Rufo & Lomez

Can America still become one people? Noah Smith joins Lomez for an honest debate over immigration, assimilation, ethnogenesis, and the future of American identity.

Sponsors:

Patriot Mobile : Join the movement today. Go to PatriotMobile.com/PAT or call 972-PATRIOT. Use promo code PAT for a FREE MONTH of service. Real estate agents: Go to RealEstateAgentsITrust.com. That’s RealEstateAgentsITrust.com. BlazeTV: $40 off a BlazeTV+ annual subscription with code POLLWATCH40.

►Preroll Try Sage Teacher at https://www.sageteacher.ai/ One subscription covers your whole family. Use promo code RUFO at checkout for 20% off.

00:00 — Noah Smith on Politics, Economics & “No Opinion”

01:34 — Noah Smith vs. the DSA Left

05:05 — Is America Fundamentally Good?

07:07 — Abundance Politics: What Does “Abundance for Americans” Mean?

10:44 — Who Could Lead the Democrats in 2028?

14:52 — Israel, Palestine & the Challenge of a Jewish Candidate

18:43 — Immigration and the Politics of Ethnic Conflict

25:39 — Irish and German Immigration: How Assimilation Happened

31:57 — Is Today’s Immigration Wave Historically Unprecedented?

35:38 — “Replenished Ethnicity”: Does Immigration Slow Assimilation?

43:23 — Immigration, Ethnic Majorities & Political Balkanization

47:35 — Can “American” Become a Shared Ethnicity?

55:31 — Would an Immigration Pause Help or Hurt Assimilation?

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices

America is being robbed blind, over half a trillion dollars a year, and the politicians in charge are either too weak or too complicit to act. We lay out the scale of the fraud, the scams, and the political corruption, and why Washington can't seem to stop it.

Sponsors:

►Preroll

Try Sage Teacher at https://www.sageteacher.ai/ One subscription covers your whole family. Use promo code RUFO at checkout for 20% off.

00:00 — America's $500 Billion Fraud Problem

03:00 — Inside the $40 Million Medicaid Fraud Allegation

07:00 — Gavin Newsom's “Empire of Fraud”

11:00 — Why High-Profile Arrests Aren’t Enough

15:00 — The Politics Behind Medicare and Medicaid

19:00 — Can Washington Stop the Money?

23:00 — Reform, Collapse, or Opt Out?

27:00 — How AI Could Catch Fraud at Scale

31:00 — Blockchain, Transparency, and Fraud Bounties

35:00 — Why There’s No “Fix-It Room” in Washington

40:00 — The Talent Problem in Politics

45:00 — Public Service Without the Payoff

50:00 — Staying in the Fight Without Becoming a Martyr

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is it about race, class, or something else entirely? We confront America's most uncomfortable immigration debate.

00:00 — The Bo French Tweet Sparks a Firestorm 03:20 — Why Indian Immigration Became a Flashpoint 07:45 — Indian American Success—and the Backlash 12:10 — H-1B Visas: Skilled Worker Pipeline or Wage Pressure? 17:30 — Immigration, Assimilation, and the Ellis Island Comparison 22:00 — Are Indian Americans Assimilating? 27:00 — Race, Class, and the “Indian Question” 32:20 — Homogeneity, Diversity, and American Identity 37:00 — Is Mass Immigration Changing American Culture? 42:20 — Indian Americans, Politics, and Blue-State Assimilation 47:30 — Grind Culture vs. the American Dream 53:00 — Vivek Ramaswamy and the Credential Arms Race 59:00 — Immigration Reform, H-1B Changes, and What Comes Next

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices

Investigative reporter Brian Chau reveals who is bankrolling the “AI will kill everyone” panic and buying influence in Congress.

Sponsors: ►Preroll Try Sage Teacher at https://www.sageteacher.ai/ One subscription covers your whole family. Use promo code RUFO at checkout for 20% off.

00:00 – “AI Will Literally Kill Everyone” – Inside the Doomer Mindset

05:12 – The ‘AI God’ Theory: Recursive Self‑Improvement or Sci‑Fi Fantasy?

11:03 – Paperclip APOCALYPSE: How Doomers Think AI Turns Humans Into Office Supplies

16:44 – Reality Check: Superhuman at Math…But Still TERRIBLE at Writing

21:58 – Will AI Help Some Rando Build a Doomsday Bioweapon?

27:21 – State Bioweapons vs Lone Wolves: Who’s the REAL Threat?

33:09 – Inside Effective Altruism: From ‘Saving Africa’ to Saving Imaginary Future Billions

39:02 – When ‘Doing Good’ Means LYING: The Dark Logic of Effective Altruism

44:35 – Brian’s EA Conference Story: Intelligence, Narcissism, and Straight‑Up Deception

51:10 – The ‘Rogue AI’ HACKS Were STAGED? What Really Happened at OpenAI & Anthropic

57:48 – Hugging Face Incident: Cybersecurity Test or Manufactured AI Scare?

1:03:30 – Why AI Doomers Are Winning: Billions in PR, Media Plants, and DC Influence

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bari Weiss and her 2018 New York Times article on the Intellectual Dark Web launched Jordan Peterson, Sam Harris, and the Weinstein brothers into the mainstream. Nearly a decade later, we dissect how that moment imploded into conspiracy rabbit holes, algorithm addiction, and the collapse of a would‑be heterodox revolution.

Sponsors: ►Preroll Try Sage Teacher at https://www.sageteacher.ai/ One subscription covers your whole family. Use promo code RUFO at checkout for 20% off.

0:00 – Bari Weiss, the NYT, & the ‘Intellectual Dark Web’

3:12 – Bari Weiss Predicts the Collapse

8:45 – From Free Speech Heroes to Cranks: The Fall of the IDW

14:20 – “Classical Liberal” Was Always Fake

19:05 – The Myth of Deplatforming Alex Jones & Milo

23:50 – How Peterson & the Weinsteins Went Off-Grid

29:30 – When Heterodoxy Became a Drug

34:10 – Charles Murray vs. the Weinsteins: Who Was Right All Along?

39:42 – Neocons Did It First (and Better)

45:15 – The Algorithm Fried Their Brains

51:00 – Was the IDW Just a Media Grift?

56:20 – NYT vs. IDW: Who Looks Sane Now?

1:01:40 – The IDW’s Kamikaze Mission Explained

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices

One year after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the Right remains without a clear leader. Its coalition unity is shattered, and its leadership vacuum is only deepening.

0:00 – Charlie Kirk Assassination: One Year Later

3:12 – “Hinge Event” After 9/11: How Kirk’s Death Changed Everything

8:45 – Right-Wing Meltdown: Why the Coalition Shattered After Kirk

13:27 – Inside Charlie Kirk’s Power: Charisma, Humility & Raw Influence

18:50 – How Kirk Made Changing Your Mind a Superpower

23:39 – One Man, Massive Power: The Truth About Political Capital

29:05 – Can Anyone Replace Charlie Kirk?

34:42 – JD Vance: The Only Man Who Can Rebuild the MAGA Coalition?

41:03 – Candace Owens, Conspiracies & Cash: Monetizing Charlie’s Death

47:18 – Checked-Out Conservatives: Has Idealism on the Right Died?

53:02 – Real Voters or Just Clicks? The Mirage of Online Right-Wing Clout

59:40 – From Opposition to Power: Why the Right Can’t Figure Out Governing

1:06:11 – Scott Adams & Charlie Kirk: The Lost Architects of Trumpism

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices

Col. Rob Maness was inside the Pentagon on 9/11. He provides an unfiltered, minute-by-minute account of the attack, the chaos, and the rescue efforts he witnessed firsthand. He connects that day to America's wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and Ukraine, and he makes the case that America is back to a "September 10" mindset today.

0:00:00 25 Years After 9/11: Are We Back to ‘September 10th’ America?

0:02:45 Inside the Pentagon on 9/11: Colonel Maness's Account

0:06:10 Nuclear War Game on 9/11: Coincidence or Something More?

0:10:35 “We Are Under Attack”: The Moment It Became Clear

0:15:20 Chaos at the Pentagon: Fire, Asbestos, and Triage in the Hallways

0:20:40 Who Really Did 9/11? Inside the Future Operations Group

0:25:05 Afghanistan vs. Iraq: Why One War Was Justified and the Other a ‘Bad Idea’

0:30:30 We Won the War in 2005 — Then We Lost the Strategy

0:36:15 Patriot Act & FISA 702: How 9/11 Still Haunts American Freedom

0:42:00 Iran Since 1979: Ending a 50‑Year War with Blockades and ‘Economic Fury’

0:48:10 Can America Outlast Iran’s Fanatics? Political Will vs. Religious Zeal

0:54:25 Ukraine, NATO, and Russia’s Red Line: Did the West Push Too Far?

1:00:10 Can Trump End Two Wars at Once? Predictions on Iran & Ukraine

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices

From The Pendragon Cycle to the future of the GOP, Jeremy Boreing lays out a long-term strategy for rebuilding conservative culture.

Sponsors: ►Preroll Try Sage Teacher at https://www.sageteacher.ai/ One subscription covers your whole family. Use promo code RUFO at checkout for 20% off.

0:00 – The Fantasy Epic Owning Amazon Prime

3:15 – How Jeremy Boreing Beat Hollywood at Its Own Game

7:42 – Why Conservative Movies Keep Failing

12:30 – Will & Grace, Game of Thrones, and the Real Power of Story

18:05 – Rebuilding a 100‑Year Hollywood Machine from Scratch

23:40 – 300 Crew Members, 79 Shoot Days, and Everything Went Wrong

29:10 – Real Bulls, Real Blood: The Insane Pendragon Stunt Everyone Thinks Is Fake

34:25 – Why Conservative Money Won’t Build the Next Facebook or HBO

40:55 – Are Conservatives Doomed by a Failure of Imagination?

47:20 – Lady Ballers vs. Pendragon: Politics, Polemics, and Real Art

53:45 – Evangelicals: The GOP’s Most Powerful Bloc… and Its Weakest Link?

1:00:30 – Tucker Carlson, Israel, and the Coming Right‑Wing Realignment

1:08:10 – Can the Right Actually Build Institutions to Replace Hollywood?

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the RNC convention landing in Dallas next week, the midterm math is starting to look ugly for Republicans. Rufo & Lomez ask the question nobody in the White House wants to answer: why is J.D. Vance the one holding the bag?

►Preroll

Try Sage Teacher at https://www.sageteacher.ai/ One subscription covers your whole family. Use promo code RUFO at checkout for 20% off.

00:00:00 – JD Vance’s case for Republicans in the midterms

00:04:05 – Betting Markets FLIP: Why Democrats Are Favored to Win

00:08:30 – Is the GOP message on fraud and crime falling flat?

00:12:55 – How the Iran conflict is dragging down Republican support

00:17:40 – Is JD Vance Being Set Up to FAIL for 2028?

00:22:00 – SHOCK NUMBERS: 3 Million Fewer Illegal Immigrants

00:26:35 – Deportations, Cheaper Rent, More Jobs: Did Trump Actually Deliver?

00:31:20 – Do Trump’s tariffs actually help American workers?

00:35:55 – From Reagan to Trump: the right’s ideological transformation

00:40:35 – Obergefell, gay marriage, and the collapse of the religious right

00:45:10 – Has Trumpism Turned the Right Into a Nihilist Casino?

00:49:45 – Can the right hold together in the new media ecosystem?

00:54:25 – Final 2026 midterm predictions: House and Senate outlook

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rutgers scientist Dr. Richard Ebright lays out, in forensic detail, how Anthony Fauci funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan, buried the evidence, and orchestrated a fraudulent cover-up paper and why his 2025 pardon is quietly backdated to the exact year the violations began.

00:00 – Fauci’s Backdated Pardon

04:12 – Gain-of-Function Pause in 2014

08:35 – What Is EcoHealth Alliance?

12:49 – Why the U.S. Funded High-Risk Coronavirus Work in China

17:03 – Dick Cheney, NIAID, and the Shift to Biodefense & Bioweapons Research

21:44 – Evidence SARS‑CoV‑2 Came from a Wuhan Lab, Not a Wet Market

26:58 – DARPA, NIH Grants, and the ‘Blueprint’ for Engineering SARS‑CoV‑2

32:37 – Furin Cleavage Site: Statistical Case for a Lab-Engineered Virus

37:50 – Debunking the Wuhan Wet Market Zoonotic Origin Narrative

42:05 – Alleged Scientific Misconduct: Andersen, Garry, Rambaut, Holmes

47:21 – Fauci's “Big Ask” to Shape COVID Origin Science

53:09 – Indictments, David Morens, Peter Daszak, and Slow Fauci Accountability

58:26 – Dr. Ebright’s Personal Cost & Backlash from the Scientific Community

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three controversies collide: Meta's $17 billion settlement, the disturbing TikTok defense of Lindsay Clancy, and former Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino's explosive claim to Tucker Carlson that the Trump administration wants him dead.

0:00 – Happy Birthday Chris!

4:18 – Meta hit with $17 billion: is social media the new Big Tobacco?

9:02 – Are we medicalizing sin? The “addiction” label out of control

14:47 – Should we ban social media for kids under 16?

20:31 – Screen time, parenting, and the myth of “digital skills”

26:05 – Screens, video games, and raising kids in a digital world

32:12 – Fertility crisis, phones, and the future of the gene pool

38:40 – Lindsey Clancy, TikTok hysteria, and modern motherhood

45:55 – Postpartum psychosis, meds, and the ugly truth about modern moms

52:23 – Greg Bovino’s claim of 107 million illegal immigrants

58:41 – Immigration numbers: facts vs fantasy on the right

1:05:09 – Why getting mad at your phone isn’t real politics

1:11:56 – From online outrage to real power: can the right actually govern?

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Freitas tackles federal power, abolishing agencies like the Department of Education, rebuilding assimilation, and why a 20‑year strategy of faith, marriage, and children beats the left’s revolution.

00:00:00 Nick Freitas on the Right Reorganizing

00:05:10 Blackpilled Conservatives & Demoralization Ops

00:10:45 Collapse of Trust: Institutions, COVID, Media Lies

00:16:30 “Woke Right,” Neocons & Leftist Debate Tactics

00:22:05 After Trump: What Holds the Right Together?

00:28:00 Libertarians vs National Conservatives on Power

00:33:40 Should the Right Seize Institutions or Scrap Them?

00:39:20 Hart‑Celler, Mass Immigration & American Identity

00:44:55 Cultural Homogeneity, Assimilation & Trust

00:50:30 Why Young Men Are Demoralized: Porn, Gaming, No Purpose

00:56:05 Masculinity vs Modern Feminism: How We Were Lied To

01:01:25 AOC, Frozen Eggs & the New Feminist Archetype

01:06:30 How the Right Actually Wins: Faith, Family, Children

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Arday's fraud, James Fishback's chaos campaign, and America's rollout of facial-recognition drones don't look related until you see them as three symptoms of the same collapse in institutional trust.

00:00 – American Psychosis & the Jason Arday Fraud Exposed

04:12 – Cambridge’s Racial Fairy Tale and Academic Plagiarism

09:35 – What “Epistemic Closure” Really Looks Like in Universities

15:02 – Digital Lynching, George Floyd Myths, and Media Manipulation

20:47 – Nathan Cofnas vs. Cambridge: Race, IQ, and Scapegoating

27:10 – Why Elite Academia Is Non‑Reformable from the Inside

33:28 – How to Defund Higher Ed: $150 Billion in Taxpayer Subsidies

39:55 – Spinning Off STEM and Letting Liberal Arts Sink or Swim

46:20 – GOP Civil War: Byron Donalds vs. Meme Candidate James Fishback

52:03 – The Rise and Limits of Online Right‑Wing Populism

57:41 – Goy Slop, School Lunches, and Real Economic Anxiety

1:03:18 – AI Data Centers, Job Panic, and Anti‑Tech Populism

1:09:44 – Flock Cameras, Drones, and the Coming Surveillance State

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign policy expert Zineb Riboua explains how Third-Worldism became the Left’s new organizing ideology, why Israel became its obsession, how China and Iran fit into the picture, and what happens when anti-Western politics moves beyond the Left.

0:00:00 – What Is Third Worldism? Zineb Riboua Explains

0:01:19 – From Woke 1.0 to Third Worldism: The Left’s New Phase

0:03:50 – Reparations, Redistribution, and the New Left Coalition

0:07:20 – Why Third Worldism Attracts Elite White College Students

0:09:50 – Why Israel Became the Left’s Obsession

0:16:40 – China, Iran, and the Middle East: The Hidden Axis

0:21:10 – How Third Worldists Flipped U.S. Opinion on Israel

0:28:50 – Islam as Symbolic Politics in the New Left

0:39:05 – Third Worldism as the Next Stage After Woke

0:55:15 – Third Worldism on the Right: When Anti-Imperialism Goes MAGA

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Paul Gottfried has spent decades watching the Left evolve. His conclusion is chilling: Wokeness may be more culturally powerful than American communism ever was.

0:00 – From New Left to Trump: Paul Gottfried’s Big Picture 1:23 – “Post‑Marxist Left”: Why Today’s Left Isn’t Marxist 4:18 – Marxism vs Wokeness: What Actually Changed? 7:21 – Why the Working Class Is Abandoning the Left 10:00 –Today’s “Socialists” Are Just Playing Communist 17:06 – Woke 2.0: What Comes After Peak Wokeness? 23:05 – Is Trumpism the Triumph of Paleoconservatism? 28:51 – Does Trump Have an Actual Ideology? 38:10 – Inside the Gen Z Right: Energy, Chaos, Potential 48:43 – How the Left Captured Every Major Institution

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices

Israel, Iran, and the $20 burrito: Everything Is a proxy fight for 2028. Rufo & Lomez connect the dots between grocery inflation, the Michigan primary, and Tucker's third-party trial balloon and how it all leads to the same place.

0:00:00 – The $20 Burrito Meltdown

0:02:19 – Is Inflation Really to Blame for Expensive Burritos?

0:04:10 – The Brutal Truth About Beef Prices

0:08:59 – When Chipotle Becomes a Luxury Item

0:15:36 – Why Your Life Feels Less Affordable

0:19:32 – Upward Mobility Is Dying

0:26:25 – Cheap Burritos vs. Mass Immigration

0:35:41 – “No More Foreign Aid?” The New Anti-Israel Litmus Test

0:45:24 – The Collapse of Pro-Israel Democrats

0:56:30 – After Trump: Who Really Runs the Right?

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former CIA Targeter Sarah Adams warns that Islamist influence isn't just overseas anymore. Sarah argues the Muslim Brotherhood has spent decades building political power inside America and says both Democrats and Republicans have been quietly cultivated for years.

0:00 – Why We’re Really at War with Iran

2:34 – Inside America’s Botched Strike on Iran’s Nukes

6:58 – Iranian Sleeper Cells in the U.S.?

10:06 – Why Hasn’t Iran Assassinated U.S. Leaders Yet?

13:22 – Is Iran’s Regime About Religion or Power?

17:59 – How the Muslim Brotherhood Bought Influence in D.C.

22:19 – The Caliphate Dream: Iran's Real Endgame

27:36 – Who Failed Us: CIA, FBI, or the Politicians?

41:22 – Is There Actually a Deep State in U.S. Intel?

45:27 – “20 Million Unknowns” – Sarah Adams' Biggest Fear for America

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices

From ‘Kill the Infidels’ chants at Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s mosque to government price-fixed bananas ; Rufo & Lomez expose how Bin Laden’s ideology is merging with the Left’s pure spectacle politics… and why conservatives did nothing about it.

0:00 – NYC’s Socialist Banana Scheme

1:40 – Price Commissars in New York City

3:35 – Government Groceries = Soviet Throwback

6:55 – Why Economics Won’t Beat the Socialists

8:20 – Crime, Chaos, and Losing Your Own City

10:50 – How ‘Law and Order’ Triggers Blue America

13:20 – Fraud, Incompetence, Corruption: The Winning Attack

18:30 – Can the Right Defend American Identity?

21:25 – Quality of Life: The Real New York Fight

27:10 – “Kill the Infidels”: Mamdani’s Mosque Moment

34:50 – From 9/11 to Mamdani: What Happened to America?

48:20 – The Right’s Outrage Addiction and Powerlessness

55:20 – No Blackpill: Why Despair Is a Death Wish

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices

The revolution succeeded but the Online Right is falling apart. Discover why the insurgent energy that crushed woke is now exhausted and directionless.

0:00 – Has the Online Right Lost Its Purpose?

0:39 – How Meme Culture Helped Elect Trump

3:49 – From Anti‑Woke Wave to “What Now?”

5:55 – “America Will Be Woke No Longer”

9:03 – Did the Anti‑Woke Right Actually Win?

12:13 – Nick Fuentes, Transgression, and the Fringe

16:02 – Why the Left Has a Vanguard and the Right Has a Fringe

21:05 – Immigration, Power, and Losing Revolutionary Nerve

30:12 – “Deport Them All”: When Con Inc Flipped

33:21 – Cannon Fodder and the Online Right’s Hangover

39:48 – Is the System Rigged Against Young Conservative Men?

45:44 – Academia Reforms and the Conservative Talent Shortage

55:21 – Can the New Right Become a Legitimate Ruling Class?

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Priou dissects Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey," revealing the philosophical, political, and moral differences between Nolan's blockbuster and Homer's enduring classic.

0:00 – Nolan’s Odyssey: Why This Film Is a Big Deal

0:40 – Is Nolan’s Odyssey a Progressive Trojan Horse?

2:51 – Homer vs. Nolan: What the Original Odyssey Really Asked

5:34 – Guilt, Sin, and “Zeus’s Law”: Christian or Progressive?

6:49 – Trans Casting, Trojan Horse & Elliott Page Debate

10:04 – Civilizational Decline: What Sinon and the Horse Symbolize

16:51 – Dark Humor, Dead Puppies, and Ancient Morality

22:01 – Adaptation vs. Appropriation: Did Nolan Betray Homer?

29:10 – Odysseus Without Glory: The Modern, PTSD Hero

33:35 – Calypso as Malibu Therapist: SSRIs, Yoga, and Letting Go

40:51 – Is Nolan Accidentally Exposing Late Liberal Decadence?

46:50 – “Sea Peoples,” Empire, and the Fate of the West

56:25 – “Just Read Homer”: Best Odyssey Translation and Why

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices