Gene Valentino, Amy Peikoff & Hung Cao on State of the Nation - 15 May 2024

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: The GrassRoots TruthCast, created by former Escambia County Florida Commissioner Gene Valentino, is a weekly broadcast from Pensacola, Florida.
Gene, an investment entrepreneur and avid pilot, is a founding member of VeriJet charter aviation and serves on the company’s Board of Directors. When he’s not in studio, Gene can usually be found in the skies over the Gulf of Mexico piloting his ICON A5. Twitter/X: @GeneValentino

GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Amy Peikoff serves as the Chief Policy Officer of BitChute, a video sharing platform serving millions of U.S. users. She is closely monitoring the developments in the House and Senate regarding the potential reauthorization or reform of FISA Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. Section 702 permits warrantless interception, collection, storage, and queries of communications related to "foreign intelligence information," allowing the government to conduct warrantless surveillance of both foreigners and Americans.

GUEST 3 OVERVIEW: Hung Cao, is author of Call Me an American, is a candidate for U.S. Senate in Virginia. Retired Navy Captain. Cao came to the US in 1975 after escaping Vietnam days before the fall of Saigon. He and his family moved to West Africa, where he spent most of his youth, before he returned to the States at the age of twelve to pursue an American education, later earning acceptance to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. He went on to graduate from the Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering. He has received his master’s degree in Applied Physics from the Naval Postgraduate School and fellowships at MIT and Harvard. A Bronze Star recipient, Deep Sea Diver, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer, Hung conducted high-profile salvage operations including the recovery of John F. Kennedy Jr., the Civil War Ironclad USS Monitor, and servicemembers killed during military operations. Hung retired after twenty-five years of service to his beloved adopted country and is currently a Vice President at a Fortune 500 company. Hung became the GOP nominee for Virginia’s tenth congressional district in May 2022 after sweeping a crowded eleven-way primary. He is the proud father of five children and has been married to his wife, April, for over twenty-five years