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Send us Fan Mail SHOWNOTES No QUICKHITTERS TODAY.  I review Rick Scott’s challenge to McConnell to lead Republicans in the Senate.  He says it is time for bold and resolute action. .  Also extensive thoughts on Trump declaring for the 2024 Presidency and my fervent desire that he change his mind. https://www.salon.com/2016/11/09/the-hillary-clinton-campaign-intentionally-created-donald-trump-with-...

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS, more comments on Democratic talking points that complaining about inflation could bring about someone like Hitler, thoughts on liberal vs. conservative media bias, and comments a Democratic Congressman who thinks parents should have no say in the education of their children. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11426291/USA-make-statement-World-Cup-Qata...

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS, I try to put Republicans butt kicking in a positive light, and complain about or biased media. https://jonathanturley.org/2022/11/14/are-runoffs-racist-the-media-coverage-ignores-the-democratic-purpose-of-runoffs/#more-196656 https://www.heritage.org/markets-and-finance/commentary/demonizing-those-who-want-fight-inflation

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS, veterans day, the beginnings of thoughts on what happened in the midterms, and comments on the falsely accused Georgia Election Law. https://www.wsj.com/articles/maybe-republicans-will-finally-learn-trump-election-denial-desantis-florida-defeat-2020-2024-primary-normie-11668121391

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS, thoughts on the election and thoughts on this podcast.

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS and then the midterm elections.

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS and thoughts on threats to our democracy and  thoughts on the midterm elections. https://thefederalist.com/2022/11/07/these-two-scotus-cases-could-put-the-administrative-state-in-its-place/   https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/07/politics/democrats-nightmare-scenario-election-eve-analysis/index.html

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS, quite a bit on the midterms election and a bit on race and the biased nature of our media.   https://news.yahoo.com/npr-broadcasts-ghastly-audio-woman-182904091.html

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS and then comments on President Biden taking credit for the automatic Social Security increase, Democratic fearmongering that Republicans rule may threaten Social Security and Medicare, comments by Senate candidate Ryan checking yes in an ACLU questionnaire calling for government to pay for illegal immigrants gender reassignment surgery, and Jonathan Turley criticizing...

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS, Stacey Abrams comment on Georgia Sheriffs and my thought that story  is evidence of media bias, and way too much on Musk buying Twitter. https://www.foxnews.com/media/pro-kemp-georgia-sheriffs-furious-stacey-abrams-good-ole-boy-remarks-vile-disgusting https://jonathanturley.org/2022/11/02/eu-moves-against-twitter-to-block-free-speech-protections-after-calls-from-clin...

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS, lots on the midterm elections, and a possible Russian overture to end the Ukraine war.   https://www.newsweek.com/russia-would-agree-talks-end-ukraine-war-these-conditions-kremlin-1755642

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS, preliminary thoughts on the attack of Paul Pelosi, comments on Michael Barone’s piece on the missing issues, and a very few thoughts on what fascism actually is.   https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/midterms-2022-missing-issues-foreign-policy-redistribution

Send us Fan Mail In today’s podcase I have no QUICKHITTERS and no MOVING ON.  Just my thoughts that Democrats often do a good job of picking the issues discussed in an election but sucked at it this year.  I am quite proud of this one.  And I think it is fun.

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS, more on midterm elections and quite a bit on racism. https://thefederalist.com/2022/10/27/clarence-thomass-duty-is-to-the-constitution-not-a-constituency-of-black-men/

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS, thoughts on data and how it can mislead, and my predictions for the 2022 Midterm election.   https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/murder-map-deadliest-u-s-cities/66/

Send us Fan Mail A few QUICKHITTERS and then discussions on Xi’s 3rd term over China, if Russia will fall apart, my feelings that Buttigieg may be the next Democratic Presidential nominee, liberal pundits saying Hispanics are racists if they vote for DeSantis, advice for Liz Cheney that she should not have twisted the knife, and criticism of Republican results on deficit spending. https://www.reut...

Send us Fan Mail A few QUICKHITTERS and then a long piece on the midterm elections.  Specifically, I argue that Democrats emphasis on abortion is not playing well, particularly since they seem to accept no limits on abortion up until birth. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/la-county-voter-errors-could-overturn-failed-gascon-recall-suit https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/f...

Send us Fan Mail Quite a few QUICKHITTERS and then thoughts by a listener on what is a threat to our democracy, thoughts on the New York Times handling of Senator Cotton’s editorial saying federal troops should be used to quell riots, and a caution that fact checkers should not fact check predictions.      https://jonathanturley.org/2022/10/19/former-new-york-times-editors-lashes-out-against-paper...

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS, we need an 11th Bill of Rights amendment that says leave me alone, and perspective comments on the awful practice of slavery. https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/july/privacy.html https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-california-exodus/ https://thefederalist.com/2017/11/13/united-states-history-slavery-racism-worse-countries/

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS then several stories on Biden’s ethics, a caution that we should not deplete our strategic oil reserve, and thoughts on an essay about some Black Men moving towards Republicans with insights gleaned from the 1965 Moynihan report on race.  https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/10/grassley-chinese-government-front-company-paid-biden-for-work-done-while-he-was-vp/ https://...

Send us Fan Mail A tribute to this podcast, QUICKHITTERS, and then thoughts on the midterm elections, a Supreme Court race-based college admissions case, accusations of being a Russian stooge in a Senate race, and a Twitter exchange on what a man should do when he enters a gender-neutral bathroom already occupied by a woman. https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/10/the-january-6-committee-ends-with-...

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS and then thoughts on studies that show Republicans had higher Covid-19 death rates than Democrats.  And thoughts on the revelation that top people in our government knew the photographer who took the picture used to claim that border patrol agents were whipping illegal immigrants had said they were not whipping anyone.  Still, our government attacked their employees b...

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS and then comments on a major city encouraging citizens to violate the law, the Florida Surgeon General recommending young male adults not get the Covid vaccine, and comments by a former labor secretary attacking trickledown economics. https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/10/durhams-danchenko-trial-looks-a-lot-like-his-sussmann-trial/?itm_campaign=headline-testing-durha...

Send us Fan Mail First the QUICKHITTERS, then comments on a former presidential candidate leaving the democratic party, NY declaring an emergency due to 14,000 illegal immigrants and asylum seekers being transported to his city with their approval,  on polling on the midterm election, and on a supreme court case on pig production that centers on California trying to impose pig rules on other state...

Send us Fan Mail Is the Biden Administration really sanctioning semiconductor chip sales to China?  That sounds like something Trump would do.  And, I review an article by Andrew McCarthy on our relationship with Saudi Arabia and the murder of Khashoggi.  The article is worth a read.  My comments aren’t as good. https://twitter.com/i/status/1540083271526236165 https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/...