Listen to “So Long Snipes, Trump vs. McRaven, Powers Failure” on Spreaker.

Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America welcome the news the Republicans Ron DeSantis and Rick Scott are officially the winners in the hotly contested Florida races and that Broward County elections chief Brenda Snipes is resigning after 15 years of incompetence and worse.  They also shake their heads as a retired U.S. Navy admiral contends President Trump’s treatment of the media is the greatest threat to democracy in his lifetime and Trump responds by calling the admiral a Hillary supporter who should have killed Osama bin Laden a lot sooner.  And they chronicle the staggering change in CNN commentator Kirsten Powers, who wrote a book on how the left is killing free speech but now says anyone who votes for Trump is a racist and that white women who back the president have joined forces with the patriarchy that oppresses them.

Jim Geraghty of National Review and fill in host Rich McFadden of Radio America skip the good and bad martinis today and go with 3 crazy martinis! Stacey Abrams can’t accept that she lost and will stop at nothing to ensure a new election in Georgia. Kamala Harris asks ICE Nominee: “Are You Aware There’s A Perception That ICE Is Like The KKK?” And for the final crazy martini our favorite new democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gets in closed-door fight with veteran lawmaker over climate change! This is fun stuff!

Listen to “Stacey Abrams wants a “redo”, Kamala Harris compares the ICE to KKK, Ocasio already giving other Democrats grief” on Spreaker.

Listen to “Locker Room Politics” on Spreaker.

A Florida physical education teacher is facing punishment after refusing to supervise a biological female undressing and showering in the boys’ locker room.

Liberty Counsel Chairman Mathew Staver says Pasco County, Florida, schools disciplined the teacher after he refused to monitor a girl who identifies as male change clothes and shower with boys.

Furthermore, Staver says the school district deliberately failed to inform the students or any parents that this decision had been made.

Listen to the full podcast to hear why school officials refused to inform students or parents, what happens next in the legal fight, and how this issue is popping up all over the country.

Listen to “What Really Happened in the Midterms?” on Spreaker.

There is no shortage of pundits or experts telling us exactly what happened in last week’s midterm elections, but what the actual voters said might surprise some people.

Extensive exit polls were conducted on Election Day and other surveys quizzed tens of thousands of likely voters. Some conventional wisdom turned out to be right, but some did not.

Take health care. It was the number one issue given for driving a vote and of those who said health care was their top concern, a strong majority voted for Democrats. But for those who want to see changes to health care policy, how exactly would they like to change it?

Another major issue was the confirmation battle over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Lots of people said the debate mattered to them, but which party actually benefited the most?

Traditionally, men vote more often for Republicans and women prefer Democrats. That didn’t change. But in addition to the gender gap, we have the marriage gap. What does that look like and how did it change in 2018?

Listen to the full podcast as I discuss it all with Karlyn Bowman, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

Listen to “Avenatti Charged, Cuomo’s Tax Confession, Vote Fraud Flailing” on Spreaker.

Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America hope the accuser is OK but cannot miss the irony of lawyer Michael Avenatti begging for the presumption of innocence after being charged with domestic violence and just a month after trying to destroy Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh with no evidence.  They also welcome New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s explanation that his state offered $1.5 billion in tax incentives to Amazon because it’s tax rates are too high for New York to compete with places like Texas on a level playing field.  And they roll their eyes as Democratic Senators Sherrod Brown and Corey Booker insist Stacey Abrams must win the Georgia governor’s race or else it was stolen by Republicans.  They also cringe as President Trump claims people vote multiple times by changing clothes and getting back in line and that people get voter ID by buying cereal.

Listen to “The Feds and the Fires” on Spreaker.

California firefighters are battling the largest, deadliest, and most destructive wildfire in state history, and while politicians and activists blame climate change for the this and other massive fires, critics argue that federal policies designed to protect the environment are actually leaving the land and the people at greater risk for devastation.

Pacific Legal Foundation is representing a 77-year-old Montana man and his wife who are being severely punished for taking fire prevention efforts on their own land.

“To protect his property, he dug out several ponds in the stream of this very tiny mountain trickle that comes down from the watershed just about 2,000 feet above him,” said Pacific Legal Foundation Attorney Ethan Blevins.  “So he dug out these ponds so that he would have water on hand should something happen.”

Something happened, all right.  The federal government dropped the legal and regulatory hammer on Robertson.

“Federal law enforcement shows up and says this little trickle of water that’s about the combined forces of two or three garden hoses is a navigable waterway under the Clean Water Act.  By digging out these ponds, you’ve discharged pollutants into the stream in the form of soil and rocks and so forth,” said Blevins.

Robertson was sentenced to 18 months in prison and forced to pay $130,000 in restitution.

Pacific Legal Foundation is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case render a verdict on what Blevins considers vague language.  In a previous ruling on the Clean Water Act, recently retired Justice Anthony Kennedy issues a very broad definition of a navigable waterway, stating that any water with a “significant nexus” to a traditionally navigable waterway ought to be regulated.

Blevins wants to know what the court considers to be a “significant nexus.”  He is hoping the court will hear the case and schedule arguments for early next year.

“We think it’s unconstitutionally vague or at minimum the Supreme Court needs to provide some really clear guidance on what the Clean Water Act requires of people.

Listen to the full podcast to hear how the federal government is also tying the hands of states amidst their fire prevention efforts.

Listen to “Anger Over Amazon, Criminal Justice Reform, Dem Leadership Fight” on Spreaker.

Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America marvel at how the crony capitalism that determined where Amazon will build its second headquarters united elements of the right, left, and libertarians.  Jim also pushes back on arguments that competitions to land major businesses always involve soaking the taxpayers, but agrees that the liberals are very selective in their outrage over such moves.  They also react to the news that President Trump is getting on board with a push for bipartisan criminal justice reform before the end of the year.  And they pop the popcorn as some House Democrats remain determined to stop Nancy Pelosi from becoming Speaker of the House again, although her opponents are still missing one crucial thing.

Listen to “Time for Trump to Call Kim’s Bluff” on Spreaker.

Evidence is growing that North Korea is refusing to wind down its ballistic missile program and even appears to be adding sites while failing to report them.

As part of the framework agreed to between President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong -Un in June, North Korea was supposed to pursue the dismantling of its nuclear program and its ballistic missiles.

Earlier evidence showed North Korea not following through on the commitment and now the Center for Strategic and International Studies says North Korea is operating mobile missile bases close to the South Korean border.

North Korea expert Gordon Chang, author of “Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World,” says the revelations are not all that new but the involvement of the mobile missiles is very disturbing.

“It’s the mobile missiles that can hide before launching that we’re really concerned about,” said Chang.

“We’d have maybe only an hour’s notice, and that should be sufficient time to find and destroy a mobile missile that is about to be launched, but in a wartime situation we may not be able to do that,” added Chang.

Chang says Trump should have already re-imposed sanctions against North Korea and slapped others on China and Russia for flouting sanctions to help North Korea continue its nuclear and missile programs.

Chang worries Trump is too personally invested in the narrative that he was able to solve the North Korean threat, but he believes the evidence will soon be overwhelming.  He sees Trump’s about-face on China on trade as an encouraging precedent.

“I think he could very well do the same thing to Kim Jong-Un, especially if he feels that he’s been embarrassed and humiliated by the North Korean leader.

“At this point, I think we can say there’s an ’emperor has no clothes” moment.  So President Trump does need to pivot to a much more severe, harsh policy,” said Chang.

Listen to the full podcast to hear Chang’s explanation of how China has helped North Korea cheat on its missile program and how the world is likely to react if Trump does bring back sanctions.

Listen to “Sinema Defeats McSally, Kim’s Big Con, Liberals Harass NR Writer” on Spreaker.

Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America lament the loss of another GOP Senate seat as Democrat Kyrsten Sinema is declared the winner of the Arizona Senate race.  They’re also not surprised as North Korea is found maintaining and even enhancing its ballistic missile program with numerous undeclared sites.  They also react to National Review writer Kat Timpf being harassed at a New York City bar and being forced to leave because some people found out she worked for Fox News.  And Jim pays tribute to the late Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee.

Listen to “Why We Honor Veterans” on Spreaker.

As our nation formally observes Veterans Day Monday, U.S. Army veteran and former Pentagon official Van Hipp is teaching his children and all Americans why this day is so special and what our veterans truly mean to us.

In an “open letter” on FoxNews.com, Hipp says Americans need to recognize that veterans fulfill the main purpose for which the federal government was created in the first place.

“Always remember that is the primary purpose of our government. And it is American men and women who have worn the uniform – our veterans – who have kept us safe and provided for that common defense,” wrote Hipp.

But Hipp worries that an appreciation of our veterans is diminishing because fewer people have a clear grasp of what those men and women have done over more than two centuries to secure our liberties.  He says a survey published in USA Today earlier this year left him stunned.

“Twenty-two percent of millennials weren’t sure of they knew what the Holocaust was and 67 percent had never even heard of Auschwitz.  When I read that, I said, ‘We’ve got a problem,'” said Hipp.

Listen to the full podcast to hear more of the letter, and find out what Hipp believes is the most meaningful way we can honor our veterans on a daily basis.