Whiskey Politics

Being blacklisted for openly supporting Trump isn’t easy in Hollywood, so what do you do when the doors are closed in your face? Work to change the system. Actor, Director, and Producer Antonio Sabato Jr is now a candidate for Congress in a once formerly red district. We discuss Illegal immigration and the Kate Steinle debacle, Antonio was an early Trump Supporter and get his thoughts on the first year, the tax reform bills impact on high tax blue states as well as the political future of California.

Support Antonio's run to win back California’s 26th congressional district at http://www.voteantonio.com.

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Out: Ventura Highway Remix, America.

Rusty Humphries returns to Whiskey Politics to discuss news personalities, politicians and power brokers being outed as molesters, gropers, and general pervs. We also touch on Facebook filtering conservative posts, Net Neutrality, Holiday Movies worth seeing, Matt Lauer, Mel Gibson, Roy Moore and why Rusty thinks Al Franken has a legitimate shot running for President in 2020 (seriously).

Rusty is a Multi award-winning talk radio host, Strategic Advisor, Political Influencer, Trendsetter, #1 Bestselling Author, Media and Leadership Consultant/Speaker. His most recent  7 Ways to Win Political Debates with your Liberal Family and Friends, and Still Keep Them as Family and Friends is now available at RustyLive.com and follow Rusty on Twitter @Talk2Rusty.

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Out: Bad Boys Get Spanked, The Pretenders

Tina Rosenberg is Co-Founder of Solutions Journalism which collaborates with 170 news organizations and 10 journalism schools to change the culture of news. We discuss combatting activist journalism, media bias, hypocrisy, the future of journalism, what's missing in today's news and how journalists can allow for a more civil and enlightening conversation.

Tina is also Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author. She co-authors the Fixes column in The New York Times “Opinionator” section. Her books include Children of Cain: Violence and the Violent in Latin America and The Haunted Land: Facing Europe’s Ghosts After Communism, which won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. She has written for dozens of magazines, including The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Foreign Policy and The Atlantic. She is the author, most recently, of Join the Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World.

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Catherine Engelbrecht is the founder and President of True the Vote, a conservative non-profit that monitors voter fraud. Catherine has been at the forefront of shining a light abuse by the IRS on conservative organizations. Catherine's group TrueTheVote.org experienced IRS inquiries, audits, FBI visits, visits from OSHA, ATF, the State of Texas Environmental Agency when she submitted for tax-exempt status and has since been a leading advocate fighting against government discrimination against conservative groups. Catherine has appeared before Congress, the Senate Judiciary Committee and has been seen on many media outlets, including countless appearances on Fox News.

On this episode of Whiskey Politics, we discuss the IRS targeting conservative groups like True the Vote, the IRS settlements and their admission of their discrimination against conservatives. We also cover why President Trump's Commission studying voter fraud has stalled due to numerous lawsuits by Liberal groups. Why it's been reported that Elijah Cummings actively communicated with the IRS about True The Vote and may now be facing up to five years in Prison. We also discuss whether the Trump Administration's Justice Department would investigate bad players.

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Roger Kimball is Editor and Publisher of The New Criterion and President and Publisher of Encounter Books. He is an art critic for National Review and writes a regular column for PJ Media at Roger's Rules. Mr. Kimball lectures widely and has appeared on national radio and television programs as well as the BBC. Editor of @newcriterion, Publisher of @EncounterBooks, columnist for @PJMedia_com. 

On this episode of Whiskey Politics we discuss Roger's article Donald Trump: An American Patriot of the Same Stripe as Ronald Reagan, the President Tax Plan, his article on American Greatness: Yes, Trump Is Winning. What Donald Trump could do to win the plaudits of the NeverTrumpers, Steve Bannon and his role declaring war on the establishment, Obama's legacy now that Obamacare and Iran Deal are unraveling and the massive Uranium One/Clinton Foundation scandal.

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Famed Reagan Economic Advisor Dr. Arthur Laffer and Author Michelle Balconi join us to discuss the Trump Tax Reform plan.

Dr. Laffer was a member of President Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board (1981 - 1989) and was noted in TIME magazine's 1999 cover story as "One of the Century's Greatest Minds." He is a frequent cable news contributor and the author and co-author of many newspaper articles and books including Return to Prosperity and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of States.

Michelle A. Balconi is a writer and speaker focused on connecting children and adults through important topics. Her Let's Chat About  series with Dr. Arthur Laffer provides real terms and familiar scenarios for family discussions and includes "Let's Chat About Economics," "Let's Chat About Democracy," and planned for 2018, "Let's Chat About Immigration." 

This wide-ranging interview covers the 2008 financial crisis, how tax rates impact the economy, how we can teach our kids the basics of economics and democracy, and Dr. Laffer discusses Ronald Reagan.

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Kevin Sorbo (“God’s Not Dead,” “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys”) and his wife Sam (Actor, Director, and Producer) discuss the year’s most anticipated Christian film of 2017, the critically acclaimed "Let Their Be Light". We talk about the state of faith in American culture, mainstream culture, Fatherhood and much more. 

For all his far-reaching fame, Sol Harkins, the world's most famous atheist, is a lonely soul and a lousy part-time dad. After a near death experience challenges his simplest assumptions about this world, Sol finds his purpose and reimagines his life.?

Website: www.lettherebelightmovie.com 

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cra9x1i2YH4

Facebook: www.facebook.com/LTBLfilm/

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Alison Levine is a high altitude mountain climber, sportswoman, explorer and a successful leadership consultant. She is the author of the New York Times Bestselling On the Edge and the executive producer of a documentary, The Glass Ceiling. She has ascended the highest peaks on every continent and also skied to both the North and South Poles. In 2010, she completed the Adventure Grand Slam by reaching the summit of Mt. Everest, after missing the peak by 200 feet eight years earlier. Alison worked at Goldman Sachs before working as Deputy Finance Chair for Arnold Schwarzenneger's successful campaign for Governor in California. She serves as an adjunct instructor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and is currently one of the most in-demand speakers on the planet.

On this episode of Whiskey Politics, Alison shares some of her stories, coping with the remote, extreme environments like 'The Death Zone' while making decisions can impact other people, and how her leadership lessons can be applied to our political environment and the media. Alison Levine founded a nonprofit organization, the Climb High Foundation, which trains jobless women in western Uganda to work as trekking guides and porters in their local mountains which allows them to not have to resort to prostitution. See Alison's Ted Talks, media interviews, and more at AlisonLevine.com. 

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John Hinderaker, President of Center of the American Experiment, a think tank headquartered in Minnesota which can be found at AmericanExperiment.org.  John writes daily at the site he co-founded, PowerlineBlog.com and is a commentator on NBC, CBS, Fox News, CNN, and CNBC and is a frequent guest and guest host on national radio programs. 

On this episode of Whiskey Politics, we discuss the horrific massacre in Las Vegas, the instant politicization by the Left, the NRA, and assault weapons, and we also tackle how Google, Facebook, and other large internet companies may fall under the anti-trust legislation as they appear to limit free speech. 

You can find John at PowerlineBlog.com and his Twitter feed @jhinderaker. Please take a moment and subscribe to Whiskey Politics at YouTube and our audio podcasts at iTunes, Stitcher or GooglePlay where your 5-star rating and REVIEW really can help get the word out about our fledgling production (iTunes especially!) Whiskey Politics is also on Facebook and Dave can be followed on Twitter.

Intro by Dave Sussman on the coping with the Las Vegas massacre.

Out: Gary Jules, Mad World.

As America and the world are learning about the horrific events in Las Vegas, and news is being updated as we record here on Monday, we had Brandon Michael Darby scheduled for this episode and we are pleased to get his perspective on this and some other issues. Brandon Darby is Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief at Breitbart Texas. After we stopped recording we learned about Tom Petty who passed. A special tribute at the end. 

We discuss Andrew Breitbart, ANTIFA, and Brandon's efforts in reporting on the Mexican Drug Cartels. 

Brandon was the subject of Jamie Meltzer's 2012 documentary film, Informant, about his experience infiltrating Occupy Wall Street. The film won Best Documentary at the Austin Film Festival. Brandon has also been very involved in detailing the threats from the Mexican Drug Cartels. Brandon is a co-founder of the Cartel Chronicles project with Ildefonso Ortiz and Steve Bannon.

You can find Brandon at Breitbart.com and his Twitter Feed @brandondarby

Out: Tom Petty,  Alright For Now

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