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MAGA is dead. Long live the America First movement. Joe’s out this week, so David is joined by Liam McCollum to break down the midterm fallout, how the media is spinning it, and where the right goes from here.It starts with Susie Wiles leaving as chief of staff, and the clip of her plan to put Trump on the ballot in the midterms. From there, David and Liam go through the polling on the Iran war and gas prices, Ben Shapiro’s and Dana Loesch’s “it wasn’t the war” takes, and the commentators now walking back their support, from Benny Johnson to Will Chamberlain. They also cover Casey Means’ account on Joe Rogan of who was really running the administration, why they don’t trust DeSantis’s new America First tone, and what JD Vance’s post-election break means.In the second half, they turn to the future: the Tucker Carlson living room photo with Massie, Joe Kent, and MTG, Tucker’s comments on a third party, and Bret Weinstein’s announcement with the Mises Caucus to turn the Libertarian Party into the American Liberty Party and draft Thomas Massie. Is it smarter to take over the GOP from the inside, build a new vehicle, or both?SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS, SUPPORT OUR SHOW:Solve your apparel needs with Revved Up Promo: https://www.revveduppromo.com/Sign up for the Scott Horton Academy: https://scotthortonacademy.com/humanreaction/Become a member and get cool stuff at humanreactionpod.comTo help us select the stories to cover each week, join our discord at this link!⁠⁠ https://discord.gg/B9HD5r7GxK  ABOUT THE SHOWThis show is your weekly source for independent commentary on news, culture, and politics; where it is our mission to arm you with the tools you need to cut through media misdirection and resist the mono-narrative.CREDITSProduced and presented by ⁠Sheehan Works - https://www.sheehan.worksEdited by Jake Bennett - https://www.bennettstudios.co/

With the midterms days away, the big names on the right are pulling out all the stops to get Republicans to the polls. Joe and David react to the closing pitches from JD Vance, Ben Shapiro, Steven Crowder, Glenn Beck, and Benny Johnson, and ask whether “the other guys are scarier” still works on voters who were told just months ago that opposing the Iran war made them not real Republicans.The guys break it down:Vance’s “safety, security, and prosperity” pitch versus $6 diesel, the Iran war, and tax cuts eaten by inflation.Shapiro’s claim that the polls are rigged to demoralize you, and Beck’s “logical thinking” case for voting the lesser evil.Crowder’s argument that losing both chambers gives Democrats an 80% shot at 2028, and the 2006 Bush parallel that also gave us the Tea Party.Nate Silver’s forecast: Democrats with a 95% chance at the House and 77% at the Senate, with Texas, Kansas, and Iowa in play.What comes next: a lame-duck Trump, JD Vance’s Iran problem heading into 2028, and why AI and data centers could define the next election.Plus a white pill: Trump says gridlock might be good, and the only times Washington ever saves money are when it can’t agree on anything.Are you voting this year or sitting it out? Get Revved Up in the comments and tell us why.SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS, SUPPORT OUR SHOW:Solve your apparel needs with Revved Up Promo:https://www.revveduppromo.com/Sign up for the Scott Horton Academy: https://scotthortonacademy.com/humanreaction/Become a member and get cool stuff at humanreactionpod.comTo help us select the stories to cover each week, join our discord at this link! https://discord.gg/B9HD5r7GxKABOUT THE SHOWThis show is your weekly source for independent commentary on news, culture, and politics; where it is our mission to arm you with the tools you need to cut through media misdirection and resist the mono-narrative.CREDITSProduced and presented by Sheehan Works - https://www.sheehan.worksEdited by Jake Bennett - https://www.bennettstudios.co/

Joe and David return to Flock cameras and license plate readers, and this time there’s a paper trail. New reporting from 404 Media shows local police plate data is being funneled into federal surveillance centers. It goes through the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program, a little-known drug war grant program run out of the White House.The guys break down how it works:In Georgia, cities are required to sign data-sharing agreements with HIDTA.Houston’s HIDTA office built a database combining data from Flock, Axon and other camera vendors, with links to the DEA.Every agency points to another when you ask who holds your data.They also connect it to Project Hemisphere, the same Houston office’s warrantless program covering more than a trillion AT&T call records. That leads to the bigger question: can you have a drug war without a surveillance state?Plus a white pill: in United States v. Kyle, a federal judge ruled that a warrantless Flock search violated the Fourth Amendment. The ruling threw out evidence of 91 pounds of meth, and the guys go through the bodycam footage.SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS, SUPPORT OUR SHOW:Solve your apparel needs with Revved Up Promo: https://www.revveduppromo.com/Sign up for the Scott Horton Academy: https://scotthortonacademy.com/humanreaction/Become a member and get cool stuff at humanreactionpod.comTo help us select the stories to cover each week, join our discord at this link!⁠⁠ https://discord.gg/B9HD5r7GxK  ABOUT THE SHOWThis show is your weekly source for independent commentary on news, culture, and politics; where it is our mission to arm you with the tools you need to cut through media misdirection and resist the mono-narrative.CREDITSProduced and presented by ⁠Sheehan Works - https://www.sheehan.worksEdited by Jake Bennett - https://www.bennettstudios.co/

Fresh off a Students for Liberty campus tour in Alaska, where nearly every student who came up to talk was a committed Marxist, we look at where young people are getting these ideas. Several students named two influencers: Jackson Hinkle and Hasan Piker. So we watch them and respond.We cover Hinkle’s “MAGA communism” pitch to Chris Cuomo, his claim that America is already a planned economy, and his account of what happened to Venezuela. Then we put Venezuela’s GDP next to the price of oil to show what the sanctions story leaves out. We compare Hasan Piker’s definition of socialism with Zohran Mamdani’s “dignity” version, trace China’s growth from Mao’s collapse to Deng’s market reforms, and end with the question every communist needs to answer: what caused the world GDP hockey stick, and how would central planning keep it going?Socialist, capitalist, or somewhere in between, tell us in the comments where we got it wrong. And if you’ve seen a socialist commentator who actually lays out their ideas in depth, send us the link. We want more.SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS, SUPPORT OUR SHOW:Solve your apparel needs with Revved Up Promo: https://www.revveduppromo.com/Sign up for the Scott Horton Academy: https://scotthortonacademy.com/humanreaction/Become a member and get cool stuff at humanreactionpod.comTo help us select the stories to cover each week, join our discord at this link!⁠⁠ https://discord.gg/B9HD5r7GxK  ABOUT THE SHOWThis show is your weekly source for independent commentary on news, culture, and politics; where it is our mission to arm you with the tools you need to cut through media misdirection and resist the mono-narrative.CREDITSProduced and presented by ⁠Sheehan Works - https://www.sheehan.worksEdited by Jake Bennett - https://www.bennettstudios.co/

In this episode, we take on the growing argument that America’s political system is so broken that only a dictator or “strongman” can fix it. We unpack why that idea is gaining traction, particularly among young men who feel shut out of the economic and political system, and why frustration with corruption, housing, jobs, and the future can make radical solutions increasingly appealing.We look at lessons from the Spanish Civil War, the dangers of concentrating power in a single person, and the fundamental problem with assuming the “right” dictator will remain benevolent or willingly give up power. We also discuss the Nirvana fallacy of comparing the messy reality of constitutional government with an imaginary perfect dictatorship.Finally, we make the case that the alternative to the status quo doesn’t have to be authoritarianism. Instead, we explore rebuilding political engagement from the bottom up through stronger communities, local involvement, constitutional limits, and a popular movement focused on leaving a better country for the next generation.SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS, SUPPORT OUR SHOW:Solve your apparel needs in style with Revved Up Promo: https://www.revveduppromo.com/Sign up for the Scott Horton Academy: https://scotthortonacademy.com/humanreaction/Become a member and get cool stuff at humanreactionpod.comTo help us select the stories to cover each week, join our discord at this link!⁠⁠ https://discord.gg/B9HD5r7GxK  ABOUT THE SHOWThis show is your weekly source for independent commentary on news, culture, and politics; where it is our mission to arm you with the tools you need to cut through media misdirection and resist the mono-narrative.CREDITSProduced and presented by ⁠Sheehan Works - https://www.sheehan.worksEdited by Jake Bennett - https://www.bennettstudios.co/