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Hey everybody, you're watching Breaking Point on Real America's Voice News. I'm David Zier. Thank you for joining the RAV family today. I've got a super show for you today with Michael Pack, the director of of the last 600 meters. The battles of Najafa and Fallujah. It's just extraordinary. Buy it on Amazon today. It's about Najafa and Fallujah. Back in 04, right, we were taking a beating. The Marines were getting killed. 540 injured, like 70, I think killed just in Fallujah alone. But we took it back, right? And because of the political environment in Iraq, the Marines were stopped and they wanted to keep going because they could have, like, made a big dent and the insurgency. But then they were allowed to go in and they did wind up taking back these cities and getting rid of some of the Al Qaeda elements and foreign fighters. The Fedayeen in the Al Anbar province with the Sunnis, where Al Qaeda was killing the tribal leaders and they were like forcing people to fight. And then in the south with the Shia, with Maqtah Al Sada, who are killing Americans and killing innocent people on the ground. And the Marines took that back along with other branches in Najaf as well. It's a fascinating movie. You've got to watch it. It was. The footage is incredible. The camaraderie with our troops. You know, the last 600 meters was the difference. You know, you're safe on the ground with American military might in the, on the ocean, in the air, and when you have massive forces. But these Marines were in close quarter combat with bayonets and rifles against an insurgen, and they had to fight door to door and take back these cities. And it's a really gripping, moving story and to the heroism of these guys, regardless of the politics of the war. And Paul Bremer and General Abizaid and the US Afraid to let go and attack the mosque. Meanwhile, they were housing weapons and all kinds of fighters under Mqtada Al Sadr and Najaf and the Shiites. But the Marines prevailed there, the US Forces prevailed there. And it was just an incredible movie. You got to go get it Today, the last 600, the Battle of Najafa and Fallujah. Michael Pack will be with us, the director, later in the show. But I just got back from Florida. I was down there playing in the Warriors Choice foundation outing, and they did a really nice job at the Trump Jupiter Golf Club. And they had people there like Tito Ortiz and Elena Russifer. If you know Michelangelo, her painting is hanging in the White House of Trump. Trump uses it as his seal on the Truth Social post. And she's a very talented artist who emigrated out of communism and knows what it's like under Communist. She's a Brillian artist. And I played with veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq. One guy who was head of the hey Ho and the Halo jumps, jumping out of planes at 30,000ft and navigating 30 kilometers in the dark, opening the shoot four seconds into the jump and going 30 kilometers into their targets. And I played with this other guy, Brandon, who fought in Fallujah for the US Marines Just incredible people. The best people. The best people. It was a day before Veterans Day. Rudy Giuliani was there. He was just pardoned by Trump. Phenomenal day. But what's going on the ground in Florida? What's going on is that Florida construction is booming in southeast Florida. I mean, you got like 150 miles of coastline in southeast Florida from like Juneau beach or north of there all the way down to Miami and south. They're knocking down $180 million homes to build $180 million homes in their place. It's just amazing. But Mar a Lago is only worth $20 million, right? It's so ridiculous. Like a billion. A billion. Five maybe, you know, because every house that's going up down there on Palm Beach Isle is just massive. The money people getting out of New York, they call it the Mamdani migration. The phones are ringing from New York real estate brokers. People who want to leave. Small businesses are leaving. Restaurants are already saying they're not going to expand in New York City. Now, Florida is expensive, but there's no income tax. It's a homestead state. You can't take your house in a bankruptcy. I believe it stands your ground. You can carry a gun. You know, there's a lot of positive attributes, but it's expensive. I've had three people recently come to me and say they're moving to Alabama from Florida because they can't afford to live there anymore. But a lot of the locals are flocking to the markets in southeast Florida and they're buying projects that are available or doing improvements on their house, knowing that there's a surge and New Yorkers are going to be scooping up the real estate that they aspire to have or put themselves in a position to sell their homes. There's condos and mansions going up like Chiclets down there. It's really very fascinating. Florida has the budget. It's about 100 billion. It's less than half of New York State's budget. And Florida has 4 million people in New York. And New York leads the country in net migration, leaving about 1% of the population. Start on Andrew Cuomo. He's a terrible governor. And it's going to continue under Mamdani. And as Michael Goodman from the New York Post says, it's a to be a long sour decline for New York. So we got to keep our eyes on that. But New York, nationwide home ownership averages are at 40 for first time buyers. It used to be 28 and it's not good. I was 23, with three kids. I was 27 when I bought my first home. Those days are over. And rates, costs for housing have doubled just since 2021. Rates were at 6 and 7%. They're still almost at 6. They are going to come down more, but they were and 3% just four and five years ago. And salaries haven't gone as up as much as housing costs. And costs have doubled for housing. And the median age for all buyers has gone from 31 in 1981 to 59 years old this year. You know, now we got these 50 year mortgages being proposed. I don't know how I feel about it. I'm a commercial real estate broker for 40 years. I guess it's a chance for people to get in a home. The average person only lives in a home for like 15 years or so. So they can sell it, but they're going to pay more in interest and that's a problem. But if the government didn't abuse you in the first place, we wouldn't have these problems. So there's so much going on here. And salaries haven't gone up as much as housing costs, but you make about half of what you did coming out of college than you did even 20 and 30 years ago right now. And you definitely haven't kept up with inflation. So there's a 6% unemployment rate for college grads. And they're having a hard time. They're not starting homes, buying homes, homes starting families, getting married until they're like 40. It's late in life, it's late in life. People only live to 78, you know, so I hope we can get this under control. I think the Trump economy, once it takes off, will have deep implications for people trying to buy homes. You know, if mortgages are 4.3, 4.75%, say for a 30 year fix, people can get into homes again. It's still expensive though. It's still expensive. And construction costs are up 30 to 50% in the last five years. I'm in the construction business too. And we're getting hammered. We are getting hammered and it's a tough problem here. So I hope that we get back on the right track. I think if the economy takes off, I think Powell and the feds are stifling Trump just so Congress goes blue in September and in November of next year. I really believe that in the bottom of my heart because it's going to take longer for the economy to rebound knowing that they did not lower rates, say another 50 or 100 basis points. So far this year might be too late if they go come down in May and June of next year, right? Election day is only 120, 150 days away from that point. So we'll see what's going on here. But I want to thank everybody for joining us today. I have a terrific show for you. We're going to talk to Brecken Thees, he's a correspondent for the Federalists about Antifa and all the money that's involved these groups, 266 groups raised 2 or 2 spent $2.9 billion in the no Kings protest and other. And one of those groups, bam, by any means necessary on the ground in Berkeley. They're violent thugs, they're America haters. What else is new, right? And then I got Jeremiah Poff coming on from Restoring America at the Washington Examiners. We're gonna take a deep dive on H1 visas and immigration. The high tech workforce are they really needed the pros and cons of it. So I want to thank you again for watching us here. And you know, companies like Microsoft and Apple and Meta and JP Morgan Chase and these other companies, Cisco probably abuse the H1B but they also attract people who are skilled with high tech. And there is a shortfall in certain sectors in the United States here. So we got to get our STEM programs back. So you got all these college graduates without jobs, but do they have the right degrees or did they take Caribbean studies, You know, basket weaving? Who knows, you know, Britney Spears and her impact on music. You know, who knows what courses these people are taking these days. 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Brecken Thies
Doing great. Thank you for having me.
David Zier
Yeah, I enjoyed talking with you last time on the show. And antifa. Right. We have these Berkeley tpusa riot basically and all these groups involved out there. This one group by any means necessary, reared its head again and 266 groups I think were behind like the no Kings rally protests across the country raising like $3 billion or at least that was identified by Fox News. Tell us about the Dynamics, what happened in Berkeley? Who was funding it and are people worried?
Brecken Thies
Yeah, I mean, you know, it's. Who is funding. It's a great question. I don't think we know the full story, actually. But you're exactly right. There are a ton of groups that are very interested in funding this kind of civil unrest. I mean, you know, it's not shocking to pretty much anyone to see this happen at Berkeley. I mean, it's happened at Berkeley multiple times before. It's happened at college campuses multiple times before. But, but, you know, at least it used to not be shocking. And now it's sort of like, well, we know that these people can be very violent. We know that these people want to, you know, hurt or kill conservatives. And that is not an overstatement at all. We're seeing people getting assaulted. And, you know, that means that we do have to start looking into who is funding them. You mentioned a couple of organizations there. There's a ton of interest with these sort of radical socialist groups groups, these, these kind of like pro Palestine groups, some of them. And, and, and the rest of it, we don't have a full picture, it seems like, of where all of this money is coming from, where all these people are coming from. Oftentimes these people are not even students at the colleges that they riot at. Some of them are, though. And, and you know, that's really where the Trump administration needs to come into play here. And, and kind of, kind of, you know, they've been talking a really good game about this and it's, it's, it's great that Antifa is, is now a domestic terrorist organization. They were talking about bringing RICO charges against people like George Soros, who is one of these billionaire donors. But, you know, they need to go on offense and, and you know, instead of waiting for these Antifa riots to happen, they probably need to, to kind of root out these terror cells before these riots are allowed to, to even take place. I mean, and, and on top of that, I mean, you know, a lot of these people aren't even getting arrested. If they do get arrested, they're getting, they're let off the hook. There's a whole host of other issues with that. But, but it, people are demanding arrests. People are, are demanding, you know, FBI press release about how a terror cell was uncovered. And it gave us a really, you know, great insight into the, the web of funding that these places we know have. We just don't know the extent and we don't know all the organizations and the people involved. The billionaires who are funding them, the, the, the, you know, 501C3s, all the leadership people want to see perp walks. And you know, that that's just what's going to have to happen in order to make sure that this group Antifa, that's been terrorizing Americans for like 10 plus years at this point, finally there's some accountability.
David Zier
It's kind of like fight club, right? You know, I think it's easier said than done to go after and break up, say, terror cells, you know, for, for Antifa, because you can, you could track the funding and you could have the leaders. And then you got the DSA and Linda Sarsour types organizing Columbia protests. And, you know, you could do it. But then you got like people who are waiters and bartenders and, you know, who want to dismantle the system because they have their own frustrations. And maybe they weren't raised right or maybe they were brainwashed by their college professors and they were taught to love Trotsky, you know, and, you know, and don't realize, you know, they're misguided, whatever the reason is, but they kind of blend into society too. These are your baristas, these are your, you know, a lot of government workers. Right? It's not so easy.
Brecken Thies
No, it is not easy. And there's, and there's no, you know, there's, there's no sugar coating that. I mean, it will be hard and it will be, you know, but like, you know, at the very least, these people who are, who are rioting and are there need to be arrested in mass and, you know, tried and put in jail. I will say, you know, on the, on the point of, of kind of rooting these people out and get having, you know, federal, you know, law enforcement action, I mean, the Biden administration told us for years that that, you know, quote, unquote, white supremacy is the biggest domestic terror threat. And you know, you couldn't really point to, no one can really point to an example of that except for that they, they put a ton of resources behind it. And you know, we know that the federal government can do things if it wants to, including go out going after parents, going after, quote, unquote, white supremacists, going after people who pray outside of abortion clinics. So, like, we know that they have the resources that, we know that, you know, some of these agents can be motivated if they want to be motivated. But it's, it's time for, it's time to, to turn on the motivation for. Okay, it's actually A threat.
David Zier
So, okay, let me play devil's advocate, though, right? You have a demonstration at Berkeley, it's the people's right to assemble. Right. Do you have to predetermine who's going to be at the protests or have intelligence on the ground to show who's organizing these to be able to go and arrest them? Because one, not everybody's violent, and the optics for the midterms are going to be really terrible if they come in and start sweeping up protesters everywhere. That could be a problem, right?
Brecken Thies
Yeah, no, you're exactly right. And no, not everyone's violent. That is definitely true. And you know, we should not be, you know, even if we don't like what they have to say, if they are peacefully protesting and they're doing it lawfully, then they are allowed to do that. You're exactly right. The, the, the problem comes where it does turn violent, and it often does turn violent. Where, you know, that that's where it would be good to know who these people are, the people who are more kind of susceptible to turning violent. I mean, that the guy who. Everyone saw the picture of, the person with the bloodied face after the Berkeley. Right. The guy who assaulted him is some dude named, literally named Jihad. I mean, like, it's, it's sort of like you can't even make this stuff up. But here. But the thing is, is that, yeah, I mean, you know, everyone has the right to, to protest. Everyone has the right to free speech and doing it lawfully. I mean, that's, that's frankly what the TPUSA people are doing too. They're. They have the right to speak as well. You know, the fact is, is that the violence only goes in one direction. Yeah. And people are paid. And they know that they can be violent, by the way. And this is a key point. They know that they can be violent because they know that with all of the funding. It's not just funding to like get bodies there and pay these protesters, many of whom are paid. It's also the legal fees and getting them out of jail and, you know, you know, posting bail for them and things like that. That's how they know that these people can, can be violent, get arrested. They have their legal fees paid for. And then as you said, they can kind of just like, you know, go back to their barista job or whatever and go back to society like nothing happened.
David Zier
Do you think that Berkeley, especially with TPUSA involved, you know, once again, victims of violence, violence and their supporters. Do you think this may be a turning point or a threshold, because, you know, we said when Charlie was shot that would be the turning point. So. But, you know, is it going to keep creeping along? What. What's your prediction? We have about a minute and a half. I'll give you the last word.
Brecken Thies
I think it will keep creeping along. I think that there's going to be more violence. Unfortunately, I don't think, you know, everyone thought that things were going to change after Charlie Kirk was assassinated. That clearly isn't true. I mean, I mean, you know, Democrats just elected an actual violent person, or at least he thought about it, you know, being assassinating people in Virginia, like they unabashed about that. I think that this is sort of who they are right now because they're backed into a corner. And unfortunately there's going to be more of this. And that's why we need to be so vigilant about making sure that people are safe when they are trying to speak Peacefully.
David Zier
In about 30 seconds. Can you sum up what happened in Minneapolis? Because the fdl, the farmers and the Labor Party chose Omar by, you know, 60% to run against the incumbent, Jacob Fry. But Jacob wound up winning. Is that is what. What's that a signal of, do you think?
Brecken Thies
Yeah. Well, this is something that I hope more and more people start talking about is that the only reason Jacob Fry won is because there is a. A African tribal blood feud among the Somalians in Minneapolis. This is not even a joke. Know, Omar Fateh is part of one tribe. A lot of the voter base is part of a different tribe. And they refuse to vote for Omar Fateh because he's part of a different tribe. I mean, this is insane stuff that they did that we have imported as Americans into America, that these African tribal blood feuds are literally determining our mayoral elections. But that's. That's what's happening there. It's not even, you know, the Democrat like, like, it's just Somalians voting for people based off of these, you know, these, these blood feuds.
David Zier
Brecken, I really appreciate your insight. I'd like to talk with you about that more in the future. All right, everyone. Brecken thieves. He's the White House correspondent for the Federalist. Always informative when I have you back to talk about all this stuff. So thank you again.
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Thank you.
David Zier
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Jeremiah Poff
Hey, thanks for having me.
David Zier
Yeah, it's great to have you here. And you know, you're a young guy, right? Yeah. You talk to a lot of guys and gals out there who have Graduated College with a 6% unemployment rate out there across the country. Are they getting hurt by the H1B visa program or are they taking the wrong types of, you know, getting the wrong types of degrees?
Jeremiah Poff
Well, I think there's two different aspects to this. One is you definitely have people out there who are graduating college and having trouble finding jobs, especially in tech, that they otherwise would be able to find if it weren't for the fact that the, you know, major tech Companies are using H1B visas to effectively in have an indentured server servant workforce. They bring in a lot of these, you know, immigrants from primarily from India and they pay them below poverty wages way less than what an American worker would work for. And that worker then effectively becomes in a certain sense enslaved to the corporation by the visa because as soon as the visa is linked to the job. So that's one part of it. But you also have, the system has been used not just to block out would be employees who are recent college graduates. It's actually also been used from companies that have fired their native born workforce and then filled those positions with H1BS as well. So you actually have two issues here, not just for college grads and young people, but also for the entire American workforce at large.
David Zier
Yeah, and you were saying, and I know you've done extensive research on this, that the colleges benefit too. What kind of games do they play with it?
Jeremiah Poff
Yeah. So you actually there are two sets of H1B visas. One is a lottery that is that companies apply for and they use that to get their, the workers that they want through the program. The other way that you can get them, and this is by colleges and universities that effectively sponsor the H1B applicants. That's why you say that they're. I think there's about 80,000 visas that go into the lottery, but there's another 40,000 or so that are given out through this system to colleges and universities to hire immigrants. And recent, a lot of some of them go to recent grads from the university themselves that are from abroad. But again, in another situation where a lot of these jobs in theory could probably be filled by American workers, but the salary requirements just aren't there. And these entities, whether it's a college or a company, view it as a way to cut costs.
David Zier
Basically companies like Amazon, the single largest H1B sponsors, hired like 10,000 in 24 and 10,000 again in 2025. Microsoft, Apple, Meta, JPMorgan Chase hired a few thousand. So, so my question. And Cisco, right, Cisco Systems, Kevin O' Leary has spoken out against the fee, the $100,000 fee. Right. To come here that Trump's proposing, saying that we're gonna pass up on skilled foreign workers who have the necessary background in certain sectors, and China's gonna scoop them up and they're gonna. And startups in America won't be able to h. What do you say to those critics?
Jeremiah Poff
I think one of the things that he misses is that the program is not really being used as a. Is not really casting a wide net for these workers in the first place. So the clearest evidence of this is that the single largest beneficiary of H1B visas is India, followed by China. So you're talking about two countries that even though they're the two most populous countries on earth, they are disproportionately represented in the H1B pool. And so. But really what you're doing is, again, the companies are looking for employees that they can pay less, do the same work that in many cases an American could do. And so they're not really looking for the best and the brightest. They're looking for who's going to work at the lowest wage. And one of the ways that Trump has tried to address this, and I think part of the reason why this is a good idea, is the $100,000 fee kind of forces the companies to put their money where their mouth is. If they really want these employees to come work for them, it's got to.
David Zier
Be high paying jobs, Right?
Jeremiah Poff
Exactly. So if you're really trying to attract the best and the brightest, you better pay them as if they're the best and the brightest, too. I mean, Nvidia, I think, said that they would pay the $100,000 fee and they kind of left it at that. Whereas a lot of other companies, as you mentioned, have been kind of of, you know, wringing their hands about it. And I think that goes to show the difference in mentality there is. Like, we need these people from abroad because they actually have the skills versus we're just trying to shoehorn people into our workforce that we can pay at a very, very low wage and make and increase our profit margins.
David Zier
Yeah. One of my very good friends works for Amazon and everybody's foreign, you know, and it's like, you know, they're probably, you know, so they have a million people in the workforce. In fairness, though, and the H1B's hires for this year I think were about 10,000. But they're getting rid of jobs that people depended on. Right. And raising families.
Jeremiah Poff
Yeah. And I think it, you know, when you're talking about it, you're also talking about a time when AI disruption is creating another whole challenge in the workforce for native workers. And that includes tech workers. I mean, there are plenty of American born tech workers that are losing their jobs right now because of AI. I mean, I'm sure they would be happy to take some of those same jobs that are right now going to H1B visa holders.
David Zier
Yeah. And it's always been shifting and the outsourcing of even just customer service jobs. Every time you pick up the phone you're talking to somebody in South Asia. But companies like IBM and other, all these guys lost their jobs and they went down and Cisco absorbed them and other tech companies and, and maybe intel and Cisco and other things like that. But can you think of any particular industries where H1B visas benefit the American economy?
Jeremiah Poff
Again, I think the program itself is designed to displace American workers. And I think you can't really have a conversation about bringing in foreign talent until you fundamentally reform the system and make it more like a, a heavily merit based system rather than a lottery.
David Zier
Can you see a phase in as a solution to maybe lower the numbers from 65,000 who have bachelor degrees, 20,000 who have higher degrees and then you're saying another 40,000. Is it something we can phase out and then focus more on our kids to get better degrees?
Jeremiah Poff
I think the first thing that you can really do is just make sure that get rid of the lottery entirely and start handing them out to whoever pays the most. You start handing out the visas in descending order, starting with the highest salary because that's part of the application that has to go through. And you also have to weed out a whole bunch of fraud that goes into the system too because a lot of these companies, because they're looking to fill positions with H1Bs, will actually use, will submit different app entries for the same position, which is again really trying to game the system. And so I think, you know, as a very, very, very bare minimum, I think the $100,000 fee is a good step. I think, I think switching it from a lottery to a, a pay based allocation would be another good step. And then you can start, you, you might see how the companies react because if they really need these job, these people to, for these positions, then they'll still be applying for them.
David Zier
Yeah.
Jeremiah Poff
But if not they, you know, they'll start looking domestically for domestic talent.
David Zier
We have about a minute left. Tell us about what about, you know, Bannon was railing against Lutnig because they were claiming that this is going to close the deficit, raising all this money, which means how many people are you going to let in? What do you say to critics of the $100,000 fee?
Jeremiah Poff
I think they need to think about what, what really this program is for. And if they're, if these workers are really worth it, you should have no problem paying for that fee.
David Zier
Yeah. Okay. Well, listen, I really appreciate your knowledge on this and I'd love to have you back. I'm sure this issue is not going away anything soon, Jeremiah, so thank you.
Jeremiah Poff
Thanks for having me.
David Zier
All right, everybody. Jeremiah Poff, the editor of Restoring America at the Washington examiner is a really complicated issue here. And you know, we want to put American jobs first. And I think that's what's important here. Kids are coming out of college and can't find work and I think a lot of people feel that AI my son's an AI related business and he thinks that like half or three quarters of the entry level jobs are going to go away. So, you know, that could be a bigger problem going forward. And if companies are looking to, say, kind of cheat the system and hire people for long periods of time at reduced rates over an American citizen, I think we got to reconsider this. We'll see where it goes. I understand, you know, a few sides here. It's going to be a raging debate going forward and but right now I want to bring you a message from Swift to usa. Don't go anywhere. I have Michael Pack, the director of the last 600 meters, the battles of Najaf and Fallujah. Don't miss it. We'll be back. We always love seeing Maria from Switch to usa. How are you?
Maria
I am doing very well.
Brecken Thies
I am so pumped that we are here in Long Island. Thank you.
David Zier
Yeah, it's great. And I see you everywhere. I saw you in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, Wildwood, New Jersey. Jersey. Is there anywhere you don't go?
Brecken Thies
There is nowhere we don't go.
David Zier
Absolutely. You've been a supporter of Real America's Voice Breaking Point for some time now. Tell us about Switch to usa.
Maria
Well, Switch to USA is the mom.
Brecken Thies
And pop American manufacturer and we are.
Maria
The parallel economy for all of your essentials.
Brecken Thies
And you never know when you might.
Maria
Need another supply chain. Wink, wink.
David Zier
So all made on American, American soil by American factory workers.
Brecken Thies
Amen to that. We have to rebuild our economy and.
Maria
We are doing it.
David Zier
Where can our viewers find you?
Brecken Thies
Please come to switch the number two.
Michael Pack
USA.com Switch to USA.com.
David Zier
We love Maria. So great to see you.
Maria
Thank you so much, David.
Brecken Thies
We love you, too.
David Zier
Thank you, everyone. Awesome. Thank you, Maria. We'll be right back with more Breaking Point on real America's Voice News. Yeah, the Democrats knew they would really have messed up if they messed with, you know, mom's sweet potato pie on Thanksgiving. People have to get to see their families. And even though the shutdown is over, it's still gonna take the airlines a week or two to get their act together. And nobody wants to be stuck in an airport. I think the sentiment would have been out of control. And I believe that was a big reason why the Democrats caved here. But I gotta tell you, I was in Florida this week. I played a Trump National Club in Jupiter with veterans from the Warriors Choice Foundation, Special ops guys. I played with a gentleman. Brandon fought in Fallujah. And listen, Najafa and Fallujah were hotbeds. We took a lot of losses, The Marines, other services, but we were eventually victorious. And there's this incredible movie, the last 600 meters, the battles of Najafa and Fallujah, out on Amazon. I have the director with us, Michael Pack, but I want to play you this trailer. Check this out. It was almost as though there was a bogeyman out there. We were facing a lot more enemy.
Brecken Thies
Than we had the capability to deal with.
David Zier
They dug trenches, they fortified houses.
Brecken Thies
They were ready.
David Zier
We wanted to go. We were just waiting on the edge of a knife. When are we gonna get to go? The order is seize the city.
Michael Pack
RPGs, small arms fire from everywhere.
David Zier
I told him that I wanted to go, and he looked at me and said, sergeant, you're gonna die. The destruction is just horrible.
Michael Pack
The hardest thing about fighting this enemy.
Brecken Thies
Is they're not afraid to die. If they're not afraid to die, then.
Michael Pack
How do you fight them?
David Zier
Ramp's going down. Be prepared to start at one end of the city and fight your way.
Apollo Advertiser
Through to the other end.
Jeremiah Poff
There's firing going on. There are grenades being thrown in the house.
David Zier
It came hand to hand. Fighting. It was so close. Two selfless Marines run across this kill zone four times to pull Marines out of there.
Jeremiah Poff
I wasn't worried about, you know, getting.
Brecken Thies
Shot or getting wounded.
Jeremiah Poff
I was worried about the guys to my left and right.
David Zier
You always want to reassure these men.
Jeremiah Poff
That they've done their duty because that.
David Zier
Memory is seared into their soul.
Michael Pack
They never forget it.
Jeremiah Poff
None of us do.
David Zier
Foreign policy. I don't make it. I just deliver the last 600 meters of it. I'M so honored to have with us the director of the last 600 meters, the battles of Najaf and Fallujah, Michael Pack. Welcome to the show.
Michael Pack
Thank you for having me on, David. It's a pleasure.
David Zier
I watched the movie. Just extraordinary. And a lot of this footage and interviews that took place were only either from the Joffre and Fallujah or just two or three years later back in 07, right?
Michael Pack
That's right. They were all conducted in 06.07. So two or three years after the battle, when the people that were interviewing that were in the battle with. And their memories were fresh and they're about the same age as the footage, and that's how we worked it.
David Zier
We.
Michael Pack
We found the footage first, then we found the soldiers and Marines that were in the footage, and they tell their story direct to camera, looking right at the camera, without any comment by me or any spin or any narration. They tell their story, and we aim to tell the story of these two battles without politics, really. The two biggest battles of the war, as it says in the trailer, the two biggest battles America has fought since Vietnam. And I think we owe it to the veterans to understand what happened in these battles and, and what they did there.
David Zier
Yeah, for sure. It was incredible. And the pressures from the Shiites in the south and the Sunnis in the west and the Al Anbar province post surge, when Bush added more troops there and taking back these villages that were under pressure from Al Qaeda and all these dynamics. Fallujah and Najaf was a game changer for America over there. But tell us the story.
Brecken Thies
Story.
Michael Pack
Well, it's a, the first. It's the first battle. Fallujah, Najaf, and the second battle of Fallujah. And the first battle of Fallujah started when four Blackwater contractors were coming through the town. They were killed, burned, dragged through the streets of Fallujah, and two of them were hung from a bridge. And then Iraqi insurgents and children even celebrated and danced underneath their charred bodies. And that was so shocking that it was determined to take the. To clear the city of insurgents against the advice of the Marine Corps, actually. And in the, the act of clearing a city is violent when you have to smash indoors, you've got to figure out who's a civilian and who's a insurgent. And the, the, the unfavorable media, Al Jazeera and others, were able to spin it, so that looked bad for the Marines, and they were forced to stop and then finally negotiate with the Iraqi insurgents, hand it over to the so called Fallujah Brigade, who ran it for six months as a sort of safe haven where they could store arms and other things. And it became series of torture chambers and beheadings occurred there. And that forced the Marines to go through a second time. And that's the second battle of Fallujah. And in between is the battle of Najaf against Shia insurgents, the Mahdi army in the south. And it, too, is swept up in the complex political and religious changes of the war.
David Zier
Yeah, maybe some missed opportunities because these battles took place before the surge. And they went in the second time, they were kind of like their forward movement was cut off. Right. And they had to go back in. And we lost a lot of troops. Right. We lost about 70 just in Fallujah alone. Right. U.S. marines. And it was a hotbed. And then you had Zarqawi involved and tell us about a little bit about the troops on the ground.
Michael Pack
Yeah. I mean, so Zarqawi was the leader of the Al Qaeda in Iraq, which was most of the force in Fallujah. And the second battle of Fallujah, to avoid the negative look of the first battle, they asked everybody, all civilians, to leave. They announced when they were coming in. So all the civilians left, as did most of the Al Qaeda leadership, and went to nearby Ramadi, including Zarqawi. And then the fleets cleared the city, house by house, street by street. You saw a little of it in the trailer. And, you know, they did finally do it, but they didn't press on. You know, the leadership was in Ramadi. They were just not able to press on until the surge. And it was years later that we finally executed Zarqawi under President Trump, I believe. And, you know, it's just they. You know, these are very complicated wars, these counterinsurgencies. And you're. The political military leadership back in Washington is constantly dealing with world opinion and, you know, the hearts and minds of the populace. And you can see the effect on the Marines on the ground, their frustration and not finishing the fight. I mean, that's one thing. Yeah, that's pretty deep in the Marine Corps. Start a fight, finish it.
David Zier
Yeah. Because they expressed some of that sentiment in the film that, you know, they had a lot of forward momentum after regaining these. These victories in Najaf and Fallujah. But, you know, guys like Paul Bremer and General Abizaid were, I guess, sensitive to the political pressures and everything. And once again, our troops get caught in the middle of it. Right. So. But their faith never wavered, and they. They were there for their brothers on the ground. And it was just. It was just a spellbinding movie, I gotta say.
Michael Pack
Well, thank you. And I want people to have exactly that impression. I mean, whatever you think of the war, I mean, it's been a long time for us to get this film, you know, on the air. It was broadcast on PBS at prime time right before Veterans Day, an appropriate time for it. And as you say, now it's streaming on Amazon. And I think now, 21 years after the battles, maybe people can look back without. Without being clouded by politics and ideology. Whatever you think of the war, we should sort of look at what these people did and appreciate it. They put their lives on the line for us, and many of them, as you just pointed out, you know, gave the ultimate sacrifice. And many, many more were wounded. You could see some of the wounded even in the trailer. So, you know, we need to appreciate that whatever you think of the war, and maybe. Maybe the time is right to look back on it. But I myself am moved, even in the trailer. But more so in the film, seeing, you know, the heroic efforts of these young men. And some of them are very young. You know, the.
David Zier
The.
Michael Pack
We look at it from the corporal sergeant level up to the one star general that's in the field. Only people in the battle. But the young ones, the corporals and sergeants, they're like in their late teens, early 20s, and they're, you know, they're asked to show a lot of heroism, start to make very complex political decisions. It's. It's very inspiring.
David Zier
Yeah, just stellar. And that last 600 meters was. Right, you can. You're safe in the skies. You're safe in the. In the oceans with American military might. But on the ground, in the end, you got to take those last 600 meters, like in. In. In the job with the mosque. Right. Which they weren't allowed to even touch or bomb. And troops were hiding in there against them. And one thing that really moved me was despite all the technology that was available to the U.S. it was the Marines who took it back on the ground with guns and bayonets. Bayonets in close combat quarters. We have less than a minute. I'll give you the last work.
Michael Pack
Absolutely.
Apollo Advertiser
I.
Michael Pack
That's right. It comes down to, as one of the Marines says, where the metal meets the meat. The last 600 meters.
David Zier
What.
Michael Pack
What that one sniper says he could see through his sniper scope. That's right. At the end, you have to trust the heroism, courage, and grit of these very, very young people. There's one woman and mostly men, mostly Marines. I mean, I think it's inspiring. I try not to soft sell the horrors of war and the struggles of and the surrealness of it. But I hope your listeners watch it on Amazon. They can also go to our websites, manifoldproductions.com where there's the trailer and more information and palladiumpictures.com our most recent film company for newer, even newer films and other things. So I think even though Veterans Day is a few days past, any day is a good day to honor veterans.
David Zier
If you ask me. Yeah, I played golf the other day in Jupiter with the warriors choice guys, people who Fallujah. Just unbelievable. The best of the best. Michael Pack, thank you for joining us and let us know about new projects. Please go everybody and get the movie on Amazon Today, the last 600 meters. Thank you again. Thank you, David, thank you for watching Breaking Point today. See you next time. This is an I Heart podcast.
Podcast: Real America’s Voice
Episode: November 15, 2025
Host: David Zier
Guests: Brecken Thies (Federalist), Jeremiah Poff (Washington Examiner), Michael Pack (Director, The Last 600 Meters)
This episode of Breaking Point delivers an in-depth examination of several critical current American issues, all through the lens of conservative commentary and American values. David Zier discusses:
The tone is passionate and direct, blending personal observation with deep skepticism of establishment politics and strong support for military and traditional American institutions.
Main theme:
The episode’s centerpiece is an extensive discussion with Michael Pack about his new documentary covering the critical battles of Najaf and Fallujah in Iraq (2004), exploring the danger, sacrifice, and tactical complexity that U.S. Marines faced.
Notable quote:
"You are safe in the ground with American military might—in the ocean, in the air, but these Marines were in close quarter combat with bayonets and rifles against insurgents… door to door to take back these cities. It's a really gripping, moving story and a testament to the heroism of these guys, regardless of the politics." — David Zier [02:24]
Director’s purpose:
"We aim to tell the story of these two battles without politics... The two biggest battles America has fought since Vietnam. And I think we owe it to the veterans to understand what happened." — Michael Pack [46:31]
Trailer Segment (selected, highly emotional moments):
Director’s insight on generational heroism:
"We look at it from the corporal sergeant level up to the one star general that’s in the field. Only people in the battle... They’re like in their late teens, early 20s, and they’re asked to show a lot of heroism, make very complex decisions. It’s very inspiring." — Michael Pack [52:16]
Michael Pack’s call to watch:
“Even though Veterans Day is a few days past, any day is a good day to honor veterans.” [53:56]
Context: Post-pandemic demographic change as New Yorkers and business owners flock to Florida, drawn by tax benefits and less restrictive governance but facing high property costs.
Notable quote:
"Mar a Lago is only worth $20 million, right? It's so ridiculous. Like a billion. A billion. Five maybe... Small businesses are leaving. Restaurants are already saying they're not going to expand in New York City. Now, Florida is expensive, but there's no income tax." — David Zier [05:46]
Zier draws from his experience as a commercial real estate broker and father:
Key insight:
"Salaries haven’t gone up as much as housing costs, but you make about half of what you did coming out of college than you did even 20 or 30 years ago right now... Now we've got these 50-year mortgages being proposed. I don't know how I feel about it." — David Zier [08:11]
Segment Start: [17:55]
Highlight:
Brecken Thies analyzes the funding structure behind Antifa-aligned and far-left protest groups, particularly in connection with recent violent events at UC Berkeley.
Notable quote:
"They [protestors] know they can be violent because... with all of the funding, it's not just funding to like get bodies there and pay these protesters... it's also legal fees and getting them out of jail... posting bail." — Brecken Thies [24:29]
Zier’s pushback:
Zier raises civil liberties concerns about sweeping arrests, even admitting:
"The optics for the midterms are going to be really terrible if they come in and start sweeping up protesters everywhere. That could be a problem, right?" — David Zier [23:21]
Thies’ somber outlook:
"I think it will keep creeping along. I think that there’s going to be more violence. Unfortunately... That’s who they are right now because they’re backed into a corner." — Brecken Thies [25:58]
Segment: [26:33]
Brecken Thies discusses the role of Somali immigrant communities and longstanding tribal divisions in determining local election outcomes (i.e. Jacob Frey’s victory).
Notable moment:
"The only reason Jacob Fry won is because there is a African tribal blood feud among the Somalians in Minneapolis... These African tribal blood feuds are literally determining our mayoral elections." — Brecken Thies [26:50]
Segment Start: [31:05]
Main points:
Key quotes:
"The program itself is designed to displace American workers... You can't really have a conversation about bringing in foreign talent until you fundamentally reform the system." — Jeremiah Poff [37:54]
"If these workers are really worth it, you should have no problem paying for that fee." — Jeremiah Poff [39:46]
| MM:SS | Segment |
|-------|------------------------------------------------|
| 02:09 | Opening: Najaf & Fallujah documentary introduction |
| 05:46 | Florida real estate & migration discussion |
| 07:43 | Homeownership barriers & generational change |
| 17:55 | Antifa, protest funding, campus violence (with Thies) |
| 26:33 | Minneapolis and Somali tribal politics (with Thies) |
| 31:05 | H1B visa system & workforce impact (with Poff) |
| 43:49 | The Last 600 Meters trailer |
| 46:01 | Interview: Michael Pack, director |
The conversation blends news analysis, personal anecdotes, and passionate advocacy for American service members and workers. Zier is comfortable voicing strong opinions on controversial topics—immigration, public safety, housing—frequently referencing his own professional experience. Guests are given space to weigh in on complex issues, with Zier pushing for clarity and directness.
This episode of Breaking Point stands out for its focus on honoring military heroism, analyzing the social and economic strain on younger Americans, calling out the complexities of protest movements and campus violence, and fiercely debating immigration’s impact on the labor market. It’s a dense, spirited, and highly opinionated snapshot of American conservative concerns in fall 2025.