The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1:

3:05pm- According to a new report, “[s]cientists conducting research on novel coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were the first humans to contract COVID-19.” You can read Allie Griffin’s New York Post article here: https://nypost.com/2023/06/13/wuhan-scientists-were-the-first-to-contract-covid-19-report/

3:10pm- Could Robert F. Kenney Jr. win the Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire Primary in 2024? According to a recent Axios report, the Democratic National Committee plans to change the 2024 primary schedule to place South Carolina—a Biden strong hold—as the first state in the primary cycle. However, Iowa and New Hampshire may not go along with the DNC’s proposed changes—Biden’s team has indicated they won’t appear on either state’s ballots in protest if they don’t abide by the DNC’s reordering. You can read the Axios report here: https://www.axios.com/2023/06/15/iowa-new-hampshire-biden-lose-2024-primaries-election

3:30pm- While speaking to the League of Conservation Voters on Wednesday night, President Joe Biden bizarrely announced that his administration had “plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean.”

3:40pm- While appearing on Newsmax, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) said if allegations that then-Vice President Joe Biden received money from a Ukrainian natural gas company in exchange for influence are true, he should be impeached and removed from office.

3:50pm- While testifying before Congress, professor at the Yale School of Medicine Dr. Meredithe McNamara was unable to name a single peer-reviewed journal that has indicated “gender affirming care” benefits young children. Despite being unable to provide any citation while being questioned by Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), McNamara has vociferously advocated on behalf of gender surgeries being made available to minors.

4:05pm- Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro spoke from I-95 in Philadelphia on Wednesday, vowing to get the road open as quickly as possible and revealing that construction teams are already ahead of schedule. On Sunday, a portion of I-95 collapsed after a truck carrying gasoline caught fire while under the interstate highway.

4:10pm- On Tuesday, following his federal indictment, Donald Trump spoke to supporters from Bedminster, New Jersey—but CNN host Jake Tapper said his network would not cover the former President’s remarks because the speech was filled with “potentially dangerous” falsehoods. However, just moments before Tapper’s proclamation, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was on CNN baselessly suggesting Trump may have sold access to classified documents.

4:30pm- On Wednesday, the House voted unsuccessfully to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) for publicly making debunked claims that Donald Trump colluded with Russian officials during the 2016 election. In response to the attempted censure, Rep. Schiff said the “lunatics have taken over the asylum.”

4:35pm- During a House hearing on Tuesday, Congressman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) rhetorically asked Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra if masking two-year-old children helped end the COVID-19 pandemic. Sec. Becerra denied that his department forced children to wear masks.

4:40pm- Cancel culture comes for Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum. The museum, which is managed by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, has housed medical anomalies since 1858.

5:05pm- Dr. Wilfred Reilly—Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University & Author of “Hate Crime Hoax: How the Left is Selling a Fake Race War”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. DeAnna M. Burt revealing that she has in the past prioritized access to gender affirming care over qualifications when determining personnel job placement. Lt. Gen. Burt made the statement during a Department of Defense LGBTQ+ Pride event. You can read Dr. Reilly’s latest National Review article, “The Truth About Redlining’s History,” here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/06/the-truth-about-redlinings-history/

5:35pm- Peachy Keenan—Senior Contributor of The Federalist & Contributing Editor of The American Mind—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss her new book, “Domestic Extremist: A Practical Guide to Winning the Culture War.” When did soccer moms become domestic extremists? You can order Peachy’s book here: https://www.amazon.com/Domestic-Extremist-Practical-Winning-Culture/dp/1684513529

5:45pm- Groundhog Death Conspiracy!? Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio opens-up about how he accidentally dropped and killed a groundhog in 2014. There is far more to the story than we have ever heard before!

6:05pm- Thomas Catanacci of Fox News writes, “[a] A top federal watchdog agency is opening an investigation into the impacts of offshore wind along the New Jersey coastline amid calls for a moratorium on development and an uptick in marine wildlife deaths.” You can read the full article here: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-watchdog-opens-investigation-offshore-wind-impacts-amid-whale-deaths

6:20pm- While speaking to the League of Conservation Voters on Wednesday night, President Joe Biden bizarrely announced that his administration had “plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean.”

6:30pm- In his latest editorial, Reason Magazine’s Joe Lancaster writes about a report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) which reveals that the intelligence agency may be paying for user data in an attempt to circumvent the 4th Amendment. You can read the article here: https://reason.com/2023/06/14/intelligence-services-evade-4th-amendment-by-paying-for-your-data/

6:45pm- According to a new report, “[s]cientists conducting research on novel coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were the first humans to contract COVID-19.” You can read Allie Griffin’s New York Post article here: https://nypost.com/2023/06/13/wuhan-scientists-were-the-first-to-contract-covid-19-report/