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...]