The Auron MacIntyre Show

For decades, truck driving remained one of the best options for blue-collar Americans to achieve a middle-class lifestyle. In a world where overpriced college degrees were required for the most simple jobs, trucking allowed a man to care for his family with relatively little time or money invested. Now foreign labor cartels are moving in to dominate the industry, displacing native-born Americans while using ethnic favoritism to corner the market. Truck driver and online commentator Justin Martin joins me to discuss how this is impacting workers and making the country less safe. 

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Americans are looking for safety in an increasingly chaotic country. Mass immigration, collapsing social trust, and weakening civic bonds have transformed many communities from places where neighbors knew one another into anonymous zones governed by suspicion. Technology promises an escape from the consequences of those political and cultural failures. Flock Safety cameras appear to offer law and order at the push of a button. In the hands of the ruling class that manufactured the crisis, however, they are more likely to produce tyranny for citizens.

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There has been another anti-ICE terror attack in New York City, but conservatives are still not taking the rise of the radical Left seriously. It might be fun to mock the ridiculous woke antics, but progressives are organizing and becoming violent while conservatives sit idle. Matthew Williams joins me to discuss the rise of the democratic socialists and why they are the future of the Left.

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In the modern age, we believe that intelligence is the most important trait a person can have and learning is the most valuable pursuit, but what if those are the very things that bring about ruin? YouTube commentator News Fist joins me as we continue our reading of historian John Glubb's  famous essay "The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival." In this episode we look at Glubb's assertion that a society that places intellectualism as the highest virtue has lost its vitality and will soon be conquered by more simple and brutal people.

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Donald Trump's social media strategist, Alex Bruesewitz, joins me to discuss several high-profile incidents of foreign influence inside American politics. We analyze President Trump's recent speech on Chinese hacking that may have influenced the 2020 election. We also address the current attack on Vice President JD Vance for acknowledging that actors inside the Israeli government have paid conservative influencers to speak on issues surrounding the war in Iran.

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The internet has done an admirable job hobbling the corporate left-wing media’s ability to control the population through a single narrative. But that blessing comes with regrettable costs. The speed of information and the incentive to push hot takes onto social media mean that when a public figure dies, there is an immediate race to decide which competing narrative will define his legacy. When Lindsey Graham died suddenly of heart failure over the weekend, conspiracy theories about foreign assassination plots immediately began to circulate online. Many leftists openly celebrated his death, and the reactionary impulse of conservatives drove others to recast Graham as a stalwart crusader for MAGA. The truth is more complicated. But in the eternal battle for narrative supremacy, there is little time for reflection, even in response to death.

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As a young man, Guy Nohra watched as his home country of Lebanon went from the Paris of the Middle East to a war-torn nightmare. The tensions that had been simmering under the surface of an otherwise modern nation exploded, drawing Nohra into the conflict. The author joins us to discuss his new book "Not on Our Watch," recounting his experience in the war and how to prevent a similar fate in the United States. 

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YouTube commentator NewsFist joins me as we continue our examination of historian John Glubb's essay "The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival." We'll be looking at the role that trade and wealth play in the eventually downfall of empires. Is it possible to maintain a prosperous nation without falling into decadence and decay?  We will also examine the nature of empire itself and whether territorial expansion is an inevitable part of the life cycle of civilizations.

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The United States and Iran are once again exchanging fire after peace talks break down. Donald Trump seems pessimistic about the possibility of securing a deal after the latest rounds of negotiations. Darryl Cooper and Ronald Dodson join me to discuss whether we are looking at a quick victory or another forever war. We will also evaluate a new effort to integrate American and Israeli intelligence. 

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After Donald Trump’s stunning victory in the 2024 election, Democrats had to stop and ask what went wrong. One conclusion from the commentary class was that progressives had a serious man problem, and for once they were right. Democrats had made contempt for men, especially young white men, central to their message, and that came with a cost. Any white man who remained on the left had to accept that he was either uniquely guilty or expected to participate in his own dispossession. The party even launched a $20 million effort to discover why men were abandoning it, only to arrive at the familiar conclusion that men were simply bad and deserved what they got. This should have created a golden opportunity for the GOP to secure the loyalty of young men for a generation. Instead, conservatives are setting that opportunity on fire.

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