In hour 1 of The Mark Reardon Show, Mark and the crew discusses how cold Fred keeps the temperature in his house. They also discuss the latest comments from the Border Czar about Chicago's Mayor and his meeting with New York City's Mayor. Mark is then joined by Charles Lipson, a professor emeritus at the University of Chicago that writes for The Spectator Magazine, Real Clear Politics, and others. They discuss the drones over New Jersey, the Death Rattle of DEI, and more. Later, Mark calls out ProPublica for their poor ethics practice in a recent story about Pete Hegseth attending the University of Army.