This week, in our Stupidest thing I’ve heard all week segment, we’ll tell you how much the Government of New Jersey is paying to have a portrait painted of its former Governor. 

We’ll tell you about a new study that answers the question: Can your dog tell if you are happy or sad just by your facial expression? 

We’ll tell you how many guns were sold in Colorado last month in advance of their new gun law that went into effect on August 1st. 

On a related topic, we’ll tell you about a federal court ruling in Texas about the legality of silencers (suppressors) for pistols & rifles and which states still ban their possession & use. 

We’ll tell you why the water crisis in Puerto Rico has more to do with its government than the weather. 

We’ll tell you how posting a hateful comment on Facebook in Canada can get you arrested and thrown in jail. 

We’ll tell you which state is paying for an electronic billboard in New York City’s Times Square congratulating New York City Mayor Mamdani for being named its Economic Developer of the year award winner. 

We’ll tell you how many illegal guns were seized in New York City in just one afternoon last month and compare that with how difficult & expensive it is for law-abiding citizens to legally acquire a gun in that city. 

We’ll tell you one of the many reasons why corporations are continuing to leave States like California & New Jersey. 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Land O’Lakes, Florida, where a homeowner shoots & kills the armed Ex-husband of a woman and child he was sheltering from that abusive relationship.

Our quote of the week, this week, is once again from Economist Thomas Sowell, pointing out the folly of people who oppose wealth creation in this country 

In our Stupidest thing I’ve heard all week segment, we’ll tell you about a ballot initiative in Colorado that would require you to get a license and pay a fee if you took a picture of wildlife in your backyard and posted that picture online. 

We'll tell you about the trick a college professor came up with to identify which of his students were using AI systems to write their papers for them. 

We’ll play a clip of Bill Maher pointing out why he believes that many of the people who identify as Democratic socialists are morons. 

We’ll play a clip of the results of a vote just taken by the Parliament of the European Union that completely reverses the stand they have held on immigration for the past twenty years. 

In a state that has been cutting funding to public schools in order to balance its budget, we’ll tell you how the Governor of NJ has decided to spend $20 million in taxpayer dollars. 

We’ll tell you how much New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) is costing taxpayers and why NY state residents who never use it are helping to pay for it, a situation that is not unique to that state 

We’ll tell you one of the reasons the Gen Z generation is having a hard time saving money to buy a house. 

We’ll play a clip of comedian Jerry Seinfeld dealing with a pro-Palestinian/anti-Israel protester at one of his comedy shows in Australia. 

We’ll tell you how a good guy with a gun saved lives in Idaho this past weekend when he intervened in a mass shooting rampage. 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Scottsdale, AZ, where a homeowner shoots & kills a naked man who was inside one of his children’s rooms

This week in our Stupidest thing I’ve heard all week segment, we’ll tell you about a plan by the Mayor of NY City to put local grocery stores and Bodegas out of business. 

In our quote of the week, we have a clip from Bill Maher explaining why Trump won the last Presidential election. 

In our science minute, we’ll tell you how many Starlink satellites there are in orbit around the Earth and how often one of them falls out of orbit. 

We’ll tell you how much money some AI systems are making for the companies that develop them and some scary things that have been happening during the testing of the most recent models. 

We’ll tell you about a restaurant promotion that might be racist because it requires customers to show a picture ID to use it. 

It’s no secret that the economies of Texas & Florida are booming, partially as the result of companies and high net worth individuals moving to those states from high-tax blue states. 

We’ll tell you where Florida’s economy now ranks compared to the economies of other countries around the world. 

We’ll tell you what one of the least used names for new babies was last year and what that decline has to do with President Trump. 

In 2024, Scotland increased its top income tax rate to 48%. We’ll tell you what impact that rate increase had on tax revenues in 2025. 

We’ll tell you how a bureaucratic delay got a woman killed a decade ago and why that story is still relevant today. 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Detroit, where two home invaders break into the house of a 75-year-old man at 3:00 o’clock in the morning. 

In this week's podcast, our Stupidest thing I’ve heard all week segment, we’ll tell you which mayor of which major US City is threatening to arrest the Prime Minister of Israel when he visits his city in September. 

In our runner-up to the Stupidest thing I’ve heard all week, we’ll tell you which airline is allowing passengers to change their chosen arrival airport to a different airport at no charge and why. 

We’ll tell you how NY City’s rent control regulations are making that city’s housing shortage far worse than it needs to be 

We’ll tell you about a Federal Court ruling that overturned New Jersey’s long-standing ban on the sale of what it deemed to be so-called “Assault weapons” and “high-capacity” magazines and how the Governor of that state reacted to the ruling. 

We’ll play a clip describing how Seattle’s new Socialist Mayor is trying to deal with the mess that she helped to create. 

We’ll tell you how one US City is turning solid human waste from its wastewater treatment plants into a money-making product 

We’ll tell you where 3,000 armed teenagers gathered for 5 days and how many of them got shot by the end of that week. 

We’ll revisit the most recent price increase in the cost of a 1st class postage stamp and how the cost to mail a letter in the US compares to how much it cost to mail the same letter in the UK. 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Charleston, WV, where a road rage victim shoots and kills the driver of the other car who chased him and then tried to attack him while he was sitting in his car. 

Our quote of the week this week is a repeat of two quotes by economist Thomas Sowell on the failure of Socialism, because we are going to be talking about the recently released platform of the Democratic Socialists of America 

We’ll tell you about the key parts of the Democratic Socialists of America's platform, released last week, and why they should scare you. 

Taxing a tax: We'll show you which state imposes a tax on its own fuel tax amount and how much that tax costs you if you buy gas in that state. 

In our most outrageous thing I’ve heard all week, we’ll tell you about the new fee schedule to apply for a concealed weapon carry permit that was just issued by the Sheriff of San Jose, California, and why it discriminates against people with lower incomes 

We’ll tell you about a new trend by several major retailers who are replacing paper price labels on store shelves with LED displays that can change the price of every item in the store at least once per day. 

If you are a flat-earth believer or have friends who are, we’ll tell you about a new challenge by one of the largest sporting goods companies in this country that could make you rich. 

We’ll tell you about a doctor who incorrectly declared a young child to be dead and how the parents found out about that mistake. 

We tell you what percentage of the US & global populations are pilots, and what it would take for you to become one. 

We’ll show you how the prices of things like health care & college tuition have changed over the past 25 years, and how those changes compare to changes in the prices of other everyday items like automobiles, television sets, and refrigerators. 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Los Angeles, where a shop owner shoots & kills 2 of 3 armed robbers. 

In this week's Podcast, our quote of the week is on the issue of illegal aliens by one of the most prominent political figures of this century, and a woman’s reaction to it. 

In our Stupidest thing I’ve heard all week segment, we’ll tell you which governor thinks that you can fire a semi-automatic rifle 60 times in one second 

We’ll share with you some statistics on the aging of the US population and what that means for the future of Social Security. 

We’ll tell you how much the price of stamps will go up again and why it won’t be enough to keep the Post Office from losing money. 

We tell you how the ATF has gone from trying to infringe on the 2nd amendment rights of U.S. citizens to helping to protect those rights. 

In a follow-up to our story about heat-related deaths in the UK last week, we’ll tell you how many heat-related deaths France experienced in just one week last month and how many people are dying from heat-related causes in Europe each year. The figures are shocking. 

We’ll tell you why the price of cell phones, IPADs, and computers is rising rapidly and why new AI centers are partially to blame. 

We’ll play a clip from Bill Maher explaining why the platform of the Democratic Socialists of America candidates will ultimately result in disaster if they are successful in achieving their goals 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Phoenix, where a customer in a Walgreens shoots & kills an armed robber

This week, our quote of the week is an analogy comparing the cost of riding on the wrong train to spending your time on things that don’t bring you closer to your life goals. 

In our Stupidest thing I’ve heard all week segment, we’ll tell you which Democrat Congresswoman thinks that a piece of legislation mandating that whole milk be served in school cafeterias is racist and why. 

We’ll tell you about a county Sheriff in Nevada who is defying a judge’s order by refusing to release a man arrested 35 times. 

We’ll tell you how a man stranded in the Canadian wilderness saved his own life using nothing but his axe and his own ingenuity. 

We tell you which US state has the most COSTCOs and which states have none 

We’ll tell you why thousands of people in the UK & Europe are likely to die from the heat this summer, and why the UK government is making it impossible for many residents to stay cool. 

We’ll play a clip from Bill Maher explaining why Democrats like AOC are responsible for their party being in the minority in both houses of Congress. 

We’ll play a clip from Kevin O’Leary describing the moment the graduate students he teaches go from being socialists to capitalists. 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Blue Springs, Missouri, where a homeowner awakens to an intruder inside his home.