I Wish I Was Wrong About This
The Dan Bongino Show
November 13, 2026
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Speakers Dan Bongino, Bill Clinton, Dave McCormick, Scott Galloway, Barack Obama, Sarah Sanders, Scott Bessent
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Dan Bongino (0:10)
Folks, the modern Democrat Party has abandoned any attachment to reality whatsoever. The era of Democrat President Bill Clinton giving speeches, and this actually happened, you can look it up, where he says, and I quote, the era of big government is over. Wait, he said that? Yeah, I'm not a fan of Bill Clinton, obviously. I'm trying to make a larger point here. The era of semi reasonable Democrats not speaking out about crazy things is to say over. Can you imagine? Just think of this, right? I'll ask you a question instead of making an assertion here. Some of you will get that. Can you imagine what would happen if anyone of prominence in today's Democrat Party, anyone? I'm not talking about your local councilman. I'm talking about national figures gave a speech on a Democrat platform running for president saying, hey, the era big government's over. I'm laughing because that would never it would never happen. Folks, the modern Democrat Party, the one about to take power in a third of government, we still have the presidency. The courts are not entirely out of control, although there are pockets that are in a lot of trouble, are completely imbedded in the politics of envy and resentment. I'm going to show you today in the beginning of the show. I don't know what again you think you may have voted for or not voted for, whether you think it was legitimate or not legitimate. They're about to swear in in January. And I want to show you the bedrock principle these people run on. If it was a one beehag, big hairy audacious goal all these Democrats have, it is making sure you hate everyone around you. No, yes. Whatever category they put you in, they want you hated. Boomers, wealth creators, job creators, male whites, young male whites, young male white women. It doesn't matter. They want everyone to hate you.
I'll get the receipts coming up. By the way, I haven't gotten as much feedback on an intro to the show about a non-political topic in years as I did when I just casually brought up, and it was good feedback, by the way, that I was watching this Led Zeppelin documentary and I was just, it brought back memories of my childhood, how amazing Led Zeppelin was. I must have received, I don't know, 50 to 100 texts from friends. Man, they were so great. I know, they're awesome. To all you younger folks out there who want to hear some good music, go listen to some of the guitarists on Led Zeppelin. And then I mentioned this rapper from New York, Special Ed. I swear only I listened to him, I thought. And I got a bunch of texts on that, too. My friend Brian reaches out. He's like, I didn't know you listened to that. He goes, I thought I was the only one. I said, no, you weren't. I got it made. That was the tune, man. Remember?
Craziest things on this show sometimes. All right, big show. I got to show you some sound and video at the beginning of the show to make my point that I don't know where you think you're going with this with the Democrats. But their entire bedrock elevator speech is you should hate everyone around you and they should hate you too. It's bad. Hey, one of the best parts of my morning is that first cup of coffee, weekend coffee, weekday coffee, it's all good. I like a bold coffee, but I don't like bitter coffee. And I certainly don't want to spend $7 at some coffee chain for a milkshake shake coffee that I probably said that right the second time with a bunch of sugar in it and crap. I want to taste coffee. That's why I drink coffee. I like it that tastes like coffee. That's why my coffee of choice is Blackout. Love Blackout Coffee. Brutal Awakening. B-R-E-W, Brutal Awakening. You see what they did there? It is fantastic. We love Blackout. It is the official coffee of The Dan Bongino Show. It's bold. It's smooth. It's fresh roasted. It's one of those little things that just makes the mornings a little bit better. Folks, Blackout Coffee is a small American company that takes their coffee seriously, and it shares our values, and they're proud of it. Now here's what I'd like you to do. Don't just buy a bag. Join their coffee club. Pick your favorite Blackout Coffee. Tell them how often you want it. Blackout takes care of the rest. You get member pricing. You get free shipping, double rewards points, and the longer you're in the coffee club, the more perks and surprises Blackout Coffee sends you away. It's great coffee at home, on your schedule. No lines, no $7 coffees, no nonsense. Go to blackoutcoffee.com/bongino.
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