Reagan won 49/50 states in 1984
Ronald Reagan won 49 out of 50 states in the 1984 election against Walter Mondale, nearly losing only Minnesota — Mondale's home state — by a few thousand votes.
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Kaitlan Collins vs. Reality: Democrats Are Actually Communists
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Farash sets up Kaitlan Collins as the embodiment of media denial: she went on air and told Trump he was 'incorrectly' conflating democratic socialism with communism. Farash's response is to roll a video montage of DSA member David Jenkins, a self-described libertarian Marxist and anti-fascist, who plainly states at the top of the clip: 'Our goal is liberation. Our goal is communism.' [1] — Shawn Farash "CNN says democratic socialism isn't communism. The DSA says otherwise. In a video montage, David Jenkins explicitly states: 'Our goal is li…" 58:20 He plays it repeatedly, noting that this is not interpretive — it's four words: our goal is communism. He contrasts this to the historical pattern: after Reagan's 49-state 1984 landslide, Democrats regrouped under the Democratic Leadership Council, with Clinton, Biden, and Blue Dogs pulling the party toward the center. After losing all seven swing states in 2024, there is no DLC. There is no correction. The DSA has captured the party, and moderate Democrats like Rep. Adam Smith are only now, too late, saying publicly that DSA ideology is 'vastly more radical' and 'dangerous.' Farash's verdict: the party of Kennedy and Clinton is dead.
The Democrat Party Is Dead — It's Been Taken Over by Communists
After 1984 Democrats formed the DLC to drag themselves back to the center. After 2024, there is no DLC. The DSA owns the party now. If you're a JFK or Clinton Democrat, the party you once belonged to has ceased to exist.
Democrats lost all 7 swing states in 2024
Shawn Farash noted that Democrats lost all seven swing states in the 2024 election, yet moved further left rather than toward the center as the DLC did after 1984.
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CISO role first held by Steve Katz
Joel de la Garza noted that the CISO role is a relatively recent invention, with Steve Katz widely credited as the first-ever CISO.
Electricity parallel: 6% vs 3x productivity
Superficial adoption of electricity gave factories only 6% efficiency gains; fully redesigning factories around it delivered a 3x productivity improvement that powered 20th-century US growth.
Caddyshack: cast did drugs every day on set
Harold Ramis recounted that during Caddyshack filming, storms kept the cast cooped up in a Florida hotel for days, during which they partied and did drugs all day and night.
China was 25% of global output in 1820s
In the 1820s, China accounted for 25% of global economic output, making it the world's largest economic machine — a historical precedent for its current AI superpower ambitions.
444 days hostage crisis
66 Americans held hostage at the US Embassy in Iran were released after 444 days, within hours of Reagan's inauguration.
508 TOW missiles sent to Iran
In the first round of the secret arms deal, 508 TOW missiles were transferred from Israel to Iran in exchange for hostage releases.
2,000 missiles in 8 shipments
America secretly transferred 2,000 missiles and missile parts to Iran across 8 separate shipments over just over a year.
Only 3 of 7 hostages released
Despite all the missile sales, only 3 of the 7 American hostages held by Lebanese terrorists were ultimately released.
Plane shot down at 2,500 feet in daylight
The CIA supply plane that blew open the scandal was flying at only 2,500 feet in broad daylight when it was shot down on October 5, 1986.
