Today's Guests
Jason Lewis was for many years a radio host on KTLK and then KSTP in Minneapolis and his show was syndicated on, among other stations, my former radio home: KHOW right here in Denver. I enjoyed Jason's mostly-libertarian take on things for years. He's become more conservative/populist/Trumpy since then and we'll discuss that transition among other things. From 2017 to 2019, Jason represented Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District in Congress. His new book is called Party Animal: The Truth About President Trump, Power Politics & the Partisan Press (That's a link for the Kindle edition...here's a link to the hardcover: Party Animal: The Truth about President Trump, Power Politics & the Partisan Press by Jason Lewis, Hardcover)
Sorta famously, Jason quit his radio show in the middle of a broadcast in 2014. See the video below to hear it...
You can follow Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/LewisForMN
A further discussion of the book and issues it covers: Jason Lewis sets record straight on DC 'swamp,' Trump and 'cancel culture' media - Alpha News
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Mark Greaney may be the best thriller writer working today. Only a few other guys are even in his league. (I think of Jack Carr and Brad Thor in particular.) The "Gray Man" series is just incredible, which may be why the first book in the series was recently made into a movie by/for Netflix.
Mark's new book, which actually first came out as an Audible Original audiobook, is called "Armored" and it's the first Greaney novel since 2016 (other than Red Metal, which he co-authored with Rip Rawlings) which isn't part of the Gray Man series. This is an exceptionally exciting new book that introduces us to a very likeable character, Josh Duffy (and his wife, whom I hope is a more central part of the action in subsequent books.) The plot involves rival Mexican drug cartels which keeps it fairly close to home and believable (at least by wild thriller standards) for American readers.
Home - Mark Greaney (markgreaneybooks.com)
Armored: Greaney, Mark: 9780593436875: Amazon.com: Books
Armored by Mark Greaney - Audiobook - Audible.com: English
Sony Michael Bay Erwin Stoff Turn Mark Greaney Audible Armored Film – Deadline
Other Stuff
Her father, known as "Putin's brain" was probably the target, but this woman, herself a major pro-Putin propagandist is now dead in the sort of attack that we've come to expect against Putin's enemies, not his friends: Car blast kills daughter of Russian known as 'Putin's brain' | AP News
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Don't let skepticism of the COVID vaccine keep you from making sure your kids are up to date on their other vaccines. The data is showing that a small but measurable number of people are not doing that.
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Won't surprise me if Dems work against what Sen Joe Manchin was promised for his vote on the "Inflation Reduction Act", namely legislation to make it easier to get permits for pipelines as well as legislation to specifically permit a partially completed pipeline called the Mountain Valley Pipeline in his state of West Virginia.
Permitting Reform? ‘I Didn’t Shake Hands’ - WSJ
Manchin Trades Climate Support for Massive WV Pipeline — ProPublica
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So it turns out quality matters? You don't say: McConnell makes grim prediction about Republicans in Senate races, references 'candidate quality' | Fox News
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Please don't forget that the top 1% of taxpayers pay about as much federal income tax as the bottom 94%. That is not a typo.
https://taxfoundation.org/publications/latest-federal-income-tax-data
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I wish I were more confident that this would fail at the ballot box:
Ballot measure would offer free meals to all Colorado students (thedenverchannel.com)
Healthy Meals For All Public School Students | Colorado General Assembly
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More discoveries like this should significantly reduce China's leverage over modern industrial economies. Then we have to reduce their influence over the rest of the world.
US tech barons make move into Greenland metal | World | The Times
Mining Is Turning Greenland Into a Climate Change Battleground (popularmechanics.com)
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GREAT and rather courageous piece by Andy McCarthy about the FBI and Mike Pence's defense of that troubled organization:
Mike Pence FBI Comments: Agency Has Flaws, Can Be Force for Good | National Review
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Bummer of a story about a popular brewpub-restaurant in Evergreen: How Evergreen's famed El Rancho restaurant completely unraveled (denverpost.com)
Today's Videos
One heck of a way to end a radio career:
This is just ridiculous...or maybe it's basically just the same thing as what happens with sheep, at least without the blow-drying.
https://dai.ly/x8d64ms (Sorry, the embed isn't working so you'll have to click on the link.)
This is pretty cool, at least if it's real. I sorta doubt all that stuff he put in was 24k but let's put aside our skepticism for the duration of one short video.
Cat people are playing the video game "Stray" and their cats are watching, fascinated, along with them
Cat People Are Loving a New Videogame. So Are Their Cats.(WSJ)