0:30 - IN primary results

13:11 - Kirk Bangstad's message to MAGA

35:26 - BENEFITS FRAUD

59:25 - Trump in Oval Office: Iran should wave the white flag

01:13:39 - American Islamic Forum for Democracy President Zuhdi Jasser says it’s time to manage Iran’s surrender and give the Iranian people the hope they’ve long awaited. Zuhdi is also running for congress in Arizona’s 4th district - z4az.com

01:29:44 - Paul D. Thacker, investigative journalist based in Spain and former Fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard, breaks down the COVID Cover-Up. For more from Paul - disinformationchronicle.substack.com

01:52:37 - Brownstone Institute founder Jeffrey A. Tucker on where the country is headed—and why The Devil Wears Prada 2 is worth watching. Follow Mr. Tucker on X @jeffreytucker

02:10:40 - Samantha Steele not guilty in DUI trial

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0:30 - DOJ investigation of 36 IL school districts

14:42 - Libertyville HS 128 school board meeting

33:53 - Swalwell (Gallego?)

55:16 - Liel Leibovitz, editor at large for Tablet and host of the “Rootless” podcast: Everything Is Reality TV. And Spencer Pratt Knows It. Follow Liel on X @liel

01:12:26 - In-depth History with Frank from Arlington Heights

01:15:40 - BENEFITS FRAUD

01:39:07 -Ted Dabrowski says Walgreens’s South Shore closure shows why law and order matters, warning companies won’t invest without it.

01:54:58 - Director of Strategic Communications & Content at the Federation for American Immigration Reform, Brian Lonergan: Workplace Raids Are Coming—and They’re Essential. Brian is also co-host of the “No Border, No Country” podcast

02:12:51 - Jakub Grygiel, professor of politics at the Catholic University of America and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution: The Iran War and the Coming Global Struggle

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0:30 - Spirit Airlines

17:14 - Walgreens

38:03 - LA Mayor's race

01:01:16 - Alicia Nieves, lawyer focused on immigration and national-security issues: The Supreme Court’s vote ruling empowers minorities. Alicia writes from Chicago, follow her on X @alicianieves__

01:20:40 - Former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, John Bolton: Negotiation Won’t End Iran’s Nuclear Threat

01:38:47 - Whalen Global Advisors Chairman Christopher Whalen warns blue city mayors they need investment to survive, saying cities without willing investors are “doomed.” Check out Chris’ most recent book Inflated: Money, Debt and the American Dream – 2nd Edition

01:57:31 - Dr. Jeremy M. Levin, founder of Ovid Therapeutics & former President/CEO of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, shares details from his new book Biotech in the Balance: Saving a Strategic Industry in an Age of Distrust – available 5/19

02:21:58 - Chicago cop killer

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0:30 -Welcome Back Mike Scott!

13:47 - DOJ on the JOB on Fraud

35:03 - Pritzker's Accountability Commission

55:31 -Path Trading Partners co-founder and Futures Edge co-host Bob Iaccino says he’s surprised state and federal gas taxes haven’t been lowered as prices hit new highs.

01:12:54 -Former Naperville Township Assessor Warren Dixon III raises concerns about the Chicago Bears stadium deal and Brandon Johnson’s plan to convert commercial real estate into Section 8 housing.

01:31:53 -Illinois Municipal League CEO Brad Cole weighs in on the tax and pension challenges facing Illinois residents

02:07:49 - Scott McKay, publisher of TheHayride.com & senior editor at The American Spectator: The Left Is Melting Down Over Callais

Check out Scott’s most recent book Blockbusters, which is available at Amazon

Open Mic Friday!

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0:30 - Governor Pritzker finally speaks about the shootings of two Chicago Police officers

13:47 - Pritzker Purge Law

35:03 - Governor JB Pritzker has just revealed that he and other governors are planning things to “protect the vote”

55:31 - Ray Lopez, 15th Ward alderman, on the SAFE-T Act and City Hall’s failure on public safety: “Clearly there is no impetus within the machinery to change.”

01:12:54 - U.S. Representative for Illinois’s 15th District, Mary Miller, highlights Congress’s efforts to shrink government, calling President Trump the “great regulator.” Help Rep Miller keep her seat marymillerforcongress.com

01:31:53 - Multi-Emmy Award–winning reporter and anchor Liz Collin reports on fraud investigations in Minnesota and her new documentary Minnesota Mao. Liz is also produced The Fall of Minneapolis

01:50:49 - Chicago Police Officer Carlos Yanez Jr. recounts the tragic shooting that killed his partner Ella French and left him without an eye, drawing parallels to last weekend’s police shootings.

02:04:58 - Dr. Michael Huber, co-founder of VIROGO, discusses how his immune-support supplement is designed to help people stay healthy year-round. Learn more about Virogo at myvirogo.com

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0:30 - Comey Indictment

35:58 - Madigan Appeal rejected

56:43 - Eliot Wilson, contributing editor at Defence On The Brink and senior fellow for national security at the Coalition for Global Prosperity: Royalty still has a special quality

01:13:52 - Illinois State Senator for the 37th District, Li Arellano Jr, reviews the proposed stadium deal, noting that Gov Pritzker does not want to be the governor who lost the Bears

01:32:49 - Noted economist Stephen Moore weighs in on Donald Trump’s plans for Spirit Airlines, saying he opposes “corporate socialism.” Get more Steve @StephenMoore

01:50:51 - Markets specialist Scott “the Cow Guy” Shellady of Market Day Report! says President Trump needs to make the case that today’s higher gas prices come with greater strategic benefits than in 2022, including the removal of a state sponsor of terrorism. Check out Scott’s Market Day Report! – 10:30am CT to 1pm CT- and The Cow Guy Close – 1pm CT to 1:30pm CT – both at RFD-TV

02:06:44 - Paul Kengor, editor of The American Spectator: A note to Trump supporters — the pope is being the pope. Check out Paul’s newest book American Pontiff: Pope Leo XIV and His Plan to Heal the Church

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0:30 - Karoline Leavitt: shooter's manifesto indistinguishable from Left's daily rap

14:44 - Hakeem Jeffries responds to Leavitt

37:55 - Cop killer, judge

59:54 - Strauss Center Senior Fellow and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Simone Ledeen pushes back on Washington foreign policy voices, arguing the Iran campaign is not over.

01:15:14 - In Depth History w/ Frank from Arlington Heights

01:18:56 - Why Dan Proft is Single

01:35:17 - Wirepoints founder Mark Glennon questions the proposed Chicago Bears deal, saying, “It’s a massive amount of bureaucracy they’re creating.”

01:52:32 - Dominic Green, columnist for The Washington Examiner, contributor to the Wall Street Journal and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, reacts to King Charles III’s U.S. visit and what it signals for U.S.–U.K. relations

02:13:09 - Retired FBI Special Agent and Unabomber case profiler James Fitzgerald weighs in on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, saying, “It’s almost like there’s an ideologically violent subculture out there.” James is also co-host of the “Cold Red” podcast

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0:30 - Cops shot: John Bartholomew, Nelsone Crespo

20:28 - Judge Lyke

40:11 - Trump post-shooting press briefing

01:05:33 - Left's belief in violence as means to political ends

01:23:10 - Heritage Foundation fellow Steven Bucci backs President Trump’s deliberate approach to Iran, arguing that rushing negotiations produced the last bad deal.

01:42:06 - Retired Chicago Police Chief of Detectives, Eugene Roy, on the shooting of two police officers on Saturday: It shows the tragic consequences of the politically motivated, ill advised and just horrendous Safe T Act

01:59:11 - Ani Chkhikvadze, Washington-based journalist covering US foreign policy: What I heard inside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Follow Ani on X @achkhikvadze

02:15:16 - Retired Secret Service agent Mike Olson questions the security designation at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Mike is also co-founder/owner of 360 Security Services 360security.services

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