Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft

0:00 - Migrant Crisis Cost 

10:15 - Mika: Trump is killing women

26:20 - POTUS '24: Abortion

35:23 - TMZ catches up with Mel Gibson: voting for Trump?

36:39 - John Solomon,  award-winning investigative journalist and founder of Just the News, on the censorship industrial complex and the "Kill Twitter" agenda. You can also follow John on X @jsolomonReports

53:34 - 2017, 9 year old Avery Jackson vs 2024, 17 year old Avery Jackson 

01:07:10 - Bill Clinton in AZ: Kari Lake is hot

01:09:38 - Bjorn Lomborg, president of the Copenhagen Consensus think tank: Harris Stops Talking About Climate Change. Check out Bjorn’s most recent book Best Things First

01:25:29 - RFK, Jr. : a vote for Kamala is a vote for nuclear war

01:38:33 - OPEN MIC FRIDAY!!

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0:00 - Stacy Williams accuses Trump of groping her in 1993

13:29 - Kamala's presser on Gen. John Kelly's comments...Trump is Hitler

26:51 - Kamala stumbles over immigration on Telemundo

45:38 - Ackman's 33 reasons

01:03:54 - ProPublica national reporter, Andy Kroll, looks at election polling showing worrisome numbers for Harris' campaign and key Dem Senate races. Keep up on the polls with Andy on X @AndyKroll

01:19:40 - Thomas W. Smith fellow at the Manhattan Institute, Heather MacDonald, weighs in on the latest Trump attacks and the Prophets of Doom. Check out Heather’s latest book  When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives

01:35:11 - Bill Gage, former U.S. Secret Service special agent, 2002 to 2013 during the George W. Bush and Obama presidencies:  Protecting presidents is not like in the movies

01:54:29 - James Bovard, contributing editor for The American Conservative and author of, most recently, Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty, breaks down  The Democrats’ Three-Decade War on Honest Voting. Follow Jim on X @JimBovard

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0:00 - Harris & Walz on the trail

11:04 - DC press corps doing their part covering Trump

26:07 - "Kill Twitter" campaign

41:56 - National political reporter, Salena Zito, says Harris needs the same numbers as Biden, plus more, to win but the momentum is behind Trump in the blue wall swing states. Catch Salena’s latest at SalenaZito.com

57:12 - This could be the end

01:19:48 - Noted economist Stephen Moore: Kamala Harris is the most anti-business, most leftist candidate the democrats have ever come up with. Check out Steve’s new book  The Trump Economic Miracle: And the Plan to Unleash Prosperity Again – co authored with Art Laffer

01:35:20 - Alice Marie Johnson,  criminal justice reform advocate and former federal prisoner, offers her endorsement for Donald Trump and asks black voters affected/ interested in criminal Justice reform to join her. Alice is also the author of  After Life: My Journey from Incarceration to Freedom

01:52:48 - Atlantic hit piece

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0:00 - Daniel Penny

11:45 - Vet kicked off Delta flight

27:14 - Elon Musk on government regulation

48:50 -  open hearts = open borders

59:23 - In-depth History with Frank from Arlington Heights 

01:02:53 - U.S. representative for Georgia’s 10th district, Mike Collins, is in Indiana giving his support to Randy Niemeyer's campaign for IN District 1. You can support Randy too  niemeyerforcongress.com

01:18:19 - President at Wirepoints, Ted Dabrowski, scoffs at Pritzker's claim that "Illinois is not losing people" Get Ted’s latest at wirepoints.org

01:32:00 - Investigative Reporter for The Free Press, Maddie Rowley, looks Inside America’s Fastest-Growing Criminal Enterprise: Sex Trafficking. Also check out Maddies previous piece Nonprofits Are Making Billions off the Border Crisis

01:50:23 - Spencer A. Klavan, scholar, writer, podcaster and author, discusses his new book  Light of the Mind, Light of the World: How New Science Is Illuminating Ancient Truths about God

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0:00 - Chicago Police Board recommends termination of officer who shot and killed Reginald Clay, Jr.

11:08 - Battle of the Network Stars on the campaign trail

25:46 - Trump working the fries station at McDonald’s in suburban PA

43:14 - Alexis Nungaray responds on FNC to Kamala's "I'm so sorry for her loss"

58:15 - Steve Bucci, visiting fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies:  Yahya Sinwar was a "coward, a thug, and a terrorist" who died "like a little girl afraid of the dark"

01:16:50 - Musk in Harrisburg, PA, announces first $1M winner from petition signers

01:33:58 - Professor of economics at George Mason University and author of Misinformation Is a Word We Use to Shut You Up, Daniel B. Klein:  Don’t let the ‘infaux thugs’ close down debate

01:48:55 - Fred Bauer, a writer from New England, asks Is Donald Trump actually the ‘return to normal’ candidate?  Find more of Fred’s work at UnHerd, City Journal, National Review, and his blog “A Certain Enthusiasm” – fredbauerblog.blogspot.com

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0:00 - Trump remarks at Al Smith Dinner

9:50 - Kamala video for Al Smith dinner

24:22 - Polk Co, FL Sheriff Grady Judd announcing human trafficking arrests

43:11 - Dan Proft hair update

43:53 - President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and foreign affairs columnist for The Washington Times, Clifford May, on Israel/Gaza and the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. For more on the Foundation for Defense of Democracies fdd.org

59:59 - Search and Rescue

01:19:01 - Theodore Dalrymple, contributing editor of City Journal & a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute: What Are We Doing to Children? Get Theodore’s newest book On the Ivory Stages published by Mirabeau Press

01:35:59 - Author and former diplomat, Dave Seminara, on weathering the storms - natural & political - in St Petersburg FL. Check out Dave’s recent books  Footsteps of Federer and Mad Travelers: A Tale of Wanderlust, Greed and the Quest to Reach the Ends of the Earth

01:52:01 - OPEN MIC FRIDAY

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0:00 - Dan & Amy go through Baier's interview of Kamala

29:37 - Trump at Univision forum: 3 virtues of Kamala?

43:16 - Noah Rothman, senior writer at National Review, gives Harris some credit for her sitdown with Bret Baier but does not believe she accomplished her objective. Follow Noah on X @NoahCRothman

58:52 - Kamala on FOX on the border 

01:18:04 - Noted economist Stephen Moore talks Trump tariffs. Check out Steve’s new book  The Trump Economic Miracle: And the Plan to Unleash Prosperity Again – co authored with Art Laffer

01:35:09 - Chief Political Analyst at The Liberal Patriot, Michael Baharaeen, shares some Counties to Watch on Election Night. For more from Michael michaelbaharaeen.substack.com

01:52:37 - 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: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats. John is also the author of  Gun Control Myths and More Guns, Less Crime

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0:00 - Trump at Economic Club of Chicago with Bloomberg EIC John Micklethwait

10:22 - Kamala on Charlemange: thank me for sticking to my talking points

27:19 - CNN's Harry Enten breaks down Trump's problem with white women

48:51 - Jim Iuorio, host of “The Futures Edge Podcast” and special contributor to Wirepoints, breaks down Trump's tariff plan to bring manufacturing back to America. For podcast updates and more @jimiuorio

01:03:09 - DAN PROFT PARENTING TIP

01:23:47 - CEO of the FCB Radio Network and co-host of The Outlaws Radio Show, Darvio Morrow, explains why  Harris’s New Plan for Black Voters Is Too Little, Too Late. Follow Darvio on X @DTheKingpin

01:38:19 - Mark Halperin on Tucker: historic mental health crisis in America when Trump wins

01:56:15 - Professor of Politics at Assumption College and author of The Statesman as Thinker: Portraits of Greatness, Courage, and Moderation, Daniel J. Mahoney:  Woke Language Is a Weapon of War

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0:00 - Cyclist dbag in Park City, UT

9:16 - Bill Clinton on the trail: if immigrants were properly vetted Laken Riley wouldn’t have been murdered

27:50 - Kamala and the catholics 

47:43 - Republican US Senator for Indiana and candidate for governor, Mike Braun, on the repercussion of a chaotic border and the need for strong governors to push back. Help support Sen Braun’s campaign for Governor of Indiana mikebraunforindiana.com

01:02:50 - In-depth History with Frank from Arlington Heights 

01:05:00 - Assassination plot?

01:15:39 - Oral arguments in Trump appeal of civil fraud case in NYC

01:18:29 - President at Wirepoints, Ted Dabrowski, with his latest and greatest on no cash bail in Illinois. Get Ted’s latest at wirepoints.org

01:34:58 - National Chairman of the Election Transparency Initiative, former Virginia Attorney General, and former deputy secretary of DHS, Ken Cuccinelli, shares BIG Election Integrity Issues that are FRONT AND CENTER for this 2024 election. For more on the Election Transparency Initiative electiontransparency.org

01:53:13 - Trump anti-woke military video

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0:00 - Man arrested with guns near Trump rally, denies he was attempting assassination

13:49 - Longtime Democrat Donor Bill Ackman Sounds the Alarm and Lists 33 Biden-Harris and Democrat Policies That ‘Destroy America from Within’

28:47 - Receipts for “Man Enough” Kamala spot

45:56 - Vance to Raddatz on Aurora, CO: do you hear yourself?

01:04:50 - 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 Biden administration plan to send an antimissile system and 100 troops to Israel

01:21:18 - Thomas Weitzel retired Chief of Police of Riverside. He joined Dan and Amy to talk about Shotspotter & the State’s Attorney race

01:33:37 - Karoline Leavitt is the National Press Secretary for the Trump 2024 campaign. She joined Dan and Amy to preview Donald Trump’s speech in Chicago this week and also talk about the state of the race as we enter the home stretch before election day

01:48:56 - Bon Jovi song for Kamala: People’s House vs Five Times August: There Ain’t No Rock and Roll

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