Emergency Brake to Psychotic Break

Emergency Brake to Psychotic Break

Author: Dan Proft April 28, 2026 Duration: 2:27:14

0:30 - Karoline Leavitt: shooter's manifesto indistinguishable from Left's daily rap 

14:44 - Hakeem Jeffries responds to Leavitt

37:55 - Cop killer, judge

59:54 - Strauss Center Senior Fellow and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Simone Ledeen pushes back on Washington foreign policy voices, arguing the Iran campaign is not over.

01:15:14 - In Depth History w/ Frank from Arlington Heights

01:18:56 - Why Dan Proft is Single

01:35:17 - Wirepoints founder Mark Glennon questions the proposed Chicago Bears deal, saying, “It’s a massive amount of bureaucracy they’re creating.”

01:52:32 - Dominic Green, columnist for The Washington Examiner, contributor to the Wall Street Journal and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, reacts to King Charles III’s U.S. visit and what it signals for U.S.–U.K. relations

02:13:09 - Retired FBI Special Agent and Unabomber case profiler James Fitzgerald weighs in on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, saying, “It’s almost like there’s an ideologically violent subculture out there.” James is also co-host of the “Cold Red” podcast

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