THE WAR ROOM WITH STEPHEN K. BANNON (EP. 4799)

Summary

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Real America’s Voice: THE WAR ROOM WITH STEPHEN K. BANNON (EP. 4799)

Date: September 23, 2025
Host: Steve Bannon
Featured Guests: Alex Jones, Eric Teetzel (Center for Renewing America)
Theme: Government Weaponization, Institutional Power, and Action in the Wake of Political Violence

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Overview

This episode of THE WAR ROOM delves into deep concerns about the “weaponization” of government institutions against conservative voices, especially focusing on Alex Jones's legal battles. The show then transitions to addressing institutional responses after the assassination of conservative leader Charlie Kirk, featuring actionable plans from the Center for Renewing America (CRA). Throughout, Bannon and his guests focus on the need for urgency, unity, and institutional action to counter what they perceive as existential threats to American sovereignty and conservative movements.

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Key Discussion Points

1. The Government vs. Alex Jones: Weaponization and “Show Trials”

• Alex Jones’s Legal Ordeal:

  • Steve Bannon frames Jones as a test case in a broader campaign of targeting conservatives (“patient zero”), highlighting coordinated government and elite efforts to silence dissenting voices.
  • Jones details a sequence of lawsuits and financial/legal maneuvers he faced, alleging coordinated action by law firms, government officials, and activist organizations.
  • Jones claims recent developments: The DOJ has initiated a formal investigation into the collusion between public and private actors to bankrupt and silence him.

• Alleged Collusion & Lawfare:

  • Jones asserts during his segment that the legal proceedings against him—from high-dollar settlements to the orchestration of lawsuits by advocacy groups—were not only unfair but specifically designed to silence him, not just penalize him financially.
  • The role of law firms like Paul Weiss and Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder, and coordination with advocacy groups such as Everytown for Gun Safety, were highlighted as evidence.

• Notable Quote:

  • “Obama declared me a top national security threat...They did a dragnet and could never find anything. So then they went and staged this law fair against me, literal show trials produced by HBO.” – Alex Jones [06:23]
  • “If they could take me down, I was the model to take down Trump and everybody else. So they really screwed up. And a lot more is about to break.” – Alex Jones [12:25]

• Bannon’s Framing:

  • Bannon contextualizes Jones’s case within the larger MAGA movement and frames DOJ action as the beginning of accountability for “deep state” abuses.
  • “Ed [Martin] is now in the Justice Department as one of Trump’s top enforcers, here to make sure we rid this of weaponization...It is that department that has officially sent out a letter to a law firm saying preserve your documents.” – Steve Bannon [10:56]

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2. Institutional Response to Political Violence: The Assassination of Charlie Kirk

• Remembering and Responding:

  • CRA’s Eric Teetzel discusses the conservative grassroots reaction and the need for institutional action after the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
  • Emphasis is placed on using worry and grief as a rallying cry to build enduring institutions and take real action.

• CRA's Action Plan:

  • Fighting Antifa and Domestic Extremism:
    • Full-scale investigation of Antifa, designating them a terrorist organization, and using terror financing laws to choke funding streams.
      • “Antifa is not alone...The Southern Poverty Law Center stands out as an organization that exists solely to perpetuate hate, to lie about people, and to instigate violence. We need to get to the root of that.” – Eric Teetzel [24:55]
    • Action to revoke tax-exempt status and criminal prosecution where laws are broken.
  • Defunding Leftism in Academia:
    • CRA calls for ending taxpayer-funded student loans and grants to universities perceived as promoting anti-American ideology.
    • Conditional funding for research only if basic free speech is protected.
      • “Our universities are completely and totally owned by leftist ideologues who hate America...It is high time we got completely out of the business of financing higher education.” – Eric Teetzel [28:48]

• Personal Call to Action:

  • Both Bannon and Teetzel emphasize that everyday people have a role. “Standing up and speaking out” and prayer are called crucial disciplines in these times.

• Notable Quote:

  • “We all have a different role to play...No matter where you are or what stage of life you're in, you have a voice just like Charlie had a voice. And you should use it. The posse gets it.” – Eric Teetzel [24:55]

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3. Building & Seizing Institutions Amid Crisis

• Urgency of Institution-Building:

  • Bannon repeatedly stresses that time is short: The new generation must create and capture institutions to keep the MAGA movement alive beyond its founding “towers” (Trump, Kirk, Bannon).
  • Maximalist Strategy:
    • “Maximus strategy, maximalist strategy. Go take it all the way. Seize the institutions and do it with a sense of urgency. Action, action, action.” – Steve Bannon [32:01]
  • Bannon links the struggle against Antifa and extremism with that against “deep state” actors, corporations, media, and global elites.

• Transparency and Ongoing Action:

  • CRA’s action plan is made public at americarenewing.com (Teetzel) and is shared widely with encouragement to engage.
  • “You got a whole punch list of this. Where do people go to see the work of CRA, but particularly the action plan post the assassination of Charlie Kirk...americarenewing.com.” – Steve Bannon & Eric Teetzel [29:07]

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4. Economy & Geopolitics: The Role of Gold and the Dollar

• Financial Consultant Guests and Economic Warnings:
  • Bannon devotes segments to discussions about the dollar’s reserve status, the rise of the BRICS bloc, and the need to hedge against financial instability with gold.
  • Stresses education and pattern recognition for listeners:
    • “We're here not to sell you fish, but to teach you how to fish...Birch Gold with the whole concept...is to provide you information...so you can learn...” – Steve Bannon [18:09]
  • The economic angle ties back to the larger theme of systemic risk—financial, political, and cultural.

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Memorable Moments & Quotes

• “You are truly a Spartan with your shield or on your shield. That's Alex Jones. What a fight. Years and years and years of torture. Alex Jones, honored to have you on here.” – Steve Bannon [14:15]
• “This Costco firm is run by this former federal prosecutor whose specialty, Chris Matty, is putting innocent Republicans in jail...This is all a Obama, Bloomberg, Soros, DOJ operation with me, as they said in press conferences, patient zero.” – Alex Jones [12:25]
• “We all have a role to play and this story is only half written. We don't know exactly what is going to come after the assassination of our friend Charlie, but it's up to us to decide.” – Eric Teetzel [24:55]
• “Now more than ever. This is why. Why was I banging on the table so much about the Antifa investigation? Because that's going to lead so many places...The terrorism and the deep state are inextricably linked on the color revolution against the American people.” – Steve Bannon [33:37]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 06:23 – Alex Jones describes DOJ’s acknowledgment of “weaponization,” recounting his legal persecution.
• 10:56 – Bannon frames DOJ action as historic, with Ed Martin’s investigation into coordinated public/private lawfare.
• 12:25 – Jones confirms DOJ investigation and promises more revelations.
• 22:41 – Bannon and Teetzel analyze Trump’s resilience and policy speeches post-Charlie Kirk.
• 24:55 – Teetzel lays out CRA’s response and action plan following Kirk’s assassination.
• 28:48 – Policy push: ending government funding for higher education, targeting ideological capture.
• 32:01 – Bannon’s call to seize institutions, linking Antifa, media, big donors, and foreign money as threats.

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Resources/Calls to Action

• Action Plan & CRA Information: americarenewing.com
• Alex Jones Content: infowars.com, banned.video, Rumble, X (@RealAlexJones)
• War Room Insights & Gold Advice: Text Bannon at 989-898 or visit Birchgold.com/Bannon

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Episode Tone

The tone is urgent, combative, and community-driven, with a focus on mobilization, institutional power, and the imperative for action. Bannon and his guests position themselves and their audience as under siege but essential to restoring order and sovereignty.

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[Alex Jones]

Well, it's a long story, but I actually got contacted by the Justice Department saying, listen, they were sloppy with you. We know a lot of this. We have, you know, internal stuff. And so what we know is Hillary came after me, made up stuff I never did to demonize Trump. Then they fundraised off me, saying I did all these things to people I never did. Parents of dead kids all made up. And they raised $300 million off fundraising, running ads on Facebook and everywhere else off my name. They couldn't raise money for gun control, so they did it off, saying I was doing things I didn't do. And this was connected to Bloomberg's Everytown and these charities out of Connecticut and these Democrat law firms and Senator Blumenthal. So then they have two show trials in Texas, Democrat judges in Connecticut, and the judges find me guilty. They then have show trials on damages, and then we start getting whistleblowers, we get Leaks, we get documents. And then we, over the last few years, started suing back to depose all these people and to find out. So, so here's the bottom line. Obama declared me a top national security threat that was declassified earlier this year by Trump. And we published those documents in 2013. And they did a dragnet and could never find anything. So then they went and staged this law fair against me, literal show trials produced by hbo. Then they had their fake multimillion dollar judgments. And then I went into bankruptcy because I have any money and showed them there wasn't all this money. And then they went and told the federal judge who's been blocking him for three years, we don't want money, we want him off the air. And the judge said, you can't do that. He's offering money. Plus his cases are on appeal and we're, by the way, winning those. And so now they're in full panic mode. And so breaking now the Justice Department, this is just some of what they've done. I'll stop there. Sent out this letter a week ago to the Koskov Koskoff law firm in Connecticut because the chief FBI counsel, William Oldenburg, admitted on the stand in the show trial in Connecticut 2 1/2 years ago that I never said his name, we never covered him, never did anything to him. He said he went and organized through the law firm, the families and their, and their charities to sue me and to do this. And then now they got the Paul Weiss law firm involved that's admitted that they did lawfare against Trump and agreed to pay 40 million in restitution and community service. But they're still attacking me. That's just a simple boil down. They had the fake auction where it's supposed to be a public auction, the judge ordered. Then they didn't do the auction. They gave it to Bloomberg, backing the Onion and every town gun control group. And so, so you have that where they. He orders an auction. They don't do an auction. We sued them, deposed them in the last eight, nine months. And we got their emails and everything. And they admitted in the emails, yeah, we're never going to. This is the, quote, plaintiffs with the US Trustee from the Justice Department in the bankruptcy saying, we're not going to ever let Alex Jones have anybody buy this that will keep him on air. We just want to shut it down. We have the emails, we've shown them to the court. So this is insane. Then you have the Justice Department. We got all those documents funding millions and millions and millions of Dollars, when they demonized me, when they sued me, when they had the show trials, specifically tailoring the amount of money exactly to what the lawyer bills were paying the, the gun control groups who would then, as soon as the money's paid, one week later, pay the Costco law firm. So they have a name for that. And I'll. You'll know what it is. So. So this is total weaponization. So the Justice Department said to me, they said, this is classic weaponization. They've been very sloppy, and we have a lot of stuff that's not even public. Give us everything you have. So I met with them, given them stuff the last four or five months. And you know, the head of the weaponization, and he's also the head pardon lawyer who we know, the best prosecutor we've got is actually, you know, willing to take him on. Ed Martin met with him a few weeks ago in D.C. and so this first letter that went out to them a week ago is now, you know, out today simply saying, preserve your records. And There is a US Code, Very Serious Law, 18, US Code 208 Acts affecting a personal financial interest that you can't, as the head counsel admit you go create lawsuits, organize the people because the law firms can't do it. It's barratry. And then do it and win $130 million judgment himself against me. And so this is cut and dry. This is the first salvo.

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You can release it. You get the exclusive. It's not out yet.

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So we only got. We only got two minutes. I want to make sure we go. Ed Martin in the official weaponization of the government against individuals. They've kicked off now an investigation into the governments and private citizens working with the government's takedown of Alex Jones. Am I correct in that statement?

[Alex Jones]

Yes. You're always the great communicator. I should have said up front, the Justice Department is now officially investigating, but not just this. A whole bunch more is about to break. And I'm telling you, smoking gun on Paul Weiss, on the US Trustee over my bankruptcy. All of it. It is. It is. And I was like, wow. I said I didn't really. I don't think I'm that important. You know, we got to bring down the globalists. Listen, they were sloppy with you, and this is exactly what we were supposed to do. So literally, this Costco firm is run by this former federal prosecutor whose specialty, Chris Matty, is putting innocent Republicans in jail. They just pardoned the governor that he put in prison as a federal prosecutor. So this is all a Obama, Bloomberg, Soros, DOJ operation with me, as they said in press conferences, patient zero, that if they could take me down, I was the model to take down Trump and everybody else. So they really screwed up. And a lot more is about to break. Some incredible documents are about to be released.

[Steve Bannon]

Okay, Okay. I want to have you back on with that, Alex. Where do people get the show? Where do you get your content? Now more than ever? You got to make Alex Jones part of your media diet daily. Where do people go?

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Infowars.com show band video real Ox Jones on X the Alex Jones show on Rumble. And they are literally in court Thursday, trying at state and federal court, trying to shut us down again. So this is an ongoing battle to. And it's a marathon, but we're winning. Thanks for all your support, Steve. Nobody supported me more than the war room. God bless you. I know you've been a target even more than I. It's Trump, then Steve Bannon and Alex Jones. But we're in this together. And just God bless you, sir. And God bless Ed Martin, his team.

[Steve Bannon]

You are truly a Spartan with your shield or on your shield. That's Alex Jones. What a fight. You see, this thing is going to be enormous when everybody sees it. Years and years and years of torture. Alex Jones, honored to have you on here. That's who they're coming after. And thank God in heaven we have a man like Ed Martin with the courage of Ed Martin and the people around him. Neil McCabe and his team. Thank God in heaven you've got these Warriors. Short break. Talk about Warriors. Russ Fot's old team over at cra. Warriors at the tip of the tip of the spear. Next in the war room.

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[Eric Teetzel]

He sure did. Vintage President Trump, that's for sure. And thanks, Steve, you're a good friend of the center for Renew in America. We really appreciate being part of the posse with you. They were laughing a lot, I will say that. And I wasn't sure what that was about, but I am sure about this. I'm watching some of the online commentary in response to the President's speech and it has a lot to do with being embarrassed on the global stage. These leftist corporatist reporters who just are wringing their hands because, you know, what will the Portuguese think? And they really don't get it. What I saw was a President who is proud to be an American. He's proud to lead this country and he's proud of the steps he has taken to reestablish national sovereignty, whether that's in trade, other economic policy or the border. He is saying, this is who we are, this is what we're going to do because we're not going to let our country fall into ruin like so many of your countries have fallen.

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I want to go to because something, you know, his speech or his remarks at Charlie's, at what I call the first MAGA state funeral on Sunday, then the throwdown yesterday against Big Pharma. And on top of that going in the signing afterwards, Antifa is a terrorist organization. And then today at the UN you see an arc. And I think President Trump and I believe part of this is reflecting upon the life and work of Charlie Kirk. Right. And that we only, all of us only have so much time allocated in this veil of tears. President Trump is at the next level right now. You guys at CRA was Really proud and everybody putting together and all the institutions, all of our organizations coming together. You guys came out, as you always do from the memory and leadership of Russ Vogue, came up with an action plan. Walk me through a couple of the key points and I think one of them we hit last night, which I've been absolutely adamant about, about Antifa, to get in there and start to use terror financing, the tariff financing toolbox, we got to take them apart. Give me the action plan of CRA Post the execution, assassination and death of Charlie Kirk.

[Eric Teetzel]

Certainly we all have a role to play and this story is only half written. We don't know exactly what is going to come after the assassination of our friend Charlie, but it's up to us to decide. And we all have a different role to play. I loved at the state funeral the focus on standing up and speaking out. No matter what you do for a living, no matter where you are or what stage of life you're in, you have a voice just like Charlie had a voice. And you should use it. The posse gets it. And I think more and more Americans are waking up to the importance of that, given everything we've been through. I also love the focus on prayer. The idea that we get to beseech the Creator and sustainer of the universe on our behalf anytime we want is miraculous. And we would be idiots not to avail ourselves of that power. I certainly need to do it more often and I'm committed to doing that. But the center for Renewing America is a public policy organization. So for us, our contribution to what comes next is going to fall in the realm of what we're going to ask of the policymakers to ensure that what happened to Charlie and getting right to the roots of how it was able to happen won't ever happen again. Because our republic just simply cannot stand if we don't address these fundamental root causes. And there are several of them. You mentioned getting at Antifa. This is critically important because that's an organization, a terrorist organization, as the President rightly described them, that does not operate in a vacuum. They get funding, they get other forms of support. There's an ideological basis there that has to be promoted and stoked often. And all of that happens through NGOs and think tanks and nonprofit organizations and donor advised funds and other entities that are given preferential tax treatment by the government because they're supposed to be quote unquote charitable. Well, there's no charity in undermining the fabric of who we are as a country and promoting anti American ideology and in fact promoting outright violence. This has to be investigated. And where there has been laws that have been broken, people need to go to prison. And we certainly need to revoke any sort of tax exempt status from any organization that is engaged in supporting activities like those of Antifa. Antifa is not alone. You can talk about other organizations. The Southern Poverty Law center stands out as an example of an organization that exists solely to perpetuate hate, to lie about people and to instigate violence. We need to get to the root of that. That's an important first step. But there's another reality we have to get at. And I think everyone knew this, but the murder of Charlie Kirk has sealed the deal. Our universities are completely and totally owned by leftist ideologues who hate America and use the college experience to indoctrinate citizens to hate America too. The fact that these are so heavily subsidized by taxpayers is ludicrous. We cannot do this anymore. It is high time we got completely out of the business of financing higher education. I'm talking about getting rid of federally subsidized student loans, getting rid of grants, all of it. And to the extent that there is a place for any government money when it comes to things like research, it has to be predicated on those schools abiding by minimum basic standards when it comes to things like the protection of free speech.

[Steve Bannon]

Amen. We need the purchase of these places too. Eric. Where do people go? You got a whole punch list of this. Where do people go to see the work of cra but particularly in this, the action plan post the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Kind of part of your focus of what you guys are driving action on. Where do folks go?

[Eric Teetzel]

Yes sir, they can go to america renewing.com It'll be right there on the homepage. You can also find explanations and tweets and links to it in my X feed which is at Eric Teetzel.

[Steve Bannon]

Teacher, good work. You make a rust vote. And all the team over there that went to Ombuds very proud. So great work sir. Carry on.

[Eric Teetzel]

Thanks Steve.

[Steve Bannon]

As Turning Point's finding out and as CRA is finding out, this is why we're building institutions, this is what you see these young men and women, right? Russ Fot's not going to be there forever. Charlie Kirk obviously taken by. Taken by God. Trump. You're only going to have so much more time with Trump. I don't. I. I'm a strong believer that we're going to go through this is not the last term he's going to run again at 28. I realize that that's very controversial, but you only have these towers, towering figures for a while and you have to build an institution to go on and finish what we started. Now more than ever. This is why. Why was I banging on the table so much about the antifa investigation? Because that's going to lead so many places. Don't listen to media. And some of the antifa guys out there think those are the grundoons. Yes, they should be rolled up and clearly in Portland. But we want to get to the middle layer of the military and intelligence operatives that have trained them. And our military is infested with it. Infested with it. And you got to get then to the Mac Daddy. You've got to get down to the big NGOs that support it, the media people that are in business with them, the corporations that are in business with them, the big donors that are in business with the foreign money. Boom. The terrorism and the deep state are inextricably linked on the color revolution against the American people. And now we're starting to get apparatuses in to adjudicate, to take, to adjudicate, to take it apart and adjudicate. This is where it's going. And they can squeal all day long they want in the media. In fact, they're not squ. We're not doing enough unless they're squealing more. If they're not throwing their toys out of the pram in a hysteric meltdown every day. I don't feel we're doing our job. We all of us only have so much time here. What do I keep saying? Maximus strategy, maximalist strategy. Go take it all the way. Seize the institutions and do it with a sense of urgency. Action, action, action. This is one of the reasons President Trump read Pam Bonnie the riot act the other night on social media. It not happening, baby. Gotta go quicker, faster, harder. Shirt break. We will fight till they're all gone we rejoice when there's no more. Let's take down the ccp.

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[Eric Teetzel]

He sure did. Vintage President Trump, that's for sure. And thanks, Steve. You're a good friend of the center for Renew in America. We really appreciate being part of the posse with you. They were laughing a lot, I will say that. And I wasn't sure what that was about, but I am sure about this. I'm watching some of the online commentary in response to the President's speech and it has a lot to do with being embarrassed on the global stage. These leftist corporatist reporters who just are wringing their hands because you know, what will the Portuguese think? And they really don't get it. What I saw was a president who is proud to be an American. He's proud to lead this country and he's proud of the steps he has taken to reestablish national sovereignty, whether that's in trade, other economic policy or the border. He is saying this is who we are, this is what we're going to do because we're not going to let our country fall into ruin like so many of your countries have fallen.

[Steve Bannon]

I want to go to because something, you know, his speech or his remarks at Charlie's at what I call the first MAGA state funeral on Sunday, then the throwdown yesterday against Big Pharma and on top of that going in to sign in afterwards. Antifa is a terrorist organization. And then today at the UN you see an arc. And I think President Trump and I believe part of this is reflecting upon the life and work of Charlie Kirk. Right. And that we only, all of us only have so much time allocated in this veil of tears. President Trump is at the next level right now. You guys at CRI was really proud and everybody putting together and all the institutions, all of our organizations coming together, you guys came out, as you always do from the memory and leadership of Russ Vogue, came up with an action plan. Walk me through a couple of the key points and I think one of them we hit last night, which I've been absolutely adamant about, about Antifa to get in there and start to use terror financing, the tariff financing toolbox, we got to take them apart. Give me the action plan of CRA post the execution, assassination and death of Charlie Kirk.

[Eric Teetzel]

Certainly we all have a role to play and this story is only half written. We don't know exactly what is going to come after the assassination of our friend Charlie. But it's up to us to decide and we all have a different role to play. I loved at the state funeral, the focus on standing up and speaking out. No matter what you do for a living, no matter where you are or what stage of life you're in, you have a voice, just like Charlie had a voice. And you should use it. The posse gets it. And I think more and more Americans are waking up to the importance of that, given everything we've been through. I also love the focus on prayer. The idea that we get to beseech the Creator and sustainer of the universe on our behalf anytime we want is miraculous. And we would be idiots not to avail ourselves of that power. I certainly need to do it more often and I'm committed to doing that. But the center for Renewing America is a public policy organization. So for us, our contribution to what comes next is going to fall in the realm of what we're going to ask of the policymakers to ensure that what happened to Charlie and getting right to the roots of how it was able to happen won't ever happen again. Because our republic just simply cannot stand if we don't address these fundamental root causes. And there are several of them. You mentioned getting at Antifa. This is critically important because that's an organization, a terrorist organization, as the President rightly described them, that does not operate in a vacuum. They get funding, they get other forms of support. There's an ideological basis there that has to be promoted and stoked often. And all of that happens through NGOs and think tanks and nonprofit organizations and donor advised funds and other entities that are given preferential tax treatment by the government because they're supposed to be quote, unquote charitable. Well, there's no charity in undermining the fabric of who we are as a country and promoting anti American ideology and in fact promoting outright violence. This has to be investigated. And where there has been laws that have been broken, people need to go to prison. And we certainly need to revoke any sort of tax exempt status from any organization that is engaged in supporting activities like those of Antifa. Antifa is not alone. You can talk about other organizations. The Southern Poverty Law center stands out as an example of an organization that exists solely to perpetuate hate, to lie about people and to instigate violence. We need to get to the root of that. That's an important first step. But there's another reality we have to get at. And I think everyone knew this, but the murder of Charlie Kirk has sealed the deal. Our universities are completely and totally owned by leftist ideologues who hate America and use the college experience to Indoctrinate citizens to hate America too. The fact that these are so heavily subsidized by taxpayers is ludicrous. We cannot do this anymore. It is high time we got completely out of the business of financing higher education. I'm talking about getting rid of federally subsidized student loans, getting rid of grants, all of it. And to the extent that there is a place for any government money when it comes to things like research, it has to be predicated on those schools abiding by minimum basic standards when it comes to things like the protection of free speech.

[Steve Bannon]

Amen. We need the purchase of these places too. Eric. Where do people go? You got a whole punch list of this. Where do people go to see the work of cra, but particularly in this, the action plan post the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Kind of part of your focus of what you guys are driving action on. Where do folks go?

[Eric Teetzel]

Yes sir. They can go to americarenewing.com It'll be right there on the homepage. You can also find explanations and tweets and links to it in my X feed, which is at Eric Tietzel.

[Steve Bannon]

Teachell. Good work. You make a rust vote and all the team over there that went to Ombuds very proud. So great work, sir. Carry on.

[Eric Teetzel]

Thanks, Steve.

[Steve Bannon]

As turning point is finding out and as CRA is finding out, this is why we're building institutions. This is what you see these young men and women, right? Russ votes not going to be there forever. Charlie Kirk obviously taken by. Taken by God. Trump. You're only going to have so much more time with Trump. I don't, I, I'm a strong believer that we're going to go through this is not the last term he's going to run again at 28. I realize that that's very controversial, but you only have these towers, towering figures for a while and you have to build an institution to go on and finish what we started. Now more than ever. This is why. Why was I banging on the table so much about the antifa investigation? Because that's going to lead so many places. Don't list the media. And some of the antifa guys out there think those are the grundoons. Yes, they should be rolled up and clearly in Portland. But we want to get to the middle layer of the military and intelligence operatives that have trained them. And our military is infested with it. Infested with it. And you got to get then to the MacDaddy. You got to get down to the big NGOs that support the media People are in business with them. The corporations that are in business with them, the big donors that are in business with the foreign money boom. The terrorism and the deep state are inextricably linked on the color revolution against the American people. And now we're starting to get apparatuses in to adjudicate, to take, to adjudicate, to take it apart and adjudicate. This is where it's going. And they can squeal all day long. They want in the media. In fact, they're not square. We're not doing enough unless they're squealing more. If they're not throwing their toys out of the pram in a hysteric meltdown every day. I don't feel we're doing our job. We all of us only have so much time here. What I keep saying, Maximus strategy, maximalist strategy. Go take it all the way. Seize the institutions and do it with a sense of urgency. Action, action, action. This is one of the reasons President Trump read Pam Bonney the riot act the other night on social media. It not happen in baby, gotta go quicker, faster, harder. Shirt break. We will fight till they're all gone. We rejoice when there's no more. Let's take down the ccp.

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