REAL AF with Andy Frisella

Episode 961: Andy & DJ CTI: Conservatives Back New Funding Deal To End Shutdown, Zohran Mamdani Off To Bad Start & UPS Plane Crash
Date: November 7, 2025
Host: Andy Frisella
Co-Host: DJ Cruise

Episode Overview

In this lively, high-energy installment of REAL AF, Andy and DJ Cruise break down the latest trending topics, political fights, and societal flashpoints. They kick off with sharp takes on Nancy Pelosi's retirement, dive into the government shutdown standoff and its impact on everyday Americans, analyze the dramatic mayoral change in New York City with the election of Zohran Mamdani, and react to a tragic UPS plane crash. As always, they mix debate and laughter with unapologetic, no-nonsense commentary, engaging with live chat, and emphasizing the importance of personal responsibility and cultural change.

Main Topics & Key Discussion Points

1. Nancy Pelosi Retires: Legacy, Wealth, and Critique

• [05:05] Andy and DJ lead with news of Nancy Pelosi retiring after 40 years in Congress.
• The duo criticize Pelosi for enriching herself through "insider trading" while presiding over what they see as national decline.
• Andy: "40 years in our government accomplishing absolutely nothing." [06:59]
• DJ: "She's made that money violating the laws that would put any of us in jail. She's intentionally made life harder on every single American for her own benefit." [07:59]
• They discuss the broader problem of career politicians, lack of term limits, and political corruption.

2. Government Shutdown & Funding Standoff

• [13:01] Discussion transitions to the government shutdown and the ongoing budget impasse in Congress.
• Conservatives are backing a new funding deal, but Democrats insist on funding additional benefits for undocumented immigrants.
• DJ: "The Democrats will not fucking approve anything unless we fund health care for all the fucking illegals. That's it. So they want to take your money and give it to these motherfuckers that don't belong here." [15:22]
• FAA worker pay suspensions could result in major flight cancellations.
• SNAP (food stamp) benefits are impacted, with recipients describing desperation and food insecurity, especially in places like the Bronx.
• Andy: "They're recruiting them [migrants], using our tax dollars to pay for their travel to get here... then give them a prepaid card with $1,500 on it." [16:28]
• The hosts argue about welfare abuse versus the truly needy, advocating reforms such as stricter benefits administration:
  • "If instead of giving them a credit card, you made them go down to the food pantry and you made them get their food, these people will figure out a way to get off of this." (DJ, [23:29])

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• DJ: "I'm sorry if that sounds harsh, but you know, it's the truth and it is what it is." [21:54]
• Personal anecdotes about Andy's struggles and rise, challenging critics who "weren't there" for his hustle years. [21:54-22:58]

3. Audience Engagement & Economic Resistance

• Listeners ask why taxes are still withheld during a shutdown.
• Andy and DJ argue the true economic power lies in supporting founder-led businesses and rejecting conglomerates — proposing a "purchasing strike."
  • "If everybody went on a purchasing strike, meaning you don't buy shit from anybody that isn't a mom and pop founder owned business... This would get straightened out literally in a week." (DJ, [25:22])
• Reflections on taxes as a privilege versus reality, and how the middle class bears the brunt.

4. Zohran Mamdani Elected NYC Mayor: Reactions & Theories

Segment Starts: [29:22]

• The hosts react to the surprise election of Zohran Mamdani, a self-described communist and immigrant, as New York City's new mayor.
• Trump’s response to Mamdani’s combative victory speech:
  • “He has to be a little bit respectful of Washington because if he's not, he doesn't have a chance of succeeding. And I want to make him succeed... I want to make the city succeed.” (Trump, quoted at [31:02])
• Text analysis of Mamdani's immigrant-focused, combative rhetoric and fundraising appeals.
• Andy: "If that's not pure communist right there, I mean, I feel like I don't know what to tell you." [32:33]
• Voting demographics are dissected: Most Mamdani voters are recent arrivals to NYC, many were first-time voters, and motivations were often anti-Trump rather than pro-Mamdani.
• The hosts express suspicion about the legitimacy of NYC elections and the importation of voters.

Broader Impact & Cultural Critique

• The conversation shifts to the emergence of other foreign-born or undocumented officials in U.S. cities (e.g., St. Paul MN).
• Analysis of culture war battles, including the influence of megadonors like George and Alex Soros, demographic changes, and identity politics.
• DJ: Details a theory that Mamdani’s rapid rise — with Soros support and elevated media profile — could either be stage-setting for future higher office or a ploy to create division between Muslims and Christians for geopolitical ends.
• Prediction: Potential for false-flag attacks to shift focus onto Muslim communities, likening Mamdani’s trajectory to Obama’s rise ([41:24-43:52]).
• Devastating take on "useful idiots," and the way hopelessness and culture war rhetoric drive support for "utopian" socialism/communism.

Notable Quotes

• Andy: "How do you have a Muslim who's openly, you know, talked about hating Jewish... Alex Soros is Jewish, right?... I'm not following it." [40:26]
• DJ: "They plan to make this guy president eventually... If they don't make him president, the plan...would be: Put this dude in, get everybody riled up... do a false flag so that the Muslims and Christians go to war... and then we're back to bombing the Middle East." [41:24]
• DJ: "The only way this can be solved is through cultural revolution. Meaning we don't take any... we get off the dependency on the government, become the most physically fit, most intelligent, the people who set the example of what an American needs to be." [46:24]

5. UPS Plane Crash in Louisville

• [59:21] Headline: UPS cargo plane crashes/explodes after recent major fuel tank repairs — 12 dead, including a child.
• Hosts react to dashcam/eyewitness footage, the aging aircraft, and consider whether there’s been an uptick in aviation incidents or just more publicity/conspiracies.
• DJ: "That's crazy. Imagine you're just sitting there in your truck, doing whatever. And then to see something like that, though, it's crazy." [61:59]

6. Final Q&A: Personal Excellence, Generational Opportunity, and Individual Responsibility

• [65:01] Audience asks: How to stay focused in uncertain times, advice for young people, and why individual action matters.
• Andy lays out three eras of opportunity: Internet, social media, and now AI — telling listeners to "skate to where the puck is going."
  • "There's never been an opportunity in the history of my life or my dad's life where your direct actions determine where this country is going to go next. We are in a very direct, blessed position... to actually have our lives matter." [80:42]
• Both hosts repeatedly hammer the theme that politics follows culture, and culture starts with the individual.
• Key Advice: Individual excellence, independent business support, local leadership, and refusing dependency are the only real forms of rebellion. Laws or politicians won’t "save" people — individuals must act.

Notable Quotes

• Andy: "Personal excellence is the ultimate rebellion. It's not just the ultimate rebellion. It's the fucking only rebellion." [84:06]
• DJ: "If you don't do it yourself, you can't bitch about it. I'm tired of people bitching that literally aren't doing nothing." [84:59]
• Andy: "It is literally the failure of you as an American citizen to sit there and wait for someone to save your life. Because your kids see that." [85:24]

7. Humorous Segment: Thumbs Up or Dumb as F*** (Florida Man Edition)

• [86:32] The hosts lighten things up with a "thumbs up or dumb as" segment: a Florida man arrested on DUI while dressed as a prison inmate for Halloween.
• Jokes about law of attraction, bad costume choices, and social stereotypes.
• DJ: "If I was a black dude with dreads and I was out on Halloween, I could guarantee you I'm not dressing up as a prisoner." [89:32]
• Banter about how to “get out of jail free” with the right costume, poking fun at privilege and profiling.

8. Closing Thoughts: Cultural Renewal & Ultimate Responsibility

• The episode closes with a call for cultural revival grounded in personal discipline and responsibility, not waiting for political saviors.
• Analogy: "The forest kept shrinking, but they kept voting for the axe because the axe was sly enough to convince them that because the handle was made of wood, they were the same. And that’s what's going on here." [66:46]

Timestamps for Key Segments

• Pelosi Retires – Systemic Corruption: [05:05]–[12:49]
• Government Shutdown, SNAP & Welfare Debates: [13:01]–[26:39]
• NYC Mayoral Election & Political Culture Wars: [29:22]–[51:53]
• UPS Plane Crash: [59:21]–[64:14]
• Audience Q&A on Opportunity and AI: [65:01]–[83:31]
• Personal Excellence as Rebellion Monologue: [83:31]–[86:10]
• Florida Man Segment: [86:32]–[92:38]
• Final Call to Action: [92:38]–End

Notable Quotes (Selected & Attributed)

• DJ Cruise [07:59]: "She's made that money violating the laws that would put any of us in jail. She's intentionally made life harder on every single American for her own benefit."
• DJ Cruise [15:22]: "The Democrats will not fucking approve anything unless we fund health care for all the fucking illegals. That's it. So they want to take your money and give it to these motherfuckers that don't belong here."
• Andy [23:29]: "If instead of giving them a credit card, you made them go down to the food pantry and you made them get their food, these people will figure out a way to get off of this."
• Andy [32:33]: "If that's not pure communist right there, I mean, I feel like I don't know what to tell you."
• DJ Cruise [41:24]: "They plan to make this guy president eventually. If they don't make him president, the plan...would be: Put this dude in, get everybody riled up... do a false flag so that the Muslims and Christians go to war... and then we're back to bombing the Middle East."
• Andy [80:42]: “There's never been an opportunity in the history of my life or my dad's life where your direct actions determine where this country is going to go next. We are in a very direct, blessed position... to actually have our lives matter.”
• DJ Cruise [84:06]: "Personal excellence is the ultimate rebellion. It's not just the ultimate rebellion. It's the fucking only rebellion."

Summary

This episode of REAL AF is a tour de force of political hot takes, social commentary, and tough love for Americans. Andy and DJ lambaste career politicians, decry the state of welfare and government dependency, dissect the cultural and political ramifications of NYC’s hard-left shift, and urge their audience to take radical personal responsibility. The show balances serious critique with energetic, often dark humor, and is a rallying cry for American individualism, fitness, entrepreneurship, and a culture-driven reset. The overall message: The only effective rebellion is personal excellence—don’t wait for the system to fix your life.

For listeners who missed this episode:
Expect a no-holds-barred, fast-moving breakdown of the week’s biggest news—with loads of attitude, incisive analysis, and the ever-present challenge to rise above the noise and be the leader America needs at this critical cultural moment.