The Easiest Call You'll Ever Make

Dan Bongino opens his post-Columbus Day show with a confession: his great-grandparents' name was misspelled at Ellis Island, turning "Bongiorno" into "Bongino." It's a throwaway story, but it sets the tone for an episode built around a single, relentless argument—that the upcoming midterm election presents voters with a choice so stark it should require no deliberation at all.

A Level Zero Decision

Bongino's core framework comes from his FBI career. He explains that when something reaches a senior agent's desk, it's usually a "level 10 decision"—a choice between a bad answer and a worse answer, where no good option exists. This midterm, he argues, is the opposite. "This election is a ground ball," he says. "This isn't even a level one decision. This is like a level zero decision."

The logic is simple: the Democratic Party, in Bongino's telling, has become "not Team America." He rattles off a list of positions he attributes to mainstream Democrats—open borders, mass mail-in balloting without integrity measures, packing the Supreme Court, adding Senate seats, confiscatory taxes, eliminating school choice, defunding the police, and attacking the military. "The choice is so crystal clear," he insists. "It's like kicking you right in the net."

The Mask Comes Off