Human Events with Jack Posobiec: September 5, 2025

Podcast: Real America’s Voice (iHeartPodcasts)

Episode Theme: Immigration, Outsourcing, and Defining American Identity in a Time of Cultural and Political Upheaval

Overview

This episode dives deep into hot-button issues dominating American political discourse in late 2025, including mass immigration (illegal and legal), corporate outsourcing, and the cultural identity challenge facing America. Host Jack Posobiec features prominent guests—Senator Bernie Moreno, commentator Arne McIntyre, and author Dr. Taylor Marshall—to examine legislative responses, economic and cultural impacts, and the growing national conversation about what it means to be American. The episode also breaks notable news, including an ICE raid and an emotional update from a shooting victim’s family. The tone is direct, urgent, and unabashedly advocacy-driven, underscoring the podcast’s "America First" philosophy.

Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Headlines & Latest News (00:29–02:16)

• DOJ Lawsuit: Federal government sues the City of Boston and officials over sanctuary policies impeding deportation.
• Federal Job Losses: 88,000 federal jobs (excluding postal service) cut since the start of 2025.
• Defense Department Rebrand: President Trump to sign an executive order officially rebranding the Department of Defense as the Department of War (with historic context).
• ICE Raid in Georgia: Major Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation at a Hyundai plant in Georgia apprehends over 450 undocumented migrants—one of the largest raids in agency history.
• Trump’s Tariff Push: Reports of impending executive action to ban or tax outsourcing, particularly targeting call centers and services shifted to India.

2. Senator Bernie Moreno on Outsourcing and Tariff Legislation (03:14–12:46)

Legislation Overview

• Moreno champions Senate legislation imposing a 25% tax on companies that outsource American jobs (specifically call centers and service contracts).

Moreno's Key Points

• Closing the Loophole: "We've done tariffs on goods... what we have to do is close the loophole on services." (03:29)
• Economic Patriotism: Outsourcing jobs to hostile countries is "screwing over the American worker." (03:41)
• Tax Mechanism: The tax targets the value of outsourcing contracts, incentivizing companies to hire domestically.
• Multiplier Effect: Economic benefits ripple locally when jobs remain in America—"that $4,000 probably times 10 gets circulated around the community." (08:43)
• Legislative Reinvestment: Tax revenue would fund skilled trades and workforce development (05:15).

Memorable Quotes

• Moreno: "We're just not going to tolerate that anymore. So we're going to put a 25% tax on companies...to give them the proper motivation they need to hire American workers, employ them right here in the United States." (03:41)
• Posobiec: "I've known people who have faced situations like this...how many times have we had where people have had to train their own replacements?" (05:45)

Discussion of Broader Impacts

• The shift to domestic hiring supports not just direct workers but communities—preventing social decay and spurring economic growth.
• Outsourcing is called a “slap in the face” to American workers (06:14).
• Service tariffs reframed as a function of Congressional authority over “all foreign commerce,” not merely goods (04:44).

3. Arne McIntyre: Immigration, Influence, and National Identity (13:31–37:18)

On Immigration and Outsourcing

• McIntyre highlights bipartisan frustration with mass immigration—both illegal and legal—emphasizing the strain it places on jobs, particularly in tech, trucking, and small businesses.
• Suggests a pattern of “ethnic mafias” taking over certain industries, with a specific focus on the Indian-American tech workforce and associated H1B visa controversies.

Alleged Foreign Influence Scandal

• Both hosts discuss a purported scandal involving US-based conservative influencers allegedly paid to defend Indian interests online without disclosure (20:40).
• Argues for clearer reporting of foreign influence operations and compensation, especially on platforms like X (Twitter).

National Identity Debate

• Posobiec and McIntyre revisit the question, “What is an American?” and critique the “nation fluidity” they see in current immigration and assimilation policies:
  • McIntyre: “I would like to see an immigration moratorium for at least a decade, maybe two, so we can figure out what’s going on.” (29:11)
  • Posobiec: “The right is totally against the idea of gender fluidity. And yet we seem to have a lot of confusion when it comes to nation fluidity.” (28:45)
• Immigration viewed through both a cultural and religious lens. Both advocate for a more selective policy and an open embrace of America’s Christian heritage.

Memorable Quotes

• McIntyre: “We need to know what kind of people we are, what kind of people we want to be, and who we want to associate with. We need a more selective immigration policy.” (29:41)
• Posobiec: “Our enemies already seem to understand that we are [a Christian nation]. That’s why they’re fighting against it so much. We are the ones who don’t seem to understand it.” (44:45)

4. Socioeconomic and Cultural Implications (multiple segments, esp. 23:29–37:33)

• Job Loss and Community Impact: Repeated stories of Americans replaced by overseas workers, denying access to traditionally middle-class jobs “like the trucking industry.”
• Government Subsidization: Claims that H1Bs and immigrant labor function as government subsidies for corporations, with welfare and social costs passed to taxpayers (25:49).
• Assimilation Issues: Concerns about growing ethnic enclaves, lack of assimilation, persistent connections to countries of origin, and formation of culturally distinct towns (31:00–35:32).
  • McIntyre: "When the nation’s people are here in mass, this nation becomes the same as their nation, not the other way around." (36:30)

5. Christian Identity and Cultural Response (38:19–47:28)

• Minneapolis Shooting Update: Emotional segment updating the condition of Sophia Forkas, a young victim of a recent school shooting; her neurosurgeon describes her survival as possibly “a miracle” (45:34).
• Dr. Taylor Marshall Interview
  • Marshall and Posobiec assert that America remains fundamentally a Christian nation, regardless of elite or government denial.
  • The ongoing culture war is described in explicitly spiritual terms: “We are up against forces that are demonic.” (40:50)
  • Call to action for Christians to reclaim public faith and civic space, highlighted in Marshall’s book, "Christian Patriot," which offers strategies for restoring Christian values in public life.

Memorable Quotes

• Dr. Marshall: “We want what’s best for the common good, for our children, for our grandchildren and for society. We don’t want degeneracy anymore. We don’t want demonism. We want to be Christian patriots.” (43:19)
• Neuorsurgeon on Sophia Forkas: “If you’d told me at this juncture, 10 days later that we’d be standing here with any ray of hope… I would have said it would take a miracle.” (45:34)

Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:29–02:16: Major news—DOJ/Boston lawsuit, Fed job losses, DoD rebrand, ICE raid at Hyundai plant
• 03:14–12:46: Senator Bernie Moreno interview on outsourcing, tariffs, and new legislation
• 13:31–24:35: Arne McIntyre on immigration, scandal involving influencers, and India
• 25:49–26:48: The economic and social cost of subsidized immigrant labor
• 27:26–37:18: America’s identity, melting pot, assimilation, and “who is an American?”
• 38:19–47:28: Update on Minneapolis shooting; Dr. Taylor Marshall on national Christian identity and public faith

Notable and Memorable Quotes (with Attributions and Timestamps)

• Sen. Bernie Moreno (on outsourcing tariffs):
  “We’re going to put a 25% tax on companies, the value of their contract to outsource these jobs, to give them the proper motivation they need to hire American workers…” (03:41)

• Jack Posobiec (on trade and foreign commerce):
  “It says regulate all foreign commerce. It’s right there. It’s clearly delegated to Congress… tariff, tax, et cetera.” (04:44)

• Arne McIntyre (on immigration):
  “We need a more selective immigration policy. I would like to see a immigration moratorium for at least a decade, maybe two, so we can figure out what’s going on.” (29:41)

• Jack Posobiec (on “nation fluidity”):
  "The right is totally, totally against the idea of gender fluidity. And yet we seem to have a lot of confusion when it comes to nation fluidity." (28:45)

• Dr. Taylor Marshall (on the cultural and spiritual battle):
  "We want what’s best for the common good, for our children, for our grandchildren and for society. We don’t want degeneracy anymore. We don’t want demonism. We want to be Christian patriots." (43:19)

• Sophia Forkas’ Neurosurgeon (quoted by Posobiec):
  “If you had told me at this juncture, 10 days later that we’d be standing here with any ray of hope and… I would have said it would take a miracle.” (45:34)

Tone and Language

• Host and guests speak in a plainspoken, passionate, and urgent register. The tone is populist, direct, and occasionally combative—emphasizing “America First” themes and a strong preference for local, culturally rooted policies.
• The language is critical of political and corporate elites, government policies favoring outsourcing or mass immigration, and what they see as secular or globalist ideologies undermining American culture.

Conclusion

This episode provides a granular snapshot of “America First” conservatism on the cusp of the 2026 election cycle, wrestling with policy, culture, and questions of national self-definition. It blends hard news, legislative discussion, personal anecdotes, and explicitly Christian rhetoric, consistently challenging mainstream narratives and calling for tangible policy reform and cultural revival.