American Sunrise Early Edition - February 23rd, 2026

Summary

Podcast Summary: American Sunrise Early Edition – February 23, 2026

Podcast: Real America’s Voice
Host: Brian Glenn
Date: February 23, 2026
Episode Theme:
A jam-packed early morning episode covering top national news: an attempted assassination at Mar-a-Lago, President Trump's new import tax in the ongoing trade war, explosive claims about Kurt Cobain's death three decades later, and the fallout from cartel violence in Mexico. The show combines real-time weather warnings, candid expert interviews, and discussions about censorship on social media – all through the lens of “faith, freedom, and American values.”

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Main Theme & Purpose

This episode of American Sunrise Early Edition focuses on recent national and international events impacting American political, economic, and cultural landscapes. With the 2026 State of the Union address approaching, host Brian Glenn and guests highlight security challenges, the current threat environment, policy moves from President Trump, controversies involving Big Tech and conservative businesses, and long-standing cultural mysteries.

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Key Segments & Discussion Points

1. Major Blizzard Hits the Northeast

[03:33 – 06:32]

• Weather Nation’s Tracy Anthony sound the alarm as a massive snowstorm pummels the Northeast.

  • 40 million people under blizzard warnings – expected up to 19 inches of snow in some areas, especially New Jersey and New York City.
  • “It’s that heavy, wet snow. This is the snow that when you’re out shoveling, that’s when people have heart attacks because it’s just so strenuous on the body.”
    – Tracy Anthony [04:28]
  • Widespread power outages, wind gusts up to 70 mph, and serious coastal flooding expected.

• Impact: School closures in NYC (no remote learning), Rocky Mountain region also affected earlier; speculation about whether DC would handle snow well during State of the Union week.

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2. Assassination Attempt at Mar-a-Lago

[06:33 – 14:31]

• Incident Recap: 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin from North Carolina was shot dead after attempting to breach the Mar-a-Lago perimeter with a shotgun and gas can at 1:30am. President Trump was at the White House, but the threat was taken extremely seriously.

• Security Analysis with Jonathan Gillum (ex-FBI, ex-Navy SEAL):

  • Serious concerns about Mar-a-Lago’s perimeter security:
    • “The grounds of Mar-a-Lago are still not secure… I just don’t feel like that should be the case… After this man has served more than one term as president now in a second term as president, Trump should have all the security he needs around that place.”
      – Jonathan Gillum [07:28]
  • Motive remains unclear – possibilities include arson, suicide by cop, or political protest.
  • Raises questions about how such access is possible and potential gaps in Secret Service protocols.

• Psychological/Social Factors:

  • Increased frequency of politically motivated attacks, regardless of ideology.
    • “Crazy is all around and so are people who are willing to stupidly give their life for something that they’re so concerned about… Instead of effectively saying ‘I disagree’… they’ll just go out and do something stupid.”
      – Jonathan Gillum [12:38]
    • Prediction: Such threats will likely increase due to political polarization and social unrest.

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3. Supreme Court Blocks Trump Tariffs, New “America First” Import Tax

[16:30 – 20:33]

• Recap: SCOTUS blocks Trump’s global tariffs (citing 1977 Act), but Trump counters with a new executive order: a 10% (possibly 15%) import tax under a different law.

• Interview with Mike Reen, CEO of Old Glory Bank:

  • Points out the legal nuances:
    • “The Supreme Court got this one wrong… but tariffs are not unconstitutional. The president has the authority, just under a different law.”
      – Mike Reen [17:07]
    • Trump can impose up to 15% tariffs for 150 days under the 1974 act—“He’ll work this out.”
  • Uncertainty about the handling of $130 billion collected in tariffs—likely a multi-year legal fight.
  • Economic & Political Framing:
    • Tariffs seen as a way to rebuild America’s middle class.
    • “The easiest way that the left could kill this country is by removing God from our culture and by gutting the middle class… Trump’s not doing tariffs because he just wants to collect money… He’s doing tariffs because he’s trying to create a financial incentive for companies to invest in America.”
      – Mike Reen [19:36]

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4. Censorship and Shadow Banning on Meta/Facebook

[24:29 – 29:50]

• In focus: Mark Zuckerberg testifies in California over claims Big Tech harms kids, but the real issue for many conservative businesses is hidden censorship.

• James Stocky, founder of Your American Flag Store and Senate candidate:

  • After Trump’s election (2020): Overnight disappearance of ad reach and customer interaction, traced to a removal of keywords like “MAGA,” “America First,” “Second Amendment” from Meta’s ad system.
    • “He (Zuckerberg) might not be deplatforming and he might not be shadow banning, but he has made it absolutely impossible for conservatives to use his platform to market effectively.”
      – James Stocky [26:24]
  • Claimed direct economic impact: business sales dropped from $20,000–30,000/month to “crickets.”
  • Brian Glenn pledges to raise the issue with President Trump, highlighting broader conservative concerns about digital marketing agency “blacklists” and Big Tech interference in commerce.

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5. Cartel Violence in Mexico After El Mencho’s Death

[33:55 – 36:21 & 45:39 – 46:38]

• Reported by Terence Bates (Denver newsroom):
  • Mexican military kills El Mencho, leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel.
  • Immediate, brutal cartel reprisals: widespread violence across 20+ Mexican states, cars and a plane set on fire, at least 14 dead.
  • US had provided intelligence; El Mencho was a major fentanyl trafficker and US-listed terrorist.
  • Host and guests discuss US-Mexico security: “This is the war I want to take… That's probably most threatening to the US right now, not some escalation 6,000 miles away.”
    – Brian Glenn [35:09]
  • David Brody notes El Mencho’s criminal history in the US and Mexico, and the risks to American tourists in Mexico [45:39].

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6. State of the Union Address Preview amid Blizzard Threat

[02:15, recurring through 38:07]

• Trump’s State of the Union scheduled for the following night.
• “Any representative… from the Northeast, if they don’t travel back to DC, well, they can’t. They’re under the gun right now.”
  – Brian Glenn [37:18]
• Reminder: Watch party programming, reports of possible low attendance due to the storm.

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7. Kurt Cobain Death Case Re-examined

[38:32 – 43:47]

• Interview with former Seattle police captain Neil Lowe:
  • Argues that the original suicide ruling (1994) may have been a premature narrative set by a phone call from Courtney Love and a hasty public declaration by a police information officer.
    • “My first thought later, as a captain was… what skill set do you have to determine that that was a suicide note? … You’re not authorized to make that determination.”
      – Neil Lowe [40:45]
  • Alleges mishandling of the investigation:
    • “Why didn’t they process the scene correctly? … What if it’s a carefully staged misdirection and you miss that? And I think that’s what happened.”
      – Neil Lowe [42:04]
  • Lowe’s goal: not to solve the case but to have it reclassified as “undetermined.”
  • Host commits to having Lowe back for a deeper dive.

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• On Mar-a-Lago security:
  “The grounds of Mar-a-Lago are still not secure… After this man has served more than one term as president now in a second term as president, Trump should have all the security he needs.”
  — Jonathan Gillum [07:28]

• On political violence:
  “Crazy is all around and so are people who are willing to stupidly give their life for something… They’ll just go out and do something stupid, try to run a cop over with a car or something like that.”
  — Jonathan Gillum [12:38]

• On tariffs & American policy:
  “Trump’s not doing tariffs because he just wants to collect money… He’s doing tariffs because he’s trying to create a financial incentive for companies to invest in America, because without a middle class, there is no country.”
  — Mike Reen [19:36]

• On Big Tech’s ad censorship:
  “He might not be deplatforming and he might not be shadow banning, but he has made it absolutely impossible for conservatives to use his platform to market effectively.”
  — James Stocky [26:24]

• On Kurt Cobain case:
  “Why didn’t they process the scene correctly? … What if it’s a carefully staged misdirection and you miss that?”
  — Neil Lowe [42:04]

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Additional Memorable Moments

• David Brody humorously laments wanting a “nickname” like El Mencho [45:39].
• Offhand camaraderie between Brian Glenn and Terence Bates regarding DC’s complete shutdown at the slightest snow:
  “By the time you say ‘snuh’ in D.C. the whole city shuts down.”
  — Terence Bates [36:21]
• Brian Glenn’s promise to advocate for less Big Tech censorship to President Trump [28:39].
• Neil Lowe, exasperated: “I don’t have time to give you the whole hour lecture…” [42:04]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [03:33] – Northeast Blizzard Weather Report with Tracy Anthony
• [06:33] – Mar-a-Lago Assassination Attempt Analysis with Jonathan Gillum
• [14:31] – Market & Financial News Brief
• [16:30] – Trade War Update and Tariffs Interview with Mike Reen
• [24:29] – Zuckerberg/Meta Censorship and Conservative Business Impact with James Stocky
• [33:55] – Cartel Violence in Mexico: El Mencho’s Death
• [38:32] – Kurt Cobain Case Re-examined (Neil Lowe Interview)
• [45:39] – Final Thoughts with David Brody on Cartel Violence

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Tone & Language

• Straightforward but informal, patriotic and combative at times: “We appreciate your involvement… Take a picture of where you’re watching…” “Truth be told…” “That’s censorship. Big time.”
• Frequent appeals to “common sense” and “American values.”
• Exchanges between host and guests are candid, sometimes humorous, often passionate about their concerns.

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Summary for Listeners

If you missed this hour: Expect a rapid-fire roundup of the day’s biggest news, with exclusive expert commentary on threats to the former president, urgent weather, landmark tariff decisions, lasting questions about cultural icons, and the ongoing war in the information economy. The episode ties these stories back to themes of freedom, security, and the struggle over America’s identity—making it clear why these topics matter for “real Americans.”

Transcript

[A]

This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human. Good morning. This is American Sunrise EARLY Edition. Thank you so much for joining us. I am Brian Glenn. Here's what we're tracking this morning. First, another assassination attempt targeting President Trump. A shotgun wielding man trying to breach Mar? A Lago in the dead of the night. Law enforcement opening fire, the suspect dead on the scene. The president was at the White House, but once again, a direct threat against the president. At this hour, we're learning more about the suspect, the motives and how did he get so close? It's a development story. We'll have the very latest. Then. The trade fight enters a new phase. After the Supreme Court moved to block his global tariffs. President Trump counters with a 10% import tax. No retreat, no reset, just a different path. Now the questions how does this hit American businesses, American workers, and what does this redefine the next chapter of his America first economic agenda? We're on it. And later, a shocking claim 30 years in the making. A former Seattle police captain now says Kurt Cobain may not have killed himself. A private review raising new questions about the evidence and whether the case was closed too quickly. Police say it's settled, but is it the former captain? Live this hour as America Sunrise EARLY EDITION starts right now.

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[A]

All right. Good morning. We are live from the Patriot Mobile studios here in Dallas, Texas. Once again, we appreciate the folks over here at Patriot Mobile getting up so a little bit earlier than normal, getting into their office and allowing me to come in and do this. Now, big plans, programming note for the rest of the week. Tomorrow, of course, President Trump, tomorrow night, President Trump set to deliver the State of the Union address. I'll be back in Washington, D.C. at the White House and as RAV kicks off their coverage, I think around the 7 o' clock for that. So we're going to have a full day coverage at least going into the evening for that State of the Union address. All right. Lots on tap for today. Before we go any further, let's get you ready for the day ahead. There's a, this is how you can start your morning. Rather look at the bottom of the screen, there's a QR code. That's your direct line to Weather Nation. You can scan it get connected. And during the 9am hour of American Sunrise, we may feature your hometown forecast live. Just head to the real America's Voice chat on Getter Rumble and YouTube and you could be next. So let's get a check of the national forecast. Joining us now, weathers nations, Tracy Anthony. Tracy, we were just talking before we came on, boy, big system in the Northeast if you're a fan of snow. Well, you've got quite the storm coming.

[D]

Yeah, we have 40 million people under blizzard warnings and basically a blizzard warning means that visibility will be less than a quarter of a mile for at least three hours or more. And we're talking snowfall totals already getting into the upper teens, 17, 18 inches. We've had a few snow reports coming in right around 19 inches in New Jersey and we're still going to have more snow stacking up. So they've been experiencing Snowfall rates of 1 to 3 inches of snow per hour. So this is going to cripple these areas at least for the start of the day today. But other areas here across the Northeast definitely going to be dealing with the blizzard like conditions. Power outages as those winds are going to be gusting 40-70 mph and coastal flooding and erosion will be a big concern as well. So want to show you a few videos of this system. This is a satellite look as the system does move up the coast. So we're seeing some of the heaviest snow obviously right along the coastline there. And we're going to continue to have big coastal impacts. So it's that heavy wet snow. This is the snow that when you're out shoveling, that's when people have heart attacks because it's just so strenuous on the body. And we're going to continue to have more snow stacking up. This was New York City yesterday. But like I said, a lot of these snowfall totals, this was just a little dusting. Now those snowfall totals are up to close to 18 inches. So very aggressive there. And then wanted to show you what the coast looks like. So that's what onshore winds of 40-60 mph looks like. We will expect some coastal erosion and even some coastal floods, flooding. We're expecting inundation of one to two feet. So Brian, this is definitely going to be a storm system that we remember for some time because of the widespread spread alerts and just we haven't had a storm this powerful in several years.

[A]

Yeah, I noticed that some of the New York schools were closed, not even remote learning. They're like, hey, just take the day off and stay safe, don't worry about logging on your computer. But yeah, quite the storm. And of course, if you look at what they, it's dumped in the Rockies. Some big, a couple big storm systems have come through there as well, but nothing like this.

[D]

Yeah, you know, they, you know, I feel like last week we were focused out west as they were getting those systems and you know, for Monday this week it's all seems to be out east so we're just kind of flip flopping here. But hey, it's spring, so that typically happens.

[A]

It is. And of course my son was asking about the weather, what is the weather going to be like along a 1A in Florida? I said, hey, it's, it's March. You never know what you're going to get down there in that part of that part of Florida.

[D]

Yep. Unless you have a system coming through, then we can, you know, gauge a little bit. But you know, with the heat and humidity, sometimes you just don't know.

[A]

You don't know. Tracy, thank you so much and we'll see you back on American Sunrise.

[D]

Sounds good.

[A]

Thank you. All right, now to our top story. Another assassination scare targeting President Trump overnight. A shotgun wielding man trying to breach Mar? A Lago around 1:30am Law enforcement opening fire. The gunman dead at the scene. We now know his name, Austin Tucker Martin, 21, from North Carolina, reported missing by his family just hours earlier. A shotgun and a gas can recovered from his vehicle. The president was at the White House at the time, but the security threat was real. The investigation is moving quickly. Let's bring in Jonathan Gillum, former Navy SEAL and former FBI Special Agent. Jonathan, what does this tell you about the current threat environment right now, politically?

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Well, I'll tell you, it tells me several things. For one, it tells me that the, the grounds of Mar A Lago are still not secure, that somebody can access the perimeter and get through there and get onto the property. I just, I just don't feel like that should be the case. And I know it's not a tiny property, but it's still there. Should be after this man has served more than one term as president now in a second term as president that Trump should have all the security that he needs around that place. That so nobody's coming even close to it. I mean, there's also classified information that probably is inside there because his place there at Mar A Lago is considered a skiff. So I don't know. That bothers me. I think that's one big part of this but the other part of this is it's, it's no surprise that there's people that want to, to get in there and do harm to the President, his family or his properties. So I think the, the, the motivation, the actual intent and motivation is still out yet to be seen with this individual. It may just be that they wanted to get there and, and commit suicide. And they did commit suicide by cop, basically.

[A]

Yeah. And from what I understand, he did point, he dropped the can, but did point the weapon towards the Secret Service agent, and that's when he fired. What do you think his intent was with the can? I guess he had some type of, was it gas or some type of fluid or liquid that he was in, maybe set the place on fire? I mean, what, what do you, what's your takeaway on that?

[E]

It could have been arson. He could have been attempting to, to burn the place down. But we've seen, because we have seen different criminals use gasoline or burning people as a tactic. We saw that in Colorado with the individual at a flamethrower and was, and Molotov cocktails and was trying to burn people that were rallying for the release of Israeli hostages. And then we had an individual burn himself to death in front of the Southern District of New York when President Trump was having a case there. So it could be this guy was trying to burn some down, or it could be that he was going to get in there and burn himself up in protest. Again, we don't know. We know that the family knew he was missing and which leads me to believe he did have psychological issues.

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Yeah, I know that the sheriff there is asking for the homes to pull up their security footage to see exactly if they have any security. What, did he walk there? Did someone drop him off? Did he park his car? You know, maybe some of those answers probably have already been figured out. But you bring up a great point in the very beginning, and for someone who's covered President Trump for a number of years, been to Mar a Lago several, many times, actually. I've been in the motorcade from Mar a Lago to, to the airport and all of that. There is public traffic around there. And I've often thought, what, what would it, you know, what would it take for someone in the, in the dead of the night to try to scale offense? And we don' know if that's in fact what he did. But you brought up an excellent point that that whole area is still so open to the public. And I know that people live, you know, nearby, obviously in Paul in Palm Beach. But, Jonathan, how do you secure, what more you think they can secure it without just blocking off the entire roadway there?

[E]

Well, I'm eager to see, you know, did he access a part of the property that's far away that, you know, they can't have a Secret Service agent Every two feet, was there a perimeter alarm that went off and then they immediately rushed over there. They had cameras that could immediately see them. You know, at 1:30 in the morning, it's going to be a lot easier to determine that. So I'd like to. I'd like to. I don't want to know all of it, but I'd like to know if they understand when somebody goes across that perimeter. I think ultimately, though, what keeps it from being completely secure is the will of the Secret Service and leaderships in law enforcement and in the, in federal law enforcement and specifically to not go outside the box. They typically will do what they've done before. And then if you're able to figure that out and break that security perimeter, then you're going to be able to get somewhat closer. And they need to start thinking outside the box. I know they do think somewhat outside the box, but the federal government is terrible at pushing back and saying, no, no, no, that's not how we do it. I think they need to start saying, okay, this is how we do it, but is there a better way?

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Yeah, you know, and as going forward, this is the, I guess the third, you know, attempt, obviously Butler and the other one on the golf course. And now we have this incident. What does this say? From the hypersensitive political environment that we have, it seems like it's getting worse and worse. Final thoughts on do, do you anticipate more of this, you know, radical attempts to assassinate a president either on from a, you know, conservative or, you know, a liberal background, it seems like it doesn't matter. We've got some extremists out there.

[E]

Well, that. I think you just hit on something. I think this is going to increase. I think you're going to see people in general, you know, we saw that insurance CEO killed on the streets of New York. I think these types of killings are just going to get more and more. I said something on another network yesterday and they didn't like it. But I'll say it again here because I know that you all like the truth, and that is that these, every time one of these attacks happen, especially when it wakes me up in the morning, like yesterday, a nice weekend, I was going to sleep in. And once again, we have an attack. Is it a trans person this time as which has been the case usually. Is it a crazed lunatic who is just focused on the President like other people focus on celebrities? Or is this individual somebody who claims to be a MAGA patriot who's hell bent on destruction because they've decided that Epstein Hill is the one they'll die on? It's take your pick. Crazy is all around and so are people who are willing to stupidly give their life for something that they're so concerned about, but something that will never touch their own life. Instead of effectively saying I disagree with that or I don't like that or let me go run for Congress, they will. Or be a cop, they'll just go out and do something stupid, try to run a cop over with a car or something like that. Or burn themselves to death and in an effort to bring attention on their narcissistic self. So I, I, I know that's a long answer, but I do believe that that's where we're going with it. Yeah.

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Jonathan, I agree with you 100%. Jonathan, thank you so much for joining us on this Monday and hopefully the next time we talk to you, we're not discussing something so dark. We appreciate it.

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Whenever I'm on, I doubt that's going to be the case.

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Yeah, that's true.

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Leads to that, unfortunately. Yeah.

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Truth be told. Jonathan, thank you. Appreciate it.

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All right.

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All right, Coming up, the Supreme Court blocks President Trump's tariffs. He but he fires back with a new 10% import tax. But what's next in the trade fight? We asked a top banking CEO. That's coming up next. Welcome back. A live look at Dallas, Texas. They have a beautiful, beautiful downtown skyline. It's one of the best lit skylines in the world, oddly enough. Beautiful shot there. All right, Good morning. We are broadcasting live from the Patriot Mobile studios here in Dallas. We certainly appreciate everyone allowing us to do that. They're been a great team to work with, so thank you for that. All right, we're tracking the White House, we're tracking the markets and all the stories right now that are shaping your day. And as always, we invite you to join the conversation on Getter YouTube Rumble. We're live. We're listening. Take a picture right now of where you're watching us in your home, your office, whatever. Tag me on at Brian Glenn TV on X& I will repost you. We appreciate your involvement on that Quick check on Wall street as well as we held towards today's bell. The Dow up 230 points, closing just under 59,000. I'm sorry, 49,049, 6:25. Nasdaq up 203. Both indexes ending the week in positive territory, which is great news on that. Also looking at crude oil, just under $67 a barrel, that's down a fraction about six hundredths of a percent. And natural gas at 2.32, that's holding steady. The 10 year treasury yield near 4.08%. That's your market check this morning as we look at the bell opening up here in a couple hours. All right, let's turn our attention to President Trump's trade fight. After the Supreme Court blocked his global tariffs, President Trump announcing he assigned a new executive order imposing a 10% import tax. A different legal path. So the same economic strategy. Now the next question, what's next? Let's bring in Mike Reen. He is a CEO of Old Glory Bank. Mike, good to see you. I appreciate you coming on the show today. So what is next? When this news drop and President Trump had the that press conference on Friday, we were all listening. He didn't seem too upset because he knew that he potentially had a plan B. Let's talk about it.

[F]

Well, that's what a good executive does, right, Brian, is when you have a government for the people, by the people, it's an imperfect system. And the Supreme Court got this one wrong. The 77 act that President Trump had been using to do this round of terrorists from 2025, I believe in injustice. Kavanaugh, who wrote the dissent, believed, and he's a very smart guy, that he was allowed to do this. But the supreme court in the 6, 3 opinion, and I would suggest it really was a 33 opinion because the three liberal justices will never do something that Trump will never support. Trump, even if he cured cancer, they would say that would be unconstitutional. Three conservative justices said the 77 act was not able to allow the president to impose tariffs. But tariffs are not unconstitutional. The president has the authority to do tariffs. It's just under a different law. And I think actually this weekend, on Friday he said 10%. I think this weekend he said it will be 15%. And under section 122 of the 74 Trade act, the president has the right to impose tariffs of up to 15% for 150 days. So he'll work this out over the next 150 days. And as we know, Brian, the big open question now is what happens to that $130 billion treasury collected over the last 12 months?

[A]

Yeah, that was One of the questions in the briefing room that a reporter asked is, where, where does that money go? Does it go back to the companies? And I guess the, the next question would be when I know it could be tied up for a while. So I don't see that being a big refund check to businesses. Do you think, am I correct on that?

[F]

You are correct. And, and it, and I gotta tell you, Roberts, who wrote the majority, is the same guy. And listen, nice guy, smart guy, I'm sure, but he has the same justice who got the Obamacare ruling wrong where he called that a tax. But here he's saying the president doesn't have the authority to impose tariffs under the IPA 77 Act. But they did not rule on this. It's gonna get pushed down to the courts. I think this is a multi year fight and it's unfortunate. And so we don't know where that's gonna land.

[A]

Yeah, it's interesting when you check kind of the pulse from the American people on this, it seems rather simple. It's. I like reciprocal tax trades or tariffs as well. You charge us this, we're charging the same thing. It's fair. And under Joe Biden, the Democrats, we have been ripped off for far too long. I think most people 100% agree with President Trump on these tariffs. We got to get what, what is fair and quit allowing these countries to rip us off.

[F]

Well, the easiest way that the left could kill this country is by removing God from our culture and by gutting the middle class. Trump's not doing tariffs because he just wants to collect money from, you know, from imports, although that's a side benefit. He's doing terrorists because he's trying to create a financial incentive for companies to invest in America. It's still criminal that Apple does not produce an iPhone in America, notwithstanding how much margin is in an iPhone. And so this was the whole reason to do it, to bring manufacturing to America, because without a middle class, there is no country. It's the easiest way for the left to get control and stay in control is by gutting the middle class. And that's what they're trying to do. So, yes, I do believe a lot of the population supports President Trump because they realize that he's doing this for the right reasons. But I also believe that the hard left media, and this is the only tax that the left doesn't like is a tariff, have done a pretty good job messaging that tariffs are bad.

[A]

Yeah, I agree. Mike, as always, thank you so much for coming on. We appreciate it. Good seeing you.

[F]

Likewise. Thank you.

[A]

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[G]

Well, about four years ago, right after Trump was elected, our business was thriving. I mean, we were, we were actually crushing in the middle of COVID We actually bought a new home, moved our business and moved our family across left California, thank God, came here to Tennessee for a better life. Everything was going great. Right after the election, all of a sudden, our ads just stopped. They just fell flat. Our phone stopped ringing, people stopped emailing us, people stopped messing us on Facebook. Everything just died. After looking into it for a couple of days, we found out that all the key words that we were using were eliminated. So while Mark Zuckerberg goes to the White House and sits in the Oval Office and lies to the President's face about we're not discriminating anymore, we're not shadow banning, we're not deplatforming, those two things might be true, but what he's not telling you is the devil's in the details. And what he has done is eliminate every single keyword that conservatives use to put our ads in front of our target market. Things like maga, America's first Trump Second Amendment. Those keywords allow us to tell Meta, the marketing platform, who we want to see our ads. So when we put that kind of a keyword, obviously if I put in something like maga, my ad's gonna be shown to people who are liking posts with mag in it, maybe posting themselves with MAGA in it, and my ad will get shown to them. But when he takes those, all of those keywords away, you're literally eliminating any hope that you have on Meta at actually reaching your target market. So the idea that he's not throttling us or banning us or somehow discriminating against stuff, that's not entirely true. He might not be de platforming and he might not be shadow banning, but he has made it absolutely impossible for conservatives to use his platform to market effectively.

[A]

And I'll go a step further after the 2020 election. And during the whole Covid thing, there were digital marketing agencies that put a block on certain conservative broadcasters, Rav being one of them, and there's others that, that do not allow advertising dollars to stream into the network. Now Real America's Voice, there is no telling how many millions and millions of dollars that this network is not getting because of these blocks that have been put in place from the Biden administration to censor people like us and to censor people like you, James, you, you, you nailed it. They, they can say they're not, they're not censoring you, but they are. They are not allowing keywords to be searched that would link those words to your company. There is no telling how much money that you're in traffic, digital traffic that you're missing right now.

[G]

Oh, absolutely. I mean, I can take a guess. I mean, we were doing, you know, our business was kind of chugging along at, you know, 20,000 to $30,000 in sales every month for months. And keep in mind, we bought a house in the middle of COVID There's no way the banks are going to lend you that money in the middle of, of the lockdowns if you're not a solid borrower. So the fact that all of a sudden right after the election, just crickets. There's absolutely no doubt that Mark Zuckerberg is playing very loose when he uses these things like, we're not doing these things. We're not. It's true that he's not shadow banning. Perhaps. It's true that he's not completely deplatforming anymore. That also might be true. But what is absolutely 100% known is that I cannot use all of the words that used to put my ads right smack dab in front of our target market. Things like maga, Second Amendment, America's First Trump. Those are powerful keywords that help us identify our target market and put our products right in front of them. We can't do that anymore.

[A]

Yeah, James, I will, I will tell you this. I'll make a pledge the next time I'm in the an Oval Office setting. I'm going to let President Trump know of this censorship that's currently going on with conservative media and conservative companies like yourself that make a great product. You're basically honoring this country and that these very crooked left leaning liberal ad, basically agencies are blocking the funnel of American advertising dollars into our companies. I'm going to bring that up because I think we could stop it like that. It just takes a little bit of action. From President Trump to censorship, big time. It's censorship. And you know what? How can companies like, like, like, like real America's voice. Thank God we have great advertisers and we have great, you know, fiscal financing on all of this stuff. But how do you anticipate your country, your company to grow if you're not, if the ad dollars are being blocked in? So I, James, I appreciate you coming on the show and we're going to have this conversation once again. Hopefully both of our traffic's going up from that I app.

[G]

Thank you. Thanks for having me.

[A]

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[B]

Welcome to American Sunrise early edition, the show where faith, freedom and the values that built this nation take center stage.

[A]

All right. Welcome back American Sunrise EARLY edition. I am Brian Glenn coming from to you live from Dallas, Texas from the Patriot Mobile Studios. Glad you you're with us. We invite you to join the conversation on Getter YouTube Rumble. We're live and guess what? We're listening. So let's head over to the TID newsroom as well with to get the very latest headlines with Terence Bates. Terrence, Good Monday morning to you, sir.

[H]

Brian, Mondays are never good but it is good to see you.

[A]

I agree.

[H]

Always a pleasure, my friend. Great way to start the week though with you. So look, there's a lot of news that happened over the weekend. One story specific story we're watching. Brian, A man is dead after the secret Service says he drove into a secure perimeter at Mar A Lago early Sunday morning. The Secret Service says the 21 year old had a gas can and a shotgun on him when he was shot and killed. Investigators say the suspect is from North Carolina and bought the shotgun, they believe while driving south to Florida. There's still no word on a motive at this point. While President Trump often spends weekends at his Palm beach resort, he happened to be at the White House this weekend when that breach happened. FBI Director Cash Patel says the bureau is dedicating all necessary resources to the investigation. Sunday's breach, by the way, follows two assassination attempts against the President. Both of them, Brian, happened during the campaign. You, of course, remember them because you were there and covering the President during that time. But Brian, it's just unbelievable that this sort of thing could happen again. Again, the President was in no imminent danger at this point in this particular case. But the fact that someone was able to breach Mar A Lago, or at least try, is of major concern.

[A]

It is, you know, we talked about early in the hour for someone who's been in the motorcade from Mar a Lago to go to pbi. And I've been to Mar A Lago several times. I've often wondered, and I look at the fences and the barbed wire and the security cameras everywhere, like, how in the world does someone scale the perimeter and get on the ground inside? And it's incredible this, this guy was able to do that. Now, he dropped the can, but from what I understand by the sheriff's report, he did point the gun towards the Secret Service agent and that's when he was fired upon. But, you know, these threats seems like, Terence, they're never ending, unfortunately. That's the political world we live in right now.

[H]

Absolutely. It's unbelievable that this sort of thing could happen, but it did happen in this particular case. And, Brian, another story we're watching is one that's happening south of the border, which is where the death of the leader of Mexico's Jalisco New Generation cartel at the hands of the Mexican military has set off a deadly and brutal rampage from cartel members. The group is said to be Mexico's most powerful drug cartel. Cartel members are blamed for burning cars, for blocking roads in more than 20 Mexican states, and for storming at least one airport, setting a plane ablaze. At last check, at least 14 people were dead. Brian El Mencho is the guy's name. He is the deceased cartel leader who is also known as a top target of the Mexican and US Governments because He was one of the top fentanyl traffickers into the United States. Last year, President Trump named the Jalisco New Generation Cartel a foreign terrorist organization. The White House says it provided intelligence support to the Mexican government in order to help find El Mencho. And, Brian, unfortunately, this is also still a developing story, as the expectation is there will be more violence from this cartel throughout the day and potentially throughout the week in response to the death of El Mincho.

[A]

Yeah, Terrence, this is the war I want to take. This is the war against the drug cartels, because I think that's one of the things that's. That's probably most threatening to the US right now, not some escalation 6,000 miles away from here. Now, I have a very personal friend that has a medical business in Puerto Vallarta, and I called him yesterday, and he just happened to be back here in the States, and so was not there in Mexico. But he says it's a very scary situation. A lot of his clients that were scheduled to fly in now are not flying in. And the ones that were already there, quite honestly, are scared, and they're scared to get in a taxi. They're scared to get in the Uber as you can. You can, you know, apparently understand. But I will say this. I mean, he told me that 10 years ago, Terence, something very similar to this happened as well. And a lot of times, these cartels will put on a show, if you will. They'll light some cars on fire. They do the blockades to send a message about how strong they are in that region. But this, I think, was obviously a direct result of the killing of El Mincho.

[H]

Absolutely. It's sad state of affairs there. Frightening. Really quickly, Brian, before I let you go. So tomorrow is the State of the Union. President Trump will offer up his first State of the Union address since taking office. Again, we're obviously gonna be watching to see what the President says, but the bigger story may ultimately turn out to be the weather up there in the Northeast, Brian. New York City, New Jersey, under snow right now, and there are blizzard warnings from Maryland all the way up to Massachusetts. And so I'm keeping an eye on the weather situation to see if that's going to keep some people from being able to make it to the State of the Union there in the nation's capital, giving all of the snow there. As you know, D.C. typically doesn't do well with snow when it snows there. By the time you say snuh in D.C. the whole city shuts down. So it's Going to be interesting to see how that ultimately might impact the State of the Union and its attendance in particular. Killer.

[A]

Yeah. Now, my. My flight plans is. I'm scheduled to fly to D.C. i'm in Dallas now, the Patriot Mobile Studios. I'm flying after the show tomorrow. I fly back to DC for the rest of the week. Now, my flight coming out of Dallas is no problem tomorrow. But you bring up an excellent point. Any representative that is from, I guess you could say Philadelphia, back in the Northeast, if they don't travel back to D.C. well, they can't. I mean, they're. They're. They're under the gun right now. That might prevent them from getting back. I would hopefully, Terence, some of these congressmen and, and senators, maybe they had the mindset to say, you know what? This storm's coming. Maybe I'll stay in D.C. and not go back to my district over the weekend. That the weather will prevent me from coming back in. So we'll see. We'll see. Big, big, big news tomorrow.

[H]

Shall see.

[A]

We shall see.

[H]

I'm looking forward to it. In fact, my daughter has a. An assignment for school. She's taking AP Government Politics. And so she and I have a date to watch the. The State of the Union together. So I'm super excited. Only. Only a dad would be excited about watching the State of Union with his daughter, but I'm excited about that.

[A]

I am so excited about that. Terrence. I can't wait to talk to you after that and see how it went. I appreciate that. It's gonna be fun. Thank you.

[H]

Thank you.

[A]

Yeah. All right, Terence, we'll see you back in the American sunrise. All right, moving on. Kurt Cobain, the voice of a generation lead singer Nirvana found dead back in 1994. His death was ruled a suicide. But now, more than 30 years later, the former Seattle police captain says the case may deserve another look. Questions about the evidence about how the investigation was handled. Seattle police stand by the original finding. But former Seattle police captain Neil Lowe says there may be more to this story. He joins us now. Good morning, Captain Lowe. I appreciate you joining us this morning on the show. Man, this. This story has always been so fascinating. When you look at what the evidence was and what they earned, they concluded early on, a lot of people said it just didn't add up.

[I]

I agree with a lot of people. And like you say, what was determined early on doesn't add up. And I, I think that's how we got off track was we went with the narrative that it was a suicide and If I can just run ahead. I remember I was a lieutenant in the south precinct when the. We got a mail for our roll call that said, be on the lookout for this rock guy named Kurt Cobain. He may be in the Seattle area. He left rehab, and he may be suicidal.

[E]

Oh.

[I]

And so I saw that in my precinct, which was a different precinct. And then a couple days later, we get an update that they did find him. He was dead. And. But we found out many, many years later that it was Courtney who actually made that phone call, setting up the narrative reporting Kurt as being suicidal and interesting. And so when I looked at a video soaked in bleach, and I saw the public information officer, and I hate to mention her name.

[E]

I don't.

[I]

I'm not trying to throw her under the bus, but she's walking down the driveway, and she's got the medical examiner behind her, and a reporter sticks a mic in her mouth, and she says, oh, it was a suicide. It was a suicide note.

[E]

My.

[I]

My first thought later, as a captain was, and what skill set do you have to determine that that was a suicide note?

[E]

A.

[I]

And B, you're not authorized to make that determination. The medical examiner, Dr. Ray, should have been the one that notified people, because, B, our other rules were you have to notify the family before you put this on national news. So this went right out to national news. It became the de facto narrative that we. My department, went by. And anyways, that's how we. How we got to, oh, 10 years later. I'm told the shotgun's missing and might have gone home with somebody that was forced into retirement. And so I audited the case for the chief, and I handled a shotgun without the rubber gloves, by the way. It was kind of a moot point to handle it 10 years later. But the gun was in evidence. But that's about just all I looked at. And I thought, gee, everything looks like a suicide to me. And then another 10 years go by, and my publisher says, hey, Neil, Ann Rule passed away. I want you to take a look at the Kurt Cobain case. And, yeah, Kristen, it's a suicide. Nothing to look at. And do me a favor.

[E]

Watch.

[I]

Soaked and bleached. So I watched, soaked and blazed. And I lit. We got that wrong. We got. I took notes, watched it again, just like I was in college. Wrote down a whole series of questions, and I told her, I'm not going to write about this and try to make a story if there isn't one. It's got to grab me. And it did it took me. There were questions that needed to be answered. And I don't have time to give you the whole our lecture, but it starts with, well, why didn't they process the scene correctly? Well, I know the rules for that. Why didn't they bag the hands? Why didn't they scrape the nails? Why did homicide come and just stand around like, in the back of the room with their hands crossed like we're too busy to be investigating suicides? Because everybody knows who did it and he's dead. There's nobody to look for. You don't need homicide. What if it's a carefully staged misdirection and you miss that?

[A]

Yeah.

[I]

And I think that's what happened. I. Go ahead.

[A]

No, no, no. This is fascinating stuff. I could go the rest of the show on this. I really could, because I think this is one of these stories in rock history. Not only did the bait, the band change the trajectory of. Of rock and roll at that time, but.

[I]

But.

[A]

But this. Death has always been questioned. Captain. Just. We're pressed for time. I want to have you back on. I promise you, and go kind of a this. You are doing amazing work. And please keep us informed of anything that develops from this. Captain, I appreciate it.

[I]

May I just say, my goal is only to get the case changed from a suicide to undetermined. I'm not trying to solve it myself.

[A]

Understand? Understand. Well, we appreciate your insight on this. Thank you so much. All right, coming up, the morning news cycle is moving pretty fast. Developments on multiple fronts. We'll check in with America Sunrise and get you straight what's going on after the break, Stick around.

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[A]

Welcome back. If you're wondering what it looks like basically outside our studios there in Palm Beach. Well, that. That's it. That right there. I don't know why I'm here in Dallas, Texas, even though I love the friends over here at Patriot Mobile, and I'm glad to be here. But that is a live look right there. All right, joining me now. And this guy is great to look at. David Brody. You know, he's wonderful to look at in the morning, and you can get more of him in about five minutes. David? Well, we woke up to big news all over the place yesterday.

[C]

Yeah, I thought it was going to be Iran, and instead it was Mexico. And there's a lot of other things going on. I mean, do we have time? We don't have time, Brian. Can I just say something about El Mencho? You know, I want a nickname, by the way, but that's a separate issue. Look, this guy was in the United States. I don't know how much we've talked about him on the air. I mean, he was born in 1966. He came to the United States illegally in 1980. So he was in the United States for 14 years, arrested multiple times, let out of prison, back in prison, let out of prison. Anyhow, finally deported to Mexico, and that's when he became the old El Mencho and the whole thing, whatever. But anyhow, just some fascinating stuff. Imagine being a tourist, an American tourist in Puerto Vallarta right now. I mean, my gosh, you got to be really concerned.

[A]

Yeah, absolutely. More David Brody in about five minutes. David, as always, thank you for, for joining us. Appreciate it.

[I]

Thanks, Brian.

[A]

All right, man, it's coming up. All right, Tomorrow you can join me back here, 7am Eastern, for the maybe the fastest news hour in the business. We love your participation. Follow me on Twitter at Brian Glenn tv. Until next time. Goodbye. God bless. We'll see you back here tomorrow. This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.