Full Show 8/3/2026: The outcomes of the silly games played in the Beltway always end up hurting us

On today's show, Newell shares his thoughts on acting Attorney General Todd Blanche officially rescinding President Donald Trump's controversial $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund" and narrowing the scope of his IRS tax audit immunity shield following intense pressure from Senate Republicans. Then, Newell has on Andrew Arthur, Resident Fellow in Law and Policy at the Center for Immigration Studies, to discuss his recent commentary, “The Ceuta Migrant Surge and the Important SCOTUS Decision Everybody Missed," Steve Swedberg, Finance & Monetary Policy Analyst for the Competitive Enterprise Institute, to talk about the TSA testing a major overhaul at select US airports with its new "Gold+" program, handing over key security operations, equipment, and management to private contractors, Dane Ciolino, Professor of Law at Loyola, to break down the legal realities of revoking a prosecutor’s license, the constitutional limits of state power, and what these explosive shifts would mean for the future of justice in Louisiana, Joe Toomy, former Chairman of the Port of New Orleans, to discuss how five deep-water ports are teaming up with Louisiana Economic Development to capture global trade.