In this week's podcast, our quote of the week is from Congressman Wesley Hunt on the apparent miracle that allowed him, as a black man living in Texas, to obtain multiple forms of picture ID and proof of citizenship. 

In the stupidest thing I’ve heard all week, we’ll tell you about a South Carolina inmate on death row whose execution has been indefinitely postponed because he now claims that he is immortal 

In our runner-up to the stupidest thing I’ve heard all week, we have two contenders: 

• The first is a poll showing what percentage of Americans believe that the Sun orbits the Earth rather than the Earth orbiting the Sun. 

• The second is a poll telling us what percentage of Americans believe the shooting at the White House correspondent’s dinner was a staged event. 

We’ll tell you why if you bought an iPhone 15 or 16 in the last few years, Apple will send you a check if you ask. 

We’ll tell you about a Jewish-backed firearm training organization with 50 chapters nationwide that calls itself “Lox & Loaded”. 

Since the conflict with Iran began on February 28th, we’ll tell you about where 55 Americans have been killed and 200 others wounded, and why Iran is not responsible for any of those deaths or injuries. 

In another terrible example of what can happen when our immigration laws are not enforced, we’ll tell you where an illegal immigrant with prior convictions has now been charged with raping a 10-year-old girl in her school, years after his first arrest in 2021. 

In an equally shocking story, we’ll tell you where an elected district attorney established a policy that allowed his prosecutors to offer special plea deals to illegal immigrants charged with serious crimes in his county. 

We tell you about a push by Democrats to raise the US Minimum wage to $25.00 per hour and the economic impact that could have. 

We tell you about a fight brewing between NY City Mayor Mamdani and a Billionaire who employs thousands of people in NY and owns a multi-million-dollar condominium in that City. 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Texas, where a man shoots & kills a man trying to carjack his car that already has his entire family sitting inside it. 

This week, our quote of the week is from President Ronald Reagan, who tells a story about a boy selling puppies outside Democratic and Republican fundraising rallies a few weeks apart. 

We’ll tell you why the 14,000 people who worked for Spirit Airlines didn’t have to lose their jobs and which US Senator is to blame. 

We’ll tell you about a voter fraud scheme that took place in one New Jersey town and how the candidate involved tried to pull it off. 

We’ll discuss Hunter Biden’s current financial situation and how the sale of his paintings has declined since his father is no longer the President. 

We tell you which governor was told about the growing hospice fraud industry in his state 4 years ago and what he did about it 

We tell you what has happened to the gun crime rate in New Jersey over the past 3 years, right after the State was forced to begin issuing concealed weapon carry permits as a result of a 2022 Supreme Court decision. 

We have a quote from Senator John Kennedy giving his perspective on the current Iran situation. 

We have a quote from Senator Ted Cruz telling us how the Somalian terrorist group Al Shabaab is being funded 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Nashville, where an armed carjacker attempts to steal the car of a DoorDash driver who was also armed.  

In this week's podcast, our quote of the week is from Senator John Kennedy describing Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. 

In our stupidest thing I’ve heard all week, there are literally hundreds (if not thousands) of liberals posting to social media claiming that the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner this past Saturday night was staged by the White House. We’ll tell you why they want to believe that. 

We’ll tell you how many criminals New York City has released back onto the streets of that city because of its policy not to honor ICE detainer requests. 

We’ll tell you about a brew pub in Minnesota that has been offering a free beer celebration to all customers if Trump is assassinated or dies. 

We’ll tell about an enterprising criminal in New Jersey who was operating 80 vending machines throughout the state that were illegally dispensing marijuana products and how long it took the police to locate & arrest him. 

We have a clip of EPA Administrator Lee Zelden going head-to-head with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, and wow, do the sparks fly.

We have a clip of Volusia County, Florida, Sheriff Mike Chitwood confronting a man at the airport who threatened to kill him. 

We have a collection of clips from President Biden & Obama, and Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, all threatening to do exactly what Trump has done with regard to Iran. 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Detroit, where an armed passenger in a car shoots and kills three people who were attacking the car’s driver. 

This week, our quote of the week is from an anonymous source, but it is about giving yourself credit for what you have accomplished and not stressing about the goals you have not yet achieved. 

In our stupidest thing I’ve heard all week, we’ll tell you about the very expensive treatments & procedures that California prison inmates are receiving at taxpayer expense. 

We’ll tell you about a scam involving Legos and dried pasta that one man pulled off more than 70 times before finally being caught & arrested. 

We’ll tell when, where & how the first online gaming event took place. HINT: It took place before you were born. 

In a story you didn’t hear about on the news but should have, we’ll tell you what happened to the Washington, D.C. homicide rate after President Trump deployed the National Guard to help patrol the streets of that city last summer.r 

We’ll tell you about a piece of outrageous legislation making its way through the California legislature that would make videotaping evidence of taxpayer fraud and posting that evidence online a crime. 

We’ll give you an update on a national movement called the popular vote compact, and which state became the most recent to sign on to that agreement. 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Austin, Texas, where 12 men attacked two gun store employees outside of a local club, and only 11 of them survived that encounter.  

Our quote of the week is once again from Economist Thomas Sowell on why “Johnny can’t read” is not the biggest problem this country is facing.

In our stupidest thing I’ve heard all week, we have a clip of Senator Corey Booker proposing a new tax plan that would have most people paying no income taxes.

We’ll tell you how the extension of the tax cuts that were part of last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill has benefited the middle class. 

We’ll tell you how much trouble the US Postal Service is in and the radical approach it's taking to avoid running out of money. 

We'll tell you which state is now requiring a Photo ID when you return empty bottles & cans for a deposit refund, but not to vote. 

We’ll tell you about a study out of Finland that looked at the long-term effect of sex reassignment surgeries performed on pre-teens and young adults. 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from California, where the police decided to run over and kill a gunman who had shot & killed one of their officers.  

In this week's podcast, our quote of the week this week is from Economist Thomas Sowell on the government’s track record on fixing problems by spending more money. 

In our stupidest thing I’ve heard all week, the NY Times published a story about NATO and incorrectly told readers what NATO stands for. 

We’ll recap a story that 60 Minutes did this past weekend on the California Bullet train project to link Los Angeles to San Francisco that began in 2008. 

As a follow-up to that story, we’ll share some startling statistics on the growth of government in California over the past decade compared with population growth. 

In yet another California-based story, we’ll play a clip about a series of arrests related to a new multi-billion-dollar Medicare fraud scam centered on hospice care. 

We’ll give you an example of how President Trump’s trade tariffs are helping to grow the US aluminum industry. 

We’ll tell you about the recent discovery of the world’s largest cave system, where it was discovered, and how it was formed. 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Oklahoma, where a recently widowed young mother shoots and kills one of two intruders breaking into her home before the police can arrive.  

In this week's Podcast, our quote of the week is from Congressman Hakeem Jeffries on why all of DHS must be funded at once, not just individual pieces. 

In our stupidest thing I’ve heard all week, we have 3 nominees: two from Canada and one from Senator Chuck Schumer. You decide the winner. 

We’ll tell you how some states have chosen to balance their budgets and the impact that could have on future disaster recovery efforts in those states. 

We’ll tell you about a very expensive joint target practice exercise that Iran and the US Navy participated in last week, and how much each party paid for it. 

In an alarming development that got little to no national press coverage, we’ll tell you about three murders of American citizens by illegal aliens that all happened in this country last week and ask why the media has chosen not to cover these tragic deaths. 

We’ll tell you about how your choice of profession can impact your ability to become a homeowner and why deciding to go to college may not always be a wise decision. 

We’ll play a clip from Bill Maher explaining why the more you know about Islam, the more you should be afraid of its spread. 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Attala County, Mississippi, where a homeowner shoots & kills a suspect wanted in connection with two different homicides.  

In this week's podcast, our quote of the week is from economist Thomas Sowell on how envy, once considered a sin, became a top social justice issue. 

In our stupidest thing I’ve heard all week, we’ll play a clip of a lesbian who tells us that a lot of her girlfriends have penises. 

In our runner-up to the stupidest thing I’ve heard all week, we’ll play a clip of the Governor of New York State pleading with millionaires & billionaires who fled to Florida to avoid the state’s extremely high taxes to return to New York. 

In another runner-up to the stupidest thing I’ve heard all week, we’ll tell you which governor of what US state was asked to leave a restaurant and why 

We’ll tell you about a law being proposed in Illinois that would drastically increase the cost of ammunition for hunters and target shooters.

We’ll give you an update on a court decision about a 2022 California law that banned gun and ammunition manufacturers from advertising in certain magazines. 

We’ll play a clip from John Stossel's interview explaining why the promise of lower-cost power from wind & solar projects can never come true. 

We’ll tell you about the bond amount decisions by two different judges in Colorado and how those bond decisions endangered public safety. 

We’ll play a clip of Bill Maher reacting to criticism for not wearing an ICE protest pin on his lapel at the Golden Globes awards show. 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Chicago, where a 16-year-old thug armed with a gun tries to rob a 36-year-old man who also had a gun.
 

In this week's podcast, our quote of the week this week is from the President of Argentina on what he believes drives people to become socialists & leftists 

In our stupidest thing I’ve heard all week, we’ll tell you what people moving to Canada are in for if, in fact, they do manage to relocate to that country 

In our runner-up to the stupidest thing I’ve heard all week, we’ll play another clip of a white liberal claiming that VOTE ID laws are racist because black people don’t know how to get picture IDs 

We’ll read an Op-Ed opinion piece by Dr. Bill Brindley, an economist who is also a member of the World Economic Forum, on why efforts at socialism have always failed in the past and will always eventually fail in the future. 

We’ll follow up on his analysis by looking at what happened to Poland and Venezuela after one switched from Capitalism to socialism and the other switched from Socialism. 

Following up on Whoopi Goldberg’s claim from last week that it is tougher being a black man in America than a woman in Iran, we’ll play a clip of Bill Maher detailing what life is like for women living in many Muslim countries 

In our Way Back segment, we’ll play clips of Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and George Bush all telling the American people why it might become necessary to initiate a military strike against Iran. 

We’ll play a clip of Senator John Fetterman giving his opinion on how the US should deal with Iran’s leaders 

We’ll tell you how the shooter who killed an ROTC instructor and wounded two students at Old Dominion University last week got his gun and what happened to him after he started shooting. 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Philadelphia, where a woman’s 11-year-old son uses his mother’s gun to protect her from her ex-boyfriend, who was assaulting her. 
 

In this week's podcast, our quote of the week is from the late science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. 

In our stupidest thing I’ve heard all week, we’ll tell you about a bill that might make it onto the ballot in Oregon this November that would ban all hunting, fishing, and livestock & poultry farming in that state. 

In our runner-up to the stupidest thing I’ve heard all week, we’ll tell you about a group that has labeled 20 everyday things as “Racist”. 

We’ll tell you what has happened to US tax revenues since the 2017 Trump tax plan went into effect on January 1 of 2018 

We’ll play a clip of Bill Maher pointing out how stupid some of the women on The View are. 

We’ll play a clip of a Michigan State Congresswoman’s struggle to keep the name of a dead woman off the voter rolls in that state. 

If you thought that taxpayer-funded ghost daycare centers were limited to just Minnesota, we’ll tell you which other state they have been discovered in and the lengths the Governor of that state has gone to cover up that scandal. 

We’ll play another clip from Bill Maher, pointing out how the Democrats have succeeded in walling themselves off from reality. 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Colorado Springs, where a single female tenant uses her gun to shoot & kill a home invader.

Our quote of the week this week is from President Bill Clinton’s State of the Union address in 1995 on US efforts to secure our borders 

In our way back segment, we’ll play a clip of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi answering a reporter’s question regarding whether or not President Obama required prior congressional approval for the attack he launched on Libya in 2011. 

We’ll tell you why her answer was correct, then, and why democrats claiming that Trump needed congressional approval to launch the attack on Iran are either knowingly lying or just clueless idiots who don’t know what they are talking about. 

In our stupidest thing I’ve heard all week segment, we’ll tell you what the mayor of one major US city told gun owners about their decision to buy a gun. 

In a related story, we’ll tell you what happened to a family in Washington State, where one or more of them should have clearly purchased a gun but didn’t, and then the tragedy that occurred as a result of that decision. 

And in our most outrageous thing I’ve heard all week, we’ll tell you the lengths the Honolulu Police Department has gone to in their efforts to prevent people on that Island from buying a gun. 

We’ll play a clip of Bill Maher defending the United States against attacks from the left. 

We’ll tell you about a study that destroys the claims by climate activists that we should stop eating meat because cow farts contribute to global warming. 

In the wake of the shooting in Austin this past weekend, we’ll discuss claims popping up in newscasts claiming that there were 407 mass shootings in this country last year. 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Las Vegas, where an armed employee saves the life of a co-worker by shooting and killing an armed former employee who was trying to kill one of his co-workers. 
 

In this week's podcast, our quote of the week this week is from Senator John Kennedy comparing AOC to Kamala Harris. 

In our stupidest thing I’ve heard all week segment, we’ll tell you how many forms of ID NYC requires if you want to be paid to shovel snow away from Fire hydrants, crosswalks, and bus stops in that city. 

We’ll tell you which popular afternoon talk show is being sanctioned by the FCC for violating the “Equal time” rule when it applies to interviews with politicians during election years. 

We’ll tell you about three attempts at politically motivated violence that occurred in the past week and ask why you might have only heard about one of them. 

We’ll tell you about three pieces of pending legislation being considered by the NJ Legislature aimed at shutting down ICE operations in that state. 

We’ll play a clip from Bill Maher discussing why Presidents continue to give in-person State of the Union addresses. 

We’ll tell you how wind & solar power have failed to deliver the low-cost electricity promised to the residents of that area, and why the rates they are paying are among the highest in the country. 

We’ll tell you which major soft drink company is being sued by the Federal government for holding a single sex team building event. 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Houston, where a homeowner confronts 4 armed home invaders, killing 3 of them. 

Our quote of the week this week is from economist Milton Friedman, comparing the amount of good a government can do vs. the amount of harm it can do

In our stupidest thing I’ve heard all week segment, we have two nominees, both from Congresswoman AOC. You decide the winner. 

We’ll tell you how many IRS employees owe back taxes and how much they owe, and ask why they are still working for that agency. 

We’ll dissect the various claims being made about the proposed SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and a Photo ID to cast a ballot. 

We’ll tell you about legislation being proposed in NY City that would require all Amazon delivery drivers to be actual employees of the company, who is behind that legislation, and what it would do to the prices New York City residents would pay for items they order from Amazon. 

We’ll play a clip of Bill Maher commenting on the person the New York City Mayor chose as his housing chief, and ask why the media has decided not to cover that story. 

With another mass shooting at a Rhode Island hockey rink this week, we’ll look at the frightening number of mass shootings carried out by people who identify themselves as Transgender. 

In our health & science segment, we’ll tell you about a new device that you can clip onto your underwear to improve your health. 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from DeKalb County, Georgia, where a father who was hiding in a closet with his 4-year-old son winds up shooting & killing a home invader

This week, we have a new segment called “Question of the week,” and we are going to solicit your feedback on the correct answer to that question. 

Our quote of the week this week is from NY State Governor Kathy Hochul, and it also qualifies as the stupidest thing that I’ve heard all week. 

In our most outrageous thing I’ve heard all week, we’ll tell you about a group of protestors in Minnesota who did so to protest the United States’ efforts to enforce our own border laws. 

We’ll tell you how many criminal aliens cities & counties in NY State have released back into those communities despite there being active ICE detainer requests placed on each and every one of them. 

We’ll give you the results of a CNN poll on how minorities feel about Voter ID laws, and follow that up with a comparison between how white liberals view ID requirements vs how black people feel about that same requirement.

We’ll tell you about the problems another school district is experiencing with all-electric school buses it bought with EPA grant money. 

We’ll tell you about a very disturbing story about college students who can’t read at an eighth-grade level and ask how they got into college in the first place. 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Vancouver, Washington, where a homeowner shoots & kills a violent home invader. 

Our quote of the week this week is from economist Thomas Sowell on the surest way to ensure that people with low incomes remain poor. 

In our stupidest thing I’ve heard all week, we’ll tell you where a group of ICE protestors decided to bring their protest to a movie theater and why. 

In our most outrageous thing I’ve heard all week, we’ll tell you about a police officer in Colorado who advised protestors on a more effective way to kill ICE officers. 

We’ll tell you about a winery owned by a US Congresswoman and her husband that increased in value by $5 million in one year, even though it has never produced or sold a single bottle of wine.

With Valentine’s Day just two weeks away, we’ll tell you about a chicken McNuggets & Caviar meal deal that McDonald’s is offering to celebrate that day and how you can get one for free. 

We’ll tell you how new rent control legislation in one Maryland county has backfired, making apartments scarcer to find and less affordable. 

We’ll play a clip from Bill Maher examining the underlying reason why all socialist movements ultimately fail. 

We’ll tell you about a slew of new gun laws being proposed both at the state and Federal level that will do nothing to reduce crimes committed with guns, but will make it harder for lawful citizens to purchase and train with their guns

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Charlotte, NC, where a 14-year-old grandson shoots and kills an intruder breaking into his grandmother’s house. 

Our quote of the week this week was sent in by a listener in Rhode Island and is from columnist George Will on how hard it is to find common sense these days. 

In our Stupidest thing I’ve heard all week segment, we have 3 nominees. You decide the winner: 

• The first is a collection of street interviews with young people who apparently didn’t learn anything in school 

• The second is a statement by the Arizona Attorney General telling residents of that state that they have the right to shoot ICE agents if they enter their home unannounced 

• The third is a decision by a Spirit Airlines gate agent who wouldn’t let a family in Los Angeles board a flight to Puerto Rico because their 2-year-old child didn’t have a passport. 

• In a runner-up to our Stupidest thing I’ve heard all week contest, we have a story out of Minneapolis last week where more than 50 women went into a local Target store, each one buying just one box of Morton salt and then immediately lining up to return it as part of a protest against ICE because “Salt melts Ice.” 

In our Way-back segment, we have a quote from Senator Chuck Schumer demanding that the government do more to speed up the deportation process for illegal aliens living in this country. 

In our Global Warming Update segment, we’ll tell you how global warming is affecting ferry service between New Jersey and NY City. 

Millions of people are now taking GLP-1 medications every week to help them lose weight. We’ll tell you why that trend might wind up saving the airline industry more than $100 million annually. 

We’ll tell you about a story the CNN ran, telling listeners why the average tax refund they could expect to see this tax season could be $1,000 higher than the refund they got last year, and whose name they managed to leave out of that report. 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Stockton, California, where the son of a jewelry store owner takes on 8-armed robbers. 

Our quote of the week this week is from President Bill Clinton on the topic of what has to happen to people who are either already in this country illegally or trying to enter illegally. 

Our Stupidest thing I’ve heard all week segment is also the most outrageous thing I’ve heard so far this year. 

We’ll tell you what teachers at one Kansas school told some children about their choices for role models. 

In our second most outrageous thing I’ve heard so far this year, we’ll tell you where some ICE protestors in Minneapolis decided to move their protest and why that decision most likely broke a federal law. 

We’ll give you an update on how many people actually stopped buying their health insurance on the Obamacare health insurance exchange and compare that actual result to the exaggerated predictions made by Democrats back in November & December when those enhanced subsidies were set to expire at the end of 2025. 

In our science segment, we’ll tell you about a big bet Elon Musk is making on how & where AI systems might operate in the future. 

We’ll tell you how many countries & world leaders are de-emphasizing climate change as one of their top political issues and why. 

We’ll give you an update on California’s proposed “Billionaire wealth tax” and how it has already started to backfire before it has even been officially passed into law. 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Buckeye, AZ, where a man inside a home shoots & kills an intruder breaking into a home where a mother and her two adult children were also living. 

This week, we actually have two complementary quotes of the week: 

• The first is from Economist Thomas Sowell on the track record of socialism over the past century. 

• The Second is from economist Walter Williams on how the rise of Capitalism has allowed people to free themselves from poverty. 

In our Stupidest thing I’ve heard all week segment, we’ll tell you about a bill coming up for a vote in the Massachusetts legislature that would try to limit how much each person in that state could drive every year. 

In our health segment, we’ll tell you about a popular new club drug that is killing people and why. 

We’ll tell you how the major stock market indexes performed in 2025 and how much money you would have made last year if you had invested in them on January 2nd of 2025. 

We’ll play a clip from a Venezuelan National explaining why the capture & removal from Venezuela of Nicholas Maduro by the Trump administration does not constitute a “Regime change”. 

We’ll tell you how much gun crime has declined in New Jersey over the 3 years since the State was forced to begin issuing concealed-carry permits in 2022. 

We’ll tell you which toy maker is now offering one of their most famous dolls in an Autistic version and how that version differs from the regular doll that has been around for decades. 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Slidell, Louisiana, where a homeowner shoots & kills a violent intruder.

Our quote of the week this week is from Secretary of State Marco Rubio describing why the United States went into Caracas to capture Nicholas Maduro. 

In our Stupidest thing I’ve heard all week segment, we’ll tell you about a class action lawsuit being brought against McDonald’s over the name of one of their favorite menu items.

In our runner-up to our stupidest thing I’ve heard all week, we’ll tell you who is protesting the capture and extradition of Nicholas Maduro and how many Venezuelan nationals belong to that group. 

We’ll play a clip from a law professor explaining why the capture of Maduro was legal and why prior congressional approval wasn’t required. 

Based on what has been discovered in Minnesota and other states, we’ll play a clip explaining how you could make $20,000 per month just by watching your neighbors’ three kids. 

We’ll play a clip from a congressional hearing documenting the extent of voter fraud discovered in just one state following the 2020 election. The numbers might stun you. 

We’ll tell you how many Humanoid robots Hyundai plans to produce by 2028 and what tasks those robots will perform. 

Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Lawrence, Kansas, where an armed city hall employee, who was not a police officer, shoots & kills a violent intruder