Fauci Texts on COVID Vaccines & Pregnancy, Trump’s Childhood Vaccine Executive Order, RFK Jr. on Safety Research, Back-to-School Alerts & Food for the Poor Drive
Podcasts > Bill Bunkley
Monday, August 10, 2026
In this packed Monday afternoon edition of The Bill Bunkley Show: The Briefing (airing weekdays at 3 p.m. on Let’s Talk Faith / Faith Talk Tampa and streaming worldwide), host Bill Bunkley opens with a major breaking development: newly released text messages extracted from Anthony Fauci’s government-issued iPhone, which the Department of Health and Human Services turned over to Senate investigators on August 5, 2026. Senators Ron Johnson and Rand Paul disclosed a key chain involving Fauci, then-CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy from late January 2021 onward. The messages discuss COVID-19 vaccination of pregnant women, with Fauci stating the FDA had found “no red flags thus far,” CDC officials reporting “no signal of safety concerns,” and Fauci later asserting that tens of thousands of vaccinated pregnant women showed “no indication whatsoever” of increased adverse outcomes—leading him to conclude that pregnant women “should get vaccinated.” Bunkley contrasts these assurances with later critiques, including an open letter from maternal-fetal medicine specialist Dr. James Thorne questioning the methodology of a study that reported a 12.6% spontaneous abortion rate and arguing the true figure could be far higher once certain third-trimester recipients were properly excluded.
The program then pivots live to a White House event focused on childhood vaccines, where President Trump is joined by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and NIH officials. Kennedy details a sweeping executive order that prioritizes education, informed consent, and parental choice over mandates, while launching unprecedented research across FDA, CDC, NIH, ARPA-H, and the National Toxicology Program. The effort includes comparing vaccinated versus unvaccinated children’s health outcomes, examining aluminum adjuvants, the timing of the hepatitis B vaccine, vaccines given during pregnancy, and possible links to allergies, autoimmune disease, autism, and other neurodevelopmental conditions. NIH’s Autism Data Science Initiative has already awarded 13 research grants (five of which will examine vaccines among other factors), with ARPA-H preparing a major new initiative on foundational biology, diagnostics, and treatments. Kennedy also notes the restoration of the congressionally mandated Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines, dormant since 1998, which will now expand vaccine options, review timing and sequencing, and evaluate alternative adjuvants. Trump fields questions on manufacturing gains driven by tariffs, the safety of the MMR vaccine (suggesting a possible split into individual components), and the potential to “save hundreds of thousands, millions of lives.”
Interwoven throughout are extensive appeals for Food for the Poor’s August campaign to feed 375 malnourished children in Latin America and the Caribbean (down to roughly 350 remaining at airtime). Bunkley emphasizes that an $80 one-time gift feeds one child for a full year (about 4.5 cents per day) and is doubled by a generous anonymous match, repeatedly urging listeners to text WTBN to 51555, call 855-353-HOPE, or give online at letstalkfaith.com. He highlights specific donor shout-outs (Mark, Carolyn of Clearwater with a $500 gift covering 12 children after match, Teresa of St. Petersburg, and anonymous Clearwater supporters), sets modest hourly goals of 10–15 additional children, and frames the effort in biblical terms—drawing on Nehemiah’s burden for Jerusalem and the classic starfish story—to call Christians and conservatives to meet tangible needs rather than rely on government.
Practical back-to-school segments warn of reactivated school-zone speeding cameras, school-bus stop-arm cameras, heavier morning and afternoon traffic, and the ongoing Florida sales-tax holiday (through Thursday, August 20) for school supplies. On the political front, Bunkley dismantles James Fishback’s recent claims that Congressman Byron Donalds is under federal investigation for sex trafficking alongside Rep. Cory Mills at a Maryland casino—allegations the Justice Department has explicitly denied, Donalds’ campaign has labeled a “baseless and defamatory sideshow,” and Florida Politics notes lack any corroboration just days before the August 18 Republican primary. He cautions listeners about last-minute negative mailers and attack ads that use unflattering black-and-white photos and appear too late for effective rebuttal, drawing on his own past experience as a candidate targeted by similar tactics. Additional commentary criticizes the Senate’s departure for a lengthy recess without advancing the SAVE Act (photo ID and citizenship verification for voting), highlights the national debt and interest payments now exceeding military spending, surveys the Iran–U.S. stalemate and Israel’s position on Gaza redevelopment and residual Iranian nuclear capability, notes two tropical systems approaching the Caribbean, flags Kevin Steele’s self-funded congressional bid, and condemns recent on-court violence in the WNBA as a poor example for young athletes. Listener Todd calls in with a passionate mix of fundraising support, pro-Trump commentary, and criticism of Democratic cultural priorities and Iran policy. Throughout, Bunkley keeps the studio line open (877-943-9673) and repeatedly circles back to the twin themes of protecting children—whether from questionable medical interventions, unsafe roads, or starvation—and exercising discernment in both public health and electoral politics.
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