
Episode 4289: LIVE From CPAC Final Day ...
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Steve Bannon
This is the primal scream of a dying regime. Pray for our enemies because we're going medieval on these people. I got a free shot. All these networks lying about the people. The people have had a belly full of it. I know you don't like hearing that. I know you try to do everything in the world to stop that, but you're not going to stop it. It's going to happen.
Pete Hegseth
And where do people like that go to share the big lie? MAGA media. I wish in my soul, I wish any of these people had a conscience.
Stephen K. Bannon
Ask yourself, what is my task and what is my purpose? If that answer is to save my country, this country will be saved.
Colonel Derek Harvey
War Room.
Stephen K. Bannon
Here's your host, Stephen K. Ban. Yo, what say? It's Saturday 22nd, February, year of our Lord 2025. I want to thank everybody down here. First off, they were partying late at CPAC last night, so I'm glad seeing some people come in. Also security is very high. Obviously the President's gonna speak today, so just get through. Security takes a long time. People are coming in right now. We're live here in the War Room and thank Real America's Voice everybody for making this happen. Colonel Derek Harvey joins us up here today. We've got tons of Warren Posse. Jane Zirkel, who you got for us? Right there. Hang on, hang on. We go. Okay, Harry, we need a mic that works. Can you please tell me your name and what brings you to cpac?
Cindy Pajetta
Hi, I'm Cindy Pajetta and it's an annual event with some amazing women I.
Stephen K. Bannon
Served in the Marine Corps with.
Cindy Pajetta
And we're here to celebrate having Commander Semper 5.
Stephen K. Bannon
Thank you for your. By the way. Hang on for a second, President Trump. We're gonna get to reason. I have Colonel Harvey here is Pete Hexif. If you guys haven't seen the papers and go online, Pete Hexith is started cleaning out the Pentagon overnight. 52, 50, 200. I think civilian employees have been told they're no longer one. I think those are probationary. But he's relieved. The. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He's relieved. Thank God, the Chief of Naval Operations who was a disaster. I used to work for a real chief of Navy operations so as a Marine did the Pentagon. And by the way, this is just a start. Hag says is going to be on a roll. Does the Pentagon need to be purged of all these failed general officers?
Cindy Pajetta
Like you cannot believe I investigated general officers misconduct.
Stephen K. Bannon
That's what I did for a living.
Cindy Pajetta
In the Inspector General's office. I have a list they could get rid of.
Stephen K. Bannon
Give me that again. You got a list of. I said I have a list of.
Cindy Pajetta
People I investigate for misconduct that still.
Jessica Watkins
Got to stay so I can send him my list.
Stephen K. Bannon
Wow. We need that list. To Pete. Thank you very much. Do you guys agree? The Pentagon, we got to purge the Pentagon and get back to war fighting. You guys are supportive. You guys are supportive of. You guys are supportive of President Trump purging the Pentagon. So, Colonel Harvey, talk to me about this. It's the headlines, the lead story in the Washington Post. We believe everything is in the Washington Post, don't we? The Jeff Bezos Amazon Washington Joint Chiefs chair Other leaders fired in Pentagon purge Trump reshaping forces highest ranks. Navy's top admiral, Air Force general also dismissed. And he named as the chairman of the Joint Chief Staff, General Raisin Cain, who. You've heard the story many times. Who's a war fighter. So, Colonel Harvey, you're a legendary figure in the military. Walk me through. Do you support President Trump's purge of the Pentagon?
Pete Hegseth
I hope this is just the beginning because there's a whole cadre of general officers. We've got hundreds of general officers that are too woke and they do not know how to fight and win wars. They know how to manage wars. They know how to manage things, but they will not take risk, they will not give solid military advice, and they do not know what winning is about.
Stephen K. Bannon
Colonel Harvey, I met Colonel Harvey when he was at the White House. Colonel Harvey is one of the key people in the National Security Council and President Trump's first term. And if people had listened more to Colonel Harvey, we wouldn't have had the problem with the impeachment, anything like that. He identified Sergeant Higgins. Colonel Harvey, these guys identified all the deep staters coming from the different agencies that were there to mess things up. He's also the first guy ever talking. When I'm sitting there talking to him, he goes, he says, steve, you don't understand. The elites in this country want the managed decline of the country. They're managing the decline of the United States of America. And. And then he walked me through it. It was like, it was like just a genius. What did you mean by that? What do you mean that the elites, and particularly here in Washington, D.C. are managing the decline of the country by.
Pete Hegseth
Any examination of the record of allowing China into the World Trade Organization without maintaining standards, having them uphold their agreement with what they were doing with the United nations, with how they were disinvesting in the United States here.
Stephen K. Bannon
Colonel Harvey, can we get some.
Pete Hegseth
Disinvesting in the United States, hollowing out American industry and jobs, shipping them overseas, undermining our military, not fighting for our values or our partners or our allies. All of these things were setting us on a path into decline. It was benefiting the global elite, but not America. And that's why they fought Trump, because Trump was going to fight for American security, American jobs, American values, and American traditions.
Stephen K. Bannon
Do you guys buy that? Do you think that, do you think that the elites in this country were. Were managing the decline of this country? Let's toss that to the audience. What do you. Let's hear your point of view. Let's go. What do you think?
Audrey Ratan
Absolutely. I'm a, I'm a Hollywood actress and. Absolutely. And since Trump's been in office, even though he was in office 2016, he learned who the deep state is. So now he's kicking butt.
Stephen K. Bannon
He's gonna. Hang on for a second. Not so fast. You're a Hollywood actress.
Audrey Ratan
Yes, I am.
Stephen K. Bannon
And can you give us, you know, are you stage actress, film, tv?
Audrey Ratan
I'm film.
Stephen K. Bannon
Film. And what made you. There's not a lot of MAGA in Hollywood. What, what flipped you become? What flipped you become maga?
Audrey Ratan
I like, I like to think that I have a brain in my head. It's just common sense and I don't like the walk agenda. And so I'm kind of getting out of Hollywood in a way. And. But I also play music and I do many other things for children and so on.
Stephen K. Bannon
What are your thoughts on President Trump taking back the Kennedy Center?
Audrey Ratan
Oh, I love it. I love it. You know, because he's the only one who says what he's going to do and he says what he says and he does, he does what he's going to say.
Cindy Pajetta
Hold on.
Stephen K. Bannon
Do you guys want the J6 choir to perform at the Kennedy Center January 6th? By the way, what I particularly love, you came to cpac. Very low key. Does it explain your explainer? Where can I get one of those gold MAGA hats? I love that.
Audrey Ratan
Okay, well, you know, I'm an artist, so.
Stephen K. Bannon
Did you make the hat?
Audrey Ratan
No, I, I ordered online.
Stephen K. Bannon
Okay, fine. Fantastic. Well, I love it. So do you have a, do you have a website we can go and follow you or your IMDb or.
Audrey Ratan
Yes, I'm on IMDb. My name is Audrey Ratan and I'm the, also the impersonator for Charlie Chaplin. I'm known around the world as Charlie.
Stephen K. Bannon
Holy. That's you?
Audrey Ratan
Yes, it is.
Stephen K. Bannon
Oh, I've seen that for years. That's you.
Audrey Ratan
Yes, it is.
Stephen K. Bannon
Oh, she's a very famous impersonator of, of, of Charlie Chaplin, right?
Audrey Ratan
Yes, I am.
Stephen K. Bannon
Wow. Amazing. Wow. Your star meter is about to explode. You know, you never know who's going to walk in the war room, ever. What are your thought? Hang, hang on a second. Hang on a second. So how do people. Where do people go to the site and know more about your. Your great work as Charlie Chaplin?
Audrey Ratan
Well, on Google under my name, Audrey Ratan or indb, I can get my. I have my phone number, my website.
Stephen K. Bannon
Okay, we got you got to make contact producers next year we're going to have you come as. We'll retain you have you come as Charlie Chaplin. Perfect. Perfect.
Audrey Ratan
I would love it. I'm.
Stephen K. Bannon
You would do that?
Audrey Ratan
Yes, I will. Absolutely.
Stephen K. Bannon
Let's give it up for Charlie Chaplin. Okay. Next time you heard woke Hollywood said we don't have any talent. I love this. What are your thoughts on the Pentagon purge? Well, I don't dispute Colonel Harvey's statement.
Joe Biggs
I'm just not sure that the deep.
Stephen K. Bannon
Staters were smart enough to know that they were managing our decline. Oh, you don't think that. You don't think that. You think they're just going about their business and the country was just collapsing around it? Yes. Why do you say that? It's a good. Why do you say they were actually managing our decline? Is his point is that hey, they're just incompetent. You don't buy that, right? You're saying that it was an active thing of managing our decline.
Pete Hegseth
When you look at all the evidence and you sit in the meetings in the National Security Council, you sit at secretary in the State Department and you're at these conferences, you're at these trade organization. The trade meetings that we are setting up. And when every deal seems to be benefiting the other countries, other places and not the Americans, it's benefiting our elite. Certain industries, but not American workers. The strength of the American economy. Why does 88% of pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical ingredients come from China? Why do we have to depend upon China for chips? Why do we have to increasingly depend upon other countries for even our food? You go across the board, avionics, components for computers. This is a hollowing out of America. And it was done purposefully. One meeting after another. One administration. Bush, Obama. It stopped with Trump and it started again with Biden on steroids.
Stephen K. Bannon
Steroids. Unbelievable. Jane, let's get some more folks in here on the Pentagon purge.
Audrey Ratan
I think it's Perfect. I mean, Trump is on it. I trust him. And as for the managed decline of our country when they let in millions of foreigners without any paperwork, nothing. They're trying to bring us down. And you've got veterans living on the street, West North Carolinians living in tents, and you're sending millions to Ukraine. Something's not right here. It doesn't take a rock.
Stephen K. Bannon
You agree with. By the way, what's your name and where.
Audrey Ratan
My name is Betsy and I'm originally from Boston.
Stephen K. Bannon
Oh, hang on, hang on.
Ivan Ranklin
I moved.
Stephen K. Bannon
I. I could tell that. Where you live now?
Audrey Ratan
I live in the villages, Florida, and.
Stephen K. Bannon
I love MAGA country right there. So we're armed and we're conservative. I love it. What happened? Boston's a great town. What happened? Why is Boston so. Why is Boston so woke.
Audrey Ratan
Oh, it's such a shame. I mean, Paul Revere must be turning over in his grave. I don't know what's the universities.
Stephen K. Bannon
You think it's a college as you think it's Harvard.
Audrey Ratan
And Trump has got to institute mandatory, you know, course on history, true history in this country.
Stephen K. Bannon
What do you mean by that, kids?
Audrey Ratan
You know, we would.
Stephen K. Bannon
We would.
Audrey Ratan
We were started in 1619 instead of 1620. Come on. I just.
Stephen K. Bannon
So do you think is President Trump going fast enough on your. Is every day like Christmas day? So hold it. So hold it. And look, Elon and I have a lot of differences, right? We have a lot of differences, but one thing I've never said is I do say I think Elon's got to get to the Pentagon and have the cuts. We need to see more cuts. But I don't think anybody could complain about Doge not going fast enough right. Every now tv. So hold it. But this is the way Trump thinks. So President Trump just put out true social and it says Elon is doing a great job, but I would like to see him get more aggressive. Remember, remember, we have chainsaw, chainsaw, chainsaw to this. Remember, we have a country to save, but ultimately to make greater than ever before. Maga. Let's give it up for President Trump. Poor Elon. He got the chainsaw the other day from Milei and President Trump's going, no, man, what are you doing over cpac? Get over the Pentagon. President Trump, what do you like best about what president did to Jay? What do you like best? What President Trump's doing so far?
Audrey Ratan
Aggressiveness. The aggressiveness with which he's doing it. And he's taken no prisoners, like make decisions.
Stephen K. Bannon
But it. The media saying it's too much that people aren't ready for media.
Audrey Ratan
Steve, Come on.
Stephen K. Bannon
Steve.
Ivan Ranklin
I got.
Stephen K. Bannon
Steve.
Audrey Ratan
I got two more things, then I'll let someone else talk. I have been. I'm such a fan. I'm passing out number two pencils. They're all gone in the car. And unfortunately, I didn't have time to engrave them saying war room posse. So I apologize, but.
Stephen K. Bannon
That's okay.
Audrey Ratan
But you pencil. It was mine. Yeah, it's here. And the other thing is, I do need your autograph. We're known as the comeback team in Boston. This is Kurt Schilling's autograph. Oh, my Sox that won the the world series after 80 years.
Stephen K. Bannon
Yes.
Audrey Ratan
So this is the comeback hat.
Stephen K. Bannon
Okay, so you're gonna, we'll get you, we'll get you over in the bullpen. Kurt Schilling. I, I. Kurt Schilling used to work for us over at Breitbart. Oh, really? Yeah. Yeah. I love Kurt Schilling.
Audrey Ratan
Okay.
Stephen K. Bannon
That guy is the ultimate. Ha. Mean, he doesn't care. I love showing. Good.
Audrey Ratan
Thank you. And thank you, Danbury.
Stephen K. Bannon
Thank you. No, no, no. I get these, I got these as jabro. Just if you just go to the bullpen, we'll get it, we'll get you signed. Jane, got anybody else there for President Trump's actions? I'm Susan Christensen from Dallas, Texas. So I just want to tell you we're most interested in the border and the J6ers. And a year ago, I came to CPAC to go to the gulag to hear them sing. You know, Mickey was there and all that. And, and I'm really celebrating what you have done for the J6ers the last three days. I, I mean, it all has to come to force. Thank you. Thank you. Look, I want to hang on a second because we're going to go to break. We got a very special, we got very, some very special guests going to join us. I'll tell you behind the scenes to make sure all the J6ers got out people. Julie Kelly, others, Jim Hopp. There were so many people. So many people were working because all of them had to come out. And they're still not all out. We got, remember, there's always forces. They're saying President Trump has to moderate. That's why you always got to have President Trump's back. All gas, no break, all the time. Short commercial break. We're going back to some special guests in a moment.
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Stephen K. Bannon
Here's your host, Stephen K. Band. We're live here from CPAC 2025. Everybody at home. The chat rooms are going crazy. We love it. Got a war room posse here. Very tough getting security. Hopefully get a few more people here later in the morning. Big day at CPAC. This is the day the President always speaks. Remember Colonel Harvey was CPAC in 2021, that the President was invited and went to CPAC in Orlando, and that was the first step in the long journey back for him to win the primary, the Republican nomination, then win the White House. Is President Trump moving too fast? Can you believe President Trump? Look, like I said, Elon and I disagree on so much. One thing I don't disagree on is Elon's working 20 hours a day. You got doge guys all over the place, man. They're popping up. By the way, the judge. Yes. A federal judge last night back President Trump and Elon 100% to shut down USAID. I'm telling you, that was a big ruling. USAID? Why is that? Why is USAID the cash box for the deep state?
Pete Hegseth
Well, let's just understand. It's been used overseas to go after our friends and allies. It's been used overseas for green revolutions to undermine and overthrow governments like they did in 2014. In Ukraine, of all places. They've used USAID to go after Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel and other places.
Stephen K. Bannon
Color Revolution. Color Revolution.
Pete Hegseth
Color Revolutions. But that money goes to NGOs around the world, okay? And that money is used to fund leftist causes. And that money also comes back and feeds into the political parties on the left, not just overseas, but here in the United States, in my view.
Stephen K. Bannon
By the way, there's a lot going on. One thing, we got some very special guests let's go to. And we talk about color Revolution. Are these folks insurrectionists? Are they patriots? Ben Berkweim. Take it away, Steve. We've got some more. J6. Tell me your name.
Colonel Derek Harvey
I'm Pete Schwartz.
Stephen K. Bannon
And how long were you charged for?
Colonel Derek Harvey
I was sentenced to 14 years and two months for obstruction of official proceeding, and I never set foot in the Capitol. Bill.
Stephen K. Bannon
Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it, Pete. Hang on. Obstruction of a federal proceeding was thrown out by the Supreme Court, I believe, as being totally illegitimate to charge you guys with, correct?
Colonel Derek Harvey
Absolutely.
Stephen K. Bannon
You got 14 years on something that's completely illegitimate. Is that why I'm hearing.
Colonel Derek Harvey
That's absolutely true. Everything they charged me with was just fabricated charges. And I don't know how they choose who they're going to charge what with, but they absolutely nailed me to the wall. And I eventually, I did end up getting my case overturned, but because of the politics and the optics that they're trying to present, which means it has nothing to do with justice. It's a legal industry. They held my appeal and my. They held it. So the oral arguments on my appeal was one week after the election, and my case did get reversed and remanded, but they didn't want that kind of information to come out before the election. They didn't want people to know that January Sixers were actually innocent and that there's platform and off of us. So.
Stephen K. Bannon
So the day the Supreme Court overturned, I think it was the Fisher decision. They didn't come to your cell, unlock it, and say, you're a free man, since the Supreme Court of the United States said was totally illegitimate to charge you with that and all the other J. Sixers.
Colonel Derek Harvey
No. And as a matter of fact, I thought I felt like that should have reversed everything at that point, but that's not even a win for everybody at that point. They say that you have to then get your appeal in and see if the courts will give you that same win, even though they said it's illegitimate. They know that you're there. They know you're being held illegitimately, but they're going to pull every trick in the book. Just like when they overturned my appeal and I had already won it. I didn't get released at that time either. That was three days before Trump gave me the pardons. But I didn't get to talk to my lawyers or anything, so I was completely unaware that I had won. I got out when Trump got in, and then I was. Days later I found out that I had actually beat the case. But I would have never known what you.
Stephen K. Bannon
And a medium security.
Colonel Derek Harvey
No, they sent me to usps, which are maximum security penitentiaries.
Stephen K. Bannon
You were in a United States penitentiary?
Colonel Derek Harvey
Two of them.
Stephen K. Bannon
The worst.
Colonel Derek Harvey
The most violent and dangerous prisons in the United States.
Stephen K. Bannon
Why did you rate that? How many points you have?
Colonel Derek Harvey
I don't remember what it was because they recalculated it several times, but they made sure I was like seven points over the limit to be in there. But when we. When we were in the D.C. gulag and we had a sheet that figured out your points, the way we calculated my points was I should have been in a camp or a low security.
Stephen K. Bannon
And you went to a us penitentiary. Yeah. You understand u. S. Penitentiaries are indescribable.
Colonel Derek Harvey
60% of the people in these prisons have at least one life sentence.
Stephen K. Bannon
Unbelievable. And so holy. I just want to make sure. If president Trump had not won reelection, where would you be right now, Sir.
Colonel Derek Harvey
I would still be in that prison. I am so grateful. And Jesus is my savior and Trump is my president, and I'm glad to be right.
Stephen K. Bannon
Amen. We got more. Tell me your name.
Ivan Ranklin
Jessica Watkins, sir.
Stephen K. Bannon
And Similar story.
Ivan Ranklin
Different a little bit. I was one of the oath keeper defendants. So they really kind of singled the oath keepers out unfairly. The J6 select committee made an example.
Stephen K. Bannon
They have female oath keepers?
Ivan Ranklin
Yes, sir. There was actually three or four of us there that day.
Stephen K. Bannon
Okay. Did they single you out for particularly rough treatment because you're a woman oath keeper?
Ivan Ranklin
Yes, sir. Yeah, they. I spent most of my time in the hole when I was in.
Stephen K. Bannon
Tell people what the hole is. You're in special housing.
Colonel Derek Harvey
You.
Stephen K. Bannon
It's kind of solitary confinement called the shoe.
Ivan Ranklin
It's the special housing unit. It's a.
Stephen K. Bannon
When you're in prison, which is bad enough, it's a hell hole. They have a hell hole inside of a hell hole called the shoe, the special housing unit. And that's where they really put people to break them.
Ivan Ranklin
It's really kind of egregious because, I mean, they did it because they claimed we were terrorists. But when you look at nothing but.
Stephen K. Bannon
Activity you did in prison, they just said, you're a terrorist. You gotta go to the shoe, Correct?
Ivan Ranklin
They said, yeah. Because of your affiliations and because of your charges, you have to go to the shoe. Which is egregious, because the Oath Keepers like Kelly Meigs, Connie Meggs, Joe Hackett, Kenny Harrelson, they rescued Officer Harry Dunn on camera. And they were all hit with terrorism enhancements, myself included. I was rescuing people and dragging them out of the Capitol building on my shoulders. I was stopping vandalism, you know, like. So I do regret going into the Capitol building, but at the end of the day, I'm not a terrorist. I love my country. I'm a veteran. I'm a firefighter, I'm an emt.
Stephen K. Bannon
All right, you. God bless people.
Colonel Derek Harvey
How.
Stephen K. Bannon
How tough are these. How tough are these female prisons? You were in a medium.
Ivan Ranklin
They can get pretty rough. Drugs are really bad. There's violence, there's gang issues. They can get pretty bad. I was in a medium. Yes, sir.
Stephen K. Bannon
You're in a medium. Wow.
Ivan Ranklin
Yeah.
Stephen K. Bannon
Those mediums are gladiator schools, right? They are.
Ivan Ranklin
It was kind of the Wild West.
Stephen K. Bannon
You have to prove yourself every day, right?
Ivan Ranklin
Yeah. And absolutely. The facilities are terrible. I'm very, very passionate about prison reform. I want to get involved. If Doge wants me, let me know, because I'm happy to testify. Whatever you need, I'm happy. I can tell you where the bodies are buried. I know these prisons, and these prisons are corrupt and they need to be cleaned up.
Stephen K. Bannon
Jared and Peter and I, Peter Navarro, Jared Kushner, myself. And because Jared's dad went to prison for many years and he's been a big reformer, his father's now the ambassador to France, very close friend of President Trump's. We've been working for three months to try to get new leadership in the bop. We haven't found it yet. The institution is so messed up, and people that are reformers are saying it can't be changed. It's impossible. Right. And so, Steve, we. We would love to have you maybe as a head of bo. That's what we ought to do. J6 is run bop. I just had the idea.
Pete Hegseth
Make prisons great again.
Stephen K. Bannon
Make prisons great again. God. So hold on. We got a very special. By the way, what's your name and where do people go to? They find out more about you.
Ivan Ranklin
Yes, sir, My name is Jessica Watkins. You can find me on X. It's just my name, Jessica Watkins, except for instead of an E in my name. It's just a six. So it's J6, Jessica Watkins.
Stephen K. Bannon
Hey, and Steve, what the enemy means for evil, God's using for good. Think about all these j Sixes that are in there that are going to create the prison reform to expose these guys for what they've done. Does God. Does God work in mysterious ways or what? By the way, three months ago, they were never in a million years because they thought Trump was never going to win. That's right. That's why. By the way, these J6 prisoners were tortured by the US government because they never thought that Trump would come back. And they thought they die in prison or rot in prison. Nobody ever hear it. That's what they think of you. They want to put every person in the maga movement in prison. Trust me, if they get back in power. Let's go. No, let's go to the. Let's go to the very special. We got a very special artistic work there. Look at that. Oh, oh, hang on, hang on, hang on one second. Hang on one second. We're gonna come back at the break. We'll toss it to you. Let's go.
Cindy Pajetta
Good morning.
Stephen K. Bannon
Oh, is that on? I think it's going.
Cindy Pajetta
Turn it up. Hey. I'm a little older, a little wiser a whole lot bolder and I got something to say in this world that we live in there are secrets that are hidden I can tell you why but you gotta believe you gotta be feeling open your eyes no time to be blind open your mind to see oh. In a holiday holy war coming after you might your soul oh holy true modern day holy war killed your blessings be it no more, no more Jesus put a light in you little children in a straight line don't fall behind climb up oh, the t life visions only meant to indoctrinate the mind.
Stephen K. Bannon
See.
Cindy Pajetta
Ain'T always believing doesn't mean it's true w When there's unfathomable evil right under you we in a modern day only walk coming nectar your mind soul oh, it's true modern day holy war Count your blessings being sin no more, no more Jesus put the light in you light in you oh, count your blessings be of service till his will is done could you be afraid? Could it be true that everything you learn in school's always just a great big stupid mind thing? You wouldn't believe my cake. And you will probably make you break down you wanna cry don't you wanna know how to stop the flow of evil so blatantly running rampant In a modern world.
Pete Hegseth
There.
Cindy Pajetta
Some answers to these problems if you wanna solve them They're.
Jessica Watkins
Jesus, love and truth.
Cindy Pajetta
We'Re in a modern day ho. Holy one Holy, holy. What are we waiting for? Evil so fatally running rapid in a Marty Evil so fading we run everything In a modern world Count your blessings, be in sin no more Holy water.
Stephen K. Bannon
Yeah.
Cindy Pajetta
Thank you.
Stephen K. Bannon
Lady. No, Grady with a musical interlude, by the way, that's. She's going to play Kennedy center also right in back of the J6 squire. We'll upset him. It is a holy war. Ben Berkwam, you got more special guests. What do you got for us, brother? Yeah, Steve, before we go to the painting right here, I just want to say we got Joe Biggs in the house, one of the patriots. How many years were they going to give you? How many years did they give you?
Joe Biggs
Oh, they were going to give me 33 years. And the Judge Kelly said that he was going to be nice and only give me 17. Yeah, I did four years and then two years of that in solitary confinement.
Stephen K. Bannon
Biggs. Biggs, you were at the. You were at the Capitol yesterday. Yeah. Tell us about it.
Joe Biggs
It was a setup. I mean, it was insane. The Capitol police were holding back these three antifa agitators. And all of a sudden, they let them right into our mix, right into the crowd. And one of them puts her arms up right around Enrique. And him not knowing who it is because it came from behind, he swats the hand out of his face. And the police are right there ready to pounce and grab him, arrest him, and put him in jail.
Stephen K. Bannon
So we got. He's released though, right? He got out?
Joe Biggs
Yeah, he got out last night, which is what should happen. It should have never happened.
Stephen K. Bannon
Are they gonna. Are they gonna even charge him or is that all gonna be.
Joe Biggs
No, but we're gonna charge her, I believe.
Stephen K. Bannon
So. Now talk to. Talk. Talk to us about the. The lawsuit. What? Tell us about the lawsuit.
Joe Biggs
Well, we're going to sue the government for numerous things. For abuse, for wrongful imprisonment, for what they've done to our families, to our lives. We've lost our homes, our jobs, our ability to provide for our families. Me, As a retired US army veteran, 82nd Airborne, I lost my benefits and my right to the va. I can no longer be seen. I was just kicked out of the va. Wow. So, you know, we have a lot that we need to fight for, and we're going to continue to do that. That's why we're here, to seek help for pardons and things like that.
Stephen K. Bannon
So let's give some support to the J. Sixers. And do you mind. Do you mind. Do you mind talking real quick about your daughter and what that experience was like when you left?
Joe Biggs
Yeah, so she didn't have a dad, you know, and so for the first two years, she walked around with a frame, a frame photograph of me and slept with it. And that was her way of having a father, you know, and her yearly from 4 to 6 years old, that was the only way she had a dad. And now, you know, I left to come on this trip, and she didn't think I was ever going to come home again. She didn't want to let go. So, you know, it's difficult. It's not just affected me, but it's affected little Savannah. And, you know, we want to help get a little peace of mind back and try to bring some normalcy back to our lives. I can't even take her on field trips because I'm considered a terrorist.
Stephen K. Bannon
Ben. Let's. Let's. Unbelievable. What's this? We have another artistic endeavor, so check this out. And by the way, and we haven't talked about the. The lives that were lost. Ashley Babbitt, Roseanne Boylan, all of those. But tell us about this. This painting, sir. So.
Jessica Watkins
So I did two and a half years in. In prison, 4J6. And I came home a year and four months ago, and I manifested this painting six months prior to the pardons. I figured, we're all going to be pardoned. And so I decided to do a little collage of some of the guys I was in with. And then some of the guys that did prison due to the deep state. Navarro, Steve Bannon, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Boebert were very big advocates of ours on the side here. I did Ashley Babbitt with her wings.
Stephen K. Bannon
Because she was murdered.
Jessica Watkins
And so this just was a dedication to the guys, basically, that came home.
Stephen K. Bannon
Yes. Hold on. I have one question about that. That's. You, like, shaking President Trump's hand? You look like. No. Can we get a close up of the cameraman? Can we pull in? The idea was just. You don't need to see me. Let's pull in. I got. Okay, hold it. Can we straighten that up? I see you're shaking the hand the president. Straight. Yeah, right there. Okay. Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho. Hold on. Yo, pull it back a little bit. Pull it back just a little bit. God. Pull it back. There we go. Pull it back. Keep pulling back. Let's get more people in there in the shot. Cameraman can you just pull the camera back? Zoom out. Stop, stop.
Jessica Watkins
Am I still too.
Stephen K. Bannon
I'm still okay.
Jessica Watkins
Can you help me out here? There we go.
Stephen K. Bannon
This. There we go. Hold. We're in the war room, baby. Harry, you're doing a magnificent job. Thank you, sir. Harry, how late were you at last night? See Harry. The Saturday morning show is always a struggle for Harry. Okay, so you look great.
Pete Hegseth
That's great.
Stephen K. Bannon
By the way, the artist is magnificent. I know the artist may not want her name, but we got to figure out how to get. You know, I think if you put. If you replicate this, you could sell a lot of these and help the J6s, but you look amazing. The President Trump looks great. It would go. MTG and Boebert look amazing. Peter Navarro looks great. Hell, you got roads back there with the eyepatch. He looks great. You got big old me got guys. They all look great. I look like crap. Ah, come on now. What in the hell I look like I've been in the shoe. Do I look that bad? I may have to take makeup. No, seriously. What does artists hate me. How do all these people look? Amazing. Particularly you. You're not that great in life. Dude, look at that painting. You look like a movie star. That's the best thing. Navarro is half washed out. He looks great. Very upset. Anyway, how are you gonna. Are you gonna make some bother? It's fantastic you had this commission, and I love the fact that you've got the J. Sixers back there, you know, like. Like they wanted. If President Trump had not come back and tell people, they would have been in prison still. And some of these people. Here's what gets me with your case, the Fisher thing, that one charge, they had to totally create a charge, and then they had to give terrorism upgrades to take these citizens and to make like, a gulag like it was in Russia. It's never happened before in the history of this country. And the FBI with as much problem as we got in this country, in particular with illegal alien criminals held. Danbury Prison. 10% is illegal alien criminals. And these are bad hombres. Oh, yeah. Okay. But hold it. The FBI is not out trying to get them. The biggest thing they've ever had in their. In their life is J6 prisoners. So you're telling me people that went and protested and demonstrated are worse than these illegal alien criminals are here mainly for fentanyl and drugs and then killing guys. It's obscene. So this is. We need accountability, right? We just can't let it go. Look, they have to Restore their lives and figure we got to figure out how to get back on the lawsuits, but also how to get them back on their feet. But inside the system, there has to be accountability. The only way it's never going to happen again is to hold accountable who did it to these folks. Right?
Pete Hegseth
So Pam Bondi and the new FBI director, Cash Patel, okay, Who. Who himself has been a victim of overzealous overreach by the FBI going after his bank records, his metadata on his phones, as well as others that were investigating the FBI and their malfeasance. They need to hold these people accountable. They're going to have to investigate him, as Steve says. But, you know, Pam and Cash have a lot of work ahead of them.
Stephen K. Bannon
Oh, no.
Pete Hegseth
A lot of work ahead.
Stephen K. Bannon
I'm a toss back to you because I want to hang on for once. I'm going to get all their. I want to get all the information so people at home can see it. But I got to tell. So I'd never heard this story before. So we had an international. You know, one of the things they're trying to do is unite the worldwide populist nationalist movement in all the different countries. This Sunday, there's an election in Germany with alternative for Deutschland. And each MAGA is different in each country, as it should. We're nationalists. And each country's got its own characteristics, right? Hungary's different than Italy, and what's happening in Germany is very different than what's happening in England. But directionally, it's all kind of the same, right? These are populist movements of people trying to overthrow the. The political class and the elites that run their countries. And so we had this dinner the other night. So we have so many foreign speakers, and we hosted a dinner that all of them would come together, and we had Nigel Farage talk, and Ambassador Grinnell and Eduardo Bolsonaro stood up because his father just got indicted the other day for exactly what President Trump and what we all did in the. In the 2020 election to protest. They indicted him for a coup d'etat, okay? 40 years in prison. And Ludo's a Marxist. And Eduardo told a story. He was there and talking. He says, look, I've never told this before. Eduardo has a. Has a brother that's actually, I think, part of the government has been a representative in Brazil in the. In the Congress, and a former, I think, also police officer and a police official, and he has a girlfriend here in the United States. And the girlfriend got pregnant and they had a baby. So he was coming Back to Washington more frequently, like, twice a month to see her, and then go back to Brazil. And one day, the FBI comes knocking on the door. Boom, boom, boom. They walk up. There's, like, a couple of FBI guys there right now. They're not up armored, but they say, we're the FBI. We got to come in here and ask you some questions. And they go down there and they grill her for, like, five hours on everything that Bolsonaro's. This is his oldest son is doing. Why is he coming? He's coming back more frequently now. We notice it. Got all his travel records, all the phones, everything. Pulled it, right? And she's, like, shocked. And he says, well, you know, I'm pregnant now, and we're eventually going to get married. And I think that's why he's coming. The guy goes, are you sure about that? And she goes, well, I think I'm sure. Yeah, I know him pretty well. And. And he goes, has he. You sure he's not coming back to see Steve Bannon?
Pete Hegseth
Oh, my gosh.
Stephen K. Bannon
Out of nowhere. This is how evil they are, right? This is how evil they are. They want to destroy. And don't think we're past this, folks. This is why I keep saying we can't. Look. President Trump. Why did President Trump tell Elon this morning to go faster and harder, right? We're in probably the most dangerous time right now because it's when so many people. You see how people are dribbling. Hey, we won. The J6ers are out. It's all good. We can just forget, and we forget everything that happened before and just go back to your lives. And by the way, probably half the people that vote will do that. But that's what we need. A cadre of people say, no, no, no, no, no. We know exactly what we have to do. And the hardest stuff's coming right now. I mean, President Trump yesterday fired the head of ice, right? Who I hear is a pretty good guy. Now, he's. I really put him in charge of specifically getting more people out here. But the complaint was there's not enough deportations, right? And so everything's going to come together now. And I got to tell you, in cutting the budget, which President Trump obviously wants, and those deportations, you think the firestorm on the media is bad. You saw it happen. The speech the other day, remember? At the end of it, I gave you guys a wave. Global headlines. Bannon tosses Nazi salute to fascists. What? I said do that every speech. And then the guy at the guy At Front National Bardella. It is a provocative gesture. I cannot come. Hey, dude, if you can't come after I wave to the audience because the media says bad things about it, you are never going to run France, man. You got to be tough. If President Trump had done that. This is what they want. The media wants to kowtow you. They want you to make you afraid of every movement. You have everything, like you're being watched all the time. Here's what you got to tell them, Rav. I guess there are kids around. I can't say it can't do it. Colonel Harvey's little son's hair is too good now. No, no. The little nine year old girl, the genius is back here. Jane circles here. I can't do it. But you know where I was going. Okay, let's get. We got a couple of minutes. I'm gonna get all the information from the J6ers, what your personal handles, where you go, etc, where do people go. And the artist, I know we can't go, but him. And we got it somehow. We'll work with you to get it. So we can put out copies after they edit your image on there, I'm sure. No, no, I'm not. No. I'm gonna take a beautiful picture here and just paste my head on there.
Colonel Derek Harvey
So I'm Pete Schwartz and you can find me on Twitter. It's J6 Pete and it's @J6 Pete Schwartz. And that's where you can find me. I want to put out some information. Everybody give me a follow because I really want to. Like Steve Bandon said, to start the reform, we have to start with accountability. And if we don't hold them accountable, we can't change this. So this is something I want to work on. So awesome.
Jessica Watkins
My contact would be Facebook. I'm kind of old school.
Stephen K. Bannon
I know. I'm Horrible Zuckerberg. Horrible. Sam west on Facebook. The only Sam west on Facebook. Okay.
Ivan Ranklin
And I am Jessica Watkins. You can just find me. It's just my name, Jessica Watkins. Except for instead of an E in Jessica, it's just number six. So it's like J6 and Steve speaking.
Stephen K. Bannon
About guys that were there. Yeah, we got this guy, Ivan Ranklin. You were out at a lot of the trials. You were, you know, your background, Green Beret, all of this stuff. Talk to us. You're just talking about. Hold on, hold on. Ivan was the one guy besides all the protesters. Every one of my trials, everyone. Ivan, thank you so much. You being there was fantastic. Standing up for. I know you went to a lot of the J6 stuff, just having you there. And Ivan, I. Here's the kind of guy Ivan is. You got all these crazies with to sign. These are, it's a coup. Trump's a fascist. Ivan will get right up in their face, okay? The cops are going to come and break them up.
J
Now, I appreciate you, Steve. I normally don't like the Navy, but this army guy has mad respect for somebody that is the OG Danbury J6 prison choir guy. So hands up for the guy that was weaponized along with you guys by Nancy Pelosi.
Stephen K. Bannon
But here's the thing about. Let's go to break. We'll come back with you. The thing to remember is that your government that you pay taxes to, right? And the government that you raise as a kid to say, hey, if the government's doing, it's got to be right. These J6ers, what they did to keep them in the D.C. gulag, right, and try to break them, everything 100% was to break them and to make them take deals where basically you said President Trump told you to do it. What they want to do is a direct connection. This is what Jack Smith, right, He didn't charge President Trump, Trump with being an insurrectionist. And the reason is these people didn't break. And remember, These guys got 17 years in the US penitentiary because every day is a struggle. And when you're in there, right, every day is a struggle. So 17 years, just unbelievable. We're going to take a short commercial break. We're going to be back live in the war room here at CPAC 2025. Back in war room in a moment for my life, figure how to help myself. And I said, get deep behind me sick or I command it in the name of the Lord.
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Stephen K. Bannon
Here's your host, Stephen K. Ban. Ben Berkhorn. What do you got for us, Ivan? Go. Go ahead, Ivan. Yeah.
J
So if I may, I wanted to kind of make a recommendation of where the investigations need to go in order to get the accountability everybody's essentially clamoring for. I would recommend that the following five individuals within the leadership of the U.S. capitol Police and the legislative branch be investigated by not only Barry Loudermilk's subcommittee under Jim Jordan, but also by the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, as well as the new Director of the FBI, Cash Patel. So the following five individuals, and for those that watch Steve Bannon a lot, get your number two pencils out because you need to write some. Some of these names down. Number one, Speaker Pelosi.
Stephen K. Bannon
Yes. Yes.
J
Number two, the general counsel of the U.S. capitol Police, Tad Tobias. Number three, the staff director for the J6 Committee, David Buckley, who so happened to have been one of the 51 spies who lied and was the Inspector General for Johnny Boy Brennan, the former CIA director. Who else we got there? Jamie Raskin, and I think those are maybe four or five of the key individuals. David Buckley, Jamie Raskin, the Ted Tobias, and oh, I forgot to mention the fifth one, Paul Irving, the House Sergeant at Arms. On that day, when we investigate all their communications, all their text messages, emails and all the meetings that they had, I can almost guarantee you that we will then be able to prove the entire Fed direction as it took place.
Stephen K. Bannon
Hold on, hang on, hang on a second. Walk through. Give me that one more time for this audience of people home. You're saying what now?
J
Speaker Pelosi, as the lawn senior law enforcement person on January 6, as the speaker of the House, must be investigated. Her Sergeant at arms, Paul Irving, who was also the Sergeant at arms for Paul Ryan before that and John Boehner before that. Notice the connections there. Number three, the general counsel of the U.S. capitol Police, Tad Tobias, was instrumental in manipulating what would be released in terms of CCTV footage, as well as instrumental in being behind the manipulation and getting Harry Dunne. I pronounce it dumb to go ahead and perjure himself at all these different trials. Not only Harry Dunn, but also in the Oath Keepers trial, but also these other U.S. capitol Police officers. A lot of this has been exposed by Steve Baker, great journalist over at the Blaze, and luckily, like so, just to recap, Speaker Pelosi, Paul Irving, House Sergeant at Arms, David Buckley, the Staff director for the January 6th Committee. Number four, the House sergeant at Arms, Paul Irving, and lastly, Jamie Raskin led the impeachment hoax. Number two effort he is. Those are the five key players that were involved in the Fed direction and its subsequent cover up. When Barry Loudermilk, DNI Gabbard, Secretary Hegseth, Director Patel all maybe put together a task force as well as along with Anna Paulina Luna's new committee for declassifications. I think we're going to get to the full truth of what happened on January 6 with the pipe bombs, with the, with the Ray Epps question and everything.
Stephen K. Bannon
Ivan, would you, would you volunteer to work on that task force?
J
I would be happy to volunteer as a participant to lead it. I could care less about any title. I just want to get to the truth. And you know what? Although a lot of people call it accountability, you know, because my last name starts with the R, you know my favorite word, Steve. And unfortunately, not too many people like it. But it's right here. It's right underneath my suit and tie and it starts with the letter R. Retribution, baby.
Stephen K. Bannon
You're the R word. You like retribution. Is retribution a bad word? No. Where do people go to get more information?
J
Ivan, I'm on X as long as Elon allows me to speak. It's Ivan Rain if I'm. And if once he doesn't allow me to speak, you can find me on Telegram, Truth and Rumble. R A I K L I N.
Stephen K. Bannon
Do we want accountability?
Cindy Pajetta
Yes.
Stephen K. Bannon
Do we want retribution? Thoughts?
Pete Hegseth
We want transparency. You know, Joe Biden gave a. Biden to, I mean, gave a pardon to a whole bunch of those people already.
Stephen K. Bannon
He gave, he gave pardon to the entire committee and the staff.
Pete Hegseth
But we want the information out and we want the speaker to release all of that videotape, all of it, so that the crowdsourcing can go through it. We want to go after all of that information in order to expose the truth. And with the truth you'll get accountability. But then those with authorities and the investigative know how they need to get after it and hold those that are not pardoned accountable to exposure and accountability. Those are the two things we need.
Stephen K. Bannon
We got a special guest here right now, a Brother Garris. Come on up. I'm going to show you some inside baseball in the war room. This is a photo, this is a painting that we keep next to the war room. My chair, every day, you guys can't see it on camera. Given to me by brother Garris here. Explain who that is and why does it sit in the war room. That's a good day, thank you, Appreciate it. God bless you.
Jessica Watkins
All right, can you hear me?
Pete Hegseth
I got it, I got it.
Jessica Watkins
Okay, this is a painting you got to project.
Stephen K. Bannon
Come on, man, you're in the war room, speak up.
Jessica Watkins
All right, first thing I want to say is all glory be to God because.
Stephen K. Bannon
Amen.
Jessica Watkins
A lot of divine providence that led to, to this and a lot of things related to Steve. But this is a painting that a friend of mine in Fairhope, Alabama did back in the 90s and he did a. He did two paintings, one of the battle of Flamborough Head and one this one that has a close up of John Paul Jones where he uttered his famous quote, I have not yet begun to fight. And what we can learn from this is John Paul Jones was very aggressive. He went after the enemy in this battle. He literally latched on to the British ship and they fought a four hour battle in which time they asked him twice to surrender. And the first time he told them, you know, I've not yet begun to fight. And the second time he said, I may sink, but I'm not going to strike my colors. Which meant surrender. And this is the fighting spirit of the war room posse and the Maggie movement. And this man right here, I remember when they first indicted this guy here and he was being perp walked into the courthouse and he turned that he turned to the media and looked right into the camera and said, I have not yet begun to fight. That was a moment of defiance.
Stephen K. Bannon
Hey, and we won, right? Hell with them. The only thing they only understand, a fight. They will roll over you. They'll take all your liberties. They'll take all your money. They'll put you in prison. They'll put your kids in prison.
Jessica Watkins
Now the, the fun part of this painting, the guy wanted realistic stuff. So we had to line up, we built a wooden wall and we live fired a 12 pound Napoleon cannon into the woods so he could see how realistic it would look like when a cannonball sunk into a ship.
Stephen K. Bannon
Let's give it up right now as we go to break. Top of the hour, the right side stuff. Garrus, thank you so much, man. Fantastic. Fight, fight, fight. Fight. Fight. Fight, fight.
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Podcast Summary: Bannon`s War Room - Episode 4289: LIVE From CPAC Final Day
Date Released: February 22, 2025
Host: WarRoom.org (Stephen K. Bannon)
Location: CPAC 2025
The episode kicks off with host Stephen K. Bannon welcoming listeners live from the final day of CPAC 2025. Bannon remarks on the high-security presence due to the anticipated speech by President Trump, noting the late-night festivities from the previous evening.
Notable Quote:
Stephen K. Bannon [00:45]: "We're live here in the War Room and thank Real America's Voice everybody for making this happen."
A significant portion of the discussion centers around President Trump's ongoing efforts to "purge" the Pentagon of what Bannon and his guests describe as "failed general officers." The conversation highlights recent dismissals, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the Chief of Naval Operations.
Notable Quotes:
Bannon [02:28]: "Does the Pentagon need to be purged of all these failed general officers?"
Colonel Derek Harvey [03:42]: "We believe the elites in this country were managing the decline of this country."
Bannon introduces the idea that entrenched elites are intentionally orchestrating the decline of the United States. This narrative is supported by guests who argue that policies favoring global elites over American workers and industries are undermining national strength.
Notable Quotes:
Pete Hegseth [05:49]: "Why does 88% of pharmaceutical ingredients come from China? Why do we have to depend upon China for chips?"
Cindy Pajetta [10:17]: "They want to bring us down... You're sending millions to Ukraine. Something’s not right here."
The episode features interactions with attendees, including Cindy Pajetta, a Marine Corps veteran, and Audrey Ratan, a Hollywood actress turned supporter of the MAGA movement. Personal stories emphasize the group's commitment to President Trump and their backlash against perceived governmental overreach.
Notable Quotes:
Audrey Ratan [06:13]: "I don't like the woke agenda. I'm getting out of Hollywood in a way."
Susan Christensen from Dallas [10:17]: "I'm celebrating what you have done for the J6ers the last three days."
A significant segment is dedicated to discussing the legal struggles faced by J6 protesters. Former inmates like Pete Schwartz and Jessica Watkins share their wrongful imprisonment stories, highlighting alleged fabricated charges and the harsh realities of the U.S. penitentiary system.
Notable Quotes:
Pete Schwartz [19:00]: "Everything they charged me with was just fabricated charges."
Jessica Watkins [33:28]: "This just was a dedication to the guys, basically, that came home."
Guests and Bannon collectively call for thorough investigations into governmental figures they accuse of orchestrating the decline and mishandling the J6 events. Specific individuals within the Capitol Police and legislative branches are named as targets for accountability.
Notable Quotes:
Ivan Ranklin [48:52]: "Speaker Pelosi, as the senior law enforcement person on January 6, must be investigated."
Pete Hegseth [52:23]: "We want to go after all of that information in order to expose the truth."
Bannon discusses the alignment of U.S. populist movements with similar movements worldwide, emphasizing a unified front against global elites. He references gatherings with international figures like Nigel Farage and Eduardo Bolsonaro, illustrating the global reach of their populist agenda.
Notable Quotes:
Bannon [40:04]: "These are populist movements of people trying to overthrow the political class and the elites that run their countries."
Eduardo Bolsonaro [Story Segment]: Describes FBI overreach in his personal life, reinforcing the narrative of governmental oppression.
The podcast features artistic elements, including paintings symbolizing defiance and resilience among the War Room posse and MAGA supporters. These artworks serve as visual representations of the group's fighting spirit and commitment to their cause.
Notable Quotes:
Jessica Watkins [53:34]: "This is the fighting spirit of the war room posse and the MAGA movement."
Bannon [55:06]: "They will roll over you. They'll take all your liberties."
As the episode progresses towards its end, Bannon reinforces the need for continued activism and vigilance against perceived threats from elites. He underscores the importance of accountability, transparency, and solidarity within the movement to safeguard American values and traditions.
Notable Quotes:
Bannon [37:05]: "We have to start with accountability. And if we don't hold them accountable, we can't change this."
Pete Hegseth [52:57]: "We want transparency... with the truth you'll get accountability."
Summary: In Episode 4289 of Bannon`s War Room, Stephen K. Bannon leads a fervent discussion from CPAC 2025, focusing on President Trump's efforts to reform military leadership through a Pentagon purge. The conversation delves into the theory that entrenched elites are intentionally causing the decline of the United States by undermining industries and supporting global agendas. Personal testimonies from former J6 protesters highlight alleged injustices within the U.S. legal and penal systems, reinforcing the need for systematic accountability.
The episode also explores the alignment of American populist movements with international counterparts, advocating for a unified stance against global elites. Artistic expressions symbolize the resilience and defiance of the movement's supporters. Throughout, Bannon and his guests call for thorough investigations into governmental figures they accuse of malfeasance, emphasizing the importance of transparency and collective action to preserve American values.
Disclaimer: This summary is based on the provided transcript and aims to accurately represent the content discussed in the podcast episode. It does not reflect any personal views or endorsements.