July 5, 2025 • 48 mins
Breaking Point with David Zere - July 5, 2025
A - David and Holly Swenson discuss Summer screen time, parenting and reading
B - David and CEO of REalloys, Inc David Argyle talk Ukraine rare earth deal and war
C - David has topics of the week, including Polls, Trumps Paramount settlement and more
D - David chats with Dr Josh McConkey about his USAF service, run for LT Gov of NC and more
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
Hey, hey, hey, this is David's R.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
You're watching Breaking Point on Real America's Voice News. I
hope everybody had an awesome Fourth of July with their
family and friends. I know I did, so I want to,
uh start off the show with a bang.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Here. You know, so much going on you blink your eyes,
you miss you miss.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Forty stories, especially anything involving Donald Trump. With this incredible
two week run. And I got to cover the White
House a couple of weeks ago Brian Glenn was away
during the Iran bombing. Uh and since then, Trump has
been full throttle, you know, with Alligator Alcatraz.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
All the way to Iowa.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
It's just been victory after victory and the worts for
Donald Trump.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
A lot of action the bill in Congress.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
I know everybody isn't thrilled with it, but I think
they kept about eighty five percent of what the House
wanted originally. We'll see where this goes going forward, but
so many important things in there. The no tax on overtime,
the no tax on tips, the taxes on Social Security,
writing off car loans and other things, and Medicaid reform
(01:27):
that's huge, that is huge, and God forbid, you got
to work eighty hours a month.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
You could even volunteer somewhere.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
You don't even have to do anything, you know, and
able body mails and females should be able to do
that without question.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
I want to start off the show though, with a
great guest.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
I had her on a couple of years ago, and
I'm so honored to have her back with us. Holly Swenson,
the author of Stop, Drop, Grow and Glow Forming Deeper
and More Joyful Connections with yourself and your children. Holly, Hello,
how are you great?
Speaker 3 (01:59):
How are you doing?
Speaker 2 (02:00):
I'm great, I'm great. I hope you had a great holiday.
And you know, these issues. Summer's here, right, and I
think it's harder, you know, when kids are at home
and not in school. If you don't homeschool, you know,
you have to keep your kids productive and you can't
let them vege in front of the TV and on
(02:20):
electronic devices, right, That's right?
Speaker 4 (02:24):
Yeah, you know.
Speaker 5 (02:24):
And I think screens are, without a doubt, some of
the biggest stressors that parents face and have to navigate
with their kids in this day and age. And so
I think a season like summer, when you have excessive downtime,
do have to be proactive in striking a balance.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Yeah, I've never.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
I was at a restaurant a couple of years back,
and I have four children, I have four grandchildren as well.
I never let my kids have phones until high school,
late in high school, and they were not allowed on
social media until they went to college. And I didn't
have TVs in their rooms except for like a VHS
player for like, you know, different Disney movies and stuff.
(03:02):
And it forced them to interact with us as a
family at the dinner table coming down. So when they
come home, even today as they're older, from twenty to
thirty six years old, they actually get gathered in the
dining room and talk. I'm the one watching TV, you know,
So I think we need more of that. And just
to I just wanted to add I was in a
(03:23):
restaurant and there were like three different families, nine different kids.
Every single kid had the face buried on the tablet
or on the phone. Nobody was talking to each other.
It's sad statement, right.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
It's very sad.
Speaker 5 (03:34):
And I'd love to hear that you set the bar
high for your kids and you know home, because I
think that's what it takes. It takes parents who are
really tuned into what's happening. Who want to really role
model presence and teaching your kids how to you know, have.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
That eye to eye, heart to heart contact with one another.
And that does start at home.
Speaker 5 (03:51):
And you know, and I think when you were talking
about restaurants, you're not alone. I think a lot of
us have seen, you know, children propped up with devices.
And you know, I never want to come from a
space of judgment because you know, each family is going
through different things.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
But I think meal.
Speaker 5 (04:05):
Time is such a great opportunity to really show your
children what it means to have conversation and connection and
so if you can, it's really worthwhile endeavor.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Yes, And Holly, you're a children's wellness expert and an
author on this, and you know you're you have strategies
to help families reset their habits, encourage more human connections,
outdoor time, stuff like that. But what advice do you
have because I think this is a big problem, right.
(04:36):
I'm from a generation that didn't have cell phones of
the internet right until I was an adult. Also, you know,
parents don't want to overstep the bounds with their own
children and how they're raising their children, and you know,
It's a tough spot, right. You don't want to like
be critical of your kids in front of their kids. Uh,
(04:59):
you know, don't at Johnny play you know, with the
iPad for an hour, you know, and he you know, bring.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Him inside to interact.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
How do you tackle that where grandparents can effectively encourage
their kids to do a better job without insulting them.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
Well, hey, i'll give you a statistic so that you
can lean on a statistic if that will help the cot.
And this one is really heartbreaking for me, but the
average American child spends about four to seven minutes per
day in unstructured outdoor play while they're logging about seven hours.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
On their screens.
Speaker 5 (05:34):
And that is that should be a wake up call
that we are not hitting the bar the way we should.
And again it's not judgment. A lot of people rely
on screens for everything, you know. You know a lot
of adults struggle with their screen usage. And I want
to point out that unstructured play is a form of
play that's not led or directed by adults, and so
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the child is initiating the play.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
You know how to play as well as when to stop.
Speaker 5 (06:00):
And so these are things like fort building or playing
out in the yard or using imaginative play. And I
feel like those are really important things to promote during
the summer months especially, And so these things are going
to help your kid with really learning how to become
more independent and just you know, in terms of like
becoming more creative and really learning to bloom.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
This type of play is going to really help them.
So if you're trying to you know, support or rally.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
Your family to get off screens more, you can lean
on that statistic to be awake.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
All sure, So I kept my kids busy with thirty
seven different teams, travel teams, soccer, baseball, across you name it, dance.
But you know, those things are really expensive.
Speaker 6 (06:46):
Now.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
When I did it, you know, maybe it was five
hundred dollars per kid, per team, per season. Now, these
these prices, you know, people spending two three, four, five
thousand a year per kid, ten thousand a year on
baseball and stuff, and a lot of families can afford it,
so you know what kind of activities. And also when
I was a kid from like thirteen to eighteen, I
(07:07):
was never home. I was in the Air Force Auxiliary,
the Civil Air Patrol. We learned how to look for
missing aircraft. We took aerospace education kept us busy. I
don't see those things available for kids as much today.
So how do you, as a parent, you know, really
foster that time, that outdoor time. And you know, kids
(07:30):
aren't out in the streets playing hockey like when I
was a kid either as much.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
It's a different world.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Yeah, you're right. I mean kids are definitely not out
like they used to be.
Speaker 5 (07:39):
And I think in terms of you know, there's a
lot of families who, as you mentioned, can't afford the
financial pressures of what it means to be in a
you know, expensive sport. But there's all kinds of different
things you can lean on.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
You know.
Speaker 5 (07:50):
It can be hiking, biking, going out for a family walk,
going to the park.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
You can go to the library, you can do arts
and crafts. There's a lot of ways to engage. And
you can even see your yard. I mean, you know,
there's a lot of playball with your kid in the yard.
Speaker 7 (08:04):
There's a lot of.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
Ways that you can get creative.
Speaker 5 (08:07):
The key is just to make sure that you are
getting off your screens and that you are making that
time to connect.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
I had three daughters and a son and I'll never
forget when my son was five, who were having a
catch of the yard and he said to me, Dad,
we could.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Do this all day, you know, And that was so heartwarming.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
And I probably shagged one hundred and fifty thousand flies
with them and hit him ground balls and.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
He pitched to him, you know.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
So I hope parents can really, you know, engage with
their kids, don't sit around eating doritos. So I want
to let our audience know, how can they follow you?
Where can they get your book? And what's your advice
for America?
Speaker 7 (08:49):
Sure?
Speaker 3 (08:50):
So, my website is Live Your Glowed Out Live.
Speaker 5 (08:53):
I'm also on Instagram at Holly Swinson Underscore, Live Your Glow.
And you can get my book on Amazon, Barnes and
Noble anywhere you buy your books, and it's also available
on Audible and anywhere you buy your audiobooks.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
What about the concept? Thank you for sharing that. What
about the concept of actually reading a book? Does anybody
do that anymore?
Speaker 3 (09:18):
I think it's somewhat of a dying art. But I'm
old school. I love a real book, like you can't
replace that.
Speaker 5 (09:25):
But you know that is you know a lot of
people lean on audible because it is this fast paced
world and you know, or podcasts or different different forms
of getting that knowledge just where they aren't having to
sit down and actually put their nose in a book.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
To all the parents out there, make sure your kids
are reading, because I read to my grandkids all the time,
and I always read to my kids, and it's a
really vital thirty seconds.
Speaker 5 (09:47):
Last word, I just want to say thank you for
having me on, and I'm wishing all the parents and
families out there blessed summer. Make sure you make time
to play and just revel in what it means to
have in downtime.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
All right, everybody. Holly Swinson, author of Stop, Drop, Grow
and Glow Forming deeper and more joyful connections with yourself
and your children, Thank you again, and I hope you
have a great summer.
Speaker 3 (10:13):
Thank you David.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
All right, everybody, we'll be right back with more.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
I got a lot of fun stuff for you today,
but I got David Argyle from Real Alloys about rare
earth deals may inhibit the production of the F thirty
five involving China and Russia took control of a key
lithium deposit into Ukraine. Will that affect Trump's April mineral
deal and stay tuned. I got more for you, including
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Welcome back. You're watching Breaking Point, Real America's Voice News.
I hope you had a wonderful Fourth of July holiday.
The US has so many things it's facing right now.
Big successes from the Trump administration regarding Congo, regarding Pakistan
and India, the bombing of the Iran bombing, a possible
(12:35):
sixty day truce with a moss we'll see if amuscil
stop using people as human shields. And you know, really
critical time here. But one of the things that is
so critical when it comes to our defense is the
production of our military equipment. And who do we rely
on to make that equipment? And here to discuss that,
(12:56):
we have David Argyle once again, the CEO of Real Alloys.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
David. How are you, sir?
Speaker 6 (13:02):
David? Good to be back in happy fourth of July?
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Yes, happy fourth and you were celebrating in Canada, right,
you're up there and you're Australian.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
Correct?
Speaker 6 (13:13):
Correct?
Speaker 2 (13:14):
Wow, so a world of God. Well, so what you
do is really important here. In these US China trade
talks that took place in London, right helped ease back
some rare earth export restrictions, allowing China to issue licenses
for non military stuff, but it didn't resolve export bands
(13:36):
on military use. Rare Earth's critical for the F thirty
five program from Lockheed.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Is that correct?
Speaker 6 (13:44):
That's correct. What has been publicized as the agreed terms,
which you know China also is relying upon very important
US supply chains to keep their economy going. It's not
a one way street. What has been a read is
that single use where Earth magnets will now get export licenses,
(14:08):
and that's very important. Is that definition between single use
or duel use. As an example, duel use magnet would
be a magnet that has sufficient capacity and capability to
be used for military equipment. Single use would be magnets
(14:30):
that would be designed to work inside of a electric
vehicle or for that matter, any car. And this is
where the nuances are important. And this is where China,
from the agreement that they reached back in I believe April,
this is where they I believe, played games. They claimed
that magnets destined for the automobile sector in the United
(14:55):
States and Europe could also potentially be used for military
perp ruses, and they blurred the lines and definitely did
not live up to the spirit of the earlier agreement
this year.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
Right, So F thirty five jets fighters rely on Chinese
supplied rare earth minerals like samarium for critical components. Tell
us about that and when will this start affecting the
US defense supply chain.
Speaker 6 (15:27):
So there are two types of magnets. Broadly speaking, there
are samarium cobalt magnets and then they're the neodymium magnets.
So the Samerian cobalt magnets have military applications primarily because
of their ability to operate at high temperature for extensive
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and the samarian metal component of that for the world
is currently produced in China. Albeit the raw material of
samarium and come from China, and so China has a
bit of a lock on that. And the key is
to move that Samerian metallization back to the United States
(16:12):
where it all began. And this is the nuances and
the tipping point is over the last two decades, you've
seen the transfer of technology and equipment to China, who
then now control these supply chains. What President Trump is
doing is he is forcing the return of what was
(16:37):
originally US technology and equipment. And that's what our company
does reallies is that we are now actually making small
amounts of samarium and we intend to grow that over
the next eighteen months to make all the samarian that
is required. Wow.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
So you think it's within reach that you can supply
this deficit.
Speaker 6 (17:01):
Correct? Along with our other supply chain partners, we are
very experienced in the medalization in our facility in Euclid.
And when you look at what is reported on trade
deals and teriffs, one of the key components, which I
believe is understated, is this is forcing and requiring the
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reindustrialization of the heartland. So our facility in Ohio will
go from a total facility side will increase from approximately
fifty to over three hundred in a small town outside
of Cleveland. So it's very very important what we're doing
and it's very important for the community.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
Wow, that's incredible.
Speaker 2 (17:42):
So let's switch gears a little bit to Ukraine and
this minerals deal that was signed between Zelensky and Trump, right,
in April. Possibly part of it can be in jeopardy
because of recent Russian advances on strategic lithium sites they've
(18:05):
gained control of.
Speaker 6 (18:06):
Is that the case, Yes, it is, But you have
to look at that assets in its singular form. You
have to look at that asset within the global lithium
supply chain and how important is it from that perspective
and the reality not very much at the moment. So
(18:29):
that deal, I believe, is a very good deal for
the US, and it's a very good deal for Ukraine.
What President Trump did by securing that mineral rights is
he played offense and defense. Offense. Was he secured the
mineral rights within Ukraine that the Ukrainians control, and the
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first option to develop those mineral rights rest with US
companies through a US finance agency, the DFC. What he's
done is playing which is very very important and about
and I don't want to get into the actual civics,
but about sixty percent of Ukraine's mineral rights are within
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the area controlled by Ukraine today and about forty percent
is an area currently controlled by Russia. But you have
a lot of very valuable minerals in the west of
the country from uranium to titanium, to earth to graphite,
which are still in the in the Ukrainian portion of
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the country. Now, development of those assets will take a
lasting piece. But when I talk about playing defense is
by securing the option to develop those assets within Ukraine
for US companies in US interests. It denies the ability
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of the Chinese to get in and try to secure
those assets for their own supply chains. And we've seen
how the Chinese operate in Africa and Latin America. They
get in by a little and then before you know it,
they have substantial influence within those countries. So is something
significant here?
Speaker 2 (20:13):
Are you saying that forty percent of the lithium supply
in Ukraine might be in this one hundred acre, this
tiny site in Doughnuts in eastern Ukraine.
Speaker 6 (20:25):
No I was speaking broadly in general terms about across
all minerals within Ukraine. Approximately forty percent you would say,
would be in the Russian control side and sixty percent.
So now, the reason it's not relevant is simply because
it's a small acid and the global supply chain of lithium.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Yeah, well, but like you said, it might affect other
resources and putting that in Russian control could allow China
to get some of these assets.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
Is that what can happen?
Speaker 6 (20:57):
That is correct, But in the near term, in the
next five years. At the moment, there is more lithium
upstream mind capacity than there is demand. So even Chinese
lithium mines today have actually gone into a pause period.
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So the supply chain constraint is not the upstream lithium
mining side, it is the midstream, downstream and the consumer
demand side. So at the moment that asset is not
strategically important. It could be in the future, but not
within the next five years.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
Well, there were reports in the media this week that
North Korea was sending another thirty thousand troops to help
the Russians there, and then Putin said two weeks ago,
any piece of land that they step on a soldier
steps on inside Ukraine belongs to Russia. So it seems
like things might be escalating and we are not. All
(22:01):
we put a pause on missile supplies, you know, to Ukraine,
and you know, it's uh. I hope things don't escalate further.
You know, I don't think we'd be in this mess
if Trump was president at the time of the second
incursion into I don't think Putin never would have done this.
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But you know, we're treading We're treading water over there, right,
So what's the what's the major point of all of
this in your opinion?
Speaker 1 (22:30):
We have about a minute.
Speaker 6 (22:32):
Yeah. Firstly, even with additional troop influxes wherever they might
come from, thirty thousand and fifty thousand, one hundred thousand,
the front lines have been relatively static for the for
the last six months. There have been no material movements
because warfare has changed, and there you can't mass troops,
(22:54):
you can't mass armor because of surveillance drones, and because
of attack drones. It is very hard to make material
changes to the current frontline. And so therefore, in order
to make a big move, Russia would have to mobilize
substantially more than the thirty thousand troops that North Korea
is claiming that they'll send.
Speaker 1 (23:15):
Yeah, it's a great point.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
It's kind of like a war of attrition at this
point in a way. Right, and all right, thank you
David Argyle, you're the CEO of Real Alloys. I always
appreciate you coming on and where can people follow your company?
Speaker 6 (23:29):
Thanks David for having me on. It's www Dot Real
Alloys R E A L l O Y S dot com.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
All Right, important stuff. Thank you again. I hope you
had a great Fourth of July and we'll catch up soon.
Speaker 6 (23:45):
Thanks David.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
All Right, Dave, we'll be right back with more. Do
not go anywhere. Hey, welcome back.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
You're watching Breaking Point on Real America's Voice News. I've
got great stuff for you ahead. I wanted to talk
about a couple of issues going on here. You know,
the Trump effect is real, like every facet of what's
going on around the globe and in the country.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
You know, Paramount was in this takeover bid to.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
Merge with Skydance Media and Paramount on CBS, and I
did a story about two months ago, you know, when
the CBS president resigned, and I thought it was part
of a broader picture. I was projecting, projecting that this
was all done to avoid a price drop in the
stock for Paramount prior to the eight point one billion
(24:54):
or so dollar merger with Skydance Media. It's a big
deal and the Trump administration, from what I understand, has
to approve the deal.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
Now.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
Trump beat the pants off of ABC with the Stephanopoulos
lawsuit and collected and then Trump sued CBS or Paramount
over the manipulation of the Kamala Harris sixty minutes interview.
Speaker 1 (25:21):
And he won. They settled this week sixteen million dollars.
I was predicting this was going to happen because, you know.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
Again Paramount and skied as they couldn't afford the stock
price to go down, and this was Paramount no pun
intended to put this behind him. So not only did
they get the CBS president to step down, but Trump
gets this award, another victory for the Trump administration. It's
(25:49):
just it's just crazy. Things always seemed to come full
circle back, especially with these court decisions and ending these
injunctions by these local federal judges, regional federal judges. Here
a lot going on around in the world, though. These
missile shortages that we may face is a really important
(26:10):
US stock piles may be affected going forward. And in
just the twelve day conflict with Iran, you know, Israel
blew through a lot of long range arrow interceptors.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
They're running low.
Speaker 2 (26:25):
And in addition the arrow interceptors, which are as rarely
made according to the Wall Street Journal, Israel also has
US made DAD systems intercepting medium range ballistic missiles that
you know, they have their low on their inventory, but
we have our own problems, and we're worried about US stockpiles,
and we're selling all these missiles and giving them away
(26:47):
all over the place. And this comes as in the
Ukraine there are ramp ups of attacks by the Russians,
missile attacks, and you US halted promised air defenses shipments
to Ukraine, and you know, but we have to worry
about our own stockpiles first, and we can't do anything
(27:10):
to put that in jeopardy because that's a potential that
potentially can happen here. And there's been a lot going
on in Ukraine and Russia, and Ukraine hit a military plant.
They halted operations after Ukrainian drone strikes. Russians killed at
least two hundred and seventy three Ukrainian POWs, according to
(27:35):
Ukrainian media.
Speaker 1 (27:36):
I think it's the Kiev Independent, but the.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
US Department of Defense has halted shipments of some air
defenses and other weapons promised the Kiv out of concerns
of US stockpiles of Politico just reported this, and the
suspension came as Ukraine faces a shortage of air defense munitions,
with more intense bombardments by Russia.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
In June alone.
Speaker 2 (28:00):
At twenty twenty five, Russia reportedly launched fifty three hundred
Shahid type drones at Ukraine, shattering it's previously previous month's record.
So there's a lot going on, something to pay attention to,
and other items being held back from Ukraine. Our patriot
air defense, precision artillery, health fire missiles, drones and other
(28:23):
missiles that Ukraine launches from F sixteen's right, US made
F sixteen, So you know, we've given them everything. But
you know, the US has to act in our interests
right now, and I think that's really important. And the
Pentagon's decision was to make sure Americans interest were first,
(28:43):
you know, following a DoD review of our nation's military
support and assistance other countries across the globe. According to
White House, Deputy Press Secretary of Anakelly issued a statement
and the strength of the US m forces I think
she went further.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
Says that is on question and was still strong. Just
asked Iran. She said, but you.
Speaker 2 (29:06):
Know, since Trump took office, he hasn't given any additional
military aid packages for Ukraine. So a lot going on,
you just got to pay attention to it. And then
I wanted to talk.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
About this Bob Villain.
Speaker 2 (29:19):
You know, he's a rapper punk brit artist who's at
this festival. I think it's Gloucesterbury. I forgot the name
of the town it was in, but you know, as
Sky News put it, and they're a riot. The Sky
News reporter said, the crowd at the Bob Villain performance
was full of pasty white, self loathing Brits, you know,
all cheering when he was calling for the death of
(29:40):
IDF forces. You know, he doesn't mention, you know, when
they talk about civilian deaths of Palestinians, they don't talk
about like being used as missile shields and putting you know,
missiles under hospitals, and it's a continued practice. They're still
doing it over there, and there's been a lot of
civilian deaths over there. But nobody takes more care than
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the IDF in the history of the armed.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
Forces to make sure civilians are.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
Not injured outside of the US, israel Is like bar none.
Speaker 1 (30:11):
They go out of their way.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
They do extensive stuff to make sure that the targets
they're hitting have military apparatuses in there. That threaten innocent
lives within Israel or other So it's a real catch
twenty two because a lot of civilians have been killed.
And I understand some of the sentiment on the other side,
but this is Hamas and hopefully they'll honor this sixty
(30:34):
day truce going on here. But Bob Villain, he goes
by the name of Bobby Villain. He's the frontman, and
his drummer's also named Bobby Villian Villain. One is Bobby
and the other is Bobbie as they're both named the
same to supposedly to escape being like, you know, confusing
the government who's tracking them, according to them, something like that.
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But these guys were denied v to the United States.
Good and Tammy Bruce has been great inside the State Department.
And Chris Landau, the Deputy Secretary of States, had foreigners
who would glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors
to our country. And you know, they were saying on stage, death,
death to the idf and all these idiots are in
(31:19):
the thing, you know, and the audience cheering and clapping
and you know, singing and giving Trump the finger when
they played Trump's you know video on the screen, and
Tammy Bruce said it bluntly. She's a great spokesman for
the State Department and also you know media personality for decades.
She said, it's really about our standards and who we
let in our country. We're not telling people what they
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can sing about or what they can say, but it's
about the issue of national security, about issues of violence,
the increase certainly of anti Semitism, but of terrorism in general.
And at least even our Keres Stammer, the British Prime Minister,
said the trant was appalling at the concert and you
can't make threats for inciting violence.
Speaker 1 (31:58):
At least he did that.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
But the whole thing is crazy because the Guardian, the
British tabloid, you know, accused the Trump administration of draconian
crackdown on immigrants, no illegal immigrants and people overstaying. They're
welcome on visus And you can't go to another country
and pull the garbage that people on visas have done
coming to the United States. So thank god we have
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some pride here. And I just wanted to talk about
this thirteen year old murdered and raped by an Olsavadorn illegal.
The La Times referred to the illegal alien murderer four
times in the article as a youth soccer coach the
La Times. You know, out of control. This guy apparently
raped and murdered a thirteen.
Speaker 1 (32:42):
Year old boy.
Speaker 2 (32:43):
But there's also another sixteen year old victim who came
out about this monster. And you know Trump is saving
lives with these deportations. There was an illegal alien charge
with beating and raping a woman last month in North Carolina.
An illegal alien was charged running down a twelve year
old girl in Florida. And by the way, recent Gallup
poll in two thousand and one, eighty seven percent of
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Democrats said they were extremely proud to be American. In
twenty twenty five that poll, only thirty six percent of
Democrats said they are proud to be extremely proud.
Speaker 1 (33:15):
To be American.
Speaker 2 (33:16):
That poll in O one, though, had ninety percent of
Republican saying that and ninety two percent now in twenty
twenty five that they're extremely proud to be American. So
it's just where we stand here. I have so much
more for you, but I want to thank you so
much for joining us today. I got a great guest coming.
But we'll be right back.
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Thank you, Welcome back, everybody.
Speaker 2 (36:09):
Races are heating up around the country, not just for
the midterms, but important things coming up.
Speaker 1 (36:16):
And I have a very distinguished guest with us right now.
Speaker 2 (36:20):
He's done everything, Doctor Josh McConkie, a candidate for Lieutenant
governor North Carolina, Colonel and the US Air Force and
author of Be the Weight Behind the Spear, Colonel Doctor.
Speaker 1 (36:33):
Thank you for joining us. How are you, sir?
Speaker 7 (36:36):
Thank you very much, David, appreciate you having me on
the show.
Speaker 1 (36:39):
Yeah, I have Carolina on my mind all the time.
Speaker 2 (36:42):
You know, I love North Carolina. I spend so much
time for the network covering North and South Carolina primaries
elections over the years. Probably you know twenty thirty Trump
rallies between the two states. So much going on, and
you know you've got you've made great advances in North Carolina.
(37:04):
You basically helped take the House with these three races.
I think it was at the fifth and the sixth
district and maybe the thirteenth. I forgot the numbers.
Speaker 1 (37:15):
Yes, but can you guys hold on to those seats
in the midterms, Yes, we can.
Speaker 7 (37:21):
And so before the twenty twenty four election cycle we
had it was an even split of seven to seven,
and now we've got ten to three leading pretty significant
Republican with one swing district, and we have every expectation
that we will hold that.
Speaker 1 (37:35):
Yeah, and you just lost the first district. You didn't
lose it by much, right, So that was it.
Speaker 6 (37:40):
Was very close, very close, all right?
Speaker 1 (37:43):
So why are you running for lieutenant governor?
Speaker 7 (37:47):
For me? As an emergency physician? The failed policies when
you talk about the COVID generation, So this is our
youngest generation of Americans. We shut them out of schools,
we shut them out of churches, and we shut them
out of their communities as an emergency position. I see
the repercussions of that now in the huge mental health crisis, anxiety, depression, unfortunately,
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a lot of suicides. So we have a lot of
work to do here in North Carolina to save this
generation of Americans. It's all about safety, security, and service.
Speaker 1 (38:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (38:18):
So about thirty percent of Republican, thirty one percent Democrat.
You had about two or three hundred thousand more Republicans
this time around voting in the election. But thirty six
thirty seven percent of your population are on affiliated's and
forty seven percent are under the age thirty five.
Speaker 1 (38:33):
So you've got young people affected in school.
Speaker 2 (38:36):
In college, you have high tech jobs everywhere, Winston Salem
or Rally, all these places, but you still can't buy
a house. Right, So the American dream is fleeting, right,
So the young people are really going to be the
future vote from North Carolina.
Speaker 6 (38:49):
Right, it's huge.
Speaker 7 (38:52):
And when you look at the amount of registered voters
that have registered for Republican in the last six months,
we are outpacing the Democrats by a wide margin.
Speaker 1 (39:01):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (39:03):
Yeah, I remember, you know, the night before the election,
Jason Miller texted me from the Trump camp. You know
about you know, minorities stayed home and early voting women
stay at home. There were indicators that you know, it
was going Trump's way, the early voting turnout, especially in
the western districts of Hurricane Helen, tell us.
Speaker 1 (39:24):
Quickly about your time. I was on the ground in
Asheville right before the hurricane.
Speaker 2 (39:28):
I was in Western Carolina, but I didn't tour the
damaged areas as much, but I interviewed a lot of people.
So sad, tell us about your efforts and the cleanup
over there and getting them back on their feet.
Speaker 7 (39:41):
So for Americans out there, there's still a lot of
work to do in North Carolina and western North Carolina.
Were still open for business, so please come visit, but
there's still a lot of damage. I was out there
touring about two weeks ago. I was out with Samaritan's
Purse and Edward Graham and still seeing the amount of
damage that's there. I've actually started in nonprofit organization raising
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money for Western North Carolina and we were able to
make some contributions.
Speaker 2 (40:05):
Well, any prospects on who's going to phill Tillis's seat?
Do you think Larra Trump will run?
Speaker 7 (40:11):
You know it's between Michael Watley, Yeah, Pat Harrigan. Have
you even heard Brad Nottt his name, the one that
beat me in District thirteen?
Speaker 6 (40:20):
I got to know quite well.
Speaker 7 (40:22):
But I think those are your three leading names right now.
You've seen Lara Trump. Laura Trump's name mentioned as well.
But right now we have a long way to go
and the President is still weighing in on that.
Speaker 1 (40:32):
So tell us about your service.
Speaker 2 (40:34):
You were the four hundred and fifty nine there Medical
Staging Squadron Commander at andrews Afflos Base right.
Speaker 7 (40:41):
Yes, the finest war fighting medics in the United States
Air Force.
Speaker 1 (40:45):
I'll never forget.
Speaker 2 (40:46):
I used to run a veterans group and I went
to Walter reed Ward fifty seven, you know, with the Triad,
helping these guys fresh off the battlefield. But before they
came there, they were shipped off the battlefield and went
on a C seventeen air hospital at a Lane Stall
and came back to.
Speaker 1 (41:02):
Washington, d C. Extraordinary operation, these air hospitals, right.
Speaker 7 (41:08):
Yeah, And that's what we do. It's something we take
a lot of pride in. We're the aeromedical staging facility.
So when they go from that combat support hospital or
they come from Europe getting back to the United States,
they have to go through our facility to get on
the aircraft. And I was also a critical care air
transport physician, so taking care of some of the critically
injured men and women. But that is by far the
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thing professionally I am most proud of.
Speaker 2 (41:31):
Yeah, and you're a combat flight surge and now you
saw activity, you know, in combat zones.
Speaker 1 (41:36):
Right.
Speaker 7 (41:38):
I served in Iraq in two thousand and seven. I
was part of the surge with President Bush. I logged
ninety hours of METAVAC and I did one air assault,
which was the craziest thing I have ever done.
Speaker 2 (41:51):
So one of the big problems you know the Osprey
was just getting off the ground after its terrible history
and training accidents. But I think it's say a lot
of lives getting guys off the battlefield and the ally
and BA Province and other right in that golden hour
that was that had an impact up there right during
the surge.
Speaker 7 (42:09):
Yeah, they certainly did. I have flown on the CV
twenty two the Osprey have long some hours on there.
Very unique aircraft. You know, has some interesting life support
or lack of life support on the aircraft itself, but
it's a great aircraft. It has had some issues. I
know that the marine and some special operations has has
had more uses for that. Most of my time was
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in other rotor wing aircraft like Blackhawks.
Speaker 2 (42:33):
Yeah, I know they dropped like a rock, but I
think they have a better safety record than our helicopter
programs overall. I know there's been some recent stuff in
the accident off Japan and stuff, but truly an amazing accomplishment.
So it helps with our medium lift capability at you know,
five times the range of a helicopter and at faster
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speeds double the speeds. But all right, tell us about
your book. Be the weight behind the spear. Why did
you write it? And tell review is where they can
get it.
Speaker 7 (43:03):
So be the weight behind the sphere. That's my personal
leadership ethos. And when you understand what it is to
be the tip of the spear, these are special operations.
I've worked with some men combat search and rescue.
Speaker 6 (43:14):
I was a medical director for PJS.
Speaker 7 (43:17):
And all of these individuals have someone in their life
that has given them the amazing skills and the confidence.
And that's the best resource we have in this country.
Speaker 6 (43:25):
It's our people.
Speaker 7 (43:26):
It's teachers, coaches, volunteers and mentors. And this book is
a call to action, my prescription to fix that problem,
and I need people to get involved. It's available on Amazon,
it's Barnes and Noble. We've got an audiobook, an ebook
in the paperback, and you can learn more at weightbehind
thespere dot com.
Speaker 2 (43:44):
So when you say PJS, do you mean like we
have the one oh six Power Power Rescue Group here,
the Space Shuttle Recovery Team. These guys are like seals,
They're like combat air controllers. These guys are the most
talented and physically fit in the air force.
Speaker 6 (43:59):
Right they are.
Speaker 7 (44:01):
So you've got combat control and Para rescue are your
two special operators. On the Air Force side of things.
They augment other Tier one teams. When you look at
the teams that took down Bin Laden that do other
high profile missions black Hawk Down, one of the medics
in that that you see in the movie is actually
an Air Force PJ.
Speaker 1 (44:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (44:20):
I never forget reading Mark Bowden's you know, account of
that from the Philadelphia Inquirer and black Hawk Down.
Speaker 1 (44:28):
Just an amazing and amazing story.
Speaker 2 (44:32):
So, okay, tell our viewers, when is the election for
the lieutenant governor and what are you going to do
for the people.
Speaker 1 (44:38):
You have a platform for the people of North Carolina.
Speaker 7 (44:42):
So our platform is very simple. It's about security, safety
and service. Access to healthcare, which you know obviously is
being addressed right now in that big beautiful bill. They
put some additional moneys in there because there were concerns
about access to Medicaid and small rural hospitals, safety and service,
law enforcement, border security, those things are critically important this race.
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We have a long way to go. This is in
twenty twenty eight, but I felt this was important enough.
What I see in my emergency department every day, and
as a military commander. We have to take action and
we need people to engage their community, and this gives
me a platform to do just that.
Speaker 1 (45:19):
So what is the website?
Speaker 2 (45:22):
I know you have a website for your candidacy.
Speaker 3 (45:25):
What is that?
Speaker 7 (45:26):
Yeah, we are Stronger together. The website is Stronger inc
dot com. Super easy. You don't even have to know
how to spell my name?
Speaker 1 (45:35):
And where can people follow you? On socials?
Speaker 7 (45:38):
So on X and Twitter It's Maconkee double seven. I'm
a James Bond fan. On Instagram it's josh mcconkee, MD,
and Facebook is Joshua dot McConkey.
Speaker 2 (45:49):
Well, listen, you're a really well rounded individual dedicated to
saving lives and saving our troops. It's a pretty incredible story.
I want to thank you so much for coming on
and any last message to our viewers out there.
Speaker 7 (46:06):
What you do every single day does matter. Get involved
in your community, coach, volunteer at your church or your school,
but get out there. America needs you.
Speaker 1 (46:17):
Well.
Speaker 2 (46:18):
All right, thank you so much, doctor, Colonel McConkie running
for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina.
Speaker 1 (46:24):
And we'll check back in with you, Okay, thank you, sir,
All right, thank you, sir.
Speaker 2 (46:30):
I hope everybody had a wonderful Fourth of July with
their family here. You know, you can't blink because you're
going to miss what's going on. And I wanted to
really get into this mom Donnie race in New York City,
but I'll do that next time, you know. But you know,
in a nutshell, this guy is a socialist and he's
(46:52):
got a really terrible agenda for New York City and
it's very scary, you know, the rent control situation, the
affordable housing situation. He wants to build two hundred thousand
government funded affordable homes. But you know, he's not encouraging
home ownership, he's not encouraging free markets. Cristiiti's owned by
John Katzimatidis and wants WABC Radio, you know, is going
(47:14):
to pull out in New York City. They've been there
for one hundred and twenty years. They have over thirty
grocery stores. This guy, I saw the breadlines and I
saw the empty shells first hand in Moscow in nineteen
eighty six, and that's what's going to come to New York.
He's gonna turn New York into Portland, Oregon. And this
isn't about his religion. This is about a socialist agenda.
(47:36):
It's very popular with these dumb kids in the city.
He's got an electric social media campaign. He can win
this race. We got to really buckle down. We cannot
let Zoren Mandani.
Speaker 1 (47:47):
Be the mayor of New York City.
Speaker 2 (47:49):
He's a terrible choice and he will punish hardworking taxpayers,
and he has racist policies.
Speaker 1 (47:55):
So thank you so much for watching Break and FORINT.
We'll see you next time.
Hey, hey, hey, this is David's R.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
You're watching Breaking Point on Real America's Voice News. I
hope everybody had an awesome Fourth of July with their
family and friends. I know I did, so I want to,
uh start off the show with a bang.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Here. You know, so much going on you blink your eyes,
you miss you miss.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Forty stories, especially anything involving Donald Trump. With this incredible
two week run. And I got to cover the White
House a couple of weeks ago Brian Glenn was away
during the Iran bombing. Uh and since then, Trump has
been full throttle, you know, with Alligator Alcatraz.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
All the way to Iowa.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
It's just been victory after victory and the worts for
Donald Trump.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
A lot of action the bill in Congress.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
I know everybody isn't thrilled with it, but I think
they kept about eighty five percent of what the House
wanted originally. We'll see where this goes going forward, but
so many important things in there. The no tax on overtime,
the no tax on tips, the taxes on Social Security,
writing off car loans and other things, and Medicaid reform
(01:27):
that's huge, that is huge, and God forbid, you got
to work eighty hours a month.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
You could even volunteer somewhere.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
You don't even have to do anything, you know, and
able body mails and females should be able to do
that without question.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
I want to start off the show though, with a
great guest.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
I had her on a couple of years ago, and
I'm so honored to have her back with us. Holly Swenson,
the author of Stop, Drop, Grow and Glow Forming Deeper
and More Joyful Connections with yourself and your children. Holly, Hello,
how are you great?
Speaker 3 (01:59):
How are you doing?
Speaker 2 (02:00):
I'm great, I'm great. I hope you had a great holiday.
And you know, these issues. Summer's here, right, and I
think it's harder, you know, when kids are at home
and not in school. If you don't homeschool, you know,
you have to keep your kids productive and you can't
let them vege in front of the TV and on
(02:20):
electronic devices, right, That's right?
Speaker 4 (02:24):
Yeah, you know.
Speaker 5 (02:24):
And I think screens are, without a doubt, some of
the biggest stressors that parents face and have to navigate
with their kids in this day and age. And so
I think a season like summer, when you have excessive downtime,
do have to be proactive in striking a balance.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Yeah, I've never.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
I was at a restaurant a couple of years back,
and I have four children, I have four grandchildren as well.
I never let my kids have phones until high school,
late in high school, and they were not allowed on
social media until they went to college. And I didn't
have TVs in their rooms except for like a VHS
player for like, you know, different Disney movies and stuff.
(03:02):
And it forced them to interact with us as a
family at the dinner table coming down. So when they
come home, even today as they're older, from twenty to
thirty six years old, they actually get gathered in the
dining room and talk. I'm the one watching TV, you know,
So I think we need more of that. And just
to I just wanted to add I was in a
(03:23):
restaurant and there were like three different families, nine different kids.
Every single kid had the face buried on the tablet
or on the phone. Nobody was talking to each other.
It's sad statement, right.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
It's very sad.
Speaker 5 (03:34):
And I'd love to hear that you set the bar
high for your kids and you know home, because I
think that's what it takes. It takes parents who are
really tuned into what's happening. Who want to really role
model presence and teaching your kids how to you know, have.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
That eye to eye, heart to heart contact with one another.
And that does start at home.
Speaker 5 (03:51):
And you know, and I think when you were talking
about restaurants, you're not alone. I think a lot of
us have seen, you know, children propped up with devices.
And you know, I never want to come from a
space of judgment because you know, each family is going
through different things.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
But I think meal.
Speaker 5 (04:05):
Time is such a great opportunity to really show your
children what it means to have conversation and connection and
so if you can, it's really worthwhile endeavor.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Yes, And Holly, you're a children's wellness expert and an
author on this, and you know you're you have strategies
to help families reset their habits, encourage more human connections,
outdoor time, stuff like that. But what advice do you
have because I think this is a big problem, right.
(04:36):
I'm from a generation that didn't have cell phones of
the internet right until I was an adult. Also, you know,
parents don't want to overstep the bounds with their own
children and how they're raising their children, and you know,
It's a tough spot, right. You don't want to like
be critical of your kids in front of their kids. Uh,
(04:59):
you know, don't at Johnny play you know, with the
iPad for an hour, you know, and he you know, bring.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Him inside to interact.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
How do you tackle that where grandparents can effectively encourage
their kids to do a better job without insulting them.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
Well, hey, i'll give you a statistic so that you
can lean on a statistic if that will help the cot.
And this one is really heartbreaking for me, but the
average American child spends about four to seven minutes per
day in unstructured outdoor play while they're logging about seven hours.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
On their screens.
Speaker 5 (05:34):
And that is that should be a wake up call
that we are not hitting the bar the way we should.
And again it's not judgment. A lot of people rely
on screens for everything, you know. You know a lot
of adults struggle with their screen usage. And I want
to point out that unstructured play is a form of
play that's not led or directed by adults, and so
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the child is initiating the play.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
You know how to play as well as when to stop.
Speaker 5 (06:00):
And so these are things like fort building or playing
out in the yard or using imaginative play. And I
feel like those are really important things to promote during
the summer months especially, And so these things are going
to help your kid with really learning how to become
more independent and just you know, in terms of like
becoming more creative and really learning to bloom.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
This type of play is going to really help them.
So if you're trying to you know, support or rally.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
Your family to get off screens more, you can lean
on that statistic to be awake.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
All sure, So I kept my kids busy with thirty
seven different teams, travel teams, soccer, baseball, across you name it, dance.
But you know, those things are really expensive.
Speaker 6 (06:46):
Now.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
When I did it, you know, maybe it was five
hundred dollars per kid, per team, per season. Now, these
these prices, you know, people spending two three, four, five
thousand a year per kid, ten thousand a year on
baseball and stuff, and a lot of families can afford it,
so you know what kind of activities. And also when
I was a kid from like thirteen to eighteen, I
(07:07):
was never home. I was in the Air Force Auxiliary,
the Civil Air Patrol. We learned how to look for
missing aircraft. We took aerospace education kept us busy. I
don't see those things available for kids as much today.
So how do you, as a parent, you know, really
foster that time, that outdoor time. And you know, kids
(07:30):
aren't out in the streets playing hockey like when I
was a kid either as much.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
It's a different world.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Yeah, you're right. I mean kids are definitely not out
like they used to be.
Speaker 5 (07:39):
And I think in terms of you know, there's a
lot of families who, as you mentioned, can't afford the
financial pressures of what it means to be in a
you know, expensive sport. But there's all kinds of different
things you can lean on.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
You know.
Speaker 5 (07:50):
It can be hiking, biking, going out for a family walk,
going to the park.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
You can go to the library, you can do arts
and crafts. There's a lot of ways to engage. And
you can even see your yard. I mean, you know,
there's a lot of playball with your kid in the yard.
Speaker 7 (08:04):
There's a lot of.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
Ways that you can get creative.
Speaker 5 (08:07):
The key is just to make sure that you are
getting off your screens and that you are making that
time to connect.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
I had three daughters and a son and I'll never
forget when my son was five, who were having a
catch of the yard and he said to me, Dad,
we could.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Do this all day, you know, And that was so heartwarming.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
And I probably shagged one hundred and fifty thousand flies
with them and hit him ground balls and.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
He pitched to him, you know.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
So I hope parents can really, you know, engage with
their kids, don't sit around eating doritos. So I want
to let our audience know, how can they follow you?
Where can they get your book? And what's your advice
for America?
Speaker 7 (08:49):
Sure?
Speaker 3 (08:50):
So, my website is Live Your Glowed Out Live.
Speaker 5 (08:53):
I'm also on Instagram at Holly Swinson Underscore, Live Your Glow.
And you can get my book on Amazon, Barnes and
Noble anywhere you buy your books, and it's also available
on Audible and anywhere you buy your audiobooks.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
What about the concept? Thank you for sharing that. What
about the concept of actually reading a book? Does anybody
do that anymore?
Speaker 3 (09:18):
I think it's somewhat of a dying art. But I'm
old school. I love a real book, like you can't
replace that.
Speaker 5 (09:25):
But you know that is you know a lot of
people lean on audible because it is this fast paced
world and you know, or podcasts or different different forms
of getting that knowledge just where they aren't having to
sit down and actually put their nose in a book.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
To all the parents out there, make sure your kids
are reading, because I read to my grandkids all the time,
and I always read to my kids, and it's a
really vital thirty seconds.
Speaker 5 (09:47):
Last word, I just want to say thank you for
having me on, and I'm wishing all the parents and
families out there blessed summer. Make sure you make time
to play and just revel in what it means to
have in downtime.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
All right, everybody. Holly Swinson, author of Stop, Drop, Grow
and Glow Forming deeper and more joyful connections with yourself
and your children, Thank you again, and I hope you
have a great summer.
Speaker 3 (10:13):
Thank you David.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
All right, everybody, we'll be right back with more.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
I got a lot of fun stuff for you today,
but I got David Argyle from Real Alloys about rare
earth deals may inhibit the production of the F thirty
five involving China and Russia took control of a key
lithium deposit into Ukraine. Will that affect Trump's April mineral
deal and stay tuned. I got more for you, including
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Welcome back. You're watching Breaking Point, Real America's Voice News.
I hope you had a wonderful Fourth of July holiday.
The US has so many things it's facing right now.
Big successes from the Trump administration regarding Congo, regarding Pakistan
and India, the bombing of the Iran bombing, a possible
(12:35):
sixty day truce with a moss we'll see if amuscil
stop using people as human shields. And you know, really
critical time here. But one of the things that is
so critical when it comes to our defense is the
production of our military equipment. And who do we rely
on to make that equipment? And here to discuss that,
(12:56):
we have David Argyle once again, the CEO of Real Alloys.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
David. How are you, sir?
Speaker 6 (13:02):
David? Good to be back in happy fourth of July?
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Yes, happy fourth and you were celebrating in Canada, right,
you're up there and you're Australian.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
Correct?
Speaker 6 (13:13):
Correct?
Speaker 2 (13:14):
Wow, so a world of God. Well, so what you
do is really important here. In these US China trade
talks that took place in London, right helped ease back
some rare earth export restrictions, allowing China to issue licenses
for non military stuff, but it didn't resolve export bands
(13:36):
on military use. Rare Earth's critical for the F thirty
five program from Lockheed.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Is that correct?
Speaker 6 (13:44):
That's correct. What has been publicized as the agreed terms,
which you know China also is relying upon very important
US supply chains to keep their economy going. It's not
a one way street. What has been a read is
that single use where Earth magnets will now get export licenses,
(14:08):
and that's very important. Is that definition between single use
or duel use. As an example, duel use magnet would
be a magnet that has sufficient capacity and capability to
be used for military equipment. Single use would be magnets
(14:30):
that would be designed to work inside of a electric
vehicle or for that matter, any car. And this is
where the nuances are important. And this is where China,
from the agreement that they reached back in I believe April,
this is where they I believe, played games. They claimed
that magnets destined for the automobile sector in the United
(14:55):
States and Europe could also potentially be used for military
perp ruses, and they blurred the lines and definitely did
not live up to the spirit of the earlier agreement
this year.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
Right, So F thirty five jets fighters rely on Chinese
supplied rare earth minerals like samarium for critical components. Tell
us about that and when will this start affecting the
US defense supply chain.
Speaker 6 (15:27):
So there are two types of magnets. Broadly speaking, there
are samarium cobalt magnets and then they're the neodymium magnets.
So the Samerian cobalt magnets have military applications primarily because
of their ability to operate at high temperature for extensive
(15:49):
and the samarian metal component of that for the world
is currently produced in China. Albeit the raw material of
samarium and come from China, and so China has a
bit of a lock on that. And the key is
to move that Samerian metallization back to the United States
(16:12):
where it all began. And this is the nuances and
the tipping point is over the last two decades, you've
seen the transfer of technology and equipment to China, who
then now control these supply chains. What President Trump is
doing is he is forcing the return of what was
(16:37):
originally US technology and equipment. And that's what our company
does reallies is that we are now actually making small
amounts of samarium and we intend to grow that over
the next eighteen months to make all the samarian that
is required. Wow.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
So you think it's within reach that you can supply
this deficit.
Speaker 6 (17:01):
Correct? Along with our other supply chain partners, we are
very experienced in the medalization in our facility in Euclid.
And when you look at what is reported on trade
deals and teriffs, one of the key components, which I
believe is understated, is this is forcing and requiring the
(17:22):
reindustrialization of the heartland. So our facility in Ohio will
go from a total facility side will increase from approximately
fifty to over three hundred in a small town outside
of Cleveland. So it's very very important what we're doing
and it's very important for the community.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
Wow, that's incredible.
Speaker 2 (17:42):
So let's switch gears a little bit to Ukraine and
this minerals deal that was signed between Zelensky and Trump, right,
in April. Possibly part of it can be in jeopardy
because of recent Russian advances on strategic lithium sites they've
(18:05):
gained control of.
Speaker 6 (18:06):
Is that the case, Yes, it is, But you have
to look at that assets in its singular form. You
have to look at that asset within the global lithium
supply chain and how important is it from that perspective
and the reality not very much at the moment. So
(18:29):
that deal, I believe, is a very good deal for
the US, and it's a very good deal for Ukraine.
What President Trump did by securing that mineral rights is
he played offense and defense. Offense. Was he secured the
mineral rights within Ukraine that the Ukrainians control, and the
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first option to develop those mineral rights rest with US
companies through a US finance agency, the DFC. What he's
done is playing which is very very important and about
and I don't want to get into the actual civics,
but about sixty percent of Ukraine's mineral rights are within
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the area controlled by Ukraine today and about forty percent
is an area currently controlled by Russia. But you have
a lot of very valuable minerals in the west of
the country from uranium to titanium, to earth to graphite,
which are still in the in the Ukrainian portion of
(19:33):
the country. Now, development of those assets will take a
lasting piece. But when I talk about playing defense is
by securing the option to develop those assets within Ukraine
for US companies in US interests. It denies the ability
(19:54):
of the Chinese to get in and try to secure
those assets for their own supply chains. And we've seen
how the Chinese operate in Africa and Latin America. They
get in by a little and then before you know it,
they have substantial influence within those countries. So is something
significant here?
Speaker 2 (20:13):
Are you saying that forty percent of the lithium supply
in Ukraine might be in this one hundred acre, this
tiny site in Doughnuts in eastern Ukraine.
Speaker 6 (20:25):
No I was speaking broadly in general terms about across
all minerals within Ukraine. Approximately forty percent you would say,
would be in the Russian control side and sixty percent.
So now, the reason it's not relevant is simply because
it's a small acid and the global supply chain of lithium.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Yeah, well, but like you said, it might affect other
resources and putting that in Russian control could allow China
to get some of these assets.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
Is that what can happen?
Speaker 6 (20:57):
That is correct, But in the near term, in the
next five years. At the moment, there is more lithium
upstream mind capacity than there is demand. So even Chinese
lithium mines today have actually gone into a pause period.
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So the supply chain constraint is not the upstream lithium
mining side, it is the midstream, downstream and the consumer
demand side. So at the moment that asset is not
strategically important. It could be in the future, but not
within the next five years.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
Well, there were reports in the media this week that
North Korea was sending another thirty thousand troops to help
the Russians there, and then Putin said two weeks ago,
any piece of land that they step on a soldier
steps on inside Ukraine belongs to Russia. So it seems
like things might be escalating and we are not. All
(22:01):
we put a pause on missile supplies, you know, to Ukraine,
and you know, it's uh. I hope things don't escalate further.
You know, I don't think we'd be in this mess
if Trump was president at the time of the second
incursion into I don't think Putin never would have done this.
(22:22):
But you know, we're treading We're treading water over there, right,
So what's the what's the major point of all of
this in your opinion?
Speaker 1 (22:30):
We have about a minute.
Speaker 6 (22:32):
Yeah. Firstly, even with additional troop influxes wherever they might
come from, thirty thousand and fifty thousand, one hundred thousand,
the front lines have been relatively static for the for
the last six months. There have been no material movements
because warfare has changed, and there you can't mass troops,
(22:54):
you can't mass armor because of surveillance drones, and because
of attack drones. It is very hard to make material
changes to the current frontline. And so therefore, in order
to make a big move, Russia would have to mobilize
substantially more than the thirty thousand troops that North Korea
is claiming that they'll send.
Speaker 1 (23:15):
Yeah, it's a great point.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
It's kind of like a war of attrition at this
point in a way. Right, and all right, thank you
David Argyle, you're the CEO of Real Alloys. I always
appreciate you coming on and where can people follow your company?
Speaker 6 (23:29):
Thanks David for having me on. It's www Dot Real
Alloys R E A L l O Y S dot com.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
All Right, important stuff. Thank you again. I hope you
had a great Fourth of July and we'll catch up soon.
Speaker 6 (23:45):
Thanks David.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
All Right, Dave, we'll be right back with more. Do
not go anywhere. Hey, welcome back.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
You're watching Breaking Point on Real America's Voice News. I've
got great stuff for you ahead. I wanted to talk
about a couple of issues going on here. You know,
the Trump effect is real, like every facet of what's
going on around the globe and in the country.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
You know, Paramount was in this takeover bid to.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
Merge with Skydance Media and Paramount on CBS, and I
did a story about two months ago, you know, when
the CBS president resigned, and I thought it was part
of a broader picture. I was projecting, projecting that this
was all done to avoid a price drop in the
stock for Paramount prior to the eight point one billion
(24:54):
or so dollar merger with Skydance Media. It's a big
deal and the Trump administration, from what I understand, has
to approve the deal.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
Now.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
Trump beat the pants off of ABC with the Stephanopoulos
lawsuit and collected and then Trump sued CBS or Paramount
over the manipulation of the Kamala Harris sixty minutes interview.
Speaker 1 (25:21):
And he won. They settled this week sixteen million dollars.
I was predicting this was going to happen because, you know.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
Again Paramount and skied as they couldn't afford the stock
price to go down, and this was Paramount no pun
intended to put this behind him. So not only did
they get the CBS president to step down, but Trump
gets this award, another victory for the Trump administration. It's
(25:49):
just it's just crazy. Things always seemed to come full
circle back, especially with these court decisions and ending these
injunctions by these local federal judges, regional federal judges. Here
a lot going on around in the world, though. These
missile shortages that we may face is a really important
(26:10):
US stock piles may be affected going forward. And in
just the twelve day conflict with Iran, you know, Israel
blew through a lot of long range arrow interceptors.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
They're running low.
Speaker 2 (26:25):
And in addition the arrow interceptors, which are as rarely
made according to the Wall Street Journal, Israel also has
US made DAD systems intercepting medium range ballistic missiles that
you know, they have their low on their inventory, but
we have our own problems, and we're worried about US stockpiles,
and we're selling all these missiles and giving them away
(26:47):
all over the place. And this comes as in the
Ukraine there are ramp ups of attacks by the Russians,
missile attacks, and you US halted promised air defenses shipments
to Ukraine, and you know, but we have to worry
about our own stockpiles first, and we can't do anything
(27:10):
to put that in jeopardy because that's a potential that
potentially can happen here. And there's been a lot going
on in Ukraine and Russia, and Ukraine hit a military plant.
They halted operations after Ukrainian drone strikes. Russians killed at
least two hundred and seventy three Ukrainian POWs, according to
(27:35):
Ukrainian media.
Speaker 1 (27:36):
I think it's the Kiev Independent, but the.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
US Department of Defense has halted shipments of some air
defenses and other weapons promised the Kiv out of concerns
of US stockpiles of Politico just reported this, and the
suspension came as Ukraine faces a shortage of air defense munitions,
with more intense bombardments by Russia.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
In June alone.
Speaker 2 (28:00):
At twenty twenty five, Russia reportedly launched fifty three hundred
Shahid type drones at Ukraine, shattering it's previously previous month's record.
So there's a lot going on, something to pay attention to,
and other items being held back from Ukraine. Our patriot
air defense, precision artillery, health fire missiles, drones and other
(28:23):
missiles that Ukraine launches from F sixteen's right, US made
F sixteen, So you know, we've given them everything. But
you know, the US has to act in our interests
right now, and I think that's really important. And the
Pentagon's decision was to make sure Americans interest were first,
(28:43):
you know, following a DoD review of our nation's military
support and assistance other countries across the globe. According to
White House, Deputy Press Secretary of Anakelly issued a statement
and the strength of the US m forces I think
she went further.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
Says that is on question and was still strong. Just
asked Iran. She said, but you.
Speaker 2 (29:06):
Know, since Trump took office, he hasn't given any additional
military aid packages for Ukraine. So a lot going on,
you just got to pay attention to it. And then
I wanted to talk.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
About this Bob Villain.
Speaker 2 (29:19):
You know, he's a rapper punk brit artist who's at
this festival. I think it's Gloucesterbury. I forgot the name
of the town it was in, but you know, as
Sky News put it, and they're a riot. The Sky
News reporter said, the crowd at the Bob Villain performance
was full of pasty white, self loathing Brits, you know,
all cheering when he was calling for the death of
(29:40):
IDF forces. You know, he doesn't mention, you know, when
they talk about civilian deaths of Palestinians, they don't talk
about like being used as missile shields and putting you know,
missiles under hospitals, and it's a continued practice. They're still
doing it over there, and there's been a lot of
civilian deaths over there. But nobody takes more care than
(30:01):
the IDF in the history of the armed.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
Forces to make sure civilians are.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
Not injured outside of the US, israel Is like bar none.
Speaker 1 (30:11):
They go out of their way.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
They do extensive stuff to make sure that the targets
they're hitting have military apparatuses in there. That threaten innocent
lives within Israel or other So it's a real catch
twenty two because a lot of civilians have been killed.
And I understand some of the sentiment on the other side,
but this is Hamas and hopefully they'll honor this sixty
(30:34):
day truce going on here. But Bob Villain, he goes
by the name of Bobby Villain. He's the frontman, and
his drummer's also named Bobby Villian Villain. One is Bobby
and the other is Bobbie as they're both named the
same to supposedly to escape being like, you know, confusing
the government who's tracking them, according to them, something like that.
(30:58):
But these guys were denied v to the United States.
Good and Tammy Bruce has been great inside the State Department.
And Chris Landau, the Deputy Secretary of States, had foreigners
who would glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors
to our country. And you know, they were saying on stage, death,
death to the idf and all these idiots are in
(31:19):
the thing, you know, and the audience cheering and clapping
and you know, singing and giving Trump the finger when
they played Trump's you know video on the screen, and
Tammy Bruce said it bluntly. She's a great spokesman for
the State Department and also you know media personality for decades.
She said, it's really about our standards and who we
let in our country. We're not telling people what they
(31:40):
can sing about or what they can say, but it's
about the issue of national security, about issues of violence,
the increase certainly of anti Semitism, but of terrorism in general.
And at least even our Keres Stammer, the British Prime Minister,
said the trant was appalling at the concert and you
can't make threats for inciting violence.
Speaker 1 (31:58):
At least he did that.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
But the whole thing is crazy because the Guardian, the
British tabloid, you know, accused the Trump administration of draconian
crackdown on immigrants, no illegal immigrants and people overstaying. They're
welcome on visus And you can't go to another country
and pull the garbage that people on visas have done
coming to the United States. So thank god we have
(32:24):
some pride here. And I just wanted to talk about
this thirteen year old murdered and raped by an Olsavadorn illegal.
The La Times referred to the illegal alien murderer four
times in the article as a youth soccer coach the
La Times. You know, out of control. This guy apparently
raped and murdered a thirteen.
Speaker 1 (32:42):
Year old boy.
Speaker 2 (32:43):
But there's also another sixteen year old victim who came
out about this monster. And you know Trump is saving
lives with these deportations. There was an illegal alien charge
with beating and raping a woman last month in North Carolina.
An illegal alien was charged running down a twelve year
old girl in Florida. And by the way, recent Gallup
poll in two thousand and one, eighty seven percent of
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Democrats said they were extremely proud to be American. In
twenty twenty five that poll, only thirty six percent of
Democrats said they are proud to be extremely proud.
Speaker 1 (33:15):
To be American.
Speaker 2 (33:16):
That poll in O one, though, had ninety percent of
Republican saying that and ninety two percent now in twenty
twenty five that they're extremely proud to be American. So
it's just where we stand here. I have so much
more for you, but I want to thank you so
much for joining us today. I got a great guest coming.
But we'll be right back.
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Races are heating up around the country, not just for
the midterms, but important things coming up.
Speaker 1 (36:16):
And I have a very distinguished guest with us right now.
Speaker 2 (36:20):
He's done everything, Doctor Josh McConkie, a candidate for Lieutenant
governor North Carolina, Colonel and the US Air Force and
author of Be the Weight Behind the Spear, Colonel Doctor.
Speaker 1 (36:33):
Thank you for joining us. How are you, sir?
Speaker 7 (36:36):
Thank you very much, David, appreciate you having me on
the show.
Speaker 1 (36:39):
Yeah, I have Carolina on my mind all the time.
Speaker 2 (36:42):
You know, I love North Carolina. I spend so much
time for the network covering North and South Carolina primaries
elections over the years. Probably you know twenty thirty Trump
rallies between the two states. So much going on, and
you know you've got you've made great advances in North Carolina.
(37:04):
You basically helped take the House with these three races.
I think it was at the fifth and the sixth
district and maybe the thirteenth. I forgot the numbers.
Speaker 1 (37:15):
Yes, but can you guys hold on to those seats
in the midterms, Yes, we can.
Speaker 7 (37:21):
And so before the twenty twenty four election cycle we
had it was an even split of seven to seven,
and now we've got ten to three leading pretty significant
Republican with one swing district, and we have every expectation
that we will hold that.
Speaker 1 (37:35):
Yeah, and you just lost the first district. You didn't
lose it by much, right, So that was it.
Speaker 6 (37:40):
Was very close, very close, all right?
Speaker 1 (37:43):
So why are you running for lieutenant governor?
Speaker 7 (37:47):
For me? As an emergency physician? The failed policies when
you talk about the COVID generation, So this is our
youngest generation of Americans. We shut them out of schools,
we shut them out of churches, and we shut them
out of their communities as an emergency position. I see
the repercussions of that now in the huge mental health crisis, anxiety, depression, unfortunately,
(38:09):
a lot of suicides. So we have a lot of
work to do here in North Carolina to save this
generation of Americans. It's all about safety, security, and service.
Speaker 1 (38:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (38:18):
So about thirty percent of Republican, thirty one percent Democrat.
You had about two or three hundred thousand more Republicans
this time around voting in the election. But thirty six
thirty seven percent of your population are on affiliated's and
forty seven percent are under the age thirty five.
Speaker 1 (38:33):
So you've got young people affected in school.
Speaker 2 (38:36):
In college, you have high tech jobs everywhere, Winston Salem
or Rally, all these places, but you still can't buy
a house. Right, So the American dream is fleeting, right,
So the young people are really going to be the
future vote from North Carolina.
Speaker 6 (38:49):
Right, it's huge.
Speaker 7 (38:52):
And when you look at the amount of registered voters
that have registered for Republican in the last six months,
we are outpacing the Democrats by a wide margin.
Speaker 1 (39:01):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (39:03):
Yeah, I remember, you know, the night before the election,
Jason Miller texted me from the Trump camp. You know
about you know, minorities stayed home and early voting women
stay at home. There were indicators that you know, it
was going Trump's way, the early voting turnout, especially in
the western districts of Hurricane Helen, tell us.
Speaker 1 (39:24):
Quickly about your time. I was on the ground in
Asheville right before the hurricane.
Speaker 2 (39:28):
I was in Western Carolina, but I didn't tour the
damaged areas as much, but I interviewed a lot of people.
So sad, tell us about your efforts and the cleanup
over there and getting them back on their feet.
Speaker 7 (39:41):
So for Americans out there, there's still a lot of
work to do in North Carolina and western North Carolina.
Were still open for business, so please come visit, but
there's still a lot of damage. I was out there
touring about two weeks ago. I was out with Samaritan's
Purse and Edward Graham and still seeing the amount of
damage that's there. I've actually started in nonprofit organization raising
(40:01):
money for Western North Carolina and we were able to
make some contributions.
Speaker 2 (40:05):
Well, any prospects on who's going to phill Tillis's seat?
Do you think Larra Trump will run?
Speaker 7 (40:11):
You know it's between Michael Watley, Yeah, Pat Harrigan. Have
you even heard Brad Nottt his name, the one that
beat me in District thirteen?
Speaker 6 (40:20):
I got to know quite well.
Speaker 7 (40:22):
But I think those are your three leading names right now.
You've seen Lara Trump. Laura Trump's name mentioned as well.
But right now we have a long way to go
and the President is still weighing in on that.
Speaker 1 (40:32):
So tell us about your service.
Speaker 2 (40:34):
You were the four hundred and fifty nine there Medical
Staging Squadron Commander at andrews Afflos Base right.
Speaker 7 (40:41):
Yes, the finest war fighting medics in the United States
Air Force.
Speaker 1 (40:45):
I'll never forget.
Speaker 2 (40:46):
I used to run a veterans group and I went
to Walter reed Ward fifty seven, you know, with the Triad,
helping these guys fresh off the battlefield. But before they
came there, they were shipped off the battlefield and went
on a C seventeen air hospital at a Lane Stall
and came back to.
Speaker 1 (41:02):
Washington, d C. Extraordinary operation, these air hospitals, right.
Speaker 7 (41:08):
Yeah, And that's what we do. It's something we take
a lot of pride in. We're the aeromedical staging facility.
So when they go from that combat support hospital or
they come from Europe getting back to the United States,
they have to go through our facility to get on
the aircraft. And I was also a critical care air
transport physician, so taking care of some of the critically
injured men and women. But that is by far the
(41:28):
thing professionally I am most proud of.
Speaker 2 (41:31):
Yeah, and you're a combat flight surge and now you
saw activity, you know, in combat zones.
Speaker 1 (41:36):
Right.
Speaker 7 (41:38):
I served in Iraq in two thousand and seven. I
was part of the surge with President Bush. I logged
ninety hours of METAVAC and I did one air assault,
which was the craziest thing I have ever done.
Speaker 2 (41:51):
So one of the big problems you know the Osprey
was just getting off the ground after its terrible history
and training accidents. But I think it's say a lot
of lives getting guys off the battlefield and the ally
and BA Province and other right in that golden hour
that was that had an impact up there right during
the surge.
Speaker 7 (42:09):
Yeah, they certainly did. I have flown on the CV
twenty two the Osprey have long some hours on there.
Very unique aircraft. You know, has some interesting life support
or lack of life support on the aircraft itself, but
it's a great aircraft. It has had some issues. I
know that the marine and some special operations has has
had more uses for that. Most of my time was
(42:31):
in other rotor wing aircraft like Blackhawks.
Speaker 2 (42:33):
Yeah, I know they dropped like a rock, but I
think they have a better safety record than our helicopter
programs overall. I know there's been some recent stuff in
the accident off Japan and stuff, but truly an amazing accomplishment.
So it helps with our medium lift capability at you know,
five times the range of a helicopter and at faster
(42:54):
speeds double the speeds. But all right, tell us about
your book. Be the weight behind the spear. Why did
you write it? And tell review is where they can
get it.
Speaker 7 (43:03):
So be the weight behind the sphere. That's my personal
leadership ethos. And when you understand what it is to
be the tip of the spear, these are special operations.
I've worked with some men combat search and rescue.
Speaker 6 (43:14):
I was a medical director for PJS.
Speaker 7 (43:17):
And all of these individuals have someone in their life
that has given them the amazing skills and the confidence.
And that's the best resource we have in this country.
Speaker 6 (43:25):
It's our people.
Speaker 7 (43:26):
It's teachers, coaches, volunteers and mentors. And this book is
a call to action, my prescription to fix that problem,
and I need people to get involved. It's available on Amazon,
it's Barnes and Noble. We've got an audiobook, an ebook
in the paperback, and you can learn more at weightbehind
thespere dot com.
Speaker 2 (43:44):
So when you say PJS, do you mean like we
have the one oh six Power Power Rescue Group here,
the Space Shuttle Recovery Team. These guys are like seals,
They're like combat air controllers. These guys are the most
talented and physically fit in the air force.
Speaker 6 (43:59):
Right they are.
Speaker 7 (44:01):
So you've got combat control and Para rescue are your
two special operators. On the Air Force side of things.
They augment other Tier one teams. When you look at
the teams that took down Bin Laden that do other
high profile missions black Hawk Down, one of the medics
in that that you see in the movie is actually
an Air Force PJ.
Speaker 1 (44:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (44:20):
I never forget reading Mark Bowden's you know, account of
that from the Philadelphia Inquirer and black Hawk Down.
Speaker 1 (44:28):
Just an amazing and amazing story.
Speaker 2 (44:32):
So, okay, tell our viewers, when is the election for
the lieutenant governor and what are you going to do
for the people.
Speaker 1 (44:38):
You have a platform for the people of North Carolina.
Speaker 7 (44:42):
So our platform is very simple. It's about security, safety
and service. Access to healthcare, which you know obviously is
being addressed right now in that big beautiful bill. They
put some additional moneys in there because there were concerns
about access to Medicaid and small rural hospitals, safety and service,
law enforcement, border security, those things are critically important this race.
(45:04):
We have a long way to go. This is in
twenty twenty eight, but I felt this was important enough.
What I see in my emergency department every day, and
as a military commander. We have to take action and
we need people to engage their community, and this gives
me a platform to do just that.
Speaker 1 (45:19):
So what is the website?
Speaker 2 (45:22):
I know you have a website for your candidacy.
Speaker 3 (45:25):
What is that?
Speaker 7 (45:26):
Yeah, we are Stronger together. The website is Stronger inc
dot com. Super easy. You don't even have to know
how to spell my name?
Speaker 1 (45:35):
And where can people follow you? On socials?
Speaker 7 (45:38):
So on X and Twitter It's Maconkee double seven. I'm
a James Bond fan. On Instagram it's josh mcconkee, MD,
and Facebook is Joshua dot McConkey.
Speaker 2 (45:49):
Well, listen, you're a really well rounded individual dedicated to
saving lives and saving our troops. It's a pretty incredible story.
I want to thank you so much for coming on
and any last message to our viewers out there.
Speaker 7 (46:06):
What you do every single day does matter. Get involved
in your community, coach, volunteer at your church or your school,
but get out there. America needs you.
Speaker 1 (46:17):
Well.
Speaker 2 (46:18):
All right, thank you so much, doctor, Colonel McConkie running
for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina.
Speaker 1 (46:24):
And we'll check back in with you, Okay, thank you, sir,
All right, thank you, sir.
Speaker 2 (46:30):
I hope everybody had a wonderful Fourth of July with
their family here. You know, you can't blink because you're
going to miss what's going on. And I wanted to
really get into this mom Donnie race in New York City,
but I'll do that next time, you know. But you know,
in a nutshell, this guy is a socialist and he's
(46:52):
got a really terrible agenda for New York City and
it's very scary, you know, the rent control situation, the
affordable housing situation. He wants to build two hundred thousand
government funded affordable homes. But you know, he's not encouraging
home ownership, he's not encouraging free markets. Cristiiti's owned by
John Katzimatidis and wants WABC Radio, you know, is going
(47:14):
to pull out in New York City. They've been there
for one hundred and twenty years. They have over thirty
grocery stores. This guy, I saw the breadlines and I
saw the empty shells first hand in Moscow in nineteen
eighty six, and that's what's going to come to New York.
He's gonna turn New York into Portland, Oregon. And this
isn't about his religion. This is about a socialist agenda.
(47:36):
It's very popular with these dumb kids in the city.
He's got an electric social media campaign. He can win
this race. We got to really buckle down. We cannot
let Zoren Mandani.
Speaker 1 (47:47):
Be the mayor of New York City.
Speaker 2 (47:49):
He's a terrible choice and he will punish hardworking taxpayers,
and he has racist policies.
Speaker 1 (47:55):
So thank you so much for watching Break and FORINT.
We'll see you next time.
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