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Little bump after the the betting. Although I did win last night. We finally won a bet last night. We, we took the, we took the one point and we took, we took Philadelphia in Green Bay and thank goodness that he that kind of missed the field goal at the end. Always good to have you on group. We're good talking to you, my friend. We'll see you again tomorrow. Enjoy your Veterans Day. All right folks, four o' clock markets have closed. Let's take a look. DOW had a monster day. Just had a huge up 536 points. 546 as we speak. It's still going up. S P up not much in the nasdaq. Interestingly down. I think a lot of the AI trade was moving out of the NASDAQ into some of the the old school Dow stock, so to speak. Gold continues this tear. It's on 4 third $4136 to the ounce. One single ounce. I saw silver over $50 an oun. Oil up $0.81. Not helpful. And this is just baffling to me. I just can't figure this out. Bitcoin after having a nice day yesterday, gave a lot of it back back down to 102 and change. No one can figure out what's going on. There's either a lot of shorts pushing that market down, trying to shake out the week longs as they say, or there's just fundamentally lack of buying right now. I just do, I'm a believer in that bitcoin though. I think we're going to see a 130, 140,000 print by the end of this year. All right, let's bring in our first guest, the former Navy SEAL in the Joint Special Operations Command, best selling author of the Talent War, How Special Operations and Great Organizations Win on Talent. And he's the host of the Everyday Warrior podcast. Happy to have Mike Sorelli with us again. Mike, always good to have you on, my friend. Secretary of War Pete Heck. Seth has completely turned around the military since taking over. He says the motto of his first platoon is those who long for peace must prepare for war. First of all, do you agree with that? Number one? And let's just weigh in on what's going on with this massive influx of inscription of people signing up to join the military. Finally, again, your thoughts.
Mike Sorelli
This is the Trump and Hagseth effect. We are seeing a military that feels the pride and the nationalism again. And that's why kids are flooding in especially. That is why I'm so bullish this Veterans Day on the future of our youth to step up and say, here am I, send me. You know, I would say the fact that they hit the 2026 numbers in these last few months of 2025 is an indicator of that, of the pride in our nation, in the youth wanting to serve. But what Pete Hagseth has done is he's restored the military to standards. He's gotten rid of these social experiments. This absolute nonsense and BS that it was was counterintuitive to the hallmark of the military, which is lethality. That's what, that's what we exist to do. And the stronger we are, the stronger we appear, you will see more peace and stability across the world.
Eric Bolling
You know, Mike, I. I just. I hearkened back just a couple of years ago, under Joe Biden, we had. I don't know if we have the pictures. Do we have the pictures of the Secretary of the Navy, a dude in women's clothes? You had the guy who was working with the nuclear program, also a guy in women's clothes. There's. There's one of them, you know, and then I remember, I think we have this guy. So we have that sound bite of General Millie Humiliation we used to call him. I don't being apologetic for being white Watch. Oh, we don't have it. I'm sorry, we don't have that. Anyway, he said, I'm quoting. I thought we had a sound. But he says, I want to understand white rage and I'm white and I want to understand that. General Mark Milley said that as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Mike, tell us about the difference in four years of where they were, the military was then and now.
Mike Sorelli
This is the multiverse. Two completely different militaries. I actually feel robbed from my 20 years of service. I wish I had a Secretary of war like this. That restored us to accountability and standards. And, you know, I think. And I actually did a segment with Pete on Fox where we talked about the status of the military for one hour. And at the very end, I said, we need to institute a military culture exclusion act. That prevents future administrations from enacting these social experiments and things that are counter to the military culture. The military culture is about conformity. That's just one of the things we still pride ourselves on, on individual personalities. But you have to be able to conform to standards and the transgender policy and trying to force women into. To combat mos. It wastes nothing but time. Not to say that women don't fill vital roles like the combat pilots, but when you're trying to push them into the SEAL teams, which none have gotten in and none have passed, we are just wasting time and the focus of training the soldiers that do make it through to be the very best at closing with the enemy and destroying them. Everything else is a distraction. And I'm telling you, in. In our line of work, we are serious people. We don't have time for that nonsense.
Eric Bolling
Do you think this, that whole push of DEI was the reason why people weren't signing up? I mean, what would. How do they. Did they really think that. That dudes are going to sign up for the military when they were going to have, you know, gay and lesbian people kind of in the showers with them and all? I wouldn't want to do it either.
Mike Sorelli
DEI didn't work in the private sector. It's definitely not going to. It wasn't a fit in the military. Again, we don't care if you're black or white, straight or gay, man or woman, best person for the job. Bottom line, if you can meet the standard and exceed the standards, you've got a spot on our team. If not, we are not going to make exceptions for somebody just because they're a female or a different ethnic, ethnicity or race. That doesn't work when you are on the battlefield and you're depending on the person to your left and to your right to do their job and cover your sex. And if there's any doubt because they made it through with some exception to standards, that erodes uni cohesion and that's what gets people killed. And that's what's crazy. Hey, we are a military led by civilian leadership. But at the end of the day, if you've not served in the military, if you've not served in combat, I would just say tread lightly with regards to our culture and trying to enact policies that just don't fit the military and what we're trying to do.
Eric Bolling
I have to ask you this because I remember even going back to the Obama era, they, for whatever reason, the Democrat president just has this different idea of what our military should be what we should be doing. I'll go back to the Bow Bergdahl trade, where Barack Obama traded five of the most deadly terrorists that we had at Gitmo for Bowe Bergdahl, who walked off, walked away from camp. We lost one or two soldiers looking for Bob. He walked away. In his journal, he said he was against war. We lost one or two soldiers looking for him, and yet we traded to get that guy back. Five of the most dangerous terrorists at Gitmo. And then there was Brittney Griner, also traded to Russia for one of the most lethal people on earth as far as knowing weaponry and guns, for Brittney Griner, who came back and had some sort of issue with America when she got back, and she's a lesbian WNBA player. This wouldn't happen with Pete Hegseth, would it?
Mike Sorelli
No. And those two examples are almost like apples and oranges, you know, Boberg doll, despite his actions. And I had a teammate from my former unit who was severely injured trying to. To rescue him in the initial days. He walked off the base. You know, at the end of the day, he's a soldier. We're going to get him home. And that was unfortunate that we had to trade five terrorists that, that probably are on the battlefield now, you know, wrecking havoc and hopefully don't have American blood on their hands. Brittney Griner, anti American woman. That one, that one hurts. And then to come back and still be disrespectful to the greatest nation on earth, that. That sucks. But with, with Pete in power, it's almost like there's logic and common sense again. There's none of that nonsense that we discussed earlier. And he only cares about peace through strength, which is proven. Eric, I'm telling you, especially in, you know, I deployed mostly in the Middle East. They respect one thing, and that is power. Even UBL said it. People see a strong horse, people see a weak horse, and by nature, they're attracted to the strong horse. We have to be that strong horse that nobody wants to mess with. And that's the perception and the known capability and capacity of our US Military that prevents people from starting wars like the Russian Ukraine war, which happened under the Biden administration. And it most likely would not have happened if Trump was in office.
Eric Bolling
One quick one before we get to your book. Very quickly, the. This idea of blowing up these narco terrorists in the water, in foreign seas. You for that. Are you against that?
Mike Sorelli
Good. Absolutely. You know, what has it been? 1.5 million Americans have been killed by Illicit drugs. We had enough fentanyl come across the border in 2024 to kill 15 times the population of the U.S. guys, we've been at war with, with the cartels for 30 years and no president has done a thing about it. This is a direct threat to the sovereignty in the livelihood of our American people. Take them out. You'll have nothing but support from me and most of my peers.
Eric Bolling
Yeah. My only concern is that if there happens to be, God forbid, there's a mistake and you lose all the upside, you just lose the world. The whole world will look the other. It's a very, very risky. Risky. When it's pursued correctly, it's, it's great. But the one that's war.
Mike Sorelli
Yeah, that's. Well, these are a byproduct and I understand.
Eric Bolling
You understand you're talking to someone who lost a son to fentanyl poisoning. I, I have. I just, I'm just concerned. Not that we're not killing narco terrorists or killing him. We're not killing. I'm concerned that if there is a mistake, if there, God forbid, there's a civilian on one of those boats, we will. We've lost all the upside. And that's, that's what I just don't want for, for this administration and their effective war on, on the drugs coming into the country. So, Mike, very quickly, you're. You talk about in your book Effective Leaders and you know, tell us about what it takes and how the military is. Is actually really at the, at the spearhead of this.
Mike Sorelli
There's no other organization in the world that can change the constitution of a man or woman within three months. Something we call Officer Candidate school or boot camp. It is a leadership incubator. My 20 years, I've served with some of the best leaders. You're talking about men and women that have the highest composure and emotional range under the most severe conditions. The ability to motivate and inspire teams directing towards a goal and then provide the resources and clear the obstacles out of their way. And that's what military leaders coming out of the military bring to the private sector. And that's why they, you know, veterans are a great hire. Veteran CEOs are a disproportionate number amongst Fortune 500s. It's been proven. Even our nation's leaders from George Washington to Eisenhower to Kennedy, all military leaders who got their foundation by serving in the military. And Eric, this is why I will always tell the youth, go serve. Because not only are you going to learn a lot, it is just the Best of times surrounded by you do.
Eric Bolling
Get prepared for the real world very, very quickly in the military. Mike Sorelli, thank you so much for your time. Appreciate it. And go get that book, folks. Thank you.
Mike Sorelli
Happy Veterans Day.
Eric Bolling
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Oscar L. Blue Ramirez
Well, it has been a hard week. It has Been a really difficult week in Mexico. He was brutally assassinated during this week. Several political figures have been assassinated. And the violence keeps escalating. And what has been happening in Mexico is that the people are completely upset. You know, the cartel and the organized crime are, you know, they're doing this. And the actual government, it is only releasing statements saying that it's illegal. The president of Mexico said that it was illegal to go against a war against the cartels.
Eric Bolling
That basically tells us, stop it, stop there, stop there, stop there. Say that again. The Sheinbaum has said it's illegal for the government to go again. Tell us about that.
Oscar L. Blue Ramirez
Yes, it was a. Statements and it was a completely shocker after the mayor, Carlos Mansell, was assassinated on the next morning conference, they were pressuring her to go to war against the cartels, and she said, it is illegal to go to war against the cartels. We knew that that kind of response was going to come, but we did not know that she was going to be that blunt to say it. And. And it actually tells you who runs the country.
Eric Bolling
Is there any sort of constitutional edict that says you can't go after cartel.
Oscar L. Blue Ramirez
Criminal cartels, it is not illegal to go against them. You know, these people are decapitating, dismembering. These people are extortion and kidnapping. What is illegal about them that it doesn't make the Mexican citizens to demand? We need security. We need this catastrophe and this crisis to end. And because of that, there is going to be a massive protest on the 15th of November. You know, the people are sick and tired, Eric. There are extremely exhaustive, extremely tired about this.
Eric Bolling
The gentleman we just had up there, he was murdered by the cartels. I'm told he was found in. His body was in a car, but his head was on top of the.
Oscar L. Blue Ramirez
Decapitated. Yeah, decapitated. There was a message, you know, specifically, it hasn't been the first one that they do this. And, you know, this is why Donald Trump designated the cartels as terrorists. This is what they do. If they want to really send a message to politicians that they are not aligned with the policies or what the cartel really wants, how to run a state, how to run a city, they will do this kind of things and they will send a message to the next one that is potentially going to take place on, you know, on possession of whatever municipal city they're governing.
Eric Bolling
All right, let's take a look at another one you have here, folks. Control room. What we have another picture of another person who's murdered, also working for the Government. Tell us about this one, guys. The john with the head.
Oscar L. Blue Ramirez
Yes. He was just a public servant in the municipal city in Mexico and he got intercepted outside of his home by armed men and he tried to, you know, he was pushing and shoving with them and he got shot in front of his home. He got killed and assassinated. This was two days after, two days after Carlos Manzo was assassinated. The mayor of Uruba. And this is another public servant of our country of Mexico that has been assassinated in less than a week.
Eric Bolling
And then we have a third one. Let's take a look at this woman, guys. Put the picture up. Pleased. Who is she?
Oscar L. Blue Ramirez
Guadalupe Urban. She is a councilwoman in our country of Mexico. She also. Exactly the same armed men appeared outside of her home and she was forced to get into a car and then later on was brutally shot in the middle of the street and her body was left lifeless on the side of the road. Later on she was found by the authorities and pronounced dead. All the people that they have shown the cities are really concerned of the level of violence, of how they're going to increase. And let me just highlight something real quick, Eric. The former mayor that got assassinated, Carlos Manzo, his wife stepped into the plate and now she is the mayor ours as she is stepped into the plate and become the mayor of. She received two death threats, immediate death threats to tell her if you don't, you know, if you don't just stop, we will go after you immediately.
Eric Bolling
You told, you mentioned this earlier. This coming Saturday, November 15th, Mexico City. There's a big, what is it? A pro. I mean you gotta be a little gutsy to show up at one of these protests and tell us about it.
Oscar L. Blue Ramirez
Yes, the Gen Z. This is why the president of Mexico is extremely upset. These are young kids that they are tired. This is the generation, the young generation that they're sick and tired about the extortioning, the kidnapping. One thing that I want to highlight, Eric, it is that all entrepreneurs and businesses now they're not only thinking about how much they're going to spend on rent, how much they're going to spend on workers, but also they are putting on their, on their weekly payment, how much they're going to pay off extortion. And this is the number one reason why they are sick and tired. There's going to be a massive protest nationwide, the majority of the states of our country of Mexico, around 11:00 Central Time they're going to go out and protest. These are just young men that they're sick and tired of the situation in our country and the president constantly it is going on our morning conference, decreasing the level of information saying that this is a paid propaganda from the right wing political parties. It is a pay propaganda from Salinas Pliego that is a candidate possibly for the next, you know, presidential elections. And she's completely upset about this because she never thought that the young man will go out and protest against her.
Eric Bolling
Oscar, Lily Tyler who came on the show was very vocal. I've seen her on Fox and other places as well. She should she fear for her life. And by the way, you, my friend, I mean I keep telling you every time we need you to be careful. Sounds a lot like when you had those two armed thugs show up at your neighborhood.
Oscar L. Blue Ramirez
It's exactly the same copy paste of motor operandi. What they do, they don't, they don't let you know that they're coming. They just appear at the front gate and they just, you know, they do what they have to do. And talking about the senator, the Mexican hero Lilithe as well, she has been really outspoken. She has been the number one that has been more outspoken senator against the Carters. And obviously she has a lot of protection from, you know, from the government that she has asked and also personal protection for her to continue to exercise a political career and ultimately to expose the dirty politicians that they are within our Senate and our Congress.
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That.
Oscar L. Blue Ramirez
That is the real cartel, Eric. That is the one that we got to get rid of.
Eric Bolling
You're here, Oscar. Please be safe. Please be safe, you and your family. Oscar Ramirez, El Blue. Thank you guys.
Oscar L. Blue Ramirez
Thank you so much. Eric.
Eric Bolling
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Interviewer/Host
The criticism of the content, which was basically that maybe specifically in this political climate, like white people shouldn't joke about genetic superiority like that was kind of like the criticism broadly speaking. And since you are talking about this. I just wanted to give you an opportunity to talk about that specifically. I think that when I have an issue that I want to speak about, people will hear.
Eric Bolling
Sad that we have to call this moment for what it is. It's a standout, iconic moment. A celebrity is told to bend the knee, to apologize and kiss the hand of the woke mob and she refuses to relent. That's the way it should be. And if that makes a an actress, Sydney Sweeney a legend of sorts, so be it. By now, we've all heard about the woke uproar. Correct American Eagle makes a jeans ad with a rising star, Sydney Sweeney. The ad, in a play on words, flirts with Good Genetics jeans. Good Genetics similar ad was run over 40 years ago featuring Brooke Shields. And of course, all these years later, in the aftermath of the American Eagle ad featuring Sydney Sweeney, suddenly the woke left is in an uproar over that ad too. Except here's the catch. America no longer gives a crap what Hollywood thinks, and the woke mob just doesn't hold any of the power it once did over the American people. That was so last year. In just one of many such reactions to the controversy, here's what former Black Lives Matter activist Xavier derosa, now member of the conservative movement, had to say this summer when the American Eagle ad appeared. And I'm quoting, as a proud black man, I see nothing wrong with Sydney Sweeney and American Eagle parading her good jeans slash jeans celebrating blue eyes and blonde hair isn't white supremacy. Those are conventionally attractive good genes. That doesn't mean they're the only good jeans, however. So the ad comes out. American Eagle issues zero apologies for it. The stock source. Everyone gets over it, right? America is a little less woke, right? Well, not so much as we all know, one way or another, the woke mob will have to be right. They must know and they must kowtow and bend the knee to them or they will never be happy. So Sydney Sweeney sits down for an interview with GQ magazine and is offered up her first opportunity to repent for her somehow sins. You know, of just appearing in a jeans ad, nothing else. And this is a masterclass. After a bit of back and forth pleasantries, back and forth, the jeans ad comes up. This way.
Interviewer/Host
I'm literally in jeans and a T shirt like every day of my life. Jeans are uncontroversial. Jeans are awesome. You look great in your jeans. I think I know how you're going to answer this, but I'm going to ask anyway. I mean, the president tweeted about the jeans ad or Truth Social about the jeans ad. And that just seems to me.
Caller/Guest
Like.
Interviewer/Host
A very crazy moment for anyone. And I wondered what that was like. It was surreal. It was surreal.
Eric Bolling
Okay, so first of all, you can see the interview is already setting Sydney Sweeney up right there. Jeans are uncontroversial. They're so uncontroversial. And then she goes in for it. Right. They wanted so badly for Sweeney to react to the President's comments to the jeans ad, to say anything that could be used against her. But wisely, she neither praised him nor Slam Trump. That was brilliant. Keeps her thoughts on the issues to herself. Respectable to say the least. But don't worry, our GQ messenger of Woke still has work to do and she does so in such a conniving way by praising her for exactly what I just praised her for, but she just buttered her up and went in for the kill watch.
Interviewer/Host
You've made a really good case for keeping your thoughts and your life separate from that work. But the risk is that, you know, there's a chance that somebody will get some idea about what you think about certain issues and feel like, I don't want to see Christy because of that. Like, do you worry about that? No.
Eric Bolling
Nope. She's not worried at all, actually. And that's what's frankly been missing from Hollywood. It's beyond refreshing. Rare and refreshing.
Interviewer/Host
You've made a really good case for keeping your thoughts and your life separate from that work. But the risk is that, you know, there's a chance that somebody will get some idea about what you think about certain issues and feel like, I don't want to see Christy because of that. Like, do you worry about that?
Eric Bolling
Well, the set up sweetie isn't biting and I guess she tries to go for it one more time.
Interviewer/Host
The criticism of the content, which was basically that maybe specifically in this political climate, like white people shouldn't joke about genetic superiority. Like that was kind of like the criticism, broadly speaking. And since you are talking about this, I just wanted to give you an opportunity to talk about that specifically. I think that when I, I have an issue that I want to speak.
Eric Bolling
About, people will hear, well, that's how it's done. Sydney Sweeney recognized the trap immediately and refused to take the bait. It's a master class in responding to the Woke mob that believes they're smarter and more righteous than everyone else around him. Think about it. The interviewer all but threatened her first with that nonsense about don't worry that by not saying anything you're hurting your bottom line. Are you worried? No. Sydney Sweeney was like, no, no, no, sorry. Swats her away. Then she basically says, we're giving you one last chance to say something or else.
Interviewer/Host
And Sidney says, I think that when I have an issue that I want to speak about, people will hear.
Eric Bolling
Good for you. Sydney Sweeney's Just be responses beyond politics is about not relenting to their constant need to be the pinnacle of correctness. Submit to us or else. That's what they like. Bottom line. We all know that that ad wasn't promoting white supremacy. Obviously the people pretending to be mad about it don't generally believe it was promoting white supremacy. They're just trying to turn someone into their villain of the week so they can jump on the bandwagon of condemning them and virtual signaling them like we've seen them do over and over and over for the past 20 years. Since we all know that's what this is all about, Sidney Sweeney is doing the right thing by refusing to apologize. She knows that if she does, people will see that as an admission of some sort of guilt and then it will be like blood in the water for the woke left mob. Don't apologize to them. You want a windmill to tilt that? You don't want to do that. Kudos to Sweeney. That's how it's done. We'll be right back.
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I'm telling you.
Eric Bolling
You know, lady, you had no game. Trump didn't take you off your game and strategy. You had no strategy and you had no game. That was the bottom line. And by the way, I just saw a poll. She's leading the leading candidate for 2028 on Democrats. Wow, that would be great. Can't make this stuff up. Gavin Newsom flew over 5,000 miles to Brazil for the annual global climate conference. I said in Brazil so he could increase his carbon footprint and pretend along with his fellow globalist, that there's a some sort of climate crisis after here in Houston, you're heading to Brazil for the UN Climate conference. You'll be the highest profile or the highest level US Official because the Trump administration's not sending anyone. Are you standing in for the president or are you just representing California? What is your role? Standing in for my kids and grandkids, for common sense, for, you know, our economic future. I mean, climate risk is, you know, fundamentally financial risk. It's a cost of living issue. Ask anyone in, you know, places like the coast of New Jersey or down in Florida. Ask folks in Louisiana or in my home state, Cal. Yeah, okay, so he flies over there, like literally dumps tons of carbon dioxide into the environment. They all did. Such a joke, by the way. For the record, you global warming freaks, it was 44 degrees when I woke up this morning in South Florida. And of course, when they give him the stage to lie, he does so as he always does, without a single shred of irony. The likely 2028 presidential candidate, if he can beat Kamala Harris, well, he can't help but lie through his teeth, even though the facts are that they're available to everyone to tell him differently. But he just cannot handle the real facts. Listen, California has moved away from goal setting. It's not interesting to us anymore. We're already there. We're also at a point where I can also lay claim to this. There's not one goal the state of California has ever set that we haven't achieved and did so early. We've, we've, we've proven the climate change hoax is in fact a hoax. It's all about taking government money and giving it to researchers and scientists who say the globe is warming. You know what it's all also about? It's about the United States. If they, if they ever get involved in this climate pact, this global climate pact, we're going to be forking the bill for all the climate, all the stupid solar panels around the world for the countries that can't afford it. Yeah, go to the United States, the richest country in the world. Go. Let's take their money and go retool these poor countries for bs. Green initiatives that don't work, number one, don't work here, number two, waste of money. That's all they want. It's always follow the money. That's what all these climate conferences are about. Who's getting whose money and when and how much of it. Despite the fact that it was his own failure in leadership and running his state, Gavin Newsom feels justified in blaming the catastrophic Palisades fire on, you guessed it, climate change. Home values will start to decline. You're seeing it across the spectrum right now in my state included, which is one of the most blessed and cursed states as it relates to climate. We're on the tip of the spear of climate change. Simultaneous droughts and simultaneous floods. The hots are getting a lot hotter, the dry is drier. You saw one of the most devastating wildfires in American history in the middle of winter in Los Angeles in January. Hundred mile hour winds attached to fire. And let's not forget that the state of California has plenty of water, but they divert hundreds of billions of gallons of water every day into the Pacific Ocean instead of using it for what they needed for, for fire and wildfire and saving neighborhoods. Trump had to come in and fix it. The federal government had to come in and fix California. How badly is that going to play? How badly is that going to play in 2028? I hope they use it. Democrats are doing cleanup on aisle nine this week, trying desperately to cover up that obvious truth that they reached precisely zero of their intended goals in shutting down the government to stand up to the President. Here's Maine Senator Angus King with his tail tucked firmly between his face. By the way, this guy did vote to reopen the government. Watch. You have to go back to what the strategy was at the beginning of the shutdown. There were two goals, both of which I support. One was standing up to Donald Trump.
Mike Sorelli
The other was getting some resolution on.
Eric Bolling
The ACA premium tax credit issue. The problem was the shutdown wasn't accomplishing either goals. And there was practically, well, there was zero likelihood, likelihood that it was going to. In terms of standing up to Donald Trump. The shutdown actually gave him more power. Exhibit A being what he's done with SNAP and SNAP benefits across the country. Oh, by the way, Joe, you're going to love this. Guess who's getting paid during the shutdown? Not the park rangers or air traffic controllers. The ICE agents. Yeah, exactly. Congress. Everyone knows, everyone knows that Democrats only use the government shutdown to curry favor with voters. And one of their very own, House Minority Whip Catherine Clark, admitted that Democrats don't really care about Americans suffering, even though I'm not sure she wanted to do that. I mean, shutdowns are terrible and, and of course there will be, you know, families that are going to suffer. We take that responsibility very seriously. But it is one of the few leveraged times we have. If, if it was all about reopening government and you're worried about families that were beginning to suffer or suffering or EBT cars were running out. Then why are so many people calling for the eight senators, the eight Democrat senators who voted with the Republicans to reopen the government. Why are they calling for their heads? If they were just concerned about opening the. They negotiated, they got what they wanted. The government's open. What's the problem here? You didn't want the government open. You wanted people to suffer. They're liars, all of them. Which makes it so ironic to see one of their own pundits say something like this on cnn. I know a lot of Republicans, I know a lot of Democrats, they're cut from different cloths. Democrats simply don't have the cold heartedness necessary to see people suffering. And that is an Navarro who claims to be a conservative or was a conservative. All another. Was it wolf in sheep's clothing? Is that what they call her? Them isn't it great to watch the left eat their own? Chucky Schumer makes their dreams come true, shuts down the government for leverage against the president, and the Republican Party accomplishes nothing, as expected, and now the left want to toss him aside. This is beautiful. There's no guarantee in this new deal that there's going to be a vote. There's no even commitment to have a vote. So the bottom line is the Democrats went into this after a blue wave out of. Of the American people saying, we do want the opposition. We, the working people, want the Democratic Party to fight for them. And now they just caved and surrendered. I think Chuck Schumer, his days are over. If he cannot put that. If he cannot keep his caucus together. If he cannot keep his caucus together, he needs to go. He needs to be.
Interviewer/Host
I completely disagree with you, Sonny.
Eric Bolling
For this reason, what you rattled off, the Republicans run the executive branch. Chucky Schumer is over, but not for that reason. Chuck didn't vote for it. He was railroaded by other people in the Democrat Party. John Fetterman voted to open the government. He's basically been voting with Republicans quite a bit lately. Dick Durbin, one of the most liberal senators in America, voted to reopen the government. Angus King did. A couple Northern senators from, from the Northeast voted. Had nothing to do with anything what they're saying. At some point, people realized that this wasn't about opening the government for the poor people or people who were suffering. It was about holding Trump hostage. That's all it was ever about. And thank goodness eight senators were smart enough to vote with the Republicans to reopen the government. Personally, I don't care if it reopened or not. I'm concerned that these CRs, these clean continuing resolutions, as they call them, they're just raising. They're making government bigger and bigger. And we're supposed to be applauding them for reopening government at a higher expenditure rate. It's terrible. Folks, get your budget together. Stop overspending. We're over $2 trillion overspending this year already. Here's Bernie Sanders admitting that Democrats are going to push more candidates. Like who? The socialist or communist Zoran Mamdani? Like we said here before, this is the new direction of the Democrat Party from left to extreme, far left, from Democrat to commies. So what we have got to do is go above and beyond what happened yesterday, that terrible, terrible vote, and understand that, yes, you are parts of the Democratic establishment who are way, way out of touch with where the American people are or where we have got to go. And our job is to build a political movement. We are doing it with the three candidates of the Senate. I expect more to come with many candidates in the House, candidates all over this country running for local office. We're going to build that movement, grassroots movement to do what Mamdani did in New York City, all over this country. Oh, are you Bernie? Are you? These, these nut jobs. These nut jobs. Remember, Bernie was the first Democrat, socialist. He called himself first. Then AOC jumped on board. Now you got the mom dummies. It's going to get ugly for them. It's going to get really, really ugly when they realized that Mamdani can do absolutely nothing. And I will bring it up again and again and again over the weekend when we saw the mosque, Times Square turned into a makeshift mosque. That's picture. That video speaks a thousand words. All right, folks, I'm going to thank you again. It's amazing you're subscribing at such a rate.125 times faster than any new YouTube show. It's incredible the number of subscribers you're subscribing. And drop droves. We have a huge guest on Thursday, two days from now, in the morning, big guest. Put up, put together a couple hundred million dollar business in a few years. Fascinating man. Everyone knows him. You'll know his name. I would like you to hear. Tell me who you think it is. You gotta subscribe first go to subscription. Either aim your phone at that QR code. You get a little yellow line again, we just press it again. Not for marketing, not ever going to charge you. Just get you into the front of the line. When you go on YouTube. You can also subscribe by going to YouTube.com EricBolling My name and the Edge. Eric Bowling the Edge. Hit, subscribe. Be part of this movement. It's not just a show. It's becoming a platform and a movement for men, for masculinity, for grit, perseverance. Getting up eight times when you've been knocked down seven. That's what it's all about, folks. Subscribe, please. Thank you. We'll be back. Two and a half minutes. You leave us. Great voice. You know what? Let's do this. Let's go into the control room. We have the control room cam as well. Mr. Ben, because you guys are amazing. I mentioned that Times Square, there is. There's Ben, there's. I can't really. I think that's Rashad. Ben Cole. I think in the back is Trish, the executive producer. Trish, we Have Matt, who's. I think he's off today. Drew was working all morning. What a great crew. Trish, Ben, Maryland. Maryland's in there as well. What a great crew. I mentioned the Times Square mosque. Makeshift Times Square mosque. And these guys get it right after the break. Look at this. This is Times Square over the weekend after Mamdani was elected their new mayor of New York City. They make Times Square a makeshift mosque. You think it's a one off? Think again, folks. All right, Ben, we got some voicemails, my friend.
Oscar L. Blue Ramirez
Yes, sir. We have a.
Eric Bolling
Let's see here.
Oscar L. Blue Ramirez
A viewer says we need to get them all out.
Caller/Guest
We need to get them all out. We need their kids out. We need them all out. And if somebody wants to talk to me about a freaking Mexican. I adopted a Mexican from Agua Prince, Sonora, Mexico, when he was three years old. His name's Carlos. And now he's 27, married with two kids. So if somebody white, liberal, has an issue, yeah, I can talk to them because I made the sacrifice to adopt a child from a foreign country and it just happened to be Mexico. So if you haven't done that, then don't try to say I'm prejudiced to kick their asses out of here. Because our educational systems getting torched. Because every kid, regardless of language, if they don't speak English, they have to get an interpreter. And then every other kid in the classroom, their education goes down, down, down. They're getting more stupid, unfortunately. And I'm telling you, Eric, I just hope you can get to some people that make some decisions, that can do some things.
Eric Bolling
Bro, you know, I think you. Listen, I don't think anyone would fault you for what you said, especially since what you did. I anecdotally, I have a young man who my wife and I put through college because he was a Cuban. We saw him, he was an immigrant. He didn't have a citizenship. He was a smart young kid. And, you know, we. We just took him under the wing and put him through college. And now he's waiting to sign his citizenship papers. He went to do it while the government shut down. The door is locked and said, we'll contact you later when it's time. And so his next opportunity. Sign. He will become an American citizen. They did it the right way. Took us a long time. Took money, took effort. And that's right. And I agree with you. You want to come over here? Great. America's wonderful open arms. We have so much opportunity here for people who do it the right way. When you do it the wrong way. You come over here illegally, you siphon off the assets and the resources of American citizens who. There's a certain amount of resources, and if you're doing it illegally, you're not accounted for. But if you're thrown into these classrooms or you're thrown into these hotels or EBT programs, you're taking resources from real American citizens who've done it the right way. Want to come over? Great. Just do it the right way. Mad Dog. I'm sorry, Benny.
Oscar L. Blue Ramirez
We have a viewer who says the government needs to start trimming their budget.
Caller/Guest
Yeah. Hey, Eric, you know what? Rah, rah. The government shutdown is done. But you know what irritates the heck out of me? That you know me, I worked in a private sector, and when my company either had to go through a period like, you know, having a temporarily lay people off because it couldn't pay them, I had to go apply for unemployment. I didn't sit there and wait and go, okay, you know what? Sometime later I'm gonna get my back pay so I could go play or do whatever. What the heck? Are government employees getting full back pay? They should have been applying for unemployment. I feel for the ones that are really doing their jobs. But you know what? This is nonsense. The government has to start trimming their budgets and acting like the private sector does, which is what President Trump is doing. I'm glad the shutdown over, but it's only temporary because they're gonna go start playing games again in December. This is nonsense. This has got to end.
Eric Bolling
Yeah, you're right. You're right, Sir. You are 100 right. I love the idea of getting the budget under control because it's insane. And they do it. Look, guys, you've been watching the show. People said, when's the shutdown going to end? I said, it's probably going to end the week of when Congress goes on vacation. And guess what happens at the end of the week? Congress has gone on vacation for four, the next five or six weeks. So they took these 54 days off, right? They, they're getting paid. And then they open the government up right before the next five, four week vacation. It's insane. The slime, the slime emanating from that swamp is incredible. And I call out both sides. I call it as you see them. Both sides are equally as bad. There's no one above what's going on in the very, very few of those swamp brats earn the respect certainly of this host. Betty, we got time for one more.
Oscar L. Blue Ramirez
Yep, we Got a quick one. This viewer is angry about the recent voting.
Caller/Guest
Hey, Eric. Brenda. I really am angry about this voting. How in God's name can you pick these horrible Democrats? Oh, Anyway, what I'm really angry about is these Republicans that don't fight. If they fought half as much as Trump did, they would all be elected. Makes them be sick.
Eric Bolling
Yeah, where we start with that? I'm an equal opportunity caller outer. I think the Republican, Mike Johnson, I know Trump likes him. In fact, I heard Trump today saying, Mike Johnson's a great speaker. I don't think he's that great. Call me crazy. I don't think he's that great. I. Their, their executive orders. For the first, I don't know, four months of Trump's presidency, he signed executive orders every day. They haven't codified any of them. Congress has to codify all those ideas that they've that Trump signs and pushes through. Mike Johnson doesn't bring it. Why? He's protecting the Republicans who won't vote for Trump policy. He's protecting Rhinos. For some reason, Trump still likes this guy. I don't, I don't like Thune. I don't like. We're done with the rhinos. It's America first. Mad Dog, are you on the prompter? Because all I see is Rams are the best in my prompter right now. Mad Dog is a huge Rams fan, if you didn't know, folks. And you know what? Ram's doing great this year. Wardog. War Dog. War Dog.
Interviewer/Host
This is an iHeart podcast.
Date: November 11, 2025
Host: Eric Bolling
Notable Guests: Mike Sorelli (Former Navy SEAL, Author), Oscar L. Blue Ramirez (RAV Border Correspondent)
This episode delivers a fast-paced, unfiltered review of current affairs through the lens of American values, patriotism, and skepticism toward mainstream narratives. Eric Bolling discusses financial markets, the revitalization of the U.S. military, border and cartel violence in Mexico, culture war flashpoints, climate change debates, and government shutdown politics. The show features in-depth conversations with guests Mike Sorelli and Oscar L. Blue Ramirez, listener voicemails, and sharp commentary on what Bolling sees as major challenges and hypocrisies facing America in 2025.
[00:35]–[01:31]
“I just do, I’m a believer in that Bitcoin though. I think we’re going to see a 130, 140,000 print by the end of this year.” – Eric Bolling [01:16]
Guest: Mike Sorelli
[01:31]–[12:13]
“He’s gotten rid of these social experiments. This absolute nonsense and BS that … was counterintuitive to the hallmark of the military, which is lethality.” – Mike Sorelli [02:55]
“The military culture is about conformity … the transgender policy and trying to force women into combat MOS wastes nothing but time.” – Mike Sorelli [04:48]
“DEI didn’t work in the private sector. … We don’t care if you’re black or white, straight or gay, man or woman. Best person for the job.” [06:06]
“Brittney Griner, anti-American woman. That one hurts … with Pete in power, it’s almost like there’s logic and common sense again.” – Mike Sorelli [08:04]
“Take them out. You’ll have nothing but support from me and most of my peers.” [09:38]
Sorelli highlights the military as an unmatched incubator for transformational leadership:
“There’s no other organization in the world that can change the constitution of a man or woman within three months … It is a leadership incubator.” [11:06]
Bolling concludes the segment by urging listeners to read Sorelli’s book and thanking him for his service.
Guest: Oscar L. Blue Ramirez
[17:05]–[23:27]
Ramirez reports on three political assassinations in one week in Mexico—mayors and public officials targeted, often decapitated.
“He was brutally assassinated during this week. Several political figures have been assassinated. And the violence keeps escalating.” – Oscar L. Blue Ramirez [17:05]
Mexican president’s administration criticized for announcing it’s “illegal” to go to war against cartels.
Ramirez is stunned by the open assertion:
“She said, it is illegal to go to war against the cartels. … It actually tells you who runs the country.” [17:47]
“The Gen Z. This is why the president of Mexico is extremely upset. These are young kids … sick and tired about the extortioning, the kidnapping.” [21:20]
Ramirez details risks faced by outspoken politicians and journalists:
“They don’t let you know that they're coming. They just appear at the front gate and they just, you know, they do what they have to do.” [22:42]
Bolling repeatedly urges Ramirez to stay safe.
[24:19]–[30:03]
“Sydney Sweeney recognized the trap immediately and refused to take the bait. It’s a master class in responding to the Woke mob …” – Eric Bolling [29:23]
“I think that when I have an issue that I want to speak about, people will hear.” [29:55]
“America no longer gives a crap what Hollywood thinks, and the woke mob just doesn’t hold any of the power it once did over the American people.” [24:45]
[32:42]–[38:46]
Gavin Newsom’s trip to the global climate conference in Brazil mocked as performative and hypocritical.
Bolling claims climate change is a pretense for seizing government funds and that U.S. taxpayers will bear the burden of “green” initiatives abroad:
“It’s all about taking government money and giving it to researchers and scientists who say the globe is warming.” [35:50]
Newsom’s statistics about California’s climate goals and the state’s water mismanagement called into question:
“They divert hundreds of billions of gallons of water every day into the Pacific Ocean … Trump had to come in and fix it.” [36:39]
[38:46]–[49:49]
Democrats are accused of using the shutdown for leverage against Trump, not actually caring about affected families.
“At some point, people realized that this wasn’t about opening the government for the poor people or people who were suffering. It was about holding Trump hostage. That’s all it was ever about.” – Eric Bolling [41:39]
Disarray on the left after several Democratic senators vote with Republicans to reopen the government.
Budget discipline and the wastefulness of government spending are recurring themes:
“Get your budget together. Stop overspending. We’re over $2 trillion overspending this year already.” [41:39]
[46:08]–[51:00]
Immigration & Education: Caller defends strict immigration policies, citing personal experience adopting a Mexican child and frustrations over classroom impacts of non-English speakers.
“If you haven’t done that, then don’t try to say I’m prejudiced to kick their asses out of here.” [46:13]
Government Budget & Shutdown: Callers demand government spending cuts and draw unfavorable comparisons to private sector workers.
“What the heck? Are government employees getting full back pay? They should have been applying for unemployment.” [48:36]
Republican Weakness: Frustration voiced over Republicans not fighting hard enough, with pointed criticism of Speaker Mike Johnson:
“I don’t like … We’re done with the rhinos. It’s America first.” [51:00]
On Military Culture:
“The military culture is about conformity … you have to be able to conform to standards.” – Mike Sorelli [04:48]
On Protest and Cartel Rule in Mexico:
“It actually tells you who runs the country.” – Oscar L. Blue Ramirez [17:47]
On Standing Up to “Woke Mob”:
“Sydney Sweeney recognized the trap immediately and refused to take the bait. It’s a master class in responding to the Woke mob …” – Eric Bolling [29:23]
On U.S. Climate Policy:
“It’s all about taking government money and giving it to researchers and scientists who say the globe is warming.” – Eric Bolling [35:50]
This episode of “Bolling on Real America’s Voice” is a mix of hard-hitting interviews, urgent warnings about threats from within and outside the country (from border security to cultural shifts), and celebration of resistance against social conformity and progressive norms. Through passionate commentary, personal stories, and pointed questions to guests and callers, Bolling delivers the show as a rallying cry for “real America” and its values.