Backpacking America

New York State Senator Dean Murray (@DeanMurray4NY) joins me to discuss the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk on September 10th 2025. Charlie Kirk was a conservative political commentator and founder of Turning Point USA. He was assassinated while engaging in open and free debate with college students at Utah Valley University. We discuss where we can go as a country after this, how his assassination has stoked fear of utilizing our first amendment rights for fear of reprisal and comment on the shock we have regarding the cruelty shown to Mr. Kirk in death. Learn more about Dean Murray here: nysenate.gov/senators/dean-… SUPPORT THE PODCAST: paypal.com/ncp/payment/A7… Check out our amazing sponsors! Collision Services Network (@ccoursepod) is the voice of the collision services industry and the advocate for the industry consumer, we bring clarity and solidarity for both our customers and the collision services industry. Our customer service goals, target business practices and principles that ensure every Collision Services Network customer has a WOW experience. We give feelings of trust, confidence, security, and strength. Barone Media Solutions is your solution to all things media and marketing! Podcasts, Social Media Management, Videography, Photography, Graphic Design, Drone Footage and so much more at a reasonable price with exceptional service! Learn more about Barone Media Solutions: baronemediasolutionsinc.com Want to see more BPA content & show your support?: linktr.ee/BackpackingAme… SHOP: bpapodcast.threadless.com YouTube: @backpackingamericapodcast" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@backpackingam… Instagram: instagram.com/backpackingame… Facebook: facebook.com/bpapodcasting Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bac… Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2IpWT8Xh8…

OBGYN just told my wife to go on SSRIs during pregnancy I asked if there’s studies she can show to make us comfortable She said she doesn’t sit around reading medical literature but 70% of her patients are on them while pregnant We have a health crisis in America

@iDenville @c567l45 2027*

@c567l45 Even if it turns out to be null, that equipment is already mandated in all cars for 2026 models.

Biden was the moron that signed the spy car bill. Since it was signed with autopen it’s not legal right?? Please say yes

So Congress, including Republicans, passed laws allowing your car to spy on you, which is hugely unpopular, but can’t pass voter ID, which is hugely popular.

@RepJeffries @Bush0597John Fuck you your side kills people on the regular. Youre a fucking degenate scumbag which is typical of a common New Jersey resident. You suck and your state sucks. And you SMELL

America will not be lectured about civility by far right extremists in Congress. Particularly those who provide aid and comfort to hundreds of violent rioters who brutally beat police officers on January 6. There will be ample time to vigorously debate the issues of the day. Now is a time to unify.

Neo-Bolsheviks have radicalized suburban moms into conducting ISIS-style vehicle attacks on federal agents Nurses stalking federal police with firearms Teachers rushing into White House dinners shooting shotguns College students shooting conservative leaders Wake up

@MAGAVoice @P4Pandora666 This did NOT AGE WELL

🚨 JUST NOW: Karoline Leavitt calls on everyone to watch tonight because Donald Trump will bring the heat and there will be “shots fired” LET’S FREAKING GO 🔥

@UsmanAbidemiEsq None of the above. Desecration of a corpse isnt listed as an option

Criminal law students should attempt this.

1100s: "Meat is the king's property. Poach and you'll hang!" 1300s: "Meat causes lust. Fast or burn in hell!" 1500s: "Meat is for lords. Peasants get pottage!" 1700s: "Meat is for gentlemen. Workers get bread!" 1800s: "Meat breeds violent passions. Eat cornflakes instead!" 1900s: "Meat is wartime rationed. One ounce per week, be grateful!" 1970s: "Meat causes heart disease!" 1990s: "Meat causes cancer!" 2010s: "Meat causes climate change!" 2020s: "Meat causes pandemics!" 2025: "Meat causes antibiotic resistance!" 2030: "Meat causes whatever we need it to cause next!" You: Noticing that the one constant across nine centuries is that someone in power wants you off it.

I had a great chat with a friend of mine, a middle-aged gay man who left Seattle after the 2020 riots made the city he called home for thirty years “unlivable.” He’s traditionally voted Democrat but asks me for my opinions sometimes. We were talking about taxes and he shared “I wish they’d tax the rich and spend it on social programs instead of war.” I asked him “what percentage of federal income tax comes from the top 1%?” “I don’t know. Maybe 10%,” he said. I told him it was 40%, and that the 1% paid more than the bottom 90% of taxpayers combined. He was shocked. And we both agreed the tax code should be simple and transparent. And then I asked him what portion of the federal budget is spent on war versus social programs and welfare. “50% for the Pentagon and 10% for welfare programs.” I told him it was basically reversed and that social entitlements and welfare spending was actually more than 60%. Again, he was shocked. The resentment and envy machine that drives the political left’s slogans thrives on people simply not knowing.

We did it boys

Mamdani singled out and named a private citizen not for a crime or corruption, but for the offense of having money and owning a home. That is how third-world despots operate. I do not know how it works in Uganda, but in America we do not build policy around punishing people, and we do not declare law-abiding citizens enemies of the state or take their money simply because the mayor dislikes them. Taxes exist to fund the functioning of a city. They are not instruments of revenge or tools to satisfy a mayor’s personal envy. This has no place in New York City and runs against everything America stands for, but if you import the third world, you become the third world.

It’s disturbing watching a politician specifically name a private citizen that is targeted by a policy.

The fact that I can leave the house and I'm not bombarded in every downtown area with America 250 celebration posters is very disheartening.

The American exceptionalism posting will continue indefinitely

What a year, huh? Brother, it’s April.