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5 min readThe October Surprise That Isn't an Accident
On the anniversary of the October 7th Hamas attacks, Dan Bongino opens his show with footage he admits he couldn't watch again during pre-production: a terrified child pleading with an Israeli soldier for help, young siblings who just watched their sister murdered, and paragliders descending on a music festival where 300 young people were killed. "Civilization or the savage," he says. "The choice is easy." But Bongino's central argument is that this choice is not limited to the Middle East—it is playing out in the streets of France and, he warns, could arrive in the United States if voters do not treat the upcoming midterms as a national security election.
The Unholy Alliance and the "Current Thing"
Bongino identifies what he calls an "unholy alliance" of three groups working toward the same goal: the destruction of Western civilization from within. These are Islamo-radical fanatics, communists, and what he terms "the Doomers"—paid-off influencers who try to destroy the conservative movement from the inside by spreading despair and convincing people not to vote.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:10) **October Surprise & The Unrest in France** - Bongino introduces the concept of an "October Surprise" and ties it to the massive riots in France, arguing they are a coordinated attack on Western civilization, not a protest about school funding.
- 2 (07:09) **The October 7th Atrocity: Civilization vs. Savagery** - Bongino plays graphic footage from the October 7th Hamas attack in Israel, arguing that the election is a choice between civilization and savagery.
- 3 (14:06) **The Unholy Alliance & The Doomer Threat** - Bongino explains the three-part alliance (Islamo-fanatics, communists, paid-off "doomers") working to destroy the US from within, warning that anti-Semitism is a precursor to a broader attack on all of Western society.
- 4 (18:58) **The French Riot "Current Thing" Deception** - Bongino analyzes a Fox News report on the French riots, emphasizing that the "current thing" (school funding) is just a vector for leftists to destroy the country.
- 5 (24:29) **The National Security Choice: Condemning Hamas** - Bongino plays a CNN clip of a pro-Palestinian activist, Mahmoud Khalil, refusing to condemn Hamas, framing him as a symbol of the Democratic Party's tolerance for terror.
- 6 (31:58) **The Russian Plague Mystery & Lab Leak Concerns** - Bongino discusses the death of a Russian researcher from the plague, playing a clip of Senator Rand Paul who questions the official story and raises the possibility of a weaponized lab leak.
- 7 (36:42) **Winning the Battle of Hormuz & Iran's Collapse** - Bongino pushes back against doomer narratives about the war with Iran, presenting data that the US has won the Battle of Hormuz and that Iran's economy is in a severe crisis.
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Show Notes
In this episode, I cover the crisis erupting in western Europe and how it could deeply affect our upcoming midterms.
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