The Mike Van Meter Show

In this episode I am pleased to have Mike Allers and Steve Maxwell as my guests. Mike is running for the Virginia State Senate in the 28th District, and Steve is running for Spotsylvania County Sheriff. I am also running for the Virginia State Senate in the 33rd District. We discuss important issues like crime, education, addiction, and how Virginia has been impacted by the open borders as well as...

Karina Lipsman is running for Congress in Virginia's 8th District. An immigrant from Ukraine, Karina understands very well the damage totalitarian governments can cause. She became an Amercian Citizen at the age of 18, going on to earn a Bachelors Degree in Economics, followed by a Masters in Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. Karina has worked in business as well as the Intelligence Commu...

Our borders are open, and we have drugs, criminals, and terrorists coming across our borders unabated. What can we do in Virginia? The Federal Government refuses to do anything about this issue, in fact, they encourage the onslaught. In Virginia, we must do everything we can to protect our citizens, and in this episode, I discuss thoughts on what we should be doing. Please support me any way you c...

We need to support our police, and the last year has made this clearer than ever. Melissa Robey has taken the lead to help those that help us by doing everything she can to support wellness programs to assist our public servants. Melissa founded "Back the Blue" in 2020 which is a National Police Advocacy Organization. In this episode we discuss the various ways we can not only support our police,...

This has been a full news week, and there are lots of opinions going around about what happened during the Trump Search Warrant. In this episode, Frank Runles and I give you our perspectives about what happened, what this means for the future of the FBI, and ultimately the implications this has for our nation. We are both very concerned about the leadership of the FBI, and after the November elect...

James Myles came back on to The Mike Van Meter Show to discuss his campaign for the Virginia 11th Congressional Seat. James discusses some of the pressing issues and how his campaign is progressing so far. James is a patriot and has served the United States in a number of capacities for 35 years including as a Federal Judge, as a Fellow with the Republican staff on the House Ways and Means Committ...

This is a fascinating discussion with Mike Allers who is running for the Virginia State Senate in the 28th District. Mike is an educator and former Police Officer who is focused on education, lowering taxes, protecting our Second Amendment rights, and is pro-life and pro-First Responder. Mike is exactly the type of leader we need right now as we bring Virginia back to being the example of how to r...

Hung Cao is the GOP nominee for the 10th Congressional District of Virginia. I had the pleasure of doing this short interview with Hung, and you can see what a great candidate he is! It is exciting to see the quality of candidates that have come forward to represent the Republican Party and Hung leads the way. In this interview Hung tells us a little bit about himself and then discusses some of th...

Today is July 4, 2022, and I wanted to pass along how grateful I am to be an American. The mid-term elections are just the beginning to getting us headed back into the direction of economic recovery and improving the lives for millions of people. The state legislatures are going to be instrumental in helping our fellow Americans as well, and I plan on doing my part to help us all. In this episode...

Tonight, the Mark Vines Show is becoming the Mike Van Meter Show. In this episode I explain why I have been using a pseudonym and my reasoning for switching the show over to my real name. I am also announcing on this show my intention for running for the Virginia State Senate, 33rd District Seat in 2023. I look forward to the coming race and serving the people in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Musi...

On Thursday June 2, 2022, I had the honor of participating on a panel for addiction and how this issue is the great pandemic of our time. Gina Ciarcia is championing this issue and discusses her thoughts and plans in combating addiction and out of control drugs entering the United States if you elect her to the United States House of Representatives. This episode is part 1 of a 3-part series. Musi...

James Myles is the winner of the Republican Primary for the 11th Congressional District in Northern Virginia. James is a retired Federal Judge with over 35 years of public service to include service as a Fellow with the Republican staff on the House Ways and Means Committee, Sub-Commitee on Social Security and was also a pilot in the United States Air Force. In this episode James describes his rea...

Unfortunately, politicians use events like the horrific shooting in Uvalde, Texas to divide us as a nation. But what is the real problem? What is the solution? In this episode we discuss the problems that the Uvalde shooting exposes. Music-Scott Buckley-Monomyth, The Fury

The Republican Primaries are just around the corner (June 21, 2022) and voters are faced with deciding who the Republican nominees are going to be running in the General Election in November. This episode highlights Gina Ciarcia, who is running for the nomination for the House of Representatives in Virginia's 7th Congressional District. We discuss several issues, highlighting Gina's opinion of the...

My good friend Frank Runles just published the popular book "Lies People Tell: An FBI Agent's toolkit for catching liars and cheats". Frank was an instructor at the FBI National Academy where he taught the Statement Analysis course and has traveled all over the United States to teach his craft to Law Enforcement Officers. In this interview, you will hear Frank tell us how the same tools that are u...

Retired Army Lt. Gen. Bob Wood discusses how veterans have earned the right to vote, however, unfortunately many veterans do not participate in this basic civic duty. American Veterans Vote (AVV) is an organization that encourages veterans to participate in our political system, and Lt. Gen. Wood discusses its origin and vision. It is a fascinating discussion about how veterans can and do have a s...

The Virginia Republican Primary is June 21, 2022, and this is going to be the beginning of the Republicans taking back both the House and the Senate. Gina Ciarcia is running for the Virginia 7th District, and today I discuss the issues that face us as we move into this pivotal time in our history. Gina is a wealth of information, and you will not want to miss her discussing the path we need to tak...

President Biden is in big trouble and the Democrats know it. So, what is Plan B? The DNC knows he and Kamala Harris are bad for the party, and they have to be deeply concerned about this. What are they going to do? This is the topic of today's discussion, and you will certainly not want to miss it. Music-Scott Buckley-Monomyth, The Fury 

There could not be a worse set of leaders at the helm of the United States right now. They are not being honest with us, and what is worse they are using world events to push their social agenda. Listen for yourself as we hear our Energy Secretary laugh at the suggestion we should increase oil production, and Kamala Harris laugh as Poland takes in refugees from Ukraine. We have the wrong leaders a...

If there was a time in our history when we needed serious people leading our nation, that time is now. Unfortunately, we have exactly the opposite, and the world is paying a price for this...literally! In this episode we explore the problems that lead to the fiasco in Ukraine, and what this means for the future. Listen to how the problems of the administration have changed, and how ridiculous thei...

Today I had the pleasure of conducting a fascinating interview with retired Supervisory Special Agent James Gagliano. James serves as a CBS News Security and Law Enforcement Analyst, is a retired FBI SSA, West Point graduate, former U.S. Army Officer, St. John's University Doctoral Candidate, and currently serves as the 29th Mayor of the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York. In this episode we...

We wonder why people do what they do, and sometimes it comes down to crazy people do crazy things. That is what crazy people do! We think we can talk sense into them, but this is a fantasy. It does not work, and the unfortunate part is that innocent people get hurt while we try to make sense out of things that do not make sense. Putin is now committed to taking Ukraine, and the only question left...

It is eerie to see the parallels to what is going on in the Ukraine and the beginnings of World War II. However, our leaders have either ignored the signs, or do not understand them. As we have become divided by social unrest and making our military as woke as possible, tyrants are on the move and people are suffering. Hear for yourself what our leaders are focused on, and remember, you are told t...

As we watch Russia invade Ukraine, we have to ask ourselves how this happened. We also have to wonder what this means for the United States. We are told this is not our fight, but that is not how the world works. History is often an accurate indicator of how things will happen in the future. I discuss this and more in this episode as we watch dark events unfold across the globe. Music-Scott Buckle...

Kevin Edwards is considering a run for the United States Congressional Seat in Virginia's 8th District. In this episode we get to know a little bit about Kevin, his views, thoughts, and priorities as we get ready for a very important and historic mid-term election cycle later this year. There is no question the United States is moving in the wrong direction on every level, and we need leaders that...