Jim Minardi

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Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons responds to Brandon Johnson’s anti-law enforcement rhetoric

As anti-ICE protesters once again took to Chicago’s streets, chanting “ICE off our streets now,” Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons

By Jim Minardi 6 Min Read

The Washington Examiner’s Dominic Green

As President Donald Trump announced a breakthrough ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas - hailed as “a strong, durable, and

By Jim Minardi 4 Min Read

EVP of the Trump Organization, Eric Trump, on crime in Chicago

In a wide-ranging interview on Chicago’s Morning Answer with Dan Proft, Trump Organization Executive Vice President Eric Trump weighed in

By Jim Minardi 5 Min Read

IRL Movie Club’s Annie Roney Brings Her in-person Documentary Screenings & Discussions to Illinois

For many Americans, movie night now means dimming the lights, grabbing the remote, and disappearing into the glow of a

By Jim Minardi 3 Min Read

Article III Project’s Will Chamberlain on Trump’s Portland National Guard case

In an interview on Chicago’s Morning Answer, host Dan Proft and Will Chamberlain, senior counsel at the Article III Project,

By Jim Minardi 5 Min Read

Economist Stephen Moore runs through Democrats’ shutdown wish list — “It’s lunacy!”

Economist Stephen Moore joined Chicago’s Morning Answer with Dan Proft to dissect the latest Washington standoff over health care subsidies,

By Jim Minardi 5 Min Read

Chicago Alderman Ray Lopez points out the irony: criminals get a pass, ICE gets prosecuted

In a heated discussion on Chicago’s Morning Answer with Dan Proft, 15th Ward Alderman Ray Lopez didn’t hold back his

By Jim Minardi 5 Min Read

Fmr. CPD Superintendent Eddie Johnson on CPD standing down when federal agents requested help

In the wake of growing confusion over whether Chicago police were ordered to “stand down” during a chaotic confrontation between

By Jim Minardi 5 Min Read

America First Legal’s Gene Hamilton challenges the legality of Brandon Johnson’s ICE-free zones

In a wide-ranging discussion on Chicago’s Morning Answer, host Dan Proft spoke with Gene Hamilton, co-founder and president of America

By Jim Minardi 4 Min Read

Candidate for IL Governor Ted Dabrowski: Pritzker & Johnson Incentivized Illegal Immigrants

Dan Proft and guest Ted Dabrowski — the former Wirepoints president turned Republican candidate for governor — dissected what they

By Jim Minardi 3 Min Read

Heritage Foundation’s Steven Bucci on Peace Negotiations Between Israel and Hamas

On Chicago’s Morning Answer, host Dan Proft spoke with Steven Bucci, a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation’s Allison Center

By Jim Minardi 4 Min Read

Spiked’s Brendan O’Neill describes “The Barbarism of the Manchester Synagogue Attack”

In the wake of a deadly attack at a Manchester synagogue, British writer and political commentator Brendan O’Neill joined Chicago’s

By Jim Minardi 4 Min Read