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Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft & Amy Jacobson Dan Proft & Amy Jacobson
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Chicago's Morning Answer is the only morning radio program in Chicago that covers all of the stories that matter, from Washington to Springfield, from politics to culture. Hosted by Dan Proft, one the sharpest political minds in Illinois, and Amy Jacobson, an award-winning journalist, Chicago's Morning Answer brings you what you need to know ever morning from 5-9am on AM 560 The Answer.
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March 29, 2023
0:00 - Dan & Amy critique outsider views of Chicago's mayoral race, take a look at last night's debate and address John Catanzara's comments
15:33 - Dan & Amy react to yesterday's senate testimony from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
35:02 - Dan & Amy go over new information about the school shooting Nashville, including the hero police officer who is from Chicago
55:20 - President of the National Association of Scholars, Peter Wood, asks How real is America’s discontent? For more from Peter, check out his book Wrath: America Enraged
01:10:24 - THE PURGE/THE REVOLT: Matt Taibi vs The IRS
01:23:11 - Dan & Amy find a silver lining from the police response in Nashville and offer more info on our local hero Officer Rex Engelbert
01:25:43 - Noted economist Stephen Moore shares the time the IRS came to his house and busts a few union myths that may have affected Michigan's repeal of the right to work law. For more from Steve @StephenMoore
01:43:10 - Leor Sapir, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, Corrects the Record on Social Transition and shows how good intentions can have bad results
01:58:45 - Single and Conservative in the city
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March 28, 2023
0:00 - Dan & Amy react to yesterday's horrific school shooting in Nashville
13:05 - Dan & Amy discuss the values that used to be taught at American schools and the results from not teaching them
33:34 - Dan & Amy continue their look at local school board elections
Lyons Township
NW Cook Co
Wheaton
Westmont
District 303
District 205
District 89
57:35 - Campus Beat: Minority students at Columbia College feel “unsafe”
01:15:16 - President and CEO of Young America’s Foundation and 45th Governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, emphasizes the importance of the WI Supreme Court election and weighs in of campus free speech issues. For more on the Young America’s Foundation visit yaf.org
01:30:59 - President of Wirepoints, Ted Dabrwoski, discusses next week's school board elections and his testimony to members of the House Appropriations Committee on Elementary & Secondary Education. Check out Ted’s latest at wirepoints.org
01:48:23 - John Tamny, editor of RealClearMarkets and Director of the Center for Economic Freedom at FreedomWorks: The Harassment of TikTok Is Embarrassing, and Un-American. For more from John, check out his most recent book The Money Confusion: How Illiteracy about Currencies and Inflation Sets the Stage for the Crypto
02:04:19 - Dan & Amy ask listeners "Are you guilty of using political black face"?
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March 27, 2023
Dan & Amy with a quick look at the Morning Answer NCAA bracket pool and then pivot to Trump Indictment watch Day 7 - will we get a resolution?
19:30- Dan & Amy go through the Manhattan Institute's new poll of Chicago voters that shows crime and public safety are the top issues
38:07- Dan & Amy dive into local school board races
1:00:13- Dan & Amy react as mom and attorney Kofi Montzka testifies before state House committee against ethnic studies legislation. Kofi Montzka "rejects the poisonous 'oppressor/oppressed' narrative that victimizes children of all races"
1:18:30- The Heritage Foundation's LT Col James Carafano discusses US strikes in Syria comparing the whole situation to a "bad movie"
For more from Jim @JJCarafano
1:34:30- President of Center of the American Experiment and contributor to Powerline, John Hinderaker, believes it's time for Republicans to "put Trump in the rear view mirror and move on to our party’s serious candidates, of whom we have an abundance"
Get John’s latest for Powerline here
1:50:00- Dan & Amy react to a Florida state representative who was tricked into reading several raunchy fake names during a House Civil Justice Subcommittee hearing
1:52:35- Dan & Amy offer their thoughts on ESPN's profile/celebration of Lia Thomas for Women’s History Month
2:13:43- Dan & Amy respond to the firing of MS news anchor, Barbie Bassett, because of her unfortunate use of Snoop Dogg lingo
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March 24, 2023
Kennedy Expressway construction project now underway and now Amy Jacobson is a victim.
12:37- New Secretary of State Giannoulias to dole out $21M in grants to fight state, Chicago carjackings. Dan and Amy are less than impressed.
33:54- Congress Asks Is TikTok Really ‘An Extension of’ the Chinese Communist Party? Should TikTok be banned?
1:15:32- Female Cycling Champion Quits Sport After Slew of Transgender ‘Women’ Win Races
1:32:53- Sally Satel, M.D. is a psychiatrist and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. She joined Dan
and Amy to talk about the case of Texas death row inmate Andre Thomas and her column: The Flawed Case for Executing the Mentally Ill.
1:51:54- Jonathan Hoenig is the Founding Member of the Capitalist Pig hedge fund, Fox News Contributor and author of A New Text Book of Americanism: The Politics of Ayn Rand. He joined Dan and Amy to talk about the latest Federal Reserve interest rate hike.
2:02:32- Open Mic Friday
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March 23, 2023
2018 letter shows Michael Cohen lying to feds about Stormy Daniels payment
13:08- Chicago Mayoral Election: Vallas, Johnson spar over Kim Foxx's performance and policing in schools
34:34- Scott Shellady is the Markets Specialist for Market Day Report! – 10:30am CST to 1pm CST- and The Cow Guy Close – 1pm CST to 1:30pm CST – both at RFD-TV. He joined Dan and Amy with reaction to the Federal Reserve decision to raise interest rates.
57:09- Sen. Rand Paul questioned Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel about alleged safety risks for young men after multiple doses of the Covid vaccine
1:12:30- Ed Morrissey is the Senior Editor for HotAir.com. He joined Dan and Amy to talk about the latest developments in the Trump indictment saga.
1:32:42- Karol Markowicz is a columnist for the New York Post and co-author of Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation. She joined Dan and Amy to talk about her new column: Your children belong to you, not a school. If you don’t fight, you’ll lose them.
1:46:52- Dan attempts to help with school board choices.
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March 22, 2023
0:00 - The NYPD and US Secret Service are huddling to prep for Donald Trump’s possible indictment in Manhattan
13:14 - President Trump posted a retrospective on six years of Democrat investigations against him on Truth Social
30:09 - Greta Thunberg awarded honorary doctorate in theology from Helsinki University
49:49 - Is your pantry organized? Bad news, that means you're racist and sexist according to a Loyola professor
01:06:22 - Andrew McCarthy is a Former Chief Asst. U.S. Attorney & Contributing Editor at National Review and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency. He joined Dan and Amy with reaction to the potential indictment of former President Trump.
01:26:57 - Stephen Moore is a noted economist and author of Govzilla: How the Relentless Growth of Government Is Devouring Our Economy—And Our Freedom. He joined Dan and Amy with reaction to Janet Yellen's comments that the US banking system is stabilizing
01:42:40 - Amber Athey is the Washington Editor for The Spectator and host of the “Unfit to Print” podcast. She joined Dan and Amy to talk about her new book "The Snowflakes’ Revolt: How Woke Millennials Hijacked American Media"
01:54:49 - Dirty tricks revealed in D86 school board race as Akhras campaigner resigns
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