The presidential campaign is the subject of the 177th episode.

Our guest is Erin McPike, national spokesperson for Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign.

On this episode we discuss the debate in Las Vegas, Super Tuesday, Bloomberg’s paid media and ground game and a potential brokered convention.

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The Democratic race for President is the subject of our 176th episode.

Our guest is Steve Schale, a veteran Democratic strategist who is running the Joe Biden Super PAC.

In this conversation we discuss the state of the race, whether the non-Bernie candidates can coalesce against him, how the paid media landscape looks, why South Carolina matters, how Super Tuesday is shaping up, what the best case scenario is for Biden and the worse case scenario is for Bloomberg, what Obama’s endorsement would mean, what to make of Bernie as the nominee and whether Florida is a battleground state in 2020.

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Rising star Republican congressional candidate Amanda Makki is our guest for the 175th episode.

Makki is running to defeat U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL) in Florida’s 13th congressional district.

In this conversation, we explore her background, how her family fled Iran in 1980, why she’s running, why environmental issues are so important to Florida, what her path to victory is and what the political environment is like out there.

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Big Tech is the subject of the 174th episode.

Our guest is Peter Hasson, author of the brand new book, “The Manipulators: Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Big Tech’s War on Conservatives”.

In this conversation we examine how these platforms and their algorithms have changed, how they undermine conservatives and promote liberal voices, whether shadow banning is real, why search matters, how the platforms are different, and whether de-platforming will ever end.

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The Iowa Caucuses are the subject of the 173rd episode.

Our guest is Des Moines-based political consultant David Kochel, who runs Redwave Communications.

In this conversation, we examine how the Caucuses work, why ‘uncommitted’ will matter after the first ballot, how geography will play a role, who he thinks will win Iowa, how the Senate impeachment trial has effected the candidates, and whether Iowa will matter in 2020.

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Darrell Issa is our guest for the 172nd episode.

He served from 2001-2019 in the Congress as a Republican from southern California.

He is now running in an adjacent district, the 50th district, just east and northeast of San Diego.

In this conversation, we discuss what he’s been up to since leaving Congress, what he makes of current border security levels, how the jungle primary and ballot harvesting work in California, how he views impeachment, what California can do to prevent future wildfires and whether he thinks Republican can retake the majority in Congress.

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New York Times bestselling author Peter Bergen is our guest for the 171st episode. His new book is, “Trump and his Generals: The Cost of Chaos”. In this conversation we examine the first 3 years of Trump administration, both the national security decisions and the players, then we examine ISIS, Syria, Afghanistan, and Bergen’s 1997 interview of Bin Laden.

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U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) is our returning guest for the 170th episode — brought to you from Washington, DC. In this conversation we discuss the imminent Senate impeachment trial, the Iranian crisis and the briefing provided to Senators, the state of the U.S. economy, how trade is affecting his state, and what the rest of 2020 looks like.

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The New Hampshire primary is the subject of episode 168. Our guest is New Hampshire-based Fox News correspondent Paul Steinhauser. In this conversation, we examine the state of the race with one month to go, which campaigns are prioritizing New Hampshire most, whether Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have an advantage being from neighboring states, which candidates make up the first tier, how the open primary could affect the outcome, how the Iowa Caucus results could change things, what the campaign organizations look like on the ground, whether endorsements will matter and whether New Hampshire is in play in the general election.

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Impeachment is the subject of the 168th episode. My guest is Rich Galen, Republican strategist, columnist for Mullings.com, and former adviser to Speaker Newt Gingrich. In this conversation, we react to the House vote on impeachment, look back to the Clinton impeachment in 1998 as a historical guide, consider what the current impeachment will mean for the 2020 presidential race and battle for Congress, discuss how the Senate trial may unfold, and look ahead to the Democratic presidential primary and Trump’s reelection campaign.

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