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SCOTUS & School Choice, Biden & the Energy Crisis, Crazy Greitens Ad

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Jim & Greg cheer on the Supreme Court decision that voucher programs must include religious schools if they include private schools. They also slam President Biden over his suggestion that high energy prices are getting us closer to his green energy agenda goals. And they condemn Missouri GOP Senate candidate and former governor Eric Greitens crazy RINO hunting ad.

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Midterm Momentum, GOP Governors Compared to War Criminals, Bernie 2024?

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Join Jim and Greg as they review the latest predictions out of the Cook Political Report and  UVA Crystal Ball, which shifted 11 house races toward the Republicans. Many races were updated from ‘Likely R’ to ‘Safe R’, but it casts an ominous shadow over the Democrats’ chances of keeping the House in a critical midterm election. They also cringe at MSNBC host Nicole Wallace for calling Gov. Ron DeSantis’ education bill “dehumanizing” and comparing him and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin Russian soldiers raping Ukrainian children. And despite being even older than Joe Biden, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is considering running for president in 2024, according to a leaked memo.

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Biden’s Stubborn Speech, Oil Prices Skyrocket, Chechen Assassins ‘Eliminated’

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Join Jim and Greg as they cover President Biden’s State of the Union address, its contradictions, and Biden’s insistence on doubling down on failed policies. They also discuss the problems at the pump many Americans are facing and how the White House’s current strategy to bring down costs doesn’t work. And Ukrainian forces have eliminated an elite Chechen assassination unit, keeping President Volodymyr Zelenesky alive in the face of the imminent Russian siege of Kiev.

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Infrastructure Roadblock, Pelosi’s Political Games, Biden’s Bumbling Lies

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Alexandra Desanctis Marr is in for Jim today.  Alexandra and Greg cheer Senate Republicans for blocking the Democrats’ very expensive “infrastructure” bill, which doesn’t even exist yet. They also slam House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for further politicizing the committee tasked with investigating the Capitol Hill riot by rejecting two GOP members. And they scratch their heads after President Biden’s latest town hall is filled with false statements and incoherent moments.

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Federal Unemployment Benefits Decline, Biden’s Infrastructure Gaff, Olympic Activist-Athlete Troubles

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Jim and guest host Chad Benson celebrate the end of federal unemployment benefits in some states which is nudging unemployed Americans to return to work. They also say “I told you so” as Biden threatens to veto a bipartisan infrastructure bill if a far-left bill is not also passed using reconciliation. Lastly, the marvel at an Olympic athlete’s refusal to be reverent during the playing of the national anthem… at an event dedicated to representing your country.

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How Long Can We Afford to Keep the Economy Shuttered?

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On Thursday, the Labor Department announced 6.6 million people filed for first-time unemployment last week.  In the past three weeks, more than 16 million Americans lost their jobs.

How much longer can our economy afford to be locked down?  How fast can it get up and running once it is restarted?  And what policies will be most helpful?

Dr. Gary Wolfram teaches political economy at Hillsdale College.  He addresses these questions, explains why strong government action is needed in a crisis like this, and why suggestions by Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel and others that we need to ban large gatherings for 12-18 months is simply unrealistic.

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Coming Home: Why Conservatives Believe Trump Can Surge Among Black Voters

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The 2020 presidential campaign comes at a time when Americans appear more politically divided than ever.  Many analysts contend very few minds are capable of changing.  Either you like President Trump or fear what one of the Democrats would do in office or you want virtually anyone but Trump and you’ll side with whoever the Democrats nominate.

But authors Bruce Eberle and Vernon Robinson believe Trump has the chance to make surprisingly large inroads with black voters, who have backed Republican nominees less than 10 percent of the time in recent election cycles. Their new book is entitled “Coming Home: How Black Americans Will Re-Elect Trump.”

So why is Trump in position to make significant gains after intense criticism of his handling of the deadly demonstrations in Charlottesville and other accusations of racism?  What about the Trump record in his first term might cause black voters to take a closer look?  Why might polls of black voters prior to the election distort reality?  And how might the Democrats try to prevent Trump from making any significant gains?

Bruce Eberle addresses all of these questions in his conversation with Greg Corombos.

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Should the Electoral College Survive?

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Many Democrats are demanding a new system for electing our presidents.  The effort stems from Democrats losing two presidential elections within 16 years despite winning the popular vote.

But the Constitution says the president is selected through the Electoral College, a system that focuses on which candidates win each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia.

What did the founding fathers have in mind when they created the Electoral College?  Does it still serve it’s purpose centuries later? And why do advocates for determining winners through the popular vote believe their approach is more fair?

Radio America’s Alexandra Lavin speaks with both sides and explores the effort from some states to give the popular vote the final say without actually changing the Constitution.

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Freitas Runs for Congress

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Fresh off re-election to his state legislative office Republican Virginia Del. Nick Freitas is launching a congressional campaign in the commonwealth’s seventh district.

Freitas is a U.S. Army veteran, a Green Beret who served two tours in Iraq.  He was first elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2015 and about to begin his third term there after winning re-election as a write-in candidate.  In 2018, Freitas sought the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate but narrowly lost in the primary.

The seventh district is currently represented by Democrat Abigail Spanberger, who won a tight race against incumbent GOP Rep. Dave Brat in 2018.  Freitas says Spanberger ran as a moderate but votes with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi nearly 90 percent of the time.  He also slammed Spanberger for enthusiastically supporting the effort to impeach President Trump.

Freitas says the district is far more conservative than Spanberger and it’s time for more accurate representation.  He believes there is a fundamental difference in how Republicans and Democrats approach their jobs and he’s betting the voters will be much more comfortable with his philosophy.

“Whenever I hear about Democrats solving common-sense problems, it seems like their starting point is always how do we empower the government to do more,” said Freitas.

“When I look around at how we solve problems in the private sector, what I see is efficient solutions that people like, that they have a choice to engage in the marketplace with, and they’re inherently peaceful,” he added.

Listen to the full podcast to hear what Freitas thinks of President Trump, how he will deal with a Virginia that is increasingly tilting towards the Democrats and just how far left the Virginia legislature is planning to go when Democrats take full control in January.

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Guns & the Constitution, Trump & Blago, Bernie & Aliens

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Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America marvel at the civic illiteracy in the gun debate, as Fox Business Network host Trish Regan asserts that President Trump could simply issue an executive order to ban assault weapons. They also discuss Trump’s bizarre fascination with possibly commuting the prison sentence of disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. And they have a lot of fun with Bernie Sanders and Joe Rogan discussing whether a President Sanders would reveal everything the government knows about aliens and UFO’s.

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