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Most Americans used to be supportive of legal immigration because most immigrants loved the country that welcomed them in. Today's immigrants, such as Hasan Piker and Ilhan Omar, are somehow ungrateful yet refuse to return to their home country. “You set one foot in here or your parents set one foot in here, and immediately […]

The Chicks remember country music legend Dolly Parton following her passing, looking back at her funniest quotes, final health update, her family's statement, and her request for fans to support the Imagination Library in her memory. Plus, Trump reacts to Dolly's death — and the difference between his tribute and reactions from the DSA gets […]

In this week's episode of The Learning Curve, co-hosts Alisha Searcy of Center for Strong Public Schools and retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Barry Anderson speak with Ilan Wurman, Julius E. Davis Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School, about constitutional originalism, textualism, and the enduring principles of the U.S. Constitution. Prof. […]

Erick opens with the Coldstream Guards playing “9 to 5” at Buckingham Palace and turns the death of Dolly Parton into a sermon on the second great commandment: she died with $650 million after giving away $600 million, refused the Presidential Medal of Freedom from both Donald Trump and Joe Biden, and told Tennessee to […]

Erick reads the extraordinary public apology from the family of Jonathan Hamby, the mentally ill man with more than thirty arrests who stabbed a stranger to death on the Atlanta Beltline, and turns it into a hard argument that closing the mental institutions was never compassionate. Then billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller goes to the Wall […]

Charles Barkley goes on Michael Smerconish and says he supports his gay and transgender friends but that men have no business competing against women, and Erick Erickson explains why an 80/20 issue still gets covered as though the girls defending girls' sports are the villains, with Sophie Cunningham, Enes Kanter Freedom, Adam Silver, and Cathy […]

James Smithson left his fortune to America so that she could “increase and diffuse knowledge.” Smithsonian leadership now uses tax dollars to diffuse a Marxist distortion of American history instead. We need a course correction: new board members, new leadership, and exhibits that tell the whole truth—our shared inheritance—without teaching visitors to hate their country. […]

The guys do some deep work. Prolific author and computer scientist Cal Newport joins the podcast. The gang talks about why email is a slog, what sparks human creativity, why the good life needs thoughtful deliberation, why Slack is a bummer, why the apocalyptic AI warnings are out of control, why productivity is different than […]

Join Jim and Greg for the Wednesday 3 Martini Lunch as they weigh in on Pennsylvania Republican voters overwhelmingly approving Democratic Sen. John Fetterman while Dems can't stand him, Darline Graham winning the GOP U.S. Senate primary runoff in South Carolina, a lefty columnist in Maine pushing voters to write in Graham Platner in November, the […]

Join Federalist Editor-In-Chief Mollie Hemingway and Washington Examiner Senior Writer David Harsanyi as they reflect on Dolly Parton's career and charity record, beef with Americans' lack of airplane etiquette, and analyze Michigan Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's take on transgender mutilation. Mollie and David also discuss the Washington Post's rehiring of a woman who fabricated a Charlie Kirk […]

Whether recovering a lost history or charting a new land, scholars and explorers alike often hit at frontiers not only of place, but also knowledge. When the evidence only goes so far, what is the right way to advance? The answer is to make a conjecture: an educated guess that discourses on what is likely […]

New York Times journalist James Reston once quipped that “This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.” Never have those words been truer than now. The world is a very dangerous place at the moment. We are still engaged in Iran, with little sign […]

Written while the Constitutional Convention was taking place in 1787, the Northwest Ordinance was adopted fully by the new government, despite being a production of the Articles of Confederation. It also laid the foundation for many of the Founders' priorities and aspirations in terms of governance, land usage, economics, and slavery. How would the new, […]

We often associate leftist movements, anarchists of the 19th century, Jacobins of the 18th century, Marxists, Bolsheviks, Symbionese Liberation Front, the Weathermen Underground with violence. And the argument that they use is, we are for mandated equality and fairness and helping the underprivileged, and therefore to achieve those noble ends, we're allowed to use any […]

Erick takes apart Abdul El-Sayed's disastrous interview with Jesse Watters on Fox News, along with the Hassan Piker problem now swallowing his Michigan Senate campaign and why the overwhelmingly white Democratic Socialists of America keep recruiting non-white candidates who cannot stop talking. Then the breaking story of the day: CIA Director John Ratcliffe lands unannounced […]

Erick confesses he has been an original, card-carrying Canada hater since a French teacher at his school in Dubai told the class that real Americans should call themselves “United Statesians.” He then turns hard on President Trump for launching a trade war with America's largest trading partner 70 days before the midterms, explaining that the […]

Erick plays the Parton family's official video announcement from Brian Seaver, Dolly's longtime head of security and the son of Cassie Parton, and then spends the hour on the life of Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean—dead at 80, reunited with her husband Carl—the woman who wrote “I Will Always Love You,” “Jolene,” and “Coat of Many […]

Today's show starts on a somber note as we remember former producer Matt Baer and the impact he had on the team. Then we dive into a packed day of politics, viral videos, and culture-war insanity. Zohran Mamdani is facing a lawsuit over New York City's government-run grocery store plans, while a viral TikTok attempts […]

On this edition of The Federalist Radio Hour, Joe Rigney, pastor and fellow of theology at New Saint Andrews College in Idaho, joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to analyze the counterfeit compassion fueling alleged murderer Lindsay Clancy's cult of personality and discuss how toxic empathy justifies evil and delays justice. You can find Rigney's […]

This week on Conservative Crossroads, the topic is passage of the SAVE Act necessary to ensure election integrity? Here to talk about that are two experts who have, in fact, run election agencies themselves. Don Palmer, Senior Legal Fellow of Election Integrity at the Heritage Foundation, will say it is essential. Stephen Richer, lecturer at […]

Join Jim and Greg for the Tuesday 3 Martini Lunch. Today they focus on President Trump's “Economic D-Day” against Iran and those doing business there, Abdul El-Sayed comparing circumcision to trans surgeries for kids, Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen's pointless plans of running for president, and a super close runoff expected today in South Carolina. […]

Nonprofit think tanks conduct research, prepare policy reports, and hold briefings for lawmakers. But does anyone in the halls of power really care? This question guides today's conversation with Scott Centorino. Scott previously served as President Trump's Special Assistant for Domestic Policy in the White House and as a senior fellow at the Foundation for […]

Occasionally we step back from our usual focus on advocacy groups and take a broader look at the news and the world around us, with help from subject-matter experts. This week, we take a look at Iran, and the lessons the ongoing conflict and other contemporary conflicts have for the American defense industry. Joining me […]

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent takes to the Financial Times to declare an “economic D-Day” against Iran, promising secondary sanctions on every nation, bank, and shadow fleet propping up Tehran—with China the name he pointedly never mentions. Erick Erickson explains why none of it is possible without the dollar as the world's reserve currency, and why […]

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent goes live to open the sanctions campaign against Iran, with OFAC hitting more than 60 entities, individuals, and vessels, new sectoral determinations on digital assets, technology, gold, aviation, and shipping, a promise that every branch of Bank Melli goes dark, and a hint that a major financial institution gets sanctioned by […]

Erick Erickson opens on the Georgia governor's race, where Keisha Lance Bottoms, running against his friend Rick Jackson, told a C-SPAN audience she was proud to end Atlanta's multimillion dollar agreement with ICE because “all money ain't good money,” and Erick answers with Laken Riley and with a 29 year old named Ramon Harris stabbed […]

What happens when words are no longer enough to explain a life? Composer and jazz artist Ray Seol joins Dave Carter for a deeply personal conversation about immigration, language, music, memory, and the unlikely journey that led him to search for meaning through sound. At the heart of the conversation is Professor Seol's extraordinary relationship […]

Join Jim and Greg for the Monday 3 Martini Lunch as they comment on Seattle voters overwhelmingly regretting their new socialist mayor, why both parties are now hostile to data centers and what the impact of that will be, curious Republican infighting in West Virginia politics, and a third Dan Sullivan emerges in the Alaska […]

The U.S.-Canada relationship is getting even messier after trade negotiations collapse and Canada vows to retaliate against President Trump's new tariffs. The Chicks break down the wildly uneven trade relationship, Canada's dependence on the American economy, NATO spending, China's role in North American trade, and why they think Mark Carney may have seriously miscalculated. Plus, […]

This week: An introduction to what Hillsdale College is all about, including an explanation of the school's mission, Imprimis, online courses, the Blake Center, and Hillsdale's K-12 charter schools. Dr. Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, joins Hugh Hewitt on the Hillsdale Dialogues. Release date: 21 August 2026

Richard Epstein takes a look at Trump's war with Iran and a strategy Epstein sees as dangerously muddled. From the Strait of Hormuz and soaring geopolitical stakes to Trump's faith in dealmaking, Epstein argues that half-measures have turned a potentially decisive conflict into a grinding war of attrition—with consequences that could reshape America's alliances and […]

Glenn and John McWhorter sit down with Tyler Austin Harper, whose Atlantic cover story documents his decision to resign from a tenure-track position at Bates College. Harper offers an insider's account of an institution compromising scholarly standards and treating him as a token in the service of sweeping racial justice policies — a story of […]

How will current issues or past discrimination against Mizrahi Israelis influence this election? Dan and sociologist Mijal Bitton discuss the history, identity, and political narratives of Mizrahi Jews—whose families came to Israel from across the Middle East and North Africa—and how those narratives continue to shape Israeli politics. They unpack the factors of historical discrimination […]

Welcome to Last Call, a look at the biggest stories Jim and Greg covered over the past week on the 3 Martini Lunch. This week, they discuss a socialist state lawmaker shocking the Democrats by winning the Florida U.S. Senate primary, a company admitting it completely fabricated recent polling results, the U.S. national debt reaching […]

“Burrito Gate” sparks a fiery debate about inflation, entitlement, and why younger generations feel broke. Zach Abraham breaks down what's really driving prices higher—and the everyday spending habits quietly draining Americans' bank accounts. Subscribe and stay tuned for new episodes every weekday! Follow us here for more daily clips, updates, and commentary: Youtube Facebook Instagram […]

We're a day and a half late with this episode, but better late than never. It's just Steve and Lucretia this week—John Yoo will be back for the next one—and they spend the first half of the episode updating some of last week's main stories while noting that instead of dying down, they have intensified. […]

The news cycle is ending the week with absolute chaos. An alleged ISIS supporter is accused of plotting an attack on the New York State Capitol, while Scott Jennings' rumored future at the White House has Hasan Piker threatening legal action. Meanwhile, the drama surrounding Candace Owens and Turning Point USA continues to escalate. Andrew […]

Join Jim and Greg for the Friday 3 Martini Lunch as they consider Mike Rogers finding plenty of Democrats to endorse him publicly in the Michigan Senate race, Florida Democrat/Socialist Senate nominee Angie Nixon saying Republicans are trying to kill black people, the U.S. Navy reportedly considering removing the name of a World War II […]

On this edition of The Federalist Radio Hour, Jack Salmon, a Gibbs scholar and research fellow at George Mason University's Mercatus Center, joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to analyze why Americans flee blue states for red ones and explain what this signals about the state of the economy. Read more from Salmon here. The Federalist Foundation […]

It's just James and Charles this week at the post: Post-elections in Florida, Minnesota, and South Carolina – post-mortem on l'affaire de Arday – and the post-partum madness of Lindsay Clancy, who is on trial in Massachusetts for murdering her three children and receiving an inexplicably large amount of support. Opening sound this week: Sen. […]

Erick Erickson opens Open Line Friday with Isaac Newton's laws of motion and argues that American politics now runs on the third one: every action produces an equal and opposite reaction, and nothing is left to slow either side down. He reads The Economist's warning that superintelligent AI with legal rights could turn humans into […]

Erick Erickson turns the second law of thermodynamics into an economics lesson and lands it on Seattle: Starbucks is cutting 224 corporate jobs, including 120 employees who refused to move to Nashville, and between Brian Niccol's restructuring and Amazon's exodus, Washington State's progressives have taxed and regulated their own economy cold while Nashville takes 1,500 […]