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on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Well, good evening, everyone. Welcome to Stitchfield. So, Secretary of War Pete Hagseth and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff just wrapped up a hearing in the United States Senate, and Pete Hegseth came out firing. The Pentagon needs $87 billion more now. Yes, part of the problem is Iran. But this problem of why they need more money to replenish stockpiles really started under the Biden administration, where they focused more on DEI than they did war fighting. Here's the Secretary of War. They just decided to pretend like that technology didn't exist and we shouldn't invest in it.

Jack Armstrong

There are things, I don't know what

Grant Stinchfield

Lloyd Austin did for four years. I really don't.

Jack Armstrong

The amount of neglect, the amount of stale thinking and bureaucracy proceeded staggering.

Grant Stinchfield

When we took over, one big, beautiful bill gave us.

Admiral Robert Harward

Let me interrupt your speech for a minute, Mr. Secretary. It's my turn to ask questions.

Grant Stinchfield

Yeah, and they were stupid once. We will get into that in a much deeper fashion, because it was very, very good. And I want to compare it to what the Democrats think about Ukraine compared with American soldiers that are fighting overseas. And it really is quite shameful. We're going to do that a little bit later in the show. But before that, I want to turn to what I would call the deceitful mainstream media. The lies by omission are getting out of control. And all you have to do is look at President Trump's speech Friday night, where you had NBC and ABC refusing to cover it. CBS only covered a portion of it, and CNN didn't cover it at all either. Now for ABC and NBC, the FCC regulates them because they use the airwaves. President Trump has been calling for their license to be pulled, but the FCC says that these networks must, quote, serve the public interest. I think anybody that's reasonable would say that not airing a President of the United States primetime speech, that has to do with election integrity and also the war in Iran does not serve the public interest. Now, I will go on to say that I don't want the licenses pulled. I think it amounts to censorship. Times have changed. We don't need to pull their license. But I want to show you the difference between how I want the truth. Just as I want any network, including Fox or Real America's Voice, to cover Joe Biden's speech, primetime as I do CBS or NBC to cover President Trump's speech. This is how the Democrats look at things.

Jack Armstrong

There are so many absurdities and falsehoods

Grant Stinchfield

in Trump's Thursday night speech. And I'm glad that most media treated it not as serious news. And I know some folks at your

Jack Armstrong

network, the journalists I have huge respect for. I was disappointed that your senior management made the decision to cover it as news.

Grant Stinchfield

Oh, give me a break. It is news. And here's the reality. I want the world watching a Joe Biden or Kamala Harris because they expose themselves for who they are. They don't want you watching President Trump because he tells the world the truth. And in the end, we'll get many, many people to come over onto our side because they love the idea of common sense. So that's where we stand right now. CNN's Brian Stelter, the cue ball of a man that he is, basically wanted to defend the lack of coverage. That's what we see saw from CNN as well, where all night we were really trying to contextualize and explain why Trump was doing this, what he was claiming, what was real, what was not real. But as you said, Kate, the claim from Trump that NBC and ABC should lose their network licenses, that's really the tell here, that he wanted the water wall attention and now he's angry about not getting it. It's not about anger about not getting it. It's about a dereliction of duty when you have the privilege to use the public's airwaves. Those airwaves are ours and they need to serve the public interest. Now again, I've said I don't need to pull their licenses. We don't have any conservative networks right now. It's using the public airwaves. Times have changed. We have streaming platforms. You have choices. You don't need to tune in to CBS and abc and in fact, you don't. It's why you're watching tonight. Let me just show you again the moment CBS pulled out of President Trump's speech. They pay nothing for multi billion dollar assets. Great damage has been done to our country, our elections.

Jack Armstrong

You've Been listening to President Donald Trump in the East Room.

Grant Stinchfield

President Trump was talking about the networks getting access to the airwaves and not having to pay anything for it. Well, I want to bring in now managing editor of News Busters over at the Media Research center, our good buddy Curtis Hauck is here. Curtis, great to have you on.

Curtis Hauck

Pleasure to be with you as always, Grant. All right.

Grant Stinchfield

So, Curtis, I have such great respect for you and your organization. I say, you know, and it may surprise people, I don't think we need to go pulling their licenses. I don't think it's, it's probably not great form. It'll backfire more than it helps. We're not going to stop the liberal media for never being biased. What do you think, Curtis?

Curtis Hauck

Well, you know, first work backwards here. Address the CBS claim there. The talk about cbs, Grant, they're getting roasted by the left right now for having covered any of it to begin with, as you saw in that clip there from Senator Warner Oliver Darcy Stelter. Everybody else was very, very upset about this. It was as if President Trump was planning a speech in which he was going to spout a whole bunch of curse words that would have spawned actual, you know, serious FCC viol was going to engage in some sort of animal torture, some sort of obscene programming. Instead, he was talking about election security. And that therein goes to the point about how the left and their media allies do not trust the American public to be able to make decisions for themselves. And as far as the license are concerned, we at the Media Research center have been creating filings and commenting with the FCC because we believe that this is akin to welfare. You receive a service in favor for doing something, you know, at least according to how a lot of conservatives believe it in terms of work requirements. In exchange, you will go do X. You will provide a particular service. And obviously, the networks have not been doing that for quite a long time. And in particular, that's why we focus on ABC and the View, because they claim that one of their news programs is the View. If they had put it under their daytime banner, like with General Hospital or Kelly and Mark, I don't think we'd have as much of a problem. But the fact that they're running around claiming that the View is a news program legally that creates all sorts of issues for the View. But with the President's speech, I mean, it was just ludicrous. CBS was damned if they did, damned if they didn't.

Grant Stinchfield

I think the administration would be better served if they came up with a slew of charges against cbs. We know there's many examples of them not serving the public's interest, and only when it comes to conservatives. I think you could actually make a case to pull the license if you went through all of these things rather than the straw that broke the camel's back. Curtis?

Curtis Hauck

Well, I would say with pbs, the administration did make that case, and I think that's what we're doing by providing these public comments as well, by creating a catalog of examples of how they have not served the public in it. That approach definitely worked for the administration with PBS and npr. I know for a fact my colleague Tim Grant and Dan Schneider were up on the Hill. And when they shared some of those examples, members of Congress and their staffs were astonished to hear just the vitriol and anti Americanism that we've seen for years from the left.

Grant Stinchfield

All right, so do you think that we should consider pulling the licenses of these major networks, not specifically for the

Curtis Hauck

president, for not carrying the president's speech? I will say that, you know, I don't think there should be like one singular event here. I think it just should be added part and parcel to a pattern of behavior from these networks. And obviously because CBS carried it, I would say that's not as much of a point against them because, yes, they said all kinds of negative things and they cut in, as you point out, as they were talking about the networks. But the fact of the matter is they carried, I believe, more than half of the president's speech. I think that is half credit, but it's still feeling great.

Grant Stinchfield

It absolutely is. And, you know, thank God we have choices. You have real America's Voice or other streaming platforms out there as well, the cable networks. We have choices. It's not like it's 1960 and we got to go to, you know, Walter Cronkite. Thank God. Let me, let me play this clip for you. You had mentioned the View. This is getting a lot of play online. Sunny Hostin, one of the hosts of the View, she's always talking about nobody's above the law. Yet she was making a case for her son who got arrested. I think he was jogging on some railroad tracks. It wasn't the worst offense in the world. I'd probably be making a case for my son, too. But the hypocrisy here is what's stunning. Watch this.

Jack Armstrong

I'm a former federal prosecutor.

Grant Stinchfield

He knows.

Jack Armstrong

He's a Harvard grad who teaches fourth grade geometry.

Grant Stinchfield

He's not a kid who's ever in trouble.

Jack Armstrong

It's an innocent mistake.

Admiral Robert Harward

I understand. You have to.

Curtis Hauck

Yeah,

Congressman Keith Self

it's.

Curtis Hauck

It's at the end of the world.

Grant Stinchfield

I get you.

Curtis Hauck

All right.

Grant Stinchfield

Let my kid go, Curtis. But she's also known for this.

Jack Armstrong

I mean, you can't commit so many

Grant Stinchfield

crimes and think that you are above the law, even if you are the president. So it really is a celebration of the law.

Jack Armstrong

It's a celebration of the law and

Grant Stinchfield

how it applies to all of us, Curtis.

Curtis Hauck

I mean, all right, number one, I think if the Trump era has shown us anything, one of many great things of this Trump era is we've shown that this cottage industry of former federal prosecutors isn't as prestigious as it probably is supposed to seem. You have people that are way too drunk on power. They're definitely pulling the don't you know who I am card. The other thing I'll say, Grant, is if this happened with someone, a host at this network, I don't think Sunny Hostin would be giving their child the benefit of the doubt. No, I doubt it.

Grant Stinchfield

I'm going to tell you what. Because we're so pro cop on here, I think the cops would let my kid go. I really do. And I might try to pull. I might try to pull that car, too. Believe me, I'm not. But at least I admit it. She doesn't admit it.

Curtis Hauck

Where she's doing it as a negative. She's like, don't you know who I am? In a negative sense, as in a threatening sense. Whereas we would simply use it to disarm, to be like, oh, man. Aren't you a fan of the show?

Jack Armstrong

Yes.

Grant Stinchfield

To disarm. Please let me out of this speeding ticket. I'm. I'm a big fan of the police, but do whatever you see fit, Officer. We love you. That's how I run it down. Curtis out. Thank you, buddy. As always, it's great having you on the program.

Curtis Hauck

Always a pleasure, my friend. Talk end soon.

Grant Stinchfield

You got it. You know, the truth is, I get out of tickets all the time. That's exactly what I say to them. I say, you know, I got the show. We're totally pro cop, but you have a job to do.

Congressman Ralph Norman

You.

Grant Stinchfield

You take that for what it's worth. I support you, whatever you do. Nine times out of 10, they let me go. It's amazing. But hands on the steering wheel, window roll down, all of it. Helps you disarm the cops, make them feel safe. That's the left. Doesn't like doing that, that's for sure. All right, I want to turn to Arizona. Arizona Primary night. Tonight, this is another test for President Trump. Andy Biggs hopefully will win the right to run against the current governor, Democrat radical Katie Hobbs. Tonight, Andy Biggs is my pick. He' Trump's pick. Why do we need to take out Katie Hobbs? This is why, if anyone, Arizona will be the first swing state with an election denier in charge. And the time to stop that is not 2028, it is right now. We have to win this race to protect democracy. An election denier in charge. You know, she's talking about Andy Biggs is who she's talking about. Well, let me give you a little highlight of Andy Biggs of why I want the election denier in charge. Him taking the fight to Jasmine Crockett. We also know that measles, which unfortunately

Jack Armstrong

have started to kill children in this

Grant Stinchfield

country because it's back on the rise.

Congressman Ralph Norman

First of all, just to point out that tb, measles and whooping cough, those are coming back as communicable diseases at a high rate.

Congressman Keith Self

Why?

Congressman Ralph Norman

Because under the previous administration, 20 million illegal aliens crossed this country. Many who are sick, many were ill.

Grant Stinchfield

Yeah, check it out. Don't be dumb.

Congressman Ralph Norman

It's real.

Grant Stinchfield

Don't be dumb, he says. That's very hard for Jasper Crockett to do, not to be dumb. Please be kind. She has to. Has to navigate life as a complete idiot. Okay, the other race that we're watching is Jay Feely. Do you remember him? The former NFL kicker. I believe he kicked for the Arizona Cardinals as well. He's President Trump's pick in a tighter congressional race. This was him the other day.

Jack Armstrong

You mentioned that the $7 million they've already spent cumulatively on this seat in their primary fighting, really, they've been moving further and further to the left trying to run and prove that they're the farthest left candidate. And in Arizona, in this district in particular, in a swing district where there's 180,000 registered independents, they do not want Democratic socialism. The number one issue in our district is the economy.

Grant Stinchfield

All right, so that district, tight. You heard $7 million already in the primary. He is correct that there are some Democrats that realize this Democrat communism, I call it, is hurting the Democrats. This is Seth Moulton, who happens to be dumb also, but he's. He gets it on this one. There are a lot of people who feel that the Democratic Party is out of touch. We can't be honest about what's going on, you know, with immigration. We don't have a plan for immigration.

Curtis Hauck

We don't. We're not able to say what actually

Grant Stinchfield

Democrats should do to fix the problem. All we are is opposition to Trump. You know, under Biden, we, we said inflation is not really a big deal. It's transitory.

Curtis Hauck

It's going to go away.

Grant Stinchfield

And then the whole party said, hey, don't worry. Everything's great. Joe is awesome. He can run for reelection. Seth Bolton, where were you three, four, six months ago, eight months ago, when this rise of communists in your party started? He's a radical, though. Don't let the smooth talk there fool you. Down to South Carolina, where, of course, the Lindsey Graham tragedy. It really is sad. Nobody wanted to see the guy die. Now the race to fill his seat is on. His sister, who's been appointed temporarily to fill the seat, says she's in the race. She wants to run in the special election to take the seat. And she's savvy about this because she realized where Graham's flaws were. The very thing that I disagree with Graham a lot on. Listen to this. When she was on Hannity last night, Lindsey, you're just talking about national security

Jack Armstrong

all the time, and I understand that's

Grant Stinchfield

important, protecting our borders, national security.

Jack Armstrong

Absolutely, I said. But, you know, talk about also what

Grant Stinchfield

matters to the average person, you know,

Jack Armstrong

the price of groceries, the price of

Grant Stinchfield

gas, health care, insurance, those kind of things. That's what I'm worried about. All those things are very important. And it wasn't just national security he was talking about. It was about foreign policy, and mostly on Ukraine and sending billions of dollars over there when, quite frankly, America's broke. We could have used it here. I know a guy who's been talking about all the things that she just listed off long before she was. And he's running for the same Senate seat that Graham's sister is running for now. South Carolina Congressman, Republican Ralph Norman. It's great to see you, Congressman. Welcome, and congratulations on getting in the race.

Congressman Ralph Norman

Glad to be with you, Grant. Appreciate what you do.

Grant Stinchfield

All right. Well, you know that I'm such a big fan of yours, Congressman. I think you would serve South Carolina well. What made you decide to get into this race?

Congressman Ralph Norman

Well, first of all, as you mentioned, Grant, what a tragedy with, with Senator Graham leaving us so soon at 71. He was an icon. He, all of us remember his statements during Kavanaugh and the role he played. Now, that being said, you know, I am a proven conservative with a track record to back it up. We are at a stage in this country where we're losing our country and the Senate has become Quicksand for any good bill that we pass in the House. And the most glaring example that I can give you is the Save America act, which is simply, should those who vote for people that represent us be citizens? And we can't get it through the Senate. We can't get 60 votes. And we'll try to get it through reconciliation. But bottom line, the Senate has just fallen down. I will break the filibuster or do what I can. If it means press conferences every day. I will put the budget that comes over from the House on a strict diet. Because instead of, you know, adding to. Instead of taking away spinful things, the Senate adds to it. All that to say is we can't continue like it is. And the Senate, we can. I can do a great job there. And the opportunity is there now.

Grant Stinchfield

Yeah. Let me show you the results of the last primary that happened. Mark lynch ran against him. Four others did, too. Mark lynch seems like a good guy as well. He's come on the program. Graham won 56.8. Lynch got 28.9. The other four candidates got almost 17%. Here's the thing. Lindsey Graham only won by, what, seven points here against the field? That shows me there was weakness with the establishment candidate, and Lindsey Graham certainly is the establishment candidate. You are not an establishment candidate, are you, Congressman Norman?

Congressman Ralph Norman

No, I'm not the establishment. The establishment is coming after me as a candidate. They're doing whatever they can to keep Ralph Norman from serving in the United States Senate. I don't think it's going to work. I think South Carolina is. We're a conservative state. We've got a lot of people coming our way where we've got to protect the state, we got to keep the taxes low, we got to stop. Stop the invasion at the border on the federal level. But, no, I'm not part of the establishment and don't want to be.

Grant Stinchfield

So I know personally that President Trump is most certainly a fan of yours. He, it looks like, has. Has endorsed Lindsey Graham's sister. I know you're probably more MAGA than Lindsey Graham's sister is. How do you navigate this? Because I know the President's a fan of yours, but politics gets involved. I know he was very close with Lindsey Graham. He probably felt obligated for this. How do you navigate that going forward? Because it's important.

Congressman Ralph Norman

First of all, you know, I asked for his endorsement. And, you know, I've said to everybody during my time in Congress and my record will show this Donald Trump saved this country. He just did think of Kamala Harris, who would lead the socialist movement in all over the country, and particularly with what she's done. Donald Trump has changed the trajectory of America. And so I'm a fan of his policies. I'm a fan of what he's done. But, you know, I think he just, he liked Lindsey. Lindsey was personal. Lindsey did a good job for President Trump. But I will do the same thing and I will fight for the ideals that this president wants. And, you know, the fact that he endorsed somebody else doesn't bother me. I was going to run for this competition is good. Darlene. I look forward to the debate that we'll have and I look forward to getting to know her. She was a, she has a lot of courage to do what she's done in the wake of her brother's death, who raised her. So it didn't bother me. It's, I'll still be a fan of President Trump and we'll lead the way in the Senate and unlock the things the one body that has blocked everything he wanted to do.

Grant Stinchfield

Well, I've been interviewing you for years and I know you're an America first guy. And your response to that is the class that you get from a congressman. Ralph Norman, I think it'd be great if you get in there. And lastly, real quick on Iran, I don't know if you saw the hearing today, but it's time we get the Pentagon some money. It looks like Joe Biden and Lloyd Austin did a number on the Pentagon. I'll give you the last word here.

Congressman Ralph Norman

Congressman Joe Biden and, and his whole administration shipwrecked this country. They did not like the military. It was just a byproduct for them. It's time that, as Donald Trump has done, it's time we fund it. I think we will in this reconciliation bill and we'll take out Iran and finish the business that Biden and Obama have tried to appease. So I'm excited about the prospects of it.

Grant Stinchfield

Well, I'll tell you what, we're excited to have you in this race. It should be interesting to watch. Congressman Ralph Norman, always great to see you. Thank you, sir. And good luck. Hey, where can people help you out on, on your campaign? Ralph Norman4senate.com all right, that's an easy one. Ralph Norman4senate.com thank you, sir.

Congressman Ralph Norman

Thank you, Grant. Appreciate it.

Grant Stinchfield

Absolutely. All right. We'll be watching that race again. It's important. South Carolina is, it's a deep red state and I actually believe Lindsey Graham only because he had been there for so long. He's very popular with the people, but South Carolina was more America first than Lindsey Graham was, especially when it comes to foreign policy. I think there's a lane for Ralph Norman there. I really do. And he's got great recognition, name recognition in that state. We'll be watching it. All right, folks, listen. If you are 64 or older, you already know Medicare is complicated, but it doesn't have to be stressful. Chapter is the only Medicare advisor that compares every plan nationwide. They'll look at your doctors, your prescriptions, your priorities. They'll help you understand what you have and whether something better is available. If you're already on the right plan, they'll tell you if you're not. Chapter will help you switch. Folks who found new plans with Chapter have saved an average of eleven hundred dollars a year. Call 843-MED-STEP. Take twenty minutes and see for yourself. 843-MED-STEP. It is completely free.

Jack Armstrong

All right.

Grant Stinchfield

As the war with Iran carries on, Democrats are more worried about Ukraine and the aid that America gives it. We will talk about that next.

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Jack Armstrong

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Curtis Hauck

Yes.

Jack Armstrong

Listen to Armstrong. You get it on Demand on the

Grant Stinchfield

iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back, everyone. So Secretary of War Pete Hagseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Kane went in front of the Senate today. They're asking for $87 billion more. A supplement package to fund the war in Iran and beyond. Now, why do they need this? Not necessarily just because the war in Iran. It's because of Biden administration malfeasance. Now, let me explain something to you. They're asking for $87 billion. Do you know how much money we have spent in Ukraine already? When you add up loans to Ukraine, it's pushing $200 billion in Ukraine and the Democrats are pushing back against this request. Here's hegseth.

Jack Armstrong

American men and women, as opposed to

Grant Stinchfield

Ukrainian men and women, is a higher priority for the United States Senate. So five supplementals that went to Ukraine, as good as that cause may be, why is that righteous? To do what but funding troops in harm's way right now, given the threat and what they're undertaking. This is a partisan exercise and hypocrisy. Yes, it is. It's also Trump derangement syndrome. They're willing to put soldiers, airmen, Marines, navy men and women in harm's way just to stick it to President Trump. It's disgusting. Not to mention we're talking about nuclear weapons stopping an enemy of the United States from getting them. So far we found out we've spent $37.5 billion so far. We're not going to continue at that pace. Iran is almost done for. Here's Hegseth again. One of the reasons I take issue with that characterization is something that Senator Durbin said when he talked about Ukraine and he talked about winning. And I appreciate as much as anybody winning a war. But I sit in front of a committee that wants to talk about winning a war that's been going on for four years and talks about strategic defeat of a conflict that's been going on for four months, months to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear bomb. I want, I would hope for some perspective in this town of the historic nature of what President Trump is undertaking. Do you want radical Islamists?

Curtis Hauck

I don't want to. I don't want to hear down the

Grant Stinchfield

world because I have limited time. They don't want to hear the truth. That's the problem with Democrats. They hate the truth because it ruins whatever thoughts and beliefs they actually have, which usually are just about trying to get President Trump again. They were pressed on the Straits of Hormuz and it is a fair question to press them on the Straits of Hormuz. It has not been great, but it is getting better. We told you about the submarines that now have about 10 days left, nine days left. There's no base for them. They're the ones that are laying the mines. They're the ones wreaking havoc on the straits. Another week or two, we're going to be in much better shape. This is what the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff had to say. It is an imperative that Americans understand that the character of war is changing. Advances in technology are fundamentally and irreversibly changing the way we fight, which necessitates capital to properly arm America's military. All right, let's talk about it. Hypersonic missiles, drone systems, anti drone systems, all of those kinds of things. It all costs money. I want to bring in now former deputy commander of US Central Command, a fellow at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, Vice Admiral Robert Harward is With us. Admiral, great to have you back on.

Admiral Robert Harward

Good to be with you.

Grant Stinchfield

You know, I took away, Admiral, the stunningness of how the Democrats were so focused on Ukraine still when we have men over there, as Pete Hagseth had pointed out. Your thoughts?

Admiral Robert Harward

Well, there are two conflicts going on right now and both are important to us. How Russia fares against Ukraine matters, how we deal with Iran to ensure the straits of Hormuz. Not only straits, but the Bab Al Mandab, considering now that the Houthis want to challenge and blockade the Saudis. So both, all of these things matter. They matter to us, it matters to our allies, it matters to our people. So we've got to be committed to support and see both of these conflicts to the appropriate resolution to undermine our adversaries, not only in Iran, but in Ukraine and Russia. So, yes, these matter.

Grant Stinchfield

All right. So I've not always been a huge fan of the war in Ukraine. I think we got two rogue nations, both of them are corrupt. I've been to let them fight it out. But I am very concerned about Iran because I believe they were hell bent on getting a nuclear weapon. I know they would have would have used it. I'm also concerned about the Biden administration, the damage it did to the United States military. Admiral, can you tell me from your perspective now, looking back, how much damage did the Biden administration do to our military?

Admiral Robert Harward

Well, let me say this. No one wants war, but these are wars that have to be had and we have to come out of it. So looking in the rear view mirror may not be the right approach. And what I would say what we've misjudged and if there is a shortfalling, at the end of the day, it's militaries who are capable of putting holes in the ground and hitting targets. And Iran and Ukraine have both shown they can do that at mass and scale. So did we have the right equipment, the right ordinance to put the number of holes in the ground we need to put in Iran? And I mean persistently and consistently. And I think that's where we may be short. As you heard from the secretary and the Chairman, the evolution of war has changed dramatically. These drones now added to the ballistic missiles and the scale they represent is where we fall short. We need to have the same amount of mass to put holes in the ground wherever we want to and at the speed of relevancy to neutralize the threat. So I would say there's been a shortfall or that's a very obvious gap that dictates our Pace of Warrior and the ability to drive Iran to its knees, just as Ukraine has done to the Russians.

Grant Stinchfield

How quickly can we right that ship then, Admiral? Can we get up to speed quickly, or is this going to take time? Will this war be drawn out?

Admiral Robert Harward

Well, again, it's our commitment. Look, we've always had, the United States has always had the ability to produce bombs, weapons. And so that's a commitment to the industry, making sure the resources, the people commensurate to what we need and to accelerate that at the speed of relevancy to the conflict we're in. So I'm not familiar enough exactly where the industrial base is and our rate of production, but I'm sure that's what the discussions and what we're focused on now. And I believe that's what some of these resources are meant to correct if there is a shortfall.

Grant Stinchfield

All right, you mentioned this earlier. The Houthis, basically an arm of Iran, a terror arm of Iran, says they're going to blockade Saudi Arabia, so Saudi Arabia try to cut them off. President Trump responded to this like this. And then I'll get a quick response from you after the President. Is your level of concern of a blockade of the Red Sea by the Houthi rebels opening up another front? What happens? So far it hasn't happened, might happen, but we take care of things. If something like that happens, we take care of it.

Congressman Keith Self

You know, we've done that with the

Grant Stinchfield

Houthis before, and we haven't heard from them in a while since we did what we did originally, I guess. Admiral, real quick, can we handle the Houthis in short order, in a pretty short period of time, if that happens?

Admiral Robert Harward

Well, I think more importantly, this drives and reinforces why coalitions are so important. Listen, UAE and Saudi were at war with the Houthis in Yemen for years, and we kind of chastised them for them, then we went to war with them. So if this is really going to be a problem, I think we'll be well prepared to bring that coalition together, Saudi, UAE and the US to deal with this threat. If it's more than rhetoric at this point. And don't forget, all of their capability comes from Iran. So choking that supply route where they get their missiles, their capabilities, or will be part of the campaign. But at this point, it's just rhetoric. We haven't seen real activity that presents the threat, but solving it would be very beneficial under a coalition approach.

Grant Stinchfield

Yeah, well, certainly we got a great team under Rubio and the diplomatic aspect of creating those coalitions But I'll tell you, Iran's been doing our job for us with them attacking all of these allies of ours. That's really helping us create this coalition, which is certainly good news. Admiral Robert Harward, it's great to see you. Great to have you on the program, sir. Thank you as always.

Admiral Robert Harward

Thank you. Good to see you.

Grant Stinchfield

Thank you, my friend. All right, folks. As Americans become increasingly concerned over mass surveillance, one Republican lawmaker is doing something about it. We will talk to him next. But before we get into that, let me remind you, I've got shirts out. Grantstinchfield.com defend America. That's what we're talking about, baby. Getting AR15 right on there. And they're great shirts. Grantstinchfield.com get them while they last. We're trying to put new merchandise up every week. It's been very successful. Stitchfield's army logo on the sleeve. You're gonna love it. Grantstinchfield.com that's Grant Stinchfield. Get your Defend America T shirt today. We're back in a flash.

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Grant Stinchfield

or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back, everyone. I had called for common sense solutions to counter the rise of cameras across America. Not just any cameras, either. Cameras that are webbed into a network that can follow you, that communities across the country can track your movement. They read license plates. These cameras are called flock cameras. 6,000 communities have them. There's about 120,000 of them on the streets today. And you know that the average American vehicle will be tracked by one of these Flock cameras, surveilled by them six to eight times a day. Well, Congressman Keith Self wants to introduce legislation to require warrants. That's one part of it. To access this information. That's smart. Listen to this police officer describe a warning about the Flock. If you own a car, you're now being tracked. If I could put it plainly, for committing the sin of going to work.

Congressman Keith Self

This information is shared city to city

Grant Stinchfield

and even state to state. Without a warrant, there's no Legislation governing this technology. Look, there is no doubt in my mind that these cameras could be used for good. You get a kid snatched up at a park and you can track the car that snatched the kid and rescue a kidnapped child. That's good. Bank robbers, etc. But what happens when it's used for bad? What happens when they have cameras on an academy sports which we've seen, just to see who's buying guns or your local church and who's accessing the information? To me, a warrant, as I told you before, seemed to be a common sense solution. It's exactly what congressman key self has come up with. Republican from Texas. It is great to see you, my friend. Welcome to the program.

Congressman Keith Self

Congressman Grant, good to see you in big D. Yeah.

Grant Stinchfield

Well, I know you're right up the road from me and I'm so happy that you are tackling this issue. Tell me what raised the alarm with you, congressman.

Congressman Keith Self

What raised the alarm is the number and the rapid growth of these things and then the networking. And then they've gone from being license plate readers to AI enhanced now so they can look inside your car to see if your hands are on the wheel to see if your baby is truly strapped in correctly. The abuse is. It can be rampant here. It's. It's a dangerous situation. So all I've asked to do is that if the federal government wants it, get a warrant because that is a fourth amendment protection, that we don't give up that right simply because technology advances. That's the key point.

Grant Stinchfield

All right. Does the law prohibit you from passing a law that would require local police to get a warrant as well?

Congressman Keith Self

That's. That's a great question that you bring up. I am not tackling the constitutionality of flock cameras. I'm simply saying I am concerned about the federal surveillance state that. That is growing. We've had this discussion in the foreign intelligence surveillance act. Get a warrant before you get electronic communications. We now have this. As of 2027, federal law says every car that is made will have a kill switch which determines spies on you inside your vehicle. Are you impaired if it considers you impaired? Trying to get your wife to the hospital to have a baby, you might look impaired. It won't start for you. It won't run. So the surveillance state, and then I'll go on to the central bank digital currency. If we give the federal government transparency into your bank account, it's over.

Grant Stinchfield

It's frightening the amount of reach that they have now because of technology. Let me give you an example. Here we Found this online. I got great producers that found this clip. This was an automotive reporter. He was test driving a Range Rover. And I guess these Flock cameras flagged the Range Rover as stolen. Watch this from the body cam. I got to tell you, at first, how come getting.

Congressman Keith Self

Yeah, there is the reason you have

Grant Stinchfield

four cops here because your license plate is registered as stolen. License plates, our system. Are you serious?

Jack Armstrong

Yes.

Grant Stinchfield

Is it just you? You and the wife?

Jack Armstrong

Come on, please.

Congressman Keith Self

For me.

Grant Stinchfield

Both of us. Both of y. Are you armed at all?

Admiral Robert Harward

No.

Jack Armstrong

No.

Curtis Hauck

Okay.

Grant Stinchfield

This is your car. I mean, I guess that's the example of when mistakes happen, Congressman. And they happen a lot, it seems.

Congressman Keith Self

Well, yeah, they misread the state on the license number on the license plate. So it may say you're in Mississippi when you're really in Kentucky. So this is. The mistakes are rampant, but it's also the abuse. Flock executive actually took control of a camera, went into a children's gymnasium in a local center, and used it as a sales pitch. That's abuse that should not be possible.

Grant Stinchfield

You have to wonder sometimes why these cameras, if they're being used by the state or local municipalities, are even inside a gymnasium. I mean, I get there on the streets and look, constitutionally, you have no expectation of privacy when you are out on the street, not when you're driving around. And quite frankly, driving a car isn't a constitutional right like having a firearm is. That's a privilege from the state. So I get there are things to balance here, but you have to ask yourself, you've got leaders in some of these cities that are really overstepping their bounds of where they're putting these cameras in front of churches, as you mentioned, in gymnasiums and in front of gun shops, Congressman.

Congressman Keith Self

And this is the good thing that you're mentioning, Grant, because the citizens of the United States are starting to take this in their own hands. They need to hold their local officials accountable. That's the way it works in a constitutional republic. If you don't like what your local officials, your state officials are doing to surveil your town, your neighborhood, then you take it to them in the city council, the commissioner, county commission, Take it to your state officials. That's the way it works in a republic. And citizens are waking up to this, and they don't like it. Look, this. This unites the left and the right. There's something we all agree on. It's our privacy.

Grant Stinchfield

Yeah, it sure is. I appreciate the fight you're putting up on this. I do think it's an Important issue. Just like fisa. You mentioned that this, this surveillance of American citizens without warrants has got to end the track your cell phones all over the place. It's getting scary out there, Congressman. I know you got to run. You're going to be debating on the floor fairly soon. Is that right? Did I hear that correctly from your team?

Congressman Keith Self

I hope to either late tonight or early tomorrow morning.

Grant Stinchfield

All right. Well, Texas is lucky to have you, sir. Great to see you. Thank you for coming on tonight.

Congressman Keith Self

Good to see you, Grant. Thanks a lot.

Grant Stinchfield

Absolutely. All right, folks, so we'll keep following that. You know, he mentioned citizens watch this. Citizens take matters into their own hands. Run the clip for me, folks. Don't you see, guys? These cameras are here to ensure fun is happening. That's why we need license plate reading cameras and security cameras next to a dog park in case one of these dogs, I don't know, steals a car. Makes you laugh, but I'm telling you, they're everywhere. Big Brother on the rise. Keep an eye out.

Curtis Hauck

All right.

Grant Stinchfield

How to be a part of America's energy resurgence. We've got an update on the Lost Soldier oil and gas project and a big one at that. Stick with me. Welcome back, everyone. And we've talked a lot about the Lost Soldier oil and gas project out in Wyoming's Bison basin. This is 30 to 40,000 acres of high pressure stacked formations of natural gas. Two wells already in. I told you. A third well is about set to go in. It is very exciting times. If you're an accredited investor, I urge you to go to law soldier.com. they were member of the team. Will get right back to you. That's lost soldier.com. but many of you have asked me, well, what are they doing with the money? What have they done with the money that's already been invested? And so many of you real America's voice viewers have invested with Lost Soldier and I know they're thankful for that. So I wanted to bring on the CEO and ask him that exact question. Mark Bruner is back with us. Mark, welcome to the program.

Jack Armstrong

Good to see you as always, Grant.

Grant Stinchfield

All right, great to see you, Mark. So I guess I'll just ask you flat out when, when, when investors are asking, hey, Mark, what have you done with the money that, that we've put in to Lost Soldier? Why don't you run through some of it for me?

Jack Armstrong

Okay. Well, the first thing is we secured the property with international petroleum by negotiating comprehensive contract. The second thing we've done, and it's taken Some time is we met all the requirements to become the operator. So we decide where the wells are going to be drilled, when they're drilled, how deep they're drilled and how they're completed. Completed. That's all in place and we have validated the federal unit, the 24,000 acre federal unit that essentially is one lease and it's with the federal government and we can orderly develop the gas field with this federal union in place. We also have all the permits required to be able to drill the wells, which is wonderful from the Bureau of Land Management. We've also been, it's taken some time to negotiate all the right of ways in order to put the pipeline in, which is all done and finished. And we are prepared and going to be installing that pipeline this year to hook up our wells, the wells we've already drilled and that deep well you just described, that's going to happen. In addition, we have 65 acres in downtown Jeffrey City where we hope to be able to have up to 10 drilling rigs and our operations will be run out of that yard there. We have housing for all our employees. We actually own, as I said, most of the town already, which is a great thing. And we, in order to be sure we comply with all rules and regulations with the federal government, we bought a 350,000 acre cattle ranch. And we are going to be able to make sure that everything is operated properly and safely out there as we go forward. So, you know, that's kind of a highlight of what we've been doing, you know. And so this year we're going to be drilling and start drilling in operations in August. And I just want to thank all of our investors that have put the capital up so far because they've actually made it possible to make these really big discoveries and we're going to be rewarding them with cash flow this year. One of the things I want to mention though, because we're still raising capital now that we have found a big gas deposit, we're going to be drilling a deep well out here to look at the overpressured gas where we think that the biggest production is going to come from. And we're seeking capital to be able to do that. Yes, we continue to raise capital. I would also encourage people that are already in it. We have over 500 high net worth individuals in already that they look at. Basically, if you're doing a golf match, you want to press, right? I think now is the time to press because we know what we've got and it's a Great time to invest. And you know, the bottom line is in front with a crystal ball as we drill these wells. Once we have production history, we can borrow capital which will not, we won't be diluting anymore if we do that. Or it could be a combination of raising the, as the valuation goes up, raising capital at a much higher price. So those two things we look forward to be able to deliver to all our existing shareholders and all the new shareholders that we're talking to now. But if I was given any advice, I would tell all my shareholders, now you need to double down. Okay, now is the time.

Grant Stinchfield

Now is the time. Lost soldier.com is the website. Lost soldier.com I want to add one more thing to the list. I got a list here of all these things. So it's not that I'm super knowledgeable but, but the list here's the purchase of two drilling rigs capable of drilling wells to depths of 25,000ft. I imagine that's a pretty big deal too, Mark.

Jack Armstrong

Well, you have to have big drilling roofs to drill these deep wells and both of those rigs have over a million pounds of hook load. So you know, we can drill wells down to 25,000ft and horizontal wells down to 19,000 plus feet. And we're going to be drilling through the Niobrara. That's going to be at about a 19,000 foot well and we're going to be coring the Niobrara. This is over 2000ft thick. When you compare it to similar, you know, projects like the Deep Utica that Jared Jones that owns the Dallas Cowboy has Comstock or you compare it to, you know, the Deep Utica, this is much thicker and the pressures are the same if not higher. So we're thinking the deliverability is going to be great. Very high.

Grant Stinchfield

As Mark said, now's the time to get with Lost Soldier Oil and Gas. Mark Bruner, it's always great talking to you. Thank you for the rundown on that. I think it's important that people know exactly where their money's being spent. I'm going to tell people exactly how to find you and the team. Here's what you do folks. Go to lost soldier.com that's lost soldier.com we got a QR code we could throw up on the screen as well. You can scan that. Click on the Invest now button, fill out the form and a member of the team will call you back at a very transparent all good guys. Rob over there will call you directly. He's a friend of mine. I know him well. And they'll run down all your questions. All right, Lost soldier dot com. That's lost soldier dot com. All right, we're back in a flash with some final thoughts. Stick with me. Welcome back, everyone. So Jasmine Crockett at a hearing on the Smithsonian decides to pull this nonsense. The vast majority of the world was rooting for Argentina or actually against Argentina.

Curtis Hauck

Right.

Grant Stinchfield

And why was that? Just give me an explanation if you could guess. If you'll just let them finish the answer. Spain had the best team.

Congressman Ralph Norman

Maybe that's why they were rooting for them.

Jack Armstrong

There's also a racist history that exists.

Grant Stinchfield

Racist history? I was rooting for Spain because actually I didn't want Messi to win. I don't know why. I just didn't. And so I was rooting for Spain for that reason and I had some money on it with my folks over at Kelsey. And so when you.