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Leon Neyfak
When I told people I was making a podcast about Benghazi, nine times out of ten they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked why Benghazi?
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Tom Norton
The truth became a web of lies.
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Leon Neyfak
From prologue projects and Pushkin Industries. This is Fiasco Benghazi.
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Steve Gruber
This is America's Voice Live. And welcome to America's Voice Live. I'm Steve Gur. The pulse of the people.
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Brian Gans
We need somebody that's going to hear.
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Steve Gruber
The people's voice, the truth the mainstream won't touch. This guy is by definition a globalist. And the stories that matter. Rav's own Ben Berklam.
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Brian Gans
Right up over this hill. I've got one cartel.
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I see him. I see him.
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Colonel Derek Harvey
I see him.
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Live.
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Steve Gruber
Breaking news right now here on Real America's Voice Filtered. These people are domestic terrorists and unapologetic. We're here to take a stand for God and country. Does feel good. America's Voice Live starts now. And welcome to America's Voice Live. It is Friday the 24th of October in the year of our Lord 2025. I'm Steve Gruber. Thank you for joining us today. As always, here's a look at the top stories this hour. President Trump has postponed the deployment of federal agents and troops in San Francisco planned for this weekend. Now, this comes after speaking with Mayor Daniel Lurie, who insisted they can handle the crime issue on their own. I'll discuss that in detail. Also, Virginia Democrats facing backlash after a string of violent crimes committed by illegal aliens in a Virginia beach community. Could this be the turning point to swing a critical House seat and impact the tech governor's race? Maybe. We'll discuss then later. ICE recruitment has been at an all time high in President Trump's second term due to the administration's insistence on maintaining law and order. The American people are rallying behind ICE and the Trump administration, all while the Democrats continue to thwart the America first agenda. Those details and more coming your way. But first, we start with President Trump's historic visit to Asia. You see, President Trump will be heading to Asia for a high stakes series of meetings beginning next week, including a critical sit down with Chinese President Xi Jinping as trade tensions continue to escalate with the ccp. The White House confirmed that President Trump will depart for Malaysia tonight. He will meet with Malaysia's Prime Minister on Sunday before traveling to Japan to meet that country's new prime minister, the first woman to hold the job. President Trump will then meet with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Wednesday and deliver keynote remarks at a CEO luncheon during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum Summit. All of this leads up to his Thursday meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, where he is expected to press China on trade and rare earth exports, among other things. The Trump administration says the president remains optimistic about a deal, insisting America will stand firm against China's unfair trade practices while putting American jobs and manufacturing first. Join me now to discuss all of this, former special assistant to the president and a retired army colonel, Derek Harvey. Colonel, nice to see you on a Friday.
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Colonel Derek Harvey
Thank you.
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Steve Gruber
This is a high stakes meeting with the president and Xi Jinping. It's an important part of this trip. He's doing a lot on the trip. Trade deals will be discussed, but the trade deal with China could be pivotal. The stock market doing well right now, everything seems to be booming. A deal with China could really boost the economy even further. So it's an important conversation. But at the same time, Donald Trump is not going to give anything away. He. He's rebalancing world economics, isn't he?
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Colonel Derek Harvey
He is. And you know, the president clearly understands that the relationship with China is critical. It's critical for the economic viability and future of the American economy. The American economy will drive our defense industry and set the stage for our future. And we are in competition with China militarily, geopolitically and economically, whether it's in rare earth minerals, where we need more and they have a stranglehold on it, or whether it's about overall trade dominance. China has tremendous trade surpluses in manufacturing with the rest of the world. So this is very important as China tries to extend its influence across so many sectors.
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Steve Gruber
Yeah. Now, I've heard some people on the left in the last 48 hours expressing concern that President Trump would be willing to allow China to basically take control of Taiwan, to back away from the deal that we've had with Taiwan for decades. I don't expect that. Colonel, what are your thoughts?
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Colonel Derek Harvey
The administration is committed to the policy of strategic ambiguity, which means that we keep it unclear for Beijing and its strategic calculations in going after Taiwan and creating. They talk about invasion, resolving this issue ultimately within the next few years. And I think the United States is beefing up its defense capabilities and partnering more aggressively in the region. So I think, you know, we're trying to maintain that strategic ambiguity to cause doubt in the minds of the leaders in Beijing.
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Steve Gruber
Yeah. Let me discuss something here that's also very important. That's agricultural exports to China from the United States. It's certainly something that's going to be discussed. Soybeans come to mind. If you listen to the left, you would believe that somehow American farmers are being destroyed by these tariffs. I've spoken to a number of soybean farmers in the last 48 hours. They all tell me the same thing. Soybean prices today are a little bit higher than they were in the fall. In fact, the 52 week low was December of 24. And they've all told me the same. We're doing a little bit better. And I said, how is that? They said, because we're looking at new markets like Japan, we're looking at new applications like biodiesel. And this again is Donald Trump saying, look, we need to cut our ties. We can't have our dependence on China the way it's been for the last many years. And it's a step in the right direction. And by the way, these farmers support what he's doing. What do you say?
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Colonel Derek Harvey
Well, I think decoupling from China is an important longer term goal. You know, so we, we relieve ourselves of dependence upon China in a number of sectors, whether it's strategic minerals or pharmaceuticals or necessarily as a market. But you know, China's been very precise in targeting constituencies that support the president and that's why they have gone after agricultural products. And you put restrictions in place because they think it's going to hurt political support for the president at this point in time. I don't see it. I don't think you see it. And I think this is a goal to get some relief, though. So we do have more demand for soybeans, which will then raise prices that the farmer gets. And at the end of the day, the farmers are an important element for our national security.
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Steve Gruber
Let's talk about China's influence here in the Western Hemisphere because all of this has to be on the table. China has inroads into places like, like Venezuela, clearly Argentina, Colombia, elsewhere in Central and South America. And one of the things we've seen the President do here recently is turn these drug boats into boat picus. He's just destroying them. Did it again last night. Another drug running boat vaporized, meaning that poison does not arrive on American shores. It has been my position for a long time that the drugs that originate in China, the components that originate there that are then combined into lethal drugs in Central and South America and delivered to our shores and killing 100,000Americans or more a year, a million or more over the last few years. That to me is a declaration of war, not just by China, but by the drug cartels. I think turning the drug war into a shooting war is something most Americans are okay with. What do you think?
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Colonel Derek Harvey
I agree with you. And I think, you know, it's finally time that we treat this as a war. And that's what the President and his team have done. And that's outstanding. China understands who is providing the components and the base chemicals. They know which companies are shipping them. They have good insight as to where they're going. And so they have acquiescence to that and they're profiting from it. And most of this I think at this point in time is going to Mexico. And that's going to be the next objective, is dealing with the situation in Mexico, which is critical if we're going to achieve the goals that we've set out for ourselves.
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Steve Gruber
Yeah. Here's something else about Venezuela. They provide a fair amount of oil to the Chinese, the Chinese Communist Party. I wonder what would happen, Colonel, if for some reason that oil distribution was disrupted by the United States. I mean, look, we hold some cards here, a lot of them. If the oil delivery to China was disrupted from Venezuela, it would really impact their economy, which doesn't do nearly as well as they try to tell the world. In fact, it could really be a critical factor in the conversations come next week.
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Colonel Derek Harvey
Yes, China is very dependent upon energy sources coming from the Middle east region. We don't get really anything from the Middle east region, the United States. It's China that's very dependent upon it. It's a lifeline for them, but also from other sources such as Venezuela and places in Africa. So they are dependent. It's a point of leverage that we have. Thankfully, we've got energy independ and we've got the export capability for energy. So, you know, it's a really important lever. And I think China could be suffering from secondary sanctions if the President does decide to impose those types of energy, secondary sanctions because of their relationship and support to Russia in the Ukrainian war.
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Steve Gruber
Yeah. And I want to stay with this part of the conversation because it's incredibly important. Donald Trump has been a peace president. He has had the relentless pursuit of peace all over the globe. In Africa, in Asia, of course, in Gaza, trying to get a peace deal in Ukraine. Unsuccessful so far, but still trying. And that brings me to Venezuela's threats to Guyana. Guyana is a small country. It has found a tremendous amount of oil. ExxonMobil is there, an American corporation, of course, with a tremendous amount of resources that have been discovered there. And Venezuela is basically saber rattling. I think that this peace president might find a line in the sand of Venezuela decided to cross the border into Guyana. What are your thoughts there?
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Colonel Derek Harvey
Well, I would hope that the administration will be very firm and communicate decisively that, you know, any effort by Venezuela to threaten, you know, the integrity and the sovereignty of Guyana will not be accepted. It's a vast, mostly uninhabited area, but it's got tremendous natural resources to include oil and gas. Venezuela covets that we should be very firm and support, you know, a friendly country on the border of Venezuela. And I can't imagine that we would allow or tolerate anything like that.
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Steve Gruber
All right, let's talk some domestic policy. We got a couple of minutes left here. Carolina, come back onshore here. Let's talk about the American cities. I don't think you can make America great again unless we recapture our cities from violent crime. JB Pritzker was bragging that crime is down in Chicago. Let's be clear about this. Chicago is the murder capital of the United states. They've had 2,000 people shot this year. Total homicides in Chicago, year to date, just on under 400. Not a record to be proud of. But JB Pritzker seems to think it's a good thing. I'm confused by that. When you look at DC 15 homicides total since the 11th of August when the National Guard went in there. It's the lowest number of homicides in your life or mine for a 75 day period, bar none. You look at Memphis, a thousand criminals taken off the street and a dozen dozens, I should say, of children that were missing have been found. I mean, how can Democrats argue against this?
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Colonel Derek Harvey
Democrat socialists, despite their rhetoric, really do not care about the average person that suffers from this type of crime. And just look at the record in the numbers. Democrat leaders in these cities are under investigation for cooking the books. The Department of Justice is investigating the Purposeful misrepresentation of crime data in order to make it appear that they have a better situation than they actually do. And that is fraud. And it's being investigated. And I think the outcome will show the crooked approach by these Democrat mayors, their police departments and prosecutors.
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Steve Gruber
The crooked approach. One more thing to touch on. Speaking of crooked approach, the polling companies, the same polling companies that told us that Kamala Harris was going to win the swing states and be President of the United States. Outfits like Reuters, Quinnipiac, economist, YouGov, all say that Donald Trump has the worst approval numbers now of any president at this point in his term. I don't believe it. I go with Rasmussen, who is one of the few polling companies that got it right in RMG research. Combined, they have the President 50, 50 on approval. Isn't it time for these polling companies to admit they're playing games with the numbers? They don't show us the cross tabs. They're trying to drive this president's approval ratings down with fake numbers. It's time to hold them accountable, isn't is?
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Colonel Derek Harvey
And how to hold them accountable is to continue to use alternative media, you know, the president's bully pulpit, the spokespeople from the White House, and get out there and communicate clearly, whether it's with podcasters or with, you know, programs like yours and others. The key thing here is getting the data out. The legacy, you know, has negative press stories on Mamdani of only 5%, but 95%, you know, about, you know, people that are leading, like DHS and CIA and, you know, RFK Jr. So the negative stories continue to persist in the mainstream media. But the reality is those negative stories are not driving down the popularity for the policies of the president and his administration that are bringing law and order and accountability to these communities. People see it and they see their gas prices going down, their energy, energy prices going down, and normalcy returning.
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Steve Gruber
Yeah. And they see Democrats voting, what is it, 12 or 13 times now to keep the government closed. And yesterday voted not to pay the military, but an anonymous donor showed up with $130 million. Make sure the military got their paychecks. A remarkable thing to have happen. It is. That's a real patriot. I'll give you the last word.
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Colonel Derek Harvey
Well, if the Democrats continue with their narrative, you know, they're betting on crazy. They're betting against American optimism. They're betting against traditional American values, whether it's on gender issues or school issues. It doesn't matter what it is. They're supporting the immigrants against the victims of crime. So they're going to lose. Let them continue it because it's going to undermine them for the 2026 election. So I'd like to see more of it.
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Steve Gruber
Yeah, Colonel, we covered a lot of territory there in the last few minutes. All important topics. I appreciate you being here, bringing clarity to all of it.
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Colonel Derek Harvey
Thank you very much.
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Steve Gruber
And we'll keep you apprised when Air Force One is wheels up en route to Malaysia, happening later today for that big trip. We'll talk about all of that as we continue to follow the president. All right. Coming up after the break, President Trump has delayed federal troops from heading to San Francisco. As I mentioned at the top, this comes after the mayor there insists he can put it together. And several phone calls were made to the president trying to stop the chaos in the streets, the homelessness voters left wondering if law and order is a priority at all for some of the local officials. We'll have details straight ahead on America's Voice LIVE.
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Leon Neyfak
When I told people I was making a podcast about Benghazi, nine times out of ten, they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked why Benghazi?
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Tom Norton
The truth became a web of lies.
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Leon Neyfak
It's almost a dirty word, one that connotes conspiracy theory.
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iHeart Radio Announcer
Will we ever get the truth about the Benghazi massacre?
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Leon Neyfak
Bad faith, political warfare, and frankly, bullshit.
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Steve Gruber
We kill the ambassador just to cover something up. You put two and two together.
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Leon Neyfak
Was it an overblown distraction or a sinister conspiracy?
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Steve Gruber
Benghazi is a Rosetta Stone for everything that's been going on for the last 20 years.
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Leon Neyfak
I'm Leon Nefak from Prologue Projects and Pushkin Industries. This is Fiasco Benghazi.
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Commercial Announcer
What difference at this point does it make?
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Steve Gruber
Yeah, that's right. Lock her up.
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Leon Neyfak
Listen to Fiasco Benghazi on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Steve Gruber
As you've probably heard, President Trump has now postponed the deployment of federal age and National Guard troops in San Francisco planned for this weekend. After he spoke with the mayor, Daniel Lurie and others, they are insisting they can figure this out and get the crime issue under control. This is yet another example of blue city leaders pushing back against any kind of federal help even when their streets are plagued with crime and chaos. Leaders of deep blue cities and states keep insisting that they can handle the surge of crime and disorder. But voters can see the truth that law and order doesn't seem to be a priority for Democrats at all. Here to discuss this with me is Afghanistan war vet, chairman of the America PAC and state senate candidate in Michigan, Tom Norton. Tom, nice to see you today.
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Tom Norton
Nice to see you too, Steve.
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Steve Gruber
You know, just across Lake Michigan from Michigan is Chicago, where Jamie Pritzker yesterday on television saying, oh, we don't have a crime problem. Crime's falling. It's not a big deal. And it was pointed out by Brett Baer at Fox News, you are the murder capital of America. Oh, no, we're not. Yes, you are. You are number one more violent crime and murders than Chicago, dc, Cleveland, you just name it, go right down the list. They're in complete denial. And it's odd. I just looked this up. 2000 people shot just shy of that so far in Chicago this year. 400 murders. I mean, this is what the. This is okay with our friends across the water.
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Tom Norton
Well, for Democrats, they support crime as long as Donald Trump opposes crime. Whatever Donald Trump opposes, they're going to embrace. If Donald Trump came out and he said, I am now pro choice, the Democrats would become pro life. It is true. TDS syndrome. I mean, I think that these folks in Chicago would want somebody to come there and help protect them. And if crime's down right now, it's because ICE is deporting the murderers. And certainly the people of Chicago are seeing that safety expand for them. And I'm hoping that they all continue to benefit from the deportations of violent illegal immigrants that are out actually raping, stealing, and murdering American citizens.
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Steve Gruber
You know, it's interesting to me that I haven't seen television commercials yet. Catherine Clark, I think she's the number three Democrat in the House, came out and said, yes, people are going to suffer, but that's the leverage we have right now. A few days before that, Chuck Schumer says it gets better for us every day. I don't know who he's speaking about when he's talking about the government shutdown. It's not getting better for people. There's real food insecurity in this country in many places, and there's gonna be some problems with that. Other concerns about the military not getting paid. Thank God an anonymous donor put up $130 million yesterday. The check has already cleared, by the way, to make sure the military gets paid. The Democrats, I don't know what they stand for, but I'm surprised that those two things from Kathryn Clark and Chuck Schumer aren't on a continuous loop on television in the swing states of America today because they're telling you who they are. They don't care. They want political leverage and power. That's what I get out of it.
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Tom Norton
I completely agree with you. The little bit of time that I've been spending in here in D.C. this week, I've actually heard that the Democrats are hoping that Harp and Chips runs out of money so they can starve the kids in schools and blame the Democrats. You know, MSNBC will be on that bandwagon. CNN will. All the far left media will be on there to blame. The Republicans and Democrats see that as their hope to actually starve children in order to fund illegal immigrants on Medicaid. Medicare fund illegal immigrants with benefits from taxpaying Americans. So if they can starve American children in order to benefit this gain, that they want to destroy the United States from within. They're going to celebrate it. So that's the leverage. You're looking at it. Thank God that the Republican Party has great leaders that support Donald Trump and have stood forward and are trying to pass a bill to continue to fund those programs in the district I'm running in Michigan. Go to thomasjnorton.com to support us on that. There is poor communities there. There Baldwin is in that state Senate community, one of the poorest in the state. These programs actually fund a lot of these families from starving to death right in our district, from Cedar Springs to Cedar Springs, Rockford, Michigan, they have it. I mean, over to Ionia, we have poor communities. We have wealthy communities in that district. It's diverse. And these Democrats want to directly assault these children's programs.
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Steve Gruber
Here's the number that I just saw. Michigan has an open governor's race, an open Senate seat, the United States Senate, plus secretary of state, attorney general, all of these seats plus your seat that you're running for and all the other state seats. The prediction from the people that know, just shy of a billion with a B, a billion dollars is going to be spent on advertising in the midterms in Michigan. That is a shocking amount of money. Tomorrow it is.
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Tom Norton
You're going to see people like George Soros stepping in, destroy Michigan. So it's going to be up to your viewers, viewers across the state to step forward and support candidates at every level in Michigan. Pick one and fund them. Out of all the viewers you have, I know you have hundreds of thousands across this country and if not even above, millions without a problem. I know your show's been exploding and getting huge. If all of them step forward, donated money to candidates, 10, 20 bucks, as a force, as a block, they can become the pack that actually defeats people like George Soros in these midterms and can have strength through force and in numbers by a true free speech with their pocketbook. Just continue to fight this guy. He truly wants to destroy Michigan and take all these open seats for the leftists.
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Steve Gruber
Yeah. In fact, George Soros bought a number of radio stations in Michigan. More on that story coming in the days ahead. Tom Norton, we wish you well in your race there to be a state senator. Thank you for being here today. God bless, Greatly appreciate. There you go. Tomorrow, a billion dollars just in the swing state of Michigan. Let that sink in. How much money are they willing to spend to try to buy power? Coming up after the break, Virginia Democrats facing backlash after a string of violent crimes committed by illegal aliens. And it's been shaking. Virginia Beach, a beautiful community under siege. Could Democrat officials silence on heinous crimes swing a critical House seat and maybe impact the tight governor's race? We'll talk about it straight ahead on America's Voice.
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Tom Norton
Live.
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Leon Neyfak
When I told people I was making a podcast about Benghazi, nine times out of ten they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked why Benghazi?
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Tom Norton
The truth became a web of lies.
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Leon Neyfak
It's almost a dirty word, one that connotes conspiracy theory.
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iHeart Radio Announcer
Will we ever get the truth about the Benghazi massacre?
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Leon Neyfak
Bad faith, political warfare and frankly, bullshit.
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Steve Gruber
We kill the ambassador just to cover something up. You put two and two together Was.
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Leon Neyfak
It an overblown distraction or a sinister conspiracy?
- [28:44]
Steve Gruber
Benghazi is a Rosetta Stone for everything that's been going on for the last 20 years.
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Leon Neyfak
I'm Leon Neyfak from Prologue Projects and Pushkin Industries. This is Fiasco Benghazi.
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Commercial Announcer
What difference at this point does it make?
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Steve Gruber
Yeah, that's right. Lock her up.
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Leon Neyfak
Listen to Fiasco Benghazi on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Steve Gruber
All right. The heated Virginia governor's race between Republican Winsome Earl Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger got even hotter after a string of violent crimes committed apparently by four illegal aliens in Virginia Beach. Two people murdered. Three young children were sexually abused. You've heard these stories before. They're heartbreaking. In the past two months, Virginia beach authorities arrested 29 illegal aliens. This October surprise is fueling backlash in this key house of delegate race that could determine control of the state legislature. Spanberger currently leads winsome Earl Sears by about six points, according to polling in the average. Here to discuss the impact, Victoria Manning. She's a senior investigator with Restoration of America and a former Virginia beach school board member. Victoria, thank you for being here.
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Victoria Manning
Thanks for having me.
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Steve Gruber
All right, so tell us about this series of crimes. Violent, horrid crimes, children being sexually assaulted. Obviously this does not sit well with locals. Tell me about it.
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Victoria Manning
Yeah, absolutely. Virginia beach is a great place to live and typically very safe. Yet we've had a string of very violent crimes happening not far from where I live. We had one situation where an illegal alien, I believe he was from El Salvador, was working as a contractor on a home in Virginia beach. And at night he was sneaking into the room of an 11 year old little girl and raping her repeatedly. He was a 34 year old man. He was recently sentenced and convicted. We've had multiple murders. I was out running some errands one day a couple of weeks ago and noticed one of my local shopping centers was roped off. The police were there and I learned that a man had been killed by an illegal alien murderer. So this string of crimes is really concerning our community. And we've just reached out to Delegate Fagans, who represents District 97, where a lot of these crimes have been occurring. And he seems to be in hiding because he won't respond to a debate to his opponent and he won't respond to his constituents.
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Steve Gruber
Now here's my question, because this is important. The national news media will often ignore these sorts of stories. What is the impact of the media in Virginia beach in the state of Virginia. Are these stories getting coverage?
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Victoria Manning
They absolutely are not. And the only reason I discovered them is because I was looking through the jail records and discovered a lot of folks there who were citizens of other countries. And so I inquired more. I made a FOIA request to find out if they had ICE detainers. And I learned more about it. I went down to the courthouse myself and reviewed the records and discovered some of these atrocious things. I think the murder that happened, the media could not ignore that one. But a lot of the other ones are not being reported by our local or national media.
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Steve Gruber
The rape of children is being ignored. Murder, okay, so they covered that, but apparently not adequately. But the rape of children is being ignored.
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Victoria Manning
Well, the fact that it was an illegal alien is the part that's being ignored. You know, oftentimes they'll say he's a Virginia beach man or a Norfolk man. They won't expose that these are illegal aliens committing these crimes.
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Steve Gruber
Do they feel guilty? I mean, because they were cheerleaders for the illegal invasion and said, anybody that didn't want these folks here if they hadn't been vetted, we don't know what their criminal backgrounds were, that somehow that made you a bigot or a racist. Is this the media trying to justify their terrible reporting or lack thereof, and therefore they don't tell you the truth? Now when. When we pay the price, or more accurately, these children pay the price.
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Victoria Manning
Well, I mean, as I've seen here in our city, the media is just an extension and mouthpiece of the Democrat Party. I've seen that in, as. As an elected official, myself, a former elected official, and I think that's what's continuing here. They, they want to cover this up because this is a topic that citizens feel very strongly about because it's about safety. And in a really nice area like Virginia beach, when it's starting to impact us here, the Democrats don't want to acknowledge that. And Governor Youngkin has done some great things. He in February issued an executive order that required state police and encouraged local law enforcement to cooperate with ice. And gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger has said that she will rescind that executive order by Governor Youngkin, which in my opinion makes her a sanctuary city advocate for these illegal aliens.
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Steve Gruber
Of course she is. Yeah, of course she is. These are far left Democrats who will pander to the strangest motives of the voters. I don't get it. Victoria, thank you for being here. We'll check back in as this race closes in. Thank you.
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Monica Page
Great. Thanks.
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Victoria Manning
For having me.
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Steve Gruber
All right, so the tax extension deadline may have passed, but for millions of Americans, well, the real trouble is just beginning. If you miss the October 15th deadline or owe back taxes, the IRS is ramping up enforcement. Every day you wait only makes things worse. And here's the harsh reality. The IRS can charge a penalty of 5% per month, up to 25% of your total tax bill just for not filing. That's in addition to what you already owe. The good news? There's still time for Tax Network USA to help self employed or a business owner. Even if your books are a mess, they've got you covered. Tax Network USA specializes in resolving financial chaos and getting you back on track fast. With tools like property seizures, bank levies and wage garnishments, the IRS is applying pressure levels we haven't seen in years. But it's not too late to regain your footing to get control. Your consultation is free. In one short call and a few simple questions, the experts at Tax Network USA can determine how much you can save. Call 1800-905800-01800-905 8000 or visit tnusa.com rev let Tax Network USA help before the IRS makes the next move. Coming up after the break, I'll discuss the staggering number of Americans applying to work with ice. Yeah, the movement continues to grow. The momentum continues to build as more and more Americans come in support of President Trump's America first agenda. More on that after the break.
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Leon Neyfak
When I told people I was making a podcast about Benghazi, nine times out of ten they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked why Benghazi?
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Tom Norton
The truth became a web of lies.
- [38:14]
Leon Neyfak
It's almost a dirty word, one that connotes conspiracy theory.
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iHeart Radio Announcer
Will we ever get the truth about the Benghazi massacre?
- [38:20]
Leon Neyfak
Bad faith, political warfare and frankly, bullshit.
- [38:24]
Steve Gruber
We kill the ambassador just to cover something up. You put two and two together.
- [38:29]
Leon Neyfak
Was it an overblown distraction or a sinister conspiracy?
- [38:34]
Steve Gruber
Benghazi is a Rosetta Stone for everything.
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Brian Gans
That'S been going on for the last 20 years.
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Leon Neyfak
I'm Leon Neyfak from Prologue Projects and Pushkin Industries. This is Fiasco Benghazi.
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Commercial Announcer
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Steve Gruber
Yeah, that's right, lock her up.
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Leon Neyfak
Listen to Fiasco Benghazi on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Steve Gruber
Well, here's some good news. More of it. ICE recruitment has been at an all time high with President Trump's second term due to the administration's insistence on maintaining law and order. Beside the strong no nonsense dialogue that's being pushed by this current administration, the incentives are also something to behold as new recruits get a $50,000 signing bonus. It's good money, right? Another aspect has to do with the rise in ICE applicants. And it has to do with patriotism, not being ashamed and Americans really resonating with its 175,000 applications. 175,000 submitted, and it's growing by the day. The American people are rallying behind ICE and the Trump administration, all while the Democrats continue to thwart the America first agenda. Take Illinois Governor J.B. pritzker, for example. Someone who has continuously been a thorn on the side of President Trump and the citizens of Illinois, frankly, Real America's Voice correspondent Benny Harmony spoke with Congressman Adam Nieberg of Illinois. This is what he had to say.
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Tom Norton
We have a situation where violent illegal aliens are running rampant on the streets of Chicago and throughout the state of Illinois.
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Steve Gruber
And what does Governor Pritzker do?
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Tom Norton
He doubles down on his radical leftist agenda. When polling shows the people of Illinois do not want these violent illegal immigrants within our borders and within our cities.
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Steve Gruber
Nobody wants them. Join me now to discuss Turning Point USA White House correspondent Monica Page. Monica, nice to see you today. I know it's a little chilly out there, but thank you for taking the time. A lot going on at the White House. The President's gonna be wheels up to Malaysia to discuss things on that side of the world. But in places like Chicago, it's remarkable. JB Pritzker trying to tell reporters yesterday it's fine in Chicago. Again, I go over these numbers. 2,000 people shot just shy of that. Almost 400 murders in Chicago. And they're okay with this? Come on.
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Monica Page
Yeah, Steve, it's kind of despicable when you really think about it, that a lot of these Democrat leaders are rejecting President Trump's efforts to keep Americans safe. This is what the President campaigned on for years leading up to his second term. And when you talk to the people outside, whether that's here in Washington D.C. or Chicago or Memphis, they all want law and order, they want their streets to be safe again. These are, these are people that have children. These are people that have families that send their children to school. A lot of these families, everyday Americans, say enough is enough. And leaving, you know, their freedoms in the hands of these Democrat leaders. You know, look, take a look at what's happening. Completely ignoring President Trump's calls and your own constituents calls for safety. It's criminal at this point, Steve.
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Steve Gruber
It really is. All right, so you live in DC. You're there since the 11th of August. I've said this before, even today, but it bears repeating because it's important for people to hear the truth. Since the 11th of August, there have been 15 homicides in DC. That's a 75 day stretch. It's the least number of homicides in a 75 day stretch in D.C. in my lifetime. And I'm a bit older than you, so that's your lifetime as well. Memphis has seen a thousand criminals taken off the streets and dozens of children that were missing found. Who could argue against this?
- [42:25]
Monica Page
That's a great question. And I mean, when you take a look at the Numbers even as a whole, you've had 515,000 illegal aliens deported, 1.6 million that have already self deported and thousands of arrests made in just eight months of this administration taking office. This is President Trump working in overdrive. And it's not only just the illegal aliens that are committing these crimes, but it's also just everyday criminals. And I know that Judge Jeanine Pirro has really been, been cracking down on this as well. Taking a look on this juvenile crime especially, that's really making up for a lot of these numbers that you see in Washington D.C. and all. A lot of these deep blue cities like Memphis and Chicago, a lot of it's juvenile crime. And I'm glad that this administration is finally taking an approach to cracking down on something like this because we've just let you know, 15 and 16 year olds somehow get guns and run amok and cause this violent crime, hurting our own people on a nightly basis. You just take a look at the weekend numbers like you just said, Steve. It's just refreshing to see this administration finally doing what it needs to do to protect us. Because over the last four years we've seen the administration completely turn a blind eye, say nothing is wrong, everybody's safe, gaslighting the American people. Now it's finally refreshing to seeing something be done.
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Steve Gruber
Well, apparently the only thing that the Democrats can talk about right now, Monica, is remodeling the east wing of the White House. It seems to be all the rage for the, for the Democrats and the talking heads over on Ms. LSD and Chicken Noodle News and elsewhere. Unbelievable. It's all they talk about because they have nothing else to offer. I'll give you the last word.
- [44:01]
Monica Page
Yeah. When you take a look at the fake outrage, this Trump ballroom derangement syndrome, if you're not covering the real news, I suggest, you know, as you're, as an American person, if you're not looking at alternative news outlets like us who actually cover the news, then I suggest you're getting something somewhere else. Because at the end of the day this administration is doing what it needs to do. And I'm so excited to see what more this administration can do over the next three and a half years. I'm also excited to see what this new ballroom is going to look like. When I, when I see a lot of these leftists talk about how, how, oh, this is, you know, the President's house, it's not the people's house anymore. Well, take a look at who's going to be in the ballroom. The American people. They're going to be hosting events for the American people, for the media to be there. And honestly, I think it'd be a great move for the Trump administration to ban anybody who's criticizing this ballroom from any event. At the ballroom. I think it'd be pretty funny.
- [44:53]
Steve Gruber
Or bring them in and show them how nice it is and then just let them sit there in silence. Monica, nice seeing you today. Greatly appreciate it. Thank you.
- [45:02]
Monica Page
Thanks, Steve.
- [45:04]
Steve Gruber
All right, don't go anywhere. America's Voice Live will continue in a moment.
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- [47:16]
Leon Neyfak
When I told people I was making a podcast about Benghazi, nine times out of ten they called me a masochist. Rolled their eyes or just Asked why.
- [47:27]
Steve Gruber
Benghazi, the truth became a web of lies.
- [47:30]
Leon Neyfak
It's almost a dirty word, one that connotes conspiracy theory.
- [47:34]
Steve Gruber
Will we ever get the truth about the Benghazi massacre?
- [47:37]
Leon Neyfak
Bad faith, political warfare, and frankly, bullshit.
- [47:41]
Steve Gruber
We kill the ambassador just to cover something up. You put two and two together.
- [47:46]
Leon Neyfak
Was it an overblown distraction or a sinister conspiracy?
- [47:50]
Steve Gruber
Benghazi is a Rosetta Stone for everything that's been going on for the last 20 years.
- [47:58]
Leon Neyfak
I'm Leon Naifak from Prologue Projects and Pushkin Industries. This is Fiasco Benghazi.
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Commercial Announcer
What difference at this point does it make?
- [48:07]
Steve Gruber
Yes, that's right. Lock her up.
- [48:09]
Leon Neyfak
Listen to Fiasco Benghazi on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
- [48:18]
Steve Gruber
Well, since their introduction, tariffs have been a hot button issue, as you well know, especially for those on the left. It's like their hair's on fire. But another factor has to do with many big box stores foisting added cost onto their customers in order to cover the cost of imports and other goods instead of implementing some sort of workaround and not jack the prices up. The current figures. Note that customers are seeing an added 35% increase in some places in spending, with estimates pointing to those figures climbing as high as 55% depending on the product. Which paints a real issue because we've got Black Friday coming. If anybody pays attention to that anymore, you've got Christmas coming. Some experts say that isn't the case, though. Here with me to discuss this is the CEO of Burner Technologies and a former police captain, Brian Gans. Brian, nice to see you here today. Look, are they just taking advantage of the headlines by saying, oh, everybody thinks the tariffs are pushing things up and pushing prices up higher than they have to, or are these legitimate? What are your thoughts?
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Brian Gans
You know, Steve, I can't speak for other companies, but we have not raised our prices at all. And honestly, the tariffs have not had significant impact on what we're doing. We currently produce 92% of the components that go into our non lethal handguns right here in the United States. Last year, under the Biden administration, only 32% of our products were produced in the United States. But President Trump was clear about what he was going to do when he got into office. And as it became apparent that he was going to win, we started moving a lot of our production from offshore back to the United States. And what we've discovered is not only are we able to produce everything here in the United States, so all these people that you're talking about who are running around with their hair on fire saying we don't have the manufacturing capability in the U.S. i call BS on that. We absolutely do. But we've not seen a cost increase. In fact, while there may be some minor, minor increases in the component costs, the soft savings we have in terms of not having to have products sit on the water for 90 days, the ability to get a much higher quality product from a U.S. manufacturer and having lower reject rates has actually brought our cost structure down.
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Steve Gruber
So let me ask you this, Brian, as this happens, and I applaud you for you guys finding ways to bring the products onshore. Have you hired more people? Has employment gone up at your company?
- [50:53]
Brian Gans
Yeah, first off, we've been growing quite a bit. You know, we make non lethal handguns and this is a growing market in America. And if any of your audience wants to go Visit it, it's Burna.com www by RNA.com but as we're growing, we are hiring a lot more employees. We closed down our ammunition factory in South Africa, packed it up lock, stock and barrel and brought it to the United States. That factory has 23 employees. But it's a virtuous circle because what happens is not only are we hiring more people, but we are giving a lot more business to companies right here in the U.S. machining companies, metal injection molding companies, plastic injection molding companies. So we're hiring more people and we're giving more business to American companies and they are hiring more people.
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Steve Gruber
Yeah. Brian, not to dismiss the value of your product and it is booming. But in South Africa, my visits there, I would want a lethal handgun. All right? That just means from my experience in South Africa. But that's an aside to the conversation. Your product is booming because people want the ability to defend themselves and maybe they don't want it on their conscience. So it's a. I applaud you for that. And you're not the only one. A lot of people are on shoring. You see the investments coming in trillions of dollars of investment because of the tariffs. Because Donald Trump is resetting the economic stage globally, isn't he?
- [52:24]
Brian Gans
He is. And I got asked an interesting question two nights ago on a radio show. What would happen if the tariffs went away? And I said, look, I don't think it's going to go back overseas. I think what people are realizing is that one, you can produce here in the United States, two, it is not more expensive to produce here in the United States. And three, you're having customers that are saying we want to buy an American product. So it is kind of a win, win, win situation. And I think the president has sort of paved the way for a long term, not a short term shift, but a long term shift to US Manufacturing.
- [53:02]
Steve Gruber
Yeah, you know, look, the boom of China, the big move for American manufacturers began in the late 90s and look, people made a lot of money doing that. But what happened is we became too dependent, too beholden on China and that's why we have to get out of there or a number of other countries as well, like the ones you mentioned. It is time to come back to America. And I think you're right. I don't think they're going to leave again because the environment here is going to be better. You won't have supply chain issues and concerns. You're going to be able to manufacture. And as you said, higher quality, a lower reject rate. That's really critical. I'll give you the last word.
- [53:39]
Brian Gans
Yeah, look, I think that this is a long term trend. We are very, very proud to be part of the reshoring of manufacturing to the United again. I really appreciate what you're doing here, Steve.
- [53:53]
Steve Gruber
Thank you so much. Brian. Thank you for being here and continued success of you, my friend.
- [53:58]
Brian Gans
Thank you very much.
- [54:01]
Steve Gruber
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- [57:34]
Leon Neyfak
When I told people I was making a podcast about Benghazi, nine times out of ten they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes or just asked why Benghazi?
- [57:46]
Tom Norton
The truth became a web of lies.
- [57:48]
Leon Neyfak
It's almost a dirty word, one that connotes conspiracy theory.
- [57:52]
Steve Gruber
Will we ever get the truth about.
- [57:53]
Leon Neyfak
The Benghazi massacre, bad faith, political warfare, and frankly, bullshit.
- [57:59]
Steve Gruber
We kill the ambassador just to cover something up. You put two and two together.
- [58:04]
Leon Neyfak
Was it an overblown distraction or a sinister conspiracy?
- [58:08]
Steve Gruber
Benghazi is a Rosetta Stone for everything that's been going on for the last 20 years.
- [58:16]
Leon Neyfak
I'm Leon Neyfak from Prologue Projects and Pushkin Industries. This is Fiasco Benghazi.
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Commercial Announcer
What difference at this point does it make?
- [58:25]
Steve Gruber
Yes, that's right. Lock her up.
- [58:27]
Leon Neyfak
Listen to Fiasco Benghazi on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
- [58:39]
Steve Gruber
All right. What makes America wonderful? We do it every day or most days, I should say, with the hope that you can leave this hour with a smile on your face. Today's story comes to us from the Florida Keys, where conservationists helped to ensure an American alligator received proper medical attention after having been speared and shot. Tough fella. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recounts that they received a call regarding a wounded animal near mile marker 101, and officers arrived on the scene. They found an 8 foot gator splayed out. The reptile was promptly transported to the zoo in Miami, facilities where the head veterinarian immediately treated the poor animal by removing the spear lodged behind its skull and removed the bullet stuck between its eyes. Somebody just failed miserably or this alligator had the grace of God with him that day. Since this species of alligator is endangered, the FWC is offering $1,000 and calling for Floridians to provide any information they have regarding the incident. And they also report the alligator is in stable condition thanks to Zoom Miami's efforts. He's gonna do fine. As far as what makes America wonderful, we celebrate the conservationists who show genuine care and empathy for an animal, regardless of species. If they're in peril, that's a good story. Leave you with a smile. Okay, here's the question of the day. What are your thoughts on President Trump's decision to sever trade negotiations with Canada? Oh, Canada. John Hogan says Canada keeps poking the bear when they get any offer. Then they've been protectionists for most of their history. He should just shut the tariffs and leave it. Okay, you're raised. It's about time. I've been watching the commercials for weeks. What's worse is it paired with California to promote a lie. One can look at this as an attack on our republic. Patriot 1776 says, the only thing that matters to me right now is I want accountability. We the people, voted to drain the swamp Our DOJ and FBI slow rolling everything. Well, it's a little off topic, but I appreciate your input. I am the Wolf Man. I bet he's fun. On a Friday night, FAFO Canada took a page from the Commie rats playbook and lied, lied, lied. Now the misbehaving children are getting their time out. Laugh out loud. All right, fair enough. If you'd like to participate and I encourage you to do so, follow me on all the social media platforms, Truth getter x, Facebook, wherever the questions are posted there every day, you can answer and I'll call your name out right here. You just have to follow me on social media. We'll do it. And maybe you can be the next hero right here on the program. All right. The next year on this network is Eric Bolling. He's standing by to take the baton. Bowling. How are you? There he is, folks.
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Eric Bolling
Good market day so far. But Steve, the big. Did you do the NBA scandal? Oh my gosh. You see what's going on? Mind boggling.
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Steve Gruber
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Hold on, hold on. There's no scandal. Stephen A. Smith says the only scandal is Donald Trump attacking the NBA. Are you kidding me?
- [61:42]
Eric Bolling
That's, it's incredible. This is going to be the best movie ever, ever made. I mean, think Goodfellows is a good movie. We have the Gambino family, the crime boss families. You have the NBA. You have people inside the locker room leaking to the betting sites so that the betting sites can skew the line. And then you have people at a poker table, hundreds of thousands, millions of dollars at these poker high network.
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Steve Gruber
If I understand this right. Well, they had some sort of like an X ray machine or something that they could figure out what the car. I mean, hell is this.
- [62:15]
Eric Bolling
They had the shufflers shuffling the cards. They can pull the, the face cards out of a shuffle deck when they want.
- [62:20]
Steve Gruber
Right.
- [62:21]
Eric Bolling
Fine, easy. They also had tables that could read the cards. If you put your cards down. They could read it from this way. People wearing, were wearing contact lenses that could read the backs of marked cards and, and NBA players are sitting with these suckers. They're just sitting amongst these suckers. They put the NBA players at the table so that rich, rich dudes come in there. I want to, I want to play.
- [62:43]
Brian Gans
Poker with an NBA.
- [62:45]
Steve Gruber
Right.
- [62:45]
Eric Bolling
And just all the money goes right in. Yeah, it's amazing.
- [62:48]
Steve Gruber
And Stephen A. Smith says it's. Stephen A. Smith says it's Donald Trump's fault. Give me a break. Here's the thing that breaks my heart. Bowling because you're a sports guy. Chauncey Billups, I mean, he was the Pistons. We don't get a lot of championships in Michigan. He won the championship in 2004, I think it was. Right with the Pistons. Come on, now. It's killing me.
- [63:05]
Eric Bolling
Hall of famer, 17 years in the NBA and just. Just threw it all away. And the question was, he was coaching Portland Trail Blazers, was he holding some of his better players, you know, out of the game so that they wouldn't run up the score? Because maybe they was told to keep it on the under, not the over.
- [63:24]
Steve Gruber
Here's a quick story. When I was a teenager, a good friend of mine's dad, he said, gruber, you know what your customers are doing right this second? The exact same thing. You are listening to me. Which, let's be honest, is kind of flattering. But my point Is, ads on iHeartRadio actually get heard in the car, at the gym, on the couch, while people are walking their dogs. Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy? You're a good boy.
- [63:48]
Brian Gans
That's right, dude.
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Steve Gruber
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Leon Neyfak
People I was making a podcast about Benghazi, nine times out of ten, they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked, why Benghazi?
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Tom Norton
The truth became a web of lies.
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Leon Neyfak
From prologue projects and Pushkin Industries. This is Fiasco Benghazi.
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Leon Neyfak
Listen to Fiasco Benghazi on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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