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Pelly canned from CBS for insubordination | Hour 3
This episode is presented by Create A Video – In what appears to be a Colbert-like martydom play, Scott Pelly insulted his bosses, refused to work on changing the 60 Minutes news program, and got himself fired for insubordination. It's the tantrum of a leftist who believes they are entitled to control the institutions of influence.
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The dumbassery of CaneGate | Hour 2
This episode is presented by Create A Video – More reaction to the utter stupidity of North Carolina's political press corps' "scandal" over Michael Whatley's campaign tweeting support of the Hurricanes' in the Stanley Cup finals.
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If you're a Republican, get off the Canes band wagon! | Hour 1
This episode is presented by Create A Video – Democrats and media (but I repeat myself) think they've got their "Cal Cunningham BBQ" moment in the US Senate race in North Carolina. After the Michael Whatley campaign tweeted a graphic in support of the Carolina Hurricanes in the Stanley Cup Finals, a reporter asked him to name three players. Whatley said he liked the entire team. Outrage ensued. Oh! Also... the Twitter graphic had an AI-generated image of a hockey player. This is also an outrage to media. Oh! Also... if it were an actual picture of a Hurricanes pla...
Iran War Update: IRGC attacks more Arab neighbors; Trump & Bibi's 'tense' chat | Hour 3
This episode is presented by Create A Video – Iran launched attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain, killing one and injuring nealy 70 more. The Gulf nations expressed outrage, but (as in the past) took no action. Plus, President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had two phone calls where Trump reportedly cursed out Bibi over attacks inside Lebanon and social media posts.
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As America becomes a lower trust society, we'll need more carceral responses | Hour 2
This episode is presented by Create A Video – Peter Boghossian is seeking potential solutions and responses to the decline in trust in America, as shame is no longer a useful tool in regulating anti-social behavior. He says there could be some government efforts to address some transgressions, but fears more laws and penalties may be the only unfortunate responses available.
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Two stabbings and the decay of shame | Hour 1
This episode is presented by Create A Video – A murder trial begins in Texas as another one wraps up in Britain. Both are racialized and are examples of the weaponization of virtue to pervert the tenets of Western civilization. Plus, how does America navigate the abandonment of shame as a guardrail for its inhabitants?
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The Iron Law of Woke Projection never fails | Hour 3
This episode is presented by Create A Video – To people who view everything through the prism of race, they assume everyone else does, too. This is often called the "Iron Law of Woke Projection." A good example came in on the Text Line in response to the story of the Shelby, NC police officer who punched a woman repeatedly while she resisted arrest.
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Shelby, NC officer fired and arrested for punching crazy woman | Hour 2
This episode is presented by Create A Video – A Shelby, NC police officer has been fired and charged with a misdemeanor for punching a woman who resisted arrest. The story has attracted national attention after a doorbell camera captured the confrontation.
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NC Governor looks to "distribute the benefits of growth" | Hour 1
This episode is presented by Create A Video – Andrew Dunn is the publisher of Longleaf Politics and a contributing columnist to The Charlotte Observer. He joined me to discuss North Carolina Governor Josh Stein's "troubling" economic development plan as well as former Governor Jim Hunt's "forgotten education agenda."
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Socialists, data centers, and teacher union power | Hour 3
This episode is presented by Create A Video – AP Dillon is a reporter for the North State Journal. Read her reporting at NSJonline.com. She publishes a Substack.com newsletter called More To The Story. We discuss the foreign-funded activist campaign against data centers and a power ranking of teacher unions which found the North Carolina organizations very weak.
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Meet the man behind the man with the Nazi tattoo | Hour 2
This episode is presented by Create A Video – A 26-year old nepo baby champagne socialist is the "brains" behind the nepo baby self-professed communist running for US Senate in Maine. Morris Katz has led several campaigns for far left candidates in Democrat primaries across the country. But his background is a bit disturbing.
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The man with the Nazi tattoo has yet another scandal to contain | Hour 1
This episode is presented by Create A Video – Graham Platner has so many scandals now surrounding his campaign for US Senate in Maine that it's difficult to list them all. And now he's got another one. According to multiple news organizations, Platner was sexting with a half dozen women on the Kik app and that Platner's wife discovered the messages in 2025 and told the campaign staff. They did not think it posed a political threat to Platner's run... which may have been wrong.
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Can Spencer Pratt pull it off? | Hour 3
This episode is presented by Create A Video – Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt is mounting one of the most interesting and inspiring political campaign in recent memory, as he seeks to be the Mayor of Los Angeles. His home burned down in the Palisades fire and he blames the incumbent - Karen Bass - for failing to adequately prepare, prevent, and respond to the catastrophe. He has also made mental health treatment and cleaning up the streets the focus of his campaign.
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It turns out the science wasn't settled after all | Hour 2
This episode is presented by Create A Video – The United Nations is officially retiring the most catastrophic climate model for its upcoming assessment report. In a classic example of "now it can be told," it turns out that scientists knew the model was impossible for almost a decade. But the incentives were so great to use the model to secure scientific grants and for headlines that it created a powerful feedback loop that captured an entire political party.
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Another day, another round of leftist violence | Hour 1
This episode is presented by Create A Video – A reported "swatting" at Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett's home, a Trump supporter beaten to death, and a man arrested for death threats against TPUSA leader Erika Kirk are the latest batch of Leftist violence against conservatives. The first step on the road to recovery is admitting there's a problem.
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Hasan Piker - the useful idiot | Hour 3
This episode is presented by Create A Video – Communist streamer Hasan Piker admitted that the benefactor of communist political operations masquerading as non-profits in America was, in fact, funding political projects. The admission comes as federal investigators are probing a recent trip that Piker took with other global communists to Cuba.
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Lamentations and reactions on dumbassery | Hour 2
This episode is presented by Create A Video – A caller from the last hour spewed so much dumbassery that he lit up the text line and phone lines. But at the core of his silly accusations and assertions is an idea that fueled modern Leftism: a belief that America is bad and it should be taken down a few pegs. So, while caller Tony might not have been able to articulate a cogent argument, his view is pervasive on the political Left.
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Iran War Update: Did Iran just cave to Trump? | Hour 1
This episode is presented by Create A Video – Axios is reporting that Iran has agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding for negotiations with the United States that will open the Strait of Hormuz and make the disposal of the enriched uranium the first issue to be settled. Plus, a caller named Tony makes a series of stupid assertions about Iran and China.
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Replacing the Charlotte mayor and an incumbent US Senator in Texas | Hour 3
This episode is presented by Create A Video – The Charlotte City Council agreed last night to a process on how to replace the Mayor - who announced her resignation effective June 30. Plus, US Senator John Cornyn lost his re-election bid in a Republican primary run-off against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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Charlotte data center hysteria and a proposed moratorium | Hour 2
This episode is presented by Create A Video – A call from a 25-year tech expert, Craig Reynolds, prompts a very informative discussion about the kinds of data centers as well as the costs and benefits of various projects and impacts. Reynolds also spoke last night at the Charlotte City Council public hearing on a potential data center moratorium. Plus, the campaign against data centers in America is apparently being funded by the Chinese Communist Party.
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The Great Data Center War of 2026 comes to Charlotte | Hour 1
This episode is presented by Create A Video – A bunch of people packed the Charlotte City Council chambers last night to call for a moratorium on new data centers in the Queen City. The pause would be for 150 days. Leftist activists dominated the speaker list. But is the aim to ban data centers or is it to create a framework for future approvals?
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In memory to all who made the ultimate sacrifice for us | Hour 3
This episode is presented by Create A Video – Memorial Day is a day to honor all of those sevice members throughout our 250 year history who sacrificed their lives so that we may live and enjoy the blessings of liberty. Plus, a flyover at the Indy 500 prompts outrage from a miserable political strategist.
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More toll road outrage and a familiar face for interim Charlotte mayor | Hour 2
This episode is presented by Create A Video – I try to clear out text messages about the I-77 toll lane project, but more just keep coming in! Plus, an incumbent Charlotte City Councilman throws his name in the hat for the interim Mayor gig. Also, the local newspaper's Deputy Opinion Editor wonders what's the big deal with the local NAACP leader saying the interim Mayor should be a black person.
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NC constitutional amendments: love 'em or leave 'em? | Hour 1
This episode is presented by Create A Video – Andrew Dunn is the publisher of Longleaf Politics and a contributing columnist to The Charlotte Observer. He joined me to discuss five of the proposals from the North Carolina legislature to make changes to the state constitution. Two proposals have already been approved to go to voters this November. Three others are making their way through the General Assembly. Plus, Charlotte's rejection of a plan to widen I-77 likely means no congestion relief for another decade or two.
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The Great Generational Food Fight of 2026 | Hour 3
This episode is presented by Create A Video – A suggestion that it's not financially wise to spend most of your money on take-out and restaurants - especially when you're young and just starting out in the job market. Outrage ensued online, as GenZ and Millennials argued that only rich people could afford to eat at home or brown bag their lunches.
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Chinese indicted for price-fixing; The end of Pax Americana? | Hour 2
This episode is presented by Create A Video – Seven Chinese nationals and four Chinese companies have been indicted by the US Department of Justice for price-fixing during the pandemic. The indictment alleges the men - through their companies - limited the production of dry good shipping containers in order to constrain the supply and drive up prices from late November 2019 through 2024. Plus, is Pax Americana ending? It doesn't have to. And that just might explain why President Trump is doing what he's doing on the international stage.
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Democrats' "autopsy" of 2024 loss is AWESOME!! | Hour 1
This episode is presented by Create A Video – The Democratic National Committee finally released the 2024 election analysis amid pressure from their party members. It focuses on organizing, advertising, spending, operations, messaging, and tech. But it never once discusses the cognitive decline (and cover-up) of Joe Biden, the annointing of Kamala Harris or her poor campaigning skills. It also ignores the increasingly radical and unpopular policies espoused by the national party. I hope they learn absolutely nothing from their loss!
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Capping property taxes and scrapping the I-77 toll lanes | Hour 3
This episode is presented by Create A Video – North Carolina voters will get to decide whether to adopt a limit on the annual increase in property taxes that local governments can hit taxpayers with. Plus, local activists succeed in killing a proposed expansion of I-77 through south Charlotte. The NCDOT says the $700 million in state funding will now go to other projects in the state.
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NC Democrats: Increase taxes on disaster victims! Voters are too ignorant to vote! | Hour 2
This episode is presented by Create A Video – During a floor debate on constitutionally capping the income tax rate at 3.5%, Senate Democrats proposed letting the state raise income taxes in the event of a federally declared disaster. Republicans pointed out that this would raise taxes on the victims of the disaster, too, and the proposal was killed. Voters will get to decide whether to approve the cap in November. Also, Sen. Val Applewhite thinks a lot of voters are too ignorant to undertand the ballot question.
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Democrats oppose cap on NC income tax because they'd like to raise taxes in the future | Hour 1
This episode is presented by Create A Video – The North Carolina Republican-controlled General Assembly wants to ask voters whether we want to cap income taxes at 3.5%. The current constitutional cap is 7%. Democrat lawmakers oppose the ballot measure because they say future legislatures may need "fiscal flexibility." To raise taxes.
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Mosque shooting, Massie's loss, and Mangionistas | Hour 3
This episode is presented by Create A Video – Stacey Matthews from RedState joins me to discuss the attack on a mosque in San Diego, Rep. Thomas Massie's defeat in his GOP primary in Kentucky, and the pro-murder "reporters" given press credentials to attend the trial of their hero - Luigi Mangione. Plus, an anti-Semite just finished first in the Democrat primary in a Texas congressional race yesterday. Is she being funded by Republicans?!
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The undercurrent of anti-Semitism in the Massie race | Hour 2
This episode is presented by Create A Video – In case it wasn't obvious during the campaign between Rep. Thomas Massie and Ed Gallrein in Kentucky, Massie made it clear in his concession speech that the anti-Israel sentiment was an issue he was leaning into.
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Massie's loss proves the GOP is still Trump's party | Hour 1
This episode is presented by Create A Video – There is a lot of anger inside the Republican Party over Congressman Thomas Massie's loss in his Kentucky primary yesterday. But it seems like a lot of people have not accepted that the GOP is Trump's party. And challenging his agenda too often will get you targeted for defeat and replaced with another Republican.
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Self-proclaimed communist Platner sure seems like an awful person | Hour 3
This episode is presented by Create A Video – The Democrat (and self-described communist) candidate for US Senate in Maine has a long history of posting terrible things online. But his comments about a Purple Heart recipient might be the worst. He is also the latest candidate/client of Morris Katz - a Democratic Socialists of America campaigner who helped elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Zorhan Mamdani.
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Luigi's fan-ghouls expose a deep rot on the political Left | Hour 2
This episode is presented by Create A Video – Three self-described "Mangionistas" got press credentials from New York City Mayor Mamdani's office so they could cover the trial of the accused assassin of the United Healthcare CEO.
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Leftist cable host beclowns herself in attempted takedown of House Speaker | Hour 1
This episode is presented by Create A Video – A host on MSNOW (formerly MSNBC) teed up a question to one of her guests in an attempt to lead him to a "Christian Nationalist" hot take, but ended up showing her utter ignorance about the Declaration of Independence. Apparently, Katy Tur doesn't know that the Declaration states we are endowed by our Creator with unalienable rights. That those rights flow from God, not government. But if she's worried about rhetoric influencing people to behave badly, there are a bunch of examples in the news. Like the apologia from the Le...
Roy Cooper's evacuation; NC teacher pay raises | Hour 3
This episode is presented by Create A Video – AP Dillon is a reporter for the North State Journal. Read her reporting at NSJonline.com. She publishes a Substack.com newsletter called More To The Story. She joined me to discuss her bombshell story about how then-Governor Roy Cooper was forced to flee Raleigh during the 2020 BLM riots. Plus, North Carolina legislative leaders have hammered out a budget deal that includes large raises for teachers, state employees, and law enforcement.
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Iran strikes nuclear plant and then offers terms to end the war| Hour 2
This episode is presented by Create A Video – After Iran sent a drone to attack a nuclear power plant in UAE, the IRGC reportedly offered a new proposal to the Americans to end the war. However, it is unlikely to be acceptable to President Trump, because Iran refuses to give up its nuclear program. Plus, Muslims and Leftists mark the humiliating defeat of six Arab nations who tried to wipe Israel off the map in 1948.
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China warns of 'trap' because it is weak | Hour 1
This episode is presented by Create A Video – During President Donald Trump's visit to China last week, the leader of the communist country warned of the "Thucydides Trap" - an assertion that an established power will likely go to war with a rising power. Not very subtle, Xi.
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NC looks at speed limiters for repeat offenders | Hour 3
This episode is presented by Create A Video – North Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill that would require the most egregious speeders to have technology installed in their vehicles to limit their speeds to only the speed limits. Plus, Trump goes to China.
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