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Josh opens the show by discussing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's growing influence within the Democratic Party and what her long-term political aspirations may be. He examines the challenges Democrats face heading into the midterm elections as more DSA-backed candidates emerge and where AOC fits into the movement's future. Josh also discusses Tucker Carlson's latest interview with Hunter Biden, revisiting the controversy surrounding the Hunter Biden laptop story and Carlson's role in the coverage leading up to the 2020 election. Ike Brannon, President of Capital Policy Analytics, joins Josh to discuss another often-overlooked factor in the inflation debate: tort lawsuits and the hidden costs they pass along to consumers. The two examine how litigation impacts businesses, prices, and the broader economy.

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Some Republican lawmakers are now joining the movement to have New York City's Muslim Mayor barred from attending the ceremony marking 25 years since the 9/11 Radical Islamic Terrorist Attack on the Twin Towers. Some GOP Senators have joined a petition created by families of 9/11 victims to block New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani from attending the ceremony at Ground Zero. The online petition calls on the National September 11th Memorial & Museum not to include Mamdani because they say the Democrat Socialist, and city's 1st Muslim mayor, has failed to adequately condemn Islamic extremism.

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There's been some confusion this week about President Trump's new executive order on childhood vaccines. Some are claiming he's gutting the schedule entirely—but we're here to tell you what's actually going on. It's not about eliminating vaccines; it's about slowing things down and spreading them out. Is it a sensible response to the Fauci era, or a dangerous rollback of public health science? That's the debate we're diving into. --- M and M EXTRA: Two iconic talk radio hosts. One unfiltered daily conversation. No scripts. No spin. Just Mike Gallagher and Mark Davis breaking down the news the way it should be — with decades of experience and zero apologies. If you love smart unscripted talk show chemistry, you’re in the right place. --- Like & Subscribe to M and M Extra Live 📺 / @mandmextra 🕛 Weekdays at 12 PM ET Watch The Mike Gallagher Show Live 📡 salemnewschannel.com/watch-live 🕘 Weekdays 9 AM – 12 PM ET Listen to The Mark Davis Show 🎧 660amtheanswer.com/listenlive 🕛 Weekdays at 7AM - 10AM CT

There is public outrage as text messages from Dr. Anthony Fauci's confiscated phone reveals he hid private concerns about the Covid-19 vaccine's potential risks to pregnant women. Meanwhile, back in a white house public health press briefing in 2021, he claimed there were no red flags. Now we're finding out that Fauci thought the vaccine could increase the risk of miscarriages. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier launched a civil investigation on Fauci, saying that his federal pardon won't protect him. --- M and M EXTRA: Two iconic talk radio hosts. One unfiltered daily conversation. No scripts. No spin. Just Mike Gallagher and Mark Davis breaking down the news the way it should be — with decades of experience and zero apologies. If you love smart unscripted talk show chemistry, you’re in the right place. --- Like & Subscribe to M and M Extra Live 📺 / @mandmextra 🕛 Weekdays at 12 PM ET Watch The Mike Gallagher Show Live 📡 salemnewschannel.com/watch-live 🕘 Weekdays 9 AM – 12 PM ET Listen to The Mark Davis Show 🎧 660amtheanswer.com/listenlive 🕛 Weekdays at 7AM - 10AM CT

On Tuesday, the U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a massive recruitment success after hiring more than 2,000 video gamers as air traffic controllers. He also unveiled a brand-new, high-tech digital surface movement radar at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR). The initiatives are part of a broader push to solve a chronic air traffic controller shortage and modernize aging aviation infrastructure. Duffy also implemented a strict domestic production requirement, mandating that every piece of equipment for the brand-new air traffic control system must be made in America. Duffy announced a formal policy stating that all electronics, hardware, and structural elements utilized in the massive infrastructure overhaul must be manufactured domestically. The Department of Transportation outlined that this rule is designed specifically to ensure that the $12.5 billion aviation modernization investment creates American jobs and supports domestic manufacturing workers.

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Aug 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump accused Iran of being "devious negotiators" in an interview released late on Monday and described some of his current options in the war — "just bop along" and let Tehran fail economically or hit them "really, really hard." "I'm sort of negotiating," Trump told Real America's Voice in a phone interview. "They're very devious negotiators." Since the conflict began in late February, Trump has repeatedly oscillated between threats of escalation and claims that a peace deal is imminent. Pakistan said on Tuesday the U.S. and Iran were close to "some sort" of deal, and Qatar said talks on managing the Strait of Hormuz were at an advanced stage, despite reports of new attacks on shipping in regional waters. Trump described one of his possible strategies as: "Do what I'm doing now: just bop along and look how bad they're doing." "Economically, they are a mess. They can't borrow money. We control their money, what they had, which is a lot. They had a lot, and we have total control of it. I'm their banker," he said, referring to frozen Iranian assets. Another option would be to "Hit them really, really hard," Trump said. Trump also shrugged off concerns of low munitions, saying the U.S. was "building them like crazy" and cast blame on his predecessor, former U.S. President Joe Biden. Reuters reported last week that the U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during the war, raising concerns about the military's readiness for future conflicts. "We're fine with munitions... But the reason it would be lower, and we're building them like crazy, but the reason it's low is because he (Biden) gave $300 billion worth to Ukraine," Trump said.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Just two months after nominating Lindsey Graham to return to the U.S. Senate, South Carolina Republicans are casting ballots Tuesday in a special primary to pick a replacement following the sudden death of the president's close ally. Graham's sister, Darline Graham, a political unknown tapped to serve out the final months of her brother's term, is trying to overcome skepticism about her lack of experience in her campaign to replace him. She picked up President Donald Trump's swift endorsement though the rare open Senate seat has attracted a broad field, including some of the state's top Republicans. For decades, South Carolina voters have reliably returned Lindsey Graham to Washington despite periodic primary challengers who accused the dealmaker and foreign policy hawk of being insufficiently conservative. Tuesday's contest features one of Lindsey Graham’s foes from earlier this year, as well as two U.S. House members as well as Mark Sanford, the former governor and congressman who is seeking a political comeback in a field crowded with familiar faces.

PEREIRA/CALI, Colombia, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Rescue crews dug through mountains of shattered concrete in western Colombia on Tuesday, racing to find survivors after a powerful earthquake killed more than 250 people, according to estimates from local authorities. Families waited beside the rubble for signs of life. The 7.4-magnitude earthquake, the most powerful to strike the South American country in decades, tore through Colombia's coffee-growing heartland early on Monday, leaving apartment blocks, homes, schools and health centers cracked, leaning or flattened. Nearly 100 aftershocks were registered as of Tuesday morning. In the worst-hit cities, rescuers worked through the night with cranes, excavators and, at times, their bare hands, cutting through twisted steel and passing buckets of debris in desperate searches for those still trapped. Newly inaugurated President Abelardo De La Espriella said he had decreed a three-month economic relief measure for people in the coffee-growing region of Risaralda, speaking from its capital Pereira. "It broke my heart going through the city center and seeing all these businesses destroyed," he said, adding he hoped the measures would be "a breath of air in the middle of this tragedy." Separate reports from affected cities put the death toll at 254 on Tuesday morning, with 101 people killed in Pereira and 95 in Cali, the country's third-biggest city. The United Nations humanitarian office OCHA estimated 5,000 homes were damaged, while dozens of buildings collapsed and hundreds of residences were destroyed, OCHA said. In Cali, residents gathered in the streets after parts of homes and apartment blocks gave way. Families cooked outside, salvaged what they could and braced for another day away from home. Several of the top floors of one of the city's hospitals — some dedicated to pediatric care — collapsed, leaving some patients trapped and 600 others tended to on a street strewn with rubble, Irne Torres Castro, the hospital's director, told Caracol television. On Tuesday morning, lines of dump trucks brimming with rubble were heading to Cali's dump, amid heavy traffic after the mayor lifted normal traffic restrictions following the disaster. Many traffic lights remained out as rescuers heaved rubble under 30-degree Celsius (86-degree Fahrenheit) heat. Cali's public health secretary German Escobar said the city's morgue was full and authorities were bringing more bodies off the streets. Colombian social media influencer Jose Gallego had just arrived at Pereira airport and was recording live video when the earthquake struck, capturing footage of violent shaking as he crouched under a table and parts of the ceiling fell. "There were people injured, bleeding, screaming and trying to reach their families but there wasn't any signal," he said. "I crossed the city on foot; it took two hours and the scenes were devastating." Whole sections of residential neighborhoods were reduced to broken slabs of concrete and exposed rooms. Residents and volunteers formed human chains, while others stood silently nearby, listening for tapping sounds or cries from below. "They've already pulled several people out, some alive and some dead. I still can't believe it — yesterday at this same time I said hello to them, and today they're gone," said Fernanda Gaviria, 33, speaking from a grocery shop opposite a collapsed building. Gaviria said she spent the night sleeping in a park after her own apartment building was badly damaged. The earthquake also knocked out vital infrastructure. Civil aviation authorities closed six airports — Quibdo, Pereira, Manizales, Armenia, Cartago and Buenaventura — due to damage, while dozens of roads were reported to be affected. Electricity, water, healthcare and phone service remained disrupted in several areas, especially in Choco near the epicenter, complicating rescue efforts and aid delivery. The U.S. said it had allocated $15.5 million for emergency shelter, food, protection and damage assessments, while the Inter-American Development Bank said it had made $50 million immediately available for reconstruction support if requested. The U.N.'s Colombia resident coordinator Maria Jose Torres said the U.N. was working to increase its ground presence in the coffee-growing region and that its institutions had not been affected by the country's recent change of government. With communications still patchy in some of the worst-hit areas, officials said the full extent of the damage and the final death toll could take days to establish.

Abdul Al-Sayed criticizes the culture of football, arguing it reflects toxic masculinity and echoes the historical oppression of marginalized groups. He draws parallels between the ethos of football and the nation's history of wars, manifest destiny, and the transatlantic slave trade. Al-Sayed questions whether there is a way to reform football to mitigate its negative influences.

Hugh Hewitt discusses Democratic Senate candidate Chris Pappas and the state of the Democratic Party. Democratic candidate Karishma Manzur shares her views on Pappas, the party’s direction, and key issues, while the discussion also covers the upcoming Republican primary and challenges facing both parties.

In the lead-up to the Wisconsin primary, Democratic candidate Francesca Hong is making headlines with her bold positions on taxing the ultra-rich, combating political corruption, and making life more affordable. Despite Republican criticism that she is too extreme, Hong is focused on universal childcare, public school funding, and uniting the working class to defeat Tom Tiffany in November. She argues that her policies represent the future of the Democratic Party by putting working-class Wisconsinites first and prioritizing their needs over partisan politics.

Mike and Mark preview the South Carolina primary, then react to the latest revelation of treachery from Dr. Anthony Fauci—who failed to disclose serious concerns about vaccine miscarriage risks . Plus, they examine the national security leaks that surfaced in the wake of Trump’s departure from Turkey last month . ----- M and M EXTRA: Two iconic talk radio hosts. One unfiltered daily conversation. No scripts. No spin. Just Mike Gallagher and Mark Davis breaking down the news the way it should be — with decades of experience and zero apologies. If you love smart unscripted talk show chemistry, you’re in the right place. --- Like & Subscribe to M and M Extra Live 📺 / @mandmextra 🕛 Weekdays at 12 PM ET Watch The Mike Gallagher Show Live 📡 salemnewschannel.com/watch-live 🕘 Weekdays 9 AM – 12 PM ET Listen to The Mark Davis Show 🎧 660amtheanswer.com/listenlive 🕛 Weekdays at 7AM - 10AM CT

CHICAGO (AP) — Severe weather cut power Tuesday in the Chicago area and northwestern Indiana as perilous storms pummeled the region, darkening the sky and carrying extreme wind gusts across state lines. Tornado warning sirens blared in Illinois and Indiana, and all flights were stopped by late morning at Chicago's two major airports. There were numerous reports of wind gusts of 80 mph (128 kph) or more at personal weather stations, with trees blown down. “These are dangerous storms!” the National Weather Service said by late morning. More than 575,000 customers lost electricity in Illinois and Indiana, according to poweroutage.us. Lake County, Indiana, was especially hit hard.

The Democratic Party's ideological divide is moving into new territory. In Tuesday's election, the main contest is in swing state Wisconsin where democratic socialist Francesca Hong wants to become her party's nominee for governor. A Democratic battle for an open Senate seat in Minnesota has become a familiar contest between centrist Rep. Angie Craig and liberal Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan. In Connecticut, a onetime insurgent who challenged a famed centrist from the left is now being challenged from the left himself in the governor's primary. And South Carolina holds yet another primary, this one to select a successor to the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.

WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday freed a former American Marine who had been jailed in the country since 2022, U.S. President Donald Trump said. In a social media post, Trump said Russia agreed to release Robert Gilman, 32, for humanitarian reasons after discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin, adding that the ailing American would arrive at Joint Base Andrews near Washington on Tuesday night. "I am proud to announce that American Citizen Robert Gilman, a former United States Marine, is coming HOME!" Trump said. "We appreciate this decision, and the fact that Russia asked for no one in return — No exchange took place." The White House and the State Department had urged Moscow to release Gilman so he could receive medical treatment in the United States. U.S. officials said Putin approved a pardon for him. Gilman was being held in a prison in Voronezh, about 340 miles (550 kilometers) south of Moscow. The exact circumstances of his health are unclear. But Eric Lebson, chief strategy officer of Global Reach, an advocacy group representing Gilman's family, told Reuters last week that Gilman was moved in late June from the prison hospital to the psychiatric ward of a civilian emergency hospital in a catatonic-like state assessed as a "dissociative stupor." A U.S. official who spoke to Gilman said he was walking and talking. "All things considered he seems to be in good shape," the official said. Trump's post included a photo of a gaunt-looking man on a plane surrounded by a group of smiling people carrying an American flag. The president said he had spoken to Gilman, who requested a cheeseburger upon landing. "I will take care of that!" Trump said. Gilman will be evaluated on the flight by four doctors, said the U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity. After that, Gilman is likely to be flown to a rehabilitation center in San Antonio, Texas, for medical treatment, the officials said. ARRESTED OVER POLICE OFFICER INCIDENT Gilman, who served in the U.S. Marines from August 2019 until August 2020, was traveling by train when he was arrested in January 2022 in Voronezh, Lebson said. He was detained for allegedly kicking a police officer while drunk, according to Russian state media. However, his father, Vladimir Gilman, who emigrated to Massachusetts from Russia, wrote in an October 2024 Boston Globe op-ed that the charges were false. His son, he said, had fallen ill when the incident occurred and accidentally kicked the officer. The officer was uninjured, dropped the charges, and did not present evidence at Gilman's trial, he wrote. Robert Gilman was sentenced to 4-1/2 years in jail. He was one of at least 10 Americans known to be imprisoned in Russia. The U.S. officials said a Russian senior official, Yuri Ushakov, informed Trump aides last week that Putin had agreed to sign a decree pardoning Gilman for humanitarian purposes, given Putin's friendship with the president. The release resulted from intense negotiations over the weekend by U.S. and Russian officials. The U.S. did not exchange any Russian prisoners in order to gain Gilman's release and no concessions were made, the officials said. "It's a goodwill gesture," one official said. Trump thanked U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, senior director for counterterrorism Sebastian Gorka, his son-in-law Jared Kushner, and U.S. special envoy for hostage response Adam Boehler for making the release possible. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Gilman is among 100 U.S. citizens whose freedom Trump has helped secure during his second term in office. Rubio said the U.S. appreciated the "positive step," but called for the release of other Americans who he said were unjustly detained in Russia, including Stephen Hubbard. Hubbard, a retired schoolteacher, was sentenced in October 2024 to almost seven years in a penal colony after a court found him guilty of serving in a Ukrainian territorial defense unit against Russian forces, tasked with manning a checkpoint. Hubbard denied the charge.

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Canadian police on Tuesday charged a man with making a bomb threat against the U.S. Consulate in Halifax, the latest security incident involving an American diplomatic post in Canada after two shootings at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto this year. Several streets downtown were evacuated after Halifax Regional Police found a vehicle linked to the suspect, Ali Assakereh, parked near the consulate on Monday morning. The vehicle contained a propane tank and containers believed to hold flammable liquids, police said Police said Assakereh, 54, was scheduled to appear in provincial court on charges of uttering threats and public mischief. They said they learned of the threat on Sunday night. An explosives expert later determined the items in the vehicle posed no threat to public safety, and the evacuation was lifted Monday afternoon. A spokesperson for the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa said Monday that U.S. officials would not comment on a security matter while the police investigation was continuing. The Halifax case follows two shootings this year at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto, Canada’s largest city. In March, two people fired multiple shots at the downtown Toronto consulate, damaging the building but causing no injuries. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police described that attack as a national security incident. The consulate was targeted again July 27, when a shot was fired at the building. Toronto police later arrested a 19-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy and said investigators were examining links to a broader gun-for-hire network. No one was injured. Authorities have not said there is any connection between the Halifax threat and the Toronto shootings.