ToddCast Podcast with Todd Starnes

The mayor of Olive Branch, Mississippi is not a very big Dolly Parton fan. Mayor Ken Adams is making national headlines after he refused to lower the American flag to honor the Queen of Country Music.

Mayor Adams says that there’s no doubt Dolly brought joy to millions but he says to lower the red, white and blue would diminish the gesture’s significance. The mayor says the flag should only be lowered to honor military heroes, first responders and presidents.

The reaction has been somewhat insane. The New York Post picked up on the story – and thousands of people are commenting on social media. Most overwhelmingly object to the mayor’s decision.

President Trump and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves ordered that US and state flags be flown at half-staff for one week to honor Dolly. But under Home Rule, Mississippi allows cities the right to control their own internal affairs – which is why Mayor Adams thumbed his nose at President Trump and Gov. Reeves.

Perhaps the mayor could rethink his bone-headed decision – and perhaps lower Old Glory. You know – extend an olive branch.

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There is growing outrage across America over Flock cameras and the surveillance of law-abiding American citizens. A more pressing question is why Congress has not outlawed kill switches in cars? The American people have a right to privacy. What say you?

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A guy goes into a Best Buy the other day to purchase a laptop. He’s at the checkout asking for some help, which apparently he got. So, the man said to the clerk, “Thank you, sir.”

But it turns out the sir – identified as a ma’am. That’s right, folks. The Best Buy employee happened to be transgender. 

The worker became enraged and defiantly told the customer that he would not sell him a laptop unless he called him “ma’am.”

The customer pulled out a cell phone and recorded what happened next. 

Turns out the store manager agreed with the worker – telling the customer to buy the laptop someplace else. 

Back in the day Best Buy was known as the home of the Geek Squad. But these days Best Buy is known as the home of the Freak Squad. 

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Jelly Roll, the convicted felon who claims to be a Christian, guest hosted Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show. He used the national platform to attack President Trump — calling him a “fat pig.” It’s too bad Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee can’t rescind Jelly Roll’s pardon. And what does it say that a man who used to weigh 540 pounds is calling anybody a pig?

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I’ve been traveling around the country promoting my new book, “The Golden Age: How Trump Saved America.”

And it’s true that the president stopped our country from being taken over by political Islam and the communists. 

But right now the Administration is dealing with a communication problem – and it could threaten the midterm elections. 

The American people are hurting financially – affordability is an issue impacting many families. And yet the administration seems to dismiss those concerns. We were told that it was basically our patriotic duty to pay higher gas prices. 

Now comes word that the republican party’s midterm convention is in trouble. Turns out – it’s going to cost and arm and a leg to attend. 

 House Members are being told they must pay at least $25,000 to attend. And that’s the cheap rate. The highest tier is $100,000. 

Some are calling it little more than a GOP fundraiser – as opposed to a pep rally for the midterms. 

And the event scheduled just two days before the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Optics are everything. And the Republicans have a big time optics problem. 

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The WNBA continues to grapple over the meaning of the “W” in their name. The latest incident involving former NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom. Mr. Freedom ejected from Sunday’s game between the Indiana Fever and the Chicago Sky.

He was wearing a shirt that read, “Woman: noun. Adult human female.”

Clearly, Mr. Freedom was trying to help the WNBA understand the definition of the WNBA.

He made headlines with his recent decision to declare for the 2027 WNBA draft. Several other male players have also declared – by simply announcing they all identify as women.

The WNBA says only women are eligible to play. However, they cannot define what a woman is – so Mr. Freedom decided to call their bluff.

Proving the best way to address the absurdity of the sex and gender radicals is to completely embrace their absurdity.

Enes is the bravest woman I know!

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More than $1 million has been raised online for a woman who killed her three small children. She strangled them to death. Hundreds of women have gathered outside the courthouse to show their support and solidarity for the monster mom. What say you, America?

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Lindsay Clancy is charged with three counts of first degree murder. She accused of killing her own children – five-year-old Cora, three-year-old Dawson and eight-month-old Callan. 

The Massachusetts nurse sent her husband out of the house to run errands while she strangled the children with exercise bands. 

Her attorneys claim she was suffering from bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis. They say she should not be held criminally responsible for killing her kids. 

Some 200 woke white women agree and they’ve been protesting outside the courthouse in Plymouth. They believe that Mrs. Clancy is the victim, not her three dead children. 

Hundreds of women wearing pink shirts – defending a maternal monster. 

What a strange period of time in American history where cold-blooded killers like Carmello Anthony and  Luigi Mangione and Dzhokhar Tsarnaef are celebrated as heroes and worshipped as celebrities. 

If nothing else it shows that many people in our nation are deceived by the great evil that has enveloped our nation. A disturbing evil. 

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A group of drag queens performed disgusting reenactments of Charlie Kirk's assassination as a crowd of fans cheered. There is a great evil in this country.

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A group of students pro-lifers and their adult chaperones were kicked out of an Idaho coffee shop. The owner said he was pro-abortion and compared the group to the KKK. We will talk to some of the folks in the group on today’s radio show.

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