The White House is making clear that President Barack Obama will defy Republicans in Congress who want him to leave nominating a new Supreme Court justice to the next administration. After the shock of Scalia’s passing and the swift eruption of a bitter partisan feud over his replacement, Obama and his GOP adversaries are digging in for a showdown. Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson joined John with his thoughts about how the Senate should proceed on the Supreme Court. (Listen here)
Donald Trump escalated his war on Jeb Bush over the weekend by including former President George W. Bush in the attacks. Trump said that Bush intentionally lied about Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq. David Drucker the Senior Congressional Correspondent for the Washington Examiner joined John to talk about Trump’s attacks on Bush and his past foreign policy statements. (Listen here)
Conspiracy theories are swirling around the death of Antonin Scalia. The fact that his family has asked that there not be an autopsy will pretty much ensure they continue to the end of time.
In a press conference on Monday, Donald Trump said that he would sue Ted Cruz if he doesn’t apologize for dishonest things Cruz has said about him. While doing so, he said that Cruz is an “unstable person”, who “lies more than anyone every” and said “He doesn’t have the right to serve as President.” He seemed to be suggesting he would be suing about Cruz’s citizenship though, not any libelous statements.
It turns out CTA board members — all of them political appointees who worked only part time — each came away with five-figure pensions that have cost the public transit agency a total of more than $3 million over 10 years. In 2014, the most recent year for which records were available, the CTA paid $330,000 into its board pension fund and doled out $329,744 in pension payments to 19 board retirees or their survivors. Chicago Sun-Times Investigative Reporter Chris Fusco joined John to talk about his expose on pensions. (Listen here)
USA Today has released their projections for the upcoming baseball season. They project that both the Cubs and the White Sox will win their respective divisions. They also just happen to have the Cubs winning 101 games.
Hillary Clinton told a colorful story on Monday in Reno that ended with the former secretary of state barking like a dog. Clinton was in the middle of a riff about how, in her view, Republicans say things that are not true. She referenced a political ad in Arkansas that featured a dog barking less than truthful politicians.
Hookers for Hillary have kicked off their official campaign for the 2016 election. They supported Ron Paul in 2008 and 2012.
A woman walked into a barber shop in San Diego and threatened one of the barbers with a gun because she was unhappy with her haircut. The thing is, when she came back and threatened the guy, she actually had a different haircut than when she left the store hours later.
