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A crime to buy a vest. Since 2022, it has been a crime in New York for most ordinary citizens to buy or sell body armor. Last Wednesday, U.S. District Judge John Sinatra Jr. in Buffalo struck the ban down in a 47-page ruling, holding that body armor is an "arm" under the Second Amendment and that New York could not show a historical tradition to justify banning it, per the Buffalo News and Spectrum News. He put his order on hold 14 days so the state can appeal. A vest does not shoot anybody. Its only job is keeping a law-abiding person alive. Chuck reads the ruling.Also in today's episode:- Brazil's runoff: a last-minute two-hour voting extension, Lula wins a fourth term with about 51.8 percent, and Flávio Bolsonaro rejects the result (CBS News, NPR)- Another weekend of cost-of-living protests in Italy, with water cannon in Bologna (Euronews, Al Jazeera)- The Media Research Center counts 620 stories featured by Apple News in January; not one came from a right-leaning outlet (Fox News)- The Pentagon's FORTRESS plan wants major bases able to run 90 days with no civilian power, fuel or water (Fox News Digital, Newsweek)- A Berkeley mathematician stops grading homework for right answers because of AI, per the Daily Californian (Breitbart, Newsweek)- A film critic on Klara and the Sun, the new movie about a robot best friend (The Epoch Times, Boston Globe)- Justice Clarence Thomas marks 35 years on the Supreme Court (The Federalist, Fox stations)Timestamps:00:00 Welcome to 64701:31 Brazil Election Controversy06:05 Italy Cost of Living Riots08:31 Brazil Runoff Fallout10:42 New York Vest Ban Struck12:27 News App Bias Exposed15:13 Pentagon Fortress Microgrids17:20 Berkeley Stops Grading19:05 Movie Review AI Friend20:51 Clarence Thomas Anniversary23:36 Sign Off and PrayerThere is a famine of truth in our land. Nine stories. Seven o'clock. The truth starts now.#647 #ChuckFrank #SecondAmendment #NewYork #ClarenceThomas #Constitution

A sledgehammer at the Iwo Jima statue. Last Wednesday night, police near Marine Corps Base Quantico found a man hammering the limestone flag-raising memorial; one Marine's head had been knocked off, and police put the damage in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, per Military Times and NBC Washington. A 27-year-old Stafford man is charged with three felonies and held without bond; no motive has been given. Fox News, citing federal sources, reports he came into the country illegally as a child and lost DACA status this year. President Trump called it "a disgrace." That statue is a promise we made to the men who paid for it.Also in today's episode:- Somebody registered Fani Willis to vote in New York, as a Republican living in Trump Tower (WSB-TV, Hoodline)- An 80-ton hanging boulder that held on for over a century falls on the last day of the season; nobody hurt (Boston Globe, Fox Weather)- Pollster Frank Luntz on CNN: why he got 2016 wrong, and why turnout beats the polls (The Blaze, Western Journal)- Texas early voting opens with a first-day midterm record in Harris County as Paxton and Talarico fight for the Senate seat (Fox 26, Texas Tribune)- Ilhan Omar posts a lakeside video set to a Somali song that a Free Beacon translation says is about enemies suffering; no charges (Free Beacon, Breitbart)- A California woman accused of spying for China on the Taiwanese president's son pleads not guilty (CBS News, KTLA)- British Columbia elects its first Conservative government since 1928, and the premier resigns (CTV News)- Church volunteers who stopped gunmen, from Texas to Tennessee to California (Fox News, Gateway Pundit)Timestamps:00:00 Welcome to 64702:38 Fani Willis Voter Prank04:11 Hanging Boulder Falls05:53 Iwo Jima Statue Attack08:12 Polls Don't Vote13:57 Texas Early Voting Surge17:23 Ilhan Omar Under Scrutiny19:42 Alleged China Agent Arrest21:43 BC Conservatives Win Big25:17 Churchgoers Stop Gunmen27:06 Closing Prayer and SendoffThere is a famine of truth in our land. Nine stories. Seven o'clock. The truth starts now.#647 #ChuckFrank #IwoJima #Marines #Faith #Accountability

The most powerful member of the Virginia Senate surrendered to federal agents Thursday. Senate President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas was indicted with six others, two of her daughters and her grandson among them, in what prosecutors call the Lucas Enterprise: more than 100 kilograms of marijuana and about $4.5 million over five years, per the Justice Department and CNBC. The indictment says she used her office to shield the operation and shape the law around the family business. Lucas denies all of it, and she is charged, not convicted. But when the people writing the laws are accused of writing them for the family business, that is exactly what a grand jury is for.Also in today's episode:- 15 charged, six of them medical professionals, in about $2 billion of California health care fraud (CBS Los Angeles, KTLA)- Peter Schweizer on the decade-old questions behind the federal search at Ilhan Omar's home (Breitbart, Fox News)- The leading economic index turns positive over six months, and no recession signal (Conference Board, Breitbart)- SpaceX and Tesla form special committees to study a merger; Musk himself pumps the brakes (The Epoch Times, CBS News)- A podcaster's "pistols firing" line about Vice President Vance draws a backlash (Breitbart, WND)- Vance stops his own Nebraska rally to lead the Lord's Prayer for a stranger (Breitbart, Newsweek)Timestamps:00:00 Welcome And Headlines01:21 Virginia Senator Arrested03:53 California Healthcare Fraud06:26 Ilhan Omar Search Warrant08:34 Economic Index Update10:19 SpaceX Tesla Merger Talk12:14 Podcast Rhetoric Backlash14:27 Vance Stops To Pray16:06 Wrap Up And PrayerThere is a famine of truth in our land. Seven stories. Seven o'clock. The truth starts now.#647 #ChuckFrank #LouiseLucas #Virginia #Accountability #Justice

$42 million in food stamp fraud, more than 40 people charged across 13 federal districts. On Wednesday at the FBI office in Cincinnati, Vice President Vance and Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the first nationwide crackdown on SNAP fraud, uncovered in a seven-week surge that began September 1, per the Justice Department and Local 12. One case: an Atlanta rapper charged with a $4.4 million scheme run through more than 350 accounts opened with stolen identities, who bragged online about a private jet. Vance: "We're done looking the other way when it comes to fraud." Tuesday the bounty. Wednesday the arrests. Chuck reads it.Also in today's episode:- An Austin woman sues Torchy's Tacos over a cow's tooth in her order; the taco is called The Democrat (KVUE, Fox 7)- A polling firm admits nearly all its surveys were fabricated, and the New York Times pulls 15 of them from its averages (Fox News, Washington Times)- Cook moves Minnesota's open Senate seat from Likely to Lean Democrat as Michele Tafoya closes on Peggy Flanagan (Washington Post, CNN)- A New Mexico judge orders Meta to pay the state $25 billion over Facebook privacy; Meta will appeal (AP, CBS News)- The world's central banks keep buying gold, led by China and Poland (World Gold Council, Kitco)- Bill Clinton makes his first campaign stop of the cycle at a Hollywood, Florida, church for David Jolly (CBS Miami, Breitbart)- A schoolteacher's 1904 book, Poems Every Child Should Know, still free online, still the cure (The Epoch Times)Timestamps:00:00 Welcome and Glide Slope02:37 Taco Tooth Lawsuit04:29 SNAP Fraud Crackdown07:31 Fake Polling Scandal10:09 Minnesota Senate Tightens14:02 Meta Hit With Verdict16:38 Central Banks Buy Gold20:08 Bill Clinton in Florida24:12 Poems Kids Should Know26:57 Wrap Up and PrayerThere is a famine of truth in our land. Eight stories. Seven o'clock. The truth starts now.#647 #ChuckFrank #Fraud #SNAP #Accountability #Meta

Up to $30,000 for a fraud tip. On Tuesday in the Oval Office, President Trump and Vice President Vance launched the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program: $25 million, run by the Justice Department, paying up to $30,000 when a tip to fraud.gov leads to a conviction or a major enforcement action, per the White House as reported by AP and NBC. Trump says he will settle disputes himself: "It'll be a binding arbitration." Vance: "It is stopping." The White House says the first check, $10,000, goes to independent journalist Nick Shirley. If you know where the fraud is buried, Uncle Sam will pay you to say so.Also in today's episode:- A Republican pollster's warning: Gallup's "most important problem" question now favors Democrats 44 to 33, per Patrick Ruffini- Two new fronts in the Omar probe: the New York Post reports prosecutors have DNA evidence; Omar has not been charged (New York Post, Breitbart)- Trump in Park City, Kansas, points to France and announces $8 billion in fuel relief for farmers (Breitbart, Newsweek)- Trump rallies in Greenville, North Carolina, for Senate candidate Michael Whatley as the White House touts its border numbers (Breitbart, WRAL)- Amy Acton's estranged mother calls her a liar in an Ohio ad; Ramaswamy now says his campaign made it (WOSU, AP)- After two nights of riots in Milan, Meloni's emergency decree makes parents pay for damage their children do (France 24, AP)- Allie Beth Stuckey to Christian parents on homecoming dresses: "Wearing something intentionally provocative is not loving your neighbor" (ChurchLeaders, The Blaze)Timestamps:00:00 Welcome and Countdown02:00 Poll Alarm Bell05:09 Fraud Tip Bounties07:24 Ilhan Omar New Fronts10:37 Trump Warns Europe13:30 Border Scorecard Rally15:37 Ohio Ad Family Feud18:42 Milan Riots Crackdown20:42 Homecoming Modesty Debate22:44 Wrap Up and PrayerThere is a famine of truth in our land. Eight stories. Seven o'clock. The truth starts now.#647 #ChuckFrank #Fraud #Accountability #Meloni #Faith