Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer (R-23) joins Ryan live in-studio to respond to primary opponents Victor Marx and Rep. Scott Bottoms (R-15) and outline her own campaign policy positions for the full hour.

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Rep. Scott Bottoms (R-15) stays for a second hour with Ryan to discuss the issues, starting with Colorado's completely insane 'Adult Competency to Stand Trial' law (HB24-1034) which somehow passed through both houses of the General Assembly with bipartisan support - including from two of Scott's GOP primary opponents in the governor's race, Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer (R-23) and Sen. Mark Baisley (R-4).

Also, Ryan asks him about his stance on transgender rights as well as whether his status as a pastor in an Assembly of God congregation (Church At Briargate) will inhibit his ability to win in a general election against presumptive Democrat nominee Michael Bennet.

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Rep. Scott Bottoms (R-15), Republican candidate for Colorado governor, joins Ryan live in-studio to respond to claims made by primary opponent Victor Marx in a Tuesday conversation on the program. Also, he updates on the state of the race and his campaign as the calendar is about to flip to January.

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Trisha Calvarese, Democrat candidate for Colorado's 4th Congressional District, joins Ryan live in-studio with an update on her campaign heading into the holidays as she aims for a rematch with incumbent Rep. Lauren Boebert (R, CO-4) next November.

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Victor Marx, 2026 Republican candidate for Colorado governor, joins Ryan in a frank exchange on several issues - including why he is passing on a January 10 debate in Weld County, his battle against brain trauma and bipolar disorder, his stance on whether Tina Peters should be pardoned, his armed standoff with his own brother-in-law on his own property, and his unsucessful effort to rescue and save a Canadian young woman named 'Holly' from her alleged groomer and sexual abuser.

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More details emerge on the backstory behind the double murder of Rob Reiner and wife Michele at their Brentwood, California home on Sunday night, as their 32-year-old son Nick is arrested and suspected in the killings. Ryan will not abide President Trump, or anyone else, who chooses to politicize (or even celebrate) the all-time great director's untimely death. It's a real tragedy, involving a human being, no matter how much we may disagree with Reiner's political rhetoric. We have to be better than those who tap-danced on Charlie Kirk's grave, or we've lost the plot entirely.

Also, a blatantly anti-Semitic attack on the first day of Hannukah in Sydney, Australia is met by the country's government calling for even stricter gun laws - even though the nation has some of the most prohibitive firearms restrictions on the planet. Ryan redirects the focus where it should be spotlighted - on the hatred that is practically green-lighted by leftist governments which should hold values and principles of western civilization, which are incompatible with the sharia law of fundamentalist Islam.

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Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were brutally stabbed to death in their Brentwood, California home on Sunday night, reportedly by their troubled 32-year-old son Nick who has battled addiction for most of his life.

Despite a Truth Social post made in bad taste, and factually inaccurate, by President Trump, Ryan chooses instead to remember the greatness of Reiner's art and indelible moments from landmark films he directed in the 1980s and 90s. Also, when America first saw Reiner as Michael Stivic opposite the iconic Caroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker on 'All In the Family,' television history was made.

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Stephen L. Miller, host of the Versus Media podcast, joins Ryan to reflect on the week that was and all of the mainstream media ridiculousness that covered it. Including Jon Stewart accepting the first-ever Walter Cronkite Award for Comedic News and Commentary - once again blurring the lines between comedy and 'news.'

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Jimmy Sengenberger has covered the Tina Peters trial and sentencing since the prosecution against her began during her time as Mesa County clerk. He talks to Ryan about President Trump issuing a federal pardon from the executive branch for a state crime. Does it hold any water or carry any weight at all?

Our Friday Fool of the Week is revealed.

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Deborah Flora and Christian Toto return for another installment of 'The Right Side of Hollywood,' starting with Mr. Toto's film review of 'The Family McMullen,' now available on HBO MAX. It follows as a sequel 30 years after the 90s hit 'The Brothers McMullen.' 

Also, Joy Reid posts about Jingle Bells having a racist history making fun of black people during the Civil War era. Ryan says to hell with that, and plays one of the more famous versions of the song by the Chairman of the Board - Frank Sinatra. The gang discusses the controversy surrounding 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' from a few years ago as well.

Friday Fool of the Week nominees: Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Kentucky state representative Sarah Stalker, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), and 'I've Had It' podcast host Jennifer Welch.

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In this bonus hour from Friday morning, 'Anna' joins Ryan to rebut, refute, and re-examine 'Holly's' account of Victor Marx rescuing the troubled young girl from a sexual abuser and pedophile. Holly claims she was not a victim and that Anna 'manipulated' her into escaping British Columbia with Victor and heading to his compound in Colorado. Anna also shares her story on how she met and began working with Victor Marx, herself a victim of human trafficking in the late 1990s.

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