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Supreme Court Halts Migrant Caravans

What is it with Old Guard Republicans who think voters can’t tell the difference between government tyranny and corporate tyranny? Eric shows how SD Governor Kristi Noem is one such Republican and how her defense of corporate rights landed her into a spicy spat with commentator Matt Walsh. Meanwhile, the AP shows its hand yet again in how unprofessional and biased it’s become through its recent flair-up with FL Governor Ron Desantis --- quite the fall from the once-beacon of journalistic objectivity. Also, College Football great Herschel Walker officially declares his run for the Georgia Senate against freshman Rafael Warnock.

For the main topic, Jacob and Eric discuss a major victory for Americans on immigration from the Supreme Court --- some much-needed good news during this dreary Biden administration. Jacob reads the salty reaction from an MSNBC columnist, who sums up former President Trump’s judicial appointment legacy quite well --- albeit for different reasons.

 

00:00 Intro

01:13 Governor Kristi Noem Refuses to Protect South Dakota Workers from Corporate Vaccine Mandates

02:13 Conservative political commentator Matt Walsh credits Noem’s looks for her hype.

04:18 Noem Doubles Down in Defense of Corporations

07:29 Associated Press Doubles Down on its Biased Unprofessionalism in Failed Hit Piece on Governor Ron Desantis in its News Section

21:26  Herschel Walker in the Game in Georgia

30:21 Main Topic: Supreme Court Comes in Clutch; Orders Biden Administration to Reinstate Remain in Mexico Policy

 

SHOWNOTES

Kristi Noem and Matt Walsh have a Twitter feud: https://twitter.com/govkristinoem/status/1430670180414337034 

The AP’s hit piece on Ron DeSantis: https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-4d0d18b24e0dd41de2424e19b3ed994f

DeSantis’s response: https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/gov-desantis-fires-back-at-ap-calls-regeneron-article-a-brazen-political-attack/

The New York Post’s commentary on the AP’s leftward shift: https://nypost.com/2020/10/22/the-associated-press-progressive-bias-is-out-of-control/

Op-ed in The Denver Post by John Caldara on the AP’s bias: https://www.denverpost.com/2020/01/03/caldara-the-medias-progressive-bias-has-a-propaganda-guide-the-ap-stylebook/

Local news outlets push back against the AP’s slander: https://lufkindailynews.com/news/community/article_3343f8c7-16b8-5d01-8bb8-194f45ee09c6.html

Herschel Walker jumps into the U.S. Senate race in Georgia: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/569393-herschel-walkers-entrance-shakes-up-georgia-senate-race 

Supreme Court orders Biden to reinstate “Remain in Mexico” policy: https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2021/08/25/migration-lobby-react-to-scotus-decision-horrible-catastrophe-atrocity/ 

The Left’s meltdown over the Supreme Court decision: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/ncna1277662

 

America Exits the Graveyard of Empires

In this week’s episode, Eric analyzes the 2020 census data and how this ties into the Left’s immigration agenda. Jacob covers a recent investigation by the Washington Free Beacon (WFB), which looks at the revolving door of the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) factory. WFB focuses on one consultancy, which runs a profiteering racket with private schools and private school accrediting agencies, showing how the DEI push centers around dollars in addition to ideology. For the main topic, they cover the recent withdrawal debacle in Afghanistan, which has forced the Biden administration to scramble to evacuate the tens of thousands of Americans and Afghan allies, many of them trapped behind Taliban lines.

 

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Intro

01:40 Media celebrates the replacement of white Americans with the latest census results

07:15 An Investigation into the Lucrative Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Industry

19:22 America with its tail between its legs from Afghanistan as the Taliban takes its country back.

 

SHOWNOTES:

Tucker Carlson’s monologue on the Left’s celebration of the census data: https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1426357189376086016 

The DHS plans to bring even more refugees into the United States: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/18/dhs-announces-plan-speed-asylum-cases/

The lucrative revolving door bringing Critical Race Theory to schools: https://freebeacon.com/culture/the-lucrative-business-of-woke-education/ 

Secretary of State Blinken insists Afghanistan withdrawal is not a failure: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/15/antony-blinken-us-mission-afghanistan-saigon 

Lawrence Chambers, Commander of the USS Midway during Operation Frequent Wind in Vietnam, says what’s happening in Afghanistan is even worse: https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-military/2021/08/15/whats-happening-now-is-worse-midway-skipper-who-pushed-choppers-off-deck-in-fall-of-saigon/ 

Afghan civilians desperately try to climb onto departing Air Force plane in Kabul airport: https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2021/08/16/watch-desperate-afghans-try-to-board-u-s-air-force-plane-at-kabul-airport/ 

Afghan stowaways fall to their deaths from departing Air Force aircraft: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XoV5gV2gUU 

Bodies from departing aircraft land on rooftops in Kabul: https://twitter.com/manipulator2629/status/1427186870547537922 

On July 8th, Biden said it was “highly unlikely” that the Taliban would take Kabul: https://www.npr.org/2021/08/14/1027696241/biden-said-the-u-s-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-would-be-safe-then-chaos-ensued 

Biden’s approvals sink to a record low following Saigon 2.0: https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-loses-ground-independents-approval-rating-drops-amid-afghanistan-debacle-1620615 

CNN’s Chris Cillizza says that Biden is facing a crisis of competence: https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/16/politics/joe-biden-afghanistan-border-masks-covid-19/index.html 

Biden doubles down, insists there was no way the Afghanistan withdrawal wouldn’t be messy: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/joe-biden-interview-kabul-airport-afghanistan-b1904954.html 

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani accused of stealing $169 million. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/18/live-updates-afghanistan-news-us-evacuates-taliban-takeover/8176545002/

 

Cuomo Sleeps with the Fishes

In this week's episode, Jacob covers the latest in the culture war for public schools in Virginia. He focuses on a heated discussion in Loudoun County over Virginia's new transgender requirements, current school board member recall efforts, and how it degenerated to this. Eric talks about Ben Shapiro's recent attack on the January 6 protesters and why conservatives should not consider him an ally. For the main topic, they discuss former Governor Andrew Cuomo's resignation over sexual harassment accusations and what it means for New York politics going forward. Should the Right consider this a win? Or is it merely a calculated distraction?

 

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

In Virginia, boys will join your daughter on the field, in the locker room, and in the bathroom, or you will pay private tuition.

29:57 Benji Shapiro calls January 6 MAGA trespassers evil and says they should rot in prison.

47:03 Main Topic: The Michael Corleone of New York Takes the Fall

48:10 Mandatory Grave-Dancing

51:24 Recap of the Road to Cuomo's Fall from Power

57:03 What does all of this mean, and is this a win for New York American politics?

01:01:23 Cui bono from Cuomo? Cuomo resigns on the day the Senate passes Biden's infrastructure package.

 

SHOWNOTES:

Multiple speeches at Loudoun County School Board meeting about transgender bathroom policy: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/loudoun-school-board-to-vote-on-transgender-student-policy/2768796/

Second-graders in Falls Church, Virginia being taught to feel safer without police around: https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/06/school-police-video-second-grade-elementary-school-virginia-fairfax-county/ 

Interview with the woman behind the Fairfax County School Board recall efforts:

https://www.braddockbuzz.com/p/an-interview-with-the-woman-behind

Ben Shapiro calls January 6th protesters “evil” on Bill Maher’s show: https://rumble.com/vkxfnp-malcolm-nance-vs.-ben-shapiro-and-facts-about-jan.-6.html 

A Diagnosis of America's New Elite

Jacob and Eric open this episode with the recent College Republican National Chair election, which played out like a bad episode of House of Cards. For the main topic, Jacob analyzes conservative commentator David Brooks’s recent article “How the Bobos Broke America." In it, Brooks revisits his 2000 book Bobos in Paradise, which identified the rising young elite who would shape the American upper class of the 21st century. Brooks sees a dire picture of an America bitterly fractured by class, which this new educated, urban elite caused by disrupting the traditional class markers and paths to upward mobility. This diagnosis provides possible paths to solutions before America disintegrates into irreconcilable factions based on domination rather than cooperation.

 

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

05:11 College Republicans go full banana republic

23:24 Main Topic: NYT’s conservative commentator David Brooks revisits his Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There from 21 years ago to see how America’s new elites are faring today.

23:23 Bobos vs Boubours: The Age of the Hipster

30:30 Who are elites today? What makes one an elite?

44:11 Financial Correctness of the New Elite and the Elite’s Impact on Inequality

59:32 How the new elites have scrambled parties on the Left

01:00:58 Cultural Correctness of the New Elite

01:08:56 Brooks identifies and diagnoses the political and social backlash to the new elite

01:20:45 The Blue and Red Hierarchies of Today

01:26:44 The Rung of Bobos Driving Cancel Culture, How They Differ from Their Elder Bobos, and How They Use Activism for Social and Economic Advancement

01:28:32 The Young Bobos Turn Their Cancel Culture Guns on DaBaby

01:45:08 Where Brooks sees Joe Biden fitting into all of this

01:47:20 Critique of Brooks’s diagnosis of and prescription for America’s political class divide

 

SHOWNOTES:

After cicadas, the D.C. area has a new bug to deal with: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/08/03/pyemotes-oak-tree-itch-mites-cicada-washington-dc-region/5478360001/

College Republicans National Committee (CRNC) scandalized by election fraud in race for National Chairman: https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/02/the-collapse-of-the-college-republicans/

CRNC members accused of planning fake sexual assault allegations against political opponents: https://spectatorworld.com/topic/college-republicans-fake-sexual-assault-allegations-benjamin-rajadurai/ 

David Brooks’ article on the “new elite:” https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/09/blame-the-bobos-creative-class/619492/

 

 

Critical Race Theory Backfiring on Democrats?

In this episode, Jacob and Eric react to Simone Biles’s sudden withdrawal from the Olympics, citing “mental health” as her reasoning, and how this reflects more broadly on the new American mindset where everyone puts their own interests ahead of the common good. After breaking down a blood-boiling story about a “Catholic” charity that is renting out hotels for COVID-positive illegal aliens in Texas and letting them roam freely in small towns to infect American citizens, they turn to the main topic: A long-form exposé article in Politico about how Democrats are starting to face widespread backlash over their systemic promotion of the anti-White and anti-American Critical Race Theory.

 

00:00 Intro

01:12 Team USA struggles as Simone Biles sits one out

20:24 Illegals with Covid Released by Customs and Border Patrol in Texas

34:20 Main Topic: Politico sounds the distress call over Critical Race Theory in schools

 

SHOWNOTES: 

American Basketball team loses first Olympic game since 2004: https://sports.yahoo.com/usa-mens-basketball-loses-france-first-olympic-game-since-2004-141418982.html

Simone Biles claims “mental health” is behind her withdrawal: https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2021/07/27/olympic-simone-biles-tokyo-2020-team-finals-press-conference-sot-vpx.tokyo-2020/video/playlists/2021-tokyo-olympics/

“Catholic” charity in Texas rents out entire hotels exclusively for COVID-positive illegal aliens: https://amgreatness.com/2021/07/28/covid-positive-illegal-aliens-in-texas-staying-in-charity-provided-hotel-infecting-people-in-restaurants/ 

Brian Kemp fails miserably, gives local school districts the power to implement mask mandates: https://www.foxnews.com/us/atlanta-mask-mandate-brian-kemp-schools

Politico report on how Critical Race Theory is beginning to backfire on the Left: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/26/democrats-school-critical-race-theory-500729

Why crime is no longer a winning political issue for Republicans: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/07/25/pandemic-crime-politics-1970s-election-500653 

Interview with Virginia House of Delegates Candidate Tim Kilcullen

In this episode, Jacob and Eric discuss Secretary of State Blinken's appeal to the UN to judge America for its racism and why running on fiscal conservatism won't work for Virginia Republicans. For the main topic, they interview Timothy Kilcullen, the Republican candidate for Virginia House District 49, where Amazon's new HQ2 will be located. 

America First or Cuba Libre?

In this episode, The Right Take guys discuss the Republican gubernatorial field in California, Tomi Lahren’s crusade to defend Caitlyn Jenner’s honor, and the entry of JD Vance of Hillbilly Elegy fame into the Ohio senate race. For the main topic, they discuss the protests in Cuba and the reaction of conservatives, particularly Cuban Americans to the situation.

 

00:00 Intro

01:51 No-sense-of-humor libs keep “Own the Libs” conservatism on life support

04:55 Eric breaks down the Republican candidates in the CA recall election

16:40 Tomi Lahren bravely calls out the conservative “mob” for being … conservative

42:46 JD Vance jumps into the Ohio senate race

53:14 The Cuba situation from an American nationalist perspective

 

SHOWNOTES:

Radio host Larry Elder jumps into the California recall election: https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2021/07/12/conservative-talk-show-host-larry-elder-announces-recall-bid-on-radio-1388240 

Tomi Lahren REALLY supports Bruce Jenner: https://twitter.com/TomiLahren/status/1414438023475998724 

https://twitter.com/TomiLahren/status/1414465218412007425 

https://twitter.com/TomiLahren/status/1414616700637569027 

https://twitter.com/TomiLahren/status/1414627425804238856 

Jenna Ellis calls out Tomi Lahren, and Lahren responds: https://twitter.com/JennaEllisEsq/status/1414617652107128835  

https://twitter.com/TomiLahren/status/1414625161517715458 

Two excellent analyses of J.D. Vance’s Ohio Senate candidacy, and why the elites hate him so much: https://amgreatness.com/2021/07/05/why-trump-haters-have-set-their-sights-on-j-d-vance/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/08/jd-vance-is-scaring-americas-elite-good/ 

Miami mayor calls for airstrikes on Cuba:https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article252730363.html

 

Interview with NewsBusters' Alex Hall

Jacob and Eric interview Alex Hall, host of “TechShark” at Media Research Center’s Newsbusters, to talk about the latest developments in the war on Big Tech, from the recent blow to antitrust investigations against Facebook, to the newest conservative alternatives that have been created.

SHOWNOTES:

Follow Alex’s show “TechShark” at MRCTV: https://www.mrctv.org/author/alex-hall 

Follow Alex on Twitter: https://twitter.com/alextechshark 

Facebook issues bizarre “extremism” warnings to all users: https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/alexander-hall/2021/07/02/1984-facebook-slammed-after-sending-extremism-exposure 

Dan Bongino creates a conservative payment processor platform: https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/alexander-hall/2021/07/01/cancel-culture-canceled-bongino-creates-free-speech 

Slate to censor conservative satire websites that criticize Facebook: https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/alexander-hall/2021/06/25/slate-facebooks-corner-site-censor-satire-punches-down 

Obama judge dismisses two major antitrust lawsuits against Facebook: https://amgreatness.com/2021/06/29/federal-judge-dismisses-antitrust-lawsuits-against-facebook/ 

Amazon demands that FTC chair recuse herself from antitrust investigations: https://amgreatness.com/2021/07/01/amazon-demands-recusal-of-ftc-chair-from-any-antitrust-investigations/ 

Interview with Liberty Hangout's Kaitlin Bennett

For the second-ever interview on The Right Take, Eric talks to Kaitlin Bennett, a reporter with Liberty Hangout who first gained fame as the "Kent State gun girl," based on her college graduation photos with an AR-15 which went viral in 2018, and who now does "man-on-the-street" video interviews. Eric and Kaitlin talk about the Left's latest efforts to completely change our society, from Critical Race Theory to mainstreaming the idea of "transgenderism," and also discuss how these ideas originated on college campuses, what can be done to push back on these indoctrination efforts, and more.

00:00 Intro
05:08 How Kaitlin got started
09:15 Kaitlin's wildest "man-on-the-street" stories
14:17 How the Right failed to prevent Critical Race Theory
21:36 Are there truly any "American" values anymore?
24:00 The myth of "transgenderism"
35:05 Are people really born gay?
42:29 The cult of Fauci
44:48 What can be done about the campuses?
52:55 Is individualism good?
58:31 Can our culture be saved?
1:00:28 Is America a republic or a democracy?
1:03:04 How the Left is radicalizing everyday Americans

SHOWNOTES
Subscribe to Liberty Hangout on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQMb7c66tJ7Si8IrWHOgAPg 
LibertyHangout.tv: https://libertyhangout.tv/join/ 

How California Became Paradise Lost

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For this deep dive episode, Jacob and Eric take a closer look at the major reasons why California - once considered one of the bastions of the Republican Party - has fallen so far to become the leftist hellhole that it is now: From the California GOP’s failures to capitalize on anti-immigration sentiment in the 1990s, to Schwarzenegger’s support for gay marriage, and the passage of a proposition to change California’s primary system to a “jungle primary/top-two system.” They explain how each mistake led to each other and contributed to the state’s downfall, and how we can learn from California’s example to avoid making the same mistakes at the national level.

00:00 Intro - How far California has fallen

04:21 The anti-immigration Proposition 187 (1994)

15:04 Arnold Schwarzenegger and the gubernatorial recall (2003)

19:32 The pro-traditional marriage Proposition 8 (2008)

25:58 Proposition 14 and the “jungle primary” system (2010)

35:05 Conclusion - Demographics are destiny

SHOWNOTES: 

Eric’s e-book on the downfall of California and the California Republican Party: https://www.amazon.com/Youre-Damned-Right-Timeline-California-ebook/dp/B078QZKWPH