Did Tucker fall into the Left's trap by interviewing Nick Fuentes? We examine the MAGA fallout and the consequences of New York City electing Zohran Mamdani. SPONSORS CRAFTCO FLYING ACESFlying Ace Bourbon blends aged bourbons into one smooth, bold pour — caramel, vanilla, toasted spice, and a hint of fruit. It’s a bourbon that delivers. Order at https://flyingacespirits.com/ with code BLAZE for free shipping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christopher Rufo and Jonathan "Lomez" Keeperman bring you "Rufo & Lomez," a new podcast exploring the forces shaping politics, culture, and power today. Each week, they cut through the noise to uncover the deeper structures driving our world. Subscribe now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What price have Rufo & Lomez paid for exposing the Left’s cultural stranglehold? Ruined for defying the regime, can they reclaim what rejected them? SPONSOR    FLYING ACE Order at https://flyingacespirits.com/  with code BLAZE for free shipping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Candace Owens is turning the Charlie Kirk assassination story into a surge of schizo-politics that is pushing the country to the edge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rufo and Lomez break down five concrete, high-impact actions Trump can take right now to reignite the agenda and dominate the midterms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Somalis in Minnesota are stealing BILLIONS in taxpayer cash and smuggling it to al-Shabaab terrorists. Why are Tim Walz and Democrats covering it up? Sponsors: FLYING ACE Order at https://flyingacespirits.com/ with code BLAZE for free shipping. KINDRED HARVEST Order at KindredHarvest.co and use code RUFO for 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DESCRIPTION:  Hollywood crowns stoner Seth Rogen as the face of manhood while degenerates Dave Portnoy and Andrew Tate get celebrated as role models.    Sponsor: KINDRED HARVEST  Order at KindredHarvest.co and use code RUFO for 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D), radical activist Omar Fateh, and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) collide at the center of an explosive scandal. Rufo and Lomez expose how local corruption, foreign regimes, and legacy media are converging into one immediate, coordinated threat to U.S. sovereignty and national security. Sponsor:  KINDRED HARVEST  Order at KindredHarvest.co and use code RUFO for 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Biden and former Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas flooded America with illegal aliens, displacing workers and destroying national identity and assimilation. Democrat elites are dismantling America on purpose. Sponsors: FLYING ACE Order at https://flyingacespirits.com/ with code BLAZE for free shipping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if America’s immigration crisis isn’t a failure, but a coordinated plan? Mark Krikorian reveals the bipartisan machinery driving the open-border agenda. Sponsor: KINDRED HARVEST  Order at KindredHarvest.co and use code RUFO for 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did Candace Owens learn the art of political theater from Kayne West? Tim Pool claims she is burning the Right down with her conspiracy theories.  Sponsors: FLYING ACE Order at https://flyingacespirits.com/ with code BLAZE for free shipping. Christian College Guide DOT COM A free online directory of over 250 Christian colleges and universities https://www.christiancollegeguide.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lomez didn't get a chance to thank Charlie Kirk for his invitatino to speak at AmFest this year, but it meant everything to him. He talks about how he met Charlie after founding his publishing company, how he learned so much from him even though Charlie was his junior, and how important it is to remember your obligations to yourself, your allies, and your country Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

White males have been subjected to blatant, open, and unlawful discrimination since 2014.  How was this injustice allowed to flourish, and is there some good that can come from this?  Sponsor  Sponsors: KINDRED HARVEST  Order at KindredHarvest.co and use code RUFO for 20% off. Christian College Guide DOT COM  A free online directory of over 250 Christian colleges and universities https://www.christiancollegeguide.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Antifa operates with near-impunity, coordinating violence and intimidation through anarchist cells, NGOs, universities, and unions nationwide. Sponsors:  KINDRED HARVEST  Order at KindredHarvest.co and use code RUFO for 20% off. BLAZETV Right now, head over to giftblazetv.com and use promo code RUFO20 to get 20% off a BlazeTV gift card. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if the real scandal in Minnesota isn’t the fraud itself, but who made sure no one talked about it? Scott Bessent forced a political reckoning with Tim Walz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Minnesota didn’t ignore abuse; it institutionalized a blueprint for Somali fraud operators. Trump Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent breaks down the ongoing investigation into the Somali fraud operation. Sponsors: KINDRED HARVEST Order at KindredHarvest.co and use code RUFO for 20% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2026 starts with a victory lap! Tim Walz abandons his reelection bid and Trump sends a warning to China and Russia with the capture of Venezuela's Maduro. Sponsors: KINDRED HARVEST  Order at KindredHarvest.co and use code RUFO for 20% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why are more young men becoming obsessed with the Jewish question? Dr. David Azerrad explores how internet culture (Tucker, Candace, Fuentes), foreign policy debates, and postwar taboos are fueling this trend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How did the Left evolve from Occupy Wall Street and Bernie Sanders to AOC, DEI, and the post-woke era? Is Ro Khanna’s “post-woke” economics just a technocratic rebrand of elite managerial power? Sponsors: KINDRED HARVEST  Order at KindredHarvest.co and use code RUFO for 20% off. BIRCH GOLD To get your free copy of the "Ultimate Guide for Gold in the Trump Era," text RUFO to 989898. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump confronted globalist elites at the World Economic Forum in Davos, demanding negotiations over a U.S. acquisition of Greenland. Sponsors: KINDRED HARVEST  Order at KindredHarvest.co and use code RUFO for 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is America entering a full-scale color revolution? Left-wing protest movements and domestic pressure campaigns threaten to destabilize Trump’s presidency. Sponsors: ►BIRCH GOLD To get your free copy of the "Ultimate Guide for Gold in the Trump Era," text RUFO to 989898. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did the death of Alex Pretti expose a crisis of law enforcement or a coordinated attempt to undermine Trump’s immigration agenda? Rufo and Lomez examine how the Left has weaponized the incident to challenge the legitimacy of Trump’s presidency. Sponsors:  BIRCH GOLD To get your free copy of the "Ultimate Guide for Gold in the Trump Era," text RUFO to 989898. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do the millions of Epstein documents reveal a hidden global conspiracy or a morally bankrupt elite driven by sex, money, and institutional rot? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can conservative parallel institutions genuinely challenge and disrupt leftist cultural dominance, or do they ultimately just reinforce their own subordination within the existing power structure? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The internet has dismantled the media monoculture, ending the monopolies that once shaped public perception. Elites and audiences alike are now scrambling to understand what comes next. Sponsors: ►BIRCH GOLD To get your free copy of the "Ultimate Guide for Gold in the Trump Era," text RUFO to 989898. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Nick Fuentes a threat to the Left or a strategic asset for it? Fuentes' extremism hands Democrats a perfect “Nazi Right” boogeyman, while his Groyper army fractures the conservative coalition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy Carl’s confirmation hearing exposes how anti-white racism and identity politics are reshaping American identity and the prospects for a shared national culture. Sponsors: BIRCH GOLD  To get your free copy of the "Ultimate Guide for Gold in the Trump Era," text RUFO to 989898. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is America becoming numb to assassination attempts against President Trump? A volatile digital information ecosystem is accelerating political paranoia and deepening America’s crisis of stability. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is colorblind equality back at the DOJ? Harmeet Dhillon is using her authority at the U.S. Department of Justice to challenge DEI-driven discrimination nationwide. Sponsors: BIRCH GOLD To get your free copy of the "Ultimate Guide for Gold in the Trump Era," text RUFO to 989898. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The strike on Iran raises a core question for MAGA. Has President Donald Trump broken his pledge to steer clear of new wars, or will his base continue to back his instinctive, decisive, and force-oriented foreign policy? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who defines American culture? What happens when even asking that question becomes politically taboo? Jeremy Carl reflects on his Senate confirmation hearing and the broader clash over assimilation, identity, and institutional power.  SPONSORS: BIRCH GOLD To get your free copy of the "Ultimate Guide for Gold in the Trump Era," text RUFO to 989898. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s the strongest case for the Iran war? Will Chamberlain explains why he believes the conflict could ultimately advance American interests and produce a decisive geopolitical outcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Trump’s Iran war a quagmire in the making driven by Israeli priorities rather than American interests? Curt Mills warns it could repeat the disasters of past Middle East interventions.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Trump coalition is cracking, and Israel is the fault line. From the Iran strikes to generational revolt, "Rufo & Lomez" ask if the split is fatal or fixable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s replacing woke behind the scenes? “Third worldism” is consolidating power as the Left’s new organizing idea, with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) stepping forward as an early leader. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can the U.S. really claim victory in Iran without igniting something far more dangerous? Army Ranger veteran William Thibeau cautions that the effort to secure the Strait of Hormuz risks spiraling into a broader Middle East conflict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Kent resigned as director of the National Counterterrorism Center, accusing Trump’s Iran policy of being driven by Israeli influence. Then, in a Tucker Carlson interview, he ignited controversy by suggesting Israel may have been tied to Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob Siegel argues that the MAGA civil war isn’t organic, but a manufactured narrative pushed by figures like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens to dominate the next phase of the movement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is not a troll. Christopher Rufo’s newest investigation reveals that California is stretching public health care into deeply controversial territory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are we already losing control of AI? Samuel Hammond breaks down national security risks, massive job losses, weaponization risks, and what makes humans irreplaceable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

California taxpayers are bankrolling a fraud machine that, under Gavin Newsom’s leadership, is driving sweeping changes in the state’s population. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blake Neff warns that fringe conspiracy influencers are pulling the Right off course. He cautions that indulging these figures risks electoral losses and gives the Left a powerful narrative advantage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Hilton paints California as a cautionary tale of unchecked Democrat governance. He offers a plan to dismantle the machine and restore opportunity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Americans haven’t stopped wanting families; they’ve stopped building them. Lyman Stone’s explanation cuts across technology and culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After years of attacking conservatives, including Rufo and Lomez, the SPLC is losing its power to shape media narratives. But how can the Right protect its base and take back its moral compass?  ► Subscribe to Rufo & Lomez on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxZVv224nHvTmkMk0N3fYA?sub_confirmation=1 ► Join BlazeTV! https://get.blazetv.com/rufoandlomez/ Ep 43: (0:00) – SPLC Indicted: Too Good to Be True? (3:20) – Funding the ‘Hate’ They Condemn (5:02) – Media Gatekeepers & the Charles Murray Case (10:00) – Woke Takeover of the SPLC (15:00) – The Right Learns to Protect Its Own (20:00) – Truth, Provocation & Character (28:03) – Scarcity, Status & Gatekeeping on the Right (35:00) – Delegating Morality to the Left (41:51) – Inside the SPLC Indictment & Declining Fear (49:16) – Saving the Next Generation of Dissidents Connect with us: https://twitter.com/christopherrufo https://twitter.com/L0m3z https://facebook.com/rufoandlomez https://instagram.com/rufoandlomez ►Subscribe on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/rufo-lomez/id1849758826 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Investigative reporter Michael Tracey debunks some of the most infamous Epstein conspiracy theories and shares how the Epstein files became the ultimate political weapon. ► Subscribe to Rufo & Lomez on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxZVv224nHvTmkMk0N3fYA?sub_confirmation=1 ► Join BlazeTV! https://get.blazetv.com/rufoandlomez/ Ep. 46: 1. (0:00:00) – Intro: Michael Tracey’s Ideology and Career Path 2. (0:07:34) – From the Left to Ideological Skeptic 3. (0:12:12) – The Epstein Discourse & Tracey’s Role 4. (0:17:15) – Virginia Giuffre, Dershowitz, and Recantation 5. (0:20:43) – Epstein as a Pop‑Culture Conspiracy Phenomenon 6. (0:28:35) – Elon Musk, ‘Client List,’ and Political Weaponization 7. (0:37:19) – What Did Epstein Actually Do? Tracey’s Steelman 8. (0:51:20) – Debunking Mossad Super‑Spy Myths & Money Questions 9. (0:58:15) – Michael Tracey vs Jim Acosta at the Substack Party Connect with us: https://twitter.com/christopherrufo https://twitter.com/L0m3z https://facebook.com/rufoandlomez https://instagram.com/rufoandlomez ►Subscribe on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/rufo-lomez/id1849758826 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are conspiracy theories about a search for the truth or taboo? Rufo and Lomez explore the Left’s political violence, internet radicalization, and the conspiracy-theory culture that may be fueling it all. ► Subscribe to Rufo & Lomez on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxZVv224nHvTmkMk0N3fYA?sub_confirmation=1 ► Join BlazeTV! https://get.blazetv.com/rufoandlomez/ Ep. 45: 1. (0:00:00 – 0:05:39) Opening & latest Trump assassination attempt 2. (0:05:39 – 0:10:00( Security limits vs. deeper cultural instability 3. (0:10:00 – 0:15:00) Internet‑scale radicalization on left and right 4. (0:15:00 – 0:21:49) Algorithms, echo chambers & “disinformation expert” trap 5. (0:21:49 – 0:30:48) Collapse of old gatekeepers & media incentive shifts 6. (0:30:48 – 0:37:14) Assassination polling & bipartisan conspiracism 7. (0:37:14 – 0:43:30) Conspiracy theories as an “epistemic sandbox” & vice 8. (0:43:30 – 0:51:28) 9/11 / Building 7 as a case study in bad reasoning 9. (0:51:28 – 0:58:05) Conspiracy as folk culture & psychological coping 10. (0:58:05 – 1:05:53) When “conspiracies” point to real issues 11. (1:05:53 – 1:12:04) Elite human capital & the myth of the more rational left 12. (1:12:04 – 1:15:16) Closing: who should govern & invitation to debate Connect with us: https://twitter.com/christopherrufo https://twitter.com/L0m3z https://facebook.com/rufoandlomez https://instagram.com/rufoandlomez ►Subscribe on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/rufo-lomez/id1849758826 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paleoconservative Patrick Casey, host of the “Restoring Order” podcast, discusses the inner workings of the alt-right and the Southern Poverty Law Center. But what is fact, and what is fiction?  ► Subscribe to Rufo & Lomez on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxZVv224nHvTmkMk0N3fYA?sub_confirmation=1 ► Join BlazeTV! https://get.blazetv.com/rufoandlomez/ Ep 44: (0:00:00) – Intro (0:02:06) – From Alt-Right Roots to Moderate Paleoconservative (0:03:20) – Immigration, Anti-White Discrimination & the Online Right (0:06:09) – Informants, Feds, and Paranoia on the Fringe Right (0:09:19) – The SPLC’s Paid Informants (0:13:16) – SPLC, Criminality, and Acting Like an Intelligence Agency (0:21:13) – FBI, NGOs, and the “Fed Cutout” Theory (0:24:09) – Was Charlottesville Organic or Manufactured? (0:28:02) – Confederate Statues and the Fallout of Charlottesville (0:45:23) – Online Antisemitic Conspiracies (0:57:14) – The New Antisemitic Wave & Where This Ends Connect with us: https://twitter.com/christopherrufo https://twitter.com/L0m3z https://facebook.com/rufoandlomez https://instagram.com/rufoandlomez ►Subscribe on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/rufo-lomez/id1849758826 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Curtis Yarvin joins Rufo and Lomez to dissect Trump’s two administrations, the hollowing out of GOP power, and performative vs. real politics and to debate America’s founding history. ► Subscribe to Rufo & Lomez on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxZVv224nHvTmkMk0N3fYA?sub_confirmation=1 Sponsors: ►Flying Ace Buy online at https://www.flyingacespirits.com and use code BLAZE for free shipping ► Join BlazeTV! https://get.blazetv.com/rufoandlomez/ Ep 50: 1. 0:00:00 – 0:01:02 – Intro 2. 0:01:02 – 0:04:51 – Yarvin on Trump’s First vs. Second Administration 3. 0:04:51 – 0:09:22– USAID, ‘Doge,’ and Accidental Power Moves 4. 0:09:22 – 0:12:06 – Legitimizing Power Grabs 5. 0:12:06 – 0:15:31 – Irreversible Actions & Foreign Policy as Real Power 6. 0:15:31 – 0:21:21 – Soft Power in Europe & ‘Right-Wing Theater Kids’ 7. 0:21:21 – 0:25:00 – Three Levels of Politics & The Dobbs Example 8. 0:25:00 – 0:32:34 – Power vs. Respectability & The Reality of Congress 9. 0:32:34 – 0:42:22 – Casting Politicians 10. 0:42:22 – 0:47:05 – Can Trump Actually Control Congress? 11. 0:47:05 – 0:50:55 – The Visibility Problem: Herding Voters vs. Voter Backlash 12. 0:50:55 – 0:56:24 – Power, Learned Helplessness, and Turnout 13. 0:56:24 – 1:03:31 – Was the American Revolution a Leftist Mistake? 14. [1:03:31 – 1:09:45] – Civic Religion vs. Nihilism: What Message Can Win? 15. 1:09:45 – 1:12:50] – Saving People vs. Saving Myths & Closing Clash Connect with us: https://twitter.com/christopherrufo https://twitter.com/L0m3z https://facebook.com/rufoandlomez https://instagram.com/rufoandlomez ►Subscribe on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/rufo-lomez/id1849758826 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rufo and Lomez discuss the New York Times' recent article accusing the Israeli government of systematic sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners and California giving state prisoners free iPads, which are being used to watch porn.  ► Subscribe to Rufo & Lomez on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxZVv224nHvTmkMk0N3fYA?sub_confirmation=1 ► Join BlazeTV! https://get.blazetv.com/rufoandlomez/ Ep 49: 1. 0:00:00 – 0:01:34 – Intro 2. 0:01:34 – 0:06:36 – NYT Israel Sexual Abuse Allegations 3. 0:06:36 – 0:11:50 – Atrocity Stories, Blood Libel, and Media Credulity 4. 0:11:50 – 0:18:35 – Incubator Babies and Wartime Propaganda 5. 0:18:35 – 0:27:46 – Has Israel Lost the PR War? 6. 0:27:46 – 0:33:07 – Gaza Destruction, Endless Wars, and American Detachment 7. 0:33:07 – 0:40:24 – ‘Porn on Death Row’ 8. 0:40:24 – 0:48:23 – iPads in California Prisons: Porn, Predators, and Policy 9. 0:48:23 – 0:52:02 – Hobbes vs. Rousseau: Are Criminals Broken or Just Bad? 10. 0:52:02 – 1:03:20 – Is California Lost? Plus 2026 Midterms Outlook Connect with us: https://twitter.com/christopherrufo https://twitter.com/L0m3z https://facebook.com/rufoandlomez https://instagram.com/rufoandlomez ►Subscribe on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/rufo-lomez/id1849758826 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices