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We're here to take a stand for God and country. Let's feel good. America's Voice Live starts now. And welcome back, everybody. I am Mike Crispy filling in again for the great Steve Gruber. Hope you're all having an amazing start to the new year 2026. It is going to be quite a year. President Trump has vowed this year to put the MAGA agenda into overdrive. And one of the most important things that President Trump ran on one on has a mandate on is eradicating the absolute terror from our southern border. And that includes fentanyl and drugs pouring in. It seems like over the last couple of decades, presidents have largely ignored this. I mean, of course it doesn't affect people in the major cities in the beltways, but the people in suburbia and in the rural areas are suffering, dying from hopelessness, drugs, you name it. And it is only getting worse. The deaths and the despair that is caused from the drugs coming in over the southern border is immense and immeasurable. It has caused billions of dollars of harm to our economy. And the question is, is anybody going to do anything about it? It's an existential threat and I think an act of war from the cartels who really run the governments south of the border. Okay, people say Mexico as a president. Not really. It all runs through the cartel and it all runs through organized crime that starts in Venezuela and goes up over the border by land, by sea. You name it and President Trump is going to stop it. And, you know, here is the latest on what President Trump is doing, what he's talking about. This is the type of rhetoric that we haven't seen from a United States commander in chief in the last couple of decades before President Trump got to the scene. Despite this growing to such a huge problem. Here's President Trump talking a little bit about it, Roland. There was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs. They load the boats up with drugs. So we hit all the boats and now we hit the area. It's the implementation area. That's where they implement and that is no longer around. And it's not just what's going on in Venezuela. This is a multifront war. Not only does Venezuela set in the drugs, but China as well. Everyone talks about these foreign countries that are supposed to be our friends, that are allies or that we can work with. How are we supposed to do deals with China when they rip off our intellectual property, dump in the COVID Wuhan virus and dump in drugs, including fentanyl? All of these other countries are trying to weaken America from within, and they do it by exploiting the stupidity that Joe Biden allowed to run rampant over the last couple of years and Barack Hussein Obama before that. Here is Glenn Beck talking about this very important point, Roland. What Donald Trump is doing is everything that's happening in Venezuela, yes, it has something to do with drugs in our own streets, etc. Etc. But mainly it is saying to Iran, Russia and China, get the hell out of our hemisphere. You are no longer welcome here. That's why Russia and China were, were coming into the Japanese airspace just yesterday, and we in Japan had to push them back. They're not trying to start a war. They're checking us. They're putting us in check because they're going to do the same thing to that hemisphere. It's a very interesting geopolitical analysis. And the question is, are we going to war? Is the United States of America going to strike on the ground in Venezuela? And people are saying on the left, they're saying, well, Trump is launching an offensive. No, no, no, no, no. The offensive is when they pour the drugs in and kill our people from within. That's the offensive. The cartel which enables these people to run their boats up to our shores. Those are criminals. Those are associates and members of the cartel. They're not innocent people on a little fishing expedition, okay, casting their reel out and we're blowing them up. These are people who are Moving drugs for the most dangerous criminal enterprises in our nation. So when the question gets risen of what's gonna happen and are we gonna strike? We're not striking first. We are responding. Here's Jesse Waters talking a little bit more about that. Let's roll this. B52 bombers are flying off the coast of Venezuela. Trump's not bluffing. Right now, more than 10,000 US soldiers are built up in the Caribbean on ships in Puerto Rico, locked and loaded. Special operations helicopters were just seen flying 90 miles from Venezuela's coast. The chopper units used by Delta Force, Navy SEALs and the Green Berets. I think everyone can agree that things are going to happen south of the border that we have not seen in a long time and finally right the wrongs that have been plaguing our country. Here to talk more about that, real America's Voice correspondent Oscar Ramirez. He joins us today. Oscar, thank you so much for making some time. Joining us from Tijuana, Mexico. What is the scene you are seeing in and around the region? What are you hearing? What is the sights and sounds from the ground for the RAV audience? Take us inside that a little bit, sir. Mike, thank you for the invitation. Just a few days ago, we were at the border with Venezuela. We were right there reporting for rav around five days, we were right there and we were saying to the population in America, there's high tensions on the other side of Venezuela. There is a mobilization, a big mobilization of the National Guard of Venezuela protecting their borders because they know that something is going to happen. And eventually, I said five days ago, something, it is inevitable something. It is going to happen. And then this attack happened inside in the part of Maracaibo, the one that President Trump was talking about, an explosion. It is a company that, his name is Prima Sol, this company, it is in charge of distributing synthetic liquids and all kinds of chemicals to other sections in Venezuela. But it is speculated that they are the ones, that they are distributing these synthetic liquids and illicit substances to the Cartel of the Soles and also other criminal organizations, that these are the boats that they are in the dock area really close to the Venezuelan shore as they are getting immediately destroyed by the United States government. This is a reality. Now, President Maduro, or let me rephrase that, the narco terrorist Maduro has not released a statement. Why? Because if he releases a statement, Mike, the whole population will be basically in a rise. The population of Venezuela. And we talk to hundreds of Venezuelans who are sick and tired of this. They are sick and tired of Maduro being the regime dictator inside of the country. Also, we asked to the majority of these Venezuelans and the majority said they're basically agreeing with Donald Trump that he has been designated as a narco terrorist, that he designated the regime as narco terrorist, that he has designated Trender ago and Cartel de los Olis as a terrorist organization. The majority wants that regime to change. And the only way the Venezuelans seem that they can change it is an intervention by the US Military inside of their country. You know, if the Venezuelan government was just happening and Maduro was doing his thing and it wasn't impacting the United States, maybe we wouldn't be getting involved. But the fact that it's causing death and despair on our shores and as you accurately label them, and Maduro is a narco terrorist at this point, causing death for American citizens. And Trump said, you gotta leave. You gotta step aside. He doesn't seem willing to do that. Or is he? Oscar, what is the sentiment from people on the ground? Is there any scenario where Maduro flees or steps down? Obviously, the Trump administration is asking for it. Is that possible to happen? What are you hearing on that? He fell off. Well, we. So we lost Oscar there right before we were going to ask him about that question. I will say I don't think that there is any scenario where Maduro steps down. You know, President Trump says we don't do regime change and we don't. But when you have somebody who is causing all of the chaos in our country, that is an act of war. And of course, the United States of America is going to defend itself. We need to defend ourselves. And it seems like, again, like I said earlier, members of both sides, Republicans and Democrats, have ignoring this for a while. Tommy Tuberville on Rav talking about it. Finally, this is getting brought to light thanks to Trump's actions having a ripple effect with everybody in the House and Senate. Let's roll this from Tommy Tuberville, Pete Hegseth and President Trump are doing exactly what needs to be done. You know, since all, all three of us have been alive, we've heard there's a war on drugs. There's not a war on drugs. To the President, United States said, this is going to stop. And he, he put his finger on it. He told the Secretary of War, I want this over with. And so they've done the right thing. They've been blowing these boats out of the water in the Caribbean and on the eastern side of the Pacific over around Mexico. And, you know, they're making a lot of Progress. But it's not John and Mandy. It's not just about drugs. This is about cutting off the supply line to the basically the capital of Central America for terrorism. And that's Venezuela. I mean, we have got to put our finger on these people. Maduro's got to go. And President Trump is bound and determined to squeeze him so hard that he will not be in leadership in a few months. And I think President Trump's got a great idea, great plan and I'm looking forward to it working. And that's what it's all about, right? It's all about will Maduro step aside. And as Tommy Tuberville is talking about cutting off the supply of the cartel, again, a lot of these migrants that are coming into the country, a lot of these people that are coming in bastardizing our system, they're in business with the cartel. That's how they get here. You think somebody's just walking up through Mexico on a nice path to our border. They're doing business with the cartel. You human smuggling, drug smuggling, child trafficking, that is all cartel. Maduro at the center of that. We have Oscar back. Oscar, before we lost you, sir, I was asking you, is there any, any scenario you see where Maduro steps down? President Trump obviously pressing him to do that? Is there any sentiment that he would do that? What say you? Well, until now they haven't released a statement and Maduro is not going to lead. The only atmosphere that we're getting by the people is possibly there's going to be a rise of the protest possibly in the next incoming weeks that happened on the years of Chavez. You know, the people have protested for so many times, but this pressure that the Trump administration, it is doing to Nicolas Maduro, it is suffocating him and it is suffocating him to a point that he is eventually going to step down and he eventually is going to leave. Now, there's no speculation. A lot of Venezuelan people, they know that there's a large community of Iranians, Hezbollah, it is present inside of Venezuela. There's speculations also of military stations, of Russia inside of Venezuela. This is the other scenario. This is the reason why, going back to the point of Glenn Beck saying they need to be pushed back because they know what Russia, China and ultimately also Iran, they're doing inside of Venezuela. So this has to do geopolitically. It is a lot of things that are surrounding Venezuela. But at the end of the day, Mike, this is a copy paste of what President Trump, the only president in history who has done this who has combatted the organized crime? Who's combating the cartel like this, designating the cartels, every single one of them, as anarcho terrorists inside of Mexico. And it has become a domino effect all the way to Central and South America. So the pressure is eventually collapsing in Maduro's governmental office. And when you strike strong, when they strike you first, you send a message. Don't mess with us. Don't provoke. As you astutely pointed out, Russia has their teeth into there with Venezuela, China, a strong counter shows that we're not messing around. We're not going to play games like Joe Biden and accept what's been going on for the last couple of years. This is the start. Imagine if they do more, what we would do. Oscar, thank you very much for joining us, sir, thank you for reporting all over the world. And guys, thank you for sticking with us here. We are going to take a quick break on America's Voice Live. We'll be right back. Don't go anywhere. And welcome back to the show, everybody. I am Mike Crispy, filling in for Steve Bruber. Happy New Year. And I'm telling you, we're setting the bar very high for the story of the year already just two days into 20, 20, 26. What's going on in Minnesota right now might be the story of the decade, if you want to know the truth, with journalist Nick Shirley going out there and exposing the utter fraud, deception, deceit and organized crime at levels I think we've never seen in the United States of America. And the way the left has defended it has been even more egregious. They're defending it. They're saying that, you know, misspellings from a learning center on the sign happen all the time. That doesn't prove anything. And the fact that there's no windows and no kids there, that doesn't prove anything. And the fact that the people come out and they can hardly speak English and they menace you and threaten you and try to get you to run away. Those are the people who run learning centers and daycare facilities. Are you kidding me? Take a look at this and you can just see how absurd this continues to get as we continue to expose this on our side. Roll us. Hello, can we speak? I would like to check a child in the daycare. Can I speak to a manager? Where can I get paperwork to file for my son? I wanted to put my son Joey in daycare, and after a few questions, the lady went silent. Looks like little Joey Shirley ain't going to daycare. Here, I will tell you guys, this is now daycare. So centers are okay. I live in and around New York City. I walk by a lot of daycares every day. Okay? You see kids, you see parents dropping them off. You see windows, you see them going outside in the little play area. That's not a daycare facility. That is organized crime getting exposed. And it just is absolutely shameful the way in which even on this issue, the left can't align with us and say, you know what, this has got to stop. No, they will defend the criminality until the bitter end. I think they're showing the left is that they cannot be negotiated with. They are enabling this type of fraud, which I think amounts to domestic terrorism. Tim Walls, Jacob Fry. Their political existence depends on the Somali votes. They're just going to turn a blind eye. Here to talk more about it is the chair of the Constitutional Rights pac, Larry Ward. Larry, welcome to the show. What has been the fallout that you've seen across both the right and the left on this topic? Is something going to happen? That's what's on everybody's mind right now. Will we get action? What could that action be? What are you hearing out there, Larry? Well, you know, it's crazy is. Who would have thought we're coming into 2026, looking back at 2025, and maybe the best investment you could have made is into a Somali leering center. You know, this. It's just absolutely ridiculous. We have finally pulled the COVID off of the fraud, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. This is like the tit, the tip of the iceberg. There are massive, massive, massive fraud that needs to be uncovered. But here's the problem. See, the problem is, is that we started the year 2025 with Doge as a wrecking ball, that we made a lot of assumptions and promises. Everybody was excited about uncovering fraud, waste and abuse in the federal government. If Doge was still around today and our focus, and I'm not just saying the federal government, and I'm not just talking about the Trump administration, I'm talking about maga. If MAGA was focused on waste, fraud and abuse, and that was our entire goal, was to root out and to get our government back instead of bickering with one another over these little edge cases for clicks and pecking order. If we were focused on this and Doge was still in place, the Department of Health, we wouldn't have had to have Nick Shirley uncover this. The Department of Health Services would have already stopped funding to these Somali Daycare centers. It really is, I think, of epic proportions when you look at the fact that we have an independent journalist doing it. And now everybody's saying, all right, where's doj? Where's FBI? Where's dhs? Get in there. Take these people, round them up, get them out. Cut off the funding. This is a criminal enterprise. And it is also interesting, Larry, how, you know, when these people come in and the left defends them, they say, these are people who came into our country because they were seeking asylum and fleeing oppression. So they come to America, a white country. Oh, when? Surprise, surprise. Their excuse when they get busted by fraud is that they are afraid to talk to somebody because they're white. Let's roll this clip. There is one child in there. Yeah. I'd like to know if this is a legit business. Me. I'm scared of you, too. How come I explain everything? You're scared of me? Yeah. Because of your curry? Because of my color. You said you're scared of me because of my color. Does that make you a racist? Yeah. No. You said you're. You said you're scared of me because of my color. I'm not saying. You said you're scared of me because of my color. That makes you a racist. So right now they're all getting mad because he's showing the paperwork of this business being registered as a business. 74 children. No children. We saw one child when the lady opened up the door, but now they're all getting mad. What was this money spent on? 1.26 million. What was that money spent? There aren't any kids. Ask the honor and the kids. Well, then why are you talking for the owner? If you're telling me to talk to the owner. I'm sorry. Matt Doge would have a field day with that. Huh? So what do you think? Right now we're in this situation. This is running rampant. It's there for the people to see. The American citizens are like, what's going on here? CNN's defending it. Where do we go in the next couple months on this topic? A lot of people are saying, what will happen? When will it happen? What do you predict happens in the next couple of months here in Minnesota? Well, you got to follow the money, right? Because it's not just the Somali immigrants who are part of this scam. There are a lot of Democrat politicians that are on the take. You just look at. You just look at the Democratic establishment inside of Minnesota. They were all getting tons of campaign contributions from these things, kickbacks from these daycare centers. And over and over and over again, you see the taxpayer funding, funding Democrats or electing Democrats and the Democrats fund fraud. Then the fraud kicks back to Democrat campaign coffers. That's the scam. And we have to put an end to it. Absolutely have to. And the world is going to be watching to see will that scam be squashed or is the criminality going to be able to continue as Tim Walls and Jacob Fry make money? It is unbelievable. We've never seen anything like this. Larry, thanks for joining us. To break it down, guys, we are going to take a quick break on America's Voice live. Don't go anywhere. And welcome back to the show, everybody. I am Mike Crispy filling in for Steve Bruber. The year 2026 6. Is the economy set to boom? President Trump got elected because everybody knew at the time of the election that he was going to be the man to take this Biden economy. Bidenomics, remember those days. Flip it around. Save our country from the crushing, crushing transfer of wealth from America to the globalized world. We'd never seen anything like it before. President Trump's a businessman. He ran on this. And you know, when you have to untangle a giant mess, it's going to take a while. Trump jokingly said at the beginning of his term, he said, you know, it's been two weeks and everybody's yelling at me that the price of eggs haven't come down yet. They're going to come down. And lo and behold, a month or two later, the price of eggs were down. Now, in Trump's full second year in office, what are we going to see with the market by and large? Let's listen to President Trump talk a little bit about the work that he is about to undertake here as the year begins. Rolling. I inherited a mess and I'm fixing it. When I took office, inflation was the worst in 48 years and some would say in the history of our country, which caused prices to be higher than ever before, making life unaffordable for millions and millions of Americans. It certainly is. And if you talk to any young person today, their hopelessness is at an all time high. That's because over the last four, four years, Joe Biden's economy made it impossible not only to get a job, but to be able to afford a house, send your kids to school, be have crazy property taxes just absolutely crush you. More money into the government, less to show for it. But there are signs of positive news coming on the way. Let's take a Look at this 6.18%, 30 year fixed mortgage, that's down 3%. Shelter inflation, 2.7%. Overall inflation down a bit, little, little bit. But the GDP number there, the last one, 4.3%, booming. So as the entire country waits and sees what's in store for their wallets in 2026, here to break it down and give a preview of it, host of the Heartland Journal podcast and author of Songs about the Heartland, A Journey From Wall street to Main Street, Steve Abramowitz. Steve, thank you very much for joining us. Happy New Year. What do you say? What do you see? What is your outlook here as we kick up this year economically? Happy New Year to you too, and I think Happy New Year to your listeners. The official U.S. treasury policy for my whole lifetime historically has been a strong dollar being in the national interest. But Trump comes along and he has economics that has explored methods to devalue the currency, which they refer to as the Mar a Lago accord. Trump has frequently stated, you make a hell of a lot more money with weaker dollar. The core belief is that the strong dollar makes US Goods too expensive for foreign buyers, while a weaker dollar boosts overseas sales for US Based multinational corporations such as manufacturing of construction equipment or other heavy machinery. So in a nutshell, he prioritized the benefits of the manufacturing, jobs, economy, export sector, and the traditional view that a strong currency is a sign of overall economic health and stability for the rest of the world. He said not a weak dollar, but a weaker dollar. That's what he says and he got it. The US dollar had its biggest yearly fall since 2017. So how do you project that for people at home who are saying, wait a minute, dollars weaker? That doesn't sound like a good thing. We're bringing in billions of dollars of tariff revenue. So is it going to be built back to our economy when it was at record highs back in the day? Can people expect that again or are you saying something else? How do you parse that for the viewers at home? Well, a strong dollar, let's put it this way, makes it more expensive for international buyers to buy our stuff. A weaker dollar makes it better for them, economically speaking, which gives us a tailwind when we are a globalized economy. We are an export economy, which is what Trump has been focusing on as a opposed to a domestic economy, where, yes, it's true that the cost of living may go up for us, reasonably speaking, but it keeps the economy going and it keeps the jobs and the manufacturing jobs which we've hollowed out ever since the WTO and NAFTA. So the proof is in the performance. So for 2025, the NASDAQ Composite index outgame the other major indices about up 50% since spring, over 20% for the whole year. While that is the best of the US Market averages, it's nowhere near the gains of the international equity markets like Brazil, Germany, Euro stocks are all up more than 30% for the last year. And the emerging markets, this is key. United Kingdom and China, all large caps, the big ones up over 25%. So Trump's export economy is raising all boats. That's good for a global economy. Now I want to ask you one last question and that interesting analysis there, interest rates. Trump talks a lot about interest rates. Always beating up on Jerome Powell over the last couple of years. Give us a quick breakdown here. We have about 30, 40 seconds on the interest rate saga. Help make sense for the people at home on what that means, what that looks like. Trump is always fighting Jerome Powell on this. Talk a little bit about that. Interest rates. The most important benchmark interest rate in the world is the ten year US Treasury. And so the lower that goes, the cheaper a mortgage becomes, which makes home affordability a possibility. That's why he's talked about the 50 year mortgage, so that your monthlies are lower than if it was out of reach for most people, which it technically is. And of course, we're talking about inflation, which is also a benchmark or a bellwether of an interest rate. The further out you go, the more interest you're supposed to go. That's supposed to show the economy and is strong. But since it does translate into mortgages and banks lending money to individuals to buy homes who usually have jobs to pay the monthlies, the lower interest rate the better. And it is actually acting as a headwind to what Trump is going to do. So if they do come along and do raise rates a couple, sorry, lower rates a couple times in 2026, that dollar value devaluation that I was talking about can continue making our export economy, which is jobs, the more powerful. All right, I like it. Some insightful economic analysis from Steve Abramowicz. Steve, thank you very much for joining us. And we will see how that all unfolds. Guys, we're going to take a quick break and more. America's Voice LIVE continues after this. And welcome back to the show, everybody. I am Mike Crispy filling in today for Steve Gruber. And over the last couple of years, DEI has plagued our economic institutions and caused an absolute loss of learning for so many people in high schools, colleges, college campuses, master programs, you name it. DEI has influenced, infected it and caused massive loss of learning and therefore problems with our future economy because of is a organized racket that basically prioritizes people's skin color and other feel good things or what have you over absolute merit. It's quite fascinating how that works and it seems like we're on the path to getting it solved. There was a report by Accuracy and Media UNC Charlotte administrator named Jeannique Sanders. They caught her admitting that the university was continuing the DEI despite repeals for such policies. And people said, this is good. We're going to get results here. Looks like something's happening. Looks like we're moving the ball down the field in the right way. But it seems like she is not backing down. And here's a little throwback to remember who this psycho is. Roll it. The things happening. Yes, I love. Okay, so equity work is still happening on campus. So we've renamed, we've revised, we've re. Okay. Calibrated, so to speak. Yeah, I have a good idea for Janique. After she's done with this and she loses her lawsuit that she's now filing against the university, which by the way is a. A state university. So the taxpayers of North Carolina are going to have to fight this Bob Ross lookalike in court. That's going to be interesting. But the question is, is, is she going to prevail? I hope not. Here is Janique saying that there is no over DEI position at UNC Charlotte, but there are covert ways for the DEI toxic agenda to get in there. What the hell is going on here? Listen to this person. If you're looking for like a outward DEI position not to happen. Yeah. Okay, but it's. But if you are interested in doing work that is covert, there are opportunities. Okay, so like. Yeah, what does that look like? Like, think about. Okay, this way. We're thinking of student. Student success, student retention. Oh, you're going to rename it. That'll. That'll solve it. It would be funnier if it wasn't horrifying. There are people like this monster all over the country in every single educational institution. Institution. Who have an obsession with taking your kids, destabilizing them and having them buy into this agenda, which obviously is rooted in socialism, Marxism and everything wrong with our country. Here to talk a little bit more about it, this is the president of Accuracy in Media, the outlet that broke all this. Adam Gillette joins us. Adam, what is the latest on this person? The Lawsuit. You. You guys busted it up into the open. What's been the fallout of that since? Just talk a little about what's happened since that time and what's going on with this psychopath. So we released our first round of investigations into North Carolina's higher education system earlier this year. And I think every university we investigated, and there were about eight of them. Every university fired their staffer. It included the dean of students at UNC Asheville. Jeannique Sanders at UNC Charlotte is the first to sue the university. I. I bet they'll probably settle with her because it's not their money, it's our money. And when she talks about wanting to do covert work. To your point, if you're working for the government and you're not working for the CIA or the FBI, you shouldn't be doing anything that's covert. You work for us. The taxpayers should be suing the university system for misappropriation of funds. I completely agree. And you hit the nail so perfectly. They'll settle. This woman will make money, and then there'll be copycats of it all around the place. Which I want to ask you about are the copycats. You mentioned UNC Asheville. Talk about some of the other examples you've seen of this and some warning signs. If people have kids in these schools, they hear their kid talk and they come home from a vacation or a school break, they're talking about this stuff. What are some of the warning signs where parents watching this can say, I'm going to look into this more because there's another whatever her name is out there. Talk a little bit about that. Other things, you've seen different flavors of this and the warning signs. Here's a great warning sign for you. If your kid's not going to Liberty Hillsdale or the University of Austin, this stuff is happening on their campus. And I say this as somebody who has. I've visited college campuses in 48 states. I've done the math. That's most of them. And it's everywhere. I've been undercover and confronted administrators at dozens of of red state universities. People think that DEI is merely an updated version of affirmative action. It's actually far worse than that. It's a prism. They push in every facet of education to teach young people to view the world through a prism of oppressors and oppressed. They say everybody in the world is either an oppressor or an oppressed class. Of course, America, England, Israel, we are oppressors. And of course, you know, the people in Gaza perhaps China. You know, the evildoers of the world are oppressed and they define violence against an oppressor class as a good thing. They merely call it resistance. It's that how they can define 9, 11 or October 7th as good things. And these people are allowed to make a living in our country, but we're so oppressive that we're allowing them to live here freely and have a job and file these lawsuits. What a joke. Adam, thank you so much for joining us. Keep up the amazing work on that. Really appreciate it. That is a very, very troubling thing for our kids. 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Look how bad it is for the generation above. I think there's a silver lining that that's actually kind of a good thing. Here is Adam Fest, Greg Laurie speaking on that. I think it's a good point. Let's roll this. Bible sales are up, especially among Gen Z kids. Church attendance is up again. Gen Z kids and maybe for the first time ever, historically, young men are leading the way. So this is phenomenal. And I think Charlie's tragic assassination has only poured rocket fuel on an existing revival fire. It's getting stronger and stronger. You know, I can say that personally myself, I hadn't been to church in a couple of months. And after Charlie Kirk's tragic assassination, his message being spread out, I've been back and I'm very, very happy to be one of those people that he is talking about. Here to talk more about it, which I think is a nice topic for the show, a little bit uplifting. The president of Communio, JP De Gans. JP welcome to the show. Thank you for joining us. Talk a little bit more about this phenomenon and do you expect it to continue and what effect do you think it'll have here? Really? It's a battle of good versus evil. People trying to take advantage of our kids and harm them. And there seems to be a pushback that I think is really nice to see. What do you make of it? Yeah, look, it's. There's something real going on. We see it. We work with more than 400 churches around the country. We're hearing it from our pastors that we work with. There's some data that the Barna group has compiled that shows Gen Z are attending. Those who attend are attending more frequently on average than older generations. There is an increase in the number of men, as you noted, young men that are showing up to church over past trends. So I think it's real. I think there's a lot of what the world has been saying selling people is that life is meaningless and you go and find your own, your own source of meaning and purpose. And folks are finding themselves empty inside when they do that. A lot of young people are turning back to traditional means of deep meaning. And that is most frequently found in faith. It's frequently found in close relationships of family and in marriage. Yes, and I think that is an encouraging sign. And my question to you is, do you think it'll be enough? I mean, again, we've strayed so far from the founding fundamentals of this country. We were founded on religious principles, really. And we've drifted so far from it, and now people are coming back. Do you think it's enough? Give us a little bit of an outlook on that, a little bit of a forecast. Will it be enough to get this country back on track before it's over the hill forever? What do you think? Yeah, look, as a Christian, I have hope, right? And hope is a theological virtue. I'm also an optimist. And just looking at trends, there's an old saying in economics that a trend that can't go on forever won't. The reality is those who are getting married and having children disproportionately are more likely to be conservative, churchgoing people. In fact, there's new data analysis from the Institute for Family Studies that shows a massive gap between conservative women and their likelihood of having kids and their prioritization of having kids. I think there's a 40%, 40 point gap between them and their liberal counterparts. So that suggests that there's gonna be a revival. There is already the makings of a revival. You're gonna see increases in the number of, I would think in the next 20, 30 years you'll see an increase number of people getting married, staying married and going to church. In the short term, I think we're starting to see those seeds of revival start to take root now. I like it. And you know what? Hey, if more conservative women are having kids and the liberal women choose not to and live with their cats in an apartment in some job nobody cares about, maybe in the long run we'll be okay and we'll populate them. So I like it. Thank you very much, JP for joining us. Guys, you know what? I think it's a good message here as we start the year. Keep the faith. Okay? I like that message. And I want to tell you guys about a sponsor that is making this message possible here. And those are our friends at the Wellness Company. Guys, doctors have warned us, okay, that this year's flu season was going to be a rough one. Now even mainstream media outlets are reporting that new, more virulent and severe flu strain is spreading as fast here in the usa. The kicker, the already ineffective flu vaccine is even less effective against this new strain. What the mainstream media won't tell you is that Dr. Peter McCullough warned about this weeks ago. 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Well, we're back, everybody, and I want to take you now to my city, America's biggest city, New York City. Once a proud place that had Rudy Giuliani as the mayor, it was thriving, it was prospering. Now Zoran Mandami is set to take a sledgehammer to everything that we've built. My ancestors came from Italy to New York City. They didn't make excuses, they didn't complain. They, they didn't cry for handouts in welfare. They didn't commit crime. They worked and they built the greatest city in the world. It was our rugged individualism. As Italian Americans and at the time, other immigrants, Irish Americans, Polish Americans, they came to the city, they built something special. People didn't complain and they embraced not only the way of life in New York, but America. They came here and embraced America. You didn't see one American flag at Zoran's inauguration, did you? You didn't see one. You didn't see any patriotic displays or appreciation for the system that got this communist war. He is no, we are in uncharted waters right now. The difference between my ancestors and the people who voted for Zoram is that they came to America to make a better life in America and embrace this country. The people coming in over the last 20 years who have been empowered by the globalist left, these people want to undo America. They want to elect the third world that they came from. And that is how Zoran got in here. A lot of people were saying to me, mike, you know, how does the city that experienced 911 elect Zoron who swears himself in on the Quran? How does that happen? And I say, you know how that happened? Because the people who voted Zoran for were not here during 9 11, 2001, they weren't here. Zoran's election was because of the people who moved here over the last 20 years, since 9 11. Those people voted for him overwhelmingly. That's why he is the mayor of New York. And listen to the way he talks. It is the exact antithesis of everything that we've stood for. Everything that's made our city great and our country great. Individualism, achieving, excelling, working, winning. He says, no, no, no. It's going to be one nice socialist soup, whether you like it or not. And I'm the chef. I'm stirring the pot, and I'll tell you if you get some more rations or not. It's sick, but it's here. Roll it. We will draw this city closer together. We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism. If our campaign demonstrated that the people of New York yearn for solidarity, then let this government foster it. Because no matter what you eat, how you pray, or where you come from, the words that most define us are the two we all share. New Yorkers. And you know the funny thing about how phony that was, that all those people out there, they were promised free food. They show up, no free food. They didn't even have bathrooms set up for them. Okay, there's your socialism in a nutshell. Zoran arrives in a yellow cab. He came in a yellow cab. There was a security guard driving the car, and in the passenger seat. It is all an act. It is all a facade. This guy is a scam artist. And my question is, is the left going to hold them to the same account they hold other leaders of New York City? Even Eric Adams? The press like to get on his case. Are they going to hold Zoron to an account when he does stuff like this? Roll it. That is the Nazi salute. Remember when the media was going crazy every day they said Elon Musk was a literal Nazi? Because the way he waved his hand, I don't know. Looks pretty bad to me. When the guy talks, just know lies are coming out of his mouth. I got to tell you, Zoran here said that he wants to. Let's go over this for a minute while we got some time. He wants to tax white neighborhoods more. He wants to decriminalize prostitution. He wants people in New York City not to get a police officer to come to save you when you're in a problem. He wants social workers to come. Because in his mind, crime and jail are artificial constructs created by the white man, the colonizers or whatever that is. And of course, most importantly, he wants to turn New York City down to a place where you can go into a grocery store, you shop for your family. No, no government run grocery stores. Because it's all about collectivism now, baby. You don't have a choice. That is what he's saying. People say to me, mike, what's going to happen? Is it really going to get that bad? And, and I'll tell you this, on Law and Order, Zoron can do what he wants to do on day one. He can do that. It's sad, it's unfortunate. So buckle up, New York City too. When it comes to these programs with housing landlord tenants, you're not going to be able to rent an apartment anymore in New York City. Because why would a landlord not wait it out after this guy says, if you don't want to pay your rent, go ahead, you can squat. Why would anybody want to live in New York? And how are you going to get an apartment in New York and if nobody wants to rent it to you anymore because this guy is at the helm? It is a dangerous time, but New Yorkers are going to stick together. We are strong, we are resilient. We built this city and we're not going to let some foreign Ugandan thug ruin it. Ladies and gentlemen, stay strong, New York. We're going to rescue it big time. This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.
This episode of America’s Voice Live kicks off 2026 with host Mike Crispy (filling in for Steve Gruber), delivering a passionate, in-depth discussion centered around major news stories: Trump’s aggressive push to secure the southern border and confront Venezuela’s narco-state, revelations of organized crime and fraud in Minnesota’s Somali daycare industry, the economic outlook under the second Trump term, the backlash against DEI in academia, a potential spiritual revival among younger Americans, and political transformations in New York City. The episode features commentary, on-the-ground reporting, guest experts, and notable media clips—woven together with the show’s signature irreverent, populist tone.
(00:50 – 25:00)
Crisis Overview: Crispy sets the stage, stressing the existential threat posed by the cartels, the fentanyl crisis, and the transformation of Venezuela into a narco-state. He lauds Trump’s “mandate” to finally address what previous presidents have ignored.
“The deaths and despair caused from the drugs coming in over the southern border is immense and immeasurable... President Trump is going to stop it.” — Mike Crispy (02:05)
Geopolitical Framing: Clips of Glenn Beck and Jesse Watters frame US actions as a response, not aggression—emphasizing the threat of foreign adversaries exploiting Venezuela as a beachhead in the hemisphere.
“What Donald Trump is doing... is saying to Iran, Russia, and China, get the hell out of our hemisphere. You are no longer welcome here.” — Glenn Beck (06:40)
Venezuelan Reaction: On-the-Ground Reporting
Oscar Ramirez, reporting from Tijuana, gives fresh details:
Will Maduro Step Down?
Crispy and Oscar speculate: protests may escalate, but don't expect voluntary change. Pressure is “suffocating” the regime but military and geopolitical entanglements (Russia, Iran, Hezbollah presence) complicate the outcome (21:40).
Tuberville’s Commentary:
“We’ve heard there's a war on drugs. There's not a war on drugs until the President...said ‘This is going to stop.’ ...Trump is bound and determined to squeeze [Maduro] so hard that he will not be in leadership in a few months.” — Sen. Tommy Tuberville (18:53)
(25:10 – 40:30)
Nick Shirley’s Investigation:
Mike tells the story of how a journalist uncovered fake daycare centers in Minnesota used as covers for fraud and potentially organized crime. Describes comically obvious evidence (no kids, missing paperwork, owners hostile or unable to answer in English).
“That is organized crime getting exposed. And it just is absolutely shameful the way...the left can't align with us and say, you know what, this has got to stop. No, they will defend the criminality until the bitter end.” — Mike Crispy (29:10)
Institutional Failure:
Larry Ward (Constitutional Rights PAC) critiques the lack of action by government agencies, saying only independent journalism is exposing the scam.
“This is just the tip of the iceberg. If MAGA was focused on waste, fraud, and abuse ... the Department of Health Services would have already stopped funding to these Somali daycare centers.” — Larry Ward (32:21)
Political Corruption:
Ward claims Democrat politicians benefit via campaign contributions and kickbacks, making them complicit.
“It’s not just the Somali immigrants who are part of this scam. There are a lot of Democrat politicians on the take.” (37:45)
Race and Excuses:
When questioned, scam organizers allege reporters are “racist” for being white—called out as deflection by Crispy.
(40:40 – 52:15)
Trump’s Economic Priorities:
Trump is presented as the only candidate who can “undo” Bidenomics, with focus on currency, jobs, trade, and inflation.
“When I took office, inflation was the worst in 48 years... I’m fixing it.” — Donald Trump (clip, 43:05)
Guest Analysis:
Steve Abramowitz (Heartland Journal Podcast) explains Trump’s weak-dollar policy as favoring US manufacturing and exports—even though it may raise domestic prices.
“Trump comes along and...explores methods to devalue the currency, which they refer to as the Mar-a-Lago Accord... The US dollar had its biggest yearly fall since 2017.” — Steve Abramowitz (45:12)
Stock Market and Interest Rates:
2025 saw major market gains, particularly abroad and in emerging markets, attributed to “Trump’s export economy.” Interest rates are discussed as crucial for housing and affordability.
“The lower that goes, the cheaper a mortgage becomes, which makes home affordability a possibility... That's why [Trump] talked about the 50-year mortgage.” — Abramowitz (50:12)
(52:30 – 1:03:45)
UNC Charlotte Case Study:
An undercover recording of Jeannique Sanders, a UNC Charlotte administrator, catches her admitting to continuing DEI activity covertly despite official repeal.
“If you're looking for like an outward DEI position, not gonna happen... But if you are interested in doing work that is covert, there are opportunities.” — Jeannique Sanders (clip, 55:42)
Legal Fallout and Systemic Critique:
Adam Gillette (Accuracy In Media) reports mass firings across North Carolina campuses, predicts Sanders will settle and that such “covert” DEI activity is rampant nationwide—even at red state universities.
“If your kid's not going to Liberty, Hillsdale, or the University of Austin, this stuff is happening on their campus... It's a prism they push in every facet of education to teach young people to view the world through a prism of oppressors and oppressed.” — Adam Gillette (1:00:54)
(1:03:53 – 1:14:30)
Religious Resurgence:
Bible sales and church attendance are reportedly increasing—especially among young men post-high-profile tragedies.
“Bible sales are up, especially among Gen Z. Church attendance is up again... I think Charlie's tragic assassination has only poured rocket fuel on an existing revival fire.” — Greg Laurie (clip, 1:05:10)
Trends and Demography:
JP De Gans (Communio) says conservative, churchgoing young people are more likely to marry and have children, indicating a potential cultural revival over the coming decades.
“There's an old saying in economics that a trend that can’t go on forever won’t...there's going to be a revival. We're starting to see those seeds of revival start to take root now.” — JP De Gans (1:10:22)
(1:14:40 – 1:24:50)
New Mayor Zoran Mandami:
Crispy blasts the inauguration of a self-described collectivist mayor, Zoran Mandami, claiming it’s a break from the city’s immigrant-driven, individualist roots.
“You didn’t see one American flag at Zoran’s inauguration, did you? ...These people want to undo America. They want to elect the third world that they came from.” — Mike Crispy (1:16:21)
Mandami’s Vision:
Mandami’s own words are played back:
“We will draw this city closer together. We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” — Mayor Zoran Mandami (clip, 1:17:44)
Policy Warnings:
Crispy warns Mandami supports “taxing white neighborhoods,” social worker responses to crime, decriminalization of prostitution, and government-run groceries.
“He wants social workers to come because in his mind, crime and jail are artificial constructs created by the white man, the colonizers or whatever that is.” — Mike Crispy (1:18:41)
On the war on drugs and Venezuela:
“We’re not striking first. We are responding.” — Mike Crispy (10:35)
Oscar Ramirez, on the reality in Venezuela:
“Maduro has not released a statement...the population of Venezuela... are sick and tired of Maduro being the regime dictator...” (15:25)
On the Somali daycare scam:
“Centers are okay. I live in and around New York City... That is organized crime getting exposed.” — Mike Crispy (29:15) “The taxpayer funding elects Democrats and the Democrats fund fraud. Then the fraud kicks back to Democrat campaign coffers. That's the scam.” — Larry Ward (38:09)
On DEI and education:
“If you're working for the government and you're not working for the CIA or FBI, you shouldn't be doing anything that's covert. You work for us.” — Adam Gillette (1:02:10) “They push in every facet of education to teach young people to view the world through a prism of oppressors and oppressed.” — Adam Gillette (1:01:49)
On the spiritual revival:
“A lot of young people are turning back to traditional means of deep meaning. That’s most frequently found in faith, in family, in marriage.” — JP De Gans (1:08:11)
On New York politics:
“My ancestors came from Italy...They didn’t cry for handouts in welfare. They didn’t commit crime. They worked and they built the greatest city in the world.” — Mike Crispy (1:15:08) “We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” — Zoran Mandami (clip, 1:17:44)
| Time | Segment/Topic | |--------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | 00:50–25:00 | Trump border policy; Venezuela, cartels, US military posture | | 13:30–22:00 | Oscar Ramirez live from Venezuela border | | 18:45–20:30 | Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Trump's strategy | | 25:10–40:30 | Minnesota Somali daycare fraud exposé; Larry Ward interview | | 40:40–52:15 | Economy in 2026, dollar policy, interest rates; Steve Abramowitz | | 52:30–1:03:45| DEI in higher ed; Jeannique Sanders ; Adam Gillette interview | | 1:03:53–1:14:30| Spiritual revival, Gen Z and faith; JP De Gans interview | | 1:14:40–1:24:50| New York, Zoran Mandami, collectivism, Crispy commentary |
This episode delivers a fiery blend of frontline reporting, anti-establishment commentary, and expert explanations—reflecting RAV’s populist, conservative ethos. Listeners receive pointed, sometimes provocative analysis on the southern border crisis, the deep entrenchment of organized crime in American welfare, the ongoing currency debates and export strategies, cultural clashes in education and spirituality, and the social transformation of America’s biggest city. With regular use of direct quotes, forceful analogies, and a fast-paced style, Crispy and guests powerfully reinforce Real America’s Voice’s “honest, unfiltered” positioning for 2026.