As nuclear rhetoric rises and drones change who pays the price, Navy SEAL David Rutherford walks through 2,000 years of just war thinking from Cicero, Augustine and Aquinas to Michael Walzer and Jeff McMahan. Then he weighs the realists who say power is all that matters, and ends with the questions every American should ask before the next war.

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0:00 Intro: The Drums of War
7:06 Drones, Nukes and Netanyahu's AI Image
15:00 Cicero: Can War Ever Be Just?
20:40 Black Rifle Coffee
31:21 Augustine: The Sin Isn't the Sword
42:38 Aquinas' Test and the Moving Goalposts on Iran
54:08 The Strong Do What They Can
1:02:31 Geneva, Nukes and Who Pays
1:19:53 Would You Send Your Neighbor's Child?

As nuclear rhetoric rises and drones change who pays the price, Navy SEAL David Rutherford walks through 2,000 years of just war thinking from Cicero, Augustine and Aquinas to Michael Walzer and Jeff McMahan. Then he weighs the realists who say power is all that matters, and ends with the questions every American should ask before the next war.
Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 0:00 Intro: The Drums of War 7:06 Drones, Nukes and Netanyahu's AI Image 15:00 Cicero: Can War Ever Be Just? 20:40 Black Rifle Coffee 31:21 Augustine: The Sin Isn't the Sword 42:38 Aquinas' Test and the Moving Goalposts on Iran 54:08 The Strong Do What They Can 1:02:31 Geneva, Nukes and Who Pays 1:19:53 Would You Send Your Neighbor's Child?

Dave Rutherford Show: The Morality of War - Would You Send Your Neighbor's Kid?

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🚨 "Something big is coming." The world feels like it's going crazy, the Pentagon now wants major bases ready to run 90 days on their own. Clay, author of Concrete Jungle and Prairie Fire, joins Navy SEAL David Rutherford with a straight answer on what prepping is smart and what's dumb. He explains why general preparedness beats trying to predict the one big event, why he says 95% of prepper gear is garbage, what food, water, power and medical supplies you actually need, his realistic loadout of a thousand rounds and night vision, and how a neighborhood group should run itself. He closes with his read on timing: today's crises aren't the collapse, but he thinks something big is coming within 2 to 3 years.



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0:00 Cold Open
1:19 Clay Martin Joins
2:39 General Preparedness vs Predicting the One Event
5:13 Prepper Myths: More Guns Won't Win
8:03 Building Your Neighborhood Group
23:07 Terrain, Threat and When Your City Is Undefendable
30:30 Black Rifle Coffee
31:19 95% of the Prepper Market Is Garbage: Food and Water
39:39 Power and the Medical Die Off
45:16 The Realistic Loadout: 1,000 Rounds and Night Vision
51:31 Governance and Something Big in 2 to 3 Years

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The medical discussion is general information, not medical advice.

🚨 "Something big is coming." The world feels like it's going crazy, the Pentagon now wants major bases ready to run 90 days on their own. Clay, author of Concrete Jungle and Prairie Fire, joins Navy SEAL David Rutherford with a straight answer on what prepping is smart and what's dumb. He explains why general preparedness beats trying to predict the one big event, why he says 95% of prepper gear is garbage, what food, water, power and medical supplies you actually need, his realistic loadout of a thousand rounds and night vision, and how a neighborhood group should run itself. He closes with his read on timing: today's crises aren't the collapse, but he thinks something big is coming within 2 to 3 years. 
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0:00 Cold Open 1:19 Clay Martin Joins 2:39 General Preparedness vs Predicting the One Event 5:13 Prepper Myths: More Guns Won't Win 8:03 Building Your Neighborhood Group 23:07 Terrain, Threat and When Your City Is Undefendable 30:30 Black Rifle Coffee 31:19 95% of the Prepper Market Is Garbage: Food and Water 39:39 Power and the Medical Die Off 45:16 The Realistic Loadout: 1,000 Rounds and Night Vision 51:31 Governance and Something Big in 2 to 3 Years
Clay Martin's books, Concrete Jungle and Prairie Fire, are on Amazon. Follow Clay on X: @wayofftheres Sponsor: Black Rifle Coffee, https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ Substack: https://davidrutherfordletter.substack.com/ Froglogic Institute: froglogicinstitute.com The medical discussion is general information, not medical advice.

Dave Rutherford Show: PREPPING 101 - Green Beret's Guide For What's Coming | Clay Martin

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Former Navy SEAL David Rutherford welcomes former Navy SEAL Ray "Cash" Care for an honest talk on friendship after Covid, empty-nest silence, and why men who cannot sit still still need peace. Ray admits he started his speaking business as a fraud copying other operators, until he stopped pretending to be David Goggins or anyone else. He describes a saturated market of about 400 SEAL speakers, credits the Operators Collective, and invites Team to Apex Protocol in Las Vegas November 20 to 23. David asks the question he has been putting to every operator: how do you find peace in the everyday pain of your life? Ray answers as a pain coach, not a motivational coach. Reflect on the pain. Dominate needs before wants. Keep a house full of love. Treat every minute as a mission. Life is like BUD/S. You do not pass it. You survive it. Guest: Ray "Cash" Care is a Navy SEAL veteran, peak performance coach and motivational speaker. After his teams time he did overseas security work including protection for U.S. government agencies such as the CIA in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 — "It's easier to find war than peace"

00:38 — Ray "Cash" Care is back

02:20 — Why David went dark after COVID

05:00 — Why warriors can't sit still

07:30 — 400 SEALs selling leadership: the saturated market

10:23 — "I was a fraud": how Ray found his own voice

14:10 — Inside Rob O'Neill's Operators Collective

15:29 — The Apex Protocol: Las Vegas, Nov 20–23

17:50 — AI vs. real human connection

23:05 — The bro-vet war: why veterans attack each other

28:39 — Stop yelling: how Ray changed his message

35:13 — Why vulnerability is strength

40:32 — How do you find peace in pain?

44:42 — Needs before wants

46:44 — "If I died right now, I'd die happy"

49:17 — Where to find Ray

Former Navy SEAL David Rutherford welcomes former Navy SEAL Ray "Cash" Care for an honest talk on friendship after Covid, empty-nest silence, and why men who cannot sit still still need peace. Ray admits he started his speaking business as a fraud copying other operators, until he stopped pretending to be David Goggins or anyone else. He describes a saturated market of about 400 SEAL speakers, credits the Operators Collective, and invites Team to Apex Protocol in Las Vegas November 20 to 23. David asks the question he has been putting to every operator: how do you find peace in the everyday pain of your life? Ray answers as a pain coach, not a motivational coach. Reflect on the pain. Dominate needs before wants. Keep a house full of love. Treat every minute as a mission. Life is like BUD/S. You do not pass it. You survive it. Guest: Ray "Cash" Care is a Navy SEAL veteran, peak performance coach and motivational speaker. After his teams time he did overseas security work including protection for U.S. government agencies such as the CIA in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 &mdash; "It's easier to find war than peace"
00:38 &mdash; Ray "Cash" Care is back
02:20 &mdash; Why David went dark after COVID
05:00 &mdash; Why warriors can't sit still
07:30 &mdash; 400 SEALs selling leadership: the saturated market
10:23 &mdash; "I was a fraud": how Ray found his own voice
14:10 &mdash; Inside Rob O'Neill's Operators Collective
15:29 &mdash; The Apex Protocol: Las Vegas, Nov 20&ndash;23
17:50 &mdash; AI vs. real human connection
23:05 &mdash; The bro-vet war: why veterans attack each other
28:39 &mdash; Stop yelling: how Ray changed his message
35:13 &mdash; Why vulnerability is strength
40:32 &mdash; How do you find peace in pain?
44:42 &mdash; Needs before wants
46:44 &mdash; "If I died right now, I'd die happy"
49:17 &mdash; Where to find Ray

David Rutherford Show: How a Navy SEAL Finds Peace in Everyday Pain | Ray "Cash" Care

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Steve Baker's pipe bomber footage claim, Iran's buildup into the midterms, and early voting past about 23 million ballots. Former Navy SEAL David Rutherford maps the three stories and what they mean for your wallet and your vote.



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0:00 Pipe bomber footage, Iran and early voting

2:10 Steve Baker and the January 6 pipe bomber

13:58 Iran buildup into the midterms

18:38 Imminent nuclear threat is gone 33:13 Finish the job, IRGC, and diesel

42:30 Early voting and October surprises

1:02:30 What to watch, and close

Steve Baker's pipe bomber footage claim, Iran's buildup into the midterms, and early voting past about 23 million ballots. Former Navy SEAL David Rutherford maps the three stories and what they mean for your wallet and your vote. 
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0:00 Pipe bomber footage, Iran and early voting
2:10 Steve Baker and the January 6 pipe bomber
13:58 Iran buildup into the midterms
18:38 Imminent nuclear threat is gone 33:13 Finish the job, IRGC, and diesel
42:30 Early voting and October surprises
1:02:30 What to watch, and close

David Rutherford Show: Pipe Bomber Footage Drops, Iran Restricts Diesel and Voting Floods In

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Author Matthew Ehret joins Navy SEAL David Rutherford to explain the Fabian Society: why he says it was created after the American Revolution, the Roman strategy it is named after, the eugenics views of its early leaders, and how it fits into the think tanks that drive policy today. They also cover where left vs right comes from, why the French Revolution failed, CIA backed modern art, and why Matthew believes AI cults are emerging. The historical claims are the guest's own.



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00:00 Why the Fabian Society matters
01:52 The Fabian window at the London School of Economics
09:45 How the American Revolution scared an empire
17:39 The Fabius Maximus playbook
26:00 Black Rifle Coffee
43:45 Where left vs right comes from
46:17 Why the French Revolution failed
1:00:13 The CIA and modern art
1:05:46 AI cults
1:16:18 Where to follow Matthew Ehret

Author Matthew Ehret joins Navy SEAL David Rutherford to explain the Fabian Society: why he says it was created after the American Revolution, the Roman strategy it is named after, the eugenics views of its early leaders, and how it fits into the think tanks that drive policy today. They also cover where left vs right comes from, why the French Revolution failed, CIA backed modern art, and why Matthew believes AI cults are emerging. The historical claims are the guest's own. 
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00:00 Why the Fabian Society matters 01:52 The Fabian window at the London School of Economics 09:45 How the American Revolution scared an empire 17:39 The Fabius Maximus playbook 26:00 Black Rifle Coffee 43:45 Where left vs right comes from 46:17 Why the French Revolution failed 1:00:13 The CIA and modern art 1:05:46 AI cults 1:16:18 Where to follow Matthew Ehret

David Rutherford Show: The Fabian Society Controls WAY More Than You Think

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Three moves, three weeks before the midterms, and David says they're all connected. Tulsi Gabbard comes out of a quiet summer to give a speech at the Texas Youth Summit that never mentions Iran. Trump gets Putin on the phone and walks away with a Russian diesel deal that waives sanctions until April 2027. And down south, U.S. special operators run their first direct raid with Ecuadorian police against a Jalisco cartel network — while cartel-linked fighters have been training on FPV drones inside Ukraine's International Legion since 2022.



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Three moves, three weeks before the midterms, and David says they're all connected. Tulsi Gabbard comes out of a quiet summer to give a speech at the Texas Youth Summit that never mentions Iran. Trump gets Putin on the phone and walks away with a Russian diesel deal that waives sanctions until April 2027. And down south, U.S. special operators run their first direct raid with Ecuadorian police against a Jalisco cartel network &mdash; while cartel-linked fighters have been training on FPV drones inside Ukraine's International Legion since 2022. 
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David Rutherford Show: Tulsi Is Back, Cartel War Coming & Trump’s Diesel Deal

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Three weeks before the midterms, I went back through everything that has and hasn't happened with our voting machines since 2020. The Secretary of Homeland Security says foreign adversaries have parts inside them. The government hired a firm to tear down Dominion's scanners, got a 100-page report, and never released it. And after 64 lawsuits and two nine-figure settlements, not one case has ever gotten to a real forensic audit. I'm here to tell you where I actually land, and it's not where either side wants me to.



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0:00 With A Month To Go, What's Still Unanswered?
2:31 Why Is Rut Reviewing This One Month Out?
2:56 What Did The DNI Take From Fulton County?
4:05 Did Secretary Mullin Just Say Our Machines Aren't Secure?
5:15 What Did Investigators Find In Puerto Rico?
6:15 Why Was The Mojave Report Never Released?
7:21 Why Did A Georgia Malware Report Sit Sealed For Two Years?
9:32 What Really Happened In Antrim County?
10:49 Why Has No Court Ever Audited Dominion's Core Software?
15:51 Fox, Newsmax And The Settlements Nobody Can See
20:17 The Tina Peters Case
22:13 Patrick Byrne: The Last Case Standing
27:03 Why Does Byrne Call Himself A Federal Whistleblower?
30:38 The Questions Rut Wants Answered
31:41 How Do You Check Your Own County?
32:56 Are Our Elections 100 Percent Secure?

Three weeks before the midterms, I went back through everything that has and hasn't happened with our voting machines since 2020. The Secretary of Homeland Security says foreign adversaries have parts inside them. The government hired a firm to tear down Dominion's scanners, got a 100-page report, and never released it. And after 64 lawsuits and two nine-figure settlements, not one case has ever gotten to a real forensic audit. I'm here to tell you where I actually land, and it's not where either side wants me to. 
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0:00 With A Month To Go, What's Still Unanswered? 2:31 Why Is Rut Reviewing This One Month Out? 2:56 What Did The DNI Take From Fulton County? 4:05 Did Secretary Mullin Just Say Our Machines Aren't Secure? 5:15 What Did Investigators Find In Puerto Rico? 6:15 Why Was The Mojave Report Never Released? 7:21 Why Did A Georgia Malware Report Sit Sealed For Two Years? 9:32 What Really Happened In Antrim County? 10:49 Why Has No Court Ever Audited Dominion's Core Software? 15:51 Fox, Newsmax And The Settlements Nobody Can See 20:17 The Tina Peters Case 22:13 Patrick Byrne: The Last Case Standing 27:03 Why Does Byrne Call Himself A Federal Whistleblower? 30:38 The Questions Rut Wants Answered 31:41 How Do You Check Your Own County? 32:56 Are Our Elections 100 Percent Secure?

David Rutherford Show: 3 Weeks to Midterms and Nobody Fixed the Voting Machines

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Headlines this month said Noah's Ark may have been found in eastern Turkey. Former Navy SEAL David Rutherford talks with Andrew Jones, founder of Noah's Ark Scans, who will not say that. Jones calls the Durupinar formation the best candidate. He says he cannot call it 100 percent. He says a radar slice showed repeating layers, and that the lab still has the samples. Jones is a software developer and independent researcher, not an archaeologist. The 2026 fieldwork is led by Prof. Dr. Cenker Atila of Sivas Cumhuriyet University. What Jones says about depths, odds and cubits is his account, not a published result. 

Timestamps

0:00 Cold open: he can't say 100 percent

0:45 Who Andrew Jones is, and how this year started

13:48 The radar and the layers he says are there

25:32 BRCC (insert, not on the raw tape)

28:47 Why he stayed 30 years

41:28 Best candidate, not proof, and the tests still out

48:06 How to follow Noah's Ark Scans 

52:41 Close



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David Rutherford is a former Navy SEAL, CIA-trained intelligence officer, and championship performance coach.

Headlines this month said Noah's Ark may have been found in eastern Turkey. Former Navy SEAL David Rutherford talks with Andrew Jones, founder of Noah's Ark Scans, who will not say that. Jones calls the Durupinar formation the best candidate. He says he cannot call it 100 percent. He says a radar slice showed repeating layers, and that the lab still has the samples. Jones is a software developer and independent researcher, not an archaeologist. The 2026 fieldwork is led by Prof. Dr. Cenker Atila of Sivas Cumhuriyet University. What Jones says about depths, odds and cubits is his account, not a published result. Timestamps
0:00 Cold open: he can't say 100 percent
0:45 Who Andrew Jones is, and how this year started
13:48 The radar and the layers he says are there
25:32 BRCC (insert, not on the raw tape)
28:47 Why he stayed 30 years
41:28 Best candidate, not proof, and the tests still out
48:06 How to follow Noah's Ark Scans&nbsp;
52:41 Close 
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David Rutherford is a former Navy SEAL, CIA-trained intelligence officer, and championship performance coach.

David Rutherford Show: How Close Are We to Finding Noah's Ark? | Andrew Jones

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Why do talented, hardworking men still lose? Former Navy SEAL David Rutherford welcomes back Rich Graham, a former SEAL Team 10 operator and the founder of Full Spectrum Warrior, who says it's rarely the skill that takes a man out. It's the stuff on the side: his lifestyle, his discipline, his decisions and what happens at home. Rich saw it training police officers who could barely get into a kneeling position in their gear. He points to Tiger Woods, who in Rich's view lost number one because of his life off the course, not his golf, and to the SEAL Teams, where he says guys rarely lose the trident for bad operating.

You'll hear the sniper school rule Rich applies to every mistake: let the missed shot go, but know why you missed, or your next shot is just a guess. Rich explains why owning your mistakes takes away everyone's ammo, why making the SEAL Teams still left a huge void in his heart, and how to tell if you're really succeeding when you're winning at work and losing at home. He also walks through his new book, The Full Spectrum Warrior Lifestyle: An Introspective Guide to Creating Balanced, Long-Term Success, out December 1.

Guest: Rich Graham is a former SEAL Team 10 operator, firearms instructor and the founder of Full Spectrum Warrior. He created the Navy SEAL Kettlebells program, the Combat Mobility System and the Protectors Summit, and he founded Home Front K9 Project, which trains and donates service dogs to disabled veterans from the Special Operations community.

Timestamps
0:00 Cold open: know why you missed
1:11 Rich Graham is back, and why men need this book
10:06 Cops who couldn't kneel: why skill isn't the problem
15:45 Tiger Woods, the SEAL Teams and what really takes men out
22:04 BRCC ad
24:47 Ownership first: the sniper school rule
34:32 Faith, and guarding what speaks into you
48:09 The false summit: winning at work, losing at home
57:41 How to measure success: relationships, finances, leadership
1:03:18 Get the book

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Why do talented, hardworking men still lose? Former Navy SEAL David Rutherford welcomes back Rich Graham, a former SEAL Team 10 operator and the founder of Full Spectrum Warrior, who says it's rarely the skill that takes a man out. It's the stuff on the side: his lifestyle, his discipline, his decisions and what happens at home. Rich saw it training police officers who could barely get into a kneeling position in their gear. He points to Tiger Woods, who in Rich's view lost number one because of his life off the course, not his golf, and to the SEAL Teams, where he says guys rarely lose the trident for bad operating.
You'll hear the sniper school rule Rich applies to every mistake: let the missed shot go, but know why you missed, or your next shot is just a guess. Rich explains why owning your mistakes takes away everyone's ammo, why making the SEAL Teams still left a huge void in his heart, and how to tell if you're really succeeding when you're winning at work and losing at home. He also walks through his new book, The Full Spectrum Warrior Lifestyle: An Introspective Guide to Creating Balanced, Long-Term Success, out December 1.
Guest: Rich Graham is a former SEAL Team 10 operator, firearms instructor and the founder of Full Spectrum Warrior. He created the Navy SEAL Kettlebells program, the Combat Mobility System and the Protectors Summit, and he founded Home Front K9 Project, which trains and donates service dogs to disabled veterans from the Special Operations community.
Timestamps 0:00 Cold open: know why you missed 1:11 Rich Graham is back, and why men need this book 10:06 Cops who couldn't kneel: why skill isn't the problem 15:45 Tiger Woods, the SEAL Teams and what really takes men out 22:04 BRCC ad 24:47 Ownership first: the sniper school rule 34:32 Faith, and guarding what speaks into you 48:09 The false summit: winning at work, losing at home 57:41 How to measure success: relationships, finances, leadership 1:03:18 Get the book
Get Rich's book (signed presale): https://fswlifestyle.com Rich on Instagram: @fullspectrumwarriorusa
Connect Follow David on X and Instagram: @TeamFrogLogic Follow the show: @DRutherfordShow on X, @TheDavidRutherfordShow on YouTube Read the Substack: https://davidrutherfordletter.substack.com/ Froglogic Institute: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/
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David Rutherford Show: Why Strong Men Self-Destruct (And the Fix) — Rich Graham

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Former Navy SEAL David Rutherford asks a simple question after last week's Senate hearing with former special counsel Jack Smith: when Congress puts someone in the hot seat, does anyone ever pay? Smith has been referred to the Justice Department over his House testimony, but he has not been charged. David walks through nearly a century of Senate investigations, from the 1934 air mail hearings to Watergate, Iran Contra, Enron and the Church Committee, to show how rarely a hearing ends in a prison sentence, and why the Justice Department, not the Senate, decides who gets charged. Then he turns to what happened at the White House the same day: President Trump and the leaders of six AI companies signed a voluntary accord to police their own technology, and the government launched America.gov. David asks who will watch the watchers. His view is that the rules for the powerful are not the rules for the rest of us, and that your voice still matters. (Recorded September 30, 2026.)

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Timestamps: 

0:00 Cold open

0:54 Intro and the Jack Smith Senate hearing

14:02 Do Senate hearings ever put anyone in jail?

21:15 Watergate, Iran Contra, Enron and the hearings where nobody was charged

30:48 Two sets of rules

33:53 BRCC ad

35:26 The White House AI accord: companies agree to police themselves

44:33 America.gov and online passports

50:07 What you can do

Former Navy SEAL David Rutherford asks a simple question after last week's Senate hearing with former special counsel Jack Smith: when Congress puts someone in the hot seat, does anyone ever pay? Smith has been referred to the Justice Department over his House testimony, but he has not been charged. David walks through nearly a century of Senate investigations, from the 1934 air mail hearings to Watergate, Iran Contra, Enron and the Church Committee, to show how rarely a hearing ends in a prison sentence, and why the Justice Department, not the Senate, decides who gets charged. Then he turns to what happened at the White House the same day: President Trump and the leaders of six AI companies signed a voluntary accord to police their own technology, and the government launched America.gov. David asks who will watch the watchers. His view is that the rules for the powerful are not the rules for the rest of us, and that your voice still matters. (Recorded September 30, 2026.)
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Timestamps:&nbsp;
0:00 Cold open
0:54 Intro and the Jack Smith Senate hearing
14:02 Do Senate hearings ever put anyone in jail?
21:15 Watergate, Iran Contra, Enron and the hearings where nobody was charged
30:48 Two sets of rules
33:53 BRCC ad
35:26 The White House AI accord: companies agree to police themselves
44:33 America.gov and online passports
50:07 What you can do

David Rutherford Show: It's All Fake? Jack Smith Hearing & AI Accord Expose How Washington Protects Its Own

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The David Rutherford Show represents the highest form of the emerging new media landscape. As a former Navy SEAL, CIA contractor, and world championship performance coach, David has been exploring the human condition for the past 30 years in his epic quest to understand how individuals and teams can defeat the negative insurgency. In his new show David will give experienced analysis to most pressing topics of our time. His mission is to consolidate the battlefield of information and provide unique context to most important issues of the day. Don’t miss this exciting show and allow David to be your flash bang of truth. 

The David Rutherford Show represents the highest form of the emerging new media landscape. As a former Navy SEAL, CIA contractor, and world championship performance coach, David has been exploring the human condition for the past 30 years in his epic quest to understand how individuals and teams can defeat the negative insurgency. In his new show David will give experienced analysis to most pressing topics of our time. His mission is to consolidate the battlefield of information and provide unique context to most important issues of the day. Don&rsquo;t miss this exciting show and allow David to be your flash bang of truth.&nbsp;

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