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THE LATEST

Amity Shlaes: Lessons from Reagan and Coolidge for Trump’s Economic Plans

Lawsuit Over Botched Late-Term Abortion in Illinois Sheds Light on Lack of Oversight, Legal Fallout

Lawsuit Over Botched Late-Term Abortion in Illinois Sheds Light on Lack of Oversight, Legal Fallout

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Ted Dabrowski on the State’s Economic Decline, Broken Schools, and Why Local Elections Matter

Ted Dabrowski on the State’s Economic Decline, Broken Schools, and Why Local Elections Matter

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DAILY SHOW NOTES

Daily Show Notes: Tuesday 4/1/25

Daily Show Notes: Tuesday 4/1/25

Daily Show Notes: Monday 3/31/25

Daily Show Notes: Monday 3/31/25

Daily Show Notes: Friday 3/28/25

Daily Show Notes: Friday 3/28/25

Daily Show Notes: Thursday 3/27/25

Rep. Derrick Van Orden: Why the Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Matters to Every Conservative

Rep. Derrick Van Orden: Why the Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Matters to Every Conservative

Paul Drabik Makes His Case for Downers Grove Village Council

Paul Drabik Makes His Case for Downers Grove Village Council

Scott “The Cow Guy” Shellady on Tariffs, Recession Fears, and the Market Outlook

Scott “The Cow Guy” Shellady on Tariffs, Recession Fears, and the Market Outlook

VIDEOS

Meteorologist is Overwhelmed by Emotion Watching Hurricane Milton Intensify

Meteorologist is Overwhelmed by Emotion Watching Hurricane Milton Intensify

WATCH: Peter Doocy’s Question Drives KJP Out of the Press Room

WATCH: Peter Doocy’s Question Drives KJP Out of the Press Room

Highlights from Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Unhinged Press Conference

Highlights from Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Unhinged Press Conference

SOCIAL MEDIA

Middle School Girl in Waukesha Confronts School Board Over Trans Bathrooms

Middle School Girl in Waukesha Confronts School Board Over Trans Bathrooms

Epic Response to Fake Outrage Over “Black Jobs”

Epic Response to Fake Outrage Over “Black Jobs”

CTU Union Boss Makes Bizarre Claim About Conservatives

CTU Union Boss Makes Bizarre Claim About Conservatives

MTG vs. Fauci

MTG vs. Fauci

CHICAGO

Ramona Bonilla-Anaiel on CPS Union Talks and Being Targeted for Social Media Posts

Ramona Bonilla-Anaiel on CPS Union Talks and Being Targeted for Social Media Posts

March 26, 2025

Former mayoral candidate and CPS CEO Paul Vallas: I’ve always been consistent on the issues

Former mayoral candidate and CPS CEO Paul Vallas: I’ve always been consistent on the issues

March 4, 2025

IL State Rep LaShawn Ford is hopeful Brandon Johnson can turn things around for himself and Chicago

IL State Rep LaShawn Ford is hopeful Brandon Johnson can turn things around for himself and Chicago

February 28, 2025

Ted Dabrowski: Mayor Johnson has totally lost it, who will replace him?

Ted Dabrowski: Mayor Johnson has totally lost it, who will replace him?

February 4, 2025

BORDER

Joshua Treviño: Yes, there is a Mexican state-cartel alliance

Joshua Treviño: Yes, there is a Mexican state-cartel alliance

February 11, 2025

Mark Glennon: The regular press isn’t reporting the types of people ICE is arresting

January 28, 2025

Former USBP Chief Ron Vitiello: The Trump effect is in full scale activity across the country

Former USBP Chief Ron Vitiello: The Trump effect is in full scale activity across the country

January 28, 2025

Steven Bucci: Trump’s policies are appropriate and they work

Steven Bucci: Trump’s policies are appropriate and they work

November 11, 2024

EDUCATION

0K for Failure: Ted Dabrowski on the State of Illinois Schools—and Governance

$480K for Failure: Ted Dabrowski on the State of Illinois Schools—and Governance

March 25, 2025

Heather MacDonald: Racist – But Underfunded? Capping funding for universities

Heather MacDonald: Racist – But Underfunded? Capping funding for universities

March 19, 2025

Michael McShane Reacts to the Department of Education Cuts

Michael McShane Reacts to the Department of Education Cuts

March 13, 2025

Will Estrada on House Bill 2827

March 7, 2025

ECONOMY

Amity Shlaes: Lessons from Reagan and Coolidge for Trump’s Economic Plans

April 1, 2025

Scott “The Cow Guy” Shellady on Tariffs, Recession Fears, and the Market Outlook

Scott “The Cow Guy” Shellady on Tariffs, Recession Fears, and the Market Outlook

March 31, 2025

Christopher Whalen on Trump’s New Auto Tariffs and the Future of the U.S. Economy

Christopher Whalen on Trump’s New Auto Tariffs and the Future of the U.S. Economy

March 27, 2025

Jim Iuorio on Tariffs, Tesla, and the K-Shaped Economy

Jim Iuorio on Tariffs, Tesla, and the K-Shaped Economy

March 25, 2025

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION

Steven Bucci on the state of American foreign policy as President Biden leaves

Steven Bucci on the state of American foreign policy as President Biden leaves

January 13, 2025

Gerard Baker: Farewell then, Joe — history will not be kind

Gerard Baker: Farewell then, Joe — history will not be kind

January 2, 2025

Hunter Biden Participating in High Level White House Meetings

Hunter Biden Participating in High Level White House Meetings

July 2, 2024

Madeline Kearns Fights Against Biden’s Outrageous Title IX Rewrite

April 25, 2024

CAMPUS BEAT

U of C Student Daniel Schmidt defends his statements that almost got him kicked out of school

U of C Student Daniel Schmidt defends his statements that almost got him kicked out of school

September 24, 2024

Sahar Tartan Describes Being Attacked on the Yale Campus

Sahar Tartan Describes Being Attacked on the Yale Campus

May 3, 2024

Joanna Williams on How Anti-Semitism Became a Virtue on American Campuses

Joanna Williams on How Anti-Semitism Became a Virtue on American Campuses

May 3, 2024

Tablet’s Liel Leibovitz on the anti-Semitism on college campuses

Tablet’s Liel Leibovitz on the anti-Semitism on college campuses

April 22, 2024

CULTURE

Christian Toto on Snow White’s Box Office Collapse

Christian Toto on Snow White’s Box Office Collapse

March 28, 2025

Elizabeth Grace Matthew on Toxic Femininity and the Weaponization of Empathy

Elizabeth Grace Matthew on Toxic Femininity and the Weaponization of Empathy

March 25, 2025

Center For Client Safety’s Amy Gehrke on their mission to investigate & report abortion facilities

Center For Client Safety’s Amy Gehrke on their mission to investigate & report abortion facilities

February 21, 2025

Ian Rowe on the messages for black youth from the Super Bowl ads/Halftime Show

Ian Rowe on the messages for black youth from the Super Bowl ads/Halftime Show

February 10, 2025

HEALTH CARE

Health Insurance Mentors’ C. Steven Tucker on the Pitfalls of Regulating Health Care Prices

Health Insurance Mentors’ C. Steven Tucker on the Pitfalls of Regulating Health Care Prices

September 19, 2023

Dr. Joel Zinberg Discusses Refocusing the CDC After COVID-19

Dr. Joel Zinberg Discusses Refocusing the CDC After COVID-19

August 3, 2023

Mark Glennon: Changed Assumptions Knock .1 Billion off Illinois’ Unfunded Healthcare Liability

Mark Glennon: Changed Assumptions Knock $25.1 Billion off Illinois’ Unfunded Healthcare Liability

July 18, 2023

Dr. Marty Makary M.D., M.P.H. Calls for Honesty from Public Health Officials

Dr. Marty Makary M.D., M.P.H. Calls for Honesty from Public Health Officials

June 27, 2023

ELECTION 2024

Georgia’s State Election Board’s Janelle King remains hopeful but has concerns with GA’s voter rolls

Georgia’s State Election Board’s Janelle King remains hopeful but has concerns with GA’s voter rolls

November 5, 2024

Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Victor Joecks on the state of the race in Nevada

Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Victor Joecks on the state of the race in Nevada

November 4, 2024

Heritage Foundation’s Steven Bucci looks at the two Kamala ads supporting different sides

Heritage Foundation’s Steven Bucci looks at the two Kamala ads supporting different sides

November 4, 2024

Susquehanna Polling & Research’s Jim Lee: National Climate, Polling Points to a Trump Victory

Susquehanna Polling & Research’s Jim Lee: National Climate, Polling Points to a Trump Victory

November 4, 2024

ILLINOIS

Ted Dabrowski on the State’s Economic Decline, Broken Schools, and Why Local Elections Matter

Ted Dabrowski on the State’s Economic Decline, Broken Schools, and Why Local Elections Matter

April 1, 2025

Ted Dabrowski on the “DEI equity lens” Illinois leadership sees everything through

Ted Dabrowski on the “DEI equity lens” Illinois leadership sees everything through

March 18, 2025

Dan Patlak Highlights the Right’s efforts to re-take local governments

Dan Patlak Highlights the Right’s efforts to re-take local governments

March 14, 2025

Ted Dabrowski on the new report on homicide rankings in IL & the State/Local Tax Burden

Ted Dabrowski on the new report on homicide rankings in IL & the State/Local Tax Burden

March 11, 2025

MEDIA

FCC Just Fast-Tracked George Soros’ Purchase of 220+ Radio Stations

FCC Just Fast-Tracked George Soros’ Purchase of 220+ Radio Stations

September 27, 2024

Jake Tapper Finally Realizes that Biden Isn’t Up to the Job

Jake Tapper Finally Realizes that Biden Isn’t Up to the Job

July 9, 2024

CEO of NPR Shares Bizarre Ideas About “Truth”

CEO of NPR Shares Bizarre Ideas About “Truth”

April 18, 2024

Reactions to the Solar Eclipse

Reactions to the Solar Eclipse

April 10, 2024

NATIONAL SECURITY

Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer on Trump, Ukraine, and the Signal Smokescreen

March 31, 2025

Steven Bucci on Boeing, the F-47, and the Pentagon’s Legal Battle

Steven Bucci on Boeing, the F-47, and the Pentagon’s Legal Battle

March 24, 2025

Clifford May: Trump’s Ukraine diplomacy faces Putin test

Clifford May: Trump’s Ukraine diplomacy faces Putin test

March 21, 2025

Steven Bucci: Zelensky is ready to make a deal

Steven Bucci: Zelensky is ready to make a deal

March 17, 2025