Greg Belfrage Podcasts

In Belf's News Gallery, Greg Belfrage goes over the latest in trending news. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the Top of the News Stack, three children ages 5,8, and 11 along with a teacher were killed when a 16-year-old entered Silver Rail Elementary with a shotgun. A bystander stopped the shooter when he saw the boy entering the school.  President Trump decided to cancel the livestream of the execution of Nidal Hasan, the execution will take place regardless.  People are wondering where Ilh...

The Last Word....  A new memo obtained by Fox News Digital alleges that former President Joe Biden’s Justice Department collected information on hundreds of thousands of Republican voters and donors, including the names and home addresses of people who purchased red MAGA hats and Trump memorabilia. The memo is part of an update from Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa,...

A dozen high-school girls in Washington walked off a cross-country race this week. They would not compete against a male teammate who identifies as a girl. He started the season on the boys' team, finished well back in a junior varsity race, then moved to the girls' side and started winning. When the gun went off, the girls stayed on the line and walked away. The state superintendent says there wi...

In Belf's News Gallery, Greg Belfrage goes over the latest in trending news. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the Top of the News Stack, President Donald Trump brought a blunt warning to Arizona voters Wednesday, declaring Democrats would "destroy our country" as he blasted their State of the Union conduct and urged supporters to turn the state red from top to bottom.  Trump also said last night that leakers of Government information should be shot. He was talking about the timing of the B-2 strik...

The Last Word..... Ilhan Omar staff helped get her birthday changed once she was elected to Congress. If she is one year older than she claimed she wouldn't have been eligible for citizenship.   The New York Post has a story up that says, "Deep Blue Minnesota fed up with fraud."   Fox News and the New York Post both have stories on Deputy Katherine Frank and her tragic murder. See omnyst...

Every week Greg talks to Sioux Falls Stampede President Jim Olander. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Trump is rethinking the livestream of the Fort Hood shooter’s execution. Nidal Hasan killed 13 people there in 2009. The date is still December 3, firing squad, on that post. Hegseth wanted it public. Sources say Trump is now hesitating because he learned Hasan has been paralyzed from the waist down since the attack and uses a wheelchair. There is also the worry that a public death...

In Belf's News Gallery, Greg Belfrage goes over the latest in trending news. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the Top of the News Stack, President Trump is rethinking the livestream of the Fort Hood shooter's execution. Sources say Trump is now hesitating because he learned Hasan has been paralyzed from the waist down since the attack and uses a wheelchair.  President Trump turned an Alaska campaign rally into a live presidential pardon ceremony, signing clemency documents for two diesel mechanics...

The Last Word..... Minnehaha County Deputy Katherine Frank was 26 years old. She answered a call Friday night in southwest Sioux Falls and did not come home. She died yesterday, surrounded by her family. She had been with the sheriff’s office a little over two years. Before that she worked at the state penitentiary. She was an organ donor.  May she rest in peace.  See omnystudio.co...

Data Centers have become a political bogeyman. Voters worry about congested power grids that could eventually push up utility bills and the broader impact of artificial intelligence. The analysis of polling data suggests Republican strategists have a more immediate concern: these projects appear to be turning their voter's blue. This is what the Economist is saying.  See omnystudio.com/listen...

Minnehaha County Deputy Katherine Frank was 26 years old. She answered a call Friday night in southwest Sioux Falls and did not come home. She died yesterday, surrounded by her family. She had been with the sheriff’s office a little over two years. Before that she worked at the state penitentiary. She was an organ donor. For years we have heard that police are the problem. Defund. Abolish. A...

In Belf's News Gallery, Greg Belfrage goes over the latest in trending news. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the Top of the News Stack, Minnehaha County Sheriff's office is mourning the loss of one of their own. Deputy Katherine Frank passed away after being shot on a call Friday night.  President Trump held a midterm rally in Ohio and spoke about Minnesota multiple times. He brought up the raid on Representative Omar's home, the Somalia community in Minnesota and the fraud the crowd began to cha...

The Last Word.....  James Talarico had been absent from the Texas Senate race for 2 weeks and no one knows where he'd been and there have been all kinds of stories as to where Talarico was. He was saying the flu and talking about his diabetes. There are reports saying that Talarico was in an Ohio mental hospital. Now he is denying that rumor.  The New York Post says President Trump testi...

Prediction markets, the online platforms where people buy and sell shares tied to the outcome of future events, are booming. Combined monthly trading volume on the two biggest, Kalshi and Polymarket, hit $53 billion in July, more than double what it was in May. Americans can bet on something as low stakes as whether President Donald Trump will say "sleepy Joe" this week or as high stakes as who wi...

Australia's parliament is arguing this morning about whether their people should be allowed to see the Fort Hood execution if it is livestreamed. A Greens senator wants the government to block it and fine YouTube, Meta and the rest if the video shows up. She called it barbaric. The government said the pictures would be distressing, especially for kids, and that the platforms have a duty to keep it...

In Belf's News Gallery, Greg Belfrage goes over the latest in trending news. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the Top of the News Stack, James Talarico has been MIA for the last 2 weeks. People on social media are saying Talarico has been in a mental health hospital.  President Trump announced an energy cease fire between Russia and Ukraine.  President Trump also has announced a new press secretary, Katie Zacharia will take her place behind the podium today.      See omnystudio...

The last word... U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a sweeping speech against the backdrop of the Acropolis in Athens, called for the nations of the West to return to their civilizational roots and restore the values that drove the rise of Europe and North America to global dominance for centuries. Before his speech, Rubio declined to comment when asked about allegations of misconduct le...

Pete Hegseth said the public will be able to watch the execution of the Fort Hood shooter. The Pentagon said it will be livestreamed. Nidal Hasan killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009 and wounded 32. The execution is set for December 3, on that post, by firing squad of soldiers. It would be the first military execution since 1961. No execution in the country has been carried out in public since 19...

You may have heard news of a study yesterday that counted swear words on the Reddit page for every state. Iowa came in first. South Dakota was right behind them, along with Ohio. Arizona was the cleanest state on the list. I don't know what to make of that. Reddit is not the coffee shop. People will type things they would never say out loud. But we finished near the top, and that is not how most o...

In Belf's News Gallery, Greg Belfrage goes over the latest in trending news. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.