One Nation w/ Brian Kilmeade 08-02-2026

Summary

Podcast Summary: One Nation w/ Brian Kilmeade – August 2, 2026

Overview

In this episode of One Nation, host Brian Kilmeade tackles the theme of political deception, government accountability, and foundational American principles amid recent Democratic proposals and ongoing controversies. The discussion brings together key guests, including House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, historian Douglas Brinkley, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, Fox’s Jimmy Failla, and Green Beret veteran Robert Schaefer. The episode explores hot-button topics: the legacy of Anthony Fauci, debates over abolishing ICE and taxing the rich in New York, progressive pushes to upend core U.S. institutions, and the need to boost U.S. weapons production.

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Fastest Monologue in America: “Decades of Dem Deception”

Timestamps: 00:36–08:01

• Theme: Brian Kilmeade opens the episode critiquing what he views as a longstanding trend of Democratic deception, citing past events (Clinton’s emails, Trump-Russia allegations, Hunter Biden’s laptop, COVID policies).
• Notable Claims:
  • Democrats and media allegedly shielded Clinton, Trump-Russia “collusion” was a media fabrication with no subsequent apology, and Hunter Biden’s laptop was dismissed as Russian disinformation, later proven real.
  • Pandemic mismanagement and media lionization of Anthony Fauci, whom Kilmeade calls a “fraud” (04:00).
• Memorable Quote:
  • Brian Kilmeade: “Despite being 100% wrong on the biggest, most important stories in the world, [the media] still seem incapable of admitting their complicity, changing their behavior, or ever tackling the truth.” (07:25)

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Interview: Jim Jordan on Fauci, Media, and Accountability

Timestamps: 08:01–13:27

• “Template of the Left”: Jordan describes a cycle where the left lies, the media repeats the lie, big tech amplifies it, and truth-tellers are maligned.
• Examples:
  • Funding for Wuhan labs, gain-of-function denial, COVID guidance reversals, and lack of transparency.
  • Jordan alleges Fauci “was 0 for 8” on key policies and censored dissent (08:33).
• Accountability: Jordan discusses efforts to investigate and make criminal referrals against officials for misstatements or obstruction—while acknowledging the legislative branch cannot prosecute (09:56).
• On Biden’s Classified Documents: Critiques differential treatment of Trump (as president, could declassify) versus Biden’s pre-presidency document retention (12:12).

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History & Institutions: Panel with Douglas Brinkley

Timestamps: 13:47–21:04

• Debate Over Abolishing Senate and Electoral College:
  • Kilmeade notes increasing calls from Democratic Socialists to radically reform or remove key U.S. institutions.
  • Brinkley ties today’s debates to the Founders’ intent (Federalist 51), explaining U.S. checks and balances.
• Quotes:
  • Douglas Brinkley: “If you took Bernie Sanders…he would hear most of what was just said on those bites he would dismiss as immature nonsense.” (15:10)
• On Electoral College and Senate: Explains these exist to protect small/agricultural states’ voices and maintain continuity/stability.
• Socialism vs. Capitalism: Historical overview—Debs, FDR’s New Deal, and what democratic socialism has meant versus today’s “far-fetched” proposals (18:14).
• Reparations Debate:
  • Brinkley calls New York’s cash reparations talk “political talking point,” not serious policy (19:59).

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Interview: Bruce Blakeman on ICE, NY Taxes, and Gubernatorial Race

Timestamps: 23:14–27:59

• Defending ICE: Blakeman details why Nassau County continues cooperating with ICE, citing public safety and legal nuance.
• Quotes:
  • Bruce Blakeman: “Everything Kathy Hochul is doing...is making us less safe: cashless bail, and now no cooperation with ICE.” (23:56)
• Taxation and ‘Doxxing’ the Rich:
  • Criticizes the so-called “pied-à-terre” tax and publishing of property owners’ information—calling it “un-American” and harmful to the middle class (25:32).
• 2026 NY Governor’s Race: Blakeman presents polling showing a tight race versus Hochul, blaming her policies for rising taxes, energy costs, and public dissatisfaction.

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Media Coverage, Covid & Progressive Primaries: Jimmy Failla Segment

Timestamps: 29:59–35:16

• Media Bias: Failla and Kilmeade highlight how major news platforms “black out” negative coverage of socialist candidates (e.g., Abdul El Sayed in Michigan).
• Memorable Quote:
  • Jimmy Failla: “These people all campaign as if there’s no instant replay...zero negative headlines...critical stories were omitted.” (30:38)
• Fauci Critique & Cultural Satire:
  • Extended jokes on Fauci’s COVID reversals, media worship, and the pandemic’s effect on families.
  • “More Americans trust Dr. Dre than Dr. Fauci.” (32:18)
• Pop Culture Reflections: NFL coach references to Fauci; personal anecdote about pandemic homeschooling and its comic failures.

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Military Readiness & Leadership: Lt. Col. Robert Schaefer

Timestamps: 36:13–41:41

• Concerns over U.S. Weapons Stockpile:
  • Emphasizes U.S. has best tech but insufficient production; war in Ukraine exposes U.S. and allies’ supply chain vulnerability.
  • Schaefer: “We’ve already depleted two-thirds of our [Patriot] stockpile, which was about 1,500.” (37:50)
• Leadership Lessons from the Military:
  • Schaefer connects combat leadership to civilian management: inspiring teams across generational and cultural divides, leading by example, fostering independent leadership.

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Key Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Jim Jordan: “Everything he told us was false...and he knew about it and still let the government censor us when we said that was all garbage.” (08:44)
• Douglas Brinkley on Founders: “I think the Senate is in great shape and really our institutions hold. But every cycle of politics there’s going to be a group that wants to sort of dismantle the Constitution.” (16:43)
• Bruce Blakeman on NY Taxes: “It’s starting with the rich, but it’s going to go to the middle class. What he wants to do is destroy the second home industry.” (25:32)
• Jimmy Failla: “More Americans trust Dr. Dre than Dr. Fauci.” (32:18)
• Lt. Col. Schaefer: “We’ve got to fix this… orders for these [Patriot systems] are like 4,000 backordered… that’s about seven years of production…” (38:25)

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Timeline of Important Segments

| Timestamp | Segment / Topic | |-----------|------------------------| | 00:36–08:01 | Kilmeade Monologue: “Decades of Dem Deception” | | 08:01–13:27 | Jim Jordan Interview: Fauci, Media, and Oversight | | 13:47–21:04 | Douglas Brinkley: U.S. Institutions & History | | 23:14–27:59 | Bruce Blakeman: ICE, Taxes, 2026 NY Governor Race | | 29:59–35:16 | Jimmy Failla: Media Coverage, Fauci, Progressive Primaries | | 36:13–41:41 | Lt. Col. Robert Schaefer: Weapons Production, Leadership Lessons |

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Tone and Style

• The episode maintains a lively, opinionated, and at times humorous tone typical of Brian Kilmeade’s programs.
• Kilmeade’s skepticism of Democratic policies and media narratives is constant throughout.
• Guests bolster the show’s arguments, provide historical context, or offer satirical takes.
• The language is direct, at times combative, with pointed criticisms interspersed with attempts to inform or entertain.

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Listeners can expect:

• Sharp conservative critique of pandemic figures and Democratic proposals
• Candid interviews with lawmakers and experts
• Historical context for today’s constitutional debates
• Commentary on media bias and political messaging
• Discussion of military readiness and leadership transferable to everyday life

The episode serves as a rousing call to “tackle the truth,” defend legacy institutions, and demand accountability from officials and the media alike.

Transcript

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[Jim Jordan]

Hi, everyone.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Welcome to One Nation. I'm Brian Kilmeade. Hope you're having a fantastic weekend. We're going to end it strong. Look who's on the show tonight. Douglas Brinkley. We're talking about the history of America because socialists want to rewrite America. He's going to tell us what James Madison really had in mind. Bruce Blakeman is being challenged and threatened by the governor. He wants to be the next governor. We'll tell you what happens when you cooperate with ice. When the governor tells you not to. Bruce Blakeman sounds off. And Jimmy Failer, he makes the news funny. He will not let you down. But first, the fastest, most impactful monologue in America. Decades of Dem deception. You know, listening to the lies spewed this week, I could not help but think of all the years the Democrats have truly been in the business of deceiving us. I mean, remember when the Democrats tried to sweep Hillary Clinton's infamous BlackBerry under the rug when in reality it contained highly classified information? And when it was tied back to her personal server, she smashed the server. Did she pay the price? No. And the media was looked the other way. And what about the notion that Donald Trump undoubtedly colluded with Russia? This is about as clear evidence you could find of intent by the campaign to collude with the Russians. Russians offered help, the campaign accepted help, the Russians gave help. And the President made full use of that help. Donald Trump's done. He's done. There's no question about beginning of the end of the Trump presidency. The presidency is effectively a Russian op.

[Jim Jordan]

Right.

[Brian Kilmeade]

You know, partisan warfare between Republicans and Democrats.

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This is international warfare against our country.

[Jim Jordan]

Yeah.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Didn't happen. There was no collusion with Russia. There was no obstruction and none whatsoever. And it was a complete and total exoneration. This was an illegal take down. Think about that. Three years of dealing with that. Was there any apology from the media from the Democrats? Crickets. How about the concept that Hunter Biden's laptop was not real? Remember Hunter Biden? This laptop that intelligence officials have warned is likely Russian disinformation.

[Dr. Anthony Fauci]

Ongoing Russian disinformation effort.

[Jim Jordan]

Looks like a classic Russian playbook. Disinformation campaign. Ongoing Russian disinformation effort.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Yes, exactly. The media covered for him. The social media giants Shadow banned anyone who didn't agree with that ridiculous conclusion. It turns out what we all knew. The laptop was 100% real and he mayor culpa from the complicit media. Absolutely not. So how about the most blatant lie of them all? For my money, that Joe Biden was just fine. Never been better. This version of Biden, intellectually, analytically is the best Biden ever. Not a close second. And I've known him for years. The Brzezinski's have known him for 50 years. If it weren't the truth, I wouldn't say wasn't the truth. And you said it. Well, I think the newly released audio tapes of Joe Biden we're talking about before the 2020 election would surely prove otherwise. I'm in Munich, but after Angela Merkel president's working lunch with.

[Douglas Brinkley]

I mean,

[Brian Kilmeade]

hang on a second, It's confusing me. I was going to ask you something else. Oh gosh, I can't think what it is. That was 2017. Anyway, this all brings me to this week which exposed one of the most egregious deceptions ever. Anthony Fauci's 1100 page diary revealed this fraud, lied, enriched himself, extended the pain of the pandemic while receiving rock star treatment from the media and Hollywood for his leadership.

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[Jim Jordan]

Wow.

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[Jim Jordan]

Hello.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Dr. Anthony Fauci, American hero and New York Yankee fan. With me now is Dr. Anthony Fauci, America's favorite doctor. The head and the heart that comes together in your body is the real deal, Dr. Fauci. And that's why people believe in you. How is it that it is your birthday tomorrow, but we here at CBSN got the gift. We got to talk to you. But even worse, he contradicted almost everything he claimed to be true about COVID all while leading the government's charge of protecting Americans during the pandemic. Let's start with the origins. It was something like 24 cases in this wet market. This was jumping from an animal to a human in the context of the wet Market. The origin was from the Wuhan Wet market. Yeah. His diary entry shows he privately confronted other possibilities about the virus's origin. Even calling the market just an amplifier, he knew it came from the lab. He publicly denied reason of reasonability for shutting down schools in states. I wonder if you would recommend locking down schools if you had to do it all over again. Well, you know, again it's. First of all, I didn't recommend locking anything down. You're asking me questions.

[Douglas Brinkley]

You're talking about.

[Brian Kilmeade]

The CDC is the public health agency that uses their epidemiologists and their science based approach to make recommendations. I could play 10 minutes of him saying you have to lock everything down because you have to be six feet apart. He bragged about locking things down in his diary. He took credit for it. And remember when Fauci told you that if you were fully vaccinated, you didn't have to wear a mask? He admitted in his diary that that even vaccinated people were still getting Covid. We knew that. I don't know why I'm surprised, frankly. This is the man that told us to stand six feet apart, then told us there was no evidence you should stand six feet apart. A physical separation, whether that's avoiding crowds, whether that's staying six feet away from people, whether that's doing teleworking, all of it does that. That's our most important tool. The CDC was said that on the basis of their evaluation, which was based on the droplet approach, that six foot would be to go. And since there was no clinical trials going one way or the other, that's why he was accepted by the group. He said it over and over again. And because it's six feet apart, you could not open up a school. You couldn't open up a school that was okay because kids were out of danger. The kids were never in danger. Look, whether it's Joe Biden, whether it's Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Russia, are now Covid. The Democratic deceptions gets exposed, but its bodyguard continues to be the legacy media. And despite being 100% wrong on the biggest, most important stories in the world, they still seem incapable of admitting their complicity, changing their behavior, or ever tackling the truth. Joining us now, a man who is never afraid to tackle the truth, House Judiciary Chair, Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan. Congressman, I watched Stephen A. Smith go man Foushee. I look at him differently, but I still watch Democrats defending the that fraud. It is maddening. Could you put this in perspective?

[Jim Jordan]

Yep. Well, I don't know anyone could do any Better than that monologue. That was, that was tremendous. I would just say this. There's a template. The left will tell a lie, big media will report the lie, big tech amplifies the lie. And when you tell the truth, they call you names. We sought for each of those. Each of those things you went through, where the government was weaponized, where they were lying to the American people. So, and with Fauci, of course, it was the most egregious because he put himself out there as science, as the smartest man in the universe, and yet the things he was telling us were all false. And frankly, now that we have his diary, we know they were false. But they took it a step further. They censored you. If you spoke out against what he knew was false when he was saying it, for goodness sake. So that's how think about this, Brian. Everything he told us was false. He said it wasn't our tax money used at the lab in China. Yes, it was. He said it wasn't gain of function research done at the lab in China. Yes, it was. He said it didn't come from the lab. Yes, it did. He said the vaccinated can't get it. Yes, they could. He said the vaccinated couldn't transmit it. Yes, they could. He said masks work. No, they don't. He said six feet. Social distancing was based on science. No, it wasn't. And he told us first virus where there's no natural immunity. He was 0 for 8. And he knew about it and still let the government censor us when we said that was all garbage. So that's how bad this guy was. But it's part of this whole trend, part of this template that the left always employs.

[Brian Kilmeade]

So he gets to be the personal doctor of Chris Cuomo calling him after his show. He goes out to dinner with Jake Tapper while he told us we're not allowed to go out to dinner. And people say this to me, when I leave this studio, is anyone going to pay a price for this? My goal is not to put 85 year old men in jail, but he shouldn't be able to get away with the preemptive pardon. What are you guys doing?

[Jim Jordan]

Well, we are going back and looking through all the transcripts. I don't know how that will. We'll have to see how that works with the pardon that Biden gave him. But we're going back. Our staff on the Judiciary Committee are going back and looking at it. We have actually referred other people for other weaponizing government against their political oppositions like Mr. Brennan. We referred John Brennan because he definitely lied to us in Congress. We've now referred Jack Smith because it sure looks like he lied to us as well. We referred one of his deputies who we deposed, who we thought was obstructing our investigation. So we will do criminal referrals. Obviously, the legislative branch can't prosecute anyone. That's up to the executive branch. That's up to the Justice Department, and they'll have to do that. But when we see. When we see them lying to us or obstructing our investigation, we'll refer. And we don't do that very often. You know, I get criticized for those three, but we've done 150 depositions in the last three years. Our committee has. We've only referred those three people. So the facts have to be there, but when they are, we will refer them. And it's one of the questions I get more than any other questions. I travel around the country, they go, jordan, when is someone going to jail? And look, I explained the same thing I just said there. But, yeah, we're trying to hold people accountable as best we can.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Congressman, I also want to bring you to Chairman, I should say Joe Biden had a ghostwriter and he recorded everything. Not only does he admit he had classified material with this ghostwriter, you see how he is failing in 2017, he fought to not get these tapes released. Listen to a chunk watch. I mean, listen, I had the team that said, including the two guys who I think were with me were the guy at Princeton now, economist, good guy. Was our chief economic advisor. Not Kaufman, I think of his name. And the guy back out at the University of Chicago with a funny name. I'll think of it. Goolsbee is Onesby. Yeah, Goolsbee is in Chicago and the other guy is at Princeton. Yeah, I should write the name down so I don't keep forgetting. What a mess. That's 2017. He had a phony election run where he stayed in his basement and then he was president for four years. I mean, this is unbelievable, this decision.

[Jim Jordan]

Yeah, and the left told us he was just fine for the whole time. I mean, come on. So, yeah, I think that the key takeaway is, first of all, remember, Joe Biden kept. He broke the law. He had 8 million reasons to break the law because that was the advance he got for his book. He wasn't president when he took that classified information. So there's now the ridiculous treatment they gave President Trump. The one guy who can declassify things is the president. And yet Jack Smith went after the President, but no one went after Joe Biden. And finally, the last thing I would say is because we pushed and pushed to get these tapes released. Robert Hur was actually right. Joe Biden broke the law. Everyone knew it. But he was going to come across as a sympathetic old man who couldn't remember anything. And I think his takeaway was probably accurate. But the big takeaway for me is how Jack Smith went after President Trump. The President who has the ability to declassify things. They went after him. And of course, nothing happened to Joe

[Brian Kilmeade]

Biden and every Democrat that attacked Robert Her. I remember those hearings. And they said it was political and he was partisan, nothing to do with that. He was calling it as he saw it. And then he went back. Guess what? We had another year with Joe Biden as president after Robert Herr made those conclusions. And, and we had four years after he wrote that, wrote that book. Chairman Jim Jordan, thanks so much, sir. Always appreciate having you on.

[Jim Jordan]

You bet, Brian. You bet. Thank you.

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Do you want to abolish the United States Senate?

[Jim Jordan]

We think that the Senate should be reformed, that we should have a more democratic government system.

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We're going to put up on the screen a few of the things that are part of your platform. And I want to ask you, just give me sort of a true or false on these. Abolish the Senate.

[Brian Kilmeade]

True.

[Jim Jordan]

Okay.

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Replace the presidency and Supreme Court as we now know them.

[Jim Jordan]

Yep.

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Abolish ice. Absolutely. Abolish borders and give amnesty to anyone currently in the US Illegally as a long term plan.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Yep. Yep. You just heard leaders of the Democratic Socialists of America lay out a vision that would eliminate or replace key pillars of our government. But before we start pulling bricks out of America's foundation, can we find out why they were put there to begin with 250 years ago? Our founding fathers didn't build America's system of government by accident. The Senate, the Electoral College, our separation of powers, each was designed to solve a problem they believed could destroy a republic and form a country, by the way. So before we talk about changing America's systems, let's take a quick history lesson on why this was built this way to begin with. It's not random. Joining me now is presidential historian. We love him. He's a professor over at Rice University and a best selling biographer and history expert, historian Douglas Brinkley. Doug, when you were listening to a political party that wants to take out the Senate, take out the Electoral College, take, change the presidency, eliminate the borders in the Supreme Court, I thought you should tell us why we have those things to begin with.

[Douglas Brinkley]

Well, all you have to do, we're celebrating America 250 and looking what the founders bought. I'd recommend people look at James Madison number Federalist Papers number 1051 because he was worried about just this issue of too many Americans wanting to constantly scrap how our country was designed. The checks and balances between our three branches. Really what you just heard, I mean if you took Bernie Sanders, who's the leading Democratic socialist of today, he would hear most of what was just said on those bites he would dismiss as immature nonsense. You know, our country has to endure and we've endured this far. And if you're talking about reforming things, that's one, one bit. I have been teaching Brian forever and students always ask me when you're young, the one question. It's hard to explain, but I'm for it. The electoral college system. But you know, some people don't like it and you have to kind of do the history lessons. Why it's essential. Otherwise agricultural states, small states, places like South Dakota or Nebraska would die. And you have a country based only New York, Louisiana and Chicago.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Also the abolishing of the Senate, that kind of caught me by surprise. But they all say it now. They say it's not Democratic, that Rhode Island's got two senators and so does Texas. Texas. Do you want to bring some sanity to that statement?

[Douglas Brinkley]

Yeah, it's, I think it's because of the six year term and everything's a fashion.

[Bruce Blakeman]

Right.

[Douglas Brinkley]

Particularly if you're in your early 20s. Six years seems like an eternity, but it allows us by the six year term for the Senate sometimes not to always have to be up for reelection. Fundraise, deal with lobbyists every two years like you do with Congress. The Congress is a little more, more immediate. Right. You got to constantly run and you have shifting things. But we need some insigniority in the Senate is hugely important because people have to earn their kudos and medals, so to speak, meaning to become something ahead of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. You know, you really have to have foreign policy chops to have that. And the Congress and the Senate are the purse strings, the money of America. So I know, I think the Senate is in great shape and really our institutions hold. But every cycle of politics there's going to be a group that wants to sort of dismantle the Constitution.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Yeah, I've never seen anything like this, but I know you're a bigger study of history than me. I have a passion for it. But we just put up a full screen, just an idea. Capitalism, private ownership in markets. That's how I grew up. Socialism. Workers control major industries and redistribute wealth. I always thought we were trying to win a cold war to prevent that. And then communism, it's utopia, A classless, stateless society. Could someone tell Leonard Brezhnev that we need him again? I mean that's why we fought the Cold War, because none of this stuff worked anywhere. Why are people forgetting that?

[Douglas Brinkley]

I think there's a lot of lore, you know, we're really the democratic socialist movement, if you like, came out of labor battles. Labor versus capital. In the 19th century there are brutal. The Socialist Party of America from Eugene Debs in Indiana ran as a socialist five times for president, you know, 1900, 1920 and was put in jail, released from jail by Warren Harding. But you know, so in that period it was kind of a possibility. And then of course the Great Depression, you know, FDR started dabbling with some of the New Deal programs, Democrat socialism. But today what they're talking about is not, that is just so far fetched that it's, it's, it's.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Yeah, I find it scary, but you always have as a tendency to calm me down. And I appreciate it. But now we're talking once again about reparations with our fantastic 34 year old mayor. Listen to this.

[Dr. Anthony Fauci]

If a commission studying reparations in this

[Douglas Brinkley]

city recommended cash reparations for people impacted

[Dr. Anthony Fauci]

in New York City, would you support that recommendation?

[Brian Kilmeade]

First, I want to say that I stand by what I submitted. Yes, it's the truth. It's not a personal assessment. And we often think about slavery and the complicity in slavery as being exclusively to certain geographic areas of the country. Here in New York City we were very complicit. And so I look forward to whatever those findings are. Do you think that Lincoln and Frederick Douglass and all those expect us in 2026 to be writing checks to ancestors of slaves?

[Douglas Brinkley]

Absolutely not. Amermandami just gets, you know, ahead of his skis. It's all about politics, constituency. He's trying to placate a certain segment of New York black community in particular. But he doesn't really mean that. He's say basically you cut to the chase, he's going to read a report. But this has been part of kind of 1619 Black Lives Matter reparations. And it's happened with Native Americans in US history, even through the Nixon years. But the idea that you're going to dial back and hand out checks for, for, you know, the children of the children of the children of slaves here. Anywhere else is not sensible or you really political talking point that Mondami feels he gets mileage out of.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Yeah, just like they got mileage in California. They realized the bill something like $12 trillion and they go, we probably can't write that check. Let's move on. Douglas Brinkley, thanks so much. Always great to talk to you. And if you ever want to pick up a great book, anything that Douglas writes is important for you to read. Thanks, Doug. Talk to you soon.

[Dr. Anthony Fauci]

Thanks.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Meanwhile, law enforcement is fighting back against the push to abolish ice while Mayor Mamdani continues to spark outrage over his fight to tax the rich. New York's Bruce Blakeman, who wants to be the next governor, is here next. And by the way, be sure to catch me in fall. Bruce can come visit me over in Red Bank, New Jersey, but more likely in Old Westbury. That'll be on the 17th. I'll be on stage for the United States tour streamed on Fox Nation as well as Clearwater, Jacksonville and on November 21st, Chesterfield, Missouri. Think St. Louis. Go to Brian kilmeade.com Don't move. Bring up the music.

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[Brian Kilmeade]

We have to use every tool in the toolbox to make sure that we abolish ice. We can imagine a world beyond ice. We need to abolish ice. I am in support of abolishing ice. Well, more and more New York Democrats demand ICE be abolished. Another New York sheriff is going the opposite direction. Madison County Sheriff Todd Hood says he will continue working with federal authorities, immigration authorities following the lead of Nassau County. This all despite warnings from New York Attorney General Letitia James, who sent a letter to 12 New York law enforcement agencies ordering them to cut ties with ice. So what will we do? Joining us now, Nassau county executive, a Republican nominee for governor, Bruce Blakeman, who is Looking to take on the state's push to end cooperation with ice. So Eric Adams was cooperating in New York City. He got voted out. You remain in. You won reelection. You were threatened. You better stop cooperating with ice. What are you going to do? A Nassau county executive?

[Bruce Blakeman]

Well, I don't know where Kathy Hochul and Zoran Mandami want me to put the 2,000 illegal migrants with criminal records, from attempted murder to robbery to burglary to rape, gang activity and drug dealing. What community do they want me to put them back in? We've worked with ice, and we've worked with our federal partners, and that's why we did that without raiding. One school, one church, one day care center. No businesses. So by working with ice, we can get rid of the illegal migrants who have criminal records or are involved in criminal activity. And we do it in a way where it's measured, where it's controlled, and it's not a danger to anybody.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Look, I agree with you. But when the governor tells you to do something, do you have to do it?

[Bruce Blakeman]

Well, if it's a law, we have to follow the law. But my reading of the law is that we can't have a 287 agreement. It doesn't say we can't cooperate with ICE. So my lawyers are looking at it right now. Here's what I don't want to do. I don't want to get my sheriff in trouble or my police commissioner in trouble. So we'll have the lawyers handle it. We're talking to ice's lawyers. But think about this. Everything Kathy Hochul is doing, or Zohran Mandami for that matter, is making us less safe? Cashless bail, and now no cooperation with ice. Aren't we supposed to be protecting our communities when we have people in our communities that have. They've killed people, they've got people hooked on drugs, they've gotten young people involved in gang activity. Don't we want them removed from the community?

[Brian Kilmeade]

I think I know the answer to that. I'll pretend I don't. Let's talk about something else. He wants to tax the rich. That's what he ran on. And I'm talking about the mayor of New York City. And they passed the Pierre Deterre tax. Essentially, if I mispronounce it, I don't apologize. If you have a second home, they want to up your taxes. And then they went ahead and published all the people they think are eligible to be taxed. And they said, if you don't think you're on this list, we'll prove it by putting their names and addresses publicly. Listen to what Ted Cruz said and tell me if you agree.

[Jim Jordan]

That list was about persecuting and attacking those he views as his political enemy. That was a list he doxed nearly a million New Yorkers. The intention was to have radical left wing activists harass them, attack them. And I believe that was an invitation to physical violence. Violence.

[Brian Kilmeade]

He's taunting people with taxes. I've never seen this before. What's your reaction?

[Bruce Blakeman]

Well, it's completely un American, first of all. Second of all, it's starting with the rich, but it's going to go to the middle class. What he wants to do is destroy the second home industry in the whole state of New York. He doesn't want people have second homes because he doesn't want them to have primary residences. This is a guy who speaks out all the time against property rights. And Kathy Hochul goes along with all these crazy schemes. When rich people leave a community, as they have in New York state, they took $11 billion in tax revenue away. Now it's going to fall on the middle class. And it also hurts the carpenter, the plumber, the electrician, the waiter, the waitress, the bartender, the dog walker. It hurts everybody in the middle class. And that's the story that's not being told by Zora Mundame and Kathy Hochul.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Some of the most successful people in the country, and it's successful, by the way, are the ones who give the most charity, the ones who have the foundations, the one that give to the hospitals, the one that prop up the children's programs, the youth programs. You force them out, those programs go dry. And it's supposed to raise $500 million for a huge budget that goes by the billions. So let's talk about the your race against Kathy Hochul. There's two polls out. One that has you within four points, another one from a few weeks ago that has you down in double digits. Where's this race at right now in a blue state and you're a Republican.

[Bruce Blakeman]

The accurate poll is the one that has me in a virtual dead heat with Kathy Hochul. The poll that came out a few weeks ago that had me double digit behind was a poll by the Siena University, who their the leader of their poll, their pollster, their lead pollster, admitted that it was flawed data, that they should have polled people who are likely to vote rather than registered voters. So they skewed it. They over polled Democrats, they underpolled Republicans. And guess who funds Siena University New York state and Newsday who's suing me. So I've looked at four polls recently in congressional districts that are contested in every one of those contested districts and three of them have Democrat incumbents. I'm ahead or even with Kathy Hochul. We are in a virtual dead heat. People are miserable with Kathy Hochul. Her approval, her unapproval rate or disapproval rating is between 56 and 60%. People are miserable under Kathy Hochul because we're the most overtaxed state, our electric bills are 70% higher than the national average and she's the most pro criminal governor in America. She's the worst governor in America.

[Brian Kilmeade]

She's also giving you a lot of issues to run against because you couldn't disagree anymore. It's not a gray area. It's a black and white area. You're going to have a clear choice if you live in New York. Mr. Blakeman, great to see you.

[Bruce Blakeman]

Thank you.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Best of luck. This great hands if you find a way to be victorious and we certainly opponent for you. Don't move. Next, only on one nation. Jimmy Feliz here with the media moments the matter to him, whatever's in the news, he makes it funny. Plus check out my YouTube channel. It's YouTube.com@thebriankilmeacho. It's the only thing Jimmy watches. At least that's what he told me.

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[Brian Kilmeade]

Media moments that matter. Okay, time now for everyone's favorite segment. I mean everyone. This week I gave my vcr, my TV guide, all my chords and my tape stock to the host of Fox News, Saturday Night with Jimmy Fail. A great show last night.

[Jimmy Fail]

They got theirs. That one guy we brought on the B block wasn't the best.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Right.

[Jimmy Fail]

We made him work. We made them work.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Wait a second.

[Jimmy Fail]

Now you read this with me. You read this the wrong way because you saw this NASA jacket and assumed I was tech savvy enough to record this stuff and it got complicated.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Play, record.

[Jimmy Fail]

Here we go. Okay, this is one of my favorite things in the world. Remember when the media was human shielding for Graham Platner?

[Brian Kilmeade]

Yes.

[Jimmy Fail]

The guy you gave all that money to.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Yes.

[Jimmy Fail]

I believe you owned the tattoo parlor.

[Brian Kilmeade]

And you guys, he was singing my song.

[Jimmy Fail]

I didn't know.

[Brian Kilmeade]

I fell prey.

[Jimmy Fail]

Well, now they're doing it with Abdul El Said. And we have evidence because these people all campaign as if there's no instant replay. Right, but we're going to watch some of it right now. He's a radical and he got a complete blackout. Apple, Google News, not a word about any of the positions he's taken.

[Brian Kilmeade]

But I gave you the vcr, right?

[Jimmy Fail]

You did. Let's press play. Look at some of this stuff. So there's zero negative headlines. Okay. There is literally one Michigan Senate story on each site. There is 104 right leaning reports that were not featured. And the other outlets, critical stories were completely omitted.

[Brian Kilmeade]

But can I see it and hear it?

[Jimmy Fail]

Watch this. Kilmeade.

[Brian Kilmeade]

We need to abolish things like the filibuster and the electoral college. ICE cannot be reformed. ICE cannot be retrained.

[Jimmy Fail]

ICE has to be abolished.

[Brian Kilmeade]

You said the Israeli government is evil. Do you think they're just as evil as Hamas? Yes. Killing tens of thousands of people makes you pretty damn evil.

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Do you believe Israel has a right to exist?

[Brian Kilmeade]

The question of Israel's existence is not a question.

[Jim Jordan]

I'm not.

[Brian Kilmeade]

I'm not gonna play this gotcha game about whether or not it has a right to exist. You said when they go low, we choke them out. I mean their choice to go low don't go low. I'm just saying. Nice guy.

[Douglas Brinkley]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fail]

You know what's nice about that sot though? That we played with the sound on television. If you listen to Abdul ay said speak, you can actually listen to the big DNC donors opening a flask and drinking it.

[Jim Jordan]

I know.

[Jimmy Fail]

Because this is so bad for them.

[Brian Kilmeade]

You think Mike Rogers wants him over the relatively challenged Haley Stevens?

[Jimmy Fail]

Think about Haley Stevens is she has such a lucrative career lined up as a voiceover artist. Probably doesn't work. It's hard to hold her attention. Are we ready for story two? Can we. Can we do it? My job.

[Brian Kilmeade]

I know.

[Jimmy Fail]

Okay. So there's just an outpouring pouring of support for Foushee, a man who has destroyed faith in public health at a level that more Americans trust Dr. Dre than Dr. Fauci. But watch the liberal media go to bat for this guy Foushee thing.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Just sheer political theater. Guys swearing that,

[Jim Jordan]

okay.

[Bruce Blakeman]

And then.

[Brian Kilmeade]

And then you had other people, you know, what's the color? What's the color of your tie? What's the color of the car? It was such a clown show. This was basically an honest guy. There is no evidence that he tried to make any money off of it. I don't think the guy really made any mistakes. This is the same Dr. Fauci who was a devoted public servant for 54 years. His courageous work is responsible for saving over 26 million lives around the world. Thank you, Dr. Fauci.

[Jim Jordan]

Right.

[Brian Kilmeade]

I mean, that is total BS. He didn't save anybody. Think about his reversal on the mask. Think about his reversal on the vaccine. Think about his reversal on the six feet apart. Think about how long he kept schools closed for. There is nobody worse. How could they get it so wrong?

[Jim Jordan]

Well.

[Jimmy Fail]

And just not have the humility to admit that. Now, I once met the Broncos in the super bowl when they lost 43 to 8. I obviously knew based on the final score, I got it wrong.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Okay.

[Jimmy Fail]

When you hear the wasn't Craig Morton

[Brian Kilmeade]

the quarterback at that time?

[Jimmy Fail]

Year.

[Brian Kilmeade]

But stick with me.

[Jimmy Fail]

Okay? Different super bowl, but you're right there. But the point is, after the journal comes out of the diary, whatever we're going to call it, okay? And they're calling it Fauci's diary because it had a nicer ring than if I did it by O.J. simpson. Okay. He flat out says in January it didn't come from a bat, but he spends the next two years saying it did.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Right.

[Jimmy Fail]

We get called conspiracy theory.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Yes.

[Jimmy Fail]

But we're told Covid started Because some guy in China got hungry and wanted a keto alternative. So he ate a bat. He didn't want carbs. He went on the back ends diet. And now we all have Covid.

[Jim Jordan]

Right?

[Brian Kilmeade]

It's outrageous. They're still covering for him. But you're not done there. But you do have a Fauci reference.

[Jimmy Fail]

Yes, because Foushee actually, to put it in football terms, went out of bounds. Here is Eagles coach, you know, Vic Fangio, great coordinator, talking at his press conference about the Fauci thing. Watch this.

[Douglas Brinkley]

The plan at safety is that Marcus job to lose.

[Dr. Anthony Fauci]

I'm going to be like Fauci and

[Brian Kilmeade]

just take the fifth amendment on our question. Did you guys see that?

[Douglas Brinkley]

Oh, my God.

[Brian Kilmeade]

You know, that. That sounds like a guy that's pretty upset that he was locked out of his job for a long time too.

[Jimmy Fail]

Thank you. There's only so many episodes of Tiger King we can watch. Kill me.

[Jim Jordan]

I know.

[Jimmy Fail]

I was there for that pandemic. And they really screwed the kids the most. I've told you this before. I was Lincoln's high school Spanish teacher for the last two months of sixth grade. And at the end of June, he asked me what date we celebrate. Spanish. Cinco de Mayo. This is not working, America.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Hey, so where do we see you on stage?

[Jimmy Fail]

I am going to San Antonio August 15th. I will be in Rockford, Illinois, August 22nd. Those tickets are at fox across America.com Jimmy Failer.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Thanks so much and a really great show last night. I stayed up late. It was certainly worth it. Straight ahead. Ukraine has changed the weapons game. What the United States needs to do to amp up production. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Schaefer, Mr. Green Beret next. Don't move.

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[Brian Kilmeade]

We have the greatest weapons in the world. We have the greatest drones in the world. In the case of President Zelensky, he'd like to have some patriots. I'd like to have some Tomahawks, very complex weapons, by the way, I mean, the Patriot as an example. The other day you read that five missiles were shot. They were going 8,600 miles an hour. Think of it, 8,600. Now a car. If you go 60, it gets to be a little faster if you go 100. And our guys were there, bing, bing, bing, bing, bing. Nobody else was that. Captain Capacity. These weapons are incredible. We have to be very careful about letting somebody build them. True, but we also got to build more of them. President Trump touting America's weapons amid a race to rebuild our stockpile. Following years of transfers to Ukraine and increase military operations in the Middle East, US Defense manufacturers are expanding weapons production. And the Pentagon has made drone drone production a top priority. Production is increasing, true, but it is not fast enough. That's a fact. Ukraine is on track to produce 6 to 7 million drones in 2026. And by the way, have you noticed they're in the middle of a war while the US has ordered fewer than 200,000 comparable drones by 2027. We've got to fix this here to expand is on this. And the challenges is Lt. Col. Robert Schaefer, retired Green Beret and author of the brand new book the Green Beret Way. And I'm going to talk about some of the things that you learned when you were in uniform, but your thoughts about our weapons production. What's going on, Colonel?

[Dr. Anthony Fauci]

Well, we've got, as the President said, the greatest weapons in the world, but we aren't making enough of them. And the biggest problem is that we've had past administrations that let what we needed to have lapse. And so, you know, President Zelensky asked the President, he said, I need two things. I need 3, 300 of the patriot interceptors so that I can keep all of the power plants from getting bombed by Russia. And I need to be able to make the license. And that's what the President was referring to there when he said we have to be careful about it. But Ukraine's really in a bind because maybe for the viewers who don't know this, but when Russia, when Russia is trying to take out one of their power plants or something like that, they do it in waves. They'll send out a couple of hundred drones, they'll send out some medium interceptor missiles, and then in between there, they'll send out some Iskanders or some kinzhal, which means dagger in Russia, and in between there, they'll sneak through. And the only thing that can get Those Iskanders or those kinjals is the PAC3 version of the Patriot interceptor. And the problem is that for Iran, we've already depleted two thirds of our stockpile, which was about 1500. So that's why the President said he's not going to make any promises, because we still need those. Israel needs them. And the orders for these, there's like 4,000 backordered. So it's about seven years of production because Lockheed can only make 650 of these a year.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Yeah, we got 35% of our Patriots are left, 62% of our THAAD missile system are left. And we got 1,000 tomahawks we've already shot off. So that was about a third of our stockpile. So I want to talk about what you learned when you're serving the military. You've had an incredible career, not only in uniform and as a Green Beret, but also as an ambassador and the diplomacy. But you figured out that by taking some of the things you learn as an elite soldier at Green Beret, you could transfer to leadership principles for all of us. In what way does it apply in real life as opposed to war life?

[Dr. Anthony Fauci]

So most people don't realize that, you know, unlike other special operations forces, in addition to having the, what we call the sexy missions, which is the rescue the princess and go kill the bad guy, we've got what we call foreign internal defense and unconventional warfare, which most people know as insurgency and counterinsurgency. And what we have to do for that is. And I want you to think about today's work environment as I talk about what we have to do. But what we have to do is go to the other side of the world and work with people that don't like us, may have tried to kill us, speak a completely different language, different culture, different values. And they don't literally have to do what we tell them to do because they don't work for us. And yet we still have to get them to work as a team and get them to do what we want them to do. So look at today's environment, the problems that we have. We've got. Gen X doesn't talk to Gen Z. They call each other names. Right? They literally speak different languages. And the newer generation, if they're not doing, they don't want what our grandparents want. If they don't like what's going on, they're going to pop smoke. They really don't even work for you. And so just realizing that what we do as Green Berets is a special different kind of leadership system. It applies so well to what we're experiencing, experiencing today with what we call like, you know, the AI new generation of leadership.

[Brian Kilmeade]

Yeah. So you say, for example, lead, then manage, show in the right way and then manage, I guess what you're having to deal with, be an epic leader. Great leaders get people to lead themselves. And great leaders are motivated by opportunity, not fear. So all these are important. It's all in your book. And just so you know, you don't have to have a, you know, be an elite soldier in order, a special operator in order to benefit from this. Appreciate you joining us today. Thanks so much. Col.

[Dr. Anthony Fauci]

Thank you, Brian. Really appreciate it.

[Brian Kilmeade]

You got to pick up his book now. Your sneak peek of the week. Let's get started. President Trump's going to be a busy guy. He plans to tout his tax plan and going to Las Vegas. Remember, he won Nevada last time. A lot of people don't even know he has the big beautiful bill out some more. He wants to do and talk about a little bit later. He's going to be busy this week. There's something else that's going to be there. We're going to talk about. Multiple states are holding primary elections. Keep in mind this is the real big one. That's where can socialism win on the Democratic side in a purple state? People are going to be looking at that. And on Thursday, there's going to be a primary over in Tennessee. The Pro Football hall of Fame is Thursday. It'll be the Cardinals against the Panthers in the hall of Fame game. Among the people going in, Drew Brees. That is it for us tonight. Quick note, pick up United States, the six crucial moments that forged the American miracle. It comes out. You can pre order now. It comes out October 13th. Be sure to catch me on radio from 9 to noon. Brian kilmeo.com Also Fox and friends as well. Every day from 6am to 9am Eastern, I leave with two messages. Stay within yourself and spend your whole day watching FOX News right here.

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