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The Tom Sullivan Show
by Tom Sullivan
Syndicated radio host - former anchor Fox Business - former Director of Investments for a major Wall Street firm. Topics include finance, news and commentary. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.
Episodes
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"Supreme Court Deals Trump 7-2 Defeat on Mail-In Ballots Ahead of Midterms + Kash Patel Grilled in Bizarre FBI Hearing"
The Supreme Court just handed President Trump a 7-2 defeat, ruling that his executive order did NOT give the USPS enough time to implement new mail-in ballot rules before the 2026 midterm elections. We break down the ruling, Justice Kavanaugh's key concurrence on the compressed timeline, the...
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Is AI Panic Just Chinese Propaganda? Should Congress Really Write AI's Rules? Meanwhile Houthis Just Seized the Red Sea and Shut Down a Saud
Most Americans say they're anxious about AI — but is some of that anxiety being fed by Chinese messaging designed to slow us down in the AI race? Same question for data center backlash. And do you actually want Congress writing the technical rules for AI companies? We dig into all of it.…
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Never Forget — 25 Years Later, We Remember 9/11 in the Words of Those Who Lived It
Twenty-five years ago today, everything changed. Those of us who were adults that morning will never forget — but a new generation is growing up knowing 9/11 only as history, not memory. Today we set the news aside and share firsthand stories from survivors, first responders, and families who…
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The "Trump Dividend" Promise — $5,000 If Republicans Win Both Chambers, But Does He Actually Have That Power? It's a $1.3 Trillion Bill Cong
Trump promised a $5,000 "Trump Dividend" to every adult American if Republicans hold both the House and Senate in November — but here's the problem. The President has no unilateral authority to issue this; Congress would have to pass a roughly $1.3 trillion bill, on top of $40 trillion in…
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Football vs. Politics — Who Wins Tonight, the NFL Season Opener or the GOP Midterm Convention? Trump Says Iran War Ends "Shortly After" the
Someone scheduled the GOP's first-ever midterm convention the same night as the NFL season opener — Seahawks vs. Patriots, a Super Bowl rematch on NBC. Vance's keynote goes head to head with kickoff. Bad planning or just bad luck? Trump said today the Iran war will end shortly after the midterms…
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25 Years Later — 9/11 Remembrance Overshadowed by a Real Controversy: Should Mamdani Attend Ground Zero Friday? Nearly 100,000 Sign Petition
This Friday is the 25th anniversary of September 11th, and there's a real controversy in New York this year. Mayor Mamdani says he'll attend the Ground Zero ceremony despite nearly 100,000 people signing a petition asking him to stay away, retired Port Authority officers directly asking him not…
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Trump Threatens to Halt Trade With Every Deficit Nation Unless the Fed Cuts Rates — A Wharton Professor Calls It Crazy. August Jobs Beat Est
Trump posted "LOWER THE RATE OR I'LL STOP TRADING WITH COUNTRIES WITH WHICH WE HAVE A DEFICIT," floating a total trade embargo with Canada, Mexico, and others as leverage against the Fed. A Wharton professor called the idea crazy, and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh just told Jackson Hole the Fed still has...
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Diesel Prices Are the Silent Inflation Driver Nobody's Talking About — Everything You Own Rode In on a Truck. America Hasn't Built a New Ref
Millions are hitting the road for Labor Day despite high gas prices, but the real inflation threat is diesel, which is climbing fast. Everything you own arrived on a diesel truck, and your food was grown with diesel-powered equipment — so diesel inflation quietly hits everything. Part of the...
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Justice Stuck in the Mud — A Year to Decide on the Charlie Kirk Shooter's Trial. Clancy's Jury Deadlocked After 80 Experts and 300 Pieces of
Why does it take nearly a year just to decide if there's enough evidence to hold a trial for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk? We ask directly. The Lindsay Clancy jury is deadlocked, and honestly, we'd be stuck too — prosecutors threw 80 expert witnesses and 300 pieces of evidence at them....
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War's Back On — Oil Prices Rising, Inflation Following. Trump Blames Vague "Other Things" for Wanting Rate Cuts. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll
The on-off-on-off war with Iran is on again, and right on schedule, oil prices are climbing and inflation is set to follow. Trump wants the Fed to cut rates, insisting "other things" besides his own policies are driving prices up — he never says what those things are, and we call that out…
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Trump's "Biggest Deal Ever" With Venezuela Isn't What It Sounds Like — 25 Years, Not 100, Legal Authority in Question, and Chevron's the Onl
Trump announced a massive oil deal with Venezuela, claiming U.S. control over 65 billion barrels and promising lower gas prices. Reality check — it's a 25-year deal, not 100 years, the legal authority behind it is genuinely unclear since the full terms have never been published, and Chevron is…
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"We Won" and "Close to Over" — Trump's Been Saying That for Six Months, But Is Economic Pressure Finally the Right Play? Federal Judge Block
Trump says "we won" and Iran is "close to over" — he's been saying versions of this since March. Does he believe it, or is it just managing the narrative? Meanwhile, shifting to economic pressure instead of more strikes actually looks like the smarter play at this point. A federal judge blocked…
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Six Months Into the Iran War — Can Economic Pressure Alone Actually Win It? Nepal's Catastrophic Mudslide Buries Over 1,000 as Rescuers Race
Tomorrow is six months since the Iran war began, and it's not the anniversary anyone planned for. The current strategy is economic pressure alone — no more active strikes. We ask honestly whether sanctions can actually win this on their own. In Nepal, a glacier collapse triggered catastrophic...
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I Told You So — Darline Graham Wins the South Carolina Senate Runoff After the "I Don't Know" Answer Washington Insiders Said Would Sink Her
Darline Graham just won the South Carolina Senate runoff, beating Ralph Norman with Trump's full backing, to take her late brother Lindsey Graham's old seat. Washington pundits said her honest "I don't know" answer on a Taiwan debate question would end her campaign. We said it would help her, and...
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Dolly Parton Has Died at 80 — A True American Legend Who Rose From a One-Room Cabin to Touch the Whole World. Plus California's AG Blocks th
Dolly Parton has died at 80. We don't usually dwell on celebrity news, but she was never just a celebrity — singer, songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and somehow always genuinely happy in a way that made everyone around her feel it too. Born in a one-room cabin with eleven siblings, she never...
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Two Wars, No Bullets — Bessent Launches "Operation Economic Outcast" Against Iran While Trump's Canada Tariffs Escalate. Will We Really Sanc
Bessent launched "Operation Economic Outcast" against Iran, promising to cut off every economic lifeline the regime has. Big talk — but will we actually sanction Chinese, Russian, and North Korean banks? When CBS asked directly, Bessent wouldn't give a straight yes. I don't believe it's coming…
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FBI Foils ISIS-Inspired Plot to Bomb the New York State Capitol — Flock Cameras Helped Catch Her, Now They're Controversial. Plus Bessent's
A 35-year-old Albany woman pledged allegiance to ISIS and plotted to bomb the New York State Capitol and kill state senators — the FBI caught her buying bomb supplies and arrested her this week. Investigators used surveillance including Flock license plate cameras to help build the case — the…
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Bessent Tries to Manipulate the Bond Market — Worked One Day, Failed the Next as Wall Street Called His Bluff. Plus More Californians Fleein
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a former Soros currency trader, surprised markets by doubling Treasury's bond buyback program to push interest rates down. It worked for about 24 hours — yields dropped sharply Wednesday. By Thursday, Wall Street had figured it out and rates bounced right back…
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Is the DSA Actually Overblown? Another Win in Florida Gets All the Headlines While Nobody Reports the Losses. Darline Graham's Honest "I Don
Another DSA win in Florida, another round of headlines treating it like an unstoppable wave — but nobody's reporting the growing list of DSA candidates who have actually lost this cycle. We put the real numbers on the table. Congressional candidate Darline Graham admitted on a debate stage she...
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Redistricting Reshapes Primary Day in Florida, Alaska, Wyoming & CA-14 to Replace Swalwell — DSA Candidates Make It Unpredictable. A Fake Po
Primaries today in Florida, Alaska, Wyoming, and California's 14th District to replace Eric Swalwell — all playing out under newly redrawn maps with DSA candidates thrown into the mix, making these races genuinely hard to call. A polling company called Median Strategies just admitted its widely...
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Democrats Just Dumped Iowa and Made South Carolina First for 2028. Obama Never Forgot What Iowa Did for Him. Could This Also Hurt the DSA? P
The DNC officially ended Iowa's decades-long run as the first Democratic primary state, replacing it with South Carolina for 2028, followed by Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Michigan, and Virginia. The stated reason is better representing Black and Latino voters — but let's not forget Iowa is...
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Mangione Pleads Guilty — "I Shot Mr. Thompson and He Died." Sentencing Set for December 18, Now Fighting to Kill the State Case With a Doubl
Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty in federal court Friday, admitting in his own words that he shot Brian Thompson and knew exactly what he was doing. Sentencing is set for December 18th. Within hours his lawyers filed to have the state murder case dismissed on double jeopardy grounds — we explain…
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Wholesale Inflation at 4.7% Is Coming for Your Wallet Next. Mangione May Plead Guilty Friday — Setting Up a Double Jeopardy Showdown. Flock
Wholesale inflation came in at 4.7 percent for July — that's what businesses pay before it hits you at the register, and it's outpacing wage growth. We break down what that means for your budget. A surprise federal hearing tomorrow has everyone talking — Luigi Mangione may plead guilty to…
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Blanche Is AG for Three Days and the Weaponization Fund Is Suddenly Back — Who Could Have Seen That Coming? DSA's Hong Was Up 20, Lost by 0.
Todd Blanche has been Attorney General for three whole days and suddenly the compensation fund Cornyn demanded in writing before confirming him is back on the table. Shocking. Francesca Hong led Wisconsin's governor primary by double digits in the polls and lost to David Crowley by less than half…
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The Air Force One Security Leak Should Have Stayed Classified — Now the World Knows Exactly How the Secret Service Protects Trump. Plus RFK
The full Air Force One plane-swap story is out, confirming the Secret Service swapped Trump onto a backup plane in Turkey because of a credible threat. Newsworthy, sure — but now every detail of that protective maneuver is public knowledge, including to our adversaries. That's a real security...
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Where's the Iran Deal That Was "Any Day Now" for a Week Straight? Trump's "Low Keying It" Explains Nothing. Iran's Making Demands Now. Plus
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday — the Iran deal was going to be done "any day" every single day last week. Today it still isn't. Trump now says he's "semi negotiating" and "low keying it" — okay, but what does that actually mean? Meanwhile Iran has flipped the script and is issuing its own demands to...
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Payrolls Crash -23,000 — A Massive Miss That Should Stop the Fed From Hiking. Senate Passes the Lindsey Graham Russia Sanctions Act 86-11. T
The economy lost 23,000 jobs in July when Wall Street expected a gain of 83,000 — a huge miss. The 50,000 education job loss makes sense, that's just summer break, but the rest of the report is genuinely soft. This should keep the Fed from hiking rates anytime soon. The Senate passed the Lindsey...
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Fauci Pled the Fifth 111 Times — Now Rand Paul's Committee Sends a Criminal Referral Straight to DOJ, Bypassing the Full Senate. Hong's Canc
Fauci invoked the Fifth 111 times even though he's already pardoned — and Rand Paul's committee just voted to hold him in contempt, sending the referral straight to the DOJ instead of a full Senate vote. We break down the constitutional questions that raises. Wisconsin's Francesca Hong defended…
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Two Kinds of Democrats — Disappointed Grad Degrees Behind the DSA vs Blue Collar Traditionalists. El-Sayed Hid His Real Agenda Behind Popula
There are really two Democratic parties right now — highly educated voters disappointed they're making under sixty thousand dollars who make up the DSA, and traditional blue collar Democrats who want something completely different. We break down that split using El-Sayed's winning campaign, which...
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Missouri Votes Today on Killing Its Income Tax — 63% of Revenue Gone, So What Fills the Gap? Mamdani's Grocery Store Eligibility Rules Make
Missouri voters decide today whether to phase out the state income tax — which currently makes up 63 percent of state revenue. If it passes, taxes go up somewhere else, guaranteed. We break down how we'd vote. Mayor Mamdani's proposed grocery stores apparently only require a NYC library card to...
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Pirro Puts Her Job on the Line — Drops Bogus Charges Against Olympian David Hearn Over Reflecting Pool "Vandalism" That Was Actually Botched
I wasn't a Pirro fan before, but she earned real respect today. She dropped the felony charges against Olympian David Hearn for the Reflecting Pool "vandalism" after her own office found the damage was actually botched construction, not sabotage — directly contradicting Trump's public claims.…
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Iran Is the Prime Suspect in Hacking Your Water — 30+ Minnesota Systems Hit, Seven States Targeted Total. Advisors Warn Trump Retaliation Wo
U.S. intelligence says Iran likely hacked more than 30 water systems in Minnesota, and the attack actually hit systems across seven states total. Iran may be bringing this war home. Trump's response? He blamed Minnesota's governor instead and said "Iran should be so lucky." We examine that gap....
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Cornyn's Revenge — Republicans Fight Trump Over Todd Blanche as the AG Vote Stalls Before August Recess. NYC Mayor Publishes Pied-à-Terre Ow
Senator Cornyn won't vote for Todd Blanche without written DOJ promises — and it's worth noting Trump just endorsed Ken Paxton against Cornyn in the Texas primary. Coincidence? The confirmation vote is delayed with the Senate's August recess coming next Friday. NYC's mayor published the names and...
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Iran's Surprise Rocket Attack Just Ended Trump's "Pause." He Says Now It's "Our Turn" to Fire Back — But War Isn't a Turn-Based Game. Fed Ho
Iran fired a surprise rocket attack overnight and just like that, Trump's "pause" is over. He says it's now our turn to fire back — but war doesn't work like taking turns, and today we explain why that framing should worry everyone paying attention. The Fed held interest rates unchanged and Wall...
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Lindsey Graham Memorials in DC and South Carolina — We Play His Iconic Kavanaugh Hearing Rant. Iran Says Trump's "Nicely" Story Is False & K
Lindsey Graham's memorial service is today in DC with South Carolina tomorrow, and the moment everyone keeps replaying since his death is his explosive Kavanaugh hearing rant — we play it for you today. Trump says Iran asked him nicely to stop the bombing. Iran says that never happened. We…
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Bernie vs Rahm — The Democratic Civil War Is Now Fully Public. Trump Pauses the Iran War Again and Waves Off Russia-Iran Intel Until He "Ask
Bernie Sanders and Rahm Emanuel are now fighting it out in public — Sanders calling out the Democratic establishment on national television, Emanuel warning in the Wall Street Journal that socialist candidates could cost Democrats the midterms. We break down who's actually winning this fight.…
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They're Back — Tariffs Return and They're Still a Tax on You. Truth Social Sells Early Access to Trump's Posts for $100K a Month & Thune-Tru
Tariffs are back and let's be honest about what they are — a tax that raises your prices, slows the economy, and invites other countries to retaliate against our exporters. Trump Media is now selling Wall Street firms early access to the President's market-moving Truth Social posts for up to one...
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Attention Politicians — Nobody Likes You, But Fox News Poll Shows Republicans Losing on 7 of 9 Issues Ahead of Midterms. Saudi Nukes Aren't
Message to every politician in Washington — people don't like you. But the new Fox News poll shows it's specifically bad for Republicans right now — Democrats lead on the economy, healthcare, inflation, income inequality, foreign policy, and even immigration. Democrats now lead the generic...
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An OpenAI Model Escaped Its Lab and Hacked a Real Company — Silicon Valley Is Freaking Out. Mamdani Finally Admits He Can't Arrest Netanyahu
An OpenAI model broke out of its sealed test lab on its own, got onto the internet, and hacked a real company called Hugging Face to cheat on a test. No human told it to. Hugging Face actually caught it themselves before OpenAI even called. Silicon Valley is buzzing because this is the exact...
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Trump Sat With Canada at the World Cup — Now New Tariffs. What Happened? Iran Still Won't Budge, Could Boots on the Ground Be Next? Socialis
Trump, Sheinbaum, and Carney looked like best friends at the World Cup. Now there are new tariffs on Canada, our second biggest trading partner. What happened between then and now? Iran keeps taking hits and still won't budge — are we headed toward boots on the ground? Democrats are increasingly...
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Generals Say You Can't Negotiate a War Like a Real Estate Deal — Three More Soldiers Dead as Trump Finally Shifts Military. Democratic Socia
More generals and admirals are saying it out loud now — you cannot negotiate a war the way you negotiate a real estate deal, and bombing alone was never going to be enough. Three more soldiers are dead and Trump finally appears to be shifting away from talk of talks toward real military…
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Did Trump's Election Speech Make You Trust the System Less Ahead of the Midterms? With 10,000+ Jurisdictions Nationwide Manipulation Is Near
The President gave a speech questioning our election systems right before the midterms and we ask directly — did it make you trust elections more or less, and was that the actual goal? Here's the structural fact that matters — America has over ten thousand separate election jurisdictions. That...
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Trump's Major Speech Tonight: 2020 Election Claims, Iran War Concerns, and Air Force One Security Questions
President Trump is expected to deliver a major speech tonight, with reports suggesting a significant announcement may be coming. Will the focus once again be on the 2020 presidential election, and why does that issue continue to dominate political debate years later? We examine whether Americans...
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We're Bombing Iran — But Why Is the Goal Still Negotiation? They Lie and Cheat. Blanche One Vote From Defeat, Clayton Grilled on 2020 & ICE
America is bombing Iran and the President wants to get them back to the negotiating table. Why? Iran lies. Iran cheats. Iran has never honored an agreement in its history. The goal should be defeat and surrender — not another round of talks that produce another piece of paper that means nothing....
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Iran Policy Changed Twice in 24 Hours — Blockade Is On, Fee Is Off, Skirmish Continues. ICE Kills Two Men in Traffic Stops, DHS Halts the Pr
Last night the plan was blockade the Strait of Hormuz and charge twenty percent of cargo value as a fee. This morning the fee was gone after Middle Eastern leaders called Trump with an investment alternative he liked better. The blockade is still on and the President is now calling the whole…
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Senator Lindsey Graham Dead at 71 — Both Sides Genuinely Liked Him and That Says Everything. McConnell's Health Story Has Gaps & Trump's Hor
Senator Lindsey Graham died from an aortic dissection at 71 and the bipartisan grief pouring in today is a reminder of what old-school Senate relationships used to look like — when members of both parties actually knew each other as human beings. We pay tribute to a complicated but genuinely warm...
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Iran Has a Specific Plot to Kill Trump — Israel Told Us and That's Why He Switched Planes in Turkey. The New Air Force One Can't Defend Him
The Air Force One mystery is officially solved and the answer is chilling. Israel warned the US of a specific Iranian plot to assassinate the President and the Secret Service put him on the older, better-protected plane out of Turkey because the new Qatari 747 does not yet have the defensive...
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Platner Says He's Out But Hasn't Filed — Betting Markets Say Watch Monday's 5PM Deadline Closely. Plus the New Air Force One Doesn't Meet Se
Graham Platner said he was stepping down but the withdrawal paperwork has not been filed and Axios says he is holding it until the last minute before Monday's five o'clock deadline. The betting markets are now pricing in a real chance he pulls a fast one and stays in the Maine Senate race. We…
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The Iran Ceasefire Lasted Days Not Weeks. Trump Calls Leaders Liars and Scum, Says Ceasefire Is Over — But Also Says No War. Huh? Plus the A
The sixty day Iran ceasefire did not come close to sixty days. The President called Iran's leaders liars, scum, cheaters, and sick. He said the ceasefire is over. Then he said he doesn't think the war will begin again. Both of those things cannot be true at the same time and today we try to…
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Platner Accused of Sexual Assault — Democrats Say Step Down, He Says He's Reflecting. What Date Do You Pick for His Exit? Trump Blasts NATO
A woman has accused Graham Platner of sexual assault and a long list of prominent Democrats have said they believe her and want him out of the Maine Senate race. Platner denies it and says he is reflecting. In political crisis speak reflecting is rarely the end of the story. We ask the honest...
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Syndicated radio host - former anchor Fox Business - former Director of Investments for a major Wall Street firm. Topics include finance, news and commentary.
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