Rufo & Lomez

Republicans just got annihilated. The Iran war plus soaring costs crushed the party, and young voters fled in droves. Jeremy Carl joins Lomez to dissect the worst GOP beatdown since Watergate. 00:00 — GOP’s Election Disaster 01:13 — The Senate Firewall Falls 03:46 — Did Iran Doom the GOP? 08:41 — Young Voters Abandon Republicans 13:22 — The Economy Beats the Culture Wars 18:38 — Good GDP, Bad Reality 22:27 — Gas Prices, Voter Anger 28:10 — Is Immigration Still a GOP Winner? 33:02 — The Immigration Backlash 36:13 — Why Latino Voters Swung Back 41:17 — Can Vance or Rubio Win Over Swing Voters? 51:19 — Is Populism Losing Its Grip? 59:15 — The GOP’s Next Generation? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can America still become one people? Noah Smith joins Lomez for an honest debate over immigration, assimilation, ethnogenesis, and the future of American identity. Sponsors: Patriot Mobile : Join the movement today. Go to PatriotMobile.com/PAT or call 972-PATRIOT. Use promo code PAT for a FREE MONTH of service. Real estate agents: Go to RealEstateAgentsITrust.com. That’s RealEstateAgentsITrust.com. BlazeTV: $40 off a BlazeTV+ annual subscription with code POLLWATCH40. ►Preroll Try Sage Teacher at https://www.sageteacher.ai/ One subscription covers your whole family. Use promo code RUFO at checkout for 20% off. 00:00 — Noah Smith on Politics, Economics & “No Opinion” 01:34 — Noah Smith vs. the DSA Left 05:05 — Is America Fundamentally Good? 07:07 — Abundance Politics: What Does “Abundance for Americans” Mean? 10:44 — Who Could Lead the Democrats in 2028? 14:52 — Israel, Palestine & the Challenge of a Jewish Candidate 18:43 — Immigration and the Politics of Ethnic Conflict 25:39 — Irish and German Immigration: How Assimilation Happened 31:57 — Is Today’s Immigration Wave Historically Unprecedented? 35:38 — “Replenished Ethnicity”: Does Immigration Slow Assimilation? 43:23 — Immigration, Ethnic Majorities & Political Balkanization 47:35 — Can “American” Become a Shared Ethnicity? 55:31 — Would an Immigration Pause Help or Hurt Assimilation? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

America is being robbed blind, over half a trillion dollars a year, and the politicians in charge are either too weak or too complicit to act. We lay out the scale of the fraud, the scams, and the political corruption, and why Washington can't seem to stop it. Sponsors: ►Preroll Try Sage Teacher at https://www.sageteacher.ai/ One subscription covers your whole family. Use promo code RUFO at checkout for 20% off. 00:00 — America's $500 Billion Fraud Problem 03:00 — Inside the $40 Million Medicaid Fraud Allegation 07:00 — Gavin Newsom's “Empire of Fraud” 11:00 — Why High-Profile Arrests Aren’t Enough 15:00 — The Politics Behind Medicare and Medicaid 19:00 — Can Washington Stop the Money? 23:00 — Reform, Collapse, or Opt Out? 27:00 — How AI Could Catch Fraud at Scale 31:00 — Blockchain, Transparency, and Fraud Bounties 35:00 — Why There’s No “Fix-It Room” in Washington 40:00 — The Talent Problem in Politics 45:00 — Public Service Without the Payoff 50:00 — Staying in the Fight Without Becoming a Martyr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is it about race, class, or something else entirely? We confront America's most uncomfortable immigration debate. 00:00 — The Bo French Tweet Sparks a Firestorm 03:20 — Why Indian Immigration Became a Flashpoint 07:45 — Indian American Success—and the Backlash 12:10 — H-1B Visas: Skilled Worker Pipeline or Wage Pressure? 17:30 — Immigration, Assimilation, and the Ellis Island Comparison 22:00 — Are Indian Americans Assimilating? 27:00 — Race, Class, and the “Indian Question” 32:20 — Homogeneity, Diversity, and American Identity 37:00 — Is Mass Immigration Changing American Culture? 42:20 — Indian Americans, Politics, and Blue-State Assimilation 47:30 — Grind Culture vs. the American Dream 53:00 — Vivek Ramaswamy and the Credential Arms Race 59:00 — Immigration Reform, H-1B Changes, and What Comes Next Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Investigative reporter Brian Chau reveals who is bankrolling the “AI will kill everyone” panic and buying influence in Congress. Sponsors: ►Preroll Try Sage Teacher at https://www.sageteacher.ai/ One subscription covers your whole family. Use promo code RUFO at checkout for 20% off. 00:00 – “AI Will Literally Kill Everyone” – Inside the Doomer Mindset 05:12 – The ‘AI God’ Theory: Recursive Self‑Improvement or Sci‑Fi Fantasy? 11:03 – Paperclip APOCALYPSE: How Doomers Think AI Turns Humans Into Office Supplies 16:44 – Reality Check: Superhuman at Math…But Still TERRIBLE at Writing 21:58 – Will AI Help Some Rando Build a Doomsday Bioweapon? 27:21 – State Bioweapons vs Lone Wolves: Who’s the REAL Threat? 33:09 – Inside Effective Altruism: From ‘Saving Africa’ to Saving Imaginary Future Billions 39:02 – When ‘Doing Good’ Means LYING: The Dark Logic of Effective Altruism 44:35 – Brian’s EA Conference Story: Intelligence, Narcissism, and Straight‑Up Deception 51:10 – The ‘Rogue AI’ HACKS Were STAGED? What Really Happened at OpenAI & Anthropic 57:48 – Hugging Face Incident: Cybersecurity Test or Manufactured AI Scare? 1:03:30 – Why AI Doomers Are Winning: Billions in PR, Media Plants, and DC Influence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices