Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft

0:00 - Cohen admits on the stand to stealing from Trump

12:28 - Matlock reboot

30:05 - Reparations & Race Based Grants

51:58 - Illegal immigrant Yaniry Pena doesn’t like Rochester, NY

01:05:42 - In-depth History with Frank from Arlington Heights

01:08:02 - Steven Bucci, visiting fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,   and throw off this oppressive regime"

01:25:11 - Ted Dabrowski, president at Wirepoints, observes the mass exodus out of Illinois. Get Ted’s latest at wirepoints.org 

01:41:35 - Neil Chilson, former Chief Technologist for the FTC and currently Head of AI Policy at the Abundance Institute: AI is No Reason to Limit Political Speech. For more from Neil, check out his substack outofcontrol.substack.com

01:58:00 - John Tamny, editor of RealClearMarkets & Director of the Center for Economic Freedom at FreedomWorks: The Operation Warp Speed Story Worsens By the Day. Grab a copy of 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 - Sports & Politics: Scheffler addresses arrest

14:09 - Kim Foxx new draft policy on searches during traffic stops

31:17 - Dan & Amy take reaction to Foxx' new draft policy on traffic stops/searches

53:09 - Biden’s pandering commencement speech at Morehouse: America is racist and you’re all victims

01:07:40 - Editor, Chicago District Golfer magazine and former golf writer for the Chicago Sun-Times, Barry Cronin, sorts through the sordid details of Scottie Scheffler's weekend at the PGA championship in Louisville. Follow Barry on X @barrycronin

01:27:37 - Former Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, Eddie Johnson, explains the problems he has with Kim Foxx' new policy on searches during traffic stops and Brandon Johnson's plan to eliminate ShotSpotter. To help keep ShotSpotter in Chicago visit saveshotespotter.com 

01:42:00 - Conservative Activist and founder of the Early Vote Action PAC, Scott Presler, describes the work he'll be doing to raise support for the GOP when he is in Chicago this week May 22-26. Keep updated with Scott while he’s in Chicago on X @ScottPresler

01:57:06 - Mark Moyar, former Director of the Office for Civilian-Military Cooperation at the US Agency for International Development., currently serves as the William P. Harris Chair of Military History at Hillsdale College: How to drain the swamp next time. Mark’s new book Masters of Corruption: How the Federal Bureaucracy Sabotaged the Trump Presidency is available tomorrow! 

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0:00 - Cohen testimony

11:33 - Mean Girls week in DC

26:45 - Sports & Politics: Harrison Butker, catholic extremist? 

50:25 - Ben Weingarten,  editor at large for RealClearInvestigations and senior contributor to The Federalist:  Here’s Fresh Evidence Biden’s Using Your Tax Dollars To Turn Out Democrat Votes In 2024. Get more from Ben at his substack  weingarten.substack.com

01:06:47 - One way to keep Scotty Scheffler from winning the PGA 

01:25:19 - Jason Hill, professor of philosophy at DePaul university and author of What Do White Americans Owe Black People: Racial Justice in the Age of Post-Oppression: “The age of nihilism is upon us” Check out Jason’s substack -  Jason Hill’s Moral Inoculation – jasondamianhill.substack.com

01:42:41 - Frank Diana, principal futurist at Tata Consultancy Services: Will AI Reshape Our World Faster Than Electricity? For more from Fank frankdiana.net

01:59:15 - OPEN MIC FRIDAY!!!

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0:00 - BLM Brandon op-ed: more game to be played

11:04 - POTUS ’24: Debates

28:28 - Border/migrants

45:32 - Learning how to think

01:03:32 - Noah Rothman, senior writer at National Review and author of The Rise of the New Puritans: Fighting Back Against Progressives’ War on Fun, says to stop "setting an absurdly low bar for Biden" Keep updated with Noah on X @NoahCRothman

01:23:22 - MA Socialist pols against Shotspotter

01:38:35 - THE PURGE/THE REVOLT: Lavender Bunde

01:47:33 - Mom’s testimony on kid being groomed

01:53:16 - Natan Sharansky, former Soviet dissident and Israeli politician. Chairman of the advisory boards of the Combat Antisemitism Movement and the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy:  The Fight for Freedom, From Exodus to Gaza. For more on the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy visit isgap.org

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0:00 - Maddow’s “smoking gun”

13:09 - FL imam goes full Farrakhan

26:47 - No correr por la cubierta!!

49:43 - Frank Furedi, executive director of the think-tank MCC-Brussels, discusses woke relativism and The cult of ‘my truth’ For more from Frank  frankfuredi.substack.com

01:04:55 - Peter Berkowitz, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and former Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department: How Netanyahu Can Convince Israelis, Reassure US, and Satisfy Saudis. Find all of Peter’s writings at  PeterBerkowitz.com

01:19:42 - Noted economist Stephen Moore on the hypocritical reactions to Biden's China tariffs and why he disagrees with whichever President enforces them. Get more Steve @StephenMoore

01:37:43 - Adam Mill, an attorney specializing in labor and employment and public administration law:  Michael Cohen Cannot Save Alvin Bragg’s Absurd Case. Adam is also a contributor to The Federalist, American Greatness, and The Daily Caller

01:54:05 - Donate a testicle for trans men?

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0:00 - Celebrating one year of Brandon Johnson

28:46 - St. Mary’s Academy in NO

46:37 - Chiefs’ K Harrison Butker’s Commencement Address at Benedictine College

01:04:02 - In-depth History with Frank from Arlington Heights

01:06:48 - Scott McKay, senior editor at the American Spectator & publisher for the Hayride, looks at the POTUS race and a possible VP pick for Trump. Check Scott’s new books!  It's All Obama: Racism, Revenge and Ruin & King Of The Jungle

01:25:31 - Ted Dabrowski, president of Wirepoints, discusses CPS contract negotiations and Brandon Johnson's first full year in office. Get Ted’s latest wirepoints.org 

01:44:09 - FLASHBACK: Warren Smith thought exercise with student on JK Rowling

02:02:15 - Karol Markowicz,  columnist for the New York Post & co-author of  Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation, says to  Believe data, not activists: Transgenderism among kids is mostly a fad. Hear more from Karol on iHeartRadio’s the Karol Markowicz Show

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0:00 - Happy Mothers Day to all those who celebrated 

10:19 - Trump rally in Wildwood, NJ

27:39 - Daley Plaza liberated by Hamas (Chicago Chapter)

49:46 - Bidenomics 

01:02:58 - Steven Bucci,  visiting fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, shares concerns over a Palestinian flag in Daley Plaza, and other actions from Brandon Johnson, 100 days out from the  DNC

01:21:16 - Thomas W. Smith fellow at the Manhattan Institute, Heather MacDonald, analyzes why "young women been so prominent in the recent campus chaos" Check out Heather’s most recent book When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives

01:37:20 - Another “Scream” video in Chicago

01:58:36 - TJ University goes full Key & Peele

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0:00 - BLM Brandon's Billion Dollar Ask

13:25 - Metropolitan Mixed Paradigm Shift

31:33 - THE GREAT DISINTEGRATION: Prostitution

52:43 - Fredo Cuomo's Vaccine Injury

01:06:59 - Mia Majik and women’s rage rituals

01:20:19 - Anti-abortion demonstrator Mario Navarro explains what went down with Ald Bill Conway outside a West Loop abortion clinic last week

01:31:18 - Oak Park pilot

01:37:23 - Award-winning film critic, author of Virtue Bombs: How Hollywood Got Woke and Lost Its Soul and host of “The Hollywood in Toto Podcast", Christian Toto, on Hollywood's unwarranted fear of a second Trump term. For podcast updates, movie reviews & more hollywoodintoto.com

01:57:41 - OPEN MIC FRIDAY!!

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0:00 - The Biden Snarl visits Chicago

12:25 - New Pritzker Purge Law Study

28:51 - Why Dan Proft is Single 

43:45 - Denver encampment list of demands

01:00:00 - Mitch Daniels, former president of Purdue University and former governor of Indiana, explains the fine line between protecting free speech and regulating conduct on college campuses

01:19:53 - Bob Woodson, founder and president of the Woodson Center: DEI Has Failed. It’s Time for Something Better. Pre-order your copy of Bob’s next book A Pathway to American Renewal:Red, White, and Black Volume II

01:38:02 - Austin Edwards, veteran of the USAF and a third-generation law enforcement officer, discusses balancing life as a homicide detective on the city’s West Side, a father of two and a rising country music store. Austin will be performing at Patriots Fest – Aurora IL 5/18 - patriotsfest.com. For more of Austin’s music austinedwardsmusic.com

01:49:04 - Donald Trump Bible Translations

01:51:24 - Victor Davis Hanson, longtime classicist at California State University, Fresno, and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, says republicans have neglegted universities, the media, etc: "These are our institutions and we are not going to just give them up to these people in the 21st century" VDH has a new book out  The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation

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0:00 - Trump after Stormy day in court

15:05 - NBC discovers border problem

31:29 - Andrew Cuomo: lockdown was voluntary

50:58 - Princeton hunger striker: they are not caring for us

01:13:31 - Rod Dreher, contributing editor and former senior editor for The American Conservative,  author of the New York Times bestsellers—Live Not By Lies, The Benedict Option, and The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, offers Lessons for Our Time on university campuses here and abroad. Read more from Rod at substack.com/@roddreher

01:34:02 - Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School, William Jacobson: How Trump treated Stormy Daniels has nothing to do with whether or not business documents were falsified. Professor Jacobson is also founder of LegalInsurrection.com and president of the Legal Insurrection Foundation

01:50:50 - “Scouting America”

02:11:11 - The Motor City Madman, Ted Nugent, discusses Patriots Fest - 5/18 Aurora, IL -  and takes a walk down memory lane with Amy. Visit patriotsfest.com for info and tickets!

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