BOMBSHELL: Here's Why Luigi Mangione Will Get Off! w/ Nick Cruse

Summary

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Episode: BOMBSHELL: Here's Why Luigi Mangione Will Get Off!

Date: December 5, 2025
Host: Jimmy Dore
Guest: Nick Cruz (Citizen journalist, geopolitical analyst, co-founder of Revolutionary Blackout Network)

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Episode Overview

This episode centers on the bombshell developments in the controversial trial of Luigi Mangione, accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Jimmy Dore and guest Nick Cruz challenge the mainstream narrative, argue the evidence has been tampered with, and discuss wider implications for civil liberties, media complicity, and the intensification of authoritarian tactics in the U.S. justice system. The conversation segues into systemic critiques of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), U.S. political corruption, the Trump administration's pardons, and the downfall of Ukrainian President Zelensky.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Luigi Mangione Case: Fabricated Evidence & Media Blackout

Timestamps: 01:32 – 13:28

• Nick Cruz recounts a viral “Hotspot” video suggesting Mangione’s guilt is manufactured, and the evidence (a murder weapon and manifesto found in Mangione’s bag) is likely planted.

• Quote:

  • “The police illegally searched that bag without a warrant...they found a manifesto that was 100% written by the Fed.” — Kimberly (as quoted video), [02:03]

• Discussion of the mainstream media blitz at the story’s onset followed by a total media blackout once skepticism grew online.

• Quote:

  • “When the Luigi Magione case first dropped, corporate media was all over it... Then every single outlet dropped it, no one will mention it, no one will cover it.” — Nick Cruz, [04:31]

• Jimmy and Nick question the logic of the narrative: Why would an alleged criminal keep the murder weapon and written confession after a days-long escape, then plead not guilty?

  • “Why would he say the whole case is an insult to the intelligence of the American people? Because it is.” — Nick Cruz, [09:16]

• Parallels are drawn between Mangione’s case and similar recent high-profile shootings, especially the repeated use of bullet casings and manifestos as prosecution centerpieces.

Corruption and Motive

• Nick notes that UnitedHealthcare was facing a huge Medicare fraud suit, suggesting a potential motive for higher-level foul play and scapegoating.

  • “You guys know that UnitedHealthcare has a massive Medicare fraud suit...and the board of directors is involved...” — Nick Cruz, [09:43]

• The hosts argue the authorities need a conviction to maintain the illusion of elite untouchability and sow fear against challenging corporate power.

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2. Critique of U.S. Justice & Police State Expansion

Timestamps: 13:29 – 23:22

• Jimmy and Nick lampoon the “convenience” of evidence, the absence of civil liberties (illegal searches, lack of Miranda rights), and prosecutorial overreach.

• PBS and mainstream report summaries are used to highlight how little scrutiny is applied by establishment media to clear irregularities.

• Quotes:

  • “The cops careless and arrogant behavior is going to free Luigi. And one day New York will have Luigi Mangione Square.” — Jimmy Dore (summarizing supporters’ arguments), [20:29]
  • “If you believe what the corporate news is telling you, you’re a chump, right?” — Jimmy Dore, [21:32]

• The consensus: The judicial process is weaponized, public skepticism is suppressed, and the erosion of trust is both a sign and strategy of intensifying authoritarianism.

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3. The DSA and Progressive Movements: Sellouts and Infiltration

Timestamps: 23:54 – 30:36

• Nick and Jimmy go on a wide-ranging critique of the Democratic Socialists of America leadership, accusing them of serving as controlled opposition and betraying genuine working-class and anti-imperialist interests.

  • “DSA are completely infiltrated by CIA and FBI and they're a garbage organization and they're fake and they're phony.” — Jimmy Dore, [26:11]
  • “They will form these coalitions with Zionists, but they will never work with us.” — Nick Cruz, [27:01]

• Examples cited: abandonment of Medicare for All (Force the Vote), collaboration with centrist Democrats, ignoring global south solidarity during escalations in Gaza and Venezuela.

• Notable Moment:

  • Nick shares personal experiences of being targeted by DSA gatekeepers for associating with non-establishment media and activists.
  • “They're just gatekeepers. They're bad. I can write a whole book about it.” — Nick Cruz, [29:29]

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4. Corruption & The Trump/Cueller/Azerbaijan Pardon

Timestamps: 31:53 – 43:53

• The episode pivoted into Trump’s unprecedented pre-trial pardon of Democrat Henry Cuellar, charged with acting as a foreign agent and accepting bribes.

  • “Nothing says I'm innocent more than being pardoned before your trial.” — Jimmy Dore, [33:01]
  • “This is because Israel told him to do it, and he’s Israel’s bitch. That’s why he did it.” — Jimmy Dore, [34:07]

• The hosts suggest the pardon advances Israel’s interests, not legal or political logic, illustrating the bipartisan, elite-serving nature of both parties.

  • “You don’t get to know what the real parties are ever.” — Drew Ski, [34:55]

• The segment lampoons corporate media’s failure to connect the Azerbaijan/Israel/geopolitical dots while recounting Trump’s long list of pardoned corrupt politicians as further proof of the uniparty scam.

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5. Zelensky’s Downfall & the Endgame for Puppets

Timestamps: 44:30 – 53:28

• Breaking news coverage: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is being abandoned by Western backers as corruption probes engulf his administration.

  • “Wow, isn't that interesting? That wasn’t the problem...but now it is.” — Jimmy Dore, [46:00]

• Discussion on the cyclical use and discard of foreign “puppets” by U.S./NATO interests, compared to Noriega, Gaddafi, etc.

  • “As Henry Kissinger said: it’s dangerous to be America’s enemy, but it’s deadly to be America’s friend.” — Jimmy Dore, [52:46]
  • “You can only round people up so long on street corners before you got a nephew of someone in your staff. And now they can't wait to stab you in the back for it.” — Jimmy Dore, [49:33]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “If you believe what the corporate news is telling you, you’re a chump, right?” — Jimmy Dore, [21:32]
• “DSA...are a garbage organization and they're fake and they're phony...leadership...completely infiltrated by the CIA and the FBI.” — Jimmy Dore, [26:11]
• “They can plant evidence on you and they can find you guilty of a crime that they committed...just showing the American populace how powerless they are. It's actually a great power flex.” — Nick Cruz, [12:05]
• “With the pardon of Representative Henry Cuellar...President Trump has now pardoned 12 members of Congress...Trump pardoned all of them because he wants you to know that crime does pay.” — Jimmy Dore, [43:26]

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Useful Timestamps

• Welcome/Introduction of Nick Cruz: [01:32]
• Hotspot Video Recap - Skepticism of Case: [02:03–04:10]
• Discussion: Pattern of Media Censorship and Sloppy Police Work: [04:14–07:18]
• PBS/Press Summary & Suppression of Evidence: [13:28–21:34]
• DSA/“Force the Vote” and Progressive Sellouts: [23:54–30:36]
• Corruption in Congress/Israel-Azerbaijan Links: [31:53–43:53]
• Zelensky Corruption & Western Betrayal: [44:30–53:28]

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Tone, Style, & Takeaways

The episode is irreverent, conspiratorial, and sharply critical of both major U.S. parties, the security state, and the nominal progressive establishment. Jimmy and Nick use biting sarcasm and references to classic left-wing skepticism to lampoon the credulity of mainstream audiences and the complicity of the corporate press. The episode combines deep cynicism with humor, rapid-fire digressions, and an undercurrent of outrage at systemic injustice.

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Conclusion

Listeners are urged to reject official narratives, recognize evidence of state overreach and manipulation, and understand how even progressive organizations are co-opted to neutralize change. The Mangione trial is framed as a microcosm of broader institutional rot and political theater designed to consolidate elite power and quash real dissent.

Transcript

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[Jimmy Dore]

Hi, welcome back. We got special guests with us, Nick Cruz, citizen journalist, geopolitical analyst, co founder of the revolutionary Blackout network. He's here back with us. Please. Welcome back to the show, Nick Cruz. Hey Nick, how are you?

[Nick Cruz]

Hey, what's poppin? Jimmy, always great to be here.

[Jimmy Dore]

Well, what's happening is I saw your video. So Hotspot put out a video of you talking about Luigi Mangioni and it says he's not guilty. What? The corporatist media is not telling you about the Luigi Mangioni case. Let's listen.

[Kimberly]

Luigi Maggioni is back in court today as his attorney drop a complete bombshell demanding that the court throw away obviously tamper with evidence. Luigi Maggione is accused of killing the CEO of United Healthcare, Brian Thompson. But nothing about this story adds up. Remember Luigi Maggioni's Backpack which very conveniently for the prosecution had the murder weapon in it and a manifesto where Luigi Maggione confessed his crimes. Yeah, the police illegally searched that bag without a warrant. Mysteriously after Luigi Maggione was arrested. That is apparently where the police found Luigi Maggione's manifesto where he confessed to his crime, even gave a motive and was 100 written by the Fed. In his manifesto, Luigi Maggione apparently wrote to the Fed. I will keep this short because I do respect what you do for our country. Who believes this stupid nonsense? If Luigi Maggione went to respect the time of the feds and he wanted the world to know his motive and why he did it, why would he plead not guilty in court? Why is he demanding that this manifesto be removed from evidence? If he truly wrote this and he committed the crime, they would have you believe that after days of being on the run, Luigi Maggione kept his murder weapon. It's obvious to me that the police planted the murder weapon and wrote this manifesto in order to pin the murder of Brian Thompson on Luigi Maggione. And the question that the American people should be asking is why? It will be hilarious and actually justice if Luigi Maggione got off scot free from this because the feds got sloppy. You had to have a room temperature your IQ to believe the official narrative about Luigi Maggione at this point.

[Jimmy Dore]

All right, so let's bring in Nick. Nick.

Yeah, that. You know, when you lay it out like that, it almost sounds like the FBI is fabricating a case against this guy.

[Nick Cruz]

They will never do that, Jimmy. You know they will never do something like that.

[Jimmy Dore]

I mean every time this like my.

[Nick Cruz]

Third or fourth video about Luigi Magione.

[Jimmy Dore]

Uhhuh.

[Nick Cruz]

And this is why I love Hotspot. Make sure you guys follow Hotspot on on X because they let me cover whatever I want. We focus mostly on like non mainstream news, anti imperialist news and whatever like ruling class don't want us to know. And I know you noticed it, Jimmy, that when the Luigi Magione case first dropped, the corporate media was all over it. Like it was non stop coverage of Luigi Maggione. And then they saw public sentiment and then they saw people like me questioning the narrative and realized that nothing they are telling us is making any sense on this story. And every single corporate media outlet dropped it like suddenly out of nowhere. No one will mention it, no one will cover it. And they pretend and they pretend that there's not a trial that is ongoing. And from the beginning it was clear that what they was telling us about the story was complete nonsense. I think they should let Luigi Maggioni go. And if Luigi Maggione kills another healthcare CEO, I guess he actually did it then.

[Jimmy Dore]

I guess.

[Nick Cruz]

But nothing about the story actually makes any sense to me. And I broke it down. That hot spot video, there's so many. I actually. So much stuff I couldn't actually cover in that video because we. We tend to try to keep our hotspot videos nice and short. But he was found by like some random boomer in McDonald's. A complete stayed away. And Jimmy. Do you guys know that because the state put a massive bounty on any information regarding Luigi Maggione that the police were receiving so many tips about Luigi that they couldn't possibly keep up? They said so they said we received receiving so many tips we had to filter through them because so many of them is not credible. But they listened to this tip from this random boomer who just said this guy looks like the shooter even though he looks nothing like the original photo that was shown of the shooter. And then they take this guy's word at face value, drive all the way to McDonald's to arrest this guy without any probable cause. Didn't read the Miranda rights. And he. They seized the bag. And I covered this in my video. They seized the bag. Where they find a murder weapon in a manifesto that will be a prosecutor's wet drain. Doesn't pass the smell test. And they use the same techniques. Jimmy, I know you've been covering like the Tyler Robinson shooting. You notice how with Luigi Maggione they have bullet casings. He had the bullet casings. Defend, oppose, deny.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah.

[Nick Cruz]

The ruling class is so sloppy. They use the same technique, Jimmy. The same shooter and the Tyler Robinson. Remember he had the bullet casing. Every one of these shooters with these mysterious stories, always some bullet casing enthusiast. Like the same tactics they're using, Jimmy.

[Kimberly]

Right.

[Jimmy Dore]

It's. It's kind of amazing that they. They use the exact same playbook with Luigi Mangione as they did with Tyler Robinson. And not only that. So Tyler. So Luigi Mangioni has. He's carrying around a manifesto of him. Of, of. Of him just admitting to the crime of shooting this guy and why he did it. And he's carrying it around. Well why wouldn't he just turn himself in? Why did he then. Why did he then get in a car and drive hours away and go to. He was. A couple days later he's at some McDonald's. He's still carrying the manifesto and the gun and now he's pleading not guilty. None of that stuff makes sense. That if he would do that, just like Tyler Robinson, immediately after the shooting decides to tell his trans girlfriend and every detail about the shooting in a text. It doesn't make any sense that he would do that. It's like, well, I didn't tell you this before, but now I feel like I should confess to the whole thing in text that the cops are going to definitely find. Here you go. So yeah. And they both wrote on their bullets stuff, stuff. Like crazy stuff. Right. And so he was. It's. It's weird.

[Nick Cruz]

It's.

[Jimmy Dore]

Well, to me it's beyond sloppy. Right. It's. It's almost like they want you to know it.

[Nick Cruz]

Committed in the. The corporate media committed massive fraud. And almost everyone who covered this should lose their job because people are supposed to be considered innocent to proven guilty. You guys notice how every single corporate media outlet repeated the fact that Luigi Maggione was guilty uncritically. They directly tampered with the trial because you want to know what video they did not show Luigi. Luigi Maggione, Jimmy. They didn't show any clips of when he was originally arranged and brought out to the public. And he screamed that this trial is an insult to the intelligence of the American people and their lived experience. And you notice Jimmy, not a single corporate media outlet show that story.

[Jimmy Dore]

That's right.

[Nick Cruz]

So if Luigi Maggioni had this message that he wanted to send to the. To society with bullet casings, why would he say the whole case is an insult to the intelligence of the American people? Because it is. They, they grabbed this random guy because they need to find someone to pin the murder of Brian Thompson on. Now there's a lot of speculation on why they did this. You guys know that UnitedHealthcare has a massive Medicare fraud suit.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yes.

[Nick Cruz]

The board of directors directors is involved in. And we've seen the game plan with the modus operandi of the capitalist class. They're gangsters. They'll play for keeps. Jimmy, this CEO who's top of the United Healthcare, he definitely probably had some business dealing. Some people in upper management he pissed off. So they had this guy who committed this great shooting and exit strategy. So fleeing the scene like this, why like once again it made no sense. Like if you are doing this murder, you flee the scene, get away with it. Why will you keep the murder weapon and manifesto? Why will you deny it later? Nothing about this story that they telling us make any sense. I think they, they are going to execute this innocent Man, Luigi Maggione. Also because they couldn't let this murder go unsolved because that would send a very chilling message to the American populace of this massive CEO billionaire guy being murdered and. And the killer not being found. So I think they're willing to sacrifice Luigi just to send a message to the populace that you won't get away with this. I. There's a lot of different speculation on why they're doing this, Jimmy. That's why I'm talking about now. But I think none of it makes sense at all.

[Jimmy Dore]

Well, isn't it interesting that Luis Humanzioni and Tyler Robinson both were A plus students and they do the two dumbest things that you could ever do after murdering someone. Isn't that like they. He carries the murder weapon with him and a man and his manifesto of confessing to it. And. And then immediately after the killing, Tyler Robinson texts his. His confession basically to his trans girlfriend. The two of the dumbest things you could possibly. And both of them are pleading not guilty, by the way. And if that kid turned himself in, why is he pleading not guilty? Tyler Robinson. So. But these are two really bad FBI bungle. I don't know if they're bungled. It's almost like they're bungling it on purpose to see how much we'll believe. Kind of like 911 in Building 7. It's like, let's see if they'll believe this. That a building fell into its own footprint with that wasn't even hit by a plane. You know, it seems like something like that. Let's see what we could get away with.

[Nick Cruz]

Yeah, they're gangsters. The same way with Donald Trump partnering, issuing a pardon of the Honduras drug lord president. It's, it's, it's obviously a sham. Like, it's showing everyone that they can be openly hypocritical, but there's nothing you can do about it. Like.

[Jimmy Dore]

Right.

[Nick Cruz]

Like they can plant evidence on you and they can find you guilty of a crime that they committed and they just showing the American populace how powerless they are. It's actually a great power flex in a way.

But yeah, Luigi, like you mentioned before, this guy who they want us to believe held stakeouts, like, he had this highly planned assassination plot against Brian Thompson. Extremely well. Well planned, well organized, had an exit strategy, but this guy got sloppy because he was found in a random McDonald's. And that's another trend that they use, Jimmy, that all these shooters, they always found eating at some fast food restaurant because the American, they can't help themselves, they love to eat a burger. So if you the most wanted man in America, like Luigi Maggione, why would you be found at a random McDonald's where you can be easily identified when you go underground for a few months? I'm not a crime expert, but, like, why would you be so public with all the information and all the evidence that the prosecutors want on you? Once again, it makes no sense and it should infuriate the American people that they tell us these kind of stories and expectations us to believe it. There's nothing morally wrong with taking a story that the establishment tells you, taking a story that the government tells you and telling them that they're full of shit. There's nothing morally wrong with that. Right?

[Jimmy Dore]

So here is how PBS reported it. It says Luigi Mangioni watched stoically in court Monday as prosecutors played surveillance video showing the killing of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City sidewalk last week, last year, and Mangione's arrest five day, five days later, carrying the murder weapon and his manifest five days later at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania. The videos, including footage from the restaurants previously unseen by the press or the public, kicked off a hearing on Mangioni's fight to bar evidence from his state murder trial, including the gun prosecutors say matches the one used in the Dec. 4 attack. Manzion, 27, pressed his fingers to his lips and thumb to his chin as he watched footage of two police officers approaching him as he ate breakfast at the McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 230 miles west of Manhattan. So just like you said, they were overwhelmed with tips. The FBI, they couldn't. But somehow this tip they acted on some guy from A. From a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, says, I think I'm pretty sure this might be the guy. And they immediately dis people. So that also is suspect. He gripped a pen in his right hand, making his first at fist ties. Prosecutors played a 911 call from a McDonald's manager, relaying concerns from customers that Mangioni looked like the suspect in the Thompson's killing. The manager said she searched online for photos of the suspect and that as Mangione sat in the restaurant, she could only see his eyebrows because he was wearing a beanie and a medical face mask. And they and the FBI acted on this. I can't really see he's got a face mask on, but I see his eyebrows. Chris Keane has eyebrows that look like that. Chris Keene, the guy who fills in for me here sometimes among the Evidence Manzioni's defense team wants excluded are the 9 millimeter handgun and a notebook in which prosecutors say he described his intent to whack a health insurance executive. Both were found in the backpack Manzioni had with him when he was arrested. Isn't that convenient? How convenient. After getting state terrorism charges thrown out in September, Mancione's lawyers are zeroing in on what they say was unconstitutional police conduct that threatens his right to a fair trial. They contend that Manhattan District Attorney's office should be prevented from showing the gun, notebook and other items to jurors because police didn't have a warrant to search the backpack. They also want to suppress some of Manzioni's statements to the police, such as when he allegedly gave his name as Mark Rosario because officers started asking him questions before telling him he had the right to remain silent. Prosecutors say Mangione gave the same name when he checked into a Manhattan hostel days before the killing. Eliminating the gun and notebook would be critical wins for the Manzioni's defense and a major setback for prosecutors, depriving them of possible murder weapon and evidence that say points to motive. Prosecutors have quoted extensively from Manzioni's writings and court filings, including his praise for the late Theodore Kaczynski, the convicted murderer known as the Unabombered. Among other things, prosecutors say Manzioni mused in his diary about rebelling against the deadly greed fueled health insurance cartel and wrote that killing an industry executive conveys a greedy bastard that had it coming. He added, and I hope they never catch my close personal friend Tyler Robinson, who plans to kill Charlie Kirk with a.30 06 rifle from a Utah Valley University rooftop next September. An officer searching the backpack found with Mangione was heard in body camera footage saying she was checking to make sure there wasn't a bomb in the bag because a cop, as a cop, you're always trained that whenever you suspect a bag may contain a bomb, the first thing you do is not call the bomb squad, but start. Start rooting around in the bag. Did she also sniff it for evidence like they did in Syria? Yes. That sounds like there's something. There's. I think there's a chemical weapon there. Let me smell that. Oh, yeah, there's definitely some. Anyway, his lawyers argue that was an excuse designed to cover up an illegal warrantless search for his backpack. A few dozen Manzioni supporters watched the hearing from the back of the courtroom. One wore a green T shirt that said, without a warrant, it's not a search. It's a violation. The state charges carry a possibility of life in prison. Manzioni's lawyers wanted bar evidence from both cases, but blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. But the cops went through a lot of trouble to plant that evidence and now you just want them to throw it out. Really? Wow. I don't think so. So federal prosecutors fighting the defenses pushed to exclude the gun notebook and other evidence from their case have said in court filings that police were justified in searching the backpack to make sure there were no dangerous items and that the statements to officers were voluntary and they were made before he was under arrest. So power to the people. There we are. Proud Socialist says the cops didn't read Luigi Mancione his Miranda rights until after illegally searching and detaining him. This means evidence collected at the Pennsylvania McDonald's is inadmissible in court and should be thrown out. The cops careless and arrogant behavior is going to free Luigi. And one day New York will have Luigi Mangione Square, as Russell Dobular says, after this, UnitedHealthcare to drop Medicare Advantage plans for 600,000 people. That was from August 6th. So, anyway, yeah, I bet there will be a Louisiane Square. I think it's, I think it's, my gut is that somehow just like with this killing of the. Just like when they blew up the Tesla truck in front of the Trump Hotel in Vegas and that was a military guy, just like the guy who just killed the two National Guard people in D.C. was trained by the CIA. I think you're going to find that. Oh, just like that. Ryan Routh was also working with the State Department who have allegedly tried to kill Donald Trump at his golf course. So we're going to find out that all these people were somehow working in conjunction with the quote unquote intelligence community. Luigi Manzion, some, something else here. They just didn't just pick him out of a hat, though. So I don't know if they were mkultra ing him or mind controlling him as we know that of course that, that they don't do that anymore. They would never do that anymore. The CIA, which gave unsuspecting citizens, they gave them unsuspecting citizens acid LS LSD just to see what happened, to see if they can control their minds. I'm sure they stopped doing crazy stuff like that. So, yeah, I think there's more to this. And it's obvious that the FBI has concocted a story, as you pointed out, and not only this story, but the Ryan Ralph story, but the story in Butler Pennsylvania, the story of the Tesla on fire at the Trump Hotel. These are all way too suspicious. None of them make sense. And I think it's to try to get a ramping up of the police. What? Part of it is certainly to get a ramping up of the police state and expand the surveillance state, which is Trump is doing. He's the perfect guy to do it. Just like Barack Obama was the perfect guy to give, to kick people out of their homes and make the banks never miss a bonus payment. Right, because he was a black guy who you thought was going to be on the side of the workers. No, he was a black guy, was on the side of the bankers and the health insurance companies and big pharma. Because his natural base, Barack Obama's base, was against the banks and big pharma. So they got to bring in a guy to quiet them. Trump's base is against the national surveillance state. And so they bring in Trump and he quiets them. They go along with what he's doing. And they're also against regime change, wars. And he's doing one in Venezuela at the behest of Israel. And the bank. And the bank and the oil cartels. But anyway, there's much more to this. And if you believe. I think we can both agree on this, Nick. If you believe what the corporate news is telling you, you're a chump. Right?

[Nick Cruz]

Yeah. I think the ruling class is emboldened right now, like all these psyops, because they know that the ruling class corporate media will never call them out on it.

[Jimmy Dore]

That's right.

[Nick Cruz]

They know that the CIA has weaponized the term conspiracy theories. So it's like shame the populace for even asking questions. That's why they are doing the Charlie Kirk execution. That's why they are willing to murder a CEO of UnitedHealthcare. That's why you see them killing fishermen in Venezuela. What's international law after you allowed Israel to bomb a few hospitals or so.

[Jimmy Dore]

Right, Right.

[Nick Cruz]

We have the ruling class as a complete rebellion against the concept of social dignity, international law, and law and order in general. You saw that Donald Trump, he pardoned Henry Seller, the corrupt democrat earlier.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah.

[Nick Cruz]

They are a completely lawless capitalist class that we live into. That's why they can. They can do these. These heist. What are we gonna do about it? Because in the same society, this entire case should be thrown out because we already explained why the manifesto is nonsense. So if you guys planted this manifesto in the bag, the entire case should be done. It should be completely thrown out and completely Illegitimate. Just. If just one of these theories that we have, Jimmy, is true, it's just one of them is true. Whether they planned the murder weapon, whether they planted the manifesto, that means the entire case is null and void. But it doesn't matter, because you know what, Jimmy? They about to murder this guy. They recommended the death penalty for Luigi Maggione. Bam. We don't even apply the death penalty to pedophiles.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah.

[Nick Cruz]

And rapists. You had Donald Trump flying Israeli pedophiles out. So pedophiles and rapists, they get slap on the head, 20 years or so. Luigi Magione death penalty. It's almost like they want to silence them forever. Right?

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah.

[Nick Cruz]

Just something to think about.

[Jimmy Dore]

I mean, this is. Right. This is on the heels of Trump just pardoning one of the biggest narco traffickers in the entire hemisphere, the former president of Honduras, as he claims to be fighting a narco trafficking ring out of Venezuela. So none of it makes sense. Of course, it's the. No matter who you vote for, you get John McCain. And we're not going to be able to vote our way out of this. Right. I mean, that's what I. It's. You know, I've said it before, but I really believe it now. There's really no way to vote our way out, especially after what Mondame, you saw what Mandami did recently, right?

[Nick Cruz]

Yeah, I'm covering that tonight because that's why I wish I could stay longer, but I have a show I'm gonna do. Okay. I'm covering. There's like nearly 100 leftist organizations calling out Zora Momdani because he sold out fast in the aoc. Aoc. And Bernie gave the playbook and Zora Momdani sold out in record time. So you have many organizations who calling them out for that. So I'm glad to see people.

[Jimmy Dore]

Really?

[Nick Cruz]

Is the D. Completely shameless?

[Jimmy Dore]

Is the DSA calling him out?

[Nick Cruz]

Few chapters of DSA that trying to do damage control. Because you guys know DSA as an organization voted to keep a King Jeffries. That's why I call them Hakeem Jeffries Democrats at this point.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah.

[Nick Cruz]

Not serious socialists, not rebels. They, as an organization, voted to keep Hakeem Jeffries in leadership while Gaza is still being slaughtered by Israel. I know these Social Democrats, they want to put Gaza behind them, Jimmy. They want nothing more than forget Gaza.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah.

[Nick Cruz]

Organize with Zion. And that was your mom Donnie's doing. And for what? They selling out Palestinians. Zoram Hamdani, smear Nicolas Maduro as Donald Trump is about to wage a war against Venezuela. He smeared Cuba as Donald Trump is ramping up sanctions against them. And for what? Free buses. That's all it took? Free buses? All it took for you guys to sell out the Palestinians while there is still a genocide going on in Gaza. The ceasefire was nonsense. We covered this in Hot Spot as well. It was always nonsense. But the progressives are pretending it's not. And that's the devil's bargain that I despise. The idea you're going to sell out the global south because you want a bigger cut of the imperial pie. The, the promise that you're getting. Small nonsense. I, I, I find morally reprehensible. It's not small. Disagree. You disagree with Xeron on so many small things. No, it's a big disagreement to morally sell out the global working class for, well, rent freeze. That's it. That's all it took.

[Jimmy Dore]

Hey, where was, where was Zoran Mondavi when we were doing force to vote, trying to get Medicare for All for everybody in the United States? Something that the Democratic, the dsa, the Democratic Socialists of America, it was in their own handbook and they had to disavow their own handbook when it had, when it turned out that it could actually happen. So they like to talk about stuff, but when it could act just like Democrats like to talk about Medicare for All when they're not in power. So as soon as they're not in power, Bernie Sanders starts talking about it again. But as soon as the Democrats are in power, they never make a peep about it. And the same thing with the Democratic Socialists of America. As soon as their plan from their own handbook, which I got from their own handbook to force a vote for Medicare for All on the floor of the House. When I tried to implement that, they turned on me and protected politicians. And that's because the dsa, the Democratic Socialists of America, are completely infiltrated by the CIA and the FBI and they're a garbage organization and they're fake and they're phony. I'm not talking about the members. I'm talking about the leadership of the dsa. I think a lot of people join that, but with their, with the right intentions and think they're going to do good work. And then they don't realize that they're actually working for the CIA, which is what the Democratic Socialists of America are doing. They're working for the CIA anyway. Nick. Oh, go ahead.

[Nick Cruz]

Yeah, that's such a great point. They would form these coalitions with Zionists but They will never work with us. The reason why they didn't support the March for Medicare for all the rally against the War machine rally was because they're like, oh, don't you know that the right wing elements there. Don't you know that, Jimmy? Door demanded for all rally. That's why we can't show support for them. Meanwhile, they're 100 okay with organized with Jessica Tish.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah.

[Nick Cruz]

Have no problem organizing with a King Jeffries. They spared us for years, Jimmy, of being part a part of some sort of red brown alliance. They're the red brown alliance. The lines between progressives and Zionists in the Democratic Party to get a rent freeze. That's the definition of what a red brown alignment. But to be clear, it's more like a blue brown alliance. Yeah, but that's what they do. They. They wouldn't be caught dead at an RBM mutual aid event. I was organizing with Frank Hampton Jr. The chairman himself give. Giving away clothes, food. We hold these kind of programs. Savvy does a great job with Boston mutual aid. My friend James Fonteray, he has a mutual aid organization in Orlando. Jimmy. They never lift a finger to help RV and mutual aid. Jimmy has. Jimmy had us on to promote our mutual aid events. He helped us out on that. But the DSA will never be caught organizing with you. Never will. Will be called organizing something that you're working on. But if it's a Democratic Party event like the no Kings rally, they'll be quick to show up to one of those. Jimmy.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah, they.

[Nick Cruz]

They are orbiters of the Democratic Party and they actually play a very harmful role to working class movements. That's why I call them out all the time, which is why they're not too fond of me.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah, well, they came at me over, over me pushing something that they had in their own handbook. And that's when I knew they were phonies. Anyway, Nick Cruz came out to me.

[Nick Cruz]

For talking to you.

[Jimmy Dore]

Really?

[Nick Cruz]

Yeah. You don't know, man. They're like, how dare you do us through this to do this to us, Nick. By talking to Jimmy Dore, like the same way I talk to anyone. Like Jake Shields had me on this podcast. I'm like, all right, I'm still my radical politics to his audience. Cancel for that. Like, they are a gatekeeper to the left. They're now smearing Shamasawan, who is running as an independent against a genocidal Zionist Democrat, Adam Smith. And they refuse to support Shamasawan against a Zionist because Shama Sawant said me that mean things about AOC that show how unserious they are. They want to back a Zionist and stop and not support a progressive just because Shama hurt AOC's feeling. That's how childish and how. They're just gatekeepers. They're. They're bad. I can write a whole book about it. Jimmy, they're so bad faith, man.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah, they're. They're. They're the opposite of what they. They appear to be some kind of rebel organization. They're there to make sure that all the revolutionary energy and on the left gets funneled back into a pro war, anti worker party. That's what the DSA is all about. And if you don't know that by now, you're a chump or you're under 18 years old. That's it. Okay. All right. Nick.

[Nick Cruz]

Yeah, they. They exist. I said a thousand times before the DSA is this to shift what it means to be a socialist to a. To the right.

[Jimmy Dore]

That's exactly right.

[Nick Cruz]

That's why they're propped up. That's why you will see all the DSA clowns like Emma and on them on cnn. They so couple around DSA people invited on corporate media all the time. Blacklisted from corporate media. Why you guys think that is? They love the dumb, dumb non intellectual left wing movements like the dsa. That's why they propped up. That's why the establishment likes working with them. But you got knock and rant about DSA all day.

[Jimmy Dore]

I know.

[Nick Cruz]

They are so nefarious.

[Jimmy Dore]

I know this was supposed to be about Luigi Magione, but somehow when you get me talking about the horrible dsa, I can't shut up. All right everybody. Check out the revolutionary Blackout network on YouTube. Check out Hot Topics. What's it called?

[Nick Cruz]

Spot. Make sure you guys follow Hot Spot. It's Hot Spot. Hotspot on X. Also going live on my channel, Nick Cruz. I have. I have the homie Wrathbone. And I post maybe around four to five videos a week on Hotspot. We cover Nico House.

[Cash Patel]

He.

[Nick Cruz]

He's running this project. It's a great anti imperialist news outlet. We cover anti imperialist topics. Anti establishment topics. So make sure you guys follow us on there. Always great to join you, Jimmy.

[Jimmy Dore]

Okay, great to talk to you. Tell Nico hello.

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Trump is pardoning another criminal, but this time before he's even convicted. He's doing what Joe Biden did with Fauci and those guys. He's pardoning them before they even got a trial. This time it's a Democrat. So there it is. Trump's announcement of a pardon for Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas. It's wild for several reasons. Watch this. This comes from CBS News. It is wild for many reasons. I wonder how long. Well, let's watch breaking news into the newsroom. The president has just announced a pardon for Texas Congressman Henry Cuyar. Break that down for me.

[News Anchor]

This is surprising for several reasons. Let me just list them in order. First of all, pardons are typically for people who've already been convicted in their cases, made some restitution, acknowledged their guilt, tried to make atonement for it. Henry Cuellar hadn't even gone on trial yet. Typically, that's for a jury to decide whether somebody should be absolved or found guilty. In this case, the president. As you see from that Truth Social post.

[Jimmy Dore]

By the way, nothing says I'm innocent more than being pardoned before your trial.

It's like guys getting someone to sign a prenup on your first date.

[Drew Ski]

I like to have a trial with a prenup personally.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah.

[News Anchor]

Has pardoned Henry Cuellar before the case even went to a jury, before it even went to trial. Henry Cuellar is a Democrat from Texas in a uniquely competitive district where the argument could be made. Henry Cuellar, despite this legal matter, could be the only Democrat who could hold that seat. He's now been absolved and can safely run for re election for the Democrats next year. The third issue here is this is a significant case. This is not jaywalking. Henry Cuellar is accused of acting as an illegal foreign agent on behalf of Azerbaijan while serving in the US Congress, engaging in a bribery scheme along with his wife, who also appears to have been issued clemency.

[Jimmy Dore]

So Henry Cuellar was taking bribes from a foreign country, Azerbaijan, which sounds bad, sure. But you have to understand Azerbaijan is the strategic energy partner of Israel.

[Drew Ski]

Oh, well, then he's a good guy.

[Jimmy Dore]

So he's a hero.

[Drew Ski]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Dore]

So that's so Trump got the. That's what this is about. Trump got this. So that's what we're going to find out later. A lot of why Trump is going into Venezuela has to do with Israel. And now he's pardoning Cuello, a Democrat. Why would he do that? Because Israel told him to do it and he's Israel's bitch. That's why he did it. Isn't that crazy? Isn't that crazy? Israel got Trump to pardon a Democrat as the, as the, as the, as the Republicans are, are set to lose control of the House. Marjorie Taylor Greene's leaving. Bunch of other ones are leaving. They're going to lose control of the House for sure. And he's now making sure another. And if, if Cuellar wasn't there, a Republican would take his seat. Trump is making sure the Democrats hold that seat. Why would he do that? Israel told them.

[Nick Cruz]

Right.

[Drew Ski]

You don't get to know what the real parties are ever.

[Jimmy Dore]

That's right.

[News Anchor]

You see the name Imelda Cuellar on that Truth Social post. She was his co defendant, Henry Cuellar's co defendant in the case. That case now ends in the Southern District of Texas where Henry Cuellar represents.

[Jimmy Dore]

Really curious. Really, really curious. I love that understatement by the news person.

[Drew Ski]

I mean, it took me three seconds to look up the thing about Azerbaijan in Israel. You couldn't look it up. You're not that curious.

[Jimmy Dore]

Of course they're not going to tell you that. Right. So the CBS News is not gonna tell you that. Oh yeah. He was actually working with Azerbaijan, which is a strategic energy partner with Israel.

[Drew Ski]

Yeah. You know, Armenians are being killed by Azerbaijan now. And famously like that's where it's all that pipeline shit. You know, where they had to make sure that.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yes, yeah, yeah.

[Drew Ski]

Just that.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yes. So here's how CNN reported it. In 24, Cuellar and his wife were charged with accepting 600 grand in bribes from two foreign entities in an alleged scheme that took place from late 2014 through at least November 2021. According to the indictment, Cuellar has denied any wrongdoing. Trump's true social posts announcing the pardon include images of a letter from the Cuellar's daughters last month asking the president for compassion and clemency for their parents. Are you effing kidding me? What? Ok. Anyway, President Donald Trump, I can't. This guy sounds like a real Eric Adams. Anyway.

[Drew Ski]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Dore]

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he's issuing a full and unconditional pardon to Texas Democrat Representative Henry Cuellar and his Wife Imelda using a lengthy social media post to accuse the Biden administration of targeting political opponents even within his own party. One of the clearest examples of this was when Crooked Joe used the FBI and the Department of Justice to take out a member of his own party after highly respected Congressman Henry Cuellar bravely spoke out against open borders and the Biden border catastrophe. Wrote Joe, so that's how he's trying to sell this to his supporters.

[Drew Ski]

Yeah, and you know what? It might be because of that, but the guy's corrupt. You're never getting someone not corrupt. You're getting my gang's corruption is ok, and your gang's corruption is not ok.

[Jimmy Dore]

Henry, I don't know you, but you can sleep well tonight. Your nightmare is finally over. Trump continued responding to the pardon on X. Cuellar thanked Trump for his tremendous leadership and for taking the time to look at facts. The pardon gives us a clean slate. The noise is gone, the work remains, and I intend to meet it head on. And I can't wait to start spending that 600 grand. Eh?

[Drew Ski]

Yeah. The bottom line is he did it, but I'm sure Biden was persecuting him. But Trump's gonna overlook the bribery thing because it's a political opponent he's not gonna punish. By the way, Biden or Comey or.

[Jimmy Dore]

Any of these people, right? No, no, none of those people, Fauci. None of those. They're not. None of those. None of.

[Drew Ski]

There's no jail time coming. Bannon was wrong about that one. Huh?

[Jimmy Dore]

What's that? What did he say?

[Drew Ski]

Bannon was like, oh, people better get ready for jail time. Remember, everyone was Google searching painless self ending methods and getting a lawyer because they thought there was going to be some retribution when Trump got in and nothing happened.

[Jimmy Dore]

The 11 term Congressman who filed for reelection Wednesday as a Democrat has been likely to face a competitive reelection in a Trump one district that Republicans are targeting, making the president's pardon a puzzling move as his party tries to defend its majority in 2020. He's doing this because, as Kurt found out, I'm telling you, this is because of Israel. When it doesn't make sense, it's because of Israel. When Trump says Biden shouldn't be bombing Yemen, that we could solve this with a phone call. And then Trump bombs Yemen. The first thing he does when he gets in office, it's because of Israel.

[Drew Ski]

They solved it with a phone call. Hey, Trump bomb Yemen.

[Jimmy Dore]

That's right. Asked Wednesday Cuellar if he'll change parties, he says no. Like I said, nothing has changed. And Cuellar said he did not cut a deal with the White House to earn the pardon. No, it came from Israel. No, no. He told. Okay. The congressman said he didn't know that it was coming, adding that he would go to a White House Christmas party next week and would thank the president personally. Maybe bring him a nice new ballroom gift, if you know what I'm talking about. Right. New ballroom warning. You know, you got 600 grand laying around. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries also dismissed questions about whether the congressman would leave the party. Henry Quire is a highly valued member of the House Democratic Caucus. Oh, well, clearly, and I expect so. When him and Trump, just like what George Carlin said, when it's bipartisan, you know there's some real fuckery coming your way.

[Drew Ski]

Well, Hakeem Jeffries loves Israel and he.

[Jimmy Dore]

That's exactly right.

[Drew Ski]

Speeches. So that's how. To me. That cements it.

[Jimmy Dore]

That cements it.

[Drew Ski]

Because he's highly valued. Yes. By Israel.

[Jimmy Dore]

Ok. Republicans have been eyeing Cuellar's Texas seat, and they look to pick up seats next year. He's targeted by a new map Texas Republicans drew this year, which is currently in limbo awaiting a ruling from the U.S. supreme Court. But the congressman has been remarkably resilient, surviving primary challenges from the left and continuing to win in Southern Texas, even as Republicans have made gains with Latino voters and the area has become less friendly to Democrats overall. In 24, Cuellar won by 5.6 points, even as Trump won his district by 7 points. The new version of Cuello's district would have voted for Trump by more than 10 points. However, the new map also shifts some areas back into Cuellar's district that he had represented before the state's 2021 redistricting. Cuellar was first elected in 2004. He's among the most conservative Democrats in the House. He's long opposed abortion rights and has advocated for tougher border security. Cuellar vote Wednesday that he'd beat the far left in a primary. If they want to spend another 20 million, we'll win it. But this is a conservative district and I'm going to win it. Okay, so House, here's Pamela Brown.

House Minority Leader. Representative Jeffries tells me that and with Blitzer, that President Trump's decision to pardon Democratic Representative Jeremy Cuellar was exactly the right outcome.

[Drew Ski]

Yeah, Israel told him it's right, so it's good.

[Jimmy Dore]

So, by the way, nowadays, being conservative means you work for Azerbaijan. That's what being a conservative is.

[Drew Ski]

Everybody Israel tells you, you just do it, buddy.

[Jimmy Dore]

Okay, watch this.

[Drew Ski]

President Trump has announced a pardon of the Texas Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife who were charged with bribery. What's your response?

[House Democrat]

Well, Congressman Cuellar is a beloved member of the House of Representatives, loved in his community, particularly in Laredo. I've had the opportunity to spend time with him down in Laredo in South Texas. I look forward to that moving forward. Listen, the reality is this indictment was very thin to begin with. In my view, the charges were eventually going to be dismissed, if not at the trial court level, by the Supreme Court, as they've repeatedly done in instances just like this.

[Interviewer]

So, so just to follow up on that, you, do you agree?

[Jimmy Dore]

So why do you think Joe Biden's Justice Department prosecuted him, a sitting congressman in the Democratic Party? That's not your follow up question. No.

[Interviewer]

Let's listen with the president's pardon here. Do you think that that was a good thing then?

[House Democrat]

I don't know why the president decided to do this. I think the outcome was exactly the right outcome.

[Interviewer]

Well, just. Well, Congressman Cuellar, we should note, is one of a handful of House Democrats who sits in a district President Trump won in 2024. So now he has this presidential pardon. Have you had any conversations with the congressman about him potentially switching to the Republican Party?

[House Democrat]

I think Congressman Cuellar is, is a high, highly valued member of the House Democratic Caucus, and I expect that he'll continue to remain a highly valued member of the House Democratic Caucus.

[Interviewer]

What about reelection plans? Has he informed you of that?

[House Democrat]

No, I think the filing deadline in Texas is upcoming in the next few days. Many of the members of the Texas congressional delegation have yet to file for reelection. I expect that we'll see that happen in advance of the Monday deadline.

[Jimmy Dore]

So that's the leader of the Democrats in the House. That's why I showed you that he's the leader.

[Drew Ski]

He's a real Joe Lieberman.

[Jimmy Dore]

He's a real Trump pardons Democrat Henry Cuellar, who was indicted on bribery and money laundering charges. Cuellar sold out his district for $600,000 in bribes from a foreign government. Bribery and corruption is what both parties do best. And this pardon will only encourage more of it. And by the way, here's all the criminals that Trump has pardoned. With the pardon of Representative Henry Cuellar, who had been accused of bribery and corruption, President Trump has now pardoned 12 members of Congress, 10 Republicans and two Democrats. All but Cuellar had been convicted. So all these people had been convicted. Insider trading, campaign corruption, lying to the FBI. Extraction life, bribery, tax evasion, corruption. They've all were convicted. Trump pardoned all of them because he wants you to know that crime does pay.

[Drew Ski]

You know, some of them, the Rod Blagojevich I know there's some argument as to whether he should have been convicted. It could have been lawfare. But the point, you don't get to ever know the real reason any of this happens.

[Jimmy Dore]

That's right.

[Drew Ski]

That's the main thing, Donald.

[Jimmy Dore]

Here's Nick Cruz who was just on with us says Donald Trump pardons corrupt Democrat Henry Cuellar. The two party system is a scam. We have a uniparty where the capitalist elite keeps sending a loud message that they are above the law. Exactly.

[Drew Ski]

That's how you know Trump sucked Clinton's dick. And that's.

[Jimmy Dore]

You want to hear.

[Drew Ski]

Is there any better illustration of the one party system than Trump blowing Bill Clinton and not putting Hillary in jail.

[Jimmy Dore]

Like he said didn't put Hillary in jail.

So guess what? It looks like Zelensky, they're finding ways to get rid of him because he's no longer useful to the regime. My hero are here. But so here's. Here's from Sky News.

[Sky News Reporter]

A lot of breaking news to bring you coming to us from out of Ukraine. Now you will know that there has been a corruption scandal engulfing that man's administration, President Vladimir Zelensky. In the last few minutes, officials have reported that the anti corruption authorities, that is nabu, have carried out searches of President Zelensky's offices. That's according to officials there.

[Jimmy Dore]

Well yes, and as we're saying really corruption in Ukraine. You mean he was actually doing dirty deals while he was sending vans around to harvest all your young men. Men and get them killed out on the field? That wasn't the problem. Wow, isn't that interesting? That wasn't the problem. Here we go.

[Interviewer]

Crane has been caught up in this damaging corruption scandal. Anti corruption agencies have been talking about how they believe that some of President Zelenskyy's close associates could be involved in some kind of plot. The thought is that perhaps money has been skimmed off Ukraine's energy sector.

[Jimmy Dore]

You mean the money that they mean the hundreds of billions of dol that we sent to Ukraine and specifically made sure that there was no oversight on how that money was being spent. And you think that he didn't get a couple of billion dollars off that? You'd think he didn't skim.

[Drew Ski]

Not that money, Jimmy. That's the weapons money.

[Jimmy Dore]

That's just for them that this Is different money. This is their energy money. So of course they're skimming at every turn. Ok, here we go.

[Interviewer]

And this scandal erupting, of course, while Ukrainians are suffering blackouts caused by Russian bombing. So that investig is underway. So this latest development is that officials are now saying that those anti corruption authorities are conducting searches of President Zelenskyy's chief of staff.

[Sky News Reporter]

Yeah, it centers around that energy company, Energia Atom. And the main focus of this is one of President Zelenskyy's key allies, a man called Timur Mindich, who was accused of being involved in this scandal. He has fled Ukraine. He fled a couple of weeks ago and the authorities there want to speak to him, of course. But as we see from this latest line of reporting, these searches now right at the heart of the Kyiv administration in Zelenskyy's office. This has now come very, very close to the President. We'll get more details, of course, on this throughout the day here on Sky News.

[Jimmy Dore]

So anti corruption units raid home and offices of Zelensky's chief of staff. First of all, I'm genuinely, I'm genuinely shocked because Ukraine has an anti corruption unit.

[Drew Ski]

Since when?

[Jimmy Dore]

What the. Huh? What the woot?

Are you kidding me?

[Drew Ski]

Is it the old corruption unit that they refitted to be anti corruption?

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah. Anti corruption units have raided the home and office of Ukraine President Voldemort Zelenskyy's chief of staff, Andreal Drumak. And in an unwelcome distraction for Kiev officials as they battle to defeat Russia's invasion. And it's very unwelcome. Two national agents, they're busy. They're busy losing a war and getting their children slaughtered by the millions. They're too busy doing that. Noice. Two national agencies fighting entrenched corruption in Ukraine said Ukraine say they searched your Mac's office. Your Mac, a powerful figure in Ukraine and a key participant in talks with the United States, confirmed they also searched his apartment. No kidding. The National Anti Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the specialized anti corruption Prosecutor's office are Ukrainian anti corruption watchdogs. They are behind a major investigation into $100 million energy sector corruption scandal involving top Ukrainian officials. An energy scandal? You mean. Mean like the kind Trump was impeached for asking Zelensky to look into? You mean that kind of what's happening? Remember that?

[Drew Ski]

So they've been planning to take Zelensky out for I guess a few months at least now. And that's it's coming to fruition is what that tells me.

[Jimmy Dore]

That's what it sounds like. It sounds like they're getting rid of him. Zelensky faced an unprecedented rebellion from his own lawmakers earlier this month after investigators published details of their energy sector investigation. Although Yermak was not accused of any wrongdoing, several senior lawmakers in Zelenskyy's party said Yermak should take responsibility for the debacle in order to restore public trust. Some said that if Zelenskyy didn't fire him, the party could split, threatening the president's parliamentary majority. But Zelenskyy defied them. Zelenskyy urged Ukrainians to unite and stop the political games in light of the US pressure to reach a settlement with Russia. Really? Wow.

[Nick Cruz]

Wow.

[Jimmy Dore]

You can only round people up so long on street corners before you got a nephew of someone in your staff. And now they can't wait to stab you in the back for it.

[Drew Ski]

You see, they grabbed Angelina Jolie's assistant when she landed.

[Jimmy Dore]

No.

[Drew Ski]

Yeah. Really, they should have a special thing, dispensation to get him out of the fucking.

[Jimmy Dore]

I did not see that. Hey, how much you want to bet that your Mac guy wasn't at fault? And this is like the Nordstream 2 pipeline where they just pinned it on one guy. That's what I mean.

[Drew Ski]

I bet everything on that, Jimmy. Clearly I wouldn't even blame Zelensky at the end of the day because he's clearly a puppet who's in charge of anything.

[Jimmy Dore]

Right. So Jim Ferguson from the UK tweets out breaking Zelensky is finished. The globalists are cutting him loose because that's what it sounds like to me. And they don't want it. They Anyway, the moment everybody.

[Drew Ski]

Carlos Mencia, Arc, this guy had.

Couldn'T get enough of them. Now they don't like him.

[Jimmy Dore]

Now they don't like him. Now he can't even sell out a club.

[Drew Ski]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Dore]

Voldemort Zelensky, once the media's golden idol, the globalist perfect puppet and the West's most useful asset, is now being sacrificed. Anti corruption authorities just raided his own office in Kiev. His closest allies are fleeing the country. Wow.

[Drew Ski]

I'm surprised when you have no elections for a while that how corrupt it gets.

[Jimmy Dore]

From a baseline of very corrupt Ukraine, or as I call it, New Israel, is going the way. It's going the way of the bankrupted Noah's Ark attraction. Another worn out tool gets thrown into the landfill. So he goes on. Investigators say money was skimmed from Ukraine's energy sector while ordinary Ukrainians sat in darkness during Russian Strikes. This is no minor scandal. This is the net tightening. The global machine that installed him is now dismantling him. Because Zelensky has served his purpose. The war didn't go the way NATO promised. Western public support collapsed, the money laundering pipelines are being exposed. And now Europe is shifting to post. Zelensky.

[Drew Ski]

Oh, he's the new Tibetan.

[Jimmy Dore]

Well, he thought. He thought. Zelensky thought he would be the one toilet paper that everyone would reuse.

[Drew Ski]

I don't know what he thought. I think he was coked out of his head most of the time.

[Jimmy Dore]

I think he just got threatened with death from the Nazis and from NATO. And he didn't.

[Drew Ski]

What are you going to do?

[Jimmy Dore]

What's he going to do?

[Drew Ski]

A puppet of some weird oligarch who they put him on TV as a vehicle to get him into presidency.

[Jimmy Dore]

So the question becomes where will he run? Or will he get erased before he can talk? A desperate leader engulfed in scandal with billions unaccounted for and foreign intelligence services circling. This is how globalists assets end. Not with applause, but with handcuffs. Exile or silence. Or the same way we did to Gaddafi, the same way we did to.

[Drew Ski]

Stick in the ass. Don't forget that one.

[Jimmy Dore]

Look. Look what we did to. Who was the guy in Panama?

Noriega. This is how we did. So as, as Henry Kissinger said, it's dangerous to be America's enemy, but it's deadly to be America's friend.

[Drew Ski]

Well, he would just say it right out loud, wouldn't he?

[Jimmy Dore]

He did. Yep. He didn't care.

[Drew Ski]

No, Noriega did. Right. He had Epstein video on some of our dear leaders. And Gary Devore, who wrote Commando and some other thing. The guy that was found with no hands, his car went off the road. He's writing a screenplay about it just before that happened to him.

[Jimmy Dore]

So now he can't type because we.

[Drew Ski]

Know they didn't care about drugs since the CIA brought drugs in here on purpose. So the story of why they got him makes no sense whatsoever. So it had to be something like that.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah, I'm guessing it is that. So this looks like the beginning of the end for Zelinsky. This is how they're going to get rid of them. And.

I wonder if he hasn't thought. I'm sure he's thought about this a lot. Don't you think he would just take a, you know, at least a couple hundred million dollars or, or a couple of million and just try to disappear somehow? Like get one of those face fake, you know, CIA masks that you can't tell. And then when he goes out in public, wear one of those. And I mean, what there's.

[Drew Ski]

You don't think he wanted to do that a million times. He's not allowed to. I bet he was not allowed to. He wanted a peace deal. Boris Johnson was able to be like, you can't do that.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah.

[Drew Ski]

So what do you think at this point? They're letting him just leave? No. They're telling him to stay.

[Jimmy Dore]

No, that's why I'm saying they're going to kill him. I know what. That's what I'm saying is he knows they're gonna kill him or do. Or even worse. And doesn't he coke, too? Why wouldn't he try to sneak away and get one of those masks and steal. You know, he's already skimmed. You know, he skimmed at least a couple hundred million dollars. So, I mean, they gave him hundreds of billions. You know, he's.

[Drew Ski]

Okay, dude. I think he is, like, gonna be like Scarface. At the last minute, he's gonna kick the door open, say, say hello to my little friend, then Sean Penn jumps out.

That's my bet. It's a. Now, it's a longer shot, but I think it's a good, good bet.

[Jimmy Dore]

Okay. All right. We'll see what happens to Zielinski. We'll see.

Hey, this is jimmy. Who's this?

[Cash Patel]

What's up, dude? It's cash patel.

[Jimmy Dore]

FBI director patel. How are you today?

[Cash Patel]

Cronk. Yo, no cap.

[Jimmy Dore]

That's great. And what are you up to?

[Cash Patel]

You know me, dude. Busting criminals and inhabiting psycho spiritual spaces that are liminal. Sorry, I just took a bunch of ketamine.

[Jimmy Dore]

Hey, Mr. Director, I hope you don't mind me asking.

But I've come across this story here recently that doesn't make you look too good.

[Cash Patel]

It's not true. I'm awesome. That's the headline.

[Jimmy Dore]

It has to do with the incident involving your FBI jacket.

[Cash Patel]

That doesn't make me look bad at all. It makes me look like a patriot and a leader.

[Jimmy Dore]

Can you explain to our listeners? Because what I'm hearing is that you wouldn't get off the plane in Utah at the Charlie Kirk assassination crime scene, until somebody found you an FBI jacket.

And the report is you actually had to put on a woman's medium.

[Cash Patel]

Well. Okay, so when my friend Charlie Kirk was assassinated, who is in Valhalla now, where I will see him, yes, Any other FBI guys flew to Utah to investigate, or at least find someone to charge with the crime. But when the plane Landed. Everyone had an official FBI jacket but me.

[Jimmy Dore]

So what?

[Cash Patel]

So what? That's the most important thing, dude. Optics, visuals, Riz. People need to see. You're in charge. Especially me, because I am in charge of the fucking FBI. And that requires a special FBI jacket that says FBI on it. They look cool and they signify authority.

[Jimmy Dore]

What is. And they make a special sound, right?

[Cash Patel]

Yeah, they're windbreakers with that fabric. So when you walk, they go. People hear that and they think, oh, shit, important people are here. How am I supposed to command respect when I'm not making that sound?

[Jimmy Dore]

I hear you loud and clear.

[Cash Patel]

So I'm like, I'm not getting off this plane without a jacket. And they're like, please. And I said, no. And I crossed my arms. I'm a fucking leader. I said, get me a jacket. And all they had were large as an extra larges, which wouldn't work because they make those jackets all weird. They tailor them all wrong so they don't fit me right.

But I said, okay, I'll try it. So we took one of those big ones and sort of cinched the sleeves and tucked it in under my pants and like, smoothed it out. So then we step out of the plane on the tarmac and, you know, Utah is really windy. And I felt that wind, brother. And it kind of filled the jacket up and like inflated it. And I felt like one of my feet kind of coming up off the ground.

[Jimmy Dore]

Oh, no.

[Cash Patel]

I'm like, yeah, dude, I can't be flying over a crime scene like fucking Mary Poppins over here. That's not good. So we went back in the plane. We thought about maybe weighing me down by putting rocks in my pocket, but we eventually scrapped that plan. So back to square one.

[Jimmy Dore]

What did you end up doing?

[Cash Patel]

Well, there was a non standard size issue FBI jacket on the aircraft, so.

[Jimmy Dore]

So. So you mean a girl's? You mean a girl's jacket?

[Cash Patel]

What does that even mean, dude?

[Jimmy Dore]

What do you mean, what does it mean? A jacket meant for a woman?

[Cash Patel]

It was meant for whoever was wearing it. In this case, now me, I was wearing it and it looked awesome. It fit perfectly. But there were no cool patches. So I refused to leave the plane without patches. Like a fucking leader of men.

[Jimmy Dore]

Why did you need patches to go investigate a murderer?

[Cash Patel]

Because they look cool, dude. Wake the up. So some of the other agents who are like snipers or some, gave me their Velcro patches so I could put them on my jacket and look as cool as they do. The ones, you know, the guys who Actually earned the patches. But really, since I'm their boss now, I basically earned them too. Whatever they earned, I also earned because I'm above them.

[Jimmy Dore]

Okay, I. I see.

[Cash Patel]

So yeah, this is a story about me exercising leadership, commanding authority over subordinates and getting done. This is the type of teamwork that is essential to solving crimes.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah. And you really solved that Charlie Kirk case.

[Cash Patel]

Fucking ain't right. We did. I did.

[Jimmy Dore]

Just solved it. 100%.

[Cash Patel]

200. Wait, are you being sarcastic? You. Dude, it's solved. As far as you know. Who cares what you think, dude? You're chopped an unk. The girls at the club think I'm awesome as and they believe I solve all the crimes personally. Like Scooby Doo.

[Jimmy Dore]

Scooby Doo wasn't really the one who solved the cases.

[Cash Patel]

I told you, dude, I'm on drugs.

[Nick Cruz]

Drugs?

[Cash Patel]

Dude, Scooby Doo could be real for all I know and involved in Charlie's murder. In fact, you know what? If I tell an FBI agent to look into that, they have to do it because I'm the fucking director. What do you think of that, dude? I'm gonna do it right now. Hey, check out the Scooby Doo angle, Agent Magoo or whatever. And get me my jacket with my fucking patches.

[Jimmy Dore]

How was your Thanksgiving?

[Cash Patel]

It's pretty clutch, dude. I actually went to Tennessee and spent it with my girlfriend's family for the first time. You know, they had like the whole spread out turkey, all that shit, huh? And all the dudes in her family are like huge country boys, like 6 foot 5. If one of them made a joke when they saw me about not having to worry about me eating all the food, I was like, you know what you. I didn't say that, but I thought it. And I ate like a madman, dude. I had like four full plates and like a whole pie. They were like, holy, dude. This is a real eater. I could tell they were seriously impressed.

[Jimmy Dore]

My goodness. Did you feel okay afterwards?

[Cash Patel]

Not at all, dude. In fact, I had to go to the hospital with an impacted colon that night. But whatever. I may have been lying face down on a gurney with my ass up in the air having it looked at by doctors. But at least I proved I'm not a fucking cuck, okay?

I could hear her family out in the waiting room laughing. But I know it was not about me.

[Nick Cruz]

It couldn't have been.

[Cash Patel]

I proved myself every bit of man as those fucking hicks. I proved I'm a man. How is yours.

[Jimmy Dore]

That? We had a nice time. Thanks for asking.

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That'S it for this week. You be the best you can be and I'll keep being me.

Don't freak out. Don't freak out. Don't freak out.

Not freak. I'm not kidding. Do not do that.

[Nick Cruz]

I'm not.

[Jimmy Dore]

I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not.

Freak out. Do not freak out.