Candace Owens Vindicated? Inside the Turning Point USA Scandal & Media Manipulation | Tom Bilyeu Show

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🗓️ 9 October 2025

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Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu! In today’s episode, Tom and co-host Drew dive into a whirlwind of current events and cultural commentary, dissecting some of the most heated stories making headlines right now. The duo unpacks the drama between Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk, with Candace claiming vindication after Turning Point USA confirmed explosive texts about donor influence and shifts in support for Israel. Tom explores how the fight for narrative control in the digital age is changing the very fabric of truth and consensus, raising big questions about manufactured consent and the chaos of competing realities. The conversation doesn’t stop there. Tom and Drew tackle charged issues around immigration and law enforcement, reacting to Stephen Miller’s fiery CNN appearance and weighing in on the complexities—and consequences—of labeling protesters as domestic terrorists. They also dig into alarming new job loss data, discussing whether America is already in a stealth recession and what it means for workers, entrepreneurs, and the broader economy. Rounding things out, the guys look internationally, breaking down new reports that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s grip on power may be slipping, and what that could mean for the ongoing trade war with the US. Tom shares his thoughts on leadership, the need for shared national narratives, and the vital importance of economic reform. It’s an episode packed with hot takes, deep dives, and the kind of honest, thought-provoking analysis you’ve come to expect from Impact Theory. So settle in—this is one conversation you don’t want to miss. 00:00 Intro 00:35 Candace Owens Charlie Kirk Bombshell 19:41 Stephen Miller Goes Off On ICE Protests 41:12 American Jobs are Negative 48:57 Xi Jinping Losing Juice In China Linkedin: Post your job free at https://linkedin.com/impacttheory Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Netsuite: Download the new e-book Navigating Global Trade: 3 Insights for Leaders at http://NetSuite.com/Theory Bevel Health: 1st month FREE at https://bevel.health/impact with code IMPACT ButcherBox: Ready to level up your meals? Go to https://butcherbox.com/impact to get $20 off your first box and FREE bacon for life with the Bilyeu Box! Connectteam: 14 day free trial at https://connecteam.cc/46GxoTF What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Candice Owens is vindicated over her claims that Charlie Kirk planned to split with Israel
0:05.2	that's actually now been backed up by turning point themselves. Stephen Miller goes ham over
0:10.0	attacks against ice and the need for troops in both Chicago and Portland, whether they're
0:14.6	targeting brown people. New economic data shows we are hemorrhaging jobs right now. New
0:19.6	report comes out suggesting that Xi Jinping may be losing power in China. So we'll talk about that. I'm gonna be honest. So as we were doing some research and things, we were kind of diving into everything that has to do with Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk. And it really comes down to hear Candace Owens again, making outlages claims. Outlandish. Like, this is just another outrageous thing. She's going to get sued in three weeks and we're going to sweep it under the rug. I completely written it off. And then she goes live, I want to say yesterday, and that's when the receipts are rolling in. We get confirmations from Turning Point USA. And it seems, I don't want to say instantly, but it seems that the conversation is now slowly starting to shift a bit. And people are now- On Candace's claim specifically to Charlie Kirk. Like now it's a bit more, maybe it is more credible than we thought, or wait a second, how many daughters did he lose, how much money was on the table that he denied? And now these other kind of conspiracy theories are coming to light.
1:11.9	What was your first reaction hearing about it?
1:13.7	And then as you were going through the research.
1:15.3	We are living in the world that James Burnham warned us about
1:19.0	that when you have the volume and velocity of information,
1:21.5	that there is going to be warfare at the level of what can anybody believe.
1:26.8	And so I, the key thing that I take away,
1:29.9	because I think it's gonna have the biggest impact
1:31.4	on us as a planet is that
1:35.8	when you have manufactured consent,
1:39.1	meaning people really can control the narrative,
1:41.2	there's only so many ways to convey something
1:43.8	to the general public.
1:44.6	And so editors of newspapers, they get together, politicians get together. They essentially
1:50.8	collude and they tell us this is the world.
1:52.8	Yeah, this is what happened. This is the story. We're sticking to it.
1:55.1	So you certainly were not making contact with the truth, but everybody had a limited set of places that they could go
2:03.4	to find this information. And it allowed us to move forward reasonably well, certainly here
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