Democrats want a new Joe Rogan — but their dogma won’t allow it



A New York Times report this week revealed how the Democratic Party is mobilizing its donor class in a coordinated effort to reclaim cultural dominance. In the aftermath of the 2024 election, the dominant progressive narrative has avoided serious self-critique. Rather than acknowledge Kamala Harris’ unpopularity or the unappealing nature of her platform, Democrats have instead blamed independent media — most notably Joe Rogan’s podcast — for her defeat.

This obsession with podcasting has driven Democrats to propose 26 separate initiatives aimed at restoring their lost cultural dominance, backed by tens of millions of donor dollars. But no matter how much they spend, they cannot purchase the one thing they now lack: authenticity.

The Democratic Party cannot manufacture its own Joe Rogan, because its ideology forbids the conditions that make someone like Rogan possible.

When politics becomes a surrogate religion, every policy becomes an article of faith. Apostasy, even for strategic reasons, is unthinkable. The 2024 election dealt a decisive blow to the progressive project. In a normal political environment, such a loss would prompt recalibration. But for Democrats, adjustment is impossible. Wokeness is no longer a means to an end — it has become the end itself.

Some within the party briefly suggested a return to the economic populism associated with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Those suggestions were quickly silenced. Party elites rejected substance in favor of narrative, attributing their defeat not to ideology but to communication failure. Their solution is to manufacture a parallel influencer ecosystem — essentially, a Manhattan Project for progressive social media.

Democratic strategists openly discuss their desire to create a “left-wing Joe Rogan.” The irony is glaring: They already had one. His name was Joe Rogan. But they pushed him out of the coalition for refusing to submit to ideological conformity.

Progressives recognize the importance of cultural power. What they fail to grasp is that the culture they hope to reproduce cannot be engineered through funding or message discipline. The problem is not the messenger — it’s the message.

Rogan and other prominent podcasters such as Tim Dillon and Theo Von are not natural conservatives. They are comedians, drawn toward irreverence and instinctively opposed to rigid social norms. Popular culture has long associated moral puritanism with the religious right, but for decades now, it has been the left enforcing an increasingly suffocating moral orthodoxy. That men like Rogan have drifted away from progressivism under pressure from this new puritanism only underscores how deeply censorious the modern left has become.

The New York Times story concedes as much. It quotes Democratic consultants who say the goal is to “avoid the hall monitor mentality” that dominates their political brand. But that mentality is not a rhetorical accident — it is central to their identity.

Progressivism, as practiced today, functions like a disciplinary institution. Its adherents find moral satisfaction in correction and control. This dynamic alienates key demographics, especially young men, who have left the party in large numbers. And yet the behavior continues, because it is integral to the ideological structure. Asking the left to abandon its scolding posture is like asking a devout Christian to deny Christ — it’s not just a tactic; it’s the organizing principle.

Podcasting feels authentic not because conservatives suddenly became more truthful but because the podcast space allowed genuine conversations to emerge. Legacy conservative media was often as sterile and contrived as its progressive counterpart. But podcasting, by its decentralized and long-form nature, made room for the unscripted. And when people are allowed to speak freely, their conclusions tend to drift right — not because of partisanship but because truth tends to align with natural order, and natural order is inherently at odds with progressive orthodoxy.

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The GOP had no role in building the podcast sphere — and to its discredit, it never would have tried. Republican institutions still treat culture as peripheral to politics, investing only in short-term electoral returns. Democrats, by contrast, understand that cultural influence is a long game. That’s why they’re panicking now.

Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter may not have resulted in immediate legislative victories, but it was arguably the most important right-aligned political event of the past decade. It shifted the terrain of public discourse in ways that conventional politics never could.

This is the source of the left’s anxiety. The podcast sphere, despite its independence from traditional conservative infrastructure, now functions as a cultural counterweight. Not because it was funded by think tanks or coordinated by campaigns but because it grew organically out of cultural exhaustion. Its voices include comedians, disillusioned academics, and rogue cartoonists like Scott Adams — people driven not by ideology but by the sense that something fundamental in their world had broken.

The Democratic Party cannot manufacture its own Joe Rogan, because its ideology forbids the conditions that make someone like Rogan possible. It cannot reach the audiences it most desperately needs — especially young white men — because it has built its entire moral framework around blaming them for the ills of society.

Conservatives should take note. The left understands that culture drives politics. The right must learn the same lesson — and fast. While the right didn’t build the podcast sphere, it can nurture and expand it. That requires more than talking points or candidate funding. It requires investment in art, literature, music, and media that affirm reality and speak to a deeper longing for order and meaning.

Cultural power matters. The left knows this. The right must act like it does, too — before the window of opportunity closes.

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You don’t spend years trashing former Vice President Dick Cheney and then suddenly embrace the GOP leader.

Well, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz do, but not far-left funnyman Jon Stewart.

The guy they said is unfit to run for president is currently the president. Nobody has any issue with that. Which makes it very obvious that he’s not the president.

During an interview with Walz, the former and current “Daily Show” host had a simple reaction to Cheney’s support for the Democratic ticket:

“No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!”

When the knucklehead in chief pointed out that they'd also landed the endorsement of a certain mega pop star, Stewart was not consoled.

“What country did Taylor Swift get us to invade?” he asked.

When court jesters have more backbone than your presidential ticket, you know there’s trouble.

Go Wes

Wesley Snipes must be laughing up his sleeve.

The action icon played Marvel’s antihero “Blade” in three films, all before the MCU took over Hollywood in 2008, starting with “Iron Man.” But when Disney decided to revive the vampire slayer, it went to Oscar winner Mahershala Ali to play the lead.

Great choice, but why not Snipes? He’s still fit at 62, and he brought the character back in the summer’s blockbuster “Deadpool & Wolverine.” He hasn’t lost a step.

Maybe the Comic-Con gods have smiled upon Snipes after all. The “Blade” revival has had more delays than days shooting. The project’s director stepped down earlier this year, and an alleged peek at the early script — which six writers have taken a whack at so far — showed it was as woke as a “Captain Marvel” trilogy.

As Blade himself said, "Some mother****ers are always trying to ice-skate uphill."

Now the film has been taken off the 2025 release schedule, with no update in sight. Snipes isn’t getting any younger, but why not hand the story back to him and be done with it?

Doc crock

Liberal Hollywood reporters have their heads in the sand. That’s the kindest explanation for missing too many great stories to count.

Need an example? The far-left Deadline shares a podcast recap on the state of documentaries. One takeaway? Gosh, conservatives just can’t seem to make a decent one.

Really. Really?

  • "What Is a Woman?"
  • "Am I Racist?" (the most successful doc in a decade)
  • "The Fall of Minneapolis"
  • "How Jack Became Black"
  • "What Killed Michael Brown"
  • "Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words"

That’s just off the top of this scribe’s head. “Minneapolis” may be the most impactful film I’ve seen in years. Haunting. Powerful. Unforgettable.

It’s bad enough that Hollywood tilts to the left so hard it hurts. Can’t a few honest journalists cover the biz without liberal blinders on?

Biden his time

It must be nice to be a rebel comic like Tim Dillon.

The podcaster tells the jokes others in the mainstream won’t. The reward? Both a Netflix stand-up special and now a new Netflix comedy called “This Is Your Country.” Think the best of "The Jerry Springer Show" ... but intentionally funny.

Now he’s calling out the biggest news scandal of the year. Except no one in the mainstream press will cover it.

Who is our president again?

It’s technically Joe Biden, but we all realized after the June 27 presidential debate that he’s but a figurehead at this point.

So Dillon said as much:

The guy they said is unfit to run for president is currently the president. Nobody has any issue with that. Which makes it very obvious that he’s not the president. Nobody’s worried about his senility in any real sense because he wasn’t removed from the presidency. He’s sitting in the Oval Office supposedly making decisions about America. We’re supposed to believe that.

He's right. Of course. Late-night comics were too busy raising money for Biden’s doomed re-election campaign to joke about it.

Solemates

Celebrities are always one step ahead of us normies. Maybe two.

Consider Britney Spears and Chelsea Handler. While most of us saps are trying to find our soulmates, these two did it in a heartbeat: They looked in the mirror.

Handler recently bragged that she has a great relationship with herself and doesn’t need a man, something that threatens the fellas.

Not to be outdone, Spears shared a wedding picture on her Instagram feed announcing she had married herself.

Can you do a wedding registry for one?

Comedian absolutely RIPS Kamala: Her ‘hollowness’ is ‘stage four, has gone to the brain’



Kamala Harris very clearly has her sights set on a very particular demographic — and it’s become way too obvious.

Harris kicked off a recent rally with Megan Thee Stallion. The famous rapper, clad in a cropped suit top and pants, began twerking for prospective voters.

Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” was disturbed by the performance, and apparently so was one comedian, Tim Dillon of “The Tim Dillon Show.”

Which is why Rubin had to show a clip of Dillon absolutely obliterating Kamala — one he doesn't "want you to miss."

“This is the campaign; these are the policies,” Dillon comments as he watches a clip of the rapper sticking her tongue out on stage. “You’re voting for this,” he adds.

“They have their perfect candidate. Half Indian, half black, attractive woman,” Dillon continues. “If you were going to build a robot in a lab that would be secretly controlled by billionaires, it is Kamala Harris.”

Dillon then goes on to call Harris “hollow,” which is perfect for a political candidate.

“She is hollow in the best way, meaning certain people, when they are hollow, there is something deeply uneasy about them, because some of them would want to not be hollow. There is some humanity in them that is trying to escape,” Dillon says.

“Kamala is so at home with her hollowness. She has been eaten by ambition. It is stage four; it has gone to the brain,” he adds, noting that “everything she says is crazy.”

“She tries on different accents, she has different sayings, she makes up family members that don’t exist, you know, ‘My aunt used to say that the future is just the past,’” Dillon mocks. “She will wreck the country and the world.”


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Joe Rogan makes excellent point about potential election fraud in 2024



Joe Rogan recently had comedian Tim Dillon on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” and one subject the duo broached was the 2024 election.

“Trump will beat [Biden], I think, from jail,” Dillon speculated.

“Yeah, 100%,” Rogan agreed. “But I don’t know if it’s real ... I don’t want to cry election fraud, but why would I imagine that they would manipulate everything openly except the election?”

“Is it not possible that they haven’t gone off Joe Biden because there was some f***ery in the last election? Is it not possible to some degree that they have this rabid insistence on this clearly dementia-ridden guy because promises have been made, and there are people in positions of power that could speak?” Dillion asked.

“It’s worth asking all of these questions,” says Dave Rubin. “Putting aside election fraud and everything else, why is the system running cover right now for a man we all know who has dementia, who the corruption around him stinks to high hell?”

“Rogan does bring up an interesting point,” he continues. “If they lie about absolutely everything ... then why wouldn't they lie about [the election] too?”


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SPINE-CHILLING: THESE are the stats banks DON’T want you to know about, according to RFK Jr.



It’s no secret that the housing market in the U.S. is a giant disaster. Interest rates have skyrocketed, prices have quadrupled, and these mysterious entities seem to swoop in with cash offers and buy up many of the available homes on the market.

What’s going on?

Democratic candidate RFK Jr. recently addressed these issues on the "Tim Dillon Show."

“Not only are we, you know, suffering inflation from the constant wars,” but “also you have these three giant companies – BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard,” who “ already own everything, and now they've decided they're going to buy every single-family home in America.”

“They're on track now to control, to own … 60% of the single-family homes in America within six years,” he explains.

It’s no wonder young people feel so discouraged these days. This is a death sentence to many people’s dreams of owning a home.

“Think about this for a second,” says Dave Rubin. “They're telling us and have been telling us for years: ‘You will owe nothing and be happy.”’

“Now the banks have gone from 2.5%-3% interest rates” to “around 9%, so the average person now if every month you have to pay 9% on that mortgage, now you're paying an awful lot,” Dave explains, “and suddenly you can't get that mortgage, you can't buy that house, and then what happens?”

“You have to end up renting,” which means “you're getting no equity, you're not building wealth over time,” and most importantly, you’re not owning anything, which is exactly what these mega corporations want.

“You can see the connection,” Dave says. “If the banks raise interest rates high enough, the average person is like, ‘I can't take out the loan’…and then BlackRock and Vanguard and these other companies come in … and they just buy the house for cash.”

Once they acquire the house, “they let it be empty … or they then allow it to be rented,” meaning they own everything, while people own nothing, which is exactly what they’ve said their plan is.

“So you see how the banks are connected to exactly what BlackRock is doing,” Dave concludes.


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RFK Jr. EXPOSES the rule change Dems just used to RIG the primary



RFK Jr. is a presidential candidate who’s loved by both liberals and conservatives. However, the Democratic Party is not happy with him — and he’s well aware.

“Every time he says something that makes sense or he gets some traction or his numbers go up in the polls, the Democrats are doing everything they can to take this guy out — including changing the rules in real time about how their primary process works,” Dave Rubin explains.

Kennedy sat down with comedian Tim Dillon to tell him what he believes is happening.

According to RFK, the Democratic Party has made it so any vote that RFK receives in Iowa or New Hampshire will count for Biden.

“How are they doing that? Well, they’re passing a rule that ... any candidate who steps into the state of New Hampshire [or] Iowa to campaign will lose all their delegates. And so, I’ve campaigned in both states, so I lose their delegates,” RFK tells Dillon.

Now, they’re going after Georgia votes as well.

“They’re basically disenfranchising everybody in those states, so there’s no campaign. And they’re talking about this idea of making myself and Marianne Williamson, as the other Democratic candidate, to pay for all the primary ourselves,” he continues.

“You really need to understand how corrupt the Democrats are. Just ask Bernie Sanders about it one day,” Rubin responds.

“The idea that if you step foot in one of these places, Iowa or New Hampshire, your candidacy is basically erased,” he continues. “Well, how does that make sense?”

Rubin believes the Democrats are doing this because Joe Biden runs on name recognition. “Last time, he ran a basement campaign. We all know that he barely went anywhere. So, RFK, he wants to be out there,” Rubin explains.

In a solo video responding to the news, RFK says, “It’s worth reiterating the DNC does not want a primary. They’re effectively disenfranchising the Democratic voters from having any choice in who becomes the Democratic nominee.”


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Joe Rogan laughs so hard he CAN’T BREATHE after hearing Kamala Harris described like THIS



Comedian, actor, and fellow podcaster Tim Dillon recently joined Joe Rogan on "The Joe Rogan Experience" to discuss the 2024 presidential election, and let’s just say their conversation ended in tears — the good kind of tears.

Dillon personally thinks there’s no way Joe Biden will be running, especially given that Gavin Newsom reportedly plans to run.

“How do you think they get Kamala Harris to step down?” Rogan asks.

“Kamala Harris cannot say a sentence. ... She talks in, like, gypsy curses,” responds Dillon.

Rogan’s roaring laughter quickly fills the studio.

“When they ask her something, she’ll be like, ‘My grandma said that a hive of bees is still bees if you bury it,'" Dillon continues as Rogan howls.

“The woman has no idea what’s going on,” says Dillon.


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