GUESTS
Beth Brelje is a senior political investigator at Restoration News. She covers crime, illegal immigration, and the consequences of sanctuary policies across the Midwest. Her reporting on Sheridan Gorman and the Welcoming America Inc network is available at restoration-news.com.
Rachel Bovard is Vice President of Programs at the Conservative Partnership Institute and one of the country's foremost experts on Senate procedure and legislative strategy. She has spent her career working inside the Senate on budget reconciliation, the filibuster, and floor procedure.
Noah Wall is President and Founder of the State Leadership Initiative, which works to help Republican governors and state legislatures deliver the small-government, constitutional governance they campaign on. He is also a member of the Mass Deportation Coalition, which published a 104-page Phase 2 deportation playbook this week. More at stateleadership.org and massdeportationcoalition.org.
KEY TOPICS
- Sheridan Gorman murder: a Loyola University student shot by a Venezuelan illegal alien who was caught and released by the Biden administration
- How sanctuary crime in Illinois spills across state lines into Wisconsin
- Welcoming America Inc: the nonprofit certifying "welcoming cities" as a code for sanctuary cities
- Breaking news: AG Pam Bondi ousted
- DHS funding standoff: ICE split into reconciliation track with June 1 deadline
- How the Senate passed the DHS bill at 2 AM by voice vote -- not unanimous consent
- SAVE America Act on the Senate floor: filibuster, cloture strategy, and Democrat outreach
- The Byrd Rule: why reconciliation is a narrow and unreliable path for the SAVE America Act
- What to tell your senator's office right now
- Trump walks into SCOTUS -- the first sitting president in American history to attend oral arguments
- 14th Amendment oral arguments: "subject to the jurisdiction thereof"
- Mass Deportation Coalition Phase 2 playbook: worksite enforcement as the missing critical policy
- McLaughlin poll: 66% of likely 2026 voters support deporting all illegal migrants; 72% support employer audits
- State Leadership Initiative: removing roadblocks in Republican state governments
- Operation Epic Fury: 11,000+ targets struck, 150+ Iranian vessels sunk, 90% reduction in ballistic missile attacks
- Artemis II: four American astronauts farther from Earth than any humans in history
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 -- Introduction: Trump at SCOTUS, Iran, Artemis II, show overview
04:27 -- Beth Brelje: Sheridan Gorman murder, Illinois sanctuary crime spillover into Wisconsin
06:08 -- The story of Sheridan Gorman
09:32 -- Why sanctuary cities produce escalating criminal behavior
12:02 -- Welcoming America Inc exposed: the rebranded sanctuary movement targeting local councils
15:55 -- Breaking: AG Pam Bondi ousted; Rachel Bovard reacts
17:21 -- Rachel Bovard: DHS funding deal breakdown
19:07 -- How the Senate passed the DHS bill at 2 AM by voice vote
22:57 -- Speaker Johnson deal and current ICE funding status
26:14 -- SAVE America Act: Senate floor strategy and path to 60 votes
28:34 -- Schumer and Durbin signal openness to voter ID -- is it real?
30:08 -- The Byrd Rule explained: why reconciliation is a dangerous detour
32:14 -- What to tell your senator's office right now
35:33 -- Noah Wall: Trump enters SCOTUS, first in American history
38:00 -- The constitutional argument: what "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" means
40:06 -- The history of birthright citizenship and what changed in 50 years
44:26 -- Mass Deportation Coalition Phase 2 playbook: worksite enforcement
48:03 -- McLaughlin poll: 66% support deporting all illegal migrants
52:38 -- State Leadership Initiative: delivering on conservative governance
56:01 -- Operation Epic Fury update: Iran military numbers
58:27 -- SAVE America Act closing call to action
LINKS MENTIONED
restoration-news.com
passthesaveamericaact.com
massdeportationcoalition.org
stateleadership.org
teapartypatriots.org
jennybethshow.com