The America First Podcast: Episode 38 | September 23, 2025 | Hosts: Joe the Box, Johnny Blanket, Fred Rubino

Summary

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The America First Podcast: Episode 38 | September 23, 2025

Hosts: Joe the Box, John the Blanket, Freddie Rubino
Podcast: Real America’s Voice, iHeartPodcasts
Date: September 25, 2025

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Overview

This emotionally-charged episode centers on the aftermath of the assassination of prominent conservative figure Charlie Kirk. The hosts explore American values, faith, the nature and narrative around political violence, and what they view as the mainstream media's dishonesty. They reflect on their admiration for President Trump and the “MAGA” movement, express frustration at the treatment of conservatives in the media, and discuss faith-based responses to tragedy and community solutions. Personal anecdotes and pointed opinions feature prominently, creating a passionate, unfiltered dialogue aimed at fellow conservatives.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Remembering Charlie Kirk and Contrasting National Reactions

• The episode opens with a tribute to Charlie Kirk, emphasizing the peaceful, prayerful response to his death among conservatives, contrasted to violent actions after past high-profile deaths (e.g., George Floyd).
  • [03:24] John the Blanket: “All the people out there praying for Charlie. Every station... was somber and words of heal and unity. Total opposite [from George Floyd]. If that doesn’t shed some light on the difference between left and right, I don’t know what does.”
• The hosts view the response as proof that the MAGA/conservative movement promotes peace and unity, in opposition to what they claim is left-wing violence.

2. Defending Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement

• Discussion transitions to defending Donald Trump’s character, showing a video clip praising his generosity, relatability, and strength.
  • [06:10] Freddie Rubino: “This guy has been tested in every possible way. It’s inspiring.”
• The hosts argue that negative media portrayals of Trump are deliberate lies stemming from a desire to dismantle the MAGA movement.
  • [07:02] Freddie Rubino: “They’re not stupid... They’re deliberately spreading lies to take down this MAGA movement... That’s their biggest weapon, is the lie.”

3. Violence and the Media Narrative

• The hosts string together a series of media clips and high-profile quotes advocating violence against Trump, highlighting selective outrage.
  • [09:27] Freddie Rubino (quoting): “‘They’re still going to have to go out and put a bullet in Donald Trump and that’s a fact.’”
• Criticism of double standards in media coverage, especially on taxpayer-funded public TV.
  • [10:20] John the Blanket: “It’s coming on a platform we support through our taxes... How they get away with lying on public television is beyond me.”

4. FCC Standards & ‘Jimmy Kimmel’ Controversy

• Hosts support increased enforcement by the FCC after controversial statements by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.
  • [11:07] Freddie Rubino: “You can’t come on and say, ‘put a bullet in them’... There are rules.”

5. The ‘Left-Wing Violence’ Argument

• Use of a viral video listing incidents of violence attributed to the left, reinforcing the claim that the biggest threats come from “radical” leftists, not MAGA supporters.
  • [18:54] Commercial Announcer (via video): (Lists numerous events attributed to the "left wing," culminating in Kirk’s death.)
  • [19:59] Freddie Rubino: “That’s a lie they try to spin, that the biggest threat to this country is MAGA.”

6. Faith, Forgiveness & the Spiritual Response

• Moving segment on Charlie Kirk’s widow expressing forgiveness, prompting deep reflections from the hosts about faith, personal change, and the power of Christian forgiveness.
  • [22:05] John the Blanket: “Definitely not an easy thing to say... That is tremendous faith.”
  • [23:59] Freddie Rubino: “That’s the Holy Spirit inside you... that’s what the outpouring was over this whole time.”
• Commitment to spiritual growth and the transformative influence of Kirk’s life and death on the community.

7. Solutions: Faith, Community, and the Pursuit of Truth

• The show’s final segments turn toward practical and philosophical solutions:
  • Faith-based gatherings: Weekly Bible study and prayer at the America First Warehouse.
  • [28:01] John the Blanket: “Anything with God is good as far as I’m concerned.”
  • Fact-checking and independent truth-seeking: Encouraging listeners to verify information for themselves and not depend on mainstream platforms.
  • [28:48] Freddie Rubino: “The greatest way to continue the MAGA movement... is the truth... Seek the truth.”

8. Culture Wars: Gender, Islam, Assimilation

• Hosts mock the concept of men having babies and express disdain for the transgender movement, connecting it to leftist ideology and purportedly harmful influence in schools.
  • [30:54] Freddie Rubino: “Of course [a man can have a baby] is a lie. And people are forwarding the lie, and some of the lies are so ridiculous.”
• Strong condemnation of perceived lack of assimilation among Muslim immigrants, referencing post-9/11 and pro-Palestine protests.
  • [36:26] Freddie Rubino: “They don’t have the morals that we have because they come from a different kind of a system... What made this country great were our morals, not our laws.”

9. Investing and Self-Sufficiency

• The episode ends with a sponsored discussion on investing in gold (as opposed to fiat currency or the stock market), for financial security.

  • [47:33] John the Blanket: “I’m going to put a dollar a day into my savings... It doesn’t grow half as fast as gold or silver would.”

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• “I wake up America First.”
  — John the Blanket, [01:09]
• “If you’re still here after the rapture, you’ve been a bad boy.”
  — Freddie Rubino, [02:16]
• “When you hear about Charlie Kirk and they say, ‘Oh, he was against civil rights’ — just Google it... The truth is out there. Don’t depend on these wicked, lying politicians and journalists.”
  — Freddie Rubino, [08:31]
• “Don Lemon is still saying it. AOC might be the face of the left wing party, but Don Lemon is the ass of the left wing party.”
  — Freddie Rubino, [19:59]
• “There was no destruction, there was no hate. It was just bringing the country together in sorrow. That is the way the MAGA people are.”
  — John the Blanket, [20:36]
• “That’s not human... That’s the Holy Spirit inside you making you do something that’s totally not human, to forgive right away and do that.”
  — Freddie Rubino (on Erica Kirk’s forgiveness), [23:59]
• “Anything with God is good as far as I’m concerned. Any religion... But anything with religion and Jesus, it’s only good stuff.”
  — John the Blanket, [28:01]
• “All I care about is our freedoms.”
  — John the Blanket, [10:20]
• “Gold is God’s money and it belongs in the hands of the American people.”
  — Joe the Box, [48:59]

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Important Segment Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment | |------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:09 | “America First” identity and pride | | 03:24 | Comparing reactions to Charlie Kirk and George Floyd’s deaths | | 06:00–08:30| Pro-Trump montage & defense against mainstream media | | 09:22 | Compilation of violent statements from media about Trump | | 18:53 | List of violent events attributed to left-wing perpetrators | | 22:05 | Reflections on forgiveness from Charlie Kirk’s widow | | 28:01 | The role of church and Bible study in community healing | | 30:54 | Dismissal of transgender rights and discussion of “truth” | | 36:26 | Critique of perceived lack of assimilation by Muslim Americans | | 47:33 | Gold and silver investment pitch for self-sufficiency |

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Tone & Style

• Patriotic, faith-driven, and highly combative against the “mainstream” and political left.
• Conversation is rich in anecdotes, humor, and informal, working-class camaraderie.
• Heavy use of sarcasm and hyperbole, especially when referencing political opponents and media.

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Summary for New Listeners

This episode mixes personal grief, frustration, and faith following Charlie Kirk’s death, serving as both a rallying cry for the MAGA movement and a critique of American political culture. The hosts recall Kirk’s influence, decry alleged media and leftist violence and misinformation, and urge their audience to seek truth, maintain faith, and support community initiatives. Solutions suggested revolve around spiritual revival, critical thinking, and financial independence. The show ends on a note of rededication—to God, family, and conservative values—framed as the antidote to today’s political and cultural turmoil.

Transcript

[Joe the Box]

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[Freddie Rubino]

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[Joe the Box]

It's me, Joe the box, the America first warehouse, and my buddy John the Blanket.

[John the Blanket]

What a great day to be an American today, huh?

[Joe the Box]

Give us the shot with the both of us because I want my mom to see this because you know how many times mom told us to wear white shirts?

[John the Blanket]

She said the black blends in the back.

[Joe the Box]

So you couldn't really see us, right? But today, you can see us clearly. We're here at the America first warehouse with lots of great, great stuff coming out. Everything we do, Johnny, is pretty much America first, don't you think?

[John the Blanket]

I wake up America First. I'm so glad to, Glad to be and proud to be an American citizen. And being with our President Trump. I love it.

[Joe the Box]

Yeah. Yeah. What a. What a. What a great weekend, Todd. Johnny. Memorializing a great patriot like Charlie Kirk and the way that Trump and his administration handle it with nothing but class. Just incredible, incredible things. And I know that we watched it here at the warehouse and really hot, cheerful and everything else. There's so much that happened at one time. But let's just say hello to my buddy Fred Robino, who didn't take the Long Island Railroad today.

[Freddie Rubino]

No, I drove in. There is no traffic today. Everybody get in your car and go out. There's no traffic today.

[Joe the Box]

Is that why?

[Freddie Rubino]

Because either it's the Jewish holiday or the rapture did happen and a lot of people are not around anymore. You know, either way, traffic is good.

[Joe the Box]

I don't know what that Rapture thing is. I guess the end of the world. Is that from the book of Revelation?

[Freddie Rubino]

It is. It's when Jesus Christ comes back and all the Christians are taken out of this world and brought into heaven with Christ. So I'm hoping to go with him. So if you're still here after the rapture, you've been a bad boy.

[Joe the Box]

Well, the rapture is the coming of Jesus Christ. And there's so many similarities. The way Charlie Kirk lived his life and for the Rapture to come, there has to be an evil person that's behind it. And I think that through my investigation and research and searching for the truth, it was so easy to find, in my opinion. And this is the Democratic party leader. We have a picture of her and it is going to be a woman and she is going to be a minor, you know, attractive woman, whatever they call them. And there she is. And this is her stance and her reasoning behind her disgust with the death of Charlie Kirk and the other squad members. You know, but he was a Nazi. That's their argument.

[John the Blanket]

You know what was amazing though? Just all the people out there praying for Charlie. Every station that I turned to was somber and words of heal and unity. It's not like the last guy that didn't get executed. He got killed because he was out of control, drug addict and causing nuisance and they kneeled on his neck and he died. And then so much rioting and things that got destroyed. Total opposite. You know, if that doesn't shed some light on the difference between left and right, I don't know what does.

[Joe the Box]

Well, I'd like to shed some light on this. Our asset number one is really the video where came from Donald Trump. So, you know, it's true. So and true social. Run that one and we'll get Freddie's comments on it. Is that a commercial? Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism. Donald Trump is a great threat to.

[Commercial Announcer]

Our democracy, the greatest threat the world faces. It's destructive to our democracy. To go out and put a bullet in Donald Trump, he has to be eliminated.

[Joe the Box]

That he is a misogynist, homophobic, racist. Eliminated. Someone's on top of the roof.

[Commercial Announcer]

Look.

[John the Blanket]

You want me to tell you.

[Commercial Announcer]

Something about Donald Trump that the media doesn't know?

[Joe the Box]

How about this?

[Commercial Announcer]

He's a wonderful human being.

[Joe the Box]

My father's a man who has a heart of gold. And it's the side that a lot.

[Freddie Rubino]

Of America does see and a side.

[Commercial Announcer]

That the media doesn't want you to see.

[Freddie Rubino]

This is a guy running for president.

[Joe the Box]

He had no place else he would.

[Freddie Rubino]

Rather be than right there with his granddaughter in her pre K class.

[Joe the Box]

He's a very generous, honest, nice guy.

[Commercial Announcer]

He's done a lot of incredible things for a lot of people, but he's not willing to take credit for it.

[Joe the Box]

My only child, he was hit head on by an illegal alien with two felony convictions. And I started becoming suicidal. As I was telling him about losing my best friend, I could see him tear up. Donald Trump didn't just save my Life. He helped me share my Dominic. He is actually very relatable. Hello, everybody.

[Commercial Announcer]

When you break him down, he's actually just a regular guy. He's a great athlete, loves to watch sports.

[Freddie Rubino]

He's really good golfer. He's crushing hot dogs on the course.

[Joe the Box]

What's your specialty?

[Freddie Rubino]

He's an all American type person. He loves good, casual food. He does like his chocolate bars.

[Political Commentator]

The deals we have with other countries are unbelievably bad.

He can't stand to see things not.

[Joe the Box]

Done the right way.

[Political Commentator]

You should be rewarded for competence and.

[Joe the Box]

Capability in doing a job.

[Commercial Announcer]

When you look at what he's gone through, them trying to break him, trying to kill him, he's still out there fighting.

[Freddie Rubino]

This guy has been tested in every possible way. It's inspiring.

[Commercial Announcer]

I'll call him on the phone as.

[Joe the Box]

A friend and be like, hey, you good? How you doing?

[Freddie Rubino]

Unfazed, he threatens this entire system of the corruption that is the US Government.

[Political Commentator]

With all of these forces coming against him. Not for a moment did he ever show that insecurity or fear that someone.

[Joe the Box]

Might feel when they don't know what's going to happen to them, do we. And that is who Donald Trump is. Wow.

[Freddie Rubino]

Wow.

[Joe the Box]

I mean, I fell on the floor watching that for the first time, and I can watch it ten more times. Freddie, are you a maga?

[Freddie Rubino]

I am a maga. And when I. When I see things like that, and you see people like in politics and people who are journalists and. And they're saying these lies, they're not stupid people. They're very intelligent people. So for them to be out there saying he's a Nazi, for them to be saying democracy is at risk, they know they're lying. It's not. People say, oh, they're so stupid. They're not stupid. They're deliberately spreading lies to take down this MAGA movement of making America great, which means you hate America if you're against that. So these people are not stupid. They're spreading lies. And all you have to do. We have a. We live in a great time now where you could just Google something and find out for yourself. So if you want to know, is Donald Trump a racist, just Google how many awards he was given by the naacp, by every minority group in America has at one time honored Donald Trump. So you could get to the truth if you want to. Don't depend on these people because that's. That's their biggest weapon is the lie. That's. That was the first sin in the Garden of Eden. Satan came down. What is the first thing he did. He lied. And that's what they do. That's their biggest weapon, to lie about things. And I urge people, when you hear about Charlie Kirk and they say, oh, you know what? He was against civil rights. Just Google it. Google it. Play the video of him saying, I'm against the Civil Rights act the way it's written now, because it is making transgender people come into women's sports. We have to rewrite it. Just go and look at it for yourself. The truth is out there. Don't depend on these wicked, lying politicians and journalists.

[Joe the Box]

Freddie, it's unbelievable. And you actually nailed it. Right on ahead, our next one minute video. And then I'm going to ask Johnny if he's a MAGA is really the culprits that are responsible for what's happening here in our country. Let's go to asset number three.

[Freddie Rubino]

I want you to stay angry that.

[Political Commentator]

Maybe Donald Trump will go away, maybe.

[Freddie Rubino]

He'Ll go to jail, maybe he will die.

[Commercial Announcer]

They're still going to have to go out and put a bullet in Donald Trump. And that's a fact.

[Joe the Box]

When was the last time an actor assassinated a president? I have thought an awful lot about.

[Freddie Rubino]

Blowing up the White House.

[Joe the Box]

I said, if we were in high school, I'd take you behind the gym and beat the hell out of him. I will go and take Trump out. He said, well, what do you think I should have done? I said, I think you should have.

[Mary Kathryn Ham]

Punched him in the face and then.

[Freddie Rubino]

Gotten out of the race.

[Joe the Box]

You would have been a hero. Although I will say this, the last few days, you woke up thinking there might be news. Just saying violence doesn't come from Democrats. Just to be clear, it is MAGA is specifically maga.

[Commercial Announcer]

Faction like biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalized to the right.

[Joe the Box]

Take a look at us. Take a look at us, too, Johnny. That's who they're talking about. You're maga, right?

[John the Blanket]

I'm as MAGA as they get. From my tattoos to my underwear, everything is red, white and blue when you look at me. Nothing's up my sleeve. All I care about is our freedoms. And really what these things would get me upset with these people lying out to our faces is that it's coming on a platform that we support through our taxes on public television. So how they get away with lying on public television is beyond me. And that's why there's so much hatred, because of their outright lies.

[Joe the Box]

I love the way Donald Trump calls them out right to their face. It's just kind of vicious. But he really doesn't have any time for him and neither do I. I get upset when they show the clips of these left wing medias in order to start our show, which I kind of. We had a couple of them here today. Don't you feel that, Freddie? Yeah.

[Freddie Rubino]

And I love right now, since this Jimmy Kimmel thing happened, I love that now the FCC is awakening and saying, you know what, there are standards. You can't come on and say, put a bullet in them. He needs to be shot. There are rules of the FCC that have been thrown out for the last 16 years. Now it's time for the FCC to get involved and say if you are a new show and you're either lying or spreading hate, like saying someone should be killed and you gotta be taken off the air.

[Joe the Box]

We got 25 seconds left and I want you to put up the face of the Democratic party because I think that's something very good. That's the picture of evil. All right? And we're going to go out with that with 15 seconds into our thing left because you should understand those lies are coming all the way through. Every one of these Democrats are on there and it's going to come through her. She's going to be the one. She is the face. So get used to it.

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[Mary Kathryn Ham]

Hey there. I'm Mary Kathryn Ham.

[Political Commentator]

And I'm Carol Markowitz. We've been in political media for a long time.

[Mary Kathryn Ham]

Long enough to know that it's gotten, well, a little insane.

[Political Commentator]

That's why we started Normally a podcast for people who are over the hysteria and just want clarity.

[Mary Kathryn Ham]

We talk about the issues that actually matter to the country without panic, without yelling, and with a healthy dose of humor.

[Political Commentator]

We don't take ourselves too seriously, but we do take the truth seriously.

[Mary Kathryn Ham]

So if you're into common sense, sanity, and some occasional sass, you're our kind of people. Catch new episodes of Normally every Tuesday.

[Political Commentator]

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[Joe the Box]

It's me, Joe the Box.

[John the Blanket]

I'm John the Blanket. The America first podcast at the America.

[Joe the Box]

First Warehouse, the most patriotic venue in all the land of the land, no doubt about it. Listen, this left wing, radical, crazy, crazy demonic side killing, the great Charlie Kirk has a. Has really been poking the bear a little bit. And this is a video that I found on Instagram. I can only say that Instagram and Facebook are both called Fakebook, in my opinion. I don't trust it. I don't like it. But this particular video I liked. I'm told it's not necessarily true, but it's probably what he's thinking. Let's go with number four.

[Political Commentator]

But I think I've got to say it. The far right in our country doesn't exist yet. The far left, the Looney Tunes brigade, however, is quite real. Real as real. Gets as serious as cancer. Cancer not good. But people forget that I'm a moderate. Charlie was a moderate as well. But the psycho left has been poking a sleeping bear with sticks, calling the bear names, stealing the bear's wallet, and have actually begun shooting the be. But this isn't an ordinary bear, folks. No, no, it's not. This, of course, is what scholars refer to as a metaphor. So if I were a miserable lefty who hated my dad and thought John Oliver was a real looker, I'd pause here and ask myself, do I want to keep poking this bear or do I want my face to be ripped off in a horrific bear accident?

[Joe the Box]

Yeah, Freddie, I feel like that was so real. What are you thinking?

[Freddie Rubino]

No, that was definitely not real. You could tell by the reaction of the people behind him, like when he was joking and they were solemn, so he was saying something else. But I love what he. I love the message because it's true. You right. The right side of this country, always, always, always is predominantly live and let live. You have rights just like we do. We. We don't like to trample on the Constitution. If you want to say what you want to say, you want to do what you want to do, we offer 100% rights. Until you poke us and say our children can't go to school or our daughters can't have girls softball or have their own bathroom, or that the trans movement now wants more rights than regular people in this country. Once you start that, you have to realize that what has made this country great in the first place were conservative Americans. And that's why this country was great for World War I after World War II. And that's why it is making a comeback. If it wasn't for right wing conservatives, this country would have been lost already after what Obama did to this country.

[Joe the Box]

The crazy thing to me is Freddie, is that, you know, they're so maniacal and they're so devious at everything that they do now. They twist the words and they say, oh, this is the way Trump kicked Jimmy Kimmel off. No, it wasn't Trump that kicked it. It was a business decision that they can't afford to lose $70 million a year anymore.

[Freddie Rubino]

And, and he's, listen, he's supposed to come back today.

[John the Blanket]

So Trump rehired him. Yeah, right, Trump rehid him.

[Joe the Box]

Yeah, Trump must have got him rehired.

[Freddie Rubino]

Nobody's saying, hey, I guess Trump doesn't control the media. Nobody's saying it. But what, what they don't bring out now, they go, we won, we won. There are two major companies that air that Tonight show and they, they are distributing it all over the United States. Two of the biggest ones that carry it are still saying we're not carrying the Jimmy Kimmel show nextar. And, and, and one other one, they're saying, this is how evil Jimmy Kimmel is. All he has to do is say, I apologize to the family for creating misinformation and lies about the person who shot your husband and I am making a donation to Turning Point. He won't do it. He will not apologize. He will not say he lied, even though it's obvious he did when he said it, that the guy who shot him was MAGA when he wasn't. He was a fascist. Anti maga, anti American, pro trans homosexual. That's what he was. And instead of saying that he's a right wing gun loving maga. So he needs to turn himself around and I'm glad to see he will not be on most of the channels.

[John the Blanket]

None of my house you ain't gonna be on.

[Joe the Box]

He's not going on Johnny's house, that's for sure. Neither is he going on on mine. But here's another video that really this is truthful because it come from truth. What can I say? Everything Donald Trump says has been truthful. And never once have you proved him wrong. You've accused him. You don'. And here's some of the accusations. And who's saying it? Asset number 1, 2, 3, 5. Play this video next time someone tells.

[Freddie Rubino]

You it's both sides.

[Commercial Announcer]

The Lee Zeldin stabbing attempt. Left wing or right wing? Left wing. The Covenant School shooting in Nashville. Left wing or right wing? Left Wing the Butler, Pennsylvania assassination attempt on President Trump. Left wing or right wing? Left wing. Burn down cities during the summer of love in the George Floyd riots. Left wing violence or right wing violence? Left wing The Waukesha Christmas parade massacre. Left wing or right wing violence? Left wing The Trump International West Palm beach assassination attempt. Left wing the abundant Life Christian school shooting. Left wing The United Care CEO's murder. Left wing. Tesla's burned key damaged firebomb. Left wing left wing. The murders at the Israeli embassy. Left wing. The ICE facilities firebombed. Left wing. The Minnesota Catholic school shooting. Left wing. The anti white Charlotte in North Carolina stabbing. Left wing the attempted Utah news state firebombing. Left wing. And now of course the culmination of this vile trend, a left wing assassination of President or of Charlie Kirk.

[Joe the Box]

And I would point that was a tick tock one but I think it was re truth on truth. You know, is there any truth to all of those accusations, Freddie?

[Freddie Rubino]

It's all true that that's another lie that they try to spin that the biggest, the biggest threat to this country is maga. Don Lemon is still saying it. AOC might be the face of the left wing party, but Don Lemon is the ass of the left wing party.

[Joe the Box]

What a crazy, crazy time, Johnny boy. You said you consider yourself a maga. Are you the violent type that are going to out there and burn down cities and like that? What are you doing?

[John the Blanket]

Yeah, well that list was pretty impressive. And it's all knowledgeable, it's all truth. We all know that. Where's the list for the sighting of the riots with the MAGA people? I don't think there was anything. I don't even think I went out of my way to harass somebody that wasn't having the same political views as me. Definitely defensive mode. You know what I mean? They coming after me, everything comes out but I don't see it from the right side. And I just mentioned this before because of all of the Charlie Kirk all the way was all vigils and prayer. There was no destruction, there was no hate. It was just bringing the country together in sorrow. That is the way the MAGA people are. There is no hatred. There is no, you know, but we're going to stand up for ourselves and they're certainly not going to take our guns away.

[Joe the Box]

That's right. That's amazing, Johnny. And you know this is thing and I want to see your reaction on this John, when I ask you this question over here. I watched Erica Kirk speak and she thought about her words very Carefully as she went through and built up the relationship that she had with Charlie and the relationship that she had with Charlie because of Jesus Christ. And she went on to talk and she talked about the murderer and what has to happen to them. Well, she didn't talk about what has to happen to the murder, but what she did say. End pause and in prayer. I forgive you. And I fell off the chair because I don't think I can. Johnny.

[John the Blanket]

Yeah, definitely not an easy thing to say. And do you really have to be very religious to be that forgiving? Especially on such short notice? Because it was only a week ago. But this issue was brought up before for the father whose son got stabbed in the tent at the picnic or the sports picnic and the twin got stabbed to death. And the next day the father came out and forgived him. So that is tremendous faith. I know it's the way we're supposed to be that. But it takes somebody really special to have forgiveness for the loss of a family member like that. That's not easy.

[Freddie Rubino]

It's supernatural.

[Joe the Box]

We're going to get to you in one second. You hold on Freddie at attention. I gotta tell you profoundly that whole episode, that whole celebration of his life profoundly affected me. And I am going to take up Charlie Kirk's cross. I'm going to be a stronger believer. I'm going to work on my faith. I'm going to study Bible, which we have on Thursday night. Bible reading, Bible study for men too, because we know the difference and we can even give you a definition if you need to know. So from that perspective, Charlie Kirk brought me closer to Jesus Christ. And also I will be a greater and a better husband to my wife who will help me with my faith and my growth with what we have to do here at the America first warehouse. And I will. My children will be a top priority for me, which they always have been. But maybe I need to step that up some more. Like the one idea that Charlie had was to shut off his phone on Saturday morning or. And not turn it on back until Sunday night. Freddie, I love you and I didn't mean to cut you off. Has this affected you the way it's affected me?

[Freddie Rubino]

I've. I've really been on that road before and I knew that Charlie Kirk was believer in Christ. I believe his wife is an even bigger believer in Christ than Charlie Kirk was. So if you thought you were going to remove this voice of conservatism, it's going to be amped up even more with her. And to this close to his death. For her to be saying that I forgive him, that's not human. The human response is I want revenge, I want him suffered. I want justice. That's the Holy Spirit inside you making you do something that's totally not human, to forgive right away and do that. And that's what the outpouring was over this whole time. It was an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. And that's what they unleashed.

[Joe the Box]

I saw it. I saw it in the country. I saw it on the coverage of all the different news organizations. But I particularly saw it here at the America First Warehouse where there was over 300 people that came in. We had room for a lot more. And we're going to consider the different events that we have coming up with. Five seconds left. Yes. Jesus, come back in your life too, like it did in ours.

[Mary Kathryn Ham]

Hey there. I'm Mary Kathryn Ham.

[Political Commentator]

And I'm Carol Markowitz. We've been in political media for a long time.

[Mary Kathryn Ham]

Long enough to know that it's gotten, well, a little insane.

[Political Commentator]

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[Mary Kathryn Ham]

We talk about the issues that actually matter to the country without panic, without yelling, and with a healthy dose of humor.

[Political Commentator]

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[Mary Kathryn Ham]

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[Political Commentator]

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[Joe the Box]

That's how my motorcycle sounds when I start it up. Johnny, you got a motorcycle too, right? Yeah.

[John the Blanket]

It does the same noise. Jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump.

[Freddie Rubino]

You can't beat it.

[Joe the Box]

Listen, we had showed you some videos in the first couple of segments. In our third segments, we're kind of looking for some solutions. Certainly the biggest solution that you have is to go back to church and to start reading the book and learning the word. And we're going to help you with that here at the America First Warehouse. Every Thursday night we open up with Bible study here at the warehouse at 6pm I manage it by bringing people in, corralling them, and we work with the book through Tom and Amanda Wierman. They have set this classes up and the discussions up and I'm intrigued and I really encourage anybody to want to join us here at that one hour. Every Thursday night. Right after that, there is a prayer and healing mass that we do through here called Christ to conquer the Nation. And I love the name of that church, because that's exactly what we've been talking about for quite some time now. Charlie Kirk is able to bring it to the forefront. Pastor Crystal has a relationship with God that's more than I've really seen in a human. And she has brought some power and some healing to people that will tell you all about it here on Thursday as they sing and so forth. I believe in the power of prayer. I see it for myself in my own life. I bring my brother and we talk more and more about it. Johnny, I think that Jesus is way more in your life than it ever was. Right. Is that a solution for you?

[John the Blanket]

Anything with God is good as far as I'm concerned. Any religion, the ones that do not support Jesus, they, they're, they're going to need some help. Hopefully they'll be in the right side before their end because everybody always reaches out for God when it's at their end. But anything with religion and Jesus, it's only good stuff. I, I haven't heard anything bad. There's nobody getting together at night and having seances and trying to kill some lambs and, and, you know, some young kids or whatever. It's just crazy out there. It's the demonic Jesus is the way. It has to go that way.

[Joe the Box]

Yeah, that's a big solution, that's for sure. There's a couple other solutions. And Freddie, through pop culture, there's a solution. Right. And you're kind of steering the way with what you got going on.

[Freddie Rubino]

Well, I think the greatest way to continue MAGA movement, to continue Charlie Kirk's movement to continue this country going forward is the truth. Very simple, one word. The truth. Seek the truth. If you see something on social media, look it up, see if it's the truth. If you see that they're saying that outrageous stuff like they always do, like, oh, it's, it's right wing people that are killing people. Look it up. You just saw the, the video that you showed, the list of people that are left wing that have been doing it. Find the truth and you yourself speak the truth. If you see something on social media, from. You have to realize all of these news agencies, all of these social media platforms are all in it with the Democratic Party. They're spreading these lies. That's what they do. And so if you go out there and say, and say that, hey, this was a MAGA kid who shot Charlie Kirk, that's all over. It's all over the Internet, it's all over Facebook. But if you say that a man can't have a baby, you're thrown off. See, they're in on it. So don't take anything off of social media and repeat it before you look into it. Don't believe anything about Donald Trump or his family.

[Joe the Box]

I.

[Freddie Rubino]

Unless you look into it and know the truth. The truth will set you free, and it will not ever make you a liar. So embrace the truth. That's what the MAGA movement is, a.

[John the Blanket]

Little bit of truth. If we had taken a. An area and we put all the transgender and gay into that area over there, what do you think is going to happen to that population?

[Freddie Rubino]

First of all, it won't grow. Exactly. Yeah. Because they haven't been blessed with reproduction.

[John the Blanket]

But I'm not sure if a man can have a baby or not. That's what's confusing.

[Freddie Rubino]

No, of course it's. It's a lie. And. And people are forwarding the lie, and some of the lies are so ridiculous. A man can have a baby, and you'll sit with someone at a. At a coffee table or at a party, and they'll look you right in the eye and go, of course a man can have a baby. I don't even want to talk to these people anymore.

[Joe the Box]

I'm only going to recommend that you find some new friends, Freddie, and maybe you go to different parties, because the transgender community was created by, you know, the far left, and it's proven over and over the money that comes down from them, all the taxpayer monies that we were paying our universities, our professors, our teachers. I remember seeing one, Johnny, and I don't know if you saw this one as well, where the teacher was being interviewed and she was, you know, psycho. Transgender pride jumped or whatever her life cycle was, and she was proud that she was teaching this to her classroom. And the interviewer said, you think that that is right? And ba, ba, ba. And transgender. And transgender. And she said, absolutely, it's right. And he asked her, he said, have you ever considered having a family yourself? And she stopped and looked, and she said, no, I don't think so. And he said, thank God. So, I mean, you know, we see these people, we see them training and teaching our children, and I gotta tell you, man, we're done with it. I'm not your friend. Don't try and be my friend. The even. Not only that psycho side of life, here's another psycho side. How about the Islamic jihads that are walking around New York City, regulated, ready to take the city over? I mean, oh, my God, Freddie, did you have to come through the city today?

[Freddie Rubino]

I did not. But as far as the Islamic Jihad goes, I could tell you that I very disappointed in the Muslim community. After 9 11. You did not see Muslim communities come together and say, we reject what they did on 9 11. You still don't see them rejecting what they're doing to Jews in Columbia University and all the anti Semitism. They don't reject it. They don't come together as a group. And this is the same thing. What you were just saying about transgender. I understand if a transgender person comes out and says a man could have a baby, I understand you're mentally ill. I understand it. But I don't expect someone who's going to be on the Supreme Court asked, can a man have a baby? I don't know. I'm not a biologist. That's the problem. When the psychotic people are telling you lies, you just blow it off. But when teachers and news anchors and people in government who are very educated are repeating these lies, knowing their lies, it. That's what really makes it dangerous. That's when you. You're trying to tell people that the vaccine stops the, the spread that man could have a baby, that all the, the endless lies that we know are lies have to stop from the people who are paid to tell us the truth.

[Joe the Box]

I'm not paying them anymore. I'm gonna do everything I can to make a difference here. We are America first, media and television. We're produc. We got some great comedy things to bring happiness to people. We got some beautiful music coming in. I think we have a YouTube band coming in. I just told him, please don't let the speak. The singer speak.

[Freddie Rubino]

Bono.

[Joe the Box]

Yeah, you know what I mean? I'm really not interested in his WorldViews and the $300 million that he lost from US aid.

[Freddie Rubino]

You don't see Bono in the streets of England with the radical Muslims. He's not there with them, but he wants them to come into England. See, that's the hypocrisy. I want open borders, but I'm gonna live in a compound with a 40 foot wall with guys with machine guns. So these people can't come. It's okay for you, but not for them.

[Joe the Box]

And the Muslim community really came in. I remember as a young man, Johnny, and you remember this too. We were elementary school, and every morning you got up, you know, you had to go stand in the classroom and put your hand on your heart and pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. We had to do that every single morning. Then one day, this one Boy, he's not standing up. So I'm like, you remember this, John? And I'm like, how come he's not standing up with us? I didn't. I was flabbergasted. Well, that's his religious belief. And in America, your right to free, you're allowed to religious belief. So I said, yeah, you can have your religious belief, but you still have to simulate like us here in America. Do you remember that kid, Johnny Boy in elementary school?

[John the Blanket]

I guess I was a little bit naive when I was younger. I thought everybody loved the country. I thought everybody stood up. But the sad part with the Muslim is that they hate us. They want to see us dead, you know, so what the heck are they even allowed? What a great country, freedom of speech. And they hate us so much they want to kill us. It's not.

[Freddie Rubino]

They do they. And they have the, they don't have the morals that we have because they come from a different kind of a system, their system. It's okay to have sex with a nine year old in their system. It's okay to murder your own daughter. And because you think that she wears a skirt that's too short. That's the kind. We're not talking about drastic assimilation. You have to eat our food, you have to wear our clothes, but you can't act as immoral as this world could put out there. You have to assimilate to at least fundamental, our fundamental laws and morals of this country. What made this country great were our morals, not our laws.

[Joe the Box]

One nation under God. God's mentioned four times in the Declaration and the Constitution. It's just the basis of what we all believe. And I believe it. I know that Johnny does too. But we need some solid, solid solutions. And in the next segment we have a few of them. And we're going to, we're going to show you that and we're going to tell you that there is hope. And with your faith and your belief, God is coming back in the strongest way. Look at the millions of people that were out there rioting and protesting. No, I don't think so. We were praying, Johnny. Yeah. Amen, brother. We'll be back in a couple of minutes.

[Mary Kathryn Ham]

Hey there. I'm Mary Kathryn Ham.

[Political Commentator]

And I'm Carol Markowitz. We've been in political media for a long time.

[Mary Kathryn Ham]

Long enough to know that it's gotten, well, a little insane.

[Political Commentator]

That's why we started Normaly a podcast for people who are over the hysteria and just want clarity.

[Mary Kathryn Ham]

We talk about the issues that actually matter to the country. Without panic, without yelling, and with a healthy dose of humor.

[Political Commentator]

We don't take ourselves too seriously, but we do take the truth seriously.

[Mary Kathryn Ham]

So if you're into common sense, sanity, and some occasional sass, you're our kind of people. Catch new episodes of normally every Tuesday.

[Political Commentator]

And Thursday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.

[Joe the Box]

My goodness gracious. I am blessed to be an American citizen. My two great American patriot friends next to me, Freddie Rubino giving a salute to all the military and veterans that are coming. What an event we have coming up. Don't miss the action here, here at the America First Warehouses. Left and right, left and right. Listen, this is our. Is this our final segment?

[Freddie Rubino]

It is. Wow.

[Joe the Box]

I blinked and a couple went by. Well, me and Johnny Boy are going to be running out to a big, big moving job. Joe the Box, I got to get to work. Johnny Blanket, I'm going to have to.

[John the Blanket]

Go to work, too. Sometimes these things happen.

[Joe the Box]

He's going to have me covered, though, because I'm sure so got me covered on that job. So we want to come up with some solutions. And one of the first ones are solutions that I thought this might surprise you guys is a very quick clip that I saw, and it's called Breaking Glass. Let's see it. My goodness gracious, I can't believe that one. If you happen to know what that was, Johnny, I got the chills on that one. Did you see that one before?

[John the Blanket]

Was that General Flint?

[Freddie Rubino]

Yeah. Behind the glass.

[Joe the Box]

Yeah.

[Freddie Rubino]

You know, what you're talking about, what to do and things like that. I think one of the things that people should be doing is join someplace that furthers the MAGA movement. Like we always tell people, the America First Warehouse, there's all kinds of events. So if you come, it doesn't have to be for the podcast. It doesn't have. We have comedy, there's music, there's the game show. When you come and support anything here, it forwards the truth and the message that goes out. It's like a ripple effect. If you support this, it goes out and it supports all kinds of people. It supports the arts, it supports things. And if it's. If you're not in the New York area or anything like that, there's gotta be an organization near you that forwards the MAGA movement, a Republican club or some kind of organization. Get involved.

[Joe the Box]

Yeah, well, this is a great place to do it. There's so many organizations that are coming through the America First Warehouse and what we're doing over there. And I really love America First. I love maga. I mean, you can't be any more different. This is the MAGA capital right here at the America First Warehouse. Matter of fact, we're so vested in it and we love it so much, we found some solutions besides breaking the glass and allowing General Flynn out to uncover the bodies, because I think that's what he's going to do for sure. We follow him pretty regularly on all of our platforms. I constantly share what he has going on. He come in here last year for the General Flynn movie. The way he was treated by the government and by the radical left, you know what they're capable of. They tried to destroy this man. So I love that idea to break the glass and let General Flynn out because he does know where all the bodies buried. How about you, Freddie? You know where a couple of bodies are buried?

[Freddie Rubino]

No, I don't.

[Joe the Box]

Lie to me.

[Freddie Rubino]

Freddie already testified about that. I thought that was.

[Joe the Box]

I got immunity on that one.

[Freddie Rubino]

I tell you what, Flynn's the real deal. And if there's somebody that can't be kept down, it's him. You knock him down, he's just coming back up again.

[Joe the Box]

He'll be coming back to the warehouse. There's no doubt in my mind. If you check some of his sizzle reels, he had texted me, he said, you made the cut. And he sent me a copy of his sizzle reel. And I was like, I didn't know what it was, but it was, you know, like a two minute video of his film of his. Of the movie that he was coming out with and the different places that he stopped because he showed it here at the America First Warehouse. Little controversy because he came here on Mother's Day and everybody's like, oh, Joe, why are you doing it on Mother's Day? I had one answer for him. Right, Johnny, bring your mother. Right?

[Freddie Rubino]

Bring your mother.

[John the Blanket]

Bring your mother with you.

[Joe the Box]

General Flynn on Mother's Day get his signed hat. He was doing everything. What a real man, just like Donald Trump. I know Trump's got him something special. I think breaking the glass is going to be the best way to help every American. But here's.

[John the Blanket]

I'm just sorry. I wanted to know that General Flynn, the things that he got accused about have all been turned around and found out to be. Be lies. What happens next for him? Is there restitution for him? Because how can he make up for the loss that he had in fighting all these battles?

[Freddie Rubino]

He should be. He should be awarded. Yeah, I mean, I'm sure it took A toll on his entire life, his family, his finances. He should at least be reinstated for all the money he lost and all the opportunities. But he's the mother of all generals, so that's why he was here on Mother's Day.

[Joe the Box]

He is such a great man, and he is a faithful follower of Jesus Christ himself, too. And he. And he speaks with it in his mouth and in his words. I wonder if he would be forgiving like Charlie Kirk's wife, or would he be like Trump and like me? I don't think so.

[John the Blanket]

Yeah. Be forgiven when they're in jail. That would be nice. And I'll forgive him.

[Freddie Rubino]

Well, forgiveness is one thing, but wanting justice is another. So I think what Charlie Kirk's wife said, Erica, was, I forgive him. So I'm not going to spend my days bitter about I hate that guy. Which she forgives him in her heart. She moves on. But still, she owes it to the country to bring this person to justice and anyone affiliated with him to justice. Forgiving someone doesn't mean I want you to walk the streets again.

[Joe the Box]

Here's another big one that everybody can do and that we're going to help you here at the warehouse if you want to get an opportunity. I mean, this came across me and I was a little taken back by it. I'm watching all these big gold commercials going on left and right over there. And I said, how can I get a piece of gold? You know, do I have to swim to the bottom of a waterfall to get a little piece of gold? I don't have 5, $6,000 to buy a bar or whatever else you need to do it. And I was approached by a company, tafwoundmoney.com the America first [e-mail] and thank you very much. The upstairs, you guys are getting better and better at this. There's no doubt about it. The gentleman came in and said, joe, you can own a piece of silver, you can own a piece of gold for as little as a dollar a day. And I thought to myself, I looked at my 401k that I had for, I don't know, 40 some odd years, trying to build it up, build it up. And it was always been a B. And it always kind of worked with the American dollar. But if you look at the dollar in 1962 when I was born, that the dollar was equal to silver or gold. The gold standard is what it was, right?

[Freddie Rubino]

It was always a dollar's worth of gold or silver or silver at Fort Knox for every dollar in your Pocket, right.

[Joe the Box]

So there was a little silver dollar that was equal to a dollar, as was a dollar bill, the tender that was created. But nowadays the dollar is worse than less than a penny, I think is what I understand on the fiat dollar. But gold is worth four or five thousand times more than it was. So I'm not going to make this mistake. But I don't have the money to go out there and buy all of that kind of gold. Maybe Freddy does. You know, I know my brother. We've been working together our whole lives. We don't have it, you know, but we.

[Freddie Rubino]

I'm Sicilian, I deal in lead.

[Joe the Box]

He deals in lead. Freddie, you crack me up. So we found an opportunity for us to buy gold as a little a dollar a day. And that's all I can explain to you. So I am in putting, instead of throwing my money into cash and the volatile stock market that I never understood, I should just really invest with Nancy Pelosi and AOC and Omar because all of them have a great way of knowing the on a regular basis. But listen, I'm not even gonna waste my time on that because we the people have to take the gold back from the 5 percenters that own it all. And this is the way to do it. The America First Warehouse. [e-mail] Go ahead, Johnny.

[John the Blanket]

This is a little confusing for me, but so like somebody for me that would like to start a little savings, I'm going to put a dollar a day into my savings account and each day that dollar grows. Each day I put another dollar into it, it doesn't grow half as fast as gold or silver would. So you can take a savings instead of saving. I'm going to put it into gold and then your savings account is going to go much faster than it would as if it was just a dollar bill.

[Joe the Box]

Johnny boy, you're absolutely right in what you're saying. You've been paying attention, that's for sure. We're going to be moving this along and the way to find out more about it is really to go online at TAFW. The America first wears TAFW [e-mail] that's the only way to do it.

[John the Blanket]

I can't wait till somebody asks me, what do you invest in, John? I invest in gold.

[Joe the Box]

God's money.

[Freddie Rubino]

And you know, after it starts to accumulate, you could either have them store it, you could tell them to send it to you and they'll send you it in gold coins or in little ingots, whatever you want. You could have them hold half. You hold half. But what you do is, let's say you spend a dollar a day and buy stock. The stock could go down to zero at one point. Gold will never go down to zero.

[John the Blanket]

Sure thing.

[Joe the Box]

You Freddie.

[Freddie Rubino]

It could go down, but it'll never be zero. A stock, believe me. I bought stock. It could go down to zero.

[John the Blanket]

This gold is good.

[Freddie Rubino]

Gold is good. Silver is good.

[Joe the Box]

Gold is God's money, and it belongs in the hands of the American people. And this is where you're going to get it, right here. Now, we got a minute and a half left. Please run that last video I had for Charlie Kirk. It's important to me. Do you really want to live forever? Forever. Forever. Forever. I want to be forever young. Do you really want to live forever? Forever.

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[Joe the Box]

Yeah, I want to be forever. Do you really want to live forever? My goodness. My goodness and my God, I thank you so much for the blessings that we've had. I watched Charlie Kirk and I cried all weekend. It reminds me of my brother's son, John Joey Lewis. He died forever young from the same evil demonic party that killed Charlie Kirk. God bless you, America.

[Mary Kathryn Ham]

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