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Anna Paulina Luna didn't ask to waive Section 907. She authored a bill to erase the entire legacy of U.S. scrutiny of Azerbaijan so arms and aid flow freely to oil-rich Baku. ANCA gave her an F. ▶️ podcasts.groong.org/clip/598…

Randy Fine said Armenians should not be allowed to run for Congress. He also co-sponsored a bill to strip all restrictions on U.S. aid to Azerbaijan. ANCA gave him an F. The hosts call the remark flat-out racist. ▶️ podcasts.groong.org/clip/598…

Abe Hamadeh met Pashinyan, sits on Armed Services, and mediates the TRIPP project. He still got an F from ANCA. Why? He co-sponsored Luna's bill to scrap Section 907 and backs a deal that rewards Azerbaijan. 🎥 podcasts.groong.org/clip/598…

ANCA gave John Sununu an F. His family holds major investments in Anglo Asian Mining, which has rights to mine in ethnically cleansed Artsakh, profitable only after 150,000+ Armenians were forced out. He won't sell, won't apologize. 🔗 podcasts.groong.org/clip/598…

Celeste Maloy, Burgess Owens, and Derrick Van Orden all co-sponsored Luna's bill to scrap Section 907. ANCA asked them to withdraw. They refused. Three F grades. Hamparian explains how co-sponsorship became a bright line. 🎥 podcasts.groong.org/clip/598…

Twelve members of Congress flunked Armenian affairs. Aram Hamparian, ANCA Executive Director, breaks down the 2026 midterm report cards, Azerbaijani lobbying tactics, and what Armenian-Americans need to youtube.com/watch?v=xYKl6crg… Guest(s): @anca_dc Host(s): @HovikYerevan, @qubriq

Gyumri has been Armenia's poor child since the 1988 earthquake, with people still in metal shanties. That neglect built a defiant city that won't bow to the center. #Gyumri #ArmenianNews 🎥 podcasts.groong.org/clip/595…

Is every square inch of Armenia equal? Tigranashen is the artery to Iran. The enclaves sit on the road to Georgia. A land swap that keeps the total area can still gut Armenia's strategy. #Syunik #Armenia 🔗 podcasts.groong.org/clip/595…

Pashinyan jails opposition candidates before municipal elections while threatening snap polls. How does one-party rule masquerade as democracy? Hovik and Asbed break down October 2026's rigged vote. #ArmenianPolitics youtube.com/watch?v=YY6-7sHr… Host(s): @HovikYerevan, @qubriq

COP17 in Yerevan celebrates indigenous people and their lands. But displaced Artsakh Armenians get no pavilion, and burned forests in Syunik are off limits. #Artsakh #Syunik #COP17 🎥 podcasts.groong.org/clip/595…

Is Armenia's growth model hitting a wall? Vache Gabrielyan joins Hovik and Asbed to examine 2026 economic performance, rising public debt, and the structural imbalances threatening 2027 priorities. #ArmenianEconomy youtube.com/watch?v=r4BY-Iqu… Host(s): @HovikYerevan, @qubriq

Asked about Armenian POWs in Baku, the UN chief offered peace, prayers, and nothing else. Hovik: these people are ghosts without any impactful abilities. #PrisonersOfWar #Artsakh ▶️ podcasts.groong.org/clip/595…

$5,000 to house an Artsakh refugee. That won't buy a bathroom in Syunik. And taking the aid can mean surrendering your passport and your right of return. #Artsakh #RightOfReturn ▶️ podcasts.groong.org/clip/595…

"It's PR. 15 to 20 thousand bureaucrats wining and dining for two weeks." Martirosyan on what COP17 in Yerevan actually delivers for Armenia's national interest. #Armenia #COP17 🔗 podcasts.groong.org/clip/594…

Pashinyan proposes territorial swaps with Azerbaijan. Artsakh refugees lack housing. UN silent on Armenian POWs. Gyumri rises as opposition hub. Hovik and Asbed examine the stakes for Armenia's security and sovereignty. youtube.com/watch?v=r012fgDg… Host(s): @HovikYerevan, @qubriq

"The US doesn't have a single operational SMR. Period." Martirosyan on why Armenia can't bluff a Western reactor it doesn't have in talks with Russia. #Armenia #Russia 🎦 podcasts.groong.org/clip/594…

Armenia hosts a biodiversity summit but won't raise Azerbaijani forest destruction near Shikahogh, saying it would violate the COP17 presidency. "Concessions without peace." #ArmenianNews #Azerbaijan 🎦 podcasts.groong.org/clip/593…

"It's our active memory that keeps us all Armenian." Martirosyan on why genocide memory, the diaspora, and the church are being targeted. #ArmenianGenocide #Diaspora 🎥 podcasts.groong.org/clip/594…

A Save Amulsar graffiti still sits on a Yerevan wall. The hosts explain it's a relic of an environmental cause used to help change the government, then quietly abandoned once the mine started paying out. #ArmenianNews #Corruption 🔗 podcasts.groong.org/clip/593…

"There is no peace without justice." Martirosyan on why a settlement built on one side's wrongdoing won't hold, and why Pashinyan's concessions aren't the road to peace. #Armenia #Azerbaijan 🎦 podcasts.groong.org/clip/594…