app03 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:50:39 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Political Spotlight - Episodes Tagged with “Political Retaliation” https://thepoliticalspotlight.fireside.fm/tags/political%20retaliation Wed, 02 Sep 2026 21:00:00 -0400 The Political Spotlight is a politically driven opinion, news, and entertainment program. The Political Spotlight is your comprehensive guide to all things "political" at the local, state, and national levels. Our mission is to identify and eliminate corruption in government and politics while defending the United States Constitution. The message is clear: the old, corrupt way of doing business IS OVER! Our goal is to empower all citizens with the knowledge and motivation to stay informed and get involved. The team includes Kristopher H. Bilbrey, Kate Thornburg, and Brandon Rudd. Join the discussion and help change the world, one conversation at a time! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ LIVE episodes of The Political Spotlight air on YouTube, Rumble, X, and Facebook: Sunday - Thursday @ 9 p.m. (ET) YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight . . . Rumble Link: https://rumble.com/c/ThePoliticalSpotlight . . . Audio-only episodes are available at the following Home Link: https://ThePoliticalSpotlight.fireside.fm . . . They are also available on all podcast hosting sites (including, but not limited to): iTunes/Apple Podcasts -- Spotify -- Stitcher -- TuneIn -- RadioPublic -- iHeartRadio -- Amazon Music/Podcasts -- CastBox -- OverCast -- Castro -- Pocket Casts &amp; many more... No matter where or when you choose to watch or listen, please remember to SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, COMMENT, and then "share the show with everyone you know!" ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Connect with The Political Spotlight team on social media: Facebook 1: https://www.facebook.com/Bilbrey318 Facebook 2: https://www.facebook.com/PoliticalSpotlight318 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight Twitter: https://x.com/BilbreyLIVE ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Connect with The Political Spotlight team via email @ tpsprogram@gmail.com or khbilbrey@gmail.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, COMMENT, &amp; SHARE THE SHOW! 🚨 🚨 🚨 en-us episodic A light on the darkened path—a voice of reason amid the chaos and corruption... Kristopher H. Bilbrey, Kate Thornburg, & Brandon Rudd (The Political Spotlight) The Political Spotlight is a politically driven opinion, news, and entertainment program. The Political Spotlight is your comprehensive guide to all things "political" at the local, state, and national levels. Our mission is to identify and eliminate corruption in government and politics while defending the United States Constitution. The message is clear: the old, corrupt way of doing business IS OVER! Our goal is to empower all citizens with the knowledge and motivation to stay informed and get involved. The team includes Kristopher H. Bilbrey, Kate Thornburg, and Brandon Rudd. Join the discussion and help change the world, one conversation at a time! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ LIVE episodes of The Political Spotlight air on YouTube, Rumble, X, and Facebook: Sunday - Thursday @ 9 p.m. (ET) YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight . . . Rumble Link: https://rumble.com/c/ThePoliticalSpotlight . . . Audio-only episodes are available at the following Home Link: https://ThePoliticalSpotlight.fireside.fm . . . 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Bilbrey, Kate Thornburg, & Brandon Rudd (The Political Spotlight) tpsprogram@gmail.com #726 | Wednesday, September 02, 2026 | The Political Spotlight https://thepoliticalspotlight.fireside.fm/726 719d9b87-f7a5-462e-9bb9-6d9c2a118ff2 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 21:00:00 -0400 Kristopher H. Bilbrey, Kate Thornburg, & Brandon Rudd (The Political Spotlight) 726 #726 | Wednesday, September 02, 2026 | The Political Spotlight full Kristopher H. Bilbrey, Kate Thornburg, & Brandon Rudd (The Political Spotlight) On this 726th episode of The Political Spotlight, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey puts Grant County Commissioner Chuck Poling under the white-hot spotlight. Bilbrey examines a roughly five-week investigation requested by Grant County government into Commissioner Poling's conduct, while also tracing allegations and incidents dating back to 2025 and, in some witness accounts, even earlier. Bilbrey walks through the timeline, the witnesses, the political relationships, and the government actions surrounding the developing controversy. Who knew what—and when? Were county employees pressured or intimidated? Were political relationships influencing county operations? What records, footage, minutes, statements, and other documentation can help establish what actually happened? Bilbrey also opens with brief updates involving Henry and Madison Counties. #ThePoliticalSpotlight 2:33:07 yes <p>The Political Spotlight examines Grant County Commissioner Chuck Poling and the investigation his local government requested into his WILD behavior over the past couple of years, both before and during his tenure as Commissioner.</p> <p>The investigation ran for roughly five weeks, from late July 2026 through September 2, 2026, but it examined allegations and incidents dating back at least to 2025 — and, in some witness accounts, even earlier.</p> <p>Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey outlines serious allegations against Grant County Commissioner Chuck Poling and details his conduct in county government.</p> <p>According to the investigation, former Grant County Treasurer Tiffany Griffith described an atmosphere of fear, intimidation, political pressure, and concerns about possible retaliation—concerns she says were significant enough to prompt her to leave county government after years of public service.</p> <p>Grant County Recorder Kathy Foy has described alleged aggressive behavior, political pressure, retaliation after disagreements, workplace incidents, employee concerns, and attempts to influence decisions within county government.</p> <p>In this episode, Bilbrey lays out the timeline, examines the accounts, and begins connecting the events, personalities, political relationships, and government actions surrounding this developing story in Grant County.</p> <p>What happened?</p> <p>Who knew what — and when?</p> <p>Were county employees intimidated or pressured?</p> <p>Were political relationships influencing county government operations?</p> <p>What records, security footage, public meeting minutes, written statements, and other documentation could help establish exactly what happened?</p> <p>And perhaps most importantly:</p> <p>Is Grant County government operating in a way that citizens should accept from those entrusted with public power?</p> <p>These are serious allegations, but as Bilbrey often says, "allegations are not automatically facts." When multiple current and former elected officials describe troubling experiences in the same county government, those claims deserve scrutiny — and the public deserves answers.</p> <p>Grant County and Commissioner Poling are under the white-hot spotlight in this episode. As Bilbrey said in April and May 2025, "something is up with Commissioner Poling; it's just a matter of time until it hits the fan!"</p> <p>Well, surprise, surprise... Bilbrey was right again, and he discusses it all tonight!</p> <p>Also, Bilbrey begins with a brief word about Henry and Madison Counties!</p> <p>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━</p> <p>VIDEO version of Ep 726: <a href="https://youtube.com/live/Z09tLy-LEVU" rel="nofollow noopener">https://youtube.com/live/Z09tLy-LEVU</a></p> <p>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━</p> <p>Subscribe: <a href="https://bit.ly/subTPS" rel="nofollow noopener">https://bit.ly/subTPS</a><br> Become a Member: <a href="https://bit.ly/MembershipTPS" rel="nofollow noopener">https://bit.ly/MembershipTPS</a><br> Merch: <a href="https://bit.ly/Spotlight_Merch" rel="nofollow noopener">https://bit.ly/Spotlight_Merch</a></p> <p>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━</p> <p>The Political Spotlight Airs LIVE<br> (Sunday — Thursday at 9 p.m. ET)</p> <p>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight</a></p> <p>Audio Podcast: <a href="https://ThePoliticalSpotlight.fireside.fm" rel="nofollow noopener">https://ThePoliticalSpotlight.fireside.fm</a><br> &amp; All Other Podcast Hosting Sites</p> <p>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━</p> <p>Connect with The Political Spotlight team on social media:<br> Facebook 1: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Bilbrey318" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.facebook.com/Bilbrey318</a><br> Facebook 2: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PoliticalSpotlight318" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.facebook.com/PoliticalSpotlight318</a><br> TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.tiktok.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight</a><br> Twitter: <a href="https://x.com/BilbreyLIVE" rel="nofollow noopener">https://x.com/BilbreyLIVE</a><br> Email: <a href="mailto:tpsprogram@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener">tpsprogram@gmail.com</a></p> <p>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━</p> <p>🚨🚨🚨<br> 'The Political Spotlight'<br> LIVE Sunday - Thursday @ 9 p.m. (ET)<br> Hosted by: Kristopher H. Bilbrey<br> Produced by: Kate Thornburg &amp; Brandon Rudd<br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight</a><br> <a href="https://rumble.com/c/ThePoliticalSpotlight" rel="nofollow noopener">https://rumble.com/c/ThePoliticalSpotlight</a><br> <a href="https://ThePoliticalSpotlight.fireside.fm" rel="nofollow noopener">https://ThePoliticalSpotlight.fireside.fm</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Bilbrey318" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.facebook.com/Bilbrey318</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PoliticalSpotlight318" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.facebook.com/PoliticalSpotlight318</a><br> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.tiktok.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight</a><br> <a href="https://x.com/BilbreyLIVE" rel="nofollow noopener">https://x.com/BilbreyLIVE</a><br> Email: <a href="mailto:tpsprogram@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener">tpsprogram@gmail.com</a><br> © 2026 Mud Creek Studio.<br> — </p> The Political Spotlight, Government, Politics, Commentary, Accountability, Politics, Conservative, Liberal, Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Communication, Transparency, Constitution, Common Sense, Freedom, The Political Spotlight examines Grant County Commissioner Chuck Poling and the investigation his local government requested into his WILD behavior over the past couple of years, both before and during his tenure as Commissioner.

The investigation ran for roughly five weeks, from late July 2026 through September 2, 2026, but it examined allegations and incidents dating back at least to 2025 — and, in some witness accounts, even earlier.

Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey outlines serious allegations against Grant County Commissioner Chuck Poling and details his conduct in county government.

According to the investigation, former Grant County Treasurer Tiffany Griffith described an atmosphere of fear, intimidation, political pressure, and concerns about possible retaliation—concerns she says were significant enough to prompt her to leave county government after years of public service.

Grant County Recorder Kathy Foy has described alleged aggressive behavior, political pressure, retaliation after disagreements, workplace incidents, employee concerns, and attempts to influence decisions within county government.

In this episode, Bilbrey lays out the timeline, examines the accounts, and begins connecting the events, personalities, political relationships, and government actions surrounding this developing story in Grant County.

What happened?

Who knew what — and when?

Were county employees intimidated or pressured?

Were political relationships influencing county government operations?

What records, security footage, public meeting minutes, written statements, and other documentation could help establish exactly what happened?

And perhaps most importantly:

Is Grant County government operating in a way that citizens should accept from those entrusted with public power?

These are serious allegations, but as Bilbrey often says, "allegations are not automatically facts." When multiple current and former elected officials describe troubling experiences in the same county government, those claims deserve scrutiny — and the public deserves answers.

Grant County and Commissioner Poling are under the white-hot spotlight in this episode. As Bilbrey said in April and May 2025, "something is up with Commissioner Poling; it's just a matter of time until it hits the fan!"

Well, surprise, surprise... Bilbrey was right again, and he discusses it all tonight!

Also, Bilbrey begins with a brief word about Henry and Madison Counties!

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VIDEO version of Ep 726: https://youtube.com/live/Z09tLy-LEVU

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]]> The Political Spotlight examines Grant County Commissioner Chuck Poling and the investigation his local government requested into his WILD behavior over the past couple of years, both before and during his tenure as Commissioner.

The investigation ran for roughly five weeks, from late July 2026 through September 2, 2026, but it examined allegations and incidents dating back at least to 2025 — and, in some witness accounts, even earlier.

Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey outlines serious allegations against Grant County Commissioner Chuck Poling and details his conduct in county government.

According to the investigation, former Grant County Treasurer Tiffany Griffith described an atmosphere of fear, intimidation, political pressure, and concerns about possible retaliation—concerns she says were significant enough to prompt her to leave county government after years of public service.

Grant County Recorder Kathy Foy has described alleged aggressive behavior, political pressure, retaliation after disagreements, workplace incidents, employee concerns, and attempts to influence decisions within county government.

In this episode, Bilbrey lays out the timeline, examines the accounts, and begins connecting the events, personalities, political relationships, and government actions surrounding this developing story in Grant County.

What happened?

Who knew what — and when?

Were county employees intimidated or pressured?

Were political relationships influencing county government operations?

What records, security footage, public meeting minutes, written statements, and other documentation could help establish exactly what happened?

And perhaps most importantly:

Is Grant County government operating in a way that citizens should accept from those entrusted with public power?

These are serious allegations, but as Bilbrey often says, "allegations are not automatically facts." When multiple current and former elected officials describe troubling experiences in the same county government, those claims deserve scrutiny — and the public deserves answers.

Grant County and Commissioner Poling are under the white-hot spotlight in this episode. As Bilbrey said in April and May 2025, "something is up with Commissioner Poling; it's just a matter of time until it hits the fan!"

Well, surprise, surprise... Bilbrey was right again, and he discusses it all tonight!

Also, Bilbrey begins with a brief word about Henry and Madison Counties!

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