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I think it's approaching half a million.
David Rutherford
Dude, is it really good? God almighty. And you know what all, all of that is, you guys, we can't thank you enough. Again, our biggest mission with what we do is to bring some context to the tsunami of information that's taking place. And good God, this week was one of those weeks for sure, you know, but to bring context and to be your flashbang of truth, to give a little bit of insight with some moderate slash common sense approach to it so you can better understand the magnitude of what's taking place around the world right now in our week in review. Also, if you want to go check out, we've got some great things going on@david rutherutherford.com we've got our three courses that we're selling right now, which are online courses that I've been developing for 30 years, our embrace Fear course, Forging Self Confidence and Live the Team Life course. Those are all three available individually for $200. You can pre order my book that'll be coming out this holiday season, my fiction called the Poet Warrior. Or if you want, if you're interested or know somebody you think would be a great guest on the show, just go to our contact page. Give us if you've got a great story or a tip you want to share, you want us to dig into and do a show about. You can simply do that as well, too, @david Rutherford.com. all right, Jordy, let's, let's get into it. Obviously, the most significant thing that happened, you and I have talked about it all week, was the Charlie Kirk funeral that took place last Sunday. You know, the first off, I mean, I think, you know, that's been the major blow to the consciousness of America. I know, obviously I've covered it a little bit, the impacts from it. I know it's affected myself and people within my family. My daughter's trying to figure out, you know, why did they shoot them? What does this mean? And really trying to get people to understand, to not, or get them to understand, not to focus on that, but to focus on the amazing things that came out of it. Right to the tune of almost 290,000 people in attendance, both inside and outside. 100 million people streaming around, around the world. And really just some powerful moments of a celebration of Charlie's life, what he was able to do, his faith, the importance of Christ and bringing all those people together, bringing people around the world together in this tragedy. But for me, you know, there were two main points. One, Trump's talk, I felt was, you know, awesome Trump fashion in terms of a little bit of humor, a little bit of honesty in there, especially when he said, you know, I'm not going to forgive him. You know, I. These people tried to come after me, they tried to destroy me, they tried to put me in jail for life. They tried to kill me, they tried to bankrupt me and my family, my companies. So it makes sense to me that he would make those comments. But I, it also made sense to me that he would give such profound praise to Charlie and what he was able to do to benefit the MAGA movement and to benefit the president into office both in 16 and in particular and in 24, as well as the huge increase in conservative young males across college campuses all over the country. The shift has been like a 44 point shift from 2003 to 2024. And that speaks volumes as to how Charlie was able to do it through dialogue, through bringing up his opponents and have them try and express their opinions based on fact, logic, and common sense and reason and, man, I'll tell you what, if you're like me, I used to watch those videos just to be able to try and communicate better, because I think that's what really the power of Charlie was. And we saw that and felt that with all the people that got up and spoke on his behalf. Perhaps one of the most other powerful moments for me was when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Got up and spoke, spoke about Charlie's relationship and impact on him, wanting to join the MAGA movement and create the Maha movement in conjunction with President Trump. I thought that was profound, in particular coming from a man whose entire existence has been ravaged by political assassinations. His father being politically assassinated, his uncle being political assassinated, his cousin not being politically assassin, but dying early, suspiciously in that plane crash. And I think those. Those components were powerful, but nothing was quite as powerful to me as Erica Kirk getting up and giving such a powerful speech. But more importantly, through, you know, even quoting Christ on. On the cross, forgive them. They know not what they do, and being able to forgive the shooter. And I thought that was just a spectacular display of courage, grace, and her faith of what Christ wants to teach us. Now, I think the other thing is we've seen, as a result, we saw the really, really nasty response from all different parts of the left, from Jimmy Kimmel to people on TikTok calling for more, to the one young black guy who is, you know, portraying Charlie's death in a protest. He was involved in just everything you could think of. And, you know, you do have the right to free speech, and you do have the right to say those things, but there also is a right for others to have a reaction. And I think we saw that for the first time on the right. We saw people on the left getting fired from their jobs, getting kicked out of school boards, and also chastised or eviscerated publicly online. And that has a big effect on people. And so a little dose of their own medicine, I think, will hopefully do some justice. However, based on other responses, I don't know if it's really. I think people are gonna just kind of double down the tempo or. Or the. The temperament online. It just seems in other places, it just. The rhetoric increase. The other aspect of it, you know, as a result of. Of this tragedy that has been pretty profound this week, is all of the unique theories that are coming out about Charlie, his death, who was involved, how is involved, everything from there were. This was a professional hit by the left and George Soros groups to Israel was involved because they're pissed. He started talking out to, you know, it was just radical antifa and you know, fascist groups. You know, it's really bizarre. And a lot of organizations out there, especially highly prominent people online are really professing, you know, they're digging into this, right? They're talking about ballistics, they're talking about second shooters trajectories. And I think all of that was, has been primarily stoked as a result of kind of a fumbled response from the Federal Bureau of Investigation saying we got him, we don't have them pictures of the rifle people then breaking down the videos of him walking with a limp, not with a limp. Could he break it down? Could he not break it down? And then the one I think that has just set, set everything ablaze was the doctor coming out and, and saying that a.30 06 was stopped by Charlie's Superman like bone density or, or his body, which is if anybody understands ballistics in particular of that round. Now rounds do do crazy things, but there's been a tremendous amount of people that have recreated a 3006 at 100 to 150, 175 meters into Elk bone, elk necks, pigs, all different kinds of gelatinous molds that we use for ballistics testing. And based on what I've seen, the probability of that seems incredibly low, almost to the point of impossible. However, I still have hope that they're going to release the autopsy report. They're going to release all the information, the other camera views within the indictments and in the prosecution of this, this individual in order for justice to be served for Erica Kirk, her family and all those people that were intimately involved with, with Charlie in his life. Because that's what we want to see as justice. I will commend the right for not reacting in any violent ways and going after targeting killings like we saw just recently with the, at the ICE facility where some other crazy on a roof ended up taking a shot at some ICE people and ended up shooting the, the people that were in custody. So you know, I again people constantly asking me do you think it's going to slow down? And I'm not, I'm not inclined to say it will. I believe it's probably going to get a little worse before it begins to get better. And that's because what you have to have is you have to have the willpower of a nation, the willpower of a government, the willpower power of state and local law enforcement to ramp up, recruit, increase the size of their force and their investigations. And really go after radical threats that are out there. And that's everything from cartels to gang warfare to, you know, organizations like Antifa, which Trump is saying that he's going to classify as a domestic terrorist organization, which will help their ability in terms of tracking them down. So hopefully we'll see that now. In conjunction with that this week, it was also interesting to me that the US Counterterrorism unit basically issued a threat that terrorist activity, that local law enforcement, federal law enforcement needs to be aware. People need to be aware that this is going on. So and specifically talk about Al Qaeda.
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So I want to read this the Spotlight this is a spotlight on the Counterterrorism Digest. Al Qaeda's recent calls to conduct attacks in the US Highlight its enduring threat to public safety. This spotlight was provided by the Joint CT Assessment Team JC A T J. JCAT mission is the JCAT's miss is to improve information sharing enhance public safety for federal, state, local, tribal, territorial and private sector partners. For more information on jcat, please visit the link. All right, the scope of this the product is intended to inform federal, state, local, tribal territory, government, law enforcement and first responders of Al Qaeda's recent calls for attacking the United States. Al Qaeda's resurgence of calls for attacks in the homeland highlights its persistent and enduring threat to the country, US officials and public safety. Al Qaeda and its Yemen based affiliate Al Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula aqap, the only affiliate to have successfully enabled an attack in the homeland, are likely seeking to leverage their media, publications, global and global conflicts, particularly there in US Support or military involvement, to inspire potential attackers. In mid July 2025, AQAP released a 10th edition of its English Language Inspire guide, the second issue within a month celebrating recent attacks in the US and calling on its supporters in the homeland to conduct attacks using simple attack methods such as firearms, explosives, knives, vehicle rammings and or Molotov cocktails. The publication highlighted that proper targets were individuals or organizations that support Israel as well as law enforcement and the government, almost certainly a reference that includes the USG and that large protests or civil disturbances could be good opportunities commit an act of terrorism. In June, AQAP leader Saeed Itif Aluki released a video titled Inciting the Believers calling for attacks against the US President, Vice President, Secretaries of War and State, members of Congress, their families and at least one private citizen. In his speech, Atif urge revenge that reciprocity is legitimate and said there was no distinction between civilian and military targets. In June, AQAP published the ninth edition of its Inspire Guide, A Message Beyond Bullets Attack on the Jewish Capital museum in Washington D.C. the article focused on inciting lone actor attacks against the US and called for Muslims in America to take action, likely any attempt to capitalize on the killing of two Israeli embassy employees in front of the Jewish Capital Museum in May. And finally, many of the suggested target themes and recent Al Qaeda threats are consistent with the group's post 911 attack plots in the homeland, which focus on aviation, symbolic and economic targets, military or government employees and facilities, and the US public. Since Al Qaeda's propaganda and media often revisit these themes, they may indicate potential targets that authorities, first responders and public safety officials should closely monitor. Well, giddy up with that Jordy, huh?
Jordy
What do you think now? Just, I don't know if I'm being overly skeptical here, if I've been brainwashed by X or anything. Now is this, do you think, does it lean more towards, hey, this is a legitimate announcement and threat that we need to be aware of? Or is this like a weapons of mass destruction announcement kind of deal where it's trying to lead to something else or you know what I'm saying?
David Rutherford
Well, after watching Tucker Carlson's 911 documentary in the catastrophic fails between the Central Intelligence Agency, the FBI home, you know, all the different agencies, the NSA in the lead up in the aftermath of the 911 attacks, I would say this is a CYA document, right?
Jordy
Interesting.
David Rutherford
There's, there's a lot of people in, in the country right now that are espousing imminent attacks that are take, going to take place, including Sarah Adams, Scott Mann, some other people out there that I'm following. And they're basically saying, hey, this is a threat. This is eminent. We're tracking this, this is coming. You know, it'd be nice to get her on the show, wouldn't it?
Jordy
Wouldn't it be nice?
David Rutherford
And I think what you have is you have so much chatter going on and so many issues going on that they have to put something like this out. I also believe that it's also a way to begin to prepare the, the populace. Hey, this is real. So when they are forced based on. Because imagine the next time if, if there is a next time and the unlike unfortunate event, I hope. But you know, I mean, we're not great at this, right? And with 25 million, 20 million people coming in over the last four years, there's definitely some potential threats in the United States for sure. There's no doubt in my mind. You know, I think what you have to do is you have to have a level of CYA that's taking place within the government. And so this looks like one of those documents to me.
Jordy
To say that.
David Rutherford
Oh, it's massive, it's massive. Now they cover it by the language consistent with the group's post 9, 11 attack plots. It also talks about, you know, this is continuing rhetoric, it's common rhetoric. This is what they do. But again, you know, you talk to the experts out there and, and man, they sure, some of them certainly believe that this, this is going to happen. So I think it's a big deal. I think what, you know, people don't freak out, but certainly people need to elevate their situational awareness, pay attention where they are, pay attention what's going on around their surroundings at all. Excuse me, to pay attention to their surroundings at all time is, is critical. So yeah, I think it's something we, we definitely need to take, take, take credence to the fact that they put this out.
Jordy
Well, I was going to do a little trip to visit Philadelphia for a day in the next coming months and we're gonna skip that one.
David Rutherford
There you go. That's probably a good idea for sure.
Jordy
We're not freaking out over here. We're not like losing our minds, but we will just kind of push that out a little bit.
David Rutherford
I think it's more inclined to like what parts of the city. Like they talked about the Jewish direct center, you know, they talk about protests or large gatherings or places where people congregate for celebrations, whatever that might be. Tourist sites, you know, real soft targets that are easily accessible with these lower technology type of Weapon systems, right? You know, guns, ammo, that type of thing. I mean, there is ideas about suicide vests and you know, there are these different ideas about the invisible vests that don't, can't be detected, that type of thing out there. But I think the most obvious one are this, you know, the typical weapon systems that law enforcement uses and, and, or vehic. Those are, we've seen that pretty regularly. All right, Counterterrorism. All right. The other one I thought that was, was fascinating was this. The, the US Secret Service ended up having a pretty significant bust and announced after a month long or so investigation, it carried out an operation which resulted in dismantling of a network consisting of more than 300 SIM servers. Now, within each SIM server, apparently there could be 100,000 SIM cards and phones, otherwise known as bot farms. So 300 SIM servers multiplied by 100,000 SIM cards. What's the math on that, genius?
Jordy
300.
David Rutherford
300 times 100,000.
Jordy
Oh boy. 30 million, something like that.
David Rutherford
30 million. So 30 million devices were available and ready for these types of operations. Now, according to officials, the network could interfere with emergency response services, conduct encrypted communications, jam cellular networks in New York, as well as disrupt official communication and eavesdrop on UN General Assembly. And capable of sending over 30 million text messages per minute.
Jordy
What?
David Rutherford
Anonymously? What? Yep. This is fifth generation warfare, brother. All right. The officials said that the agency had never before seen such an extensive operation. All right, so what is this in connection with this, this other threat assessment that was put out right now? Anytime you got our side, anytime the UN Assembly, General assembly takes place, security goes through the roof. Every single country brings in their own details. You know, they, they, they, they do these huge pushes towards New York, airports, major city centers. Like everybody's paying attention because, you know, what you don't happen is, you know, some major leader in the world, which one was hilarious. Trump's motorcade actually blocked Marcone's motorcade and there's video of him having to call Trump saying, hey buddy, can you let me through? And Trump was like, yeah, you can get through once I'm through, you know, and made him sit there and wait. It was hilarious. But so, you know, obviously, you know, there's a heightened reality of security that, that comes down. But when you think about the what, what this can do an overwhel. Imagine if all Those phones called 9, 1, 1 at the same time. Imagine if all those phones hit one server, one specific server at the same time, or all those sent emails to, you know, your local police website or or the news or your, you know, your power stations. Now you're talking about massive chaos should something take place, right? As well as all the other, you know, kind of nefarious activities that can go in terms of overriding overwhelming communications networks and too. So you know, this is something that I thought was interesting especially in the lead up to the UN General Assembly. All right.
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One, the UN meetings themselves. All right. The, the, the, the first thing that really kind of hit me was seeing the fact that a person that we in 2013 had a 10 million dollar reward for in his affiliation with Al Qaeda, which his name was when this was put out. Ahmed Al Shahara. Right. Well he's also now known as Abud Muhammad Al Jalani and now he's the President of Syria. And yeah, yeah, no big deal. At one time, you know, he was killing Americans in combat, organizing terror plots, actively pursuing disruption and terrorist activities in support of terrorist groups all over. You know, he had a distinct affiliation with the Al Nusra Front, you know, which was an organization directly affiliated with Al Qaeda. Now what's interesting that this was lifted in December 2024. This, this, this threat assessment of this guy. And this week, two days ago, he's meeting with General Petraeus and doing a live communication event in front of all different types of, of reporters and political figures and this. So, and, and if you could, you know, I want you to play that clip for me real quick of, of what the important stuff General Petraeus was asking him. So this next one is about you personally. How are you holding up under all this pressure, Are you getting time to do some thinking? Are you getting enough sleep at night? Again, I've been there and it is so very, very hard. And your many fans, and I am one of them, we do have worries. So I don't know about you, but when I see General portray as the former, you know, the, the architect of, of the counterinsurgency, our COIN methodology in Iraq, who ultimately, I mean he's, he was the director of CIA when I was in Afghanistan, Pakistan. And to see this guy literally fondle the balls of an Al Qaeda terrorist on stage, I almost threw up in my mouth. And what you need to know as a person who's paying attention to what I'm saying, you need to listen to me right now. You have to understand that your interpretation of how this all works most likely is incorrect, especially if you're from the older generation. The idea that we don't partner with enemies and utilize enemies for our own means is the most absurd construct of how our Defense Department work or Department of War works, how our Secretary of State works, how Department of State works, how our intelligence community works. We have been partnering with the bad guys and utilizing them since the beginning. I'm telling you that that's the way in particular in the last 40, 50 years. So to have this man come in, be recognized and probably receive funding, that's what I'm waiting for. How much funding is Syria getting right now from us? And what are the promises this guy's making behind closed doors? You know, you know as well as at the same time he's funding terrorist camps in Afghanistan. He's probably helping conduct all this. He's probably now has ability to give terrorists Syrian government passports and access and money all over the world. But that's the state of where we're at right now. Now we have allowed the enemy into the gates and what happens next is not going to be good. I just, you just, I've been in this game long enough to realize there, you do it long enough, you get bitten and, and the next bite that we take could be something that changes our world forever as we know it. And the results of that, right? I mean what happened after 9 11? And we know that there were catastrophic intelligence failures leading up to that. Just go watch the Tucker Carlson. You might hate him, you might love him, I don't care. But his first two episodes, first three episodes about the lead up, the failure for the intel communities to communicate and then the COVID up on the the 911 Commission Report is pretty staggering. To me. Well, you know, and the fact that the NSA and this was what was crazier, they had this guy Scheuer, who was actually the head of the Bin Laden desk which originated post the 93 tower bombings. You know, this group was sole purpose was to go after bin Laden. And you know, he talks about there were 10 opportunities to be able to kill Bin laden prior to 9 11. And you know, there was a tremendous amount of signal information, SIGINT that the NSA had that they would not share with that group themselves. So and then, and then 911 Commission report was not allowed to have access to NSA's signal information as well. Well, so when you look at all that and you hear that, you realize that's the truth. This doesn't give me a very strong like hoo yah. This is good. We're in a great position. What does give me that is that I think, you know, local municipalities, sheriff's organizations, hopefully Homeland is ramping up, they're getting focused. Certainly the aspects of the FBI right now that we're seeing in terms of going after cartels, going after all this, knowing Joe Kent is in the counterterrorism, head of the counterterrorism unit for the dni and Tulsi Gabbard, man, he's a real believer. He's going to go after people that want to hurt American civilians. So you know, I'm keeping that hope alive that they're out there, they're actively following Gage and then they're going after this. All right. Now what was interesting, I think, you know, when you think about if another 911 style attack happens, what did we get as a result of that? We got the Patriot act which dramatically reduced our civil liberties. Now at the time everybody's like, yeah, I'll give up those civil liberties. I love tsa. I'll have you look through all my stuff, check through all my stuff, you know, body cavity search me every single time I go through Feel my butt, whatever it is, you know, for the time. But again, you know, once you give up civil liberties, it's almost impossible to get them back. So what's the next one going to look like? Well, I think a preview of that. That is exactly what we just saw, you know, today. That just popped. Or, or yesterday. Sorry, was Keir Starmer. Starmer in England essentially is going to employ digital IDs now. Why? What do they say? What's the reason to clearly identify, identify and separate English citizens from people coming over on small boats? Because what their, their argument is right now, now They've got a massive problem. They noticed that by the street. They had a million people in the street a couple weekends ago. Absolutely insane level of protest against this wave of illegal immigration that had been funded by the UN, funded by all the groups affiliated, the NGOs all over the world that have basically assisted in mass immigration into Western cultures. And it's not just England, it's France, it's Germany, it's Sweden, Switzerland, Sweden, it's Italy. All flooded with these immigrants from where? Hostile areas. North Africa, the Middle East. People that are in war torn countries. And so what did he say? He says, well, guess what, you know, we're, we're, we're listening to the protests now. Everybody's going to have an English digital id. What do you think about that, Jordy? What comes after a digital id?
Jordy
Well, just digital surveillance of your activities. Social credit scores, central bank, digital currencies, monitoring and controlling your spending, all kinds of things. And personally, I like the way that President Trump dealt with boats of terrorists off the coast more than this. But what are you gonna do? It's all, it's in the name of safety. Don't you like safety?
David Rutherford
That's the way they sell it to us, right? In the name of safety, we're going to give up our civil liberties. And that's, that's what my biggest concern with all this is.
Jordy
You know, we also got Freedom fries after 9, 11. I do remember that, that as a kid.
David Rutherford
Yeah, yeah, we did get freedom fries. All right. That was the best.
Jordy
Everything else was, was not great.
David Rutherford
So just play that little clip of the digital ID so everybody believes me. Breaking news now. Digital ID will be made law for all adults in an effort to tackle small boats. So there you have it. They're doing it. It's unbelievable that that's taken place. All right, now what I want you to do is what, what really fired me up and gave me a bunch of hope, hope was Donald Trump's UN speech. All right, this thing was a banger, man. I got to admit, there are certain days where the President really comes through for me and calls it out like he sees it, right? And, and that was his UN speech. So I, I got a couple clips in there, Jordy. Well, let's play the first one, which is about the climate change piece right there in immigration.
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But we're not letting this happen in America. In 1982, the executive director of the United Nations Environmental Program predicted that by the year 2000, climate change would cause a global catastrophe. He said that it will be IRREVERSIBLE as any nuclear holocaust would be. This is what they said at the United nations. What happened? Here we are. Another UN official stated in 1989 that within a decade entire nations could be wiped off the map by global warming. Not happening. You know, it used to be global cooling. If you look back years ago in the 1920s and the 1930s, they said global cooling will kill the world. We have to do something. Then they said global, global warming will kill the world. But then it started getting cooler, so now they could just call it climate change because that way they can't miss. It's climate change because if it goes higher or lower, whatever the hell happens, there's climate change. It's the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world, in my opinion. Climate change, no matter what happens, you're involved in that. No more global warming, no more global cooling. All of these, these predictions made by the United nations and many others, often for bad reasons, were wrong. They were made by stupid people that have cost their country's fortunes and given those same countries no chance for success. If you don't get away from this green scam, your country is going to fail. And if you don't stop people that you've never seen before, that you have nothing in common with, your country is going to fail. I'm the President of the United States, but I worry about Europe. I love Europe. I love the people of Europe and I hate to see it being devastated by energy and immigration. This double tailed monster destroys everything in its wake and they cannot let that happen any longer. You're doing it because you want to be nice, you want to be politically correct and you're destroying your heritage.
David Rutherford
Now that if you don't hear that, you're sitting in there, you're part of the European Union, man, and you're part of the UN and the whole crazies behind mass immigration. You don't hear that and feel like you get kicked in the teeth. And I don't even know what it is. Right. You know, and I think it's really fascinating to me that they still are reacting to this in, in these terms. I mean he, he quotes, you know, the fact that they been saying, all right, used to be global, we were an ice age and then we're going into freeze or then it's going to be too hot and then it's just climate change, you know, a complete and utter scam to gain power against us around the world and particularly the United States. And then this mass immigration and the UN is directly responsible the World bank, the UN, other NGOs, like HIAs, all these groups that have actively out there going to these countries, arranging that for them to come in and flood these places to where now, now you have a real, real existential point that local, homegrown English people are going to have to face. Local homegrown French people are going to have to face. And you saw there was chaos in the streets last week or the week before in France. You're going to see this continue to build. It's just not going to slow down because you can't bring in millions of people, hundreds of thousands of people who aren't going to assimilate into your culture and society and not have a fight. It's just the way it is. And then the other aspect is, you know, him calling out the hypocrisy for what it is. That's what I love about Trump. So, you know, I think, you know, go and we'll post links to some of the other components on there. What he talked about. He, you know, kind of laughed at them trying to stop him with his, you know, his monitors not working right, his, you know, the escalator stopping and all that stuff. You know, they truly hate this guy. We. Which it just, it just, it just builds them up. It just makes them stronger, just makes them more. More inclined to ridicule and mock them for what they are, which. Which I definitely love.
Jordy
This is my favorite Trump. This is my favorite Trump. Yeah, this is the first version of him. He does a lot of stuff. People agree, disagree, but this where he's just like sticking it to other leaders, foreign policy kind of stuff, standing up for America, calling out B.S. that's the best Trump.
David Rutherford
Trump by far. And that's what he should stick to. You know, but the problem is, and if you saw the. Zelinsky got up there and talked. And then you combine that with the true social post that Trump posted the other day as well, too. He essentially said, you know, all right, Russia, here's the deal. You know, I don't think you're doing well. I think Ukraine can actually. He actually said, I think Ukraine can win this in a short amount of time. Time. Wow. You know, and then he said, you know what? We're going to continue to supply Ukraine and. Or he said NATO and Ukraine with weapons. And he's like, good luck, guys. I hope it works out for you. Now, again, you know, Trump is a master at, at, you know, fishing, if you will. Fishing, trying to provoke people to react in a particular. Well, one of the Heads of state of Russia. I think I forget whether it was a premier or prime or one of the top guys who typically speaks came out and just said, well, guess what? NATO declared war on us, so standby. So he's playing a game here that I'm not. Sometimes I'm not quite sure if he really is thinking through these posts or maybe is, and I hope he is. And it's just part of the game to bring Russia and Ukraine to a better place of negotiation. We need that. We cannot have that thing escalate any more than it already has. 1.5 million young men dead in the meat grinder there, and a possibility of incorporating NATO into this whole thing. Now, if the European Union and the UN and NATO, if they want to go to war, I think there's a lot of people in the United States that are like, no, this is ridiculous, because we're attached to NATO. And so if NATO designates going to war or whatever happens, happens, now, all of a sudden we're in war with Russia, and that is a catastrophic circumstance that cannot happen. So I'm interested to see what's going to emerge out of this, and hopefully we can go, because the other thing is now we go back to what Trump promised during the election cycle, and that was day one, week one. I'm going to end the war in Ukraine and Russia. He has not been able to do that. And I think that issue. Issue is going to be catastrophic in the 2026 election as well as the 2028 election if. If there isn't some resolution.
Jordy
That's one of the biggest reasons I voted for him.
David Rutherford
100% to end result.
Jordy
Yeah.
David Rutherford
And wars. No more wars. No more foreign wars. No more funding foreign wars. No more engaging in foreign wars. No way. It's over.
Jordy
Sounds like you're walking away from the table kind of, kind of deal.
David Rutherford
I mean, I. That would be interesting. Now, remember, it's difficult to walk away from a table when you. You're the primary funder of NATO itself and the primary funder of the war that's been going on. I mean, there's no illusion that we have been providing all different types of militaristic support for them.
Jordy
That does make it weird that he's still funding them. That kind of confuses me.
David Rutherford
That's right. And so we're going to pay close attention to that here and maybe try and get somebody who's a little bit more knowledgeable on what, what that whole system is like and what's going on there on here soon now on top of that, and this was the one that caught me just, you know, late last night and this morning was once again the. The legendary James O Kee from OMG Media released a hidden video of a senior lawyer from doj, essentially admitting under hidden camera that there are Epstein files, that DOJ has been investigating this for a long period of time. He said he investigated. He. He interviewed all of Epstein's client, like 30 Epstein clients back in, in Florida, to which he then was able to comment that, yes, absolutely, Bill Clinton and others were on that plane while rapes occurred. Right. He convinced that. Now, he did say that Donald Trump was on the, the plane multiple times, but never when a rape occurred based on his, his investigation or interpretation of the investigation itself. So, again, you have two major, major issues that Donald Trump has basically anchored his political weight and the glue that held the loose mixture of people from different ideologies into the MAGA movement. On one, no more wars overseas. And he's kind of basically saying, have at it. Keep the war going. And then the doj, this guy coming out and openly admitting that Epstein. And he also admits this, this. And, and if you could play a little section of that right now for us, Jordy. It's not talked about yet, but it's soon come out that he was a CIA.
Cindy Crawford
He was a CIA.
David Rutherford
He was. I think he's protecting a lot of other people. It's not. He's not protecting himself because there's nothing there, but he's protecting a lot of people because Trump's now saying it's a hoax.
Jordy
That the case, like a hoax or something.
David Rutherford
I'm like, come on, you know, it's not a hoax. He's been on the plane, you know, many times.
Jordy
It's just he was never on the.
David Rutherford
Plane with the kids. I've seen the itineraries and I've interviewed all the victims.
Jordy
There's never been an instance where Trump.
David Rutherford
Won a plane with these kids and it reoccurred. But that can't be said for Clinton.
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And it can't be said for others.
David Rutherford
Now, that's heavy, heavy stuff. That's a guy saying he has seen it, he done it. Epstein was a CIA asset. He was involved in intelligence. He was involved in this type of blackmail. He knows, and he even admitted he knows Trump knows it's not a hoax. Of course it's not a hoax, folks. It's real. So you have those two issues, the war in Ukraine and the Epstein files that this doj, this Department of State, this Department of War, this whole thing. They are dropping the ball on this significantly. And I do believe that that is going to create monster problems for Trump politically, for his cabinet politically, and for the American people on a larger scale. So. So, man.
Jordy
I'm just amazed how well honey pots work.
David Rutherford
They're just undefeated since the dawn of time, my brother. I remember both working for DOD and working for the intelligence world. It was always like, hey, if you're over in Bahrain or you're flying through this place or wherever and some attractive woman comes up to you, you know, always think twice that it's a honey pot. Tell her everything.
Jordy
No way.
David Rutherford
Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely right. Oh, my God. It's just you. You never figure these people will learn, but it is what it is. All right, all right, everybody. Again, thank you so much. I hope you enjoyed this week in review. I hope we're bringing some context and some quality information to you, condensing everything from the tsunami of information that's taking place every week. We really appreciate your support. Please like subscribe and share. Get us in the algorithm. Also leave a comment. That also really helps as well too. And then if you're more interested into what we do at Team Frog Logic, go Visit the website davidrutherford.com Check out our online motivational performance courses, Embrace Fear, Forging Self Confidence, Live the teamwood and Team Life. And if you're interested in a fiction book that's been rattling around in my brain for the past seven years, I finally got it on paper and it'll be release releasing it. So sign up early for the book. They'll be released this coming holiday season. All right, Jordy, that's all I got. God bless you all. Thank you Christ. Thank you Jordy, thank my beautiful wife and thank you listeners.
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Episode: Trump’s UN Speech, Epstein Bombshell, Al Qaeda Threat, Petraeus & More | Week In Review | Ep. 60
Date: September 26, 2025
Host: David Rutherford (with co-host Jordy)
This week’s episode delivers a rapid-fire analysis of the biggest headlines in news, politics, and global affairs. With their signature blend of insight, skepticism, and humor, David Rutherford and Jordy break down pivotal events: the fallout from Charlie Kirk’s assassination and funeral, Trump’s speech at the UN, rising Al Qaeda threats, a chilling DOJ Epstein revelation, complex alliances at the UN with figures like Petraeus, and technological warfare threats. The week’s events are situated within broader cultural disputes, international affairs, and suspicions about government narratives.
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The hosts balance skepticism, conservative political advocacy, and gallows humor. Rutherford is unfiltered and vividly expressive, calling out perceived hypocrisy and government missteps. Jordy offers a relatable, sometimes more wry counterbalance, and both maintain an urgency in warning listeners about threats to liberties, institutional trust, and truth.
This episode plunges listeners into a turbulent week of politics and global intrigue—with the assassination of a conservative icon, blunt warnings about terrorism, government skepticism, exposés of establishment corruption, and spirited defense of Western values against what the hosts perceive as internal and external threats. Essential themes include distrust of establishment narratives, the need for personal vigilance, and a call for transparency and assertiveness from conservative leadership. The hosts blend sharp-edged critique with moments of hope, especially when reviewing Trump’s confrontational global speeches and calls for unity in conservative ranks.