You Could Not Do Worse If You Did Nothing

You Could Not Do Worse If You Did Nothing

Author: Dan Proft August 13, 2026 Duration: 2:08:05

0:30 - SPLC

7:10 - Darius Williams, HS teacher in Houston, breaks down over his seniors who cannot read or write

25:39 - Woke, Take Two...financing Sharia

45:59 - Primary care pediatrician and former CEO of Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Jonathan Ellen shares his frustration over the lack of a COVID lab-leak investigation and debate over Trump's new vaccine schedule for kids.

01:03:30 - Why Dan Proft is Single 

01:26:08 - Columnist for The Washington Examiner & contributor to the Wall Street Journal, Dominic Green: We should thank mythomaniac Dr. Arday for giving us a 101 on how our institutions destroyed themselves 

01:39:02 - Leyland Steiff, founder of Maine Girl Dads and head of Protect Girls’ Sports in Maine, explains why he’s fighting to protect girls’ sports: “If I’m not willing to stand up for my daughter, my family, and God, then what am I doing here?”

01:54:46 - Columnist for the NY Post, Michael Goodwin, says Democratic leaders are too afraid of the DSA movement to take it on.

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Duration: 2:25:47
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Remembering Dolly Parton [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:05:17
0:30 - RIP Dolly 7:16 - Murri Briel 24:48 - Border/ICE/Deportations 41:30 - Barkley: disappointed in NBA, WNBA commissioners...no men in women's sports 59:10 - Cook County Board of Review Commissioner, George Cardenas, e…
Abdul El-Sayed Walks All Over Jesse Watters [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:15:17
0:30 - Canadian trade deal 12:16 - Campus Beat 31:01 - El-Sayed on Watters 50:31 - Middle East Forum Director of Policy Analysis Michael Rubin warns we are "on the verge of something very dangerous" if Abdul El-Sayed win…
Looks Worse the More You See It [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:05:25
0:30 - Sports & Politics 9:49 - Canadian trade deal 28:13 - ILGOP 49:19 - Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors Chris Whalen says it's time for some difficult conversations in Washington: "Pay our bills or cut back spending…
Fact-Free, Pandering, Infantilizing [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:26:23
0:30 - Talarico on Karmelo Anthony 14:32 - Morens/Fauci/masks 28:41 - Sean Duffy and daughter Paloma on attending Harvard 51:46 - Why Dan Proft is Single 01:07:22 - Longtime Spectator columnist and American Conservative…
Crazies for Clancy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:17:44
0:30 - Toll hike 17:11 - Angie Nixon 32:52 - Lindsay Clancy’s Crazies 56:06 - Blake Hurst, farmer and former president of the Missouri Farm Bureau, says If You’d Like to Build a Data Center, My Farm Is Available 01:09:13…
Bring the Crazy to the Top [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:11:18
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