This week in our Stupidest thing I’ve heard all week segment, we’ll tell you about a plan by the Mayor of NY City to put local grocery stores and Bodegas out of business. In our quote of the week, we have a clip from Bill Maher explaining why Trump won the last Presidential election. In our science minute, we’ll tell you how many Starlink satellites there are in orbit around the Earth and how often one of them falls out of orbit. We’ll tell you how much money some AI systems are making for the companies that develop them and some scary things that have been happening during the testing of the most recent models. We’ll tell you about a restaurant promotion that might be racist because it requires customers to show a picture ID to use it. It’s no secret that the economies of Texas & Florida are booming, partially as the result of companies and high net worth individuals moving to those states from high-tax blue states. We’ll tell you where Florida’s economy now ranks compared to the economies of other countries around the world. We’ll tell you what one of the least used names for new babies was last year and what that decline has to do with President Trump. In 2024, Scotland increased its top income tax rate to 48%. We’ll tell you what impact that rate increase had on tax revenues in 2025. We’ll tell you how a bureaucratic delay got a woman killed a decade ago and why that story is still relevant today. Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Detroit, where two home invaders break into the house of a 75-year-old man at 3:00 o’clock in the morning.

In this week's podcast, our Stupidest thing I’ve heard all week segment, we’ll tell you which mayor of which major US City is threatening to arrest the Prime Minister of Israel when he visits his city in September. In our runner-up to the Stupidest thing I’ve heard all week, we’ll tell you which airline is allowing passengers to change their chosen arrival airport to a different airport at no charge and why. We’ll tell you how NY City’s rent control regulations are making that city’s housing shortage far worse than it needs to be We’ll tell you about a Federal Court ruling that overturned New Jersey’s long-standing ban on the sale of what it deemed to be so-called “Assault weapons” and “high-capacity” magazines and how the Governor of that state reacted to the ruling. We’ll play a clip describing how Seattle’s new Socialist Mayor is trying to deal with the mess that she helped to create. We’ll tell you how one US City is turning solid human waste from its wastewater treatment plants into a money-making product We’ll tell you where 3,000 armed teenagers gathered for 5 days and how many of them got shot by the end of that week. We’ll revisit the most recent price increase in the cost of a 1st class postage stamp and how the cost to mail a letter in the US compares to how much it cost to mail the same letter in the UK. Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Charleston, WV, where a road rage victim shoots and kills the driver of the other car who chased him and then tried to attack him while he was sitting in his car.

Our quote of the week this week is a repeat of two quotes by economist Thomas Sowell on the failure of Socialism, because we are going to be talking about the recently released platform of the Democratic Socialists of AmericaWe’ll tell you about the key parts of the Democratic Socialists of America's platform, released last week, and why they should scare you. Taxing a tax: We'll show you which state imposes a tax on its own fuel tax amount and how much that tax costs you if you buy gas in that state. In our most outrageous thing I’ve heard all week, we’ll tell you about the new fee schedule to apply for a concealed weapon carry permit that was just issued by the Sheriff of San Jose, California, and why it discriminates against people with lower incomes We’ll tell you about a new trend by several major retailers who are replacing paper price labels on store shelves with LED displays that can change the price of every item in the store at least once per day. If you are a flat-earth believer or have friends who are, we’ll tell you about a new challenge by one of the largest sporting goods companies in this country that could make you rich. We’ll tell you about a doctor who incorrectly declared a young child to be dead and how the parents found out about that mistake. We tell you what percentage of the US & global populations are pilots, and what it would take for you to become one. We’ll show you how the prices of things like health care & college tuition have changed over the past 25 years, and how those changes compare to changes in the prices of other everyday items like automobiles, television sets, and refrigerators. Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Los Angeles, where a shop owner shoots & kills 2 of 3 armed robbers.

In this week's Podcast, our quote of the week is on the issue of illegal aliens by one of the most prominent political figures of this century, and a woman’s reaction to it. In our Stupidest thing I’ve heard all week segment, we’ll tell you which governor thinks that you can fire a semi-automatic rifle 60 times in one second We’ll share with you some statistics on the aging of the US population and what that means for the future of Social Security. We’ll tell you how much the price of stamps will go up again and why it won’t be enough to keep the Post Office from losing money. We will tell you how the ATF has gone from trying to infringe on the 2nd amendment rights of U.S. citizens to helping to protect those rights. In a follow-up to our story about heat-related deaths in the UK last week, we’ll tell you how many heat-related deaths France experienced in just one week last month and how many people are dying from heat-related causes in Europe each year. The figures are shocking. We’ll tell you why the price of cell phones, IPADs, and computers is rising rapidly and why new AI centers are partially to blame. We’ll play a clip from Bill Maher explaining why the platform of the Democratic Socialists of America candidates will ultimately result in disaster if they are successful in achieving their goals Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Phoenix, where a customer in a Walgreens shoots & kills an armed robber

This week, our quote of the week this week is an analogy comparing the cost of riding on the wrong train to spending your time doing things that don’t bring you closer to achieving your life goals. In our Stupidest thing I’ve heard all week segment, we’ll tell you which Democrat Congresswoman thinks that a piece of legislation mandating that whole milk be served in school cafeterias is racist and why. We’ll tell you about a county Sheriff in Nevada who is defying a judge’s order by refusing to release a man arrested 35 times. We’ll tell you how a man stranded in the Canadian wilderness saved his own life using nothing but his axe and his own ingenuity. We tell you which US state has the most COSTCOs and which states have none We’ll tell you why thousands of people in the UK & Europe are likely to die from the heat this summer, and why the UK government is making it impossible for many residents to stay cool. We’ll play a clip from Bill Maher explaining why Democrats like AOC are responsible for their party being in the minority in both houses of Congress. We’ll play a clip from Kevin O’Leary describing the moment the graduate students he teaches go from being socialists to capitalists. Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Blue Springs, Missouri, where a homeowner awakens to an intruder inside his home.

This week, in our stupidest thing I’ve heard all week segment, we’ll tell you about some stupid gun regulations that a California county Sheriff has imposed on people who have concealed carry permits and who are suing him over those regulations. In honor of Father’s Day, our quote of the week is from one of this century’s most well-known political figures, and why some people might call you a racist if you just quote some of the things he said We’ll tell you what the outgoing Director of National Intelligence has revealed about Dr. Fauci’s involvement in the creation of the Covid virus and why he can never be prosecuted for that involvement or the lies he told Congress about his involvement. We’ll spend more than just a little time explaining the mess the UK is in and how it got there. We’ll run our “You can’t make this stuff up” segment and tell you which Democrat-controlled library/museum requires a photo ID to enter on certain days. We tell you how soon Social Security is projected to run out of money, what will happen if Congress doesn’t act to fix the problem before that date, and why whatever fix they come up with will have to be far more painful & drastic than the simple fix they could have enacted just a decade ago. Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Lantana, Florida, where a homeowner gets into a shootout with two armed home invaders.

This week, in our Stupidest thing I’ve heard all week segment, we’ll tell you why tens of thousands of liberals are outraged that Elon Musk became the world’s first Trillionaire last week and why the logic behind their outrage is horribly flawed. In a related story, we’ll share with you the results of a study that shows that more liberals suffer from serious mental conditions than conservatives and why. We’ll tell you about an experiment that showed that the majority of the Gen Z generation can’t read a map and can’t tell you which way is north and why. We’ll give you an update on the criminal charges that the Southern Poverty Law Center is facing. We will tell you about an Air Canada pilot who flew tens of thousands of passengers for the airline for 17 years without the proper pilot’s license or training. As a follow-up to our story two weeks ago about the 40% office vacancy rate in Denver, we’ll share with you some of the startling crime statistics from that city over a recent 90-day periodWe’ll tell you which NFL team is getting ready to move out of the city it is named for, and why. We’ll tell you why Act Blue, the Democrat fundraising organization, is in trouble for accepting and distributing donations from foreign donors in violation of Federal election laws and how often their CEO invoked her 5th amendment rights during a recent Congressional hearingOur taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Miami Gardens, Florida, where a neighbor shoots and kills an armed intruder who was attacking the husband of his neighbor

In this week's podcast, we have a follow-up to one of our previous “Stupidest thing I’ve heard all week” stories. With the first FIFA World Cup match scheduled to be played in NJ in just 5 days, we’ll tell you how many of those $100 train tickets from Penn Station in NY to MetLife Stadium in NJ have been sold by NJ Transit. In another NJ Story, we’ll tell you about the latest Fortune 500 company to announce it's moving out of NJ, how many of those large companies have left the state in just the last 8 years, and why. We’ll play a clip explaining how Canada’s program of free socialized medical for all cost a woman her leg. We’ll tell you why some of the anti-AI data center stories you might be reading might be part of a propaganda campaign orchestrated by a foreign government and why.We'll tell you about some simple & fun things you can do with AI yourself, for free. If you weren’t already sure if the SAVE voter ID legislation was a good idea or not, we’ll give you two recent examples of voter registration fraud that it would have prevented.Given the continued organized violence that has been taking place outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in Newark, we’ll give you a different perspective on why what is happening might be way more than just a protest.We’ll tell you about a company testing & developing nuclear reactors that fit on the back of a flatbed trailer and could be the answer to the growing power production and transmission needs of AI data centers. Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Australia, where a 75-year-old man shoots & kills an intruder who had already stabbed him and his wife and who had come back to finish the job.

Our quote of the week this week is from the late Margaret Thatcher, who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain, on the origins of Socialism In the stupidest thing I’ve heard all week, we’ll tell you what a guy left in his camper van along with his dog when he went into a convenience store We’ll tell you about a pilot program aimed at making TSA screening for your flight faster and reducing the cost of your trip by more than $20 per day if you park your car at the airport while you are gone. In the continuing saga of Medicaid fraud in Minnesota, we’ll tell you about a new scam based on providing autism treatment for the children of people enrolled in Medicaid.We’ll play a clip of Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) taking NY State Governor Kathy Hochul to task over her executive orders barring law enforcement officials in NY State from cooperating with ICE. We’ll tell you about the death spiral that the City of Denver is experiencing and who is responsible for creating it. We’ll give you some perspective on the protests that have been taking place outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in Newark, NJ, for more than a week now and ask why you never heard any of these very relevant facts on the evening news. We’ll tell you why new AI data centers could drive up the cost of your electric bill in many states that don’t have enough generating capacity to satisfy their current peak electrical demand. Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Antioch, California, where 3 robbers try to rob a jewelry store, but only two survive the attempt.

Our quote of the week this week is from Senator Ted Cruz on the cover-up of President Biden’s mental decline. In the stupidest thing I’ve heard all week, we have a quote from a NY State Legislator who believes that there are “Heat-seeking bullets” that can cook a deer if you hit them with one of those bullets that she thinks are real. If you thought that Hell wasn’t for sale, we’ll tell you where you can buy it and how much it would cost you. In our medical minute, we’ll tell you about a species of tick that can transmit a disease known as “Alpha-Gal syndrome” and how it affects people who contract it. We’ll play a clip of a Black woman speaking out at a Cook County, Illinois, Board of Commissioners meeting, refuting the claims that voter ID laws are racist. We’ll play a clip of Senator John Kennedy describing the scope of Medicaid fraud in this country and why states have not been more aggressive in identifying and prosecuting it. Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Calvert County, Maryland, where two thugs armed with baseball bats choose the wrong house to invade.