The Jimmy Dore Show

Episode: Here's What EVERYONE Is Missing About Candace Owens Investigation!
Date: January 7, 2026

Overview

This fiery episode of The Jimmy Dore Show dives into two hot-button issues:

1. The coordinated attacks on Candace Owens and the public backlash against her style of "open source" investigation into the Charlie Kirk case.
2. The escalating push by powerful interests—particularly pro-Israel voices—for censorship and surveillance, with a focus on the First Amendment, government control over speech, and the use of AI in geopolitics.

Through energetic debate and comedic flair, Jimmy, Jesse on Fire, Max Blumenthal, and others break down media manipulation, explain the value of community-driven investigative work, and sound alarms about erosion of civil liberties.

Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The Candace Owens Investigation – Why the Attacks?

Main Segment: 00:30–15:43

• "Astroturf" Attacks: Jimmy opens by calling out "controlled Astroturf paid-for attacks" on Candace Owens, arguing the Establishment doesn't want her following the investigative trail wherever it leads, possibly to places like Israel, the FBI, the military, or TPUSA.

  • "People don't want her following leads because it will lead somewhere that they don't want." — Jimmy Dore (00:30)

• Defending Candace Owens' Method:

  • Jesse on Fire passionately defends Candace's investigative style, emphasizing her role as a "magnetic center of an open source investigation," not a traditional journalist evaluating sources with absolute certainty:
    • "She puts clues on her show... it's your responsibility to chase down the ones that you do believe... We’re solving this together." — Jesse on Fire (01:18)
  • He warns against infighting among independent researchers, which serves only to undermine the investigation, echoing classic COINTELPRO tactics:
    • "The only way this falls apart is if people start fighting... That is exactly what's happening." — Jesse on Fire (02:33)

• Open Source, Crowd-Sourced Investigation Model:

  • Candace is assembling and platforming community leads, expecting public vetting. The volume of tips makes exhaustive individual vetting impossible; leads must be chased collectively.
  • "Candace is the lightning rod magnet of all of the community tips... She should be putting every credible tip that she gets on her platform, and then we go run them down." — Jesse on Fire (05:17)
  • Mistaken or debunked leads are not "gotchas"; they’re just another step in the process.

• Infighting Only Benefits the Enemy:

  • Both Jesse and Jimmy insist that fighting among investigators only helps the "actual enemies" who don't want the truth out.
    • "If we are fighting, that is the goal of the actual enemies of this entire thing. This is the most important thing I could possibly communicate to people." — Jesse on Fire (09:56)
    • "People are wanting to divide us because that's what the deep state wants. They want us fighting each other..." — Jimmy Dore (15:43)

• Notable Quotes:

  • "Candace is a dragon... If you come at Candace aggressive, she is going to fight you. That is what she's going to do." — Jesse on Fire (10:04)
  • "The way to do it is to discredit Candace Owens. So then we go, oh, it's all crazy... That's not how an investigation works." — Jimmy Dore (15:43)

• Actionable Takeaway: Anyone can follow whichever lead fascinates them:

  • If you think a witness is credible, "go chase down their alibi."
  • If not, "move on to something else."
  • Pressure targets (like TPUSA) for concrete evidence or alibis, but don't expect one person to verify every claim themselves.

2. The War on Free Speech & The First Amendment

Main Segment: 18:18–28:02

• Israeli Billionaire Shlomo Kramer on CNBC:

  • Kramer calls the First Amendment a "nuisance" and advocates for government verification and ranking of social media users, suggesting restrictions on anonymous posting and increased state surveillance.
    • "It's time to limit the First Amendment in order to protect it and quickly before it's too late." — Shlomo Kramer (19:20)
    • "We need to control the platforms... to stack rank the authenticity of every person that expresses themselves online." — Shlomo Kramer (20:05)
    • "Take control over what they are saying based on that ranking." — Shlomo Kramer (20:40)

• Jimmy's Reaction:

  • Jimmy is incensed both by Kramer's comments ("another Mossad operation") and the total acquiescence of the CNBC hosts:
    • "They don't go, whoa, I'm in the news business in America... That's why it's first, because it's the most important freedom of speech, but they don't go whoa. They go oh yeah." — Jimmy Dore (21:38)
  • He connects the dots from Kramer's statements to broader pro-Israel efforts to undermine free speech in the US and other Western nations ("That's why they did the false flag in Australia... to censor people saying negative things about Zionism and Israel.").

• China as a Model — Global Censorship Push:

  • Kramer claims China's single "narrative" puts the US at a disadvantage, while Jimmy lampoons the argument that, in order to "compete with China," the US should become more like it:
    • "So, in order to fight back against China, we have to have one narrative also—meaning we have to censor everybody and have the government control our social media and speech." — Jimmy Dore (27:12)
    • "So because the First Amendment, we have to get rid of it to save it. We have to burn down that village so we could save that village." — Jimmy Dore (28:04)

• Broader Patterns:

  • Jimmy connects these attempts at censorship to Donald Trump's policies, including federal control over AI and surveillance databases (Palantir), aligning both legacy political parties with a pro-surveillance, pro-Israel agenda.

• Notable Quotes:

  • "Zionism is your enemy. Zionism is the enemy of the world... the enemy of freedom of speech, the enemy of freedom and truth." — Jimmy Dore (35:40)
  • "The single greatest threat to freedom of speech in the United States at this point in time is Israel and its supporters here in the United States." — paraphrased from Mersheimer (28:55)

3. US Legal Overreach, Venezuela, and International Law

Main Segment: 36:17–53:46

• Indictment of Venezuelan President Maduro:

  • Max Blumenthal and a legal analyst tear apart the DOJ's legal basis for charging Maduro with drug trafficking and narco-terrorism.
  • The indictment is called "a pile of politicized slop... a 25-page rant" (Max Blumenthal, 39:21), more about creating a narrative than presenting a criminal case.
  • "It doesn't matter if you say he stole an election—he was in control of the institutions. He was the head of state. There was nobody else. So you cannot... prosecute heads of state in US national courts." — Max Blumenthal (45:21)

• Key Revelations:

  • Much of the evidence relies on "the chicken," a former Venezuelan intelligence chief said to be compromised by the CIA and desperate for a plea bargain.
  • The supposed "Cartel of the Suns" attributed by the Trump DOJ to Maduro actually originated as a CIA creation in the 1980s.

• Political Motive for the Indictment:

  • The case is designed not for actual legal weight, but as a legal spectacle to justify US intervention, intimidation, or even assassination attempts under the "Donroe doctrine."

• US Court System as a Political Tool:

  • The Southern District of New York is painted as a venue for show trials against leaders the US wants to topple.
  • Discovery could backfire if defense forces testimony about CIA involvement in drug trafficking.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Jesse on Fire on Candace's method:
  “She gets every tip on Earth and she vets them, and if she can verify enough about a tip or about a person or whatever, then she puts it on her show.” (04:56)
• On censorship and free speech:
  “He just said everybody needs to be verified by the government to be able to post on social media and then we control what they're saying by their ranking. It's a social credit score.” — Jimmy Dore (20:47)
• On the media's complicity:
  “They know where their bread is buttered and how to stay safe.” — Jimmy Dore on CNBC’s lack of pushback (22:58)
• On America vs. China’s narrative control:
  “We have to burn down that village so we could save that village.” — Jimmy Dore (28:04)
• On legal spectacle over substance:
  “They've constructed a narrative against Maduro in the place of a concrete legal case because they need this trial and the spectacle surrounding it.” — Max Blumenthal (39:21)
• On internal division as a tactic:
  “They want us to fight over each other and stop doing the investigation.” — Jimmy Dore (15:43)

Important Timestamps

| Timestamp | Topic/Quote | |---|---| | 00:30 | Jimmy launches into the manufactured attacks on Candace Owens | | 01:18–06:06 | Jesse on Fire’s full defense of Candace’s investigative approach | | 09:56 | “If we are fighting, that is the goal of the actual enemies...” | | 10:04 | “Candace is a dragon...” (Jesse on Fire's characterization) | | 15:43 | Jimmy Dore sums up the “divide and rule” objective of attacks on Candace | | 18:18 | Shift: Jimmy introduces Shlomo Kramer’s CNBC interview | | 19:20 | Kramer: “It’s time to limit the First Amendment in order to protect it” | | 20:05 | Kramer: Government ranking and verification for social media | | 28:04 | “We have to burn down that village so we could save that village.” (Jimmy) | | 36:17 | Legal analyst and Max Blumenthal on Maduro indictment | | 39:21 | Max: “It’s a pile of politicized slop... a 25-page rant” | | 45:21 | Max: “You cannot... prosecute heads of state in US national courts” | | 53:46 | End of Maduro segment; Cuomo comedy segment begins |

Tone and Style

• Outraged, sardonic, and direct: Jimmy and his guests speak with urgency, employing sarcasm and biting humor, punctuated with blunt accusations about mainstream media, the deep state, and the pro-Israel lobby.
• Conversational and rapid-fire, with comedic riffs (especially in call-in segments) and a relentless focus on exposing hypocrisy and manipulation.

For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

• The key takeaway: The attacks on Candace Owens are organized to distract and divide those investigating the Charlie Kirk case; Owens’ open-source, community-driven model is necessary and should not be derailed by nitpicking or infighting.
• Broader context: Censorship efforts—driven by powerful surveillance and pro-Israel actors—are moving into overdrive, threatening the First Amendment, under the false pretense of protecting democracy and fighting “polarization.”
• The legal-challenge segment exemplifies how the US uses its justice system for political ends, particularly against foreign leaders it wishes to undermine, raising deep questions about sovereignty, evidence, and human rights.

Final Thoughts

Jimmy Dore’s show remains a forum for fierce criticism of Establishment media, government overreach, and groupthink. This episode is a vivid snapshot of how dissent, free inquiry, and the right to speak are being undermined by both public and private power—whether in the Candace Owens investigation or in debates around international law and censorship.

“Everyone is on the same team. Fighting is not allowed, dude.” — Jesse on Fire (07:32)