Podcasts about United States Senate

Send us Fan MailThis is the first of our shows allowing you to hear the oral history for the Dole Institute in Kansas. In the following two episodes you will hear Bob Packwood discuss his working relationship with Bob Dole. In the process, he will tell great stories from his long career in the Senate, the fights from Vietnam to the budget battles of the Clinton Years. He will asses the various Senate Leaders of both parties he served with from Mike Mansfield to Hugh Scott, to Howard Baker, and he will even discuss some of the quirks of both Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell both of whom he served with before they became Senate Leaders. You will get a real feel for how the United States Senate works, and how it interacted with the House of Representative, and The Presidency and the men who served in that office from Richard Nixon to Bill Clinton. This is the best oral history of any I have listened to in all the years I have been listening to them to put these shows together. These two episodes are well worth the listen for anyone interested about learning how their Government actually works.  Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  https://twitter.com/randal_wallace   , and http://www.randalwallace.com/Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcastsThanks for listening!!

Longtime guest and great friend of the show John Desser joins Chris from the Beltway to remember their mutual friend and mentor, former Arizona Senator Jon Kyl, who passed away today at the age of 84. Kyl represented Arizona in Congress for nearly three decades and was widely known for his work ethic, command of policy, and commitment to the state. John reflects on his years working for both Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl and remembers Kyl as the consummate workhorse — a senator determined to know what was happening throughout his office, from major policy debates to the constituent services affecting individual Arizonans. John and Chris also look back on their work with Senator Kyl and his staff during the long campaign to reform and nearly repeal the federal estate tax — the “Death Tax.” They remember meeting after meeting with Kyl and his team, strategizing about how to move the issue through Congress and, particularly, through a reluctant United States Senate. Beyond the policy and politics, they remember the man: a devoted family man, a tireless advocate for Arizona, a serious legislator respected across the aisle, and a mentor deeply loved by many of the people who worked for and alongside him. For Chris, that relationship was especially personal. Long before the titles and the career, he was a young man fresh out of college trying to find his way in Washington. Jon Kyl took the time to offer guidance, open doors, and provide the kind of mentorship that can shape a life. Today, Chris and John remember Senator Jon Kyl — his service, his example, and the extraordinary legacy he leaves behind. Subscribe for weekly conversations on Faith, Freedom & Free Enterprise with Sean Noble and Chris Clements. Light Beer Dark Money Website: lightbeerdarkmoney.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LightBeerDarkMoney/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lightbeerdarkmoney/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lbdmpodcast?lang=en LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/light-beer-dark-money/ Blog: https://lightbeerdarkmoney.com/hypocrisy-and-the-aoc-oh-sandy/ #PrattPodcasting

Donald Trump won't be on the ballot in November — but his presidency will be. Doug Billings explains why a rising Trump could lift Republican candidates across the country and why he believes the GOP can hold the Senate. No panic. No doom. Know the battlefield — and win.  #DonaldTrump #Trump #Senate2026 #Midterms2026 #Republicans #GOP #USSenate #AmericanPolitics #ConservativePodcast #TheRightSide #DougBillings #DeterminedPatriotism Support the show

Wednesday, September 9, 2026; 8pm: Tonight, inside Trumpapalooza 55 days away from the vote. Then, Senator Bernie Sanders on chilling new insider alarms over AI. And a disturbing new report on the 9/11 truther sitting in the United States Senate. Want more of Chris? Download and follow his podcast, “Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes podcast” wherever you get your podcasts.To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

There are all sorts of issues with President Trump’s stunning, and unconventional promise at Wednesday’s Republican midterm convention. Trump announcing that “If the Republicans win, you win," promising every U.S. adult citizen $5,000 if Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate come November. Trump describing the cash payout like a successful company that gives a cash distribution to its shareholders. Obviously it’s illegal to influence votes, but even if this offer falls into a legal loophole, it’s still unclear how Trump would pay for the $1.2 trillion dollars the offer would cost, and if the outcome of recent financial promises are any indication… your check won’t be in the mail anytime soon, if ever.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are all sorts of issues with President Trump’s stunning, and unconventional promise at Wednesday’s Republican midterm convention. Trump announcing that “If the Republicans win, you win," promising every U.S. adult citizen $5,000 if Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate come November. Trump describing the cash payout like a successful company that gives a cash distribution to its shareholders. Obviously it’s illegal to influence votes, but even if this offer falls into a legal loophole, it’s still unclear how Trump would pay for the $1.2 trillion dollars the offer would cost, and if the outcome of recent financial promises are any indication… your check won’t be in the mail anytime soon, if ever.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are all sorts of issues with President Trump’s stunning, and unconventional promise at Wednesday’s Republican midterm convention. Trump announcing that “If the Republicans win, you win," promising every U.S. adult citizen $5,000 if Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate come November. Trump describing the cash payout like a successful company that gives a cash distribution to its shareholders. Obviously it’s illegal to influence votes, but even if this offer falls into a legal loophole, it’s still unclear how Trump would pay for the $1.2 trillion dollars the offer would cost, and if the outcome of recent financial promises are any indication… your check won’t be in the mail anytime soon, if ever.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Donald ‌Trump says he will issue a $5,000 ⁠payment to every adult citizen in the United States if Republicans secure a majority in Congress.“Here is my promise,” Trump said on Wednesday at the first of its kind Republican Midterm Convention. “If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, both of ‌them ... ⁠because of our tremendous strength and ‌success economically, I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000.”It's been one year since Turning Point USA founder and conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University. Prosecutors allege that Tyler Robinson, 23, fatally shot Kirk. Robinson pleaded not guilty at a hearing on Sept. 1 to a murder charge that a judge ruled could carry ‌the death penalty. Republicans at the midterm convention on Wednesday broke out in chants of “Charlie, Charlie,” in recognition of Kirk after Trump acknowledged that Thursday is the one-year anniversary of his death.

Pete Hegseth's entire life has been leading to this moment. A war for the very soul of our nation. But can he save the institution responsible for his sense of self from the woke mind virus, or is it too late?  — A production of BRINK Website: thisispropaganda.show Instagram: instagram.com/thisispropagandashow Email: propaganda@brink.com — CREDITS  Written, Produced, and Hosted by Malcolm Critcher and Joshua Belhumeur  Co-Producer: Reed Chandler __  Some dialogue and quotations have been condensed, paraphrased, or reconstructed based on contemporaneous accounts, interviews, and other source material. All archival clips from film and television used under fair use, for educational purposes only. 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Maine's Sen. Susan Collins (R) has won five elections in a row, and a Democrat has not won a United States Senate seat in the state since 1988 — but polls suggest Mainers have reached a breaking point. They're tired of corruption and inaction from establishment politicians in Washington, D.C., and they're clamoring for change.  Troy Jackson, a fifth-generation logger who spent nearly two decades as a state legislator, says he's ready to shake things up. After populist insurgent Graham Platner dropped out of the race in July, Maine's Democratic Party tapped Jackson as its new candidate. Today on Lever Time, David Sirota sits down with Jackson to ask: why haven't Democrats won a U.S. Senate seat in Maine in 38 years? Why does Collins keep winning? What's changed in Maine over the last three decades, and why does he believe he can finally topple the state's longtime Republican senator? Get ad-free episodes, bonus content and extended interviews by becoming a member at ⁠levernews.com/join⁠. To leave a tip for The Lever, ⁠click here⁠. It helps us do this kind of independent journalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul interviews Larry Marker, a candidate for a United States Senate seat representing New Mexico.  Larry answers a series of tough questions related to the problems he will address if elected to the Senate. 

The U.S. National Grandparents Day is the 1st Sunday after Labor Day in September. In 2010, it falls on September 12th, and in 2011 on September 11th, also the anniversary of the 911 terrorism attacks. Marion McQuade of Oak Hill, West, Virginia, has been recognized nationally by the United States Senate, in particular by Senators Jennings, Randolph, and Robert Bird and by President Jimmy Carter.As the founder of National Grandparents Day. McQuade made it her contributions seniors have made throughout history. She also urged the youth to adopt a grandparent, not just for one day a year, but rather for a lifetime. In 1973, Senator Jennings Randolph introduced a resolution to the Senate to make grandparents day a national holiday. West Virginia's governor Arch Moore had proclaimed an annual grandparents' day for the state at the urging of Marion McQuade. When Senator Randolph's resolution to the U.S. Senate died in committee, Marion McQuaid organized supporters and began contacting governors, senators, and congressmen in all 50 states. She urged each state to proclaim their own grandparents' day. Within 3 years, she had received grandparents' day proclamations from 43 states. She sent copies of the proclamations to Senator Randolph.In February 1977, Senator Randolph, with the concurrence of many other senators, introduced a joint resolution to the Senate, requesting the president to issue annually a proclamation designating first Sunday of September after Labor Day of each year as national grandparents day. Congress passed the legislation, proclaiming the first Sunday after Labor Day as National Grandparents Day, and on August 3rd, 1978, then President Jimmy Carter signed the proclamation. The statute cites the day's purpose as, “To honor grandparents, to give grandparents an opportunity to show love for their children's children, and to help children become aware of strength, information, and guidance older people can offer.”Another Warm Thought: re: forget-me-not. The official flower of the U.S. National Grandparents Day is the forget-me-not, which blooms in the spring. Seasonal flowers are often given in appreciation to grandparents on this special day. God bless grandparents, and may God bless America and our world.Warm Thoughts from the Little Home on the Prairie Over a Cup of Tea written by Dr. Luetta G Werner.Published in the Marion Record, September 8th, 2011.Download the Found Photo Freebie and cherish your memories of the past.Enjoy flipping through the Vintage Photo Book on your coffee table.I hope you enjoyed this podcast episode! Please follow along on this journey by going to visualbenedictions.com or following me on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest. You can listen to the podcast on Apple Podcast,Spotify,Stitcher, and Overcast. And don't forget to rate and review so more people can tune in! I'd greatly appreciate it.Till next time,Trina

How much will Prince Harry personally owe after he and six other claimants were ordered to make an initial £9.5 million payment toward the Daily Mail publisher's legal costs? Why were their unlawful-information-gathering claims dismissed—and what happens next in the costs dispute?Meanwhile, royal commentators are asking why Harry and Meghan Markle reportedly failed to mention their planned move during tea with King Charles at Highgrove.Are the Duke and Duchess of Sussex returning for new commercial ventures, a European launch of Meghan's As ever brand or another attempt to reconnect with royal life? Have American audiences simply grown tired of the Sussex story?Plus, did Meghan want to replace Kamala Harris in the United States Senate? Did Harry and Meghan request an Oval Office meeting with President Joe Biden and accommodations at Blair House?We examine the disputed reports about the Sussexes' American political ambitions—and why the White House may have wanted to avoid becoming involved in a Royal Family feud.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/palace-intrigue-harry-meghan-the-crown-royal-family-news-and-gossip--4522904/support.Palace Intrigue is a daily British royal family podcast covering King Charles, Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, Kate Middleton and the House of Windsor. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media network.

She was the first woman Texas sent to the United States Senate, and she later represented America at the NATO table. Today, she is helping shape the next generation of energy leaders. On this episode of TXOGA Talks, host TXOGA President Todd Staples sits down with Senator and Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison to discuss the Kay Bailey Hutchison Energy Center at The University of Texas at Austin, what NATO taught her about the importance of energy security, and exciting details about the KBH Center's 2026 Energy Symposium in Austin.

Send us Fan MailIn this episode we take you tot he Senate floor when Senator Bob Packwood announces, finally, that he will resign from the Senate. Then we will hear the speeches given on that day from his collegues all of whom had held him in high regard before the scandal that took him down roared over Washington. We will hear from Mark Hatfield, his fellow Senator from Oregon, then Majority Leader Bob Dole, and Senator's John McCain, Alan Simpson, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, John Chafee, Diane Feinstein (who gave a brief but extraordinary speech) , and Arlen Spector. It was a day of high drama in the United States Senate.  Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  https://twitter.com/randal_wallace   , and http://www.randalwallace.com/Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcastsThanks for listening!!

Text the show! Anthony Fauci just invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times before the United States Senate.So Chad went back to February 27, 2022 — the third episode of Common Sense he ever recorded — to find out whether his original argument survived four and a half years of new evidence.Some of it didn't.But one argument did.From the AIDS crisis of the 1980s to the Great Barrington Declaration in 2020, this episode examines a recurring problem that is much bigger than Anthony Fauci:What happens when an institution decides the second opinion itself is dangerous?Because the second opinion isn't a courtesy.It's the entire method.Plus: Fauci's newly released private diary, his extraordinary account of his own celebrity, why accountability isn't the same thing as punishment, and a Reagan Reminder about the danger of giving any person or institution a monopoly on truth.

I’m ba-a-a-ck! Being a grandfather isn’t something that you train for.  It was quite challenging last week to go outside and shoot basketball for an hour in the summer heat with an 8-year old intent on dispatching his creeky ol’ Grandpa in morning games of one-on-one. He took the overall 3-game series, but Grandpa held his own (at least for this year).  Now, where did I put that tube of SportsCreme? In fact, the past month has found my lovely wife and I spending a full week with each set of our five young (10 and under) grandsons.  We have enjoyed a total summer blast! Now, the house is quiet again.  Our eight-year old rescued Old English Sheepdog (Molly) seems to be mourning the loss of our fine young gentleman visitors and their very patient Dad. Molly enjoyed extra company during her morning and evening dog walks every day. It has been difficult to keep close tabs on sports while traveling to visit or hosting our very sharp and fun-loving grandsons over the past month. Some things appear to have changed a lot.  Others didn’t. It’s time to catch-up. Good news!  Saints legend Drew Brees was inducted into the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame! New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees led the Black and Gold to their only Super Bowl appearance and title in February, 2010.  He set numerous NFL passing records during his stellar 20-year pro football career. The Texas-born Brees was an excellent student as well.  He majored in Industrial Management at Purdue University.  Drew Brees quarterbacked the Boilermakers football team to the Rose Bowl in 2001 as the team won a share of the Big Ten title. The San Diego Chargers selected Brees with the first pick in the second round of the 2001 NFL draft. It’s hard to believe that he played in San Diego for the first five years of his pro football career. A trade to the New Orleans Saints in 2006 also paired Drew Brees with new head coach Sean Payton.  It would be a match made in WhoDat Heaven for us Saints fans. Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in August, 2005.  The Louisiana Superdome was painstakingly repaired and refurbished the following year as New Orleans welcomed home its beloved football team along with a new quarterback and head coach. Drew Brees’ infectious positive attitude and leadership skills helped the Saints improve every season leading up to that Super Bowl victory. More importantly, the Saints’ rise served to boost the spirits of the entire Gulf South region during recovery efforts from both Hurricane Katrina and, a month later, Rita in southwestern Louisiana. Sorry, Archie Manning supporters.  The true GOAT (greatest of all time) for the majority of New Orleans Saints fans is Hall-of-Fame quarterback Drew Brees.  Congratulations! Red-hot Red Sox are blazing in baseball’s American League! The Boston Red Sox have won 27 of their last 32 baseball games through Sunday, August 9.  Boston was at the bottom of the American League East standings earlier in the season. The BoSox are still seven games behind the Tampa Bay Rays with 45 games left to play in baseball’s seemingly never-ending 162-game regular season.  Late inning comebacks have been the rule during Boston’s recent hot streak during July and into early August. Will the Boston Red Sox remain hot during this hottest month of the year?  Stay tuned! The eight team UFL recently packed-up and left Houston and Birmingham.  Why? Spring pro football’s United Football League (UFL) quietly exited two of its long-time markets less than two weeks ago. The Birmingham Stallions won three straight spring football titles from 2022 through 2024.  A brand new college football stadium for UAB featuring nearly 40,000 seats played host for Stallions home games in each of the past five seasons. The UFL’s billionaire owner and apparent league spokesman, Mike Repole, jousted with Birmingham football fans earlier this season about their lack of support for the team. It’s no surprise that Repole just pulled the plug after attendance declined this year.  His excuse for leaving Birmingham is what has raised eyebrows in Alabama. He said, “With Birmingham, this decision was 100% about the wrong sized venue.  Even on opening day, when 16,000 Stallions fans showed up, the energy, passion, and game atmosphere was not felt due to the size of the venue.” Here’s a question for you, Mr. Repole. Doing just as you requested, the Houston UFL franchise vacated its college football stadium at the University of Houston.  The Houston Gamblers moved into the city’s downtown soccer venue with 20,000 seats this season.  How do you explain why less than 7,000 fans attended Houston Gamblers football games this spring?  The team did exactly what you asked for and had even less success.  Houston’s UFL franchise is now defunct. Perhaps Mr. Repole might consider that the UFL’s on-field product is simply not very good.  It is also played during increasingly hot spring weather – especially in the league’s southern markets.  UFL games – which are (generally speaking) low scoring and not very exciting to watch – have trouble attracting local fans when tickets were priced as low as $20 apiece. The market, sir, has been and continues to speak to you quite loudly. Golf – Welcome to the winner’s circle, Jackson Koivun and Asterisk Talley! Two weeks ago, former Auburn All-American golfer Jackson Koivun picked-up his first PGA win at the 3M Open in Minnesota.  It was only his third professional start! After Sunday’s middle-of-the-pack finish in his fourth PGA start at Greensboro, NC, the 21-year old Koivun has earned enough FedEx points to qualify for this week’s first round of PGA playoffs beginning Thursday in Memphis. Let’s also welcome a 17-year old upcoming high school senior golfer to the winner’s circle. Asterisk Talley (yes, that’s her real name) easily won her first USGA championship by taking the US Women’s Amateur title in Tennessee with an 8-up victory.  She had previously finished runner-up in the 2024 US Junior Girls Amateur and the US Women’s Amateur. Congratulations to Ms. Talley!  Yes, there will forever be an Asterisk next to her last name on the US Women’s Amateur trophy. LIV Golf remains on life support but wants to tee it up again in 2027 In this continuing soap opera, LIV Golf (completing its fifth season in late August) will lose its Sugar Daddy financial backers.  The Saudi Public Investment Fund (with over $1 trillion in assets) has lost more than $5 billion to start, fund, and prop-up this worldwide golf venture.  They are skedaddling by no later than the end of August. Last week, LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neal announced that a new lead investor has been secured.   Before you say, “Hooray!”, the golf league’s boss did not reveal a lot of specifics.  We don’t know who the investor is, how much money was actually being injected, or any other details which translate into a viable 2027 LIV Golf campaign. Golfers expecting to participate in LIV Golf during 2027 (assuming there is a season) will be playing for smaller prize money and will likely be asked to share in the risk (and, if possible, the rewards) of the revamped league. The future still looks shaky for LIV Golf. The US Senate punted on 4th down to go on vacation and leave the future of college athletics hanging in the balance When you woke up on Saturday morning, the United States Senate had adjourned to take a well-earned (sarcasm intended) full month of vacation. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) were finally able to bring their college sports bill to the floor of the US Senate over the past few weeks.  It showed some encouraging signs of passage. The SEC and Big Ten finally jumped aboard to support the Senate’s “Protect College Sports Act” last week.  That was the equivalent to a two-minute drill in hopes of getting this bill across the Senate’s goal line prior to the legislative body’s annual August recess. College sports conferences have been unable to get their primary rule maker and enforcement arm (the NCAA) to take consequential actions in recent years.  Guidelines and enforcement of rules in today’s transfer portal and NIL high dollar environment have many mid-sized and smaller universities considering dropping sports altogether.  The SEC recently suggested it was willing to break away from the NCAA and establish its own set of rules if something doesn’t change soon. With the proverbial play clock running, some Senators (as they are prone to do) tried to add amendments to the college sports bill last week.  They wasted too much time and failed to bring it to a full Senate vote prior the month-long adjournment. However, the Senators are promising to bring this college sports bill to a vote when they return in early September. If that occurs, the sports bill must still be approved by the House of Representatives and then obtain the President’s signature to become law. Sounds like a Hail Mary could be needed to complete this legislation with the mid-term elections coming up in November! The post Let’s Catch up! appeared first on SwampSwamiSports.com.

Abdul El-Sayed has won the Democratic primary for Michigan's U.S. Senate race, putting his historic campaign one step closer to the general election. If elected, El-Sayed would become the first Muslim senator ever elected to the United States Senate.

A red hot race in the DFL Senate Primary. And with all the negativity was done away with by Vineeta. Candidate Craig discussed her credentials that makes her the best choice for Minnesota in tomorrow's Primary.

pWotD Episode 3383: Abdul El-Sayed Welcome to popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.With 395,696 views on Thursday, 6 August 2026 our article of the day is Abdul El-Sayed.Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed (born October 31, 1984) is an American politician and epidemiologist who is the Democratic nominee in the 2026 United States Senate election in Michigan. From 2023 to 2025, he was the director of the Department of Health, Human, and Veterans Services of Wayne County.El-Sayed is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Oriel College, Oxford, attending them on a full-tuition scholarship and a Rhodes Scholarship, respectively. He received his Doctor of Medicine from Columbia University. El-Sayed was an assistant professor of epidemiology at Columbia University from 2014 to 2015. He was the executive director of the Detroit Health Department and Health Officer for the City of Detroit from 2015 to 2017. His publications in public health include three books and several academic journal articles.A progressive Democrat, El-Sayed supports Medicare for All, enforcing an arms embargo on Israel and abolishing ICE. He ran for governor in 2018, placing second to Gretchen Whitmer in the Democratic primary.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:50 UTC on Friday, 7 August 2026.For the full current version of the article, see Abdul El-Sayed on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Bluesky at @wikioftheday.com.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Joey.

Michigan's race for United States Senate is now set. Progressive Abdul El-Sayed wins the democratic primary and will now face off against former seven term congressman Mike Rogers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What the Fauci??!?! The United States Senate voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in Contempt of Congress today and referred the matter to the Department of Justice for investigation. Legal expert ALAN OSTERGREN and SIMON discuss how rare of a situation this is and what to expect if the DOJ chooses to investigate.

Today on America in the MorningMichigan Senate Election Set Although it took hours for all the ballots to be counted in Michigan, Democrats are now putting their differences aside and standing with progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed who won the Senate primary in the key battleground state that could decide the balance of power in the United States Senate.  Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports the November midterms will pose a key test for progressives as Republicans are gearing up to make a political statement 13 weeks from now.   Trump Touts Iran Deal In The Making President Trump is optimistic a deal with Iran is within reach in a day or sooner for the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, saying both sides are talking despite Iran claiming no talks with the US are happening and instead they are only talking with Oman.  Jim Roope reports that the president is still threatening military action if the stalemate continues.   Edwards Drops Reelection Bid The man who replaced Madison Cawthorn in Congress after he lost his primary following a series of personal and political scandals is now ending his own campaign to stay in office.  Lisa Dwyer reports that North Carolina Representative Chuck Edwards, facing censure for his own over unprofessional conduct, is dropping his reelection bid.   New CDC Director The U-S Senate has confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Correspondent Clayton Neville reports the confirmation allows for the agency's first permanent director in close to a year.   Close Call Serious questions are being raised in Washington, DC after there was a close call in the sky involving the president's helicopter.  As correspondent Ed Donahue reports, this comes following new rules being put in place after a helicopter and commuter plane crash that happened just a few miles away.   Charges Filed In Trump Golf Course Arrest Authorities say a man who was arrested at President Trump's Los Angeles-area golf course has pleaded not guilty to all charges, including several felonies.  Correspondent Mike Hempen reports.   Still Questions Over Blanche Confirmation Despite getting past the Senate committee that approved his nomination, some key Republicans are still on the fence as Senate leadership hopes to take acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's confirmation vote to the floor before a month-long recess begins on Friday.  Correspondent Clayton Neville reports.   New Mexico Demands Epstein Files A state is going after the federal government over the Epstein files, and comes at a time when Todd Blanche is facing Senate confirmation.  New Mexico has filed a 40-page lawsuit against the Department of Justice for what they say is failing to comply with repeated records requests. Correspondent Joan Jones reports this is related to the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, Ghilaine Maxwell and Epstein's Zorro Ranch, located in Santa Fe County.   Serious Organ Donor Allegations The government is moving to shut down a Kentucky organ donation group after an HHS investigation.  Correspondent Jennifer King reports.   Latest On Washington State Wildfires The situation is worsening in Washington State as officials confirm at least 846 structures have been destroyed by the wildfires in the Spokane area.  White House Hemp Request The word from the White House is – leave hemp alone.    Tech News Hackers hit water utilities in at least seven states this week, and federal investigators still haven't confirmed who's behind it.  Chuck Palm has this story in his new segment, the New Old Tech Guy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Send us Fan MailNo one saw it coming. There had been no public hearings, the story had died down, the Ethics Committee had been predicted to censure Senator Packwood, and most likely strip him of his Chairmanship of the powerful Senate Budget Committee. Then it announced that in a 6 - 0 vote, it would recommend expulsion to the full Senate. As the old saying goes, that is when it hit the fan. Here we will tune in to the dueling press conferences as Senator Bob Packwood went on the offensive to defend himself and try to salvage his 27 year career. Just after his press conference ended the Ethics Committee Chairman, Mitch McConnell R- Kentucky and Richard Bryan, the ranking member, D-Nevada, stepped in front of the cameras with thousands of pages of materials and made their case. Bob Packwood was cornered, but he was not without friends and as you will hear, many of them, including members of the press would come to his defense, and often it wasn't even subtle. It would be some of the most interesting and riveting hours that I ever can remember in politics. Over the next few episodes we will take you through it all as Senator Bob Packwood, one of the most popular and powerful members of the United States Senate saw his career finally unravel in front of the world.  Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  https://twitter.com/randal_wallace   , and http://www.randalwallace.com/Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcastsThanks for listening!!

The Senate unanimously adopted a nonbinding resolution opposing any presidential pardon, commutation or other form of clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's longtime associate who is serving a 20-year federal sentence following her 2021 conviction on sex-trafficking-related charges. Introduced by Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada, the measure passed by unanimous consent without objection, signaling that senators from both parties wanted to publicly distance themselves from any attempt to reduce Maxwell's punishment. Rosen argued that even entertaining clemency for a convicted sex trafficker was unacceptable and pressed Republicans to make their position clear.Although the resolution cannot legally prevent a president from pardoning Maxwell, it increased the political pressure surrounding the issue after President Trump repeatedly declined to categorically rule clemency in or out. White House officials maintained that a pardon was not under consideration, while Todd Blanche, who previously interviewed Maxwell and supervised the release of Epstein-related records, said he would not recommend one. Maxwell recently invoked the Fifth Amendment during a House Oversight Committee deposition, and her attorney claimed she remained willing to offer testimony defending Trump and former President Bill Clinton against allegations of wrongdoing connected to Epstein.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Senate unanimously agrees to oppose pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell

The Senate unanimously adopted a nonbinding resolution opposing any presidential pardon, commutation or other form of clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's longtime associate who is serving a 20-year federal sentence following her 2021 conviction on sex-trafficking-related charges. Introduced by Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada, the measure passed by unanimous consent without objection, signaling that senators from both parties wanted to publicly distance themselves from any attempt to reduce Maxwell's punishment. Rosen argued that even entertaining clemency for a convicted sex trafficker was unacceptable and pressed Republicans to make their position clear.Although the resolution cannot legally prevent a president from pardoning Maxwell, it increased the political pressure surrounding the issue after President Trump repeatedly declined to categorically rule clemency in or out. White House officials maintained that a pardon was not under consideration, while Todd Blanche, who previously interviewed Maxwell and supervised the release of Epstein-related records, said he would not recommend one. Maxwell recently invoked the Fifth Amendment during a House Oversight Committee deposition, and her attorney claimed she remained willing to offer testimony defending Trump and former President Bill Clinton against allegations of wrongdoing connected to Epstein.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Senate unanimously agrees to oppose pardon for Ghislaine MaxwellBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

The Senate unanimously adopted a nonbinding resolution opposing any presidential pardon, commutation or other form of clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's longtime associate who is serving a 20-year federal sentence following her 2021 conviction on sex-trafficking-related charges. Introduced by Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada, the measure passed by unanimous consent without objection, signaling that senators from both parties wanted to publicly distance themselves from any attempt to reduce Maxwell's punishment. Rosen argued that even entertaining clemency for a convicted sex trafficker was unacceptable and pressed Republicans to make their position clear.Although the resolution cannot legally prevent a president from pardoning Maxwell, it increased the political pressure surrounding the issue after President Trump repeatedly declined to categorically rule clemency in or out. White House officials maintained that a pardon was not under consideration, while Todd Blanche, who previously interviewed Maxwell and supervised the release of Epstein-related records, said he would not recommend one. Maxwell recently invoked the Fifth Amendment during a House Oversight Committee deposition, and her attorney claimed she remained willing to offer testimony defending Trump and former President Bill Clinton against allegations of wrongdoing connected to Epstein.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Senate unanimously agrees to oppose pardon for Ghislaine MaxwellBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Send us Fan MailIn this preview we look back at arguably the biggest game changer of 1995 for Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole. It was the loss of his chief Lieutenant in the United States Senate, Bob Packwood. Dole and Packwood were friends, and both men were experts on the Federal budget. Packwood's loss cannot be overstated. In this special series we will examine the scandal that brought him down, the agonizing three years it unfolded and the shocking 24 hours in which one of the most brilliant and powerful leaders in modern Senate history saw his two decade career collapse. Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  https://twitter.com/randal_wallace   , and http://www.randalwallace.com/Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcastsThanks for listening!!

Today on America in the MorningA Pause In US-Iran Fighting After nearly two weeks of renewed intense bombing, President Trump over the weekend put military operations against Iran on hold, but still no talks are scheduled.  John Stolnis has more from Washington.   Reaction To The US-Saudi Nuclear Plan World leaders and U-S lawmakers are reacting to President Donald Trump's new condition regarding Israel to the recently signed U.S.–Saudi Arabia civil nuclear energy deal.  Correspondent Clayton Neville reports.   Maine Democrats Reset Following the withdrawal of controversial candidate Graham Platner, Maine Democrats over the weekend have united around a logger to run for the United States Senate and take on incumbent Senator Susan Collins with the leadership of the Senate at stake.  Correspondent Julie Walker reports.    Latest On The Cyclospora Outbreak The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expanding their investigation on the latest outbreak of cyclospora, which seems to be expanding.  Correspondent Ed Donahue reports.   Seattle Shooting Police in Seattle report at least two people were killed and at least five others were wounded.  A barrage of gunshots could be heard around 6 p.m. at Seattle Center, which was hosting thousands of people for the Bite of Seattle food festival over the weekend.    Reaction To NYC Stabbings The suspect in the stabbing of two men in New York City will face a hate crimes charge, but Jewish leaders are demanding Mayor Zohran Mamdani tone down the rhetoric claiming he has led to increased acts of violence against Jews.  Sue Aller reports from New York.   Latest On The Ukraine War The war between Russia and Ukraine has now stretched on for the past four and a half years with no end in sight, and both sides trading drone attacks and Moscow sending missiles into Kyiv.  Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports Secretary of State Marco Rubio says some fresh thinking will be needed as the U.S. keeps trying to end the Russia-Ukraine war.   Seal Kicked It's happened again in California.  Federal investigators are looking into a video that seemingly shows a man kicking a sea lion at La Jolla Beach in San Diego.  Correspondent Clayton Neville reports. Judge Rules Against Trump Mail-In Voting Rules A federal appeals court over the weekend ruled against the Trump administration's efforts to implement stricter mail-in voting rules before midterm elections in the coming months.    Ford Bronco Recall Carmaker Ford is facing an urgent recall.  Correspondent Marcela Sanchez has details. Finally   A major merger between two of Hollywood's giants is now officially on hold, as legal and state scrutiny clouds the proposed alliance.  Correspondent Ed Donahue reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

07/24/26: Joel Heitkamp is joined on "News and Views" by Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan and United States Senator Elizabeth Warren. Senator Warren shares her endorsement for Peggy Flanagan to serve in the United States Senate, and speaks to her work ethic and what it's like working in Washington, D.C. (Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, “News & Views,” can be heard weekdays from 8 – 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of The Talk Spot, we speak with former United States Senator from Virginia, George Allen.  To visit our website: https://ucaststudios.com/ To visit other podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u-cast-studios/id1448223064 To visit our LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/u-cast-studios Song: "Orion Canyon" By Insect Surfers

Send us Fan MailLINDSEY GRAHAM: OUR SENATOR – A Tribute, Part 5: A South Carolina OriginalOur five-part documentary tribute concludes with a look back at the remarkable public life and enduring legacy of Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the most consequential political figures in modern South Carolina history.In this final installment, we revisit Graham's role as a leading voice in Washington, D.C., hearing once again from the senator himself through interviews that reveal his convictions, humor, and approach to public service. We also return to one of the defining moments of his career—his passionate defense during the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation hearings—and to his final major appearance before the people of South Carolina as we listen to his victory speech following his Republican primary victory just weeks before his passing.The episode also includes the heartfelt letter from South Carolina's new United States Senator, Darlene Graham Nardone, addressed to the people of the Palmetto State as she begins her temporary service in the Senate.Closer to home, host Randal Wallace appears before both the Myrtle Beach City Council and Horry County Council to propose that the terminal at Myrtle Beach International Airport be named in honor of Senator Lindsey Graham. If you are a South Carolina listener and believe this tribute is fitting, we invite you to respectfully share your thoughts with your local elected officials and encourage them to consider this lasting recognition of Graham's decades of service.We conclude with one final bipartisan tribute as Senator Chris Coons of Delaware reflects on his friend and colleague, followed by the United States Senate's formal adjournment in Lindsey Graham's memory. The series closes with the moving Republican Senate Caucus memorial presentation, "Lindsey Graham: An American Original," celebrating the life, service, and legacy of a senator whose influence reached far beyond the borders of South Carolina.Thank you for joining us for this special five-part documentary series. We hope these episodes preserve not only the history of an extraordinary week, but also the story of a man whose career left an indelible mark on South Carolina, the United States Senate, and the nation he served. Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  https://twitter.com/randal_wallace   , and http://www.randalwallace.com/Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcastsThanks for listening!!

This Day in Legal History: The Senate Rejects Court-PackingOn July 22, 1937, the United States Senate rejected President Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to reorganize—critics said “pack”—the Supreme Court, voting 70 to 20 to send the bill to a quiet death. It was a stinging defeat for a president at the height of his popularity, delivered by his own party, and it settled a constitutional question that still shapes how we think about the independence of the judiciary.The background was a collision between the New Deal and the Court. Through the mid-1930s, a conservative majority on the Supreme Court had struck down key pieces of Roosevelt's economic program as unconstitutional. Frustrated after his landslide 1936 reelection, FDR proposed legislation that would have let him appoint a new justice for every sitting justice over the age of seventy—which, not coincidentally, would have allowed him to add up to six new justices and swamp the opposition. He framed it as a matter of efficiency and helping overworked elderly judges, but nobody was fooled; it was a naked attempt to change the Court's decisions by changing its membership.The plan backfired, and the reasons are the lesson. Even senators who supported the New Deal recoiled at the precedent—if this president could enlarge the Court to get the rulings he wanted, so could the next one, and the Court's independence would become a fiction. Meanwhile, the Court itself defused the crisis: in the spring of 1937, Justice Owen Roberts began voting to uphold New Deal legislation, the famous “switch in time that saved nine,” which took some of the urgency out of FDR's demand. The significance of July 22, 1937 is that it established a durable, if unwritten, constitutional norm—that the size of the Supreme Court is essentially off-limits as a tool for a president to overpower rulings he dislikes. The number nine isn't in the Constitution, but the bipartisan rebuke of court-packing helped make it feel almost as if it were.An analysis of the closely watched lawsuit by Meta employees over AI-driven layoffs highlights a hard truth: even when workers suspect an algorithm decided their fate, proving it is enormously difficult. To recap, 26 current and former Meta employees sued, alleging the company's internal AI tools flagged them for termination because they have disabilities or took protected medical, parental, or family leave. Their theory is mechanically specific: because tools like the “Metamate” system scored employees partly on data such as keystroke activity, workers who were lawfully out on leave generated fewer data points and were disproportionately ranked as low-value. Meta cut roughly 8,000 people—about ten percent of its workforce—and says humans, not machines, made the decisions. Here's why these cases are so hard to win. Anti-discrimination law generally requires the worker to show the employer's decision was tainted by a protected characteristic, but the employee usually has almost no visibility into how the AI actually worked—the models, the training data, and the weighting are the company's closely held secrets. On top of that, many employees have signed arbitration agreements, funneling their claims out of open court and into a private process that's harder to see into and to appeal. The significance is that this appears to be the first case of its kind against a major U.S. company, and it exposes a growing gap: as employers hand more consequential decisions to opaque algorithms, the legal tools workers have to challenge those decisions—built for an era of human managers—may not be up to the job of proving what the machine did.Analysis: Meta employees' lawsuit shows that if AI fires you, proving it is the hard part | ReutersA split panel of the D.C. Circuit has struck down a long-standing National Labor Relations Board doctrine that protected unions after a business changes hands, ruling that it conflicts with federal labor law. The doctrine at issue is the “successor bar,” and it works like this: when a company is acquired and a new employer takes over, that employer generally cannot challenge or withdraw recognition from the existing union for a reasonable period—about six months—giving the union and workers a window of stability to bargain with their new boss. The court held that this Board-created rule isn't consistent with the National Labor Relations Act. What makes this ruling bigger than one labor doctrine is the tool the court used to get there. The decision applies the Supreme Court's 2024 Loper Bright ruling, which overturned the decades-old Chevron doctrine and ended the requirement that courts defer to a federal agency's reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute. Without that deference, the D.C. Circuit felt free to substitute its own reading of the labor law for the NLRB's. This is exactly the dynamic I wrote about in my Bloomberg column last week in the tax context—the death of Chevron doesn't erase statutory ambiguity, it just moves the power to resolve it from agencies to courts. The significance is that we're now watching that shift play out across the administrative state: settled agency doctrines, some decades old, are suddenly vulnerable to being reinterpreted by judges, and here the immediate losers are unions and the workers who counted on a bargaining foothold after a merger.US court says longstanding NLRB rule on post-merger union bargaining is invalid | ReutersA federal judge has temporarily blocked the administration from stripping work authorization from tens of thousands of asylum seekers and immigrants with Temporary Protected Status. U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton in Boston sided with a coalition of immigrant-rights groups and labor unions, halting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services from moving ahead with a set of policies while he weighs a longer-term pause; he said he'll rule by August 5. Here's the stakes and the legal frame. A work permit—formally, an employment authorization document—is what lets many immigrants lawfully hold a job while their asylum case or protected status is pending. Yanking it doesn't just threaten deportation down the line; it immediately jeopardizes people's livelihoods and their employers' workforces. The contested policies were designed to implement immigration restrictions Congress enacted last year as part of the administration's signature tax-and-spending law, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The plaintiffs argue USCIS is implementing those provisions in ways that exceed what the law allows and skip required procedures. A temporary block like this one preserves the status quo—keeping people employed—while the court decides whether the government followed the rules. The significance connects to a theme we keep returning to: courts serving as a check on how fast and how far the executive can move in reshaping immigration, insisting that even policies rooted in a real act of Congress still have to be implemented lawfully and with proper process.US judge blocks Trump administration from stripping immigrants of work permits | ReutersAnd finally, in my column for Bloomberg Tax this week, I dig into a self-inflicted mess in California: lawmakers scrambling to rework a business tax-credit cap that they apparently didn't realize would kneecap Hollywood film studios. My core argument is that California is directionally right to resist subsidy bidding wars, but wrong to rewrite the economics of credits it has already issued after companies have started relying on them.Here's what happened. Since 2024, California has capped the total tax reduction a business can take from all its credits at $5 million a year. That cap was set to expire after 2026—right as productions were going to start claiming credits under a newly expanded film incentive the state had just touted as a centerpiece of keeping film jobs in California. Instead, a bill called SB 122 extended the $5 million limit through 2029 and then converts it to the greater of $5 million or 70% of taxes owed. The part that really gets me is the admission underneath it: lawmakers passed a $351.7 billion budget without apparently understanding how this cap would interact with the film credit they'd just enlarged. As one assemblymember candidly put it, “I'm not sure who knew what about what.” It looks like the cap was really aimed at large research-and-development credit stockpiles, and film credits just got caught in the crossfire.My argument is that the distinction between prospective and retroactive matters enormously here. It's one thing for California to decide, going forward, that future subsidies will be smaller or conditioned—that's legitimate fiscal discipline, and I don't think Hollywood should get to dictate tax policy just by threatening to decamp to Georgia. But it's another thing entirely to change the timing and practical value of credits after studios have already committed workers, facilities, and financing in reliance on the old rules. When a state does that, it makes itself a less credible counterparty, and it quietly reduces the value of every future incentive it offers, because businesses will start discounting California's promises for legislative risk. So my prescription is targeted: protect the film credits already awarded under the prior rules, keep a real limit on the big accumulated R&D credits that were the actual target, and replace the blunt across-the-board cap with rules tailored to how these very different credits actually work. California doesn't have to choose between fiscal discipline and keeping its word—its tax policy can be skeptical, but its promises should still mean something.California's Business Tax Credit Cap Needs More Targeted Changes | Bloomberg Tax This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

Send us Fan MailLINDSEY GRAHAM: OUR SENATOR – A Tribute, Part 4: Senate and House TributesThe tributes to Senator Lindsey Graham continued as members of both the United States Senate and the South Carolina congressional delegation reflected on the life and service of a man who shaped South Carolina politics for more than three decades.In Part Four of our five-part documentary tribute, we present additional Senate memorial speeches along with heartfelt remarks from South Carolina Representatives Ralph Norman, Russell Fry, and Joe Wilson. Their tributes recall Graham's dedication to public service, his leadership on national defense and foreign policy, his devotion to South Carolina, and the friendships he forged throughout his career.These remarks also capture a pivotal moment in South Carolina history as the state's leaders honored Graham's extraordinary legacy while looking ahead to the future of the Senate seat he held for so many years.Through these speeches, we preserve the voices of those who served alongside Lindsey Graham and ensure that their reflections become part of the historical record.This is Part Four of our five-part documentary tribute honoring the life, leadership, and legacy of Senator Lindsey Graham. Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  https://twitter.com/randal_wallace   , and http://www.randalwallace.com/Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcastsThanks for listening!!

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has spent the past two decades serving in the United States Senate, where he is currently the Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and is a senior member of the Judiciary, Budget, and Finance Committees. Senator Whitehouse joins Adam to share his journey and his best lessons and advice. Senator Whitehouse and Adam discuss a wide range of topics: leadership, career success, communication and persuasion, how to work with people you disagree with, and much more.

Send us Fan MailLINDSEY GRAHAM: OUR SENATOR – A Tribute, Part 3: The Senate's TributesAs the United States Senate gathered to honor one of its longest-serving and most respected members, colleagues from both political parties rose to remember the life and legacy of Senator Lindsey Graham.In Part Three of our five-part tribute, we present the moving Senate memorial tributes delivered by the men and women who served alongside Graham throughout his three decades in Congress. Their remarks recall his unwavering commitment to South Carolina, his leadership on national security and the judiciary, his wit and humor, his fierce loyalty to friends, and his willingness to work across party lines when he believed it was in the nation's best interest.These speeches offer a deeply personal portrait of Lindsey Graham—not simply as a senator, but as a mentor, confidant, and friend whose influence reached far beyond the Senate chamber.This episode preserves for history the voices of those who knew him best, creating a lasting record of the respect and affection Senator Lindsey Graham earned from colleagues on both sides of the aisle.This is Part Three of our five-part documentary tribute honoring the life, leadership, and legacy of Senator Lindsey Graham. Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  https://twitter.com/randal_wallace   , and http://www.randalwallace.com/Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcastsThanks for listening!!

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You’re listening to American Ground Radio with Stephen Parr and Louis R. Avallone. This is the full show for July 14, 2026. We open with the Democratic Socialists of America's national co-chair going on record calling for the abolition of the United States Senate — and we explain why this isn't a fringe idea anymore. The DSA wants to replace the Senate, the presidency, and the Supreme Court with a single legislative body allocated purely by population, rename it the People's Bureau, and hand it public ownership of the nation's largest corporations. We walk through what that actually means — that seven or eight major cities could effectively govern the entire country, that the constitutional protections for smaller states would vanish, and that the structure they're proposing is the same one that produced the Third Reich, the Soviet Union, and Communist China. We also note that 51% of the DSA's National Policy Committee openly identifies with communism, Marxism, or Marxist-Leninism — not according to conservative critics, but according to a report cited by the former Democratic chief counsel for the House Judiciary Committee. The Democratic Party needs to decide whether it is going to continue letting these people run under its banner. In our Top 3 Things You Need to Know, President Trump formally notified Congress that hostilities with Iran have resumed — opening a new 60-day window under the War Powers Act after Iran repeatedly violated the ceasefire and continued attacking civilian shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Then inflation dropped from 4.2% to 3.5% last month — the largest single-month decrease in four years — driven largely by falling gas prices during the ceasefire, with core inflation down to 2.6%. And Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett testified jointly before Congress requesting increased security funding — with Barrett revealing that six weeks ago her teenage son opened the front door to find their street filled with police cars responding to a swatting attack on their home. We also weigh in on President Trump's signature appearing on the new $100 bill as part of America's 250th anniversary commemoration — and we have a genuine disagreement about it. It's a milestone that comes once in a nation's history and deserves recognition. But putting a sitting president's name on currency in circulation is outside American tradition, starts to look like the kind of thing emperors and monarchs do, and gives his critics an easy target that's hard to defend. Our American Mama Teri Netterville makes the case that moms are still better matchmakers than any dating app ever invented — and backs it up with evidence. Three couples she personally set up are now married, including her own daughter Summer and Louisiana Tech baseball captain Phillip Matulia, whom Teri identified as the right match before her daughter was even willing to consider it. She also shares the story of Andrea Swift — Taylor's mother — who heard that Travis Kelce loves his mother, said ding ding ding, and the rest is history. Terry's conclusion: we know our children. Apps know your data. There's a difference. In our Digging Deep segment, a Fort Worth police officer threatened street preachers Richard Pankoski and David Grisham with disorderly conduct citations at a Pride parade — telling them directly that if someone is offended by their talking, that constitutes a problem warranting a citation. We explain why this is not a close constitutional question. The First Amendment does not exist to protect popular speech. It exists precisely to protect the kind of speech that offends people. The Fort Worth police chief acknowledged the officers were wrong — but we push back on his framing. They weren't wrong in the manner they addressed it. They were wrong to address it at all. Religious speech enjoys the same constitutional protection as secular speech. If marchers get to publicly celebrate what scripture calls sin, preachers get to publicly call it sin. We then turn to Zoran Mamdani's New York City — where Manhattan's average one-bedroom rent has hit an all-time high of nearly $5,500 a month and Brooklyn is setting its own records, with critics calling the housing situation DEFCON 1. We connect it directly to Mamdani's rent freeze threats, which gave every landlord in the city a powerful incentive to raise rents before the freeze could take effect, and to congestion pricing, which is now making it financially attractive to live inside Manhattan rather than commute — driving up rents from the demand side. The left created this crisis with its own policies and is now running on those same policies as the solution. For our Bright Spot, President Trump and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi announced that U.S. troops will be out of Iraq by September 30th — ending a 23-year military presence that peaked at 170,000 troops and is now down to roughly 2,000. We also cover Iraq signing new oil deals with Chevron and other American companies to build pipelines running from Iraq through Turkey to Europe — bypassing the Strait of Hormuz entirely — which would permanently reduce Iranian leverage over global energy markets. And we close with 28-year-old Rishi Sharma, who at 18 became curious about World War II, interviewed one veteran, then another, then another, until curiosity became an obsession — and he has now spent every single day of the last ten years interviewing veterans of the Greatest Generation, preserving 3,000 firsthand accounts of American history on hard drives and SD cards before those voices are gone forever. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is Congress too old? Some are asking that following the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham and the health questions surrounding Sen. Mitch McConnell. The average member of the United States Senate is significantly older than the average American. Elected leaders commonly serve for decades. Our guests discuss whether this is a benefit or a problem, and whether anything could be done to change it. In studio: Patrick Coyle, chief of staff of the Rochester-Genesee Valley Area Labor Federation Mark Johns, Monroe County Legislator for District 8 ---Connections is supported by listeners like you. Head to our donation page to become a WXXI member today, support the show, and help us close the gap created by the rescission of federal funding.---Connections airs every weekday from noon-2 p.m. Join the conversation with questions or comments by phone at 1-844-295-TALK (8255) or 585-263-9994, email, Facebook or Twitter. Connections is also livestreamed on the WXXI News YouTube channel each day. You can watch live or access previous episodes here.---Do you have a story that needs to be shared? Pitch your story to Connections.

President Donald Trump says he will not sign the housing bill into law. Posting on his social media platform, Truth Social, the president wrote, “I will not sign the Housing Bill, which has been fully approved by Congress and sent to the White House, in PROTEST over the fact that the United States Senate is not capable of passing THE SAVE AMERICA ACT.”Prosecutors in Utah are presenting final evidence against Tyler Robinson, the 23-year-old accused of murdering Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. Friday marks the final day of the five-day preliminary hearing.

What if everything we've been told about society's problems is missing the bigger picture? In this powerful episode of The MisFitNation Show, host Rich LaMonica sits down with retired U.S. Army Colonel Scott Paradis for a deep conversation about leadership, personal responsibility, economic systems, political division, human potential, and the future of civilization itself. Drawing from a distinguished 30-year military career, service in Congress, experience as a National Security Fellow at Harvard University, and over a decade of research and authorship, Scott presents a thought-provoking perspective on what he calls the "Five Storms" converging across society today. Together, Rich and Scott explore whether humanity is facing collapse—or standing at the threshold of a major evolutionary leap. Throughout the conversation, Scott challenges listeners to rethink power, question fear-based narratives, understand the influence of money and institutions, and recognize the role each individual plays in shaping the future. This episode dives into: • The difference between societal collapse and societal transformation• Why fear remains one of the most powerful tools of influence• The growing divide between wealth, power, and opportunity• How technology is reshaping human behavior and relationships• The hidden impact of political polarization• The importance of awareness and personal responsibility• Why human connection may be the key to navigating uncertainty• Lessons learned from military leadership, Capitol Hill, and Harvard• The concept of Apocalypse vs. Evolution• What signs humanity should watch for over the next five years• How individuals can reclaim their power and influence their future Scott also discusses themes from his books, TEDx Talk, leadership programs, and his latest work examining whether the chaos we see around us is evidence of decline—or a catalyst for growth. If you've ever wondered: "Why does the world feel so divided?""Who really holds power?""Is humanity headed toward collapse?""What can I actually do to make a difference?" This conversation is for you. About Scott Paradis Scott Paradis is a retired U.S. Army Colonel, former Congressional Fellow in the United States Senate, former National Security Fellow at Harvard University, TEDx Speaker, leadership expert, educator, and author of 11 books focused on leadership, personal development, success, economics, and human potential. Connect with Scott Paradis: TEDx Talk:https://www.ted.com/talks/scott_paradis_embrace_your_superpower LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-f-paradis/ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/scott.f.paradis/ YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ2pP-qh78QZ00YsttyWhNw YouTube Handle:https://www.youtube.com/@ScottFParadis Amazon Author Page:https://www.amazon.com/stores/Scott-F.-Paradis/author/B00JCCQOZM Online Courses:https://know-the-truth.thinkific.com/ Connect with The MisFitNation: Website:https://www.themisfitnation.com The MisFitNation Show features conversations with veterans, entrepreneurs, first responders, leaders, creators, coaches, authors, and changemakers who challenge conventional thinking and inspire others to grow, lead, and overcome adversity. If you enjoyed this episode, follow, rate, and review The MisFitNation Show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and your favorite podcast platform. Remember: Be Humble.Stay Hungry.Keep Hustling. #TheMisFitNation #ScottParadis #Leadership #HumanPotential #ArmyVeteran #MilitaryLeadership #TEDxSpeaker #PersonalDevelopment #Mindset #Money #Power #Economics #FutureOfHumanity #SelfImprovement #Podcast #VeteranPodcast #GrowthMindset #Success #Transformation #Awareness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lindsey Graham has spent decades mastering one political skill above all others: survival. In this conversation, part of the Save America Movement ”Fighting Democrats” series, Steve Schmidt sits down with Dr. Annie Andrews — a paediatrician, mother, and Democratic candidate for the United States Senate — to discuss why she believes that era can finally come to an end. We explore Graham’s political evolution, the exhaustion many South Carolinians feel with performative politics, and why this race is shaping up to be one of the most consequential Senate contests of 2026. If you’re interested in understanding where the fight for the Senate will be won or lost — and in meeting one of the candidates seeking to reshape that battlefield — you won’t want to miss this discussion. It’s a thoughtful, substantive conversation about leadership, accountability, and why South Carolina may be one of the most important political stories in America over the next 16 months. Support The Warning and become a YouTube member today! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2I50t9-7Ol7AjwryRv-Fiw/join Today's Merch: The People's House https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/products/the-peoples-house-tee SUBSCRIBE for more and follow me here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Store: https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewarningses.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveSchmidtSES/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/ X: https://x.com/SteveSchmidtSES

Send us Fan Mail The leadership lessons that change you most rarely come from a boardroom. They come from rooms filled with grief, from high-pressure phone calls that rewrite the day, and from moments where the only real move is to show up with your whole self. That's the lens we bring to this conversation on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life with Jay Jacobson, a funeral director turned disaster responder turned entrepreneur who was called to testify before the United States Senate on funeral ethics and who now teaches leadership from the inside out. We dig into what funeral service teaches about emotional intelligence, empathy, and nonverbal communication. Jay explains how learning to read tone, body language, and what's left unsaid becomes a daily practice of presence and integrity, and why that's the foundation of servant leadership. We also talk about his earliest “training” as a paper boy, where dependability and face-to-face connection built trust long before any leadership title existed. Then we zoom out to the future of work. With AI making knowledge instantly available, Jay argues the real advantage is the ability to connect with people, especially as phones and screens reshape how teens learn communication skills between ages 13 and 18. Finally, he shares what crisis leadership looks like on the ground, including his experience responding to United Flight 232 in Sioux City, and how personal tragedy later shaped his book, Lead by Legendary Example, built around pillars like mentorship, vision, adaptability, presence, and integrity. If you want leadership that holds up in real life, press play, then subscribe, share this with someone who leads people, and leave a review so more listeners can find the show. Connect With the Guest:

In this first episode of a multi-part series about the death of Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone, Adam goes it alone to discuss Wellstone's career, his final Senate race, and the strange NTSB and FBI response in the immediate aftermath of the plane crash that took his life.Reference Linkshttps://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/2010/wellstone-files/feature/ https://yello.substack.com/p/this-is-the-reason-amy-klobuchar http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/200207/16_zdechlikm_softmoney/https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Sen-Wellstone-Ahead-in-Lates-Poll-10533123.php   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_United_States_Senate_elections#Minnesota   https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/03/us/wellstone-campaigns-in-race-he-pledged-not-to-run.html   https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aviation-international-news/2008-01-08/fatigue-factor-wellstone-crash  https://www.cnn.com/2002/US/Midwest/10/27/wellstone.crash/index.html   https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=91102&page=1https://apnews.com/article/b6750817beceaeefe39d814f28dc0c4b https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/process/Pages/default.aspx https://www.cbsnews.com/news/crash-of-wellstones-plane-probed/ https://www.twincities.com/2002/10/26/paul-wellstone-killed-in-plane-crash/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-the-show--7047649/support.For bonus episodes and ad-free listening subscribe on Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-the-show--7047649/support

U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock (D GA), senior pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta and the author of The Crooked Places Made Straight: Reflections on the Moral Meaning of America (Penguin Press, 2026), draws on the book of Isaiah to offer lessons on the moral crises facing America, from gun violence to voter suppression and climate change, and how to address them spiritually and politically.   Photo: Democratic US Senate candidate Reverend Raphael Warnock arrives to speak at a rally at Garden City Stadium in Savannah, Georgia on January 3, 2021. The two candidates are competing in a runoff election on January 5th that will decide which party controls the United States Senate. (Photo by Logan Cyrus / AFP) (Photo by LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images)   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Pulaski is often built up into an almost mythic figure who represents patriotism, bravery, freedom, independence, and the U.S. as a melting pot. a nation of immigrants. But there’s also a very different version of his story. Research: “Benjamin Franklin to George Washington, 29 May 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-24-02-0072. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 24, May 1 through September 30, 1777, ed. William B. Willcox. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1984, p. 98.] https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-24-02-0072 “General Count Casimir Pulaski: ‘The Father of the American Cavalry’: First Commander of Washington’s Cavalry; Commander of the Independent ‘Pulaski’s Legion.’” The American Catholic Historical Researches , JANUARY, 1910, New Series, Vol. 6, No. 1 (JANUARY, 1910). 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Ralph talks to journalist and M.Div. Chris Hedges about Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on artificial intelligence. Then, Ralph speaks with Rick Engler (former member of the US Chemical Safety and Hazards Investigation Board) about Trump's proposed closing of that agency. Finally, Ralph pays tribute to some recently departed friends.Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, who spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He is the host of The Chris Hedges Report, and he is a prolific author— his latest book is A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine.I think that Pope Leo kind of missed the point of AI. In that he describes that it could be a positive force for Catholic education (these are his words), compassionate health care, creative platforms that tell the Christian story with truth and beauty. I think those were all indications to me that he didn't quite understand what AI is about. It's not about education, it's not about compassion, it's not about truth, and it's not about beauty. It is a very pernicious force that will go beyond, of course, replacing all sorts of labor, but creating a world where fact and fiction are blurred together.Chris HedgesI think that mass organization is kind of all we have left as we barrel towards an authoritarian state. Congress doesn't function, certainly doesn't function as Congress was designed to function. They have surrendered their traditional constitutional authority, including, of course, the call for Congress to declare war. And this kind of unitary executive branch—this was put into place, by the way, before Trump. He's just taken advantage of it…And I think that it's absolutely fundamental that we recapture that kind of militancy, that kind of organized workforce that has traditionally throughout our history been such an important corrective to democracy—along with, of course, journalism.Chris HedgesRick Engler is a former U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board member and labor advocate who founded the New Jersey Work Environment Council. He has advocated for successful landmark state and national public policies that ensure workers and the public's “right to know” about potential chemical dangers, and that promote safer processes, chemical incident prevention, and whistleblower protection.The CSB is unique. I mean, nobody would think of abolishing the National Transportation Safety Board. And no one should think about abolishing the Chemical Safety Board, which does the same thing. It's not about issuing, in this case, fines or violations. It's about trying to understand the underlying causes of what led to these incidents.Rick Engler[Trump's allies] have a certain religious fervor about this. When I talk to plant managers, the plant managers of the corporations are much more careful and nuanced in most cases. They don't want their own plants to explode. But somewhere at the higher corporate levels, I think they're just willing to take the risks that the tradeoff for them is: Trump is supporting them in so many ways, why interfere? Why become part of some nuanced opposition to the most extreme EPA attacks? But I do think the elimination of the CSB is driven by the Trump administration in a way that wouldn't be happening if it was just left to the chemical industry trade associations alone. I'm not sure that's an adequate answer. I'm actually kind of puzzled by it. Because it's also really clear that if there was any one major incident, it would cost so much money—not only in the human tragedy of the lives lost and neighbors harmed and evacuations and shelter-in-place and property damage, but these incidents destroy facilities.Rick EnglerNews 6/12/26* Our top stories this week come to us from California, where, after an excruciatingly protracted wait, authorities have finally called some of the most high-profile races. In Los Angeles, Democratic Socialist City Councilwoman Nithya Raman has secured the second slot in the mayoral race, beating out reactionary former reality television star Spencer Pratt, PBS reports. Pratt garnered significant attention from conservative media for his slick AI-generated ads and his false claims about living in an airstream trailer after his LA home burned down in the recent fires. In actuality, he was living in the posh Bel Air hotel, billed as a campaign expense, per TMZ. Now the question becomes whether or not Raman will be able to expand her coalition to unseat incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in November.* If Raman's victory is the good news however, the bad news is that Trump-endorsed Republican Steve Hilton will advance in the gubernatorial race. He will face off against former California Attorney General and Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, who has accepted large campaign contributions from the California Association of Realtors, the California Medical Association and even Chevron, per CalMatters. This outcome means progressive billionaire Tom Steyer will not advance. Many are placing the blame for this on former Congresswoman Katie Porter, who remained in the race despite clearly failing to achieve any real viability throughout the race. This has drawn comparisons to Elizabeth Warren's perceived role as a spoiler candidate vis-a-vis Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic Primary, particularly since Porter is a highly visible protégé of Senator Warren. In his concession speech, Steyer closed by telling his supporters “Pay attention. Know what you deserve, and know who is on your side. Understand who the villains are, and say their names out loud. Continue to demand more from your leaders and your government, until they give you the California – and the country – you know you deserve. I will be with you all the way.”* Elsewhere in California however, progressives scored major victories. In California's 22nd congressional district, Bernie Sanders-backed Randy Villegas secured a spot in the top two, beating out his opponent Jasmine Bains, who enjoyed the backing of AIPAC and 53 corporate donors, according to the American Prospect. He will face Republican incumbent Congressman David Valadao in November. Even more impressive is the victory of progressive challenger Mai Vang in California's 7th district primary, where she actually emerged as the top vote getter, beating out longtime incumbent Congresswoman Doris Matsui. However, because Matsui, who is 81 years old, won the second-most votes, she will still advance to the general election.* Another much-anticipated primary was held this week on the exact other end of the country. In Maine, Graham Platner trounced his opponents in the Democratic Senate race, winning over 70% of the vote despite a concerted campaign against him in the national press. In his victory speech, CNN reports Platner wrote off the smears, saying “They don't know Maine.” Furthermore, he said “If you believe, as I do, that we can change our politics, and change our country, then you must also believe that people can change…To all those who feel let down, disappointed, or disillusioned. It is my job to earn your trust, your faith, and your support. And I will spend every day of this campaign, and if I have the privilege, every day in the United States Senate, doing exactly that.” Platner will face off against five-term incumbent Senator Susan Collins in a race that will be decisive if Democrats are to have any chance of retaking the Senate in the 2026 midterms.* Turning towards the plains, two candidates are starting to show a surprising level of viability in heavily Republican, rural states. First, in Idaho, Todd Achilles is running as an independent against Republican incumbent Senator Jim Risch. Achilles served as a tank commander and armor officer in the Army before a varied career in the corporate world, education and now politics, according to Independent Voter News. The most striking development in this race is a new poll showing that while “Achilles starts out…behind by 14 points at 48-34…once voters hear biographical information about him and negative messaging about Senator Risch, he gains a full 17 points…[leading] Risch, 41% to 38%.” If accurate, this would be a stunningly close race in a state where registered Republicans outnumber registered Democrats by a margin greater than 5-to-1.* In South Dakota, Brian Bengs, another veteran turned educator – turned, in this case, National Park Ranger – is running shockingly close to incumbent Republican Senator Mike Rounds in a head-to-head matchup. According to the South Dakota Standard, the latest polling shows Rounds leading Bengs 44% to 40%, with 16% undecided. Moreover, like the Achilles poll, when voters are given biographical information about Bengs and negative messaging about Senator Rounds, that margin flips to 44% in favor of Bengs, compared to just 42% for Rounds. If these polls are accurate and independent candidates – not just Achilles and Bengs but also Dan Osborn in Nebraska and Seth Bodnar in Montana – prove viable, perhaps even victorious, in states long seen as out of reach for non-Republicans, there will have to be a serious reckoning with the toxicity of the Democratic Party brand in the American heartland.* In Michigan, progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed has picked up perhaps the most critical possible endorsement in the state: that of the United Auto Workers. In a statement, the union wrote that “UAW members in Michigan want a fighter in Washington, D.C. who isn't afraid to push forward a strong working-class agenda with moral clarity…From Medicare for All to banning stock buybacks, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is ready, eager, and well-equipped to move our core issues in the U.S. Senate.” Whether because of this endorsement or not, El-Sayed now seems to be in the driver's seat in this primary. This endorsement dovetails with UAW President Shawn Fain's rumored frustration with the mainstream labor movement for not doing more to back labor candidates, such as Clare Valdez in New York, who was a UAW organizer before entering the State Assembly.* On the House floor meanwhile, lame-duck dissident Republican Congressman Thomas Massie delivered a barn-burner of a speech this week, demanding that the government reopen the investigation into the 1967 Israeli attack on the USS Liberty, Al Jazeera reports. The attack on the Liberty, a US Navy vessel, killed 34 service members and injured 171 others. For decades, Israel has claimed that this was nothing more than an accidental incident of friendly fire, but the surviving veterans have long disputed this explanation, contending that it was a deliberate attack, either as a “false flag operation or because they simply didn't want anybody observing what they were doing that day.” Massie called on the House to “give them closure…It's long overdue. And then they can have their justice.”* Looking to Latin America, the presidential election in Peru is, predictably, coming down to a razor thin margin, WLRN reports. This race, between left-wing Senator Roberto Sánchez and Keiko Fujimori, perennial presidential candidate and daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori, currently stands at 50.004% for Fujimori and 49.996% for Sánchez, with 98.258% of the votes tabulated. Sánchez was favored to win after the in-country votes were counted, then Fujimori pulled ahead when the votes from Miami came in, other absentee votes eroded that margin and gave Sánchez the edge once again but Fujimori has yet again pulled ahead by a hair. This is Fujimori's fourth presidential campaign, making it to the runoff each time but ultimately losing by the narrowest of margins.* Finally, in Colombia, Progressive International reports that while Colombian President Gustavo Petro presides at the United Nations Security Council, “conservative forces in the country's legislature have conspired against the constitution to ‘SUSPEND' his presidency — just 11 days from the run-off presidential election.” While Reuters adds that the proposal must be “debated and approved by all ‌16 ⁠members of the [legislative Commission of Investigation and ​Accusation] and subsequently by the Senate before it can take effect,” it is hard to see this as anything besides an opportunistic grab for power while the proverbial cat is away. Petro's four-year term ends in August; the runoff in the presidential election, between leftist Ivan Cepeda and right-wing lawyer Abelardo ​De La Espriella, will be held on ​June 21st.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

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On this Wednesday edition of Sid & Friends in the Morning, Sid debriefs his night last night at the Tribeca Film Festival where Michael Rapaport's new documentary premiered, entitled Am I Cancelled Yet? In other news of the day, TIME magazine's “100 most influential people in sports” for 2026 list just dropped, President Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan said there may be a surge of ICE agents sent to New York City as a response to Gov. Kathy Hochul's policies regarding police departments cooperating with immigration officials, Democrat Nazi Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary for the United States Senate, President Trump says that Iran has taken too long to negotiate a peace deal and will now have to “pay the price," and the Knicks get ready for Game 4 of the NBA Finals tonight against the San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden. John Solomon, Peter King, Rick Scott & Sal Licata join Sid on this hump day installment of Sid & Friends in the Morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices