Ep. 2520 - They Tried To STOP Our Latest Movie Production. They Lost. F*** Them.

October 6, 2026

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In a small Montana town called Livingston, protesters spent twelve days harassing a Daily Wire film crew—driving trucks at production assistants, shouting obscenities through bullhorns, and releasing airborne seed pods that sent 18 cast and crew members to the medic with breathing difficulties. When the Livingston City Commission temporarily suspended the production's permit anyway, citing safety concerns, the Daily Wire threatened a federal First Amendment lawsuit. After a seven-hour meeting that ended at 1 a.m. local time, the commission reinstated the permit—but only on the condition that the crew erect a "big feelings wall" to visually block any scenes of violence from public view.

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1 (00:06) **Daily Wire Film Production Under Attack in Montana** - Shapiro introduces the core story: leftist protesters and a local city commission tried to shut down a Daily Wire film about an ICE agent arresting a criminal illegal immigrant, temporarily succeeding before being forced to reinstate the permit.
2 (02:51) **The Protest and Violence on Set** - Shapiro details the specific acts of harassment, threats, and physical danger directed at the film crew by protesters.
3 (09:36) **The City Commission's Heckler's Veto** - Shapiro explains how the Livingston City Commission used the protesters' illegal actions as a pretext to revoke the film's permit, violating the First Amendment.
4 (14:12) **The Legal Threat and Permit Reinstatement** - Shapiro describes how the Daily Wire fought back, threatening a federal lawsuit that forced the city commission to reverse its decision.
5 (16:09) **The Media Cheers the Censorship** - Shapiro highlights how major entertainment outlets celebrated the shutdown of the film production, revealing their censorious nature.
6 (24:11) **Interview with Producer Dallas Sonier** - Shapiro speaks with Dallas Sonier, the head of Bonfire Legend and producer of the film, who provides a first-hand account of the production's struggle.
7 (32:53) **Russia's Plague Outbreak and Bioweapons** - Shapiro shifts to international news, covering the death of a lab worker in Siberia from pneumonic plague and the implications for Russian bioweapons development.

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Show Notes

Left-wingers try to shut down our newest movie production by force of law in violation of the First Amendment... and the media cheer the censorship; we discuss whether Russia just unleashed a plague on the rest of the world; and Theo Von and Candace Owens mock Erika Kirk yet again (and Candace talks about whether she drives a Subaru).

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