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The Weekly Verdict is a Patriot Post podcast that takes one big story each week, breaks it down, and delivers a clear, conservative verdict for listeners who want principled analysis instead of noise

  1. 20h ago

    Sitting Out the Election? Here’s What You’re Giving Up

    On this episode of 'The Weekly Verdict,' Thomas, Sterling, and Andrew make the case for showing up, explain why imperfect candidates aren’t a reason to sit out, and discuss what election results communicate beyond who wins and loses.Article: https://patriotpost.us/articles/1002292-republicans-are-patriotic-democrats-not-so-much#WeeklyVerdict #2026Midterms #Vote #Senate #House #Patriotism #Economy #CivicDuty #Republican #election

    Sitting Out the Election? Here’s What You’re Giving Up

  2. Oct 23

    The French are Revolting

    Paris is on fire... again. What does this unprecedented unrest reveal about the country’s cultural collapse? In Episode 16 of 'The Weekly Verdict,' Thomas, Sterling, and Andrew examine violent uprisings in France through a broader discussion about national identity, socialism, immigration, and revolutionary politics. They examine how this conflict extends beyond immediate political grievances to deeper questions about history, culture, what it means to be French, and what disaster may befall Western civilization at large. Articles:  https://patriotpost.us/articles/1002045-mostly-peaceful-riots-engulf-france https://patriotpost.us/articles/1001704-oh-look-paris-is-on-fire-again #FrenchPolitics #EuropeanPolitics #PoliticalCommentary #FrenchProtests #westerncivilization

    The French are Revolting

  3. Oct 16

    We have a Somali Fraudster in Congress! | Weekly Verdict 15

    Ilhan Omar just got raided! Join Andrew and Sterling as they examine allegations surrounding Ilhan Omar’s citizenship, debate accountability versus political retaliation, and consider what consequences would be justified if fraud were proven. Plus: Can Republicans play political hardball without weaponizing the system themselves?

    We have a Somali Fraudster in Congress! | Weekly Verdict 15

  4. Oct 9

    EVERYONE Is Wrong About The Cornell 7 | Weekly Verdict 14

    A Cornell student is suing the University, two bars, a fraternity, and seven young men over a night she now says she was too intoxicated to consent to. The headlines are focused on who's at fault. On this episode of The Weekly Verdict, Andrew, Thomas, and Sterling argue that everyone is asking the wrong question. Articles: https://patriotpost.us/articles/1001584-cornell-7-thrown-under-the-letitia-james-bus https://patriotpost.us/opinion/1001698-the-system-worked-in-the-cornell-seven-case https://patriotpost.us/opinion/1001743-cornell-case-is-a-moral-failure

    EVERYONE Is Wrong About The Cornell 7 | Weekly Verdict 14

  5. Oct 2

    The Brad Ad — Welfare, Work, and the Backlash | Weekly Verdict 13

    Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ reelection ad introduces Brad: indoors, playing video games, living off the taxpayer, until a welfare-to-work rule gets him a job. The policy is the one Republicans have argued for years — if you can work, welfare is a safety net, not a lifestyle. “If you will not work, you will not eat.” Arkansas unemployment has been falling, and Sanders is hardly the only official pushing work requirements. The online response, especially from young men and gamers, treated the casting as the story. Sterling and Thomas walk through why. For decades, dumb husbands and couch-potato men were the culturally safe punchline. DEI treated straight white men as the one group you did not have to worry about offending. Fortune 500 hiring pledges, university admissions, and majority-minority districts made that feel structural, not just rhetorical. The hosts separate perception from reality: trade and manufacturing jobs are coming back, but the offshoring that wiped out a natural path for a lot of young men was real. From there the conversation gets thornier. Is a generalized claim of disadvantage the same thing as reparations? Can you prove a hiring harm if nobody wrote the reason down? What does a justice system built on innocence until proven guilty do with group grievance? They contrast chosen victim identity with innate group membership, citizenship with non-citizen priority, and the Lindsay Clancy trial as a case where women said an under-recognized experience had to be named. Then the practical question: if every group will punish you for depicting them as the freeloader, do you show the statistically typical case, or do you pick the “safe” one? The verdicts: the ad was a bad way to sell a good policy, the point mostly got lost, and they split on whether any identitarianism is justified once everyone else is playing that game. Article: https://patriotpost.us/articles/1001493-huckabee-sanders-ad-alienates-key-demographic

    The Brad Ad — Welfare, Work, and the Backlash | Weekly Verdict 13

  6. Sep 25

    Trump at the UN — America First, Globalism Last | Weekly Verdict 12

    Donald Trump’s address to the United Nations was less a diplomatic courtesy and more a status report: America is bigger, stronger, and cleaning up problems other nations and prior administrations kicked down the road. Sterling and Andrew walk through the speech point by point — the playground-bully framing, the list of foreign-policy results in roughly 18 months, and the blunt language on Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, China, and the Western Hemisphere. They cover Operation Absolute Resolve and the capture of Nicolás Maduro; claims that a huge share of the world’s oil now sits under U.S. influence; Greenland, missile defense, and northern shipping lanes; the Iran nuclear file and the Strait of Hormuz; and Trump’s line that he will not let problems fester. The conversation then turns to the larger clash: patriotic nationalism versus the globalist project that has shaped the UN, Europe, Canada, and much of the press. Canada’s immigration numbers and Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) statistics get a hard look, as do Spain’s border reality, Mexico’s cartels, and China’s bid to split the West while chasing Taiwan and AI. The hosts close with the episode’s verdict question: as the UN currently stands, does the United States even want its approval — and should it?

    Trump at the UN — America First, Globalism Last | Weekly Verdict 12

  7. Sep 18

    Lindsay Clancy's Hung Jury | Weekly Verdict 11

    The Lindsay Clancy murder trial ended in a mistrial after the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on whether she was criminally responsible for the deaths of her three children. But the case has raised questions that extend well beyond one courtroom. Thomas, Sterling, and Andrew cover the victims, justice, the holdout juror, and what all this means. Note: This episode addresses disturbing subject matter, including the deaths of children. Articles: https://t.ly/_jm6H

    Lindsay Clancy's Hung Jury | Weekly Verdict 11

  8. Sep 11

    One Year After Charlie Kirk: Have We Learned Anything? | Weekly Verdict 10

    On the anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, The Weekly Verdict looks back at the founder of TPUSA: autodidact, Christian, husband, father, and champion of open debate who never attended college but spent his life on campuses challenging ideas. The hosts discuss the happy-warrior path he blazed, the conspiracy theories and tribalism that followed on the Right, celebrations of his death on the Left, and what has and has not changed. Their verdict: Tyler Robinson achieved his earthly goal — but that is not the end of the story...Read Hudson's article: https://patriotpost.us/articles/1000828-charlie-kirks-legacy-and-the-hole-he-left-behind

    One Year After Charlie Kirk: Have We Learned Anything? | Weekly Verdict 10
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The Weekly Verdict is a Patriot Post podcast that takes one big story each week, breaks it down, and delivers a clear, conservative verdict for listeners who want principled analysis instead of noise

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    2026
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