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   Number 1: Sons of Liberty Radio, August 27, 2026

   SONS of LIBERTY Radio with Bradlee Dean Do Not Be Overcome By Evil, But Overcome Evil With Good Overcoming Evil With Good: Free Speech, Political Power, and the Duty to Act Summary Opening Historical Frame and Christian Worldview The episode opens with a prerecorded historical narrative about Thomas Jefferson, the Barbary Coast, early American naval conflict, and a quotation attributed to Elbridge Gerry. It then states the program’s Christian biblical worldview and its belief that Christian ethics underlie American government and society. Bradley Dean introduces himself and describes the program as one in which listeners should think for themselves rather than make other people the measure of their conduct. He also promotes the program’s presence at the Minnesota State Fair and directs listeners to the show’s websites and call-in number. This opening establishes the episode’s recurring themes of religious conviction, political independence, and resistance to perceived threats to liberty. Israel, Zionism, Christianity, and Political Influence Dean devotes a major portion of the program to his interpretation of modern Israel, Zionism, Christianity, and American political influence. He plays an embedded news clip about proposed Israeli legislation concerning Christian proselytizing and then links that report to additional claims about Christian communities near Bethlehem. He repeatedly distinguishes, in his own framing, between Jewish people and Zionists, while alleging that American politicians are influenced or controlled by AIPAC and other foreign interests. He also criticizes prominent Christian leaders and politicians whom he regards as compromised or misleading. Throughout this section, these claims are presented as Dean’s arguments and interpretations rather than independently established facts. Free Speech, Censorship, and Government Accountability A central thread of the episode is Dean’s concern that free speech is being restricted by government, courts, media organizations, and technology companies. He invokes quotations attributed to George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Montesquieu to argue that free expression is essential to liberty and resistance to tyranny. Dean says that attorneys have been contacted regarding censorship he believes the program has experienced, and he criticizes the Supreme Court and technology executives for what he views as failures to protect the First Amendment. He repeatedly asks listeners whether commentators are pointing people toward law and justice or merely distracting them without producing a resolution. The program’s title theme—overcoming evil with good—is used as a moral frame for political and civic action. Immigration, Islam, and Embedded News and Video Clips Much of the second half focuses on Dean’s views about Muslim immigration, political representation, and public policy in Minnesota, Michigan, New York, and Europe. He plays or describes a Ferndale, Michigan report about a Muslim woman who was required to remove her hijab during booking after a traffic stop, and he comments critically on the report and her legal complaint. He later revisits an old school-bus video in which a woman described as Muslim makes threatening statements in front of children and a bus driver confronts her. Dean also references Abdul El-Sayed, a Philadelphia educational video, and political developments involving Mamdani, using these examples to argue that government policy and public apathy have enabled what he describes as a broader political and cultural threat. Several claims and numerical comparisons in these segments are preserved as spoken and are not externally verified in this transcript cleanup. Political Leadership, Fear, and Civic Responsibility Dean criticizes Speaker Mike Johnson, Donald Trump, and a range of Republican political figures, arguing that their rhetoric does not match the legal or political action he believes is required. He plays a short Mike Johnson clip warning about political figures who are dangerous to families, then argues that government officials helped create the very conditions they now use to frighten the public. Dean repeatedly says Americans should not take counsel from fear and should instead demand enforcement of law and accountability from representatives. He also argues that citizens themselves bear responsibility when they tolerate policies or officials they oppose. In his framing, the problem is not simply that political groups gain power, but that the larger public permits it through apathy, surrender, or failure to act. Promotions, Testimonials, and the Closing Call to Action Commercial and promotional breaks remain part of the corrected transcript because they occur in the recording. These include a Content Media Conference promo, Sons of Liberty fundraising and event announcements, a Liberty Sentinel message from Alex Newman, testimonials from Tom Raymond and Lisa Mead, a Sunday church invitation, and a BBS Radio TV network promo. The host also repeatedly acknowledges technical problems with the call-in line and apologizes to callers he cannot bring on air. Near the end, he compares U.S. demographic and political conditions with claims about Muslim political representation in the United Kingdom and discusses a Minnesota voter-vouching clip. He closes by arguing that citizens are being dispossessed because of what they tolerate and ends with his brief program sign-off.

   August 28, 2026·1h
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   Number 2: Sons of Liberty Radio, August 24, 2026

   SONS of LIBERTY Radio with Bradlee Dean Christian Vs Secular Music Today Strange Fire in the Soundtrack: Christian Music, Secular Influence, and Biblical Discernment Summary Celebrity Conversions and the Test of Christian Profession The episode opens with Bradlee Dean challenging high-profile celebrity conversion stories and arguing that public professions of Christianity should be tested against Scripture and observable conduct. Drawing on his own background as the drummer for Junkyard Prophet, he presents himself as someone with firsthand experience in both Christian and secular music circles. He discusses Kanye West, Bono, Brian "Head" Welch, Alice Cooper, and Bob Dylan as examples in a broader argument about celebrity, profession of faith, pride, and spiritual consistency. Dean repeatedly emphasizes his belief that Christians are called to exercise biblical discernment rather than accept every religious claim at face value. His central contention is that a profession of Christianity should be accompanied by fruit that is consistent with the faith being professed. Strange Fire, Discernment, and the Christian Music Question Dean connects the episode's music theme to his previous church message on Nadab and Abihu and the biblical concept of "strange fire." He argues that worship, music, and religious expression should be evaluated according to biblical standards rather than popularity, emotional appeal, or commercial success. He asks what meaningful difference remains between contemporary Christian music and secular music when performers, sounds, values, or lifestyles appear similar. Throughout this portion, he invokes passages about knowing people by their fruits, distinguishing holy from profane, and recognizing false prophets. The music question therefore becomes part of a larger argument about Christian identity, spiritual separation, and discernment. Scripture, Judgment, False Teachers, and the Church A major portion of the program is devoted to Dean's defense of what he calls righteous judgment or biblical distinction. He cites numerous passages involving false prophets, wolves in sheep's clothing, seducing spirits, sound doctrine, holiness, and the responsibility to recognize error. Dean argues that criticism of false teaching is not the same as malicious condemnation and says the church should defend the Gospel rather than maintain what he describes as a false peace. He criticizes religious leaders whom he characterizes as hirelings and says compromise can leave people in spiritual bondage. His recurring message is that Scripture, rather than personal preference or institutional comfort, should serve as the standard for evaluating doctrine and conduct. Music as Cultural and Spiritual Influence Returning directly to music, Dean recalls Steve Peters and the Peters Brothers from the 1980s and describes their efforts to expose young people to the lyrical content and influence of popular music. He presents music as a powerful cultural force capable of shaping beliefs, behavior, morality, and collective identity. Biblical accounts involving Nebuchadnezzar's image, the golden calf, Nadab and Abihu, and the burning of occult materials in Acts are used to support his argument about music, idolatry, and separation from practices he considers spiritually corrupting. Dean also recounts young people discarding or burning music after hearing presentations about its content. In his framing, the influence of music is not merely an entertainment issue but a spiritual and cultural question with consequences for individuals and society. Conviction, Repentance, and the Purpose of Biblical Preaching Dean spends substantial time explaining his view that preaching should confront sin so that people recognize their need for repentance and Christ. He compares the function of God's law to a police officer pointing to a violated law and to a physician helping a sick person recognize the need for treatment. He repeatedly returns to passages about the cross, crucifying the flesh, regeneration, the Holy Spirit, light and darkness, and being born again. He argues that a message can feel condemning to a listener while still functioning, in his view, as a means of exposing sin and directing that person toward repentance. This portion of the episode emphasizes self-denial, biblical obedience, spiritual renewal, and reliance on the righteousness of Christ rather than self-righteousness. Separation from the World and the Closing Challenge In the closing section, Dean urges listeners to move beyond passive agreement and actively live out the Christian convictions he has described. He revisits John 3 and related passages about light, darkness, belief, condemnation, and deeds being made manifest before God. The program closes by returning to the distinction between secular music and Christian profession, with Dean making the strong claim that Christians should separate themselves from secular influences he considers idolatrous. He cites passages about coming out from among the world, friendship with the world, and being transformed through the renewing of the mind. The episode ends by setting up a continuation of the subject, asking whether a meaningful line can be drawn between professing Christians and the secular world before attempting to distinguish Christian music from secular music.

   August 25, 2026·1h
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   Number 3: Sons of Liberty Radio, August 21, 2026

   SONS of LIBERTY Radio with Bradlee Dean Sheriff Dar Leaf Joins Bradlee Dean - Going After The Secretary Of State Voter Rolls Under Fire: Sheriff Dar Leaf on Michigan Election Integrity and Constitutional Interposition Summary Election Integrity Frames the Episode The episode opens with prerecorded commentary asserting that voter fraud has affected elections and arguing that voter-identification requirements are a legitimate safeguard. The montage cites cases and numerical claims from Indiana, Texas, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania, and it includes criticism of media coverage, the Department of Justice, and organizations that challenged voter-ID laws. Bradlee Dean then introduces the program and directs listeners to material he says documents voter-fraud prosecutions across the states. He previews an interview with Michigan Sheriff Dar Leaf concerning a whistleblower and an alleged problem involving noncitizens and voter-registration records. All such allegations and figures are presented in the episode as claims by the speakers and prerecorded material, not as independently verified findings. Religious and Political Commentary Before the Interview Before Sheriff Leaf joins, Dean moves through abortion, immigration, elected officials, and what he describes as governmental lawlessness. He criticizes political figures in Massachusetts and New Jersey and frames abortion policy through a strongly stated Christian biblical worldview. Dean repeatedly argues that citizens share responsibility when they tolerate conduct he considers unlawful, and he uses numerous Scripture references to support that position. He also discusses the Minnesota State Fair, listener-supported membership levels, and a previous discussion with Ron Bransner about what Dean calls a United Nations agenda. Several promotional segments for Christian media, the program, affiliated news outlets, church services, and live events are retained as they appear in the source. Sheriff Dar Leaf Describes the Whistleblower Account Sheriff Dar Leaf says a whistleblower working in a Michigan Secretary of State office brought him information about a customer interaction involving citizenship status, permanent-residency documentation, a driver’s-license update, and a voter-ID number generated by the computer system. Leaf characterizes the matter as a possible software or state-system error and says he does not know how broad the problem may be or whether the same software is used elsewhere. Dean responds by linking Leaf’s account to his broader allegations about election machines, voter fraud, secretaries of state, and officials he believes have been installed rather than legitimately elected. Leaf says he tries to keep his own investigation focused on matters brought to his office and notes that other material has been handed to federal authorities. A small portion of Leaf’s explanation about a registration notice is too garbled in the source to reconstruct and is explicitly marked as unresolved in the cleaned transcript. Speedy Trials, Courts, and the Legal Profession The conversation turns to the pace of investigations and prosecutions, with Dean asking why alleged wrongdoing can take so long to reach judgment. Leaf responds by warning about waiving the right to a speedy trial and cites the Bundy cases as an example of defendants spending extensive time in jail before trial. After a commercial break, Dean raises a listener question about courts and attorneys, arguing that legal institutions can frustrate efforts to hold officials accountable. Leaf says a very small percentage of the population consists of attorneys while the legal profession exercises substantial influence over public life. He advocates restoring more common-law and common-sense participation in local judicial functions, using Barry County magistrates and search-warrant review as his example. Interposition and the Role of an Elected Sheriff A central part of the interview concerns what Leaf calls interposition and its relationship to the doctrine of the lesser magistrates. Leaf explains that, because a sheriff is independently elected and represents the people of the county, he believes the office can stand between higher government officials and citizens when higher authorities exceed their lawful power. He uses the COVID period and Michigan executive orders as his main example, saying he told the public that the governor was not a king and that local elected offices existed in part to prevent power from being concentrated. Dean connects this argument to Michigan court rulings involving Governor Gretchen Whitmer and criticizes residents who continued following directives he says had been declared unconstitutional. Leaf says his response was primarily to educate the public about divided authority and the duty of government to protect rights. Backlash, Civic Education, and the Closing Message Leaf says his public stance during the COVID period brought social-media attacks, death threats, anonymous letters, and hostile calls, although he recounts one mask-related exchange humorously. He describes himself as a public servant rather than a ruler and says he works for the people of his county. Near the end of the interview, Leaf urges listeners and elected officials to become educated about the powers and limits of public office, take a stand, and pass that knowledge to successors. He states that he is in his sixth term and expects to complete 24 years in office by the end of it. Dean closes by thanking Leaf for taking action, urging listeners to do their own research, and repeating his broader call to hold officials and media institutions accountable.

   August 22, 2026·1h
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   Number 4: Sons of Liberty Radio, August 17, 2026

   SONS of LIBERTY Radio with Bradlee Dean I Have Been Telling Americans This Since Day One Warnings, Accountability, and the Battle Over Law, Immigration, and Elections Summary Warnings About Immigration and Assimilation The episode opens with a prerecorded montage focused on Somali immigration, refugee resettlement, Islamic law, and Minnesota. The montage includes claims about the Refugee Resettlement Program, voluntary agencies, labor needs, Somali demographics, Sharia adherence, and the Muslim Brotherhood. The host later returns to these themes and argues that immigration and assimilation are part of a broader political and cultural struggle. He repeatedly warns listeners to look at developments in Minnesota and Europe as examples of what he believes could spread to other states. He presents the issue through a Christian biblical worldview and urges listeners to test his arguments against Scripture. Several of the demographic, legal, and political claims are presented as statements made by the speakers and were not independently verified. Criticism of Political Representatives A major theme is the host’s criticism of politicians he describes as “appeasers.” He names Nancy Mace, Tom Emmer, Trey Gowdy, Jason Chaffetz, Ted Cruz, Darrell Issa, Rand Paul, and others while arguing that public officials often talk about wrongdoing without taking action. He contends that elected representatives should enforce the Constitution and existing laws rather than merely describe alleged crimes. A played clip identified by the host as Tom Emmer discusses immigration, American identity, cultural celebration, assimilation, and sending people back if they refuse to assimilate. The host agrees with parts of the rhetoric but argues that action should follow words. His broader point is that accountability matters more than public statements. Minnesota Elections and Voter-Fraud Allegations The host repeatedly alleges that voter fraud is occurring in Minnesota and connects those allegations to Ilhan Omar, state officials, and other political figures. He cites a Todd Starnes item about vote-counting timing and later plays a clip he identifies as involving James O’Keefe and Minnesota voter-vouching rules. The undercover clip includes discussion of one registered voter vouching for other people and questions about whether identification is required. The host interprets the exchange as evidence supporting his claims of widespread voter fraud. He also questions why exposures by media figures do not, in his view, lead to prosecutions or other consequences. The transcript preserves these as the host’s allegations and interpretations rather than established findings. Calls From Texas and Wisconsin The program includes a call from Bob in Texas and another from Bev in Wisconsin. Bob refers to the Declaration of Independence, the laws of nature and nature’s God, Blackstone, the Bible, Greg Abbott, and Ken Paxton, while criticizing Texas political leadership. The host responds with his own criticism of Abbott and Paxton and frames their conduct in religious and political terms. Bob’s audio is uneven in places, leaving several sentences uncertain. Bev’s connection is substantially worse, and much of her call cannot be reconstructed with confidence. The host ends that exchange by acknowledging the poor connection and returns to his broader argument that the issues he is discussing are not limited to Minnesota. Government Institutions, the FBI, and Constitutional Concerns Later in the episode, the host questions the actions of the FBI, the justice system, governors, attorneys general, and secretaries of state. He refers to an alleged New Mexico training camp, claims about jihadi camps in America, and his belief that government institutions are protecting people he accuses of wrongdoing. He also links these concerns to the Second Amendment and urges listeners to stand up for themselves while government authorities, in his view, fail to act. Throughout this section he combines constitutional references with biblical references and political commentary. He also advances claims about Zionists, Muslims, and political control that are presented as his opinions and allegations. The transcript does not independently establish those claims. Religious Message, Media Promotions, and Final Minnesota Segment The episode repeatedly returns to Christian themes, including repentance, the Holy Spirit, biblical passages, historical quotations, and the idea that public conduct should be judged by its fruits. Commercial and promotional breaks advertise church services, supporter programs, Wisconsin Christian News, Liberty Sentinel, event bookings, and BBS Radio TV. In the final segment, the host discusses James O’Keefe, controlled opposition, Big Tech censorship, Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota fraud allegations, Somali immigration, and gender-affirming care. A short interview clip attributed to Peggy Flanagan addresses access to health care and the absence of a minimum age in a law discussed by the interviewer. The host strongly condemns the policy position he attributes to her and closes by arguing that voters are not genuinely supporting the actions he describes. The overall episode combines political criticism, election-integrity allegations, immigration concerns, religious interpretation, and calls for legal and public accountability.

   August 18, 2026·1h
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   Number 5: Sons of Liberty Radio, September 9, 2026

   Sons of Liberty Radio with Bradlee Dean As a Fountain Casteth Out Her Waters Jeremiah's Warning on National Wickedness, UK Terror Arrests, and the Case Against Elon Musk Bradlee Dean opens Sons of Liberty with Jeremiah 6:7's warning that a nation "casteth out her wickedness," then moves through Supreme Court history, a viral clip of Scottish politician George Galloway on mass arrests in Britain, a Colorado lawmaker's account of lenient sentences for child traffickers, and a lengthy case against Elon Musk over a Minnesota lawsuit and alleged occult ties. Ten Commandments, Statistics, and a Founders' Prayer Bradlee Dean opens the broadcast by reading Supreme Court language ruling that posting the Ten Commandments in public schools risks inducing children to obey them, calling this an impermissible state objective. He pairs it with a quote from Constitution signer James Wilson describing human law as resting on divine law. Dean recounts the 1962 Abington v. Schempp decision striking down a twenty-two word classroom prayer, noting the court found only three percent of the nation did not believe in God, and argues the ruling let that minority override the majority. He then recites a string of statistics on rising teen birth rates, sexually transmitted disease rates, and premarital sex since 1962, alongside a decades-long slide in SAT scores that he says has produced a generation graduating less educated than its parents. He contrasts public schools with private Christian schools, which he says score nearly eighty points higher despite less funding, and closes by reading a Thanksgiving prayer he attributes to Declaration signer Elbridge Gerry before the station's standard announcer statement airs. Back From the Fair and Into Jeremiah The show's theme fades and Bradlee Dean welcomes "friends and a few enemies" back to Sons of Liberty, reporting that he and his ministry just finished fourteen straight days working the Minnesota State Fair, nine in the morning to nine at night, and pointing listeners to sonsoflibertymedia.com and beforeitsnews.com for photos. He gives out the call-in number and turns to his text for the day, Jeremiah 6:7, reading that a nation "casteth out her wickedness" the way a fountain casts out water, and ties it to violence and grief he says define present-day America. Referencing prophets from 2 Chronicles and Ephesians, he pivots to the United Kingdom, where he says twenty mayors are now Muslim following what he frames as a prior wave of tolerance toward homosexuality. He plays a viral clip of Scottish politician George Galloway describing sixty thousand people arrested in Britain for social-media posts, which Dean uses to argue Zionist interests are directing Muslim immigration to target white Britons, a claim presented here strictly as his own. Soros, the Silent Church, and More From the UK After a commercial break, a recorded testimonial from Tom Raymond, who identifies himself as a retired Marine, trooper and postal worker, thanks Dean for years of ministry and radio work; Dean thanks him on air, addressing him once as being from Massachusetts even though the recording names Tennessee. Dean returns to Jeremiah 6:7 and argues that Christians who cite "not justified by the works of the law" to excuse inaction are twisting scripture, insisting Ephesians 5:11 requires believers to expose wrongdoing rather than stay silent. He casts the biblical prophet as the most rejected yet most loving figure in scripture, sent to point out a nation's transgressions before judgment falls, and claims that financier George Soros has purchased 168 conservative radio stations to control the narrative, calling him an "international war criminal." He plays more of the Galloway clip, in which Galloway describes elderly protesters and pro-Palestinian activists awaiting terrorism trials, and Dean argues Britain's government is criminalizing dissent against those he says are conquering the country. Founders on Free Speech and a Colorado Warning Following ads for Wisconsin Christian News, booking a Bradlee Dean event, and Alex Newman's Liberty Sentinel, Dean reads passages from George Washington and Benjamin Franklin praising free speech as liberty's "bulwark" and crediting Providence with governing nations. He returns to the UK theme, arguing that normalizing what he calls sexual sin demoralizes a nation before it is conquered, and warns that Germany's parliament is now demanding mass deportations. He then replays a clip of Colorado state representative Scott Bottoms describing a legislative committee hearing in which Democrats, he says, voted along party lines against a bill to jail adults who buy children for sex, arguing offenders were instead receiving probation. Dean says he warned years earlier about Colorado governor Jared Polis, calls the representative's effort insufficient without prosecutions, and cites a news item about a man in Odenville, Alabama, who filmed himself raping a toddler and was later found dead in his prison cell, treating the death as deserved. The Case Against Elon Musk Dean turns to Elon Musk, calling him a "lunatic" who wants to implant a chip in people's heads and pointing to a headline reporting that Musk is suing Minnesota over a law banning AI-generated child pornography. He shows the audience images he says depict Musk wearing an upside-down cross and goat imagery at Halloween and repeats claims that Musk's mother and his former partner, the musician Grimes, practice occult "witchcraft," presenting all of this as evidence Musk is not the "freedom fighter" he is marketed as. A female announcer promo for the ministry's Sunday church service airs, followed by a recorded testimonial from Lisa Mead of Surgoinsville, Tennessee, who says Dean's Sunday teaching is a "breath of fresh air" compared with what she calls a changed modern church. Dean then reads a Harry Truman quote crediting Mosaic law with America's legal foundation and delivers a station identification describing BBS Radio's history, founders Douglas and Donald Newsom, and its reach into 46 countries. Judgment, School-Board Arrests, and a Closing Warning Dean returns to the Musk-Minnesota lawsuit story, then argues that Muslim candidates running for American office are constitutionally disqualified because their oath conflicts with the Constitution, citing Thomas Jefferson's study of the Quran as justification. He warns listeners that ignoring these trends amounts to abandoning their children and invokes Hebrews 9:27 on judgment after death. He plays a clip of commentator Sara Gonzales reporting on a Cazenovia, New York school board member and drag performer named Longo, arrested on child pornography charges, alongside further cases she cites involving a British adoptive couple and a transgender former state legislator, using them to argue LGBTQ-linked officials pose particular danger to children. Dean rejects blaming "the left," arguing the right's failures created it, and closes the hour warning that mainstream media and politicians are inciting civil war, citing an unverified claim that Musk once told an ex-partner he needed "a legion" of children before conflict comes. He signs off quoting 1 John 3:18 and thanking listeners for tuning in.

   September 10, 2026·1h
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