An Urgent Threat On The Horizon (Ep. 2554)

16 Jul 2026 · 1 h 23 min · 29 chapters

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In short

Dan Bongino argues the U.S. faces a global threat after President Trump leaves office, centered on the International Criminal Court (ICC). He also claims the Trump administration is cleaning up “weaponization” in U.S. intelligence/law enforcement, highlights left-wing violence during the George Floyd era, and pivots to messaging about socialism indoctrination of youth.

Guest backgrounds

No guests are interviewed in the provided transcript. Bongino references people he knows or has discussed with (e.g., Sean Hannity; “Peter St. Onge” and “John Stossel” as commentators; “Secretary of State Marco Rubio”; “acting Attorney General Todd Blanche”; “Senator Eric Schmidt”), but they are not present as guests in this episode excerpt.

Key claims

The ICC will seek warrants and target Trump administration officials and military figures once jurisdiction is asserted. Bongino says the FBI/DNI/CIA “weaponization” was dismantled (including turning over about 10% of FBI workforce and dismantling weaponization squads). He argues left-wing violence was underreported and that socialism messaging is harming Gen Z.

Notable examples

Wall Street Journal piece on Rubio/ICC; Rubio’s statements on left-wing violence; FBI counts of bombings (2,500 in 1971–72); “Southern Poverty Law Center” and “Antifa prosecution” references; Gen Z polling and “George Washington” knowledge claims; analogies about education indoctrination and “Sweden isn’t socialism.”

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Chapters

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The Global Threat of Weaponization

0:10 to 1:26

Discussion on the global implications of government weaponization.

“Folks, I did everything I could during my last stint in government to clean up the weaponization mess.”

Reflections on FBI Experiences

1:26 to 1:52

Insights from the host's past experiences at the FBI and public response.

“They said, it's the first time I heard that.”

Current Events and Political Climate

3:00 to 4:00

Overview of the current political landscape and recent events.

“That's AmericanFinancing.net slash Bongino.”

The International Criminal Court's Threat

4:00 to 5:32

Exploration of the implications of the ICC targeting Trump and U.S. citizens.

“We turned over about 10 percent of the workforce in the FBI.”

Accountability and Political Weaponization

5:32 to 8:06

Discussion on accountability within the legal system and political weaponization.

“Basically, this is the crux of the whole thing.”

Reflections on Law Enforcement and Social Unrest

8:06 to 14:01

Analysis of law enforcement challenges and the social unrest during recent riots.

“Folks, again, we did everything we could there.”

Understanding Left-Wing Violence

14:01 to 16:30

Discussion on the historical context and impact of left-wing violence in America.

“It's not about me, it's not about cash, it's not about the president, the vice president, Rubio, anyone else.”

The Challenges of Leaving Power

16:31 to 21:30

Reflections on the difficulties of stepping away from a position of power and its implications.

“or the State Department or this White House.”

Addressing Youth Discontent

21:31 to 23:10

Encouragement to understand and redirect the anger of young people towards the right targets.

“However, it's important we get that out there.”

Addressing Youth Discontent

23:11 to 24:17

Encouragement to understand and redirect the anger of young people towards the right targets.

“Hey, the stakes right now cannot be higher.”
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Addressing Youth Discontent

24:34 to 25:37

Encouragement to understand and redirect the anger of young people towards the right targets.

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Addressing Youth Discontent

25:42 to 25:53

Encouragement to understand and redirect the anger of young people towards the right targets.

The Threat of Global Propaganda

25:54 to 28:00

Discussion about the challenges posed by global propaganda and the resurgence of socialism in America.

“We are battling a well-funded global propaganda machine that is dying to, from the inside, destroy the United States and make it implode.”

The Indoctrination of Gen Z

28:00 to 34:40

Exploring how public education has shaped Gen Z's views on socialism and history.

“If you just choose to be ignorant, then that's on you.”

The Economic Consequences of Government Policies

34:40 to 42:00

Discussing how government spending and inflation have affected today's youth and the economy.

“Groceries went vertical to the point 4 in 10 Gen Z buy now pay later users are buying groceries.”

The Impact of Government Policies on Economics

42:00 to 44:28

Exploration of how government actions impact economic realities and personal properties.

“Even tax code carve-outs would benefit me.”

Debunking the Myths of Scandinavian Socialism

44:28 to 46:18

Discussion on misconceptions regarding socialism in Sweden and its economic consequences.

“Here he is on two parts of this, on, oh, it's just like Sweden.”

Consequences of Historical Economic Models

46:18 to 48:40

Analysis of the shifts in Sweden's economic model and its outcomes on society.

“or the quality of the product because they're not even buying it for themselves.”

The Psychological Effects of Fame and Indoctrination

48:40 to 53:02

Insights into the psychological impact of fame on young individuals and the indoctrination they face.

“in any way pretentious, forgive me in advance mentioning your education.”

Critique of Socialism and Its Current Perception

53:06 to 56:00

Examination of contemporary viewpoints on socialism and its impact on society.

“gifts to socialism, when they're gifts, they're really kicks in the nads.”

Global Propaganda and Internal Dismantling

56:00 to 57:40

Discussing the global narrative against the U.S. and its implications.

“Okay, I thought I was going to do it again.”

Understanding Tax Rates and Liberal Lies

57:40 to 1:01:19

Examining the myths surrounding tax rates of the wealthy versus essential workers.

“Folks, you can look this stuff up again.”

Confronting Voter Fraud Evidence

1:01:20 to 1:04:38

Analyzing a CNN panel's reaction to evidence of election fraud.

“They've been told for almost two decades of their lives that Trump's a fascist, the rich don't pay any taxes, so they believe stupid shit.”

The Liberal Response to Confrontation

1:04:38 to 1:09:16

Discussing liberal reactions when faced with uncomfortable facts.

“One of the things they'll do, liberals, when they're clawing at their faces, crapping their diapers and all this stuff, when the panic attacks set in because they realize they're being confronted with facts.”

Personal Journey and Travel Experiences

1:09:16 to 1:10:00

Sharing personal anecdotes about travel and upbringing in the Northeast.

“has to sit there and listen to that moron Adam Schiff with zero credibility why can't you sit there and just ask questions because you don't want the answers.”

Reflections on Growing Up and the South

1:10:00 to 1:13:34

Learn about the host's childhood experiences and fondness for the South.

“where the paper company, I think it's Crane & Company, it makes U.S.”

A Viral Video Celebration of Southern Values

1:13:34 to 1:18:58

Hear about a viral video that humorously captures Southern pride and values.

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The Comment of the Day Contest

1:18:58 to 1:19:46

Discover the details of the show's Comment of the Day contest and prize.

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Upcoming Shows and Hosts

1:19:46 to 1:21:46

Get information on upcoming guest appearances and show schedules.

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Transcript

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0:02All America, all the time. Sit down, buckle up, and get ready for The Dan Bongino Show. Folks, I did everything I could during my last stint in government to clean up the weaponization mess. Everything in our power we could do, we did. Here's the problem. The weaponization of government does not end at the Atlantic or Pacific or Northern or Southern borders or the coastlines, the former coastlines. The threat is global. There is a huge threat out there that Secretary of State Marco Rubio is finally addressing. And I'm going to tell you something. If we don't address it soon, you think the President Trump weaponization trials up in New York, those humiliating Star Chamber circus trials with alleged fraud cases with no victims and all the BS that happened, you think that's bad?

0:51If we don't handle this threat that's beyond the capacity. This is not an FBI, CIA thing. This is a global thing. If we don't handle this threat now, folks, I'm telling you, like we are in a world of trouble. I'll tell you what it is in a minute. I want to address that. And also I did an appearance, it was my first one in a while on Sean Hannity, a friend of mine, good man. I did an appearance on his radio show a couple of days ago and I got a ton of emails. I'm still kind of surprised. like this story hasn't gotten out there. He had asked me something about my year there at the FBI and something I had told him before.

1:31And I got a ton of email on it. They said, it's the first time I heard that. I was kind of surprised. So this is really important, the opening of the show. We've got a ton of stuff. We've got stupid shit liberals think.

1:43I love how I just flow into that, right? Well, we've got stupid shit liberals think. It's a real segment. We've got the gifts of socialism. Gifts. Big show today. Hey, if you're a homeowner, you probably thought, should I call American Financing to refinance and pay off this credit card debt? Then you second guess yourself because of the low mortgage rate you currently have. Well, listen, check this out. That low rate, it's not saving you if you're drowning in credit card interest at 25 % or more. That's the math no one wants to face, but it's costing you thousands of dollars. Here's the truth.

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3:26President Trump's got a big speech tonight from the Oval about election malfeasance and foreign interference. This is not a slow news cycle. I know it's the summer, but politics doesn't rest in the summer. So I'm trying to pack all this stuff in. That's why the intros have been long. Dan, it's my birthday. There's no place I'd rather start my day with you and the Bongino Army. Erica A30, happy birthday, Erica. It is good to have you in the live chat. We love you. It's our interactive forum for all of you. Join us every day at 10 a.m. live. Love to have you. Happy birthday from me and the crew to you.

3:58This is important. It's not going to take long for me to explain this to you, but if you were concerned about some jackbooted thug knocking down your door, then, folks, you better damn well be concerned about the International Criminal Court. What? yes I'm telling you missile lock beam in we did everything we could including turning over 10 % of the workforce I know the doomers and the bullshitters who just the second I got off the air were eager to try to destroy you lost you look like assholes now with the whole you know nothing is happening and then again we tell you about what happened and you just ignore it and move on to your next grift we get it we get the bullshit we've already seen through it Thankfully, the show keeps kicking ass and taking names because everybody knows what happened because we can prove it.

4:47We turned over about 10 percent of the workforce in the FBI. We dismantled entire squads in the Washington field office that were involved in weaponization. There are active investigations still going on that take a while to put together about this specific thing. However, the FBI, what happened in the DNI with Clapper and Brennan at the CIA and others, there's a house cleaning going on in government. being marshaled by President Trump, who's had enough of this BS. But folks, there is a global effort to target President Trump after he leaves office. Listen to me. Beyond our shores. You got to read this piece.

5:28If there is one piece to read this summer, this is it. It's a Wall Street Journal piece. I think it's behind a paywall. Try to get a copy of it. Basically, this is the crux of the whole thing. Like Secretary of State Marco Rubio takes on the International Criminal Court. You're like, why is this important? Folks, the International Criminal Court, leave this up, please, is exactly what it says. It's an international criminal court that claims they can supersede nation states. We're a constitutional republic, the greatest constitutional republic with a founding documents in our constitution. There's no we don't need guidance from international criminal court members.

6:10The international criminal courts allies, they note, are signaling that they intend to target President Trump once his term ends as the reaction to Mr. Rubio confirms because Rubio is trying to he's trying to get rid of this ICC nonsense. The European Union, supposedly our friends, by the way, won't say as much aloud, but called U.S. attacks on the court and threats on the court, quote, simply not acceptable. Listen, folks, flags in the chat, flags, they say monthly time, red flags in the chat, please, right now. Remember this show, audience archivist Judy, remember the date. The second President Trump leaves office, people pretending to be our friends.

6:52I see him right now. I see him out of the corner. Get it going. Folks, huge problem. You heard it here first. There is very little we can do about this ICC unless the State Department leads the way. Everything from sanctioning people involved in it. We have got to stop this now. Can you imagine what it's going to be like with an international criminal court led by whatever, some justice from Kriplakistan who's locking up military generals the second they leave U .S. soil? This is a huge threat. And you may think, oh, it's just a threat to the Trump family. It may not affect me. They won't be able to travel anywhere.

7:37That's just baked into the sad cake already. This does not stop at the Trump family, folks. anyone involved in this Trump administration, by the way, moi included, I guarantee you is going to be a target of this ICC. And the whole piece, the rest of the piece, is focused on what the State Department and the Trump administration can do right now because we're running out of time to hit this body before it hits us. military generals battlefield lieutenants you're going to see ICC warrants out the freaking wazoo wherever the wazoo is I think we all have an idea that's where you should shove the ICC just remember you heard it here first I titled today's show an urgent threat on the horizon this is like a pack of great whites you're swimming into they are dying the second President Trump becomes former President Trump, for him or any family member to fly into any country where they think they can claim ICC jurisdiction and put him in handcuffs.

8:48You'll never see him again. Remember I said it. Folks, again, we did everything we could there. I bring it up, too, because acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is involved, obviously, for the last couple of days in his confirmation hearing in the Senate. it it's turned into exactly what you thought it was um republicans bringing up substantive matters like hey what happened with public corruption cases you know what happened with the crime rate well here's what happened here's what we did the democrats devolving into stupid shit like sheldon white house like uh cash per thousand it's just stupid these hearings have become nothing more than like tiktok clips for idiots who have no ability to get involved in show business so they go up there and they just say a bunch of dumb stuff adam schiff imagine Imagine Adam Schiff discussing government weaponization.

9:38Adam Schiff, the grand marshal of government weaponization and tyranny, even having the balls to bring up anything about weaponization. I'm going to bring this up in terms of an interview I did with Hannity that day on the radio show, and I got some feedback on it. Again, it kind of surprised me a little bit, but I'm going to explain to you maybe something I haven't explained well in the past. However, United States Senator Eric Schmidt, very good guy. I met him a couple of times when I was working at the FBI job. Great guy, really gets it. He brought this up yesterday at the hearing for hopefully soon to be Attorney General Todd Blanchard.

10:15He's like, weaponization? Are you guys shitting me? Like you guys invented a bunch of stuff. A bunch of Farrah stuff. A bunch of Presidential Records Act stuff. A bunch of fake fraud cases. Like you invented it out of thin air to try to put President Trump in jail. And now you're complaining that this FBI, this DNI, and this CIA are working to combat using evidence-based methods, foreign interference in election, and go after public corruption? Are you freaking crazy? The stuff we did, we actually brought to a court. We brought to a court using evidence. You guys brought it to a court and lied.

10:53Good job, Senator Eric Schmidt here. Check this out. It's worth your time. I heard one of my colleagues say that this is the most troubled Department of Justice in history. I happen to live through the previous administration where you had a Department of Justice completely weaponized against political opponents. They tried to try to throw their chief political opponent in jail, ruin his family's lives. You were his lawyer to see some of that and I was with you in a courtroom in New York to witness that offense in one of those cases. were aimed against Catholics in this country who happened to attend a traditional Catholic Latin mass, went after parents under the Patriot Act for showing up to school board meetings to object to critical race theory or the masking of their kids.

11:43We lived through Jack Smith, and the chairman has just revealed new revelations, of course, that he was reading text messages. By the way, Jack Smith testified under oath he didn't do that. He testified that they just had the phone logs. We know that's not true now. Jack Smith should be subject to prosecution for lying to Congress. So this weaponization, let's draw a distinction. When you go after your political opponents, that is a weaponization. When you hold people accountable who weaponize the justice system, that's not the same thing. This is the mess that was thrown into our laps. I'm telling you every single day, every day I was there in that office on the seventh floor of the Hoover building every day.

12:33Hey, Dan. We got a problem. Really? What now? Every day, some email would pop up, some FBI device text exchange we found, some leak to protect leakers or bad actors would appear every single day. Folks, I'm telling you, the place was a mess. This is fairly obvious. I'm unbelievably proud of the work we did. But folks, we're only one election away from it all being turned back. Listen, I'm sorry to tell you this. I know this probably isn't what you want to hear, but you fix it for good, right? You can't fix an agency full of people for good because the people change. You can only fix the rules.

13:25It's like that old line, a man never steps in the same river twice. It's not the same man, and it's never the same water. Never the same river. It's not. It's different water. It's a different guy. Cells turn over. It's a different guy. It's an older guy, different experiences. folks, we change the guardrails and the rules, but I'm not going to bullshit you like the doomers and grifters. It'd be hard to change them back, but not impossible. Because the media will hide it when they change the rules back. Because they don't want you to know. That is why this is a collective thing. It's not about me, it's not about cash, it's not about the president, the vice president, Rubio, anyone else.

14:04It's about you. This is a consent to the governed constitutional republic, Look, a representative democracy, representative of your needs. But we need you and the voters to show up and not trade this all back. We can't go back. We can't go back. I saw firsthand, and believe me when I tell you, history is going to tell this story and your eyes are going to open up. I'm going to get to Rubio in a second because it's one thing we covered and we're really concerned about the second we got in there, which is the, you know, let me get to it now, which was just the explosion of left-wing violence. We lived through it.

14:39The George Floyd riots. What do you think? That was a bunch of Tea Party guys rioting in the streets? Like, are you really that? It's like the stuff come out the wrong end and clogged your brain. Are you an idiot? Those were left-wing groups. We saw it every night. Like, it's a mostly peaceful process. Some guys getting this shit beat out of them. Buildings are burning down. The chop zone. People getting, like, shot. That was left-wing violence. One of the first things we did when we went in there is looked at who was financing this. It's still going on, by the way. And you've seen some of the results.

15:11Again, the doomers and bullshitters who've been totally humiliated will tell you otherwise. You've seen this Southern Poverty Law Center case going on. Again, everybody's entitled to, you know, innocence still proven guilty is the infamous picture. Mostly peaceful protest. Freaking buildings burned down. Dude's in like riot gear with ski glasses on for the smoke. You know, sometimes I forget that. Dude had like protective goggles on. Like he's in like the locker room after a game seven world series win, protecting his eyes from the champagne. It's from the smoke. You've already seen it. The first Antifa prosecution successful in U.S.

15:49history. The mission's not over, but this stuff was going on from day one. The BLM arrest. People probably forgot about that. Happened? Yeah, just look it up. Don't listen to the doomers. The Southern Poverty Law Center already mentioned that. These are ongoing now. and the incidents of left-wing violence, although still out there, and these cases are still going on. Folks, under the president's leadership, they're going down dramatically because people are starting to get the hint that if you fund this stuff and you think you're going to get a pass from the left-wing media, oh, mostly peaceful, put the ski goggles on, keep the smoke out of my eyes.

16:27We don't care if they try to give you a pass. You're not going to get a pass with this justice system or the State Department or this White House. Here's Secretary Rubio, who's just killing it. A dual role. I don't know how many. You guys have like 47 different jobs. See the number. Here's Secretary Rubio yesterday talking about how big of a problem left-wing violence has been through the course of history. And the media just continues to ignore it. Nobody's ignoring it now. Check this out. One 18-month period between 1971 and 1972, the FBI counted some 2 ,500 bombings on American soil, a rate of nearly five a day.

17:12The overwhelming share of that violence came from left-wing extremists. between 1970 and 1980, 93 % of terrorist attacks in the West came from the far extremist left. These are numbers that would shock most Americans today because we've been taught to believe that this kind of political violence, it simply doesn't exist or it's being exaggerated, but it does exist and we're actually underestimating it and our nations bear the scars to prove it. And there are some people not working at the Department of Justice and the FBI anymore because they tried to parrot the same bullshit narrative. That's not really left wing violence.

17:53Really? You sure about that? One of the questions I love to ask when I was there, and I'm desperately trying to not make this show about the past year because it's just there's other stuff to talk about. That's why we talk about socialism a lot. But one of the questions I would ask all the time is why? Why do you think that? No, explain to me again. And after like the second or third bullshit explanation where they trip over their own words, we realized like this person's got to go, can't be in that position anymore or can't be in the job because the judgment is so terrible. I was on Hannity's show and this came up the other day.

18:28He had said to me, he's like, hey, you remember the conversation we had where you told me early on that you were going to do the year and here's why. I said, yeah, I remembered it. And, you know, we still get this question a lot. And I answered the question the same way, but I gave a little more detail. And I got a bunch of feedback on it. People said, that's interesting. I never heard you say that before. You know, why, folks, walking away from that was really hard. I'll keep this short. But I think it's important, especially with the Bongino army out there, the Doomers and the whatever, like they've already embarrassed themselves.

19:03It was hard. It's hard to walk away from power like that. That's what it is. Institutional power. I mean, it's power behind a microphone too, but it's different. To walk away is hard. I really, really enjoyed the job. It was tough. There were a lot of days where, you know, but a lot of jobs are tough. Like anything worth having, you got to suffer for a little bit, right? No one wants an easy job. I mean, you're not even going to remember it. It was tough to walk away. But one of the reasons I decided early on and told Sean and, you know, Mike Davis and others, we love Mike Davis. by the way, can we get him on the show?

19:40You gotta, Mike Davis, I love Mike Davis. Was because I knew eventually I was gonna become a distraction. Not because of anything I did, just because everything I did became an issue because I did it. It didn't matter if I cured cancer at the FBI. There'd be some controversy that I was starving cancer doctors of revenue. So I figured I had about a hundred days to kind of go in there and shake the place up and change everything I could. Every problem there from medium to big to small, everything I could, I had about 100 days. I had about another 100 days to kind of let it settle a little bit and another 100 days to get people in place where we could make these changes permanent, at least with the people in charge, unless the administration changes and they move other people in, as I said before.

20:32But I knew after a while, I knew after about a year or so, that me being in the position, you notice you don't hear much about the new deputy director. He's a good guy, but you don't hear much because the media just loves to hit my name. It's just like a click for them. So everything became a big deal from like me going down to grapple with the guys and like, oh my gosh, he hurt his shoulder or his elbow. My elbow was sore. I was a 50 year old grappling. Like that was a story. Like nobody would care about that with anyone else. So I knew after a year I could go in and do what I needed to do, but it was after then.

21:10And everybody knew that. That's why the president came on my show after that. It was the first guest, you know. But it came up, I explained it that way, and a ton of people even, they said, I've never heard you say that before. Well, it's true. Sean knew it, Mike knew it, everybody knew it. So that's why I did that. And I'm really proud of what we did, folks. Really proud. All right, I got to get to some really important stuff. I don't want to, again, make this show. I rarely talk about it, as you know. However, it's important we get that out there. But there are real fights going on. The real fight is on the other side of the political fence right now.

21:40It is. We're cleaning up our movement. That's great. But this battle against socialism and stupid shit liberals think is unbelievably important because the kids are being indoctrinated to believe. And by the way, I am not attacking the younger kids. I'm going to explain to you why I think in this segment, we should have aired this conversation you and I had before the show, Justin. It was so good. to the young folks out there who listen to my show, by young, I mean like 16 to 25. That's in our society now. It's still relatively young, right? It wasn't 20 years ago, 30, but you get the point. I don't blame you for being angry at the system.

22:19Are we clear on that? I can't go forward. Everyone in the chat, do you understand? I do not blame these kids. It is the wrong attack. I see some, not a lot, but some people in the conservative movement, they're almost angry at these kids for believing this stuff. I'm not angry at them at all. The system did screw you over. What? Yeah, it did. But the system that screwed you over is the government. I'm going to show you. I'm going to bring receipts. I don't blame you for being angry. I'm just telling you direct your anger at the right spot. It's not us that did this to you. It is the government.

22:56There's a reason you got screwed over. And we need to change our messaging to reach out to them or else the socialism is going to be the only off-ramp to that highway. And we can't have that because it leads to nowhere. Quick break, and I'll bring receipts, folks. Hugely important segment coming up. Hey, the stakes right now cannot be higher. We finally have a country fighting hard for America first. Can't lose focus now. You know the left is just getting ready on the sidelines. I just said this before. They want to take over the government again, go back to censoring speech, attacking companies.

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26:26We love you on the show. We're all America all the time here, always. Nobody on the globe can take us on one-on-one. They can't. Dan, how are you so sure? because the record's there to prove it. We will kick your ass. We don't lose wars. Public perception may turn against it, but I promise you, when we have marshaled the American will to go and take on a foreign enemy, no matter how big, the Germans, the Nazis, even the Cold War and the Soviets, we win because we kick ass and take names. And you should be proud of that. Our military is amazing. It's incredible. The bravery, the technology. There is a well-funded global propaganda machine, I promise you, though, out there trying to destroy this place from the inside.

27:17With conspiracy theories, with the MAGA tent turning against each other, people up is down, down is up, west is east, east is west. You see this now. People don't know what to believe anymore. And one of the things you're seeing now with a massive resurgence in the United States is the resurrection yet again of socialism. Peter St. Ange has been on the show. He is just fantastic. I strongly encourage you to follow him on X. He is really, really well-informed. He puts together some great pieces. Guys, this is why, and ladies out there, this is why I don't blame the kids. I blame the kids for eventually not seeking truth.

28:00If you just choose to be ignorant, then that's on you. You have to understand, this is the conversation I have with Justin. I wish made it on the show this morning, but I'll have it again right here. Pretend Justin's right next to me. Folks, your kids who are in these public schools, not all, but many, from kindergarten through 12th grade and high school, and many of them in college too, depending on where they go, have been indoctrinated for over 10 years, over a decade of their life, the most impressionable decade where they have no life experience to counteract or contradict what they're being told.

28:38They have been told for 10 plus years that socialism is sharing. Sharing is caring. It's all about Barney the Dinosaur. It's all about Sweden. Look at Sweden. Isn't Sweden wonderful? You know, it's like people are moving to Sweden like Swedes move year two. It's kind of weird. Saint-Andre addressed this in this video. I got two clips from it. But this is why it is a mistake. It is a tactical error in messaging judgment to attack the kids and not go after the system indoctrinating the kids. It's a huge mistake. You're going to lose them forever. I promise. Here's part one of him describing this global propaganda machine funding everything from schools to indoctrination.

29:17Check this out. A majority of Gen Z now wants to replace our economic system with socialism. According to a new study by Cato, over half of 18 to 25-year-olds, 53%, have a favorable view of socialism, which beats capitalism. That score is just 45. Meanwhile, 38%, 4 and 10, have a favorable view of communism. So communism is now just seven points behind capitalism. Impressive approval for breadline, secret police, and gulags. Of course, the trend is getting bad fast. Seniors favor capitalism 3 to 1 to socialism and 13 to 1 to communism. Even millennials, capitalism beats socialism by 10. So Gen Z is a 18 point swing compared to avocado toast pronouning millennials.

30:0312 years of government school followed by four years of progressive finishing school to marinate them in capitalism for 16 of their first 22 years. 84 % of public school teachers and 93 % of college professors are liberal, meaning socialist. In one study, donations ran 95 to 1 Democrat. Another study sampled 118 professors who donate to politics, found 1 out of 118 donate exclusively to Republicans, and 0 donated to Trump. In other words, liberals do not have kids, but they just take yours. A recent study found 1 in 3 high school Gen Z do not know who George Washington is. 61 % had no idea what we were just celebrating the 250th anniversary of.

30:4611 % guessed the first election. 4 % guessed the Plymouth Rock. 30 % did not comprehend the question.

31:01Recent study found one in three high school Gen Z do not know who George Washington is. 61 % had no idea what we were just celebrating the 250th anniversary of. It's in the headline. 11 % guessed the first election. 4 % guessed the Plymouth Rock. 30 % did not comprehend the question. Didn't comprehend? Justin finds that part tragic. You didn't comprehend the question? You don't even know the 250th thing was the 250th. Folks, the 250th celebration is in the headline. It was celebrated on Independence Day. Independence Day. Where we signed this thing called the Declaration of Independence. It's in the name.

31:45it's like asking what we're celebrating on martin luther king's birthday or like who's buried in grant's tomb it's in the name

31:57yeah exactly then you go we're celebrating independence from who this is why i'm telling you your instinct is to get mad at the kids folks how the oh i almost cursed her that how in the hell is a child in school from kindergarten through college, through their, in many cases, early 20s, probably 15 years of their lives. How are you in school and you never learn that Independence Day is the day we declared independent? It's in the freaking name. It's in the name. This is why, though, I know, I know, I know the instinct is to want to, like, hit the kids. I don't mean physically. I mean, you know, take them on here.

32:44It's not their fault. Imagine sending your kid to a trade school for carpentry, and then the kid comes out after 15 years. Because this is a similar analogy. And you're sitting there with a hammer and a box of stainless steel nails. And he goes, what's that? You're like, what? What's that? What's that? It's a hammer and a nail.

33:10who runs the public schools government and liberal teachers younglings out there the younglings don't get mad at us bro we didn't screw this up we're trying to give you school choice to get out of these shitholes that's our thing MAGA people conservative people you don't want a choice you want to go to a school where in 15 years you don't know independence day celebrating independence it's in the effing title it's in the title it's right there the lead isn't buried honestly do you know who's buried in Grant's tomb it's not a trick question I guarantee you some people don't know who's buried in Grant's tomb Grant!

33:53there was a Woody Woodpecker episode

33:5930 % did not comprehend the question you're not comprehending the question Justin can't get over that part a third of them did not comprehend the question folks younglings we did not do this to you we are trying to help you the government did this to you through their public schools with their tax dollars they did this we're trying to give you a way out we're trying to give you an exit ramp to freedom liberty and prosperity you don't want it you want to stay there we're trying to help it's not your fault i get it here's part two of this video but pay close attention to this i'm going to explain to you after this how exactly the government did this to you younglings not us we're trying to help you we're trying to help you i promise on my integrity we're trying to help you here's part two check this out the other half is congress and the fed made capitalism look like a rigged casino where boomers own the chips and young people valet park the lamborghinis raining cheap money upon wall street and corporations and leaving the inflation for the little guy this pumped home price is vertical to the point the average first-time homebuyer is 40.

35:25Groceries went vertical to the point 4 in 10 Gen Z buy now pay later users are buying groceries. Now given young people don't have any assets to pump but they do eat they got none of the juice but all the squeeze. Meaning Gen Z does not love communism for the gulags and bread lines they love it because they've been sold a bill of goods and their communist professors connect the dots to a revolution that will finish them off. Now the fix to education is simple, return K-12 to parents, end government grants and student loans to universities beyond apolitical, medical engineering, and basic research, and restore an economy where nobody is coming to stop you or bail you out.

36:05So slash red tape slash tax rates, make it as easy to start a company or create a job as ordering an Uber, and in return, end the bailouts. Corvette Mike in the chat, you see that? What color was George Washington's white horse? If you don't know the answer to that, it's probably because your teachers are really stupid. So I'm just asking you, I'm not blaming you. I get it. I'm just saying don't choose stupid. Sayak, don't choose stupid. The government did this to you. What Peter St. Onge said about that, that analogy he gave of the young American citizen busting his asses like a valet in some fancy hotel.

36:48he's making what I don't know 10 bucks an hour plus some tips maybe and he's parking a bunch of older folks his Lamborghinis do you blame him for being pissed I don't if you're looking for me to say oh f that guy you got the wrong show I'm not saying that at all and also by the way I'm not blaming the older guy either I'm definitely not some anti-capitalist lunatic I'm as free markets as they get. But the system is broken. But the system is run by government. Folks, I want you to think about this. The average American mom and dad, 2.1 kids, you know, white fence and a picket fence and a dog. Back in the 70s, you could buy a house for$20 ,000,$30 ,000.

37:36I don't even know what my father and mother bought our house in Smithtown for. We lived for a little bit. I have no idea but i know it wasn't a lot my father bought a ford pinto and i think he had the window stick remember the pinto that disaster i think the car was like three grand or something what happened here's what happened folks listen it's not hard i promise this is not a calculus equation i'm about to lay out there it's not a philosophy lesson it's a fact the united states government started spending a lot of money it didn't have. Just put in any search engine, the Google machine, anywhere else, grok.

38:15What are U.S. government annual debt and deficit levels? And you'll see it's gone up. What the hell does that have to do with the Pinto and houses? When the government prints more money, supply and demand, when supply increases, you'll see the market clearing price of things. When you see a lot of stuff, they're worth less. If you have a limited supply of everything bagels You can charge more If you have 20 million everything bagels Then basically you're throwing them away People just take them for free You print more money It works the same way Just like making more bagels You print more money To spend more money like the government does The value of money goes down So what happened?

39:00Older folks What people call boomers and others Who had houses that they bought before government debt and money printing exploded, saw the value of money go down, but the value of what they had, their assets went up. A house that was worth$3 ,000,$10 ,000,$30 ,000,$100 ,000, it's not worth a million dollars, but it's the same house, at least the same piece of land. Maybe you did some upgrades here or there, but that doesn't explain a$200 ,000,$300 ,000,$10 ,000 increase in value percent. The government did that. That's not natural. Nothing changed about the house or the lot. What changed was the government.

39:43That's who screwed you. So a bunch of folks who had assets, gold, treasury, inflated, protected securities, cars, homes, diamonds, artwork. If you had that, it exploded because the government made money worth less and assets worth more. And you got effed. The government created a series of shitty public schools for you where you're in your junior year of college and you don't know who's buried in Grant's tomb. You don't know what independence is. So, be straight. Who is the host of the Dan Bonino show? That's a question they get wrong. They created public schools where people aren't taught to think critically anymore.

40:32They did that to you. They inflated assets that this generation 50 plus owns and you're getting locked out of. They did that. The two areas that people complain about the most, healthcare is too expensive in education. It doesn't bother you that the government has the biggest footprint, healthcare and education, and yet socialists tell you, man, capitalism did it. How government pays for like 40 to 50 % of healthcare and is just mobbed. Or what's the new word? Mogged. Totally mogged like the education. They popped up in a camera taking a selfie together. The government mogged it. Totally. The government took over the education system.

41:13Your complaint should be directed at government, not us. Look at areas like government generally stayed out of in healthcare. Generally. Dentistry and LASIK eye surgery. You go to a dentist, the prices are pretty reasonable. Again, not everywhere, but largely compared to healthcare. LASIK, for your eyes. The government early on wasn't heavily involved in that. It was like cash and carry. The cost of LASIK effectively has been stable or gone down because the government didn't get involved and try to take it over. The tax code. I love how liberals gripe about tax code carve-outs. That's not our thing.

41:55Conservatives don't want any carve-outs. We want a flat tax. We want a fair tax. Just do your homework. We didn't do this to you. I hate tax code carve-outs. Even tax code carve-outs would benefit me. I hate them. But it was Democrats and Republicans combined, by the way, some, not the conservative ones, who threw that on your back. Interesting, the price of LASIK is$20. Oh, this is cool. AI overview. you. The guys just did this here. Receipts, folks, right here. The average cost of LASIK eye surgery is about 4 ,400 for both eyes. Interestingly, the price of LASIK is actually about 20 % lower today than it was in 1998 adjusted for inflation.

42:40That's because insurance doesn't overwhelmingly and the government doesn't didn't intervene early in this market. They're just right there.

42:51Folks, we didn't do this to you, okay? rent control. You can't tell a landowner and a building owner in New York City who's invested his whole life in a property you can't make money on the property. Whoa, man, the quality of the apartments in New York City is shit. No kidding! A landlord's not going to go in there and fix a property he's losing money on. Does this not make sense to you? We didn't do this to you. Socialism did this to you.

43:21Folks, I know what you're going to say, too. I know your kids are going to be like, well, I learned from Professor Joey Bagadonuts in the University of East Tuna Fish. He said that if we just need to be more socialist like Sweden, Sweden is not socialism. It's a big government or was welfare state moving away from that. Socialism is the government controlling the means of production, the factories, the farms. That's socialism. You guys can look this up, you know. Again, I'm trying to help you You don't know what you're asking for You want to give up your property to the government Ask a Cuban what it was like to own a house Before Castro Before they came in and took everything from him Here's John Stossel He does amazing videos I'm strongly encouraging you to follow Saint-Ange Follow John Stossel too He's been doing this for decades For probably 40 years now 30, 40 years He has been doing videos warning people about the dangers of being misled into what socialism is.

44:28Here he is on two parts of this, on, oh, it's just like Sweden. It's not just like Sweden. Don't you stupid. We're trying to help. Check this out. Today, many Americans don't like capitalism. Socialism would be better, they say. Not repressive Russian or Venezuelan socialism, but democratic socialism. like what's practiced in Scandinavia. I think we should look to countries like Denmark, like Sweden. Say, wow, you wanna be like Sweden? Kinda, sounds pretty good. People interviewed in this just released PBS documentary say, America should be more like Sweden. It seems like it's like a place that, like no problems or something.

45:11Volvos and socialized medicine. At Volvo is now a Chinese company. Johan Norberg made this documentary because he wanted to set the record straight. Sweden is not socialist because the government doesn't own the means of production. To see that you have to go to Venezuela or to Cuba or North Korea. But we did have a period in the 1970s and 1980s when we had something that resembled socialism. A big government that taxed and spent heavily. And that's the period in Swedish history when our economy was going south. So much so that even socialists complained about the high taxes. Astrid Lindgren, who wrote the very popular children's books, Pippa Longstocking, for instance, she was a social democrat, but she had made a lot of money from her books.

45:57She found that she paid 102 % in taxes. Socialism is not Sweden. It was a big government welfare state. But even if you want to call it socialism, even the Swedes got away from it because they realize when you give money to the government, they have no incentive to control the costs or the quality of what they're spending your money on or the quality of the product because they're not even buying it for themselves. Here's a quickie follow-up to what happened after Sweden themselves moved away and is still moving away because of complaints about social services, education, health care, as they move away from the big government welfare state model, even your own example.

46:40Do you see the young turd in there? kank sweet enough sounds great so move there bro move there just go no one is going to miss you go pay the 102 tax right pippy long stockings author did here's part two about what happened when they got away from that even your own example blows up in your face don't choose stupid please it's a choice don't take it check this out wrote this angry essay about a witch uh who was quite mean and vicious, but not at all as vicious as the Swedish tax authorities. And yet even though taxes were high, they did not bring in enough money to fund Sweden's welfare state.

47:21There were waiting lines to get health care. People couldn't get the pension that they thought that they depended on for the future. At that point, the Swedish population just said, enough, we can't do this. Sweden then reduced government's role. They cut public spending, privatized the national rail network, abolished certain government monopolies, eliminated inheritance taxes, and sold state-owned businesses like the maker of absolute vodka. Lower taxes reformed the pension system so that it wasn't unsustainable. The results from the spending cuts and privatization? This impoverished peasant nation developed into one of the world's richest countries.

48:04Even their own arguments don't work for them. do you want logic and reason or do you want talking points that are just factually inaccurate again stupid's a choice don't take it but don't blame the kids they've been told this they have no reason to look it up they've been told an apple's an orange and then someone goes that's not a an orange that's an apple you know i've been told for 20 years they think you're crazy i'm just asking you to see the world through their eyes indoctrination at a young age is really tough. I was having a conversation the other day. If this sounds in any way pretentious, forgive me in advance mentioning your education.

48:43I don't mean it this way, but nobody knew who I was from Adam until I was late 30s, probably closer to 40. Nobody. I remember the first time when I ran for office, someone recognized who I was who I didn't know. They had seen me in the Severna Park newspaper or whatever, and I was coming out of this big vanilla gym. It was a gym I used to work at, and the guy was like, hey, you that damn Bonagino guy? And I'm thinking, how the hell does this guy know who I am? He's like, I saw you in the Severna Park paper. I remember that moment like it was yesterday. I'm still talking about it. But can you imagine what it's like to be like, who's like a super famous guy?

49:16I always bring up the Biebs, this Biebs. Howie Mandel, no, not the Gee. Bad example. Gee's not even here, so we can make fun of him because he's not here. Gee doesn't, Mandel, that's not even Mandel. It's Howie Mandel. You're getting the whole story messed up. He didn't even know his name. But imagine a guy like the Biebs, right? this kid got famous when he was like how old like 13 or something can you imagine the corrupting effects of people coming up to you at like 13 14 15 16 before your brain's even fully formed every no matter what you do everyone telling you how wonderful it is you sneeze like oh my gosh that's the greatest sneeze ever it was melodic can i have the tissue like oh that's freaking gross bro that they get propagandized i don't know how these kids don't all grow up to be like serial killers It's corrupting even at 40 and 50 You know, it really is You have to like level yourself That's why I don't get out too much Can you imagine going to school For over a decade of your life Being told that Sweden's socialism It's not It's a welfare state And that the Sweden's socialism Called welfare state is fantastic Even though Swedes themselves are moving away from it You're making the wrong argument I'm going to show you some of the the gifts from this socialism in these two headlines coming up in a minute.

50:34Cause this stuff has a real consequence folks. This stuff has a real consequence. You got, don't put up the headline yet, but China being more popular, more popular in these PR polls than the United States. What? Doomers and grifterism, the world, we're all going to die in 10 years, 10 years later. We're all going to die in the next 10 years, 10 years later. No, it's the next 10. When is this mass death from global extinction going to happen? Quick break. I'll show you what I mean. Gifts to socialism. When I say gifts, I mean kicks in the nads. That's the gifts to socialism. Kick me. Do you remember Beavis and Buckhead, the coach?

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53:14You got to do the, You know, these freaking lunatics who believe in this shit. The gifts of socialism. Here's one of the gifts. I saw this article in the Daily Mail this morning. Popped up on one of my feeds. This is what happens when you indoctrinate kids with the red-green access. You know, the people telling you, like, the climate, that any changing climate's going to destroy. They keep changing their mind, by the way. There's going to be an ice age. There's going to be global warming. There's going to be a lot of fires. There's going to be not enough fires. There's going to be earthquakes.

53:44Not enough earthquakes. They change their mind all the time because nothing they tell you is based on facts or reality. They ticked the highway ramp to stupid a long time ago. Here's Daily Mail headline. Again, the Doomerism, a dismal glimpse into the future. Scientists give their chilling predictions for life basically in the next 100 years here. From meat grown in labs to intense fires raging across the globe, life in 2100 could look very different from today. Oh my gosh, it sounds horrible. Holy Moses. By the way, these are the same scientists who told us it was going to be an ice age, and then it wasn't going to be an ice age, we're all going to burn to death.

54:23These are the same scientists buying homes on Martha's Vineyards, they're telling you it's going to sink. That's according to a new study that predicts what we can expect in the next century. Experts say that significant global warming, here we go again, they're back to global warming again. It's now more likely than not, with temperatures potentially rising as much as four degrees Celsius. Oh my gosh. Why would you want to have kids in this hellhole? We're all going to burn to that. Like Linda Hamilton in the dream sequence in Terminator 2. Hold it onto the fence. We're all going to die. Did you ever notice that life only gets better?

55:00Can you imagine this? Imagine being a young person. Again, I'm not blaming you. Being told we're all going to die in 10 years for 15 years of your life. Being told everyone's going to die and wondering why they're all depressed. This is why You know these young people they go to like their grandparents Who may have grown up Most of them are dying off now but great grandparents And they say Oh man we really we got it so horrible And the great grandparent who grew up in the Great Depression Is like what? What are you kidding me? Do you even know what a government cheese line looks like? They're like Don't get mad at the kid though The teacher's telling them that Here's how you get this Washington Post headline This is insane.

55:42This is like get yourself in a freaking padded room. Stat. Seriously, seek medication.

55:55Sorry, it's just a C-read one over my phone. China's become more popular. Okay, I thought I was going to do it again. Put that headline up again. Sorry. I said you can't say anything that sounds like that. China's become more popular than the U.S. and much of the world. Folks, the rest of the world's being told this too. Why? Because you've got a global propaganda machine desperate to dismantle the United States from the inside out and cause an internal implosion like a submersible a mile underwater without pressurization. This is all because they're being told a bunch of candidly stupid shit.

56:41This is why they believe a bunch of stupid shit. It's so stupid that normal people who've lived... You notice that when Peter St. Ange was talking about people who have a favorable view of socialism, as people get older, it gets more and more unfavorable. It's because they've lived life and have had experiences with things like sharing is caring and that's social. They're like, that's not what actually happens, man. Do you have our new stupid shit? These guys. Stupid shit liberals believe.

57:20I did not do that. These guys, I did tell them put something together. I did not know it was going to go down that road. I told them Paula's going to hate that. Paula's going to, Paula, if you're watching, you can text me, right? She's going to hate it. One more time. isn't it?

57:44Folks, you can look this stuff up again. This guy is not dumb. You know, remember Buttigieg? You remember Buttigieg, right? Ran for president. Was like Pothole Pete when he was the mayor. Went over to the Department of Transportation. Did absolutely nothing except film videos of himself riding a bike like 100 feet. I see the Muttley's in the chat. Buttigieg is back. He's probably going to run for president. This is what I said last night at Jesse Watter's show. Don't panic about the Democrats. They have no past, no present, no future. Their past was Obama-Biden embarrassing. Their present hair gel guy, Newsom, and Buttigieg.

58:25And their future is like Mamdami, who can't even figure out the temperature for air conditioning in City Hall. Like, don't panic about these people. Just fight back. Here's Buttigieg passing off A talking point That if there was the number one Talking point of stupid shit liberals believe Is that the wealthy Don't pay the same tax rates As like teachers and nurses I don't know what to tell you man It's just not true You're just making it up But because you've been indoctrinated into believing That a bunch of rich people have somehow stolen money From you I don't blame you for thinking But you can go and look this up you know Right, they want the Swedish 102 % tax rate.

59:07Pippi Longstocking on it. Here's Buttigieg repeating this exact same talking point. Folks, it's just not true. You can look this up, you know. Check this out. Nobody who really stops and thinks about it can accept us being told we can't have nice things. Like rural hospitals and good roads and great schools. And child care. And child care. at a moment when the wealthiest people in this country pay a lower rate on their taxes than the nurses who work in those hospitals, the teachers who teach in those schools, and the workers who work on those roads. People know that we can do better than that.

59:42And I think people know that we can have a better future than the one that we're in. Look at these two morons clapping and the people in the crowd clapping like that's true. Folks in the crowd, you can whip out your phone and look this up, you know. Here, here's a screenshot from my phone This is not a game or a trick, just put it and try it yourself I went to Grok yesterday On my phone, do the wealthiest 1 % Of US taxpayers pay a lower rate Than nurses? You can do this Yourself, bro And Sarah for Iowa No, the wealthiest 1 % Of US taxpayers pay a substantially higher Effective federal tax Rate than nurses It's from the Tax Foundation The top 1 % average an effective rate of 26.3%.

1:00:28That's just federal taxes, not state, local, property. They earn 20 % of the income but paid 38.4 % of all federal income taxes. Nurses pay a far lower rate than that. There's an effective rate, if you look at the bottom of that, there's an effective rate they pay at about 5 % to 15%. You can look this up, man. The problem with boot edge edge is he's not stupid like AOC. AOC's just dumb. She probably just doesn't know. She's good at TikToks, which is dangerous in and of itself. Buttigieg is not stupid. He's just lying, but you accept being lied to when you can just look this up. Why is that a problem?

1:01:14Because you're going to solve a problem that doesn't exist. We got to tax them more. They pay less than we do. They don't pay less than you do. just making that up watch what happens I need you to watch this clip so this is Brianna Lyman on CNN she does a great job I think she's at the Federalist she's on a CNN panel talking about voter integrity and election fraud this is what happens when you confront liberals with facts they really get pissed off because turning back to the beginning of the show from the time they're in kindergarten to the time they're in their early 20s they have been indoctrinated to believe in apples and orange.

1:01:53Don't blame them. They've been told for almost two decades of their lives that Trump's a fascist, the rich don't pay any taxes, so they believe stupid shit. They also believe that there's no evidence of voter fraud, the system's beyond reproach, nobody cheats in elections. That's just dumb. So the CNN panel's classic, but I initially posted, because Brianna does a good job presenting actual evidence of things that happen in Georgia worth looking into, that the FBI and the DOJ is looking into now. And she even says, like, I won't even cite my own work because I know you'll think it's biased. So I'm going to cite the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which is not a right-wing outlet.

1:02:38I didn't notice this when I cut the clip. I want you to watch the other panelists face change as Brianna Lyman goes on for like 45 seconds to a minute citing evidence from the Atlanta Journal Constitution of potential malfeasance in Georgia. Watch the guy's face go from smiling to fidgeting funny to like, what am I going to say to this? Now I just look like an idiot. This is what happens when you confront liberals with facts they've been indoctrinated to believe otherwise against. Watch the faces. Don't miss this. This is great. Check this out. You have evidence in Georgia, And I know people don't want me to cite my own reporting, so I will cite the Atlanta Journal Constitution because it is left wing.

1:03:17We know that during we know that during the 2020 recount, 3000 ballots were scanned twice. The secretary of state's office could not confirm if those were counted, though election integrity activists say they were counted. We know during the audit of the 2020 presidential election, there were, quote, several cases in which election workers mistyped vote totals or allocated votes the wrong candidate. The state election board gave a slap on the wrist. How many times? We know that governor said it was. Did you see it? Did you hear the, if you're listening on Apple or Spotify, did you hear the sound effects?

1:03:45First they're laughing and then they're not laughing. And then the guy, he starts it. And he starts like, you know, he's going to like pick his nose or something like that. He doesn't know what to do. What is he going to do? Call out the left wing Atlanta journal constitution. This is like, this, this is what happens when you confront them. Look at it.

1:04:08Oh, shit. Let me fit. No, look at his face. Look how pissed off he is. He's like, man, who shit my Cheerios? Oh, here we go. Let me fidget now. Don't touch your face like that. You can get sick. He doesn't know what to do. What's he going to say? They're lying? The left wing AJC? He doesn't know what to do. This happens every time you confront one of these people who's been indoctrinated into believing stupid shit. It happened up on the hill yesterday. One of the things they'll do, liberals, when they're clawing at their faces, crapping their diapers and all this stuff, when the panic attacks set in because they realize they're being confronted with facts.

1:04:49The wealthiest, in fact, pay twice as much in tax rate percentage-wise than nurses and teachers. There is evidence of voter malfeasance and misfeasance. There is evidence of it. What do you think they're investigating now? I think they're making it up and swearing to a career FBI. I'm just going to make this up. We're not the left. They get mad because they've been told. I use this example. They tell you in undercover school when you're an agent, don't ever, ever be the one to arrest the bad guy. Ever. They'll never believe it. Remember the scene in Lethal Weapon when he's buying drugs? He's like, I'm a cop.

1:05:28And it turns out to be a shootout. That's exactly what will happen. That's why you don't arrest a bad guy. A separate team comes in and arrests you too. Because your whole worldview has been like, this is my drug partner in sales, not a cop. It's the same thing with liberals. Their entire worldview is baked around bullshit. The rich don't pay taxes. Elections are always clean all the time. Look at what happens with the tactic messenger. So James O 'Keefe, who's done a lot of exposés and some really amazing things and done really quality work throughout the years, was up on Capitol Hill yesterday with Nick Shirley and others.

1:06:03Listen to the, like, one, there's no Democrats even there. Show this first. This is the Fox Club. The Democrats don't even show up because in the face of facts he brings to the table, they don't want to be told they're full of shit. Listen to this Fox Club. You've got some testimony from the person I kind of call as a fraud-busting hero, Nick Shirley, is there. And you've got political activist James O 'Keefe there. And a lot of Republicans in the room. And I think we have a shot of the empty seats all the way to the right? Yeah, right screen, and then off to the right of that, empty seats where Democrats would be sitting.

1:06:38I mean, how does this play out? Dems don't care about defrauding the American people? No. I love Harris. No, she knows the answer. She's not really asking a question, right? She knows what she's saying. No, they don't. They didn't even show up. And then they go after O 'Keefe. Why not address what he said? why not address what he said? Because they can't. They claw at the faces. They crapped themselves. Mommy's got to come in with the wipeys and clean them up. Here's O 'Keefe at the hearing yesterday. They had no response to this at all. They didn't even want to show up and hear it. They are the see no evil, hear no evil, taste no evil, nothing.

1:07:21They don't want any of their senses activated. Check this out. We also found next ballot petitioners asking homeless to sign in other people's names. We recorded over the shoulder one petitioner who took out his phone to access an online database to pull voter rolls and addresses. Quote, I have an Idaho address, said the voter. The petitioner says, I'm going to give you an address to write. Your name is Robert. Another says, I'm giving you a new name. So he visited the residents of those people who are disenfranchised. One of the names was Vicki Walker. The homeowner at that address said for nine years he received election mail in the name of this Vicky Walker.

1:07:58In fact, he told me he'd received so many ballots in the name of Vicky Walker. He named his cat Vicky Walker. We returned to ask for comment from the petitioner who was offering drugs in exchange for signatures. The same individual who had threatened us earlier, he grabbed the petitions and hid them in his car. We having any mic problems or something? No, I see. Oh, it was low. Okay. So I was watching the chat. So why not just address what O 'Keefe said instead of attacking him. You don't have to agree with him on everything. Why not just address it? Because, producer Jim, why? Because they don't want to.

1:08:36They don't want to tell you the truth. You don't have to be stupid. By the way, the stupid is a choice t-shirt is coming, right, Jasmine? It is. It'll be our first, I think, two-sided t-shirt. But it is coming. Stupid is a choice. Don't be stupid. wear it to the gym don't let it start any fights I'm just saying stupid is a choice it is a choice you can show up at the hearing and listen to him and challenge him James O 'Keefe but you chose not to because you chose to be stupid you could have engaged in information exchange and gathered more information you chose not to you chose to be dumb Todd Blanchard has to sit there and listen to that moron Adam Schiff with zero credibility why can't you sit there and just ask questions because you don't want the answers.

1:09:26This is a great clip. You know, I spend a lot of time in the South. Folks, I'm as Northeast as they get, okay? I grew up in New York. My first trip outside of New York and New Jersey, New York and New Jersey like the same place. It's like the sixth borough. Ask anyone who grew up in New York, the first place they visit, New Jersey back, you get it. My first trip, I kid you not, outside of New York and New Jersey, My grandmother lived in Eatontown, New Jersey. Anyone know Eatontown in the chat? God rest her soul. Was in the Secret Service Academy to go to Boston where the paper company, I think it's Crane & Company, it makes U.S.

1:10:05currency, the paper. That was the first trip I ever took on a plane. So anyone out there telling you like, oh, this guy, he's rich now, he's a silver spoon, you can shove that right up your ass. that we were as non-rich as non-rich gets. Baloney sandwiches for dinner. Like, we were not rich at all. I never even got on a plane. It was so embarrassing. I didn't even know what to do. It's a true story. They were like, hey, you show them like the boarding room. Remember, this is pre-TSA. This is like 1999. It was the last century. I didn't even know what to do. I get on a plane. I travel about bottom line is now I travel a lot.

1:10:47and I'm down in the South a lot. And I love, you know, Florida, the joke about Florida is the more South you go, the more North you get. Northern Florida is actually the South, but Southern Florida is a lot of the North. I love being in the South. So all of you listeners out there from Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, man, Alabama, where I'm at a lot, the South is a special place. I don't want to go on and on because I bring it up a lot, but it just is. A lot of these European World Cup fans are finding that out now. Even when they want to curse your soul, they still do it nicely.

1:11:27Like, oh, bless your heart. I just can't get over that. Bless your heart. In New York, they say something quite different. You'll know. But the South is just an amazing, amazing place. I love every minute down there. at some point i'm gonna buy a house somewhere probably in auburn or somewhere else i i have to i just love the place so much so when i saw this yesterday you got to hear this lady this is great this is a woman from the south and she just goes and films this quick selfie video walking down the street about the south this is some epic stuff check this out send it around take a look we don't deal with all that tomfoolery that y 'all dealing with over there in uh new york city or California or Maine or Minnesota.

1:12:17You know, all you woke states. We don't deal with that. You see, around these parts, yeah, around these parts, we believe in God, guns, and butter, and in that order. God and his name is Jesus Christ. Let's not be confused. Pretty much all All of us are concealed and carry. There will be no entering into every household in America, that part, and catch it. And we love to eat. So we put butter on everything. And I mean everything, that part. But also, we are very, very common sense and patriotic. See, unlike the Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, we know what a woman is, that part. And there will be American flags flying in everybody's yard, okay?

1:13:05So if you have a problem with that, you may not want to move down south. And last but not least, we believe in keeping our babies around here. Okay? So I lie to your Akbar over there. You will not be entering into every household in America. And all that yelling and screaming and pro-lifers face around these parts don't work. You feel me? Because we hit that, that part. God bless. Welcome to the south. Oh, yeah, we feel you. That was, what is it? Speak your voice first on Instagram. Speak your voice first on Instagram. Go put a comment on there. Oh, hey, we feel you. I'm telling you, man. The South.

1:13:47Thanks, Beachy32, War Eagle. If you saw that. War Eagle, W-D-E. I love you folks in the South. Just consider me, if you'd be so kind, as one of your adopted sons. I really do. I'm happy I grew up in New York it was a great place to grow up when I was a kid before it went totally crazy but there's a part of me wishes I could have had a clone of me that grew up in the south and compared the two I wonder how much different I'd be if I was a Dothan, Alabama or Auburn resident growing up or Tuscaloosa or anywhere else I do, I wonder this a lot I am an Italian kid though from New York and if you were with a name like Bongino it's kind of hard to actually my Italian friends but everyone just said Bongino So I kind of just rolled with it.

1:14:34It's like, Bon Giorno. So if you were an Italian kid from New York, a rite of passage, and I mean a rite of passage, you had a, if you did not know every line from every Rocky movie, you, you were just like a fraud and a fake. You better know because it would come up in conversation all the time. Someone would insert some Rocky line into a, you know, into you hanging out in central park in Queens, drinking, you know, old English 40 dogs for dinner. Like you better know your Rocky movies if you were part of like the Italian crew in Queens, right? I bring that up because did you see this? There's a movie coming out about a movie.

1:15:12I'm only gonna play a little bit of it, but Sylvester Stallone and the Rocky movies, the story of the Rocky movies is a movie in and of itself. How this thing happened is crazy. So there's a movie coming out and the actor playing Sylvester Stallone writing and starring in the Rocky movie. Folks, this is the most eerie, and I mean that in a kind way, acting job, voice I've ever seen. If you're listening on Apple and Spotify, you're going to think this is actually Sylvester Stallone playing himself. It's not. The actor even looks like him. Here's a quick part of this new movie coming out in the fall.

1:15:52It's a real movie. It's not like AI or anything. What is it called? I Am Rocky or something like this? Check this. I play Rocky. This is, listen to this guy's voice. This is insane. Check this out. You wrote this in three and a half days. This is freaking good. Touch someone like Chuck Bronson, or we could do Eastwood. Guys, I play Rocky. I have no idea what that means. So the writer wants to be in it. As the lead. No, absolutely not. Throw some money at him. $25K. No. Raise the offer. Try$75K. You're parking cars for Christ's sake. Sylvester. No. $175K. Go to 200. No. I'm not giving this up. Not for a million bucks.

1:16:32Not for 10.

1:16:37Hey. All right, now, if you do this... Comes with some strengths. If you ever fall one day behind schedule... The meat's frozen solid. They're gonna kick you to the curb... You broke your hand. And they can replace you with a real actor. How do I even know what I'm doing is any good? Just do the best acting in your life and everything will be fine.

1:17:02How far behind schedule are they? They're not. You hide it down.

1:17:09This movie is about... You should just do another show. It's about going the distance. I put my heart and soul on the page. If I'm not willing to live up to what I wrote, then what's the point? So do you believe in me? or not.

1:17:34Man, I need to see this. I thought you said you could box. Oh, I do.

1:17:42Hey, I play Rocky, folks. That thing, by the way, got 10 million views. Yeah, American flags in the chat. You're right, for Sly Stallone, a great American star, and a patriot, by the way, who didn't fall prey to this cancel culture woke bullshit ever. I've never met Sly Stallone. I know a lot of people who have. This guy is a patriot, loves his country more than any. American flag's in the chat. And that movie is symbolic of the American underdog. The story is amazing. I've heard the story quite a bit. Sign me up day one for that freaking movie. And if anyone that I play Rocky wants to send us and the team an advance copy, contact Jasmine, Justin, Josh, Andy.

1:18:23You can't contact Guy. He's out of the state right now. I don't know what he's doing, playing flesh and blood, whatever it is. Contact us. I promise we will sign an NDA. If you need a blood oath, I need to see this thing. I'll go buy. I don't even have a DVD player in my house. I will go buy one. Blu-ray. I'll put it on beta, VHS. I will find a beta machine on eBay. If you want to send this in advance copy, correct, fellas? We'll do a screening in the studio. If you don't want us to say it, we'll sign NDAs in blood, like Dracula or something. I need to see this movie especially being an Italian kid from New York I know it's based in Philly whatever I get it you don't understand it was like a thing in Queens you know what I did on Thanksgiving on Thanksgiving I think it was Christmas one year it was one of like the big holidays me and my father were eating in a white castle on Queens Boulevard in a white castle waiting to go see I think it was Rocky 4 that's what we did I would say either like Thanksgiving or Christmas.

1:19:27That's how bad we want to see the movie. I'm not kidding. My dad's just like me. He's got the same last name. I love how that happens. Folks, we have to pick a comment of the day. Why? Because we like giving away money because we love America and we want to celebrate 1776. And we're not liberals, so we actually know what it means. So every day we have the 1776 Live Club. If you want to see the rules, go to Bongino.com slash 1776. It's a simple contest. It's free. You just win the comment of the day. You're in the weekly drawing, and one of you win a cash prize every week. What's the cash prize?

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1:20:12Josh, is this you? Josh is very good at this.

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