STINCHFIELD TONIGHT SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2025

Summary

Real America’s Voice – Stinchfield Tonight: September 5, 2025

Host: Grant Stinchfield
Guests: Rabbi Michael Barclay, Ben Berkwam, Bob Israel, Colonel Derek Harvey, Colonel Ivan Raiklin, Dr. Kelly Victory
Release Date: September 6, 2025

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Overview

This episode of "Stinchfield Tonight" on Real America’s Voice, hosted by Grant Stinchfield, covers a wide range of hot-button issues from a conservative viewpoint. The main themes explored are radical Islam’s influence in America (focusing on a police patch controversy in Dearborn Heights, Michigan), urban crime and National Guard deployments, the state of the Russia-Ukraine war, President Trump’s rebranding of the Department of Defense, internal resistance at HHS/CDC under RFK Jr., and a critique of ongoing DEI efforts in the NFL. Throughout, the tone is combative, urgent, and unapologetically opinionated.

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1. Radical Islam and the Dearborn Heights Police Patch Controversy

[00:00–12:35]

Key Points

• Allegation of Infiltration: Stinchfield opens with a warning about "radical Islam" supposedly infiltrating all levels of US government—and now local police, pointing to a new Dearborn Heights police patch featuring Arabic script.
• Patriotism and Assimilation: Stinchfield insists only English should be on police patches and connects Arabic script with Sharia law, arguing it’s incompatible with American and Judeo-Christian values.
• Clips of Rep. Rashida Tlaib: A clip of Congresswoman Tlaib is played, highlighting her assertion of Muslim presence and permanence in American politics. Stinchfield suggests taking such declarations "at face value."
• Community Reaction: He criticizes the mainstream media for “indoctrinating” the Michigan public into complacency and tolerating changes to cultural norms.
• Rabbi Michael Barclay’s Perspective: Barclay argues that so-called “radical Islam” is simply “authentic Islam,” and views the Arabic patch as an “abomination,” stating only full assimilation is acceptable.

Notable Quotes

• Grant Stinchfield:
  “We live in America. There should be no other language on a police force patch other than English. English, but especially Arabic, representing Islam. That represents Sharia law.” ([00:28])
• Rashida Tlaib:
  "Now we're in Congress, and we're every corner of the United States... We ain't going anywhere." ([01:43])
• Rabbi Michael Barclay:
  "What we are calling radical Islam is actually authentic Islam...the Quran is...a document about world domination through Sharia law." ([08:23]) "If you're not willing to be an American, then don't come here." ([08:57])

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2. National Guard, Urban Crime, and Media Narratives

[12:35–23:26]

Key Points

• Democrat Response to National Guard Deployments: Stinchfield critiques Democrats’ opposition to potential deployments in high-crime cities like Chicago, Baltimore, and New Orleans, arguing that only the visible presence of troops makes criminals think twice.
• Chicago Focus: Reporter Ben Berkwam joins from Chicago, alongside activist Bob Israel, both describing chronic violence, political failure, and community betrayal by Democrats and NGOs prioritizing “illegals” over locals.
• Guns in Chicago: Stinchfield rebuts claims that most illegal guns in Chicago come from other states with ATF data.

Notable Quotes

• Bob Israel:
  “We most definitely being ignored...but unfortunately I'm being ingleware [sic; likely 'indoctrinated']...We kinda immune to it. Gunshots. It's so often so much.” ([20:40]) “We need Trump, we need National Guard. I agree. Because the bad guys would think twice if they know somebody going to hear them gunshots and react. So don't believe the fake news.” ([20:54])
• Grant Stinchfield:
  “One of the reasons [for city crime] is because you have idiots like Mayor Brandon Johnson in Chicago...he is not only an idiot, but he's an effing idiot, if you know what I mean.” ([15:38])
• Ben Berkwam:
  “There's a sense, Grant, that the inner city, the south side of Chicago, has just been lied to for decades by the same people, the same Democrats promising all this stuff.” ([18:34])

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3. Russia-Ukraine War: A Turning Point?

[25:41–33:12]

Key Points

• Trump’s Hostage Recovery vs. Biden’s Failures: Stinchfield claims Trump “saved” more American hostages compared to Biden and lauds his “America First” commitment.
• Putin’s Strategy and Ukrainian Reality: With Colonel Derek Harvey, the discussion turns to Russia’s war of attrition and the claim that Ukraine is depleted and unable to reclaim territory. Putin, in their view, sees himself on the brink of victory and refuses meaningful negotiation.

Notable Quotes

• Colonel Derek Harvey:
  "Putin believes that he's in the catbird seat, that his strategy is working, that Russia is wearing down through attrition warfare...He wants a puppet regime in Kiev." ([29:42])
• Grant Stinchfield:
  “I believe the Ukrainian military is beat up and battered. Not because Putin says so, because what I assess right now is Putin not wanting peace. I believe he believes he's on the verge of victory.” ([26:09])

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4. Department of Defense Renamed to "Department of War"

[33:13–41:04]

Key Points

• Symbolic Renaming: Stinchfield welcomes President Trump’s executive order renaming the Department of Defense back to “Department of War,” praising the move as a return to an assertive, winning military culture.
• Historical Perspective: Lt. Col. Ivan Raiklin notes the US was “undefeated” as the Department of War and only lost its edge after shifting to the “defensive” posture post-1947.
• Cultural Battles: Heavy criticism of “wokeness” in the military under previous administrations.

Notable Quotes

• Donald Trump:
  "We've been talking about this Department of War. So we won the first World War, we won the Second World War, we won everything before that and in between. And then we decided to go woke and we changed the name to Department of Defense. So we're going Department of War." ([34:21])
• Lt. Col. Ivan Raiklin:
  "Now that we have a Department of War...I think it's time to possibly even rename the Department of Justice to the Department of Retribution." ([36:38])
• Raiklin, on prior leadership:
  “You have a dementia patient that is not a commander in chief, doesn't even know what he is, and basically a carcass that has a pulse...” ([37:34])

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5. Bureaucratic Resistance in HHS and the CDC under RFK Jr.

[41:05–45:46]

Key Points

• Internal Sabotage Alleged: Conservative influencer Benny Johnson reports HHS and CDC staff are circulating an old CIA manual on bureaucratic disruption, allegedly to hinder RFK Jr.’s efforts to reform the agencies.
• RFK Jr.'s Approach: Dr. Kelly Victory supports firing resistant employees and praises RFK Jr. for exposing long-lasting corruption, calling such internal resistance "treasonous."

Notable Quotes

• Dr. Kelly Victory:
  "Absolutely. I think the people who have this document and are passing it around ought to pack their bags because Robert Kennedy Jr. Has no problem in sending them on their way." ([43:08])
  "Well, it's really treasonous. I mean, you are undermining the US Government." ([44:31])
• Grant Stinchfield:
  “This is why they despise him so much, and this is why he [RFK Jr.] has become one of my favorite cabinet members.” ([45:46])

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6. NFL and the DEI Debate

[45:46–End]

Key Points

• Cultural Critique: Stinchfield criticizes the NFL for playing the “black national anthem,” suggesting DEI and identity politics are “dead in America” and calling for unity under one anthem.
• Call for Traditionalism: The episode closes with a reiteration of American cultural unity, drawing a parallel to the earlier discussion against Arabic police patches.

Notable Quotes

• Grant Stinchfield:
  “America only has one national anthem, okay? We don't need a black national anthem, a Hispanic national anthem, an Asian national anthem, just like we don't need police patches with Arabic.” ([46:52])

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Segment Timestamps

• Radical Islam & Dearborn Patch: [00:00–12:35]
• National Guard, Chicago Crime: [12:35–23:26]
• Russia-Ukraine War: [25:41–33:12]
• Department of War Rename: [33:13–41:04]
• Bureaucratic Resistance (RFK Jr.): [41:05–45:46]
• NFL & DEI: [45:46–End]

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Memorable Moments

• Stinchfield's direct warning about Islam’s incompatibility with American values ([02:18]–[03:25]), and unvarnished critique of “sheep” in America.
• Rabbi Barclay's insistence that what’s labeled as "radical Islam" is merely mainstream, "authentic" Islam ([08:23]).
• Unfiltered local perspective from Bob Israel in Chicago, calling for the National Guard and expressing frustration with Democratic leadership ([20:40]).
• Trump’s rebranding of the Defense Department, symbolically marking a shift in national defense posture ([34:21]).
• Dr. Kelly Victory’s accusation that sabotaging HHS operations is "treasonous" ([44:31]).
• The final shot at DEI initiatives in sports, with a passionate call for Americans to unite under one national anthem ([46:52]).

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This summary encapsulates the major discussions, opinions, and rhetoric expressed in this episode. The language and tone closely echo the original speakers, conveying the urgency and conviction in their views throughout the show.

Transcript

[Grant Stinchfield]

This is an iHeart podcast. Well, good evening, everyone. Welcome to Stitchfield. I'll tell you what radical Islam wants. America. In fact, we're radical. Islamists have infiltrated America at all levels of our government, from the halls of Congress to state houses and city halls across America. Now, apparently, radical Islam is also infiltrating our police forces across America. Why don't you take a look at this patch? This was texted to me numerous times by 8am this morning. People outraged that Dearborn Heights, Michigan, would put Arabic writing Dearborn Heights in Arabic on one of its police patches for officers to wear in the field. Now, let me remind you, we live in America. There should be no other language on a police force patch other than English. English, but especially Arabic, representing Islam. That represents Sharia law. That has nothing to do with. With the equal treatment of all kinds of people. They hate women. They hate gays. They hate anybody that doesn't agree with their radical way of thinking. You put that on a patch representing law and order, my lord. So if you don't think that they want America, let me remind you of this.

[Rashida Tlaib]

Well, guess what? Now we're in Congress, and we're every corner of the United States.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Y'.

[Ben Berkwam]

All.

[Rashida Tlaib]

They just don't get it. They just don't get it. They will never truly comprehend, even after seven decades, that we aren't going anywhere. We are just getting started. I want to say to all of them, every genocide, enabler. Look at this room. We ain't going anywhere.

[Grant Stinchfield]

That, of course, is Congresswoman. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. Now, I want you to listen to her words and take her at her word. She means every bit of that. So when you see Arabic writing on a police patch, do not take this lightly at all. And here's what I'm so bothered with. The people of Michigan, specifically in areas like Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, they have been indoctrinated by a mainstream media to take all of this so lightly. The meekness that they want from the public, taught, of course, by the mainstream media. Tolerance of everything. Now, with all due respect, and I say that as a warning to the people I'm talking about, this is what's wrong with the sheep in America today. I mean, like I said, it's different. I don't agree with it, but I don't disagree with it, it is the first one in the country to have Arabic on it. What do you think? Oh, awes. I wish I knew how to say awesome in Arabic.

[Rabbi Michael Barclay]

Do you think there's probably some haters.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Out There, of course. That's everywhere, though. First off, the media. How about the reporter? You think there's haters out there? We're gonna try to get you to just drum up trouble with all the make America great again conservatives that put America first, especially when it comes to law and order. And we want people to assimilate into this country, not change this country. That's not about hate. It's about protecting the values in society that we created that make this country the greatest nation on earth. And how about the first gentleman? I don't support it, but I do support it. I don't mind it, but I do. It's okay. It's not bad. What? Come on, get a backbone. But this is the problem with too many in America today, not all. You watching this program? I promise you, if you're in Stitch Fields army, you got backbone. I know it's. But we've got to make some changes around here and we've got to get the rest of the public to get clued in to all of this. So when I say assimilate, we need to assimilate. You know, radical Islam, when you talk about Sharia law, it is the opposite of tolerance. They hate women. They want to cover up all of women's skin. Forget about it. If you're gay, they will throw you off a roof. And that's what we're going to put on a police officer's uniform. And this was the now deleted Facebook post from Dearborn Heights, Michigan. Um, it reads, this patch was created by Officer Emily Murdoch, who designed it to reflect and honor the diversity of our community, especially the many residents of Arabic descent who call Dearborn Heights home. By incorporating Arabic script alongside English, this patch represents unity and, and respect and our shared commitment to service. This patch was created by a woman. Do you not understand that when it comes to Islam, you, Officer Emily, have no rights? But I'm sure you're clueless to that. And it's sad because that's where we are in society. So the people that support this are probably the same people that love the Gays for Gaza nonsense, right? Again. I want Islamists to ingratiate themselves into our culture, not try to change our culture like this imam in Boston. Islam is America's future. Or without Islam, America will meet its demise. Islam means submission to the will of God. This is one nation under God. I believe that even if you lied and even if you lied about this, we hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal. And you never believe that. Now you Tell me, does that mesh with our Constitution, with our values based off of Christianity and Judeo Christian values? No. So do I think that all Muslims in America are bad, want to take over America? No, I don't. But I do believe there are those inside the Muslim community that do. And I do believe those people are among us in very great numbers and are doing everything they can to do that. This is in New York, New York City, public spaces. This is a drone shop of massive amounts of Muslims praying inside New York. It looks like a scene out of the Middle East. It is not. And so I will say this as we turn back to Michigan, this is a so called Islamic scholar. Listen to him very carefully.

[Various Politicians (e.g., Cleo Fields, Brandon Johnson)]

This needs to be cleared from the hearts of the Ummah. And that when they teach you about having pride in that flag, you take that flag down and put it as a mat in your house. That's where it belongs.

[Grant Stinchfield]

He's talking about the American flag. The flag that I am so proud to fly anywhere I go, but especially in front of my house. The flag that we also hold dear, the flag that is a symbol of American greatness and freedom throughout the world. He wants to use it as a doormat. So when I tell you, believe them when they say this, please folks, take this seriously. I want to bring in now Rabbi Michael Barclay, who is always such a great strong voice when it comes to things like this. Rabbi, it's great to have you on the program.

[Rabbi Michael Barclay]

It's great to see you, Grant, and thank you for all that you and your followers do. It's really pretty terrific and incredibly important.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Well, I appreciate you. Rabbi, what do you make of Dearborn, Michigan? Now I will say they've said, oh now first it was going to be optional, which they never told us. Now they said, no, no, no, this has to go through an approval process. They're backtracking from this. But I think the damage was done and the tip off was done as well. What do you make of it?

[Rabbi Michael Barclay]

I think the first place to start is just I'd like to correct you if I can. There's no such thing as radical Islam. What we are calling radical Islam is actually authentic Islam. It is the Quran, it is the Hadiths, it is their theology. The Quran is less a document. It's not a document about spirituality, it's a document about world domination to create a worldwide khalifa through Sharia law. So I think that's the first thing to recognize. I think we need to remember when Menachem Begin said, if someone says they want to kill you believe them. We should believe this. And this whole issue of being on a police patch is beyond disgusting to me. I don't see in San Francisco. There's been an Asian population for centuries. No one's ever asked to put a police patch in Chinese. No one's asked in Brooklyn to have a Russian police patch. Even in, in Southern California or Arizona or Texas, you don't have Spanish lease patches. This is the United States. And if you're not willing to be an American, then don't come here. And if you realize that America and our values are against your Islamic theology, then get the heck out. Go somewhere else. I'm sorry. And I've read Roomy for years, every day of my life for a number of years. There is beauty in Islam, but it is not traditional Islam. There is hate and war and they worship death. As Douglas Marie so beautifully said.

[Grant Stinchfield]

You make such a great point, Rabbi. Because I would be just as staunchly against a police patch in Spanish or Chinese or Russian or Italian or whatever. I would be against it. We live in America. I don't even like Spanish signs that are on our streets in America that are public. Look, we live in America. Learn how to speak English. That's what people need to do. Let me ask you this though, as a rabbi, how would you counsel your flock? Because I do have Muslim friends and I don't think they want me eradicated from the world. They seem to be reasonable people. How do you tell your flock to deal with Muslims who I believe are probably well intentioned, but you have this other set, as you mentioned, authentic Islam. What do you tell your people about dealing with Muslim folks around the country?

[Rabbi Michael Barclay]

I think that, I mean, what I tell people is first of all, meet a person where they are as a human being, because below and above everything, we are human beings. First, we were all created by God. And if God can accept how we all pray, then we should accept each other. And as I said, the teachings of Rumi, the great Sufi mystic from Islam. There is some beauty. What needs to happen. And what I tell congregants is number one, to point out and ask these people, well, how do you feel about this statement from the Quran? This statement, this statement from the Hadith. And I've given handouts to congregants about that so they can ask their Islamic friends, and I have many Islamic friends and say, look, do you just reject this? Because what really needs to happen, the only way this is going to end in peace, is when there's a reformation within the Islamic church and the 80 to 90% of Muslims we would consider more moderate say, you know what, we are separating off what's happened in the Catholic Church, what happened in Judaism at different points. And so I suggest to people to educate even most Muslims, even most devout Muslims that we consider moderate have not either not read the Quran or they've decided to pick and choose like it's Chinese menu and it's not. It says in the Quran, it's perfect and complete word. You need to do all of it and to confront them from a very honest place of love saying, look, is this really what you want? Do you really want my wife raped? God forbid, do you really want me beheaded? Is that who you are? Then how can you be part of this tradition? How can you change it? And why do you accept those crazies who are preaching it like that cleric that you just showed?

[Grant Stinchfield]

And that's the conversation that needs to happen. And I agree with you. It's going to take Muslim voices to speak out against this kind of nonsense we're seeing across the country, including Arabic on police patches. Rabbi Michael Barclay, I appreciate you coming on as always, such great thank you, my friend.

[Rabbi Michael Barclay]

Thank you, brother. God bless you and God bless your audience and family and especially your dog.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Absolutely my dog, Goose, who's not far away right now. Thank you for that, Rabbi, and right back at you. All right, folks, I want to turn now talking about Democrats and this looming idea that fairly soon we could see troops in Chicago, Baltimore and quite possibly New Orleans as early as this weekend. Well, the Democrats are going crazy over this. And I just want to point to Congressman Cleo Fields of Louisiana, whose only reaction to the National Guard going into New Orleans, which like Chicago is a crime plagued city, is this.

[Various Politicians (e.g., Cleo Fields, Brandon Johnson)]

If the president was serious about solving crime, he would have started four years and seven months ago when there was an insurrection at the Capitol right down, right there. And you had a bunch of thugs and ruffians who invaded the Capitol and tried to steal the Constitution.

[Grant Stinchfield]

I hate having to go back and defend January 6th over and over again. But very few people were hurt. Most of those people January 6th were taking an unorganized tour around the Capitol. That's been proven. Now what happened on January 6 does not plague an entire city. Day in, day out, murder after murder. 60 people shot in Chicago. Now I'll tell you, in D.C. crime's down 85% in some categories, 50% overall, says CBS News. What does Cleo have to say about that?

[Colonel Derek Harvey]

Do you feel Safer here in D.C.

[Various Politicians (e.g., Cleo Fields, Brandon Johnson)]

No, I don't feel Safer. In fact, most people look at the restaurant business here in D.C. 30% drop in participants. People are not going to restaurants. People don't want to be in a city with their National Guards, with, you know, with rifles. I mean, that doesn't make people feel safe.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Let me just say this. He's comparing it to restaurant week last summer in D.C. okay. Which is not this week and when the guard was in D.C. so it's not a fair comparison. Restaurant week. And two, the National Guard does make people feel safer. It is about perception. I'll ask you this. How many arrests do you think the National Guard has made in D.C. crimes down. Like I said, some categories. 85%. How many arrests the National Guard made? What have I told you? Zero. So, yes, perception matters. And it matters most with the criminals. The criminals have the perception that, you know what? I'm not going to make a move with the National Guard there. Okay. But this, of course, is Jasmine Crockett from Texas. Listen. Yeah, I mean, clearly the White House, they are the hostile actors. Whether we're talking about the Epstein files and, and them not coming out or whether we're talking about him unlawfully going into various minority controlled cities. And honestly, the list goes on. So we know where the hostility is coming from. Going into minority controlled cities. Yes. Chicago, Baltimore, New Orleans, the three that he may go into now, L. A who already went into. Can I ask you, how are those cities doing? I don't care that the minority run. What I care about is that they're Democrat run and they're disasters. They're, they're hell holes, as President Trump says. One of the reasons. Because you have idiots like Mayor Brandon Johnson in Chicago who. I don't say this lightly. Okay, folks, I don't like to just call anybody an idiot, but this guy is not only an idiot, but he's an effing idiot, if you know what I mean. Okay, Listen to him on why crime is so bad in Chicago.

[Various Politicians (e.g., Cleo Fields, Brandon Johnson)]

The vast majority of guns do not come from Chicago. They are not made in Cook County. They are not bought in the state of Illinois. These guns come from red states. They are coming from Indiana, they are coming from Mississippi. They are coming from Louisiana. And that is the harsh reality.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Well, you take a look at this chart, please. We got this from the ATF. 18,000 recovered guns in Illinois. Okay, where did they all come from? 9,000 of them plus came from Illinois. He mentioned Mississippi. Only 419 came from Mississippi. I'm sorry, we don't have the chart. Trust me on this. And Louisiana, Louisiana didn't even make the top 15. So I don't know what he's talking about. The vast majority of guns on the streets are coming from Illinois and they're in the hands of bad people because those bad people steal them, most likely from good people. I want to bring in now RAV Border correspondent Ben Berkwum, who is in Chicago with a community leader there with the organization Save Our Community Coalition. His name is Bob Israel. Ben and Bob, welcome to the program.

[Ben Berkwam]

Hey, Grant, great to be with you.

[Bob Israel]

Thanks for.

[Grant Stinchfield]

All right.

[Bob Israel]

Invitation as well.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Ben, first off, let me ask your, your friend you're standing there with, how do you feel about the National Guard coming in and when do you hope they get there?

[Bob Israel]

It's kind of debating when do I want National Guard? Because I don't know how they gonna act, but I know it couldn't hurt if it could save one life, it'll help. And I just heard somebody say something about deterring the bad guys. I think the bad guys would think twice if they knew a couple extra police officers watching them. So, you know, I just, I don't think it's a bad idea.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Ben, what have you found amongst the community there? Most people supportive of this because the mainstream media is telling us, oh, boy, nobody wants this.

[Ben Berkwam]

Yeah. Well, one thing. First off, everyone you talk to in particular on the south side, and Bob Israel is one of the community leaders that invited me here initially when all the illegals were flooding in. Actually, Bob was the one who took me into the police stations to show me all the illegals covering the floors there. And, you know, one of your comments that you made is when we first met was that they're giving all this stuff to illegals when we still can't get 40 acres and a mule. And you think about that. There's a sense, Grant, that the inner city, the south side of Chicago, has just been lied to for decades by the same people, the same Democrats promising all this stuff, the same NGOs, the same nonprofits promising all this stuff, getting millions and millions of dollars of funding and then doing nothing to actually help the community. In fact hurting it with the millions of illegals and now doubling down, where you have people like Mayor Johnson and Governor Pritzker going out there and protesting against ice, protesting against our own federal government and saying there's nothing wrong here, when, as you mentioned, we had 60 shootings this last weekend. Eight, eight fatal. And every weekend it's not. That's not an anomaly, Grant. That's every weekend here. And these Guys have the nerve to say that President Trump's wrong. It's insane.

[Bob Israel]

Can I say something?

[Grant Stinchfield]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Bob Israel]

I want to give you something else to go back. Democrats have been in control in Chicago since the Al Capone era, and they say it was safer then.

[Ben Berkwam]

Safer when the mob was here, in control than it is now. I mean, that it is, it's insane.

[Grant Stinchfield]

It really is. Bob, I'll ask you. I've been covering crime in Chicago since the time I worked for the National Rifle association, going back almost 10 years now. And every weekend we would report on the number of shootings. Nothing seems to have changed in 10 years. The media will focus on mass shootings. Every shooting is bad. They'll play it out for days. Nobody ever focuses on Chicago, I would imagine. You know, children that have to go to sleep at night, put their head on a pillow, hearing gunshots outside and not knowing if their brother or sister is going to come home at night. Have you felt ignored and what is that like, Bob?

[Bob Israel]

We most definitely being ignored, but unfortunately I'm being ingleware. We kind of immune to it. Gunshots. It's so often so much and I think they be undercounting. It was more than 50 people. They just, man, it's just sad, man. But we need, we need Trump, we need National Guard. I agree. Because the bad guys would think twice if they know somebody going to hear them gunshots and react. So don't believe the fake news. I, I remember Trump used to say fake news and like, what are you talking about? But now, trust me, that news is fake.

[Ben Berkwam]

That's why they come on.

[Grant Stinchfield]

We believe that. Yeah, Bob, they, they sure have. That's why you got Ben next to you. He's not going to lie to you. Bob Israel, thank you for coming on. Ben, before I let you go, you shot.

[Bob Israel]

Oh, man, I just happen to think, I just have a thing. I said, let me call Ben because I felt it. I said, I think he coming to Chicago. He said, I'll be there tomorrow. So I say, I'll be here, too.

[Grant Stinchfield]

He'll go, he'll go anywhere he's wanted. If there's chaos there, Ben's gonna be there. Ben, you shot some video of ICE boarding up facilities in preparation for what? There it is on the screen there. What are they worried about most right now, Ben?

[Ben Berkwam]

Violence. You know, you got that Jack something Congressman out there talking about January 6, ignoring four years of the real insurrection by antifa and all of these groups, these communist groups across America that were burning down America and now they're planning for it again. It's going to be a rehashing of the first four years of President Trump. They knew his policies worked, so they couldn't attack his policies. So what do they do? They send their brown shirts out, the communist brown shirts out into the streets. And that's what they're preparing for. And unfortunately, when you have a city that stands down, that doesn't prosecute criminals, you got Soros, DAs that allow criminal activity. That right behind me. Oh, by the way, we're standing out in front of the jail. Let me just give you a little update. We don't even know how many illegals. I was talking to ICE directors here locally. We don't even know how many illegals are in there. There's an estimate between 300 and 500 illegals in there at any one time. But they don't know because the jail doesn't share information with them. So instead of picking up the illegals and deporting them directly out of the jail, these guys have to go into the city. Well, what is the city doing? They are inviting the, the criminals in their community. And this isn't like the inner city criminals. This is the antifa, the communists, the leftists that want to destroy this country to go out and cause mayhem, the illegal aliens, the jihadists. Now all of these groups. So they're, they're anticipating it that the. At. At the ICE offices, at the federal buildings all over the city, they're anticipating that. So instead of actually protecting their community, Mayor Johnson and Governor Pritzker are actually inviting more violence into the community.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Yeah, they sure are. Ben Berkwam, great work as always. Bob Israel know that we pray for you and your community. And really, quite frankly, all we want is peace. Not just for Chicago, but for every city across the country. And I mean it. Thank you both for coming. Coming on tonight. All right, moving on, folks. We're going to continue to cover that story. Ben did some great work about ICE Air and maybe we get him on Monday to talk about that. And basically the airlines to deport people and how ICE is running its own right now. It's pretty impressive. All right, folks, you need to learn about energized health and intercellular hydration. Supercharge your energy, boost your immune system and dramatically increase your brain function. Look and feel years younger, all through a simple and natural process. Don't believe me? Go to energized health.com and check out hundreds of amazing testimonials. Energized health offers a 100 money back guarantee they're A plus rated and have helped thousands over 20 years. Go to energized health.com while you're there. Check out their free masterclass that's energized health.com and you tell them that Grant Stitchfield sent you. All right, the Russia, Ukraine war could be coming to an end, but not how you may think. What's next? Well, folks, President Trump had a big day in the Oval Office. One of the issues he was talking about was the quest to get all of the American hostages being held around the globe back onto American soil. You know, we were very instrumental, all of you in getting some of the Americans were being held in Venezuela back home. Now they are back. Great news. President Trump offered this up. He gave a chart. 72 people saved under President Trump, American hostages. Compare that to Joe Biden who lost 24Americans during his term. Biden ignored what Trump is doing. President Trump is putting Americans first in his America first quest. Something very different from Joe Biden. Here's our man, Seb Gorka, who works inside the White House.

[Rabbi Michael Barclay]

We were told by numerous families who.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Had missing loved ones during the Biden.

[Rabbi Michael Barclay]

Administration that this building, Biden's National Security Council told those families not to, to talk about their missing loved ones, to be quiet, not to create any pressure on Biden and on Jake Sullivan, the key propagator of the Russia hoax.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Well, there you have it. Will the mainstream media play any of those clips? Probably not. But many of the families of the hostages are speaking out now. President Trump's team springing into action, including Sebastian Gorko is one of the members of the hostage team that is getting so many of these hostages back. Back. Great work on behalf of President Trump. Okay, the Ukrainian military folks, right now, this is something the mainstream media does not want to tell you, but I believe the Ukrainian military is beat up and battered. Not because Putin says so, because what I assess right now is Putin not wanting peace. I believe he believes he's on the verge of victory. Listen to this.

[Various Politicians (e.g., Cleo Fields, Brandon Johnson)]

It shows that the Ukrainian armed forces do not have these capabilities. They are not capable of large scale offensive operations. They are only trying to defend the front line that they have.

[Grant Stinchfield]

So Putin says the Ukrainian military's fighting forces, the elite combat units are down to about 47% staffing. Reserves are very, very thin. He is claiming that Russia has taken over many of the regions with drone attacks. We could throw some of that video up there, guys. Drone attacks, all kinds of attacks where you see firefighters trying to put out these fires. From the Russian attacks. 75% of Donetsk, Kirchhon, Lugansk. The list goes on. Lugansk, 97% Vladimir Putin claims to have. Is this legit? Is Russia on the verge of winning this war? I want to bring in a man that I have so much trust and respect for when it comes to these issues. Former special assistant to President Trump, Army Colonel, retired Derek Harvey. Colonel, it's great to have you back on.

[Colonel Derek Harvey]

Good to be here.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Colonel. There's something about the way Putin is going about this peace process that I feel like he thinks he's on the verge of victory. But why engage in a peace deal when he feels like he's going to win now? Is he delusional? Am I on to something? I'd love your input on this.

[Colonel Derek Harvey]

Well, you are onto something. And unfortunately this has been Putin and Russia's plan, a long term strategy, attrition, warfare, realizing they have all of the strategic advantages, you know, population, size of military, the political will, unity of effort, all of these things. And Ukraine is a smaller country and it's dependent and it's not politically unified, it's demoralized amongst its population. There's questioning about what the end game is going to be. Can they actually achieve the recovery of their territories, which doesn't look at all possible. And Putin has said that he will not allow Western forces even as part of a security.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Well, did we lose? I think we did. We lost. Colonel Harvey, let's try to get him back. So interesting that Colonel Harvey believes, just as I do, that Russia is making great strides here. One more time, guys. Okay? We got some new people in the chair. All good. It looks like they are making great strides. And I believe we have Colonel Harvey back. Colonel Harvey, sorry about the technical difficulties there, but you were saying about Russia and Putin.

[Colonel Derek Harvey]

Putin believes that he's in the catbird seat, that his strategy is working, that Russia is wearing down through attrition warfare. The the army of Ukraine, they continue to hit targets, civilian targets, indiscriminately. Ukraine politically is in a very difficult situation and Putin has just said that he is not going to allow the security guarantees required of putting military forces, Western military forces into Ukraine as part of any peace deal. This indicates that he is not interested in any negotiated outcome at this point in time. He wants a puppet regime in Kiev and he wants to achieve all of his geographic objectives. He is not backing down.

[Grant Stinchfield]

When I see Putin claim that Lu Gantz 99.7% in Russian control donet region Kershaw and 75% in Russian control. Should I believe Putin on this? Has he made that much grounds? And can Ukraine sustain fighting Russia for much longer?

[Colonel Derek Harvey]

Well, he can sustain the Russian offensives, but they're minor and they're tactical. And Ukraine is paring back and hitting back tactically in some areas. But you're right, the Ukrainian forces have been attrited and we have put significant restrictions on offensive warfare by the Ukrainians. And whether it's long range missiles or other capabilities that have been provided by our allies, it's going to take a major effort to up gun arm and sustain the Ukrainian military. And they probably don't have the manpower, the population support to sustain this over the long term.

[Grant Stinchfield]

All right, let me play one clip from you from President Trump yesterday in the Oval Office. Cut seven, roll that. You've expressed many times your frustration and disappointment with Putin, but there's no action since you took your own office.

[Donald Trump]

How do you know there's no. How do you know there's no action, really? Wait, wait, who, who you, who are you with? Okay, how do you know there's no action? Would you say that putting secondary sanctions on India, the largest purchaser outside of China, they're almost equal. Would you say there was no action that cost hundreds of billions of dollars to Russia?

[Grant Stinchfield]

All right, Colonel, you had the prime minister of India, Putin, with Xi Jinping. They posted a picture. Everyone together, real quick if you can. How does President Trump navigate this? Because clearly we really don't want India running to China and Russia running to China either.

[Colonel Derek Harvey]

It's a strategic dilemma because, you know, we've got significant challenges there. And I think the president's national security team has, is engaged, you know, on a considerable extent, deeply. There are negotiations ongoing economically regarding tariffs and trade and security relationships. You know, the publicity stunt of the China, Russia, India meeting, you know, is significant. It sends a message, but there's much less there than meets the eye, in my view.

[Grant Stinchfield]

All right. Colonel Derek Harvey, always great to see you. Thank you for joining me on a Friday evening. Enjoy the weekends, sir. You too.

[Colonel Derek Harvey]

Take care.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Absolutely. All right, folks, don't miss the Rebels, Rogues and Outlaws tour coming to the America First Warehouse September 12th and 13th. This ticketed event will feature live shows in front of a live audience from the guys at Studio 6B, Steve Bannon, Peter Navarro and more. Scan the QR code on your screen or Visit the America first warehouse.com to get your tickets. Big fan of those guys. All right, it's now the Department of War and America is going on the offense. We get into it next. Well, folks, liberals ought to brace themselves because times are changing at the Department of Defense. It is now the Department of War. I'll tell you what, the signs are coming down, the new ones going up. Department of War it is. This is President Trump from the Oval Office today who signed the executive order making the name change official.

[Donald Trump]

We've been talking about this Department of War. So we won the first World War, we won the Second World War, we won everything before that and in between. And then we decided to go woke and we changed the name to Department of Of Defense. So we're going Department of War.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Look, Department of Defense sounds nice. I have mixed feelings about this. I'm somewhat indifferent, but I like to be on the offense, not defense. And the Department of War says what it says. And I will remind every liberal out there, this president is the most anti war president we have had probably since World War I and World War II. Okay? So they need to get that through their mind. When President Trump goes on the offense, it's to save lives and stop wars. I want to bring in now former Green Beret and constitutional attorney. He's not a former constitutional attorney. He is one of those now. Lieutenant Colonel, retired. Ivan Raiklin is with us. Colonel, it's great to have you back on.

[Colonel Ivan Raiklin]

Always great, Grant, especially today. This week has been absolutely fantastic. You know, I've been very critical of this administration and the weakness that they've exhibited in certain areas. But definitely this one is. I got to give it an A plus.

[Grant Stinchfield]

All right. One of your specialties is mind warfare and getting into the minds of the enemy. What does this do? Department of War.

[Colonel Ivan Raiklin]

Yeah. So you were given a little historical snippet of what's been going on since 1789. It was the Department of War until 1947, and I believe we have a undefeated record during that period of time in terms of our nation's wars. It wasn't until 1947 when the Department of War was renamed to the Department of Defense. And I don't think we've actually won a war since then. It's just been quagmire after quagmire. So I'm looking forward to the Department of War, but what I'm looking more forward to is that now that we have a Department of War that protects our foreign from our foreign threats, I think it's time to possibly even rename the Department of Justice to the Department of Retribution. And I'd be more than happy to relinquish any title that I have related to that department.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Well, you are my secretary of retribution, if that means anything to you. So let me, let me play you a clip from President Trump today talking about something you just talked about. We have not been letting our military win wars. Cut 11 for the guys behind the glass.

[Donald Trump]

And we were very strong, but we never fought to win. We just didn't fight to win. We didn't lose anything, but we didn't fight to win. We could have won every one of those wars quickly, but they went a route that I think was probably politically correct, but not correct for our nation.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Colonel, you were in the military a long time. You have seen all of these wars play out, many of them decades plus long. Is it true that our military was handcuffed and rules of engagement were not what they should have been?

[Colonel Ivan Raiklin]

Let's compare it to the previous whatever you want to call that illegitimate regime. You have a dementia patient that is not a commander in chief, doesn't even know what he is, and basically a carcass that has a pulse, and then underneath him you have an obese emergency use, authorized product, big pharma shill. Remember the Darth Vader look with the face masks, the toilets, everything on his face, totally obese. Right. And what do we have now? We have a physically fit, mentally fit Department of Defense leadership in the name of Pete Hegseth, Anthony Tata, the Undersecretary of Defense for personnel and readiness. His senior advisor, Stu Scheller. We have an undersecretary of the Air Force, Matt Lohmeyer, who's pushing out and just destroying the DEI that was destroying our previous military within the last four years that I had to leave in order to be able to push back externally. I'm at a point now that I'm seriously considering actually returning into the Department of Defense, maybe even as a reservist, because when all these mandates, the unlawful mandates were going down and the training to promote mutilation known as trans, I said, you know what? I can't deal with being an unconstitutional actor within our department. So they offered me battalion command, and I said, no, I'm going to retire. And I think at this point in time, especially with what happened this week, I'm actually reconsidering my stance on whether I'm going to remain a civilian or partially go back in because the war on warriors is over and Pete Hegseth is now reconstituting our warrior ethos through his leadership. And President Trump just sealed the deal, essentially by renaming the department.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Well, you figure the Department of Defense under Joe Biden was about maternity flight suits, transgender soldiers, mandated shots, everything to weaken our military abortions. Yeah, exactly. Now it is about war, including a war on narco terrorism. I'm sure you've seen the video of President Trump's military taking out that ship with all kinds of drugs headed for America on it. This is a war on drugs. It's a war on terror. This coming. I'll give you the last word here, Colonel, from the Department of War. And now once again, the Liberals are forced to defend narco drug traffickers.

[Colonel Ivan Raiklin]

I'm going to say the last word and then last sentence. America is back. The Department of offense, excuse me, of war is back. And so if Greenland, the citizens of Greenland want to join America, I welcome them. If Canada wants to become the 51st state, I welcome them to join us in this freedom movement. And I also welcome, maybe Venezuela may want to expand the Monroe Doctrine and maybe they want to move towards freedom rather than continue down that ccp. I guess led tyrannical regime. Right now it needs to be removed in Venezuela, but again, by the citizens of Venezuela. And I just see that in eight and a half months, globally we are posturing at a very strong kind of route and path. We just still need to focus on urging and motivating the Department of Justice to start actually conducting what we call action against our domestic enemies. And that's where I see we're lacking right now.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Well, just to re quote my man Ivan Raichlund, America is back and it is a good day. It's been a good week. It's been a good six months. I think it's only going to get awesome. Colonel Ivan Rakeland. Thank you for coming on, buddy.

[Colonel Ivan Raiklin]

Thanks, Grant.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Absolutely. Good seeing you. All right, folks, insubordinate HHS employees are using CIA tactics to undermine RFK Jr. That story next. Foreign conservative influencer Benny Johnson is reporting that sources are telling him that inside Health and Human Services and the CDC quietly being passed around among the ranks is an old decades old CIA manual on how to gum up the system, on how to create sabotage in government agencies. It reads to managers and supervisors, demand written orders. Misunderstand orders, ask endless questions or engage in long correspondence about such orders. Quibble over them when you can do everything possible to delay the delivery of orders, even though parts of an order may be ready beforehand. Don't deliver. It also reads, try to commit acts with large numbers for of people that could be responsible. A second type of simple sabotage. VO3 adopt a non cooperative attitude and induce others to follow suit. General devices for Lowering morale and creating confusion. Give lengthy and incomprehensible explanations when questions act stupid. Be as irrational and quarrelsome as possible. It goes on and on. This is designed to cause chaos inside CDC and HHS because RFK Jr. Is there. I want to bring in now chief of disaster and emergency medicine for the wellness company, Dr. Kelly Victory. Back two days in a row. Dr. Victory. But you know RFK Jr. He's taking criticism for firing large numbers inside CDC. But if this is what he's up against, these people have to go. Dr. Victory.

[Dr. Kelly Victory]

Absolutely. I think this is great. I think the people who have this document and are passing it around ought to pack their bags because Robert Kennedy Jr. Has no problem in sending them on their way. As well he should. He has been the change agent that we have needed for a long time at hhs. I don't have to agree with all of his decisions. I don't have to agree with all of his opinions or policies. The reality is he has exposed much of the graft, corruption, fraud and partisanship that's been going on in these different agencies for decades. And he has shown that he is not afraid to send people on their way. The hearing in front of Congress yesterday was quite a illustrative in terms of his commitment to do exactly that. If he finds out that people are not in lockstep with what he is doing with the Maha movement and with President Trump, then he will not waste any time in firing them. And I think that's what needs to happen.

[Grant Stinchfield]

Dr. Victory, are you surprised at all that employees inside HHS and the CDC would use a 1940s CIA operation manual to gum up the system and make life miserable? I mean, your thoughts of using this to literally derail agencies meant to keep the American public safe and healthy?

[Dr. Kelly Victory]

Well, it's really treasonous. I mean, you are undermining the US Government. The problem here, Grant, is that many of these people are holdovers not only from the Biden administration but from previous administrations, that really there's no tremendous partisanship. Bobby Kennedy Jr. Has upset the status quo. There are many, many people who are going to lose a lot of money because he's exposed the amount of monies that have been given granted from Big Pharma and others, Big Food, Big Ag, to a lot of these people. And they're going to lose those funds. You just had to look at the faces and see sort of the hair on fire in Congress yesterday as these different congresspeople, senators were under senior that they may well lose. Hey, there's one pocahontas she may well lose the amount of money that she's gotten from big Pharma, and she's not going to have it. So I have no question that these people, there are a lot of loyalists in these agencies. Hhs, unfortunately, is not immune to it. And unfortunately for us, Robert Kennedy Jr. Is one of the few people in the cabinet who have really experienced, exposed it and said, bring it on. I don't care. I will fire you. I will walk you out.

[Grant Stinchfield]

This is why they despise him so much, and this is why he has become one of my favorite cabinet members. And I was not the biggest fan of RFK Jr. We disagree on probably a lot of issues. As President Trump says, just keep him away from my department of energy. But he's doing a great, great job inside HHS, right where he needs to be. Dr. Kelly Victory, chief of disaster and emergency medicine for the Wellness Company. Thank you. I want to tell people about the company you work for because, folks, that voice that you just heard there, they have many voices. This is why you can trust the Wellness Company for products like this. An emergency medical kit. This is great. Every household needs this. You got the parasite cleanse. I just got off it. I lost bloat. I feel better. My skin cleared up. All of it. How do you get it? Go to TWC Health Voice. Use the promo code voice to save 10%. That's TWC Health voice. Use that promo code voice to save 10%. And I will tell you, we are so grateful for their support of this program and this network. All right. Football is back and the NFL is still pushing DEI wokeness. The only thing more. No, I'm not reading that. I am not reading that. I am a Cowboys fan and they wanted me to read. The only thing more, more obnoxious is the Cowboys. That is not true. We're back in a flash. Welcome back, everyone. Here's a tip to the NFL. America only has one national anthem, okay? We don't need a black national anthem, a Hispanic national anthem, an Asian national anthem, just like we don't need police patches with Arabic. But we got this last night. Hard to hear her, but what she is singing is, of course, the black national anthem. Not what we need. The DEI stuff is dead in America. It's not what Americans want anymore. It's going to do it for us today. It's going to do it for us for this week. We'll see you Monday. Have a great. This is an I Heart podcast.