Show 16-02 Summary: In our first live show for 2026, we welcome back fan-favorite and long-time guest, Chuck Wiese. Chuck is a meteorologist, pilot, and fierce Global Warming debunker. And he’s a growing political activist. We take a brief look back at the biggest stories of 2025 but focus on what will be the biggest stories of 2026. And the biggest and best will be the Democrats destroying themselves in 2026. Repeatedly. Find out why “the pundits” and Far-Left strategists have it all wrong. Have plenty of popcorn on hand—2026 is going to be lit!
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2026: The Year of Popcorn | How Dems Will Destroy Themselves
Show 16-02 Summary: In our first live show for 2026, we welcome back fan-favorite and long-time guest, Chuck Wiese. Chuck is a meteorologist, pilot, and fierce Global Warming debunker. And he’s a growing political activist. We take a brief look back at the biggest stories of 2026 but focus on what will be the biggest stories of 2026. And the biggest and best will be the Democrats destroying themselves. Repeatedly. Find out why “the pundits” and .Far Left strategists have it all wrong. Have plenty of popcorn on hand.
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Air Dates: January 10th & 11th, 2026 | Guest: Chuck Wiese
This Week – Look Back, Look Forward, and Look Out
There has been nothing boring about 2026’s opening days. From watching the Somali fraud that exploded in late 21025 just get bigger and bigger in 2026 to the awe-inspiring capture and arrest of Venezuela’s Nicholas Maduro, Americans are witnessing historical events unfold.
In our first live show for 2026, we welcome back fan-favorite and long-time guest, Chuck Wiese. We love talking to Chuck because of his analytical, scientifically trained mind. But as someone who has recently taken a more active role in politics, his eyes have been opened. And it’s good to get that every-man perspective. Because “the pundits” are too often wrong because they rely solely on other “pundits.”
Going out of 2025, those media pundits were predicting no end of doom for Republicans in 2026’s midterms. But they are missing the key elements behind the stories, which explains why they are so likely to be wrong about what’s coming.
Tune in to find out what.
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15-49 Democrats Starting to Panic? No Gas Tax Blowing up Oregon Dems
Show 15-49 Summary: We talk with Oregon State Rep., Ed Diehl, about the phenomenal No Gas Tax petition effort to get insight on why it’s been so successful, with nearly double their goal and well ahead of schedule. We also get a behind-the-scenes look at what insiders said why it would never work, and the dirty tricks unions, Democrats, and Governor Kotek used to try to derail it — and could still use to derail it. Plus, some scandals in other blue states that almost certainly have happened here, and how they are doing it. Thanks to the fraud gateway Elon Musk uncovered.
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Air Dates: December 6th & 7th, 2025 | Guest: Representative Ed Diehl
No Gas Tax Signatures Explode Beyond Wildest Expectations
How can you tell when elected Democrats start to panic? When they blame someone else for the problems they created. How can you tell when elected Democrats aren’t starting to panic? When they blame someone else for the problems they created.
This week, we talk with Rep. Ed Diehl (HD-17) about the phenomenal signature gathering effort to get insight on why it’s been so successful. As of our interview, they already have more than double their goal and way ahead of schedule. It has been a true grassroots effort, with zero paid signature gatherers.
We also get a behind-the-scenes look at what insiders were saying why it would fail—and the dirty tricks unions, democrats, and Governor Kotek used to try to derail it. And dirty tricks they could still use to derail it. So much for Democrats being for “democracy,” right?
And then there are the scandals in other blue states that almost certainly have happened here, ones we already know happened here, and how they are doing it. Plus, the Far Left’s political strategy on “affordability” and the “fraud gateway” that Elon Musk’s DOGE uncovered.
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The Lies democrats tell. Remember the “fake electors” scandal — and the lawsuits that followed? Including Fani Willis’s prosecution? Yeah. It was based on a lie. “Requiem for a scandal” (Washington Examiner, December 1, 2025)
Show 15-47 Summary: Brace yourself. The Left will cling to its cults and election frauds the way conservatives cling to their guns and Bibles. We talk with Craig Rucker who journeyed into the jungle (literally) to expose the latest COP30—the annual Climate Change synod. Is the Green Religion on the way out? And shocking details from Peter Ticktin about the Tina Peters case and a lawyer Michigan is trying to jail who had permission from a judge to look at the Dominion voting machines. Why? Because what she found exposed the fraud. The Far Left’s religion and election fraud. A dangerous combination.
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Air Dates: November 22nd & 23rd, 2025 | Guests: Craig Rucker & Peter Ticktin
This Week – The Far Left’s Religion and Election Fraud
The Far Left’s Religion and Election Fraud are more dangerous and more intertwined than you might think. We know the Far Left wants socialism. We also know socialism doesn’t work. There’s that whole ignores-reality-and-human-nature thing, of course. But look no further than anytime the Left runs anything. Portland. Chicago. Venezuela. You know. Where socialism works so badly, they’re eating zoo animals.
We talk with Craig Rucker, co-founder and president of CFACT, who braved the 30th annual Climate Change enclave known as COP30 (Conference of the Parties). Think of it as the HOA for Global Warming. Where a bunch of Karens get together (on taxpayer-funded vacations) to complain about everyone else and whatever isn’t being done about Climate Change. Like that it’s not happening.
And if you think socialism doesn’t work, take a listen to how shoddy the whole COP30 confab was run. And some prime examples of “do as we say, not as we do” hypocrisy. Signs of what’s to come, if the Far Left wins more elections.
Shocking Election Fraud – The Case of Stefanie Lambert
You likely know about Tina Peters. The Gold Star Mom who exposed election fraud in Colorado. And because she exposed it, a far-left judge locked her up. But it’s worse. She filed a grievance with the warden — not about the warden. About the a “teacher” in the prison. This is an official reporting mechanism designed to protect prisoners from abuse.
So what did the warden do? He put Tina Peters in solitary confinement. Because that’s what authoritarians do.
But thanks to9 Peter Ticktin, her days in prison may be numbered. Tune in to hear how he thinks a presidential pardon may break her out. “But it’s a state crime not a federal crime” you say? Well, Ticktin may have the way around it.
And definitely do not miss the last segment and a half talking about Stefanie Lambert. She is an attorney who found phone chips on Dominion voting machines in Michigan. But you won’t believe how far Michigan is going to stop the Far Left’s election fraud from being exposed.
Republicans, you had better stop fighting each other. And find a way to unite. Because the Far Left has declared you, and America, the enemy. Which must be destroyed at all costs.
Listen in, listen up!
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Craig Rucker’ Segments
Craig Rucker’s organization is CFACT (Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow). Visit them at CFACT.org
(Case history) WE LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY: Federal Court Reopens Tina Peters Case After First Amendment Bombshell from Trump Attorney Peter Ticktin and His Team (The Gateway Pundit, July 23, 2025)
15-45 Discovery Begins | Oregon Lawsuit, James Comey Exposed
Show 15-45 Summary: What does the Russia Collusion hoax and Tuesday’s election have in common? The lies came from those doing the finger pointing. This week we learn what’s happening with Judicial Watch’s lawsuit against Oregon, to force them to clean up their voter rolls, as the crucial phase of discovery begins. And what’s been discovered in the James Comey indictment has special meaning to our second guest, Jerome Corsi. He was nearly jailed by Mueller’s tribunal for trying to expose what Hillary was up to. It turns out, he was right.
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Air Dates: November 8th & 9th, 2025 | Eric Lee & Jerome Corsi
This Week – Getting to Truth
It’s true. People lie. And they cheat. But it’s especially dangerous for America when those people who do the lying and cheating are in positions of power. Because they’re not just sacrificing their integrity. They’re sacrificing America.
Think that’s exaggeration? Just look at the long-term damage James Comey, John Brennan, Obama, and Joe Biden did when they lied and cheated to create the Russia collusion hoax. Think of the incredible damage that did to America, our government, and our rights. Our government invented crimes. And were willing to destroy and jail people for a “crime” they knew was fake.
Discovery Phase in Oregon Elections Lawsuit
But this week we start with Oregon elections and democrats’ willingness to cheat in elections. Oregon lost its case to throw out Judicial Watch’s election integrity lawsuit to force Oregon to clean up its voter rolls. So now the fun begins. We talk with Eric Lee about the discovery phase and just some of what they’re asking for.
And you can help. Have you received a ballot at your house for someone who no longer lives there? Know friends or family who moved out of Oregon—but still get ballots? Have examples of election fraud in Oregon? If you have information Judicial Watch would love to hear from you. Send an email to either jwinfo@judicialwatch.org or elee@judicialwatch.org.
New Discoveries in James Comey Indictment
Then we talk with Dr. Jerome Corsi about Tuesday’s elections, which really should not have surprised anyone. Democrats electing Democrats in heavily Democrat-advantage blue states? Yeah. Big surprise. But it’s the type of Democrats that got elected. That’s the disturbing part.
But the main focus of our discussion with Corsi is the James Comey indictment. And the recent discovery. Comey arrogantly denied he’d authorized any Russia collusion leaks to the media and tried to get the case tossed. Claiming complete innocence and that he never leaked and never authorized any leaks.
What he didn’t know was Kash Patel had already found Comey’s handwritten notes saying the opposite. And a fake email address Comey used to discuss the leaks with his leaker. In legal terms, that’s known as, “whoops.”
Comey is in big trouble And no one is happier about it than Jerome Corsi. Comey was gone when Robert Mueller tried to jail Corsi. But the only reason there was a Mueller investigation was because of Comey’s lies and invented crimes. We get Corsi’s reaction and insights as a firsthand victim of our government’s attempt to jail the innocent.
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Eric Lee is a senior attorney with Judicial Watch, and serves on their election integrity team
Do you have information about election fraud in Oregon? Received ballots for people who don’t live at your house? If you have information Judicial Watch would love to hear from you. Send an email to either jwinfo@judicialwatch.org or elee@judicialwatch.org.
Washington State’s Secretary of State believes voter ID is not the problem people think it is. (Brandi Kruse, X, Nov 5, 2025)
Show 15-36 Summary: We look at Oregon’s elections and the dirty tricks Oregon democrats play to keep things dirty. We talk with Dr. Douglas Frank, a Nobel Prize nominee scientist, who has analyzed Oregon’s voter rolls. It’s not just a matter of cleaning them up. It’s what they are doing when you’re not looking. Except it’s also a matter of what they do even when they know you’re looking.
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Air Dates: September 6th & 7th, 2025 | Guest: Dr. Douglas Frank
This Week – Oregon’s Dirty Election Tricks
Just when you think we’re making headway on cleaning up Oregon’s voting rolls to get to a clean(er) election, you find out the Democrats controlling Oregon’s elections are pulling more dirty tricks than you realized.
This is the kind of things democrats can do when they get so much money for their ideological “non profits” — thanks to the taxpayers. Think about it. How much could you do to rig elections if you were “given” even just 1 billion dollars? Just imagine all the schemers you could hire. And invest it to keep it all going by living off the interest you earned. A never ending scheme machine.
Want to keep up with Oregon election integrity efforts? Follow the Clackamas County Election Integrity team on X @ClackamasCo_EI
Steps to Expose Fraud in Your Elections
We welcome Dr. Frank to talk about what he discovered Oregon is doing with its voter rolls to keep them dirty. While Judicial Watch is trying to make Oregon clean its voter rolls, the well-funded democrat schemers have already figured a way to get around clean voter rolls. Which is why Dr. Frank is in Oregon to help grassroots groups expose fraud in their elections.
The good news is, Judicial Watch won their hearing to get standing. Now the hard work begins. The first step in that direction is knowing where to look. And that’s where Dr. Frank comes in. Tune in to hear how what he discovered will give JW what they need to expose the fraud as they work to untangle the mess Oregon engineered.
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Lane County Clerk Dena Dawson will be Oregon’s next elections director (OPB, Dec 23, 2024)
moved here from Colorado, another suspicious elections state
Dawson will take over for current Elections Director Molly Woon, a former deputy director for the Democratic Party of Oregon who did not have direct experience in elections administration prior to being tapped by Fagan in early 2023.
Dr. Frank will be giving a presentation on Biblical Citizenship, September 11th, 2025, in Benton County. See this link for more information.
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Show 15-31 Summary: We are on a bit of a summer break but with all the breaking news on Russia collusion hoax declassification, we are smashing together two shows from 2020. But you’d swear they were interviews from just days ago. June 2020 the Rod Rosenstein Congressional hearings, when he played Sergeant Shultz (“I know nothink!”) and October 2020 when America got the absolute proof that Russia collusion was truly a hoax. Except the lamestream media ignored it so most people—still!—don’t know anything about it.
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Re-Air Dates: August 2nd & 3rd, 2025 | Guests: John Solomon & Kimberley Hermann
This Week – Russia Collusion Hoax Smashup
We are on a bit of a summer break but with all the breaking news on Russia collusion hoax declassification, we are smashing together two shows from 2020. But you’d swear they were interviews from just days ago. June 2020 the Rod Rosenstein Congressional hearings, when he played Sergeant Shultz (“I know nothink!”) and October 2020 when America got the absolute proof that Russia collusion was truly a hoax. Except the lamestream media ignored it so most people—still!—don’t know anything about it.
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15-30 Russia Collusion Hoax Declassification Reality Check | What Now?
Show 15-30 Summary: Finally, the real truth comes out about the Russia Collusion Hoax. Newly declassified documents from Director of Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, confirm what we have been saying. The evidence finally and truly reveals Obama’s deep involvement in the Russia hoax. But what do the documents actually say? Did he actually direct it? Or just some minions under him? We ask Mike Howell, president of the Oversight Project, about things to get a reality check. And what now? The word treason is being thrown around. What would it take to get there? And if not treason, what can Obama and his co-conspirators be charged with? Or will democrats once again attack democracy and get away with it?
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Original Air Dates: July 26th & 27th, 2025 | Guest: Mike Howell
This Week – Russia Collusion Hoax Exposed
The Russia collusion hoax evidence was declassified. On one level, it’s not new news. We knew the Obama administration, working with the Hillary Clinton campaign, created and entirely false disinformation campaign to smear candidate Donald Trump with “Russia collusion” to steal the 2016 presidential election.That’s been known since Congressman Devin Nunes went to the White House with the evidence he had seen.And that broke the scandal wide open.
Rather than “Russia collusion” it was quite the opposite. At a White House meeting in July 2016, CIA chief, John Brennan shared what the CIA had learned from Russian sources. Hillary Clinton, in an attempt to distract from her email scandal, planned to smear Trump with “Russia collusion.” Obama, Biden, Susan Rice, and the heads of the intelligence committees leaped into action to give credibility to the smear. Despite knowing that it was a political smear and a lie, James Comey launched the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation into Trump three days after that meeting. And the Russia collusion hoax was born.
If you heard our previous shows on disinformation you know this is how disinformation works. There must be a a grain of truth — meaning a grounding in reality. By opening the investigation. Obama, Comey, and their minions in the intelligence community gave that grain of truth to Hillary’s smear. Without which it never would have worked. Think about it. Who in their right mind would trust anything Hillary had to say.
But an FBI investigation into Trump-Russia collusion? And judges issuing FISA warrants? And multiple intelligence agencies all working hard to stop the Russians from interfering in our elections? Suddenly, the dynamics change. Maybe Hillary is on to something. Maybe she’s telling the truth. And maybe she’s a hero, trying to save democracy.All that rather than what it really was. A complete lie. And an attack on democratic elections. Led by democrats.
But what does the declassification and release of all this evidence for conspiracy mean in reality? What now? Trump and Gabbard are both throwing around the word “treason.” Does this rise to treason? If so, what then? If not, what does this conspiracy rise to?
Tune in to find out!
Oversight Project – Russia Hoax Reality Check
We talk with Mike Howell, the president of the Oversight Project. Check out the great work they do to expose corruption at www.itsyourgov.org.
What do the declassified emails and documents actually say? (You can read them yourself; see the links in the show notes section, below.) There is talk of treason.
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Mike Howell is the president of the Oversight Project. They were the ones who exposed Biden’s autopen scandal, a phone associated with Butler shooter tracking to a building with an FBI office, and more. Check out Oversight’s other great investigations at ItsYourGov.org
THIS: We have been saying this for years. John Brennan’s hand written notes revealed everything you need to know about the Russia collusion hoax. It was a lie. And everything that followed from that WH Meeting was a lie.
“For months preceding the 2016 election, the Intelligence Community shared a consensus view: Russia lacked the intent and capability to hack U.S. elections. But weeks after President Trump’s historic 2016 victory defeating Hillary Clinton, everything changed.
Read the declassified info and reports:
Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, declassified Evidence from 2016 Russia collusion hoax showing Obama’s direct involvement: DNI, July 18 2025 (PDF)
Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, declassified House Intelligence Report: DNI, July 22, 2025 (PDF)
Timeline of the Russia Hoax based on newly declassified evidence from DNI Tulsi Gabbard: DNI, July 18, 2025 (PDF)
Read Hans von Spakovsky’s article mentioned during the show: Could Obama Be Prosecuted Over the Russian Hoax? A Look at the Law (The Daily Signal, July 23, 2025)
Show 15-29 Summary: Judicial Watch sued Oregon to clean up its voter rolls, which JW called “the dirtiest in the nation.” Oregonians are not surprised by this. Oregon didn’t deny its rolls are dirty. But Oregon claimed JW and its clients had no standing and asked a judge to toss the lawsuit. That hearing was a month ago, June 18th. But the question is, why wouldn’t Oregon want to clean up its voter rolls? It’s the law for one. And voter fraud and election fraud have been proven. Those can only happens with dirty voter rolls. We get an update from Judicial Watch on the status of their case.
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Air Dates: July 19th & 29th, 2025 | Guest: Eric Lee
This Week – Oregon’s Dirty Voter Rolls Lawsuit
Oregon has the dirtiest voter rolls in America. We’ve said before that Oregon pioneered 100% vote by mail; it should surprise no one if Oregon also pioneered (perfected) election fraud. Did they? It’s up to Oregon to prove otherwise. And resisting efforts to prove trustworthiness does the opposite. If you want people to trust election outcomes, then prove it by taking steps that would inspire trust. Not undermine it. Like taking people to court who simply ask you to follow the law and remove people from voter rolls who don’t belong there.
As it is, Oregon has created the appearance that the democrat-run elections division wants dirty voter rolls. Clearly, they don’t want to clean them up. Why?
But aside from undermining trust in Oregon’s election, Oregon’s actions have done genuine harm. Which is why the plaintiffs in Judicial Watch’s lawsuit deserve standing.
Judicial Watch Lawsuit
The hearing in federal court was held on June 18th in Eugene. The judge said he should have a ruling in a couple weeks. As of this writing, it’s been over a month.
When we scheduled to have Eric Lee, a senior attorney on Judicial Watch’s Election Integrity team, we assumed there would be a ruling by now. So instead we discuss broader legal issues to give you a better understanding of the legal issues around this case and how they are handled. Like, what can or can’t an attorney publicly discuss while the case is being decided? Are judges influenced by public opinion?
Why it matters: Voter fraud and attempts to steal elections do happen. In Michigan, more than 164,000 fraudulent votes in the 2024 election were caught in time and prevented from being counted. Those fraudulent ballots were more than twice Trump’s 2024 margin of victory in Michigan, which was only 80,103. See Michigan voter fraud link in show notes section, below.
Voter Rolls Hearing
We also talk about the hearing itself. Host Mark Anderson attended the hearing in person (you can read Mark’s take on the hearing on this Facebook post — give him a like and a follow while you’re there!) as did about 30 other patriots.
The entire essence of the hearing is whether or not the plaintiffs have standing to move forward. So we also talk with Eric about that whole “standing” issue. We hear it so often but what is it — and why is it? We also talk about what the state thought was its big bombshell — and what The Oregonian got wrong in its writeup of the hearing.
Tune in to hear why this case should be given standing for at least the Independent Party and move forward. What happens if there’s a nay? And what happens if there’s a yea? We talk about that last one. It moves on to discovery. But what will Judicial Watch be looking for?
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Voter fraud is real. Election fraud is real. Michigan voter fraud uncovered: “RNC Stops Thousands Of Duplicate Ballots From Being Counted In Swing State” (Trending Politics, Oct 30, 2024)
Attorney Matthew DePerno discovered that a single voter I.D. was connected to 29 ballots cast across the state. “After reviewing the Qualified Voter File (QVF) of votes actually cast as of Oct 29, 2024, the database identifies 114,545 Michigan voters who have cast 279,113 ballots from multiple addresses across the state,” DePerno wrote in an X post. “This results in 164,568 excess ballots as of 10/29/2024,”
Trump’s 2024 margin of victory in Michigan was only 80,10.
On October 23rd, Judicial Watch filed suit in federal court against Oregon’s dirty voter rolls
Read host Mark Anderson’s take on the June 18 Judicial Watch hearing, including what the state (and perhaps the judge) thought was its big bombshell: Mark Anderson, Facebook, June 18, 2025
Read The Oregonian‘s take on the Judicial Watch hearing: “Oregon voter roll lawsuit faces uphill battle in federal court, judge says” (OregonLive, June 18, 2025)
Justice Department Files Statement of Interest in Oregon Elections Case Concerning States’ Obligations Under the National Voter Registration Act (DOJ, June 6, 2025)
Show 15-21 Summary: Trump knows what he’s doing long-term with America’s economy and has a strategy to get there. The Big Beautiful Bill is one step toward it. He has other strategies outside of Congress. We discuss the “BBB” and the bigger picture of how Trump is reshaping the whole of America’s economy. Moody’s downgrade, the not-serious-enough spending cuts, and whether DOGE’s work has all been for nothing. We’ll help fill in the gaps of what you’re not hearing in the left-stream media — and help you better understand what you’re hearing in more reliable media. Like, why did so many on the right completely miss what Trump was doing with tariffs? Plus some truly worrisome responses to a recent survey of Oregon’s businesses. Hint: everything Oregon’s Democrats are doing will make it worse.
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Air Dates: May 24th & 25th, 2025 | Guest: Jonathan Williams
This Week – Bigger than the Big Beautiful Bill
What’s bigger than the Big Beautiful Bill? Fixing America’s economy itself.
But there are a lot of hurdles to get there. Not least of which is dealing with Republicans in the House and Senate. Not to mention Democrats (and a few Republicans) who would and will do anything to sabotage Trump’s attempts to fix America’s problems.
At the top of the list is America’s massive spending problem. Both parties got us here. And Moody’s recently downgraded America’s credit rating because of the exploding debt. In 2019, In 2019 we spent $4.5 trillion—the last year we had some fiscal common sense. That blew up in 2020 with covid. By 2024 that exploded even more to $6.9 trillion. An increase of over 50%. In just five years. Worse, we borrowed $2 trillion to spend that $6.9 trillion.
Right now, we borrow every dollar that we use to pay just the interest on our $36.8 trillion national debt. Interest payments alone eat up 20% of all federal income and by 2030 that will rise to 30% of all revenue. Thirty percent. Right off the top of our income. Just to pay interest.
Washington, DC? We have a problem.
And you’re not serious about fixing it.
Fixing the Bigger Problem
While it is true that the Big Beautiful Bill does not go nearly far enough to cut (slash) spending, it is just one step of many to get us to the Big Win. We’re getting there.
We have to remember that this will take time. There are no magic silver bullets. Four years of Biden left the US economy on the brink until Trump was elected, and his approach is backing us away from the economic cliff we were about to go over.
I mean, can you imagine if Kamala and the Democrats would be doing to us right now?
We’ll fill in the gaps of what you’re not hearing in the left-stream media and help you better understand what you’re probably hearing in more reliable media. Trump knows what he’s doing long-term with America’s economy and has a strategy to get there. The BBB is one step toward Trump reshaping the whole of America’s economy.
We welcome back Jonathan Williams, the president and chief economist of the American Legislative Exchange Council. We discuss Moody’s downgrade, the not-serious-enough spending cuts, and whether DOGE’s work has all been for nothing. We’ll fill in the gaps of what you’re not hearing in the left-stream media — and help you better understand what you’re hearing in more reliable media. Like, why did so many on the right completely miss what Trump was doing with tariffs?
And we can’t have Jonathan on without at least one segment about Oregon. The business image Oregon is projecting to the nation is not good. Plus, you’ll hear some truly worrisome responses to a recent survey of Oregon’s businesses. Hint: everything Oregon’s Democrats are doing will make it worse. Far worse with Far Left policies.
Democrats never learn. Perhaps that’s why Oregon ranks so low in education outcomes.
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Show Notes: Research, Links Mentioned & Additional Info
Note: Articles/videos/sites/etc. specifically mentioned during the show are marked with a red flag ????
???? Jonathan’s organization is the American Legislative Exchange Council, Visit them at ALEC.org. He is also the co-author of ALEC’s , Rich States, Poor States, an annual report on the 50 states’ economic competitiveness and outlook.
???? A great website to find the brutal truth on our nation’s spending, yearly deficit, and total debt is: USA Debt. Look, if you dare.
Our Ballooning Debt and Moody’s Downgrade of America’s Credit Rating
???? Moody’s downgrades United States credit rating, citing growth in government debt (CNBC, May 17, 2025).See paragraph 9. Yikes!
???? Watch this: 4 stunning (and painful) charts from Dave Brat. Interest on the U.S. national debt is now 20% of total federal revenue and rising. We borrow every dollar just to pay interest. (Citizen Free Press, May 17, 2025)
Explaining the national debt and deficit: “What is the national debt?” (Fiscal Data, No Date)
House Republican plan would force states to pay for a portion of SNAP (Capital Chronicle, May 13, 2025) *This will hit Oregon and California hard.* Entitlement Reform: The first rule of entitlement reform is not mention entitlement reform
California’s Medicaid shell game steals from U.S. taxpayers and spends proceeds on illegal aliens. Laundering $4 billion/year for free healthcare for Illegals. (Citizen Free Press, May 18, 2025)
CA cuts non-citizen aid, while Oregon boosts it (Taxpayer Assoc., May 14, 2025) * Hmm. What will happen if one state stops aid to non-citizens while the next-door neighbor state begins to roll out more aid?
