The Matt McNeil Show

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.

Matt’s Saturday night outing dueling with the NFL playoffs; Supreme Court allows federal border authorities to dismantle Texas border wire; Ron DeSantis drops out; Matt at the theater; Pete Stauber praises infrastructure money he voted against; the best and worst performing schools in the metro; Joe Mauer on brink of Hall of Fame.

Colorado newspaper thefts; Madonna sued over late concert appearances; Democrats overthinking themselves; Republican greed; Dr. Joe stops by; office space vacancies.

Dr. Joe provides regular updates on COVID and other disease modeling on the Matt McNeil Show.

On today’s show:

– Texas defies a federal demand that it abandon a border area, setting up legal showdowns.

– Trump’s legal woes continue in Georgia

– We’re joined by Matt Robison and Paul Hodes from the podcast Beyond Politics.

– Who will be on Minnesota’s Presidential primary ballots?

– A look at news that will anger Republicans.

– The Minneapolis Foundation faces backlash for making a donation to Alpha News.

– We’re joined by comedian Bryan Miller.

Matt McNeil was joined by Twin Cities based comedian Bryan Miller, who will be playing at Laugh Camp in St. Paul Friday and Saturday. Find tickets and more info at: https://www.camp-bar.net/

Matt McNeil was joined by Matt Robison and Paul Hodes from the podcast Beyond Politics. They preview next week’s New Hampshire primary. Hodes is a former New Hampshire Congressman and National Co-Chair of Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. Robison is a former senior congressional staffer and campaign manager.

On today’s show:

– Trump makes a spectacle of his appearance at the E. Jean Carroll defamation case.

– How the polling industry is missing large portions of the Democratic voting base.

– Why Donald Trump is in big electoral trouble.

– Jeff Stein has his weekly Wednesday visit.

– Matt’s gym etiquette corner.

– Was Matt unintentionally part of a heist at Target?

– The University of Minnesota dance team’s famous performance did not win the national championship.

– Is Dean Phillips caving to right wing donors?

Matt is joined by our national political expert Jeff Stein. They talk about Iowa caucus results, looking ahead to New Hampshire and Trump’s actual level of support among Republicans and more.