Democrats Collapse in Polls; ICE Shooter Details Emerge; Comey Indicted; Trump at Ryder Cup
Let's unpack today's conservative conversations
Each night here at Barstool Patriot, I unpack the day’s conservative conversations — the debates, stories, and narratives that the mainstream press distorts or ignores. This isn’t about chasing every headline. It’s about pulling the signal out of the noise. Tonight, the signal is clear: Democrats are collapsing politically, violence from the Left continues to spread, and accountability is finally creeping up on the so-called untouchables.
Democrats at Their Weakest Point in Years
Let’s start with some good news. As Michael Knowles pointed out, two new polls show the Democratic Party is weaker now than at any point since this polling began. That’s not spin. It’s numbers. Hard, measurable evidence that voters are rejecting the chaos the Left has unleashed: crime, inflation, censorship, cultural extremism, and foreign policy weakness.
When Americans see their neighborhoods overrun, their schools indoctrinating kids, and their government weaponized against political opponents, it’s no surprise support is cratering. But weakness doesn’t mean surrender. A cornered animal is still dangerous, and the Left is proving that by doubling down in rhetoric and violence.
Left-Wing Terrorism: The ICE Shooter Story
Take the shooting at the Dallas ICE facility. A man opened fire with an anti-ICE slogan engraved on his bullets. Let that sink in: he literally branded his act of terror with leftist propaganda. Two detainees are dead. The FBI confirmed it was an ideologically driven attack.
And yet, as Michael Knowles warned, if you flip on MSNBC or CNN, you’d think this shooter’s motives were a mystery — or worse, that he might somehow be a “right-wing extremist.” The pattern is unmistakable. When the Left commits violence, the media goes mute, romanticizes the killer, or blames conservatives. When the Right so much as sneezes wrong, it’s the end of democracy.
Ben Shapiro called it out bluntly: “The spate of left-wing violence continues.” Matt Walsh took it further: this is an epidemic, and the question is no longer whether it exists, but what must be done to stop it. Tim Pool even highlighted a Georgetown student group, the John Brown Gun Club, openly recruiting members with the exact slogans used by Charlie Kirk’s assassin. Think about that. They’re using terrorism as marketing material.
Lawfare and Comey’s Indictment
Meanwhile, the legal front broke wide open with the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey. For years, he’s been a symbol of the Deep State, the man who greenlit the Trump-Russia hoax, pushed the Steele dossier, and played puppet master in front of Congress.
Now, he faces felony counts of false statements and obstruction. As Megyn Kelly put it, this is “massive news.” Shapiro noted that career prosecutors objected to the indictment, which tells you everything about how deeply entrenched the system is. Tim Pool framed it as nothing short of a Civil War moment: Trump’s DOJ indicting the former FBI director is the “shot heard around the world.”
Here’s my take: accountability was always going to look like this. Messy. Contentious. But necessary. You can’t heal a republic by pretending its ruling class never broke the law. If Comey lied under oath, if he abused his position to kneecap an elected president, then justice isn’t optional. It’s essential.
Cultural Chaos: From IQ Decline to Kamala’s Book Tour
Beyond the headlines of violence and lawfare, the cultural rot keeps bubbling up.
Matt Walsh highlighted shocking new data: IQ scores among college graduates, even PhDs, are plummeting. Mass migration, broken education standards, and DEI ideology are producing a generation less capable of reasoned thought while the Left cheers it on as “equity.”
In Dearborn, residents complain about being woken up at 5 a.m. by the Muslim call to prayer blasting across neighborhoods. This isn’t cultural “diversity.” It’s cultural submission.
And then there’s Kamala Harris, back on the scene with another gaffe-filled book tour. Megyn Kelly called it a “disaster,” and she’s right. Harris still can’t string together a coherent thought, yet the media will sell her as the voice of reason while smearing Erika Kirk for delivering one of the most powerful speeches in recent memory.
Patriotism on Display: Trump at the Ryder Cup
Amid the chaos, there are still moments that remind us what we’re fighting for. President Trump arrived at the Ryder Cup in New York, his plane flying over the course as the crowd broke into chants of “USA! USA!” Clay and Buck played the audio, and you can hear it: pride, unity, and the kind of unapologetic patriotism the Left can’t stand.
Trump himself put it simply: “The Right is tougher than the Left.” After a week of Comey’s indictment, ICE under fire, and Democrats collapsing in the polls, that toughness is on full display.
Final Thought
Charlie Kirk’s assassination was meant to silence a movement. Instead, it has clarified the stakes. The Left may be weaker politically than ever, but it’s angrier, more dangerous, and more desperate. The media will keep covering for them. Big Tech will keep censoring. But the truth is harder to kill than any man.
As long as we tell it, defend it, and live it, the chants of “USA” won’t just echo over a golf course in New York — they’ll carry across the nation.
That’s tonight’s rundown from Barstool Patriot. Thanks for reading and for standing firm in the fight for truth, faith, and freedom.