A DSA member admitted on camera "our goal is communism" — and CNN's Kaitlan Collins still insists democratic socialism isn't communism.
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A DSA member admitted on camera "our goal is communism" — and CNN's Kaitlan Collins still insists democratic socialism isn't communism.
TL;DR
Guest host Shawn Farash fills in for Dan Bongino and delivers an urgent call to resist demoralization in the wake of two disappointing Supreme Court rulings on birthright citizenship and mail-in ballots. He argues that nothing has fundamentally changed [1] — Shawn Farash "Two bad Supreme Court rulings don't change the battlefield. The mail-in ballot problem existed before the ruling, and birthright citizenshi…" 21:40 and that conservatives must stay engaged. The episode's core argument: the Democratic Party has been captured by self-avowed communists — a DSA member literally says "our goal is communism" on video [2] — 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 — while AOC's rhetoric implies government holds unchecked power [3] — Shawn Farash "AOC said big corporations are scary because 'they think they have unchecked power.' The problem: she was comparing them to government — whi…" 1:01:00 . Don't quit; double down on grassroots outreach.
Guest host Shawn Farash discusses the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship and mail-in ballot rulings, argues conservatives must resist demoralization, exposes DSA members admitting their goal is communism, and covers Graham Plattner's polling trouble, Ro Khanna's wealth hypocrisy, and a Massachusetts town ordering residents to take down American flags.
The show opens with Shawn Farash — not Dan Bongino — at the helm, and he wastes no time establishing both who he is and what he stands for. He introduces himself as a familiar face to the Bongino Army, streams simultaneously with Dan on rumble.com/LFATV, and jokes he has 'the toughest job in the world' competing with the Podfather's audience. The preview is a whirlwind: the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship and mail-in ballot rulings, new polling on Maine Senate candidate Graham Plattner, a 'stunning admission' from AOC, a Kaitlan Collins fact-check gone wrong, Ro Khanna's oligarchy hypocrisy, a Massachusetts American flag controversy, and a microscopic parasite loose in New York. The energy is intentionally counter-demoralizing from the first breath — Farash opens with 'Don't give up on America' before he's even told listeners what's happening today.
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This is the emotional spine of the episode. Farash opens with Yuri Bezmenov's warning that true demoralization isn't sadness — it's the destruction of a person's ability to process objective reality, like the wife in the film Inception who can no longer distinguish the dream from the real world and kills herself. He names and mocks the 'data point crowd' and what he characterizes as bad-faith doomsayers like Alex Jones, who he says predicted Cash Patel's firing 90+ days ago and has still not been held accountable. Then he pivots to perspective: America survived the Revolution, the War of 1812 (the White House burned down), the Civil War, two World Wars, the Great Depression, the Cold War, and Joe Biden's presidency. He invokes Benjamin Franklin's famous line — 'A republic if you can keep it' [2] — Shawn Farash "A republic if you can keep it." 29:20 — to frame the current moment as a generational stewardship challenge, not a catastrophe. Men stormed the beaches of Normandy knowing they might not come back; the least conservatives can do is stay engaged after a couple of bad court rulings. [1] — Shawn Farash "KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov warned that true demoralization doesn't just lower morale — it destroys a person's ability to process facts. Onc…" 13:40
With the emotional framing established, Farash turns to the specifics. On mail-in ballots: the Watson v. RNC ruling, authored by Trump appointee Amy Coney Barrett, allows ballots postmarked by Election Day to count if they arrive late. He argues this is absurd — if you can't vote the day after Election Day in person, late mail shouldn't count either — but stresses that extended counting periods have always been a vulnerability conservatives knew how to fight around. On birthright citizenship: the ruling keeps the status quo, which Farash calls a genuine national security threat (Chinese birth tourism being his primary example), but argues the ruling has paradoxically elevated the issue into mainstream political debate, paving the way for legislative reform. He reads Trump's Truth Social posts verbatim: the president accepted the birthright loss with grace, called on Congress to legislate a fix, and declared the Slaughter case — overturning Humphrey's Executor and restoring nearly 100 years' worth of contested presidential power — the most consequential ruling of the term. [1] — Shawn Farash "Trump didn't mope after the birthright ruling — he immediately pivoted to a legislative fix and declared the Slaughter case, which overturn…" 32:00
To drive home the 'nothing has changed' argument, Farash gets concrete. He recounts how the night before a local sheriff primary for candidate Kenneth Barrett, he organized 35 volunteers in a single room, had everyone install a free texting app, and blasted texts to between 7,000 and 8,000 voters before polls opened. Barrett won his May 5th primary by a large margin. None of that changes because of a SCOTUS ruling on mail-in ballots. Farash also mentions he sleeps this commitment — his wife Brennan confirmed he literally sat up in bed the night before the 2024 election, shouted 'too big to rig,' threw his fist in the air, and went back to sleep. The section lands the episode's central practical message: bad structural rules are beaten by superior turnout operations, not by existential despair. [1] — Shawn Farash "The night before Kenneth Barrett's sheriff primary, Farash's team crammed 35 people into a room, installed a free texting app, and blasted …" 24:40
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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.
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The AOC segment opens with Farash playing a short clip from Fox News Digital: Ocasio-Cortez is attacking large corporations for acting like governments with unchecked power, and she calls for antitrust action to break them up. Farash zeroes in on the grammatical implication: she's comparing corporations to government, and saying corporations are frightening because they emulate government's unchecked power. That, Farash argues, is not a slip of the tongue but a window into her genuine political philosophy. [1] — Shawn Farash "AOC said big corporations are scary because 'they think they have unchecked power.' The problem: she was comparing them to government — whi…" 1:01:00 The Constitution, he stresses, is explicitly designed to restrict and confine federal power; AOC seems unaware of this or indifferent to it. He broadens the point: when they tell you who they are — the DSA member saying 'our goal is communism,' AOC implying government has unchecked power, Daria-Lisa Avila Chevalier wiping her hands on an American flag — you must believe them. Don't dismiss it as the ravings of fringe figures. These are the candidates winning Democratic primaries. He closes by declaring the party of Kennedy and Clinton is dead, replaced by people who believe government should not be constrained.
Farash turns to Maine, where mainstream Democrats including Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are backing Graham Plattner despite his Totenkopf tattoo — which Plattner himself identified by its Nazi SS origin — and other controversies. He uses the Thomas Massie primary loss in Kentucky's 4th Congressional District as a data-driven analogue: polling trends can reliably signal where a race is heading. The NYT/Siena poll shows Plattner at 49, Collins at 47 — within the margin of error — and Collins typically outperforms polls by around 8 points, which would represent a commanding Collins win on election day. [1] — Shawn Farash "Graham Plattner — endorsed by Schumer and Jeffries despite having a self-identified Totenkopf tattoo — only leads Susan Collins by two poin…" 1:05:20 The deeper political story: Plattner has built his campaign around the working class, yet Collins leads him by 21 points among non-college voters, suggesting a broader realignment in which college-educated liberal Karens, not working-class voters, are the core Democratic constituency in 2026. Farash also calls out the hypocrisy of Democrats who spent years calling Trump supporters Nazis now rallying around a candidate with a literal Nazi tattoo.
This segment is a deep dive into what Farash calls the foundational hypocrisy of the anti-oligarchy left. Ro Khanna posted on X about how America should make it 'easier to build wealth than hoard it.' Farash pulls the receipts: according to reporting by Andrew Kerr and the Gateway Pundit, Khanna's children — still in elementary school — are the owners of three private golf courses in Ohio with member initiation fees running up to $45,000 and total 2024 earnings of up to $2 million. [1] — Shawn Farash "Rep. Ro Khanna posts on X about fighting the oligarchy and hoarding wealth. Meanwhile his elementary-school-aged kids own three private Ohi…" 1:09:00 Khanna himself reportedly lives in a luxury home with a four-story elevator and drives a $200,000 SUV. Farash draws the Bernie Sanders parallel: Sanders owns three houses but defines 'real oligarchs' as owning four or more, constantly moving the goalposts. Tom Steyer is cited as another billionaire who ran on anti-billionaire rhetoric without ever making an additional voluntary contribution to the government. The message: these socialist politicians have never once put their money where their mouths are.
Farash begins with HOA culture and California communities ordering residents to remove American flags, then pivots to what he calls the more absurd case: Plum Island off the Massachusetts coast. The town of Newbury sent a formal letter warning that 'activities intended to deter protected shorebirds' — including, apparently, flying the American flag — 'may be viewed as harassment or disruption of normal feeding, nesting, or migratory behavior,' violating the Endangered Species Act with 'significant regulatory and financial penalties.' [1] — Shawn Farash "The town of Newbury, Massachusetts sent a letter to Plum Island residents warning them that flying American flags could be considered haras…" 1:13:50 Farash highlights the irony: these are the same wind-farm advocates who enthusiastically support turbines that actively kill birds. He connects the Plum Island story to the broader theme: the demoralization campaign against American patriotism is operating at every level, from social media to town halls, and it is not coincidental that it intensified right around America's 250th birthday and in the immediate aftermath of the SCOTUS rulings.
Farash plays the Harry Enten CNN clip as statistical punctuation for everything he's argued so far. The numbers are striking: 93% of Republicans report being extremely or very proud to be American, with just 1% saying they have little to no pride. On the Democratic side, only 27% report being extremely or very proud — and the percentage with little or no pride has now surpassed the percentage with very high pride. [1] — Harry Enten "CNN's Harry Enten dropped a striking data point: 93% of Republicans are extremely or very proud to be American, versus only 27% of Democrat…" 1:19:20 Enten describes it as living in 'a completely different universe' depending on your party. Farash responds with a personal testimony: he was in 5th grade on Long Island on September 11, 2001, and the next morning — September 12 — every porch had an American flag. He lists every country on Earth and notes there is only one whose name is attached to a universal 'dream' concept: the American Dream. He argues this is the greatest country on Earth precisely because hard work is still rewarded here more than anywhere else, and he refuses to feel anything but pride regardless of who is in the White House.
Farash's closing argument is built around Zelat Rose, a 29-year-old Ethiopian-American DSA candidate who just defeated a 15-term Democratic incumbent in Colorado's 1st Congressional District. A video clip shows her being asked whether 9/11 was the 'inevitable consequence of American foreign policy.' Her answer: 'Inevitable in the sense that we destabilized a lot of the Middle East.' [1] — Shawn Farash "Zelat Rose, a 29-year-old DSA candidate who just beat a 15-term incumbent in Colorado's 1st Congressional District, said on video that 9/11…" 1:23:00 Farash is furious. He points out that the people behind 9/11 refer to the U.S. as the 'Great Satan' because it is a Judeo-Christian nation — this isn't about foreign policy, it's about ideology. He invokes the 25th anniversary of 9/11 approaching this year and expresses horror at what that commemoration will look like under Mayor Zoran of New York City. He extends the argument to the broader coalition: he asks why people who claim to support gay rights, women's rights, and Palestinian liberation think radical Islamism will spare them. Nobody gets a pass. He closes by restating the episode's central thesis: this is not a policy disagreement anymore. One of America's two major parties has been taken over by anti-American radicals who are not hiding it, and the only acceptable response is full engagement — 10, 10, and 10, face to face, door to door, phone to phone — until the republic is secured.
Farash closes with warm energy and a clear directive: share this show, engage normies at the beach or on the drive, and never count America out. He reminds the audience that Dan is off for the rest of the week and directs them to rumble.com/LFATV at 10 AM Eastern or talk radio 1210 WPHD from 6–10 AM. He thanks production team Justin and Guy at Silverlock, asks the live chat to drop American flag emojis to signal he did well, and closes with a Happy 250th birthday to America. A brief outro then plugs two other Bongino Report shows: Vince and Scrolling with Haley, both airing weekday mornings on the network.
Chapter 3 · 07:10
This is the emotional spine of the episode. Farash opens with Yuri Bezmenov's warning that true demoralization isn't sadness — it's the destruction of a person's ability to process objective reality, like the wife in the film Inception who can no longer distinguish the dream from the real world and kills herself. He names and mocks the 'data point crowd' and what he characterizes as bad-faith doomsayers like Alex Jones, who he says predicted Cash Patel's firing 90+ days ago and has still not been held accountable. Then he pivots to perspective: America survived the Revolution, the War of 1812 (the White House burned down), the Civil War, two World Wars, the Great Depression, the Cold War, and Joe Biden's presidency. He invokes Benjamin Franklin's famous line — 'A republic if you can keep it' [2] — Shawn Farash "A republic if you can keep it." 29:20 — to frame the current moment as a generational stewardship challenge, not a catastrophe. Men stormed the beaches of Normandy knowing they might not come back; the least conservatives can do is stay engaged after a couple of bad court rulings. [1] — Shawn Farash "KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov warned that true demoralization doesn't just lower morale — it destroys a person's ability to process facts. Onc…" 13:40
KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov warned that true demoralization doesn't just lower morale — it destroys a person's ability to process facts. Once demoralized, people reject objective reality itself. That's the playbook being run on conservatives right now.
Chapter 4 · 20:50
With the emotional framing established, Farash turns to the specifics. On mail-in ballots: the Watson v. RNC ruling, authored by Trump appointee Amy Coney Barrett, allows ballots postmarked by Election Day to count if they arrive late. He argues this is absurd — if you can't vote the day after Election Day in person, late mail shouldn't count either — but stresses that extended counting periods have always been a vulnerability conservatives knew how to fight around. On birthright citizenship: the ruling keeps the status quo, which Farash calls a genuine national security threat (Chinese birth tourism being his primary example), but argues the ruling has paradoxically elevated the issue into mainstream political debate, paving the way for legislative reform. He reads Trump's Truth Social posts verbatim: the president accepted the birthright loss with grace, called on Congress to legislate a fix, and declared the Slaughter case — overturning Humphrey's Executor and restoring nearly 100 years' worth of contested presidential power — the most consequential ruling of the term. [1] — Shawn Farash "Trump didn't mope after the birthright ruling — he immediately pivoted to a legislative fix and declared the Slaughter case, which overturn…" 32:00
Two bad Supreme Court rulings don't change the battlefield. The mail-in ballot problem existed before the ruling, and birthright citizenship was already broken — now it's finally a major political conversation. The left wants you to throw your hands up; that's exactly why you can't.
Shawn Farash argues the birthright citizenship and mail-in ballot rulings are frustrating but change nothing about the rules conservatives were already playing by.
The night before Kenneth Barrett's sheriff primary, Farash's team crammed 35 people into a room, installed a free texting app, and blasted 7,000 to 8,000 voters. Barrett won by a landslide. Bad mail-in ballot laws don't change that math — too-big-to-rig grassroots effort does.
Men stormed the beaches of Normandy knowing they might not survive. America won independence against the greatest military power on Earth. Compared to that, a few bad court rulings are manageable. But only if you stay in the fight.
Chapter 5 · 32:00
To drive home the 'nothing has changed' argument, Farash gets concrete. He recounts how the night before a local sheriff primary for candidate Kenneth Barrett, he organized 35 volunteers in a single room, had everyone install a free texting app, and blasted texts to between 7,000 and 8,000 voters before polls opened. Barrett won his May 5th primary by a large margin. None of that changes because of a SCOTUS ruling on mail-in ballots. Farash also mentions he sleeps this commitment — his wife Brennan confirmed he literally sat up in bed the night before the 2024 election, shouted 'too big to rig,' threw his fist in the air, and went back to sleep. The section lands the episode's central practical message: bad structural rules are beaten by superior turnout operations, not by existential despair. [1] — Shawn Farash "The night before Kenneth Barrett's sheriff primary, Farash's team crammed 35 people into a room, installed a free texting app, and blasted …" 24:40
Claims made here
The Slaughter case overturned the Humphrey's Executor Rule, dramatically expanding presidential power over independent agencies.
Trump didn't mope after the birthright ruling — he immediately pivoted to a legislative fix and declared the Slaughter case, which overturned Humphrey's Executor, the real landmark victory. That's what leadership looks like: accept the loss, find another path, keep moving.
Chapter 6 · 35:50
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Claims made here
American Financing customers save an average of $800 per month by refinancing with mortgage rates in the 5s.
American Financing reports its customers save an average of $800 a month — nearly $10,000 a year — by refinancing high-interest debt with mortgage rates in the 5s.
Chapter 7 · 40:50
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.
Claims made here
Ronald Reagan won 49 out of 50 states in the 1984 presidential election, losing only Minnesota by a small margin.
Democrats lost all seven swing states and the popular vote in the 2024 presidential election.
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.
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.
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.
Chapter 8 · 53:00
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Claims made here
Patriot Mobile has operated as a Christian conservative wireless provider for more than 12 years and contributes millions annually to conservative organizations.
Patriot Mobile has been operating as a Christian conservative wireless provider for more than 12 years, contributing millions annually to conservative causes.
Chapter 9 · 57:20
The AOC segment opens with Farash playing a short clip from Fox News Digital: Ocasio-Cortez is attacking large corporations for acting like governments with unchecked power, and she calls for antitrust action to break them up. Farash zeroes in on the grammatical implication: she's comparing corporations to government, and saying corporations are frightening because they emulate government's unchecked power. That, Farash argues, is not a slip of the tongue but a window into her genuine political philosophy. [1] — Shawn Farash "AOC said big corporations are scary because 'they think they have unchecked power.' The problem: she was comparing them to government — whi…" 1:01:00 The Constitution, he stresses, is explicitly designed to restrict and confine federal power; AOC seems unaware of this or indifferent to it. He broadens the point: when they tell you who they are — the DSA member saying 'our goal is communism,' AOC implying government has unchecked power, Daria-Lisa Avila Chevalier wiping her hands on an American flag — you must believe them. Don't dismiss it as the ravings of fringe figures. These are the candidates winning Democratic primaries. He closes by declaring the party of Kennedy and Clinton is dead, replaced by people who believe government should not be constrained.
Claims made here
A DSA member named David Jenkins stated on video that the Democratic Socialists of America's goal is communism.
CNN says democratic socialism isn't communism. The DSA says otherwise. In a video montage, David Jenkins explicitly states: 'Our goal is liberation. Our goal is communism.' You don't need a PowerPoint to make the case anymore — they're making it themselves.
DSA member David Jenkins stated on video: 'Our goal is liberation. Our goal is communism,' directly contradicting CNN's framing that democratic socialism is not communism.
Democratic Rep. Adam Smith went on CNN and called DSA candidates' ideology 'vastly more radical' than normal progressivism — citing support for communism, open borders, defunding police, and a fundamental attack on America. He called it dangerous. Farash's response: where were you ten years ago?
AOC said big corporations are scary because 'they think they have unchecked power.' The problem: she was comparing them to government — which means she thinks government has unchecked power. The Constitution says otherwise, but AOC apparently didn't get the memo.
Chapter 10 · 1:05:00
Farash turns to Maine, where mainstream Democrats including Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are backing Graham Plattner despite his Totenkopf tattoo — which Plattner himself identified by its Nazi SS origin — and other controversies. He uses the Thomas Massie primary loss in Kentucky's 4th Congressional District as a data-driven analogue: polling trends can reliably signal where a race is heading. The NYT/Siena poll shows Plattner at 49, Collins at 47 — within the margin of error — and Collins typically outperforms polls by around 8 points, which would represent a commanding Collins win on election day. [1] — Shawn Farash "Graham Plattner — endorsed by Schumer and Jeffries despite having a self-identified Totenkopf tattoo — only leads Susan Collins by two poin…" 1:05:20 The deeper political story: Plattner has built his campaign around the working class, yet Collins leads him by 21 points among non-college voters, suggesting a broader realignment in which college-educated liberal Karens, not working-class voters, are the core Democratic constituency in 2026. Farash also calls out the hypocrisy of Democrats who spent years calling Trump supporters Nazis now rallying around a candidate with a literal Nazi tattoo.
Claims made here
A NYT/Siena poll shows Graham Plattner leading Susan Collins 49–47 in the Maine Senate race, within the margin of error.
Susan Collins typically outperforms her polling averages by approximately 8 percentage points.
Susan Collins leads Graham Plattner by 21 points among non-college voters in the Maine Senate race.
Graham Plattner — endorsed by Schumer and Jeffries despite having a self-identified Totenkopf tattoo — only leads Susan Collins by two points in a New York Times/Siena poll, within the margin of error. Collins historically outperforms polling by eight points. The working-class coalition isn't buying his pitch: she leads by 21 among non-college voters.
A New York Times/Siena poll shows DSA-backed Maine Senate candidate Graham Plattner leading Republican Susan Collins 49–47, within the margin of error.
Shawn Farash noted that Senator Susan Collins historically outperforms her polling averages by approximately 8 percentage points.
Susan Collins holds a 21-point advantage over Graham Plattner among non-college voters, despite Plattner centering his campaign on working-class issues.
Chapter 11 · 1:09:00
This segment is a deep dive into what Farash calls the foundational hypocrisy of the anti-oligarchy left. Ro Khanna posted on X about how America should make it 'easier to build wealth than hoard it.' Farash pulls the receipts: according to reporting by Andrew Kerr and the Gateway Pundit, Khanna's children — still in elementary school — are the owners of three private golf courses in Ohio with member initiation fees running up to $45,000 and total 2024 earnings of up to $2 million. [1] — Shawn Farash "Rep. Ro Khanna posts on X about fighting the oligarchy and hoarding wealth. Meanwhile his elementary-school-aged kids own three private Ohi…" 1:09:00 Khanna himself reportedly lives in a luxury home with a four-story elevator and drives a $200,000 SUV. Farash draws the Bernie Sanders parallel: Sanders owns three houses but defines 'real oligarchs' as owning four or more, constantly moving the goalposts. Tom Steyer is cited as another billionaire who ran on anti-billionaire rhetoric without ever making an additional voluntary contribution to the government. The message: these socialist politicians have never once put their money where their mouths are.
Claims made here
Rep. Ro Khanna's elementary-school-aged children own three private golf courses in Ohio with initiation fees of up to $45,000.
Ro Khanna's children earned up to $2 million from their golf courses in 2024.
Rep. Ro Khanna posts on X about fighting the oligarchy and hoarding wealth. Meanwhile his elementary-school-aged kids own three private Ohio golf courses with $45,000 initiation fees and earned up to $2 million in 2024. Khanna himself lives in a luxury home with a four-story elevator.
Rep. Ro Khanna's young children own three private golf courses in Ohio where membership initiation fees run upward of $45,000.
Rep. Ro Khanna's elementary-school-aged children reportedly earned up to $2 million from three private golf courses in Ohio in 2024, even as Khanna publicly rails against hoarding wealth.
Chapter 12 · 1:13:40
Farash begins with HOA culture and California communities ordering residents to remove American flags, then pivots to what he calls the more absurd case: Plum Island off the Massachusetts coast. The town of Newbury sent a formal letter warning that 'activities intended to deter protected shorebirds' — including, apparently, flying the American flag — 'may be viewed as harassment or disruption of normal feeding, nesting, or migratory behavior,' violating the Endangered Species Act with 'significant regulatory and financial penalties.' [1] — Shawn Farash "The town of Newbury, Massachusetts sent a letter to Plum Island residents warning them that flying American flags could be considered haras…" 1:13:50 Farash highlights the irony: these are the same wind-farm advocates who enthusiastically support turbines that actively kill birds. He connects the Plum Island story to the broader theme: the demoralization campaign against American patriotism is operating at every level, from social media to town halls, and it is not coincidental that it intensified right around America's 250th birthday and in the immediate aftermath of the SCOTUS rulings.
Claims made here
The town of Newbury, Massachusetts warned Plum Island residents that flying American flags near piping plover habitats could violate the federal Endangered Species Act.
The town of Newbury, Massachusetts sent a letter to Plum Island residents warning them that flying American flags could be considered harassment of piping plovers — an endangered species — potentially triggering federal enforcement. Farash's take: this is demoralization by government edict, timed perfectly to America's 250th birthday.
Chapter 13 · 1:17:20
Farash plays the Harry Enten CNN clip as statistical punctuation for everything he's argued so far. The numbers are striking: 93% of Republicans report being extremely or very proud to be American, with just 1% saying they have little to no pride. On the Democratic side, only 27% report being extremely or very proud — and the percentage with little or no pride has now surpassed the percentage with very high pride. [1] — Harry Enten "CNN's Harry Enten dropped a striking data point: 93% of Republicans are extremely or very proud to be American, versus only 27% of Democrat…" 1:19:20 Enten describes it as living in 'a completely different universe' depending on your party. Farash responds with a personal testimony: he was in 5th grade on Long Island on September 11, 2001, and the next morning — September 12 — every porch had an American flag. He lists every country on Earth and notes there is only one whose name is attached to a universal 'dream' concept: the American Dream. He argues this is the greatest country on Earth precisely because hard work is still rewarded here more than anywhere else, and he refuses to feel anything but pride regardless of who is in the White House.
Claims made here
93% of Republicans are extremely or very proud to be American, versus only 27% of Democrats — a 66-point gap.
More Democrats report little to no pride in being American than report being extremely or very proud.
CNN's Harry Enten dropped a striking data point: 93% of Republicans are extremely or very proud to be American, versus only 27% of Democrats. The gap is 66 points. More Democrats now report little or no pride in America than report being very proud. That's not a policy disagreement — that's a completely different country.
CNN data analyst Harry Enten reported that 93% of Republicans are extremely or very proud to be American, versus only 27% of Democrats.
Only 27% of Democrats say they are extremely or very proud to be American, and more Democrats report little to no pride than report being very proud.
The gap between Republicans (93%) and Democrats (27%) who say they are extremely or very proud to be American is 66 percentage points.
Chapter 14 · 1:21:40
Farash's closing argument is built around Zelat Rose, a 29-year-old Ethiopian-American DSA candidate who just defeated a 15-term Democratic incumbent in Colorado's 1st Congressional District. A video clip shows her being asked whether 9/11 was the 'inevitable consequence of American foreign policy.' Her answer: 'Inevitable in the sense that we destabilized a lot of the Middle East.' [1] — Shawn Farash "Zelat Rose, a 29-year-old DSA candidate who just beat a 15-term incumbent in Colorado's 1st Congressional District, said on video that 9/11…" 1:23:00 Farash is furious. He points out that the people behind 9/11 refer to the U.S. as the 'Great Satan' because it is a Judeo-Christian nation — this isn't about foreign policy, it's about ideology. He invokes the 25th anniversary of 9/11 approaching this year and expresses horror at what that commemoration will look like under Mayor Zoran of New York City. He extends the argument to the broader coalition: he asks why people who claim to support gay rights, women's rights, and Palestinian liberation think radical Islamism will spare them. Nobody gets a pass. He closes by restating the episode's central thesis: this is not a policy disagreement anymore. One of America's two major parties has been taken over by anti-American radicals who are not hiding it, and the only acceptable response is full engagement — 10, 10, and 10, face to face, door to door, phone to phone — until the republic is secured.
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Zelat Rose, a DSA candidate, defeated a 15-term incumbent in Colorado's 1st Congressional District primary.
Zelat Rose said on video that the 9/11 terrorist attacks were 'inevitable' because the U.S. destabilized the Middle East.
Zelat Rose, a 29-year-old DSA candidate who just beat a 15-term incumbent in Colorado's 1st Congressional District, said on video that 9/11 was 'inevitable' because the U.S. destabilized the Middle East. She's running for a seat in the House. This is the Democrat Party's farm team in 2026.
Colorado DSA candidate Zelat Rose said on video that 9/11 was 'inevitable' because U.S. foreign policy destabilized the Middle East, making it a primary target of Farash's closing argument.
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CNN says democratic socialism isn't communism. The DSA says otherwise. In a video montage, David Jenkins explicitly states: 'Our goal is liberation. Our goal is communism.' You don't need a PowerPoint to make the case anymore — they're making it themselves.
CNN's Harry Enten dropped a striking data point: 93% of Republicans are extremely or very proud to be American, versus only 27% of Democrats. The gap is 66 points. More Democrats now report little or no pride in America than report being very proud. That's not a policy disagreement — that's a completely different country.
Zelat Rose, a 29-year-old DSA candidate who just beat a 15-term incumbent in Colorado's 1st Congressional District, said on video that 9/11 was 'inevitable' because the U.S. destabilized the Middle East. She's running for a seat in the House. This is the Democrat Party's farm team in 2026.
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U.S. President whose Truth Social posts on the birthright citizenship ruling and the Slaughter case were cited by Farash as examples of accepting losses with grace while finding new paths forward.
U.S. Representative and DSA ally whose remark about corporations having 'unchecked power' was interpreted as revealing her belief that government holds unchecked authority.
Regular host of the podcast, absent for this episode, whose catchphrases and arguments are frequently referenced by guest host Shawn Farash.
DSA-backed Maine Senate candidate with a self-identified Nazi Totenkopf tattoo, discussed in the context of new polling showing him only narrowly leading Susan Collins.
California Democratic congressman criticized for hypocrisy in railing against wealth hoarding while his children own three private golf courses and live in a luxury multi-floor home.
CNN chief White House correspondent who pushed back on Trump's characterization of democratic socialists as communists, a claim Farash refuted with the DSA video admission.
Republican Maine senator facing DSA-backed Graham Plattner, trailing by only 2 points in a NYT/Siena poll despite historically outperforming polls by 8 points.
House Minority Leader cited by Farash as an example of a mainstream Democrat who is now being outflanked by DSA radicals chanting 'you're next' at him.
29-year-old DSA candidate who defeated a 15-term incumbent in Colorado's 1st Congressional District and is on record saying 9/11 was 'inevitable' due to U.S. foreign policy.
Supreme Court Justice and Trump appointee who wrote the majority opinion in the Watson v. RNC mail-in ballot case, which Farash criticized as going against conservative interests.
DSA member whose on-camera statement 'our goal is communism' was played as the episode's centerpiece evidence that the Democratic Socialists openly embrace communism.
CNN data analyst who presented polling showing a 66-point gap in national pride between Republicans (93%) and Democrats (27%).
Soviet KGB defector whose framework for ideological demoralization was cited by Farash to explain the psychological warfare being waged against American conservatives.
Left-wing organization whose members are winning Democratic primaries in 2026 and whose stated goal, per an on-camera admission, is communism.
The episode's primary news hook, after rulings on birthright citizenship and mail-in ballots disappointed conservatives while the Slaughter case was hailed as a major win for executive power.
Cable news network whose anchor Kaitlan Collins and data analyst Harry Enten are both featured prominently; criticized by Farash as defensive of the DSA's communist characterization.
Episode sponsor offering mortgage refinancing with rates in the 5s, advertising average customer savings of $800 per month.
Episode sponsor offering personalized mattresses; Shawn Farash endorsed the Midnight Luxe model for cooling and sleep quality.
Episode sponsor and Christian conservative wireless provider operating for over 12 years, offering a free month of service with promo code DAN.
Island off the northeastern Massachusetts coast whose residents were warned by the town of Newbury to remove American flags to protect endangered piping plovers.
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Factual claims made this episode, and whether a source was named.
A DSA member named David Jenkins stated on video that the Democratic Socialists of America's goal is communism.
93% of Republicans are extremely or very proud to be American, versus only 27% of Democrats — a 66-point gap.
More Democrats report little to no pride in being American than report being extremely or very proud.
Rep. Ro Khanna's elementary-school-aged children own three private golf courses in Ohio with initiation fees of up to $45,000.
Ro Khanna's children earned up to $2 million from their golf courses in 2024.
A NYT/Siena poll shows Graham Plattner leading Susan Collins 49–47 in the Maine Senate race, within the margin of error.
Susan Collins typically outperforms her polling averages by approximately 8 percentage points.
Susan Collins leads Graham Plattner by 21 points among non-college voters in the Maine Senate race.
Ronald Reagan won 49 out of 50 states in the 1984 presidential election, losing only Minnesota by a small margin.
Democrats lost all seven swing states and the popular vote in the 2024 presidential election.
Zelat Rose, a DSA candidate, defeated a 15-term incumbent in Colorado's 1st Congressional District primary.
Zelat Rose said on video that the 9/11 terrorist attacks were 'inevitable' because the U.S. destabilized the Middle East.
The Slaughter case overturned the Humphrey's Executor Rule, dramatically expanding presidential power over independent agencies.
American Financing customers save an average of $800 per month by refinancing with mortgage rates in the 5s.
The town of Newbury, Massachusetts warned Plum Island residents that flying American flags near piping plover habitats could violate the federal Endangered Species Act.
Patriot Mobile has operated as a Christian conservative wireless provider for more than 12 years and contributes millions annually to conservative organizations.
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