The John Howell Show Podcast

John Howell is joined by Andy Field, ABC News Correspondent in Washington. Twitter and Elon Musk are facing backlash over suspensions of high-profile journalists. Field explains why Musk says these accounts were suspended and what this means for journalism and Twitter moving forward. 

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John Howell speaks with Ambassador John Bolton, National Security Advisor to President Trump from 2018 to 2019 and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 2005 to 2006. They discuss the Brittany Griner trade, what the end-game for the conflict in Ukraine may look like, and why Trump’s behavior may be disqualifying.

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*Brenden Moore, Illinois State Government Reporter for Lee Enterprises, joins the program to touch on how the IL Legislature is not as liberal as we may think. 

*Brad Garrett, ABC News Crime & Terrorism Analyst,  has the latest developments on the FTX news. 

*Kim Komando, Host of the Kim Komando Show, shares her favorite last-minute gifts and how to block spam calls. 

*Plus, Steve Cochran from WLS Mornings has the details on how to win a big screen television and how to see him perform on New Year’s Eve.

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John Howell speaks with Alderman Anthony Napolitano from Chicago’s 41st Ward. Yesterday, the City Council approved his crackdown on illegal gun possession. Ald. Napolitano joins the program to speak to the specifics of the ordinance and why he feels it is important to the city. 

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John Howell is joined by Attorney Steve Mandell, Founding Partner of Mandell and Menkes who represents media and first amendment concerns. Mandell discusses the downside to the CPD delaying media access to police radio. He says this is an issue of public safety and governmental transparency. 

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*Sophia Van Pelt, Policy Analyst for the BGA, explains why it is that Illinois Courts are exempt from FOIA requests. 

*Fox News Chief Washington Correspondent, Mike Emanuel, joins the program to talk about the biggest stories in national politics. 

*Why are Americans so interested in Harry and Meghan? John discusses their new Netflix show and our fascination with royalty. 

*Plus, John goes over Chuy’s potentially tainted cash and what that means for his campaign.

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Chief Cook County Judge Timothy Evans is having his employees interviewed in an investigation of PPP loan fraud. Frank Main, a reporter for the Sun-Times, joins the John Howell show to talk about this PPP fraud inside the court.

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Objections towards Proco Joe Moreno and Sam Royko are flying in the aldermanic race for the 1st Ward. Mina Bloom, a reporter for Block Club Chicago, joins the show to discuss the details of the challenges on this ballot.

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*Jon Seidel from the Sun-Times explains the current challenges to the SAFE-T Act. 

*Alex Stone from ABC News Los Angeles has the details on the historic breakthrough in clean energy. 

*The Hill’s Emily Brooks talks about the behind the scenes hunt for a McCarthy Speaker alternative. 

*Plus, Ike Ejiochi explains the FTX on Capitol Hill after SBF was arrested.

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The final report from the January 6th hearings will be releasing this month and Kyle Cheney, Congress Reporter for Politico, joins John to talk about what we might see on the upcoming report.

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