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Trump Is Winning The Shutdown Fight

2025-10-22 News & Politics
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Michael Knowles
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Republicans Win Shutdown Narrative; Ninth Circuit Upholds Trump’s National Guard Authority

Discover why historical political precedents failed to predict Republican success in the government shutdown fight and how courts confirmed the executive branch's authority to restore order in major cities.

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  • Republicans successfully shifted blame during the government shutdown, a new historical precedent contrary to past failures.
  • The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed President Trump’s legal authority to deploy the National Guard into cities like Portland.
  • Former DOJ staff detailed accountability efforts against high-profile political figures, emphasizing the need to stop unilateral disarmament on norm violations.
  • This episode analyzes the media’s exaggerated "nontroversies," like Pete Hegseth’s tie, contrasted with the deeper issue of pervasive liberal rhetorical dehumanization of conservatives.

The host analyzes several key political victories and cultural flashpoints. We examine surprising polling data showing Republicans are not absorbing blame for the shutdown, followed by a legal break confirming presidential power regarding the National Guard. The latter half transitions to an interview detailing efforts to hold past Department of Justice (DOJ) officials accountable and critiques the culture that justifies attacking opponents as "alien."

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For the first time ever, Republicans are winning a government shutdown; the courts sign off on President Trump's takeover of Portland, and Robert DeNiro crashes out (again). Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://bit.ly/4biDlri Ep.1840 - - - Only DailyWire+ members can watch the full episodes of my podcast. Join here: https://bit.ly/4biDlri LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos every day. https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelKnowles?sub_confirmation=1 - - - DailyWire+: Join us now during our exclusive Deal of the Decade. Get everything for $7 a month. Not as fans. As fighters. Go to DailyWire.com/Subscribe to join now. Finally, Friendly Fire is here! No moderator, no safe words. Now available at https://www.dailywire.com/show/friendly-fire GET THE ALL-NEW YES OR NO EXPANSION PACK TODAY: https://bit.ly/41gsZ8Q - - - Today's Sponsors: Boll & Branch - Get 20% off Bed Bundles at https://BollAndBranch.com/knowles Catholic Match - Download the app or head to https://catholicmatch.com and find your forever. Cowguys - Search https://cowguys.shop to grab two bottles for the price of one. Policygenius - Head to https://policygenius.com/KNOWLES to compare free life insurance quotes from top companies and see how much you could save. - - - Stop giving your money to woke corporations that hate you. Get your Jeremy’s Razors today at https://www.jeremysrazors.com Don’t dress like a squish. Shop my merch here: https://bit.ly/3URWAQl 0:00 - Opening 2:31 - Trump Not Being Blamed for the Shutdown 8:11 - No Kings: 9th Circuit of Appeals Rules Trump Can Send Nat'l Guard to Portland 13:31 - Brandon Johnson (Chi Mayor): Trump Has Declared War on People of Chicago 18:08 - DeNiro: Trump Doesn't Understand Anything About Humanity 24:46 - Pete Hegseth Wears Red, White, and Blue Tie—Libs Say it's Russian 26:49 - "Meet the Americans Who Support Monarchy!": Times of London 33:43 - My Favorite Comment 34:11 - Chad Mizelle Interview This video includes information, descriptions, video, and images meant to give important context to viewers. By including this context, the overlaid commentary, criticism, and analysis is able to serve the public's interest in the discussed subject matter. Pairing the appropriate context with the included commentary allows the video to: (i) educate viewers; and (ii) document newsworthy events or other matters of public interest. To the greatest extent possible, the included commentary is intended to: (a) accurately identify the involved parties; (b) describe the subject matter in detail; (c) clearly articulate condemnation and criticism of the subject behavior while including an opposing view; and (d) to discourage viewers from engaging in the subject behavior. #1840 #MichaelKnowles #TheMichaelKnowlesShow #News #Politics #DailyWire

Top Comments (10)

@stray1239 2025-10-22

BREAKING: Robert DeNiro crashes out in other news, water is wet.

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@NATESUCKSATGAMING 2025-10-22

Trump should end as much federal funding for Chicago as possible. Let them pay for their own shit

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@shelliregnier1712 2025-10-22

These people have literally lost their minds. Why wouldn't you want a safe city??

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@ksmitty1170 2025-10-22

DeNiro needs to go home and be quiet.

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@HughyLewis-n1l 2025-10-22

When I look upon these democrat run cities I am always reminded of Jack Nicholsons line in the first Batman movie, you know, the good one. “Decent people shouldn’t live here, they’d be happier somewhere else”

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@garykoeppejr6719 2025-10-22

There's a reason why Brandon Johnson has a 6% approval rating in his own city.

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@hde2149 2025-10-23

I'm a 25 year old woman sitting here watching this with my 6 month old son sleeping in my lap and my husband is at work as a welder who's also my age and we met at church and are protestant. I definitely notice now that a lot more people our age are married and go to church at least where we live in rural michigan. This is a great video by the way😄

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@ShallaeDeMers 2025-10-22

It is bigger than the here and now. When we (as a society) stop murders and gangs, we actually stop the collateral damage to both the innocent victims and the people committing violent crimes. It saves everyone.

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@kirkstickney7394 2025-10-23

“Raging bull”? DeNiro? Don’t you mean “Raging bullsh!t????”🤨🤨🤨

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@JonCookeBridge 2025-10-22

No. No one is winning the shutdown fight. The bulk of the population are just fed up of the chaos.

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