Conservative Review with Daniel Horowitz

We begin today by observing how the GOP has become the gay old party where you cannot get confirmed to the Pentagon without supporting gay marriage and women in combat. Next, I tackle a vitally important issue that is festering within Trump world. Trump is promising to sell off federal land and build “freedom cities,” which are nothing more than 15-minute cities. I explain how Doug Burgum and the...

Today, we continue our discussion of how to pin down Republicans and conservative media to commit to specific goals. They are all in agreement about abstract ideas, but then when it comes to the specific issues and leverage points that will determine the outcome, they fall apart. I list a number of fault lines that reveal who is real and discuss the need to lay down those markers before the trifec...

There’s a reason we have a motto to focus on “the issues that matter, in the way they matter, at the time they matter.” I explain how everyone complains about issues in the abstract and there is broad agreement about what we should do generally, but when it comes to the specifics that will determine the outcome, we lack a movement. I go through some examples with spending, fixing the military, and...

Daniel Penny might have dodged a bullet, but his case is a harbinger of what is to come the next time Democrats take over. I offer some ideas on how red states should push back on the coming tyranny of political prosecutions we will see from blue states. Next, I’m joined by my personal friend Jonathan Gross, the most effective and dedicated attorney representing January 6 defendants. He makes a st...

We are witnessing conservative influencers finally focus on RINOs in the Senate, and it appears to be paying off when it comes to confirming Trump’s Cabinet picks. Now it’s time to pressure these same Republicans on the issues. We need to punish Republicans who continue to promote the vaccine agenda. I detail how the House coronavirus subcommittee betrayed us by praising the COVID shots in its rep...

We have a unique opportunity to right the ship on foreign policy. I begin today by calling on Trump to send back all the Syrian refugees now that Sunni forces have taken over. As for foreign policy, we’re joined today by Kyle Shideler of the Center for Security Policy for a deep dive on the tangled web of actors in Syria. Kyle notes that the new leader, Abu Mohammad al-Julani, is a very effective...

We begin today’s show with an update on congressional news and how we continue to see a disconnect between Trump’s broad goals and implementation in Congress. Next, we’re joined by Heritage Foundation economist E.J. Antoni for a deep dive into the state of our economy and the vicious cycle of stagflation. Antoni delivers a master presentation in how the inflation numbers are really worse than the...

I begin today’s show by warning how Republicans are not showing an appetite for spending cuts both in budget reconciliation and the emergency disaster spending bill. The biggest cost to our budget and life, of course, is the broken healthcare system. I’m joined by family physician and medical school professor Dr. John Littell, one of the heroes of COVID, for a deep dive into the lack of trust betw...

We begin today with the rumor that Trump is offering DeSantis the chance to be secretary of defense. I dispel some myths about the circumstances and offer some initial thoughts on the opportunities and challenges of this offer. Either way, Trump is moving in our direction on some issues, and we need to be ready to capitalize on this unique opportunity. Next, we’re joined by Oklahoma state Rep. Jim...

The time has come for Trump to fulfill his 2016 campaign promise to reduce legal immigration. As some Trump confidants make a push for expanding legal immigration, I make the case for Trump to speak with moral clarity on the need to get American workers off the sidelines. I go through the numbers, history, and types of visas to show how we have never had this much immigration. If we merely deport...

Today, I explain why everything will hinge on our ability to cut spending for real and to hold the line on immigration. There is growing concern that the GOP, led by industry lobbyists, is planning to preserve major parts of Biden’s Green New Deal. Unless Trump leans in against these RINOs and is willing to buck his own donors, we will not cut spending, reduce inflation, and succeed in general. I...

Nothing embodies the GOP and everything that is wrong with it more than Sen. Joni Ernst’s “budget” proposal she sent to the DOGE. Today, I explain how the very RINOs who created the debt bomb wait until they are on the hook for a primary challenge and then suddenly claim to care about spending. But rather than becoming converts to our cause, they promote subversive ideas that are designed to elici...

Now that Trump’s Cabinet is pretty much set, I go through my unique perspective on his individual picks and the direction of his administration in total. I’m very concerned about his picks for Treasury and Labor, mixed together with some of the others who will oversee domestic policy. There are three outcomes of this administration, and I raise concerns that one of them is the creation of a new ce...

On today’s special show, I’m joined by Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, for a wide-ranging discussion on the future of fiscal and social conservatism. Kevin outlines some of the unique opportunities we have to change direction and fuse populist campaign rhetoric with conservative outcomes on budget and inflation. We discuss the need to devolve programs to the states, thereby ac...

Both at the federal and state levels, if we fail to put pressure on the GOP, the same leaders and influencers will continue to subvert our mandate. I begin with federal news by noting that Nancy Mace’s fake fight against transgenderism is actually subversive because she is the source of the problem. Also, I delve into Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's op-ed about “DOGE” and raise some concerns that...

After some uplifting news following the election, I bring you back to reality. Congress still has a massive RINO problem. It’s just that members like Nancy Mace ride our wave of success and ingratiate themselves using the successful fight against transgenderism, even though they continue to believe in the radical feminism and gender-bending that created the problem. Also, I’m very concerned about...

There are signs that Gen Z is fed up with the Left. But we have not yet educated Gen Zers on affirmative good – the constitutional and biblical values that will rebuild civilization. Today, I broadcast with Rick Green from Patriot Academy’s campus, where we delve into the Patriot Academy program to bring college-age kids down to its mock legislative chamber to go through a simulation of a legislat...

You can win elections on mommy messaging, but you must govern like a daddy. The time has come for Republicans to be honest with the American people. The reason we have inflation is because of the programs people are addicted to. Today, I present a strategy and messaging for Trump to use the veto pen and his bully pulpit as leverage on the few spending bills and reauthorizations of programs that ma...

The nomination of RFK Jr. to HHS is a dream come true for the medical freedom movement. But others in the media are missing the salient point about how we got here. Trump was forced to concede the vaccine issue to RFK because he was willing to follow through with an independent run in a way that would have assured Trump’s loss. Today, I make the point that we need to play the same hardball with RI...

Now is the time for serious governing. We need to cut expensive programs and reform the government’s role in our lives. With that said, I explain why I am pessimistic about the current leadership in Congress and their will to change their priorities. I also discuss my thoughts on Trump’s Cabinet picks and note that it’s the West Wing leadership that will control the direction more than department...

Conservatives are celebrating Trump’s Cabinet picks, and undoubtedly the foreign policy and national security choices are great. However, the real shortcomings of the first term were in domestic policy. On that front, we still have a lot of work to do. I explain how success in dealing with inflation boils down to several proposals on cutting corporate and individual welfare and devolving them to t...

First, we review the good, the bad, and the ugly of Trump’s appointees so far. I make the case for shooting down Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary and Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary. Also, with Marco Rubio becoming secretary of state, I argue that the best person to fill his Senate seat is James Uthmeier, DeSantis’ chief of staff. Next, we’re joined by my colleague Kevin Freeman, aut...

We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to forge transformational change, but only through a narrow path of issues and leverage points. Today, I explain how we are only in the pregame show and have not faced the adverse headwinds that will determine whether we succeed or not. On the personal level, going forward, I will not presuppose victory when it's not there yet, nor will I pre-judge failure...

We’ve defeated Democrat control electorally, but now it’s time to break the Democrats' permanent majority over ideological issues. Today, I offer a provocative thought – that even as Democrats failed to win a permanent electoral majority, they have created a permanent ideological majority. Republican officials and even their voters now subscribe to so many liberal ideas on fiscal and social issues...

Now is when the real work begins. Voting is like a gun, but legislative activism is like the bullet to load that gun. Today, I offer a unique presentation on why spectacular electoral victories for the Right always end in both policy and political failure within two years. This time will be no different if we don’t change our approach. Weaving together some electoral observations from the election...