Podcast Summary

Podcast: Real America’s Voice – STINCHFIELD TONIGHT
Episode Date: October 25, 2025
Host: Grant Stinchfield
Length: ~62 minutes

Episode Overview

This episode of Stinchfield Tonight offers a hard-edged look at several timely issues, focusing on immigration (particularly commercial license fraud and border security), the safety of ICE and Border Patrol agents amidst heated political rhetoric, electoral and political unrest, and U.S. trade talks with Canada and China. Host Grant Stinchfield voices strong opinions, sharing the platform with guests like Secretary Duffy, Art Del Cueto, Ben Berkham, Greg Hartley, Lee Smith, and features selected media and political figures' recorded statements for analysis.

Illegal Aliens and Trucking License Fraud (01:24–08:53)

Main points:

• Stinchfield reports on recent deadly truck crashes involving illegal immigrants with commercial driver’s licenses:
  • 62,000 licenses have reportedly been given in California to illegal aliens.
  • Cites specific crashes in California and Florida involving drivers who could not speak English and obtained licenses through alleged fraudulent means.
• California allegedly defied federal orders to stop providing licenses prior to one of the crashes.
• Secretary Duffy (02:32, 03:41, 07:38) joins to discuss fraud in testing (e.g., FaceTime-cheating schemes), non-compliance in California, and proposes harsh financial penalties and potential restriction of California’s power to issue CDL licenses.
  • Quote: “If you can't understand English, you can't understand road signs. How...can you ever pass a test to be issued a commercial driver's license? You can't do it, but for fraud.” (02:32)
• References a First Coast News investigation into cheating at Florida DMVs—drivers wear devices to receive real-time answers in their native language.
• Discussion of trucking industry responsibility; criticism of owners hiring non-English speakers and skirting the law.

Memorable moments:

• Stinchfield: “Where are the owners of these trucking companies? ...Who’s hiring these people? They’re just as responsible as Gavin Newsom...” (05:39)
• Secretary Duffy threatens to pull $160 million in federal funding from California and to revoke its license-issuing authority (07:38).

Northern and Southern Border Security (08:53–14:23)

Main points:

• Attention shifts to northern border—acknowledgement of limited infrastructure (e.g., simple gates, unguarded roads).
• Ben Berkham, RAV correspondent, reports from the Vermont-Canada border, describing the inadequate physical barriers and scale of the area.
  • Quote: “That house is in Canada. I'm standing in America. The only thing that separates us here is this red gate.” (09:31)
• Discussion about resources being redirected from the northern to southern border under Biden, with millions of illegal crossings.
• Swanton sector saw record apprehensions in 2024 (~20,000).
• Berkham emphasizes the border’s challenging terrain and Canada’s visa policies, expressing concern about potential terrorist infiltration.
• Border official calls for better technology and selective barrier building.
  • Quote: “We need a wall where the wall makes sense. But right now, absolutely, it is not up to par to prevent people from coming in...” (13:15)

Dangers for ICE Agents, Doxxing, and Political Rhetoric (14:23–22:38)

Main points:

• Stinchfield discusses growing threats to ICE officers—not just from criminal aliens but from politically motivated activists and doxxing campaigns.
  • Websites allegedly reveal personal information about agents; prominent political figures implicated.
• Art Del Cueto (FAIR, former Border Patrol) joins, condemning left-leaning politicians and celebrities for inciting hostility against ICE and Border Patrol:
  • Quote: “They're creating a lot of chaos. It's very, very dangerous. And I'm afraid it's going to get even worse.” (17:16)
  • He denounces “idiot get-togethers” and says influencers incite followers to lawful disobedience and violence.
• Stinchfield highlights recent confrontations between protestors and agents, including aggressive actions like a truck attempting to breach security.
  • Quote (Art): “I'm amazed that they haven't opened fire before...I think it's going to get worse, Grant.” (19:46)
• Critique of politicians for ignoring consequences for law enforcement, prioritizing political gain and security for themselves.

NBA Gambling Scandals and Mafia Links (22:38–26:33)

Main points:

• Stinchfield addresses news of NBA-related gambling and match-fixing scandals involving crime families, coaches, and players.
  • Suggests blackmail and organized crime—rather than addiction or stupidity—are the real drivers of participation.
• Plays a clip from former Gambino enforcer Johnny Alight explaining methods of entrapment and extortion against athletes:
  • Quote (Alight): “They get them...maybe they give them a little drugs, maybe...they blackmail them a little bit, maybe they get friendly...It's a fantasy life...And now the blackmail sets in, the extortion sets in, and the threat of physical harm sets in.” (23:53)

U.S. Trade Talks & Foreign Policy: Canada and China (29:37–37:26)

Main points:

• U.S.–Canada trade talks stall following Canadian government antagonizing Trump; Stinchfield predicts Canada will suffer more.
  • Quote: “President Trump is not messing around. We Own Canada. ...All trade negotiations with Canada are hereby terminated.” (30:09)
• Brief on upcoming Trump-Xi Jinping meeting in South Korea.
• Lee Smith (author, “China Matrix”) is invited to discuss U.S.-China relations:
  • Trump is described as savvy, deeply familiar with Chinese politics, and distrustful of Xi due to history of failed negotiations and COVID-19.
  • Emphasis on Chinese regime’s fragility and economic vulnerabilities—real estate crisis, tariff impact, rare earth minerals dispute.
  • Quote (Smith): “China is not [resilient]. It's a Communist party. It's extraordinarily brittle.” (36:30)

Body Language Analysis with Greg Hartley (41:37–49:06)

Main points:

• Greg Hartley (body language expert and interrogator) returns for live analysis of public figures:
  • Letitia James (NY AG): Displays discomfort, shift to defiance while addressing fraud allegations.
    • Quote (Hartley): “She’s uncomfortable...and then she shifts over...her chin rises in defiance.” (43:07)
  • Zohran Mamdani (candidate): Marked by stress signals—blinking, chin movement suggestive of shame or regret, not apology.
  • Andrew Cuomo: Delivers attacks with practiced gestures; uses one hand for positive points, another for negative (in his mind).
  • Curtis Sliwa: Direct, confrontational, “classic New Yorker” body language.
• Discussion about public perception, authenticity, and the performative aspect of political posturing.

Democratic Party Messaging and Political Climate (52:48–56:32)

Main points:

• Stinchfield characterizes the Democratic Party as rudderless and obsessed with “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
• Plays a statement from DNC chair Ken Martin, interpreted as insinuating potential for non-electoral “resistance” if American democracy “fails.”
  • Quote: “If we reach that break the glass moment when all our democratic institutions have failed...then the resistance looks completely different.” (53:32)
• James Carville is played calling for humiliating and punishing Trump and his supporters—“shaved heads,” “orange pajamas,” “marched down Pennsylvania Avenue and the public should be invited to spit on them.” (55:00)

Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Driver’s License Fraud:
  “How in the heck can you ever pass a test to be issued a commercial driver's license? ...But for fraud.” —Secretary Duffy (02:32)

• On ICE and Border Agents:
  “They're creating a lot of chaos. It's very, very dangerous. And I'm afraid it's going to get even worse.” —Art Del Cueto (17:16)

• On NBA Gambling Scandal:
  “The FBI may not want to hear it, but there’s a real good chance...they couldn’t get out of it because the mafia are masters at blackmail and extortion.” —Grant Stinchfield (23:53)

• On U.S.-China Relations:
  “I think the point is to bring China to its knees. ...This is a very dirty, very dangerous regime." —Lee Smith (34:51, 35:58)

• On Democratic Party Rhetoric:
  “They shouldn’t be talking like this. ...That party right now does not have a rudder. It is a float at sea with no engines.” —Grant Stinchfield (54:00)

• On Bernie Sanders’ Rare Praise for Trump:
  “Trump did a better job. I don't like Trump, you know, but we should have a secure border.” —Bernie Sanders (60:00)
  “Thank you, Bernie Sanders...he actually believes in what he’s saying...That’s a rarity in Washington.” —Stinchfield (60:12)

Key Timestamps

• 01:24 – Start of main show: Immigration, California CDL fraud
• 02:32–03:41 – Secretary Duffy on CDL fraud and state noncompliance
• 04:06–07:38 – Florida cheating schemes, impact on trucking industry
• 08:53–14:23 – Northern border security, Ben Berkham field report
• 15:32–21:25 – Targeting and doxxing of ICE and Border Patrol agents
• 22:38–26:33 – NBA point-shaving/gambling mafia scandal discussion
• 29:37–37:26 – U.S.-Canada, U.S.-China trade talks with Lee Smith
• 41:37–49:06 – Body language breakdown with Greg Hartley
• 52:48–56:32 – Democratic Party messaging, “resistance,” Carville quote
• 59:49–61:08 – Bernie Sanders on Trump & secure borders

Episode Tone & Style

• Assertive, sometimes incendiary; Stinchfield positions “Real America’s Voice” as a corrective to “mainstream narratives.”
• Heavy use of direct attributions, expert guests, and adversarial language against specific political targets.
• Blunt condemnation of Democratic officials and progressive activists; repeated praise for law enforcement, Trump, and “American values.”