Politics Goes Hot: How to Spot a Bad Actor in 15 Seconds Flat

The 15-second checklist that keeps you out of headlines and hospitals

Politics Goes Hot: How to Spot a Bad Actor in 15 Seconds Flat

The 15-second checklist that keeps you out of headlines and hospitals

The Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter #568: Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025.

Let me be blunt.

In 2012, I taught this exact system…live…over four hours…to a room full of executives. I was paid $10,000 for that session…and their post-event reviews called it one of the best trainings they’d had all year.

Today…you’re getting it inside your paid subscription…plus hundreds of other premium articles I’ll publish this year…for pennies on the dollar.

The world is split into two kinds of people:

1. The ones who notice.

2. The ones who don’t.

The people who notice walk away…get home…and sleep in their own bed. The people who don’t… become a story other people tell.

You don’t need Navy SEAL training to protect yourself. You need a repeatable system; a fast…simple “threat audit” you can run in your head in under 15 seconds.

It’s not magic. It’s mechanics.

Think of it like scanning a grocery receipt for mistakes. Same brain. Different stakes.

What follows isn’t theory-salad.

It’s the street rulebook condensed:

What to look at first…how to spot intent hidden in plain sight…and what to do when your gut whispers…move. Fifteen seconds. Sometimes less. And yes…this keeps you inside the law…outside the hospital…and out of the headlines.

Let’s get started.