Currently embarking on our annual end-of-July vacation, so I'm taking a break from the blog until next week.  Talk to y'all then.  ..read more

In my blog post promoting Sunday's radio show, I suggested that President Joe Biden would announce he would not seek reelection during the broadcast. Sure enough, shortly after I went on air, the official word came down.  My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best… pic.twitter.com/x8DnvuImJV — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 21, 2024 While Biden has endorsed VP H ..read more

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I have a feeling there may be breaking news about a certain octogenarian POTUS during today's edition of my radio show The Closer. If not, we still have plenty to pack in from 1:00 until 3:00 PM Central Time.  Yeah, it's another guest-a-palooza on today's broadcast:  1:00 - Former U.S. Secret Service agent Mike Olson will weigh in the USSS response to the assassination attempt of Donald Trump as well as what FBI investigation have revealed thus far about the agency.  1:30 - Republican candidate in MN House District 25A (northern Rochester, Oronoco) Ken Navitsky will be on to ..read more

If you choose to indulge in any recaps of this past week's Republican National Convention, this portion is definitely worth your time:  Those are family members of some of the 13 service members killed in Afghanistan in the aftermath of the Biden administration's botched withdrawal in August 2021.  As Noah Rothman of National Review points out, it drew a clear distinction between the leadership styles of Donald Trump and President Joe Biden.  The most powerful moment of the RNC...opened with a masterfully produced video package featuring some of the 13 service members who ..read more

On Wednesday evening, prog MSNBC commentator (kinda redundant, no?) Joy Reid desperately tried to convince viewers (and perhaps herself) that President Joe Biden's most recent bout with COVID is on par with Donald Trump being grazed by a bullet.  Reid whines that Trump surviving an assassination attempt is viewed "as a sign of strength." She suggests Biden recovering from COVID should be celebrated the same way: "If he does fine...and is able to do rallies, isn't that exactly the same?" "It should," Jen Psaki says. pic.twitter.com/P6CS47Q2PX — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) July 1 ..read more

We're not even a week removed from the assassination attempt on the life of Donald Trump, yet I feel as though a good number of folks have put it in the rearview mirror.  In the Tuesday edition of his newsletter Morning Take, Blois Olson conveyed what I've been feeling.  In the minute-by-minute media cycle and the quick snippet news delivery of social media, the gravity of Saturday’s assassination attempt seems to be lost. From the Republican convention and the naming of JD Vance, a Teamster’s speech and fmr. President Trump’s appearance to the shift in coverage and critiques by De ..read more

Within an hour after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on Saturday, I sped down to the Patriot bunker for a special live edition of the Northern Alliance Radio Network. While I was on air, Trump posted a statement on his "Truth Social" app which I read on air.  Upon reading that, I remarked how the sentiments expressed were so unlike Trump in that his tone was dignified and judicious.  Then on Sunday morning, a little more than 12 hours after the attempt on his life, Trump made these comments.  Again, I was struck by his graciousness.  ..read more

Detroit Tigers at Boston Red Sox - June 18, 1953 ..read more