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Badlands Media Special Coverage - National Christmas Tree Lighting 12/4/25

Badlands Media presents full coverage of the 2025 National Christmas Tree Lighting, where President Trump and First Lady Melania lead a joyful, tradition-filled ceremony from President’s Park. The event opens with tributes to U.S. service members around the world before the First Family arrives to light the iconic tree in a festive countdown. President Trump delivers a wide-ranging Christmas message celebrating faith, gratitude, and national renewal, highlighting America’s secure border, booming economy, and a wave of newly brokered peace agreements, including that day’s historic settlement between Rwanda and Congo. Joined by Vice President J.D. Vance, Cabinet officials, international guests, and public figures like Wayne Gretzky, the ceremony blends reverence with celebration as Trump reflects on the biblical meaning of Christmas, honors military heroes and first responders, and praises the National Park Service and evening performers. The night captures a unifying moment of holiday spirit, national pride, and global significance as the tree illuminates the season for millions.

Quite Frankly Ep. 32 – Regenerative Farming, Malachi Martin, and a Night of Deep-Dive Conversations

Frankie Val returns after a rain-soaked Liberation Day trip to Yankee Stadium and kicks off a packed Thursday night with guest nutritionist Jay Gulanello before welcoming regenerative rancher Eric Perner. Together they explore how soil health, cattle stewardship, and land management can restore ecosystems, and why true conservation has been hijacked by centralized environmentalism. In the second half, Frankie shifts gears into a long-form conversation with Timothy Gordon and author Robert Morrow Jr. to discuss Morrow’s new book Malachi Martin: In the Shadows of the Vatican. The trio digs into Martin’s alleged covert work, Vatican intrigue, demonic encounters, the Third Secret of Fatima, Windswept House, and the shadow battles shaping the modern Church. With trademark humor, cozy storytelling, audience interaction, and open phone lines, Frankie blends personal moments, theology, geopolitics, and cultural commentary into an energetic, wide-ranging episode that moves from baseball and birthdays to exorcisms, espionage, and the collapse of institutional trust.

Badlands Media Special Coverage - Signing Ceremony with Rwanda and Congo 12/4/25

Badlands Media presents full special-event coverage as President Trump hosts the historic signing of the Washington Accords between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, a landmark peace agreement ending more than 30 years of violent conflict that claimed over 10 million lives. Speaking from the newly inaugurated U.S. Institute of Peace building, Trump highlights the courage of both nations' leaders, the role of American diplomacy, and the broad regional support behind the accord. The ceremony features statements from Presidents Kagame and Tshisekedi, as well as leaders from Angola, Burundi, Kenya, Uganda, Qatar, the UAE, and the African Union, each underscoring the significance of the agreement for stability, economic integration, and global development. Trump also announces bilateral U.S. agreements expanding critical-minerals partnerships and major American investment in Africa’s resource and energy sectors. This special coverage captures the full event, from opening remarks to the signing moment, documenting a rare diplomatic breakthrough with global implications.

Taking It Back Ep. 114 – Fraud Fallout, Immigration Overhaul, and the Pipe Bomb Breakthrough

Zak Paine and Adel Nero return after a month away with a rapid-fire deep dive into one of the busiest news cycles in recent memory. They unpack the massive Somali-linked fraud networks exposed in Minnesota, spanning EBT, Medicaid, Medicare, welfare programs, and dirty voter rolls, and explore how the corruption implicates state leadership while triggering nationwide audits that could reshape the entire system. The conversation widens into immigration reform, H1B visa abuse, and the administration’s sweeping moves to shut down welfare-based migration. Zak and Adel then break down Trump’s viral “retarded” tweet aimed at Tim Walz, the left’s meltdown, and the larger narrative war erupting around it. From there, they dig into the long-delayed arrest of the January 6 pipe-bomb suspect, analyzing why the Biden DOJ sat on key evidence for years and what the new investigation signals. The episode closes with sharp commentary on AI, economic disruption, MTG’s fallout with Trump, rogue judges undermining policy, and the growing collapse of deep-state funding pipelines, from drug ratlines to NGO grifts.

The Choice: Invitations (S1E7)

In this episode of The Choice, Ashe and Ghost break from the usual scene-by-scene structure to dive deep into the two central arcs of Episode 7 of The Chosen: Matthew’s unraveling identity crisis and Nicodemus’s life-altering encounter with Jesus. Wrestling with logic, faith, and the cost of transformation, Matthew reaches a breaking point that sends him searching for answers from the only people who once understood him, while Nicodemus faces a collision between status, duty, and the truth he can no longer ignore. Ashe and Ghost explore how these stories echo the tension between obedience and ego, expectation and revelation, and how the episode uses these characters to illuminate the meaning of faith itself. Along the way, they discuss symbolism, Scripture, character motivations, and the emotional stakes that make this one of the standout episodes of Season 1

The Daily Herold: 12/4/25 - BomberGait, SignalGate, and other Gayts

Jon Herold unpacks a chaotic news day, opening with the long-awaited arrest of the January 6 pipe-bomb suspect and the FBI’s self-congratulatory press conference that raised more questions than answers. He contrasts the new details with Blaze Media’s earlier “gait-analysis” claims and digs into how investigators actually identified the suspect after years of stagnation. Jon then turns to the latest SignalGate developments as the Pentagon clashes with media over leaks, IG reports, and Secretary Hegseth’s use of messaging apps, highlighting the political theater and hypocrisy on all sides. The show shifts into election discourse as Jon dismantles the flood of excuses circulating online about why “the midterms will be lost,” arguing that none of them address the real issue of systemic election fraud. Along the way, he covers Mike Lindell’s potential run for Minnesota governor, questionable commutations and pardons, New York Times suing the Pentagon, and a wave of new layoffs that contradict the “everything is fine” narrative. Funny, sharp, and fed up with the noise, Jon delivers another candid breakdown of the headlines everyone else gets wrong.

Badlands Daily: 12/4/25 – Biden’s Pipe Bomb Narrative, Pentagon Chaos, and the Race to Control the Story

In this fast-moving episode of Badlands Daily, CannCon opens the show solo as Alpha once again runs on “Alpha Time,” (feel free to give him a hard time) but the delay doesn’t slow the breakdown of a chaotic news cycle. The hosts dig into the FBI’s sudden announcement of a January 6 pipe bomb arrest, an arrest with no details, no transparency, and plenty of political timing. As legacy media pushes a tidy narrative, CannCon and Alpha unpack the contradictions, the leaks, and the conveniently shifting storylines surrounding the case. The conversation expands into the Venezuelan drug-boat strike, the Pentagon’s evolving explanations, Signal-gate, and the inspector general’s findings that quietly undercut the manufactured outrage about Secretary Hegseth’s messaging practices. From media narratives to geopolitical manipulation to the increasingly obvious collapse of institutional credibility, this episode traces how the story is being shaped, and why.

Devolution Power Hour Ep. 412 - Monroe Doctrine Signals, Durham Doubts, and Narrative Warfare

Jon Herold and Burning Bright break down a marathon night of geopolitical signaling and narrative chaos, starting with Trump’s new “corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine and what it reveals about American sovereignty, foreign interference, and the shifting definition of the modern empire. Their conversation quickly turns to Paul Sperry’s explosive report alleging that key Trump-era officials, Barr, Durham, Pompeo, Bolton, and Haspel, may have buried intelligence that could have blown up Russiagate, raising new questions about Durham’s choices and whether the ICA review was intentionally suppressed. Jon and BB debate the credibility of anonymous sourcing, the necessity of bicameral thinking, and the dangers of narratives designed to demoralize the MAGA base. They move through Venezuela strikes, war-crime framing, the SignalGate leak, and competing media “takedowns,” illustrating how information warfare now operates across every institution. With humor, flu-ridden rambling, and sharp analysis, the duo show how sovereignty, declassification, foreign policy, and controlled opposition threads all collide at once, and why discernment is more important than ever.

Altered State S4 Ep. 6 – Immigration Firestorm, Minnesota Fraud, and the Narco-War Debate

Brad Zerbo and Zak Paine deliver a wild, unfiltered episode that jumps from mic mishaps and birthday celebrations to one of Trump’s most hard-hitting immigration monologues yet, sparking a fiery discussion about Somali communities, assimilation, and political manipulation in Minnesota. They dig into the massive Feeding Our Future fraud scandal and challenge the roles of Tim Walz, Keith Ellison, and Ilhan Omar in enabling or ignoring a $240 million grift. From there, the hosts break down the political spin around the U.S. blowing up narco-boats in the Caribbean, calling out lawmakers who defend traffickers while Americans die from cartel-driven drug pipelines. Brad and Zak weave in history, corruption, federal failures, and their own lived experiences as they compare past immigrant communities, examine Antifa contradictions, and react to the escalating fight over border security and national identity, all with their signature humor, tangents, and real-talk energy.

The Shipwreck Show Ep. 31: Creatures of the Cold: A Night of Cryptids with Abbey from Badlands

Tonight we’re stepping straight into the shadows with guest host Abbey from Badlands as we dive into the legends that refuse to die. From Krampus lurking in the winter dark to Bigfoot and the Yeti roaming the forests and mountains, all the way to the shape-shifting, soul-stealing Kushtaka of Alaska… these stories have survived for a reason.
Where do these creatures come from? Why do cultures around the world describe the same beings? And what do these myths say about us?
Grab a blanket, turn the lights down, and join us for a night of folklore, fear, and the possibility that maybe—just maybe—these monsters aren’t just stories.