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The midterms are just weeks away, and Democrats are still enjoying a historically large lead in the generic congressional ballot. In response, the president is jetting about to rally support in key states. However, unlike the boldly expansive campaigns of MAGA ascendancy, his visits to safe districts reveal a defensive strategy aimed at mitigating losses. Henry rants his way through this developme...

Breaking news out of the gate: President Trump cancels the livestream of Nidal Hasan's execution, and Erick explains why turning an execution into content and memes would have been a mistake. Then the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency releases a sweeping report finding that all nine of the largest U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo, used vague reputationa...

It is Open Line Friday on the Erick Erickson Show, and the hour opens with a trucker named Lewis explaining diesel surcharges before CNN's Matt Egan delivers a sizzling Producer Price Index report: 1.3% monthly and 6.3% annual wholesale inflation, with the Iran war, Saudi and Houthi strikes on refineries, and Ukraine all in the mix. Erick breaks down why he still expects Republicans to hold the Se...

Erick takes a caller's question about why the U.S. military can no longer fight two wars at once and walks through the Pentagon procurement mess, the Navy's saltwater maintenance problem, cheap drones versus exquisite weapons, and the Trump administration's fortress Western Hemisphere thinking. He defends Ukraine and Volodymyr Zelensky against Russia and Vladimir Putin after the Starlink shutdown...

Bethany and Kara dive into the Cornell case, and what it says about sex. This isn’t an episode to listen to around your kids or our family members!

Craig Coglianese’s week of guest hosting for Greg Corombos continues, and Craig and Jim Geraghty are relieved to hear the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will not be livestreamed. Meanwhile, on the campaign trail, Republicans start pulling their money and ad reservations from some key U.S. House races, an ominous sign for the GOP in those districts. Elsewhere, they raise their eyebrows...

James Talarico is back in the spotlight after his CNN town hall, but not everyone is buying his message of unity! A Catholic woman challenges him on abortion, Jake Tapper jumps into the debate, and the Chicks break down whether Talarico's polished political image is fooling voters. Meanwhile, Ilhan Omar is making headlines again as questions swirl around investigations, fundraising, and her latest...

How has immigration policy affected Black workers over the past 200 years? Roy Beck, founder of NumbersUSA, joins the Center for Immigration Studies’ Parsing Immigration Policy podcast to discuss the expanded second edition of his book, Back of the Hiring Line: A 200-Year History of Immigration Surges, Employer Bias and Depression of Black Wealth . The revised edition builds on Beck’s 2021 book, e...

On this edition of Hayden's History Hour , Federalist Staff Editor Hayden Daniel and Federalist Elections Correspondent Brianna Lyman discuss modern narratives about the purpose of the Civil War, the motives of the Union and Confederate soldiers, and whether the wa can be reduced to a battle between good and evil. The FDRLST Media Foundation is a nonprofit, and we depend entirely on our listeners...

We are joined by Luke Jacobus, one of AEI’s own, to highlight how China’s spies leverage the LinkedIn networking platform to recruit Americans to pass them sensitive knowledge. MSS agents use artificial intelligence to impersonate consultants and pay U.S. clearance holders for national security information. How effective is this recruitment method? What are potential countermeasures? To what exten...

The Education Freedom Tax Credit is poised to expand opportunities for students nationwide, but what has to happen before it launches on January 1, 2027? Ashling Preston of the American Federation for Children joins Freedom to Learn to identify the steps state leaders and scholarship-granting organizations need to take now. She also explains how taxpayers can prepare to fund scholarships for eligi...

Three years after the October 7 massacre, Gaza lies in ruins. But who is really to blame? Hamas had every opportunity to build a prosperous Gaza following Israel's withdrawal in 2005. Instead, billions in international aid were diverted, hundreds of miles of tunnels were built, and Palestinian civilians were used as human shields. Despite repeated opportunities to release Israeli hostages and avoi...

Erick Erickson opens with a hot September CPI inflation report, a 3.7% annual rate, gas up 9.1% in a month and a 3.6% Social Security COLA for 2027, and argues the unfinished Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz tanker attacks are driving it. He then walks the global fire: Houthi strikes on Saudi Aramco, a drone attack off Bulgaria, protests shaking India's Modi, Ethiopia and Eritrea heading toward w...

Erick Erickson takes a furniture store owner's call on how tariffs and fuel costs are squeezing Main Street, then makes the case for Anduril and Palmer Luckey: Ukraine will build five million drones this year while America builds fewer than a hundred thousand, and Patriot missile output and the Houthi missile threat show why defense procurement needs a shake-up. He also reacts to Shane Gillis, Dan...

The Chicks are back with a WILD day of political chaos, White House drama, and conservative media meltdowns! Katie Zachariah’s disastrous first White House press briefing raises eyebrows, Kimberly Guilfoyle faces explosive resignation drama, and President Donald Trump’s responses only make things more awkward. Plus, Greg Gutfeld, Riley Gaines, Scott Jennings, and JD Vance weigh in on the controver...

Craig Coglianese is in for Greg Corombos, and Craig and Jim Geraghty are surprised to hear Georgia Democratic senator Jon Ossoff say he has no intention of running for president in 2028. A report from the AP suggests that former vice president Kamala Harris is gearing up for a third bid, but her husband may not be such an enthusiastic supporter of the idea. Meanwhile, the news on inflation and the...

Join Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway and Washington Examiner Senior Writer David Harsanyi as they analyze Shane Gillis' Saturday Night Live monologue, discuss the raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, D.C. home, and debate the ins and outs of the Texas Senate race -- including James Talarico's recent absence from the campaign trail. David and Mollie also share their culture picks for t...

In this episode of The Learning Curve , co-hosts Prof. Albert Cheng of The Ohio State University and Pioneer Senior Fellow Steven Wilson , speak with Dr. Peter Berkowitz , a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and author of Reclaiming Liberal Education in America . Berkowitz reflects on the education that led him from Swarthmore College to the study of philosophy, politi...

When mainstream women's media left conservative women behind, Jayme Franklin and her co-founder Isabelle Redfield decided to create The Conservateur. What began as a passion project during their time at UC Berkeley has grown into one of the most influential platforms for conservative women, blending politics, fashion, beauty, and traditional values. Jayme joins guest host Emma DeGrado to share how...

S15 EP185: Hour 3 - Trump Sides With The Enemy

It’s a day ending in Y in France, which means rioting. Following in the spirit of 1789, the French are burning buildings, fighting the police, and overall behaving very poorly. This time, the revolutionaries are highschoolers joined by Islamo-communists and anarchists waving Palestinian flags, but France has seen this style of faux revolution before. The rioters are the proud heirs of May ’68, an...

The proposed execution of Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Hasan has sparked controversy over whether the military should carry out the sentence by firing squad and make it public. Victor Davis Hanson revisits the 2009 massacre that killed 13 American soldiers, criticizing the Obama administration's response, the military's failure to act on warning signs, and the role of political correctness in the aft...

Erick Erickson opens by fact checking Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed after his Meet the Press denial of any Muslim Brotherhood ties, walking through his family history, his donors, and the Holy Land Foundation court record. Then a new White House press secretary debuts, Kimberly Guilfoyle is out as ambassador, and Erick makes the case against live streaming the Nidal Hasan execution afte...

Erick Erickson sounds the alarm on the 2026 Senate map as Republican donors scramble to defend Nebraska, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas, and South Carolina, and blames the Ken Paxton scandals in Texas for draining money from Mike Rogers in Michigan and handing James Talarico a path to the Senate. Georgia governor candidate Rick Jackson joins by phone to take on Keisha Lance Bottoms, with plans on affordabilit...

Erick Erickson takes on the outrage over Shane Gillis and his Saturday Night Live monologue, explains the Streisand effect, and says the left cannot take a joke as Democrats close in on power. Then Erick breaks with President Trump over buying Russian diesel, arguing that Russia and China are helping Iran and that the money could get Americans killed, before a sober three week check on the midterm...