The Mike Douglass Show

"What's On Your Mind Friday!" with an eclectic array of listener topics, including medical personnel arrested for obstructing ICE operations, pending Grand Jury case involving Stanislaus Council of Governments members under scrutiny, and Congress heading into August recess with approximately 30 federal nominees from the President still unconfirmed by the Senate.

Deep examination of the declassified documents released by DNI Director Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday, July 23rd.  Overviews, ramifications, and what happens next, with some passionate listener input along the way!

US Senate "blue slip" tradition sinks Alina Habba US Attorney nomination; Explaining the "blue slip" tradition, and is it time to end the US Senate tradition?; Senate Majority Leader Thune unsure if Senate should remain in session to vote on 30 pending Trump nominations, or go on summer vacation; California and Nevada tie for highest US unemployment rates; CA fast food minimum wage law backfires on jobs and small businesses.

Are we at the tipping point?  Director of National Intelligence releases declassified files providing evidence of intelligence-tampering and intelligence manufacturing at the highest levels of the Federal Government and President Obama Administration, as Donald Trump won the 2016 election, and months of Intelligence Community analysis is altered.  Will indictments and prosecutions come?  Will the rule of law fail and send the US into a precarious future?

Listener topics, from classic car gatherings and legislatrion to cutting off money for the "train to nowhere"

Giving credit where credit is due--kudos to Gen X for a job well done!; Gov. Newsom and redistricting for Advantage Democrats in Congress; Re-victimizing the victims of the Palisades fires.

Resisting the deceptive and destructive opposition; Responding to Medicaid fear-mongering with clarity and accuracy.

Acute legal and social dilemma: balancing the rights of the accused deemed to be mentally incompetent for trial, and the rights of victims, and present and future to be free of the dangers (case in point Aurora, CO); Tolerance of lawlessness; What hatred does to arrest brain function, and the dire effects upon our culture.

Violence and lawlessness...strikes church in KY this time; Why Epstein eclipses news and conversations, and how to reverse the trend; Investigation of former CIA director John Brennan and former FBI director James Comey...background and what do expect.

Eclectic ride through listener topics; the host's take on the Bondi/Bongino apparent controversy being a good crucible of sorts; classic car events in Modesto area with "Jerry the Cruisin' Correspondent; and listeners' passionate positions on the Epstein case.