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A federal watchdog has confirmed it: after Hurricane Milton, a FEMA disaster crew skipped 11 Florida homes because of Trump signs. The DHS inspector general found the crew violated FEMA policy and the Hatch Act, and per The Washington Times the crew's own notes read: "Did not visit due to a Trump flag." Chuck worked inside FEMA. He tells you what this really is, and the part of the report that should bother everybody.
Also in today's episode: Judge Indira Talwani lifts her block on President Trump's mail-in ballot safeguards two days after the Supreme Court's rebuke, and 24 attorneys general sue the same day. The Navy finishes clearing the Strait of Hormuz while Iran's own fuel reserves hit "red alert." A Trump-appointed judge tells Minnesota no on extraditing a former ICE agent from Texas. Philadelphia's district attorney says he wants to "blow up" the White House ballroom. Bill Gates, of all people, wants AI regulated. J.K. Rowling answers a death wish. President Trump honors the 13 of Abbey Gate. And the FBI's own numbers: the largest violent-crime drop since 1936.
Six stories. Seven o'clock. The truth starts now.
00:00 Welcome to 647
02:22 Gates Wants AI Rules
04:49 Rowling Clapback
06:55 Mail Ballot Order
11:14 Abbey Gate Tribute
15:15 FEMA Skips Trump Homes
20:54 Hormuz Mine Clearing
25:16 ICE Agent Extradition
28:18 Krasner Ballroom Threat
30:26 Crime Drops in 2025
32:21 Wrap Up and Prayer
#647 #ChuckFrank #FEMA #Accountability #ElectionIntegrity #AmericanTruth
Dolly Parton died Tuesday in Nashville at 80, and the nephew who announced it at her request said she "has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus." The same day, President Trump ordered American flags lowered for a full week. Chuck remembers the poor girl from Pigeon Forge who sold more than 100 million records (per CBS News), put free books into millions of children's hands, and never once picked a political side. What did she say about that years ago? It's in here.
Also in today's episode: Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed took a shot at the Second Lady's family, and Usha Vance answered on Fox & Friends with a line that ends the argument. Three courtrooms, three directions on the ballot fight 69 days out: an Obama-appointed judge in Boston says the Postal Service violated her order, a Clinton-appointed judge in Cleveland blocks Ohio's proof-of-citizenship rule, and the 11th Circuit throws out the order that forced Georgia to redraw its maps. Netanyahu says Iran tried to murder one of his sons. Canada fires back with $20 billion in counter-tariffs. And the Danish researcher behind the CDC-funded autism studies, on the run for nearly 15 years, is expected to plead guilty September 1. Plus: 163 missing children recovered in Florida's first statewide sweep, Darline Graham wins the South Carolina runoff, and J.B. Pritzker's "governor maxing" video.
00:00 Welcome to 647
02:55 Poo Poo Platter Illinois
05:27 Embassy Art Comes Down
07:22 Remembering Dolly Parton
10:32 Usha Vance Responds
15:04 Ballot Fight Court Battles
19:15 Netanyahu Iran Plot
21:45 Canada Tariff Counterpunch
25:19 CDC Researcher Pleads Guilty
27:18 Florida Child Recovery Sweep
28:31 Wrap Up and Prayer
Six stories. Seven o'clock. The truth starts now.
#647 #ChuckFrank #DollyParton #UshaVance #ElectionIntegrity #FaithAndFreedom
Iranian state television aired a three-minute segment titled "Where to Kill Barron Trump," claiming a $10 million bounty on the president's 20-year-old son and mapping his university, his escort vehicles, and his Secret Service posts, per Euronews and The Washington Times. Nobody has verified the bounty. Nobody disputes that it aired. Chuck walks through what was broadcast, what Tasnim did to Melania Trump last month, and why the pattern matters more than the number.
Also in today's episode: the Supreme Court votes 6-3 on President Trump's mail-in ballot order, and the one injunction that ruling did not touch; Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent launches "Operation Economic Outcast" and puts every bank still touching Iranian money on a clock; Mark Carney walks out of trade talks and the answer is 50% tariffs; ICE reports 1,328 arrests in fourteen days across Maryland and Virginia; an arbitrator orders The Washington Post to reinstate the columnist it fired after Charlie Kirk's assassination; and the Rose Garden fills with homeschool families for the school-year kickoff. Polls are open in South Carolina.
Six stories. Seven o'clock. The truth starts now.
00:00 Quick News Intro
00:43 South Carolina Runoff
01:38 Poo Poo Platter
04:56 Jill Biden Debate Spin
06:43 Mail In Ballot Order
10:53 Iran Targets Barron
13:12 Economic Outcast Sanctions
16:13 Canada Trade Blowup
19:51 ICE Safe Community Raids
22:28 Washington Post Reinstatement
25:49 Education Year Kickoff
27:31 Wrap Up And Links
28:25 Closing Prayer
30:29 Final Blessing
#647 #ChuckFrank #BarronTrump #Iran #SupremeCourt #NationalSecurity
Sean Duffy told his daughter Harvard has "professionalized" corrupting young minds, then wrote: "My job is to get my daughter into heaven, not Harvard." The Transportation Secretary's kitchen-table conversation with 18-year-old Paloma on his YouTube series The Great American Road Trip set the internet on fire. Chuck Frank says every parent understands that sentence in their bones. This is the whole job.
Also in today's episode: the human-caused Hawk Fire outside Reno has pushed tens of thousands of Americans out of their homes and put a state of emergency on Washoe County. Wyoming's squatter law just got its first real test, and the squatters who told a homeowner he couldn't touch them found out who actually couldn't be touched. President Trump pauses out-of-quota tariffs on 300,000 metric tons of ground beef with a promised 25% discount; Chuck says watch the label, not the press release. Iran hands Washington a list of demands before Hormuz reopens, and the real scoreboard is your gas pump. South Carolina Republicans pick Lindsey Graham's successor Tuesday: appointed Senator Darline Graham vs. Congressman Ralph Norman. And race cars ran the streets of Washington, D.C. for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix.
Seven stories. Seven o'clock. The truth starts now.
00:00 Welcome to 647
00:47 Reno Wildfire Update
02:24 Harvard and Parenting Debate
04:08 Wyoming Squatter Crackdown
05:39 Ground Beef Price Relief
07:30 Iran Economic Pressure
09:20 South Carolina Senate Runoff
11:00 Race Cars in DC
12:00 Wrap Up and Prayer
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#647 #ChuckFrank #SeanDuffy #Harvard #FaithAndFreedom #BiblicalTruth
The national debt just crossed $40 TRILLION, per the Treasury Department's own daily report, and the interest alone now costs America more than national defense. More than Medicare. Chuck breaks down how we added two trillion dollars in about ten months, what the Peter G. Peterson Foundation says comes next, and why you are already paying for this at your own kitchen table.
Also in today's episode: President Trump declares ECONOMIC D-DAY on Iran and puts every country on the planet on notice. A non-citizen in Massachusetts allegedly voted in his landlord's name, then reported HIM to Homeland Security for it. Alexander Vindman outspent his opponent 16 to 1 in Florida and got routed anyway. A federal appeals court just voided South Carolina's absentee age rule, and the state's two remaining options will surprise you. China's new humanoid robot claims it can outrun Usain Bolt. And Trump sits down with Michael Cohen. Yes, that Michael Cohen.
00:00 Welcome and Headlines
01:42 Trump Economic D-Day
04:13 Landlord Voting Revenge
07:29 Vindman Primary Upset
09:50 Debt Hits 40 Trillion
12:43 SC Absentee Age Rule
15:25 China Speedy Humanoid
18:10 Trump Talks Cohen
19:26 Sign Off and Prayer
There is a famine of truth in our land. The truth starts now.
#647 #ChuckFrank #NationalDebt #Trump #Iran #Accountability
Fauci's senior advisor pleaded GUILTY in federal court Tuesday — conspiracy to defraud the United States, admitting he worked to hide federal COVID records and dodge FOIA requests, straight from the DOJ's own announcement. For years they told you the origins question was a conspiracy theory. Yesterday, the man who sat beside Fauci admitted concealing the records about it. He faces up to five years, with sentencing set for November 12. (Fauci himself is not accused of wrongdoing in the case.)
Also in today's episode: a ship is struck in the Strait of Hormuz one day after the US-Iran memorandum expires. Florida's primary turnout numbers tell a story a decade of polling never did. Ukraine goes bigger — nearly 800 drones in one night. The factory numbers the evening news is not reporting. And Britain's new farming minister has a very bad moment in a cold storage room.
Six stories for 7:00 AM. The truth starts now.
00:00 Welcome to 647
01:20 Hormuz Ship Strike
02:57 Fauci Advisor Plea
07:31 Florida Turnout Reality
11:17 Ukraine Drone Surge
12:19 Factory Numbers Hidden
13:48 Farming Minister Faints
15:38 Support the Show
16:17 Morning Prayer
20:03 Closing Thanks
#647 #ChuckFrank #Fauci #COVIDOrigins #Accountability #Corruption
Iran's army chief just put a $30,000 bounty on every American service member, doubled to $60,000 if a woman does the killing, per Iranian state media and reported from Breitbart to France 24. Major General Amir Hatami even promised the weapon used would be bought back at double its value and put on display in a museum. And here is the detail that exposes the whole thing: there are no known U.S. ground forces deployed inside Iran for anyone to collect on. A regime that cannot keep eggs on the shelves in Tehran is offering blood money it does not have.
Also in today's episode: nine Massachusetts Democrats break ranks and call their own party's new abortion law "extremist" and "barbaric." Xi Jinping throws a 100th birthday celebration for the man who ran China after Tiananmen and calls the massacre a "political storm." Trump slashes the Korea war games with less than 24 hours' notice. House Ethics opens a new probe on Capitol Hill. And a mother and daughter at a WNBA game are told two letters on a shirt are too dangerous to wear.
Six stories. Seven o'clock. The truth starts now.
00:00 Welcome to 647
01:00 Iran Bounty Threat
03:08 Iran Inflation Reality
04:51 Massachusetts Abortion Revolt
07:06 Xi Honors Jiang Zemin
09:20 Trump Cuts Korea Drills
11:19 House Ethics Probe
13:07 WNBA Shirt Censorship
15:15 Food Prices Surge
15:56 Closing Prayer and Signoff
#647 #ChuckFrank #Iran #NationalSecurity #Accountability #WNBA
"We cannot ignore her." That is Anthony Fauci's own written reply — in an email released Sunday by Senators Ron Johnson and Rand Paul — after the FDA's acting commissioner, Dr. Janet Woodcock, warned him and Francis Collins in writing in May 2021 that she was personally receiving reports of vaccine adverse events, including from healthcare professionals. Her words: "No one takes them seriously, no one knows how to treat them, and there is no effort to study this." Johnson's office says it remains unclear whether anything was ever done. Chuck walks through the email, the newly released text messages, and where the contempt referral stands now.
Also in today's episode: Ukraine launches one of the largest drone barrages of the entire war and a NATO jet opens fire over NATO territory; the first arrest lands in the Southern Poverty Law Center fraud case; officer line-of-duty deaths fall to a number America hasn't seen in 80 years; Morocco and Spain shut down the second mass surge at Ceuta; the Patriot Games crown two champions for America's 250th; and Chuck opens up about the week that changed everything — and the God who carried him through it.
00:00 Welcome to 647
00:48 Europe Wildfire Rant
02:55 Ukraine Drone Escalation
04:35 Fauci Emails Exposed
07:12 SPLC Arrest Update
09:11 Officer Deaths Plunge
10:48 Ceuta Migration Surge
12:50 Patriot Games Spotlight
14:40 Stroke Recovery Prayer
#647 #ChuckFrank #Fauci #Accountability #BiblicalTruth #AmericanTruth
57% of New York third graders FAILED their state reading tests, per new NY State Education Department data. So where is the $40,000 per student going? New York City spends upwards of $40,000 per student per year (The Gateway Pundit) — the highest school spending in the nation (NY Post) — while fifth-grade reading proficiency plunged 14 points in a single year. Chuck names exactly where he believes the money is going, and who should answer for it.
Also in today's episode: Texas Senate candidate James Talarico caught on tape telling an interviewer his church housed an undocumented family who were close to being deported by ICE — "Christianity is just another word for causing trouble," in his own words (Fox News Digital). Netanyahu draws his hardest line yet on the 15-point Gaza plan: "As long as I am prime minister, no Palestinian state will be established" (UPI). And a night of tragedy in New York Harbor, in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty.
00:00 Welcome to 647
00:47 Gaza Plan Rejected
04:18 Liberty Boat Tragedy
06:48 Woke Church Controversy
09:03 NY Reading Crisis
12:44 Peptide Ad Break
19:28 Hijabi Judge Uproar
22:27 Closing Scripture Farewell
Six stories. Seven o'clock. The truth starts now.
#647 #ChuckFrank #ReadingCrisis #Education #Talarico #Netanyahu
A Senate committee voted 8 to 5 on August 6th to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times at a hearing on the government's COVID response. The vote fell along party lines. Chairman Rand Paul is not sending it to the Senate floor. He is sending it somewhere else entirely, and Chuck explains what that means.
Also in today's episode: the Inspector General of the Department of Labor tells Breitbart News that the H-1B visa program is "not just fraud" but "a criminal enterprise that stretches far beyond the borders of America," and the number of foreign workers now holding those jobs is larger than most Americans have been told. The Justice Department issues a formal finding against one of the most elite law schools in the country. President Trump signs two new executive orders after the Supreme Court blocked his last attempt. The RNC chairman publishes a blistering assessment of the Democrats' 2026 midterm slate. A Staten Island artist collapses at a pro-police event and says from his hospital bed that he died for two minutes. And Mitch McConnell leaves rehab 53 days after his fall without one public appearance, while his own governor's office says he left the American people in the dark.
Six stories. Seven o'clock. The truth starts now.
00:00 Welcome to 647
00:44 Fauci Contempt Vote
03:10 H-1B Visa Fraud Probe
12:15 Democrats Midterm Freakshow
19:17 Duke Law Admissions Bias
24:10 Trump Targets Birth Tourism
28:15 Scott LoBaido Collapse
30:49 McConnell Rehab Update
36:01 Closing Blessing and Signoff
#647 #ChuckFrank #Fauci #RandPaul #Accountability #AmericanTruth
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647: Six “takes” for 7 a.m.
There is a famine of Truth in our Land. We are also a people who over-schedule our lives. 647 gives you six takes on our culture at 7 a.m. Monday-Friday. 647…