She Gone! Pam Bondi Out As Attorney General

She Gone! Pam Bondi Out As Attorney General

Author: Dan Proft April 3, 2026 Duration: 2:40:24

0:30 - Cook County officials speak out on claims of ICE agent activity at courthouses

16:34 - Trump fires Pam Bondi as US attorney general

37:32 - Hospice where staggering 97% of terminal patients survive is accused of defrauding Medicare for $7.45 million

01:01:06 - Geoffrey J.D. Hewings is emeritus professor of geography, regional science, economics and urban and regional planning at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He joined Dan Proft to talk about the stadium options for the Bears

01:16:24 - Joseph Moreno is a former federal prosecutor with the Department of Justice in the National Security Division, a former staff member with the FBI’s 9/11 Review Commission and a US Army combat veteran. He joined Dan Proft with reaction to the Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship and the firing of Pam Bondi

01:35:10 - Brenda Shaffer is faculty member at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School’s Energy Academic Group and a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center. She joined Dan Proft to talk about the impact the war in Iran is having on energy prices

01:53:31 - Jason Brodsky is policy director of United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) and is a non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute’s Iran Program. He joined Dan Proft with analysis of the war in Iran

02:10:15 - Open Mic Friday!

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