The media tells you a misleading narrative first, and the facts only if convenient. Various government entities actively encourage or refuse to stop savagery and destruction in the streets. Our fellow citizens are torching businesses and ruthlessly beating people for trying to protect their livelihoods. Our institutions have failed us. You have to stand up for your country while there is still time to reverse course. If you don’t, no one else will.

California is a dumpster fire of government corruption, bureaucratic ineptitude, and social breakdown--and it’s coming for a state near you! This is literally the future liberals want, as they have made plain this week in their spectacularly cringey remote National Convention. Plus: QAnon may be a kooky conspiracy theory, but are its adherents really wrong to fear a nationwide cabal of pedophilia? Our editors discuss.

Rolling blackouts are hitting hundreds of thousands of Californians during the worst heat wave since 2006. Wildfire is spreading across the state like…well, wildfire. And the state economy is in the tank. California is in trouble on all sides, all of which could have been avoided if Democrats weren’t such miserable incompetents. Is California’s meltdown a canary in the coal mine for Election 2020?

Only 75 days out from the general election, the Democrats are finally holding their national convention. Everyone, even prominent left-wing figures, agree that it is an unmitigated disaster. Our editors analyze the strange gyrations of a party in its digital death throes, and the sinister new Left that is rising to take its place.

A reporter recently asked President Trump if he is secretly saving the world from “pedophiles and cannibals.” This threw gasoline on the QAnon conspiracy theory, but Trump’s response was absolutely legendary. Our editors analyze the underlying rationality of conspiracy theories generally even if their conclusions are wrong. Plus: Netflix’s newest show sexualizes young girls in a disgusting, revealing way.

In this special edition of the American Mind podcast, we make the case that conservatives should make their mission preserving the way of life--and explore what it entails, the assault our way of life currently faces, and what must to be done to overcome it. The podcast features Claremont Institute President Ryan Williams, and scholar Michael Anton, as well as selections from addresses from President Donald Trump, and Senators Tom Cotton and Josh Hawley. It is narrated by James Poulos, Executive Editor of the American Mind, and produced by ChangeUp Media. ***  Works Referenced & Related Readings (In Order of Appearance): https://americanmind.org/audio/multiculturalism-vs-america/ https://americanmind.org/audio/the-1619-project-exposed-a-special-edition-of-the-american-mind-podcast/ https://americanmind.org/features/preserving-the-american-way-of-life/ https://americanmind.org/audio/what-is-the-fundamental-problem-politics-must-solve-a-conversation-with-mike-anton/ https://youtu.be/x5lh5oUCWTs?t=2262 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmbnzd9pOaE https://www.hawley.senate.gov/senator-josh-hawleys-speech-national-conservatism-conference https://americanmind.org/essays/our-house-divided-multiculturalism-vs-america/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxmTIjq3sMo Visit The American Mind for more great content. And if you have feedback for us, we'd love to hear from you at americanmind@claremont.org *** Music: "Day of Victory" by Swan Productions

Joe Biden has picked Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate. Is it really as bad a choice as it seems, or do the Dems have a secret game plan? Meanwhile, mask hysteria has taken over not just America, but most of the world, causing activists to cheer on police officers for chokeslamming people on the street. But when a Black Lives MAGA rally was held in Beverly Hills recently, the press was silent. What does that say about the state of politics today?

With less than two months until election day, Joe Biden has finally announced his vice presidential pick: Kamala Harris. This pick caused mixed reactions on Twitter, but some who vowed never to vote for Biden or Harris completely flipped and immediately got on the bandwagon. Our editors discuss what the Harris pick means for America. 

As riots in the name of George Floyd continue around America’s urban hubs, a viral video has emerged of an Australian police officer chokeslamming a woman who had not donned a mask. Never mind that she had an exemption due to a medical condition: wokesters applauded the abusive officer, revealing the hypocrisy in their thinking. Our editors break down why it is that masks have become a political sticking point.

All across America, “Back the Blue” and “Black Lives MAGA” rallies have been cropping up. But mainstream media outlets won’t give them a megaphone. What gives? Our editors discuss these rallies and contemplate what practicing virtue looks like in your daily life. Plus: Spencer engaged in a little civil disobedience over the weekend.