Fleming Fires Back, Electric Bills Climb, and Shreveport Restaurant Bans Bluetooth Speakers

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram.You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for April 7, 2026. We open with a conversation that gets right to the heart of one of the biggest questions Americans are wrestling with right now — does Christianity justify war? With Congressman Clay Higgins calling for the U.S. to wipe out Iranian forces, President Trump warning of civilization-ending consequences if the Strait of Hormuz stays closed, and Tucker Carlson questioning the president's Easter Sunday post, we dig into what the Bible actually says about war, peace, and the difference between something being good versus necessary. From the Old Testament to Ecclesiastes to the Prince of Peace himself, we're not shying away from this one. Then we go one-on-one with Louisiana U.S. Senate candidate and State Treasurer John Fleming, and things get interesting fast. Fleming fires back at Governor Jeff Landry's claim that he voted for carbon capture legislation while in Congress — and we do the math live on air. Spoiler: the first carbon capture plant on planet Earth didn't go operational until 2017, the same year Fleming left Congress. We also press Fleming on Congresswoman Julia Letlow's DEI comments from her 2020 interview when she was applying to lead ULM, and why he's the only Senate candidate willing to show up and debate.In our Digging Deep segment, we break down a brand new Pelican Institute study on why Louisiana electricity rates have jumped more than 30% since 2019 — and it's not the data centers. The real culprits, according to the report, are utility monopolies, a broken regulatory framework, and an over-reliance on natural gas. We get into what Texas did differently, why nuclear power matters more than most people realize, and what Louisiana needs to do to bring costs back down.We also tackle a story that's hitting close to home — a Shreveport restaurant had to post a public plea asking customers to stop bringing Bluetooth speakers to their tables and blasting their own music. We dig into why this is about more than just bad manners, what it says about narcissism and the erosion of basic social contracts, and why correcting the behavior in today's climate feels genuinely risky.And we close out with the latest on Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrell's lawsuit against the FDA over telehealth access to abortion medications — and a federal judge's decision that has us asking how many more young women have to be put at risk before common sense prevails.Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!Acadiana mayor, police chief, other officials accused of sharing protected information with defendantCantrell hid gifts, spent thousands in campaign money on clothes and alcohol, new filing claimsNungesser supports return to open primaries and asks for funding to be restored for state parksPelican Institute: Out-of-state money holding Louisiana back