Testing one, two, three, testing one, two, three, this is radio free Mormon on the air broadcasting behind enemy lines tonight's episode Tim Ballard strikes back.

Well, I've been doing some running reporting on this Tim Ballard story as it's breaking the first podcast I did was Friday. I did another one Sunday morning. I did another one yesterday.

And now I have to talk about Tim Ballard's statement, his official statement that was released last night. Today is the morning of September 19, 2023. It is a Tuesday morning.

I apologize for my attire and wearing my work clothes to podcast and I just got back from court. Very happy to get a couple of cases dismissed against a couple of very happy clients.

But I wanted to hurry up and get this on the air as quickly as possible because this is late breaking news. This is big news because Tim Ballard now has issued a statement.

I had mentioned in the prior podcast that surely surely the church is going to issue a statement. This was last Sunday morning. I said I know things are quiet, but I expected them to issue a statement.

The church to by Sunday evening and then that didn't happen. Then Monday, all day Monday went by. I expected it. It didn't happen Monday night went by. It didn't happen.

And I went to the church's website just now to the newsroom and they have no news release about Tim Ballard or the situation for 18 of September, which was yesterday on Monday.

These are the news releases they have church leaders gather in Mexico City, the latest temple news. General officers connect with women leaders in San Diego.

Roots tech, 2020 for opens registration. These are the news releases that are being put up in the church newsroom on their official website, nothing, repeat nothing about Tim Ballard.

They have been dithering and dallying and procrastinating and sleeping on this issue and not issuing a formal statement about what on earth is going on because this is what all the Mormons who know about this and especially the fans of Tim Ballard who are Mormon are wondering what on earth is going on.

This is an authentic kind of news release that was given on Friday from the church spokesman, the 15 year director of public relations.

Doug Anderson, device news, why isn't it on the church news official website. These are the questions people are asking. Is this real? Are the church leaders really behind it? Well, of course, they're behind it.

Doug Anderson, a 15 year veteran isn't going to be issuing news releases to anybody, including and especially vice news without it being signed off on by church leadership, but these are the questions that are being asked.

Also, it appears that the scrubbing of Tim Ballard from the official church website is continuing a pace. They have taken down their news stories about him from the website, which once again makes it look like this is not repeat not a rogue.

A rogue PR manager named Doug Anderson doing the center is on authority. This is a concerted effort. This is what the church does when they want to make you go down the memory hole, which is what they're doing with Kim Ballard right now.

But the very fact that these articles about Tim Ballard are being removed from the church website show that this is a concerted effort organized at a very high level and indeed within the top 15.

Obviously, at least obviously to me will see how this plays out. Also, it desert book, which is of course owned by the LDS church last night.

I got some information that it was getting difficult if not impossible to order any of Tim Ballard's products that were on the desert news or she's made the desert book website.

And whereas there are some audio speeches or maybe their books. I'm not sure exactly which to go for $2.99.

That were available and are still available. Apparently, as of last night, there was a book by Tim Ballard one book that was available on the desert book website and that was

slave dealers. That's what it was. It was the book slave dealers. It went for around 25 or 35 bucks. But last night, I had some information from some friends who were trying to order it and they couldn't.

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