Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft

0:00 - Trump: Iran has a few days, Tucker called to apologize

9:21 - Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei: Iran Won't Surrender Or Accept Impositions

31:53 - Sen. Ted Cruz: It Says In The Bible To Bless Israel Or Be Cursed

52:57 - John Tamny is the editor of RealClearMarkets, Director of the Center for Economic Freedom at FreedomWorks and author of The Money Confusion: How Illiteracy about Currencies and Inflation Sets the Stage for the Crypto Revolution. He joined Dan and Amy to talk about the current state of the Big Beautiful Bill

01:09:46 - Yinam Cohen is the Consul General of Israel to the Midwest. He told Dan and Amy the war in the Middle East may be thousands of miles away, but it impacts the citizens of Chicago

01:27:26 - SCOTUS holding on transing kids

01:45:42 - Pierre Rehov is a French-Israeli novelist, journalist and documentary filmmaker. He joined Dan and Amy with reaction to the war between Israel and Iran

02:05:48 - James Fitzgerald is a Retired FBI Special Agent & Criminal Profiler from the Unabomber case, now co-host the “Cold Red” podcast. It’s on Spotify, Apple, etc.

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0:00 - BLM Brandon on forthcoming ICE enforcement actions in Chicago

23:47 -  JK Rowling vs. Boy George

28:15 - Ali G on reports Texas police illegally accessed IL license plate reader data

40:12 - Ah-nold on The View

48:53 - Tucker and Ted Cruz

01:10:31 - Dems

01:24:24 - Noted economist Stephen Moore on the senate version of the Big Beautiful Bill. Get more Steve @StephenMoore

01:37:34 - The Dull Men's Club

01:42:44 - Actor, director, bass player and author, Gary Sinise, discusses his upcoming show with the Lt Dan Band celebrating and supporting our veterans for a WSFDV Rockin’ For Our Vets concert for charity at Cantigny - Saturday July 12. For more info & tickets visit wsfdv.org

02:01:11 - President of the Crime Prevention Research Center & former senior advisor for research and statistics at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Policy John Lott:  As Deportations Rise, The U.S. Is On Track For The Lowest Murder Rate On Record. Jon is also the author of  Gun Control Myths and More Guns, Less Crime

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0:00 - Joe Thompson, Acting USA in MN, with details on the assassination of MN state rep and husband

10:32 - IL pols "on the list" of MN assassin

24:02 - Trump calls out Chicago/Pritzker at G7

30:49 - Trump responds to Tucker

54:44 - SPORTS & POLITICS

01:11:56 - In Depth History w/ Frank From Arlington Heights

01:14:34 - Markets Specialist for Market Day Report!, Scott "the cow guy" Shellady, on how the unrest in the Middle East will affect gas/oil prices - "this is serious business" 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

01:31:54 - President at Wirepoints, Ted Dabrowski, shares his frustration over Gov Pritzker and Mayor Johnson's coordinated effort to never tell you the truth. Get Ted’s latest at wirepoints.org

01:48:54 - BLM Brandon kicks off Juneteenth

02:09:01 - Ruthie Blum, award-winning columnist and senior contributing editor at JNS & former adviser at the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, discusses the complicated Netanyahu - Trump relationship. For more from Ruthie check out the Israel Undiplomatic Podcast

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0:00 - Madigan gets 7.5, 2.5

13:56 - MN shooter's roommate reads text from shooter

32:54 - No Kings/No ICE

47:37 - "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name" sung at Comiskey attendant to Pope Leo address

49:45 - Joe Abraham, father of Katie Abraham who was tragically killed in a hit-and-run accident involving an illegal immigrant: We have created a multi-billion dollar industry for the carteles - moving people around - and we're ok with that 

01:09:36 - Steven Bucci,  is a visiting fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, on Israel/Iran - "we are nowhere near WWIII"

01:31:34 - President of Center of the American Experiment and contributor to Powerline, John Hinderaker, with details on the shootings and manhunt in Minnesota. Get John’s latest at powerlineblog.com

01:46:48 - NY Times Best Selling author of Tucker, the biography of Tucker Carlson, Chadwick Moore, on what the left offered us this past weekend - "mission accomplished: we still don't have a king" Get more Chadwick - substack.com/@chadwickmoore

02:04:46 - Why Dan Proft is Single

02:18:51 - USAID

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0:00 - Jon Voight's message to Newsom: you're a fool

12:44 - CA Sen. Alex Padilla gets taken out of DHS Sec press briefing and cuffed

31:36 - Stefanik pushes Hochul on illegals who've committed violent crimes, names names

54:01 - Jonathan Schanzer, executive director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, joins from Jerusalem, where he says Israel’s bombing campaign caught Iran off guard. With strikes continuing and possibly lasting weeks, Schanzer says the mission won’t stop until key objectives are met—and he’s curious how much Washington, and President Trump, may have known in advance.

01:11:47 - Ian Rowe, founder of Vertex Partnership Academies, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and visiting fellow at The Woodson Center, goes through his report on the importance of fatherhood - Good Fathers; Flourishing Kids. Ian is also the author of Agency: The Four Point Plan (F.R.E.E.) for ALL Children to Overcome the Victimhood Narrative and Discover Their Pathway to Power 

01:36:02 - Illinois Immigration Spending

01:55:00 - Illinois Republican Party Chair, Kathy Salvi, discusses the direction of the Illinois GOP

02:15:19 - OPEN MIC FRIDAY

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0:00 - Anti-ICE riots

12:54 - BLM Brandon: ICE raids are what US would look like if South won the Civil War

35:04 - Madigan

53:01 - No WH picnic for Rand Paul

01:11:49 - U.S. Congressman Brandon Gill, who represents Texas’ 26th District and serves on the House Oversight Committee, shares some of the questions he plans to ask Governor J.B. Pritzker and other sanctuary state leaders at today’s hearing. Keep updated with Rep Gill on X @realBrandonGill

01:24:38 - Dentist at Oakmont

01:28:03 - Jim Jordan, Congressman for Ohio’s 4th District, gears up for today’s hearing with sanctuary state governors, saying, “Not all Democrats are crazy — but the left that controls the party is.”Stay connected with Rep. Jordan on X @Jim_Jordan

01:45:11 - Producer & Director Jeff Hays shares details from his newest documentary Toxic Nation: From Fluoride to Seed Oils — How We Got Here, Who Profits, and What You Can Do. Watch Toxic Nation for free at mahafilms.com

02:00:42 - Kevin Bastuga, Co-Founder and EVP of Signature Bank, highlights the bank’s personal approach — where they know your name, your goals, and maybe even your golf handicap. For more on signature bank signaturebank.bank. Signature Bank is sponsoring next weeks AM 560 Golf Outing - Sign up your foursome today! 560theAnswer.com/golf

02:16:31 - AWFLs railing AWFL influencers for not rebuking ICE and rallying around mostly peaceful protestors to grow the resistance

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0:00 - Chicago ICE protestor: we're not going back

10:59 - Tom Homan on ICE raids in LA...public safety threats

33:53 - CAMPUS BEAT

51:45 - SPORTS & POLITICS

01:06:46 - Scott Wilder, spokesman for PreBorn, offers an opportunity to provide ultrasounds for mothers with crisis pregnancies.Research shows when pregnant girls, or young women, see their child on an ultrasound they are far more likely to choose life. To make a one-time donation of $140 - to provide a free ultrasound for 5 women and their babies - go to 560TheAnswer.com/preborn or call 833-850-BABY (2229)

01:24:40 - Noted economist Stephen Moore remains confident the Big Beautiful Bill will pass - "self survival is a huge motivator" Check out Steve’s newest book  The Trump Economic Miracle: And the Plan to Unleash Prosperity Again – co authored with Art Laffer

01:38:59 - Director of the National Golf Series for Tunnel to Towers,Tom McDonough, previews next week’s AM 560 Golf Outing raising money for T2T and their mission of helping America’s heroes by providing mortgage-free homes to the families of fallen first responders. For more on Tunnel to Towers t2t.org. To sign up for the AM 560 Golf Outing 560theAnswer.com/golf

01:50:36 - Thank you, Mike Madigan

01:57:10 - Senior Pastor of New Beginnings Church of Chicago, founder and CEO of Project H.O.O.D., Corey Brooks:  The power of building always beats the power of politics. For more from Pastor Corey Brooks projecthood.org and on X @CoreyBBrooks

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0:00 - Newsom: Trump wants civil war

9:41 - No Justice, No Peace Maxine taunting National Guardsmen

30:31 - Dems protest sing-alongs

52:18 - WHY DP IS SINGLE

01:04:39 - In-depth history with Frank from Arlington Heights

01:07:29 - Noah Rothman, senior writer at National Review: Democrats Just Can’t Quit the Looters and Rioters. Follow Noah on X @NoahCRothman

01:23:28 - Ozempic Update 

01:27:11 - Ted Dabrowski, president of Wirepoints, warns that Gov. Pritzker and Mayor Johnson are driving the wealthy out of Illinois. Get Ted’s latest at wirepoints.org

01:43:03 - Ferris Bueller's sweater

01:44:35 - FoxNews Political Analyst, Gianno Caldwell, on the day that changed his life forever and his new book  The Day My Brother Was Murdered: My Journey Through America’s Violent Crime Crisis. The Day My Brother Was Murdered is available 6/24

01:57:17 - SPORTS & POLITICS

02:00:13 - Bjorn Lomborg, president of the Copenhagen Consensus think tank: ‘Cheap’ solar and wind is a lie, green countries pay more! Check out Bjorn’s most recent book Best Things First

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0:00 - Terry Moran suspended

14:08 - LA Mayor Karen Bass at press briefing: worried about everyone but…

36:31 - "Mostly peaceful" redux

56:13 - Sports & Politics 

01:16:11 - Steven Bucci, visiting fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies: Trump's negotiating tactics are working, the left just can't get themselves to see that.

01:36:48 - Former Chicago Police Lieutenant John Garrido (16th District) discusses the shooting of Officer Krystal Rivera and sounds the alarm over the CPD’s suspension of officer wellness resources. John is also President of the Garrido Stray Rescue Foundation – garridostrayrescue.org

01:51:42 - RealClearPolitics’ national political correspondent, Susan Crabtree, on Gov Newsom’s showdown with Trump over LA riots and what happened to the Biden White House bag of cocaine. Susan is also co-author of  Fool’s Gold: The Radicals, Con Artists, and Traitors Who Killed the California Dream and Now Threaten Us All

02:13:06 - Texas' in-state tuition for illegals: a study in the GOP's approach to immigration policy

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0:00 - CPD Officer Krystal Rivera murdered at 82nd and Drexel

11:44 - Trump on Elon: first comes the “disappointment”

33:43 - After the Love is Gone

48:59 - Worcester, MA, City Councilhuman arrested by ICE

54:26 - Rep. Kelly Cassidy…blood on your hands

01:13:47 - Host of The Michael Medved Show and author of God’s Hand on America: Divine Providence in the Modern Era, Michael Medved, shares details from his best seller turned major motion picture  The American Miracle. For more details and showtimes visit americanmiraclemovie.com

01:35:00 - Scott McKay, publisher of The Hayride and senior editor at The American Spectator, frames the Trump–Musk feud as wrestling theater, with Musk primed for the heel turn. Check out Scott’s newest novel From Hellmarsh With Love

01:51:25 - Founder, CIO Perry International Capital Partners, James Perry, looks at the June jobs numbers. For more on Perry International Capital Partners perryinternationalcapitalpartners.com

02:09:08 - OPEN MIC FRIDAY

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