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Victoria Taft
Victoria Taft is The Adult in the Room Who Sets You Straight on Life, News, Politics. Talking to the most interesting people in the news. The News Sherpa You Didn't Know You Needed.
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Apr 8, 2021 • 36min
Judicial Rashomon in the Twin Cities
The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd continues, and the defense is building a strong reasonable doubt case, from the litany of drugs in his system to another officer's bodycam that the Chief of Police says appears to show Chauvin's knee on Floyd's back, not his neck.
Plus, a Seattle lawmaker scores a hilarious self-own during a hearing on a costly green transportation plan!
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'Get Out, Nazis!'– Pastor Explodes in Righteous Anger, Kicks Out Canada's COVID Cops at 'Good Friday' Service
Violent Rioter Freed by Portland's DA Is Arrested AGAIN After Feds Tie Him to Attempted Murders of 2 Portland Cops
California Governor Gavin Newsom Announces That Someday His State Will Re-Open. Maybe. Until Then, the Catastrophe Continues
'Enough!'– Republicans Warn of 'Creeping Fascism' If We Don't 'Resist' the Vaccine Passport
'Police State': Cops Swarm ANOTHER Canadian Church for COVID Defiance and the Woke Crowd Cheers
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Apr 5, 2021 • 1h 4min
Black Mirror is Not a How-To Guide
On today's episode, learn about the proposed vaccination passport system that's gaining support among many, especially on the left, and its connections to China's Orwellian "social credit" scheme that penalizes citizens' finances, careers, even their ability to travel, based on rules of behavior.
PLUS: Julie Kelly of American Greatness returns to give an update on several cases related to the January 6 Capitol raid, and attorney Andrew Branca of The Law of Self-Defense & Legal Insurrection talks the trial of Officer Derek Chauvin.
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These 6 Stupendous Hoaxes Are Reasons to Give Media Narrative About 'Asian Hate' the Hairy Eyeball
Armed Antifa Attack 'Freedom Rally' at Oregon's Capitol and Police Only Help When Old Man Pulls Gun on Attackers
Biden's 'Screw America' Terrible Trifecta of Tyranny Begins With 'Vaccine Passports' and a Side of Open Borders
Parents Fighting for in-Person School Outraged San Diego Teachers Are Personally Instructing Kids Who Just Snuck Over Border
Liberal Author Naomi Wolf Warns 'Vaccine Passports' Are the 'End of Human Liberty in the West'
Joe Biden's 'Vaccine Passport' Sounds Like Precursor to China's Social Credit Score. Here's How China's Plan Works
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Mar 25, 2021 • 1h 10min
ANTIFA Versus Mike Strickland, Part 14: The Verdict
In one of the final installments of ANTIFA Versus Mike Strickland, Judge Thomas Ryan renders his verdict, and the defense comments on the railroading they experienced from the Multnomah DA.
Plus, is a wave of anti-Asian bigotry sweeping across the country, and if so, from where? Biden talks gun control and we revisit his terrible, awful, no-good, very bad advice on self-defense. And we chat with Portland attorney Jame Buchal, who is defending one of those charged in the Cider Riot fiasco.
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A Study Shows VERY FEW Capitol Hill Rioters Were QAnon Red-Staters With Ties to 'Right-Wing' Groups
Conspiracy Theorist Gavin Newsom Says the People Leading His Recall Are Capitol Rioters Who Want to Implant Chips in People
Smoking Gun: Here's Joe Biden Basically Inviting Illegal Aliens to Surge the Border
Trump Was Right: Michigan Judge Rules State's 2020 Almost-Anything-Goes Ballot Signature Rule Was 'Invalid'
Psy-Op Much? Antifa Stages 'Love' March in Portland Neighborhood it Just Trashed – and Attacks ICE HQ
Man Shocks ABC Reporter With the Real Reason He Snuck His Family Over the Southern Border at This Time
'Who Are These Outsiders?' Big Tech $$$$ – Zuck Bucks – Paid Government Election Offices to Become Turnout Machines for Biden in 2020 Election
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Mar 11, 2021 • 43min
The Littlest "Insurrectionist" with Julie Kelly of American Greatness
Journalist Julie Kelly joins the program to talk about a worrisome case going on in DC: an 18-year-old high school senior, currently in federal custody for entering the Capitol on January 6. Did he deserve to be arrested? Is the government's response appropriate? And what's happening to him in jail?
PLUS: Harry & Meghan's whinge-fest draws big ratings, Biden's dog has anger issues, the illegal immigration flood, more COVID relief pork, the powderkeg in Milwaukee outside the Derek Chauvin trial, and more!
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Gavin Newsom Grows Desperate as the Effort to Recall Him Just Hit a Huge Milestone
Newsom COVID 'Equity' Plan: Vaccinate 2 Million Latinos or California Won't Reopen. This Should Work Out Well.
Outrage: Biden's Border Patrol Is Not COVID-Testing Immigrants Swarming and Overwhelming the Border
The Feds Chose an Odd Time to Remove Protection Around Antifa's Favorite Riot Target in Portland
Biden's Media Woke Show for His Female Generals Was Missing One Key Thing
Potential Jurors in the George Floyd Killing Case Are Afraid They'll Be Targeted. Can't Imagine Why.
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Mar 5, 2021 • 58min
ANTIFA Versus Mike Strickland, Part 13: The Expert
The defense calls its expert witness in the Mike Strickland case, but the prosecution counters with an ambush with no consequences from the judge as the verdict looms.
Plus, the disaster of HR1's "voting rights" proposals; Dick Durbin says the January 6 insurrectionists were far worse than ANTIFA, who have found their new Portland posterchild; and trouble is brewing at Buckingham Palace!
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Updated: Hasbro Appears to Panic After Announcing Mr. Potato Head Is No Longer a Mister
China Apologizes for Forcing Biden Team to Bend Over and Give Anal COVID Tests
Apple Store Looted and Trashed by Portland Antifa and BLM Rioters Re-Opens Behind a 'Prison' Fence
Gavin Newsom Ignores His Own COVID Shutdown Rules AGAIN at California Restaurant
Newsom 'Plan' to Re-Open California Schools Involves Billions in Bribes
BREAKING Y'ALL: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Says 'Texas Is 100% Open.' Happy Independence Day!
'We Just Keep Getting Canceled' – High School Athletes Sue California's Governor for the Right to Play Indoor Sports
9 Huge Reasons Why HR 1 'For the People Act' Is Disastrous for American Election Integrity
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Feb 25, 2021 • 1h
Newsom the Nuisance + The Portland Dystopia Tour
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Why Rush Limbaugh – That 'Harmless, Lovable, Little Fuzzball' – Was So Dangerous to the Left
Unity Watch: Democrats Introduce a Bill to Punish Trump When He Dies
A Washington State Couple Decides to Steal a GOP Election Sign And Now Somebody's Dead
'Give It a Try!' Seattle-Backed Homeless Shelter Provides Pipes to Smoke Heroin and Advice on 'Booty Bumping'
Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss Is Officially Obsessed With Senator Josh Hawley's Finger
California Democrats Plan to Use Political Tricknology to Save Governor Gavin Newsom From Recall
Tucker Carlson's 'Disinformation' Monologue Triggers the Left Big Time – Now Watch Them Fall Into His Trap and Respond With Disinformation
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Feb 18, 2021 • 46min
ANTIFA Versus Mike Strickland, Part 12: The Authority
In the newest installment of ANTIFA Versus Mike Strickland, members of the Portland Police take the stand and make some startling admissions about their role and deployment on the day Strickland pulled his gun.
Plus, Victoria remembers radio legend Rush Limbaugh and how he inspired her journey into the world of broadcasting. Plus, an exclusive interview with KTTH Radio's Jason Rantz about the bizarre choices Washington officials made when disbursing COVID relief funds.
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Rush Limbaugh Was My 'Radio Dad'
Portland's So 'Woke' That Even the Snow Plows Bow to 'Equity'
Memo to California COVID Cops: When Crushing the Dreams of a Brewery Owner, Don't Do a 'Happy Dance'
'Unity' Watch: Here's the Twitter Guy Who Called on Democrats to 'Go After' GOP Senators Who Acquitted Trump
WA State Fed COVID Money Going to Non-White 'Woke' Political Groups – Including The Bail Project
'That's Not Enough for You?!' Trump Attorney Goes Apoplectic on 'Slanted Media' With Clueless CBS Interviewer
Why Don't We Know Why Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick Died the Day After the Capitol Riot?
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Feb 2, 2021 • 49min
Unmasking the Far-Left with Andy Ngô
Andy Ngô has been wading deep in the world of ANTIFA and its kin ever since he found himself witnessing the assault on Mike Strickland in 2016. After testifying on behalf of Strickland at his trial, he became a popular voice documenting Portland's menagerie of leftist thugs. And, unfortunately, he found himself a target of their ire, culminating in a 2019 assault that left him hospitalized with a brain bleed. Ngô joins the program to talk about his new book Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy. From its origins to its mission to its funding, the book examines the black bloc group's organizational structure, how it operates, and why.
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Jan 31, 2021 • 58min
ANTIFA Versus Mike Strickland, Part 11: The Defense Witness
Today, Andy Ngô is a respected independent journalist known for thoroughly documenting the Portland activist scene. But when he took the stand at the Strickland trial, he was just another local who happened to get a look at Strickland's confrontation with protestors.
PLUS: The Pledge of Allegiance gets butchered, witnesses from the Capitol raid suspect well-trained paramilitary agents provoked the attack, podcasts must be woke or go broke, and more!
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Amazon Is Here for You America, as Long as Democrat Joe Biden Is in Office
By the Media's Standards, Biden Is a Racist Xenophobe Who Wants to Be King
Rampant Speculation Over How Biden Will Replace the Mysterious Red Button Suddenly Missing From Oval Office
You Knew Trump Sacrificed While Working for Free as President, Now We're Learning How Big a Financial Hit He's Taking
Portland's Mayor Is Forced to Defend Himself Against Angry Hater. Oh, So Now He Gets It.
The 'My Pillow' Guy Says, 'I Won't Bend to Cancel Culture' After Twitter Cancels Him For Election Fraud Talk
Now They've Come for the Bacon and Eggs...
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Jan 21, 2021 • 1h 8min
ANTIFA Versus Mike Strickland, Part 10: The Setup
Ben Kerensa takes the stand and we hear his side of what happened on that fateful day. We also get eyewitness reports from members of Portland's anarchist community who, despite their idealogical differences with Strickland, insist he was in the right.
Plus, Biden is sworn in and his VP is apparently a set of fashion plates. Victoria gets her first taste of the vortex of insanity that is QAnon. And Kellyanne Conway's daughter needs help...but what kind?
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Timeline: Trump Was Still Speaking When the Capitol Riot Began, But the Left Blamed Him Anyway
Did You Notice the Jan 6 Crowd Cheered When Trump Touted Harsher Penalties for Monument-Trashers?
NRA 'Dumps' New York to Start Over in ... Aw, You Guessed...
Remember When Hollywood Said It Was 'Patriotic' and 'Heroic' to Overturn Trump's Election?
Nobody Called Obama and Hillary Seditious When They Demanded Electoral College Results Be Overturned
Look at What He's Done And You'll Agree – You're Going to Miss Trump When He's Gone
Woke Robber Returns to Deliver Stern Lecture and Threatens to Call Police ... On His Victim
NYT Nobel Laureate Gets a History Lesson After Wondering Why 'God Save the King' Was Played at the Inauguration
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