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Trump Uncovers Massive Election Data Breech Jul 17, 2026

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The media is already telling you that tonight's speech had 'no evidence' of election fraud. But what they're not telling you is that the intelligence community's own declassified documents confirm China stole the voter registration data of 220 million Americans — and our own spy agencies knew about it in 2020 and chose to keep it secret. So let me ask you a simple question: if there's nothing to hide, why was it hidden? And more importantly — who made that call?

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00:00:00 – Trump's election security address

00:01:04 – "No trust, no greatness"

00:01:57 – Why voter fraud almost never gets prosecuted

00:05:44 – A mislabeled thumb drive and 15,000 votes in Henrico

00:07:31 – The press double standard

00:09:32 – Declassified: five sets of election documents

00:10:58 – China's theft of 220 million US voter files

00:14:35 – The cover-up: intel agencies buried China's meddling

00:17:28 – What the CIA knew in 2018: the campaign against Trump

00:22:40 – Voting machines vs hand counts

00:26:07 – Hacking elections

00:29:54 – The Venezuela precedent: digitally rigged elections

00:32:11 – Michigan: the buried voter registration fraud case

00:34:39 – DHS finds 278,000 non-citizens registered to vote

00:40:19 – The Save Act: proof of citizenship and photo ID

00:43:41 – Why Democrats are terrified

00:45:46 – Don't sit out the midterms

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Combat Assessment: What’s Actually Happening in the Strait of Hormuz Jul 16, 2026

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I want to give you a combat assessment of what is actually happening in the Strait of Hormuz right now. This is an active war. The United States has 20 warships and hundreds of aircraft in the region. We have struck over 300 Iranian military targets in three nights. And Iran is still shooting back. So let me break down what each side has, what each side has lost, and — critically — what Iran has actually hit versus what they’re claiming they hit.

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00:00:00 – Intro

00:01:23 – Three carrier strike groups: the US naval buildup

00:02:41 – What's been hit: 300+ targets across three nights

00:04:28 – A military first: unmanned surface vessels in combat

00:05:56 – Iran's only real leverage

00:07:15 – Scoring Iran's claims: the battle damage assessment

00:10:01 – Confirmed: the precision hit on Al Udeid's comms terminal

00:12:23 – Debunked: the claimed strikes on US destroyers

00:13:58 – Contested: the missile attack on Jordan's air base

00:15:54 – Unverified: the strike on US naval logistics in Oman

00:16:56 – Confirmed: Iranian drones are hitting commercial shipping

00:20:05 – The Tet Offensive effect: attacks as messaging

00:22:51 – Iran's playbook: the IRGC mosquito fleet

00:24:33 – The blockade: how long can Iran keep the strait closed?

00:26:51 – Iran's ultimate strategy

00:30:40 – What real regime change would actually require

00:33:10 – Best case vs likely case: the midterm clock

00:41:08 – Democrats block the defense bill

00:43:41 – The honest concerns: strategic, tactical, political

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Will Democrats Exist in 20 years? Jul 15, 2026

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Democrats claim to love “democracy”…then why are they failing to do the one thing that could actually secure future elections for themselves…in fact, they are actively advocating against it. So if they don’t plan to have more Democrats…what is their future strategy for winning elections?

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00:00:00 – Intro

00:01:13 – The left is disappearing from the birth registry

00:02:29 – What young voters are calling success

00:04:24 – The marriage gap between Republicans and Democrats

00:06:35 – Marx, feminism, and the push against marriage

00:08:44 – The divorce gap — and who reports happier marriages

00:11:52 – Birth rates by ideology

00:14:21 – America's record-low fertility and the coming Democratic baby bust

00:15:57 – Climate anti-natalism: fewer babies to save the planet

00:17:11 – The father-absence crisis in America

00:19:07 – How the welfare state drove fatherlessness

00:23:57 – How do Democrats win without kids? Strategy 1: immigration

00:29:07 – Elissa Slotkin's Save Act admission

00:30:19 – Strategy 2: voting laws that make cheating easy

00:31:33 – Strategy 3: education

00:39:27 – Get married, have kids, and educate them yourself

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Trump Fires the Election Commission — Is This Constitutional? Jul 14, 2026

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Two constitutional battles dropped in the last 72 hours that go to the exact same question: Who runs the executive branch of the United States government? Is it the President that the American people elected — or is it unelected bureaucrats and Democrat governors who’ve decided they know better?

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00:00:00 – Trump fires the Election Assistance Commission

00:02:00 – What the commission actually does (and doesn't do)

00:03:54 – Who got the grant money? Calls for congressional oversight

00:10:29 – Pritzker invokes the 25th Amendment — what it actually says

00:14:46 – Is the president "unable to discharge" his duties?

00:16:39 – Can Trump legally fire commissioners? Humphrey's Executor (1935)

00:18:53 – Seila Law and Collins v. Yellen: the Supreme Court changes course

00:20:47 – Article II: executive power and faithful execution of the laws

00:24:37 – The verdict

00:27:21 – Being honest about Trump too: Iran and the War Powers Act

00:28:32 – Final ruling for the president — and shrinking the bureaucracy

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Charlie Kirk, Candace Owens, and the Conspiracies That Collapsed Jul 13, 2026

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Preliminary hearings are taking place in the trial of Tyler Robinson. In light of this, we decided to examine Candace Owens's many claims and ask whether they are credible. And unlike some, we are going to try and use actual standards for intelligence analysis and measuring source credibility.

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00:00:00 - Intelligence Standards for Evaluating Political Claims

00:08:10 - Sponsor Message on Inflation and Gold Investing

00:09:56 - Examining Claims About Charlie Kirk's Marriage

00:13:46 - Reviewing Alleged Fort Huachuca Meeting Evidence

00:24:00 - Assessing Witness Credibility and Source Reliability

00:25:52 - Ballistics Evidence and Conspiracy Allegations

00:31:27 - French Government Assassination Claims Examined

00:40:34 - Egyptian Aircraft Allegations Reviewed Against Available Evidence

00:46:33 - Israeli Phone Data Claims Put Into Context

00:53:36 - Evaluating New Claims and Supporting Evidence

00:59:50 - Case Against Tyler Robinson Reviewed

01:03:39 - Surveillance Footage and Timeline Analysis

01:08:42 - Financial Motive Claims and Available Evidence

01:14:10 - Applying Intelligence Standards to Political Allegations

01:19:36 - Final Assessment of Evidence and Credibility

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Nick Interviews Michael Osman And His Journey As Father Of A Child With Down Syndrome Jul 11, 2026

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Nick Interviews Michael Osman And His Journey As Father Of A Child With Down Syndrome

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Here’s What the Democratic Socialists Wont Tell You Jul 10, 2026

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The Democratic Socialists of America are taking over NYC and winning elections in other parts of the country. They are becoming the animating force in the Democratic Party, promising greater equity, social justice, and abundance…but what do they REALLY want, and what does history tell us about their movement?

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00:00:00 - Introduction: Is Democratic Socialism Different?

00:00:26 - What Is Communism?

00:01:26 - Socialism vs. Communism

00:02:38 - What Is Democratic Socialism?

00:04:45 - The Core Idea Behind Socialism

00:06:24 - Have Socialist Economies Ever Worked?

00:08:49 - Soviet Union & The Gulags

00:10:23 - Mao's China & The Great Leap Forward

00:12:08 - Cuba Under Castro

00:13:35 - North Korea

00:14:58 - Cambodia Under Pol Pot

00:15:53 - East Germany & The Berlin Wall

00:17:46 - Poland, Czechoslovakia & Hungary

00:19:32 - Albania

00:20:35 - Ethiopia, Zimbabwe & Mozambique

00:22:47 - Venezuela

00:23:57 - Voices From Survivors of Communism

00:27:04 - Why Central Planning Leads to Control

00:28:27 - Critique of Democratic Socialism

00:32:47 - Modern Democratic Socialists

00:35:26 - Why People Flee Socialist Countries

00:37:15 - Free Markets vs. Socialism

00:41:02 - Final Thoughts

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Is Christian Wrong? Jul 09, 2026

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My co-host Christian has put out another video, which I encourage you to go and watch over on his page. In it, he discusses why wokesim seemed to appear out of nowhere, its true origins, and what it will take to defeat it... Will I agree with him, or are Christian and I about to have a fight?

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00:00:00 – Reacting to "The Ruling Class and the Lie They Told Us"

00:00:50 – The first time "white man" became an insult

00:02:36 – The Great Awokening: every institution changed overnight

00:05:08 – Pronoun fights in the Virginia House of Delegates

00:06:26 – The grassroots explanation never made sense

00:07:13 – Who actually runs this country?

00:11:01 – "Democracy is a sham": every society has a ruling class

00:13:33 – Ruling classes are like fire — how do elites justify their rule?

00:16:14 – Every elite needs a legitimizing story, from Alexander to Marx

00:19:02 – Why appealing lies beat hard truths

00:21:10 – America's new ruling class: credentialed managers and technocrats

00:25:23 – Parasitic elites vs the industrialists who built America

00:28:47 – Christopher Lasch, elites with no country, and Karl Popper's liberalism

00:34:04 – Wokeism as the ruling class's justifying myth

00:37:33 – They won the culture war but couldn't govern

00:38:42 – Why waiting for the people to rise up never works

00:43:34 – Accelerationism, Mamdani's New York, and locusts vs refugees

00:48:15 – Elite circulation: the organized minority always wins

00:51:14 – Closing thoughts: an elite of character and achievement

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They're Killing Patriotism on Purpose: What Gallup's New Poll Actually Shows Jul 08, 2026

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Patriotism is at a 25-year low...with women, our youth, and especially the left in America. But why? That is the question we will answer this episode.

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00:00:00 – Patriotism hits a 25-year low

00:02:13 – America's 250th birthday: there was a lot to celebrate

00:03:31 – Inside the Gallup numbers: extreme pride down to 33%

00:04:49 – The partisan gap: 70% of Republicans, 14% of Democrats

00:05:51 – Steepest declines: women and young Americans

00:06:47 – Sunny Hostin and feeling "unsafe" around American flags

00:09:10 – The media's constant "America bad" drumbeat

00:12:28 – Why the word "unsafe" is deliberate

00:13:30 – Why Democrats' pride swings with who's president

00:16:33 – Is nonstop criticism really love of country?

00:19:46 – Gramsci, cultural Marxism, and capturing institutions

00:23:52 – The left's demographic problem: they aren't having kids

00:24:58 – Influencing your kids — and why women are the target

00:26:38 – The three-part strategy to hold on to power

00:29:33 – If America is so bad, why is everyone coming here?

00:31:13 – Don't count on schools to teach real American history

00:32:58 – What genuine patriotism looks like — and how to fight back

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Tucker Carlson, Horseshoe Theory and Why We Are Headed for a Fight Jul 07, 2026

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Tucker Carlson just announced a third party — and the media is using "horseshoe theory" to explain it: go far enough right and you end up on the left, far enough left and you end up on the right. They're wrong. But they're wrong in an *interesting* way — because horseshoe theory is pointing at something real. It just doesn't know what it's looking at. And once we figure out what it's actually looking at, Tucker's move makes complete sense — and becomes a lot more concerning than the media realizes.

So today we're going to cover:

- The problem with our two-party system

- The horseshoe theory — and whether it's actually correct

- What Tucker Carlson's "new party" really represents about where America is right now, and what we should do about it

- Plus the one thing missing from all of these political philosophies

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00:00:00 – Tucker's Third Party And America's Two-Party System

00:01:35 – Duverger's Law: Why Two Parties Always Dominate

00:05:53 – Where Horseshoe Theory Breaks Down