Bears Megaproject Bill Advances

Bears Megaproject Bill Advances

Author: Dan Proft April 24, 2026 Duration: 2:40:41

0:30 - Bears stadium deal

13:27 - Anna Paulina Luna on Special Forces guy who bet on capturing Maduro

36:15 - Fired USAID Workers on the Job Hunt

01:00:35 - Gabriel Elefteriu, co-founder of AstroAnalytica and senior fellow for Space Power at the Council on Geostrategy in London, shares Three military lessons from the Iran war

01:19:57 - Mayor of Hammond, IN, Thomas McDermott, says his city is still very much in play to land the Chicago Bears

01:35:53 - Noted economist Stephen Moore on the proposed federal bailout of Spirit Airlines - “are you saying you don’t want an Amtrak for the skies?” Get more Steve @StephenMoore

01:53:24 - Editor-in-Chief of The Federalist, Mollie Hemingway, discusses her new book  Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution

02:09:28 - Open Mic Friday!

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