Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft

0:30 - Billie Eilish at Grammys

13:45 - Mamdani on guy who charged cop with knife: no family should have to endure this kind of pain

32:12 - Male AWFL Acronym Needed

53:14 - Is voter ID racist?

01:09:23 - Investigative reporter at the Manhattan Institute, Christina Buttons, gives a look Inside Minneapolis’s ICE Watch Network. Follow Christina on X @buttonslives

01:27:50 - Noted economist Stephen Moore lays out the data showing red states booming while blue states bust. Get more Steve @StephenMoore

01:41:21 - Helen Andrews at Edmund Burke Foundation event on "overcoming feminization"

01:47:23 - Senior writer for the Dispatch, David Drucker, with some advice to democrats: stop ducking and dissembling on the politically charged issue of transgender

Rights. Keep updated with David on X @DavidMDrucker

02:07:43 - Tim Stearns, president and founder of TJ Stearns Financial Planning & Benefits in Arlington Heights, explains Trump Accounts and the critical importance of planning for your financial future. For more help realizing your full financial vision tjstearns.com

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0:30 - Student walkout – Mather, Northside Prep, Amundson, Streamwood…

20:16 - Trump on body cameras in MN

37:01 - Illinois Primary Check-in

01:02:15 - Midnight Meat Trains

01:16:36 - In-depth History with Frank from Arlington Heights 

01:20:15 - Market Specialist for Market Day Report! Scott "the cow guy" Shellady: I'm for free trade... but I'm not for free trade if they're tariffing us and we're not tariffing them. Check out Scott’s Market Day Report! – 10:30am CT to 1pm CT- and The Cow Guy Close – 1pm CT to 1:30pm CT – both at RFD-TV

01:38:23 - Wirepoints founder Mark Glennon breaks down how benefits fraud is quietly draining billions from taxpayers.

01:54:02 - Morning Joe tries to have his Don Lemon moment

02:15:19 - Journalist Jasper Craven on America’s new gambling epidemic. Jasper is also the author of God Forgives, Brothers Don’t: The Long March of Military Education and the Making of American Manhood, which will be published in May.

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0:30 - Don Lemon after being RORed

20:18 - BLM Brandon issues "ICE on Notice" EO

40:24 - Epstein files

59:26 - Erick Chomskis, civilian employee of the War Department: Local sanctuary policies are creating chaos for communities

01:15:21 - The Heritage Foundation’s Steven Bucci defends Trump’s Venezuela policy, saying critics should “ask the people of Venezuela if they’re upset.”

01:36:17 - Julius E. Davis Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota and co-host of the Rationally Based podcast, Ilan Wurman, argues that sanctuary policies in states like Minnesota are what drive the surge of federal officers.For podcast updates and more @ilan_wurman

01:55:52 - Sports & Politics

02:13:54 - Jeanne Ives & Amy Jacobson preview their new show which premiers today The Real Story 11-noon on 560 the Answer

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0:30 - Subham Patil, Indian student, attacked on Red Line

15:47 - Homan presser

37:58 - Pro troller Josh Seiter, representing the FARTs, bamboozles AWFL

57:06 - Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors, Chris Whalen, on new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh: He was the only choice and he understands how this "temple" works. Chris is also editor for The Institutional Risk Analyst theinstitutionalriskanalyst.com

01:12:24 - Paul Vallas, former CEO of CPS and former candidate for mayor, on the new federal scholarship program and CTU's War on Chicago’s Children. Follow Paul on X @PaulVallas

01:31:22 - Kevin Coyne, chairman of the DuPage GOP: JB Pritzker is every IL republicans opponent. Join the DuPage GOP for their Lincoln Day Dinner - Friday February 27 - for more details  dupagegop.com/2026-lincoln-day-dinner

01:51:01 - Senior writer for the Washington Examiner & cohost of the “You’re Wrong” podcast, David Harsanyi: Protest Culture Is Annoying and Un-American. Check out David’s most recent book The Rise of BlueAnon: How the Democrats Became a Party of Conspiracy Theorists

02:06:36 - Open Mic Friday!

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0:30 - Pretti on Jan. 13 confronting ICE, yelling profanities, kicking vehicle

18:11 - like bananas and rice

39:34 - Springsteen ICE protest song "Streets of Minneapolis"

01:00:51 - Rand Paul and Rubio: if it happened to US would it be an act of war

01:21:10 - Stu Smith, investigative analyst at City Journal: Terror Supporters Are Influencing Students at the University of Washington. Follow Stu on X @thestustustudio

01:40:21 - From factory floors to the White House: Auto Workers for Trump founder Brian Pannebecker on tariffs — and meeting Nicki Minaj

01:53:37 - Brian Lonergan, Director of Strategic Communications & Content at the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR): The rhetoric form Minnesota leadership has created an “unsafe and deadly environment” Brian is also co-host of the “No Border, No Country” podcast

02:13:42 - Susan Crabtree, RealClearPolitics’ national political correspondent & regular contributor for the California Post, walks us through an epically bad week for Gavin Newsom. Check out Susan’s most recent book   Fool’s Gold: The Radicals, Con Artists, and Traitors Who Killed the California Dream and Now Threaten Us All

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0:30 - Trump in IA, on Pretti shooting: don't like that he had a gun

16:39 - Guy attacks Omar spraying something on her after she calls for Noem to resign or be impeached

38:21 - Mayor West Chicago Daniel Bovey rips teacher who made pro-ICE post on social media

01:03:29 - West Chicago teacher - The First Amendment 

01:22:25 - Thomas Weitzel, retired Riverside police chief and Awake Illinois law-enforcement fellow, separates fact from fiction on ICE operations and the Bridgeview facility. Follow Chief Weitzel on X @ChiefWeitzel

01:38:33 - Noted economist Stephen Moore marks the 20th anniversary of Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth. Get more Steve @StephenMoore

01:53:02 - Neo-Marxist Party Senate debate

02:12:50 - Chief Political Analyst at The Liberal Patriot, Michael Baharaeen: Liberals Should Try Harder to Understand Their Adversaries. For more from Michael michaelbaharaeen.substack.com

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0:30 - Leavitt on Pretti shooting

9:36 - Organized Agitators

34:14 - Hollywood can no longer stay silent…

57:00 - Sports & Politics

01:10:35 - In-depth History with Frank from Arlington Heights

01:14:15 - Founder of Wirepoints Mark Glennon warns that when left-wing politicians like Brandon Johnson say “investment,” taxpayers should brace for what comes next.

01:29:43 - Retired Cook County Judge James R. Brown says Illinois no longer values skills and talent — it values wokeness, DEI, and open borders. Check out the op-ed Judge Brown wrote for JohnKass.com - His Judgement Cometh and That Right Soon

01:49:14 - Powerlines’s John Hinderaker argues Democrats’ real priority is burying fraud scandals and moving the headlines along. Get John’s latest at powerlineblog.com

02:04:32 - Director of Legal Affairs for Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, Katie Glenn Daniel, responds to Trump's call to be "a little bit flexible on Hyde" For more on Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America sbaprolife.org

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0:30 - Noem's initial statement on Pretti shooting

15:28 - Pretti shooting

39:18 - 2A issue

01:02:35 - MN Police Chief Brian O'Hara

01:21:03 - The Heritage Foundation's Steven Bucci weighs the pros and cons of a proposed pause on ICE operations in Minnesota

01:37:20 - Peter Schweizer, investigative journalist and author, connects the Minneapolis protests to his new book The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon. For more on The Invisible Coup - theinvisiblecoup.com

01:54:57 - Retired Chicago Police Chief of Detectives Eugene Roy says the media’s rush to judgment is making a bad situation in Minneapolis worse. Follow Gene on X @GeneRoyChicago

02:07:10 - Dr. Oz at the Griggs Midway building in MN calling out Medicaid fraud

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0:30 - Vance in MN: turn down the chaos

16:02 - DaWokeFarmer William Scott Kelly

38:17 - Jack Smith: I stand by my decisions

01:02:59 - National political reporter, Salena Zito, on the democrats penchant for violent rhetoric. Check out Salena’s most recent book  Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America’s Heartland and columns at  SalenaZito.com

01:20:20 - James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Law & Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago, Richard Epstein on vampire laws, revenge prosecutions and other recent law related absurdities

01:43:37 - Small business outlook, survey Chicago 

01:56:00 - Psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert diagnoses prominent left-leaning figures who made headlines this past week. Jonathan’s new book  Therapy Nation is set to release 5/19!

02:15:28 - Open Mic Friday!

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0:30 - We want a piece of ice for world protection

13:40 - Trump on Europe: want them to succeed but they need to change course, destroying themselves

37:43 - Trump on Somali fraud, piracy

01:02:08 - Rich Lowry, editor of National Review and author of The Case for Nationalism, reviews Trump at Davos and pushes back hard on critics of ICE. Follow Rich on X @RichLowry

01:18:40 - Host of “The Futures Edge Podcast” and special contributor to Wirepoints, Jim Iuorio, on why deregulation matters—and why business owners need to know government has their backs. For podcast updates & more @JimIuorio

01:36:07 - Call to Maine's Bureau of Motor Vehicles...I have a Somali friend who needs a DL

01:55:35 - Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Roger Klein: After Decade of Drift, Trump Returns Health Agency to Core Mission

02:10:58 - Heather Mac Donald, Manhattan Institute fellow and author of When Race Trumps Merit, applauds Trump’s response to lawlessness as Rude but Right on Crime

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