July 17, 2026 • 29 mins
1: Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, and U.S. Military Actions
Key points include:
- Rising tensions between the United States and Iran.
- Claims that U.S. forces are conducting strikes against Iranian military targets.
- Concerns that shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is slowing due to security risks.
- Reports that Iranian lawmakers are moving to strengthen control over the waterway.
- Discussion of potential impacts on oil prices and global energy markets.
President Trump is taking aggressive action to:
- Protect international shipping.
- Pressure Iran economically and militarily.
- Prevent Iran from threatening global commerce.
- Trump reversed a proposed 20% transit reimbursement fee for shipping.
- The fee would be replaced by trade and investment agreements with Gulf nations.
- A blockade would remain on Iranian shipping and cargo.
Escalation Threats Against Iran
- Continued strikes against Iran.
- Potential attacks on power plants and bridges.
- Pressure on Iran to negotiate.
2: Ukraine's Strategy Against Russia
Ukrainian Drone Campaign
Ukraine has:
- Shifted from traditional battlefield operations.
- Focused on attacking Russian oil refineries.
- Targeted fuel depots, ports, and logistics centers.
Impact on Russia
- Fuel shortages inside Russia.
- Long gas lines.
- Disruption of fuel production and distribution.
- Economic pressure on the Russian government.
Ukraine is targeting the foundations of Russia's war effort by attacking:
- Energy infrastructure.
- Logistics networks.
- Economic resources.
Pressure on Vladimir Putin
- Russian oligarchs may be losing confidence in Putin.
- Fuel shortages are creating domestic dissatisfaction.
- Ukrainian attacks are increasing internal pressure on the Kremlin.
The overall argument is that Ukraine's strategy is no longer merely military but psychological and economic, intended to force Russian leadership toward negotiations.
3: Democratic Party and Democratic Socialists of America
Main Argument
- Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have gained significant influence.
- Marxist, communist, and socialist factions are becoming more prominent.
- The Democratic Party failed to stop this ideological movement.
The DSA is:
- Radical.
- Marxist-Leninist.
- Threatening to American democracy and capitalism.
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC).
- Party leadership struggles.
- Shifts within progressive political organizations.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Strain of hor MOUs remains one of the most
strategically important waterways on Earth. That's why we're talking about
it so much. As I've said before, about one fifth
of the world's oil supply normally passes through the shipping
lane each and every day. President Donald Trump has continued
now to escalate pressure on Iran while also adjusting parts
(00:24):
of his strategy, and today Trump said no country should
be charging ships a fee to pass through the strain
of war moves, backing away from that earlier proposal for
a US imposed transit fee.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Now.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
I'm going to have more on that in a moment.
But the military situation remains extremely tense. The United States
has continued intense strikes against the Iranian military targets after
accusing Tehran of violating previous understandings and threatening shipping throughout
the Persian Gulf. Iranian forces have also responded with missile
(01:00):
our own attacks targeting Golf Region facilities and maritime traffic, keeping
the entire region well on edge.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Now.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
One of the biggest concerns right now is still very
much commercial shipping. Major shipping companies are continuing to monitor
the situation carefully, and vessel traffic through the strait has
slowed significantly. Why because the insurers and the cargo companies
and the tanker operators are now weighing the real growing
risk from Iran. Every reduction in shipping raises concerns about
(01:33):
higher energy prices and potential supply disruptions if the conflict worsens. Meanwhile,
Iran's political leadership is also signaling that it intends to
maintain quote unquote their pressure. According to new reports, lawmakers
in Tehran are advancing legislation really to Iranians control over
(01:54):
the Strait of Hormuz. That is a move that analysts
believe is intended to both strengthen Iran's negotiating position and
also demonstrate resolve domestically and send a clear message to
the US and the Middle East that they're not done
fighting now. From Washington, the Trump administration is continuing to
argue that freedom of navigation must be protected and that
(02:16):
Iran cannot be allowed to threaten one of the world's
most important maritime choke points. Now. Military analysts also say
the United States now faces two well simultaneous objectives. Number one,
protect international shipping, and then number two, to prevent the
conflict from expanding into a broader regional war involving additional
(02:38):
countries that Iran would love to bring into the mix.
Now these goals are becoming increasingly difficult. Why because Iran
continues to act more and more erratic each and every day. Now,
the financial markets are also watching every development closely, and
this does have an impact on you and your family's budget.
Oil prices have climbed sharply the renewed fears of supply disruptions,
(03:02):
and investors are trying to determine whether this becomes a
prolonged confrontation or whether diplomacy can eventually reduce tensions. Even
rumors surrounding the Strait of Hormus can move global markets
instantly because of its enormous importance to international energy. Now,
President Trump has also made it clear that he believes
(03:22):
America's role in protecting international shipping has come at significant
costs to the United States of America, and that's why
he talked about having a proposed transit fee. Well, let's
talk about what has happened with that in the last
twenty four hours.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Now.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday afternoon that he has
now decided to replace his proposed twenty percent reimbursement fee
on cargo ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz with trade
and investment deals involving Gulf States, while maintaining a blockade
on ships traveling to or from Iranian ports or carrying
(03:59):
Iranian cargo that.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Would include their oil.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Quote oil is flown like never before, thanks to the
awesome power of the United States military, Trump said on
true Social He credited the Secretary of War Pete Headseth,
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and the US Central Command,
and American service members for the victory.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Trump said the sort.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Of ramus is open to all ships traffic except for Iran,
blaming Tehran saying they're lying, violent and malicious leadership for
placing the country and a path towards quote total destruction.
The President saying, we will therefore have a full blockade,
but only on ships coming to and from Iranian ports
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or carrying anything that has to do with Iranian cargo.
And the President announced then that he would replace that
twenty percent fee that he proposed Monday to reimburse the
United States for protecting international shipping through the waterway with
something different, saying, quote, based on highly productive converce sations
with Middle East leadership. I've decided to replace the twenty
(05:04):
percent United States reimbursement fee with trade and investment deals
that the various Golf States will be making into the
United States of America. The President also described the planned
investment as massive and said they would also be extraordinarily
good for the Gulf States and their futures as well.
As everyone is aware, we have the largest dollar investment
(05:27):
into the United States of any country in history, but
these new investments will make the number even larger, and
we will see factories, plants, and equipment pour into the
United States at historic levels, which will then create additional
millions of high paying American jobs. The President said, America's
winning again, winning like never before. The days of Iran
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killing hundreds of thousands of people, including fifty two thousand protesters,
are over, and most importantly, Iran will never have a
nuclear way now. Trump's announcement also came after US forces
carried out a five hour mission targeting Iranian coastal defense systems,
missile and drone sites, and maritime capabilities to further degrade
(06:13):
Iran's ability to attack commercial shipping. US Central Command said
the strikes hit military targets across Iran, including many areas
that were very close to where the shipping channel is. Now,
Trump had declared the ceasefire over and said the United
States would take over the Strait of Hormus and become
its guardian now. Trump first announced that twenty percent reimbursement
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on Monday, declaring that the United States and the Straight
of Hormus would be open and it will remain open
with or without Iran. And that is when he said
the United States was reinstating that Iranian blockade, which would
only stop Iran ships or customers from entering or leaving,
while all other countries would have fair and open use
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of the strait. Trump said the United States would to
be reimbursed for protecting international shipping at that rate of
twenty percent on all cargo ships. Now, the president has
clearly changed that. Now here's what's happened. When it comes
to the price that pump oil prices have risen four
percent in early trading on Monday going into Tuesday, Goldman
(07:17):
Sachs came out and warned that the renewed escalation would
increase short term risk of higher prices by further disrupting
golf exports. And that is exactly why the President's made
it clear that in America we have to continue to drill, baby, drill.
One thing is for sure, the President is being very
proactive right now making sure that Iran doesn't hold the
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world hostage. And also the President says the US will
knock out Iran's power plants and bridges next week unless
the regime makes a deal.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
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Speaker 1 (07:50):
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the President had to say in his own words.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Strikes were seen this week against Iran, will expand, are
you considering hitting energy targets or other locations in size?
Speaker 4 (09:54):
I'll save the energy targets for last, but ultimately we'll
hit energy tuggets, y'all. But we're going to hit him
very hard tonight. We're going to hit him very hard.
Tomorrow night, We're going to hit him very hard the
night after. And then next week it gets really bad
for them because next week comes the power plants. Next
(10:15):
week comes the bridges. We're going to knock out all
the power plants. We're going to knock out all the
bridges unless they get to the table and negotiate.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Do you believe the Iranians are serious about making a deal.
Speaker 4 (10:26):
I think they have no choice.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Why haven't they yet?
Speaker 4 (10:29):
I think if I didn't do the way I'm doing,
they would never make a deal.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
So there's the President in his own word, saying that
next week the US will knock out Iran's power plants
and bridges unless the regime makes a deal.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
We will obviously keep you updated on all of this.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
It's crazy to think It's now been more than four
years since the war in Ukraine started. Vladimir Putin has
not gotten what he thought was going to happen out
of that. War certainly has not taken over all of Ukraine,
and Ukraine has largely been defined by the battles on
Ukrainian soil. But something has changed over the past several months.
(11:12):
Increasingly Ukraine has been taking the fight deep inside of Russia.
Now not with massive ground invasions with troops or machinery. Instead,
they've been doing it with long range drones flying very
low and targeting the actual infrastructure that keeps the Russian
economy and military running. Now, to be clear, that's actually
(11:35):
one thing, well two, if you really want to get
down to it, oil and gas. And now there are
new reports coming out saying that Ukraine's new battle plan
is working incredibly well. The coverage now being highlighted in
a lot of Europe. Ukrainian strikes have not only hit
oil refineries, but also fuel depots as well as ports
(11:58):
and logistics hubs across Russia. That has resulted in massive
now fuel shortages that has turned into long lines at
gas stations in Russia and now official rationing in some regions.
Now there's growing pressure on Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin
in general. Reuters and now the Associated Press are also
(12:21):
reporting quote significant disruptions to Russia's fuel production and distribution
following the latest wave of attacks on their energy infrastructure.
Now this matters because wars aren't fought on the battlefield alone.
They're literally fought with logistics and manufacturing and transportation and
then public morale as well as money and cash that
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Russia desperately needs, and it comes from oil and gas. Now,
Russia remains one of the world's largest oil producers. That
is how Vladimir Putin keeps its power. But now it's
dealing with these shortages. They're dealing with them not to
sell abroad, they're dealing with them at home because of
the repeated strikes on the refinery capabilities. Reuters reported that
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gasoline production had fallen quote well below seasonal demand after
several major refineries were damaged and forced offline altogether. Now,
if you imagine what that means, one of the world's
largest superpowers is struggling to keep enough gasoline flowing to
meet their domestic demand. That is a remarkable development, especially
(13:32):
because it's happening at the hands of Ukraine now across
parts of Russia. There's also reports that are describing motorists
waiting in extremely long lines for fuel, and then there's
export restrictions that have been put out. There's also emergency
imports and regional efforts to manage the shortages. The Associated
Press is now describing the situation as quote unprecedented for
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modern Russia. And for Vladimir Putin, the challenge isn't simply
the military issue. It's now become a political one for him.
Throughout his years in power, Putin has cultivated an image
of stability. Russians could tolerate sanctions, they could tolerate inflation,
many even tolerated the prolonged four year war. But the
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shortages change everything. And that's exactly why Ukraine is doing
what they're doing now, because now you have ordinary citizens
that literally can't fuel their cars. Their businesses are struggling
to operate, deliveries are slowing down. Agriculture has become much
more difficult, and that is where the frustrations become publicly visible. Ukraine,
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by the way, they clearly seem to understand this. So
rather than focusing only on the front lines. Kieva has
increasingly targeted what military analysts call Russia's war sustaining infrastructure,
oil refineries and storage facilities, then the logistics networks, and
then the transportation links. And the objective is actually incredibly simple.
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It's not only to reduce Russia's military capability, but also
to increase the economic cost of continuing the war with Ukraine.
Now that doesn't mean Russia is on the verge of collapse.
In fact, I think it's fair to say it's far
from it. But what Russia still understands is that when
people on the ground get angry, things can change quickly,
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and it can also change the way the oligarchs act
towards Vladimir Putin. Now, Russia still possesses enormous military resources,
they have significant industrial capabilities, and they have substantial financial reserves.
But these strikes are demonstrating that the war is affecting
ordinary Russians more directly than before, which can change the tide,
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certainly for Vladimir Putin, and not in a good way.
But Russia has another pr problem problem, and it relates
to Lindsey Graham. I want to play for you a
very interesting question that was asked to President Donald Trump,
and it was one asked on Newsmax. Greg Kelly asked
President Trump whether he thinks Russia might have been involved
(16:06):
played a role in the death of Senator Lindsey Graham.
And I want you to listen to what the President
had to say.
Speaker 5 (16:14):
We've heard a lot of your comments.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
He lost a big friend.
Speaker 5 (16:17):
I saw him in Ukraine on his way back, and
we all saw the video. He didn't look so hot,
I'm told by those who know him. Maybe he looked
a little off. He was tired. Look, the Russians have
they have a habit of poisoning people they don't like,
and Lindsey Graham once called for Putin to be taken out.
You have any suspicions or worries. Do you think we
(16:38):
know the whole story about his death?
Speaker 6 (16:40):
Well, I think we do. We've had great doctors and
they talked about, you know, a certain part of his
body literally blew up, and that's a condition I believe
his father had. Also, his father died very very young
from heart complications, and that's what Lindsay had. And it's
something that's number one, is very tough to see. Even
if you see it, it's hard to fix, very hard
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to fix. And you know, he had the problem with arteries,
and I thought he was like a seventy percent blockage.
I said, lindsay, you're gonna have to go and take.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
Care of that.
Speaker 6 (17:11):
But this was not that problem. This was a different
problem that wasn't really related. So he called me and
I said, how you do. He just got back from Ukraine.
He's he was a worker. He was always splace and
he loved it though, he really loved it. He was good,
he was a good he was really a great politician actually,
but he just got back and I said, how you doing?
And he said, well, I'm doing good, but I'm tired.
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And within you know, a short period of time after
that call.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
Uh, he was gone.
Speaker 6 (17:41):
Amazing actually, but he was. I don't think, you know,
just to answer the conspiracy there, I don't know. I'd
love to say yes, but I think he had some
problems and very very difficult and his father died just
about at the same age. From you know, I'm a
believer in the racesource theory. You know, if you have problems, problems,
and he had some problems that were a little bit
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deep seated and not easy to find.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
The president there answering that question about could Russia be involved? Now.
I bring that up because obviously this is playing into
a lot of the issues that Vladimir Putin is having
right now in Ukraine. It's also interesting to see there
was an article written in the Daily Mail and this
is what it said.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
Putin and his family might jump out.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
A window Russian leaders undergrowing pressure from the oligarchs as
Ukraine strikes spark more petrol shortages and chaos. It goes
on to say Putin and his family might be murdered
as the Krimin dictator rapidly loses support across Russia. A
senior Estonian minister has said. Foreign minister made the comments
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in an interview with a Dutch newspaper on the topic
of Russia's faltering performance in the war with Ukraine, saying this,
even among the oligarchs, more and more doubting Putin's war.
Many who spoke of victory a year ago no longer
believe it now it comes to Ukraine as striking Russian
energy infrastructure at an unprecedented rate. Zelenski's intense drone campaign
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is now triggering Moscow's worst fuel crisis in decade. The
Daily Mail continues, more than half of Russia's regions have
now been forced to impose strict limits on fuel cells
with disgruntled residents. Well, they're sitting for hours and getting
in even to dramatic brawls at petrol stations. Putin could
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change his goals at enter into serious negotiations if he
acts rationally, the leader from Essonia said in the interview.
He also wanted to say it's just as possible that
one day he'll jump out a window with his family.
After all, things like that happened quote unquote in Russia. Now,
since the beginning of twenty twenty six, Russia's refineries have
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been hit at least one hundred and ninety four times.
That is an elevenfold increase from the same period the
previous year. That according to data from a Polish analytical
group monitoring the war. And in June Keef at Moscow
so oil refinery several times that sparked huge blazes and
send clouds of smoke billowing over the capitol and Russia.
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And so clearly the Ukrainian leadership have said, we've got
an idea here. We're going to have a forty day
influence operation we're going to use our long wearing strike units,
and we're going to try to force Putin to the
negotiating table. And by now they say every Russian fills.
This war isn't happening somewhere far away, but now it's
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reaching them directly. So here we are Vladimir Putin having
a day where he's going to have to decide does
he keep going forward and then risk getting in serious
trouble with the Russian people and even the oligarchs, or
does this change is calculus and actually talk about a
cease fire. We'll keep covering it in the days ahead
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of us. All Right, there's a new warning and a
new article from the Free Press that is reigniting the
long running debate about the direction of the Democratic Party
and specifically now the massive influence and the massive number
of candidates that the Democratic Socialists of America known as
DSA are actually having and when it comes to influence
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in its leadership on American politics. Now, this article now
has come out saying that quote, the majority of the
National Political Committee for the Democratic Socialists of America, that is,
the organization's elected governing body, all right, publicly identifies with
or belongs to quote caucuses that embrace Communists, Marxists, or
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Marxist Leninist traditions. Now, the article argues, this represents a
significant ideological shift within the organization's leadership compared with previous years. Now,
for decades, many Americans assume that the term democratic socialists
was like a fringe idea, that it was like a
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very small number of people in the Democratic Party, nothing
to really worry about. Well, that assumption is now wrong,
because democratic Socialists now refers primarily to what it is,
a European style welfare state.
Speaker 3 (22:23):
All right.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
It expanded government programs massively. That's why Democrats like it.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
Now.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
The Free Press is now saying that within the DSA itself,
the organized communist factions have gained increasing influence over the
entire Democratic Party and also over the internal elections and
policy directions of the Democratic Party.
Speaker 3 (22:46):
Now.
Speaker 1 (22:46):
The article also notes that several caucuses represented in the
leadership now openly describe themselves as not just like communists, Okay,
straight up, Marxists are Marxist Leninists. Others are that this
is a growing role of these factions within the entire
Democratic leadership in general. That's now why you're seeing so
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many extremist candidates that are actually running and winning. Now,
this also raises another important question. If the leadership in
this organization has become this powerful, what does that mean
for the Democratic Party in general? Well, it means that
there is chaos within the Democratic Party. They don't know
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how to stop the Marxist Leninists from taking over, and
that is what they're doing. Okay, you can identify as
a Democrat, as a as a Marxist. They don't have
a problem with you as a socialist, and I have
a problem with you. If you're a communist, they don't
have a problem with you. But that is the problem,
the fact that the Democrats did not fight this within
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their own family, and now it is festered into a
massive cancer. They don't know how to stop it because
now these crazy are actually in charge and they're picking
the candidates that are running. Now, Marxism has developed, by
the way, by Karl Marx called for quote, replacing capitalism
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with collective ownership of the means of production. They also
envisioned what they described as a classless society.
Speaker 3 (24:20):
Everyone's the same.
Speaker 1 (24:22):
So governments would then say, all right, we're going to
have policies that say everyone must be equal. Think about
how that changes America. You look at the Soviet Union
under Lenin and Stalin, all right. You look at Malan China.
You look at Cuba under Castro, you look at Cambodia
all right under rogue. They all became authoritarian states, right,
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and they committed widespread human rights abuses to gain the
power that now the communists in America are begging for. Historians,
by the way, also say this, find us a country
that is actually flourished under common Uanism, socialism or Marxism.
Speaker 3 (25:02):
It doesn't exist. Now.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
You look at Russia for example, right now you have
political repression, You've got restrictions on civil liberties, and you
even have mass deaths of their own people. You can
apply that to any other country, by the way, that
socialist communists are Marxists. So why is the Democratic Socialist
Party of America having the success right now? Because they
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were not policed or stopped by the Democratic Party. And
that is the heart of why this matters today. Now,
the Free Press also argued this isn't simply a matter
of labels. It contends that communist align causes now run
or play a significant role in shaping the leadership and
the agenda of the left that is a threat to
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American democracy, American freedom, our constitution. And because several, by
the way, elected officials around the country have now been
affiliated and endorsed by the Democratic social of America, you
have to look at them and say, hold on, how
did the Democratic PARTI as a whole not get a
hold of this? How do they not stop it? Maybe
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they didn't want to. By the way, if you think
about the most democratic elected officials right now in this country,
the newest ones, they are radical socialists and Marxists. The
Democratic Party has not figured out a way to stop
them from growing, including the leadership like Chuck Schumer. You
have the rise of AOC and man Donnie and others
like that. And so even some former DSA members have
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expressed concerns about the organization's trajectory.
Speaker 3 (26:33):
Let me give you an example.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
There was a recent opinion piece by the former DSA
member Jake Autman, and he argued that the organization has
shifted from a broader democratic socialist coalition towards one increasingly
influenced by more ideologically rigid Marxists and Linen tendencies. If
they're warning you and I'm talking about former members of
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the board about how radical they become. You know, we've
got a real problem now for voters. The larger question
and the lesson may be this, you need to look
at your candidates, right, because this is much bigger of
a problem than basic campaign slogans or even party labels.
All Right, you look at the organizations that candidates belong to.
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That tells you who they really are. You need to
look at the platforms that they support. By the way,
if you want to see how radical the Democratic Socialism
America AAR, go to their website, read what they believe
in and you're going to say, oh, my gosh, Ben,
this isn't real, and I'm going to say I wish
it wasn't, But guess what it actually is. You can
see who they endorse, and then you know who is
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a threat to our freedoms in this country. And these
people they're shaping not only the candidates we get, but
they're also now reshaping the Democratic Party as a whole. Now,
let me just explain to you how radical I'm saying
they become. You know, AOC, the Darling of the left,
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she's a radical. Well, the Democratic Socialists of America have
now officially pulled their support for AOC, not because she's
too radical, but because they say she's actually too moderate.
The loss of a socialist endorsement by AOC like, that's
the point where you're like, all right, did hell freeze over?
Speaker 3 (28:23):
Let me read their own statement.
Speaker 1 (28:25):
The national leadership of the Democratic Socialists of America have
pulled their endorsement of AOC. They cite her pragmatic approach
to party unity, her fundraising for establishment Democrats, and her
careful positioning regarding the war in Gaza as proof that
she had quote moderated, therefore losing their support. Now, this
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is who is running the Democratic Party right now. These
are the people that are picking the candidates. And I
tell you this because you need to understand. This is
now where the Democratic Party is. They are radical, they
are extreme, and the majority of them in the Democratic
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leadership say they're either a socialist, a Marxist, a Stalinist.
In their approach, all of those things equal one main theme.
They want to destroy America from within. They believe America
is evil, they believe America is a threat to their
belief system, and they want to destroy this country and
(29:28):
rebuild it where they have all the power, and every
one of us is poor and incompetent, and our children
have bad educations, and none of us have any money
to stand up to them. That is their plan. When
they tell you it's their plan and they put it
on their website, I will say it again, believe them.
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The Strain of hor MOUs remains one of the most
strategically important waterways on Earth. That's why we're talking about
it so much. As I've said before, about one fifth
of the world's oil supply normally passes through the shipping
lane each and every day. President Donald Trump has continued
now to escalate pressure on Iran while also adjusting parts
(00:24):
of his strategy, and today Trump said no country should
be charging ships a fee to pass through the strain
of war moves, backing away from that earlier proposal for
a US imposed transit fee.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Now.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
I'm going to have more on that in a moment.
But the military situation remains extremely tense. The United States
has continued intense strikes against the Iranian military targets after
accusing Tehran of violating previous understandings and threatening shipping throughout
the Persian Gulf. Iranian forces have also responded with missile
(01:00):
our own attacks targeting Golf Region facilities and maritime traffic, keeping
the entire region well on edge.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Now.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
One of the biggest concerns right now is still very
much commercial shipping. Major shipping companies are continuing to monitor
the situation carefully, and vessel traffic through the strait has
slowed significantly. Why because the insurers and the cargo companies
and the tanker operators are now weighing the real growing
risk from Iran. Every reduction in shipping raises concerns about
(01:33):
higher energy prices and potential supply disruptions if the conflict worsens. Meanwhile,
Iran's political leadership is also signaling that it intends to
maintain quote unquote their pressure. According to new reports, lawmakers
in Tehran are advancing legislation really to Iranians control over
(01:54):
the Strait of Hormuz. That is a move that analysts
believe is intended to both strengthen Iran's negotiating position and
also demonstrate resolve domestically and send a clear message to
the US and the Middle East that they're not done
fighting now. From Washington, the Trump administration is continuing to
argue that freedom of navigation must be protected and that
(02:16):
Iran cannot be allowed to threaten one of the world's
most important maritime choke points. Now. Military analysts also say
the United States now faces two well simultaneous objectives. Number one,
protect international shipping, and then number two, to prevent the
conflict from expanding into a broader regional war involving additional
(02:38):
countries that Iran would love to bring into the mix.
Now these goals are becoming increasingly difficult. Why because Iran
continues to act more and more erratic each and every day. Now,
the financial markets are also watching every development closely, and
this does have an impact on you and your family's budget.
Oil prices have climbed sharply the renewed fears of supply disruptions,
(03:02):
and investors are trying to determine whether this becomes a
prolonged confrontation or whether diplomacy can eventually reduce tensions. Even
rumors surrounding the Strait of Hormus can move global markets
instantly because of its enormous importance to international energy. Now,
President Trump has also made it clear that he believes
(03:22):
America's role in protecting international shipping has come at significant
costs to the United States of America, and that's why
he talked about having a proposed transit fee. Well, let's
talk about what has happened with that in the last
twenty four hours.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Now.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday afternoon that he has
now decided to replace his proposed twenty percent reimbursement fee
on cargo ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz with trade
and investment deals involving Gulf States, while maintaining a blockade
on ships traveling to or from Iranian ports or carrying
(03:59):
Iranian cargo that.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Would include their oil.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Quote oil is flown like never before, thanks to the
awesome power of the United States military, Trump said on
true Social He credited the Secretary of War Pete Headseth,
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and the US Central Command,
and American service members for the victory.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Trump said the sort.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Of ramus is open to all ships traffic except for Iran,
blaming Tehran saying they're lying, violent and malicious leadership for
placing the country and a path towards quote total destruction.
The President saying, we will therefore have a full blockade,
but only on ships coming to and from Iranian ports
(04:41):
or carrying anything that has to do with Iranian cargo.
And the President announced then that he would replace that
twenty percent fee that he proposed Monday to reimburse the
United States for protecting international shipping through the waterway with
something different, saying, quote, based on highly productive converce sations
with Middle East leadership. I've decided to replace the twenty
(05:04):
percent United States reimbursement fee with trade and investment deals
that the various Golf States will be making into the
United States of America. The President also described the planned
investment as massive and said they would also be extraordinarily
good for the Gulf States and their futures as well.
As everyone is aware, we have the largest dollar investment
(05:27):
into the United States of any country in history, but
these new investments will make the number even larger, and
we will see factories, plants, and equipment pour into the
United States at historic levels, which will then create additional
millions of high paying American jobs. The President said, America's
winning again, winning like never before. The days of Iran
(05:50):
killing hundreds of thousands of people, including fifty two thousand protesters,
are over, and most importantly, Iran will never have a
nuclear way now. Trump's announcement also came after US forces
carried out a five hour mission targeting Iranian coastal defense systems,
missile and drone sites, and maritime capabilities to further degrade
(06:13):
Iran's ability to attack commercial shipping. US Central Command said
the strikes hit military targets across Iran, including many areas
that were very close to where the shipping channel is. Now,
Trump had declared the ceasefire over and said the United
States would take over the Strait of Hormus and become
its guardian now. Trump first announced that twenty percent reimbursement
(06:36):
on Monday, declaring that the United States and the Straight
of Hormus would be open and it will remain open
with or without Iran. And that is when he said
the United States was reinstating that Iranian blockade, which would
only stop Iran ships or customers from entering or leaving,
while all other countries would have fair and open use
(06:57):
of the strait. Trump said the United States would to
be reimbursed for protecting international shipping at that rate of
twenty percent on all cargo ships. Now, the president has
clearly changed that. Now here's what's happened. When it comes
to the price that pump oil prices have risen four
percent in early trading on Monday going into Tuesday, Goldman
(07:17):
Sachs came out and warned that the renewed escalation would
increase short term risk of higher prices by further disrupting
golf exports. And that is exactly why the President's made
it clear that in America we have to continue to drill, baby, drill.
One thing is for sure, the President is being very
proactive right now making sure that Iran doesn't hold the
(07:39):
world hostage. And also the President says the US will
knock out Iran's power plants and bridges next week unless
the regime makes a deal.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
And I want to.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Play that for you in a moment, But before we
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the President had to say in his own words.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Strikes were seen this week against Iran, will expand, are
you considering hitting energy targets or other locations in size?
Speaker 4 (09:54):
I'll save the energy targets for last, but ultimately we'll
hit energy tuggets, y'all. But we're going to hit him
very hard tonight. We're going to hit him very hard.
Tomorrow night, We're going to hit him very hard the
night after. And then next week it gets really bad
for them because next week comes the power plants. Next
(10:15):
week comes the bridges. We're going to knock out all
the power plants. We're going to knock out all the
bridges unless they get to the table and negotiate.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Do you believe the Iranians are serious about making a deal.
Speaker 4 (10:26):
I think they have no choice.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Why haven't they yet?
Speaker 4 (10:29):
I think if I didn't do the way I'm doing,
they would never make a deal.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
So there's the President in his own word, saying that
next week the US will knock out Iran's power plants
and bridges unless the regime makes a deal.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
We will obviously keep you updated on all of this.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
It's crazy to think It's now been more than four
years since the war in Ukraine started. Vladimir Putin has
not gotten what he thought was going to happen out
of that. War certainly has not taken over all of Ukraine,
and Ukraine has largely been defined by the battles on
Ukrainian soil. But something has changed over the past several months.
(11:12):
Increasingly Ukraine has been taking the fight deep inside of Russia.
Now not with massive ground invasions with troops or machinery. Instead,
they've been doing it with long range drones flying very
low and targeting the actual infrastructure that keeps the Russian
economy and military running. Now, to be clear, that's actually
(11:35):
one thing, well two, if you really want to get
down to it, oil and gas. And now there are
new reports coming out saying that Ukraine's new battle plan
is working incredibly well. The coverage now being highlighted in
a lot of Europe. Ukrainian strikes have not only hit
oil refineries, but also fuel depots as well as ports
(11:58):
and logistics hubs across Russia. That has resulted in massive
now fuel shortages that has turned into long lines at
gas stations in Russia and now official rationing in some regions.
Now there's growing pressure on Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin
in general. Reuters and now the Associated Press are also
(12:21):
reporting quote significant disruptions to Russia's fuel production and distribution
following the latest wave of attacks on their energy infrastructure.
Now this matters because wars aren't fought on the battlefield alone.
They're literally fought with logistics and manufacturing and transportation and
then public morale as well as money and cash that
(12:45):
Russia desperately needs, and it comes from oil and gas. Now,
Russia remains one of the world's largest oil producers. That
is how Vladimir Putin keeps its power. But now it's
dealing with these shortages. They're dealing with them not to
sell abroad, they're dealing with them at home because of
the repeated strikes on the refinery capabilities. Reuters reported that
(13:09):
gasoline production had fallen quote well below seasonal demand after
several major refineries were damaged and forced offline altogether. Now,
if you imagine what that means, one of the world's
largest superpowers is struggling to keep enough gasoline flowing to
meet their domestic demand. That is a remarkable development, especially
(13:32):
because it's happening at the hands of Ukraine now across
parts of Russia. There's also reports that are describing motorists
waiting in extremely long lines for fuel, and then there's
export restrictions that have been put out. There's also emergency
imports and regional efforts to manage the shortages. The Associated
Press is now describing the situation as quote unprecedented for
(13:56):
modern Russia. And for Vladimir Putin, the challenge isn't simply
the military issue. It's now become a political one for him.
Throughout his years in power, Putin has cultivated an image
of stability. Russians could tolerate sanctions, they could tolerate inflation,
many even tolerated the prolonged four year war. But the
(14:18):
shortages change everything. And that's exactly why Ukraine is doing
what they're doing now, because now you have ordinary citizens
that literally can't fuel their cars. Their businesses are struggling
to operate, deliveries are slowing down. Agriculture has become much
more difficult, and that is where the frustrations become publicly visible. Ukraine,
(14:41):
by the way, they clearly seem to understand this. So
rather than focusing only on the front lines. Kieva has
increasingly targeted what military analysts call Russia's war sustaining infrastructure,
oil refineries and storage facilities, then the logistics networks, and
then the transportation links. And the objective is actually incredibly simple.
(15:03):
It's not only to reduce Russia's military capability, but also
to increase the economic cost of continuing the war with Ukraine.
Now that doesn't mean Russia is on the verge of collapse.
In fact, I think it's fair to say it's far
from it. But what Russia still understands is that when
people on the ground get angry, things can change quickly,
(15:24):
and it can also change the way the oligarchs act
towards Vladimir Putin. Now, Russia still possesses enormous military resources,
they have significant industrial capabilities, and they have substantial financial reserves.
But these strikes are demonstrating that the war is affecting
ordinary Russians more directly than before, which can change the tide,
(15:46):
certainly for Vladimir Putin, and not in a good way.
But Russia has another pr problem problem, and it relates
to Lindsey Graham. I want to play for you a
very interesting question that was asked to President Donald Trump,
and it was one asked on Newsmax. Greg Kelly asked
President Trump whether he thinks Russia might have been involved
(16:06):
played a role in the death of Senator Lindsey Graham.
And I want you to listen to what the President
had to say.
Speaker 5 (16:14):
We've heard a lot of your comments.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
He lost a big friend.
Speaker 5 (16:17):
I saw him in Ukraine on his way back, and
we all saw the video. He didn't look so hot,
I'm told by those who know him. Maybe he looked
a little off. He was tired. Look, the Russians have
they have a habit of poisoning people they don't like,
and Lindsey Graham once called for Putin to be taken out.
You have any suspicions or worries. Do you think we
(16:38):
know the whole story about his death?
Speaker 6 (16:40):
Well, I think we do. We've had great doctors and
they talked about, you know, a certain part of his
body literally blew up, and that's a condition I believe
his father had. Also, his father died very very young
from heart complications, and that's what Lindsay had. And it's
something that's number one, is very tough to see. Even
if you see it, it's hard to fix, very hard
(17:02):
to fix. And you know, he had the problem with arteries,
and I thought he was like a seventy percent blockage.
I said, lindsay, you're gonna have to go and take.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
Care of that.
Speaker 6 (17:11):
But this was not that problem. This was a different
problem that wasn't really related. So he called me and
I said, how you do. He just got back from Ukraine.
He's he was a worker. He was always splace and
he loved it though, he really loved it. He was good,
he was a good he was really a great politician actually,
but he just got back and I said, how you doing?
And he said, well, I'm doing good, but I'm tired.
(17:34):
And within you know, a short period of time after
that call.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
Uh, he was gone.
Speaker 6 (17:41):
Amazing actually, but he was. I don't think, you know,
just to answer the conspiracy there, I don't know. I'd
love to say yes, but I think he had some
problems and very very difficult and his father died just
about at the same age. From you know, I'm a
believer in the racesource theory. You know, if you have problems, problems,
and he had some problems that were a little bit
(18:05):
deep seated and not easy to find.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
The president there answering that question about could Russia be involved? Now.
I bring that up because obviously this is playing into
a lot of the issues that Vladimir Putin is having
right now in Ukraine. It's also interesting to see there
was an article written in the Daily Mail and this
is what it said.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
Putin and his family might jump out.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
A window Russian leaders undergrowing pressure from the oligarchs as
Ukraine strikes spark more petrol shortages and chaos. It goes
on to say Putin and his family might be murdered
as the Krimin dictator rapidly loses support across Russia. A
senior Estonian minister has said. Foreign minister made the comments
(18:48):
in an interview with a Dutch newspaper on the topic
of Russia's faltering performance in the war with Ukraine, saying this,
even among the oligarchs, more and more doubting Putin's war.
Many who spoke of victory a year ago no longer
believe it now it comes to Ukraine as striking Russian
energy infrastructure at an unprecedented rate. Zelenski's intense drone campaign
(19:11):
is now triggering Moscow's worst fuel crisis in decade. The
Daily Mail continues, more than half of Russia's regions have
now been forced to impose strict limits on fuel cells
with disgruntled residents. Well, they're sitting for hours and getting
in even to dramatic brawls at petrol stations. Putin could
(19:31):
change his goals at enter into serious negotiations if he
acts rationally, the leader from Essonia said in the interview.
He also wanted to say it's just as possible that
one day he'll jump out a window with his family.
After all, things like that happened quote unquote in Russia. Now,
since the beginning of twenty twenty six, Russia's refineries have
(19:53):
been hit at least one hundred and ninety four times.
That is an elevenfold increase from the same period the
previous year. That according to data from a Polish analytical
group monitoring the war. And in June Keef at Moscow
so oil refinery several times that sparked huge blazes and
send clouds of smoke billowing over the capitol and Russia.
(20:17):
And so clearly the Ukrainian leadership have said, we've got
an idea here. We're going to have a forty day
influence operation we're going to use our long wearing strike units,
and we're going to try to force Putin to the
negotiating table. And by now they say every Russian fills.
This war isn't happening somewhere far away, but now it's
(20:38):
reaching them directly. So here we are Vladimir Putin having
a day where he's going to have to decide does
he keep going forward and then risk getting in serious
trouble with the Russian people and even the oligarchs, or
does this change is calculus and actually talk about a
cease fire. We'll keep covering it in the days ahead
(20:59):
of us. All Right, there's a new warning and a
new article from the Free Press that is reigniting the
long running debate about the direction of the Democratic Party
and specifically now the massive influence and the massive number
of candidates that the Democratic Socialists of America known as
DSA are actually having and when it comes to influence
(21:22):
in its leadership on American politics. Now, this article now
has come out saying that quote, the majority of the
National Political Committee for the Democratic Socialists of America, that is,
the organization's elected governing body, all right, publicly identifies with
or belongs to quote caucuses that embrace Communists, Marxists, or
(21:47):
Marxist Leninist traditions. Now, the article argues, this represents a
significant ideological shift within the organization's leadership compared with previous years. Now,
for decades, many Americans assume that the term democratic socialists
was like a fringe idea, that it was like a
(22:08):
very small number of people in the Democratic Party, nothing
to really worry about. Well, that assumption is now wrong,
because democratic Socialists now refers primarily to what it is,
a European style welfare state.
Speaker 3 (22:23):
All right.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
It expanded government programs massively. That's why Democrats like it.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
Now.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
The Free Press is now saying that within the DSA itself,
the organized communist factions have gained increasing influence over the
entire Democratic Party and also over the internal elections and
policy directions of the Democratic Party.
Speaker 3 (22:46):
Now.
Speaker 1 (22:46):
The article also notes that several caucuses represented in the
leadership now openly describe themselves as not just like communists, Okay,
straight up, Marxists are Marxist Leninists. Others are that this
is a growing role of these factions within the entire
Democratic leadership in general. That's now why you're seeing so
(23:08):
many extremist candidates that are actually running and winning. Now,
this also raises another important question. If the leadership in
this organization has become this powerful, what does that mean
for the Democratic Party in general? Well, it means that
there is chaos within the Democratic Party. They don't know
(23:30):
how to stop the Marxist Leninists from taking over, and
that is what they're doing. Okay, you can identify as
a Democrat, as a as a Marxist. They don't have
a problem with you as a socialist, and I have
a problem with you. If you're a communist, they don't
have a problem with you. But that is the problem,
the fact that the Democrats did not fight this within
(23:51):
their own family, and now it is festered into a
massive cancer. They don't know how to stop it because
now these crazy are actually in charge and they're picking
the candidates that are running. Now, Marxism has developed, by
the way, by Karl Marx called for quote, replacing capitalism
(24:12):
with collective ownership of the means of production. They also
envisioned what they described as a classless society.
Speaker 3 (24:20):
Everyone's the same.
Speaker 1 (24:22):
So governments would then say, all right, we're going to
have policies that say everyone must be equal. Think about
how that changes America. You look at the Soviet Union
under Lenin and Stalin, all right. You look at Malan China.
You look at Cuba under Castro, you look at Cambodia
all right under rogue. They all became authoritarian states, right,
(24:44):
and they committed widespread human rights abuses to gain the
power that now the communists in America are begging for. Historians,
by the way, also say this, find us a country
that is actually flourished under common Uanism, socialism or Marxism.
Speaker 3 (25:02):
It doesn't exist. Now.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
You look at Russia for example, right now you have
political repression, You've got restrictions on civil liberties, and you
even have mass deaths of their own people. You can
apply that to any other country, by the way, that
socialist communists are Marxists. So why is the Democratic Socialist
Party of America having the success right now? Because they
(25:25):
were not policed or stopped by the Democratic Party. And
that is the heart of why this matters today. Now,
the Free Press also argued this isn't simply a matter
of labels. It contends that communist align causes now run
or play a significant role in shaping the leadership and
the agenda of the left that is a threat to
(25:48):
American democracy, American freedom, our constitution. And because several, by
the way, elected officials around the country have now been
affiliated and endorsed by the Democratic social of America, you
have to look at them and say, hold on, how
did the Democratic PARTI as a whole not get a
hold of this? How do they not stop it? Maybe
(26:08):
they didn't want to. By the way, if you think
about the most democratic elected officials right now in this country,
the newest ones, they are radical socialists and Marxists. The
Democratic Party has not figured out a way to stop
them from growing, including the leadership like Chuck Schumer. You
have the rise of AOC and man Donnie and others
like that. And so even some former DSA members have
(26:29):
expressed concerns about the organization's trajectory.
Speaker 3 (26:33):
Let me give you an example.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
There was a recent opinion piece by the former DSA
member Jake Autman, and he argued that the organization has
shifted from a broader democratic socialist coalition towards one increasingly
influenced by more ideologically rigid Marxists and Linen tendencies. If
they're warning you and I'm talking about former members of
(26:56):
the board about how radical they become. You know, we've
got a real problem now for voters. The larger question
and the lesson may be this, you need to look
at your candidates, right, because this is much bigger of
a problem than basic campaign slogans or even party labels.
All Right, you look at the organizations that candidates belong to.
(27:19):
That tells you who they really are. You need to
look at the platforms that they support. By the way,
if you want to see how radical the Democratic Socialism
America AAR, go to their website, read what they believe
in and you're going to say, oh, my gosh, Ben,
this isn't real, and I'm going to say I wish
it wasn't, But guess what it actually is. You can
see who they endorse, and then you know who is
(27:41):
a threat to our freedoms in this country. And these
people they're shaping not only the candidates we get, but
they're also now reshaping the Democratic Party as a whole. Now,
let me just explain to you how radical I'm saying
they become. You know, AOC, the Darling of the left,
(28:02):
she's a radical. Well, the Democratic Socialists of America have
now officially pulled their support for AOC, not because she's
too radical, but because they say she's actually too moderate.
The loss of a socialist endorsement by AOC like, that's
the point where you're like, all right, did hell freeze over?
Speaker 3 (28:23):
Let me read their own statement.
Speaker 1 (28:25):
The national leadership of the Democratic Socialists of America have
pulled their endorsement of AOC. They cite her pragmatic approach
to party unity, her fundraising for establishment Democrats, and her
careful positioning regarding the war in Gaza as proof that
she had quote moderated, therefore losing their support. Now, this
(28:46):
is who is running the Democratic Party right now. These
are the people that are picking the candidates. And I
tell you this because you need to understand. This is
now where the Democratic Party is. They are radical, they
are extreme, and the majority of them in the Democratic
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leadership say they're either a socialist, a Marxist, a Stalinist.
In their approach, all of those things equal one main theme.
They want to destroy America from within. They believe America
is evil, they believe America is a threat to their
belief system, and they want to destroy this country and
(29:28):
rebuild it where they have all the power, and every
one of us is poor and incompetent, and our children
have bad educations, and none of us have any money
to stand up to them. That is their plan. When
they tell you it's their plan and they put it
on their website, I will say it again, believe them.
Make sure you share this podcast please wherever you can
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