Lou is joined by Stu Smith, investigative analyst at the Manhattan Institute, who has spent months going deep inside the DSA — Democratic Socialists of America. What he's found is far more radical than the "point of personal privilege" memes would suggest.

TOPICS COVERED:

00:00 — Intro: Who is Stu Smith and what is the Manhattan Institute?03:00 — What most people get wrong about the DSA

07:00 — The DSA's internal "right wing" — people who just believe in elections

11:00 — The Red Rabbits: DSA's new armed security task force

16:00 — The Doctor Phil clip: Black Redguard's origin story

20:00 — DSA's global travel: Cuba, Colombia, Sweden, Brazil, and beyond

26:00 — The F-35 supply chain and DSA's quasi-national security threat

31:00 — Salting: how DSA plants operatives inside companies to organize

36:00 — Zoran Mamdani, the Overton window, and how DSA took NYC

42:00 — DSA's youth wing: getting a Cornell student on Ithaca City Council

47:00 — DSA's social media machine and what the political establishment can't replicate

52:00 — The Calla Walsh pipeline: from DSA delegate to Hezbollah apartment in Lebanon

01:00:00 — North Korea tourism, tanky influencers, and where the far left is trending

01:06:00 — The Weathermen are still active — Stu has been on Zoom calls with Bill Ayers

01:12:00 — DSA's Iran statements and members rooting for the Ayatollah

01:18:00 — What to watch: Mayday, upcoming primaries, and the Socialism Conference STU SMITH:Follow Stu on X: @thestustustudioManhattan Institute: https://www.manhattan-institute.org

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