Cliff May is President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and a columnist for the Washington Times

Cliff May is President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and a columnist for the Washington Times

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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Cliff May - September 9, 2024

Chip Roy on second CR

Speaker Musk?

Stephen Moore

Fani Willis

Bill Nienburg

Alan Pell Crawford

Open Mic Friday!

Rep. Chip Roy on second CR

13:50- Speaker Musk?

28:52- Biden wasn't out of it because he was never in it

43:24- Noted economist Stephen Moore: congress is spending money like candy. Get the CR passed, bring Trump in and start over

Give the gift of Steve Moore this holiday season, with his newest book   The Trump Economic Miracle: And the Plan to Unleash Prosperity Again – co authored with Art Laffer

1:01:03- Fani Willis

1:15:15- Former Downers Grove library trustee,  William Nienburg, on dealing with the woke mob in the Chicagoland suburbs as Downers Grove decides whether to elect a library board

1:31:19- Alan Pell Crawford, author and historian best known for his works on early American history and culture: What’s wrong with the commercial Christmas?

Check out Alan’s most recent book  This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America’s Revolutionary War in the South 

1:43:49- Open Mic Friday!

 

<a href="https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1869888643076173831?t=XceRVpaUkMWhzSsxD-vecQ&amp;s=03">Rep. Chip Roy on second CR</a>
13:50- <a href="https://x.com/RandPaul/status/1869723449377030385?t=FJwOGkNAV0Pv2aMPyErHTQ&amp;s=03">Speaker Musk?</a>
28:52- <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/biden-white-house-age-function-diminished-3906a839?mod=trending_now_news_1">Biden wasn't out of it because he was never in it</a>
43:24- Noted economist Stephen Moore: congress is spending money like candy. Get the CR passed, bring Trump in and start over
Give the gift of Steve Moore this holiday season, with his newest book &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Trump-Economic-Miracle-Unleash-Prosperity/dp/B0DHWHBXSJ">The Trump Economic Miracle: And the Plan to Unleash Prosperity Again</a> &ndash; co authored with Art Laffer
1:01:03- <a href="https://www.wsj.com/opinion/fani-willis-removed-prosecution-georgia-donald-trump-4cef3786?mod=opinion_lead_pos2">Fani Willis</a>
1:15:15- Former Downers Grove library trustee,&nbsp; William Nienburg, on dealing with the woke mob in the Chicagoland suburbs as<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/14/downers-grove-library-board/"> Downers Grove decides whether to elect a library board</a>
1:31:19- Alan Pell Crawford, author and historian best known for his works on early American history and culture: <a href="https://www.theamericanconservative.com/its-a-sale-a-bration/">What&rsquo;s wrong with the commercial Christmas?</a>
Check out Alan&rsquo;s most recent book &nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/This-Fierce-People-Americas-Revolutionary/dp/0593318501">This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America&rsquo;s Revolutionary War in the South</a>&nbsp;
1:43:49- Open Mic Friday!
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December 20, 2024

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0:00 -Vivek on CR

 

12:42 -More San Fran Weight Stigma Czar Virgie Tover: no has to be healthy

 

31:16 -Tom Homan and Tucker discuss busing migrants to the wealthy and their pols

 

44:59 - Gift-giving this Christmas

 

47:59 - Markets Specialist for Market Day Report!, Scott "the cow guy" Shellady, says Powell shouldn't have cut interest rates and points out that we are well on our way to $400 trillion in debt. Check out Scott’s Market Day Report! – 10:30am CT to 1pm CT- and The Cow Guy Close – 1pm CT to 1:30pm CT – both at RFD-TV

 

01:02:16 - Liz Collin, multi-Emmy-Award-winning reporter/anchor and producer of The Fall of Minneapolis, shares updates on Derek Chauvin who will be allowed to test the heart tissue of George Floyd. Follow Liz on X @lizcollin

 

01:21:52 - Radio Manager/On Air Fundraiser for Food for the Poor, Paul Jacobs, joins Amy & John to bring awareness to life saving work of Food for the Poor and to give you the opportunity to help feed children & families in need. To give to Food for the Poor call 844-862-4673 or visit 560theAnswer.com/FoodForThePoor

 

01:37:03 - Joshua T. Katz, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, on the Ideological Capture of Universities and Institutions

 

01:50:57 - Justice KBJ on Broadway


01:52:44 -Hawley grills NCAA boss Charlie Baker

 

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0:00 - <a href="https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1869461401632231528?t=dgVBBO4CfSTzKQq1lsHa4Q&amp;s=03">Vivek on CR</a>
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12:42 - <a href="https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1869549120534597697?t=cWSoW33yacmXKHZUrDlQoA&amp;s=03">More San Fran Weight Stigma Czar Virgie Tover</a>: no has to be healthy
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31:16 - <a href="https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1869559793855144262?t=UzO64mcWHZnJF4GWNHXM8g&amp;s=03">Tom Homan and Tucker discuss busing migrants to the wealthy and their pols</a>
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44:59 - <a href="https://youtu.be/S1eoqQY6cZE?si=IGb5N_Ya4E-ktEi9">Gift-giving this Christmas</a>
&nbsp;
47:59 - Markets Specialist for Market Day Report!, Scott "the cow guy" Shellady, says Powell shouldn't have cut interest rates and points out that we are well on our way to $400 trillion in debt. Check out Scott&rsquo;s Market Day Report! &ndash; 10:30am CT to 1pm CT- and The Cow Guy Close &ndash; 1pm CT to 1:30pm CT &ndash; both at <a href="https://www.rfdtv.com/">RFD-TV</a>
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01:02:16 - Liz Collin, multi-Emmy-Award-winning reporter/anchor and producer of <a href="https://www.thefallofminneapolis.com/">The Fall of Minneapolis</a>, shares updates on Derek Chauvin who will be allowed to test the heart tissue of George Floyd. Follow Liz on X<a href="https://x.com/lizcollin?lang=en"> @lizcollin</a>
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01:21:52 - Radio Manager/On Air Fundraiser for <a href="https://foodforthepoor.org/">Food for the Poor</a>, Paul Jacobs, joins Amy &amp; John to bring awareness to life saving work of Food for the Poor and to give you the opportunity to help feed children &amp; families in need. To give to Food for the Poor call 844-862-4673 or visit <a href="http://560theanswer.com/FoodForThePoor">560theAnswer.com/FoodForThePoor</a>
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01:37:03 - Joshua T. Katz, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, on the <a href="https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/ideological-capture-of-universities-and-institutions/">Ideological Capture of Universities and Institutions</a>
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01:50:57 - <a href="https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1868682500819820820/video/1">Justice KBJ on Broadway</a>
 01:52:44 - <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/12/18/sen_josh_hawley_grills_ncaa_president_you_wont_defend_transgender_athletes_policy_because_its_indefensible.html">Hawley grills NCAA boss Charlie Baker</a>
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December 19, 2024

 

0:00 -POLITIFACT's "Lie" of the Year

 

12:55 - Border wall materials auction in Tucson, AZ, today

 

27:33 - Kim Foxx...the Lionel Hutz of DAs

 

40:36 - Host of “The Futures Edge Podcast” and special contributor to Wirepoints, Jim Iuorio, shares some immediate moves Trump can make that could "hopefully" turn things around quickly. For podcast updates & more @jimiuorio

 

01:00:53 -Liz Cheney 

 

01:15:57 - Virgie Tover, San Fran Weight Stigma Czar

 

01:31:54 - James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Law, Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago, Richard A Epstein, talks pardons & prosecutions


01:55:54 - Mark Vancil, former sports writer for the Sun-Times covering the Chicago Bulls (82-87) and author of Rare Air: Michael on Michael, discusses his newest book  The Last Excellent Man: The Meaning of Our Jordan Year

 

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0:00 - <a href="https://x.com/TheKiffness/status/1834585071875158502">POLITIFACT's "Lie" of the Year</a>
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12:55 - <a href="https://x.com/Baklava_USA/status/1869064312410751249?t=gz5DDL-vboLN-bu7cS-sTQ&amp;s=03">Border wall materials auction in Tucson, AZ, today</a>
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27:33 - <a href="https://cwbchicago.com/2024/12/foxx-no-longer-authorized-to-practice-law-after-failing-to-comply-with-continuing-education-requirements-state-agency-says.html">Kim Foxx...the Lionel Hutz of DAs</a>
&nbsp;
40:36 - Host of &ldquo;The Futures Edge Podcast&rdquo; and special contributor to Wirepoints, Jim Iuorio, shares some immediate moves Trump can make that could "hopefully" turn things around quickly. For podcast updates &amp; more<a href="https://x.com/jimiuorio"> @jimiuorio</a>
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01:00:53 - <a href="https://cha.house.gov/2024/12/chairman-loudermilk-releases-second-january-6-2021-report/1699d69d-80c8-4098-bc1a-4935524c4b76">Liz Cheney</a>&nbsp;
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01:15:57 - <a href="https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1869029771876941975?t=nMaOvHYTE9ud60pGQmSR5w&amp;s=03">Virgie Tover, San Fran Weight Stigma Czar</a>
&nbsp;
01:31:54 - James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Law, Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago, Richard A Epstein, talks pardons &amp; prosecutions
 01:55:54 - Mark Vancil, former sports writer for the Sun-Times covering the Chicago Bulls (82-87) and author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rare-Air-Michael-Jordan/dp/0002553899">Rare Air: Michael on Michael</a>, discusses his newest book&nbsp; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Last-Excellent-Man-Meaning-Jordan/dp/B0D7JFWQZF">The Last Excellent Man: The Meaning of Our Jordan Year</a>
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Cliff May - September 9, 2024

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