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Justice Jackson's Stolen Wallet Speech Was a Gift to Trump Trump made history walking into SCOTUS while Justice Jackson compared birthright citizenship to stealing a wallet in Japan. Mayra Flores just lost her own Republican primary in a majority-Hispanic district and then told CPAC the GOP cannot survive without Hispanic voters. And eight million people hit the streets under the No Kings banner funded by Soros and organized alongside groups calling openly for revolution. Austin Petersen breaks down the biggest constitutional case in a generation, the Hispanic voter data every Republican needs before November, and why the party that uses the 14th Amendment to protect your gun rights cannot treat that same amendment as negotiable on citizenship. 🏛️ Trump became the first sitting president in history to attend SCOTUS oral arguments and had to sit there in silence for over an hour 👜 Justice Jackson's stolen wallet argument word for word -- why the internet is right to mock it and why the legal question underneath it is more serious than the memes suggest 📜 The 14th Amendment freed former slaves and gave you your Second Amendment rights against state governments -- here is why gutting one threatens the other 🔫 Otis McDonald used the 14th Amendment to beat Chicago's handgun ban -- his case is directly relevant to today's SCOTUS hearing and nobody is connecting the dots 🌶️ Mayra Flores won a seat no Republican had held in 150 years, got rejected by the Hispanic Caucus for being the wrong kind of Latina, and then told her own party the truth it does not want to hear 📊 Trump won 48 percent of Hispanic voters in 2024. His approval among Latinos has since collapsed to 22 percent. Was 2024 a realignment or a rental and what happens to the House if it was a rental 🧾 The birth tourism industry is real, documented, and the Solicitor General admitted today that nobody knows the full scale 🚩 The No Kings coalition included groups that openly called for revolution -- eight million in the streets, growing every round, and the permit listed a Soros-funded organization as lead coordinator 🏛️ What is actually happening inside the Missouri Senate chamber in Jefferson City right now and what it means for the rest of the country GUESTS THIS EPISODE: 🎙️ Heather Overstreet -- @overstreetha on X 🎙️ Camellia -- @RareCamellia on X ☕ FOUNDING FLAVORS COFFEE AND THE FULL LIBERTY COLLECTION: → 4LibertyShop.com 🤝 JOIN THE COMMUNITY ON DISCORD: → 4libertynetwork.com 💪 SUPPORT THE NETWORK AND KEEP INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE MEDIA ALIVE: → wakeupamericashow.com/support #WakeUpAmerica #AustinPetersen #SCOTUS #JusticeJackson #BirthrightCitizenship #14thAmendment #Trump #MayraFlores #NoKings #HispanicVoters #Missouri #IncomeTax #TaxRevolt #SecondAmendment #BorderSecurity #MAGA #2026Midterms #LibertyNation

Lead in the Dino Nuggets, Chinese Billionaires Buying American Babies, and the Decade We Threw Away — Freedom Family Friday breaks down the stories every family needs to hear before the weekend. A viral X post about the 90s opens a real conversation about what we traded away for smartphones and algorithms. A WSJ investigation reveals foreign billionaires are mass-producing U.S. citizen babies with zero federal oversight. The USDA just confirmed the dino nuggets in your freezer may have five times the safe lead limit for children and called it an "alert" instead of a recall. Gen Z is walking back into church and the media doesn't know what to do with that. And nearly 30 percent of Joe Rogan's audience is women — so why does everyone keep calling it the manosphere? Austin is joined today by Steffi and Justin for a full Freedom Family Friday breakdown. 🦕 Walmart's Great Value Dino Nuggets may have lead levels five times higher than the FDA's safe limit for children — here is exactly what to look for in your freezer right now and why the government called it an alert instead of a recall 📼 What the 90s actually gave us that we don't have anymore — and why the answer is more uncomfortable than just missing Blockbuster 👶 A Wall Street Journal investigation exposes Chinese billionaires using the U.S. surrogacy industry to order dozens — and in one case over 100 — American-born children, and the FBI is now asking questions 🎙️ Women make up 28 percent of Theo Von's audience and 22 percent of Joe Rogan's — so why does Sheryl Sandberg want to shut the whole thing down ⛪ New converts are flooding into the Catholic Church at highs not seen in a decade and the surge is being led by people ages 18 to 35 🏠 A mom goes viral saying she is deliberately raising her kids to reject traditional household roles — is that smart parenting or is she trying to engineer her children's future marriages based on her own regrets 🌍 A viral post uses Japan's recovery from Hiroshima and Nagasaki to challenge the global grievance industry — and the conversation it starts is one most media won't touch GUESTS THIS EPISODE: 🎙️ Steffi Petersen 🎙️ Justin Petersen ☕ FOUNDING FLAVORS COFFEE AND THE FULL LIBERTY COLLECTION: → 4LibertyShop.com 🤝 JOIN THE COMMUNITY ON DISCORD: → 4libertynetwork.com 💪 SUPPORT THE NETWORK AND KEEP INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE MEDIA ALIVE: → wakeupamericashow.com/support #FreedomFamilyFriday #DinoNuggets #WalmartRecall #90sNostalgia #ChineseSurrogacy #BirthrightCitizenship #GenZFaith #CatholicChurch #JoeRogan #TheoVon #Manosphere #TraditionalValues #FoodSafety #FamilyFirst #IndependentMedia

KATHY HOCHUL TOLD THEM TO LEAVE. THEY LEFT. NOW SHE'S DRIVING TO PALM BEACH TO BEG THEM TO COME BACK. New York lost 238,000 residents and $13.7 billion in personal income -- and the governor who told Republicans to "get on a bus and head to Florida" is now asking Florida if she can have them back. Meanwhile, Missouri just voted 98-54 to abolish its state income tax entirely, becoming the first state in 45 years to seriously attempt what Albany insists is impossible. Two states. Two governing philosophies. One winner. Austin Petersen breaks down the greatest tax revolt in a generation, the MAGA civil war threatening the 2026 midterms, the national security bombshell that broke today, and why an American woman who built a show called Undoctrination has more to say about this country's founding than most people who take it for granted every single day. 🏃 How Kathy Hochul told an entire class of taxpayers to leave New York -- and then watched $13.7 billion walk out the door behind them 🏛️ Why Missouri's 98-54 vote to abolish the income tax is the opening shot of a national tax revolution nobody in the mainstream media is covering ⚡ The contrast that should make every American furious: Missouri heading to zero income tax while New York City pushes toward a 16.8% combined rate -- the highest in the country 💰 What happened to Wall Street when remote work unchained it from Manhattan -- and why Texas now has more financial services employees than New York 🌡️ The NYSERDA memo Hochul's own energy agency sent to her office -- and the staggering numbers it contains about what New York's climate law will cost ordinary families by 2031 🗳️ The viral message naming Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Steve Bannon, Rand Paul, Thomas Massie, the Hodgetwins, and others -- and threatening that if Republicans lose the midterms, the blame lands on their shoulders ⚔️ The real data behind the so-called MAGA civil war: 83% of Republicans back Trump on Iran, Tucker and Megyn sit at 6% trust -- so is this actually a crisis or a media narrative? 🚨 The Daily Mail bombshell that broke: Kristi Noem's husband, a double life, fetish models, fake breasts, and national security experts warning the former DHS secretary may have been a blackmail target 🇺🇸 Why an American woman who built a show called Undoctrination to reach the next generation is done watching her fellow citizens apologize for the greatest country in the history of civilization 🎓 How the founding values of this country represent a moral revolution that the left refuses to acknowledge -- and what the 250th anniversary of America actually means 📉 The Tax Foundation's 2026 verdict on New York: dead last. 50th out of 50 states. In every single category. 🛢️ Why Mayor Mamdani's plan for city-owned grocery stores and 16.8% tax rates on millionaires is the logical conclusion of a governing philosophy that has never once asked what happens when the productive class stops showing up GUESTS THIS EPISODE: 🎙️ Tiffany Savage -- Georgia grassroots organizer, National Communications Director for Veterans for America First, author of Precincts Win Elections -- @patriot_savvy on X 🎙️ Maggie Anders -- Former host and writer at the Foundation for Economic Education, creator of Undoctrination, Vice President of ACC Atlanta -- @maggiemoda on X ☕ FOUNDING FLAVORS COFFEE AND THE FULL LIBERTY COLLECTION: → 4LibertyShop.com 🤝 JOIN THE COMMUNITY ON DISCORD: → 4libertynetwork.com 💪 SUPPORT THE NETWORK AND KEEP INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE MEDIA ALIVE: → wakeupamericashow.com/support

AMERICA MOCKED THE TRADES FOR THIRTY YEARS -- NOW IT’S PANICKING. This week Mike Rowe put the crisis in plain English: America told an entire generation that working with your hands was a consolation prize, and now the country is running out of the people who actually know how to build, wire, weld, fix, and keep civilization running. While college grads drown in debt and job applications, young electricians are making serious money, getting poached by multiple companies, and becoming some of the most valuable workers in the country. Austin Petersen breaks down Mike Rowe’s viral warning, the collapse of the four-year degree myth, and why America’s ruling class is suddenly throwing money at the very workers it spent decades looking down on. 🔥 Mike Rowe’s explosive case that America broke its own workforce by treating the trades like second-class work ⚡ The three young electricians in Texas making huge money with zero student debt and more job offers than they can handle 🏗️ What the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse revealed about the real cost of a country that forgot how to build 🎓 Why the four-year degree stopped being a guaranteed path to success and became one of the most expensive gambles in America 💸 How student debt exploded while trade workers became harder to find and more valuable than ever 🤖 Why the AI boom, data centers, and massive new infrastructure projects all depend on electricians, welders, pipefitters, and builders 📉 The shocking mismatch between unemployed college graduates and desperate companies that still cannot find skilled workers 💼 Why BlackRock, Nvidia, Meta, and even Bernie Sanders are all suddenly admitting Mike Rowe was right 🛠️ How America turned shop class into a punchline and ended up with a labor shortage it can’t solve 🇺🇸 Why the so-called “consolation prize” workers may now be the most important people in the American economy 🚨 Plus: Scott Bessent’s new whistleblower fraud crackdown, the Minnesota scandal behind it, and the bizarre rise of America’s new bounty-hunter economy 🍦 And yes -- the Chick-fil-A in Maryland offering free ice cream to families who put their phones away at dinner, because apparently that is where we are now GUESTS THIS EPISODE: 🎙️ @RareCamellia ☕ FOUNDING FLAVORS COFFEE AND THE FULL LIBERTY COLLECTION: → 4LibertyShop.com 🤝 JOIN THE COMMUNITY ON DISCORD: → 4libertynetwork.com 💪 SUPPORT THE NETWORK AND KEEP INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE MEDIA ALIVE: → wakeupamericashow.com/support

JAPAN WANTS TO JOIN OUR BBQ -- AND IT JUST CHANGED EVERYTHING. This weekend a Japanese man posted seven words on X: "I like this photo of American men and meat." Hundreds of Americans invited him to their backyard cookouts within hours. What followed was one of the most extraordinary cross-cultural moments the internet has ever produced -- and the mainstream media completely missed what it actually meant. Austin Petersen breaks down the story that went viral this weekend and connects it to something much bigger than barbecue. 🔥 The Japanese X post that broke the internet and why it matters more than any summit 🔥 What Japan actually loves about America -- country music, monster trucks, big men, and brisket -- and why the left can't explain it 🔥 The 80-year history of why these two civilizations keep reaching for each other across the Pacific 🔥 The Trump-Takaichi White House summit that happened ten days ago and what it really means 🔥 Japan's immigration crisis, the protests in Saitama, and the political explosion the American media ignored 🔥 Why Sanae Takaichi -- Japan's Iron Lady -- just won the largest electoral mandate in postwar Japanese history with 84% of young voters behind her 🔥 The Pearl Harbor joke that made a Japanese citizen cry tears of relief -- and what it says about 80 years of guilt diplomacy finally ending 🔥 Why real soft power comes from a grill, not a billion-dollar State Department budget GUESTS THIS EPISODE: 🎙️ Jon Miltimore -- Senior Editor, American Institute for Economic Research 🎙️ Devon Eriksen -- Science Fiction Author, Engineer, and the man whose viral X post became the intellectual spine of this entire show ☕ FOUNDING FLAVORS COFFEE AND THE FULL LIBERTY COLLECTION: → 4LibertyShop.com 🤝 JOIN THE COMMUNITY ON DISCORD: → 4libertynetwork.com 💪 SUPPORT THE NETWORK AND KEEP INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE MEDIA ALIVE: → wakeupamericashow.com/support

What happens when elite feminism sneers at stay-at-home motherhood, the modern workday starts dissolving into chaos, global travel starts sounding like a national security briefing, and colleges have to drag students back into face-to-face testing just to find out whether they actually know anything? On tomorrow’s Family Freedom Friday edition of Wake Up America, Austin Petersen breaks down the stories exposing the deeper fight over family, freedom, work, education, faith, and cultural authority in America right now. From Sheryl Sandberg attacking the tradwife trend, to the rise of “microshifting” and the collapse of the normal workday, to travel warnings that make spring vacation sound like a geopolitical calculation, this show asks a bigger question: are the institutions running modern life actually making people freer, safer, and stronger, or just more anxious, more managed, and more dependent? Then we get into the education and culture stories that say even more about where the country is headed: colleges turning back to oral exams because AI has made written work suspect, Peter Thiel drawing heat in Rome with his Antichrist lectures near the Vatican, and NYU replacing live student commencement speeches with pre-recorded videos after years of controversy over unscripted remarks. It is a packed show about control, competence, tradition, and what happens when the people in charge stop trusting the public, the students, the workers, and even the families they claim to serve. 🔥 TOPICS COVERED 👩 SHERYL SANDBERG VS. THE TRADWIFE TREND 🏠 STAY-AT-HOME MOMS, ELITE FEMINISM, AND THE POLITICS OF “CHOICE” ⏰ “MICROSHIFTING” AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE NORMAL WORKDAY ✈️ TRAVEL WARNINGS, GLOBAL INSTABILITY, AND WHAT IT NOW MEANS TO VACATION AS AN AMERICAN 🎓 COLLEGES BRINGING BACK ORAL EXAMS TO FIGHT CHATGPT 🤖 AI, EDUCATION, AND THE OUTSOURCING OF ACTUAL THINKING ⛪ PETER THIEL, THE ANTICHRIST, AND TECH ELITES IN THE VATICAN’S BACKYARD 🎤 NYU ENDING LIVE COMMENCEMENT SPEECHES AND THE WAR ON UNSCRIPTED STUDENT VOICE 🇺🇸 THE BIGGER FIGHT OVER FAMILY, FREEDOM, COMPETENCE, FAITH, AND CULTURAL CONTROL 💬 JOIN THE COMMUNITY Discord: https://4LibertyNetwork.com 🛍️ SHOP THE STORE Shop here: https://4LibertyShop.com Featured now: Founding Flavors Coffee 250th Anniversary Collection Minuteman’s Morning Call Instant Coffee ☕ Grab your gear, coffee, and patriotic merch at the official 4Liberty shop. 🔔 SUPPORT THE NETWORK Support the network at $17.76/month here: https://WakeUpAmericaShow.com/support Wake Up America with Austin Petersen covers Sheryl Sandberg, tradwives, stay-at-home moms, microshifting, work-life balance, travel warnings, AI in education, oral exams, Peter Thiel, the Vatican, NYU, commencement speeches, free speech on campus, family values, and the future of American culture. #WakeUpAmerica #AustinPetersen #Tradwife #SherylSandberg #Microshifting #AI #PeterThiel #NYU #FreeSpeech #FamilyFreedomFriday #Culture #Politics

CANADA does not just get offended. It becomes the perfect test case for what MAGA actually believes about trade, leverage, alliances, and whether America should keep subsidizing old arrangements forever. What starts with tariffs, “51st state” taunts, hockey nationalism, and the “Elbows Up” backlash turns into something much bigger: a fight over whether Trump is wrecking the alliance system or forcing a long-overdue repricing of it. That is not just a Canada story. It is the clearest window yet into the emotional and political logic of America First. Austin Petersen opens with the MAGA-vs-Canada clash, why “Elbows Up” became a Canadian rallying cry, and why Trump’s defenders see the entire fight as a revolt against allied entitlement, burden-shifting, and one-sided expectations. Then the show turns back home, where Philadelphia mayor Cherelle Parker’s rideshare tax proposal becomes the latest case study in blue-city shell games: tax the middleman, swear the company pays, and somehow the bill still lands on the person just trying to get to work, the doctor, or the airport. Then Camellia Peterson joins the show for a conversation about the increasingly unhinged world of supplement stacks, where wellness culture, influencer economics, and health anxiety collide. And Austin closes with a tour through the left-wing grift museum, where nonprofits, activists, and politically protected operators keep turning moral prestige into criminal allegations and cash. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍 WHAT WE COVER TODAY: 🍁 MAGA, CANADA, AND THE POLITICS OF LEVERAGE Why did “Elbows Up” become a national Canadian mood? Why does MAGA see Canada not as an enemy, but as the perfect example of an ally that got too comfortable? Austin breaks down the emotional logic of the clash, the burden-sharing argument behind it, and why Trump’s defenders say this is not isolationism at all. It is a repricing strategy aimed at trade, defense, market access, and the terms of the alliance itself. Canada’s outrage, Mexico’s pragmatism, and the broader fight over who pays for the Western order all feed into one question: what does America First actually want from its friends? 🚕 PHILADELPHIA’S UBER TAX GRAB Cherelle Parker’s rideshare tax jumps from 20 cents to a full dollar in just eleven days, supposedly to help schools. Austin walks through the shifting numbers, the fantasy that Uber and Lyft might just absorb the cost, and the reason ordinary people hear something much simpler: this is a tax on getting home. Philadelphia already taxes rideshare revenue, and now City Hall wants to shake the app again and pretend the passenger will not feel it. The bigger point is not just that Democrats love taxes. Everybody already knows that. The point is they keep lying about who pays them. 💊 CAMELLIA PETERSON ON EXTREME SUPPLEMENT CULTURE The wellness world has turned pill stacks into identity, branding, and a side hustle. People are taking absurd numbers of supplements, spending serious money every month, and treating affiliate-coded health advice like a replacement for common sense. Austin and Camellia Peterson get into the culture behind the obsession, the salesmanship wrapped inside “optimization,” and the reason more of this world looks like consumer panic with a clean aesthetic. 🧾 THE LEFT-WING GRIFT MUSEUM The show closes with a tour through some of the most shameless recent examples of progressive-aligned corruption, nonprofit fraud, and ideological money games. Austin walks through the pattern that keeps showing up: big moral claims, activist branding, little scrutiny, and then eventually the receipts. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔐 BONUS CONTENT FOR SUPPORTERS: 🦅 $100 LEVEL — MINI DOCUMENTARY: America’s 250th anniversary is coming. We mark it the right way with a full biopic on a hero of the American Revolution. The men who bled for freedom while the left cheers for their enemies. 🎮 $150 LEVEL — THE GREAT GRIFT OFF: Real minigames. Real competition. Real prizes from the Grift Shop at 4LibertyShop.com. The most fun you will have all week. May the best patriot win. 👉 Become a supporter: wakeupamericashow.com/support ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛒 GRIFT SHOP — Founding Flavors Coffee & Liberty Gear: https://4LibertyShop.com 💬 JOIN THE DISCORD: 4Libertnetwork.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔎 TOPICS IN THIS EPISODE: MAGA Canada | Trump Canada tariffs | Elbows Up Canada | America First foreign policy | Canada defense spending | allied burden sharing | Mexico Trump negotiations | North American trade politics | Cherelle Parker Uber tax | Philadelphia rideshare tax | Philly school funding gap | Uber Lyft pass-through costs | Camellia Peterson | supplement stacks | wellness influencer culture | health optimization grift | left-wing grift | nonprofit fraud | activist corruption | progressive money scandals

JOE KENT does not just resign. He detonates a political and moral bomb inside the America First movement. The former National Counterterrorism Center director walks away from the Trump administration, denies leaking classified information while reportedly under FBI investigation, publicly casts doubt on the official narrative around Charlie Kirk’s assassination, and says he would testify even if it helps Tyler Robinson’s defense. That is not just a personnel story. That is a crisis of loyalty, judgment, and truth inside the movement that claims Charlie as a martyr. Austin Petersen breaks down the full Joe Kent controversy, the legal and political implications of Kent’s remarks, and the deeper question nobody wants to answer: when does “just asking questions” start helping the other side? Plus, Judge Andrew Napolitano joins the program to connect Kent’s resignation to the administration’s case for war with Iran, and Georgia state Rep. Noelle Kahaian joins us from the Gold Dome on the push to keep roads clear for first responders and to finally end the clock-changing insanity. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍 WHAT WE COVER TODAY: ⚠️ JOE KENT, TYLER ROBINSON, AND THE DEFENSE THEORY Joe Kent says there are still “unanswered questions” about Charlie Kirk’s murder. He says he would testify if called, even if it helps Tyler Robinson’s defense. Austin walks through the full timeline: Kent’s resignation, the FBI leak investigation hanging over him, the Tucker Carlson interview, the speculation about a foreign nexus, and why this story spirals into a full-blown fight over whether a former Trump national security official is now muddying a murder case that is already headed through the courts. ⚖️ JUDGE NAPOLITANO ON WAR, MORALITY, AND THE KENT RESIGNATION Judge Andrew Napolitano makes a blistering argument: if there is no imminent threat from Iran, then the legal and moral case for war collapses. Austin and Judge Nap connect the dots between the administration’s public sales pitch, Kent’s reported break with the official line, Congress’s war powers, and what Kent’s resignation may reveal about what insiders really believe. 🚑 GEORGIA MOVES TO STOP PROTEST ROADBLOCKS What happens when protesters block traffic and an ambulance cannot get through? Georgia lawmakers say enough. Rep. Noelle Kahaian joins the show to talk about SB 443, the bill aimed at increasing penalties for blocking roads, the public safety case behind it, and why Republicans say keeping streets open for workers, parents, and first responders is not anti-protest, it is common sense. 🕒 NO MORE CLOCK-CHANGE MADNESS? Georgia lawmakers are also pushing a creative way to stop the yearly time change by moving the state to Atlantic Standard Time year-round. Austin breaks down the bill, the federal roadblocks, and why more states are getting tired of waiting on Washington to fix a problem everybody hates and nobody seems willing to solve. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ TODAY’S SHOW: ▶ Austin Petersen — Host, Wake Up America ▶ Judge Andrew Napolitano — Legal Analyst, Former New Jersey Superior Court Judge ▶ Rep. Noelle Kahaian — Georgia State Representative ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔐 BONUS CONTENT FOR SUPPORTERS: 🦅 $100 LEVEL — MINI DOCUMENTARY: America’s 250th Anniversary is coming. We mark it the right way with a full biopic on a hero of the American Revolution. The men who bled for freedom while the left cheers for their enemies. 🎮 $150 LEVEL — THE GREAT GRIFT OFF: LIBERTY LOOT LIVE Real minigames. Real competition. Real prizes from the Grift Shop at 4LibertyShop.com. The most fun you will have all week. May the best patriot win. 👉 Become a supporter: wakeupamericashow.com/support ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛒 GRIFT SHOP — Founding Flavors Coffee & Liberty Gear: https://4LibertyShop.com 💬 JOIN THE DISCORD: 4Libertnetwork.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔎 TOPICS IN THIS EPISODE: Joe Kent resignation | Joe Kent FBI investigation | Joe Kent Tyler Robinson | Charlie Kirk murder case | Tyler Robinson defense | Joe Kent Tucker Carlson | Joe Kent testimony | Judge Napolitano Iran war | war and morality | Iran imminent threat | Congress war powers | Georgia SB 443 | protest roadblock bill | Noelle Kahaian | Georgia daylight saving bill | Georgia Atlantic Standard Time | TSA crisis | airport chaos | America First civil war | national security leaks

New York City did not just elect a socialist mayor. It elected a mayor whose personal and political world is now colliding head-on with questions about extremism, judgment, and ideological rot. Zohran Mamdani sold voters on affordability, cool aesthetics, and a new progressive future. What they got instead is a city facing a multibillion-dollar fiscal hole, a mayor struggling to deliver his promises, and a mounting controversy over his wife’s social media activity and radical associations that City Hall cannot explain away forever. Austin Petersen breaks down the full Mamdani story — from the budget fantasy to the political liabilities inside his own orbit — plus the airport chaos that ended with ICE agents stepping into major U.S. airports as TSA staffing buckled, the Democrats’ bizarre new obsession with “hotter candidates,” and a tribute to Chuck Norris that separates the real man from the media caricature. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍 WHAT WE COVER TODAY: ✈️ ICE AT THE AIRPORT: HOW TSA CHAOS GOT THIS BAD The DHS funding fight, the airport lines, the TSA staffing crisis, and the extraordinary image now defining the story: ICE agents stepping into airports as the federal government scrambles to keep security functioning. Austin explains how we got here, why Democrats own more of this than they want to admit, and why the public is turning against a political class that keeps breaking basic systems. 🔥 ZOHRAN MAMDANI’S WIFE HAS A TERRORISM PROBLEM The scandal hanging over New York’s new mayor is no longer just about socialism, free buses, or budget gimmicks. It is about judgment, associations, and the radical worldview inside the mayor’s own household. Austin walks through the controversy surrounding Mamdani’s wife, the posts and political questions fueling backlash, the dinner guests and ideological signals coming out of City Hall, and why this story is becoming much bigger than a tabloid sideshow. This is about who New York actually elected and what kind of politics is now sitting inside Gracie Mansion. 💋 DEMOCRATS WANT HOTTER CANDIDATES NOW After losing the country, the Democrats may have found their newest strategy: better jawlines. A new elite liberal conversation says the party’s problem is not just policy or messaging, but optics, charisma, masculinity, and sex appeal. Austin breaks down the absurdity of a movement that spent years policing beauty standards and “objectification” only to decide it now needs hotter candidates to survive. 🥋 CHUCK NORRIS WAS MORE THAN THE MEME The media and the internet turned Chuck Norris into a joke. The real story is better. Austin closes the show with a tribute to the man himself — his rise from poverty, his discipline, his friendship and rivalry with Bruce Lee, and why the real Chuck Norris represented something far more serious than a punchline. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ TODAY'S SHOW: ▶ Austin Petersen — Host, Wake Up America ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔐 BONUS CONTENT FOR SUPPORTERS: 🦅 $100 LEVEL — MINI DOCUMENTARY: America’s 250th Anniversary is coming. We mark it the right way — with a full biopic on a hero of the American Revolution. The men who bled for freedom while the left cheers for their enemies. 🎮 $150 LEVEL — THE GREAT GRIFT OFF: LIBERTY LOOT LIVE Real minigames. Real competition. Real prizes from the Grift Shop at 4LibertyShop.com. The most fun you will have all week. May the best patriot win. 👉 Become a supporter: wakeupamericashow.com/support ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛒 GRIFT SHOP — Founding Flavors Coffee & Liberty Gear: https://4LibertyShop.com 💬 JOIN THE DISCORD: 4Libertnetwork.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔎 TOPICS IN THIS EPISODE: Zohran Mamdani wife controversy | Zohran Mamdani wife posts | Mamdani NYC mayor controversy | Mamdani budget crisis | New York City deficit 2026 | Mamdani socialism | ICE in airports | TSA staffing crisis 2026 | DHS shutdown airports | airport security chaos | Democrats hotter candidates | Democratic Party image problem | hot candidates Democrats | Chuck Norris tribute | Chuck Norris Bruce Lee | Chuck Norris legacy | Gracie Mansion controversy | NYC mayor scandal | progressive extremism | New York politics 2026

Hasan Piker's $1,383 Glasses & Code Pink's 5-Star Cuba Vacation EXPOSED | Wake Up America with Austin Petersen | March 23, 2026 650 left-wing activists just flew to Cuba on a "humanitarian mission" and checked into a five-star hotel — the only building on the island with electricity — while 11 million Cubans sat in 20-hour blackouts outside. Code Pink flew first class. Hasan Piker wore $1,383 Cartier sunglasses to a country where people earn $17 a month. Greta Thunberg — who called fossil fuels a "death sentence" in 2023 — is now demanding oil tankers be sent to Cuba. And a Chinese Communist Party-linked network funded the whole operation. Austin Petersen delivers the most comprehensive takedown of left-wing hypocrisy in recent memory — plus the secret JFK deal that kept the Cuban regime breathing for 64 years, the NBC poll showing the Democratic Party now polls worse than ICE and AI, and why the libertarian wave sweeping Latin America is the biggest story nobody in mainstream media is covering. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📌 WHAT WE COVER TODAY: 🔴 SEGMENT 1 — LOWER THAN ICE: THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S COMPLETE COLLAPSE A brand new NBC News poll shows the Democratic Party at its lowest favorability rating since 1990 — polling worse than ICE, worse than artificial intelligence, and only narrowly beating Iran. Kamala Harris at -17. Gavin Newsom at -18. The DNC chair admitted on Fox News his party has a "brand problem." Austin explains what the real problem is — and why it is not messaging. 🔴 SEGMENT 2 — FIRST CLASS TO COMMUNISM: THE NUESTRA AMERICA CONVOY EXPOSED The full story of the 650-person left-wing convoy that descended on Havana, Cuba this weekend. Who organized it (and their ties to the Cuban government). Who funded it (and their ties to Chinese Communist Party-aligned money). Code Pink flying first class. Hasan Piker's $1,383 Cartier glasses versus the $17/month Cuban wage. Greta Thunberg's stunning fossil fuel flip. The five-star hotel as the only lit building in a blacked-out country. The armed security guarding the hotel from the Cuban people. The Morón riots. The JFK secret deal that gave Castro a survival guarantee in 1962. And why this convoy was not a humanitarian mission — it was a geopolitical operation. 🔴 INTERVIEW 1 — JON MILTIMORE / AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH The government is handing $500,000 interest-free loans to people earning $200,000+ a year to buy homes — and it is making housing MORE expensive for everyone else. Jon Miltimore breaks down Ludwig von Mises' "spiral of interventionism" in plain English and explains why the only path to affordable housing is getting government out of the mortgage business entirely. 🔴 INTERVIEW 2 — MIKKEL THORUP / EXPATMONEY.COM While the left was partying in Havana, Argentina passed libertarian labor reform, Chile swore in its most conservative president since Pinochet, and Bolivia ended 20 years of socialist rule. Mikkel Thorup — who has lived in 9 countries, visited 120, and has real businesses and real clients in Latin America — breaks down what the libertarian wave means for your money, your freedom, and what a post-communist Cuba could look like for investors. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ TODAY'S GUESTS: ▶ Jon Miltimore — Writer & Editor, American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) ▶ Mikkel Thorup — Founder & CEO, ExpatMoney.com | Host, The Expat Money Show | Author, Expat Secrets ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔐 BONUS CONTENT FOR SUPPORTERS: 💵 $100 LEVEL — MINI DOCUMENTARY: America's 250th Anniversary is coming. We mark it the right way — with a full biopic on a hero of the American Revolution. The men who bled for freedom while the left cheers for their enemies. 🏆 $150 LEVEL — THE GREAT GRIFT OFF: LIBERTY LOOT LIVE. Real minigames. Real competition. Real prizes from the Grift Shop at 4LibertyShop.com. The most fun you will have on a Monday. May the best patriot win. 👉 Become a supporter: wakeupamericashow.com/support ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛒 GRIFT SHOP — Founding Flavors Coffee & Liberty Gear: https://4LibertyShop.com 💬 JOIN THE DISCORD: 4Libertnetwork.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔍 TOPICS IN THIS EPISODE: Hasan Piker Cuba | Code Pink Cuba 2026 | Nuestra America Convoy | Greta Thunberg oil hypocrisy | Cuba blackout 2026 | Cuba hotel activists | Cuba protests 2026 | Moron Cuba riot | Cuba communist regime | JFK Cuba missile crisis secret deal | Cuba Bay of Pigs | Democratic Party poll 2026 | Democrats less popular than ICE | NBC poll Democrats 2026 | Democratic Party brand problem | Kamala Harris favorability 2026 | Gavin Newsom poll 2026 | ICE popularity poll | DHS shutdown airports | TSA shutdown spring break 2026 | Argentina Milei 2026 | Javier Milei labor reform | Chile Jose Antonio Kast | Latin America libertarian wave | Bolivia socialist rule ends | El Salvador Bukele | Milei chainsaw government | expat living Latin America | offshore investing

On today's Wake Up America, we open with the story that perfectly captures everything wrong with the American Left: New York Governor Kathy Hochul stood at a podium and begged millionaires to come home after her state spent years taxing them out of it. New York has lost $111 billion in net income to migration over the last decade. 1,700 millionaires changed their address in 2024 alone. The city faces a $12 billion budget hole. And Hochul's solution is to ask Trump to go to Palm Beach and "bring them back." Then Austin turns to the biggest broken promise in recent political memory -- DOGE. The chainsaw. The $2 trillion. The 28-year-old who used ChatGPT to cancel DEI And the one man in Argentina who actually did what DOGE promised -- and proved you can't cut government by firing people. You have to change what the government is authorized to do. 🔥 TOPICS COVERED 🏙️ Kathy Hochul begging millionaires to return after New York lost $111 billion in taxable income to migration 💸 The $12 billion NYC budget hole, 1,700 millionaires gone in 2024, and how the top 1% pay 40% of all city income taxes 🦅 The Elon Musk origin story -- from "fascist" Tesla earnings call to Twitter sink to CPAC chainsaw -- and what it all promised 🪚 What DOGE actually delivered: 271,000 jobs cut, $248 billion MORE in federal spending, and a deposition that broke the internet 🤖 The ChatGPT Administration: how a 28-year-old DOGE staffer used an AI chatbot to cancel lefty grants 🇦🇷 What Javier Milei actually did in Argentina -- and why cutting structural mandates beats firing people every single time 🧠 Vivek Ramaswamy was right: the deregulation-first theory DOGE rejected and why it would have worked 💬 Camellia Peterson joins Austin on the University of Arkansas TPUSA chapter walking out on Erika Kirk -- days after she toured the state with Sarah Huckabee Sanders ⚰️ Candace Owens, Egyptian planes, and the conspiracy theory implosion destroying the movement Charlie Kirk built 📉 J.D. Tuccille of Reason Magazine on the $100 trillion debt bomb and why the next economic shock will be unlike anything America has ever faced 🔫 Two terrorist attacks stopped by armed citizens last week -- and why the Norfolk prosecutor still wants tighter gun laws 💬 JOIN THE COMMUNITY Discord: https://4LibertyNetwork.com 🛍️ SHOP THE STORE Shop here: https://4LibertyShop.com Featured now: Founding Flavors Coffee 250th Anniversary Collection Minuteman's Morning Call Instant Coffee ☕ Grab your gear, coffee, and patriotic merch at the official 4Liberty shop. 🔔 SUPPORT THE NETWORK Support the network at $17.76/month here: https://WakeUpAmericaShow.com/support Wake Up America with Austin Petersen covers Kathy Hochul, New York millionaire exodus, DOGE, Elon Musk, Javier Milei, Nate Cavanaugh, NEH grants, ChatGPT, federal debt, self-defense, TPUSA, Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk, Erika Kirk, Candace Owens, University of Arkansas, and J.D. Tuccille. #WakeUpAmerica #AustinPetersen #Hochul #NewYork #MillionaireExodus #DOGE #ElonMusk #Milei #Argentina #TPUSA #CharlieKirk #ErikaKirk #CandaceOwens #FederalDebt #SelfDefense #JDTuccille #Reason #CamelliaPeterson #VivekRamaswamy #NateCavanaugh

This morning, we’re taking on elite incompetence from every angle. First, the Jones Act fight takes center stage as Trump weighs a waiver while the Iran war pushes gas prices higher and exposes just how weak America’s protected shipping system really is. And later, the failed fear politics of Paul Ehrlich get the reckoning they deserve. The Population Bomb mindset taught the West to fear children, fear growth, and fear the future itself. The predictions failed. The panic did not. Then it’s the TSA mess, where unpaid security workers, airport disruptions, and Kristi Noem’s DHS spin machine are colliding in real time. Is this just another congressional food fight, or proof that Noem can do TV better than she can run a department? In the second half, Cuba is back in the dark. Mailyn Salabarria joins the show to break down the blackouts, the regime’s talks with Washington, and why the socialist fantasy keeps crashing into reality. ⛽ TRUMP’S JONES ACT GAMBLE: Why the Iran oil shock is exposing one of America’s dumbest and most overrated shipping laws. 🛂 KRISTI NOEM’S TSA MESS: Unpaid airport security workers, long lines, and a DHS that always seems to have talking points ready before solutions. 🎙️ CAMELLIA JOINS THE SHOW: Breaking down the TSA disruption, Noem’s leadership, and why frontline workers keep getting treated like political collateral. 🌴 MAILYN SALABARRIA: On Cuba’s collapse, the regime’s negotiations with Washington, and why the people always pay for socialist lies. 💣 THE POPULATION BOMB FRAUD: Why Paul Ehrlich’s fearmongering was dumb, wrong, and far more damaging than the elites want to admit. SUPPORT THE MISSION & THE NETWORK: ☕ Founding Flavors Coffee: Fuel your morning with the taste of Liberty. Order now at https://4LibertyShop.com 💬 Join the Conversation: Interact with the community in our Discord server at https://4libertynetwork.com 🔥 Support the Show: Keep us independent and on the air by joining at https://wakeupamericashow.com/support ($17.76 monthly makes the difference!) #WakeUpAmerica #AustinPetersen #Trump #KristiNoem #TSA #JonesAct #Iran #GasPrices #Cuba #CubaBlackouts #PaulEhrlich #PopulationBomb #AOC #GretaThunberg #Socialism #Liberty

This morning, we're pulling back the curtain on the industry that has been selling America monsters since 1967 -- and making billions doing it. First, the conspiracy racket gets the full autopsy. From the man who faked Bigfoot in a California riverbed to the goat gland doctor who killed 42 patients on a hundred-dollar diploma, to Alex Jones moving $165 million in supplements by preaching apocalypse -- we follow the money, name the names, and explain exactly how fear becomes a product. Then it gets darker. Henry Ford built the most dangerous conspiracy machine in American history, put his name on it, distributed it through every Ford dealership in the country, and watched it get quoted in Mein Kampf. We trace the direct line from the Dearborn Independent to the grifters running the same playbook today -- and we explain why the water slide got reopened, who benefits from where it exits now, and why the people selling you conspiracy content are not your friends. And then the biggest breaking story of the day. Joe Kent -- eleven combat deployments, Trump's own Senate-confirmed counterterrorism director -- resigned this morning and went on record. His letter says Iran posed no imminent threat and that this war was driven by Israeli pressure. The White House says he was a known leaker who was about to be fired anyway. Judge Andrew Napolitano joins the show to break down the law, the war powers, and who is telling the truth. 🦶 THE BIGFOOT ECONOMY: How a sixty-second film shot in 1967 launched a billion-dollar industry -- and wrote the playbook every conspiracy grifter still uses today. 🐐 THE GOAT GLAND DOCTOR: John Brinkley killed 42 patients, nearly became Governor of Kansas, and only admitted his fraud under oath in a courtroom. Sound familiar? 📰 HENRY FORD'S POISON PEN: The most admired man in America ran a 900,000-reader antisemitic newspaper, got quoted in Mein Kampf, accepted a Nazi medal eleven years after his "apology," and never changed his mind. We connect the dots to 2026. 🎢 THE WATER SLIDE: John Doyle's sharpest argument yet -- the conspiracy pipeline used to exit at supporting Trump. Now it exits at disengagement, self-destruction, and eating your own. Who opened it back up and why? ⚖️ JUDGE NAP ON JOE KENT: The first senior Trump official to resign over the Iran war goes on record. War powers, whistleblower law, classified obligations, and the battle between unnamed sources and a letter that speaks for itself. SUPPORT THE MISSION & THE NETWORK: ☕ Founding Flavors Coffee: Fuel your morning with the taste of Liberty. Order now at https://4LibertyShop.com 💬 Join the Conversation: Interact with the community in our Discord server at https://4libertynetwork.com 🔥 Support the Show: Keep us independent and on the air by joining at https://wakeupamericashow.com/support ($17.76 monthly makes the difference!) #WakeUpAmerica #AustinPetersen #JoeKent #IranWar #JudgeNapolitano #Conspiracy #Bigfoot #HenryFord #SnakeOil #ConspiracyTheory #Trump #Iran #IntelligenceCommunity #TulsiGabbard #KashPatel #AgeOfSasquatch #CandaceOwens #InfoWars #AlexJones #WakeUp

TRUMP’S TRAP: Why Tucker Carlson is Facing a CIA Criminal Referral The Jester has been unmasked. 🇺🇸 Monday morning, we are diving deep into the high-stakes intelligence feint that turned the biggest media star in the world into an unwitting asset for the American war machine. Did Donald Trump use Tucker Carlson’s ego to decapitate the Iranian regime? The receipts are coming out, the texts are being unmasked, and the media civil war is officially at a boiling point. In the second half, we take on the Ben Shapiro and Megyn Kelly meltdown. We’re breaking down why moral clarity beats audience idolatry every time and why the "New Right" is currently undergoing a much-needed purge of the charlatans and the grifters. TODAY’S LINEUP: 🧩 THE OVAL OFFICE FEINT: How Trump utilized Tucker’s backchannel to ensure Operation Epic Fury’s success. ⚖️ WILL CHAMBERLAIN: Senior Counsel for the Article 3 Project breaks down the legal reality of the CIA referral and FARA violations. ⚔️ SHAPIRO VS. KELLY: Why Ben Shapiro is the civilization builder and Megyn Kelly is a symbol of audience-captive excess. 🛡️ AUTUMN (Gunpowder & Prayer): The Libertarian perspective on the "Grifter Purge" and the search for moral clarity. ⛪️ THE RICHARDSON STANDARD: Why the law applies to everyone—even the media elite with pedigrees. SUPPORT THE MISSION & THE NETWORK: ☕ Founding Flavors Coffee: Fuel your morning with the taste of Liberty. Order now at https://4LibertyShop.com 🏁 250th Anniversary Collection: Grab our popular Betsy Ross embroidered flag polos and gear at https://4LibertyShop.com 💬 Join the Conversation: Interact with the community in our Discord server at https://4libertynetwork.com 🔥 Support the Show: Keep us independent and on the air by joining at https://wakeupamericashow.com/support ($17.76 monthly makes the difference!) #WakeUpAmerica #AustinPetersen #TuckerCarlson #BenShapiro #Trump #IranWar #EpicFury #Liberty #MediaCivilWar

What happens when a tech CEO says the quiet part out loud, the culture forgets how to write, and celebrity obsession keeps swallowing public attention? On today’s Wake Up America, Austin Petersen breaks down what these stories reveal about the country at this moment: Alex Karp’s blunt comments about power, politics, and the future of AI, the strange collapse of grammar and basic written communication, and the bizarre grip pop culture still has on a distracted public. At the center of it all is a bigger question: what kind of society are we building when the machines get smarter, the elites get blunter, and the culture gets less capable of clear thought? From Palantir and Alex Karp to the decline of written language and the Timothée Chalamet fixation, tomorrow’s show ties together technology, competence, class, and cultural decay in one sharp look at where America is heading. 🔥 TOPICS COVERED 🤖 Alex Karp, Palantir, AI disruption, and the politics of white-collar power ✍️ The collapse of grammar, written language, and what it says about cultural decline 🎬 Timothée Chalamet, celebrity fixation, and the culture of distraction 🎙️ A random viewer joins the show for a live, chaotic, and revealing exchange 🧠 How AI gets stronger while public communication gets weaker 🇺🇸 The deeper fight over competence, culture, elites, and the future of American society 💬 JOIN THE COMMUNITY Discord: https://4LibertyNetwork.com 🛍️ SHOP THE STORE Shop here: https://4LibertyShop.com Featured now: Founding Flavors Coffee 250th Anniversary Collection Minuteman’s Morning Call Instant Coffee ☕ Grab your gear, coffee, and patriotic merch at the official 4Liberty shop. 🔔 SUPPORT THE NETWORK Support the network at $17.76/month here: https://WakeUpAmericaShow.com/support Wake Up America with Austin Petersen covers Alex Karp, Palantir, AI, grammar decline, cultural decay, Timothée Chalamet, internet extremism, and the future of American politics and culture. #WakeUpAmerica #AustinPetersen #Palantir #AlexKarp #AI #Grammar #TimotheeChalamet #Culture #Politics #MAGA #InternetCulture

Trump’s clash with Thomas Massie is more than a feud. On today’s Wake Up America, Austin Petersen breaks down whether the MAGA movement still believes in constitutional restraint when war powers, foreign policy, and internal power struggles collide. Then the show widens out into the next big question on the Right: JD Vance vs. Marco Rubio in 2028, the surveillance fight over Section 702, and the ideological battle over Alexander Dugin, anti-globalism, and the future of the American Right. 🔥 TOPICS COVERED 🇺🇸 Trump vs. Thomas Massie and the fight over war powers, Iran, and constitutional limits 🗳️ JD Vance vs. Marco Rubio as the early 2028 succession battle starts to take shape ⚖️ Judge Andrew Napolitano on Section 702, FISA, government surveillance, and the Fourth Amendment 🕵️ Commercial spyware, zero-click surveillance, and how far the national security state can go 🌍 Courtenay Turner on Alexander Dugin, anti-globalism, multipolarity, and ideological drift on the Right 🧠 The deeper split inside conservatism over liberty, empire, populism, and power 💬 JOIN THE COMMUNITY Discord: https://4LibertyNetwork.com 🛍️ SHOP THE STORE Shop here: https://4LibertyShop.com Featured now: Founding Flavors Coffee 250th Anniversary Collection Minuteman’s Morning Call Instant Coffee ☕ Grab your gear, coffee, and patriotic merch at the official 4Liberty shop. 🔔 SUPPORT THE NETWORK Support the network at $17.76/month here: https://WakeUpAmericaShow.com/support Wake Up America with Austin Petersen covers Trump, Thomas Massie, JD Vance, Marco Rubio, Section 702, surveillance, and the battle for the future of the Right. #WakeUpAmerica #AustinPetersen #Trump #ThomasMassie #JDVance #MarcoRubio #Section702 #FISA #Surveillance #AlexanderDugin #CourtenayTurner #MAGA

Austin Petersen breaks down a strange but revealing day in politics and culture, from the international fight over Iran’s women’s soccer team to the GOP’s real midterm warning signs to the very American drama over emojis and what they say about modern political softness. This episode of Wake Up America connects the global story, the electoral story, and the cultural story without losing the facts. If you want a sharper read on Iran, the 2026 midterms, emoji controversy, and what Republicans may be missing, this is the show. ⚡ TOPICS COVERED 🔹 Austin Petersen on the Iran women’s soccer team asylum story and why it turned into a bigger fight over human rights, internet activism, and presidential politics 🔹 The 2026 midterms, including House danger signs for Republicans, key Senate races, and what the map really means long term 🔹 A full midterm conversation with Camellia Peterson, Legislative Director for Americans for Prosperity-Missouri, on what voters actually care about on the ground 🔹 The new emoji controversy, the history of emojis, and why cultural softness keeps turning tiny symbols into national arguments 🔹 Why cost of living, education, taxes, family issues, and candidate discipline may matter more than party wish-casting in the months ahead Join the 4Liberty community here: https://4LibertyNetwork.com Shop the gear and coffee that help keep the network going: https://4libertyshop.com Featured shop picks: ☕ Founding Flavors Coffee ☕ Jeffersonian Java ☕ Franklin’s Electric Elixir Support the network at $17.76/month here: wakeupamerica.com/support Wake Up America with Austin Petersen covers the stories that shape politics, culture, elections, and freedom, from Iran to the midterms to the latest cultural flashpoints. #WakeUpAmerica #AustinPetersen #Iran #Midterms #EmojiControversy #CamelliaPeterson

On this Tuesday, March 10 edition of Wake Up America, Austin Petersen breaks down a nation at a crossroads. From the terrifying federal charges unsealed against the ISIS-inspired bombers in New York City to the technological and financial revolutions shaping our future, we are diving deep into the fight for reality. While the "Government-God" bureaucrats fail to keep us safe, the private sector, autonomous technology, and prediction markets are providing the clarity the mainstream media refuses to give you. TOPICS COVERED 💣 The Gracie Mansion Treason: Breaking down the federal charges against Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi and the reality of the "Mother of Satan" explosives. 🚗 The Autonomous Revolution: The truth about self-driving cars, the war on human agency, and the future of transportation in a free society. 📈 Prediction Markets vs. Pundits: How decentralized betting is outperforming the "experts" in forecasting our political and economic future. 🧪 Mother of Satan (TATP): A technical look at the volatile explosive used in the NYC attack and why detection failed. 🏛️ NYC’s Failure of Will: Why the current administration's policies created a vacuum for the Bucks County terror pipeline. COMMUNITY / SUPPORT JOIN THE DISCORD Talk shop, debate the Petersen Doctrine, and connect with the community in our private Discord. 👉 Join here: 4Libertynetwork.com SHOP THE RESISTANCE Fuel your morning with coffee from a business that doesn't hate you. 👉 Shop now: https://4libertyshop.com Featured Founding Flavors: Jeffersonian Java – Our signature light roast. Washington’s Revolutionary Roast – Bold and unapologetic. Knox’s Continental Kick – High-octane K-Cups for the front lines. BECOME A PETERSEN’S PATRIOT Support the network at $17.76/month here: 👉 Support here: wakeupamericashow.com/support Wake Up America with Austin Petersen is your daily source for the truth about the ISIS threat, the autonomous future, and the power of the markets. #WakeUpAmerica #AustinPetersen #NYC #ISIS #PredictionMarkets #SelfDrivingCars #TATP

Austin Petersen and Stephanie kick off Freedom Family Friday with the culture stories everyone’s arguing about: the “dating recession,” school phone bans, social media age limits, and why young people are increasingly skeptical about marriage. Then Justin joins and we dig into the biggest lightning-rod fights where institutions collide with parents, courts, and the arts world—starting with the Supreme Court showdown over California school policies. Topics Covered Today: 💔 The “dating recession” — why young adults are dating and committing less 📵 Bell-to-bell school phone bans — attention, discipline, and parent backlash 📱 Social media age limits & court fights — privacy vs. child protection vs. government overreach 💍 Marriage expectations shifting — what young adults think marriage is (and isn’t) ⚖️ Supreme Court blocks California rules tied to school gender privacy & parent notification (“don’t tell parents” fight) 🪪 Kansas driver’s license lawsuit — sex markers, retroactive document changes, and state power 🎭 Broadway casting flashpoint — Dylan Mulvaney joins Six and the backlash/PR response 🎼 Orchestra hiring lawsuit — Knoxville Symphony dispute over hiring standards, DEI claims, and “safety concerns” JOIN THE COMMUNITY / SUPPORT THE NETWORK Discord (Official): 4LibertyNetwork Shop 4Liberty: https://4libertyshop.com Featured Collection: Founding Flavors Coffee Support the network at $17.76/month here: https://wakeupamericashow.com/support Wake Up America with Austin Petersen — Supreme Court, California schools, “don’t tell parents,” and culture battles. #WakeUpAmerica #AustinPetersen #SupremeCourt #California #ParentsRights

The world is watching as tensions in the Strait of Hormuz hit a breaking point. Austin Petersen breaks down why shipping insurance giants like Lloyd's of London are officially abandoning the Gulf, creating a maritime blockade that could send the global economy into a tailspin. While the geopolitical gears grind, Justice Neil Gorsuch is name-checking the Founding Fathers for their "habitual drinking" in a major Supreme Court showdown over marijuana rights. Plus, we’re dissecting the "Dating Recession" and why Gen Z is officially "de-platforming" basic manners like phone calls and handshakes. Topics Covered in Today’s Episode: 🚢 Maritime Blockade: Why shipping insurance is vanishing in the Strait of Hormuz. ⚖️ Gorsuch & The Founders: Why SCOTUS just reminded us the Founders were "habitual drinkers." 📵 The Manners Embargo: Gen Z’s war on phone calls and "toxic" etiquette. 💔 The Dating Recession: Why the American marriage premium is disappearing in 2026. 💃 Iranian Baddies: How viral "Trump Dances" are terrifying the regime in Tehran. JOIN THE MOVEMENT: 💬 DISCORD: Connect with the community here: 4LibertyNetwork.com 🛍️ SHOP: Get the gear the bureaucrats hate: https://4libertyshop.com Party Like It's 1776 Mug — Fuel the revolution. Cheers to 250 Years Whiskey Glass — Drink like a free citizen. Double-Sided 250th Anniversary Flag — Defiance from every angle. ☕ JEFFERSONIAN JAVA: Buy the best coffee in the galaxy: https://4libertyshop.com/collections/founding-flavors SUPPORT THE NETWORK: 🇺🇸 Support the show at $17.76/month here: https://wakeupamericashow.com/support Stay awake, stay free, and support the resistance. Wake Up America with Austin Petersen. #WakeUpAmerica #AustinPetersen #Gorsuch #DatingRecession #250thAnniversary #StraitOfHormuz

The "Slave Pen" is falling in real-time. :eagle: On today’s episode of Wake Up America, Austin Petersen breaks down the historic viral footage of the "Trump Dance" taking over the streets of Tehran following the decapitation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). We look at the "Petersen Doctrine" in action: why the 1979 Marxist betrayal of Iranian women has finally been rectified by the granddaughters of the revolution. We also dive deep into the "Missouri Miracle." As HJR 174 moves to the floor in Jefferson City, Missouri is on the verge of becoming the nation's premier "Financial Fortress" by abolishing the state income tax. Plus, we analyze the "Hormuz Trap"—how President Trump's energy strategy is decoupling the West from the Petro-Axis of Russia, China, and Venezuela. Topics Discussed: :dancer: The Tehran Trump Dance: Why the "Blowback" theory was a geopolitical myth. :scroll: Women of the Vanguard: How Masih Alinejad, Narges Mohammadi, and Sepideh Qolian are reclaiming Persian sovereignty. :house: Missouri HJR 174: The 5-year countdown to Zero Income Tax in the Show-Me State. 🛢️ The Hormuz Trap: Why Brent Crude spikes are the price of civilizational security. :broken_heart: The Dating Recession: The cultural fallout of the "Confidence Gap" and the collapse of the American family. SUPPORT THE REVOLUTION: :coffee: DRINK THE COFFEE OF LIBERTY: Does your coffee taste like corporate surrender? Switch to Founding Flavors. Whether it's the George Washington Medium Roast or the Boston Harbor Black Tea, support a business that doesn't hate you. :point_right: Shop now at: https://4libertyshop.com :us: JOIN THE LIBERTARIAN NATIONALIST VANGUARD: Support the show and the movement for just $17.76 a month. Get exclusive bonus content, the "Great Grift Off" live streams, and mini-documentaries. :point_right: Support here: https://WakeUpAmericaShow.com/support :video_game: JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Talk shop, debate the Petersen Doctrine, and connect with the community in our private Discord. :point_right: Join here: https://4LibertyNetwork.com #AustinPetersen #WakeUpAmerica #TrumpDance #IranRevolution #MissouriTax #HJR174 #EnergyIndependence #LibertarianNationalism #WomenLifeFreedom #FoundingFlavors

The "Black Ships" are back on the horizon! 🚢💨 Today on Wake Up America, Austin Petersen breaks down the massive U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and the immediate civilizational fallout shattering the Western alliance. From Spain ejecting American aircraft to Keir Starmer’s "Iraq PTSD," we explore why the era of instant allied obedience is officially over. Is America going it alone? Or is the "Man in the Arena" finally identifying who our true friends are? We dive deep into the 1853 history of Commodore Perry and how it explains Donald Trump’s 2026 playbook. 🔥 IN THIS EPISODE: 🗽 A1: AMERICA GOES IT ALONE – The Atlantic rift is here. We break down the "conditional ally" era, Spain’s betrayal, and why the U.S. Constitution—not a UN subcommittee—is the ultimate standard for American action. 🚢 A2: THE BLACK SHIPS RETURN – A cinematic look at Commodore Matthew Perry’s 1853 mission to Japan and how Trump is using "Gunboat Diplomacy" to force China and Russia into a total retreat in the Middle East. ⚖️ B1: JUDGE NAP VS. THE STATE – Judge Andrew Napolitano joins the show for a high-stakes clash. Is the Iran strike a "War of Choice" or a vital shield? We stress-test the Constitution against the reality of a nuclear-armed rogue state. 🤠 B2: SOUTHERN SHADE – We’re putting the cowards in their place! Using 11 classic Southern phrases, we tell our "precious" allies exactly what we think of their restraint. ☕ SUPPORT THE SHOW & GET PLUGGED IN: ☕ WAKE UP WITH FREEDOM: Get your Founding Flavors Coffee and start your morning with the smell of liberty! Shop now at 4libertyShop.com 🦅 JOIN THE INNER CIRCLE: Support the show for just $17.76 a month and unlock exclusive bonus content, the "Great Grift Off," and more! wakeupamericashow.com/support 💬 THE ARENA: Join our growing community on Discord to discuss the show in real-time with other Libertarian Nationalists! 4LibertyNetwork.com 🚀 RUMBLE: Subscribe and hit the bell to make sure you never miss a live stream!

Operation Epic Fury decapitated the Iranian regime, neutralized the nuclear breakout, and shattered the "Rules-Based International Order" that has kept the West in chains for decades. In this special two-hour broadcast, Austin Petersen breaks down the most significant geopolitical shift of the 21st century. HOUR 1: THE MANIFESTO Austin delivers a monumental 60-minute monologue on why he has officially walked away from the "Blowback" theories of the past to embrace Libertarian Nationalism. 🚀 The Tactical Reality: How B-2 Spirits from Whiteman AFB dismantled the IRGC in 48 hours. ⚖️ The Azerrad Doctrine: Why "International Law" is a weaponized trap designed to ensure we never win. 📚 The Philosophical Artillery: Direct quotes and lessons from Robert Heinlein, Ayn Rand, and Robert Greene on the utility of naked force. ✍️ The Humanist Victory: Why Salman Rushdie and Christopher Hitchens get the last laugh over theocratic thuggery. HOUR 2: THE FALLOUT Austin is joined by top experts to analyze the ground-level reality and the libertarian response. 🛡️ Jon Miltimore (FEE): The classical libertarian skeptic’s take on the constitutional and economic risks of the strike. 🌍 Fardad Farahzad (Iran International): Reporting on the chaos in Tehran—are the people finally ready to take their country back? The era of strategic patience is dead. The era of strategic dominance has begun. SUPPORT THE MISSION: ☕ Get the best coffee in the galaxy at 4LibertyShop.com 🦅 Join the inner circle: $17.76 monthly supporters get exclusive bonus content. wakeupamericashow.com/support 💬 Join our Discord community to discuss the fallout. 4LibertyNetwork.com #WakeUpAmerica #Trump #Iran #LibertarianNationalism #AynRand #Heinlein #MiddleEast #Unipolarity

Marriage is under pressure like never before — from money stress to dating culture collapse to shifting gender roles in the workplace. Tonight on Freedom Family Friday, Austin and Stephanie break down the real forces putting modern families through the jungle gauntlet. 💰 Six-figure families now say they feel financially strained as housing, childcare, insurance, and debt crush household budgets 📉 Dating apps are losing users as Gen Z burns out on swipe culture and commitment declines 🏢 Corporate return-to-office mandates and workplace culture shifts are reshaping marriage dynamics and breadwinner roles 📊 U.S. birth rates remain below replacement as more couples delay or opt out of parenthood Is this cultural evolution… or family instability? We’re talking: • Is money the biggest threat to marriage in 2026? • Did dating apps quietly damage long-term commitment? • Are modern gender expectations strengthening or weakening families? • Why are fewer Americans choosing marriage and children? The jungle is real. The pressure is real. The question is — can your marriage survive it? Join the conversation in the comments: What’s the biggest pressure on marriages right now? 🔥 Join the 4Liberty Network Discord: https://discord.gg/VpZjANjpX4 Shop: https://4LibertyShop.com Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/WakeUpAmerica

BANANA REPUBLIC OR REBELLION? Today on Wake Up America, we are dissecting the "Permanent Banana Republic" where the elite trade stocks while the working class fights for the right to build a chip factory. We’re breaking down the absurd "BANANA" (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything) NIMBYism killing the Rust Belt, the silence of Nancy Pelosi during Trump’s State of the Union call for a stock ban, and the terrifying new push for "Emotional Labor" regulation. Missouri Lobbyist Camellia Peterson from Americans for Prosperity joins the show to discuss why the Nanny State wants to audit your office "vibes" and tax your smiles. Plus, we look back at the 250th Anniversary of Henry Knox’s "Noble Train of Artillery" to remember what real American grit looks like. SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT ☕ DRINK LIBERTY: Fuel your morning with the coffee that stands for something. Get Founding Flavors Coffee, including our bestseller Jeffersonian Java and the bold Washington’s Revolutionary Roast, only at 4LibertyShop.com. 🛡️ JOIN THE REBELLION: Want to plot the next great American revolution with the crew? Join "The New Elites" on our Discord server at 4LibertyNetwork.com. 🗽 BECOME A PETERSEN’S PATRIOT: Stop complaining and start funding independent media. Join the ranks for just $17.76 a month at WakeUpAmericaShow.com/support. FOLLOW THE FIGHT: X: @AP4Liberty Web: WakeUpAmericaShow.com

Gemini said RFK JR. BETRAYS MAHA? The Truth About Trump’s New Glyphosate Order RISE AND FREEDOM, AMERICA! The "Make America Healthy Again" movement is facing its first major identity crisis. Today, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shocked his base by backing a massive new Executive Order from President Trump that invokes the Defense Production Act to boost the production of Glyphosate—the very chemical RFK Jr. spent decades fighting in court. Is this a masterstroke of national security to end our reliance on Chinese phosphorus, or a total surrender to Big Ag? In this deep-dive A1 segment, Austin Petersen breaks down the science, the politics, and the "Kauffman Challenge." We look at the legal war in Missouri, the difference between "hazard" and "risk," and why the U.S. military suddenly cares about weedkiller. Plus: * The Cartel Code Red: Chaos erupts in Puerto Vallarta after the fall of "El Mencho." We analyze the Bukele/Milei blueprint for crushing narco-terrorists. The Death of the Swipe: Is the era of Tinder over? Camellia Petersen joins to discuss why Gen Z is turning to "Wrestling Speed Dating" and AI bots to solve the loneliness epidemic. The Missouri Front: State Senator Kurtis Gregory joins the show to discuss the battle to protect American farmers from "lawfare" and foreign dependency. 🔗 QUICK LINKS & RESOURCES: ☕ FUEL THE REVOLUTION: Get the only coffee brave enough to stand for liberty. Grab a bag of Founding Flavors at: 👉 4LibertyShop.com 📱 JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Debate the news of the day in our private Discord network: 👉 4LibertyNetwork.com 🛡️ SUPPORT THE MISSION: Help us stay independent! Join the Inner Circle for $17.76/month and unlock bonus content: 👉 WakeUpAmericaShow.com/support 🌎 SOUTH AMERICAN ENVOY: Don't miss the launch of Cafecito Libre with Mailyn on March 3rd! Follow the channel now: 👉 Rumble.com/CafecitoLibre

The media is in a state of total meltdown after John Davidson, a man living with severe Tourette’s Syndrome, ticked a racial slur during the BAFTA awards. But while the "Outrage Industrial Complex" is busy ritualistically condemning a man for his biology, Austin Petersen is digging into the science, the history, and the dangerous superstition of modern linguistic taboos. In this episode, we strip the "magical power" away from the words that the regime uses to control your speech and your mind. In this episode: 🧠 THE BIOLOGY OF A "BRAIN SNEEZE": Austin breaks down the medical reality of Coprolalia and why the Basal Ganglia doesn't care about your feelings. 📜 SECULAR BLASPHEMY: How we traded the religious witch trials of the 1600s for the "sensitivity" tribunals of 2026. 🎤 THE LENNY BRUCE LESSON: Why the only way to disarm a "super-weapon" word is to stop treating it like a nuclear bomb. ⚖️ JUDGE NAPOLITANO ON HIGH-SEAS EXECUTIONS: The Judge joins the show to expose a disturbing new Pentagon policy of "Second Strikes" on cartel survivors and what it means for the Constitution. 🇺🇸 SOTU PREVIEW: A first look at the fallout from President Trump’s State of the Union address. SUPPORT THE PARALLEL ECONOMY: ☕ Get the coffee that fuels the revolution: 4LibertyShop.com JOIN THE COMMUNITY: 💬 Talk back on Discord: 4libertynetwork.com 🦅 Become a monthly supporter for $17.76: wakeupamericashow.com/support #WakeUpAmerica #AustinPetersen #Tourettes #FreeSpeech #JudgeNapolitano #Constitution #JohnDavidson #Linguistics #SOTU2026