Matt Gaetz Show - Rep. Andy Ogles, Geroge Papadopoulos, Rep. Tim Burchett, Tim Doescher, Herbert Esmahan

0:00We have breaking news. Red States right now are responding to the major Supreme Court voting rights decision yesterday. One state has already postponed an election. President Trump is calling on another to take action. We've got Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles with us at the top of the show to react. Plus, President Trump said today that Iran is begging to make a deal. We'll review the terms that are being negotiated with George Papadopoulos. Also, economic growth may look better in 2026 than 2025. Tim Desher is in studio to diagnose why and to tell us what to expect from the new Fed share who has just been confirmed. The Department of Justice is indicting more narcos and we've got the latest on the alien scientist to disappearances with Congressman Tim Birchett. It's all next to the Matt Gaetz show. Let's do this. We're shaking up Washington, DC. We're breaking the fever. We ever watch this guy on television? Like a machine. He's great. Matt Gaetz. Yesterday, we got the landmark Supreme Court decision striking down significant

1:05portions of the Voting Rights Act. And that has created big opportunity for Republicans in redistricting, which could decide which party holds power in the Congress come January. Now, the US Supreme Court issued the six three decisions striking down Louisiana's sixth congressional district, which is currently a majority black district. The conservative majority ruled that the district's creation relied too heavily on race to satisfy previous legal rulings labeling the map an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. So will states now proceed to election in this midterm cycle under unconstitutional maps? Or will all the states that can actually convene and abolish these bizarre districts built for non-white people? Last night, GOP mega fundraiser Caroline Ren explained how this could impact Louisiana and other red states. I think a lot of the African-American community was moving our way. But when you when you have this racist redistricting or not, I guess,

2:07like these these districts where you're just lumped in, they're never given an opportunity to even vote for a Republican. So when that happens, you're never actually have any outreach from the Republican party. I think the African-American community is trending our way. They're up for grabs and I want to compete for their vote. And that's what these new maps will do. And I also called them and said that if you have an upcoming primary that you're worried about the timing and your special session, you should delay your primary versus, you know, proceeding with a unconstitutional map. I'm putting all these states on watch. Louisiana, thank God, Jeff Landry. I know. I know he will do everything his power to push this through. Caroline was right. Right on cue, Louisiana governor, Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Morrell announced plans to suspend the state's upcoming congressional primary elections, which were scheduled for May 16th. Their stated goal is to halt the election so the Republican controlled legislature has time to redraw maps and get rid of the racist and unconstitutional districts. This ruling sets a major precedent that could pave the way for other states to aggressively redraw their own maps. Ace GOP strategist Matt Brainer told us

3:13if Republicans take a maximalist position on this, we end up with the advantage. This report to remember something. This is very important. When Democrat control states draw lines, they draw them to optimize the number of Democrats elected. When Republicans have control to draw lines, they draw them based on geographic interests, protecting incumbents. So the problem that we face is that for too long, Republicans have not prioritized optimizing the number of Republicans in Washington. I've got a very narrow majority trying to push through President Trump's agenda. So right now, if all the gloves come off, there's a small advantage to Republicans. And there's because they, again, they have not historically completely optimized to put more Republicans in office. They protect it in incumbents and they like geographic lines that keep counties together. Whereas Democrats have no compunction. So if the gloves really do come off, I think Republicans can pick up quite a few seats. And so with that as the backdrop, President Trump right now is urging Republican controlled states to use this once in a lifetime opportunity. Earlier today,

4:15he posted on Truth Social at a very good conversation with Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee, where he stated he would work hard to correct the unconstitutional flaw in the congressional maps of Tennessee. The closing message had President Trump's signature language push hard. He also praised Louisiana's governor, Jeff Landry, for his quick redistricting work. The Republicans and their state legislatures really aren't known for speed of maneuver. In fact, probably the opposite, but the president's push and this once in a lifetime opportunity may have finally lit a fire under the GOP. Joining us now, Tennessee, Congressman Andy Ogles, Congressman, following this big Supreme Court decision on the Voting Rights Act. What is your call for action in the state of Tennessee? Well, you know, the president has actually put out a truth saying that Tennessee should redistrict. I mean, and look, you can look at the New England states. I mean, it's not equal representation. There's a lot of Republicans up there, but it's almost entirely blue. He's same thing with the left coast, right? There's not good Republican representation out

5:19there. And so, you know, Tennessee is eight Republicans, one Democrat, but it's based off of racial jurymandering, which the Supreme Court is ruled unconstitutional. So I would encourage the governor and the general assembly, the state assembly, to look at the maps to see what can be done going forward. You represent the greater Nashville area in Congress. It's the state capital. You know all the key players in state government. What should we be watching for in the volunteer state to see if this is going to happen, pursuant to your and president Trump's wishes? Well, keep in mind, I love my district. Unfortunately, my district would probably be the one to get changed the most. I mean, Wilson County, that's where my family's wife has a long history. My family in Murray County goes back to the early 1900s. We both grew up in Weems and County. So I'd literally represent our ancestral background, our homes, but that being said is like the balance of power in the midterms literally could be determined as to whether or not the

6:20Tennessee does the right thing. So there's a very brief window here for Tennessee to act, because our ballots have to be certified for overseas for the military. So if they don't do this in the next week to 10 days, the window is closed. Wow, that is a really constrained timeline for the decision making. It seems like President Trump has been encouraged by his discussions with Governor Bill Lee. If Governor Lee wants this to happen, do you expect the state legislative leaders in Tennessee to follow suit? I do. In fact, I think they would come together rather quickly. It could be as early as Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Understanding that that calendar has to be, you know, it has to be certified. There would be some sort of legal challenge, which ultimately would be overruled, just like the Louisiana case. But that being said, a lot has to happen in a very short period of time, but it can be done. And when you're looking at the saving the Republicans, look, we as Republicans, we're offering solutions and legislation. Now a lot of it dies in the Senate, but that's their problem. But Democrats have told us point

7:22blank that they are going to impeach Donald Trump on day one. They don't care about legislating. They don't care about governing. Quite frankly, they don't care about this country. All they care about is impeaching President Trump. And so we must do everything we can to set the map straight in the same way New England has stolen seats. And the same way California has stolen seats, we could simply follow the will of the Supreme Court and redistricting according to proper lines. Yeah, I mean, the Supreme Court didn't say the districts that allow Republican representation are unconstitutional. I don't think it's a fair comparison what Gavin Newsom did and what we're talking about happening in Tennessee. What you have a district in Memphis that is essentially carved out for black representation. Hilariously, it's represented by an old white guy, but that's the purpose of the district. And you don't have to do that anymore. It's unconstitutional to do it. Now, the man who would be speaker under the scenario you laid out is Hawkeam Jeffries. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had some terse words for him. Take a listen, we'll get your reaction.

8:34You're going to find out all this stuff. You do the redistricting. We're going to take out all your members. We're going to do all this stuff. So what grade do you give the Ron DeSantis, Hawkeam Jeffries, in person? He needs to get his, you know, he seems really bit, you know, if we do, you know, he does that kind of stuff. And so, you know, Kudos to the Santas. He got closed, but he really got to work on his kind of his hand motion, his hand motion, that little thing that Hakeem likes to do. But that being said, you know, Hakeem, so-called Hakeem is an empty suit. He doesn't have any plans. He doesn't have any leadership ability. All he wants to do is attack President Trump. And again, we've been offering solutions. We have been legislating. If the Democrats take control, God has saved the Republic. That's all I got to say. Andy Ogles, Tennessee Congressman, fighting for all of us and encouraging the volunteer state to do the right thing. Thanks so much for joining us as always. Absolutely. Thank you. And coming up, we continue our coverage of the United States conflict with Iran, George Papadopolis is here to break down what the options are for both sides and what the key

9:35leverage points of pressure are that could be driving a deal. Plus, we continue to see more and more scientists around UAPs and UFOs disappear under strange circumstances. Congressman Tim Birchett of Tennessee is a key member of the House Oversight Committee. He's been zeroing in on this issue and he's here this hour with the latest. For all of our viewers out there asking where to watch One America News, we'd like to introduce you to OAN Live. OAN Live is the best way to stay up to date on the hardest-hitting news and our talk shows. And the best part is, OAN Live is only $4.99 per month. Credible, honest, and unbiased reporting at a fraction of the cost of cable. So just click on the link at the top of our homepage, oanm.com, to easily sign up for the news and conservative talk, you can't get anywhere else. The United States and Iran have agreed to an initial two-week conditional cease-fire. Of course,

10:35President Trump extended that cease-fire window indefinitely to allow further negotiations, but warned Iran to get smart soon and submit proposals to end the crisis. Last night, Kurt Mills of the American Conservative told us Iran is still controlling the straits of four moves. As of now, the Iranians control the strait. There's just no way around it. It wasn't true status quo anti. It wasn't true in the anti-bellum. It is now. The Iranians want to safeguard the security of their government. And so they're not going to walk away in a negotiation from at least one of their two Trump cards, so to speak, if not both. And that, of course, is the promise of nuclear program, even though they don't have nuclear weapons. They want to basically reserve the right to do it, and or control of the strait. Iran's leaders struck a defiant tone, declaring the United States defeated and vowing to keep the area free of American interference. Meanwhile, Israel is reportedly preparing to announce the failure of these negotiations, at which point the United States will authorize Israel, according to these reports, to

11:38linger strikes on Iranian energy facilities. This, according to Israeli outlet channel 12. Now, I don't know if this is true. We haven't independently confirmed this at one American news. I hope it's not. I hope American leadership can preserve the cease-fire that President Trump right now is holding together. Now, we will see Israel's goals continue to potentially diverge from the United States. And I wonder, will we see continued strikes on Iranian leadership? That seems to have generated a lot more radical leadership and tougher negotiations, because we don't really know who's in charge. Here, President Trump is discussing that problem earlier in a day. We have a problem, because nobody knows for sure who the leaders are, until a little bit of a problem. The leaders have been wiped out along with their military. Yes, when you execute the leaders, it becomes very difficult to have negotiations that have teeth, because you have to have leaders who've built up sufficient credibility to be able to enforce whatever terms that negotiation generates. Now, turns out, partnership is one of the

12:44preconditions to a deal. If leadership isn't the target, will we continue to carry out the threats of power plants in bridge day to collectively punish the people of Iran? When power plants go out, people die, like the elderly who need dialysis and innocent babies in the NICU. Joining us now, former foreign policy adviser to President Trump, an author of Deep State Target, George Pavodopoulos, George, President Trump says Iran is dying to make a deal. What are the pressure points you see forcing Iran's hand right now? Yeah, thanks for having me, Matt. I think what the world is really witnessing, given this war between the United States, Iran and Israel, is that the straightforward moves at a level of geopolitical risk, unlike the 70s. We haven't seen this type of risk in the straight-up or move since the Arab Gulf oil crisis, and the various embargoes that happened, and result in the spike in energy prices. So what's really happening is President Trump understands

13:44that, and he's using it as leverage, and he's showcasing that the world now has to prioritize alternative routes and reserves of energy to feed the versioning global market. And one of those key producers of oil and natural gases, of course, the United States. The United States has now become a net exporter of energy under the Trump administration for the first time since World War II, that very much hampers and dampens Iran's geopolitical leverage and their economic outlook. So when President Trump says that Iran is begging for a deal, they are actually begging for a deal because the leverage that they once had over the straight-up or moves and the dominance of that as a straight-for-the-energy markets no longer exists the way that it used to, and that all has to do because of the brilliance energy policies of the Trump administration this time around. I've heard that argument, but at the end of the story, it just ends up with China buying more US energy as opposed to energy from the Gulf, and then energy ends up more expensive here in the United States. And so like,

14:49we're two months into this, George. Hasn't Iran proven that they have durable denial capability in the straits of four moves? Like, haven't they shown that if they want to, they can stop the flow of energy from the Gulf through those straits? Well, whoever advised the President that this would be a take walk against a country of over 80 million people and a, you know, 3000-year-old civilization that's been preparing for this war with the United States for over four decades was wrong because Iran isn't Venezuela, it's not Iraq, and it's not at Afghanistan. So I think the President quickly understood the risks that were involved with this conflict, and that's exactly why there has been this effort to now have an off-ramp that secures US interests, stabilizes the Middle East, stabilizes the energy markets, and gets the United States out of this quagmire before the midterms really heat up. So this is really why Iran, as well, because they

15:50now have been hit very hard. Their political leadership has been assassinated. Their military capabilities have been hit, and their ability to export oil through this radar for moves has been affected. They now seek to come to the table. So the better we come to the negotiating table and secure an agreement that secures the United States interests and stabilizes the global energy markets, and assures that Iran does not continue to be a purveyor of threats in the Middle East. The better it will be for the United States, the world, and it will secure victory in the midterms in my belief. One of the key features of that off-ramp is what happens to the uranium. And interestingly, we've seen Vladimir Putin arise in these discussions as a potential partner to take custody of this Iranian uranium. Do you think that's got any legs? Well, look, Iran is not an isolated country. We can make believe that it's been isolated because of the various tune of sanctions that have been levied against it under successive administrations. Well, like what we've discussed,

16:51this is a country of over 80 million people. The Chinese have invested $400 billion in Iran, in infrastructure, oil and gas, fisheries, trade lanes, you name it. And Russia also has a very close relationship with Iran. They sell each other military technology. The Iranians and the Russians have exchanged drone technology. They sell drones to one another. So Russia has a increasingly imported stake in the future of Iran, not only for its own influence in the caucuses and central Asia, but for stability because no one wants to see Iran becoming another Afghanistan or another Iraq in a failed state that's going to result in millions of refugees a non-stable situation in the heart of the Persian Gulf. So whether Iran actually delivers uranium to Russia, that certainly has been on the table. It'll be interesting to see if the president of the United States actually accepts it. Yeah, it is an interesting tool, the lever that could potentially be utilized to try to bring this thing to an end. George Papadopoulos, former foreign policy advisor to President Trump, author of Deep State Target, thanks so much for joining

17:55us this evening. Thanks, Matt. And coming up, Congressman Tim Birchett of Tennessee has more questions about scientists who have a connection to the UAP UFO mission and end up gone, disappeared. We'll try to get those answers and see what's happening in upcoming disclosures of these key files. Also, we'll discuss key economic trends we're seeing after the first quarter of the year and what to expect ahead with the new Fed share with Tim Desher. For all of our viewers out there asking where to watch one American news, we'd like to introduce you to OAN Live. OAN Live is the best way to stay up to date on the hardest-hitting news and our talk shows. And the best part is OAN Live is only $4.99 per month, credible, honest, and unbiased reporting at a fraction of the cost of cable. So just click on the link at the top of our homepage, oanm.com to easily sign up for the news and conservative talk you can't get anywhere else.

18:59Tonight we look at the disappearances and mysterious deaths of researchers and scientists tied to the UFO and UAP missions. It's a topic that carries a lot of weight, a lot of fear, and a lot of internet speculation. We were seeing headlines of very recent generals PhDs and congressional whistleblowers showing up dead, but the phenomenon of people in the UFO space suddenly and unexpectedly dying is not a new one. Let's start with Morris K. Jessup. Jessup was an astrophysicist and one of the earliest prominent UFO researchers, he's famous for his 1955 book The Case for the UFO. In 1959, Jessup was found dead in his car in a Florida park, the purported victim of carbon monoxide poisoning. That's unusual. It was officially ruled a suicide, factually there's no active investigation into his death today. The historical record attributes is passing to the tragedy of a declining mental health condition. I guess. But then we get to James E. McDonald, a highly credentialed atmospheric physicist at the University of Arizona. He was most

20:04arguably the most rigorous scientific advocate for extraterrestrial hypotheses in the 1960s, briefing Congress and constantly pushing back on the Air Force's project Blue Book. In 1971 amidst severe professional ostrization and some personal marital distress, he died by an self-inflicted gunshot wound alone in the desert. His death was officially ruled a suicide. No active investigation exists today. So this bright, incredibly eager and intelligent scientist was apparently succumbing to the pressures of life just overwhelmed, despite the fact that he's a high IQ successful person. Then there's Phil Schneider. Schneider claimed to be a genealogical instructional engineer who worked in a deep underground military base, notably at Dual Sea New Mexico, where he alleged a fatal firefight occurred between humans and extraterrestrials. I was involved in building another base onto an inside of Dulce, New Mexico, which is Los

21:08Alamos Laboratory. I was lowered down the basket of one of these holes and bought from me to this elderly woman here in the front, was sitting a seven foot tall alien gray, the stenchers worse than the worst garbage can you can imagine. The person was at or the entity was absolutely horrible. I didn't waste any time or each room on a pistol or that killed two of them. Yes, they're mortal and they do die. One of them did this. All I remember is that he just kind of waived his hand in front of his chest and the next thing I know, this blue beam hit me and just literally opened me up like a fish. Burnt my fingers right off of me and it was some form of electrical force because kind of like it being hit by a lightning bolt burned all my toenails off of me. And there was a green beret that was right behind me that risked his life back. He died. But he risked his life. He shoved me back in the bass and hit the button and took me up.

22:13That wouldn't be alive talking to you today. Working for him. In 1996, he was found dead in his apartment with a catheter tube wrapped around his neck. Seems like an odd way to off yourself, but the medical examiner ruled it a suicide. To this day, the UAP community considers this death highly suspicious, though there's no active criminal investigation. So as we go through the very recent cases of UAP scientists and researchers going poof, it's important to know this has been happening for about 70 years. President Trump and the FBI have now engaged in a holistic review of the most recent disappearances. I hope it's random, but we're going to know in the next week and a half. I just left the meeting on that subject. So pretty serious stuff. Some of them were very important people and we're going to look at it over the next day. As far as the scientists who could judge, we'll probably have a pretty good answer over the next week. That was two weeks ago. Here's what the president had to say today. Have you been briefed yet about whether or not these cases are connected?

23:14Yeah. And can you tell us if they are connected? I'll so far. I mean, they're individual. We have a lot of scientists. So when you see, you know, you put together 10. It's a lot, but it's, you know, a very small number compared to what over we have a lot of scientists. So far, we're finding that there's not much of a connection. We'll let you know. We're going to be doing a full report. It's very serious. A retired Air Force general vanishes from New Mexico. A would-be UFO whistleblower dies before testifying a propulsion researcher ties to anti-gravity claims is found dead. Aerospace engineers, NASA scientists, Los Alamos personnel, nuclear researchers, missing, murdered, drowned, crashed, gone, without answers. That's this story burning through Washington right now, not proof of a conspiracy, but a pattern strange enough that the FBI and House Oversight Committee are asking questions. The case has been years, not weeks, some have known causes, some have suspects, some look tragic, not sinister, at least on the surface, but the UAP community see something else.

24:17People orbiting the same world, advanced aerospace, classified labs, propulsion, nuclear systems, intelligence, and the government's terrible history with just giving us the truth about unidentified phenomenon. Let's start with General William Neal McCaslin. He's the name that really lit the fuse here. A Tired Air Force Major General, former commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory, connected to Wright Patterson Air Force Base, which has long lived in UFO lore. McCaslin disappeared in February, just gone, and we have no idea where he is, no clues. He walked off for a stroll in February and never returned. He's the man who once sat at the center of America's most sensitive aerospace research, and we know about as much today, about his disappearance, is when it happened. Isn't that strange? Then there's Matthew James Sullivan, former Air Force intelligence reportedly preparing to testify about UFO programs to Congress, then instantly dead. The cause of death was ruled an accidental mix of alcohol and prescription

25:17drugs, but lawmakers still raised questions because Sullivan was allegedly tied to classified UAP claims. It makes him one of the names with a direct UFO whistleblower link, not just a vague connection to aerospace. Then there's Amy S. Gridge, a young Alabama research associate with anti-gravity and advanced propulsion in her portfolio. Dead in 2022 ruled a suicide, but in UAP circles, propulsion is the golden thread. If the government ever has recovered exotic craft, the prize would not be the little green men. It would be the physics, lift, energy, materials, propulsion. So her name keeps reappearing. Then there's Ning Lee, the University of Alabama physicist, tied to anti-gravity research. She died in 2021. Her work has long fascinated the UFO adjacent world because it sits right at the intersection of gravity control, defense interests, and breakthrough in propulsion. Then there's Monica Reza, an aerospace and materials engineer, tied to NASA. She disappeared while hiking in LA County. Michael Hicks and Frank Mirawan both

26:20linked to NASA also cited to these broader lists of very sensitive space research deaths. Then there's the national lab names, Melissa Sias missing after working at Los Alamos, Anthony Chavez, a retired Los Alamos worker, missing Stephen Garcia, tied to the Kansas City National Security campus missing. Los Alamos is not just another lab. It's pretty important. Researcher Jeremy Corbell lays out that Los Alamos is an interesting place. I've been holding a secret for about 11 years and it's going to be extremely public. It's not a video of an alien. It's not a video of one crowd. It's more than that. The government is between 30 and 50 alien bodies. Flying saucers, flying dead of extraterrestrial origin. David Esmeralstrom, they've been here and are here. It's an Alice in Wonderland plant. If you really have stuff that is that sensitive that you cannot release, you're relying on your connection as a journalist, they're not going to come at you not only you, but they're

27:21going to come at you fast. If I die, this story comes out. It would represent one of the largest leaks in American history. Congressman Eric Burleson has taken a leadership role in UAP disclosures. He was preparing to take whistleblower testimony in the oversight committee before the whistleblower ended up dead. The gentleman named Matthew Sullivan, who actually we had reached out to. So he's the type of witness that we've been trying to get to. Someone that has been actually part of the legacy program who has actually touched put their eyes on seeing the physical evidence, seeing the craft, seeing the bodies, that was James Sullivan. He was scheduled to come in for an interview within two weeks. He had suspiciously committed suicide. When you talk to David Grush, he worked with Matthew Sullivan and Jacob Barber, who is also a whistleblower, they both adamantly believe that there was foul play. After years of UAP whistleblower claims crash retrieval allegations

28:24and secrecy around advanced aerospace programs, a string of deaths and disappearances around America's research world has triggered attention. Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe it's internet pattern making, and maybe some cases are explainable and others are not. The Trump administration is planning a broad release of UAP documents, videos, and other records. The president has previewed this release. Anything having to do with UFO or related material, we're going to be releasing a lot of things from that we have. I think something's going to be very interesting to people. I've interviewed people, my first term primarily, but I interviewed some pilots, very solid people, and they said they saw things that you wouldn't believe. You're going to be reading about it. Joining us now, Tennessee Congressman Tim Birchett, a Tim great to have you back on the program. What is the latest we know about the disappearance of these scientists tied to the UAP mission? Well, finally, finally, the highest branches of government are taking it seriously. Thank you

29:25for having me on that. President Trump, it's on his radar. I've been given word that the FBI is actually looking into this as a serious situation. It's, is it espionage from some foreign sources, is it something more local? I have my own theory about it. If I could expound on it, that's our view. Let it rip. We are here for the virtue theory. I said, say my family or your family are blood family, owns a restaurant, and we're kind of mob connected. We're mobbed up, and it's a big national deal. The chef in this restaurant we have we think he's given out recipes. Now, we're not going to bump him off because we've got a lot invested in him. We might rough up a few bus boys and to send a message. So I think a message has been sent, Matt, whether you've got some that probably died of just natural causes or disappeared

30:29for some, but it's just too much. Imagine if you had 14 or 15 rabbis disappear or 14 or 15 used car salesmen across the country or 14 or 15 barbers, but these people are all pretty well connected to propulsion and some pretty interesting avenues. And of course, you know, I'm, you and I've been looking for the real story on UFOs and these people have had some connection with that too. And of course, the government will tell you, well, they don't have anything to do with that. And the government also tell you they're not investigating that, but as you and I have been in many meetings together, we know that is not the truth. And the people that do this are sworn to secrecy and they probably don't even tell their own spouses. So, and it's not, it's not normal for people just to disappear and somebody's going to kill them and take them. They're not going to take their pistol with them or and they're not going to leave their cell phone. The whole thing is just ridiculous and there is something absolutely going on.

31:34Tim, I want to get to the message that you talk about. It's a message of fear in the theory that you presented. Do you believe that the entities trying to send that message are human or extraterrestrial? I think they're human, but I think they have some knowledge of something a little more than than what we know in this world. I just, you know, I don't want to, I hate going down these so-called rabbit holes as young people say, but the reality is Matt is that we're not being told everything about this. The President of the United States has said that he is going to start releasing these things. And again, releasing what? And releasing stuff that they said for at least since 1947 don't exist. So, I think this thing is going to go a lot deeper than we could ever imagine. I think these people are, I think they're sending a message whether just to shut the whole thing down or shut them up or send a message to somebody higher up to keep their dad going mouth shut and keep working. Yeah, I want to get to that release in a moment. But first, there's one of these

32:38disappearances that really, really gets, I mean, obviously General McCastlin, that is so strange. But Matthew James Sullivan was set to testify on Capitol Hill before he died allegedly of an overdose. And an accidental overdose for some guy that, you know, middle-aged man about ready to testify before Capitol Hill, are you buying that at all? Not at all, Matt. I think that that just goes further and further in this direction of a mistrust. I think there's, I think one other that has similar situation back when you were on the Hill, we had somebody that was supposed to testify and died under a mysterious type circumstance. But this one to me, I think it sends a chilling effect out there to the world that, that there is dark forces that are working over on this. And, and people are trying to shut this thing down. So let's talk about the president's big release that's coming, aliens.gov. You've said before, you believe that there are

33:42beings from other planets that appear over deep canyons in the ocean because they're extracting resources from under the water. Do you expect to see any evidence of that particular behavior in these upcoming releases? No. And the more and more I think about it, Matt, that I worry more about it after my conversations with our president. I don't know that he'll, he's going to know the right questions to ask. And I honestly don't know if the people around him know the questions to ask. I would, at some point I would love to talk to him about it because I, I think we're, again, we're going to get some very vague things. And they're going to, you remember back when, when I had, had the bill to, to release all this. And my bill was two pages long. And Chuck Schumer came out with one that was 60 pages long. And it, and it mimicked the, the Kennedy files release, which you know, here we are 60 years later, we still, I mean, Luna had a, we had a, we had a dead gun committee on that. And, and they were releasing things that they got, got up and said that the bullet to, it came from two different directions. So we know it's not

34:45a lone gunman. And that barely even cracked the news that day. And this was a doctor in sworn testimony. Yeah, I wonder if you're going to reignite that it was interesting. You had this very simple, easy to understand disclosure protocol. And then they wrapped it in a 60 page Chuck Schumer substitute amendment, which is just so deep state of them. There is this $1.5 trillion defense spending bill that was presented to the House Armed Services Committee. When the, that bill comes to the floor, do you plan to reintroduce your version of a very clear command to release all this information? I do. And I suspect the folks that will fight me on it will say, well, the president's already done that. But again, they always hired it under national defense, Matt. And they say, oh, it does the national defense. And I was told at one time, we can't release this stuff because it will reveal our sonar or our radar capabilities that the Chinese don't know. And you know, good and well, we get a lot of our components for these things

35:49from the Chinese. So they, that gamut they know what the heck we're doing. That's, that's just a cover. The war pimps that depending on they always get their share. And this year, they're asking for a greater share. And I need to come forth with some information. I think that's only fair. Tennessee Republican Congressman Tim Birchett. Thanks so much for coming on the program. Thank you, Matt. Coming up, the Federal Reserve has a new chairman. What will that mean for prices, home ownership and economic opportunity in America as there is inflation, directly tied to the Straits of Hormuz and the actions of Iran. Tim Desher will discuss next. Plus, in Cinaloa, Mexico, the mayor was just indicted by the US Department of Justice. Under Todd Blanche, this is a DOJ that is going after the narcos. We'll talk about what that means in Latin America with Herbert Espahan. Don't go anywhere. For all of our viewers out there asking where to watch One America News, we'd like to introduce you to OAN Live. OAN Live is the best way to stay up to date on the hardest-hitting news and our talk

36:52shows. And the best part is, OAN Live is only $4.99 per month. Credible, honest and unbiased reporting at a fraction of the cost of cable. So just click on the link at the top of our homepage, oANn.com to easily sign up for the news and conservative talk you can't get anywhere else. The bottom line is that it's really strong data. We got additional claims the lowest they've been since the 1960s. We got government employment. The lowest has been since the Second World War. We've got all these positive movements in terms of fiscal responsibility and economic growth moving forward. And so then, but we do have this temporary disruption with energy markets, which is very serious. We've got fresh reporting out of the Washington Post today on the American economy. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released the advanced estimate of the first quarter of 2026 showing the U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 2%. The expansion was buoyed by a lot of federal spending up 9.3% and strong non-residential investment up 8.7%. That's driven by a lot of

37:56corporate spending on data centers and artificial intelligence. Major cloud of the economy is the conflict involving Iran, which has threatened traffic through the Straits of Hormuz and driven up global energy prices. Global crude has spiked average U.S. gas prices. Now at $4.30, a gallon growth and consumer spending slowed to 1.6% in the first quarter down from 1.9%. Now that's because a lot of households are feeling the strain of these higher energy costs. In response to rising prices and economic uncertainty, the Federal Reserve opted to hold its benchmark interest rate steady at 3.5% to 3.75%. Signalling that further rate cuts may be difficult due to elevated energy prices. At the same time, the Federal Reserve now is a new chairman, Kevin Warsh. His arrival is anticipated to shape how the Fed thinks about interest rates going forward. And in an odd move, Jerome Powell is going to stay on the Fed board, at least for a little while. It didn't sit well with Treasury Secretary Scott Besson. I think it's highly unusual for someone who says he's an institutionalist and cares about

38:59norms at the Fed. This is a violation of all Federal Reserve norms. It is an insult to Kevin Warsh, Mickey Bowman and Chris Waller, to think that these other Republican nominees do not care about the institution of the Fed and that he alone can maintain the integrity of the Fed. Take him right to the burn unit. Meanwhile, look at this dead clock. It's insane. Joining us now to discuss it all is Executive Director of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, Tim Desher. Tim, thanks for being here. What are you expecting from the new Fed chair? That dead clock is scary. Yes, it's very daunting. Well, the Fed chair, look, Kevin Warsh arguably, is the best nominee for chairman of the Fed that we've had in modern times. I mean, he is somebody who is focused solely on not only a stable dollar, strong dollar, but also on taming inflation, something that our former Fed chair, Jerome Powell, kind of failed to do. I mean, he let us get all the way up to 9% in 2022.

40:03That's a dereliction of duty. If you're going to sit in that hollowed seat of Fed chair, by the way, I don't believe that the Fed is everything with the economy. We've got business owners out there. They're the ones driving this economy. The Fed just kind of gets in the way, just like a lot of Washington. So does Congress. I would say a good part of that inflation you reference were the bad policies of Joe Biden, all of the spending that just had a federal money. And under Trump, by the way, Trump spent a lot too. We've been spending a lot of money, and Trump sought to drive down that inflation was very successfully doing it with supply side shock on energy. Now with energy markets changing as a result of this war, what's your outlook for the remainder of the year? Yeah, it's a temporary hit. It's bad. I think it is temporary, though. And if you kind of compare where we are now compared to where we were under Biden and also under Obama, if you adjust for inflation, we're actually below where they were considering the straight-of-war moves is shut down. Imagine what that means to pro-growth energy policy,

41:05running that pipeline. You know, they signed just today. They're going to start building more pipelines. They're exporting more energy and oil than we've ever done before. I mean, this is a huge deal for us. And it kind of takes us out of the realm of energy independence as like a political phrase, but it's more of actual reality here. And we're seeing that with these numbers. Yes, they're high, and we need to bring them down. But as soon as that straight opens up, you're going to see gas prices back down to 350, I think, in the immediate. Well, I think you could actually see a real volatile snapback that could help the consumer a great deal because you've got all this Iranian oil and gas that's kind of piling up. They're using old tankers. They're using old warehouses and storage facilities. And once this gets resolved, obviously, we hope it gets resolved as fast as possible. All that's going to hit the market. Think about UAE. They're producing what? Two and a half million barrels. They could be doing five million a day. Think about what that does when you say we're leaving OPEC, we're no longer

42:05going to be beholden to whatever the cartel says. We're going to do our own thing. That's good for consumers because it's a global commodity. Well, I think Trump broke OPEC because he showed that even if OPEC constrained energy output, the United States wasn't going to play that game, we were going to be energy dominant. They would be left behind. So the UAE is a first mover away from that thinking. But we've also seen Saudi Arabia substantially increase production because it's not like you're holding it back for anything, anything unique. We've got in Congress now this push for the Lindsey Graham budget blueprint. And we haven't heard fiscal hawks get too excited about it, but is the mechanism to kind of get out of this DHS partial shutdown? What are you hoping to see policy wise from the Congress between now and the midterms that could give us more economic lift in our politics and in our lives? Well, from what we hear on Capitol Hill, and you know this better than anyone else, what we hear on Capitol Hill, Matt, is

43:06well, we can't really do anything else with this recommendation. All we can do is focus on DHS and opening back up those, getting them paid basically. That's all we can do. Otherwise, the Democrats will listen. They're kind of operating from a position of fear and not from the position of we're in the freaking majority. We can do this. We can do something. So we're a little frustrated with that. But I understand the politics of it. But the thing that we're looking to is, is there an ability? Whether we win or lose in November, is there an ability for a third reconciliation bill where we can actually index capital gains to inflation? Do you know what that would do to people's housing costs here in California? It would have seniors be able to sell their house, which they're holding on to it now because inflation, they'd actually be paying taxes. They couldn't afford if they sold their house. That's why seniors are staying in houses. They shouldn't be in and not move. That's what this would do. Let me understand the policy proposal. The policy proposal would allow Americans to recapture part of the value. Not give it all to the

44:07government and the capital gains that they've lost in inflation. Correct. That's brilliant. Who's pushing that? Well, we are pushing it. That's one of the ideas that we have been talking around about town. By the way, you could do this for not just residential real estate. You could do this for commercial risk. You could do this for everything. You could do it for any asset class. Exactly. But at this point, why not just do it for home? We could take on two things at once. Unleash an economic growth because people would move out. Other people would move in. They would invest in the house. They would start earning value in it. But then you can also take that money. You can take that and continue to unleash all of the prosperity that you would see through it. It's a massive liquidity event for the middle class. It would create deal flow in real estate. It would create investment in real property. And it would build real familial wealth. I hope you're successful at that. Well, we'll take the courage. It will take the courage of the Congress to actually come back and have another bite at the apple. That's not guaranteed because you get closer and closer to

45:10the election. You get more and more members who just say, you know what? We want to get out of Washington. We want to get home and we don't think there's more we can deliver. And especially, they don't want to take more tough votes. But that seems like one more thing. Housing affordability seems to us to be the sale point here. You can't fix that on federal government policy alone. It's got to be local policy. The state of California, they're in the position they're in because of their state policy and their local policy. If you can't build more than two stories, you're not going to be making room if you don't have it. So you got to do it at a local level. But the federal government can do certain things. And this would be a huge one. Tim Desher, Unleash Prosperity. Thanks so much for joining us as always. Thanks, Matt. If you're on Medicare, there's a good chance you're overpaying and you don't even know it as someone who's sad in Congress. I could tell you that Medicare was designed with the big special interests in mind, not you, the hardworking folks, who actually pay in for decades. They're thousands of plans, different rules, different incentives. And with agents pushing higher commission plans, it's no surprise that millions of Americans end up in the wrong plan. That's why I recommend

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47:19of cable. So just click on the link at the top of our homepage, OAM.com, to easily sign up for the news and conservative talk, you can't get anywhere else. The Outstanding Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche strikes again in a major crackdown the DOJ has unsealed a bombshell indictment, charging the governor of Mexico's Sena Loa state, Rubin Rocha Moia, and nine other current and former Mexican officials with drug trafficking and weapons offenses. It's an aggressive move that highlights the Trump administration's unwavering commitment to dismantle the cartels and hold corrupt foreign officials accountable for flooding our communities with deadly drugs. According to federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York, these Mexican politicians conspired with the Sena Loa cartels Chapeitos. It's a faction that was working to get massive quantities of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine across the U.S.-Bexico border. The indictment exposes a deeply entrenched corrupt system,

48:20where politicians traded border security and American lives for millions of dollars in bribes and political support. Shocking details revealed that the cartel helped rig Rocha's 2021 gubernatorial campaign through brutal intimidation and ballot theft and in return, the governor allowed the cartel to operate with total impunity. One of the defendants has even charged with the connection to a kidnapping and murder of a DEA source. While Mexican government officials have pushed back, calling for more evidence and claiming the charges violate sovereignty, the United States is standing firm. These high ranking officials face mandatory minimums of 40 years to life in prison. This dramatic escalation reflects a tough, no-sense approach to securing the border and protecting Americans. Joining us now, Latin American political analyst Herbert S. Mahan Herbert, United States has indicted the mayor of Sena Loa and a number of other Latin American politicians in Mexico. How's that being received? Thank you for having me on the show, Matt. The fact that the United States Department of Justice

49:23has filed charges against 10 current and former Mexican officials proves the Trump administration's unwavering efforts to restore order in Latin America. Because by restoring order in this region, you are essentially restoring the rule of law in the entire American continent. On various occasions, President Trump has offered the president of Mexico Claudia Shambon to use the full force of the U.S. military, if necessary, to target these criminal cartels. However, on multiple occasions, she has denied this offer. Now, the fact that the governor of Sena Loa and the mayor of Uliakang, who have both been charged, belong to the same political party, as Claudia Shambon, the Morena party raises a lot of concerns. Not just for the people of Mexico, but for the nations in the region, which are directly affected by the criminal activities that are ongoing in Mexico. Something that we have to take into account is that when nations such as

50:29El Salvador effectively restore the rule of law and restore order, it raises a question, why aren't other Latin American nations doing so as well? And it clearly points to the fact that criminal structures have strong influence within these nations. For example, the country of Mexico, Matt, has a very strong government with all the necessary resources to fight crime, so why are they not doing it? Yeah, it begs the question, do you think President Shambon is compromised by the cartels? Well, at the moment, we are seeing a strong current of evidence. We're seeing the breadcrumbs and we're following them closely and everything is pointing to that because there is no reason for a nation state such as Mexico to not be able to combat criminal structures such as the drug cartels. What we're seeing is not a lack of resources, but a lack of political will to take on crime because the main objective of any political leader is to create an environment in

51:35which their citizens are not only safe, but have the ability to thrive. However, in Mexico, they recently discovered a lot of extermination camps and on a yearly basis, thousands of Mexican citizens are murdered and disappear. So why isn't the state of Mexico taking action on behalf of its citizens? It is clear that corrupt power circles such as the drug cartels have strong influence, not just controlling entire territories of Mexico itself, but have also planted their roots within Mexico's institutions. I've only got a few seconds left, but talk about the reach of this indictment. Do you really think it's going to have a positive impact throughout Latin America, where people say, hey, you know, this President Donald Trump, this Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch, they mean business? Without a doubt, it proves that this administration is interested in the interests of the entire continent, of restoring peace in the American continent. And the only

52:37way of doing so is by having more political leaders in Latin America who have a firm hand against criminal activities, such as President Bukele and El Salvador, who effectively transformed El Salvador from being the murder capital of the world to becoming one of the safest nations. We need more leaders that are independent and not prone to fall under the alignments of globalist interests who seek to destabilize countries. Yeah, it is interesting how a lot of those globalist NGOs have a lot of the same interests as some of these criminal cartels, Herbert S. Mahan, Latin American political analyst. Thanks so much for joining us as always. Thank you for having me on the show now. So the time we have will be back tomorrow, nine eastern six specifics, sign up for the OAN Live app at oannn.com. Follow me on exat madkates, email us. The madkates show at oannn.com and stay right here. Fine point with Chanel Rion is up next. Let's go get them. For all of our viewers out there asking where to watch one America news, we'd like to introduce you

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