Republican leadership in Congress just tried to pull a fast one on conservatives. They tried to

bully and extort Republican legislators into passing a 1500 page, $110 billion continuing

resolution full of liberal nonsense that most Americans hate, or else to miss out on disaster

funding for their districts and Christmas dinner with

their families.

Happily, the plan did not work, and we'll get into why not.

But the fact that they even tried this is so outrageous and also par for the course.

Republicans just won a landslide victory in November. They won unified

government, House, Senate, and presidency alongside the Supreme Court, which they already had. They

won huge swaths of groups that have been Democrat for decades. And the first thing they tried to do

after they won was give the Democrats whatever they wanted.

These people refuse to win.

I'm Michael Knowles. This is the Michael Knowles Show. Welcome back to the show.

Great news.

The biggest porn company in the world is closing up shop in Florida. And the reason why

is really scandalous and tells you everything you need to know about the porn industry. There's so

much more to say first though, text Knowles to 98, 98, 98, increased tariffs on our trade

partners, tax cuts, and regulation changes. Learn why gold is a viable diversification tactic

now more than ever. This is a true story. I called my buddy and my financial advice the other day.

I said, hey, man, should we be taking more risk? Should we get a little more in the market?

Because you know me. I like precious metals. I like gold. I like other types of investments.

And he said, yeah, I don't know. I don't think we should take more risk. And that was the start of what has become the Dow Jones's longest slump since 1974. He texted me. He said, you called the top of the market, Michael. I said, I usually do. Whatever I say and risk and everything, do the opposite. I'm glad that I have smart people like

...