STINCHFIELD TONIGHT NOVEMBER 3RD, 2025

Summary

Real America’s Voice – Stinchfield Tonight

Episode: November 3, 2025
Host: Grant Stinchfield
Guests: Rachel Sheffield (Heritage Foundation), Bill D’Agostino (Media Research Center), Rich Barris (Big Data Poll), Thomas Speciali (Intelligence Professional), John Jubilee (Energized Health)
Podcast Theme: Unfiltered news and analysis of American politics, culture, and current events, with a focus on exposing perceived government waste, media bias, and failures in public policy.

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Episode Overview

This episode of Stinchfield Tonight, broadcast amid an ongoing government shutdown, offers a highly opinionated critique on welfare fraud (especially the SNAP program), media coverage of President Trump, upcoming gubernatorial and mayoral elections, and issues of government and intelligence community corruption. The show also features confrontational interviews with policymakers and experts, several discussions on election dynamics, and closes with health advice and political commentary.

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Key Discussion Points

1. Government Shutdown & SNAP Benefits (00:52–13:41)

Host’s Take on the Shutdown

• Stinchfield frames the shutdown as a result of Democrat maneuvering, suggesting they are using programs like SNAP (food assistance) to manipulate public sentiment.
• He asserts, "Democrats really need to own the shutdown." (01:29)

Critique of SNAP: Fraud, Abuse, and Waste

• Extensive allegations of SNAP fraud from both recipients and retailers: people selling EBT cards, dead recipients continuing to receive benefits, and ineligible purchases (e.g., luxury food items like caviar and truffle oil).
• "By one account, in 2024, it looked like up to 13% of all SNAP payments were somehow fraudulent..." (02:20)
• Criticism of luxury or inappropriate purchases: “Why does someone on food assistance need caviar and truffle oil and sturgeon lobster?” (05:31)

Calls for Reform

• Cites government and news reports, including an ABC report revealing dead people on benefits, and an anecdote from a government official: “We found one guy in six different states getting a benefit. We found about 5,000 people that are dead who are still getting benefits...” (04:51)

Discussion on SNAP Recipients’ Food Choices

• Stinchfield singles out a “critical thinker” on SNAP for choosing healthier/cheaper groceries and denounces what he views as irresponsible purchases.
  • Quote: “[They’re] not buying the right foods on the SNAP program. All of this needs to be reined in.” (06:45)

Guest: Rachel Sheffield (Heritage Foundation)

• Discusses long-standing fraud in SNAP and the wider welfare system:
  • “Fraud is something that's been going on probably since the program began.” (08:11)
  • Welfare growth criticized for fostering dependency: “For 60 years plus now we have been basically just throwing money at the symptoms rather than trying to address the causes…” (09:30)
• Argues for work requirements and reforms, noting political resistance in Congress.

On Alternative Food Assistance

• Points out the existence of food banks and other welfare programs but argues they’re underutilized due to “dependency” culture. (12:15–13:18)

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2. Media Criticism: 60 Minutes & Trump Coverage (13:43–22:55)

Host’s Analysis of 60 Minutes

• Claims mainstream media (especially CBS) act as “Democrat’s henchmen,” unfairly targeting Trump.
  • “It was angry. It was gotcha-style reporting. And it was exactly what I expected from 60 Minutes.” (14:52)
• Defends ICE tactics, blames media for misrepresenting law enforcement actions.

Bill D’Agostino (Media Research Center)

• Argues the Trump/60 Minutes interview was the "most even handed" CBS has managed, but still riddled with bias:
  • “By all accounts, this was the most even handed interview…But this is the best we can expect…” (18:12)
• Suggests real objectivity in media would require a “complete overhaul.”
• Critiques the way journalists frame questions to favor Democrats, especially regarding shutdown negotiations:
  • “It's always about what Republicans will do to bend the knee to them.” (21:21)

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3. Election Analysis: New York, New Jersey, Virginia (24:05–34:33)

Current Elections in Focus

• Discussion of governor and mayoral races, notably Jack Cittarelli in New Jersey and the mayor’s race in New York (concern over socialist/communist candidates).

Polling Insights with Rich Barris (Big Data Poll)

• Cittarelli’s chances in NJ: “Jack Citarelli is the best chance they have for a win, which…would be viewed as an upset right now.” (28:30)
• Out-migration effects from New York and California on voting patterns.
• Analysis of why Republicans struggle in cities: "The government you elect is the government you deserve." (29:49)
• Virginia governor’s race: Youngkin’s campaign contrasted favorably against less focused Republican messaging this year.
• Stinchfield: “If you want to win, you gotta show up.” (34:24)

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4. Intelligence Community & Hunter Biden Laptop (36:04–43:19)

Host's Accusations Against John Brennan (Former CIA Director)

• Alleges Brennan was part of an "attempted coup," involved in deceptive claims about Russian disinformation concerning Hunter Biden’s laptop.
• Airs confrontational exchange between Thomas Speciali (army intelligence) and Brennan:
  • Speciali: “Why would you sign that memo with everybody knowing that the Hunter Biden laptop was legitimate?” (37:55)
• Speciali’s view: “They conducted offensive counterintelligence against the American people…to steal the election.” (38:54)
• Suggests potential legal exposure for Brennan, discusses sedition versus treason.

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5. Health Segment: “Energized Health” Testimonial (44:47–49:11)

Chronic Pain and Autoimmune Disorders

• Spotlight on a testimonial by a woman successfully reducing pain and medication through “Energized Health.”
• John Jubilee claims high success reversing autoimmune disorders, including arthritis.
  • “Anything in the autoimmune, we reverse it...99% of people, their doctor has told them, you cannot reverse an autoimmune disorder…” (47:18)
• Push for the program as an alternative to conventional medicine.

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6. Final Political Commentary: California, Newsom, and Trump (49:45–50:55)

Host’s Closing Rants

• Further critiques of California Governor Gavin Newsom, painted as dishonest and hypocritical:
  • “Nothing I dislike more than the politician that sits there and lies to you.” (49:45)
• Celebrates Trump’s perceived recent successes.

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• “Democrats really need to own the shutdown.” — Grant Stinchfield (01:29)
• “Up to 13% of all SNAP payments were somehow fraudulent.” — Grant Stinchfield (02:20)
• “We found about 5,000 people that are dead who are still getting benefits.” — Brooke Rollins, per Stinchfield (04:51)
• “The average weight of a woman on SNAP benefits in America is 211 pounds for a five foot four woman…The average weight…not on snap benefits is 140 pounds.” — Grant Stinchfield (05:43)
• “Fraud is something that's been going on probably since the program began.” — Rachel Sheffield (08:11)
• “[The welfare system] needs reform…We really want people to have better lives. We don’t want people to just be dependent forever…” — Rachel Sheffield (10:09)
• “It was angry, it was gotcha-style reporting, and it was exactly what I expected from 60 Minutes.” — Grant Stinchfield (14:52)
• “By all accounts, this was the most even handed interview that CBS has managed to do with President Trump probably ever…” — Bill D’Agostino (18:12)
• “The government you elect is the government you deserve.” — Rich Barris (29:49)
• “...all I was trying to find out was...if Tulsi Gabbard had these emails, Admiral Rogers telling...Brennan, I'm not comfortable with signing off on this ICA...” — Thomas Speciali (40:28)
• “Anything in the autoimmune, we reverse it. And...doctors...say to me, ‘John, this is what we should have learned in medical school.’” — John Jubilee (47:18)

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Memorable Moments

• Stinchfield’s SNAP Luxury Food List: Outrage at caviar, sturgeon, and truffle oil available for purchase (05:31).
• Critical SNAP Recipient Soundbite: Young woman lauded for buying meat, not snacks, on food assistance — “That's a critical thinker. If she's on snap, she shouldn't be. She's a bright young lady.” (07:30)
• Speciali–Brennan Confrontation: Speciali confronts John Brennan in person about the Hunter Biden laptop letter (36:04, 39:49).
• Polling as Prognosis: Rich Barris and Stinchfield liken out-migration from blue states to a “short sale,” foreseeing a long-term demographic impact (30:53–31:39).

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Useful Timestamps

• 00:52–13:41 – Government Shutdown & SNAP Fraud
• 13:43–22:55 – Mainstream Media (60 Minutes) vs. Trump
• 24:05–34:33 – 2025 Gubernatorial and Mayoral Races
• 36:04–43:19 – Thomas Speciali vs. John Brennan on “Russian Disinfo”
• 44:47–49:11 – Energized Health Testimonial & Autoimmune Reversal
• 49:45–50:55 – Final Thoughts & Commentary

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Tone and Language

• Highly opinionated, polemical, and confrontational; blends reportage, anecdote, and editorializing.
• Language is informal and combative, with passionate accusations and occasional humor/sarcasm.

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For Listeners

This episode is a showcase of right-leaning skepticism toward government social programs, major news networks, and some elected officials. It supplies a blend of insider interviews, panel discussions, and red-meat political critique—appealing to those who want to hear government and media systems thoroughly challenged from a populist conservative viewpoint.

Transcript

[Rachel Sheffield]

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[Grant Stinchfield]

Well, good evening, everyone. Welcome to Stitchfield. So the government shutdown continues today. And now it seems the Democrats are moving from Obamacare to SNAP benefits. Anything they can do to raise the emotional toll of the government shutdown. But I'm here to tell you, SNAP benefits. There's some real problems with this SNAP program that needs to be figured out. First and foremost, though, here's John Fetterman, the senator from Pennsylvania, Democrat with some common sense for his fellow Democrats. I'm deeply, deeply distressing to know that.

[Rich Barris]

42 million Americans are going to lose their SNAP benefits.

[Grant Stinchfield]

And now that's one of the big reasons why I refuse to shutting our government down. And again, I feel like the Democrats really need to own the shutdown. I did a deep dive into the SNAP program and what I'm finding, like every other government program, it is ripe with fraud. Ripe with fraud from a retailer perspective, meaning they're selling goods that aren't eligible for the SNAP benefits. That's the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. It is ripe for fraud from the consumer perspective. Many of these people are selling their EBT cards. You know, they get a little card, like a debit card that is loaded up with money. They sell those for 20, 30, 40 cents on the dollar by one account. In 2024, it looked like up to 13% of all SNAP payments were somehow fraudulent, whether they were either misappropriation, retailer fraud or black market fraud. This is a gentleman in New York spelling out just how prevalent the selling of these cards really is in his neighborhood. Food stamps. And they're selling it for cash. They'll get $4,000 in food stamps and they'll just take like $1,000 in cash. Like, bro, like, that's happening, like, everywhere. That's why they're mad. That is exact why they're mad right now. And you know the thing about it, too, they will never admit to selling their food stamps. But it's happening. Well, we know it's happening because you can go online, you can see people talking about it all over the place. Now, why haven't we gotten an Elon Musk style investigation into the SNAP program to root out the waste, fraud and abuse? Look, folks, we. We have known it has been going on for as long as this program has been enacted. I went back to the archives and found this report from 2016 from ABC. Fraud and poor management undermined public support for this program. We identified 36 instances where dead people.

[John Jubilee]

Received benefits more than a year after their death.

[Grant Stinchfield]

If we are doing all this work on the retailer side and we aren't taking care of the recipient side, we are not going to stop the fraud in trafficking. So again, retailer side, yes, recipient side, you better believe it. Now, all this brings us to present day. You heard them mention dead people. Yes, there are dead people receiving SNAP benefits. How they're eating these, these Little Debbies or whatever else they're buying with the SNAP benefits, I have no idea. But it's bad news. Illegal aliens as well. By some accounts, over a million illegal aliens on the SNAP program. That's illegal, by the way. You cannot have illegal aliens on the SNAP program. This is Brooke Rollins, the Secretary of Agriculture. That's the agency that runs the SNAP program. We found one guy in six different states getting a benefit. We found about 5,000 people that are dead who are still getting benefits like, it is time to drastically reform this program so that we can make sure that those who are truly needy, truly vulnerable are getting what they need and the rest of the corruption goes away and we can serve the American taxpayer again. This goes to the corruption at every level. I want you to take a look at this. This was on Amazon Food eligible for SNAP benefits. You have white sturgeon at $48 an ounce. A state white sturgeon at $69 an ounce. You got crab legs, as you just saw, $21. Now it's 45, $54 an ounce. And let me show you this caviar. That's the sturgeon. Amazon eligible truffle oil. If you look at this stuff, truffle oil, $49 for a 17 ounce. Now why does someone on food assistance need caviar and truffle oil and sturgeon lobster. I saw one thing. I saw one Pinot Noir. Now, you're not allowed to buy alcohol. They called. This is thanks to the Dallas Express. They call Amazon and Amazon says, oh, that was a one off. It was a mistake. Sorry. Pinot Noir. Come on, folks. Now, when you think of all of this, I want you to think of why this is happening. And here's a statistic that should Outrage, every single one of you. You know the average weight of a woman. Yes. Weight in pounds of a woman on SNAP benefits in America is £211 for a five foot for woman on SNAP benefits. The average weight of a woman in America not on snap benefits is 140 pounds. Still too heavy in my opinion. But do you understand what's happening here? They're not buying the right foods on the SNAP program. All of this needs to be reined in. Thank God we do have some SNAP recipients that have critical thinking skills, like this young woman.

[Rachel Sheffield]

You know what's cheaper than a $3 pack of Little Debbie snacks? A 50 cent can of green beans. Okay. You know what's cheaper than three packs of soda? A bunch of cans of 50 cent cans of vegetables. Okay. You know what's cheaper than the $150 you spent on chips, sugar, soda, all of that? Buying a bunch of meat. Cause the amount of snacks that you bought are enough to last you two weeks. And the amount of meat that I bought is enough to last me the entire month of November while I wait for food benefits to fix themselves.

[Grant Stinchfield]

You know, I'm usually the first to judge people. The red hair, the nose ring, I think. Oh, boy. No, that's a critical thinker. If she's on snap, she shouldn't be. She's a bright young lady. Somebody out there ought to go find her, hire her. Nobody else thinks like that, apparently, including in government. This program needs to be reined in. I want to bring in now to discuss all of this research fellow on welfare and family policy at the Heritage Foundation. Rachel Sheffield is with us. Rachel, welcome to the program.

[Rachel Sheffield]

Thanks for having me.

[Grant Stinchfield]

All right, Rachel, how long have you and others at the Heritage foundation known about fraud inside the SNAP program?

[Rachel Sheffield]

Well, I think fraud is something that's been going on probably since the program began. I don't know that for sure, but this is something that goes is. Yes, it is. It is rampant in the program. And unfortunately, it's something that I don't even think we fully know the scope of because I don't think it's measured broadly. And you know, SNAP is just one of one part of a much larger welfare system. We have 90 programs at a cost of 1.7 trillion a year. And you know, for all the fraud that's going on, for fraud that's going on in snap, you know, there's more. There's more to go around, unfortunately.

[Grant Stinchfield]

You know, I use it as an example because clearly what Elon Musk did and the Doge Crew of finding waste run abuse of basically every level of government. But this is just one example and I use it as an example because the Democrats are going crazy over snap. I wish though someplace along the way somebody inside government would go crazy over reining this stuff in. It doesn't appear that there's been any real strong attempt to do that.

[Rachel Sheffield]

Yeah, sadly this, yeah. As you mentioned earlier, we have 42 million Americans on the SNAP program. The welfare system had, you know, it began back in the 1960s with the, you know, Linda B. Johnson's war on Poverty. And you know, he said that he wanted to address the causes, not just the symptoms of poverty. But unfortunately for 60 years plus now we have been basically just throwing money at the symptoms rather than trying to address the causes, rather than trying to help people improve their lives, get into work, have a better life for their families rather than to be dependent on government. And so, you know, this is an issue that is actually, you know, a lot of Americans, Democrats, Republicans agree that if you're going to be receiving benefits and you're able bodied, you should work or prepare for work or do something. But unfortunately, unfortunately Congressional, you know, Congress has done not very much to address this very important issue. I don't think very many Americans know that the welfare system is so large. 1.7 trillion is one of the largest functions of, you know, government spending. And yet it just kind of, you know, it gets kind of talked about as if it's one program here or there. But it's, it's a huge, it's a huge, it's a huge system. It needs reform. And part of that is because we really want people to have better lives. We don't want people to just be dependent forever and ever on government. It's not good for them. It's not a sustainable model.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Well, it isn't at all. I'm going to play a clip for you of a woman on snap. She's the complete opposite of the last woman that I played for you. In fact, she's telling anybody that were to stop looters with the SNAP program shut down, look out because they may kill you for looting this food. Watch this, please. Mind your business. Those people, they trying to feed their kids and they trying to go home and just feed their kids. And I would, I would hate for you to not be able to make it back to your family and for you to not be able to make it back home because you trying to save these billionaire companies. All right, she's laughing about it that if they loot Walmart, and they come out and kill you for trying to stop them that you'd hate not to go home. But the reality is there's other options out there for people. There are food banks all over the place. I don't think they're widely utilized because people don't want to go to a soup kitchen. They don't want to go to a food kitchen. They'd rather go and I guess get the Little Debbies. But in the end, are there other options for these people in time of need with the SNAP program shut down? I mean, I want people that need assistance to have some help. But there is other options out there, isn't there, Rachel?

[Rachel Sheffield]

Well, I think, yeah, as you mentioned, I mean, right. There are, there are food banks, there are other, you know, SNAP is just one of, you know, 90 different welfare programs. And one of, you know, there are other food assistance programs out there too. School meal programs, school lunch, school breakfast, food programs for the elderly. I mean, unfortunately, SNAP is, you know, this, this shutdown issue touches so many people because again, as I mentioned, our welfare system has just been designed to kind of feed on itself, to continue to just grow and grow and bring more people on who then become dependent rather than becoming, you know, self reliant, rather than working and gaining those skills that will help them get off the program. So we have that we've created this system where we're not actually helping people and they're, and they assume that the only way forward, you know, the only path for them is to be dependent on government. And that is not, that is not what we should be. You know, we need to reform this so that we can actually help people get out of my. Get to a better place.

[Grant Stinchfield]

My belief, Rachel, is this is exactly why Democrats created this. So when they got to a position like this, they could put the pressure on Republicans and say, look at all these people. The people would rise up because they're dependent on the SNAP program. This is exactly what the Democrats designed. It's where they wanted these folks. Rachel Sheffield, great avenue on the program. Thank you. And a big thanks to the Heritage foundation as well.

[Rachel Sheffield]

Thanks for having me tonight.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Absolutely, my pleasure. All right, I want to turn now to another little devious and deceitful crew besides the Democrats. It's the Democrats henchmen, and that is the mainstream media, specifically CBS News. And even more specifically than that, 60 Minutes. 60 Minutes came out hammering away at President Trump last night. I was so angry at this interview. Now, don't get me wrong, President Trump has won courage to Go sit with CBS News in 60 Minutes when he knows they hate him with a vengeance, but he killed it, man. President Trump was gold in the face of a very combative, angry witch with a B reporter named Nora o'. Donnell. I knew it was going to be trouble when the. When the piece started out like this. It's been five years since President Trump.

[Rachel Sheffield]

Appeared for an interview on 60 Minutes. So we had a lot of questions. What are you doing as president to end the shutdown?

[Grant Stinchfield]

Tonight, he answers them.

[Rachel Sheffield]

Americans have been watching videos of ICE.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Tackling a young mother, tear gas being.

[Rachel Sheffield]

Used in a Chicago residential neighborhood, and the smashing of car windows. Have some of these raids gone too far?

[Grant Stinchfield]

Far? No, I think they haven't gone far enough. Thank you, Mr. President. They haven't. Again, it's all filled with half truths. They don't tell you what's really behind the woman being tackled, who's getting in the way of ICE agents trying to do their job, not obeying commands. Same thing with the people in the car. What are you doing to stop the shutdown, Mr. President? President Trump doesn't have to do anything. The Democrats just have to vote for a continuing resolution. It was angry. It was gotcha style reporting. And it was exactly what I expected from 60 minutes. Here's an example. You're okay with those tactics? Yeah. Because you have to get the people out. You know, you have to look at the people. Many of them are murderers. Many of them are people that were thrown out of their countries because they were, you know, criminal. So the tactics, what, Tackling an illegal alien who's getting in the way of ICE agents doing their job, that's literally putting agents in danger and the public around her, Smashing the window of someone who's inside a car that refuses to obey commands when they think there's felons inside that car, dangerous individuals who could do serious harm to the American people. 60 Minutes told none of that story. And then I look at this. The victims, they got to bring up the victims. James Comey and Letitia James, Darlings of the left. Oh, Mr. President, aren't you engaged in political retribution?

[Rachel Sheffield]

James Comey, John Bolton, Letitia James were all recently indicted. There is a pattern to these names. They're all public figures who have publicly denounced you.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Is it political retribution? What? You know who got indicted? The man you're looking at. I got indicted and I was innocent. And here I am because I was able to beat all of the nonsense that was thrown at me. She doesn't bring that up. He was indicted in Georgia. He was indicted federally. He was indicted in New York City. He was indicted in New York State. They came after him from every freaking angle to stop him from being president. And you worried about political retribution from a guy who literally was the leader of an attempted coup of the United States of America. Talking about James Comey weaponizing the FBI to not just go after President Trump, but everybody around him literally weaponizing the Department of Justice, yet federal judges who act so deviously and continue to act so deviously, and they're worried about Letitia James. She lied, by all accounts, on her mortgage. There's a real victim at play here where there were no victims with President Trump because he didn't do anything. First off, I am so angry at this 60 Minutes piece that sometimes people tell me I get too fired up. I can't help it. I want to bring in now Reacher research analyst at the Media Research Center. I know they get fired up over stuff like this. Bill d' Agostino is with us. Bill, welcome to the program.

[Bill D'Agostino]

Great to see you, Graham.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Am I overreacting, Bill?

[Bill D'Agostino]

No, I don't think you are. But I think I have something that's probably going to upset you more, which is that by all accounts, this was the most even handed interview that CBS has managed to do with President Trump probably ever. So parse, parse that one out for a second. This is, this is absolute best.

[Grant Stinchfield]

So this is like telling me that, you know, crime is down in Chicago because they only have 150 murders, not 200 murders, but. So this was even handed, Bill, to explain this to me.

[Bill D'Agostino]

Oh, no, it wasn't. It was not even handed. This is, this is the closest to even handed they've ever come. And I think this might, this might genuinely be Nora o' Donnell doing her best. The reason I say that is because we did not see the same kind of combative interrupting, fact checking, et cetera, that you, that you saw during, for example, J.D. vance's at the time as a candidate, his debate, right. When she was one of the moderators. She and Margaret Brennan were constantly jumping and interrupting. And I think that she was instructed not to. And so instead she just wove all of the obnoxious jabs, gotchas and whatever else into her questions. But Trump was able to be very effective because of that, because she couldn't just constantly jump in and stop him every time he started on a train of thought every 30 seconds. And so because of that, it ended up being one of the least effective attempts at sinking this president that I think the media have ever done because she was forced to actually play by the rules. She couldn't just argue. For example, he called Zoran Mamdani a communist twice.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Let me, let me just play a clip for you, because I think this is the clip where I was getting very angry with her for doing exactly what you're saying here. And that's interrupting him. Roll that one, guys. We can make it much less expensive for people and give them much better health care. Where is that plan willing to work with the Democrats on it? The problem is the. They want to give money to prisoners, to drug dealers, to all these millions of people that were allowed to come in with an open border from Biden and nobody can do that. One Republican would ever do that. All right, so that wasn't quite it. But you see, where is the plan? She's wanting a plan from him. I'll let you continue, Bill.

[Rich Barris]

Right.

[Bill D'Agostino]

Because she will, she will always do that. Right. I mean, this is, this is basically the best we can expect from them until we get essentially a complete overhaul. This is the best effect that you're going to see from Bari Weiss taking control of CBS News until they actually start cleaning out a lot of these people. This is the best Norah o' Donnell can do because she's always going to push the Democrat line because she got into media to push the Democrat line. Right. If you remove that from her, she has no more raison d'. Etre. She has no more reason to be in the position that she's in. And so if you're not satisfying with what you're seeing here, we need an overhaul. And I would, I would argue that that's pretty much the only way forward for any of these news networks that continue to insist that they're objective when this is, this is what they do. Right. This is, this is how they question a president of the United States, is they essentially read A slate of DNC talking points to him.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Yeah. Here's another clip. Cut 20, guys. This is her just literally trying to blame everything on President Trump. So then what happens on November 15 when the troops don't get a patient? Schumer is a basket case and he has nothing to lose. He's become. I just left Japan. He's become a kamikaze pilot.

[Rachel Sheffield]

Sounds like it's not going to get solved, the shutdown.

[Grant Stinchfield]

It's going to get solved. Yeah. Oh, it's going to get. So how. We'll get it. So eventually they're going to have to vote. Bill.

[Bill D'Agostino]

Incredible. Right? I mean, so this Is this is the premise that literally every Democrat, or excuse me, liberal journalists, question about how do we solve this shutdown starts and ends at, for any Republican, any, any member of the administration and certainly for Trump is, well, what are you going to do about this? Right? There is, there is never any question about how do you get Democrats to cave on this. How do you get Democrats to come to the table and accept what you're offering them? It's always, well, can't you cave? Right? It's always, you have to negotiate. It's always, well, Mike Johnson has to, has to reopen the House, right, or whatever else. It's never about what the Democrats are willing to accept. It's always about what Republicans will do to bend the knee to them. The ball is basically always in Republicans court as far as these news media are concerned, because they want Democrats to get what they want at the end of the day. And so that's the premise that every question that they ask about the shutdown starts from.

[Grant Stinchfield]

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[John Jubilee]

I believe that the shutdown is politically motivated.

[Grant Stinchfield]

I believe that if they wanted to, they could find common ground.

[John Jubilee]

They choose not to.

[Grant Stinchfield]

And that has hurt the Republican brand, the Republican reputation. Their numbers are down, as you point out in your own polling of Donald Trump. But the numbers that have fallen the.

[John Jubilee]

Worst, to my surprise, are the Democrats. Everyone is being hurt by this, everyone's credibility and respect.

[Grant Stinchfield]

So look, is it a surprise that Congress's numbers are folding from both sides of the aisle? No. Everyone's upset with Congress, Republicans and Democrats. But you hear what he said there. They're more upset with Democrats. Will this have an effect on any of these races or will Democrats run the Table. Now, I want to remind you this Mamdani is bad news. Mamdani's information about his family continues to come out here. This was a quote from his father. Okay? His father. According to a study by the Global Anti Semitism Policy Institute, Mamdani's father is quoted as saying, quote, the long term security of a Jewish homeland in historic Palestine requires the dismantling of the Jewish state. Confirming what many of us believe was that Mamdani is a total anti Semite. But we have problems with our own Republican Party with anti Semites as well. So I don't know if this plays a big role in New York. Certainly New York is a Jewish town. You would think it would, but they haven't shown me before that they will push against people that hate Jews. Democrats being number one on that list. Now, Trump called mom Donnie a communist. I believe he is. I think he's worse than that. I think he's a terrorist sympathizer as well. Trump says, you know what? We're going to hold up money to New York. Going to have a terrorist sympathizer, communist send federal tax dollars to New York City, only to have it wasted on city run grocery stores. This was Mamdani's response. Now, Donald Trump may speak as if it is his decision, but this is money that this city is owed. This is money that we will expect to collect. And I will take every single day after this election to put together my city government, my city hall, to ensure that it is prepared not only for the threats from Donald Trump, but also the threats from an affordability crisis. So he's going to try to push back. That plays well with his base. It doesn't play well with the American people. The only problem is he's in New York City. If New York gets a communist for a mayor, I hope they suffer. I really do. That's my hometown, by the way. And I'm sorry to say that I got a lot of New York friends there watching. I know the guys out at the America warehouse. I don't want you to suffer. But quite frankly, New York is going to get what it deserves. They elect this guy in the office. My guy is Curtis Sliwa. Cuomo is the one who should have stepped down, not Sliwa. Here's Curtis. They talked about favorability, which your panel was mentioning. I am. Barack Obama rated out the best in New York City in terms of national, local and state figures, 52%. The unfavorable ratings for Andrew Cuomo were miserable. You can't overcome that. Everybody loves Curtis like this show, Everybody Loves Raymond. And now I have to translate it into votes tomorrow. I understand it's important to go on cnn, but I'm going to tell you this about Curtis Lewa. I had sent text messages to his sister. I sent emails to him. I talked to his friends about getting him on the program. You're going to have to rally strong conservatives. There are a lot in New York. I got nothing back. Not even a response back from the Curtis Lewa campaign. So, again, you know, these guys make their beds in many respects. I want to bring in now, though, director of Big Data Poll and host of Inside the Numbers, Rich Barris is back with us. Rich, it's always good to see you.

[Rich Barris]

It's always great to be here. Thanks for having me.

[Grant Stinchfield]

All right, Rich, let's talk about maybe where we have a better chance than New York. I have a feeling Mom Donnie's going to win there. Yeah. Let's talk about New Jersey first. Jack Cittarelli. That seems to be the closest of the bunch. How are you seeing that race?

[Rich Barris]

It is the closest. Honestly, I think Republicans are most likely going to have a bad night tomorrow, and Jack Citarelli is the best chance they have for a win, which, you know, would be viewed as an upset right now. But I would just note that the polling has not been very good in the state of New Jersey. And even some of the polls that give Mikey Sheryl a bigger lead are still close. This is a close race. So I think the X factor here is that the polls, especially the better ones, are showing that Citadel is winning a lot of Democrats.

[Bill D'Agostino]

A lot.

[Rich Barris]

So while Republicans did not post the early vote numbers that I want to see, the X factor is how many of these Democrats come out tomorrow? Because that will even be a higher crossover number for Jack Citarelli. And he's proven he can do it. He did it in 21. It looks even bigger this year. And that can really present a challenge for polling. It really can. So I think, you know, that's. That's the brighter spot for the night. And by the way, I'm glad you said what you said about New York. I'm a Five Burrows guy myself. I live in the south now, but my family was Staten Island, Brooklyn and Queens. Long, long tradition in the Five Burrows. I don't want to see either. But the fact of the matter is this has been going on a while, and the government you elect is the government you deserve.

[Grant Stinchfield]

You know, I hope when it comes to New York, if they go down this route, that it makes a difference. Now I do morning drive radio out in Los Angeles. Rich, Los Angeles got even worse than New York. It doesn't seem to make a difference to the people of L. A. I mean, that place is a hellhole now with crime and homelessness and everything. And nobody seems to make a change when they vote.

[Rich Barris]

Rich, I gotta tell you, to the out migration, New York's actual greatest export is human beings. People have been fleeing that state. And there have been Republican voters particularly ramping up during COVID Even my own uncle, he would like never vow, I'm never leaving Queens.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Left.

[Rich Barris]

He's gone. So, you know, there's another. I just saw, I don't know if they're going to publish this or not, but I just saw this study anticipating what happens if mom Donnie gets elected. And it's upwards of 10% of the state of New York will leave if mom Donnie gets elected.

[Thomas Speciali]

It's a ridiculous amount of people.

[Rich Barris]

And what happens when that, yeah, when that occurs, that outward migration occurs, Same thing we saw in California until the Hispanic vote started to shift a bit more dramatically. These voters, they go and they vote with their feet and they go to North Carolina, they go to Florida, they go to Georgia, and they vote Republican. So unfortunately, you know, I, I would, I would almost give this analogy to like a short sale, you know, when a company or, or, or selling, when a company needs liquidity and they're in, they're in a selling crisis. We were just talking about this on social media. My group, they keep selling to get more liquidity, which causes the price to, you know, the stock to just keep going down and down and that ends up in a crisis and a tailspin and then there's no floor. And I mean, of course, I hope that doesn't happen, but unfortunately we have seen this time and time again.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Yeah, I agree with you on that. Let's take a look at Virginia. Now, Virginia, I love winsome Sears. I think she's a great candidate. I think she'd make a great governor. Why is she not getting the traction that Glenn Youngkin got four years ago?

[Rich Barris]

I think Youngkin ran an almost flawless campaign. I mean, there is also the state's voting tradition, which is the opposite. It works against Democrats in New Jersey, but in here, in the case of Virginia, they have a very long tradition of electing the party for governor that is the opposite party of the White House that just won in the preceding election, the presidential election. So this is an uphill battle for Sears, but I do think there's Something to be said for a little bit of a lesson to know your audience. We were actually analyzing this, how much money went toward different messaging and what, what, you know, what, what ads they were running in the message they were presenting. And while the polls and all the research was screaming that people were saying, like everywhere else in the country, cost of living, cost of living, cost of living. She was focused on tertiary issues like the trans issue. Glenn Youngkin, he walked and chewed bubblegum at the same time. And he was, this is a special kind of campaign. You know, not that many campaigns could be, you know, given the accolades that Glenn Youngkin can. I mean, he made grocery store prices and other prices and cost of living issues the number one while never letting go of those other issues. And there were specific events in Loudoun county that year dealing with schools that, that amplified that message when he talked about the trans issues. So I think she just missed the mark. I think it was, you know, a lesson of knowing your audience, knowing it well.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Well, I placed a bet on Calshi that the Democrats would not, would not sweep.

[Rich Barris]

Sweet.

[Grant Stinchfield]

And a $20 bet on Cow. She that the Democrats would not Sweep New York, New Jersey or, or New York now pays $100. So it's looking like a 20% chance that they don't sweep. An 80% chance that they do. Yeah, I think that's probably right. Legit real quick. Probably right, Rich.

[Rich Barris]

I think that's probably right. I do. I again though, I would not count Jack out. I, I really wouldn't. He's a great ret and we already know he's overperformed. I just didn't like the early vote numbers that I saw. Not that Democrats were doing gangbuster job either. It's just that there was, there's some very real Virginia too. Some very real issues with Republicans being able to get out these Trump voters that are low prop voters. And then to my surprise, in the last week, even some of the three out of fours and four out of fours were not showing up where I, where I was really needing to see them.

[Grant Stinchfield]

If you want to win, you got to show up, gotta show up. Always. Yeah, always. Great to have you on a program. Thank you, my friend.

[Rich Barris]

Thanks. All the best.

[Grant Stinchfield]

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[Grant Stinchfield]

Well, folks, next up on the who should be charged parade would certainly in my mind be John Brennan, the former director of the CIA. He was an integral part of the attempted coup of America. Well, Congress has referred him to the DOJ for lying to congress. But one of our regulars here, a long time career intelligence guy, Thomas Speciali confronted Brennan. You gotta see this. And you misrepresented that. We never said it was disinformation. Said it was Russian influence operations, which is what they do. There's a big difference between influencer. No, you don't know that. Yes, the literature, all the hallmarks of smiling after it. Brennan looks like a child on the playground. Since we said it was a Russian influence operation, anybody who looked at that Hunter Biden laptop knew that was not Russian influence influence. It was legit. I mean, you didn't have to even be an intel guy to figure that out. I want to bring in now the man you just saw. 30 year career army intelligence officer, senior US intelligence professional and senior collection strategist on domestic terrorism at and ODNI from October 2020 to January 20, 2021. It's a long intro. Too long. Thomas Speciali is with us. Thomas, welcome to the program.

[Thomas Speciali]

Hey, it's good to be here. Thanks for having me.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Well, I saw that and I said, oh my gosh, I. I gotta get you one because you said. Why did you do that letter about the Hunter Biden laptop? What did you make of his response?

[Rich Barris]

I'm.

[Thomas Speciali]

I'm a career interrogator. I've been, you know, I'm trained to make provocative statements and see how people react. And that it.

[Grant Stinchfield]

What.

[Thomas Speciali]

That wasn't planned. That's just kind of what naturally came out is, you know, why would you sign that MEM with everybody knowing that the Hunter Biden laptop was legitimate? Why would you do that? And I believe the answer is very clear. You know, the. The Morrell email basically lays it all out. We want to give Biden a talking point in the debate on this Hunter Biden laptop, and we need your help. And I think that they made a catastrophic error in. In doing so, because what they did was, is they, for all intents and purposes, they conducted offensive counterintelligence against the American people. These guys are trained intelligence officers. They knew exactly what to say and exactly how to get it out into the media. And then Biden was probably told exactly what to say in response, and it was done. And I make very clear, folks, this is not about. This is not about what they did to Trump or what they did to Carter Page or even what they did to Michael Flynn. They did all of these things that they did to us. They did all these disinformation campaigns, all these lies. They did it to the electorate to steal the election, to take the election.

[Grant Stinchfield]

They sure did. It wasn't just that interaction. And I love that you have a beer in your hand, by the way. That's, like, the best part, because it was a disarming.

[Thomas Speciali]

I mean.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Well, of course it is. And I also think it's. It's. It's disarming. I mean, I know you could use it as a weapon, but more than that, I used to walk into confrontational interviews with a cup of coffee in my hand just to show that I'm not all worried about the interview. And so I love that aspect of it. But you also confronted him while he was on stage. Let me play this clip for everybody.

[Thomas Speciali]

I would like to hear what your justification was for supporting the dossier that was known to be false, being used as source material in the second ica.

[Grant Stinchfield]

I don't know who put you up to this.

[Thomas Speciali]

Nobody put me up to this, sir.

[Grant Stinchfield]

I'm here on my own. What role you played or who you are, but it's a bunch of. That you just passed on.

[Thomas Speciali]

The emails are clear, sir. The emails are clear. The emails are clear. Next, the second question I think we're gonna. Yes.

[Grant Stinchfield]

You nailed him. And you can tell from his body language, he knows you nailed him. Thomas.

[John Jubilee]

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[Bill D'Agostino]

Yeah.

[Thomas Speciali]

The this was totally not planned on my part. It was like by accident that I saw this event a couple of days before it. I registered. I was hoping to get maybe a side, you know, sidebar conversation and ask it privately. But then they opened the floor to questions and I wasn't sure. You know, a lot of these really high profile guests don't stick around for the reception afterwards. So I just took the opportunity to ask it publicly. It wasn't my intent to create this big kerfuffle on the Internet. But, you know, and that's why I kind of laugh about it because, you know, all I was trying to find out was is the, the, the, the, the that Tulsi Gabbard has released these emails are, you know, Admiral Rogers telling the, the Tomy and Clapper and Brennan, I'm not comfortable with signing off on this ICA because there's nothing in the reporting that supports some of the things you guys are saying. And he says I'm not going to sign it, my people aren't going to sign it. And you know, and, and so it's very telling that he did not immediately say, you know, you don't know what you're talking about. He just basically went after why I was there.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Real quick, if you can the ICA for everyone home is the intelligence community assessment which was used at Barack Obama said go back and change, which is just literally ridiculous. Real quick, should he be charged with one line to Congress? Is there anything else he can be charged with? Can you do that in 30 seconds for me?

[Thomas Speciali]

I, I don't know what you can charge him with. I don't think you can charge him with treason because it has to be on behalf of another government or to the benefit of another government. I think that they may pursue seditious conspiracy charges because clearly there was a, an atmosphere of sedition against Trump. And you know, I'm not, I'm not convinced that Obama said go back and change the ica. The first ICA was a cyber ICA only about Russian hacking the election. And the second ICA was more of a fulsome intelligence community assessment of and I think that that was really at the request of Brennan and Comey because they wanted to lay the record down that the Russians had influenced the election.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Well, it's fascinating stuff. I'm grateful to you for, for you going and confronting, I'd say having the cojones to do it. I know you have the cojones. You're a long time army guy. I'll give you this tip. You're gonna have to watch Friday night Thomas because I've got my other longtime army guy who is an intelligence operative specialized in interrogation as well, and he's a body language expert. We do body language every day. We're gonna do the body language of Brennan both squirming in the chair and pointing his finger at you. So that should be fun. We'll do that Friday night Thomas speciale as always. Thank you, my friend.

[Thomas Speciali]

No, thank you. Thank you, sir. All right, have a good night.

[Grant Stinchfield]

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[Grant Stinchfield]

Right?

[John Jubilee]

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[Grant Stinchfield]

All right, and so her story is not totally unique. John, you've got a lot of stories like this as a result of the energized health protocol.

[John Jubilee]

Oh, it is. And, you know, and I want people to think about this for a moment. Now, most people probably never heard of that disorder. It's very rare, but it's. It's on the autoimmune list. And you may have heard of rheumatoid arthritis. That's an autoimmune disorder. Or Hashimoto's. But anything in the autoimmune, we reverse it. And, Grant, 99% of people, their doctor has told them, you cannot reverse an autoimmune disorder. You can just deal with the pain, deal with the symptoms, but you're never going to reverse it. But I want to say something on behalf of doctors, though. We have hundreds of doctors who have become our client, Grant. And those doctors, over all the years, many of them have become my friend. And they say to me, john, this is what we should have learned in medical school. They should be teaching, going to the root cause like you do, pushing out inflammation, pushing out toxins. You're going to the root cause. I wish I would have learned this in medical school.

[Grant Stinchfield]

You know, it's amazing. So you're not just talking about losing body fat, right? You talk about losing pain in your joints, which is amazing. You talk about these autoimmune disorders. You mentioned arthritis. I imagine this helps with people suffering from that, too, John.

[John Jubilee]

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[Grant Stinchfield]

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