Synopsis
Underground USA is an underground podcast and blog, featuring the voices of a cross-section of people, from all walks of life, on a variety of issues.
Episodes
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Marxism’s Creep into the Democrat Party: A Century of Subversion Through Progressivism
03/11/2025 Duration: 36minMarxism, at its core, is antithetical to freedom and individual liberty. Born from the fevered mind of Karl Marx, it envisions a world where the state crushes personal initiative under the boot of collective control, redistributing wealth not through merit but through coercive equality. History screams its failures: millions dead in gulags, economies in ruins, and societies stripped of innovation. Yet, this toxic ideology has wormed its way into the heart of the Democrat Party via the Progressive Movement, masquerading as “reform” while eroding America’s foundational principles of limited government and self-reliance.The infiltration began in the Wilson era, when Progressivism served as Marxism’s Trojan horse. Woodrow Wilson, the Democrat president from 1913 to 1921, openly praised socialism in his writings, viewing it as compatible with democracy while advocating for expansive government intervention. Progressives pushed for regulations that centralized power, from the Federal Reserve to income taxes, framin
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Obamacare: A Marxist-Progressive Scam That Enriched Cronies & Impoverished Patients
31/10/2025 Duration: 37minThe Affordable Care Act—Obamacare—was rammed through Congress in 2010 by a corrupt Marxist-Progressive Democrat machine that sneered at bipartisan input and bullied dissenters into silence. Fifteen years later, with premium hikes of 20–40 percent looming for 2026, the program’s abstract failure is no longer theoretical; it is a daily torment for millions of Americans who were promised utopia and handed a bill. The only unambiguous winners are the health-insurance cartels and Big Pharma, the very industries that ghost-wrote the 2,700-page monstrosity in smoke-filled back rooms.Start with the ledger of beneficiaries. Insurance giants—UnitedHealth, Anthem, Aetna, Humana—saw their stock prices triple within five years of passage. They lobbied for the individual mandate, the Medicaid expansion, and the risk-corridor bailouts that funneled taxpayer dollars straight into their coffers when their actuarial bets soured. Big Pharma, meanwhile, secured a ban on Medicare drug-price negotiation (which President Trump is c
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The Throat-Slashing Left: Marxist-Progressives' Descent into Violent Rhetoric
28/10/2025 Duration: 38minIn a moment that crystallized the far-Left’s toxic embrace of brutality disguised as “passion,” Texas Democrat State Representative Jolanda Jones appeared on CNN’s OutFront with Erin Burnett on October 22, 2025. While railing against Republicans, Jones rejected Michelle Obama’s disingenuous yet iconic “When they go low, we go high” mantra, opting instead for a visceral display of savagery.“If they punch me in the face, I’m going across your neck,” Jones declared, slicing her hand dramatically across her throat in an unmistakable slashing gesture. She didn’t stop there, vowing that Democrats must “fight ugly” and “wipe out” every Republican in the upcoming midterms. This wasn’t hyperbole from a fringe activist; it was a sitting legislator, broadcast live on a major network, normalizing throat-slitting imagery against political opponents.Fact-checkers scrambled to spin it as a mere “metaphor,” but let’s call it what it is: bloodthirsty incitement from a Marxist-progressive who views conservatism as a mortal ene
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Unshackling America: Ditch the IRS & The Soul-Crushing Income Tax for Good
24/10/2025 Duration: 42minIn the annals of American history, few inventions have proven as insidious and tyrannical as the federal income tax. Ratified in 1913 via the 16th Amendment, this beast was sold as a modest levy on the ultra-wealthy, a way to fund the bare bones of government without burdening the masses. Fast-forward over a century, and what do we have? A sprawling, 7,000-page monstrosity of a tax code that devours time, treasure, and trust from every working stiff in the nation. The income tax is a predatory racket, enforced by the IRS—a government Gestapo that audits grandmas for pennies while billionaires loophole their way to nauseating excess. The income tax isn’t just broken; it’s irredeemably corrupted, a Frankenstein’s monster stitched together with politically motivated carve-outs that reward cronies and punish the productive. Special interests lobby for exemptions on everything from green energy boondoggles to Hollywood subsidies, turning the code into a partisan playground where the highest bidder writes the rules
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How The Congressional GOP Is Letting Activist Judges Torpedo Trump's America First Agenda
17/10/2025 Duration: 43minFor the love of God, can someone in the Republican Party grow a set of balls? It’s October, Trump 2.0 is in the White House fighting tooth and nail to secure our borders, slash the bloated federal bureaucracy, and rein in the runaway spending that’s bankrupting our grandkids—and what do we get from Republicans on Capitol Hill? Recess and congratulatory backslapping over the passage of one meaningful bill. A collective shrug from the so-called conservative majority that’s supposed to have our backs.Instead of reining in the rogue federal judiciary that’s turned into a one-way ratchet for Leftist obstructionism, these GOP enablers sit on their hands, pretending judicial reform—which is absolutely in their purview—is some forbidden fruit. The federal judiciary is out of control, and Republicans are complicit in the chaos by their inaction—while Democrats obstruct every step of the way, from shutdown standoffs to sanctuary strongholds.Let’s start with immigration, because nothing screams “America First” like seal
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How Democrats & The Toxic-Left's Chaos Is Pushing For Civil War 2.0
13/10/2025 Duration: 40minIn the chaotic hangover from Joe Biden’s treasonous term, the Democrat Party has morphed into a massive, self-serving bureaucratic monster, barreling headfirst toward what appears to be a bid for Civil War 2.0. In a recent article in his substack, Clusterfuck Nation, James Howard Kunstler rips the Left’s scam to pieces: Democrats have built a huge racket, a tangled web of cash schemes propping up their whole operation—from fake-woke charities to attack-dog lawyers. They’ve ditched any real policies or values, surviving on stolen taxpayer cash, shady donor slush funds, and protesters paid to gum up ICE operations.With Donald Trump in the White House, this Democrat machine has gone completely off the rails, purposely whipping up mayhem to trick the Right into an over-the-top tough response they can slap the “fascist” and “totalitarian” labels on. It’s beyond embarrassing for them, really; it’s outright seditious, all schemed-up by the radical Left and enabled by spineless Democrats who’d sell out their own moth
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Sorry, Brandon, The Supremacy Clause Gives President Trump Purview To Crush Chaos in All Blue Cities
10/10/2025 Duration: 40minAs a preface to this monologue, I want to address the recent ruling by a judge—a Biden-appointed District Judge, April Perry—that places a temporary hold on the President’s deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago. In her ruling, which will not hold up on appeal, she said she has seen “no credible evidence that there is danger of rebellion in the state of Illinois.” Her ruling is a willful suspension of reality, as evidenced by the videos coming out of Chicago showing mobs attacking law enforcement in their discharge of codified immigration law. Perry is an embarrassment to the judiciary and should be removed by Congress.That said, Congressional Republicans are grossly negligent in reigning in; in narrowing the scope of purview—as is their authority under the US Constitution—of activist judges whose rulings have resulted in facilitating insurrection and death in our city streets. God knows what the hell they are waiting for.In the grand architecture of the US Constitution, the Supremacy Clause stands as
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The Gaza Gambit: Will The Islamofascists of Hamas Finally Keep Their Word?
06/10/2025 Duration: 42minIn a dramatic flourish befitting his larger-than-life persona, President Trump unveiled his ambitious 20-point peace plan for the Israeli-Hamas war on October 3rd from the White House Rose Garden. Flanked by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a cadre of international envoys, Trump declared it a “monumental deal to end the bloodshed once and for all,” outlining an immediate ceasefire, the release of all remaining Israeli hostages (both alive and not), and a pathway to Palestinian self-governance—sans the terror apparatus that has plagued the region for decades.The plan’s highlights include a hostage-prisoner exchange, Hamas’s complete disarmament with amnesty for compliant militants, phased Israeli withdrawals from Gaza, and economic incentives to rebuild the Gaza Strip under international oversight. No Gazan would be forcibly displaced, Trump emphasized, but those yearning for peace could emigrate freely.Hamas, in a calculated display of partial compliance, has agreed to release the hostages (both
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How Is More Law Enforcement In Crime-Ravaged Cities A Bad Thing?
03/10/2025 Duration: 39minIn the shadow of America’s crumbling urban cores, where sirens wail like a perpetual dirge and law-abiding citizens huddle behind bolted doors, a simple truth pierces the fog of hysteria: increased federal law enforcement presence in cities like Chicago, Washington, DC, and Portland should terrify no one—except the criminals who thrive in chaos.Yet, here we are, in October 2025, watching a parade of virtue-signaling, elitist politicians and their activist enablers clutching pearls over the sight of federal agents in tactical gear. “How dare the feds step in to restore order!” It’s as if these critics believe safety is a privilege reserved for the elite, while the rest of us must endure the fallout from their failed experiments in “progressive” policing. Spare us the crocodile tears; this isn’t oppression—it’s overdue reinforcement of the law for communities gasping under the weight of unchecked violence.Let’s dismantle the absurd objections with cold facts.Federal law enforcement agencies, from the FBI to the
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Communist China's Insidious Doctrine of Unrestricted Warfare
29/09/2025 Duration: 43minIn 1999, two scheming colonels in the People’s Liberation Army, Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui, penned Unrestricted Warfare, a venomous manifesto masquerading as military theory. This book lays bare the Communist Chinese Party’s (CCP) ruthless ambition: to dismantle the United States not through conventional battles, but via a shadowy, all-encompassing assault on every pillar of American society.This doctrine fuels the CCP’s ongoing hybrid war, blending economic sabotage, cyber intrusions, cultural poison, and more to erode U.S. supremacy. The CCP, a tyrannical regime built on oppression, coercion, and deceit, views America as its prime obstacle to global domination. Their strategy exploits Western openness while shielding their own ruthless, iron-fisted control, aided by naive and complicit supporters in international business, academia, and politics who prioritize profit over principle.Economically, the CCP wields unrestricted warfare like a blunt instrument to cripple America’s prosperity. Through predatory
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Why Freedom Hinges On Natural Law Rights & Why We All Must Protect Them
26/09/2025 Duration: 37minLet’s talk about something that’s at the heart of what makes a free society tick and something the toxic-Left seems not to understand: Natural Law Rights. These rights aren’t just some dusty philosophical concept; they’re the foundation of everything we hold dear about freedom. And let me be blunt—those who roll their eyes at this idea or, worse, push against it are playing a dangerous game. They’re not just wrong; they’re setting the stage for a world where liberty gets trampled. Natural Law Rights are non-negotiable, and dismissing them is a one-way ticket to tyranny.First off, what’s Natural Law? It’s not some arcane legal jargon. Think of it as the basic, universal truth that every human has certain rights just because they’re human—life, liberty, property, free speech, the right to protect yourself. These aren’t handouts from a government; they’re baked into our existence, whether you see them as coming from a Higher Power or just plain reason.Philosophers like John Locke and Thomas Aquinas hashed this o
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You’re Damn Right I’m Intolerant…So What?!
23/09/2025 Duration: 44minIn recent years, I have come to realize that I have become intolerant of the intolerant and the intolerable. You know the people I am talking about: the fear-porn affected, mask-wearing Karens and their cuckolded, feminized male counterparts who immediately call you a racist, xenophobe, and/or any other kind of “phobe” they can conjure whenever they don’t get their way all the time. The type of people who have no concept of individualism, or “live and let live”; the type of person who narced on their neighbor for having family over for Thanksgiving during the farce that was the COVID pandemic.Well, I’m here to say that I—and I suspect an overwhelming majority of people both here in the US and across the free world—are done with this overbearing, aggressive bullshit and have ceased being stigmatized by the labels they hurl.I strongly suspect, after conversation with people from around the country (and the world, actually), that this awakening isn't just personal; I sense it is a collective backlash against the
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The Ghosts of Failed Parties: How Neo-Marxist Progressives Are Dooming The Democrats
15/09/2025 Duration: 40minAmerican political history is full of cautionary tales about parties that crashed and burned because they got too extreme, too divided, or just couldn’t keep up with the times. Think of the Federalists, the Whigs, or smaller players like the Liberty Party—they all fell apart when they doubled down on rigid ideas or let infighting take over.Right now, the Democrat Party is staring down a similar cliff, dragged toward the edge by neo-Marxist progressives who are obsessed with ideological purity, identity politics, and rhetoric that divides more than it unites. Add to that the Left’s troubling history with inflammatory propaganda and political violence—including high-profile assassinations—and you’ve got a recipe for a party in serious trouble, not to mention a nation teetering on the brink of chaos.Back in the 1790s, the Federalists tanked because their elitist, pro-British stance turned off everyday voters. They loved to paint their opponents as wild-eyed radicals, setting the stage for divisive political atta
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The Toxic Divide Fueling Political Violence in America
12/09/2025 Duration: 42minThe division in the United States, the ideological and political division, has reached an untenable level. With one faction growing increasingly comfortable with confrontation and violence as its preferred method of conflict resolution, we are slowly reaching the Rubicon of fracture. We simply cannot continue down this path without threatening a rupture in our society that will end the Republic as we know it.The political assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk was a lethal byproduct of a society that has allowed itself to be manipulated by ideological and political charlatans and opportunists, and desensitized to violence on the whole. This has resulted in our one faction in our communities becoming jadedly divided to the point of accepting violence.It’s quite difficult to deny this as a fact. Kirk, whether you agreed with his positions on any number of issues, made his name by engaging in the debate arena; in appearances and on platforms where he would use words, not fists, knives, or guns, to p
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‘Karen The Ballsnatcher' & How Self-Absorption Is Shredding America's Community Fabric
08/09/2025 Duration: 42minIn an era where social media amplifies every petty grievance, the "Karen" archetype (and this embodies men and women, but it seems to be more prevalent among females for the feminization of the American male over the years) has become the poster child for unchecked narcissism and entitlement.Picture her: the middle-aged woman with a bob haircut and a perpetual scowl, demanding the world bend to her whims. This isn't just a meme; it's a symptom of a deeper malaise—self-absorption so profound it borders on sociopathy. Arrogance drips from her every demand, convinced the universe owes her. Overblown entitlement convinces her that rules are for others, and narcissism blinds her to the humanity around her.This mindset isn't harmless; it's a poison eroding the sense of community that once defined American life. From neighborhood barbecues to national pastimes like baseball, the "Karen" ethos prioritizes "me" over "we," turning shared spaces into battlegrounds of ego. And nowhere was this more disgustingly on displa
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The Toxic-Left's ‘Oppressed vs. Oppressor’ Mantra & Its Assault On Freedom
05/09/2025 Duration: 39minIn today's America, the toxic-Left—embodied by Democrat activists, progressive academics, and self-proclaimed social justice warriors—peddles a poisonous worldview that divides society into rigid camps: the oppressed and the oppressors. This binary isn't some fresh invention born of genuine empathy; it's a direct descendant of Marxist ideology, repackaged to erode the core American values of individualism, self-sufficiency, and self-responsibility.What began as Karl Marx's economic class struggle has metastasized into a cultural weapon wielded by the Left to foster perpetual victimhood, justify mob rule, and dismantle the merit-based society that made America exceptional. The result? A nation teetering on the brink of collectivist tyranny, where personal achievement is vilified as "privilege" and group grievances trump individual rights.To understand this threat, we must trace its origins back to Marxism's foundational texts. In The Communist Manifesto (1848), Marx and Engels declared that "the history of all
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America’s Crime Crisis: A Scathing Indictment of Democrat Leadership
01/09/2025 Duration: 14minThe streets of Chicago are bleeding, and the Democrat leadership, led by Chicago Teachers Union lackey, Mayor Brandon Johnson, seems content to let the city drown in its own bloody chaos. Over the Labor Day weekend of 2025—and I am writing this on Sunday, so this number will rise, at least 50 people were shot, eight fatally, in a relentless wave of violence that has become all too familiar in this once-great city.These numbers are not mere statistics; they are a grim testament to the failure of Democrat policies that prioritize political posturing over the safety of citizens. From Chicago to Los Angeles, New York to Philadelphia, urban America is under a murderous siege, and the Democrats in charge are complicit in the carnage.In Chicago, the epicenter of this urban decay, the weekend’s violence included a woman shot dead in a South Shore apartment and two men gunned down in East Garfield Park by a suspect emerging from a dark SUV. These incidents are not isolated; they are part of a broader pattern of bloods
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The Dangers of Hyper-Partisan Gerrymandering & Political Tribalism
29/08/2025 Duration: 39minIn 1796, George Washington warned in his Farewell Address that the rise of political factions could tear apart the young Republic, predicting that "the spirit of party" would lead to "cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men" manipulating the system for power, fostering division and eroding trust in governance. His words ring alarmingly true today as hyper-partisan gerrymandering, particularly by the Left in states like California, New York, Illinois, and Maryland, threatens the democratic process. While both political extremes engage in this practice, the aggressive tactics of leftist-led redistricting in 2025 exemplify a dangerous escalation, undermining fair representation and fueling political tribalism.Gerrymandering, the manipulation of electoral district boundaries to favor one party, distorts the will of the electorate. In 2025, California’s Democrat leadership, under Governor Gavin Newsom, has pushed a brazen plan to redraw the state’s 52 congressional districts to secure at least five additional Dem
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The Decline of Globalism & The Resurgence of Individualism
25/08/2025 Duration: 34minThe grand experiment of globalism, long championed by unelected elites and their sprawling bureaucratic empires, is unraveling. The World Economic Forum (WEF), that self-anointed arbiter of humanity’s future, has spent decades peddling a vision of interconnected economies, homogenized cultures, and centralized control under the guise of progress. But the cracks in their utopian facade are now impossible to ignore.From the rejection of their “woke capitalism” to the resurgence of nationalism and individualism, societies worldwide are pushing back against the globalist agenda. This shift, far from a mere pendulum swing, signals a profound awakening—one that prioritizes sovereignty, self-determination, and the individual over the collectivist dogma of globalist institutions.The WEF’s vision, cloaked in buzzwords like “sustainability” and “inclusivity,” has always been about control. Their annual Davos gatherings, where billionaires and bureaucrats sip champagne while plotting the world’s future, have produced li
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How Multicultural Tribalism Betrays Our Constitutional Republic
22/08/2025 Duration: 38minThe United States, a Constitutional Republic forged in the fires of liberty and individual rights, stands as a beacon of omnicultural unity—a nation where people of every background unite under shared values, not divide into petty distinctions of tribe or creed. Yet, a sinister force threatens to tear this noble experiment apart: multicultural tribalism.This ideology, with its insidious emphasis on group identity over individual merit, is a dagger aimed at the heart of our Republic. It fractures our unity, fuels resentment, and opens the door to the creeping poison of Marxism. Make no mistake—multicultural tribalism is not just misguided; it is a dangerous betrayal of everything that makes America exceptional.At its core, multicultural tribalism rejects the “melting pot” ideal that has defined America’s strength. Instead of a nation bound by common principles, it pushes a fractured vision of competing ethnic, racial, gender-based, and cultural factions, each clamoring for supremacy. The 2020 Census revealed t