Episodes

  • Will Congress Avert A Government Shutdown?

    Will Congress Avert A Government Shutdown?
    Dec 18 2024
    Ben argues why Congress' worst decisions are made when they're on tight deadlines to keep the government funded. With multiple Republican members of Congress leaving to serve in the Trump administration, Speaker Mike Johnson will now have to manage an even narrower majority. In the long term, that involves passing President-elect Trump's agenda, but in the short term that means convincing Congress to agree upon a 1547-page spending bill to keep the government funded before they go home for holiday break. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    16 mins
  • Daniel Penny Is Free For This One Reason

    Daniel Penny Is Free For This One Reason
    Dec 11 2024
    After months of controversy striking at the heart of New York City's crime crisis, Marine Veteran Daniel Penny had his manslaughter charge dismissed and was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide for the death of Jordan Neely. Nick Ohnell Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, Rafael Mangual, has written extensively about urban crime and jail violence to broader matters of criminal and civil justice reform. Ben and Rafael break down the investigation, the trial, and what the result means for a city torn over the political circumstances of the moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    33 mins
  • David Harsanyi: How the Democrats Became a Party of Conspiracy Theorists

    David Harsanyi: How the Democrats Became a Party of Conspiracy Theorists
    Dec 4 2024
    Author David Harsanyi discusses his new book The Rise of BlueAnon: How the Democrats Became a Party of Conspiracy Theorists. David and Ben make their way from numerous examples, from COVID-19 to the coverup of President Biden's health, his eventual pardon of his son Hunter, and the Russian collusion hoax, to show that despite the constant mainstream media clamoring, it turns out that Democrats were the actual conspiracy theorists all along. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    38 mins
  • Revisiting Ben's Thanksgiving Message

    Revisiting Ben's Thanksgiving Message
    Nov 27 2024
    On this Thanksgiving eve, Ben revisits a conversation where he draws on the history of Thanksgiving, from the Pilgrims on the Mayflower to President George Washington's creation of Thanksgiving as a national holiday, to explain why despite America's modern struggles, we still have a lot to be thankful for in our unique American experiment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    11 mins
  • President-elect Trump's Strategic Plan

    President-elect Trump's Strategic Plan
    Nov 20 2024
    As President-elect Trump rolls out his cabinet, receiving both criticism and praise, Ben notes how the idea that the President-elect is simply picking who he sees on TV and who has been loyal is a flawed argument. Ben examines what cabinet picks really mean for the 2nd Trump Administration and reflects on President Biden's nominations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    14 mins
  • President-Elect Trump's Cabinet Takes Shape

    President-Elect Trump's Cabinet Takes Shape
    Nov 13 2024
    President-elect Trump's cabinet is forming at a much faster pace in comparison to his first administration. Ben notes how the first time around, there were members with solid resumes, but were in stark opposition to the President's agenda. Plus, Ben reacts to the President-elect's pick of FOX & Friends Weekend Co-Host and Veterans Advocate Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    21 mins
  • How President-Elect Trump Pulled Off The Most Miraculous Of Comebacks

    How President-Elect Trump Pulled Off The Most Miraculous Of Comebacks
    Nov 6 2024
    Almost, four years ago, President Trump's political career looked dead in the water. Now he is the first President since Grover Cleveland to return to the White House after losing his reelection bid. Ben pontificates on how President Trump pulled it off, and how despite some of the nervousness among Republicans during the last week of the campaign after comedian Tony Hinchcliffes's Puerto Rico joke and Ann Selzer's Iowa poll, the fundamentals of this election were always in favor of 45, now 47. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    21 mins
  • Election Day Expectations & What The Rest Of The World Thinks

    Election Day Expectations & What The Rest Of The World Thinks
    Nov 1 2024
    Do some across the world think former President Trump returning to the White House would be better for the global order than Vice President Harris? Deputy Editor of The Spectator, Freddy Gray notes that behind closed doors and across Europe, diplomats are recognizing a new world order reality that might be served better by the strength of President Trump. Ben and Freddy note how egregiously the mainstream media has been in the tank for the Harris campaign, but how it could be hard to overcome those false stories finding their way into the daily rhetoric. Plus, they look at where the Electoral College looks like with 4 days to go until Election Night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    38 mins