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Biden’s Timid Goal, Starting from Scratch? Masking the Facts

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Hosted by Greg Corombos, Jim Geraghty

Join Jim and Greg as they discuss President Biden’s paltry goals in ramping up vaccine distribution. They also hammer CNN for falsely reporting that the Trump administration had no vaccine plan and that the Biden team was starting over from scratch. And they discuss the very weak response from the White House about Biden not wearing a mask on federal land just hours after insisting that everyone must do it.

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Can We Deal with Antifa Now? Biden Rejoins WHO, MSNBC Attacks Free Speech

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Hosted by Greg Corombos, Jim Geraghty

Join Jim and Greg as as they discuss leftist riots in at least three American cities Thursday night. Will the Democrats finally admit this is a problem since these people claim to hate Biden too? They also sigh as President Biden not only rejoins the World Health Organization but does so without one demand for accountability or reform. And they react to MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace and former Obama official Ben Rhodes discussing how to “detox” speech they don’t like and even bar Republicans from stating opinions if they don’t accept the left’s version of the truth.

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MagMen

The Inauguration of President Joe Biden

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Hosted by Jay Caruso, Seth Mandel

Fourteen days after the riots at the U.S. Capitol, Joe Biden took the oath of office on the same grounds that became a scene of mayhem and violence, including the deaths of five people.

Jay and Seth discuss the inauguration, what it means in U.S. political culture and the work that will come next for Biden and members of Congress. They also discuss the press’s role and how they have a reputation to live up to despite the friendlier confines of a Democratic administration.

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Declaring China’s Genocide, Biden’s Woke Economy, Curious Stimulus Timing

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Hosted by Greg Corombos, Jim Geraghty

As the Biden administration officially begins, join Jim and Greg as they cheer the U.S. for declaring a Chinese genocide against the Uighurs on President Trump’s final day in office. They also groan as Biden plans an economic policy around issues like race, gender equality and climate change rather than traditional metrics. And they’re surprised to see Democrats predict a COVID relief bill being delayed until March, although given what’s likely to be in it, we’re in no hurry to see much of it become law.

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Cohen Tars Trump Voters, Biden’s Identity Politics, Killing Keystone

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Hosted by Greg Corombos, Jim Geraghty

Join Jim and Greg as they expose the insanity of Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen, who says the National Guard could be a threat to Biden since many of them probably voted for Trump. They also pummel Joe Biden for yet another nomination based solely on identity politics rather than competence. And they also condemn Biden for planning to kill the Keystone XL Pipeline, despite many good reasons for the project to continue.

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Contributor Post Created with Sketch. Recommended by Ricochet Members Created with Sketch. Fighting for “Consensual Reality”

Susan Quinn
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Now there’s talk of de-platforming conservative cable news programs. Is anyone surprised? Former Facebook executive Alex Stamos spoke on CNN on Sunday, and is “fighting for the people” in protesting the right-wing programs:

And then we have to figure out the OANN and Newsmax problem that these companies have freedom of speech, but I’m not sure we need Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, and such to be bringing them into tens of millions of homes. This is allowing people to seek out information if they really want to, but not pushing it into their faces I think is really where we’re going to have to go here.

I’m sorry to share a quotation that is slightly incoherent, but I think the gist of his comment is that he wants to respect freedom of speech, except he doesn’t. And he appears to want people to find information they are interested in, except that companies like Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast shouldn’t be providing it.

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Race & Schools, Weaving A Big Lie, CNN Encourages Censorship

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Hosted by Greg Corombos, Jim Geraghty

Join Jim and Greg as they serve up three crazy martinis! They slam New York City schools for scrapping the entrance exam to the kindergarten-level gifted program because the results “don’t reflect the diversity of the city’s population.” They also discuss the allegations of sexual impropriety against longtime campaign manager John Weaver that forced him to quit the Lincoln Project. And Jim shreds CNN’s Brian Stelter and Oliver Darcy for openly encouraging cable providers to dump right-leaning channels like OANN and Newsmax.

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Speak-Easy S1E18

The End of Fox News

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Hosted by Antonia Okafor Cover, Shermichael Singleton
With guest Lawrence B. Jones

What the heck happened last week? And will Fox News Channel continue to be the #1 news network for conservatives? Fox News Analyst, Lawrence B. Jones, joins us on Speak-Easy to discuss.

 

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Politico Resists the Mob, Biden’s Minimum Wage Mistake, Lockdowns Failed

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Hosted by Greg Corombos, Jim Geraghty

Join Jim and Greg as they applaud Politico editors for defending their decision to have Ben Shapiro as a guest author and not caving to the liberal outrage in the newsroom. They also tell Joe Biden that this is the worst possible time to pursue a $15 per hour minimum wage, since it would kill even more jobs and probably more businesses. And they fume as a major study concludes lockdown policies did not help to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

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Rush Limbaugh has confided in fans and in opponents (whose minds he inhabits rent-free) that he won’t be around forever. His brother David was among my favorite Ricochet contributors for a while. I don’t think either of them would be offended if we consider now what will become of Rush’s program and conservative talk radio […]

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This week, there is a story on Fox News about the congress-critter known as AOC (you know, that former bartender from Queens NY), advocating Government “reining-in the Press”. Others have advocated the Government taking control of the media, only allowing what the Government deems correct news to be seen by the American public. The conservative […]

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Bill Berg
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I did read and enjoy @westernchauvinist post https://ricochet.com/516748/whats-so-bad-about-whataboutismas well as many of the comments. Interestingly, it is a VDH article referenced in that post, as here. As @quakevoter commented on that post “we all do it” … and it starts very young. It is part of human nature, however I think we need to understand […]

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The Right Ideas, Bernie’s Budget Committee, Disgusting Don Lemon

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Hosted by Greg Corombos, Jim Geraghty

Join Jim and Greg as they explore some of the ideas on China that ought to unite conservatives, moderates, and even some Democrats. They also shudder as Bernie Sanders is about to become chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and plans to use the reconciliation process a lot to avoid Senate filibusters. And they unload on Don Lemon for demonizing all Trump voters because some repulsive figures supported him too.

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The Great GOP Divide, Did the FBI Drop the Ball? Chuck Norris & the Riots

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Hosted by Greg Corombos, Jim Geraghty

Join Jim and Greg as they discuss what happens next with a deeply fractured Republican Party. They also fume as Capitol Police officials say they never got the FBI warning of violent threats at the Capitol on January 6. And they have some fun with people mistakenly thinking Chuck Norris was part of last week’s demonstrations in Washington.

 

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Vaccine Sanity, Parler Games, Kamala vs. Vogue

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Hosted by Greg Corombos, Jim Geraghty

Join Jim and Greg as they welcome the CDC loosening rules on who can get the coronavirus vaccines. They also wade into the big tech crackdown on President Trump, Parler, and others, and discuss what free speech is and is not. And they roll their eyes as the media are now on day three of Kamala Harris being upset with the photo used of her on the cover of Vogue.

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Social Unrest Network: The Disruptive Power of Information For Leadership

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Hosted by Joe Selvaggi

Joe Selvaggi talks with Martin Gurri, former CIA analyst and author of Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium, about the wave of populism sparked by the disruptive force of the internet from Occupy to riots on Capitol Hill. Mr. Gurri shares his views on the connection between massive, broad information consumption and the new view toward elites.

Guest:

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Three Martini Lunch

Capitol Hill Hero, Newsom Recall Heats Up, Impeachment Patience

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Hosted by Greg Corombos, Jim Geraghty

Join Jim and Greg as they salute Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman for his quick thinking in leading the mob away from the U.S. Senate on Wednesday. They also discuss the growing support for a recall of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, as California fails some of the most basic functions of government. And they point out that for all the alleged urgency towards another impeachment, congressional leaders seem to be pretty patient.

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Chaos on Capitol Hill

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Hosted by Greg Corombos, Jim Geraghty

Jim and Greg offer their reactions to demonstrators flooding into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in protest of the Electoral Vote counting process. They also examine the president’s response and one good thing that happened in the wake of all the chaos.

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Painful Losses in Georgia, The Schumer Senate, Pence & the Electoral Votes

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Hosted by Greg Corombos, Jim Geraghty

Join Jim and Greg to help you through a tough day for conservatives. First, they cringe as it appears Democrats won both Senate races in Georgia because a lot of Republicans didn’t show up. They also discuss how a Chuck Schumer-led Senate means a rough two years are in store for conservatives. And despite a lot of anticipation for dramatic action at today’s Joint Session of Congress on the 2020 Electoral College vote, they explain why there’s not much Vice President Pence or any other Republicans can do to reverse the outcome.

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Escape from New York, Cuomo’s Vaccine Bullying, Kamala & ‘Fweedom’

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Hosted by Greg Corombos, Jim Geraghty

Join Jim and Greg as they discuss eye-opening numbers of Americans fleeing deep blue states and heading for places with more freedom. They also unload on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for threatening major fines for not giving out vaccines soon enough and vowing even bigger penalties for giving vaccines to groups who shouldn’t be getting them yet. And they roll their eyes at yet another Kamala Harris story about herself that seems impossible to believe.

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