The ASBL Podcast with Lloyd Chapman and Bruce de Torres
Lloyd Chapman is Founder and President of the American Small Business League (ASBL.com), working to protect the interests of our nation's 33 million small businesses. His goal is to stop the diversion of federal small business contracts to large corporations. See the special project at DontCheatWomen.com. Follow Lloyd at X.com/LloydChapman. Bruce de Torres is Director of Communications for the American Small Business League and author of GOD, SCHOOL, 9/11 AND JFK: The Lies That Are Killing Us and The Truth That Sets Us Free (read the amazing reviews at brucedetorres.com).
Episodes
ASBL 23 – June 25, 2025, Aaron Hill, 2026 Candidate
Aaron Hill is running for Congress as a Republican in Nevada’s 4th District.
Aaron is “a decorated Marine Corps combat veteran and local business leader [with] a wide background of professional experience and project management success. The common thread throughout his life has been service to others and leading people to achieve success. … Aaron is ready to fight for the future tha...
ASBL 23 – June 9, 2025, Deddrick Wilmer, 2026 Candidate
Deddrick Wilmer is running for Congress as a Republican in Texas’ 9th District.
We discussed some of the things he plans to do (flood mitigation, power lines underground to ensure continuity of service during big weather events), the transparency and accountability he pledges to provide (and demand of the federal government), his message of inclusion (“bringing everyone together...
ASBL 22 – June 3, 2025, Lukas Ventouras, 2026 Candidate
Lukas Ventouras is running as a Democrat for Congress in New York State’s 1st District (a big part of Long Island, especially Suffolk County).
We discussed his reasons for running, what the people in his district are thinking and feeling, why FDR was an admirable leader, Alexander Hamilton’s American System of economics (and how it unleashed the creative and economic potential o...
ASBL 21 – June 2, 2025, Tori Branum, 2026 Candidate
Tori Branum is running as a Republican for Congress in the 12th District in Georgia. We discussed her reasons for running and the problems that the American Small Business League is trying to solve.
Tori did two enlistments in the Marines, got married, is raising children, and is a successful small business owner. She has trained 13,000 women in her community and around the country ...
ASBL 20 – May 29, 2025, Michael Faris, 2026 Candidate
Michael Faris is a “blue collar patriot for Kentucky,” not a career politician. A native of Elizabethtown, he has “worked with his hands his entire life [starting] on his family’s hay and tobacco farm, learning the values of hard work, discipline, and integrity. From those roots, he built a successful career in aviation and owns a small helicopter maintenance business, proving th...
ASBL 19 – May 27, 2025, Jonathan Bonner, 2026 Candidate
Jonathan Bonner is running as a Democrat for Congress in the 13th District in Georgia. “I am a single father, full-time caretaker to my disabled veteran father, and a proud son of Georgia. I’m running for Congress in District 13 because I know what it's like to struggle, to sacrifice, and to still believe in a better future for our families. [I will] push for real change i...
ASBL 18 – May 27, 2025, Jenn Brothers, 2026 Candidate
“Jenn Brothers is running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Pennsylvania’s 9th District to fight for a brighter, fairer future for all Americans. Jenn’s diverse background spans private investigation, correctional law enforcement, higher education administration, banking, and entrepreneurship. With degrees in Political Science and Criminal Justice, she brings both real-wor...
ASBL 16 – May 23, 2025
Censored on X, New YouTube Channel
Lloyd’s posts on X used to get many likes and comments. Up to 3 million views a week. One post got 1.8 million views. He’s got 18,000 followers.
But when he posted things critical of the Pentagon and its trillions of dollars of accounting adjustments over the past 25 years, his followers stopped interacting (eventually they reached him and said they no longer could see his pos...
ASBL 17 – May 27, 2025, Evan Hunt, 2026 Candidate
“Evan Hunt is a decorated U.S. Air Force combat veteran, defense technology executive, and a proud resident of McKinney, Texas. Running as a Democrat in Texas’ 3rd Congressional District, Hunt pledges to bring real leadership, accountability, and constitutional values back to Washington.” Learn more at electevanhunt.com.
We enjoyed getting to know Evan and briefing him about our missi...
ASBL 15. Who Really Shot Trump? And, The Problems We’re Trying To Solve
With Lloyd Chapman and Bruce de Torres
On Vimeo, Rumble, and the usual audio platforms.
We discuss:
The July 2024 Trump assassination attempt. Nothing about it makes sense. The shooter was seen by a number of people for about an hour before President Trump took the stage, and security and/or police were alerted to his presence before Trump started speakin...
ASBL 14. “How Much Fraud Are We Going to Put Up With?”
With Lloyd Chapman and Bruce de Torres
Vimeo, Rumble, and the usual audio platforms.
We believe President Trump is going to close the SBA.
We want to save the SBA and stop big firms from getting federal contracts that are supposed to go to small businesses, which are 99.9% of all American businesses.
They are supposed to get 23% of federal contracts.
But they only get 3%. 9...
America 13. Dear Republicans, Please Save the SBA
On Vimeo, Rumble, and the usual audio platforms.
Link to the show-notes (my Substack) is in the comments.
Summary and paraphrasing:
Why do Republicans hate small businesses? Why is every president under pressure to close the Small Business Administration? Why ignore and never mention small businesses?
99.9 percent of U.S. firms are small businesses. The average U.S. company has 10 e...
America 12. The Deep State, Foreign Aid, and Free Speech
On Vimeo, Rumble, and the usual audio platforms.
Summary and paraphrasing:
San Francisco is a ghost town. It used to be a wonderful, delightful place. So many streets have boarded up storefronts.
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Biden has been in bad condition for years, perhaps not really functioning as the president since the beginning. So, the question is, “Who’s...
ALB 11. Et Tu, Business Wire? Plus Rants Against Vaccines and Israel
On Vimeo, Rumble, and the usual audio platforms.
Summary and paraphrasing:
The federal government, especially the Republican Party, is anti-small business, anti-jobs. HR 10216 was introduced to the House on November 21, 2024, “to end preferences for disadvantaged individuals and businesses in Government contracts, and for other purposes.” The reason: to end raci...
AMERICA WITH LLOYD CHAPMAN AND BRUCE DE TORRES
ALB 10. Lloyd Asks, “Does Trump Hate America’s Small Businesses?” And Bruce Praises Dr. Meryl Nass
On Vimeo, Rumble, and the usual audio platforms.
Topics:
Lloyd fears Trump will try to close the Small Business Administration under the guise of efficiency. “Every Republican president since Reagan has tried to close the SBA.” The preferred idea is to merge it with the Department of Justice.
...
AMERICA WITH LLOYD CHAPMAN AND BRUCE DE TORRES
ALB 9. Trump’s Picks, A JFK Conference, and More
On Vimeo, Rumble, and the usual audio platforms.
Topics:
Trump’s picks. Watching closely. Because “Every Republican president since Reagan has tried to close the Small Business Administration for the express purpose of ending all federal programs for small businesses. And that’s because the Republican Party is very closely affilia...
AMERICA WITH LLOYD CHAPMAN AND BRUCE DE TORRES
ALB 8. Demand Compliance
On Vimeo, Rumble, and the usual audio platforms.
Demand Compliance with the Small Business Act of 1953. 23% of Federal Contracts are Supposed to go to Small Businesses. Instead, 97% Goes to Big Businesses.
Learn more at ASBL.com, the American Small Business League. Consider sharing this show with others.
99.9% of American firms – 34 million – are small bus...
AMERICA WITH LLOYD CHAPMAN AND BRUCE DE TORRES
ALB 7. November 7, 2024
On Vimeo, Rumble, and the usual audio platforms.
Show notes:
Lloyd’s thrilled with election results. Harris arguably could have been controlled, had she won, by the same people making decisions for Biden, the same people, perhaps, who ousted him and installed her as the nominee. Bruce agrees that RFK Jr. is great and is cautiously optimistic that Trump wi...
ALB 6. October 31, 202
Show notes (recorded the Thursday before Election Day):
Lloyd, “There’s censoring the crap out of me on social media! It’s amazing. It’s creepy.” See what’s happening at X.com/LloydChapman.
Lloyd started getting censored about 35 years ago when he won his first big case against the federal government in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. It forced the Pentagon to release documents that showed they had been lying...
ALB 5. Kris Millegan: Books That Challenge Official History … Because It Matters
On Vimeo, Rumble, and the usual audio platforms
Show notes:
Kris Millegan, publisher at TrineDay.com, has published 170 books since 2002, not only Bruce’s book (GOD, SCHOOL, 9/11 AND JFK) but also such titles as:
BARRY ‘N THE BOYS: The CIA, The Mob, and America’s Secret History (about CIA pilot and drug smuggler Barry Seal) by Daniel Hopsicker.
AMERIC...
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