On Monday’s Mark Levin Show, it’s amazing that any company would put Joy Reid on the air. She’s very dangerous and she finally got fired from MSNBC. The fact that she held a position with a massive company is an embarrassment. Also, congratulations to Dan Bongino on his very important post – Deputy FBI Director. It’s a hands-on position, and no one is better suited for this role. There’s no better team than FBI Director Kash Patel and Bongino. They are exactly what’s needed: a no-nonsense approach to law and order. Later, Generals shouldn’t assume they have lifetime roles, and those pushing personal agendas should be removed, as President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are doing by eliminating radical left policies that have undermined the military. This cleanup seems to be a recurring task for Republican presidents after Democratic ones, reflecting our support and honor for the military. A President needs loyalty to his public agenda, not his personal one. Afterward, what’s wrong with receiving an e-mail asking ‘what did you do last week?’ It’s a massive bureaucracy and we need to know who you are and what you’re doing. DOGE is a threat to the government within the government. Finally, you might believe you own your home, but if you fail to pay property taxes, the government has the power to seize it. The government determines the tax amount, and challenging this decision can feel nearly impossible. There’s something fundamentally unfair about this system.
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Segment 1
Hello America. Mark Levin here. Our number 877-381-3811. 877-381-3811. First, congratulations to our buddy Dan Bongino, the FBI deputy director. That’s a very important post. It’s really the hands on position in many respects because the director has so many responsibilities above and beyond. And so as I recall, my days in the department, just the deputy position is ever so important and I can’t think of anybody better. And these reports out there that, oh, the the agents are disappointed. Their word agents, the media talking to seven of their best friends over there who are obviously leakers and reprobates. I’m sure the agents are happy. I’m sure they’re thrilled. That there is new management in cash. PATEL And Dan Bongino in fact, I can’t think of any any better team than that. And then Pam Bondi as attorney general. These are serious people. Very serious people. The experience Bondy has put together, as Bongino has, is exactly what’s needed. No, not since law and order types. It’s amazing, isn’t the media? Well, the media lie. I mean, how many more examples do we need? How many more years do we have to prove it to ourselves? We don’t. And as you know, I’d been behind this microphone talking for quite some time now about Joy Reid. I’ve been wondering how she manages to hang on to a TV show, even though it’s on MSNBC, which fewer and fewer people watch. Prime time. And I’ve played clips of her, the horrendous, bigoted things that she has said, in my humble opinion. And I’ve just been amazed. That any company will put her out front like this raving lunatic, in my view. And I’ve said for a long time they ought to give her the hook. She needs to go. She’s very, very dangerous to this country. The things that she says. Well, she got the hook, apparently. She got the hook. And I want you to hear from her own mouth. Hat tip, Town hall. What she had to say about it. Cut to go. My show had value and then. Excuse me. No, it didn’t. No, it had no value whatsoever. None. Go ahead. I’m sorry. That. But what I was doing. Value and value. And in the end, I’m sorry, I’m not I try not to cry on TV and I think this guy like me on TV’s, I apologize. And then and then it kind of and then it matter. I think Karen is there and she’s been texting me as well. And so what I would say is a Karen. That’s pretty amazing, isn’t it, Mr. Producer, does she mean Whoopi Goldberg, whose real name is Karen? I have no idea. Go ahead. That in the end. Thank you. Where I land. Is that the moment that I. Of guilt that I felt that I went hard on so many issues, whether it was the blanket or hard you want, you went insane. You went insane. Things you said. Endless references to Hitler pushing the whole racism and race and racialism agenda just constant. Among many other things, I can’t think of a single profound thing you said, actually. Go ahead. But a young baby or a mom or dad that was killed or when we opened up people’s eyes to the fact that Asian Americans were being targeted and not just black folks, That you mean targeted by Biden at Harvard? Who went into the Supreme Court did the Biden regime. Asian students brought a lawsuit that they’re being discriminated against in these two colleges and Harvard. And the other one, I think, was North Carolina. But I could be wrong about that in terms of their applications in the Biden regime and the Democrat Party and their media. The Supreme Court said, no, that’s discrimination. When absolutely apoplectic. Whose side were you on there? Joy. Go ahead. For immigrants who’ve done nothing but come to this country like my parents did and try to make a life and defend them. Now, they didn’t just come to the country. People came to the country to make a life and came through legally. There’s no issue. And there’s a lot of people who do that, and they do it every year. A lot of people. And that’s okay. That’s the way it’s supposed to be done. Nobody’s talking about that. At least I’m not. We’re talking about people who do this illegally. People who game the system. Biden on down. The leaders of other countries in Central and South America and throughout throughout the planet, actually. That’s what we’re talking about. Go ahead. Whether we’ve talked about what the president is doing that is subversive to the Constitution. President is it doing anything that’s subversive to the Constitution You have refused with. You’re a hero, Biden. There’s nothing subversive to the Constitution being being done. You know, the Democrat Party exists. Exists. As a subversive party that’s anti constitution, anti declaration and anti-Americans founding. They’ve been preaching this to us for four decades and with a new intensity in the last few years. They trash the people of America. You. They trash the founders of America. They trashed the Constitution and those who framed it drafted it, adopted it. They trashed the Constitution itself as an old document and unworkable document. The white man’s quote unquote, document. And on and on and on. You know this They attack key elements of the Bill of Rights. They attack separation of powers. They used the 14th Amendment in ways it was never intended to be used. They want activist, radical judges on the court who will not comply. With the Constitution. So what does she mean? About Trump. Subversive to the Constitution. Go ahead. That is injurious to our liberty, you know, defending books that people find inconvenient. You know, Nicole, nobody’s defending books that people find inconvenient. See what I mean? She was nothing but a propagandist. It’s good she’s gone. We have enough of those on MSNBC, CNN and elsewhere. People are opposing. Graphic. Perverse. Sexualized books and education. For little kids. In our public schools, our government schools against the knowledge and the will when they know about it. The parents. Those are the books that we want removed from our libraries. We used to call it pornography. We’re not talking about fictions and so forth and so on mainstream fictions. We’re talking about real sleaze, real sleaze. They call this book burning, and that they’re defending these books. Like there’s a real war on books. Really? You can get any book you want. Go on Amazon, go to a library if you still do that sort of thing. Get any book you want. That’s not what we’re talking about. We’re talking about books that are filled with filth. Absolutely inappropriate for young children. The manipulation of young children, the sexualization of young children. It’s disgusting. That’s what we’re talking about. Go ahead. Owens put into our spirit that we need to understand 1619 as the real founding of this country, not the real founding of the country. It’s a deeply defective and flawed group of essays, propaganda that some of the greatest living historians have condemned, even some who are left of center. It is a lie about the reason America was founded. America wasn’t founded to enshrine slavery into our country. That’s not why America was founded. And this is my point to you, Mr. and Mrs. America. She trashes our country. She embraces all these radical, hate filled movements and books and all the rest. And then she wants you to think she’s standing up for the Constitution. She wants you to think she’s standing up for the country. She’s a mess, among other things. Go ahead. Whether it’s talking about any of these issues and yes, whether it’s talking about Gaza and the fact that we as the American people have a right to object, to have a right to object to little babies being bombed, and you have a right to object to little babies being bombed and you have a right to tell the truth about who started that war, about who hides behind their little babies, about who puts their weapons in their terrorists, in hospitals, in schools. You have a right to tell the truth. You’re a liar. The Tokyo Rose of today for Hamas and other terrorists, in my humble opinion. Go ahead. Come down on that is. I’m not sorry. I am not sorry. Good bye. Goodbye. You’re sorry person, but you’re not sorry. We don’t really care. We don’t really care. Look, ladies and gentlemen, I won’t be on this program forever. I won’t be on Fox forever. I won’t be anywhere forever. And that’s okay. But I truly will be proud of everything I’ve done and everything I’ve said, everything I’ve written. I truly will be. She’s a disgrace. And the fact that she had a position on a major. Networker, at least a format, a platform that was owned by a massive company is an embarrassment. A true embarrassment. I don’t dance on somebodies bad luck. But this isn’t bad luck. This is a bad person. She’s learned nothing. She’ll never learn anything. She’s filled with anger and hate. She was filled with anger and hate before she got to MSNBC and she was blogging online. And she’s filled of anger and hate when she was at MSNBC. And she’ll be filled with anger and hate for the rest of the time, at least her time. Good riddance. I’ll be right back.
Segment 2
Ladies and gentlemen, one of the great heroes who helped win the Cold War against the Soviets was Jeane Kirkpatrick. She’d been a lifelong Democrat until she joined the Reagan administration. President Reagan appointed her ambassador to the United Nations. Many of you were too young to know much about her. She was fantastic. She was fantastic. She was an outspoken individual at the United Nations before we ever had outspoken individuals at the United Nations. Now, we we’ve had a string of many. She was a professor and expert in foreign policy. And. Came to Reagan’s attention when he read something she had said at some point. And was an absolutely fantastic member of his administration. She would switch parties, become a Republican. And again, was just fantastic. Now at the 1984 Republican Convention. She gave a stirring speech. It’s a stirring speech that is relevant today. I believe that is relevant today. We have individuals in this country, the left and the so-called right. I don’t even like calling them of the right who are really the hate America first crowd. And the views as the imperialist us, as the colonialists, us as the provocateurs and so forth and so on. We’re none of those things. We’ve had very lousy commander in chief’s in the form of a Biden, as an example. But our country, our military, the American people are simply not as they say. Period. Period. So I want you to listen to what she said. All those years ago. It’s a long time ago. I guess it’s a little over 40 years ago. The great Jeane Kirkpatrick. Go. They said saving Grenada from terror and totalitarianism was the wrong thing to do. They didn’t blame Cuba or the communists for threatening Americans to use and murdering grenades. They blamed the United States instead. But then somehow they always blame America first. When our Marines are sent to Lebanon on a multinational peacekeeping mission with the consent of the United States Congress, were murdered in their sleep. The blame America first crowd didn’t blame the terrorists who murdered the Marines. They blamed the United States. But then they always blame America first. I’m a soldier. When the Soviet Union walked out of arms control negotiations and refused, even I missed time this year. So we’re going to start it over again after the bottom of the hour. I didn’t look at the clock properly. Because we’re going to have to take a break now. Is that correct, Mr. Producer? Okay, So we weren’t going to have enough time. You get the sense for it, but I want you to hear the whole thing. It’s not very long in this Blame America first crowd exists today. It exists in the isolationists, whether they be radical left or radical right. We are a constitutional conservatives. We’re not radical anything. In fact, this whole political spectrum, the way they talk about it, is wrong. We’re square in the middle, not because we’re moderates or centrists, but because we are constitutionalists. That’s the middle. That’s where everybody should be. We’ll be right back.
Segment 3
You know, ladies and gentlemen, I read in more than one place that the Philadelphia Eagles were not going to attend the. An event at the White House as Donald Trump was president. Should they be invited being the Super Bowl champs? And I waited a few days. And so I post on it. But he said ABC New York said, You’re going to get these guys. I said, No, I’m not going to denounce. The Eagles has an institution, but I am going to denounce the owner. He questioned the players. I love the team. It’s in your blood. It’s like everybody else. Every other city and metropolitan area we grow up and. Watch the games with your father, your family, watch on TV, or you go to the stadium. We never could get a ticket to an Eagles game. We came to Phillies games in 76 games and Flyers games, but you get the point. And so I said, This is ridiculous. The owner of the Eagles is a big lib, big Democrat. I don’t much like him and he’s still a big lib big Democrat and I don’t much like him regardless. So it turns out that it is fake news. And so this is a very reliable source that this was fake news. And I say three cheers. And I’m glad it is. And I’m glad it was the owners, still a big liberal Democrat. Which I don’t like. But he is what he But he is what he is. And so the players have not disrespected the fans. They’ve not turned this into a partisan political event. And for that and want to thank them. And I’m proud of them. What else do I need to say? Mr.. Excuse me. Oh, yes. I want to go back to Jeane Kirkpatrick and started from the top. 1984 Republican Convention, the renomination of Ronald Reagan. Go ahead. They said saving Grenada from terror and totalitarianism was the wrong thing to do. They didn’t blame Cuba or the communists for threatening American students and murdering grenades. They blamed the United States instead. But then somehow they always blame America first. When our Marines are sent to Lebanon on a multinational peacekeeping mission with the consent of the United States Congress, were murdered in their sleep. The blame America first crowd didn’t blame the terrorists who murdered the Marines. They blamed the United States. But then they always blame America first. And so when the Soviet Union walked out of arms control negotiations and refused even to discuss the issues, the San Francisco Democrats didn’t blame Soviet intransigence. They blamed the United States. But then they always blame America. When Marxist dictator shoot their way into power and Central America. The San Francisco Democrats don’t blame the guerrillas and their Soviet allies. They blame United States policies of 100 years ago. But then they always blame America for. She was fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And right on. And I think that could be said today. That could be said today. And I have said it today and I said it last week and I said it yesterday and I said it on Blaze and I said it on Fox. And I mean it. I mean it. All right. Let’s get to a few other things here. There’s a lot of very, very important things going on in this country that are affecting each and every one of us. We have, for example. Peter Hegseth on Fox News Sunday. Now, I don’t know where generals got the idea that they have a right to lifetime appointments or their media. Do I seem to recall Harry Truman fired a general and he was praised for it. So generals have been removed in the past. Jimmy Carter removed a tremendous general who oversee SA Korean forces singled up for which Carter was praised. You know, it’s so strange. In all walks of life, you have to prove yourself and you raised and you rise to a level. Which is more and more and more powerful. And if you’re not serving. In a way that is supportive of the civilian leadership, not because they’re doing something wrong, the civilian leadership, not because there’s something crass about them, not because they’re demanding that you do political things, but you have your own ideas and your own ways and you’re pushing your own agenda. You need to go. You need to go. So Pete Hegseth was on with Shannon BREAM this Sunday. It went something like this. Cut seven. Go. I got to ask you about this rumored list of people that you allegedly put together that were all going to be cleaned out. Is there a list? Is there anybody left on the list that exists? There’s no list, Shannon. I’ve heard that. I’ve seen that very rumor, although we have a very keen eye toward military leadership and their willingness to follow lawful orders. This is all about defending the Constitution. Joe Biden gave lawful orders. A lot of them are really bad. And it’s unfortunate how they eroded our military ideological COVID mandates. President Trump has given another set of lawful orders and they will be followed if they’re not followed. And all these orders are in keeping with the constitution and norms inside the military. If they’re not followed, then those officers will find the door. And that’s not a that’s not a tough calculation. We feel really good about the direction the Pentagon is headed under President Trump. We’re going to focus on warfighting and lethality and accountability and be the most transparent Pentagon that the folks have seen in a long time, which is why I explain these things on a regular basis. Exactly. Agencies provided enormous access. We’re going to have him on next week and as well. And as well as Pam Bondi and some of the others. And I mean, this is just basic stuff. This is the way civilian leadership in the military is supposed to operate. You know, the amazing thing here is that we conservatives in constitutions, we support the military. Well, President Trump, Papeete Hague said they’re doing is getting rid of these radical left policies that have undermined the military, undermined recruiting, that have weakened. Our force structures. They certainly have. They’re looking for savings, they say billions of dollars, and there may well be billions of dollars. But they also want to build up the regular military, the active duty military and our weapons systems. And it seems like after every Democrat president, this is what Republican presidents have to do. It’s crazy. It’s crazy. And we always fall behind the enemy. When there’s a Democrat president. Have you noticed that, too? And then they they wring their hands, crocodile tears jump up and down about how somehow we’re abusing the military. We don’t abuse the military. We honor it. We salute it. We praise it. We love it. They’re the problem. Nada. So here’s Cory Booker on Meet the Press, the firing of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Brown, who happens to be an African-American. But Brown also happened to be a big critic of Donald Trump. And so he’s hand-picked by Biden to be the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. I don’t know how long he’s there. Not very long. And so. What that means. Trump has to keep them no matter what. Of course not. That means if Trump removes him, it’s all about Trump demanding loyalty. A president needs loyalty not to his personal agenda, but to his public agenda. To his own strategy, to his own beliefs. He’s elected by all the people throughout the country. Not that all the people vote for him, but he’s the only one who is. It is crazy listening to the left. They say we support the Constitution. Well, that’s the president. He’s the commander in chief. Now Kristen Welker is a buffoon at Meet the Press. And she asks Cory Booker. They invite Cory Booker because they know that he will attack Trump. They don’t ask him any tough questions. They don’t ask any tough questions about the former head of the Joint Chiefs. No, no, no, no. It’s all about illusions. It’s all about surface level allegations. It’s all pseudo correct. Go. How do you see the firing of CQ Brown? So what kind of a question is this? How do you see the firing of CQ Brown? Go ahead. Chief of staff is someone who should give independent advice on the military and national security. It’s something that on both sides of the aisle we said that should be independent of politics. That’s why their terms are set. But just like the FBI director. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You’re a liar and you’re creating a false scenario. It’s not a matter of. The issue was not whether he’s independent of politics. The issue is whether the president has confidence that he’ll follow the president’s agenda and the president’s orders. And clearly he’s not. Cory Booker picks a chief of staff. He picks a chief of staff that will do what he wants him to do. Yes. Brown should be independent of politics. But he doesn’t have independent authority. Like many thought he did. Now, Donald Trump is experienced enough with these generals to know what he wants, to know what he wants. And it really is a smear, a stereotypical smear to suggest that all these generals who Donald Trump may pick. Oh, who Hegseth may pick for various positions and so forth and so on. Their political. They’re partisan. They’re not qualified. But the generals that Biden picked or Obama picked. They’re all highly qualified. And you can’t even question. If, in fact, they will serve this president, this commander in chief, the way he should be serve. Go ahead. This General Brown was supported overwhelmingly by Democrats and Republicans. Donald Trump has it doesn’t matter. He doesn’t report to you. He doesn’t report to Congress. He reports to the commander in chief. He’s a general. Another one is confused about separation of powers and whose lane he’s in or what lane he’s in. Go ahead. Sending a dangerous message to the military. It’s not about your independent expertise. It’s not about your years of service. It’s about your personal political loyalty, too. No, it’s not. No, it’s not. Judgments are made every day in the government and in the private sector. If a person that has enormous responsibility, like the head of the Joint Chiefs who reports to you. If that person is the kind of person, whether it’s personality, whether it’s character, whether it’s substance, whatever it is. Is the best person in that position for the CEO, for the commander in chief. Because in the end, it’s the commander in chief who’s responsible and accountable for defending this country. Go ahead. Interests message to send to our military at a time when we really need. I actually suspect that the men and women of the military, perhaps not the highest of the high brass, but the men and women of the military, are relieved that Biden is gone. That Austin is gone. That Billy’s gone. That Trump is in, that Hegseth is in, and so forth and so on. Nobody asked them. Cory Booker just assumes to speak for them. No. Cory Booker speaks for the highest of the highest brass. The question you should ask yourself is why is he so comfortable with them? What does he know that we don’t know? Do they talk to him? They don’t report to him. What exactly is going on. What’s going on is that Booker and his ilk. I’m going to oppose anything and everything Donald Trump does, whether it’s reforming the bureaucracy. Whether it is moving certain individuals out and replacing them with other individuals. They will oppose every inch of it and they will defend every inch of the existing bureaucracy. And the media is all in on it. Kristen Welker, How do you see the firing of CQ Brown? What kind of a question is that? I’ll be right back.
Segment 4
Let’s go back here, people. I can’t print anything today. It’s driving me crazy. But I’m doing. I’m doing what I’m doing. Now, in addition to joyless read as the New York Post reports exclusively, MSNBC promotes Jen Psaki. Access shows hosted by three more lefty anchors in wake of Reid’s ouster, and they needed three reporters to report. This, of course, can’t do it with just one. These days, MSNBC host Jen Psaki will slide into a new primetime slot as part of a massive shakeup that includes the ouster of Joy Reid, per Psaki, the former press secretary for Biden. She lied to us repeatedly about Biden’s dementia, didn’t she? Perfect fit over there. Take over the 9 p.m. duties Tuesdays through Fridays from current host Alex Wagner. Beginning in late April, the network said why she’s not a ratings getter. They say she is. She isn’t. They put her against me a couple of times, didn’t they, Mr. Producer? The word crush comes to mind. I crushed her. And the overhaul. Left leaning network by new president Rebecca Cutler also includes axing weekend hosts. I can’t even pronounce the names of these people. Nobody watched any of these people. Nobody cares if they’re there, if they’re not there. I mean, if MSNBC’s one, it’s usually by mistake. The sound isn’t on and people need a nightlight. That’s pretty much said it’s the nightlight channel. I’ll be right back.