2-25-26 Morning Rush - State Of The Union Thoughts & Dan Bongino Declares War On Candace Owens!

The Rush Hour With Dave Neal

Dave Neal

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🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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It's a packed morning edition of The Rush Hour 🔥

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🇺🇸 State of the Union Breakdown – We recap Donald Trump's State of the Union address: the biggest applause lines, the awkward moments, and what it means moving forward.
🎙️ Media Meltdown – Dan Bongino goes OFF on Candace Owens in a fiery clash that's dividing conservative media.
❄️ "Snowball Gate" – Megyn Kelly fumes over Zohran Mamdani… but is the outrage misplaced? We break down what actually happened.
🧹 The Shoveling Initiative – Critics mocked it, headlines spun it — but the data shows the program was wildly successful. Here's what the numbers actually say.

Sharp analysis, unfiltered reactions, and the context you won't get from cable news.

Buckle up — it's Rush Hour.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the rush hour, your daily dose of pop culture for your rush hour ride.
0:07.7	Buckle up and enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal.
0:13.6	Good morning, everybody. Happy Wednesday to you on this February 25th, 2026.
0:19.2	I have all of your news for your rush hour ride to work. In this episode,
0:23.0	I'll be covering the State of the Union address last night. President Trump delivered the
0:26.9	longest address. People falling asleep in the audience will share some highlights of that.
0:32.9	And I'm going to be discussing the Dan Bongino show. What he had to say about Candace Owens. He did not mince
0:39.9	his words to the point in which I can't even share it with you to the second half of this episode
0:45.4	or at least five or six minutes in. I don't know if you guys know this, but YouTube sort of throttles
0:50.6	your content if it's too aggressive for the first couple minutes because that's where
0:54.9	they put ads. It's a whole thing. I don't want to break the fourth wall here, but I'm just letting
0:59.3	you know, it's so juicy and vile what he has to say that I have to wait a few minutes before I
1:05.0	play it. So we'll get into that. And then more on this snowball story in New York. As it turns out,
1:13.5	Mayor Mamdani's shoveling campaign was a big success. Apparently, people want to work out there as taxpayer-funded programs
1:19.7	enrich the community. Who knew? We'll get into that. And so much more, it all starts right now
1:24.7	on the rush. Okay, so before we get into Dan Bonjino and the
1:29.0	Candice Owens' expose, right? Candice Owens is dropping this massive new investigative series with
1:35.1	Erica Kirk. We'll get into that in a moment. But first, a couple other updates. I am going to be
1:40.7	live in Stamford, Connecticut at one of the greatest comedy clubs out there. If you've ever been to enjoy a comedy club, New York Comedy Club does it right. They have a bunch of locations in New York City. And then I think their only non-New York City location is in Stamford, Connecticut. So I'll be there in March, mid-March. Come bring some friends. We need to sell this room out.
2:01.6	And I've got other shows.
2:02.7	Rush Hour with Dave.com.
2:19.2	If you want to get tickets, Boston, Rhode Island, Asheville next Friday. So a lot of different dates coming up. Go check it out there. And if you want to sign up for the mailing list for future shows, you can do that too. And my other thing I wanted to share with you is I've posted this now on my short form content, Instagram, TikTok, and you can go check out now my trip that we did yesterday to go see Juanita,
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