In short
Dan Bongino argues that “nothing happened” messaging and influencer politics are fueled by foreign influence and grifting, and he pushes a receipts-based pro-Trump campaign message for the midterms.
Guests (none)
The episode transcript contains no named guest interview. It references people in news and clips, plus Bongino’s co-host/producer voices (e.g., Justin, producer Guy), but no guest segment.
Guest backgrounds (referenced individuals)
- Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (Florida Republican; proposed requiring influencers to disclose foreign government payments).
- Brandon Gill (Texas congressman; appears via a Hannity clip).
- Russell Contreras (Axios article author cited).
- Caroline Leavitt (Trump campaign/administration figure shown beside Trump in a clip).
- Various Democrats/figures criticized via clips and headlines (e.g., Chris Van Hollen, Chuck Schumer, Abdul El-Sayed, Hassan Piker, Stephen Miller, Charlie Kirk).
Key claims
- Influencer political messaging is being paid by foreign governments; contracts can be “into the millions.”
- Democrats and “Trump resistance” figures are failing electorally.
- Media gaslights by attributing crime drops to other causes and denying Trump credit.
- Bongino says Trump’s record provides a simple campaign “do’s” list: borders secure, violent crime down, building/production, tax benefits.
Notable examples
- Luna’s “Foreign Propaganda Registration Act” (amending FARA) for influencer foreign-payment disclosure.
- Axios headline about theories for violent crime down (used to argue media avoids credit).
- Trump headlines cited: biggest tax refunds, FBI violent crime drop, “15 straight months with zero border releases.”
- Freedom 250 in Washington, D.C. (CNN clip criticized as gaslighting; Bongino highlights positive coverage).
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOCelebrating Producer Guy's New Baby
0:45 to 2:16
Dan shares a heartfelt congratulations to producer Guy on the birth of his child and discusses the joy of fatherhood.
“Eastern Time on stations across the country.”
Return to Radio and Rumble's Success
2:16 to 3:31
Dan announces his return to radio and highlights Rumble's recent success, creating a positive atmosphere.
“announced this morning that they had signed a potential$13 billion deal.”
The Importance of Following Money in Politics
3:31 to 4:40
Dan emphasizes the significance of understanding financial influences in politics and the influencer space.
“Today's show also brought to you by My Patriot Supply.”
Analyzing Foreign Influence in Social Media
4:40 to 10:00
Dan discusses foreign influence on social media and the need for transparency from influencers.
“When you talk about the movement, talk about it with a smile.”
Reflecting on the Trump Resistance Movement
10:00 to 14:00
Dan reflects on the failures of the Trump resistance movement and its impact on current politics.
“Folks, their MO is the same every time, though, these influence campaigns.”
Motivating for the Midterms
14:00 to 19:52
Learn about key strategies to motivate voters ahead of the midterm elections.
“that brings receipts, but that talks about liberty with a smile.”
Media Gaslighting on Crime Rates
20:57 to 28:00
Understand the media's manipulation of facts regarding crime rates and Trump's policies.
“This is another, I like to give you the gaslighting tactics.”
Racing Excitement and Bureaucratic Challenges
28:00 to 28:36
Learn about the excitement of a recent racing event and the obstacles faced in organizing it.
Political Messaging Ahead of Midterms
28:36 to 29:56
Explore the importance of political messaging and voter sentiment as midterms approach.
“We can't have a bunch of voters out there ticked off about a nothing happened message that candidly is completely inaccurate.”
Congressman Brandon Gill's Key Insights
29:56 to 30:53
Hear Congressman Brandon Gill's perspectives on Republican messaging and successes.
“You want to talk about a guy who's really been breaking through the mist and is out there just saying like, hey man, we've got a really good portfolio of stuff to run on.”
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Voter Sentiment Towards the Current Administration
30:53 to 31:35
Discuss the public perception of the current administration's achievements.
“that the president has already accomplished.”
Campaign Strategies and Political Rivalry
31:35 to 32:54
Understand the strategies for campaigning against political rivals and their actions.
“And I think having the president front and center in front of the American people at this convention and by the way, on the campaign trail, he's working incredibly hard for Republicans in both the House and the Senate.”
Embracing Political Extremism in Campaigning
32:54 to 34:05
Examine how certain politicians align with extreme views and the implications for their party.
“But we do have to This is where I get I don't want you getting sidetracked and a lot of this, you know, influencer nonsense.”
Reframing Tactics in Political Debates
34:05 to 36:42
Learn about tactics to counter reframing in political debates and discussions.
“Chuck Schumer is one of the most prominent Democrats in the country.”
The Importance of Staying Focused in Political Messaging
36:42 to 42:53
Discuss the significance of maintaining focus on key issues in political messaging.
“You say them fast, you'll see what I mean You'll get the eyeballs Never say master and debater quick.”
Analyzing Chris Van Hollen's Political Moves
43:06 to 45:22
Explore the significance of Chris Van Hollen's potential presidential run.
“Because again, presidential election season starting now, we got to have our tactics and our message down.”
Debate Tactics and Political Messaging
45:22 to 48:29
Learn about effective debate strategies and how to communicate political messages.
“Why do you need the government to tell you to give more money to the government?”
Critique of Bernie Sanders' Ideology
48:29 to 52:57
Understand the repeated messaging in Bernie Sanders' rhetoric and its implications.
“You want to use the banner of the Democrat Party, just like people tried to hijack the Republican brand with this ridiculous identity politics crap that tried to snake its way into our tent and we crushed it?”
The Evolution of Consumer Goods in Capitalism
52:57 to 56:00
Examine the impact of capitalism on the prices of consumer goods, like TVs.
“But they appeal to a certain group of people who want to think in emotion and not think in practical principles.”
Reflecting on Past Purchases
56:00 to 57:26
Dan shares a personal story about buying a large flat-screen TV and its impact.
“It was like$10 ,000 a year, which was huge.”
Economic Realities and Government Subsidies
57:26 to 58:41
Discussion on how government subsidies affect product affordability and pricing.
“Yes, not every single thing in the war in Iran is gone as has been anticipated.”
Debating Iran Policy
58:41 to 1:00:50
Dan discusses the current situation in Iran and the economic challenges faced by its regime.
“But here's kind of a preview of where they're going with this.”
Free Speech and Legal Consequences
1:00:50 to 1:02:52
Exploration of the boundaries of free speech, especially regarding threats against the president.
“It's not about principled opposition to them.”
Inciting Violence vs. Free Speech
1:02:52 to 1:06:31
Clarification on what constitutes incitement of violence versus protected speech.
“I only bring it up in terms of nothing is happening because Libs at TikTok, major breaking news.”
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:02All America, all the time. Sit down, buckle up, and get ready for the Dan Bongino Show. Happy Monday. I know those two words rarely if ever go to, right, Justin? I mean, what's so happy about Monday? You got to go back to work. Many of you had a long weekend. You're like, the grind. This morning I was up. I was looking at the sunset, trying to get some sun in my eyes in the morning, drinking some coffee and I was like you know man I'm really feeling good today on this Monday even though ordinarily on Monday I'm like that was a really fun weekend back to work I was feeling great why so many good things happened this past weekend I'll get to the people who just obviously expose themselves which I told you as always that we're always right we're never wrong on these things so you stick to the truth and look what happens so there you go but that's not what I'm talking about now big congratulations and a hug from the Bongino army me included to producer Guy had his first child this weekend amazing we love Guy so he'll be out uh for for a little bit so everyone in the chat please big uh big clappy hands awesome for producer Guy who is now a dad which is the greatest gift in the world there is nothing folks nothing in the world like having a daughter look into dad's eyes and say good night daddy i love you there's nothing like that there's nothing like it if you don't believe in god that feeling you get after your daughter tells you that nothing else can create that that's not a simulation sorry but dan you simulate no no no no i'm not gonna it's real so congratulations also big news we are back on radio today nationwide 3 p.m.
1:52to 6 p.m. Eastern Time on stations across the country. 3 to 4 will be Sean Farish live. 4 to 6 will be Dan Bongino. We'll have some other podcast content, some new content. So don't miss that. Huge. We are really excited to be back on the air. Thank you to Jasmine and the team for busting your butts this morning. There's a whole bunch of formatic stuff we had to get into and things like that. Also, huge thank you to producer Jim and Mike. So that's awesome. And congrats to Rumble as well. announced this morning that they had signed a potential$13 billion deal. So good for you, you know, Rumble.
2:26The whole ecosystem is growing, and it's really, really been a great Monday. All right, I got a ton to get to, including I told you to follow. Look at there, Guy. Good man. I told you that – is his name Luke Skywalker? Just checking. Is it Luke? It's definitely not Anakin. I told you to follow the money Follow the money Ladies and gentlemen, I've been warning you over and over Even Political Playbook has a piece out this morning From Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna About the money problem In what you see as the influencer space If you see something that sounds crazy Nothing is happening Trump sucks Everyone in the Trump administration sucks We should all collectively jump off a bridge You should be asking yourself Is that what that person actually believes Or is someone paying for that Stay tuned I got a lot for you.
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4:57Therefore, I don't want to waste an enormous amount of time on it. We've got actual fights going on with the left that are critically important against socialism and other big, huge battles out there, communism and the organized assault on the Trump administration. When you see something online that sounds crazy, you should ask yourself, like, is this person saying this because it's a principled stand or is there possibly an effort to influence you using people with followings with foreign money? I have been warning about this, Justin. It's like you've only been saying this since you got back on the air.
5:30I've seen it. The foreign money going into influencing people on social media to believe crazy stuff about the Trump administration is through the roof. Now you may say, you know what, Dan, I watch your show, but I don't like you. I'm always I'm only here to kind of doom scroll. OK, fine, whatever. Your eyeballs are here, too. We get, you know, eyeballs and earlobes matter. You know, we're doing the show no matter what. You don't believe maybe you believe Congresswoman Ana Paulina Luna. This was in Politico playbook. Where do you think she's getting this information from? You think she's making it up to?
6:04You think we're all making it up? That there's a bunch of foreign money flowing into influencer accounts you thought you trusted? It's called Luna's influence operation. She notes, the congresswoman, being an influencer right now is kind of like the Wild West. There's a lot of things that haven't caught up to. The Florida Republican is rolling out the Foreign Propaganda Registration Act, An amendment to FARAH, the Foreign Agents Registration Act, that would require influencers to disclose when they're being paid by a foreign government to push political messaging, according to the proposal first shared with Playbook.
6:40Interesting proposal. I'm going to let you guys digest it. I am a free speech absolutist. However, I think it is fascinating that even Congressman Luna, and keep this up, is acknowledged that, hey, man, like this is a real threat. You've got a bunch of people out there putting foreign influence stuff and not acknowledging like, hey, man, we were paid for this. She notes the practice reaches deep into the influencer ecosystem. Some of your biggest profile names. What have I been telling you? She notes some of your biggest profile names, a large portion of them in some way, shape or form, have been approached at one point to push a certain position that's probably tied to a foreign country, Luna said.
7:27And the money can be significant. I've seen contracts into the millions, she said. Look at that. Wow. Gosh, sounds like something Dan's been telling us for a while. That's because I have. It's because I have been telling you that. folks we don't take foreign money for influence campaigns okay uh sorry it's really easy you can just put that out there however if you were following me on x this weekend and the absolute dan bongino crash out last week right we were trending pretty much every single day i had this um this person who a lot of us reach out to me this weekend but like man dude you're like a magnet.
8:14And I said, let me, and they said, I think I know why. And I said, let me, let me hear your explanation. And I said, if it agrees with mine, I'll tell you. The reason the crash out is happening now every day is again, the primary season is now ended. And all of these foreign influence campaigns and doomers and pillars got absolutely smoked sooner or later. If you're going to try to raise money from whatever it is, donors, foreign governments, or elsewhere, you have to show some political power. They didn't. They got crushed in every single primary and got crushed badly. Incumbents went down, you know, new fresh faces went down.
8:50They got crushed. So given that I was the first kind of big name to exit the Trump administration, their effort to take the Trump administration down needed a face. The face was me because I was number one, a lot of their competitors, which they didn't like in the first place, in the content creation space, whatever you want to influence or whatever it may be. Second, we had an unbelievable record to run on. Crime getting crushed, all the public corruption cases, like I told you, BLM, Antifa, SPLC, Bolton case, all this other stuff. We had, I got more to talk about today. The nothing is happening file, which became a joke.
9:26They got humiliated. So I was the face, the tip of the spear of their effort to make sure anyone who came out of the Trump administration that because you don't want to take on Donald Trump directly, some of them started to do that now actually too. They had to make sure that their preferred candidate 2028 would get ahead and a candidate of some foreign governments. So everyone who comes out is going to be subjected to this same nothing happened, all this other stuff. That's the only reason. The good news is this show just continues to kick ass and take names and it's kind of blowing up in their faces.
10:01Folks, their MO is the same every time, though, these influence campaigns. It's the exact same thing. Put out some interview with a doomer, Ronald McDonald, whoever it is, about how nothing happened, everybody sucks. We fight back. They cry and whine and claim victim. I saw it this weekend. Dan Bongino attacked the J6ers. Really? That's interesting. That's fascinating. This is all just made up nonsense. There are people upset because they don't like other people I tend to associate. I like Scott Pressler. I have him on the show. The other guy's just upset about it. That's it. You saw Alex this weekend lose his mind again.
10:41These guys, these can't stop. They can't control themselves. It's got nothing to do with anything other than a pure hatred for the administration disguised as this victim card. Oh my gosh, look at me, poor me the division the division all they do is talk about doom and gloom and it drives them crazy folks listen we were the first out again these people are there's a bizarre boiling bunny obsession it happens but i'm just encouraging you as you saw back and forth with some of the exchanges i had on x look them up people telling you they're not taking money or their operations haven't taken money from foreign governments many of them are just straight up lying to you sorry but it's true i know that's tough for you to take folks they're nothing more than what i call the new trump resistance do you remember the old trump resistance you would think they would have learned a lesson from this remember the trump resistance of adam schiff eric swalwell george conway dan goldman adam kinzinger liz cheney this was the original trump resistance movement within some of them within the full ex-MAG 10.
11:50Kinzinger pretended to be a Republican, Cheney and others. What's happened to these people? The answer is they're in the phantom zone. They're in like that Superman 2 episode where Zod and them get banished in the piece of glass into the phantom zone. You would think they would learn that President Trump is going to run on his record. He's got a huge megaphone and he pretty much stomps these people out like a bug. He just crushes them. You would think they would learn. They didn't learn. They still insist on this BS. Here, receipts incoming. Remember the old Trump resistance? Fox News Politics put out this pair of tweets this week.
12:28And I just encourage you to, here are actual receipts. Democrats who built their brands on resisting Trump during his first term are getting wiped out in their own primaries. Even the Democrats don't even want the Trump resistance people. You think Republicans want Trump resistance people? Here are the names. Alexander Vindman, remember him? The former Army Lieutenant Colonel, please, who became a household name? He got crushed by double digits despite outraising and outspending 10 to 1 his opponent. There's more. I don't know if you noticed, Alexander Vindman went down, put up the other tweet.
13:01Remember George Conway? Another one of these anti-Trump lunatics? His congressional run failed to ignite. Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn lost the second straight cycle in Maryland. Billionaire Tom Steyer's California governor bid fell short. Eric Swalwell, a Trump impeachment manager, dropped his gubernatorial bid and quit Congress entirely. Dude, all you got to do is go look at him. Man, how is this Trump resistance thing on the Democrat side doing? Terrible. I got an idea. Here's what he said, Justin. Let's incorporate it to the Republican side. We'll do so much better. You did even worse.
13:34Folks, I bring this up because despite the nonsense, I had an amazing weekend. I did. I celebrated a birthday party for a friend. I went out. We had a blast. I mean, I just had such a good time this weekend. And it feels amazing to come back to you on Monday with the show expanding, the Bongino Army expanding, the radio expanding. We have huge announcements coming up in September, even more. There's more stuff happening as the demand for this kind of content, content that's realistic, that brings receipts, but that talks about liberty with a smile. You know where I'm going with that, you P1s. This is going to be what keeps people motivated, what keeps people going.
14:12A realistic approach to politics, problems we need to solve, receipts. But no one wants to hear before a midterm election that could change the course of politics forever. Trump will be impeached if we lose, all this stuff. No one wants to hear a constant litany of whining and groaning and Dan Bongino is a Martian. But nobody cares. This is your wonky little corner of the Internet where you've exhibited zero political power whatsoever. All you've got to do is go back at the exchanges and look at them yourself and you're going to see, as always, we are right. You have no idea how many people emailed us this weekend.
14:49Dan, I doubted what you were saying. Now I get it. I know you get it. I get it too. Folks, you got to stay motivated for the midterms. We have two things we need to do. One, we have to tell people what we did in the Trump administration. That seems pretty simple. You know what? It is simple. The problem is, so keep this step one in mind. First, tell people what you did. I'll just give you step two. Step two is to warn people about the other side wants what they want to do. Those are the two steps. It's very simple. You may say, well, no kidding, Dan, like, hello, Captain Obvious. It's not Captain Obvious.
15:23You have no idea how many Republicans up on the Hill running for office at the state and local level two are quietly complaining to media people anonymously off the record, oh my gosh, we have nothing to run on. We have no map. What are you talking about? I said to you last week, your message is simple. Borders closed, crime crushed, and we're building stuff again in the United States. It's a simple message. Here again. Well, you know what? I don't want to hear it from you. I want to hear from the president. OK, perfect timing. Justin's like, I think I have that. Here's President Trump plain side and AF1 with Caroline Leavitt next to him.
16:00And not only does he tell you the exact same message I told you, don't listen to me. Listen to him. He's got a far bigger microphone and megaphone than I do. He brings the receipts with him. This is your message. Run with it. You want to keep people motivated? Run on a record and stop the dooming, grifting and liberal media BS. Oh, thing happened. Really? Check this out with receipts. Are you going to miss Caroline? I'm going to miss her. Let me have that. Let me have that. So here is some headlines of Caroline. I just had to stand next to her. I feel so good with her. it. These are incredible headlines that just came out over the last 24 hours.
16:38It's probably easier if I should see it than reading them. But basically, the biggest refunds ever given on tax, that's big. Trump fund. Pact refunds jumped 17%. American tax refunds increased by 43 billion dollars. That's money that the government is giving back to the people,$43 billion. FBI had the biggest violent crime drop in 90 years. These are today's headlines. Trump administration marked 15 straight months with zero border releases as apprehensions. So they've never had anything like that. So you had 15 months with zero people going to our border. I don't even know how that's possible.
17:29But they're doing a good job. I'm sorry, but I'm done with the whining. I'm done with your whining. Not you in the audience. We love you. Thank you for being here. The whining of some of these politicians. We got nothing to run. What are you talking about? He just threw stuff in there I didn't even mention. In my borders closed, crime crushed. We're building stuff again. Largest tax returns. Prescription drugs finally leveling off and coming down We're, again, manufacturing high-tech products again Creating$250 ,000 a year electrician jobs I mean, folks, not all of our problems are solved This is not the show where we're going to sit here and say Hey, we don't have an issue with the national debt Bull, we covered it last week Justin and I did a whole segment on it On the social security crisis We're not sitting here giving you some, you know, utopian Pollyanna-ish story that everything's fixed and solved.
18:27It's all good. Stop talking about. No, I'm just telling you, like any race for office is going to be a presentation of here's the do's and here's the don'ts. If the do's outweigh the don'ts, that's your candidate. Donald Trump has so many huge do's that are done that he accomplished that it's really getting exhausting listening to whiny doomers and griffithers. Oh, we got nothing to run on. Listen to the boss. Take the guidance from him. He's got the biggest megaphone in the history of politics. You are living in the greatest time to be alive.
19:03I'm going to show you something else coming up, too, because the liberal media does this all the time. What they'll do is they'll take Donald Trump's record. He just talked about borders closed. He just gave you the receipts. Crime has been crushed. I mean, it's not non-existent, of course, but by any historical measure has been crushed. We're building stuff again. High-tech production, factories, we're doing stuff again. And the media will do anything to not give Donald Trump any credit. There's no, their message is no different than the black cloud people out there. None. Yeah, this stuff happened, but Donald Trump had nothing to do with it.
19:40He only has anything to do with the bad stuff. I'm not doing that. We got a midterm coming up, man. We got a midterm coming up. Quick break. I'll show you what I mean next. They will do anything to avoid the right answer. Anything to media. Hey, everyday expenses keep climbing and high credit card interest isn't making life any easier. If your budget's feeling squeezed lately, there's a smarter way to take back control. If you're a homeowner, your home equity is your best financial tool. American financing can help you consolidate high interest credit card debt so you have some breathing room.
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21:23They lie, they lie often, they lie confidently, and they isolate you from the truth. How do they isolate you from the truth? Put up that Axios headline, you'll see what I mean. Folks, here we go again. Donald Trump, one of his greatest successes, is the safest America you've ever seen. It wasn't just the FBI. It was the DEA. It was CBP. It was the U.S. Marshals. It was the local police departments who did incredible work. They still are pretending they can't figure it out. Axios, Russell Contreras, alcohol, artificial intelligence and aging, theories on why violent crime is down. You can ask. You can just wrestle.
22:01You can ask, you know. Justin's shaking his head. He can't believe this is still going on. It has now been six months since we've announced these historic numbers on crime. An issue that resonates across the political aisle. Democrats, Republicans, racial divides, black, white, Asian, nobody likes crime. Can we all agree? Except the sociopaths, serial killers like Hannibal Lecter or something. Nobody likes crime. Axios does not want to give this president any credit. I was there. I saw this president. Guys, you are going to crush crime on my watch. And everything, every tool you have within the bounds of the Constitution, you're going to use.
22:42I was there. You could just ask. The reason they don't ask is they refuse to give this president any credit. It's the exact same tactic the black cloud doomers use. Oh, thank you, Jess. I didn't send it over as a screenshot because it's so ridiculous. What did it? I can tell you what did it. And again, I've spoken to you about this a thousand times. President Trump said, go help local police, giving your FBI tools, pick up bad guys, even if they're state wards. And that's what we did. It's not hard. They note, criminologists describe a complicated picture of why crime is down. Alcohol, illicit drugs, people, what?
23:23A return to routine, COVID lockdown. This is so, bro, this is, you see the gaslighting here? This is the fourth component of gaslighting. Lie, lie off, and lie confident. Isolate people from the truth. The truth is President Trump was elected president. Not me, not Cash, not Todd, no one else. President Trump said, I want crime crushed. He said, here's a plethora of tools. ERO, Title 8, UFAP boards, a DOJ fully on board, task forces. Here's what we're going to do. They did it, and they're like, Do you think the rest and bad guys had anything to do with it? Nope. It's definitely alcohol consumption.
24:04Alcohol consumption. What? This is the isolating people from the truth component of gaslighting. Russell Contreras, you can just ask, you know. You can just ask. Criminologists are confused about what. Folks, it never, ever ends with these guys. President Trump is giving you the playbook for the midterms I'm not doing the dooming and the glooming I get it, the doomers Your little car videos and stuff As your audience collapses and people start to return Like, hey man, I don't want this anymore I don't want this crazy doom stuff I get it you're upset I get your diapes and mommy didn't clean you up I understand, I know it's hard for you However, your time is up Your time is up.
24:55You tried. You ran your candidates. You got smoked. Your audience collapsed. I'm sorry. It's on you. Maybe you should have had a more receipts-based show with a realistic output based on the input Donald Trump gave you. You want to see messaging? No one gets it better than President Trump. They had another successful weekend, Freedom 250 in D.C., and you may say, all right, well, that's a small thing. They did this IndyCar race in D.C. It is a small thing. But ladies and gentlemen, it's okay to feel good about your country again. Washington, D.C., yes, is full of a lot of liberals. It's still our nation's capital, our nation.
25:30It doesn't belong to the liberals. It belongs to all of us. They had a great race this weekend. Check out some of these visuals. And by the way, I've got to drop an L here, right, Justin? I'm sorry. I always told you I would self-auto-correct myself. I've lost this fight, folks. Play the video. Some of you may know where I'm going with this. This may be like a P1 to P1s thing. So there is the presidential limo doing a lap, an honor lap at the Freedom 250 course. Read the tweet. What does it say, Justin? It says, POTUS and FLOTUS arrive in the beast. Folks, this is the moment. I'm just acknowledging defeat.
26:11I'm telling you in the Secret Service, we never called it the beast. We always used to kind of laugh at media. People did it. However, it doesn't matter. President Trump's the president. He wants to call it the beast. It's now formally the beast. The beast is back. It's back. There's nothing I'm going to do. Some of you will get that. Some of you will get that. Some of you. This has been an ongoing branding battle with me forever. Sometimes you lose one. Muttley's laughing me. I'm asking you. Bring it on. I cannot beat President Trump in the messaging game, nor do I want to. He's the president.
26:48I wasn't elected. He wants to call it the beast. It's a beast. Muttleys in the chat. That's fine. That's fine. I deserve the Muttleys in the chat on that one. Yeah, there you go. Sometimes you just got to take an L on that one, all right? However, this is not a small thing, okay? It is okay to be proud of your country. Man, those Muttleys are really, I didn't mean I'm any Muttleys, guys. I meant a couple. I expected like two or three people. It's like the whole chat erupted in Muttleys now. the p1s and all that that's what it's okay to be proud of your country even cnn ran a clip about freedom 250 the race this weekend in washington dc and i think they were stunned i wonder how many times they called back were like hey man we're doing these live interviews and everybody's saying positive things about the race of dc what do we do the answer is what nothing you got to air it imagine the face plant by cnn probably waiting for people to go it sucks it's hot it was supposed to rain president trump is terrible none of that happened imagine them having to air this this sounded great check this out i'm here with uh liz eustace and chris richardson race fans here uh you chris is a you've been to several races you said okay liz you have not okay got to get your impression first time how do you how do you like it this i saw the warm-up and it was so cool i didn't think i was kind of like oh they're just cars running but the speed they're going it was so freaking cool and i got goosebumps i got all shaky it was really cool and now you're a veteran chris you've been to some of these races what do you think uh what stands out to you about this particular one uh it's a road course and that's always fun you know it's a road course on my own home roads i definitely love that and just having a point of reference for how fast they're going on these city streets is insane so all told this whole thing was in the works for actually about a year the organizer bud denker the president of penske racing had this as a brainchild starting last summer he ran into some bureaucracy regarding his plan to put some of this track right by the Capitol and on the Capitol grounds he ran into so much bureaucracy and partisanship on Capitol Hill that he was almost ready to scrap this whole race but he was convinced to maintain the race to try to just redesign the course somehow so he brought the course away from the Capitol grounds and then back down here more centered toward the center of the national mall so that's where this really took place one point it must really pain them because cnn likes to gaslight to have to have aired a segment like that gaslight you know lie to people lie often lie confidently and isolate them from the truth you can't isolate them from the truth if you're broadcasting the truth again i know it's a little thing not telling you like oh just ignore like the problems we have in the country or there are obviously issues going on foreign policy and elsewhere.
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29:30But these little things matter. It's okay to be proud of your country. We are going into the midterms. We can't have a bunch of voters out there ticked off about a nothing happened message that candidly is completely inaccurate. It's an outright lie is a total 180 from the most profound change we've seen in presidential politics from the Republican side over a year a half of any Republican, I'd argue, since Reagan. It's okay to be okay. You know who gets it? Here's another guy. You want to talk about a guy who's really been breaking through the mist and is out there just saying like, hey man, we've got a really good portfolio of stuff to run on.
30:10You know him. You love him on the show. Brandon Gill, he's been a guest here. He'll be back, of course. We love Brandon Gill. Congressman out of Texas. Here he is in an appearance on the sean hannity show again he's not having any problem with the message he goes down a list of other things i didn't even mention in my borders closed crime is crushed and we're building stuff again in america there's probably five or ten other things i just like to keep the message small concise and i love things in threes herman cain god rest his soul nailed it nine nine nine people think in threes for some reason so it works great messaging matters here's brandon with more stuff that we can run on to cue off the kind of do's and don'ts list.
30:49There are far more do's than there are don'ts. Check this out. Most Americans across this country look at and know the successes that the president has already accomplished. They see that the border is secure. They see that violent crime is dropping. They see that their taxes stayed low, that they had no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security, no tax on overtime, that they're keeping more money in their pocket. They're seeing that this is a president who cares deeply about this country and preserving it so that our kids and grandkids get to have the same experience and opportunities that we got to experience.
31:24And they've seen how quickly the president has turned it around after four disastrous, I mean, just frankly, abominable years under Joe Biden. And I think that they're going to reward Republicans for that. And I think having the president front and center in front of the American people at this convention and by the way, on the campaign trail, he's working incredibly hard for Republicans in both the House and the Senate. I think that's going to make a huge difference. This guy just gets it. There's a list. If you're missing the video version of the show, I encourage you to check out the clip on Hannity.
31:57Hannity's team, Sean's team put together a scroller that's running in a side by side as Brandon Gill, Congressman Gill is talking there. of the Trump team accomplishments. It goes on, the scroll goes the entire time he's talking and then some. There is a profound list of things that we have done. So rewind the tape a little bit. I told you in the beginning of the show, this sounds really simple, but it's not. There are some politicians who have a really hard time with this. They get lost in fake influencer fights and other things like that. There are two things you have to do to win an election.
32:32It's not complicated. Tell them what you did And warn them about what the other side is going to do We focused on part one The list of President Trump dids You get it, air quotes Is lengthy And significant It's not small stuff The border being closed, crime being crushed Building stuff again in the US These are not small things, man But we do have to This is where I get I don't want you getting sidetracked and a lot of this, you know, influencer nonsense. We have another side out there. Folks, we haven't fought a political enemy like this in a long time. This is not the Bill Clinton Democrat Party anymore.
33:14We have to pin on them and not let them escape from their lunatics. We cannot let the Democrats escape their lunatics now. If they are going to embrace them, then we are going to make the campaign part two about this is what they are and this is what they're going to do in contrast to what we already did. Chuck Schumer now is now all in on this psychopath in Michigan on the Democrat side, Al-Sayed, Sharia law guy. This is insane. They should be running from this guy. They should be saying this is not our party. Make up some bumper sticker, coexist, tolerance, whatever bumper sticker you use is the best.
33:56No, they're now all in on this guy. You want to be all in? Good. We're not going to let the media isolate people from the truth. We're going to get the truth out about who these people really are. Chuck Schumer is one of the most prominent Democrats in the country. You want to embrace this stuff? Good. We're going to glue you to your lunatics. El Syed brings new energy to the party. Yeah, what kind of energy is that, man? Because all we're doing is playing his own words. Check this out. The bottom line is we're going to win Michigan. Let me tell you why we're going to win Michigan. First, El-Sayed has brought in new energy and new talent into the Democratic Party, but also in Michigan itself.
34:37But second, Michigan, Trump has so bungled the Michigan economy. You know, the numbers for Trump on how well he's doing in keeping costs down in the economy is in the low 30s. In the country, it's in the high 20s in Michigan. Why? He created a trade war with Canada. Anyone who's halfway decent as president knows that the Michigan economy and the Canadian economy are totally intertwined. And he's blown it. We're going to win Michigan. All right. We'll see, Chuckles. I guess we'll see. And notice how he leaves out. We're in now a trade battle with Canada. Okay. Notice how Chuck Schumer automatically defaults to the Canadian side.
35:23Listen, these things happen. There's no need to make it personal or anything. But the hard reality is there have been some tough tariffs levied by Canada against U.S. products like dairy and elsewhere for a long time. President Trump doesn't run away from a fight. Listen, you know I'm not a huge tariff guy. I have positions like anyone else. The president doesn't require, you know, all-ending allegiance on every single issue for you to be in his orbit of people, you know, who align with his MAGA movement. However, you can't leave out the other side of it too That a lot of people ducked this fight for a long time And the president's taken out Notice how Chuck Schumer takes the Canadian side And the side of the guy El-Sayed Who's running proudly with Hassan Piker out there A left-wing lunatic streamer Talking about things like rapes don't matter on October 7th Can you imagine if a Republican candidate campaigned with a guy like that?
36:16What would happen? Now, watch them try to reframe this stuff This guy's actually And I don't mean this like That I like him at all But this guy What is his name, Adam Moakler I think he's one of these Midas Touch guys He goes on CNN and outlets a lot He's actually a pretty skilled debater He is a master Debater You gotta say those things slow You say them fast, you'll see what I mean You'll get the eyeballs Never say master and debater quick. Just don't do it. Friends don't let friends do it. I might call him a master, but he's actually very good. The problem is a lot of what he says is crap. Notice how they're going to try to reframe this.
36:59He's on with Kara Swisher. Long story there. He's on with Kara Swisher. And his take is that this isn't about us campaigning with people saying that October 7 rapes are no big deal and we deserve 9-11. It's about Stephen Miller. notice how they never get to the question of why are you campaigning with people who said this they're trying to reframe it that's what this is to make don't let them do it don't let them do it stick to the topic at hand do you or do you not agree with campaigning with a guy who said rapes don't matter and is making apologies for you know the 9-11 people do you agree with it or not watch the reframing technique to try to make it about republicans they do this all the time You'll see it back and forth like on the five or something when there's a debate with Jessica and others.
37:49There's always a reframing. Don't allow the reframe. Ignore it. Go right back to the initial premise. They'll never do that because Swisher's a liberal too. But watch this. Should Al-Sayed separate from him? I think that when it comes to Hassan Piker and Abdul, there doesn't need to be a disavowal. I think that's fruitless and I think it's just conceding to these right-wing frameworks. I genuinely think that Donald Trump surrounds himself with people that are just as like radical as Hassan Piker on a daily basis. The way that Stephen Miller is always screaming and frothing at the mouth on Fox News every single week.
38:23I mean, Donald Trump surrounds himself in campaigns with many extremist radical people. The Republican Party is like uniting around Max Miller after he allegedly broke his two-year-old collarbone. I'm not trying to compare any of that to Hassan Piker. Yeah, it doesn't really matter. I'm just saying that the Republican Party holds themselves to one standard and then holds Abdul El-Sayed to this impossibly high guilt by association standard. No, we shouldn't disavow it. Keep campaigning. Keep moving forward. Keep laser focus on Mike Rogers. I'd say that's my framework. That's your framework. Now, the impulse here.
38:56I know you want to do it now. The guys in the room even want to do it, too. Didn't we just go to a primary season where we just smoked all these people with this doomer gloomer? What is he talking about? Republicans don't clean up. I just did it to throw that. Don't do that. Because then they'll get back into an argument about, well, let me tell you about this and the Republicans. You don't allow the reframe. I'm trying to give you tactics with your leftist friends. The skilled ones, this guy's actually very good at this. They do it all the time. Just ignore it. Because if you're on TV or on a radio show or a podcast and you're doing this on a panel on CNN, like Scott Jennings is very good at this.
39:33He does not let them do. You have maybe 30 seconds to respond. If you waste 20 seconds on their reframe, you then lose that 20 seconds to talk about. No, no, no. That's not what we're talking about. We're talking about do you or do you not believe that rapes are excusable on October 7th? You've wasted all that time on something else. Do not allow the reframe. Your impulse is to do it. I know. Come on. Those in the chat, you know, too, because, you know, that's crap. The Republican Party just cleaned up this entire mess. We just had a whole primary season where the truth tellers won. I know that's the impulse.
40:09It's mine too. You want to be like, no, no, don't do it. And he's blown it. We've got a primary season coming up right after this election, this midterm coming up in November. Presidential political season is going to explode. Folks, it's gotten earlier and earlier and earlier. Remember it used to be like a year before the primary? Now it's like presidential election season starts the minute after the new president swears in. Presidential election season is going to come around. The goal on this show, again, is to keep everybody focused, to keep everybody focused on the accomplishments, talk realistically about problems.
40:50The goal is to keep the momentum and not engage in doomerism nonsense and don't allow liberals to isolate you from the truth. I also want to give you some tactics, and this is one of them. Never, ever allow the reframe. Don't answer it. Don't even respond. Just go right back to the initial line of argument. Don't do it. It wastes time, especially on the air. We have presidential election season coming up right now. It's already started. I'll prove it to you. I got this clip of Chris Van Hollen from Maryland coming up. They're already doing it now. Let me take a quick break. I'm going to get back to that.
41:22If you're saying who's Senator Chris Van Hollen from Maryland, exactly. Why would he be bringing up a presidential run now? Because of what I told you. The influencer social media season has made politics an everyday event right now online. No one wants to miss the boat. Presidential election season starting earlier and earlier. You now have Van Hollen, basically a no-name senator from Maryland. I have some experience with him. Now saying, hey man, I'm floating a presidential run too. This Democrat roster is just garbage. But as a takeaway in this, I want to show you what I mean. Last break, we'll get back to the show.
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43:01Helix, H-E-L-I-X, helixsleep.com slash Dan. Check them out. Thanks, Helix. Okay, back to the show. Why is this important? Who cares about Chris Van Hollen? Because again, presidential election season starting now, we got to have our tactics and our message down. Don't say, oh, we're going to wait till after the midterms. No, the time is now to start fighting back against these people. Chris Van Hollen wants to throw his name in there. OK, I'll tell you a quick story about Van Hollen staffer when I was running in Maryland. What happened? But here he is this weekend. Campaign season starting early.
43:30Here's the next one on the Democrat roster. Check this out. I've been kicking the tires as I look at 2028, because I don't think the Democratic Party has answered the call about how we're going to make sure we have an economy that really does work for everybody, especially working people. You've been kicking the tires on 2028, meaning you're thinking about running for president in 2028. I'm kicking the tires, meaning I've been to New Hampshire. I was invited to go there. I was invited to go out to Iowa last summer. I think there's a great deal of churning within the Democratic Party, and I support that.
44:03As I said, I think we need this healthy debate because I don't think Democrats have put forward a clear alternative to the Trump administration. So bottom line, you're mulling a potential run in 2028. Bottom line, I think Democrats need to be very clear, not just what we're against, but what we're for. And I'm very much want to be part of that debate. And I am kicking the tires, testing the waters. You can kick the tires all you want. So is Boot Edge Edge, Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, AOC, and probably a thousand other Democrats who want to be president, too. You know, they all look in the mirror and like, I'm a president.
44:39They wink and nod at themselves. It's pretty spooky. These people are like American psycho folks, you know. They're nuts. they all believe they're going to be a future president. I ran into a Van Hollen staffer. I was running for office in Maryland. It's a true story. Back when he was a congressman in Maryland. I run into this staffer and I'm at the Republican booth, you know, whatever, Bongino for Congress or Senate, whatever race I was running. It was a long time ago. And this guy comes up and he wants to argue with me right away. He's like, yeah, I'm a Chris Van Hollen staffer. I was like, he's telling me about how important it is to hike taxes and all this.
45:12I just asked him a simple question and the dude totally melted down. Folks, he was so pissed off. The crash out was just epic to watch. I was like, you believe in higher tax? I go, how come you liberals just don't pay more yourselves? Why do you need the government to tell you to give more money to the government? Just give money to the government. You can voluntarily pay more. The dude lost his mind. He couldn't take it. He had no answer for the question. Oh, that sounds ridiculous. I said, why is it ridiculous? Americans who are conservative give money to charity all the time because they think it's a good thing.
45:41They don't need the government to tell them to do it. They give millions and billions and hundreds of millions of dollars to charity. They don't need to be told because they think it's a good thing. If you think government's a good thing, just give your money to the government. They won't do it. The dude lost his mind. Now, why am I bringing this up now? Someone said, hey, Dan, thanks for the debating tips. Hey, that's what I'm here for. Okay, I'm not into this old losing elections crap for our party here, okay? We have to go out and win. We have to go out and win. We have to keep momentum high.
46:13We have to keep people on the positive ledger side of the fence where we talk about our results and we expose who they are. You should make every single Democrat running for office glue to them stuff like this. This is another video of Hassan Piker that's absolutely disgusting. Charlie Kirk was a friend of mine. He was a friend of a lot of you. A lot of you listen to the show right now. Charlie was a friend to a lot of people. Charlie Kirk was a good man. September 10th, 2025 was one of the worst days of my life. When I looked up and I saw on the screen from the FBI deputy office, when I saw on Fox News and the TV in my office there, and I saw the chyron, I almost couldn't believe it.
46:52I had the TV on silent because I was in a meeting. I was stunned like everyone else. Folks, there's no sane person who thinks that was funny or cute. Here's Ahsan Piker at this leftist lunatic event with a bunch of crowd people singing along and basically a song mocking Charlie Kirk in the death. Check this out. I'm afraid to die I am Charlie Kirk We came to blame We'll fight for the gospel We'll honor his name We are Tony Kerr. This courage are all. Together unbroken. We'll make heaven known.
47:52This is the most surreal moment of my entire life. Folks, I don't even know what to call that. sociopathic, deranged, lunacy, evil, demonic. I mean, obviously all of these adjectives and modifiers, all of them apply in whatever language you use them.
48:16But you should glue that to every single person running from the Democrat, running on the Democrat brand. Remember, the socialists are not running under their own socialist banner. They're running under the Democrats banner. You want to use the banner of the Democrat Party, just like people tried to hijack the Republican brand with this ridiculous identity politics crap that tried to snake its way into our tent and we crushed it? We didn't allow it. You want to run under your own third-party brand? You know, we don't like this group or that group. Do it. We're not going to, no one's going to vote for you from our side for that.
48:51The Democrats are embracing these people under their brand. Do not, for those of you out there who have podcasts, radio shows, TV shows, this argument, I've seen this a lot. Here's the argument. You ready? You're going to get people like Van Hollen who are going to say, well, we have a big tent party with a lot of perspectives. Correct. I'm asking you about that perspective right now. Is it okay to mock a murder we all witnessed on video of a prominent conservative activist? Is it okay or not? Do not let them reframe And do not let them say Oh it's just a big tent party right now They're running under your brand Not theirs Is your brand okay with this position Do not allow Under any circumstances The reframe Folks Everything they tell you Is crap And they share this messaging characteristic With the Doomer people where they just bring up the same argument over and over, no matter how many times things happen.
50:00I want you to watch what I mean. Hat tip Mays more on this. This is a compilation video of Bernie Sanders. I'm going to show you what I mean. Because I get this question a lot. Dan, you know, sooner or later, like the doomers and the grifters and the people trying to take the Trump administration apart from the inside, as things happen, sooner or later, they'll concede defeat. No, they won't. They will never concede defeat. Their entire mission is to destroy us, just like the left. This is what it looks like, that no matter what happens, this is Bernie Sanders over years and decades with the exact same message.
50:34Keep in mind, he's been in the Senate forever. So if the oligarchy is the big problem Bernie, the millionaire, says it is, why hasn't he done anything? Second, he said this through Democrats, through Republicans. It's almost like Bernie knows it's a story, not the story, but keeps saying it anyway in hopes that stupid people will fall for it. Sounds kind of like the dooming, doesn't it? Because it is. It's the exact same thing. Hat Tip Mays Moore, check this out. This great country of ours is moving very rapidly in the direction of oligarchy. The United States of America today is increasingly becoming an oligarchy.
51:09More and more moving toward an oligarchy. We are moving in the direction of oligarchy. We will move even more rapidly in the direction of an oligarchy. This great country is evolving into an oligarchic society. It is called oligarchy, and that is the system we are rapidly moving toward. This is a budget that moves our country rapidly into the direction of oligarchy. A handful of billionaires are moving this entire planet toward an oligarchic society. We start off with the bad news, which is pretty bad. And that is that under Donald Trump, this country is hurtling rapidly toward oligarchy. Ladies and gentlemen, we're talking about 30 years of the exact same thing.
52:06Bernie, just a simple question. And I say this to the pillars too Like
52:15At some point Like are you ever going to acknowledge reality That maybe you're the problem He's been there in DC Forever Oligarchy, oligarchy, oligarchy Yeah, nothing's happening, nothing's happening It's immune to facts I used to joke about this That liberals take the facts vaccine They are absolutely immune to facts. No matter what set of facts, I'm not talking about opinions, facts. The border's closed. That's a fact. Crime is down significantly. A fact. Manufacturing high-tech is returning. That's a fact. You can have an opinion on said facts, but the facts don't really care about your opinion.
52:55The facts are the facts. They're immune to that. But they appeal to a certain group of people who want to think in emotion and not think in practical principles. Bernie's been doing this forever. It's a shtick. It's an act. It's all a big scam. It's meant to play you for a sucker. It's a big, giant scam of a... Remember, suckered lollipops. He'd call them suckers when I was a kid. I'm probably aging, but it's a sucker lollipop.
53:27Yeah, 1993 and 2025 is the exact same language in that Bernie... It even sounds the same. It's like Bernie Sanders has been old forever. It's the weirdest thing. I feel old. I'm 51. I told you 40 didn't feel like 40, but 50 feels like 50. But it's the strangest thing. Like Bernie's been old. Bernie was like born old. What was that? Benjamin, was Benjamin Button or something? That movie where the guy ages in reverse. That's Bernie Sanders. Maybe in a hundred years, Bernie will be a baby. He's going backwards or something like that. He sounds the exact same. Rapidly advancing towards oligarchy. The guy's a freaking millionaire.
54:05Someone, he put out some posts again this weekend I think it was on his personal He put out some posts about millionaires and billionaires again Someone should just go there and say Grock, what's Bernie Sanders' net worth? You understand he's talking about himself, right? How are you falling for this act, this schtick This stupid nonsense he puts on Benjamin Button Sanders Folks, please Put up that Clay Travis tweet if you could. Folks, the power of free markets and economic freedom is absolutely undeniable. That Bernie Sanders wants the government to control your money, your business, your family, your kids, your vote, everything, is a testament to pure stupidity.
54:47There is no record of this system Bernie Sanders advocates for ever being successful anywhere in human history. The only thing that's succeeded in socialism is failing every time and people have died. Clay Travis put up a great tweet about this. Hey, I just bought a 32-inch flat-screen TV for my son's dorm room. It cost$88. Flat-screen TVs may be the greatest price success story in capitalistic history. They're close to free now, but cost thousands of dollars. But they would cost thousands of dollars a generation ago. Has any price fallen faster? Why is that? I thought we've been told this doesn't work.
55:21The left will throw at you. The cost of college education and health care has gone up. Yes, because the government's injecting themselves into the space. When the government decides it wants to pay for a product using taxpayer dollars, you divorce the customer from the doctor and there's no reason for price controls. The government has very little to do outside of basic regulations with flat screen TVs. So producers wanted to sell more flat screen TVs. Just in shocker, what'd they do? They said, we got to find a way to make these things cheaper. Why? Because people can't afford them. Not everyone could afford a$5 ,000 flat screen.
55:57When I first got my first big raise in the Secret Service, it was like 9 GS9 to 13, right, GS13. It was a lot of money. It was like$10 ,000 a year, which was huge. I bought myself a gift. I bought a flat screen TV. The thing weighed, I kid you not, probably like 200 pounds, maybe more. I think I don't even remember how we got it up the stairs. The thing was huge. It took up this small living room in a small apartment I lived in. And I was so proud of myself. There weren't even any HD channels to watch back then. I was like, it reminded me of Tom Hanks in Castaway. Look at what I have created after the fire scene.
56:37I was so proud of myself. That thing almost bankrupted me. You remember PC Richards in New York? Is that even still open? I went to PC Richards and bought it. And I was like, I had conquered the world. that TV right now seriously would probably cost flatter, better technology 4K ultra high diamond, supercalifragilistice all these extra assets online, apps, all this stuff again, probably cost 100 bucks maybe less why? because it's not hard people want to sell you stuff you can afford why would they want to sell you stuff you can afford? because if you can't afford it you can't buy it The only way prices keep going up and up and up For a product liberals will tell you nobody can afford Is because the government's subsidizing it That's why Oh man I want to show you this too I haven't done an update on Iran Yes, listen, this is a healthy debate It is okay for people to debate Where we are in Iran policy right now It is a welcome thing in the Republican movement that we're not all dumb leftist automatons who all have to nod along like stupid seals when AOC and Bernie Sanders say something.
57:56It is okay. Yes, not every single thing in the war in Iran is gone as has been anticipated. That's what happens. War is inherently unpredictable. However, I'm here to give you a balanced approach on the matter. Matt Whitaker, our ambassador to NATO Was on Fox this weekend And was talking about how now President Trump has transitioned To full out economic Warfare against the Iranians Who are having a problem right now Not only feeding people but feeding their own Regime. A lot of these Ideologues are nuts and they will kill Us if they get a nuclear weapon but a lot Of them like their money too And the money's drying up President Trump's going to give a big speech today I think it's about that.
58:41I'm not sure. And the Rose Garden at 230. But here's kind of a preview of where they're going with this. Folks, I know the left wing media wants to tell you the Iranians are doing great. President Trump sucks, all that stuff. I'm just here to give you a balanced perspective. They're not doing great. They're in a whole world of trouble right now. Check this out. I think these sanctions are going to be dramatic. I think they're going to be meaningful. But, you know, I want to highlight their currency is as weak as it's ever been. and inflation is skyrocketing. And those two things combined with this naval blockade that's being successfully executed together with us opening a lane in the Strait of Hormuz to move oil in and out and ships back in to get more oil.
59:23I mean, you know, some days, I think this is important, actually, some days we are moving more oil now than we did pre-conflict because of the pipelines that have been opened up and all that's happening in the Middle East. And so this is obviously we are entering an end phase. But, you know, Scott Besson's announcement today is critical and important. Folks, hundreds of millions of dollars are being lost by these greedy ideologues every single day. Their leadership has been decimated. Has everything gone according to a plan? Here's a simple question for you. Whatever does, whatever does. War is inherently unpredictable.
1:00:07But going into the midterms, what I'm trying to tell you is principled opposition to it is fine. It's actually welcome. Give us your take. It'll keep everybody sharper on the inside. Nobody wants you do. The worst thing that can happen to a party, you're seeing it with the Democrats, is a bunch of of dopey barking seals. Yes, everything you say, boss, everything you say. that's not good people don't stay frosty then they just say something then they walk away with no accountability for their own decisions it's okay to have a difference of opinion that's not what i'm talking about for the umpteenth time that is not what i'm talking about there is a lot to turn this back to beginning of the show why was i bringing this up beginning of the show i mentioned to you anna paulina luna's new bill talking about foreign money floating into influencer campaigns There is a fortune floating into influencer campaigns who never gave a damn about the Iran issue at all, who now all of a sudden are like, Iran, Iran.
1:01:07It's not about principled opposition to them. That's fine. That's welcome. This is a totally unprincipled, financially driven operation by a lot of these people. We're never wrong on this, man. We're never wrong. That's why this show, over a decade plus, we've stayed at the top of the market. because we don't lie to people. We just eventually let people expose themselves. And then people come back and go, I see it now. I know, I know. Also, from the, we may have to add this to, I didn't plan it, but we may have to add this to the nothing is happening file. Did you guys see this video? I'm going to play it in a second, but it was circulating around.
1:01:46I think I should do a public service here for a lot of like anti-Trump lunatics out there on whatever side of the aisle you're on. Folks, it is not legal or protected free speech for you to threaten the life of the president. That is not free speech. It's speech, but it's not free in that there is a legal penalty. I'm just trying to help you. Don't do it for Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Trump, Bush, anyone else. Don't do it. Say you hate him. Trump sucks. Whatever you want to say is protected free speech. I hate the war on Iran. I hate tariffs. I hate the border being closed. That is all protected.
1:02:30Have at it, man. Wear your pink hats and all this other stuff. Scream at the sky. Claw at your face. Just don't claw at anyone else's face. It's all protected. It is not protected free speech to launch videos online about killing the president. It's just, I'm just trying to save you jail time. Oh, you did the nothing is happening. We may have to add this. I only bring it up in terms of nothing is happening because Libs at TikTok, major breaking news. I can now confirm that this subject here has been arrested by the FBI early this morning. Again, I thought nothing was, everyone's innocent or proven guilty.
1:03:08However, again, I was assured, oh, nothing's ever going to happen. Less than 24 hours after we, I guess Libs at TikTok, made them aware of these threats to President Trump. He's off the streets and is not a threat to our president now. Libs at TikTok, do that out there. Here is the video in question. Folks, this is not legal. You cannot threaten the life of the president of the United States and expect to avoid jail time, arrest, or an investigation. It's just not going to happen. Check this out. Oh, yeah. Language. Sorry, I'm trying to get back. This is like a significant language warning here if you've got kids, but you need to see it in full for it's not very long, but to make sense.
1:03:47This is not legal. Check this out. All you are just fucking retarded. Y 'all are all pussies. Y 'all are all stupid. It is as simple as we all grab guns. We all group together and we all rush the White House and actually kill Trump and all of Secret Service. We aren't doing this pussy shit before where we just storm it. No, we are killing. We have to kill. There is no other way. I don't know how many times I'm gonna have to say this shit online. We have to kill them. There is no other fucking way.
1:04:28Just please don't do that. I'm really, I just, I don't know what else to say. This is not helping you or anyone else. I don't know if this was some emotional venting exercise. And I saw a couple of responses to this. You know, this drives me crazy. This is again, a P1 thing. Some of you know where I'm going with this. People say, well, you can't scream fire in a movie theater. No, you actually can, especially if there's a fire. That is not the standard. That is not the standard. The standard for free speech versus inciting violence is it has to inspire imminent lawless action and the ability to carry it out.
1:05:10The fire in a movie, please, again, I'm trying to save Justin's like how many times. please on x people will jump down your throat immediately i'm just trying to save you okay stop with the fire in a movie theater brandenburg thing it's not a that's not a thing with free speech it's not true look it up that is not the standard it was take yeah america's favorite flimsy pretext for limiting free speech jeff kosep this is one of the few times the atlantic gets it right read this article accusing people of shouting fire in a crowded theater isn't sufficient grounds for regulating what they say. One of the few times the Atlantic gets it right.
1:05:48That is not the standard. Imminent lawless action and the ability to carry it out. That's the standard. If I get up there and say at a rally full of armed people, if I were to say to them at an Antifa rally, folks, get your rifles right now, run into the White House, shoot every single Secret Service person you see and the president, you're going to have an imminent lawless action and the ability to carry it out problem. Stop with the fire in a movie theater. It's not the thing. Read that article. I rarely would send you to The Atlantic, but it's one of the few good ones. I'm surprised you guys still have that.
1:06:24Is that in the Evergreen file? You had to find it? Yeah, good job. These guys got this Evergreen file of stuff we bring up all the time. We should call it the P1 file because some of you already know that. All right, ladies and gentlemen, again, back on the radio today. Super excited to be here. So we really, really appreciate all your support. More big announcements coming. It means the world to us. So thank you so much. You've been with us from the beginning. It's been well over 10 years in this space now. It's been ups and downs, primary seasons. We just, it just warms my heart. And I just want you to know I owe everything to you guys and ladies out there.
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