July 4, 2025 • 9 mins
A summary discourse of James Madison, one of our founding fathers, and the fragility of freedom from the ever-present threat of tyranny, at home and abroad.
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(00:00):
Great, Did. Is there another kind?
You see, the useful idiots that the Soviet Union that Lenin put
into America are now the useful idiots from the Chinese.
They're coming down in America like Batman eating us up.
Alive. They're acting more as
propagandists. You know the Pac-Man game.
Think of a Pac-Man game, out of control, sucking away at the
foundation of America. If Russia pursues its
(00:21):
aggression, it will face the massive consequences.
Because if they don't want you to believe something and they
can cast doubt, sometimes confusion can actually be the
goal. The goal?
The goal and as we've said all along.
Confusion can actually be the goal.
Welcome to another edition of America TODAY.
Jim Watkins, thank you so much for being here.
It's a pleasure to be with you. I hope you are having a a good
(00:43):
day. I hope that 4th of July is a
pleasant experience for you. The weekend, the 4th of July
weekend upon us and it's good tobe here.
A lot of interesting news breaking in the last 24 hours.
Of course P Diddy got off with ahand.
A slap on the hand. I guess being a debased human
being is not illegal. Boy, it just seems going into
(01:03):
this case, they really, it almost seemed like they didn't
have any real interest in nailing the guy, even though we
had the video. The video was interesting
because I don't think they played it enough.
If they had played it to the extent of the way they played
the George Floyd video over and over billions and billions of
times, you know, watching that poor, poor lady Cassie Ventura
(01:27):
get kicked, just totally mistreated.
You want to talk about a misogynist pig?
I'm just, I'm a little bit let down.
And one, the prosecution, why, why on earth would they go after
Rico charges when he's the only one involved?
That was a a big mistake for them.
And secondly, what about all thethe videos and, and everything
(01:51):
and the other people that were involved in these so-called
freak offs that we heard about? I mean, is there no consequence
for any of that? Are rich people just supposed to
do whatever they want to do and it doesn't matter to them?
And what kind of message does that send to young aspiring
musicians? I'll tell you what kind of
message it sends. It sends the message that you
(02:11):
can do whatever you want if you got enough money.
But a little Comic Relief, perhaps, is in order.
Here's Dave Chappelle, and he had a few things to say about
Puff Daddy and all of that. I've been in trouble in my day.
Well, I've been in a lot of trouble in my day.
But but man, let me tell you something.
This guy, puffy buddy, this guy is in an enormous amount of
trouble. I've never, I don't think I've
(02:35):
ever seen anything like this. They got this guy in a Rico case
by himself, by my friends asked me, they say, Dave, did you know
anything about those free golf parties?
I'd be like, Nah, man, I know anything about the free golf.
(02:57):
And they all look at me like, and they'd be like, well, how
are these people, you know, is that free golf?
But she's the only one that wasn't at the free golf.
I thought about it for a minute.I said, Oh my gosh, I'm ugly.
That's a tough way to find that out.
(03:17):
Can you imagine you and me reading the newspaper and found
out everyone in Hollywood had anorgy behind your back?
All right. So yeah, I mean, it's over now
and what, he'll get 10 years just for sex trafficking and
he'll he'll get, they'll run them consecutively.
(03:38):
So realistically he'll be out infive if he's on good behavior
and what else, he'll continue tobe able through his attorney to
run his business. So his business will continue to
run and he'll continue to generate revenue.
And then when he gets out, he'lleither make a book or he'll have
(03:59):
he'll probably be a hero, I would imagine maybe.
And behind bars. So I don't this guy must have
the grace of God over him. And I'm not sure why.
Or maybe maybe it's another force, who knows?
But it just plays to this idea that, yeah, we have freedom and.
(04:22):
And yeah, what behind closed doors, What happens?
None of my business. I get it, totally understand it.
But what does it say about a society that permeates
immorality as with the Pride parade, a big, big deal about
that in Hungary. They the the Prime Minister of
(04:45):
Hungary or Ban and 5556% of Hungarians do not believe in.
Well, I don't want to say they don't believe in LGBTQ.
They're just not buying it. And and they're not affirming
these pride parades because oftentimes they're a display of
vulgarity. And it exposes children to this
(05:08):
because, after all, they have a lot of pride, right?
And Hungary is a conservative Christian nation.
But the EU has more or less demanded that they allow the
pride parade to occur in Budapest.
This was over the weekend. And they have crowd shots that
(05:28):
show hundreds of thousands of people showing up, right?
And all, you know, affirming pride and hungry.
What what the press and the media fails to tell you is that
many, many of these people were bussed in from other countries
to show their pride. And Ursula von der Leyden, the
(05:50):
EU commissioner, had encouraged people from other countries to
show their pride to go to Budapest this weekend and show
your support for pride. And of course, the parade went
on. And what they don't show you is
the men that are wearing lascivious outfits, letting
(06:11):
their genitals hang proudly and drag Queens.
And you know, you know, you've probably have seen them.
And again, what does it say about are perceptions of
reality? And I just think it's it's worth
taking a look at because it doeshave some negative effects.
(06:31):
So I want to tell you what we found out about this.
Wes Rowley, who shot 22 firefighters, injured a third
near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. And much of this comes from the
reporting of Liz Wheeler at Blaze TV.
And she states it. Rowley came from a broken
family. His parents were divorced.
(06:53):
They divorced during his formative years when Wes was 10
years old. Terrible, terrible time for a
kid to have to endure a divorce.His father, in fact, threatened
to commit a very similar crime to the crime that Wes committed
when during the divorce proceedings, his father
threatened to burn down their home and shoot the family with a
sniper rifle. According to Wes's mother's
(07:14):
testimony, Liz Wheeler notes a protection order was actually
enacted and his mother was giventemporary custody of Wes.
The violence he witnessed by hisfather, which also included
punching holes in the wall, madeyoung Wes a victim of abuse.
His grandfather, a man from a man named Dale Rowley, described
(07:36):
Wes as quote UN quote a nervous kid, very high strung and very
much of a loner. Further, Rowley's former
roommate had some problems with Rowley during his experience as
roommates in Sandpoint, ID Police removed Rowley from the
apartment. No further incident there, but
(07:56):
classmates describe a journey ora journal that Wes Rowley kept
that contained what he called concerning images of weapons and
hate symbols on his TikTok. He has a disturbing footprint
which involves woke themes, gender fluidity, gender
(08:17):
ideology. He saw himself as part of the
Brony movement. The Brony movement translates to
Bros, guys who are interested inMy Little Pony.
Remember that from a few years ago.
By all indications, Liz says hissocial media was deep into the
brony movement, noting that bronies are known to pretend to
(08:39):
be horses themselves, not just play with these toys.
Was he disordered? Was he perverted?
Did it? Was his moral compass completely
ruined by the influences of his of his environment?
He was also into being a furry, and I won't go into that because
it's disgusting. So this kid had a lot of
(09:01):
problems, a lot of sexual fetishes.
He was morally unbalanced. And when you're morally
unbalanced, the idea of taking out people who are respectable.
And this is again, this is Liz Wheeler's information.
You can read all about it on Blaze.
It's tragic, but it it is the exclamation at a very long
(09:25):
sentence that says we've got to get our moral house in order.
That's it. That's the the lesson America
today continues Mike. Let's coming up a little bit
later on to give us a wrap up onnational security issues.
Also got some interesting stats on Biden's border.
We'll get to that in just a second.
This segment of America Today with Jim Watkins is brought to
you by Low Cost Air. Next time you need a quick
(09:47):
flight, you want to talk to a real human being and get your
tickets fast and at the best price possible. 800-654-0759,
800-654-0759.
Great, Did. Is there another kind?
You see, the useful idiots that the Soviet Union that Lenin put
into America are now the useful idiots from the Chinese.
They're coming down in America like Batman eating us up.
Alive. They're acting more as
propagandists. You know the Pac-Man game.
Think of a Pac-Man game, out of control, sucking away at the
foundation of America. If Russia pursues its
(00:21):
aggression, it will face the massive consequences.
Because if they don't want you to believe something and they
can cast doubt, sometimes confusion can actually be the
goal. The goal?
The goal and as we've said all along.
Confusion can actually be the goal.
Welcome to another edition of America TODAY.
Jim Watkins, thank you so much for being here.
It's a pleasure to be with you. I hope you are having a a good
(00:43):
day. I hope that 4th of July is a
pleasant experience for you. The weekend, the 4th of July
weekend upon us and it's good tobe here.
A lot of interesting news breaking in the last 24 hours.
Of course P Diddy got off with ahand.
A slap on the hand. I guess being a debased human
being is not illegal. Boy, it just seems going into
(01:03):
this case, they really, it almost seemed like they didn't
have any real interest in nailing the guy, even though we
had the video. The video was interesting
because I don't think they played it enough.
If they had played it to the extent of the way they played
the George Floyd video over and over billions and billions of
times, you know, watching that poor, poor lady Cassie Ventura
(01:27):
get kicked, just totally mistreated.
You want to talk about a misogynist pig?
I'm just, I'm a little bit let down.
And one, the prosecution, why, why on earth would they go after
Rico charges when he's the only one involved?
That was a a big mistake for them.
And secondly, what about all thethe videos and, and everything
(01:51):
and the other people that were involved in these so-called
freak offs that we heard about? I mean, is there no consequence
for any of that? Are rich people just supposed to
do whatever they want to do and it doesn't matter to them?
And what kind of message does that send to young aspiring
musicians? I'll tell you what kind of
message it sends. It sends the message that you
(02:11):
can do whatever you want if you got enough money.
But a little Comic Relief, perhaps, is in order.
Here's Dave Chappelle, and he had a few things to say about
Puff Daddy and all of that. I've been in trouble in my day.
Well, I've been in a lot of trouble in my day.
But but man, let me tell you something.
This guy, puffy buddy, this guy is in an enormous amount of
trouble. I've never, I don't think I've
(02:35):
ever seen anything like this. They got this guy in a Rico case
by himself, by my friends asked me, they say, Dave, did you know
anything about those free golf parties?
I'd be like, Nah, man, I know anything about the free golf.
(02:57):
And they all look at me like, and they'd be like, well, how
are these people, you know, is that free golf?
But she's the only one that wasn't at the free golf.
I thought about it for a minute.I said, Oh my gosh, I'm ugly.
That's a tough way to find that out.
(03:17):
Can you imagine you and me reading the newspaper and found
out everyone in Hollywood had anorgy behind your back?
All right. So yeah, I mean, it's over now
and what, he'll get 10 years just for sex trafficking and
he'll he'll get, they'll run them consecutively.
(03:38):
So realistically he'll be out infive if he's on good behavior
and what else, he'll continue tobe able through his attorney to
run his business. So his business will continue to
run and he'll continue to generate revenue.
And then when he gets out, he'lleither make a book or he'll have
(03:59):
he'll probably be a hero, I would imagine maybe.
And behind bars. So I don't this guy must have
the grace of God over him. And I'm not sure why.
Or maybe maybe it's another force, who knows?
But it just plays to this idea that, yeah, we have freedom and.
(04:22):
And yeah, what behind closed doors, What happens?
None of my business. I get it, totally understand it.
But what does it say about a society that permeates
immorality as with the Pride parade, a big, big deal about
that in Hungary. They the the Prime Minister of
(04:45):
Hungary or Ban and 5556% of Hungarians do not believe in.
Well, I don't want to say they don't believe in LGBTQ.
They're just not buying it. And and they're not affirming
these pride parades because oftentimes they're a display of
vulgarity. And it exposes children to this
(05:08):
because, after all, they have a lot of pride, right?
And Hungary is a conservative Christian nation.
But the EU has more or less demanded that they allow the
pride parade to occur in Budapest.
This was over the weekend. And they have crowd shots that
(05:28):
show hundreds of thousands of people showing up, right?
And all, you know, affirming pride and hungry.
What what the press and the media fails to tell you is that
many, many of these people were bussed in from other countries
to show their pride. And Ursula von der Leyden, the
(05:50):
EU commissioner, had encouraged people from other countries to
show their pride to go to Budapest this weekend and show
your support for pride. And of course, the parade went
on. And what they don't show you is
the men that are wearing lascivious outfits, letting
(06:11):
their genitals hang proudly and drag Queens.
And you know, you know, you've probably have seen them.
And again, what does it say about are perceptions of
reality? And I just think it's it's worth
taking a look at because it doeshave some negative effects.
(06:31):
So I want to tell you what we found out about this.
Wes Rowley, who shot 22 firefighters, injured a third
near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. And much of this comes from the
reporting of Liz Wheeler at Blaze TV.
And she states it. Rowley came from a broken
family. His parents were divorced.
(06:53):
They divorced during his formative years when Wes was 10
years old. Terrible, terrible time for a
kid to have to endure a divorce.His father, in fact, threatened
to commit a very similar crime to the crime that Wes committed
when during the divorce proceedings, his father
threatened to burn down their home and shoot the family with a
sniper rifle. According to Wes's mother's
(07:14):
testimony, Liz Wheeler notes a protection order was actually
enacted and his mother was giventemporary custody of Wes.
The violence he witnessed by hisfather, which also included
punching holes in the wall, madeyoung Wes a victim of abuse.
His grandfather, a man from a man named Dale Rowley, described
(07:36):
Wes as quote UN quote a nervous kid, very high strung and very
much of a loner. Further, Rowley's former
roommate had some problems with Rowley during his experience as
roommates in Sandpoint, ID Police removed Rowley from the
apartment. No further incident there, but
(07:56):
classmates describe a journey ora journal that Wes Rowley kept
that contained what he called concerning images of weapons and
hate symbols on his TikTok. He has a disturbing footprint
which involves woke themes, gender fluidity, gender
(08:17):
ideology. He saw himself as part of the
Brony movement. The Brony movement translates to
Bros, guys who are interested inMy Little Pony.
Remember that from a few years ago.
By all indications, Liz says hissocial media was deep into the
brony movement, noting that bronies are known to pretend to
(08:39):
be horses themselves, not just play with these toys.
Was he disordered? Was he perverted?
Did it? Was his moral compass completely
ruined by the influences of his of his environment?
He was also into being a furry, and I won't go into that because
it's disgusting. So this kid had a lot of
(09:01):
problems, a lot of sexual fetishes.
He was morally unbalanced. And when you're morally
unbalanced, the idea of taking out people who are respectable.
And this is again, this is Liz Wheeler's information.
You can read all about it on Blaze.
It's tragic, but it it is the exclamation at a very long
(09:25):
sentence that says we've got to get our moral house in order.
That's it. That's the the lesson America
today continues Mike. Let's coming up a little bit
later on to give us a wrap up onnational security issues.
Also got some interesting stats on Biden's border.
We'll get to that in just a second.
This segment of America Today with Jim Watkins is brought to
you by Low Cost Air. Next time you need a quick
(09:47):
flight, you want to talk to a real human being and get your
tickets fast and at the best price possible. 800-654-0759,
800-654-0759.
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