The Rob Maness Show

This is a historic day with President Trump traveling to Israel and Egypt to announce the successes of the new peace deal between Israel, Hamas and the Arab world, the eighth peace deal he has achieved this year, but underlying these successes are great areas of concern with modern warfare. It is not difficult to find operations being conducted around the subject of artificial intelligence, drones and robotics as they relate to the current wars and potential future wars on the horizon. So while peace may be at hand now, these 21st century threats are very real in every domain the United States must prepare to fight and win within, air, space , maritime, cyber, and even on other worlds. My guest today is Dr Hans Mumm. Dr. Mumm boasts over 25 years in government and contractor roles, specializing in national security, homeland security, and advanced technologies; he served as ODNI’s Cyber Security Division Chief managing a $140M budget and as CIA Branch Chief, developing continuous monitoring and rogue wireless frameworks. He rose to fame in Operation Iraqi Freedom by creating the “Iraqi Regime Playing Cards,” DIA’s top information operation, and was medically retired from combat injuries before joining ODNI. A leader in energy, nuclear tech, cognitive science, and military intelligence, he pioneered UAV innovations like the world’s first multi-fuel helicopter and researched robotics’ impacts. Holding a Doctorate in Management (Homeland Security focus), MS in Strategic Intelligence, and BS in Management, plus 23 military medals and awards including a U.S. patent, he teaches Homeland Security at California University of Pennsylvania. He co-authored a 2018 UAS cybersecurity textbook and wrote best-sellers on complexity leadership and drone integration.

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When our veterans come home and hang up the uniform, they shouldn’t have to fight another battle just to get their prescriptions filled. They’ve already sacrificed for this country. They’ve earned the right to reliable, affordable access to their medications. That’s why I’ concerned about some of the well-intentioned but misguided efforts we’re seeing in state capitols like Little Rock and Baton Rouge, and even in Washington, D.C.In Arkansas, lawmakers passed a bill banning pharmacy benefit managers—PBMs—from owning or operating pharmacies. In Louisiana, a similar bill nearly made it across the finish line, and the Governor has talked about reviving it in a special session. And now in Washington, Senator Josh Hawley has teamed up with Elizabeth Warren to push a national version. The goal behind all of this is understandable: help local pharmacies and lower drug costs. But the reality is that these kinds of sweeping bans risk backfiring—creating new problems while solving very few.PBMs are often invisible in our healthcare system, but they’re important. They negotiate directly with drugmakers to get better prices, manage formularies so that insurance plans stay affordable, and run services like mail-order and specialty pharmacies. For veterans, those mail-order services aren’t just a convenience—they’re a lifeline. If you’re living in rural Louisiana, Arkansas, or Missouri, and the closest pharmacy is hours away, home delivery through TRICARE can be the difference between staying on your medications or going without.As a veteran, I know what TRICARE means for military families. TRICARE’s pharmacy program, run through Express Scripts, makes sure prescriptions show up at the door for millions of service members, retirees, and their families. If Louisiana were to ban PBM-owned pharmacies, Express Scripts could lose its license to operate in the state. That would dismantle a critical piece of TRICARE’s delivery system, leaving veterans scrambling to figure out how to get the medications they need. That’s an unintended consequence we can’t afford.We’ve already seen how this can play out. In Arkansas, passage of their law triggered plans for CVS to close 23 locations, affecting more than 340,000 patients and eliminating over 500 jobs. A federal judge stepped in and put the law on hold, warning that it could be unconstitutional and that it risked irreparable harm to patients—especially TRICARE beneficiaries and seniors.Louisiana came close to making the same mistake earlier this year. The House passed its version, but the Senate wisely held back. Had it gone through, more than 100 pharmacies could have shut down, disrupting care for over a million people—including tens of thousands of veterans. That’s not speculation, that’s the math.What we’re talking about here wouldn’t just have statewide implications, but national ones as well. Once one or two states adopt a policy like this, others would likely follow. We risk a patchwork of laws that unravel the systems veterans rely on. And if the Hawley-Warren federal bill passes, that unraveling wouldn’t just be regional—it would be nationwide. Suddenly, the TRICARE system that military families have trusted for decades would be disrupted coast to coast. Again, well-intentioned—but with consequences that fall squarely on veterans.In many ways, this bill runs directly against conservative principles by inviting government to step in where it doesn’t belong. When politicians ban an entire business model, they’re saying government—not consumers—should decide which companies are allowed to operate. That kind of heavy-handed, top-down policymaking is almost always guaranteed to create more problems than it solves.Conservatives have long held that the free market—not government—should pick winners and losers. Yet that’s exactly what these proposals do. They put the government’s thumb on the scale against one part of the health care system while ignoring the real drivers of high drug costs. And in Louisiana, already one of the most heavily regulated states in the nation with more than 1.3 million restrictions on the books, the last thing that is needed is more red tape driving out businesses, jobs, and patient choice.At its core, this is government trying to rearrange the marketplace by decree. And the unintended consequence is that veterans and rural families lose access to the very services they depend on most.Our veterans answered the call of duty. The least we can do is ensure they have steady, affordable access to the care they’ve earned. Copying Arkansas’s mistakes or embracing new mandates from Washington isn’t reform—it’s a risk. It threatens to dismantle systems that currently work for millions of families, drive up costs, and leave veterans facing uncertainty.Lawmakers in Louisiana and other states considering similar legislation should hit pause before heading further down this path. And leaders across the country should take note: if we truly want to honor those who served, we should be working toward more access, more choice, and more competition—not less.Because when it comes to veterans, distance shouldn’t decide who gets care. Bureaucrats shouldn’t be the reason a veteran goes without medication. And no regulation should stand between the men and women who wore the uniform and the prescriptions that keep them healthy.That’s the responsibility we have. And that’s the conversation we need to be having—not just in Louisiana, but nationwide.

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Here in Mississippi education freedom or school choice is a high priority for our State House of Representatives Speaker this coming year, and for a lot of conservatives like me who have been advocating for it. The idea is to take our successes we’ve achieved in recent years and make things even better by making sure kids aren’t trapped in failing schools. The challenges are complex and a lot of work has to be done to do the right thing on these policies because the focus has to be on the kids and different areas of the state may need different solutions that fit the circumstances of families and communities. We must ensure we don’t place one-size fits all policies across the entire state and that there is proper oversight over the use of public dollars when it comes to charter and private schools. We’ll find the best answers by encouraging public debate and talking things out. That is why I’ve invited today’s guest on to discuss the issue. He and I are most often on the same side of public policy issues, but I’ve discovered there are some conservatives, including him, that are opposed to school choice as it is developing in our state so its important we publicize their views as this policy effort really starts rolling and address the concerns. My guest today is well-known radio talk show host Clay Edwards in Jackson Mississippi. He hosts the Clay Edwards show on 103.9 WYAB in Jackson Mississippi, also known as Mississippi’s Most Incendiary Talk Radio Show & Podcast.

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You heard correctly folks, the Portland police gives control of traffic on the streets around the ICE facility to Antifa, a declared domestic terrorism organization on a routine basis. Residents who live in the neighborhoods around the area are too terrified of retaliation to complain and when they try to drive to and from their homes on their own streets, police threaten them with arrest. This is routine here in an American city now. Police are even arresting independent journalists for trying to cover the story, even in light of clear evidence they’ve done nothing but try to do their jobs. Independent journalist Nick Sortor was even arrested for acting in self-defense when he was assaulted by antifa terrorists on camera. My guest today is Chad Cation who went to Portland and witnessed much of what you’re seeing firsthand. He and I will discuss his operational field work in Portland this week organizing with patriots to oppose these Antifa operations. Chad is former US Navy Seabee, retired firefighter and first responder, Trump Campaign veterans’ coalition surrogate, GOP political activist and National Field Director of The Conservative Caucus.

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If we do not, our country will become ungovernable as people are treated differently under the law based on their political and religious beliefs. That is the road to destruction that we the people have within our power to prevent. My guest today helps us every day to understand what it takes. Pastor David Scarlett is the founder of His Glory, a global ministry reaching over 25 million viewers. A former U.S. Marine, David served abroad with honor before building a successful career in business, holding leadership roles at AT&T, Verizon, Office Max, and as Global Director of Wireless Sales at Micro Vision. A descendant of the tribe of Judah, David’s path took a dramatic turn after a near-death experience in which he encountered Heaven and The Most High God — a moment that transformed his life and led to the founding of His Glory. Today, David is dedicated to sharing the message of love, redemption, and biblical truth worldwide. His Glory supports the lost, the elderly, and the poor, while equipping people with spiritual insight and encouragement to stand for truth, freedom, and justice from a Biblical perspective.

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The usual suspects like the Washington Post continue to publish anonymously sourced articles about everything Trump administration but they especially like to hit the Department of War, with its large budget and vast bureaucracy, Secretary Pete Hegseth has generated a lot of concerns since taking office and implementing the President’s new America First National Defense Strategy. These last few days being no different. The Post is reporting “Military leaders have raised serious concerns about the Trump administration’s forthcoming defense strategy, exposing a divide between the Pentagon’s political and uniformed leadership as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summons top brass to a highly unusual summit in Virginia on Tuesday, according to eight current and former officials. The critiques from multiple top officers, including Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, come as Hegseth reorders U.S. military priorities — centering the Pentagon on perceived threats to the homeland, narrowing U.S. competition with China, and downplaying America’s role in Europe and Africa.” My guest today is Dan Caldwell, and he knows more than most how all this works. Dan is a US Marine Corps Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran, the former Executive Director of Concerned Veterans for America, a former U.S. House staffer, and former Senior Advisor to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.

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As an autism Dad, I am very grateful to President Trump and Secretary Kennedy for taking bold action to address the autism crisis in this country. I don’t know for sure what has caused the astronomical increase in autism in our children, especially our boys like my youngest son, but I do know, the scientific and medical capabilities of the government that my tax dollars pay for were not addressing the challenge in any meaningful way until this administration took office. As I’ve analyzed what I heard in the Tylenol press conference, my concerns were confirmed. We have known about the Tylenol concerns on fetal development, but parents have never been fully informed of the risks. That is inexcusable and we, our community, has a responsibility to maintain our skepticism and push for total informed consent in every case. A top leader in our community of autism parents is my guest today to help us work through the issues. Tracy Slepcevic is a bestselling author of Warrior Mom: A Mother’s Journey In Healing Her Son with Autism, President & Founder of Autism Health, and the Autism Health Summit, Certified Integrative Health Practitioner, a US Air Force Veteran, the Founder of Pur Health, LLC, and an autism Mom.

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October 7, 2023, unleashed a new war in the Middle East, a place where nothing ever seems to be solved, or resolved. President Trump’s peace proposal is more than just Gaza, but designed to achieve peace with Israel among all its neighbors in the Middle East but can it work? Hard questions have to be answered to achieve success. Questions like the new movie from Dinesh D’Souza the Dragon Prophecy asks: Whose land is it really? Who is good and who is evil? How can good prevail over evil without becoming evil itself? Could the fate of the world, of humanity itself, be tied to this conflict? And how does America fit into the picture? Based on Jonathan Cahn’s #1 international bestseller, The Dragon’s Prophecy, this film provides a secret key to unlock the problem and the solution. Cahn reveals that October 7 and today’s conflicts in the Middle East are an eerie revival of ancient battles described in the early books of the Bible, suggesting that we may be living in the end times of humanity itself. DINESH D’SOUZA will be with us to discuss the film in the next segment. He has had a prominent career as a writer, scholar, public intellectual, and filmmaker. Born in India, D’Souza came to the U.S. as an exchange student at the age of seventeen and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College. The author of many bestselling books including America, The Big Lie, Death of a Nation, and United States of Socialism, he is also the creator of three of the top ten highest-grossing political documentaries ever made.

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Thank God we still have enough free speech in this country that Laura can speak these truths and they worth repeating over and over because we’ve been warning America for years about Marxist infiltration of America and our military but obviously not enough has been done to eradicate it. Heed these words from Laura “It’s not just “fringe” Antifa freaks who are carrying out acts of political violence. Everyday people you trust, including teachers, 911 dispatchers, doctors, nurses, even military members and federal employees are posting that Charlie Kirk “deserved to die.” When professionals and educators in positions of authority feel bold enough to cheer on an assassination in the open on social media, it shows how deeply our institutions have been poisoned by Leftist extremism. The Democrats don’t just disagree with us. They want us dead. Don’t be mistaken. There is no “fringe left”. Assassination culture is a mainstream value that is celebrated by the Democrat Party platform.” We’re talking with my friend retired soldier Dr Chase Spears about the effort to identify Marxist military members today. Dr. Spears is a combat veteran who served as a U.S. Army public affairs officer for 20 years, retiring from Fort Leavenworth on October 1, 2023. He turned down promotion to Lieutenant Colonel and chose to depart military service as a Major (Promotable) believing that he can serve the nation’s defense more effectively in a civilian capacity. He has done just that. He is widely published in national publications and hosts the phenomenal podcast Finding Your Spine!

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Yes, they will. In fact, they are. My friend Adam Smith that you just saw in the cold open is challenging a career politician Republican in western North Carolina. Not because it is personal, but because it his duty to step up and try to end the iron grip on power the entrenched politicians are desperate to maintain. We’ve lost two key leaders this last month that leave large gaps in our effort to accomplish this mission, but Americans like Adam and you are stepping up. In fact you have been since before we lost Charlie Kirk and Boone Cutler. Their leadership was generating the momentum that frightens those who want to hold on to power, that we will wrest from their grip and return it to ourselves, the people, as it is intended to be. Leaders young and old are rising to this challenge and we will examine all this in the context of the current situation today. My guest Chad Cation and I will discuss the challenges America faces in this crucial period. Chad is former US Navy Seabee, retired firefighter and first responder, Trump Campaign veterans’ coalition surrogate, GOP political activist and National Field Director of The Conservative Caucus.

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