Conservative Review with Daniel Horowitz

Today is the closing act of this current 2024 electoral era. I offer my final comments before the ballots are counted to demonstrate how Republicans flushed their mandate down the toilet. In order to understand the lost mandate in its proper context, the remainder of the show is a replay of my raw reaction to the 2024 Trump victory as it happened and my outline at the time for how to properly utilize the mandate.

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The Republican Party has suffered a lost decade of innovation, courage, and core principles. In this urgent breakdown, I expose how blind idolatry of Donald Trump paralyzed the American conservative movement, distracted an entire generation of potential leaders, and allowed the Left to outflank the GOP on foundational economic and quality-of-life issues. While the political establishment chases daily body-part riffs, golden ballroom galas, and media sideshows, the American people are drowning under corporate monopolies, unaffordable health care, toxic chronic illness, techno-feudalism, and unchecked globalism. Winning an election means nothing if you have no vision for what to do with power. While we await the final results of the election, I begin the brutal postmortem and deliver the definitive 10-point agenda required to scrap the golden calf, rebuild the grassroots, and rescue American civilization.

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The American Right faces a fundamental political dilemma: It cannot continue defending Donald Trump's baggage, the Republican establishment, and the special interests that have helped create America's economic problems while expecting a different electoral outcome. And simply anointing JD Vance as the next Republican presidential nominee won't solve the problem. I analyze JD’s town hall with voters to show why he is not up for the task, nor could he win because of the Trump baggage trap. From inflation and housing affordability to corporate monopolies, Big Tech, data centers, government corruption, health care, and the influence of special interests, conservatives need an economic and political message that transcends traditional party loyalties. But what would that movement actually look like? I’m joined by Rebecca Bextel, Constitution Party candidate for Wyoming governor, to examine Wyoming as a real-world case study. A lifelong Republican activist who broke with her party to challenge the Republican nominee (who is basically a Democrat), Bextel explains why she believes Wyoming voters deserve something beyond business-as-usual Republican politics. The message for the Right is clear: Reform or die!

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How did we get to a point where the conservative movement could be so listless that it elevates liberals and globalists who promote everything they say they hate while spitting on those who fight for their stated values? It’s because for the past 10 years, everything has been about mimicking the literal mannerisms of one man. I sit down with former House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good for a revealing discussion about Donald Trump, the Republican Party's identity crisis, and how conservatives can rebuild a movement that has lost its sense of direction. Bob Good knows firsthand what happens when loyalty to the president becomes the defining test of Republican politics. After challenging establishment leadership in Congress and serving as chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, Good lost his 2024 Republican primary to a challenger endorsed by Trump. That should have been a warning sign, but instead, Con Inc. plowed forward like nothing happened. We explain how that mindset has led to an impending electoral disaster that might not end with next Tuesday’s election.

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How can conservatives rebuild the movement when Donald Trump will remain president for another 26 months? That's the million-dollar question nobody on the right will answer. Today, I explain how Trump has perfectly managed to turn off both educated and blue collar rural voters at the same time, which allowed Democrats to run to the right of Republicans. The problem is he will continue plodding the same path for the next 26 months, which will lock us into his image, and his primary endorsements, while ensuring we lose yet another generation election. For years, the right accepted a code of silence, defending corrupt endorsements, reckless spending, big tech data center takeovers, and aristopopulist rhetoric under the false promise that "we just have to beat the Democrats." Now, red states like Mississippi and South Carolina are slipping away, working-class voters are crushed by inflation while party leaders brag about Mar-a-Lago wealth, and the establishment is already trying to run the status quo into 2028. We need to build a broader, independent movement around issues such as government accountability, medical freedom, Big Tech, data centers, property rights, and the growing influence of special interests. The longer we wait to do the surgery, the more Democrats will do it for us.

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While the broader conservative movement faces political retreat, compromise, and election-cycle burnout, the Second Amendment movement has delivered relentless, generational victories — from 29 constitutional carry states to dismantling historic National Firearms Act taxes on suppressors. How do they do it? I sit down with Erich Pratt, executive vice president of Gun Owners of America, to reveal the uncompromising "secret sauce" behind their success: prioritizing issues over party loyalty, leveraging aggressive grassroots pressure, fighting on every policy, political, and electoral front, and holding both parties accountable. Pratt breaks down the recent legal triumphs allowing Americans to purchase suppressors and short-barreled firearms without ATF tax stamps, while exposing the ongoing sabotage inside the Department of Justice, where career bureaucrats continue defending unconstitutional Biden-era rules. We also cover the weaponized digital surveillance, warrantless tracking through Flock cameras outside gun shops, the federal push to warehouse dealer records, and the unconscionable arrest of an active-duty National Guardsman in Washington, D.C., under local prosecutors. Discover how true no-compromise activism works — and why this exact playbook must be applied to save America beyond the ballot box.

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It’s time for conservatives to move beyond Trump and rebuild the Republican Party (or something else) from the ground up. I deliver the uncensored truth that conservative media refuses to utter: What is our plan for the day after the election? With Trump’s net approval rating sinking to -21.7—three times worse than the 2018 midterms—red states from Texas and Kansas to Ohio and North Carolina are facing an unprecedented collapse on the scrimmage line. While Democrats campaign against Big Tech data centers and utility rate hikes, GOP leadership canceled primaries, elevated corporate shills, and left grassroots patriots stranded. If conservatives do not completely disentangle from Donald Trump, reject the corporatist grift, and build a truly independent movement, there will be nothing left to rebuild.

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The AI data-center bubble is creating the next financial crisis — and costing Republicans control of red America. I explain the debt bubble and how it is beginning to pop, the role of government subsidies and tax incentives, and how Trump and Republicans built the greatest financial bubble that will pop the economy, as well as their political control of some red states. The AI bubble burst will become another subprime-style financial crisis, as the losses spread to retirement accounts, pensions, and the wider financial system. Sadly, all conservatives are now viewed by voters as exponentially more in favor of Big Tech than Democrats. In case you are struggling to understand why Trump is being forced to rally in deep-red states to prevent them from falling, today’s show has you covered.

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Is America "half a step behind" the violent riots tearing across France and Europe? I sit down with Adam Starzynski, editor at Visegrad24, to expose the terrifying "red-green alliance" fueling the destruction of Western Europe. Starzynski breaks down how radical left-wing communists and Islamic jihadists are exploiting the economic misery of young Europeans to orchestrate mass looting, burn down schools, and conquer French cities. While the media blames social grievances, Starzynski reveals the deeper existential threat — and why the right-wing movements in both Europe and America are currently failing to stop it. In this wide-ranging conversation, we explore how there are obvious economic grievances, housing pressures, and youth unemployment plaguing the younger generation. However, the immigration and political radicalization have created the perfect storm for the jihadists to further cement their conquest of Europe. If the U.S. doesn't wake up to this demographic and economic perfect storm, American cities will be the next to burn.

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Are government inflation numbers telling the whole story? Why does life feel so much more expensive even when official statistics suggest inflation isn’t quite as bad as you think? And why is the American dream becoming increasingly difficult for young Americans to achieve? I’m joined by Tom Elliott, founder of the Reality Index and American Dream Index, to examine the growing affordability crisis and the gap between government inflation statistics and the financial reality facing American families. Elliott explains how changes to the Consumer Price Index, including the use of owners' equivalent rent, quality adjustments, and substitution, can produce inflation figures that fail to capture important aspects of the rising cost of living. His Reality Index attempts to measure changes in the prices Americans actually face, while the American Dream Index examines how much a middle-class lifestyle costs relative to a typical worker's income. It’s become clear that ever since the feds took us off the gold standard and then implemented loose money policies, they have an agenda to cover up just how much inflation they are inducing.

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Conservatives must stop playing political checkers and start playing chess. Today I pose nine critical political questions the conservative movement must confront after the election if Republicans ever hope to break their cycle of failure and build a winning strategy for the future. If the conservative movement keeps relying on Trump’s image, the same candidates, strategies, and political machinery, what reason is there to expect a different result? As Republicans face a staggering loss, it’s time to ask the uncomfortable questions, challenge the status quo, and start thinking several moves ahead. Just like bad performance from monopolies requires more choice and competition to better the outcome, we need to open up more competition on the Right to refine a better outcome. Or … we can continue the failure theater for the rest of our lives so the political grifters can get rich off feigning perpetual outrage over issues they plan to ignore.

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Is Big Tech's version of AI deployment really the product of free-market innovation — or is it built on copyright theft, government subsidies, and special legal protections? I sit down with Michael McClellan, an attorney involved in litigation over alleged AI-related copyright infringement, to examine the legal, moral, and constitutional questions about AI chatbots that conservatives cannot afford to ignore. He exposes the disturbing business model behind AI chatbots and explains why conservatives must fight for property rights, individual liberty, human flourishing, and genuine free-market capitalism over crony protections for these monopolies. AI companies promise to revolutionize society. But what happens when that technology depends on copyrighted works allegedly taken without permission, government favoritism, and a regulatory system that allows powerful corporations to operate under different rules from everyone else? You get bad products and even worse outcomes. In this wide-ranging discussion, we cover everything from Section 230 indemnity to how conservatives should approach liability and regulation and the hypocritical gaslighting from the industry about the need to “beat China.”

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What we are doing is not working, and we need to seek a multitude of innovative ideas to strengthen conservative parts of America. One of them is the Greater Idaho movement that has led to the broad effort to unify large swaths of rural areas in blue states with neighboring red states. I’m joined by Matt McCaw, executive director of Greater Idaho, to discuss the effort behind Eastern Oregon's massive push to join Idaho. We break down how the process of seeking a "national divorce" at the state level can force a political inflection point, empower local defiance against blue-state mandates, and rejuvenate red-state America. Matt reveals how the same milquetoast Republicans who squander political capital and fail to protect grassroots voters are an obstacle to Greater Idaho. He also discusses similar movements in Illinois, Washington, California, Virginia, and elsewhere, exploring why some rural communities want to join neighboring states whose political priorities more closely reflect their own.

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Republicans squandered their political capital on special interests, corporate monopolies, and Big Tech data centers. Now, Democrats are successfully running to the right of the GOP in red areas by campaigning on anti-corruption and the Epstein files, against corporate monopolies gobbling up farmland, and opposition to Flock security cameras. In this episode, I expose the catastrophic failure of personality-driven politics and explain why conservatives must urgently pivot back to fixed objectives, localism, and the competent governance model seen in states like Florida. I go through numerous campaign ads to show how Democrats are running on our issues. If Republicans continue to surrender issues involving corporate power, privacy, affordability, and government accountability, Democrats will keep trying to capitalize on the resulting voter frustration.

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America's jobs recession is getting harder to ignore. While politicians celebrate economic growth and billions of dollars in AI investment, American workers are struggling to find jobs and college graduates are being shut out of entry-level positions.Today, I sit down with labor market expert Amanda Goodall to expose the "fake" economy. We break down how capital is being deliberately misallocated into unproductive debt, why the highly touted Iowa steel plant Mesabi Metallics might just be a political mirage, and why the vast majority of new jobs are either part-time, low-paying construction gigs, or government-adjacent. Discover why the AI CapEx bubble is masking a systemic jobs depression — and what happens when the ventilator is turned off. Sustainable economic growth must come from real productivity, productive investment, and businesses meeting genuine economic needs — not simply steering capital into valuations and debt. Republicans will continue to lose if they fail to evacuate from the Big Tech bubble.

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The conservative movement has no shortage of podcasts, influencers, angry voters, or political commentary. But where are the new ideas? Where are the strategies that actually deliver results? And why do so many conservative voices continue to support a Republican establishment that repeatedly undermines the very issues they claim to champion? Today, I deliver a forceful critique of Conservative Inc., MAGA influencers, and the state of the Republican Party. Conservative media has become trapped in an endless cycle of blind loyalty to access, outrage, online feuds, and political personalities — while neglecting the hard work of building an effective movement. I also analyze the three primary factions among Con Inc. influencers and how they are all either toxic or ineffective. Instead of endlessly recycling the same grievances while perpetuating them through failed personality contests, the movement needs original thinking, coherent strategies, and leaders willing to fight for tangible outcomes.

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While all eyes are glued to the top of the ticket, a quiet — but massive — political earthquake is rumbling down-ballot. Today, I sit down with Chaz Nuttycombe, the preeminent state legislative forecaster and executive director of State Navigate, to unpack a shocking trend: Republicans are bleeding critical power in the state legislatures that actually govern the country. Despite hundreds of millions of dollars pouring into campaigns, the granular polling reveals a landscape where historical conservative dominance is receding. From shifting suburbs to an unpredictable rural turnout, this is the horse-race analysis where "the rubber meets the road." Chaz warns that Republicans could lose over 400 state legislative seats and lose control of chambers in Arizona, Wisconsin, and Georgia, with some other possible surprises in the mix. State legislatures shape the laws that govern everyday life, influence congressional redistricting, and determine the balance of political power within each state. Yet these races receive only a fraction of the attention devoted to Washington.

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Your car is no longer just a vehicle — it is a rolling wiretap. The moment you plug your smartphone into your dashboard, modern infotainment systems silently download your entire text history, call logs, and location data. This isn't a glitch; it’s a lucrative business model designed to sell your private life to data brokers, Big Tech, and insurance companies. I’m joined by automotive expert Lauren Fix to pull the curtain back on the hidden surveillance network operating inside and outside your vehicle, and how government mandates have made cars more expensive, lower quality, and highly invasive. Lauren also warns how Flock and Axon cameras are tracking drivers across the country, sometimes producing wildly inaccurate information that has resulted in innocent people being pulled over, arrested, and even jailed. We also cover how government policies, such as EV mandates and bright headlight regulations, have made cars so much more expensive and less enjoyable and how they have enabled subscription fees that negate consumer ownership of cars.

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The promise was to expose and dismantle the weaponization of the Department of Justice. But has the DOJ actually changed? I’m joined by January 6 attorney and former DOJ lawyer Jonathan Gross for a deep dive into what happened to the promised effort to root out DOJ weaponization. Nothing has changed in terms of personnel, with many of the same bad actors who persecuted innocent Americans continuing to stay on. We also discuss the January 6 prosecutions, coerced plea agreements, overcharging, selective prosecution, the treatment of Antifa and ICE-related cases, and Gross’ lawsuit seeking accountability for people he says were harmed by DOJ weaponization. The stakes, according to Gross, go beyond January 6. The central question is whether the federal justice system has actually been reformed — or whether the same machinery remains in place for whoever controls Washington next. Sadly, it’s the latter.

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While Washington celebrates the "AI Revolution," a massive financial and infrastructural bubble is quietly being built in our back yards — and it is threatening to take the U.S. economy down with it. I’m joined by utilities expert and former Wisconsin public service commissioner Dan Eastman to expose the ugly reality behind the nationwide data center land-grab. It’s not just the fact that we don’t have the energy the companies claim they will pay for; it's a venture socialist grift that is actively crowding out everyday Americans, and Republicans are handing Democrats a massive electoral victory by blindly supporting it. We break down the data-center bubble, circular financing, utility impacts, government favoritism, AI hype, capital misallocation, and why the coming correction will be far more painful than previous bubbles, given the state of the debt, inflation, and bond markets. As always, it will be Main Street that will pay the price of both the collapse and the inflation from the bailout.

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