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"The tax cuts had a seriously negative effect on our economy...We lost teachers and construction workers." Jun 13, 2017

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Rick Ungar and guest co-host Rick Tyler talked with Kansas State Representative Melissa Rooker about the Kansas legislature overriding Governor Sam Brownback's veto on raising taxes. The guys discuss the emoluments lawsuit that the Attorneys General of Maryland and D.C. have brought against President Trump.

"This is real life. There are real people that are gonna have consequences that come from this." Jun 10, 2017

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Michael and Rick look at the problems the Senate is having in its attempt to repeal Obamacare. The guys also examine four female Democratic senators (Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Kirsten Gillibrand and Amy Klobuchar) that are gaining traction for potential presidential runs in 2020.

"We had the former director of the FBI come out and say six times that the President of the Unites States is a liar." Jun 09, 2017

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Counterintelligence veteran Malcolm Nance joins Rick and Michael to share his thoughts on former FBI Director James Comey's testimony in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Amber Phillips of the Washington Post also joins the guys to share her seven biggest takeaways from the hearing.

"The president seems to create all these problems for himself." Jun 08, 2017

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Michael Warren, senior writer for The Weekly Standard, discusses President Trump's dissolving relationship with Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Forbes' Dan Alexander talks about his recent bombshell story: "How Donald Trump Shifted Kids-Cancer Charity Money Into His Business".

"Reforming the civil service is paramount to getting the government to serve the people." Jun 07, 2017

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Congressman Jodey Arrington (R-TX 19), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity for the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, breaks down why we need the recently-passed VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act. Ambassador Gerald Feierstein updates us on the diplomatic crisis brewing in the Middle East after five Arab nations cut ties with Qatar.

"Six days later, the entire Middle East looked different." Jun 06, 2017

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On the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War, Michael Oren, Israel's Deputy Minister for Diplomacy, describes how the war helped shape the modern Middle East.

"It is a mistake to give away things to the Russians for nothing." Jun 02, 2017

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Ambassador Dan Fried, a 40-year veteran of the foreign service and architect of the U.S. sanctions against Russia, talks to Michael and Rick about the breaking news that the Trump administration may have secretly tried to ease and lift those sanctions.

"The President took the right steps today in putting the American worker and the American people first." Jun 02, 2017

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RNC Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel joins Rick and Michael to talk about the political impact and benefits of withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord. Former Nixon White House Counsel John Dean discusses former FBI Director Jim Comey's upcoming testimony, the issue of exercising executive privilege, impeachment and other parallels between Presidents Donald Trump and Richard Nixon.

"[Steve] Bannon's fingerprints are everywhere." Jun 01, 2017

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Robert Costa, national political reporter at the Washington Post, joins Rick and Michael to discuss the latest news in the Russia probe, including Jim Comey's agreement to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee. We also talk to Alison Cassady of the Center for American Progress about the potential impact of withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord.

"His budget would devastate an already struggling Midwest." May 31, 2017

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Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI 05) joins Michael and Rick to review President Trump's foreign trip and how his proposed budget would impact the Great Lakes region. Jeremy Peters, a politics reporter with the New York Times, discusses his recent piece: "How Much Trump Is Good For GOP Candidates?"

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