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Episode 345: Department of Ed's Billion Dollar Failure
As the incoming second Trump administration prepares to target government waste with the “Department of Government Efficiency” commission and activists hope that Trump’s administration will root divis
Episode 344: New Management for the FBI
A new presidential administration does not typically mean new management at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but typically the incumbent FBI director did not oversee the FBI when it raided the Pre
Episode 343: Trump's Labor Mistake
Donald Trump has made quick work of nominating potential cabinet members, and many of those picks while controversial are being met with nods albeit sometimes lukewarm nods -- by both conservati
Episode 342: Arabella's Tax (Return) Day
For us at the Capital Research Center, Christmas comes in mid-November. Not because of election results or an inability to read the calendar, but because of the Internal Revenue Services deadline for
Episode 341: Progressive Transgender Coercion
The Wall Street Journal called it the sleeper issue of the 2024 electionprogressive transgender coercion. But our guest today argues that it wasnt the sleeper issueit was the centralissue. N
Episode 340: Tyrannosaurs, Bridges, Ballot Measures, and the Story of American Gerrymandering
As the nation awaits the final results in a few dozen House races, the subject of gerrymandering has once again reared its head. This little understood and often misunderstood process of drawing c
Episode 339: Election Innovations: Legal or Loopholes?
As political parties, candidates, and the increasingly relevant party-aligned but technically independent activist groups that have come to dominate the post-McCain-Feingold world work to draw America
Episode 338: Election Integrity Wins
Will the 2024 election be administered more effectively and more fairly than the 2020 election? Theres reason to believe in many states that it might be, and advocates have made election integrityma
Episode 337: Marching Toward Violence: The Domestic Anti-Israel Protest Movement
This week marked the first anniversary of the October 7th, 2023 attacks against Israel by Iranian-backed terrorist groups, most prominently Hamas. Unfortunately, in addition to solemn remembrance, the
Episode 336: Do You Need To Stock Up On Toilet Paper? (Or Everything You Need To Know About The Dockworker Strike)
As the country moves through a contentious election season, where the state of the economy and worries over inflation have been a major talking point, a new economic hazard has appeared on the horizon