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    <title>Restoration Spotlight - Episodes Tagged with “Marxism”</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <itunes:author>Hayden Ludwig</itunes:author>
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  <title>The Real Culture War in America with Jacob Grandstaff: Part Two</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Inside the Democratic Socialists of America and the threat from mass immigration</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>We're back with Part Two in an interview with Restoration News investigative researcher Jacob Grandstaff on the threat to America First from Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialists of America, and mass immigration from the Third World. 
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  <title>The Mamdani Threat to MAGA with Jacob Grandstaff: Part One</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 13:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Don't underestimate the appeal of socialist-populism to the working class. Here's how to win.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>Zohran Mamdani may have turned the Big Apple red, but the threat to America is far from contained to its biggest city. Across the country, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are rising with a radical agenda—and it represents the only true threat to the America First movement's future.
Restoration News investigative researcher Jacob Grandstaff is the man with the strategy for defeating the radical Left. Join host Hayden Ludwig as we dive int Mamdani's background, how he won in 2025, and how we fight back. 
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    <![CDATA[<p>Zohran Mamdani may have turned the Big Apple red, but the threat to America is far from contained to its biggest city. Across the country, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are rising with a radical agenda—and it represents the only true threat to the America First movement&#39;s future.</p>

<p>Restoration News investigative researcher Jacob Grandstaff is the man with the strategy for defeating the radical Left. Join host Hayden Ludwig as we dive int Mamdani&#39;s background, how he won in 2025, and how we fight back.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Zohran Mamdani may have turned the Big Apple red, but the threat to America is far from contained to its biggest city. Across the country, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are rising with a radical agenda—and it represents the only true threat to the America First movement&#39;s future.</p>

<p>Restoration News investigative researcher Jacob Grandstaff is the man with the strategy for defeating the radical Left. Join host Hayden Ludwig as we dive int Mamdani&#39;s background, how he won in 2025, and how we fight back.</p>]]>
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  <title>Is Mamdani the Democrat Party's Future?</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>When you import Third World Communism, you get Third World Communism.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>Zohran Mamdani, newly elected mayor of the Big Apple, is no ordinary socialist. The son of an African Marxist, he represents a new racialized Communism that could tear America apart... and presents a powerful alternative to the America First vision of unity and strength. Here to unpack the history and pave the way toward victory is Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch and author of the new book Intifada on the Hudson: The Selling of Zohran Mamdani. 
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    <![CDATA[<p>Zohran Mamdani, newly elected mayor of the Big Apple, is no ordinary socialist. The son of an African Marxist, he represents a new racialized Communism that could tear America apart... and presents a powerful alternative to the America First vision of unity and strength. Here to unpack the history and pave the way toward victory is Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch and author of the new book <em>Intifada on the Hudson: The Selling of Zohran Mamdani</em>.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Zohran Mamdani, newly elected mayor of the Big Apple, is no ordinary socialist. The son of an African Marxist, he represents a new racialized Communism that could tear America apart... and presents a powerful alternative to the America First vision of unity and strength. Here to unpack the history and pave the way toward victory is Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch and author of the new book <em>Intifada on the Hudson: The Selling of Zohran Mamdani</em>.</p>]]>
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  <title>Rediscovering the Constitution</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Secularism, leftist ideology, and Marxism are collapsing around us—and the turmoil has left tens of millions of Americans desperately searching for a path out of the chaos. But what if the path forward takes us into America's past?</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>46:05</itunes:duration>
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  <description>Secularism, leftist ideology, and Marxism are collapsing around us—and the turmoil has left tens of millions of Americans desperately searching for a path out of the chaos. But what if the path forward takes us into America's past?
Join host Hayden Ludwig and constitutional scholar Jeff Utsch as we journey back to basics and rediscover what made America great, and what can restore our republic in 2025. 
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    <![CDATA[<p>Secularism, leftist ideology, and Marxism are collapsing around us—and the turmoil has left tens of millions of Americans desperately searching for a path out of the chaos. But what if the path forward takes us into America&#39;s past?</p>

<p>Join host Hayden Ludwig and constitutional scholar Jeff Utsch as we journey back to basics and rediscover what made America great, and what can restore our republic in 2025.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Secularism, leftist ideology, and Marxism are collapsing around us—and the turmoil has left tens of millions of Americans desperately searching for a path out of the chaos. But what if the path forward takes us into America&#39;s past?</p>

<p>Join host Hayden Ludwig and constitutional scholar Jeff Utsch as we journey back to basics and rediscover what made America great, and what can restore our republic in 2025.</p>]]>
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  <title>Paul Kengor: The New Media Takeover</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 15:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
  <author>Hayden Ludwig</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Kengor is a leading expert on communism and President Ronald Reagan, while also providing regular commentary on Catholicism and current events. He joined Restoration Spotlight to provide analysis on each of these topics and the history of conservative media as it applies today.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>44:15</itunes:duration>
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  <description>With trust in the mainstream media dwindling, ‘new media’ has a place at the top of the totem pole. More and more people are turning to outlets like Restoration News (https://restoration-news.com) and The American Spectator, which Paul Kengor is Editor of.
Kengor is a leading expert on communism and President Ronald Reagan, while also providing regular commentary on Catholicism and current events. He joined Restoration Spotlight to provide analysis on each of these topics and the history of conservative media as it applies today.
He breaks down the problems conservative media faces, how Marxism impacts us today, the impacts of communists infiltrating American churches, and more. 
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    <![CDATA[<p>With trust in the mainstream media dwindling, ‘new media’ has a place at the top of the totem pole. More and more people are turning to outlets like <a href="https://restoration-news.com" rel="nofollow">Restoration News</a> and The American Spectator, which Paul Kengor is Editor of.</p>

<p>Kengor is a leading expert on communism and President Ronald Reagan, while also providing regular commentary on Catholicism and current events. He joined Restoration Spotlight to provide analysis on each of these topics and the history of conservative media as it applies today.</p>

<p>He breaks down the problems conservative media faces, how Marxism impacts us today, the impacts of communists infiltrating American churches, and more.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>With trust in the mainstream media dwindling, ‘new media’ has a place at the top of the totem pole. More and more people are turning to outlets like <a href="https://restoration-news.com" rel="nofollow">Restoration News</a> and The American Spectator, which Paul Kengor is Editor of.</p>

<p>Kengor is a leading expert on communism and President Ronald Reagan, while also providing regular commentary on Catholicism and current events. He joined Restoration Spotlight to provide analysis on each of these topics and the history of conservative media as it applies today.</p>

<p>He breaks down the problems conservative media faces, how Marxism impacts us today, the impacts of communists infiltrating American churches, and more.</p>]]>
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  <title>How Did the Military Go Woke?</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 11:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>Hayden Ludwig</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Lt Col Matt Lohmeier became the first veteran of the US Space Force when he was fired for speaking out against Marxism’s infiltration into the military. </itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>Lt Col Matt Lohmeier became the first veteran of the US Space Force when he was fired for speaking out against Marxism’s infiltration into the military. While in the military he served as a USAF fighter pilot and a space-based missile warning squadron commander with the US Space Force. He gives a behind the scenes look into the Space Force and the ways in which Marxism has infiltrated our military. He shares why he decided to speak out and why it is essential that we reject Marxism to strengthen our military.
Want daily news without the liberal slant? Subscribe to First Right here (https://www.restorationofamerica.com/first-right/) 
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    <![CDATA[<p>Lt Col Matt Lohmeier became the first veteran of the US Space Force when he was fired for speaking out against Marxism’s infiltration into the military. While in the military he served as a USAF fighter pilot and a space-based missile warning squadron commander with the US Space Force. He gives a behind the scenes look into the Space Force and the ways in which Marxism has infiltrated our military. He shares why he decided to speak out and why it is essential that we reject Marxism to strengthen our military.</p>

<p>Want daily news without the liberal slant? Subscribe to First Right <a href="https://www.restorationofamerica.com/first-right/" rel="nofollow">here</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Lt Col Matt Lohmeier became the first veteran of the US Space Force when he was fired for speaking out against Marxism’s infiltration into the military. While in the military he served as a USAF fighter pilot and a space-based missile warning squadron commander with the US Space Force. He gives a behind the scenes look into the Space Force and the ways in which Marxism has infiltrated our military. He shares why he decided to speak out and why it is essential that we reject Marxism to strengthen our military.</p>

<p>Want daily news without the liberal slant? Subscribe to First Right <a href="https://www.restorationofamerica.com/first-right/" rel="nofollow">here</a></p>]]>
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  <title>A Mao’s Cultural Revolution survivor’s warning to America with Xi Van Fleet </title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>First Right welcomes Xi Van Fleet, a survivor of Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Xi shares her experience and knowledge about mass indoctrination in the education system, the erasing of history, the dangers of collectivism and state ownership, how communists target parental rights, and more.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>20:46</itunes:duration>
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  <description>First Right welcomes Xi Van Fleet, a survivor of Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Xi shares her experience and knowledge about mass indoctrination in the education system, the erasing of history, the dangers of collectivism and state ownership, how communists target parental rights, and more.
Xi is sounding the alarm on the Marxist infiltration we are witnessing in the United States, and she urges all Americans learn the evils of communism. Listen to her amazing story now!
Want daily news without the liberal slant? Subscribe to First Right here (https://www.restorationofamerica.com/first-right/) 
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    <![CDATA[<p>First Right welcomes Xi Van Fleet, a survivor of Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Xi shares her experience and knowledge about mass indoctrination in the education system, the erasing of history, the dangers of collectivism and state ownership, how communists target parental rights, and more.</p>

<p>Xi is sounding the alarm on the Marxist infiltration we are witnessing in the United States, and she urges all Americans learn the evils of communism. Listen to her amazing story now!</p>

<p>Want daily news without the liberal slant? Subscribe to First Right <a href="https://www.restorationofamerica.com/first-right/" rel="nofollow">here</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>First Right welcomes Xi Van Fleet, a survivor of Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Xi shares her experience and knowledge about mass indoctrination in the education system, the erasing of history, the dangers of collectivism and state ownership, how communists target parental rights, and more.</p>

<p>Xi is sounding the alarm on the Marxist infiltration we are witnessing in the United States, and she urges all Americans learn the evils of communism. Listen to her amazing story now!</p>

<p>Want daily news without the liberal slant? Subscribe to First Right <a href="https://www.restorationofamerica.com/first-right/" rel="nofollow">here</a></p>]]>
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