The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (12/06/2023):

3:05pm- While speaking from the White House on Wednesday, President Joe Biden blamed Republicans for “holding Ukraine’s funding hostage with their extreme partisan border policies.” Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) has said that any agreement to send tens-of-billions of dollars in additional aid to Ukraine would need to be accompanied with funding for security at the U.S. Southern border. During his speech, President Biden conceded that the U.S. suffers from a “broken immigration system,” though he did not mention the border specifically—despite thousands of migrants unlawfully entering the U.S. every day due to relaxed border security policies adopted under his administration.

3:20pm- Karoun Demirjian and Marc Santora of The New York Times write: “President Biden’s urgent push to replenish Ukraine’s war chest and send aid to Israel is on the brink of collapse in the Senate, where Republicans are prepared on Wednesday to block the funding unless Democrats agree to add strict measures to clamp down on migration at the U.S. border with Mexico. A classified briefing with administration officials called to shore up support devolved into a partisan screaming match on Tuesday afternoon, with Republicans angrily accusing Democrats of trying to steamroller over their demands for a border crackdown. Republican senators leaving the briefing said they were outraged that administration officials had refused to answer their questions about border security, which they said was a prerequisite for any plan to send emergency help to American allies.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/us/politics/ukraine-aid-zelensky-congress.html

3:35pm- During his speech from the White House on Wednesday, President Joe Biden claimed that “history will judge harshly those who turn their back on” funding Ukraine’s fight against Russian aggression.

3:40pm- While briefly taking questions from the White House press, President Joe Biden denied that he ever had any interactions with Hunter Biden’s business associates, or any involvement with foreign businesses.

3:50pm- While appearing with Sean Hannity at a town hall event in Iowa on Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he does not believe President Joe Biden will be the Democrat nominee for president in 2024—suggesting it will likely be California Governor Gavin Newsom or Vice President Kamala Harris.

4:05pm- At a campaign fundraiser in Boston on Tuesday, President Joe Biden told his supporters that he’s not certain he would be running for reelection if it weren’t for Donald Trump also being in the race—explaining that Trump is a threat to American democracy.

4:15pm- Brooke Singman of Fox News writes: “As vice president, Joe Biden used email aliases and private email addresses to communicate with son Hunter Biden and Hunter's business associates hundreds of times, new records released by the House Ways & Means Committee revealed. The committee obtained metadata from IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler that reveals Joe Biden used alias email accounts 327 times during a nine-year period—2010 to 2019—to correspond with his son, Hunter, and one of Hunter's key business associates, Eric Schwerin, among others. The majority of the email traffic took place while Biden was vice president.” You can read the full article here: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-was-in-direct-contact-with-hunters-business-partners-using-email-alias-as-vp

4:30pm- While appearing on Fox News with Sean Hannity, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump jokingly said he wouldn’t be a dictator “except for day 1…I want to close the border and I want to drill, drill, drill…After that, I’m not a dictator.”

4:45pm- The Daily Wire’s new movie, “Lady Ballers,” which is streaming exclusively on their website, is now the number one streamed film in America according to Rotten Tomatoes. The Daily Wire co-founder, and star of the film, Jeremy Boreing explained that theaters won’t touch the film because it pokes fun at biological males competing in women’s sports.

4:55pm- While speaking with Sean Hannity on Fox News, Donald Trump revealed that former U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) once revealed to him that then-Senator Joe Biden was considered the “dumbest” member of the U.S. Senate.

5:00pm- Jimmy Failla—stand-up comedian & Fox News Radio host—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss University presidents defending anti-Semitism on their campuses while testifying before the House, and Joe Biden admitting that he’s only running for reelection because he dislikes Donald Trump. Plus, Jimmy talks about his new book, “Cancel Culture Dictionary: An A-to-Z Guide to Winning the War on Fun.” You can listen to The Best of Jimmy Failla every Saturday on 1210 WPHT! You can learn more about his new book, which releases January 24th, here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/cancel-culture-dictionary-jimmy-failla?variant=41285227511842

5:25pm- While appearing on CBS News, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said that she believes the government should avoid interceding in gender reassignment procedures for children. Should the government protect children against irreversible procedures even in the event the child’s parent endorses the decision?

5:40pm- Robby Soave of Reason writes: “Sen. Rand Paul (R–KY) is trying to stop legislation that requires automakers to continue putting dashboard A.M. radio in cars. His new amendment to the A.M. radio bill would also eliminate electric vehicle subsidies.” You can read the full report here: https://reason.com/2023/12/05/rand-paul-electric-vehicle-am-radio-subsidy-bill/

6:05pm- Caroline Moore—Vice President of Parents Defending Education—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss a report from The Daily Signal documenting a Colorado public school which mandated an 11-year-old girl share a bed with a biological male, who identifies as a girl, during a school trip without ever notifying the girl’s parents. You can read the story here: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/04/exclusive-school-assigned-girl-sleep-boy-who-identifies-trans-parental-notification/. You can learn more about Parent Defending Freedom here: https://defendinged.org

6:15pm- While speaking with Bloomberg news, former Vice President Al Gore compared social media algorithms to AR-15s. He said of algorithms: “They are the digital equivalent of AR-15s. They ought to be banned. They really ought to be banned. It's an abuse of the public forum…These devices are the enemies of self-government, and they are the enemies of democracy.”

6:20pm- On Tuesday, Harvard University President Claudine Gay testified before the House Education and Workforce Committee. During one noteworthy exchange with Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Gay refused to say anti-Semitic speech was violative of the school’s code of conduct—arguing that Harvard is an ardent supporter of free speech. In 2020, Rep. Stefanik was appointed to a Senior Advisory position with the Harvard Institute of Politics—however, because she was a vocal supporter of Donald Trump during the 2020 election, the student body protested the appointment and Harvard ultimately fired her. So, the notion that Harvard is an ardent supporter of free speech is flawed—they seem to only support speech provided it gels with the popular progressive opinions of the moment.

6:30pm- The Rich Zeoli Show is preempted for college basketball—the Temple Owls take on Bloomsburg University on 1210 WPHT.