In short
Dan Bongino argues that “horseshoe theory” is playing out as fringe left and right media/political movements converge on nihilistic, destructive messaging. He then praises a “historic” Trump-Venezuela oil and gas deal as a realpolitik, America-first win for cheaper energy, despite critics. He also attacks “liberal media” and “podcastistan” for refusing to learn facts, citing examples of misinformation and what he claims are media distortions.
Guest backgrounds
No guests appear in the transcript. (Mentions include public figures like Maxwell Frost, Ibram Kendi, Caitlin Bennett, and Hassan Piker, but they are not interviewed as guests.)
Key claims
The Venezuela deal will increase U.S. access to major oil reserves (17 strategic fields; 1.5 million barrels/day target) and lower energy costs; critics whine without net-negative analysis. “Stupid is a choice”: people won’t update beliefs even when shown evidence. Media headlines about bestiality/prostitution are fabricated; voter-fraud and immigration enforcement issues are downplayed.
Notable examples
Raw Story “bestiality” headline he says is false; Caitlin Bennett street interview where a woman can’t define “assault rifle”; Jubilee debate where Maxwell Frost is “wrecked” on the “American dream”; claims about New York blocking ICE-local cooperation; FBI sextortion crackdown and other enforcement updates.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOUnderstanding Horseshoe Theory
0:45 to 2:58
Explaining the concept of horseshoe theory and its implications in politics.
“Destroying, not building anything new, just destroying what's there.”
Weight Loss Journey with Brickhouse Nutrition
2:58 to 4:25
Discussion of personal weight loss journey and endorsement of a nutritional product.
“And another 15 % will quit because of the side effects.”
Analysis of the Venezuela Energy Deal
4:44 to 11:40
Discussion on the implications of the recent energy deal with Venezuela.
“We have to minus a bell out tomorrow to get bell parody for the entire week.”
Critique of Liberal Media and Folex MAGA
11:40 to 14:00
Criticism of the liberal media and a discussion on the attitudes of certain political groups.
“You don't have to choose the stupid exit off the highway.”
The Immune Mindset of Liberals
14:00 to 16:43
Explore the reluctance of liberals to accept new information and learn.
“That's why when you're debating with them, never learn anything new unless they're thanks to.”
Warning to Democrats on Healthcare
16:44 to 19:36
Dan warns Democrats about potential healthcare policy changes affecting their plans.
“Again, Dan Coe, this is not about politics.”
Illegal Immigration Concerns
19:37 to 22:49
Discussing the issue of illegal immigration and its impact on local law enforcement.
“This guy, Randy Villegas, a Democrat, telling you, hey, man, this Medicare for all, meaning your health care you like now for none, that this is what they want.”
The Importance of Understanding Assault Weapons
22:50 to 23:56
Analyzing a street interview on assault rifles and the need for informed discussions.
“Folks, I got a gem coming up here in a minute.”
The Importance of Understanding Assault Weapons
23:57 to 24:53
Analyzing a street interview on assault rifles and the need for informed discussions.
“Look, none of us are getting any younger, but that doesn't mean I'm planning on slowing down because I'm not.”
The Importance of Understanding Assault Weapons
25:17 to 26:13
Analyzing a street interview on assault rifles and the need for informed discussions.
“And make no mistake, if the house flips, it's a big deal for our economy.”
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The Call for Continuous Learning
26:14 to 28:00
Emphasizing the importance of seeking new information to make informed decisions.
“Here's what I'm talking about, why this post is so relevant.”
Discussion on Gun Legislation and Misunderstandings
28:00 to 28:40
Explore misunderstandings surrounding gun legislation and definitions.
“You don't need an AK-47 to defend your f***ing house.”
Political Commentary on Ignorance
28:40 to 29:50
A critique of political figures and their understanding of the American dream.
“This is the modern, this is what they do.”
Media's Role in Misinformation
29:50 to 31:30
Analysis of media narratives and their impact on public perception.
“intelligent this guy's a liberal congressman total goofball clown joker of just an absolute moron.”
Critical Race Theory and Definitions
31:30 to 32:50
A look at how critical race theory concepts are often misdefined and miscommunicated.
“Now they could have reached out to the FBI and had them explain what this was about.”
Circular Reasoning in Political Discourse
32:50 to 34:30
Examination of flawed reasoning in political arguments and rhetoric.
“I'm sorry if you've seen this before, but it's worth your time.”
Debunking a Fabricated News Story
34:30 to 36:50
Dissecting a completely fabricated news story and the implications of false reporting.
“And then after five or six shows, I got hooked and I realized that I was crazy the whole time.”
Discussion on Criminal Justice Reform
36:50 to 39:30
Insights into criminal justice reform and its complexities in media narratives.
“this keeps creeping up because they just made it up.”
Sextortion and Online Safety
39:30 to 42:00
Highlighting the dangers of online grooming and sextortion targeting children.
“But the left wing goon media like Daniel Hampton, they have no ability to do the right thing.”
The Rise of Sextortion and Its Impact
42:00 to 43:32
Explore the alarming trend of sextortion affecting children online and its tragic consequences.
“I try to talk about the show with a smile, but there's nothing to smile about with this.”
Political Landscape and Current Events
43:32 to 45:27
Discuss the recent significant political events and their implications, challenging the narrative of inaction.
“This was Trump on the end of last week alone.”
Republicans Pounce: A Political Strategy
45:27 to 48:52
Understand the concept of 'Republicans pounce' and how it shapes media narratives and political discourse.
“One of their politicians gets caught in some theft scandal.”
Trump's Role in Shaping Political Narratives
48:52 to 52:46
Learn about Trump's influence on political discourse and his strategy during midterms, including rally tactics.
“I don't ever want my comments to hurt anybody's feelings.”
The Power of Trump's Political Messaging
52:50 to 56:00
Explore how Trump's rallies and messaging are designed to dominate media coverage and influence public perception.
“Who has the biggest microphone in the world?”
The Political Landscape
56:00 to 56:55
Discussing the media's role in politics and public engagement.
“You're not going to be assigned by your editor to go to the stadium, cover the president, come back, go, I got nothing to write about.”
Behind the Scenes: CNN and Wolf Blitzer
56:55 to 58:28
A humorous look at a CNN segment featuring Wolf Blitzer's camera mishap.
“That's why I get so PO'd, the freaking doomers, trying to get people not show up, acting like nothing's happening every day.”
Dan's Dog Video of the Week
58:28 to 1:00:08
Sharing a heartwarming dog rescue video and the joy of dog companionship.
“But I just thought I'd give you some inside baseball.”
The Importance of Staying Strong
1:00:08 to 1:00:44
Encouragement to avoid negativity and stay informed amidst challenges.
“Folks, please, again, just going back to the beginning of the show, please don't fall in this trap, this horseshoe theory trap.”
Comment of the Day and Contest
1:00:44 to 1:00:59
Introducing the comment of the day and details on the contest.
“our 1776 Live Club,$1 ,776 once a week to the winner of our contest.”
Comment of the Day and Contest
1:01:05 to 1:01:51
Introducing the comment of the day and details on the contest.
“We are so happy to give this money away.”
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:02All America, all the time. Sit down, buckle up, and get ready for The Dan Bongino Show. Listen, I have a gem for you today. You know what horseshoe theory is? If you haven't heard about it, I'll fill you in. I didn't invent it. I take no credit for it, but it's out there. Horseshoe theory, which isn't a theory anymore, it's a reality, it's horseshoe fact, is this idea that fringe components of both political parties, which you would call not political parties, but political movements, I think is more precise. Fringe elements on both sides will eventually converge and start saying the same thing on what we would call the right and the left.
0:41That fringe kind of lunatics will start saying the same thing. In other words, making it very simple for you, horseshoe fact, not theory at this point, is that liberal media commie lunatics, who we all can't stand for their endless lying and gaslighting and manipulating the public, will start saying the same thing as like podcastistan and other people saying crazy things, and they'll eventually converge on the same message. Destruction. Destruction. It's all about nihilism. Destroying, not building anything new, just destroying what's there. It's not a theory anymore. It's a fact. If you were not paying attention last week to all the components of podcastistan that completely fell apart, Crazy theories getting shredded in real time.
1:25Just embarrassing episodes of people just screaming, Trump needs to be removed. It was just insane. You're like, who is this, the liberal media? No, it was podcast. It's a horseshoe theory. They will eventually converge in the exact same place. Folks, the dubs last week, the W's by the Trump administration, were just insane. We have a historic deal coming out of Venezuela that will dramatically increase our ability to access good quality, cheap energy in the form of oil and gas. The W's last week were just, I got a whole list of them coming up. We're incredible. But again, you got people just constantly, oh, someone got a Kleenex, bro.
2:07Chill, bro. Chill. And I got a story. I don't even know how to describe the raw story. Number one, it's raw story. Which folks, seriously, it's like the National Enquirer, Raw Story. I've got a story by Raw Story about bestiality and what? Wait, wait, I don't even know what it is. I'm just going to show you how low the liberal media has gotten now. And I hate to say it because I don't like to do this, but there's a Streisand effect component even talking about Raw Story because it's they're so insane. but I just want to show you how crazy the liberal media, horseshoe theory, and some members of podcast the stand have gotten.
2:52And I'm glad to see you're here on this show where we're not doing crazy. We're not doing crazy. All right, big show for you today. Hey, weight loss injections are everywhere, but here's the catch. About 15 % of users quit. Why? Because of the cost. And another 15 % will quit because of the side effects. A wild, whoa. You can't like hit the bell in the middle of Brickhouse. Poor, Miles, that was not me. That was Justin. That was not me. Getting back to Brickhouse Nutrition, a while back I wanted to drop some LBs, otherwise known as pounds. I was getting a little heavy after cancer treatment. I was eating a lot of crappy food.
3:27It's just true. I was trying to put in calories. I was eating like garbage stuff. So I was about 238, no good. If you go back and look at my old Rumble videos, I had the poofy face. I don't like that look at all. So I called up Miles from Brickhouse. I didn't play the bell for him like Justin. and I said, hey, I need to lean out a little bit. He said, that's great because I have a product called Lean, L-E-A-N. And I said, does it work? He said, of course it works with Brickhouse Nutrition. I chose Lean from Brickhouse. I lost over 38 pounds. I'm about 196 now. Lean was doctor formulated, do similar things naturally.
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4:34Check out lean today. These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. The product's not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, prevent any disease. It's not a substitute for or alternative for care. from a healthcare provider. All right, now the real bell. Thank you. And the two bells in one show today. We have to minus a bell out tomorrow to get bell parody for the entire week. Listen, I told you in the beginning of the show, folks, I am so glad and honored you are here that you seek truth. You see through the mist of stupid, the gaslighting and all the nonsense, the horseshoe theory, the lib media podcast, the stand craziness.
5:04Yeah, you know, when you think it's all gone mad, when you think it's all gone mad, I promise you it hasn't. You know, they have that saying, touch grass. You should touch grass. I think grounding works, where you actually touch bare feet to grass, sand to whatever. I love grounding. I go out in the morning barefoot, touch grass a little bit. However, I promise you the real world. I was out this weekend in the actual real world like most of you. So many people come up and say the nicest things. The real world is not what you see on X. It's just not. Folks, we had an unbelievable week last week, including a historic energy deal with Venezuela.
5:38Now, I know all the haters out there, but this, but that, but the Venezuelan regime, it's yes, they are not the best people that are still in charge of Venezuela. However, folks, you can't say on one hand, like, we don't believe in nation building and America first. Trump signs an oil deal with Venezuela to get access to a good chunk of its energy and a stake in energy production and oil and then say, oh, no, but it's with people we don't like. There's a lot of people we don't like. I've got news for you. There are garbage leaders and dictators and morons and terrible prime ministers and presidents around the world.
6:15We can't just zone out. I've told you for I've been extremely consistent on this message. Have I not? I am a realpolitik guy. Does this deal work for America? But the guy we cut the deal with, or in this case, the woman in Venezuela, but they're not really nice people. Folks, you can say that about anyone. does the deal work for america trump is a and i mean this as a compliment because i'm so tired of this like well you know we got to think about this in terms of higher value they don't have our values a lot of these places does the deal work for us or not you want cheap gas or not i mean this is a compliment president trump is a business guy and he is transactional He sees the world as a spreadsheet In the spreadsheet, there's a corner box And that's what matters The corner box is either a plus or a minus Is the net present value of this deal to us positive Or is it negative?
7:12If it's negative, don't do it They don't care if the people are good or bad If it's good, then yes, we're going to go forward And we're going to do our best to get better people in charge But we're not a nation building We've got to stop that The Venezuelan oil deal I rarely start the show with foreign policy components. This is such a huge deal. It's amazing that people are still whining about it. I don't get it. I want America first and I want cheap energy and gas. Okay, that's what just happened. Oh, but I don't like the people. I don't like them either. What do you want to date them? Justin's like, what do you want?
7:47Tinder? Swipe it left or right or whatever the hell that works. What is it if you want to date? Is it right or left? Justin's like, I don't know. I don't use it. Is it right? Who cares? What are you swiping right? Exactly Ladies and gentlemen We got to deal with a lot of people Who don't share all of our values Middle Eastern countries and elsewhere Do you want America first? And I get so tired of the bitching And the moaning and the whining all the time It's exhausting I'm not telling you not to have an opinion I'm just telling you at least be consistent I'm America first Okay, this works for America But not in that case here's a hit from brian kill me this morning on fox and friends describing how we just got access to enormous oil fields the venezuelans now control that could potentially it's going to take a little bit there's a lot of construction and operating leverage components that need to happen it's a capital intensive industry petrochemicals obviously you have to pull the stuff out of the ground takes pipes expertise platforms however this has the potential to dramatically lower our costs of energy in a time where we'd like to stop relying on Middle Eastern oil and people are still complaining.
9:05Check this out. After announcing a major agreement to secure a majority of U.S. control over 65 billion dollars of oil, proven oil reserves in Venezuela, President Trump has reportedly said to meet with American oil refinery executives tomorrow. So let's break down what this actually means. So this was announced late last week and it looks like we're going to get a shot at the greatest oil reserves in the world. They're going to developing 17 strategic fields. A lot of people think there's even more fields out there potentially, but they couldn't explore, let alone extract, because of the socialism, communism that took over there.
9:41Reduction target of 1.5 million barrels a day. Keep in mind, we're putting out millions of barrels a day, but Venezuela is now essentially going to be ours. But it's not like the Venezuelan people aren't going to benefit. They did not have the infrastructure to benefit from this. They're going to have the Americans being able to extract and hit maximum capacity, and they're going to get a stream of revenue as well. Venezuela's benefit will retain ownership and sovereignty, but they're going to do it for 25 years. Does the deal have downsides? Yes. Have you ever cut a business deal? Anyone in the chat who does real business out there, small business, medium side, I don't care what it is.
10:19From HBAC to AI data centers, I don't care what your business is. Is there ever a deal that works out perfectly for you with not a single risk on your side? The answer is no freaking way. The point is I'm trying to make is this horseshoe theory component that if you're looking for something to constantly whine about, you're going to find it. It's like looking for a reason not to work out. Sometimes people say to me, Dan, you work out, right? Like, where do you find the time? I go, I don't know. I just find it. It's a priority. If I get home at six at night because I had a long day, I work out at six at night.
10:56Well, you don't sit down and sit there and rub your feet all day. No, I go work out. That's what I do. I find the time. What do you do on the road? A vacation? I find the time. I couldn't find a cold plunge. I was at a friend's wedding out in Lake Tahoe. I jumped in the freaking lake. It was like 60 degrees because I find the time. If you're looking to find the time, you will. If you're looking to find a reason to believe in results, you'll go find results. If you're looking for a reason to complain, you'll find a problem with everything and just complain about it. I'm not telling you not to have an opinion.
11:27I'm saying on net with all of the complaints about the deal, some legitimate and all the positives. Is this a positive for the United States? If you're an America first person, I think the answer is clearly yes. However, if you're a liberal, you prefer to be stupid. and some in podcast to stand too. Stupid is your choice. You're a SIAC by nature. Stupid is a choice. You don't have to choose the stupid exit off the highway. You can stay on the highway. Exit 62. Here we go. Stupid. Don't get off exit 62. Don't get off exit 63. Just stay on the road because stupid's a choice. I saw this ex post. Now, I want to throw this out there because I don't want this guy getting a lot of hate tweets back.
12:13This has nothing to do with politics, except it does. But he didn't intend it that way. The guy put this post up on X. His name is Dan Coe. He's not a political guy, so don't hate respondibly. He's not talking about politics. However, whether he knows it or not, and I don't think he did intend it this way, he is. A very popular account at the Dan Coe, K-O-E. I encourage you to read this X post. I'll put it up on the screen for you because I thought to myself, This shows what I'm trying to do. That there are some people in the liberal media and on the pretending to be part of the Folex MAGA movement.
12:49All they want to do is complain. They don't want to learn anything ever. This had a lot of retweets on it. He says, patterns I've noticed in people who aren't necessarily unhappy but aren't going anywhere with their lives. I'm going to say liberals and Folex MAGA. He didn't say that. I'm throwing it in there. Pattern number one. Never learn anything new. unless they're forced to you know what can we come back to each point i'm gonna i want to address this first just leave it you know yeah whatever never learn anything new this is the liberal no matter how much information and folex maga you present them with it doesn't matter it's like they've taken a vaccine for facts and they're just immune to it it's like the charlie manson thing i told you about but watching as i finally finished it this three-part thing on charlie Manson and the murders where they killed all these innocent people, that the people in the Charlie Manson cult, the Manson family, the women, it doesn't matter what people told them.
13:50Like Charlie Manson, Helter Skelter's going to be a race war and all this stuff. It doesn't matter what people, they were immune to it. Anything Charlie said, they believe was true. This is the modern liberal and the folex maggot. They are immune to new facts. They do not want to learn anything. That's why when you're debating with them, never learn anything new unless they're thanks to. Thank you. They don't want to learn. They're not interested. It's important you debate them because there's a third party of people listening, i.e. the show, people who recommend the show to others. They're not interested.
14:22There is nothing you can say to Folex MAGA or the liberal media people to tell, get them to stop lying. Lying is their endgame. It's their reason for existence. They're raised hard. If you want to use like fancy words, that's their reason for being. Put up number two. This is a great tweet. This I'm telling you, this is like this. This is a diagnosis. Every liberal media lunatic you've ever met. Don't set goals unless their survival or finances make them insecure. There's no the goal for them is not in any way to better themselves, to improve their lives. It's to create victims out of people. In other words, sit there and whine.
15:03I've got a clip coming up of this congressman, Maxwell Frost, liberal lunatic whiner moaner, diaper wetter, complaining about the American dream being dead. The guy comes back with, it's in one of these Jubilee debates. The guy comes back and goes, wait, you were an Uber driver. You're now a world famous politician on the left. Like, aren't you the American dream? No, not me. Not me. these people are just wires go to the next one talk about what's happening in the world rather than what they're working on this goes back to the jordan peterson book the 12 steps book he wrote that was a nuclear bestseller was all over the place can you make your own bed first you're like all you want to talk about is like middle east policy israel what's happening in iraq great great But are you even remotely concerned about what's happening in your neighborhood?
15:56And in case you think I'm speaking with forked tongue, I spent an hour on the phone with one person last week talking about what's going on in Martin County politics where I live because I actually care about making my own bed, too. I don't speak to you, again, with forked tongue here. I do it myself. I get involved in all kinds of things, school board elections and elsewhere because it matters to me. Maybe make your own bed before you want to change environmental policy in the Galapagos. I'm not telling you it's not important. I'm just saying, like, does your own neighborhood matter first? This is the lib.
16:31Finally, they aren't aware of any of this and making them aware, making them aware doesn't hurt more than it helps. They don't care. They don't want to be updated. They don't want to learn anything new. They're not interested. Again, Dan Coe, this is not about politics. But I have a couple of quick items here of things liberals could learn from and just don't want to. It reminds me of producer Jim. Why do liberals and podcastistan not want new information out there? Why do they not want to learn? Because they don't want to. They're not interested. They're in no way self-aware. Liberals will tell you over and over again.
17:11Voter fraud's a myth. It's a scam. Republicans are just, they're getting this up to fever pitch. There's no such thing. It doesn't matter how many stories we put out there, like this one in the New York Post about voter fraud. The New Jersey voter fraud case. Thousands of people voting and registered to vote who weren't eligible. Here, New York Post. Honduran anti-ice agitators snared on voter fraud charges as feds begin crackdown. First of many to come. Many to come. It means, what does that mean? Jasmine, does that mean more? Jasmine, does that mean more? First of many. First means there's a second and a third of many to come.
17:46That's what that would mean. So if you were a liberal and you were interested in new information and educating yourself, becoming a smarter, better person, expanding your cerebral cortex, training your neurons to not be stupid and not make stupid a choice, you would say, maybe we should look into this voter fraud thing. After the New Jersey story and all this stuff going on and this story in the post, it looks like it's pretty, pretty real to me. But they're not interested in the truth. That's what makes you different. That's why it is. It's the greatest honor of my life to do this show here with you.
18:23It really is, man. I love being part of a family of people that see through this mist of stupid all the time. Here's another one. I've been trying to warn Democrats. And I have some family members. I'm not talking like brothers and sisters. But cousins and others. One specifically. who they're just aligned with Democrats. No matter what you tell them, this one specifically, you can't break, you just can't. But this seems to be breaking through a little bit. I have been warning Democrats who work for a living, small business owners, union members, the Democrats, if they get in office in this midterm, are going to make a very hard run at canceling your insurance plan you have now through your employer or the one you've purchased yourself and you like.
19:14They are going to cancel. You are going to be forced onto government health care. Even my father doesn't talk politics too much for me. You know, he worked for a really low salary in a town out in Long Island because the health care benefits matter to him. He's got a back issue and it's an expensive one to monitor over time. That's going to be all ripped away. I've tried to explain this to you. Here's another one, a candidate. This guy, Randy Villegas, a Democrat, telling you, hey, man, this Medicare for all, meaning your health care you like now for none, that this is what they want. I'm just playing their own words.
19:50You want to learn or not? Or you just want to be stupid? Because stupid is a choice. Check this out. People here in the Central Valley will drive seven to eight hours to Tijuana just to go get cheaper prescription drugs or cheaper dental care. And that shouldn't be happening in the richest country in the history of the world, which is why not only am I going to fight to reverse these cuts to Medicaid, but we need to fight for health care as a human right. And I will be a co-sponsor of Medicare for all. Nobody should have to choose between rationing their insulin and, you know, buy their groceries.
20:20Because that'll never happen when he when he sponsors Medicare for all, which makes your health care plan now unlawful, unlawful, which is a synonym for illegal. unlawful, illegal you mean it would be against the law for me to continue my healthcare insurance policy now, that's exactly what it means liberals, I know like the Dan Coe expose, you don't want to learn anything new, you're perfectly happy being stupid, but the people in my audience are not happy they don't want to be stupid, they want information to form an output you just want to be an idiot here's another one folks, everywhere you go in America right now, even small towns, there is a real problem with illegal immigration.
21:08We had an open border for years under Biden. The four years were a disaster. There's probably upwards of 20 million people, contrasting, but there's probably about 20 million people, maybe a little bit more in the country who are here illegally. There's a lot of gotaways we don't know about. President Trump has ramped up deportations. I was a part of it. Don't tell me it didn't happen. I was there. Here is the governor of New York right now. Imagine being a New York City resident, seeing illegal immigrants breaking the law right in front of your face all the time. And instead of doing something to clean up the problem, secure our border and determine who's here, imagine making it illegal for New York state law enforcement officers to cooperate with ICE.
21:49They want it both ways, these people. Kathy Hogle. You could learn something from this. I'm trying to help you, but you don't want to. Because again, stupid is a choice. Check this out. Prevent of the ICE federal at the federal level from securing agreements with local police forces in New York. I just banned it. It's against the law now in the state of New York to have these agreements. The federal law that allows the creation of these agreements says subject to state and local laws. State law just changed. So no more. No more.
22:24Again, I know if you're a liberal bootlicking zero out there, they're like, that's not what it really means. No, that's exactly what it means. That's exactly what it means. If your neighborhood's been taken over by illegal immigrants, illegally in the country, that's why they're called illegal immigrants. They're not here legally. Then now, if ICE were to come in there, it is now illegal. Under New York state law with Kathy Hochul, it's going to be illegal for them to cooperate with the locals. I thought you love local control. Folks, I got a gem coming up here in a minute. Remember Caitlin Bennett?
22:58She does these man or woman on the street interviews and she asks liberals questions they never have the answer to. This may be, wouldn't you agree, Justin, one of the better ones we've seen in a while? Proving to you again, the Dan Coe ex-post is real. That liberals and podcastistan and Folex MAGA, they don't want real information. They don't want to learn anything. When I say stupid is a choice, we laugh. I'm not kidding. It's an actual choice. They don't want to know anything I want you to watch this back and forth I'm going to play in a minute Caitlin Bennett asking simply about an assault rifle You want to ban it It's probably important to know what it is, right?
23:33I have a wooden desk here You want to ban wooden desk? Well, what kind of wooden? It's kind of important to know So we don't have an illegal item in the studio, right? Kind of important to describe the parameters And what that means They want to ban it They don't even know what it is They choose to be stupid That post I'm telling you, man Man, if there was ever a post unintentionally written about modern libs, that's it. Quick break. I'll show you this gem coming up next. Look, none of us are getting any younger, but that doesn't mean I'm planning on slowing down because I'm not. One of the things I personally use is NAD from All Family Pharmacy.
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26:29It's painful to not know stuff, but they don't want to know stuff, Libs. Here's Caitlin Bennett asked this woman on the street a simple question about assault rifles. Hey, you want to ban this thing? Well, what is it? Can you explain it to us? You want to ban something you don't even understand. and she admits it. Check this out. How would you explain to them why you should have an assault rifle? What is an assault rifle? Big gun that you shouldn't have. What is the definition of an assault rifle? If you're going to tell me I don't need something, you better have the definition. Well, is that how, is that how it works?
26:59What is an assault rifle? So I'm going to be honest. I don't know what the exact dictionary definition. Let's talk about what you're just going to tell me and yell at me and not have a conversation. You don't know what you're talking about you don't know what an assault rifle is. Assault rifle is actually the definition by the government is a machine gun something that you hold down and the bullets just go through the mag whatever it is that you have in their drum mag just feeds it all through with one pull of the trigger. I apologize. Those are banned in America those are already banned those aren't being used in mass shootings those aren't being used for a majority of mass shootings actually handguns are handguns are responsible for 80 percent of the mass shootings in this country Why aren't you focused on those?
27:41Well, quite frankly, I don't know the difference between guns because I'm not some gun obsessed loon like you are, honey. No, it's important to know what things are causing which casualties if you want to ban them. I don't have an issue with someone having a little gun for self-defense, but I have an issue with the bigger ones. Why? Because it's ridiculous. Why? You don't need an AK-47 to defend your f***ing house. Why? Because you don't need that. That's not an argument. This is in a f***ing war zone. It's not an argument. All right, leave me the fuck alone. Don't fuck. You came up to me, and now you're mad because you don't know what you're talking about.
28:14Look, and she flips the bird. Again, point number, what was it, four on Dan Coe's expose. She doesn't want to learn. She could have asked. She could have asked a simple question like, okay, well, what is it? And maybe we could talk about, you know, my idea of banning him or not. And then my favorite part of the video is she explains to her, like, she goes, hey, listen, you should really know what an item is before you want to make said item illegal to own. And the lady goes, is that how it works? Yes, that's how it works. That's exactly how it works. How do you define an asora? A big-ass gun. I would love to see that.
28:50Look at the hook. Look at the, this is incredible. This is the modern, this is what they do. In a minute, 27 seconds, how do you describe it? A big-ass gun. Is that the piece of legislation? We are now banning BAGs, big-ass guns. We're banning bags, bags, big-ass guns. That's a thing? What does big-ass guns mean? Does that include, like, the pit sand viper, sand viper, pit viper, either one of them from the Keanu Reeves, John Wick movies? It's a big-ass gun.
29:32ladies and gentlemen stupid is a choice here's the video by maxwell frost i was telling you this one's quick they don't want to know anything these people they are absolutely immune to updating their data set in their brain to reflect knowledge and output and to sound even remotely intelligent this guy's a liberal congressman total goofball clown joker of just an absolute moron. Here he is in a Jubilee back and forth, and the guy just completely wrecks this guy and says, what are you talking about? There's no American dream. You just said you were an Uber driver. Now you're like a famous politician.
30:09Isn't that the American dream you said doesn't exist? You're living it. He doesn't want to know. That's the point. Check this out. I don't have a ton of money in a bank account when I decided to run for office, so I had to hustle and make ends meet, which is the thing that you all are telling Gen Z. So that's the American dream you lived it that's not so you don't so you don't living the american dream no it's not how it's not how is it not that's not the american dream isn't driving uber to barely make ends meet the american dream is upward mobility and being able to have success you went from driving an uber to being a politician is that upward is success i love this guy i love this guy in the hat tip jubilee debating this you know this political leader on the left thought leader this is what they're just they are immune to evidence even in their own lives when reality kicks them in the nads right oh that hurt kicked me they still like i don't know what just happened someone just kicked you in the nads that's what just happened in the chat by the way i saw it was in randoc in the chat said that uh justin's premature bell ringing was like jamal bowman ringing the alarm i remember that remember false alarm you remember that was good that was good i like that i like what i'm seeing here listen don't go anywhere you know i hate teases but i want to show you again what it's like to choose the path of ignorance in your life and how the liberal media they'll take a story there's a story in raw story about the FBI and applicants and like bestiality and prostitution, you read the headline, you're like, oh my gosh, this is the craziest thing ever.
31:54Now they could have reached out to the FBI and had them explain what this was about. And whether they reached out, that's not what happened. They want their viewers and readers to be stupid. I get that in a second, but do you remember this classic, this was not my idea, hat tip the production team, but you want to see again what it looks like to be voluntarily dumb. Here's Ibram Kendi. Now, if you're a leftist and you're ever asked to explain something, why are you out there campaigning with a guy who says he hates America? They will never answer a question. Does Medicare for All cancel private insurance?
32:27Well, they'll never answer a question. But when they do answer a question, sometimes the hilarity that breaks out is just priceless. This is the premier critical race theory guy, I'd argue, anywhere in the world right now. Ibram Kendi wrote all these crazy books about like the white male patriarch and all this crap. He's asked a simple question in front of a group of people who frankly look like a lot of liberals, and even they laugh at him. I'm sorry if you've seen this before, but it's worth your time. When he's asked a simple question, what is racism? And here's a hint. If you're using the word you're asked to define in the definition, you're probably sounding like an idiot.
33:08Racism is racisy, racism. An assault weapon is a weapon used for assault. That's not a thing that's called circular reasoning, morons. Check this out. Do you define racism? Sure. So racism, I would define it as a collection of racist policies that lead to racial inequity that are substantiated by racist ideas.
33:34Sure. A collection of racist policies that lead to racial inequity that are substantiated by racist ideas. And anti-racism is pretty simple using the same terms. Anti-racism is a collection of anti-racist policies leading to racial, anyone take guess? Equity that are substantiated by anti-racist ideas.
34:03this is you know we have at the end of the year we do our top 10 video clips at the end of the decade i think we've been on the 10 years we should put our top 10 of the decade this is clearly a contender this has got to be on the list for one of our favorite video sots sound on tape of all time this got to be up there what's racism it's a collection of racist the racist things what's anti-racism it's the opposite of that what's an assault weapon it's a weapon used for assault what's a non-assault weapon it's the opposite folks do not fall in the horseshoe theory trap please i'm not worried about it with you but there are people who get they're still recovering from being you know suckered by the liberal media folks they find this show we get these emails not as often as we used to but we used to get them a lot in the beginning when I first started doing the podcast, Dan, I was a liberal.
34:57My parents were Democrats. I heard your show. I thought you were crazy. And then after five or six shows, I got hooked and I realized that I was crazy the whole time. It does happen. But the reason people are crazy is because they believe lunatic stuff like this. This was an actual story. Now, this again, this is raw story, which I'm telling you, like the supermarket tabloid that says like space aliens impregnated one of the Jenner girls. This is below that raw story. So I'm hesitant, Streisand effect, to even bring this up, but this story's worth it. So I see this pop this weekend. Daniel Hampton, I mean, really, a guy whose parents probably disavowed any now.
35:39They've changed their last name to avoid saying they know this piece of filth. Bewilderment as Kash Patel's FBI eases the ban on bestiality and prostitution for recruits. I'll get to that in a second. Media people, I'm going to help you here. But here's the real kicker. Folks, I hate to put this out there because it's a total 100 % complete fabrication. So why even put it out there? Because I'm just trying to show you, like they have no problem lying at all. We have to go through the motions. You have to get a lawyer to send that. It's a real pain in the butt. Because again, this is, but this is made up.
36:19They know Patel has not addressed the specific changes, but insists standards are rising, even as he faces scrutiny over hiring Deputy Dan Bongino despite a failed background check. Failed background check? Now, folks, you may be saying, okay, was there a component of it? No, folks, it's a totally fabricated story. Now, Daniel Hampton, I don't think, really cares, and I really don't think Raw Story cares about being sued or defamated. I really don't. because for them to write a story like this without, this keeps creeping up because they just made it up. Folks, it's a total fabrication. There's nothing to it.
37:04That is, it's completely not true. Dan, is there some element? No, nothing. There is no element of that that's true at all. Zero. Here's the other thing, though. Kash Patel eases the ban on bestiality. There was no easing of a ban on bestiality. Here's what happened. Again, you want to know the truth? This is what it looks like to be a non-horseshoe theory member of Folex MAGA or the dumbass liberal lying media like Daniel Hampton. This is actually kind of sad. Look at that. Why do they always, every single time, why? oh he's a managing editor based in colorado he's editing breaking political news look at this absolute life loser every time here's what happens a sad story there were a number of bestiality for the for idiots in the liberal media you were be bounced out obviously out of the fbi there were a bunch of people on a polygraph who sadly had been sexually abused as kids and there There were some components of it that were disturbing.
38:19They were victims. They were getting bounced because of the way the polygraph was set up with that. It doesn't mean they were allowing bestiality, you absolute dipwad. The other thing about prostitution is, and you know what's weird about this whole thing? These leftist guys, right? They're all about criminal justice reform, a second chance. Here's what happened. there were some people in the military applying for jobs that when they were young 18 19 20 maybe were in a foreign country where it was not illegal and the rest of their lives they've led an absolutely stellar life it doesn't mean you're going to get in it just means they're going to take your whole record into context and say okay you made a mistake when you were 18 you're now 35 you've led an unbelievable life i mean some of these people they make mistakes that's all this It's amazing like the left, they're all about criminal justice reform and a second chance.
39:18And then they'll just write these BS made up headlines and people fall for it. Folks, man, I know it's not easy to do. It's not easy to do the right thing or else people would do it. But the left wing goon media like Daniel Hampton, they have no ability to do the right thing. They only do the easy thing, which is to write nonsense. So people click on it. bestiality in the FBI. Just idiocy, man.
39:49Great. I love that one. I see that moving around on X. Critical thinking straight ahead. Stupid exit. There we go. Liberals and the Folexers right there. Every single time. Again, the media could have written that story, but it's not a cool story for them to write because it would refute their insane headline. FBI is welcoming bestiality. Oh, okay. Sure. You'll get nothing from this guy. There'll be no correction. There'll be zero. Again, you're forced to send legal letters. It's just so stupid. I really am so proud to be part of this group of people and not the idiocy in Folex MAGA and in the liberal media goonery out there.
40:36Meanwhile, there are actual things to report on they could report on. But again, nothing is happening. doomers will tell you again, nothing is happening. This was a pretty great story I saw in The Federalist because, again, I thought nothing was happening against these crazy, violent, far-left groups that have been terrorizing America, despite the fact that I keep telling you, here's what's happening all the time. Oh, look at this. The Federalist, Kyle Schindler, actually interested in doing real journalism. Thank you, Kyle. Federalist is a great outlet. I love it. Antifa Network's panic after Trump administration sanctions their secret tech collective.
41:07This is after we've had multiple successful prosecutions for the first time in American history against this violent left-wing group in many cases. I thought nothing was happening. You could report on this like the Federalists did, but no, you choose to report on nonsense. Here's another one. We had an amazing case. Listen, I'm going to help you out. A lot of parents in the chat, obviously. I want to tell you, I told you last week about the disturbing 764 group that gets your kids to cut themselves and torture animals. The FBI has been cracking down harshly on that. But I want to tell you about this too.
41:43Pay close attention. Put down what you're doing for a sec. I'm not giving orders. This is really important. Folks, there are a bunch of overseas scammers, Nigeria and elsewhere. You'll see this Nick Sorter tweet. Let me just read it first. FBI tracked down and captured two sextortionists in Nigeria after their schemes caused the deaths of two American teens. This is really sad. I know it's the morning still. I try to talk about the show with a smile, but there's nothing to smile about with this. In addition to the 7-6-4 trend, there is an explosion of sextortion online, they call it. Overseas accounts and some in the United States, what they'll do is they'll find a way to get your kid.
42:20Message boards, DMs, online gaming. They'll get to your kids and they'll start to groom them. Hey, Johnny, whatever. And all of a sudden there's a back and forth. They get them to do increasingly destructive things, including sending them videos of themselves naked. These are young, young kids. They'll get them to do that. And then they will use it to extort them and say, hey, send me$100. I don't care how you get it. Steal it from your parents, Bitcoin or whatever, and send me this$100 ,000 or$5 ,000. Usually it's because they're kids. But send me this money or I'm going to launch this online.
43:01What happens? Folks, it's not just happened once or twice either. These kids go and kill themselves.
43:09Cash told them, you harmed the kids, we're going to hunt you down. Where'd they grab them? Out of Nigeria. I'm not telling you the FBI wasn't concerned about this before we got there. I'm just telling you they're really concerned about it now. And what we would call an FTOC, a foreign transfer of custody, when we grabbed someone from overseas, that was very rare in cases like this. Not anymore. again they could report on this stuff stuff parents actually care about but no they write insane stupid headlines because they know more on liberal media people and folexers horseshoe theory love this stuff they just eat it up because they want crappy inputs to form crappy outputs folks this is just again for all the nothing is happening doomers and all the people who want you to believe the world is a miserable place you should be screaming and moaning pee in your diapers all the time.
43:56This was Trump on the end of last week alone. Put up that X-Post line of stuff. Insider wins. Yeah, look at that. You can read all this stuff. We have the Lake America thing. We have the U.S. Postal Service says new mail and voting restrictions are now in effect. There's been some court blockings on that, though, so we've got to be realistic about that. ICE just sent the second deportation flight to Haiti since TPS ended. The ICE agent charged in the Minneapolis shooting was just released. U.S. Coast Guard seized 7 ,250 pounds of cocaine near Puerto Rico with five detainees. This was just the end of last week.
44:28I thought nothing was happening. I thought nothing was happening. Again, you don't have to like what's happening. It's not a mandate. This isn't a monarchy. I'm just a member of the Bongino Army. I'm not your general. I'm just one of you. But the nothing is happening thing is old and stupid. And stupid is a choice. Now they're back to the Republicans pounce thing too. When they get completely wrecked, they go right back to the Republicans pounce thing every time. Now, for those of you who don't know what Republicans pounce is, I'm going to help you in your political tactics space. Add this to your toolbox diagnosing leftist insanity, okay?
45:15Of course, the elephant's down there. For those of you listening on audio or radio, Republicans pounce as this phenomenon where the Democrats get caught in an obvious net present value negative thing, something that's really bad, okay? One of their politicians gets caught in some theft scandal. One of their politicians gets caught campaigning with a guy who says he hates America. Justin's like, wait, that actually happened. I mean, it did? It did. Like, if you run, I'm just going to throw this out there for the listening audience. Folks in the chat, yes or no. If you're going to run as a politician in America, do you think it's a good idea to campaign with a guy who says he hates America?
45:55I'm just throwing it out there. Probably not a good idea. You could run to be a politician in Haiti, in Ghana, in Rwanda, but you're running here. So why would you want to be part of, like, the Yankees if you hate the Yankees? Probably not a good idea, correct? So they got busted. Of course, this is about Hassan Piker. Why do we keep talking about Ahsan Piper? Because I told you I'm gluing it to them. Maybe that's not for you. Then this shows up. We got midterms coming up. You want to campaign with a guy who says he hates America? I'm gluing it to you every day. Sorry. Not sorry at all. I'm not moving away from it because the Democrats want you to move away from it.
46:30And now they moved on to Republicans pounce. Yes, Republicans pounce is when the story becomes about the Republican reaction to the problem rather than the problem itself. The problem is campaigning with a guy who says he hates America. The left-wing media articles now to make this go away are Dan Bongino pounces on Hasan Piper. It's not about me. It's about this. Big hat tip, Western Lensman. This may be, I saw someone say on X, and they are correct. I cannot take credit for it. This may be the greatest episode in quick video receipts you've ever seen. Here is a guy, again, does not want you to see the truth.
47:09despite the fact that he's already said it and it's on tape. Check this out. It is completely ridiculous. It's laughable to say guys like myself, guys like Abdul El-Sayed, we hate America. I say I hate America all the time. A lot of motherfuckers want to kill me over that tape. But at least I say it with my fucking chest. People will be like, Hassan, you hate America. I'm like, yeah, I do. I do hate America. It's the same guy. Now Daniel Hampton and others are writing an article in Roster. Bongino's show pounces. Nobody's pouncing him. We're just playing you his own words. You're running for a position in the United States Senate in the United States of America with a guy who says he hates America.
47:53Now, why do I play this? Because I'm gluing it to them. I'm not moving on. I'm not moving on. I love you in the audience, but I am absolutely determined to do as well as we possibly can in these midterms. And I'm not moving on because the Democrats want us to move on. They are embarrassed by this guy. Good. Now we're going to glue it to you. Here's this clown, El Sayed, completely crashing out. And now he's starting to get it like this is like pissed off time now. Where anytime he's asked a question, now he's just he doesn't even mention his name. He calls him a streamer from out in California or whatever.
48:31He won't even mention his name. No, no. They want to move on. We're not moving it on. We're not moving on. and I'm not going to let you make this a Republican's pounce, you want to run with a guy who hates America and then lies about it, then we are going to glue it to you every single day. Check this out. I am not interested in a conversation about a social media person in California. And for folks who want to make this race about a social media person in California, let's not forget what actually matters in our politics, what our politics really are about. I don't ever want my comments to hurt anybody's feelings.
48:57It's important to me that people understand that I take serious the pain of all communities in this state. But I'm going to want to have a conversation about a Twitch streamer in California. This is not a serious conversation. Why did you bring me to miss you? Yeah, Molly. You went to Fox News. You went to Fox News. You can ask Jesse about that. I'm going to have a conversation, but there are stewardship voters who do want to have that conversation. And everyone I've talked to has been asking me to ask you whether you will condemn this. I'm happy to have a conversation with my voters. But if they want to have a conversation with a request, I was here.
49:32You're having a conversation. I'm just telling me this is not a campaign that is at all a single streamer in Caliphate. This is about affordability and mission. Anybody who's ever said that they're existentially worried about Donald Trump, anybody who's ever said that they believed in religious pluralism and the right to pray as a truth to pray, all that we hold dear is on the line and it's time for us to unite. Now, again, I'm trying to give you a political tactics toolkit. can't one of them is never fall for the republicans pounce don't let them distract you no no no no no no we are not going there it's not about my reaction to your problem it's about your problem but second i'm not going to quote your son sue and all this stuff these people try to sound like like pseudo intellects however there is a component of this when your enemy is doing something that is really, really, really bad for them, just get out of the way and let them do it.
50:29Don't stop because your opponent is saying like, well, we're done with this now. No, no, we're not done. No, you may be done. We're not done. We are going to glue this to them. This is your guy. You own it. Now, who has the biggest megaphone microphone in the world? Who? Of course, President Trump, by far. Not even close. between true social X, the presidency, the pulpit in the press room. President Trump, without question, has the biggest microphone megaphone in the world. Why is that relevant to this? Because he's not letting it go either. Why? Because he thinks it's bad for the Republicans?
51:06No, it's bad for the Democrats and he doesn't care about Republicans' pounds. I'm gonna play a clip for you coming up in a minute because this is really important. President Trump is now all in on the midterms with his own personal investment in time. As he goes around the country, local news stations and elsewhere are going to have to broadcast a lot of these speeches because he's the president of the United States. You think he's not going to glue this stuff to him? I'll show you what I mean coming up in a second, last break, right back to the show. Hey, we talk all the time about paying attention to what's happening around you, but you got to pay attention to what's happening inside your body too.
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52:47Check it out. Dosedaily.co slash Bongino. Here's what I mean. Who has the biggest microphone in the world? He's not falling for this Republicans pounce thing, and he's not going to let the Democrats back away from this. When your opponents are doing something that leads to a complete total implosion, you know, get out of the way and assist them in the process. You don't stop because they tell you to stop or the liberal media tells you to stop. The liberal media hates you. Here's a Fox report on President Trump's going to be doing near daily rallies around the country. Folks, this is going to force the media to cover this stuff because you know he's going to bring it up because he has political instincts like nobody else.
53:22Check this out. We are hearing some whispers of a ton of Trump travel in October, possibly as much as a Trump rally a day in the most competitive states and districts. And that is something that you don't typically see from a president in a set of midterms that are historically very hard for the president's party. I want to explain something to you from my time in my second law enforcement job with the USS there. Here's the way this works. When the president travels nationally and does these rallies, he travels with the White House pool. The White House pool, it changes daily or weekly, but you have to be like a pool member and people come in and come out daily.
54:04But the White House pool, the traveling pool is with them everywhere. They go with them everywhere. They're in the press room. You'll see them talking to Caroline, soon to be someone else. We don't know who that person is going to be. Heard a lot of names. I love Alina in that position. Scott Jennings has been talked about, but that's a whole other show. But that's the traveling pool. It's important you understand why Donald Trump, President Trump's megaphone is so important. when he travels to say tuscaloosa tuscal you think i'd say albert i'm an over for but let's say say tuscaloosa we'll throw it around alabama he goes to tuscaloosa and does a rally what happens is you will have what they call like pls local members of the press that are inserted into the pool i hope this isn't boring but someone said they like the experience of me going through how it actually works so air force one lands the people travel from dc in the white house press pool on the plane on the bird they get off the back they take the pictures what they call under the wing and all that and what will happen is the white house staff that's there in advance will take local reporters and they'll stick them in the pool they'll call them the appeals be out locals so they'll travel that day these are reporters who have no i've typically not done this many times before their local report you know some of them are decent people some of them maybe lives who the hell knows but they're going to hear from president trump about things that may not be a big issue with tuscaloosa like tuscaloosa a local business owner may not know the democrats are campaigning with a guy who says he hates america but the pls are going to pick it up because president trump's going to talk about it and then what happens when they go to individual sites let's say they go to uh whatever a stadium for a rally there'll be ls like other local press that are inserted in there that are not traveling with the pool but are at each individual site, who, again, they may be writing for the Tuscaloosa Times that for the first time are going to have to quote the president.
55:59You can't just, they're going to have to quote the president. Why? You're not going to be assigned by your editor to go to the stadium, cover the president, come back, go, I got nothing to write about. You're going to write about what he said because you have to. So all of this stuff, we, you know, we're immersed in politics every day, all of us. I know me and you, you know, we love this stuff. This is what we do, man. This is our thing, you know. It's not a sports show. It's a politics show. We're like, of course everybody knows about the Democrats campaigning with people who said October 7 rapes aren't going to change their mind and they hate America.
56:32Folks, a lot of people are out there working for a living. It's not their fault. They're busy. They've got kids. They've got businesses to run. They're not following Hassan Piker every day. President Trump is going to make sure as he travels around the country that this stuff is absolutely glued to them and there is nothing they can do to get away from it there is no one with a bigger microphone than him now you all know the details of how the media functions on a presidential trip the national media you see in the pool that's in the press room every day is going to ignore this piker story all they can not the locals or the PLs that's why it's so important he does what he does He doesn't have to be doing this.
57:11And he does it because he wants to win. That's why I get so PO'd, the freaking doomers, trying to get people not show up, acting like nothing's happening every day. As I said to you, these media people are absolute garbage. However, once in a while, you get kind of a funny moment. I give you a little bit of a behind-the-scenes. I'm not a huge fan, obviously, of CNN and Wolf Blitzer, but I saw this in kind of a lighter moment. When I used to have my show on Fox, Unfiltered, When you're in the studio at Fox, there's usually multiple cameras. We have a couple here. There's one there. There's one there.
57:44So, you know, you know where to look because there's typically a light above the camera that'll be green and that's the camera you look at. When I would do my show from Fox unfiltered, that you look at the camera that's green. They don't typically, sometimes a set director will tell you, they'll be like this one. But for a guy who's been on here a long time, I don't know what happened here. Maybe his eyesight's not that great or whatever. This Wolf Blitzer segment on CNN is kind of funny. I want you just to check this out. Here he is. He's talking into the camera and he's clearly talking into the wrong one.
58:14Here, look. They're probably like, look here. His eyes are in the wrong direction. Look here. Oh, now they catch the camera. And now he goes and looks at the other one. I'm not piling on. It happens to everyone in the business. But I just thought I'd give you some inside baseball. You got to look at where the green thing is. Maybe the lights were broken. I don't know. Look, here we are. We got cameras all over. We got cameras behind, cameras right there. We got cameras all over the place. Poor wolf. Also, you know I like my dog videos. I got burned again. I got burned again. My team had to correct me.
58:50I was very upset. I pulled another fake AI video of a dog. I love dog videos. I try to play them like once a week because dogs are our best friends. They're so awesome. However, this was a great video. Dogs like saving this kid from a pool. It's totally fake. Apparently it was like a community note. I don't know how I missed that one. But Justin was like, all right, we'll scrap that. But he goes, I found a real one. I said, all right, cool. Like, we'll play the real one. Here is our Dan Bongino dog video of the week. Let's see. It's been six. Oh, this is Brandon Leslie. Okay. It's been six days, you know, since I found this litter of abandoned puppies on a road trip.
59:25I got them dewormed. Thank you, Brandon Leslie. Got their shots. Their weights to a much better place. His goal is to get three adopted this week. Wish him luck. So everybody at Brendan, Leslie, if you want one of these dogs, respond to him on X. Look at these little doggies. I'm such a sucker for, I never thought I'd be a sucker for doggies, man. I never, my entire life, I never thought I'd be a sucker for doggies. I didn't even want a dog. But look at the faces on these things. That Lucy looks at me every day like you're our whole life. You know, I saw someone post on X one time. You know, your dog is around for seven years.
59:59It's a small portion of your life. But the dog's entire life is you. That's the entire. So we try to put these dog videos up once in a while, make people feel good. You know, it is a Monday. Folks, please, again, just going back to the beginning of the show, please don't fall in this trap, this horseshoe theory trap. OK, I don't want to give you dopey cliches, you know, truth will set you free and whatever. But it's true. It's true. Just stick with us. And I promise you, you're going to see as all the crash outs happen and all the implosions that we were right. and everything we told you was in fact at water level and above.
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