Critically Thinking our way through the news and views of the day. Left, Right, Center, our goal is to focus on facts and truth as our guide through the insanity of today's world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Andrew Curtin is the co-founder of Chronicmedia, a digital media company, and publisher of Construction Wave. Throughout the podcast, Andrew goes behind the scenes on what it's like starting a digital media company in the construction space. Meeting lots of interesting people on the way. Contact me: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/curtinandrew/
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Biden's Senile State of the Union | 03/08/24
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Joe Biden gave one of the strangest and most senile State of the Union addresses last night. Also, we got a rising star in the form of Alabama Senator Katie Britt to deliver the GOP response. Oh, and Oregon recriminalized low-level drug use this week, but what if the data and reality don't support the legislation? What if the folks like Matt Walsh …
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Texas GOP Voters Stand Up to RINOS? | 03/06/24
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On an otherwise sleepy "Super Tuesday" the voters in multiple RINO-led districts stood up for school choice and their voices to be heard. Is that a sign of hope in the GOP? Also, the Chicago Teachers Union wants a $50 billion union contract and MSNBC laughs at those who think immigration is a big deal in Virginia. All on a #WTFWednesday edition of …
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The One Where Trudeau Wants Russia to Win the War | 02/28/24
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Justin Trudeua says the quiet part out loud? Wishing that Russia wins over Ukraine? Also, Marry Poppins is now racist and we get an inside-the-park home run for the ages in a Spring Training Game. Oh, and Federalist Papers No. 16 goes under the microscope on today's Critical Thinking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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We're Now Fans of the Polls Because They Like Trump? | 02/27/24
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Polling in seven swing states favors Trump over Biden and now MAGA Forever tells us we have to believe in the polls. Bold strategy...Also, I wonder about DEI being bad for your health outcomes if you don't play ball and what about the COVID Crazies and their unwillingness to admit they were wrong about kids and schooling? It all comes your way on a…
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Google's AI is Racist, Whatcha Gonna Do About It? | 02/26/24
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Google's new AI, "Gemini" was exposed for its anti-White racism late last week and it only continued to get worse as its leftist bias was put on full display all over X this weekend. Yet, will anyone do anything about it? Like, I don't know, stop using gmail or calendar or Google Docs? Probably not and Google knows it. Also, the AP decides to hide …
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Our Rights Don't Come From God? | 02/23/24
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A Politico reporter went on MSNBC to continue her crusade against "Christian Nationalism" because they want to establish a THEOCRACY, telling the audience that our rights don't come from God, but do come from government. That and Justin Trudeau wants a "common set of facts" to be determined for us all to work from. How about no? That and three amaz…
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Left Claims Biden-Ukraine Story is Russian Disinformation | 02/22/24
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After an FBI informant is charged with lying to the FBI and trying to play both Russia and the United States against each other, the left says the case against Joe Biden and the Biden Crime Family should be closed. Oh really? I examine their claim. Also, Joe Biden gets the media to play along with his charade of a "student loan debt cancellation" g…
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St. Patrick's Cathedral Performs a Drag Funeral? | 02/21/24
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In one of the most idiotic, yet telling, stories of just how far the tentacles of the Spirit of the Age have gone in to our society...there was a drag funeral performed at St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC — and the priest sat there and did nothing. The Church since has performed a mass of reparations to God for offending him. In a totally unrelated s…
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America Wants to Import its Fighting Force? | 02/20/24
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Have we learned nothing from history..ancient or otherwise? Apparently not, as some in congress want to give illegals the ability to earn citizenship by becoming our fighting force. Hello, late Roman Empire, anyone? Also, is Abraham Lincoln the worst president in American history? Oh and Federalist No. 11 is under the microscope too. Don't forget t…
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Fani Willis' Grey-Goose is Cooked! | 02/16/24
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Fani Willis and Nathan Wade had to testify in a hearing to dismiss them from the case against Donald Trump in Georgia and boy, oh-boy, did it not go as well as they thought it would in their heads or when they were on the stand. Willis admitted to felonies, looked like an unhinged and deranged witness at times and even wore her dress on backwards s…
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Correcting what "He Gets Us" Gets Wrong | 02/15/24
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The worst ad during the Super Bowl this past weekend was easily the blasphemous "He Gets Us" ads. Well, there was a challenge made to do it better, if you think you can, and boy did someone ever up the ante. I discuss the ad centered on the message or repentance just in the knick of time for the Lenten season. Also, a man of action takes down a thu…
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Speaker Mike Johnson kept a promise and got DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas impeached on the 2nd try. So, now what? What does it even mean? Why does it even matter, or does it even matter? Also, I've got "screw the constitution" takes, Biden's totally with it takes and "how to squat in Portland" videos for you on this #WTFWednesday edition of Crit…
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The Senate Shows it Loves Ukraine More than America | 02/13/24
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After pulling an all-nighter, because this is the "most important vote of all-time in the Senate," Team GOP gave the dems a win on funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, while nothing to actual AMERICAN border security. Because of course. Also, what about being willing to pay a price to stay free? Federalist Papers No. 8 gets studied as well on th…
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Hawaii Supreme Court Says Screw the Constitution | 02/12/24
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Hawaii's Supreme Court shredded the constitution in a ruling on a 2nd amendment case. If you don't believe we are not sharing the same country, I don't know what else will convince you. Also, thoughts on the Super Bowl, Hamas tunneling under a U.N. aide building and Federalist Papers. No. 7! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati…
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What Did the Special Counsel Really Say about Biden? | 02/09/24
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The Special Counsel report on the Joe Biden Classified Documents case is out and it paints a bleak picture of Joe Biden's mental capacity. In the aftermath, the media took the gloves off. What does it all tell us and did the special counsel get it right in not recommending any charges? Also, I react to Biden's reaction to the report and the media. …
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Is Impeaching Mayorkas Going to Change Anything? | 02/08/24
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Speaker Mike Johnson has vowed to bring up, and pass, Articles of Impeachment against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, but will that solve anything? If so, do it. If not, what are you even doing? I also look at the results of D.C.'s pilot "economic mobility" program, and shocking — it was an epic failure. What's not an epic fail? How about a team …
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Ronna McDaniel Out at RNC Chair, Yet It Could Get Worse? | 02/07/24
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Ronna McDaniel is stepping down as RNC Chair after the South Carolina primary, but the news on who could replace her might make things worse. Also, an OnlyFans mom is upset that her kids Christian School would have an issue with her promoting her site on school grounds. Oh and you and I are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to create an app t…
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Trump Handed Another Blow in J6 Case | 02/06/24
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Donald Trump's appeal on grounds of Presidential Immunity was denied by the D.C. appellate court on Tuesday morning. Least shocking news ever, but did the court get it right and where does Trump go from there? Also, the House tells the Senate GOP that their "deal" struck on immigration and foreign military aid is DOA — showing just how dumb and ser…
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Nikki Haley Falls for the Celeb Trap | 02/05/24
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Nikki Haley made an appearance in the opening segment of Saturday Night Live. She not only was overshadowed by a medicore Trump impression, but looked and sounded like a robot — why must Team GOP always fall for the trap of trying to be a hip celebrity? WHY? Also, we continue our exploration of The Federalist Papers, with Federalist Paper No. 2, an…
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Biden's Buddy Kills Musk's Tesla Compensation Package | 02/01/24
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Elon Musk was set to hit on a 12% of company-value stock option package at Tesla. Then came a Biden-tied judge in Delaware to literally snatch away potentially $55 billion in wealth from Musk. Totes not politically motivated or anything! Also, Disney loses bigly in case against Ron DeSantis and Florida. Today also begins our in-depth look at The Fe…
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Impeachment Charges for Mayorkas | 01/31/24
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The House Committee on Homeland Security has recommended two impeachment charges against DHS secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. I'm curious if this will bring any accountability for the illegal asylum crisis at our Southern Border or not? Also, it's a #WTFWednesday where "The Squad" has a very bad week and the White House Press Secretary, Karine Jean Pi…
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No Good Answers as Iran-US Conflict Heats Up | 01/30/24
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The United States and Iran continue a proxy war, but how will each side respond as things continue to escalate? There are no good answers. Also, will the GOP fall for the race trap once again in 2024 and is this year's Super Bowl sponsored by the Spirit of the Age, or what? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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The Border Crisis is Already on your Front Door | 01/29/24
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Ever wonder how the allegedly poor and destitute refugee manages to make it over an ocean (or two) and then crosses two more continents to get here? Well, today I bring you on some of that journey, expose the organizations who are making it all happen and selling these people on the lie of how asylum works here in America. But, you're the ones deal…
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Is Educational Freedom Dead in Illinois? | Guest Mailee Smith | 01/25/24
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Educational freedom is one of the pillars of this show in 2024 and coming back to discuss just that here in the state of Illinois is Mailee Smith of Illinois Policy. What's up with the future of the now-dead Invest in Kids Act and educational freedom in the state. Also, how have unions affected that and so much more in the state and locally in Chic…
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Missouri proves the GOP Hates its Base | 01/24/24
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The Missouri senate Pro Tem throws a temper tantrum over the GOP's Freedom Caucus holding up gubernatorial appointments, you know, because GOP hating its base is so on brand. Also, Michigan's governor introduces us to Professor Potato, while Ronna McDaniel says Nikki Haley needs to drop out of the GOP race after getting crushed by Donald Trump desp…
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Who Made SCOTUS The End All, Be All? | 01/23/24
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Here on a #TruthOrFiction Tuesday I'm talking about the SCOTUS giving the Biden admin permission to destroy the fencing Texas put up. Apparently we're just supposed to accept anything and everything they say. That's it. Finished. Or NOT? Also, is this Joe Biden's election to lose and will we see anyone care enough to vote? Oh, and MSNBC proves why …
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DeSantis Bows Out, MAGA Won't Accept His Endorsement? | 01/22/24
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Ron DeSantis suspended his 2024 presidential campaign over the weekend and endorsed Donald Trump for president, virtually clearing the field for Trump. But, for some, that wasn't good enough. Also, MAGA Forever got to already laying the groundwork for why they'd take an 'L' in November. Smooth strategy there. Oh, and Jerry Nadler accidentally promo…
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Javier Milei Takes on the WEF to Their Face | 01/19/24
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Argentinian President Javier Milei went to Davos and delivered a scathing rebuke of the WEF right to their face and it was awesome. Also, we've got some terrible takes from the worlds of gender and racial ideology and what in the world is going on in Dick Morris' life? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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It's a #WTFWednesday on Critical Thinking and we're talking about the insanity of what's happening in Davos at the WEF this week. Also, NHL fans go nuts on me for suggesting that games that are more than 30-days old on ESPN+ have no value to ESPN and shouldn't remain on the streaming service, a decision ESPN made this week. Oh and Jim Harbaugh has …
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Donald Trump's Huge Win in Iowa Means What? | 01/16/24
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Donald Trump won by a wide margin in the firs-in-the-nation Iowa Caucus on Monday night. Just how big of a win was it historically speaking? What does it tell us about the future of the GOP race and general election in 2024? Also, will endorsing Trump be a good or bad thing for those that do it and what about Nikki Haley's thought that this is a tw…
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A Time for GOP Choosing Begins in Iowa | 01/15/24
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Iowa kicks off the 2024 GOP Primary race with its caucus tonight. What to make of the process, what are real good data sets telling us and I've got predictions. Also, the Biden Crime Family is up to its usual crime family tactics — buying votes and trying to get away with crimes. Also, Illinois unions want access to your kids for a full week of "ed…
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Does the Right Need A New Political Formula? | Guest Auron MacIntyre | 01/11/24
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Liberty's Last Stand is the theme of the show here in 2024. Today, Andrew is joined by Auron MacIntyre of The Blaze and host of the Auron MacIntyre Show to talk about liberty and a need for the right to recognize it's time for a new political formula if liberty can even be saved. Find Auron's Work at The Blaze: https://www.theblaze.com/u/auronmacin…
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TikTok Opponents Gin Up Fear Using Flawed Study | 01/09/24
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TikTok is bad, because China is bad and it manipulates its own people and now the hearts and minds of millions of American tweens and teens and even grannys. But, a recent study that many on Capital Hill and elsewhere are using to gin up further calls for bans on the app just don't hold up under scrutiny. I go in-depth on more garbage data in, garb…
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Ron DeSantis did something not seen from a real GOP presidential candidate in almost a decade — talk about a flat tax and abolishing the IRS. FOR REAL. Also, I give you the rest of my best and worst takes of the week, featuring the likes of Hannah Cox, Ibram X Kendi, Nikki Haley and Todd Erzen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform…
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Illegals Aren't Criminals according to Nikki Haley | 01/04/23
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Nikki Haley wants you to believe that calling illegal immigrants criminals is the real problem for the GOP. Also, what about the purity of college athletics and what about the Epstein list of names...well, it's a Myth Busting Thursday here on Critical Thinking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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What is the theme of the program for 2024? This is something I've been doing for the past few years and this year's theme is "Liberty's Last Stand." What does it mean and how can we bring light to what seems to be a very dark time? Also, we talk about Nikki Haley buying up ad's in major TV markets — why? I've got a theory and it's something out of …
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It's prediction time...what's going to happen in 2024? I've got some thoughts. Also, Brandon Johnson invokes Jefferson Davis when talking about Greg Abbott, there's fat scholarship that tells you all the leftist talking points apply to being fat and Mike DeWine gives the most disgusting answer to why he vetoed a ban on trans surgeries for minors. A…
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A Look Back at 2023, What Did We Get Right and Wrong? | 12/22/23
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It's the annual Year in Review episode, where Andrew holds himself (and others) accountable for the predictions made to start the year. How did they turn out and what were the top stories of the year? Find out, with a special guest appearance as well! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Educational Freedom in 2023 w/ guest Kerry McDonald | 12/21/23
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On today's program Andrew is joined by the host of the LiberatED podcast and Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Freedom — Kerry McDonald. We talk about the history of compulsory education in America as well as where the educational freedom movement stands and where it is going in the future. Find the Liberated Podcast here: https://www.li…
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Colorado Kicks Trump off the Ballot, What Now?| 12/20/23
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Colorado's Supreme Court gave the O.K. to kicking Donald Trump off the state ballot in 2024, in a not-so-shocking bit of news to those of us paying attention. But, I'm still left with questions about whether MAGA Forever gets it and if they do, what's the plan for dealing with their favored candidate being lawfaired and constituioned out of the 202…
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The Elf on the Shelf is the WORST! | 12/19/23
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The Elf on the Shelf is the worst and it needs to get off my Facebook feed. Also, are Trump's lawyers the last hope to save the 2024 election and I've learned something a bit disturbing and awesome about the 12 Days of Christmas song that many likely don't or shouldn't want to know. Yes, it's a #TruthOrFiction Tuesday on the show! The final one of …
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Is There Waining Support for Hamas in Gaza? | 12/14/23
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A new polling of Palestinians by Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research gave us our first real glimpse at what the people in the Gaza Strip and West Bank believe about Hamas, Israel and all things war. The results may surprise some in the West. Also, Vivek makes CNN defend the Cops and what about pharmacies violating your civil liberties…
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Harvard's President, Dr. Claudine Gay, was accused of large swaths of plagiarism by intrepid reporters over the weekend. It left Harvard with a choice — academic integrity or DEI. It chose and I discuss. Also, we have a choice in our culture and society writ large, either Vox Populi, Vox Dei or Restoring Liberty. Will we chose correctly? It's also …
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Presidential Immunity Forever? | 12/12/23
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Special Prosecutor Jack Smith has gone for the gusto, bypassing the normal appeals process and asking the Supreme Court to weigh in on whether a President can have immunity for crimes while in office, even after he leaves office. Also, are we going to be at war in the Middle East in 2024 and will the new nativist immigration stance within the GOP k…
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Anthony Facui has no use for God | 12/11/23
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The Science, The Truth, Dr. Anthony Fauci gave an interview to the BBC in which he lets the world know he has no use for organized religion or really any religious belief at all — but he's totally a Catholic in identity. Also, Donald Trump will be your liberator and the mRNA jabs only contain 10 percent more proteins than the COVID spike protein. N…
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No Bathrooms for Jews in America? | 12/08/23
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A 'family-owned' coffee shop in Oakland was caught on film denying entry to a Jewish woman who wanted to use a bathroom in their shop, or so the right-wing narrative goes. The truth is far more disgusting on behalf of the anti-Semitic leftists that occupied jobs at the coffee shop. They actually were hiding the very anti-semitic language scribbled …
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DeSantis Wants to Be Like Silent Cal? | 12/07/23
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The GOP held its final debate before the 2024 Primary season begins with the Iowa Caucuses in January and Ron DeSantis was a clear winner. He even told us he'd take inspiration from Calvin Coolidge. An interesting choice and if he does, does that mean he gets what needs to be done on the federal government level? Also, Joe Biden can't hide behind e…
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Dick Durbin Wants to Solve Immigration by Making Illegals Soldiers? | 12/05/23
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Sen. Dick Durbin (IL) has a plan to solve the illegal immigration crisis — turn them in to soldiers...if they can pass a background check of course. Also, is Juwan Howard going to make it to the end of the season in Ann Arbor and what about CBDC as a tool to eliminate debt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Kamala Harris Says Revitalize the Palestinian Authority! | 12/04/23
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So, let me get this straight, the United States official position is that the Palestinian Authority, a literal terrorist organization, that up until today and still tomorrow, pays people to kill Jews or martyr themselves in the name of Allah, is the answer to the Israeli-Hamas conflict? What kind of fresh hell did Kamala Harris unleash this weekend…
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DeSantis Makes Newsom Own His Own Poop | 12/01/23
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis took on California Governor Gavin Newsom in a debate last night and I've got some thoughts — including how DeSantis making Newsom own the poop on the streets of San Francisco was a master stroke. Also, Joe Biden has two of the worst takes of the week and Elon Musk says what every person would like to do to Disney and w…
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