3:05pm- On Tuesday night, Dr. Mehmet Oz and Lt. Governor John Fetterman square off in their first and only debate prior to the November 8th election to replace Pat Toomey in the United States Senate. Ahead of the debate, Fetterman’s team suggested that it “isn’t John’s format”—will this be an opportunity for Oz to capture even more momentum?
3:20pm- A reporter asked John Fetterman if Philadelphia District attorney Larry Krasner’s soft on crime policies are effective—Fetterman refused to answer the question. In a clip from 2021, Fetterman can be heard defending convicted murders—comparing them to “your grandfather.”
3:40pm- Elisabeth Messenger—National Executive Director of Americans for Fair Treatment—joins the show to discuss what the Philadelphia Inquirer referred to as an “opaque, pro-Democratic group” that she says is financially backing Democrat candidates in the 2022 Pennsylvania midterms. Americans for Fair Treatment has revealed that the group referenced is State Victory Action—which, Messenger explains, receives “millions of dollars from government unions” via dues paid “by hardworking public servants in Pennsylvania.” According to Americans for Fair Treatment, 17.6% of the National Education Association’s (NEA) 2020-21 spending was on “political activities & lobbying.”
4:05pm- According to a report from Breitbart, John Fetterman allegedly attempted to have his wife, Gisele, appointed Mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania when he won his Lieutenant Governor’s race in 2018. Is Gisele more engaged politically than the public is being led to believe? Does she have political ambitions of her own?
4:30pm- On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about President Biden’s past claims that Georgia’s election integrity laws amounted to “Jim Crow 2.0”—now that Georgia is setting records for early voting in a midterm election. Jean-Pierre nonsensically claimed that high voter turnout and voter suppression can occur simultaneously.
4:50pm- On Tuesday, Special Climate Envoy John Kerry spoke in Egypt about the necessity to embrace green energy immediately and cut fossil fuel emissions to zero. Kerry stated: “the climate crisis still looms large as the issue that will change life unalterably. Now that may sound grandiose, but it is no exaggeration. Existential means existential. It demands that we all work together because no country can resolve this crisis by itself.”
5:05pm- Evan Myers—Assistant Editor at National Review—joins the show to discuss his most recent editorial for National Review, “Sanctuary Cities Are Failing, Actual Sanctuaries Are Stepping Up.”
5:20pm- According to a report from Forbes, TikTok’s parent company—ByteDance—has been allegedly collecting data about the location of users in the United States, potentially on behalf of the Chinese government. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked if the Biden Administration believes the application is safe for Americans to use?
5:30pm- President Joe Biden did a long-form interview with NowThis News where he discussed trans rights, abortion access, and climate change.
5:50pm- Is Barilla really “Italy’s #1 Brand of Pasta”? A lawsuit brings the pasta-makers' claim into question.
6:05pm- Reporters Lauren Lumpkin and Sahana Jayaraman of the Washington Post write: “In March 2021, the Biden administration released the federal government’s largest pool of pandemic relief for public schools. The American Rescue Plan infused campuses with $122 billion to reopen buildings, address mental health needs and help students who had fallen behind academically.” But what happened to the money? According to their report most of the money has not yet been spent.
6:35pm- On Monday night, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Charlie Crist participated in a debate for Florida Governor. During the debate, DeSantis revealed that in 2020 Crist wrote him a letter imploring him to keep schools remote.
6:55pm- Who Won Social Media? + Zeoli’s Final Thought