WMAL GUEST: 8:35 AM - INTERVIEW - AMANDA CHASE - running for governor in Virginia and is a former Virginia state senator who bills herself as “Trump in heels” and used to wear a pistol on her hip on the Senate floor

• SOCIAL MEDIA: https://x.com/AmandaChaseVA
• WEBSITE: https://www.amandachaseva.com

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  Episode: Friday, April 4, 2025 / 8 AM Hour 

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WMAL GUEST: 7:35 AM - INTERVIEW - STEPHANIE TURNER - female fencer who refused to compete with a trans athlete

Tennis star Martina Navratilova criticizes USA Fencing for disqualifying female fencer refusing to compete against transgender athlete

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  Episode: Friday, April 4, 2025 / 7 AM Hour 

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WMAL GUEST: 8:05 AM - INTERVIEW - BYRON YORK - chief political correspondent for the Washington Examiner

SOCIAL MEDIA: https://x.com/ByronYork

Byron York on X: "The Biden dam breaks. With new books, we're learning more about his cognitive impairment and what aides, top Democrats, and some media voices said and did. But will there ever be a real reckoning?

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  Episode: Friday, April 4, 2025 / 8 AM Hour 

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WMAL GUEST: 7:05 AM - INTERVIEW - RYAN YOUNG - senior economist at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) – Discussed Trump’s tariffs 

• WEBSITE: https://cei.org/experts/ryan-young/
• New tariffs could spell major trouble for global economy: CEI analysis

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  Episode: Friday, April 4, 2025 / 7 AM Hour 

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In the 5 AM Hour: Larry O’Connor and Patrice Onwuka discussed:

• Larry and Cassie discussed her work as a former RNC press secretary, mom of 2 and life transitioning from DC living to Virginia suburbs.
• Media’s Faux narrative about Elon Musk
• ABC NEWS: McMahon hijacks House Democrats' presser after closed-door meeting outside Department of Education

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  Episode: Thursday, April 3, 2025 / 5 AM Hour 

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In the 6 AM Hour: Larry O’Connor and Cassie Smedile discussed: 

• Alec Baldwin claims America is in a 'pre-Civil War' environment after watching PBS miniseries
• Michelle Obama doesn’t hold back when asked about dating someone who isn’t ‘financially sound’: ‘I married one’
• Trump unveils 10% tariff on all imports and 'reciprocal' tariffs on dozens of nations

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  Episode: Thursday, April 3, 2025 / 6 AM Hour 

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In the 7 AM Hour: Larry O’Connor and Cassie Smedile discussed:

• Top aide Ron Klain was "half-seriously" wondering if President Biden thought he was the president of Nato rather than the president of the United States, according to Chris Whipple's new book.
• Tennis star Martina Navratilova criticizes USA Fencing for disqualifying female fencer refusing to compete against transgender athlete
• WMAL GUEST: 7:35 AM - INTERVIEW - KUSH DESAI - Kuh-sh De-sigh - White House Deputy Press Secretary on Trump’s tariffs announcement 
• SOCIAL MEDIA: https://x.com/k_sdesai
• Trump unveils 10% tariff on all imports and 'reciprocal' tariffs on dozens of nations
• Buc-ee's first Virginia location to open soon

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  Episode: Thursday, April 3, 2025 / 7 AM Hour 

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In the 8 AM Hour: Larry O’Connor and Cassie Smedile discussed:

• WMAL GUEST: 8:05 AM - INTERVIEW - KT MCFARLAND - former Trump national security adviser – discussed the tariffs
• American Airlines flight from hell forced to turn around 12 hours into trip to Tokyo
• WMAL GUEST: 8:35 AM - INTERVIEW - SBA ADMINISTRATOR KELLY LOEFFLER
• SOCIAL MEDIA: https://x.com/SBA_KellyKelly Loeffler argues ‘Liberation Day’ will provide ‘salvation’ to US market
• Musk and the media 

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WMAL GUEST: 8:35 AM - INTERVIEW - SBA ADMINISTRATOR KELLY LOEFFLER

• SOCIAL MEDIA: https://x.com/SBA_Kelly
• Kelly Loeffler argues ‘Liberation Day’ will provide ‘salvation’ to US market

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  Episode: Thursday, April 3, 2025 / 8 AM Hour 

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• WMAL GUEST: 7:35 AM - INTERVIEW - KUSH DESAI - Kuh-sh De-sigh - White House Deputy Press Secretary on Trump’s tariffs announcement 
• SOCIAL MEDIA: https://x.com/k_sdesai
• Trump unveils 10% tariff on all imports and 'reciprocal' tariffs on dozens of nations

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  Episode: Thursday, April 3, 2025 / 7 AM Hour 

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