Showing posts with label mayor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mayor. Show all posts

Sunday, July 26, 2026

Just a Thought

This thought below is my {Diane Sori) thought alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.or google.com  

[[[ What NYC Mayor Mamdani is doing by deliberately and with malice intended asking New Yorkers to protest Benjamin Netanyahu‘s visit to the U.S. is akin to a call to incitement...way past time to arrest Mamdani! My opinion and I stand by it. ]][]

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Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Op-ed: 
Socialism, Commonalities, and Lessons Not Learned 
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor
The article posted here is the authors opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google 
 
 
...This is the true wish of today's Democrat party and those who are now doing her bidding, for not only has the groundwork already been laid by the likes of Fidel Castro and Barack Obama...the president whose deepest wish was to “fundamentally transform America” into a socialist nation...but now sees the torch being passed to Zohran Mamdani, the first outwardly socialist mayor-elect of New York City, with others like him waiting and salivating in the wings.
 

But what is most unsettling of all in this shoved down our throats socialist discourse is the fact that we as a nation have willingly allowed not only history to repeat itself, but that we sat back and watched those nations currently embracing socialism being on the precipice of abject failure. Is this what we truly want for our beloved America...is this what we are slowly allowing to happen here? Unless we stop this Democrat initiated socialist movement while it's still somewhat in its infancy stage ...unless tangible actions are taken now to do so...what is the Democrats push towards socialism could well morph into Lenin's truth of socialism being but a step towards communism...Read entire article here.   

Monday, December 8, 2025

Op-ed: 
Socialism, Commonalities, and Lessons Not Learned 
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor
The article posted here is the authors opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google    

“The goal of Socialism is Communism.”                         - Vladimir Lenin, revolutionary founder of the Russian Communist Party (the Bolsheviks), and first head of the Soviet Union (USSR).

Three men...one was a true dictator in every sense of the word; one worked for eight long years to “transform” and undermine the very country he was elected to serve and protect; and the last is but a whiny little “nepo baby” who has never held what amounts to a real job in his life, and who now is knowingly and willingly planning for America's largest city's ultimate demise.

Three men from different walks of life, and yet they are three men whose backgrounds share two key commonalities...commonalities overlooked by those caught up in the hype and vitriol that these men surely spewed.

So what exactly allowed these three men...Fidel Castro, Barack Obama, and now Zohran Mamdani...to become the political powerhouses and amass the power that they did? First, all three men shared not only a deep seated inner quest for power coupled with an all-consuming need for control, but also saw the ground work for what became both their political beginnings and their political legacies being born while they were students in college.

And second, these men also developed and then nurtured what was their charismatic personalities while in college. And it was via charisma alone...as in their ability to attract, charm, influence, and inspire others through what the public deemed to be their personal appeal (physical appeal included) along with their shared excellent communication skills...that helped these three men negate what should have been the people's use of simple “common sense.”

And even if their respective supporters had but a mere semblance of “common sense,” coupled with what is the logical “cause and effect” reality of what were but three cleverly crafted, and ever so infamous political facades, these three men might never have gained the power that they did...or in Mamdani's case the power that he will have come this January 1st...or caused the seemingly unfixable damage that they did.

So let's briefly start with Fidel Castro, and while not an American, he and his successors have been a thorn in America's side for decades. And like Obama and Mamdani, Castro's political involvement begin while a student at the University of Havana, where he participated in “resistance movements” while becoming a lawyer. Running unsuccessfully for office before Batista's 1952 military coup, Castro rose to power via a “guerrilla campaign”...a campaign promising the people everything, albeit socialist style. And when he overthrew Batista in 1959, Castro, was not only deeply entrenched in communist ideologies, but was a communist dictator sitting but 90 miles off America's shores. And when his brother Raul succeeded him, President Obama sought to normalize diplomatic relations with now communist Cuba.

Also briefly, the second man in this “trio of infamy” is none other than Barack Hussein Obama himself, the man who not only became involved in politics while in college, but who joined a number of Black Student organizations, and took part in anti-apartheid activities. After college and law school, Barack Obama became a “community organizer;” was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996; became a U.S. senator in 2005; then sashayed himself into the national spotlight when in 2004 he delivering the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention where Bill Clinton was nominated. And while basking in his new found media fame, Obama was “anointed” as America's first black president* in 2008, and again in 2012.

And lastly, the third man who also became politically involved as a college student is “proud” Democrat Socialist (read communist here) Zohran Mamdani who not only co-founded his college's chapter of the “Students for Justice in Palestine...the very organization behind almost all the anti-Israel protests on U.S. college campuses...while also advocating for academic and cultural boycotts of Israel (BDS). After graduation, Mamdani took an active part in numerous nationally recognized progressive organizations before he became a New York assembly man; and now the first muslim and socialist elected mayor of New York City. Guess foolish New Yorkers learned nothing from the disaster that has become London.

Three dangerous men...Fidel Castro, Barack Obama, and Zohran Mamdani... three men sharing the same socialist and to some degree communist ideologies...with Castro's reign having crossed over into outright communism, and with some of Mamdani's upcoming plans for New York City coming pretty damn close as well.

And while Barack Obama did not officially cross the Communist line in his two terms as president, not to be forgotten is that as a “community organizer” Obama worked closely with avowed socialists whose backgrounds encompassed both the Communist Party itself and/or what is referred to as “independent Marxists.” Also, know that the “Communist Party USA” campaigned for Obama during his successful 2004 Illinois Senate race, and supported, albeit somewhat quietly, his two presidential runs, and considered him “a friend to the party” while he was in office.

Socialism and communism were deep seated ideologies locked within the consciousness of these three men while in college, Three men who when assuming power continued to promise the people any and everything while in reality delivered nothing but chaos, failed economic policies...in Mamdani's case soon to come failed policies...coupled with law and order run amok.

And their actions were all overseen courtesy of a not so veiled demigod hand of sorts while their personal pockets continued to overflow with monies garnered off the misery of those who sold their souls for, in Obama and Mamdani's case, a continuing generational “free ride;” while in Castro's case the Cuban people bought into his now communist regime's attempt at “forced equalization” of what was then deemed to be a lack of a true “middle class.” Remember, Cuba under Batista was basically but not fully a two class system...one was either wealthy or one was poor with a small middle class existing in pockets scattered here and there to become nonexistent once Castro assumed power.

Three men who not only capitalized on and cleverly manipulated the support of their respective public to gain power, but three men whose commonality was not only a shared applauding of taking from the rich to give to and subsidize those who count on making more money by “being poor for a living” then by actually working, but people whose continuing support these men then could count on as long as they held on to the reigns of political power. And how did Castro and Obama accomplish this...how does Mamdani hope to accomplish this...simply by embraced the time proven old adage that “no one will bite the hand of those who feeds, houses, and clothes them.”

Simply, while Fidel Castro embraced socialism at first and moved very swiftly on to in-your-face communism; Barack Obama pretended to be a Democrat with some socialist leanings while maintaining friendships and close ties to the Communist Party USA; while Zohran Mamdani continues claiming that he remains a loyal and very proud “Democrat Socialist” when in reality he's nursing future presidential aspirations as his ego has now fully embraced the idea that he has become the left's poster boy, and seemingly best chance for their socialist America dream to come true.

And while all three men did openly embrace varying degrees of socialism while in college, the fact remains that socialism, when left to its own devices, either tends to outright fail or morph into that which is akin to outright communism, but without the actual c-word being attached to it. Such is the future, I believe, that Mamdani has planned for New York City as he and his socialist driven team works to make the “Big Apple” ground zero from which socialism can then start to spread outward nation wide...spread to the point where both state and class distinctions become but a thing of the past.

“Socialism is but a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy.”                                - British Conservative Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill

And so serious has Mamdani's spewed socialist rhetoric been taken by Republicans and conservatives alike, that Mamdani's self-professed political identity...an identity who desires to become but a socialist “demigod” of sorts...has now drawn direct comparisons to Fidel Castro's once socialist dream morphing into but another communist dictatorship, especially with knowing history's proven fact that socialism is but the transitional phase between capitalism and communism. And for this reason alone, last month we saw House Republicans passing a resolution condemning what they rightfully called the “horrors of socialism,” while they listed Fidel Castro among other “socialist ideologues,” in a move seen by the far left as a “political jab” at Mamdani's so-called rising political profile.

But know this was no mere Republican “political jab” against one person or even the Democrat party itself, but was an all out warning to “We the People” regarding what the far left had not only been planning all along, but had already started implementing, as in our beloved America becoming a socialist nation with abject communism not a future impossibility.

In fact, this very scenario can be witnessed by not just the growing socialist movement now embracing certain “blue” areas of our country today, but by us seeing an overall nationwide increase in anti-government protests replete with community based organizing...shades of Obama come quickly and ominously to mind. 

And what must not be forgotten, simply downplayed, or even deliberately lost within all the political rhetoric now being spewed, is the fact that socialism always seems to morph into poverty coupled with political repression in what then becomes what is a totally classless and stateless society endlessly adrift on a boat sadly going nowhere.

This is the true wish of today's Democrat party and those who are now doing her bidding, for not only has the groundwork already been laid by the likes of Fidel Castro and Barack Obama...the president whose deepest wish was to “fundamentally transform America” into a socialist nation...but now sees the torch being passed to Zohran Mamdani, the first outwardly socialist mayor-elect of New York City, with others like him waiting and salivating in the wings.

But what is most unsettling of all in this shoved down our throats socialist discourse is the fact that we as a nation have willingly allowed not only history to repeat itself, but that we sat back and watched those nations currently embracing socialism being on the precipice of abject failure. Is this what we truly want for our beloved America...is this what we are slowly allowing to happen here? Unless we stop this Democrat initiated socialist movement while it's still somewhat in its infancy stage ...unless tangible actions are taken now to do so...what is the Democrats push towards socialism could well morph into Lenin's truth of socialism being but a step towards communism.

Fidel Castro knew this truth and succeeded...Obama knew it but thankfully failed...Zohran Mamdani knows it as well, but in today's America seemingly being driven by actions of hate and violence, Mamdani, or someone like him, could succeed where Obama failed. Just something to think about as commonalities shared do tend to breed strange yet dangerously successful bedfellows...case closed.

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Footnote

* Technically (as in genetically) Barack Obama was not America's first “black president” but America's first “mixed race” president as his mother was white and his father black.

Copyright © 2025 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved.

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For more political commentary please visit my RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS partner Craig Andresen's blog The National Patriot to read his latest article Terrorists of the Caribbean.

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RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS...LIVE!                                                  Tomorrow, Tuesday, December 9th from 7 to 8:30pm EST, RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS Craig Andresen and Diane Sori discuss 'Socialism, Commonalities, and Lessons Not Learned'; 'Terrorists of the Caribbean'; and important news of the day. Hope you can tune in to RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS on https://rspradio1.com Click 'LISTEN LIVE' starting at 6:50pm EST, show begins at 7pm EST.

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Op-ed: 
Why Mamdani Really Won
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor
The article posted here is the authors opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google   

...A “nepo baby” indeed for Zohran Mamdani has failed at almost everything he previously attempted. For example, the now mayor failed at being a rapper (gag me please), a musician; and even a low level political campaign manager. In fact, since 2014, the year Mamdani graduated from Bowdoin College with a degree in African Studies, he has only been gainfully employed for a mere three years. Says a lot now doesn't it...says a lot the media all but ignored... says a lot about Mamdani not having any tangible qualifications to be mayor...says a lot about the man who considers himself to be but a political “demigod”  of sorts. How so... because Zohran Mandani fits the very definition of one, as in he who seeks political support and power by appealing to popular desires, prejudices, and fears rather than by using rational arguments and tangible realities to attract supporters. Read entire article and see video here.

Monday, November 10, 2025

Op-ed: 
Why Mamdani Really Won 
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor
 The article posted here is the authors opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google  

“I look at London, where you have a terrible mayor, terrible, terrible mayor, and it's been changed, it's been so changed.”
- President Trump's truthful words spoken during his September 2025 address to the U.N. General Assembly.

As I write this, it's now been almost a week since Democrat Socialist (read communist here), islamist condoning, and liar extraordinaire Zohran Mamdani was elected as New York City's mayor, thus allowing me time to think about and digest not only the facts as to the whys he was elected mayor, but the sure to come ramifications as well. And know these ramifications will affect not just New York City itself, but the entirety of our beloved America as well...one just has to look to the United Kingdom and see London as their nation's sad truth.

So let me start by stating the fact that if NewYorkers had done the right thing and voted using common sense and logic; if New Yorkers had voted based upon the candidate's merits, abilities, and workable solutions for New York City's sadly growing list of problems, the city's now sure to come downfall...which has actually started as wealthy New Yorkers start permanently heading south...might well have been avoided.

Simply, if Curtis Sliwa, the Republican, would have been elected mayor not only would he fight to make what is broken right, but New York City would surely herald back to the days when Rudi Giuliani was mayor...as in New York's streets would again be safe; crime numbers would quickly drop; and a sense of pride would return to what is New Yorkers hometown.

But unfortunately, as is usually the case, the misplaced lure of freebies, handouts, and their ignoring the free-for-all criminal chaos going unpunished, peppered the voters choice instead, as did the “R” placed after Sliwa's name. And all this together helped to bring out, en-mass, the multitude of young indoctrinated “Trump Derangement Syndrome” voters, thus allowing antisemite Zohran Mandani to become mayor instead.

And also, in my opinion...an opinion that might raise the ire of some...is that part of the blame for Curtis Sliwa not becoming New York City's mayor should, in part, be placed squarely on Republican political leaders shoulders. Why so...because the Republican hierarchy...neither on the city, the state, nor the federal level...publicly stood behind and/or officially endorsed Curtis Sliwa's candidacy nor did they recognize his many past accomplishments. And that, sadly, includes President Trump who has, at times, publicly endorsed or at least thrown his outward support behind lesser known, lower level Republican candidates running in non-national elections, but here he did not. 

But in all fairness, I must add that before the election President Trump did publicly state that he would slash New York City's $7 billion in federal funding if Zohran Mamdani did became mayor...a promise I know he will now surely keep. 

And what exactly were some of Curtis Sliwa's many accomplishments that were ignored, unmentioned, or simply went unnoticed? How about the fact that Sliwa helped in the creating and founding of the “Guardian Angels” a world renown, non-uniformed, citizen patrol organization that helps police combat crime and violence in New York City and elsewhere, but whose “Guardian Angels” adjunct programs has helped in not only the creating of after-school programs for troubled teens, but has advocated for policies related to all important public safety and fair housing for all, as well as being an animal rights advocate, and radio talk show host.

Also, when younger, Curtis Sliwa created one of the first U.S. recycling centers when he was just 14 years old, and at age 15 Sliwa put his own life in danger when he heroically rescued a family from a burning building .

These are but a few examples of Curtis Sliwa's many accomplishments... accomplishments that show the true character of the man. And it does so while at the same time exposing Mamdani's lack of character, lack of experience, and lack of tangible successes. These are the very type of accomplishments of a man...a no nonsense, civic minded, American patriot...who most surely would have succeeded as mayor “had he been elected.”

Four little words that must also share in part by others. Remember, Curtis Sliwa's loss does also partially lie at the feet of “big money” Republican donors who did not rally behind Sliwa no matter their knowing that New York City is our nation;s and the world's financial capital, and could well affect their own pocketbooks. How so...because Mamdani promised throughout the campaign to “raise taxes on the rich” in order to give their money to those with their hands out for even more “free stuff.”

And with campaigns costing money...lots of money...especially when running in a high profile city like New York City, this combined with all that was previously stated is a big part of why Curtis Sliwa lost whether some want to believe it or not. And also know that his campaign hit a major roadblock when many prominent New York City Republicans urged Sliwa to drop out of the race so as to give New York's former Governor Andrew Cuomo at least a chance of beating Mamdani.

But what these misguided folks did not take into account is that the majority of hardcore Curtis Sliwa supporters would stay faithful to their man on principal even while knowing that sometimes one might be faced with having to vote for the lesser of two evils.

And such was the case with Andrew Cuomo who served eleven years as governor only to resign in disgrace due to sexual harassment allegations being leveled against him...that man only switched parties to run for mayor as an “independent” because ever so unwise New York gives a candidate a second chance in the general election if they lost their primary's nomination. Pandering to a bunch of thumb sucking, liberal Democrat crybabies is more like it I'd say. But forgotten by Cuomo in his party switch is the fact that “independent candidates” never draw big numbers in “blue Democrat states” like New York, and probably never will.

Sliwa supporters...and while I'm a Floridian and not a New Yorker I wholeheartedly did support Curtis Sliwa's run for mayor...knew that the former governor...who was somewhat successful in that role up until both his covid nursing home fiasco and sexual allegations...was not a terrorist condoning, Palestinian supporting, anti-Israel, antisemitic hater nor was he the proponent of either socialism or communism...would have been a better choice than Zohran Mamdani for mayor. Why so...because they also knew that Andreew Cuomo was just as ruthless, cunning, and underhanded as is now Mayor Zohran Mamdani, but that he was just a bit better at hiding his many political and private faux pas than was Mamdani.

Simply stated, in the minds of many Curtis Sliwa's supporters...a vote for Andrew Cuomo...no matter Trump's endorsement...would most definitely be but a vote for the lesser of two evils. And here I do applaud them...no matter the outcome...for they stood behind their principals and core values, something we need more of in these most trying of times. And it's these very times that now sees Uganda born Zohran Mamdani, the self professed, foolishly proud to be “nepo baby”...as in one who has achieved what they consider to be success based solely on account of having a well-known, wealthy, and/or influential parent or relative...having become New York City mayor.

A “nepo baby” indeed for Zohran Mamdani has failed at almost everything he previously attempted. For example, the now mayor failed at being a rapper (gag me please), a musician; and even a low level political campaign manager. In fact, since 2014, the year Mamdani graduated from Bowdoin College with a degree in African Studies, he has only been gainfully employed for a mere three years. Says a lot now doesn't it...says a lot the media all but ignored... says a lot about Mamdani not having any tangible qualifications to be mayor...says a lot about the man who considers himself to be but a political “demigod” of sorts. How so... because Zohran Mandani fits the very definition of one, as in he who seeks political support and power by appealing to popular desires, prejudices, and fears rather than by using rational arguments and tangible realities to attract supporters.

And yet this is the man New Yorkers foolishly elected to run not just America's financial center, but its media, and cultural center as well. This is the city whose residents will now bear witness to even more far left progressives, avowed socialists, all-out communists, and overt antisemites* being appointed by Mamdani to help him run both New York City's political and monetary machine...talk about a fast walk into Hell.

“My aunt did not feel safe in hijab after 9/11.” - Zohran Mamdani pre-election words claiming that his aunt and folks like her were 9/11's true victims.

And with those words having been spoken in the week or so before the actual election took place, the liar that is Zohran Mamdani (as per the just mentioned words about his hajib wearing aunt who was, in actuality, his father's cousin, and who was not in the U.S. at the time of 9/11 or even in its immediate aftermath), still got elected even after his having defamed and dishonored the 3000 Americans whose very lives were stolen from them by those the now new mayor obviously condones and considers to be his muslim brethren. If that's not an overt slap in the face to the city and the people he now leads I don't know what is.

And to that I will add that with this election having gone to the man who deems himself to be a Democrat Socialist when in reality he's a communist... any New Yorker no matter their race, their political party, or their religious affiliation or lack thereof who voted for this man to be mayor should be ashamed of themselves. Why so...because the lies Mamdani spewed and the promises he made while campaigning were but pages torn directly from the communist manifesto. And it's these pages alone that will dictate New York City's and hence all New Yorkers everyday soon to come dangerous new norms for the next four long years, Simply, as New York City starts to fall those who voted for him will have no one to blame but themselves.

Sadly, New Yorkers have spoken whether we on the right like the outcome or not, but do know that in their voting for abject communism New Yorkers literally did throw away both the liberties and freedoms that our Constitutional republic had afforded them...something they likely did not bother to take into consideration. And so with this outcome having reset the ticking clock that will now signal New York City's likely downfall, what the rest of “We the People” can possibly hope for is that what New York City will become is but a road map to a road that is best never taken.

And if we see that particular truth with our eyes wide open, and while New York City might indeed become our version of London, it just might help we patriots to strengthen what is and must remain our Constitutional republic... Zohran Mamdani and his communist loving cohorts be damned. Case closed.

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* Two of Mamdani's overtly antisemitic acts include that as a college student he led an Israeli academic boycott, and as an Assembly member Mamdani was one of five persons who did not sign resolutions condemning the Holocaust and honoring Israel's Independence Day.

Copyright © 2025 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved.. 

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For more political commentary please visit my RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS partner Craig Andresen's blog The National Patriot to read his latest article, 
Liberals Doing The Butt-Scooting Boogie.

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RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS...LIVE!                                                  Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 1th from 7 to 8:30pm EST, RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS Craig Andresen and Diane Sori discuss 'Why Mamdani Really Won', 'Liberals Doing The Butt-Scooting Boogie'; and important news of the day. Hope you can tune in to RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS on https://rspradio1.com Click 'LISTEN LIVE' starting at 6:50pm EST, show begins at 7pm EST. 

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS...Podcast
Here's the podcast of last nights 'LIVE' radio broadcast where Craig Andresen and Diane Sori discussed 'Actions That Must Not Go Unpunished'; 'Exposing The “No Kings” Hypocrisy; Bernie Sanders sides with Trump on key issue; early voting for NYC mayor begins; and Russia's latest nuclear missile tests. Listen to it on https://rspradio1.podbean.com

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS...LIVE!                                    Today, Tuesday, October 28th from 7 to 8:30pm EST, RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS Craig Andresen and Diane Sori discuss 'Actions That Must Not Go Unpunished'; 'Exposing The “No Kings” Hypocrisy; Bernie Sanders sides with Trump on key issue; early voting for NYC mayor begins; and Russia's latest nuclear missile tests. Hope you can tune in to RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS on https://rspradio1.com Click 'LISTEN LIVE' starting at 6:50pm EST, show begins at 7pm EST. 
 

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Right Side Patriots...Podcast
Here's the podcast of last nights LIVE show where Craig Andresen and Diane Sori discussed "The 250 Countdown Begins"; "No Kings Indeed"; Netanyahu to meet with Trump in DC on Monday; the 'Big Beautiful Bill' passes in the Senate; and antisemitic NYC Democrat mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani lacks key Democrat support. Listen to it on https://rspradio1.podbean.com or on our RSP website at https://rspradio1.com - go to podcasts.

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS...LIVE!                                           
Today, Tuesday, July 1st from 7 to 8:30pm EST, RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS Craig Andresen and Diane Sori discuss "The 250 Countdown Has Begun"; "'No Kings' Indeed'; Netanyahu to meet with Trump in DC on Monday; the latest on the 'Big Beautiful Bill'; and antisemitic Democratic candidate for NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani lacks key Democrat support. Hope you can tune in to RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS on https://rspradio1.com Click 'LISTEN LIVE' starting at 6:50pm EST, show begins at 7pm EST.