Advancing the Agenda

Advancing the Agenda

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Advancing the Agenda episodes

  • 105. NYC Mayor's Race: Republicans Must Vote for and Support Curtis Sliwa

    This episode discusses the race for Mayor of New York City. It calls on Republicans to support the Republican nominee, Curtis Sliwa. It describes how Sliwa's group, the Guardian Angels, helped decrease the rate of crime in New York City. It explores the candidacy of Democrat Socialist Zohran Mamdani, Ranked Choice Voting (the voting system used in the primary), the current polls, and how the math favors the candidacy of the Republican, Curtis Sliwa.


    REFERENCES:

    Article from the Heritage Foundation on Ranked Choice Voting

    Website for the Guardian Angels

    Video 1 on the Guardian Angels

    Video 2 on the Guardian Angels

    Video of Protester Interrupting a Curtis Sliwa Speech

    FBI Statistics on Crime in New York City

    Video from PragerU: "Capitalism vs. Socialism"

    Campaign Website for Curtis Sliwa

    28 min
  • 104. Third Annual Fourth of July Special

    This episode includes the reading of the Declaration of Independence. It discusses the inspiration for this episode, the late Dr. Charles Krauthammer. It offers ideas from PragerU and Dennis Prager on ways to celebrate the Fourth of July.

    Article by PragerU

    Order Page (Free) for PragerU's Independence Day Celebration Book

    Article by Dennis Prager

    13 min
  • 103. Civil Unrest in America and the "No Kings" Protests

    This podcast discusses the recent protests in America. It differentiates between protests and civil unrest. The podcast then addresses President Trump's deployment of the National Guard.

    The podcast discusses the "No Kings" podcasts. It explains why President Trump has not been acting like a king.

    Lastly, the podcast explains that, if Americans are concerned about kings and queens, then Americans should enact term limits for Congresspersons and Senators.

    11 min
  • 102. The One Big, Beautiful Bill

    This podcast discusses two issues:

    1) The One Big, Beautiful Bill: The podcast covers disagreements in the House, potential challenges in the Senate, and the process of how different House and Senate bills are reconciled and reach the President's desk. It discusses is the amount of government spending, the effect on the national debt, and the scoring of the bill by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). It also describes the SALT Tax Deduction.

    2) The Cancer Diagnosis of President Joe Biden

    23 min
  • 100. The 2024 Presidential Election and Filling the Vacated Seats in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives

    This episode is Episode 100. Thank you to all of the listeners! A picture of the cake celebrating the 100th episode can be found on X and TruthSocial: @mbabramson.


    This podcast covers the 2024 election. Specifically, it discusses:

    1) The Presidential Victory in terms of the electoral college, popular vote, gains in votes by demographics, and gains in votes in areas which traditionally vote Democrat.

    2) The Republican majority in the U.S. Senate and how the two vacated seats were replaced

    3) The Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives and how the vacated seats will be replaced. The process for replacing the seat for Congresswoman Elise Stefanie, when she resigns to become the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, could face litigation.



    13 min
  • 99. Celebrities and Campaigns

    When it was revealed that Oprah Winfrey's production company, Harpo Productions, was paid $1 million in conjunction with Oprah interviewing Kamala Harris, many people were surprised and some were upset. This payment, however, was consistent with campaign finance law.


    This podcast addresses the payments to celebrities for appearing at campaign events, whether for Democrat or Republican candidates. The podcast argues that the Federal Election Commission (FEC) should create a new rule stating that campaigns must disclose the payments to the celebrities at the time of the performances.

    8 min
  • 97. Project 2025: The Continued Need for President Trump to Distance Himself from It

    This episode argues that President Trump should more aggressively deny a connection to Project 2025. He has already denied a connection. This episode, however, offers five (5) suggestions for denials which are more aggressive. The episode starts off with an explanation of Project 2025 and Vice President Harris' arguments regarding Project 2025.


    REFERENCES:

    President Trump's 20 Core Promises

    Project 2025 Website

    Vice President Harris' Commercial Entitled "Backwards 30s"

    17 min

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