Friday 7/31/26 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Information
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6:35 Dr. Merrill Matthews is the Texas State Chair of Our Republican Legacy https://www.ourrepublicanlegacy.com/
Can a democratic socialist candidate truthfully take the oath of office?
by Merrill Matthews, opinion contributor
The Democratic Socialists of America have been cheering their recent electoral successes — and more may be coming. Their hope is that if they can win enough elections, they will have a chance to implement their radical agenda. The problem is that their recently adopted political platform is contrary to key provisions of the U.S. Constitution. This means that no committed democratic socialist can truthfully take the oath of office. Those who win their elections will surely take the oath anyway — with their fingers crossed behind their backs. Can anyone stop them?
7:10 Greg Roberts – www.RogueWeather.com with the outdoor report
7:35 State Representative Court Boice, District 1. Court and I catch up on politics and the growing scandal over the Curry Count Sheriff –
8:35 Michael Levine, Author of Authentic PR
https://michaellevineconsulting.com/meet-michael-levine/
Cracker Barrel Learns the Cost of Abandoning Its Soul
By Michael Levine, Author of Authentic PR
The leadership change at Cracker Barrel following the failed attempt to modernize one of America’s most recognizable restaurant brands offers a powerful lesson for every company chasing cultural trends at the expense of customer trust. Cracker Barrel announced that CEO Julie Felss Masino will step down after less than three years, following widespread customer backlash over efforts to remake the chain’s traditional identity. The episode demonstrates that authenticity is one of the most valuable assets any organization possesses. When customers fall in love with a brand, they are entering into an emotional contract. Break that contract, and don’t be surprised when they break up with you. [more…]
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Thursday 7/30/26 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Information
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6:35 Mike O’Neil from the Landmark Legal Foundation www.LandmarkLegal.org
7:35 Nick Smith with the American Forest Resource Council www.amForest.org
Gang green suits connected with more wildfire? Here’s his news release:
Oregon’s Grasshopper Fire Puts Spotlight on Litigation That Delayed Wildfire Prevention
Anti-Forestry Group Collected $55,000 from Taxpayers After Suing to Delay Forest Management
The Grasshopper Fire is burning through forests on Oregon’s Mt. Hood National Forest that were identified and prioritized years ago for hazardous fuels reduction through a collaborative effort involving local communities and the U.S. Forest Service. Yet much of that work remains unimplemented after years of litigation and administrative delays slowed or prevented the projects from moving forward.
These forests are located in one of the High Priority Landscapes identified in the Biden Administration’s 2022 Wildfire Crisis Strategy that targeted “high risk firesheds” to improve resilience to wildfire.
Years before the current wildfire, the Wasco County Forest Collaborative worked with the U.S. Forest Service to develop the Grasshopper Restoration Project, the 27 Road Fuel Break, and the Hootnanny Project to reduce hazardous fuels, meet the intent of the Wildfire Crisis Strategy, and improve forest conditions across more than 11,000 acres.
The Grasshopper Restoration Project became the subject of litigation brought by Oregon Wild under the National Environmental Policy Act challenging the paperwork supporting the project. The Forest Service ultimately settled the case by removing less than two percent of the proposed treatment areas, reducing management in others, imposing additional project restrictions, and paying Oregon Wild $55,000 in attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act.
As a result of the litigation, the commercial mechanical treatments did not occur across any of the project area before the Grasshopper Fire started after last week’s lightening storms. The fire has now burned through much of the planned Grasshopper project area, impacting critical habitat for listed species, destroying more than 25 million board feet of timber identified for removal while threatening the Highland Ditch irrigation system, which supplies water to approximately 3,600 acres of agricultural land.
“Everyone involved understood these forests were at risk and needed treatment,” said AFRC President Travis Joseph. “The Forest Service knew it. Local communities knew it. Members of the Wasco County Forest Collaborative spent years developing these projects because they recognized the wildfire risk. Instead of getting that work done on the ground, the projects got tied up in litigation and other procedural tactics meant to obstruct the Forest Service.”
On July 7, just weeks before the Grasshopper Fire began, Oregon Wild and WildEarth Guardians served a Notice of Intent to sue again over four additional Mt. Hood National Forest projects, including the nearby 27 Road Fuel Break and Hootnanny Project, which are now within the fire area. Ironically, the 27 Road Fuel Break project was designed to limit the spread of wildfire by establishing a linear fuel break adjacent to the Badger Creek Wilderness, which is now burning in the Grasshopper Fire.
“This is the epitome of a broken system. The public should find this deeply troubling,” Joseph said. “Taxpayers paid an organization for delaying a collaboratively developed project intended to reduce wildfire risk, and before most of the delayed thinning could be completed, the project area burned. When litigation overrides the judgment of professional foresters, scientists, land managers, and local collaboratives charged with stewarding our public lands, the consequences are felt on the ground. We all lose, including our forests. Congress should ask whether taxpayer-funded attorney fees are advancing the public interest or simply financing delay, obstruction, and inaction.”
8:15 Paul Runko Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives at Defending Education www.DefendingEd.org
The U.S. Department of Education just opened an investigation into Minnesota’s planned rollout of “MyGender Dolls” in schools after Defending Education filed a federal complaint alleging the program violates the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) and infringes on parents’ constitutional rights.
The transgender dolls are designed for children as young as four and include interchangeable body parts, clothing, hairstyles, and removable genitalia. This taxpayer funded development program supported by Gov. Tim Walz is intended to help children explore gender identity through “therapeutic play.” The program is expected to make the dolls available to educators, school counselors, and other professionals this fall, yet there has been no indication that parents would receive notice or have the opportunity to opt their children out before being exposed to these materials.
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Wednesday 7/29/26 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Information
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6:35 Eric Peters from www.EpAutos with today’s WHEELS UP WEDNESDAY Talk, stimulating as always, including:
https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2026/07/28/old-new-cars-are-selling/
https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2026/07/29/tiny-cars-are-coming-to-japan/
https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2026/07/27/its-not-just-the-odyssey/
And what is it with the deteriorating driver quality???
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7:35 FORMER STATE SENATOR HERMAN BAERTSCHIGER – catching up on the political news of the week from IP28 going down to the scandal in Curry County.
8:15 Broadcaster (On Sirius XM’s Patriot Channel) STACY WASHINGTON – We’re talking failed K-12 schooling and Stacy’s op-ed in the NY Post “Want More Black Doctors? Improve K=12 Education FIRST.
“How can anyone hope to score well on the MCAT when he or she never learned to read at grade level?” asks Project 21Ambassador Stacy Washington in a commentary published at the New York Post. Noting that the DOJ has recently found UCSD’s medical school guilty of race-based discrimination, Stacy argues:
√ Focusing on post-secondary education is too late
√The core issue is black and brown student achievement in K-12 schools
√ If leftists and others really want to see improvement in the numbers of black and brown doctors, they will start with the youngest children.
√Medical school is too late.
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Tuesday 7/28/26 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Information
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6:35 Stephen Willeford, “The Barefoot Defender” Who Confronted the Sutherland Springs Church Gunman
Three people were killed and four others—including a toddler—were wounded when police say two individuals exchanged gunfire at Seattle’s crowded Bite of Seattle food festival Sunday evening. Officers stationed at Seattle Center responded within seconds and arrested one suspect, while investigators continued pursuing leads concerning others involved. Seattle Police Department
Stephen Willeford, the armed citizen who confronted the Sutherland Springs church gunman in 2017, says this tragedy must not become another pretext for Democratic politicians to restrict the rights of Americans who obey the law.
Willeford is a certified firearms instructor and serves as Grassroots and Industry Liaison for Gun Owners of America. He is also the author of A Town Called Sutherland Springs: Faith and Heroism Through Tragedy. Learn more at TheBarefootDefender.com and GunOwners.org.
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7:35 More on healthcare in Oregon conversation with State Representative Dwayne Yunker. We dig into the Universal Healthcare plan for Oregon. How can this possibly be paid???
8:10 Jeff Dornik, host of “The Jeff Dornik Show” and founder and CEO of Pickax, the groundbreaking social media platform built on two uncompromising principles: freedom of speech and freedom of reach.
Flock Cameras: Public Safety Tool or Government Surveillance Network?
As the debate over Flock Safety cameras intensifies nationwide, Americans are being forced to confront a bigger question: Where do we draw the line between public safety and government surveillance?
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Monday 7/27/26 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Information
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6:20 Kendyl Berna, host of Discovery’s BIGGEST MAKO ON EARTH
KENDYL BERNA BIO
Kendyl is a marine conservationist and documentary filmmaker who co-founded the nonprofit Beyond The Reef in the British Virgin Islands. She leads projects to remove ghost fishing gear, convert retired boats and large sculptures into artificial reefs, monitor and propagate corals, and run shark and cetacean field research programs.
Biggest Mako on Earth” premieres Monday at 10PM ET/PT on Discovery
For decades, rumors have swirled about massive,15 to 20-foot mako sharks patrolling the deep waters off Southern California. Long dismissed as fishermen’s tales, new footage, along with a recently published photo capturing a mako that appears to push 15 feet, is now forcing scientists to rethink everything they know about these oceanic apex predators. Marine biologist Tristan Guttridge, alongside conservationist Kendyl Berna and shark tagger Keith Poe, leads an investigation to determine whether the world’s biggest mako is real – and hunting in the coastal waters of Santa Catalina.
Encores run at 11PM ET/PT on Discover
7:10 GEORGE KRAMER, historical preservationist – www.PreserveOregon.com and I discuss George’s approach to the Ashland City Council to get a measure before the people to allow them to vote on city fees.
7:35 Crime Expert Nils Grevillius on Cannabis Psychosis and the Rise in Violent Crime
Beloved artist stabbed to death in attack by 19-year-old that’s rocked quiet California beach town
Nils Grevillius, Crime Expert, Author, and U.S. Army Veteran who completed three tours in Korea with DMZ service. Nils is the author of the The Last Lawman: True Stories of a Private Detective. He is a Los Angeles–based private investigator with more than 30 years of experience conducting cases across all 50 states and around the world.
BOOK: The Last Lawman: True Stories of a Private Detective
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8:10 Dr. Dennis Powers, www.DennisPowersbooks.com with today’s “Where Past Meets Present”.
Lake of the Woods
By Dennis Powers
Located between Medford (40 miles east) and Klamath Falls off Highway 140, Lake of the Woods is a natural lake near the crest of the Cascade Range. Covering 1,150 acres, pioneer Oliver C. Applegate named it in 1870, while building a road near the lake and a cabin at the lake’s south end. The name came from the thick stands of pine, spruce, and fir trees that filled to the lake’s shore. From the beginning, it was one of our most popular outdoor recreation sites year round, the area abounding with different species of birds, deer, smaller mammals (squirrels, skunks, and porcupines), bear, and even coyotes.
In 1920, the U.S. Forest Service (“USFS”) built a public campground along the lake shore. The site was very popular with 1,850 summer visitors the first year opened. In 1922, cabin owners organized the Lake of the Woods Recreation Association with plans for a resort. Four years later, the USFS issued a permit allowing the Lake of the Woods Recreation Company to build a resort at the lake. A group of Medford residents had formed the company with $25,000 to construct a rustic lodge. This grew over time to include the lodge, a marina, two restaurants, campgrounds, and a general store.
In the mid-1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps built an office, residences, and work buildings at the ranger station; the workers expanded and improved the road network around the lake. In 1937, there were 120 summer homes around the lake, but building and maintaining facilities, including cabins, at a remote lake is difficult at best. Electricity didn’t come until 1938; phone lines connected cabins to the resort by two copper wires strung across the lake; potable water was always a problem.
After its 1939 bankruptcy, the resort reopened during World War II. By 1948, the number of summer homes at the lake had grown to 200. In 1951, the lodge was destroyed in a fire, but was quickly rebuilt and reopened for business. In 1958, Oregon Route 140 was completed, providing Southern Oregon residents with easy access to the lake–that is, until fully graded and paved in the early 1960s. The Klamath Ranger District manages the lake and surrounding forest.
The resort filed a second time for bankruptcy in 1968, as different owners over the next 30 years struggled to make it profitable. The need for continued repairs, renovation, clean water, and the USFS snail’s pace on approving necessary permits made this difficult. However, the Neuman Hotel Group came to the rescue in 1998 by purchasing the resort, remodeling and rebuilding the lodge and marina, as well as new wiring and plumbing for its 30-odd cabins. Ten years later, George Gregory (who managed the resort for the Neumans) and John Doherty with others bought the resort. And have been running it since then.
From early years, the lake was the site of summer camps for the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and other organizations. After World War II, returning soldiers helped build a Girl Scouts Camp named “Low Echo.” Although this closed in 2013, Sid and Karen DeBoer bought and rebuilt the camp, then turned this over to the Ashland YMCA to operate.
The lake had been a favorite fishing location for warm-water species (bass, crappie, bluegills, etc.) and salmonid species (trout and salmon). When the warm-water species combined with limited spawning areas, the salmonids declined. In 1955, the entire lake was poisoned with rotenone, killing all the fish in the lake. The lake was then restocked with rainbow trout, brook trout, and kokanee salmon. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife manages the Lake of the Woods fishery to maintain and balance the fish populations.
Today, Lake of the Woods is a very popular recreation site, complete with 250 campsites at its four campgrounds; 218 summer homes are around the lake, all requiring Forest Service recreational resident permits. The year-round resort provides two restaurants, a general store, marina (both for rental and mooring) with 33 rental cabins–and celebrated its 100th anniversary a few years ago.
Sources: Sharon Bywater, “Lake of the Woods Celebrates 100 Years!” Southern Oregon Historical Society Quarterly, Winter Issue, 2022, Pgs. 1-3; Lake of the Woods Resort at
Resort Website; Lake of the Woods–Oregon, Wikipedia, at its website.