The Craig Collins Show

Craig Coglianese on Mike Johnson and Rep. Thomas Massie over the Pete Hegseth impeachment effort, Marco Rubio, Ron DeSantis and Florida's midterm results, a Wall Street Journal photo of Hegseth's home, ICE and DACA, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and legal expert Jonathan Turley. Plus Veterans Day calls from vets. 00:00 Mike Johnson and the Hegseth impeachment push 08:34 Marco Rubio, Ron DeSantis and Flor...

Craig Coglianese on Texas midterm results, voter ID and the SAVE Act, CNN's panel on the Pete Hegseth impeachment push with Caroline Sunshine, Democratic infighting over Chuck Schumer, and Marco Rubio on Iran sanctions. Plus Ammon Blair, former Border Patrol agent and Texas Public Policy Foundation senior fellow, on Houston's new ICE policy. 00:00 Texas midterm results and voter ID 10:28 Gun right...

Craig Coglianese on Pete Hegseth's press conference answering the impeachment attempt, why conservatives should vote in primaries, and Gina Hinojosa on Texas gun rights. Wayne Dolcefino calls in from the road, plus Senator John Kennedy, Van Jones and Jamie Raskin on CNN, and Hegseth on Chuck Schumer. 00:00 Pete Hegseth answers the impeachment attempt 06:00 Primaries, turnout and Gina Hinojosa on T...

Craig Coglianese on President Trump's weekend interview and his call into C-SPAN, Marco Rubio's praise for Pete Hegseth, and Texas midterm turnout. Plus Notre Dame football, callers Jimmy and Joe on Hegseth, Ken Paxton, Brandon Gill and the SAVE Act, and Collins Street Bakery's Thomas McNutt on fruitcake. 00:00 Trump's weekend interview and Texas midterm turnout 11:20 Notre Dame football and Trump...

Craig Coglianese and Wayne Dolcefino on Houston's KSEV Mornings cover Al Jazeera's Rubio/Charara report, Iran, Kharg Island and the Strait of Hormuz, then President Trump saying deportations might be too tough and James Talarico on biological sex models. 00:00 Rubio and Charara 03:00 Strait of Hormuz 09:21 Kharg Island debate 21:20 Clips finally play 24:28 Trump on deportations 37:57 Bomb IRGC sto...

Craig Coglianese and Wayne Dolcefino open Monday's Houston KSEV Mornings on President Trump's weekend interview, Iran, the Strait of Hormuz and gas prices, then James Talarico's media push after Saturday Night Live. 00:00 Trump weekend interview 02:17 Strait of Hormuz 11:41 Dave Chappelle bit 13:29 Talarico on SNL 26:32 Iran nuclear strategy 39:40 Working with Democrats KSEV Mornings with Craig an...

Craig Coglianese and Wayne Dolcefino on Donald Trump's midterm autopsy from California to Houston, Gina Hinojosa's $1,500 rainy-day plan, Iran and gas prices, Charlie Kirk-style messaging, cousin Vince Coglianese on rebuilding the GOP, and Scott on hiring veterans at Renaissance festivals. 00:00 Jobs report and Trump 03:25 Gina rainy day plan 15:00 Impatient midterm voters 18:04 Iran and messaging...

Craig Coglianese on Gina Hinojosa and Greg Abbott in Texas, arguing Republicans should pull back the governor's emergency powers before she takes office, plus South Texas vote-harvesting indictments tied to Manuel Medina, Cecilia Castellano and Ken Paxton, callers Jimmy X on Carla Wyatt, and Jerry on Trump, Abbott and Dan Patrick. 00:00 Notre Dame and Miami 05:16 Midterm autopsy begins 11:39 Abbot...

Wayne Dolcefino joins Craig Coglianese from California on Ken Paxton and Mayes Middleton losing and the Texas Senate as the only check left. Plus callers on turnout and Brian Harrison's push to strip the governor's emergency powers, Mike on Ronald Reagan's 1982 midterm, and Wayne and Craig on home prices, the wealth gap and capitalism. 00:00 Wayne Dolcefino on Ken Paxton and Mayes Middleton losing...

Craig Coglianese on James Talarico's Fox News interview and Brian Harrison's push to curb the Texas governor's emergency powers before Gina Hinojosa takes office. Plus why Republicans need to reach young voters on social media, callers from Florida and The Woodlands on the Charlie Kirk effect, Epstein and Ken Paxton, and Trump's answer to JD Vance on Iran. 00:00 Keeping Texas red and curbing the g...

Craig Coglianese digs into Ken Paxton's loss to James Talarico and what Democratic control will mean for Texas, with Houston-area callers and exit polls on women, Latino and young voters. Plus Victor Davis Hanson on the donors who wouldn't back Paxton, John Cornyn voters, Wesley Hunt, Paul Bettencourt on property taxes, Marco Rubio for 2028, J.D. Vance, Vivek Ramaswamy, Jon Ossoff and school vouch...

Craig Coglianese and Wayne Dolcefino break down how James Talarico beat Ken Paxton as Democrats swept Texas, with Houston-area callers and exit polls on Hispanic, young and women voters. Plus Gina Hinojosa's win over Greg Abbott, John Cornyn's quick congratulations, Trump as the underdog, J.D. Vance and why a state income tax would make Texans regret this vote. 00:00 A rough night for Texas Republ...

On Election Day in Texas, Craig Coglianese and Wayne Dolcefino make the case for Ken Paxton and the Republican ticket, with callers on Alaska's decoy Dan Sullivan and the Democrats behind it, NGOs and dark funding, Harris County taxes and Orlando Sanchez, plus O'Keefe Media undercover footage from inside James Talarico's campaign that shows his moderate act is a lie. 00:00 A Paxton win matters 05:...

On Election Day, Craig Coglianese and Wayne Dolcefino urge Houston and all of Texas to get out and vote, with State Sen. Paul Bettencourt on early-vote turnout and why the Senate matters, Ken Paxton's record as attorney general, caller Jimmy X on the impeachment threat from a Democratic Congress, and Wayne on media bias and affordability. 00:00 Paul Bettencourt on turnout 06:21 Lessons of this rac...

Craig Coglianese predicts Ken Paxton wins the Texas Senate race tomorrow and lays out, point by point, how the Democratic Socialists of America's pitch echoes the 1920s and early 1930s platform of the National Socialist German Workers Party, the early Nazi party before it took power: blame capitalism and the banks, nationalize industry, tax the rich, put land under government control and cast "Zio...

On election eve in Texas, Craig Coglianese makes the case for Ken Paxton and explains why James Talarico can't be trusted after telling a supporter his positions haven't changed, with his voting record on parents' rights and oil and gas as the proof. Plus Abdul El-Sayed putting conditions on Israel's right to exist, Paxton's record as attorney general in Corpus Christi, and a preview of Craig's po...

Craig Coglianese and Wayne Dolcefino talk with Texas attorney general nominee Mayes Middleton, Heritage Foundation chief economist E.J. Antoni on GDP and inflation, and Ben Streusand on early voting turnout and the Ken Paxton vs. James Talarico Senate race. 00:00 Mayes Middleton's closing pitch 06:20 Public corruption cases 11:57 Heritage economist on GDP 17:06 Inflation and energy prices 27:22 Be...

Craig Coglianese and Wayne Dolcefino talk with Texas Values president Jonathan Saenz about James Talarico and Ken Paxton on the last day of Texas early voting, plus health care costs, Bob Menendez and Alaska's two Dan Sullivans. 00:00 Radio engineers and dentists 07:11 Health care costs 12:30 Republican closing message 20:30 Texas Values election talk 31:45 Wayne on Ken Paxton 37:35 Alaska's two D...

Craig Coglianese plays Ken Paxton's Fox interview on the Texas Senate race with James Talarico, the Alaska ballot investigation in Sen. Dan Sullivan's race and a California court fight over counting votes, then takes Houston calls on Medicare for All, fraud, Social Security and military spending. Plus a Whataburger debate and a preview of Mayes Middleton on tomorrow's show. 00:00 Taco Bell prices...

Craig Coglianese votes early, weighs Houston-area turnout and asks whether James Talarico's classroom origin story echoes one Barack Obama told in 2012. Plus Gov. Greg Abbott on Gina Hinojosa and Houston, Trump on Alaska's "fake Dan Sullivan," Texas voters on Fox and the Brewers' World Series win. 00:00 Wings Over Houston and a new Amigos podcast 03:45 Craig votes early as Harris County turnout cl...

(00:00:00) Wings Over Houston tickets (00:03:13) Mike Waltz vs. Cuba (00:07:47) Transgender politics and voters (00:12:37) Manufacturing and prices (00:21:03) Politics in the classroom (00:33:37) Caller on diesel prices Craig Coglianese and Wayne Dolcefino on Mike Waltz's clash with Cuba at the UN, then Houston callers on transgender politics, classrooms, diesel and gas prices, and the Ken Paxton...

(00:00:00) Pizza and baseball (00:06:47) Angry political rhetoric (00:13:18) Talarico and Paxton comments (00:21:48) Family court judge race (00:27:40) Paxton impeachment fallout (00:37:05) Caller on Paxton courage Craig Coglianese and Wayne Dolcefino on Ken Paxton, James Talarico and the Texas Senate race, Republican infighting since the impeachment, and a Harris County family court race. 00:00 P...

Craig Coglianese marks one year on KSEV in Houston and reacts to President Trump's Truth Social attack on Bill Maher, plus a call from Wayne Dolcefino, Carla Wyatt vs. Marc Cowart, Michigan students on socialism, Anthropic's IPO filing, a ChatGPT news source test and the Knicks' championship ring phishing test. 00:00 One year in Houston 02:25 Wayne Dolcefino calls in 05:52 Trump and Bill Maher 15:...

Houston's Craig Coglianese reacts to a new political ad blaming U.S. aid to Israel for grocery prices, President Trump's campaign trail jabs at Barack Obama and why Harris County Treasurer Carla Wyatt could still win reelection, plus Ukraine, China, Iran, the transgender debate and listener calls. 00:00 Trump's Nicki Minaj remark 08:54 Israel aid grocery ad 15:17 Ukraine, China and Iran 19:13 Tala...

Craig Coglianese and Wayne Dolcefino play Texas Senate nominee James Talarico's hidden-camera comments on trans athletes and cover the indictment of Fort Bend County Tax Assessor-Collector Carmen Turner, plus a viral barber clip, closing messages before Election Day and Letitia Plummer in the Harris County judge race. 00:00 Wayne's start in journalism 04:46 Talarico on trans athletes 14:16 Carmen...