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The no Kings protest? I think it's a joke. I looked at the people. They're not representative of this country. And I looked at all the brand new signs. Paid for. I guess it was paid for by Soros and other radical left lunatics. The demonstrations were very small, very ineffective and the people were whacked out. When you look at those people, those are not representative of the people of our country. I'm not a king. I work my ass off to make our country great. That's all it is.
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Good Monday morning. Nice to have you with us on the 47 Morning Update. And we've got two big stories for you coming out of the White House. First up, Cash Patel confirming the Secret Service found hunting stand with a view of Trump at the Palm beach airport where he would get off Air Force One. We'll have the latest on that investigation. And thank goodness they found this stand before the President got there. Also, we're going to talk about the no Kings event that happened all over the country. The media claimed it was milk. Millions were going to show up. That didn't happen. And they claimed it was peaceful. That also didn't happen. We're going to expose it all. But first I want to tell you about an incredible company called Patriot Mobile. Every so often, something happens that reminds us just how fragile our freedoms are. And we can't afford to take our rights for granted. We got to draw the line in the sand. 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You can activate in minutes from your home or office, keep your number, keep your phone or upgrade. So take a stand today and save money while you're doing it. Patriotmobile.com Ferguson or 972 Patriot use the promo code Ferguson for a free month of service. That's patriot mobile.com Ferguson or 972-patriot it's the 47 Morning Update and it starts right now. Story number one the FBI Director Cash Patel has now confirmed that the Secret Service discovered what is being described as a hunting stand, much like a deer stand with a direct line of sight of President Donald Trump as he disembarks Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida. The United States Secret Service spotted a suspicious stand near the Air Force One zone in Palm beach, patel wrote in a post on X, which included a screenshot of a Fox News article saying that the FBI is investigating the Secret Service discovering the suspicious hunting stand with direct line of sight to where President Trump exits Air Force One each and every time when he lands there. In a statement to Fox News, Patel explained that the Secret Service discovered what appeared to be an elevated hunting stand that had a view of the president exiting Air Force One. Patel added that no individuals were located at the scene prior to the president's return to West Palm Beach. The US Secret Service discovered what appeared to be the elevated hunting stand was signed sight line of Air Force One landing zone. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has since taken the investigation lead regarding the hunting stand. The Secret Service spokesman explained to the outlet that the Secret Service's discovery of the hunting stand came as they were conducting advanced security preparations ahead of Donald Trump coming to Palm Beach. Thank goodness they did their job well. Wow. We are not able to provide details about the specific items or their intent. This incident underscores the importance of layered security measures, the Secret Service said in a statement. The Secret Service's discovery of the hunting stand with a view of Trump also comes as the president has previously faced not one but two assassination attempts. You, all of us, remember the Donald Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania back in July of 24. The shooter opened fire from the rooftop of that nearby building with direct line of sight. Trump later revealed that he had been shot with a bullet that pierced his upper right ear. Then months later, In September of 2024, there was another man who was found guilty last month of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump. He was apprehended after a Secret Service agent saw the barrel of the man's AK style rifle sticking out of the bushes where he had been hiding near Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach. All of this, by the way, coming as the left being paid for by the radical left, decided to have their no Kings Day on Saturday, coast to coast. Now the question is, is there a connection to this type of radical violence and these types of attempts on the president? Well, you can look no further than what the Democratic Party is embracing right now. Which brings us to New York. The question is, will the people of New York wake up soon enough? Because the man who looks to be the next mayor of New York, Mandani, has now been slammed for posing with an imam that was tied to the 1993 World Trade center bombings. And lawmakers are now warning about this type of jihad that could be coming again. A post by a radical Democratic socialist, Mandani, the frontrunner to become New York City's next mayor, ignited a firestorm after he purposely and proudfully shared a photo of himself smiling beside the imam, an unindicted co conspirator in the 1993 World Trade center bombing, with lawmakers and public figures warning that jihad is coming to New York unless voters wake up. Mandani posted the photos on his own X account, proud of it, writing that he had had the pleasure of meeting with the imam, who he praised as, quote, one of the nation's foremost Muslim leaders and a pillar of the community for nearly a half century. You think about that and you gotta just scratch your head. The New York Post, which reported on the image the next day, filled in what Mandani's caption left out, noting this same man was named by prosecutors as an unindicted co conspirator in the 1993 World Trade center bombings that killed six people. He had preached that homosexuality is a disease. So much for the radical left in their tolerance. Right again, he preached it was a disease. And he once called for an unarmed army of 10,000 men to wage a gun free jihad through New York City. His words, not mine. Vice president posted a Cutting rebuke. JD Vance, writing sarcastically, I've been reliably informed that Democrats are opposed to any kind of political violence. So I look forward to them universally condemning Mandani for campaigning with an unindicted co conspirator in a terrorist plot that killed six New Yorkers. A great response from the vice president of the United States of America. Senator Ted Cruz amplified the criticism with a taunting jab at the photo's contradiction, writing, quote, I am not a jihadist poses arm in arm with a indisputable jihadist. You are being lied to. And let's be honest, you know you're being lied to. This is where the Democratic party actually is. Representative Chip Roy urged federal scrutiny of Mandani's background, saying Homeland Security and the Justice Department should examine Mandani's past, saying, quote, you cannot lie in the naturalization process about ties to terrorists or Marxists or communists. He warned, talking about, well, how Mandari got to the point where he's running for office. Representative Brennan Gill cited the man's own Sermons from 1991, saying this wherever you come from, you came to America for one reason only, to establish Allah's den. Politics are a weapon to use in the cause of Islam. That is the imam's own words. In his own sermon from 1991, Representative Tim Burchett, a Republican from Tennessee, added flatly, new York has fallen. Representative Eliz Stefanik, she's a Republican from New York, saying this statement from Kathy Hochul's failure to condemn jihadist Mayor Kenneth praising and campaigning with a terrorist. Hochul endorsed jihadist Mayor Kennett praised and campaigned with the unindicted co conspirator, the 1993 World Trade center terrorist bombing. She goes on to say, Mandani is a jihadist who's openly campaigning with terrorists and praising this terrorist as one of the nation's foremost Muslim and a pillar of the community. Kathy Hochul has failed to condemn her endorsement mayoral candidates, literal embrace of support of terrorists. Her endorsement of jihadist Mandani, which Hochul only did because of her abysmal approval rating, is going to destroy New York. She then wrote, fire Hochul, save New York. And the reality is this, there's a very good chance that what's going to happen in New York is going to happen in other places around the country. And once it happens there, there's a good chance that the greatest city in America will no longer be the greatest city in America and will never come back from it. The big concern right now for every American Would should be this. What happens next if a guy like Mandani gets elected arm in arm with a co conspirator from a terrorist bombing of the World Trade center in 1993.
Ben Ferguson (Host)
Now, story number two.
Ben Ferguson
I want to talk about this past weekend and the no Kings rally. I want to make a prediction of exactly what you're going to witness now that this rally that's been paid for by the radical left and the George Soros and the other extremists of the democratic movement and let you know what I expect is going to happen moving forward. Democrats were being held hostage by the no Kings rally. Democratic leaders all caved and finally decided to go speak at these rallies. They had no other choice. They're literally being held hostage. And that also meant that the federal government was being held hostage until the no Kings rallies ended. Now, why would that matter? Because Democrats wanted to make sure that the radicals in their party felt like the no Kings rally had real meaning. And it had real meaning because there was a government shutdown to give them a bigger platform. They also wanted to lie and to say that they had some sort of huge influence. They wanted to also be able to say that they were heard by the radical left. But now we're entering almost week four of the government shutdown. And I'm going to make a prediction that you're now going to start to see movement on this shutdown because the no Kings rally is actually over. You're also going to hear that the no Kings rally was somehow just peaceful and loving and kind and that the real king and dictator and tyrant is Donald Trump. Well, let's be clear. The rally was filled with extremists, teachers, for example, that were caught celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk, mimicking him being shot in the neck. Others that were holding signs talking about Donald Trump being a tyrant that must be stopped. The same type of language that has, that is allowed for the extremists to then be incentivized or feel like they're doing the right thing to try to go out and assassinate Donald Trump. They're also going to try to tell you that they didn't do any harm in the community. That is also a lie. And I'm going to take you to just one example of that. Not far from where I am right now in San Antonio, Texas. A San Antonio church and residents of several north side neighborhoods were left to deal with damages left by the no Kings related vandals in the aftermath of the protests in the Alamo City. The vandals targeted residential Homes, traffic signs, highway overpasses and one of the city's largest churches. At the community Bible church, known as CBC, their weekly attendance is estimated over 15,000 worshipers. Vandals left messages spray painted on the church's grounds and buildings that read Jesus wants Trump gone in all caps and no king but God. The pastor there, Ed Newton, posted images of the vandalism and offered commentary in an Instagram social media post on Saturday. Quote, when things like this happen, I have resisted from sharing to not give one ounce of energy to allow anybody to gain more attention that what they than what they should be. But one. But on this one I can't be silent. Let's be clear. Jesus is king. Like period. Jesus is king, but the scripture is real clear. First Timothy 212 calls those of faith to pray for all forms of government leadership, which includes the ones we don't like and like as well, dispute evil, spray paint this on our church in a form of hate causes me to question the very belief systems of of who participate, condone and not condemn this kind of hate language and ideology. Let me speak to the statements of Jesus wants Trump gone and no king, only God. I can tell you what Jesus wants you to do. Not to spray paint his church, not to vandalize, not to break laws and honor the God you claim. If we can't agree on this, then there is a fundamental problem at the most elementary levels, which is if the mission is to intimidate in the name of Jesus, then I don't think we are talking about the same Jesus. The pastor went on to say, the truth is what Jesus wants is for all people to repent and live for him surrendered from a lifestyle of hate, of sin and evil. Jesus came to save sinners, change sinners to sons and daughters. That includes us all, me and you, including every present, before us, among us and after us. My allegiance isn't to a donkey or an elephant. The pastor wrote a political party. My allegiance is to King Jesus, the lamb and the lion, not some Americanized version of it. A king who is coming to bring wrath and judgment. But for now, Terry, so that all can be saved before he comes. Jesus is king. Now in the post, Pastor Newton says again that he doesn't like giving energy, but after seeing the no Kings rally and what they did to his church, he is obviously angry about it. Pastor Newton calls the acts of vandalism to the church property with spray paint a form of hate. He's absolutely right. That is exactly right. Now, in addition to the no king supportive graffiti left on the grounds of the church and neighborhoods in the north side area. They found messages on residential fences that read no more Trump and Stop Trump now. Similar messages were also left on traffic signs and overpasses and support structures within the neighborhood surrounding the church, because apparently if you live by a church, you deserve to be vandalized. It also is District 9, and apparently there's some conservatives there, so that's why they target it. San Antonio's District 9 councilwoman described the acts on her official social media account, saying the vandalism has no place in her district. After office was alerted to the acts of political vandalism and graffiti, Spears notified the city's Public Works Department and the San Antonio Police Department so cleanup work could begin after police investigating efforts were concluded. In her post, Spears condemned the act, saying, this is not peaceful protests or activism. It's vandalism and it will not be tolerated. Now, more than a thousand residents attended the no Kings protests in San Antonio. We don't know how many of them were paid directly to be there, but what we do know is that those that were there were the ones that decided to take to acts of vandalism. As Breitbart, Texas looked on, the protesters marched through the downtown streets of San Antonio. And what were they doing? Carrying the classic anti Trump and anti ICE signs, The demonstrations included a few nonviolent conflicts between some no King protesters and a small group of counter protesters who gathered near the Alamo on Saturday. One no Kings protesters wearing horns antagonize a pro Trump supporter and his associate, prompting the pair to leave the protest area. So here you have it. The media will not tell you about what I just told you about. They will act as if they were all perfect protests. They'll act as if they were attended by millions, even though they actually weren't. Yes, they are going to keep lying to you because why not lie? Especially when you know that the media will cover for you. And that is exactly what this protest was all about, was a big financed and paid for lie to make you believe that Donald Trump has somehow gone rogue. Or these a King, or these someone that should be stopped. It was also there clearly for another reason, to inspire the radicals of the Democratic Party to take matters into their own hands. Because what all this is about is the rhetoric. And the rhetoric they're hoping that they're using will allow for the crazies of the left to then do something crazy, including going after and taking out their, quote, political enemies. And that is exactly why we're at this point where we are in America. Thank goodness the president is the name Donald Trump, and let's pray that he's always safe, even as we're finding hunting stands with a line of sight view directly at Air Force One.
Ben Ferguson (Host)
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The 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson
Episode: Hunting Stand found w Direct Line of Sight to POTUS plus the Funding Behind the No Kings Rallies
Date: October 20, 2025
In this episode, Ben Ferguson delivers a rapid-fire update on two major political stories: the discovery of a hunting stand with a direct view of President Trump’s Air Force One arrival zone and the controversy and violence surrounding the recent “No Kings” rallies. Ferguson discusses the security threats facing President Trump, draws connections to current left-wing rhetoric and activism, and sharply critiques Democratic leadership and media coverage.
Incident Summary:
Ben breaks the news that the Secret Service recently found an elevated hunting stand with a direct line of sight to where President Trump exits Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport.
Investigation Details:
Security and Threat Context:
Ferguson highlights previous assassination attempts on Trump:
Broader Concerns:
Ferguson questions whether heightened anti-Trump rhetoric and left-wing activism are contributing to political violence against the President.
Notable Quote:
"The Secret Service's discovery of the hunting stand with a view of Trump also comes as the President has previously faced not one but two assassination attempts."
— Ben Ferguson (07:07)
Mandani’s Photo Controversy:
Ferguson covers outrage over progressive Democratic mayoral candidate Mandani posing with an imam tied to the 1993 World Trade Center bombings.
Political Backlash:
Notable Quotes:
"I am not a jihadist poses arm in arm with a indisputable jihadist. You are being lied to."
— Sen. Ted Cruz (10:45)
"Mandani is a jihadist who's openly campaigning with terrorists and praising this terrorist as one of the nation's foremost Muslim and a pillar of the community... Her endorsement of jihadist Mandani...is going to destroy New York."
— Rep. Elise Stefanik (10:57)
Hostage to the Radicals:
Ferguson argues that Democratic leaders were coerced into participating in the “No Kings” rallies, which were organized and funded by far-left groups, including those tied to George Soros (11:20 – 12:20).
Government Shutdown:
He contends the ongoing government shutdown was prolonged to give the rallies more visibility and media clout (12:10 – 12:35).
Violence and Vandalism at Rallies:
Protester Behavior:
Ferguson points out that protestors in San Antonio mocked Charlie Kirk’s death and openly called Trump a tyrant, suggesting this rhetoric fosters real-life violence (12:50 – 13:25).
Media Critique:
Ferguson accuses mainstream outlets of falsely describing the rallies as massive, peaceful events and ignoring leftist violence (17:35 – 18:55).
Notable Quotes:
"Let's be clear. The rally was filled with extremists...caught celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk, mimicking him being shot in the neck."
— Ben Ferguson (12:50)
“[Vandalism] is not peaceful protests or activism. It's vandalism and it will not be tolerated.”
— San Antonio Councilwoman (16:53, paraphrased by Ben Ferguson)
“Because what all this is about is the rhetoric...the crazies of the left...do something crazy, including going after and taking out their, quote, political enemies.”
— Ben Ferguson (18:40)
Ben Ferguson’s commentary is direct, urgent, and critical, largely targeting the perceived failures and hypocrisy of left-wing actors, media, and Democratic politicians. He draws on firsthand accounts, quotes from officials, and crime reports, blending news summary with pointed political analysis.
This episode blends hard news, commentary, and behind-the-scenes information from the White House. Ferguson emphasizes the heightened security risk to President Trump, criticizes Democratic and media responses to left-wing activism and violence, and offers specific, local examples from the aftermath of the “No Kings” rallies. Throughout, Ferguson maintains a confrontational, unapologetically conservative tone, warning listeners of deeper risks to national stability and values stemming from current political trends.