Democrats planned to use the Jan. 6th Capital Riot as an issue in the midterm elections. But what they didn't plan for was how unimportant Jan. 6th would become as issues like inflation, COVID, the Russia/Ukraine conflict, and the border would rise on peoples hierarchy's of concerns. So Byron discusses the question, what if it doesn't work?

Today the New York Times published a story about the federal tax and foreign-influence investigation of President Joe Biden's son Hunter. The paper reported that Hunter Biden paid off a "significant tax liability," thought to be more than $1 million, in hopes of fending off indictment.

Former Sen. Tulsi Gabbard recently posted a video on Twitter talking about Russia's invasion of Ukraine and it triggered Sen. Mitt Romney. In fact, Romney was so upset by what Gabbard said in the video that he began to accuse her of "treasonous lies". In today's podcast, Byron discusses what could have caused Romney's out-of-character reaction and why the word treason should never be thrown around lightly.

House Democrats recently went on their annual retreat in Philadelphia to discuss policy initiatives. And with the Democrat's numbers down in a majority of polls, it would be reasonable to think they would use that time to discuss their message for the upcoming midterm elections. But no. Nancy Pelosi used her speaking time and publicity to ban the word "retreat" from the retreat... and even went to the extent of referring to it as the "R-word".

The inflation rate in the United States is the highest it's been in decades. And while most people are worried about the effect it will have on their daily living, Democrats are just focused on how it could impact them in the midterm elections. In a sad attempt to deflect any blame from themselves the Biden administration is pushing the narrative that Putin is solely responsible for the United States inflation.

One of the weirder scenes in our recent politics took place this week in the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee. Three Democratic state senators linked arms and did a sort of semi-dance down a hallway singing an impromptu song, "Gay, gay, gay! My daughter's gay! Gay, gay, gay, gay, gay!" (They had apparently gotten the idea from a Saturday Night Live skit.)

There was a striking moment on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday. Moderator Chuck Todd brought up a poll recently released by NPR and Marist that showed President Joe Biden's job approval rating at 47%, with a disapproval rating of 50%. The screen showed that poll in contrast to another NPR/Marist survey from two weeks earlier that showed Biden's approval rating at 39%, with a 55% disapproval rating. One poll was done before Biden's State of the Union address and the Russian invasion of Ukraine; the other was done after. What happened?

The moment Trump entered into politics he became a target. Even though he is now a defeated former president so many leftists get hopeful when there's the slightest rumor of him being charged with a crime. In today's podcast, Byron discusses the facts behind all of these politically motivated investigations.

With the Russian invasion of Ukraine now in its second week, it's possible to get a glimpse of what Americans think about the war, and especially what they think the U.S. role, if any, should be.

As most Presidents do, Biden used his State of the Union speech to applaud himself and his administration for all their great accomplishments. The interesting part is that he left out the Unites States withdrawal from Afghanistan which he not even 6 months ago called an "extraordinary success". In today's episode, Byron discusses this controversy and the women in congress who spoke up about it.