Break the Rules

Watch on YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_mqIiVtcsk
The United States may be approaching a genuine breaking point.
Across the country, two increasingly irreconcilable visions of America are colliding: one side demanding order, enforcement, and the restoration of state while the other viewing enforcement itself as illegitimate, immoral, or existentially dangerous.
To explore this divide, Break The Rules brings together two voices who both want a high-trust society, but disagree sharply on how such a society can be rebuilt.

Auron MacIntyre: a political writer and commentator focused on state capacity, legitimacy, and institutional breakdown in the modern West. He has contributed to The Blaze and other outlets, and has appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight and related programs discussing law, enforcement, and the limits of liberal governance.
He is the author of The Total State: How Liberal Democracies Become Tyrannies (2024), a critical examination of how modern liberal democracies can drift toward authoritarian outcomes through emergency powers, bureaucratic expansion, and weakened constitutional constraints. Drawing on his experience as a journalist during the Trump presidency and the COVID-19 pandemic, MacIntyre analyzes censorship, surveillance, selective enforcement, and the growth of unaccountable administrative power, questioning whether democratic systems reliably restrain authority—or instead enable its expansion under crisis conditions.
https://x.com/AuronMacintyre
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1684515580?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_5Q231Q8CQ65W8Z0PTQ3H

Rio Veradonir: a political organizer, producer, and advisor working across multiple civic and advocacy organizations. He is the Founder and Editor of Queer Majority, a political publication focused on inclusion and liberal democratic values, and serves with the A.D. Bi Foundation. Rio is also a Producer at Bi.org, the world’s largest bisexual advocacy organization, and the Lead Organizer of amBi, a national bisexual social and political network. In addition, he serves as an Advisor to Project Liberal and Illinois Values, where his work centers on civic engagement, coalition-building, civil liberties, and the preservation of democratic norms in polarized societies.
https://x.com/RioVeradonir
https://substack.com/@veradonir

Lev Polyakov (Host & Editor / Animator)
https://twitter.com/Levpo
https://levpo.substack.com/
http://youtube.com/levpolyakov

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I want to thank all the Patrons who came out to the NYC Show with Jason on Monday & then joined for the Afterparty.
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Dr. Jorjani returns to NYC to talk the future of a Promethean Iran & Gotham!
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Dr. Jason Reza Jorjani
Ph.D Philosophy
https://www.youtube.com/@prometheism3174
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Read Dr. Jorjani's new book "Thanosis"
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Lev Polyakov (Host & Editor / Animator)
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https://levpo.substack.com/
http://youtube.com/levpolyakov

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We discuss President Trump's foreign policy on Venezuela, Ukraine, as well as Iran, & whether this signals imperial ambitions, hemispheric isolationism, or necessary steps in future of liberty?
Featuring:
Lomez
https://x.com/L0m3z

Vlad Davidzon
https://x.com/VladDavidzon

Lev Polyakov
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https://levpo.substack.com/
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YT LINK: https://youtube.com/live/rDyd3lrGNP0
Since many on the MAGA right talked about how Zelensky's govt and the people's popular will in Ukraine differs in their views on the Russian invasion and peace deals, I thought it would be interesting to talk to the Ukrainians themselves, so enlisted a friend's help to find random people (as picked by our right leaning guest, former US Special Forces Brian O'Shea) in the streets of Kyiv to speak with.

Featuring:
Brain O'Shea
https://x.com/BrianOSheaSPI
https://consumerdiligence.org/

Vlad Davidzon
https://x.com/VladDavidzon

JerryMacc, the Ukrainian Loremaster + his friends.
https://x.com/JerryULore

And the Ukrainian people.

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Are we heading into a false revelation, IE: "Great Awakening", if the 2nd Coming will happen afterwards, and what Trump has to do w/ all this?
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Gnostic Informant
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Donnie Discerned
https://x.com/DonnieDarkened

Lev Polyakov
https://x.com/LevPo

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