The Michael Knowles Show

Daily Wire Backstage: And Iran... (I Ran So Far Away)

09 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Are we going to war with Iran? Was Trump justified in taking out Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani? How close to the 275 million will Covington's Nick Sandman...

Ep. 474 - Don’t You Know There’s A War On?

08 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Iran launches an attack on an US airbase in Iraq. The missiles flopped, and no Americans were killed, but the question remains: are we at war with Ira...

Ep. 473 - Known By The Friends You Keep

07 Jan 2020

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The Left enters Day 5 of mourning dead Iranian terrorist Qassem Suleimani, the press ignores the most prolific rapist in British history, some big lit...

Ep. 472 - Splattering Suleimani

06 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

President Trump responded to Iranian attacks on U.S. servicemen and diplomats last Thursday by splattering Iran’s top military official all over the...

Ep. 471 - Why Baghdad Wasn’t Benghazi

02 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Iran-backed terrorists attacked the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on New Year’s Eve, but decisive leadership dispelled the violence. We will examine why B...

Ep. 470 - The Conservative Decade

23 Dec 2019

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The decade that began with the rise of the Tea Party and is ending with historic victories for conservative priorities, from the legislature to the cu...

Ep. 469 - Donald Trump Is Still Your President

19 Dec 2019

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Democrats impeach President Trump as Alyssa Milano leads a rally chant that “this is what democracy looks like!” We examine what happens now, and ...

Ep. 468 - Scorched Earth 2020

18 Dec 2019

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Democrats are officially impeaching President Trump. We examine the political merits of scorched earth. Then, Buttigieg channels his inner Beto, a NJ ...

Ep. 467 - AOC Proves Obama Wrong

17 Dec 2019

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Barack Obama is convinced that women are better than men. At an event in Singapore, he declared that women are “indisputably” better than men and ...

Ep. 466 - The Gaslighting Left

16 Dec 2019

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Boris Johnson wins big for Brexit just hours after the media say he’s down, Pelosi says the case for impeachment remains very strong after dropping ...

Ep. 465 - The Media Lie About Everything

12 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The IG testifies before the Senate, Trump gets called an anti-Semite for helping Jews, and Don Lemon melts down on air. Then, a study shows loneliness...

Ep. 464 - You Come At The King, You Best Not Miss

11 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

President Trump is riding high on an impeachment approval rating bump. We will examine what comes next for the instigators of the failed impeachment c...

Ep. 463 - The Inevitable Impeachment

10 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

How did we get to this point where we can’t agree on anything? Some people are blaming Trump, some blame the IG report, some are blaming a weak Demo...

Ep. 462 - Culture Is Downstream Of Politics

09 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pop culture affects politics, but politics affects culture too. As a banana duct taped to a wall sells for $120K at Art Basel, as Drag Queen Story hou...

Daily Wire Backstage: Kamalye Faithful

06 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Are the Dems giving Trump a big Christmas present with this Impeachment nonsense? Will Biden be forced to testify in the Senate about his dark Ukraine...

Ep. 461 - The High Crime Of Orange Man Bad

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Democrats hold the first day of impeachment hearings. Then, Trudeau trash talks Trump behind his back, trans activists in Washington accuse cops of ki...

Ep. 460 - Another One Bites The Dust

04 Dec 2019

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Another 2020 Democrat drops out of the race, and that candidate’s failure says a lot about the Democrats’ present dilemma. We will examine the fal...

Ep. 459 - Psycho Monday

03 Dec 2019

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Cyber Monday turns into Psycho Monday, from the TV ads selling cheap consumer goods to the politicians trying to sell themselves. We will examine all ...

Ep. 458 - All Human Conflict Is Religious

02 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A Muslim terrorist goes on a rampage, climate activists admit environmentalism isn’t about the environment, and Bernie Sanders calls Christianity un...

Ep. 457 - Talking Turkey At Thanksgiving

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

How can liberals possibly talk to their crazy conservative uncle at Thanksgiving? Trump pardons turkeys, CNN spreads fake news about the Pilgrims, and...

Ep. 456 - Animals Aren’t People

26 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Conan visits the WH, and Trump signs a dumb new animal law. The Left deems not liking Indian food “racist,” a news outlet retracts a story after l...

Ep. 455 - The Democrats Have Nothing

25 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A new poll shows Trump earning 34% support from black voters. Meanwhile, impeachment hearings wind down, Ruth Bader Ginsburg winds up in the hospital,...

Ep. 454 - Quid Pro No

21 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Another day, another impeachment witness affirms that President Trump committed no quid pro quo with Ukraine. Of course you wouldn’t know that from ...

Ep. 453 - The Deep State Must Be Defeated

20 Nov 2019

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An insufferable, power-hungry bureaucrat testifies before Congress, the ACLU celebrates menstruation on International Men’s Day, the UK’s first “...

Ep. 452 - Our Leaders Are Gasbags

19 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Democratic congressman Eric Swalwell broadcast hot air on MSNBC last night, but not so much as Democratic senator Chris Murphy or House Speaker Nancy ...

Ep. 451 - Trump’s High Crime: Hurt Feelings

18 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Democrats in the mainstream media and Congress all the way to former presidents throw cold water on the impeachment push. We examine the latest “bom...

Daily Wire Backstage: Impeach This!

15 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Is this the end of Trump's presidency? Do the Democrats have the goods or is it just "Russian collusion" round two? Will we ever find out ho...

Ep. 450 - Everything You Need To Know About Impeachment

14 Nov 2019

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Congressional Democrats call two “star witnesses” to testify in the impeachment inquiry today, Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor and Deputy Ass...

Ep. 449 - Our Civil War of Religion

13 Nov 2019

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the age of “Make America Great Again.” It was the age of “America was never really g...

Ep. 448 - The Iron Curtain Between Left and Right

12 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Thirty years ago, the Berlin Wall fell, destroying Soviet Communism and vindicating the conservative Reagan Revolution. But that great victory for fre...

Ep. 447 - Can’t Stump Trump(s)

11 Nov 2019

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Don Jr. destroys “The View,” even more Democrats mull a presidential run, Nikki Haley blows the whistle on WH sabotage, and surveys show conservat...

Ep. 446 - The Impeachment Coup

07 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The impeachers admit impeachment is nothing but a coup, Warren picks up a big endorsement, and Jeffrey Epstein’s brother thinks he didn’t kill him...

Ep. 445 - The Cult of Self-Love

06 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bad news, fellas: Emma Watson is “self-partnered.” That’s the new PC term for single. We will examine the Left’s cult of self-love. Then, Kent...

Ep. 444 - Jeffrey Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself

05 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

New polling from the NYT suggests that Democrats have been living in a progressive fantasy world if they believe that they’re likely to defeat Presi...

Ep. 443 - Liz Warren Thinks You’re An Idiot

04 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Big news in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, and I’m not talking about Beto O’Rourke’s dropping out because nobody ever actually cared ...

Ep. 442 - Democracy Dies In Barkness

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

President Trump tweets out a dog meme, and the mainstream media lose their collective minds. We will explain why fanatics never laugh, and how democra...

Ep. 441 - Impeachment Gets Real

30 Oct 2019

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi finally agrees to hold a vote on the impeachment inquiry at the behest of—wait for it—Republicans. We examine Pelosi’...

Ep. 440 - Zero Bark Thirty

29 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Somehow the story of how U.S. troops killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has gotten even better as President Trump declassifies a photo of the dog...

Ep. 439 - ISIS Is Dead, Kanye Is Alive

28 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

President Trump has announced that the leader of ISIS was killed. We examine the gory details, and what it means for US foreign policy, and what it me...

Ep. 438 - America Is Becoming Britain

24 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

After weeks of closed door impeachment meetings, Rep. Matt Gaetz storms the secretive deposition room to demand transparency. Then, Hillary 3.0 specul...

Ep. 437 - High-Tech Lynchings

23 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

President Trump refers to the impeachment inquiry against him as a “lynching,” a major win and an even worse setback for sanity in the gender iden...

Ep. 436 - Pierre Delecto: International Man of Misery

22 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Atlantic magazine has outed Mitt Romney for using a secret lurker Twitter account named “Pierre Delecto” to criticize President Trump as well ...

Ep. 435 - Trump Is The Worst! (Except For All The Others)

21 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We examine the big picture on Trump and his antagonists, Tulsi Gabbard smacks down an attack from Hillary Clinton, the Left celebrates menstruation, a...

Ep. 434 - The Trump Doctrine

17 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Trump catches heat from all sides over his decision to move U.S. troops out of northern Syria, AOC and the rest of the Squad pick a presidential candi...

Ep. 433 - Are Democrats Finally Moderating?

16 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As Biden crumbles, a couple candidates try their hand at moderation. Then, a new poll shows Democrats clamoring for a candidate who isn’t even runni...

Ep. 432 - Real Journalists Expose Fake News

15 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

CNN chief Jeff Zucker gets caught on camera telling his “journalists” to push impeachment, and the mainstream media lose their minds over a meme. ...

Ep. 431 - LOLing At The LGBTQ Town Hall

14 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Democrats endorse bankrupting churches, child abuse, and abortion rights for men at the CNN LGBTLMNOP Town Hall. Then, Trump gets blunt on impeachment...

Ep. 430 - He Who Pays The Piper Calls The Tune

10 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The NBA comes under fire for cowering to the brutal regime of Communist China, Matt Lauer is accused of violent rape, and finally, the Mailbag! Date: ...

Ep. 429 - Trump’s Got Your Impeachment Right Here

09 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As Democrats threaten to remove President Trump from office, the White House strikes a defiant tone and tells Democrats exactly where they can put the...

Ep. 428 - Should We Stay Or Should We Go?

08 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

President Trump relocates 50 U.S. troops in Syria, NBC’s Chuck Todd loses his mind, Democrats get caught in more foreign interference hypocrisy, and...

Ep. 427 - On Eating Babies (And Other Modest Proposals)

07 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A constituent at an AOC town hall suggests eating babies to curb climate change, Warren gets caught in another biographical lie, and the SCOTUS prepar...

Ep. 426 - The Kids Are Not Alright

03 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

From GW to Notre Dame, students are losing their minds. Should we just dismiss the snowflakes, or do their hysterics tell us something about our cultu...

Ep. 425 - Democrats Are Doing Everything Wrong

02 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As Democrats in Congress burn down their 2020 frontrunner, give Trump a major fundraising advantage, and scare away independent voters, a serious ques...

Ep. 424 - The Hate Hoax Epidemic

01 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A black schoolgirl was physically assaulted by three white boys, science shows red meat is bad for you, and men are paid more than women for the same ...

Ep. 423 - Civil War 2: Electric Boogaloo

30 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

NBC News has accused myself and the Daily Wire of "fake news" for reporting on a potentially dangerous drug being given to gender-confused children. B...

Ep. 422 - The Democrats Have Nothing

26 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Nancy Pelosi appears to whip sufficient votes for impeachment, Warren gets hip on Instagram, and a judge rules that a mother who now identifies as a m...

Daily Wire Backstage: Ukraine In The Membrane

26 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Can Trump or Biden survive their separate Ukraine scandals? Does Liz Warren's poll surge mean she has more than 1/1024th chance of winning? Has the Le...

Ep. 421 - Democrats Impeach Trump For Acting Like A Democrat

25 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

House Democrats launch a formal impeachment inquiry of President Trump, the President celebrates, and one of Trump's Republican primary challengers ca...

Ep. 420 - The Price of Lies

24 Sep 2019

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Joe Biden fails to make the case for his own candidacy, half of young voters think the world will end in a decade, and the Left ignores actual scienti...

Ep. 419 - Collude-y Joe

23 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Did President Trump collude with Ukraine? Did Joe Biden collude with Ukraine? Who’s colluding with Russia? Then, Sarah Silverman gets woke on cancel...

Ep. 418 - Hypocrisy Is More Offensive Than Blackface

19 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Justin Trudeau get caught wearing blackface in several photos from the ‘90s and early 2000s, NBC launches a climate change confessional for the Left...

Ep. 417 - The Silent Majority

18 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

President Trump scoops up $15 million in California, Democrats take their climate cues from a Swedish teenager, and we get good news on abortion. Date...

Ep. 416 - Comedy Is Canceled

17 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The “cancel culture” claims another scalp. Who's to blame? Then, the Left ratchets up the rhetoric on climate change, and Andrew Yang's vote-buyin...

Ep. 415 - Brett Kavanaugh’s Groundhog (Day)

16 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Left repeats the same lame attacks on the Supreme Court justice. Then, Joe Biden recounts a story about the time he almost whipped a razor blade-w...

Ep. 414 - Joe Biden: All Bark, No Bite

13 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Democrats promise America a future with two cars in every garage, few teeth in every mouth, and a record player in every living room! We examine h...

Ep. 413 - They’re Turning The Frickin’ Penguins Gay

12 Sep 2019

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A London aquarium took a penguin chick from her parents to be raised genderless by two lesbian birds. Then, three pieces of great news all in a row fo...

Ep. 412 - The Libs Who Cried Wolf

10 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

No one shows up to an "Impeach Trump" rally in DC, Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden collapses in early primary polls, and Tulsi Gabbard g...

Ep. 411 - Vacationing With The Taliban

09 Sep 2019

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Trump scraps plans to meet with the Taliban at Camp David days before 9/11. Then, the President gets another completely meaningless primary challenger...

Ep. 410 - Democrats’ Climate Catastrophe

05 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Democratic presidential candidates face off in a 7-hour long town hall on climate change. The White House gets good news from the NYT, Walmart ban...

Daily Wire Backstage: Watch and Wait Edition

05 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Will Hurricane Dorian make U.S. landfall? Which Democrats will be left standing after the third debate? Can America ever fully recover from the Fried ...

Ep. 409 - We May Get Trump’s Wall After All…

04 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The White House announces plans to divert $3.6 billion to build wall. A new poll spells bad news for Biden, the UK’s Prince Harry gives a hypocritic...

Ep. 408 - No Country For Straight Men

03 Sep 2019

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Antifa interrupted a “straight pride parade” in Boston over the weekend, Hollywood stars call to blacklist of conservatives, and Joe Biden gets ca...

Ep. 407 - TrUmP eRoDeS tRuSt In OuR iNsTiTuTiOnS!

29 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

James Comey broke FBI policy when he leaked memos of meetings with Trump. MSNBC apologizes after running an unverified report on the President. And AO...

Ep. 406 - The Cult of Self-Love

28 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A pop singer twerks about self-love in front of a giant inflatable butt at the VMAs, Beto gives the slave-owner’s answer on abortion, and a man leav...

The Conversation Ep. 23 Michael Knowles

28 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It’s our latest episode of The Conversation, and this month you’re speaking with the one and only Michael Knowles! Subscribers, ask your live ques...

Ep. 405 - Journalists Against Journalism

27 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The NYT is furious that conservatives are reporting the news, but the Times's temper tantrum goes too far even for WaPo and Politico. Then, Biden’s ...

Ep. 404 - Trump’s Big Challenge

26 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

President Trump has a got a new primary challenge from the Right. Then, the trade war heats up, and Jimmy John’s gets into trouble for shooting an e...

UNCUT: Charlie Kirk Envisions the Future of Conservatism

24 Aug 2019

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Michael Knowles and Charlie Kirk discuss 2020 and beyond, President Trump, defeating the left and next steps for the conservative movement. Learn more...

Ep. 403 - Trump Calls The Left’s Bluff At The Border

23 Aug 2019

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President Trump has announced plans to end family separation at the border, and the Left is angrier than ever. Then, San Francisco politicians rebrand...

Daily Wire Backstage: Live In Long Beach

22 Aug 2019

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Should the U.S. buy Greenland? Does anybody know the whereabouts of AOC? Does Trump really think he's the king of Israel? Date: 08-22-2019 Learn more ...

Ep. 402 - What Ever Happened To AOC?

22 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The socialist congresswoman has disappeared faster than a Clinton enemy on suicide watch. Then, Trump gets promoted from President to Chosen One. We e...

Ep. 401 - Save The Planet: Don’t Recycle

20 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

SF Airport has officially banned plastic water bottles. We will examine the real purpose behind the rules. Then, Biden releases his first televised ca...

Ep. 400 - America's Original Sin

19 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Democratic congresswoman Rashida Tlaib gets into a fight with Israel, Trump proposes buying Greenland, and Planned Parenthood threatens to defund itse...

Ep. 399 - Big Tech Censorship Is All About 2020

15 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A leftist bully goes down. We will examine what it means for 2020, particularly in light of a Google whistleblower's document dump. Then, Jeffrey Epst...

Ep. 398 - Why Do We Defend Fredo?

14 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Many conservatives take CNN’s side, and President Trump is furious. We’ll explain two different approaches to politics. Then, Trump wants gun cont...

Ep. 397 - CNN’s Credibility Sleeps With The Fishes

13 Aug 2019

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Chris "Fredo" Cuomo flies off the handle, more bizarre details emerge about Jeffrey Epstein, and the culture wars heat up as 2020 Democrats spread fl...

Ep. 396 - We're All Alex Jones Now

12 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We examine the not-at-all suspicious circumstances of Jeffrey Epstein's "suicide." Then, Hollywood wrongly cancels a movie about how terrible liberal ...

Ep. 395 - Live From the Cesspool

08 Aug 2019

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Media Matters cut a 7-minute video compilation and 2,500-word article smearing this show and the rest of the Daily Wire gang. We examine the real bigo...

Ep. 394 - Red Flags All Around

07 Aug 2019

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In the wake of two mass shootings that would not have been prevented by any of the gun control legislation proposed in recent years, Republicans and D...

Ep. 393 - The Left Should Be Ashamed Of Itself

06 Aug 2019

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Two days after two mass shootings, the mainstream Left blames conservatives, maligns half the country as bigoted, and threatens physical violence agai...

Ep. 392 - Very Terrible People On Both Sides

05 Aug 2019

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Leftist partisans rush to blame Trump and conservatives for recent shootings. Conservatives disavow any connection. We examine the reality. Then, the ...

Ep. 391 - Trump's Crystal Ball

02 Aug 2019

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A man in NYC gets beaten for wearing a MAGA hat, Elijah Cummings has his house broken into just hours before Trump tweets about the dangers of living ...

Ep. 390 - Dark Psychic Democrats

01 Aug 2019

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Dark psychic forces dominated our national political debate over the past two days as 20 Democrat wanna-be presidents took the stage in Detroit to hum...

Ep. 389 - Are The Tweets Working?

29 Jul 2019

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The Left is accusing President Trump of racism. We examine whether the tweets are actually helping Trump’s political case. Then, the White House win...

Ep. 388 - Epstein Almost Gets Suicided

25 Jul 2019

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Whatever happened, Epstein is still alive—hardest hit: Bill Clinton. Ilhan Omar says more terrible things, the media melt down on Bob Mueller’s we...

Ep. 387 - Mueller Collapses On Capitol Hill

24 Jul 2019

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Democrats’ hopes were dashed as Mueller disintegrated during congressional testimony. We examine what he did and didn't say. Then, a new poll shows ...

Ep. 386 - The Misogynistic Left

23 Jul 2019

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A man sues immigrant women to force her to wax his genitals, and Miss World USA dethrones Miss Michigan for refusing to wear a hijab. We examine how t...

Ep. 385 - The Party of Jussie Smollett

22 Jul 2019

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As the Left embraces another hate hoax, all other distinctions fade away. Then, Republicans cheer on AOC’s new challenger, a new report shows Trump ...

Ep. 384 - Send Her Back? Make Her Speaker!

18 Jul 2019

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A crowd at a Trump rally chants to send comically villainous, anti-American congresswoman Ilhan Omar back to her native country. We’ll cut through t...

Daily Wire Backstage: "The Squad" Edition

18 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As President Trump and the Fresh-Face Squad battle it out over Twitter, who will be left standing in the end? Is Trump's online rhetoric part of an ov...