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Spurred on by converation with the great Heather MacDonald, Ann takes a look at Trump’s remaining controversial cabinet picks (Hesgeth, Patel and Noem) and asks, “Does character still matter?”
Then she throws down the gauntlet to Vivek Ramaswamy – come on the podcast and tell us what you really think instead of complaining to Ezra Klein.
A 28-year-veteran employee of United Airlines says the company fired him over false allegations of bigotry and that his union abandoned him in the process. Ruben Sanchez, Jr talks to Ann about how corporate wokeness took away his livelihood.
- Ruben Sanchez’s GoFundMe
- Ruben’s X feed
- United CEO Scott Kirby in Drag
After getting off to a roaring start with the selection of Tom Homan as the Border Czar, some of Trump’s cabinent choices are running from the interesting to the clearly unserious.
The New York Times wraps up its 2024 Class of Undecided Voters and the results are very Ann-like, plus 23 Nobel Ecomomic Laureates vs America.
We’re past the election so today we present a collection of interviews Ann has done with true champions of freedom: Jay Bhattacharya, Peter Thiel and Nadine Strossen.
Videos of each interview are available at Ann’s Substack and audio versions at Ricochet.com.
The three things for you to know at the beginning of the week and the end of the campaign:
- It’s still 50/50. So vote and don’t be overconfident.
- More whole cloth bile from The Atlantic
- The Democrats Insanity Defense (A great article by Park MacDougald)
Your Five Stories you need to know this week:
- Kamala’s closing arguments
- Driving whales crazy (and why liberals can’t take a joke)
- A National Sales Tax! What?
- Heather MacDonald on Prophets of Doom in City Journal
- Militant Democracy
Let us be very clear…
Kamala’s interview with Bret Baier did not go well for her. The MSM attacks on him showed that. She alternately came off as angry and whiny, tried to fillibuster her way through it and relied on her standby clichés. And if the folks at Fox News knew a thing or two about immigration it could have been worse – a lot worse.
As FEMA fails and flails in the wake of Hurricane Helene, Ann throws down the gauntlet to MAGA country: “I don’t want to hear about a stolen election or Democrats cheating if Republicans don’t throw everything they have at getting supplies and electricity. Help them build their buildings. But also, as the election gets closer, make sure they have their ballots, make sure their ballots get delivered.”
Also on the show: