The Ricochet Superfeed

Erick breaks down President Trump's 60 Minutes interview with Ross Douthat, where Trump said his deportation crackdown may have been too tough and floated legal status, but not citizenship, for longtime workers. Erick explains how Stephen Miller, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, and the Susie Wiles ouster fit the story, then goes after the "stolen election" claims with the final exit...

Erick digs into the Nvidia scandal engulfing CEO Jensen Huang, his reported relationship with a Chinese intelligence operative tied to Megaspeed, the classified Marco Rubio memo, and what it means for the AI chip race and AI data centers. Then Erick takes calls on why Georgia Republicans keep losing statewide, whether a pardon is the same as amnesty for DACA recipients, and the corruption question...

Erick makes the case for beating China in AI, from TikTok propaganda and Waymo letter campaigns to Chinese-seeded fears about data centers, then turns to the corruption question after the midterms: Trump's crypto fortune, World Liberty Financial, and the Ron Johnson push for Republicans in Congress to investigate their own side. He also breaks down why the Democratic Socialists underperformed, wha...

Join Greg and guest host Chris Scalia for the Monday 3 Martini Lunch as they consider Pres. Trump saying he wants to legalize some people who came to the U.S. illegally years ago, the Democrats likely pursuing the completion of their plan to circumvent the Electoral College, Stephen Miller replacing Susie Wiles as Trump's Chief of Staff, and Trump's post that he offered the White House Press Secre...

The White House is getting a major shakeup, conservative infighting is heating up, and the backlash surrounding jokes about Charlie Kirk is far from over! Mock and Daisy are breaking down the latest political drama, starting with Susie Wiles stepping down and Stephen Miller taking over as White House chief of staff. Democrats are already sounding the alarm, while questions swirl about what the cha...

Join Federalist Executive Editor Joy Pullmann for a special audio series that investigates the dramatically increasing strategic use of government to sideline elections in achieving a political outcome. From Arctic Frost to the political prosecution of Donald Trump and his supporters, these instances of lawfare reflect a constitutional crisis that must be addressed in order to save our Republic. I...

To understand the Muslim Brotherhood, and whether it’s operating in the U.S., Dan speaks with two experts from very different walks of life. Egyptian human rights activist Dalia Ziada now works with the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy as their Director in Washington D.C. Lara Burns spent more than two decades as an FBI special agent working terrorism cases. She’s now a se...

This week: The results of the 2026 midterms, the future of the Trump Administration, and the contenders for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination. Dr. Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, joins Hugh Hewitt on the Hillsdale Dialogues. Release date: 6 November 2026

Could the election results put your investments at risk? Mock and Daisy sit down with Zach Abraham of Bulwark Capital Management to discuss political uncertainty, Wall Street panic, overvalued AI and tech stocks, and why the biggest threat to your retirement savings might not be who's in Washington. Zach explains why understanding what's in your portfolio, avoiding emotional investing, and focusin...

Welp, it's only a One Whisky Happy Hour this week, as Steve had to go solo. (John is overseas, and Lucretia is indisposed this weekend.) Actually, you could say this is a One-and-a-Half Whisky Happy Hour—Steve has an extended "cameo" with special guest Carson Holloway of the University of Nebraska, author of a terrific new book, No Liberty to Libel: The Constitutional Case Against NY Times v. Sull...

Welcome to Last Call , a look at the biggest stories Jim and Greg covered over the past week on the 3 Martini Lunch. This week, they discuss how the Democrats' huge midterm election victories will shape the next Congress and - yes - the 2028 presidential campaign, Tucker Carlson suggesting the U.S. and Israel will soon nuke Iran, the left building momentum for making the Death Tax much worse, and...

Glenn sits down with Anthony Scaramucci, whose new book, All the Wrong Moves: How Three Catastrophic Decisions Led to the Rise of Trump , argues that elite missteps on trade, labor, finance, and monetary policy, rather than racism and ignorance, let Trump exploit real economic anxieties. Anthony says too much wealth and power at the top has narrowed opportunity for everyone else, and he backs a co...

Toss out the cyanide white pill and don't touch that dial! Bad night on Tuesday, but we ain't done for yet. In fact, we got work to do—and the job starts with an assessment of what the bleep just happened. To that end, Steve and James chat with Sean Trende, head of the Poll Vault and senior elections analyst for RealClearPolitics. We leave the blame game to others, and instead think through how it...

On Open Line Friday, Erick reminds listeners that Donald Trump is still president for two more years, praises Melania Trump's Ukraine peace diplomacy, and lays out the AP exit poll data showing voters blamed tariffs and the Canada trade war, not just Iran war gas prices, for the midterm wipeout. Then he turns on the Georgia and Texas Republican parties, crediting Brian Kemp and the Rick Jackson ca...

On Open Line Friday, Erick shuts down the third-party dream and lays out a king-for-a-day plan to fix Congress: grow the House of Representatives to 1,000 members, pay them $300,000, and lift donation caps so money flows to disclosed candidates instead of dark money groups. He also tells a Georgia caller how to take over the Republican Party from the precinct up, makes the case that governor-elect...

On Open Line Friday, Erick argues that America's political crisis is really a spiritual crisis, telling pastors to stop trading the gospel for a seat at the table, to quit pushing the lesser of two evils, and to hold the Republican Party to account as readily as the Democrats, with Josh Howerton, James Talarico, and the Christian nationalism fight inside the PCA and Southern Baptist Convention in...

A long week comes to an end, and Craig Coglianese and Jim Geraghty conclude that it is probably for the best that incoming Tennessee governor Marsha Blackburn is not considering Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to be the appointed U.S. senator from her state. Meanwhile, President Trump says that when the stock market crashes, the American people have only themselves to blame, and the White House...

The Left wants REVENGE, Russell Brand is facing major controversy, and Tucker Carlson and Possum Lady are taking political commentary to a whole new level! Mock and Daisy are breaking down another wild week in politics, starting with the latest developments surrounding Russell Brand and the serious allegations against him. Megyn Kelly's commentary on the case raises questions, and the Chicks have...

On this edition of The Federalist Radio Hour , Lance Izumi, senior director of the Center for Education at the Pacific Research Institute, joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to discuss the real-world effects of DEI, how it is degrading the American education system, and how some courageous Americans are fighting back against the DEI takeover. You can read Izumi's new book,...

What went wrong for Republicans in the midterms, and what needs to change before 2028? Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action President Kevin Roberts joins the Daily Signal's final episode of "Midterm Report" to break down the election results and identify what he sees as two major problems for conservatives: economic and affordability concerns, and a failure to effectively communicate their acco...

Guest: John Petrakis Host Scot Bertram talks with John Petrakis, assistant professor of politics at Hillsdale College, about the history of euthanasia in the West, how countries that legalize euthanasia often start a slippery slope, and his recent essay, “ What’s Behind the Rise of Euthanasia in the West? ” To learn more about Hillsdale College, visit www.hillsdale.edu.

Judge Glock, director of research at the Manhattan Institute, discussed his new article about what DOGE achieved with Jace Lington. Glock argued that if you set aside the inflated rhetoric about cost savings, DOGE actually made significant cuts to the size of the federal workforce. They talk about civil service reform, USAID and IRS debates, and which reforms could endure, while distinguishing mea...

Scott Jennings joins The Chicks on the Right for a BRUTALLY honest conversation about the Republican Party's devastating midterm election losses, Donald Trump's messaging failures, and what conservatives MUST do to rebuild before 2028. After Republicans suffered major setbacks, Scott Jennings isn't holding back. The CNN conservative commentator breaks down what went wrong for the GOP, why voters r...

The editors discuss the blue wave in the midterm elections, the 39th Annual Erasmus Lecture, and Bob Dylan's audience with Pope Leo XIV.

Following Donald Trump's dramatic political comeback, his second administration is pursuing a sweeping counter-revolution aimed at reversing decades of progressive policies and restoring American power. Victor Davis Hanson explores Trump's agenda on immigration, energy, trade, the military, and foreign policy, including the war in Iran and America's changing relationship with Europe, drawing from...