As Congress prepares to pass another $1.4 trillion in government spending and President Trump prepares to sign it, why are both parties abdicating responsibility for fiscal stewardship?

The House votes on Tuesday enjoyed support from dozens of GOP members.

Openthebooks.com CEO Adam Andrzejewski says Democrats are open about wanting to spend more and more money and many Republicans often end up being hypocrites who run on fiscal conservatism but vote for bloated appropriations packages like this one.

Andrzejewski details how bad our deficit spending is right now, how soon the U.S. may have to pay the piper at this rate, and what can be done to address the problem.

Sen. Rand Paul is not holding back his disgust for the bloated spending contained in the bills to fund the federal government through September 2020.

"The nicest thing I can say about them would be they're an abomination," laughed Paul. "They're terrible. People who vote for this are not fiscally conservative. There's nothing conservative about this."

In the podcast, Paul also explains why a majority of Republicans are uninterested in fiscal discipline along with the vast majority of Democrats.

Sen. Paul also reacts to the Washington Post reports revealing that the Bush and Obama administrations really didn't know what to do in Afghanistan and both actively deceived the American people about progress that wasn't really happening. What policy does Paul think would make the most sense and prevent Afghanistan from breeding more terrorist attacks.

And listen as Sen. Paul offers his preview of the impeachment trial headed to the U.S. Senate come January.

The Conservative Party far surpassed expectations in Thursday's parliamentary elections, winning 364 seats and crushing the Labor Party's hopes of scoring an upset.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson now has plenty of breathing room to pursue his brand of Brexit while Labor tries to figure out what went wrong.

So why did the Conservative Party far exceed all expectations? Was it simply a desire to resolve Brexit or is there something more? Why did voters soundly reject Labor and where does it go from here.

And most importantly, what do these results mean for the British relationship with the United States?

We discuss all of this and more with Ilan Berman, vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council.

On Tuesday, House Democrats unveiled two articles of impeachment against President Trump. The Judiciary Committee will soon approve charges that Trump committed abuse of power and obstruction of Congress in connection to the Ukraine controversy.

Why did Democrats decide on these articles? How strong is their case? And why did they not accuse Trump of bribery after weeks of suggesting he engaged in that?

We get answers from former Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew C. McCarthy, author of "Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency."

On Monday, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz released his long-awaited report on the FBI's handling of FISA warrant requests and renewals concerning one-time Trump campaign figure Carter Page.

Horowitz concluded that there was no provable political bias that went into some 17 major errors in filing for the warrants, including the admission of obviously false information about Page and Trump and the exclusion of exculpatory information.  He also did not refer anyone for criminal prosecution.

Democrats and former FBI officials declared this a win for their position and a death blow to the idea that the Obama administration spied on the Trump campaign in 2016.  

But former Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew C. McCarthy says there's plenty in the report which is very ugly for the FBI and everyone up the chain of command.

Listen to the full podcast as McCarthy tells Greg Corombos what stood out to him in the report, what's still to come in the investigation led by U.S. Attorney John Durham and whether Horowitz is right to be worried that the rights of everyday Americans are at great risk of being trampled if the FBI acted in such a shoddy manner in a case of great national significance.

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Since mid-November, Iranian citizens have filled the streets in scores of cities in all 31 of the nation's provinces to denounce the mullahs and the Rouhani government.

The Iranian regime is lashing out against the demonstrators with far more ferocity than in previous protests, but the repression seems to be making more people mad and the protests just keep growing.

"There's nothing that can stop it, no matter how mush pressure the regime exerts," said Alireza Jafarzadeh, deputy director of the National Council of Resistance of Iran office in Washington.

He explained why the Iranian government is acting far more viciously towards its own people in this round of protests.

"You're talking about a regime that is paranoid. It's weak. It's vulnerable, and people now feel that they have the momentum on their side," said Jafarzadeh.

Listen to the full podcast to hear Jafarzadeh explain the extent of the deadly repression and the most important thing the U.S. can do to help the demonstrators.

After one hearing in the House Judiciary Committee, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is directing committee chairman Jerry Nadler to begin drafting articles of impeachment. What's behind the timing of that decision and what articles could be coming?

California Republican Rep. Tom McClintock is member of the House Judiciary Committee. He tells Greg Corombos why he sees nothing in President Trump's conduct that warrants impeachment.

Listen to the full podcast, as McClintock also explains what he thinks of the Trump-Zelensky phone call, Trump's request for Ukraine to investigate the Bidens, Wednesday's testimony from constitutional law professors,  and much more.

On Nov. 5, Democrats won majorities in both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly. Democrats officially take control in January but party leaders are already rolling out an aggressive gun control agenda.

In addition to the usual legislative goals of universal background checks, red flag laws, and bans on semi-automatic"assault style" rifles, legislation put forth by the incoming Senate majority leader would make it illegal to possess guns that were purchased legally but subsequently banned by his bill.

In response, dozens of counties and other Virginia localities are adopting sanctuary policies, effectively announcing their sheriffs will not enforce any laws they believe to be in violation of the second amendment.

So what are the Democrats proposing exactly? Do the counties have the right to defy state laws? And will Virginia Democrats likely end up passing aggressive gun control legislation or something less severe.

Greg Corombos discusses all of this and more with Bearing Arms Editor-in-Chief Cam Edwards.

Socialism is getting increasingly popular.  A recent Gallup poll shows 49 percent of Millennials and Gen Z have a favorable view of socialism.  Other surveys show as many as 57 percent embrace it.  And while the numbers are far different among Gen X and Boomers, roughly a third of them give socialism a thumbs up too.

But why is socialism popular, particularly among young adults?  While many have difficulty articulating their views, others have embraced the idea of "democratic socialism" as espoused by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Young Americans Against Socialism CEO Morgan Zegers sees this up close on a daily basis.  After having an avowed communist as a good friend and college roommate, Zegers decided her generation needed to push back against the political tide.

In this conversation with Greg Corombos, Zegers details how she responds to the appeal of democratic socialism and why the facts of history are on her side.  She also stresses that conservatives need to befriend and not mock those who really don't know why they like socialism.