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AGR - Louisiana Edition

AGR - Louisiana Edition

著者： American Ground Radio
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 Join Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr on American Ground Radio - Louisiana Edition as they delve deep into the heartbeat of Louisiana, serving up a gumbo of local and statewide news, and political opinion to boot.


Whether you're in NOLA or Natchitoches, Minden or Moss Bluff, grab a seat and savor not just the spicy Louisiana politics, but also the company of friends and family that make this place we call home.





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  • Mike Johnson, Political Violence, and the Fight for America’s Soul

    Mike Johnson, Political Violence, and the Fight for America’s Soul
    2026/05/11
    This episode opens with an explosive showdown inside the Louisiana State Capitol as the fight over congressional redistricting turns into a screaming match over race, representation, and the Constitution itself. After the United States Supreme Court ruled Louisiana’s current congressional maps unconstitutional for relying too heavily on racial preferences, lawmakers gathered in Baton Rouge to begin drawing new maps — and tensions immediately boiled over. We break down the heated exchange between State Senators Jay Morris and Gary Carter, the role Congressman Cleo Fields has played in escalating racial rhetoric around the maps, and the larger constitutional question at the center of the debate: should race determine representation in America? We ask the uncomfortable question many politicians refuse to answer — if these districts are truly about race and not party power, why are Black Republicans routinely rejected by the very people demanding “representation”?

    We also examine the deeper implications of identity politics in modern America, why the Supreme Court’s Calais decision is forcing states to rethink race-based districting, and why so much of the public debate seems disconnected from the actual constitutional standards courts are applying. Louis and Stephen argue that representative government only works if Americans believe elected officials can represent all constituents — regardless of race — and discuss why dividing the country into racial political blocs may be doing more long-term damage than anyone wants to admit.

    In our Top 3, Louisiana lawmakers officially begin the process of redrawing congressional maps after the Supreme Court ruling, with no final decisions yet reached after a chaotic first hearing. Then the New Orleans Police Department announces sweeping payroll reforms after multiple overtime fraud investigations uncovered officers claiming overtime while allegedly working second jobs — or worse. And Governor Jeff Landry orders flags flown at half-staff across Louisiana in honor of 17-year-old Martha Elizabeth Odom, the innocent bystander killed during a gang-related shooting at the Mall of Louisiana just weeks before her high school graduation and planned enrollment at the University of Tennessee.

    We also tackle the growing concern over political rhetoric and political violence in America after President Trump accused Democrat leaders of helping create a climate that encourages unstable individuals to justify violence. We discuss Hakeem Jeffries’ “maximum warfare” comments, the broader pattern of inflammatory language in American politics, and the constitutional line between protected speech and unlawful incitement. How many assassination attempts does it take before people start taking rhetoric seriously?

    Later in the show, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson delivers a powerful National Day of Prayer speech defending faith, prayer, and the idea that America’s rights come not from government, but from God. We talk about why the founders believed faith mattered in public life, why communism and atheistic government systems historically go hand in hand, and why Johnson’s unapologetic defense of religious liberty stands out in modern politics.

    We also cover Senator Marsha Blackburn’s call for a full investigation into the Secret Service after a string of scandals, misconduct allegations, and security failures connected to agents and personnel within the agency. While acknowledging the difficult work done by the overwhelming majority of agents, we ask whether years of politicization, poor leadership, and lowered standards have damaged one of the most important federal agencies in the country.

    Plus, a lighter moment with the newly released list of America’s most popular baby names, debate over whether names like Viviana are about to surge in popularity, and a bizarre but serious report involving multiple Disney employees arrested during a federal child exploitation operation — raising difficult questions about vetting employees in organizations centered around children.
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  • Private Property Rights, Luke Skywalker's Hypocrisy, and Marco Rubio's Best Speech

    Private Property Rights, Luke Skywalker's Hypocrisy, and Marco Rubio's Best Speech
    2026/05/08
    We open with a story that cuts to the heart of what it means to be a conservative — Louisiana's carbon capture fight has evolved from an environmental policy debate into a fundamental test of whether Republican elected officials actually believe in private property rights when money is on the table. We break down Governor Landry's new position that no one can take your land for carbon storage, Senator Kennedy's declaration that private property rights are sacrosanct, and why we think the governor is dancing on a political tightrope between the industrial interests he's courted and the landowners in Livingston, Tangipahoe, and St. Helena who are fighting back. We also explain what the blue tag actually is — the carbon equivalent of papal indulgences — why there is no free market for carbon capture, and why the only reason this industry exists in Louisiana is an $80-per-ton federal government subsidy.

    In our Top 3, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated its own previous ruling that Louisiana's state House and Senate district maps violated the Voting Rights Act — meaning Louisiana keeps its current maps and the Republican supermajorities in both chambers remain intact. Then former Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory pleaded not guilty to malfeasance in office charges stemming from his alleged unauthorized relocation of a spoil bank along the Vermilion River — and we note the unusual nature of one parish bringing criminal charges against the mayor of another. And Bossier Parish Community College is launching a new AI-powered computer programming pilot program in partnership with the Louisiana Department of Education — featuring one-to-one tutoring, adaptive exercises, and automated grading.

    We also dig into Louisiana gas prices — which jumped 22 cents in a single week to $4.02 a gallon, a painful reminder that energy costs ripple through everything from grocery store shelves to diesel-powered delivery trucks to school buses. We make the comparison most people aren't making — Joe Biden drove gas to these levels without a war in Iran, so imagine where we'd be today if Trump hadn't ramped up domestic energy production first.

    In our Digging Deep segment, following the murder at the Mall of Louisiana, State Senator Alan Sebaugh has proposed expanding Louisiana's capital murder statute to include three new categories — murder committed while on parole in violation of a specific court restriction, murder committed using a firearm by someone already prohibited by law from possessing one, and murder committed in a public place with knowing reckless disregard for three or more bystanders. We walk through each scenario, debate whether capital punishment is actually a deterrent, and make the case that if we're going to have the death penalty, it should at minimum mean something.

    We also cover the Mexican Army soldiers who stood and watched — doing nothing — as a drug cartel opened fire on a funeral procession in front of them. We explain why this isn't just a crime problem or corruption problem anymore — it's the erosion of state authority itself, and what it looks like when a cartel outguns and outmans the national army.

    Marco Rubio stepped in as White House press secretary for a day while Caroline Leavitt is on maternity leave — and was asked what his hope for America is. We play the answer in full because it may be one of the most articulate defenses of American exceptionalism delivered by any public figure since Ronald Reagan. Anyone from anywhere can achieve anything. Not get anything. Achieve anything. We unpack every line.

    Then we turn to Mark Hamill — Luke Skywalker himself — who posted imagery fantasizing about President Trump living just long enough to be politically destroyed, disgraced, imprisoned, and humiliated, with an image of Trump's grave and headstone. We call it what it is — reckless, dangerous, and deeply hypocritical from the same cultural class that has spent years lecturing conservatives about their rhetoric. And we make the case using Star Wars lore — if Luke Skywalker could say there is good in Darth Vader, the most iconic film villain in history, why can't Mark Hamill find it in himself to extend even a fraction of that grace to a real human being?

    And we close with the Epstein purported suicide note released by a federal judge — which has not been authenticated, may have been written by his cellmate Nicholas Tartaglione who was in prison for murder, and shares a phrase with another confirmed Epstein document. We discuss what the handwriting tells us, what it doesn't, and why no amount of documentation is going to stop the conspiracy theories either way.
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  • Power Causes Brain Damage, Sports Gambling Is a Tax on Stupidity, and Los Angeles Has More Mosquitoes Than New Orleans

    Power Causes Brain Damage, Sports Gambling Is a Tax on Stupidity, and Los Angeles Has More Mosquitoes Than New Orleans
    2026/05/08
    We open with a Louisiana legislative story that doesn't get nearly enough attention — House Bill 225 has passed the Louisiana House 74 to 23, proposing a constitutional amendment that would prevent governors from serving more than two terms total, whether consecutive or not. We dig into why this matters, why the Longs and the Edwards represent exactly the kind of concentrated political power the founders never intended, why power causes brain damage regardless of party affiliation, and why the bill's biggest weakness is that the legislature is willing to put term limits on the governor but not on themselves. We also push back on the argument that this is all just about stopping John Bel Edwards — and explain why true principle requires applying the same standard to the people writing the law.

    We also get former Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Scott Angelle on the phone to talk about May 1st — St. Joseph the Worker Day, a recognition he helped shepherd through the Louisiana legislature in 2021 and which has since been adopted by Wisconsin, with Texas in talks to follow. Scott explains why this isn't a day off but a day on — a day to see the truck driver, the nurse, the teacher, the energy worker, and the restaurant worker, and to say out loud that what they do matters. He talks about dignity, about the P's of St. Joseph — protector, provider, prudent, peaceful, patient, and prayerful — and why a country where more people pull the wagon than ride in it would be a fundamentally better country for everyone.

    In our Top 3 Things You Need to Know, the lawsuit over the closing of Como High School in Lafayette has been dismissed after the school board rescinded their initial closure vote — but the district may try again since the school is operating at less than 40% capacity and must now pay the plaintiffs' legal fees. Then the Southern University System presidential search is running behind schedule, with the search committee missing its May 12th deadline and no new timeline yet announced. And Jefferson Parish schools logged nearly 2,000 incidents in March alone where buses failed to show up for assigned routes — leaving roughly 88 routes uncovered every single day — while the district says it has been losing bus drivers and March was an outlier.

    The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has approved updated K-12 English Language Arts Standards that bring back cursive writing — and we make the case that this is more important than it sounds. Handwriting forces the brain to slow down, organize thoughts, and engage muscle memory in ways that typing cannot replicate. And if students can't read cursive, they cannot read the Declaration of Independence. You cannot know what America stands for if you cannot read what America was built on.

    We also play former Congresswoman Katie Porter's new California governor's campaign ad — which features her adult son moving back to her couch because he can't find a job, and her solution is to stand up to Donald Trump and get tough on greedy corporations. We ask the obvious questions. What does Donald Trump have to do with the California high-speed rail that goes nowhere, the homelessness crisis, the Palisades fires, the highest gas taxes in the country, or the regulatory burden that's driving businesses to Texas? None of it. Every problem she named was created by the party she's a member of. And the solution she offers — stepping on toes — is apparently fine when Democrats do it but fascism when Trump does.

    We dig into Warren Buffett's characterization of sports gambling as a tax on stupidity — specifically his argument that nearly $3 billion in tax revenue generated by sports books in 2025 is ultimately money that working-class Americans are losing instead of saving or investing. We talk about why the house always wins, why the entire system is mathematically designed to extract money from the people who can least afford to lose it, and why President Trump's new IRA savings program is exactly the opposite instinct.

    We also cover a new Associated Press poll showing that 61% of Americans — six out of ten — are worried that native-born Americans are losing their economic, political, and cultural influence because of immigration. We make the case that this is not a racial concern — it's a cultural one — and explain why there is a meaningful difference between welcoming newcomers and asking them to assimilate into the ideas that make America worth coming to in the first place.

    And just for fun, we play Orkin's 2026 list of the most mosquito-infested cities in America — and spend an unreasonable amount of time being offended that New Orleans, built in an actual swamp, didn't even make the top 20 while Los Angeles, which has no standing water and no lakes, came in at number one. Washington D.C. made the list. We were not surprised.
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