VORA Podcast

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• BKP Pol­i­tics, episode 284: Comey Cryp­tic Post, Trump’s Peace Push, Birthright Cit­i­zen­ship, Parental Rights May 16, 2025
  For­mer FBI Direc­tor James Comey faces back­lash over a cryp­tic Insta­gram post show­ing seashells arranged as “8647,” inter­pret­ed by crit­ics as a cod­ed threat against Pres­i­dent Trump, the 47th pres­i­dent. The term “86” is slang for elim­i­na­tion, spark­ing out­rage and calls for Comey’s arrest from Trump allies, who dis­miss his claim of inno­cence. Mean­while, Trump, […]
• The Geor­gia Hour, episode 80: Geor­gia GOP Chair Elec­tion 2025: David Cross vs. Josh McK­oon May 16, 2025
  The Geor­gia GOP chair elec­tion on June 7, 2025, in Dal­ton is a piv­otal moment to reshape the party’s future in Geor­gia. Del­e­gates must ral­ly to vote for David Cross, Lisa Pierce, Norine Can­tor, Lau­rie McClaine, and Cindy Nixon to chal­lenge the entrenched pow­er struc­ture led by Bri­an Kemp, empow­ered by Josh McK­oon. McK­oon claims […]
• BKP Pol­i­tics, episode 283: Trump Mid­dle East Trip: Sau­di Deals, Syr­ia Sanc­tions, Qatar Base, Iran Nuclear Talks May 15, 2025
  Pres­i­dent Trump’s Mid­dle East tour, vis­it­ing Sau­di Ara­bia, Qatar, and the UAE, has sparked con­tro­ver­sy and sig­nif­i­cant devel­op­ments. Secur­ing a $600B Sau­di invest­ment and a $200B Boe­ing deal with Qatar, Trump aims to bol­ster U.S. eco­nom­ic ties while strength­en­ing mil­i­tary pres­ence at Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base through a new 10-year deal. His deci­sion to […]
• The Geor­gia Hour, episode 79: Geor­gia Repub­li­can Par­ty Finan­cial Trans­paren­cy Issues: GAGOP Refunds, FEC Reports May 15, 2025
  The Geor­gia Repub­li­can Par­ty (GAGOP) faces scruti­ny over finan­cial trans­paren­cy, with 140 refund trans­ac­tions total­ing $28,149 from June 2023 to ear­ly 2025, many unmatched to con­tri­bu­tions. Over 52 indi­vid­u­als received mul­ti­ple refunds, some up to four, includ­ing non-donors, rais­ing con­cerns about mis­man­age­ment. At a Chero­kee Repub­li­can Par­ty can­di­date forum, David Cross empha­sized audit­ing GAGOP finances […]
• BKP Pol­i­tics, episode 282: : Trump’s Qatar Vis­it, Syr­ia Sanc­tions Lift­ed, Tar­iffs Ease Infla­tion Fears May 14, 2025
  Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump’s Mid­dle East trip, mov­ing from Sau­di Ara­bia to Qatar, high­lights a shift toward diplo­ma­cy and eco­nom­ic deals, includ­ing a $600B Sau­di invest­ment. Despite ear­li­er fears of tar­iffs caus­ing a reces­sion, emp­ty shelves, and a col­laps­ing stock mar­ket, the April CPI report shows infla­tion cool­ing to its low­est since 2021. Media warn­ings of […]
• The Geor­gia Hour, episode 78: David Cross for GA GOP Chair­man: Elec­tion Integri­ty, Trans­paren­cy, and Par­ty Uni­fi­ca­tion in 2026 May 14, 2025
  David Cross, a ded­i­cat­ed advo­cate for elec­tion integri­ty, is run­ning for Geor­gia GOP Chair­man against incum­bent Josh McK­oon to lead the par­ty into the crit­i­cal 2026 elec­tions. With Don­ald Trump absent from the bal­lot, Cross empha­sizes a strate­gic plan to ener­gize vot­ers and rebuild the frac­tured GA GOP. Hav­ing cam­paigned for 2nd Vice Chair in […]
• BKP Pol­i­tics, episode 281: Trump Sau­di Ara­bia Vis­it 2025, Qatar Jet, Ossoff 2026, Debt Lim­it Bill, Drug Prices May 13, 2025
  Pres­i­dent Trump’s 2025 Mid­dle East trip to Sau­di Ara­bia, Qatar, and the UAE, mir­ror­ing his first term’s ini­tial vis­it, tar­gets $1 tril­lion in invest­ments, with Elon Musk and Sam Alt­man join­ing. Sau­di Ara­bia pledged $600 bil­lion, includ­ing a $142 bil­lion defense agree­ment. Qatar’s offer of a lux­u­ry Boe­ing 747 for Air Force One sparks con­tro­ver­sy, […]
• The Geor­gia Hour, episode 77: GRA Endorse­ments Have McK­oon Zom­bies Call­ing In Troops May 13, 2025
  Josh McK­oon, cur­rent GA GOP chair­man, faces re-elec­tion in June 2025 amid con­tro­ver­sy. Crit­ics argue McK­oon lacks a clear plan, rely­ing on Trump’s 2024 suc­cess while GA GOP Inc. alleged­ly did lit­tle. Rur­al and major coun­ty GOP chairs, along­side Trump 47 and RNC teams, drove vic­to­ries, not McKoon’s lead­er­ship. Alle­ga­tions of elec­tion rig­ging sur­face, with […]
• The Geor­gia Hour, episode 76: GA GOP Finan­cial Con­tro­ver­sy, GRA Endorse­ments, McK­oon 0–6 May 12, 2025
  Last Thurs­day, GA GOP Chair Josh McK­oon addressed finan­cial scruti­ny on the John Fred­er­icks show, dis­miss­ing a $479 Alloy Per­son­al charge as a card error, insist­ing expens­es are report­ed to the exec­u­tive com­mit­tee. He empha­sizes “finan­cial review” over audit, rais­ing trans­paren­cy con­cerns. Deb­bie Doo­ley skipped the GRA endorse­ment con­ven­tion, spread­ing a dis­put­ed nar­ra­tive. McK­oon and […]
• BKP Pol­i­tics, episode 280: Geor­gia Sen­ate Race 2026 and Trump Trade Realign­ment May 12, 2025
  The 2026 Geor­gia Sen­ate race heats up. Bri­an Kemp’s deci­sion to skip the Sen­ate race sparks spec­u­la­tion about secret Trump meet­ings in Val­dos­ta and poten­tial White House talks. Mar­jorie Tay­lor Greene exits the race, while Bud­dy Carter and John King emerge as can­di­dates. For GOP chair, David Cross wins the GRA endorse­ment over Josh McK­oon, […]
• The Geor­gia Hour, episode 75: Josh McK­oon Geor­gia GOP Cor­rup­tion: Uni­ty or Cov­er-Up? May 9, 2025
  This explo­sive pod­cast episode dives into the swirling con­tro­ver­sies sur­round­ing Geor­gia Repub­li­can Par­ty Chair­man Josh McK­oon, accused of finan­cial impro­pri­eties and cor­rup­tion. BKP dis­sect­ed claims that McKoon’s push for “uni­ty” masks a cov­er-up of ques­tion­able expens­es, includ­ing per­son­al train­er fees, Scotts­dale AZ bar tabs, a tram­po­line park, home decor, and dry clean­ing, alleged­ly paid with […]
• BKP Pol­i­tics, episode 279: Josh McK­oon Geor­gia GOP Scan­dal: Cor­rup­tion, Uni­ty, and Elec­tion Integri­ty May 9, 2025
  This grip­ping pod­cast episode expos­es the mount­ing alle­ga­tions against Geor­gia GOP Chair­man Josh McK­oon, accused of finan­cial mis­con­duct and orches­trat­ing a cov­er-up under the guise of “uni­ty.” BKP delved into claims of McK­oon mis­us­ing par­ty funds for per­son­al expens­es, includ­ing a per­son­al train­er, Scotts­dale AZ bar tabs, a tram­po­line park, home decor, and dry clean­ing, […]
• The Geor­gia Hour, episode 74: Tan­gled Ties & Ques­tion­able Spend­ing: GA GOP’s McK­oon Under Scruti­ny May 8, 2025
  Jacque­line McK­oon, chair of the Butts Coun­ty Cham­ber of Com­merce, and her hus­band, GA GOP Chair­man Josh McK­oon, are rais­ing eye­brows with ques­tion­able finan­cial deal­ings. Resid­ing in Ful­ton Coun­ty, Josh faces alle­ga­tions of GA GOP cred­it card mis­use, includ­ing charges at Paint­ed Nest, a Flovil­la home decor store in Butts County—home to Lt. Gov. Burt […]
• BKP Pol­i­tics, episode 278: Smoke Sig­nals and Polit­i­cal Games: From Pope Watch to Georgia’s GOP Dra­ma May 8, 2025
  As the Vatican’s sec­ond papal vote yields black smoke, the conclave’s sus­pense mir­rors the NFL draft’s unpre­dictabil­i­ty. In the U.S., Pres­i­dent Trump’s appoint­ment of Dr. Casey Means as Sur­geon Gen­er­al sparks out­rage, par­tic­u­lar­ly from RFK Jr., due to her past sup­port for masks and vac­cines, clash­ing with anti-tox­in health reforms. Means, a crit­ic of cor­po­rate […]
• BKP Pol­i­tics, episode 277: Geor­gia GOP’s Pay­offs, GA Sen­ate Race Intrigue, and Nation­al Firestorms May 7, 2025
  Alle­ga­tions sug­gest the Geor­gia GOP (GAGOP) is fund­ing media appear­ances for Katie Frost, rais­ing ques­tions about mis­use of funds, while Travis Bow­den received a $7,500 Christ­mas bonus after leav­ing the GAGOP. Gov. Bri­an Kemp’s deci­sion not to run for U.S. Sen­ate against Jon Ossoff, announced at a Sea Island donor event, reshapes Georgia’s 2026 race, […]
• The Geor­gia Hour, episode 73: Alleged Cor­rup­tion and Con­tro­ver­sies in the Geor­gia Repub­li­can Par­ty May 7, 2025
  The Geor­gia Repub­li­can Assem­bly (GRA) is urged to con­front char­ter mem­bers who devi­ate from its val­ues, amid claims of cor­rup­tion with­in the Ful­ton Coun­ty Repub­li­can Par­ty. Kan­diss Tay­lor, a GOP offi­cial, made anti­se­mit­ic remarks, yet faced no removal, alleged­ly strik­ing a deal to oust anoth­er mem­ber, BKP, instead. The Geor­gia GOP, led by Josh McK­oon, […]
• BKP Pol­i­tics, episode 276: Geor­gia GOP Faces Polit­i­cal Shifts After Kemp’s Sen­ate Race Exit May 6, 2025
  Gov­er­nor Bri­an Kemp announced on May 5, 2025, at a Sea Island donor event that he will not run for Georgia’s U.S. Sen­ate seat in 2026, trig­ger­ing a scram­ble among Repub­li­cans like Reps. Mike Collins, Mar­jorie Tay­lor Greene (MTG), Bud­dy Carter, and Insur­ance Com­mis­sion­er John King to chal­lenge Sen. Jon Ossoff. Collins, a MAGA sup­port­er, […]
• The Geor­gia Hour, episode 72: Geor­gia GOP Rocked by Cred­it Card Scan­dal and Lead­er­ship Tur­moil May 6, 2025
  Josh McK­oon, Geor­gia GOP chair­man, admit­ted to using the party’s cred­it card for per­son­al expens­es like gym mem­ber­ships after social media expo­sure. His wife, Jacque­line McK­oon, named president/CEO of the Butts Coun­ty Cham­ber of Com­merce, is linked to the con­tro­ver­sy online. Travis Bow­den, McKoon’s senior advi­sor and for­mer GA GOP Inc. exec­u­tive direc­tor, was report­ed­ly […]
• BKP Pol­i­tics, episode 275: Title: Bud­get Stale­mate, Polit­i­cal Intrigue, and Trump’s Bold Pol­i­cy Agen­da May 5, 2025
  In Wash­ing­ton, bud­get talks stall as spend­ing cuts dom­i­nate dis­cus­sions, with lit­tle focus on fis­cal respon­si­bil­i­ty. Many politi­cians, dri­ven by per­son­al gain and lob­by­ing, lack busi­ness acu­men. Alleged fraud in Social Secu­ri­ty, Medicare, and Med­ic­aid prompts calls for cuts, though media claims exag­ger­ate impacts. In Geor­gia, Gov­er­nor Bri­an Kemp backs a chal­lenger to Rep. Andrew […]
• The Geor­gia Hour, episode 71: Finan­cial Mis­use and Polit­i­cal Maneu­ver by GA GOP Chair Josh McK­oon May 5, 2025
  Josh McK­oon, Geor­gia GOP Chair­man, faces scruti­ny over alleged finan­cial mis­man­age­ment and polit­i­cal schem­ing. Crit­ics, includ­ing David Cross, demand his res­ig­na­tion, cit­ing ques­tion­able GA GOP Inc. expen­di­tures, such as $479 for per­son­al train­er ses­sions, charges at Lutz Clean­ers, and a $1,771.40 din­ner at Mastro’s in Scotts­dale, AZ, poten­tial­ly linked to Turn­ing Point Action’s endorse­ment. Oth­er […]