Podcasts about Saul Alinsky

Cultural and Media CritiquesDisney's Hypocrisy and Cultural Influence (00:06:44 - 00:21:52)Travis exposes Disney's contradictory stance, operating a UAE theme park despite local anti-homosexuality laws while promoting progressive agendas in the U.S. He labels Disney a “grooming syndicate” driven by greed, citing Bob Iger's opposition to Florida's anti-grooming bill and inappropriate content in Star Wars: Andor as evidence of cultural manipulation.Critique of Modern Art and Hollywood (00:24:24 - 00:27:14)Travis denounces Hollywood and modern art for their soulless, ironic output, citing a Luigi Mangione musical as disrespectful. He accuses them of Marxist influences (e.g., Saul Alinsky) and spinelessness, failing to engage reality with depth or sincerity.Encouraging Christian Art (00:30:34 - 00:33:55)Travis calls for Christians to create art to counter demonic cultural influences, praising Doctor Universalis for its depiction of communion and emphasizing self-publishing's accessibility as a tool for cultural resistance.Hollywood's Decline and AI Art (00:36:29 - 00:39:07)Travis attributes Hollywood's decline to satanic influences and corporate control (e.g., BlackRock). He notes AI-generated art replicates vapid content, lacking depth and serving corporate quotas, reflecting a broader cultural decay.Political and Bureaucratic IssuesNew Pope's Background (01:03:09 - 01:06:25)Travis discusses the new American pope, Robert Prevost (Pope Leon XIV), highlighting his opposition to same-sex marriage and gender studies. He criticizes the media's focus on political metrics (e.g., Trump support) over theological substance.China-Russia Alliance (01:39:39 - 01:44:46)Travis warns of Xi Jinping and Putin's alliance to counter Western hegemony, noting their pursuit of power rather than anti-globalism. He predicts escalating U.S. conflict as a result of this geopolitical shift.Bureaucracy's Treason (01:50:50 - 01:54:22)Travis invokes Julien Benda's The Treason of the Clerics to critique intellectuals' political passions, calling Trump weak for failing to confront bureaucratic resistance and questioning his commitment to reform.War and Its ImpactsWar's Brutality in Storm of Steel (01:19:47 - 01:26:39)Travis reflects on Ernst Jünger's Storm of Steel, reading passages about World War I's romanticized yet brutal reality. He rejects notions of “safe” war, emphasizing its unchanging horror through vivid soldier experiences.Technology and SocietyAI in Courtroom (00:41:25 - 00:43:50)Travis finds an AI-generated victim impact statement in an Arizona courtroom alarming, warning of future psychological programming abuses and comparing it to dystopian scenarios.Automotive Industry (Eric Peters Interview)Loss of Driving Freedom (02:06:05 - 02:09:27)Travis and Eric lament the erosion of driving freedom due to regulations, high costs, and police presence. Eric sees an agenda to discourage car ownership, contrasting past affordability with modern constraints.Car Complexity and Debt Cycles (02:12:36 - 02:15:27)Eric and Travis critique modern cars' complexity and planned obsolescence, which trap consumers in debt. They view cars as shackles rather than symbols of freedom, reflecting broader societal control.Authoritarian Aesthetics (02:21:46 - 02:24:48)Eric links bland, uniform car designs to authoritarian ugliness (e.g., East Germany), while Travis mourns homogenized city skylines, both seeing a loss of beauty driven by regulatory and corporate forces.Follow the show on Kick and watch live every weekday 9:00am EST – 12:00pm EST https://kick.com/davidknightshow Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code KNIGHT Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.comIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.

Cultural and Media CritiquesDisney's Hypocrisy and Cultural Influence (00:06:44 - 00:21:52)Travis exposes Disney's contradictory stance, operating a UAE theme park despite local anti-homosexuality laws while promoting progressive agendas in the U.S. He labels Disney a “grooming syndicate” driven by greed, citing Bob Iger's opposition to Florida's anti-grooming bill and inappropriate content in Star Wars: Andor as evidence of cultural manipulation.Critique of Modern Art and Hollywood (00:24:24 - 00:27:14)Travis denounces Hollywood and modern art for their soulless, ironic output, citing a Luigi Mangione musical as disrespectful. He accuses them of Marxist influences (e.g., Saul Alinsky) and spinelessness, failing to engage reality with depth or sincerity.Encouraging Christian Art (00:30:34 - 00:33:55)Travis calls for Christians to create art to counter demonic cultural influences, praising Doctor Universalis for its depiction of communion and emphasizing self-publishing's accessibility as a tool for cultural resistance.Hollywood's Decline and AI Art (00:36:29 - 00:39:07)Travis attributes Hollywood's decline to satanic influences and corporate control (e.g., BlackRock). He notes AI-generated art replicates vapid content, lacking depth and serving corporate quotas, reflecting a broader cultural decay.Political and Bureaucratic IssuesNew Pope's Background (01:03:09 - 01:06:25)Travis discusses the new American pope, Robert Prevost (Pope Leon XIV), highlighting his opposition to same-sex marriage and gender studies. He criticizes the media's focus on political metrics (e.g., Trump support) over theological substance.China-Russia Alliance (01:39:39 - 01:44:46)Travis warns of Xi Jinping and Putin's alliance to counter Western hegemony, noting their pursuit of power rather than anti-globalism. He predicts escalating U.S. conflict as a result of this geopolitical shift.Bureaucracy's Treason (01:50:50 - 01:54:22)Travis invokes Julien Benda's The Treason of the Clerics to critique intellectuals' political passions, calling Trump weak for failing to confront bureaucratic resistance and questioning his commitment to reform.War and Its ImpactsWar's Brutality in Storm of Steel (01:19:47 - 01:26:39)Travis reflects on Ernst Jünger's Storm of Steel, reading passages about World War I's romanticized yet brutal reality. He rejects notions of “safe” war, emphasizing its unchanging horror through vivid soldier experiences.Technology and SocietyAI in Courtroom (00:41:25 - 00:43:50)Travis finds an AI-generated victim impact statement in an Arizona courtroom alarming, warning of future psychological programming abuses and comparing it to dystopian scenarios.Automotive Industry (Eric Peters Interview)Loss of Driving Freedom (02:06:05 - 02:09:27)Travis and Eric lament the erosion of driving freedom due to regulations, high costs, and police presence. Eric sees an agenda to discourage car ownership, contrasting past affordability with modern constraints.Car Complexity and Debt Cycles (02:12:36 - 02:15:27)Eric and Travis critique modern cars' complexity and planned obsolescence, which trap consumers in debt. They view cars as shackles rather than symbols of freedom, reflecting broader societal control.Authoritarian Aesthetics (02:21:46 - 02:24:48)Eric links bland, uniform car designs to authoritarian ugliness (e.g., East Germany), while Travis mourns homogenized city skylines, both seeing a loss of beauty driven by regulatory and corporate forces.Follow the show on Kick and watch live every weekday 9:00am EST – 12:00pm EST https://kick.com/davidknightshow Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code KNIGHT Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.comIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.

As of March 2025, Elon Musk, the richest person in the world according to Bloomberg, was valued to be worth 311 billion dollars. To help put this quantity in perspective: In order for the average middle-class person earning around $45,000 a year to earn even $1 billion, they would have to devote all their time to work, while spending nothing, for over 21,000 years—that is, longer than human history.  Given the extent of dire need across the world, it seems grossly unethical for anyone to have that kind of money. From a Catholic perspective, we need to take seriously not only concerns rooted in natural law ethics, regarding the flourishing of the person and the common good, but also traditional teachings about the moral obligations around money. Scripture is filled with warnings about the serious, possibly eternal punishments in store for those who hoard wealth at the expense of the poor. Does that mean billionaires are going to hell? On this episode of Glad You Asked, hosts Emily Sanna and Rebecca Bratten Weiss talk to moral theologian Nicholas Hayes-Mota about the Catholic Church's teaching on wealth and whether amassing vast amounts of money is a sin.  Hayes-Mota is a social ethicist and public theologian whose research interests include the theology of community organizing, Catholic social thought, contemporary virtue ethics, democratic theory, and AI ethics.    Read more about the ethics of wealth inequality: “Pope Francis: Powerful and Rich Risk Going to Hell If They Ignore the Poor,” by David Gibson “Why the wealth gap is bad for everyone.” A U.S. Catholic interview “Why wealth inequality matters,” by Kevin Clarke “The Universal Destination of Goods in St. John Chrysostom,” by Antônio Lemos Rerum Novarum (Rights and Duties of Capital and Labor), encyclical of Pope Leo XIII Populorum Progressio (On the Development of Peoples), encyclical of Paul VI Fratelli Tutti (On Fraternity and Social Friendship), encyclical of Pope Francis   Read more by Nicholas Hayes-Mota: “We need to reclaim the legacy of Christian nonviolence,” U.S. Catholic “Principle in Practice: A MacIntyrean Analysis of Community Organizing and the Catholic Social Tradition.” Journal of Catholic Social Thought “Partners in Forming the People: Jacques Maritain, Saul Alinsky, and the Project of Personalist Democracy.” Journal of Moral Theology “An Accountable Church? Broad-Based Community Organizing and Ecclesial Ethics,” Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics  

On this episode of The P.A.S. Report Podcast, Professor Nick Giordano welcomes John Fawcett, host of The Great America Show, to discuss how President Trump's policies are changing the game as he moves at an unprecedented pace to reshape the country. While some short-term pain may be inevitable, these bold actions set the stage for potential long-term prosperity. John explains why it's time to shift focus from Wall Street to Main Street, the current disarray within the Democrat Party, and the rare unity among Republicans. We also examine America's two-decade decline and whether Trump's policies can truly reverse the trend. Tune in for an in-depth discussion on the future of America's political and economic landscape. Episode Highlights: • Trump's rapid policy moves: short-term pain for long-term national gain. • The decline of Wall Street's dominance and the renewed focus on Main Street. • Can a unified Republican Party stay together, and what challenges lie ahead?

Adamo authored “Rules For Defeating Radicals: Countering the Alinsky Strategy in Politics and Culture” in 2019, taking on Saul Alinsky's 1971 book, “Rules for Radicals.” We unpack Adamo's strategies for effectively confronting/overcoming the political left's dirty tricks. Information for Chris Adamo:: Purchase “Rules for Defeating Radicals” at Amazon.com Social Media: @CGAdamo on X (Twitter) Upcoming […] The post Looking Back At Rules For Defeating Radicals With Author Chris Adamo appeared first on Radio Influence.

Adamo authored “Rules For Defeating Radicals: Countering the Alinsky Strategy in Politics and Culture” in 2019, taking on Saul Alinsky's 1971 book, “Rules for Radicals.” We unpack Adamo's strategies for effectively confronting/overcoming the political left's dirty tricks. Information for Chris Adamo:: Purchase “Rules for Defeating Radicals” at Amazon.com Social Media: @CGAdamo on X (Twitter) Upcoming […] The post Looking Back At Rules For Defeating Radicals With Author Chris Adamo appeared first on Radio Influence.

Adamo authored “Rules For Defeating Radicals: Countering the Alinsky Strategy in Politics and Culture” in 2019, taking on Saul Alinsky's 1971 book, “Rules for Radicals.” We unpack Adamo's strategies for effectively confronting/overcoming the political left's dirty tricks. Information for Chris Adamo:: Purchase “Rules for Defeating Radicals” at Amazon.com Social Media: @CGAdamo on X (Twitter) Upcoming […] The post Looking Back At Rules For Defeating Radicals With Author Chris Adamo appeared first on Radio Influence.

In this episode, Yatharth (@askyatharth), a graduate student and software engineer, turns the tables to interview Patrick McKenzie (@patio11) about cultural codes, writing, and AI. Patrick shares how his early experiences fighting credit report errors and navigating cross-cultural business environments led to his distinctive approach to understanding and writing about institutional systems. The conversation spans from Patrick's methodical exploration of banking infrastructure to his predictions about LLMs, weaving in personal stories about dating, parenthood, and bridging American and Japanese cultures along the way.–Full transcript available here: www.complexsystemspodcast.com/outside-view-yatharth/–Sponsors:  CheckCheck is the leading payroll infrastructure provider and pioneer of embedded payroll. Check makes it easy for any SaaS platform to build a payroll business, and already powers 60+ popular platforms. Head to checkhq.com/complex and tell them patio11 sent you.–Links:Yatharth's writing https://itsyatharth.substack.com/Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_for_Radicals Dave Kasten on Complex Systems https://open.spotify.com/episode/66SSmxK2Kpyef7WUxXxS6w?si=5EZYfZ7gThG8WV7hSs1aFQLars Doucet on Complex Systems https://open.spotify.com/episode/2XQjSGCfW6XIu1AFB4oZeR?si=n3C28PymT6m7pPqFb2NE8QBits about Money: https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/ –Twitter:@askyatharth@patio11–Timestamps: (00:00) Intro(01:30) Patrick's early interest in credit cards(03:53) Navigating financial challenges(05:10) Becoming a financial advisor(10:35) Cultural and educational insights(18:57) Sponsor: Check(22:14) Personal stories and reflections(25:48) Parenting and cultural integration(33:26) Writing and storytelling journey(37:35) Translating financial systems for a new audience(39:08) The role of AI in writing and style transfer(40:46) The concept of alpha in writing(44:48) Legal advice and AI's role(52:12) The impact of AI on bureaucratic systems(01:04:22) Reflections on government software and policy(01:13:49) Sabbatical insights and future interests(01:18:52) Wrap– Help shape our show by taking our quick listener survey at https://bit.ly/TurpentinePulse.

In this compelling episode of Hearts of Oak, we delve into the critical issues facing America and beyond through the eyes of an experienced investigative journalist. From the perils of drug cartels and human trafficking to the contentious policies at the U.S. border, this discussion uncovers the layers of national security, immigration, and the moral fabric of society. We explore the impact of policy shifts between administrations, the media's role in storytelling, and the global implications of these domestic policies. Join us as we discuss potential pathways to reclaiming order, security, and cultural identity in an era of widespread change. Connect with Sara: www. linktr.ee/saraacarter saraacarter | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook | Linktree   Transcript: Hearts of Oak: [0:25] And hello, Hearts of Oak. Thanks so much for joining us once again. And it's great to have a brand new guest all the way across the pond. And that is Sarah A. Carter. Sarah, thank you so much for your time today. Sara Carter: [0:36] Oh, thank you so much for having me on the show. It's a great show and I'm so happy to be here. Hearts of Oak: [0:40] Great. And I had the privilege of joining you on your show to discuss everything UK. It's great to have you discussing the excitement over there in the US, which provides excitement for us because we don't have much excitement in politics here in the UK. So thank you. People can follow you at Sarah Carter DC. And of course, on that, you've got the links to all your other platforms that you're on. People can find you on all of those. So make sure and jump on, click on that link just under the handle, and you'll get a list of everywhere that Sarah is on. But Sarah's a national, international award-winning investigative reporter. And I say this for a UK audience because she will be well-known for the war and posse for everyone stateside. But for the UK, I mean, her stories have ranged from national security, terrorism, immigration and frontline coverage of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. And she's been to some interesting countries, some that I may would not like to go to. So I'm glad she's done it and reported. And she is currently an investigative reporter and Fox News contributor. Lots to get into. I know I've touched on some of your background. Or maybe you'd like to just introduce yourself, especially to our UK audience, before we jump into all the fun things that are happening over there stateside. Sara Carter: [1:59] Oh, I know. First of all, Peter, thank you so much for having me on your show. Your show is so incredible. It's a great show. And I'm glad we have this option, right, where we can now speak not only freely, and we have X, of course, which is a monumental platform with Elon Musk, but we're able to talk to each other and communicate through podcasts. It becomes more of a global connection. And especially as individually, we're all fighting for our sovereignty, right? So I've been covering the board for all of you who don't know me out there. I've been a reporter, investigative reporter for more than 20 years. I actually started my career a little bit later than some, but in California, covering the cartels, the drug trafficking gang affiliations in the beautiful state of California, which is a complete mess now because of the leadership there under Gavin Newsom. But for us, for me, I was born there, raised overseas, came back and spent the rest of my youth in California. It was incredible to watch the deterioration of that state. A lot of that had to do with illegal immigration and the rise in gang affiliations and the failure of the government, the local government, to do its job in protecting its citizens. Sara Carter: [3:22] And it wasn't just about those that were on the outside of, you know, the immigration issue or, you know, those that you would think of as being more wealthy Californians or people that were middle class. It was about the kids, too. It was about our schools being overwhelmed, our public school systems with children that were not being paid attention to, with school boards that were basically turning their backs on them and using taxpayer dollars to do their own thing instead of providing an education for the children. And we had, I mean, and we still do today, sadly, children killing each other in the schools, gangs, shootouts. I remember one time in my own neighborhood, there was a 15-year-old boy that had been laying dead in the front yard of his house for two days before they actually found him because the grass was piled so high. Sara Carter: [4:16] And it was just, it's a nightmare. It was a nightmare scenario. And I thought, man, it can't get worse than this. And when I started covering Sara Carter: [4:24] the border, well, covering the gangs led me to the border. Covering the border led me to covering overseas, basically setting a goal to be a Pentagon correspondent and covering the war zones because I'd covered the border and I saw this narco traffic and terror and what we considered a connection between narco terrorism and actual terrorism overseas with the DEA, CIA, Western intelligence agencies that were monitoring what was happening in the United States and along our border and in Central America and Mexico. So I took off, came to Washington, D.C. to make a long story short, got hired by the Washington Times. Sara Carter: [5:06] They finally accepted that I was going to be a war correspondent. I don't think they were excited about that, having a woman going into the war zones at that time, but they agreed to it. I went to the Pentagon, signed off all of my paperwork, covered the Pentagon a little bit. And as soon as they started shipping people off to the battlefield, I was one of those first reporters in those groups that when I came in to head out there, Lara Logan was another reporter who was on the ground out there at the same time, female reporter. Sara Carter: [5:39] Anthony Lloyd from Great Britain. I remember him being out there quite often. Kelly Kennedy, Chris Hondros, who was killed in Libya, and Tim Hetherington, and James Cantley, who has also disappeared and was taken prisoner by Islamic State. So I saw the world from many different points of view. And I thought to myself, even when I covered, you know, the cartels, and I mean, I was going into Mexico, Peter, I was going into Nuevo Laredo when there were gun battles, and I was into Tijuana, you know, when Ariano Felix was in charge of the Tijuana cartel there, and they were beheading people and leaving their heads along Highway 1, you know, the police officials that they were usually involved in narcotics as well. So leaving signs, you know, ratones or rats or traitors, they would do that. A very terroristic style type of killing, something we saw very familiar with the Middle East extremist radical groups there. So it was horrifying and mortifying for me to watch as I progressed through my career and covered President Trump in 2016, broke all the stories on the Russia hoax. Sara Carter: [6:59] So that was another big part of my work with John Solomon in the very beginning. But then to watch as the Biden administration came in and just drop all of the executive orders that had been put in place by President Trump, who was by far the only president under the time I had covered the border and the wars and everything else you can imagine under the sun as an investigative journalist, he was the only president that I'd covered that actually meant what he said. He said, I'm going to shut down that border. I'm going to do everything I can to do it. And he did. He fought Congress on it. He made executive orders. He had the remain in Mexico. Stephen Miller was working with him on it. He really brought a semblance of control and sanity to the chaos that was happening globally with migration, which Great Britain has also faced such horrific problems with this. And then all of a sudden we have Biden. Sara Carter: [7:58] And it gets worse than anyone can imagine. The border, the flooding. Hearts of Oak: [8:04] Before you jump into the Biden mess, can I just ask you, because whenever I was last over, people were saying, oh, you need to go to Eagle Pass, Eagle Pass. And everyone has talked about you need to go to the border. And it's been it's been the fashionable thing, rightly so, because of the chaos on the border in the last four years. But it's become the in thing, kind of go to the border. You were doing this long before it was fashionable. How do you why kind of focus on that? There must be much other areas that you could have focused on, which would have been probably less heads along the road type of thing. Sara Carter: [8:36] That's a great question, and you're absolutely right. I was one of the only women, actually, over 20 years ago that was down at the border. Once in a while, I'd run into this Reuters journalist who I thought was really brilliant. He was very tall. He was British. I used to joke around with him. I'd say, you just stick out like a sore thumb here in Mexico. I'd see him coming down a sidewalk. I wish I could remember his name, but he was a great reporter. There were hardly any of us because it was so dangerous one of the most dangerous places to work in the world and and it still is considered one of the most dangerous when you're thinking of the cartels was mexico and the reason why i chose that and that's an important question was because after september 11 i believed there was a significant lapse in security at that border That despite all the 9-11 commission responses to what happened in September 11th, that there was an extraordinary failure in controlling what was happening at that border. Not only was I talking to sources in the U.S. Intelligence apparatus or DEA or Western intelligence, as people would like to say, but also the local sheriffs and police. And I saw not only the extraordinary amount of narcotics and weapons that were moving back and forth just within our own communities. Sara Carter: [9:59] But I thought to myself, if they can get all of this in, if there can be this extraordinary organization, you know, back then it was transnational criminal organizations, Sinaloa, Beltran Leyva, Sara Carter: [10:16] Vincente Carrillo Fuentes, you know, all of these, all of these massive criminal organizations that were running Mexico as a narco state, then what's, what could come in? What could come in? A WMD, terrorists, you know, other types of chemical or biological weapons. So my interest became very focused on that and also on our children. And I thought to myself, what kind of society are we when we are not even protecting ourselves? We're not even protecting our children. We're a nation of immigrants. I'm not taking that away. It's not about immigration. It's about national security and protecting the sovereignty of a nation. And that's what led me there. Over the last four years, it's been extraordinary. It became kind of like a hip thing to do. I think I was breaking ground, right? But all of a sudden, everybody wanted to be a border reporter. And let me tell you this. I'm grateful. I'm grateful for all the people that are down at the border telling stories. I'm grateful that there's a big response to it. Sara Carter: [11:20] But it's not just about what we're seeing on video coming across the river. I've seen that for over 20 years and never saw it so bad as I've seen it now with 700, a thousand plus coming across. But it's about the border being in every single one of our backyards in our neighborhoods, right across America, because we have narcotics distribution centers across the United States that these cartels have set up. They have set up transit routes that are highly guarded, not just in Mexico and along the border, Sara Carter: [11:52] Not just in Central America, Mexico and along the border, but throughout the United States where they can move people from point A to point B without even the knowledge of our U.S. Law enforcement. It's very difficult to track these cartels. They've grown to enormous organizations with hundreds of billions of dollars. And our governments allowed us to have that. it almost became very cliche that everybody was just covering the border, right? The people crossing because visually it's stunning. Yes. But what is happening in the dark corners? What is happening in our streets, in our schools, in our neighborhoods while we're just so hyper-focused on the pictures, you know, of what is happening at the border? And that's when I started to expand my work and I started looking at, you know, this is not just about the border. It's also about Western civilization in general. We have enemies that want the destruction of our way of life. Sara Carter: [12:53] They do not want the, and not just enemies that live in the shadows that I've covered for so many years, like terrorist organizations, like Islamic State or Al-Qaeda or any of these other groups. But what about our adversaries, you know, that look at the border as a way of weaponizing their targeting of our nation, of your nation, of the European countries? I mean, this is this is very serious. It's almost as if, you know, we all fell asleep. Sara Carter: [13:23] And, you know, we all know the story about the Trojan horse, but the Trojan horse was already inside our countries. I mean, it was like we delivered them into our nation, the weapons, you know, and I think that's why the American people all of a sudden started waking up. They were like, wait a minute. It is in my backyard. Wait a minute. This is happening in our schools. Why did we lose 140,000 plus people to fentanyl poisoning the way that we lost it? And let me tell you, a lot of the people, and I don't know how it is in England right now in Great Britain, but in the United States, we had massive waves, and we still do, of fentanyl tablets coming into the country. And those precursor chemicals came from China. Sara Carter: [14:11] Those precursor chemicals were basically handed over to the cartels. The cartels used them to make these pills. And also they've, they've spiked cocaine. They've put it in marijuana. So kids are going out and partying and they're dropping like that. They're dying. No child or no college student. And I say child because just several months ago, a gentleman in Rio in the Rio Grande Valley, um, lost his two, his 15 year old daughter and her 15 year old friend. And this happens every day. This story just sticks out in my head. Um, he found him dead in their bedroom, uh, because they had taken what they Sara Carter: [14:49] thought was an Adderall. Um, and yeah, Sara Carter: [14:54] They died. It was pure fentanyl. And so drugs issues, Hearts of Oak: [14:58] Looking at that from a European position or British position, and I had no grasp of it, no concept, because what the U.S. Is facing is on a level 100 times to what Europeans are facing in terms of, I remember it was April and June 2022, I went to LA, the first time I've ever been to California. I think probably the last time I'll go to california and sadly i never got to enjoy what it was like under a rig and before it was destroyed by the democrats but it was the only i remember i did nine cities in 14 days i think um in uh middle of 2022 and la was the only one i it was i felt completely unsafe and with people just wandering around lying on the pavements lying on the roads and it was it was like a war zone and I came way quite pissed off at how is this allowed to happen is is no one angry and it's come to this stage maybe in parts of the US where it's just accepted that's just the norm um but it to me as as a Brit it was utterly shocking seeing that and I've never seen anything like it um and even the tent cities and on and I I've never seen anything like it up to then and I never said anything like it from then. And it really blew my mind. Sara Carter: [16:21] It is. It's absolutely mortifying that we don't we don't do anything to stop that, that we've allowed this to happen. You know, and I think the American people were kind of asleep as well, just thinking that this is a normal part. It like crept up on them. It was like mission creep, right? Like people didn't realize it until they woke up one morning and then a man's defecating in their front lawn in Georgetown. Or like I saw with my daughter one time we were driving and it was Georgetown again. And this is a beautiful neighborhood. That's why I bring it up in Washington, DC area. And my daughter says, mommy, why is that man taking a bath in someone's front yard? And he was completely nude. He was scrubbing himself down in the front yard. There were tents everywhere. I was in, yeah, I was in Pennsylvania and Kensington where there's an overwhelming problem with fentanyl and heroin. Sara Carter: [17:21] And the, for miles and miles, blocks and blocks and blocks, you see people on carfentanil, fentanyl, mix it, mixtures of fentanyl that I can't even begin to understand how the human body can survive it. Some of this is used as tranquilizers or tranks used on, you know, elephants and, and things like this. And they, they dilute them so that they can get even a bigger high. Um, and it's, and you see people like zombies walking across the street. I've covered that story over and over again. And I will tell people I have traveled all through Central America. I have been to San Salvador. I've been to Guatemala. I've been everywhere, everywhere in Mexico. I've never seen this in any other country. And I say to myself, Sara Carter: [18:09] This is it. This is the Trojan horse, right? We don't need armies and tanks to really be at war. We need an enemy that floods our nation and a people willing to do it, willing to take it. But we need an enemy willing to flood our nation with poison. And not only have we flooded our nation with poison, but we have a government, an established government that did nothing to stop it. Sara Carter: [18:43] National security failure at epic proportions did not care. And the question that I have, because at least if there was a policy in place, at least if there was some kind of policy, but it failed, I would say, okay, they were terrible at policy. They had a bad policy, but they rethought it and they tried to change it. There was no policy. There was no policy to stop it. The policy was to leave the border wide open. The question has to be why. Why would someone's own government purposefully attempt to destroy their nation? I think in Great Britain, And I wish I can remember, and maybe you can clarify this for me, but there was an incredible speech that was all over X recently where somebody said, you know, this is purposeful. This was a move by globalists to destroy our nations and to really imprison our own people. And I tell this to people all the time. This is not freedom. Sara Carter: [19:54] What has happened here is an absolute way of controlling the populace. That is what these globalists want. They want to control the populace. And I think, you know, what we've seen with the election with President Trump is a big wake up call where people are like, wait a minute, I just I'm watching what's happening. I don't want this to happen to my child. I don't want this to happen to my country. I refuse to allow this to happen. And now they have become the cavalry, right, that have worked to put other elected officials like President Trump back in office and others with the hope that we can stop this momentum in this horrible direction that we're heading in. Because we're really heading for the destruction of the Western world as we know it. Hearts of Oak: [20:42] I want to get on to where we're heading. I know you interviewed Tom Homan recently, but there was another interview you did very recently, which was Jakob Boyens. And that's another part of an open border on the sex trade and people trafficking. But for you, as a journalist, looking at this and highlighting this, and yet there is silence, more or less silence amongst the media, maybe some media begun to wake up. But actually, it was the left or the mainstream media attacking parts of the media for highlighting this abject failure of how to run a country for society, of government. And it was a weird situation. How did you see that as a journalist? Whenever you see journalists attacking other journalists for simply highlighting what the truth is and the failures of society? Yeah. Sara Carter: [21:42] It's unbelievable to me because I remember, and now I'm more of a commentator. I am a journalist still. I do investigative columns. I try to get out there and do the, my podcasts are based on talking to people that are experts in the field and bringing them in and revealing stories that maybe others had not heard of. But I was stunned and mortified. I remember when I first started working as a journalist, I was so excited to be breaking so many stories, incredible stories. And I thought, oh, wow, now the Washington Post is going to jump on this or the New York Times, and I'm never going to get to keep my story because I would be working for a newspaper that maybe had less resources. Sara Carter: [22:24] They would have all the resources. It was kind of looked up to them. And then I realized, no, they're not doing that. They're not exposing those stories. I remember when I wrote the first stories that exposed the link, the nexus between the drug cartels and terrorist organizations and how our U.S. Apparatus was really hyper concerned with good reason that drug cartels would allow these terrorist organizations to utilize transit routes into the United States or adversarial nation states would utilize those same routes to get into the United States without detectives. And I was called an alarmist. Oh, you're just an alarmist. That will never happen. Why wouldn't it happen? Why wouldn't we have people all the time? So to see journalists turn their back on the least of us. Sara Carter: [23:19] Our job as journalists is to be a voice for the voiceless. It's to speak up and to call out, to be a watchdog on the governments, to hold them accountable for what they are doing with the populace, right? So it's our job to do that, not to work hand in hand. You know, I remember during the Russia hoax, this was the very last big, big stories that I did for a news organization and with Fox News, as well as with Sinclair News Group. And we broke the stories on Russia hoax, on what was going on with President Trump, how the Obama administration had expanded its spying, what was going on with Carter Page, what happened at Trump Tower, all those stories. And I thought to myself, wow, I really did. This is it. This is the Pulitzer story. The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, all of them are going to jump on this, and they're just going to go crazy with it. Instead, they lapped up the soup or whatever was being served to them or the liquor that John Brennan, the head of the CIA, James Comey, the head of the FBI, James Clapper, you know, who was then head of director of national intelligence gave them Sara Carter: [24:48] Just handed them on a silver platter without question, and they targeted a sitting U.S. President of these United States that had been duly elected and voted into office, and they turned the whole world, or they attempted to, to turn the whole world against him. They called him a stooge for Russia, and instead of doing their job and doing the right thing and actually exposing the corruption in the government, they became a tool of the government, And they did the same with, look, Yakuboyens is amazing. Tara Rodas is amazing. I want to highlight that in the United States, a nation that is founded upon principles in the Constitution that should never allow slavery or servitude in this nation, that should speak out against the maltreatment of children and the sexual exploitation of people and the raping of children, that we should be the first in line to call that out and that every news agency should back that up. And it has taken, some of them haven't even talked about it at all. Others targeted movies like Sound of Freedom saying, oh, that's an over-exaggeration. Sara Carter: [26:01] Finally, there was a reporter at the New York Times, and I wish I could remember her name off the top of my head, who did an incredible piece on slavery in the United States, utilizing children. I mean, big corporations, I won't name them here because we don't want to do that right now, but they can read the story in the New York Times. But that, you know, that sell cereal, that sell chicken, that had their factories were filled with underage children in every single state that have been trafficked across our border. Sara Carter: [26:32] By the Biden administration, these kids were working in these factories in indentured servitude. That's unacceptable to me. It is absolutely stunning. It is unacceptable. And I'm so grateful for Yakuboyens. And I'm so grateful for Tara Rodas, who was the whistleblower at HHS and others who blew the whistle and have come forward because I've been reporting for more than 20 years how these children have been exploited at the border, how kids have been raped, how kids have been brought into this country and lost forever. Sara Carter: [27:03] And, you know, frankly, very few people, very few people talked about that publicly. And I don't know if it, you know what, Peter, I don't know if it's because it's too difficult to face that reality. I don't know if it's hard for people to accept that reality because once you accept that, you can't just walk away from it. And once you know that children as little as two years old are being raped and abused and lost in the system, you can't just walk away from it anymore. It's a very difficult, difficult pill to swallow. We don't want to believe that that exists. So I don't know if, but I think it is a journalistic failure. I think it is a failure. Our job is to be, again, the voice for the voiceless. Our job is to expose the truth, no matter how difficult that is. Even when you like someone, even when you think they've been the best source ever. Let's say John Brennan was the best guy ever for some of these folks at the Sara Carter: [28:12] New York Times and the Post. When he came up to them and delivered those lies, it didn't matter whether it was John Brennan, or if it was Michael Hayden, who was his buddy, but was a Republican, it didn't matter who it was. They should have said, wait a minute, show me proof. Give me three sources. Sara Carter: [28:32] And then I need to find those sources to make sure that that is the truth. But you don't just take the word of a, the head of an agency that is known to lie to then create and to then spread their lies as part of their propaganda machine. That was not our job. Hearts of Oak: [28:54] When you look at the U.S. and there is still a U.S. Identity, the American dream is still there. It's been chopped off and abused and there have been attempts to destroy that. But there is still a pull for America, very different in Europe. Europe are struggling massively with what it means for identity as you have tried to erase the nation state and what it means for nation sovereignty. So Europe are in a huge struggle, but America still has an understanding of what American means. So it's weird how you look at mass immigration, the impacts on, especially on the sector of the drugs trade. America kind of should be thinking, and this is not this, I'm just trying to work this out, that actually that's not how we do things. We know what our identity is and you'd expect the destruction that's happened in america more to happen in europe than it has but on a lesser level and yet it's europeans who are struggling with with what it means and identity um and even in your i think yesterday there was a headline on in belgium that sex workers have now got maternity and pension benefits in a world first and that europe sees it as like a little college industry uh something that you choose something and that a girl grows up and that's what she would like to be. Hearts of Oak: [30:18] So I'm wondering how that kind of identities, how that produces the chaos that we have. Because I see the US and it shouldn't be in the situation because Americans have that strong identity. You've got flag, you've got culture, you've got history. Where Europe, that's been wiped out. Sara Carter: [30:41] I know you brought up so many good points. How do I pull this thread? Hearts of Oak: [30:45] It's a lot of threads. Sara Carter: [30:49] But I can do this. Because while you were talking, I think what's happened with America first, I'll start there, is that we've had a lot of infiltration in our university systems. Now we do. You're right. We still do have this very nationalistic, I think a good 50% of us, identity, you know, of we are Americans. We stand for this. This is our history. We are a nation of immigrants. Right. And I want to think and think about it this way. We are a nation of immigrants and I would say legal immigration, but like my mother who came from Cuba in the 1960s on the Johnson freedom flights was so proud to be an American, right. That when people would ask her, they would say, Oh, you're Cuban. She would say, no, I'm American. You know, she would be just like, wait a minute. I'm so offended. You know, that you would call, I left Cuba because I had to, I had to flee in the end, but I have nothing to do with that nation. I'm an American. Um, and because of that, and because we have these kinds of renegades, you know, I call it the X gene renegades, people who have left everything behind, whether they're from Vietnam, Cuba, uh, Ireland, Sara Carter: [32:04] Great Britain, whether they came hundreds of years ago or just yesterday, Australia, wherever they came from in the world, they came to with the decision that they made that I am going to start a new life and a new chapter for future generations of my family. It's kind of the renegades, right? Sara Carter: [32:23] Now you have the renegades and you have those that are like ready to be American. And then you have those that have infiltrated the system and want to see that system changed. I call them the Obamas. And they're not Obama-like. Sara Carter: [32:36] They're Obama heavy, right? They believe that America is not a beacon of light shining on a hill. They see America as a problem. They see America as a colonizer, something that is brutal and bad in some ways and needs to be restructured. They see the constitution as antiquated, that it needs to be revamped and or removed in some way altogether. And you have this clash, kind of like the clash of the titans in America, right? And you have these professors that have been indoctrinating so many people for decades now, you know, I would say even pre, you know, Hillary college days, right? I mean, she was already indoctrinated there into the Saul Alinsky, you know, school of radicals, right? And we saw all of this and they figured out how to kind of manipulate it and use it for their own benefit because they're also very selfish, just like any good communist or socialist. They want to have all the money and put all the money in their pockets and then have all the minions live the way, you know, in poverty and do all the hard work. Sara Carter: [33:48] So you have that clash, but there was kind of an awakening in America, a big awakening, not just a little awakening. We saw it with Charlie Kirk, right? With Turning Point USA, where I think it was very brilliant. It was probably one of the most significant. I know Charlie, and I don't think I've ever told him this, but personally, Sara Carter: [34:08] But his movement started to shine light on what was happening throughout our universities and our school systems, it didn't allow the disease to fester, right? It's still there, but it's exposed. So we know it exists. Sara Carter: [34:27] In Europe, tragically, I don't know, you know, and I don't want to debate European politics that much, but, and I want to talk a little bit about that thread when it comes to, you know, Belgium and, you know, how we look at, you know, the service of women, you know, in prostitution or whatever, and the legalization of that. I had, and because I deal with children so much that have been abused, a lot of children that are trafficked are abused children already. So I want people to understand this. The majority of women that are in that service industry, supposedly in the, in the line of prostitution and that work in these industries are come from abuse. They are women that have been usually abused since they were very young. This, their sexuality is, has been kind of ripped apart, like their spirit. They don't really, and I know this from talking to them, they don't really know how to see themselves. And, you know, even if you sell yourself after the age of 18, if you've been abused since the age of two, five, six, or seven, you know, what you have, what you're purchasing, Sara Carter: [35:43] Sadly, is somebody whose spirit has been broken, who has been abused, who's damaged goods, who has never had anyone treat her the way she needs to be treated. Even if she thinks or he thinks that this is the future, wow, I'm making money, I'm making my own choices. No, you're really not. You're really selling yourself out and your respect and your body. Now, We can debate that all day long. Sara Carter: [36:14] And how Europeans see that, you know, side of things. I'm talking from personal experience and meeting children that have actually been tragically abused, horrifically abused, and they have to go to therapy. And it takes a lot to recover to some sense of normalcy for these children. And some of them do recover and some of them don't. Some of them have committed suicide. some of them go into the sex trade because that's just the only thing they're comfortable with it's the only thing they know but losing your identity in Europe is it's it is quite tragic because and I don't know if it had to do with the EU and this idea of we're just gonna you know Sara Carter: [36:57] We're all one instead of celebrating and cherishing each other's cultural differences and And the beauty in that and protecting the nation's boundaries and borders. I mean, look at what's happening now in Amsterdam. Look at what's happening in Great Britain, you know, in London. I mean, you've talked about this so much, Peter, but you see a transformation of your nation, a transformation where, sadly, there are some situations where the cultural, I mean, it's a collision course because Western society cannot live side by side with some non-Western societies that do not believe women Sara Carter: [37:47] You know, I mean, have the exact same equal rights as men, where little girls can go to school and just, you know, play sports and, you know, make their own decisions of who they want to date and where they want to go. But that's part of who we are. We have the right to choose, you know, and we have the right. I have lived in the Middle East. I grew up in Saudi Arabia. I mean, my child, my father worked for Lockheed Martin from the time I was about six years old until I was 12, 13 years old when my father got really sick. We had to come back to the United States. But I was in Saudi Arabia. I remember going through the soup and shopping at the marketplace with my mom and understanding that I could not step outside those bounds and neither could my mother. She couldn't drive a car then. She had to go on the bus. We had to be completely covered. My mother, especially I was when I was a little girl not so much I had to be covered but not so much but my mother yes and you had to live by those rules now Saudi Arabia is transforming it's changing a little bit um but we are seeing we saw with the extremism both in the Middle East um and what happened during the last 20 years plus America's longest war in Afghanistan and the terror attacks that we face not only here in the United States, but come on. It's like we have amnesia. Sara Carter: [39:15] We had the Madrid train bombings, Charlie Hebdo, Baraklan, what happened in Great Britain. I mean, my gosh, stabbings on the streets, a society of people. And look, I'm not saying we shouldn't have immigration from everywhere in the world, but legally people should be vetted. It should be proper. That's what Tom Homan and I were talking about. Should be proper vetting of people coming into your country. Do you want to have someone living next door to you that looks at your child or your daughter and you know, who's a criminal or somebody who has never thought of a woman as anything other than just a piece of property that they could do whatever they want with. I don't think so. Hearts of Oak: [40:02] I want to end, I'd love to do a whole show with you on Saudi Arabia and that clash, but we'll not even get into that because that would sidetrack us far too much. But it's this look in the future and you and i mentioned at the beginning you mentioned again having tom homin on and he one of many revolutionary picks and i think it is going to be the most revolutionary administration um that really any of us have ever seen in terms of what has to be done and to fix the the problems but me touch on that going forward because america is in a crisis at Hearts of Oak: [40:42] the moment in terms of many areas. And it seems as though President Trump is willing, I'm sure they'll not all be perfect, but is willing to put the people in place to get a grip off the issues that America faces and fix them. So tell us your thoughts as an American when you see some of those names go forward and how you see that fixing the hole that America is currently in. Sara Carter: [41:10] I mean, I'm excited. I think this is For the first time, I feel that President Trump, he not only understands how this political game has been through hell for the last, right? I mean, they have targeted this man. He doesn't have to be doing this. Everyone says that. And they're right. He doesn't have to be doing this. He could be just golfing in Scotland and enjoying his time with Melania and his family without all the pain and suffering that he has had to go through. And he endured that for all of us. And by the way, two assassination attempts. One that almost did take his life in Butler, Pennsylvania. But I think about Tom Homan and I know him personally and I work with him at Border 911 Foundation. He loves this country and he loves the people that he is trying to help. By shutting down that border, he is actually going to save lives. He is not gonna allow this perpetual industry of illicit human trafficking and drug trafficking to continue. Sara Carter: [42:15] And he is going to deport. He is going to deport first incarcerated criminals, get them all out of here, send them back home. And because President Trump is in office, he is going to be able to conduct those negotiations. I think he is the greatest negotiator on planet Earth. I really do. I think he is brilliant. Look, Trudeau was eating in Mar-a-Lago. I mean, you can't beat that. I mean, and not only eating with a smile on his face and saying, you know what, we're going to work out a deal before you put those tariffs on us. We're going to figure this out. And Mexico is starting to do its job because they want leadership. Sara Carter: [42:55] Look, neither the president of Mexico, she doesn't want it. Neither Trudeau wants it. Nobody wants the mess that we have seen for the last four years, because even Mexico has had to pay a price for it, even if they've opened the border and have allowed, you know, because it was so overwhelming, allowed people in. Remember, there's a lot of people that just stay behind. And these cartels are amassing so much money that the government of Mexico has to contend with that. You know, they have to contend with a narco state. So they don't want this. So they are probably just like, thank you, Sara Carter: [43:32] God, for bringing President Trump back because he can carry the big stick. Right. And he can say, you better do this or we're going to do that. And they're like, oh, OK, we'll see. We have to do this. So now we're going to shut this down. It kind of gives them all permission to do the right thing. Now, Tom Homan, he's also promised, and this is something he and I have discussed, you know, at nauseam and at length, that the first on top of removing criminals, criminals off the streets, incarcerated criminals, that at the same time, our focus is going to be finding those children. Remember, we had over 500,000 unaccompanied minors that have come into the United States under the Biden administration. Sara Carter: [44:15] Over 300,000 of those children we do not have records for. We cannot find them. We don't know where they're at. Now, granted, some of them may be with guardians that are taking good care of them, but we think a good portion of them have been taken into other industries. Some of these kids have been lost on the streets. Some of them have been forced into the sex trade. We know that some of them were taken to a strip club. Peter, that's crazy. They were actually released from our custody and taken to a strip club. That was the address that was given to HHS, to Health and Human Services. So with people like Tara Rodas, with Yakov Boyens, Kash Patel as head of the FBI upon confirmation, and others, I think we're going to see a cleanup like we've never seen before. And he's going to put people in that are going to gut these systems, like the FBI, which by the way, has been an utter and complete failure and embarrassment going after God only knows. I want to ask Cash Patel. In fact, I may FOIA my name to see how many times John Solomon and I had been like actually been spied on Sara Carter: [45:26] Um, so we could, we could look at that from the past, but I think the important thing is, is that we're going to, the American people are like, yes, this is reformation time. We are going to change what needs to be changed. We're going to get back to the basics and we're going to own our country again, because in the United States of America, and I want to remind everybody of this, it's the American people, each individual American citizen, that is the boss of this government. They are not the boss of us. And President Trump understands that. And that's why when he gets out there and when Tom Homan gets out there and speaks to the American people, they keep their promises. That's why when he says things publicly, he actually does them. Because the American people are in charge. They're paying the bill. They pay. Our taxpayer dollars pay for this government. Sara Carter: [46:22] And, you know, and I think even across the pond, people have to start thinking that way. We all have to start realizing that in our democracies or in our republics like the United States, that we are the voice of reason, that we are the people that matter, and that when they don't do the job that is required of them to run our nations and take care of our families and our national security that we have the right to fire them. And when they have to do something, they need to explain it to us. And it needs to go through a process. They can't just do it to us. They are not the kings and queens in charge. Excuse me. I know you've got kings and queens, but you know what I'm talking about. You know what I'm talking about. It's symbolic there, But they are not that way. We are in charge of our destiny. It is us. And I think when we come to realize that, we get our countries back, right? Sara Carter: [47:25] Europe needs to get that back. The European people need to stand up and say, no more. Not another child of mine is going to be attacked on the streets of Amsterdam. No more. Not another day goes by where we're going to put up with what this government is trying to enforce on us, because we have the right and the right lies with us. And when we give up those rights, We have bureaucracies that become emboldened, overpowered, full of power, and they believe that they can do anything. And that's why we've got to take that back now. We've got to knock them down a few notches and let them know that they are not the end-all, be-all, and that they don't own us. Hearts of Oak: [48:14] That they work for us. It's exciting because I know that President Trump is going to embolden a lot of what's happening in Europe. The Freedom Party came top in a local poll a couple of days ago. Alternative for Deutschland pulling out by 20-odd percent. And what's happening in America is going to spread and give momentum to the rise of populist parties all across Europe. So it's certainly not just constrained to America, but what is happening with you is going to spread very much wider. Sarah, I really appreciate you coming on. Thank you so much for giving us your thoughts. You've done so much work on the border, as I said before, Kim Fashionable. You were there in those extremely dangerous situations and many other places in the world war zone. So I appreciate you coming on and giving us your expert analysis of what is happening over in your country. Sara Carter: [49:06] It's my pleasure, Peter. Thank you so much. And it's okay to be popular. Don't feel bad. Don't feel bad. Take back the power, right? And take back your countries. There's no greater feeling in the world than what we felt on election day when those numbers rolled in. And we saw that President Trump actually became the president of these United States again, and that we were going to get back to where we needed to be. I can't tell you the celebrations here, how people felt and how great it was so i we're hoping the same for europe for great britain um which i mean we look to you when we as well uh for your leadership and friendship and god bless you peter and your beautiful nation i can't wait to go to london i want fish and chips and just a great time and i want to go to a pub what was your favorite pub again i Hearts of Oak: [49:59] Have lots of favorite pubs So you can't narrow that down. That's an impossible question. But before London becomes fully Londonistan, do come and enjoy whatever English parts are left of London. We'll go outside London. We'll go to Wingsland and see the castle and the royal family and all that stuff. Sara Carter: [50:18] That's what I'd like. That's what I'd like. Not Londonistan, but I'd like that. And, okay, I remembered one pub. I walked by it. I never forgot its name, the Handsome Cab. I don't know what it is. So nobody from England come after me on that one. If it's a bad pub, I don't know. But I remember thinking, I want to go to that pub one day. But anyways, yeah, I love Great Britain. I can't wait to come see you. And yes, let's go outside of London. I still haven't seen Stonehenge. So maybe one of these trips, I'll get to see it. And now we're outside London. It's easy.   Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Recorded on 03.12.24  

Segment 1: Introducing Chris Adamo and Rules to Fight Radicals Dr. Chaps introduces Chris Adamo, joining us via Skype, to discuss his latest book, Rules to Fight Radicals. This book is a bold response to Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals, equipping Christians and conservatives with effective strategies to counter the tide of radicalism. Chris outlines the inspiration behind his book and explains why these tactics are essential for taking a stand for God in today's society. Segment 2: How to Fight and Take a Stand for God In this segment, Dr. Chaps and Chris dive into actionable steps from Rules to Fight Radicals. Chris shares how Christians can boldly stand for biblical values in a culture increasingly dominated by radical ideologies. Highlighting key principles, he offers practical insights for engaging the opposition with faith, integrity, and wisdom. Can the church turn back the tide of radicalism? Chris explains how these tactics can make a difference. Segment 3: Reclaiming the Culture Through Faith and Strategy Dr. Chaps and Chris conclude by discussing the broader implications of using these strategies in everyday life. From political activism to community engagement, they explore how believers can reclaim cultural influence for Christ. Chris provides an encouraging vision for the future, reminding viewers that with God's guidance and a bold, strategic approach, radicalism can be countered. Dr. Chaps invites viewers to pray for courage and wisdom as they stand for God in these challenging times. Get free alerts at http://PrayInJesusName.org © 2024, Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt, PhD. Airs on NRB TV, Direct TV Ch.378, Roku, AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, GoogleTV, Smart TV, iTunes and www.PrayInJesusName.org

Stuart in South Carolina talked with Mark about the Daniel Penny case. Katie from CT talked with Mark about Kamala Halloween costumes. Kathy in North Carolina asked Mark about the Saul Alinsky playbook.

In a time when democracy hangs in the balance, how do we turn political conviction into victory? My guest, Robert Creamer, argues it's all about execution - the nuts and bolts of political organizing.  With five decades of activism under his belt, from working with Saul Alinsky to helping pass the Affordable Care Act, Creamer has been at the forefront of progressive battles.  His new book, "Nuts and Bolts: The Formula for Progressive Electoral Success," offers a pragmatic handbook for today's political climate. In an era of base elections where undecided voters are rare, Creamer's insights on turning out voters could shape the future of America.

Today's Topics: 1, 2) Saul Alinsky and the politics of hell https://quadrant.org.au/magazine/uncategorized/saul-alinsky-and-the-politics-of-hell/ 3, 4) In Part 41 of this series, Jesse and Eddie discuss "For Children & Their Relationship with Parents," beginning on page 206, in The Liber Christo Method of Healing and Deliverance, by Dr. Dan Schneider

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Cutting Through the Chaos with Wallace Garneau – Discover how the left has evolved from Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals to Wallace Garneau's Twenty Rules for Chaos. Uncover the strategies now weaponized against the political right, and learn how to recognize and counter these tactics in today's cultural and political landscape. Join the discussion on how to beat these new rules of chaos.

NTD has produced a special TV series adapted from the book “How the Specter of Communism Is Ruling Our World,“ by the editorial team of ”Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party.“ Watch the ninth episode, ”Infiltrating the West Pt. 3,” here. When the street revolution of Western youths was in full swing in the 1960s, there was one who dismissed their naivety, sincerity, and idealism. “If the real radical finds that having long hair sets up psychological barriers to communication and organization, he cuts his hair,” he said. The man was Saul Alinsky, a radical activist who wrote books, taught students, and personally oversaw the implementation of his theories, eventually becoming the “para-communist” agitator with the most baneful influence for decades. Aside from his worship of Lenin and Castro, Alinsky also explicitly praised the devil himself. In his book Rules for Radicals, one of the epigraphs says, “Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical: from all our legends, mythology, and history (and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins—or which is which), the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom—Lucifer.”   ⭕️ Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV

Tonight Jim discusses Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals, the Hierarchy of Controls, OSHA News and Views. We are available on all major podcast platforms and on video as Safety Wars on YouTube, Rumble, and several other platforms.

Barack Obama is, in my judgment, the most successful disciple maker, politically speaking, in recent times. Mao was a disciple maker. Hitler was the disciple maker. Stalin was the disciple maker. Now, Obama is not putting people in death camps, yet. Barack Hussein Obama was a disciple of Saul Alinsky, who was a disciple of who? Lucifer. We'll also dig back into the Secret Service, what they chose not to do, and in my judgment, how they left a door open for an assassination attempt.What does God's Word say? Matthew 5:1-125 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them.The BeatitudesHe said:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit,    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.4 Blessed are those who mourn,    for they will be comforted.5 Blessed are the meek,    for they will inherit the earth.6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,    for they will be filled.7 Blessed are the merciful,    for they will be shown mercy.8 Blessed are the pure in heart,    for they will see God.9 Blessed are the peacemakers,    for they will be called children of God.10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.Episode 1,734 Links:Barack Obama sometimes speaks the truth"B*tch. Your kind is not allowed here." This is what the left thinks of us. Media radicalization is real, and dangerous.TN Councilwoman Ginny Welsch struck down a resolution condemning the attempted ass*ss*nation and suggested it's Trump's fault that it happened:Jess, who lost her race for a Missouri House seat is “mortified” that a Trump supporter can be a doctor.Savanah Hernandez: Just got called a Nazi and fascist by a dude wearing a face mask outside of the RNC. He said he's wearing it to “stop the spread” but immediately pulled it down to play his flute. The crazies are starting to come outPresident of Redlands Police Officer Commission blasted @CityofRedlands city council members for allowing violent anti-police children's books at local events while simultaneously requesting extra police security.“I know a lot of guys like JD Vance…they say whatever they need to say to get ahead.” Coming from Buttigieg?  "Is it acceptable that you have still not heard, at least publicly, from the Secret Service Director?"HARRIS: "We've been to the border. So this whole thing about the border."Kammi Harris and her pronounsAlan's Soapshttps://alanssoaps.com/TODDUse coupon code ‘TODD' to save an additional 10% off the bundle price.Bioptimizershttps://magbreakthrough.com/toddfreeVisit this website to get your 30-capsule bottle of Magnesium Breakthrough for FREE today!  No promo code needed.Bonefroghttps://bonefrogcoffee.com/toddMake Bonefrog Cold Brew at home!  Use code TODD at checkout to receive 10% off your first purchase and 15% on subscriptions.Bulwark Capital Bulwark Capital Management (bulwarkcapitalmgmt.com)Sign up today for Zach's free webinar THIS Thursday July 25th at 3:30pm PDT at KnowYourRiskRadio.com.EdenPUREhttps://edenpuredeals.comUse code TODD3 to save $200 on the Thunderstorm Air Purifier 3-pack.GreenHaven Interactivehttps://greenhaveninteractive.comNeed more customers? Give Dave a call to get customers online!Liver Healthhttps://getliverhelp.com/toddOrder today and get your FREE bottle of Blood Sugar Formula and free bonus gift.Native Pathhttps://nativepathkrill.com/toddGet an ocean of benefits from Antarctic Krill from Native Path.  Renue Healthcarehttps://renue.healthcare/toddYour journey to a better life starts at Renue Healthcare.  Visit renue.healthcare/Todd

Truth Be Told with Booker Scott – Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were inspired by and followed the ‘Rules for Radicals' doctrine found in Saul Alinsky's 1971 book. We should be able to identify the tactics the left uses because our own reactions mostly feed right into their playbook. Why give the ‘enemy' what they expect you to give them? Making sense of things like intersectionality will help us understand how we...

The Best Of Mark Levin This week on the Mark Levin Show, President Biden is desperate to hold on to power and will do anything to keep it. Biden's use of immigration for votes is contemptible. There's a reason he is doing this now. He and his regime are looking at any and every way to use the law, budget, policy, executive orders, and the rest to buy votes. President Biden is an expert at repeating the lies of the Democrat Marxists, just like Barack Obama and other students of Saul Alinsky who destroy, smear, and character assassinate political opponents. Biden is destroying the electoral system in order to ensure he cannot lose, all while acting as though he is the candidate who will save our democracy. The Democrat party has been conquered once and for all by people who have rejected the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. Biden and Democrats accuse Donald Trump of doing everything that they are guilty of, which is typical behavior for a Marxist. President Biden is violating the law left and right with immigration and mass amnesty, and yet Conservatives have not done enough to show that Biden is the fascistic dictator who hates Democracy and is creating the disaster we're living in every day. The Biden Administration has been exposed for withholding and delaying shipments of weapons to Israel, and after being called out publicly by Benjamin Netanyahu they have doubled down on their lie. President Biden, Antony Blinken, the State Department, and the Democrat media are all lying to us about Israel. Mark Levin Podcast  Jun 22 2024   Other Episodes   Mark Levin is highly recommended by ACU. Mark Levin Podcast. 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In Revolutionary times, Thomas Paine said the following:“These are the times that try men's souls”.And indeed these are the times that try women's souls, some at least now that the United States Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade.Thomas Jefferson admonished Americans of his time that the blood of patriots must be shed from time to time in order to refresh the Tree of Liberty. In short, the Constitutional America of 1776 (Declaration of Independence) and the Constitutional America of 1787 needed new patriots, new passion, new commitments to liberty and freedom. Now more than ever that is true. The constitutional, rule of law, freedom–liberty America of old is not only under attack but becomes divided, angry and more violent by the day. Freedom and liberty we have always taken for granted are now all the more at risk and at stake.The patriot Patrick Henry provided a testimony applicable to all of us:“Give me liberty or give me death”.Henry was willing to die for freedom. He would live under no form of bondage. Oppression and bondage in his time was English. Today it comes internally from anarchists, that small virulent, violent minority which wishes the destruction of the greatest country on earth.Our forefathers fought for freedom. They gave their blood then which we can assume made Jefferson proud. They gave us the greatest ruling document in the history of mankind, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. That incredible document contained the First Amendment which gave every American citizen the following rights and freedoms:1.Freedom of religion2.Freedom of speech3.Freedom of press4.Freedom of assembly5.Freedom of petitionGuaranteed, unconditional, unchanging, FOREVER FREEDOMS. Every one of those sacred, inalienable (God–given) rights and freedoms are at risk today, EVERY ONE! We the People seemed to have lost our vision, our understanding, even in some cases our desire to protect and preserve this incredible country. We have become indifferent to the struggles and problems we face. So many of us are ignorant of our history, and our Constitution, and our rule of law, and how we are governed. So many of us have withdrawn from the political process. As few as 10% will vote in some elections and perhaps no more than 60% of eligible, voting Americans will go to the polls in the most serious of elections. It has become tragic how We the People take democracy for granted. It is as though freedom will always be there no matter what we do. We the People are an easy target for violence and anarchism.One of the most anti–American Americans was one Saul Alinsky. In essence, Alinsky championed the destruction of everything, every institution, every tradition, anything and everything in America so that the country could be rebuilt and reestablished. The philosophy and beliefs of Alinksy were adopted by George Soros among others and the state of objective of Soros and others was to:BRING DOWN AMERICA.Bring it down. Destroy it. Rewrite its history. Do away with its Constitution and its rule of law. Get rid of the moral standards of the country today and especially the Judeo–Christian heritage and morality of the past. Do away with it completely! Beneath the violence, disrupt, and the lack of accountability today is this Alinsky model, the destruction of America, the destruction of everything which America holds dear. WOKE better serve to wake up America, defend itself, its values, morality and principles or all will be lost. WAKE UP AMERICANS, WAKE UP. The time may be near when the blood of real patriots will be required once again in America.We the People assume that we live in a democracy. We live by democratic principles, the core of which is freedom. That is true but our government is not a democracy. Our forefathers who forged our Constitution were suspicious of democracy. They feared an intolerant majority. They created checks and balances which would prevent as much as possible the potentially crushing majority rule. They created for us a REPUBLIC. That of course consisted of a president, senate and house of representatives. It also consisted of an independent federal judiciary with the Supreme Court of essentially nine justices as final arbitrators of the rule of law. Such a republic respected democratic principles but it guarded so very well against abuse.Those founding fathers gave us the concept of federalism. That is, that each of the individual states of America, then 13 and now 50, would be protected, have rights not specifically granted to the federal government (Constitution Amendment X), and otherwise make certain that its people were protected, and larger states would have no real advantage over smaller ones. It was and continues to be a brilliant system and check and balance.The founding fathers gave us an electoral college where leaders were not elected by majority vote but by states according to their population.They gave us the rule of law, they gave us the Declaration of Independence, they gave us the Constitution, incredible documents with incredible freedoms, fully protected. They gave us all of this as a result of the blood of so many Revolutionary patriots shed in the cause of freedom. How tragic it is that we sit back and take those then given freedoms for granted, watch them whittle away daily, observe the indifference among younger generations and the beginning of the erosion and eventually the elimination of our great Country, its way of life and government. The great destroyers win, Alinsky, Soros, Sanders the socialist. They refuse, those anarchists and anti–Americans to work within the system for reform. They work for radical change and ultimate destruction. And, We the People sit back and watch it happen and in so many ways do nothing. Violence is everywhere. There are threats, intimidation, radicalism everywhere. A senator threatens a supreme court justice. Senator Schumer from New York threatened Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh as follows:You will pay the price.It is simply unbelievable how seemingly everything America stands for, believes in, the fundamental structure of our great Country is not only under attack but is being destroyed day by day. History shows us that democracies as the foundation of government cannot last. Democracies in history last at or about 200 years. America is now 246 years young and We the People, our democracy, our great constitutional republic may be near the end. How I for one hope and pray that simply does not happen.The Constitution and its Amendments of the United States is the finest document, political governing document which mankind can produce. But it cannot last forever. Only one document can. And that is THE WORD OF THE LORD, the Holy Bible which gives us the world's only reliable ABSOLUTE TRUTH. The Constitution gives us the freedoms of mankind. The Bible gives us heavenly freedoms, eternal freedoms, the ways of the Lord God Almighty, the most important freedom of all and the most important freedom of all, salvation in Jesus Christ. Man's democracy cannot last, but the democracy of peace and love of Jesus Christ will last forever.Human leaders, people, men and women, politicians and those in power can never last. The only person, leader, visionary, difference maker who can is Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ of Glory. That eternal leader will never fail.So, now in America violence reigns. Everything is under attack. The spiritual warfare has begun. The:FIGHT OF FAITH IS HERE AND NOW!So, my fellow Americans, my fellow Christians, how will you fight this fight of faith? HOW? Put on for sure the armor of the Lord. And the helmet of salvation. And the breastplate of righteousness and be ready for the spiritual war. It is here, IT IS HERE. You will be called upon to defend your faith with everything you have. If you truly believe as a Christian and you will not compromise, you will take on a danger you never have before.How will you respond? Will you stand up to violence? Would you use any means at your disposal to protect your family, your friends and yourself from violence? You will engage in prayer, more prayer perhaps than ever before. But you will be called upon to ACT, and perhaps act returning violence for violence. Would you do that? We the People, we Christians have choices to make we never have before. In prayer, may our Lord lead us to the right decisions for God, and Country, and family, and all humankind.Freedom, inalienable rights, God–given rights, are of the most value, the most important to all. Don't lose them or lose life in the process. May God bless you, my fellow Americans as you energize the courage to stand for Christ, for Christianity and for the greatest Country in the history of mankind.Always remember. FREEDOM ONCE LOST IS LOST FOREVER!

This week on the Mark Levin Show, President Biden is desperate to hold on to power and will do anything to keep it. Biden's use of immigration for votes is contemptible. There's a reason he is doing this now. He and his regime are looking at any and every way to use the law, budget, policy, executive orders, and the rest to buy votes. President Biden is an expert at repeating the lies of the Democrat Marxists, just like Barack Obama and other students of Saul Alinsky who destroy, smear, and character assassinate political opponents. Biden is destroying the electoral system in order to ensure he cannot lose, all while acting as though he is the candidate who will save our democracy. The Democrat party has been conquered once and for all by people who have rejected the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. Biden and Democrats accuse Donald Trump of doing everything that they are guilty of, which is typical behavior for a Marxist. President Biden is violating the law left and right with immigration and mass amnesty, and yet Conservatives have not done enough to show that Biden is the fascistic dictator who hates Democracy and is creating the disaster we're living in every day. The Biden Administration has been exposed for withholding and delaying shipments of weapons to Israel, and after being called out publicly by Benjamin Netanyahu they have doubled down on their lie. President Biden, Antony Blinken, the State Department, and the Democrat media are all lying to us about Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode explores the history of American Marxism heavily influenced by radical  Saul Alinsky (1909-1972). His book Rules for Radicals remains a critical revolutionary tract outlining how to gain political power under the rubric of community organizing. A generation of leftist U.S. political leaders, including Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama,  are among his admirers.  Alinsky pioneered the Marxist technique of fueling social unrest, resentment and grievances in pursuit of  political power in America. The counterproposal section offers a Judeo-Christian alternative to Marx's historical materialism. The news portion looks at leftist policies under the Biden administration. The interview hears from Mike Gonzalez, co-author of the recent book NextGen Marxism: What It Is and How to Combat It. Must listening!

On Tuesday's Mark Levin Show, President Biden is an expert at repeating the lies of the Democrat Marxists, just like Barack Obama and other students of Saul Alinsky who destroy, smear, and character assassinate political opponents. Biden is destroying the electoral system in order to ensure he cannot lose, all while acting as though he is the candidate who will save our democracy. The Democrat party has been conquered once and for all by people who have rejected the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. Biden and Democrats accuse Donald Trump of doing everything that they are guilty of, which is typical behavior for a Marxist. Also, Biden, Antony Blinken, and Jake Sullivan have been slow-walking ammunition to Israel and preventing Israel from buying certain types of ammunition, all in an attempt to make Benjamin Netanyahu look incompetent. Netanyahu released a video to tell the Biden administration that enough is enough and they need to support Israel and stop funding Iran and their terror groups like Hamas and Hezbollah. Finally, Mark is joined by Turning Point USA founder and author Charlie Kirk to talk about Democrat wokeism and the counter-revolution to this Marxist movement taking over America, and also to discuss his new book, Right Wing Revolution: How to Beat the Woke and Save the West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.    The third Obama-Biden administration continues to exhibit the influence of Saul Alinsky on his community-organizing acolyte, Barack Obama. Indeed, the last and most famous of Alinsky's thirteen Rules for Radicals is being weaponized today more aggressively than ever. It reads: “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy.”   In practice, this amounts to a political decapitation strategy aimed at prosecuting and, if possible, imprisoning Donald Trump. One of his key advisors, Peter Navarro, is currently serving hard time for so-called “contempt of Congress.” Another, Steve Bannon, will do so beginning July 1.   Fortunately, far from such lawfare cutting off these Obama-Biden targets' “support networks,” their prospective or actual incarceration is only increasing the resolve of American patriots to resist what amounts to real threats to democracy.   This is Frank Gaffney.

TNT Radio host Patrick Henningsen speaks with Bryan ‘Hesher' McClain host of The Boiler Room on ACR and ‘State of the Nation' on TNT Radio, about the corruption in US politics, and how The Right' (Republicans and Con Inc. fueled by the Israeli Lobby) are now employing Saul Alinsky tactics of lying and fabricating arguments to use against their perceived political opposition – in this case, students or anyone who is opposing Israel's genocide in Gaza. The exact same methods used against Trump supporters by fabricating “insurrection!” claims with the January 6th protests in 2021, are now being used by The Right (and Democrats too) to try and criminalise protected First Amendment rights of student protesters. All this and more. More From Hesher: X/Twitter  TUNE-IN LIVE to TNT RADIO for the Patrick Henningsen Show every MON-FRI at 4PM-6PM (NEW YORK) | 9PM-11PM (LONDON) https://tntradio.live

This can can be fact checked from beginning to end shows how corrupt the Clintons truly are. That they will do what ever it takes to obtain power and money. Murder, Drugs, Sexual Misconduct and Cover Ups were all done by the Clintons to get were they are now in the deep state. The media tried to persuade the the public that Bill was the next JFK but really was a drug addict , womanizing liar that started the lefist way of Saul Alinsky to push America towards Socialism as much as he could. His cheating on Hilary proved that she had him right where she wanted him and used his deviant behavior to start pushing her agenda. From the Murders of White water to the murders of the drug smuggling in Arkansas known as Mensa,

Show Notes and Transcript Drew Allen joins Hearts of Oak to discuss his book *America's Last Stand* which explores his transition from a liberal to conservative stance and analyses  the impact of the 2024 election on global politics.  We delve into threats to democracy, Trump and Biden presidencies, demonization of Trump supporters, and the importance of critical dialogues on sensitive issues.  Drew analyses far-left ideologies and discusses concerns about democratic rights post-January 6 and looks at distortions of historical truths, and racial manipulation in politics.  He scrutinises the consequences of embracing socialist policies, government intervention, and challenges to the American dream posed by leftist agendas.  This interview highlights the erosion of foundational principles, the criminalization of patriotism, and the need for unified efforts to reclaim freedom and confront societal divisions. Will America vote to Save or Destroy their country come November?  Drew Allen, AKA ‘the Millennial Minister of Truth,' is the VP of client development at Publius PR, a premiere communications firm, where Allen has worked as a publicist for many of the biggest names in politics: Peter Navarro, Dr. Naomi Wolf, Dr. Ben Carson, Alan Dershowitz, and Kari Lake, to name a few. In addition to running PR Campaigns for some of the most recognizable names in politics, Allen is a widely published columnist, author, in-demand political analyst on radio and tv, and host of the popular Drew Allen Show podcast. America's Last Stand: Will You Vote to Save or Destroy America in 2024? in paperback, e-book or audiobook from Amazon... https://amzn.eu/d/1nrAfTY Connect with Drew... X/TWITTER      twitter.com/DrewThomasAllen SUBSTACK      drewallen.substack.com/ PODCAST        open.spotify.com/show/1MicC7w1c9DQLiA8ADoTIh?si=6124535c11a94df0 Interview recorded  2.5.24 Connect with Hearts of Oak... X/TWITTER        twitter.com/HeartsofOakUK WEBSITE            heartsofoak.org/ PODCASTS        heartsofoak.podbean.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA  heartsofoak.org/connect/ SHOP                  heartsofoak.org/shop/ *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on X twitter.com/TheBoschFawstin  TRANSCRIPT (Hearts of Oak) And hello, Hearts of Oak. I'm delighted to have Drew Allen with me today, and I've been thoroughly engrossed in his book, America's Last Stand, over the last week. But Drew, thank you so much for joining us today. (Drew Allen) Hey, Peter, I've been looking forward to this, so thanks for having me. Not at all. It's a great book, and let me just bring it up on the screen. That's what people can find, America's Last Stand, Will You Vote to Save or Destroy America in 2024? 2024 and it's a huge question which not only has repercussions for you over in the US but has repercussions for us I think here where I am in the UK and across Europe. It is a global election I think the likes we have not seen before but we'll get into all of that. Drew, for or maybe your UK audience, w e're probably 55% UK, 45% US, and you're obviously a conservative author, columnist, and host of the Drew Allen Show podcast. But maybe you can introduce yourself to those of our audience who haven't come across you before we delve into the book. Well, sure. I'm a guy that should be a far-left liberal Democrat based on my resume, And that's the truth. I mean, you know, I was educated in Dallas, Texas, at an elitist all-male college preparatory school, high school. You know, that was far left. The Jesuits are notoriously left-leaning. And that was the case at school. All my friends were Democrats. Every single one of them were liberal Democrats. I went to Pepperdine for college, but I was a theater major. So Pepperdine is typically associated with a more conservative leaning, if that even exists in the academia anymore. It's still going left as well. But, I was a theater major. So, in the theater world, the acting world, again, I was the lone conservative, effectively. And then I moved to New York City as an actor. And it's a crazy story for another time, I'll write a book about it maybe. But, I ended up getting a job working for Marc Jacobs in fashion. And I moved to Milan, Italy, I speak Italian, and I opened the first retail store in Milan. I stayed there two and a half years, ended up moving back to L.A. eventually and continued acting, ended up producing a movie. I worked for Marc Jacobson managing some other stores in West Hollywood. And, you know, I got I got tired of Hollywood. Fast forward kind of to 2020 and all of that. I lost all my liberal Democrat friends over politics. Not my choice. Not my choice. Their choice. People that were in my wedding, Peter, my best man in my wedding, doesn't talk to me anymore because of 2020. And I wasn't a closeted conservative. That's the thing, too, it wasn't like I was going hiding in Hollywood and everywhere else. I mean, everyone knew what I thought, but it used to be that you could actually live together. And that's what's so scary, and we can get into it about what's happening today globally in the world, this true intolerance. And anyway, I ended up getting involved in politics after 2020. I became a actually I had a publicist and then I ended up becoming a publicist. So, you know, I do publicity for a lot of people, Tulsi Gabbard and Carrie Lake and Dr. Ben Carson. And I mean, there's a whole lot of, a lot of people that I do publicity for. And then also, because I didn't start out as a publicist, you know, I still write, I have my book, I have a podcast and I do interviews like this as well. And I'm deeply concerned about this country. And I never, I never swayed. That's the thing; I've always lived my life in the lion's den. That's why I went through the resume, not to bore everyone, but to help you understand that I've been around these people my whole life and I was not persuaded to join them. I actually was forced and fired to some extent. So, my point is everything I write about, everything I talk about, everything I do, all my positions, they're not just because somebody told me. They're not because I watched some TV host that's conservative tell me to do it. It's because I have been challenged my entire life on those positions and my ideas, and I have never been convinced otherwise. A hundred percent. I mean, the normal viewpoint has to be conservative on our culture and all the things that make it good and great. We had Pete Peterson from Pepperdine. I went over to see him two years ago and had him on the show and love what he is doing over in Pepperdine. But yet that's a whole other conversation. Well, let me pull out some of the things on the book. And obviously, the book is available everywhere, the links are in the description, whether the viewers are watching on any of the platforms or listening on the podcasting apps, everything is available there. But, you start off on just the introduction, saying that the 2024 presidential election is the most consequential election of our lifetime. Democrats have already framed the likely rematch between former President Donald Trump and An incumbent president, Joe Biden, or as I like to call him, the former VP, Joe Biden. That was a Stephen Crowder comment, but as an election that will determine whether or not American democracy lives or dies. And that's a broad stroke. But, I think you're buying on the money that this is one of the most key elections, certainly, that I've ever witnessed in my lifetime. Time and I love politics and always loved US politics, but this is the most consequential election you're buying all the money. Yeah, look, I mean, one of the reasons that I felt compelled to write this book is because, I understand human nature and reality. And that is that it's very hard for mankind, human beings, when they're living in the present, before it becomes history, and right past hindsight becomes 2020, it's very difficult to actually confront and understand from, you know, a space view looking down at the earth, what exactly is happening, how serious it is. That's what's so remarkable, by the way, about 1776, for example, and the founding fathers. They actually did understand what was at stake and they made a decision. And this is why I say, you know, what we're up against today is akin to 1776. Now, we're trying to resolve this problem with our democratic process, if you will, or constitutional republic. We are trying to vote to take back our destiny. And what's so dangerous, of course, is Democrats and rhinos, too. You know, the deep state, the Uni-party, it's all the same. People who represent the government and not the people. These individuals are trying to take away that peaceful means of taking back our destiny by prosecuting Trump and so on and so forth. So, that's what's so outrageous, but, you know, 1776, you know, you had Thomas Paine who wrote Uncommon Sense. And that was so consequential because, you know, you have to understand that back then all the colonists, the early Americans understood was, I mean, they were British subjects. They were loyal to the crown. They were British. I mean, that's the reality. And so for those people to make a decision that they were going to actually overturn that, fight against that and create a new nation was really big. And so that's what's wild. People have to understand about what people did back then, and it wasn't everybody, but it was enough people, obviously, to get that movement going. And so we need to understand that today because, look, we have way more distractions today. So we have, you know, Netflix, we have this fake economy where we're living on borrowed time and with printing trillions of dollars and so on and so all this nonsense. And we have immense propaganda that no one ever could have understood or fathomed in the past to try and convince you that what you experience with your own eyes and reality is not true. Perception becomes reality. So we have all these things we're up against. You could just go and turn on Netflix because it makes you feel better than having a conversation like this and discussing your responsibility in saving a culture, saving society and actually being truly progressive and maintaining those ideals that, you know, were revolutionary in America, which, of course, is that we, the people are master and those in government are servant. And this is what we're up against globally, Peter. It's not just the United States, although we are still the leader because we're such a massively important country. We have so much power. That's just the reality; so it does influence everyone else. But, everyone in the if you look at Great Britain, if you look at what's happening in London, if you look, just look across the Western world and you have a government wherever you are, politicians that believe that rights are not unalienable. They believe that your rights come from them. They believe that they are the master and you are a servant. And that is backwards. And so this is what we're fighting against. Are we going to say that we, the people, the citizen, you know, can make decisions for our own lives? Do we have freedom? Do we have self-determination? Or are we just going to vote and support slavery for mankind again? Because that's the quintessential what this boils down to in its essence. Well, I want to go through chapter one the real threat to democracy and goes through the attacks on trump and not only from Biden, but the deep state by and large, but chapter two you talk about are you better off under Biden presidency than you were under the Trump presidency and you give the quote from Reagan where he looked into the camera in that one debate with Jimmy Carter and asked her, are you better off today than you were four years ago? And of course, the answer is no. Now, I am amazed. Obviously, not there. I crossed the pond over here in London. But I wonder, how on earth has anyone decided to vote for Biden? You look at the polling and Trump ahead in the vast majority of polling. But my question is, how is anyone still deciding to put an axe beside Biden? Yeah, I mean, it's borderline insanity. Anyone who would do that. I mean, you're voting against your own self-interest by doing that. You're voting against your children's self-interest, your own self-interest, your country's self-interest. I mean, that is a vote. It's a cult vote. And as much as the left likes to project in this country and around the world, too, and try and say that, you know, MAGA and Trump's a cult, that couldn't be further from the truth. They need to look in the mirror because a cult is defined by, for example, somebody who would radically change their position simply because the party itself changes. So, this is the Democrat Party in America throughout its history. So, you know, one moment they say, for example, the abortion issue that they hope they can make this election about. But, you know, they'll take the abortion issue and one day safe, legal and rare. That's the mantra by Hillary Clinton, everyone else. And today, the party unanimously, unilaterally, all supports effectively infanticide. And the Democrat voter, not the politician, simply adopts that new position as its own. So, obviously, even 10 years ago, the Democrat voter could agree and understand that there were two genders, two sexes, male and female. You know, you would have been like screaming, you know, from the rooftops if you were to suggest a decade ago that it was appropriate for little Johnny, your 10-year-old boy, to chop off his pee-pee without your permission. And today, the Democrat Party supports that, and the Democrat voter simply either supports it or just pretends like it's not an issue. That's interesting that we are having that debate in the UK and in many European countries, and we had Billboard Chris on recently. Sadly, the US are still not having that conversation, but I hope and pray that you follow, because is that sexual abuse of children has to be key. But chapter four, you title fascists and semi-fascists, and you talk about, obviously, under Trump, there was peace, that he didn't start any war, and that's something our commentators seemingly want to forget. But, this whole thing on Trump supporters, and you in the book, you talk about Biden claimed that Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our public. I don't think we've ever seen that before, where a whole group of society have been called extremists, fascists. This is quite new language. And of course, the deplorables. I'm an honour to be an adopted deplorable, maybe from over here. But, is that hatred of a section of society. And I don't think we've ever seen that before. No, that's never had any place in the United States of America, certainly. I mean, this is a big turning point in our history for a president of the United States. I mean, he's a puppet, but, you know, whatever. Joe Biden, the diaper man himself. Well, this, of course, is is something that is unprecedented. And this is, you know, the Democrats love to get ahead. They basically, the Democrats use this tactic basically just going and accusing Republicans and MAGA of what they're guilty of so that when MAGA turns around and points out the reality that they are that, they've already come out of the gate. It's kind of like putting themselves in bubble wrap. But, you know, that's something that Hitler would say about Jews, for example. That is genocidal talk, by the way. It's always the precursor. You can look in African countries and elsewhere. Us versus them, right? I mean, this is the precursor to a genocide. You dehumanize the other side. And that's they know what they're doing by doing that. And, you know, I mean, that's the we saw this in 22. What's so scary is that you have Democrat supporters. They are people who have been succumbed to the poison of tyranny. They themselves have a tyrannical mindset themselves. And they, you know, with the worldwide lockdowns and COVID and all of that, every country saw this. There was a group of people that turned vicious towards the people that turned out to be right. Like myself, like the writers of the Great Barrington Declaration, for example, these brilliant individuals who pointed out what science had already backed in the past, that mass, for example, didn't work. The social distancing was more harmful than it was good and that you should have a targeted approach. Well, we were obviously cancelled. Those are the days where you're getting booted off of Twitter back then and everything else. And, you know, you had people in this country that would wish harm upon you if you disagreed with the talking point dictated from the far left that wanted to use lockdowns to seize liberty. And they would happily see you hauled off to prison over that. J6, that's another perfect example. The vast majority of those people who had been prosecuted, who were sitting in jails even, they weren't violent protesters. And in fact, we know that many were invited into the Capitol building through open doors and their crime was selfies, misdemeanour offenses, and they've had their rights suspended unconstitutionally in this country. And the Democrats support that. So, here's what I say, Peter, I, and I actually, everyone listening, maybe you'll feel this way too. I am far less afraid of the tyrants in government than I am the tyrants that are my neighbors. Because, the government itself is a small minority of a population. They understand this. Even the Nazis going back to Germany, if they didn't have the complicity of German citizens, they never could have gotten away with what they did, for example. I'm very fearful of my neighbors. If the FBI were to show up at my house, because I did this interview with you, Peter, which is not, it's becoming less and less absurd. Certainly if Biden and Democrats win in 2024, my neighbors would actually be cheering because I live in California, cheering as I was hauled off to jail for committing the crime of. Speaking freely. No, we're seeing that more, and we've seen exactly the same people willing, certainly during COVID, willing to report neighbors to the police, but we haven't gone down the full rabbit hole, as you have, of seeing that political change. Can I, on chapter five, the myth of the big switch, and I find that intriguing, a couple of lines from the chapter, slavery, Jim Crow and discrimination were all championed by the left, by the Democrat Party. But perhaps no lie is more egregious or offensive, insulting to basic intelligence than that of the big switch. According to Democratic myth, in 1964, the Democrat Party miraculously became the party of civil rights and blacks in America, while the Republican Party suddenly became the party of anti-black racism in America. I think we have actually seen the same turn the same twist the same lie here in the UK where we see the conservative party so-called conservative party conservative for name only who actually stand for basic values that the majority of those from a black or a Asian community actually will stand for, because they are traditionally conservative and yet, it's labor who on the left who seem to have vacuumed up those votes. But tell us more about the Democrat Party rebranding to being the party of actually the migrant party or the market party of the black and that's the opposite of history. Yeah, look, it's the greatest, most successful marketing campaign, PR campaign in world history. I say this as somebody who's, you know, from involved in the PR world. I mean, it's amazing that it took root. You know, to make an analogy first, it'd be like if the Nazi party, you know, say they weren't forced to disband after World War Two. It would be like after they killed six million Jews in the Holocaust, they were allowed to survive and in the subsequent elections, they claimed that, you know, they nominated, for example, some Jewish person to lead the Nazi party. And they said, look, we are the de facto supporters of Jews and all of our rivals and opponents are anti-Semitic. You would laugh, I mean, it would be absurd. That is exactly what happened in the United States of America. The Democrat party, it's not just that they were racist, it's that they still are racist. OK, it's that it's not that their policies were racist. It's that they're veiled in anti-racism. But actually, they are the greatest obstacle that black Americans and minorities, for example, in the United States still face. So, the entire history of America, right, the Republican Party was born. And look, I'm not defending the Republican Party, by the way, because we got, you know, mushy losers in the Republican Party. But I'm just talking about what the Republican Party historically stands for. They're not the racist party. Many of them are part of the unit party, but that's a different conversation. Republicans tried to pass civil rights legislation for decade after decade after decade. And they were opposed by Democrats, the same Democrats, in fact, that would later claim to be the proponents of anti-racism and friends of blacks in America. What happened was 1964, basically, let me do it this way. Very short history lesson, I think is important, because Democrats depend upon the black vote in the United States of America. They hitched their wagon to the black vote, not just the black vote, but like getting all of it. It's crazy! So, you got to go back to Herbert Hoover. Herbert Hoover got a majority of the black vote and the Great Depression happened under Herbert Hoover. It wasn't Herbert Hoover's fault, but the Great Depression happened and obviously he got blamed. Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the election against Herbert Hoover when Herbert Hoover ran for re-election. And since that moment Democrats have gone after the black vote and fought to keep the black vote, because they decided early on that because blacks were concentrated in these city centers, if they could get the majority of blacks to vote for them, they could win elections. And they knew back then, before you had unlimited illegal immigration, everything else, that as long as they control the black votes, I mean, that was a key to that. If they lost the black vote, they couldn't win. So, you go to 1964, they've opposed civil rights legislation, even though they're promising to be friends of blacks. And you had LBJ, Lyndon Baines Johnson, who became president because Kennedy was assassinated. Well, he signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which was actually Kennedy's bill. Now, they had a supermajority in Congress, which means they did not need a single Republican vote to pass any piece of legislation. But they couldn't pass it, because Democrats in the South would not support the legislation. So, Republicans actually were responsible for getting that legislation passed. And LBJ knew then that he was only doing that to virtue signal to blacks to keep that vote intact, because at this moment in history, blacks were starting to flee the Democrat Party. So, they had to do something and act. And so they replaced the Jim Crow laws with welfare and welfare is slavery, not just for black Americans, but for any American, any person in mankind's history, because the intention of welfare from politicians isn't actually to help you, it's to inhibit you, it's to enslave you. It doesn't help you escape poverty, it prevents you from escaping poverty. And this is what the Democrats have done. So, it's all a sham. Everything Democrats do is about poverty. Political power and control, that's it. It's all a big fraud operation. And Democrats and that's why I read this chapter, because blacks are fleeing the Democrat Party right now. And it's a threat to them. And I want blacks to know and I want other Americans to know and I want everyone in the world to know what the Democrats are guilty of and what they've done and how absurd it is for them to claim that they're the friend of anybody. They're the only friend of themselves in politics. 100% and we've had Brian Strachan talking about the walk away movement, and it's exciting to see that happening as people realise the shallowness of the Democrat position, but there are two other chapters that kind of pigeonhole each other, or bookmark each other and that's chapter 6: Black Votes Matter and chapter 8 The Democratic Party's Racism Industrial Complex. And it's similar here in the UK that it seems though there is an agenda to actually stir up racial tensions. And it seems that these parties are looking for colour in everything. And by that, they are then stirring up a certain agenda, a certain narrative, and actually doing votes on that. We have elections today as we record this in the UK. And this race bidding seems to be a massive part of politics on the left. Yeah. I mean, look, you have politicians, whether it's Sadiq Khan in London or it's Democrats here in the United States of America, and they can't run on their record, because their record by design creates misery. And so what they need to do, it's divide and conquer. Communists did this, Marxists do this, proletariat, bourgeoisie, all that sort of thing. It's the same thing here, just different names. What's happening in America, of course, is they're creating as many victim classes as they can. Then they present themselves as the unique saviors. You guys are all victims and you can't escape your victimhood unless you vote for Democrats. I am your champion. I am your savior. You need me. Vote for me. You know, they're creating rights where they don't exist. They're saying, you know, rights are being taken away when no rights are being taken away at all. So all of these things are intended to divide society up so they can come in and pick them off and play to the crowd; that's what's happening. That's why, you know, I mean, it gets, it's a little bit more complex, because money gets involved too. So for example, you know, the gender theory, for example, is a monstrosity, obviously, anti-scientific, creating confusion in children. And it's destroying society because you need strong men and strong women. And they're getting rid of that. They're coming in between parents and their children, and they're getting rid of tradition, values, and so on and so forth. And so it starts that way. But then with hormone therapy, just for example, just like the COVID vaccine stuff, it's an industry now. So, you have an entire group of doctors out there that are monsters themselves. And they promote this because there's a lot of money to be made in hormone therapy, for example. So, you know, it kind of of snowballs, if you will, but with critical race theory, in particular with race relations in America. In that chapter it's important that I try to explain to people that just like Ford builds cars, the Democrat Party builds racism and racists. And so they tell children that aren't racist. I mean, no child is born racist. That's fundamentally false. That is instilled in them by men and women who have had their hearts corrupted over time in this world that we live in. And so to tell some child that you're a victim because of your skin color or your oppressor, if you're white, for example, I mean, it's morally reprehensible that you would do that, but that is what they were doing to children. And on top of that now, of course, as I mentioned, you've got gender theory as well to further create. And that's what academia does all the way from, that's why they want universal pre-K in America. It's not about helping kids and everything else, it's about getting control of your kids as early as possible. And these public schools, the universities, all they are, it's like going to a terrorist boot camp, you know, for Al Qaeda, except here, you know, they're just creating new Democrat potential voters. You're a hundred percent. And yeah, that you've a whole chapter on critical race theory and DEI, diverse equity inclusion, which really has turned into didn't earn it. I think that's really more or what that best thumbs it up I saw that, but chapter you touched on the whole thing on welfare and slavery, I think that's very specific for me in the UK and the European context. And we have seen that, but you talk about, obviously, Lyndon Johnson starting modern day slavery. And I guess encapsulating Americans and telling them, don't worry, we will look after you. You don't need to look after yourself, the government is here. And I think it was Reagan who said the worst words in the English language are, don't worry, the government is here to help or something like that. Yeah, he said he said the worst. I forget how many words I'll pull a Joe Biden if I try and think of it now. But you have to count them off. The worst words or scariest words are I'm from the government and I'm here to help. Yes, exactly. We've done across Europe, but you're adopting that socialism that we have in Europe. That means that you don't need to work because we will actually look after you. We will bring in a universal basic income. We will bring in subsidized health care. We will bring in free education and nothing is free. Someone has to pay for it at the end, and maybe, I think you will learn that when you've got the cancellation of debts by Biden. Someone has to pay for those billions in the end and it ends up being the taxpayer. Yeah, I mean, this is one of those absurd lies that they've told for so long that people believe, which I mean, one is that the government is your friend. I mean, that's insane to believe these days as well. Well, but it's that something's free, that you can get a free lunch, that anything the government provides is free. I mean, everything the government has must be stolen from the taxpayer first. And the idea that, you know, but, you know, this is the thing, too, the Democrat preys on. The greatest vices of mankind. So, obscene selfishness, for example. So, the college student will say, yeah, make that person. The rich don't pay their fair share is perfect. I mean, this sums up the insipid nature of the Democrat party and leftism and socialism also. Also, it is always to foment division in society. And I ask people, OK, the rich don't pay their fair share. Now, firstly, that's fundamentally not true. The rich pay far more than their fair share, an obscene amount of money. And many people pay no taxes at all, of course. But even that aside, the idea that any American citizen whining about, you know, some millionaire, billionaire having more money than they do, the idea that taking money from them, the government taking money from them is going to somehow make you rich is absolutely stupid. No American citizen, no citizen on the planet has ever gotten rich because the government took more money from the rich. It doesn't work that way, and obviously the government cannot create wealth. They cannot create anything. Now there's certain things, but you have to have a reasonable mind to make the exceptions. When it came to World War II and it becomes vital, for example, that you defeat the axis of evil, if you will, okay, industry gets basically usurped to some extent, and it's all focused on winning a war. I mean, that's about survival in some way. So, you know, but this is the problem. We live in an age of unreason. We live in an age where people cannot think for themselves. They can't carve out exceptions. They can't comprehend any kind of complex or even simple problems that they may face and overcome. It's really, I mean, That's why I have a chapter in there called The American Dark Age. That's where I would point out that if you look at any facet of society right now, is there anything that hasn't been corrupted by the left, by the socialists, by the Marxists? There's not. Culturally, economically, everything is in decline, and that is because of a very sick, perverse ideology that is not new. It's not progressive. It has been around since the beginning of time. Okay, since kings and emperors and everything else. And that's what we're fighting against now. But, we have a situation where in the West in many ways. We've had it so good for so long We've become soft and obviously. We don't, we don't understand ourselves how bad it's going to be because you know we're not like the patriots of 1776 that actually endured something and by the way I would argue that what we're experiencing right now King George iii, peter, was a much more benevolent monarch than the democrat party and Joe Biden. I would take King George the third; he taxed us less he was nicer than the these criminals that are running the country today. I love that you guys complained about your tax on t your two percent tax and now you get Biden, so no other comment to that. No But you talk about looking at the American dark age, and I mean, the American dream is known all over the world, and I talked to Xi Van Fleet the other day, and she talked about moving from America or from China to American and that was a dream. Everyone wanted the American dream, the ability to work hard and achieve what is impossible in many other countries in the world. And yet, it's turned around from the American dream to the American dream is now you sit on your backside, and actually you're just thrown incentives or money by the government, and it's sad looking as a foreigner thinking actually the American dream is one thing the ability to achieve and accomplish and that's now been turned on its head. Yeah, look the American dream doesn't exist anymore, and I'll tell you why, it's not because it never existed, it's because the left in this country has been attacking and trying to prevent the American dream from being possible anymore. The American dream is very simple. It's not just an American dream. I think it's a human dream that you can, through self-determination and with your own work ethic and intellects and abilities, you can make a better life for yourself. That is it. That is the dream, that there is not somebody out there allowed to impede in some obscene way your ability to improve your own life, that if you want to improve it, you can improve it. It's not the guarantee that everyone's going to be rich, but you can be better off. You can improve your circumstances. That's it. And so in America, was it having the home in the suburbs and the picket fence? At one point, that was it. That's fine, that represented something. And it is Democrat policies. It is left-wing policies that are preventing that and making that out of reach. It's nothing wrong with America. It's nothing wrong with capitalism. The problem is the politicians. politicians it is their policies that have made home ownership unaffordable that dream is gone for so many Americans that are my age and younger they can't afford a home they can barely pay their rent. They can't even buy groceries anymore and the left, of course; this is after you read my book read a book called rules for radicals, not you peter, but you know the audience like, read rules for radicals by Saul Alinsky. I read it once a year because I want to know every year, and make sure it's in my brain, what these Democrats are doing, because it's not secretive what they're doing. They talk about it. They've written about it. And what they do with destroying the American dream, for example. Is, according to Saul Alinsky, you create a problem. You create the problem, okay? And then you have a piece of legislation. You have a so-called solution prepared, and you present yourself as the sole person who is uniquely qualified to solve that problem that you created. Of course, you're not ever solving the problem. It's just a way to leapfrog into additional tyranny to get what you want. So, you know, for example, you know, they will create tax policies where they make it, you know, look, when you tax the rich, for example, in corporations or raise corporate taxes, at the end of the day, the consumer and the employee are the ones who suffer. So, their taxation policies claiming to the rich don't pay their fair share, that actually creates less employment, less opportunity, lower paychecks, and it actually ends up benefiting the rich in the end. And then they'll come along after they've done that, and they'll say, again, the rich don't pay their fair share. We need to do this. So, they're creating situations in America, and then they're blaming Republicans for it. Look at California where I live. You can't blame a Republican for anything. Who do you blame? But they won't blame Democrats because people in the state belong to a cult. Well, I was twice in L.A. 2022, and I probably never return to L.A. After seeing what the Democrats. I wish I was there when Reagan was actually the governor and it would have been actually a beautiful state. But at chapter 16, what are you voting for? And you start by saying perhaps no singular human being in U.S. history has been subjected to greater and more relentless political persecution than President Trump. Certainly no U.S. president has been unfairly treated by the media, the Democrat Party, and even establishment Republicans, nor has any president been the subject of greater unwarranted hatred than President Trump. Now, in the UK, we may laugh at Trump derangement syndrome, but you have to live through it and you have to actually engage with people who have this absolute hatred of someone who is so successful in business and has walked away from that and given up a lot to actually enter politics. And people don't necessarily get that. But it's, yeah, who are you voting for? Tell us about that because this hatred doesn't really stem from anything. It simply stems from the media pushing a narrative that tells you you must hit this individual because he's been successful and because he's not Obama or he's not Biden. Yeah. This point in this chapter ties into an earlier one in which I say, you know, if you don't know whether to vote for Trump or Biden, then you aren't American. And of course, I'm making fun of Biden. I'm serious, actually, but I'm also making fun of Biden who said, you know, you aren't black if you don't know whether to vote for me or Trump. Again, racist, right? Right. You know, most of what has been said about Trump is not even true. And that which may have a kernel of truth, if it's bad, pales in comparison to what Joe Biden or any other Democrat are actually guilty of themselves. And so, obviously, I go and dispel some of those things and help people understand you have a propagandist media that will just invent lies about Trump in an effort to. Because, at the end of the day, all Democrats are running on is the fact that they want to present to the American people and others around the world that Joe Biden's a nicer guy than Trump. That's what it comes down to. In the case that's happening right now, this criminal trial in New York, which is a disgrace about so-called hush money, there's no crime there. And I get into it in the book and I explain all that very specifically and how absurd this is. But the point is, there's a trial going on and no crime was committed. So, this jury is being asked what? They're being asked to vote on whether or not they like Trump or not. That's what it comes down to. That's what all of this is about. And they're hoping that they can convince the American voter, for example, that Trump is just a monster and you just can't possibly vote for him. They did this in 2020 as well, they've done it before, and it's fundamentally not true. I mean, I got to tell you, I have so much respect. I don't understand a person, even if you dislike something else about Trump, I don't understand how you can have respect for Trump for what he has suffered for the American people. This is a man who has it all. He doesn't have to do this. And I guarantee you, by the way, if he would just bow out like Nixon did, it would all go away. Or at one point, it would have gone away. Maybe, they've gone across the Rubicon now in terms of their brains; I think they probably have. But, they just can't believe that they can't defeat this man and that the American people won't abandon him. And this is somebody, I mean, I ask people to try and imagine for a moment, Just being in Trump's situation, in one of these situations for a day, he's got multiple lawsuits against him. They're trying to bankrupt him and his family. Imagine the pressure you would feel. I wouldn't be on your show, Peter. I wouldn't be doing PR. I'd be curled up in a ball somewhere crying, because the weight of the world would be crushing me. I wouldn't know what to do. I'd be concerned about my future and my family, and most people cave. Dave, this is a remarkable human being who was built for this moment. I am not saying he's Jesus Christ, by the way, because no man is Jesus Christ. But, he is the right man at the right time in American history. And we are so lucky to have someone that is willing to stand there amidst all these slings and arrows coming at him. And the problem in America, it's not Trump. It's a bunch of weak-kneed Republicans and cowards who won't take any slings and arrows for the man who will go to prison for them. The awesome privilege of, well, seeing him speak three times, but twice this year up in Pennsylvania and South Carolina and actually meeting him and someone who has the energy, who can talk for an hour and a half. Biden can do maybe five minutes and still he's reading the teleprompter. Exactly what it says; completely different individuals. That energy that Trump has is infectious, exciting and something I haven't seen in politics, certainly in the UK. Let me just finish off with the issue on patriotism. Your last two chapters touching on that. And Chapter 17, the criminalization of patriotism. And this is something that you're seeing in the U.S., we are seeing in Europe. I mean, the EU are trying to criminalize any pride of nation states. You give the story of a 12-year-old boy in Colorado who kicked out of class passed for having a Gadsden flag patch on his backpack. And of course, that is the picture, the don't tread on me, that snake. You've got the front page of your book. But it is that, and that of course has history back in the War of Independence, and you go through that in the chapter. It's kind of where does patriotism lie, because under President Trump, it was America first, which should be what every leader of every country is about, putting their country first. And Biden seems to be about America last. Let's do everyone else in America comes last, American jobs, American benefits. You're at the end of the queue after we get through everyone else. Just let's face all that criminalization of patriotism, that the courts going after individuals, the education system, the media. If you love your country, you are the enemy. That's seemingly what everyone in the media is summing up patriotism. Yeah, look, patriotism is so dangerous to tyrants. I'll give you an example that the Biden administration a couple of years ago, the National Archives slapped a warning label, dangerous content label on our founding documents, on the Declaration of Independence. Okay, look, tyrants have to, just like religion, they have to destroy patriotism. You cannot permit a citizenry to feel patriotic because patriotism is one of the greatest bulwarks we have to tyranny taking over a country. If you love your country and you feel unity, right, it's the antithesis of victimhood. Democrats want to divide and conquer. What does patriotism do? It unites a citizenry. It gives them a reason to love their country and love themselves and love one another and bring them together. And that is problematic for people that want to rule over you. OK, not just because you have numbers and that you're united in that sense, but there are a million different reasons. And so this is why for a long time, the left has decades, decades, days before I was Trying to make people feel guilty to be American. That's why the Democrat Party, for example, drudges up the history of slavery. Slavery they want you to feel rotten about your country, because you can't convince a population to destroy itself and give tyrants permission to rebuild if they believe that their country is great, if they believe their country is good, and decent, and moral, and so that's what we have going on here. And I am urging people that if you get anything from them from the book; lean on the memory of what previous Americans have done for us, the sacrifice, whether it was the founding fathers and the American, the revolutionaries, whether it was Abraham Lincoln in 1861. I mean, this is a moment that is as significant to our history and world history as 1776 and 1861. That is not hyperbole, t hat is the truth that I need people to understand. And I want them desperately to understand, but I don't want them to be negative about it. I want them to feel a sense of joy because our ancestors have overcome these obstacles. And I want people to be thanking God that, hey, I am alive right now to meet this moment in history because all we have is ourselves and we are enough. You are enough, whether you're in London or New York City or Chicago or Dallas or some rural place in the UK or America, you have the capacity to save and reverse course, to reclaim your destiny, which is a shared destiny of humanity, to live a life of freedom, free of oppression by your government, these elites that are the most inferior among us who are ruling over us. And so at the end of the day, my message is one of optimism, because I believe in us. I believe in you,I believe in myself, but we have to understand history. We have to be devoted because this is never going to go away. As long as mankind walks this earth, there will be tyrants, the Caesars and Napoleons and so on and so forth, the, you know, Sadiq Khans and the Joe Biden's that are going to try and steal your liberty. So, you know, this is something that's lifelong, and we just have to change our outlook and be a little bit more active. We can't just leave it to the government to take care of us, because they're a necessary evil, not a necessary good. It true thank you so much for your time, I've thoroughly enjoyed the book America's Last Stand and it does give that overview of the issues which you're facing but you can transcribe that over to the UK or Europe, and it's the same battles against common sense and freedom that we are also facing. So, thank you so much for joining us today and of course the book is available as paperback, audiobook, kindle, however you want to get it it's available on all those formats. So, thanks for your time today, Drew. Thanks, Peter.

This week on the Mark Levin Show, Senator Bernie Sanders pretends he's a Democratic Socialist, but he's actually a Marxist Stalinist who's always on the wrong side of liberty vs tyranny. Bernie puts ideology and his party ahead of everything else. He's learned what Saul Alinsky taught - target, personalize, and destroy and that's exactly what he's trying to do with Benjamin Netanyahu. Bernie has backed the Palestinian terrorists. The Biden Administration is considering bringing Palestinian refugees into the United States according to documents obtained by CBS News. President Biden and Antony Blinken are plotting to bring an unknown number of people from Gaza into America and fast-track them as citizens without any statutory authority from Congress because we are living in a Biden dictatorship. Red-blooded Americans are waking up and have had enough of the Democrat Marxists destroying our country from within, who are now trying to import people from Gaza while we have protests tearing down the American flag and replacing it with the Palestinian flag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Monday's Mark Levin Show, Sen Bernie Sanders pretends he's a Democratic Socialist, but he's actually a Marxist Stalinist who's always on the wrong side of liberty vs tyranny. Bernie puts ideology and his party ahead of everything else. He's learned what Saul Alinsky taught - target, personalize, and destroy and that's exactly what he's trying to do with Benjamin Netanyahu. Bernie has backed the Palestinian terrorists. Remember when Bernie Sanders worked on a Stalinist kibbutz in 1963? This is why he hates Netanyahu. Also, the International Criminal Court (ICC) is threatening to issue criminal arrest warrants against Netanyahu and his senior staff. Rather than tell the ICC that America won't tolerate this – President Biden has been silent. Speaker Mike Johnson is far more presidential than Biden because he slammed the ICC for these warrants. Later, Biden and Antony Blinken have blood on their hands for the October 7th attack on Israel. They take no responsibility for funding Iran. Why do we keep seeing a looped video of the Gaza Strip but no video of what happened on October 7th on TV? By not showing it they are giving aid and comfort to the terrorists. October 7th should never be forgotten. Afterward, a Fund manager indicated that Joe Biden's brother, James Biden was in business with Qatari officials. But Joe doesn't know anything right? The idea that there's not a special counsel investing the entire Biden family is so shameful. Finally, Sen Ted Cruz calls in to explain that the same paid pro-Hamas protestors who are outside his house harassing his neighborhood are the same ones on the college campuses. He explains that antisemitism is a real problem in the Democrat Party, and that this is the most anti-Israel administration in history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Breaking news: Nate's son Rory is a senior at Columbia University where, late last night (Monday April 29th), a mob of professional protestors advocating intifada and abolition of Israel climbed through dorms and tried take possession of a university building. Only Rory and his friend Charles stood up to bullies at the door of Hamilton Hall, defying hundreds of protestors, some professional antifa types, slinging threats and trying to pull them away with human chains and the crush of the crowd. Nate calls this moment of bravery Rory's "true graduation", and describes how he and his wife couldn't be prouder as parents. When campus security and actual police failed to respond, other Christian friends pulled the students away and the Hall was taken, windows smashed, and the protestors barricaded themselves inside. But the moment -- two calm students facing a mob of masked protestors in shemaghs -- was a perfect example of flipping the script and making a lie of the pro-Palestinian bullies' claim to be the oppressed. Nate and Brian break down the whole event, including how Christians can learn from radicals like Saul Alinsky by applying Doug Wilson's Rules for Reformers. When you see a bully, you shouldn't be doing "wuss calculus" about whether you will win. That kind of math can happen later. To quote Nate's novel Dandelion Fire, "Sometimes standing against evil is more important than defeating it. The greatest heroes stand because it is right to do so, not because they believe they will walk away with their lives. Such selfless courage is a victory in itself." Congratulations on your graduation, Rory! #SASF #StoriesAreSoulFood #BreakingNews #ColumbiaUniveristy #ProPalestine #Intifada #NDWilson #DouglasWilson #TuckerCarlson #ProudParents

Our love for the world around us and our passion for protecting that world can come from many different places. It can come from a connection to the land, or a magical experience we had with other people in a particular place, or our sense of awe from the beauty of the living creatures that inhabit these ecosystems. But that love and passion can also come from seeing or experiencing the destruction of the same ecological web, from pollution in the air that rains down onto a playground, or the clearing of a wildlife habitat to make way for a fossil fuel pipeline.Dave Cortez has been organizing for environmental justice in Texas for the better part of two decades. He lives in Austin now, but the love and passion that guides him came from the Rio Grande, the Sierra Madre Mountains and the high desert of West Texas. And from fighting a copper smelter and other threats to the land, air and water in and around his native El Paso. Dave has a fierce love for his El Paso Community. But cutting his teeth as an environmental justice organizer in his hometown wasn't easy. Dave is now Director of the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club, where he's bringing his El Paso roots and years of experience on the streets and in the communities around Texas to the Sierra Club's statewide campaigns.I've known Dave for many years and used to regularly attend environmental justice meetings in Austin that he helped organize. I've seen him rise from an on-the-ground organizer to the leader of the Texas chapter of one of the oldest and largest environmental organizations in the world.Our conversation tracks his education as an environmental justice organizer. From the playgrounds of El Paso to the gentrifying neighborhoods of Austin, his story reflects the changing nature of the American environmental movement and the exciting possibilities of more robust connections between community-based frontline environmental justice struggles and the large and powerful environmental organizations with nationwide influence.You can listen on Substack, Apple Podcasts, and other podcast platforms.Please rate, review, and share to help us spread the word!Dave CortezDave Cortez is a 3rd generation El Pasoan now based out of Austin where he lives with his partner and six year old daughter. He grew up and learned organizing on the frontera, where industrial pollution, poverty, gentrification, racism and the border wall are seen as intersecting issues. Dave serves as the Director of the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter, and has been organizing in the Texas environmental movement for 18 years. Dave is supporting staff and volunteers across Texas who are organizing for power by centering racial justice and equity alongside frontline communities directly impacted by polluting industries.Quotation Read by Dave Cortez"There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives. Malcolm knew this. Martin Luther King, Jr. knew this. Our struggles are particular, but we are not alone. We are not perfect, but we are stronger and wiser than the sum of our errors. Black people have been here before us and survived. We can read their lives like signposts on the road and find, as Bernice Reagon says so poignantly, that each one of us is here because somebody before us did something to make it possible. To learn from their mistakes is not to lessen our debt to them, nor to the hard work of becoming ourselves, and effective. We lose our history so easily, what is not predigested for us by the New York Times, or the Amsterdam News, or Time magazine. Maybe because we do not listen to our poets or to our fools, maybe because we do not listen to our mamas in ourselves. When I hear the deepest truths I speak coming out of my mouth sounding like my mother's, even remembering how I fought against her, I have to reassess both our relationship as well as the sources of my knowing. Which is not to say that I have to romanticize my mother in order to appreciate what she gave me – Woman, Black. We do not have to romanticize our past in order to be aware of how it seeds our present. We do not have to suffer the waste of an amnesia that robs us of the lessons of the past rather than permit us to read them with pride as well as deep understanding. We know what it is to be lied to, and we know how important it is not to lie to ourselves. We are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about – survival and growth. Within each one of us there is some piece of humanness that knows we are not being served by the machine which orchestrates crisis after crisis and is grinding all our futures into dust. If we are to keep the enormity of the forces aligned against us from establishing a false hierarchy of oppression, we must school ourselves to recognize that any attack against Blacks, any attack against women, is an attack against all of us who recognize that our interests are not being served by the systems we support. Each one of us here is a link in the connection between anti-poor legislation, gay shootings, the burning of synagogues, street harassment, attacks against women, and resurgent violence against Black people. I ask myself as well as each one of you, exactly what alteration in the particular fabric of my everyday life does this connection call for? Survival is not a theory. In what way do I contribute to the subjugation of any part of those who I define as my people? Insight must illuminate the particulars of our lives." - Audre LordeRecommended Readings & MediaTranscriptIntroJohn Fiege  Our love for the world around us and our passion for protecting that world can come from many different places. It can come from a connection to the land, or a magical experience we had with other people in a particular place, or our sense of awe from the beauty of the living creatures that inhabit these ecosystems. But that love and passion can also come from seeing or experiencing the destruction of this same ecological web: from pollution in the air that rains down onto a playground or the clearing of wildlife habitat to make way for a fossil fuel pipeline.Dave Cortez has been organizing for environmental justice in Texas for the better part of two decades. He lives in Austin now, but the love and passion that guides him came from the Rio Grande, the Sierra Madre mountains, and the high desert of West Texas—and it came from fighting a copper smelter and other threats to the land, air, and water in and around his native El Paso. Dave has a fierce love for his El Paso community but cutting his teeth as an environmental justice organizer in his home town wasn't easy.Dave Cortez  Two of my close family members worked at the plant. My dad's brother worked at the plant and then worked at Chevron on the other side of town. And then his brother in law, worked at the plant and retired. And here I was, this younger punk, you know, sort of just not super close to the family, showing up at events and they asked what I'm doing and, oh, they think I'm a paid protester, you know, forget my education, forget what's at what I'm actually saying. You know, it's, deep cultural assimilation. It's deep colonization, sort of this Stockholm syndrome that develops out of poverty and repression. It's horrific, and it's sad to watch. People fiercely defend the only thing that has helped them in their eyes and not be able to acknowledge the harm that's been done. It's not different from, you know, addiction in that way, or depression.John Fiege  Or domestic abuse. Dave Cortez  Exactly. It's heartbreaking. It still hurts me to talk about. John Fiege  I'm John Fiege, and this is Chrysalis.Dave Cortez is now Director of the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club, where he's bringing his El Paso roots and years of experience on the streets and in the communities around Texas to the Sierra Club's statewide campaigns.I've known Dave for many years and used to regularly attend environmental justice meetings in Austin that he helped organize. I've seen him rise from an on-the-ground organizer to the leader of the Texas chapter of one of the oldest and largest environmental organizations in the world.Our conversation tracks his education as an environmental justice organizer. From the playgrounds of El Paso to the gentrifying neighborhoods of Austin, his story reflects the changing nature of the American environmental movement and the exciting possibilities of more robust connections between community-based frontline environmental justice struggles and the large and powerful environmental organizations with nationwide influence.Here is Dave Cortez.ConversationJohn FiegeWell, you grew up in El Paso in Far West Texas, and it's right on the border of Mexico and New Mexico. Can you tell me a bit about growing up there, and your family and how you saw yourself in relationship to the rest of nature.Dave Cortez  I've got a little picture I'm looking at my my very first demonstration. It's a bunch of kids, kids meaning college kids, my my age at the time, about maybe 22, 23, and a big peace flag and we're hanging around what was called Plaza de Los Lagartos, Plaza of the Alligators. And we're there I think we're protesting, must have been continuing invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, but you know, I keep it up. And I keep pictures of the mountains of West Texas, the edge of the Rockies is what cuts into the central central part of El Paso, the Franklin Mountains. And then you have the Rio Grande, the heart and soul of that land. And on the other side of the river, those mountains continue into the Sierra Madres all the way down to the coast. It's majestic. It's, you know, that land is as colonized as is its people. You know, it's been, the river has been dammed up upstream in New Mexico, and two reservoirs to provide water for agriculture and farming and things like that, recreation. It was the only area of water that we we had access to when I was a kid. We would drive up to Truth or Consequences and load up on nightcrawlers and whatever other tackle and bait, and then take my dad's car and drive along somewhere, find a good spot. And fish from the shore for a couple of days at a time, camp, and, you know, that was a desert lake. It was wild for me, because we didn't have water, you know.John Fiege  So tell me about what you did. Dave Cortez  Well, we would just go up there. That was, that was our place to go get get access to water, you know, away from the desert, you know, growing up in El Paso, you just, it's It's dry, it's desert, we get, we used to average nine inches of rain a year, it's down now, you know, but the Rio was, it's always been sacred and it was special, it was a place you could go and see water. Not all year round, but most of the year and see it flowing and you look in any direction, away from the mountains, and you can see what feels endless, but it's actually you know, two or more hundred miles to the horizon, you see Thunder heads 30, 40, sometimes 45 or 50,000 feet high way far away, you think maybe you hope maybe those might come your way, maybe we'll get lucky and get a little bit of rain. Most times they don't. But with that sometimes you're blessed with the outflow that carries the smell of creosote, a native plant in the region that everybody's come to call the smell of rain. And, you know, even if you don't actually get the rain yourself, you might get some of those breezes and some of that wonderful smell. And it's, it's life giving, it's restorative. As a kid, you know, I was fortunate that my family made an effort to take us out into the desert quite a bit, we would go chase storms, we would watch lightning, my father would turn the AM radio to a blank station so we could hear the the lightning on the radio, the static pop. And we got a real kick out of that and we'd go off roading and find spots and park and you know, just hang out. And that was a pretty common thing for a lot of folks around town is just to get out into the desert. You know, my my heart and soul and my spirit is connected to that land, it is part of that land, I draw strength from those mountains, from that river. I worry about moving further away, what that might do to me, how how that might be a strain. Even just being here in Austin 600 miles away, it feels very far. You know, my family was middle class, I call it 80s middle class. And, you know, both my parents worked. I have two older siblings. And you know, we were all in public school and doing our thing. You know, everything seemed, you know, like The Wonder Years kind of situation. And you know, you don't when you're young, if you're fortunate, you don't see a lot of the issues around you. It wasn't until my teens, my parents split. And I was living with my mom and started to see a lot more other sides of life, some of the struggles, and just kind of notice more about the town, about the culture. But it was really when I moved back to El Paso after college, here in Austin at St. Edward's, where I studied political science and philosophy and environmental policy. When I moved back, it all started to come together how much I missed, how much I was removed from about my community and my culture in my youth. You know, so the language is the biggest example. We did not speak Spanish in my family. It was something my parents spoke to each other when they needed to talk about something that we didn't need to know about as kids. John Fiege  Right, right. Dave Cortez  You know, we didn't know about our indigeneity we weren't raised around that, we didn't know about the cultural connection to the land. I think in some way the spirit in my family drew us towards it. We would go spend time around those things, but we didn't really have conversations about it. And the biggest thing I didn't know about was how heavily polluted and contaminated the air was growing up. I tell a story about going into middle school. This time I was in in private school and Catholic school. Just being out on the playground it's a you know, concrete schoolyard kind of situation. And you run your hand on the on the railing and there's yellow chalk-like stuff and you don't think twice about it because it's like chalk. Or it's dust. Well, you know, in that part of town, downtown El Paso, it's because of the copper smelter. We had a 110 year old lead and copper smelting operation called Asarco that was less than two miles away from where I was going to school. And you know, you move on, maybe, you're a kid, maybe you wash your hands, maybe you don't. And it just, you know, when I moved back, I thought of that--I thought of all the times, I used to play in the dirt, like every other kid in El Paso does, you know, you don't got Barton Springs to go to or Greenbelt Creek, you play in the dirt, dig tunnels, and that stuff gets in you. And that's loaded with heavy metals, arsenic, cadmium, lead, you name it. It was it was a huge shock for me to learn that the land that I was around as a child, and the air that I was around as a child was just heavily contaminated. And I knew nothing about it. John Fiege  But what was the experience like when you were actually in college and getting more heavily into activism? Like what was motivating you? And how did you see yourself in relationship to other folks?Dave Cortez  Right on. Well, I can't leave out that the reason I came to Austin was because of my older brother and my older sister. I had never seen green, like this town, when I came to visit my sister in the summer. So I just was blown away, everything was green, there was water, it rained, I just felt like an oasis and I wanted to come here. So I went to St. Ed's, which ended up being, you know, expensive as hell, but really cool in the sense of, you know, an opportunity to learn, to be away from home. You know, and so, I didn't really know what to make of this town when I was here. I didn't know what to make of the people, the students, but by the grace of the Creator, in serendipity, I was thrown into a class on social movements. And that's a study in the 1960s. And so, you know, I developed a really foundational experience learning about the broader politic of American civil society, in that case, which blossomed into deeper learning around political theory and rhetoric, dating all the way back to some of the Greek philosophers, and modern day political thinkers, but I really got a ton of wild information into my head. In 2006, it wasn't here in Austin. It was on North Padre Island. The Austin Sierra Club was organizing a trip, there was a woman I liked at the time. And we were were fancying each other and were like, "Hey, let's go camping. I don't know what a crawfish is. But they're doing a crawfish boil. And they say they're going to clean up the beach." So we grabbed my SUV when we went and set up, and it was awesome to be out there around all these people we didn't know, you know, offering us free food and beer and just, you know, associating on this beach. And that, I really loved. Folks might not know this, it's like 60 plus miles of primitive Beach, outside of Corpus Christi. But I didn't quite understand what we're really doing until the next morning, right at dawn, when I was awoken by these huge sounds of tractor trailers hauling right by the water right in front of us. Just a caravan of them driving down to the other end of the beach to do gas drilling. You know, we get out of the tent, and we're watching this and I mean, you just want to, you know, throw something at those trucks, you know, and go put your body in front or something like "What the hell's going on?" And you're just watching the rubber, the plastic, you name it just fall off these trucks. And in their wake is just a mass of debris, and trash. And this is all in endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle habitat, its nest a nesting area for the Kemp's ridley sea turtle. And that's why we were there. And so, you know, right after that we all commiserated and got to work and picked up more trash than I think, you know, I've ever picked up. And I'm still shocked that that was allowed. But that's really where I started to take a turn and understand more about how the state facilitates this destruction, the destruction of the land and for the profits of few. And shortly after that I graduated, and that was it for my time in Austin.John Fiege  So after you graduated from college, you went back to El Paso, and you became an environmental justice organizer for El Paso, ACORN. And it was shortly after your time there in 2009, that right wing activists did a big hit job on ACORN and brought down the organization in the US for the most part. An ACORN was was a powerful community organizing group at its height, and it had this unique community based organizing model. Could you talk a bit about the ACORN organizing model and how it, possibly, I assume, became part of your organizing DNA?Dave Cortez  Just like learning about the 1960s is a pillar of my practice. The  work with Acorn is right there with it. You know, it shaped me, maybe it's just because it's one of the first things I learned about, but it'll be with me, as long as I do this work and have breath in my lungs. You know, some people were quick to point to that it's built out of the school of the Industrial Areas Foundation and Saul Alinsky model of community organizing, and yeah, that's true. But, you know, I didn't know any of that. I didn't, you know, I was, I was just taken in by these folks. There was a guy, recovering addict, just trying to make his money doing his canvassing while I was hanging out at a coffee shop, kind of where I was living in El Paso, the university. And there's my day off and I'm out there hanging out. There's this dude, his name was Ken. Ken let me know how they were planning to reopen the ASARCO copper smelter, the big 120 820 foot tall smokestack that I grew up around, and I was shocked. And, and that's, you know, like I studied all these things. And I was like, wow, I cannot believe that that's right there, my mom lives over here, you know, she works there, I live over here. And, you know, I told them, whatever I can do to help: get more letters, spread a petition around, whatever I can do. And they invited me in to meet the team, which was a small team. And the first task they gave me was actually nothing to do with that it was just to go distribute information about free tax prep, helping people in a really poor community, not far from where I went to middle school in which is not far from the smelter, get access to tax prep, in English and Spanish. And at the time, I had a, I had a mohawk. I covered that thing up real fast. I wore a straw cowboy hat and went door to door knocking on people's doors, let them know about this. And Jose Manuel, the the lead organizer at the time, the director saw me and, you know, was into it. And, you know, they offered me a job after a few days of that. And the job was doing the same thing, plus inviting people to come to a community meeting about the reopening of ASARCO. So here's a way that we can help you. With some, you know, with your money, basically, your your bottom line, and also, there's a situation happening, that can affect and will affect your your health and well being, and the safety of your family. At the time, I didn't realize that there was a very intentional strategy there. But that strategy is essential to the work that we do as environmentalists and in climate justice activists around the country, and here in Texas, people are struggling, and you got to find ways to help them directly with what they're struggling with day to day, which is often their pocketbooks. And so if you can do that, you're going to build some trust, you can build some relationships, and then you might be lucky to talk to them about another bigger, more complicated issue.John Fiege  That seems to be, like, a really beautiful definition of the difference between environmental justice organizing, and traditional environmental organizing, where environmental justice organizing, you have to start with the community, and make sure everybody you know, you have to deal with everything, you can't just isolate an environmental issue. Would you agree with that?Dave Cortez  Absolutely. Absolutely. I don't know where that came from. I again, I'm not a I've read all the books about these things, but that, the model that was picked up by so many organizations and NGOs is is you know, it's it's almost like counter revolutionary, it's almost counterproductive. Like you're intentionally trying to marginalize your base in silos, you know, so, so whatever we do, you know, I try to espouse that in folks, some of the work we've done around Austin and other parts of Texas, that's the route we go, talk about bills, talk about bills every time and then, you know, start to figure out what else is going on, you know. With ACORN, a major flaw in the national model was that they would want to sign people up to be bank draft members, like you, you'd push a card onto them, "Hey, send this card in with your bank info or something. And we'll sign you up, you know, so you get access to our help." And obviously, I didn't do that. And as the work evolved, and we got more people canvassing and doing the work, we didn't do that either. It went against our values. Now, if there were middle class people, people with more means, yeah, we'd asked them to do that, too.John Fiege  To contribute a certain amount each month.Dave Cortez  Yeah. But we also did things differently, in the sense of, we organized, we found, you know, folks who are highly motivated by the issues, students, artists, residents in the nearby communities who wanted to contribute, and contribute their time, That theory in the ACORN model of, you got to get people financially bought in to be committed, I think can be challenged and there's lots of ways to get people plugged in. And so, one other key here was, you know, I wasn't brand new, this work wasn't brand new. There had been people fighting ASARCO before I was involved, obviously, and it had ebbed and flowed in terms of how much community opposition from just, like, working class people was centered. There was a lot of wealthier folks, politico types, you know, people who worked for legislators or senators or city people, you know, academics, things like that. And there was a handful of working class people in a smattering of workers from plant workers. So our job was really to find more just like students and people in the impacted communities, but it had been going on for so long that people were really drained. You know, parents who, whose children had MS as a result of this or had other health problems, they eventually backed off because it was just too exhausting to go up against the machine of the Texas State Government and go testify, and struggle, and they just couldn't do it anymore. You know, so we had to find new people and inject new life. You know, we made it a point to work with some of the younger folks to start a--not really an acorn chapter--but just a group on the campus called students for reform. And those kids are amazing, a couple dozen students, Chicanos, for the most part, all going off to do awesome things in their lives. But for three, three years, four years, they they led the fight, they're on campus challenging the administration to disclose more information and trying to represent student opposition to the reopening of the smelter.John Fiege  I was looking up some articles about ASARCO. I found this this one 2010 article from John Burnett, who's a NPR correspondent based in Austin. So he talks about in 2009, the US Justice Department announced the settlement of one of the largest environmental bankruptcies in US history, in which ASARCO would pay a record $1.79 billion to settle claims for hazardous waste pollution in you know, at 80 sites, as many as 20 states, including the copper smelting operation in in El Paso. And he quotes some interesting community members like an 82 year old former maintenance worker named Miguel Beltran, who says, "you can't get a job here in El Paso compared to ASARCO, ASARCO is the best place to work. We were just like a family." And John Burnett, also quotes an anti-smelter activist named Debbie Kelly, who says, "They marketed very well. And the people of El Paso were brainwashed believed that this was the most wonderful thing El Paso could possibly have, this tall polluting contaminating smokestack." And this is this classic tension and environmental justice organizing. The big polluter in town is often the biggest and best paying employer as well, especially for folks with limited education. And these working folks often side with the company in some ways, and then at some times, kind of accepting the environmental problems for the economic opportunities. And the smokestack itself is this shining symbol of progress and prosperity that goes way back to the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution. What was your experience with this tension between economic opportunity and environmental health in the organizing, and how that was represented in the media?Dave Cortez  Well, let's take a few cracks at it, because it's a big question. You know, I'll start with my family, two of my close family members worked at the plant, my dad's brother worked at the plant and then worked at Chevron on the other side of town. And then his brother in law, worked at the plant and retired. And here I was, this younger punk, you know, sort of just not super close to the family, showing up at events, and that's what I'm doing and "oh," they think, "I'm a paid protester," you know, forget my education, forget what I'm actually saying. You know, it's, it's deep cultural assimilation. It's deep colonization, sort of this Stockholm syndrome that develops out of poverty and repression. It's horrific. And it's sad to watch, you know, people fiercely defend the only thing that has helped them, in their eyes, and not be able to acknowledge the harm that's been done. It's not different from, you know, addiction in that way.  Or, or depression in that way. John Fiege  Right.  Or domestic abuse. Don't talk about it. Dave Cortez  Domestic abuse. Exactly. You know, it's heartbreaking. It still hurts me to talk about. But, you know, that was the case. And you know, in that situation, just try and make peace with your family just, you know, get through the gathering. And you go on in, you know, some of my family was very supportive, you know, like, "yeah, that stuff's bad, and we should do better." You don't get investments in the well being of a community that like say, in Austin and all this money flooding here and STEM education being invested in and, you know, pre K access and, you know, nature based education and Montessori education, things like that. All of this is part of that, that conflict that pushes you to try and find the best thing you can for your family. And any of the workers that I organized alongside say the same thing. They were so proud and happy--Daniel Adriano another sort of lead visible face against the reopening of smelter, he's a former steel worker, you know, he tells a story about like, his dad worked there, his uncle, his cousins, you know, it was just like a family thing, like everybody, if you could get a job at ASARCO, you knew you'd be okay. You could raise a family, maybe even your wife or your spouse, your partner wouldn't have to work. But, you know, behind that, that Golden Gate, there was a lot of things that people weren't being told. You know, things like, maybe you shouldn't be taking your work clothes home and washing them. Right. They sent people home to wash, and that's very common in heavy industry in the 80s 70s 80s and 90s, you know, these these companies do that. In Danny's case, his kids got sick, you know, and they developed health problems. And he points to that as part of the reason washing his clothes in the same machine with, as his kids clothes. His wife feels guilt about that. Heavy guilt. John Fiege  Yeah. That's hard. Dave Cortez  You know, it's violating. You know, they had them--that settlement came because they, well, in part because ASARCO was caught for illegally incinerating hazardous chemical weapons waste materials from Colorado, in the smelter in these men weren't told about it. And they shoveled this stuff in there and were exposed to, you know, not recycled waste, just direct waste from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wow facility, a weapons manufacturing facility, Dow Chemical weapons manufacturing facility. That stuff was burned and they were exposed. You know, it's infuriating. And once they learned that, and they were falling ill and they had some evidence, they tried to organize other workers, let them know former workers let them know what was going on. And, and they encountered the same thing that I encountered with my family: just like this, this wall of acceptance, this willful ignorance. You know, I don't know about that, you know, just like denial, denial. And that was really hard on them. They got ostracized, they lost a lot of friends. You know, and so they found allyship in other people whose families had been sick, residents on the other side of the river in the Colonias, whose children had been severely sick, who were bleeding every night because of bloody noses and heavy metal contamination. You know, they found allyship with Debbie Kelly in the current place, which is sort of a wealthier neighborhood, you know, the educated, more white affluent folks who didn't want the smelter around. And this, that's how the "Get the lead out" coalition really came together it was--you just had these different interests aligned around this lack of justice, but the worker piece was always--and the economic piece was always always, you know, the straw that would break our back. And when ASARCO hired a PR firm, Teresa Montoya, to build their campaign, their marketing campaign to reopen the smelter, that was their big thing. I want to work for ASARCO I want to work for ASARCO and they march out all these Chicanos and throw them in front of a plant in their hard hats and talk about the good jobs and the pay. You know, it's tough to compete with. I know the people in Port Arthur, in Corpus Christi, even down in Brownsville, you know, and you name it. John Fiege  It's the same story everywhere. It's the same story.Dave Cortez  In Appalachia, as well, with the coal miners. Absolutely. The amount of energy it takes to fight Goliath. You know, you never have enough you never have enough resources. You got a PR firm In, you know, this facility was owned and run ASARCO, Grupo Mexico owned by Carlos Slim, at the time the wealthiest man in the world, you know, like, you're never going to have enough just to stop the bad thing. How are you going to strategize and organize in a way where you're talking about building the good, and replacing it with something better and taking care of these people? It's doable, it absolutely is. But at the time, when you're in the sock like that, it's very hard to pivot. And it's very hard to motivate people who have resources to give you those resources to bring on people to pay them to do that work. It's a boxing match, take your hits, and wait for the time to throw a punch. You know, and I think one thing that really hurt people hurt ASARCO a lot, was when it came out that at their operations in Arizona, El Paso and elsewhere, in the 70s and 80s, they had been using health standards, health assessment screenings that were based on a false standard that black men and brown men had a 15% higher lung capacity than white men, therefore, they could be--they could work 15% longer, they could be exposed 15% more than white men. And that came out. And you know, we had some incredible, dedicated educated volunteers who were digging this information up, who were, you know, putting it to the to the news outlets. And without the news outlets putting that information out there, like the New York Times that put it out about the hazardous chemical weapons waste, you know, we wouldn't have been able to really punch back. But that stuff came out and then we could organize with it. We made materials out of it. I made sure everyone knew that, you know, this is the kind of crap that this place was built on, no matter what they say now you can't trust them. John Fiege  Right. Yeah. And this--another thing that John Burnett brought up in this NPR story is, he quotes some longtime community members who said that when the winds were blowing to the south toward Juarez in Mexico, the smelter would crank up production and send pollution directly into Mexico where they could, they could do nothing to regulate it or stop it even worse than in the US. And that's a pretty insidious and cynical route around US environmental regulations. American companies have this long history of sending their polluting factories and jobs overseas. But in El Paso, they could just send the pollution directly to Mexico while keeping the plant and the jobs in the US. Were you able to do any cross border organizing in El Paso to combat this kind of flagrant disregard for air pollution in Mexico?Dave Cortez  I wasn't able to myself, or it wasn't a choice I made to do myself on the broader scale. Marianna Chu, who worked at the time for the Sierra Club, and as an independent activist and organizer did a whole hell of a lot and deserves a ton of credit. Marianna, and others were also were able to build relationships in the Colonias and get to talk to people that were, you know, the definition of directly impacted, right on the other side of the river. You know, you drive through, you pass on I-10, and you look to the left where you're passing through downtown, and it's just colonias and that's Colonia Felipe and some students who we'd found and became acquainted with at UTEP and were filmmakers and they were able to get over into the colonias and document the lived experience of some of these folks, and it's horrific, and they made a short film, I'm happy to share called The Story of Cristo and it's a little boy, you know, who's like that, he's bleeding, bleeding every night, because he's got heavy metal contamination, two years old. You know, and that story spread. You know, it was similar to other families all throughout the Colonia. Dirt roads, just full of metal, not a lot that could be done unless there was funds provided for it. And part of that settlement in relation to the chemical weapons waste was that ASARCO would give money to an outfit in Mexico to pave those roads. You know, that's it. Accept no wrongdoing. No, no responsibility. We don't admit nothing but, here, take this and leave us alone.John Fiege  Literally, sweeping it under the rug. They're just laying asphalt over the dust.Dave Cortez  Absolutely. I mean, that's that's absolutely right. And, you know, one interesting intersection here with with the colonias there was, as we marched towards the end of 2007 and 2008. You know, we're still fighting the plant, it started to become more and more dangerous and people were less responsive, and less receptive to being interviewed on camera with our comrades, and the gangs, were starting to move in to the Colonia and control things more. And that was that it wasn't safe anymore you can, the last thing you should be doing is driving over there with a camera. And so those stories sort of drifted away, those folks. And we weren't able to really work with them a whole lot more, because the narco war was starting to take root.John Fiege  Because it's, it's how it's the same thing they do to fight you, they give your neighbor a job, and then and they get your neighbor working against you. Dave Cortez  Absolutely, I mean, you know, you're not going to go toe to toe with the same weapons, you got to find a way to find their weak spot and cut them at that weak spot. And, you know, I learned that, I learned that in this fight, you know, we weren't scared of these people. We weren't scared of their minions. We weren't scared of the, you know, the former workers who wanted the plant to open. We weren't scared of them. They tried. Everybody tried to intimidate you, you know, but I'll start with, with that part, first, as a critical strategy. My, you know, 23 year old high energy, Mohawk wearin' self, right, like, I thought I knew it all and was ready to go, just like against that jerk down on Red River Street in Austin. And, you know, the first public meeting, debate, whatever, that we helped organize, some of those, those workers were there outside and they were, you know, they pick a smaller person, a woman to argue with, and she ain't scared of them. But you know, soon enough, there's, there's four or five of them around her and oh, man, you know, machismo is something all of us from the border suffered from and that kicked in hard. You just get into it with these guys. But, you know, that is not the way, that is not the way. You know, arguing and fighting, especially with the people, even though they're trying to get you to do it. The people who want a job in these facilities, the community members who just want a better way for their life, you cannot let the people at the top pit us against each other. That's why it's so important to be anchored in community talking about the nuance, you know, how to step and where, what to look out for, and really trying to build together, it has to be at the forefront.John Fiege  Isn't that the history of American industrial capitalism, that for it to work, the, the industrialists need to pit various groups of people against one another, whether it's along lines of race, or income, or religion, or geography, or immigration status, or, or whatever. Like, that's, that's how it works. You need to divide people by those things, so they don't get together and they don't, they don't form a allegiances.Dave Cortez  That's right. That's right. I mean, it's, but it's not something that's created by the oligarchs and the industrial capitalists and the power holders. It's something that they exploit, right? It's a, it's a wound that's already there. And, you know, it's something that concerns me greatly about broader civil society, and our failures to build community, in relationship in brotherhood and sisterhood. You know, in a true spirit of mutual solidarity, the more that we neglect doing that work, the easier it is for something to divide us or someone to exploit it, we see it, there's an endless amount of examples we can point to. But if you start your work in trying to build something better, and build through a positive relationship, it's going to feed in the long run, it'll help you endure all of the struggles that are going to come the conflicts, you know, the the infighting, the personality disagreements, whatever, you got to have some foundation and I learned that from that, that night outside the UTEP Library arguing with these guys that, "No, we got to we got to find a way to work with these workers. We got to really center the fact that people need work in jobs." And and that's where, you know, I really started to become close with, not the guys I argued with, other workers who were already disaffected, Charlie Rodriguez, and Danielle Riano and Efrain Martinez and others. You know, they became, in some ways they already were but from my work, they became the center of what we're trying to do and focus on, that this is actually not what we want these, these jobs are not the kind that we need, because look what they did to me. And so that's one piece. We've got to find a way to get people more meaningfully involved with the policies we're trying to change, so there's just a far greater number of people pushing for positive investment in something that is, you know, not just like NGO staff, you know, like, the less NGO staff and those boardrooms, the better. You know, get every day, people in their meeting, pressing for these decisions, and calling for it, and that makes it much harder for the special interests to push push their own agenda.John Fiege  Well, that's a good transition to Occupy Wall Street. So in 2011, Occupy Wall Street began in New York City in Zuccotti Park. And then the movement quickly spread around the world, including to Austin. And I know you were heavily involved in Occupy Austin, and its campaign to get the city to divest from commercial banks. I participated in a couple of those occupy Austin Bank actions. And I don't think I'd met you yet. But, you know, as many people might remember, one of the big discussions and debates around Occupy was whether and how to organize and whether to make formal demands, which always makes me think of Frederick Douglass who famously said, "power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did. And it never will." But those words from Frederick Douglass, were not the guiding light of many occupy organizers and participants, I'd love to hear you talk a bit about your experience with Occupy Austin, and the internal debates and conflicts about what it was and how it should operate. And what you brought away from that whole experience that you put into your organizing work after that. Dave Cortez  Yeah, it was one of the most exciting times of my life so far, you know, to be able to three, four, sometimes five nights a week, meet up with 50 to 60 people not at a general assembly, but a working group meeting, and everybody's there ready to, you know, talk and break out and figure out the next step for getting people to close bank accounts. And, you know, organizing the rally and building the art and all those things. It was organic. I'm so happy that, I'm fortunate to have that experience in this city, and in this country. It was real, you see the romanticized version of uprisings in film, in writing, and on the news, different ways around the world. But, you know, this was that, at least the closest I've been to it, and it wasn't just the, you know, the sign holding, and, you know, petition gathering, we did all that. But it was, I mean, like people were, people were in, you know, the sacrifice time away from whatever they had going on around them to contribute to something better, and I have never seen an appetite, so large for participating and contributing to something that can change the world. I've seen it tried to be engineered a whole lot by NGOs. And it's laughable. It's insulting, you know, but for me at the time, it was it was like a dream come true. I remember a week before occupy launch, there was a meeting happening at Ruta Maya, and the room was full of people, and, you know, a bunch of white dudes, hippie yoga types on stage, you know, talking about some stuff, but I'm up there front row, just, you know, like, eager. And just like listening, I'm like, "This is great," you know, so they open the mic for everybody to come up and have something to say. And it was awesome. I'd just never seen it. You know, I was like, "wow, this is the Austin I always wanted to see," you know. Sure enough there was a meeting after that the next day, and the next day after that. And that kind of continued on for a few days. And then and then there was the day of the launch and lots of people packing City Hall. I mean, you couldn't move there were so many people out there and there were people talking for hours. Everybody was just willing to stay. And you know, I can't, I just can't believe how patient people were for weeks. And just like hanging out. You know, I think they just wanted something different. And they wanted to be part of something, like I said, Now, me, day one. I'm like, "yo, if we're gonna be out here, we need some data." And I got my clipboard. And my dear friend and former partner Betsy had been working for a group that was doing foreclosure organizing and getting people to move their bank accounts or close their bank accounts. And so, you know, I got some, some materials from her and took up like six clipboards, to the to the rally. And that was my whole shtick was just like, "Hey, y'all, we should close our corporate bank accounts," and people loved it. You know, it was like, "hey, here goes, put your name down, if you want to help out," and I mean, I filled up pages and pages of this thing, people who wanted to help out or close their bank accounts. And from that, you know, like, you'd find more people that were like, "Hey, I used, you know, I can help with that. And I used to work at a bank," or, you know, "I've got some time on my hands," you know. And so we, it was rad, because while all the noise was happening, the day to day that people were more familiar with Occupy Wall Street. You know, the the General Assemblies, the infighting, the conflicts with the unhoused folks and things like that, we had this parallel track of our bank action crew, which was doing, building switch kits, and, you know, trying to reach out to people to, you know, help walk them through how to close their bank accounts and stuff like that, or organize marches on the bank, so people could go in and come out and cut their credit cards, so we could all celebrate, you know, like, that was, that was great. That's classic organizing. I, you know, if you weren't down in City Hall, every day for that first month, you're missing out on something, you know, I don't think people appreciate enough how much work people invested into trying to maintain a space, like, maintaining a physical encampment is, you know, the people with the most knowledge on how to operate a small, little civil society is the people have been doing it before, which is our unhoused folks, you know. And there was a huge class conflict, that really emerged quickly, that the police and the city manager and others began to exploit, you know, by trying to bring more unhoused folks down to City Hall, allowing some to sell and distribute drugs, not enforcing any oversight, you know, we had women attacked, you know, and attempted assaults and things like that, that they were just looking the other way on. Because they wanted this to go away. And it was up to us to figure out how to manage that. And that really became the core of the non-bank action, kind of conversations. You know, everybody wanted to do solidarity with everything else. But it was really about, like, how do we keep this thing going? And how do we maintain our presence here? You know, do you negotiate with the city? Who negotiates? Who's responsible? Do we just say, you know, F-U, we're not going to talk to you all, you know, but like, through all that, like, some amazing friendships were developed, and I mean, like bonds, true, real friendships, and people may not be super close anymore, but all it would take is a phone call or text to bring people back together. You know, it's something I'll just value for the rest of my life.John Fiege  Yeah, totally. And in 2015, The Austin Chronicle named you the best environmental activist in Austin for your work as, "The heart and soul of Sierra Club's 'Beyond Coal' campaign in Central Texas." And I know you've done all kinds of work with the Sierra Club. But I wondered if you could talk about what the fight has been like to transition from dirty energy to clean energy in Texas, which, of course is the oil capital of the country. And looking over the years you've been doing this work, what stands out? What have you learned from this massive campaign?Dave Cortez  Like you said, it's Texas, we're the number one carbon emitter in the country, and a huge one in the world and the United States cannot meet the modest two week goals in the Paris Accords unless Texas gets its act together, you know, and we got some real problems here, not just from fossil fuel pollution, but from industrial and toxic pollution and just from our livelihoods, you know, there's another story out yesterday, you know, are we going to have power next week, because we're going to hit hit the peak of the summer. You know, it's hard to think about the fight for clean energy in Texas without thinking about the power of the fossil fuel and industrial industries. There's there's been a battle since 2000 and 2005 to stop new power plants and advocate for clean energy. The fuel type changes and you know, back then it was coal and then it is gas and and now, it's like, oh my god, we just don't have enough power. Now, how do we get it? But it's still the, you know, trade associations, the Association of Electric Companies in Texas, you know, Oncor, which is an electric distributor company, NRG, you go down the line, Energy Transfer Partners, all of these fossil fuel corporations, making billions and billions of dollars, still call the shots, they still influence, and basically direct, decision makers on what is going to be acceptable in terms of, even, discussion. You can't even get a hearing in the state legislature on flaring reduction, which is a very modest thing. Because they have enough influence to make sure that that conversation is not even going to happen. And their members, like Energy Transfer Partners, and others are some of the biggest donors to politicians in the state. So, you know, why shouldn't we listen to those people? Kelsy Warren, Dakota Access Pipeline CEO, behind Energy Transfer Partners, gave a million dollars, his largest donation ever to Governor Abbott, right immediately after the legislative session. And this is after his company made well over a billion dollars, I think it's closer to $2 billion, coming out of the winter storm, Energy Transfer Partners. While people died, these people decided it would make better financial sense and profit sense to go ahead and withhold supplies of gas to power plants and gas utilities, and let the price go up before they would deliver that gas and therefore make a ton of money. Forget that more than you know, some say 200, some say 700 people died, many of them freezing to death, many of them carbon monoxide poisoning during the storm, forget that. It's all about the money. And that's the biggest takeaway here, just like we would be fighting Carlos Slim, and ASARCO and other folks, you got to look at what the interest is, you know, why are people supporting this? Why are they facilitating this? I know, it's easy to just say, well, we just got to vote these people out. Well, you know, we've got to come up with strategies that will allow us to do that. We've got to come up with strategies that will make it so, in this state that's so heavily corrupt and captured by corporate interests, fossil fuel interests, industrial interests, that we're going to find a way to cut into their enabling electorate. Their enabling base. And it's more than just a voter registration strategy. It's more than just a mobilization strategy, or getting people to sign a petition, it gets back to what we started talking about with ACORN. What is their base? Where are they? What are their interests? And where does it make sense to try and make some inroads, and cut away? And unfortunately, we just don't have enough of that happening in Texas. There's an effort to try to build coalitions with, you know, some social justice and some youth focused organizations. But we're all part of that same progressive "groupthink" or Democratic base, that we're not actually doing much to expand, other than registering some new voters. And there's a lot of unpacking that needs to happen. You know, can we go talk to some steel workers or some people on the Texas-Mexico border, who started to vote more for Republicans and Trump, because they were worried about the Green New Deal? They're worried about losing their oil jobs. Why, I mean, like, to this day, we haven't made that pivot collectively as a movement, and it's hella frustrating.John Fiege  Yeah, it gets back to what we were talking about earlier with, you know, kind of the DNA of environmental justice orientation to this work, the work has to be intersectional if you want to transition Texas, the oil capital of the world, to to non-fossil fuel based energy, you know, you need to deal with, with voting rights, you need to deal with the bad education system, you need to deal with healthcare issues, you need to deal with police brutality, and you know, it's like it's all connected. To think that we can remove this issue of decarbonizing our energy source from all of that other, you know, what some people see as messy stuff is delusional, it just doesn't doesn't work, doesn't make sense. Especially, and it's so obvious in places like Texas, where, you know, what are they doing? They're just trying to, they're trying to suppress the vote, like, they know what the deal is, you know, they're they're losing numbers. They need to disenfranchise more voters in order to maintain this system. Dave Cortez  You know, there's an important caveat and distinction for environmentalists, environmental justice folks, or whatever. You know, if you talk to John Beard with Port Arthur Community Action Network, you know, he's a former steel worker. His whole pitch in Port Arthur is about youth engagement jobs, investing in the community. He's willing to talk to the companies, things like that. It's not environmental-first type of thinking. But the enviros, and you'll see this any legislative session, if you pay attention, we are on the far losing side of the losers. Okay, the Democrats being the losers, you know, Democrats in Texas carry House Bill 40, which is the ban on fracking bans. You know, Mrs. T, Senator Senfronia Thompson out of Houston, she authored that bill, Black Democrat, you know, revered for her work on voting rights and reproductive justice. You know, enviros, we are way, way out of the mix. And so even if we got those organizations doing the work you're talking about, to speak about climate change, speak about the grid, you know, pollution, things like that, we'd still be part of that losing side. And I'm not saying we need to need to be building out into red country, or rural country. It's a critique of the broader progressive movement that we aren't doing enough to find people, the greater majority of people that don't participate in our process, in politics, in voting, except in presidential elections. We are not doing enough to reach people who are just going about their lives and do not give a s**t about the things that we post online about our petitions or positions, or our op-eds, or whatever. That is where the fight is, we've got to draw more people in while the right wing tries to keep more people out. That's our only pathway. And so--John Fiege  What does a just transition mean to you?Dave Cortez  It's what we've been talking about, it's a whole shift in, you know, the operating system of a of a community, whether it's a town of 50,000 people or a state of, you know, 25 million. Just transition means that we're taking into full consideration, our triple bottom line, you know, our health, and shelter, and food, you know, our economics, our jobs, and ability to put, you know, bring income and get the things that we need. And, you know, just the land and our ecology. Just transition has to anchor that we are--that those things are connected, and that they're not--they can't be separated, that in order for our families, and our children and our neighbors and all that, to have a future and have a livelihood, we need to be concerned about our air quality, concerned about our water quality, but also about the quality of their education, the access to healthy food and grocery stores. If you were to talk to people and ask them to envision what, you know, their dream society looks like, which is a hard thing for people to do nowadays. You know, you'll hear some of these things and just transition is the process that we take to get there. It's not about you know, getting a worker from a fossil fuel job into a clean energy job.John Fiege  Well, and speaking of that, you know, in addition to your beyond coal and just transition work, you've done a lot of work with low income communities of color in Austin around a whole assortment of things: illegal dumping, access to green space, community solar and solar equity, green gentrification among among a bunch of other stuff. Can you talk about gentrification and how Austin has changed in the time you've been there and the tension that's emerged about Austin becoming one of the greenest but also increasingly one of the least affordable cities in the country? Dave Cortez  Yeah it's tough. People in Austin are largely still here to just party, have fun, make money. You know, they're really eager to do what they moved here for, you know, go do the cool thing and the restaurant, and the corporate soccer game and whatnot, you know, fine, whatever, I'm not trying to harp on people who want to have a good time, the problem is that there's no thread of the greater good of civil society, of trying to care for those in town that struggle and have the least. That doesn't exist here. It's just, it has lessened every year, it might be new people moving here might be more money here, and people being displaced. But you know, for the most part, with gentrification, the white wealthy middle class here is strong, you know, median family income is close to $90,000, you know, qualifying for affordable housing, you can make a ton of money and still qualify for affordable housing. And the people that move in, my brother calls them the new pilgrims. They're not super interested in learning what was there before, they're interested in what's around them now, and what might come in the future. And we do have a responsibility to make sure that we not just offer up but press on people at the doors, at community events, you know, cool, fun, s**t, barbecues and things like that, to learn what was there before they came, you know, sort of an onboarding into the neighborhood. And we did some of this in Montoplis, my old neighborhood that I lived in before I moved to South Austin, you know, people who I was like, "man, they're never going to help us," they're just, you know, part of that new white, middle class "new pilgrim." When I learned the history of the community, and the issues that were going on, I said, "Hell, yeah, whatever I can do," from, you know, cooking funding, speaking, writing letters, coming to meetings, you name it, you know, but we had to keep on 'em. And we had to give them a meaningful task. There is a lot of power, gentrification sucks. But I've really tried to work with myself on not being--automatically hating folks for just trying to move in into a home. But you do have to challenge folks on how they behave after they've moved in, you know, in Austin with our urban farming and desire for new urbanism and density and things like that, the culture of I know what's best is so thick, and it's really hard to stay patient. But I try to, even when I get mad and angry and frustrated, I try to remind people of what's called the Jemez Principles for Democratic Organizing, and the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond's Principles of Anti-Racism, encourage them to read them, and to do everything they can to just shut the F up, and go listen to the people that they're talking about in affected communities. And get a sense of where you might be able to build some common ground.John Fiege  I actually wanted to spend a minute on that because, you know, you started, or you were one of the organizers, who started environmental justice group in Austin years ago, and I went to a bunch of the meetings. And I feel like that's where, you know, we got to start hanging out a bunch for the first time. But you would always start the meetings with the Jemez Principles for Democratic Organizing. And, you know, those came out of this meeting hosted by the Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice and Jemez, New Mexico back in the 90s. Can you talk more specifically about the principles and why they're important to the work you're doing?Dave Cortez  So when you're thinking about undoing racism, or being an antiracist or antiracism work, you know, you're acknowledging that you're confronting a built system, something that's built under a false construct, race, you know, and when you're going to combat that, there's, you know, there's a lot of issues to it or whatever, but the Jemez principles will help you see, how do you approach people and talk about it? You know, for example, listen, let people speak is one of the principles, you know, listen to the people on the ground. Don't barge in there don't don't come in with your your petition and your fancy stuff and, or be online and be a dick. You know, go try to introduce yourself and get to know people. You know, ask questions. That's okay. You know, people were very generous for the most part, whether they're Black or Brown or or Native or Asian, or you name it, you know? If you're able to ask questions and listen about an issue, people will likely talk, you know. Trying to work in solidarity and mutuality is another big one for me, you know, it's not just about like, "I'm here to help you," versus, "I'm here because our struggles are connected and intertwined. And for me and my family to be successful and get what we need, it depends on your family, and your people being successful and getting what you need. How can we work together to make sure that we everything we do reinforces that and that we lift each other up?" A lot of things that we see is very transactional in the advocacy and activism world, you know, sign this, and then we'll go do that for you, or will tell the person to do the thing and change? It's not so much how can what can we do to help you directly, like we talked about bills and taxes and things like that. But also, we have to know that, what is it we're gonna get out of it, it's not just this potential policy outcome. There's tremendous value in human relationships. And in culture and community building, you're going to learn about the people in your community, you're going to learn about the history, you're going to learn, you know, and make new friends and maybe some recipes, maybe, you know, some new music or something. It's limitless. You know, humans have tremendous potential in beauty. But we we rob ourselves of that by, you know, retreating into our silos in our, in our four walls. You know, Jemez can give something--these are short, short, little principles that can give people something to read and reflect on, they can be kind of abstract and theory based, but when you're advocating for change, and then you look at these and you ask yourself, "sm I doing this?" There's tremendous potential for learning, and changing how we do our work.John Fiege  And the Sierra Club is one of the oldest large-scale environmental groups in the world. And it's traditionally been a white organization. Its founder John Muir made racist remarks about Black and Indigenous people, and in 2020, the Sierra Club officially apologized for those remarks and the white supremacist roots of the organization. In Texas, with your work and your presence, I feel like you've really helped the Sierra Club evolve there, where you are, and you th

Gary discusses tactics of Christian resistance that can be learned from Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals. Scotland has recently made reporting "hate speech" easier and they are being inundated with cases. Author J. K. Rowling has even gotten involved. It all reminded Gary of an article written by Dr. Gary North years ago. Get the Christianity and Civilization four-volume PDF set here: https://store.americanvision.org/products/the-complete-christianity-and-civilization

What is the single most important virtue for a leader to possess?  What quality can make the run-of-the-mill politician into a statesman?  Is it integrity, communication skills, resilience, courage, empathy, or wisdom?  All of these things are important, of course, and if any are sufficiently lacking we wouldn't call that a good leader.  But what would you say is the chief virtue?   Conservative thinkers from Burke to Kirk to Kristol to Strauss and even many of the ancient and medieval thinkers from Aristotle to Plato to St. Thomas Aquainis identified a single virtue as the chief “political” virtue.  A virtue so important that Edmund Burke referred to it as the god of this lower world.   What is that virtue?  That's exactly what Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis explores in this solo episode.   Mentioned in the episode: Saul Alinsky's interview on William F. Buckley's Firing Line.  

The Mancave Caucus delves into the rabbit hole of the Kate Middleton saga and man is it crazy! Canada passes a new hate speech law that can put you in prison for life if you say the wrong thing, the Cloward-Piven Strategy is making a comeback, A reminder of Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals" and last but not least a hate mail voicemail that is just too good to not share.

Saul Alinsky's book Rules for Radicals held significant lessons for grassroots movements and political activism when it was published in 1971. It also inspired the title and theme of this podcast. In his book, Saul outlines approaches for unifying people and motivating them to work toward a common goal. Today, these same strategies can be used for data culture change management, triggering transformative action within organizations. Saul was an American activist and political theorist who lived from 1909 to 1972. His work organized impoverished communities and gave them tools to drive social change, and won him national attention and notability. In the final episode of the season, Satyen sits down with a ChatGPT-infused version of Saul to discuss the role of data in driving social change, the application of community organization tactics in corporate settings, and the key principles from Rules for Radicals.--------“On the global stage, data analytics and humanitarian efforts is akin to having a crystal ball. It's not about predicting the future, but about making informed, timely decisions that can save lives. The possibilities are indeed limitless. With data and analytics, we're not just changing the game. We're rewriting the rules and designing a better playbook for humanity.” – Saul GP Talinsky--------Episode Timestamps:*(03:57): Bridging community organizing with data science*(12:46): Empowering teams: Upskilling organizational agility*(14:35): Democratizing data and crafting a culture of insight and empowerment*(17:17): The timeless role of data in driving social change*(20:54): How to unlock societal transformation with data and analytics*(26:26): The evolution of radical change--------SponsorThis podcast is presented by Alation.Learn more:* Subscribe to the newsletter: https://www.alation.com/podcast/* Alation's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alation/* Satyen's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ssangani/--------LinksRead Rules for Radicals

Why resistance isn't always a bad thing.Friction — that's Professor Huggy Rao's metaphor for the forces that hamper workplace efficiency. But as he says, some friction can be helpful — if you know how to use it.In his book, The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder, Rao and coauthor Robert I. Sutton explore how operational obstacles show up in the workplace and, more importantly, what we can do about them. Through what Rao calls “friction fixing,” leaders can “take out the bad friction to make the right things easy to do [and] put in good friction to make the wrong things harder [to do].”As Rao discusses with host Matt Abrahams on this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, leaders can eliminate bad friction through good communication. “Communication matters a lot,” he says. “The simple rule is, make sure a 10-year-old can understand it on the first try.”Episode Reference Links:Huggy Rao: Website Huggy's Books: The Friction Project, Scaling Up Excellence, & Market Rebels Huggy's Successful Communication Recipe - “Ah! Aha! Haha!” by Ramji Raghavan Ep.14: Be Better at Work: How to Communicate Better with Coworkers and Employees: Website / YouTubeConnect:Email Questions & Feedback >>> thinkfast@stanford.eduEpisode Transcripts >>> Think Fast Talk Smart WebsiteNewsletter Signup + English Language Learning >>> FasterSmarter.ioThink Fast Talk Smart >>> LinkedIn Page, Instagram, YouTubeMatt Abrahams >>> LinkedInStanford GSB >>> LinkedIn & TwitterChapters:(00:00:00) IntroductionHost Matt Abrahams introduces guest, Huggy Rao, and his latest book on the importance of focusing on friction to become our best selves.(00:01:24) Scaling Mindsets and CommunicationInsights on scaling excellence and the critical role of simple communication in fostering the right mindset.(00:04:28) AstraZeneca: Scaling SimplificationA case study on simplification efforts at AstraZeneca & the gift of time that they gave their employees.(00:08:49) Understanding Friction: Terrible and WonderfulThe dual nature of friction, highlighting its role as both a hindrance and a catalyst for decision-making. (00:11:05) Jargon MonoxideComplicated jargon's impact on organizations, and the need for simplicity in communication.(00:13:03) The Art of StorytellingThe benefits & goals of storytelling, creating moral elevation & emotional connection.(00:15:12) Job Titles and AccountabilityAn experiment on the impact of personalized job titles on team performance and accountability in tech startups and the introduction of “good friction”.(00:17:57) The Final Three QuestionsHuggy shares his strategy for reducing friction in his life, a story about the communicator he most admires, Saul Alinsky, and his three ingredients for a successful communication recipe, Aah! Aha! Ha-Ha!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to "Grassroots Chronicles," a captivating podcast that delves into the heart of grassroots politics, providing a unique lens through which listeners can explore the dynamic landscape of civic engagement, community activism, and the power of ordinary individuals to effect meaningful change.   Hosted by seasoned political enthusiasts and community advocates, "Grassroots Chronicles" serves as a vital platform for those who believe in the transformative potential of grassroots movements. Each episode takes its audience on an insightful journey, uncovering the untold stories of local heroes and unsung leaders who have played pivotal roles in shaping their communities.   The podcast kicks off by defining and demystifying grassroots politics, ensuring listeners grasp the fundamental concepts that drive the movement. With clarity and depth, the hosts navigate through the intricate web of community organizing, shedding light on the diverse array of issues that can spark grassroots movements—be it environmental justice, social equality, or economic reform.   "Grassroots Chronicles" is not just a passive listening experience; it's an immersive exploration of real-life narratives. Through in-depth interviews, the podcast amplifies the voices of activists, organizers, and community members who have been at the forefront of change. Listeners gain profound insights into the challenges these individuals faced, the triumphs they celebrated, and the lessons learned along the way.   The show also delves into the historical context of various grassroots movements, drawing parallels between past and present to underscore the enduring nature of citizen-led initiatives. By weaving together stories from different regions and time periods, "Grassroots Chronicles" highlights the interconnectedness of people's struggles and the enduring spirit of collective action. One of the podcast's standout features is its commitment to providing practical tools and guidance for those eager to embark on their own grassroots journeys. From expert advice on community organizing to discussions about leveraging social media for activism, the show equips its audience with tangible resources to turn inspiration into action.   "Grassroots Chronicles" is not confined to any particular political ideology; it transcends partisan lines to focus on the shared values and aspirations that unite grassroots movements worldwide. It fosters a sense of community among its listeners, encouraging them to see beyond differences and recognize the common threads that bind them as agents of change.   The podcast's engaging storytelling and thoughtful analysis make it accessible to both seasoned activists and those new to grassroots politics. Its commitment to inclusivity ensures that a diverse range of voices and perspectives are represented, making it a truly representative platform for the grassroots community.   In an era where people are yearning for authentic connections and tangible ways to make a difference, "Grassroots Chronicles" stands as a beacon of hope and empowerment. Through its narratives of resilience, perseverance, and community-driven change, the podcast inspires listeners to believe in their capacity to shape the world around them. It's more than just a podcast; it's a call to action, an invitation to join the ranks of those who believe that the power to transform society lies in the hands of the many, not the few.   /// The Yard Sign is a weekly political podcast presenting a different perspective on the week's local, state, and national news and politics. In addition to the revolving cast of panelists, The Yard Sign will feature political candidates, subject matter experts, and elected officials. The Yard Sign is The Most Important Irrelevant Political Podcast based out of Florida featuring young professional conservatives discussing the political news of the day. The show airs weekly on Mondays at 7pm. Visit our website: http://theyardsign.com Like The Yard Sign on Facebook: http://facebook.com/theyardsign Follow The Yard Sign on Twitter: http://twitter.com/theyardsign Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFit1jbe16x5TlfMr0P9y9A  #politics #republican #democrat #libertarian #news #florida

Darrell Castle talks about this upcoming year, what has already happened, and what that portends for the rest of the year. Transcription / Notes 2024 THE DEMISE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION CONTINUES Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today's Castle Report. This is Friday, the 12th day of January in the year of our Lord 2024. I will be talking about this upcoming year and what has already happened along with what that portends for the rest of the year. Everything or virtually everything coming out of Washington seems to be based on obvious lies but I suppose we the people are expected to act as if we believe them and to persecute those who don't believe them, especially if we are convinced through propaganda that it is in our best interest to believe them. To end last year and start the new year the president took a 2-week vacation in St. Croix, then returned to give a 32-minute speech about January 6th before leaving for another vacation in Delaware. I got the transcript and studied it as well as reading the commentary of various news pundits reporting on what the president said. It is obvious to me that he thinks half the population which hates Donald Trump is enough to keep him in power because he has nothing to say except what he is constantly accusing Donald Trump of saying, but that's an old Saul Alinsky trick i.e. accuse your enemy of what you are doing. The speech was based entirely on the lie that the January 6, 2021, protest at the U.S. Capitol was an insurrection. For example, this lie by the president, “Jill and I attended the funerals of police officers who died as a result of January 6th”. That is such an outrageous and obvious lie that it just seems impossible that any speech writer could have written it down for the president to say. Lies are necessary to support the narrative of January 6th as an insurrection so any lie, no matter how obvious and blatant, is justified to maintain the illusion. The lies are spread across the land repeated many times over by complaint, lying media. The speech did reveal, however, what is apparently the president's tactic for this election and that is that all problems the nation faces are the result of dissidents and enemies of the state. The speech set the tone for the new year, especially the presidential election. It is Joe Biden, the savior of liberal democracy, against the very evil Trump/Hitler. President Joe must keep the evil forces of MAGA at bay or we will quickly dissolve into Nazi Germany. You might think I am exaggerating, but I am not. The president wants us to believe that nothing else should matter to America, not mortgage interest rates, the price of hamburger, the price of fuel, violent crime, invasion of our southern border, homelessness, 34 trillion of debt, collapse of meritocracy in higher education, antisemitism among the ivy leagues and other elite, destruction of the middle class, nothing except the evil MAGA people. I suspect that the president's handlers realize that there is nothing positive, nothing good that can be said about this man's time in office so they must concentrate on demonizing half the country. It is very creepy to have people in office who use such rhetoric to describe the American people. It seems they are willing to completely divide and destroy the country if they can somehow, by any means necessary, retain power. I suppose that to them a liberal democracy is when they, the liberals as they would call themselves, never lose power even if they must lie, cheat, subvert elections, and destroy others, to keep it. Trump speaks the same exact language as that used in Nazi Germany the president said. Yes Joe, bring us together and be transparent, and by all means give us a leader we can trust to tell the truth and be someone we can look up to. His enemy, the evil Nazi Trump said, “happy fake insurrection day the first insurrection with armed tour guides and unarmed participants.” I suppose Trump was alluding to the now reported 200 plus FBI ...

When the emperor has no clothes, shouldn't we laugh? "Ridicule is the most effective weapon" said Saul Alinsky. That easily applies to government's false narratives, especially when their purpose is to isolate us in fear. Alex Lasarev, AlexTheComic.com joinsFind out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.comIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money is only what YOU hold: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHT

Nothing shows the phony illusion people believe about THEIR political hero, whether it be Clinton or Trump, than the debauchery surrounding EpsteinHow many people have to say Clinton & Trump are the same before people will wake up from the partisan trance and stop making excuses for their "Playboy" depravity?What REALLY caused the divorce in the bromance between Trump & Epstein?Seeing the Clinton Global Initiative and Clinton Foundation for what they REALLY areHow was Epstein connected to child sex trafficking and trafficking in human organs in Ukraine?Deeper than the allegations of Stephen Hawking at an orgy is the SATANIC PURPOSE of why Hawking and other scientists were at the island in the first placeThe election won't be televised as much as it will be Tik-Tok'd. Is it (and social media) more than just another form of media control and propaganda?Farmers in Germany shut down roads in massive pushback against the Green Agenda and the Green Party's push to drive farmers out of businessKeyword Search Warrants — like "Geofence Warrants" another step, deeper into the Surveillance StateAI, the coming Eye of SauronMeet the New Boss, Same as the Old Speaker of the House. Conservative Congress members got fooled again as Speaker Johnson reveals his budget agreement of $1.6 TRILLION with Chuck SchumerA fictional story about a coming reality — The Final Countdown to CBDC. Life under a global surveillance state empowered by CBDCA preview of David Webb's "Great Taking". The legal framework to seize everything that has ANY component of creditNow William Penn is Cancelled by Biden Feds What is it that Biden hates about William Penn that they would remove his statue from his home?INTERVIEW Comedian Alex Lasarev Using Humor to Wake People Up When the emperor has no clothes, shouldn't we laugh? "Ridicule is the most effective weapon" said Saul Alinsky. That easily applies to government's false narratives, especially when their purpose is to isolate us in fear. Alex Lasarev, AlexTheComic.com joins Million dollar fines and 10 years in jail for farmers who wish to fix their John Deere tractor? Welcome to 21st Century AmericaMexican billionaire, living in New York, starts a gun control movement in TennesseeWhy can't the US Navy stop the Red Sea attacks? Maybe Biden WANTS to increase the sale of American "fossil fuels"? Think outside the labels and the posturing partiesFind out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.comIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money is only what YOU hold: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHT

When the emperor has no clothes, shouldn't we laugh? "Ridicule is the most effective weapon" said Saul Alinsky. That easily applies to government's false narratives, especially when their purpose is to isolate us in fear. Alex Lasarev, AlexTheComic.com joinsFind out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.comIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money is only what YOU hold: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHT

Nothing shows the phony illusion people believe about THEIR political hero, whether it be Clinton or Trump, than the debauchery surrounding EpsteinHow many people have to say Clinton & Trump are the same before people will wake up from the partisan trance and stop making excuses for their "Playboy" depravity?What REALLY caused the divorce in the bromance between Trump & Epstein?Seeing the Clinton Global Initiative and Clinton Foundation for what they REALLY areHow was Epstein connected to child sex trafficking and trafficking in human organs in Ukraine?Deeper than the allegations of Stephen Hawking at an orgy is the SATANIC PURPOSE of why Hawking and other scientists were at the island in the first placeThe election won't be televised as much as it will be Tik-Tok'd. Is it (and social media) more than just another form of media control and propaganda?Farmers in Germany shut down roads in massive pushback against the Green Agenda and the Green Party's push to drive farmers out of businessKeyword Search Warrants — like "Geofence Warrants" another step, deeper into the Surveillance StateAI, the coming Eye of SauronMeet the New Boss, Same as the Old Speaker of the House. Conservative Congress members got fooled again as Speaker Johnson reveals his budget agreement of $1.6 TRILLION with Chuck SchumerA fictional story about a coming reality — The Final Countdown to CBDC. Life under a global surveillance state empowered by CBDCA preview of David Webb's "Great Taking". The legal framework to seize everything that has ANY component of creditNow William Penn is Cancelled by Biden Feds What is it that Biden hates about William Penn that they would remove his statue from his home?INTERVIEW Comedian Alex Lasarev Using Humor to Wake People Up When the emperor has no clothes, shouldn't we laugh? "Ridicule is the most effective weapon" said Saul Alinsky. That easily applies to government's false narratives, especially when their purpose is to isolate us in fear. Alex Lasarev, AlexTheComic.com joins Million dollar fines and 10 years in jail for farmers who wish to fix their John Deere tractor? Welcome to 21st Century AmericaMexican billionaire, living in New York, starts a gun control movement in TennesseeWhy can't the US Navy stop the Red Sea attacks? Maybe Biden WANTS to increase the sale of American "fossil fuels"? Think outside the labels and the posturing partiesFind out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.comIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money is only what YOU hold: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHT

On closer examination of the chosen one, it all looks like a huge deception. The complete exposure of illigitimate 44. Wayne Madsen's revealing earlier investigations. A huge consortium of shadowy people. Who was Soeharko? Now is a good time to stay away from large crowds. Barak Obama, test tube baby. His largely unknown inheritance was huge. A far off hospital on an island. Saul Alinsky was a mentor to be proud of. Mark Seidenberg provides accurate research. How Hawaii details were related. Was all this to develop a banker's boy? Hidden records and hot zone training. South Chicago didn't trust him. Momma was an exotic. The Man's Country private club. Pre-AIDS testing gets started. Ten fetish rooms available. Larry Sinclair goes public. A fully equipped dentist chair in the basement of the White House. A drowned chef can't talk. Falsified corporate histories setup by the CIA. A fully complicit and totally controlled media. Pulling off the hits with the Bush's. Human trafficking included. Real reporters risk death. Michael Hastings, his work and his murder. The Feinstein legacy. Evil is the absense of God. Our nation is going through a day of death, so we must look hard to find our faith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With Liberty & Justice For All, Session 2 of 3 Leftist activism is happy to take direct wins whenever it can get them, but that's not always possible. When it can't get direct wins through the front door, it is also more than happy to get its wins through the back door by exploiting what we can call an action-reaction dynamic. As an act of dialectical political warfare, which is their battle logic, Leftist agitators will provoke a reaction, control the framing around that reaction to a watching audience, and use the reaction as justification to advance their cause. This strategy was articulated by Saul Alinsky as “your enemy's reaction is your real action,” and it forms a backbone for a Leftist two-step of provoke, then advance. Currently, in the United States, recognizing the tremendous challenge conservative Christianity poses to any Marxist takeover of the country, a reactionary movement called “Christian Nationalism” is being repeatedly provoked in the hopes of being able to use that reaction to nullify any Christian resistance to the Woke takeover of the West. In this lecture from Dr. James Lindsay of New Discourses, the nature of the action-reaction dynamic as a tool of political warfare and the example of the setup of Christian Nationalism as a reaction to Woke provocation is laid bare. Listen for an important warning to the American church! Get James Lindsay's new book, The Marxification of Education: https://amzn.to/3RYZ0tY Support New Discourses: https://newdiscourses.com/support Follow New Discourses on other platforms: https://newdiscourses.com/subscribe Follow James Lindsay: https://linktr.ee/conceptualjames © 2023 New Discourses. All rights reserved. #NewDiscourses #JamesLindsay #reaction

With Liberty & Justice For All, Session 14 Leftist activism often seeks direct victories but resorts to an action-reaction strategy when faced with obstacles. This political warfare tactic involves provoking a response, controlling how it's portrayed to the audience, and using it to further their agenda. Saul Alinsky's principle, "your enemy's reaction is your real action," underpins this approach, involving a two-step process of provocation and advancement. In the United States, where conservative Christianity poses a significant challenge to Marxist influence, a movement known as "Christian Nationalism" is deliberately stirred to nullify Christian resistance against the spread of Woke ideology. Dr. James Lindsay's lecture delves into the action-reaction dynamic as a political tool and exposes the deliberate setup of Christian Nationalism as a response to Woke provocations, serving as a critical warning to the American church. https://sovereignnations.com Support Sovereign Nations: https://paypal.me/sovnations https://patreon.com/sovnations Follow Sovereign Nations: https://sovereignnations.com/subscribe/ © 2023 Sovereign Nations. All rights reserved. #sovereignnations #jameslindsay #reaction

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