The Warning with Steve Schmidt Steve Schmidt & Dean Blundell: The Stories That Aren't Being Reported
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Mar 21, 2026 Dean Blundell, podcaster and commentator, brings opinionated reporting on political and cultural stories. They dig into the USS Gerald Ford’s sewage failures and mysterious laundry fire. They debate U.S. readiness for a Pacific war, cheap drone threats versus costly defenses, and the fallout of media consolidation after CBS News Radio’s shutdown.
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Oval Office Groping Raises Accountability Questions
- A widely circulated Oval Office video shows Donald Trump groping a female Secret Service agent, raising questions about presidential behavior and accountability.
- Dean Blundell describes the clip, calls it sexual assault, and highlights suppression of the video on social platforms.
USS Gerald Ford Sanitation Crisis Might Explain Sabotage
- The USS Gerald Ford has long-running sanitary failures that created a 'poop cruise' morale crisis and may explain a suspected deliberate fire.
- Dean Blundell and Steve Schmidt link months of overflowing toilets, crowded berthing, and crew complaints to a laundry-bay fire under investigation as sabotage.
Laundry Fire Put Carrier Out Of Action
- The laundry-bay fire on the Gerald Ford burned for 30 hours and rendered the carrier inoperable, forcing it to limp to Crete for repairs.
- Steve Schmidt frames this as potentially the biggest U.S. military story, noting investigations into mutiny or sabotage.