29 SEPT 2025: DC Shutdown // Troops to Portland // An Era of US Violence // Dirty Cops & Spies // Guatemalan Kids, Taiwan's Freedom, Battle for the Pacific, Good Medical News!
The Wright Report
Bryan Dean Wright
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🗓️ 29 September 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this Monday Headline Brief of The Wright Report, we cover the tragic LDS church attack in Michigan, Trump's budget showdown in Washington, new federal action against Antifa, updates on James Comey and John Brennan, immigration battles over Guatemalan children, China's deepening grip on the Pacific, and promising medical research out of California.
Quick hits to launch your week with the facts shaping America and the world.
Michigan LDS Church Attack:
A man drove his car into an LDS church, set it ablaze, and killed members at gunpoint. At least 11 were shot and three are confirmed dead. Early reports suggest the killer's mother was a church member. Bryan calls it "a very hard morning in Michigan" and urges prayers for the families.
Trump's Budget Showdown and Supreme Court Ruling:
With a government shutdown looming, Trump meets lawmakers knowing he holds the stronger hand. "Trump wins in either case," the Washington Post observed, since a shutdown gives him unilateral power to cut programs and staff. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court ruled he can withhold $4 billion in foreign aid, pushing executive power back to Jeffersonian levels.
Antifa Declared Terror Group and Troops Sent to Portland:
Days after Trump designated Antifa as domestic terrorists, he ordered 2,000 National Guardsmen to Portland. "I am authorizing Full Force, if necessary," Trump posted, after repeated ICE attacks. AG Pam Bondi said, "We're witnessing a new era of political violence," vowing to use Joint Terrorism Task Forces to dismantle leftist extremists.
Comey Indictment and Brennan Warnings:
James Comey's indictment centers on whether he lied under oath about leaking FBI documents. His own lawyer admitted to helping him "get information out" to the press. Trump says "there will be others" prosecuted, with Brennan admitting he may be next but insisting his actions were "consistent with the law."
Guatemalan Parents Reject Their Children:
Tens of thousands of kids trafficked north under Biden remain in U.S. custody after Guatemalan parents refused to take them back. Bryan asks if taxpayers should now become "the world's orphanage."
China Expands Grip in the Pacific:
Trump considers shifting U.S. policy to "oppose" Taiwanese independence, aligning closer with Xi. Beijing secured a policing deal in Vanuatu and continues buying influence in the Solomons. Reuters reports China is even training villagers to spy on neighbors, reviving Mao-era tactics.
Medical News from California:
UC Irvine and UC San Diego researchers reversed vision loss in mice using polyunsaturated fatty acid injections, opening potential therapies for age-related macular degeneration. Bryan jokes, "If you're the first to ditch reader glasses, I demand you tell me about it."
"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32
Keywords: Michigan LDS church shooting fire, Trump government shutdown budget fight, Supreme Court foreign aid ruling, Antifa domestic terror Portland National Guard, AG Pam Bondi political violence JTTF, James Comey indictment leaks oath, John Brennan CIA Russia ICA testimony, Guatemalan migrant children deportation refusal, Trump Taiwan independence oppose policy, China policing deal Vanuatu Solomon Islands influence, UC Irvine UC San Diego macular degeneration fatty acids
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| 0:00.0 | It's September 29th. I'm Brian Dean Wright, former CIA operations officer, and this is The Wright Report. |
| 0:13.2 | A good day to you, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Right Report, Your Daily News, podcast. |
| 0:23.1 | It's our Monday headline brief, heavy on news, lighter on analysis, launching us into the new week with events that, as ever, are shaping America and the world. |
| 0:32.8 | We begin with domestic news this morning, starting with breaking events from Michigan. |
| 0:38.5 | A man drove his car into an LDS church yesterday, setting at a fire and killing people at gunpoint. The early report |
| 0:43.7 | suggests that the killer's mom, she was a church member, and he had actually attended services |
| 0:48.0 | there. At least 11 people were shot, three were killed as of this recording. We're going to come |
| 0:54.0 | back to this, |
| 0:54.5 | folks, as we learn more. But boy, let us pray this morning for the souls of the dead, |
| 0:59.0 | certainly and the families that remain behind. It is going to be a very, very hard morning in |
| 1:04.0 | Michigan today. We move on now to the latest in Washington, D.C. It is countdown to a government |
| 1:09.9 | shutdown this morning with President |
| 1:11.4 | Trump in the driver's seat. The Washington Post and the Walls Free Journal report that the president |
| 1:16.5 | is set to meet with both Republican and Democrat leaders from Capitol Hill today at the White |
| 1:21.4 | House. On the agenda, the federal government is set to shut down this coming Wednesday at 12.01 a.m. |
| 1:28.9 | If the House and the Senate can't agree on a funding bill, either for a few more months or another year. The House passed a bill a |
| 1:34.5 | couple weeks ago, but Senate Democrats continue to reject it. They're demanding an additional |
| 1:39.0 | $1 trillion in spending trying to reverse President Trump's triple B bill that passed in July. |
| 1:45.2 | That, of course, is a non-starter for the president, so he is bringing all the folks to the |
| 1:49.4 | White House, trying for a last-minute long-shot conversation, which will probably just be |
| 1:54.9 | more about theater than solving anything. |
| 1:57.1 | If so, that's probably just fine with the president. Because as the Washington Post noted, |
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