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We begin with the convictions today of 4 prominent Proud Boys and their chairman all of whom were found guilty of seditious conspiracy with a fifth, who was the first to break into the Capitol on January 6, already found guilty of robbery and assaulting a police officer. Joining us is Andy Campbell, an investigative reporter … Continued


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We begin with the two drones that exploded over the Kremlin last night aimed at Putin’s residence inside the walls and assess whether the attack was the work of Ukrainian military intelligence or a propaganda event staged by the Putin regime. Joining us to discuss the unusual amount of publicity Russian state media is giving … Continued


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We begin with the looming date of June the first when, if the debt ceiling is not raised, the United States will default on its debts and suffer untold self-inflicted damage to its economy and the lives of its citizens, to the US dollar and to the global economy. We discuss how Biden and the … Continued


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We begin with tomorrow’s hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee to deal with the need for an ethics code of conduct at the Supreme Court after the Chairman Dick Durbin was rebuffed by Chief Justice Roberts who declined to testify and following recent revelations of unreported favors from a billionaire to Justice Thomas, Gorsuch’s sale … Continued


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We begin with the likelihood that Sudan will descend into a bloody and destructive civil war along the lines of Syria and Libya as two warlords fight it out for power with bombs, tanks and artillery with civilians collateral damage as they hunker down without food or medicine as battles rage around them. Joining us … Continued


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We begin with the House Republican budget that Speaker McCarthy barely got enough votes from his side to pass 217 to 215 which is dead on arrival and has nothing to do with raising the debt limit but is being used as leverage to exact Draconian cuts in an already inadequate social safety net. We … Continued


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We begin with what Ukraine’s President Zelensky described today as a “long and meaningful” conversation between him and China’s President Xi Jinping in which Xi promised to send a peace delegation to Kyiv apparently pledging that China would remain neutral in the conflict, with Xi saying Beijing “will neither watch the fire from the other … Continued


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We begin with the announcement today by President Biden that he is running for a second term at the end of which he would be 86. We examine the concern among some Democrats that it might be difficult to get young voters to the polls who are not inspired by the party’s gerontocracy with too … Continued


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We begin with the unceremonious and abrupt firing of Fox News’s highest paid and highest rated prime time presenter, Tucker Carlson, with little to no explanation from the Murdoch family after Carlson had promised on his Friday show to be back on Monday. With speculation that his firing was a result of the Dominion settlement, … Continued


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We begin with the Supreme Court stay on the abortion pill case keeping medication abortion legal for a while which brought a blistering dissent from Justices Alito and Thomas and will eventually go back to the conservative 5th Circuit and likely the Supreme Court. With both Alito and Thomas having the opposite of a judicial … Continued


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