PROFESSOR, ALLAN SAXE, University of Texas at Arlington Political Science Professor, will talk about: DEMS TAKE HOUSE PUSHING MASSIVE GOVERNMENT EXPANSION, TAXES, FREEBIES AS PARTY LURCHES LEFT : The growing socialist wing of the Democratic Party will flex its muscle with the seating of the new Congress, as more self-described Democratic Socialists join the ranks and dozens of sitting and incoming members – including likely 2020 hopefuls – embrace a massive government expansion that would make FDR look like a penny pincher. The party agenda is increasingly embracing big-government policies like “Medicare-for-all” and guaranteed jobs programs -- as well as an aggressive “Green New Deal” that would include all this and more as part of a fundamental overhaul to America’s economy and specifically its energy sector. It’s unclear when and if any of them will make it to the floor, let alone pass the House. But their growing support marks an astonishing rise for socialist-leaning policies in just a few years, and reflects a shift in the party itself and he spoke to Brad and Paul about this

RAHEEL RAZA, Clarion Project Advisory Board member, a founding member of the Muslim Reformer Movement, and international human rights activist. Raheel Raza—who received a fatwa from Saudi Arabia—contends that Saudi Arabia has a grotesque history of violence that must be condemned. She argues that the United States was correct to denounce this violence, but that it’s ridiculous that Muslim nations have failed to condemn this brutal murder and are instead looking to America for an answer. She joined Brad and Paul.

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Ahead of the transportation hearing at the state capital, House Minority Leader Themis Klarides joined Brad and Gary to talk about her gut feeling for the tolls bill, what to expect from Democrats, and much more.