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Each week Ben Domenech offers his perspective on the latest news of the day. With a new episode available twice weekly, the program welcomes politicians, authors, musicians and journalists for engaging interviews that go beyond the day’s headlines.
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Ben breaks down the confirmation hearing of Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth, and how he was able to survive major blows from the Democrats and the media.
Plus, he argues how Pete's fight for survival helped other nominees and could be the determining factor in President-elect Trump getting his entire cabinet confirmed.
Ben also shares why he thinks Republicans should let Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) speak at every confirmation hearing.
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In his new book, All the President's Money: Investigating the Secret Foreign Schemes That Made the Biden Family Rich, House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) details the work that his committee has done to show how the Biden family profited off of their political power at the expense of the American taxpayer.
Plus, Chairman Comer previews some of the big-ticket items Congress has on the agenda for the second Trump Administration.
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As we ring in the New Year, Life Editor of The Spectator World, Ross Andersen weighs in on the most popular movies and television series from 2024. While noting some of the biggest hits of the year were Twisters and Shogun, they analyze why highly anticipated sequels such as Joker 2 and Moana 2 didn't quite hit the mark.
Plus, they discuss their all-time favorite Christmas movies and look ahead to 2025.
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On this encore episode, Ben recalls one of the most monumental weeks in American political history in mid-July. It was a week that included former President Trump narrowly surviving an assassination attempt, accepting a Presidential nomination, and selecting a Vice-Presidential nominee all within around 52 hours.
Plus, the wagons were circling President Biden as a key ally of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) publicly called for the President to step aside, as the 46th President of the United States would eventually do so, just 2 days after the original release of this podcast
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Ben argues why Congress' worst decisions are made when they're on tight deadlines to keep the government funded.
With multiple Republican members of Congress leaving to serve in the Trump administration, Speaker Mike Johnson will now have to manage an even narrower majority. In the long term, that involves passing President-elect Trump's agenda, but in the short term that means convincing Congress to agree upon a 1547-page spending bill to keep the government funded before they go home for holiday break.
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After months of controversy striking at the heart of New York City's crime crisis, Marine Veteran Daniel Penny had his manslaughter charge dismissed and was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide for the death of Jordan Neely. Nick Ohnell Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, Rafael Mangual, has written extensively about urban crime and jail violence to broader matters of criminal and civil justice reform.
Ben and Rafael break down the investigation, the trial, and what the result means for a city torn over the political circumstances of the moment.
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Author David Harsanyi discusses his new book The Rise of BlueAnon: How the Democrats Became a Party of Conspiracy Theorists.
David and Ben make their way from numerous examples, from COVID-19 to the coverup of President Biden's health, his eventual pardon of his son Hunter, and the Russian collusion hoax, to show that despite the constant mainstream media clamoring, it turns out that Democrats were the actual conspiracy theorists all along.
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On this Thanksgiving eve, Ben revisits a conversation where he draws on the history of Thanksgiving, from the Pilgrims on the Mayflower to President George Washington's creation of Thanksgiving as a national holiday, to explain why despite America's modern struggles, we still have a lot to be thankful for in our unique American experiment.
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As President-elect Trump rolls out his cabinet, receiving both criticism and praise, Ben notes how the idea that the President-elect is simply picking who he sees on TV and who has been loyal is a flawed argument. Ben examines what cabinet picks really mean for the 2nd Trump Administration and reflects on President Biden's nominations.
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President-elect Trump's cabinet is forming at a much faster pace in comparison to his first administration. Ben notes how the first time around, there were members with solid resumes, but were in stark opposition to the President's agenda. Plus, Ben reacts to the President-elect's pick of FOX & Friends Weekend Co-Host and Veterans Advocate Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense.
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Almost, four years ago, President Trump's political career looked dead in the water. Now he is the first President since Grover Cleveland to return to the White House after losing his reelection bid.
Ben pontificates on how President Trump pulled it off, and how despite some of the nervousness among Republicans during the last week of the campaign after comedian Tony Hinchcliffes's Puerto Rico joke and Ann Selzer's Iowa poll, the fundamentals of this election were always in favor of 45, now 47.
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Do some across the world think former President Trump returning to the White House would be better for the global order than Vice President Harris? Deputy Editor of The Spectator, Freddy Gray notes that behind closed doors and across Europe, diplomats are recognizing a new world order reality that might be served better by the strength of President Trump.
Ben and Freddy note how egregiously the mainstream media has been in the tank for the Harris campaign, but how it could be hard to overcome those false stories finding their way into the daily rhetoric.
Plus, they look at where the Electoral College looks like with 4 days to go until Election Night.
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While it has become apparent that former President Donald Trump has the momentum in the race for the White House, it's unclear how it will all play out on election night.
As the candidates make their closing arguments, Ben notes what insiders and experts are seeing. While internal polls show the Republicans primed to take the Senate, House, and the White House, Ben reflects on the overconfidence of Republicans in previous cycles, that led to disappointment on election night.
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As sports gambling has become widely legalized across the country and more accepted into the mainstream culture, fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing writer at The Atlantic, Charles Fain Lehman weighs in on why this social change may have more negative effects than positive. Lehman shares some alarming economic and social findings in the states where sports gambling has been legalized.
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With two weeks left in the race for the White House, the candidates are making their closing arguments. Ben shares his conversation with Co-Host of The Fifth Column podcast, Kmele Foster on how the dynamics of the presidential race have changed in the month of October.
Plus, they analyze media blitz strategies and what voting groups both sides will target in an attempt to win an election with razor thin margins.
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With under two weeks to go until Election Day, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are trying different media blitz strategies to win over the last small sliver of Independent voters. Vice President Harris had a combative interview with FOX News Chief Political Anchor Bret Baier and decided not to attend the Al Smith dinner in New York City. Meanwhile, President Trump attended the dinner and joined many popular podcasts to target lower-propensity male voters across several demographics.
Ben sits down with FOX News Audio Political Analyst Josh Kraushaar to break down their strategies and discuss what key races to watch on election night that could tell us early on whether it will be a good night for Republicans or Democrats.
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As Vice President Harris continues a media blitz that will include an interview tonight on Special Report with FOX News Chief Political Anchor Bret Baier, Ben notes how extreme her closing arguments are in the race for the White House. Highlighting how her responses to race relations and the Israel-Hamas war are disturbingly aligned with extremist author Ta-Nehisi Coates.
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With both theTrump-Vance and Harris-Walz tickets trying to convince voters that they’re best
fit to lead the country, what are both campaigns missing to seal the deal?
Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC) discusses the often forgotten but monumental impact of the suburban women vote and how the Trump-Vance campaign can regain that demographic.
Plus, Ben and Rep. Mace discuss the role women’s rights will play in national and
state elections.
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As the media blitz by Vice President Kamala Harris continues, Ben notes that as she struggles with answering basic questions expected of any presidential candidate, the excitement of 'vibes' behind the Harris-Walz campaign has severely worn off. Despite the Vice President’s marginal lead nationally, Ben explains the uphill battle she faces in the electoral college.
Plus, Ben notes that President Biden seems unfazed emotionally by Harris' struggles.
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A recent New York Times poll recently showed that for the first time in modern history, young men are now more likely to attend church regularly than women. Ben notes that anecdotally, younger men are more interested in getting married and having families than their female counterparts.
For a conversation on this, and how these trends ripple through the rest of American culture, Ben is joined by Associate Professor at Eastern Illinois University and author of the Graphs about Religion substack, Ryan Burge.
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@8:45 KH seems to not need to answer for the flip flops.
@6:50 ... Biden has established to precedent of dumping people into cities, so Abbott is doing the same.
@42:28 Putin: You need a war????? Hold my beer .... error... Vodka.
@8:00 We see many past and modern day causes with contrasting protests, from Civil Rights, Vax Mandates, Abortion..... Each acting out their courage. But then it would seem that time is what sifts through the issues over the longer term to reveal what side was acting with virtue .... whether it was the victir or not.
Brilliant opening monologs on Fox tonight. More please!