The Reality Taboo

Ness and Jeff dig into the history and science of IQ testing — where it came from, how it works, what it measures, and what the data shows about cognitive differences across individuals and populations. We cover the g factor, the Flynn Effect, heritability, the relationship between IQ and standardized tests like the SAT and LSAT, and the policy implications of what the research shows.

James Burnham predicted in his 1941 work The Managerial Revolution that capitalism and socialism were both finished — and that a new class of bureaucrats, technicians, and institutional managers would inherit power instead. Ness and Jeff apply Burnham's framework to the American deep state, the Russia investigation, and the career of Robert Mueller.

Far from being an oppressive tyrant who ruled with an iron fist it was Pontius Pilate's cowardly tolerance of evil that condemned Christ to the cross

César Chávez has a California state holiday and a legacy carefully curated by the American left — until now. Ness and Jeff break down the sexual abuse allegations against César Chávez and the part of his record that never made it onto the murals: his militant campaign against illegal immigration. If this is the standard, how does MLK survive it? Plus: Jasmine Crockett's Texas Senate collapse, her fugitive security guard, and a quick look at the SAVE Act.

Ness discusses perceptions of discrimination in America and how they compare to empirical realities on the ground

Ness discusses the attack on Iran, sewage crossing the Potomac, how Americans feel about demographic transformation, how virtual reality proves we are living in a simulation and wonders why basketball isn't height-classed like wrestling is weight-classed

Four mass shooters, all transgender-identified, all with severe documented psychiatric histories, all connecting their violence to gender identity distress in their own words. Jeff and Ness lay out the case files — Nashville, Minneapolis, Tumbler Ridge, Pawtucket — then trace the clinical framework that is architecturally designed not to see the connection. They also break down the Cass Review, the Fox Varian malpractice verdict, the Sage Blair case, and what Gallup's 2025 data reveals about a generational identity shift nobody can adequately explain. When ideology overrides clinical rigor, somebody pays the price.

Ness offers a potpourri, beginning by trying but not trying very hard to hammer out a definition of the managerial state. He then moves to the AI revolution with Seedance 2.0 as the focal point, who the most popular leader in America is, how successful the TPUSA halftime show was and ends by looking at fertility trends in the US

Seedance 2.0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1clYnx7a8TI

A Black man is convicted of kidnapping and sexual assault in Louisville. Despite his unhinged courtroom tirade, a Black female judge slashes his sentence in half — and references his race in her reasoning. A Texas Democrat tells minority groups that they share "the same oppressor" and can "take over this country." Jeff and Ness break down the Thompson sentencing controversy, Judge Tracy Davis's path to the bench, Rep. Gene Wu's racial coalition rhetoric, what Abraham Lincoln's actual views on race say about the myths of America, and whether AI is coming for white-collar jobs.

Ness discusses the Epstein document dump

Ness and Jeff and unpack the most dramatic precious metals selloff in over 40 years. They examine Trump's nomination of Kevin Warsh for Fed Chair, and how to invest in a dedollarization world. They also discuss the Immigration Showdown in Minneapolis.

Ness discusses how Churchians continue to invert Christianity to destroy it for the benefit of its enemies and how the myth of American consumption as the key factor in making the global economy work is coming undone

After the January 7th shooting during an ICE operation, Minneapolis erupted. Should Trump invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy federal troops to restore order? Should federal prosecutors target the organized groups facilitating the obstruction? Jeff and Ness examine the history of the Insurrection Act and Posse Comitatus, and two 20th Century cases where federal troops were deployed to overcome state resistance. They also discuss the role of Christianity in the MAGA movement.

Ness discusses the removal of Maduro, the defunding of American state media, the validity of IQ and Audrey Hale's manifesto

Ness offers his predictions for 2026 on gold prices, the midterm elections, and Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro, and fertility. Jeff reveals his list of stories to watch in 2026. A look ahead at what promises to be a consequential year.

Ness narrates Vox Day's foreword to Jon Del Arroz's book Churchianity: How Modern American Churches Corrupted Generations of Christians

Mitchell Harrison Snow claims he witnessed Erika Kirk at Fort Huachuca the day before Charlie's assassination—his story has problems so severe even Alex Jones pushed back. Charlie Kirk allegedly sent two communications in his final 72 hours: one verified through FBI documents, one existing only as third-hand testimony. Erika Kirk told CBS she didn't date or drink in New York, yet evidence clearly contradicts this—and platforming Nicki Minaj contradicts Charlie's own criticism of the rapper.

Ness discusses the meeting between Candace Owens and Erika Kirk and the light it sheds on Charlie's killing, the escalation in the right's ongoing civil war and why the contrasting anger towards Owens and pity towards Tyler Robinson rubs the wrong way

Jeff and Ness examine the Charlie Kirk killing and the explosive conspiracy theories that followed. Candace Owens—whose podcast hit #1 globally after Kirk's death—claims foreign militaries and Kirk's own colleagues orchestrated his assassination. TPUSA says it will systematically debunk her assertions on December 15th. Will Owens be exposed as a grifter monetizing tragedy, or vindicated as a truth-teller uncovering a massive conspiracy?

Ness discusses the ongoing issues surrounding the killing of Charlie Kirk and assesses the likelihood Owens is intentionally lying or is delusional or is onto the truth of what happened on September 10th and what that portends for the future

Ness and Jeff analyze Tucker as a 'popularizer'—an influencer who amplifies ideas rather than creates them—and explore why his particular brand of disingenuousness feels uniquely unsettling to Jeff. We try to figure out what Tucker Carlson is really doing, and whether being impossible to pin down is accidental or the entire point.

Ness and Jeff trace "Antichrist" from Scripture to Peter Thiel's 2025 Silicon Valley lectures. Then they examine the U.S. Bishops' November 2025 Special Message on immigration.

The MAGA right is tearing itself apart again — this time over Tucker Carlson’s interview with Nick Fuentes. Kevin Roberts’s whiplash defense and walkback exposed just how fragile the conservative establishment still is. Ness and Jeff break down the widening split between Conservatism Inc. (Ben Shapiro, the Wall Street Journal), the dissidents like Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, and Nick Fuentes, and the fence-sitters struggling to straddle both worlds, like JD Vance and Matt Walsh.

Ness discusses exit polling from the off-year shellacking the right experienced in last Tuesday's elections and the internecine conflict on the American right

Jeff and Ness raise questions — and explore possible answers — about the official story surrounding Charlie Kirk’s killing.

Ness discusses how the demographic transformation paved the way for Mamdani, how cultural imperialism dies with the boomers and how swords are the new words when it comes to seizing power

Ness and Jeff break down the friend–enemy distinction shaping Trump’s second administration, the cultural autopsy of DOGE, and the modern absurdity of “born this way”.

Ness discusses $4000 gold, a Kentucky miscarriage of justice, why Charlie Kirk's killing was maximally public and the gender transitioning of given names in America

Ness discusses gold's record dollar-denominated valuation, a radical miscarriage of justice in Kentucky, lingering questions around Charlie Kirk's murder and the onomastic tendency for boy names to become girl names over time

Jeff and Ness sift through a potpourri of stories shaping America’s political and cultural landscape — from Trump’s record-breaking blitz of emergency Supreme Court appeals and the Des Moines superintendent scandal to Dearborn’s street-sign controversy, the latest in the Austin Metcalf case, and the reshuffled New York City mayoral race.

Ness discusses how the top of society doesn't like the extrajudicial execution of its enemies, the test Jimmy Kimmel presents for the Trump administration, concerns about Jewish outmarriage rates and the seismic shift in support for same-sex marriage over the last forty years

Jeff and Ness analyze Charlie Kirk’s assassination and Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, exploring how violence, censorship, and crisis politics are reshaping America’s institutions.

Ness discusses the Charlie Kirk assassination and why there will be more, not less, of it in the future

Drawing on Pope Leo’s words about migrants as “messengers of hope,” the Kansas bishops’ 2025 pastoral letter on immigration, and the first-ever LGBTQ+ pilgrimage in the Vatican’s Jubilee calendar, Jeff and Ness explore whether these events reflect Christian renewal or betrayal.

Jeff and Ness take the looming federal takeover of Washington, D.C. as a springboard to explore how America defines and politicizes crime — and what that says about the state of the country today.

Jeff and Ness revisit the COVID era, considering its medical, political, and cultural consequences; they also examine recent developments from the Department of Health and Human Services regarding mRNA vaccines.

A deep dive into the meaning of “Heritage American,” the feud between Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes, and new polling on declining U.S. support for Israel.

Jeff and Ness explore Zohran Mamdani’s gilded socialism, apply Charles Darwin’s theories to homo sapiens, and sift through new polling data on Russian election interference.

Jeff and Ness unpack Tucker Carlson’s problematic Noticing and examine how the Trump Administration handled — or failed to handle — the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

Jeff and Ness examine early voter pushback to core second-term priorities of the second Trump Administration.