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You’re listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for May 29, 2026. We open with a question millions of Americans have been asking for years: when does accountability finally arrive? As federal investigators expand major fraud cases involving government programs in Minnesota and beyond, we examine why so many voters believe there has been one standard of justice for ordinary citizens and another for politically connected insiders. From allegations of massive misuse of taxpayer funds to the broader erosion of trust in public institutions, we discuss why political embarrassment is not the same thing as accountability — and why many Americans believe real consequences matter more than press conferences and resignations. We also cover the indictment of an Iraqi-Iranian man accused of plotting terrorist attacks against Americans, including President Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump and her family, the historic decision by ExxonMobil to officially move its corporate domicile from New Jersey to Texas after more than a century, and the latest inflation numbers as gas prices continue to drive costs higher across the country. Later, we take a closer look at Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass's claim that the city is safer than it has been since the 1950s, why many residents appear unconvinced, and how quality-of-life concerns are increasingly shaping local politics. We also explore California Democrats' continued push for taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegal immigrants and the larger debate over incentives, government spending, and immigration policy. In our Digging Deep segment, we break down new polling on the 2028 presidential race. On the Republican side, Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio appear to be emerging as the early frontrunners. On the Democratic side, a fragmented field reveals uncertainty about the party's future, with no clear consensus candidate taking control of the race. The American Mamas join us to answer a listener question about jealousy — how to recognize it, how to avoid it, and why genuinely celebrating the success of others may be one of the most important character traits we can teach the next generation. Plus, we discuss why rocket failures are often signs of progress rather than defeat, revisit the lessons of American innovation and risk-taking, and wrap up with another edition of Fake News Friday featuring everything from George Floyd memorials to spelling bee champions, exploding rockets, and some headlines so outrageous they just might be true. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

You’re listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for May 28, 2026. We open with a constitutional showdown between the Department of Justice and four sanctuary states that are refusing to provide confidential license plates to federal immigration agents. The DOJ argues these states are deliberately obstructing federal law enforcement by denying undercover protections to ICE and Border Patrol agents while continuing to provide those same protections to state and local police. We examine where the line exists between non-cooperation and outright obstruction, why the fight is about much more than license plates, and how this battle could reshape the ongoing conflict between sanctuary jurisdictions and federal immigration enforcement. We also cover the swatting attack targeting Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the shocking arrest of a former CIA executive accused of stealing more than $40 million from taxpayers, and a new Department of Justice investigation into E. Jean Carroll over allegations she may have provided false testimony regarding the funding of her lawsuit against President Trump. Later, we discuss reports of a federal judge under investigation for misconduct inside her own chambers and ask what happens when the people entrusted with upholding the law become the source of the scandal themselves. American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson join us for one of the most fascinating conversations we've had in a while after a man awakens from a medically induced coma convinced he lived an entirely different seven-year life complete with a wife, children, and a successful business. We explore the mysteries of the human brain, vivid dreams, coma experiences, and why some people struggle to separate imagined lives from reality. In New York City, Mayor Zoran Mamdani is once again generating controversy after discussing plans that critics say amount to government seizure of private property from landlords deemed "bad" by city officials. We break down the constitutional questions surrounding property rights, eminent domain, and whether the proposal represents a dangerous expansion of government power. We then dig into an unexpected critique from the left. Salon magazine argues the Democratic Party's post-election autopsy is focused on messaging failures while ignoring a deeper problem: the policies themselves. We examine why even some progressive voices are beginning to question whether Democrats' platform is increasingly disconnected from the concerns of everyday Americans. Plus, encouraging economic data, growing business optimism despite global uncertainty, new protections for religious liberty inside the Department of Health and Human Services, controversy surrounding New York City's mayor skipping the Israel Day Parade, and a look at the new commemorative quarter honoring America's 250th anniversary. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

You’re listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for May 27, 2026. We open with the growing controversy at Delaney Hall — the immigration detention facility in New Jersey now at the center of a political firestorm after detainees launched a hunger strike demanding better food, including culturally specific meals. We break down the difference between humane treatment and hospitality, why the left is framing detention as cruelty itself, and why Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s response — “This is not a Holiday Inn” — instantly became the defining line of the debate. We also explain the deeper issue driving the outrage: whether the left’s real objection is conditions inside detention centers or immigration enforcement itself. In our Top 3, Texas Senator John Cornyn suffers a crushing primary defeat to Attorney General Ken Paxton after President Trump’s endorsement helped fuel another major MAGA victory — making Trump-backed candidates a staggering 119-for-119 in 2026 races. Then Maryland Governor Wes Moore signs sweeping new gun restrictions targeting Glock-style handguns, prompting an immediate constitutional challenge from the NRA. And former Attorney General Pam Bondi lands a new role inside the Trump administration’s Artificial Intelligence Advisory Panel after stepping away from the DOJ amid a thyroid cancer diagnosis. We also dive into why patriotism itself has become controversial in modern America. Using a powerful recording of John Wayne reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, we ask how loving your country became viewed as radical by parts of the political left — and whether America’s approaching 250th birthday is exposing a deeper cultural divide over national identity, citizenship, and the meaning of the American experiment. Our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson tackle the bizarre world of so-called “audio drugs” — including binaural beats, music frequencies, and the growing debate over whether sound can alter mood, behavior, and even brain chemistry. That conversation expands into the influence of music on mental health, violence, spirituality, parenting, and whether some forms of entertainment can genuinely shape human behavior for good or for evil. In our Digging Deep segment, we examine Trump’s unprecedented political dominance inside the Republican Party as his endorsed candidates continue winning at a historic pace. We debate whether Trump himself is the movement or whether his popularity is simply the result of policies conservatives believe actually work. Then we turn to Texas Democrat Senate nominee James Talarico — a progressive seminary student whose comments on abortion, gender identity, and Christianity are raising eyebrows even beyond conservative circles. We break down his claims that “God is non-binary,” why critics say he is rewriting Scripture to fit progressive ideology, and why polls suggesting he could compete statewide in Texas have Republicans alarmed. We also cover the Trump administration’s proposal to halt international airport processing operations in sanctuary jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with ICE. We explain the constitutional logic behind the move, why cities like New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco could be affected, and whether sanctuary policies can realistically coexist with federally managed international travel and customs enforcement. For our Bright Spot, we spotlight new research showing that making children laugh may be one of the most important things parents can do for healthy brain development. Scientists say humor strengthens emotional resilience, reduces stress, and helps children better process complex information — leading to a broader conversation about joy, family connection, and why laughter may be one of the most overlooked ingredients in raising healthy kids. We also discuss Europe’s accelerating crackdown on free speech as Germany moves toward requiring social media platforms to prioritize government-approved “reliable” media sources — raising major questions about censorship, state-controlled information, and whether the West is drifting toward managed speech systems once associated with authoritarian regimes. And we close with an incredible story out of Kansas, where 12-year-old fossil enthusiast Corbin Bullard discovered a fully intact Tylosaurus skeleton during a 4-H field trip — including the skull and vertebrae of a massive prehistoric sea predator that once swam across ancient North America. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for May 26, 2026.  We open with New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani's plan to seize properties from so-called negligent landlords and transfer them to tenant or community ownership — and we explain exactly why this is not a housing policy, it's a blueprint for ending private ownership in New York City. We walk through the deliberately manufactured cycle — impose rent controls that make maintenance financially impossible, wait for the slumlords those rent controls created to fall behind on upkeep, then seize the properties they could no longer afford to maintain — and explain why this is not a bug in the socialist playbook, it is the feature. In our Top 3, U.S. and Iran negotiations continue as American forces struck Iranian boats laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran fired missiles at U.S. ships, those missiles were shot down, and the U.S. destroyed the launchers. President Trump says progress is being made and suggests the end state should include all Arab nations joining the Abraham Accords. Then Texas voters headed to the polls for the Republican Senate runoff between incumbent John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton — with Trump backing Paxton but Paxton carrying the baggage of an impeachment, an acquittal, and his wife filing for divorce citing biblical reasons in the middle of the campaign. And a federal three-judge panel blocked Alabama from using its current congressional map — creating a collision between the 2023 Supreme Court ruling that required a minority-majority district and last month's ruling that struck down racial gerrymandering as unconstitutional. Our American Mamas Terry Netterville and Kimberly Burleson tackle why there are no good teen TV shows anymore — which leads directly into a conversation about Euphoria, the Sidney Sweeney show that markets itself to teenagers while featuring content that is essentially soft-core pornography. We talk about whether Sweeney will one day regret the roles she accepted, whether the show's director is deliberately using her to make a political statement, and how decades of progressive cultural influence in Hollywood have normalized things on screen that no parent would allow in their home. In our Digging Deep segment, we push back on the left's Memorial Day weekend obsession with George Floyd — and use the data to make the case that the income inequality, incarceration disparity, and educational gap the left attributes to institutional racism are explained far more powerfully by a single variable that has nothing to do with race. We lay out median income, two-parent household rates, high school graduation rates, and incarceration rates broken down by race — Asian, white, Hispanic, and black — and show that the rankings are identical across every single category. The highest-earning, lowest-incarcerated, highest-graduating group in America is also the group most likely to be raised in a two-parent home. We call it what the data actually shows — two-parent privilege. And we make the case that no amount of government spending or racial grievance politics will fix an outcome problem that is actually a family structure problem. We also cover Trump's perfect annual physical exam — and note with some sadness that there are people in this country actively rooting for him to have failed it. We contrast that with how those on the right responded to Joe Biden's declining health — not with celebration, but with concern for the country. For our Bright Spot, a Gold Star widow named Cheryl Ann Shaw posted on social media asking if anyone visiting Arlington Cemetery over Memorial Day weekend would take a fresh photo of her husband's grave — Staff Sergeant Alan W. Shaw, killed in Iraq in 2007. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard — who is stepping down from her position to care for her husband who is battling a rare form of cancer — saw the post, drove to Arlington, placed a coin on Sergeant Shaw's grave, and posted the photo herself. She didn't have to. She did anyway. Mrs. Shaw responded that seeing Gabbard standing there brought her to tears — and thanked her for saying his name and reminding her there are still people in this country who have not forgotten the cost of freedom. We also note that even after losing their entire military infrastructure, Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khomeini is still posting death to America and death to Israel on social media. And we close with off-duty FDNY firefighter Travis Langan, who saw a woman trapped in a flooding Tesla on Jackie Robinson Parkway during flash floods in New York City, jumped on the roof, and pounded through the sunroof with his bare hands until he could pull her out. She said God sent her an angel. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for May 22, 2026.  We open with the Supreme Court's pending decision on birthright citizenship — one of the most consequential immigration rulings in American history. We break down the actual constitutional debate over the 14th Amendment's phrase subject to the jurisdiction thereof, what the founders who wrote and debated the amendment said it meant at the time, why the logical interpretation is that children of people who entered the country illegally were never intended to receive automatic citizenship, and why President Trump's comment that the court will probably rule against him may be more strategic than frustrated — a piece of reverse psychology designed to force the justices to rule on the law rather than their feelings about Trump. In our Top 3 Things You Need to Know, the Democrat National Committee released its 192-page post-mortem on the 2024 election — complete with a disclaimer that it doesn't necessarily represent the views of the DNC itself. The report blames Kamala Harris for not changing her position on transgender issues, says Democrats didn't run enough negative ads against Trump, and admits the party took Latino voters for granted — but doesn't say a single word about Biden's mental decline or the decision to install Harris as nominee without a single primary vote. Then the DOJ indicted 15 people in Minnesota for $90 million in Medicaid fraud — the largest Medicaid fraud case in Minnesota history and the largest autism fraud case in American history — while Tim Walz was governor. And the Department of Homeland Security announced that more than 3 million illegal aliens have either been deported or voluntarily self-deported since President Trump took office — with self-deportation costing the government over $10,000 less per case than forced removal, and an app available for anyone who wants to take advantage of the $2,600 voluntary departure payment while preserving their right to return legally. We also discuss the broader immigration picture in France, where a major new study shows that roughly one third of France's population is either foreign-born or the child or grandchild of immigrants — and what happens when mass immigration is welcomed without any expectation of cultural assimilation. We connect it directly to the debate happening in America and explain why saying American culture is worth preserving is not racism. It's patriotism. Our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson tackle a deeply relatable topic — growing up with spoiled cousins, and the particular heartbreak of watching a child feel less valued than their cousins by the same grandparents. We get into the nine-year-old boy who told his mother through tears that he was really trying to be grateful, the grandmother who took one grandchild on a New York trip and forgot she had other grandchildren, and why the awareness to keep things equitable across cousins is one of the most underappreciated gifts a grandparent can give. We sit down in studio with Dan Clark, regional director for Bill Glass Behind the Walls Ministry — a national and international prison ministry founded by former Cleveland Browns defensive end Bill Glass, a close friend of Billy Graham, who walked onto a prison yard decades ago and never stopped going back. We talk about fatherlessness as the pipeline to incarceration, why people of faith have a measurably lower recidivism rate than those without, what it looks like to go behind the walls of a supermax facility and share the gospel, and why the men on that prison yard self-police themselves on event days because they know the ministry won't come back if something goes wrong. If you want to get involved or volunteer, visit BehindTheWalls.com. Then it's Fake News Friday — real news, fake news, or really fake news — including whether Chevron gas stations in California put up signs blaming Sacramento politicians for high gas prices, a fleet of driverless Waymo vehicles getting stuck doing laps around an Atlanta cul-de-sac, a car dealership in Kansas that can't sell a truck because a robin built a legally protected nest on the tire, a Democrat running for Congress in Texas proposing concentration camps for American Zionists, a Democrat from Pennsylvania proposing mandatory vasectomies after a man's third child, and whether California's Medicaid program reimburses providers for exorcisms. We work through all of it — some will surprise you. And we close with a Memorial Day reflection — because honoring those who gave their lives for this country should not happen once a year. When you truly understand what someone sacrificed to give you something precious, you protect it every day. Bob Dylan, Norman Schwarzkopf, James Garfield, and George Patton each had something to say about that. So do we. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for May 21, 2026.  We open with JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon's message to New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani — you can be an ideologue all you want, but at some point you have to compete, you have to produce, and you have to deliver results. We use that framework to explain exactly why democratic socialism fails every single time it is tried, why the mayor of Seattle just apologized to Starbucks after threatening to drive them out of the city, why Delaware is hemorrhaging corporate headquarters to Texas and Tennessee, and why the people left behind when productive citizens and businesses vote with their feet are always the ones who can least afford to be abandoned. In our Top 3 Things You Need to Know, former Cuban dictator Raul Castro has been indicted in a U.S. federal court for murder and the destruction of two private planes belonging to Cuban exile group Brothers to the Rescue, shot down over international airspace in 1996. Then Louisiana became only the second state in the country to receive the Department of Education's Returning Education to the States waiver — freeing up $18 million in federal education dollars for direct classroom use over four years, with Secretary Linda McMahon saying Louisianians know best how to serve their students, not bureaucrats in Washington. And a Canadian man living in Massachusetts has been charged with illegal voting after admitting he has voted in U.S. elections since 2008 — meaning he voted illegally in five presidential elections, including the most secure election in American history. Our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson tackle whether girls are meaner to their moms than their dads — and land somewhere warm and true. We talk about the prom moment where a daughter snaps at her mother and then asks her father for a picture, the four-page love letter that same daughter wrote her mom on Mother's Day, why moms are the soft place to land which means they also absorb the worst of the shrapnel, and why one mama's daughter-in-law used to cry watching friends be rude to their mothers — because she would have given anything to have one. We dig into the Texas case of a man who ordered abortion pills online, crushed them, and mixed them into a pregnant woman's drink without her knowledge — killing her unborn child and now facing murder charges. We explain exactly why this case is the inevitable consequence of the FDA's 2023 decision to allow mifepristone to be dispensed by mail without a doctor ever seeing the patient, why this specific scenario is impossible when the drug must be administered in person by a physician, and why the FDA needs to reverse its decision immediately. In our Digging Deep segment, a former managing assistant U.S. Attorney named Carmen Lineberger — who worked on Jack Smith's investigation into Donald Trump's handling of documents at Mar-a-Lago — has been indicted for stealing sealed documents from that very investigation and emailing them to herself disguised as a cookie recipe and a Bundt cake recipe. We explain what makes this story so extraordinarily revealing — a member of the team that prosecuted a president for allegedly mishandling documents allegedly stole documents herself, renamed them dessert recipes, and sent them to her personal email. We also connect her history of pro-DEI advocacy and racial justice work at the DOJ, and make the case that this is not irony — it's the deep state in action. We also cover the FBI dismantling a major Indian call center fraud scheme that stole nearly $1 million from American senior citizens — and call it exactly what it is: putting Americans first doesn't just mean border walls, it means protecting the most vulnerable of our people from predators anywhere in the world. For our Bright Spot, the state of Washington settled a lawsuit brought by foster parents Shane and Jennifer DeGross — represented by Alliance Defending Freedom — after the state denied their foster license renewal because they wouldn't affirm that children can change their biological sex. The settlement requires Washington to revise its licensing policies to respect religious families' deeply held convictions and prohibits the state from attaching conditions to a foster license based solely on religious beliefs about marriage, gender, or sexual relationships. The state also paid $250,000 in attorney's fees. We ask the question nobody at the state agency apparently asked — what is best for the children? We also cover Congresswoman Nancy Mace's proposal to ban naturalized citizens from serving in Congress — and while we understand the frustration that motivated it, we call it what it is — a law of unintended consequences that would tell millions of legal immigrants who became Americans the right way that they can never fully participate in self-government. We draw the line at dual citizenship, not at the immigrant. And we close with Lexi McClellan — a second grade teacher who took a special interest in a seven-year-old foster child named Mary, watched an adoption fall through, stepped forward with her husband to become Mary's foster parents, and filed adoption papers within months. Lexi said it felt like God had led it, like she was meant to be in her life. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!  

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for May 20, 2026.  We open with what may be the most consequential immigration enforcement move in American history — and it has nothing to do with border walls or patrol agents. President Trump signed a new executive order directing the Treasury Department to scrutinize all financial activity tied to illegal immigration — targeting payroll tax evasion, hidden bank accounts, labor trafficking networks, underground cash economies, and the remittance systems that funnel billions of American dollars back to Mexico and other countries. We explain why going after the money is more powerful than any physical barrier, why Willie Sutton's famous explanation for robbing banks applies perfectly to why illegal immigration exploded, and why choking the financial infrastructure of the entire illegal immigration machine may be Trump's most consequential domestic policy move of either term. In our Top 3 Things You Need to Know, Thomas Massey lost his Kentucky congressional primary to former Navy SEAL Ed Gowran — in the most expensive House primary in American history at $25.6 million — after Trump endorsed Gowran and a district that voted for Trump by 85% finally ran out of patience with a congressman who spent his career blocking the agenda they elected him to advance. We note that Massey primaried himself out. Then Trump endorsed Texas AG Ken Paxton over incumbent Senator John Cornyn in a Senate runoff — and we raise the concern that while Paxton may win the primary, he may be a harder sell in the general against Democrat James Tallarico. And Alabama's gubernatorial race will be a Tuberville-Doug Jones rematch — and we think Tuberville wins easily as Kay Ivey is term limited out. Our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson tackle the question of whether women have forgotten how to age gracefully in America — from Demi Moore's skin-and-bones appearance at the Met Gala to Madonna's increasingly alarming transformations, from Lori Loughlin's well-done facelift to Helen Mirren as the gold standard of graceful aging. We also get into the GLP-1 revolution, the body positivity pendulum that swung hard in the other direction, and whether there is still room in American culture for a woman to be beautiful, powerful, and visibly her age at the same time. We play the Hakeem Jeffries clip from the Center for American Progress that should alarm every American regardless of party — the House Minority Leader saying out loud that the goal of House Democrats is not to persuade MAGA voters but to break them and break their spirit. We explain why that language is not just offensive but genuinely dangerous — because when the goal of politics shifts from persuasion to breaking half of your fellow citizens, you have crossed into territory that leads somewhere nobody should want to go. In our Digging Deep segment, the NAACP has launched a website called Out of Bounds urging black high school athletes to boycott colleges in the South — Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Florida, Florida State, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Clemson, Tennessee, Texas, and Texas A&M — because those states are redrawing congressional districts without race as a primary factor following the Supreme Court's ruling. We call it what it is — the NAACP demanding that 17-year-old black athletes from struggling families sacrifice life-changing scholarships for the Democrat Party's political agenda. No one's right to vote has been suppressed. Every vote still counts exactly one. The Supreme Court said you cannot draw districts based on race — and that is equal protection, not suppression. We also cover California's bizarre new rule allowing a biological female who finishes behind a transgender athlete to share the podium spot with the winner — which we describe as a participation trophy that accidentally acknowledges the injustice without having the courage to fix it. And the mother of the transgender athlete who won the race is upset about the rule. We note that the girl is the problem, apparently. For our Bright Spot, J.D. Vance filled in at the White House press briefing after the mosque attack in San Diego and was asked about religious violence in America. We play his answer in full — because it is one of the most theologically and constitutionally precise defenses of religious liberty we have heard from any public official in years. The right to find God through your own free will is the first right in the Constitution because you cannot force anyone to it. Violence against religious freedom is a violation of the laws of God, not just the laws of man. We call it a bright spot and mean it. And we close with 10-year-old Ernesto Hernandez — who wanted a 3D printer, whose mom told him to save up and buy it himself, who did chores until he had $500, bought the printer, started making keychains and fidget spinners, now runs three printers full time, is selling in local stores, and says he wants to invest in a house for his mom and him when he grows up. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for May 19, 2026.  We open with the Iran situation from every angle — President Trump paused another planned strike at the request of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE while negotiations continue, but Iran's latest peace proposal still doesn't address the one non-negotiable point: they will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. We dig into whether this pause is genuine diplomacy or strategic deception, why Trump's unpredictability is itself a form of deterrence, why Iran is almost certainly using the ceasefire to dig out its buried missile infrastructure — essentially handing the U.S. a fresh target list — and whether the Iranian people have any realistic chance of overthrowing a regime that will shoot into a crowd to disperse it. In our Top 3 Things You Need to Know, Trump paused a second planned attack on Iran at the request of multiple Middle Eastern heads of state while negotiations continue. Then in Los Angeles, 64-year-old Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong agreed to plead guilty to paying homeless people to register to vote at her personal address — meaning she collected their ballots and could vote them however she chose. We explain why this has nothing to do with whether homeless people can vote and everything to do with fraud. And President Trump dropped his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS in exchange for a $1.7 billion anti-weaponization fund to reimburse people prosecuted for political reasons during the Biden administration — including January 6th defendants. We play a clip that the White House itself shared this week — a black woman in Cook County, Illinois at a voter board meeting who tells the panel directly that voting is not in danger, that she has voted since she was 18 without a single problem, that her parents could say the same, her grandparents could say the same, and that the constant narrative about suppressed black voters is being used to manipulate the Voting Rights Act when everyone in the room knows it isn't true. We call it one of the most clarifying moments in the entire voter ID debate. Our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson react to the Unite the Kingdom March in Great Britain — described as one of the largest peacetime demonstrations in British history, with over 2 million people taking to the streets to say they want their culture, their heritage, and their country back. Prime Minister Keir Starmer branded it a march of thugs, hooligans, and far-right racists. Reporters who showed up found grandparents walking dogs. We talk about what it means when a government criminalizes its own citizens for reposting patriotic content online, why Britain's Conservative Party collapsed and gave way to the new Reform UK movement, and why this is a roadmap — not a foreign curiosity — for what can happen here. We also cover James Comey lecturing Acting AG Todd Blanche about compromising institutional integrity for suggesting there is evidence worth investigating about the 2020 election. We ask the obvious question — where was Comey's institutional integrity when he lied to the FISA court, changed the legal standard for Hillary Clinton in the middle of a press conference, and leaked classified memos to the media? In our Digging Deep segment, we take a hard look at what Lee Zeldin is doing at the EPA — and make the case that it is not only justified but overdue. The EPA was created to solve real problems — air pollution, water pollution, toxic waste — and it largely did. But then it forgot its aim and became fanatical, redoubling its efforts long after the problems were solved. We walk through the Integrated Risk Information System that set formaldehyde standards lower than what the human body naturally exhales, and explain the critical difference between hazard and risk that the EPA abandoned somewhere along the way. For our Bright Spot, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a landmark $10 million settlement with Texas Children's Hospital — which was illegally performing gender transition procedures on minors and billing Medicaid with false diagnosis codes. The settlement does more than extract a fine. It requires Texas Children's to create the first-ever detransition clinic in the United States — a multidisciplinary medical center designed to help patients reverse as much damage as possible from ideologically motivated procedures they received as children. We talk about what detransition actually looks like, why this clinic will likely become a national destination, and why it took this long. We also cover Kimberly Guilfoyle's enthusiastic promotion of the most technologically advanced McDonald's in Europe opening in Athens — and the Greek internet's very Greek response. And we close with Trinka and Mark Henderson of Gilbert Christian School in Arizona — 40 years and 18 years of teaching respectively, a combined 58 years in education, who walked into what they thought was a staff meeting and found their own retirement party. Trinka said she's had kids of kids. Mark said he'll probably be back as a substitute. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for May 18, 2026.  From graduation ceremonies for illegal immigrants to a tied mayoral race in Louisiana, this episode of American Ground Radio covers the stories that mainstream media won't tell you straight. California State University is holding separate, private graduation ceremonies for undocumented students — and we are asking the hard questions: Who's paying for it, what does it say about the rule of law, and is this just the latest step in universities segregating ceremonies by identity politics? In the news: Thousands gather in Washington D.C. for the Rededicate 250 rally, calling America back to faith. Long Island Railroad workers strike for the first time in 32 years — despite averaging $136,000 a year. And Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy goes down in flames in the Republican primary, finishing a distant third after his vote to convict President Trump in the 2020 impeachment trial. American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson react. Going deep: Is America's homeownership crisis actually a marriage crisis? New data from the Center for Christian Virtue reveals a stunning connection between declining marriage rates and plummeting homeownership — and the numbers will surprise you. Plus: Luigi Mangione's fan club shows up outside a Manhattan courthouse, and we ask what it says about a culture that glamorizes alleged murderers. The RNC launches 130 lawsuits across 32 states to protect election integrity. A Democrat Colorado governor grants clemency to Republican election official Tina Peters in a rare act of bipartisan fairness. A study finds 40% of young Europeans believe their faith overrides local law. And a Louisiana town's mayoral race ends in a 374-374 tie. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for May 15, 2026.  Is the Left trying to rewrite the rules of American democracy? Today we dive into the stories and debates that every patriotic American needs to hear. Kamala Harris made headlines after her "no bad ideas" brainstorming webinar revealed a sweeping agenda to restructure America's constitutional foundations — abolishing the Electoral College, packing the Supreme Court, creating multi-member congressional districts, and granting statehood to D.C. and Puerto Rico. We break down why these aren't just bad ideas — they're not even new ones, and what they really signal about the modern Democratic Party's relationship with the Constitution. In the news: CIA Director John Ratcliffe's surprise trip to Cuba, Congressman Steve Cohen's retirement amid Tennessee redistricting, and Harvey Weinstein's third trial ends in yet another hung jury. American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burelson weigh in on a viral parenting video where a mom destroys her son's PS5 after he harmed the family cat — and whether tough love is enough when child behavior signals something deeper. Going deep on the FDA's abortion pill review: why the new acting commissioner is promising pro-life leaders action, what Louisiana's lawsuit reveals about states' rights versus federal agency overreach, and why the Dobbs decision hasn't delivered what many pro-lifers expected. Plus: Jeanine Pirro seeks the death penalty in the anti-Semitic murders of two Israeli embassy staffers, a discussion on the Trump-Xi summit and what makes China a different adversary than Iran, teens ditching smartphones for dumb phones, and a lively round of Real News / Fake News. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for May 14, 2026.  We open with a statement from the NAACP Charlotte Mecklenburg branch that we believe represents peak racial politics in modern America — declaring it is, quote, seriously disturbing for white folks to be lobbying to be the interim mayor of Charlotte because the outgoing mayor is a black woman. We play it straight. We ask the question nobody wants to ask out loud — if a major civic organization had said it was disturbing for black candidates to seek a position because the outgoing officeholder was white, what would happen? We both know the answer. We also point out the obvious irony of an organization called the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People lecturing anyone else about racist language. And we make the foundational argument — the moment politics stops asking who is best for the job and starts asking what color of skin should hold this seat, you are no longer operating inside the framework of equal citizenship. You are inside racial factionalism. And that is incompatible with the Declaration of Independence. In our Top 3 Things You Need to Know, Louisiana Senator John Kennedy pushed through a rule change on a voice vote that will withhold senators' salaries the next time there is a government shutdown — a measure he first proposed during the last Democrat-caused DHS shutdown and couldn't get passed. It goes into effect after this fall's elections. Then Georgia Governor Brian Kemp called a special session to redraw the state's congressional districts — potentially adding two Republican seats — though the new maps won't take effect until 2028. And two sitting members of Congress have been missing from Washington for over a month with no explanation — Democrat Frederica Wilson of South Florida, whose staff has been recycling old photos on social media as if they were recent, and Republican Thomas Kean Jr. of New Jersey, who finally responded to Speaker Johnson's outreach by saying he was experiencing health difficulties. Our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson tackle a deeply personal question — when was the last time you felt euphoric? Kimberly shares the moment she was driving home from the grocery store with all her kids home and was hit by sudden joy — followed immediately by the crushing realization it was the first time she had felt that way since her mother died. Teri talks about her son getting a full ride to SMU Law School and her daughter announcing a pregnancy. And Stephen admits he can't remember the last time he felt euphoric — and explains why that's actually okay. We dig into the Supreme Court's ruling allowing mail-order chemical abortions to continue while legal challenges proceed — and make the medical case that no responsible physician should be prescribing mifepristone without seeing the patient in person. We explain the ectopic pregnancy danger in detail — how telemedicine cannot diagnose it, how the abortion pill will not resolve it, how it can cause organ rupture and sepsis, and how a young woman alone in her apartment experiencing severe complications cannot solve those problems with a Zoom call. In our Digging Deep segment, we follow two parallel fraud stories that together tell the same national story. In Minnesota, House Republicans released a report showing the Walz administration was aware of massive Medicaid fraud as early as 2019 and not only failed to act but created a culture that allowed the fraud to explode. In Florida, the founder of Health Splash was convicted for a $1 billion Medicare fraud conspiracy involving medically unnecessary orthotic braces. And in both Minnesota and California, Dr. Oz cut off 800 providers suspected of fraud — and fewer than 20 of them called to contest it. That means at least 780 were outright fraudsters. We also cover the Trump administration withholding $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California for failing to address the problem. We also cover the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division investigation into Yale Medical School — where black and Hispanic applicants allegedly received significantly better odds of admission than white and Asian applicants with identical academic credentials. We make the case that medicine should be the most merit-driven profession on earth, and that public suspicion about whether doctors are chosen for competence or for racial checkboxes harms everyone — including the patients they treat. For our Bright Spot, independent journalist Alex Berenson — formerly of the New York Times, banned from Twitter in 2021 at the direct pressure of the Biden administration for saying the mRNA vaccine doesn't stop infection or transmission — has won his First Amendment lawsuit and received a formal written admission from the United States government that it did in fact violate his constitutional rights by coercing social media companies to suppress his speech. He also received $150,000. We note that Pfizer executives were directly involved in pressuring the administration to silence him. And we share that AGR itself was shadow-banned and nearly removed from YouTube for saying the same things Berenson was banned for saying. And we close with Dawn Kraft who enrolled in medical school after her husband Carl survived a brain hemorrhage and they both started working on their bucket lists. This spring, Dawn graduated from St. James School of Medicine at the age of 72, becoming the oldest graduate in the school's history. She took out no loans. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for May 13, 2026.  We open with the China story that keeps getting bigger — the day after we covered the Arcadia, California mayor who pleaded guilty to acting as a Chinese Communist Party agent, a man named Lou John Wang was convicted in New York City for operating a secret Chinese police station — kidnapping dissidents, pressuring critics of the CCP, and running what amounts to a foreign government's law enforcement operation on American soil. We connect it to Trump and Rubio's diplomatic trip to Beijing, explain what China's secret police stations actually do, and make the case that China's infiltration of American life — through supply chains, universities, real estate near military bases, and now city halls and police stations — is unlike anything any hostile nation has ever accomplished inside our borders. We ask the question every American should be asking — how much access has the Chinese Communist Party already built while we were telling ourselves economics and national security were separate conversations? In our Top 3 Things You Need to Know, President Trump landed in Beijing with a delegation that included Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Wang — arriving to a red carpet welcome and plans to push for Chinese market access for U.S. businesses. Then the U.S. Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve on a 54-45 vote — with Democrat John Fetterman the only crossover — signaling future interest rate cuts that sent equity markets surging. And Salem Communications — home to Hugh Hewitt, Joe Piscopo, Charlie Kirk, Mike Gallagher, and American Ground Radio partnerships in New York, D.C., and the Salem Podcast Network — has been acquired by Waterstone in a deal CEO David Santrella says will accelerate the company's faith-forward mission for years to come. Our American Mama Teri Netterville joins us to talk about country singer Eric Church's commencement speech at North Carolina — which she calls the single greatest commencement speech she has ever heard. Using the six strings of a guitar as his framework, Church walked graduates through faith as the foundational low E string, family as the A string, their life partner as the D string at the heart of the instrument, ambition and resilience on the G string, community on the B string — where he urged graduates to put down roots, volunteer, and build the thing their community needs even if the internet never sees it — and individual greatness on the high E string, the thinnest string most easily bent by outside pressure. We walk through every string and explain why this speech deserves to be heard by every graduating class in America. We dig deep into a new Harvard, Stanford, and Dartmouth report called From Learning Recession to Learning Recovery — which identifies a nationwide decline in student achievement in math and reading that began in 2013 and was just as severe before the pandemic as during it. The researchers blame social media. We disagree. We connect the timeline directly to Common Core — the untested, nationally imposed educational standards pushed by the Gates Foundation and adopted by 46 states by 2013 — that confused children, baffled parents who could no longer help with math homework, and produced exactly the results you'd expect from conducting a nationwide experiment on children with no prior testing. And we note that Louisiana — which abandoned Common Core's methodology and adopted the Science of Reading — now leads the nation in educational improvement. We also cover the DOJ's settlement with PayPal over their $530 million Economic Opportunity Fund — a 2020 program that tied eligibility explicitly to race and national origin in violation of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. We make the case that you cannot achieve fairness by creating an unfair system, and that civil rights laws were designed to stop discrimination — not rebrand it. We also dig into Senator Tommy Tuberville's proposal to establish English as the official language of American schools — and make the case that a shared language is not about race, it's about unity, assimilation, and the Tower of Babel. For our Bright Spot, a Marine veteran with a concealed carry permit in Massachusetts was already going car to car helping people escape and exchanging fire with an active shooter on Memorial Drive in Cambridge before police arrived. The shooter — who had previously been given half the recommended prison sentence for shooting at cops in 2020 — was stopped before anyone was killed. Nobody's covering this story. We are. We also note that Rudy Giuliani has recovered from pneumonia, left the hospital after being on a ventilator and in the ICU, and remind listeners that God is not finished with us until He says so. And we close with Logan, Cody, and Brody — three high schoolers in Cooper City, Florida who pulled over to help a man they thought had a flat tire and discovered he was having a heart attack. They called 911. Emergency crews arrived. Diego survived. His son said, God didn't send angels with wings. He sent those boys. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for May 12, 2026.  We open with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez comparing ICE to Jim Crow — and we take it apart piece by piece. We play the clip, explain why this comparison isn't just historically wrong but actively dangerous, and make the case that when you tell people they are witnessing a rebirth of racial oppression rather than the enforcement of democratically enacted law, you are not making a policy argument anymore — you are issuing marching orders to people on the edge. We also point out the obvious — the party that wrote, enforced, and defended Jim Crow was the Democrat Party. AOC's party. And if she actually disagrees with how ICE operates, she has the power to change the law. She's in Congress. That's literally her job. In our Top 3 Things You Need to Know, the DOJ has announced criminal charges against two Singapore and India-based shipping companies and their technical superintendent for the 2024 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore — six construction workers killed, $5 billion in economic damage, and pollutants released into the Chesapeake Bay. Then inflation jumped to 3.8% in April — the highest level in three years — driven primarily by energy costs related to the Iran conflict and the bottleneck at the Strait of Hormuz, with prices now rising faster than wages for the first time since Biden was president. And the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has blocked the federal government from continuing to collect President Trump's 10% global tariffs — with the underlying authority set to expire in July unless Congress acts. We think those tariffs are doomed and that Congress should fix it. Our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson weigh in on the growing trend of no-phone parties on college campuses — events where phones get locked away and people actually talk to each other. We get into why this trend is catching on, why Chick-fil-A is now offering phone-free booths with free ice cream as an incentive for families who make it through a full meal without touching their devices, why phones have become security blankets as much as communication tools, and why one mama's husband's week-long phone detox challenge may be the most ambitious thing happening in American households right now. We dig into a Democrat Senate candidate in Michigan — Abdul El-Saeed — who has spent his entire campaign presenting himself as a physician. His LinkedIn says physician. His campaign literature says physician. His website says physician. Michigan and New York have no record of ever granting him a medical license. We ask the simple question — if you've been practicing medicine your entire career without a license, what do you call that? In our Digging Deep segment, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a first-in-the-nation program called Golden State Start — 400 free diapers for every newborn in California, administered through an NGO called Baby to Baby. The state has budgeted $20 million for the program. Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton went to Target and discovered you can buy diapers for 16 cents each. The state is paying 50 cents each — more than three times the retail price. We follow the money and find that Baby to Baby is co-led by a woman who sits on the board of Gavin Newsom's wife's nonprofit, that its board includes Kim Kardashian, Jessica Alba, and other Hollywood mega-donors, and that the organization funnels money back to Democrat candidates. Newsom's free diapers aren't about babies. They're about political payback with your tax dollars. We also cover the mayor of Arcadia, California — Democrat Eileen Wang — who has resigned and agreed to plead guilty after being charged with acting as a foreign agent for communist China. A sitting American mayor, taking directives from the People's Republic of China and posting propaganda designed to influence American public opinion. We connect it to the broader pattern of Chinese infiltration into American politics and ask why it keeps happening in the same party. We also cover Representative Darrell Issa's resolution to expunge both of Donald Trump's impeachments from the historical record — laying out the evidence that the 2019 impeachment was built on fabricated testimony from a biased whistleblower with no firsthand knowledge, and that the 2021 impeachment violated the Constitution in multiple procedural ways including the Chief Justice refusing to preside. Both should be expunged. We note that most of the seven Republican senators who voted to convict are already out of Congress — and we mention one who is not. And we close with President Trump calling out a reporter on the White House lawn who accused his ballroom of doubling in cost without apparently knowing he had doubled the size. We give him full credit for the content of the correction — and only minor points off for the delivery. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for May 8, 2026.  We open with a story that cuts to the heart of public trust in American institutions — a Utah Supreme Court justice has resigned after it was revealed she was romantically involved with a leftist redistricting attorney whose litigation she ruled on, helping Democrats gain a congressional seat in deep red Utah. We ask the question every American should be asking — is anything sacred anymore? We talk about why courts derive their entire authority from public trust and nothing else, why the founders understood this better than modern elites do, and why if a conservative judge had done the same thing in a case benefiting Republicans, the national media would have run wall-to-wall coverage for weeks. How many times had you heard this story before today? That's the answer. In our Top 3 Things You Need to Know, the Virginia State Supreme Court struck down the Democrat redistricting plan that would have flipped the state's congressional delegation from a 6-5 Democrat advantage to a 10-1 advantage — ruling the legislature didn't follow the state constitution's requirement of two separate legislative sessions with an election in between before putting constitutional changes to voters. The whole measure is null and void. Then the U.S. economy added 115,000 jobs in April — nearly double what economists expected — with March numbers revised upward by 10,000, and first-time unemployment claims remaining at historic lows. And in Britain, Keir Starmer's Labour Party lost more than 1,000 seats in local elections across England, Scotland, and Wales while the new Reform UK party picked up more than 1,500 seats — one of the largest losses by a ruling party in British electoral history. We dig into Senator John Fetterman's Washington Post op-ed titled "I Haven't Changed. Here's What Has" — and we give him credit for saying things no other Democrat in Washington will say out loud. Fetterman says his party cannot simply be the opposite of whatever Donald Trump says. He says Democrats used to want a secure border. They used to believe shutting the government down was wrong. They used to support Israel. He's right on all three. We also note that Fetterman would make a terrible Republican — he's still pro-choice, pro-weed, pro-LGBT, and pro-SNAP — but we make the case that the party Fetterman signed up for no longer exists, and that there is currently no political party in America for people who are pro-abortion and pro-Israel, or pro-social spending and pro-law and order. That used to be the Democrat Party. It isn't anymore. We also weigh in on the decision to allow cameras in the courtroom for the trial of the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk — debating whether transparency and public accountability outweigh the risk of turning a murder trial into a TikTok content machine, and why the O.J. Simpson trial is still the cautionary tale that haunts every conversation about cameras in high-profile courtrooms. Then it's Fake News Friday — real news, fake news, or really fake news — including whether Republicans are stealing a Black Democrat's seat in Tennessee (they're not — it's Stephen Cohen, who is white), a publicly funded water park in Plano, Texas holding a Muslim-only day, a South Carolina judge ruling that a convicted murderer can't be executed because he believes he's a god, Washington state making it illegal for daycare workers to peel a banana without a food prep license, Barack Obama blaming Donald Trump for his marital problems with Michelle, and more. We also cover the Pentagon's first release of UFO files at President Trump's direction — and settle the question of whether this is a distraction from Iran. It's not. Donald Trump can walk and chew gum at the same time. And we close with a comprehensive look at the redistricting scoreboard heading into the midterms — Republicans picking up seats in Texas, Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina, Missouri, Ohio, Louisiana, Mississippi, and more, while Virginia's 10-to-1 gerrymander got thrown out. The most likely net outcome, according to the compilation of pundits, is Republicans gaining 11 seats in the House. That's a historic reversal of the typical midterm pattern — and it could change everything. For our Bright Spot, 17-year-old Avant Williams took his grandmother Svala to prom — because she grew up in Iceland watching American movies about prom her whole life and always dreamed of going. He wore a tux. She wore a fancy dress. They went to dinner and took pictures. He said, I've only been looking forward to this moment since I was about two years old. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for May 7, 2026.  We open with the Tennessee redistricting spectacle — Republican lawmakers passed new congressional maps designed to create a 9-0 Republican advantage in the state's U.S. House delegation, and Democrats responded by standing on desks, blowing air horns, unfurling banners reading No Jim Crow 2.0, and getting escorted out of the building by state police. We call it what it is — not courage, not resistance, but buffoonery — and explain why the modern left has developed a habit of treating every democratic outcome they dislike as a moral emergency requiring theatrical protest rather than an actual argument. We also make the point that redistricting fights are ugly and both parties do it, but only one party responds to losing a vote by having members physically removed from the chamber. In our Top 3 Things You Need to Know, Tennessee officially adopted its new congressional maps on party line votes — expected to flip Memphis from Democrat to Republican. Then a federal judge ruled the FBI can keep the ballots and evidence seized from Fulton County, Georgia related to the 2020 election — rejecting the county's argument that the FBI had no business looking — while noting the bureau has identified irregularities but hasn't yet determined whether they were human error or intentional. And in the Los Angeles mayoral debate, Republican Spencer Pratt — whose home was destroyed in the Palisades fire — was declared the winner by 89% of viewers in an NBC post-debate poll, with 23% saying the debate changed their minds about who they're voting for. We ask how anyone is still considering voting for Karen Bass. We also play a Harry Enten clip from CNN — not Fox News, CNN — where the network's own senior data reporter dismantles the narrative that Trump is losing Republican support. Enten points out that Trump's approval among Republicans right now is 84%, nearly identical to his 85% approval at the same point in the 2018 midterm cycle. MAGA is not dead. The media just wants you to think it is. We note, however, that Republicans still lost the House in 2018 despite 85% Republican approval — so high base support doesn't automatically translate to midterm wins. Our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson tackle the question of why American cities aren't as beautiful as they used to be — and why you see people traveling to Europe for the architecture that America stopped building generations ago. We talk about the difference between buildings designed to last forever and boxes designed to last 30 years, why Fort Worth went from a city nobody visited to a booming destination because one family decided to pour private money into it, why the left's instinct to tax the wealthy destroys the very engine that beautifies cities, and why good leadership and private investment — not government programs — are what make cities worth living in. In our Digging Deep segment, we spotted a pattern across three news stories from three different Democrat-run states. In Boston, 26% of young adults aged 20 to 30 say they could leave within five years — with 46% of those drawn to red states in the South and Southwest. In Washington State, 24% of businesses are considering moving out of state, with 72% citing the overall tax burden as their top challenge. And in Chicago, violent retail crime is up 7% — with one in eight retail crimes now involving a weapon or physical threat. We connect all three stories to the same root cause — when the people you elect don't understand the purpose of government, you end up with high taxes, high costs of living, and high crime, every single time. And the people who suffer most are the poor and elderly who can't afford to leave. We also cover the federal government's lawsuit against the New York Times — filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of an anonymous white male employee who says the Times has been systematically discriminating in hiring and promotions based on race and sex since at least 2017. The evidence? The Times's own annual Diversity and Inclusion Reports, which the complaint says brag about giving preferential treatment to people of color and women. We make the simple point — if you are giving preferential treatment to people of one skin color, you are by definition discriminating against people of another skin color. That is racism. And the federal government is finally saying so. We also cover Secretary of State Marco Rubio's meeting with the Pope at the Vatican — reportedly to smooth over relations between the Holy See and President Trump, as well as to discuss the persecution of Christians in Africa. We briefly explore whether married men can become Catholic priests, which leads us somewhere we probably didn't need to go. Father Rubio has declined to comment. And we close with a milestone — Justice Clarence Thomas has officially become the second longest-serving justice in the history of the United States Supreme Court, surpassing John Paul Stevens, and is now just two years away from passing William Douglas to become the longest-serving justice in American history. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for May 6, 2026.  We open with a story that perfectly illustrates the logical endpoint of socialist thinking in American cities — a Chicago alderman is calling for criminal charges against Walgreens for closing a store in a high-crime neighborhood. The charge? First degree corporate abandonment. We walk through why this is economically illiterate, morally backwards, and philosophically revealing — because when you criminalize a business for leaving a neighborhood your own policies made unlivable, you have officially crossed from governance into something else entirely. We trace the same pattern from San Francisco to Seattle to Portland, explain why crime causes poverty and not the other way around, and ask the most basic question in economics — if you want businesses to stay, why are you making it impossible for them to survive? In our Top 3 Things You Need to Know, Vivek Ramaswamy won the Ohio Republican gubernatorial primary with 83% of the vote, carrying every single county in the state — after the mainstream media spent months calling him a clown who couldn't win. Then the FBI raided the offices, marijuana dispensaries, and home of Virginia state Senate President Pro Tem Louise Lucas — one of the key architects of Virginia's redistricting effort — with a SWAT team, arresting multiple people. No specific charges were announced, but between the marijuana businesses, the redistricting allegations, and what appears to be a home health company, there may be a lot of smoke and a lot of fire. And in Indiana, five of the seven state senators who defied President Trump on redistricting and voted with Democrats to block new maps were voted out of office in Republican primaries — bringing Trump's primary endorsement record to approximately 95%. Our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson tackle the question of how much you actually share with your closest friends — and whether oversharing is a nervous habit, a trust issue, or just the way some people are wired. We get into the viral Barstool video of two former best friends publicly airing each other's secrets in real time, why the person who spills becomes the pariah even when she was wronged, why Teri's advice to her children is to keep secrets between themselves and God, and why the vault of true friendship should never have a combination that changes with the weather. We get Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on the phone for an extended conversation covering some of the most significant legislative accomplishments of the current Congress. Johnson explains why getting all 12 appropriations bills passed in regular order — something that hadn't been done in years — is a bigger deal than most Americans realize, why the Christmas omnibus had become a bipartisan racket that nobody read and everybody funded, and how they're already starting the process again for next fiscal year. He also covers the Farm Bill, the border security and ICE funding reconciliation package that will fund those agencies for the next three years without a single Democratic vote, and the proposed rebranding of ICE to National Immigration Customs Enforcement — so the other side would have to say they want to defund NICE. We also dig into Ilhan Omar's connection to the $250 million Minnesota COVID-era childcare and meal fraud scheme — specifically that a Minnesota House committee gave her office until May 5th to turn over documents and communications related to the nonprofits whose emails her office appears in repeatedly. May 5th passed. She turned over nothing. We also get into the data center construction boom happening across America — and why AOC, Bernie Sanders, and the left are suddenly opposed to building the infrastructure America needs to beat China in the artificial intelligence race. We explain why losing the AI race to China isn't just an economic setback — it's a civilizational one. For our Bright Spot, Max Davis lost his brother Beck to suicide on May 10th, 2023. He started a nonprofit called the Beck Davis Survivors of Loss Foundation and is now running a full marathon — 327 laps around the Washington Monument — to raise money for families dealing with grief. He's calling it the Washington Monument-a-thon, and people who've never met are showing up to run with him. His message to people who are struggling: think about all the people who are really out there and really do care about you. And we close with the life of Ted Turner — who inherited his father's billboard company at 24, parlayed it into radio stations, traded those for a small Atlanta TV station, turned that into the first cable superstation, and then built CNN, the first 24-hour cable news network. Ted Turner passed away today at the age of 87. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for May 5, 2026.  We open with a story that tells you everything you need to know about where some people's priorities are right now — a D.C. magistrate judge apologized to the alleged White House Correspondents' Dinner assassin for the conditions of his safe cell. We explain what a safe cell actually is, why someone who allegedly planned to kill the president and anyone who got in the way might reasonably be placed in one, and why the same logic that says we weren't watching Jeffrey Epstein closely enough is exactly why we watch someone like this closely. We also revisit the broader question of whether this man was acting out of insanity or whether he was simply following the Democrat Party's own rhetoric to its logical conclusion — and why there is a meaningful difference between the two. In our Top 3 Thing You Need to Know, Dell Computing is moving its corporate registration from Delaware back to its home state of Texas — after a $1 billion shareholder lawsuit settlement sent $267 million straight to the law firm that filed it. Texas has set up new business courts and made frivolous shareholder lawsuits harder to file, and Dell, founded in Austin in the 1980s, is coming home. Then the federal government is suing the state of Minnesota for suing energy companies over greenhouse gases — the DOJ arguing that a single state attempting to regulate global emissions is an unconstitutional power grab into an area of exclusive federal jurisdiction. And the DOJ is suing Denver over its 37-year-old assault weapons ban — Acting AG Todd Blanche responding to the city's hell no with a reminder that the Constitution is not a suggestion and the Second Amendment is not a second-class right. Our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson tackle the growing trend of married couples choosing separate bedrooms — a TikTok conversation that turned out to be far more common than anyone expected. We talk about whether sleeping separately is a practical solution to snoring and sleep deprivation or a slow erosion of intimacy, why the men in the room were unanimously opposed while the women were a lot more understanding, and why one mama's husband made the case that sleeping next to each other — even while asleep — is its own form of quality time. We're joined by Admiral Brian Christie, Assistant Secretary for Health and head of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, for an in-depth conversation on two major HHS initiatives. First, TrumpRx.gov and Most Favored Nation drug pricing — an agreement with 16 to 17 major pharmaceutical companies that ends the decades-long arrangement where Americans subsidized lower drug prices for citizens of other countries. We explain how the program works, why it is not a government takeover of medicine, and how to use TrumpRx.gov to find the lowest available prices on your prescriptions. Then Admiral Christie explains the Trump administration's formal position on gender dysphoria in minors — a peer-reviewed report from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health concluding that the appropriate treatment is compassionate mental health care, not puberty blockers, not surgery, and not what the last administration called gender-affirming care. The Admiral does not mince words on what those procedures actually do to children. We also cover President Trump pausing Operation Project Freedom — the naval escort program through the Strait of Hormuz — at the request of Pakistan and other nations, as negotiations with Iran over permanent nuclear disarmament continue to develop. We explain why this is a strategic pause, not a retreat, and why the blockade remains fully in place. In our Digging Deep segment, we preview Rededicate 250 — a national jubilee of prayer, praise, and thanksgiving on the National Mall on May 17th — and make the case that prayer was never optional or incidental to this country's founding. The Continental Congress opened in prayer. Leaders called for national days of fasting and thanksgiving before there was even a constitution. John Adams said the Constitution is wholly inadequate for the governance of any but a moral and religious people. We talk about what happens to a republic when it stops being that. For our Bright Spot, Officer Antonio Richardson of the Jacksonville Police Department — an 18-year veteran of the force and a 30-year veteran of the pulpit — spent an hour and a half praying with a young man standing on the edge of the Dames Point Bridge in Jacksonville, Florida. When the man finally stepped back and hugged him, Richardson told him why he wears the badge — to reach those whom the devil thinks he's got. The video posted by the Jacksonville PD has gone viral. We play the clip. We are not ashamed to say it made us feel something. And we close with four-year-old Nova Hallett of Beaverton, Oregon — who found her grandmother bleeding and disoriented after a fall, ran outside, found a neighbor, told them what happened, called 911, and then calmly led the paramedics directly to her grandmother's apartment. The city of Beaverton honored her for her bravery. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for May 4, 2026.  We open with a clip that demands an answer — Tennessee State Representative Justin Pearson went on national television and called President Trump a white supremacist domestic terrorist. We play the clip, we break down what those words actually mean in their legal and historical context, and we ask the question nobody on the left wants to answer — if you genuinely believe the president is a domestic terrorist, what is the logical conclusion of that belief? We connect the rhetoric directly to the pattern of political violence that has now produced multiple assassination attempts, explain why people who spend years calling someone Hitler and a terrorist cannot then claim surprise when someone acts on that logic, and make the case that this is not hyperbole anymore — it is an environment that is getting people killed. In our Top 3 Things You Need to Know, Iran broke the ceasefire — attacking an oil pipeline in the United Arab Emirates that would have allowed the UAE to bypass the Strait of Hormuz and ship oil to the world independently. The UAE called it a dangerous escalation and reserved the right to respond. CENTCOM destroyed six Iranian fast boats attacking U.S. ships in the strait. The bombing is probably coming back. Then the Supreme Court allowed abortion drugs to continue shipping across state lines for now — staying the Fifth Circuit's ruling banning cross-state mifepristone shipments until May 11th while Louisiana and other states respond to the Court's questions. And Alabama and Tennessee have called special legislative sessions to redraw their congressional maps following the Supreme Court's ruling on racial gerrymandering — which combined with Louisiana's ongoing redistricting could give Republicans five more seats this fall. Our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson tackle a fascinating question — can you tell who is going to grow up to be a millionaire? We dig into the ADHD and autism connection to entrepreneurial success, why people with ADHD often can't focus on the mundane but will obsess on a problem with a ferocity nobody else can match, why Teri's experience interviewing millionaires for her magazine showed a consistent pattern, why the five people you spend the most time around shape your economic trajectory, and why medicating the superpower out of your kid might be the most expensive parenting mistake you'll ever make. We also cover the 68% of National Guard and Reserve forces classified as overweight — and the nearly $1 billion the military has spent on Ozempic and GLP-1 weight loss medications since 2021. We discuss whether medication is a legitimate tool for readiness or a workaround for a standard that should be enforced directly, and what it means that we are going to war with the army we have. We dig deep into Representative Rashida Tlaib's proposed Unhoused Persons Bill of Rights — a bill that would create federally protected rights for homeless Americans including the right to public spaces, freedom of movement, health care, housing, a livable wage, and education. We go through the bill section by section and explain the fundamental philosophical error at its core — that if the government has to provide it, it is not a right, it is a redistribution. Real rights come from the creator and require nothing from anyone else. The moment someone else has to labor to give you your right, you have taken their rights away. We also note that the bill proposes to end the homeless crisis by 2027 — and ask why, if that's achievable by government declaration, they need a permanent bill of rights for people who won't exist in a year. We also cover Los Angeles considering whether to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections — while simultaneously exploring ways to strip voting rights from Palisades fire victims who no longer have a physical address in the city because their house burned down. We call it what it is. We address Jimmy Kimmel's joke about Rudy Giuliani — made days before Giuliani was hospitalized in critical condition — and why jokes about people's mortality and decline aren't comedy. They're contempt wearing a punchline. For our Bright Spot, Stephen Colbert's last days on air produced one genuinely beautiful moment — Jimmy Fallon and Colbert singing the national anthem a cappella in harmony from memory on Colbert's final shows. We celebrate it — and note that if people on the left love this country enough to memorize the harmony on the Star-Spangled Banner, there is still hope. And we preview the Memorial Day concert on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol hosted by Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise — a solemn reminder that Memorial Day is not a three-day weekend. It is the day we honor those who gave the last full measure of devotion. And we close with Secretary of State Marco Rubio — who, according to social media, has now been given every job in the world by President Trump — spinning records as the DJ at a family wedding. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for May 1, 2026.  We open with a number the media doesn't want you to focus on — 74% of Americans, including a majority of Democrats and independents, agree it is in America's national interest to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. That's according to a Harvard Harris poll, which leans left by about five points. We talk about what it means that three out of four Americans agree on a major national security issue in a country the media tells us is hopelessly divided, why the media's obsession with conflict distorts our understanding of where most Americans actually stand, and why the real division in this country isn't between the American people — it's between the American people and the people who claim to speak for them. In our Top 3 Thing You Need to Know, the 76-day Democrat shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security is officially over — Republicans passed a funding bill over total Democrat obstruction, and Democrats got none of the changes they wanted. ICE and Border Patrol are fully funded. Then President Trump signed an executive order creating Trump IRAs — retirement savings accounts available to Americans who can't access them through their employers, with up to $1,000 in federal matching funds for those earning under $35,000 a year. A 25-year-old who invests $165 a month under the program could have $465,000 by retirement. And President Trump has pulled his second Surgeon General nominee and named Dr. Nicole Sapphire — a licensed radiologist and director of breast imaging at Memorial Sloan Kettering — to the position, after the Senate refused to confirm a nominee who had never completed her medical residency and holds no state medical license. Our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson dig into divorce law and whether the system is biased against fathers — and the Kentucky data that is turning heads. After Kentucky made 50-50 shared custody the legal default in 2018, the state's divorce rate fell roughly 25% over the next several years. We talk about why that makes sense, why the financial and custody certainty of equal sharing may be causing couples to work harder to stay together, what firsthand experience with biased family courts looks like, and why loving your children more than you hate your ex is the only standard that actually protects them. We cover the rhetoric-to-violence pipeline — specifically the logical endpoint of eight to ten years of Democrats and media figures calling President Trump a fascist, a Hitler, a pedophile, a rapist, and an existential threat to democracy. We explain why you cannot spend a decade using that language and then stand at a podium after another assassination attempt saying there's no place for political violence. If you believe what you're saying, the violence is the logical conclusion. And that is exactly the problem. In our Digging Deep segment, we do a comprehensive state-by-state accounting of the redistricting war following the Supreme Court's ruling on racial gerrymandering — mapping out where Republicans and Democrats each stand to gain seats, which states are moving, which might move before this fall, and what the net effect could be on House control. We walk through Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, Ohio, North Carolina, and a list of Southern states now emboldened by the Supreme Court decision — and on the Democrat side, California, Virginia, and Utah. When you add it all up, Republicans could be looking at a net gain of anywhere from 8 to 26 seats through redistricting alone — in a House currently separated by six seats. We explain who actually started this war — hint: it was Eric Holder and Mark Elias — and why the Supreme Court just changed the rules of the game. We also cover Representative Jamie Raskin's claim that the Supreme Court has been gerrymandered — and explain why that sentence has no meaning, why the Supreme Court is not a political body, what it's actually supposed to do, and what it tells you about where the left is right now that their best argument against a ruling they don't like is a word that doesn't apply. Then we play Fake News Friday — real news, fake news, or really fake news — including John Hinckley Jr. weighing in on the Washington Hilton, Seth Moulton's Nazi submarine comparison to Pete Hegseth, Kamala Harris calling the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps British Redcoats in front of King Charles, and whether President Trump is really considering renaming ICE to the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement so the media will be forced to call them NICE. We also address the UAE's warning that no Iranian arrangements on the Strait of Hormuz can be trusted — and talk about why the UAE may actually benefit from keeping the strait closed, since they have a pipeline that bypasses it entirely. And we close with AJ Haradas at the Boston Marathon — who fell four times after the 26-mile marker and was about to crawl to the finish line when two strangers, Aaron Beggs and Robinson Oliveira, came up on either side and carried him across. Three men who didn't know each other. One finish line. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!  

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for April 30, 2026.  We open with a media language lesson — because after 76 days of Democrats in the Senate shutting down the Department of Homeland Security, headlines across the country said the House finally ended the shutdown, as if Mike Johnson was the problem. We correct the record, explain exactly how budget reconciliation allowed Republicans to fund DHS, ICE, Border Patrol, the Coast Guard, Secret Service, and TSA without a single Democratic vote, and ask the question nobody in big media wanted to answer — what does it say about a political party that was willing to leave the Secret Service tip line unmonitored for 76 days, right up until someone walked into the White House Correspondents' Dinner with a shotgun? In our Top 3 Things You Need to Know, the Florida legislature passed a new redistricting map in a single day — passing the House on party lines and the Senate 21 to 17 — expected to flip four Democrat seats Republican and help Republicans hold the House this fall. Then first-time unemployment claims fell to 189,000 last week, the lowest level since 1969, and as a percentage of the workforce, an all-time record low — at a time when there are 143 million more people in the country than there were the last time numbers were this good. And Maine Governor Janet Mills dropped out of the Democrat Senate primary, leaving the party's nomination to go to political newcomer Graham Plattner — the candidate who made national news when it was revealed he has a literal Nazi tattoo on his chest that he claims he didn't know was a Nazi symbol. Our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson tackle the viral TikTok trend of men introducing their AI companions to their families as boyfriends or girlfriends — and why a supportive mom validating her son's relationship with a chatbot isn't love, it's enabling. We talk about why AI companions mirror and validate rather than challenge and grow you, why that's the opposite of what a real relationship does, why kids with imaginary friends are actually developing healthier coping skills, and why joy — not just happiness — is the standard we should be holding our lives to. We also play the clip of Democrat Congressman Seth Moulton on CNN saying Pete Hegseth is guilty of war crimes — and that Allied nations tried and executed Nazi submarine captains for doing the same thing. We call this what it is — rhetoric that gets people killed — and connect it directly to the pattern of political violence that has now produced at least four armed attempts on the president's life and 19 documented assassination plots, more than any president in American history. In our Digging Deep segment, the Free Beacon obtained through open records the actual rubric that Portland, Oregon uses to determine who gets homeless shelter services first — and it is not need-based. It is intersectionality-based. A woman who is a domestic violence survivor with a six-year-old child who has been homeless for over a year scores lower than a non-white, non-straight, non-English-speaking applicant with fewer boxes checked. In Maryland and Minnesota, race is the single biggest factor in determining whether someone gets housing benefits — more important than whether they are actually currently homeless. We connect this to the Supreme Court's racial redistricting decision this week and ask whether in the 250th year of this nation, we have figured out what all men are created equal actually means. We also cover the Comey indictment — specifically how Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche personally stepped in to pursue the case after Pam Bondi had shelved it. We explain why this isn't primarily about winning a conviction — it's about throwing cold water on an environment where coded threats against the president have become casual, normalized, and consequence-free. We also cover former Senator Ben Sasse — diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer in December, sleeping 15 hours a day from chemotherapy, and spending the time he has left giving interviews about whether he loved enough, whether he did what he was called to do, and whether any of us are living as if time actually runs out. For our Bright Spot, a Harvard Harris poll — not a right-leaning outlet — shows that 52% of Americans support U.S. military airstrikes on Iran, 54% say they were justified, 74% say the U.S. is winning, and 78% say Trump was right to agree to a temporary ceasefire. We talk about what these numbers mean for the midterm narrative that the Iran conflict is a political liability — and why you should never bet against the American people. We also address Tucker Carlson's claim that President Trump has contempt for normal Americans and doesn't care about Baltimore or rural America — and explain why the man who just posted the lowest per-capita weekly unemployment numbers in American history doesn't need Tucker Carlson to tell him who he cares about. And we close with 14-year-old Jude Baker — who finished chemotherapy for a rare form of bone cancer, rang the bell at the clinic, and when Make-A-Wish offered him any adventure he wanted, asked instead if he could stuff backpacks and prepare hot meals for more than 300 homeless people living near the hospital where he received treatment. He said, I wanted to help them because I was in a bad situation and they were too. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!  

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for April 29, 2026.  We open with a landmark day at the United States Supreme Court — two massive decisions that will reshape elections, redistricting, and the fight for life in America for decades to come. We dig deep into the Callais decision, which effectively ends the use of race as a primary basis for drawing congressional districts, overturning decades of lower court precedent that the majority says forced states to engage in the very racial discrimination the Constitution forbids. We walk through Justice Alito's majority opinion line by line, explain what Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act actually says versus how it has been misapplied, cover Justice Thomas's concurring opinion noting that redistricting was never in the Voting Rights Act to begin with, and ask the question Barack Obama apparently hasn't considered — if racial gerrymandering is the only way black candidates can win, how did you get elected president? We also cover the Supreme Court's ruling protecting crisis pregnancy centers in New Jersey from a politically motivated fishing expedition by the state's attorney general, who demanded 10 years of donor records from a clinic that had committed no crime — simply because it doesn't perform abortions and actively counsels women on alternatives. The Court said that's not an investigation. That's political retribution designed to silence free speech through fear of association. In our Top 3 Three Things You Need to Know, North Carolina has identified 34,000 dead people still on its voter rolls through a routine data cross-check — a number state officials say was far higher than expected. We talk about why this isn't unique to North Carolina, why 17 blue states are currently refusing to cooperate with federal voter roll verification efforts, and why every illegal vote cast in the name of a dead person is an act of voter suppression against a living one. Then the Supreme Court strikes down racial gerrymandering in a ruling that could eventually reshape dozens of congressional districts across the country. And the United Arab Emirates — the target of more than 2,800 Iranian missile and drone attacks in the past month — announced it is leaving OPEC, potentially beginning the unraveling of the entire organization that Iran helped found. Our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson tackle a question that applies to Apple, private schools, churches, and businesses of every kind — why do organizations so often decline or collapse after losing their founders? We talk about Steve Jobs and what happened to Apple in the 1990s without him, a private school in Arlington, Texas that had a waiting list and is now closing its doors after pushing out its visionary founder, and why jealousy among the people closest to the founder is almost always at the root of it. The lights of the party are gone. And it goes dark. We dig deep into the redistricting earthquake — walking through exactly what the Supreme Court's ruling means for Louisiana, which had been forced by a lower court to draw a 250-mile-long, two-mile-wide district linking black neighborhoods from Baton Rouge to Shreveport. Louisiana will have to redraw its maps for the third time since 2020. We also connect the ruling to Representative Cleo Fields' press conference response, correct the historical record about Louisiana's voting history, and point out the uncomfortable truth that it was the Democrat Party — not the Republican Party — that wrote and enforced the poll taxes, literacy tests, and property requirements that Fields invoked to condemn today's decision. We also cover the April Gallup survey showing that high cost of living remains the number one financial concern for Americans, with 55% saying their financial situation is worsening — and we put that in context against the continuing inflation baked in from Biden-era spending that is still working its way through the economy. For our Bright Spot, the U.S. Geological Survey has discovered 2.3 million metric tons of economically recoverable lithium in the Appalachian region — enough to manufacture 130 million electric vehicles, 180 billion laptops, or 500 billion cell phones, and enough to replace 328 years of lithium imports. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum calls it reclaiming America's mineral independence. We call it one of the most significant resource discoveries on American soil in a generation — even if most of it sits under blue states that have spent decades fighting mining. We also cover Rosie O'Donnell claiming the White House Correspondents' Dinner assassination attempt was staged — including apparently Butler, Pennsylvania — and respond accordingly. And we close with King Charles presenting President Trump with the bell of the HMS Trump, a British submarine that sank six Japanese ships during World War II, with the message — should you ever need to get a hold of us, just give us a ring. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!  

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for April 28, 2026.  We open with major breaking news — federal authorities raided more than 20 locations in Minneapolis as part of a massive crackdown on childcare fraud tied to fake businesses that billed the government for kids who didn't exist, meals that were never served, and facilities that couldn't have provided care even if they'd wanted to. We dig into how this fraud was made possible, why Tim Walz's administration silenced whistleblowers who were sounding the alarm years ago, why Ilhan Omar's legislation created the incentives that made it all possible, and why the fraud wasn't just tolerated — it may have been the point. We also connect this to a broader pattern: when illegal immigration was rampant under Biden, it wasn't incompetence. When childcare fraud ran into the billions, it wasn't incompetence. The policy was the policy. In our Top 3 Things You Need to Know, former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted again — this time over a social media post featuring seashells arranged in the shape of 86-47, where 86 is slang for kill and 47 refers to the 47th president. Comey claims he didn't know 86 would be taken as a threat. Then a former advisor to Dr. Anthony Fauci has been indicted for intentionally concealing federal documents about COVID-19 research — including allegedly working to secretly restore a federal grant on bat virus research after the COVID lab leak theory gained credibility, and then destroying all evidence of those communications on government devices. And federal agents executed raids on 20 locations across Minneapolis tied to the childcare fraud investigation — carrying out boxes of files while investigators say billions of dollars in federal aid was stolen by fake businesses. Our American Mama Teri Netterville joins us to take on Jimmy Kimmel's joke that Melania Trump has the glow of an expectant widow — delivered on the Friday night before an armed man tried to make that a reality at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. We lay out the Kimmel defense, Melania's response demanding ABC take a stand, and why the double standard is as clear as it gets. Roseanne Barr was canceled within 48 hours for a tweet. Shane Gillis was fired from SNL before his first episode for an old joke. Chris Harrison lost a 20-year career for defending a sorority girl. Jimmy Kimmel dressed in blackface, calls the president a pedophile on national television, jokes about the First Lady becoming a widow — and George Clooney and Jake Tapper come to his defense. We also explain why Kimmel's jokes about someone he genuinely hates aren't comedy at all — they're bullying with a laugh track. We also revisit the redistricting war — this time with updates from Virginia and Florida. The Virginia Supreme Court has now blocked the state from certifying the results of its special redistricting election while it determines whether the election itself was legitimate — and there are multiple serious legal problems with how it was conducted, including ballot language that called turning a 6-5 Democrat advantage into a 10-1 advantage restoring fairness. Meanwhile, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has called a special session to redraw Florida's congressional maps, proposing a new map that would cut the number of Florida Democrats in Congress from eight to four. We explain why DeSantis's maps are geographically compact in a way Virginia's clearly are not, and why the broader gerrymandering battle may ultimately require a constitutional amendment to resolve — if there even is a right answer. Then we talk consumer confidence — which hit its highest point of the year in April, despite everything the media has been telling Americans to be afraid of. The Iran conflict, AI job fears, tariffs, tax day — and yet Americans are more confident about their economic prospects now than at any point this year. The manufacturing index also peaked in April. We talk about what that says about the American spirit and why the sky the media keeps pointing to stubbornly refuses to fall. We also cover President Trump's welcoming remarks to King Charles at the White House — remarks that we call one of the most genuinely beautiful things said at a presidential event in years. Trump reminded the room that before Americans had a nation or a constitution, we had a culture and a character — and it came from Britain. We dig into why the ideas of the American Revolution were born in British Enlightenment philosophy, why the special relationship is strained right now, and what Britain would look like if it remembered who it's supposed to be. And we close with Peter Mutabazi — a man who grew up in an abusive home in Uganda, immigrated to the United States, never married, and spent years fostering 47 different children because he never wanted another child to feel the way he felt as a boy. This month, he officially adopted a young boy named Jacob, who had spent four and a half years in the foster care system. Being adopted is more than a milestone — it's the beginning of a lifetime of belonging, security, and unconditional love. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for April 27, 2026.  We open with the story that dominated the weekend — another assassination attempt on President Trump, this time at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington D.C. A man traveled by train from California, breached security carrying a shotgun, a handgun, and two knives, shot a Secret Service agent in a bulletproof vest, and was taken down before reaching the ballroom. We cover what was in his written statement, why the reasons he gave sound almost indistinguishable from the Democratic Party platform, and why President Trump walked back into that ballroom afterward — because we don't let evil win and we don't let one man take the night from everyone else. Then our American Mama Teri Netterville joins us to talk about the assassination attempt, the pattern of political violence that has now produced three close calls, and the direct line between inflammatory rhetoric from media figures and unhinged actors who take it literally. We dig into left-wing influencer Hassan Piker — the number one influencer on the American left, who has called for the murder of Rick Scott and whose content is so violent that Democrat candidates are still campaigning with him anyway. We also cover Jimmy Kimmel's comment that Melania Trump has a glow like an expectant widow — made days before an armed man tried to make that prophecy come true — and Melania's powerful response demanding ABC take a stand. We ask the question nobody in big media wants to answer — when does rhetoric become incitement? We Dig Deep into the 60 Minutes interview between President Trump and anchor Nora O'Donnell — specifically the moment that's going viral for all the right reasons. O'Donnell read from the alleged assassin's written statement calling Trump a pedophile and rapist, Trump pushed back firmly, and O'Donnell responded with what we call one of the most brazen acts of media gaslighting in recent memory — saying, oh, you think he was referring to you? We break down exactly why that response is not journalism, it's abuse — and why the media's pattern of floating smears, getting called out, and then pretending they had no idea what they were implying is a form of institutional dishonesty that the American people deserve better than. We also dig into the congressional redistricting battle playing out simultaneously in Texas, Florida, Virginia, and California — because what looks like separate legal fights is actually one coordinated war over who controls the House before a single vote is cast this November. The Supreme Court upheld Texas's new Republican-drawn maps today, potentially adding five Republican seats. Florida's Governor DeSantis is advancing new maps that could flip four Democrat seats. Virginia's Democrat-drawn maps designed to create a 10-1 advantage are tied up in court and the state Supreme Court sounded skeptical today. We explain who actually started this fight — it wasn't Texas — and why the most important redistricting Supreme Court case of the decade is coming this summer out of Louisiana. We also spend some time on the wine. After the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, 147 of 186 bottles of $796-a-bottle wine went missing. We debate whether this is theft, entitlement, or a reasonable response to a near-death experience — and we do not fully agree. For our Bright Spot, Senator Mike Lee of Utah has introduced the Ending Discrimination in Government Contracting Act — legislation that would require federal contracts to be awarded based on the competency, cost-effectiveness, and track record of the business rather than the skin color or gender of the owner. We explain why Chief Justice Roberts was right that the only way to stop racial discrimination is to stop discriminating on the basis of race — and why this bill is exactly that principle applied to the way your tax dollars are spent. And we close with 96-year-old Barbara Collins, who loves gardening but whose knees don't cooperate anymore. Fortunately, her granddaughter's 150-pound Newfoundland sheepdog Chewy lives next door — and when Barbara points to a spot in the garden, Chewy digs. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for April 24, 2026.  We open with a stunning and deeply consequential indictment that could reshape how Americans view one of the country’s most powerful nonprofit organizations. Federal prosecutors allege that the Southern Poverty Law Center funneled millions in donor funds to individuals tied to extremist groups — a claim that cuts directly against the organization’s public mission. From there, we follow the trail into Washington, where Rep. Jim Jordan is demanding answers about possible coordination between the SPLC and the Biden administration. How close was the relationship? Where does advocacy end and government influence begin? And what happens if those lines were crossed? We dig into the details laid out in the indictment — including allegations of shell companies, hidden financial channels, and internal acknowledgments that raise serious questions about intent. Then we zoom out to the bigger picture: whether organizations built to monitor extremism may have had incentives to amplify or even sustain it, and what transparency should look like when nonprofits intersect with federal power. In our Top 3, global tensions rise as President Trump escalates pressure on Iran with renewed peace talks and a significant U.S. military presence in the region — signaling that diplomacy may be nearing its breaking point. Back at home, the Department of Justice drops its criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell after billion-dollar renovation overruns, raising fresh questions about accountability and oversight. And in a chilling case out of Texas, authorities stop a planned terror attack targeting a synagogue — a reminder of how real and immediate these threats remain. Our American Mamas, Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson, tackle a viral cultural flashpoint: a doctor proudly refusing to return her shopping cart. What starts as a seemingly trivial debate quickly turns into something deeper — a conversation about personal responsibility, public behavior, and what small actions reveal about character. In our Digging Deep segment, we break down a striking example of government efficiency versus excess. After a $34 million renovation of the National Mall reflecting pool failed to last even 15 years, a new plan slashes the cost to just $1.5 million — avoiding a proposed $300 million overhaul. It’s a case study in how leadership, priorities, and execution can dramatically change outcomes. We also examine a major fraud investigation tied to Rep. Ilhan Omar and the $250 million “Feeding Our Future” scandal, where expanded funding and reduced oversight may have opened the door to one of the largest pandemic-era fraud schemes in the country. Plus, a look at Americans fleeing California in search of affordability, a growing debate over AI’s role in replacing human skill and judgment, and a fast-paced round of “Real News, Fake News, or Really Fake News.” Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for April 23, 2026. We open with a story that exposes a dangerous new frontier in political corruption — candidates for Congress placing bets on their own election outcomes on prediction markets like Kalshi, effectively insider trading on democracy itself. We dig into the cases of a Minnesota state senator, a Texas Republican, and a Virginia candidate who were suspended from the platform for wagering on races they were actively running in — and the jaw-dropping detail that the Minnesota senator had sponsored a bill to ban prediction markets in his own state while placing bets on one. Then we cover the U.S. Army soldier who used classified information about the capture of Nicolas Maduro to place $33,000 in wagers on a prediction market and walked away with $400,000 — betting on whether American military personnel would live or die. We ask the harder question of whether prediction markets themselves are making corruption easier, elections cheaper, and American lives into a commodity. Our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson tackle a growing and painful trend — parents who leave the bulk of their inheritance to their troubled children and nothing to the responsible ones, reasoning that the good kids will be fine on their own. We get into why this rewards bad behavior, what the Prodigal Son story actually teaches us about fairness, why it's usually the responsible child's spouse who feels the injustice most acutely, and the smartest thing one mama's mother ever did — she started giving things away before she died so everyone could choose what they wanted with no hard feelings. In our Digging Deep segment, billionaire Ken Griffin — owner of the most expensive home ever sold in the United States, a $238 million penthouse at 220 Central Park South — has been personally called out by New York City Mayor Mamdani as a target of his luxury property tax. Griffin is now reportedly reconsidering a $6 billion development project in New York City. We explain the difference between taxation and targeting, why class warfare isn't just bad politics but bad economics, and what happens to a city when the people who build things decide the message is clear enough and leave. Then we go deep into a City Journal report on what is happening inside Massachusetts women's prisons after the state passed a 2018 criminal justice reform law allowing any male prisoner to transfer to a women's facility simply by telling a guard he identifies as a woman — no clinical diagnosis required. We read directly from the report. Serial rapists. Wife murderers. Child molesters. Transferred into facilities housing female inmates and female guards. Female correctional officers with documented histories of sexual assault trauma being ordered to strip search male inmates — and told they could be held in contempt for refusing. We ask where the feminist left is on this, and what it means when ideology crashes into reality and real women pay the price. We also cover Mike Vrabel stepping away from the New England Patriots amid a personal scandal involving a reporter — and what it tells us about the difference between a leader who tells his team what to do and a leader who shows them. For our Bright Spot, The Atlantic — one of the most left-leaning publications in the country — accidentally published a masterclass in conservative economics. San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit solved its vandalism crisis and cut crime by 41% with one simple change: they made people pay a fare to ride. Crime fell. Vandalism dropped by a thousand hours of cleanup. Revenue is up $10 million a year. We celebrate The Atlantic for accidentally proving what the right has been saying for 50 years — when something costs you even a little, you treat it differently. And we close with Curry Arnold of Atlanta, Georgia — a dad who started taking his one-and-a-half-year-old daughter to the library to read, posted videos on Instagram, and accidentally started a movement of fathers and children reading together called Library Dads. By age two and a half, his daughter had a vocabulary of over 250 words. One thing to have men in your circle. Another thing entirely to have men in your corner. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for April 22, 2026.  We open with a stunning report from the Manhattan Institute revealing that California Governor Gavin Newsom spent nearly $1 billion in taxpayer money importing 400,000 migrants from poor countries — not out of compassion, but to serve as customers of the state's welfare agencies and, eventually, loyal voters for the California Democrat machine. We connect the dots from Tammany Hall in the 1800s to today, explain why fighting ICE is simply about protecting your voter base, and ask the question California taxpayers should be asking — why are we broke and paying $2,500 per person to bring in people who can't afford to live here either? In our Top 3 Things You Need to Know, the head of the U.S. Navy has been fired — Secretary John Phelan removed immediately and replaced on an interim basis, with no reason given, in the middle of an active naval conflict in the Strait of Hormuz. Then Georgia Congressman David Scott passed away at age 80 after years of reported declining health — we reflect on his long career and offer condolences to his family. And Virginia voters narrowly approved the Democrat-drawn congressional map designed to flip the state's congressional delegation from a 6-5 split to a 10-1 Democrat advantage — passing 51.5% to 48.5% in a result that perfectly illustrates how imbalanced the new maps actually are. Republicans are continuing their legal challenges and a court has already moved to block certification. Our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson tackle a wild story — people in Poland who spend the Fourth of July LARPing as Americans, setting up fake trailer parks, wearing overalls and mullets, and staging mock police arrests to explore what they call the complexities of the American dream. We ask whether this is good-natured imitation or subtle mockery, why every single one of these Polish LARPers chose the fun backwoods version of America rather than the wealthy elite version, and what it says that Mississippi now has a higher GDP per capita than most of Europe — including possibly Poland. In our Digging Deep segment, we go line by line through the actual federal indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center — and it is worse than we initially reported. The SPLC paid more than $3 million to over 40 white nationalist leaders and organizers between 2014 and 2023, including $270,000 to one of the lead organizers of the Charlottesville Unite the Right march. The SPLC then raised over $800,000 in donations in the aftermath of that very march — a march their own paid source helped organize. They set up fictitious corporate entities to funnel the payments, opened fraudulent bank accounts, made false statements to financial institutions, and paid their informants to commit state and federal crimes including theft and breaking and entering. We explain why the bank fraud charges are the strongest part of the case, what the IRS is likely looking at next, and why the SPLC's response — blaming the Trump administration for targeting political opponents — conspicuously failed to deny the actual crimes. We also dig into the midterm landscape and Joy Reid's accidental case for Republicanism — she described the GOP as wanting no income tax, no regulations, earning what you want, and families inheriting everything. We ask why that sounds like freedom and why the Democrat Party has become openly opposed to it. We also get into Planned Parenthood's 40% increase in gender-affirming care revenue at regional clinics after Congress pulled federal abortion funding — and why an organization that told Congress abortions were only a small part of their business model is now refusing to disclose how much revenue they're generating from genital mutilation and sterilization. For our Bright Spot, it's Earth Day — which means it's time to go through every catastrophic prediction made at the very first Earth Day in 1970 that never came true. Civilization ending by 2000. 100 to 200 million people starving to death annually by 1980. Four billion people including 65 million Americans dying in the Great Die-Off between 1980 and 1989. We go through the list and celebrate the fact that every single excuse for creating Earth Day in the first place turned out to be complete nonsense. And we close with a rooster in Alabama that raised $5,300 for a family with a baby in the hospital — auctioned off over and over again by a livestock sale barn full of people who refused to stop giving. The baby is off the ventilator. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for April 21, 2026.  We open with a bombshell — the Justice Department has indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 counts including wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering, alleging that the SPLC secretly funneled more than $3 million to white supremacist and extremist groups — the very groups they claim to be fighting. We dig into what this means, why the demand for racism has always outpaced the actual supply, how organizations like the SPLC have built entire fundraising empires off a defamation map that lists Catholic charities and Turning Point USA alongside the KKK, and why it's no coincidence that this indictment came almost immediately after Pam Bondi's exit and Todd Blanche's arrival at the DOJ. In our Top 3 Things You Need to Know, Florida Democrat Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned from Congress minutes before the House Ethics Committee was set to determine sanctions against her — after being found guilty on 25 of 27 charges for stealing COVID relief money and funneling it into her own campaign. Then the House Judiciary Committee released a preliminary report on ActBlue showing that two employees took the Fifth 146 times in depositions, and that ActBlue deliberately weakened its own fraud prevention protocols twice in the run-up to the 2024 election — after which it reported record fundraising, including from donors in Brazil, Colombia, Iraq, Jordan, Myanmar, and Saudi Arabia. And Virginia voters are deciding whether to adopt a new congressional map drawn by Democrats to give them a 10-to-1 advantage in a state that votes Democrat by about 55% — not 90%. Our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson respond to a viral clip of UCLA football coach Bob Chesney asking his players if they know the name of the man who makes their omelets — and why every person on the support staff deserves to be known by name. We talk about what it says about a person's character when they take the time to learn the names of people who serve them, why Teri's father used restaurant behavior as a business litmus test, and what it means that people who have worked in the Trump White House consistently say he knows not just their names but their kids' names and how their family is doing. In our Digging Deep segment, newly declassified documents obtained by Just the News reveal that U.S. intelligence warned in January 2020 that foreign adversaries had the capability to compromise America's voting infrastructure — and that both China and Iran did in fact penetrate voter registration databases in multiple states before the 2020 election. That information was suppressed until November 2021. When President Trump ordered it released in November 2020, the CIA refused the direct order. China didn't just hack the databases — they registered fake voters and sent fake IDs from China to match those registrations. We talk about what that means for the narrative that 2020 was the most secure election in American history, why losing trust in elections causes people to stop voting, and what has to happen before this country can restore confidence in its own electoral system. We also cover the Supreme Court ruling that $166 billion in tariff refunds must be issued to businesses — and point out that the consumers who actually absorbed those costs at the register will see none of it, because there was never a line-item tariff charge on your receipt. For our Bright Spot, Alan Dershowitz — lifelong Democrat, Harvard Law professor, Brooklyn-raised Jewish-American who has been a registered Democrat for 67 years — has officially switched his registration to Republican. He wrote an op-ed in the New York Times explaining why. One reason: the Democrat Party has become, in his words, the most anti-Israel party in American history. We talk about what it means when one of the most prominent Jewish legal minds in America concludes he can no longer stay. We also get into Miss Universe adding another biological male competitor — and ask the straightforward question of why the one competition specifically designed to celebrate women is being systematically redesigned to exclude them. And we close with Jamie Lee Mateus, a man who is admittedly a terrible painter, whose wife posted one of his bad family portraits as a joke — and who now runs a thriving side business called Terrible Art by Jamie Lee, completing hundreds of commissions for customers around the world. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for April 20, 2026.  We open with a direct response to Senator Cory Booker's declaration that what America needs is "not from on high" — and we don't mince words. When a sitting United States Senator who may be eyeing the presidency tells Americans to put their hope in themselves and their activism rather than in God, he isn't just making a political statement. He is rejecting the very foundation on which this country was built. We go to the Declaration of Independence, to Ben Franklin's speech at the Constitutional Convention, to John Adams, and to the book of Judges to explain exactly what happens to a nation where every man does what is right in his own eyes. Spoiler — it isn't good. In our Top 3 Things You Need to Know, the U.S. Navy stopped an Iranian cargo ship attempting to run the blockade, warned it for six hours, fired on its engines, boarded it, and found it loaded with missile parts. Iran calls it a ceasefire violation. We call it exactly the kind of restraint that could have ended with that ship at the bottom of the ocean. Then Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO of Apple after building the company into a $4 trillion giant in the post-Steve Jobs era — and we ask the question every Apple customer is thinking. And we cover the most heartbreaking story in northwest Louisiana in recent memory — a 31-year-old man in Shreveport drove to the homes of his wife and ex-wife and shot and killed seven of his own children and one of their cousins. Both women were shot in the head and are in serious condition. We note that the Caddo Parish D.A. had previously dropped charges against this man for shooting a firearm near an elementary school. Our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson tackle mate poaching — the growing trend of women intentionally targeting married men through emotional affairs, and the social media content that is now openly teaching other women how to do it. We talk about why emotional affairs are often more destructive than physical ones, why your spouse needs to be your best friend first, and the surprising story of the husband who came home and told his wife she needed to start going to the pharmacy — because he felt something he shouldn't have felt for the woman behind the counter. In our Digging Deep segment, we cover two major accountability stories. Senate Republicans are moving a narrow budget reconciliation bill to fund Homeland Security, ICE, the Coast Guard, Secret Service, and TSA — bypassing the 60-vote filibuster threshold with a simple majority. We explain how reconciliation works and why it matters right now. Then we dig into the news that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has tapped former Trump attorney Joe DeGeneva — a man we've had on our show multiple times — to lead the grand jury probe into former CIA Director John Brennan and the origins of the Russia collusion investigation. A federal grand jury in Miami has been seated since late last year. FBI Director Kash Patel told Maria Bartiromo this weekend that arrests are coming and to stay tuned this week. We talk about why accountability matters, why the pattern of selective prosecution erodes faith in the entire system, and why Pam Bondi's departure and Todd Blanche's arrival may be the turning point conservatives have been waiting for. We also take on Bill Maher's post-Swalwell confession that Eric Swalwell always creeped him out — and ask the question nobody on the left wants to answer. Where were you when it mattered? There is no bravery in distancing yourself from someone who has already been exposed. We cover New York City Mayor Mamdani's war on the rich — specifically the fact that the top 1% of New York City earners are already paying nearly half of all personal income tax revenue in the city — and ask how many times you can go to that well before those people simply leave. For our Bright Spot, the Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C. is hosting America Reads the Bible — a seven-day continuous reading of the entire Old and New Testaments in honor of America's 250th birthday, featuring President Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson, Marco Rubio, Ron DeSantis, Greg Abbott, Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, Franklin Graham, and dozens more. Not a single Democrat took part. We think that tells you everything you need to know. And we close with Principal Kirk Moore of Pauls Valley High School in Oklahoma — the man who ran out of his office, tackled a gunman, and wrestled the gun away with his bare hands, suffering the only injury of the day. This week, his students voted him king of the prom. Nickelback's Hero played as they placed the crown on his head. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!  

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for April 17, 2026.  We open with a story that is equal parts political scandal and perfect metaphor — Gavin Newsom's political PAC spent $1.5 million buying 67,000 copies of his own memoir and handing them out to donors, manufacturing a bestseller label out of thin air. We break down what the FEC rules actually say, why this may or may not be legal, and why it doesn't matter — because the real story is that Gavin Newsom is exactly as artificial as this stunt suggests. A plastic politician buying his own book to build a presidential resume is not a campaign strategy. It's a confession. In our Top 3 Things You Need to Know, Iran has announced it is reopening the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping — and oil prices dropped 10% worldwide within hours. We give you our honest read on whether Iran's sudden cooperation is genuine or a strategic ruse, why Trump's blockade of Iranian ports remains in place as leverage over the nuclear program, and what it means that the first ship through the newly reopened strait was a cruise ship. Then we dig into the House blocking a FISA extension — the same surveillance law the Obama administration used to spy on the Trump campaign — and why the Democrats who used it are now suddenly against it. Plus, a Soros-backed Minneapolis district attorney has issued an arrest warrant for an ICE officer who drew his weapon during a confrontation on the highway, while refusing to prosecute a single activist for weeks of violent attacks against ICE officers in that city. Our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson tackle one of the most personal and emotionally complex questions families face — what do you do when one sibling carries the entire burden of caring for an aging parent while the others aren't showing up? We get into the difference between checking in and actually showing up, why resentment is a trap even when it's completely justified, how childhood dynamics resurface when parents need care, and why open communication may be the only thing that keeps a family from fracturing under the weight of it all. Then we dig into a stat that should stop every American who's been told we should be more like Europe dead in their tracks. According to a study by the Institute of Economic Affairs, if Britain became the 51st state, most Brits think they'd rank seventh in GDP per capita. The reality — they'd be dead last. Below Mississippi. We walk through where Ireland, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, and most of Europe actually fall on the list, explain why open borders, green energy mandates, and free speech regulations have quietly gutted European living standards, and make the case that Europe should be trying to be more like America — not the other way around. We also cover the Artemis II mission's spiritual aftermath — Commander Reed Wiseman, who describes himself as not a particularly religious man, immediately sought out the Navy chaplain on the rescue ship when they splashed down in the Pacific. When the chaplain walked in wearing a cross on his collar, Wiseman broke down in tears. We talk about what it means when the farthest journey from Earth any human crew has ever taken ends with a man weeping before a chaplain he'd never met. We discuss Elon Musk's proposal for universal high-income checks funded by AI and robotics — and why, even if the robots are doing the work, universal government income is still communism. Scripture is clear. Genesis places man in the garden not to sit idle, but to tend it. And we close out with Fairfax County, Virginia — right next to Arlington National Cemetery, 50 miles from the Pentagon — canceling Veterans Day as a school holiday while keeping Indigenous Peoples Day. We call it what it is. And a 91-year-old woman in Westlake, Ohio didn't answer her daily wellness check call, didn't answer her family, and didn't answer the door when police knocked. Officers used the garage code to get in. They found her alive and well in her bedroom, chasing her all-time high score on a video game. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!  

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for April 16, 2026.  We open with a story that should have every property owner in America paying attention — New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani is proposing an annual tax on luxury properties worth more than $5 million whose owners don't live in the city full-time. We break down why this isn't just bad policy, it's a fundamental assault on property rights. Taxing someone based on how often they use something they already own and already pay taxes on is about envy and ideology — not economics. Then Justice Clarence Thomas gave a speech at the University of Texas School of Law commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, and we dig into why it matters. Thomas made the case that progressivism — even within conservative circles — is quietly eroding the concept of natural rights. Once government becomes the source of your rights, it becomes the master of your rights. We walk through exactly what that means for free speech, religious liberty, gun ownership, and parental authority. Our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson join us to tackle a growing trend — couples using AI to write their wedding vows. We get into whether AI-generated vows are a helpful starting point or a soulless substitute for something that should come straight from the heart, why there's no algorithm for authentic love, and what it means for the next generation when AI can write a poem so beautiful you can't tell it wasn't written by a human being. In our Digging Deep segment, Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent a cable to every U.S. Embassy around the world directing them to shift from promoting aid to promoting trade. We explain why decades of foreign aid funneled through NGOs has created dependency, inefficiency, and corruption — and in some cases, how that money found its way back into Democrat Party coffers here at home. We make the case that trade, not aid, is how you actually lift nations out of poverty, and why nothing in world history has done more of that than capitalism and free markets. We also dig into a stunning new Gallup poll showing that young men ages 18 to 29 have now surpassed young women as the demographic most likely to say religion is very important in their lives — jumping from 28% in 2022 to 42% today. We talk about what's driving the shift, what it means that young women are simultaneously moving away from faith, and why young men returning to the church is one of the most important cultural stories nobody in big media is covering. We also address the tragic murder-suicide involving former Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax and share an important message for anyone who may be facing circumstances that feel permanent but aren't — your situation is not your identity, and what you're going through is not who you are. And we wrap up with Germany's plan to dock worker pay starting from day one of a sick call — a radical reversal for a country where workers average 15 paid sick days a year — and what it tells us about what happens when you incentivize absence instead of productivity. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for April 15, 2026.  We open with the Eric Swalwell fallout — and we go deeper than the headlines. The real question isn't whether Swalwell behaved badly. It's what did Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and Democrat leadership know, and when did they know it? We dig into why a congressman this high-profile and politically useful to the Democrat Party couldn't have had these allegations swirling around him without somebody in leadership hearing something. We also compare how Democrats handled Swalwell to how Republicans handled Tony Gonzalez and George Santos — and the contrast is revealing. Then our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson join us to talk about Artemis II pilot Victor Glover. Just before the crew went into radio silence on the dark side of the moon, Glover read a Bible verse, prayed over the mission, and later told his neighbors gathered on his front lawn that God told us to be better neighbors to each other. We dig into why a scientist and astronaut openly crediting God is being largely ignored by big media, what made this Artemis crew feel different from any that came before, and why the relationship between faith and science isn't a contradiction — it's reality. We also break down a bombshell report from the Financial Times — leaked Iranian military documents suggest that Chinese-built satellites were used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard to monitor and target American military bases during the conflict. We talk about what it means if China gave a designated terrorist organization real-time surveillance capability to use against U.S. Forces, why China's plausible deniability is wearing thinner by the day, and what this means for trade negotiations. In our Digging Deep segment, we walk through the Rich States, Poor States annual economic outlook report, which ranks all 50 states by 15 equally weighted policy variables including tax rates, debt, regulation, and government size. We explain what the results mean for your family, your business, and your future. We also get into Virginia joining the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact — a move by Democrat Governor Abigail Spanberger that would effectively void the votes of Virginians in presidential elections and award the state's electoral votes to whoever wins the national popular vote. We call it what it is — an unconstitutional attempt to dismantle the Electoral College without actually amending the Constitution. For our Bright Spot, Houston's Democrat mayor called an emergency city council meeting to repeal the city's anti-ICE cooperation ordinance after Texas Governor Greg Abbott pulled $110 million in public safety funding. We celebrate the governor for meaning business and the mayor for being smart enough to recognize that ideology is a lot less important when your police and fire departments are suddenly $110 million short. And we close with a fifth grader named Alexander in Tyler, Texas, who was adopted by his foster family this week — with his entire fifth grade class sitting in the courtroom to cheer him on. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for April 14, 2026.  We open with a big picture look at American energy dominance and why it matters right now more than ever. With 171 crude tankers heading to the Gulf of America — compared to roughly 110 in a typical month — we dig into how President Trump's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has flipped the entire global oil market on its head, why American producers are now positioned to be the world's energy lifeline, and what it means that Germany, Japan, South Korea, India, and the Philippines are all scrambling for a reliable supply that only the United States can provide right now. Then our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson join us to weigh in on the Trump AI meme controversy — the image depicting the president in a Jesus-like pose that sparked outrage from Christians and Democrats alike. We give our honest take, the Mamas give theirs, and we dig into the fascinating double standard of a left that spent decades removing God from schools, courthouses, and their own party platform suddenly discovering that blasphemy is a problem. We also get into Trump pattern recognition, why the Mamas say conservatives sometimes overreact just to prove they're not blindly loyal, and why the artist who created the image says it was never meant to depict Trump as Jesus at all. In our Digging Deep segment, we trace the Iran nuclear crisis all the way back to one decision — Hillary Clinton's push to bomb Libya in 2011. We explain why Muammar Gaddafi's decision to give up his nuclear program in 2003 is the only time in world history a brutal dictator peacefully surrendered nuclear weapons, why Clinton's decision to bomb him eight years later sent a message to every rogue regime on the planet that giving up nukes gets you killed, and why the Iranian mullahs have been drawing exactly that lesson ever since. It's a history lesson that explains everything happening in the Strait of Hormuz right now. We also celebrate some genuinely good economic news — the IRS reports that tax refunds are up more than 10% on average, driven by no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and no tax on Social Security. We revisit the DoorDash grandma who told President Trump that the no tax on tips provision saved her $11,000 this year, and we talk about what it means when policy actually reinforces the value that the harder you work, the further ahead you should get. For our Bright Spot, the NRA is partnering with a group called Locks and Loaded to bring firearms training specifically to Jewish communities across America — a response to the surge in anti-Semitism and attacks on Jewish institutions. We talk about why the Temple Israel in Michigan, which had just completed self-defense training, was able to stop a violent attack before anyone was harmed, and why being prepared is not political — it's essential. We also get into the stunning revelation from The Atlantic that it was the death of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement — not Joe Biden's judgment — that pushed Gretchen Whitmer out of consideration for vice president and put Kamala Harris on the ticket. And we close out with the 2026 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction class — Phil Collins, Billy Idol, Iron Maiden, Oasis, Sade, Luther Vandross, and Wu-Tang Clan. Yes, really. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for April 13, 2026.  We open with a frank and honest conversation about President Trump's controversial Truth Social post depicting him in a Jesus-like image — and we don't pull any punches. We call it what it is, explain why no human being should ever present themselves as a messiah or savior, and why it was right that Trump ultimately deleted it. But we also dig into the difference between a mistake in messaging and the substance of leadership, why faith without works is dead, and what Trump's actual policy record says about where his values really lie. It's a nuanced conversation you won't hear anywhere else. Then our American Mama Teri Netterville joins us to weigh in on the stunning and rapid collapse of California Congressman Eric Swalwell — the man who built his entire career as the moral conscience of the Democrat Party. Within 72 hours of a San Francisco paper publishing allegations from multiple women, including one former staffer who says he drugged and raped her, Swalwell dropped out of the California governor's race and resigned from Congress. We revisit his role in the Russia collusion hoax, his relationship with Chinese spy Fang Fang, his use of campaign funds to pay what is reportedly an illegal immigrant nanny, and ask the question — was any of this actually a surprise to the people around him? We also dig into Elizabeth Warren's claim that Amazon essentially bribed Melania Trump with a $40 million documentary deal. We point out that the Melania documentary was one of the highest-grossing documentaries in the last 20 years, and ask why media deals are only corrupt when the wrong people get them. In our Digging Deep segment, newly declassified documents released by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard reveal that the primary whistleblower in Trump's first impeachment was not a neutral government employee — he was a Democrat operative who had already been in contact with Adam Schiff's office before filing his report, lied on the official whistleblower form, and had direct ties to Peter Strzok, the FBI agent at the center of the Russia collusion investigation. We connect all the dots and make the case that the first impeachment was not just politically motivated — it was manufactured. We also get into New York's proposed legislation to effectively ban BB guns, pellet guns, and air rifles by classifying them as imitation weapons and requiring modifications that render them completely useless. We explain why this is the same playbook used to chip away at every Second Amendment right — regulate it into uselessness and call it safety. For our Bright Spot, President Trump ordered McDonald's through DoorDash and the driver turned out to be a grandmother who went back to work after her husband was diagnosed with cancer. She told the president she saved $11,000 this year because of the no tax on tips provision in the big beautiful bill. Trump gave her a $100 tip — which she also won't have to pay taxes on next year. And we close out with a moment of history — 55 years ago today, April 13th, 1970, the crew of Apollo 13 first uttered the words "Houston, we have a problem." We celebrate the safe return of Artemis II and reflect on what it means to bring people home. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for April 10, 2026.  We kick things off with a conversation about boldness, confidence, and what it means to expect greatness — and that leads us straight to President Trump's proposed 250-foot triumphal arch to mark America's 250th anniversary. We dig into whether this gold-emblazoned monument is the unapologetic celebration of American greatness that this country deserves, or whether an arch — historically a symbol of military conquest — is the right way to tell America's story. We land somewhere interesting, and we think you will too. Then we go deeper into the Dignidad Act — the amnesty bill working its way through the House with 19 Republican signatures on it. The Federalist ran a piece on the eight most insane provisions buried inside this bill, and we walk through the worst of them. Lawyers get student loan forgiveness for helping illegal immigrants stay in the country. Deported aliens can come right back in. Illegal immigrants don't have to pay FICA taxes — giving their employers an unfair advantage over every business following the law. And if you're in the country illegally and get convicted of DWI, theft, fraud, assault, or domestic violence? You still get to stay. We call this what it is — amnesty on top of amnesty — and we name the Republicans who should be ashamed of themselves for signing on. Our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson join us to break down the Rupert Murdoch documentary and what it reveals about entitlement, greed, and what money and power do to people over time. We get into why Murdoch's kids felt entitled to a fortune they didn't build, how greed changes people in Washington the same way it changes people in Hollywood, and why Trump and Elon Musk are two of the rare exceptions to the rule that absolute power corrupts absolutely. In our Digging Deep segment, Disney quietly brought back "ladies and gentlemen" to its park greetings after dropping the phrase in 2021 in favor of "dreamers of all ages." We dig into what that reversal actually signals about where the culture is heading — and what happened to Disney's stock price in the years between. We also respond to Jodi Foster, Ben Stiller, Spike Lee, Pedro Pascal, Madonna, and Mark Ruffalo demanding the closure of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas. We explain exactly why these celebrities have zero credibility on this issue and remind everyone what was actually happening to immigrant children during the Biden administration. And we close out with Fake News Friday — we run through the week's wildest headlines and challenge you to sort the real from the fake. Canada's new pride acronym alone is worth tuning in for. Plus, words of wisdom about the moon in honor of the Artemis II crew safely splashing down in the Pacific Ocean tonight. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776! NYC judge seeks to make example of officer who threw cooler at fleeing suspect, causing fatal crash Here Are The 8 Most Insane Things In The ‘DIGNIDAD’ Amnesty Bill  

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for April 9, 2026.  We open with a story that should have every Trump voter picking up the phone and calling their congressman — there's an amnesty bill working its way through the House right now, and it's not just Democrats pushing it. Twenty Republicans have signed on to the Dignidad Act, a bill that would grant permanent legal work status and deportation protection to millions of illegal immigrants, including some convicted of theft, fraud, assault, and domestic violence. We break down exactly what's in it, why the name alone tells you everything, and why this feels like a betrayal of every voter who showed up in 2024 to end the border crisis. Then our American Mama Teri Netterville joins us to talk about a moment that stopped us in our tracks — Melania Trump walked to the White House podium alone, faced the press corps, and told them in no uncertain terms to stop lying about her connection to Jeffrey Epstein. We dig into why this was unlike anything we've ever seen from a First Lady, the media outlets that were forced to publicly retract and apologize, and why Melania's call on Congress to open the Epstein files and let the victims tell their stories may be the most powerful thing to come out of that press conference. We also weigh in on New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani's broken promise of free buses — and use it as a jumping-off point for a bigger conversation about why socialism always makes the same enormous promises and delivers the same crushing disappointments, every single time, without exception. In our Digging Deep segment, we get into brand new Census Bureau data that tells a story the mainstream media doesn't want to touch. Americans aren't just leaving blue states for red states — they're leaving blue counties for red counties. Los Angeles County lost nearly 700,000 people last year. Cook County lost 320,000. Meanwhile, the suburbs of Dallas, Houston, Austin, and Phoenix are exploding with growth. We walk through the 10 fastest-shrinking counties and the 10 fastest-growing counties in America, and the pattern is impossible to ignore. We also tackle the outrage over the DeCarlos Brown case — the man who stabbed a Ukrainian immigrant to death on a Charlotte train and has now been ruled mentally unfit to stand trial. We get into what the system missed, when it missed it, and why the victim deserves better than a footnote. For our Bright Spot, a Maine parent sued his school district for refusing to let students say the Pledge of Allegiance — and won. We talk about why this matters, what we're losing when we disconnect our kids from the foundations of this country, and why one nation under God, indivisible, is worth fighting for in court if that's what it takes. And we close out with Chris Christie calling the Republican Party morally adrift and principled — well, he used a different word — and the Artemis II astronauts' NASA wake-up playlist on Spotify, which honestly might be the most feel-good story of the week. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776! Will Accused Charlotte Train Killer Even Face a Trial? Trump Administration Kills the Most Annoying Car Feature Obama Forced on Drivers 5.4 Million People Have Migrated to Pro-Trump Counties Since 2020 as the Great Divorce Continues Trump Administration Announces 3 Wins and $500M Recovered in ‘War on Fraud’ Wake Up Like An Astronaut: Artemis II Playlist Just Dropped

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for April 8, 2026.  We open with a topic that has every hardworking American taxpayer's blood boiling — the Department of Justice is now officially calling fraud in America a crisis, and a new National Fraud Enforcement Division is being stood up across every U.S. Attorney's office in the country to fight it. We dig into the staggering scope of what's been uncovered in Minnesota and California alone, why COVID supercharged what was likely already a decades-long problem, and ask the question nobody wants to answer — if two states produced billions in documented fraud, what are the other 48 hiding? Then our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson join us to tackle a question that hits close to home for anyone who's ever worked inside a great organization — why do companies, schools, and churches that push out their founders almost always fall apart afterward? From Steve Jobs and Apple to a magical private school in Arlington, Texas that's now closing its doors, we get into the jealousy, the greed, and the hard truth that when you extinguish the visionary, you extinguish the vision. We also get into the Justice Department's decision to open a Civil Rights investigation into Cassidy Hutchinson — the former White House aide who testified before Congress that President Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of the presidential limo on January 6th. We debate whether this is long-overdue accountability or too little too late, and we have a frank conversation about why conservatives are frustrated that nobody from that era has been held responsible for anything yet. In our Digging Deep segment, we break down the Senate battlefield heading into this year's midterms. The Senate Leadership Fund just dropped a massive $342 million ad buy across eight battleground states. We walk through Georgia, Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio, North Carolina, Maine, and Iowa — where Republicans are playing offense, where they're playing defense, and where we think seats could actually flip. Money amplifies a message, but it can't substitute for one, and we get into what that means for both parties. We also dig into the Iran ceasefire and what's really happening with Hezbollah, Lebanon, and the Strait of Hormuz. Iran is claiming Israel's attacks on Hezbollah violate the ceasefire — but as J.D. Vance correctly pointed out, Lebanon was never part of that deal. We explain why that distinction matters and what it means for the fragile state of negotiations. For our Bright Spot, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking on an Islamic tribunal operating outside U.S. courts and allegedly applying Sharia law to settle disputes in Texas. We talk about why this matters, what states have already passed American Laws for American Courts legislation, and why every blue state's silence on this issue says everything. And we close out with the Milwaukee judge who helped an illegal immigrant with a violent criminal record escape from the courthouse — and whose conviction was just upheld on appeal. The system worked. And we close with words of wisdom from Abraham Lincoln on God, war, and the prayer that this mighty scourge may speedily pass away. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!  

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for April 7, 2026.  We kick things off with a story that should have every freedom-loving American paying attention — Gavin Newsom's wife Jennifer is pushing for legislation that would essentially direct tech companies to steer young boys away from conservative ideas online. We dig into what that really means, who gets to define what's "good," and why we see this as a direct assault on free speech and the First Amendment. Then our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson join us to tackle a question we've all seen play out in real life — why do organizations that push out their founders so often fall apart? From Apple and Steve Jobs to a private school in Arlington, Texas that's now closing its doors, we get into the jealousy, the blind spots, and the hard lesson that when you extinguish the visionary, you extinguish the vision. In our Digging Deep segment, we're calling out a pattern that is anything but fringe. A Georgia Democrat candidate went viral calling for Trump voters to lose their internet access for four years as punishment for how they voted. We connect the dots from Jennifer Newsom to James Carville to The New Republic — and make the case that what Democrats want isn't just political power, it's the ability to punish anyone who dared to disagree with them. For our Bright Spot, we share a moment from Vice President J.D. Vance's press conference in Hungary that stopped us in our tracks. When asked whether God is on America's side in the conflict with Iran, Vance gave an answer that was humble, grounded, and frankly exactly what you want to hear from someone in his position. We break down why it matters — and why it echoes something Abraham Lincoln said during the Civil War. And we close out with words of wisdom from Lincoln himself — on friendship, on the will of God in times of conflict, and on the prayer that war would speedily pass away. Timeless stuff, and more relevant today than ever. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776! US Reportedly Strikes Iran’s Kharg Island As Trump Threatens Consequences If Deal Isn’t Reached Indianapolis Councilman’s Home Allegedly Shot Up After Voting For New Data Center Democrat Candidate Calls For Banning MAGA From Internet As ‘Punishment’ For Trump Votes Reporter Asks Trump If God Is On America’s Side In Iran

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for April 6, 2026.  We're kicking off this Monday with some remarkable Easter weekend news — U.S. Catholic dioceses are reporting record numbers of adult converts, and we dig into why the Church is seeing a surge that's not just happening here at home, but across Europe and Australia too. From Oklahoma City to Newark to Mobile, the numbers are stunning, and we talk about what's really driving people — especially young people — back to faith. Then our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson join us to weigh in on a growing trend we honestly couldn't believe was a thing: couples who get legally married in secret and then stage a whole second wedding for family and friends — without telling anyone. We dig into whether it's harmless fun or just flat-out deceptive, and things get interesting fast. In our Digging Deep segment, we break down a six-month CBS News investigation into why Californians are paying so much more at the pump than the rest of the country. Spoiler alert: it's not the oil companies. A full 55% of the cost of every gallon of gas in California comes down to state government policy — and we walk through exactly what that means. For our Bright Spot, we share new data from the American Enterprise Institute that completely flips the "hollowing out of the middle class" narrative on its head. The middle class isn't shrinking because people are getting poorer — it's because more American families are moving up into the upper middle class. We break down what that actually looks like since 1979, and why it's a story worth celebrating. And we close out with a Moment of Whoa that'll restore your faith in people — specifically, a group of first graders in New Hampshire who, entirely on their own, decided to learn American Sign Language so they could talk to their deaf classmate Ben. And then the whole class followed. We love this one. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776! "Now That The Crew Is Rescued — What Actually Happened Over Iran." M.A. Rothman X Post. U.S. LNG exports up again in March on global panic buying Artemis II mission breaks records Monday as astronauts observe far side of the moon California gas prices are the highest in the U.S., but there's no proof of price gouging. Here's why.  

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for April 3, 2026.  On this episode of American Ground Radio, we kick things off with a powerful and timely conversation about faith in America as we head into Easter. For years, we’ve been told that church attendance is declining and religion is fading—but the numbers tell a very different story. We dive into a surge in church participation, especially within the Catholic Church, and what appears to be a growing spiritual awakening across the country. More importantly, we explore why—from cultural instability to the search for truth in a world flooded with misinformation—and what this renewed focus on Christianity and Easter really means for the future of America. Plus, we break down the biggest headlines shaping the day, including escalating tensions with Iran after a U.S. fighter jet is shot down, a sweeping crackdown on Medicaid fraud, and the latest developments surrounding plans for a new White House ballroom.  We take you inside the high-stakes political battle over who will become the next U.S. Attorney General. With major names being floated and the clock ticking, we walk through the strategy, the implications for the Trump agenda, and why this decision could reshape the Department of Justice—and Washington—moving forward. American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson tackle a question that hits close to home: Are we stunting the development of our sons? We explore how gaming, social media, cultural pressures, and shifting expectations may be holding young men back from growing into strong, independent adults—and what that means for the future of family and society. Plus, It’s Fake News Friday, so we put the headlines to the test—separating real news from fake news and really fake news. From bizarre government policies to media misfires, this segment highlights just how hard it’s becoming to tell fact from fiction in today’s information war. And we react to a shocking story out of Maine involving a Senate candidate whose past and rhetoric raise serious questions—not just about politics, but about respect for faith, culture, and basic decency. It’s a moment that will make you stop and think about just how far things have gone. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776! U.S. fighter jet shot down over Iran; frantic search and rescue underway Vance anti-fraud task force suspends 221 California hospice and healthcare providers so far Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Moves to End Gun-Free Zones on U.S. Military Bases  

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for April 2, 2026.  On this episode of American Ground Radio, we kick things off with a look behind the headlines as a major shakeup rocks the Department of Justice. The firing of Pam Bondi by Donald Trump becomes the centerpiece of a broader conversation about leadership, expectations, and what it really means to deliver results at the highest levels of government. From frustrations over legal strategy to lingering fallout from the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, we break down why this moment may have been inevitable—and what it signals moving forward. We also dive into the legal battles shaping the administration’s agenda, including recent Supreme Court arguments on birthright citizenship and other high-stakes rulings that could redefine executive authority. Along the way, we explore a growing frustration among conservatives: the belief that accountability in Washington is inconsistent at best—and nonexistent at worst. In our “Three Things You Need to Know” segment, we cover the latest developments surrounding Bondi’s departure, a major appeals court decision involving election-related sentencing, and a tragic case out of Florida that underscores the real-world consequences of violence and domestic instability. From there, the conversation shifts to leadership struggles in America’s largest cities, as New York’s new mayor faces criticism from within his own party over budget concerns and transparency. We also take a closer look at migration trends out of California and what they reveal about the modern American Dream—who’s chasing it, who’s leaving it behind, and why. Plus American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson weigh in on a viral survival-style show that separates men and women into competing groups—and the results spark both laughter and debate. From wildly different approaches to problem-solving in the wilderness to a deeper conversation about the complementary strengths of men and women, it’s a spirited discussion that blends humor with a broader cultural commentary on modern gender dynamics. We wrap things up with a mix of culture, commentary, and a few unexpected stories—from celebrity headlines involving Tiger Woods to a creative entrepreneur turning urban problems into opportunity. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for April 1, 2026.  It might be April Fool's Day, but there’s nothing funny about what’s unfolding at the United States Supreme Court. We dive straight into one of the biggest constitutional questions in decades as the Court hears arguments over birthright citizenship tied to an executive order from Donald Trump. What does the 14th Amendment actually say—and has it been misunderstood for more than a century? We also break down the top stories you need to know, including President Trump making history by attending Supreme Court oral arguments, a Republican plan to fund the Department of Homeland Security without Democrat support, and NASA’s Artemis II mission preparing to send astronauts around the moon for the first time since the Apollo era. These stories highlight major moments in law, leadership, and America’s continued push forward. Later in the show, we shift to a broader global conversation as tensions with Iran continue to rise. We walk through what may be behind a potential presidential address, the strategic importance of global shipping lanes, and what a stronger stance from the U.S. could signal to both allies and adversaries around the world. In our Digging Deep segment, we take a closer look at the constitutional language behind birthright citizenship, including the long-standing precedent set by United States v. Wong Kim Ark. Is citizenship simply about being born on U.S. soil, or does “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” mean something more? We explore the history, the legal arguments, and what’s really at stake if the Court reconsiders this interpretation. We also take on some major cultural conversations—from double standards in sports, comparing reactions to Jaden Ivey and LeBron James, to a growing trend of people cutting off family members over political disagreements. It’s a deeper discussion about values, accountability, and how culture continues to shift in real time. We wrap things up with a couple of lighter—but meaningful—moments, including a look at declining traffic fatalities across the country and what’s actually making roads safer, plus a heartwarming story that reminds us how simple acts of kindness can still make a big impact. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776! Trump makes history at Supreme Court amid landmark birthright citizenship challenge Trump-Backed DHS Plan Takes Step Forward In Bid To Sidestep Democrats Artemis II launches into orbit as NASA begins historic moon mission ALEC: State regulations drive up electricity prices

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for March 31, 2026.  In this episode of American Ground Radio, we dig into what happens when politicians try to declare entire debates off-limits—and why that should concern anyone who values a free society. We kick things off with the controversy surrounding “Transgender Day of Visibility” and the broader push to label certain issues as “not up for debate.” We break down why that framing matters, how it shapes public discourse, and why real leadership doesn’t shut down conversation—it invites it. From there, we turn to today’s biggest headlines in our “Top 3 Things You Need to Know,” including escalating tensions with Iran, a federal ruling on taxpayer funding for NPR and PBS, and a legal battle over changes to the White House itself. We also take a closer look at election integrity, as new executive action aims to overhaul mail-in voting—raising major constitutional questions about the balance of power between states and the federal government. Then, American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson join us for a lighter (and very relatable) conversation about the little things spouses might keep to themselves—especially when money is involved. We Dig Deep into everything from campaign finance controversies involving Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to a broader discussion about faith, leadership, and whether political figures—and even religious leaders—are getting the facts right when weighing in on war and morality. Plus, we highlight a major Supreme Court decision on free speech and therapy, renewed efforts to return Americans to the moon, and what it all says about the future of the country. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776! Judge orders Trump administration to halt White House ballroom construction unless Congress OKs it Supreme Court Strikes Down Colorado’s Ban on ‘Conversion Therapy’ for LGBT Minors Donald J Trump Presidential Library Set To Tower Over Miami, New Images Show

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for March 30, 2026.  On this episode of American Ground Radio, we start by tackling the growing divide in how the world responds to tyranny versus American action. We take a hard look at the situation in Iran—highlighting the brutal realities faced by its people—and ask why so many voices seem louder in condemning the United States than in defending those suffering under oppressive regimes. It’s a conversation about moral clarity, selective outrage, and what it really means to stand for freedom. American Mamas Kimberly Burleson and Teri Netterville break down a viral story about a mom who took an unconventional approach to confronting school bullying. What starts as a shocking moment turns into a deeper discussion about parenting styles, accountability, and how schools handle discipline in today’s culture. It’s equal parts eye-opening and relatable, with a few laughs along the way. We Dig Deep into two major issues impacting Americans right now. First, we explore the rise of personalized pricing—where businesses may be using data and algorithms to charge you based on what they think you can afford—and whether that crosses the line from capitalism into something more concerning. Then, we turn to the Supreme Court as it considers whether mail-in ballots should be counted after Election Day, and what that decision could mean for election integrity and public trust moving forward. We highlight a push for accountability out of Washington, as Senator John Kennedy proposes that members of Congress shouldn’t get paid during a government shutdown if federal workers aren’t getting paid either. It’s a simple idea that raises a big question: should lawmakers live with the consequences of their decisions? We wrap things up with a look at political accountability and cultural moments—from media figures dodging straightforward questions about Iran, to a restored historical statue finding a new home at the White House.  Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776! More Craziness in Portland As Anti-ICE Mob Finds Out It's Not a Good Idea to Break Open ICE Facility Gate House passes DHS funding bill after rejecting Senate proposal Trump-Deranged FL Election Volunteer Arrested for Stealing Encrypted Access Key Ahead of Special Election Pope Leo XIV rejects claims that God justifies war in Palm Sunday Mass  

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for March 27, 2026.  In this episode of American Ground Radio, we start with a jaw-dropping question: when did enforcing the law become something taxpayers have to apologize for? A push from Representative Pramila Jayapal for reparations for illegal immigrants sparks conversation about fairness, the rule of law, and who really gets left behind in today’s political priorities.  From there, we break down the Top 3 Things You Need to Know, including a late-night Senate maneuver that raises serious transparency concerns, a new anti-fraud crackdown led by J. D. Vance already cutting off suspicious funding streams, and a major ethics scandal that could lead to a member of Congress being expelled. Then, we ask American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson: should celebrities just stay out of politics? Rock legend Gene Simmons says yes—and the Mamas don’t hold back. From Hollywood hypocrisy to the growing disconnect between elites and everyday Americans, this conversation hits a nerve and asks whether celebrity voices carry any real weight anymore… or if they’ve talked themselves into irrelevance. Next, we go Digging Deep into one of the most iconic—and overlooked—pieces of American military power: the A-10 Warthog. It’s old, it’s loud, it’s anything but stealthy… and it might still be the most effective weapon we have in modern warfare. Why does the military keep trying to retire it? And what does that say about how we think about innovation, cost, and combat in the 21st century? Of course, it wouldn’t be Friday without Fake News Friday, where headlines get put to the test. Some are real. Some are fake. And some are so ridiculous they should be fake—but aren’t. Play along and see how well you can spot the difference. In our Moment of Whoa, we take a hard look at a story that didn’t get nearly enough attention—a reminder that sometimes the most revealing headlines aren’t the ones dominating the news cycle. It’s the kind of moment that makes you stop and say… wait, what? And finally, we close things out with a little perspective—and a lot of wisdom—from The Lord of the Rings. In a world that feels increasingly chaotic, these timeless quotes remind us about courage, purpose, and why some things are still worth fighting for. All that and more in this episode of American Ground Radio—where the conversation is real, the questions are tough, and nothing is off limits. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776! House Republicans Are Reportedly Furious Over the Senate Bill Funding DHS Vance says theft of federal dollars by fraud is swamping states, programs U.S. House panel says Florida Democrat guilty on 25 of 27 ethics charges A-10 Warthog back in action during Iran war  

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for March 26, 2026.  In this episode of American Ground Radio, we start with a straightforward question that’s turning into a major political divide: why is requiring a photo ID to vote so controversial? We walk through the blocked Senate amendment, the arguments surrounding voter ID, and why something so common in everyday life suddenly becomes “extreme” when it comes to elections. Along the way, we dig into how the politics around election integrity have shifted—and what that could mean going forward. We then move into the “Top 3 Things You Need to Know,” including President Donald Trump’s decision to extend a pause on U.S. bombing in Iran as negotiations remain unclear, an ethics investigation involving a sitting member of Congress, and a tragic case in New York that raises serious concerns about crime, immigration enforcement, and public safety. From there, we dig deeper into new allegations that U.S. taxpayer dollars may have been funneled through international channels and routed back into American politics. It’s a story that’s been dismissed before—but with new reporting surfacing, we break down what’s being claimed, what’s changed, and why it matters. We also take on several major policy and cultural issues shaping the country right now, including the rise of mail-order abortion pills and the decisions that made them more widely available, along with the broader legal and moral questions that follow. The conversation expands to global tensions as we ask whether the United States is finally confronting threats that have been building for years. American Mamas Teri Netterville and and Kimberly Burleson discuss education and the growing role of AI in the classroom. Are students actually learning—or just learning how to get around the work? With real-world examples, we explore what happens when critical thinking takes a back seat to convenience. And we wrap things up with a Bright Spot, highlighting a shift in international sports back toward biological fairness—raising bigger questions about competition, science, and the future of women’s athletics. It’s a wide-ranging episode that connects the dots across politics, policy, and culture—all while staying grounded in one core idea: truth still matters. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776! 8th Circuit Blows Open Federal Power to Detain Illegal Immigrants - Not Just at the Border Indicted Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick faces rare House ethics hearing Trump Shares Report on Alleged Ukrainian Plot to Fund Biden Campaign. Transgender Women Banned From Competing in the Olympics WATCH: ICE Agent Saves Baby Who Stopped Breathing In TSA Line

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for March 25, 2026.  In this episode, we take on one of the toughest questions in public policy: what happens when leadership decisions collide with real-world consequences? We start with a sobering breakdown of a tragic murder highlighted by House Speaker Mike Johnson—and the layered policy failures he says made it possible. From border enforcement under Joe Biden, to state leadership by J. B. Pritzker, to local decisions in Chicago under Brandon Johnson, we walk through how border policy, sanctuary laws, and “catch-and-release” policing intersect—and whether those outcomes are accidental or by design. It’s not about rhetoric—it’s about responsibility, governance, and the core purpose of government itself: protecting its citizens. From there, we hit the top stories you need to know before tomorrow, including a shocking threat from Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner against ICE agents, a controversial lawsuit against tech giants like Meta Platforms and Google over alleged social media addiction, and a surprising political shift in Florida that could signal trouble for Republicans heading into the midterms. We also explore culture and leadership—from a global summit hosted by Melania Trump to a broader conversation about the often-overlooked role of spouses in shaping world leaders. It’s a reminder that no one leads alone—and that influence doesn’t always happen in front of a microphone. In our “American Mamas” segment, the conversation turns fiery as the media backlash against working-class roots takes center stage. After comments from Jimmy Kimmel mocking a former plumber turned national leader, Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson dig into the elitism behind the criticism—and why the American Dream still resonates, whether you’re a business owner, a tradesman, or someone working your way up. Plus, we dive into global tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, media narratives versus military reality (including surprising analysis from The New York Times), and the growing economic migration from blue states to red states—where billions in income are on the move. We wrap things up with a powerful reminder of what’s still right in America: a story of perseverance, hard work, and opportunity that proves the pursuit of happiness is still alive and well. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776! Soros DA Again Threatens To Put Cuffs On ICE Agents Jury Finds Meta and Google Liable in Social Media Addiction Trial Democrats Flip Mar-A-Lago Seat In Major Upset As Blue Wave Crashes On Trump’s Backyard Dems Scramble After California Governor’s Debate Implodes

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for March 24, 2026.  In this episode of American Ground Radio, we dig into a major question at the heart of election integrity: should ballots be counted if they arrive after Election Day? With new polling showing overwhelming bipartisan agreement that votes should be received—not just postmarked—by Election Day, we break down what’s at stake as the Supreme Court weighs in and why so many Americans see this as a simple issue of trust, transparency, and fairness. We also take a closer look at the role of mail-in voting, the sharp drop in absentee ballots between recent election cycles, and the growing concern that extended counting periods undermine confidence in election outcomes. If Americans don’t trust the system, what happens to participation—and ultimately, democracy itself? From there, we shift to Washington and beyond, covering key political developments, including a shake-up at Homeland Security, a Senate appointment in Oklahoma, and NASA’s ambitious (and expensive) new plan to build a base on the moon—raising questions about priorities, timelines, and global competition. In our American Mamas segment, things take a lighter turn as we ask: do people judge you by the car you drive? The answers are honest, hilarious, and maybe a little too relatable. Back on the serious side, we tackle cultural and political flashpoints—from companies fleeing high-regulation states to controversial legislation that has people asking whether common sense has left the building. Plus, a deeper conversation on morality, justice, and faith as we reflect on the life—and death—of a convicted criminal, and what it means to hold both accountability and grace at the same time. We also dive into foreign policy, as questions swirl around potential negotiations with Iran. Who do you trust when the narratives don’t match—the U.S. president or a hostile regime? And what does it say about our political climate when some leaders appear to side against their own country? And finally, a bright spot: a young hero steps up just one day after learning CPR, reminding us that even in the midst of political chaos, there are still stories that restore your faith in people. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!   Mullin confirmed as DHS chief as lawmakers near solution on shutdown standoff Oklahoma’s governor picks energy executive Alan Armstrong to fill US Senate seat through end of year NASA to spend $20 billion on moon base, cancel orbiting lunar station Obama-Era CIA Director Tells MS NOW He’ll Take Iran’s Word Over Trump’s  

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for March 23, 2026.  In this episode of American Ground Radio, we dive headfirst into one of the biggest debates happening right now—President Trump’s handling of Iran—and why it’s not just the left pushing back, but voices on the right as well. We talk through the criticism coming from figures like Tucker Carlson and Rand Paul, and ask a bigger question: is this really about policy disagreements, or is it about discomfort with a president who actually acts instead of just talking? We break down the geopolitical reality of America’s allies and explain why, whether people like it or not, Israel may currently be our strongest partner on the world stage. And when it comes to Trump, we make the case that what frustrates the so-called “expert class” isn’t what he says—it’s what he does. In the “Top 3 Things You Need to Know,” we cover Trump’s announcement of a temporary pause in bombing Iran and the conflicting reports about behind-the-scenes negotiations. We also get into how ICE agents are stepping up to help with airport security during a funding standoff, and a tragic murder in Chicago that raises serious questions about immigration enforcement and accountability. We also dig into a major case before the Supreme Court that could redefine how mail-in ballots are handled across the country. Should ballots arriving days—or even weeks—after Election Day still count? We walk through the arguments, the growing concerns about trust in elections, and why this issue matters no matter where you fall politically. And speaking of accountability, we highlight a proposal from John Kennedy that would stop Senators from getting paid during a government shutdown—something that sounds like common sense, but ran into immediate opposition from Brian Schatz. We break down what happened and why it struck a nerve. We also take a moment to talk about the state of our culture, reacting to comments from Charlamagne tha God and what they reveal about just how divided the country has become. Then the American Mamas join us with some real-life wisdom—advice for younger generations about debt, relationships, social media, and how fast life really moves. It’s one of those conversations that hits a little deeper. Plus, we dig into a fascinating (and honestly concerning) trend in the economy—companies using your personal data to charge you different prices than someone else for the exact same thing. Is that just smart business, or something else entirely? All that and more as we question the narrative, challenge the “experts,” and try to make sense of a world where decisive action seems to make some people more uncomfortable than inaction. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776! Trump says Iran wants a deal as he postpones airstrikes. Recap Trump Deploys ICE Agents to Airports to Assist TSA on Monday Illegal immigrant charged with killing Loyola student released under Biden, DHS says Justices appear skeptical of late mail-in ballot deadlines

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for March 20, 2026.  In this episode, we start with a major shift in the media landscape—one that signals far more than a simple business decision. After nearly a century on the air, CBS News is shutting down its radio division, marking the end of an era that dates back to 1927. But is this really about changing technology… or something deeper? We dig into the collapse of legacy media, exploring how trust—not just revenue—may be at the heart of the decline. From the fallout of past controversies to the growing perception of bias, the conversation turns to whether mainstream outlets can regain credibility in an age where audiences have more choices—and higher expectations—than ever before. Is CBS capable of turning things around, or is this just the beginning of a larger unraveling? From there, we break down the Top 3 Things You Need to Know, including a grand jury subpoena involving former FBI Director James Comey, new questions surrounding a Secret Service security failure, and a legal ruling that could impact a high-profile governor’s race in California. We also take a closer look at the growing divide in politics and culture—from a heated Senate primary battle in Texas to concerns about how ideology is shaping public discourse and policy. In today’s American Mamas segment, Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson weigh in on a controversial question: should students be allowed to leave school to participate in political protests? The discussion dives into parental authority, school responsibility, and whether activism is being encouraged—or exploited—in today’s classrooms. Plus, we explore the consequences of a digital world where “the internet is forever,” unpack a shocking report on undisclosed government spending, and take a hard look at government waste with a jaw-dropping infrastructure project in California. And of course, we wrap things up with Fake News Friday, where the headlines get wild and the line between truth and fiction gets even blurrier. It’s a fast-moving, thought-provoking episode that connects media, politics, culture, and accountability—asking the bigger question behind it all: what happens when the institutions people once trusted no longer feel trustworthy? Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!  

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for March 19, 2026.  In this episode of American Ground Radio, we start with a big-picture look at California’s latest tax proposal and the ripple effects it could have across the country. We break down the so-called “Billionaire Tax Act” and why Gavin Newsom may be pushing a policy that sounds good on paper—but could end up shrinking the very tax base it’s meant to grow. As billionaires begin leaving the state, we ask a fundamental question: what happens when you target a small group of high earners and they simply relocate? From lost income tax to declining property values and reduced economic activity, the consequences may be far bigger than advertised. We also cover the top three things you need to know before tomorrow, including a failed effort to pass a balanced budget amendment in Congress, a razor-thin committee vote advancing a key Homeland Security nomination, and a major shift on the world stage as U.S. allies signal they’re ready to help secure the Strait of Hormuz. American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson react to a viral Smoothie King incident involving alleged political discrimination against customers. The conversation quickly turns deeper—into concerns about rising hostility, cultural division, and whether everyday Americans feel comfortable expressing their views in public anymore. It’s a candid discussion about where the line is between disagreement and outright exclusion—and what that means for the country moving forward. We also explore the role of humor in today’s political landscape, featuring a conversation with Rob Schneider. From the state of comedy to his tongue-in-cheek “Tears of the Left” bourbon, we talk about why laughter might be one of the last tools we have to bridge cultural and political divides. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!