Snapshot · The Ben Shapiro Show
Ben Domenech noted that prediction market Kalshi placed Tucker Carlson's odds of running for president in 2028 at around 25%, which he dismissed as far too high.
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Michael Knowles steps out of the political debate for a heartfelt PreBorn! sponsor read. He frames the charity around the Declaration of Independence's ordering of rights — life, liberty, pursuit of happiness — arguing that without life, the other rights are meaningless. PreBorn! provides free ultrasounds for $28 per session, and Knowles cites the organization's statistic that a mother who sees her baby on ultrasound for the first time is 80% more likely to choose life. He calls it one of the best ROIs available in charitable giving, noting that PreBorn! fundraises separately for administrative costs so every donated dollar goes toward saving lives. He asks listeners to donate $250 — a nod to America's 250th anniversary — by dialing #250 and saying 'BABY' or visiting preborn.com/knowles.
Ben Shapiro recalled that Pat Buchanan's Reform Party run in 2000 garnered only 0.4% of the vote, drawing a parallel to Tucker Carlson's third-party threat.
Michael Knowles cited PreBorn!'s statistic that a mother who sees her baby on ultrasound for the first time is 80% more likely to choose life.
Democrats haven't surged on the generic ballot, but Republicans face a brutal map, a red-carded Texas Senate race, and DSA candidates forcing party leadership left. Ben Domenech's verdict: midterms are going to be terrible for Republicans, and the Supreme Court just handed Democrats the perfect escape hatch on transgender sports.
A total of 8 states have filed lawsuits against social media platforms, including an ongoing case in Tennessee, using product liability and public nuisance theories to seek accountability.
France built 56 nuclear plants in the 1970s and now has the cheapest energy in Europe, making it independent of Russian or Middle Eastern energy geopolitics.
Estonia has a single tax form, a law preventing the government from asking citizens for the same information twice, and a flat rate of tax — enabling competitive taxation.
Portugal's Lisbon, once a city with a major heroin problem, legalised drugs and redirected enforcement spending into rehabilitation and housing, dramatically reducing crime.
The first Boland Amendment banning CIA and Defense Department funds for the Contras passed the House unanimously — yet the Reagan administration ignored it.
Over just two years, Saudi Arabia alone donated $32 million to the Contra rebels, giving loosely affiliated factions millions they had no way to spend on arms.
The National Endowment for the Preservation of Liberty raised $6.3 million for the Contras but only $3.3 million reached them — a shockingly low 52% program expense rate.
Richard Secord and Albert Hakim marked up their arms shipments to the Contras by as much as 300%, making enormous personal profits from the covert operation.
Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North, tapped to run the entire covert Contra support operation, had no prior experience in covert operations whatsoever — he was learning as he went.
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