Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft

0:30 - BLM Brandon on Morning Joe: federal funding for more cops

14:10 - Civil rights attorney with history of suing CPD to serve as Mayor Johnson's strategy chief

23:17 - Cracker Barrel to go back to old logo after backlash

44:09 - CBS WH reporter Olivia Rinaldi "breaks" Taylor Swift engagement

57:27 - Andrew McCarthy is a Former Chief Asst. U.S. Attorney & Contributing Editor at National Review and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency. 

01:21:32 - Stephen Moore is a Noted Economist and author of  The Trump Economic Miracle: And the Plan to Unleash Prosperity Again – co authored with Art Laffer. He joined Dan Proft with reaction to President Trump’s plan for the government to take an ownership stake in American companies.

01:38:03 - High school girls' volleyball player speaks out about opponents forfeiting games over trans teammate

01:52:45 - Neetu Arnold is Paulson Policy Analyst at the Manhattan Institute and a Young Voices contributor. She joined Dan Proft to talk about her column: The High Costs of Classroom Disorder

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0:30 - Trump: "A Lot Of People Are Saying Maybe We'd Like A Dictator"

11:40 - JB & Friends presser on Trump, National Guard

52:29 - Woman breaks down over Cracker Barrel rebrand

01:08:56 - Frank’s History Minute

01:12:18 - Corey Brooks is Senior Pastor of New Beginnings Church of Chicago, founder and CEO of Project H.O.O.D. He joined Dan Proft with reaction to President Trump’s plan to send the National Guard and military into Chicago.

01:32:41 - Ted Dabrowski is President at Wirepoints, Inc. He joined Dan Proft with reaction to President Trump’s plan to send the National Guard and military into Chicago.

01:46:55 - Katarina Szulc is an investigative journalist based in Mexico City who writes about cartels host of the “Borderland” podcast and her substack “Send News.” She joined Dan Proft to talk about President Trump’s efforts to crack down on the cartels

 02:06:50 - Alex Pollock is a Senior Fellow with the Mises Institute, served as the Principal Deputy Director of the Office of Financial Research in the U.S. Treasury Department, former President and CEO, Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, and author of  Finance and Philosophy—Why We’re Always Surprised.

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0:30 - BLM Brandon on MSNBC on National Guard

16:08 - National Guard

38:57 - Wes Moore: Baltimore doesn't need National Guard

58:43 - Ken Cuccinelli — National Chairman of the Election Transparency Initiative, former Virginia AG, and former DHS deputy secretary — says DOJ is well within its rights to demand voter data from Illinois and other states, and he’s surprised it hasn’t happened sooner. For more on the Election Transparency Initiative electiontransparency.org

01:15:03 - James A. Gagliano, retired FBI supervisory special agent and St. John’s University homeland security doctoral candidate, breaks down Friday’s raid on John Bolton’s home and reacts to the Ghislaine Maxwell transcripts

01:38:19 - Emil Barr, founder of Step Up Social, managing partner of Candid Network and a co-founder of Flashpass: ‘Work-Life Balance’ Will Keep You Mediocre. Follow Emil on X (@RealEmilBarr)

01:52:58 - President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and foreign affairs columnist for The Washington Times, Clifford May, on the chances Putin will have a sit down with Zalensky "Putin is not going to move or make any concessions unless there is pressure" Follow Cliff on X @CliffordDMay

02:10:10 - Border/migrants/deportations

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0:30 - NY appeals court sets aside $500M fine

16:08 - BLM Brandon's panic attacks

35:38 - Rhode Island Assistant AG Devon Hogan Flanagan arrested for trespassing

54:41 - Fitzgerald settles with NU

01:11:20 - Illinois Trucking Association Executive Director Matthew Hart on efforts to close loopholes that open the door for illegal immigrants to get commercial driver’s license. For more on the Illinois Trucking Association iltrucking.org

01:32:02 - American economist, author, professor, and co-director of the Program on the American Economy and Globalization at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Don Boudreaux, talks trade, tariffs and beyond. Check out Don’s blog at cafehayek.com

01:48:34 - Jonathan Alpert, psychotherapist practicing in New York and Washington, tackles Therapy’s Identity Politics Problem and breaks down the Mamdani supporter. Jonathan’s book Therapy Nation releases next year

02:06:36 - Open Mic Friday!

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0:30 - Explaining Mamdani

12:08 - Dems

34:39 - Pritzker: independent maps but only on a national level

51:36 - District 211 board meeting

01:15:32 - Rich Lowry, editor of National Review, offers Democrats advice on fixing their dismal ratings — and looks ahead to what Republicans can do once Trump is off the ballot. Rich is also the author of  The Case for Nationalism: How It Made Us Powerful, United, and Free

01:33:33 - Richard M. Reinsch, editor-in-chief of Civitas Outlook, weighs Trump’s tariff-for-income-tax swap—and delivers a reality check. Follow Richard on X @Reinsch84

01:52:04 - COO of Lox & Loaded, Gayle Pearlstein, shares the Lox & Loaded mission "to introduce responsible firearm ownership and safety in a way that’s approachable, professional, and deeply rooted in community values" For more info visit loxandloaded.org

02:06:44 - Former Trump Deputy National Security Advisor KT McFarland is optimistic on a Russia-Ukraine deal—if Trump maintains the pace and urgency. KT is also the author of Revolution: Trump, Washington and “We The People”. 

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0:30 - Lox & Loaded gun club

13:42 - Semi driver who killed 3 in FL

36:07 - Conant volleyball District 211 (board meeting tonight)

58:56 - Tyler Grey, former SOF operator and current veterans’ mental health advocate, reveals his hard-won journey in Forged in Chaos: A Warrior’s Origin Story. For more on Tyler and his book tyleragrey.com

01:17:08 - U.S. representative from Illinois’s 15th congressional district, Mary Miller, on her bill combating Illinois law requiring ‘invasive’ student mental health screenings. Keep updated with Congresswoman Miller on X @RepMaryMiller

01:28:14 - TX State Rep. Nicole Collier spends night locked up in the capitol

01:33:43 - Noted economist Stephen Moore cheers calls for ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ but flags looming risks to America’s energy security. Get more Steve @StephenMoore

01:53:24 - Former United States Deputy Undersecretary of Defense & contributor to the Washington Times and The American Spectator, Jed Babbin, on proposed sanctions against Russia - “empty threats do not impress Putin - so if we’re gonna do it, let’s do it” Follow Jed on X @jedbabbin

02:10:25 - Adult sleepaway camp

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0:30 - Rhode Island Assistant AG Devon Hogan Flanagan arrested for trespassing

13:56 - Brian Glenn (Real America's Voice and MTG beau), Trump on Zelensky suit

35:47 - Border/migrants/deportations

59:52 - Justin Logan, director of defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, says it's time to come to the realization that one more round of sanctions isn't going to do anything - “it is very difficult to bring Russia to its knees” Follow Justin on X @JustinTLogan

01:14:13 - In-depth History with Frank from Arlington Heights 

01:17:30 - Christina Bobb, former Marine and Trump attorney - now takes on government corruption as an attorney with Judicial Watch, shares details from her new book  Defiant: Inside the Mar-a-Lago Raid and the Left’s Ongoing Lawfare. Defiant is available Sept 9 - preorder your copy today

01:36:21 - Founder and Executive Editor of Wirepoints, Mark Glennon, reacts to the required mental health screenings coming to Illinois schools: "stop telling our kids thier mentally ill - teach them to read and write, that's what we need" Get Mark’s latest at wirepoints.org 

01:52:25 - Trump on getting rid of mail-in ballots

02:12:26 - Benjamin Zycher, senior fellow at AEI, shrugs off the rise in “climate lawfare” — noting nearly every case has already lost in court.

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0:30 - Trump on Air Force One before the Putin meeting: want a ceasefire, want to stop the killing

13:42 - Special Envoy Steve Witkoff on Tapper...moving toward piece, admin lines on five regions

35:05 - Swalwell on MSNBC: Trump acts like Russian asset

51:30 - Catfight on CNN

56:44 - Jim Iuorio, host of “The Futures Edge Podcast” and special contributor to Wirepoints, maps out where tech and markets collide — and what September could bring. For podcast updates & more @jimiuorio

01:17:20 - Visiting fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, Steven Bucci, on Trump’s progress with Putin, the left’s childish outrage over optics, and why today’s meeting with Zelensky matters

01:38:16 - Dan Proft Parenting Tips 

01:53:48 - Senior writer for the Washington Examiner and author of  The Rise of BlueAnon: How the Democrats Became a Party of Conspiracy Theorists, David Harsanyi: Democrats and their doomed search for ‘authenticity’ Follow David on X @davidharsanyi

02:11:00 - SPORTS & POLITICS

02:13:13 - Rafael Mangual, senior fellow and head of research for the Manhattan Institute’s Policing and Public Safety Initiative, calls out the hypocrisy of celebrating falling crime while pockets of lawlessness rage on.Check out Rafael’s most recent book  Criminal (In)Justice: What the Push for Mass-Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong, and Who It Hurts Most

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0:30 - DC

13:30 - DC - Legalized Weed

35:42 - LA Mayor Karen Bass upset about ICE raid outside of their redistricting presser

48:04 - Comey 2017 testimony

56:47 - Sen. John Kennedy on the Socialists' ascendancy 

01:09:07 - Hunter vs. Melania

01:13:00 - Mitch Daniels, former Purdue president and Indiana governor, breaks down the crises facing modern universities

01:34:00 - Editor in Chief of Jewish News Syndicate, Jonathan Tobin: The generational price of the false Gaza ‘genocide’ narrative. Follow Jonathan on X @jonathans_tobin

01:53:58 - Christian Toto, host of The Hollywood in Toto Podcast, on Hollywood’s sudden free-speech obsession and the fall of Howard Stern. For podcast updates & more hollywoodintoto.com

02:06:18 - Open Mic Friday

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0:00 - Russiagate Reckoning

11:20 - DC

31:18 - Why Dan Proft is Single

49:09 - IL mental health screening

01:11:52 - George Beebe, former director of Russia analysis at the Central Intelligence Agency and a former staff advisor to Vice President Cheney on Russia, offers what he believes Putin will try to achieve at tomorrow's summit in Alaska. George is currently Director of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft - quincyinst.org

01:28:13 - Collin Anderson, executive editor for the Washington Free Beacon, on just how gerrymandered Chicago is—so gerrymandered its main airport parks planes in two different congressional districts. Follow Collin on X @CAndersonMO

01:47:15 - Rachel K. Paulose, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota (2006-2008), discusses possible charges if the Trump administration plans to jail the Russian hoax colluders. Follow Rachel on X @RachelKPaulose

02:07:37 - Founder & Principal Broker for HealthInsuranceMentors.com, C Steven Tucker, explains how a 15-minute trip to the emergency room can turn into a $70,000 bill. Follow Steven on X @HealthInsMentor

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