The murder of Seth Rich occurred on July 10, 2016, at 4:20 a.m. in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Rich died about an hour and a half after being shot twice in the back. The perpetrators were never apprehended; police suspected he had been the victim of an attempted robbery. The 27-year-old Rich was an employee of the Democratic National Committee. Beyond these facts the story of Mr. Rich becomes completely riddled with multiple layers of what appears to be disinformation and deception messaging from elements of the US government. Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange made comments early in the investigation that are still generating impact on the story today and I believe, prevented his freedom for quite some time. More information in the case only continues to come to light due to attorneys for Matt Couch, who was sued by Rich’s family for his reporting on the case, successfully getting a judge to order the FBI to release Seth Rich’s laptops and tape/DVD drives in a court case. After country music artist John Rich posted Who Killed Seth Rich recently, thankfully we’ve seen some coverage about the case like Liz Wheeler just did with Mike Benz, but no one has interviewed the one person who knows the most about the case, Matt Couch. Matt has been investigating the Seth Rich murder for nine years now and is my guest today to give us an update and enlighten us on the background of the case. He is the publisher of the DC Patriot and a sports tv/radio personality, and my good friend.

For better or worse the Catholic Church will get a new pope soon. In the streets of Rome, flags fly at half-mast. Catholics worldwide are mourning Pope Francis and lets be clear, as Christians, people like me are also respectfully mourning his death. Francis is remembered for his humility and deep caring for the poor. His advocates point to his compassion during the refugee crisis, his unimpeachable pro-life positions, and his attempts to confront sexual abuse within the Church’s walls. But as you just heard, Pope Francis appointed bishops who are radically out of step with practicing Catholics. His actions to align with globalism through organizations like the World Economic Forum, supporting concepts like the human trafficking of illegal immigration, the invasion of western countries by illegal aliens intent on destroying those societies, and accepting alternative lifestyles illustrates the degree of contempt he had for the faithful. My guest today is the Reverend Dr, Robert A.Schuller. Rev Schuller is a pastor, author, and motivational speaker who carries forward his father’s vision with passion and dedication. With decades of experience in ministry and numerous books to his name like his latest God Always Wins: Divine Liberation from the Gods of the Woke, Robert focuses on equipping people to overcome challenges and embrace possibility thinking.

Doctors who saved lives are still being punished. As hard as those words are to believe, it is true. Even though we have come very far since the pandemic, corrupt medical providers, medical associations, pharmaceutical groups and companies, and government entities are still attempting to destroy the lives of courageous medical providers who stood up, spoke the truth when it was not common, and bravely treated patients that saved countless thousands of lives that might otherwise have been lost due to false treatment narratives and misapplied medicines, or worse, banning medications like ivermectin from use even though it is safer than almost any other medication in history, letting people die. The corruption and conflicts of interest that enabled the government and medical community to trample on our medical freedom and rights is being addressed by new leadership, but we must be careful not to ignore new actors coming on the scene to help, being possibly conflicted as well. The danger is real as we still have little baby’s parents being told their newborn needs COVID MRna vaccines as calls for stopping the shots completely are getting louder. My guest today is Dr Mary Talley Bowden. Dr Bowden is a fighter for all of us to be able to make our own informed medical decisions and founded Americans for Health Freedom. She kept over 6,000 COVID19 patients out of the hospital during the pandemic and sued the FDA for spreading misinformation and won!

I’m honored and humbled to have Roger Stone as my guest today. Roger is not only a political icon but the best political operative and strategist in my lifetime, he’s a NY Times Best Selling Author, a Trump-loyalist, and host of The StoneZONE on WABC Radio! The first person anyone should want to discuss the Kennedy Assassination papers drop with is this man. In his book, The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ, Mr. Stone “makes a compelling case that Lyndon Baines Johnson had the motive, means, and opportunity to orchestrate the murder of JFK. He maps out the case that LBJ blackmailed his way on the ticket in 1960 and was being dumped in 1964 to face prosecution for corruption at the hands of his nemesis attorney Robert Kennedy. Mr. Stone uses fingerprint evidence and testimony to prove JFK was shot by a long-time LBJ hit man—not Lee Harvey Oswald. President Johnson would use power from his personal connections in Texas, from the criminal underworld, and from the United States government to escape an untimely end in politics and to seize even greater power. President Johnson, the thirty-sixth president of the United States, was the driving force behind a conspiracy to murder President Kennedy on November 22, 1963.”

On this Easter Monday we see that Hamas continues to refuse to release hostages to the surprise of no one that is a normal human being. Prime Minister Netanyahu is right to continue prioritizing Israel’s vital national interest and to refuse to cease hostilities. Why should we expect the Israeli’s to stop until Hamas is no longer a threat? We would not accept that type of continued threat here in the United States for on second. We would either destroy them no matter how long it takes or they would unconditionally surrender. Pope Francis died this morning so this is a good time to remind everyone he was absolutely wrong for promoting the false “genocide” blood libel against the Jewish state and its people: Israel only targets Hamas terrorists, not their human shields. By shifting the blame to Israel, the Pope encourages Hamas to continue using the civilians of Gaza as human shields. Hamas and Iran started this war, not Israel. Hamas leaders and Charter call for Israel’s destruction along with its entire Jewish population, as do the Iranians. By defending itself against Hamas Israel is not committing genocide but preventing one! The big question is can Israel and the United States ultimately prevent Iran from committing one with nuclear weapons to? 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!

Another threat to President Trump was revealed just last week, Shawn Monper of Butler County, Pa was federally charged by Acting US Attorney Troy Rivetti for making threats to assault and murder President Trump, other United States officials, and ICE Agents. The FBI identified Monper as the YouTube user “Mr Satan,” who posted threats between January 15 and April 5, 2025. Investigations linked the account to Monper’s Western Pennsylvania home, revealing he obtained a firearms permit after Trump’s inauguration and admitted to stockpiling guns and ammo. Threats included plans to assassinate Trump, kill ICE agents, and incite violence against officials. Monper was arrested by the FBI and Butler Township Police. Just a few minutes before then candidate Trump was shot in Butler PA on July 13th 2024, today’s guest, the Mayor of Slippery Rock in Butler County, Pa. JD Longo was having a nice conversation with him about how they were going to deliver PA in the presidential elections and was right there when the assassin fired his bullets. He also spoke at the return Butler rally, showing these Democrat terrorists that American’s would not be deterred from taking our country back. JD is a Marine Combat Veteran, a Trump Elector, a Former Director at EarlyVoteAction, an Educator, and 1st Generation American.

Isn’t it interesting how Bill Maher talks about Donald Trump’s policies after spending time with him in person? Is that really what it takes for an American these days to acknowledge that policies put our interests first are better for everyone? Apparently so, and that is why I wanted you to see the clip. Maher signifies the challenge we Make America Great Again Republicans face as we look to the future, which is like a speeding bullet train coming at us as the 2026 mid-terms loom. As a force, we are at our most powerful today, as President Trump stacks win after win on his administration’s record and we get what we voted for! The challenge: how do we build a MAGA GOP team that can win without Trump? That is the reality but we can get it done, as they say. After all, Mr Trump is only the face of this movement, which has shifted the tectonic plates of American politics so significantly, 70 percent of Republicans say they are MAGA and as a majority of young people are now polling conservative. This is our moment to step forward, solidify those gains, and turn America back into the Republic she was created as after President Trump leaves the scene. The big question is how, and that is important because frankly, the old establishment Republicans are only laying low and plotting their move to re-take power after 2028, and believe me they will try so we need our team string and in place yesterday. My guest today to discuss the challenges America faces in this crucial period is former US Navy Seabee, retired firefighter and first responder, Trump veterans coalition member, GOP political activist and National Field Director of The Conservative Caucus, Chad Caton.

Fear, intentionally overblown fear in order to induce instability in the American economy is what legacy media reporting and the so-called experts are attempting to do in order to derail President Trumps liberation day tariff and trade barrier removal program. I know what you’re thinking, we the people are smarter and much more informed about the realities of today’s false narratives than to fall for that right? Unfortunately, that is not really the case and when combined with monetary and economic policies already in place, things like the stock market volatility we saw right after the tariffs were announced can and do happen. Does that mean we’re going to see another great depression? Will jobs evaporate leaving families destitute? I don’t think so but as the President has been very clear about, there will be some bumps in the road in the short term. What are the steps the Trump team can take ensure our success with the strategy? Todd Sheets is my guest today and he wrote a great two-part article laying out the facts and realities of the policy. After leading Raymond James' real estate investment banking practice, he retired to focus on investing, economic history, psychology and writing. Todd is the author of the Newsletter, On Wealth and Progress, currently available free of charge on Substack and of the book, 2008: What Really Happened.

Most of us who’ve followed the events in Ukraine, Russia’s responses, and American involvement in the country, have been saying what the New York times finally published, after millions of dead, that the United States has indeed been fighting an all-out proxy war against Russia using the Ukraine Armed Forces. We have had American boots on the ground and American Generals have been calling the shots. The concept that Russia’s invasion in 2022 was unprovoked was and still is, a complete lie. The reality is we, and NATO, have wasted time, resources, and lives. Now we have a new Trump administration and the President ran on ending the war, but can we do it when behind the scenes our own national security apparatus is likely fighting against peace? We have now been very clear that the US priorities are focused on defense of the homeland and turning to deterring China with a peace through strength approach, but not everyone agrees. Dangerously, sitting full colonel-level commanders are publicly opposing President Trumps foreign policy. Our department of defense and intelligence organization leaders are in open rebellion while the new administration is still trying to get up and running. What has happened to the non-partisan nature of America’s national security professionals? L Todd Wood joins us today to discuss these circumstances. A former Special Operations pilot, As CEO of CD Media, he’s on a mission to report the truth, as America’s free press should be to protect our way of life.

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Those of us in the programming and computing space have long known that artificial intelligence would arrive in the real world for decades and now it finally has. So far, we see its use as a tool to make faster, more efficient, and better decisions using very large data sets that humans and ordinary computers struggle to manipulate and use as decision tools. While these uses may seem harmless and what we want, faster and more reliable decision-making, especially in government, there are real dangers on the AI superhighway ahead of us that we must identify, plan for, and establish ethics frameworks to prevent harm to individual Americans. My guest back with us today is Jeff Dornik, a man who stands on principle, is not afraid to ask the hard questions, and fights to get the truth to the American people. He’s here to do discuss government use of AI and recently wrote an op-ed for Newsweek voicing his concerns. Jeff is CEO of Pickax, an author, podcast host and an independent media network creator.