1-6-26 Great Guests for the New Year

1. Judd Dunning: Trump's Doctrine for Venezuela - Transition, Justice and Order

2. Rabbi Daniel Schonbuch: Mamdani Defends a Venezuelan Dictator Who Enslaved Millions

3. Daniel Greenfield: State Dept Cut Off Somali 'Family Reunification' Due to Fraud

4. John Lott: New Data Reveals the Horrific Truth About Illegal-Immigrant Crime

5. Mark Tapson: I Voted for This

Trump's Doctrine for Venezuela - Transition, Justice and Order

By Judd Dunning, Talk Show Host, Bestselling Author

Venezuelans are in the streets as a criminal regime is losing control. No routine political transition, this is the exposure and disruption of a state that crossed clear legal and moral lines. Venezuela transformed from authoritarian governance into an organized criminal enterprise operating behind sovereignty's facade. Venezuela's collapse was deliberate. A documented sequence of decisions dismantled lawful institutions and repurposed the state for illicit activity. Political authority, criminal finance, and coercive force merged over time into one structure designed to preserve power rather than govern. [more...]

Mamdani Defends a Venezuelan Dictator Who Enslaved Millions

By Rabbi Daniel Schonbuch

The Rhetoric of Workers’ Rights vs. the Reality of Tyranny

There is a stark and revealing juxtaposition at the center of Zohran Mamdani's politics. On the one hand, he presents himself as a champion of workers' rights, dignity, and liberation from economic exploitation. His language is saturated with moral concern for the oppressed, the marginalized, and those allegedly crushed by power. On the other hand, when confronted with the lived reality of socialist authoritarianism in Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro, Mamdani refuses to condemn the regime and actively opposes efforts to hold it accountable. This contradiction is not accidental; it reveals the true priorities beneath the rhetoric.  [more...]

State Dept Cut Off Somali 'Family Reunification' Due to Fraud

By Daniel Greenfield, CEO of the David Horowitz Freedom Center

The fraud didn’t start in Minnesota. It started before they even got here. While almost everyone by now knows about Rep. Ilhan Omar's interesting 'family ties,' this kind of thing was not unusual for Somalis where the goal was to smuggle each other in with little regard for the actual realities. The State Department knew about it enough to cut off family reunification programs back in 2008 because the 'family' members weren't actually family. [more...]

New Data Reveals the Horrific Truth About Illegal-Immigrant Crime

By John Lott, Worldwide Expert on Guns & Crime

Activists’ claims that illegal aliens commit crimes at lower rates than native-born Americans do may appear convincing, but new data from New York state shows that those here illegally commit crimes at a rate more than three times higher than that of legal residents. And it’s costing us billions. It’s true that if you lump all immigrants together, relatively few of them are accused and convicted of crimes committed here in the United States. Legal immigrants commit crimes at very low rates, so combining their crime data with that of illegal immigrants masks the latter’s higher criminal activity. [more...]

I Voted for This

By Mark Tapson, Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center

In the wake of the United States seizure of cartel gangster and illegitimate Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, the worldwide Left from Hollywood to China predictably erupted in outrage and began blustering about "international law" and calling for the impeachment of President Trump. And not just the Left – an X account called Republicans Against Trump, which has nearly a million followers (most of them probably Russian bots), posed this smug question: "Hey, MAGA, still happy with your vote?" I don't presume to speak for the entire MAGA movement (although based on the flood of similar responses to that post on X, apparently I do), but my answer is an unreserved "Yes. I voted for this." [more...]

New Data Reveals the Horrific Truth About Illegal-Immigrant Crime

By John Lott, Worldwide Expert on Guns & Crime

Activists’ claims that illegal aliens commit crimes at lower rates than native-born Americans do may appear convincing, but new data from New York state shows that those here illegally commit crimes at a rate more than three times higher than that of legal residents. And it’s costing us billions. It’s true that if you lump all immigrants together, relatively few of them are accused and convicted of crimes committed here in the United States. Legal immigrants commit crimes at very low rates, so combining their crime data with that of illegal immigrants masks the latter’s higher criminal activity. [more...]

12-29-25 Expert Guests for Your Show

1. Rabbi Daniel Schonbuch: The Perilous Politics of Mamdani in NYC After the Bondi Chanukah

2. Judd Dunning: Standing with Israel - Moral Clarity in an Age of Manufactured Confusion

3. Michael Finch: Freedom Center President Warns Why This is the Dire Hour to Defend American Beauty

4. Daniel Greenfield: Somali Fraud is the Tip of a Very Large Iceberg

5. Robert Spencer: Tucker Carlson Doesn't Know Anyone Who's Been 'Killed by Radical Islam'

The Perilous Politics of Mamdani in NYC After the Bondi Chanukah

By Rabbi Daniel Schonbuch

The Chanukah massacre in Bondi Beach shocked the world - not only because of the brutality of the attack, but because it targeted Jews gathered openly to celebrate their faith. The symbolism could not be clearer: Jewish visibility is once again being treated as a provocation, and antisemitism has crossed from rhetoric into mass violence. Bondi was not an isolated tragedy. It was a warning. For New York City, that warning arrives at a deeply unsettling moment. As the city prepares for a new mayoral administration under Zohran Mamdani, Jewish New Yorkers are asking a question they should never have to ask: Will City Hall take antisemitism and public safety seriously, or will ideology get in the way? The danger is not merely about one individual or one policy proposal. It is about worldview. [more...]

Standing with Israel - Moral Clarity in an Age of Manufactured Confusion

By Judd Dunning, Talk Show Host, Bestselling Author

As we head into 2026, under Trump and a renewed America, moral clarity matters again. This modern brand of fashionable, bandwagon antisemitism is rooted in a dull haze of dangerous historical stupidity and anti-meritocratic delusion. Studied people, some of the world's wisest, rose in the world due to a perfect mixture of intelligence backed by moral codes, and they shined. For that, they have always been hated. They challenged everything and suffered greatly. That is not a crime. If it were, America, too, would be guilty of that very same "crime," the crime of shining bright. The case against Israel is always delivered like a conclusion, not an argument. Israel is the aggressor. Israel is uniquely evil. Israel is apartheid. Israel "brought it on itself." Then you're handed a flood of images and a demand to stop thinking. [more...]

Freedom Center President Warns Why This is the Dire Hour to Defend American Beauty

HERE is the new video of Freedom Center President Michael Finch  recently speaking in LA about his new his new book: A TIME TO STAND: The Dire Hour to Defend American Beauty. Michael Finch warns that this is the dire hour to defend American beauty. The Freedom Center honors Michael as the preeminent contemporary poet of the American heartland, praising his relentless battle to preserve the beauty of America. [more...]

Somali Fraud is the Tip of a Very Large Iceberg

By Daniel Greenfield, CEO of the David Horowitz Freedom Center

Why do you think people vote for Dems?

What's exceptional about Somali fraud isn't how it was done, but the scale of it. The Somalis weren't doing anything that multiple other welfare-dependent groups weren't doing. Indeed, before long we'll hear that defense of it. Setting up community groups, cashing in on every kind of welfare program has become as American as Cloward-Piven. Democrats bought the allegiance of generations of minorities and immigrants by doling out massive amounts of handouts to their corrupt cronies who then offered a tenth of it to the voters they were recruiting. And when I say generations, we're talking about going back well into the 19th century. [more...]

Tucker Carlson Doesn't Know Anyone Who's Been 'Killed by Radical Islam'

By Robert Spencer, Author of Holy Hell: Islam's Abuse of Women and the Infidels Who Enable It

Like his curious counterpart, Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson wants you to relax. When asked in an interview published Saturday about a TPUSA poll showing that AmFest ranked "radical Islam" as the greatest threat to America, Carlson responded in a way that is becoming habitual for him: he blamed the Jews. At the same time, he downplayed the idea that there was much of any threat coming from Islam, radical or otherwise, at all. The claim that there is such a threat, Carlson claimed, "comes from the Israeli government and its many defenders and informal employees in the United States, of course." [more...]

12-22-25 Excellent Guests for Your Show

1. Todd Sheets: Everyone Hates the National Security Strategy

2. Daniel Greenfield: Dems Can't Release Their 2024 Autopsy Because it Shows Systemic Corruption

3. Robert Spencer: Hochul Gives Mamdani a Big Boost in His Quest to Drive New York City to Destruction

4. Brigitte Gabriel Awarded the Prestigious Menachem Begin Prize

5. Kenneth Rapoza: China's Automotive Market Deemed Existential Threat, With Worries Washington Can't Count on EU for Help

6. James Hirsen: Nick Reiner's Uphill Legal Battle

7. John Lott: Gun Laws and the Helpless Horror of Bondi

Everyone Hates the National Security Strategy

By Todd Sheets, Author of 2008: What Really Happened

Remarkably, even in one of the most polarizing periods in recent history, there seems to be bipartisan consensus on at least one of Trump's policy initiatives: everyone hates the new National Security Strategy. Both the liberal New York Times (NYT) and the conservative Wall Street Journal (WSJ) criticized the report as an abdication of our traditional role as the world's policeman. Both papers also lamented the harsh language directed at Europe and our apparent withdrawal from our historic alliance with NATO. Perhaps most importantly, these standard bearers of the status quo criticized the document as being soft on key adversaries - specifically, Russia and China. [more...]

Dems Can't Release Their 2024 Autopsy Because it Shows Systemic Corruption

By Daniel Greenfield, CEO of the David Horowitz Freedom Center

The worst kept secret that everyone but the party knows

Political parties rarely like releasing autopsies of electoral defeats because they often become excuses for score settling or agenda pushing, but the 2024 autopsy is one that the Democrats can't touch with a ten-million-foot pole for all the obvious reasons. Yes, the core election issue was the economy, and the Democrats would have probably still lost even if Biden hadn't run again and they had swapped out Gov. Gavin Newsom, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer or Gov. George Wallace, but any autopsy can’t get away from two really dangerous issues. [more...]

Hochul Gives Mamdani a Big Boost in His Quest to Drive New York City to Destruction

By Robert Spencer, Author of Holy Hell: Islam's Abuse of Women and the Infidels Who Enable It

New York City is in for a world of hurt.

Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, is (despite his denials) quite clearly a Marxist, dreaming of the day when he can seize the means of production. He is also a Twelver Shi’ite Muslim — you know, the good folks who rule the Islamic Republic of Iran and scream "Death to America" on a routine basis. And so, it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that Mamdani's plans for New York are not exactly going to transform the Big Apple into a hub for business and opportunity. If Mamdani gets his way, the city will become even more expensive, crime-ridden, inefficient, squalid, dirty, and dangerous as it is now. [more...]

Brigitte Gabriel Awarded the Prestigious Menachem Begin Prize

Brigitte Gabriel, the renowned Lebanese American activist, NYT best-selling author, and founder of ACT for America, has been awarded the Menachem Begin Prize at an award Gala Ceremony held in Jerusalem December 16, at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center and attended by dignitaries, scholars, and civic leaders. This distinguished honor recognizes individuals or organizations for extraordinary contributions to the State of Israel and the Jewish people, embodying the bold leadership and commitment to peace exemplified by Israel's sixth Prime Minister, Menachem Begin. In her acceptance remarks, Ms. Gabriel evoked the spirit of Menachem Begin's historic peace treaty with Egypt... [more...]

China's Automotive Market Deemed Existential Threat, With Worries Washington Can't Count on EU for Help

By Kenneth Rapoza, Reporter/Columnist for Coalition for a Prosperous America

China's foray into the automotive industry makes perfect sense for any serious, powerful economy. Every major economic power has its own car brands. China has them now, in droves. Nearly every province has one. That's the equivalent of all 50 states in the U.S. having their own car brand, only with China, they are not selling at home; they are also selling globally. But there is much more to it than that. China's auto parts makers are ubiquitous in American automotive supply chains. In fact, multinational car makers like Ford and Tesla even suggested their Chinese partners set up shop in Mexico to avoid Section 301 tariffs. [more...]

Nick Reiner's Uphill Legal Battle

By James Hirsen, NY Times Bestselling Author, International Business Attorney, News Analyst & Cultural Commentator

In a case that has shocked the entertainment world, Nick Reiner, son of legendary filmmaker Rob Reiner, stands accused of first-degree murder of his father, and of his mother, Michele Reiner. With the inevitable backdrop of the glaring Hollywood spotlight, time will tell whether Reiner's murder trial ends up devolving into a spectacle of celebrity privilege and familial drama. Reiner, if convicted, faces life in prison without parole. [more...]

Gun Laws and the Helpless Horror of Bondi

By John Lott, Worldwide Expert on Guns & Crime

Would even tougher gun laws have saved lives at Bondi?

Australia already has highly restrictive gun laws compared to the U.S. Yet, many places in the U.S. are like Australia. University campuses and many shopping malls, for example, ban guns. Where the U.S. differs from Australia is that some of those 'gun-free zones' are near places where members of the public (civilians) are legally permitted to carry guns. That turns out to make important differences to how shooting attacks like the one at Bondi turn out. Research by one of us (Crime Prevention Research Center) found that shooters kill fewer people when an armed civilian intervenes than when they don't. [more...]

Brigitte Gabriel Awarded the Prestigious Menachem Begin Prize

Brigitte Gabriel Awarded the Prestigious Menachem Begin Prize for Unwavering Advocacy for Israel and Visionary Pursuit of Regional Peace

Dame Brigitte Gabriel, the renowned Lebanese American activist, NYT best-selling author, and founder of ACT for America, has been awarded the Menachem Begin Prize at an award Gala Ceremony held in Jerusalem December 16, at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center and attended by dignitaries, scholars, and civic leaders. This distinguished honor recognizes individuals or organizations for extraordinary contributions to the State of Israel and the Jewish people, embodying the bold leadership and commitment to peace exemplified by Israel's sixth Prime Minister, Menachem Begin.

In her acceptance remarks, Ms. Gabriel evoked the spirit of Menachem Begin's historic peace treaty with Egypt:

"In the spirit of Begin's visionary peace with Egypt—a bold leap that shattered walls of enmity and forged bonds of hope—I live and labor each day to nurture true peace between Israel and its neighbors. With unwavering dedication, I work to bridge the chasms that divide Israel and Lebanon, envisioning a horizon where ancient cedars and olive groves stand side by side in serenity, free from the shadows of conflict.

This pursuit extends to all borders, for I dream of a Middle East where swords are beaten into plowshares, where shared prosperity replaces shared suffering, and where the children of Abraham of all faiths walk together in the light of mutual respect."

Gabriel is the founder and chairman of ACT for America and has dedicated her career to promoting national security, human rights, and democratic principles. Her personal journey—from surviving the Lebanese Civil War to becoming a leading international voice for freedom—has inspired millions around the world.

Since the October 7th massacre, Brigitte Gabriel became one of the leading voices in defense of Israel's right to self-defense against the Terrorist Organization Hamas mobilizing over 7 million emails and phone calls to Congress to stand with Israel.

A 136-page report was done in Israel analyzing how Israel and those speaking up for Israel broke through to audiences worldwide outside of the pro-Israeli circle. IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari came as #1, Israeli Actress Noa Tishbi was #2 and Brigitte Gabriel #3. 

The Menachem Begin Prize further underscores Brigitte Gabriel’s global impact as the #1 non-Jewish person with the most reach, standing with Israel, and her enduring leadership in defense of Jewish people, truth, and Western values.

Gun Laws and the Helpless Horror of Bondi

By John Lott, Worldwide Expert on Guns & Crime

Would even tougher gun laws have saved lives at Bondi?

Australia already has highly restrictive gun laws compared to the U.S. Yet, many places in the U.S. are like Australia. University campuses and many shopping malls, for example, ban guns. Where the U.S. differs from Australia is that some of those 'gun-free zones' are near places where members of the public (civilians) are legally permitted to carry guns. That turns out to make important differences to how shooting attacks like the one at Bondi turn out. Research by one of us (Crime Prevention Research Center) found that shooters kill fewer people when an armed civilian intervenes than when they don't. [more...]

12-15-25 Great Guests for Your Show

1. John Lott: Gun-Free Zones are a Magnet for Mass Public Shootings

2. Rabbi Daniel Schonbuch: Bondi Beach Attack on Hanukkah Sparks Global Call for Moral Clarity Against Extremist Ideology

3. Todd Sheets: Growth, Affordability and Immigration

4. Daniel Greenfield: Three Americans Just Died for Syria

6. Robert Spencer: Paris Surrenders, Cancels New Year's Eve Celebrations

7. Michael Finch: The Left is Still Laser-Focused on "Radically Transforming" America

Gun-Free Zones are a Magnet for Mass Public Shootings

By John Lott, Worldwide Expert on Guns & Crime

This past weekend, we saw mass shootings in Australia where at least 15 were murdered and at Brown University where two were murdered and nine injured. Both occurred in places with strict gun control. The problem is that uniformed law enforcement has an extremely difficult time stopping these attacks. If a shooter sees an officer in uniform, they can wait for the officer to leave before they attack or move to another target. If they do attack there, the first person they will shoot is the officer. The problem is that gun-free zones are a magnet for mass public shootings. In the U.S., civilians with concealed handguns stop these attacks more frequently, and they stop them more successfully in places where they are allowed to carry. Note: the worst mass public shooting in Western Europe and the U.S. was in Paris in late 2015, where Islamic terrorists murdered 130 people at a concert. [more...]

Bondi Beach Attack on Hanukkah Sparks Global Call for Moral Clarity Against Extremist Ideology

By Rabbi Daniel Schonbuch

The violent attack at Bondi Beach in Australia during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah has sent shockwaves through Jewish communities worldwide and raised urgent questions about the growing threat of extremist ideology targeting the moral foundations of Western society. The timing of the attack - during Hanukkah, a holiday commemorating Jewish survival against forces seeking to eradicate Jewish faith and values - has intensified concern that the incident was not merely random violence, but part of a broader ideological pattern. Jewish leaders, faith communities, and civil society voices are calling for greater honesty in confronting doctrines that openly promote violence against Jews and Christians. [more...]

Growth, Affordability and Immigration

By Todd Sheets, Author of 2008: What Really Happened

The recent run bookended by Mamdani's victory in New York and, for the first time in nearly 30 years, a new Democratic mayor in Miami, is probably telling us that, at the very least, the political winds have shifted, at least for the time being. Notably, Eileen Higgins attributed her Miami win to affordability and immigration. These issues, and the ever-critical economy, are good places to start in reflecting on what's driving voters as we close out year one of Trump 2.0. [more...]

Three Americans Just Died for Syria

By Daniel Greenfield, CEO of the David Horowitz Freedom Center

...And for Qatar, Turkey and Muslim 'nation-building'

We were told it was never going to happen. It just happened. Two American soldiers, members of the Iowa National Guard, and a civilian interpreter were killed in a Muslim terrorist attack. The official press release states that this was an attack by an ISIS terrorist. The Trump administration press release claims that the Al Qaeda "President of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is extremely angry and disturbed by this attack" and that it took place "in a very dangerous part of Syria, that is not fully controlled by them." [more...]

Paris Surrenders, Cancels New Year's Eve Celebrations

By Robert Spencer, Author of Holy Hell: Islam's Abuse of Women and the Infidels Who Enable It

Since the 1960s, Paris has held a lavish New Year's Eve celebration on the Champs-Élysées, the wide avenue that epitomizes the grandeur, pride, and glorious history of the city and the French nation as a whole. That's why it's all the more disturbing that the cheese-eating surrender monkeys are at it again, preemptively waving the white flag and canceling the New Year's Eve celebrations this year in view of the high probability of an Islamic jihad terror attack. The French authorities' desire to prevent a jihad massacre is laudable, but is erasing their own customs and traditions the way to do it? [more...]

The Left is Still Laser-Focused on "Radically Transforming" America

By Michael Finch, Author of A TIME TO STAND: The Dire Hour to Defend American Beauty

Does it matter if we are learning of the greatness of American culture? We are all now sadly aware that, in the infamous words of Barack Obama, the Left is seeking to "radically transform the United States of America." For them to build their new heaven on earth, and attain their fantasized utopia, they must burn down the house, erase the past and wipe it clean. In their retelling, America's birthday no longer is 1776, but 1619. Columbus came to this new land to execute a genocide. America is imperialistic, racist, and sexist, and these sins are baked into its founding. Hence their creation of a self-loathing iteration of American history and culture that infects so many of our citizens. The culture and history of America matter deeply. When we don’t recognize the greatness of our culture and history, when we are taught to hate our own history and myths and stories, then we fracture, we balkanize. We fall apart. [more...]