David Rutherford Show: Seth Keshel On The 2026 Midterm Disaster Republicans Aren't Ready For

The mail-in ballot machine that decided Virginia is loaded and pointed at the 2026 midterms — and the Republican Party has almost no margin to absorb the hit. Captain Seth Keshel joins David to break down what really happened in Virginia's redistricting referendum, why the Save Act is dead in the …

DRS Special: Should Young People Fight In Iran? - Navy SEAL, A-10 Pilot & Green Beret Fireside Discussion

David sits down around a fire in Idaho to answer this question with A-10 Pilot Dale Stark, and Green Beret Clay Martin. This is the question nobody on cable news will answer honestly.  The answers are not what you'd expect. Both men love the military. Both men would serve again in a heartbeat if …

David Rutherford Show: From Living in His Car to A-10 Pilot: Dale Stark On A Warfighter’s Mindset

Dale Stark was living in his car at 19. At 25 he was flying close air support over Afghanistan in an A-10 Warthog.  In episode 2 of the Idaho series, Dale sits down with David to break down how he went from rock bottom to one of the most selective pilot programs in the world — and what the trainin…

David Rutherford Show: Violence, War, Brotherhood: The Making of A Green Beret | Clay Martin

📍How did Clay Martin become a warrior? Today Clay walks David through his entire career arc — the Chuck Norris movies that planted the seed, the "toughest gang" logic that put him in the Marine Corps, the Force Recon reputation that made him one of the most respected young Marines on the East Coas…

David Rutherford Show: The True Coach - What Dusty May Knows That Most Coaches Don't

Dusty May just won a national championship at Michigan. Curt Cignetti went undefeated at Indiana. Cale Sanderson is on his 13th title at Penn State wrestling. What do they all have in common? They're true coaches — and David Rutherford breaks down exactly what that means. David is a former Navy SEA…

David Rutherford Show: 22-Year Marine's Fight To Save Maryland feat. Chris Burnett

A 22-year active duty Marine officer. Four combat deployments to Iraq. A wife who couldn't open a laundromat because the state made it impossible. Now Chris Burnett is running for Congress in one of the toughest districts in the country — Maryland's 6th — against two opponents worth hundreds of mil…

David Rutherford Show: Iran Rescue, Australian War Crimes, a SEAL Kill Squad, and the Istanbul Attack

David covers four stories every operator and security-minded American needs to understand right now: 🔹 The Iran CSAR Mission — how 155 aircraft, hundreds of SOF operators, and a CIA deception campaign pulled off one of the biggest pilot rescues since Vietnam. David breaks down the escape and evasi…

David Rutherford Show: The Case For Courage - A Navy SEAL Opens Up

Fear doesn't go away. Not for a 19-year-old Marine about to fly into Iran. Not for a 32-year-old watching AI eliminate their career. Not for a Navy SEAL who spent years wondering if he deserved to be forgiven. Courage is the thing that lets you take one more inch. Former Navy SEAL and CIA officer D…

David Rutherford Show: The Lobbying Firm That Controls Trump's White House

💰You've heard "follow the money" your whole life. Today, I'm going to show you exactly where it leads. There's a K Street lobbying firm most people have never heard of — Ballard Partners — that now controls more access to the Trump White House than just about any other outside entity. Before Tru…

David Rutherford Show: The Insurgency Inside the Republican Party | Eric Schwalm

 📍What's happening inside the Republican Party isn't a civil war. According to today's guest — it's a textbook insurgency. And he's qualified to say that. Chief Warrant Officer 4 Eric Schwalm spent 30 years in Special Operations Forces and military intelligence, deploying to Syria and working at t…