The Best of The Rich Zeoli Show 2022:

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The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (12/22/2022):

The last live show of 2022! But it’s abbreviated thanks to college basketball…

Did government officials pay Twitter to censor unflattering content posted to the social media platform? PLUS the U.S. Senate passes a $1.7 billion omnibus spending package, Sam Bankman-Fried is released on $250 million bond, fawning over Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, media refuses to hold big pharmaceutical corporations accountable, and Biden lies about Purple Hearts!

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (12/21/2022):

3:05pm- On Tuesday evening, the U.S. Senate advanced a massive $1.7 trillion spending package with a bipartisan 70 to 25-vote—less than one day after it was unveiled. At 4,155 pages, how was any Senator able to read the bill in its entirety before voting?

3:25pm- According to The Daily Wire, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) “requested at least 19 earmarks totaling more than $60 million in the $1.7 trillion bill.” Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) called the process by which the omnibus bill was advanced in the Senate an “abomination.” 

3:40pm- Vincent Kolber—Chairman of RESIDCO, a transportation equipment leasing company—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his recent Wall Street Journal opinion editorial, “How Much Washington Really Owes: $100 Trillion.” Kolber writes that, according to calculations from the U.S. Treasury, “[t]otal liabilities were $34.8 trillion at the end of fiscal 2021. The Treasury reported assets at $4.9 trillion. Simple arithmetic brings us to the net position, negative $29.9 trillion. But this accounting leaves a lot out. Social insurance net expenditures calculates the difference between the expected future liabilities of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and similar programs over the next 75 years and the income these programs are expected to generate during the same period under current law. The Treasury reported these unfunded liabilities at $71 trillion at the end of fiscal 2021. That brings us to the alarming milestone. Add the net position of $29.9 trillion to the social insurance net expenditures of $71 trillion, and you find that they topped $100 trillion.” Read the full article at: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-much-washington-really-owes-100-trillion-debt-social-insurance-expenditure-medicare-medicaid-treasury-11671571955?mod=opinion_lead_pos7

4:05pm- Justin Goodman—Senior Vice President for Advocacy & Public Policy at White Coat Waste Project—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss one silver lining of the $1.7 trillion omnibus bill: it will cut funding for foreign labs like the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Astoundingly, as of now, the institute remains eligible to receive U.S. tax-payer money. 

4:30pm- On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited President Joe Biden in the Oval Office—but why was he wearing a sweatshirt? Shouldn’t he have thrown on a jacket and tie? 

4:40pm- In a new Wall Street Journal editorial, journalist Simone Goa hypothesized that Chinese officials may suddenly be embracing less strict COVID lockdown policies because the government is “running out of money.” Gao calculates that the annual cost of “nucleic-acid testing” could potentially “exceed $240 billion.” 

4:55pm- While speaking at a school board training event, Governor Ron DeSantis vowed to work tirelessly to get more conservatives elected to school boards throughout Florida. DeSantis also introduced an updated version of the “Freedom Blueprint”—which would end the automatic withdrawal of union dues for teachers.

5:00pm- Dr. E.J. Antoni—Research Fellow for Regional Economics in the Center for Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to break down the most egregious earmarks (and there are many) in the $1.7 trillion omnibus bill advanced by the U.S. Senate. 

5:10pm- On Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden held a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Biden has promised to supply Ukraine with a $1.86 billion security assistance package. During the press conference, Biden emphasized the package would include defensive weapons only. 

5:35pm- Listeners weigh-in on funding war between Ukraine and Russia—what’s the limit? And what’s our end goal? 

6:00pm- If the Biden Administration is as committed to stifling Russian aggression as they claim, why aren’t they doing more to expand the production of domestic oil? It would undoubtedly damage Russia’s economy and limit their ability to spend militarily. 

6:20pm- The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board noted that embedded within the 4,155-page omnibus bill is authorization to further empower the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)—specifically giving it expanded control over the cosmetics industry. 

6:45pm- Senator Rand Paul released his own, hilarious version of “Twas the Night Before Christmas.”

Vincent Kolber—Chairman of RESIDCO, a transportation equipment leasing company—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his recent Wall Street Journal opinion editorial, “How Much Washington Really Owes: $100 Trillion.” Kolber writes that, according to calculations from the U.S. Treasury, “[t]otal liabilities were $34.8 trillion at the end of fiscal 2021. The Treasury reported assets at $4.9 trillion. Simple arithmetic brings us to the net position, negative $29.9 trillion. But this accounting leaves a lot out. Social insurance net expenditures calculates the difference between the expected future liabilities of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and similar programs over the next 75 years and the income these programs are expected to generate during the same period under current law. The Treasury reported these unfunded liabilities at $71 trillion at the end of fiscal 2021. That brings us to the alarming milestone. Add the net position of $29.9 trillion to the social insurance net expenditures of $71 trillion, and you find that they topped $100 trillion.” Read the full article at: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-much-washington-really-owes-100-trillion-debt-social-insurance-expenditure-medicare-medicaid-treasury-11671571955?mod=opinion_lead_pos7

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The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (12/20/2022):

3:05pm- According to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked the Biden Administration from ending Title 42. The decision halts a lower court’s order to end the Trump-era border policy. Does the Biden Administration have a plan in place to stifle illegal border crossings in the event Title 42 is eventually ended?

3:15pm- Twitter Files Part 8: In a series of tweets on Tuesday, Lee Fang—investigative journalist for The Intercept—documented how Twitter “directly assisted the U.S. military’s influence operations.” 

3:20pm- According to a report from Fox News, the Republican National Committee is now demanding the Federal Election Commission (FEC) “reopen an investigation into Twitter’s censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story” and whether it amounted to an illegal campaign contribution to the Biden campaign. 

3:40pm- WPHT’s Dawn Stensland joins The Rich Zeoli Show to talk about her role hosting the 2023 Mummers Parade on January 1st for MeTV2. Learn more about the event, and when to watch, at: https://www.metv2.com

4:00pm- On Tuesday, Democrats and Republicans unveiled a $1.7 trillion budget deal designed to avert a government shutdown. The measure is a reported 4,155 pages and includes an estimated 7,500 earmarks. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (NY-D) was asked how he expects members of Congress to read the enormous omnibus bill before voting on it later this week. 

4:25pm- While speaking to members of the press, Senator Mike Lee (UT-R) slammed party leaders for demanding Congressmembers vote on the 4,155-page omnibus bill without having a chance to read it beforehand. 

4:45pm- In August 1975, Senator Frank Church appeared on Meet the Press and discussed surveillance technology being used by the American government to monitor foreign enemies—but he warned that it could, in the future, be used by the government to infringe upon the rights of American citizens. His warnings proved to be prophetic. In 2022, how do we begin to reform the surveillance state? 

5:00pm- Gabriel Nadales—National Director for Our America—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss Stanford University’s new list of harmful language which includes words like master, gangbusters, and blind study. Nadales also tells his amazing life story—immigrating to the United States from Mexico and briefly participating in activist   organizations like Antifa before ultimately rejecting the ideology and embracing freedom of speech, unity, and American values.  

5:30pm- Is Rich about to be cancelled? Stanford University’s Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative (EHLI) has created a comprehensive list of offensive language that should no longer be used under any circumstances—Rich reads the list on-air anyway!

6:00pm- While speaking with the press, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell defended the proposed $1.7 trillion omnibus bill by arguing, “providing assistance for Ukrainians to defeat Russians is the number one priority for the United States.” The measure sends an additional $44.9 billion in military assistance to Ukraine. 

6:15pm- The Biden Administration has formally asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow for the end of Title 42.  

6:20pm- Zeoli is preempted for college basketball…again!

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