September 23, 2025 • 50 mins
Tens of thousands of people gather together to celebrate and honor Charlie Kirk's life in Glendale, Arizona. Our producer was on the ground and he joins us to discuss it all.
Guests:
Chris Cella | Pop Culture Analyst & Producer, The Real Story with Riley Lewis
David Pollack | Attorney, Commentator & Host, The David Pollack Show
Nils Grevillius | Private Detective
Christian Briggs | CEO, Hard Asset Management
Guests:
Chris Cella | Pop Culture Analyst & Producer, The Real Story with Riley Lewis
David Pollack | Attorney, Commentator & Host, The David Pollack Show
Nils Grevillius | Private Detective
Christian Briggs | CEO, Hard Asset Management
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Speaker 1 (00:12):
Welcome to the real story. I'm your host, Riley Lewis.
Thank you for joining us. The only thing necessary for
the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
This is one of the most profoundly true quotes in
the history of history, and it directly applies to the
United States of America today. Now, the quote itself is
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often attributed to Edmund Burke, an Irish statesman and conservative
philosopher who lived in the eighteenth century. However, there's no
direct source to confirm that he ever said or wrote
down these precise words himself. But regardless of where this
phrase comes from, it's deeply true. Evil and injustice flourish
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not just through active malice, but through then of those
who are good. Evil forces inevitably take root in any
society and then spread and succeed like a weed in
a garden when apathy sets in, when those who are
good turn a blind eye to corruption, injustice, moral decay,
and violence. Just think about it for a moment. From
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corrupt politicians lining their own pockets through unsavory schemes to
vigilantes terrorizing entire communities through political violence, there are dark
forces operating on American soil. Today, and they will keep
gaining ground unless the good hearted majority gets involved. If
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people are just too busy or too fearful to stand up,
evil wins. And that's because evil doesn't need an army
to triumph. It just needs an absence of resistance. But
here's the very tricky part. Evil doesn't flourish in a vacuum.
It feeds onto distraction and division. When society is divided, fractured,
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and splintered along the lines of culture, ideology, and politics,
the real monsters emerge, exploiting those differences to so discord.
And we've all seen this time and time again in history,
echo chambers amplifying tension and hatred, online and offline propaganda
machines twisting facts, and even leaders who prioritize political agendas
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and their own power over real people and real issues.
On top of it all, when we all lose our
shared sense of what is right and what is wrong,
everything falls apart. Without a shared understanding of the difference
between good and evil, evil has a pathway to victory.
And when people are more concerned with scoring points than
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pursuing truth, society is in trouble. And that's what lies
at the center of the brazen assassination of Charlie cur
the founder of Turning Point USA. His assassination was an
attempt by evil forces to extinguish goodness, an attempt by
dark forces to extinguish the world's light, an effort by
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a hateful individual to drive out love. But the attempt
itself failed. It failed, and it backfired. It proved to
be counterproductive because it actually led America to this unprecedented awakening,
the real Turning Point that Charlie Kirk spent his entire
life trying to bring about through peaceful discussion and dialogue.
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His death sparked this global awakening. It spawned a mass mobilization,
a worldwide movement dedicated to pursuing justice, peace and truth,
and all of those themes were discussed at his memorial
service on Sunday, which took place at State Farm Stadium
in Glendale, Arizona. Hundreds of thousand patriots all gathered together
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in person, in and around the facility, with millions and
millions more watching online, just to celebrate his activism, his life,
his leadership, his family, and the example that he set.
People sang songs of worship, people prayed together, they laughed,
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and cried as they shared their memories of him. People
held each other close, expressing their gratitude for each other
and for this great country. And while the assassin might
have silenced one man's voice, that man's voice will echo
through the annals of history and through eternity. He was
the best of us, A father, a husband, a son,
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a brother, a hero and a patriot, a relentless freedom
fighter and a warrior for Christ, someone who pursued goodness
and truth every single day, someone who believed in free
speech and forgiveness. Speaking of forgiveness, his wife, Erica, has
forgiven the man who killed her husband, and she made
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that perfectly clear during her speech on Sunday. Take a look.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
That young man, that young.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Man on the cross, Our Savior said, Father, forgive them,
for they not know what they do.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
That man, that young man, I forgive him.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Talk about this incredible sign of strength and spiritual maturity.
Just let that moment be an example for each of
us as the country heals from this horrific tragedy and
enters the next phase of its history. Yes, times will
be tough. The road ahead won't be an easy one
to navigate, but with the courage, humility, and patience that
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she embodies. This country will heal and the American people
will reclaim this country from the clutches of evil forces. Oh,
here with reaction and insight into this event is someone
who was actually there for it to witness it firsthand,
pop culture analyst and a producer for this program, mister
Chris Chella. Chris, thank you for being here today.
Speaker 5 (06:39):
Thank you Riley, And that was an incredible monologue.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
I'm just trying to pay my respects in the best
way that I know how. But I want to get
your insight into it. So let's start here. Please just
paint us a picture of everything that you saw at
the event on Sunday.
Speaker 6 (06:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (06:54):
So, you know, I've been struggling to find the words
to describe it because I want to give it the
justice that it deserves because and I want to thank
one American News for giving me this opportunity to discover,
to cover rather this historic revival.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
That's what it was.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
It was a revival of.
Speaker 5 (07:13):
Christian faith, the faith in God, the acceptance of Jesus
as your Lord and savior, which is an eternal gift
that so many people don't understand and appreciate. But just
to see and not just yesterday, but also on Saturday
at Turning Point headquarters just you know, hundreds of people
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out in the brutal Arizona heat. I you know, I
certainly felt God's presence and you know, the Holy Spirit
was in State Farm Stadium. It was in Arizona yesterday.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
You could feel it. I believe that. So for the
people there, then tell us a little bit about the
conversations that you had with people. I understood you interviewed
some folks. How did that go and what were people
saying to you?
Speaker 5 (08:00):
Yeah, so I asked people, you know what what about
Charlie inspired them? What they thought his legacy would be.
You know, he was first and foremost a Christian, but
he created the largest youth movement in you know, in
the history of this country. And uh so this is
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just a little sampling of of what I got. And
one person was actually the founder of Turning Point Australia,
which shows you that, I mean, he's not just reaching Americans, Riley,
He's reaching the world. To take a listen. Uh So, sir,
you're with Turning Point Australia and are you are you
the founder of that chapter or Okay.
Speaker 7 (08:41):
Yeah, that's right, Charlie. Naja Faraj introduced me to Charlie.
Charlie trusted it with us four years ago and we've
been building it ever since. Charlie was an advocate for
civil rights and much like Martin Luther King Jr. He'd
he pushed back on the big government.
Speaker 5 (08:54):
Essentially, if you could talk to Charlie one last time
and he is listening, uh, what would you what would
you say to him?
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Right now?
Speaker 7 (09:00):
That's a tough one. I appreciate everything you've done for
my country. I appreciate you taking a chance on me
and on Turning Point Australia, and we won't let you down.
Speaker 5 (09:11):
Why was it important for you to bring these kids
out here to, you know, to celebrate the life and
legacy of Charlie Kirk.
Speaker 8 (09:17):
I think Charlie Kirk's legacy to our country is going
to be a return from moral relativism back towards truth.
I would say, Charlie, look down and look at what
you see going on here, not just as your headquarters,
but gatherings all over the country, gatherings all over the world. Charlie,
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I would say that you finished the course. You ran
the race, you finished amazingly well, and you left a remarkable,
lasting impact on this country, on this world, and yes,
even on me as an individual.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
Wow, that's just remarkable to say the least, to leave
an impact like that in just thirty one years. Find
me somebody else who's been able to do that. I
just can't believe that.
Speaker 5 (10:08):
Yeah, it's it's He was a north Star Riley for
millions of young American men and women, but teaching them
to love their country, to reject Marxist ideology, to be
a warrior for Christ, and to again accept that eternal
gift of grace. And again, all you have to do
is accept the Lord into your heart. And as Charlie's said,
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you know you didn't. You don't earn it, you don't
check a box for it. It is a gift that
you are given simply by accepting Christ. And also he
taught young young people to be excited about having a family,
about finding the love of your life, and the joy
of parenthood. Again, the feeling just I mean, it's almost indescribable.
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But here's Tucker, I think he said it best.
Speaker 9 (11:00):
This gathering and God's presence, God's very obvious presence in
this room, the presence of Jesus is a reminder of
what we've known for two thousand years, which is any
attempt to extinguish the light causes it to burn brighter
every single time.
Speaker 10 (11:22):
So as we.
Speaker 9 (11:25):
As we proceed into whatever comes next, and clearly something's
coming next, remember this moment.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
Remember being in a room with.
Speaker 9 (11:36):
The Holy Spirit humming like a tuning fork.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
Unbelievable. I agree with it. It really is difficult to
find the words to describe the power of that, but
I would agree with you this isn't it's not just
an awakening. We're revival. It's a rebirth. We are returning
to the roots of this country, and I'm hoping, in
Charlie's honor, we can make it better than ever was before.
Speaker 5 (12:00):
Truly me too, And I just you know, I asked
pretty much everyone I interviewed what they'd like to say
to Charlie, you know, because he's listening, and so I
would just like to say something really quickly to Charlie.
Speaker 6 (12:12):
Chris please do.
Speaker 5 (12:14):
Thank you Charlie for being a you know, a force
for good, a warrior for Jesus Christ, a role model
for young men and women. Thank you for all the
good that you brought into this world. And while I
know you miss your family and I know they miss you,
you will see them again in the Kingdom of Heaven,
reunited for eternity. So thank you, Charlie, thank you, Erica,
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thank you for Thank you everyone who spoke at Turning
Point or at this event. Thank you Turning Point USA,
and thank you President Trump, thank you, thank O and
for giving me this opportunity to be there.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
And thank God very well said. I couldn't have said
it any better myself, and I would just double up
on that, piggyback on that. This is remarkable. And I think,
you know, just to kind of to wrap this up
this whole couple of weeks, I think we've all been
reflecting a lot and praying and holding our loved ones
just a little tighter, absolutely, you know, And it's just
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it's a reminder of how precious life is. This is
why we're in this movement, this is why we fight
peacefully by the way always, absolutely, and I'm just praying
for better times ahead, truly. So I want to leave
it with you final words, key takeaways. I imagine this
kind of an event really changed you to your core.
Tell us a little bit about that.
Speaker 5 (13:29):
Chris yeah, I mean it.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
It made me.
Speaker 5 (13:32):
It made me want to read my Bible more. It
made me want to you know, I try to attend
church every Sunday, but now I am going to make
sure I attend church every Sunday. And the one of
my other key takeaways is that so many people across
the world now are starting to do that exact same thing.
And even better, those who weren't Christians, those who weren't
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believers have turned to Jesus Christ and they have accepted
him as their Lord and savior, and they will live
forever in eternity.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
I just want to say thank you for what you did.
Thank you for going. Of course, thank you as an
honor incredible network for having people on the ground there
is that we could cover it. This is just such
a pivotal moment for American history and world history. As
you said, so, Chris, just thank you for joining me today.
I appreciate that so much.
Speaker 5 (14:19):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
Coming up next, an attorney and commentator will join us
to discuss a brazen attack against a media station in Sacramento, California,
which really highlights everything we've been discussing, just how divided
and radical some people in modern America have become, and
more importantly, what we can do to address it. More
details after the break. Welcome back to the real story.
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Let's continue with this overarching theme of healing a really
divided nation and bringing peace back to America's streets. That's
really the mission that we all face amidst this horrifying
wave of political violence, and today's next story is really
a chilling reminder of just how important this mission really is.
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So while on that note, a suspect has been charged
following the drive by shooting of a local ABC affiliate
station in the city of Sacramento, California. It all happened
on Friday afternoon around one thirty pm local time. That's
when sixty four year old Annabal Hernandez Santana allegedly unleashed
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at least three rounds from his own vehicle at the
window of an ABC station, shattering the window while employees
were inside the building. Thankfully, no injuries or fatalities were reported,
and the suspect was taken into custody by the FBI
on Saturday after he was originally released on a bale
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of two hundred thousand dollars despite facing charges of assault
with a deadly weapon shooting into an occupied building, and
negligent discharge of a firearm. The FBI then came in
and swiftly rearrested him on Saturday. Now he currently remains
in custody where frankly he belongs, having been hit with
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a federal charge of interfering with government licensed broadcast communications.
But this whole situation unfolds amid ongoing backlash against the
network for suspending Jimmy Kimmel Live after Jimmy made some
we'll say controversial remarks about Charlie Kirk's horrific assassination, sparking
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protests outside the station just one day before the shooting.
And while law enforcement officers haven't really nailed down a
specific motive just yet, the timing raises eyebrows. So what
exactly is going to happen next? And what does justice
really look like for this suspect, and most importantly, what
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can we be doing as a nation to bring peace
to a country that is seeing so much division, hatred
and violence today? Here with his thoughts, analysis and reaction
is David Pollack, an attorney, political commentator, and host of
The David Pollock Show. David, thank you for being here today.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Thanks for having me. It's always a good time.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
So there's a lot to unpack here, but let's start
with your initial thoughts about the shooting itself.
Speaker 11 (17:34):
Look, we have another example of radical left violence. For
you have Tim Obama aka Hakeem Jeffries out there talking
about how it's on Trump to turn down the temperature,
while you have Jasmine Crockett out there basically calling Trump
and all of supporters Nazis.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
And then lo and behold, not even two.
Speaker 11 (17:57):
Weeks after Charlie Kirk's assassination in being laid to not
even laid to rest yet memorial yesterday, you have this
nut job shooting up an ABC broadcasting facility because it's
parent company fired Jimmy Kimmel didn't even fire him, suspended
him indefinitely. And of course the media, quick to cover
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for any left wing radicalism.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Is saying no, well, motive is yet unknown.
Speaker 11 (18:25):
Really, this guy had explicit anti Trump comments on his
social media. He called Trump an insurrectionist, He denied the
twenty twenty four election. This person hated Trump, followed the
rhetoric of the radical left, and what does he do.
He shoots a building with people inside.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
He couldn't. He didn't care if he killed somebody or not.
Speaker 11 (18:46):
This is another example of radical left violence, again promoted
and reinforced by irresponsible left wing talking points.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Yeah, so I do want to get to that that
really important point. It's really at the center of everything
we're talking about. But let's follow up then, just sticking
with this suspect in Sacramento, give us your legal analysis
of the charges he's facing right now and what you
think justice for a situation like that really means.
Speaker 11 (19:14):
Well, you know what was interesting, They charged him trying
to find his charges to They charged him with interfering
something like interfering with.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
A broadcast government licensed broadcasts broadcast.
Speaker 11 (19:24):
I mean, obviously he should be an attempt and murder
is what I would think of. But the fact that
they're tying the federal charges to it means they're not confident.
I think they're not confident that the California's going to
do anything about it. And this is really we talked
about this last time.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
This is at the heart of everything.
Speaker 11 (19:41):
The liberal governments are not enforcing the laws to begin with,
and kind of promoting these behaviors. You see it in Washington,
you see an Oregon you see it in California, you
see it in New York and Chicago. You literally have
ice protesters attacking federal officers in Chicago.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
So what we're seeing here is states not.
Speaker 11 (19:59):
Willing to do anything about the violent radical extremists in
their country, I mean, in their states. And so what
we're having to do is a federal government is find
a way to keep American safe from these terrorists that
are being harbored by these rogue leftist states.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
Well, and that's why it's very fascinating to see Cash
Betel stepping in now as FBI director. But I do
want to pivot then also to some of the background
context of what's going on here, people being maybe this
individual is especially upset about what happened with Jimmy Kimmel's show.
I don't know there's going to be an investigation into that,
but I do think a lot of the political violence
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we're seeing today is, to your point, a political tactic
to bring about some kind of radical change in America.
And it's also the byproduct of cancel culture, something that
we as conservatives have been fighting against for years and
we've been victims of it for years. So I just
want to get your thoughts about what happened with Jimmy
show and whether or not you think this is an
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instance of cancel culture, and is it something people should
celebrate or not, and what your thoughts and insights about that.
Speaker 11 (21:02):
This isn't canceled culture really, because cancer culture is you
didn't like what I said, and so you're like, you
see it on social media. You lose your social media
account because you said something people didn't like. Yeah, exactly
what you're playing right now in your b role. You know,
Trump loses his x account because they called him a
threat to democracy. Chucker Carlson, the number one host on
Fox News, gets fired because he questions Dominion's role in
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the twenty twenty election. That's cancer culture, or if you
say something that people think, oh you're that was kind.
What happened to Jimmy Kimmel was the fact that his
ratings were awful. It was costing the network twice as
much to run his show. Then it was making it's
all this nighttime television. These quote unquote comedians that don't
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make anybody laugh. They're filled with rage and hate, and
they're not entertaining people anymore. They're turning off the television
and here's the reality that people don't want to acknowledge.
Nobody canceled Jimmy Kimmel but ABC because he wasn't getting
ratings and the affilms would no longer carry his hateful messaging.
Speaker 2 (22:02):
It wasn't President Trump. And yes, people are saying that.
Speaker 11 (22:05):
Brendan Carr said, you'd have to take a look at
the FCC license if they were allowing Jimmy Kimmel to
promote misinformation.
Speaker 2 (22:11):
But here's a reality.
Speaker 11 (22:12):
Jimmy Kimmel went on TV hours after Charlie Kirk's assassination
and blamed it on Trump supporters. That is blatant misinformation
with didn intend to confuse people about the motive of
the shooter. That does violate FCC rules. And Sinclair saw
that and they said no, no, no, no, we're not
going to put that on their airwaves. They have a
responsibility to the law and they did the right thing.
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Sint canceled Culture. It's accountability. The leftist hates it because
they haven't had to be accountable for any of.
Speaker 2 (22:38):
Their actions for so long.
Speaker 11 (22:39):
Their chickens are coming home the roost and they don't
like when the rules apply to them fairly. They think
they're above the law apparently.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
Okay, So let's walk through that just in the last
couple of minutes, because first of all, I completely agree
what he said was just nasty, I think intentionally misleading.
But I also you know, in the light of everything
that's happened with with Charlie Kirk, you know, there's a
big talk about preserving freedom of speech, which means you
have the right to say things that are nasty and
hateful and mean and demeaning, even though we shouldn't say
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those things. So admittedly I'm a little torn here and conflicted.
I'm not a huge fan of his material, actually not
a fan at all, So I'm not going to defend
the guy necessarily, but I do want to get your
thoughts about, you know, these FCC rules that in guidelines
you're pointing to versus the First Amendment, which really would
posit that you have the right to basically say whatever
you want to with some restrictions here and there. Walk
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us through that conflict and whether or not you really
think there's any merit at all to people who are
saying this is some sort of affront on the First Amendment.
Speaker 11 (23:37):
Well, yeah, well, this is the thing we have to
be clear on what the first First Amendment guarantees.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
Please, yes, you can you speak. You can.
Speaker 11 (23:44):
You have the freedom of speech, you have the freedom
of assemb belief, the freedom of the press. What you
don't have is the freedom to cost ABC tens of
millions of dollars because nobody's watching your show and they
have to support your salary, and advertisers won't sponsor your show.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
At the end of the day, TV is a business.
Our job is to sell ads.
Speaker 11 (24:02):
And if nobody wants to put ads on his show
because nobody's watching it it's not funny and it's hateful, Well.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
That's a business decision, not a First Amendment one.
Speaker 11 (24:09):
Nothing stops Jimmy Kimmel from launching a podcast like Don
Lemon or Tucker Carlson.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
Tucker Carlson is doing much better now than he did
on Fox.
Speaker 11 (24:17):
The First Amendment doesn't guarantee your right to lose money
for a major network. So that's not where the First
Amendment applies. And the FCC has rules for a reason.
Then they're not limiting, they're not protecting speech. But you
can't say certain dirty words on local programming.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
There's sec rules to prevent that. Free speech doesn't mean
you can.
Speaker 11 (24:35):
Say whatever you want wherever you want it, the most
common example being can't shout fire in a crowded movie theater.
Certain words you're not allowed to say in certain context,
and the Supreme Court has said that's okay. So people
are just trying to say First Amendment because they want
people to say the things they want said. But they
don't care about the First Amendment where they want people
to shut up about the things that they don't want heard,
like the Hunter Biden laptop story that they demanded the
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social media platform suppress.
Speaker 2 (24:59):
So again, it's just a matter of rules for thee
not for me.
Speaker 11 (25:02):
They don't want to play by the rules, and they
don't like it when they have to live by, you know,
the very same standards they demand everybody else follow.
Speaker 1 (25:07):
I agree with that the radical left to set the
rules for this game. So very well said and just
a really really strong point to end on today, David.
So thank you for your insight today and thank you
for your time.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
Yeah, Riley, thanks for having me. Great seeing again.
Speaker 1 (25:21):
Coming up next, a private detective joins us to discuss
the latest updates about this really disturbing mystery and the
ongoing case and investigation surrounding it. More details about what
in the world is happening with that right after the break,
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Welcome back to the real story. Our next topic today
takes us to Los Angeles, the city of Angels where
the body of a young girl was found in the
back of a tesla registered to a popular artist named
David Anthony Burke, better known as David but spelled D
four VD. So in case you haven't heard this recent
and trending story, it's very fascinating and we're going to
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start from the very beginning. On September eighth, the remains
of a young girl were found in the trunk of
a tesla that had been taken to a towyard in
West Hollywood after having been abandoned five days prior, and
police officers only found the body after an employee of
the towyard reported a foul smell coming from the vehicle,
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and police said the body was quote severely decomposed. Fast
forward to this week, and the Los Angeles County Medical
Examiner has confirmed that the remains belonged to fifteen year
old Celeste Reevas. Now, no cause of death has been
released yet, but Revas had been reported missing in Riverside
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County in April of twenty twenty four, and reportedly had
run away at least one time before. Police also reported
that Reevs had a tattoo on a right index finger
that read SSH. David, though, also has a similar or
maybe even the exact same tattoo on his index finger. Now, yes,
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it could be a complete coincidence, and many other stars
have a very similar tattoo, including Lindsay Lohan, but this,
paired with the fact that the car Revas was found
in is registered to him, seems damning to say the least.
How Many fans out there have been also quick to
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point out that David has some potentially incriminating song names
such as Romantic Homicide or call Me Revenge, and David,
for his part, has since canceled the tour that he
was on, all while the investigation into what really happened continues.
Now Here with his insights into reaction is Nils Gravillius,
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a private detective based in southern California with extensive experience
in cases pertaining to assault, extortion, hijacking, homicide, kidnapping, and more. Nils,
thank you for being here today.
Speaker 6 (28:13):
It's pleasure, sir. How are you.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Doing very well and very intrigued by this next story.
What do you make of the situation and the investigation
into it?
Speaker 12 (28:24):
Well, it could be more complex than it appears at first, Blush,
but I don't think so. The tattoo in common between
the two of them could be construed by a detective
as evidence of grooming. I don't want to accuse David
Burke of having groomed and advantaged himself with this young lady,
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but it doesn't look good. The police have served search
warrants on his house and they are obviously looking for evidence.
He was the one operating the automobile, and he left
town when the automobile was abandoned. Now, he did have
a tour to go on, and he may have an entourage,
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aurette you, people that help.
Speaker 6 (29:11):
Him with things.
Speaker 12 (29:13):
But he's had a long period of involvement with this
young lady that.
Speaker 6 (29:19):
May or may not be romantic.
Speaker 12 (29:21):
It doesn't look good though, with past video conferences of
her at his events, that sort of thing sitting with him.
Her parents reported her runaway at least twice. He first
met her when she was either eleven or thirteen.
Speaker 6 (29:38):
Which isn't.
Speaker 12 (29:40):
The exact age isn't terribly clear, but it doesn't look
well for an adult male to be involved on this
level with a teenage girl.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
No, it does not couple quick questions to follow up?
Do you know where? And I mean you said gave
the age, but do you know where they first met?
Speaker 6 (30:00):
I'm not exactly certain.
Speaker 12 (30:01):
Somebody asked me if it wasn't Coachella last time, but
Coachella has a bad reputation entirely on its own in
law enforcement circles. It's called the Coachella Heroin Festival. And
I don't have to explain that for viewers. He started
hanging out with him. And this is endemic to pop culture.
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There is fan journalism and that sort of thing which
is now on social media. It went from print media
to social media, made the bridge, that sort of thing
where young women and young men are encouraged to involve
themselves as much as possible with entertainers that they find
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themselves consanguineous with. Maybe Celeste Rievas got this tattoo on
her hand entirely on her own, but she's trying to
mimic David Burr maybe or maybe he required her to
do it. I've seen some speculation that it may indicate
that they're members of a cult. I haven't seen any
evidence of that. I'm sure that Los Angeles Police Department
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is going to have more information on this relatively soon,
I would imagine.
Speaker 1 (31:18):
So you mentioned they are conducting an investigation looking around
for some evidence that leads us to a very important
question here, and I don't want to jump to conclusions,
so we don't have to do that, but just looking
at everything that we have now all of this information, Nils,
what do you think is really the most likely case
scenario here?
Speaker 12 (31:37):
Well, when somebody is dismembered, unless it's some sort of
horrifying industrial accident, typically they're the victim of a murder.
And the fact that she was stuffed in the trunk
of a car and reportedly dismembered or partially dismembered looks
even worse like an effort to rid oneself of the evidence.
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One of the things I am told that the Los
Angeles County Medical Examiner is testing celestereeves remains for is whether.
Speaker 6 (32:09):
Or not she was pregnant contemporaneous with her death.
Speaker 1 (32:13):
Wow, my goodness.
Speaker 12 (32:15):
Okay, so I don't know that she was or was
not right, but it does not look good.
Speaker 1 (32:21):
Raley, Okay, So for the investigation, then, what kinds of
things are they looking for? Is it evidence of communications,
is it clothing and maybe his personal residence? Is it
a possible murder weapon? Walk us through that.
Speaker 12 (32:36):
Yes, they're looking for all of those things. They're looking
for a death scene unless there's evidence she was killed
in the trunk of the car and dismembered in the
trunk of the car.
Speaker 6 (32:45):
They're going to be looking for blood.
Speaker 12 (32:47):
They're going to be looking for weapons, They're going to
be looking for video evidence. They're going to be looking
for fiber evidence. They're going to be looking for DNA
if anybody evolved. And there's a Prince sple And homicide
investigation which has grown in over the last twenty years,
that it's nearly impossible for a killer to not deposit
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DNA at a crime scene. I mean, you practically have
to wear a tivik suit and a mask to not
leave DNA of some kind. And yes, it's incumbent upon
those collecting the evidence to correctly find it. But I
don't think LAPD has a long list of suspects here,
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mister Lewis.
Speaker 1 (33:30):
Okay understood. I imagine You're completely right about that, and
I'm just shocked because very few people are talking about
this story and it's just so disturbing and dark to
me for so many reasons. So I just want to
thank you for your time today, Nails, and it'd be
great to have you back on the show when more
information comes to light, so we'll make sure to do that.
Speaker 6 (33:49):
I'll always be standing by for the Real Story.
Speaker 1 (33:52):
I appreciate that, sir.
Speaker 6 (33:54):
I have a wonderful day and stay safe.
Speaker 1 (33:58):
Coming up next today, times of instability and uncertainty, the
Trump administration is pushing a bold plan that could bring
about some long overdue relief to millions and millions of Americans.
More details about what I mean after the break. Welcome
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back to the Real Story. So continuing on with this discussion,
it's very obvious that this country is in a time
of great turmoil, instability, and uncertainty. But it's not just
political or social instability. It's also a time of great
economic instability and uncertainty, and it's got people very, very worried,
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especially those in the middle class. And it makes sense,
right after all, the middle class has basically been decimated
by globalism, outsource of entire industries, illegal immigration, pushing wages down,
and so many other things that just leave Americans feeling frustrated, angry,
and even a bit resentful. And President Trump is doing
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everything he physically can to try to help the working class.
That's what he's always been about, and that's really just
who he is. Here's a prime example of that in action.
President Trump, as we speak, is unleashing America's untapped potential
by proposing to transform idle federal lands into booming manufacturing
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hubs with a five hundred and fifty billion dollar Japanese
investment fund, slashing red tape to resurrect US factories and
bury China's dominance in some key sectors. And Trump's team
is actively eyeing semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, critical minerals, energy ships, and
even quantum computing for this powerhouse. Now, the investment fund,
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born from tough trade talks with Japan way back in
the year twenty nineteen, could even finance everything from site
prep to infrastructure, luring companies back to America shores with
tax breaks and streamlined permits. Just imagine millions and millions
of acres of government owned dirt finally pulling its own weight,
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creating high paying jobs instead of just collecting dust.
Speaker 7 (36:30):
Now.
Speaker 1 (36:30):
Yes, critics out there whine about governmental overreach and environmental overreach,
but Trump's vision prioritizes American workers over bureaucratic bloat. And
as he put it once before, We're going to make
America the manufacturing superpower again.
Speaker 13 (36:47):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (36:48):
Here with his thoughts and insights is Christian Briggs, the
CEO of hard Asset Management. Christian, thank you for being here, brother.
Speaker 10 (36:56):
Oh, it's my pleasure and it's a great topic.
Speaker 1 (36:58):
Yes it is, And I actually want to start with
the really the thing that really I saw this headline
the other day and it really disturbed me, and so
I wanted to just address this for a moment because
this is the crux of the matter. I saw something
in the news that said there was no state in
the US, the entire country where a forty hour minimum
wage work week is enough to afford a two bedroom apartment.
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I don't know how we got there. It's very alarming
to me and too many others out there, And so
I'm wondering what is the key to that? And to
that point, do you think a manufacturing boom would help
us address these real economic pressures that Americans are facing.
Speaker 10 (37:37):
Well, I'm gonna tell you how we got there forty
years of cheap money.
Speaker 14 (37:41):
I can basically tell you that when you start to
look at the interest rates that came down in to
Ronald Reagan, and rightly so, because we knew Jimmy Carter
didn't really have the experience to lead the country through
what Nixon had started, which was once we got the
goals stander, the dollar started plummeting, which actually increased interest
rates because it took more money to sell our debt
money being the rates higher rates.
Speaker 10 (38:03):
So Reagan comes in, he finds a way to be.
Speaker 14 (38:05):
Able to stimulate the economy and number two, lower the
interest rates.
Speaker 10 (38:10):
Fast forward, here we go. Now we have kind of.
Speaker 14 (38:13):
A quasi system of inexpensive money because by the standard,
six percent, seven percent of mortgages is inexpensive money. By
the time you buy that that loan, write it up
on your taxes, it is inexpensive. But it is not
as inexpensive as the market needs it to be. And
here's why, when you start to look at interest rates
of the late seventies early eighties, we had twelve fourteen
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percent mortgages eighteen to twenty percent interest rates. The model
of real estate ownership was a postal worker would make
x amount of dollars, but three times his salary grows.
Salary was what the average home would cost. Fast forward,
we have artificially and every administration there is no good,
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no bad, they're just they all were partaking in trying
to continue the of the economy because real estate represents
about twenty two percent of the GDP when you look
at multifamily, single family, commercial, residential, and remodeling for that matter.
So what happens is you now fast forward forty years later,
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almost to the day, the rates are starting to move higher.
But what didn't happen the average cost of the home? Right,
it's not down. Have you noticed that in the last
twelve or eighteen months, as rates have gone up, real
estate has actually gone up. If you look at the top,
you're ready for this, You're okay. Everyone needs to grab
a pencil and paper on this one, because you're not
gonna believe it. When you look at the top six
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hundred communities, Listen to me carefully, six hundred communities in
the United States, the average home is one million dollars. Now,
I don't know about y'all. But the average income is
not a million dollars. It's not five hundred, and it's
not two fifty. Even at two point fifty, which is
four times the average cost of the home, which is
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a million, you would have to have the belief that
you could make the payments on a million dollars with
a two fifty gross, And yeah, you probably could if
you give up some few things. Because you remember, we
as Americans love debt, okay, because it was always inexpensive
and it was manageable. But now that you look at
the way people have been buying homes the last forty years,
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it wasn't about the management of the amount of the house.
Speaker 10 (40:24):
It was the.
Speaker 14 (40:25):
Management of the payment. That's how we bought real estate.
How much can I afford based on my gross or
my net? And more of these companies would tell you, oh,
you can afford eight thousand a month, five thousand a month.
You bought property residential mostly obviously for home ownership and
cars for that matter, on what the amount the payment
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was as a derivative to your income, sometimes gross, but
most time it was net. So we got here because
of cheap, inexpensive cash. That's really what it was credit
was cheap, and now guess what, real estate goes back up.
Speaker 1 (40:58):
Okay, So just to really sum it all up, because
here's what I see, an entire generation of people who
may never be able to buy any kind of property,
let alone real land one or two acres. People who
are looking at what was traditionally the American dream. Little home,
nice yard, white picket fence, one or two cars in
the driveway. Work just one income, support a whole family
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on just one income, send a couple of kiddos to college,
take a vacation, maybe you every once in a while,
nothing fancy, but go to Europe maybe once every year maybe.
And then after you work for you until you're sixty,
sixty five, maybe seventy, you retire and have a nice,
comfortable life, slowly downsize, and there's no guarantee for the future,
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but you have some idea that things will be relatively
the same for your children. That dream has radically changed.
It feels out of reach for America. And I'm wondering,
this is maybe a better question for you, Christian. Is
that kind of dream really even viable in today's world?
Speaker 14 (41:57):
Still not at the present time. But Trump is changing that.
He's doing his very best. Remember you said it right
in the beginning, and you've said it many times on
your show. And I love your show because I watch
it all the time, and you make really good points
about the globalists or people of which that want to
suppress they want to push down the middle class through
over regulatory environments. We've talked about this. Obama was the
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biggest divider between the top and the bottom. He thinks
I'm going to come in here and be this great,
great president that's going to unite everybody.
Speaker 10 (42:26):
He did.
Speaker 14 (42:27):
What he did was he put regulations I mean that
Affordable Care Act for healthcare as a disaster that separated
people on the bottom quickly because they couldn't afford that.
He did it by overregular regulatory environment in California with
Gavin Newsom across the country. So your question is very clear,
how do we get back to that at the current rate?
Had Trump not one, it would have been at best
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a dream of dream of dream. It means you would
be dreaming about it for generations to be able to
have affordable home ownership, especially for people under thirty that
are making even at the I would say the minimum wage,
which is really what the market dictator is about twenty
bucks an hour. Right now, you would be hard pressed
even by the smallest of things and the cheapest of markets.
Speaker 10 (43:07):
You probably could do it.
Speaker 14 (43:08):
If you're some little town in Iowa maybe or Nebraska maybe,
which is still got to find the job in those areas.
That's to support that purchase. Now what Trump's doing, here's
what he's going to do about this. He's bringing manufacturing
back through a host of different deals. Japan was a
good point that you guys make five hundred and fifty billion.
He's going to bring manufacturing back. He's also investing in
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technology that's going to make us the most efficient manufacturing
hub in the world number one. So he is investing
heavily in Intel, which is a homegrown, wonderful company based
right here in America since nineteen seventy. You know, Andy
Grove is one of the biggest founders of it, has
been one of the biggest filenthropists, you know, and some
of obviously have passed the founders of Intel. But the
bottom line is, we're investing in the infrastructure to take
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us to the next millennium, not just the next generation,
but the next millennium of efficient manufacturing.
Speaker 10 (43:58):
To compete on a mobile scale.
Speaker 14 (44:01):
The jobs that are going to be created in this
sector are going to resonate.
Speaker 10 (44:04):
And here's how it works.
Speaker 14 (44:06):
When you have a heavy industry like Boeing that's heavy
indstry goods, aircraft manufacturing, or you go all the way
down to let's just say the simple things that you
can buy at a hobby lobby type store, every penny
of those manufactured goods resonates in the economy from twelve
dollars on the high side for heavy industry down to
three to.
Speaker 10 (44:26):
Four dollars on the very lightest. It is a win win.
Speaker 14 (44:29):
So what he's doing is he's investing in manufacturing AI
high paying jobs that will lift incomes. I'm not so
sure that the rates need to come down dramatically because
I think if we raise wages that's more effective. Anyway,
Why have a short term solution on lower rates. Let's
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do a long term solution. Let's get those wages up,
Let's get more people employed, and thus you don't have
to worry about the rates. If the rates come down, great,
it's a bonus. You can buy more house. Later on,
you can buy the iPhone, the car, the boat, the plan,
the train, but that's what he's doing. Man, he's looking
at this going listen, I want you, mister American, to
go from making eighty thousand year to one hundred and
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eighty thousand a year. I want you, the single mother,
not to have to worry about welfare or food Samson
Section eight housing. I'm gonna get you so much money
in a manufacturing job you can provide for your family.
The guy's a genius when it comes to utilizing debt.
He knows how to utilize debt, which we got a
lot of it, and he's still working on trying to
pay that down, by the way, But the way you
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pay it down is let's get to a six percent GDP.
Let's outrun the deficit spending on the debt, and then
we'll be able to regroup because well, the revenues are higher.
Speaker 10 (45:42):
That's what he's doing.
Speaker 14 (45:43):
I'm telling you he's going to be a he's going
to show it, like he said, next year it's going
to be the biggest GDP. I think in thirty or
forty years.
Speaker 1 (45:51):
All right, well we'll see what happens. But Christian, I
just I appreciate that very much, and I just want
to kind of wrap by saying, nobody's looking for a hampout.
We're just looking for opportunity just to feed themselves and
their families and get a taste of that American dream
that our ancestors knew not that long ago. So I
really appreciate you coming on here and just bringing some
optimism and energy to this conversation, and I thank you
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for your insights today as well. So thank you for
being here today, Christian.
Speaker 10 (46:16):
Very much, my pleasure brother, every time. Love you.
Speaker 1 (46:21):
Coming up next on today's edition of Real Good News,
we have a very special announcement to share about Charlie
Kirk's legacy, which lives on now through millions and millions
of people all over the world. More details about it
after the break. Welcome back to the Real Story. In
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times like these, as challenging as they really are, it's
important to take time to just disconnect from everything going
on once in a while. As technology becomes more and
more a part of our day to day lives, we
must find a way to just ground ourselves in reality
outside of the echo chambers that we might fall into online.
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And one person who really knew a whole lot about
this was Charlie Kirk. Charlie was a strong advocate, a
fierce advocate for honoring the Sabbath as an act of
radical resistance. He advocated that unplugging, recharging, and reconnecting with
God and family restores balance in your life and nourishes
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the soul. So our good news for the day is
that he has a book, his sixth and final set
to be released on December ninth, about that topic. But
first to really understand this book and what it means
and the overarching message, one has to understand what honoring
the Sabbath look like for Charlie. So let's take a look.
Speaker 13 (48:00):
We honor the Sabbath. We are very serious about it.
We get to spend more time with our family. We
do no news, we do no work. And it says
very very clearly in the scriptures for six days you
shall work, and the seventh day you shall rest. If
you are feeling overrun by society, you might be feeling
depressed or anxious, here's this one way that you might
be able to improve. Turn your phone off for one day,
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no contact, no social media, no work. Your mental health
will improve dramatically. You can hang out with friends, you
can go for a walk, but don't work.
Speaker 10 (48:32):
For one day.
Speaker 13 (48:32):
That is a day for worship, That is a day
for the Lord. That is a day to go be
with God. That is a day to read your Bible
and be out of the busyness and the hurried, hurriedness
and the that is the anger and the noise of
this world. Go back to God's natural rhythm. And it's
made our family much tighter knit.
Speaker 1 (48:52):
Wow, just really wow. To some that may sound hard,
maybe even impossible to do, especially on a weekly basis.
And Charlie himself said that in that same video that
honoring the Sabbath might look different for some people, and frankly,
that's okay. I think the gist really here is that
taking a day of rest can truly work. Wonders Now.
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As for the book, it will be available on December ninth,
as previously stated, but it's also available for pre order
now through both Amazon and Barnes and Noble. And that
concludes today's broadcast. We truly hope you enjoyed it, and
remember we always want to hear from you, so please
email your feedback and any news stories you'd like us
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to cover to the Real Story ATAM dot com, and
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an So, until we meet again, God bless you, God
bless our troops, and God bless America.
Welcome to the real story. I'm your host, Riley Lewis.
Thank you for joining us. The only thing necessary for
the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
This is one of the most profoundly true quotes in
the history of history, and it directly applies to the
United States of America today. Now, the quote itself is
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often attributed to Edmund Burke, an Irish statesman and conservative
philosopher who lived in the eighteenth century. However, there's no
direct source to confirm that he ever said or wrote
down these precise words himself. But regardless of where this
phrase comes from, it's deeply true. Evil and injustice flourish
(00:57):
not just through active malice, but through then of those
who are good. Evil forces inevitably take root in any
society and then spread and succeed like a weed in
a garden when apathy sets in, when those who are
good turn a blind eye to corruption, injustice, moral decay,
and violence. Just think about it for a moment. From
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corrupt politicians lining their own pockets through unsavory schemes to
vigilantes terrorizing entire communities through political violence, there are dark
forces operating on American soil. Today, and they will keep
gaining ground unless the good hearted majority gets involved. If
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people are just too busy or too fearful to stand up,
evil wins. And that's because evil doesn't need an army
to triumph. It just needs an absence of resistance. But
here's the very tricky part. Evil doesn't flourish in a vacuum.
It feeds onto distraction and division. When society is divided, fractured,
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and splintered along the lines of culture, ideology, and politics,
the real monsters emerge, exploiting those differences to so discord.
And we've all seen this time and time again in history,
echo chambers amplifying tension and hatred, online and offline propaganda
machines twisting facts, and even leaders who prioritize political agendas
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and their own power over real people and real issues.
On top of it all, when we all lose our
shared sense of what is right and what is wrong,
everything falls apart. Without a shared understanding of the difference
between good and evil, evil has a pathway to victory.
And when people are more concerned with scoring points than
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pursuing truth, society is in trouble. And that's what lies
at the center of the brazen assassination of Charlie cur
the founder of Turning Point USA. His assassination was an
attempt by evil forces to extinguish goodness, an attempt by
dark forces to extinguish the world's light, an effort by
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a hateful individual to drive out love. But the attempt
itself failed. It failed, and it backfired. It proved to
be counterproductive because it actually led America to this unprecedented awakening,
the real Turning Point that Charlie Kirk spent his entire
life trying to bring about through peaceful discussion and dialogue.
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His death sparked this global awakening. It spawned a mass mobilization,
a worldwide movement dedicated to pursuing justice, peace and truth,
and all of those themes were discussed at his memorial
service on Sunday, which took place at State Farm Stadium
in Glendale, Arizona. Hundreds of thousand patriots all gathered together
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in person, in and around the facility, with millions and
millions more watching online, just to celebrate his activism, his life,
his leadership, his family, and the example that he set.
People sang songs of worship, people prayed together, they laughed,
(04:21):
and cried as they shared their memories of him. People
held each other close, expressing their gratitude for each other
and for this great country. And while the assassin might
have silenced one man's voice, that man's voice will echo
through the annals of history and through eternity. He was
the best of us, A father, a husband, a son,
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a brother, a hero and a patriot, a relentless freedom
fighter and a warrior for Christ, someone who pursued goodness
and truth every single day, someone who believed in free
speech and forgiveness. Speaking of forgiveness, his wife, Erica, has
forgiven the man who killed her husband, and she made
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that perfectly clear during her speech on Sunday. Take a look.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
That young man, that young.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Man on the cross, Our Savior said, Father, forgive them,
for they not know what they do.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
That man, that young man, I forgive him.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Talk about this incredible sign of strength and spiritual maturity.
Just let that moment be an example for each of
us as the country heals from this horrific tragedy and
enters the next phase of its history. Yes, times will
be tough. The road ahead won't be an easy one
to navigate, but with the courage, humility, and patience that
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she embodies. This country will heal and the American people
will reclaim this country from the clutches of evil forces. Oh,
here with reaction and insight into this event is someone
who was actually there for it to witness it firsthand,
pop culture analyst and a producer for this program, mister
Chris Chella. Chris, thank you for being here today.
Speaker 5 (06:39):
Thank you Riley, And that was an incredible monologue.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
I'm just trying to pay my respects in the best
way that I know how. But I want to get
your insight into it. So let's start here. Please just
paint us a picture of everything that you saw at
the event on Sunday.
Speaker 6 (06:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (06:54):
So, you know, I've been struggling to find the words
to describe it because I want to give it the
justice that it deserves because and I want to thank
one American News for giving me this opportunity to discover,
to cover rather this historic revival.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
That's what it was.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
It was a revival of.
Speaker 5 (07:13):
Christian faith, the faith in God, the acceptance of Jesus
as your Lord and savior, which is an eternal gift
that so many people don't understand and appreciate. But just
to see and not just yesterday, but also on Saturday
at Turning Point headquarters just you know, hundreds of people
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out in the brutal Arizona heat. I you know, I
certainly felt God's presence and you know, the Holy Spirit
was in State Farm Stadium. It was in Arizona yesterday.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
You could feel it. I believe that. So for the
people there, then tell us a little bit about the
conversations that you had with people. I understood you interviewed
some folks. How did that go and what were people
saying to you?
Speaker 5 (08:00):
Yeah, so I asked people, you know what what about
Charlie inspired them? What they thought his legacy would be.
You know, he was first and foremost a Christian, but
he created the largest youth movement in you know, in
the history of this country. And uh so this is
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just a little sampling of of what I got. And
one person was actually the founder of Turning Point Australia,
which shows you that, I mean, he's not just reaching Americans, Riley,
He's reaching the world. To take a listen. Uh So, sir,
you're with Turning Point Australia and are you are you
the founder of that chapter or Okay.
Speaker 7 (08:41):
Yeah, that's right, Charlie. Naja Faraj introduced me to Charlie.
Charlie trusted it with us four years ago and we've
been building it ever since. Charlie was an advocate for
civil rights and much like Martin Luther King Jr. He'd
he pushed back on the big government.
Speaker 5 (08:54):
Essentially, if you could talk to Charlie one last time
and he is listening, uh, what would you what would
you say to him?
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Right now?
Speaker 7 (09:00):
That's a tough one. I appreciate everything you've done for
my country. I appreciate you taking a chance on me
and on Turning Point Australia, and we won't let you down.
Speaker 5 (09:11):
Why was it important for you to bring these kids
out here to, you know, to celebrate the life and
legacy of Charlie Kirk.
Speaker 8 (09:17):
I think Charlie Kirk's legacy to our country is going
to be a return from moral relativism back towards truth.
I would say, Charlie, look down and look at what
you see going on here, not just as your headquarters,
but gatherings all over the country, gatherings all over the world. Charlie,
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I would say that you finished the course. You ran
the race, you finished amazingly well, and you left a remarkable,
lasting impact on this country, on this world, and yes,
even on me as an individual.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
Wow, that's just remarkable to say the least, to leave
an impact like that in just thirty one years. Find
me somebody else who's been able to do that. I
just can't believe that.
Speaker 5 (10:08):
Yeah, it's it's He was a north Star Riley for
millions of young American men and women, but teaching them
to love their country, to reject Marxist ideology, to be
a warrior for Christ, and to again accept that eternal
gift of grace. And again, all you have to do
is accept the Lord into your heart. And as Charlie's said,
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you know you didn't. You don't earn it, you don't
check a box for it. It is a gift that
you are given simply by accepting Christ. And also he
taught young young people to be excited about having a family,
about finding the love of your life, and the joy
of parenthood. Again, the feeling just I mean, it's almost indescribable.
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But here's Tucker, I think he said it best.
Speaker 9 (11:00):
This gathering and God's presence, God's very obvious presence in
this room, the presence of Jesus is a reminder of
what we've known for two thousand years, which is any
attempt to extinguish the light causes it to burn brighter
every single time.
Speaker 10 (11:22):
So as we.
Speaker 9 (11:25):
As we proceed into whatever comes next, and clearly something's
coming next, remember this moment.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
Remember being in a room with.
Speaker 9 (11:36):
The Holy Spirit humming like a tuning fork.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
Unbelievable. I agree with it. It really is difficult to
find the words to describe the power of that, but
I would agree with you this isn't it's not just
an awakening. We're revival. It's a rebirth. We are returning
to the roots of this country, and I'm hoping, in
Charlie's honor, we can make it better than ever was before.
Speaker 5 (12:00):
Truly me too, And I just you know, I asked
pretty much everyone I interviewed what they'd like to say
to Charlie, you know, because he's listening, and so I
would just like to say something really quickly to Charlie.
Speaker 6 (12:12):
Chris please do.
Speaker 5 (12:14):
Thank you Charlie for being a you know, a force
for good, a warrior for Jesus Christ, a role model
for young men and women. Thank you for all the
good that you brought into this world. And while I
know you miss your family and I know they miss you,
you will see them again in the Kingdom of Heaven,
reunited for eternity. So thank you, Charlie, thank you, Erica,
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thank you for Thank you everyone who spoke at Turning
Point or at this event. Thank you Turning Point USA,
and thank you President Trump, thank you, thank O and
for giving me this opportunity to be there.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
And thank God very well said. I couldn't have said
it any better myself, and I would just double up
on that, piggyback on that. This is remarkable. And I think,
you know, just to kind of to wrap this up
this whole couple of weeks, I think we've all been
reflecting a lot and praying and holding our loved ones
just a little tighter, absolutely, you know, And it's just
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it's a reminder of how precious life is. This is
why we're in this movement, this is why we fight
peacefully by the way always, absolutely, and I'm just praying
for better times ahead, truly. So I want to leave
it with you final words, key takeaways. I imagine this
kind of an event really changed you to your core.
Tell us a little bit about that.
Speaker 5 (13:29):
Chris yeah, I mean it.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
It made me.
Speaker 5 (13:32):
It made me want to read my Bible more. It
made me want to you know, I try to attend
church every Sunday, but now I am going to make
sure I attend church every Sunday. And the one of
my other key takeaways is that so many people across
the world now are starting to do that exact same thing.
And even better, those who weren't Christians, those who weren't
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believers have turned to Jesus Christ and they have accepted
him as their Lord and savior, and they will live
forever in eternity.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
I just want to say thank you for what you did.
Thank you for going. Of course, thank you as an
honor incredible network for having people on the ground there
is that we could cover it. This is just such
a pivotal moment for American history and world history. As
you said, so, Chris, just thank you for joining me today.
I appreciate that so much.
Speaker 5 (14:19):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
Coming up next, an attorney and commentator will join us
to discuss a brazen attack against a media station in Sacramento, California,
which really highlights everything we've been discussing, just how divided
and radical some people in modern America have become, and
more importantly, what we can do to address it. More
details after the break. Welcome back to the real story.
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Let's continue with this overarching theme of healing a really
divided nation and bringing peace back to America's streets. That's
really the mission that we all face amidst this horrifying
wave of political violence, and today's next story is really
a chilling reminder of just how important this mission really is.
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So while on that note, a suspect has been charged
following the drive by shooting of a local ABC affiliate
station in the city of Sacramento, California. It all happened
on Friday afternoon around one thirty pm local time. That's
when sixty four year old Annabal Hernandez Santana allegedly unleashed
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at least three rounds from his own vehicle at the
window of an ABC station, shattering the window while employees
were inside the building. Thankfully, no injuries or fatalities were reported,
and the suspect was taken into custody by the FBI
on Saturday after he was originally released on a bale
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of two hundred thousand dollars despite facing charges of assault
with a deadly weapon shooting into an occupied building, and
negligent discharge of a firearm. The FBI then came in
and swiftly rearrested him on Saturday. Now he currently remains
in custody where frankly he belongs, having been hit with
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a federal charge of interfering with government licensed broadcast communications.
But this whole situation unfolds amid ongoing backlash against the
network for suspending Jimmy Kimmel Live after Jimmy made some
we'll say controversial remarks about Charlie Kirk's horrific assassination, sparking
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protests outside the station just one day before the shooting.
And while law enforcement officers haven't really nailed down a
specific motive just yet, the timing raises eyebrows. So what
exactly is going to happen next? And what does justice
really look like for this suspect, and most importantly, what
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can we be doing as a nation to bring peace
to a country that is seeing so much division, hatred
and violence today? Here with his thoughts, analysis and reaction
is David Pollack, an attorney, political commentator, and host of
The David Pollock Show. David, thank you for being here today.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Thanks for having me. It's always a good time.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
So there's a lot to unpack here, but let's start
with your initial thoughts about the shooting itself.
Speaker 11 (17:34):
Look, we have another example of radical left violence. For
you have Tim Obama aka Hakeem Jeffries out there talking
about how it's on Trump to turn down the temperature,
while you have Jasmine Crockett out there basically calling Trump
and all of supporters Nazis.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
And then lo and behold, not even two.
Speaker 11 (17:57):
Weeks after Charlie Kirk's assassination in being laid to not
even laid to rest yet memorial yesterday, you have this
nut job shooting up an ABC broadcasting facility because it's
parent company fired Jimmy Kimmel didn't even fire him, suspended
him indefinitely. And of course the media, quick to cover
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for any left wing radicalism.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Is saying no, well, motive is yet unknown.
Speaker 11 (18:25):
Really, this guy had explicit anti Trump comments on his
social media. He called Trump an insurrectionist, He denied the
twenty twenty four election. This person hated Trump, followed the
rhetoric of the radical left, and what does he do.
He shoots a building with people inside.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
He couldn't. He didn't care if he killed somebody or not.
Speaker 11 (18:46):
This is another example of radical left violence, again promoted
and reinforced by irresponsible left wing talking points.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Yeah, so I do want to get to that that
really important point. It's really at the center of everything
we're talking about. But let's follow up then, just sticking
with this suspect in Sacramento, give us your legal analysis
of the charges he's facing right now and what you
think justice for a situation like that really means.
Speaker 11 (19:14):
Well, you know what was interesting, They charged him trying
to find his charges to They charged him with interfering
something like interfering with.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
A broadcast government licensed broadcasts broadcast.
Speaker 11 (19:24):
I mean, obviously he should be an attempt and murder
is what I would think of. But the fact that
they're tying the federal charges to it means they're not confident.
I think they're not confident that the California's going to
do anything about it. And this is really we talked
about this last time.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
This is at the heart of everything.
Speaker 11 (19:41):
The liberal governments are not enforcing the laws to begin with,
and kind of promoting these behaviors. You see it in Washington,
you see an Oregon you see it in California, you
see it in New York and Chicago. You literally have
ice protesters attacking federal officers in Chicago.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
So what we're seeing here is states not.
Speaker 11 (19:59):
Willing to do anything about the violent radical extremists in
their country, I mean, in their states. And so what
we're having to do is a federal government is find
a way to keep American safe from these terrorists that
are being harbored by these rogue leftist states.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
Well, and that's why it's very fascinating to see Cash
Betel stepping in now as FBI director. But I do
want to pivot then also to some of the background
context of what's going on here, people being maybe this
individual is especially upset about what happened with Jimmy Kimmel's show.
I don't know there's going to be an investigation into that,
but I do think a lot of the political violence
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we're seeing today is, to your point, a political tactic
to bring about some kind of radical change in America.
And it's also the byproduct of cancel culture, something that
we as conservatives have been fighting against for years and
we've been victims of it for years. So I just
want to get your thoughts about what happened with Jimmy
show and whether or not you think this is an
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instance of cancel culture, and is it something people should
celebrate or not, and what your thoughts and insights about that.
Speaker 11 (21:02):
This isn't canceled culture really, because cancer culture is you
didn't like what I said, and so you're like, you
see it on social media. You lose your social media
account because you said something people didn't like. Yeah, exactly
what you're playing right now in your b role. You know,
Trump loses his x account because they called him a
threat to democracy. Chucker Carlson, the number one host on
Fox News, gets fired because he questions Dominion's role in
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the twenty twenty election. That's cancer culture, or if you
say something that people think, oh you're that was kind.
What happened to Jimmy Kimmel was the fact that his
ratings were awful. It was costing the network twice as
much to run his show. Then it was making it's
all this nighttime television. These quote unquote comedians that don't
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make anybody laugh. They're filled with rage and hate, and
they're not entertaining people anymore. They're turning off the television
and here's the reality that people don't want to acknowledge.
Nobody canceled Jimmy Kimmel but ABC because he wasn't getting
ratings and the affilms would no longer carry his hateful messaging.
Speaker 2 (22:02):
It wasn't President Trump. And yes, people are saying that.
Speaker 11 (22:05):
Brendan Carr said, you'd have to take a look at
the FCC license if they were allowing Jimmy Kimmel to
promote misinformation.
Speaker 2 (22:11):
But here's a reality.
Speaker 11 (22:12):
Jimmy Kimmel went on TV hours after Charlie Kirk's assassination
and blamed it on Trump supporters. That is blatant misinformation
with didn intend to confuse people about the motive of
the shooter. That does violate FCC rules. And Sinclair saw
that and they said no, no, no, no, we're not
going to put that on their airwaves. They have a
responsibility to the law and they did the right thing.
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Sint canceled Culture. It's accountability. The leftist hates it because
they haven't had to be accountable for any of.
Speaker 2 (22:38):
Their actions for so long.
Speaker 11 (22:39):
Their chickens are coming home the roost and they don't
like when the rules apply to them fairly. They think
they're above the law apparently.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
Okay, So let's walk through that just in the last
couple of minutes, because first of all, I completely agree
what he said was just nasty, I think intentionally misleading.
But I also you know, in the light of everything
that's happened with with Charlie Kirk, you know, there's a
big talk about preserving freedom of speech, which means you
have the right to say things that are nasty and
hateful and mean and demeaning, even though we shouldn't say
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those things. So admittedly I'm a little torn here and conflicted.
I'm not a huge fan of his material, actually not
a fan at all, So I'm not going to defend
the guy necessarily, but I do want to get your
thoughts about, you know, these FCC rules that in guidelines
you're pointing to versus the First Amendment, which really would
posit that you have the right to basically say whatever
you want to with some restrictions here and there. Walk
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us through that conflict and whether or not you really
think there's any merit at all to people who are
saying this is some sort of affront on the First Amendment.
Speaker 11 (23:37):
Well, yeah, well, this is the thing we have to
be clear on what the first First Amendment guarantees.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
Please, yes, you can you speak. You can.
Speaker 11 (23:44):
You have the freedom of speech, you have the freedom
of assemb belief, the freedom of the press. What you
don't have is the freedom to cost ABC tens of
millions of dollars because nobody's watching your show and they
have to support your salary, and advertisers won't sponsor your show.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
At the end of the day, TV is a business.
Our job is to sell ads.
Speaker 11 (24:02):
And if nobody wants to put ads on his show
because nobody's watching it it's not funny and it's hateful, Well.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
That's a business decision, not a First Amendment one.
Speaker 11 (24:09):
Nothing stops Jimmy Kimmel from launching a podcast like Don
Lemon or Tucker Carlson.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
Tucker Carlson is doing much better now than he did
on Fox.
Speaker 11 (24:17):
The First Amendment doesn't guarantee your right to lose money
for a major network. So that's not where the First
Amendment applies. And the FCC has rules for a reason.
Then they're not limiting, they're not protecting speech. But you
can't say certain dirty words on local programming.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
There's sec rules to prevent that. Free speech doesn't mean
you can.
Speaker 11 (24:35):
Say whatever you want wherever you want it, the most
common example being can't shout fire in a crowded movie theater.
Certain words you're not allowed to say in certain context,
and the Supreme Court has said that's okay. So people
are just trying to say First Amendment because they want
people to say the things they want said. But they
don't care about the First Amendment where they want people
to shut up about the things that they don't want heard,
like the Hunter Biden laptop story that they demanded the
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social media platform suppress.
Speaker 2 (24:59):
So again, it's just a matter of rules for thee
not for me.
Speaker 11 (25:02):
They don't want to play by the rules, and they
don't like it when they have to live by, you know,
the very same standards they demand everybody else follow.
Speaker 1 (25:07):
I agree with that the radical left to set the
rules for this game. So very well said and just
a really really strong point to end on today, David.
So thank you for your insight today and thank you
for your time.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
Yeah, Riley, thanks for having me. Great seeing again.
Speaker 1 (25:21):
Coming up next, a private detective joins us to discuss
the latest updates about this really disturbing mystery and the
ongoing case and investigation surrounding it. More details about what
in the world is happening with that right after the break,
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Welcome back to the real story. Our next topic today
takes us to Los Angeles, the city of Angels where
the body of a young girl was found in the
back of a tesla registered to a popular artist named
David Anthony Burke, better known as David but spelled D
four VD. So in case you haven't heard this recent
and trending story, it's very fascinating and we're going to
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start from the very beginning. On September eighth, the remains
of a young girl were found in the trunk of
a tesla that had been taken to a towyard in
West Hollywood after having been abandoned five days prior, and
police officers only found the body after an employee of
the towyard reported a foul smell coming from the vehicle,
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and police said the body was quote severely decomposed. Fast
forward to this week, and the Los Angeles County Medical
Examiner has confirmed that the remains belonged to fifteen year
old Celeste Reevas. Now, no cause of death has been
released yet, but Revas had been reported missing in Riverside
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County in April of twenty twenty four, and reportedly had
run away at least one time before. Police also reported
that Reevs had a tattoo on a right index finger
that read SSH. David, though, also has a similar or
maybe even the exact same tattoo on his index finger. Now, yes,
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it could be a complete coincidence, and many other stars
have a very similar tattoo, including Lindsay Lohan, but this,
paired with the fact that the car Revas was found
in is registered to him, seems damning to say the least.
How Many fans out there have been also quick to
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point out that David has some potentially incriminating song names
such as Romantic Homicide or call Me Revenge, and David,
for his part, has since canceled the tour that he
was on, all while the investigation into what really happened continues.
Now Here with his insights into reaction is Nils Gravillius,
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a private detective based in southern California with extensive experience
in cases pertaining to assault, extortion, hijacking, homicide, kidnapping, and more. Nils,
thank you for being here today.
Speaker 6 (28:13):
It's pleasure, sir. How are you.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Doing very well and very intrigued by this next story.
What do you make of the situation and the investigation
into it?
Speaker 12 (28:24):
Well, it could be more complex than it appears at first, Blush,
but I don't think so. The tattoo in common between
the two of them could be construed by a detective
as evidence of grooming. I don't want to accuse David
Burke of having groomed and advantaged himself with this young lady,
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but it doesn't look good. The police have served search
warrants on his house and they are obviously looking for evidence.
He was the one operating the automobile, and he left
town when the automobile was abandoned. Now, he did have
a tour to go on, and he may have an entourage,
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aurette you, people that help.
Speaker 6 (29:11):
Him with things.
Speaker 12 (29:13):
But he's had a long period of involvement with this
young lady that.
Speaker 6 (29:19):
May or may not be romantic.
Speaker 12 (29:21):
It doesn't look good though, with past video conferences of
her at his events, that sort of thing sitting with him.
Her parents reported her runaway at least twice. He first
met her when she was either eleven or thirteen.
Speaker 6 (29:38):
Which isn't.
Speaker 12 (29:40):
The exact age isn't terribly clear, but it doesn't look
well for an adult male to be involved on this
level with a teenage girl.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
No, it does not couple quick questions to follow up?
Do you know where? And I mean you said gave
the age, but do you know where they first met?
Speaker 6 (30:00):
I'm not exactly certain.
Speaker 12 (30:01):
Somebody asked me if it wasn't Coachella last time, but
Coachella has a bad reputation entirely on its own in
law enforcement circles. It's called the Coachella Heroin Festival. And
I don't have to explain that for viewers. He started
hanging out with him. And this is endemic to pop culture.
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There is fan journalism and that sort of thing which
is now on social media. It went from print media
to social media, made the bridge, that sort of thing
where young women and young men are encouraged to involve
themselves as much as possible with entertainers that they find
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themselves consanguineous with. Maybe Celeste Rievas got this tattoo on
her hand entirely on her own, but she's trying to
mimic David Burr maybe or maybe he required her to
do it. I've seen some speculation that it may indicate
that they're members of a cult. I haven't seen any
evidence of that. I'm sure that Los Angeles Police Department
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is going to have more information on this relatively soon,
I would imagine.
Speaker 1 (31:18):
So you mentioned they are conducting an investigation looking around
for some evidence that leads us to a very important
question here, and I don't want to jump to conclusions,
so we don't have to do that, but just looking
at everything that we have now all of this information, Nils,
what do you think is really the most likely case
scenario here?
Speaker 12 (31:37):
Well, when somebody is dismembered, unless it's some sort of
horrifying industrial accident, typically they're the victim of a murder.
And the fact that she was stuffed in the trunk
of a car and reportedly dismembered or partially dismembered looks
even worse like an effort to rid oneself of the evidence.
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One of the things I am told that the Los
Angeles County Medical Examiner is testing celestereeves remains for is whether.
Speaker 6 (32:09):
Or not she was pregnant contemporaneous with her death.
Speaker 1 (32:13):
Wow, my goodness.
Speaker 12 (32:15):
Okay, so I don't know that she was or was
not right, but it does not look good.
Speaker 1 (32:21):
Raley, Okay, So for the investigation, then, what kinds of
things are they looking for? Is it evidence of communications,
is it clothing and maybe his personal residence? Is it
a possible murder weapon? Walk us through that.
Speaker 12 (32:36):
Yes, they're looking for all of those things. They're looking
for a death scene unless there's evidence she was killed
in the trunk of the car and dismembered in the
trunk of the car.
Speaker 6 (32:45):
They're going to be looking for blood.
Speaker 12 (32:47):
They're going to be looking for weapons, They're going to
be looking for video evidence. They're going to be looking
for fiber evidence. They're going to be looking for DNA
if anybody evolved. And there's a Prince sple And homicide
investigation which has grown in over the last twenty years,
that it's nearly impossible for a killer to not deposit
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DNA at a crime scene. I mean, you practically have
to wear a tivik suit and a mask to not
leave DNA of some kind. And yes, it's incumbent upon
those collecting the evidence to correctly find it. But I
don't think LAPD has a long list of suspects here,
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mister Lewis.
Speaker 1 (33:30):
Okay understood. I imagine You're completely right about that, and
I'm just shocked because very few people are talking about
this story and it's just so disturbing and dark to
me for so many reasons. So I just want to
thank you for your time today, Nails, and it'd be
great to have you back on the show when more
information comes to light, so we'll make sure to do that.
Speaker 6 (33:49):
I'll always be standing by for the Real Story.
Speaker 1 (33:52):
I appreciate that, sir.
Speaker 6 (33:54):
I have a wonderful day and stay safe.
Speaker 1 (33:58):
Coming up next today, times of instability and uncertainty, the
Trump administration is pushing a bold plan that could bring
about some long overdue relief to millions and millions of Americans.
More details about what I mean after the break. Welcome
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back to the Real Story. So continuing on with this discussion,
it's very obvious that this country is in a time
of great turmoil, instability, and uncertainty. But it's not just
political or social instability. It's also a time of great
economic instability and uncertainty, and it's got people very, very worried,
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especially those in the middle class. And it makes sense,
right after all, the middle class has basically been decimated
by globalism, outsource of entire industries, illegal immigration, pushing wages down,
and so many other things that just leave Americans feeling frustrated, angry,
and even a bit resentful. And President Trump is doing
(35:14):
everything he physically can to try to help the working class.
That's what he's always been about, and that's really just
who he is. Here's a prime example of that in action.
President Trump, as we speak, is unleashing America's untapped potential
by proposing to transform idle federal lands into booming manufacturing
(35:37):
hubs with a five hundred and fifty billion dollar Japanese
investment fund, slashing red tape to resurrect US factories and
bury China's dominance in some key sectors. And Trump's team
is actively eyeing semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, critical minerals, energy ships, and
even quantum computing for this powerhouse. Now, the investment fund,
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born from tough trade talks with Japan way back in
the year twenty nineteen, could even finance everything from site
prep to infrastructure, luring companies back to America shores with
tax breaks and streamlined permits. Just imagine millions and millions
of acres of government owned dirt finally pulling its own weight,
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creating high paying jobs instead of just collecting dust.
Speaker 7 (36:30):
Now.
Speaker 1 (36:30):
Yes, critics out there whine about governmental overreach and environmental overreach,
but Trump's vision prioritizes American workers over bureaucratic bloat. And
as he put it once before, We're going to make
America the manufacturing superpower again.
Speaker 13 (36:47):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (36:48):
Here with his thoughts and insights is Christian Briggs, the
CEO of hard Asset Management. Christian, thank you for being here, brother.
Speaker 10 (36:56):
Oh, it's my pleasure and it's a great topic.
Speaker 1 (36:58):
Yes it is, And I actually want to start with
the really the thing that really I saw this headline
the other day and it really disturbed me, and so
I wanted to just address this for a moment because
this is the crux of the matter. I saw something
in the news that said there was no state in
the US, the entire country where a forty hour minimum
wage work week is enough to afford a two bedroom apartment.
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I don't know how we got there. It's very alarming
to me and too many others out there, And so
I'm wondering what is the key to that? And to
that point, do you think a manufacturing boom would help
us address these real economic pressures that Americans are facing.
Speaker 10 (37:37):
Well, I'm gonna tell you how we got there forty
years of cheap money.
Speaker 14 (37:41):
I can basically tell you that when you start to
look at the interest rates that came down in to
Ronald Reagan, and rightly so, because we knew Jimmy Carter
didn't really have the experience to lead the country through
what Nixon had started, which was once we got the
goals stander, the dollar started plummeting, which actually increased interest
rates because it took more money to sell our debt
money being the rates higher rates.
Speaker 10 (38:03):
So Reagan comes in, he finds a way to be.
Speaker 14 (38:05):
Able to stimulate the economy and number two, lower the
interest rates.
Speaker 10 (38:10):
Fast forward, here we go. Now we have kind of.
Speaker 14 (38:13):
A quasi system of inexpensive money because by the standard,
six percent, seven percent of mortgages is inexpensive money. By
the time you buy that that loan, write it up
on your taxes, it is inexpensive. But it is not
as inexpensive as the market needs it to be. And
here's why, when you start to look at interest rates
of the late seventies early eighties, we had twelve fourteen
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percent mortgages eighteen to twenty percent interest rates. The model
of real estate ownership was a postal worker would make
x amount of dollars, but three times his salary grows.
Salary was what the average home would cost. Fast forward,
we have artificially and every administration there is no good,
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no bad, they're just they all were partaking in trying
to continue the of the economy because real estate represents
about twenty two percent of the GDP when you look
at multifamily, single family, commercial, residential, and remodeling for that matter.
So what happens is you now fast forward forty years later,
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almost to the day, the rates are starting to move higher.
But what didn't happen the average cost of the home? Right,
it's not down. Have you noticed that in the last
twelve or eighteen months, as rates have gone up, real
estate has actually gone up. If you look at the top,
you're ready for this, You're okay. Everyone needs to grab
a pencil and paper on this one, because you're not
gonna believe it. When you look at the top six
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hundred communities, Listen to me carefully, six hundred communities in
the United States, the average home is one million dollars. Now,
I don't know about y'all. But the average income is
not a million dollars. It's not five hundred, and it's
not two fifty. Even at two point fifty, which is
four times the average cost of the home, which is
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a million, you would have to have the belief that
you could make the payments on a million dollars with
a two fifty gross, And yeah, you probably could if
you give up some few things. Because you remember, we
as Americans love debt, okay, because it was always inexpensive
and it was manageable. But now that you look at
the way people have been buying homes the last forty years,
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it wasn't about the management of the amount of the house.
Speaker 10 (40:24):
It was the.
Speaker 14 (40:25):
Management of the payment. That's how we bought real estate.
How much can I afford based on my gross or
my net? And more of these companies would tell you, oh,
you can afford eight thousand a month, five thousand a month.
You bought property residential mostly obviously for home ownership and
cars for that matter, on what the amount the payment
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was as a derivative to your income, sometimes gross, but
most time it was net. So we got here because
of cheap, inexpensive cash. That's really what it was credit
was cheap, and now guess what, real estate goes back up.
Speaker 1 (40:58):
Okay, So just to really sum it all up, because
here's what I see, an entire generation of people who
may never be able to buy any kind of property,
let alone real land one or two acres. People who
are looking at what was traditionally the American dream. Little home,
nice yard, white picket fence, one or two cars in
the driveway. Work just one income, support a whole family
(41:20):
on just one income, send a couple of kiddos to college,
take a vacation, maybe you every once in a while,
nothing fancy, but go to Europe maybe once every year maybe.
And then after you work for you until you're sixty,
sixty five, maybe seventy, you retire and have a nice,
comfortable life, slowly downsize, and there's no guarantee for the future,
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but you have some idea that things will be relatively
the same for your children. That dream has radically changed.
It feels out of reach for America. And I'm wondering,
this is maybe a better question for you, Christian. Is
that kind of dream really even viable in today's world?
Speaker 14 (41:57):
Still not at the present time. But Trump is changing that.
He's doing his very best. Remember you said it right
in the beginning, and you've said it many times on
your show. And I love your show because I watch
it all the time, and you make really good points
about the globalists or people of which that want to
suppress they want to push down the middle class through
over regulatory environments. We've talked about this. Obama was the
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biggest divider between the top and the bottom. He thinks
I'm going to come in here and be this great,
great president that's going to unite everybody.
Speaker 10 (42:26):
He did.
Speaker 14 (42:27):
What he did was he put regulations I mean that
Affordable Care Act for healthcare as a disaster that separated
people on the bottom quickly because they couldn't afford that.
He did it by overregular regulatory environment in California with
Gavin Newsom across the country. So your question is very clear,
how do we get back to that at the current rate?
Had Trump not one, it would have been at best
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a dream of dream of dream. It means you would
be dreaming about it for generations to be able to
have affordable home ownership, especially for people under thirty that
are making even at the I would say the minimum wage,
which is really what the market dictator is about twenty
bucks an hour. Right now, you would be hard pressed
even by the smallest of things and the cheapest of markets.
Speaker 10 (43:07):
You probably could do it.
Speaker 14 (43:08):
If you're some little town in Iowa maybe or Nebraska maybe,
which is still got to find the job in those areas.
That's to support that purchase. Now what Trump's doing, here's
what he's going to do about this. He's bringing manufacturing
back through a host of different deals. Japan was a
good point that you guys make five hundred and fifty billion.
He's going to bring manufacturing back. He's also investing in
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technology that's going to make us the most efficient manufacturing
hub in the world number one. So he is investing
heavily in Intel, which is a homegrown, wonderful company based
right here in America since nineteen seventy. You know, Andy
Grove is one of the biggest founders of it, has
been one of the biggest filenthropists, you know, and some
of obviously have passed the founders of Intel. But the
bottom line is, we're investing in the infrastructure to take
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us to the next millennium, not just the next generation,
but the next millennium of efficient manufacturing.
Speaker 10 (43:58):
To compete on a mobile scale.
Speaker 14 (44:01):
The jobs that are going to be created in this
sector are going to resonate.
Speaker 10 (44:04):
And here's how it works.
Speaker 14 (44:06):
When you have a heavy industry like Boeing that's heavy
indstry goods, aircraft manufacturing, or you go all the way
down to let's just say the simple things that you
can buy at a hobby lobby type store, every penny
of those manufactured goods resonates in the economy from twelve
dollars on the high side for heavy industry down to
three to.
Speaker 10 (44:26):
Four dollars on the very lightest. It is a win win.
Speaker 14 (44:29):
So what he's doing is he's investing in manufacturing AI
high paying jobs that will lift incomes. I'm not so
sure that the rates need to come down dramatically because
I think if we raise wages that's more effective. Anyway,
Why have a short term solution on lower rates. Let's
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do a long term solution. Let's get those wages up,
Let's get more people employed, and thus you don't have
to worry about the rates. If the rates come down, great,
it's a bonus. You can buy more house. Later on,
you can buy the iPhone, the car, the boat, the plan,
the train, but that's what he's doing. Man, he's looking
at this going listen, I want you, mister American, to
go from making eighty thousand year to one hundred and
(45:11):
eighty thousand a year. I want you, the single mother,
not to have to worry about welfare or food Samson
Section eight housing. I'm gonna get you so much money
in a manufacturing job you can provide for your family.
The guy's a genius when it comes to utilizing debt.
He knows how to utilize debt, which we got a
lot of it, and he's still working on trying to
pay that down, by the way, But the way you
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pay it down is let's get to a six percent GDP.
Let's outrun the deficit spending on the debt, and then
we'll be able to regroup because well, the revenues are higher.
Speaker 10 (45:42):
That's what he's doing.
Speaker 14 (45:43):
I'm telling you he's going to be a he's going
to show it, like he said, next year it's going
to be the biggest GDP. I think in thirty or
forty years.
Speaker 1 (45:51):
All right, well we'll see what happens. But Christian, I
just I appreciate that very much, and I just want
to kind of wrap by saying, nobody's looking for a hampout.
We're just looking for opportunity just to feed themselves and
their families and get a taste of that American dream
that our ancestors knew not that long ago. So I
really appreciate you coming on here and just bringing some
optimism and energy to this conversation, and I thank you
(46:13):
for your insights today as well. So thank you for
being here today, Christian.
Speaker 10 (46:16):
Very much, my pleasure brother, every time. Love you.
Speaker 1 (46:21):
Coming up next on today's edition of Real Good News,
we have a very special announcement to share about Charlie
Kirk's legacy, which lives on now through millions and millions
of people all over the world. More details about it
after the break. Welcome back to the Real Story. In
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times like these, as challenging as they really are, it's
important to take time to just disconnect from everything going
on once in a while. As technology becomes more and
more a part of our day to day lives, we
must find a way to just ground ourselves in reality
outside of the echo chambers that we might fall into online.
(47:15):
And one person who really knew a whole lot about
this was Charlie Kirk. Charlie was a strong advocate, a
fierce advocate for honoring the Sabbath as an act of
radical resistance. He advocated that unplugging, recharging, and reconnecting with
God and family restores balance in your life and nourishes
(47:37):
the soul. So our good news for the day is
that he has a book, his sixth and final set
to be released on December ninth, about that topic. But
first to really understand this book and what it means
and the overarching message, one has to understand what honoring
the Sabbath look like for Charlie. So let's take a look.
Speaker 13 (48:00):
We honor the Sabbath. We are very serious about it.
We get to spend more time with our family. We
do no news, we do no work. And it says
very very clearly in the scriptures for six days you
shall work, and the seventh day you shall rest. If
you are feeling overrun by society, you might be feeling
depressed or anxious, here's this one way that you might
be able to improve. Turn your phone off for one day,
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no contact, no social media, no work. Your mental health
will improve dramatically. You can hang out with friends, you
can go for a walk, but don't work.
Speaker 10 (48:32):
For one day.
Speaker 13 (48:32):
That is a day for worship, That is a day
for the Lord. That is a day to go be
with God. That is a day to read your Bible
and be out of the busyness and the hurried, hurriedness
and the that is the anger and the noise of
this world. Go back to God's natural rhythm. And it's
made our family much tighter knit.
Speaker 1 (48:52):
Wow, just really wow. To some that may sound hard,
maybe even impossible to do, especially on a weekly basis.
And Charlie himself said that in that same video that
honoring the Sabbath might look different for some people, and frankly,
that's okay. I think the gist really here is that
taking a day of rest can truly work. Wonders Now.
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As for the book, it will be available on December ninth,
as previously stated, but it's also available for pre order
now through both Amazon and Barnes and Noble. And that
concludes today's broadcast. We truly hope you enjoyed it, and
remember we always want to hear from you, so please
email your feedback and any news stories you'd like us
(49:36):
to cover to the Real Story ATAM dot com, and
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an So, until we meet again, God bless you, God
bless our troops, and God bless America.
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