Full Show - 7.29.2026 - Dr. Anthony Fauci pleaded the Fifth 121 times at a Senate hearing, sparking intense debate on his legacy.

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Full Show Transcript Hour 1 Charlie James: All righty, welcome back! Let's go to the WORD talk line with Don to swing and dine in Shelby. How you doing, Don? Don: Charlie, I'm doing great. Thank you for taking my call. Charlie James: Yes, sir! Thanks for holding on. Don: Hey, not a problem. I'll wait forever for you, buddy. Charlie James: Oh, thank you. What's up, man? Don: I live in North Carolina. Yeah, no Roy Cooper. No Roy Cooper. Right. Dare I say it, Josh Stein has done more for Western North Carolina than Roy Cooper. And we don't need him. Charlie James: And that's not a lot. Yeah. Don: Yes, we don't need him! And I have no skin in the game, but just from what I have gathered knowledge-wise, I really think you folks down in South Carolina should vote for Ralph Norman. I'm a big fan of his. Just from what I read, that's all. And Anthony Fauci: one word. Really? Charlie James: Yeah, exactly. You might get a drop, let on ya. You're right. Don, I appreciate it. Thank you very much. Let's stay in North Carolina for just a second. Let's go back to June of 2024, when a bunch of customers for Tractor Supply Company started realizing something—that this store that they loved so much had gone woke. They were seeing it right there before their eyes. They were supporting pride parades, they were supporting all of this LGBTQ nonsense... What is it these days? Remind me again, what's it called? Automated Voice: M-M-I-W-G-2-S-L-G-B-T-Q-Q-I-A-Plus. Charlie James: Yeah, that community. They were all about DEI. So, Tractor Supply Company had to come out with a statement on June 27th, 2024: "Going forward, we will ensure our activities and giving tie directly to our business. For instance, this means we will no longer submit data to the Human Rights Campaign, we'll refocus our team member engagement groups on mentoring, networking, etc., further focus on rural American priorities including ag education, animal welfare, veterans causes, and being a good neighbor, and stop sponsoring non-business activities like pride festivals and voting campaigns, eliminate DEI roles and retire current DEI roles, withdraw our carbon emission goals and focus on our land and water conservation efforts." So they had to eat a little crow there at Tractor Supply Company. Well, fast forward a little over two years later, have they lived up to that commitment? Up in the Spring Lake area near Fayetteville, North Carolina, there's a guy named Jeff Hartman. Jeff Hartman owns All American Hot Dogs and Catering. Jeff Hartman took his cart, with permission from the local store manager at Tractor Supply, and set his cart outside the store there near Fayetteville, North Carolina, again with permission of the store manager. Now, back on July 10th, he posted that he would be serving there that weekend and thanked the local manager by name for offering the spot. He even went in and fed Tractor Supply workers for free—free hot dogs! And this wasn't the first time he'd done that. However, Hartman, the owner of All American Hot Dogs, who was wearing a MAGA hat at the time, was informed by a regional manager that he was banned from all Tractor Supply properties because of his support for Trump and the patriotic branding of his business. Banned from Tractor Supply! Had permission, wasn't doing anything illegal, was feeding the employees. All American Hot Dog stand, wearing a MAGA hat, and this regional manager banned him from all properties. And guess what? It has been how many days now? Still no response from Tractor Supply Company. No apology, no "Oh my goodness, we've made a huge mistake." Nothing like that. There has been literal radio silence from Tractor Supply Company about this. Of all the companies that you would think would not do something like this, it would be that company. But then what did we find out two years ago? Sometimes the branding on the store, sometimes just because you have commercials with people in work clothes, and you sell feed, and ...

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