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An Americanist Briefing
From Radical Activism to Stolen Lunches: This Week's Bizarre Headlines
Something strange is happening to American society, and today's episode unpacks several bizarre headlines that reveal the unsettling transformation. From political extremism to desperate dating tactics, each story paints a picture of a nation struggling with shifting norms and values.
We start by examining the troubling case of a former Zoran Mamdani intern who proudly declared that "activism is all jihad" while encouraging protesters to get arrested in defiance of what she called "the West's settler colonialism." This language signals a concerning radicalization within certain political movements that deserves greater attention. When activism becomes framed as holy war, we've crossed a dangerous threshold worth examining.
The episode also tackles a disturbing criminal justice failure in Colorado, where a Democratic district attorney moved to dismiss charges against a transgender sex offender accused of attempting to kidnap an 11-year-old boy from an elementary school. Despite the suspect's criminal history, mental incompetency determinations led to the case being dropped, raising serious questions about public safety and accountability. A recall effort against the DA is now underway, reflecting community frustration with perceived failures to protect children.
Perhaps most bizarre is the emerging trend of single women in Manhattan stealing men's lunches - specifically targeting finance professionals' salads - to obtain their names and contact them through LinkedIn for dates. This desperate dating tactic speaks volumes about the breakdown of normal social interactions in the post-pandemic, post-Me Too era. We explore why traditional approaches to dating have collapsed, leaving both men and women resorting to increasingly strange methods to make connections.
What's happening to American society? Listen as we unpack these stories and more, including an Arizona homeowner fined by his HOA for giving out free bottled water. Don't forget to share your thoughts on our question of the day: Who's the best actor in Western films and what was their greatest performance?
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Oh, good morning. Let's get right to it, shall we? All right? So I don't even know where to start. We have so many different things. Let's start. We're going to start with the more serious and then end with the light.
Speaker 1:I put out a story from the New York Post not a story, it's an article about Zoran Mamdani. His campaign declared activism is all jihad and latest sign of radicalism in his movement. I wasn't going to read it to you, but I'm going to read some of it to you. I think it's a very important read. A former Zoran Mamdani intern proudly declared activism is all jihad and encouraged protester to get suspended or arrested in defiance of the west's settler colonialism. The true believer knows that none of this is in vain. That this is all jihad, said hadik malik in the recently resurfaced video using the controversial muslim term for holy war. So the conversation of doxing, the conversation of getting arrested and suspended I think it's time for muslims to start to say all right, all right. So what? So I guess she is not working for him anymore, but I don't know why. She probably moved on to other things. You know, go read that Also.
Speaker 1:I think Vivek Ramaswamy wrote a couple of things about this guy Very important, probably read. Go look that up and read about that too. All right, too. All right. So this Colorado Democrat district attorney will be recalled for moving to dismiss charges against trans sex offender accused of trying to kidnap boy. Now you've seen this story going around this weird looking pedophile, a Democratic prosecutor in Colorado will be recalled for moving to dismiss charges against transgender sex offender. I didn't know this person was a transgender, first of all Sex offender accused of trying to kidnap a boy from a schoolyard.
Speaker 1:A local police told the Postal Monday this guy has been diagnosed with schizophrenic and he's had several crimes where they just let him go and they can't put him up anywhere in a mental institution because there's not enough room. Second, I didn't even know we had mental institutions anymore, thanks to Geraldo Rivera. Know we had mental institutions anymore, thanks to Geraldo Rivera. Um, a district attorney's office in Colorado's 18th judicial district, told Fox 31 that it is planning to drop the raps against Solomon Galligan he's 33 after he allegedly attempted to snatch the 11 year old during recess at Black Forest Hills Elementary School. Galligan underwent a competency evaluation after his arrest and was found mentally incompetent. So the law there says if you're mentally incompetent, you cannot stand trial. But Aurora City Councilwoman Danielleirinski disputed that, that stance and told the post an effort to recall democratic da amy padden is well underway. Well, good, we need to, yes, recall her ass for letting this guy go. I mean what? Can we just deport him somewhere? Can we deport him if he's probably here illegally? Hello, all you can go. Finish reading that, all right. So the next story Single women resort to stealing men's lunches to get asked out on a date.
Speaker 1:Why is it getting to this point? Well, I'll tell you, ladies, because we have done that to ourselves. When we talk about men treating us like sex objects or whatever, when you complain about men doing things, that's what you're going to get. This whole me too movement, that's what you're going to get. Men want to avoid you. Okay, that's part of the reason.
Speaker 1:I like mr giblets when I put this out on the xv. Mr giblet set says sounds like they're nothing but manipulative thieves, and that's true. I agree. Dating apps are deads are creepy and no one approaches people out in the wild anymore. So ask yourself why? Why is that? Why do? Why? Do you have an answer to that? Why? Why do people not approach each other out in the wild anymore, probably because you're not getting out and about, you're isolating, you're working at home, you're not going to church. If you go to the grocery store and someone tries to talk to you, you automatically think oh my god, he's making a pass at me, oh my god, he's gonna rape me, oh my god, he's gonna beat me up so you can go. Oh, so here's what happens. I guess they are, let's see. Well, desperate times call for desperate measures.
Speaker 1:Women are supposedly stealing men's lunches in midtown manhattan for a chance at love. Tiktoker nicole, or who goes by, nicole 461, whatever claim that she's heard of single women popping into midtown lunch spot during the work weeks to steal finance bros salads and then use the name on the order to look them up in linkedin to message them. I am not going to date a man who eats salad for lunch. I mean, I guess there's nothing wrong with that, but come on, are you a meat eater? I need to be. I need you to be a meat eater, hunter, gatherer. Luckily, I already have a man. She said the women all reach out to the guy. Oh wait, wait, I skipped it. Oh wait, so here we go. She said the women will reach out to the guys saying something along the lines of hey, oh my gosh, so sorry, I grabbed your salad, let me just make it up to you and buy you a new one. So I guess what happens is did I already say that happens? Yeah, I did so. After they steal the salad, they then they go to their. They look them up on linkedin. How they do that I have no idea, because if the salad probably only has a first name on there, how do you look them up on linkedin? I don't know. All right, we're moving on the next one.
Speaker 1:Uh, I don't know how I feel about this next story. It might be controversial, I don't know. Homeowner fine for handing out free water now raising $50,000 for legal battle with homeowners association all right, so I'm gonna read it and then I'm on insert my little comments. The Arizona homeowner hit with fines for giving out free bottled water is ready to throw down.
Speaker 1:David Martin from Goodyear, arizona, made a splash when he racked up the $650 worth of citations from his own homeowners association for leaving a cooler of free bottled water in his driveway. Now he's trying to raise as much as $50,000 to take the group to court. All right to court, all right. First of all, you moved into this neighborhood and you put your little signature, I am sure, on the homeowners association agreement contract, whatever. Now, do I believe in homeowners associations? No, um, so, and now he wants to sue the unless he was there first I mean unless he was there first and then the homeowners association kind of started and then he he balked at that. I don't know, I don't know how all of that works, so he wanted to. This is funny. Let me see what they said. The saga began in 2020 when Martin placed the cooler on his property to help passerbys beat the heat, but his HOA said the ice chest violates bylaws about unsightly junk. So he has a cooler out there. He has a cooler out there full of bottled water and they call that unsightly junk. Come on, I'm not even going to finish reading that. You can go finish reading that. You can go finish reading that.
Speaker 1:So Mr Sean's uh has submitted a question of the day and I love it when you guys submit questions of the day. Please keep submitting questions of the day. All right, he has a couple of them and I don't I want to ask him all, but I'm all. I'm going to try to stick with one, couple of them, and I don't I want to ask them all, but I'm gonna try to stick with one. Oh, which one should I ask? Which one should I ask, um, who is the best actor in western films?
Speaker 1:And then I think this is a follow-up question I think it should go with this one what movie was his best performance? Well, gosh, I mean, it's got to be Clint Eastwood, right in a mean, it's got to be Clint Eastwood, right In a Western film, it's got to be I don't. I don't really watch Westerns, so I don't know, but I know Clint Eastwood is in. He's like the bad guy, the badass, right, I don't know. That's your question of the day. Who is the best actor in Western films? Oh, it could be John Wayne too, maybe. And what movie was his best performance? So there you go, that is the question of the day, and so I thank you all for listening and you guys have a great day. Love you, bye.
