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Conservative Fresh Start: All Regulations Cancelled in Idaho

Idaho sunsets all regulations every year, and typically re-approves them as a matter of course…but not this year. The entire regulatory code has been cancelled, and the script has been flipped. If the governor wants to keep a regulation, state government must go through the normal approval process for a new rule. Bill Whittle has started packing his bags to move to a state where a conservative can make a fresh start.

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Sidewalk Chalk Communists: UCLA Kids Rebel Against Paradise

Communist party members at UCLA rage against the capitalist machine with sidewalk chalk on the edge of sylvan academia. Bill Whittle, Stephen Green and Scott Ott have great sport with these naive revolutionaries.

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Apple Airpods Tragedy: Cursing the Future Fossils of Capitalism

Vice.com writer Caroline Haskins expels a lengthy screed damning Apple’s Airpods as a tragedy — “the future fossils of capitalism.” Stephen Green, Bill Whittle and Scott Ott schools this Leftist luddite in the miracle of free markets.

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“The Shadow War” Against the USA: Russia Active on Land, Sea, Space & Cyber

A new book by CNN national security reporter Jim Sciutto chronicles “The Shadow War” conducted by Russia against the USA. Active on land, and sea, in space and cyber, Vladimir Putin is already on a war-footing toward the United States. Will President Trump and the American public understand the roots of Russian hostility in time to save both countries?

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Right Angle: Backstage [05/14/2019]

Scott Ott, Bill Whittle and Stephen Green gather in the respective nation-spanning studios to discuss top news, cultural phenomenon, bad haircuts and crooner tunes, as they plan this week’s episodes of Right Angle.

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H.R. McMaster Shatters “War Weariness” Narrative: Defends Long War in Afghanistan

Former Trump National Security Advisor Lt. Gen H.R. McMaster says America’s Afghanistan “war weariness” narrative is factually wrong, short-sighted and dangerous to our national security and that of our allies. He defends “the long war” as an “insurance policy” against a caliphate.

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15% Credit Card Cap: Bernie & AOC Attack Loan Sharks in 3-Piece Suits

Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) propose a 15% cap on credit card and consumer loan interest rates — an attack on what they call loan sharks in 3-piece suits. Will this resonate with the American voter who’s deep in high-interest debt? Is this the way to make democratic-socialism palatable?

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CNN Crisis: With Ratings Plunge and Staff Purge, Can it Survive?

As Nielsen chronicles the CNN ratings plunge, and headlines document the CNN staff purge, what options are left for the pioneer in 24-hour cable news? Will it survive by a resort to actual journalism, or will it continue to follow the mad-dog methods of MSNBC. Are we witnessing the final days of the Cable News Network?

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Capt. America Throwback: New U.S. Army Uniform Recalls World War II

The new U.S. Army uniform is a near replica of the World War II version. Can the Army meet its recruitment quotas of teen millennials with a throwback image from the Greatest Generation? Bill Whittle thinks the it’s brilliant.

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Jesus the Never-Trumper: Mayor Pete Declares God’s Political Preference

Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a leading Democratic candidate for president and professing Christian, usually declares: “God has no political party.” Yet recently he told NBC News that God’s political preference would NOT be the Republican Party in the Trump era. He also had harsh innuendo about Vice President Mike Pence’s Christian faith. What does this say about Mayor Pete’s character, his theology and his prospects as a 2020 presidential candidate?

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NY Times Bombshell: Trump Tax Returns Show Huge Losses, Shady Deals

The New York Times has transcripts of Donald Trump’s IRS tax returns from 1985-94. They show huge business losses of $1.17 billion in a decade, and profits from shady deals in which Trump bought stock, spread false rumors of a take-over, then sold his stock quickly at a profit. Will revelations from this “bombshell” story have any effect on Trump supporters or his reelection chances? Do Democrats now have additional reason to press for release of his last six years of tax returns?

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Poor Mistreated Uber Drivers Cry Out on Eve of $90 Billion IPO

As Uber stands at the doorstep of its initial public offering (IPO), Uber drivers cry out: “They treat us like crap!” If the face of your company complains to your customers that they’re poor and mistreated, why should investors pour $90 billion into an business that has vigorous competition from Lyft and others, and virtually no barrier to entry, since it’s essentially just an app? And what does this say about capitalism itself?

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Trump Off 2020 Ballot: Democrats in 17 States Demand Tax Returns…or Else

Legislation in 17 states would remove President Donald Trump from the 2020 presidential election ballot if he doesn’t release his tax returns. Trump has said his IRS returns are perfectly legal and his finances excellent, so why shouldn’t the president just release the documents to make the issue go away, and to shut up the Democrats?

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Right Angle: BACKSTAGE (5/7/2019)

Eavesdrop on the weekly pitch meeting for Right Angle with Bill Whittle, Stephen Green and Scott Ott. What show ideas will rise to the top, and which ones will be tossed on the ash-heap of history…and who will have to host the latter.