Jeanne Ives is a former Illinois state representative, a West Point graduate from a family of West Point graduates and active-duty service members, and the CEO of Breakthrough Ideas, where she writes a weekly newsletter on state and local policy. She hosts a daily radio hour on AM 560 from 11:00 AM to noon, Monday through Friday.
Robert McNeily is Director of Broadcasting and Grassroots Engagement at Tea Party Patriots Action. A former RSBN anchor, he spent the July 4 weekend on the ground at the America 250 kickoff in Washington, D.C., where he filmed the flyover footage featured at the close of this episode.
Key topics:
- What Democrats knew about Graham Platner before Maine's primary
- Breaking: an Illinois Democrat state representative indicted for federal fraud
- Florida vs. Illinois: DeSantis and Pritzker each signed eight budgets, with opposite results
- The Todd Blanche confirmation fight and the letter from 1,200 former Justice Department employees
- President Trump declares the ceasefire with Iran over
- The SAVE America Act: 50 senators on record and a Senate that went home
- Abdul El-Sayed's defund-the-police audio and the Planned Parenthood funding fight
Timestamped breakdown:
00:00 — Cold open: the party that chose ideology over character
00:57 — Welcome and today's headlines
04:18 — Take action: two calls to make today
05:21 — Guest introductions: Jeanne Ives and Robert McNeily
05:52 — Graham Platner and how Democrats vet their own
08:58 — Breaking: an Illinois Democrat state representative indicted for fraud
11:35 — Florida vs. Illinois: DeSantis and Pritzker by the numbers
17:47 — What the Left actually values
22:51 — Todd Blanche and the letter from 1,200 former employees
31:19 — Breaking: the Iran ceasefire is over
40:49 — The SAVE America Act: 50 senators on record
47:36 — Abdul El-Sayed's defund-the-police audio
49:58 — The Planned Parenthood funding fight
53:53 — Where to follow Jeanne Ives
55:03 — July 4 flyover footage and closing calls to action
Links mentioned:
passthesaveamericaact.com
tpp.me/ombcomment
whitehouse.gov/contact
breakthrough-ideas.com
teapartypatriots.org
jennybethshow.com
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