Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft

0:00 - College Campus Protests

11:15 - CTA’s “Second Chance” program

30:47 - PIT protestors can do the impossible: generate sympathy for Alec Baldwin

44:59 - Tucker Carlson theory on Nixon/Watergate

01:00:48 - In-depth History with Frank from Arlington Heights

01:02:48 - Senior fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism, Wesley Smith: Normalizing Assisted Suicide Will Lead to a Duty to Die. Wesley is also the host of the Humanize Podcast. You can follow him on X @theWesleyJSmith

01:19:01 - Ted Dabrowski, president at Wirepoints, points to Chicago being at the bottom of the list for big cities and home growth/home value. Get Ted’s latest wirepoints.org

01:34:42 - Robert Pozen, senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a former chairman of MFS Investment Management:   What Economists Miss About Inflation. 

01:46:35 - Molly Ringwald: movies that made her famous couldn’t be made today b/c “too white”

01:55:31 - Phil Oakley, veteran & event organizer, shares the details for Patriots Fest - a new nationwide music festival highlighting those who have fought for our country - which kicks off in Aurora on 5/18. For tickets and details patriotsfest.com

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0:00 - Another Chicago Police officer is fatally shot while returning home from work

12:01 - No accountability for thee, no accountability for me

30:53 - weak leaders invite evil

48:58 - Liel Leibovitz, editor at large for Tablet: What you’re seeing at Columbia Univ didn’t just happen. It took years of deliberate choices by administrators, donors, and lawmakers. Follow Liel on X @liel

01:05:39 - Steven Bucci, former top Pentagon official & visiting fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, on Ukraine Aid, China's influence in Latin America  and Joe Biden's uncle in New Guinea

01:25:22 - Bill Maher on Quiet On Set

01:44:19 - James Burnham, senior associate counsel to the president, deputy assistant attorney general at the Department of Justice, and counselor to the attorney general: No More Special Counsels. James is currently the principal at King Street Legal, PLLC.

02:02:02 - Co-Founder of GreenPeace, Patrick Moore, commemorates Earth Day with Dan & Amy and explains why Bill Gates is "one of the stupidest people that exists on this planet" Purchase your copy of Patrick’s book today  Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom

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0:00 - John Anthony filling in for Dan

13:48 - FIGHTING “furriers” in school

28:01 - We have our JURY! 12 jurors and 1 alternate

44:11 - Jim Iuorio, host of “The Futures Edge Podcast”: if the economy is good, why is the government spending like drunken sailors? Follow Jim on X for podcast updates & more @jimiuorio

59:29 - Mike Bost, U.S. representative for Illinois’s 12th congressional district, weighs in on Mike Johnson v MTG.Support Mike’s run for reelection bostforcongress.com

01:19:14 - Daniel Boland, the man behind “Recall This Fall” - an initiative that would put a recall ordinance on the fall Chicago ballot - “Our safety comes first, our citizens come first”

01:36:16 - Proud Alcoholic Eddie Arana shares stories from his book  Ice Water Please: My Life As a Proud Alcoholic And a Formula to Help One Person Stop Drinking Forever

01:49:35 - OPEN MIC FRIDAY!!!

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0:00 - Mayorkas impeachment: Biden & Ali, greatest friends traffickers have ever had

12:56 - Jessica Jackson has a message for Ald. Maria Hadden, et al

31:37 - Drag Queen Bingo not just for DG…LaSalle Co

55:08 - Adam Mill, an attorney who specializes in labor and employment and public administration law, points out the flaws in Alvin Bragg’s Witch Trial. Find more of Adam’s writings at The Federalist, American Greatness, and The Daily Caller.

01:10:14 - Brandon Johnson Is No Father Flanagan

01:29:38 - Contributing editor at The American Conservative, Jim Pinkerton, shares how observing trends can make you money in his new book The Secret of Directional Investing: Making Money Amidst the Red-Blue Rumble. Pre Order your copy of The Secret of Directional Investing today!

01:45:11 - Consul General of Israel to the Midwest, Yinam Cohen, on Hammas, Iran and the Biden administration's sanctions

02:05:12 - Berliner resigns from NPR

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0:00 - Downers Grove village board meeting – removal of Bill Nienburg

12:18 - DG Village board meeting continued 

31:45 - Bill Nienburg, recently removed from the Downers Grove library board, explains why he opposed "Drag Queen Bingo" at the DG library and how this lead to his removal from the library board

49:44 - Trump trials

01:01:50 - Eric Adams says Trump jury will be fair

01:06:06 - Senior Lecturer in History & Political Science Clemson University & contributing writer for the Atlantic,  Arash Azizi:  Ordinary Iranians Don’t Want a War With Israel. Arash is also the author of  What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom

01:31:05 - New NPR CEO Katherine Maher, LWV loon type

01:45:15 - James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Law & Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago, Richard A Epstein:  Why further litigation is sadly necessary on Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park

02:06:28 - Paul Vallas, policy advisor for IllinoisPolicy.org, former candidate for mayor and former CEO of CPS, breaks down the Chicago Teachers Union’s contract demands

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0:00 - Hamas shutdowns

14:24 - Trump on trial, Day One in Manhattan: scam trial

28:57 - Downers Grove village library board member clashes with its "progressive" majority

52:57 - Nashville Covenant School teacher opposes arming teachers: live & die on your knees

01:04:28 - In-depth History with Frank from Arlington Heights

01:07:25 - Kirby on Biden cash to Iran

01:22:49 - President at Wirepoints, Ted Daborwski, on what promises to be the "pronoun event" of the season in Wilmette. Get Ted’s latest wirepoints.org

01:41:17 - Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of SBA Pro-Life America:  Trump is wrong: abortion opponents are looking for a national leader. For more on SBA Pro-Life America visit sbaprolife.org

01:59:35 - Rick Pearson on publishing voter data

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0:00 - Scheffler: I’m ready to go at a moment’s notice

12:43 - Dexter Reed: shot in family altercation

31:22 - CNN’s Abby Philip interviews Cornel West VP candidate Melina Abdullah (former head of Pan African Studies at California State U, co-founder of BLM LA): police are slave catchers

51:45 - Trump says he will testify in hush money trial

01:08:07 - Steven Bucci, former top Pentagon official & visiting fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies: Joe Biden doesn't have Israel's best interests at heart, only his own political interests

01:28:53 - Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School, William Jacobson, on the Cornell Unity rally he recently spoke at and the differences between Pro-Isreal & Pro-Palestine protesters. Professor Jacobson is also Founder of LegalInsurrection.com and president of the Legal Insurrection Foundation

01:44:08 - Steven Hayes, Chairman & President  of FairTax.org & Chad Hagan, founder of Hagan Capital Group and Member of the Board of Advisors at FairTax.org, explain why the time for the Fair Tax is past due 

01:57:35 - Former Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, Eddie Johnson, on the city's handling of the Dexter Reed shooting and CPD's preparations for the DNC

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0:00 - OJ 

13:16 - Rich Guidice

28:47 - Cierra Patterson, senior at Lower Richland HS

52:18 - CPS student who was raped several times by the Dean of students at Little Village HS

01:06:29 - Host of FOX News’ Special Report and Best Selling author, Bret Baier, is impressed by Trump's composure on the campaign trial thus far. Be sure to get Bret’s latest best sellers  To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment and The History Club: Duel Across Time

01:23:42 - President of the Family Research Council (FRC) and former Louisiana State Representative, Tony Perkins, previews his new show on the Salem Radio Network "This Week on the Hill" Tony Perkins’ “This Week on the Hill”, featuring House Speaker Mike Johnson, debuts this Sunday at 1pm on AM 560

01:37:53 - Former First Assistant State’s Attorney of Cook County, IL and Former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, Bob Milan, on the Dexter Reed shooting and the states attorney's office & COPA's response

01:55:34 - OPEN MIC FRIDAY!

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0:00 - Border/migrants

14:02 - Dexter Reed

30:44 - OPRF’s racism crushing its supposed beneficiaries

53:12 - Race 2 Dinner for the low, low price of $5000 you can get identitarian absolution

01:11:20 - Former Chicago Police Lieutenant in the 16th District, John Garrido: It's not a traffic stop that ended in death, it's his trying to kill police officers that ended in death. John is also President of the Garrido Stray Rescue Foundation – garridostrayrescue.org

01:31:34 - Daniel B. Klein, professor of economics at George Mason University:  ‘Misinformation’ Is the Censors’ Excuse. Professor Klein is also the author of Misinformation Is a Word We Use to Shut You Up

01:46:47 - President of the Population Research Institute and an expert on China, Steven Mosher: Communist China had a good run — but the Party is over. Check out Steven’s brand new book  The Devil and Communist China: From Mao Down to Xi

Editor in Chief of Jewish News Syndicate, Jonathan Tobin:  Biden shouldn’t get away with granting a victory to Hamas. Keep updated with Jonathan on X @jonathans_tobin

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0:00 - Dexter Reed stop/shooting

12:15 - Dexter Reed shooting – Goudie/ABC 7 racial agitprop…the traffic stop is the problem

30:34 - WBEZ is sad

49:21 - Dan & Amy take reaction to the Dexter Reed shooting

01:06:34 - George Parry, former federal and state prosecutor & regular contributor to The American Spectator, weighs in on the Dexter Reed shooting and the Trump trials. Check out George’s blog at knowledgeisgood.net

01:26:14 - Noted economist Stephen Moore wants to get some of his loans forgiven too. Get more Steve @StephenMoore

01:39:40 - Batya Ungar-Sargon, opinion editor at Newsweek, discusses her new book  Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America’s Working Men and Women

01:53:40 - Why Dan Proft is single 

01:57:51 - Sound Investigations guerilla journalism: CIA contractor Gavin O’Blennis (former FBI)…refers to Trump as “Cheeto” who “incited a riot”

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