The DeVory Darkins Show - Justice Thomas issues MAJOR REBUKE against Democrats as Mamdani makes FINANCIAL MISTAKE

Episode Date: April 17, 2026

Justice Thomas issues MAJOR REBUKE as Mamdani makes FINANCIAL MISTAKE. This comes as Justice Thomas spoke at UT Austin about taking ownership of our country before it's too late. Also, Mamdani celebrate his new tax hike on the rich.EPISODE SPONSOR: Use code DARKINS to get 60% off an annual plan at https://incogni.com/darkinsFOLLOW ME:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.x.com/devorydarkins⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/devorydarkins⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.rumble.com/c/devorydarkins⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://devory.wtf.tv⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BUY ME A COFFEE:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/devorydarkins⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SHOP OUR MERCH STORE:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://store.devorydarkins.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BUSINESS INQUIRIES:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[e-mail]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

In today's video, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas issued a stunning rebuke of progressivism in our country. Also, Zormandani is now celebrating that he's finally able to tax the rich. And RFK Jr.'s congressional hearing today on Capitol Hill got out of hand. So before we get to that, let's hear what the Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had to say. Take a listen. Our Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas, calling out progressives for historically threatening to destroy our nation's foundation while he was speaking at the University of Texas. in Austin. Listen here. Progressivism seeks to replace

the basic premises of the Declaration of Independence and hence our form of government. It holds that our rights and our dignities come not from God but from government. You will not be surprised

to learn that the progressives had a great deal of contempt for us, the American people. Carrier Bond, Fox News legal editor is with us now. You went this whole speech a couple of times. He thought it was very impressive. Oh, it's the most compelling speech I think I've ever seen or read on the Declaration of Independence. Clarence Thomas is a national treasure. He really is. And the speech reflects that. And he really focused on the beauty of the

declaration, especially in its opening, you know, the iconic phrase we all know so well. We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and are endowed by our creator with unalienable rights. And he addressed head on the complaint and criticism. that many have about the declaration, well, how could they write this when so many of these signers were slaveholders and owners? And he went on to talk about how because rights are given by God and he believes that and God has created men equal, that is why we changed course. Now, first things first, it's really good to always hear from a Supreme Court justice. And just so we're clear, I don't mind hearing from any of them, even the ones I disagree with, because I want to

hear the perspective of someone who's at the highest level of our judiciary and who understands the U.S. Constitution, especially the Declaration of Independence. But more importantly, he touched on something that was very key that most people probably don't understand. These rights that we have were given to us by God. It's on man to enforce those rights, to protect them, to secure them. But according to progressives, some of these rights, essentially, are not what they want you to believe, meaning all men are created equal, right? They don't see that meaning the same way that me and you see it. We know what that means.

Everyone on this planet has been created equal, especially in the image of God. But according to progressives, white men are not created equal to black people. There's a difference there. There's an inequality, sort of speak. So their mission, why it's so good that he spoke out in their lives, is to change our perception when it comes to the past, to change the meanings of the Declaration of Independence in a sense. Okay, let's continue. As public trust and government continues to decline across multiple institutions, including the courts,

many Americans now see the loss of confidence as a hill the government must climb to restore credibility. Why do you think public trust has eroded? Which concerns do you think are legitimate? And how do you suggest that we as a people could rebuild confidence in government, including the judiciary? Oh, I think by learning more about it, by understanding it, and by not being controlled by people who have an interest. in constantly pounding away because they don't agree or they want something else. It's like they're throwing temper tantrums.

I think that unless people, and I meant what I said, I don't not. It took the speech even. It takes a lot of work for me because I want to say what I actually think. And I think if we don't stand up and take ownership of our country and take responsible for it, we are slowly letting others control how we think and what we think. He is so spot on about that. That's why I tell you guys all the time, you got to participate in your local elections. You got to want to know what's happening in your own backyard.

It's even fascinating. Even people who are in politics seem to be so obsessed. Well, what's happening overseas, then they are what's happening in their own local city. It's really fascinating stuff. The second thing here is these progressives don't want you thinking this way anyway, because they don't want your consent. The whole purpose of our government is the consent of the people. Well, they don't want you believe in that stuff.

Because if that means you have consent as an American citizen to elect who you want to elect, to vote on certain things that you want to vote on, that means you're removing their power from you. This is why socialists, communist, or Marxist regimes are cancer to this planet. There is no consent in those particular types of governments. But hey, if you look at Zoro Mandati and some of these other people, especially in AOC, they definitely don't see it that way. Progressivism was the first mainstream American political movement with a possible exception of the pro-slavery reactionaries on the eve of the Civil War to openly oppose the principles of the declaration. Progressives strove to undo the declaration's commitment to, equality and natural rights, both of which they denied were self-evident. That's a powerful statement, Carrie.

It is. And he went on to talk about how progressives were also responsible for the terrible Supreme Court decision, Buck v. Bell, and just the thinking at the time that certain people should not be legally allowed to have children if they were deemed not capable enough for various reasons by the state. But, you know, one thing I also really appreciated about the speech, and I think, again, he epitomizes this. He lives by what he preaches, is.

he talked about the lack of courage that we have generally lacking in our society. And he says it's the devotion of the people who sign the Declaration, who have fought these wars, who have done everything that have done all of these things so that we can live the lives that we have now. It was because of devotion. And he is very concerned that today we lack that devotion. And he's concerned about the future of the country. If people do not start behaving courageously, even in their everyday lives. And there was another point that he made.

that most people have heard of the Declaration of Independence but have not actually read it. Or the last time that they read it was very long time ago and they really don't understand what it truly means. And so it's really another reminder, including to myself, to continue to study the Declaration of Independence. You are American citizen. You have freedom to do whatever you want. But if you're actively engaged and speaking on politics and you want to be politically engaged, I think it'd be smart somewhere to start is at the core foundation of our country, which would be the Declaration of Independence. Because if not, things like this are going to continue to happen,

which leads us to our next door. Zoramondani, Kathy Hokel, are now celebrating that they're able to tax the rich with their latest policy. Take a listen. When I ran for mayor, I said I was going to tax the rich. Well, today, we're taxing the rich. I'm thrilled to announce we've secured a pieter tax, the first in New York's history. This is an annual fee on luxury property is worth more than

$5 million whose owners do not live full-time in the city. Like for this penthouse, which hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin bought for $238 million. This peer-to-ter tax is specifically designed for the richest of the rich, those who store their wealth in New York City real estate, but who don't actually live. But even so, they're able to reap the huge financial rewards of owning property in, dare I say, the greatest city in the world. And most of the time, these units are sitting empty, since again, they don't actually live here. This is a fundamentally unfair system that hurts work. New Yorkers. Now, it's coming to an end. This tax will raise at least $500 million directly for the city. It'll help fund things like free childcare, cleaner streets, and safer neighborhoods.

As mayor, I believe everyone has a role to play in contributing to our city. And some, a little bit more than others. Happy Tax Day, New York. All right, now let's talk about you because today's show is brought to you by Kogne. I don't know if you guys know this, but every time you receive a spam call, that's a clear sign that your personal data has been leaked online. Data late. have gotten so bad that scammers are actually able to sell your personal data like your social security number, your address, or your phone number for money. The troubling fact is this, once that happens, people can easily take out loans of your name, create a huge financial

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I am proposing a common sense surcharge on high-value second homes in New York City, homes that many cases sit vacant for a large part of the year. We have the inventory. They're part of our skyline, but those people are not part of our city. Translation, if you've got more, they want more. And what's that money going to go toward? How about a city-run grocery store pitched by Mom Donnie with a $30 million, price tag.

The mayor wants to spend roughly $30 million to build a store at La Marquette, a city-owned marketplace under elevated train tracks in a predominantly Latino neighborhood because nothing says efficiency like the government getting into the grocery business. But the dims aren't stopping there. California Congressman Roe Kana says, why not just make everything free? Medicare for All, that's a better system with better outcomes where health care is guaranteed to every single person from the day they are born. For our young people, to assure career opportunity is not limited by your family's wealth.

We need free college and free trade schools. Free college, free trade school, free medicine. Meanwhile, the numbers on DEI show just how damaging it has been to the American economy, close to $1,200 for a family with two working adults and nearly $100 billion in total. That's a loan in 2023. Yeah, what I would call that, and what we called it in the military was misplaced priorities. Okay.

Let me read some data to you here just so we're all on the same page. New York has had a net out migration for decades. Recent data shows 58% of moves are outbound versus 42% inbound. In fact, New York City had one of the largest outflows in the United States in 2025. Income leaving? What does that look like? 13.8 billion in income moved to Florida over the past. a decade. Ten billion in income was lost in a year of 2022 alone. And so will that continue to happen?

Of course. For example, at least 23 companies moved their headquarters to Texas recently, whether that's Florida. But again, political shifts, relocation, increased. That has all spiked. I mean, ask your local real estate agent, of course. So, of course, the mayor will gaslight that particular fact, which I'm about to show you, and say that, no, a mass exodus is not happening. In fact, taxing the rich is something that truly works. But I guess New Yorkers will have to be the judge of that. Take a listen to this. And so for all of the discussion of the imagined exodus that would take place, were we to tax the wealthiest New Yorkers by the appropriate amount?

I say imagined because before I was a mayor, I was a state legislator, and I was part of an effort to increase taxes on millionaires at that time. We were told the same thing then. And what we find now is that we have more millionaires today than we did at that time, even after having passed that text. And so for all of that conversation about this imagined exodus, we have to reckon with the very real exodus that we are seeing in the city, an exodus of working class people, an exodus of those who cannot afford to live here. And for many who work here, who now find their residents in Jersey City or in Connecticut or in Pennsylvania, anywhere else where their dollar. can go a little bit further. And we've seen just in a snapshot from 2000 to 2020, the city lost 200,000 of its black residents. That is the cost of inaction. And so that also speaks to the urgency of this conversation and this advocacy. And it is a representation of the fact that while this is a

global issue, it is also very much a local issue here in New York City. Yeah, I mean, just imagine the mental gymnastics that he had to do there on that stage. So we went from there is no mass exodus, taxing the wealthy is working. We're getting all the money we need to pay for everything. So everything is free for New Yorkers to, well, black people are leaving. And it's because of these, I guess, inequality-based policies. I don't know. You guys will have to help DeVore really understand it because I don't.

I guess speaking of a misunderstanding, let's go to what's happening on Capitol Hill. RFK Jr., Secretary of HHS is testifying. Obviously, we already know where this is going. They're going to question him on vaccines and all this other stuff and accuse him of making radical decisions. And I would argue a lot of the decisions he's made have actually been pretty effective and are good and what's needing in our country regarding our health. But that's a whole other thing. Let's start with this first clip where this congresswoman, by the name of,

of Representative Terry Sewell, okay, Sowell, she accuses him of being racist because on a podcast in 2024, the secretary said that black kids who are on ADHD medication need to be reparented. Take a listen. Mr. Secretary, you've made a number of outlandish and frankly disturbing comments both before and during your tenure as Secretary of Health and Human Services. I want to draw your attention to one of those times. In a 2024-bought podcast interview, you suggested that black children on ADHD medication should be reparented. You said every black kid is now just standardly put on Adderall, SSRI, benzos, which are known to induce violence,

and that those children are going to have to go somewhere to get reparented. There is a lot to unpack in that comment. I know that you've already answered several of the questions I was going to ask, and so I'm just going to rephrase them. Mr. Secretary, you've already admitted that you are not board-certified physician, and you've already admitted that you did not go to medical school. Have you ever reparented, or parented, I should say, a black child? I don't even know what that phrase means, and I doubt that I said it.

Yes or no answer. I doubt that I said that for you. No, I'm not going to answer something that I didn't say. You absolutely said it. Oh, I'd like to hear the recording. So to be clear. It doesn't make any sense. I don't even know what it means.

I don't either. That's why I'm asking. By the way. So to be clear, you're not a doctor. You have no medical degree and you have no formal medical training. As have never parented at a child. Get you are. Digest.

That. The HES secretaries had medical. This is my time. Okay. All right. In my just short amount of research here into that particular story, he did say that, to be clear here. And him saying it really is not a problem. It's not a racist statement to actually say that.

And instead of the congresswoman actually having a thorough conversation to find out what that truly means, she wants to do the whole gotcha stuff. You know, he's not a dog, blah, blah. Let's focus on the merits of what was said, though. Okay. Why is it a common practice for black kids to get placed on ADHD? Well, you know what the fascinating part about this is? I was one of those kids. I was given Ritalin. That did not work whatsoever. In fact, it made things worse. Now, we know that these medications from the pharmaceutical industries do not treat root causes.

They treat symptoms. We also know that medication can make people very emotionally unstable, even though they claim to make people emotionally stable. And so as far as that is concerned, I think that's very fair to say. And I think the better question is, why is it in the black community? We are essentially being crammed with ADHD medicine down our throats. Are we born with ADHD exactly? Or is there something in our environment, in our food, and the way we are parented that leads to us developing it over time? I think that's a phenomenal question to actually get into.

I would argue it's probably that more than being born with it. But again, some people will definitely disagree with me. I could already see that coming. Here's more of what was said. So you are not a doctor, have no formal medical training, and you've never parented a black child, and yet you are suggesting that the federal government should take black children away from their families

and reparent them and send them off to some wellness farm instead of providing them with evidence-based medical needs. You're just making stuff up. I am absolutely not making this up. Mr. Secretary, in your opinion, what factors should the federal government consider when reparenting a black child who has been on ADHD or ADD? I don't even know what you're talking about, Congressman. I don't know what you're talking about.

I don't know what reparenting either means. I don't either, but you said that. So the question is not necessarily if RFK Jr. is racist. I mean, I don't think he's racist whatsoever. I think what he said, maybe you can argue he could have worded it. He could have worded differently. But that is the tone police. That is the people who want to please people's speech.

Let's actually go at the heart of the problem within the black community. Behavioral issues. Quality of education, the lack of financial literacy. There are so many things plaguing the black community that the black community themselves do not want to actually fix. Why is that? I don't have an answer for you besides paradigms. program not to. And we wouldn't even have to look any further to other cultures out there. They are programmed to. Asian community. When do you see a 10-year-old Asian kid raising their

six-year-old sibling? Isn't it common that Asian kids put education first? Let's go to people who are from India. Isn't it common that it's within their paradigm to all live in one house and grow wealth together? I can keep going. I think I made my point very clear. Why don't I hear from you guys in the comment section to these updates today, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, which make of what he had to say. In fact, I'm asking you directly, when's the last time you read the Declaration of Independence? Secondly, what do you make of Kathy Holcomb and Donnie now celebrating that they're able to tax their rich, sort of speak? And then what did you think of our Cave Jr. having to defend his comments about black kids needing to be reparented due to ADHD? Give me your thoughts,

everything you got in the comments section below. All right. This takes this to our next big story, 11 House Republicans voted with Democrats to grant temporary protective status to Haitian migrants. Not only are they facing backlash, but things are starting to get really difficult for the Republican Party. If you guys missed out on that update more, click on this video because it's coming up right now.