7-28-26 Expert Guests for Your Show

1. Michael Levine: Cracker Barrel Learns the Cost of Abandoning Its Soul

2. Kenneth Rapoza: In Senate Finance Hearing with USTR Amb. Jamieson Greer, Democratic Leadership Launches Anti-Tariff Bill

3. Daniel Greenfield: 9/11 Families Accused of 'Islamophobia' for Asking Mamdani to Stay Away from Ground Zero

4. Michele Steeb: Sacramento's Drinking Water Supply is Repeatedly Buried Under Trash from Homeless Encampments

5. Josh Hammer: DSA Assault on Prisons is Rooted in Third World-ist Lust for Barbarism

6. John Lott: The Second Amendment Opinion That Scrambled the Partisan Script

7. James Hirsen: Elon Musk's Own Odyssey Film Possibility

Cracker Barrel Learns the Cost of Abandoning Its Soul

By Michael Levine, Author of Authentic PR

The leadership change at Cracker Barrel following the failed attempt to modernize one of America's most recognizable restaurant brands offers a powerful lesson for every company chasing cultural trends at the expense of customer trust. Cracker Barrel announced that CEO Julie Felss Masino will step down after less than three years, following widespread customer backlash over efforts to remake the chain's traditional identity. The episode demonstrates that authenticity is one of the most valuable assets any organization possesses. When customers fall in love with a brand, they are entering into an emotional contract. Break that contract, and don't be surprised when they break up with you. [more...]

In Senate Finance Hearing with USTR Amb. Jamieson Greer, Democratic Leadership Launches Anti-Tariff Bill

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

Meanwhile, Others Call for Tariffs on Lamb Meat, Sugar and Steel-Making Ores

Amb. Jamieson Greer faced the unenviable task of explaining the Trump administration's tariff policies in a hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on July 22. Influential Democrats opposed tariffs and continued to frame them as taxes on consumers. Meanwhile, the Committee's Ranking Member, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), rejected the new Section 301 forced labor tariffs, launched on Friday to replace the expiring Section 122 tariffs, which replaced the IEEPA tariffs rejected by the Supreme Court. In response to existing tariff policies, Wyden announced the Congressional Trade Powers Reform Act, a bill that would give Congress veto powers over Executive Branch trade policies. [more...]

9/11 Families Accused of 'Islamophobia' for Asking Mamdani to Stay Away from Ground Zero

By Daniel Greenfield, CEO of the David Horowitz Freedom Center

"As a 9/11 widow it is a slap in the face to every family member every person that has lost someone and every survivor of Ground Zero."

Shockingly, families of the victims of the Muslim terrorist attacks of September 11 are being accused of 'Islamophobia' for asking Zohran Mamdani, who had previously defended and excused Islamic terrorists, and whose chief counsel is a terror lawyer, to stay away from the September 11 commemoration ceremonies. And yet Zohran has decided to drive the nail in deeper: "I will proudly honor the families, the survivors, the first responders forever impacted by that horrific terror attack by standing alongside them at this year's 9/11 commemoration." [more...]

Sacramento's Drinking Water Supply is Repeatedly Buried Under Trash from Homeless Encampments

By Michele Steeb, Homelessness Expert

Taxpayers were forced to fund endless cleanups while Sacramento County's Housing First approach makes treatment voluntary, recovery programs nearly nonexistent - a permanent cycle of human suffering, squandered taxpayer dollars, and mounting environmental degradation. Sacramento needs leaders with the foresight and courage to prioritize recovery and rehabilitation. Treatment capacity must be expanded, and the civil commitment process must be enforced for individuals who are too sick to recognize their need for care. [more...]

DSA Assault on Prisons is Rooted in Third World-ist Lust for Barbarism

By Josh Hammer, Syndicated Columnist, Talk Show Host

Welcome to the Left's love of criminals.

Mamdani has had a complicated relationship with the issue of public safety. The official DSA platform stops short of calling for full "abolition" of prisons or policing, instead calling to "demilitarize police departments" and "end mass incarceration." But Hizzoner Zo condemned the "carceral state" when he ran for state assembly in 2020. He was pressed during an appearance on ABC News on whether he supports the existence of prisons. "There are prisons," he simply responded. That's not exactly reassuring. Just this week, Zo appeared on purported comic Jon Stewart's podcast and doubled down on prevarication. Stewart asked Hizzoner if he is "comfortable" with calls to abolish prisons. "I'm comfortable with disagreement," he replied. [more...]

The Second Amendment Opinion That Scrambled the Partisan Script

By John Lott, Worldwide Expert on Guns & Crime

Friday's decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals' Third Circuit striking down New Jersey's ban on so-called assault weapons and magazines holding more than 10 rounds marks the first time a federal appeals court has invalidated such bans. New Jersey had one of the nation's strictest and most prominent assault weapon bans. It is also the longest running continuously enforced ban in the United States. With the Supreme Court expected to hear arguments in December on assault weapon bans from Chicago and Connecticut, many believe the ruling will preview the court’s approach to those cases. [more...]

Elon Musk's Own Odyssey Film Possibility

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

Entering into the whole cinematic discussion is none other than the man who transformed social media itself, Elon Musk. The tech titan has publicly criticized aspects of Christopher Nolan's version of The Odyssey as having departed from the source material's cultural and historical context. Musk recently suggested in posts on X that he would either fund an alternative Odyssey movie that has a more historically accurate take, or he would make a film of his own with his AI, Grok. He also stated that he is willing to fund filmmaker-director-actor Mel Gibson with $100 million to create an authentic adaptation. [more...]