🚨EMERGENCY PODCAST: Rut and Romanian political insider, Professor Alin Lupa, uncover the shocking details of the 2024 Romanian election scandal, where independent candidate Calin Georgescu's victory was allegedly canceled amid claims of EU and US interference. Professor Lupa shares firsthand accounts of media manipulation, NGO influence from USAID and the National Endowment for Democracy, and the "Russian collusion" playbook recycled from 2016 Russiagate. From Biden's close ties via Chris Coons and Anthony Blinken to the House Judiciary's preliminary findings on EU election meddling in 8 countries, this conversation exposes globalist overreach, censorship, and the fight for traditional values in Romania.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Preview

00:41 - House Report Finds No Russian Interference In Romanian Election

03:46 - NGO Influence In Romania 08:18 - “Russiagate” Is Happening In Romania

17:13 - EU, Digital Services Act & European Elections 19:45 - NATO Base Plans In Romania

25:29 - What Happens Next After The House Findings?

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📕 Today, David sits down with Robert Bortins, who co-authored the book Woke and Weaponized: How Karl Marx Won the Battle for American Education with journalist Alex Newman.

Robert breaks down the hidden historical blueprint behind modern ideological capture — from early collectivist movements and Prussian education models, to teachers colleges, federal bureaucracy, and the modern classroom.

This isn’t just theory. Robert argues today’s public school system isn’t “broken” — it’s wildly successful at producing the outcomes it was designed for.

Find Robert’s Book Here: https://robertbortins.com/woke-and-weaponized/ 

Timestamps:

00:00 - Investigating The Root Cause of Wokeness In America

05:13 - The Hidden History of Corrupt Public Education

09:50 - Why Business Tycoons Funded Leftist Education

12:51 - How Marx Infiltrated Public Education

17:05 - When The Active Decline of Education Began

25:01 - How Schools Deceive Parents on What’s Being Taught

30:13 - Schools Now Teach Activism

38:10 - How Current Activist Protests Come From The Education System

42:38 - How Do We Fix Schools?

47:00 - How To Learn More

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📍This Week In Review is a WARNING. Rut connects the dots between the Uniparty funding machine, the rapid escalation of anti-ICE protests and riots spreading nationwide, and a major new development: the FBI raid on Fulton County’s ballot warehouse tied to the 2020 election fight.

Then the episode turns into a full-on deep dive into the newest Epstein files release—and why Rut believes the public is still being denied the most important evidence, including FBI interviews, banking records, and victim testimony.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

03:42 - Uniparty Appropriations Bill: Republicans Fund the Machine

09:21 - NED / USAID Network: “Democracy Promotion” or Regime-Change System?

26:09 - Sponsor: Black Rifle Coffee

27:44 - Minnesota Riots: Indoctrinating Kids & Guerrilla Warfare Tactics

34:16 - FBI Raids Fulton County Ballots

42:20 - Epstein Files Drop: Chaos Dump, Half-Truths, Distraction

58:41 - Final Thesis: A Coordinated Effort to Protect Corruption

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📍The FBI has raided the Fulton County ballot warehouse and seized critical materials tied to the 2020 election in Georgia—and according to election integrity investigator Garland Favorito, this isn’t civil… it’s criminal.

In this explosive interview, Navy SEAL & former CIA officer David Rutherford sits down with the man leading the election integrity fight for years, as Favorito explains:

• the alleged evidence of counterfeit ballots

• missing or unsigned tabulator tapes

• legal obstruction and delay tactics

• why officials and even election board members were blocked from entering

• what must change to protect Georgia’s elections in 2026

This case may be the most important election integrity development in America—because now the FBI is involved.

Watch to the end for the reforms Favorito says must happen immediately.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Fulton County FBI Raid

03:42 - Major Evidence Found

12:51 - History of Election Security Concerns

18:28 - Legal Pathways Forward

24:09 - Why Was Tulsi Gabbard At The Raid?

25:08 - Defamation Cases

29:12 - What The FBI Should Do Now

30:58 - Tina Peters Case

33:06 - How To Secure GA Elections In 2026

36:51 - How To Follow and Support

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📍What’s happening in Minneapolis isn’t random. In this episode of The David Rutherford Show, former Navy SEAL David “Rut” Rutherford breaks down the ICE surge operations, the activist networks mobilizing against them, and why the public is being manipulated into thinking federal law enforcement is “fascism.”

Rut explains the scale of illegal immigration since 2012, how sanctuary politics has intensified conflict, and why the activist machine is pushing confrontation in the streets. He also walks through federal law covering interference with federal officers, the claims of coordinated “counterinsurgency” tactics, and the question no one wants to answer: why protect criminal illegal immigrants from deportation?

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📍Colonel Shawn Smith joins David Rutherford to explain how advanced persistent threats (APTs) operate—and why these nation-state cyber operations can’t be treated like ordinary hacking. He details how long-term infiltration, supply-chain compromise, and weak security culture can put critical U.S. systems at risk. This is a conversation about national security, cyber warfare, and why the public often struggles to understand the scale of what’s happening.

In this episode, they cover:

• What an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) really is — and why it’s different from normal hacking
• Why nation-state cyber attacks are planned for years, not days
• The “enemy inside the wire” problem: what happens when attackers are already embedded
• How China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea approach cyber warfare differently
• The hidden danger of supply chain compromise (hardware + subcomponents)
• Why election security “testing” often fails to reflect real-world threat conditions
• The uncomfortable question: are U.S. institutions derelict… or complicit when it comes to protecting critical systems?

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📍Across America, protests are escalating—but are they truly organic, or part of a coordinated strategy? In this hard-hitting episode, David Rutherford breaks down how modern activist movements use classic revolutionary tactics to destabilize communities, institutions, and public trust. From church stormings to ICE protests and media manipulation, he explains why today’s unrest follows a historical playbook used in revolutions around the world. Most importantly, Rut lays out what everyday Americans can do to protect their families, communities, and values without becoming part of the chaos. This is a sober, unfiltered look at the forces shaping the future of the country.

In this episode, Rut covers:

• The Minnesota protests and the ICE incident that sparked them

• Activists storming churches and why it signals escalation

• Whether modern protests are organic or organized

• The funding networks behind activist movements

• How media and social media amplify unrest

• The historical playbook of revolutionary tactics

• Yuri Bezmenov’s four stages of societal subversion

• Why trust in institutions is rapidly collapsing

• The risk of protests turning into open conflict

• How communities can prepare and protect themselves

• Practical counterinsurgency-style responses

• What everyday Americans can do right now
  
  

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📍A decorated U.S. Air Force general with decades of combat leadership was taken down—not for failure, but for defying a system that turned against him. In this episode, Brig. Gen. Chris Sage explains how battlefield judgment, morale, and mission success were later punished by bureaucracy and politics. This is not just one man’s story—it exposes a precedent that affects who is allowed to lead in the U.S. military. The stakes are simple and severe: when systems override commanders after the fact, speed, trust, and readiness collapse. What’s at risk is the future of leadership in war.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:36 - The Resume That Makes This Impossible to Ignore
12:38 - Commanding in War While COVID Took Over
22:07 - When the System Turned on Its Own Commander
33:36 - Investigated From the Pentagon, Punished by Bureaucracy

44:46 - What’s Still Broken — And Who Can Fix It

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📍EM Burlingame breaks down why Venezuela is not a regional crisis — but the first strategic move in a much larger global power operation now underway.

This conversation goes far beyond oil, elections, or headlines.

According to Burlingame, what just unfolded in Venezuela fits a long-running geopolitical pattern involving:

• shadow power networks
• regime change operations
• color revolutions
• proxy governments
• strategic positioning for future global conflict
• and the restructuring of world power itself

You’ll hear why Venezuela is being framed as “Step One” on what Burlingame describes as a global chessboard — and what that implies about what comes next.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Preview

01:02 - The Venezuela Op, Removing The “Guard”

06:00 - The Sport of Kings, The War Between Oligarchs

08:13 - Venezuela Is A Pawn On The WWIII Chessboard

10:18 - The Issue With Security Details, The Praetorian Problem

17:16 - Why Don’t Americans Understand What’s Happening?

25:57 - What Happens Next?

38:55 - Why We Need Our Young Men

54:01 - What EM Is Paying Attention To Next

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📍Rick de la Torre, former Chief of Station in Venezuela, joins David Rutherford to expose the hidden intelligence networks, communist expansion, and foreign power operations that turned Venezuela into a criminal state — and a global launchpad for America’s enemies.

From Cuban intelligence control of Maduro, to Russia, China, Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah using Venezuela as a base, this conversation reveals the real shadow war shaping the Western Hemisphere.

Rick explains:
• How Cuba actually runs Venezuela
• Why communism resurged across Latin America
• How oil became a weapon of global power
• Why the U.S. lost focus on the hemisphere
• And why a new geopolitical shift is underway right now

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Who Were Maduro’s 32 Bodyguards?

03:16 - Cuba, Communism & The Venezuelan Shadow Empire

13:47 - Did The US Just Destroy Communism In South America?

16:39 - The Battle For The Western Hemisphere

21:49 - How The Venezuela Op Changed Global Power Structures

23:44 - Marco Rubio & What Comes Next

 

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