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Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo made a surprise announcement that MAHA has been waiting for: ALL vaccine mandates are ending in the state. “Is it appropriate for a government or any other entity to dictate to you what you should put in your body?” says Dr. Ladapo. “No, it's absolutely not appropriate. You have sovereignty over your body…” Ladapo assured CNN the vaccines will still be available to anyone who wants them – just not mandated. Donald Trump, however, does not fully agree with the change. The President, who recently dined with tech moguls including Bill Gates, said: “You have vaccines that work. They pure and simple work. They're not controversial at all. And I think those vaccines should be used; otherwise, some people are going to catch it and they are going to endanger other people.” Dr. Peter McCullough is a cardiologist, internist, and epidemiologist, serving as Chief Scientific Officer of The Wellness Company. He co-authored “Vaccines: Mythology, Ideology, and Reality” and “The Courage to Face COVID-19.” Follow at https://x.com/P_McCulloughMD Christina Bobb is a national security attorney, former OAN reporter, and author of “Defiant: Inside the Mar-a-Lago Raid and the Left's Ongoing Lawfare.” She served as Senior Counsel for the RNC's Election Integrity section. Follow at https://x.com/christina_bobb Rob Schneider is an actor, comedian, and star of Netflix's “Real Rob.” He authored “You Can Do It: Speak Your Mind America!” Follow at https://x.com/robschneider 「 SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS 」 Find out more about the brands that make this show possible and get special discounts on Dr. Drew's favorite products at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://drdrew.com/sponsors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• FATTY15 – The future of essential fatty acids is here! Strengthen your cells against age-related breakdown with Fatty15. Get 15% off a 90-day Starter Kit Subscription at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://drdrew.com/fatty15⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • PALEOVALLEY - "Paleovalley has a wide variety of extraordinary products that are both healthful and delicious,” says Dr. Drew. "I am a huge fan of this brand and know you'll love it too!” Get 15% off your first order at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://drdrew.com/paleovalley⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • VSHREDMD – Formulated by Dr. Drew: The Science of Cellular Health + World-Class Training Programs, Premium Content, and 1-1 Training with Certified V Shred Coaches! More at https://drdrew.com/vshredmd • THE WELLNESS COMPANY - Counteract harmful spike proteins with TWC's Signature Series Spike Support Formula containing nattokinase and selenium. Learn more about TWC's supplements at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twc.health/drew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 「 MEDICAL NOTE 」 Portions of this program may examine countervailing views on important medical issues. Always consult your physician before making any decisions about your health. 「 ABOUT THE SHOW 」 Ask Dr. Drew is produced by Kaleb Nation (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://kalebnation.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Susan Pinsky (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/firstladyoflov⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠e⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠). This show is for entertainment and/or informational purposes only, and is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Conway Jr. continues coverage of the tragic assassination of Turning Point USA's Charlie Kirk, reflecting on how Kirk had just kicked off a nationwide college campus tour at Utah Valley University and outlining the stops he never got to make. Tim also recalls the recent attempted assassinations of President Trump and the UnitedHealthcare CEO, drawing parallels to a growing climate of political violence. He plays highlights from Utah Governor Spencer Cox's press conference, giving the latest official response to the shooting. Later, Tim warns attendees of Ben Shapiro's scheduled event at the Reagan Library to check in advance as cancellations may follow the tragedy. The hour closes with a look back at Charlie Kirk's memorable RNC speech, which Tim says will be loved by conservatives, liked by moderates, and probably turned off by Democrats.

Marc and Dan discuss Lara Trump's keynote speech at a Missouri Right to Life dinner, her role with the RNC, and how she connects family values with politics. They cover details of two recent assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump, including the federal trial of Ryan Wesley Routh, who allegedly plotted to kill Trump. The conversation shifts to health insurance, with concerns about rising premiums, the role of Affordable Care Act subsidies, and broader critiques of government involvement in healthcare, education, and housing. Guests Eben Brown and Ryan Wiggins add analysis and commentary throughout the segment.

JB White returns from Tallahassee for a candid and wide-ranging RattlerGator Report. He opens with personal reflections on a friend's funeral and a few tech hiccups before diving into football Friday, previewing Florida's matchup with USF and sharing thoughts on FSU's big win. Shifting gears, JB takes aim at clueless academics misreading Trump's global strategy, pushing back on claims about his relationship with Modi, Putin, and Xi. He then breaks down Trump's RICO appeal in the 11th Circuit, the judges set to hear it, and why the case could go well for Trump. JB also highlights the critical RNC v. Wetzel case out of Mississippi, which struck down post–Election Day ballot counting, setting the stage for a Supreme Court showdown and nationwide election reform. Blending sports, law, geopolitics, and sponsor shoutouts, JB's trademark style shines through, rambling, sharp, and Southern to the core.

Tune in here to this Tuesday's edition of the Brett Winterble Show! We’re joined by Michael Whatley, former RNC official and current Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, to talk about the challenges facing North Carolina and the country at large. Whatley outlines his priorities: securing the border, strengthening the economy, backing law enforcement, and supporting the America First agenda. He contrasts his platform with that of Roy Cooper, criticizing the governor's record on immigration, taxes, and public safety. The conversation also touches on rising crime in North Carolina cities and the importance of restoring public trust in law enforcement and transit safety. Whatley discusses his work in disaster relief following the devastation of Hurricane Helene, highlighting his role in helping secure billions in federal aid for small businesses and housing. He credits President Trump for pushing federal agencies to prioritize North Carolina recovery efforts. To learn more about his campaign, Whatley directs listeners to his official site at https://www.michaelwhatley.com/ Listen here for all of this and more on The Brett Winterble Show! For more from Brett Winterble check out his YouTube channel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tune in here to this Tuesday's edition of the Brett Winterble Show! Brett kicks off the program by addressing the deeply troubling attack in Minneapolis, emphasizing its ideological nature and the broader implications for national security and public discourse. He criticizes the media and political establishment for minimizing the event, arguing that had the ideological roles been reversed, the public response would have been swift and severe Brett highlights commentary from Sebastian Gorka, who underscores the targeted nature of the violence against a Catholic school and challenges efforts to depoliticize the incident. He warns that ignoring such attacks opens the door to further violence and insists this event must not be forgotten. Drawing parallels to historical tragedies like 9/11 and the Alamo, Brett calls for a national reckoning and a firm stand to protect children and communities We’re joined by Michael Whatley, former RNC official and current Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, to talk about the challenges facing North Carolina and the country at large. Whatley outlines his priorities: securing the border, strengthening the economy, backing law enforcement, and supporting the America First agenda. He contrasts his platform with that of Roy Cooper, criticizing the governor's record on immigration, taxes, and public safety. The conversation also touches on rising crime in North Carolina cities and the importance of restoring public trust in law enforcement and transit safety. Whatley discusses his work in disaster relief following the devastation of Hurricane Helene, highlighting his role in helping secure billions in federal aid for small businesses and housing. He credits President Trump for pushing federal agencies to prioritize North Carolina recovery efforts. To learn more about his campaign, Whatley directs listeners to his official site at https://www.michaelwhatley.com/ Bo Thompson from Good Morning BT is also here for this Tuesday's episode of Crossing the Streams. Brett and Bo talk about the disappointing performance from UNC in their highly anticipated game, drawing comparisons to the hype around major football debuts and coaching challenges, including Bill Belichick's transition to the college game. The conversation then shifts to former President Trump’s announcement about relocating Space Force operations from Colorado to Alabama, sparking broader reflections on America’s place in the space race, global power dynamics, and the waning public interest in space exploration. Bo notes that while space once captured national attention, it's now more of a niche story—something both men agree should change. Bo also shares what he and Beth Troutman have coming up Wednesday on Good Morning BT, including coverage of Charlotte’s light rail tragedy, a key Metropolitan Transit Commission meeting, and conversations with cyber expert Teresa Payton and Winthrop University’s Scott Huffmon. Listen here for all of this and more on The Brett Winterble Show! For more from Brett Winterble check out his YouTube channel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to Zooming In at The UnPopulist in your favorite podcast app: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | RSS | YouTubeLandry Ayres: Welcome back to Zooming In at The UnPopulist. I'm Landry Ayres.We find ourselves in a deeply troubling moment for American democracy, grappling with the stark realities of a political landscape increasingly defined by fear, performative cruelty, and a conscious assault on established norms and institutions.This special live recording from ISMA's “Liberalism for the 21st Century” conference features host Aaron Ross Powell, as well as longtime observer of the militarization of police and author of the Substack, The Watch, Radley Balko, and co-founder and former contributor of The Bulwark, Charlie Sykes, author now of the Substack To the Contrary. They explore the mechanisms of this assault, how a manufactured crisis of fear is being weaponized by law enforcement, and the profound implications for civil liberties and the rule of law in America.The discussion is insightful, if unsettling.A transcript of today's podcast appears below. It has been edited for flow and clarity.Aaron Ross Powell: Welcome to a special live recording of The UnPopulist's Zooming In podcast here at the “Liberalism for the 21st Century” conference in Washington, D.C. I am Aaron Powell and I'm delighted to be joined by Radley Balko and Charlie Sykes to talk about the situation we find ourselves in.To me, the most striking image of Trump's campaign, months before he was reelected, was from the RNC. Before that, there was the weird one of him in the construction vest. But the most terrifying image was the one depicting the “Mass Deportation Now!” signs and the sneering and cruel faces celebrating the culture that they were wallowing in. Those faces made me think, as I was looking at them, of the faces in photographs during the Civil Rights Movement of police officers about to inflict violence, turn on firehoses, let dogs loose, and so on. And it felt like what we are seeing now.The “Mass Deportation Now!” images characterize not just the policies of Trump 2.0, but the attitude that they're trying to inflict upon the country. It feels like a rolling back of what we achieved in the 1960s from the Civil Rights Movement—it feels like we're in a retreat from that. This is a conscious attempt to roll that back. So I wanted to talk about that.Radley, I'll start with you. We're sitting in D.C. right now as National Guard troops and members of all sorts of agencies are patrolling the streets. Is this surprising to you—the pace at which these nominally public servants, who are supposed to serve and protect, have embraced this role of violence and fear and chaos?Radley Balko: I'm surprised at how quickly it's happened. I've been talking to people about this day for the last 20 years. I've been warning about the gradual militarization of our police, which is something that has happened in conjunction with the drug war and then the war on terror over 40 or 50 years.That debate was always about, “How militarized should our police be? How do we balance safety, and giving police officers what they need to protect public safety, with civil liberties and constitutional rights?” The fear was always that another Sept. 11 type event would cause what we're seeing now—that there would be a threat, a threat that everybody acknowledges as a threat, that would cause an administration, states, mayors, to crack down on civil liberties. But it would at least be a threat that everyone recognizes as a threat. We would be debating about how to react to it.When it comes to what's playing out today, there's no threat. This is all manufactured. This is all made up.Your juxtaposition of those two images—the clownish image of Trump in the construction vest and the other one depicting this genuinely terrifying anger and glee a lot of his followers get from watching grandmothers be raided and handcuffed and dragged out of their homes—show the clownishness and incompetence of this administration juxtaposed with the actual threat and danger, the hate and vitriol, that we see from his followers.We always hear that story about Ben Franklin after the Constitutional Convention: a woman comes up to him and says, “So, what is it, Mr. Franklin, do we have a republic or a monarchy?” And he says, “A republic, if you can keep it.” That phrase, of course, has been echoed throughout the ages. If Franklin were alive today, he would say, “You know, when I said that, I was worried about a Caracalla or a Sulla or a Caesar.” Instead it's like, this guy, the guy that has to win every handshake, that's who you're going to roll over for?I saw a lot of libertarian-ish people making this point before the election—that Trump's not a threat, he's a clown, he's incompetent, he's not dangerous. And you know what? He may be incompetent, but he's put people around him this time who do know what they're doing and who are genuinely evil.So, on some level, this was the worst case scenario that I never really articulated over the years when I've talked about police militarization. This is actual military acting as police, not police acting as the military. But here we are and they're threatening to spread it around the country to every blue city they can find.Powell: He's a clown, he's rightfully an object of ridicule, he doesn't know anything, he's riddled with pathologies that are obvious to everyone except him. And yet it's not just that he won, but that he effectively turned, not all of the American right, but certainly a large chunk of it into a personality cult. Charlie, given that he seems to be a singularly uninspiring personality, what happened?Charlie Sykes: Well, he's inspiring to his followers.Let me break down the question into two parts.I was in Milwaukee during the Republican Convention, when they were holding up the “Mass Deportation” signs—which was rather extraordinary, if you think about it, that they would actually put that in writing and cheer it. It's something that they'd been talking about for 10 years, but you could see that they were ramping it up.But you put your finger on this culture of performative cruelty and brutality that they have embraced. Trump has made no secret of that. It's one of the aspects of his appeal. For many, many years he's been saying that his idea of law and order is to have cops who will break heads and inflict harm. He's talked about putting razor blades on the top of the wall that Mexico was going to pay for. He's told stories about atrocities. One of his standard stories—that I think the media just stopped even quoting—was about Gen. “Black Jack” Pershing in World War I taking Muslim terrorists and shooting them with bullets that had been dipped in pig's blood. Totally b******t—he made the whole thing up. But it was an indication of a kind of bloodlust. He's talked about extrajudicial killings. He has expressed his admiration for strongmen like Duterte in the Philippines who have done this. He's talked about having drug courts that would have trials and executions the same day. So this is not a secret.What is really remarkable is the extent to which he's communicated that to his base. I mean, there are Americans who legitimately have concerns about immigration and about the border. But what he's also tapped into is this really visceral hatred of the other and the desire to inflict pain and suffering on them. I think that that is one of the ugliest aspects of his presence in our politics, and we saw that with the “Mass Deportation Now!” signs.Now, the second part is how he is implementing all of this with his raw police state, his masked brute squads sent into the city streets. And, again, he's made no secret of wanting to put active military troops into the streets of American cities. He was blocked from doing that in Trump 1.0, but obviously this is something that he's thought about and wants to do. And one of the most disturbing parts about this is the embrace of these kinds of tactics and this culture by law enforcement itself. Radley's written a lot about this. Donald Trump has gone out of his way, not only to defend war criminals, but also to defend police officers who've been accused of brutality. So he's basically put up a bat signal to law enforcement that: The gloves are off. We're coming in. There's a new sheriff in town.What's happening in Washington, D.C. is just a trial run. He's going to do this in New York. He's going to do this in Chicago. He's going to do this in one blue city after another. And the question is, “Will Americans just accept armed troops in their streets as normal?”Now, let me give a cautionary note here: Let's not gaslight Americans that there's not actually a crime problem. I think Democrats are falling into a kind of trap because there are legitimate concerns about public safety. So the argument shouldn't be: There's no crime problem. The argument should be: This is exactly the wrong way to go about dealing with it. Having mass, brute squads on the street is one step toward really running roughshod over a lot of different rights—due process rights and other constitutional rights—that most Americans are going to be reluctant to give up. But we're going to find out, because all of this is being tested right now.Balko: I'd like to jump in on the crime point. I mean, crime is down in D.C. D.C. does have a comparatively high crime rate for a city of its size. There's no question. It's always been that way here. But the idea that there's something happening right now that merits this response is what I meant when I called it a manufactured crisis.I think it's important to point out that, like you said, he's always wanted to do this. This is just the reason that he's managed to put his finger on and thinks is going to resonate.“I've been talking to people about this day for the last 20 years. I've been warning about the gradual militarization of our police, which is something that has happened in conjunction with the drug war and then the war on terror over 40 or 50 years. That debate was always about, ‘How militarized should our police be? How do we balance safety, and giving police officers what they need to protect public safety, with civil liberties and constitutional rights?' The fear was always that another Sept. 11 type event would cause what we're seeing now—that there would be a threat, that everybody acknowledges as a threat, that would cause an administration, states, mayors, to crack down on civil liberties. But there would at least be a threat that everyone recognizes as a threat. We'd be debating about how to react to it. When it comes to what's playing out today, there's no threat. This is all manufactured. This is all made up.” — Radley BalkoI do think we need to talk about crime and about what works and what doesn't. But I think it's important to acknowledge that “crime” is just the reason that he's found right now. This is something that he's been planning to do forever. Like Kristi Noem said, it is basically about deposing the leadership in these cities. In Los Angeles, she said that their goal was to “liberate” it from the socialist elected leaders.Sykes: I agree with you completely about that. I'm just saying that there is a danger of putting too much emphasis on the idea that there is not a crime problem—because in Chicago, there's a crime problem, in New York, there's a crime problem. People feel it. And, I mean, didn't Democrats learn a lesson in 2024 when there was inflation and they said, “Oh no, no, no, there's not really inflation here. Let me show you a chart. You can't think that the cost of living is a problem because here are some statistics that I have for you. There's not really a problem at the border—if you think there's a problem of immigration, a problem at the border, here, I have a chart showing you that there isn't a problem.” Well, you can't.If the public honestly thinks that there is a problem at the border, that there's a problem with inflation, and that there's a problem with crime, it's politically problematic to deny it because as David Frum wrote presciently in The Atlantic several years ago: If liberals will not enforce the border—you could add in, “or keep the city streets safe”—the public will turn to the fascists. If they think you will solve this problem and you're pretending it does not exist or you're trying to minimize it, they'll turn to the fascists.Balko: I don't want to belabor this, but I just think it's dangerous to concede the point when the premise itself is wrong.So, Trump made crime an issue in 2016, right? Recall the American Carnage inauguration speech. When Trump took office in Jan. 2017, he inherited the lowest murder rate of any president in the last 50 years. And yet he ran on crime. I think that it's important to push back and say, “Wait a minute, no, Obama did not cause a massive spike in crime. There was a tiny uptick in 2015, but that was only because 2014 was basically the safest year in recent memory.”Trump is also the first president in 30 years to leave office with a higher murder rate than when he entered it. You know, I don't think that presidents have a huge effect on crime, but Trump certainly does.So, I agree with you that we can't say crime isn't a problem, but we can also point out that crime went up under Trump and that what he's doing will make things worse.Sykes: I think these are all legitimate points to make. It's just that, Trump has this reptilian instinct to go for vulnerabilities. And one of the vulnerabilities of the progressive left is the problem of governance. If there is a perception that these urban centers are badly governed, that they are overrun with homeless encampments and crime and carjacking, then the public will see what he's doing as a solution.By the way, I'm making this argument because I think that we can't overstate how dangerous and demagogic what he's doing is. But I'm saying that this is going to be a huge fight. He's going to go into Chicago where crime is just demonstrably a problem, and where I think the mayor has an approval rating of about 12 to 16%, and he's going to say, “I am here with the cavalry.”There's got to be a better answer for this. There's got to be a way to focus on the real threat to the constitutional order that he is posing, as opposed to arguing on his ground and saying, “No, no, don't pay attention to crime, inflation, the border.”And, again, I'm making this argument because this is one that I think the country really has to win. Otherwise we are going to see militarization and an actual police state.Powell: Let me see if I can pull together some of the threads from the conversation so far, because I think there's a nexus, or something that needs to be diagnosed, to see the way through.When you [Charlie] were mentioning the bullets covered in pig's blood, what occurred to me was ... I was a kid at the height of '80s action movies. And that's the kind of thing that the bad guys did in '80s action movies. That's the kind of thing that justified the muscular American blowing them up or otherwise dispatching them.There's been a turn, now, in that we're seeing behavior from Americans that they would have at one point said, “This isn't who we are.” The Christianity that many Americans hold to, this is not the way that Jesus tells them to act. There's been a shift in our willingness to embrace this sort of thing, and it's behavior that I would have expected to horrify basically everyone watching it happening.And it is—his approval readings are declining rapidly. It is horrifying a lot of people—but fewer than I would have hoped. One of you mentioned that, on the one hand, there's the cruelty, but there's also the fear—and those are feeding into each other. And what I wonder is, yes, there's crime, but at the same time, if your media consumption habits are those of a committed Trump supporter, you are being told constantly to be afraid that everybody outside your door, except for the people who you recognize, or maybe the people who share your skin color or speak with the same accent you do, is a threat to you and your family.I see this with members of my own family who are Trump supporters. They are just terrified. “I can't ride the subway. It's too scary to ride the subway.” Or, “I go out in D.C. and I see youths doing the kinds of things youths do, and now I don't feel safe having my family there.” We don't have a war. We don't have a crisis. But we've told a huge portion of the country, “You should be afraid of every last thing except your immediate family and that guy who now rules the country.” And the crime rates are part of it. It's like, “You should be scared of every single one of these cities.”Sykes: It's a story. One of the speakers today was talking about the power of stories, that demagogues will tell a story. And a story of fear and anger is a very, very powerful story that you can't counteract with statistics. You need to counteract it with other stories.“This culture of performative cruelty and brutality is one of the aspects of his appeal. For many years he's been saying that his idea of law and order is to have cops who will break heads and inflict harm. He's talked about putting razor blades on the top of the wall that Mexico was going to pay for. He's told stories about atrocities. He would tell the story about Gen. ‘Black Jack' Pershing in World War I taking Muslim terrorists and shooting them with bullets that had been dipped in pig's blood. He's talked about extrajudicial killings. He has expressed his admiration for strongmen like Duterte in the Philippines who have done this. He's talked about having drug courts that would have trials and executions the same day. What is really remarkable is the extent to which he's communicated that to his base. He's tapped into this really visceral hatred of the other and the desire to inflict pain and suffering on them. I think that that is one of the ugliest aspects, and we saw that with the ‘Mass Deportation Now!' signs.” — Charlie SykesPart of the problem is that Trump has made that narrative. So, for example, you have members of your family who are Trump supporters. My guess is that they could name the young women who had been raped and murdered by illegal immigrants. Because, I mean, on Fox News, this is happening all the time, right? On Fox News, illegal immigrants are criminals. “Look at the crimes they are committing.” They tell that story in the most graphic way possible, and then turn around and say, “If you oppose what Donald Trump is doing, you are defending these ‘animals'”—as Trump described them.It is deeply dishonest. It is deeply dangerous. But it is potent. And we ought to look at it in the face and recognize how he is going to weaponize those stories and that fear, which is really the story of our era now. We're living in this era of peace, prosperity, general safety—and yet he's created this “American carnage” hellscape story.Balko: Yeah, I also think there's this weird paradox of masculinity in the MAGA movement. It's not about masculinity—it's about projecting masculinity. It's about co-opting aspects of masculinity. And it's like, “We're the manly men. We need men to be men again. And that's why we support men who sexually assault and sexually harass women. And, at the same time, we're all going to genuflect and debase ourselves in front of this 79-year-old man, because he's our leader and we need to let him insult our wives. And we're also scared to take the subway.” I think there were 10 murders last year in the New York city subway. The subway is one of the safest public spaces you'll find anywhere. But you'll regularly see MAGA people go on Fox News and talk about how scared they are of it.I mean, I don't know how persuadable any of MAGA is, but I do think pointing out the sheer cowardliness might resonate. When Markwayne Mullin goes on the Sunday shows and says he doesn't wear a seatbelt anymore because he's afraid he'll get carjacked and he needs to be able to jump out of his car quickly ...Sykes: ... He actually did say that.Balko: Yeah. And, I don't know what the stats are, but it's something like you're 40 or 50 times more likely to die in a car accident than you are in a carjacking. So, you know, he's sealing his own fate, I guess.But I do think that maybe there's something to appealing to their lack of masculinity when they try to push some of these narratives.Sykes: Well, yeah, I do think there are narratives out there.We have National Guard troops here in Washington, D.C.—where were they on Jan. 6th? Why did the president not bring them in then? We had one of the greatest assaults on law enforcement. So we can call b******t on Donald Trump being the “law and order,” “back the blue” president.One of the first things he did when he took office was issue the blanket pardons to all the rioters and seditionists who not only assaulted the Capitol, but specifically the ones who attacked police officers. We can stand up and say, “I don't want to be lectured by the man who gave the Get Out of Jail Free card to the people who tased and bear sprayed police officers in this city. Not to mention,”—before he brings up the whole “defund the police” thing—“the man who right now is dismantling the nation's premier law enforcement agency, the FBI.” Because all of these FBI agents who are being gutted or tasked with hassling homeless people in Washington, D.C., you know what they're not doing? They are not investigating child sex trafficking. They are not engaging in any anti-terrorism activities.So, what you do is call them out, saying, “You are not making this country safer. You are not the ‘law and order' president. You are a convicted felon. You in fact have freed and celebrated people who actually beat cops.” If Barack Obama would have pardoned someone who had attacked police officers, the right would have been utterly incandescent. And yet Donald Trump does it and he's not called out on it.I understand that there are some who are reluctant to say, “Well, no, we're actually the party of law and order. We're actually the party of public safety.” But you hit him right in what I think is a real vulnerability.Balko: One of the guys who literally told Jan. 6 rioters to kill the police is now a respected senior member of the Justice Department, whereas the guy who threw a sandwich at a cop is facing a felony charge. That is Trump's approach to law enforcement.Sykes: I always hate it when people go on TV and say, “This should be a talking point.” But that ought to be a talking point. Don't you think everybody ought to know his name? We have the video of Jared Wise saying, “Kill ‘em! Kill ‘em!” and calling the police Nazis. And he is now a top official in Donald Trump's Justice Department.Powell: This is my concern, though—and this allows me to belabor my Civil Rights Movement point some more. One of the reasons that the anti-civil rights movement, the counter-movement, was as vicious and as ugly as it was is because it was a group of people who felt like they had a status level by virtue of being white, of being men. As they saw things, “If we help minorities and others rise up, that lowers the baseline status that I have.” So they wanted to fight back. It was, “I'm going to keep these people down because it keeps me up.” And when Radley said that they're “projecting masculinity,” I think that's a big part.A big part of the appeal is, “Now I'm seeing guys like me dominating. Now I'm seeing guys who are from my area or share my cultural values or dress like me or are into the same slogans or have the same fantasies of power as I do, or just aren't the coastal elites with their fancy educations and so on, dominating.” And my worry is if that's what's driving a lot of it—that urge to domination coupled with the fear, which I think then allows them to overcome any barriers they have to cruelty—if you marry, “I can have power” and “I'm scared of these people,” that to them justifies their actions in the same way that it does the action movie heroes killing the guys who put the pig's blood on bullets. It becomes justified to inflict cruelty upon those they hate.My worry is if you go after them in that way, it feels like, “Okay, now what you're saying is these guys who look like me, who were dominating, don't actually deserve it.” I don't think that means that we stay away from it, but I think it risks triggering even more of this, “What I want is for it to be my boot on people's necks and I want them to stop putting me down. And I want them to stop telling me that I'm not good, that I'm incompetent, that it's not okay for me to beat my wife” (or whatever it happens to be). Trump is like an avatar for very mediocre men.Sykes: Well, I wouldn't use that as a talking point.Balko: A few years ago, I wrote a piece about a Black police chief who was hired in Little Rock by a mayor who ran on a reform platform and this police chief had a good record. He was in Norman, Okla. before that—he was the first Black chief in Oklahoma. And he was not a progressive by any means, but he was a reformer in that he wanted things to be merit-based and Little Rock has a really strong white police union. I say that because they also have a Black police union, because the Black officers didn't feel like they were represented by the white union.One of the first things that Chief Humphrey did was make the promotional interviews, that you get to move up through the ranks, blind. So you didn't know who you're talking to. If you were white, you didn't know if it was a fellow white person you were interviewing. Most of the people in charge were. The result of removing race from that process was that more Black officers were getting promoted than before. And I wrote about him because he ended up getting chased out of town. They hit him with fake sexual harassment charges; the union claimed he was harassing white women. Basically, they exerted their power and managed to chase him out.But one of the things he told me when I interviewed him was—and other people have said different versions of this—that when your entire life you've been the beneficiary of racial preferences as a white person, as happened in this country for most of its existence, meritocracy looks a lot like racial discrimination. Because things that you got just simply because you were entitled to now you have to earn. And that looks like, “Hey, this Black guy is getting this job over me. And that's not right. Because my dad got that job over the Black guy and his dad got the job over the Black guy.”And I think this backlash that we're seeing against DEI—I'm sure there are parts of this country where DEI was promoting unqualified people just to have diversity, and I do think there's there's value in diversity for diversity's sake—is white people, who have been benefiting from our racial hierarchy system that's been in place since the Founding, were starting to see themselves passed over because we were now moving to a merit-based system and they saw that as discrimination. That's a big part of the backlash.I don't know what the solution is. I don't know that we just re-impose all of the former policies once Trump's out of power, if he's ever out of power. But I do think that there is value in diversity for diversity's sake. Obviously I don't support strict quota systems, but I do think it's important to make that point that addressing historical injustices is critical.We went to the art museum in Nashville the other day and they had a whole exhibit about Interstate I-40 going through Nashville. It was supposed to go through this industrial area where there were no neighborhoods or private homes. And the Tennessee legislature deliberately made it run through the wealthiest Black neighborhood in Nashville and destroyed about 80% of Black wealth in the city. That was 1968—that was not 1868. That's relatively recently that you're destroying a ton of wealth. And you can find that history in every single city.I think a big part of this backlash is not knowing that history—and only knowing what's happening now and experiencing it out of context. For those people, it feels like reverse discrimination.Sykes: So, yes, a lot of this is true. But it's not the whole story. In the state of Wisconsin, overwhelmingly white voters voted for Barack Obama, a Black man, twice in a row before voting for Donald Trump. So we do have that long, deep history of racism, but then also an America that I think was making some progress. I'm just going to put this out as a counterpoint: I think that if people were appealing to the “better angels of their nature,” a lot of these people would not be buying into the cruelty, the brutality, the racism. Instead, we're appealing to their sense of victimization.But let's be honest about it. We moved from a Civil Rights Movement that was morally based on fairness and the immorality of discrimination to one that increasingly was identity politics that morphed into DEI, which was profoundly illiberal. What happened was a lot of the guys we're talking about were thinking not just that they want their boots on people's head, but they're constantly being told that they were bad, that their contributions were not significant. There were invisible tripwires of grievance—what you could say, what you could do, the way you had to behave. In the before times, a lot of the attacks on free speech and the demands for ideological conformity on university campuses were not coming from the illiberal right—they were coming from the illiberal left.And as I'm listening to the speakers at this conference talk about the assault on liberalism, I think one of the questions we have to ask—and maybe this is a little meta—is why it was so brittle. Well, it was brittle because it was caught in a pincer movement by the illiberal left and the illiberal right. My point is that a lot of this reaction is in fact based on racial animus, but there's also a sense that I hear from a lot of folks, a sense of liberation that they feel, that the boot was on their necks and is now being taken off, that they're not having to go to these highly ideological DEI training sessions where they were told how terrible and awful they were all the time. And how, if you believed in a race-blind society, that was a sign you were racist. If white women actually were moved by stories of racism and wept, that was white women's tears. This was heavy handed.“I do think the people who signed off on extraordinary rendition and snatching people off the street and sending them to a literal torture prison in El Salvador, those people need to be criminally charged. But I also think there need to be civil society repercussions. There are so many people in media—pundits, politicians who know better—who have a long record of pointing out how dangerous Trump was and then turned on a dime and started supporting him. I don't wish any physical harm on those people. I don't think any of those people should be put in prison. But I think those people should never be trusted as public intellectuals.” — Radley BalkoSo there was a backlash that was going to be inevitable. What's tragic is the way that it has been co-opted by the people who have really malign motives, who are not acting out of good will—the Stephen Millers who have figured out a way to weaponize this. But that line that goes from the racism of 1957 to the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, to a broad-based civil rights consensus—and, again, there's caveats in all of this—to identity-based politics. Let's be honest about it. That was not without sin. That was not without problems.Balko: So, I agree that there was I guess what you could call an illiberal approach to a mutual exchange of ideas on college campuses. There was a lot of shouting down of conservative speakers. In some cases, there were invitations revoked to valedictory speeches. There was some cutting off of funding for conservative speakers. But I want to make sure we're not delving into false equivalences here. I mean, the boot that you're talking about, Charlie, was a metaphorical boot, and we're talking about a very literal boot now.Sykes: Absolutely. That distinction is a significant one.Balko: So, my preferred way of expressing my disagreement with someone isn't to shout them down. I will say, though, that protest is a form of speech. I think, even to some extent, interrupting speeches that are particularly problematic or extremist is a form of speech. It's not one that I personally would engage in. But the type of censorship we're seeing now is direct. It is government censorship. It is not a violation of the spirit of free expression that we were seeing on college campuses before.Sykes: Oh, it was more than just that kind of violation. You had universities that required people to sign a DEI statement where they had to make ideological commitments in order to get a job. I mean, this was very heavy handed. There were no literal boots, but ... I like Jonathan Rauch's analogy that the illiberalism of the left is still a real problem, but it's like a slow-growing cancer. Right now, what we're facing with the illiberalism of the right is a heart attack. We have to deal with the heart attack right now, but let's not pretend that everyone who objects to some of the things that were happening are doing so because they are just vile, white racists.This is part of the problem. People spent decades accusing others of being racist on flimsy grounds. If you support Mitt Romney, you're a racist. If you support tax cuts, you're a racist. You know what happened? I come from this world and there was a time when to be called a racist was the worst thing you could possibly say about somebody. And it got to the point where, literally, if you were in favor of school choice, you were racist; in favor of tax cuts, you were racist. If you voted for a Republican … John McCain was a racist, George Bush was a racist. So when the real thing came along, guess what people said? They just rolled their eyes, shrugged, and said, “We've heard this before.” I mean, it was crying wolf for decades.And I've had these conversations when I would say, “How can you support someone who is just espousing this raw, vicious racism about Haitians eating dogs?” You know what I would get? “Oh, we've been hearing this for 20 years. Literally everyone I know has been accused of being a racist.”So we need to come back to a consensus. If we're going to restore that liberal consensus, we're going to have to say, “This is acceptable behavior. And this is not acceptable behavior.” But we are not going to use these labels to vilify. The politics of contempt is just not helpful. It is not helpful to tell people, “By the way, I think you're an idiot. I think you're stupid. I think you're racist. Would you like to hear my ideas about taxes now?” It doesn't work. And I think that one of the things that, tragically, Trump has tapped into is the sense that these elites look down on you.So, Aaron, when you say that this is the revolution of mediocre men, not helpful. Now, some of them are mediocre. I certainly agree. I write about mediocre people all the time—but, again, the politics of contempt is not the way to get ourselves out of this.Powell: I think there's a distinction between messaging and diagnosis. And if we're to understand how we got here, or the kinds of beliefs or values that can lead someone ... and I don't mean, you've been a partisan Republican voter for your entire life, and you come from a family of this, and you pulled the lever for Trump, but you're mostly an uninformed voter, which is a lot of people—I mean, the people who are cheering on Stephen Miller, they're in a different category. So it might be that, if you have one of those people in front of you, the message is not to say, “There's a broken set of morals at play here,” or “there's a cramped view of humanity at play here,” because they're not going to hear that in the moment.But if we're to understand how we got here and what we're up against, I think we have to be fairly clear-eyed about the fact that the [Trumpian] values that we've discovered over the last 10, 15 years have much more appeal and purchase among a lot of Americans than I think any of us had really expected or certainly hoped, and then figure out how to address that. And, again, it's not everybody—but it's more than I would like. If those values are central to someone's being, and the way that they view others around them and the way they relate to their fellow man, then I think a lot of the less condemning arguments also won't find purchase because, ultimately, it's not a policy difference. It's a, “I want a crueler world.”Sykes: This is where I think the argument that says, “Let's look at this cruelty. Let's look at this brutality. Let's look at the Stephen Millers” ... believe it or not, I actually think it's potent to say to somebody, “Do you want to be like that? Is that really what you want America to be? You're better than that.” And then, “Let me tell you the story of decency.”The story that we heard earlier today about how neighbors who are Trump voters will be there if your house is burning down or your father dies ... you appeal to that innate decency and say, “Do you really want this cruelty?” This is what's lacking, I think, on the right and in the Republican Party right now: people who say, “Okay, you may want less taxes, smaller government, a crackdown on street crime, less illegal immigration ... but is this who you want to be?” Show them the masked officer who is dragging the grandmother away. I do think that there is the better angel that says, “No, that is really not the American story.” You have to appeal to them as opposed to just condemn them. I'm not sure we're disagreeing, but I actually think that that's potent.Balko: I think there is not only room for ridicule when you're up against an aspiring authoritarian, but a lot of history shows it's often one of the few things that works because they really hate to be disrespected.I agree with Charlie that I don't think it's necessarily productive to make fun of people who have been tricked or who have been lied to, but I also think it's worth pointing out that Trump has contempt for his own supporters. I mean, one of the great ironies of our time is that when Trump would need a boost of self-esteem, he would go hold a rally in a state that, before he ran for president, he would never have been caught dead in. He grifts from his own supporters. His lies about Covid got his own supporters killed at higher rates than people in states that didn't vote for him. But I agree that it doesn't serve much benefit to denigrate people.Sykes: But do ridicule the people who are doing it. I mean, don't get me wrong. South Park is doing God's work right now.Balko: Absolutely.Powell: What, then, is the way forward?“This is part of the problem. People spent decades accusing others of being racist on flimsy grounds. If you support Mitt Romney, you're a racist. If you support tax cuts, you're a racist. You know what happened? I come from this world and there was a time when to be called a racist was the worst thing you could possibly say about somebody. And it got to the point where, literally, if you were in favor of school choice, you were racist; in favor of tax cuts, you were racist. If you you voted for Republican. John McCain was a racist. George Bush was a racist. So when the real thing came along, guess what people said? They just rolled their eyes, shrugged, and said, ‘We've heard this before.' I mean, it was crying wolf for decades.” — Charlie SykesLet's assume that democracy survives this current moment and that we somehow put Trump behind us. We can't go back to the status quo before this. We can't just say, “We're going to go back to the kind of politics we had during the Biden administration.” That seems to be off the table. We need something new. We need a new direction. What does that look like?Sykes: I honestly do not know at this point. And I don't think anybody knows. But I do think that we ought to remember, because we throw around the term “liberal democracy” a lot, that democracies are not necessarily liberal. Democracies are not necessarily kind. And I think we need to go back to things like the rule of law.I think it's going to involve some kind of restoration of balance in society. The damage that's being done now is so deep and some of it is so irreparable that I'm hoping that there will be a backlash against it, that there will be a pendulum swing back towards fundamental decency. And even though we keep talking about democracy a lot, I think we need to start talking about freedom and decency a little bit more.You know, I was listening to the Russian dissident who spoke tonight and he asked us to imagine what it's like trying to create a democratic society in Russia with all of their history and all their institutions. As bad as things are for us, we have a big head start. We still have an infrastructure, compared to what he is up against. We still can restore, I think, that fundamental decency and sense of freedom and equality before the law.Balko: I also don't know exactly what it's going to look like. I will say this: I think one of the big reasons why we are where we are today is that there wasn't a proper reckoning, and no real accountability, after the Civil War and Reconstruction. It's been the same with Jan. 6. There was no real accountability. The Democrats waited too long for impeachment. The DOJ was slow.I do think there have to be repercussions. I'm not saying that we throw everybody in the Trump administration in prison, but I do think the people who signed off on extraordinary rendition and snatching people off the street and sending them to a literal torture prison in El Salvador, those people need to be criminally charged.But I also think there need to be civil society repercussions. There are so many people in media—pundits, politicians who know better—who have a long record of pointing out how dangerous Trump was and then turned on a dime and started supporting him. I don't wish any physical harm on those people. I don't think any of those people should be put in prison. But I think those people should never be trusted as public intellectuals. We shouldn't employ them in that realm. I think they should be able to earn a living. I don't think they should earn our trust.I have zero confidence that that's going to happen. But I can personally say that I have no interest in participating in events like this with those people. I have no interest in giving those people any kind of legitimacy because they tried to take our birthright away from us, which is a free and democratic society—the country that, for all its flaws, has been an exemplary country in the history of humankind. They literally are trying to end that. And I don't think you just get to walk away from that and pretend like it never happened.Sykes: I totally agree.Powell: With that, thank you, Radley. 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The last story I told you about, I credited WYFF for that headline, and I apologize. It was actually, Fox Carolina, that ran that story. However, I went over and I checked on WYFF's website, and they ran the exact same story only from the Associated Press. So all of these local news stations are going along with it. In fact, I'm looking at a guy right now, over on, x, breaking. A veteran was just arrested outside the White House for burning the American flag. In 1989, the Supreme Court ruled that flag burning is protected under speech under the first amendment. Oh, oh, do you mean that that means that I can go into a school in a classroom and I can burn the American flag because it's protected under freedom of speech? Is is that what you're telling me? Oh, oh, does that mean that I can go to a store that sells propane, and I can stand in front of those propane canisters, and I can burn the American flag and nobody can say anything about it because that's protected speech? Is that what you're telling me? Are you telling me that I can burn the American flag anywhere and under any circumstance that I want? Is that what you're telling me? Because it is protected by the first amendment. That's what you're telling me? I can go out into a hospital room where a patient is on oxygen and burn the American flag because it's protected under freedom of speech. This guy didn't get arrested for burning the American flag. He got arrested because he burned something. He burned anything. That's that's just it. It wasn't the flag. The flag was inconsequential. You can't burn anything in front of the White House, period. Man, I'm telling you, these people, they're even even these so called journalists out there, completely missing everything because they've got one thing in common, their unbelievable hatred of Donald Trump. We hate him so much. We won't even pay attention to the truth anymore. We won't we won't even oh my goodness. They're crazy. They're literally nuts. Over at CNN, they are revealed that, the Democrats are actually suffering from depression. Duh. The problem that he is facing is that the depression And he's talking about the head of the RNC right now. The problem that he I'm sorry. He's talking about the head of the DNC right now. The problem that he is facing is that the depression among Democrats is really there, and he has a lot of, both mental and, literal debts that, he has to be paying at the, at the DNC. There's been a lot of problem with fundraising, a lot of Democrats who are not, willing to put the money there. And also, millions of debt from Kamala Harris' campaign that I get into in the story up on our site that has never really been reported before exactly what happened. And even hundreds of thousand dollars of debt, or or payments that are going to Joe Biden's legal bills for the oversight hearings that are, on Capitol Hill. It's a lot of things that are coming together and making it even more difficult for Democrats as they are trying to figure out the way forward into the midterms next year and beyond. Yeah. They are really hurting. Right now, the DNC only has $14,000,000 cash on hand. $14,000,000. And they have agreed to pay Kamala Harris's campaign debts. We're talking about millions of dollars. Kamala Harris ended her failed $1,500,000,000 campaign with $20,000,000 of debt. $20,000,000, and the DNC is gonna cover that. Now since then, old Kamala Harris has been doing something kinda kinda backstabbingly. Harris has been raising money from donors without disclosing the money was actually going to pay off her campaign debt. Oh, maybe somebody ought to be looking in the into that over the, federal elections commission. FEC ought to come up with some sort of an investigation, raising money from donors, thinking it's gonna go to whatever campaign, but it's not. It's gonna go to hers. 15,000,000. Well, I guess I guess Beyonce doesn't come cheap. I guess Megan Thee Stallion and Bruce Springsteen. I gu ...

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Join the Ruthless Variety Program crew; Josh Holmes, Comfortably Smug, Michael Duncan, and John Ashbrook, for a heartfelt tribute to Hulk Hogan. Reflecting on his larger-than-life legacy as an 80s icon, from Hulkamania and WWF triumphs to his epic RNC moment supporting Trump, the fellas discuss how wrestling mirrors American politics (shoutout to Vince McMahon's Netflix doc). Packed with laughs: Childhood Hulk sightings, wrestling games, concert tales from Chicago to Fleetwood Mac, Hunter Biden's savage Pod Bros takedown, Dem hypocrisy on Biden's age, and sports blunders like NFL mishaps. Question of the Day: Your favorite Hulk Hogan moment? Subscribe, rate 5 stars, and visit ruthlesspodcast.com for free bumper stickers. Unfiltered fun on politics, culture, and more—stay ruthless! Our Sponsors:➢Pass working family tax cuts. Learn more at https://www.onenationamerica.org/➢Want to make a difference in your community? https://takeonesmallstep.org/ Join AFP's grass-roots efforts at https://afpvolunteer.com/➢Find out the true power of America's oil and natural gas. Go to https://lightsonenergy.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

RNC Chairman Michael Whatley joins the show and talks about the RNC raising more funds than the DNC and a possible run for a North Carolina Senate seat. Visit the Howie Carr Radio Network website to access columns, podcasts, and other exclusive content.

David Waldman is out of here! Almost! Whacha wanna talk about? How about Jeffery Epstein? Other than ”Trump's tiny peen”, the “Epstein files” are the country's most talked about topic. Ghislaine Maxwell is conversant in either subject, of course, but would rather be moving on at this stage.  Donald P.P. Trump says he hasn't “thought about” pardoning Ghislaine and therefore has decided to. That wouldn't quiet much down, as Gops have arranged to keep talking on the subject through the Fall, the DOJ has more than 100,000 pages' of unreleased Epstein materials, Epstein's estate has his 50th birthday book, Rupert Murdoch gets to testify, and Steven KG Bannon has 15 hours of Epstein interviews...  The only way out is for the administration to admit mistakes and defeat… heh, heh. Or they could blame it on AI. How? Well, they'd have to ask AI. Sam Altman tells investors that the first step would be to create an all-powerful AI, the second step would be instant profit and/or annihilation. Just kidding. People don't require something as sophisticated as AI to bamboozle them. You can't fool Jerome Powell. TACO couldn't pull one over on him. There's hope for the future as textbook publishers refuse to go MAGA. Big MAGA dummy Pete Hick-Seth was sharing secret documents, with “SECRET” written right across them, on Signal after all. If you are a Hegseth aide looking to steal a little valor, hurry, your time might be limited. On the other hand, old work buddy Mike Waltz did find himself a new gig as UN ambassador... Mar-a-Lago classified documents witnesses picked up $310,000 tip from the RNC, probably tax-free. Instead of Trump's tiny peen, check out his big, beautiful deal with Japan, although the more you do look at it, the less impressive it becomes.

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In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Marconi award winning host Dan Mandis fills in for Gary and Eric tonight. Dan begins with accusations of a Russian collusion after Donald Trump was elected in 2016 as the Democrats began their war against the President. It began with a dirty dossier from the exiting Obama administration serving as the groundwork for a coop against Donald Trump. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard detailed "striking" findings from declassified documents released Friday, claiming to showcase "overwhelming evidence" that an Obama-era cabal laid the groundwork for what would be the years-long Trump-Russia collusion probe after the 2016 election. Also more fallout from CBS' cancellation of The Late Show with Steven Colbert as Democrats continue to politicize the issue, the Epstein case and the President's lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal, the notion of the DNC actually considering installing Kamala Harris as the Democratic front-runner in 2028, JD Vance is a shoe-in for the RNC in 2028, audio from Barack Obama on how young boys need a second (gay) father influence in their life and President Trump challenges the Washington Commanders to change back to the Washington Redskins, but does it supersede what's considered a business decision. For more talk on the issues that matter to you, listen on radio stations across America Monday-Friday 12am-5am CT (1am-6am ET and 10pm-3am PT), download the RED EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's show is brought to you by these great sponsors: Beam For a limited time got 40% of Beam's Dream Powder. Dream Powder with Reishi, Magnesium, L-Theanine, Apigenin and Melatonin to help you fall asleep, stay asleep, and wake up refreshed. Just head to https://shopbeam.com/SPICER for 40% off. Delta Rescue Delta Rescue is one the largest no-kill animal sanctuaries. Leo Grillo is on a mission to help all abandoned, malnourished, hurt or suffering animals. He relies solely on contributions from people like you and me. If you want to help Leo to continue his mission of running one of the best care-for-life animal sanctuaries in the country please visit Delta Rescue at: https://deltarescue.org/ President Trump celebrated his first 6 months in office with a historic success list, highlighting all the accomplishments thus far. Even CNN and Jake Tapper were forced to acknowledge all that has happened in just 6 months. Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence confirmed the "Russia hoax" was exactly that, a hoax. There was no evidence that Russia was trying to hack the election. The question is, what now?  We want to see people pay for crimes they commit, we want accountability, we want justice. Sean O'Brien is the General President for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. It was unprecedented to see the head of the Teamsters speak at the RNC but Sean O'Brien is having diverse conversations with diverse people every day. O'Brien is happy to see the progress President Trump's tariffs have made in multiple industries including Hollywood. O'Brien represents 1.3 million members and wants to see more workers get the opportunity to unionize. A $92 billion investment in the big, beautiful bill moves towards AI development, O'Brien is fighting for state sovereignty, and for human workers not to be replaced by machines. As the Epstein storm continues Penny Nance is the President & CEO of Concerned Women For America shines a light on a much bigger problem of people that abuse children for money. This week CWA will also release new data on how many gold medals were stolen by boys and men competing in women's sports. Featuring: Sean O'Brien General President | International Brotherhood of Teamsters https://teamster.org/ Penny Nance CEO & President | Concerned Women For America https://concernedwomen.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 1️⃣ Subscribe and ring the bell for new videos: https://youtube.com/seanmspicer?sub_confirmation=1 2️⃣ Become a part of The Sean Spicer Show community: https://www.seanspicer.com/ 3️⃣ Listen to the full audio show on all platforms: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sean-spicer-show/id1701280578 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/32od2cKHBAjhMBd9XntcUd iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-sean-spicer-show-120471641/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bo delves into political disputes in the Senate Judiciary Committee, Trump's stable approval ratings amid controversies, and GOP Senate efforts to defund PBS and NPR. He also covers the Breonna Taylor case's racial implications and features a discussion with Michael Watley from the RNC about the importance of grassroots involvement in the upcoming New Jersey and New York elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bo delves into political disputes in the Senate Judiciary Committee, Trump's stable approval ratings amid controversies, and GOP Senate efforts to defund PBS and NPR. He also covers the Breonna Taylor case's racial implications and features a discussion with Michael Watley from the RNC about the importance of grassroots involvement in the upcoming New Jersey and New York elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another podcast episode where we're giving you two great guests for the price of one!Our incredible host, Mike Slater, starts off by talking to Benji Backer, founder and CEO of Nature Is Nonpartisan, about President Donald J. Trump's recently announced "Make America Beautiful Again" Commission and why it's a great thing!Following that, Slater speaks with Douglass Mackey, the social media influencer, who has been engaged in a huge legal battle over a MEME THAT HE POSTED IN 2016. No, we're not kidding. Listen in for all of the insane details!

Today's podcast is all about the American welfare system and the freaks/losers who abuse it. We're not just talking about the illegal immigrants, either. This is about ALL Americans who are too lazy to GET a damn job. Listen in as our hilarious host, Mike Slater, goes after the ungrateful dummies in our country for taking advantage of taxpayer-funded snacks.Following the opener, Mike talks to Breitbart's Economics Editor, John Carney, about financial health of the rest of this nation. How we doing with our money overall under Trump 2.0? Plus, the two men talk a bit about Superman! It'll make sense when you hear it so tune in now!

Today's podcast begins with our stupendous host, Mike Slater, asking a simple yet powerful question: Is President Donald J. Trump going "soft" on the illegal immigration issue? Should MAGA be concerned that he won't deport the number of people that he should because of his business conflict of interests? All of this is covered and more in our first segment!Following the opener, Slater gabs with Breitbart's London Bureau Chief, Oliver Lane, about all of the important happenings in Europe and how Americans should be viewing our brothers and sisters across the Atlantic Ocean in 2025...

There's been a terrible tragedy in the Lone Star State and we're covering it as best we can. Our host, Mike Slater, begins today's podcast with a frank discussion about the flood damage in Texas with Breitbart reporter Randy Clark and what we can all expect from this region in the near future. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families.Following the opener, Slater speaks with an inspiring listener from the Carolinas who has a powerful message about volunteering and stepping up when needed. You'll want to hear this!

The Supreme Court has finished its 2024-2025 term and our lawyer-loving host, Mike Slater, has some thoughts on all of the decisions that the nine Justices made on a variety of different cases! It may sound a bit dry, but these are important matters that will impact ALL Americans in the near future!Following the opener, William A. Jacobson of Cornell Law School joins the program to provide his expert commentary on all of the legal matters and talk about what we can expect from the highest court in the land in Fall of 2025 and beyond!

12 - The left-wing media is even concerned about NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's rhetoric and government officials' aversion to answering questions about him. Dom dives in. 1210 - Trumps is going to “Alligator Alcatraz”? 1215 - Side - all time butterfly/domino effect 1220 - The Church is at odds with the Trump administration over immigration. Where is the disconnect between the White House, The Church, and Catholic parishioners? How does abortion come into play? 1230 - RNC Chairman Michael Whatley joins us. What is the progress on the Big Beautiful Bill getting to President Trump's desk? How do slashes to Medicaid happen with support from both sides of the aisle? What does the RNC think of Zohran Mamdami? Is the RNC worried about his rhetoric and idea implementation? Is New Jersey ready for a political change? How excited is the RNC about the “RapidResponse47” account on social media? 1245 - These poor truck drivers are being forced to learn… English? Your calls. 1250 - Is Zohran not going to walk back some of his more wilder comments?

12 - The left-wing media is even concerned about NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's rhetoric and government officials' aversion to answering questions about him. Dom dives in. 1210 - Trumps is going to “Alligator Alcatraz”? 1215 - Side - all time butterfly/domino effect 1220 - The Church is at odds with the Trump administration over immigration. Where is the disconnect between the White House, The Church, and Catholic parishioners? How does abortion come into play? 1230 - RNC Chairman Michael Whatley joins us. What is the progress on the Big Beautiful Bill getting to President Trump's desk? How do slashes to Medicaid happen with support from both sides of the aisle? What does the RNC think of Zohran Mamdami? Is the RNC worried about his rhetoric and idea implementation? Is New Jersey ready for a political change? How excited is the RNC about the “RapidResponse47” account on social media? 1245 - These poor truck drivers are being forced to learn… English? Your calls. 1250 - Is Zohran not going to walk back some of his more wilder comments? 1 - How does Zohran attract young men voters like Trump did? Why won't Zohran condemn the phrase “Globalize the Intifada”? 105 - A music group is denied entry into the U.S. over their political beliefs. 110 - Your calls. What is this education controversy in Chicago? 115 - More on Bob Vylan being denied entry to the US over their performance at Glastonbury. 120 - What does this Chicago teacher's union head story remind Dom of? Your calls. 135 - Senate District 6 Representative Frank Farry joins the program. What is the sales tax squabble Frank is fighting for on behalf of his local municipalities? How many Democrats in the senate are on his side? What would the changes look like if implemented? Frank calls out the state representatives on the other side of the aisle to step up and decide whether they are for their suburbs or for Philadelphia? Where does Frank stand on SEPTA's incompetence? 150 - Why do we have to pay for beach tags? 2 - Scott Presler returns to the show for his weekly installment. Why is Scott in Manhattan today? Where do we stand with updated voter registration numbers in PA? Why are the numbers out of Philadelphia so interesting? Who does Scott want to shout out today? Did we see the Presler-Lara Trump segment yet? Why is Thom Tillis on his way out in North Carolina? 215 - Dom's Money Melody! 225 - Why is Gen Z driving bartenders crazy with their bar tab habits? Dom, Kirk, and Henry discuss. 235 - Jonny Z of Mulligan's hops on the program to discuss Mulligan's bar tab rules. What does he think of the opening and closing of bar tabs? How's business? How did Jonny feel about the sauce vs. gravy debate? 250 - The Lightning Round!

Today's podcast begins with our fascinating host, Mike Slater, reviewing a news story about a father of three U.S. Marines being detained in California for being an illegal immigrant. Should a man who raised three American heroes be deported? Why or why not? Slater poses this question and listeners like YOU answered with their phone calls! Check it out!Following the opener, Mike chats with Florida's Attorney General, James Uthmeier, on the sunshine state's "Alligator Alcatraz" DHS Project and other big projects. They're doing MAGA correctly down there, that's for sure!

As the fresh fighting between Israel and Iran stops thanks to a shaky "ceasefire" championed by U.S. President Donald J. Trump, our intellectual host, Mike Slater, speaks at-length about the actions of the United States of America's military and how it's been informed by the age-old principle of "Speaking softly and carrying a big stick". Where did this "peace through strength" idea come from and does it work today? Tune in and find out!Following that, Breitbart's World Editor, Frances Martel, calls up Mike and reports on all of the important happenings around the globe that YOU need to know about. There's more to this planet than just the latest Middle East chaos ya know?!?!

Over the weekend, the U.S. military, under orders from President Donald J. Trump, struck three different nuclear development sites in the nation of Iran. Why did this happen and what will this mean for the American people going forward? Our host, Mike Slater, has some thoughts on all of this and he expresses them completely.Following the opening segment, U.S. Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Blaine Holt joins the show to provide an expert's opinion on the subject of warfighting in the Middle East in 2025 and beyond.

12 - Emily Ratajkowski is supporting the socialist candidate in the New York City Mayoral primary today. Does he have a chance and will this boost his odds? 1205 - If you curse too much, the words lose their luster. So, should we be paying attention to Trump when he curses when speaking about Israel? 1215 - Side - all time bad idea 1220 - There's a statewide “No Tax on Overtime" Bill in the state senate? 1230 - RNC Senior Advisor Danielle Alvarez joins the program. Where and how is the RNC helping in New Jersey? How important is voter turnout and voter protection volunteers? Will the Big Beautiful Bill Bill be on Trump's desk come July 4th? As Trump has negotiated a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, what is next? 1250 - Your calls to finish out the hour. 1 - Madeleine Dean and Pam Bondi squared off during a 2026 budget request meeting, trading personal jabs and insults in front of the cameras. Dom and Dan react to the condescending tones thrown out by Dean and how that will always lead to a squabble. 120 - More of your calls this hour. 130 - Dom goes off on Miles Pfeffer, the man who killed Philadelphia Police Officer Christopher Fitzgerald, and how long the legal process has taken, how the parents need to be held accountable, and ultimately, how Pfeffer deserves the death penalty. 135 - We play audio of a previous call from Officer Fitzgerald's widow Marissa and what life is like without her husband. When did we as a society start mitigating circumstances? 150 - Dom finds the info about the prisoner he interviewed years ago and we discuss his story. Your calls. 2 - Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity joins us today. Just how many public schools are underperforming across the Commonwealth, and how does that tie into school choice? How central will national and international issues play a part in the next PA governorship? What does Stacy think of the Middle East? How important is energy security to Pennsylvania and how can Stacy tap into our vast amount of natural resources here? How has her time as Treasurer prepared her for the Governorship? 215 - Dom's Money Melody! 225 - Your calls. 240 - On the anniversary of Title IX, why are people trying to ban a woman from the WNBA? Your calls. 250 - The Lightning Round!

12 - Emily Ratajkowski is supporting the socialist candidate in the New York City Mayoral primary today. Does he have a chance and will this boost his odds? 1205 - If you curse too much, the words lose their luster. So, should we be paying attention to Trump when he curses when speaking about Israel? 1215 - Side - all time bad idea 1220 - There's a statewide “No Tax on Overtime" Bill in the state senate? 1230 - RNC Senior Advisor Danielle Alvarez joins the program. Where and how is the RNC helping in New Jersey? How important is voter turnout and voter protection volunteers? Will the Big Beautiful Bill Bill be on Trump's desk come July 4th? As Trump has negotiated a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, what is next? 1250 - Your calls to finish out the hour.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (06/20/2025): The Rich Zeoli Show is LIVE from the Grand Hotel in Cape May, New Jersey! And he's joined throughout the day by Republican NJ Gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli, Fox News host Jimmy Failla, family farmer Andy Henry, U.S. Congressman Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), New York Times best-selling author Jack Carr, and RNC election integrity attorney Linda Kerns.

Today's podcast begins with our incredible host, Mike Slater, going over a couple of different news stories with a particular focus on one regarding U.S. Senator Mike Lee's proposal to sell off federal land for "affordable housing". What is that and is it even a good idea. Slater has a TON of thoughts on this and you'll want to hear them.Following the opener, Mike gabs with Jonathan Skrmetti, the great state of Tennessee's Attorney General, about how he and others were able to notch a BIG win against childhood sex change insanity in the U.S. Supreme Court. A victory for common sense! Hooray!

Agile in Construction: Managing The Network of Promises in Lean Construction, with Luca Cotta Ramusino Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. Luca defines success in Lean construction through two critical metrics from the Last Planner Method: PPC (Percentage of Plan Complete) and RNC (Reasons for Not Completing). Success means creating reliable promises in what he describes as construction's "network of promises." The Last Planner Method removes layers of management by having those closest to the work do the planning themselves. PPC measures how reliable your promises are—similar to Scrum's definition of "done"—while RNC identifies where problems concentrate, typically in 2-3 areas. Both the work provider and receiver must agree on what "complete" means for these metrics to be meaningful. Featured Retrospective Format for the Week: Reflect and Disinfect Luca developed this daily retrospective practice where people share what was interesting about their work day without formal meetings. Inspired by both Scrum retrospectives and Toyota's focus on reflection and introspection, this 15-minute format answers three questions: what should we continue doing, what should we stop doing, and what should we start doing? The practice emphasizes that teams need moments to stop and think back in order to improve how they work. The informal nature makes it accessible to construction crews who might resist traditional meeting formats. Self-reflection Question: How reliable are the promises your team makes, and what patterns do you see in the reasons they're not kept? [The Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast Recommends]

In this explosive episode, Tara dives deep into the chilling realities of China's techno-authoritarian regime—where jaywalking triggers automatic bank deductions, facial recognition enforces obedience, and social credit scores dictate your entire life. Featuring highlights from Eric Prince on the Sean Ryan Show, it's a sobering warning about what could happen here if America loses its constitutional foundation. Meanwhile, Israel vows to eliminate Iran's nuclear threat—and possibly the Ayatollah himself—as fresh bombings target uranium sites. Trump doubles down on his decades-long position: Iran cannot have nuclear weapons. But the real stunner? A MAGA civil war erupts as Tucker Carlson shockingly admits he didn't know Iran has already tried to assassinate Trump—with operatives in U.S. custody. Tara plays jaw-dropping clips of his clueless interview with Ted Cruz and unpacks what this internal GOP rift means for foreign policy and the 2024 election. Plus: The DNC is broke, the RNC is thriving, and Laura Loomer threatens to snitch on Trump critics in a spiraling political drama.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3: 5:00pm- Michael Whatley—Chairman of the Republican National Committee—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss Jack Ciattarelli earning the Republican nomination for Governor of New Jersey, winning all 21 state counties in the process. Whatley confirms “the RNC is absolutely going to be there” supporting Ciattarelli in every way possible, noting: “We've already set up an election integrity program in the state…We'll have attorneys that are going to be on the ground in every precinct.” 5:40pm- In an opinion piece published in The Washington Post, former Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney defended his decision to make Philly a sanctuary city—and condemned the Trump Administration's deportations of migrants residing in the U.S. unlawfully. 5:45pm- Mostly peaceful Molotov cocktails? 5:50pm- While testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attempted to correct Rep. Linda Sanchez's use of inaccurate statistics—she then nonsensically accused Bessent of being “sexist” for interrupting her.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (06/11/2025): 3:05pm- On Tuesday night, Jack Ciattarelli won the Republican nomination for Governor of New Jersey—capturing 68% of the total vote and winning all 21 state counties. Meanwhile, Mikie Sherrill emerged as the Democratic Party's nominee earning 34% of the vote and defeating Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and Congressman Josh Gottheimer. 3:15pm- In an address on Tuesday night, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) condemned the Trump Administration's use of the National Guard and U.S. Marines to halt violent demonstrations taking place in Los Angeles. Newsom baselessly claimed “Democracy is under assault right before our eyes. The moment we've feared has arrived.” 3:30pm- Matt Rooney—Founder of SaveJersey.com & host of The Matt Rooney Show on 1210 WPHT (Sunday's 7pm to 10pm)—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to recap yesterday's primaries in New Jersey. Will the Garden State elect a Republican governor? Rooney explains: “Trump is extremely invested in winning in New Jersey this year.” You can find more information about the general election battle between Republican Jack Ciattarelli and Democrat Mikie Sherril here: https://savejersey.com. 4:05pm- In an address on Tuesday night, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) condemned the Trump Administration's use of the National Guard and U.S. Marines to halt violent demonstrations taking place in Los Angeles. Newsom baselessly claimed “Democracy is under assault right before our eyes. The moment we've feared has arrived.” 4:30pm- Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Jack Ciattarelli has already released his first ad targeting Democrat nominee Mikie Sherrill—pointing out that since she joined Congress in 2019, her net worth has tripled to an estimated $10 million! 4:40pm- Listeners React to NJ Primary Results: Will Jack Ciattarelli be New Jersey's next governor? 5:00pm- Michael Whatley—Chairman of the Republican National Committee—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss Jack Ciattarelli earning the Republican nomination for Governor of New Jersey, winning all 21 state counties in the process. Whatley confirms “the RNC is absolutely going to be there” supporting Ciattarelli in every way possible, noting: “We've already set up an election integrity program in the state…We'll have attorneys that are going to be on the ground in every precinct.” 5:40pm- In an opinion piece published in The Washington Post, former Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney defended his decision to make Philly a sanctuary city—and condemned the Trump Administration's deportations of migrants residing in the U.S. unlawfully. 5:45pm- Mostly peaceful Molotov cocktails? 5:50pm- While testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attempted to correct Rep. Linda Sanchez's use of inaccurate statistics—she then nonsensically accused Bessent of being “sexist” for interrupting her. 6:05pm- On Tuesday night, Jack Ciattarelli won the Republican nomination for Governor of New Jersey—capturing 68% of the total vote and winning all 21 state counties. Meanwhile, Mikie Sherrill emerged as the Democratic Party's nominee earning 34% of the vote and defeating Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and Congressman Josh Gottheimer. 6:15pm- Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Jack Ciattarelli has already released his first ad targeting Democrat nominee Mikie Sherrill—pointing out that since she joined Congress in 2019, her net worth has tripled to an estimated $10 million! 6:30pm- In an address on Tuesday night, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) condemned the Trump Administration's use of the National Guard and U.S. Marines to halt violent demonstrations taking place in Los Angeles. Newsom baselessly claimed “Democracy is under assault right before our eyes. The moment we've feared has arrived.”

Two guests for the price of one yet again!  U.S. Senators from the the great states of Wisconsin (Ron Paul) and Kentucky (Rand Paul) join our amazing host, Mike Slater, to talk about the continuing drama that's surrounding President Donald Trump's "One Big, Beautiful Bill" and its passage through congress.  Tune in to get the good, the bad, and the ugly of this process. Will the bill pass or will the bill fail? Should you even support it? All of this and more will be explored in one jam-packed podcast!

Things are a bit topsy-turvy on today's BND Podcast!We begin with an interview between our groovy host, Mike Slater, and Eric Teetsel, CEO of Center for Renewing America. The two men talk about "Rescissions Week" and other highly important fiscal topic that are impacting America in June of 2025 under Trump 2.0.Following that, we have a segment with some callers like YOU that are royally pissed off with the SLOW progress on President Donald Trump's "One Big, Beautiful Bill" and are SICK AND TIRED of being told to be "patient" with legislative efforts to truly change things around here. Enjoy the venting because we sure did!

Today's podcast begins with our excellent host, Mike Slater, going over two HUGE news stories. One is about the upcoming "Recission Week" that'll be going down in our nation's capital this week and the other is the latest horrific terrorist attack in the state of Colorado. Two very different topics, but both are SUPREMELY important and Mike has some poignant thoughts on each of them.Following the opener, Slater gabs with U.S. Congressman Riley Moore (R-WV-02) about his serious legislative efforts to limit the number of student visas that are being handed out in this country to Chinese Nationals. How's that for MAGA? Tune in for the informative fun!

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: 6:05pm- On Tuesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.—alongside FDA Commissioner Marty Makary and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya—announced the CDC will no longer recommend Covid-19 vaccination for health children and pregnant women, removing the vaccines from the immunization schedule. 6:15pm- Deputy Director of the FBI Dan Bongino announced that the agency will continue several unresolved investigations, including who brought cocaine into the White House in 2023, the pipe bombs left at the RNC and DNC offices in January of 2021, and who is responsible for leaking the Supreme Court's 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. 6:30pm- In a series of articles published over the weekend, The New York Times examined the Democrat Party's continued struggles appealing to the American electorate. Shane Goldmacher writes that Democrats “are still searching for the path forward”—noting that the party spent $20 million studying their “erosion” of support with “young men” specifically. In another article, Goldmacher—alongside June Kim and Christine Zhang—evaluate “how Donald Trump has remade America's political landscape.” They document that 435 counties across the country became more “Democratic” from 2012 and 2024—however, 2,678 counties became more “Republican.” Further complicating matters is the 2030 census which is expected to cause comfortably blue states to lose electoral votes as citizens move to red states. You can read the articles here: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/us/politics/democratic-party-voters.html. And here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/05/25/us/politics/trump-politics-democrats.html.

But what's in it and what's not? Stigall has been getting a lot of audience incoming about it. We go to the RNC and one of the most conservative House members who just voted this morning to pass it - Representative Eric Burlison. Stigall celebrates the return of masculinity from Trump and his cabinet as yesterday multiple members of team Trump took their opponents to the wood shed in very public settings and you need to hear each one! Stigall offers his first reaction to the heinous murder of two Israeli ambassadors shot in cold blood in DC last night. And many more headlines from the last 24 hours! -For more info visit the official website: https://chrisstigall.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisstigallshow/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisStigallFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/chris.stigall/Listen on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/StigallPodListen on Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/StigallShow -Help protect your wealth with real, physical gold and silver. Texas Bullion Exchange helps everyday Americans diversify with tailored portfolios, IRA rollovers, and expert support every step of the way.

Megyn Kelly is joined by Sean O'Brien, General President of the Teamsters, to discuss his experience meeting with President Biden and what he saw, Kamala Harris' treatment of his members and all Americans, the arrogance of the Democratic party today, how the Democrats are increasingly out of touch with the working and middle class, their failed attempts at being more relatable, O'Brien's historic RNC speech and what Trump told him before, why Trump is resonating with the working class, Robert De Niro's lecture and why Trump is actually helping the American film industry, Trump's discussions with O'Brien now and how he's bringing jobs back to America, Jeff Bezos vs. his workers, and more. Then Tom Bevan, Carl Cannon, and Andrew Walworth of the RealClearPolitics Podcast join to discuss the arguments at the Supreme Court about birthright citizenship and nationwide injunctions overall, the lawfare against Trump stopping his administration's actions, the backlash Jake Tapper's already received ahead of his book release, his new messaging admitting "humility" over his past Biden coverage, the troubling questions Democrats and the media have to answer about their cover-up, the absurd and racist coverage of the Afrikaners refugees, and more. Then Megyn addresses Michelle Obama's new complaints and her wild marriage rule with Barack.O'Brien- https://teamster.org/Bevan, Walworth, & Cannon- https://www.realclearpolitics.com/Everglades Foundation: Learn more about President Trump's Everglades support project at https://www.EvergladesFoundation.orgSelect Quote: Get the right life insurance for YOU, for LESS at https://www.SelectQuote.com/MEGYNLean: Visit https://TakeLean.com & use code MK20 for 20% offTax Network USA: Call 1-800-958-1000 or visit https://TNUSA.com/MEGYN to speak with a strategist for FREE todayFollow The Megyn Kelly Show on all social platforms:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MegynKellyTwitter: http://Twitter.com/MegynKellyShowInstagram: http://Instagram.com/MegynKellyShowFacebook: http://Facebook.com/MegynKellyShow Find out more information at: https://www.devilmaycaremedia.com/megynkellyshow