Speaker
Zohran Mamdani
Appearances over time
3 episodes
Episodes
3
Podcasts
Quotes & moments
Chevalier co-founded Columbia University Apartheid Divest, the group associated with Mahmoud Khalil that called for eliminating Western civilization. She believes all deportations are wrong, wants to abolish prisons, and tweeted in 2019 'seize the means of production.' She just won a Democratic congressional primary.
Brad Lander calls himself Jewish only to avoid the label of 'white guy,' Shapiro argues, while actively standing with antisemitic political figures. At a Queens mosque service, Lander recited Quranic prayers, at an event where subsequent prayers called for destruction of Israel.
Claire Valdez argues that the same billionaires squeezing workers at home are funding bombs abroad, and that solidarity requires defending trans children without compromise. Shapiro says it's pure communism dressed as compassion — the omni-cause that ties Gaza, labor rights, and identity politics into one revolutionary package.
Mamdani's victories came on less than half the turnout of his own mayoral primary. Politico noted the turnout machine was 'AWOL.' But the DSA doesn't need high turnout — they need the claim of momentum, and the media is giving it to them.
Barack Obama appearing on Colbert to praise Mamdani as an 'extraordinary talent' is the proof: the normie left has already been cowed. Shapiro argues Obama was never a moderate — he just hid his politics better. Now there's no need to hide.
An IRGC commander reportedly boasted that Iran got everything it wanted from the nuclear MOU, that the West is foolishly expecting reciprocity, and that Iran's goal is to keep America on a short leash until a more favorable president takes office. Pakistan, the supposed neutral mediator, simultaneously pledged solidarity with Iran.
California's July 1 Glock ban reclassifies a standard semi-automatic pistol as a machine gun because it can be illegally modified. Shapiro compares it to banning Ford dealerships because a buyer might theoretically attach a bazooka to their car. It's the most popular handgun in America, owned legally by millions.
Shapiro brought a binder of death threats to an LAPD concealed carry hearing, including an FBI-confirmed assassination plot. The response: the plotter was arrested, so he didn't qualify. If the plotter weren't arrested, the threats weren't credible enough. There was literally no scenario that qualified.
Hasan Piker, celebrating in Times Square he declared 'commie town,' used his platform to directly threaten moderate Democrat Richie Torres, warning him he has two years before the DSA comes for him. This is the intimidation phase of the four-step strategy playing out live.
Shapiro lays out the realistic scenario: an economic downturn, Republican corruption scandals, a strong midterm for Democrats attributed to DSA energy, and AOC on the ballot in 2028. She's already at 10% on prediction markets. Don't say it can't happen — Trump in 2016 was also dismissed.
The DSA is running a Lenin-style playbook to capture the Democratic Party from within. Step 1: take over deep-blue districts with radical candidates. Step 2: declare a national movement. Step 3: terrorize moderate Democrats into submission. Step 4: repeat until one major party is theirs — and then wait for your shot at the White House.
In 2009 at Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan, Clint Romesha and roughly 52 Americans were attacked by 300 Taliban fighters in a 15-hour firefight the military had deemed unwinnable from an indefensible position. Eight Americans died. Romesha led a counterattack against an enemy that had breached the wire, outnumbered the defenders 8-to-1.
Shapiro argues Trump's praise of Turkish President Erdoğan is a serious foreign policy error. Erdoğan holds Russian S-400 air defense systems, openly supports Hamas, publicly talks about restoring Ottoman influence across the Middle East, and is allied with Russia — yet Trump called him a 'good man' and promised a 'gift bag' visit.
The DSA's primary victories aren't being driven by housing costs — they're driven by anti-American ideology that resonates with college-educated white progressives. Shapiro maps the complete political strategy: use the Democratic Party ballot line, recruit disaffected voters, and ride a youth coalition that already represents 56% of 18–29 year olds.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani ran an ad during the NBA Finals backing three radical congressional candidates. All three won — Daria-Liza Chevalier in NY-13, Brad Lander in NY-10, and Claire Valdez in NY-7. Shapiro calls it the beachhead the DSA needed.
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- Government 33%
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