The Rick Robinson Show

Modern institutions collect more information than ever—but who controls that information, who protects it, and what happens when the systems underneath everything begin to fail? Rick Robinson examines a federal judge’s temporary order restoring White House access to CNN, MSNBC, and Politico. The ruling does not establish a permanent right to a press credential, but it raises important due process...

Who controls the information — and who ultimately pays when power changes hands? Rick starts with the escalating fight over White House press access, the traditional presidential media pool, and whether modern political journalism is gathering information or manufacturing confrontation. Then a breaking Oklahoma human-trafficking case brings the conversation much closer to home, as Rick looks at th...

Artificial intelligence may exist as software, but the infrastructure that supports it is very real—and whoever controls that infrastructure may eventually control far more than the technology itself. Rick Robinson revisits warnings about artificial intelligence, separating documented problems from unproven predictions. He examines whether federal regulation would protect the public or merely give...

Twenty-five years after September 11, remembrance demands more than familiar footage, ceremonial speeches, and political slogans. It requires Americans to remember those lost, honor those who ran toward danger, and examine the evidence without surrendering to blind institutional trust or unsupported conspiracy theories. Rick Robinson revisits his own experience on September 11, 2001, when the seco...

Later, he examines Tucker Carlson's praise for Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, the difference between political friendship and intellectual agreement, and why audiences should investigate claims independently. The show concludes with strange political allegations from Missouri, the approaching 25th anniversary of September 11, and a reminder that the most important details are...

When America commits blood, money, and military power overseas, what does victory actually look like—and who gets to define when the mission is done? On this special #ChatLivesMatter Night edition of The Rick Robinson Show, Rick Robinson examines the war in Iran and the difference between weakening an enemy, winning a campaign, and establishing a realistic endpoint. That question becomes even more...

Modern national security is no longer limited to borders, weapons, and military bases. It now includes transformers, power inverters, data centers, utility networks, and even the political arguments shaping whether America builds the infrastructure it needs. Rick Robinson examines President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration concerning the bulk power system and the risks posed by foreig...

Government constantly asks the public for trust—but trust should follow accountability, not replace it. Rick Robinson begins in Oklahoma, examining the primary and runoff results, what the voters actually said through two very different state-question outcomes, and why state agencies are being asked to explain millions of dollars in questionable costs. He also considers what the results reveal abo...

What happens when political movements decide America’s institutions are obstacles to be removed rather than guardrails to be respected? Rick opens with Luigi Mangione’s guilty plea before examining Wisconsin’s remarkably close Democratic gubernatorial primary, where socialist Francesca Hong came within 3,211 votes of victory. He explains why that narrow margin—not merely Hong’s defeat—should comma...

Rick Robinson continues his examination of Anthony Fauci’s pandemic-era record, focusing on what survived, what may be missing, and what congressional investigators can legally do next. The episode examines “delete this email” records, David Morens’ alleged use of private Gmail, material from Fauci’s government-issued phone, subpoenas from Florida, West Virginia, and Louisiana, and whether Preside...

It’s #ChatLivesMatterDay, and this time the chatbots get honorary membership. Rick opens with Bernie Sanders’ call to pause advanced AI development, then digs into the larger question of whether the United States can afford to slow down while competitors like China and Russia keep moving forward. From there, the conversation turns to the physical reality behind AI—data centers, power demand, water...

Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times before the Senate—but the private diary he kept during the COVID-19 pandemic had plenty to say. Rick Robinson examines Fauci’s own pandemic-era entries and compares his private record with the confident public messaging presented to the American people. The episode explores lockdown recommendations, shifting mask guidance, the origins of COVID-19...

On this Finally Friday edition, Rick Robinson asks one central question: Who gave them permission? After an opening about Iran, ideological warfare, and America’s reluctance to confront a determined enemy, Rick examines what happens when access, authority, or technology is mistaken for unlimited permission. He discusses the investigation into a member of Vice President JD Vance’s Secret Service de...

In this episode of The Rick Robinson Show, Rick connects the dots between political “war games,” FBI election-security operations, January 6 intelligence failures, confidential human sources, Capitol security breakdowns, disputed testimony, and the institutions that later shaped the official narrative. The show begins with the 2020 Transition Integrity Project and the 2024 Democracy Futures Projec...

President Trump used a nationally televised address to unveil newly declassified material concerning foreign interference, election-system vulnerabilities, and the intelligence community’s handling of information surrounding the 2018 and 2020 elections. Rick plays the president’s remarks, examines allegations that China obtained hundreds of millions of American voter-file records, and separates do...

From fatal ICE encounters and missing body-camera clarity to prosecutors bypassing constitutional safeguards, this episode asks what happens when the institutions exercising power expect public trust without consistently showing their work. Rick Robinson begins with the temporary ICE vehicle-stop pause, the Trump administration’s rapid reversal, and two fatal shootings involving drivers who were a...

America may still share one flag and one map, but millions of citizens are already separating from the institutions that claim to represent them. Rick Robinson examines the growing movement among rural Illinois counties to escape the political gravity of Chicago and Cook County, along with the broader “representation fatigue” driving Americans away from political parties, legacy media, schools, ci...

America turned 250, and while millions celebrated with flags, fireworks, faith, and family, much of the political Left seemed determined to treat the birthday party like a crime scene. Rick Robinson breaks down the backlash to America 250, including complaints about Christianity and patriotic language at the celebration, and asks why mentioning the Creator in a nation founded on God-given rights h...

On the eve of America’s 250th birthday, Rick Robinson steps away from the usual news cycle for a patriotic look at the history, sacrifice, faith, and freedom behind the American experiment. The episode revisits the story of Fort McHenry and the Star-Spangled Banner, features John F. Kennedy reading the Declaration of Independence, honors America’s military and first responders, and asks why so man...

A Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship forces America to confront a much larger question: Is citizenship merely a benefit triggered by geography, or is it a bond built on allegiance, membership, and national consent? Rick Robinson examines the constitutional fight over the Fourteenth Amendment, the scale of births involving unauthorized or temporary-status parents, and federal prosecutio...

Wednesday’s show changed course as new details emerged about the Trump administration’s agreement with Iran. Rick examines the widening gap between the administration’s original red lines and the terms taking shape in the MOU—from Iran’s ballistic missile program and nuclear infrastructure to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. He also explains why some form of agreement had become economically...

On this episode of The Rick Robinson Show, Rick argues that voters are starting to notice the gap between political slogans and real-world consequences. The show opens with Trump’s newly signed border enforcement funding package, the Senate fight over FISA, and the tension between giving elected leaders the tools voters asked for while refusing to hand the surveillance state a blank check. Rick th...

On this Finally Friday edition of The Rick Robinson Show, Rick argues that the fine print is where the real story lives. The show starts with the failed push to attach the SAVE America Act to the GOP’s immigration enforcement package, then moves into the May jobs report, which beat expectations with 172,000 jobs added, unemployment holding at 4.3%, and upward revisions to March and April. Rick dig...

On this episode of The Rick Robinson Show, Rick breaks down Oklahoma's primary eve chaos, from early voting totals and ballot access to the GOP governor race, attack ads, and the confusing Trump endorsement of Mike Mazzei. The show digs into the major candidate lanes for Gentner Drummond, Mazzei, Charles McCall, Chip Keating, and Jake Merrick, including the Inola aluminum smelter controversy and f...

Do young Americans really prefer communism over capitalism — or have they been taught the complaints without ever learning the cost? Today on The Rick Robinson Show, we dig into the polling, the education pipeline, activist networks, soft-on-crime city policy, and last night’s election results to ask how socialism became normal-sounding to a generation buried under rent, debt, inflation, and broke...