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EPISODE · Jan 9, 2026 · 54 MIN

Casey Harper, Keith Self, Carla Sands, David Closson

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On today’s program: Casey Harper, Managing Editor for Broadcast at The Washington Stand and Host of the “Outstanding” podcast, reports on the U.S. House efforts to extend the Obamacare subsidies, protests in Minnesota and Portland, as well as growing protests in Iran. Keith Self, U.S. Representative for Texas’s 3rd District, analyzes the protests in Iran and how they may impact Israel, provides an update on Venezuela and the Senate’s vote on the War Powers Resolution, and offers some insight on the House battle over Obamacare subsidies. Carla Sands, Former U.S. Ambassador to Denmark and current Chair of Foreign Policy Initiative & Senior Fellow for Energy Policy, shares why Greenland is so important to President Trump and puts into perspective the priorities of the people there. Casey Harper on President Trump’s creation of a new Assistant Attorney General position that will focus on investigating financial abuse in Minnesota and other states where American taxpayer funds have been fraudulently used. Dr. David Closson, Director of the Center for Biblical Worldview at FRC, discusses President Trump’s “flexibility” on taxpayer-funded abortion, next week’s U.S. Supreme Court hearings on men in girls’ sports, and the new Principal Advisor for Global Religious Freedom at the State Department.

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