The Rob Maness Show

What does the Great Absurdity look like? First our federal law enforcement has spent the last three years tracking down mostly MAGA grandmas and grandpas to prosecute for trespassing on January 6th, making up charges like seditious conspiracy resulting in decades long sentences, inflating domestic violent extremist numbers to create the mythical internal terror threat from mostly white male citizens, investigating a meme maker’s political speech who is now sentenced to seven months in prison and that’s not even close to everything. Oh, and yeah, FBI Director Wray and the politicians say they are concerned about lone wolf attacks. They are not concerned. They don’t care if we are attacked. If they were the US Mexico border would be locked down tight. Its easy for Islamic Jihadis to infiltrate our neighborhoods.

Religious freedom. Governments forcing children to take an experimental concoction into their bodies for no valid medical reason. Businesses deemed non-essential. Segregation of society. Schools closed. This is just a small list of the egregious actions of government in the recent medical experience the entire world saw. This show is dedicated to the families you will see in the documentary our opening video is the trailer for. We pray for all of them and that they will find the telling the truth of their stories somehow has a positive impact for them. From the producers of Shot Dead: This is the movie we wish we didn’t have to make. But this is a movie everyone needs to see. For the first time ever, hear the stories of covid shot deaths as told by the parents who lost their children.

We all experience moments like what you just saw. Some professions like mine, a military career, tend to generate them more than others. Because of that we military members have the opportunity to teach what we’ve learned and to see these moments in civilian life, giving us the responsibility to help our fellow citizens see and understand them too. We are not alone in this, in fact, our country was created by many citizens who could do this. Here’s one: These are the times that try men's souls: the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country..." Thomas Paine was the American that generated the message and the organizing principles that led to the American Revolution for average citizens.

What is the US deterrence strategy toward China? The specific effort to deter China from using military force against Taiwan seems to be building, with President Biden even openly stating we would defend Taiwan if they are attacked but at the same time his administration insisted the US continues to follow the one China policy we previously agreed to. China has embarked on an effort to dramatically increase its land-based Inter-continental ballistic missile capabilities, with what appears to be a clear intent to match or exceed the US numbers. That would increase the complexity of our own nuclear deterrent strategy dramatically considering that our efforts in Ukraine have driven Russia closer to China and the Russian nuclear ICBM force is already our peer.

If you are worried about the state of the world under the Biden administration, don’t fret. We are Americans and have dealt with the stress of nuclear war since the mid 40’s and always about terrorism. Remember if that time comes we are all Americans, not right vs left, democrats vs republicans, conservatives vs liberals. Just Americans who will stick together and come out better if it ever happens. That view is common among those of us who have experienced highly complex operations whether on the ground or in the air, in peaceful deterrence missions or ground combat. We know you can learn to lead in any environment because we’ve lived the experience and succeeded. You’ve heard the term “embrace the suck” from veterans over and over, and now you’ll learn what we mean.

They are all around us in our daily lives, men and women who have become extraordinary through hard work and good ideas. Our creator designed each of us for peak performance but not all of us get there. Have you wondered why and how you can approach life differently to reach your best life as a Dad, Mom, husband, wife, or professional? And why should we do that anyway? Well, look at the world around you and open your eyes. Humanity is in dire need of extraordinary human beings to lead, to create literature, to entertain, to have children and raise them to become productive citizens to fill the same roles! You won’t find your path or any answers these days on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, or NBC as these are legacy media outlets that have become what the founders of America feared, controlled by governments and corporations instead of being independent and working for us.

The Confederate Reconciliation Memorial in Arlington Cemetery is in grave danger of destruction. This is only a part of the broad mission of the Naming Commission established in the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act to erase history from the sight and ears of all Americans, now and future. Former US Senator and Secretary of the Navy Jim Webb recently described it in his appeal to stop its destruction in the Wall Street Journal: “It was designed by internationally respected sculptor Moses Jacob Ezekiel, a Confederate veteran and the first Jewish graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, who asked to be buried at the memorial in Arlington National Cemetery. On one face of the memorial is the finest explanation of wartime service perhaps ever written, by a Confederate veteran who later became a Christian minister: “Not for fame or reward, not for place or for rank; not lured by ambition or goaded by necessity; but in simple obedience to duty as they understood it; these men suffered all, sacrificed all, dared all, and died.” But now in this new world of woke, unless measures are taken very soon, by the end of this year the Confederate Memorial will be gone.” This debate, no fight, to keep American history from being eradicated rages on today.

Iran, with the help of many such as the Biden Administration, has brought total war to Israel through its proxy forces, first Hamas from the Gaza strip with the horrific attacks murdering and kidnapping of civilians, mostly women, children and elderly, this past Saturday, and now Hezbollah from the North out of Southern Lebanon. The United States is moving a carrier battle group to the Eastern Mediterranean and deploying more combat aircraft to other nations in order to deter any further attacks on Israel and prevent wider spread of the war. I cannot overstate the nature of the war crimes committed on Israelis and citizens from other nations visiting Israel this weekend. The US State Department has publicly stated that at least nine Americans were killed in the attacks and some numbers have been taken hostage and into the Gaza Strip. Unfortunately, Hamas’s attempt to use them as human shields will not work because Israel is in now in total war mode fighting for its survival. Watch for leftists all over the world to come to the defense of these Islamic Nazi monsters, as they sprang up demonstrations all around the USA and other western nations the following day chanting things like “From the River to The Sea” which is a rallying cry used by these savages calling for the extermination of the Jewish people and state. It is appalling and stupid to support these animals just as it is to support Hitler’s Nazi’s. You are witnessing war far beyond what you’ve seen before.

McCarthy is out. America First Republicans are riding high right now but will it last? The vicious attacks on the eight courageous Republicans began before the victory and amped up to the highest levels I’ve ever seen after the boot kicked the now former speaker out the door. I’m seeing a lot of folks I thought were firmly America First and principled in both the pundit crowd and among the small number of politicians wringing their hands and saying stupid things like “we have to get rid of the motion to vacate moving forward.” If nothing else, this historical moment gives you and me the best opportunity to identify exactly who you shouldn’t trust in American First and MAGA politics.

Veterans have sacrificed for our country more than any other group of people. In fact, the United States would never have existed without the veterans who volunteered to fight for her freedom against the British empire. Unfortunately, even though we have spent billions on the Department of Veterans Affairs and passed hundreds of laws attempting to enact reforms that make a veterans transition from active duty and filing a disability claim easier, todays veterans continue to be casualties of broken systems after their service due to ineffective leadership and oversight. The latest evidence comes to us out of the flawed and inappropriate DOD Covid Vaccine Mandate process, and the system’s failures around it for those who stood up and refused the vaccine for valid reasons.

The framers of the Constitution devised a system of government that divided power among three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The intent was for the branches to check each other’s power to keep the government from superseding the sovereignty of the people. It is the application of Newton’s third law of dynamics to political science. Progressives were always dissatisfied with the arrangement because they wanted a more powerful government that could override the people’s sovereignty. Frank Goodnow and Woodrow Wilson envisioned a different separation of powers to unleash the government progressives pined for. They argued that government was not a machine, but a living thing. (This is the foundation of the theory of a living Constitution.) The division they proposed was a branch of politics and a branch of administration. Fundamentally, the political branch would placate the people while the administration ruled them. Whereas the framers feared the legislative branch would become too powerful, Goodnow and Wilson considered it an impediment. Scornful of constitutional restraint of power, they envisioned growing the power of the executive branch beyond the vision of Alexander Hamilton. The fundamental argument they used was that times had gotten too complicated for average people to govern themselves. Of course, their solution was to expand the executive branch with experts who would rule the country via regulations rather than laws. As Dr Philip Hamburger argued, administrative law is unlawful (e.g., unconstitutional). They were not going to let that stop them.

So his name is Ben Hodges, retired General, and former US Army Europe Commander and he’s wrong about everything. Today we’ll show you the facts about this charlatan and exactly how he is wrong and actually hurting the US and NATO in the process. The vaunted counter-offensive has failed and we’ll show you the evidence he is. I’ve called for this since before Russia invaded, it is time for a Statesman to rise of the noise of our rogue federal government to bring the war to a rapid end. The USA must end its decades long endless war approach. Our Republic was not designed to be an empire and the majority of the American people do not support leading our foreign policy with military force, in spite of what you just saw Congress do by approving even more funding. We can bring this policy to an end to save Ukrainian and Russian lives plus potentially millions more from the next unnecessary war that we can prevent by changing US policy. We were once an ethical and moral people, but can we be again?

Will it really? The debate on this has just begun. Elon Musk's Neuralink to recruit people with paralysis, for first human trials of brain implants. That is the current explosive headline about artificial intelligence and its not fake news folks. Some are surprised by this development, but the reality is that we have been using artificial intelligence for some time now but so far, no entity, public or private, has stepped up to attempt to development what I would call AI laws. Science fiction thinkers have been writing about Robotic laws for many decades now but no one has taken the deeper approach, and that is to think about and document the set of rules of the road or laws that must be developed and applied to AI policy, code writers, and legislation to prevent humans from being removed as the ultimate arbiters of what happens in our domain. This must be accomplished to prevent the development of an ecosystem that places digital minds above human minds in all things, from birth to death.

Are you frustrated because your taxes are high but things like schools are underfunded and the money they do get is used more for indoctrinating your kids in gender ideology, queer theory, sexualization, and leftist ideas than on reading math, and science? Run for office. Are you tired of elected officials saying they will support conservative ideas like low taxes on the campaign trail and doing the opposite once you vote for them? Run for office. Can you see the ludicrous nature of lifetime career politicians who act as though they are English lords and want to change the ability of anyone to die in office at any level? Run for office! Yes, you get it, I said run for office. I’ve done it at the statewide, state representative, and county levels and so should you if you want to change the way things are going in our country. You’ve heard people like me, General Mike Flynn, and Steve Bannon tell you over an over that local action results in national impact and that is because it is true!

News of the Chinese President’s purge of senior leaders such as his defense minister in recent weeks comes in the context of China’s weakening economy and that major military force movements are occurring. Just since mid-September we’ve seen six of China’s roll on roll off ferries leave their normal routes and re-position to ports in Fujian province just across the straights from Taiwan, late last week and over the weekend video of massive armor movements by rail leaked, and record numbers of Chinese communist warplanes are flying into Taiwan’s air defense zones all the way around the island. The US and China continue to hold high level meetings with the most recent being National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan with China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, who has told the U.S. that Taiwan is the most important “red line” in their relationship. We are seeing what appears to be a strategic shift backed by operational and tactical movements. Is this actual prep for an invasion of Taiwan or more military exercise saber rattling?

From Children’s Health Defense: The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) whistleblower who released a trove of data in March from a Pentagon medical database showing a spike in myocarditis cases in the military in 2021, following the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, went public this week. Lt. Ted Macie, an active-duty Navy medical service corps officer, also revealed new data on COVID-19 vaccine injuries among service members and called on lawmakers to hold the Pentagon accountable. In a Sept. 1 tweet, Macie asked Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to “call for accountability from the Pentagon over the tens of thousands of injuries and untold amount of deaths from the illegal shot mandate.” Macie added, “We’re here for it, we have ALL the evidence, just open the door already. We’re at boiling point.” According to Macie, the new 2021 data, when compared with the average from the prior five years, show there were increases in numerous incidents of violence against self and others, including suicide attempts (33%), intentional self-harm (147%) and assault (828%).

Every day thousands of illegals travel through what is known as the Darien Gap at the southern border of Panama. The Jungle trail is very hazardous but they keep coming. The United States Government is openly supporting the effort with funding and resources provided to various non-government organizations who facilitate the illegal traffic into the US. They provide camps, food, water, travel information, and even an app called oneapp that allows them entry into the US once they get here as asylum seekers. In spite of years of reporting on these illegals pathway into our country, most Americans don’t know what their tax dollars are being used for. My guest today is Michael Yon, known as America’s most experienced combat correspondent and he’s been reporting about these operations from the Panamanian Jungle for a very long time.

The continuing resolution debate happening right now is the best indication that Speaker McCarthy is not in compliance with the agreement he made to gain his speakership and he could easily do it because here is the list of items he must do - regular budget order - 12 individual budget/appropriations bills, single subject spending bills, no balanced budget, return to pre-covid spending levels (government spending grew 40%), a term limits vote, ALL J6 tapes released, Impeachment - accountability for Biden crime family. It is extremely difficult to defeat and incumbent congress member no matter what party they are in. In Mississippi’s 4th District we voters did exactly that the last election cycle and replaced our congressman with another one, in a race where all challengers ran on America First platforms. Well, guess what, that Congressman, Mike Ezell, has a challenger because he’s not doing the things he said he would do, In fact he voted for the debt deal that removed budget power from the new GOP majority congress right out of the gate. Businessman and entrepreneur Carl Boyanton, who was one of the challengers against the last MS4 incumbent, has officially announced his decision to primary Mr. Ezell. So far, there is no indication Mr. Ezell will oppose the continuing resolution that will give up more power to our current weaponized government.

The continuing resolution debate happening right now is the best indication that Speaker McCarthy is not in compliance with the agreement he made to gain his speakership and he could easily do it because here is the list of items he must do - regular budget order - 12 individual budget/appropriations bills, single subject spending bills, no balanced budget, return to pre-covid spending levels (government spending grew 40%), a term limits vote, ALL J6 tapes released, Impeachment - accountability for Biden crime family. It is extremely difficult to defeat and incumbent congress member no matter what party they are in. In Mississippi’s 4th District we voters did exactly that the last election cycle and replaced our congressman with another one, in a race where all challengers ran on America First platforms. Well, guess what, that Congressman, Mike Ezell, has a challenger because he’s not doing the things he said he would do, In fact he voted for the debt deal that removed budget power from the new GOP majority congress right out of the gate. Businessman and entrepreneur Carl Boyanton, who was one of the challengers against the last MS4 incumbent, has officially announced his decision to primary Mr. Ezell. So far, there is no indication Mr. Ezell will oppose the continuing resolution that will give up more power to our current weaponized government.

Former Vice President Pence says the quiet part out loud, he is prepared to send our kids into Ukraine if necessary. The most ridiculous statements tend to come from the warmonger presidential candidates. As you can see, he spouts the tired talking points of the highly discredited domino theory that has been used by American security state acolytes since the 1960s to send Americans to their deaths or a lifetime of shattered bodies in wars that don’t matter to us or our national security. Ukraine’s border is not in our vital national interest, period. The counter offensive drags on. Yes, Ukraine successfully struck a submarine and amphibious ship in Dry Dock and have made some small gains along the front lines, but the Russian Armed Forces continuously defend and counterattack successfully. The Ukraine Armed Forces continue to be mired far from primary Russian defensive lines with no positive outlook on a breakout any time soon. Is it worth it? Russian estimates of UAF killed in action is approximately 70K just in the counteroffensive.

The Second Amendment is under attack. The governor of New Mexico just suspended all citizen firearms carrying, including permitted concealed carriers. Why is the ATF raiding firearms dealers? The ATF is raiding federal firearm license holders for reasons not associated with FFL violations and confiscating documents with gin purchaser’s protected information on it. It is against the law for the federal government to create and maintain a gunowner registry! The ATF raided today’s guest’s home and shop in a continuing effort to assault the 2nd Amendment by closing FFLs. More than 50 government agents wearing ballistic helmets, body armor, and carrying fully automatic rifles assaulted his home with him and his three children there. They even brought in two bomb squads for nothing more than novelty hand grenades, some smoke grenades, and a plastic replica RPG. It was nothing more than a dog and pony show. They illegally seized all of his firearm inventory, took the DVRs from the security system, took computers, papers, and even a hard drive containing nothing more than his children's photos.

This show was supposed to only be about my guest’s unique experiences on 911, some of which overlap with my own knowledge but I was asked by a fellow survivor of the Pentagon attack to put the facts of my story out in order to push back on the conspiracy theories around the aircraft that hit the building because many of us feel it disrespects the dead and their families. Here is what I posted initially on X “I personally identified the Boeing 757 engine, cockpit, and airframe parts of the American Airlines aircraft that hit the Pentagon on Sep 11, 2001 during my response to the site from my office in the building. I was there all day with plenty of time to use my 20 years of experience (at the time) investigating aircraft crashes to confirm the initial reports.” In previous years I have only answered direct questions and have stayed out of this fray but unfortunately, the 911 truthers got really upset with my post and gave it 450K views so far, in addition to calling me a liar, traitor, Fed, cover up operator, all of which surprised and disappointed me because since leaving the military I have fought hard to push back on and remove politicians that have transformed our government into one we don’t have confidence in. I also have fought for making the 28 classified pages of the 911 Commission report public because it showed the Saudi government was involved and that someone connected to the FBI was too (and honestly my opinion is that the CIA was involved too). I am opposed to what the US government has become today even more and you and I are right to question and be skeptical. So we will address the aircraft versus missile issue in the first half of the show then move on to what was going on with the US Military and government that day that retired Navy Commander Arrington and I have some knowledge about you may not know and yes, we will take questions from the live spaces audience.

I was in the Pentagon National Military Command Center at my post when the airliner struck the building. We continued operations in the midst of the aftermath, efforts to find out who attacked our country, and developing a response. We were right to respond and defeat that enemy, which we did by mid-2005, but as happens often in war, endless war policies in our government took over and we stayed for over 20 years wasting lives in our arrogance and incompetence to the very bitter and bloody end in Afghanistan. We accepted the Patriot Act in order to address the intelligence failures that enabled Islamic terrorism’s successful attack even though it is a law that destroys liberty. Sadly, that law has now been turned against all American citizens and is being used in a domestic war on terrorism that is being fought against a fabricated extremism threat that only exists in the minds of our greatest threat, the agents of a rogue federal government. May God forgive us our mistakes, and bless the dead, wounded, and their families.

TODAY, THE AMERICAN “JUSTICE” SYSTEM IS DYING AS WE KNOW IT - Enrique Tarrio Did Not Rape Children. He Did Not Rob A Store. He Did Not Attack An Officer. ALL OF THOSE THINGS GET MUCH LOWER SENTENCES! NO! He Did Something “MUCH WORSE” Than That According To The Elites! He Helped Organize A Protest on January 6th he didn’t even attend, Where People Walked Into The Building After Capital Police Opened The Doors. Enrique got A 22-YEAR SENTENCE For That. HE MAY NEVER BE ABLE TO HUG HIS FAMILY AGAIN As He Sits in His Cell During The Next 2 plus Decades, He Will Watch Many Gang Members and Murderers Walk Out The Doors in Front of Him… You See Their Crimes are “Redeemable”… But if You Make The Ruling Class Upset… You Are BEYOND REDEMPTION - Enrique’s Biggest Mistake is That He Forgot To Put on A Black Lives Matter Shirt First. Of Course… If He Had Done That… He Would Be Getting A Check In The Mail Right Now Instead of A 22 -Year Prison Sentence! X user @MattWallace888 paraphrased

It's a case that has gripped North Alabama for more than five years – the 2018 on-duty shooting of an armed suicidal man by a Huntsville Police Department officer. The district attorney prosecuting the case called the shooting "unjustified." William "Ben" Darby was convicted in 2021 for the murder of Jeffery Parker. He served over a year of a 25-year sentence in state prisons, including time at Limestone Correctional Facility. Earlier this year, the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals overturned his conviction. The court found the trial judge should have instructed the jury to consider the reasonableness of Darby's use of deadly force. Ben Darby’s wife, police officer Keelin Darby joined me a year ago to discuss the case and is back with us today for an update to this sad story.