Friday Five-Pack | AOTMA | 9/19/25
The A.M. Update
Aaron McIntire
4.9 • 833 Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Aaron McIntire unpacks the week's heavy hits: Erika Kirk's bold new role at TPUSA amid grief, the Jimmy Kimmel fallout exposing media cracks, Trump's UK tribute to Charlie Kirk, Ilhan Omar's dodged censure and expletive-filled retort, and a heartfelt story of one man's suit-fueled resolve to lead his family to church. Plus, an exclusive intro to Conduit Clothing's faith-driven mission, and raw listener Ask or Tell Me Anything on conspiratards and more.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, September 19th, 2025. We've got a Friday five-pack of news stories, a special guest I want to introduce you to, and ask or tell me anything that's next on the AM Update. |
| 0:13.7 | Well, we made it through this week on the AM update. I appreciate each and every one of you for listening again this week. Not exactly fun |
| 0:21.8 | topics at all, but I appreciate nonetheless. You're just walking along with me. It's kind of like I said |
| 0:28.5 | on Monday one foot in front of the other. It's saying it was a gut punch last week just does not |
| 0:34.1 | do it justice. But even in the midst of some of the evil that we see around us, |
| 0:39.2 | even in the midst of the absolute heinous tragedy that we saw last week, |
| 0:43.4 | there are glimmers of hope and optimism, |
| 0:46.6 | and real hope, not just emotional hope for the future. |
| 0:50.6 | And one of those areas was Erica Kirk. |
| 0:53.6 | And I just want to say it again, one of the greatest feats of real strength, |
| 0:58.4 | Holy Spirit strength that I've ever seen in her address to the nation last Friday evening. |
| 1:05.0 | Well, news came down yesterday. |
| 1:06.8 | She's been elected to serve as the new CEO and chair of the board of TPSA. |
| 1:13.9 | The organization said in a statement quote, in Ecclesiastes, King Solomon wrote that mankind is to be tested by God. |
| 1:20.9 | Today we are facing such a test, yet we also know that God has prepared us with everything we need to overcome this ordeal. |
| 1:28.4 | It was the honor of our lives to serve as board members at Charlie's side. Charlie prepared all of us |
| 1:33.2 | for a moment like this. He worked tirelessly to ensure Turning Point USA was built to survive even the |
| 1:38.7 | greatest tests. And now it is our great pride to announce Erica Kirk as the new CEO and share of the board for Turning Point USA. |
| 1:46.5 | All of us at Turning Point USA have a special role in carrying Charlie Kirk's mantle and completing his vision of bringing us all closer to our Lord and fostering a prosperous country for generations to come. |
| 1:57.5 | As Charlie always said, quote, we have a country to save. |
| 2:00.6 | We will not surrender or kneel before evil. We will carry on. The attempt to come. As Charlie always said, quote, we have a country to save. We will not surrender or |
| 2:01.9 | kneel before evil. We will carry on. The attempt to destroy Charlie's work will become our chance |
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