The Dan Bongino Show

Podbit · The Dan Bongino Show

A Communist Takeover In NY (Ep. 2541)

Explore episode Jun 24, 2026

Where this was said

Texas Senate Candidate James Talarico: Whiteness, Masculinity, and Mom's Checking Account

At 58:07 · chapter starts 53:20

Bongino broadens his geographical scope beyond New York to Texas, arguing the radical left threat is not parochial. His target is James Talarico, a Democratic socialist running for Senate in one of America's most conservative states. First he plays a clip of Talarico in an interview saying his 'whiteness' and 'masculinity' limit his imagination about what's possible, and that he must 'continually press against' these limits. Bongino is gleefully contemptuous — noting Talarico is running as a vegan in the 'barbecue capital of the world' and asking Texas voters for help. He then plays a Fox News report by wounded veteran Johnny Joey Jones revealing that Talarico reportedly shares a single checking account with his mother, who covered $1,500 in moving expenses when Talarico was 32. Bongino connects Talarico to the broader DSA / socialist accommodator pattern he's been tracing throughout the episode, and pleads with Texas not to send him to Washington.

Similar podbits

News
The ActBlue-Funded Campaign to Pin Charlie Kirk's Death on TPUSA

#2535 - Andrew Wilson · Aug 5, 2026 News

A progressive organization with a stated mission to destroy Turning Point USA received millions from ActBlue and is now publicly pushing the narrative that TPUSA insiders and Israel murdered Charlie Kirk. Andrew Wilson traced the network of accounts all amplifying the same conspiracy in perfect unison.

News
Why the Israel-Killed-Kirk Theory Doesn't Hold Up

#2535 - Andrew Wilson · Aug 5, 2026 News

The microphone-bomb theory fails on every physical front: no smoke, no ignition, mic on the wrong side of the wound. And the .30-06 rifle round used is extensively documented by the US Army — it does not always produce a through-and-through wound. Wilson argues this is a well-studied projectile with well-understood behavior.

News
The Erika Kirk Situation: Grief Under an Impossible Public Microscope

#2535 - Andrew Wilson · Aug 5, 2026 News

Erika Kirk became the CEO of TPUSA while grieving her husband's murder in public, and now faces tens of thousands accusing her of conspiring to kill him. Andrew Wilson calls it mind-boggling psychological torture. The sparklers at the memorial weren't suspicious — they were a grieving widow doing her best in an impossible situation.

News
The Corey Ruiz Shooting: Hot Takes vs. Waiting for Facts

#2535 - Andrew Wilson · Aug 5, 2026 News

Joe Rogan and Andrew Wilson watch a bystander video of the Corey Ruiz police shooting in Madison, Wisconsin live on air. The video is so blurry they initially think a female officer fired the fatal shots. They later learn a male officer did, after Ruiz allegedly pulled a knife and stabbed officers. Their conclusion: you cannot have a hot take on a story you don't understand yet.