Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan and Carl Cannon discuss President Trump’s message to Congress yesterday that the United States is in a “non-international armed conflict” with designated terrorist organizations involved in the drug trade, and whether the deployment of U.S. naval assets in the Caribbean means the U.S. is on-course for an armed conflict with Venezuela. They also discuss California governor Gavin Newsom’s embrace of memes directed at Republicans over the government shutdown, in light of a law he signed last year that would have made it illegal to parody politicians using artificial intelligence. The law was struck down by a federal judge. Next, Dan Varroney, author of the new book, Rethinking Economic Growth: How Small Business Can Help Consistently Grow the Economy, joins Carl Cannon and Andrew Walworth to talk about what government can do to help foster and support small businesses in America.

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