Memphis Crime Beat founder, Leslie Taylor and statistician Ron Walker addressed accusations by DA Steve Mulroy that the watchdog group is "sloppy with statistics". Mulroy claims that the December rate of 75% of convicted Criminal Court defendants recieved no jail time is "just flat wrong". Jail and prison are seperate from one another. One follows a judges decision after conviction while the other is waiting for a trial to even begin. These numbers were exstrapolated and concluded accordingly by Ron Walker with Memphis Crime Beat.

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Jenn Bennie, a Veteran who flew the SH-60-Bravo Seahawk helicopter during deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, stopped by the Memphis Morning News studios to share some of her experiences and training in SERE.

Bennie now hosts Walk With History on Youtube and hosts a podcast Talk With History.

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Congressman and gubinatorial candidate, John Rose says he supports deployment of the Tennessee National Guard and doesn't think it's the regular, sustainable way to safety in any community.

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She's the Memphis mom that simply thanked President Trump for sending the law enforcment surge to Memphis in September, 2025. Shortly after, crime began to drastically drop and Delisia Balinger posted a TikTok thanking the President for The Memphis Safe Task Force. That video went viral and the threats towards Dee Dee began. The "resistance" wasn't going to stand for a mom in Memphis giving any credit to President Trump and his administration. After more than 7500 arrests, over 150 missing kids returned, hundreds of illegal firearms taken out of the hands of thugs, more than 700 known gang members removed from the streets and their affiliated gangs left unorganized and running from law enforcment, the overall crime numbers have decreased 43%.

President Trump announced he wanted to come to Memphis to thank the multiple agencies who make up the Memphis Safe Task force for their work and hear the Memphis Mom's story and Dee Dee was invited to speak at the Presidential Round Table. She called Ditch & Tim to share her experience.

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National Security Analys, Fmr: Bridgewater Associates, Pentagon, IC, U.S. Army, @NorthropGrumman | Iraq & Afghanistan. Alex Plitsas on Memphis Morning News with Ditch & Tim, says Kurds in Iraq have been armed and were planning to cross the border into Iran. The US has a long standing relationship with a sector of Iraqi Kurds. Alex gives context to our relationship with the Kurds and why they may be mobilizing on the ground in Iran.

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As state party leadership has removed candidates from the primary ballots, there are questions about the process. Executive committee member Terry Roland called Memphis Morning News to discuss and challenge "to give back money".

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It's personal for John DeBerry. Former Democrat and senior advisor to Tennessee Governor Bill Lee told Ditch & Tim during a visit to Memphis Morning News that running for Mayor of Shelby County is personal. If voted in as Mayor of Shleby County, he wants to leave it better than it was when he got in office. DeBerry also spoke to his principles that got him kicked out of the Democratic Party.

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Congressman from Tennessee's 6th district and gubernatorial candidate, John Rose told Ditch & Tim - "we don't need a Governor who will use this as a trophy or a retirement job"

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