WarRoom Battleground EP 676: Live From AmFest Day 1

Summary

WarRoom Battleground EP 676: Live From AmFest Day 1
Released on December 20, 2024
Host: Natalie Winters (Filling in for Stephen K. Bannon)
Location: Phoenix Convention Center

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1. Introduction and Host Remarks

Natalie Winters opens the episode from the Phoenix Convention Center, setting an energetic tone and emphasizing the show's focus on election integrity and combating opposition forces. She critiques House Republicans for their inefficacy and misplaced priorities, particularly highlighting the auctioning of border wall materials as a significant failure.

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2. Auctioning of Border Wall Materials

Timestamp: [01:02] - [03:23]

Natalie Winters addresses the controversial decision by House Republicans to auction off components and materials intended for President Trump's border wall. She attributes this debacle not to Joe Biden but to the Republican lawmakers themselves, criticizing their mishandling and lack of commitment.

Notable Quote:

"Have you guys heard the story about how border wall components and materials are being auctioned off as we speak in this great state of Arizona? Have you heard that? Yeah, you can boo for that."
— Natalie Winters [02:10]

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3. Election Integrity in Pennsylvania

Timestamp: [07:25] - [15:12]

Cliff Maloney and Chase (Noah Formica) from Pennsylvania discuss their successful early vote initiative aimed at enhancing election integrity. They highlight the transition from a single-day voting system to a 50-day mail-in voting period initiated during COVID-19, which they argue was manipulated by Republicans to their advantage.

Key Points:

• Chase explains the strategic door-to-door campaigning that increased mail-in votes for Trump from 20% to 34.5%.
• Emphasis on reporting irregularities and ensuring secure elections through grassroots efforts.

Notable Quote:

"We went out and knocked 510,000 doors and we got Trump's mail in vote portion up from 20% four years ago to 34.5%."
— Chase (Noah Formica) [08:03]

Actions for Listeners:

• Engaging in local committees and supporting election integrity measures.
• Visit turningpointaction.com to get involved.

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4. Media Manipulation and Censorship

Timestamp: [22:51] - [43:43]

The discussion shifts to the role of major media outlets and government influence over information dissemination. Mike Benz details how Reuters has received substantial government funding and questions the impartiality of their investigative reporting, especially regarding high-profile figures like Elon Musk.

Key Points:

• Reuters received $1.56 billion in government contracts since 2008, raising concerns about biased reporting.
• Introduction of the Global Engagement Center and its role in global censorship efforts.
• Accusations of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) infiltrating American political systems through media and political organizations.

Notable Quote:

"They are essentially providing ammunition for their government customers and clients."
— Mike Benz [25:23]

Additional Insights:

• The Global Engagement Center is being relocated to the State Department Bureau for Democracy Rights and Labor, potentially expanding censorship capabilities.
• Natalie Winters criticizes the media's collaboration with government entities to manipulate public perception and suppress dissenting voices.

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5. Cyber Attacks and National Security

Timestamp: [43:20] - [53:57]

The conversation delves into the threats posed by cyber attacks, particularly from the CCP. Natalie Winters and Stephen K. Bannon discuss the vulnerabilities of U.S. election infrastructure and critical systems to foreign interference. They express skepticism about the effectiveness of current cybersecurity measures and highlight the deep-rooted connections between government agencies and foreign adversaries.

Key Points:

• Chris Krebs's shifting stance on election security, from claiming elections are secure to acknowledging CCP threats.
• The involvement of primarily compromised or ideologically driven individuals within key government positions.
• Emphasis on the need for robust cybersecurity defenses to protect national interests.

Notable Quote:

"They failed to stop the Chinese Communist Party if they wanted to."
— Natalie Winters [·43:22]

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6. Legislative Efforts and Future Actions

Timestamp: [44:13] - [47:46]

Cliff Maloney and Wendy Rogers provide updates on legislative efforts in Arizona and Mississippi to further election integrity. They discuss upcoming bills aimed at preventing late ballot reporting and ensuring transparent vote counting processes.

Key Points:

• Arizona is set to introduce bills that allow early ballot submission without envelopes and address late reporting issues.
• Mississippi focuses on cleaning up voter rolls and empowering the Secretary of State to enforce election laws effectively.
• Collaboration with other states, such as Florida, to adopt best practices in election integrity.

Notable Quote:

"We finally think we have the right solution to cure this."
— Cliff Maloney [45:06]

Actions for Listeners:

• Follow representatives on social media for updates and support legislative initiatives.
• Engage in local GOP efforts to promote and protect election integrity.

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7. Government Overreach and Surveillance Concerns

Timestamp: [27:19] - [54:42]

Stephen K. Bannon and Natalie Winters critique government surveillance measures, drawing parallels to the post-9/11 Patriot Act. They warn against the potential for expanded governmental control over personal freedoms through initiatives like programmable money and invasive monitoring.

Key Points:

• Concerns about the State Department Bureau for Democracy Rights and Labor continuing censorship efforts.
• Discussions on the implications of cyber surveillance and the threat to individual privacy and freedoms.
• Promotion of self-protection measures for financial security and personal data.

Notable Quote:

"The government may be able to shut us out of our bank accounts."
— Stephen K. Bannon [29:59]

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8. Conclusion and Final Remarks

Natalie Winters wraps up the episode by reiterating the ongoing battle against both internal and external threats to American democracy. She praises the audience's efforts in canceling Critical Resolutions (CRs) and emphasizes the importance of continued vigilance and activism.

Notable Quote:

"That's the enemy within."
— Natalie Winters [32:22]

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Key Takeaways

• Election Integrity: Grassroots efforts in states like Pennsylvania are crucial in ensuring fair and secure elections.
• Media Bias: Significant government funding to major news outlets like Reuters raises concerns about impartiality and manipulation.
• Cybersecurity Threats: The CCP poses substantial risks to U.S. national security through cyber attacks and political infiltration.
• Legislative Action: Ongoing and upcoming bills in various states aim to strengthen election processes and prevent fraud.
• Government Overreach: Vigilance against expanding governmental surveillance and control is necessary to protect individual freedoms.

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Call to Action

Listeners are encouraged to:

• Engage Locally: Join local committees and support legislative efforts to uphold election integrity.
• Stay Informed: Follow hosts and featured guests on social media for updates and further advocacy opportunities.
• Protect Privacy: Take proactive steps to safeguard personal and financial information against potential government overreach.

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Note: This summary intentionally omits advertisements, promotional segments, and non-content discussions to focus on the episode's core themes and insights.

Transcript

[Stephen K. Bannon]

This is what you're fighting for. I mean, every day you're out there, what they're doing is blowing people off. If you continue to look the other way and shut up, then the oppressors, the authoritarians get total control and total power. Because this is just like in Arizona. This is just like in Georgia. It's another element that backs them into a quarter and shows their lies and misrepresentations is why this audience is going to have to get engaged. As we've told you, this is the fight. All this nonsense, all this spin. They can't handle the truth. War Room Battleground. Here's your host, Stephen K. Bannon.

[Natalie Winters]

War Room, we are in the house. Thank you guys. You're in the Phoenix Convention Center. Coming at you live for War Room Battleground. Fourth hour, Best hour in my humble opinion. Thank you guys for being here and thank you for those of War Room Posse members who couldn't join us just for watching. We have a packed show came together very last minute. But hey, good things come in last minute packages. Except crs, right? How about that? But I want to bring you guys back to something that these horrible, horrible House Republicans, which by the way Denver, who's ever producing this show, if you want to put our horrible friends in Washington D.C. back up on screen behind me, I really liked that because it made me even more triggered on stage. But what was it two weeks ago they jammed through the ndaa, right? The National Defense Authorization Act. It should also get booze. We have booze for that. Yeah, take that Boeing profit margins. But here's the important thing. Have you guys heard the story about how border wall components and materials are being auctioned off as we speak in this great state of Arizona? Have you heard that? Yeah, you can boo for that. Well, what if I told you that that's actually not Joe Biden's fault, It's House Republicans fault. You know why? Because those geniuses, right, the ones that you guys worked really hard to get elected, the people who think they're so smart, I call them pseudo intellectual America last hacks. But that aside, they made it so that Joe Biden's Pentagon got to decide if they wanted to donate, transfer or use that, that border wall material. And something tells me that what the people who've overseen the largest mass state sponsored invasion of this country in history are probably not going to use those materials, right? I'm going to go on a limb there. Maybe they're going to donate them to Ukraine. That's plausible. But they're auctioning them off right now. And I would wager, arguably probably to the lowest bidder. Right. So for every time that you've ever heard a House Republican stand up in your district, you've gone to one of your Lincoln dinners or what, and you hear them talk about the border. Oh, I'm protecting the border. Yeah. Too. We did such a good job.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Right?

[Natalie Winters]

Oh, okay. Yeah. Remember, how glad are we that House Republicans banned gas stoves? That was so important. Sorry. Protected gas stoves. That was so important. Right. The country is on the brink of financial collapse and geopolitical collapse, and our House Republicans, our betters, are busy focusing on making sure that you can still have gas stoves. That's what we call a shiny toy. But here's the thing. They let Joe Biden decide the fate of Donald Trump's border wall materials, and that's why they're being auctioned off right now. So, you know, on this show, we focus so much on the resistance, the opposition, and obviously, a lot of that is the Mark Elias's of the world. The normizens of the world. Right. The far left, which you can boo for those people, please. Thank you. I think that's called retribution.

[Cliff Maloney]

What?

[Natalie Winters]

Now? I love retribution. I'm not shy about it. But here's the thing. So much of the resistance comes from Republicans, right? The same people who tried to sabotage President Trump in 2016 are now trying to sabotage him. They've just become a little bit more advanced, but so has this movement, right? Pete Hegseth, Kash Patel, they were supposed to be dead on arrival when their nominations were announced, but last time I checked. And the brilliant Lawrence O'Donnell over at MSNBC. No, no, no. Boo. We don't like Lawrence. Maybe you're. Maybe you're a secret Lawrence O'Donnell fan. Hey, you know, honestly, I love watching MSNBC. It's great. But here's the thing. Two weeks ago, on Thursday. Yeah. Two weeks ago to the day, he said, Pete Hegseth's nomination will be dead come tomorrow. So how do you guys feel that you ran circles around the mainstream media, around the Democratic Party, and around est Republican hacks who have only ever viewed the Pentagon and the Department of Defense as a way to send your children and grandchildren to fight wars for other countries, every country other than the United States, and to profit Max for Boeing and Locky Marthin, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. So when they say, well, Pete Hexeth, he's not qualified. Right. Well, good, because I don't want a Defense Department secretary who's qualified and speaks the language of killing young Americans just so what, the CEO of Boeing can buy a fourth vacation home. Right? And that's what the MAGA movement is and always has been about. And that's what they're trying to sabotage right now. Remember, as. As we speak. Right. It's so great that we're coming all together there. There is a left wing counterpart to everything that's going on here. And they're. And they are actively lobbying Democrat senators and congressmen to abolish all detention facilities and cancel all future contracts to hamstring President Trump's ability to carry out and execute his mass deportations. And by the way, the Nation, which is not just some little paper, right? It's sort of like a lesser low IQ version of the Atlantic, but they actually published an article saying, pardon illegal aliens. They want to give the mass, blanket preemptive pardons to illegal aliens. The only mass. Anything that I want when it comes to illegal aliens would be. You can finish my sentence. Mass deportations right here.

[Chase]

Here.

[Natalie Winters]

There you go. All right. I am joined on stage by two men who had to suffer through that. Cliff. I'm also losing my voice. But we'll try to make it through. I don't know if, hey, if Steve can make it through four months in prison, I can do this show. But Cliff Maloney from Pennsylvania, Chase, who won us the state of Pennsylvania, a true hero. And I'm going to be honest, I don't know your name, so you're going to have to say it.

[Noah Formica]

Hi, my name's no for Mike. I'm the PA field representative for Turning Point Action.

[Natalie Winters]

Do we have any Pennsylvania people?

[Chase]

No. No. Gets tons of credit. It's a great partnership between Turning Point Early Vote Action with Scott Pressler and our group doing Phaser. Great, great teams there.

[Natalie Winters]

All right, so walk us through Early Vote Action. I know this audience is super pumped up, jazzed up. What? Election integrity. That's pretty important to you guys, right? You guys sealed the deal. You actually made the substantive changes. Can you walk this audience and the audience at home through what you guys did, most importantly to actually effectuate that? Sure.

[Chase]

So our program, the phase was very simple. For the interviews that have heard from me before, it might sound like a broken record, but it's crazy. There are 50 days of voting in Pennsylvania. Okay. When me and Noah were growing up. He's a little older than me. Kidding. But when we were growing up, there was one day of voting, one day, Election day. You went in, you voted paper ballots, hand count Maybe you had a machine, but it was one day of voting. They changed the rules during COVID by the way. I can say this on this show, but I have to be careful saying this other places. Who changed the rules in Pennsylvania? The Republicans. The weak Republican establishment during COVID and said we have to make it easier. We're going to have 50 days of no excuse mail in voting. So long story short, we launched our program, the PA Chase. We said we're going to hire 120 full time ballot chasers. We went out and knocked 510,000 doors and we got Trump's mail in vote portion up from 20% four years ago to 34.5% and delivered PA and turning point and Early Vote Action crushed the registrations so that we could come in and chase the ballots. That's what a partnership looks like.

[Natalie Winters]

I like the sound of that. Now look, they say there's nothing like a scorned woman, right? I say there's nothing like a scorned country that had the 2020 election stolen from them. So I'm curious to get your guys thoughts on what you think President Trump should do, whether it's through the levers of Congress or creating a special counsel to actually investigate like we know he wants to, what happened in 2020, sort of using the playbook that you just outlined to reverse engineer some of the tactics and tools legal, illegal or otherwise that you think Democrats use to steal 2020.

[Chase]

You want it?

[Natalie Winters]

That's a tough question. Also, by the way, how old are you?

[Noah Formica]

I am 24 years old.

[Natalie Winters]

Okay. I was about to say this is the first time where there's someone younger than me on the war room, but unfortunately I can't say that. So you've nuked my big moment. But how awesome is it to have young 24? I'm too young to like make it weird, but that's so wonderful.

[Noah Formica]

Yeah. Well, I will tell you. So I first got involved when I was 16. I'm 24 now. And I just want to shout out real quick, I'm the only field staffer in Pennsylvania for Turning Point Action. I am beyond proud to have registered 3000 vot in the great state of Pennsylvania. And we had the great support of this man right here, Cliff Maloney and Early Vote Action Scott Presser. We did the work, we got it done and I'm so proud.

[Natalie Winters]

That's awesome. How about that? Pennsylvania.

[Chase]

So I'll, I'll answer the, the question.

[Natalie Winters]

That's a tough first question, I'll give you that.

[Chase]

So I think if you look at the numbers in 2020 versus 2024 in Pennsylvania, it is off the charts. And for any of those who were vindict or were called out or ostracized in 2020 for having questions about the election, the 2024 results really vindicated those that had questions. Let me give you some basic numbers. Kamala Harris, when you compare her mail in vote, compared to Biden, Biden went into election day in 2020 with a 1.4 million vote advantage. 1.4 million. Kamala Harris only went in to election day with a 400,000 vote advantage. Where did those million votes go? Okay, you can make an argument, well, it was Covid. They really scared the Democrats into requesting a ballot. You can make an argument that, well, Joe Biden was a great candidate compared to Kamala Harris. But I think what really happened, Natalie, this cycle is when all these groups had programs that were on the ground throughout the state, not just election integrity, but when we were doing the groundwork at Turning Point, at early vote action with our group, with the PHAs, we had eyes and ears everywhere. And I don't think people realized how important that was. We could report anything that we would see that would look like an outlier. We could get attorneys. So Mark Elias could not just run.

[Natalie Winters]

Rob shot.

[Chase]

And steal Pennsylvania. So there's some value to that, that when we have these field programs and we have eyes and ears everywhere, it helps us tremendously to make sure our elections are secure.

[Natalie Winters]

And walk me through because I know I hear from the audience, yes, we won and that's great. But election integrity is still a very serious concern. I assume you're not letting up in the fight. You guys are only expanding. But if this audience wants to help you guys out or get involved on the issue of election integrity, Pennsylvania or other states, states. What does sort of the path forward look like there?

[Chase]

Well, we have 9,000 judge of election races in Pennsylvania in 2025. So that's an easy way to get involved. Phase.com if folks want to check us out. And look, I think the Trump mandate, we're going to hear from Doge soon. And I guarantee you some of this is going to be what is the Trump plan for election reform? And just like we saw yesterday where we stopped the sellout rhino Mike Johnson.

[Natalie Winters]

But say that shut it down.

[Chase]

When we stop these people, we're going to have to have the same pressure when we've got a package for real election reform at the federal level. And the only way we advance that is if everybody here holds their local Officials, their congressional and their senatorial representatives, hold them accountable to fulfilling the mandate. I don't care if you're a county commissioner, if you're doing something out of step with the America first movement that just got a resounding victory through President Trump, you are the problem. So hold your local and federal officials accountable. That's how I think we get involved.

[Natalie Winters]

Cliff, if people want to follow you, do all the things that we always have the guests on War Room do, where can they go to do that on X?

[Chase]

Just at Maloney. M A L O N E Y rhymes with baloney. That's just at Maloney on X.

[Natalie Winters]

That's a good hand. How'd you get that?

[Chase]

I had to hold on to it for a while.

[Natalie Winters]

I want Winters. And where can people go to follow you? And what's your Message to other 24 year olds? What are we? Gen Z? Ish.

[Noah Formica]

Well, my message, my message to everybody is we need to get involved now. Just because we won this election does not mean we can sit on our butts and sit idly by as the Democrats make a plan to beat us. We must get involved right now. Next year, the year next, next, and then four years is going to go by fast. We got to do everything we can to make sure we get JD Vance elected the next President of the United States.

[Chase]

Yes.

[Noah Formica]

So that means we need to get involved in our local committees, become PCs, get rid of the feckless leaders who don't want to do anything. Get involved in that process, change it from the ground up. Because being a PC is key in turning point action. Go to our website, tpaction.com getinvolved and you can follow me on X at N Formica GOP that is N F O R, M, I C A G.

[Natalie Winters]

O P. Thank you so much, you guys. We'll have you back.

[Chase]

Thanks, Ali. Appreciate you.

[Natalie Winters]

All right. And you guys are free to be released. That we do. We, you guys know War Room Productions, A little gonzo. Fun fact. The last two shows that I did from dc, I actually didn't have a producer with me, so I did the show. I produced it myself. Very, very. Thank you. Thank you. Yes, we're all about a female empowerment in the War Room. No, definitely not. But look, there is some breaking news. By the way, I'm very glad that I think that's Mike Lawler. We can boo for Mike Lawler. This is my favorite thing.

[Chase]

So, yeah, Rhino, Sellout. Scumbag.

[Natalie Winters]

I saw, I saw one of the Democrats. They all have a certain physiognomy to them where they just look depraved and demented and evil, frankly. But there is some breaking news coming out that the new version of the CR, which was whittled down to about 116 pages, is likely to fall. They wanted to pass it under suspension, which basically has them skirt the rules committee, but they need to get a 2/3 vote in order to do that. And since Democrats are not going to bail Speaker Johnson now it's likely to fail. Which is. Yes. Which is fantastic news because were all about shutting the government down. You know, why, what was it back? Remember all the really intellectuals, you know, all over what at Heritage? What they. Oh, you know, big, big government. We need limited government. Right. And then with the Tea Party, it was more like no government. Right. And now what did MAGA realize? That the government, the deep state, the administrative, they suck and they're the enemy. And that's the difference. And what you're seeing going on behind me right now, these evil, evil people in a building that you pay for with your tax Boo coo boo for this one. I love my job. That lady wants to dictate how you live. I wouldn't let her near my kids if I had kids. And they now want to jam down your throat pandemic guidelines that make it so they can have vaccine passports and mask mandates. They want to create new bio labs to develop vaccines and cures for pathogens that they don't even know. Right. However, will the American experiment continue if Pfizer isn't allowed to what? Create, concoct pandemics and then profit off the cures? And just to add on to that, you guys are going to get a lot of Natalie in these next 30 minutes. So I apologize in advance or you can clap. I don't know. Okay, thank you. I like this crowd. Thank you, thank you. But here's the most ridiculous thing. Remember here in the war room, we have been gaming out, much like the left does in their war games, right. Disease X, which always, I don't know, somehow seemed to come true. Right. But war gaming out how the left was going to triage their loss in 2024 because it would dictate. Right. How they respond to it. So if they viewed misinformation as the vertical that they needed to respond to, then they double down on the censorship programs. If they thought, oh well, the public health, we need climate change lockdowns, we need to rig the election again with a Covid type, you know, bio warfare, then they're going to double down on the Pandemic stuff. Now, I don't know about you guys, but have you heard about a little thing called bird flu lately? I believe California just entered, believe it or not, a state of emergency over bird flu. What? Three cases? And believe it or not, the New York Times had an article just last week that a bird flu pandemic would be the most foreseeable catastrophe in history. MIT Technology Review had a big piece talking about how bird flu pandemics were going to materialize. And then, of course, Bloomberg had to jump in and say, well, pandemics can actually be caused by lab leaks. And that, my friends, is what we call a limited hangout. But why do I bring that up? Because they've lost so much control of the powers that be here in the United States. They've had to do what they always do. And what's that? Outsource. Not just your jobs and your livelihoods, but in this case, our public health, our guidelines. I'm sure you guys like the pandemic treaty. What do you guys think about the pandemic treaty that the WHO wants? You can boo. You can boo for that. This lady's still up here. She's. She's worse than the WHO bureaucrats. But you know what the WHO did, just two days ago? They launched something called WHO Academy so they can train these people. This one's really getting worked up. She's losing it. She's crazy. I might. I might just stop talking and let you watch her, but I won't. But they launched. They launched a program called the WHO Academy so they could train public health officials and bureaucrats in countries across the world. So they. Their responses to pandemics could be more in line with that of the WHO. Now, what about the WHO and their response to COVID 19 makes you think that they deserve any legitimacy or respect? Absolutely nothing. And that's the only correct answer. Now she's taking the glasses off. It's really gotten serious. You know what? Why these people bother me so much, and I'm sure why they bother you so much is because it's so insulting to your intelligence, right? That they have the nerve to stand up there. Now, I don't think this. This one probably wasn't let into the Doge Caucus. Let's be honest, right? I would support restrictions there, but all of those people, two weeks ago were standing up there and posting selfies and screaming at you, saying that we're going to be the Department of Government Efficiency. We're going to make cuts, we're going to secure the border by the way, just to pause, remember last CR also happens to be the CR that Stephen K. Bannon was in jail. And believe me, I think I was one of the only hosts, if not frankly, the only shows like we've always had, we always have been, that held the line on that cr because no one else in DC wants to throw down and say the things that I say. And not just about that one. That one's easy. That was easy target. But do you guys remember the SAVE Act? Remember the SAVE Act, Right? And that's the rich irony in all of this, right? You guys work to get these people elected so they can then grift off of an issue that you guys brought to the table and made an issue that is election integrity. They then cheapened that issue into something as a SAVE act that they could attach as a shiny toy onto another cr. What, so they could feed their nice lobbyists and donors a nice new check. But that's what you're up against, right? And the absolute worst part of is that they think you're dumb and they think that you're stupid and they think that they can get away with it. But then enter the little thing called war room. And your phone calls. I love the phone calls. It's so much fun. I don't know, do you guys. This one's a little more normal looking. He still probably went to Epstein island, though. No, it's true. I think we have Mike Benz down the line. You know, when I start making the Epstein comments, it's time to pull the mic. No, I think we have Mike with us. Mike, do we have you?

[Mike Benz]

Okay, sure do.

[Natalie Winters]

Hey, guys, I apologize that you have had to. I apologize that you've had to witness this. You have been doing some wonderful reporting. All right, so speak about this Reuters. You guys like Reuters? Can we give a nice big boo for Reuters? Thank you. So what if I told you that they've received tens, if not hundreds of millions of dollars from the federal government to lie to the American people? You're paying for their BS propaganda lies. Well, Mike Benz, who I can't totally see, but I assume he's there, is going to tell you about the fact that they're doing that. So, Mike, you got a few minutes? I'm going to have to interrupt you eventually, but let it rip.

[Mike Benz]

Hey, so Reuters has received $1.56 billion in government contracts since 2008. So this to be clear, this has been over both Republican and Democrat governments. The Reuters also received tens of millions of dollars under the Trump administration. Now they, they do a range of services. Their news wire, they have something called the Thompson Reuters Special Services which is a CIA contractor and has also received $145 million from the Pentagon. But Reuters this year won the Pulitzer Prize for their investigative work on Elon Musk and misconduct at Elon Musk's major companies, Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and X. The Biden administration, Joe Biden himself, 18 months ago from the podium of the White House responded to a port a reporter telling his government agencies to quote, look into Elon Musk and potential misconduct at his companies. Whereupon 11 different government agencies and oversight organs under the Biden executive branch launched investigations into Elon Musk. And it just so happens that Reuter, which has received $300 million in government contracts for its various product lines, has launched, has basically done investigative hit piece work on the exact topics that its government customers providing its government contracts are looking into. So they are essentially providing ammunition for their government customers and clients. And the qu. I'm not alleging a direct pay to play, but it the question that, that I bring up here is does it taint Reuters choice of targets when it drops a favor in the favor bank to the very people paying it US taxpayer money?

[Natalie Winters]

And Mike, you're always ahead of the curve when it comes to censorship stuff. I'll hold you through the break, but can you just give the audience a minute? Obviously was controversial. They had the extension of the Global Engagement center tucked away in the 1,547 page CR. But can you just give a one minute primer briefer on how that is political malpractice to its core?

[Mike Benz]

Well, it absolutely is. The Global Engagement center was the censorship nerve center of the global empire. It partnered with the CIA, it partnered with usaid, it partnered with the Pentagon, it partnered with darpa, it partnered with the dhs, it partnered with the US Special Forces to coordinate all social media censorship activity all over the world in order to tilt elections, to manipulate hearts and minds, even targeting people here at home that were pro Trump. They basically declared populism around the world to be a threat to democracy and used their purchase a democracy promotion program at the State Department to do censorship work as a, as a predicate for supporting democracy. Because misinformation is a threat to democracy, don't you know. But it looks like it's scrubbed from this cr. But the fight is still just in its early stages because they're going to be moving all their operations into a different State Department bureau called the State Department Bureau for Democracy Rights and Labor And I can tell you all about that if you want to talk after the break.

[Natalie Winters]

I was going to say, if you can hang with us through the break. You guys can see they're voting right now on the motion to suspend the rules and pass. It's reported that they're likely not going to get that. So we've killed yet another cr. Shout out to this audience. Why don't we shut down the government that hates us and show them once and for all, don't tread on me. How about that? Right? We like that. I like that. All right, we'll be right back.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

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[Stephen K. Bannon]

All this nonsense, all this spin. They can't handle the truth. War Room Battleground with Stephen K. Bannon.

[Natalie Winters]

Yes, keep it coming. You're back here in the war room. I always say Battleground. Fourth hour, best hour. Natalie Winters filling in for Stephen K. Bannon. Round of applause for Stephen K. Bannon, political prisoner extraordinaire. Right? The best for those of you who don't know who I am. And you're like, why is there a young child hosting Stephen K. Bannon show? I filled in for him when he spent four months in prison. Honor of a lifetime. And the best part is that it's these hacks who are now voting to cram this country with even more debt. Who sent him there? And have the nerve to parade around and act like they did anything to stop government weaponization.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

What about the.

[Natalie Winters]

What was it? The Weaponization Committee? Oversight? They done anything worth anything? I know James Comer wrote a book with all the findings that you Guys paid for on the oversight committee. But besides that, I didn't really see anything come to fruition. And we're going to track this vote. I'm producing and hosting. It's all good. But I wanted to cover another story, and that is the China cyber attacks that are happening. So obviously you guys saw. You guys know Chris Krebs, Remember Chris Krebs of Infamy who said that the 2020 election was what, the most safe and secure election that we've ever had? Well, he's on MSNBC about a week ago saying, quote, we're at war with the Chinese Communist Party. They're preparing to go to war with us. And then he and Katie turn of a whole exchange where they talk about how our critical infrastructure is fundamentally and critically exposed to threats faced by the Chinese Communist Party. And I said, well, Chris, does that apply then to election infrastructure? Because I'm pretty sure that this audience was what laughed out of rooms and mocked and ridiculed for saying that foreign countries could have hacked and had access to election infrastructure. But. But it goes so much deeper than that, right? Because here's the fundamental point, right? The Biden regime's tough talk on these cyber attacks, tough talk on the Chinese Communist Party, not so tough talk, might I add, on the Chinese spy balloon, right? But they couldn't even take on the Chinese Communist Party if they wanted to. And I'm not even talking just about the vertical. The what? Political prostitute that is Hunter Biden for every foreign country that's an enemy and adversary to this country. I don't know about you, I wouldn't personally want to hire Hunter Biden as my personal attorney, but apparently Ukrainian oligarchs. What, the same ones that we're probably funding with all of our Ukraine aid packages right now. Apparently they thought he'd be a great lawyer, so they might not have the best taste. In fact, I would say I digress. I don't digress on that point. Because you know why? Here's why the cyber attack vertical is so important. Not only because the World Economic Forum, by the way, I think that's the first time I've said wef. So please boo for the World Economic Forum. Thank you. But they, believe it or not, have been talking about how cyber attacks and cyber. Cyber pandemics. You want a cyber pandemic? What the heck is that? I don't know where these people get their vernacular from, but you need to hire new people. But anyways, they are talking about cyber pandemics are going to happen. You know, you know Bill Burns, Joe Biden's CIA director, you know what he used to do before he started directing the CIA to gather intelligence on the American people and screw over the lives of what people like Stephen K. Bannon and Peter Navarro? Well, he used to be the President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a globalist Atlanticist think tank that what probably somehow takes your money through federal taxpayer dollars and grants and then spews propaganda that gets us dragged into more forever wars. Well, that group actually has something called the Carnegie Sinhua center over and you guessed it, China. Where they actually work, believe it or not, on fictitious cyber scenarios whereby they study what the United States and China can do to collaborate on cyber security. And then it gets even better because Jake Sullivan, our Director of National Intelligence and average National Security Advisor, and Avril Haynes, the dni, they were fellows up at the Harvard Belfer center, which takes hand over fist cash from the Chinese Communist Party. But more importantly, they also do those role played fictitious cyber scenarios. Now this is not just with run of the mill Chinese entities, but with actual PLA colonels and commanders. So G, I wonder why the Chinese Communist Party is hacking us. And if you don't believe me, if you think I'm too conspiratorial, I would also humbly add, you know who created the entire technological administrative system that the Chinese Communist Party runs on? None other than Microsoft. It's actually called Windows China Government Edition. So sorry Microsoft and sorry Bill Gates, but I don't give a crap when your services keep getting hacked by the Chinese Communist Party because you welcomed it in when you started collaborating with what probably the West's greatest adversary. And speaking of collaboration now, now we're returning to Natalie Winters tradition, when I used to be Steve's just contributor, where I would do all the Chinese investigative reporting. But speaking of foreign compromise, all these losers behind me, you can boo every time I point to them. It's gonna be like Pavlov's dog. I want you to boo really loud that these people are so sick and evil and depraved. The Chinese Communist Party runs the most advanced political warfare operations on these people, down to the fact that they pay for trips overseas to China, not for the members, they do that too, but for their staffers on delegations with an organization called the China United States Exchange foundation, which is part of what's called China's United Front. It's a communist Marxist political warfare department that takes billions of dollars to co opt American politicians. And you know what the best part is? And you Know why? I'm probably one of the few journalists in this show, in this audience is one of the few cohorts of people who even can dare to talk about it. That was a voice crack because I'm losing my voice. But, you know, nevertheless, she persisted. Right? That's what I've been told by Elizabeth Warren, who's trying to ram through judges. You know, they're voting on two more Democrat judges today. But I digress on that for a second. That same entity, the China United States Exchange foundation, if you can believe it, they paid to take Western journalists from the New York Times, the Washington Post, Bloomberg, Harvard Business Review, ap, Reuters, all those horrible news outlets on trips to China. The Chinese Communist Party subsidized it in exchange for, quote, favorable coverage and to, quote, disseminate positive messages. And you might say, well, Natalie, what are you quoting? And to that I would say the Foreign Agent Registration act filings that were around for decades, but not a single journalist decided to report on it because that's what corruption and compromise is called. That's a perfect physical manifestation and reification of the problem that we face. And look, I'm all for throwing down. I'm going to say a naughty word that I'm not allowed to say according to msnbc. See, that's the enemy within. We like the enemy. We can boo the enemy within. We hate that. This is so fun. This is like the highlight of my year. But this is the enemy within. Okay, these people suck. And I think they voted, so I think the CR is not coming to the floor. But all of these people, like I said, the border was mentioned four times and 1,547 pages of funding to continue the government, like, let that sink in. That's what we're up against. So when President Trump says we need to primary all of these people, I say we need to primary them, but probably investigate them, too, right? You know, when they melt down about us wanting retribution, it really is quite funny because they were the ones who waged war on us first, and they've been doing it for a really long time, and they never thought that we were going to come back and win like we did in 2024. So that's why they did what they did, because they think that they can get away with it in the same way that they phrase what the tariffs as Trump's trade war against China. I mean, what a bunch of. That's up to Cusp. I don't even think I'm on live TV right now. But what. What a bunch of imbeciles to think that it's the United States who's waging war on China. They've obviously never read the People's War or the Art of War. All these pseudo intellectuals that you see up on MSNBC every day, for their sake, I hope they're dumb. Because if they're not dumb, then they're blackmailed or they're bona fide traitors. And take your pick, because I say you could probably split. These are the traitors, those are the dumb ones, and those are the who knows what. But that's what we're up against. And I think we still have Mike Benz joining us down the line. Mike, we're gonna have to let you go quickly because I got some other guests that I gotta run through, but I'm gonna do.

[Mike Benz]

That was an epic rant. That was an epic rant.

[Natalie Winters]

Thank you. I'm Maga. Maga. Vanna White. She's cooler. But, Mike, give the audience the pitch on the censorship stuff.

[Mike Benz]

Well, you know, we see now that the Global Engagement center has been stripped out of this, this new continuing resolution, but the issue is, is it will. They've already notified the court that it's substantially likely that they will not be reauthorized and that they have already begun plans to move its staff and operations into other bureaus in the State Department. Now, they said they're moving their staff and their operations. They didn't say they're changing their operations. And where they're going to go is directly into the State Department's Bureau on Democracy Rights and Labor. This is the main color revolution bureau for the State Department. In the name of democracy promotion, accusations of human rights violations and the CIA's work with union groups. That's where why labor is stuck in there. Because they are the street muscle for rental riots. And that that specific locus in the State Department, the Bureau of Democracy Rights and Labor, is the. Is the main umbrella place. And State where geck where the Global Engagement center is parked. That bureau is not going away. And people in every regional desk at State will be lobbying the Trump administration to keep these social media censorship powers in order to influence the course of events in Ukraine, in Georgia, in Romania, in Venezuela, in Nicaragua, in Pakistan. And the Trump administration is going to be faced with a very difficult decision about whether to say no to those powers, which, if used, would be very nasty and would censor the Internet, but may help accomplish the Trump administration's foreign policy goals if indeed they do want to topple those governments.

[Natalie Winters]

Mike Benz, quick. I know you can't see. So we had a round of applause for Mike Benz.

[Mike Benz]

All right, the love is mutual.

[Cliff Maloney]

Love you guys.

[Natalie Winters]

Mike Ben should go run sisa. Mike Ben should run sissa. Right. I think that's what he should do. He might be more effective on the outside. I don't know. Mike, thank you for joining us. If people want to follow you get all the stuff. Where can they go to do that?

[Mike Benz]

You already know. It's Mike Ben Cyber and Foundation for freedomonline.com. i'll see you guys soon. Bye.

[Natalie Winters]

Thank you, Mike. All right, do a little bit of on air producing. We're joined by Rob Meness. I hope I mainness. I, I try, I try, I try. And of course Wendy Rogers to the Warren posse knows very well. Wendy, we got to hit that. Let's round applause. We gotta hit some CR sip but we have a few minutes. We're obviously in your home state. We represent a representative in Arizona. Can you give the posse a little bit of an update on all things election integrity? Is your mic on? Why don't you use mine?

[Cliff Maloney]

Thanks, Natalie. Great to be down here from Flagstaff. We open our legislative session January 13th on the 15th. And my elections committee will be hearing the bill which will cure the problem of late reporting of our ballots, our vote here in Arizona. We're very excited about it. We will get two things done. We'll move up the late, early turn in of ballots and also the ability to input our ballots without having them be in an envelope. All of this is to say that we finally think we have the right solution to cure this. And we worked with Florida a few weeks ago and our Senate president, Warren Peterson will be sponsoring the bill in my committee. So we're very excited about this development to fix things here in Arizona.

[Natalie Winters]

And what seat do you live in?

[Wendy Rogers]

I live in Gulfport, Mississippi, Natalie, Mississippi.

[Natalie Winters]

And I assume you're probably in some capacity involved in election integrity stuff, but what are you guys working on down there?

[Wendy Rogers]

I'm absolutely, absolutely involved in election integrity.

[Natalie Winters]

Lucky, lucky guess. I don't know.

[Wendy Rogers]

Our GOP executive committee in Harrison County's number one priority is to fix all of the election issues that we've found in the state of Mississippi with our voter rolls. Give the secretary of state the right powers that he doesn't currently have today to clean them up. And that is going to be our number one priority. But you know what we're really working on in addition to that is getting rid of the people that want to do this kind of thing to the American Citizens in this country.

[Natalie Winters]

I. This is the enemy within. But I'm happy to bring you some breaking news that the CR vote did not pass.

[Chase]

Yeah, there you go.

[Natalie Winters]

What is that? Warren Posse. Two for two, one for one on speakership races. And something tells me, I don't know, I don't know, we might just be two for two because, Speaker Johnson, you deserve a motion to vacate and you certainly should not be sworn in on January 3rd. Right. I don't know. It's a lucky prediction, just putting that out there. But Wendy, before we let you go, just in terms of what you guys are doing in Arizona, how do you think other states can replicate that? Are you working or liaising with other states states or what sort of the game plan countrywide?

[Cliff Maloney]

Well, we're one of the last three states to report, so we're pretty low on the totem pole. It's more a question of us learning from other states. We have great bills on the horizon, many of which Florida has had. And so the best part of the United States is to take the best from other states and make good legislation. So I'll be running several bills. The squatter bill, the prohibition against photo radar. These are freedom bills. And I think the climate is right for us to have more freedom. We will also be running the defend the guard bill, which is something Pete Hegseth and President Trump support, which says that we will not deploy our National Guard into a war zone unless the United States Congress has declared war.

[Natalie Winters]

I like it. And where can people go to follow the both of you?

[Wendy Rogers]

You can follow me on X at Rob Mainus and Facebook and all the.

[Cliff Maloney]

Other social media on X. Wendy Rogers.

[Chase]

Az.

[Natalie Winters]

Thank you.

[Cliff Maloney]

Merry Christmas.

[Wendy Rogers]

Merry Christmas.

[Natalie Winters]

Merry Christmas. We don't, we don't say happy holidays in the war room. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Thank you guys for joining us. Thank you. And Wendy Rogers gave me the realization that you know who we haven't discussed today? I'm going to say a name and you guys are more free to go. Mark Zuckerberg. Can we boo for Mark Zuckerberg? That's going to need to be a little louder. Thank you. Thank you. You guys are learning. I will fist the right. Okay. Mark Zuckerberg spent, what, close to a billion dollars, right, to steal the 2020 election from us. And then he waddles down to Mar a Lago and he thinks that you guys MAGA, that you're so cheap that a one million dollar check, the bare minimum to make it seven figures is going to make us do a 180 or several iterations of 180. What is that, 3, 5, 40? I think maybe I'm, I don't know. Check my math. Fact check that. He thinks that that's going to make this movement change and embrace him and Jeff Bezos too. You know what I say we don't want you at the inauguration. We don't want you anywhere near the MAGA movement. How many of you guys have been banned by Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook from posting about cope? Yeah, like everyone and who they never join. Okay? You're, you're, you're ultra based. I can't say that I was young. Don't hold it against me. Okay, I'm sorry, but Mark Zuckerberg and all of these people who think that the MAGA movement can be bought off for a million dollars, remember, was Mark Zuckerberg who, what, wrote the letter to congressional investigators saying, yeah, like, I'm sorry, I may have donated some money to the election, but it didn't sway it in favor of Democrats. That's what all the evidence I've seen said. Didn't even have the consideration to put a footnote on that. No evidence just said that. But you know what's the worst part of that letter? I don't even blame Mark Zuckerberg for thinking that Republicans in the MAGA movement are so easy and cheap to deceive. Because you know why? That stupid letter, which contained absolutely no substantive apology. They still stole the 2020 election. These idiots celebrated that as a, quote, big win. That was what they tweeted. House Judiciary, they quote, tweeted the letter. Could you imagine? Mark Zuckerberg destroys this country and helps elect a president elect that destroyed this country, destroyed the economy, brought us to the precipice of World War Three, and Mark Zuckerberg sends a two page letter. Not even the full two pages, 1.5 pages and double spaces. It probably reduces down to a page. And these idiot Republicans said that that's a big win. Well, if these people think that that is what constitutes a big win, then maybe, I guess they understand why the overwhelming mandate, 77 million plus victory that President Donald Trump just had doesn't translate into any change into how they're actually acting on this stupid damn CR vote. And I guess it also means that they aren't listening or understanding that you guys, your phone calls, your letters, your texts, your messages, that they're making such a difference that you now just tanked not one, but two CRS in the matter of 24 hours. That's pretty Damn impressive. I'm sorry, that's pretty damn impressive for a group of people who, what, eight years ago were being smeared as deplorable rebels. Oh, because you didn't go to the Harvard Kennedy School, you don't get a say in global and foreign affairs. Screw you. Screw you and your elitist credentialism because look where you've gotten us. What, 36, $37 trillion in debt. A bunch of people who are elected, who freak out if Donald Trump wants to put loyalists in his cabinets because they wouldn't even know how to put America first if they wanted to. And they're too compromised to put America first even if they actually wanted to. So that, my friends, is the enemy within. But I think Bulla Encapsulate this episode is a special edition of War Room that is the enemy within the Republican Party. So I thank you guys. I got 23 seconds left for standing and listening to me. I appreciate it. Like I said, Stephen K. Bannon is speaking after, I believe, at 7:15. I did not know I was hosting, so therefore you can't hold anything that I said against me. But I hope you enjoyed it. And thank you again, really, for listening. And the war and posse, we love you guys. Have a good one. Thank you.

[Chase]

Till I'm getting no shalom no shalom Then the father, will he call us? Check and tone. The wise men will decide Bow down before the throne and at his feet will cast the golden crowns when the man comes around.

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