STINCHFIELD TONIGHT OCTOBER 14TH, 2025

Summary

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Real America’s Voice – Stinchfield Tonight: October 14, 2025

Host: Grant Stinchfield
Air Date: October 15, 2025
Podcast Network: iHeartPodcasts

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Main Theme:

A wide-ranging episode focusing on Charlie Kirk’s legacy and recent assassination, accusations of government overreach related to Trump-era investigations, escalating global conflicts (China, Middle East), liberty issues in California politics, and media accountability in covering 2025’s political and international developments.

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1. Remembering Charlie Kirk: Martyrdom and the Right to Truth

• Opening Tribute: Grant Stinchfield begins the episode commemorating conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s birthday and recent assassination, positing him as a “martyr for truth and freedom” ([00:53]).
• Presidential Endorsement: Former President Donald Trump is quoted and featured, framing Kirk in the lineage of historical martyrs:

  “Charlie Kirk was a martyr for truth and for freedom... From Abraham Lincoln to Martin Luther King, those who change history the most have always risked their lives for causes they were put on earth to defend.” (Donald Trump, [01:23])

• Kirk’s Legacy & Family: Stinchfield highlights Charlie’s wife, Erica Kirk, her resilience, and asserts Kirk likely would’ve won a presidential bid ([02:35]).
• Recurring Motif: The notion that silencing truth-tellers only galvanizes their supporters: “What they underestimated was that they awakened a giant in all of us.” (Stinchfield, [01:53])

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2. Critique of Special Counsel Jack Smith and Judicial “Lawfare”

Key Guests:

• Christina Bobb (Attorney, Former Trump Team Member):
  Discussion on ongoing investigations and personal legal jeopardy, plus breakdown of the Mar-a-Lago case and alleged abuse of prosecutorial power.

Discussion Points:

• Jack Smith’s Role Under Scrutiny:
  • Concerns aired over Smith’s request for senators’ phone records and perceived politicization of his probes ([03:40]-[04:48]).
  • House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan launching an inquiry, demanding Smith testify on alleged overreach ([03:58]).
  • Bobb stresses these actions are symptomatic of attempts to silence Trump and supporters:

    “Liberals are still going after Trump supporters and they're still prosecuting us at the state level. So spare me all the tears for Letitia James and Comey and now potentially Jack Smith.” (Christina Bobb, [05:00])

• Mar-a-Lago Case “Conspiracy”:
  • Bobb explains the case originated in DC, not Florida, lacked probable cause, and was transferred due to insufficient evidence.
  • Calls investigation “awful from the beginning,” implicates Judge Bruce Reinhart in signing off on the contested warrant ([05:59]-[07:19]).
• Calls for Accountability & Oversight:
  • Both Stinchfield and Bobb agree: Congress must ask, “Who was directing Jack Smith before his official appointment?” ([07:38])
  • Mark Levin’s analysis played; Smith could not have acted without senior DOJ and possibly White House approval ([08:32]).

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3. International Focus: BRICS, China, and U.S. Dollar

Guests:

• Scott Bessant (Treasury Secretary), Gordon Chang (China Analyst), and remarks by Donald Trump

Discussion Points:

• BRICS & U.S. Dollar Threat:
  • Trump claims he countered the threat by warning of tariffs, leading BRICS members to withdraw ([10:36]).
  • Stinchfield warns, “The war on the dollar is still very real. Gold continues to make record highs.” ([10:58])
• China Trade Tensions:
  • China’s new export bans on vital minerals and technology viewed as backlash to Trump tariffs ([11:37]).
  • Gordon Chang attributes moves to internal CCP turbulence:

    “There’s all sorts of rumors circulating in Beijing about Xi Jinping losing power... this regime is not stable right now.” (Gordon Chang, [12:36])

  • China’s deflation, dependency on U.S. consumers, and Xi Jinping’s precarious political status discussed ([13:35]-[15:36]).
  • “China can lash out... the most consequential developments in the world are happening in Beijing and we don't have a very good idea about what's occurring.” (Chang, [16:42])

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4. The Middle East: Hamas, Iran, and the Quest for Peace

Guests:

• Alireza Jafarzadeh (National Council of Resistance of Iran)

Discussion Points:

• Hamas Disarmament and U.S. Policy:
  • Trump issues stern warning: “If they don't disarm, we will disarm them... They know I’m not playing games.” ([17:34])
• Iran as “Epicenter of War and Terror”:
  • Jafarzadeh outlines Iran’s ongoing threat, nuclear ambitions, and claims popular resistance is mounting:

    “You have the organized force, organized opposition... People have been chanting death to the oppressor, be the shah or the supreme leader.” (Jafarzadeh, [23:09])

• Prospects for Change:
  • Argues regime change must come from within, highlights women’s leadership and a platform for secular, democratic Iran ([22:47], [24:28]).
  • Stinchfield underscores hope for grass-roots revolution, credits Jafarzadeh’s resistance efforts ([24:28]).

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5. U.S. Media & The Battle for Narrative

Guests:

• Dan Schneider (Media Research Center)

Discussion Points:

• Mainstream Media’s Handling of Trump’s Peace Deal:
  • Claims Biden officials now credit Trump for building on their diplomacy after failing to secure hostage releases ([26:20]-[28:12]).
  • Schneider: “The media is not running any of those quotes. When Blinken and others criticize Trump... they're suddenly hoping the media plays ball with them.” ([28:26])
• Genocide Claims and Hostage Coverage:
  • Critique of AP, BBC, NPR, and legacy media’s reporting on Gaza. Stinchfield: “Their worst crime... is the crime of omission” ([30:17]).
• Christiane Amanpour Controversy:
  • Amanpour’s original comment: Israeli hostages “treated better than the average Gazan because they are the pawns...” ([31:21])
  • Walkback and apology played; Schneider asserts, “I would call it aiding and abetting the enemy... At least she admitted it was wrong.” ([33:26])
• AI and Propaganda:
  Rising role of AI chatbots (Meta, ChatGPT) in perpetuating pro-Biden narratives about the peace process ([34:14]).

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6. California Politics: Parental Rights and Public Safety

Guest:

• Sonia Shaw (President, Chino Valley Board of Education, CA Superintendent candidate)

Discussion Points:

• "Predator’s Kidnapping Dream Bill”:
  • New law allows anyone with “an affinity” to a child to pick them up from school, no ID required ([37:04]).
  • Shaw: “It's literally a state sanctioned... trafficking bill.”
• Critique of Rationale:
  Law justified due to fears children would be stranded if parents were deported; Shaw rebuts, saying emergency contacts already in place ([39:19]).
• Parental Rights Erosion:
  • Shaw: “You just took parents rights away. California needs to wake up.” ([37:23], [38:07])
• Host’s Perspective:
  Stinchfield labels it “the most dangerous bill we have ever seen” ([37:08]).

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7. Political Outlook: Key 2025 Gubernatorial Contests

Guest:

• Shane Harris (Editor, AMAC Newsline)

States & Candidates:

• New Jersey:
  • Jack Cittarelli: “There's energy everywhere I go... There isn't a single Republican that has endorsed my opponent whose entire campaign is based on a stack of lies.” ([43:34])
  • Harris sees real competitiveness; win or close finish would have national implications ([43:50]).
• Virginia:
  • Winsome Sears rising after Democratic opponent ensnared in scandal ([44:37]).
  • Harris: “This awkward silence... is going to resonate with a lot of people” ([45:53]).

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8. Confronting “Fake News” in the White House

• Trump Denies ABC News Questions:
  In a pointed moment, Trump refuses a question from ABC following their coverage:

  “I don’t take questions from ABC Fake News after what you did with Stephanopoulos to the Vice President of the United States. I don't take questions from ABC Fake News. Brian, go ahead.” (Trump, [48:19])

• RAV's Brian Glenn given the floor, illustrating the new media landscape post-2024 election. ([48:29])

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Notable Quotes & Moments:

• "They silenced Charlie Kirk because they couldn't handle the truth... their quest to silence truth tellers." (Grant Stinchfield, [00:53])
• "This is a very volatile situation and it suggests things are very wrong in Beijing." (Gordon Chang, [13:35])
• “Anybody can take a piece of paper and go get anybody's child right now.” (Sonia Shaw, [38:07])
• “It was insensitive and it was wrong.” (Christiane Amanpour’s apology, [33:00])
• “The worst crime, often, is the crime of omission...” (Grant Stinchfield, [30:17])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Time | Topic | |-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 00:53 | Tribute to Charlie Kirk, his legacy, and Trump’s remarks | | 03:40 | Jack Smith’s investigation and Senator phone records | | 05:00 | Christina Bobb discusses ongoing legal battles and Mar-a-Lago case origins | | 10:36 | BRICS nations, war on the US dollar, and Trump’s diplomatic strategy | | 12:26 | Gordon Chang on China’s internal instability and economic outlook | | 17:34 | Trump and Middle East: warning to Hamas, Iran policy | | 19:05 | Alireza Jafarzadeh on Iran’s threat, internal resistance, and prospects for change | | 26:20 | Trump’s Middle Eastern peace deal and media reactions | | 31:21 | Christiane Amanpour controversy over Israeli hostages | | 37:04 | Sonia Shaw on California’s new pickup law and parental rights | | 43:34 | New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial updates | | 48:19 | Trump denies ABC News questions, underscores new media dynamics |

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Overall Tone:

Passionate, combative, and unapologetically partisan. The episode frames current events—domestic and international—from an assertive conservative perspective, stressing media malfeasance, the enduring fight for American values, and vigilance against state and federal overreach.

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For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

This episode delivers a fiery round-up of trending conservative issues—emphasizing grassroots vigilance, institutional accountability, and patriotic resolve in the face of ongoing political battles at home and abroad. The discussions cover the legacy of high-profile figures, legal and governmental overreach, international intrigue, new threats to family and parental rights, and the importance of alternative media voices.

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Transcript

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[Grant Stinchfield]

Well, good evening, everyone. Welcome to Stinchfield. Today is Charlie Kirk's third, 32nd birthday. Of course, he's not here to celebrate it. After a violent lunatic took his life. They silenced Charlie Kirk because they couldn't handle the truth. Now Charlie Kirk will join people like Mother Teresa, Nancy Reagan, Bob Hope, Rush Limbaugh as the latest member of the Presidential Medal of Freedom group.

[Donald Trump]

As I said, on the day that he was assassinated, Charlie Kirk was a martyr for truth and for freedom. And from Socrates to think and to St. Peter, from Abraham Lincoln to Martin Luther King, those who change history the most, and he really did have always risked their lives for causes they were put on earth to defend. He was put on earth to do exactly what he was doing, and he.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Did it so well, which is why they killed him. Now on Sunday, I'll be in Orange County, California, an event for Salem Media, which I did every year with Charlie Kirk for the last four years that I've been a part of that program. Charlie will not be there, obviously now because of their violence, because their quest to silence truth tellers. What they underestimated was that they awakened a giant in all of us. I think this has become now far bigger than Charlie Kirk as we wish him a happy birthday. Now, his wife, Erica Kirk was, was in the Rose Garden today with the President. That never stopped me from telling him.

[Podcast Host/Announcer]

I told him every single year. I said, baby, I love your birthday.

[Grant Stinchfield]

I said, because it's a day that.

[Podcast Host/Announcer]

God knew the world couldn't go another day without you.

[Grant Stinchfield]

The way she has handled this to me has really been an inspiration and a tribute to the human spirit. I'm a very strong young lady there. She went on to say she thought Charlie would have run for president. I believe he probably would have won. President Trump agreed with me. Now to the quest for accountability, especially when it comes to that special counsel, Jack Smith. You remember, he was responsible for the Mar A Lago raid. He was responsible for attempts to go after President Trump's Counsel, he was manipulating key evidence in so many of his probes. And then, of course, he went after those senators, tapping their phones, looking at phone records. Here's Senator Kennedy on that. And I'm not telling them whether to.

[Scott Bessant / Gordon Chang / Other Experts]

Prosecute someone or if someone, it ought to be this person or that. I'm telling them to follow the law. Follow the law.

[Grant Stinchfield]

And I want to know why Jack.

[Scott Bessant / Gordon Chang / Other Experts]

Smith thought that he could go seek the phone records of eight sitting United States senators.

[Grant Stinchfield]

I want to know. Well, Congressman Jim Jordan wants to know that as well. He's head of the Judiciary Committee. He has sent a demand to Jack Smith to provide documents and set a date to testify before Congress. As I mentioned, the raid on Mar A Lago attempts to improperly pressure defense counsel of President Trump and then manipulating all those pieces of evidence. This will be something I will eagerly await. Now, here to discuss that is Judicial Watch attorney. She's author of Defiant, the book. But she was also a key member of President Trump's team and instrumental in the entire situation regarding Mar A Lago and those documents. Christina Bobb is back with us. Christina, welcome to the program.

[Christina Bobb]

Thanks, Grant. Thanks for having me.

[Grant Stinchfield]

I guess I should add criminal defendant as well, because you still have a case against you. This is not. It may have ended for President Trump, not for you, Christina.

[Christina Bobb]

That's right. Not for a lot of us. Thankfully, the electors case in Michigan was thrown out a few weeks ago, but my case in Arizona, along with Nevada, Wisconsin, and the Fannie Willis case in Georgia, they're still open. Now, Fannie Willis is hanging on by a thread, but the liberals are still going after Trump supporters and they're still prosecuting us at the state level. So spare me all the tears for Letitia, James and Comey and now potentially Jack Smith. If you want to cry about it, get rid of your, you know, clean up your own side of the aisle first before you come after ours.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Yeah, it is. It's. It's so hypocritical. Now, I do want to talk about Jack Smith because you were instrumental in. You were the. What would you call it, the conservator of the documents at Mar A Lago. What was the official title?

[Christina Bobb]

I was the custodian of records.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Okay, custodian of record. So tell me how this raid goes down and why you think Jack Smith is culpable of judicial lawfare.

[Christina Bobb]

Yeah, well, the raid occurred several months before Jack Smith was even appointed, so he inherited this case. But this clearly was a conspiracy to try to frame Donald Trump for something they never had probable cause. They had to go to a conflicted judge with an affidavit that was untruthful and incomplete in order to get this warrant that really, really needs to be investigated about how they went about it and got it. And I think Bruce Reinhart, the judge that signed the warrant, if I were him, I would be quite nervous to be named as part of a co conspirator in this whole case because it was very clear that, I mean, there was no crime. They originally opened the investigation out of Washington D.C. people don't realize that because the indictment came out of Florida. And so everyone thought that this was a Florida investigation. It was not. Originally it came out of Washington D.C. was when I got called to testify. I had to go to Washington D.C. everybody testified before the grand jury in Washington D.C. and they did not have enough evidence to present to the grand jury for a crime. So at the end of the day, they had to fold it up and take it down to Florida and shift it into a stupid obstruction of justice case that everybody knew was going to get thrown out. But everyone was staring at them because they had raided Mar A Lago and we all wanted to know why. And so they had to cover their rear end that way. But no, this case was awful from the beginning.

[Grant Stinchfield]

All right, so Jim Jordan now wants Jack Smith, the special prosecutor, to. To come testify. I know it's early. I don't know if Jim Jordan has called you or your office yet, but he should and he should ask you. What questions should we be asking Jack Smith? Do you have some you'd like to ask Jack Smith?

[Christina Bobb]

Oh, yeah, I would love to know who was directing him. Now as the, as the special prosecutor, he would say that he was in control, but clearly he didn't get appointed until November of 2022. The raid occurred in August of 2022, and they opened the grand jury, I want to say, in May or whatever. So this was open. He inherited this case. And so I would want to know how that handoff went. What were the instructions? You know, you have the official appointment documents. But I would want to know who's behind all of this, because it clearly was not Jack Smith's original idea.

[Grant Stinchfield]

All right, over the weekend, Mark Levin, who's a good friend of mine, he was talking about Jack Smith, this, he was talking about the spying on the US Senators. But he got to the heart of what you're asking here. Roll that clip. There is no way in hell that Jack Smith did this without the knowledge.

[Donald Trump]

Of the Attorney General and, or the.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Deputy attorney General, if you're going to monitor United States senators, if you're going.

[Donald Trump]

To go to the phone companies to get records, there is no way that.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Merrick Garland didn't know about it or.

[Donald Trump]

Monaco didn't know about it. The hierarchy didn't know about it. And my guess is maybe White House.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Counsel knew about it, too. So I think this has to be.

[Donald Trump]

Part of your investigation.

[Grant Stinchfield]

All right, Christina. I think the two cases are connected because I think it was all about stopping President Trump. When you look at the senators, who they were, who they were targeting, very good friends and close confidants of President Trump, this was all related. Do you believe what Mark Levin is saying there, too?

[Christina Bobb]

100%. And like I said, Jack Smith didn't open the investigation. He didn't originate it. So it had to have come from somebody else, whether it was Merrick Garland or whoever. It's basically like they took their junk drawer and dropped it in Jack Smith's lap and said, hey, can you come up with a crime for this? But don't forget, Jack Smith was running point not just on the Mar A Lago case, but also on the January 6 case, which is what Arctic Frost was all a part of. And so the fact that they were trying to originally bring the Mar A Lago case in D.C. and they couldn't, and they had to take it down to Florida, I think indicates the whole connection. I mean, Jack Smith is the linchpin between all of these investigations. So his testimony will be very, very telling if they can figure out how to get him to testify.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Well, that's for sure. And I would hope, as I mentioned, Jim Jordan's office calls you because I think you'd be a great one to offer up a lot of insight on what they should be going after. Christina. Bob, as always, I urge people to read the book Defiant. That's exactly what you are. And we appreciate it. Thank you for coming on.

[Christina Bobb]

Thanks, Grant.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Absolutely. All right, folks, I want to turn from one attack on President Trump to another attack attack on the US Dollar, specifically talking about BRICS nations Brazil, Russia, India, China and a whole slew of other nations that are waging war on the US Dollar. This is President Trump.

[Donald Trump]

I told anybody wants to be in brics, that's fine, but we're going to put tariffs on your nation. Everybody dropped out. They're all dropping out of brics. BRICS was an attack on the dollar. And I said, you want to play that game? I'm going to put tariffs on your, on your, all of your Product coming into the U.S. they said, like I said, we're dropping out of bricks.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Well, the tariffs have been a hammer for President Trump. There's no doubt about it. The war on the dollar, though, is still very real. Gold continues to make record highs. Look, I' financial advice, but I could see Gold at $10,000 within the coming years. That is not a joke. And then we look to China. China is getting provocative here. Now all of a sudden telling the United States we're not going to supply you with rare earth minerals that are used for electric car batteries. But maybe even more importantly, these chips used for President Trump's a boom. What is behind all of that? This is Scott Besant, the Treasury Secretary.

[Scott Bessant / Gordon Chang / Other Experts]

This is China versus the rest of the world. They announced these export controls that are going to go into effect next month and we have aggressively pushed back against them. We're not sure where this came from.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Why the Chinese have decided to do it now. Well, President Trump, I think the Chinese were frantic after these tariffs were announced that they could go into place. President Trump now say, hey, we'll still meet, we'll still talk. Markets rebounded, but this is a 10 year situation. I want to bring in the plan, the author of Plan Red, China's Project to destroy America. The coming collapse of China and China is going to war. Gordon Chang is back with us. Gordon, it is good to see you, my friend.

[Scott Bessant / Gordon Chang / Other Experts]

Thank you so much, Grant.

[Grant Stinchfield]

All right. Scott Bessant asked a question. Why are they doing this now? Why are they being provocative with these things?

[Scott Bessant / Gordon Chang / Other Experts]

There's really no answer that we have right now. We do know that the Communist Party's fourth plenum, this is the central committee of the party, it's going to meet starting the 20th of this month. There are all sorts of rumors circulating in Beijing about Xi Jinping losing power. And so I think that this is probably related to leadership turmoil. Now, we don't know if those rumors are true. There's some indications that they're not true. But the point is this regime is not stable right now. People are fighting each other. And I think that somebody in Beijing, probably Xi Jinping, thought it would help him to do this at this point to take on the United States.

[Grant Stinchfield]

I would think that he would have learned by now, do not underestimate President Trump and that President Trump will bring the wrath of tariffs down. China's economy is fragile. At least that's what I read. Gordon, is it as fragile as I'm being told? And then I'm reading in the main.

[Scott Bessant / Gordon Chang / Other Experts]

Periodicals, it is Extremely fragile. And we know this from price data. And the price data tells us that China's in deflation and it's getting worse. And what's even really interesting about this grant is that Xi Jinping's policies are driving China deeper into deflation. It's very hard for any country to get out of deflationary spiral. It's even worse when the leader of the country is pushing the country relentlessly deeper into it. And deflation really destroys economies. Now, there's a lot that we can talk about in terms of the Chinese economy, but the other thing is that it is extraordinarily trade dependent. China has never been more trade dependent in its history. We Americans represent 34% or so of global consumer spending. They absolutely need the United States. Xi Jinping is just picking on President Trump, daring him to do something. So this is a very volatile situation and it suggests things are very wrong in Beijing.

[Donald Trump]

All right?

[Grant Stinchfield]

And I'm not naive. We need China as well. I mean, look at the markets. As soon as we look, tariffs come on, the markets collapse. Then. Then we say, oh, well, maybe it's not gonna be as bad as it is. They're still going to meet. Do you think Xi Jinping and President Trump are going to meet as is planned towards the end of the month?

[Scott Bessant / Gordon Chang / Other Experts]

My guess, it's only a guess and it's sort of like a 50, 50 thing, is that they will meet, but there are a lot of reasons to suggest they won't meet. So we will only know, I think, at the last minute, because there is a lot of powerful reasons for Xi Jinping to stay home. And one of them may be that he might not be permitted to leave China. So this is very much up in the air.

[Grant Stinchfield]

All right, I want to go back. And maybe this gets to something you said originally, because I think it is very important, these rumors about Xi Jinping not holding on to power. How do you kick a guy like that out of power? I mean, he rules with an iron fist.

[Scott Bessant / Gordon Chang / Other Experts]

Well, the number one uniformed officer in China, guy named General Zhang Yao Shao, is known to be an adversary of Xi Jinping. And it appears, and we've got information to corroborate this, that General Zhang has been getting rid of Xi Jinping's allies in the Chinese military. Now, the Chinese military is the most important faction in the Communist Party, and we can guess that Xi Jinping has lost control of it. So that would mean Xi Jinping is weakened. That doesn't mean Xi Jinping is out, because he does have other Levers of power. But the point is that this is a very interesting situation, something that we haven't seen for decades in China right now. So the answer to your question is there are a lot of people who want to get rid of Xi Jinping. Yeah.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Including us, quite frankly, here in the United States. I think he made a serious miscalculation by going down this road of limiting these rare earth minerals. I think he's going to get hammered for it, and it may make things worse for him. I'll give you the last word real quick for me, Gordon.

[Scott Bessant / Gordon Chang / Other Experts]

You know, we just got to be prepared because China can lash out, and so we don't actually pay that much attention to what's going on in Beijing. But right now, the most consequential developments in the world are probably happening in the Chinese capital, and we don't have a very good idea about what's occurring, but we do know that something is up.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Yeah. And that's frightening. And really, that is the main reason why I have you on. Nobody knows better about this stuff than you, Gordon Chang. And we appreciate you coming on, as always.

[Scott Bessant / Gordon Chang / Other Experts]

Well, thank you so much, Grant. And stay safe.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Absolutely. You, too. All right, so we turned from one bad actor to another, like Hamas. Hamas is now saying that it will not disarm. I've warned you now that Hamas is still going to be a problem even with this peace deal in place. Trump issued a very stern warning to Hamas today.

[Donald Trump]

Because they said they were going to disarm. And if they don't disarm, we will disarm them.

[Christina Bobb]

How will you do that?

[Donald Trump]

I don't have to explain that to you. But if they don't disarm, we will disarm them. They know I'm not playing games.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Let me tell you something. Even the hostages said when President Trump was elected, one of the hostages said, they stopped spitting on me because they were so afraid of President Trump and what he would do. Hamas does respect President Trump. We'll see how this plays out. Now, this peace deal never would have come about if President Trump didn't take out Iran's nuclear facilities. President Trump has said that most people agree with him on that. It took away Iran's, call it, power over Hamas and the region with not having a nuclear weapon. Still, President Trump has been adamant he wants Iran to come to the table. President Trump is the Monty hall now in the Middle East. He is willing to make a deal.

[Donald Trump]

There's nothing that would do more good for this part of the world than for Iran's Leaders to renounce terrorists, stop threatening their neighbors neighbors quit funding their militant proxies and finally recognize Israel's right to existence. They have to do that.

[Grant Stinchfield]

So what will happen with Iran? I want to bring in the Deputy Director of the National Council of Resistance of Iran. US Representative Office Alireza Jafarzadeh is with us. Alireza, thank you for coming on the program today.

[Alireza Jafarzadeh]

Thank you so much, Grant. Always a pleasure to be on your show.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Well, it's good to see you again, sir. Where does Iran sit now in all of this? We've got certainly what looks like more peace than ever before in the Middle East. Tell me where Iran sits.

[Alireza Jafarzadeh]

Well, as far as the Iran regime is concerned, they are the epicenter of war and terror in the whole region. The regime has been designated as the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism for decades. They're developing nuclear weapons, very advanced missile program, drone program, killing their own population. And whatever has been happening in the past few weeks, to say the least, is really bad news for the Ayatollahs because they are not about peace. Peace actually is to the detriment of the survival of the regime. The regime is built on thriving, on crisis and export of terror, developing nuclear weapons and killing their own people. That's why you will not settle until you see the Iranian regime, the head of the snake, neutralize. And that, of course, is the responsibility of the people of Iran and the organized resistance.

[Grant Stinchfield]

All right, so your organization, National Council of Resistance of Iran, Alireza, you were instrumental, going all the way back to 2002 in locating Natanz, that nuclear site. You've located other nuclear sites there. Your organization literally wants to overthrow Iran, is. Is that correct? And ultimately take over with capitalism and freedom and freedom of religion and all of those things.

[Alireza Jafarzadeh]

Well, certainly our movement has played a crucial role in preventing the Iranian regime to get from getting the bomb by now. It was our revelation In August of 2002, as you said, the nuclear site in Natanz which triggered the inspections of UN nuclear watchdog known as the IAEA. And then over 130 cases of different sites of the regime or projects, including the underground facility in Fordo where they have centrifuges way underground under the mountains. Yet unfortunately, the outside world rushed to embrace the Iran regime, giving them concessions. The policy of appeasement really prevented stopping the nuclear program of the Iran regime years ago. But of course, I think what has happened, especially in the past few years, has proven to the world that there's only one solution to end the threat of the Iran regime and that's ending the rule of the clerics. Our movement has been in the forefront of not only exposing the nuclear sites, but they have what they call resistance units inside the country that they're the engine for change. During the protests and uprisings that paid the biggest price so far were 100,000 members and supporters of this movement have been executed by the Iran regime. Right now, as we speak, 17 members of this movement are on death row in Iran. This is all clearly showing that this regime is very desperate, that they can survive by executions. But also the world should know that there is an alternative headed by A woman, Mrs. Madam Rajavi, against the misogynist regime.

[Grant Stinchfield]

And look, the leader of your group is a woman. That's got to drive the mullahs in Iran just absolutely crazy that that's the case. Lastly, I will ask you this. Iran has been so instrumental in funding Hamas in pushing terror in Gaza. What happens on that front? Does that continue?

[Alireza Jafarzadeh]

Definitely. When it comes to the Iran regime, they're not going to settle because they will do everything possible to continue sabotaging peace or to continue promoting terrorism. But keep in mind that this is not the same regime that it was like a year ago, two years ago or five years ago. They're extremely weak and vulnerable. They have lost much of their assets in the region. You know, Assad, their biggest ally in Syria is gone. Hezbollah has been badly shattered. And Houthis in Yemen, the Shiite militias in Iraq, and a whole host of other proxy groups they have had in the region. But also inside Iran is very crucial because there has been several rounds of major uprisings in Iran since 2018. People want change. People have been chanting death to the oppressor, be the shah or the supreme leader, making it very clear that they don't accept any form of dictatorship. And you have the organized force, organized opposition. Interestingly, Mrs. Rajavi, as you said earlier, she has introduced 10 point platform for the future of Iran based on separation of religion and state and free market economy, peace in the Middle East.

[Grant Stinchfield]

And Ali Reza, it's so important. I gotta, I'm up on a. I'm up on a time constraint here. But your organization, the Resistance is so important. It's going to take the people that you mentioned there in Iran to get real change in that country. And I know your group is so instrumental in helping that and making that hopefully become a reality. Alireza, it's great to see you again. Thank you for coming on today.

[Alireza Jafarzadeh]

Always a pleasure, Grant. Appreciate that.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Thank you. All right.

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[Grant Stinchfield]

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Welcome back everyone. I'll tell you what, President Trump most certainly deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for what he has done in the Middle east, especially for bringing the hostages home. Now if you can imagine this, the Biden administration has been out for 10 months now. They could not bring the hostages home. And yet you have former Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeting out this. It starts with a clear and comprehensive post conflict plan for Gaza. It is good that President Trump adopted and built on the plan the Biden administration developed. After months of discussion with Arab partners Israel and Palestinian Authority, is he really taking credit for the deal of the century? It's pretty disgusting. And then what happens? Well, the mainstream media of course has got to back up Team Biden and Anthony Blinken. This is Sabrina Singh. Watch this.

[Podcast Host/Announcer]

And I know the Biden administration on its way out tried to get to a deal. It did not. What do you think is the difference here in this moment that put the Trump team ahead?

[Christina Bobb]

Yeah, the framework that has been put into place in this 20 point plan that Trump administered administration has implemented builds on the framework of the Biden administration.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Do they not realize how desperate they sound? Desperate and ridiculous. President Trump commented on all this. Like Anthony Blinken seemed to want some credit for the peace deal. Blinken says it's good that President Trump adopted and built on the plan that The Biden administration developed. What do you think about that?

[Donald Trump]

Everybody knows that's a joke. Look, they didn't do, they did such a bad job. This never happened. This wouldn't have even happened. That was weak leadership.

[Grant Stinchfield]

We play that soundbite. I promise you the mainstream media outlets aren't going to play that clip from President Trump. I want to bring in now to discuss all of this. Vice President for free speech at the Media Research Center, Dan Schneider is back. Dan, welcome to the program.

[Dan Schneider]

Grant, let me tell you who else isn't buying what the Biden administration officials are saying. The Biden administration officials, for months they've been criticizing Donald Trump saying what he's doing in Israel is terrible. It's that it reversed all of their so called progress. The Biden administration was attacking Trump for his tactics and strategies. And now that that Trump has won, they're suddenly hoping that the media plays ball with him. And of course the media is, the media is not running any of those quotes. When Blinken and others criticize Trump for.

[Grant Stinchfield]

What he's doing, what is the media doing about the genocide in Gaza claim? Right, because now President Trump will be stopped. Whatever they thought was genocide in Gaza, what are they, how are they handling that?

[Dan Schneider]

Well, well keep in mind when we talk about the legacy media in Israel, the worst culprits are the Guardian, the BBC, Reuters and the Associated Press. The Associated Press that Hitler's Nazi Germany allowed to stay in because the Associated Press was willing to censor anything the Nazis told them to censor. And the Associated Press that shared office space with Hamas in Gaza. These four media outlets are the worst. And the whole time and npr, NPR was continued to rerun this, this broadcast show where they were saying that Israel destroying buildings, not killing people, but destroying buildings is genocide, a brand new definition of genocide. You know, NPR in America is the worst along with AP and you got the BBC. You know, just these anti Semitic mouthpieces of the radical left need to go away.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Is there silence now from them? Because I often say their worst crime, often when it comes to censorship is, is the crime of omission where they just leave out the facts.

[Dan Schneider]

Now Grant, what we've actually seen in the last 48 hours or so are a bunch of radicalized left wing journalists saying over and over and over like, well, hey, give credit where credit is due. Donald Trump, he deserves credit for the most part. You know there, there's been a lot of that kind of talk and all that tells me, Grant, is that they are just biding their time because they're gonna turn on Trump in just another 10 seconds before they go after him for again being a Nazi and Hitler reincarnate and all this kind of stuff.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Let me dive into Christiane Amanpour now. She's, I've had problems with this woman for a long time. She's a longtime correspondent on cnn. I want you to listen to the claim that she makes about the Israeli hostages which is so out of line. How she's not fired for things like this, I have no idea. But let's roll that clip.

[Podcast Host/Announcer]

Hostages who've only just been released will find that it will take a long, long time for them to recover physically but also mentally. It's been a terrible, terrible two years for them because not only are they there, you know, they're probably being treated better than the average Gazan because they are the pawns and the chips that Hamas had.

[Grant Stinchfield]

They're being treated better than the average Gazan.

[Dan Schneider]

Dan, you know, Grant, Israel had captured lots of these Palestinian terrorists, arrested them and incarcerated them under Israel law following due process requirements. More of those Palestinian terrorists got medical treatment, life saving medical treatment even for diseases that they came in than the total number of Israeli prisoners that the Palestinians even released alive. And you want to talk about all of the, or rather the Israelis that the Palestinians released. But what happened to all of those dead captives, the people that these Palestinians took captive and then killed while in detention and most of them are women. What happened?

[Grant Stinchfield]

We still haven't gotten many of the bodies have not come back yet. And remember, the Palestinian terrorists were terrorists. They were criminals. As Dan points out, these Israel, their only crime was going to a music festival and they're being treated worse than the terrorists were in Israel. Christiane Amanpour tried to apologize. I'll play it quick and then get your response.

[Podcast Host/Announcer]

Take a long time for them to recover mentally and physically. But I regret also saying that they might have been treated better than many Gazans because Hamas used these hostages as pawns and bargaining chips. But that was insensitive and it was wrong. From speaking to many former hostages and their families, like everyone, I've been horrified at what Hamas has subjected them to.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Dan, you gotta love when the boss writes your apology.

[Dan Schneider]

It was insensitive, she said. I would call it aiding and abetting the enemy insensitive. But I'll tell you, I'll give her at least this credit. She at least admitted it was wrong. Unlike these AI chatbots. And this is the new thing, Grant, these AI companies like Meta and ChatGPT, they are mainlining propaganda straight into the bloodstream of America. And you ask Meta AI who was responsible for this peace treaty and they say Joe Biden wants Joe Biden because Joe Biden put pressure on Hamas when in fact all Joe Biden does did was starve Israel for resources. And, and. And Chad even gave credit to Biden for the attack on the Iranian nuclear reactor.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Unbelievable. Well, I know MRC will be digging into to those AI platforms. We should do a larger piece on that with you, Dan. If you get any more information on that, please let me, let me know and we'll have you back on right away. And we appreciate all the work you do at the Media Research Center. Thank you, my friend.

[Dan Schneider]

Hey, thanks, Grant.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Absolutely. We can make a whole career. Hey, they do mrc, but we could have a show exposing the media for their lies. All right. Do you owe back taxes? Are your tax returns still on file? Did you forget to file an extension? The October 15 deadline is fast approaching and time is running out. They can garnish your wages, freeze your bank accounts and or even seize your property, but there's help available. Tax Network USA, a nationwide tax firm, has helped save taxpayers over 1 billion in tax debt. Don't wait. Visit tnusa.com/rav or call 1-800-905-8000 for a free consultation. Visit tnusa.com forward slash RAV or call 1- 800-905-8000. All right, Gavin Newsom just made it legal for strangers to kidnap your children. This is literally, as Joe Biden would say, not a joke. It's next, folks. California has just signed a slew of laws that are very restrictive of your freedom. Of course. This is Gavin Newsom. The governor was happy to sign this. No new Glock firearms can be sold in California. This is the height of an infringement on your second Amendment rights. No new Glocks. Are you kidding me? We need to dig into that. How about you are not allowed anymore to build single family homes within a half a mile of a transit hub in Los Angeles and most of Southern California. That's everywhere. So think about the Palisades where the fire was. No building single family homes anymore, according to law, only multifamily properties. Then it makes you wonder what was really behind that fire as they want to do away with the suburbs. Maybe the most egregious of all of the laws is the ability for anybody to go kidnap your child from school. This is not a joke. There is a bill now passed that anybody can go pick up your kid at School not show any ID because they were afraid that if someone was deported, nobody could come pick up the children. Well, you can go to school and sign a form that designates someone to pick up your kid now. Anybody can. Even if they got a white van parked out front with no windows. Joining me now, president of the Chino Valley Board of Education and candidate for California State Superintendent, Republican Sonya Shaw is with us. Sonia, welcome to the program.

[Sonia Shaw]

Thanks, Grant. It's always a pleasure to be here with you, Sonia.

[Grant Stinchfield]

I mean, you oversee this. This one school district, Chino Valley. This is all of California. You just go in. I could just. I can go pick up your kid now. I would take care of your kid, Sonia. But literally anybody can walk in and pick up your child now.

[Sonia Shaw]

Yeah. And that's the truth, Grant. And look at. We called it the Predators kidnapping dream Bill. Literally a state sanctioned, I would say, trafficking bill. Right. They're allowing this on their watch. We had raised every red flag. We had attorneys, literally, they went up to Sacramento and said, no, no, no, you can't do this. And of course, Newsom gladly puts his signature on it. And he claims to be. He claims it's about parental rights. And I'm over here like, no, you sued us for parents rights and you just took parents rights away. Grant, California needs to wake up. This is the most dangerous bill we have ever seen. Literally, anybody can take a piece of paper and go get anybody's child right now.

[Grant Stinchfield]

It amazes me. So when you read the language of this bill, it talks about a relative, but then it says, or anybody with an affinity to your child. An affinity? What does that mean? You're driving by the playground and you see some young kid that you like. Is that an affinity? Maybe, yeah.

[Sonia Shaw]

And you know what? It doesn't require a parental signature. It doesn't require a court signature. It requires absolutely nothing but the person to bring this care, the caregiver affidavit to the school district. And then we said, okay, well, the parents already identify on their emergency card who to go through it. Doesn't put any safety nets in place. And then they sat. They tried to satisfy that part by saying, well, we're not preventing school districts from taking safety measures if they want to. What do you mean, if they want to? What the heck are we dealing with right now?

[Grant Stinchfield]

Let me ask you, this question may backfire on me, because I don't know the answer to it. Chino Valley School District, large school district in California. Have you had any parents that have been deported where the children then Got stranded at school. Is this a massive problem that's happening every day?

[Sonia Shaw]

No, they're gaslighting the public. Look, they're literally telling people that they're, they're going around saying that ICE is going to come on campus. And you see Newsom budding up with LA Unified, one of the largest district in California. They are lying to the public. This isn't happening. And if a parent were, you know, to be deported, then the parents already identified, like, at least five people on the emergency card who are allowed to go pick up their child. Why in the world would we need this to be put in place other than saying what the parent wants?

[Grant Stinchfield]

Then, Sonia, what is the ultimate goal here? I mean, is it really nefarious? Are they really trying to put kids in danger?

[Sonia Shaw]

Grant, They've already put kids in danger here in California. That's what we've been raising the flag with. This is just incremental things that they keep doing in order for the bigger picture. Look, Newsom prouds himself on being the sanctuary state for many things that parents are horrified of. And now you can literally say that parents don't have a right to even say who's going to pick up their kid. Grant, it can't get any worse than this.

[Scott Bessant / Gordon Chang / Other Experts]

This is.

[Sonia Shaw]

Honest to God, if this doesn't wake up every parent, I don't know what else would. Grant.

[Grant Stinchfield]

All right, so I know you're running for, for to be the head of schools in California. If you get in, I would imagine you could put through some kind of executive order, regulation, whatever they call it, that would allow parents to say, hey, do not release my kid unless it's on whatever list the school district would be afraid to go against, against the parents order. If they did something like that, they'd probably end up getting sued. But it would take somebody in a position of power to put through some kind of order allowing parents to do this.

[Sonia Shaw]

Yeah, Grant. And we're already going to do that in our local district. But I say again and again, I can only do so much here in Chino Valley. The rest of the kids throughout the state are still exposed to major dangers from Newsom and the rest of them. Look, the same safeguards that we're going to put place in place here locally will be put put in place if I'm in that position at the state level. And we're going to continue to at least push the policy until we get that state seat, you know, next year, we're going to push the policy that we put in place in Chino to take it statewide. And whoever votes against this, common sense safeguards that will be put in place to ensure our children are not going to be kidnapped by random people. Look, let's get those seats with people who actually care about kids at the end of the day.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Well, I'll tell you. Sonia Shaw. Shaw4ca.com shaw4ca.com Go, go to the website. Help her out. And you, you truly are a super mom. You're in a car because you're at one of your kids sporting events, aren't you?

[Sonia Shaw]

I am literally in la, in the.

[Christina Bobb]

In the parking lot.

[Sonia Shaw]

My daughter's playing on the field right there. You know, we got to do it all to be there and make sure that we're safeguarding our kids. But, yes, I am that soccer mom that's fighting the state right now.

[Grant Stinchfield]

I will let you go so you can go watch your kids score goals like crazy. Sonia Shaw, thank you so much for coming on.

[Sonia Shaw]

Thanks, Grant. You're amazing. Keep up the good fight.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Absolutely. The feelings mutual. All right, folks, New Jersey and Virginia may go red. It could happen. Talk about it next. Welcome back, everybody. We have a real chance to take the governor's mansion in both Virginia and New Jersey. And I'll tell you, New Jersey would be a huge upset. This Jack Cittarelli, I like the guy. Here he is. There's energy everywhere I go. And last night, we picked up another very significant endorsement from another Democratic mayor. It's not the first, it's not going to be the last. There isn't a single Republican that has endorsed my opponent whose entire campaign is based on a stack of lies. Her disdain for Donald Trump and that she can fly a helicopter. None of that is going to fix New Jersey. Well, one of the organizations that has been instrumental in pushing these Republican candidates, like Jack Cittarelli and Winsome Sears in Virginia is amac, the association for Mature American Citizens rallying their members. This is why you need to be a member like I am. By the way, folks, I want to bring in now the editor in chief for amac. Newsline. Shane Harris is with us. Shane, welcome back to the show.

[Shane Harris]

Thanks so much for having me.

[Grant Stinchfield]

All right, let's talk about New Jersey. Jack does have a few of what his opponent would call problems. There's some controversy there, but he looks like he's in a spot where he could win. Your thoughts on the New Jersey race?

[Dan Schneider]

Yeah.

[Shane Harris]

So it would definitely be an upset, right? I mean, New Jersey hasn't elected a Republican in a long time. That being said, what we've seen in the Garden State over the last few cycles is that it's been getting closer and closer. President Trump lost pretty big there in 2016, came a little bit closer in 2020, came even closer in 2024. Jack Cittarelli, the current candidate, lost by, I believe it was three and a half points four years ago to Phil Murphy. And I believe that he's facing a weaker candidate this time around. And so I think there's a real chance there. And I'll tell you, even if, even if Republicans can't pull that out, if it's just close, that doesn't, that doesn't send a good signal for Democrats heading into the midterms next year. Because obviously these off year elections are always looked at as sort of bellwethers for where the country is nationally.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Yeah, it sure does. Now in Virginia, conservative powerhouse Winsome Earl Sears, she's been just an absolute superstar. She's running in the governor's race there. Abigail Spamberger is another one that continues to endorse this Jay Johns, who needs to drop out. He's running for ag. He's the one that texted, hey, we should shoot the speaker of the House's kids and cops so we could, they could feel that the policy needs to be changed themselves. Winsome Sears asked Spamberger about the endorsement during the debate. Listen to this.

[Podcast Host/Announcer]

You have little girls. Would it take him pulling the trigger? Is that what would do it? And then you would say he needs to get out of the race? Abigail, you have nothing to say? Abigail, what if he said it about your two children, your three children? Is that when you would say he should get out of the race? Abigail.

[Grant Stinchfield]

I'll say this. Either she froze or that was a very bad plan of attack on behalf of the Democrat. She needed to answer the question. She didn't. Would you want that person sitting in the governor's chair? In my opinion, absolutely not. Your thoughts on that race now? Shane?

[Shane Harris]

Yeah, well, I think that that clip you just played there, that's the awkward silence heard around the Commonwealth of Virginia. I think that's going to resonate with a lot of people. It's already being rolled out in Republican attack ads. And what we're seeing in Virginia is actually quite astonishing if you look at the polling in the race. Early in the summer, Winsome Earl Sears was in a, you know, she was in a fair bit of trouble. But since this J. Jones scandal has broken into the mainstream, Earl Sears has been able to make up a lot of ground. And that's a real race now it's neck and neck. And I think what you're seeing happen is that there was this perception out there that Abigail Spanberger was a very disciplined politician, that she was a strong candidate. But her failure to respond to this controversy, her failure to call on Jay Jones to drop out, I think that's kind of opened voters eyes to a lot more flaws that Spanberger has. Sometimes this happens in races where one controversy kind of gets people to pay a little bit more attention. They start realizing other things like, oh, Abigail Spanberger supports allowing men in women's sports and locker rooms. Oh, Abigail spanberger voted for $7.3 trillion in inflationary spending. And I think that's what we're seeing happen right now.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Yeah, I think you're right. And sometimes you just gotta call bad out, even if it's from your own party. Lord knows we do it on this program. I'm calling out Republicans all the time. Hey, I'll tell you what, you guys do such great work at AMAC Newsline. I love the AMAC magazine. I love the organization in general. I'm going to tell people how to join. Shane, thank you for coming on. And here's what I want all of you to do. Go get a five year AMAC membership and guess what, it'll only cost you $35. Go to AMAC US Grant. You get AMAC magazine access to real money savings discounts and you become part of a movement that is taking the country back. That is amec.usforward/grant. All right, at the bilateral luncheon, President Trump lays out the fake news. You know, ABC News has been so deceitful in their coverage of the Trump administration, they cut off Vice President J.D. vance at a very important moment on Sunday. Well, they tried to ask another question at the White House today and President Trump wasn't having any of it. First of all, congratulations.

[Donald Trump]

Questions from ABC Fake News after what you did with Stephanopoulos to the Vice President of the United States. I don't take questions from ABC Fake News. Brian, go ahead.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Yes, that's our man, Brian Glenn. We don't take questions from the fake news media. Brian Glenn from Real America's Voice, you're next up. Whatever you would like to ask, Brian, it's great. This is what you call access inside the White House. Why? Because President Trump trusts us. Specifically. Brian Glenn too. Man's in a good spot. That's going to do it for us. Stitchfields army roll. Thanks for watching everybody. We'll see you tomorrow night.

[Podcast Host/Announcer]

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