Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft

0:00 - Trump and Walz respond to Signal controversy: no need to apologize…won’t be using (much) going forward

13:19 - Hegseth on Goldberg: nobody was texting war plans

32:41 - White liberals and black people were asked if they think voter ID is racist. Result

52:00 - Jasmine Crockett calls Governor Abbott “Governor Hot Wheels”

01:10:47 - Pritzker at Human Rights Campaign dinner: we need to be streetfighters

01:45:47 - Internet laughs at ‘cringe’ music video that celebrates Musk and his ‘master plan to save our lives’

01:50:10 - 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. He joined Dan and Amy to weigh in on the fight between the Trump administration and the courts.

02:10:37 - Ramona T Bonilla-Anaiel is Chief Union Steward Chicago Public Schools, Bargaining Team member, and three-term elected Executive Board Member of SEIU Local 73. Also the elected Republican Committeewoman for the 31st Ward Belmont Cragin in Chicago, IL. She joined Dan and Amy to talk about being targeted for social media comments.

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0:00 - The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

14:38 - HOW THE NEW YORK TIMES IS KILLING AMERICA - John Kass

34:23 - Kaylee Whitebrook, mother of 2, in Fairfax Co, VA…should I send my kid to govt preschool?

49:36 - Jim Iuorio is the host of “The Futures Edge Podcast” and special contributor to Wirepoints. He joined Dan and Amy to talk about how the economy is responding to President Trump’s tariffs. 

01:08:56 - Frank’s History Minute

01:13:09 - Judge orders Pentagon to allow transgender troops, calls Trump ban ‘unabashedly demeaning’

01:31:38 - Ted Dabrowski of Wirepoints.org joined Dan and Amy, struggling to explain how a superintendent in a failing school district walk away with nearly half a million dollars a year

01:51:29 - Elizabeth Grace Matthew is a Regular Opinion Contributor at The Hill and elizabethgracematthew.substack.com. She joined Dan and Amy to explain the concept of Toxic Femininity.

02:07:27 - Trump responds to Atlantic Signal incident

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0:00 - We Dug Into the Polls. Democrats in Congress Should Be Very Afraid

12:31 - Amy Jacobson recounted her harrowing adventure coming into work today

30:33 - Illinois DOGE Profile: $700K per year to the Black Researchers Collective

50:40 - Bucks legend and entrepreneurial icon Junior Bridgeman laid to rest

01:08:35 - Steven Bucci served America for three decades as an Army Special Forces officer and top Pentagon official, is a visiting fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies. He joined Dan and Amy with reaction to the selection of Boeing to build the new F-47 fighter, and the fight between the Pentagon and the judicial branch over banning Trans soldiers

01:30:49 - Alec Baldwin Shares Humiliating Story About Seeing His Wife Hilaria Baldwin’s Ex-Boyfriend Nude on Broadway

01:48:59 - Susan Crabtree is RealClearPolitics’ national political correspondent. She joined Dan and Amy to talk about her new book: Fool’s Gold: The Radicals, Con Artists, and Traitors Who Killed the California Dream and Now Threaten Us All

02:12:56 - Mark Trammell is the Executive Director of Center for American Liberty. He joined Dan and Amy to talk about their work on the case of Julie Jaman vs city of Port Townsend

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0:00 - Trump EO on DoE

12:51 - The Left's Tesla Takedown

32:36 - H.B. 2827

50:34 - National political reporter, Salena Zito:  Democrats are cratering and waiting for Godot. Salena has a new book out this summer, July 8, Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America’s Heartland

01:11:04 - What kind of world do you want? 

01:30:04 - President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and foreign affairs columnist for The Washington Times, Clifford May:  Trump’s Ukraine diplomacy faces Putin test. Keep updated with Cliff on X @CliffordDMay

01:47:24 - Best selling author Lionel Shriver asks, as we careen from one moral panic to another,  Am I a culture war addict? Check out Lionel’s most recent book  Mania: A Novel

02:01:52 - OPEN MIC FRIDAY

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0:00 - “Dozens” of federal workers in Chicago to return to work…to protest

10:16 - JFK file release

29:25 - Tesla attacks

49:54 - Evanston Reparations

01:08:57 - Carlin Yoder,  member of the Indiana Senate (12th district) from 2008 to 2016, shares why things are looking up for republicans in the Hoosier state. Carlin is also  President Trump’s Indiana state director. Follow him on X @carlinyoder

01:23:25 - Bob Maranto, 21st Century Chair in Leadership at the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, asks What Type of Social Justice Do We Want?

01:40:45 - Author of Pandemia: How Coronavirus Hysteria Took Over Our Government, Rights, and Lives, Alex Berenson: Five years into Covid, why do reporters and health bureaucrats keep lying about the mRNA jabs? For more from Alex check out his substack Unreported Truths alexberenson.substack.com

01:55:25 - Before there was Christopher Steele there was Lenny Dykstra

01:59:12 - John Tamny, editor of RealClearMarkets & Director of the Center for Economic Freedom at FreedomWorks:  There’s No Such Thing As ‘Monetary Policy,’ There’s Just Production. Check out John’s most recent book The Money Confusion: How Illiteracy about Currencies and Inflation Sets the Stage for the Crypto Revolution

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0:00 - Preckwinkle on re-election

14:54 - Space X splashdown...Crew-9 back on earth

30:32 - State Rep. Bob Morgan calls Nicole Georgas claims against Alan Shepard School "a lie"

52:46 - Batya Ungar-Sargon,  author, most recently, of Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America’s Working Men and Women, points out that democrats are struggling to accept they are now the party of the rich. Follow Batya on X @bungarsargon

01:07:34 - We Were Badly Misled About the Event That Changed Our Lives

01:29:21 - Noted economist Stephen Moore: "I don't know why Trump is so hard on our 51st state..." Get more Steve @StephenMoore

01:46:57 - James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Law & Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago, Richard Epstein, weighs in on President Trump vs Chief Justice Roberts

02:11:20 - Thomas W. Smith fellow at the Manhattan Institute, Heather MacDonald: Racist—But Underfunded?  - capping funding for universities indirect costs. Check out Heater’s most recent book  When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives  

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0:00 - Trump on Biden's autopen

13:27 - Dems are "in this moment"

34:07 - Tom Homan on the "old law" Trump is using for deportations

55:21 - Nicole Georgas discusses the civil rights complaint she filed on behalf of her 13 year old daughter who was forced to change clothes in front of a male student in the girls locker room at  Alan B. Shepard Middle School in Deerfield, Illinois

01:12:19 - In Depth History w/ Frank From Arlington Heights

01:15:09 - Lavender Bunde Leaders

01:35:26 - President at Wirepoints, Ted Dabrowski, on the “DEI equity lens” Illinois leadership sees everything through. Get Ted’s latest at wirepoints.org

01:51:29 - WV Gov. Patrick Morrissey to potenitally sue the NCAA over Mountaineers snub

02:00:08 - Tim Stearns, president and founder of TJ Stearns in Arlington Heights, wants to bring investors “back to the fundamentals” in today’s topsy-turvy market. Tim is also the host of “Protect & Grow: Chicagoland Retirement.” Tune in Saturdays from Noon to 1:00PM (CT) at 560 The Answer

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0:00 - AOC on Senate Dems who supported CR

11:01 - Kash Patel on swatting incidents

29:08 - Crew-10 capsule (SpaceX) lands at ISS

38:32 - Roadie for a day

46:13 - Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School, William Jacobson: "What point do people say this is ridiculous, these judges are going to get people killed" Professor Jacobson is also founder of LegalInsurrection.com and president of the Legal Insurrection Foundation

01:03:16 - Steven Bucci, visiting fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies: Zalensky is ready to make a deal

01:21:53 - Thomas Weitzel, retired Chief of Police of Riverside, explains why Cops dislike working on St. Patrick's Day. Follow Chief Weitzel on X @ChiefWeitzel

01:38:22 - Batya Ungar Sargon on Maher defending Trump--as a Leftist

02:01:12 - Senior writer for the Dispatch, David Drucker, on the response to Schumer and the the passing spending bill vote. Keep updated with David on X @DavidMDrucker

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0:00 - Mr. McBride: the GOP is obsessed with cultural issues

14:42 - Imperial Day Spa (San Fran)…Jack Phillips redux

35:06 - Trump on tariffs: Canada only works as a state

58:37 - Deerfield middle school administrators force teen girls to change in front of boy in school locker room

01:18:13 - Scott McKay is publisher of the Hayride, senior editor at the American Spectator, and author of Racism Revenge and Ruin and King Of The Jungle. He joined Dan and Amy to talk about the Democratic Party’s struggle to stay politically relevant.

01:34:00 - Dan Patlak is a Former Cook County Board of Review Commissioner. He joined Dan and Amy to talk about Republican efforts to re-take local governments from the Democrats

01:52:20 - Daniel DePetris is a fellow at Defense Priorities and a syndicated foreign affairs columnist at the Chicago Tribune and Newsweek.He joined Dan and Amy with reaction to the possibility of a cease-fire between Ukraine and Russia.

02:04:15 - OPEN MIC FRIDAY

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0:00 - Michelle Obama and brother Craig Robinson on her new podcast: mentor for the mentorless

13:36 - Lead witness testifying against school choice in TX: funded by AFT

30:43 - 12 protesters arrested demanding ICE release Palestinian Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil

52:59 - Michael McShane is the Director of National Research at EdChoice and co-author of Getting Education Right: A Conservative Vision for Improving Early Childhood, K–12, and College. He joined Dan and Amy with reaction to President Trump’s efforts to shut down the Department of Education

01:07:14 - Chicago City Council rejects effort to limit sale of new fur products

01:24:58 - 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 and Amy to talk about the latest in President Trump’s trade war.

01:39:44 - H.S. Track Runner Hits Opponent With Baton During Race, Suffers Concussion

01:54:46 - John Tierney is a Contributing Editor to the City Journal, former reporter and columnist at The New York Times and co-author of The Power of Bad: How the Negativity Effect Rules Us and How We Can Rule It. He joined Dan and Amy with reaction to Jay Bhattacharya’s Confirmation Hearing

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