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8.22.26 Seth Grossman WPG Radio. Richard Somers Day on Sept. 4, “Reparations” in Quaker NJ?, $40 Trillion Debt, Eternal Life through Jihad
Remember Richard Somers on September 4, the day he died in Tripoli in 1804.
EDITED TRANSCRIPT OF SETH GROSSMAN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN DEMASI ON WPG TALK RADIO, 95.5FM 1450AM:
August 22, 2026
1. Ceremony to remember Richard Somers on September 4 is as important as remembering September 11.
2. Our book 1676 Project explains why "reparations" in New Jersey is ridiculous.
3. Trump added $10 trillion to create America's $40 trillion national debt.
4. Jihad is only certain way to guarantee forgiveness of sin and eternal life in Paradise.
5. When America was great, people were free to decide what to build on their own land.
SETH GROSSMAN: Richard Somers, who was born in Somers Point, New Jersey, died in Tripoli, in North Africa, on September 4, 1804. He died in America's first foreign war. He died fighting the same people who did the same thing to Americans that the Iranians, the Houtis, and the Islamic State ISIS people are doing to Americans right now.
Every year on September 4, we celebrate how that sacrifice made by Richard Somers, and all 12 men on his ship, Intrepid, and the American Marines who later went to the Shores of Tripoli kept Americans safe around the world for the next 150 years.
When you learn the story of Richard Somers, you understand that the reason we have terrorism and war, and riots and chaos around the world today is because Americans have stopped doing what Richard Somers and those other young Americans did all the time back in 1804.
We need to tell that story to more people. We need more people to learn that lesson. Our ceremony to remember Richard Somers and to tell that story will be one week from next Friday, September 4. It will be at 10 in the morning, the Friday before Labor Day. The details are posted on our Liberty and Prosperity.com website.