissioner, he's rankling the rank and file and he's going after corrupt cops. And he brings a reporter with him. He causes trouble as New York governor. The same thing for big business. Really a problem. And the establishment says, we have to get repeated this guy or we have to take care of him. What are we going to do with him? Well, at the time, vice president was the place to box somebody in because it was largely ceremonial. And, you know, McKinley's friend, Senator Hanna says to the president, all you have to do is stay alive for four years to prevent this crazy guy from become president. And six months, months later, Teddy Roosevelt becomes the youngest president in our history.

[Rich]

When we come back, Brett Baer And I hope you'll stay with us. Another segment. I want to dig more deeply into this man, his family, how he grew up. A lot of our Republican presidents, some Democrat presidents use him as a model, use him as an example. You know, McCain did in many respects when he was running. He admired Roosevelt very, very much.

[Mark Levin]

The book, ladies and gentlemen, to Rescue the American get it on Amazon.com I want to encourage you to go there right now, any major bookstore tonight and.

[Rich]

Over the weekend when you do your.

[Mark Levin]

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[Rich]

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[Mark Levin]

We're here with our friend Brett Baer.

[Rich]

At Fox News, at least for now. I hear.

[Mark Levin]

BRETT to rescue the American spirit.

[Rich]

I just thought I'd dig that one in. It's to rescue the American spirit. You're gonna love the book, folks. If you like this show, if you like what we talk about, you're gonna love this book. Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower. That'd be the United States, obviously. So his youth initially was pretty tough, wasn't it, Brent?

[Brett Baer]

It was. He had debilitating asthma. He could not really even get out of bed. His mom at the time didn't think he was going to amount to much. Some people didn't think he was going to live. He lived his life, you know, inside looking through a window. And they tried everything in those days. They, they had Some weird remedies. The parents made him smoke cigars and drink heavy black coffee, which did not work and made him more sick. But overall, he got outdoors, and eventually he outgrew the asthma. But it took time. There's this amazing shot. A picture in the hour on Fox Nation. What we found where Abraham Lincoln's funeral is. The procession is going up Broadway past the Roosevelt brownstone, and there are two kids in the window, and one of them is Teddy Roosevelt.

[Rich]

Isn't that amazing moment? Yeah.

[Brett Baer]

And the next time that they would interact or see each other would be on Mount Rushmore, you know, Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt.

[Rich]

Yeah. But then he. He grew out of that. And then he. He became extremely athletic and so forth, right?

[Brett Baer]

He did. His father really bucked him up, and he said, you have to get through this. He spends a lot of time outdoors. He becomes a boxer. He really builds himself up. And he. You know, when he. When he's governor of New York, he gets this boxing coach and he comes in and he starts jabbing with him, and the guy throws a jab and he says, stop, this is not working. You have to hit me. And the boxing coach is sheepish, but it's the governor of New York. And he says, fun. And he hits him. And then Roosevelt gives him a 1, 2 and knocks him out. He. He was a big, tough guy. He was only 5, 10, but he was kind of like burly.

[Rich]

And the Rough Riders, he was really a Rough Rider. He saw action, didn't he?

[Brett Baer]

He did. You know, he went out to North Dakota in the territory, in the Badlands, to find himself, because his love of his life, Hathaway, giving birth to their daughter Alice, dies, and his mother dies in the same brownstone on the same day, Valentine's Day. And the desperate despair and grief forces him to go out West. And he lives out there for two years, kind of recovering from that grief. But he meets interesting, interesting people. Ranchers. Cowboys. Cowboys. A whole bunch of different people. And when he gets back, and after being New York Police Commissioner and going on to Assistant Secretary of the Navy, he resigns when the Spanish American War starts because he wants to fight. And he recruits the guys that he worked with and was alongside in North Dakota, the ranchers and the cowboys. And he also recruits guys from Harvard. And that Star wars bar of fighters become the Rough Riders that he brings to Cuba and to fight in the Spanish American War.

[Rich]

So he loses the race for the presidency, even though he gives it a hell of a shot. What happens to him after that? What does he Do. And how old is he when he passes away?

[Brett Baer]

So he gets the presidency at 42. When he dies, he's 60. He's young. He travels the world. He loses, obviously, at that Bull Moose run. He decides he's going to go even further. He goes to South America and does this crazy trip down what was called the river of Doubt. He almost dies from malaria and other diseases, comes back, and he's actually the leading candidate for the next election. But his son Quentin, dies as a fighter pilot in World War I. And that despair, that grief, many people believe is what killed him at age 60.

[Rich]

He died from what, a heart attack?

[Brett Baer]

Yeah, he did. He died in his sleep, peacefully. But it was a heart attack. Yeah.

[Rich]

Let me tell you, this is a fantastic book, folks. To Rescue the American Spirit, Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower. To Rescue the American Spirit. Why did you give it that title? What did you mean by that?

[Brett Baer]

Because I think the thought that America was going to be great in the world was a thought that we wanted to have spirit to lead. And I also think that at the time, there was all kinds of. Kinds of whether you could get the country together. He had this thing, new nationalism, which in today's parlance might be America First. Pretty close. And there are a lot of similarities in this book between the president we have currently and this president. His energy is nonstop, but the forward leaning on foreign policy is pretty significant.

[Rich]

In the forward leaning on foreign policy, he built this majestic navy, right? And he put it to use. And the Panama Canal, didn't that begin under him, too?

[Brett Baer]

It did. So on the navy front, Japan starts acting up, and he decides that America needs to show its force in the world. So he paints the battle gray ships, white, gleaming white, and called the Great White Fleet. And he sends this armada of ships, this strong force around the world. Congress says, what are you doing? We're not paying for this. And he says, we'll deal with that. Go. And these 16 ships sail around the world as a sign of peace, but strength. And it works. America is recognized as a strong power. Panama Canal, McKinley wanted it through Nicaragua, and Congress was stopping the whole thing. He pushes it through, gets Congress to sign on, and then goes down there and shows how the Panama Canal is being constructed.

[Rich]

It's a remarkable book. I think it's your best, and you've written some really fantastic books. It's right up there with your Reagan book, as far as I'm concerned. To Rescue the American Spirit, Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower. You can go right to Amazon right now. Grab your copy, it'll be delivered to you or tomorrow when you're shopping tonight, any of the, you know, big warehouse stores or bookstores. By the way, Barnes and Noble has really muscled up the number of stores. It's beautiful now.

[Mark Levin]

Don't you like Barnes and Noble? Have you been there lately, Brett?

[Brett Baer]

Yeah, I love it. I love it. I love going in there and just walking around and having a coffee.

[Rich]

Yeah, me too. And you're going to be at the Reagan Library. I think that's my favorite place in the world. You love it too, right?

[Mark Levin]

You're there. I love it.

[Brett Baer]

I love it. I've been there every book and they come out in big force. And let me tell one quick story, Mark, before you let me go, because signing at the Reagan Library, I did the three days series, you know, the Eisenhower and Reagan and fdr. And I'm doing the FDR book. Sign the books. A guy comes up to me and says, Listen, I'm an 8th grade teacher and I have a 3 days class with my 8th graders and I'm using all 3 of your books.

[Rich]

Wow.

[Brett Baer]

I said, this is exactly why I did this. And so I zoomed into that class for two hours.

[Rich]

Oh, wow.

[Brett Baer]

That was the best part of the whole process.

[Rich]

Isn't that cool? And it's just a great place there. I get, you know, they give me a cot. I'll live in the place. That's how much, you know, how much you love it.

[Brett Baer]

I agree.

[Rich]

All right, Brett Baer, Fantastic book to rescue the American spirit. Teddy Roosevelt and the birth of a superpower. We wish you all the best. Give the folks at their library our best and God bless you. Be safe. Thank you.

[Brett Baer]

Thank you, Mark. Thank you very much.

[Rich]

I even choked him up. See that? He's a good man. Brett Berry really is. God bless him. We'll be right back.

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[Rich]

I would like to say if I can circle back to earlier in the program. If Judea and Samaria don't belong to the Jews, then the Bible is wrong. Mr. Producer isn't it. I think God is wrong. It was God who put the Jews there and it was God who said, this is their home, this is their place. Is God wrong? What is this word? Annex? I talked about this the other day. How do you annex what is your ancestral homeland? Look at the language that people use now. Annex. Annex. Annex it from whom? Annex it from whom? So if Judea and Samaria, which they keep calling the west bank, the west bank of Jordan. Jordan didn't even exist in the time period we're talking about. Our nation is going to be 250 years old. The area of the world we're talking about is 4,000 years old. That's how long the Jews have been there. If you're a believer in the Bible, if you're a person of faith who believes in the Bible, then how do you square this? You do not get to annex this.

[Mark Levin]

Unless we say you can annex this.

[Rich]

God already said so, and they are not annexing anything. Now, as a practical modern issue, Netanyahu already said we are not doing this. Now, this was a setup. So why would. What is her name? The representative? Mr. Producer. So why would Anna Polina Luna retweet some unhinged buffoon? I'm told that she's friendly with Matt Gaetz. Is that what you told me? Well, that explains that it's a bad judgment call. We go to America every Friday in honor of you. Here we.

[Mark Levin]

Go.

[Brett Baer]

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[Rich]

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[Mark Levin]

Well, America, the week is officially over. The week officially begins right now. Don't forget Life, Liberty and Levin. Saturday, 8pm Eastern. Sunday, 8pm Eastern on Fox. Please set your DVRs.

[Rich]

Tonight we salute our armed forces, police officers, firefighters, emergency personnel, our truckers, the men and women in Ukraine, the men and women in Israel, and you, the American people. God bless you, folks.

[Mark Levin]

Good night, Spritey. Good night, Griffey. Good night, Pepsi.

[Rich]

Good night, Smokey. Good night, Zelda. Miss them all, really. Good night, Indy. Good night, Patton. Good night, Rory. Good night, Gigi. Good night, Marty and good night, Barney.

[Mark Levin]

Good night, dad and Mom. We're holding down the fort. Good night, Leo and Joe. Good night, Bernard.

[Rich]

Good night, Teddy and Lou in America. Good night. I'll see you tomorrow night on Fox. Be safe. Have a wonderful weekend. God bless.