The Rob Maness Show

The story of Raven 23 is the “shocking story of how the U.S. government framed four decorated veterans working as Blackwater military contractors in Iraq with phony war crimes to placate foreign autocrats. In Raven 23, journalist Gina Keating reveals how four American citizens working as personal security contractors for U.S. diplomats in the world’s most dangerous city were convicted of war crimes in a federal trial that made international headlines -- and was plagued with prosecutor and judicial misconduct. The men spent six years in federal prison while Keating, the men’s families, and a dedicated and growing group of supporters -- including U.S. Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth -- petitioned President Donald J. Trump for their release and obtained four full and unconditional pardons in 2020.” Paul Slough is a decorated combat soldier with deployments in Bosnia and Iraq before becoming a contractor for Blackwater. He was one of four Blackwater guards charged in the 2007 killing of 17 Iraqi civilians. Paul was pardoned by President Trump and is currently a District Director for Texas House State Representative Jared Patterson, Co-Founder of Three Ravens Business Strategies and a Veteran Advocate.

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The Light of Free Speech Illuminates the Dark Side of Man And when we see the dark side of human nature in that light, should we take action to prevent the consequences that can and do happen? America’s friend Charlie Kirk, the strongest free speech advocate I’ve known my entire life, was gunned down publicly for practicing it. But now, we hear calls to curtail the very action he took every day of his teenage and adult life out of fear that more violence will happen! Our great people have approached the right of free speech with courage since before we were founded, whys should we stop now? We will tackle these ideas in this episode. My guest today is John Thaler. John is a highly respected and experienced attorney that specializes in investigating the types of corruption crimes we see in Arizona and is the victim of a child trafficking scheme himself.

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Did you notice those calls for violence by leftist elected officials go back over a decade? When the people you believe are telling you the truth call for you to commit violence on your fellow citizens repeatedly, don’t you tend to want to do what they say? That is the core of what is wrong right now inside of America, but it is worse than you think it is. While these people have been in power, they’ve let our country be infiltrated by comments Chinese, Islamist Nazis, drug cartel gangs, and created a home-grown red green woke alliance to get assistance from them to commit heinous acts of terrorism like what just happened to Charlie Kirk. My guest today to dig into all this is Brian Stahl who is running for Congress in Texas 6th District. Brian is a Christian, husband, father, law enforcement officer, and lifelong public servant. For over 20 years, he has proudly worn the badge to protect and serve our community—and now he is ready to take that service to the next level. Brian serves as a Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem for the City of Covington and a Task Force Officer with the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations.

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Our nation is in a crisis. The assassination of Charlie Kirk put a bright spotlight on the fact our most basic rights and values like freedom of speech and religion are under vicious and violent attack all across our nation. There is no more basic American value under more active threat of destruction than our right to free and fair elections. Since the theft of the 2020 elections, we have seen our politicians fail to address the known integrity and security issues over and over. So, Americans who understand the challenge and have served before are stepping into the breach. My guest today is Bryan Norris—a retired Army First Sergeant, husband, and father of three daughters. For 21 years, he served in the U.S. Army, deploying to combat zones and leading elite components of preeminent American military units such as the 25th Infantry Division, 101st Airborne, and III Armored Corps. His mission is simple but unwavering: serve God first, others always, and defend the values that built this nation. And now he is running for Arkansas Secretary of State.

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I met Charlie not long after he started Turning Point USA during my 2013-14 US Senate campaign, and I have supported his efforts ever since. His shining example is one of the inspirations for my new book to be released this fall. Charlie was executed because he led with his Christian faith courageously and was highly effective at persuading those who opposed his ideas with free speech and respect, especially among his peers. He never shied away from a debate, nor did he prevent those with opposing views from speaking. Charlie’s mission will continue because as my wife said the day after he died, “we are all Charlie now, they have no idea how this heinous act has created millions more like him.” I pray every day for the wisdom to be a Christian Husband, Father, and son like the beautiful example Charlie set. We all must be resolved to win this war we find ourselves in with words and ideas against a violent enemy. Charlie proved it can be done and was winning a debate on a college campus when he died, just the way he began and loved to do. We will win. My guest today to help lead us in remembering Charlie is my friend Pastor Dan Carr. Dan is a great patriot from right here in our town of Gulfport Mississippi. He is another shining example of a Christian Husband, father and brother. He hosts the Freedom Frontline Show.

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I wanted to honor Charlie Kirk with today’s show, but we will do that tomorrow because we need to discuss this reality today. Just last Monday this show again sounded the warning of the Marxism-Islamism axis gaining a foothold on the ground here in America. Our friend and great American Charlie Kirk was brutally executed in public on video two days later in Utah by a man that inscribed ANTIFA slogans on his bullets and lives with/dates a man that thinks he’s a woman. In the ensuing days we have seen a CNN senior national security analyst: We don't know the meaning of the Charlie Kirk assassin's message after hearing the 'Bella Ciao' anti-fascist song title inscribed on a bullet and being told one casing says 'fascist, catch this.' Independent journalist Andy Ngo said yesterday “It's hard for me to overstate the significance of the Charlie Kirk assassin suspect allegedly putting the lyrics of "Bella Ciao" on a rifle cartridge. That is probably the most important rallying song to Antifa militants for decades. The 2019 Tacoma Antifa gunman cited it in his manifesto before carrying out a deadly shooting and explosives attack at an ICE facility.” We can no longer deny this war like the left is attempting to do, it is time to disrupt it before it is too late, and we find ourselves in all out combat right here at home. My guest today to discuss all this is Veteran TV News Producer, Host of The Analyst Substack, Former Diplomat, and brand-new Host of Real America’s Voices American Sunrise Early Edition Jake Novak!

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Today’s show is about solutions for school security, but we cannot do this show on this day without talking about the political assassination of Charlie Kirk on a Utah college campus yesterday for simply exercising his strong belief in free speech, even for those who oppose his views. He died doing what he loved and believed in at a school. We will spend the last segment of the show honoring Charlie and taking comments from our live audience. Friends, we who love America have endured the incessant harping of leftists wanting to take our gun rights away every time there is a school shooting, but we know there are other solutions to the problem that really work. That is why I asked Jason Polinski of 3D Response to come on the show. Jason has 30 years of diversified law enforcement experience ranging from patrol officer to lieutenant. He created, implemented, and supervised several innovative police initiatives. Jason received the Medal of Merit for researching, creating, and training thousands of first responders and employees in active shooter response. He tirelessly works with schools to make lock-down drills more practical and real.

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It is deadly, as you can see as the animal that brutally executed Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska as she sat quietly on a train in North Carolina, returning home from one of the three jobs she was working to save money to buy a car, the very beginning of her American dream journey. That murderer was released from jail 14 times before he committed his heinous act. The train is also a gun free zone so Iryna, nor any other American exercising their second amendment rights, could take that animal out. This episode is about blowing the whistle on our governments depriving us of our rights and this incident only highlights the problem. In Massachusetts, once the birthplace of the concept of individual rights, the state government is constantly violating American’s rights. Today we’ll be discussing a case of an Air Force veteran that is being treated inhumanely simply for possessing a legally owned firearm. My guest today to bring us this story is Mr. Toby Leary. Toby is the president and co-founder, with business partner Brendon Bricklin, of Cape Gun Works in Hyannis, Mass. Toby is now carrying his love for firearms, self-defense, and the Second Amendment into making that important business venture thrive. Toby Leary Fine Woodworking has been hired by luxury homeowners on the Cape and islands for 20 years. When Toby is not helping a homeowner plan their kitchen remodel, he’s helping someone select the right firearm and equipment at Cape Gun Works Pro Shop.

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Let there be no doubt, uni-party Senators are running a coordinated effort to remove Bobby Kennedy from his position, and the ringleader behind it all is Republican Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy. But don’t take my word for it, here is X user Camus, @newstart_2024, who posted a video and summary of Cassidy’s shameful performance at the hearings last week and at the beginning he poses this contrast: The difference between public servants or pharmaceutical puppets. “In a Senate hearing Senator Bill Cassidy—who has taken $1.4 MILLION from Big Pharma—tried to grandstand and bully Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for daring to question the sacred COVID narrative. Cassidy’s performance was a masterclass in bad faith. He: MISREPRESENTED RFK's past statements, putting words in his mouth. ATTACKED him for litigating against Biden's unconstitutional vaccine mandates—a defense of bodily autonomy Cassidy himself should support. WHINED about canceled contracts for a vaccine platform that has serious questions around efficacy and safety, framing it as a "waste of money" instead of a prudent fiscal and health decision. Meanwhile, RFK Jr. remained calm, factual, and focused on the real issue: the devastating lack of trust in our public health agencies caused by their corruption and relentless conflicts of interest. The most damning moment? Cassidy was more concerned about protecting Pharma profits and a political narrative than the real-world suffering his policies cause. He read emails from a man whose wife with stage 4 cancer can't get the vaccine and a doctor confused about liability—direct results of the very system Cassidy defends! He isn't concerned about health. He's concerned about his donors. RFK Jr. is concerned about our health. It’s not complicated. Follow the money.” Dr Kat Lindley is my guest today to help us understand the details of why this is happening and what you can do about it. She is a Croatian-born, American-trained, board-certified family physician with a direct primary care practice in Texas. Dr Lindley co-founded the Global Health Project and currently serves as its president. GHP is a coalition of organizations, experts, and advocates dedicated to improving and protecting the health and future of all humans through education, advocacy, programs, and communication initiatives.

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Socialism, Marxism, Communism, the red-green axis, pro-Hamas, yes my fellow Americans all of these apply to the Democrat nominee for mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani. And let’s be clear, the Democrat nominee is nearly guaranteed to win. That simple fact should have your undivided attention as the financial capital of the world and America’s largest city falls to Marxism, electing a Muslim who rabidly supports Hamas. Every sane American is asking these two questions HOW could this happen and WHY is it happening? I’ll tell you why, lies, and a bunch of them. Lies about how socialism is better than the people governing themselves, lies about how it’s never really been tried in our country, lies about how socialist government is like Christianity, and the list goes on and on. My guest today wrote an article about these lies recently published in Town Hall. Dr. Alex McFarland is the leader of Alex McFarland Ministries and is a youth, religion and culture expert, a national talk show host and speaker, educator, and is the author of 20 books. Via the American Family Radio Network, Alex is heard live on Exploring the Word on American Family Radio, airing daily on nearly 200 radio stations across the U.S. The Alex McFarland Show airs weekly on NRBTV, providing Biblically faithful TV and discussion on current events affecting our nation. He is currently hosting the Alex McFarland Speaker Series in Myrtle Beach, SC, which includes special guests Dinesh D'Souza, Charlie Kirk, Dr. Gary Chapman, and Fox News’ Lauren Green.

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