Backstage at Turning Point's AmFest (Part-1)

Part-1: The Groypers. Ami breaks down what really happened behind the scenes at AmericaFest. After years of watching Turning Point from the outside, Ami attended Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025 as a VIP guest — backstage with speakers, organizers, and media figures, and on the convention floor where online politics become real life.In this first part of a two-episode series, Ami and Mike reflect on what surprised him most:What AmericaFest actually feels like from the insideHow conservative politics, religion, and internet culture are mergingWhy antisemitism is no longer fringe — and how it spreads offlineWhat changes when extremists stop being anonymousWhy conversation may work where institutions don’tThis isn’t a viral takedown or a highlight reel. It’s a thoughtful, firsthand account of a movement in flux — and how being there reshaped Ami's thinking.Part 2 will explore the internal fault lines between figures like Charlie Kirk, Ben Shapiro, and Tucker Carlson, and what those tensions mean going forward.Follow Ami’s House so you don’t miss Part 2 — and share this episode with someone trying to understand what’s actually happening on the American right.