Weekly Battleground Buzz

New episode out now!

Breaking Battlegrounds

Aug 22, 2025

🚨 New Breaking Battlegrounds episode is out! Stream it now on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Listen here

Hello, Friends of the Airwaves!

Stay informed and engaged with Breaking Battlegrounds
August 22, 2025

Did you know on August 22, 1851, the schooner America defeated Britain in a yacht race, giving its name to the America’s Cup, the world’s oldest international sporting trophy still contested today?

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds, we kick things off with U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt to discuss his new book, The Last Line of Defense: How to Beat the Left in Court. Senator Schmitt also shares his perspective on President Trump bringing peace around the world and highlights his success in securing a historic FBI investment to combat violent crime in St. Louis. Next, Mariam Wahba of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies unpacks Egypt’s war against the world’s oldest Christian monastery, the country’s record-setting gas deal with Israel, and the rising threat of antisemitic attacks to U.S. national security. Then, Matthew Putnam of the National Taxpayers Union joins to discuss his article, Don’t Undermine 40 Years of Success with Tax Hikes. We wrap up with financial expert Gary Gygi, who breaks down today’s markets and what comes next. It’s an episode you won’t want to miss.

Listen here

Joe Biden threw open the border to rig the census — and elections for Democrats

We know that the Biden administration deliberately broke the border and ushered in over 20 million illegal aliens, at a huge cost to the nation’s social welfare system, and with a reckless disregard for potential criminality and terrorism.

Exactly why it did it has always been the burning question.

A new Rasmussen poll gives us a clue: It’s the census.

Learn more

Egypt’s War Against the World’s Oldest Christian Monastery

St. Catherine’s Monastery, 275 miles from Cairo in the depths of the Sinai desert, is the world’s oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery. It is also one of Christianity’s oldest institutions, built at the foot of the mountain where Moses is believed to have seen the burning bush and subsequently received the Ten Commandments. Run by Greek Orthodox monks—some 25 of them live there today—it has served as a sanctuary of worship, refuge, and scholarship for more than 1,500 years.

Kentucky judge killed by sheriff ran courthouse like ‘brothel’ — and traded sex for favors at twisted parties: victim

The rural Kentucky judge gunned down in his own chambers last year ran a twisted sex ring in which young women were coaxed into performing sexual favors just to get out of trouble, one of the alleged victims claims.

Murder-suicide probed in death of four family members in Madbury home

A school psychologist from Oyster River Middle School, his wife and two children were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds in their Madbury home Monday night in what investigators called a possible murder-suicide.

Three children - all under the age of three - led cops to scene of parents’ murder-suicide while looking for food

A man and woman, both 26, were found dead Monday in what police say was likely a murder-suicide at an apartment complex in west Houston, KHOU 11 reported. The couple’s small children — who are ages 3, 2, and 1 — were found sitting outside an apartment complex looking for food, investigators said.

These Silly Signs Are One Man’s Campaign Against His ‘Anti-Fun’ City

In a provincial English city, a man has taken it upon himself to address what he referred to as a “fun deficit” in town.

By placing humorous signs in the style of public notices and road signs around town, he hopes they will disarm people into seeing issues in a new perspective, whether that’s the fun he focuses on, or poorly managed roads.

Chichester is located in West Sussex, and was actually found in one study to be ranked as the best place to live in the historic county. However, the “Chichester Anti-Recreation Partnership” or CARP, as he refers to himself, says there are significant shortfalls in the amount of things that could be construed by any reasonable person as “fun.”

“I absolutely adore Chichester,” CARP told the BBC, explaining his modus operandai. “But it does have some notable gaps—particularly when it comes to fun and things for younger people to do.”

Attempting to brighten up the place, he has for some months been placing trick signs, noting for example that one was entering a “formal attire only zone” or a “coffee control area” monitored between 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

“Humor has this unique ability to disarm people—it lowers their defenses and allows them to consider issues from a fresh perspective,” he said. “It reframes problems in a way that’s more approachable and less confrontational, which makes it easier to get your message across and spark discussions.”