Today we have a special guest Joe Connor from Odyssey (www.withodyssey.com) who helps states distribute Educational Savings Accounts to parents. So far they’ve helped distribute $112M in funding to 66,000 students. We’ll talk about what these savings accounts are and how they are impacting school systems across the country. But first, what is Vivek Ramaswamy…
Let’s not forget that very soon, voters are going to caucus in Iowa and in this seemingly 1-sided primary we need to pay attention to what’s going on there. Like it or not, it sets the table for there rest of the race, and candidates that do very poorly in Iowa tend not to hang…
In Argentina, Javier Milei campaigned with a chainsaw as a symbol of massive cuts. That message won with a majority. No question, the debt was out of control and the economic issues were at the forefront of the minds of Argentinians. So what comes next? There will certainly be efforts to undermine these massive cuts.…
As everyone else has suggested – Tuesday was a big night for Democrats nationwide with wins in Kentucky as well as the constitutional amendments on abortion rights and the pickups in the Virginia Statehouse. What emerged is that the right to choose is still an issue that has gotten voters out and they have won…
We’ve just seen a late challenge to Joe Biden from Minnesota Democrat Dean Phillips. In his long-shot bid, he has stressed that 2024 should not be about the past, but about the future – passing the torch to a younger generation of leaders. Today let’s focus on some numbers and how the economic indicators may…
Let’s talk about what we have to talk about – a devastating war in the Middle East. With Israel preparing a ground invasion and the stated goal of rooting out Hamas, and Hamas continuing to send rockets into Israel, how close are we to a regional conflict breaking out? With a ground invasion, is the…
Today we have some new polling we want to share with you but it’s important to acknowledge the dire situation in Israel and Gaza and our hearts go out those in the region. With that said, we have some new polling from American Values 2024, a Super PAC that supports Robert F. Kennedy Junior, regarding…
Today on the podcast we’re excited to welcome a very special guest, Jim Lichtman – author of the new book “Trust and Confidence: Inside the battle between the secret service and Ken Starr.” Jim has been writing and speaking on ethics to corporations, associations and organizations since 1995. Feature stories and appearances include USA TODAY,…
There’s a new poll out regarding President Biden’s performance and it’s very bad news. He gets a 39% approval rating which is lower than his predecessors at this stage. But in addition, 58% say that they are worse off than they were before Biden became president. 22% say they are better off. A whopping 73%…
Let’s begin by talking about what some of the latest polls after the first GOP Primary debate. Now that the dust has settled, what can we learn? When we look at polls like these, and there are many of them – what is actually meaningful and what doesn’t really matter? How can we understand what’s…
It’s the morning after the first GOP presidential debate and we’ll give you our first takes on who the winners and losers were. Who over-performed and who under-performed? Who were the adults in the room, and who focused on creating headlines this morning? Let’s get into it. And let us know who you thought won…
Today let’s preview the upcoming Republican debate – but we’ll do so without focusing on Donald Trump who will not be in attendance, and who is counter-programming the event. What may not garner as much attention are each of the other candidates. So let’s look at each of the candidates that qualified for the GOP…