Memorial Day, Capitol Hill Cronies, and Antisemitism Poisoning America

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🗓️ 25 May 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Dean Karayanis steps behind the microphone for Derek Hunter on Memorial Day 2026. Reflecting on a successful stint hosting on WMAL, Dean balances a deep reverence for America’s fallen heroes with a sharp, unfiltered look at the nation's current political and cultural landscape. A New York Sun columnist and former Rush Limbaugh staffer, Dean delves into a recent New York Times report regarding sexual harassment on Capitol Hill, dismissing the specific reporting as an "open secret" and a "system protecting itself" while demanding actual accountability and the release of protected names from lawmakers. The monologue shifts to look at media double standards, the weaponization of the term "election deniers," and a critical review of climate journalism after scientists officially retired their most extreme, long-term global warming scenario. Bringing the episode back to the core meaning of Memorial Day, Dean plays a clip from his History Author Show interview with Jeff Gottesfeld on his beautifully illustrated children's book, “21 Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.” The book explores the history, exactitude, and absolute dedication of the Tomb’s Honor Guard that stands watch in silence, honoring those who sacrificed everything — including their names — for American liberty. Dean closes the show with a heartfelt thank you to Gold Star families and a call to protect the American experiment from ongoing domestic division.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Derek Hunter podcast for this Monday, this Memorial Day,
0:10.5	2026, May the 25th. I am your host, Dean Carriannis. Thank you to everybody who crossed
0:17.8	platforms to listen to me guest hosting for Derek on Friday from WMAL. It was a lot
0:25.1	of fun. I enjoyed being behind the microphone. I was praised, which I don't take praise very well.
0:32.0	Those of you remember, John Lovitz in The Simpsons will recall that line.
0:35.9	But I am trying to learn to take praise very well, and I certainly can recognize
0:42.4	a job well done.
0:44.1	There are some guest hosts who I always say they couldn't hit a break if you held it down
0:48.7	and handed them the bat, but I didn't run over any break.
0:52.2	I didn't swear on air.
0:56.8	And so everybody was pleased with the performance.
0:59.1	And I should be welcomed back again.
1:00.9	They told me that I am welcome back again.
1:02.4	So I'm looking forward to that.
1:09.1	The fact that my back was killing me leading up to that did not dissuade me from delivering.
1:12.4	I wasn't going to leave everybody hanging, having told all of you that I would be there, I was there. So with that said, let's go to this week's show. On to the
1:19.2	news. On Capitol Hill, writes to New York Times, a sexual harassment minefield persists. Nearly 10 years after Congress instituted measures
1:30.1	to make it easier for women to lodge harassment complaints, lawmakers and AIDS say the behavior
1:35.5	is still rampant. This is something that I spoke about when the Swalwell scandal first hit,
1:43.5	when Democrats first decided they needed to get rid of him,
1:46.3	and so they began leaking about his behavior.
1:48.5	That was an open secret on Capitol Hill.
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