The Dan Bongino Show - The “Break Glass” Moment Has Arrived (Ep 2058)

Episode Date: August 2, 2023

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get ready to hear the truth about america on a show that's not immune to the facts with your host dan bongino all right listen uh it's never time to panic because panic kills matter of fact in my prior line of work we used to call that shitting the bat like don't shit the bat obviously they didn't mean it physically oh no don't do that either they meant never panic because there's nothing panic is going to do for you nothing it'll cause you to act irrationally to breathe irrationally uh your pupils will restrict your peripheral vision there is nothing panic will do for you. However, ladies and gentlemen, I told you I would tell you when that dangerous point of no return, that Rubicon, that event horizon has been crossed. That moment happened yesterday between 5 and 6 p.m. Eastern time.

The break glass moment is here. And if you don't recognize that, I'm sorry, but you're on the wrong show right now. You're in the wrong country, probably on the wrong planet. We got a lot to talk about today. Do not go anywhere. Thank you to everyone who tuned in

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Folks, that moment is here. There is, however, a slight silver lining in this. I'm going to get to that, but the silver lining possibility, the possibility of it, even that window is rapidly closing. Today's show brought to you by ExpressVPN. Huge tech companies in America pay next to nothing in taxes. They may not do a lot of giving, but they do a lot of taking. Talking about how these companies enrich themselves by taking your personal data. They create a detailed profile based on your web history, email metadata, video searches, and more, and they sell it to the highest bidder. To protect your identity and data from these tech giants,

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Sorry about that. I forgot to put the Kenny Bell on. That's like a breach of show protocol for you P1s who've put it on the desk. Sorry about that. I forgot to put the Kenny Bell out. That's like a breach of show protocol for you P1s who've been around from the beginning. Did you guys hear that at all? A little bit, a faint ding ding. I should have put it on the desk. Joe's not here this week. He's up to something. Folks, the break glass moment is definitely now here. It's clear now we're living in the police state. Well, we've been living in the police state for a while. But I said to you, we still had a window to get this back.

I'm afraid now that window is shrunk significantly. Here's what I'm saying, bottom line up front. The republic is dead. The republic is now officially dead. I'm not telling you we can't resuscitate it, get it back to life, and get the freedom train somewhat back to the station. I'm just telling you the amount of work to do so is grown geometrically. As of yesterday, the left has given up any pretense, any pretense whatsoever of loving

this country and not targeting you. The masks are over. The masks are off. The bullshit started. They're coming for you. And I'm telling you, you are not safe from this Justice Department. I mean it. The second you get a profile in the political space and start to grow a campaign, you will be spied on. You can be targeted and you could potentially be locked up. Make no mistake

what happened yesterday with President Trump and the targeting of him and his attorneys by this piece of human scum, all of these people targeting him in the Justice Department that have forfeited any semblance of allegiance and fidelity to the Constitutional Republic, they are coming for you next. These people aren't dicking around. They're not effing around. These people are now full-blown tyrants.

They don't give a shit what you think. They don't care about acts and little like putting the patina of credibility on themselves and pretending and smiling. They're saying, F you mother effers. We're coming for you.

We're in charge. Make us stop. I hope you've digested this. This is a heavy open and I'm sorry to hit you with a lot at once, but the time for bullshit is over. Now, I said to you just quickly and briefly in the beginning, the only small semblance of a silver lining to this thing

is that this clearly ridiculous indictment against Donald Trump for what is not even a, what is undoubtedly free speech, protected first amendment, free speech. This will clearly be overturned. There is absolutely no way. And if it's not overturned, then forget it. I mean, it really is over. Then it's, there's nowhere to go. There's nowhere to go. We have a checks and balances system for a reason. It probably won't be overturned on appeal because you can never trust the DC appellate court. That's the reason tyrant Jack Smith, this slob brought the case in Washington, DC, this piece of human garbage for a reason. Tyrants, listen, tyrannies never happen without useful morons like Jack Smith.

However, if this gets to the Supreme Court, there is absolutely zero chance this case stands. Donald Trump yesterday was clearly targeted by tyrant Jack Smith, Joe Biden, and Merrick Garland to distract you from Hunter Biden and everything going on

and to target their political opponents to scare the shit out of you. That's exactly what happened yesterday. The only other positive coming out of this is what Jack Smith is too stupid to realize because he's a freaking legal embarrassment and a moron. I'll prove that to you later. Just one of the dumbest legal minds in America, which is precisely why they put him on this case, because he's the only one stupid enough to basically openly collude at the timelines obvious to target political opponents. Jack Smith is going to set a legal precedent now about challenging elections, which let's make no mistake, is specifically a Democrat thing. Every single election the Democrats have lost

for the last 20 years at the presidential level, they have challenged. They've tried alternate electors, everything. Now, all of this stuff has been effectively criminalized by Jack Smith. So if the Supreme Court doesn't overturn it and you magically get some kind of Republican president, you now have a precedent,

if the Department of Justice wants to, based on Jack Smith and Merrick Garland and Biden, to go and target political opponents who suggest that Al Gore won the election. It's obvious. It's obvious. Don't forget, civilizations collapse because of goons like Jack Smith, Joe Biden, and Merrick Garland. Absolutely corrupt. They don't even care. I want you to look at this timeline, which producer Jim put together from the radio show. Folks, it is obvious.

Jack Smith doesn't have a shred of morality, ethics, or human dignity. He is clearly working with Derek Farland, our attorney general and name only, and the corrupt, disgusting, rotting bag of oatmeal, kid-sniffing loser in the White House, clearly to target Trump to take the heat off the corrupt, disgusting president. Look at the timeline, August 4th and August 5th, explosive reporting about Biden and this Chinese communist. Oh, look, August 8th, Mar-a-Lago's raided. What a coincidence.

March 30th, also March 30th too. The House hearing on the weaponization of the federal government. Daily Mail reports Hunter Biden was asked to help his Chinese business partner and asked to use his FBI contacts. Oh, look, March 30th, Trump indicted by Twinkies' Alvin Bragg. Oh, the timeline gets better.

Folks, it's all a big Twinkie dink, right? June 8th, Joe Biden allegedly paid $5 million by Burisma executive, part of a bribery scheme. Oh, look, June 9th, Jack Smith charges Trump with 37 felonies and his aide, Walt Noda, with six felonies. Just a coincidence, folks. Oh, look, July 26th, Hunter

Biden deal blows up. Oh, July 27th, superseding Trump indictment by tyrant Jack Smith, the most pathetic legal mind in America, an embarrassment to the United States. Oh, July 31st,

Devin Archer testifies that he spoke with Joe Biden. He was on business meetings several times. Look, the next day, Trump indicted for a January 6th riot, quote, fueled by lies

from tyrant legal embarrassment and disgrace to humankind, Jack Smith. Oh, is there more here? January 6th riot, quote, fueled by lies from tyrant, legal embarrassment, and disgrace to humankind, Jack Smith. Oh, is there more here? No, okay. He just put up a new script. Is that another? Did I miss something?

I'm like, August 1st. It's already August 2nd. By the way, happy birthday today to two very special people in my life. On a lighter note, the lovely, beautiful Paula, my incredibly talented, beautiful wife. That's also my dad's birthday. So happy birthday, John Bongino. So love you both. But Paula, I know you're listening. So I hope you like your French toast. No, that's not code word for anything weird. It literally is French toast. I make it for on our birthday. You never know with this show. All right. Took the temperature down a little bit. I want you to look at the indictment. How embarrassingly stupid Jack Smith is. Jack

Smith is a legal humiliating mess. I'll show you in a minute. The guy has been laughed and mocked out of court repeatedly. This the tyrant Jack Smith, the reason he's doing this to Trump and the reason Derek Farland, our attorney general in name only, hired Jack Smith as a special counsel. I've heard this from numerous people is because the man has no ethics whatsoever and will charge anyone for anything in an effort to take his lips and suction them to the ass of whoever's in power. Jack Smith is a pathetic joke to the legal system. Read this indictment. It's an embarrassing indictment. He goes in.

This is from his actual indictment. United States versus Donald Trump. Hilarious. He goes into this whole thing. Trump had a right to speak about the election. Oh, thanks, Jack. It's got a name. The Bill of Rights. What's the...

You never heard of that, Justin? You never heard of it? Constitute Constellation. Justin's saying the First Defendant. No, the First Amendment in the Constitution. Now they're like, yes, I forgot that. Jack, thank you, Jack Smith. This is hilarious.

Jack Smith acknowledges this like he's doing trump some kind of a favor like goon tyrant jack smith just wrote the first amendment himself you have a right to speak up thank you moron they all praise jack yes i mean right wayne's world but we're not worthy thank you jack this guy's a. He acts like he just read the Constitution. So he basically says, and you can read it right here, the defendant has a First Amendment right to speak about elections, which he does.

However, we're charging him for speaking about the election in the very next paragraph. This guy is one of the dumbest SOBs you've ever seen in your life. This is going to, he is going to be humiliated for what, the fifth time now? This joke of a human being? Now, keep in mind, this is hilarious, because now Jack Smith is saying, if you challenge an election and I don't like you and Derek Farland, we are going to have you arrested just like the commies in Cuba and North Korea do. So it's a new legal precedent.

So I would expect here that a free speech is dead. Then now it's dead for everyone. So now that the Republic is dead, we know that the police state is here. How much time before a Republican department of justice targets Democrats then for this, here is a minute and 40 seconds of Democrats doing what Jack Smith is now declared as a crime, challenging elections. You all better watch out and get attorneys.

Check this out. You can run the best campaign. You can even become the nominee. And you can have the election stolen from you. How can you win with Russian interference, though? That's the real thing. Not that I'm scared about in 2020. But rightly.

Because I think he's an illegitimate president that didn't really win. So how do you, you know, fight against that in 2020? You are absolutely right. He's an illegitimate president in my mind. Would you be my vice presidential candidate? Folks, look, I absolutely agree. Trump didn't actually win the election in 2016. He lost the election and he was put in the office because the Russians interfered.

Trump knows he's an illegitimate president. The president-elect, although legally elected, is not legitimate. I don't see this president-elect as a legitimate president. You said you believe that Russia's interference altered the outcome of the election. I do. Do you believe that Russia's interference altered the outcome of the election? I do. We have a president who, if in fact it is proven, has been assisted by the Russians and may in fact not be a legitimate president.

The one thing that Trump is fearful of when it comes to his being president is that finally we will see how illegitimate his victory actually was. I have an objection. I object to the 15 votes from the state of North Carolina. I object because people are horrified. He's an illegitimate his victory actually was. I have an objection. I object to the 15 votes from the state of North Carolina. I object because people are horrified. He's an illegitimate president. Do you believe Trump is a legitimate president? What I believe is that there's no question that the outcome of this election was affected by the Russian interference. There absolutely is a cloud of illegitimacy.

So that legitimacy is in question, yes. So that was a very tainted election, and in that sense, it's illegitimate. Why do you think the president is going to such great lengths to essentially prove that he beat you? Because he knows he didn't. He knows he's an illegitimate president. Now, make no mistake. Prior to yesterday, between five and six p.m., that was legally protected speech. That is now not anymore. That is not legally protected speech anymore. According to the new interpretation by moron Jack Smith and Derek Farland, our attorney general in name only, two goon tyrants. That is now criminal activity. Republicans take note.

That is now criminal activity. Oh, Dan, we can't do what they do. Bullshit. If we live in a police state, the only way to feed them their syrup of Ipecac is make them live by their own rules. Zelensky's rules, right? Make your political opponents play by their own rules.

Their new rules are, if you challenge an election, right or wrong, it doesn't matter. It's criminally protected. You like that syrup of Ipecac? Open your mouth, assholes, because it's coming your way next. This indictment shockingly gets even more embarrassing. First, he says Donald Trump has a First Amendment right to speak out, but he doesn't.

Then he says in Charge 80 that, oh my gosh, a Department of Justice official dared to meet with his boss, President Trump, and didn't let the Attorney General know? Oh my gosh. Again, they didn't inform senior justice officials before. Wow, you better get that in the indictment. How the hell that belongs in a criminal indictment? Maybe some administrative matter is only a Jack Smith,

the goon special. Only Smith is dumb enough to put that in there in a criminal charge. This is it. You want the encore performance here? This is just epic. Here's charge one 14 as evidence, by the way, to Jack Smith, to throw this in there as evidence that Trump was going to engage in some kind of a coup and a military takeover. He includes a couple of tweets. Here are the tweets. You ready, Justin? This is it, man. This is hard evidence. You ready in the chat? You ready for this?

Tweet Donald Trump. Please support our Capitol Police and law enforcement. They are truly on the side of our country. Stay peaceful. This is Indian diamond. This is in Jack Smith's. I told you this is the dumbest legal mind in America. Here, he put another one in there.

Just in case you're like, wait, that doesn't sound like evidence of a coup. No, no, it doesn't. Here's another Trump tweet. This is Jack Smith putting this in there, this moron. I'm asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence, exclamation point. Remember, we are the party of law and order. Respect the law

and our great men and women in blue. Thank you. Leo DiCaprio Giffey, that's in his indictment. Folks, this is his evidence. Again, the dumbest legal dunce in america jack smith this is evidence of what falsely suggested that the crowd was being peaceful again justin said it right as if this is not constitutionally protected speech. Jack Smith, the only one

dumb enough, the only lawyer in America dumb enough to put his name on this thing. What an imbecile. Here's just a quick encore performance. Hat tip, Grabian. First one was RNC Research. This is just 40 seconds. Here's an encore performance of more Democrats engaging in what is now today for the first time in American history, criminal behavior, which is questioning elections. Take a listen. We won that election. Al Gore won the election. Al Gore was elected president of the United States. This wasn't counted. You know it, I know it, they know it. We won that election.

There is overwhelming evidence that George W. Bush did not win this election. Do you think Republicans stole that election? In 2000? Uh-huh. I wish the United States Supreme Court had let them finish counting the votes. The Supreme Court denied the actual and accurate counting of the votes of Florida. If Katherine Harris, Jeb Bush, Jim Baker, and the Supreme Court hadn't tampered with the results, Al Gore would be president. An election has been stolen, robbed.

It wasn't a fair process. It wasn't a neutral process. It was a process that was rigged against us. And you know what's another kind of weird angle to this whole thing, folks? And by weird, I mean tyrannical police state nonsense being pulled by the Aguino and Jack Smith and Biden rotting oatmeal brains. This is from conduct two and a half years ago. So strange that this other indictment is announced the day after the Hunter Biden case blows up. And we know the most corrupt president in human history is sitting in the White House now. Spaghetti-O-Brain's Biden. Two and a half years ago this happened. And the indictment happened yesterday

for what is clearly free speech protected activity. How are the Democrats not guilty of collusion to steal multiple elections in the two videos I just showed you? Explain to me how. Oh, and now they want a speedy trial. Right. Good point, Jess.

Right before the election. So convenient. They're interfering in another election. Ladies and gentlemen, the break glass moment is here. You know I've been hesitant to tell you that. It's here. It happened yesterday at 5 o'clock. The country you know died yesterday.

We can get it back. But there's no question the heartbeat stop. Go get the defibrillator, practice the CPR. But this place is dead. And believe me, the Democrats know they killed it because they were the murderers. They did it on purpose. I'm going to tell you what to expect next on this Trump case. And you can flag it yourself.

Joseph, the flag, a chart isn't here. You're going to have to flag it for me. Got the red flags in the chat. Get ready with the red flag. Here we go with someone. Yeah.

Linda Bussing's already there. I'm going to tell you what to expect next. Let me get to this, uh, uh, quick. We've always appreciate our sponsors. They're here for you.

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AmericanFinancing.net. Check them out. NMLS 182334. NMLSConsumerAccess.org thank you american financing folks here's what to expect next this donald trump case this recent one which is a constitutional abomination by goon jack smith there is zero chance the judge in this case you have no chance of getting a fair trial she's an obama appointee forget it it's even going to happen. Nothing is going to happen in Trump's favor at all, even though the case is a constitutional abomination.

He has a slight chance at the D.C. Court of Appeals. When I say slight, I mean 0001, because it's all liberals. It's been stacked that way. At the Supreme Court, this case is going to get thrown out because it's an abomination to the Constitution. Expect, flag it yourselves, massive attacks on the Supreme Court in the coming weeks and months as this case gets closer,

because there's nothing the left wants less than to be humiliated again. When Trump wins the case up in New York wins this case on constitutional grounds and beats the case in Florida on the presidential records act, they will look like the biggest dipshits you have ever seen in your life, and they are terrified of it. So expect the attacks on the Supreme Court to speed up. I want you to watch, though. This is how I know why this is not intended to be hyperbolic, today's show. This is intended to be a warning, an absolute warning.

Watch the hapless Caitlin Collins. warning. Watch the hapless Caitlin Collins. Again, a moron so profound how this woman has a TV show or even comments. She was like the, I mean, he's allowed to comment on cable is embarrassing. I think she was the entertainment reporter at the Daily Caller, a woman who's never had a real job in her entire life. She's now anchoring CNN at nine. Even her colleagues think it's a joke. Okay. Here's Caitlin Collins trying to go up against Trump's lawyer. Trump's got a new lawyer who's very talented on TV. Caitlin Collins is an idiot. This guy's an actual skilled trial attorney. Watch Caitlin Collins appear baffled that the first amendment exists. She seems to have no idea what she's even talking about. This is epic. Check this out.

But it matters if those things actually occurred or not, John. Not under the First Amendment. It matters if those things actually occurred because... Not at all, because under the First Amendment... It does matter if there was actually fraud. No, no, the First Amendment allows... But, John, let me stop you there, because if he's saying that there was fraud,

the First Amendment doesn't allow the President of the United States to go and claim there was fraud when he was told there was not fraud and then try to subvert the election by overturning legitimate electors. I mean, it says it right here in the actual indictment. Absolutely. The first amendment protects all speech. If we're going to have a situation where the department of justice is going to fact check politicians and indict politicians for political speech and whether or not they're factually accurate, then this country will shut down politically because

it's a never ending cycle of tit for tat. And that's the risk of injecting politics into the criminal justice system. So right now, people disagree with President Trump. What's going to happen four years from now if somebody disagrees with President Biden in terms of what he said during the election? That's why we don't criminalize political speech. Political speech under the First Amendment has has an almost absolute protection. Nobody gets to judge whether it's true or not, except the American people. And we do that in an election. We do that in an election. We do that in the case of a president by impeachment. But we don't indict people. And we do that in an election. We do that in an election. We do that in the case of a president by impeachment, but we don't indict people. Can you imagine being this freaking stupid? I saw a couple of people in the chat. They can't

even watch this idiot. Can you imagine being this dumb, insisting on national television in front of five viewers at CNN that you don't understand the first amendment that political speech is not protected and actually saying that on live tv in front of four and a half viewers and including your dad and mom can you imagine being this freaking stupid how do i know the republic is dead because the guardrails we had the media that would call this out and say listen i don't like trump too much whatever whatever, this is the media, but this is a bridge too far, are all for this. They're all for it. Or

they're freaking idiots like this dipshit, Kalen Collins, the movie reviewer for the Daily Caller. By the way, a couple things I picked up on. I'm a big observer of body language. I watch this stuff all the time. Jack Smith is a pathetic chump and a coward.

I can tell. I've seen guys like this my entire life. When you grow up in law enforcement and in the grappling space and the MMA space, you learn to sniff wuss bags your entire life. This guy is a pathetic piece of garbage. My guess is he was, and I feel bad for him in a way. He was probably like beaten up in high school or teased. Seriously. He looks like he's got some kind of issues, this guy. So he's got to be a chess puffer to pretend he's a

badass. That's I've seen guys like this my entire life, chumps and cowards and losers who really their entire life is defined by how they hurt others because they're hurt themselves. That's this loser. Here's Jack Smith, just about 20 seconds of him yesterday. I want you to listen to this wuss bag. Given this thing yesterday, trying to be a tough guy, but notice I talk for a living and I give speeches and presentations and shows for a living. So I notice this stuff. This is always a sign that the speaker is nervous and is totally lack self-confidence. Watch the breathing pattern. Notice how I'm talking to you right now.

You notice there's no stops for me to take in air because you're nervous. Your diaphragm tightens up. And so what they do is between sentences, they suck in air. You'll know. I shouldn't have told you that because now you'll never unsee it. That's how, you know, a speaker's nervous. He always jokes with me before the show. Don't be nervous after that radio interview we did. But you notice right now the hands, they're not shaking. Listen to this wuss bag yesterday, this cowardly chump. Go out there, pretend to be a tough guy, but nervous like a little kid. Got as good as got caught with his hand in the Tootsie Rolls jar.

Check this out. Good evening. Today, an indictment was unsealed charging Donald J. Trump with conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters, and conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding. The indictment was issued by a grand jury of citizens here in the District of Columbia, and it sets forth the crimes charged in detail. I encourage everyone to read it in full.

You hear it? Did you all catch it? You hear the breathing? You'll never unsee this now. When you speak for a living, you notice these things. This guy is a total coward and a chump. He's up there. He has no ethics, morals, and he went up there thinking like, I got this, and he didn't have it. He was such a wuss. And here's why. Here's what he's afraid of. Jerry Dunleavy is a great piece. It's from last year. It's about Jack Smith.

It's in the newsletter today. I encourage you to read it. Bongino.com slash newsletter. Why would I read an article from a year ago? Because it talks about how this guy has been a legal embarrassment to the United States. Jack Smith's career is marked by one thing. Failure.

Here, Dunleavy. During his years as chief, Jack Smith's unit garnered a successful conviction against Governor Bob McDonald, Republican from Virginia. Oh, wow. Which was later unanimously overturned by the Supreme Court. Unanimously. Meaning no one agreed with him. the Supreme Court unanimously, meaning no one agreed with him. He also pursued a case against Democrat Vice President and candidate John Edwards, which resulted in a hung jury and a mistrial. Jack Smith's team also secured a conviction against Rep. Rick Renzi before he was pardoned

by Trump in 2021. And he also, Jack Smith, laid the groundwork for what would become the unsuccessful prosecution of Senator Bob Menendez. Jack Smith's career has been marked by one thing, only losing. I wrote my book, The Gift of Failure, because we failed and actually rebounded. Jack Smith has just gone from failure to the next failure to the worst failure to another failure to this failure. This guy is a train wreck, folks, a legal imbecile. That's why he can't get a speech out without sucking in air like a kid. Oh, look, and by the way, Jack Smith forgotten his latest legal filing to turn over a bunch of evidence to the Trump team of the video cameras

at Mar-a-Lago. Oh my gosh. Hat tip Julie Kelly for finding that one. So strange. It's like he can't even follow the rules either. In addition to being a legal idiot, he can't even follow basic discovery rules. Ladies and gentlemen, this guy is as corrupt as the day is long. He is a pathetic embarrassment to our Justice Department, and that's exactly why they picked him. The most dangerous people in the world are people with nothing to lose. And let me tell you something. Jack Smith had nothing to lose.

This guy is a humiliating legal mess whose only purpose is to be in here and destroy the Constitutional Republic by attacking Trump. purpose is to be in here and destroy the constitutional Republic by attacking Trump. Folks, some big stuff happened yesterday. Why Jack Smith, Derek Farland, and Joe Biden were busy distracting you. And it was done on purpose. There are some enormous stories that broke yesterday. I guarantee you, you probably haven't heard about maybe one, the other ones. I'm not sure you have. I'm going to cover them quickly before I get to this China thing. I'm going to tell you how all of this is not just a distraction from the election, but from the descent into chaos this country is undergoing right now under Biden. the U.S. dollar's global dominance in the past 80 years. It's been reported that on August 22nd,

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Derek Farland, Jack Smith, and Joe Biden, a lot of things are going on. A lot of information's come out over the last few days. They don't only want to distract you from Hunter Biden. They want to distract you from this. Check this out. A major, major earthquake in the finance space happened yesterday. As the United States was downgraded our bond rating. What does that mean, ladies and gentlemen?

It basically means we're a bigger credit risk because we have so much debt than we were the day before, which may grossly impact interest rates in this country going forward in the future. And it means that people are starting to be warned now. Hey, if you lend money to the United States, you may not be paid back. Here it is. Bidenomics strikes again. Take a listen. We want to bring you this breaking news. Fitch has downgraded the U.S. credit rating to a double A from a triple A. They note the difference in governance between double A rated countries versus triple A rated countries. Also, the continuous or the many, many political showdowns surrounding the debt limit. We knew when the debt limit showdown was

going on that Fitch was considering this downgrade, even if the debt limit. We knew when the debt limit showdown was going on that Fitch was considering this downgrade even if the debt limit was not breached. And so here we are with the downgrade of the U.S. credit rating to a AA plus from a AAA. You have any idea what a huge deal that is? Imagine walking into a car dealer with a credit score of 750 and then walking into a car dealer a day later with

his credit score of 600. Oh, that's going to cost me more money on the interest rate. You're damn right it is. And it sounds like a problem when you owe $31 trillion like we do. While we were all distracted by the goon squad. Oh, did you miss this one? The Wall Street Journal has a great piece. Biden unleashed a whole bunch of regulations while no one was looking. Oh, they're only going to screw you over. Oh, the first one's no big deal, fellas. You just want to get rid of combustion engines in your car. No big deal.

Justice, is your car gas or is it an EV? EU? Gas? Yeah, I have gas. No more. What do you mean? Biden can do that? No, he can't.

He did it while you're distracted. The transportation department on Friday proposed a near 700 page rule that would effectively require 100 percent of new cars to be electric by 2032. Oh, wow. Oh, now, what could possibly go wrong with that? Oh, that we're not done. This was that was just the other day. Here, the administration is also using new environmental guidelines to do this sue and settle thing. And they're rewriting this regulatory thing. You can look on this other one as well, NEPA.

They're rewriting NEPA for an environmental justice standard now for projects. You want to build something, gas pipelines? Good luck. You're either going to be sued or you're going to be held to an environmental justice standard to build it. What does that mean? The answer is whatever Biden thinks it means. So while everybody was sitting back distracted by the goon squad, they're phasing out combustion engine cars, which will basically destroy our economy. And now you won't be able to build anything unless the environmental justice lawyers get a piece of it first. But no big deal. Don't worry about it, folks.

Stay distracted, everyone. No big deal. I'm not talking to you. I mean the other people in the middle who are like busy watching Brady Bunch reruns while the country collapses into totalitarian hell. Yeah, yeah. Guy wants to know, yeah, if China's doing the same thing, environmental justice and 100% even. No, they're actually building coal plants and giving us the big FU.

I'll get to that in a second. This is going to, don't go anywhere for this. Just one more quick thing on what happened with the goon squad. Jack Smith, Derek Farland, and SpaghettiO's brains, right? I heard a couple lib lawyers claim yesterday that, oh, this isn't an attack on free speech. It's what Trump did with having these alternate electors ready in KC1 states. That's the crime. Really? Because here's an article by one of the biggest left-wing snakes you're ever going to meet in your life, Kyle Cheney at Politico otherwise known as bullshittico this guy is to the left of lenin

and even he had to acknowledge in 2022 that the democrats in 1960 did the exact same thing in hawaii using here he writes it right here in his own piece instead the hawaii democrats use virtually the same language that the false trump electors in five states use. It's the exact language in the Kennedy-Nixon dispute. The exact same language, which no one's been criminally prosecuted for. This is political. I pulled this left-wing loser for a reason. No Democrat actually believes Trump committed a crime. No one. That's how I know it's dead. The republic is dead today. They are making this up as they go along. And it is impossible to prove in Trump's head that he did not believe this election was stolen. This is not a serious case. Listen, getting back to this. I told you I get to this yesterday. This is actually the most important segment today. How? That sounds crazy. The collapse of the republic. Yes, because it's leading to this. While we beat ourselves into submission, burn our own flag and just bury the Republican, the Republican, flush it down the toilet. The Chinese Communist Party, ladies and gentlemen,

is preparing for World War Three. I'm keeping track of the warnings. This is warning number four thousand five hundred and seventy five. Please, please get ready. The world is going to change like that. And you are going to regret it if you're not prepared. I'm asking you as a friend. Everything I've told you over the last few weeks is playing out exactly. I read you this article a few weeks ago. This is from late June by Jennifer Van Laar.

How the Chinese Communist Party, there's a defector by the name of Don Jingwei. This defector from communist China spoke to these two scientists, one of them Richard Muller. Richard Muller. So you got a guy from China who apparently we have a big time defector who has inside information about everything from apparently China's attack plans to everything else. He speaks to this guy, Richard Mueller. This guy, Richard Mueller, if you missed this show, goes and writes this op ed just after this in the Wall Street Journal. Go to the next. In this op ed in the Wall Street Journal, Richard Mueller, the same guy the defector spoke to, writes this piece, World War III would be fought with viruses.

Talking about how biological and computer viruses are likely to be the weapon of choice. Sounds to me, folks, like what? Like a warning. Are you guys picking up what I'm putting down? I'm hearing a warning in that. Speaks to Chinese defector, warns about biological and computer virus attacks happening. Oh, look, this happened just the other day, July 29th. Wow. Clockwork orange style. Open your eyes. July 29th, as in a few days ago. U.S. hunts Chinese malware that could disrupt American military operations. The Biden administration is hunting for malicious computer code.

It believes China's hidden deep inside networks, controlling all these grids leading to our military base. Sounds like, is that, that, that, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no Don't worry about it. No big deal. No big deal. You got this guy speaks with a Chinese defector. The defectors are higher up. Guy warns about computer viruses to start World War III. And in the New York Times writes, holy shit, we found malicious computer code near our military that could shut us all down. Nothing to see here, folks. Don't worry about it.

And then Forbes, again, you know, Forbes is pretty down the middle, notes the same story. Chinese malware could cut power to U.S. military bases, businesses, and homes. Oh, they're heading on, not just military. It's your house, too. So don't worry. Don't get ready. There's definitely nothing to see here. Don't sweat that at all.

I know you're not hearing any of this on the mainstream media. Oh, and look at this. This is so crazy. Ars Technica, July 28th. Again, that's just a few days ago. Remember the Richard Muller story in the Wall Street Journal, World War III, computer viruses and biological viruses? Holy shit, look at this.

Officials bust illegal lab containing 20 infectious agents and hundreds of lab mice. And who's the company? The company is Prestige Biotech, run by a Chinese-connected guy, Jin-Qing Wuyao. Forgive me if I'm saying your name wrong. Whoa, man.

It's almost like everything I told you, I've told you again. I told you what I was going to tell you. I told you. Now I'm telling you what I told you, but I keep having to tell you because it keeps happening. Even National Review. Oh, my my gosh that's so crazy illegal california lab run by

chinese biotech firm contain mice engineered to spread covid what what is going on what is gas that's natural i'm sorry all natural or yes it's all natural i came from a pangolin that what is it john stewart thing that in the cloaca of a turkey or whatever it was Yes, it's natural. I'm sorry. All natural. Yes, it's all natural. It came from a pangolin. What is it, Jon Stewart thing? That in the cloaca of a turkey or whatever it was. This is it, folks. We're definitely there. We're definitely there. It's definitely a natural origins thing.

Did I not warn you about this? Folks, the signs are everywhere. Get ready today. You are going to wake up. I'm not even done, but I got one more for you. You are going to wake up one morning and the world is going to be a completely different place. If you're prepared, you can reduce the anxiety. Remember the beginning of the show, panic kills, panic does nothing. The way to reduce panic and anxiety is to prepare.

And as I'm getting ready for the show this morning, for this segment, with about 15 minutes told my phone call with the guys to get the show ready, I said, Guy, you got to add one more story. Look at this one. CNN. China replaces its elite nuclear leadership in a surprise military shakeup. Experts call it an unusual move, which comes a week after China's former foreign minister, Guingang, which we reported about too, was suddenly and dramatically ousted from his

office without explanation. Chinese bio lab hidden in California, Chinese malicious code near our military bases could shut down homes and businesses, Chinese firing their China, firing their former foreign minister, replacing their nuclear rocket launch team, Chinese defector talking about viruses,

both biological and computer, to a scientist who writes about it in the Wall Street Journal. Don't worry. Let's keep attacking Americans like Donald Trump. We got environmental justice to worry about. Good point, Guy. You know, Guy, you're the most skeptical of everyone who listens to this show. Have I not made the case to you right now that the signs are everywhere?

Is this even registered with you? Because Guy is the most skeptical one of all. Thank you. That would be a yes. But let's worry about this stuff because the Covidians are back. The Covidians are back, folks. They're already prepping us for more tyranny, by the way. Don't worry about China.

Let's focus on Donald Trump. They're back again. Here's what's going to happen. Shit's going to get ugly in the coming months. That's a fact. Okay. Whether it's what happened is what's going on with Trump, whether it's the China invasion. And now it's clearly obvious it's going to happen maybe within months, right? It's going to get ugly. And what's going to happen? They're going to need to suppress the public here from speaking out because the Biden tyranny does not want to be humiliated. So what's going to be the reason? COVID panic. They're already doing it. Here's a clip from MSNBC yesterday where this delusional doctors on talking again about bring back your face diapers because they work so well the first thousand times they tried them. This actually happened on MSNBC by a medical doctor.

Listen to this. So what I think people need to know is that I would just keep people on alert that when you're in those crowded spaces, think about the cost and the colds. And sometimes many people don't even have any symptoms. A mask can be your best friend.

Keep it private. Back in time, we've had them in our pockets, in our coats, in our backpacks. Time to bring them out again. Especially as the school season starts, we don't want to see kids missing school for things that we could have prevented.

You got it. Justin is, I'm not kidding, he's literally sitting with his head. Here we go. You got it. Justin is, I'm not kidding. He's literally sitting with his head. Here we go. I can't take the stupid. Neither can he, apparently. Poor kid's not even out of college yet. He can't take it.

This is a medical doctor, by the way. Someone believes it. Someone out there believes. Hey, in the chat, seriously, this is a serious question. Y or an N, obviously for yes or no, you know the rules. Yes, you believe masks work. That's a Y. Or no, you don't. I want to see. Or no, you don't believe masks work. I'm trying to break the chat today. No, i know maybe someone does i'm okay and and look look for the first it's going fast do you see any yeses at all because you would think at least one person

if these things weren't big no no it worked for me holy shit the chat is officially broken rumble is melted down my phone is smoking it's fire extinguisher no you're not supposed to be blowing on it. It's oxygen. Wait, cover it up. Cover it up. Suck the, yes, here it is. Thank you, Guy. Here we go. We got fire extinguisher that mother. There we go. Holy shit. There is not a single yes on this thing. Oh, you would think this medical doctor air quotes would consider that a clue that how many people are in the chat 84 000 people and not one of you thinks your advice actually works not one but you keep saying it because they need the panic hey here's another one this gets even better here's

abc's good morning america getting ready for the long COVID. The long COVID pandemic. You saw this? There's a yes, Manster54. Manster, listen, brother. Yeah, you're just trolling. He just wanted to get mad. That's not real.

Manster, you're just messing with us. That is so not real. We can tell a troll from a mile away. We do this all the time. It's Joey Reed watching this show. Maybe it's the doctor. Maybe that doctor's like, I better defend my honor here. Here's Good Morning America prepping you for the next big wave. Here it comes, folks. And long COVID is here. Take a listen. Deaths now have not increased, but there could be reporting delays. The federal government is now setting its sights

on treating long covid new studies and an office of long covid research and practices to lead the responsible for uh to lead people to lead those the reporting numbers for people suffering from the virus michael all right thank you so much for that, Stephanie. Okay. You think this is an accident that these mainstream left-wing activists, media outlets are all of a sudden like, we better start talking COVID again. The mask and all this other stuff, folks, it's not an accident. They need a control mechanism. The perfect way to do it is COVID. Sit inside, you're going to die from the COVID. Here's a hint. Wash your hands. Stay away from sick people. There you go.

It's the best medical advice. Eat a healthy diet. Exercise. Wash your hands. Stay away from sick people. Eat good food. Like I said, get some fresh air and some sun. Take your vitamin D.

And ladies and gentlemen, the chances of you dying from COVID are minuscule. Not going to hear that from the medical doctor because there's no control mechanism involved there. It's just called sound advice. All right. Today I want to wrap up the show with this because it's important coming full circle. You know,

we joke around a lot, mess around a lot and that's good, but it doesn't do me any good to tell you that the constitutional republic is dead and not propose some fixes we can save it folks but i'm not going to spin your wheels we're running out of time i know russia limbaugh who is a far greater broadcaster than me i mean it goes without saying doesn't even i it goes without saying, we all know that. Limbaugh, who I grew up listening to, was my idol on radio. I just enjoyed his content so much. You know, he always said it's never time to panic. And he's right. It never is. I said that at the beginning.

But it is time to be worried. The country's so far gone right now, it's going to take an enormous amount of energy to fix this thing. But I would propose three simple steps if we can get the White House, and that's a big if back in 2024. The country's so far gone and people are so delusional now, cutting off their kids' testicles and breasts, teaching people that they're racist. I saw a picture that they have a parent reading her five-year-old a book about abortion. I mean, this is the country. We live with lunatics.

It's hard to save lunatics. I don't want to spin your wheels. It's worth trying. I'm never going to give up because I'm trying to save my own life and my life and my kids in this country but I would propose three things that every single candidate in this race right now on the Republican side should commit to number one, pardon everyone in the Trump space that's been involved in this thing if it's Trump he can do it himself

if it's not Trump and it's DeSantis or Tim Scott or Vivek Ramaswamy whoever it may be, pardon everyone. Pardon Donald Trump. Pardon Mike Flynn. Pardon everyone. Pardon everyone. Flynn's already been pardoned, I should say. You've removed, pardon everyone. I don't care if it's, pardon everyone in the Trump orbit. Flynn's already got a pardon. Pardon everyone. It'll send a message. The founding fathers were so concerned about overreaches of our police state that they gave the president a power check on the judicial system. And that's the pardon. Pardon everyone.

Step two, everyone's got to get fired. Anyone in the DOJ who touched this case, who was there when this case was touched, who refused to speak out, everyone in the FBI, everyone in any federal law enforcement agency or section of the Department of Justice involved in any of these cases has to be fired. Swap out the United States attorneys. Ladies and gentlemen, we can't have a country like this. We are living in a police state right now. The break the glass moment is now far gone. Finally, unleash the DOJ. Ladies and gentlemen, make the left live by their own rules. If the left wants to criminalize challenging, questionable elections, then ladies and gentlemen, it's time for us to open up

investigations into them. If you can't do that and you don't have the balls to do that, step out of the race now. If you're going to try to take the weak John McCain approach, oh, look, when he killed us on Obamacare, the thumbs-down disaster, we need to set an example. There's no example to be set anymore. You are playing with yesterday's rules. Yesterday's rules are over.

Robert's rules of order, throw the book in the garbage can. It's over. It is time for ruthless new rules politics. Yesterday's rules are over. Robert's rules of order, throw the book in the garbage can. It's over. It is time for ruthless new rules politics. Then when the left gets tired of being the subject of their own new legal precedents, criminalizing free speech, then maybe there'll be a call for some semblance of order. But we're not playing with the old rules anymore. The new rules are in effect.

And if you cannot commit to this, then please step aside. Pardon everyone, fire everyone, and unleash the Justice Department when we get in effect. And if you cannot commit to this, then please step aside, pardon everyone, fire everyone, and unleash the Justice Department when you get in there. And maybe, maybe, just maybe, you'll get a pulse again from this now dead constitutional republic. And man, it pains me to say that. I swore allegiance to it. Unfortunately, the people in D.C. haven't sworn allegiance to it, too. Their allegiance is to one thing, power, and they're going to abuse it. It was a heavy show today, folks. I really appreciate you being here.

How many people we got? I don't know. 86,491. Oh, my gosh. That's like a college football stadium on a, on a, on a hot game on a Saturday, man. What an honor. Next time we'll be at 88. Thank you so much folks for tuning in.

I so deeply appreciate it. If I may ask you one favor, I ask at the end of every show, if you would click that follow button, you see if you're on the page now, it says join, you can join me on locals there, but that green follow button is rumble. Click that green follow button. It is cost you absolutely nothing to do. You'll get a notification. We go live. I go live every day, 11 a.m. Eastern time. Join the chat. I love having you here. Please set up an account rumble. It is absolutely free. Download the app. I will see you back here at 11 a.m. tomorrow. If you want to get in early, 10 a.m. I joined the chat about 1045. Guy and Justin start at 10.

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