House Speaker Mike Johnson has his work cut out for him. The 17th is the deadline to keep the nation from defaulting on its debt. He's released a "laddered" plan to "phase" into it. We discuss it in today's show. Iran's President spoke over the weekend to a group of Islamists in Saudi Arabia. If Iran's intentions regarding the Middle East conflict have heretofore been unknown, that's no longer the fact. He stated Israel MUST be destroyed (along with the United States). Here's a question for you: what will we do about it? Doesn't that sound like a declaration of war against Israel AND the U.S.? Illinois lawmakers killed a "school choice" voucher program that has given hope and opportunity for better education to a massive number of minority students. However, state Democrats killed the program. Why would they do that? Teachers' unions at the state and national levels poured millions of dollars into the campaigns of these Illinois lawmakers! "The love of money is the root of all evil." (1 Timothy 6: 10)