Taking on Terrorist Cartels, LA Mayoral Debate EXPLODES | GRANT STINCHFIELD TONIGHT SHOW

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Podcast Summary: Real America’s Voice – Taking on Terrorist Cartels, LA Mayoral Debate EXPLODES | Grant Stinchfield Tonight Show

Date: May 8, 2026
Host: Grant Stinchfield
Guests: Ben Berkman, Oscar Ramirez, Steve Yates, Texas State Senator Bob Hall, Mark Bruner, Jennifer Horn
Main Topics: Crackdown on terrorist cartels, US-Mexico cooperation, the LA mayoral race, Iran and China developments, Islamic centers in Texas, US energy sector, LA mayoral debate recap.

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Episode Overview

This highly charged episode of "Stinchfield Tonight" offers an unfiltered, in-depth look at America's escalating fight against terrorist drug cartels, the rapidly shifting political landscape in Los Angeles, and pressing foreign policy challenges. Host Grant Stinchfield and guests tackle complex issues with a clear focus on American sovereignty, security, and traditional values. The show bridges hard news, field reports, and passionate debate, maintaining a tone of urgency, skepticism, and resolve.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. U.S. Crackdown on Terrorist Cartels

[00:38 – 09:30]

• Major Fentanyl Seizures & U.S. Action

  • Stinchfield reports a 97% decrease in drug flow by sea and the beginning of "land force" operations targeting cartels inside Mexico, signifying more direct U.S. involvement.
  • DOJ/DEA operations led to a massive, $10 million fentanyl bust in LA's MacArthur Park, removing enough drugs "to kill 190,000 people."

    “Are they now going into Mexico?...This is the biggest threat to American citizens and that is the cartels.” – Grant [01:55]

• Federal Over Local Enforcement

  • Grant argues that the failure of local authorities (e.g., LAPD) forces federal agencies to step in:

    “Are you not embarrassed? This is a job the LAPD ought to be doing...But no, it takes the feds to do it.” – Grant [04:00]

• Cartels as Paramilitary Organizations

  • Ben Berkman: Cartels are not just criminal gangs but powerful, organized armed forces rivaling national militaries, deeply enmeshed with corrupt politicians throughout Latin America.

    "They are paramilitary organizations. Often they have better firepower than the Mexican government." – Ben Berkman [06:45] “Until you take out the cartel, until you take out the politicians, nothing's going to change.” – Ben quoting a contact [04:54]

• Corruption in U.S. & Mexico

  • Parallel drawn between corruption in Mexican and U.S. politics:

    “You have politicians in California that are just as corrupted as the politicians in Mexico.” – Ben Berkman [08:56]

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2. U.S.-Mexico Cooperation, Sheinbaum's Political Balancing Act

[09:31 – 14:35]

• Mexican President Sheinbaum's Mixed Signals

  • Grant notes President Sheinbaum’s public resistance to foreign intervention versus ongoing covert cooperation with U.S. agencies:

    “No foreign power is going to tell Mexico what to do. We are free.” – Grant quoting Sheinbaum [10:04]

• Behind-the-Scenes Collaboration

  • Oscar Ramirez documents numerous joint operations:

    "The Secretary of Defense Trevilla of Mexico said this mission could not be accomplished without the American intelligence." – Oscar Ramirez [11:43] “There already are Special Forces inside of Mexico. They already have CIA agents, they already have DEA agents.” – Oscar Ramirez [13:37]

• Mexican Public Sentiment

  • Overwhelming majority support Trump’s crackdown and exposure of corruption:

    “We want them gone. We want them gone for a long, long, long time. Nobody in history has ever done what President Trump is doing right now.” – Oscar Ramirez [13:06]

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3. Iran & Middle East Tensions

[14:38 – 22:25]

• Ceasefire Skepticism & Military Actions

  • Grant expresses disbelief at U.S./Iran ceasefire characterization while both sides continue hostilities.

    “What kind of cease fire is this?” – Grant [15:24]

• Supporting Iranian Opposition

  • Trump open to covertly arming Iranian resistance:

    "They have guns, and I think they're getting some guns. As soon as they have guns, they'll fight like…anybody." – Mark Bruner, quoting Trump [16:00]

• Analysis by Steve Yates (Heritage Foundation)

  • Sees Trump’s policy as “judicious use of power”: combining sanctions, covert aid, and credible threat of force.

    "President Trump is a president unlike any other. He's a negotiator unlike any other…What we've got is…a very judicious use of power, financial power, military power." – Steve Yates [16:55]

  • Argues Iran’s regime can only be toppled with real tools for popular resistance and international isolation.

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4. China’s Role and Sanctions

[20:05 – 22:25]

• China as Both Enabler and Escalator
  • China openly undermines U.S. sanctions against Iran, provides support for cartel money laundering, and facilitates the fentanyl trade:

    “The sanctions…relate to trying to deny terrorism financing. The cartels are also designated as foreign terrorist organizations. And the Chinese have been involved…providing their product.” – Steve Yates [21:18]

  • Personal note: Steve Yates shares he lost a child to fentanyl, heightening the urgency of the issue.

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5. LA Mayoral Debate: Explosive Moments

[25:18 – 33:40]

• Introduction of Spencer Pratt

  • Reality star-turned-mayoral candidate enters the race after wildfire devastation and municipal failures leave him disillusioned.

    “If you watch this whole debate and I saw highlights, how does he not turn to them and say, you people are lunatics. You're insane.” – Grant [26:38]

• On Homelessness:

  • Spencer Pratt lambasts expensive, ineffective policies:

    “These ideas cost us over $400 million to house…3,000 people for $400 million is absolute failure for both of them. They're a team.” – Spencer Pratt [26:09]

• Voter Eligibility Debate:

  • Pratt is clear: only citizens should vote; opposition equivocates.

    “Should non citizens vote in city elections?...No.” – Spencer Pratt [27:04]

• Debate Commentary by Jennifer Horn

  • She asserts that Pratt has strong momentum due to widespread dissatisfaction with Mayor Bass and the failures on homelessness and firefighting.

    “If Spencer Pratt can stay away from the so-called ‘MAGA’ branding…he has a chance.” – Jennifer Horn [28:37]

• Accountability and Fire Response

  • Grant and Horn deride Mayor Bass for failing to accept responsibility for the wildfire response.

    “If she would have apologized and taken responsibility…we would have been in a whole different situation.” – Jennifer Horn [29:57]

• Memorable Exchange

  • Pratt on Councilwoman Rahman’s priorities:

    “She walked out of the hearing. She doesn't care about safety. She doesn't care about anything she's talking about. At least Mayor Bass pretends to care.” – Spencer Pratt [32:05]

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6. Islamic Centers in Texas – Sharia Law Concerns

[35:19 – 41:48]

• Muslim-Only Waterpark & "Sharia City"

  • Discussion of attempts to organize a Muslim-only event at a publicly funded park (since canceled), and plans for a large Islamic center in Katy, Texas, which Grant alleges may become a hub for Sharia law.

• Senator Bob Hall’s Perspective

  • Emphasizes that Islam is a "theocracy," likening it to totalitarian systems and warning it poses a fundamental, non-religious threat to American law and values.

    “This is… the most serious threat to America we have ever faced. This is a rights issue.” – Senator Bob Hall [37:41] “It is a form of government…that has created a religion underneath it.” – Senator Bob Hall [39:03]

• Strategy:

  • Hall calls for education, especially among Christian leaders, stressing that this is not anti-religion but pro-American values.

    “Our spiritual leaders need to meet people to understand this…from a Christian perspective.” – Senator Bob Hall [39:13]

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7. U.S. Energy: Lost Soldier Oil & Gas

[42:53 – 46:56]

• Interview with Mark Bruner, CEO
  • Bruner shares his personal motivation for leading a massive natural gas project in Wyoming, appealing to "Stinchfield's army" of capitalist listeners.

    “It's exhilarating to look for what I call lost treasure…what really is important to me is that the investors that are in my deal…I want them to have those kind of returns that would create generational wealth for them and their families.” – Mark Bruner [43:16]

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8. Notable Quotes and Moments

• On Cartels and Corruption

  “Until you take out the cartel, until you take out the politicians, nothing's going to change.” – Ben Berkman [04:54] “The cartels are military organizations…an army of themselves. They're basically proxy governments for most of these countries.” – Ben Berkman [06:45]

• On U.S.-Mexico Partnership

  “The majority of Mexicans, we are agreeing with what [Trump] is doing, that he's exposing dirty politicians.” – Oscar Ramirez [13:06]

• On Iranian Policy

  "President Trump is a negotiator unlike any other…sort of putting up some bumpers where they talk about it being a ceasefire and you can see with your own eyes there's firing." – Steve Yates [16:55]

• On LA Politics

  “Pop your popcorn. Spencer Pratt's ready to be mayor of Los Angeles, and I'm here for it.” – Jennifer Horn [28:16]

• On Islam and Texas

  “This is far more a threat than…any of the wars we've been in…It's a form of government that's comparable to socialism, communism and Nazism.” – Senator Bob Hall [37:41, 39:03]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Intro/Opening Monologue – [00:00–01:55]
• DEA MacArthur Park Raid – [02:27–04:00]
• Ben Berkman on Cartels – [04:34–09:30]
• Oscar Ramirez on Mexican Politics – [10:30–14:35]
• Iran & Resistance Discussion (Steve Yates) – [14:38–20:05]
• China and Global Cartel Ties – [20:05–22:25]
• LA Mayoral Debate Highlights – [25:18–33:42]
• Islamic Centers in Texas – [35:19–41:48]
• Lost Soldier Oil Investment Discussion – [42:53–46:56]

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Conclusion

This episode delivers high-impact, unapologetic commentary on critical issues shaping America: the war on cartels, intersections between domestic and foreign policy, struggles against corruption, and the urgency for strong, clear-eyed leadership at every level. With a blend of investigative input, expert commentary, close-to-the-ground reporting, and memorable debate moments, Grant Stinchfield and guests present a clear message: defending American sovereignty, confronting corruption, and returning to traditional values are the top priorities in today's fraught climate.

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Transcript

[Jennifer Horn]

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[Grant]

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[Senator Bob Hall]

Foreign.

[Grant]

Well, good evening, everyone. Welcome to Stitchfield. President Trump is putting the cartels on notice. You know, you look at these cartels leading up to President Trump's latest term in office, they were responsible for over 100,000 overdose deaths. Really murders and not overdoses. These are murders in America. Most of that is fentanyl sent here by China, moved by the Sinaloa cartel and others. That number is down to about 75,000 in, in 2025. Still a huge number, but coming down as President Trump shuts the borders down. Now, President Trump is hitting back at these cartels and he says, we've hit them at sea. We know we've taken out these, these drug boats. Now apparently we're going to hit them by land inside Mexico. Are we already doing this, Mr. President? But drugs coming in by sea are down 97%. And now we've started the land force, which is much easier. And you'll hear some complaints from some people in, like representatives from Mexico and other places, but if they're not going to do the job, we're going to do the job and they understand that. Did you listen to carefully to what he just said? We've started the land force. Are they now going into Mexico? Do we not know about this? Other special forces units taking out cartel members, as we recommended President Trump should do over a year ago on this program. This is the biggest threat to American citizens and that is the cartels moving drugs in here. Now, don't count out countermeasures either, like the border wall. Nobody's been talking about this for a while. Did you know that the border wall is being built at a record pace right now?

[Unidentified Border Wall Official]

We're building miles of wall every single week. We expect to be had the first prime preliminary wall put up in that's going to go from the Pacific to the Gulf of America by hopefully April or June of next year. Now that we still have a secondary wall we got to build with that, but will be done before the president.

[Grant]

Amazing. All of this means something. And then of course, you've got to go after the bad actors inside America. Well, we're now learning today, President Trump and his team, Department of Homeland Security DEA agents swarmed MacArthur Park. You know what park this is? This is in Los Angeles, the very park where Karen Bass had put up the signs. This is an immigration free zone. Well, it's not a drug enforcement free zone. And that's where DEA agents were. You can see the drug zombies all over the park just cracked out on who knows what. This was the DEA special in charge of the operation today.

[DEA Special Agent]

Yeah, it's a, it's a, it's a lot of drug. And in the street values we're Talking about over $10 million easily could kill 190,000 people in a blink of an eye. And that was just taken out of here, out of one day today. Who knows how many kilos have already been put out here in the streets, you know, before got here. So this is important. Change is happening. It's starting today and it's continuing up. We are not letting up

[Grant]

all that fentanyl in one park in Los Angeles. Now, if you're a leader of Los Angeles, if you're the police chief in Los Angeles, are you not embarrassed? This is a job the LAPD ought to be doing, going in and confiscating all of these drugs in this park. They're illegally camping out there anyway. But no, it takes the feds to do it. All of this is very good. But the cartels are a formidable foe. Nobody knows this more than RAV correspondent Ben Berkman. He is with us this evening. Ben, welcome to the program.

[Ben Berkman]

Thanks for having me. Grant, great to see you again.

[Grant]

All right, Ben, it's great to see you. You've been down on the border too many times to count. You've watched cartel members watch you as you're doing this. How formidable of a foe is the cartel really in real common sense terms?

[Ben Berkman]

Well, I would say it's like my friend down in Mexico said when we were down there, he said, until you take out the cartel, until you take out the politicians, nothing's going to change. And so the cartels basically control Mexico, and not just Mexico. It's primarily why President Trump went in and did what he did in Venezuela. The cartels control most of Central America, South America. You've got transnational criminal organizations working together. The, the Iranian proxies that were working with many of these countries as well. So it's, it's a major, major problem. And when you talk about form, you know how formidable they are. They've got billions of dollars that we pumped into them. Joe Biden pumped billions of dollars into their pockets when he was in office. And now President Trump. I think you know what's really crazy, Grant, is I was at the Marine 250 event and the Army 250 event. And I was looking at all of this weaponry and firepower and just strength of America, and I thought, why aren't we using this? We've been pacifists for so long, we've let the rest of the world, the dictators of the world, destroy their countries and destroy us for so long. And almost immediately after that, President Trump started going after the drug boats. And so I think President Trump realized, you know what, he's got a couple years left as president, he better make the most of it, because all the rest of these jokers on the right and the left have just aren't willing to do it. And I think that's what we're seeing right now.

[Grant]

You know, we think at least many people think about the cartels as if there's some form of Mexican mafia. That really is not the case. These cartels are military organizations. I mean, they have firepower like you wouldn't believe. Is that right, Ben? These military vehicles that they have and high powered weapons.

[Ben Berkman]

Yeah, they're paramilitary organizations. And oftentimes they have better firepower than the Mexican government has or than the Colombian government has or any of the Central American governments have. They are. They are an army of themselves. They are, again, it's a. They're basically proxy governments for most of these countries. And they have figureheads that they prop up as politicians, pretending to be representatives of the country and the people, when in reality, most of them are representatives of the cartel. And so even this is. This is really why President Trump has to do what he's doing or is doing what he's doing, because it doesn't matter what the figurehead says. It's the cartel bosses themselves that are making the decisions. So he's got to go right to that source. And, and to your point, there's no doubt about it, we've been on the ground in Mexico for a very long time. A lot of these operations you see taking out the cartel leaders had our fingerprints all over them. Now, whether or not we were pulling the trigger or setting up operations, doing the intel, there's no doubt that we were already down there in a major way.

[Grant]

Yeah, fascinating. And I can only imagine just how classified some of these operations are. But as you said it, America has its fingerprints on that now under the leadership of President Trump. Lastly, before I let you go, I'm going to play another clip from the DEA agent that was in charge of this operation in MacArthur Park. I know you've been to this park. It's a drug open Air Drug Fiesta is what it is. This is the special agent in charge.

[DEA Special Agent]

During the course of this investigation, investigators have targeted the Sinaloa Cartel as a suppliers for fentanyl and methamphetamine into the MacArthur park area. And I just want to pause for a second because I want to highlight that that this is a criminal organization a operating in our country and we are not going to stand for it anymore today. So they have been put on notice.

[Grant]

Ben, I'll give you the last word on this. MacArthur Park. LAPD should have been in there mopping this up. You've got the international organization that clearly the Fed should be in charge of. I wish there was some cooperation. There's none. Your thoughts about them going into L. A and cleaning up that park? In and of itself, Ben, it's the

[Ben Berkman]

same thing, my friend. Again. As I started, Aaron Ibarra said down in Mexico, until we take out the politicians that are corrupted, we're not going to fix anything. You have politicians in California that are just as corrupted as the politicians in Mexico. They are. They need to go as much as these cartel and the drug leaders need to go.

[Grant]

Boy, isn't that the truth? The corrupt politicians in America need to go just as much as the corrupt politicians in Mexico. Truth is, we're a bigger country. I bet we have more of them here than they do there. Ben Berkman, it's great having you on the program. Thank you.

[Ben Berkman]

My pleasure. Thanks, Grant.

[Grant]

Absolutely. Always great work. So now we get to this situation with Mexico because he talked about the crooked politicians there. We need the government of Mexico to be on board with President Trump using special forces and other military apparatus to go into Mexico. This Shinebaum, the president of Mexico, seemed like she was making a turn, but now all of a sudden, I saw this sound bite from her and now she seems very defiant towards the United States.

[Narrator/Announcer]

No foreign power is going to tell

[Grant]

Mexico what to do. We are free. No foreign power is going to tell them what to do. We are free. Okay, I get that.

[Senator Bob Hall]

Right.

[Grant]

Every country has sovereignty, but you better be begging for President Trump's help to clean up your country unless you're connected to all the corruption I want to bring in. Now, RAV correspondent Oscar Ramirez, who is in Mexico for us tonight. Oscar, welcome back to the show.

[Oscar Ramirez]

Thank you so much, Grant, for having me.

[Grant]

All right, Oscar, you heard Ben and I talking about the cartels. I'd like to ask you specifically about Sheinbaum. You and I just said, boy, was she making a turn. It seemed like we were going after the heads of these cartels. Then President Trump says, hey, maybe we have to come in. And now all of a sudden, she's all about our national sovereignty.

[Oscar Ramirez]

Well, they have been collaborating, let's be honest with each other. They have been collaborating. Senator Marco Rubio has been the one that has been making these moves. One of the biggest collaborations this year, it is the arrest of more than 50 plus leaders of the criminal organizations. Then you have the execution of the mission to stop Nemeso Seguera Cervantes El Mencho, the leader of Cartrecaliz Conracion, who has been bringing a lot of terror to Central and South America and in the drugs into the United States of America. And that one, you know, the Secretary of Defense Trevilla of Mexico said this mission could not be accomplished without the American intelligence. Then you have just last week I was there in Jalisco, two hours away from where he was stopped and arrested. El Gardinero, who was the successor of Seguera Cervantes El Mencho in cartel Jalis con de vacneracion, his bounty for his head. It is $5 million of the United States of America. Clearly, there is an operation of the American intelligence inside of the United States of America and a collaboration that is now effectively the speech that Shane bound. It is using. It is another thing. She's always going to say that to please her fanatics, to please the left into the United States, into Mexico, and to also win the elections and in the incoming elections of governors, senators, mayors and so on and so on.

[Grant]

So, Oscar, you think this is just a case of a politician speaking to her base, but behind closed doors, she's on the phone with Trump's team and, and working together to rid this. This cancer that is the cartels.

[Oscar Ramirez]

Yes, absolutely. We have seen Omar Garcia Harpooch, that is the secretary of, of the head of security in Mexico shaking hands with Cash Patel. You know, inside of the United States of America, clearly, you know, they want to, they want to, they want to portray and say to the public, yeah, we don't. The invasion of Americans and the invasion of foreign military into the country of Mexico is never going to happen because we have a sovereignty. It's not even about the invasion. In Article 91 of the Constitution of Mexico, the President has the right to say we can collaborate with another government of another country.

[Grant]

Of course. All right, so am I wrong to think overwhelmingly the Mexican people want the cartels gone, or is that a total fallacy on my belief?

[Oscar Ramirez]

No, we want them gone. We want them gone for a Long, long, long time. Nobody in history has ever done what President Trump is doing right now. And the majority of Mexicans, we are agreeing with what he's doing, that he's exposing dirty politicians. Look what happened last week, exposing the governor of Gulacan.

[Grant]

Wouldn't it be in Scheinbaum's best interest then to say, I'm going to work with President Trump and rid this nation of this cancer card, the cartels, and we'll work together with the Americans to make this place a safer place? Would that not be in her best interest?

[Oscar Ramirez]

Grant, they already are. They're already sending. This is the misinformation. There's a lot of misinformation. There already are Special Forces inside of Mexico. They already have CIA agents, they already have DEA agents. What, you know what, the message that a lot of Americans possibly they understand and they want, is that they want the force of military entering, entering the country of Mexico. And that clearly is not going to happen. It is against the Constitution.

[Grant]

And Oscar, I don't think there's any Americans that actually want a ground invasion of a Mexico. No, I'm not saying any smart conservative. We want Special Forces going in, taking out the head of these, of these evil snakes that are in there. I just don't understand why Seanbaum can't be more open in her speeches about this, but I guess she's, she's playing both sides. Oscar Ramirez, it's always fascinating to talk to you because your insight into politics inside, inside the country and what's really going on is great for us. We appreciate you coming on as always.

[Oscar Ramirez]

Thank you so much, Grant. Is always an honor, absolute.

[Grant]

The honor is, is mine. I want to turn now to Iran. You know, this cease fire deal, this cease fire deal is like the most flimsy deal I've ever seen in my life. So Iran fires Missiles at U.S. navy Ships and we say, oh, no, it didn't rise to the level of breaking the cease fire. Yesterday they sent 15 to 17 ballistic missiles at the UAE. No, no, that's no problem. And right now, as we speak. Roll the video. We are bombing the bejesus out of one of Iran's largest ports. And our government says this isn't a violation of the ceasefire. What kind of cease fire is this? And yet President Trump says we are only about a week away from a deal with Iran that they are reviewing. We're reviewing. Everybody's reviewing. But he also said something very interesting, something I had been calling for for a while, and that is that we should be putting small arms into Iran to let the people rise up and take control. We've got to be dropping AK47 AR15ammunition to let the people take control. President Trump actually talked about this today on the Hugh Hewitt show. If you can run that sound bite, folks, roll it.

[Mark Bruner]

They have guns and I think they're getting some guns. As soon as they have guns, they'll fight like, like as good as anybody there is.

[Grant]

Where are they going to get the guns? Unless America brings it to them. That's the bottom line. There are no firearms in Iran that, that the people of Iran can get their hands on. Sure, the military has them. So how do we get the resistance, the, the firepower they need to take on this government? Well, I want to bring in now senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Steve Yates is with us. Steve, welcome back to the program.

[Steve Yates]

Great to be with you, Grant.

[Grant]

I want to hit China in a moment, Steve, but we have some news. President Trump, it looks like we're hitting this port of Iran. You might say it's the craziest cease fire deal I've ever seen with everybody firing at each other. What should we make of all this, Steve?

[Steve Yates]

Well, as you know, President Trump is a president unlike any other. He's a negotiator unlike any other. And I think that anytime I or anyone else tries to bring conventional analysis to the table, we're just doomed to miss what's really going on. And what the President, I think, has really been doing is he's sort of putting up some bump, some bowling lane bumpers where they talk about it being a ceasefire. And you can see with your own eyes there's firing. You're talking about a deal being close and you sort of know these guys have forever lied and cheated and there's nothing that you can really trust coming from the remnants. If it's the irgc, I mean, they literally have pledged their lives to defend the revolution. The revolution can't continue. And so what we've got is, I think, a very judicious use of power, financial power, military power. And President Trump has had more patience than I've seen out of most leaders. And just having this gradual strangulation of the remnants of the regime until they have to at some point relent. Now, I agree completely with what you were alluding to about the people of Iran have to have the wherewithal to be able to stand up. They have waited a long time. We have had an Internet outage for a really, really long time where we don't have independent, solid information about what's going on inside the country. And those those two things have to change. The remnants of whatever there is in this regime has to fear that their people can choose a different path and they've got the wherewithal to make the change themselves.

[Grant]

Here's the thing that's going to be tough for the president because while we're waiting for a deal, I mean, in some respects, we could be having some kind of a CIA operation to drop small arms into Iran. You'd have to know where to drop them, we who to drop them near, how you spread those around. But there's no way the Iranian people overthrow this government without having firearms. There's just absolutely not. But if we're doing that and waiting for a deal, who's going to want to deal with that? I mean, all of this seems to be a pretty darn big mess, Steve.

[Steve Yates]

It is a big mess, but this is the kind of furball that you get when you don't want to go in, invade and occupy and run a country. And I don't want to invade and occupy and run the country of Iran. But the choices are go back to an Obama like impeachment and try to buy the threat, or you go all in Iraq style. And we know we're not in either of those categories. So I think President Trump has done a reasonable job of dealing what was an inherited, untenable situation. And I think he's making structural changes that will make the risks of maintaining this lower over time. But I think a clean resolution really, really hard to see in the near future on this, in my estimation. But we definitely have a lot of firepower there. If we want a decisive hit, the president can deliver it. And if there's rationality in parts of that regime that don't want to follow the irgc, they'll make a deal.

[Grant]

You know, the good news out of all this is we're in a pretty good spot as a nation being America. And that really, I think the hardest part is over. Now we just got to figure out the cleanup of all of this. But for the most part, they've been devastated. I did want to ask you briefly about China. China leadership is now basically saying a couple of weeks before President Trump set to meet with Xi Jinping, hey, ignore US Sanctions, telling their oil refineries, if you get oil from Iran, we're going to process it. Forget about the United States. That seems to be an escalation in many respects. Before President Trump and Xi are supposed to meet. What should we make of that, Steve?

[Steve Yates]

Well, it's sort of been their standing policy, but I completely see it as an escalation because they chose for years not to refer to this policy. And of course for long, long time, decades really. They have enabled Iran and others to defy sanctions. And these matter a lot. Now tie it back to the segment you had before this. The Iranians are the largest state sponsor of terrorism under this regime. The sanctions that are banning people from getting the oil and allowing the regime to profit from the oil relate to trying to deny terrorism financing. The cartels are also designated as foreign terrorist organizations. And the Chinese have been involved in laundering their money and also providing their product. And I am a father of one of those angels lost to fentanyl and I want the president to be strong on these things. But they're related. You cannot separate what the Chinese are doing on our hemisphere in aiding and abetting a terrorist organization here and what they've been doing there. And so while I respect the president wanting to balance the economic relationship, he's got a lot on his plate. I don't think any president has ever had more on his plate. But I really want him to go strong, having thumped on Venezuela, thumped on Iran and say now Beijing, we control the choke points, we control energy, and we want you to stop killing our

[Grant]

children and stealing our jobs 100%. And I'll tell you, Steve, I didn't know that about your loved one. Sorry for your loss, but boy, it makes your words even more powerful about why this needs to happen. And I appreciate you coming on. And again, that breaks my heart for you and your family, but God bless you and your insight and I appreciate you as always, Steve Yates. Thank you.

[Steve Yates]

Thank you, Grant. Take care.

[Grant]

Absolutely. So we'll be watching this and all of this leading up to the meeting between Trump and Xi, which you know, should be interesting. I'm sure we'll get Steve back on when, when that gets closer. All right. Patriot Mobile has been standing on the front lines fighting for freedom for more than 12 years. Patriot Mobile offers prioritized premium access on all three major U S networks giving the same or better coverage than the main carriers. That means fast speeds, dependable nationwide coverage backed by a hundred percent U S Based customer support. They also offer unlimited data plans, mobile hotspots, international roaming and more. With simple seamless activation, you can switch in literally minutes. Keep your phone, upgrade your phone, whatever you want to do. When you switch to Patriot Mobile, you'll be part of a powerful stream of giving that directly funds the Christian conservative movement. Take a stand Today, go to patriotmobile.com forward/rav or call 972 Patriot. Use that promo code RAV for a free month's service. All right, up next, Spencer Pratt destroyed the Democrats at the LA mayorial debate. We'll go through the best moments, but first, make sure you tune in to this Mother's Day RAV special, the American Matriarch. And check out Bo Davidson's original song, She's My Mother. Check it out.

[Bo Davidson]

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[Grant]

She's my mother.

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[Jennifer Horn]

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[Grant]

Folks, have you ever heard the name Spencer Pratt? You need to know who this guy is. So former reality TV star, he loses his house in the wildfires in California. He's so ticked off that he can't get his house rebuilt and his parents house burned down. And the whole city's a disaster area long before the fires too, by the way, I'm talking about Los Angeles. So he decides to run for mayor. I don't know if he's a Republican or not, but he sure as hell has an awful lot of common sense. And I don't think he's focused on big Republican issues. He's focused on cleaning up homeless. Get back to enforcing crime and get Some permits out there to rebuild the wildfires. Well, he's running against Nithya Rahman, some city councilwoman, a radical, and mayor Bass of L. A who also is just a looney tune Ding dong. This is Pratt with his common sense views on homelessness.

[Spencer Pratt]

Councilwoman Robin's plan for treatment. First, I will go below the harbor freeway tomorrow with her and we can find some of these people she's going to offer treatment for. She's going to get stabbed in the neck. These people do not want a bed. They want fentanyl or super method. These ideas cost us over $400 million to house. What is it? 3,000 people for 400 million is absolute failure for both of them. They're a team.

[Grant]

If you watch this whole debate and I saw highlights, how does he not turn to them and say, you people are lunatics. You're insane. All of you are insane. How is this city still voting for people like this? Here's one. They were all asked a yes or no question. Should non citizens vote in city elections? Non citizens, should they be allowed to vote in local elections? Is this a yes or no, Mr. Pratt?

[Spencer Pratt]

No, Mayor Bus.

[Nithya Raman]

It depends. It's not a yes or no.

[Grant]

Depends on what?

[Nithya Raman]

Well, first of all, when you say non citizens, it doesn't mean they're here illegal. It doesn't mean they're undocumented. They could have green cards. They could be here.

[Grant]

Perfectly legal.

[Nithya Raman]

And there's a lot of states and cities that do that on very, very local election. We have to see what the councilman is proposing.

[Grant]

Council member Bremen.

[Jennifer Horn]

Yeah, I would say again, it does depend in other places.

[Grant]

Depend on what? A non citizen. I don't care whether you have a green card, a work permit, whatever. If I get sent over to Rome, Italy to work and I have a visa to work there, do I want to vote in city elections in Rome? I'm not Italian. I mean, I'm half Italian in America, but I'm not an Italian. It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. So no matter whether you're here legally or not legally, only American citizens should vote. The whole debate was filled with craziness. I want to bring in now to help me break it all down. We'll play some more clips for you as well. My girl Jennifer Horn is here, my former co host out in LA on AM870. The answer. Jen, welcome to the program.

[Jennifer Horn]

Thanks so much for having me, Grant. I missed watching this debate alongside you yesterday because. Pop your popcorn. Spencer Pratt's ready to be mayor. Of Los Angeles, and I'm here for it.

[Grant]

All right, so. So what was the response in L. A? Does he have a chance? I don't know how he doesn't have a chance, quite frankly, but I don't know, maybe he's too, too common sense for L. A.

[Jennifer Horn]

You know, I actually, you know, I am an optimist. I do think he has a chance for a couple of reasons. Number one, Democrats have decided that Karen Bass is not acceptable. So her approval rating is only at about 20% in some polls, maybe 25 being pretty kind. So her approval rating is way down. The failures on the fire and homelessness really resonate with people in Los Angeles right now. If Spencer Pratt can stay away from the so called MAGA branding that Nithya Raman was trying to throw on him, I really do believe he has a chance. You know, for people who are concerned about Spencer not having a handle of the issues or a grasp of the issues, if you watched that debate last night, you know, he knows he's got everything he needs to know to win.

[Grant]

He does. You were talking about how unpopular Karen Bass is. Let's roll a clip. Cut six for the guys behind the glass. This is Karen Bass on the wildfires that were such a disaster.

[Nithya Raman]

It was one of the worst moments of my life to not be here when my city needed me and it didn't matter where I was or why I was away. To me it reminds me of like if you're away and a family member is in an accident. But I think that I deserve a second term and I'm going to fight for that because we have made significant progress in a variety of areas.

[Grant]

It comes across very disingenuous.

[Jennifer Horn]

Jennifer, if she would have, if she would have apologized and taken responsibility for these fires, we would have been in a whole different situation with Karen Bass. But she couldn't take accountability, she couldn't take responsibility, she couldn't admit that she made mistakes. And Spencer Pratt called her out on it. One of the things that surprised me, Grant and I hadn't even heard this and you know, I pay attention to all of this said in the Palisades, the winds only got up to 42 miles per hour when that fire broke out. And most of the time they were around 27 miles per hour. So the idea that this was hurricane force winds at an act of nature, that was true for the Eaton fire. But as Spencer pointed out, it was because the reservoirs were empty that the fire could not be put out. And because there was no pre deployment on the existing fire that started on New Year's Day.

[Grant]

Karen Bass was asked about that. Again, I think this is the clip where she takes no accountability whatsoever. Roll cut 7.

[Nithya Raman]

The primary problem there was that the chief sent home a thousand firefighters. We actually had fire trucks with not enough firefighters there. So yes, there were fire trucks that were broken, but there were also fire trucks that were out of use because she had sent the firefighters home.

[Grant]

Jen, it's so funny. You said if she would have just apologized. I said on my podcast this morning, I said all she needed to say. You know what? I'm the top dog in the city. I'm responsible for the fire chief. I'm responsible for the trucks. We fired her. I've learned my lesson. It'll never happen again. What's the problem? But she can't. She just deflects everybody else's fault, not hers. But that's typically the way Democrats go. Real quick response on that and I'll roll one more. Spencer Pratt. Go, Jen.

[Jennifer Horn]

Yeah, I think the one thing to add is that not only did she not take accountability, but then she lied and changed the after action fire report. So that's a real problem. Not only are you not taking accountability, but then you're trying to cover your own rear end. And people know about this. The news media reported on it. Good for them. It's so rare that they do their job.

[Grant]

All right, Spencer Pratt on if they really care, the Democrats Nithya Rahman and Karen Bass roll cut for we need

[Spencer Pratt]

to enforce the laws on the street. Councilman Rahman is talking about safety. Yet when animal rescue activist Rebecca Corey came in and said the dogs are being torture and abuse on the streets of Dun, she walked out of the hearing. She doesn't care about safety. She doesn't care about anything she's talking about. At least Mayor Bass pretends to care,

[Grant]

Jen. Nithya Raman also laughed at the fact that 500ft homeless encampments from a school won't make any difference and kids won't be any safer. They shouldn't have any homeless encampments. But she got laughed at for that last word.

[Jennifer Horn]

She sure did. And she's also the Democrat socialist that wants to take away golf courses in la. Really the only nice thing that's left and turn them into homeless encampments. La, I have to say, would be even in worse hands. And that's almost impossible with Nithya Raman over Karen Bass. Louisiana needs Spencer Pratt. He's got the viral ads now. He needs the support and the turnout of voters And I think we have to push him over that finish line.

[Grant]

Jen, I said something yesterday to Steve Hilton on the program that I can't believe in four years I never said on our radio program. And that is, could you imagine a free market California, a pro freedom, a let's respect individual rights and responsibilities and set off capitalism in California. America would be so much greater with a great California than we are. You team up California and Texas and Florida, we would be unstoppable. So for the country, I hope, I hope California and LA is successful. Please keep us posted on Spencer Pratt. I always appreciate you coming on the program.

[Jennifer Horn]

Great to see you.

[Grant]

Great to see you. At Jennifer Horn is where you can find her. You know, she calls, she says, do you mind if I do it outside? What a beautiful shot. She looked great outside there at Jennifer Horn is where you can find her on X. All right folks, Islam has no place in Texas. A patriot has a solution to stop it. But first, make sure you check out Real America's music's latest next upcoming release, Every Star, Every Stripe by RAV's Don Nguyen.

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[Grant]

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[Grant]

Welcome back everyone. You know that Muslim only water park we told you about that was going to have a big party. A taxpayer funded water park in Texas in Grand Prairie was going to host a Muslim only fest. Well, it has been canceled. Governor Greg Abbott threatened to pull grant money from the city of Grand Prairie. The event is now canceled. But the organizer of that event, I mean this is classic. Apparently she runs a daycare center in Fort Worth, Texas. You want to see what the website looks like? This is rich, baby. Look at this. The Excellence in Early Leering Center. Not learning leering. Does that sound familiar?

[Steve Yates]

What?

[Grant]

Do they have an issue with this learning spelling? We go to the Quality Leering center in Minneapolis. Exposed by Dick Shirley. The Quality Leering Center. Apparently leering is popular in Texas as well. We're also learning that they are working on a 30 acre, $80 million. What some are calling a sharia city where Katy, Texas. That's now closer to Houston. This is a trailer for the project

[VRBO Narrator]

in the heart of Katy, Texas, the Alhuda Islamic Center.

[Grant]

Nestled in the serene landscapes of northwest

[VRBO Narrator]

Katy, this project is not unique and

[Grant]

exemplary, but stands as a testament to

[VRBO Narrator]

self reliance and sustainability.

[Grant]

The Al Huda Islamic center is not

[VRBO Narrator]

just a place of worship, it's a dynamic.

[Grant]

I don't, I don't. I don't need to see any more of it, quite frankly. I don't want it here. You know what they're going to do? They'll institute their own laws. They will try to usurp the state constitution of Texas and the United States constitution of this great country of ours. I want to bring in now to discuss ways to fight back against all this. A good friend of mine, I've known him for years. Texas State senator Bob hall is on the front lines of fighting back on things like this. Senator, it's great to have you back on the program.

[Senator Bob Hall]

Oh, Grant, it's great to be back. It's been a while and good to see you again and thanks for all the good work you do.

[Grant]

Well, I appreciate that you had an idea about pushing back. Certainly the legislature needs to do its thing, but it's bigger than that. Can you lay it on me on what you're working on?

[Senator Bob Hall]

Well, one of the things we're working on is education, educating the people to understand what we're up against. This, this is undoubted, undoubtedly the most serious threat to America we have ever faced. This is far more a threat than. Than any of the wars we've been in. And it is comparable to the threat we almost had with, with Iran. Had they gotten a nuclear weapon, it would have been the destruction of the United States. But considering what the world has experienced for 1400 years, ever since Muhammad left Mecca, killed thousands of people there and then spread under the philosophy of Sharia there. There are other books with sets of law, but Sharia is the main one and that is what guides them. And the mistake that most people make is they think of Islam as a religion. It is not a religion. It is a theocracy. It is a. It is a form of government that's comparable to socialism, communism and Nazism. It's a government totalitarian that has created a religion underneath it which differs from the United States. Yes.

[Grant]

One of the things that you said to me was it was important that we go find Christian religious leaders to talk about this. You are actively doing this. Why do you think this is the

[Senator Bob Hall]

Key to it all, it's to get people to understand that this is not to, to make sure everyone understands this is not a religious issue. This is a human issue. This is a rights issue. The, and our spiritual leaders need to meet people to understand this and be led from a, from a Christian perspective. Judeo Christian values are what we were founded on and they're, they're the ones to bring the people to an understanding of what we're up against with the practice of Sharia, which violates American law. So, and I think by going through and having our pastors participate in it, people will understand that this is not a religious issue. But it has to do with their practices that they fold underneath religion, such as the treatment of women. The fact that a man can have up to four wives and divorce that wife just by saying I divorce you three times can kill their daughters if the skirt's too short. Do they think it was an honor killing those things that are practices that are, that, that are outside the religion to get people to understand that that's what the problem is and that their, their goal is, is total domination because ultimately they are required to kill you if you don't convert to, to Islam.

[Grant]

Look, we've seen it over and over again. All you have to do is, is listen to them. This mission you're on, Senator Hall, I think is so important. Where can people find you to get on board with your mission?

[Senator Bob Hall]

Senatorbobhall.com and anybody's listening or be in Texas. We have a huge event planned for the 18th of May at the Civic center in Canton, Texas starting at 7:30 to educate the people on what is happening and what we can do about preventing the overtake of our government and people by Sharia.

[Grant]

I'll tell you, there's no doubt in my mind they want Texas first, just like the Democrats do because the whole country falls if they get it. I know you're doing everything they can do to stop that from happening. So am I. You're such a, a great Texan and a great patriot. Senator hall, thank you for coming on the program.

[Senator Bob Hall]

Glad to be here. Good to see you. God bless you. God bless.

[Grant]

Amen. Right back at you, sir. Right back at you. All right, folks, America is reclaiming its place as the energy capital of the world. We have a deal for you. You got to see this. Coming up next, Foreign welcome back, everyone. If you've been watching this program over the last few months, you now know about Lost Soldier Oil and gas and its 40,000acre project in Wyoming. The Bison Basin. Stacked formations of natural gas. They've already hit high pressure. Natural gas formations. This thing is shaping up to be huge. So many of Stitchfield's army are now involved and I don't know, I'll call it an investment family in Lost Soldier Oil and Gas. And I think that's really what it is. But the potential is huge here. And I want to bring in Mark Bruner has become such a good friend of mine. He is the CEO of Lost Soldier Oil and Gas. Mark, it's good to see you again. Welcome back.

[Mark Bruner]

Wonderful to see you, Grant. Good to see you. Glad.

[Grant]

I wanted to ask. I wanted to ask you from a personal level, Mark, look, you're an older guy. You've made all kinds of money in the oil and gas business. You probably don't need the headaches, but every time I call you, you're on the road, you're running around, you're working on this project. Why? What drives you now on this one, Mark?

[Mark Bruner]

Well, I'll tell you, I love what I do. I've been doing it for 50 years. Okay? And I come from an oil and gas family. But it's exhilarating to look for what I call lost treasure. Okay? And you know, so far, I mean, what I've always done is look for elephants. And that means the big. The big projects, the ones that have a chance to have a very big appreciation for me and my investors. And I found four of them in my life. I found the Beetaloo basin in Australia. I drilled the Shenandoah number ones, which was a discovery, as you have said before. I found Pinnaco, put it together, it's essentially was 100 times your money back in three years and Ultra Petroleum was over 1000 times your money back. So, you know, I really think that I found something bigger than any of that. And I think what really is important to me is that the investors that are in my deal, I want them to have those kind of returns that I've just enumerated to you that would create generational wealth for them and their families, their children and their grandchildren. And I really believe this is the kind of project that will do that, even more so than the ones I've discovered so far.

[Grant]

Mark, when you came to me and you and I first started talking, you said you think this is something your audience would like. And I said, absolutely. My audience are capitalists. They want to make money. Now, it's for accredited investors. There's risk and everything, of course, but, boy, everything's shaping up really well, you could have just visited family offices around the country and hedge funds. Only you didn't need to bring this to Stitchfield's army. You didn't need to bring this to everyday people who are blessed enough to have the money to invest in something like this. Why bring it to the public like this?

[Mark Bruner]

Well, because these were my investors that made all this money in these other projects. Okay. And so, you know, these are friends. These. These are really good friends that have been a part of my family because I consider my investors my family. So this has basically been, you know, my, you know, my network of people. And they're happy to join me. They're all excited. And, you know, one of the nice things too is I'm up here right now dealing with Roth, who are our new advisors. And we're frankly looking at the probability of going public earlier and pretty soon that would create that liquidity and those kind of returns and the other companies I've just enumerated to you. So I'm super excited and I can't wait to really get all the drilling rigs going out there. I hope in three years I have over 10 drilling rigs drilling all the time. Okay.

[Grant]

So, yeah, I hope you do too. Look, and part of this deal there is stock ownership, folks. So if a Lost Soldier goes public, you would be able to participate in that going public. That's where a lot of the money is going to come from. I want people to scan the QR code. There's gonna be a webinar next week as well. But someone from the team will get right back to you. Law soldier.com, click on invest now fill out the form. You can join us on the webinar next week. Real quick for me though, Mark, because I think this is important. You mentioned all those other projects. I want to reiterate again. You think this project in Wyoming is bigger than all the other ones you mentioned?

[Mark Bruner]

Absolutely. It's the biggest thing I've ever found. It should have been drilled 50 years ago, but there was a uranium mine out here. No one could drill it. This is surrounded by giant oil and gas fields. It's a donut hole that no one could ever drill. So, you know, fortunately the people that had it came to me. I drilled it. It's the biggest thing I've ever found. So I'm super excited about it.

[Grant]

I want people out there to know I've gotten to know you personally, your family, your investors, previous investors. I've done my research. 4 time Emmy award winner. Lord knows I know how to research. I've, I've been a business owner. I research everything. I have the utmost faith in all of you. And I hope anybody out there has an ability to take a look at this, really take a look at it. Scan the QR code. Mark Bruner, thank you. I'm going to tell them exactly how to get to your business and company. And Lost Soldier, that's going to lost soldier.com. that's lost soldier.com or just scan the QR code. And again, as I mentioned, we're having a great webinar next week. I'll be on that. And, and then, of course, someone from the team will get back to you as well. Lost soldier dot com. All right. AOC is back again. And now she's showcasing her lack of historical knowledge. Next. Oh, aoc, listen to this.

[Nithya Raman]

Very few, like real archetypes of, in my opinion, truly what America is all about. I think about the civil rights and voting rights movement and how black Americans really created democracy in this country.

[Jennifer Horn]

That's exactly right.

[Nithya Raman]

How they literally made something from nothing.

[Grant]

Black Americans created democracy in this country. And the host is like, that's exactly right. You could go all the way back to the Magna Carta in England where literally rulers were not above men or above the law, established the rights of a free people. Look, I love black folks, but they.