Tell It To My Face!

Tell It To My Face!

Author: Dan Proft March 19, 2026 Duration: 2:22:40

0:30 - Tom Homan: Dems sold this country out for future political power

19:46 - Markmayne Mullin vs. Rand Paul at confirmation hearing

40:13 - DHS/ICE/TSA

59:47 - Eliot Wilson, contributing editor at Defence On The Brink and senior fellow for national security at the Coalition for Global Prosperity: Should NATO help America defend the Strait of Hormuz?

01:12:02 - Scott McKay, publisher of TheHayride.com & Senior Editor at The American Spectator: The Abysmal Quality of the GOP Senate Caucus Is the Real Issue, and the SAVE Act Mess Has Made That Clear. Scott is author of the new novel Blockbusters, which is available at Amazon

01:33:08 - Jack Salmon of the Mercatus Center on the exploding cost of health care fraud — and how much it’s hitting American taxpayers. Check out Jack’s substack The Unseen & Unsaid 

01:49:22 - Brian Carter, fellow with the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute: U.S. Military Trajectory in Iran Is Relatively Positive. Follow Brian on X @brian_cartr

02:07:11 - Afroman

02:18:21 - Why Dan Proft is Single

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