SPEAKER 05 : 0:05

Welcome to the Mike Gallagher Show Week in Review podcast. It’s Friday, July 11th, 2025. This week, we take a look at Elon Musk. He wants to start a third party. TSA plans to end the shoes-off policy. And the Jeffrey Epstein case takes another strange twist. We begin with the tragic flooding in Texas and the left’s horrible and disgusting reaction to it all. I’m serious. I would have loved to have talked to the lady. I’m sorry she hung up who said there shouldn’t be any retaliation for Dr. Christina Probst. But where does she go from here? What does she do now? Does she work as a pediatrician in a different office now? How would you like to walk in, have your child be treated by this woman who’s capable of saying such a monstrous thing? I mean, to me, this is a disqualifier for certainly medical care. Look, if a big mouth talk show host would get fired for that, and they would, if I were to be that awful and that dark and that demonic as to be gleeful about the deaths of little children, my employer would come in and say, see you later, you’re done. We’re not going to let you spew your hatred one more minute on our airwaves. Of course, that would be the normal reaction. But I’m not as important as a doctor. I don’t have the ability to save lives. If somebody as insignificant as me would inevitably be… fired from my occupation and not allowed to have a platform ever again, which would be the appropriate response to that. How can Dr. Christina Probst ever practice medicine again? I’m really fascinated by this. I would love to know. I don’t care. particularly about people like this. On the other hand, I’d like to know how people like this are made. If they’re able to say, my gosh, my hatred for President Trump and MAGA has infected my brain so badly that I was delighting in the agonizing death of these little eight-year-old children. This Sadie lady from Houston, somebody just texted me, is a mother. And are you ready for this? I mean, this Sadie lady, Sadie, I think her name is Sadie Perkins, who literally said that these girls are little C-words. These are the ones who died. Are you ready for this? If you’re driving, you might want to pull over. She’s married to a pastor. Her husband apparently is a pastor. If that doesn’t take your breath away, nothing will. There are reports circulating in D.C., apparently among some powerful people, that a campaign is underway to push for mass amnesty. Will President Trump take the bait? You know what keeps me up at night? The prospect of amnesty. Surely you didn’t mean deport all illegals, they ask. Well, actually, yes, we did. That’s what mass deportation means. That is precisely what we voted for. And we better be wide awake and aware of what apparently some conservatives are floating within the Trump administration. Here’s the great Charlie Kirk yesterday talking about what his sources are telling him.

SPEAKER 09 : 4:09

Literally, the day before President Donald Trump was signing the big, beautiful bill, I got a couple phone calls from people that you would call members of the ruling class. A lot of money and a lot of connections. They said, Charlie, isn’t this amazing? We passed the big, beautiful bill. I said, oh, yes, sir. And they said, now we need mass amnesty. What? I said, we haven’t even signed the bill yet. They said, yeah, you know, these deportations, we’re going to lose the midterms because of the deportations. The people on the right, they’ll understand. And we need to come to the middle and we need to legalize the 25 million people here in this country. I was speechless because here I am actually thinking a little naive. We’re going to sign this big, beautiful bill. And we’re actually going to get mass deportations uninterrupted from an asymmetrical attack. So we have somewhere between 20 to 50 million illegal aliens in this country. We don’t actually know the numbers. These are all guesstimates. These are all just approximations. And there is a movement afoot as I am doing this broadcast. And this is bigger than anything with Epstein. This is bigger than anything with tax cuts. It is happening right now in Washington, D.C. And I can say this from firsthand experience that people are pushing President Trump for amnesty. They are pushing him for mass legalization of illegals.

SPEAKER 05 : 5:41

I’m going to thank him for his clarity, because he’s right. Charlie’s being told, oh, people on the right will understand that we have to carve out an exception for the deportations for people who work in the farming industry and the hospitality industry. You work in a hotel or motel, a restaurant, a farm, you don’t need to be deported because, well, we need your services. People on the right understand. We’ll understand. So let me ask people on the right. Will you understand? Will you be okay with amnesty for certain categories of illegals? For nearly 20 years, TSA required us to remove our shoes when we went through airport security. Now, Homeland Security plans to scuttle that policy. If you fly with any regularity and you don’t have TSA pre-check, you’re a little off. You got a couple of screws loose. I’m joking a little bit here. I mean, what possible reason could you have for not having TSA pre-check if you fly? Even if you don’t fly that much. For goodness sakes, why would you stand in a line? I don’t know about you. I hate standing in line. I’m an impatient guy. And so I haven’t taken my shoes off to get on an airplane in years. And don’t even get me started on clear. That’s the other one. And I think a lot of people have a distrust of providing any… Data about yourself to the government. That must be it. I don’t know. I can’t imagine. I mean, do you fly without TSA? Anyway, if you don’t have TSA or clear or Uber or running water or electricity, don’t worry. You don’t have to take your shoes off anymore. Evidently, the days of taking your shoes off to go through the checkpoint at TSA. Look, there’s a clamoring to get rid of TSA altogether. Now, I don’t know how I feel about that. I don’t think terrorists have given up on hurting us. I’m not sure that’s a good idea. But there’s a lot of people that are calling for the complete… abolishment of TSA altogether. We don’t need all those TSA agents. We don’t need all those people checking people at the airport. Huh. You think terrorists have changed their mind about using planes as lethal weapons? Are we that far removed from 9-11 that we forget what they did and how they did it? I understand balancing national security and safety concerns with our personal liberties and our freedoms. It would be great to just get on a plane. But as I see these more and more articles suggesting that it’s time to say goodbye to TSA… steer me in the right direction if you feel that way. Because to me, that’s crazy. That is insane. What do you think the first thing the terrorists are going to do if we don’t have any way of checking people for weapons before they get on an airplane? They’re going to repeat 9-11. They’re going to try to fly a plane into some big location of national significance. 800-655-MIKE. What am I missing here? So, again, Christine Nome made the announcement, the shoes-off policy coming to an end. I guess that’s great. Okay. Again, if you’ve got TSA, you never take your shoes off. But if you don’t have TSA, maybe you’ll be relieved because it’s kind of demeaning and weird and kind of gross walking in your stocking feet. marching through, trudging through the metal detector. And this, of course, came after the shoe bomber. Remember the guy after 9-11 that tried to blow up another plane, and it fizzled out, and he had a bomb in his shoe. So now, apparently, the shoes-off policy, according to TSA and the federal government, is no longer needed. Political issues and opinions seep into every corner of our culture these days. I mean, it even shows up in the new Superman movie.

SPEAKER 07 : 11:23

Right. Look at the things that sort of the Elon agenda, which is very tech savvy. It is very much about free speech. Well, which party? A lot of people made this observation yesterday. I wasn’t the first. Let Elon’s America Party be kind of like the Tea Party. Not a break off. Let’s split everybody up. But let’s try to infuse the Democrat Party with a few things that we think are not there in deep enough supply, like spending cuts. And they’d be right about that. And change the Republican Party, which is their natural home. Their absolute natural home for these Elon-infused malcontents.

SPEAKER 05 : 11:58

And it’s everywhere. It’s in the culture. Look at the new Superman movie and the director, James Gunn. He gave an interview and he said, yep, Superman is an immigrant. And guess what? You don’t like it? You’re not American? And screw you. He’s a moron. But aren’t they in the business to sell tickets? You think I’m going to spend a dime now to that movie thanks to him? And I’m not alone. Why would anybody go in and watch a movie that is completely political?

SPEAKER 07 : 12:27

Because I have to.

SPEAKER 05 : 12:29

I don’t. I’m half kidding.

SPEAKER 07 : 12:31

I mean, I want to.

SPEAKER 05 : 12:32

I like Superman. I like the franchise. But I’m not going to do it.

SPEAKER 07 : 12:36

I’d like a freebie from somebody. I probably will.

SPEAKER 05 : 12:38

But how stupid is this guy? But how stupid is James Gunn? Why? They got one role. They got one goal.

SPEAKER 07 : 12:46

Make a good movie and have people come up and show up and see it. You’re 100% right. And obviously, you know, you and I are in this rarefied air of this and you can either go or not. I probably so that I can on the show say the director is an idiot, but the film is pretty great. And I don’t think the film itself beats you over the head with politics in the script.

SPEAKER 01 : 13:03

But why does he feel a need to do this?

SPEAKER 07 : 13:06

Here’s the answer to that. I’m sort of working on the fly here. Why would he take that risk, seeming to repel half of the country if you’re trying to sell tickets? That’s your very, very golden question. Number one, his calculation, his wish, his hope is that in spreading this venom, people who are like him politically will go… Yeah, let’s support this guy and go see the movie when they otherwise might not have. The second thing he hopes for, the second thing he hopes for, I didn’t say he’s right, but the second thing he hopes for is that there just aren’t some that only the political junkies are paying attention and that he’ll be able to say things like this and it won’t hurt him.

SPEAKER 05 : 13:40

The problem with both of those arguments is there is precedent. Ever heard of Snow White? I mean, did you see what happened to them? The short answer is no, and that makes your point. That’s exactly right, because it bombed badly, and it was largely attributed in that case. But it was also terrible. Terrible, apparently. No, but you can’t have the woman playing Snow White. I know. Trashing and being MAGA and all that. Do you know that the director of that movie? No, he’s the producer. He’s a big Hollywood guy. Pratt. Platt. No, Mark Platt.

SPEAKER 01 : 14:14

Chris Pratt.

SPEAKER 05 : 14:17

His son is the actor, Ben Platt. His dad, Mark Platt, is a big-time Hollywood producer. He was behind the Snow White movie. He flew out to L.A. and boxed her ears and said, would you shut up already with your political venom? Because you’re killing us here. And guess what? The movie bombed. So you may be right. Maybe it was just a bad movie. But keep it out of it. Go back to Laura Ingraham years and years ago. Shut up and dribble. Shut up and sing. I’m never going to.

SPEAKER 07 : 14:44

I’m never going to do that, though. I mean, I get the point, because if I say that to the Dixie Chicks, then I have to say it to Ted Nugent. I get it. My thought is if you’re in sports, music, movies, speak out all you like, but let the chips go where they may.

SPEAKER 05 : 15:04

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SPEAKER 06 : 18:40

EOJ may be releasing the list of Jeffrey Epstein’s clients. Will that really happen?

SPEAKER 01 : 18:45

It’s sitting on my desk right now to review. That’s been a directive by President Trump. I’m reviewing that. I’m reviewing JFK files, MLK files. That’s all in the process of being reviewed because that was done at the directive of the president from all of these agencies.

SPEAKER 05 : 19:02

Okay, now comes the big bombshell announcement. On a Sunday night of a holiday weekend, there’s no list. He did kill himself, and there’s no client list. Nothing to see here. Move on. And at the very least, this is perplexing. You know what I mean? At the very minimum, this is weird. Did she say in that clip that she’s seen the Epstein client list? Or was that a chyron? Can you do me a favor, Christian, just for my own edification? Because I’m sorry. We’ve got a lot of breaking news today and a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes. Play that clip one more time.

SPEAKER 06 : 19:50

EOJ may be releasing the list of Jeffrey Epstein’s clients. Will that really happen?

SPEAKER 01 : 19:56

It’s sitting on my desk right now to review. That’s been a directive by President Trump. I’m reviewing that. I’m reviewing JFK files, MLK files. All right.

SPEAKER 05 : 20:06

So she doesn’t say. She doesn’t literally say, yes, I have a client list that’s on my desk. The Fox News chyron says the Epstein client list is sitting on her desk. She said, it’s sitting on my desk, suggesting that the client list is on her desk. And of course, if you don’t know, Jeffrey Epstein is this notorious, disgusting person, a pedophile, but he was very wealthy, very influential. People from both sides of the aisle, both political parties, cozying up to the guy because he was a person of influence. And he apparently did horrific things to a lot of young girls. In fact, one of the young girls, did she kill herself a few weeks ago? The whole thing is a sordid mess. And as I said to my friend, Mark Davis, why do we care? Tell me why we need to care. I’m just not sure why I understand exactly how Pam Bondi goes from seeming to suggest that there is a client list… And now Trump’s Justice Department and DOJ have concluded late Sunday night that this convicted sex offender and disgraced financier, no evidence that he blackmailed anyone, no evidence that he had a client list, or was murdered. Huh? Huh? And again, here’s the other Jesse. This is Bondi with Jesse Waters. That clip was from February 21st of this year. This is also earlier in the year. I don’t know what date this is, but here’s Pam Bondi with Jesse Waters earlier in the year, also on Fox News Channel.

SPEAKER 03 : 22:07

One of the things a lot of people are wondering, because you said last week that you have the Epstein files on your desk is when can we see them and what’s taking so long to release them?

SPEAKER 01 : 22:17

I do. Jesse, there are well over this. This will make you sick. 200 victims.

SPEAKER 1 : 22:25

200.

SPEAKER 01 : 22:26

So we have well over over 250, actually. So we have to make sure that their identity is protected and their personal information. But other than that. I think tomorrow, you know, the personal information of victims. Other than that, I think tomorrow, Jesse, breaking news right now, you’re going to see some Epstein information being released by my office.

SPEAKER 03 : 22:50

What kind? Are we going to see who was on the flights? Are we going to see any evidence from what he recorded? Because he had all of his homes wired with recording devices.

SPEAKER 01 : 23:00

What you’re going to see, hopefully tomorrow, is a lot of flight logs, a lot of names, a lot of information. But it’s pretty sick what that man did.

SPEAKER 05 : 23:14

None of that came to fruition. Apparently there is no client list, according to the Justice Department. There is no evidence of any attempts to blackmail. She does… Again, I’m listening to her words carefully, and that was back in February, where she said there are lots of victims, but who victimized them? Just Jeffrey Epstein? It’s very confusing. The President Trump-Elon Musk feud heated up again this week. Now Musk wants to start his own political party. As you can imagine, that didn’t go over too well with President Trump. Here’s President Trump reacting to Elon Musk’s America Party.

SPEAKER 02 : 24:05

I think it’s ridiculous to start a third party. We have a tremendous success with the Republican Party. The Democrats have lost their way, but it’s always been a two-party system. And I think starting a third party just adds to confusion. It really seems to have been developed for two parties. Third parties have never worked. So he can have fun with it, but I think it’s ridiculous.

SPEAKER 05 : 24:29

Here’s the great Scott Jennings, who we announced last week, right before I went on vacation, and I was excited to break the news on the Mike Gallagher show that Scott Jennings is joining the Salem Media Group with his own show. Right after the Charlie Kirk show, an hour of Scott every day on hundreds of stations all over the country, the Salem Radio Network, and we’re thrilled to welcome CNN’s Scott Jennings, the lone conservative over on CNN. And here was his humble advice for Mr. Musk.

SPEAKER 08 : 24:59

It’s harder than it looks to start a political party, and we’ll see where they go with it. My humble advice to Elon, who I admire very much actually, is that you may be dividing the forces of people who want to save Western civilization to the benefit of the people who don’t. And so to the extent that this effort would divide conservatives and Republicans against each other, that would be helpful because it would leave the country to people who want unfettered immigration who don’t share your fiscal views and so on and so forth so we’ll see where it goes i i sort of hope everybody puts the band back together the way they had it back in 2024 because when everybody was working together things work quite well scott is completely right he’s totally correct they got to put the band back together that’s sort of the wish it may be too late a lot of damage is being done but the the scary part is elon could damage america

SPEAKER 05 : 25:58

Because if Republicans who are, let me look at this text I got from Michigan. You are wrong today, Mike. I am so sick of this BS two-party system. Everything’s decided by party line and who’s able to bribe the members of their party. Elon is right to be pissed. Now, that’s the kind of, I would guess, Trump supporter that is threatening to go off the reservation and and burn it all down. And you want to know how you’ll burn it down, Michigan? Great. Go along with the unrealistic idea of creating a third party just in time for the midterm elections, and you go vote for Betty Boop on the America Party, and you watch Democrats take control of the House and the Senate again. No, I’m not wrong. I am not wrong at all. Trump is riding a major, major wave of momentum. Will you please take the damn win? Pardon my language. Will you please know what winning feels like? The Iran strikes? The Supreme Court and lawsuit victories he’s had? The big, beautiful bill? And now you want to burn it all down? Elon… And I’m with Scott. I admire Elon Musk greatly, too. Elon threatens to do one thing. Blow it all up. And that includes MAGA. So you want to talk to me about a third party? We’ve got a third party. It’s called Make America Great Again. It’s called the Trump Movement. And you either trust this guy or you don’t. And I suspect that with Michigan’s frustration lecturing me about not liking the two-party system, if you think we’re going to get a third party led by Elon Musk and, I don’t know, maybe Vivek Ramaswamy or who knows else, Thomas Massey? I’m sure Thomas Massey will play a big role in that world. You’re going to destroy this country because the lunatics are going to run the asylum. You’re going to splinter the Republican Party. You’re going to hand victory over to these demons who want to support Luigi Mangione and celebrate the deaths of these beautiful children in Kerrville, Texas. Is that what you want, Michigan? Better be careful what you wish for, huh, with your third-party America party. There was an incident in Texas this week that went underreported in the legacy media. Antifa activists allegedly ambushed ICE agents in Alvarado, Texas. You need to know about this story. It’s big. The story that is going to be underreported and that is being underreported, the story that ought to be the front and center of everybody’s conversations. are the two ambushes against ICE officials and ICE officers that took place this week. Eleven people faced charges after what is being described as a planned ambush on an ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas. Law enforcement officials say that a group of Antifa activists intended to kill ICE correction officers. A police officer was shot in the neck. He is expected to survive, thank God. It was a coordinated attack, happened on the 4th of July, at the Prairieland ICE detention center in Alvarado. Law enforcement officials said 10 to 12 people, I’m quoting here from Fox 4 News in Dallas. Law enforcement officials said 10 to 12 people in black military-style clothing began shooting fireworks at the facility. One or two others broke off from the group and began to damage vehicles and spray graffiti. The graffiti said things like ice, pig, traitor, and profanity. Officials say the activity was meant to draw ICE detention officers out of the building, lure them out of the building. Two unarmed officers made their way outside to talk to the vandals. A single officer from the Alvarado Police Department was called to investigate the activity. When that officer responded, he was shot in the neck by a person in the woods. Officials say another person across the street then shot 20 to 30 rounds at the unarmed ICE detention officers. They’ve recovered 12 sets of body armor, flyers, spray paint, a flag saying resist fascism, fight oligarchy. Other searches discovered masks, goggles, gloves, weapons, fireworks. Now, we live in these bubbles where we think, you know, these Antifa, leftist, progressive, violent crazies, they’re in Portland, Oregon, you know? They’re in San Francisco. Maybe they’re in Austin. They’re in Seattle, right? They’re in pockets. Do you want to hear… Where these 10 people who’ve been arrested and charged with counts of attempted murder are from? Because I’m going to read their names and their towns and their cities. Are you ready? And I hope their parents or their family members or their friends might be listening or watching. Because this is who you have in your life. Monsters who tried to ambush and murder ICE officers. Here are the people charged, and here are their respective cities. Cameron Arnold of Dallas, Texas. Savannah Batten of Fort Worth, Texas. Nathan Bauman of College Station, Texas. Zachary Evitz of Waxahachie, Texas. Joy Gibson of Dallas, Texas. Bradford Morris of Dallas, Texas. Maricela Ruida of Fort Worth, Texas. Seth Sykes of Kennedale, Texas. Elizabeth Soto of Fort Worth. And Inez Soto of Fort Worth, Texas. These are not people in Oregon. These are people in North Texas. This poison, this cancer, from the left, is spreading everywhere. And finally this week, we had a good conversation with the rarest of all birds, a reasonable Democrat. Tim is in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Hi, Tim. Welcome to the Mike Gallagher Show. How are you?

SPEAKER 04 : 33:24

I am well. Thanks for taking my call. You bet. I love your show. I’m a Democrat. I’m a Christian. I got down on my knees and prayed yesterday and for those children, for those people at Mystic Camp, you can’t throw all of the Democrats into the same batch, just like I can’t throw all the Republicans into the same batch. Sure. That’s all I’m saying.

SPEAKER 05 : 33:47

Well, no, it’s a fair point, so let me ask you a question. Can we come up with one Democrat, one prominent Democrat, who is denouncing any of this garbage? Not just just one. Is there one prominent Democrat who has stood up and said, I call for an end to this violent rhetoric that is leading to Border Patrol agents and ICE officers to be shot at and shot. I call for an end to any Democrat or anybody in the left who celebrates the death of these poor, innocent children in Texas. Is there one Democrat, Tim, that you know of? And, you know, I don’t want to put you on the spot, but is there one Democrat who’s condemned any of it?

SPEAKER 04 : 34:30

You know, I don’t – I only go by what I believe. I can’t talk about our senators and congressmen and – if you’re talking about politicians – I’m not going to speak for any of them.

SPEAKER 05 : 34:42

But I would think that any… Yeah, but you’re a member of that, though. You said you’re a Democrat. I mean, do you realize… I am a Democrat. And your party, Tim, with all due respect, your party is broken right now. This is what your party has become.

SPEAKER 04 : 34:57

The country’s broken. And I agree with you. The Democrats and the Republicans together… are both guilty of not working together and not coming to a compromise for the betterment of our country.

SPEAKER 05 : 35:11

Give me an example of Republicans or members of MAGA who have celebrated the deaths of children. Give me an example of Republicans advocating for violence against law enforcement. I mean, we’re not the same, Tim. The two parties are very different.

SPEAKER 04 : 35:29

I understand that. And I can’t just throw out names. I’m not going to throw out names without… without fact-checking. I’m driving down the highway here in South Dakota right now.

SPEAKER 05 : 35:37

Yeah, yeah. And I’m not trying to put you on the spot, but I wonder if, and I’m grateful that you called because I’ve wanted to ask a Democrat like you, I think a common-sense Democrat. You sound like a reasonable guy. Do you acknowledge how bad things have gotten for your party? Oh, I agree for both parties. You keep saying both parties. What part of the Republican Party is anything close to what your side is doing when it comes to violence and celebrating death?

SPEAKER 04 : 36:08

Well, I think you’re taking a few people and making an example. That’s just like saying everybody’s a racist. Not everybody’s a racist.

SPEAKER 05 : 36:17

Give me one prominent Democrat who’s calling these other Democrats out, and then I’ll say you’re right. I can’t find one. Maybe Fetterman. That’s about it. I mean, Dave, I mean, Tim, you’ve got a problem here. There’s a cancer in your party right now, and it’s a cancer of violence and bloodshed. I mean, I shared the story from Axios yesterday, a respected Washington, D.C. publication, saying the Democrat operatives are saying we’ve got to have blood in the streets because playing nice with the Republicans isn’t working. You don’t hold that view, do you, Tim?

SPEAKER 04 : 36:51

No, the Democrat operatives that they’re talking about is probably a minority, obviously. It’s not the majority. I hope. There’s a few nut jobs. There’s nut jobs in every party. I hope you’re right. I hope you’re right. That’s why I called. You can’t label every Democrat a crackpot murderer.

SPEAKER 05 : 37:10

Nor am I. I mean, I’m talking to one who I would never think to call you that. I’m not saying that. But I’m saying that as a party, you still belong to a political, you are affiliated politically with a party that has gone down a very, very dark, I’d say nefarious and dangerous hole. And I think people like you have got to call your fellow Democrats out.

SPEAKER 04 : 37:35

I agree we need to call Democrats and Republicans. That’s what I’m getting at.

SPEAKER 05 : 37:41

You keep bringing up Republicans, but what do you blame Republicans for?

SPEAKER 04 : 37:46

I don’t blame them. I blame both parties for not working together. to come up with a compromise for the betterment of the country.

SPEAKER 05 : 37:54

Right, but you and I have a fundamental disagreement. You don’t think that this violence and this rhetoric represents the Democrat Party. You admit you can’t give me one Democrat who’s denouncing any of it. I can’t either. Tim, I think this is what your party has become, and I don’t know how we find common ground.

SPEAKER 04 : 38:12

Well, I think we can agree to be disagreeable. You bet. And I appreciate you. Well, I appreciate you, too.

SPEAKER 05 : 38:20

But please, let’s not label everybody. I got it. Let’s not label everybody. I got it. Drive safe, Tim. Thanks for joining us. That wraps up the Mike Gallagher Show Week in Review podcast for Friday, July 11th. Be sure to subscribe to our podcasts. Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And be sure to watch us on Salem News Channel, snc.tv. If you like the show, be sure to share it with a friend. We’ll see you back here next week on the Mike Gallagher Show Week in Review podcast.