Live From Studio 6B - Monday, March 2 2026

Summary

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Real America’s Voice – Live From Studio 6B

Episode Date: Monday, March 2, 2026
Host: Big D, with Slickster, Paul Nolan, Delgado
Field Report: David Zier (from outside The White House)

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Episode Overview

This episode of Live From Studio 6B dives into one of the most pivotal news events of 2026: the coordinated US/Israeli airstrikes against Iran, Operation Epic Fury, and the subsequent global and domestic fallout. The panel, known for their unapologetically populist, America-first takes, unpacks the historic military actions, analyzes their geopolitical and domestic implications, and scrutinizes the narratives pushed by mainstream media (MSM). On-the-ground protest coverage and sharp debate over motivations, consequences, and media honesty round out an intense, fast-paced two-hour broadcast.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Iran Strikes: Operation Epic Fury

• Immediate Facts: US and Israeli forces carried out extensive airstrikes on Tehran and major Iranian military installations over the weekend. The death of Supreme Leader Khamenei was reported, and celebrations broke out globally and in Iran’s streets (17:46, 28:19, 29:05).
• Panel Reaction: Unapologetic praise for Trump’s boldness, with repeated emphasis on American resolve and long-overdue justice for decades of Iranian tyranny. Panelists, referencing both American and Iranian sources, highlighted the unique historic moment: “For the first time, an American president has come to the rescue of the Iranian people, rather than focusing only on the nuclear file.” – Big D reading Miyad Maleki’s NY Post op-ed (17:46).

2. Ground Reporting from D.C. (w/ David Zier)

• Protests in Front of the White House: About 200 protesters, representing left-leaning groups (Party for Socialism and Liberation, Black Alliance for Peace, etc.), denounced both the escalation and capitalism, reportedly “creating linkage” between anti-war, anti-capitalist, and anti-Zionist causes (02:49–06:24).
• Panel Dismissal: The protestors were ridiculed as “liberal white women” with shallow understanding, motivated more by social needs than ideology. “Modern day knitting club,” “book club,” and “people who have no clue what's going on” jokes ensued (08:24–09:06).

3. Media & Political Narrative Battle

• Media Dishonesty & Spin:
  • Mainstream media accused of downplaying or mislabeling Iranian and diaspora celebrations as “protests” (67:17, 69:40), and of instructing field reporters not to show pro-US, pro-Trump sentiment among Iranian-Americans (63:47–66:06, See CBS Austin report anecdote).
  • Notable Quote: “The media does not want to show anything that portrays President Trump or this country in a good light.” (63:47–66:09, Delgado)
• John Bolton & Establishment Backlash:
  • Former national security adviser John Bolton’s backhanded critiques of Trump were dissected as establishment sour grapes, given his alleged appetite for endless war and old-guard regime change (22:55, 35:19–42:45).
  • Notable Bolton Critique: “He wants war all the time because it means money, money, money for him and his friends.” – Delgado (36:25)
• Sen. Rubio Historical Perspective:
  • Big D highlighted Rubio’s 2016 warnings about Iran using nuclear deal relief to build untouchable military capacity (82:56–85:37).
  • Tie-in: Current operation timed before Iran reaches “immunity threshold,” re: drones, missiles (86:24).

4. The Bigger Picture: China, Energy, and Geopolitical Chess

• Strategic Context:
  • Zineb Riboua’s article, “The Iran Question is All About China,” was cited as the best strategic analysis:
    • Iran’s value to China as an energy supplier, firewall against Western pressure, and a lynchpin in Chinese grand strategy, including Belt and Road and a potential Taiwan move (49:16–59:21).
    • Notable Quote: “Trump didn’t wage this war just to punish Khamenei…he launched it because every year spent managing Tehran is another year Beijing buys in the Pacific.”
    • “The response from China tells you a lot—they absolutely cannot come to Iran’s rescue.” – Paul Nolan (56:43)
• Global Reorientation:
  • Panel asserts this is a move to cripple China’s position in the Middle East and set up US strategic dominance before a possible Taiwan contingency.
  • “Remove the Islamic Republic and China loses its pawns for a Taiwan contingency. Leave it in place and the Mideast remains what Beijing designed it to be: a second front.” – Big D paraphrasing Riboua (59:21).

5. Celebrations, Uprisings, and Media Attempts to Muffle Optimism

• Celebrations Highlighted:
  • Iranian exiles, US cities, and even within Iran, people were seen celebrating, chanting “USA,” and waving American, Israeli, and Iranian flags together (30:01–32:22).
  • “When you get a 2 to 1 ratio in a Muslim country…that’s a fantastic win.” – Paul Nolan (31:07)
• Media Manipulation:
  • Clips shown where mainstream networks labeled celebrations as “protests” (68:20–69:17). Panel notes it’s out of step with on-the-ground reality.

6. Domestic Politics and Historical Precedent

• War Powers & Constitutionality:
  • Panel defends lack of Congressional declaration. Over 125 military interventions occurred since 1789 without formal war declarations—presidents on both sides acted similarly (90:00–91:10).
  • Key Quote: “The US public treats foreign policy as binary—are we winning or losing? That’s what they care about.” – Big D (90:50)
• Political Hypocrisy:
  • Clinton, Obama, and Biden’s previous military actions without Congress cited to push back on current critics.
  • Panel rounds on Democrats with claims of past racketeering and hypocrisy (73:00–74:59).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (w/ Timestamps)

• “Sometimes months go by where nothing happens and then months happen in a week…and it feels like that today.” – Big D (00:24)
• On MSM, protests, and woke activism:
  • “It’s just liberal white women…this is their only form of social engagement outside of their basements.” – Delgado & Paul Nolan (08:24–09:06)
• Iranian exile reaction:
  • “For the first time, an American president has come to the rescue of the Iranian people, rather than focusing only on the nuclear file.” – Read by Big D, quoting Maleki (17:46)
• On John Bolton’s critique:
  • “He wants war all the time because it means money, money, money for him and his friends.” – Delgado (36:25)
• On the China angle:
  • “Trump doesn’t wage this war just to punish Khamenei…he launched it because every year spent managing Tehran is another year Beijing buys in the Pacific.” – Paraphrased from Riboua (56:51)
• Media manipulation:
  • “The media does not want to show anything that portrays President Trump or this country in a good light.” – Delgado (63:47)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• D.C. Protest report with David Zier: 02:49–08:19
• Panel breakdown of protestor motivations: 08:24–09:24
• Analysis of Iran’s strategic role for China: 49:16–59:21
• Celebrations in US/Iran/Global diaspora: 28:19–32:22
• Bolton criticism and panel response: 22:55, 35:19–42:45
• Rubio’s 2016 Iran remarks replayed: 82:56–85:37
• Discussion of war powers and presidential authority: 86:24–91:10
• Mainstream media bias exposé: 63:47–69:17

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Additional Highlights

• Sports Updates & Lighter Moments:
  • Brief segments on World Cup qualifying, US women’s Olympic hockey, Michael Jordan’s NASCAR win streak, and Portnoy/Swalwell spat offered momentary relief (14:58–17:46, 43:46–46:36).
  • Notable Snap: “Modern day knitting club.” – Slickster on protestors (09:17)
• Epstein Files:
  • Brief mention of Clintons’ Congressional deposition and another connected Russian found dead (72:43–76:32, 94:47–95:21).
• On potential sleeper cells & border security:
  • “We are facing a wide variety of threats here, and the problem is they’re all located within our own borders right now.” – former DHS advisor Charles Marino, quoted by Delgado (80:15–81:59)

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Conclusion: Takeaways for Listeners

This episode provides a comprehensive, alternative analysis of the historic US/Israeli airstrikes on Iran—emphasizing not only the immediate military and political impact but, crucially, the broader strategic objective of checkmating China's ambitions in the Middle East. The roundtable critiques mainstream narratives, highlights the jubilation among Iranians (at home and in the diaspora), and celebrates what they call a new chapter in American foreign policy—one prioritizing American and allied strength, and a global reshuffling with an eye toward China and the Indo-Pacific.

If you missed the episode, this summary will arm you with critical context, key viewpoints, and moments that shaped the week’s most important story from a populist, America-first perspective.

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Transcript

[Big D]

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[Paul Nolan]

If your TV sounds funny in the

[Big D]

evening, you're watching live from Studio 6B on Real America's Voice. All right. It is live from Studio 6B on Real America's Voice on a Monday. Brand new week, brand new month, and some would say, brand new world. Man, what a difference. Feel like it's been about six months since we were on the air, since Friday. What do they say? Sometimes months go by where nothing happens and then months happen in whatever the saying goes, man, it feels like that today. Lots to talk about. Slickster's here. Do sports. Slicker, how are you? I'm doing good, Big D. How was your weekend?

[Slickster]

Was fantastic. Had a good time. I saw the. The Elvis movie, epic. I thought it was fantastic seeing it saying the king of rock and roll. It was good time.

[Big D]

All right. Very good. Slick's going to have some sports. Delgado is going to have some main headlines. How are you?

[Delgado]

I am well, Damon.

[Big D]

How was your weekend?

[Delgado]

My weekend was great. Waking up to. Waking up to an epic fury.

[Big D]

Yes, an epic fury. We did wake up to. It's funny, we. I think if we go back and watch the show from Friday at the American first warehouse, when we left, I think the last thing we said was we played a clip of Trump and someone said, yeah, he's going.

[Delgado]

That was me.

[Big D]

Yeah, you said, yeah, he's going right at the end. Meanwhile, little did we know he had already gone. Yeah, the order was already given.

[Paul Nolan]

Did you see the Nate Friedman video where he's there. The protesters were coming out like an hour and a half to protect Iran rally. Someone tipped off the protesters that the strike was coming. I got that clip. It's crazy, really.

[Big D]

Mr. Nolan, how was your weekend?

[Paul Nolan]

That was great. Blessed. You know, the more I'm in the word, the more I'm praying, the more blessings happen. And had a great weekend. My son, who's been away since September, he had a weekend off from his work down in Louisiana and we flew him up. We got to hang out with the boy for three days and he's off back to work. But, you know, the whole family got together, hanging on, hanging out with mom, who is hanging on by a thread. And we're grateful for every day.

[Big D]

All right, very good. Well, we hope she continues to. Yeah, yeah, do well. Let's go out to David Zier, Real America's voice on the ground outside, I believe the White House, where there's some protests tonight from, I'm sure a group of people who have no idea really what's going on. David, what are these? First of all, welcome in. How was your weekend?

[David Zier]

My weekend was great. And I was on the ground at the press briefing this morning with Hegseth. He was really upset with the mainstream legacy MSM media. And then I was at that Freedom 250 plane which has all our founding documents on it, the Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War, flying around the country. But we're outside the White House here. You know, speaking of our founding fathers, we're here with the psl, the Party for Socialism and Liberation in front of the White House, Lafayette park here, and the Black alliance for Peace. The Black alliance for Peace, the Palestinian Youth Movement, the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. And somebody's holding a picture of the ayatollah and the Black alliance for Peace. Speaker was just praising the Ayatollah who said he doesn't want to pursue a nuclear weapon. It's kind of like bizarro world here, but it's really cold. It's snowing. There's about 200 people here. But I wouldn't underestimate this movement, guys, because as that weather gets better and more servicemen may lose their lives, these things are going to grow. And you know, this is the protest du jour. It's the same crowd. They're creating linkage to every issue here from the spectrum of Zionism and everything else that they want to throw in the valley with here. And then Brian from the psl, which is an offshoot of PSL national, the party for the association of Liberation just denounced capitalism. So that's what we got here, guys.

[Big D]

Yeah, well, it sounds like it fits the bill. So what's, what's the basic message, David, from these morons to just basically taking all the New York Times headlines or the things that we know would make the New York Times headlines easy to think Israel forced us into it, all this kind of crap. What's the message there?

[David Zier]

Yeah, well, the message is they don't want foreign wars and they don't want. They're comparing this to Iraq and others. A lot of misinformation going on here tonight. But I got to tell you, they're pretty organized. Brian, it might be. Brian Becker from the PSL just spoke and you know, he had a pretty clear message that they're trying to create a political crisis for Donald Trump. I was observing earlier was walking out of the White House grounds. You know, they're doing construction in Lafayette park, and I'm wondering if they purposely are doing that construction to keep mass protesters from gathering in the Park. So we're out on the street. We're confined to a very small area here, but there's a very large National Guard presence. Roads have been shut down for the last few days all over D.C. there's escalated terror alerts throughout. But listen, this is the same protesters that you see anti ice. Everyone's got a shmata on like their Yasser Arafat here.

[Paul Nolan]

But.

[David Zier]

And then I heard somebody, they would say it up there that we're only in, we're in Iran and we're destroying the environment and the ecology of Iran by bombing these nuke sites. So we got a whole, you know, array of people. But again, I wouldn't underestimate it. I think these things are going to really grow and you're going to have massive organization. You know, George Soros gave seven and a half million dollars to indivisible, indivisible twin cities. They're in every city and state. And I just interviewed Peter Schweitzer. Divisible coup. This stuff is funded. This stuff is also, you know, part of the Immigrant Defense Network. You name it, every group's involved here. But tonight, listen, at least they're peaceful here. And I think most of them are in their parents basement playing video games because it's too cold.

[Big D]

Yeah, yeah, let's talk about more important things than these morons. And that's of course, this. You had a whole front row seat there. I saw your name tag sitting there on the seat. Front row to Hegseth and Raisin Cain and one of the more impressive press conferences you'll ever see between those two. Tell me your takeaways when you left the room. From what you heard this morning,

[David Zier]

they're very resolute and they're organized and they're not playing any games. And Hecseth only took about seven or eight questions out of 60 of us in the room. And I think he was going to come to me and let me ask you a question, but NBC really ticked him off, you know, the MSM with their questions. And, you know, he's in the service, he served. I think he's a Bronze Star recipient. He's been on the ground with these troops. And I think they're really, you know, concerned about US lives and trying to keep this operation going smoothly and raising Cain like Trump always talked about. The Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, General Dan Kane, Air Force general. You know, this guy is the business. And he laid out how we set up, how we prepped for the attacks and how we're carrying this out. And it's listen, it's an historic time. And, you know, a lot of the press in there now is part of the new media, so it's not all of a bunch of lives, but, you know, Hegseth was clearly peeved at some of them.

[Big D]

Yeah. All right, David. Well, well, thanks for joining us. Stay safe out there with all the great. I'm sure you'll pick up some great chants. I can't imagine what some of them must be, but stay safe out there. Thanks for reporting. On the ground, the great David Zia, Real America's Voice. David, thanks for your time.

[David Zier]

Thank you so much, guys.

[Big D]

All right, there you go. David Zier on the ground there in

[Slickster]

D.C. there's so much going on.

[Delgado]

Yeah, no kidding. And I don't know if you noticed it. How many of the, how many of the people that were protesting that you saw around there, basically liberal white women, of course, right? Yeah, it's just liberal white women. It's like they have nothing else to do because. Because their lives are so empty that they decided, you know what? I don't have enough cats. I should leave the house and go join this protest.

[Big D]

So that's, that's pretty much what it is. People who have. No, no, no. Just, you know, they can't discern really what the hell's even going on. They have no interest, really what's going on. It's just New York Times, headlines type of stuff. And they've read in all their liberal friends over the last two days is they get angry and angrier because Trump is succeeding. Yeah, exactly.

[Paul Nolan]

I mean, it's the way they have their social support group. I mean, this is their only form of social engagement outside of their basements in their little, you know, fake world inside their phone.

[Slickster]

Modern day knitting club.

[Paul Nolan]

Yeah, exactly.

[Delgado]

It's their book club.

[John Bolton]

Yeah, right.

[Paul Nolan]

Saxon blue.

[Big D]

The constant, the constant comparison to past history. Like, I mean, it's okay, I get, I get why people do it when it comes to war, but like, most of these people, they act like nothing ever evolves. Like the world doesn't keep spinning, like facts don't change, like things don't change, like situations don't evolve. Like, it just. The constant, it just. Everything is automatically Iraq. Everything is automatically something from our past when it comes to anything like this. And every. We're just all supposed to be sold on the fact that Trump is just some whiny idiot who's just giving in to other people around the world and he has no concept of anything himself. It's not like he hasn't talked about this for the last 36 years. It's not like he hasn't talked about this when Jimmy Carter was still had hostages being held and he was interviewed as a young man saying it's outrageous that nothing has happened here, that we haven't done anything to them. It's not like he hasn't talked about this for all this time. We're just supposed to believe that this guy now is the second term President of the United States is just going, oh I don't know, someone call me, tell me what to do because I'm just sitting here like I have no, no feelings on myself. What do I do? It's crazy.

[Paul Nolan]

I don't know if it's crazy. I mean it's definitely this, this is pattern recognition now. This is three in a row where we've seen bing bang, boom, full blown digital recognition of who his targets were and nailed it. So like now we have something to go on as a handicapper. You want to know, you know pattern recognition, you want to see trends and, and what, what, you know, what works in long term. But you know, for me what really bothers me on this one is the obviously the endless narrative from the anti media that this is all Trump being puppeteered by Israel which doesn't really appear to be the case. This appears to be a full blown case of this is a strategic point in the game of risk on the real globe where this controls so many ports of entry for fuel and resources to our enemies. Like if when you look at the, like on my X page there's someone did a three minute video showing the way all the patterns of, of port and shipping lanes and, and energy supplies. It's fantastic. So if you go to that, go to my page, you'll see it, it's. And it just breaks it down with a 3,000 foot view. This is clearly a strategic stronghold. And again it's really looks to me like what I've been kind of chiming in about, for about six or eight months now that this is really currency war and this puts a stranglehold for US dominance in the future. So to me from a strategic step, does it benefit Israel? Yeah. But does it benefit the U.S. and the Western world? 100%. Yeah.

[Delgado]

And everybody in that region.

[Paul Nolan]

Yeah, everybody in that region. This is, it's a different, it's definitely different. And, and again I can see why people will be sick and tired of the war machine because what was 17 trillion we spent on wars and 11 in, in Afghanistan. Yeah. You know, we don't have roads. I mean, you can't. It looks like Beirut down in Levittown.

[Delgado]

I know. Tell me about it.

[Slickster]

Come on out here. We got a few, too.

[Delgado]

You know what's interesting, too, is I kick it back to last year when he was and I think we talked about this, brought it up about the moving of the chess pieces in the Middle East. Remember, he was making all those deals, he was extending more deals with Israel and other countries and Oman and the Qataris and UAE and more Abraham Accords deals, all this stuff, kind of positioning them all for this moment, really, when you stop and think about it, because what did Iran do? They didn't, they didn't like, oh, we're going to get the Americans. Let's shoot at everybody else and see if we can drag them in. Right?

[Paul Nolan]

I think that's exactly it. Because you look at it, this is like really taking out, you know, the European Union and the British Empire as the middleman to commerce across the rest of the world. USA is now the center hub.

[Big D]

All right, 13 past the hour. Just getting started on what's going to be a busy Monday night. We're going to spend most of our time, obviously, obviously on this. I'll give you the best thing I've read about this all weekend, some of that. We'll do sports with sick. We'll get to some other headlines. But a Busy Monday. Real America's Voice, live from Studio 6B. We're back right after this. Seventeen past the hour. Live from Studio 6B on a Monday, March 2nd. Glad you're in, everybody. Wherever you're watching, make sure you hit the like and subscribe if you're watching on social media. Slick's gonna do some sports. Delgado's gonna do some news. Paul Nolan's got some headlines as well. Aaron and Fran holding it down as always. We've talked to David Zier in the first segment of the show, who was outside the White house where there's 200 low IQ morons. They're yelling New York time headlines kind of stuff, who have no clue really what's going on here. So we'll get to what I think's going on here and some of the great stuff I've looked at this weekend and here in a second. Well, let's do some sports while we have the time. Slick is going to do sports. Sports is brought to you by our friend Mike Lindell. LFS XP is the promo code to use if you want to shop at MyPillow. Slickster. What's going on?

[Slickster]

All right BD head of Iran's soccer federation doubts country will play in 2026 World cup due to US Israeli strikes Dylan Gwynne of Breitbart did not expect to see the Iranian national soccer team at the 2026 World Cup. That according to the head of the Iranian Soccer federation, who cast doubt on his team making an appearance after the US Israeli strikes which began over the weekend. What is certain is that this attack we cannot be expected to look forward to the World cup with hope, mihraj Taj told Sports portal Varish three US And Israeli forces began striking the Iranian capital of Tehran and other vital government installations in the surrounding areas on Saturday. The Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamani was killed in the opening round of strikes. Iran has been drawn in Group G at the World cup and is scheduled to play in Los Angeles where it faces New Zealand and Belgium on June 15 and the 21st, respectively, before it plays Egypt in Seattle on June 26. The AP report reports the United States is hosting the tournament with Canada and Mexico from June 11 to July 19. Could be a very interesting World Cup Big D, right? Depending on where this goes, it might be. It might be the World cup of all World Cups this year, so we'll be keeping an eye on that. No surprise. I don't think anybody in the United States is terribly disappointed about them not being in. I don't know them to be a world power in soccer anyway. Just the same.

[Delgado]

Oh, Group G, right?

[Slickster]

Yeah, group Gary for gaboom. Gaboom. And you know, these very busy US Women's hockey team, Olympic gold medalist, you know, they don't have time to go to the White House. But Hillary Knight has the time to drop by and have an appearance on Saturday Night Live over the weekend, though. And US Women's gold medal hockey star Hillary Knight pokes Trump with Saturday Night Live joke Warner Todd Houston of Breitbart U.S. women's Gold Medal winning hockey star Hillary Knight took the stage to deliver a joke aimed at President Trump during actor Connie Connor Story's opening monologue on this weekend's episode of Saturday Night Live. Story, who went from restaurant waiter to TV actor just last year, stars as Ilya Rosenoff in the crave network drama Heated Rivalry. I watch that every night, which tells the raunchy story of a pair of gay hockey players. During his monologue, the actor talks of having to learn about hockey for the series. He is then joined on stage by Team USA players Jack and Quinn Hughes to banter for a minute before Team USA's female. Female stars Hillary Knight and Meghan Keller join them. Aaron, if we could roll cut three for this great joke here.

[Big D]

Oh, wow.

[Paul Nolan]

Hillary, Meghan, it's so cool that we're all here.

[Big D]

It was gonna be just us, but we thought we'd invite the guys, too.

[Delgado]

That's a good joke.

[Big D]

That is.

[Slickster]

It's cute, we'll give you that. All four Olympians were obviously wearing their Team USA jerseys and had their gold medals. But. But when Knight walked out on stage, she immediately delivered a jab. President Trump, it wasn't going to be just. Be just us. And it's the clip I just played for you, so thank you very much for that. And that's rapid sports. Big D, back to you.

[Big D]

Okay, slick. Very good. Sports is brought to you by Mike Lindell. LFS6B is the promo code to use. Couple things I want to get to on my end here. A couple things I read. One of them is an opinion piece today in the New York Post. I fled Iran's terror. Trump's courage is an answer to my prayers from Miyad Maleki. And he says the strikes President Donald Trump launched against Iran Saturday are not just military operations. They are the answer to decades of prayers by Iranians who have suffered under tyranny. And they represent the first time an American president has truly come to the rescue of the Iranian people. I was born and raised in Iran, where my family lived under the grip of an authoritarian theocracy. Growing up in the 1980s, my classrooms were filled with anti Western indoctrination and death to America chants. Yet to most of us, America was a symbol of justice and freedom from fear. In those same classrooms, we passed around forbidden tapes of Bon Jovi, Guns N Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, letting us experience a taste of the joy and liberty that was only possible in America after my family fled the regime's persecution, targeting those of our Jewish and Baja faith. America gave us something we had never had before. Freedom. When I told my parents I wanted to join the US Air Force, they didn't hesitate. My serving the country that gave our family refuge was to them the most meaningful way that we could honor it. The same conviction later led me to the US treasury, where I served nine years designing and implementing the sanctions that held the Iranian regime accountable for its terrorism, ballistic missile program, and systematic brutalization of their own people. Yet after the 2015 nuclear deal, I was charged with dismantling those same sanctions in the hope that the regime could be reasoned with. How do you build a lasting peace with the regime that sent 12 year olds to help Syrian dictator Bashar Al Assad gas his own citizens. A regime that has never and will never represent and protect its own people. Every US President since Jimmy Carter sat across the table from Iran and bought what they were selling. Trump is the first one who didn't. When Barack Obama blinked on Syria in 2013, after Assad crossed his red line on chemical weapons, the world learned American threats were, well, negotiable. When Obama handed Iran the nuclear deal with its sanctions relief, billions in unfrozen assets, and a sunset clause, the regime learned America would reward it for promises it never planned to keep in the first place. Saturday, the regime learned that that era is over. Trump sees the Iranian regime for what it is, a destabilizing force that has plotted assassinations of American officials, including himself, as he acted. That takes courage. It takes historic vision. For the first time, an American president has come to the rescue of the Iranian people, rather than focusing only on the nuclear file. When the strikes began early Saturday, I heard from friends and relatives, some of them still in Iran. They were celebrating, particularly the reports that the Supreme Leader himself had been killed. But every one of them said the same thing. Their deepest fear is that these strikes will stop short. They will not wound the regime just enough to bring it back to the table, but leave it intact, still capable of crushing dissent, still able to imprison, to torture, to execute young Iranians who dare to dream of something better. The Iranian people do not want a weakened theocracy. They want a free Iran, one whose government answers to the nation's interest, not to the revolutionary ideology exported on the backs of suffering civilians across the region. If these strikes are designed to achieve that end, history will remember them as a turning point. If they're designed merely to extract concessions, if the regime survives and then regroups, the Iranian people will once again pay the price. The courage it took to begin this must be matched by the vision to see it through. And I don't think there's any doubt that the vision is there to see it through. Matter of fact, President Trump said today on an interview with somebody that the big stuff hasn't even happened yet.

[Delgado]

Yeah, yeah.

[Big D]

And that may be happening today, tonight.

[Paul Nolan]

He says they're ahead of schedule. They thought the process would take about a month, but. John, I'll get to it later. You gotta see the neocons in the. They're not happy about how he's going about it. They want a forever war. It's really funny watching these guys, guys talk about us. So we'll get to that later.

[Big D]

Okay. I thought Bolton was pretty. You talking about Bolton specifically?

[Paul Nolan]

He was on. I laughed at it. I thought it was, you know, I, but I also see him. I'm so cynical when I watch him speak.

[Delgado]

I think he's, well, it's John Bolton.

[Paul Nolan]

I think he's a.

[Big D]

No, I get that. But I thought he was, he took

[Paul Nolan]

a crap on the plan. They said Trump had no plan.

[Big D]

Oh, really?

[Paul Nolan]

Yeah, sure.

[Big D]

Okay. 26 past the hour. Live from Studio 6B on a Monday night. We'll do some more news. Doug Otto's got headlines. Paul Nolan call coming up right after this, Sam. All right. 30 minutes past the hour. Live from Studio 6 of B on a Monday night. Brand new week, brand new month. Glad you're in. Wherever you're watching, everybody, real America's voice all across the country or on social media, make sure you hit the like and subscribe, subscribe to the channels. We'll get into some other things here as far as kind of the 4D 5D chessboard that Trump is playing here and this whole idea that somehow we were, we were this Marco Rubio's comments tonight. Everybody's taking, of course, and running with them. That somehow, that we had no, we just, we were, no, this was not on anyone's radar until Israel forced us into it. So we can get into Rubio's comments tonight. We should also get into Rubio's comments back in 2016, which I came across today as, well. Pretty on the money then. Pretty on the money now.

[Paul Nolan]

Yeah. I mean, and all the lefties going wacko. There's plenty of video of Kamala and Biden talking about.

[Delgado]

Don't. Yes, don't, don't.

[Big D]

I mean, I was thinking today, could you imagine a Harris or. Well, Biden we went through. We know what he did.

[Slickster]

It would already be real trouble.

[Big D]

I mean, they'd have the nuke fired up and on the end of an ICBM by the time that, that, that was over. Yeah.

[Delgado]

And she'd probably be loading up pallets of cash to say, oh, please don't shoot it at us.

[Big D]

Yeah.

[Delgado]

And after they take that pallet of cash, they'd shoot it anyway.

[Big D]

All right, Delgado, let's run through the main headlines here on this. What's going on?

[Delgado]

All right. Well, first off, just on what John Bolton said earlier, just keep in mind, John Bolton, the former national security adviser indicted October 16th of last year on 18 charges of mishandling classified information, including unlawful transmission and retention of national defense information. So until old Johnny Mustache there gets his house in order, he can shut

[Slickster]

the, you know, what's his plan?

[Delgado]

Yeah, exactly. I don't think we need to listen to anything coming out of the mouth of John Bolton. That said, let's jump over and talk about what happened on Saturday, what we woke up to. As US Central Command commenced Operation EPIC FURY on February 28th at the direction of the President of The United States, U.S. and partner forces began striking targets at 1:15am Eastern time. That's middle of the day in Iran, and something they weren't expecting as the regime's security apparatus and prioritized locations were targeted as imminent threats. Targets included the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps command and control facilities, Iran's Iranian air defense capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, along with military airfields. The president ordered bold action and our brave soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, guardians and Coast Guard are all answering the call. This coming from Admiral Brad Cooper, commander at cetcom. A little bit of an update as to what was going on here. Is President Trump talking about what has happened thus far? It's just a clip. He did a long, a long update. I just grabbed about a minute of it. It's cut. Number one, here's President Trump on the military combat operations currently going on in Iran. Number one, check this out.

[Paul Nolan]

And his formerly supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, is dead. This wretched and vile man had the blood of hundreds and even thousands of Americans on his hands and was responsible for the slaughter of countless thousands of innocent people all across many countries last night, all over Iran, the voices of the Iranian people could be heard cheering and celebrating in the streets when his death was announced. The entire military command is gone as well. And many of them want to surrender into saving their lives. They want immunity. They're calling by the thousands.

[Delgado]

Yeah. So there it is. The president with just a snippet of what he announced earlier today.

[Big D]

I mean, it's amazing. That was yesterday morning. And it seems like it's totally irrelevant at this point. That's how quickly things are moving here.

[Delgado]

Yeah, exactly. And as you heard him say, you know, the people of the Iranian. The voices of the Iranian people are ringing out from the New York Post. Celebrations broke out across the United States and the world. As a matter of fact, as revelers took to the streets in D.C. new York, Louisiana, among places to hail America's military action against Iran in what President Trump said was the death of a fanatical regime leader, the Ayatollah Khomene, someone that the, believe it or not, the Washington Post described In their obituary. You're gonna like this. As a.

[Paul Nolan]

As a swell fella and a great dancer.

[Delgado]

As a man with his bushy white beard and easy smile.

[Slickster]

Oh, Santa Claus.

[Delgado]

No, the Ayatollah comedy. More avuncular in public than his perpetual scowling.

[Paul Nolan]

Oh, good Lord.

[Delgado]

Just so you know.

[Paul Nolan]

Oh, please. That can't be real.

[Delgado]

Raucous groups could be seen dancing and cheering as the Village People's YMCA played out as the official unofficial Trump anthem was blasted on speakers all over the place. I mean, you look at some of these celebrations, and when you see. When you can see the American, the Iranian and the Israeli flags all together in a group of people cheering and not fighting, I think you could be onto something. Here is cut number three. Here are thousands of the people hitting the streets. You can see it for yourself. Check this out. And just look at it.

[Paul Nolan]

None of these Iranian girls. Beautiful again.

[Delgado]

Exactly. None of these are liberal white women.

[Paul Nolan]

You know what? That's exactly. Let's just ship all the liberal white women who have, like, the worst attitude over to, like, to Iran. I love it. Pakistan. That shire is too good for them.

[Slickster]

That is, like, retro Iran.

[Delgado]

But if you look at that, and again, the last few moments, you'll see the Israeli flag, the American flag, the Iranian flags all marching and dancing together. An amazing sight. That was in la. Here is what they were doing in another part of the world. Here are the Iranians celebrating. Cut number four.

[Paul Nolan]

George Soros is like, we gotta do something.

[Delgado]

Blow them up. These are the women starting to do the Trump dance to ymca.

[Slickster]

I love it.

[Delgado]

And again, you see all three flags. Not a liberal white woman in sight.

[Paul Nolan]

And when you dig into the data, I speak.

[Slickster]

Oh, Barat showed up. He's everywhere.

[Delgado]

This guy is smart. He's like, where are the girls at?

[Slickster]

Where are the girls?

[Delgado]

Borat?

[Paul Nolan]

There's less than 30% for 30% maximum. People are for the, you know, zealot, crazy Muslim regime. And the rest are really grateful for what's going on here. So when you get a 2 to 1 ratio in a Muslim country, it's just a fantastic win.

[Delgado]

Yeah. In New York, Persian restaurants emptied out and cheered the Operation Epicuri to celebrate what will be a new chapter. They believe in their beloved homeland. Hundreds of celebrants near Georgetown University loudly chanted usa. Usa. Waving the American and the lion and sun flag along with their cheers. So a lot of celebrations going on. Here's cut number five. Iranians in Canada, believe it or not, chant thank you to the US army and leave flowers for the fallen soldiers that have gone down here is cut number five. Check this out.

[Paul Nolan]

Me. Thank you, U.S. army. Thank you, US Army. Thank you. This is a massive. And this is not a rental riot. Yeah, no, no, this is fully organic.

[Big D]

Yeah.

[Slickster]

Wow.

[Delgado]

Insane celebrations. You've seen that all over social media. It's, it's. It's insane. And we'll talk a little bit about the. The media trying to change up. Up what you're seeing. We'll cover that a little later. I got a couple things that are pretty interesting when it comes to that.

[Big D]

So just to. Just to put a thing on this Bolton thing, because I went back and just thought, I want to make sure I wasn't out of my mind and say what you will about him, obviously, in his past behavior, but I saw a lot worse reactions from current sitting Democrats to the president and some Republicans than this. So Bolton says Trump has every right to eliminate threats from the Ayatollahs, the rgc, the irgc, and Iran's nuclear weapons program. This mission is completely justifiable and necessary. The regime must fall. The opposition needs the support of the West. Launching military strikes to affect regime change in Tehran is the most consequential decision of Donald Trump's presidency. The US can destabilize the regime in Iran by backing the opposition, who really has to do the majority of the work and split the regime at the top. We can do this without boots on the ground, which, of course, is. You're hearing that crazy stuff from people, too. So, I mean, say what you will, I heard worse things and less support for the president from people inside the Republican Party than that. And specifically, especially on the Democrat side, you gotta.

[Paul Nolan]

I mean, Bolton is trying to cling to whatever credibility he has left. And he also knows if he goes full tilt against Trump on this, he's gonna look even more buffoonish than he already does. Yeah, but when you watch the interview with him, you'll see that he does his backhand compliments and then throws full shade at him when he says he has no plan whatsoever. The thing about Bolton is Bolton is a guy who's been in the trenches of the globalist playbook for 20 some years. He wants the full architecture to be managed and changed under the way they've been doing it in the Bush era. You know, they came in with over a. They changed over a thousand personnel in Iraq. They changed a thousand personnel in Iraq, like in. I'm sorry, in Afghanistan. This was full regime change, what they did. And it was the never ending, you know, Money laundering system for all of the scams that they could have ran through those war machines. And what do we know happens through those things? Poppy fields are messed with in this drug money run. Kids are stolen, lost and abducted for the psychopaths, you know, at Epstein's island and the like. You know, he wanted to create a western approved successor network that would really essentially just replaced the same old, same old, which is really that European Union run middleman. This takes all that out of this. This is America first on a different level, in my opinion. I don't think you're looking at it from a bigger picture. So we just have to disagree.

[Delgado]

And if you back up to February 28th, John Bolton is quoted as saying, oh, no new wars, huh? So, you know, here he is snickering about that.

[Paul Nolan]

Yeah.

[Delgado]

But meanwhile, then he comes out like, hey, you know what? This might be in my best interest if I, if I throw this guy some flowers so, you know, maybe they'll go easy on me.

[Paul Nolan]

I just, you know, he wants it done his way. And that's the old way. And the old way clearly doesn't work. And if we're going to accept, you know, the President who said no new wars, it isn't going to happen. Okay? And it has happened, but it's happened with such tactical precision where, you know, we can keep boots off the ground, which is. Please, that's got to happen.

[Slickster]

Yeah.

[Paul Nolan]

And it ends up being prosperity for America and our children for the next 5067 if it changes the global dynamic and the financial structure. Listen, we're going under 38 trillion. Every nation is in wicked amounts of debt. Something has to give. So if this is a. What I think it is, I think there's no room for the John Boltons of the world to be chiming in, especially when they throw shade.

[Delgado]

Yeah. And when he said the other day, my only regret, I wasn't persuasive enough in the first term to get to this point. This is the kind of guy you're dealing with. He wants war all the time because it means money, money, money, money, money to him and his friends.

[Paul Nolan]

The clip is a minute and 40 seconds long. So, you know, when we come back, we'll, we'll show you what I, what I my opinion on it.

[Big D]

All right, we'll get to more of that and we'll get to other Paul news and then we'll get back to sports and we'll do some more headlines and then we'll get into the top of the hour. What this is really most likely about and what is a great piece from someone I was not familiar with until this weekend. Tell you about that buy from Studio 6B on a Monday night. Brand new week, brand new month. Glad you're in. We're back right after this,

[Paul Nolan]

Sam.

[Big D]

All right, 13 to the hour. Live from Studio 6B. Let's get back to Paul Nolan, who's got some news, and we'll get to sports. Mr. Nolan, what's going on?

[Paul Nolan]

So, I mean, you know, the Bolton thing to me is, you know, I just to me, when I hear these people speak, what I see is what are they trying to sell me? When that's speaking, all I want to know is what kind of BS are they trying to sell? So, you know, this is from Politico. I'll keep it short because this is a rag. President Donald Trump has long been interested in regime change in Iran, but his appetite for risk means he may not have fully prepared for what's coming next, according to John Bolton, the one time national security adviser. By the way, Bolton praised Trump's strike as a mostly consequential decision of his most consequential of his presidency. He warned Trump and his administration that he convicted impulsively, without appreciation for the complex aftermath of what is now a power vacuum. There could be a lot of turmoil and a lot of bloodshed, he said. Notably, he added, there could be chaos in the Straits of Hormuz, and he threatened that they could be shut down in order to block 20% of the global oil supply that flows through it every day. And while Trump frequently talks about taking oil from countries that clash with the U.S. bolton said he's less worried about what's happening right now. Bringing Iranian oil back online is the interest of the US Allies in the region who will be less worried about market competition and more relieved that the Ayatollah Khomeini is dead. And since many of them saw Iran as an existential threat, let's swing to the clip over here of, of Bolton, if we got it.

[John Bolton]

Well, I'm nervous about the political aspects of this. I think the military has demonstrated their capabilities with incredible professionalism. I think they have demonstrated how well prepared they are, how well planned their operations are. And that is becoming, I'm worried, a sharper contrast with the lack of preparation on the political side. We can't get a completely straight answer from the president what his objective is. He says with one set of remarks, it's regime change. And that, by the way, is my preferred objective. I'm entirely in favor of it. But Then says in other remarks that this could be over with in a couple days. Successors to the Ayatollah Khamenei are prepared to talk if this turns into a one and done operation. Two, three, four days of strikes. And then President Trump says, says, okay, opposition over to you. There's not going to be regime change. There's constant criticism that he's not prepared the American people for what's at stake and what we need to do. He's not briefed Congress, he's not briefed the allies. It bespeaks a lack of planning on the, what we used to call the National Security Council side of things compared to the very complete planning done by the Pentagon. And that's dangerous.

[Paul Nolan]

See, did you get that there? He basically, you caught that for one. He does the pump up of the military. So look me, I love Bill, but you hear what he does there. Essentially he was saying, they didn't tell me about it. Yeah. You know, and they didn't tell England

[Delgado]

about it and they didn't tell my friends about it.

[Paul Nolan]

Right. And they didn't tell people we can't trust about it. So what he's, he's upset about here is that he's out of the loop because he can't be trusted because he's a traitor. Right. And what we're seeing here is when Stormer said we can't use, use their air bases, that was another. Okay, we're decoupling from, in my opinion, British Empire. I think that a lot of times I disagree with the people over at LaRouche PAC. I just went head to head with their overall philosophies of Jeffersonian versus Hamiltonian concepts. But I think in retrospect they're right on the money here. The way this thing breaks down the English Empire for the most part and banking system in, you know, Wall street, the city of London, it's, it's been the enemy of the American people and it sucked out our, our, our, you know, our savings and our livelihood. And they control, they control oil prices in the City of London. And you know, this is a major move for Trump. I think it's a fantastic play in terms of the long term, you know, geopolitical landscape. I think it's a home run.

[Delgado]

And remember I sent you that clip about Barbara Boyd talking about how this fantastic, this is the end of the 118 years of financial rule by the British Empire. Iran was basically ruled by the Brits.

[Paul Nolan]

This is all their money laundering system went through this major player in the entire banking system. Of London. I wrote an article today based on Barbara Boyd's and I gave her full credit on my X page. Paulexnolin, I would love for your feedback there. Tell me what I got right, tell me what I got wrong. Push back, argue. I'm open to any debate, but I can tell you that her work and Susan Kakinda has been utterly fantastic. So if you're not following Promethean action, I think it's time to look at it because they are bringing such a different view and it's been fantastic in my opinion.

[Delgado]

Opinion, yeah.

[Big D]

All right, eight minutes till the hour. Live from Studio 6P. Let's do some sports. Sports is brought to you by Mike Lindell. LFS XP is the promo code to you, slickster. What's going on?

[Slickster]

All right, Big D. California Democrat Congressman Eric Swalwell took aim at barstool sports chief Dave Portnoy over the sportsman's support for Trump's actions in Iran. On Saturday, Portnoy gave his full throat of support for President Trump's military actions in Iran and described the Muller's regime as terror nation with a long history of some of the worst human rights atrocities in the world. And he added, we are on the right side here. Portnoy's tweet was I always laugh at yo yos who don't have the first clue what information the President had that forced this decision. Even politicians who despise him but were briefed on the situation seem to agree with this operation. I guess a lot of podcasters know better. Gotta keep the show rolling. Congressman Swalwell, who is also running to be California's next governor, ripped Portnoy and told him to stick to sports. What he said was stick to sports. You're at least half right there. Your whiny ass ain't going to go to Iran battlefield anytime soon. It'll be poor kids from where I grew up. Life must be pretty comfy in your suite. Stick to judging your favorite pieces. The adults will sort out the wars. So little battle of the words of the war there. Despite what Swalwell talked about Iran battlefields. Where does that seem to be any of the plans for American troops to hit the ground? Portnoy was not content to let Swalwell's taunt go unanswered. In a follow up post on X, Portnoy slammed Swalwell writing, call me crazy, I like my politicians not to get tricked by foreign spies and added a photo of outed Chinese spy Fang Fang, with whom Swallow had a sexual relationship. Obviously the Story on Fang Fang was she suddenly fled the US and returned to China after spending years inside Swalwell's congressional office. So getting into it with the little sports there, big thing, huh?

[Big D]

But Portnoy, Portnoy is about 100 times smarter than Swalwell ever. Baseball was a moron.

[Slickster]

Yeah, definitely taking a swipe at the wrong guy. And Michael Jordan continues his success with NASCAR as his driver makes history with third straight win to start the 2026 season. Ryan Gatos of Fox News NASCAR star Tyler Redick made history on Sunday as he picked up his third straight win to start the 2026 season at the Circuit of the Americans in Austin, Texas. Redick is the first driver to win three consecutive races to start the season. He held off Shane Von Gisberg over the final 20 laps to seal the win. Redick won at Daytona to begin the year and picked up a victory last week at Atlanta. It's one race, but it's so important, redick said. It's so fitting to get three in a row. Michael Jordan's 23 Xi Racing team came into the year with some momentum after settling a federal antitrust lawsuit with nascar. The settlement was considered a major legal victory that secured franchise style model and ensured the team would remain in the business for the long term. And obviously Jordan's proud of the team and having a cigar and it's just great stuff here. So Tyler Redick, boy, he is all the buzz in NASCAR right now. Really good stuff there. And Jordan continues to build his team. Who knew Michael Jordan finding a little success and something else. I think it thought he was just sneakers. That's a rap in sports. Big D, back to you.

[Big D]

All right, slick. Very good. Sports brought to you by Mike Lindell. LFS XP is the promo code to use. If you haven't gone over to our X tonight, go over there and take part in the poll. It's pinned at the top of the page and it asks a very simple question, but it's. Well, and I guess it's a simple answer as well. So go over there on at LFSPP. Operation Epic Fury is absolutely about blank and you've got two choices. So go over there and vote overwhelmingly right now, 70% to 30% people have the right answer. So we'll see if you're a part of that. Head over there now. All right, already hour one wrapped. Hour two coming up right after this.

[Paul Nolan]

Sam,

[Big D]

It's.

[Paul Nolan]

If your television sounds funny in the evening, you're watching live from Studio 6B.

[Big D]

All right, hour two live from Studio 6P 9:00 clock on the East Coast. Glad you're in real America's voice all across the country. Slick's gonna do some more sports. Doug Otto's got more headlines. Paul Nolan's got more news as well. Aaron and friend holding it down as all if you haven't taken part in the poll over on our X, go over there. Operation Epic Fury is absolutely about blank. You have two choices and the correct answer most people have found and it is the best thing I've seen from someone who I was not familiar with and maybe I should have been but her name is Zineb Ripkwa. I believe it's pronounced maybe R I B O U A Riboa.

[Delgado]

Yeah.

[Big D]

Zanette Raboa. The title of her sub stack is called the Iran Question is all about China. Why Operation Epic Fury is the opening act of the Indo Pacific century. She makes the best case that I've seen or heard about what's maybe the 4D 5 because everybody loves to cling to the 4D chessboard that we always are told somebody's playing and why none of us are ever. You can't just be normal because it's never just common sense normalty, it's always some. But in this case I think she probably gets to the point and she says Iran is most often discussed as a non proliferation problem, a sponsor of terrorism, things like that. Regional sports. Each of these framings captures a real problem, but none capture what matters most, which is the nuclear file stretching from Lebanon to Yemen, the question of Gulf security architecture. These only acquire their full meaning when read against the backdrop of the Chinese grand strategy. Beijing has spent years and billions of dollars building Iran into a structural asset. Everything that follows in the Middle east flows from this fact, which is why Operation Epic Fury is the first American military campaign that threatens to sever that asset. By striking Iran directly, the Trump administration is dismantling, whether by design or by consequence, a pillar of China's regional architecture. And I've seen other people make this case over the weekend. Mark Dubowitz talks about it a lot, but she has the best article and the best making of the case for how important this is at this moment and strategically. Why the White House and the Trump administration specifically obviously are possibly undertaking this at this moment. Yes, there is all the common known stuff about the reign of terror and wishing death to America, death to Israel, trying to kill Trump, all of that. But there is a much bigger thing at play here and she says the urgency has never been greater. Think about the 12 Day War. Just back last year, the United States got involved with three direct strikes. The Islamic Republic's deterrent methodology, cultivated over four decades, collapsed within a fortnight. And then you saw the largest protest since 1979 erupt in all 31 provinces, fueled by economic freefall in a population that no longer believed in the regime's strength. Of course, the government responded with massacring 30, 40, maybe 50,000 of their own people, prompting the designation from the European Union as the IRGC is a terrorist organization. And she says at that moment, when you think about Iran, they were probably at their weakest moment ever at that point. And this is the question a lot of us have asked, well, if that operation was so successful, how did we get here year? Well, she says China was moving quickly to put it all back together. This week it was reported that Iran was close to finalizing a deal for Chinese made supersonic anti ship cruise missiles, weapons capable of threatening American carriers now massing in the Persian Gulf. Earlier, Chinese suppliers shipped over a thousand tons of sodium perchlorate, a key missile propellant ingredient, to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, enough to rebuild a substantial portion of the ballistic missile stockpile that they had just spent 12 days destroying. Understanding why Beijing would do this and what it means for the US requires looking beyond Iran and towards the border contest in which Iran plays a role. And so then she gets into obviously energy. China buying about 90% of Iran's crude exports at a steep discount for their energy. And how they, the shipments travel by ghost tankers. They re, they disguise their disguise, these tankers, as if they're Malaysian or Indian or Indonesian crude oil to circumvent American sanctions. So she goes through the whole case of how energy is a big part of it obviously for Beijing getting cheap oil, how when Khomeini and Xi Jinping met in 2016, he praised this 25 year strategic partnership and how much they relied on China and China was relying on them almost as a forward base is basically the case she makes here. And then she gets into the digital part, Huawei zte. They've built significant portions of Iran's telecommunications infrastructure. They've dealt with a lot of the, basically modeling it after the great firewall of China built with Chinese technical assistance, all what we saw during the blackout in January, a lot of the same tools that China uses, facial recognition AI, things like that, to be able to turn off the Internet and make sure that the message couldn't get out. And then obviously she goes into the logistics of where they're located. The Red Sea. The value to China extending beyond energy and technology into the domain of proxy warfare there, considering the Red Sea and the shipping and the fuel costs. And again, basically, China trying to set this up in the end for an eventual move on Taiwan and how crucial it was going to be for Iran and their position and the oil and the energy and the partnership, and basically building, then building them into some strategic alliance, a forward base, if you will, for eventually a move on Taiwan, which in her mind is. All of this was set up for that.

[Delgado]

Yeah, I was gonna say the biggest thing, and I was looking at this earlier as well, was the. And she mentioned it there, the ties to the. To the energy, to the oil. 90%, when you think about 90% of their oil, and they need. A lot of it is coming from Iran, which is now not going to be shipping them. They're 90% of their oil. They got major problems now in China. Not only was Venezuela cut off, but now China's Iran is being cut off.

[Paul Nolan]

Yeah.

[Delgado]

And you're seeing all the stuff that China thought they were going to be positioned to do come to a screeching halt as they have to kind of recalibrate and be like, what do we do now? Right.

[Paul Nolan]

Think about it this way. If Iran and China are such great allies, why is China not coming to their rescue?

[Big D]

Well, that's the point she makes.

[Paul Nolan]

They absolutely cannot.

[Delgado]

And neither.

[Paul Nolan]

This is another massive flex on the geopolitical game of chess. I mean, this is a. The move. This is the silliness of. This is just an Israeli war or a distraction from Epstein. It's. People are just not looking at the globe. They're just not looking at the. Not zooming out.

[Big D]

Yeah, that's the exact point she makes, is the response you're seeing. Tells you a lot. She said, and she says basically that Trump didn't wage this war, war to just punish Khomeini for his massacres for the last 40 years, although that's well deserved. He launched it because every year that he's in office, that Washington was spending managing Tehran is another year that Beijing buys in the Pacific. And the administration has decided that that trade just isn't worth it anymore. The orientation of the Middle east will determine whether the US can prevail in what is coming. The defining confrontation of the century, she says, and that is a Chinese move against Taiwan. So the Islamic Republic has been this basically center pillar on a regional order for Beijing, and that is really the move. And cracking that pillar overwhelms in her mind almost all of the other discussions that you're hearing about why this, why

[Paul Nolan]

now now, I'm surprised she didn't mention most. If she did or didn't the Belt and Road initiative, I was, I've been talking about that for years. The, the, essentially the old, you know, you know, the full line of shipping lanes that China has completely, you know, dominated the old Silk Road, I guess you'd call it. And it's a massive amount of power is, is run through there. And now you're talking about creating new, you know, controls over the Gulf of, you know, in Panama, I mean the Panama Canal and maybe adding new canals. I mean the whole, everything is changing and Trump is just wasn't, you know, he's not sitting by. It's like, I mean, this is really fantastic. He took a hammer to the World Economic Forum and said globalism is a disaster and we're out. I mean, this is everything that I voted for with him. Take, take control of the global economy and make sure everything runs through America. No more Mr. Nice Guy financially. No more giving away our money. Let people here enjoy the wealth that this nation has earned and deserves.

[Big D]

Couple last closing thoughts from this and this. This is on our ex as well, if you want to read it. It's a pretty, it's, it's as good as anything you've seen on this. She says collapsed the Islamic Republic and you removed the single greatest drain on American strategic bandwidth. You exposed the fragility of every client relationship that Beijing has built from Tehran outward, and you free the United States to concentrate on the Pacific with a credibility that 20 years of pivot talk never produced. And she says their response confirms the diagnosis what we just talked about, because Chinese satellites obviously provided Iran with real time intelligence on America's forced deployments, the buildup of all the F35s, F15s, A10s, all of them that at the Air Boyers in Jordan. And despite that, obviously nothing, no comparable opportunity to inflict this kind of strategic damage on the Chinese. And their positioning has presented itself since the end of the Cold War. So this Iran question about why now is not about Iran. Remove the Islamic Republic from the equation and China loses its pawns for a Taiwan contingency. Leave it in place and the Middle east remains what Beijing designed it to be, a second front that Washington can never afford to leave and can never afford to stay in. Trump striking now is the first move by an American president who appears to understand that the road to the Pacific runs through Tehran. On.

[Slickster]

Wow, that's great.

[Paul Nolan]

Pretty darn that article. Fantastic.

[Big D]

All right. Live from Studio 6B, on to some other news, sports and we all get back right after this. Sam. Well, sound like the blues on a Monday. Brand new week, brand new month. It's March. Do you owe back taxes or have unfiled tax returns filed every year but still keep owing? Retired and got hit with a surprise tax bill? Are you a business owner with a tax bill you can't afford? Did you take early money from your 401k? Now you owe. However your tax issues started, the result is the same. Your balance is not going down. Penalties grow, interest compound. Many of you are about to owe again this year with no plan in place. Well, stop what you're doing and call Tax Network usa. The IRS can garnish wages, levy bank accounts and even take your home or retirement. With over 15 years in business, Tax Network USA has seen and resolved it all, helping taxpayers nationwide settle for over $1 billion in tax debt. Call right now, 1-800-905-8000. That's 1-800-905-8000 and see if they can help you. Or you can visit tnusa.com ravtnusa.com rav or call 1800-905800-01800-905-8000. Talk to our friends over at Tax Network USA before your problems get any worse. Part 18 past the hour. Live from Studio 6B, let's do some headlines. Rick Delgado, Scott Em. What's going on?

[Delgado]

DELGADO all right, DAVID well, sticking on to the biggest story in the world right now is, of course, what's going on in Iran. Let's talk about the media and how they've approached this because let's face it, the media does not want to show anything that portrays President Trump or this country in a good light. And sometimes it just so happens that they can't avoid it. One guy who wouldn't avoid it, it is this guy, CBS Austin reporter. Where's his name? Where is he? Vinny Martorano. He was outside the Texas Capitol on Saturday covering dueling demonstrations in the wake of the US And Israeli strikes in Iran when a crew member handed him a cell phone, telling him with a message from an unnamed boss telling him not to focus on what they are doing right now. Here is the way he responded. Check this out. You got to see it for yourself to believe it, because it's one of those things where you just scratch your head and be like, here, here they go. Cut number six. Here's that CBS reporter Check out Vinnie for himself. Deciding what he's going to do. Cut number six. Go. Telling him what to do.

[Paul Nolan]

What's up, man?

[Delgado]

Don't want us to focus on this. I told him not to focus on it and he said, well, I am.

[Big D]

See that.

[Paul Nolan]

Focus on his lapel.

[Slickster]

I think Harry's doing a camera's down.

[Delgado]

Yeah.

[Big D]

Can you explain this to me?

[Paul Nolan]

He was told by his bosses to not cover the story because it didn't fit their narrative exactly. Of Trump looking good with the support they didn't want to show. Beat it. I'm playing it anyway.

[Delgado]

Right. They didn't want to show people positively supporting the war in Iran and the US and the Iranians. You know, people in the street there celebrating what was going on. And again, that's what we see from the media all over the place, no matter how they try, but they can't seem to escape it. Here is the leader of the Iranian opposition.

[Big D]

Did anyone find that actual report? I'd love to see what he actually went to air with after saying that.

[Paul Nolan]

Well, that was looking for a job now.

[Slickster]

Looked like he was out of focus.

[Delgado]

That was alive.

[Big D]

Obviously they were trying to pull his focus and get him set for his shot. He obviously was reading that saying, oh, no, I'm not gonna. I'd love to see if he actually went to air.

[Delgado]

Yeah. The rest of it, he stood right there and reported on.

[Slickster]

Oh, he did.

[Delgado]

He didn't. He didn't pull away.

[Paul Nolan]

Oh, he did.

[Slickster]

Okay.

[Delgado]

He didn't change his position. Nothing like that. So he continued his coverage at the CBS owned Austin station. Let's see. Station management directed the crew to follow the standard protest and rally and safety message, blah, blah, blah. There was no directive there saying now that de. Emphasize any part of that perspective. But the moment was clipped down to roughly 35 seconds and quickly got. Went viral. So there you have it. That again from this guy, Vinnie Mortarano down in Austin, Texas. And Austin, we know, is a very liberal city there, you think? Check this out. Here's Reza Pavlovi.

[Big D]

Where was that terror? Was that terror thing in Austin? Wasn't that in Austin or.

[Slickster]

That was in Austin this weekend, right?

[Delgado]

The terror shooting.

[Slickster]

Yes, it was with the club, the nightclub.

[Big D]

Yeah.

[Delgado]

Reza Pavlovi, leader of the Iranian opposition to the Islamic Republic, had this to say about President Trump on 60 Minutes. Scott Pelley, I don't think was very happy about this. Cut number seven. And check this out.

[Paul Nolan]

What is your message to President Trump?

[Big D]

My message to President Trump is that I'm here to Echo and join millions of my compatriots inside and outside of Iran to thank him for having done and having the courage to do what is not easy but intervene and he will go down in the annals of Iranian history as the most celebrated foreign leader that changed bowl game and change the world as a result. Yeah, well, I mean, Scott Pelly knows he was going to say that because the guy's been out on for months.

[Delgado]

Yeah. But you should have seen Scott Pilly's face right after that. He was just like, okay. He probably wasn't expecting that glowing of a commercial that. Yeah. That glowing of a comment coming from the guy. And finally, here's cut number eight. If you don't think that the news is trying to shape a narrative, check out the chiron underneath the NBC News report that calls it a protest, even though it's obviously a celebration and the reporter gets it.

[Big D]

Right.

[Delgado]

Cut number eight. Check this out. Draped in flags, more than 250 Iranian Americans celebrated at San Jose City hall this afternoon with many hugging and dancing as they reacted to what they consider the ouster of the Iranian Islamic regime. Many here also say they consider President Trump a hero for the military strike.

[Big D]

For 47 years, many times the Iranian people tried to take over and get rid of these mullahs and they never had a chance because some governments always protecting them from fall. But now with the, I don't know, with the help of Netanyahu and his persistence, President Trump decided to make that happen.

[Delgado]

Some told us they finally have hope that Iranian people will be able to enjoy the same freedoms Americans have.

[Big D]

Yeah.

[Delgado]

So there you have it again. I mean, good reporting.

[Big D]

Consider the end. Well, I don't know. The top 40 guys were dead in about four seconds into their scrambled eggs on Saturday morning.

[Slickster]

Right.

[Big D]

What gives you the idea that they consider, I mean, CBS

[Paul Nolan]

and, and they're improving. That's an upgrade for them.

[Delgado]

It's just amazing that they would put a chiron on there that says it's a protest. Protest when it's clearly a celebration to what is different overnight. They're just trying to, you know, because it went against their narrative. They're like, but we had it already pre programmed in the computer. How do we change. Change it? They couldn't change it.

[Big D]

Right.

[Slickster]

They couldn't call Frannon.

[Big D]

Right.

[Slickster]

He was at his hamburger place this weekend. Don't bother me.

[Paul Nolan]

I almost got in my car when I saw that thing.

[Big D]

Me too.

[Slickster]

I thought it was good.

[Delgado]

Yeah. The media and there are tons of different clips you can find across social media. You'll, you'll, you'll probably see them, even if you don't want to, about the media trying to frame this as something, it's something they want it to be as opposed to what it really, really is. And that's saying that the Iranian people are against this, but they're not, it's obvious, you can see it, celebrations not only throughout this country and Canada and Europe, but also in the streets of Iran.

[Big D]

I mean, and by the way, we, of course, we all know, you know, days, days into something like this, you know, the truth is hard to find anywhere on anything, especially videos and stories and all this stuff. But like the word right now is that for, for that story saying that whatever they said about the, the Saudis and others, the, the word on the street is that MBS was imploring President Trump to undertake this message, undertake this, undertake this, strikes that, that MBS was imploring him. Meanwhile, they were, they were in public saying to Iran on that, basically, we, we will support you. We're not going to let anything. And then, and then backhanded MBS is going to Trump and saying, you need to undertake this with these guys because they're getting it basically out of control. So again, the response from the world, the response from what you're seeing in the, all of the Gulf, all of the area there, all the response is like no one expected this. So the media can't report, you know, facts because Trump looks like a genius with all of the response we're getting in the area. Think about the Abraham Accords and how that, I mean, the whole thing, they can't report on. All right, 30 minutes past the hour. Live from Studio 6B on a Monday night, 9:30 on the east Coast. Real America's Voice. Glad you're in, everybody. Delgado's doing headline news. Paul Nolan's doing some more news here in a second. And then we'll do sports with Slick, wherever you're watching. We appreciate you giving us a few hours of your weekdays 8 to 10 right here on Real America's Voice. Mr. Nolan, what else is on your news radar tonight?

[Paul Nolan]

Well, Bill Clinton today, I don't know if you guys saw it, both Clintons were deposed for the Epstein probe and a potential first for Congress, which was kind of nice to see those guys,

[Big D]

you know, last week, right, they were deposed.

[Paul Nolan]

Yeah, but the video came out today, didn't it?

[Big D]

Oh, the videos came out today.

[Paul Nolan]

Most congressional precedents, you know, emanate from Capitol Hill. Most presidential precedents emerge from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. But a precedent which may echo around the halls of Congress and White House for years, materialized in recent days in a snow covered, wooded village of Chappaqua, New York. That's where former President Bill Clinton testified on the subpoena of the House Oversight Committee as part of an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. Lawmakers said the panel's ability to compel testimony from the former president could establish a new president precedent going forward, including matters involving President Trump and the Epstein files. According to congressional historians. Never before as a congressional committee deposed a former president, Never has there been a president more criminal. So we might want to lob that in there. Republicans noted that former President Clinton had previously acknowledged knowing Epstein and traveling trips that included him.

[Big D]

So are you saying Clinton was more criminal than Obama? Obama?

[Delgado]

Yeah.

[Slickster]

That was close. Obama's the first thing I thought you

[Big D]

want to think about that statement, you know, Obama's the most dangerous person to ever hold the office. That's not even close.

[Paul Nolan]

Well, I don't know, man. Biden had a bunch of rackets, too.

[Slickster]

He got an island out of it.

[Paul Nolan]

His son was selling artwork.

[Slickster]

Island out of it.

[Paul Nolan]

I mean, it was like a box of Crayolas and oak tag and the guy was getting a half million a pop. I mean, they had every scam run.

[Big D]

Looks like Clinton, looks like William F. Buckley compared to the democrats of today. 2008 forward. What are you talking about? Paul, come back to us.

[Slickster]

Come on, Paul, come on down for me.

[Paul Nolan]

You know, to me, this goes back to like Genevieve's crime family or the, you know, or the Gambinos.

[Delgado]

I would put them on the same level because you got to add Hillary to that mix.

[Big D]

Wow.

[Slickster]

Talk about she takes it over.

[Paul Nolan]

What's the total wealth? Let's just go by total wealth of all of them.

[Big D]

Yeah, right.

[Paul Nolan]

Whoever's got the most, Scott all is the biggest criminal. Let's go with that.

[Slickster]

That's a good point.

[Big D]

All right, well, the Clint win. But so what? Did the. Did anyone watch any of this?

[Paul Nolan]

Yeah.

[Slickster]

Screaming I wanted to see that one.

[Big D]

Nothing's coming of it. What's the point? Nothing's coming of it.

[Slickster]

Nothing ever does.

[Paul Nolan]

Yeah, well, he did say in this deposition that Clinton did say that President Trump was innocent and he has never did anything that would jeopardize him. So he was protecting Trump. And I guess that means truth. You know, he's going to protect Clinton. Who knows this, how this. This works? I guess for he's got to play nice so when he leaves, he doesn't get his whole life wrecked, too. But anyway, I thought some of the video was crazy. One of the things they tried to ask Hillary was about frazzle drip audience. Do you guys remember? So that was interesting. And at one point, Clinton was going through pictures of his days back in mcdc. He was frazzled, smiling like, this is great. I remember that girl. I remember this time. We had a great time. And the lawyer ripped it from him.

[Slickster]

That was so hot.

[Paul Nolan]

He really looked like an old timer just reliving his past. And it was pretty sad. And then Hillary maybe the greatest liar ever.

[Delgado]

What's great though about that clip is that he's looking at the pictures and he's like, he's like, he's like almost he's lost in the right. Like he totally forgot. He's at a deposition, he's looking at him, and all of a sudden his attorney reaches over and takes him out of his hands.

[Paul Nolan]

So great. So that's it. And because I know we're so behind on the rundown, we could easily move on and. But I think some of the clips will be fun to share during the week.

[Big D]

All right. 34 past the hour, live from Studio 6 be from sports. Sports is brought to you by Mike Lindell, Slickster. What's going on?

[Slickster]

I picked the Kevin o' Leary crushing SAG red carpet with crazy nineteen and a half million dollar Kobe collectible. Kevin o' Leary's nineteen and a half million dollar Jordan Kobe necklace crushed the SAG carpet. This is Alejandro Avila of Outkick. The SAG awards are usually a snooze fest of recycled politician platitudes and self obsessed actors. Leave it to Kevin O', Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, to saunter onto the red carpet and break the norm when it comes to fancy bling. While the Tinseltown elite were busy flaunting borrowed diamonds and stiff tuxedos, o' Leary decided to wear a literal piece of sports history around his neck. Mr. Wendell showed up Sunday SAG Awards rocking a custom necklace featuring a 199798 upper deck game jersey, Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant duel signed autograph card. That's worth a lot.

[Paul Nolan]

Looks like he rated your wardrobe slick.

[Slickster]

Well, yeah, yeah. I was like wearing the same jacket tonight. The price tag is a cool 1.3 million, though some high society appraisers have floated figures as high as is 19 and a half million. Obviously Colby's not around. He's not signing anymore. Right. But either way, it's worth more than your house, your car and your 401k combined. Earlier was out there flexing the Goat and the mamba in a slab. He's like a nineteen and a half million.

[Paul Nolan]

I was thinking about buying one, but it's a little. It's a little out of my range. At 19 and a half, he's like

[Delgado]

a white Flavor Flav.

[Slickster]

Which, by the way, you know, here the girls that rejected Flavor Flav's invite.

[Delgado]

Oh, they did.

[Slickster]

Yeah, they did. They officially ejected it because. Because he's got some, you know, 20

[Paul Nolan]

something rapes under his belt.

[Slickster]

He's got some domestic issues, to say the least, and they've decided to pass on it. One more quick one. Big D. Floyd Mayweather to fight kickboxer before Manny Pacquiao. Stephen A. Smith says he's not expecting much from the Mayweather Pacquiao rematch. I don't think Big D is either, but I'm still following this story. James Dillien of espn. Floyd Mayweather dream.

[Big D]

How much money is enough?

[Delgado]

That's all I want to know.

[Big D]

Just somebody tell me, how much money is enough? Enough?

[Slickster]

This guy's a gazillionaire. Well, he's going to have an exhibition against the Kickboxer before he rematches Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather, 49, will fight Pacquiao, 47 for the second time on September 19th in Las Vegas. Big D is booking the sphere for us, but beforehand, he will step into the ring under exhibition rules to face Mike Zambidas. Get the Zeppelin ready. In June 2026 in Athens, Greece. 2026 is already shaping up to be an exciting year for me. He posts on social media in Europe. On the way, we'll see just a war fight. I don't see much out of that, but I'm a little intrigued by the Pacquiao fight. I know I live in the past sometimes with these boxes, to say the least, but it'll make a good theater. I bet you it'll probably be on Netflix. And Netflix will probably, you know, give these guys a gazillion dollars because Netflix has a good trillion dollars and that's a rap in sports. Big D, back to you.

[Paul Nolan]

Did you guys see that? Gina Carano and Ronda Rousey gonna fight.

[Delgado]

Yep.

[Paul Nolan]

That's old Timers day. Yeah, I'm going to watch it.

[Delgado]

Yeah, me too.

[Slickster]

They haven't announced the card yet for the July 4th fight, though, at the White House, right?

[Big D]

Have they?

[Slickster]

They haven't, right? They're still working on that card.

[Big D]

Well, he says it's done, but they haven't officially announced it. I think they're still trying to work on Jon Jones.

[Delgado]

Yeah.

[Big D]

Which is the only fight that I mean.

[Slickster]

Oh, that'll be.

[Big D]

Who knows if McGregor. I mean they don't know that McGregor's washed up anyway.

[Paul Nolan]

We don't need old time as day for fighters.

[Big D]

But Jones and what's his name would be obviously the fight to make. But we'll see.

[Paul Nolan]

See.

[Big D]

But it's still going to be a spectacle, obviously.

[Paul Nolan]

Of course.

[Big D]

All right. So Very Good Sports is brought to you by Mike Lindell. LFS XP is the promo code to use LFSXP if you want to shop at my pillow, use it at checkout. That's the promo code. Will give you great savings. Delgado, what's going on in the headlines?

[Delgado]

All right, Damon. Well, you know what? I know this is we've been talking about it a lot, but we'll make this the last thing I cover when it comes to what's going on in Iran. Is a national security expert urges DHS to raise a terror threat like level and warns of sleeper cell risks here in the US A former Department of Homeland Security national security expert said following the shooting that happened in Austin, which investigators say could be and looks like terrorism, he warned that the sleeper cell activity in the United States poses an escalating danger. We are facing a wide variety of threats here, he said, and the problem is they're all located within our own borders right now. Former DHS adviser Charles, Charles Marino said earlier today. He's a former Secret Service supervisory agent and also follows the US Israeli strikes that killed several Iranian leaders from over the weekend. The unrest prompted retaliation threats along with warnings from security officials who say sleeper cells that have infiltrated the US May be preparing to strike. There's no doubt that law enforcement and intelligence agencies, he says, are operating at an elevated threat level here. Here in the US that's based on the correct operating assumption that the US has been has allowed to be infiltrated with a myriad of threats from around the globe, thanks in large to the policies of the Biden administration which turns our borders into a sieve. So Marino blamed the several border policies that he described from the Biden administration as undercoating and exploiting the asylum and temporary protective status programs and weakening the legal immigration process. So you have that, that we're dealing with there.

[Big D]

Can we just, can we just for one second take a little, a little trip down memory lane for all of the this administration didn't want this war. They never thought about this. They never talked about it till Israel dragged them into it. All this nonsense you're hearing tonight, let's Just go back to October 1, 2024. Here is the soon to be Vice President of the United States in the vice presidential debate. Here's J.D. vance. Now you asked about a preemptive strike,

[Delgado]

Margaret, and I want to answer the question.

[Big D]

Look, it is up to Israel what

[Delgado]

they think they need to do to

[Big D]

keep their country safe and we should

[Delgado]

support our allies wherever they are when

[Big D]

they're fighting the bad guys. I think that's the right approach to

[Delgado]

take with the Israel question.

[Big D]

Okay, so there's the Vice President. Here is the current Secretary of state back in 2016 on the floor of the Senate.

[G]

Mr. President, I'll be brief. I know the Senator from Tennessee would like to close on this matter. I think everything that needs to be said about the details of this deal have already been said. I do want to be recorded for

[Big D]

this Iran deal before I know what

[G]

was going to happen in regards to the Civic Go through. Iran will immediately use the money that it's receiving and sanctions relief to begin to build up its conventional capabilities. It will establish the most dominant military power in the region outside of the United States. And it will raise the price of us operating in the region. They're going to build anti access capabilities, rockets capable of destroying our aircraft carriers and ships. Continue to build these swift boats that are able to come on us, these fast boats that are able to swarm our naval assets and they'll make it harder and harder for US Troops to be in the region. They'll also work with other terrorist groups in the region to target American servicemen and women. And they may or may not deny that they're involved, but they will target us and raise the price of our presence in the Middle east until they hope to completely pull us out of that region. They'll also continue to build long range missiles, missiles capable of reaching the United States. Those are not affected by this deal and they'll continue to build them as they've been doing. And then at some point in the near future, when the time is right, they will build a nuclear weapon. And they will do so because at that point they will know that they have become immune, that we will no longer be able to strike their nuclear program because the price of doing so will be too high. This is not just a work of imagination. It exists in the world today. It's called North Korea, where a lunatic possesses dozens of nuclear weapons and a long range rocket that can already reach the United States and we cannot do anything about it. An attack on North Korea today would result in an attack on Tokyo or Seoul or Guam or Hawaii or California. And so the world must now live with a lunatic in possession of a nuclear weapon, of nuclear weapons. And this is the goal Iran has as well. To reach a point where they become immune to any sort of credible military threat because the price of a military strike would be too high. And then they become an established nuclear weapons power. And never in the history of the world has such a regime ever possessed weapons so capable of destruction. Iran is led by a supreme leader who is a radical Shia cleric with an apocalyptic vision of the future. He is not a traditional geopolitical actor who makes decisions on the basis of borders or simply history or because of ambition. He has an religious apocalyptic vision of the future. One that calls for triggering a conflict between the non Muslim world and the Muslim world. One that he feels especially obligated to trigger. And he's going to possess nuclear weapons. This is the world that we are on the verge of leaving our children to inherit.

[Big D]

There you go. Yeah. Secretary of State. You think he brings any of that history with him when he sits down with the, the current President of the United States and they think about this stuff? Oh no, they never thought about it. It's all about Israel. 17 to the hour live from Studio 6B back after this.

[Delgado]

Is he the next leader of Iran too?

[Big D]

He might be.

[Delgado]

That his new job.

[Big D]

From Studio 6B. So speaking also before we get to everybody one last time here, 13 to the hour. Rubio tonight. Fast forward now 11 years to tonight. Rubio. Just a couple of the key takeaways from his presser that he did that everybody of course is trying to reframe, I think what his comments were. He said a couple things tonight. Here's just some of the high level bullet points talking about this operation. Iran's producing 100 plus ballistic missiles a month. Thousands of one way attack drones aiming to build a retaliatory shield that would make its nuclear program untouchable possible. Exactly what he said in 2016, almost to the word. Iran is approaching a point of immunity within one to one and a half years where its missile and drone stockpiles would deter any strike. Again, exactly what he said in that video in 2016. Sanctions have failed to stop the weapons buildup. The operation was timed while Iran is weakened and before it reaches that immunity threshold. And again we talked about that in that article about how weakened they really were and should have remained after the 12 day war. But of course without China stepping in, US intelligence assessed Iran would immediately retaliate against US forces. So preemptive Action reduced potential American casualties. By the way, the idea that somehow Israel was like, yeah, we're going. Are you coming with us? We're the ones who gave them the intelligence about when these clowns were all meeting. They went when they went because of us, not because they just decided, oh, we're just going to go. We gave them the intelligence. Trump tweeted about it Sunday morning when he, when he talked about this clown being dead, he said he couldn't outrun our intelligence mission Focus is destroying ballistic missile launchers, stockpiles, drone capabilities, naval assets, threatening global shipping. No ground invasion, air and missile strikes are sufficient for objectives. Regime change is not the official goal, but the US would welcome the Iranian people replacing the current leadership. Congress was notified through the Gang of Eight in compliance with the 48 Hour War Powers reporting requirement. No, he didn't need to go get congressional approval. I don't care what Democrats say about it. And they can scream about it all day long. Obama didn't have, Bush didn't. Well, Bush did for I think Iraq, but there's been so many, I think 125 military operations that didn't. And just to bring it back, I tweeted about it. I'll pull it up in a second. But so anyways, back to, to Rubio. Iran controls 20% of global energy flows via the Strait of Hormuz. Mitigation plans are being prepared to stabilize mar markets and no active diplomacy underway. Operations will continue as long as necessary with no fixed end date. And the President said today that he will not get bored. As some have said. Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution gives Congress the power, quote, to declare war, not quote, to make war, war. And the wording, by the way, from our founders was a deliberate that change. The change from make to declare war created a distinction. Congress decides whether the nation goes to full war and controls the funding. But the President as the commander in chief has the authority to direct military forces and respond to threats without waiting for a formal declaration, especially in the case of imminent danger, danger or sudden attack. So Democrats can scream all they want about it, but history tells us that

[Paul Nolan]

the President, they have no credibility, has

[Big D]

everything on his side.

[Paul Nolan]

They can't scream about it because they have no credibility. I mean, think about it. Obama and Clinton and Biden or whatever was pushing his strengths. They just kept doing whatever they wanted to and they didn't say a word. They didn't care. They have, they have no credibility. They don't get to speak. They weren't invited. Go back to the kid table.

[Big D]

That distinction of make and declare, by the way, has enabled over 125 US military engagements in 1789 without congressional declaration, including Korea, Libya. So of course now with Trump, because it's constant TDS from everybody involved, it's a, it's a problem. But somebody wrote today, I forget where it was that he says Trump has realized, especially on even making the case to the U. S public that he doesn't need to. Because, because the US Public doesn't treat foreign policy, things like this, they treat it as binary. Are we winning or are we losing? That that's what they care about. And, and no matter, no matter how much lead up he had done, if this thing had gone sideways, none of that would have mattered. And Trump has learned that and he realizes that, that no, I don't need to go out and do all of this groundwork and make the case because the American people in the end are going to look and say, did we whoop ass or not? Did we succeed or not? Yep. And unfortunately, and of course we all, the whole country mourns the loss of four American lives so far, far in this.

[Paul Nolan]

Amen. Amen.

[Big D]

And we pray that there are no more. And the President warned about this, but Trump sees this the way most people see it. People care about winning and losing and Trump says not only winning is winning, is it, this is it. That's all that anyone's going to care about and that's what they're focused on. So. All right, very quickly, Paul, anything else from you?

[Paul Nolan]

So I, you know, I've been messing around with the, with Grok, ChatGPT and this new AI Claude. It's been fantastic. So I asked it to filter out. Looking through social media, filter out all the bots, which includes the low engagement profiles, the scripted phrasing, no geo tags and whatnot. It says when you sift through all the data, 60% are celebrating Khamenei's death with freedom, chance, fireworks and anti regime hope. It's mostly the urban youth which is dominating that movement. 34% organized mourning and loyalist anger and 6% fearful and neutral. And they are concerned of power vacuums coming in. So when you got a 2 to 1 ratio of positivity in a Muslim nation, you know you're on the right track. It's just a matter of time before we see Iran the way we saw it in the 70s. Slick.

[Big D]

Slick. Anything else in sports?

[Paul Nolan]

Yeah.

[Slickster]

Mystery persists of a father found dead in a creek behind super bowl stadium. This is lower Koflam feel of yard Breitbart. Excuse me. A missing California father who was last seen with his friends miles from the super bowl, but was mysteriously found dead six days later in a creek behind the Big Games stadium is being investigated as a possible homicide. Thomas Simpkins, 44, had been partying with friends and then taking an Uber home at around 9pm on Super Bowl Sunday before his body was found almost a week later behind Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. His sister, Brandi Stroud, told the San Francisco Bay area, his NBC outlet, the family or authorities so far have no answer as to how he ended up in San Thomas Aquino Creek near the sports venue, about six miles from his home. Simpkins did not attend the game, only a barbecue at a friend's home, also miles from the stadium. When he got home, he had no idea who picked him up or how he got all the way to Levi's Stadium. The sister said, I don't believe that my brother just decided to throw himself into a creek. I don't have any answers to when it comes down to really what happened to him. So just really crazy news. Apparently he has three stepchildren and his own child, and then he's in the middle of a divorce, so according to his sister. So who knows what that's all about. But very strange relates to sports, obviously. It was Super Bowl Sunday, apparently, when this had happened. So anyway, Big D, that's a wrap right there.

[Big D]

All right, slick. Very good. Doug. Got any last minute headline?

[Delgado]

Yeah, real quick, the Epstein Files. Well, they got another one here. This Russian mogul who once called sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell's soulmate was found dead in a luxury Moscow apartment earlier today.

[Slickster]

Out the window.

[Delgado]

No, he was actually in the apartment, not down on the ground. And was.

[Slickster]

He looks like a charm.

[Delgado]

Lying in a pool of his own blue. I think it was several gunshot wounds to the head. You're kidding.

[Big D]

This guy?

[Delgado]

Yeah.

[Slickster]

He looks like an ice fella.

[Big D]

Looked like he was having parties at Chuck E. Cheese on the weekends.

[Delgado]

Nice guy.

[Big D]

As we salute our military active and active, police, firefighters, first responders, EMTs, everybody on the front lines, of course, God bless. We keep all of the men and women on the front lines protecting this country right now in our thoughts and prayers and minds. Keep us safe. Thanks, guys. On the show. Aaron, Fran, great job as always. Most of all, thank you to live from Studio 6B. Audience we'll see you tomorrow night, 8 o'. Clock. Right back here. Live from Studio 6B,

[Paul Nolan]

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[Big D]

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