The Erick Erickson Show

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S15 EP188: Hour 1 - Fourteen Days Oct 20, 2026

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Two weeks before the midterms, Erick Erickson sizes up the Senate map: Abdul El-Sayed's Muslim Brotherhood baggage and shrinking lead over Mike Rogers in Michigan, Angie Nixon's police abolitionist closing argument against Ashley Moody in Florida, and why early voting numbers in Georgia, Texas, and Florida cannot be read yet. Then Republicans from Ashley Hinson in Iowa to Mike Rogers break with Donald Trump over Ukraine, the Starlink cutoff, and withheld Patriot missiles, while Kevin Hassett and Steve Moore defend an economy where wages still trail inflation.

Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan: Muslim Student Association ties, Muslim Brotherhood questions, his Israel and Iran answers, and Mike Rogers gaining with Black and Jewish voters
Angie Nixon in the Florida Senate race: police and prison abolition, calls to jail Senator Ashley Moody, David Jolly, and Democrats shifting money to Texas
Midterm outlook: Erick expects Republicans to lose the House but hold the Senate, with Roger Marshall, Darlene Graham, Ashley Hinson, Dan Sullivan, and Ken Paxton; why early voting data and Patrick Ruffini's polling warnings matter
Trump and Ukraine: Starlink access cut, Patriot missile blueprints withheld, Marco Rubio and Zelensky, and GOP dissent from Hinson, Kevin Cramer, Max Miller, and Mike Rogers
Affordability and the economy: Kevin Hassett and Steve Moore on real wages versus inflation, plus the Georgia ballot (Rick Jackson, constitutional amendments), the new voter guide, and campus deplatforming

S15 EP188: Hour 2 - The Red-Green Alliance Comes for CBS Oct 20, 2026

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Erick Erickson blasts Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign for an Ohio governor race ad that puts Amy Acton's estranged mother on camera, calls it a sign of a campaign in a bunker, and argues the White House paid for short-circuiting primaries in Ohio and North Carolina with Michael Whatley. Erick also takes on the Wired story of left-leaning Americans regretting their moves to the UK, Germany, and Poland, plus Jon Ossoff and Keisha Lance Bottoms in Georgia and the Fox News look at who is really behind the French protests.

Ohio governor race: Vivek Ramaswamy's ad featuring Amy Acton's mother, why Erick says someone on the campaign must be fired today, and what it means for John Husted and Sherrod Brown
Primaries matter: Donald Trump's picks Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio and Michael Whatley in North Carolina, Roy Cooper's likely flip, and a defense of Ken Paxton in Texas
Americans who fled Trump's America for the UK, Germany, and Poland come home with buyer's remorse, per Wired, and why the U.S. still beats Europe on income and opportunity
Georgia: Jon Ossoff's life expectancy claim versus Lebanon, Keisha Lance Bottoms and Medicaid expansion, and Rick Jackson as the health care businessman in the governor's race
France protests and the Omni Cause: Fox News counted 50 groups behind the movement, Abby Phillips and CNN's Struggle Session, plus the down ballot case for school boards, sheriffs, and district attorneys, and the midterm voter guide

S15 EP188: Hour 3 - The DAs And Local Races Decide Your Life Oct 20, 2026

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Erick Erickson makes the case that district attorneys, sheriffs, school boards, and city councils shape your daily life more than Washington does, with Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner, referred to a grand jury, and George Soros backed progressive prosecutors as exhibit A. Erick also takes on the Cornell fraternity case, arguing that the Judeo-Christian moral ethic, chivalry, and self-control got tossed out long before anyone got hurt. He closes from his family's farm in Louisiana, with prayers for a family land sale.

Larry Krasner and the Philadelphia grand jury referral, plus Descano in Northern Virginia and the Soros playbook of quietly flipping district attorney races
Vote all the way down the ballot: DAs, sheriffs, school boards, county commissions, property taxes, and why skipping down ballot races is on the voter
Georgia ballot advice: Erick votes yes on the constitutional amendments, votes straight Republican, still has reservations about Mike Collins, and says a blank vote is still a message; text DATA to 33777 for the voter guide
The Cornell fraternity case: "her body, her choice" texts, ketamine and alcohol, an anti Greek life media bias, and the case for chivalry and a Judeo-Christian sexual ethic
Home in Louisiana: selling his grandfather's 200 acre farm near Jackson, handling his parents' finances, live oaks, fried catfish, and gumbo in St. Francisville

S15 EP187: Hour 1 - The Omnicause Oct 19, 2026

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Broadcasting live from St. Francisville, Louisiana, Erick Erickson opens with a CNN clash between Scott Jennings and Ashley Allison over Islamophobia and AIPAC, then connects Abdul El-Sayed and the Muslim Brotherhood to the French riots, the Palestinian flag as the new "omni cause" banner, and the red-green alliance of the secular left and Islamists. Then he turns to the midterms: a nine point Democratic generic ballot, Trump underwater on inflation, diesel at a record October price, and Matthew McConaughey's pitch for independents, plus Erick's theory that the president may want Democrats to win so he has someone to run against.

Scott Jennings vs. Ashley Allison on CNN: Islamophobia, AIPAC, and Erick on Abdul El-Sayed's Muslim Brotherhood ties
The "omni cause": Palestinian flags across France, Italy and Brussels, Greta Thunberg, Michael Youssef's The Unholy Alliance, Khomeini, Andy Young and Qatar's money
Midterm warning signs: Democrats up nine on the generic ballot, Trump's inflation approval, diesel at $6.20, and traditional Republicans overtaking MAGA Republicans
Candidate quality problem: Ken Paxton over John Cornyn in Texas, Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio, Michael Whatley in North Carolina, and Max Miller breaking with Trump on Russia sanctions
Matthew McConaughey's independent pitch, why 7% of voters decide most House seats in primaries, and a team retreat at Barnsley Resort

S15 EP187: Hour 2 - The Red-Green Alliance Comes for CBS Oct 19, 2026

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Erick Erickson says the Omni Cause has come for CBS News after Bari Weiss pushed reporters to dig into Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and his family's Muslim Brotherhood ties, and he plays Joy Reid and Hasan Piker as the perfect example of secular progressives and Islamists believing they are on the same team. He then breaks down the federal search of Ilhan Omar's home, the New York Times report on her sister's phone, and why an Obama-appointed judge signing off on the warrant matters in a possible immigration fraud and denaturalization case. Erick also shares a personal word on Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts going on injured reserve with a blood clot, and his own two scares with clots in his lungs.

The Omni Cause and CBS News: Bari Weiss, David Ellison, Paramount, Warner Brothers, and the backlash against a heterodox editor-in-chief, plus Mark Zuckerberg and Meta and the left's grudge against any media it does not control
Abdul El-Sayed and the Muslim Brotherhood: Michigan Senate race, his sister's tweet, the Islamic American Relief Agency, the 1991 Brotherhood memo, the Muslim Student Association at the University of Michigan, and Erick's "sleeper cell of one" warning
Joy Reid and Hasan Piker on capitalism, white men, and Gaza, and Erick on why secular progressives are the useful idiots of the Islamists
Ilhan Omar investigation: DNA from her trash, her sister Sara Noor's phone, Tom Homan on Fox News, Markwayne Mullin and denaturalization, and the vindictive prosecution argument from Elie Honig on CNN
Jalen Hurts on injured reserve with a blood clot, Philadelphia Eagles, and Erick's own story as a blood clot survivor on blood thinners for life, plus a quick golf report from the Barnsley Resort retreat

S15 EP187: Hour 3 - Even Jimmy Carter Knew Russia Was Bad Oct 19, 2026

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Broadcasting from St. Francisville, Louisiana, Erick Erickson takes on President Trump's $27 billion in government equity stakes across 30 companies, including a nearly 10% stake in Intel, and warns that the precedent, plus a corruption problem that is now the number two issue for voters, opens the door to Zohran Mamdani style socialists and the next Democratic administration. He also breaks down Trump's sanctions waiver on Russian diesel, the Starshield cutoff for Ukraine, and the rumored Iran peace deal, with Republican pushback from Kevin Cramer and Mike Rogers. Then the Supreme Court takes up the 160-year-old federal ban on home distilling in Department of Justice v. McNutt.

Government equity stakes and the corruption precedent: Trump's roughly $27 billion in stakes across 30 companies, Intel, the U.S. Steel golden share, the Qatar jet, Trump family crypto, and Erick's warning that Democrats will use the same playbook for ESG and DEI
Russia, Ukraine and diesel: Trump's sanctions waiver on Russian diesel, Chris Wright and Scott Bessent defending it, Starshield and Patriot interceptors for Ukraine, and Senators Kevin Cramer and Dave McCormick plus Mike Rogers on Iran and Russia
Midterm barnstorming: Trump rallies in Georgia, North Carolina, Iowa and Michigan, Barack Obama campaigning with Abdul El-Sayed and for Jon Ossoff in Atlanta, and Scott Jennings on corruption and Minnesota Democrats
Supreme Court home distilling case: Department of Justice v. McNutt, the Fifth Circuit ruling against the 1868 ban, the Necessary and Proper Clause, and the federal excise tax on alcohol
The viral Italian priest and falling crucifix video, why Erick is glad the president changed his mind on sharing it, plus bank debanking and Old Glory Bank

S15 EP186: Hour 1 - The Debanking Happened Oct 15, 2026

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Breaking news out of the gate: President Trump cancels the livestream of Nidal Hasan's execution, and Erick explains why turning an execution into content and memes would have been a mistake. Then the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency releases a sweeping report finding that all nine of the largest U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo, used vague reputational risk policies to debank conservatives, gun sellers, oil companies and some progressive groups. Plus Jake Tapper and CNN take the Ilhan Omar search warrant seriously, and Abdul El-Sayed gets combative with NBC over his family's Muslim Brotherhood ties.

Trump cancels the Nidal Hasan execution livestream; families of the victims will be invited to watch in person
The OCC debanking report: nine largest banks, reputational risk policies, JPMorgan Chase's WePay blacklisting MAGA merchants, and Jamie Dimon's response
Debanking cuts both ways (Capital One and an abortion rights group), plus gun sellers and oil companies, and why Erick wants financial risk, not political risk, to decide who gets a bank account (shout-out to Old Glory Bank)
Jake Tapper and Elie Honig on the Ilhan Omar search warrant, the Obama-appointed magistrate judge, and the statute of limitations questions
Abdul El-Sayed's tense NBC interview over his mother, the Muslim Brotherhood, and what Erick says the record shows

S15 EP186: Hour 2 - Inflation Roars Back Oct 15, 2026

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It is Open Line Friday on the Erick Erickson Show, and the hour opens with a trucker named Lewis explaining diesel surcharges before CNN's Matt Egan delivers a sizzling Producer Price Index report: 1.3% monthly and 6.3% annual wholesale inflation, with the Iran war, Saudi and Houthi strikes on refineries, and Ukraine all in the mix. Erick breaks down why he still expects Republicans to hold the Senate, weighs in on James Talarico's CNN town hall with undecided Catholic voters, and reacts to the new federal lawsuit against Matt Gaetz. He then makes the case, through the late pastor Tim Keller, that politics has become an idol on both the left and the right.

Open Line Friday: a trucker named Lewis on diesel prices, fuel surcharges and the 60 to 90 day pay cycle squeezing small trucking companies
CNN's Matt Egan on the Producer Price Index report: 1.3% monthly, 6.3% annual, the biggest jump since 2022, plus Iran, the Saudi and Houthi fighting, Russia sanctions, Ukraine and Zelensky
Midterm outlook: why Erick thinks Republicans keep the Senate, Ken Paxton in Texas, and James Talarico's CNN exchange with an undecided Catholic voter on abortion and the Bible
The new federal lawsuit against Matt Gaetz, the House Ethics Committee report, and why you should judge people by their friends and not only their critics
Tim Keller, Christian nationalists and Abdul El-Sayed: why the gospel is not a category error, why politics can become an idol, and Erick's case against Michigan's Senate Democrat
Georgia wins at the 11th Circuit on the Protect Georgia's Children on Social Media Act, and Erick's take on parental responsibility and Snapchat

S15 EP186: Hour 3 - Why America's Military Is Stretched Thin Oct 15, 2026

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On the Erick Erickson Show, Erick takes a caller's question about why the U.S. military can no longer fight two wars at once and walks through the Pentagon procurement mess, the Navy's saltwater maintenance problem, cheap drones versus exquisite weapons, and the Trump administration's fortress Western Hemisphere thinking. He defends Ukraine and Volodymyr Zelensky against Russia and Vladimir Putin after the Starlink shutdown and Elon Musk's call for Zelensky to go, then holds up El Salvador and Nayib Bukele as proof that locking up repeat offenders works. Plus Georgia ballot advice, Angie Nixon and Chris Rabb wanting to lock up Republicans, and Abdul El-Sayed's Muslim Brotherhood ties in the Michigan Senate race against Mike Rogers.

The two-war military shrinks to one: how Barack Obama's force planning, bloated Pentagon procurement, the defense contractor oligopoly, Navy corrosion on ships like the USS Abraham Lincoln, and drone production (Ukraine at 5 million, the U.S. under 100,000) left America struggling against Iran
Zelensky, Putin and Starlink in Ukraine: why Erick says the Pentagon, not Elon Musk, shut off the system, why Ukraine's constitution bars wartime elections, and his warning that appeasing Putin invites a Neville Chamberlain moment
What Nayib Bukele's El Salvador teaches about crime: a homicide rate now below France, repeat offenders, and Erick's case for bringing back three strikes laws
Midterm races: Georgia down ballot picks including Rick Jackson over Keisha Lance Bottoms, Byron Donalds in Florida, and Angie Nixon and Congressman Chris Rabb saying they want to lock up Republicans while abolishing prisons
Abdul El-Sayed and the Michigan Senate race: new video, Mike Rogers, Trump's Friday trips to Georgia and Michigan, and why Erick still thinks Republicans keep the Senate

S15 EP185: Hour 1 - Inflation, Gas, and a World on Fire Oct 14, 2026

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Erick Erickson opens with a hot September CPI inflation report, a 3.7% annual rate, gas up 9.1% in a month and a 3.6% Social Security COLA for 2027, and argues the unfinished Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz tanker attacks are driving it. He then walks the global fire: Houthi strikes on Saudi Aramco, a drone attack off Bulgaria, protests shaking India's Modi, Ethiopia and Eritrea heading toward war, and the Starlink shutoff in Ukraine, all with midterm warnings for the White House and Republicans.

CPI inflation report: 3.7% annual rate, core CPI at 2.6%, gasoline up 9.1%, real wages falling, and Erick's tariff "I told you so" on farmers and bankruptcies
Social Security COLA 2027 of 3.6%, Fannie Mae mortgage rates near 7.5%, and talk of an October Federal Reserve interest rate hike
Iran war fallout: six tankers hit in the Strait of Hormuz, Brent crude at $106, and why the Pentagon's 15 more days of bombing never happened
Trump's Russian diesel deal, Argentine beef imports, and why Canada is the obvious supplier, plus farm country and midterm danger for Republicans
World on fire: Houthi attack on Saudi Aramco, Bulgaria drone strikes, India protests against Modi, Ethiopia and Eritrea, and the Starlink cutoff in Ukraine

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