 You're at the right place. Your conservative talk radio station, WTRH Ramsey. Breaking news this hour from townhall.com. I'm John Scott.  Tropical storm Debbie has returned, making a second landfall in South Carolina on its way up the East Coast. Meteorologist Robbie Berg with the National Hurricane Center. The rainfall is going to remain heavy for another day or so, and the system is still moving fairly slowly. One other issue we see is that when some of the rainfall can get enhanced,  along portions of them, and so we are concerned about the possibility of flash floods in that area as well as the Carolinas. Debbie came ashore early Thursday near Bulls Bay, South Carolina. Troopers closed part of Interstate 95 in North Carolina. That's after water covered the freeway. The storm spawned an apparent tornado early Thursday that damaged at least four houses, a church, and a school in Wilson County, North Carolina, east of Raleigh.  Also at townhall.com, unemployment applications have dipped lower from the prior week, but remain slightly elevated. Jackie Quinn has the numbers. The Labor Department reports the number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell last week after a jarring report on weakness in the labor market.  Jobless claims for last week fell by 17,000, better than what analysts were expecting, landing at 233,000. This was the first snapshot of the labor market since last week's disappointing jobs report for July, which sent financial markets into a tailspin.  With fears, it signaled a recession. I'm Jackie Quinn. On Wall Street, stocks are climbing after a better than expected report on the job market eased some of the worries about the slowing economy. The Dow had 525 points, the Nasdaq up 366. More at townhall.com.  Americans now have more credit card debt than at any time in history, owing a staggering $1.3 trillion collectively. What happens when most people can't pay their bills? Well, the U.S. economy is clearly moving into uncertain territory. That's why more Christians are turning to gold just for their peace of mind.  I'm Lance Wallnau, Christian news analyst with a 30-year track record of predicting trends. The Bible tells us that gold is a time-tested store of value that can protect your God-given assets through almost anything, including America's historic debt bubble. And here's the good news. You can own gold through your 401k or IRA.  My friends at Birch Gold Group can help you buy gold for your retirement account, tax-free and penalty-free. To learn more, text 98 for an info kit from Birch Gold that's entirely free, zero cost or obligation. Text that next step right now and take 98, 98, 98 for your free info kit. That's faith to 98.  This is Illinois Radio Network. I'm Kevin Bessler. Illinois grade is far from an A when it comes to its college economy. Jim Talamante explains. Northwestern College closed in July after 122 years in Chicago's south suburbs. Western Illinois announced job cuts in June and more in early August. Bradley cut more than 60 jobs last December. Scott Hagerty is an economics professor at Northeastern Illinois University. He says there's a national trend of people not seeing the value of college.  Part of it is that there's fewer students. Part of it is that people think that maybe college is getting too expensive and they can achieve their goals more cheaply. Within Illinois, I think that those same demographics hold. Hagerty says smaller than expected classes hit private schools hard. Public colleges have a different challenge.  State schools are a little bit more insulated because they get state appropriations, but those have taken hits over the years. This is IRN. The Illinois State Fair kicks off Thursday, but one of the marquee events will be on Friday with Agricultural Day. Numerous commodity organizations, farmers, and other agricultural officials will be on hand to share information on current ag policies. D.M. Bloomberg is the Director of Issues Management at the Illinois Farm Bureau.  I think for the state there to have an Ag Day on the first Friday really does represent how much agriculture means to the state of Illinois. Lindsay Crowe, Director of Communications with the Illinois Corn Growers Association, says shrinking farm profits will be an issue that many groups will be talking about. We really are thinking what the U of I predicts is going to be a long-term profitability decline. So that makes us nervous about the future of family farmers and being able to keep family farmers in business.  Other organizations expected to participate in Ag Day are the Illinois Pork Producers Association, the Illinois Soybean Association, and the Illinois Specialty Growers Association. The Illinois State Fair runs from August 8th through the 18th in Springfield. 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To sum up, call or click 811 before you dig, and visit safexcavator.com for more information.  Congressman Austin Scott is a Georgia Republican who recently told the Convention of Peanut Farmers. We're going to have to have a serious conversation about whether or not we leave SNAP and production ag tied together. We've gone from SNAP getting 67 percent of the farm bill to now it gets 80 percent.  If it continues to stay tied together, I think that 80% moves to 85%. The American farmer deserves better than 10% out of what we call the Farm Bill. And if the elected officials aren't listening and paying attention and understanding, they need to recognize that Americans love their soldiers, they love their law enforcement officers, and they love their farmers. And they want all three of them taken care of. And I can tell you, it's not happening right now in Washington, D.C.  In shows earlier this week, we talked about farm solvency and whether the farm bill being considered will address that. Scott says it needs to happen soon. Two days ago, I listened to a banker answer a question from a cotton farmer. Hey, what percentage of them do you think you'll be able to bank next year if something doesn't change? The response was 80%.  Translate that another way, 20% of the people that are farming today won't be able to farm a year from now. That's Farm to Fork. I'm Darrell Anderson.  Holiday World and Splash and Safari, our family loves you. But look, I'm trying to teach my kids there's nothing free in life. And then we get here and there's a lot that's free. Parking, sunscreen, soft drinks. We love water coasters like Mammoth, the new family coaster Good Gravy, and 500 drones lighting up the sky. But the whole ride home, all I hear is... Free soft drinks! Free parking! Free sunscreen! Okay, I guess some things in life are free. Get tickets today at HolidayWorld.com.  This is what you're fighting for. I mean, every day you're out there. What they're doing is blowing people off. If you continue to look the other way and shut up, then the oppressors, the authoritarians get total control and total power.  Because this is just like in Arizona. This is just like in Georgia. It's another element that backs them into a quarter and shows their lies and misrepresentations. This is why this audience is going to have to get engaged. We've told you this is the fight. All this nonsense, all this spin, they can't handle the truth. War Room Battleground. Here's your host, Stephen K. Bannon.  I don't know if you've heard, but the Georgia State Election Board is in a very positive way. This is a very positive thing, Marjorie. They're on fire. They're doing a great job. Three members, Janice Johnson, Rick Jeffries and Janelle King. Three people are all pit bulls fighting for honesty, transparency and victory. They're fighting. Are they here? Where are they?  Where are they? Where are they? Thank you. What a job. Thank you. Thank you. Wow. What a job. Where are you? Are you here? Wow. Thank you.  These people who Trump is shouting out by name, you've never heard any of these names before, right? These people he's shouting out by name, at least one of those people is apparently there at the rally, waving back at him and he's acknowledging her. Because they have a job that's supposed to be an obscure technocratic job. They are members of the Georgia State Elections Board.  He describes them as three pit bulls fighting for victory. And he calls them out by name and he thanks them and he praises them. And he points out at least one of them who's there in person in the front row of his rally. He says they're doing a great job. They are, quote, fighting for victory.  The Georgia State Elections Board is not supposed to be the kind of entity that has its members shouted out at a candidate's rally for all they're doing to assure the victory of that candidate. The State Elections Board is responsible for administering elections for, in the words of Georgia state statutes, they're responsible for conducting, quote, fair, legal and orderly elections for the state of Georgia. And here is Trump shouting them out by name  for all the great work they're doing for him. Since the 2020 election in which Trump tried mightily and failed to overturn the results of the presidential election in Georgia, since a Georgia grand jury indicted him and multiple co-defendants on multiple felonies, including RICO charges for trying to overturn the election in contravention of law  Georgia Republicans have since replaced the membership of the Georgia State Board of Elections so that it's now stocked with election deniers and Trump superfans who Trump is now shouting out by name at his rallies while they sit in the front row and wave back at him. They have also stocked on county election boards throughout the state of Georgia and in other swing states as well.  Why is that important? These elections officials who are doing the kinds of jobs that shouldn't make them famous, why is it important that they're election deniers and Trump superfans that have been installed since Trump tried and failed to overturn the results of the last election? Well, those county elections officials in multiple counties, in multiple swing states, since 2020, they have refused to certify local election results dozens of times.  The state election board members who Trump shouted out at his rally this weekend, they're now pushing through a new rule in the state of Georgia that will give any county official at the county elections board level, give them the leeway to refuse to certify election results in that county, or at least to delay the certification of election results in that county. And why does that matter?  because no matter how people vote in a particular state, right, no matter who gets the most votes in a particular state,  Election results get tallied locally and then they get certified by each county and then they get certified at the state level. That's how we get official election results from each state. If individual counties, whether they're big counties or small counties, even little rural, really Trumpy counties with almost no people limits. The idea is that will stop the state from being able to certify its results because they won't have official results from every county.  It'll stop them from being able to certify statewide results or at least delay the certification of statewide results. And that will have two effects. Number one, it will serve as propaganda. It will serve as sort of smoke to tell the public that there must be something wrong in the election. So the election results must be suspect and maybe emergency measures of some kind are going to be necessary.  Secondly, it prevents the normal counting of votes. It prevents the normal allocation of electors in the electoral college, which is how we get a president, right? It stops that process, which then does what to the process? It throws it into the courts? Maybe. Throws it into Congress to decide? Maybe. Republicans may like both of their chances in both of those places better than they like their chances with voters.  The chair will entertain a motion pertaining to, let me see, proposed rule amendment to SCB rule 183-1-12-.02. Mr. Chair, I move that we vote to approve rule, SCB rule 183-1-12-.02. Second. Second.  We have a motion by Member Johnson and a second by Member King to approve Rule Amendment SEB Rule 183-1-12-02. Any discussion?  So I want to make it clear for the record that this board is determining that 90 days before the election is not too late to be making changes to our election laws, rules and procedures. Is that by supporting this rule, we are saying that 30 days, 90 days before the election is not insufficient time.  I think by supporting this rule, what we're saying is that we stand with those who have to sign legal documents stating that their information is accurate and ensuring that they have what's necessary to stand by that legal document. Any further discussion? We have a motion and a second.  All those in favor of accepting ACB rule 183-1-12-.02 signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposition? Nay. The chair votes nay also. So it passes 3-2? Yeah, motion carries 3-2.  They are in full meltdown mode over the impact of this audience. Good evening and welcome to War Room Battleground. My name is Jane Zirkle filling in for political prisoner. Jam-packed show for you tonight between election integrity victories and, of course, revelations regarding VP candidate Tim Walz.  I want to welcome my first guest, Catherine Engelbrecht of True the Vote. Catherine, you guys have been working tirelessly over the election integrity fight in Georgia. Give us the rundown about what went on yesterday during the election board meeting. I think yesterday was just...  an amazing day that all Georgians and all Americans should be really, really proud of. And I think the thing that is most notable is that yesterday you saw feedback in the audience, people coming to the lectern to speak and present to that state election board that were representing both Republican and Democrat.  And they were presenting to a state election board that is also bipartisan. And in fact, the last clip that you just showed there, Rachel Maddow lamenting that the board had voted through this process or this new ruling that standards can be changed in order to equip election officials with the necessary resources.  support and veracity of documentation to stand by those results. That was a first motion approved by the Republican and seconded by the Democrat. I mean, yesterday we saw people on both sides of the aisle standing together and saying enough,  is enough. And in fact, one of the people who presented made a very distinct point of saying on the appropriate process and on the legitimacy of the policies. And that's what they were there standing in unison about. So, look, I'm thrilled. I'm just I'm happy to see the citizens of Georgia who have fought so hard and yet through the vote has  He's done a fair bit of work there and has been in many a battle. But at the end of the day, it's the citizens of Georgia who are the victors. And yesterday was an enormous triumph. The citizens of Georgia declared a state of emergency regarding the election system. Talk about what that means regarding 2020 and then going forward into the next presidential election.  Well, I mean, I think that, you know, I love I love that turn of phrase. I think that they're spot on with it. And I hope that it I hope that it resonates. And I hope other states will consider doing likewise. But of course, it's a citizen call for a state of emergency. The impact there, though, is is.  nonetheless important to those of us who recognize the dire straits that our election process is in. So what you're going to see now moving forward in Georgia is that you will have access to ballot images. You will have the ability to have poll watchers observing at the tabulation centers. You will have, as we heard there in the last part of that clip,  the authority given to election administrators to support their process as late as they need to in terms of the data that's coming into them in order that they may stand solidly around their certifications. And I just think these are the kind of initiatives that bolster transparency and integrity and confidence in both voters and election workers.  So it's a new day in Georgia. And hopefully it is the end to what we saw in 2020 when there was no chain of custody to be found. In our case, for the projects that we were doing, you couldn't get all the video that you needed from the drop boxes. Let's just days and are now on offense for election integrity. And it's I think it's a great thing.  In addition to the poll watchers and tabulation centers, they also passed a rule regarding reasonable inquiry into election results. Talk about what that means for the future of elections.  Well, you know, as we saw across the country in 2020, reasonable inquiries were shut down and there really wasn't a path for them. Similarly, in voters bringing challenges to records, there's not a clearly defined or as clearly as would be useful, a defined process. And so yesterday, Georgia took great strides forward in establishing records.  a common sense process that will give everybody an opportunity to have their say. But if you do things right from the beginning, it should all fall into place. So it was a series of decisions that overall, I think, have left the state in a much better place. And I just pray that it has ripples across the country in places like Michigan, for example, where the governor has made it illegal to question election outcomes.  So long way to go in other states, but again, Georgia, miraculously, because of its citizens, is setting the pace. True, the vote has tons of initiatives to get voters out to the polls and to secure elections. Talk to me about what they are doing and how people can get involved.  Yes, we do have lots of projects going on. We're wrapping up a project looking at the accuracy of the voter rolls. We have projects on our website that people can check out at truethevote.org. But a training that we are hosting tonight that I'm really excited about is called Older But Wiser Voter Outreach.  And we are going to be working with volunteers all over the country to reach out to long-term care facilities and spread a little cheer and do some voter registration and help people get to the polls to the greatest generation that so often is left behind. And there are millions of people who are in facilities like this across the country left out of the process. But then throughout the rest of the time, the 92 days we have left, we're going to be doing training and all manner of support. So we're fully engaged and excited.  That's awesome. So how can the people go and follow you? And one more time, how can they get involved in that voter training? They can follow us at True the Vote on any social media platform. You can check out our website at truethevote.org. And then all of the trainings are always posted in both places. So you can see the latest if you just read any feed that we have, or you can go to onward. We host the trainings and you'll find a litany of things to get plugged into as well.  Wonderful. Thank you so much, Catherine. I want to bring in my next guest, Liz Harrington. Liz, you have been at the forefront of this election integrity battle. Give us your assessment about what went on yesterday during the meeting.  Well, thanks, Jane. It was a really crucial meeting. We didn't get to the real bombshell stuff yet, but there were some really important things that happened. Number one, they voted to pass a rule three to two, despite objections from the chairman of the state election board in Georgia, John  Fervier, who brought in a DC attorney for 30 minutes, tried to argue against this rule that passed, which would simply allow county officials at the election level to  make an inquiry, a reasonable inquiry about their election results before they certify them. So in other words, they would be able to look at what they're certifying before they vote to certify it.  Pretty basic stuff, which is not something that is typically done now. And we've seen the pressure put on county officials to just sight unseen. Don't ask questions. You have to rubber stamp these election results. They've been threatened. They've been threatened with arrest. I mean, this is so insane what's happened.  And yet this rule just simply says that they can look into their results. If there's a question of there being irregularities, they can make it a reasonable inquiry. Who would oppose that? Well, apparently the chairman of the state election board does. He voted against it, brought an attorney from D.C. His name was Mr. Suss, and for 30 minutes tried to battle this down.  It didn't work. So this is another rule that Georgia will have in place. I mean, we have to make sure that the rules are followed. But we also need to make sure that the Georgia state Republican Party and the RNC are backing up these state election board members who are voting in favor of these common sense election rules. Where are they? Why are they not backing them up? Because the state election board's being sued.  by these left-wing groups who don't want anything to do with these reconciliation rules, the rules that President Trump praised, where you have to have three poll workers make sure the counts match the ballots with the machines on each day of voting. They're being sued over the open meeting process to try to get rid of that rule. We need backup, and we need the posse to  be informed about this and to get on our Republican Party, especially in Georgia, to say, where are you? There are only a few people fighting to try to make sure that 2020 doesn't happen again in 2024, and they need backup. In our cold open there, Rachel Maddow really tried to minimize the role of election board member can impact that they've had and why it's so critical for people to get involved on a similar level.  It is absolutely critical. But for a couple of these members on the state election board, we would be nowhere close to getting any accountability or any hope of a fair election there. And we have hope there. We have hope.  momentum with a lot of these rules. Dr. Janice Johnson, again, today in the carry-on, they're finishing up the meeting today, has asked tough questions, has called out the chairman, has called out what is being swept under the rug with this monitoring team. I mean, here's the amazing thing, Jane.  This case, the State Election Board case 2023-025, this is the complaint that proves it was all fraud, that the original count had over 20,000 unsubstantiated votes, and so did the second machine count. And there's verifiable intentional fraud with these duplicates that they've discovered that were in fact counted.  The state election board has allowed this case to continue and allowed this case to get out. There were previous members on the board that tried to bury it, cooked up a backroom deal before the case was even heard in May to try to stop it from even basically closing it before it was even heard and proposed this monitoring team for Fulton County.  The state election board said, no, today we're not going to do a monitoring team right now. We're going to look into it. We'll decide at the next meeting. But we're not going to take the solution that was cooked up in a back room before the case was even heard. With the proposal conveniently led by Ryan Germany, who was Brad Raffensperger's.  general counsel for the secretary of state in 2020 the leading people of the cover-up and who've been against president trump and are trying to put him in jail for asking these very basic questions that have all been proven to be correct on his part now want to lead the monitoring team of fulton county to make sure it doesn't happen again no we know exactly what's going on they want to make sure it gets covered up again and we can't let that happen  Undoubtedly, a very big success as far as election integrity goes in Georgia. But what are some of the other big ticket items that we still have to get through in order to secure elections in the state?  There's so much. I mean, we have to get rid of these systems. It's just on the very fundamental level that they don't work. They're not accurate. And you can theorize and complain and all these different things all day long. But we have election after election after election where they have to recertify, where they break down in Puerto Rico, where there's just no confidence. And if you have no confidence among the voters about  You have to do something. You have to fix it. So we're a long way away from getting the same day voting public full transparency that we really need to make sure we have free and fair elections. We're so far from that. However.  We know so much about how corrupt these systems are. We can continue to fight for this accountability. And if we can just push in a couple of these states, Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, where there is so much evidence of fraud and try to hold these officials accountable, get changes to make sure that we can get