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In another blockbuster foreign policy Friday with Jordan Schachtel, we discuss the latest with the Khashoggi saga and juxtapose the media’s disregard of the truth and consequences of their advocacy. Why is the media not concerned about immigration from Saudi Arabia, yet they hate the new Saudi government that is actually fighting terrorists? Just how powerful is the MB influence in America? It would shock you. We move on to Afghanistan, where the top U.S. commander was almost killed in an “insider” attack that left a top Afghani official dead. We prove once and for all that the situation is irremediably broken, and to pull out is actually a victory for us, not a defeat. Finally, we discuss immigration policy from a terrorism standpoint and how Trump can add to his promising week of diplomacy with Mexico. Show links Finally! They will process bogus asylum in Mexico, not in the U.S. The war in Afghanistan is over Focusing on immigration and terror finance is a much better counterterrorism strategy What the media isn’t telling you about the Khashoggi affair Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Republicans, even all the liberal ones running on liberal policies, must defeat the Democrats. Fine, I get it. But what is our plan to stop the betrayal of Republicans in Congress the day after and actually focus on cleaning our own house for once? What’s next? When will we actually hold Republicans accountable for betraying us on every issue? When will we actually fight on the budget, the border, and health care? I delve into the severity of the health care betrayal and how Republicans are making Obamacare great again. It’s worse than you think. Also, I discuss Ben Sasse and how he has the wrong diagnosis of our political problems and the wrong prescription. In fact, he has no prescription other than virtue-signaling for the media and selling books. Finally, I address some of Sessions’ forgotten accomplishments that the conservative media ignores. Show links We don’t need new laws to stop an invasion Republicans are misreading the electorate on immigration Malpractice: How Republicans made Obamacare great again Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you sick of Republicans and the conservative media focusing on these quasi-cultural flash points but then agreeing with Democrats on all the policy outcomes? Be sure to tune in today. In this blockbuster episode, I cram as much health care policy into one show as I possibly can. I discuss how Republicans have essentially agreed to Obamacare and socialized medicine even as they claim to fight it. Why are health care and medical insurance so messed up? Who caused the pre-existing condition problem? Who is at fault for all the mergers, acquisitions, and monopolies as well as the destruction of private practice? Bookmark this podcast, because this is the message that needs to be delivered on the campaign trail. I also touch on jailbreak and how Trump used to understand race, crime, and incarceration, but has gone back on his campaign message. I give you the most up-to-date FBI statistics. Finally, I explore some cultural fights that have jazzed up our base but have not resulted in policy outcomes. We should care more about how much of the Dem policies our own side is adopting than the soap opera on the Democrat side. Show links The ultimate reform of Medicaid and pre-existing conditions Even worse than the cost of health care is what gov’t is doing to the quality and to doctors The old Trump was right about crime, incarceration, and race Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of “Foreign Policy Friday” with CRTV’s national security correspondent, Jordan Schachtel, we lay out the bare truth of the saga with Saudi Arabia and the disappearance of Jamal Kashaggi. Jordan demonstrates that this guy was no journalist; he was a pro-al Qaeda activist with the Muslim Brotherhood. This is not our hill to die on. While we don’t like all the behavior of Saudi Arabia, the reality is that the nation is more of a help then a harm in this day and age when the bigger problem is Iran, Qatar, and Turkey, while the Saudis have reformed. Does this mean we should be full allies with the Saudis and allow them to sucker us into their problems? No. We put America first and use them for our interests while ignoring them when there is no interest. Stop with the false dichotomies. A clear vision of America’s interests will make these decision points a lot easier. We also talk about the latest subversion activities of Turkey and Qatar and the search for the next UN ambassador. At the end of the show, I explain how conservatives need to follow our dictum on foreign relations for domestic political relations with Republicans. Don’t judge an issue based on the enemy of your enemy; judge it based on the merits of what you believe in. I give an update on jailbreak and give more statistics to blow up the myth of the jailbreak movement being pushed by people like Kayne West. Let’s stop supporting people who are not worth defending just because they had one fight with our enemy, the media. Show links Trump’s betrayal of crime victims H.R. 193 to abolish the UN Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Those who work in politics full-time and claim to be conservative need to read the fine print on the policies, strategies, and personnel upon which they opine. The fine print is all that matters, and understanding it will void out the message they are getting from the bold print. In this episode, I discuss all the ways the GOP is screwing us on policy and personnel, from crime and immigration to economics, and health care. Yet the brainless “conservative” media is so distracted and uninformed, and they don’t read the fine print, that they actually help the Left they seek to fight. This is the danger of having no affirmative ideology, goal, or direction other than responding to the Left at any given moment. Show notes Read the fine print on rinos Trump is abandoning his base on crony ethanol Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everyone is abuzz with rumors about the next U.N. ambassador. I offer some ideas for who should be the conservative pick and what is important about this position. I also note how conservatives are not in a good position to block some of the bad names being mentioned. Next, I show how there is a torrent of court cases that will hurt us on sovereignty and immigraition. Courts just ruled sanctuary cities are entitled to federal funding. And no, a more conservative Supreme Court will not fully solve this problem. I conclude with a discussion on the sheer growth of legal and illegal immigration and how we are funding our demise with sanctuary cities and anchor babies. Finally, I preview the next battle over ethanol statism. Show links We are funding anchor babies with Medicaid Sanctuary cities and the drug crisis UN pushing border invasion in our own liberal courts Another sanctuary judge Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do you do when you are losing a war and have a weak army, but then get a miraculous break and win one defensive skirmish? Do you get drunk and celebrate as if your troubles are over, or do you double down and go on offense while working to finally make competent fighting men out of your forces? This is the analogy that should guide conservatives in dealing with Republicans after the Kavanaugh victory. We need to double down on the fight and get better Republicans, not just any Republicans elected. We should demand they come back in session and spark similar flash points over immigration and crime and other issues. But to do so, we must develop our own goals and destinations. What is it we want as conservatives? It’s not enough to merely wake up every day and oppose what the Left is doing. Let’s pursue our agenda and make the Left respond to us. In that way, we can take Christopher Columbus’ adage to heart – that “by prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.” Show links 6 lessons GOP should learn from Kavanaugh fight Complacent conservatives should learn the Murkowski lesson Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let’s not remain happy with just one victory; let’s follow up on the Kavanaugh victory with a more robust agenda. In this episode, I go through the lessons of the Kavanaugh victory and what conservatives can do to influence the outcome of this election, nominate better Republicans in the future, and replicate this unity in other issues. The GOP could turn the tide in October, if they only cared. Meanwhile, we must remember that we are not winning back the courts by simply appointing better judges and continuing to agree to judicial supremacy. I talk about some recent cases missed by the conservative media. Next, I discuss how conservatives missed the boat on Joe Miller challenging Lisa Murkowski in Alaska in 2016 and what this means for Mississippi this year. I also focus on some positive developments with sanctions on Iran and defeating European efforts to undermine our diplomacy. Show links Only reason GOP is fighting on Kavanaugh is because they fear the base My 2016 endorsement of Joe Miller Anthony Kennedy has a lot of nerve to complain about failed democracy Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If the Left is militarized beyond repair, why not just go all out? Why are congressional Republicans still capitulating on every other issue aside from the Supreme Court? Today I'm joined by our congressional correspondent, Nate Madden, to discuss the latest happenings in Congress and the latest prognoses on the Kavanaugh vote. We try to discern why our base is so numb to all the policy betrayals and why it’s so much harder to galvanize the Right in American than the Left. Nate believes the difference is rooted in the lifestyles and worldviews of the respective ideologies. Conservatives must face the irony of focusing on government, which is naturally not their priority, in order to get government out of their lives. We also explore the growing dynamic where our own voters, because of the viciousness of the Left, are projecting logical thoughts on Republicans that are completely unfounded. It’s counterintuitive, but Republicans are so unbelievable in their perfidy that they more they do it, the more they get away with it, because base voters need a hero and need something to believe in. Show links Only reason Republicans are fighting on Kavanaugh is because they fear the base Will Republicans change their ways after Kavanaugh? Imagine if we had a party that understood health care Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just when we thought Republicans would finally unite behind one issue, namely a Supreme Court nominee, the RINOs come out to sandbag us. In this episode, I analyze why McConnell and Co. deserve the blame for having these RINOs in the Senate in the first place. We tried to warn them about people like Murkowski, but they fought tooth and nail for her. Now they must reap what they sowed. Moreover, they foster a culture of capitulation on 90 percent of the other issues so that even when they come to the 10 percent they wish to accomplish, there are enough members whom they groomed and acculturated into this culture of capitulation that they block us even with a court nominee. And speaking of other issues, it’s as if the conservative movement is hooked on political heroin and is totally numb to the budget betrayal. President Trump signed the budget betrayal at high noon on Friday, yet conservatives don’t even know about it. Also, Trump is on the cusp of endorsing Kevin McCarthy for speaker. Do we have a movement that thinks for itself? Finally, I preview the coming elections, which are taking an ominous turn. Show links So, will Republicans stop working with Democrats on jailbreak? Trump and son signal support for McCarthy over Jordan Flashback: How Tim Scott and Marco Rubio showed Dems identity politics will pick their lock on SCOTUS Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I analyze the Kavanaugh tragedy – and yes, it is a tragedy – from a unique angle. Democrats on the Judiciary Committee have been the leaders in weak-on-crime laws for juvenile crimes and want to let convicted felons out of jail. They don’t give a darn about victims. Yet when it comes to political outcomes, they are willing to hang a guy with no evidence and violate every norm of due process under the guise of protecting victims. I explore multiple factors, political dynamics, and outcomes that are seemingly conflicting but are all true in their own right. The Republicans' stand on this issue is important, but only if that is used as a springboard and a cathartic moment to change their modus operandi, not as a means of covering up every other betrayal and continuing to do so. In that vein, I explore how conservatives should view Lindsey Graham’s newfound feistiness. The key is this: Many thoughts (and hot takes!) can be true at the same time. Show links 15 constitutional questions we still don’t know about SCOTUS nominees While you were distracted, here is what Congress did Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unfortunately, this will be lost in the fight to the death over Kavanaugh, but Trump just delivered one of his best speeches. Today, I am joined by CR’s national security correspondent, Jordan Schachtel, to dissect the important elements of Trump’s speech before the U.N. General Assembly. Jordan shows how Trump is taking a new, much-needed stance on international relations, breaking through the false choices of isolationism and globalism. We also go through our typical “foreign policy Friday” discussion about where the administration is living up to the principles Trump laid out and where it is falling short. We cover Latin America, Israel, Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea. Is Chinese meddling in our election a bigger problem than Russian meddling? Finally, we give an update on how the House of Representatives is spending its final week in power. You will not like it one bit. Show notes Chinese election influence Sovereignty + patriotism= peace and prosperity Can we all agree SCOTUS has too much power? Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I dissect how phony conservatives have supported a phony Republican Party that never accomplishes anything and always moves the ball forward for the Left. I explain how they continue to get away with the biggest political fraud of all time by promoting the same arguments for voting GOP. You are as likely to succeed in promoting conservatism with this political party as the Cleveland Browns are likely to win the Super Bowl. I tie together the latest on the Kavanaugh case, the death of the Values Voter Summit, and the betrayal on the budget bill. Finally, I offer a preview of the upcoming battle over immigration and public charge. “You have planted much, but harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.” [Haggai 1:6] Show links Kavanaugh is liberal on immigration Public charge laws are deeply rooted in our history Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I'm joined by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to discuss the failures of House leadership and how they are betraying their promises on the budget. Jordan tells us that House leaders are like a wrestler who forfeits the match the minute the whistle is blown without having a fight. The congressman gives a vision for what he plans to do in the House if he wins the election for speaker. He plans to make the House at least an equal partner with the Senate, if not the stronger body. We also discuss how the Founders would laugh at SCOTUS confirmation fights becoming so acrimonious, yet budgets being so amicable between the two sides. It reflects a perversion of where the power is supposed to lie within our system of government. Finally, we discuss the latest on illegal immigrant families getting to host other illegal alien children without ever getting deported, even though many of them also have criminal records. Show links Letter from John Jay to John Adams declining offer for chief justice Feds forced to deliver alien teenagers into the hands of other illegals Forget about refugees; asylum is worse Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today is the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution, but nobody cares. I relate the final hours of the convention and discuss the lessons we can learn from Benjamin Franklin’s closing speech and what we need in our era. Then I move on to the Kavanaugh accusations. Rather than focus on details that we frankly don’t know, I draw two important lessons from this. One, Republicans always nominate milquetoast people thinking they can placate the Left, but then get burned by the worst accusations of all. Also, I discuss, irrespective of the truth in this case, the general problem with our culture of hyper-sexualization among the youth that the very people who claim to care about “me too” refuse to address. Show links What our Constitution is about and where we went wrong My podcast on Roy Moore to compare to the current situation Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Republicans have always had a rare gift for paying the political price associated with revolutionary change without actually accomplishing anything revolutionary. They're savaged for actions they were intimidated out of taking.” ~John Hayward. In this episode, I explain how we are getting sold out on every issue in the budget battle and we are also facing a catastrophic loss at the ballot box. The two issues are quite intertwined, and I describe how Republicans managed to pull off the worst stewardship of government of all time – suffer all the liabilities of power but get none of the benefits. They are stoking the opposition beyond anything we’ve seen while doing nothing to energize their base or reclaim lost voters in the middle. I go over the health care, immigration, budget, and spending betrayals and how the current budget setup is a triple play. The soft bigotry of low expectations and complacency from those who call themselves movement conservatives is taking a toll. If you are looking for a thematic podcast that encapsulates our mission statement, this is the one for you. Show links The gory details of the budget bill House committee seeks to limit judicial power but party will never fully embrace it Politicians doubling down on the causes of border surge My strategy in 2016 for successful repeal of Obamacare How Republicans sabotaged us on health care Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Not only have we failed to learn the lessons of 9/11, we have done the exact opposite of what prudence should have dictated regarding immigration and border policy. Today I am joined by Todd Bensman (@BensmanTodd), senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies. Bensman draws upon his experience in intelligence for the Texas Department of Public Safety to discuss the threat of Middle Easterners at our southern border. Bensman believes the threat of granting asylum to Middle Easterners at our border is being ignored by much of the political class. It remains our Achilles heel because “terrorists are unlikely to come here with a bomb; they will come with a good story.” We are admitting a number of Middle Easterners at our border through our broken asylum system. Todd believes that we have a problem with a migrant trail just like in Europe. He explains the pipeline through Latin America and how there is a well-established process for bringing in Middle Easterners. The moral of the story? Why are we not focusing more on the border, visas, and Latin American relations since 9/11 rather than Middle Eastern civil wars? When will we learn the lessons of 9/11? Show links ISIS plot against American ambassador … in Suriname? 9/11 plotters had visas approved even AFTER the attack Somali smuggler brought at least 50 migrants through the border How broken asylum policies allow us to bring in an Al-Shabab member Todd’s PJ Media articles Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When it comes to the most important issues of our time, the political elites are not just missing their shots, they are tossing one airball after another. The entire premise that many policies and political fights are built upon is absolutely erroneous. I begin the show continuing our ongoing discussion about the true origins of judicial supremacy and how it is a political fiction that was completely rejected by our Founders. I shed new insight on how Madison and others were certain that the other branches of government have just as much say in constitutional interpretation as the judiciary does. Yet we have an entire Supreme Court fight built upon a lie that the court is the final word on every matter, absent a constitutional amendment. Both sides, including conservative legal elites, buy into this fallacy. Next, I discuss the upcoming wasteful spending on a drug crisis that Congress has completely misdiagnosed. The true crisis is illicit drugs from open borders, Medicaid expansion, and the war on legitimate pain patients. Also, Trump is finally coming around to our point of view on the budget. So where is the “conservative movement” backing him? Show links Medicaid is the big culprit in prescription overdose crisis But open borders letting in illicit drugs are still the main problem It's budget or bust for Trump, but where is the cavalry? Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I continue the long-running discussion on the true role of the judiciary and who has the final say in constitutional interpretation. I demonstrate the absurdity of how everyone on both sides seems to think the courts are king. It creates a self-fulfilling political crisis with each judicial nomination. I show how this is not the way our Founders created the system, nor does it have to continue being this way. My solution is to return jurisdiction over the most partisan political issues in the federal courts to state courts. I explain why this is still in line with the founding view and the practice in our early years and give three reasons why it is superior to the status quo. I then re-enact the Lincoln-Douglas debates to demonstrate once and for all why the judicial supremacists are disciples of Dred Scott and constitutional supremacists are disciples of Lincoln. Show links Top 9 observations on the worthless Kavanaugh hearings Lincoln-Douglas Debates Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is the point of a Supreme Court confirmation hearing if we never learn anything about his constitutional thoughts but at the same time view the courts as the final say on the Constitution? In this episode, I discuss why the hearings are a shame, why we have no guarantees Kavanaugh will be a Clarence Thomas, and why we are all missing the point about the role of the courts. I lay out in our history lesson why there is no way our Founders intended to make the courts the final say on the Constitution. Show links 15 important constitutional questions we should have answered by Kavanaugh but won't Feckless Republicans rolled by mob rule The ultimate solution to judicial tyranny Putting Kavanaugh in perspective Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This special episode takes us back in time to commemorate two important days in September that have been overshadowed by the vacuous Labor Day. I reminisce about the importance of V-J Day and Constitution Day. The sacrifices of our grandparents in the Pacific during WWII are unimaginable, even compared to the European front. I commemorate their sacrifice, their vision, and valor and ruminate about what we can learn from their grit and determination. I also ponder the upcoming 231st anniversary of the signing of the Constitution. Once again, they had a vision. It wasn’t just about defeating the British. I go back to the under-appreciated challenges of formulating a new government and tie them into our challenges today as Congress returns without an important vision to tackle the issues of our time. On immigration, where is the vision to protect our country? On foreign policy and national defense, where is the vision to prioritize our needs, neutralize the threats, and end the self-immolation? Show links Fire the Swamp A vision on immigration An illegal alien drunk-driving incident that is awfully common Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday night’s elections should serve as another reminder of the impact of Trump’s endorsement. Where we succeed in getting him to endorse the right candidates, we usually win. But all too often, we fail to get him to support the right candidates and we are now electing more bad guys to the House than ever before. I also discuss the importance of Ron DeSantis’ run for governor of Florida and what he stands for. He understands policy and he understands winning issues. I go through some of 25 winning immigration ideas that can change the arc and landscape of the election, but Republicans won’t budge. I show how the progressives in this country are incapable of serious debate because rather than caring about the rule of law, it’s all about identity. I give some examples in some of the latest immigration and jailbreak news. Finally, I report on Jeff Sessions joining the lawsuit against Harvard for the school's hard-core racism against Americans of Asian heritage in pursuit of discriminatory affirmative action. Show links 25 no-brainer immigration ideas that can be passed now DOJ to side with plaintiffs against Harvard affirmative action CIS report on how sanctuaries cover for dangerous criminal aliens and stifle debate Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Americans have a right to own guns, but there is no affirmative right for foreign nationals to immigrate and have government accommodate them to commit identity theft. In this episode, I'm joined by the inimitable Jessica Vaughan to discuss why people like the alleged murderer of Mollie Tibbetts would never be in the country if we truly clamped down on identity theft. She shows how the employer likely knew more than he’s letting on and how the agriculture industry in general is harboring illegal aliens. A concerted government effort to combat identity theft, something it should do anyway, would have prevented this murderer from coming to the country and would likely deter all illegal immigration. Yet government encourages identity theft. I also discuss the cultural and criminal problems created by farming interests that bring in so many migrants from violent countries under the worst conditions. Show notes 6 ways to combat identity theft No difference between the parties on immigration Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I discuss how the Senate GOP is essentially indistinguishable from the Left. Senate Republicans make House Republicans look like the Founders. They just passed a budget bill increasing spending, funding Obamacare, funding the Central American invasion, and funding abortions – in addition to increasing spending to unprecedented levels for all the agencies that shouldn’t even exist. I also discuss how Republicans have completely adopted the Democrat view of health care – the most important fiscal policy issue. Worse, we have no movement to elect conservatives to the Senate. The roster of candidates will make things worse, and Trump is endorsing RINOs. Now the media is pushing the Arizona governor to pick a RINO to fill McCain’s seat. Conservatives need to raise hell over this. Finally, I delve into the good news on jailbreak and show that when conservatives really speak up to Trump, he listens. This iteration of jailbreak is dead for now, but we need to watch out in the long term. These people want to abolish bail and prison. The moral of the story is that we must get to Trump before the bad guys do. This is true on every issue. Show links What GOP senators just did Court says president can ease firing of his own employees California set to abolish bail Trump opposes prison bill Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Between 1.3 million criminal aliens, endless Islamist immigrants tied to terror, and MS-13 gang members, we have needlessly imported aliens who are harming our country when our tradition has been to bring in only those with good moral character. In this show, I address recent immigration news, particularly the illegal alien alleged murderer of Mollie Tibbetts, to show how almost every illegal alien crime, by definition, is avoidable. I discuss E-Verify and identity theft and how easy it would be to detect these individuals, yet government until recently has been doing the opposite. We coddle those who engage in identity theft in order to promote amnesty. Show links What we can learn from the deportation of the 95-year-old Nazi Central American alien “minors” are widely involved with MS-13 DACA recipient planned bomb attacks on ICE Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, I'm joined by Derek Maltz, former head of the DEA’s Special Operations Division. He warns us that we are missing the most dangerous angle of the drug crisis. So much of the drug trade is funding terrorism, and this is done by criminal aliens allowed on our own soil. We tie together China, Mexican cartels, Middle Eastern immigrants funding terror, drugs, crime, sanctuary cities, and weak-on-crime laws. A tall order for one show! Derek explains the need for more cross-agency cooperation and how Bruce Ohr and Robert Mueller dropped the ball on drug leads that could have exposed major terrorist plots and networks. After listening to this show, you will see why now is the worst time to go soft on drug trafficking. Show links Here’s why we have an under-incarceration problem Ed Meese’s opposition to the current jailbreak bill Grassley’s appalling flip on crime and drugs Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I discuss the nexus between crime, the drug crisis, immigration, and terror financing. It’s a perspective on the drug crisis, crime, and incarceration that nobody else will explain or even recognize. I dismiss the typical debate over “the war on drugs” by identifying the true nature of what we face with drugs today. This is not a cultural or health care debate; this is a national security and immigration issue. Once we understand the problem and the cause, it’s easy to understand why the jailbreak legislation is terrible. I also give a broad perspective on why the soft-on-crime proposals are all built on lies across the board. Finally, I expose the duplicity of Sen. Chuck Grassley on crime and drugs – flipping from one end to another in a matter of a few months. Show links The lies about the drug crisis People are dying because of criminal justice "reform" The K2 marijuana poisoning explained Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are facing a conundrum. Our base is sleeping and distracted because they perceive that we are in power and changing the status quo, but really the status quo is getting worse on many fronts. Thus the other side is energized as if conservatives are in power, but despite some positive changes, things are actually getting worse. For our purposes today, I discuss two issues critical to civilization: religious liberty and immigration. The Left is winning its sexual licentiousness agenda more than ever before, and despite the court decision, leftists are forcing bakers to bake cakes against their consciences. Conservatives are so caught up in thinking we are winning back the courts that we refuse to get on the playing field and push for legislation protecting religious liberty. Also, think we had a "travel ban"? Think again. Immigration from the Middle East is still at record highs, has increased from some areas, and has only slightly decreased from those countries on the list. Imagine if we had a sensible immigration policy. Show links A Somali bigamist and Islamist who married brother as a congresswoman? Juxtaposing our foreign policy to our immigration is scary Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The abstract immigrant is very popular. Recently, Laura Ingraham and Stephen Miller have been attacked for their views on immigration because the Left only understands a hypothetical abstract immigrant. Facts, details, and the broader context on immigration don’t matter. In this episode, I give you a real history lesson on our laws, traditions, and policies concerning immigration. We never let in criminals or public charges, and we most certainly would never have granted citizenship to illegal aliens. Immigration must always be viewed in its proper historical context. I also warn you about the upcoming budget betrayal in the Senate. Don’t think they are coming back early from recess to do good things. Show links Putting immigration in context Yes, recent immigration has changed this country The facts on immigration nobody else will tell you Ninth Circuit allows Mexican to sue border agent Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most suburban voters don’t want to embrace MS-13 and Hamas while banning straws. Yet they are fleeing the GOP for a party that is doing just that. Why? In this episode, we break down the recent election results and show how and why Republicans are losing this election. They need policies, personnel, and a purpose but are lacking all three. They are incurring all the liabilities of Trump but are not benefiting from his appeal to other demographics because they lack a message that will bring them to the polls. We also update you in a lightning round of news on immigration, the courts, and other happenings in politics. Watch out for jailbreak legislation. This is a code red. Trump has been convinced to promote the most extreme early release agenda and sentencing reduction that, yes, includes violent offenders. Finally, we show the extent of the personnel problems with liberals or RINOs still holding major positions in the administration. Also, why are so many critical executive positions still vacant so late into this presidency? Show links Republicans giving no reason to vote for them Department of Labor is essentially Obama’s third term Welfare for illegals is against our laws, history, and traditions Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I'm joined by Professor Brian Fitzpatrick, a former Scalia law clerk and current law professor at Vanderbilt University. Brian gives us an expert opinion on the current trends in the lower courts and their threat to democracy. Following up on his congressional testimony, Fitzpatrick argues that unless we reform the jurisdiction of the lower federal courts, any anomalous and extreme judge among the 7,000 district judges can wield enormous power. He warns that if you’re counting on a conservative Supreme Court to catch every mistake of the lower courts, you will surely be disappointed. SCOTUS is continuously reducing its workload and is very cautious to weigh in. Given that the Left is shopping around its lawsuits to courts that will give it victories and nationwide injunctions, the cases are never even brought to the Supreme Court. He sees the most immediate needs as dividing up the Ninth Circuit and having Congress ban universal injunctions as the best remedies. We also discuss the need to transfer more power to state courts, particularly from lower federal courts. Congress has enormous power over the courts, if it will only use it. Show links Prof. Fitzpatrick’s congressional testimony on reforming the courts [written testimony] Why Gorsuch’s Dimaya ruling on criminal aliens is so dangerous Mexicans can now sue the Border Patrol for doing its job Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are two major policy betrayals emanating from this White House – both of which are being pushed by Javanaka. In this show we delve into the problems with the soft-on-crime “jailbreak” agenda and the stupid economics behind Ivankacare. First, we go through the details of the jailbreak bills that nobody is willing to study, much less oppose. Don’t listen to the platitudes of “criminal justice reform.” Look at what is actually happening with crime and incarceration and compare against what the bills actually do. Then, we discuss the insane social and economic values behind Marco Rubio’s “Ivankacare" bill. Europe’s experience shows that this is a dumb idea that only exacerbates family problems and creates a glass ceiling for women. Are we going to allow Trump to drift on such fundamental issues? Show links Bush judge demands that Trump be a king Rubio’s Ivankacare is the worst idea imaginable Jared and GOP senators getting Trump to violate his principles on crime Why we need a very different type of criminal justice reform Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s another ‘foreign policy Friday’ and we are joined by CR’s national security correspondent, Jordan Schachtel (@Jordan Schachtel). We go around the map and update you on what’s going on in Iran, Israel, Turkey, and North Korea and asses everything from a standpoint of what is in our interest and what is not. We also asses where the administration is making progress and where they need to hear a vision from conservatives in order to right the ship. The foreign policy swamp is big and powerful and unless conservatives develop their own policies and get in the ears of Trump, even the best of cabinet picks will be overwhelmed by the forces of the status quo. We also discuss the bombshell revelation of Dianne Feinstein employing a Chinese spy for 20 years. Finally, we dissect the cancer of the Kochs and how they push left-wing policies. They are being empowered by Jared and Ivanka who are now both pushing jailbreak and socialist paid family leave programs. Now is a time for conservatives to be bold and brave and demand that Trump orient all his policies and personnel with his rhetoric. Show links State of play in Iran Iran’s threat in the Straits of Hormuz Dave Brat’s bill to bar funding of religious institutions from terrorist nations Is Jared pushing a new “peace” plan? Kochs funding anti-Israel leftists Rubio’s Ivankacare is a disaster on every level Dianne Feinstein employed a Chinese spy for 20 years Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conservatives need to stay focused on actually implementing our agenda rather than being scared to prod the president into action. In many cases, he is very open to our position. This is evident with the budget fight. But if we fail to get involved, he will drift to the gravitational pull of the swamp. We do him nor his agenda any favors by not properly guiding him on the budget fight, crime bills, and how to fight the courts. We give a vision on how to navigate this budget fight over the next month. We also give an update on the latest insane court decisions and how one recent court opinion on First Amendment rights demonstrates how easy it is for the executive branch to push back – if it so chooses. At some point, the unwillingness to push back is akin to a 250-pound boxer being held up by a 100-pound woman. We also, touch on jailbreak – the insane Koch initiative that never dies. This bill violates everything Trump promised on crime, drugs, and immigration. Show links It’s time to test the limits of judicial supremacy Racist judge rules blacks too dumb for normal ballots Hilarious CRTV video on racist arguments against photo id Judge orders hurricane relief that doesn’t exist in statute More updates on the terrible soft on crime bill Trump is supporting Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we are joined by Beth Williams, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Office of Legal Policy, to discuss the new religious liberty task force established on Monday by Jeff Sessions. Ms. Williams updates us on some of the growing concerns throughout the country that religious liberty has now been read out of the Constitution, even though it is the very first right in the Bill of Rights. We discuss the challenge of the lower courts codifying new rights against the inalienable rights of religious liberty, even after some important Supreme Court victories. Later in the show, we give an update on immigration, other crazy court cases and the fight to even have a fight over the budget. We also discuss the latest data on the drug crisis and how all signs point to the border issue, not prescriptions as the culprit. Either way, the Left is zealous about their views with a degree of religious fervency that is absent from the Right. Quotes: As Justice Story wrote in “Commentaries on the Constitution” (3: § 1870) “The rights of conscience are, indeed, beyond the just reach of any human power. They are given by God, and cannot be encroached upon by human authority.” During the House floor debate over the First Amendment on August 20, 1789, James Madison explained the purpose of the Establishment Clause as follows: “Congress should not establish a religion, and enforce the legal observation of it by law, nor compel men to worship God in any manner contrary to their conscience.” [Emphasis added]. Show notes What Maryland teaches us about the drug crisis 9 nutty court decisions from last week DC metro can ban religious ads, according to DC Circuit Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Congress might be on vacation until after Labor Day, but the lower courts are working overtime to destroy this republic. You will come away from this episode understanding, once and for all, why the judiciary is irremediably broken, why simply appointing “better judges” alone won’t help, and why nothing matters in terms of elections and Congress until this issue is dealt with. We go through a list of about 10 insane court decisions dealing with cultural, fiscal, and immigration issues just from last week. These cases alone have the ability to alter our country in a way that even Democrat control of Congress would never do. Fundamental rights have been so bastardized by the courts that what is a true right, such as property, religious liberty, and self-defense, can be regulated into oblivion, while the “right” to self-immolate for the sexual identity movement and to kill one’s baby cannot be touched and must be subsidized. Get ready to hear the case against the current judiciary everyone else is scared to make. Show links Jim Jordan calls for budget fight before the election 10 ways to reclaim power from the courts Court ruling on an immigration case over which it has no jurisdiction Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we are joined by Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., to discuss the significance of Jim Jordan’s run for speaker. Biggs was one of the first members to endorse his candidacy. He gives us an inside look at how House leadership is failing us. They have no proactive agenda and always cave to the liberal Senate, thereby making House Republicans always explain themselves and remain on defense. “Whoever is explaining is losing,” said Biggs. He elucidates how a leader like Jordan will turn the tables on the Senate and make them explain why they are opposing our winning bills. He believes that most House Republicans, perhaps unlike Senate Republicans, would do the right thing with an aggressive and proactive leadership. Andy also discusses the problems with illegal immigration and an out-of-control judiciary. Congress has been completely MIA on those issues. Later in the show, we place the GDP numbers in their proper context. We show that, while the tax cuts did a good job infusing the economy with capital in the short run, there are still a lot of mitigating factors that hurt our economy and will make it harder to grow at 4 percent for the entire year, absent more free-market reforms to our fiscal policy and the Federal Reserve. Show links The true crisis of illegal immigration Don’t miss the Andy Biggs podcast every week! Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before we can understand the significance of the speaker’s race, we need to understand what is wrong with Congress. In today’s show, I go through the recent betrayals in Congress and how there is no forward-looking conservative movement to hold people accountable. Absent conservative leadership, the president is drifting into the establishment camp. This is where Jim Jordan comes in. Jordan has an opportunity to finally get our views, ideas, and strategies on the map and to push the president to the right. He can help conservatives trying to keep their seats disentangle from the morass of the GOP and rebrand themselves — but only if we as a movement actually push for these ideas. Show links Jim Jordan’s run for speaker is the last chance to save Congress Americans overwhelmingly oppose illegals voting in elections Judge allows lawsuit against asking citizenship status on Census Republicans just voted for something worse than amnesty Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we are joined by Joseph Humire, our expert on Latin America and terrorism, to discuss the nexus between our own immigration crisis, instability in Nicaragua and Venezuela, and a subversion campaign by the axis of Russia-China-Iran. Humire explains why you should care about Latin America, particularly what is going on in Nicaragua and Venezuela. Central American migrants are being used to destabilize the region and bring in Middle Easterners. The threat from Middle Easterners at the border has never been graver and will only get worse as these key transit countries deteriorate. Who is behind much of the destabilization? Russia. We can only secure our border if we stop the flow in Central America itself, according to Humire, which is why the Russians are establishing ties with the bad guys there to foist upon us the same migration crisis they helped bring upon Europe with the destabilization of Syria. We need a doctrine to signal our priorities to potential allies in the region and to deter Russia and China. We also give you the latest perfidy from Republicans stabbing us in the back on immigration and the courts. Show links Judge suspends immigration law again Russia’s threat in Latin America Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’ve all but forgotten that our debt crisis is now worse than it was under Obama. Republicans keep increasing spending every week, and nobody pays attention and nobody on the “Right” is pressuring Trump to dust off his veto pen. In this episode, I explain why the source of the debt is mainly from spending, not the tax cuts, and how it is hurting our economy and national security. I offer a legislative update on the spending bills, farm bill, and some ridiculous health care bills that will wind their way through Congress. GOP leaders continue to miss the point. Health care is the lynchpin to the debt crisis and getting rid of third-party interference is the lynchpin to solving health care. But they are headed in the opposite direction. Show links Even with tax cuts, we will never grow the way we should because of debt Countering Russia the right way Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now that the Left has raised the prominence of foreign interference in elections, this is the perfect time to make a legislative push to end foreign voting in our elections. Today we are joined by Logan Churchwell, communications and research director for the Public Interest Legal Foundation, who spends his time fighting voter fraud and promoting 21st-century ways to secure our vote. We are treated to a brilliant deep dive into the many facets of voter fraud and non-citizens voting. Logan explains how weak verification, in conjunction with motor voter laws, not only protects criminals but also hurts law-abiding legal immigrants by ensnaring them in inadvertent voting felonies. Many motor vehicle bureau databases are bloated with wrong information or are full of non-citizens, and even illegal aliens, with no distinguishing indicator that they are not citizens. Now, with automatic voter registration laws, any non-citizen who orders any service from a state driving agency can be registered to vote! Logan also explains how absentee mail-in ballots pose the single biggest concern of voter fraud because they have created an industry for malevolent third-party brokers to take advantage of elderly people who hand their ballots to campaigns. He discusses the simple solutions that his organization is working on to expose the problem and secure our elections. Show links Sanctuaries reward crime wave with voting rights for illegals PILF report on stealing the vote in Pennsylvania Today’s show sponsored by Purple.com Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Republicans lack a conservative vision on foreign policy and Russia, and therefore we are seeing a lot of false dichotomies being supported by some of our friends. It’s no different from the false dichotomies we see in the primaries, when President Trump supports RINO candidates because conservatives have no coherent and robust plan of their own. We begin the show by discussing how Trump is hurting us in primaries by supporting RINOs but not conservatives. This is the fault of the comatose conservative movement refusing to get involved and get in Trump’s ear the way Kevin McCarthy does for his candidates. Next, we move on to Russia. The real threat from Russia is not election hacking but its nuclear dominance mixed with its geopolitical ambition. We are fortunate to be joined by Dr. Mark Schneider, a senior analyst with the National Institute for Public Policy. He is one of the foremost experts on nuclear capabilities, missile defense, arms control, and general policy pertaining to Russia and China. He gives us an intelligence briefing on the true threat from Russia. Schneider explains how some of the very people complaining about Trump’s relationship with Putin are the ones who needlessly depleted our nuclear deterrent and promoted terrible arms deals that have re-empowered Russia to modernize their nuclear offensive capabilities. He concludes that with the right focus and only a little bit of money, we can make America’s nuclear deterrent great again and ensure Putin can never rival us. But unless we modernize our nuclear triad, the deterrent will collapse. Show links Schneider on how to deter Russia without breaking the bank How Russia and China are modernizing while we are depleting our nuclear capabilities Trump would be wise to discontinue the New START surrender treaty How Russia is lying about its nuclear program Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where is Congress? It was said that legislators would stay in session for August, yet they don’t even have a meaningful agenda to fill up the month of July. In today’s show, we observe all the ways that Congress, urged by a president willing to wield the veto pen, can tackle some of the issues people care about. Everyone is up in arms about Trump’s comments to Putin, and I'm also disappointed, but wouldn’t now be a perfect time for Congress to tackle foreign interference in our elections by preventing non-citizens from voting? Also, we go through the latest with crime, beheadings, and drugs squarely the fault of sanctuary cities. Congress is doing nothing about the problem, and it’s getting worse every day. We have district judges who are getting more maniacal by the day, yet nobody in Congress will deal with the problem. Also, do you really think a more conservative Supreme Court will even change this? Show links The drug cartels are our ISIS Beheadings in America Judge mandates we pay for illegals Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many in the political class are missing the point about NATO. The very countries that claim to value our support against enemies are working with those enemies to sabotage America and self-immolate while sticking us with the tab. Today, for foreign policy Friday, we are joined by CR’s national security correspondent, Jordan Schachtel, to discuss the latest on Trump’s visit to Europe. Jordan gives us the full perspective on Germany’s perfidy with Russia and the problems with Turkey in NATO. We also discuss the opportunities to use a carrot-and-stick approach with the new Mexican president and the need to reorient our priorities, alliances, and focus on national security. Show links The aimless war in Africa How Merkel is betraying us and cozying up to Russia Why Trump is right about NATO Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is it that is broken about the courts? What are the trends? How do we fix it? And how does a SCOTUS pick help redress the problem? The D.C. legal conservatives don’t want to observe these problems or even ask these questions. This is why they are coming to the wrong conclusions about the type of justice we need on the court and the limit of even the best justices to fix the system absent broader reforms that they oppose or ignore. In this episode, we discuss the core problems with the lower courts and the judicial velocity and how once you understand that, anything short of a Clarence Thomas who would 100 percent uproot the judicial cancer won’t solve the problem. It’s akin to taking out most of a tumor, which sounds nice, but is actually worthless. It’s in this vein that we explore some of the concerning aspects of Kavanaugh’s record. Show links Death by a thousand lawsuits in the lower courts A realist view of Kavanaugh Sen. Kennedy on the need to press nominees on philosophy Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this blockbuster show, we lay out the bare truth of the power of the courts. We go through the history of Marbury, the true lessons from that era, and how the Warren court adulterated its principles. Who gets to determine the interpretation of the Constitution? We answer that question from our Founders' perspective and explain how they would not recognize the power of the courts today. Show links The history of judicial supremacism Lower courts are showing why the next scotus pick won't necessarily save us Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The weight of the entire political universe has come down on the side of the illegal alien families who are separated as a result of their own callous actions violating our sovereignty and endangering our security. Yet nobody wants to focus on the victims of illegal immigrants. We have committed a focus on victims of crime and illegal immigration here at the Conservative Conscience and are honored to talk today with Aileen Smith. Aileen and her husband Zach lost their unborn son Dimitri in 2012 after an illegal alien crashed into them and severely injured the passengers. This was unbelievably avoidable, because the illegal driver was arrested eight times for DUI and was never turned over to ICE thanks to sanctuary policies in New Mexico. Aileen discusses what it’s like to go through the personal and financial ruin of seeking justice from murderers. It’s especially bad when the perpetrator is a member of a protected class. The victims get no help in these cases because it’s not politically correct to do so. There needs to be a greater outcry for the victims of illegal immigration, the security problems of sanctuary cities, and the need to get tougher on drunk driving in general. Show links Go Fund Me: Justice for Dimitri The extent of the illegal alien drunk driving problem Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marbury v. Madison, judicial review v. judicial supremacy, the history and role of the courts, what’s at stake, what will change, and who should we pick? If you love court news, you will want to tune in to this show. We give a long and broad look at the trends and issues in both the lower courts and Supreme Court and discuss, based on this background, who we need. Most importantly, we need certainty. Show links What conservative want in a Supreme Court justice What will change and what won't with a new justice Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Brandon Judd, the president of the National Border Patrol Council, who is also an active duty agent. He sets the record straight about the policies of the Border Patrol dealing with families and how fundamentally nothing has changed, except that the media’s coverage is hampering the Border Patrol's job and empowering the drug cartels while fueling the very unfortunate outcomes for illegal immigrants that they claim to oppose. Brandon’s central point is that our policies, magnets for bogus asylum claims, are used by the cartels to tie up the border agents and create gaps in our security. That is when they are sending in the really bad people who pay a lot of money to be smuggled over the border. Thus, open-border policies and the media are exacerbating the crisis and hurting everyone. They have caught thousands of criminals just this year, and those are just the people who already had criminal records in America. There’s no way of knowing how many have done bad things in their home countries. And with the surge of bogus asylum seekers, it is harder for Border Patrol to apprehend these people. We also briefly touch on Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, with some initial thoughts on what’s next. Show links Time to heed Clarence Thomas’s warning about lower courts Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we digest the blockbuster Supreme Court finale. While we are winning some short-term battles at the courts, if we don’t get vigilant about the problems with the lower courts, we will still lose the war. We dissect each important element of Trump v. Hawaii and preview some other cases. We also showcase the hypocrisy of Anthony Kennedy on religious liberty when it comes into conflict with his protected classes. Show links Scotus on immigration: A sovereign republic – if you can keep it Understand state sovereignty on immigration Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices