The Adult in the Room

Director Chris Burgard and Actor Nick Searcy released two documentaries on the infamous January 6, 2001 Capitol riots, exposing how federal law enforcement acted with both malice & incompetence in the course of their investigation. Subsequently, they were both targeted by those same departments. Burgard joins the program to discuss, in his own words, his dealings with federal officials and the subsequent fallout, as well as more details on the bureaucratic malfeasance he and Searcy uncovered.

Pastor Anatoly Kaluzhny of the New Life Church in Kiev has spent the first half of the holiday season here in the United States, meeting with political figures and influential leaders of faith in order to tell firsthand the stories of his people. Thousands of soldiers and conscripts have perished in Russia's attempted takeover of the eastern part of Ukraine. Cities destroyed. Families left homeless. Children orphaned. Now, with the changing of the US administration, many who find themselves on the front lines fear it's strongest world partner could abandon them to go it alone, with little in the way of military technology to defend themselves. Pastor Anatoly discusses how he and members of the clergy in Ukraine have been providing aid and morale to the troops and their families, and why he believes support from the west is vital to the ultimate goal: for the former Bloc to be left in peace, to rebuild & thrive as free nations.

Cleta Mitchell rose to prominence in the political world when she helped Tea Party groups fight back against the Obama-era IRS and their invasive and opaque decisions regarding who and who isn't considered a nonprofit. Then, under the Trump Administration, she led the questioning of the ballot tabulation in the state of Georgia in 2020. Now, with Trump returning to the White House, she joins Victoria to talk about the things the nation has done right and wrong in the 4 years since the contentious 2020 race, and what still needs to be done to ensure that all American voters' rights are protected against foreign interference and partisan meddling.

With less than 60 days left until Trump returns to office, speculation abounds that current President Joe Biden will use the remainder of his lame duck term to shove through unpopular legislation, pardons, or executive orders. And none may be more concerning than the Democrats' demands for a "climate emergency" declaration, which would treat climate change the same way we treat war and the COVID pandemic: as an excuse to curtail liberty and manipulate the economy. Daniel Turner joins to discuss the repercussions of such a declaration, why he feared it would be used as a way to manipulate the 2024 elections, and why the threat can't be ignored in future administrations.

Retired US Army Brigadier General Anthony Tata joins the show to discuss one of the hottest topics of this year's election, President-Elect Donald Trump's military policy. From nominating former US Army Major and Fox News host Pete Hegseth to the position of Secretary of Defense to his planned review process for top-level military leadership, Trump's new ideas for streamlining our forces are both innovative and controversial. Tata, the former Senior Official Performing the Duties of Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in Trump's previous administration, brings his unique perspective to the inner-workings of the Trump regime and shares his thoughts about where the President-Elect will take our fighting men and women in a world being destabilized by the likes of Russia, China, North Korea & Iran.

Jake Lang is currently in federal custody in Washington, DC while awaiting trial for his role in the January 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol. Now, with the re-election of Donald Trump, he hopes he will finally be released after spending more than 3 years waiting to learn his legal fate. He returns to the podcast to talk about his hopes for release and describe his treatment while in the federal detention system.

IP & civil rights attorney Ron Coleman returns to talk about the biggest political story in decades, Donald Trump's dominant victory in the 2024 Presidential Election, along with Republicans seizing control of the Senate and maintaining their hold on the House of Representatives...a GOP sweep that contradicted nearly every poll, every prediction, and every statistic. How did the media and Democrats so badly misread the election, and is there any way for them to ever reconnect with sane voters after trying to win with maximum wokeness? RON COLEMAN - https://roncoleman.com HERITAGE: "Census Bureau Errors Distort Congressional Representation for the States" - https://www.heritage.org/election-integrity/report/census-bureau-errors-distort-congressional-representation-the-states JONATHAN PIE: "Trump Wins the White House. Again." - https://youtu.be/x0eq7VNCcYY?si=FDfTEhuWa6hLNl3H

Lee Smith is a former senior editor at The Weekly Standard, the former Editor-in-Chief of The Village Voice Literary Supplement, and has written for such esteemed publications as The New York Times, The Hudson Review, Ecco Press, Atheneum, Grand Street, GQ, and Talk. Now, he joins Victoria to discuss his newest book, Disappearing the President: Trump, Truth, and the Fight for the Republic, as well as the continuing efforts in on the eve of Election Day 2024 to silence and hinder Donald Trump's candidacy to return to the White House. Purchase Disappearing the President on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Disappearing-President-Trump-Social-Republic/dp/1641774576?tag=victoriataft-20

Mollie Engelhart has one of the most eclectic backgrounds you may ever meet. She grew up on a farm in upstate New York before heading to California to study film at the prestigious, Disney-founded California Institute of the Arts. From there, she worked in A&R at Sony and became a recording artist herself, before taking on a new challenge by founding the vegan restaurants KindKreme and Sage. But when she started growing her own food on her own farmland to stock her restaurants' kitchens, she discovered an ever-mounting web of red tape and an avalanche of ridiculous overregulation that seemed contrary to every Californian's granola-fueled dreams of environmental friendliness and clean living. So, like many California residents, she picked up stakes and relocated to the Republic of Texas, building a farm, restaurant, brewery at Sovereignty Ranch, a 200-acre patch of unspoiled Hill Country near San Antonio. In this episode, she joins Victoria to share some incredible stories about her challenges in California, her philosophy of regenerative agriculture, and the looming health & environmental crises we may be facing if we fail to re-think how we feed ourselves. OFFICIAL SITE: https://www.sovereigntyranch.com/

Author & ClimateDepot.com founder Marc Morano joins Victoria to talk about the Biden/Harris administration's plans to declare a "climate emergency," using the same emergency powers granted in crises like the 9/11 terror attacks and the COVID pandemic to curtail the rights and finances of ordinary Americans. And in the wake of the devastating hurricane-caused disasters in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas & Tennessee, the activist class is more motivated than ever to use the cudgel of government to enforce its doctrine.