Jonathan Williams from the American Legislative Exchange Council discusses their new Rich States, Poor States ranking of economic policy and prosperity. He explains the measurements they used to determine which states are doing the best - and worst.

Erin Walsh from the Heritage Foundation comments on the recent news that the Chinese government (run by the Chinese Communist Party) is operating multiple stealth pseudo-police operations around the US. These operations worked to enforce CCP policies and intimidation on Chinese citizens and expatriates to quash dissent.

Former Congressman Bob Barr (R-GA) discusses the push for more gun control laws after tragedies like those in Louisville, Nashville, Uvalde, and in other cities.

Sheena Meade, CEO of the Clean Slate Initiative, discusses part of the debate over criminal justice reform dealing with criminal records. A "Clean Slate" law would automatically expunge many convictions from criminal records after a set number of years of the person not having any further criminal problems.

Able Americans Project director Melissa Ortiz responds to conservative commentator Candace Owens' recent comments about a disabled model in advertising. In a podcast, Owens said she doesn't want to see people in wheelchairs in their underwear and grouped that style of advertising with woke virtue signaling.

In this segment, Ortiz discusses her recent USA Today oped:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2023/04/06/candace-owens-skims-disability-wheelchair-comments-wrong/11578157002/

RedState.com writer Jeff Charles reacts to recent news that the Biden Administration is employing a strategy of enlisting social media "influencers" to win support for its policy goals and also for Democratic campaigns.

Timothy Pearce from the Daily Wire discusses a new research study about gender dysforia and "transitioning" children. The research says some new data shows more parents report a decline in mental health of children who "transitioned".

Ethan Blevins from the Pacific Legal Foundation discusses a legal case in Minnesota that involved local housing codes. After being cited for poor living conditions in rental properties some landlords sued, arguing that the cost of meeting the housing code standards would result in pricing poor renters out of their homes.

Host Mike Ferguson comments on the indictment of Donald Trump on dozens of financial criminal charges. Many of the charges stem from payments made to porn star "Stormy Daniels".

The segment looks at the recent history of the use of the justice system to pursue political goals.

* original air date April 8-9, 2023

Mike O'Neil from the Landmark Legal Foundation discusses the indictment of former President Donald Trump in New York City.

* Air date April 8-9th, 2023.

* Photo by Gage Skidmore, courtesy of Wikimedia commons