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In his October 19 column, "Paris Is Burning. Is Washington Next?", Scott McKay argues that France's unrest should be a warning for Americans heading into the midterms. He examines activist networks, protest organizing, and the possibility that escalating confrontation could trigger a larger governing crisis. McKay, a contributing editor at The American Spectator and publisher of The Hayride, which covers Louisiana and national politics, as well as RVIVR.com, a national political news aggregation and opinion site, and the author of political nonfiction books including The Revivalist Manifesto: How Patriots Can Win the Next American Era and Racism, Revenge and Ruin...

Americans debate inflation, tariffs, corporate power, inequality, and whether capitalism is still delivering the American Dream. But Samuel Gregg asks a deeper question: Have we forgotten why a free commercial society matters in the first place? Gregg is president of the American Institute for Economic Research and an award-winning author of seventeen books, including The Next American Economy; he has written hundreds of articles and essays on economics, economic history, and political economy. Gregg is scheduled to join me to discuss his newest book, The Civilization of Commerce: Invisible Hands and the Pursuit of Happiness, and answer the questions he...

Jack Tomczak was unable to join us but I am leaving his links in place so that you can still check out the info.

The federal judge who ruled against the law banning noncitizen voting has been cast as "an activist judge who went rogue." Judge David Leibowitz dismissed the federal criminal case against Chelsea Cox, a Jamaican citizen accused of voting in multiple elections between 2012 and 2020. He ruled that the federal law barring noncitizens from voting in federal elections is unconstitutional because the Constitution leaves voter qualifications to the states. Jack Tomczak, VP of Outreach for Americans f...

Do you know who "Ms. Rachel" is? If you have small children or grandchildren, you probably do. That also means you may have heard she has recently moved beyond early childhood education and into political activism; but as the "influencer" she is, she is still targeting young children. Anne Schlafly, Chairman of Eagle Forum, joins me to discuss why she says, "Parents—not influencers—should decide what values their children are exposed to."

The Founding Fathers warned us about party politics; since settling into what has essentially become a two-party system, we have seen a fair number of poli...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has ignited a national debate by expanding a taxpayer-funded program that sends registered nurses into the homes of families shortly after the birth of a child. Healey says the voluntary visits will allow healthcare providers to assess mothers and newborns, screen for postpartum mental-health concerns, and connect families with additional services. Massachusetts is committing $2.25 million to the broader postpartum initiative. But what begins as a voluntary program in one state could quickly become a national public-health model. Katie Asher, a writer, researcher, and mother whose memoir, "The Book of Heaven: A Story of Hope for the...

Both Michael Letts and Katie Asher were unable to join me, but I am leaving their info in the show description in case you want to check out their work.

Passengers aboard a FlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv on Wednesday sprang into action after a pilot allegedly stabbed another and plunged the plane thousands of feet in an apparent attempt to crash it, in what Israeli officials are saying was an act of terror. Rabbi Michael Barclay, the host of the radio show and podcast "The Rabbi's Table: Dialogue Not Debate" on CRN Digital Talk Radio...

President Trump has revoked White House access for journalists from CNN, Politico, and MS NOW, accusing the outlets of years of dishonest and unfair reporting. The organizations contend that the ban violates the First Amendment and sets a dangerous precedent for presidential retaliation against the press. A judge has since ordered that they be allowed back into White House, but I tend to believe that this is not a constitutional issue at all.  Dennis Kneale, an award-winning journalist, media strategist, advisor to senior executives,  author of the book "Ore-Goners," and host of the What's Bugging Me podcast on the Ricochet net...

The political battle over Iran policy is the defining test of the 2026 midterms. Critics are leveraging short-term energy prices to attack the administration, but the strategic reality is clear: a fully neutralized Iranian regime guarantees global stability for generations, and the short-term cost is an essential investment in national security.

Nikole Hannah-Jones—creator of the 1619 Project—published a remarkably candid admission that her social experiment of sending her daughter to a struggling Brooklyn public school (P.S. 307) failed her child academically. However, despite watching her own daughter fall years behind in basic skills, she refuses to question the core...

A Massachusetts family says the state took custody of their teenage daughter after school officials allegedly began socially transitioning her without the parents' knowledge—and the dispute is raising urgent questions about parental rights, religious liberty, and the power of child-welfare agencies. Maureen Steele, co-founder of the American Made Foundation and co-author of the new book, The CPS Pipeline: State Sanctioned Kidnapping, is scheduled to join me to discuss the fundamental question: "When parents and government institutions disagree over a child's gender identity and medical care, who should possess the ultimate authority to decide what happens next?"

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Lindsay Clancy admitted to killing her three young children. Yet after her nationally watched murder trial ended with a deadlocked jury, much of the outrage was directed not at Clancy—but at the lone juror who reportedly refused to acquit her. Hundreds of pink-clad supporters gathered outside the Massachusetts courthouse carrying signs declaring, "She Needed Help" and "They Failed Her." But where was the same public display of compassion for Cora, Dawson, and Callan—the three children who were strangled with exercise bands? Edward E. Bartlett, Ph.D., president of the Domestic Abuse and Violence International Alliance, says the reaction expo...

In the wake of state-level abortion restrictions, a critical federal battleground has emerged over the distribution of chemical abortion drugs like mifepristone. While individual states have passed legislation to protect the unborn and regulate procedure standards, federal policies governing telehealth prescribing and mail-order delivery allow these drugs to bypass state lines entirely. Through out-of-state "shield laws" and unmonitored postal delivery, pregnant women can obtain high-risk medications without undergoing in-person medical evaluations, ultrasounds, or screening for dangerous complications such as ectopic pregnancies. Key legal battles—such as Louisiana v. FDA—are now testing whether state governments have the legal authority to enfo...

The GOP midterm convention is under way. There is excitement at the prospect of refocusing the brand and the messaging that led to a "too-big-to-rig" win for Donald Trump; there are also some troubling things that are sneaking their way into that messaging. Since the convention is still ongoing, I'll wait to do a full review, but I have a couple of points I want to raise.

About three years ago, the known terrorist group, Hamas, murdered over 1,200 innocent men, women, and children in horrific, gruesome barbarity, and took 254 hostages in an effort to shield themselves from the...

It doesn't seem that long ago when we all generally understood that the NBA was for men and the WNBA was for women. But then we entered the age of "Men can be Women," and so we were no longer permitted to publicly define what a woman is. However, we were expected to start referring to them as "birthing person" or something else that was just as equally asinine. Recently, a popular player in the WNBA insisted that a man cannot become a woman and that only women should play in the league for women. This led to a backlash...

A recent Washington Post report warns that heavy U.S. weapons expenditures during the Iran war have raised concerns among allies, including Taiwan and Japan, about America's ability to respond to future conflicts. More than 850 Tomahawk missiles were reportedly fired during the first four weeks of the conflict.  Decorated Marine Corps veteran and author of Gunfighters Rule!, Col. William "Burner" Dunn says, "President Trump made the right decision by confronting Iran and refusing to allow a dangerous terrorist regime to dictate terms to the United States." I am scheduled to be joined by Col. Dunn to discuss his view of the i...

Across the country, at both state and federal levels of our government, various agencies have countless employees. That may not sound very surprising to you, but maybe this will change that for you; I don't mean too many to count; I mean that they can't be counted because the positions are empty. In a phenomenon known as ghost employees, people leave a job, and the position remains vacant, or the government agency creates a new job and never fills it, budgeting for salaries and benefits for those positions. When caught, they argue that the position must be filled and that...

The "Hemp Loophole" was a legal gap created by the 2018 Farm Bill that allowed hemp-derived intoxicating products like delta-8 THC to be sold nationwide, largely unregulated, but it is set to close under federal law in November 2026. The loophole emerged from the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill), which legalized hemp by defining it as Cannabis sativa L. containing no more than 0.3% delta-9 THC by dry weight. This definition explicitly referenced only delta-9 THC, leaving other psychoactive cannabinoids, such as delta-8 THC, delta-10 THC, and THCA, technically legal if derived from hemp and below the delta-9 threshold. Manufacturers exploited this gap...

Ann Vandersteel, co-founder of American Made Foundation, award-winning investigative journalist and broadcaster, and co-author of the new book, The CPS Pipeline: State Sanctioned Kidnapping, is scheduled to join me, and we are going to talk about why the book needed to be written and what the American Made Foundation is doing about it.

A sprawling cocaine-trafficking operation allegedly flourished inside two fraternity houses at one of America's largest universities—and prosecutors say some students were pulled into it under the guise of fraternity initiation. Pennsylvania authorities have charged 14 people in connection with an alleged cocaine-distribution ring involving current an...

FBI agents surprised disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell when he arrived at the San Francisco airport over the weekend, slapping him with a search warrant.

Sick and tired of corrupt politicians, dishonest media, skyrocketing national debt, fraud, partisan division, and the growing hatred tearing America apart? Well, you are not alone. Sheriff Richard Mack and long-time friend of the show, Dan Perkins, teamed up to tackle the issues in a bold and controversial new book, The Democrat Murder of America. In the book, they take a hard look at political corruption, media manipulation, government failures, and the forces...

The Trump administration has issued directives to align the U.S. Childhood Vaccination schedule with certain peer nations by reducing universal targets to 11 core diseases and proposing individual shots rather than combination vaccines. Despite federal executive orders and administrative actions seeking to reduce the number of routinely recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11 and split combination shots like the MMR vaccine, federal court rulings and the American Academy of Pediatrics mean that prior universal standards remain legally active and recommended. Kate Asher, the author of The Book of Heaven: A Story of Hope for the Outcasts, the Broken, and Those Who...

Luigi Mangione, who allegedly murdered a health care CEO on the streets of Manhattan, is expected to plead guilty Friday to federal charges, according to the New York Times. In what seems to be part of a risky defense strategy, Mangione may be about to change his story to avoid state charges—an audience of two people and one troll.

The media seems pretty upset that Donald Trump. I know, not exactly a new thing; this time, it's because of what happened in Turkey.

The Democratic Party has a disaffected young voter problem. Several self-avowed socialist candi...

I sat in for Ron Edwards today. It was great getting to talk directly to Ron's fantastic audience. Thank you.

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As the debate over election integrity and citizenship continues to intensify, the growing push by the political left to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections fundamentally changes what it means to be an American citizen. As states and municipalities continue testing the boundaries of noncitizen voting, Paul Jacob, the National Chairman of Americans for Citizen Voting, is scheduled to join me to provide timely insight into why these policies matter far beyond local elections, and why he believes protecting the ballot is ultimately about protecting the value of American citizenship.

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What if the "media literacy" curriculum being taught in America's schools isn't about teaching students how to think—but what to think? Shocking I know. A new investigative report from Courage Is A Habit shows that the modern media literacy movement has become a taxpayer-funded vehicle for political indoctrination, shielding establishment narratives, policing dissent, and training students to become activists rather than critical thinkers. Alvin Lui, president of Courage Is a Habit,  is scheduled to join me to discuss the report and its deeper meaning.

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A software error reportedly caused approximately 6,600 noncitizens to be registered to vote in New Jersey, with federal officials investigating whether roughly 400 of them may have cast ballots.
The Justice Department is demanding identifying information as part of its voter-roll investigation, but Democratic Governor Mikie Sherrill is refusing to provide it. Her administration argues that the federal demand lacks a proper legal basis and could compromise residents' personal information. John Gordon, host of The Truth with John Gordon, is scheduled to join me to discuss the legal ramifications and what comes next.

When a pro-life clinic in Amherst...

An ag bill is making its way through Congress (HR9535). And, of course, it includes amnesty for illegal immigrants. Ammon Blair, a Senior Fellow for the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s ‘Secure & Sovereign Nation’ Initiative, where he advocates for effective border security and immigration policies that protect the sovereignty and safety of Texas and the nation, joins me to discuss the bill and the likelihood of it passing. He is also a Consultant for Omni Intelligence, a private company that provides intelligence and analytics services to government agencies and media about transnational and domestic threats to Texas and the U.S. Amm...

U.S. House Candidate, retired US Marine, and former police officer David Burck is scheduled to take a short break from the campaign trail to discuss President Trump's primetime election integrity speech and how concerned we should be about election security this year. (And yeah, we'll talk about the campaign too.)

As the U.S.-Iran conflict intensifies with renewed military strikes and rising concerns over the security of the Strait of Hormuz, retired U.S. Marine Corps Colonel William "Burner" Dunn is scheduled to join me once more to provide expert analysis on the evolving crisis. The la...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune lashed out at White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday after she said the president’s “patience is running out” over the failure to pass the SAVE America Act.

Judges across the country have ordered the release of 65,000 detainees from federal immigration custody, revealing the extent of a massive operation to undermine the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

A bitter fight is brewing within the Democratic Party as black and Hispanic leaders battle over which voting bloc should wield the greatest influence in choosing the party’s 2028 presidential nominee.

New York City has officially approved Mayor Zohran Mamdani's rent-freeze plan for roughly one million rent-stabilized apartments, delivering a major political victory for the progressive mayor while igniting fierce debate over the future of the city's housing market. Supporters argue the freeze will provide desperately needed relief for renters struggling with the nation's highest housing costs. Critics warn it could discourage investment, accelerate building deterioration, reduce available housing, and ultimately drive rents even higher for everyone else.  Dennis Kneale, best-selling author and acclaimed journalist (his latest book is Ore-Goners, has previously anchored at CNBC and Fox Business after senior roles at...

When enemies of American liberty set their sights on the Lone Star State, a coalition of retired generals, combat veterans, investigative journalists, counterterrorism experts, and pastors refuse to stay silent. Chris Burgard, documentary filmmaker, connects the legendary stand at the Alamo with today's fight to protect Texas from the incremental advance of Sharia law in his latest work: Remember the Alamo: Don't Sharia My Texas, and he is scheduled to join me to discuss it.

As America continues to celebrate its 250th birthday, entrepreneur and philanthropist Tony Holland exemplifies the values that have fueled the nation since its f...

A new U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing states to restrict participation in girls' and women's sports based on biological sex has shifted one of America's most divisive cultural debates away from Washington and back to the states. Rather than imposing a single nationwide rule, the Court reaffirmed the role of federalism—allowing voters, legislatures, school boards, and athletic associations to determine policy closer to home. The ruling has reignited conversations about fairness, biological reality, constitutional restraint, and the future of women's sports. Dr. Andrew Fox, priest, organizational culture expert, educator, business leader, and author (including his newest book, Truth in...

A high school student in Philadelphia exposed how his classmates struggle to read simple words and comprehend relatively simple sentences in a viral series of videos. In a TikTok post, user "whatthevek" showed that not a single high school-aged student at Preparatory Charter School of Mathematics, Science, Technology and Careers was able to read the sentence, "She wore a silhouette of clothes that were extraordinary but somewhat gauche." Jay Foard, the author of Rustling of the Sycamore, an entrepreneur and speaker with a background in biotechnology and a Master's degree in Finance from Duke University who focuses on resilience, personal gr...

New York City's freshly inked $126 billion budget shows exactly where Mayor Zohran Mamdani's priorities lie — and it's not with the men and women who served in uniform.

A Somali flag that Buffalo, New York, city officials raised in Niagara Square earlier this week to celebrate the foreign country's independence was cut down in the dead of night. The flag robbery took place one day after city officials canceled Buffalo's Fourth of July fireworks celebration.

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