The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (11/27/2023):

3:05pm- During an interview with Fox News, Director of the Air Marshal National Council Sonya LaBosco revealed that U.S. Air Marshals are currently engaged in an operation called “Quiet Skies” in which resources and personnel are being diverted towards tracking anyone who flew into the Washington D.C. area on January 6th, 2021—even if those individuals did not attend any political rallies at, or around, the U.S. Capitol. According to LaBosco, “anybody there for a job interview, to visit family” or to attend “a funeral” could now find themselves on a domestic terror watch list and be barred from flying. The Biden Administration is also sending Air Marshals to the U.S. Southern border, and the diversion of resources could have dire consequences. LaBosco explains: “There have been numerous incidents—a level 4 threat which means someone tried to breach a cockpit two days ago on a Southwest flight. So, the message is: ‘Sir, please replace the Air Marshals on the border. Stop taking them out of the sky and let us do the job that we were trained to do.” You can read more about these startling allegations here: https://nypost.com/2022/11/28/air-marshals-claim-biden-is-risking-another-9-11-by-shifting-them-from-flights-to-border/

3:25pm- The Associated Press writes that there has been a concerning “surge in respiratory illnesses across China that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization.” China’s health ministry has claimed the uptick “is caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not by a novel virus.” You can read more here: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/26/china-respiratory-illnesses-cause-flu-pathogens-00128637

3:40pm- In a new report featured in Vanity Fair, Katherine Eban writes: “A series of previously unreported alarms and clashes over US-funded research in China reveal long-standing friction between two groups of government scientists: those who prioritize international collaboration, and those who are kept up at night by the idea that cutting-edge technologies could end up in the wrong hands.” Additionally, there were “warnings about Wuhan research” that “predated the pandemic.” You can read the full article here: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/11/covid-origins-warnings-nih-department-of-energy

4:05pm- Dr. E.J. Antoni—Research Fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to recap Black Friday shopping trends. According to the National Retail Federation estimates, 182 million people are expected to take advantage of holiday sales taking place between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday. While spending has been strong, an alarming number of purchases have been made on credit. Dr. Antoni writes: “While retailers are enticing customers with the usual Black Friday deals, many Americans don’t have the cash to afford even what’s on sale. They’ll be borrowing to do their Christmas shopping, at a time when credit-card interest rates are at a record high and delinquencies are rising at the fastest rate in over a decade. Bidenomics is the reason why credit card debt today is over $1 trillion for the first time ever, even amid punishingly high interest rates.” You can read his latest Daily Caller editorial, “All I Want for Christmas is a 2% Interest Rate,” here: https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/24/opinion-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-a-2-interest-rate-ej-antoni/

4:20pm- In a recent segment featured on CNN, reporter Nathaniel Meyersohn seemingly blamed the economically devastating rise in shoplifting on honest mistakes made at self-checkout lanes and is not related to relaxed prosecution for stolen items in many of America’s major cities.

4:30pm- During Monday’s White House Press briefing, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby was asked of the likelihood that American hostages would be released by Hamas “in the next few days.” Kirby responded, “we certainly hope so…we don’t really know.”

4:40pm- While appearing on Meet the Press with Kristen Welker, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) alarmingly noted that as of now the Biden Administration can’t definitively determine that all American hostages being held by Hamas are still alive.

5:00pm- Dr. Victoria Coates— Former Deputy National Security Advisor & the Vice President of the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the extension of a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas which has, thus far, resulted in the release of fifty-one hostages taken by Hamas during their barbaric attacks against innocent Israeli citizens on October 7th. Dr. Coates is the author of “David’s Sling: A History of Democracy in Ten Works of Art.” You can find her book here: https://www.amazon.com/Davids-Sling-History-Democracy-Works/dp/1594037213

5:25pm- The Associated Press writes that there has been a concerning “surge in respiratory illnesses across China that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization.” China’s health ministry has claimed the uptick “is caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not by a novel virus.” You can read more here: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/26/china-respiratory-illnesses-cause-flu-pathogens-00128637

5:30pm- In a new report featured in Vanity Fair, Katherine Eban writes: “A series of previously unreported alarms and clashes over US-funded research in China reveal long-standing friction between two groups of government scientists: those who prioritize international collaboration, and those who are kept up at night by the idea that cutting-edge technologies could end up in the wrong hands.” Additionally, there were “warnings about Wuhan research” that “predated the pandemic.” You can read the full article here: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/11/covid-origins-warnings-nih-department-of-energy

5:40pm- Is Red Barron’s frozen pizza the best pizza in the world? Rich is horrified to learn that anyone could actually believe this to be true. You can read Peter Suderman’s argument, published by Reason, here: https://reason.com/2023/11/26/frozen-pizza-is-the-best-pizza/

5:50pm- The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board writes: “The 2024 election will probably be preceded by another flood of lawsuits over voting rules, especially absentee ballots, and keep an eye on Pennsylvania. Last week a federal judge there ruled that timely mail ballots must be counted even if the voter neglected to write the date, as state law requires. This may go to the Supreme Court, which punted a similar case last year. The saga of Pennsylvania’s undated ballots since the Covid pandemic is worth unspooling, because it shows how litigation puts indeterminacy into the election system.” You can read the full editorial here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/pennsylvania-mail-vote-elections-third-circuit-supreme-court-undated-ballots-e315013e?mod=opinion_lead_pos3

6:05pm- According to a report from Ryan King of The New York Post, “in a stark departure from the previous two [Christmases], first lady Jill Biden did away with hanging stockings for her grandchildren and pets over the mantle in the State Dining Room. The change comes months after President Biden and his wife issued a statement publicly acknowledging first son Hunter Biden’s out-of-wedlock daughter, Navy Joan Roberts, as their seventh grandchild. Navy, now 5, was not included in the stocking displays for 2021 or 2022—unlike Hunter’s three daughters he shares with ex-wife Kathleen Buhle and his son with current wife Melissa Cohen.” You can read the full article here: https://nypost.com/2023/11/27/news/white-house-ditches-biden-stockings-post-acknowledging-hunter-child/#

6:25pm- According to Rebecca Beitsch of The Hill, Judge Tanya Chutkan has denied Donald Trump’s legal efforts to subpoena documents relating to January 6th. Beitsch writes: “A federal judge Monday rejected former President Trump’s efforts to subpoena information related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack that the former president had accused government officials of failing to preserve, determining the request amounted to a ‘fishing expedition.’” You can read the full report here: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4329843-judge-blocks-trump-subpoena-jan-6/

6:30pm- During an interview with Fox News, Director of the Air Marshal National Council Sonya LaBosco revealed that U.S. Air Marshals are currently engaged in an operation called “Quiet Skies” in which resources and personnel are being diverted towards tracking anyone who flew into the Washington D.C. area on January 6th, 2021—even if those individuals did not attend any political rallies at, or around, the U.S. Capitol. According to LaBosco, “anybody there for a job interview, to visit family” or to attend “a funeral” could now find themselves on a domestic terror watch list and be barred from flying. The Biden Administration is also sending Air Marshals to the U.S. Southern border, and the diversion of resources could have dire consequences. LaBosco explains: “There have been numerous incidents—a level 4 threat which means someone tried to breach a cockpit two days ago on a Southwest flight. So, the message is: ‘Sir, please replace the Air Marshals on the border. Stop taking them out of the sky and let us do the job that we were trained to do.” You can read more about these startling allegations here: https://nypost.com/2022/11/28/air-marshals-claim-biden-is-risking-another-9-11-by-shifting-them-from-flights-to-border/

6:50pm- Last week, the View’s Ana Navarro bizarrely demanded that Univision be held accountable for televising an interview with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Now other far-left personalities are calling for similarly ridiculous repercussions for Univision.