The Matt McNeil Show

Cliff Schectcer joins the show; Matt talks musicals; Gina Carano sues Disney with financial backing from Elmo; Super Bowl talk; Tulsi Gabbard returns; Minneapolis reprograms walk signals; DFL introduces bill aiming to restrict more mining in BWCA; Minnesota child tax credit details released; Jeffrey Hatcher, adapter for Dial M for Murder discusses the production.

While in London promoting her new murder mystery, Maxine drops in on her former lover Margot who shares some distressing news: She’s being blackmailed for a love letter from Maxine that went missing after their affair ended. Margot thinks her husband Tony is none the wiser, but he knows everything — and then some. In fact, his yearlong plan to have Margot murdered will commence the next night, thanks to an airtight alibi. But when Margot kills her assailant in self-defense, Tony’s plot takes an unexpected turn. This clever, fast-paced adaptation adds extra layers to the iconic tale, making the “Will he get away with it?” question even more thrilling.

Cliff Schecter is the President of Libertas LLC, a public relations and political strategy firm. He is the author of the 2008 bestselling book The Real McCain, a syndicated columnist, and co-owner of We Act Radio, AM 1480 in Washington DC. He also sits on the Board on the Ohio Innocence Project. You can follow him on Twitter @cliffschecter.

On today’s show:

– Gina Carano sues Disney over being fired form the Mandalorian. That leads to how right wingers have a distorted view of free speech.

– Our weekly Wednesday visit with Jeff Stein!

– KSTP commissions a misleading poll questions about bills passed by the Minnesota legislature.

– Republican State Sen. Glenn Gruenhagen says the proposed assisted suicide bill in the legislature amounts to DFLers  pushing a “culture of death.”

– The Star Tribune reports Feeding Our Future leader Aimee Bock has alleged the Minnesota Department of Education attempted to coverup parts of the Feeding Our Future scandal.

Matt is joined by our national political expert Jeff Stein. There’s no shortage of national news as they talk about the failed impeachment vote of Alejandro Mayorkas, the bipartisan immigration bill getting torpedoed by Republicans, a court ruling on Trump’s Presidential immunity and more.

Trump’s bad day in court (another one); ongoing impeachment proceedings against Sec. Mayorkas; Patrick Coolican joins Brett; Tom Gump of Rotary International discusses the Rotary Convention coming to Minneapolis in 2029.

If you’re involved in Rotary and are from Edina, Rotary District 5950 or anywhere in Minnesota, you might know that the name Tom Gump is synonymous with Rotary International.

Embracing Rotary’s motto of “Service Above Self,” Gump has taken on increasing leadership roles since joining Edina Morningside Rotary in 2013. After quickly transitioning from member to club president, Gump continues to say “yes” to leadership opportunities, serving in 2020–21 as district governor of the local region, stretching from central to western Minnesota, including the Twin Cities. Recently named as the aide to the international president for 2024–25, he is helping plan the next international convention in Calgary, Canada, that may welcome as many as 30,000 attendees.

Grammy awards last night; King Charles diagnosed with cancer; House GOP refuses to hear border legislation; Las Vegas Super Bowl; woman charged for misleading investigators in tragic fatal Amish buggy crash; woman arrested for sexual assault of underage hockey players; Dean Phillips’ poor showing in South Carolina; man arrested for threatening Elon Musk and Joe Biden.