Hey There Rubinites,

Hope you all are having a great week! Welcome to the twenty-first issue of The Rubin Recap! I’m thrilled to continue sharing facts, insights, and more while always hearing your thoughts on all things Rubin Report. Let’s get into it!

This Week on The Rubin Report: 

On Monday, I covered Bill Maher’s brutal takedown of Democrats on Real Time with Bill Maher, sparking an intense reaction from his audience as he called them out for losing to Trump. ABC News’ Sarah Isgur added to the conversation, pointing out that the liberal elite’s reaction proves they haven’t learned much since the last election. Over on Morning Joe, Axios’ Jim VandeHei shared why mainstream media isn’t as relevant as legacy hosts think, highlighting how Joe Rogan’s podcast and Elon Musk’s X are becoming more powerful platforms. I discussed Van Jones telling CNN that Democrats were outplayed by Republicans’ strategic use of podcasts and influencers to reach more voters, a reality that left some on the left feeling blindsided. Meanwhile, Megyn Kelly gave a sharp critique of failed celebrity endorsements from Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lopez, and Oprah Winfrey, pointing out that star power isn’t moving the needle as expected. And to wrap up, I shared Argentina’s Javier Milei’s thoughts on politicians obsessed with approval ratings rather than actual results.

On Tuesday, I jumped into Elon Musk’s fiery response to Sam Harris’ meltdown over Trump’s win on the Making Sense podcast. Sam Harris didn’t hold back, taking aim at Joe Rogan for letting comedians like Dave Smith discuss foreign policy on his show. Trump’s new border czar, Tom Homan, addressed criticisms head-on from The View’s Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro, defending his approach to border security. Over on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart admitted he was wrong about the election, while former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau shared surprising internal polling data from Biden’s camp on Pod Save America. I also highlighted Joe Rogan and Theo Von’s reactions to Trump’s election night win, which they discussed on Rogan’s podcast.

On Wednesday, things got heated as CNN’s Abby Phillip had to intervene when Jay Michaelson had an outburst at Shermichael Singleton over Americans’ lack of support for trans athletes in women’s sports. Dana Bash on CNN attempted to catch James Blair in a “gotcha” moment about Trump’s campaign ad on trans rights, but it didn’t go as planned. Morning Joe hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough finally acknowledged that “woke” politics might be hurting the Democratic Party’s appeal to Black and Latino voters. I discussed Comcast’s plans to sell MSNBC as mainstream media continues its struggles, while CNN is reportedly preparing for major layoffs. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy were officially tapped to lead the DOGE initiative, aimed at reducing government waste, and Pete Hegseth, now Secretary of Defense, talked on Shawn Ryan’s show about strategies for purging CRT and DEI from the U.S. military. I rounded off the day with a special Q&A on The Rubin Report Locals community, taking questions on a range of topics from fans.

On Thursday, I joined Megyn Kelly to break down her accurate election predictions, discuss Kamala Harris’ challenges that the mainstream media isn’t addressing, and explore why the freedom to talk about controversial topics is drawing audiences away from traditional outlets. We dove into whether MSNBC’s Joy Reid or The View’s Sunny Hostin has stirred more controversy, and speculated on Elon Musk’s potential future in the Trump administration. I also joined Piers Morgan Uncensored featuring David Pakman, Brian-Tyler Cohen, Ben Ferguson, Brianna Wu, and Lindy Li. To finish it all up, I headed to Phoenix to join Jordan Peterson for his 500th episode—big congrats to Jordan!

Get ready because today we have an incredible roundtable discussion featuring the one and only Michael Knowles and Gad Saad!

Looking Ahead:

If you’ve been following my Locals channel you probably know I’m getting ready to release my own Tequila brand! I’ll be announcing the name, details, and more soon so keep tuning into my newsletter where I’ll give you all the first looks!

Also check out my newest merch, available only on my site today!

To watch our full interviews make sure to subscribe to our Youtube channel or become a supporter of The Rubin Report on Locals!

Dave’s Fave’s and Insights:

My fave’s for the week have got to be those incredible cabinet picks Trump is nominating. It’s so refreshing to see sanity taking back the White House in this Crazy World! Who has been your favorite Cabinet Pick? Let me know in the comments.

Also check out our dinner from Jordan's 500th episode featuring Dr. Oz!

Weekly Motivation:

Let’s end the week off with some motivation. I like this one and thought I’d share it with you all.

Failure is an option here. If things are not failing you are not innovating enough.” - Elon Musk

Signing Off: 

Well, that's all folks. Well, that's all folks. Make sure to share this newsletter with friends and family and continue to hop on every Friday for my weekly updates. Let me know what you guys want to see on the show or in my newsletter next!

Until next time, stay sane and keep the conversation going!

Bye, Ciao, Stay Hard,

Dave Rubin

Hey There Rubinites,

Hope you all are having a great week! Welcome to the nineteenth issue of The Rubin Recap! I’m excited to continue sharing facts, insights, and more while always hearing your thoughts on all things Rubin Report. Let’s get into it!

This Week on The Rubin Report: 

Happy Halloweekend everyone 🎃! But before we do anything, let me give a brief recap of last week’s events. To start I joined Uncensored with Piers Morgan featuring Lary Elder, David Pakman and Democratic Strategist Ameshia Cross. Then I talked with Tudor Dixon before flying to New York City where I joined Jesse Watters primetime, Gutfeld, One Nation, Larry Kuldow. I ended it all off by joining a Trump Rally. It was absolutely electrifying.

This week was busy as usual, as election week is just a few days away! On Monday I talked about Joe Rogan’s interview with Donald Trump, where they discussed why voters no longer have any trust in the media and Trump’s past appearance on “The View,” where he was treated quite differently by Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar. I moved onto Trump’s massive rally at Madison Square Garden with Elon Musk, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Dr. Phil before giving my thoughts on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Tim Walz’s reactions to the rally and the off-color jokes of Tony Hinchcliffe. I also discussed Megyn Kelly having a tense exchange with Bill Maher on “Real Time with Bill Maher” over illegal immigration and why she is going to vote for Donald Trump as well as JD Vance getting into a tense exchange with CNN’s Jake Tapper over Russiagate and CNN’s blatant bias in favor of the Kamala Harris campaign. Lastly I ended the day off with CNN’s Anderson Cooper trashing the liberal bias of MSNBC to Charlamagne tha God.

On Tuesday, I discussed Byron Donalds calling out “Squawk Box” Andrew Ross Sorkin for claiming that Kamala Harris doesn’t engage in hateful rhetoric about Donald Trump and “The Daily Show’s” Jon Stewart going against the mainstream media narrative that Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally was racist and admitting he finds Tony Hinchcliffe quite funny. I shared my thoughts on  “Morning Joe’s” Mika Brzezinski having a complete breakdown on the air over Donald Trump’s MSG rally in front of Whoopi Goldberg and Ana Navarro and Van Jones telling Bill Maher that black men are insane to vote for Donald Trump due to his support of Agenda 47, which will be harsher to criminals. I also referenced that clip of Kamala Harris struggling to get through a rally speech while protesters booed before moving onto Zachary Levi telling Megyn Kelly that the real reason to support Donald Trump is that he is being backed up by people like Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Vivek Ramaswamy, and Elon Musk. I ended the day off with Jeff Bezos announcing an end to the “woke” era of the Washington Post.

On Wednesday, I began by referring to Joe Biden harming Kamala Harris’ chance of winning the 2024 election by calling Trump supporters “garbage” in a bizarre repeat of Hillary Clinton’s infamous “deplorables” comment and Democrat Josh Shapiro telling CNN’s Kaitlan Collins why he would never insult Trump voters like Joe Biden. I moved onto CNN’s Franklin Leonard trying to convince Scott Jennings that Biden was misunderstood because of his stutter and Trump’s unexpected response to being told about Joe Biden’s “garbage” comments by Marco Rubio live at a rally. I also talked about CNN’s Harry Enten showing how current polling is showing data that could tip the election in favor of Republicans and give Donald Trump a win in the popular vote as well as the Electoral College.

On Thursday, I went live with a very special co-host, Hollywood actor Zachary Levi. We talked about so many things including, Donald Trump’s brilliant and epic response to Joe Biden calling Trump supporters garbage by holding a press conference in a garbage truck while wearing sanitation worker gear, NFL football legend Brett Favre speaking at Trump’s Green Bay rally and responding directly to Biden’s insult of Americans voting for Trump, “Shark Tank’s” Kevin O’Leary explaining to Fox News why Elon Musk might be the most qualified person to tackle government waste and wasteful government spending, Jillian Michaels trying to convince Bill Maher of Dave Rubin and Megyn Kelly’s election prediction, why he knows so many of Hollywood’s closeted Trump voters and so much more! 

Today I will be having my weekly roundtable featuring guests Representative Chip Roy and Representative Jim Jordan! Be sure to join us here.

This Week’s Sit Down Interviews: 

This week I released my sit-down interview with Calley Means where we talked about his background as a former lobbyist in the food and pharmaceutical industries, how the U.S. healthcare system profits off of worsening public health, how pharmaceutical companies influence medical education and policy, the impact of processed foods on American health, especially due to chemicals banned in Europe, the role of independent media in exposing corporate and institutional corruption,  how these systemic issues fuel populist movements in politics and so much more!

Get ready because next week I will be releasing my sit-down with Jillian Michaels. Keep on the lookout!

Looking Ahead:

Next week I will be doing a special election coverage edition of The Rubin Report. More information to come out soon so stay tuned via our website, youtube and socials!

If you’ve been following my Locals channel you probably know I’m getting ready to release my own Tequila brand! I’ll be announcing the name, details, and more soon so keep tuning into my newsletter where I’ll give you all the first looks!

To watch our full interviews make sure to subscribe to our Youtube channel or become a supporter of The Rubin Report on Locals!

Dave’s Fave’s and Insights:

Dave’s Fav is gonna be a short and sweet halloween treat! Gotta talk about candy. I’m just gonna say it, the best halloween candy is the Reeses peanut butter cup and the absolute worst is candy corn. 

Yesterday, I also had a party with some really cool people including Jillian Michaels, Sage Steele, Bret Weinstein and more!

I want to know what you folks did for Halloween so drop it in the comments below!

Weekly Motivation:

Let’s end the week off with some motivation:

Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not our inheritance, it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.” - Ronald Reagan

Signing Off: 

Well, that's all folks. Well, that's all folks. Make sure to share this newsletter with friends and family and continue to hop on every Friday for my weekly updates. Let me know what you guys want to see on the show or in my newsletter next!

Until next time, stay sane and keep the conversation going!

Bye, Ciao, Stay Hard,

Dave Rubin

Hey There Rubinites,

Hope you all are having a great week! Welcome to the eighteenth issue of The Rubin Recap! I’m excited to continue sharing facts, insights, and more while always hearing your thoughts on all things Rubin Report. Let’s get into it!

This Week on The Rubin Report: 

This week was just one major news article/clip after another. As always I made sure to give you guys my exclusive insights and of course include some surprises along the way.

On Monday I welcomed the Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles to co host a special direct message segment with me and start off the week right. We began by discussing JD Vance’s successful turning of New York Times' Lulu Garcia-Navarro’s gotcha question regarding illegal immigration and the housing shortage against her. Additionally, also referenced the bizarre moment on; ABC News’ where Martha Raddatz minimized Venezuelan gangs taking over only a “handful” of apartment complexes in Aurora, Colorado. We moved on to CNN’s Scott Jennings pointing out how the Harris campaign's pandering to voters, like having Tim Walz go hunting, isn't tricking black voters to vote for Kamala Harris and CNN showing how current polling is showing new party affiliation data that could tip the election in favor of Republicans. The two of us also talked about ”The Young Turks’” Ana Kasparian telling Jillian Michaels what finally made her leave the Left and realize the dangers of “wokeism” as well as Michael Shellenberger telling Joe Rogan how the Democratic Party has changed in disturbing ways. To end the day off we took a look at Donald Trump breaking the news that he will be appearing on Joe Rogan's show to the Nelk Boys on the “Full Send Podcast.” How do you think that is going to go? Drop the questions and topics you think Rogan will ask about in the comment section.

On Tuesday I initiated our segment by talking about how Bill Maher’s audience reacted to his analysis of Kamala’s latest poll numbers. I also mentioned that conversation between “Real Time” guests Buck Sexton and Laura Coates where he explained to her why the Democratic Party is losing so many working-class male voters. I thought one of the highlighted sections of the day was when we referenced Charlamagne tha God admitting to Andrew Schulz that his “Flagrant” interview with Donald Trump might just be helping him get elected and Nina Turner explaining to CNN’s Abby Phillip why Barack Obama’s lecturing of black male voters is completely backfiring. I made sure to discuss Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy losing his mind over Democrats gaslighting over the qualities of Kamala Harris before pivoting to our conclusion where I took a look at Elon Musk presenting a very reasonable idea to address the dangers of illegal immigration at the southern border.

Wednesday was just full of contentious conversations for both political candidates so I began the day by talking about Donald Trump’s heated interview with Bloomberg editor in chief John Micklethwait at the Economic Club of Chicago over the efficacy of tariffs as well as Kamala Harris’ disaster interview with “The Breakfast Club” Charlamagne tha God. I moved onto “Meet the Press'” Kristen Welker being shocked by pollster Steve Kornacki revealing how Trump is pulling ahead of Kamala Harris in almost all key polling categories as well as MSNBC’s John Heilemann telling “Morning Joe’s” Joe Scarborough that it’s time for Democrats to start panicking. Now how crazy is that?! Our daily DM also covered Larry David revealing to CNN’s Chris Wallace that his Trump derangement syndrome has only worsened and Nancy Pelosi telling "Politics Weekly America" how her relationship with Joe Biden has disintegrated since the Biden coup. To cap off a great show we referenced that clip of Ryan Girdusky educating CNN’s Abby Phillip and Bakari Sellers about the Ferguson effect.

Thursday. Boy, Thursday was just insanity. I began our DM by talking about Kamala Harris' disastrous interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier, where he asked her if she was partially responsible for the border crisis and the murders of Rachel Morin, Laken Riley, and Jocelyn Nungaray, which were allegedly committed by illegal migrants. I also discussed Baier asking Harris if she still advocated for taxpayer-funded gender reassignment surgeries for prison inmates. I really have to commend Baier. He did an amazing job, particularly considering his revelation that behind-the-scenes the Harris team had attempted to sabotage the interview from the start. I finished by discussing Bill Clinton’s inappropriate remarks at Ethel Kennedy’s funeral as well as my thoughts on a few other subjects. As always I hosted a special “ask me anything” question-and-answer session based on a wide range of questions from all of you here on Locals. Now’s your chance! Make sure to brainstorm a question to ask me for next week and your’s just might be featured on our show. 

Today, I had my weekly roundtable with the one and only Sage Steele! Hop on now to see our conversation.

This Week’s Sit Down Interviews: 

This week we released so many sit-down interviews! To begin I released the second part of my interview with former Ambassador to Israel David Friedman about the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, Hezbollah's firing of thousands of missiles into Northern Israel, how Israel has severely damaged Hezbollah through military precision with its attack on Hezbollah's pager system, the importance of deterrence in the Middle East, how Israel's recent actions have shifted the power balance, Netanyahu's leadership and so much more!

I also had a great conversation with Dinesh D’Souza where we talked about his initial skepticism of Donald Trump, how Trump became a champion for the ignored people, why cultural elites now loathe him, Trump’s underestimation of government corruption, Trump’s learning curve regarding institutions like the FBI and CDC, how a potential second Trump term could correct past mistakes, the growing wide-tent political coalition with figures like RFK Jr. and Elon Musk and a an incredible amount more!

To finish off a fantastic week of sit-down interviews I talked to Spencer Klavan about the inspiration behind his book, "Light of the Mind, Light of the World: Illuminating Science Through Faith," how the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the dangers of treating science as a quasi-religion, the historical relationship between science and religion, where early science was rooted in religious belief, how quantum physics points to a complex reality that includes consciousness and transcendent principles, the need to reintegrate faith and science for a more humane approach, the potential and risks of AI and the role of human consciousness in understanding reality.

I want to know which Sit-Down was YOUR favorite! Tell me below. 

Looking Ahead:

Our new rebranded website has officially been released! Be sure to check it out here! What do you think of the new layout?

Additionally, I am dropping ALL NEW FALL MERCH TODAY! It’s a crazy world edition featuring all new graphics and designs! Get yours now!

If you’ve been following my Locals channel you probably know I’m getting ready to release my own Tequila brand! I’ll be announcing the name, details, and more soon so keep tuning into my newsletter where I’ll give you all the first looks!

To watch our full interviews make sure to subscribe to our Youtube channel or become a supporter of The Rubin Report on Locals!

Dave’s Fave’s and Insights:

My fave of the week would be to watch Mr. McMahon on Netflix. You’ll see why I’m always talking about the kayfabe and how it relates to politics. 

I hope you guys have some exciting things planned for this weekend. Feel free to share it in the comments below. I also need more inspo, especially when it comes down to fun things to do with the kids, so get creative!

Dave’s Tweet of the Week:

Check out my Tweet’s of the week!

 Weekly Motivation:

Let’s end the week off with some motivation:

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” - Elon Musk

Signing Off: 

Well, that's all folks. Well, that's all folks. Make sure to share this newsletter with friends and family and continue to hop on every Friday for my weekly updates. Let me know what you guys want to see on the show or in my newsletter next!

Until next time, stay sane and keep the conversation going!

Bye, Ciao, Stay Hard,

Dave Rubin