Podcast Summary

Real America’s Voice – THE WAR ROOM WITH STEPHEN K. BANNON (EP. 4938)

Date: November 19, 2025
Host: Steve Bannon
Main Guests: Mike Davis, Judge Jim Troupis, Philip Patrick, Captain Morgan Murphy

Episode Overview

This episode of The War Room focuses on several key political flashpoints, including behind-the-scenes efforts to pass AI-related legislation without public debate, the implications of central bank gold-buying and dollar devaluation, ongoing legal battles over the 2020 election in Wisconsin, and the looming prosecution of Trump-affiliated legal figures. The episode carries the signature Bannon tone—urgent, combative, and steeped in right-leaning populist outrage.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. AI Legislation "Amnesty" & Federal Preemption Fight (01:26 – 14:55)

• Steve Bannon and Mike Davis discuss a renewed push in Congress (spearheaded by Sen. Ted Cruz) to sneak through a federal moratorium severely limiting states’ ability to regulate artificial intelligence.
  • The core issue: Congress, at the urging of big tech, wants federal “preemption” that blocks states from enacting any AI restrictions—even desperately needed ones like protections for children, data security, and copyright enforcement.
  • Backdoor legislative tactics: Bannon slams the practice of burying controversial provisions in “9,000-page must-pass bills” passed at the last minute without debate.
  • Davis and Bannon’s specific warning: If successful, tech giants would get “blanket amnesty” for AI activity, no accountability, and zero recourse for state governments, creators, or working-class Americans affected by AI-driven infrastructure and energy use.
  • The Four C’s (“must haves” for real reform):
    • Conservatives: Protection from censorship.
    • Children: Shielding from online predators and “AI toys” that can act inappropriately (e.g., “pedo bear”).
    • Communities: The right to oppose massive energy-hogging data centers in residential neighborhoods.
    • Creators: Strong copyright protections to prevent AI companies from “ripping off every copyright in America.”
  • Notable Quote - Mike Davis:

    "This amnesty is Section 230 on steroids, and we cannot have it where we’re trying to jam this through Congress in must-pass legislation in the middle of the night." (09:57)

  • Action call: War Room listeners (“posse”) are urged to go to article3project.org to lobby Congress.

2. Texas Redistricting Battle & Judicial Backstory (14:42 – 15:39)

• Davis says a federal judge (appointed with influence from Sen. Cruz) threw out Texas’s latest redistricting plan—potentially swinging the House to Democrats. He warns the Supreme Court needs to fix this "double standard."

3. Global Gold Rush & Dollar Decline (19:15 – 24:39)

• Philip Patrick (Birch Gold) joins to explain why global central banks—particularly China and India—are buying gold at record rates, moving away from the US dollar.
  • Key drivers:
    1. De-dollarization due to US monetary policy (“printing like it’s going out of fashion”).
    2. The “weaponization” of the dollar (e.g., cutting Russia out of SWIFT) forces countries to seek alternatives.
  • Notable Quote:

    “The dollar has lost 25% of its purchasing power in the last five years... Gold today is a better trade than that.” (20:54)

  • Gold is now the #2 global reserve asset, surpassing all but the dollar.
  • Action: Listeners are encouraged to seek resources at birchgold.com/bannon.

4. Wisconsin 2020 Election: Legal Battles & Retaliation (26:22 – 46:10)

• Judge Jim Troupis recounts his role as Trump’s lead lawyer in the Wisconsin recount, and the severe personal legal consequences he is facing.
  • What Troupis and team did: Used established legal procedures to challenge more than 200,000 votes allegedly cast in violation of state statute. Filed and documented every step, even announcing beforehand use of “alternate electors”—a measure recommended by the (now prosecuting) state Attorney General.
  • Retaliatory legal actions:
    • 17 different actions filed against Troupis, including attempts to bankrupt and disbar him.
    • His family targeted by federal authorities (e.g., son detained during a Disney cruise, electronics seized).
    • The severity of prosecution: Over 100 years in prison if convicted (“The rest of my life... for advising a client, President of the United States.” —53:33)
  • The wider significance:
    • Bannon: “They have to destroy you because... you were doing this for the country.” (42:47)
    • Democrats are allegedly making an “example” of Troupis and others to deter future legal challenges.
  • Upcoming Nationally Televised Trial: Troupis warns that Wisconsin authorities are setting the stage for a major televised trial next summer, in Dane County (liberal stronghold), that will essentially re-try the Trump post-election strategy—possibly with Trump himself on trial in absentia.
    • Notable Quote:

      “They are going to try the President of the United States in Wisconsin... next summer on live television.” (49:16)

  • Judge Troupis urges support at judgetroupis.com: Both informational and fundraising—“We could use the resources.” (53:08)

5. Alabama Senate Race—MAGA vs Establishment (33:38 – 36:46)

• Captain Morgan Murphy, Tuberville’s former national security adviser, announces his Senate run to “keep MAGA voices in the Senate” and fight entrenched GOP establishment and Democrat opposition to Trumpism.
  • Notable Quote:

    “There is a deep Republican establishment plot to get rid of MAGA... They cannot wait to wash their hands of America First.” (35:26)

Notable & Memorable Moments

• Bannon on legislative gamesmanship:

  "Their game is to take the most controversial things and just slide it in in the middle of the night in a 9,000-page must pass... So they slipped it into an NDAA—excuse me, omnibus bill—a couple of years ago that had to be passed." (02:26)

• Troupis on being targeted:

  “My wife every night would stay up wondering when our door was going to be broken down. ... They took my son off a Disney cruise and questioned him.” (43:34)

• On the upcoming legal and political season:

  “There’s going to be a nationally televised two month trial of Donald Trump.” (46:10)

Timestamps for Important Segments

| Timestamp | Segment | |------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:26 – 14:55 | AI Amnesty debate, “Four Cs,” call to action | | 14:42 – 15:39 | Texas redistricting battle, Cruz’s judicial influence | | 19:15 – 24:39 | Global gold surge, central bank motivations, de-dollarization | | 26:22 – 46:10 | Extended with Judge Troupis: Wisconsin legal saga, family impact| | 33:38 – 36:46 | Senate race: Captain Morgan Murphy, Establishment v MAGA | | 49:16 – 53:28 | “Nationally televised Trump trial” warning, Troupis asks for help|

Quotes & Attribution (with Timestamps)

• Mike Davis on AI preemption (09:57):

  "This amnesty is Section 230 on steroids, and we cannot have it where we’re trying to jam this through Congress in must-pass legislation in the middle of the night."

• Philip Patrick on gold (20:54):

  “The dollar has lost 25% of its purchasing power in the last five years... Gold today is a better trade than that.”

• Judge Troupis on legal retaliation (43:34):

  “My wife every night would stay up wondering when our door was going to be broken down… They took my son off a Disney cruise and questioned him.”

• Judge Troupis on upcoming trial (49:16):

  “They are going to try the President of the United States in Wisconsin... next summer on live television.”

• Morgan Murphy on the GOP (35:26):

  “There is a deep Republican establishment plot to get rid of MAGA... They cannot wait to wash their hands of America First.”

Episode Tone and Delivery

• The overall tone is combative, urgent, and heavily skeptical of both the political and legal “establishment.”
• Listeners are repeatedly urged to take action—whether contacting lawmakers, donating, or preparing for escalating political and legal conflict.
• The episode seamlessly blends legal analysis, political horse-race talk, and direct calls-to-action for an activist audience.

For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

This episode of THE WAR ROOM is a deep dive into the latest “high-stakes” issues of the MAGA movement: secretive tech legislation, the gold rush and fears over dollar decline, as well as very personal stories of the legal retribution against those who challenged the 2020 election. It reveals both the tactics and anxieties of a major strand of the American populist right, with direct testimonials, action steps, and a sense that the next 12 months—both in the halls of Congress and the courts—will be pivotal.

For more details, visit:

• article3project.org for action on AI regulation
• judgetroupis.com for Judge Jim Troupis’s legal defense
• birchgold.com/bannon for gold investing materials
• murphy4senate.com for Captain Murphy’s campaign