Media Exposed with Adam Weiss - November 30, 2025

Summary

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Media Exposed with Adam Weiss

Episode Title: November 30, 2025
Date: December 1, 2025
Podcast/Network: Real America’s Voice / iHeartPodcasts

Overview

This Thanksgiving week edition of "Media Exposed" with Adam Weiss takes a hard look at the intersection of politics, media coverage, and American values—emphasizing how mainstream media narratives shape discourse around recent high-profile events. Weiss unpacks the national implications of:

• The surprising cordial meeting between President Trump and NYC Mayor-elect Zoran Mandani
• The resignation of Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress and MAGA's internal rift
• Media handling of a brutal crime in Chicago
• Controversy over a Democratic video urging military personnel to "refuse illegal orders"
• The underreported persecution of Armenia’s leading Christian businessman
  The episode is packed with critical commentary, guest interviews, and pointed critique of the legacy media's agenda and double standards.

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Key Segments & Discussion Points

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1. Trump & Mayor-Elect Zoran Mandani: A Cordial Oval Office Meeting

[05:02–10:34]

• Background:
  The much-anticipated meeting between President Trump and NYC’s incoming DSA-aligned Mayor, Zoran Mandani, was widely expected (including by media) to devolve into conflict.

• Media Coverage:
  Weiss accuses the mainstream media of wanting a “Battle Royale,” noting, “That's how devious the media has become. They're full-force activists now. They colluded. Sways elections, sways policy. We need to expose them.” (Adam Weiss, 04:12)

• Actual Outcome:
  Trump showed “a softer side” and mutual respect was displayed—contrasting with media-fueled expectations:

  “I got a lot of texts from moderate Democrats and women. What’d you think of that meeting? Trump was so nice. I said, yo, he wrote the Art of the Deal.”
  (Adam Weiss, 06:33)

• Media's Persistent Framing:
  Even after the event, media figures like NBC’s Kristen Welker pressed Mandani repeatedly on if Trump is a “fascist” (“You were about to answer, then President Trump sort of jumped in and said… ‘that's okay, you can just say yes. It’s easier than explaining it.’ So, Mr. Mayor elect, just to be very clear, do you think President Trump is a fascist?” [09:36])

• Weiss's Analysis:
  Weiss denounces media’s negative, loaded questioning and laments its effects:

  “Instead of... what we saw on Friday, putting those words into the discourse… We already have people on the edge. Trump... got shot... a leader of the youth movement... got executed, got murdered. ...What does that put in young people's mind that might be on the spectrum? ...It gives them thoughts of, if he is a fascist, I have to take him out. This is terrible discourse on behalf of the media.”
  (Adam Weiss, 10:34–11:10)

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2. Marjorie Taylor Greene Resigns: MAGA in Crisis or Transformation?

[18:13–25:00]

• Framing the Drama:
  Greene’s departure is treated by mainstream outlets as GOP "disarray." Weiss and guest Michael Philzaim see it as a struggle over MAGA’s soul: “battle for control of America first brand.”

• MTG's Own Words:
  Played on-air:

  “If I am cast aside by the President and the MAGA political machine and replaced by neocons, big pharma, big tech, military, industrial war complex, foreign leaders and the elite donor class that can never ever relate to real Americans, then many common Americans have been cast aside and replaced as well... I'll be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026.”
  (Marjorie Taylor Greene resignation video, 19:30–20:50)

• Trump’s Cold Response:
  Discussed as “classic Trump post: passive aggressive, like ‘you're a traitor, and thank you for your service.’”

  “Marjorie Trader Brown couldn’t just leave it as a… because of plummeting poll numbers and not wanting to face a primary challenge... has decided to call it quits... Nevertheless, I appreciate Marjorie and thank her for service. DJ T”
  (Adam Weiss quoting Trump, 20:51–21:35)

• Analysis:
  Michael Philzaim speculates on MTG's motivation (“it's about the money”), notes her stock trading, pension timing, and predicts a pivot to media/book deals:

  “She did her cause and I think what happened was when she found out she likely wasn’t going to win, she is now... coming up with her different reasons, but basically for me it’s about the money...”
  (Michael Philzaim, 21:38–22:32)

• Media’s Pattern:
  Weiss identifies a “playbook”: defect from MAGA, get rewarded with media gigs/book deals (“Everyone that seems to have a tiff with Trump, they’re welcomed back with book deals. They’re given the TV circuit... Basic playbook: go after Trump and media will reward you.” [22:32])

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3. Violent Crime Coverage Double Standard: Chicago Train Attack

[25:00–29:14]

• Incident Details:
  On Nov 16, a 26-year-old woman was set on fire on a Chicago train. Suspect with 72 priors.
• Network Coverage:
  Weiss: “CBS, NBC didn’t even play the story... ABC spent 79 seconds on it.” (25:00–26:00)
• Media Critique:
  Michael Philzaim: “Shame on CBS and NBC for not showing it... The fact that it’s not being aired is disgusting. ...They’re more concerned about the narrative than being consistent.”
  (28:05–28:54)
• Racial Angle:
  Both note that if the races were reversed, “the American media would be all over the story.”
  Weiss: “Stop playing this footsie game. The guy had 72 priors. But that’s what we expect from the media.” (29:14)

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4. ‘Refuse Illegal Orders’ Video: Democrats’ Preemptive Military Push

[33:12–43:01]

• The Video:
  Democratic senators and congressmen produce a slick video addressed to military/intelligence community, telling them to “refuse illegal orders.”

  “You must refuse illegal orders. No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution.”
  (Video audio, 35:13–35:17)

• Weiss’s View:
  Frame as “dangerous rhetorical move... breaks long standing civil-military norms.” “This is like a preemptive attempt to cast doubt on Trump... before he’s even in office.” (33:12–33:45)

• Media’s Response:
  Mainstream media, e.g., Jake Tapper, focus more on Trump’s angry response than the video’s dangers.

  “President Trump’s wildly inappropriate and potentially dangerous call for six members of Congress to potentially be executed or hanged because they issued a video reminding members of the military that they do not have to carry out illegal orders...”
  (Jake Tapper, 37:50)

• Guest Critique:
  David Zier (Breaking Point, Real America’s Voice):

  “Encouraging our warriors to ignore the orders of commanders undermines every aspect of good order and discipline. ...Talk about insurrection... If the shoe was on the other foot, there would be impeachment hearings again for Donald Trump.”
  (36:13–37:23)

• Questionable Comparisons:
  Weiss gives “a little bit of credit” to Martha Raddatz for following up, notes the comparison to Nuremberg is offensive.

  “To compare it to Nuremberg, millions of Jews were killed and Christians across Europe. I mean, these people have no bottom. There’s just no bottom.”
  (David Zier, 39:39–40:19)

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5. International Human Rights: The Case of Armenia’s Samuel Karapidian

[48:15–58:55]

• Background:
  Billionaire Samuel Karapidian jailed by Armenia’s PM for defending the Christian church. Weiss points out the “media blackout” in Western press:

  “If this were a progressive billionaire pushing LGBTQ politics, getting persecuted abroad the same outlets, ignoring us, that will be treated as a global emergency.”
  (Adam Weiss, 48:15)

• Interview with Narek Carpidian (Nephew):

  “My uncle Samuel Karapidian... started to defend the church and the head of the church and our let's say progressive prime minister became more authoritarian... took... Samuel Karapidian to jail for defending our church.”
  (Narek Carpidian, 50:09–50:58)

• Discussion:
  Narek details protests in Armenia calling for his uncle’s release, the PM’s attacks on church leaders, and lack of American or international media awareness.

  “For our church and for Sam... He is a face for freedom and our traditional views. ...he's in jail... five months... for just saying that Prime Minister must stop to attack Armenian church and head of Armenian church.”
  (54:56–55:42)

• Weiss’s Perspective:
  America should be raising awareness—“No better place to do it here than America to fight this injustice... Hopefully you could put that together, do something magical here.” (58:02)

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Notable Quotes & Moments with Timestamps

• On the Media’s Activism:

  “That’s how devious the media has become. They’re full force activists now. They colluded.”
  — Adam Weiss, [04:12]

• On Trump’s Softer Side:

  “You’re standing in front of the Resolute desk in the Oval Office with the President of the United States ... it shows a softer side of Trump.”
  — Adam Weiss, [05:24]

• On the Media Pushing ‘Fascist’ Label:

  “What does that put in young people’s mind that might be on the spectrum? It puts them in a bad situation... If he is a fascist, I have to take him out. This is terrible discourse on behalf of the media.”
  — Adam Weiss, [10:34]

• MTG’s Resignation Statement:

  “There is no plan to save the world or 4D chess game being played.”
  — Marjorie Taylor Greene, [19:41]

• On the Chicago Train Attack Coverage:

  “If the races were reversed, wouldn’t American media be all over the story?... They’re more concerned about the narrative than being consistent.”
  — Michael Philzaim, [28:05]

• On the ‘Refuse Illegal Orders’ Video:

  “Encouraging our warriors to ignore the orders of commanders undermines every aspect of good order and discipline... Talk about insurrection.”
  — David Zier, [36:13]

• On Double Standards in Persecution:

  “If this were a progressive billionaire pushing LGBTQ politics, getting persecuted abroad the same outlets, ignoring us, that will be treated as a global emergency.”
  — Adam Weiss, [48:15]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [05:02] Trump–Mandani White House meeting review
• [09:36] NBC’s Kristen Welker asks Mandani about “fascist” label
• [18:13] Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns, implications discussed
• [19:30] MTG’s resignation statement played
• [25:00] Discussion of Chicago commuter train attack and media response
• [33:12] “Refuse illegal orders” Dem video, national security risks, media response
• [36:13] David Zier: civil-military norms and danger of the video
• [48:15] Armenian freedom, media blackout, and Narek Carpidian interview

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Guests & Contributors

• Michael Philzaim — Tech entrepreneur and conservative commentator, weighs in on MTG and MAGA political dynamics.
• David Zier — Host of “Breaking Point” (RAV), discusses military norms and political messaging impacts from a local diner.
• Narek Carpidian — Nephew of jailed Armenian tycoon, provides firsthand account of religious persecution and media neglect.

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Tone & Style

Adam Weiss’s tone is combative, incredulous, and deeply skeptical of mainstream narratives. The episode is marked by repetitive calls to “expose” media bias, repeated attacking of double standards, and candid, plain-spoken interviews. Guests echo and reinforce the urgency and seriousness of the issues.

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Summary

This week’s "Media Exposed" critiques the mainstream media for polarizing coverage and manufactured narratives—whether in White House diplomacy, internal GOP battles, coverage of violent crime, or high-stakes questions in international human rights. The show spotlights the difference between media portrayal and ground realities, encourages unity around shared American values, and calls audiences to challenge the stories they’re told.

Transcript

[Adam Wise]

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[Adam Wise]

It's a Thanksgiving week special here. We're going to cover mtg. But the last time we covered her there was a bickering but this time she decided to resign, leave Congress. We'll talk about that. Also going to talk about this big meeting that happened the White House, New York City, may came in. Everybody thought it was going to be Battle Royale, WWE stuff. It wasn't. And how did the media react? We're also going to take a look at this addition video. They saying that the senators put out in congressman against President Trump. How's the media covering that? Was that right to do what's going to speak to someone very influential in Armenia who's being, you know, persecuted. His uncle is. So we're going to talk to Narek, carpedian from Armenian, very well known family, very wealthy family. We're going to speak to that. More coming up on Media exposed.

[Guest or Interviewee (e.g., Marjorie Taylor Greene clip)]

Do you dare to follow me down?

[Adam Wise]

What they do say is fake news.

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Head into the unknown.

[Adam Wise]

That's how devious the media has become. They're full force activists now. They colluded.

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Trump folks were in on it.

[Adam Wise]

Sways elections, sways policy. We need to expose them.

[Narrator/Reporter]

Republicans trash the country.

[Adam Wise]

I've been doing this since I was 18. I've had hit jobs done against me. I've been attacked by media reporters. Are you afraid no truth will prevail? Fake news media, we're here to call you out.

[Narrator/Reporter]

Into the unknown. Media Exposed with Adam Wise starts now.

[Adam Wise]

It was a big meeting last Friday in the Oval Office. One of the most unexpected meeting that was happening, one of the most wished upon meeting. I would say that the newly elected mayor of New York City, mayor elect, he hasn't been sworn in yet. Zoran Mandani admitted socialist, admitted DSA party. So he's stacking his administration with stacking his transition team with DSA members. But Trump did welcome into the Oval Office and people thought there were going to be fireworks. But you know what Trump wrote the Art of the Deal. It was almost 40 years ago. He wrote this book. There's a reason why he's so good at negotiating. He brought him in, had him in Front of the cameras. The whole world was watching. And it showed a softer side of Trump. They were people expecting them back and forth, and they slapped each other on the back. They gave each other credit. They came together and said, these are the points. We can work together. But you're standing in front of the Resolute desk in the Oval Office with the President of the United States. It shows that a softer side of Trump. And that's what Trump needs to show because he had the world watching him. And if you listen to the media a lot, Trump's a fascist, Trump's mean, he. Trump's a bully, all these things. And he's standing there with a guy who attacked him on election night. And Trump comes about and shows this kind, warm side. And I got a lot of texts from moderate Democrats and women. What'd you think of that meeting? Trump was so nice. I said, yo, he wrote the Art of the Deal. He wrote the book. He's very charming. What do you think gets along with real world leaders for? You know, there is a different side. There's the political side. Now it's the governing side. This kind of warm human moment. Exactly what the GOP needs when they come into the election. They don't need these harsh, you know, bombastic ways, because the midterms are one. Not by the far right, not by the far left, but you got people in the middle. And if I get these texts from middle of the road people that I know in New York, it's a good sign. Groups that respond in a much softer policy. Of course, the meeting also shows how legacy media engineered a conversation by pushing guests towards extreme labels for Trump and how they set everyone up to fail the imagery. The mainstream media didn't want a cordial relation. They wanted this. They wanted bickering, they wanted conflict. But that's what they always want, and it shouldn't be that way. We should have a warmer America where both sides get along, both sides come together, and that's why we have a show here. We blame it on the media. They're always causing conflict when it shouldn't be. This is part of a border pattern of outlets. Use loaded language to find Trump for audience while avoiding similar scrutiny for their own political causes. I want to go to this cut and show you you this is what the media did and how Trump handled it. Let's go to cut one. He asked about your comment calling the president a fascist, and your answer was, both President Trump and I have been.

[Guest or Interviewee (e.g., Marjorie Taylor Greene clip)]

Clear about our positions and our views.

[Adam Wise]

Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist.

[Narrator/Reporter]

I've spoken about.

[Adam Wise]

That's okay. You can just say okay. It's easier. It's easier than explaining it. I don't know. So you see, instead of asking some how, what would you two talk about? What was the similarity? Your personality is. How do people that differ so much get along in America? You know, you come from such different backgrounds. Hit him right up about the fascist. And what did Trump do? He lowered the situation. He made a guy say, okay, you can say it. Zoran chuckled and said it, said it. But Trump still did with a smile. And that was a calming. Trump shows the much softer side of him. And, and it lowered the temperature of the media too. And that was brilliant because it showed the world, hey, this is a different kind of Trump. This is the Trump that we know, that I've seen in person many times that the media doesn't like to show. He's got, you know, this warm, soft aside. And I want to show you. Because even after that happened and Zoram went on the talk shows, Kristen Walker couldn't ask, from NBC, this is Meet the Press, the Sunday show, the big Sunday show. And she couldn't just ask him how they got along. What policy is going to work on together. What was the more positive sides you've seen of Trump? What did you know? When are you going to meet again? This is what she did. Let's go to cut two here.

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In that press conference with President Trump, a reporter asked you whether you believe that President Trump is in fact a fascist, a word that you've used in the past. You were about to answer, then President Trump sort of jumped in and he said, quote, that's okay. You can just say yes. It's easier than explaining it. So, Mr. Mayor elect, just to be very clear, do you think that President Trump is a fascist?

[Adam Wise]

And after President Trump said that, I said, yes.

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So you do.

[Adam Wise]

And that's something that I've said in the past. I say it today. And I think what I appreciated about the conversation that I had with the.

[Narrator/Reporter]

President was that we were not shy.

[Adam Wise]

About the places, disagreement about the politics.

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[Adam Wise]

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You've also said in the past that President Trump has engaged in a, quote, attack on our democracy. You've called him a despot. Do you still believe President Trump is a threat to the democracy?

[Narrator/Reporter]

Everything that I've said in the past.

[Adam Wise]

I continue to believe. So, like, why did she not bring common ground? Why couldn't she make it more personal? Why couldn't she make it a warmer that Zoran could say, now he has to go backwards. Instead of the what we saw on Friday, putting those words into the discourse, putting those words out there for the American people. We already have people on the edge. Trump has been, you know, somebody tried to assassinate Trump not once, twice. He got shot. The president, ex president of the United States got shot. We had a leader of the conservative moon, a leader of the youth movement who was just spreading conservative values, Christian values, got executed, got murdered. Charlie Kirk. And you need to go, Kristen Walker and say, do you still agree that he's a fascist and a despot? What does that put in young people's mind that might be on the spectrum? It puts them in a bad situation. It puts them in a precarious situation. It gives them thoughts of, if he is a fascist, I have to take him out. This is terrible discourse on behalf of the media. After Zoran and Trump got together in the Oval Office and it was warm. That should have been, that should have been moving forward. But whatever the media needs to do, they need to keep pushing this narrative towards conservatives, towards Trump. It's not right. It shouldn't be held up that way. And she knows better and she shouldn't have done it. And Zoran and is wrong there. He should have just stopped her and say, look, I don't want to put these negative words out there. I don't want to criticize the President. He welcomed me in his house. It's the President's house. He's elected President of the United States. He welcomed me in his house. He was warm to me. He brought me out to talk to the world. I don't want to go back and criticize him. But is he beholden to his radical base still? Probably because you couldn't even stand up and meet the press and say, let's not go there, Kristen. Let's treat with respect, let's have a positive relationship. I'm going to need. The city needs the federal government. Lots of money comes in to help them. New York City is a big place. Massive transit, massive amount of money coming. The federal government helps the city of New York, whether it's transit, whether it's law enforcement, whether it's the bridges, whether it's education, whether it's, you know, roads and bridges, all sorts of things that are needed money wise to help the city in New York. So leaving, going back on a Sunday show after you had a nice relationship is wrong. It shouldn't have happened. So Zoran needs to grow a pair of, you know, to stand up to reporters. You know, Trump is Trump. Trump sold a much softer side and that's what it's about. And Trump is fighting for the wars now. He's trying to end the big war. Now that's happened. That's happening at the moment too this week. You know, it seems to be Ukraine seems to be have accepted the idea of ending the war finally. That's a bloody war. I, you know, I worked with the country of Poland way back in 2022 and they were doing an event at the consulate just for the Ukrainian people to showcase the war. Walk in as 50 some odd 50 year old missing a leg. This is the beginning of the war. I said what's happening here? Oh, these are the guys fighting in the war against Russia. And that was three, four years ago. So that's that. Hopefully that finally that big war comes to an end. Nobody needs more bloodshed and you know, and hopefully we have peace by the new year. Coming up next, we're going to talk about mtg. She gave up, she quit. Or she just had enough of the battle within the MAGA movement. That and more coming up on Media Exposed.

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[Adam Wise]

Welcome back to Media Exposed. Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation reveals a deep rift inside MAGA movement, a power struggle over who defines the movement, the base, the ideologies or Trump himself. Her exit signals that even a high profile loyalists are feeling marginalized or sidelined as the movement evolves and centralized around Trump's inner circle. Media coverage is ushering her departure to push a GOP in total disarray narrative. But the real story is the battle for control of America first brand. It's really important. However, it is important to note that this may mark a turning point. Does MAGA broaden, splinter or consolidate even tighter around Trump going into 2026? I want to welcome my next guest. It's Michael Philzaim, software developer, digital marketer. Mike, thanks for joining us. Back again. Good to be here Mike. As we ended this last week with MTG and a big rift here. By the time we were done with our episode, next thing you know, she resigned. I was in shock. Right. So what we want to do is show the audience her. If they haven't seen it, let's, let's watch cut four because we're going to show her video and she did take a shot at Trump. Let's go to cut four here.

[Guest or Interviewee (e.g., Marjorie Taylor Greene clip)]

If I am cast aside by the President and the MAGA political machine and replaced by neocons, big pharma, big tech, military, industrial war complex, foreign leaders and the elite donor class that can never ever relate to real Americans, then many common Americans have been cast aside and replaced as well. There is no plan to save the world or a 4D chess game being played. When common American people realize and understand that the political industrial complex of both parties is ripping this country apart, that not one elected leader like me is able to stop Washington's machine from gradually destroying our country. And instead the reality is that they common Americans, the people, possess the real power over Washington, then I'll be here by their side to rebuild it. Until then, I'm going back to the people that I love to live my life to the fullest, as I always have. And I look forward to a new path ahead. I'll be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026. And I look forward to seeing many of you again sometime in the future. May God bless you all and may God bless America.

[Adam Wise]

You know, and Trump said real fast, Mike, he said afterward, Marjorie Trader Brown couldn't just leave it as a. Marjorie Trader Brown, because of plummeting poll numbers and not wanting to face a primary challenge with a strong Trump endorsement, has decided to call it quits. Her relationship with the worst Republican congressman in decade, Tom Massey, also known as Rand Paul Jr because he votes against Republican Party did not help her for some reason primary that I refused to return her never ending barrage of phone calls. Marjorie went bad. Nevertheless, I appreciate Marjorie and thank her for service. DJ T I think Trump on his way out could have been a little bit more nicer. But I don't know if the stress got to her. Maybe she saw the writing on the world. But what are your thoughts on her resignation?

[Michael Philzaim]

Yeah, that classic Trump post, right? Passive aggressive like you're a traitor. And thank you for your service. For me, there's a lot of things that I look at Adam over the last couple of weeks. Number one, she's been cozying up to cnn. Her resignation date, that is the date that she qualifies for a pension, believe it or not. From what I understand, she's in the top 5 of people that have made money with stocks in Congress with her, with her trading. She went in not very wealthy. She is extremely wealthy right now. She, she has a lot of money. She did her cause and I think what happened was when she found out she likely wasn't going to win, she is now, you know, coming up with her different reasons, but basically for me it's about the money. And I think that you're going to see her popping up, writing books and start showing up on the circuit and finding her way, hopefully not on cnn and maybe, hopefully she'll make her way back to FOX News and get in the good, good graces of the MAGA party.

[Adam Wise]

Oh, so maybe that wasn't written about a lot and she was afraid, oh, this is all going to start coming out here so I better just leave as is and I'll be welcomed back by the media because I did have a little tiff. You know, everybody that seems to have a tiff with Trump, they're welcome back with book deals. They're given the TV circuit. Adam Kinzinga, who's who was a CNN contributor for a while. You got Alyssa Farah who was a spokesman for Trump for a while. You know, she's always on the View and cnn. The basic analyst, basic playbook was go after Trump and remedia will reward you. But let's take a look at Trump's cut here after the, after he was, after she left. Let's see what he said about her exemption cut 5. I know that before you had a fight with Elon Musk and you guys were able to work it out. I get along with everybody. We see the same thing happening between you and sure, why not? I mean I get along with everybody. Are you willing to forgive Congresswoman Taylor Greene. Forgive for what? No, we just, I just disagreed with her philosophy. She started backing perhaps the worst Republican congressman in our history. You know, stupid person named Massie. And I said, go your own way. And once I left her, she resigned because she would never have survived a primary. But I think she's a nice person. Well, she was one of the original maga. Like he, if you name maga, she was one of the top three of four. How things change on Trump World hasn't been as bad as Trump 1.0 because they were, they were falling off the cliff. 1, 2, 3. Right, so give me your thoughts on the Trump statement there.

[Michael Philzaim]

Well, here's what I think. Like I said last week, I think there's two different things that you have to look at. You know, with Trump, right? There's the Twitter and that's he's a PR, he's P.T. barnum, he knows PR better than anybody else. But then there's his policies and his relationships. If you look at what happened with Zoran Mandani last week, he, he blasted him as a communist the day before he came to the White House. But then when they were there, he was loving on Mandani as much as he was on mbs, you know, so I think if you got MTG and Trump in a room, they probably hug and kiss and Trump is all about the PR and making the MAGA policy front and center. That's all.

[Adam Wise]

Yeah, it's Trump 101. Right. He knows how, when to punch, not when to when to punch, not when to punch, not what how to punch. It's Trump boxing 101, I'd call it. Right. And he used to be in the boxing business back in Atlantic City. One of the first. He's always loved the fighting game, he's always the marketing game and he's always played the art of the deal. And I saw this story Mike from Chicago, which hit me red. Proving Trump's point, CBS NBC admitted this horrifying vicious crime. Somebody came on a train, poured gasoline on her. Last week, November 16, 26 year old Bethany was randomly attacked and set on fire while riding a Chicago commuter train leaving her life threatening injury Jersey a suspect was at ran hours late as unfathomable. He had 72 prior arrests but was still allowed to run the streets in Chicago in a Democrat run city defended by these left mayors over and over. Given this incident underscores the urgency that Trump's putting out to stop these crimes in these major cities, you can't have this liberal elites At CBS and NBC didn't even play the story. Imagine from the story from their flagship morning and evening news, ABC wasn't much better. I want to show you this. They did a 79 segment November 19th and they, they said she's brought up on terrorism charges by the federal government. Let's go to cut three. I want to watch this from Newsbusters.

[Narrator/Reporter]

Tonight, federal chair terrorism charges after a horrific attack on a commuter train in Chicago. Prosecutors say the suspect seen on surveillance allegedly setting a woman on fire. Tonight here we do have news on her condition. And here's ABC's Ran and Ally tonight.

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The man seen in these surveillance images.

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Allegedly setting a woman on fire on.

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A Chicago commuter train is facing federal terrorism charges.

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A 26 year old woman was deliberately.

[Adam Wise]

Set on fire by Lawrence Reed in an unprovoked attack.

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According to a criminal complaint in train surveillance on the night of November 17th, 50 year old Lawrence Reed holding a small bottle approaches a woman from behind where he took the cap off the bottle and poured a liquid from the.

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Bottle all over the victim's.

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Prosecutors say he lit the bottle and used it to light her on fire.

[Adam Wise]

When the train stopped and the victim was able to muster the strength to.

[Narrator/Reporter]

Stumble on the platform, two good Samaritans put out the flames.

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Reed was captured about 12 hours later. Surveillance images from a gas station allegedly show Reed filling a bottle with gasoline before the attack. David Reed faces life if convicted. That writer still has critical injuries. Prosecutors are now asking for prayers.

[Narrator/Reporter]

David Rhiannon Alley reporting tonight. Rhiannon?

[Adam Wise]

No, a lot of us, Mike, are in the car listening to this package or we're not paying attention, we're doing something else. But we hear it right. What is that missing? If it was reversed, let's play a guessing game. If that was reversed, wouldn't American media be all over the story? Give me, give me your thoughts. What if what was reversed?

[Michael Philzaim]

Yeah, well first I do want to give credit to ABC at least they did do the story. And they're not a segment like on CNN where they, where they talk about it and they went through the news. But shame on CBS and NBC for not showing it was ABC that showed it.

[Adam Wise]

Right?

[Michael Philzaim]

But my, my thought is this and I'm just going to call it out. The fact that it's not being aired is disgusting. And the fact that the way that it's being aired even on abc it's, it's a man and a woman and we know if the races were reversed it would be a white man and a black person and it's, you know, I don't, I don't necessarily want them to put a white man and a black person. They just need to be consistent. And that's the thing. They're more concerned about the narrative than being consistent. And so it was a man that attacked the women and you had to see it with your own eyes. If you were listening, you wouldn't know anything about the case.

[Adam Wise]

Right? Over and over again, they kept saying, a man, a man. Well, what's the man? If this guy is 72 arrests and did such a horrible thing, tell people it's an African American man. Stop playing this footsie game. The guy had 72 priors. But that's what we expect from the media. And, but you gave him credit. At least ABC actually played.

[Narrator/Reporter]

Can you imagine?

[Adam Wise]

The other networks didn't even play this. Mike, thanks for joining us. Happy Thanksgiving. We'll see you then. Thanks, Mike.

[Michael Philzaim]

Happy Thanksgiving.

[Adam Wise]

Up next, we're going to talk about seditious video that happened and how the media is covering this. All these senators and congressmen asking them to disobey command from the armed services. That and more coming up on Media Exposed.

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[Adam Wise]

Welcome back to Media Exposed. There was this video last week put out by congressmen and senators on the Democratic side. The video's core message was urging the military to ignore illegal orders. Puts active duty troops in the middle of a partisan political fight, something that breaks long standing tradition civil military norms. This is like a preemptive attempt to cast doubt on Trump led government, suggesting he would issue unlawful commands before he's even in office. It's a dangerous rhetorical move used in the language of resistance and insubordination to score political points has real consequence for the chain of command. The media coverage has centered on Trump's angry response instead of the senators calling on people to disobey the commander in chief. This is unbelievable. The media would take the wrong side, obviously. Again, the video's implications for military neutrality and national stability. This is a sign of how far the partisan arms race has gone when lawmakers openly appeal to troops to watch out for their own government. Your threat teetering on a very slippery Slope want to welcome my next guest, David Zier, host of Breaking Point on on Real America's Voice News. David, this video is having legs because now the Department of Defense, they're going to look into Senator Kelly. But let's just show the audience the original clip here. Let's go to cut six.

[Narrator/Reporter]

We want to speak directly to members of the military and the intelligence community who take risks each day to keep Americans safe.

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We know you are under enormous stress.

[Adam Wise]

And pressure right now.

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Americans trust their military, but that trust is at risk.

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This administration is pitting our uniform military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens like us. You all swore an oath to protect.

[Adam Wise]

And defend this Constitution.

[Narrator/Reporter]

Right now, the threats to our Constitution, Constitution aren't just coming from abroad, but.

[Adam Wise]

From right here at home.

[Narrator/Reporter]

Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders.

[Adam Wise]

You can refuse illegal orders.

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You must refuse illegal orders.

[Adam Wise]

No one has to carry out orders.

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That violate the law or our Constitution.

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We know this is hard and that it's a difficult time to be a public servant.

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But whether you're serving in the CIA.

[Adam Wise]

The army or Navy, the Air Force.

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Your vigilance is critical and no, that.

[Adam Wise]

We have your back because now more.

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Than ever, the American people need you. We need you to stand up for.

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Our laws, our Constitution, and who we are as Americans.

[Adam Wise]

Don't give up. Don't give up. Don't give up.

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Don't give up the ship.

[Adam Wise]

David, this is so wrong that you all then this is a slick, slick produced video. So can't you say, oh, we just made a little, you know, comment here. No, you produced a slick video there. Production company and all giving, sending out messages to CIA and military disobey the chain of command. It's terrible to give that message in America, especially when such a, when the discourse is so harsh these days. What do you think of that video?

[David Zier]

Oh, well, first of all, I want to apologize. It's loud here, this music. We're at the Beth Page Diner doing a Thanksgiving special for real America's voice. But yeah, this video, as Pete Hegseth posted on X, is made by the seditious Six. They're despicable, reckless and false allegations here. Encouraging our warriors to ignore the orders of commanders undermines every aspect of good order and discipline. They're foolish screed sows. It sows doubt and confusion. And you know, somebody pointed out the other day, you know, these guys, if you're on the fence and maybe you're politically opposed to President Trump and you're serving in the military, you know, if you speak out and don't follow orders, you ruin your whole entire career. I mean, talk about insurrection. You know, it's just unbelievable. You can't imagine something like this going on in America. Imagine Trump said that under Biden, don't follow your orders. Don't go into battle, question everything they do. If the shoe was on the other foot, there would be impeachment hearings again for Donald Trump.

[Narek Carpidian]

Right.

[Adam Wise]

Because if the media, if a bunch of Republican congressmen, conservative senators, did that while Biden or Obama was president, oh, the uproar would be for the media. How dare you do this? How dare you undermine the president. How dare you. You know, charges should be brought up, but you know, what the media did in this circumstance, I want to show you this, David, is unbelievable. It's going to cut seven. What? Jake Tapper, who. Which side did they take? Watch this.

[Narrator/Reporter]

President Trump's wildly inappropriate and potentially dangerous call for six members of Congress to potentially be executed or hanged because they issued a video reminding members of the military that they do not have to carry out illegal orders. Glosses over the fact, because Trump's reaction was so out of control, that this, this issue of illegal orders is not a new one. There's this new movie out starring Russell Crowe called Nuremberg.

[Adam Wise]

Do you believe President Trump has issued any illegal orders?

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To my knowledge, I am not aware.

[Adam Wise]

Of things that are illegal, but certainly there are some legal gymnastics that are going on with these Caribbean strikes and.

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Everything related to Venezuela.

[Adam Wise]

It does imply that the president is.

[David Zier]

Having illegal orders, which you have not seen.

[Adam Wise]

I think for us, it was just a statement widely.

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Right.

[Adam Wise]

I don't. I mean, look, if you're going back to Nuremberg, right, that. Well, they told me to do it. That's why I. Murdered people is not an excuse. If you look at popular culture, there's like, you watch A Few Good Men, like, we have plenty of examples since World War II in Vietnam where people were told to follow illegal orders and they did it and they were prosecuted for it. I give Martha Raddatz a little bit of credit, David. She did follow up there. Not much credit because Elise L. Said, no, he hasn't done illegal or illegal. Not that I know of. She said he hasn't done any illegal orders. So why are you making a video if he hasn't done anything? Illegal orders? What gives you the right as a sitting senator, with congressman and other, to make a video like that? But you see what Jake Tapper did, it was unbelievable. He's. He's going after Trump.

[David Zier]

It's so disgusting. Adam, these people are the lowest form of life here. And unfortunately, only Mark Kelly can be brought up on charges like sedition by the Department of North of War. Lissa Slotkin was in the CIA, but she's not under the Department of War's jurisdiction, nor is the other four. But, you know, the bottom line is Trump is not giving illegal orders out. And if he does, the courts will decide the fate of this and let Congress take action if they think it's not legal. Right. So it's all a myth. It's another lie. And to compare it to Nuremberg, millions of Jews were killed and Christians across Europe. I mean, these people have no bottom. There's just no bottom.

[Adam Wise]

But think about it, David, is how many 1.1 million people in the military? Right. Thousands of CIA offices, thousands of people in the FBI, DHS, Homeland Security. They just got hired. Right. They're learning their thoughts. Politically, they're not really political. They just want to serve the country. And these senators are giving young military men in their 20s, late teens, even thoughts to disobey command. This is so out of line that, you know, there has to be. Maybe the others could be like, censored or taken up on congressional ethics panel, but something should be done. They shouldn't be allowed to do this. Right?

[David Zier]

Yeah, it may, it may come to that here. And you remember, you know, George Bush took out Manuel Noriega for his role in drug running in the United States. So, you know, whether you agree or disagree with the Venezuelan strikes again, that's a, that's a bigger issue to address and will get addressed. It's not for somebody in uniform, you know, to, you know, like a conscientious objector or whatever. I mean, these are, these are, you know, interdiction strikes against, you know, a foreign enemy looking to kill Americans through the drug trade and what Trump can considers it to be terrorism. But again, it's not for them to question it at this time and, you know, let Congress take.

[Adam Wise]

What are they. They want one of these pilots to be in midair and say, you know, and that's the only thing she said is these, these flights, these bombs from the, from above, from the, you know, the jets are questionable, but. So what do you want? What are you putting the thoughts out there to have a pilot question his command to go blow up the boats. That's what she basically did right, about this. How about what if. What if Pete Hegsett sent bunka busters into the production company and shot bunkbusters after the senators? You think he'll drop A bunk of punkabuster on all these congressmen. I doubt it.

[David Zier]

Yeah, listen Adam, the bottom line is that they backtrack when they're confronted on it. They know they can push the envelope. They know the mainstream media is going to back them up on what they're doing. And then they got a soft pedal it backwards knowing they did something rotten. But it doesn't matter because that's what'll stick in Americans minds.

[Narrator/Reporter]

Right?

[David Zier]

And Jake Tapper and all these other people even, even though Joe Scarborough said that this, the behavior of the Democrats really wasn't justified, you know, so just another pathetic, disgusting attempt to smear Donald Trump.

[Adam Wise]

They even, I saw that. Even Scarborough called them out. If you're losing, if you're losing Morning Joe, boy, you're losing your base. That's like your hardcore base is Morning Joe. The Ms. Ms. Now crowd, formerly msnbc, I think they switched to Ms. Now by now. Oh, that's been. So what's going on at the diner over there, David? Say how's the. My favorite, my favorites are chicken salaki and pizza burger deluxe. Hopefully they make a good one.

[David Zier]

Yeah, well, the Greek diner tradition on Long island is here. This dine is here. For 70 years we met with real American voices today. The hard working middle class of Long island, people who commute into New York City worried about the financial sector, worried about the jobs as police officers and firefighters under Memdani, the high cost of living and other issues they face, you know, food costs and everything else. Thanks, Holly. But everybody I spoke to today in the diner thinks that next year is going to be a better economy. And so that was good news and something. Some things are looking up.

[Adam Wise]

We should have. Long live the diners. If people don't know Long island and New Jersey have some of the best diners imaginable. So hopefully we can.

[David Zier]

Yeah, well, they're fleeting, Adam. The diners are fleeting. You know, they can't, these guys can't operate. The kids don't want to take over the businesses. Their insurance is high. They can't cook. Good labor.

[Adam Wise]

Right.

[David Zier]

So it's a dying industry.

[Adam Wise]

Oh man, that's terrible. There's nothing like a great diner. You can order almost anything. And that's our next episode. Long live at all hours. David, Happy Thanksgiving. Yeah, enjoy the diner, enjoy the food.

[David Zier]

Yeah.

[Narrator/Reporter]

Happy holiday to see you.

[Adam Wise]

Could see you.

[David Zier]

Yes.

[Adam Wise]

Up last we got Samvel Carpidian. I mean Norwich carp. Carpidian. Coming up we're going to talk about his uncle's arrest. That more coming up on media exposed.

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[Adam Wise]

Welcome back to Media Exposed. A conservative Christian billion Armenia has been raided, arrested and jailed for defending his church. Yet u S mainstream media, global media has rarely whispered a word. If he were a liberal billionaire pushing progressive causes would be wall to wall coverage I believe on all the networks. The Armenian prime minister is attacking the Christian church, jailing clergy and now attacking Carpathian whose business accounts for 70% of Armenia's GDP all because he spoke out. Courts have said the arrest was illegal but he's still in prison as the PM tries to seize his company, even move to overthrow the head of the church. This is a major international religious freedom crisis. The media is flat out ignoring the fact that a Christian tycoon is jail for defending his church and American networks won't touch it shows how selective outrage in the press has become. If this were a progressive billionaire pushing LGBTQ politics, getting persecuted aboard the same outlets, ignoring us, that will be treated as a global emergency. I want to welcome his nephew Narek Carpidian for joining us. I wanted to talk about this issue and more now Rick, I've hear this prime minister Nicole Pashinian is really a progressive right? He's really like taking the, you know it took long enough, it took a hundred years for finally get an apology for the, you know this, the genocide against the Armenian people from finally it was you know under our biden we finally got an apology after all these years, right. And now it seems like the prime minister tell us about your, your, your uncle and is he still be in jail and what's going on over there because until you came about it, I heard about it, I didn't know about this. So tell us what's happening and we can bring this message to the world. Hopefully.

[Narek Carpidian]

My uncle Samuel Karabidian is as you said an Armenian billionaire like major Armenian businessman, one of the most well known Armenian businessmen and at the like start of June our prime minister started like unbelievable attacks to our church and head of our church and after that the, my uncle Samuel Karabidian started to defend the church and the head of the church and our let's say progressive prime minister became more authoritarian and he started and he took to jail order took to jail to Samuel Karapitiam for defending our church.

[Adam Wise]

You know is this, is this not known by the pres. Our President, is this not known by the international community what this prime minister is up to? Because it seems like such an injustice that's happening here. So why is it not talked about more since like the Armenians are always like not understood, not treated with the highest respect that it should be treated. And the Turks, the Turks always get more. You know, Erdogan always gets more attention for some reason. And he's the best. He's pushed. And it's the Turks that are always given more attention. Why is this that Armenians are always underrepresented or not given enough attention, you think?

[Narek Carpidian]

I think is all about like the size of the country. But we have a very huge culture. We have one of the biggest heritages in this region. We are here like 2000 years in the. Our region is in the middle of Europe and Middle east. And we are in the center of all this mess. But in these 2,000 years we kept our religion and now we have such a. Such a, you know, changes in our society. So some wines are coming that unacceptable for us, for our society. Nobody accepted the attacks to church. Nobody accepted the critics that our prime minister is doing to church. And nobody accept the unrespectful approach to our faith. You know, about Armenian, Armenian nation. Armenian nation is having a huge history. But about the size is we have not a big size country. We have like just 3 million people living here. That's why it's not in international headlines.

[Adam Wise]

Well, Armenians were. I mean what. What was it? Two thirds of the country were taken away. Right. Was it under one of the wars? Right. And some people say the original Christians were the Armenians. Am I right there?

[Narek Carpidian]

You know, our church is very interesting. It's something in the middle of Protestants, Catholic and Orthodox church. So the interior in the church are as humble as Protestant churches. The like faith and the. The monks looks like Orthodox priests. But the style of praying is like Catholic. It's something, you know, it's showing some ecumenism. Our church is very ecumenic, very humble and very, you know, old fashioned for this world. So we are praying last 1600 years with the same words and same you.

[Adam Wise]

Know.

[Narek Carpidian]

Missions that we have done like hundreds of years, you know.

[Adam Wise]

And I talked to my called a friend of mine. I have a lot of Armenians friends Annie beyond nobody knows I they always spend simple thing I A n if you guess if it's Ian usually could be Persian most of the time Darmenians. And she's a big fashion designer and she knew this new prime minister is bad. My mom talks about him all the Time he's really going after the wrong people. He's getting paid off. All these things that are, you know, that could be possible. So, you know, she taught me a quick lesson here. So I want to show you this cut here. It seemed it was a big rally. This just looks like there's a big protest to get your uncle out of. Out of jail here. Led by your family.

[Narek Carpidian]

Yeah. In our capital.

[Adam Wise]

Yeah.

[Narek Carpidian]

Thousands of people, they went out and starting protesting in our country because for our church and for some. And there is a slogan like Our way is the word he was. Is the sentence he used and now is the. Is the face of Armenian opposition. He is a face we are not involving like in politics, but he is a face of Armenian opposition, the face for freedom and our traditional, you know, our traditional views.

[Adam Wise]

So what is your uncle actually being put in jail for? He's being held house arrest or he's in jail. What?

[Narek Carpidian]

He's in jail. So it's. It's the KGB jail, the old, old communist jail. And his five months is there for just saying that Prime Minister must stop to attack Armenian church and head of Armenian church. If he will not do that, we will look, approach, handle the situation by our way. And with this sentence, he was taken to jail. And six months, five, six months he's there. And it's unbelievable for our country. It's unbelievable too. It's the first case in our country that someone is in jail for just these words.

[Adam Wise]

You know, the Armenians are such a free people too. They're such independent artists, designers, great people. This seems like bad Prime Minister, you have seems sort of like a dictator. This seems like rather the playbook of the old communist Soviet Union. And this is a bad, bad thing. What do we have to do next? How. What's the next process, the next steps to help your uncle get out of jail here?

[Narek Carpidian]

I think our politics needs to balance. Current Prime Minister, our country is a parliamentary country, so we need to balance him. Our position needs to balance him. Not to let him become more authoritarian. And our society must show and international, all the players must show that it's unacceptable, unacceptable to take to jail a person for like five, six months for nothing. And if we will do that, we will avoid greater problems because the tyrants they are, when they start, they are small tyrants, you know, they are starting tyrants.

[Adam Wise]

Right.

[Narek Carpidian]

And after, after not having some, you know, messages from the other countries, they became big and more problematic. Literacy. What we need is the international community to say the world and the Armenian community, Armenian society, we will say our word because our prime minister is very unpopular, as you know, as you said and our society will say his word and we need international society support too.

[Adam Wise]

I think we need to get you over here in America and do a big protest rally in front of the consulate, in front of the embassy, in front of the UN and bring awareness all across the globe. No better place to do it here than America to fight this injustice. I think that's happening towards uncle. So hopefully you could put that together, do something magical here, tell people how they can find you or help this cause if there's a way. It was a website. Tell the audience.

[Narek Carpidian]

Yeah, it's my like we have a Samuel Carapitian Facebook page where there is a my page narrator Facebook page and you can see there the whole processes that are going on protest that are going on in Armenia for saving our traditional, you know, faith, our traditional values.

[Adam Wise]

I want to thank you for joining us. Good luck here and hopefully give us an update soon. Thanks for joining us on Media Exposed. Thank you.

[Narek Carpidian]

Thank you sir.

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