On Thursday’s Mark Levin Show, of course, Israel does not control President Trump, nor has it controlled any past president. Israel is not “ethnic” cleansing, that would be the motivations and intentions of the Islamist terrorists — throughout the Middle East and Africa. The multiple and unprecedented steps it has taken to try to limit casualties, at the cost of IDF soldiers’ lives and increasing the longevity of the war in Gaza, is no secret, and we were not ethnic cleansing when we destroyed multiple population centers in Europe and Japan during World War II. Israel is a multi-ethnic, multi-religious society and a democracy. The only one in the Middle East. How many Christians and Jews remain in Arab and Muslim countries in the Middle East, and for those few who are left, are they treated equally? These are basic facts. Later, we’re at a time where constitutional conservatives and their institutions are being tested. It’s simple for people of real faith to reject evil and stand firm in the battle of ideas, rather than equivocate due to conflicts. America faces a turning point; platforms, think tanks, politicians must choose and reveal if they’re pretenders or defenders of liberty, as Reagan warned freedom is one generation from extinction. Also, capitalism is the only humane economic system. Economic socialism is an inhumane economic system. Socialism promotes the welfare state. Capitalism promotes the individual. Zohran Mamdani has no idea how to do anything except use the iron fist of government to impose his ideology. He is calling for a massive welfare state. Afterward, America First prioritizes the exceptional nation founded on Judeo-Christian principles and Enlightenment ideals—the Declaration of Independence and unparalleled Constitution—with limited representative government, federalism, God-given unalienable rights, and strong federal roles in national security, borders, and sound money. It rejects suicidal isolationism. Finally, Rep Byron Donalds calls in to discuss the government shutdown. He exposes the Democrats hypocrisy, pointing out Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats voted for the identical measure in March. Donalds argues they’re posturing as tough guys to appease the crazy radical left and thwart Trump and MAGA, but lack real policies or ideas to help Americans, instead leading the country down the wrong road.
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Rough transcription of Hour 1
Segment 1
Hello America. Mark Levin here. Our number 877-381-3811. 877-381-3811. Well, the Democrats are now accusing the Republicans of wanting to starve children. I got to get into this. And I want to talk about. Defending capitalism. We have a fantastic record, we capitalists. Fantastic record. Those of us who believe in capitalism and reject economic socialism. But before we do, I feel like I have to do this every day. It’s very frustrating to me. But I have to do it. I have to do. You know, information is a is an important thing. Knowledge is an important thing. So it’s important to have both. A little bit of experience doesn’t hurt before commenting. Certain things they may not know a whole lot about. First of all, Israel. Of course, doesn’t control President Trump, nor has it ever controlled any past president. Israel is not ethnic cleansing. That would be the motivations and intentions of the Islamist terrorists. Who do so brazenly throughout the Middle East and Africa, slaughtering black Christians, all Christians, slaughtering Jews, slaughtering anybody who gets in their way from Syria to Yemen. Lebanon. There aren’t a whole lot of Jews or Christians left in the Arab countries or Muslim countries, are they? Why? Fact, there aren’t a lot of Christians left in Bethlehem. Why is that? Black Christians are being slaughtered. Nigeria. The Congo. Other places in Africa enslaved by Muslim marauders. We hear nothing about that. Zero. Not the Jews doing it. Not the Jews who attacked us on 911 or 1993. The Israelis. Ethnic cleansing. So what we were doing when we hit Japan with two atomic bombs? No, we were trying to win a war. Dresden. Berlin. The multiple and unprecedented steps the IDF has taken to try and limit casualties at the cost of their own lives and increase the longevity of the war in Gaza is no secret. Experts from all walks of life have explained it. But the Hamas lies and propaganda seem to overwhelming. Israel. Is a multiethnic, multi-religious society and a democracy, the only democracy in the Middle East. How many Christians and Jews remain in these non democracies? Qatar. Saudi Arabia. Jordan. The Coptic Christians in Egypt are brutalized. Iraq. I mean, for God’s sakes, Bethlehem was the birthplace of Jesus Christ. It’s now 85% Palestinian. You don’t hear a word about this. And whatever. Jews and Christians are left in any of these countries, they are brutalized. One exception is maybe Lebanon. Used to have. A very. A very solid democracy, Christian and Muslim, until Iran, Hezbollah, Muslim Brotherhood destroyed it. Destroyed it. But it looks like Lebanon has an has a chance after many decades of re-establishing its democracy. Why? Because Israel crushed Hezbollah. That’s why. And defeated Iran in 12 days. That’s why. So the Christians. They used to get elected prime minister there and so forth may get elected again. Which army was it that went into Syria to protect the Christian community there that was being slaughtered? The pastors being dragged out of their churches. It was Israel. Israel has Christians who fight for their country. Muslims who fight for their country. Oh, and this one. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Israel does not need pressure. From the United States to protect the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which it has been protecting since its very inception. In fact, it protects. The Al-Aqsa mosque. Which was purposely built on the holiest Jewish site. It protects that. It protects all the holy sites Jewish, Christian, Muslim. All of them. All of them. Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Has always been protected. By the Israelis. It was the Jordanians when they took over the area. They were the threat. Now, these are basic facts. These are basic facts. They are not being taught to our college students, apparently. Not being taught to adults. Apparently not been taught to politicians, apparently. These are basic facts. You know this guy, Tommy Robinson, who gets attacked a lot? This guy is unbelievable. He’s been in Israel for many weeks now. He’s British. He’s a nationalist. He believes in Britain first. He’s been smeared. He’s been thrown in jail by the government. But he says the grave threat to the West is. Are these radical Islamists? They’re destroying Britain. They’ve destroyed London. He says. Not the Jews, the Islamists. He says, I’m going to go to Israel. I’m going to meet with Netanyahu. I’m going to meet with some of these leaders. I’m going to do interviews. I’m going to find out what the hell is going on over there. And he’s been posting these interviews. Our media don’t do this. Our media don’t do it. We got Podcasters galore. Spewing hate and filth. The only country in the Middle East where Christians are safe is Israel. And he does this fantastic interview he did the other day, and I just posted it of a leading. Christian. Podcaster influencer. Faith promoter. Who talks about. We’re a minority in Israel. About 180,000 of us. If we were in any of these Arab and Muslim countries. We likely wouldn’t exist. We join the IDF. We can do any job we want. We can go anywhere we want. They can become judges, they can become whatever they want. So can Arabs. By the way, these are Christian Arabs in in most case, but so do Muslim Arabs. Why aren’t these stories being told by our podcasters? Why are they interviewing people like this? Why don’t I think tanks talk about this? If they want to talk about Israel, they’re obsessed with it. I have to spend so much time unraveling all this stuff. It’s terrible. Absolutely terrible. You think I want to? People say, well, aren’t we allowed to disagree with Israel? Of course we’re allowed to disagree with Israel. They’re political parties that fight each other and disagree with each other in Israel. There are many people. In the media in Israel who disagree with the government of Israel. They have a Knesset where they duke it out like a parliament. So. That’s not the debate. That’s not the issue. The issue is the survivability of that country. As a a tiny little safe haven. The Holy Land. The Holy Land. Where so many of us have our faiths. Born. We have nothing in common with Qatar that spends billions of dollars trying to destroy our country and the biggest funder of terrorism, nothing. We have nothing in common with Saudi Arabia. Another bunch of inbred, a concocted country. Less than a hundred years ago. That was behind 911 as well as Qatar. Nothing in common with these countries. Except oil money. So, okay, we can have allies. In the Middle East who aren’t Christian or Jewish. We can have allies in the Far East. Her Buddhist. We can have allies in India who are Hindu. That’s all well and good. But what is it? About this attempt to eviscerate a faith and a people we’re not talking about. Well, you know, you could disagree with Israel. And so when you literally defend your own existence, your own faith. You’re demeaned in your attacked. I’ll give you an example, one that doesn’t involve Israel or Jews or anything. Are you Catholic? Many of you’re a Catholic. It’s a beautiful religion. It’s a beautiful faith. You have a pope. Especially the prior pope, very left wing. People criticize their pope. I said almost nothing about that pope. That I must is. I didn’t think it was appropriate. But people. Criticize that pope, criticize for the things he said, the things he tried to do. It’s quite liberal. That’s okay. But that doesn’t mean you trash Catholics. That doesn’t mean you attack their faith. That doesn’t mean you find conspiracies. That doesn’t mean you platform individuals who are anti-Catholic. You know, that’s been going on a long time. The Ku Klux Klan went after Catholics just as it went after Jews and blacks. People forget this. I don’t forget anything. I know my history. There is no way in hell that I would ever in my worst nightmare platform, somebody start trashing Catholics as having an undue influence on our country. Even if I were to say something in which I disagree with a a declaration from the Pope. That’s not open to debate and discussion. You don’t come on this show and I certainly don’t invite somebody on my show who I know is trashing Catholics who I know is anti-Catholic or I’m not going to platform somebody who I know is a racist, who’s going to come on this show and attack black people left and right. You don’t have a discussion with people like that. I certainly wouldn’t give them this airway. This airway to be heard by millions and millions of people. That’s not what we’re talking about here. We’re talking about base hatred. When somebody says. And when the Jews were put in the ovens, it’s like baking cookies. When somebody says. That Hitler should have finished the job when somebody says. They’re an admirer of Stalin. And on and on. How much worse can it get? When somebody trashes Christian Zionists who are simply Christians, who believe in Israel and the state of Israel. I disagree with them. Say they despise them. They despise them more than anybody else. That’s a bigot. That’s a big it. And you know what? It takes people a real courage these days. I’m afraid so. Shouldn’t 20 years ago it wouldn’t. But today it does. Takes people a real courage to speak out against this. To speak out against it. And these are the people who should be getting awards for courage. And should be acknowledged and promoted. I want to give a special salute out to National Review of their fantastic editorial today, Gerard Dreier, his fantastic column. In Substack. Isn’t that what it’s called, Rich? I know Rod doesn’t always like me. It’s not about liking me. It doesn’t matter. And Josh Hammer. He was under vicious assault for people twisting his words. And there are many others out there. There are tens of millions of us behind you. Love Judaism, love Christianity, love our country, love Judeo-Christian values on which this country was based. And we will continue to promote it. We will continue to denounce those who seek to destroy it. I’ll be right back.
Segment 2
Now I’m pro-gun. We only have a minute or so after the bottom of the hour. I want to explain why capitalism is the only humane economic system. Why? Economic socialism is an inhumane economic system. Somebody needs to defend capitalism. Do you ever hear anybody defend it yet? Look around you, America. Look around you. The most prosperous country in the face of the earth. Look around you. We don’t all take it for granted, but many people do. They want to replace a vigorous, massive economy that employs more people, feeds more people, clothes more people, houses more people than any other on the face of the earth. With the welfare state. I’ll be right back.
Segment 3
Steven Miller Wonderful guy, long time friend going back decades, right? Mr. Producer, when you worked on Capitol Hill for Michele Bachmann, a wonderful, wonderful woman of deep Christian faith. He’s got a wonderful wife, Katie Miller. And Katie Miller has been making some of the media rounds. Against some of the most atrocious. Loud, obnoxious leftists. One can imagine. What’s this guy’s name? Sink something or other? I don’t know, since something or another big fat slap. Anyway. And what do they do on Piers Morgan Show? But I want to salute her. For her courage for standing up to these people. For calling them out. I mean. Stephen’s got a real, real wonderful lady there. And we know them both Julie and I, my wonderful lady and I. We need to engage. But, you know, the funny thing is. There’s only ever going to be one. Charlie Kirk. And I understand there are efforts by some to, quote unquote, replace him in these various colleges and universities. And it’s important for Turning Point USA. My friendly advice is just choose carefully who you use. Because I fear some people want to use Turning Point USA to promote themselves and their own message. Now that aside, nobody nobody on a college campus can debate. A student, a left wing student, a hostile student. Better than Charlie could. Nobody. I’ve been watching these clips. There’s been a conga line of broadcasters and politicians and others who’ve tried. It just demonstrates how remarkable and how important Charlie was. They can’t keep up. Again, it’s not a put down of anyone. Anyone. But it just shows you certain people are irreplaceable. They just are. Again, it doesn’t mean you had to agree with Charlie on everything, and Charlie would know that Charlie didn’t agree with anybody on everything. He didn’t agree with me on everything, but agree with me on a lot. He sort me out when he was a young man, and I was thrilled to promote his books and his work and so forth. And I do that here for others as well. I believe there needs to be a foreign team because one day I’ll be out of here. But nonetheless, I’ve noticed a big difference. So it just demonstrates how bad the loss is. It really does. And let me talk to you about capitalism and socialism. One of the thing is I was thinking during the break, what’s going on right now is also a test. Of our principles as constitutional conservatives. We really believe in all the things we’ve said over the years, all the things we’ve written. All the organizations we’ve formed. Really? Do we? Will these conservative institutions be able to withstand? What’s happening? With sort of the Ku Klux Klan, Right. It’s really not that hard. It’s not that hard if you’re a person of faith. Real faith. Personal principles, Judeo-Christian values. Just a good, decent person. It’s not that hard. And so you’ll be able to make your own judgments from time to time. I will make them publicly for myself. And who’s been able to use our principles. Apply our principles. The things we’ve been taught since we were young. By young, I mean in synagogue and church, wherever. And whether we are pretenders. To these various positions. Organizations that many didn’t create, but they they take them over. Or not. You know, it’s no good. To be talking about great philosophers. Economic systems, constitutional systems, the founders, the framers. If in the end. In the end. When the battle’s taking place. The battle of ideas, the battle of persuasion, the battle of politics. And you’re on the wrong side. Or you acquiesce to it or you’re silent. So the question is which. Institutions. That you and I have. Have embraced, have loved. Have adored, respected. Which ones will withstand this? Which ones? We’ll go into the into the battle and push for the right agenda. And which ones won’t. And you’re finding out quickly and you’re going to find out more whether they be. Digital TV platforms, whether they be podcasts, whether they be radio shows, whether they be TV shows, whether they be legal foundations who’ve been doing great, whether they are think tanks. Whether they are politicians. You’re not going to be able to make a judgment. Because America is. Really? At this point, this turning point we conservatives. We constitutionalists. It should be very easy for us. But for some, apparently it’s very complicated and difficult given various. Money, conflicts, donor conflicts, friendship conflicts, association conflicts, whatever it is. Whatever it is, some of these institutions are half a century old. Some are relatively new. How will they perform in the middle of the storm? Reagan talked about freedom being one generation away from extinction. We built a conservative infrastructure, a liberty infrastructure based on principles and faith and ideas. Billions of dollars over the decades have been spent. When you think about it. Now we will determine. How that investment pans out. It won’t be hard. People have to make a choice. I said this the other day. It’s not about banning people, de-platforming people. It’s about making a choice. Banning. Deplatforming. neo-Nazis. Klansmen. Marxists. Islam? No. Where do you stand? Where does the institution that you. Defend and run. Where does it stand? Where does the. Media platform. Website. Where does it stand? Where do you stand? Again, it’s not a complicated word. Salads mumbo jumbo. It’s not complicated, folks. That’s why this program has lasted as long as it has with the fantastic affiliates. We have the expansion into simultaneous podcasting. Sirius Satellite Radio. A satellite. Streaming apps. YouTube. Because we trust one another. We don’t always have to agree with one another, but we have a basic belief and value system. Basic belief. In our country. In love of our country. Basic belief. We talk about individualism in the individual. The Declaration of Independence. We talk about John Locke and Montesquieu, the importance of the individual. And then we have people who say, What do you do? What do you this? What do you that. But we can’t criticize Israel. Trust me. Israel’s criticized a lot. More than any other country on the face of the earth, as a matter of fact. So that’s not the issue. When you attack. We know you and I. Exactly what I’m talking about is something in your gut tells you it’s wrong. It’s wrong. If it takes somebody more than. A sentence or two. To take a principled stand. Something is wrong. When you’re attacking the greatest generation, when you take the side of Hitler against Churchill or take the side of Stalin against Franklin Roosevelt. Well, you talk about human life like it’s cookies. Or you trash Christians because they’re true believers. There’s something wrong. Your gut tells you it’s wrong. Your soul tells you it’s wrong. And if it’s coming from people who purport to represent you and me, we have a responsibility. Ladies and gentlemen, say, no, no, no, no. Whoa, whoa, Wait a minute. Wait a minute. That’s not right. That’s not correct. We don’t believe that. It has nothing to do. With our life’s work, with our careers, with our faith, with our family. It’s very important. Time for Choosing was a book that William Simon wrote. Former Treasury Secretary, Long Gone. It’s the title of the new editorial in National Review, A beautiful editorial. It’s something I told you last week. It’s time to choose. Maybe it was this week. You have to choose these politicians who want to be congressmen and senators and president. They’re going to have to choose. They’re going to have to reveal themselves if they haven’t already. I’ll be right back.
Segment 4
All right. I promise. A little bit now and a little bit after the top of the hour. Capitalism versus socialism is very, very important. They’re going to run around as Democratic socialists, even though they’re Marxist Islamists, that we straighten this out and fast in a way that’s understandable, basic, plain spoken. But let’s start from a basic premise. Socialism is based on an ideology. Capitalism is not ideological. Let me repeat that socialism is based on an ideology. Capitalism is not ideological. Capitalism goes back to the beginning of mankind. Voluntary commerce. Somebody produces a product or service they offer to somebody else. Maybe back then they bartered. The barter has value. Now we have currency and so forth. It’s a spontaneous economic arrangement involving the individual’s wants and desires and needs. And the decision making motivation that belongs to the individual. Furthermore. When you have a modern society in America, as an example, tens of millions of individuals making billions of collective decisions every day. You root out the bad and you promote the good. Some things will work. Some things won’t. And that continues over and over and over again. That’s how you get inventiveness, productivity. Technological cutting edge devices. One idea built on top of another idea competition of ideas. What else about capitalism? It is the only economic system, only one that recognizes individual liberty, private property rights. And the right and free will of the individual. It’s the only one. It is the least amount of government control, centralized government decision making like industrial policy, because in the case of socialism, you have ideologues making decisions. Or maybe you have some businessmen rarely, but have some business experience. But they don’t have. Every single potential experience. Knowledge point. Information necessary to make these decisions for all of you. You see, socialism basically substitutes a real small handful of masterminds who’ve mastered nothing of ideologues. A politician’s. To make decisions about your life. Ultimately, whether you live or die, whether you get metal, medical care on time or not, what type of medical care you get. Whether you get enough food to subsist, no food for your family, whether you have shelter at home and on and on and on, every aspect. I’ve a very complex economy. Madani has no idea. How to do anything. Except use the iron fist of government to impose his ideology. He could talk about affordability all he wants. How would he know? And by the way, what’s affordable for somebody is not affordable for somebody else. Redistributing wealth. Creates economic dislocation. The person who creates wealth. Craig’s advances. Products. Services creates jobs. We’ll create less of all of that if money. By fiat of government is removed from that person and given to somebody else because that somebody else doesn’t want to work there, an illegal alien, or they just want something for nothing. Socialism promotes the welfare state. Capitalism promotes the individual.
