The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (04/06/2023):

3:05pm- The Supreme Court of the United States has denied West Virginia’s emergency request to “lift an appeals court’s injunction, which enabled a transgender girl to compete on her middle school’s female teams until the three-judge panel reaches a final decision.” According to reporting from The Hill’s Zach Schonfeld and Brooke Migdon, “Justice Samuel Alito in a statement joined by Justice Clarence Thomas dissenting from the decision said the case ‘concerns an important issue that this Court is likely to be required to address in the near future.’” Though, as Rich notes, the title of the article is incredibly misleading, you can read more here: https://thehill.com/homenews/3937891-supreme-court-rules-west-virginia-transgender-athletes-can-compete-on-female-sports-teams/

3:30pm- FACT CHECK: According to a misleading headline from the Miami Herald the “13-year-old son of Rebekah Jones, whistleblower who clashed with DeSantis, arrested over memes.” Christina Pushaw, a political aide for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, notes that “he threatened to shoot up his middle school and stab classmates who angered him.”

3:35pm- According to Leah Barkoukis of Townhall, “[d]uring former President Trump’s speech at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday following his arraignment in a Manhattan courthouse, ABC News blurred out the message written on his podium. ‘TEXT TRUMP to 88022’ was displayed as a way to fundraise for his presidential campaign, but the news organization did not want their viewers to see…” Interestingly, the news organization did not blur a text-to-donate number displayed during a recent President Joe Biden speech. You can read more here: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2023/04/06/why-abc-news-is-being-accused-of-election-interference-n2621636

3:45pm- According to a report from Ari Blaff of National Review, “Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) subpoenaed Mark Pomerantz, a former senior lawyer in Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg’s office, to testify on Capitol Hill following public statements he made pressuring his old boss to pursue a case against Donald Trump.” You can read more here: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/jim-jordan-subpoenas-former-manhattan-da-attorney-who-demanded-trump-be-indicted/

4:05pm- Daniel Turner—Founder & Executive Director of Power the Future—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) recent announcement that they will reduce oil production by 1.16 million barrels per day. Should we expect to see gas prices exceeding $4 a gallon? Could they even exceed $5 a gallon?

4:30pm- Did The Simpsons predict the Barbie Movie AND the arrest of former President Donald Trump? Rich, Matt, and Henry review the evidence—social media may have oversold the prediction.

4:40pm- Does Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) have a secret burner Twitter account? Who knows for sure! BUT she was on Late Night with Seth Meyers and was as hilarious as you would imagine.

5:05pm- The Drive at 5: 2024 Republican Presidential Primary Endorsements- Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) has announced that he is endorsing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for President. Though he is expected to run, DeSantis has not yet officially announced his candidacy. Massie now joins Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX) in endorsing DeSantis. Meanwhile, on Monday, Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) became the sixth U.S. Senator to endorse former President Donald Trump.

5:10pm- While appearing on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, presidential historian Jon Meacham accused Republicans of suspending their devotion to the U.S. Constitution in exchange for appeasing former President Donald Trump.

5:15pm- While speaking alongside Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman at the City University of New York’s Graduate Center, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) had her remarks interrupted by several loud hecklers.

5:25pm- Leonard DiCaprio vs Nord Stream II! PLUS The Mystery Movie Clip.

5:40pm- On Thursday, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby spoke to the White House press about a newly released review of the Biden Administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. When asked about an estimated $7 billion in military equipment that was abandoned in Afghanistan, Kirby suggested the Afghanistan military is responsible for abandoning the equipment and allowing it to fall into the hands of enemy combatants.

6:05pm- Dr. Victoria Coates—former Deputy National Security Advisor & Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to talk about her latest editorial for Newsweek, “Biden’s Ineffectual Energy Play Sticks Americans with the Bill.” Dr. Coates also discusses Russia’s wrongful detention of Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich—who has baselessly been accused of espionage.

6:35pm- Rich gets knocked off the air…did he get fired for insulting Leonardo DiCaprio?

6:40pm- During Wednesday’s press briefing, The New York Times’ Michael Shear questioned White House Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre about the Biden Administration’s decision to not comment on Donald Trump’s indictment even though members of the administration have been outspoken about Trump’s legal troubles in the past.

6:50pm- While speaking with CBS Mornings, Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson blamed poverty and crime in Chicago on big corporations who aren’t paying their fair share in taxes. Has Chicago replaced Lori Lightfoot with a new Lori Lightfoot?