Speaker
Ro Khanna
Appearances over time
2 episodes
Episodes
2
Podcasts
Quotes & moments
Ro Khanna claimed that Elon Musk possibly sentenced 4.5 million children around the world to death by dismantling USAID.
Congressman Ro Khanna's convoy was blocked by armed Israeli settlers in the West Bank and he was held for approximately 75 minutes before a US embassy official secured his release.
Khanna noted that the last time a US congressman was detained or shot at abroad was in 1978, when Leo Ryan was killed at Jonestown in Guyana.
Ro Khanna acknowledged that Elon Musk created 4,400 millionaires but argued that also justified holding him accountable for USAID cuts.
Ro Khanna admitted he previously voted for $3 billion in annual US aid to Israel, aid which he says has now been used against Americans and Palestinian Americans in the West Bank.
Joy Reid told viewers no Black American she knows celebrates the Fourth of July. Bongino responds with the Harlem Hellfighters, the 369th Infantry Regiment, and the Battle of New Market Heights — where 14 Medals of Honor were awarded to Black soldiers — arguing Reid deliberately hides this heroism to stoke rage.
When asked about Chicago's ongoing violence, Mayor Brandon Johnson cited missed policy opportunities from Lyndon Johnson's presidency 60 years ago. Bongino points out the absurdity: the people committing crimes today don't know who Lyndon Johnson was, and Johnson's excuse lets real killers off the hook.
A charitable organization calling itself the Algae Salvation Society — acronym ASS — exists solely to preserve the algae bloom in Washington's Reflecting Pool to spite Donald Trump. The segment captures how unhinged Trump Derangement Syndrome has become when adults celebrate pond scum as resistance.
The FBI's AI-powered National Threat Operations Center triaged an incoming tip and stopped a planned school shooting in North Carolina in real time. The same system is being used to catch murderers and rapists on state and federal warrants who would have slipped through due to insufficient human capacity.
A Pittsburgh transplant who moved to Portland considered himself far-left before arriving — then watched homeless people have mental breakdowns on the sidewalk while his neighbors walked past to get lattes. Protesting Tesla, fighting for 'men to have babies,' and punishing anyone who disagrees pushed him further right.
Federal authorities arrested the second most wanted fraudster in America, allegedly behind a $1.2 billion Medicare conspiracy. The Biden administration had time to arrest pro-lifers outside abortion clinics but let this man flee the country with his money.
The next concentrated Democratic political attack will be on the Electoral College, framed as racist. Bongino warns this is existential: if the Electoral College is abolished, California effectively picks every president. He cites Federalist 68 to rebut the racism framing.
Ro Khanna openly called for subpoenas and investigations of Elon Musk the moment Democrats retake power. Bongino argues this isn't about ideas — it's about eliminating an obstacle to concentrated government power, and it's exactly the kind of government weaponization Democrats claimed to oppose under Trump.
The FBI's 2025–26 numbers are staggering: 20% drop in the national murder rate, 45,000 violent crime arrests, 24,450 criminal enterprises disrupted, 6,900 child victims located, and 8 of 10 most wanted fugitives captured. Bongino says critics who claim 'nothing is happening' are ignoring the largest documented crime reduction in modern American history.
Oil futures surged 10% after fighting resumed, and Wall Street traders created the 'Nacho Trade' — Not A Chance Hormuz Opens. Goldman Sachs is studying alternative pipelines, but any solution is a 2027-2028 project at best.
Israel used its ties to Viktor Orban to lure former Iranian President Ahmadinejad to a fake Budapest climate conference, then planned to bomb his compound, kill his guards, and extract him via a Mossad agent in a Peugeot. The plan collapsed, and Ahmadinejad is now under house arrest.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is running Venezuela from Washington — deciding how the country's money is spent, which businesses operate there, and even approving President Dulce Rodriguez's social media appearances. Ben Rhodes asks the obvious question: is life any better for Venezuelans or Americans?
According to a Dan Patrick Show source, FIFA chairman Mohammed al-Kamali of the UAE unilaterally lifted Folarin Balogun's automatic red-card ban without informing the committee. The UAE is deeply tied to Trump family business interests. Ben Rhodes says it was entirely predictable: if Trump wants something fixed, he goes through the Gulf.
In Hebron, Khanna saw shop owners point to netting above their stalls installed to block objects thrown by settlers living above them. When the barricades went up, settlers escalated to urinating and throwing acid. Khanna called it utterly dehumanizing.
Canada paid $4.7 billion for the Gordie Howe Bridge entirely on its own. Then Matthew Moroun, heir to the competing Ambassador Bridge, donated $1M to a Trump super PAC, met Commerce Secretary Lutnick, and hours later Trump posted a rant blocking the bridge's opening — demanding US ownership of 'at least one half.' The corruption is textbook.
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