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Here, on The Right Take, Eric Lendrum and Jacob Grandstaff analyze the issues and motivations that define the internationalist, imperial, and oligarchical nature of the United States, how we got here, and how we can fight back.
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Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
In this week's episode, we cover a range of stories, both encouraging and tragic, from this past week before reviewing the recent primary elections. For the main topic, we review Baz Luhrmann's Elvis and how modern Hollywood treats American history and culture.
00:00 Intro and Independence Day Recap
07:58 The Georgia Guidestones will guide no longer!
15:46 Anti-anthem Brittney Griner pleads guiilty
24:33 Johnson falls; Abe assassinated
33:30 Recent primary elections recap
42:56 Main Topic: Elvis Review
SHOWNOTES:
WNBA player Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug possession in Russia: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/brittney-griner-russia-court-drug-charge-biden-call-release-wnba-star-rcna37044
Griner previously voiced her opposition to the National Anthem: https://www.yahoo.com/video/wnb-as-brittney-griner-national-anthem-has-no-place-in-wnba-sports-222810318.html
Family of former Marine who’s been imprisoned in Russia for three-and-a-half years “crushed” by Biden’s focus on Griner instead: https://thehill.com/homenews/3548501-paul-whelans-sister-crushed-by-bidens-call-to-griners-wife/
Trump’s endorsement record for 2022 now stands at 144-9: https://www.breitbart.com/midterm-election/2022/06/28/trump-endorsed-candidates-remain-on-fire-after-going-perfect-12-0-in-tuesdays-primaries/
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
After a brief primary election recap, we do a little jig on the grave of Roe v. Wade before diving into the legal reasoning for and against it. We also react to a little of the inevitable coping and seething— mostly seething—from the pro-abortion crowd.
00:00 Intro
04:21 Primary Election Recaps: Nevada, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia
18:33 Main Topic: Roe's Dead!
SHOWNOTES
Democrats pathetically try to take credit for some of Trump’s primary losses: https://amgreatness.com/2022/05/31/some-democrats-voting-in-republican-primaries-to-spoil-trump-backed-candidates/
President Trump now has over 130 primary victories in 2022: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/06/14/trump-endorsed-candidates-129-8-big-wins-sc-nv-nd/
Critical Legal Theory professor's revolutionary diatribe: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2022/06/21/the_problem_of_the_supreme_court_572813.html
Legal reasoning: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2022/06/24/roes_faulty_legal_reasoning_finally_thrown_out_573167.html
Thomas: Gay sex may now be on the line!
The Court should maintain public support but also somehow be apolitical?
More than two-thirds of Americans support limitations on abortion: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2022/06/25/what_progressives_get_wrong_about_overturning_roe_573228.html
Roe regime America more liberal than nearly all of Europe: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2022/06/25/like_dred_scott_roe_v_wade_was_destined_to_fail_573212.html
WaPo seemingly endorses threats against Justices and Robert's silly reasoning: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2022/06/25/emboldened_supreme_court_majority_takes_big_step_573220.html
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Monday Jun 13, 2022
After recapping the latest round of primary elections, Eric is joined by The Right Take's first-ever international guest: Jack Hadfield, Associate Editor of Valiant News. Eric and Jack discuss President Trump's endorsement of Blake Masters for the U.S. Senate in Arizona, then react to Fox News going full leftist with a video celebrating transgenderism.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro and latest primary recap
15:42 Introducing our latest guest: Valiant News’ Jack Hadfield
18:38 Reacting to President Trump’s endorsement of Blake Masters for U.S. Senate in Arizona
46:15 Fox News goes full trans
SHOWNOTES
Follow Valiant News’ Jack Hadfield: https://linktr.ee/jackhadfield
Blake Masters himself helps remove a BLM protester who punched an old woman in the face at one of his campaign events: https://thepostmillennial.com/az-gop-candidate-defends-elderly-woman-attacked-by-democratic-activist
Masters’ brutally honest assessment of gun violence in black culture: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/blake-masters-guns-black-people_n_629d6a6ee4b016c4eefaddcb
Pro-China candidate Jim Lamon copes and seethes over Trump endorsing Masters: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/06/06/establishment-jim-lamon-melts-down-in-arizona-after-trump-endorses-blake-masters-against-him/
Fox News goes all-in on promoting and celebrating transgenderism: https://video.foxnews.com/v/6307583800112/
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Monday Jun 06, 2022
In the first half of this episode, Jacob and Eric recap the most recent primary elections, including numerous losses for Trump-backed candidates in Georgia; for the second half, guest fill-in host Patrick von Hanzlik takes Jacob's place as he and Eric discuss the Johnny Depp verdict and the Left's latest push for gun control after the Uvalde shooting.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro and tribute to the late Ray Liotta
05:03 - Eric’s take on the new “Top Gun: Maverick”
06:39 - Recap of the primaries in Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, and the Texas runoffs
33:53 - SECOND HALF: Guest fill-in host Patrick Von Hanzlik joins the server in Jacob’s place
36:43 - Eric and Patrick react to the Johnny Depp verdict
46:33 - Eric and Patrick discuss the Left’s latest gun control push after Uvalde
SHOWNOTES
Eric’s review of “Top Gun: Maverick” in American Greatness: https://amgreatness.com/2022/06/02/top-gun-maverick-is-the-movie-america-needs-right-now/
“The Guardian” describes Depp v. Heard trial as “an orgy of misogyny:” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/01/amber-heard-johnny-depp-trial-metoo-backlash
Founder of “#MeToo” movement claims the Johnny Depp verdict is irrelevant: https://amgreatness.com/2022/06/03/metoo-founder-dismisses-impact-of-depp-v-heard-verdict/
Monday May 23, 2022
Monday May 23, 2022
In this episode, we discuss the recent wild Republican primaries, price gouging in the age of a baby formula shortage, and a rare smackdown of feminism in California. For the main topic, we discuss Biden's agenda for chipping away American sovereignty to the World Health Organization and terrifying comments by Pfizer's CEO at the World Economic Forum, reinforcing why these global elites should have nowhere near the power they do.
00:00 Intro and Eric's monsoon experience
06:12 Elections recap and commentary
31:54 Why price gouging with baby formula is a good thing
40:23 Some rare good news out of California
48:12 Main Topic: Biden trying to hand US healthcare sovereignty over to the World Health Organization
SHOWNOTES
Price gouging baby formula
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/we-buy-baby-formula/ar-AAXw1wl
Good news in California
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/abcarian-patriarchy-strikes-again-california-cant-force-companies-to-put-women-on-boards/ar-AAXAf5w
Pfizer's CEO's bombshell at Davos (Video)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/05/21/biden_moves_to_cede_sovereignty_to_who_147634.html
Politico article on Biden's ambassador to the WHO
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/global-pulse/2022/02/24/who-vaccine-passports-00011144
Politifact: "naming and shaming" https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/19/michele-bachmann/no-us-not-backing-who-takeover-national-health-pol/
Monday May 16, 2022
Monday May 16, 2022
In this solo episode, Eric briefly reacts to the mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, then recaps the results of the West Virginia and Nebraska primaries. For the main topic, he tears apart a laughable attempt by Axios to claim that the Left has finally found a "counter-punch" narrative against the Right's Culture War messaging.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro - Summarizing the mass shooting in Buffalo over the weekend
09:37 Recapping the results of the West Virginia and Nebraska primaries
16:12 Main Topic - Debunking a hilarious attempt by Axios to claim that Democrats have finally found a counter-narrative to the Culture War
SHOWNOTES:
Joe Lockhart blames Tucker Carlson and Fox News for Buffalo shooting, and Donald Trump Jr. responds: https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1525605988178468864
Axios claims to have found the counter-punch narrative Democrats need to win the Culture War: https://www.axios.com/2022/05/01/dems-gop-culture-attacks
Biden’s “Teacher of the Year” event at the White House: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-students-like-teachers-children-when-in-classroom
Biden tells teachers that students “are like your children” when in the classroom: https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1520394592465702918?s=20&t=Rzzzg30SIe81ajp1SP3AhQ
PolitiFact’s hilariously awful attempt at debunking Biden’s quote: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/28/republican-national-committee-republican/rnc-tweets-distortion-what-biden-said-teachers-abo/
An article that actually includes excerpts of McMorrow’s speech: https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2022/04/19/mallory-mcmorrow-speech-lana-theis/7371767001/
Monday May 09, 2022
Monday May 09, 2022
In this episode, we're joined by special guest Jim Shoemaker. Mr. Shoemaker is a Republican candidate for California's 9th Congressional district (Stockton). We center the discussion around this episode's main topic of abortion and the recent leak that Roe v. Wade is set to be overturned. We also discuss the California water crisis, national security, the fed, hard money, and trade.
00:00 Intro
03:58 Indiana and Ohio primary recap
11:25 Main Topic: Roe to be aborted
57:02 Interview with CA Congressional candidate Jim Shoemaker
01:02:00 Shoemaker on Roe v Wade and abortion
01:03:55 Shoemaker on water crisis in California
01:11:44 Shoemaker on national security issues
01:15:00 Shoemaker on trade, the federal reserve, and currency
01:20:22 Discussion of CA (09) congressional race and candidates
SHOWNOTES:
The Politico story that broke the Supreme Court’s draft decision on Roe v. Wade: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473
Whoopi Goldberg claims an abortion is a choice involving “myself, my doctor, and my child:” https://thepostmillennial.com/must-watch-whoopi-goldberg-says-her-abortion-is-between-her-her-doctor-and-her-child
Whoopi claims that people in the pre-Roe age had to step over bodies of women on bathroom floors performing illegal abortions: https://www.foxnews.com/media/whoopi-goldberg-abortion-between-my-doctor-myself-my-child
Elizabeth Warren has a meltdown at the Supreme Court: https://twitter.com/SenWarren/status/1521529779408805890
An absolute madlad trolls a pro-abortion harpie in front of the Supreme Court: https://twitter.com/njhochman/status/1521309945970532352
Jim Shoemaker’s campaign website (California’s 9th district): https://shoemaker4congress.com/
Monday May 02, 2022
Monday May 02, 2022
This week, we mix it up a little with The Long Take—a new format, featuring a long-form discussion of one topic. We decided to begin this format with immigration. We discuss the history of immigration in the US, birthright citizenship, the Asian Exclusion Act, the 1924 Immigration Act, Reagan amnesty, the visa lottery, how immigration affects American workers and society, and more.
00:00 Intro
05:25 Where the Right stands today on immigration
09:07 History of immigration in the US until the Reagan era
43:23 Amnesty, chain migration, and the visa lottery
48:30 The negative labor impact of immigration on Americans
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
This week, we invite a guest on to examine the collapse of Netflix after the streaming giant revealed how badly it's bleeding subscribers. We also discuss the fate of CNN+ and why the elusive, journalistic, common sense center that Chris Wallace sought, just, no longer exists today. For our main topic, we show two examples of how far activist judges have taken transgenderism in prisons and a couple of examples of this proving the slippery slope is real.
00:00 Intro
03:30 Globalist World Order holds France...for now
07:45 Ohio Rally Recap for JD Vance
09:34 Netflix Nosedive with Seeking Alpha contributor John Manfreda
25:47 CNN+'s sensible centrist meets his match with Peppermint Patty
41:44 Main Topic: Trans Rights for jailbirds results in two pregnant inmates
SHOWNOTES:
John Manfreda’s articles at Seeking Alpha: https://seekingalpha.com/author/john-manfreda
The downfall of CNN+: https://www.axios.com/discovery-cnn-plus-marketing-layoffs-jobs-b088c03c-b202-4756-8f5f-e64ee77b5095.html
Jen Psaki shuts down Chris Wallace’s attempted moderation on transgenderism: https://dailycaller.com/2022/04/21/chris-wallace-presses-jen-psaki-florida-parental-bill/
Illinois judge orders U.S. Bureau of Prisons to pay for prisoner’s transgender surgery: https://amgreatness.com/2022/04/22/judge-rules-that-prisons-must-accommodate-transgender-prisoners-with-gender-affirming-surgery/
Two female inmates in New Jersey prison pregnant after ACLU lawsuit forced transfer of “transgender” prisoners into facility: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/04/14/aclu-lawsuit-transgender-women-new-jersey-prison-two-inmates-pregnant/
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
In our 60th episode, we look at Trump's highest-stakes endorsement of 2022, as he wades into the Ohio senate primary. We also examine how the DNC's alleged "people of color" coalition is sowing the seeds of its own destruction. For our main topic, we discuss Elon Musk's offer to buy Twitter in what may be the biggest Wall Street showdown of our lifetimes. How far will the Twitter board go to keep him from restoring Twitter to its former glory, and is Musk up against more than woke capital here?
00:00 Intro
04:20 Trump endorses author of Hillbilly Elegy
27:40 Democratic Hispanic identitarians butthurt over House Majority Pac endorsment
41:54 Main Topic: Madman Elon Musk declares war on Deep State's microblog
SHOWNOTES:
First reports that Trump was preparing to endorse J.D. Vance in Ohio: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/trump-plans-jd-vance-endorsement-crowded-ohio-senate-race-rcna24449
Chaos among Vance’s opponents in the primary after the endorsement: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-backs-gops-jd-vance-us-senate-primary-84111824
Ohio GOP establishment tried to block Trump’s endorsement of Vance: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/14/ohio-republicans-vance-endorsement-00025395Washington Post hack Greg Sargent whines about Vance’s America First stance on Ukraine: https://mobile.twitter.com/theplumlinegs/status/1511730295875194887
Democrats turn on each other over racial representation: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/17/house-dems-super-pac-latino-00025694
MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski says it’s the media’s job to control what people think:
https://mobile.twitter.com/fibci2/status/1515003682051530760
A look at a company that used a "poison pill" to keep Cornelius Vanderbilt from buying a railroad in the 1860s: https://www.thoughtco.com/wall-street-war-control-erie-railroad-1773963