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Chapter 1: Who is Dan Bongino and what is his new role?
We're just going to keep on winning. I love that clip. Last night, you guys, President Trump announced Dan Bongino will be America's new deputy FBI director. And right off the bat, I want to just clear the air. You guys know we are going to keep running things here at the Bongino Network. My show, Bongino Report Early Edition, will continue tonight. At the same time, 9 a.m.
Eastern, five days a week. This is a separate show from Dan, so we're going to keep operating. Haley Caronia, her new show, Bongina Report Evening Edition, will be launching really soon, 6 p.m. Eastern time, five days a week. That'll be happening really fast, coming up on us. And we have even bigger announcements to come, so just stay tuned. A lot of you guys want to know, will Dan...
Chapter 2: How will Dan Bongino's departure affect the Bongino Network?
still have a show today the answer is yes today until i believe march 16th dan will be 14th i'm sorry dan will be running his podcast and radio show and then he will be stepping away and into his new role at the fbi things are going to be changing a lot we're going to have a lot more details like i said in the coming days but it is all good news this is good good news i'm not gonna lie
and say that operating without Dan at this bunch network isn't going to be hard. It's going to be hard. It's going to be hard for Dan as well. Without getting into too many details, you guys have to understand that this is a huge, huge sacrifice for Dan, for Paula, for his daughters, But he said to us when he told the team last week, he said, you know, I preach a lot on this show.
I say things and I tell people what we should do and how we should be as a country. And and I have to be willing to to actually practice what I preach. You know, Dan tells people to donate to the Trump campaign. Well, that's because Dan donated to the Trump campaign himself. Dan isn't just here for the talk. He sincerely is doing this in service to his country.
And that's what his podcast is about as well, right? It's a service to this country. Dan was doing the Dan Bongino show, his podcast for years without a single sponsor. The guy made no money doing it. He just did it. This is why he's willing to step away from this empire that he's built for just a time, again, to make virtually no money for this country. He is doing it for this country.
Chapter 3: Why is Dan Bongino leaving his podcast?
And that's why he was a police officer and a Secret Service agent. This man's life has been dedicated to service. So when he got the call from President Trump and Kash Patel, he acted not on what would be easiest, the most convenient, the most lucrative, but what would be the best for this country. Because he loves this country.
this is a man who would die for this country if he had to that was literally his job to take a bullet for the president and he was willing to do that for obama of all people if you're a listener of this show you know dan pangino was not the greatest fan of obama but he was willing to take a bullet for that man because his life has been dedicated to service and to sacrifice and is anyone surprised that he'd make this sacrifice now this is dan's view
on life in a nutshell. This is where he comes from with everything. Take a listen.
What is your program for staying happy? You know, I'm not a happy guy. No, I'm not. I love my wife a lot. I talk about her all the time in the show. She's become kind of a semi-celebrity just from my show and her like crazy date night stories. But you know, You ever read the book, The Natural? Not the movie. The movie's good. The book, the Malamud book.
Chapter 4: What is Dan Bongino's perspective on happiness and sacrifice?
And there's a line where Roy Hobbs' girlfriend says to Roy, you know, that we all live two lives, the one we learn from and the one we live after that. That's a great line, but it's the second part she says that really matters. She says the real path to happiness is through suffering. And she's right.
Now, there's a lot of like biochemical reasons beyond the scope of this conversation that I won't bore you with about dopamine and all this other crap. But God gave you a really intricate happiness reward system. But the only way to access it so that it feels good, that really feels good, that it's deep, not liberal happiness, coke, blow, crack, drinking, heroin, whatever.
I'm talking about true happiness where you feel you can die one day satisfied Make no mistake and listen to what I'm telling you. This is the best advice you're ever going to get. Not because it came from me, because someone gave it to me and it was genius. It's only through suffering.
So people ask me, like, I joke about this cold plunge thing I have, which sucks in the morning, like nothing you've ever seen. You ever jump in 40 degree water at six in the morning and every morning and just sit there and freeze? You know why I do it? Anyone have any idea? Because it sucks. That's why. That's why I do it. Because it sucks. No, I'm serious.
Yeah, there's cold shock proteins and all this stuff. Your brain is intricately wired by the intelligent creator to have to earn every ounce of happiness. My wife and I have a date night on Friday night. That's the one night a week me and her let loose. And you know what? I earned that. I'm up every morning working out, jumping in the damn cold plunge. I'm 50 years old. I'm falling apart.
I'm sitting there squatting, deadlifting, sweating. I'm done with my show. I'm up from 6. I bang out work from what? 10 to 3 p.m. Right back to show prep the next day. Right in the sauna. My wife comes. She doesn't do the cold plunge. She hates it. She only does it when we eat.
she'll do this i sit in 190 degrees for 30 minutes why do i sit in it because it sucks that's why this is gonna suck this is gonna be hard but anything worth doing is hard the reward requires work it is going to suck but suffering and this suffering in particular is not for nothing You know, when I started out this podcast, I didn't know anything about podcasting.
It's really kind of weird to talk to. I mean, I'm talking to all of you, but really, in reality, I'm talking to a camera and it's odd to get used to. And Dan is the master of it all. And I had no idea what I was doing. Dan had just seen a few of my Fox hits and he said, you know, I think she's got some raw talent. And he took a chance on me.
And Dan has had a million times more confidence in me than I've had in myself. But that encouragement, the risk-taking, the never-ending optimism, the work ethic that he modeled, that has made this show, I think, blossom and grow. And I'm so happy that all of you are here listening with me. I have learned so much about podcasting, but also about life from Dan.
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Chapter 5: How did USAID fail in Haiti and other international efforts?
I mean, how often are Dan and I talking about this? It feels like every day talking about how bad the FBI has become. This group has targeted half the country. I wouldn't be surprised if Dan himself was on a list Dan's been one of the FBI's greatest critics, arguably the most prominent critic in the entire country, and now he's number two with the agency.
So you better believe that radical, radical change is coming. The political persecution is over, the weaponization done for. But not only that, the agency is going to finally start doing what it's supposed to do, which is rooting out the network of illegal migrant gangs operating across this country.
Homicides, robberies, human trafficking, child sex abuse, investigating the Trump assassination attempts. We know nothing about them so far. Still, we know nothing. And what we do know, really sketchy, really concerning, makes you wonder, Makes you wonder.
So the FBI is in charge of investigating those assassination attempts, and you better believe that Dan Bongino is going to get to the bottom of both of them. The FBI is going back to its mission. I'm 100% certain of this. I also asked Dan this question point blank when he announced it to all of us. I said, because I had to hear it for myself, you guys.
I know what the answer is, but I had to hear it for myself. I asked him, are you committed to radical disclosure? Dan is committed to transparency with the American people. He told me that. This is what Trump promised, and this is what Dan and Cash are going to deliver to us on all these issues. Epstein, 9-11, MLK, JFK, all of it. Could any of us have dreamed of a better team to take on the FBI?
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Chapter 6: What are the criticisms of USAID and its operations?
I mean, Cash Patel and Dan Bongino, it couldn't be more perfect. So I know this is a really bittersweet moment for the Bongino Army. I know it is for me and for Michael and for Guy and Justin. It's going to be difficult. It's really bittersweet, but this is also a time to celebrate. This is incredible news for America.
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I heard somebody just comment, his sacrifice is our sacrifice. And I know that maybe that sounds a little bit dramatic, but I do think it's true. Dan Bongino is a part of our lives. He's a part of our daily routines. It's going to suck. It's going to be hard. But he's coming back. We just have to get through this, like I said, deployment.
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Chapter 7: How does cultural influence affect American values abroad?
And it's going to be so much better and stronger here at this company, but also for America. I'm so optimistic about this change. And I'm really proud to call Dan a colleague, a boss, a friend. It's really inspiring. Let's get to some headlines. Who remembers the horrible earthquake in Haiti back in 2010? It was just devastating.
If you read Clinton Cash, you'll recall the amount of corruption around the aid raised to allegedly help the Haitians. The New York Post just came out with an excellent piece about USAID and its NGO partners like the Red Cross and the way that they botched this entire relief effort.
I think a lot of us knew we had heard about it in the headlines, like the aid wasn't getting to the Haitians, but we weren't really putting the blame on USAID and the way that we are now because we have so much more information. $4.4 billion was sent to Haiti after the earthquake, and less than 2% of that reached Haitians. 56%, reportedly, lined the pockets of DC firms.
The Red Cross raised $500 million, and they built six houses. Six houses. And what happens is that the money from donations and our tax dollars, they pass through these layers of connected subcontracts as well as administrative overhead. So by the time the money reaches the people in need, there isn't much left. But then there's also corruption and there's fraud.
And all the opaqueness of USAID and its partners allows for that to thrive, allows for the corruption to happen. And there's been decades of USAID operating with virtually no oversight. They skim funds, they don't follow through. Do you guys remember when Michael Jackson put together that song with all the celebrities in the 80s? We are the world, we are the children. Let's play that, Michael.
you go back and watch that video, at the very beginning, you'll see Michael Jackson, he's so impressed, unimpressed with Lionel Richie's vocal performance. You just look at him, you can see he's just like, watch the video, you'll see what I mean. But the point is that,
You have USAID, which was heavily involved in the Ethiopian famine relief efforts during the mid-1980s, which included the aid efforts tied to We Are the World and USA for Africa. And it was like all foreign aid operations, completely marred by mismanagement, inefficiencies, political entanglements, corruption. It was a disaster. It was a failure.
Same goes for when Justin Bieber and all those other celebrities decided to remake We Are the World for Haiti in 2010. Justin Bieber's very cute in that. He's cute, he's little, his voice is so sweet. Overall though, that video, that song, that remake was not as good as the 1985 version. I will say it was like all auto-tuned and bad. And I don't know, 2010's music, not as good as 1985.
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Chapter 8: What concerns are raised about the Trump administration?
Either way though, 2010 and 1985, USAID and the entire government has gotten away with acting like all their foreign aid is Cindy Lauper and Lionel Richie and Justin Bieber are serenading us with, we are the world and it feels good and we're helping people. That's what it's supposed to feel that way. That's what it's been billed to us as.
But USAID isn't about helping people, it's about statecraft. They've lied to us about their true intentions and goals. It's about influencing foreign governments. Really, I think it's about corruption and embezzlement and a lot of other things. USAID has a budget that is roughly triple the official size of the CIA. It's a left-wing slush fund.
It was meant to combat communism during the Cold War, which, fine, that's an okay goal. But since then, it's become a vehicle for fraud and left-wing, frankly, demonic political activism. And those aren't American values. Those aren't American ideals. I'm cool with exporting American culture abroad, but it has to be authentic American culture.
Transgender operas and atheism in Nepal are not American ideals and values. We are the children. No, we are financially responsible now. That's what we are. You know, a big reason we have trouble properly exporting culture is because the cultural movers and shakers, Hollywood, the music industry, fashion, has been overrun by cultural Marxists. Their priorities are poisonous.
Here was actress, producer, writer, director, comedian, Natasha Leovan at the Spirit Awards over the weekend on what concerns her the most about the Trump admin.
Like when I think of the kids or like the 12-year-old girl that can't get an abortion or something or, you know, that's what really like rips me apart that I, so, but you know.
Really, Natasha? That's what rips you apart? The 12-year-old girl who can't get an abortion? Chat. How do 12-year-old girls get pregnant? How do they get pregnant? Abuse. Sexual abuse. And this is the liberal brain rot that is abortion activism. Abortion only re-victimizes abuse victims, especially if you're a 12-year-old girl.
And why is it Natasha's main concern that a 12-year-old was sexually abused? And they're constantly preaching like this all the time at all of their award shows, at every single interview. They just can't stop with the Trump derangement. But it's not just Trump derangement. It almost feels like a contempt.
And frankly, it is a contempt for the people who are supposed to be consuming the media that they're creating. a hatred of the way this country voted. And here's what I'll say about art and artists. They've lost their way. And it's been that way for a long time. This isn't a new phenomenon.
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