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The Rise or Demise of America is seven days away.

This show drops on Wednesday, October 28, meaning that you only have seven days to vote for your freedoms in America.  If the conservatives hold the House and Senate on November 4, the American citizens would have rallied to usher in the Golden Age for ourselves, our children and grandchildren.

If it goes the way of the Democrat Socialist, we will be witnessing the beginning of the fall of America.

Welcome to One Day Closer, where we are rekindling a spirit of Hope and Truth into the days conversations.

This past Saturday, both Paul and I heard an excellent monologue by Mark Levin, host of the Life, Liberty and Levin show on Fox Network.  An epic and vintage, and without doubt, a passionate plea from Levin on how to save America.

A passionate "last call" if you will to assess your options with full disclosure and straight talk on the line.  So join us today as we ponder Mark Levins case against the DSA party and the case for your American freedoms.

The DSA socialist estimated budget over ten years to deploy everything they wish for will cost the American people an estimated $212 Trillion dollars.

Mark Levin asked, who pays for it?

"We;; let's start with just the super-rich.  Extracting from the top 400 wealthiest Americans combined, the DSA could procure $6.6 Trillion.  That won't even cover one year of their vision.

Meanwhile, France continues to burn to the ground.

1300 were arrested this past weekend.  The weekend before they arrested 2700 rioters as the city burned.  An historic Town Hall, 143 years old was burned to the ground in Paris.

The Interior Ministry of France estimated that 400,000 were "protesting" on Saturday.  110,000 of those were just in Paris.

70,000 police officers were deployed.

Other countries are also seeing protests and nefarious activities include Albania, Belgium and Italy.  

Which begs the question, who, what and when will this madness end?

Join us as we explore Levins insights into what's next for America.  

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Mark is back behind the mic in Studio B to discuss the casualties of Freedom.  We have a reference or two to the cost of Freedom, but what are the casualties of Freedom?

Today we will focus on the unrest in France as we examine the root cause behind the violent protests abroad.  Is it really about social disorder, discomfort with conditions at the institutions of higher learning or is it something else?

Why do we have people riot against problem solving, common sense initiatives and progress.  Progress and better global security for all nations?  

Why is it many on the left of common sense continue to push back against Trumps vision of a Golden Age?  Can’t they see that as long as the bullies of Iran remain a threat to global harmony, there will never be peace on earth.

Assimilation or the lack thereof, is the key to understanding why France and other nations are burning to the ground.

In America, our freedom comes from the visions of our forefathers as captured in our Constitution.  But in France, they thought that freedom would come from Woke policies and a tolerant mindset.  The challenge they face is that their open door policies to  accept anyone and everyone into their country and culture, failed to consider the intentions of their guests.  

They assumed everyone would want to assimilate and become part of the cherished culture of France.

With nearly one third of their population being of Muslim decent, the French are learning in real time that their guest do not assimilate well.  In fact, they had no intentions of assimilating at all.  

Will America be asked to help France once again?  Do their European neighbors have the resources to help retake the streets of France from their invading guests?

Is it simply radical Islamist or is it more accurate to suggest it’s an invading culture that does not assimilate?  

Join us today as we discuss these challenges and hopefully bring clarity and discernment to the fore.

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A quick walk down memory lane just after Trumps 200th day in office reveals both the cleanup on isle Biden and the framework for Americas Golden Age.  Below is a short list of Trumps accomplishments in his first 200 days:

• Zero border arrests
• Most secure border in American history accomplished in just 7 weeks
• 300,000 deported by ICE
• 1 million  had SELF DEPORTED.  Today nearly 3 million have self deported. 
• Education Secretary reduced her department by 50% 
• Inflation is at a 40 year low (under Biden it was 9.4+. Now it’s 3.2)
• Wall Street records
• Historic Trade Deals
• Deregulation all time high
• Tariff Revenues exceeded $60 billion per month
• Largest Tax cuts in American history
• Exposing all the corruption of the deep state 
• Today Trump has secured over 21 Trillion in new investments into America from corporations around the world
• Global respect on the world stage.  22 foreign leaders have visited the White House in the first 200 days
• Peace Maker in seven different global conflicts 
• EU / NATO agreed to 5% of their GDP towards self defense
• CNN acknowledges this is the most productive presidency on record

With these things accomplished, let's examine what will follow to usher in Americas Golden Age.

The Golden Age of America restated:

• Borders secured & Immigration Revised
• America First Agenda confirmed in midterm
• DEI, Woke and Trans/Gender mutilation dies at the Federal level 

The Pathway Forward:

• Investigations of corruption come to a close and prosecutions begins 
• Liberal State Judges and Soros backed prosecutors must be replaced
• Repercussions levied against Fake News 
• DSA & Blue Sanctuary Cities not supporting Federal law and fomenting ICE hate will not receive Federal fundings
• Fomenting Israel hate and Gaza Genocide silenced and prosecuted
•  US Islamic Invasion brought to heal
• Ending the Iran War and empowering the Persians to rise up 
• Establishing the Middle East Abraham Accord Framework 

The Rewards of Going the Distance with Trump and the Conservative Party:

• The World will continue to witness the power and influence of a strong America on the world stage
• Bullies and bad actors finally realize their station in life and come to heal 
• Prosperity brings low gas prices, vibrant economy, lower interest rates and affordability
• American Manufacturing, Energy Drilling, and Trumps 21 trillion of US investments begins to produce results 

The Long View of World Events:

• Will Americas be called on to help liberate France again from invasion?
• Americas Leadership on the World Stage will play a significant role 
• New Middle East Alliances are formed which usher in Abraham Accords 2.0
• What would 10 years of conservative leadership look like?  Image the positive changes we could enjoy.

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In follow up on last weeks show entitled Moral Truths avoided by the Pulpit, we thought it appropriate to say a few things the pulpit won’t in this episode.

One Pastor that is speaking truth is Pastor Willie Rice, Pastor and President of the Southern Baptist Convention.  Pastor Rice makes the case that Christians and Church elders should engage, not in political sides, but in the arguments that counter the Christian walk.

Moral decay refers to the deterioration of ethical and moral standards within a society or individual. Society gradually weakens from shared ethical standards, rules of right and wrong, and social trust.

The Bible presents moral decay as a turning away from God's commands that leads to personal separation, societal disorder, and spiritual ruin.

Self-Reliance: As described in Judges 21:25, "everyone did what was right in his own eyes," creating lawlessness and confusion.

Selfishness and Greed: Passages like 2 Timothy 3:1-5 warn that people will become lovers of themselves and money rather than lovers of God. 

Key Scriptural Example:

The Period of the Judges: A repeating cycle where Israel strayed from God, leading to social fracture and chaos.

Sodom and Gomorrah: Genesis 18-12 highlights extreme societal immorality and lack of justice that brought total destruction.

Romans 1:28-32: Paul details how a society that refuses to acknowledge God.

So how do we correct our course?

According to biblical teaching, first, you must have your own house in order.

1 Timothy 3:1–7

If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church? 

Matthew 7:2-6 

“For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye. “Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.”

So if America is going to continue to boast being a city on a hill and an example of a free democratic republic, it could be argued that Trumps America First initiative is both biblical and appropriate.

We need to clean our own house first.  In the Old Testament many leaders “cleaned” their temple before moving forward.  Hezekiah comes to mind.

Our Justice system must be cleansed of corruption and wolves in sheep clothing.  Sentencing must prevail.  Bail can no longer be waived out of fear of backlash or radical left ideologies of chaos.

The Supreme Court must be held accountable.  How do we do that?  First let's start with the lower level bias Judges at the State level.

Examples of things that should already be “old news” or fixed but aren't:

-Drag queen story hour in elementary schools.  Consequences: non compliance equals firing

-Trans gender mutilation surgeries on minors.  Consequences: Hospitals fined and Doctors lose their license

-Fraud and stealing from Taxpayer funded institutions.  Consequences: governors and mayors held to account for complicity in coverups

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It's great to have Mark join Paul and I back in studio.  Welcome to One Day Closer where we are rekindling a spirit of Hope and Truth in today's crazy conversations.

Today we will be exploring the Moral Truths that many Pastors avoid like the plague while behind the pulpit.  There are just some moral truths that pastors and priest refuse to discuss.  We will explore why that is and step out and share these truths with you.  

We’ve talked about Federal Stupidity and Apathy which is rampant in our society. Check out episode 145 “individual Apathy”.

Here's today foundational scripture:

2 Timothy 4:3-4 

"For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths."

Corruption in politics; Corruption within Corporate America; Societal Silence:  The fear of tackling cultural and societal issues contrary to moral truth.

God is binary; Trans Sports conflict; Critical Race Theory; Gender Confusion; Gender Affirming Mutilation, etc.

Can you recall a Pastor ever coming to the fore to speak truth to these issues?

WHO and where are the Prophets, Overseers, Watchmen, and spiritual voices today?

Who were they in biblical days? - Moses wasn’t elected.  He was called.   Joshua was appointed.   David was anointed.  

Who are they today? Franklin Graham, Dr. Jeffries, Charles Stanley, Pastor Hibbs

The difference between “elders or overseers” of the early church and  pastors today.

Our second foundational scripture for today:

1 Timothy 3:1–7

"If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church? He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil."

Qualifications for Overseers. 

Paul does not give a job description of the pastor but instead describes the character of one who would serve in this office. The list of qualities is not intended to be exhaustive but pictures a person of mature Christian character, one whose faith has had tangible impact on his behavior.

Let’s talk about Individual Apathy.  You might say…”the problems in the world today are TOO BIG…TOO VAST…THE MOUNTAIN IS SIMPLY TOO HIGH.  What can I possibly do?  ZOOM in on YOUR specific area of influence.  Don’t be overwhelmed about the height, breadth or depth of the obstacle.  

Bible verses to ponder about Apathy and biblical guidance for us to follow.

Revelation 3:16 

So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.

Romans 12:11 

Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.

Revelation 3:2 

Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God

James 4:17 

So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

Galatians 6:9 

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up

Hebrews 5:11-12 

About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food,

1 Thessalonians 5:21 

But test everything; hold fast what is good.

Matthew 24:12 

And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.

Hebrews 10:38-39 

But my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.” But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

Isaiah 5:20-21 

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight

Hebrews 3:6 

But Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house, if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.

1 Thessalonians 5:11 

Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing

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Meritocracy is a social, political, or economic system where people get power, success, and rewards based on their individual talents and hard work rather than their wealth or family background

The United States government operates as a democratic republic rather than a pure Meritocracy, meaning political power is won through public elections and political appointments rather than strictly through tested ability or expertise. 

But shouldn't these elected or appointed representatives have real world expertise or qualifications to be considered?

If you have never been a low level supervisor managing a department of ten people, how could you possibly manage the numerous budgets and personnel to run one of the largest cities on the planet?

In the corporate world, job candidates or applicants are recruited, vetted and eventually selected to fill a role based on their previous work experience and their success.  

Today we will discuss why this discipline of Meritocracy vetting needs to be reconsidered in politics today.

Democratic Elections vs. Meritocracy

Popularity over test scores: Voters choose leaders based on political views, campaigns, and public appeal instead of academic or technical exams.  But what about job qualifications?  Shouldn't that also be a criteria?

Merit-Based Elements in Government

Civil service rules: Lower- and mid-level government workers often get hired and promoted through exams and structured qualification standards. 

Sunsetting Senior Representatives:  Term Limits vs Age Limits

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A message for Gen Z.  Peace & Prosperity is on the ballot.

Welcome back to One Day Closer where we are rekindling a spirit of Hope and Truth into today’s conversations.  If you are joining us for the first time, we have spent the past month teeing up the importance of this year’s midterms in America.  For our listeners abroad who may care little for our elections, bear with us, the outcome of these elections just might affect your region of the world, either in a good way or a bad way.

Which begs the question, what is on the line in the upcoming Midterms?  Do you want to relive the Biden Presidency of ongoing Impeachment procedures against Trump and his cabinet or continue to enjoy the anticipated growth and prosperity coming with Trumps Golden Age Vision?

The democrat party is united and has gone on record stating that their number one priority should they win the midterms and take control of the House and Senate, they will be hellbent on obstructing Trumps current success in delivering on his promise of establishing a strong foundation for Americas Golden Age.

Under Biden we all endured divisive division among the races, classes and ethnic groups.  Interest rates were north of 9.4%.  Under Trump inflation is currently 3%.  Under Biden, gas prices were as high as $8 dollars pending where you lived.  

The dems have vowed to pursue Impeachment proceedings day one.  We have lived through this before.  Instead of building a stronger America they spent their time and energy to make her weak and vulnerable on the global stage and here at home.

In your episode 291 entitled  “2026 House Cleaning: Sunlight is the best disinfectant,” you and Mark captured many of differences under democrat leadership and republican leadership.  Here’s a quick review.

Last year, Trumps first year of his second term, revealed just how severe Trump Derangement illness is.  After witnessing a Trump mandate smackdown…the left learned nothing.  After all the votes were counted, Kamala and Waltz were not just losers, they left the party bankrupt and in debt for over $20 million!  And their supporters did not run them out of town!  Their supporters didn’t seem to care.  Why?  

While you’re there, listen to our show “2025 in the rearview mirror:  The year of the American Heist.”  That would be episode 288.  We discuss two significant accomplishments that occurred last year.

1. The election of Donald J Trump confirmed that Americans aren’t crazy.  They voted for a FIXER
2. Elon Musk unleashed DOGE - The first American Deep state Audit in Decades

This Long Overdue Audit of the Deep State revealed jaw dropping revelations.

The level of Fraud, Waste and Abuse proved to be staggering in size and systemic in scope, known but overlooked for decades, primarily in blue cities.  

• USAid - $9billion.  In June, Senate passed the $9B Rescission Bill to cut additional  spending, defunding US AID, PBS and NPR, first in 30 years!  
• The Minnesota Somali Scam initially thought to be $1 billion in stolen tax payer dollars is now projected to pass $18 to $20 billion!  An industrial scale fraud.  And that’s just one blue state. 
• Rep. Omar founded the Feed the Future scam at $250m.  Fake food kitchens for children that didn’t exist.  Ilhan Omar, Senator was worth $65,000 in 2018.  In 2025 she was worth $30 million.  How does that work?  

Don’t forget the Somali Autism Scam $1-$2B. Autism clinics increased from 20 to over 400 needing millions in funding to tend to the crisis…which was a scam.

 The amount of fraud, corruption, scamming, looting from the American treasury could exceed a half a Trillion if this same trend manifests in the other blue states.

Scamsters who claimed to be over 115 years old, scored loans worth $333 million, including $36,000 to a 157-year-old.  Auditors also found that $79 billion - nearly half of the improper payments - could have been prevented if simple fraud-detection questions had been asked of applicants   

Student Loan fraud exposed by Linda McMahon, Education Secretary.  $1B in loans were issued to bots, ghost students or dead people…no oversight or ID verification requirements.

Let’s take a look at what happened under Trump

Foreign Affairs & US Relationships & Influence Abroad:

• Irans nuclear uranium enrichment pursuits was setback decades
• Hezbollah, Yemen, Hamas has been dealt with.
• Trumps approach to cleaning up the backyard…the Western Hemisphere is bold and long overdue.  
• Global respect on the world stage restored. Remember the receptions Trump got in London, Saudi Arabia this past year with the Palace Guards on horseback leading the motorcade to the Palaces
• Peace Maker in eight different global conflicts 
• EU / NATO agreed to 5% of their GDP towards self defense

Domestic Affairs & Accomplishments:

• Most secure border in American history accomplished in just 7 weeks
• DHS announced for Christmas 2025, that over 2.5 million illegal aliens had been sent home;  1 million have SELF DEPORTED 
• Inflation is at a 40 year low (under Biden it was 9.4+. In July of last year under Trump it was 3.2. The 2025 November report tagged inflation at 2.7).   Even CNN analyst confirmed this number.
• As of mid-December 2025, before we embarked on bringing Iran to heel, the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in the U.S. hovers around  $2.91.  The highest nationwide average gas price under Biden reached a record $5.03 per gallon in June 2022  
• 52 Wall Street record highs in stock market within the first 10 months (12/9/25 Trump)
• Tariff Revenues exceeds $60 billion per month
• Largest Tax cuts in American history began 2026 
• Home mortgage rates are coming down.  A 30 year fixed mortgage before Joe took office was 2.7%. Under Joe they reached 8% in 2023.  After one year in office rates have adjusted downward under Trump to 5.9% to 6.2% for a 30 year fixed.  More FED cuts are expected in 2026. 
• Trump secured international commitments to invest in America to the tune of 17 To 21 Trillion in new investments into America from corporations around the world
• CNN acknowledges this is the most productive presidency on record 
• 700,000 NEW Private Sector jobs created in Trumps first year
• Turning point USA growth:  Last week, Erika Kirk rattled off statistics about Turning Point's remarkable growth since Sept. 10, including more than 1 million students involved, 3,082 Club America chapters and 1,432 college chapters.

We could go on and on.They flooded the border with unvetted and illegal immigrants.  Protests, riots, multiple billions of tax payer dollars were siphoned off to Somalians and our safety net funds for Americans that needed it, and given to illegals in exchange for voting loyalty.

75% of moderate democrats would vote Socialist party falsely thinking that the problems they are complaining about were due to Trumps presidency instead of Biden’s.

Their ideas for correcting their grievances include:  Impeaching Trump.  Abolishing ICE and defunding the Police.  Abolishing prisons.  Reopening the border.  Abolishing legal immigration.  Abolishing the Senate and the Presidency.  Flood Congress with Democrat Socialist and Communist activist.  Defund the military.  Continue the indoctrination of our children at all ages on all topics. 

This is the Communist Manifesto almost to the letter.  This is a hostile takeover.  That is why these Midterms are so critical!

According to the Cato Institute, the total cost of democratic socialist spending proposals would be $71.2 trillion on the low end to $211.6 trillion on the high end. 

Think about that over the next week.  Do you really want to give control to a bunch of wealthy, educated but have no real job experience or record of running anything bigger than a food truck or attending bar?   Do you really want these crazy activist spending your money like drunken sailors, only to learn their crazy ideas didn’t work?

There are 280 radical DSA candidates running for offices from Senate to local board roles in every state.  Join us next week where we will expose the aspirations of the DSA players in more detail.

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Welcome back to One Day Closer where we are rekindling a spirit of Hope and Truth into today's crazy conversations.  Today, Paul will join me again as we highlight both the hot and trendy talking points by party for the upcoming 2026 midterm elections.

What we hope to highlight is that the "trendy" slogans of the far left that promise to make everything free, does nothing to improve anything in America.  It's abolish this and cancel that with no submitted ideas or thoughts as to how to reform anything.  Their platform policies and priorities construct nothing.  It's destructive in every sense of the word.

The "hot" topics that actually empower our economy, paves a way to sustainable affordability and truly lifts all boats and what you'll hear from the conservative candidates.  Resolving once and for all the hostage takeover of the Strait of Hormuz by Irans IRGC is job one.  Addressing and ending their feeble desire to control the economies of the entire world must end.  All the rationale nations of the world realize that Iran can no longer be trusted at the table.

TRENDY but feckless positions or priorities that do not influence Economics nor improves America tend to be only offering the far left Democrat Socialist of America have to offer.  Abolish everything with no ideas or thoughts to offer for making America better.

Abolish Ice.  Abolish the Senate.  Abolish the Presidency.  Defund the Police.  Close prisons.  Reopen the borders.  Free Healthcare for all.  Trans rights in sports.  Rent freezes.  Free government run grocery stores.  Can you imagine what this country would look like if these crazy loons got any of these ideas implemmented? 

Communism is on the ballot. 

HOTTEST Topics effecting Midterm elections: Economic Influencing Positions / Policies

- Resolving the Hostage taking of the Strait of Hormuz

- Current strategy is Operation Economic Outcast

- Returning free flow of commerce (regional stability, falling Oil prices, lower gas, new alliances)

- Interest rates, gas prices and affordability

- America Save Act: Secure, Fair and Transparent Voting for all American Citizens

- Save America Act must pass

- Meritocracy applied to Government

- Restoring trust and confidence in our Institutions with the American people

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Welcome to One Day Closer where we are rekindling a spirit of Hope and Truth into today’s conversations.  I’m happy to have Paul back in studio today to help us dive deeper into our series on Pencil Neck Politicians, Positions and Policies.  Today class we will explain the difference between Progressive Collectivism (Socialist / Communism) and Free Market Enterprise or most referred to as Capitalism.

How to explain progressivism, socialism, the differences between the two and capitalism and free enterprise system?  

Let's first expose and debunk the myths associated with each and then take a closer look at their basic definitions.  We'll do a quick and easy AI driven Google search.

Progressive Collectivism defined:

Progressive collectivism is a political and economic perspective that combines progressivism's focus on societal reform with collectivism's emphasis on group welfare over individual autonomy.   Progressive collectivism seeks to reform capitalism through state-directed social welfare and regulation, whereas socialism seeks to completely replace capitalist private ownership with public or worker control of the economy. 

Core Concepts

• Group Think: Society and the community are viewed as the primary units of social organization rather than the individual.
• Government Intervention: An active, centralized government or administrative state is used to manage economic systems, correct market failures, and provide social safety nets.
• Shared Responsibility: Costs, resources, and decision-making are pooled collectively to promote social equity and public welfare. 

Key Characteristics

• Economic Regulation: Advocates for critiques of unregulated capitalism, checks on corporate monopolies, and sometimes public or collective ownership of key resources.
• Social Equity: Focuses on group-oriented egalitarian goals, civil rights, and collective responses to systemic social issues.
• Administrative Expertise: Relies on government planners, experts, and bureaucratic institutions to direct social and economic progress.

Criticisms

• Loss of Individual Liberty: Critics from individualist and libertarian viewpoints (such as Friedrich Hayek or Ludwig von Mises) argue that collective control suppresses personal sovereignty, local autonomy, and voluntary cooperation through state coercion. 
• Concentration of Power: Detractors contend that centralizing decisions in an administrative bureaucracy transfers true power to a ruling elite rather than an autonomous collective. 

The difference between Progressive Collectivism and Socialism

• Progressive Collectivism: A reformist political approach that values individual rights while using government intervention, taxation, and social safety nets to fix the inequalities of a market economy. 
• Socialism: An economic and political system where the means of production (such as factories, tools, and land) are owned and managed collectively by the workers or the public rather than private capitalists. 

Key Differences

• Stance on Capitalism: Progressives want to regulate and improve capitalism so it serves the public good (e.g., through minimum wage laws and public healthcare). Socialists argue that capitalism is fundamentally exploitative and must be abolished and replaced with a democratic economic model. 
• Scope of Government Control: Progressive collectivism relies heavily on the state, regulatory agencies, and public programs within a democratic and market framework. Socialism focuses primarily on changing who owns the economic production itself, ranging from state ownership to decentralized worker cooperatives. 
• Ultimate Goal: Progressivism aims for a fairer, more equitable society with strong social safety nets. Socialism aims to end class distinctions created by private property and profit-driven enterprise

Free Market Enterprise / Capitalism defined:

Free market enterprise capitalism is an economic system where private individuals own businesses and prices are set by supply and demand with little government control.

Key Parts of Free Market Enterprise

• Supply and Demand: Buyers and sellers set prices together based on what people want and what is available.
• Private Property: People and companies own land, tools, and buildings instead of the government.
• Voluntary Exchange: Trades and business deals happen freely when both sides agree it helps them.
• Competition: Businesses rival each other for customers, which can lead to better products and lower prices.

Main Ideas in Action

• Choice: Workers pick their jobs, and owners pick what to sell.
• Profit: Making money is the main goal and reward for business owners.
• Low Regulation: The government stays out of everyday business choices

Core Principles

• Private property: Individuals and companies own land, tools, and buildings instead of the government.
• Profit motive: The desire to make money drives businesses to work efficiently and create new products, competitive products and superior products.
• Voluntary exchange: Buyers and sellers make deals freely when both sides benefit from the trade which creates competition, empowers creativity, innovation and new ideas, techniques, new products and new jobs.
• Competition: Many sellers offer similar goods, which helps keep prices fair and quality high.
• Limited government: The state stays out of everyday business decisions and only sets basic rules to keep markets fair. 

Real-World Application

• Mixed economies: Countries like the United States use a mixed system, combining free markets with some government rules for safety and welfare.
• Market freedom: Nations with high economic freedom allow businesses to start, trade, and set prices easily. 

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Welcome to One Day Closer where we are rekindling a spirit of Hope and Truth into today’s conversations.  I’m happy to have Paul back in studio today to help us dive deeper into Messaging, Propaganda, Demographics and understanding the nonsense behind Polls.

Last week we covered the topic of American Exceptionalism and how American Values differ from the ideals of Fascism.  We also debunked the claims by the DSA and the loonie left that Trump was a King, a dictator, a fascist.  Paul did a great job highlighting some of the real fascist and dictators of the past.  

After that show went live, I received an email from PragerU, with a link to one of their videos entitled “The Dark Legacies of History's Monsters.”  I highly recommend you go check it out.  I’ll leave a link at the bottom of our show notes so you can check it out.  Here’s a brief teaser from the email I received.

Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, and Pol Pot. Together they were responsible for the bloodiest century in world history. This 6-part series reveals the truth about these notorious dictators, the consequences of their murderous regimes, and why it’s important for us to never forget what they did.

Like I said in episode 319, I’ve watching news regularly for nearing 26 years.  Before cable news became a thing, you were limited to sources like ABC, NBC, and CNN.  But when these main stream channels started airing “feel good detraction pieces” instead of covering important news breaking relevant information, I moved over to FOX.  They claimed to be offering “Fair and Balanced” journalism.

NEWSMAX is where I turn to now for 90% of my news.  This is cable new and they boast having over 40 million viewers now that they are a publicly traded news outlet.  Ed Henry (former Fox reporter but at Newsmax he has a personality), Carl Higbie (a former Navy Seal), Rob Schmidt (pretty straight forward host), Rob Finnerty (can be a pretty funny guy and he has some funny voices to help him highlight a story), Greg Kelly and Greta Van Susteren.

CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, MS NOW are the fake news Trumps always referring to and here’s why.

They don’t site sources, they refer to science and studies but never name them. 

They purposely use story or article headings like: “vehicle drives into crowd of onlookers” or “man snatched up by ICE in a quiet neighborhood.”  Question.  Did the vehicle just start itself up and drive into the crowd or did a “person” drive the vehicle into the crowd?  Was it a man, woman or something else?  What was the persons ethnicity, race, or motive?  What kind of crowd was mowed down?  Were they July 4th parade participants or a vigilante group?  These are important details.  

You simply cannot read a headline and assume it’s accurate or even close.  The odds are it’s bias from the get go IF it’s coming from the lame street media outlets.  They have been far left for decades.

49 Million Young People Will Be Eligible to Vote in the 2026 Midterms

Youth ages 18-29 are a large, powerful, and diverse voting bloc that can use their voice to shape electoral outcomes.  By November, close to 8.5 million youth will have aged into the electorate since the 2024 presidential election. They join the 41 million voting-age members of Gen Z who were eligible to cast ballots in 2024.  Gen Z now makes up the entire 18-29 age cohort.

About 47% of the 49 million young people who will be eligible to vote in 2026 are youth of color, including approximately 10.8 million Latino youth, 6.6 million Black youth, 2.6 million multiracial youth, and 2.2 million Asian youth. 

The 2026 youth electorate is also diverse when it comes to college experience. 48% of eligible young voters in 2026 have college experience, while 51% do not.  Youth without college experience have less access to political information, and appear to have lower access to the kinds of support and resources that lead to consistent civic engagement according to the article I’m referencing.. That historically leads to lower turnout among “non-college” youth.

Turnout in midterm elections tends to be relatively low – much lower than in presidential elections– so the subset of people who actually cast ballots may look different from all registered voters.

How did polls fair in calling midterm primaries?

Recent polling misses in Wisconsin & Michigan renewed a familiar question.  How much confidence should voters put in political polls?

Not much.  Just recently an investigation of US Senate polling shows 73% of surveys overstate the levels of support for Democrats.

In Wisconsin’s Democratic primary, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley pulled off a dramatic upset over state Rep. Francesca Hong. Crowley won with about 40% of the vote, narrowly edging Hong, despite polls showing Hong with a substantial lead in the final weeks. 

Michigan offered another example of the difficulty of primary polling.

Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated Rep. Haley Stevens in the Democratic Senate primary, winning by roughly 1.5 percentage points. Yet some polls had shown El-Sayed with a much larger advantage.

One of the biggest challenges for pollsters is determining who will actually vote.

A survey can accurately measure the opinions of the people who respond to it while still failing to predict the eventual electorate. That's because pollsters have to make assumptions about turnout — particularly in low-turnout primary elections.

The challenge becomes even more complicated in states such as Wisconsin and Michigan, where voters do not register by political party.

Here's the PragerU link in mentioned earlier to their 6 part series entitled 
"The Dark Legacies of History's Monsters."

https://www.prageru.com/videos/the-hall-of-evil-pol-pot

Todays featured closing musical track:  Don Henley - Dirty Laundry

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