We continue our conversation about Kevin McCarthy's ouster with callers, then are joined by Former State Senator Joe Markley's regular visit. He discusses the nature of legislative leadership with regard to the McCarthy situation.

Michael Liebowitz joins us to share his contempt for the games congress plays. He and Todd discuss. Then, we take calls on whether what's happening in Washington actually requires such breathless coverage.

We've got RANTS to play, so we play them, followed by our weekly lament with Tom Scott.

We listen to tape of Ned Lamont being glib and dismissive of serious questions in an interview with Bloomberg. And, we talk to political writer Chris Powell about the racism of using minorities as political tokens. chrispowellcolumn.com

Todd debates Dr. Omekongo Dibinga on racism. He's the author of a book called Lies About Black People: How to Combat Racist Stereotypes and Why It Matters. Then we take phone calls.

We finish off RANTS during the first half of the hour, then discuss other issues, like deceptive news reporting.

Friday starts off with RANTS, and we take calls on issues of schools and transgenderism. Nobody wants to talk about Dianne Feinstein!

It's RANT LINE TIME, of course, as well REESE-time - ReeseOnTheRadio.com.

We start the hour talking to Rob Sampson, State Senator from Wolcott, about this week's special session.

Morning guy Brian Shactman joins us from LAX to share his experience of watching last night's GOP debate from inside the Reagan Library. In the second half of the hour, Todd plays some debate cuts and takes calls.