Bill O’Reilly: New Interview Points to Trump’s Future
Bill O’Reilly interviewed former President Donald Trump. And while ratings on network news harp on the 2020 election, O’Reilly wanted to find out what the future held for the 45th President. “I politely asked Donald Trump not to give me a look back on the election, not to give me...
Lt. Col. Oliver North: Ought to Be “Very Nervous” About Biden on China
Former Lt. Col. Oliver North joined The Cats Roundtable to sound the alarm on Biden’s handling of the growing overtures from China. North’s warning comes as China ramps up its rhetoric over Taiwan this October, with Chinese Leader Xi Jinping calling for the reunification of the island nation with...
Former Rep. Peter King: Democratic Squabblings “Absolute Insanity”
The vote for Biden’s 3.5 trillion dollar Build Back Better bill remains up in the air, as in-fighting in the Democratic party threatens to upend their razor-thin majorities in Congress. More, a government shutdown looms as lawmakers, especially Democratic lawmakers, seem more divided than ever. Former Representative Peter King...
John Bolton: “We Need to Get Moving” on China
President Biden’s address the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday promised a policy of “relentless diplomacy” to wary US allies while tamping down on anxieties over the growing tensions between the US and China. Biden’s speech came on the heels of a new US-Australia agreement aimed at corralling the growing...
Gordon Chang: Biden’s US-China Policy Only Benefits China
With US-China relations at an all-time low, President Biden spoke with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday. The White House released a statement saying the two leaders had “discussed areas where our interests converge,” but many are skeptical the phone call could resolve the long list of disagreements...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer: “Never Forget”
Turn back the clock. So long as you remember that day will not be forgotten. In the 20 year shadow of that date, much has been gained and lost. To many an American on this anniversary, the hope remains that we will have the courage to always remember. The September...
Al D’Amato: “Worst is Yet to Come” of Afghanistan Withdrawal
Scrutiny continues to build over Biden’s decision to withdraw from Afghanistan, as it becomes increasingly clear he went ahead despite the warnings of intelligence and military advisors. While he has maintained in public addresses to the nation that he owned the current chaos unfolding, the president has used much...
Peter King: Buck Stops With Biden in Afghanistan
The end is in the sight for the chaotic evacuation from the Kabul Airport, as US personnel begin to withdraw and the Taliban move in. 13 U.S. service members and at least 169 Afghans were killed in a suicide bombing at the airport on Thursday, with the Pentagon warning...
Larry Kudlow: Democrats “Barking Up Wrong Tree” On Economy
If you want smooth sailing, you’re in the wrong markets, pal. The roller-coaster seems to continue, with stock indexes closing high on Friday, but at a loss for the week, on a combination of delta-variant fears, the Feds tapering of bond buying, and economic restrictions in China. But in the...
Lt. Col. Oliver North: Biden’s Saigon
The scenes out of Kabul this past week have stunned Americans, even as the Biden administration insisted it had the situation under control. The speed of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan has created a desperate rush out of the country, prompting Biden to redeploy 6,500 troops to assist the...
Gordon Chang: China Becoming Unsafe for Americans
While reports out of China have trickled in of new Covid outbreaks, of massive floods, the reality can be hard to come by. What’s omitted can be as important as what is reported. To make head or tails of the truth, one has to have their ear to the...
Pompeo: Counter-Terror Network Strong Despite “Weak and Rudderless” Biden Leadership
Events in Afghanistan continue to change minute to minute. On Sunday, Afghan President Ghani fled the country as the Taliban announced it had begun to enter the capital, Kabul. The situation has been further complicated by the redeployment of 5,000 US military personnel to help evacuate the US embassy. ...
Bill O’Reilly: Biden’s Fundamental Failure at Leadership
Conflicting guidelines from health officials continue to be a hitch in the giddy-up for the US recovery this summer. Bill O’Reilly told The Cats Roundtable efforts from the Biden Administration to take the reins have only helped fuel the growing sense of distrust between Americans and the White House. “Panic...
Gordon Chang: Flashpoint China
From the delta variant, the threats facing Taiwan, and the China-Afghanistan border, the moves from China continue to have their ripple effects beyond Asia. While the flurry of news from China has been largely overshadowed by the spotlight of the Tokyo Olympics, Gordon Chang had plenty to update The Cats...
Senator Mike Lee: The Democratic Robin Hood: Reward the Rich to Rob the Poor
Runaway spending bills? Indifferent Biden appointees? Senator Mike Lee is seeing it unfold before his eyes. And what is his message for the politicians, appointees, and businesses that don’t put the American people first? Americans will “reclaim what is rightfully ours.” On the tails of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s urging...
Nigel Farage: Time to Take “Control of Our Borders”
As America continues its march beyond the pandemic, some of her allies continue to stumble. In the UK, that reopening was scheduled for July 19th. While it’s happened on paper, the reality looks a lot different, according to former UK Member of the European Parliament, Nigel Farage. “In theory, we...
Peter King: Coney Island is Back & Better Than Ever
America’s favorite past-time emerged full-swing last Wednesday at the Brooklyn Cyclones game in Coney Island. Co-hosted by The Cats Roundtable’s very own John Catismatidis, the day reminded New Yorkers, visitors, and tourists alike that on the historic Brooklyn boardwalk, and the city at large, life was roaring back with the...
Luke Niforatos: “Big Myth” Legal Marijuana Brings Increase in Tax Revenue
Even as the news that overdose deaths in the US rose dramatically during the pandemic, Democratic lawmakers were announcing their bid to federally legalize marijuana. The move for legalization, spear-headed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, was criticized as tone-deaf in the wake of the news on overdoses. Luke Niforatos,...
Dr. Peter Michalos: How to Prevent Strokes in the Post-Covid World
Dr. Peter Michalos joined The Cats Roundtable to break down how to prevent and combat strokes in a post-Covid world. Routine medical visits, elective surgeries, and treatments of all kinds were put on the backburner by the pandemic, Dr. Michalos noted. But with the return to normal, he emphasized...
Dick Morris: Biden Swamped with 25th Amendment Rumors
The rumors surrounding Vice President Kamala Harris’ relationship with her boss, Joe Biden, are painting a dire picture. After a string of tone-deaf public appearances, Harris is finding more and more pushback from the White House, her own party, and the media that championed her, as apprehension mounts about...
Dick Morris: Biden’s Bills “Dead In The Water”
For most Americans, the plans for this summer and beyond seem to be opening up. But for President Biden, six months into his Presidency, the political walls seem to be closing in around him. Through a complicated dance of promise-and-backtrack, Biden has attempted to convert GOP lawmakers to his tent. ...
Alan Dershowitz: Attack on Giuliani Will “Chill Free Speech”
On Thursday, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was suspended from practicing law in New York, raising concerns among legal experts that the judicial system is being used as a weapon of partisanship in the wider campaign to punish former President Trump’s associates. Rudy Giuliani responded on Thursday, stating...
Mike Pompeo: Biden “All Carrot, and No Stick”
As Biden rounds out his European visit, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told The Cats Roundtable the contrasts between Trump-era foreign policy and the new administration couldn’t be made more clear. Biden’s trip to the continent included a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, an encounter Pompeo said...
Peter Navarro: Dr. Fauci Has Done “Incalculable Damage”
One of Trump’s closest confidantes, Peter Navarro joined The Cats Roundtable this Father’s Day to evaluate the Biden administration’s first months in office, and the 2020 election, with its lingering questions and irregularities, that brought Biden into the White House.Navarro was unequivocal in his position Biden’s White House was...
Secretary of Mike Pompeo: Decay of American Values at US Schools a “Staggering Risk”
Asked what keeps him awake at night, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo didn’t hesitate. “Washington DC,” he quipped, before adding more seriously, “China.” Pompeo’s humor belied his deeper concerns about the Biden administration, who have made it clear they want to make a legacy of undoing any policy with Trump...
Gordon Chang: US Should Be “Extremely Concerned About What’s Happening Just Above Us”
The economic threat to American competition on the world stage has long been looming. When President Trump took the reins, he reversed what he and his supporters perceived as decades of American subservience in the US-China relationship. Trump’s pushback seemed to stymie the growing boldness out of Beijing while...
Dick Morris: “Beginning to Dawn on the Democrats” Biden Must Be Stopped
Resistance on Capitol Hill to Biden’s infrastructure plan is growing. It’s not just Republicans tossing water on Biden’s spending plans, with growing bipartisan pushback from his own party. Political strategist and pollster, Dick Morris, told The Cats Roundtable that fears over the 2022 election were beginning to peel support from...
Steven Moore: “Stop Taxing, Stop Spending, Stop Borrowing”
If the release of the May jobs report pointed to anything, it was the unprecedented complexity of reopening an economy in the face of massive government spending. While touted by Biden as a bellwether for his infrastructure and education spending, the jobs report showed hiring continued to slow, and...
Texas AG Ken Paxton: Texas “Honoring What the Founders Put in Place”
Deep in the heart of Texas, lawmakers cleared a “constitutional carry bill” that drops most handgun license requirements. The move comes as Republicans raised concerns about Biden’s failure to finish Trump’s border wall and overall immigration policy made Texans increasingly unsafe. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined The Cats Roundtable...
Steve Moore: Biden the “Six Trillion Dollar Man”
Biden announced to lawmakers his plan for a $6 trillion budget, drawing swift criticisms from economists that Biden’s overspending could tip fears of inflation beyond the scale. Steve Moore, one of the Trump White House’s most trusted economic advisors, told The Cats Roundtable that Biden seemed to be intent on...
Senator Rand Paul: Government Must Wake Up and “Leave Us Alone”
Senator Rand Paul’s grilling of Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institutes of Health, drew eyebrows this past week. The Kentucky Senator questioned the NIH’s funding of Chinese viral research, Fauci’s refusal to consider the lab-leak theory, as well as the hesitancy of US health officials to lift...
Larry Kudlow: Biden’s Climate Change Executive Order “Run Amok”
This Sunday, Biden’s new offer to trim-down his infrastructure plan is already flat-lining, with Republicans raising concerns the $1.7 trillion offer, down from $2.3 trillion, is still too far away for an agreement. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has promised Biden’s current proposal will meet a red wall in...
Dick Morris: To Biden, “No Good Deed Goes Unpunished”
Americans from coast to coast are flinging their masks off. But as the vibes of summer begin to beat to a yearning crescendo, how we got to this place, out of the tragedies of the past year, remain questions that are difficult to answer. The missteps that have led us to...
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: Biden’s Quick Return to Obama-era Appeasement
Whether the newest tensions from the Middle East, the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, or the rising need for regulation in the wild west of cryptocurrency, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo broke down some of this week's most pressing news. Violence between Palestinians and Israelis has reached levels never seen before in the...
Admiral James Stavridis: “A Rich Basket of Disagreements” in US-China Relations
Since his last visit to The Cats Roundtable, Admiral James Stavridis has had a lot to be happy about, after his new book, 2034, A Novel of the Next World War, co-written with Elliot Ackerman has sprinted to the top of the best seller’s lists. The novel, which harnesses...
Larry Kudlow: Economic Growth For Years if Dems “Don’t Fiddle with It”
Biden’s 100-day speech emphasized Democrat’s intentions to raise taxes aimed at wealthy individuals and investors. Republicans are decrying Biden’s tax plans as tantamount to shooting the American economy in the foot to get it to run when all economic indicators point to a bullish recovery if Biden would President Biden’s...
Alan Dershowitz: Way The Feds Treat Giuliani “Just Not Constitutional”
On April 28th, Federal agents raided Rudy Giuliani’s apartment and office, as part of an investigation into the attorney and former New York mayor for lobbying law violations, according to prosecutors. But reading between the lines, Alan Dershowitz, a constitutional law expert, told The Cats Roundtable the prosecution of...
Newt Gingrich: Biden “Dumbing Down” The United States
Whether it’s pushing for the statehood of Washington D.C., packing the Supreme Court, hiking taxes on investors and workers alike, or the passing of anti-Republican, anti-fossil fuel, and anti-business legislation, Democrats offer the gambit. But these series of unpopular policies and Democratic reliance on the culture war are also an...
Stephen Moore: Biden’s Economic Strategy? Taxes, Taxes, and More Taxes
If you’re feeling good about the economy, you’re not alone. But as market experts like Steven Moore caution, the recovery of the economy faces its biggest obstacle with a Biden administration bent on raising taxes. Rallying with the same enthusiasm that Americans are returning to daily life, Wall Street marched...
Secretary Mike Pompeo: US Adversaries Testing Biden
A Russian build-up on the Ukrainian border. Iranian promises to increase uranium enrichment. Chinese hacking of US infrastructure. North Korea’s renewal of its nuclear missile program. America’s policy of walking softly but carrying a big stick is being put to its biggest test under the Biden administration., As American...
Larry Kudlow: If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It
As spring reaches full-tilt, American economic optimism has hit a new stride. Bolstered by an accelerating vaccine program, the US workforce returned in droves as states lifted pandemic mandates, while the Dow climbed 160 points in its 4th straight week of gains. And while nothing good lasts forever, many...
CA Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis: California Poised to Face New and Old Challenges
Though no state was untouched by the difficulties of the last year, California was especially hard hit. On the heels of record-breaking fires, the world’s 5th largest economy was staggered by the coronavirus and subsequent lock-downs. As the vaccination program continues to ramp up across the country, businesses reopen,...
Gordon Chang: American People Will Force Biden’s Hand on China
New barbs are being thrown between the US and China, and the center of the conflict is the 2022 Olympic games. The Biden Administration has floated withdrawing from the international event, set to be hosted in Beijing, citing China’s numerous human rights abuses. But the drama over the Olympics belies...
Dick Morris: Democratic Policy is a Carrot on a Stick
The release of Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan has raised eyebrows on both sides of the aisle. Republicans argue that Biden’s price tag is far too much, and warn the addition of the Democratic-backed PRO Act would spell a complete rewriting of America as we know it. Political strategist joined...
Dr. Peter Michalos: A Renaissance The Understanding of the Aging Process
The quest for everlasting life has preoccupied human beings for thousands of years. But once reserved for the pages of science-fiction and the films of Hollywood, the mystery of life-longevity is being unlocked by a wave of new scientific research into the aging process. WABC’s in-resident medical expert, Dr. Peter...
Former NY Rep. Peter King: “Can’t Have This Constant Narrative the Police Are the Enemy”
Over 2.5 million vaccines are being delivered to Americans every day, sparking hope the days of business closures, state lock-downs, and remote learning can finally be a thing of the past. In New York City sports stadiums and outdoor music venues will be allowed to have limited crowds beginning April...
Larry Kudlow: Biden’s War on the Wealthy Is “Nonsense”
One of the many topics President Biden tried to tackle at the first presidential press conference of his administration was the question of his stance with American businesses. But Biden’s rhetoric has sparked concerns among lawmakers and business leaders that Democrats are intent on waging a class war on...
Newt Gingrich: Democrats Overseeing “Total Collapse” of Legislative Process
In the first short months of the Biden administration, a catalog of national security and foreign policy gaffs have critics questioning if Democrats have let ideology get in the way of policy. The missteps by Democrats in both Congress and the White House have turned into a potent message...
Gordon Chang: “Common Denominator” of Russia and Beijing is Biden
On Thursday, US State Department officials met with their Chinese counterparts in Alaska to discuss the future of US-China relations. But by the end of the day, according to Gordon Chang, an expert in US-China policy, the acrimony was apparent, and the Chinese foreign ministry had issued a statement...
Former Sec. of State Mike Pompeo: “No Evidence” Biden Intends Unity
As Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo brought Trump’s America First policies to the world stage. That policy, which spoke softly and carried a big stick, attempted to reassert American strength abroad while rebuilding confidence with her allies. But with the transition to a new Biden administration, Pompeo joined The...
Admiral James Stavridis: New Book Explores “Realistic” War with China
Nobody can predict the future. But if a writer is supposed to write what they know, then Admiral James Stavridis’ new book, 2034, A Novel of the Next World War, co-written with Elliot Ackerman, channels his decades of military experience into a future where US-China tensions have spilled into...
Steve Moore: A Roaring Recovery This Summer
With nearly 2 million Americans being vaccinated a day, infection rates falling, businesses and schools reopening, the feeling in the air is things are beginning to look on the bright side again. With 300,000 jobs added this February, this past week’s job’s report seemed to confirm that optimism, with economist...
Dr. William J Parker III: “Positive About The Outlook of The United States”
Even before he was sworn into office, Joe Biden campaigned on the promise to reverse the course of Trump-era policies at home and abroad. But national security experts and lawmakers are worried that the Biden administration could be slow to react to rising tensions around the world, tensions that...
Senator Tom Cotton: Unpopular Biden Policies Will Hurt Democrats At the Ballot Box
In Washington, when even those in the know are scratching their heads, you can be certain everyone else is not so sure either. But Senator Tom Cotton joined The Cats Roundtable to breakdown the climate in DC, what he thinks are the urgent priorities for the country, and why...
Chris Fenton: “We’ve Created a Mess for Us to Fix”
China was once seen to Hollywood as an untapped market of 1.4 billion people. Movie executives were eager to get Chinese audiences in theater seats watching Hollywood movies, even if that meant they would have to please Beijing. Chris Fenton, the former General Manager and Motion Picture Group President of...
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich: GOP Stronger in 2022
Democratic gaffs could spell new hope for Republicans in 2022, former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, told The Cats Roundtable this Sunday. “As people look at what a Biden administration and what the democrats in the House and Senate are trying to do, I think you’re likely to see...
Gordon Chang: China Emboldened By Biden Presidency
The Trump era saw a dramatic shift when it came to US-China relations. Promising to reinvigorate the American economy and cut unfair trade deals, the Trump administration took a hard line against what it saw as unfair trade practices and human rights abuses emanating from Beijing. But the incoming Biden...
Former Rep. Peter King: GOP Should Stop “Forming a Circular Firing Squad”
The Senate voted Saturday to acquit former President Trump on one article of impeachment. 57 Senators voted guilty, while 43 voted not guilty. Republican lawmakers, while condemning Trump’s part in the January 6th Capitol Hill riots, questioned the authority of Congress to try a former President, and as the...
Dr. Terrence Sejnowski: Breakthrough’s in Neurology Lead Have Led to Breakthroughs for AI
As the complexities and mysteries of the human brain are unlocked by neurologists, researchers are taking those discoveries and applying them to the invention of new, modern AI. “There has been a convergence over the last few years,” said Dr. Terrence Sejnowski about the cross-over of neurological research and AI...
Jim Chanos: A Week For the Ages
If you’re trying to make head or tails of Gamestop, you’re not alone. While the mainstream news and lawmakers alike have framed the viral rise of the game retailer's stock as a fight against the greed of hedge funds, while others have pointed to it as a worrying sign...
Dr. Peter Michalos: Important Developments in Fighting The Virus
Johnson & Johnson announced this week its one-shot vaccine was 72% effective against the virus in the US, heralding a new hope in the battle against Covid19. Though not as high as the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, its vaccine doesn’t require ultra-cold storage and is administered in one shot. Dr....
Mike Lindell: “I Have No Regrets”
Author, CEO, and inventor Mike Lindell defies the usual image of a businessman. His brutal honesty about his views of American life has often landed him in hot water with the liberal media, and today “the my pillow guy” has become the latest target of the post-Trump administration culture...
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich: “A New, 21st Century Contract With America”
In his inauguration address, President Biden echoed the growing calls for the unity of the nation to tackle the deep-seated partisanship and distrust at the heart of American institutions. Former Speaker Newt Gingrich told The Cats Roundtable that he found Biden’s “theme of unity” were “shaped correctly” to this contentious...
Ed Rendell: When the President is Doing Well, The Country Does Well
Joe Biden has come out this past week promising a flurry of executive decisions in his first weeks in office and announced a sweeping coronavirus relief plan that sought to establish to infrastructure for rapid vaccine distribution and economic relief to hard-hit Americans. Former Pennsylvania Governor, Ed Rendell, joined The...
Alan Dershowitz: Snap Impeachments Make for Dangerous Precedents
The country continues to reel in the fallout from the January 6th storming of Capitol Hill, with Democrats in the House moving to impeach President Trump for “incitement of insurrection.” But with only days left until President-elect Joe Biden takes office, both lawmakers and constitutional experts have condemned the impeachment...
Gordon Chang: 2021 Starts With “Unrelenting Propaganda Assault” from China, Russia
Even before the fall of the events on Capitol Hill could be debated, digested, and dissected, America’s foes were celebrating. Scenes from Washington this Wednesday reverberated around the world, shocking Americans, stunning US allies and emboldening her adversaries. Gordon Chang told The Cats Roundtable that America’s enemies, such as China,...
Dr. Arthur Caplan: Vaccine: “Let’s Get It Moving”
America’s vaccine rollout has fallen short of its goal of 20 million vaccinations by the new year. Reports of vaccines going unused around the country continue to grow, whether because of bureaucratic red tape, or public skepticism and disinformation. But medical experts across the country are almost unanimous that...
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich: “I’m Frankly an Optimist as We Enter 2021”
This next week, decades could happen, with voters headed to the polls January 5th in the crucial Georgia senate run-off elections, while Congress is scheduled to certify the 2020 presidential results on January 6th. Former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich joined The Cats Roundtable to bread down the all-for-nothing...
Sidney Powell: Don’t Wait for January 6th “To Make Your Voices Heard”
On January 2nd, a dozen GOP senators have promised to delay the certification of the 2020 presidential election on January 6th. The Senators intend to “reject the electors” from states disputed by President Trump unless an emergency audit of the election results is completed. But the Trump team is hoping...
Rep Peter King: White House “Can’t Have It Both Ways”
With pandemic unemployment benefits and eviction moratoriums set to expire at the end of this year, the future of an urgently needed relief bill was thrown into limbo this past week when President Trump called the bipartisan measure a “disgrace,” and demanded one-time $600 payments to be increased to...
Scott Pruitt: Biden Energy Policy a Return to the “Great Unknown”
In 2016, Trump ran on a campaign that promised to undue Obama-era energy regulations and has largely delivered, including removing the US from the Paris Climate Accord while fostering a business-oriented approach to environmental protection at home. But many such as the former Administrator of the EPA, Scott Pruitt, are...
Peter Navarro: 2020 Election Steal Coordinated
On Thursday, economist Peter Navarro, who leads the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, released a report on voter irregularities, where he catalogs what he has called the “six dimensions of election irregularities” that stole the election from President Trump. “What I wanted to do was figure out how Donald...
Rep. Peter King: Relief Package Offers a “New Chapter”
Congress seems to have reached a compromise on a new relief package. But on Capitol Hill, nothing is certain until the ink is dry. Representative Peter King joined The Cats Roundtable on the eve of the Sunday vote on the new relief package to say he hoped this vote would...
Gordon Chang: China Remains “Grave Risk” to US
China has taken a backseat as America looks toward a new vaccine, waits for the outcome of a historic election, and watches congress stall on a new relief package. But experts such as Gordon Chang are sounding the alarm on China’s recent efforts to subvert, and, in Chang’s opinion, outright...
Alan Dershowitz: Trump Needs “Perfect Storm” To Turn Election Results
Friday, the Supreme Court dealt a significant blow to President Trump’s attempts to win the presidential election, declining to hear a lawsuit brought forward by the Texas Attorney General. The lawsuit, which challenged the election results in four key battleground states, was supported by 107 GOP lawmakers and over...
Mayor Giuliani: 2020 Election Fraud Some of the “Worst in US History”
The President’s quest to prove he won the November 3rd election continues, with his campaign taking their case of widespread voter fraud to the courts and state legislatures in key battleground states. Leading the helm of the President’s legal challenges, former New York Mayor, and Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani,...
Larry Kudlow: The Key Message: “Help is On the Way”
This Sunday, Kudlow told The Cats Roundtable that the “overall economy is probably stronger” than the Friday jobs report numbers to suggest. Trump’s economic advisor pushed back on criticisms of the jobs report, simply saying, “I don’t buy it.” “I want to point out, a 6.7 percent unemployment is a...
Newt Gingrich: Biden Promises a Return to the Swamp
President Trump took to Fox News on Sunday to vow he would continue to pursue his legal options as he takes on allegations of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, as well as claiming he had “won the election easily.” At stake to many in this election is...
Reince Priebus: Trump’s Clean Case in Wisconsin
While the election battle in Pennsylvania has taken center stage, Republicans such as Trump’s former Chief of Staff, Reince Priebus, believe the media is failing to report on Trump’s fight in other battleground states like Wisconsin, where the President’s legal team has built a “good legal argument” in their...
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel: We Need an Election Overhaul
With Thanksgiving week all but underway, the Trump campaign has vowed to continue to dispute election results in key battleground states. Trump has alleged widespread voter irregularities in the 2020 presidential election, related to mail-in ballots and voting software systems, and has refused to concede until the claims have...
Senator Todd Young: Republicans Mobilized for Georgia Run-Off
While the presidential election results continue to fight it out in the courts, attention has turned to the Senate, and more specifically to Georgia, where Democrats hope to tip the balance of power in two run-off Senate elections. Indiana Senator Todd Young joined The Cats Roundtable that he was “really...
Senator Rand Paul: President Trump Has Right to Pursue Evidence of Irregularity
The November election has proven, two weeks on, to be mired with suspicion, conspiracy, and controversy. While major news outlets from Fox News to the Associated Press have called the race for Joe Biden, the final call still rests with the electoral college, which meets on December 14th. As...
Rudi Giuliani: “Substantial Fraud” in Dominion System and Mail-in Ballots
This Sunday, President Trump’s campaign continues to pursue legal action in key battleground states, while top GOP lawmakers have thrown their support behind the President’s right to pursue allegations that widespread fraud had skewered the election results. Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer, is one of the most outspoken critics of...
Former PA. Governor Ed Rendell: Presidency “Will Be Tough Job for Anybody”
On Saturday, Democrat Joe Biden was projected to become the President-Elect of the US, but President Trump and other Republicans have been quick to push back that the final results are yet-to-be-determined. Both candidates used the final days of the campaign season to make their appeal in the key battleground...
Former Senator Joe Lieberman: “Don’t Ever Bet Against America”
Picture 038 America has chosen, but which way she’s chosen remains to be heard. On November 6th, even as reports that Democrat Joe Biden was projected to become the President-Elect of the United States, President Trump issued a statement that promised the “election is far from over”...
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich: A Vote For Trump is a Vote To Keep the Country Open
This Sunday, it’s down to the wire in a Presidential election that’s one for the record books. Americans have turned out in record numbers for early voting, while millions of Americans have opted to vote by mail in the midst of the coronavirus. Former speaker of the house, Newt Gingrich,...
Former Governor Scott Walker: Trump Speaks for Forgotten Americans
There’s a common question going around: is 2020’s election looking a lot like 2016’s? From the states that are looking to determine the election to the poll numbers that show Democratic nominee Joe Biden leading President Trump into November third, it does sound familiar. With toss-ups in swing-states like Wisconsin...
Larry Kudlow: Trump “A Tide That Raises All Ships”
President Trump spent Thursday’s final presidential debate attacking Biden as a liberal who promised to socialize everything from energy to health care. The President also spent the debate making the case his economic policies were needed to lead America back to the historic economic highs they saw prior to...
Alan Dershowitz: “We Have to Appreciate Where We Are”
This Thursday, President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden debated for the last time before the November election. On Sunday, Dershowitz told The Cats Roundtable the debate failed to bring the hard questions to the President or to Biden. “I think the debate, from the American point-of-view, was terrible,”...
Governor Ed Rendell: Two Weeks is an Eternity in Politics
Two weeks out from the election, President Trump returned to the campaign trail in key battleground states. Even as poll numbers show the President lagging Democratic nominee Joe Biden in states like Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, nobody is ready to call the race, and two weeks can change everything. “Two weeks...
Bill O’Reilly: This is What the Left Will Bring You
This week President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden spoke at “dueling” town halls on Thursday, sparking a debate about the treatment of the candidates by the major news networks. Conservative critics such Bill O’Reilly were quick to point out a streak of bad faith in the President’s...
Speaker Newt Gingrich: “The American Public Deserves a Straight-on Debate”
The countdown for the November election continues to tick down, and to many, like former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Following a whirlwind week in Washington that included the vice presidential debate on October 7th, Gingrich joined The Cats Roundtable to break down...
Stephen Moore: We Could Have a “Sonic Boom Economy” if States Open Safely
The White House said the September jobs report showed “American grit,” with the nation adding 661,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate falling to 7.9%. But as the Trump administration touts the numbers as signs the country is returning to its pre-pandemic beat, media reports have pointed out that job...
Judge Jeanine Pirro: Trump’s The Fighter We Need, Biden a “Trojan Horse”
The gloves came off on September 29th, when President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden met each other at the first presidential debate. As moderator Chris Wallace attempted to direct the two political giants, the incumbent and his opponent exchanged in a debate unlike any in recent memory. Judge Jeanine Pirro...
Senator Ron Johnson: Democrats Behind Shadow “Coup” of the President
If anyone thought fate was finished with this election season, 2020 has something else in mind. Early Friday morning, President Trump announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus, The President’s physician, Sean Conley, said he was “cautiously optimistic” with the President’s condition, as he undergoes treatment at Walter...
GOP Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel: We’re Not Taking Our Foot Off The Gas”
With the first Presidential debate of 2020 around the corner, this Tuesday, September 29th, President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will meet for the first time on stage to give their almost polar opposite takes on America. Trump has hit the campaign trail hard ahead of the debates, and...
Representative Peter King: “Standing with the Men and Women Who Wear the Blue”
Representative King joined The Cats Roundtable to give his strong stance against the stalemate in Washington and the failure of Democrats to stand up for law enforcement in the face of violent protests. His commentse this Sunday came on the heels of another derisive week in Washington, capped by Trump’s...
Alan Dershowitz: Israel, U.A.E., Bahrain Deal “Absolutely Remarkable.”
This past Tuesday, Attorney Alan Dershowitz filed a lawsuit against CNN for $300 million, alleging that the company slandered and libeled him when it edited comments he made during the Senate hearings for Trump’s impeachment trial. He told The Cats Roundtable that he would prove CNN “can’t get away with...
Dr. Li-Meng Yan: Covid-19: “If It Looks Like a Duck, and Quacks Like a Duck, It’s a Duck.”
In December 2019, when reports first started trickling in that SARS-like symptoms were appearing in Wuhan, China, Dr. Li-Meng Yan was assigned by her supervisor at the HKU (a WHO research center) to conduct a “secret investigation” into the rumors. Yan learned that the virus, contrary to official statements, was...
Newt Gingrich: This Is an “All Out War”
Trump again cast doubts this past Saturday on mail-in balloting during the 2020 election, tweeting that “the Unsolicited Mail In Ballot Scam” was a “major threat to our Democracy.” The President’s concerns that voting by mail is a recipe for fraud, have drawn ire from his critics, who say in-person...
Sarah Huckabee Sanders: On Biden—“That’s Not Conviction, That’s Convenience”
Nobody would argue that President Trump, even before he was elected in 2016, has courted controversy. From the best-seller lists to the top of the network ratings, the President has been targeted relentlessly by commentators, former associates, celebrities, and opponents, with nearly every scandal thrown his way failing to...
Gordon Chang: China is Messing Around
From the ports of Taiwan to the hills of Hong Kong, from the mountains of India to the seas of the Philippines, China has used the world’s preoccupation with the coronavirus pandemic to stamp down on dissent and stoke the fears of war. Gordon Chang joined The Cats Roundtable...
Andrew McCarthy: “Follow the Money” Behind the Protests
This past Monday, a federal appeals court blocked Michael Flynn and the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss his case. With November looming, the move has experts, like former assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew McCarthy, warning that the federal judge could drag the case until after the election. “I think what’s going...
Rudy Giuliani: Democrats Keep Silent On Rising Crime
“How can the Democrat party ask to lead our country, when it spends so much time tearing down our country?” Trump’s words echoed off the south lawn this past Thursday as he formally accepted the GOP nomination for the 2020 election. The speakers on the final night of the Republican...
Stephen Moore: The Markets Want Trump
This past Thursday, President Trump accepted the nomination at the Republican National Convention, less as the incumbent, and more as the stonewalled contender that came to office in 2016. With a message directed to paint him and the GOP as the answer to fears Democrats have failed to grasp,...
Newt Gingrich: DNC Proves Trump’s The Authentic Candidate
While Democrats capped this week off with positive vibes—how did they do? While a chorus of commentators have said Joe Biden exceeded expectations, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich told The Cats Roundtable that he believes it again opens Trump to make the argument that he is the...
Sean Hannity: Live Free or Die: The Choice of This Election
The Democratic National Convention this past week saw Democrats make their arguments for a Joe Biden Presidency. Next week, the Republicans will have the chance to make their case for four more years of Trump. But responses to the Democratic National Convention have been mixed, with many, like Fox News’...
Kimberly Guilfoyle & Donald Trump Jr.: Blazing the Campaign Trail—The People Want Trump
Less than three months until the November Presidential election, and President Trump’s campaign is in full-swing, with voices like Kimberly Guilfoyle and Donald Trump Jr.’s touring the circuit and whipping up support among a population who they say are fed up with the state of the country and the...
Rudy Giuliani: Trump Will Get This Country on a Track of Law and Order
On August 14th, Attorney General Bill Barr announced a former FBI lawyer is expected to plead guilty for his role in the Mueller investigation. The announcement came as part of John Durham’s probe into the FBI’s handling of the 2016 Trump-Russia investigations. Democrats have called Durham’s probe a “politically...
Senator Tom Cotton: Mail-in Voting “Ripe for Fraud”
President Trump signed an executive order banning the popular Chinese social media apps, TikTok and WeChat, in the latest escalation of U.S.-China tensions. Senator Tom Cotton commended the President’s decision to ban the apps, telling The Cats Roundtable that China uses apps like TikTok to build “massive profiles on...
Senator Marsha Blackburn: China is Not Our Friend
President Trump has been hawkish towards China since he entered office in 2016, with an intent to reverse what he viewed as a decades-old exploitation of American markets. The pandemic has seen a new string of retaliations against Beijing, with the U.S. shutting down the Chinese consulate in Houston,...
Senator Rand Paul: You Can’t Hide Inflation Forever
As Congress debates the outlines for a new pandemic relief package, conservatives like Senator Rand Paul have taken an outspoken stand against what they see as a lack of fiscal discipline. Negotiations between Republicans and Democrats stalled after McConnell pledged to keep the size of the aid package...
Gordon Chang: Biden Has Made It Clear He Has Pro-China Views
Hong Kong’s leader announced Friday that it will postpone legislative elections for a year because of the coronavirus outbreak. Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s decision, which has the support of the Chinese central government, drew international criticism, with commentators like Gordon Chang concerned Beijing is using the pandemic...
Representative Scalise: “Game-changer” Vaccine Could Come in a Few Weeks
This past week Congress shifted into high gear to pass a second coronavirus relief bill, and the Trump administration awarded a $3 billion contract to Pfizer and a German biotech firm to deliver over 100 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine. The news from Washington coincided with a rise in...
Representative Peter King: America Rises to Meet Every Challenge
With unprecedented news in the hunt for a coronavirus vaccine, Senate Republicans announced this past week that they have agreed to a framework for a second pandemic aid package. This as the U.S. closed a Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas following a series of digital attacks on American intellectual...
Congressman Tom Emmer: Hypocrisy Must Be Voted Out
Trump entered the White House promising to “drain the swamp,” and following growing calls from Democrats to defund the police in response to social unrest across the country, the President and GOP lawmakers are again echoing the President’s 2016 slogan. Democratic critics say a radical status-quo has set over the...
John McLaughlin: Polls Don’t Count “Hidden Trump Vote”
There’s no debate that the 2020 Presidential Election is shaping up to be a historical one. Polls showing President Trump trailing presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has supporters of the President saying, “not so fast.” With many days between now and November, pollsters like John McLaughlin say that the recent...
Gordon Chang: We Need to Send a Strong Message to China
This past Tuesday, FBI Director Wray warned that China posed the “greatest threat” to the U.S., adding that over half of the bureau’s 5,000 counterintelligence cases were linked to China. But the Director’s warning isn’t just out of the blue. Gordon Chang joined The Cats Roundtable to navigate where the...
Ambassador Patrick Theros: Importance of The Mediterranean To U.S. Foreign Policy
From oil collapse to civil war, the events on the Mediterranean over the past decade have echoed across the world, and have often found themselves in America’s backyard. Ambassador Patrick Theros, the former ambassador to Qatar, joined The Cats Roundtable to untangle the paradoxes of a region that has played...
Dr. Oz: On Virus Resurgence, Masks, and Vaccine News
Dr. Oz told The Cats Roundtable that he was “struck by the pessimism” surrounding the coronavirus resurgence, and wanted to highlight the facts of the situation to help give people a better perspective on what to do about the resurgence. President Trump and other commentators have pointed to an increasing...
Bruce Mosler, Colonel Jack Jacobs, and Ken Fisher: Our Duty To Support Troops Beyond The Uniform
239 years after the initial signing of the Declaration of Independence, this Fourth of July is one for the history books. Despite half of the states pulling back on reopenings as the coronavirus surges, Americans across the country are marking the date with reflection and celebration for those on...
Sidney Powell: I Will Keep Fighting Until This is Set Right
On June 24th, the federal appeals court overseeing former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s case, ordered that charges against the General to be dropped. But the U.S. district judge Emmet Sullivan has stunned commentators by not signing off on the court’s decision, effectively putting Flynn’s case on hold in what...
NY Senator Robert Ortt: New York GOP Stands as “Alternative” To Extreme Policies
New York State Senate Minority Leader Robert Ortt joined The Cats Roundtable to discuss what the state GOP is seeking to accomplish under his leadership, and why the increasingly radical Democratic platform offers an opportunity for Republicans to rebuild in 2020. Ortt now heads a party that only two years...
Rudy Giuliani: President Can Fire U.S. Attorney If He Wants To
This past Saturday, President Trump fired U.S. Attorney of Manhattan Geoffrey Berman at the suggestion of Attorney General Bill Barr. Berman refused to step down after Barr issued a statement on Friday that said he would be replaced by Jay Clayton, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The President’s...
Corey Lewandowski: Trump Has Built It Once, “We’ll Build It Again”
Attention for most of the past week has focused on the President’s Saturday campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but eyes are increasingly glued to the presidential election this upcoming November. While protests and unrest have spread across the country as it attempts to reopen amid a global pandemic, many...
Newt Gingrich: “Dangerous to Have Some Extremist Define What We’re Allowed to Think”
As protests over the death of George Floyd continue to erupt across the country, President Donald Trump has condemned Antifa for instigating violence and looting at the marches. The President has tweeted that the U.S. will designate Antifa as a terrorist organization. The far-left, anti-fascist group has borne the brunt...
John McLaughlin: Media Polls “Shortchanging” Republicans and Trump Voters
With the November Presidential elections less than five months away, a number of media polls have emerged that show President Trump trailing behind Biden. But poll experts, like John McLaughlin, believe the public should take the numbers with a grain of salt, especially when those numbers fit into a...
Dr. Fauci: “Cautiously Optimistic” We Have Flattened the Curve
While protests and unrest roil across the U.S., the conversation has shifted away from recovery and reopening, but experts are warning that we can’t forget the virus. Dr. Fauci, the Director of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institute of Health, joined us to bring America up-to-date in the...
Senator Rick Scott: Buy American to Help Americans
The May Job Report unemployment rate fell to 13.3 percent as many Americans returned to work since stay-at-home orders around the country eased. On The Cats Roundtable this past week, Florida Senator Rick Scott said that the drop in unemployment reflected people’s eagerness to “get this economy going again.” “In...
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: Twitter Showing It’s True Colors As a “Political Operation”
Questions and concerns about the role and responsibility social media play reached a tipping point this past week. Twitter flagged tweets by President Trump after the social media giant said he promoted unsubstantiated claims that mail-in ballots can lead to voter fraud. The company went on to flag the President’s...
Bill O’Reilly: “I Think the Folks Have Spoken”
Bill O’Reilly joined The Cats Roundtable to break down this past heated week in the news. Protests have spilled into violence across the country following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Monday. O’Reilly called Floyd’s death, which was captured on video and quickly went viral on social...
Jeff Cathey and Ken Fisher: Give Veterans The Support and Opportunities They Need
It’s Memorial Day weekend, and Americans are not letting a pandemic stop the holiday. As the country pauses to celebrate, The Cats Roundtable is joined by Jeff Cathey and Ken Fisher to discuss what it’s like to be on the front lines in taking care of our veterans, service members,...
Admiral James Stavridis: A Pretty Big Message for Memorial Day
This Memorial Day weekend offers Americans a chance to pause and reflect, to reconvene, and join together after what is doubtlessly a difficult time. While the nation celebrates service members and veterans, almost 200,000 Americans are currently deployed abroad, and James Stavridis hopes that Americans can reflect on the duty...
Newt Gingrich: Reelecting Trump is “Key” to the Rule of Law
Newt Gingrich joined The Cats Roundtable to break down a myriad of topics, such as the growing international criticism of China, and the spread of the coronavirus from Europe to the U.S. He also discussed what Michael Flynn’s trial means for conservatives, and unravels the divide hiding in the...
Chris Christie: Americans Have Never Walked Away from Risk
After the stunning reversal of the Justice Department in early May to dismiss the charges against former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn earlier, a federal judge delayed the decision this past Tuesday. Flynn’s case had been under review by Attorney General William Barr, who found that Flynn had committed no...
Stephen Moore: Lockdown has “Shut Down The Livelihood of So Many Americans”
Late this past March, state and local governments issued social-distancing orders to stop the pandemic, causing businesses to shutter overnight, while sending millions of workers into unemployment. Now, as the pace of the virus slows, state by state, governors are facing mounting pressure to get businesses operating and workers back...
Congressman Peter King: Michael Flynn is a “True Patriot”
After this week’s stunning announcement from the Department of Justice that it would be dropping criminal charges against Michael Flynn, Congressman Peter King joined The Cats Roundtable to discuss new revelations into the FBI’s investigation of Flynn and why the case was dropped. Flynn had pleaded guilty in December 2017...
Sidney Powell: New Unsealed FBI Documents “Absolutely Stunning”
This past week the Justice Department unsealed files from the FBI that cast light on agents' motivations for investigating Michael Flynn as part of Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia investigation. Flynn was charged, and pleaded guilty to making false statements following an interview with the FBI in January 2017, surrounding his communications...
Stephen Moore: Deflation Can Be a Killer for Recovery
Stores are beginning to open across the country as the calls to get Americans back to work have grown deafening in past weeks. Thirty-four states announced that they are easing social-distance restrictions or scaling back their guidelines, allowing some businesses to reopen at reduced capacity. Critics of social-distancing guidelines say...
Dr. Mehmet Oz: Taking a Step Back Does Not Mean Stopping In Our Tracks
As President Trump and governors across the country suggest the cautious reopening of America, with Georgia allowing some nonessential businesses to restart this past Friday, many Americans are wondering if things are moving too fast. Dr. Mehmet Oz joined The Cats Roundtable to take stock of the current fight against...
Rudy Giuliani: States Reopening are “Doing Us a Favor”
As the coronavirus reaches its critical mass in some states, restrictions are beginning to lift in others. In Georgia, some nonessential businesses were allowed to reopen this Friday, with a dozen other states announcing their first steps towards reopening their economies. Former New York Mayor and President Trump’s attorney, Rudy...
Fred Hochberg: Trade is Not a Four Letter Word
One important conversation of the coronavirus is how the current crisis is impacting long-standing trends within international business, trade, and manufacturing. Even before the virus hit, an increase in automation and artificial intelligence has allowed companies around the world to hire smaller staffs while increasing efficiency, leaving many American workers...
Rudy Giuliani: We Will Come Out of This Stronger
During this past Thursday’s White House coronavirus briefing, President Trump and the task force came together to combat the virus; they introduced new guidelines for states to get back moving as soon as May 1st, with governors, such as New York’s Andrew Cuomo, discussing their own guidelines to get...
Dr. Mehmet Oz: We Are Breaking Down Barriers to Fight This Disease
The coronavirus undoubtedly took the world by surprise, but it did not catch doctors and researchers sitting down. Even as the pandemic impacts billions of lives, the search for treatments, both practical and theoretical, have accelerated to meet the crisis head on. Dr. Mehmet Oz joined The Cats Roundtable to...
Bill O’Reilly: This is A Defining Moment In All of Our Lives
Even as the coronavirus slowly begins to loosen its hold on American life, the culture wars seem to be speeding up. Author and journalist, Bill O’Reilly, joined The Cats Roundtable to discuss this moment in history and why the disease seems to be dividing Americans when it should be uniting...
James Carville: “Anybody’s Guess” If Election Will Happen in November
As the coronavirus continues to reroute American life, the business-as-usual routine of politics remains up in the air. With the Democratic Convention possibly postponed, and growing calls for Bernie Sanders to exit the race for favorite Joe Biden, Democrats are eyeing the election this November with increasing apprehension. Democratic analyst James...
Dr. Ian Lipkin: “I Just Know What We Need to Do” to Fight Pandemic
Dr. Ian Lipkin, professor of Epidemiology, and Director of the Center of Infection and Immunity at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, joined The Cats Roundtable to address the treatments being tested to confront the coronavirus. Dr. Lipkin, who came down with the coronavirus in New York himself, after...
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise: Relief Package Is a Matter of Life or Death for Businesses
This past Friday, President Donald Trump signed a $2 trillion dollar economic stimulus bill, rolling out financial relief for millions of Americans, reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. House Minority Whip, Steve Scalise, joined The Cats Roundtable to give details about what Americans can expect from the stimulus package, and the...
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich: This is Not a Permanent Detour
The coronavirus has mixed into nearly every corner of the world, but leaders like President Trump are worried that the response, including mass shelter-in-place orders, the closing of businesses, and the shutting down of industries, could hit the economy worse than the pandemic. With markets rattled, healthcare systems stretched...
Congressman Peter King: The Spirit Best Suited for this Crisis is the American Spirit
On this edition of The Cats Roundtable, the world shifts to face a new normal as the coronavirus spreads. Cities across the U.S. are shutting down services, while entire states issued shelter-in-place orders to combat the growing number of coronavirus cases. The attempts to stem the spread of the coronavirus...
Stephen Moore: Long-Term Solutions to Keep This a Short-Term Crisis
Tens of millions of Americans have been put under shelter-in-place orders as coronavirus cases continue to rise. States and cities have shuttered businesses and restricted non-essential travel to limit the spread of the virus. As of Friday, the CDC reported 15,219 coronavirus cases in the U.S. Congress and the White...
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: We Need Public Officials like Catsimatidis
Following a roller-coaster week on Wall Street brought on by the apprehension of the coronavirus, President Trump declared a national emergency and tweeted his support for a bipartisan aid package in Congress that will free up resources for Americans. The President’s declaration and the activity in Washington came as ordinary...
Gordon Chang: A Time for Self-Sufficiency
Doubtless, the world has changed over the last thirty days. As the coronavirus escaped China to cripple countries from South Korea to Italy, people all over the world are often left in the dark as they deal with disruptions to every level of daily life. Gordon Chang, attorney, columnist, and...
Steve Moore: Keeping An Eye On The Long-Term
This past Friday, the latest jobs report said employers had added 273,000 jobs this February, while the unemployment rate remained at a 3.5 percent, 50-year low. Friday Morning, Director of the National Economic Council, Larry Kudlow, announced the jobs report showed a “sturdy economy.” The news came as the novel...
Dr. Mehmet Oz: Americans Come Together In Times of Crisis
As of Sunday, the total number of global coronavirus cases surpassed 105,000, including 3,500 fatalities, with at least 400 cases in the U.S. Congress approved $8.3 billion to fund a public response to the virus, while New York Governor Cuomo declared a state of emergency on Saturday. Dr. Mehmet Oz...
Newt Gingrich: “Sanders 2020” Terrifies Democrats
Last week President Trump named Vice President Pence to head his administration’s efforts against the coronavirus, allotting 2.5 billion dollars to combat the novel virus. The President faced almost immediate backlash from Democratic lawmakers, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accusing the President of “hiding the truth.” Newt Gingrich told...
Admiral James Stavridis: Optimistic About American Standing
Former Head of NATO Admiral James Stavridis sat down with The Cats Roundtable to give his take on the latest news out of the middle east, including a peace deal in Afghanistan between the US and the Taliban, tentatively ending America’s longest war. He also broke down the tensions...
Judge Andrew Napolitano: Clear the Roger Stone Trial is Unfair, But We Have to See Where it Goes
Roger Stone was sentenced to serve 36 to 40 months in prison on February 20th, but Stone is lobbying in court for a new trial, claiming juror misconduct, alleging the jury foreperson, Tomeka Hart, holds a bias against the President and the GOP. With the Roger Stone saga far from...
NJ Representative Jeff Van Drew: The Democratic Party Left Me
New Jersey Congressman Jeff Van Drew joined The Cats Roundtable to explain how his blue-dog values have found a home in the GOP, and why he’s still got his eye on bridging the aisle. Even in his early political career, Van Drew describes himself as a “blue-dog Democrat,” building “good...
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: Democrats Are Falling Apart
Following the acquittal of President Trump in his impeachment trial earlier this month, four federal prosecutors resigned from the case against Roger Stone after the Justice Department recommended reduced sentencing guidelines for the former Trump associate. Stone had been accused of obstruction, making false statements, and witness tampering, and,...
Dick Morris: In Democratic Primaries, Bloomberg Has a Chance
The Democratic Primary race is in full swing, starting this Sunday, with two more Democratic debates until Super Tuesday. As the race grows tighter, political strategist, pollster, and commentator, Dick Morris, joined The Cats Roundtable to share his research into the primaries, what the current results mean for the...
Professor Alan Dershowitz: Democrats Shoot Themselves In The Foot
The Senate acquitted Trump this past Wednesday, but the impact of the impeachment trial is just getting started. Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz caused the ire of Democrats for his defense of the President during the trial. Senate Minority Leader Schumer rebuked Dershowitz, claiming that Dershowitz would have argued against...
Dr. Philp Stieg: They’re Still Trying to Come Up With the Perfect Helmet
Following the Super Bowl last Sunday, the attention has turned to what the NFL and other organizations have been doing to lower the risk of concussions, including new helmets and new regulations. Dr. Philip Stieg, chairman, and founder of the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center, joined The Cats Roundtable...
Congressman Peter King: Trump Will Be “Full Steam Ahead” After Impeachment Vote
The impeachment trial for President Trump is expected to reach a vote this upcoming Wednesday, with an acquittal expected from the Republican-controlled Senate. The Senate voted down a motion to hear from witnesses on Friday, including John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Trump, who in a forthcoming book...
Steve Moore: Don’t Sell Your Stocks, Folks
The coronavirus outbreak in China rattled global markets last week, before seeming to stabilize as the virus was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization on Friday. The death toll from the new virus rose over 300 this Sunday, and President Trump signed an order barring...
Former Australia PM Tony Abbott: Australia and U.S. Close In Spirit
Tony Abbott, former Prime Minister of Australia, joined The Cats Roundtable to brief listeners on the wildfires in Australia, why the United States and Australia remain close in spirit, and what a new U.S.-China trade deal could learn from Australia’s relationship with China. “I think it’s important to remind the...
Fred Hochberg: U.S. Needs Jobs for the Future, Not Jobs from the Past
Former President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Fred Hochberg, joined The Cats Roundtable to untangle the knot on the economy, as well as detail the release of his new book, Trade is Not A Four-Letter Word. President Trump has seemingly used trade tariffs against certain countries, to...
Dr. Joshua Hare: Can Stem Cell Therapy Stop Aging?
Founding Director of the University of Miami Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute at Miller School of Medicine, Dr. Joshua Hare, joined The Cats Roundtable to talk about the progress in the field of stem cell research, and why stem cells could be an answer for diseases with unmet needs. The ISCI...
Congressman Lee Zeldin: Impeachment Hijacks The Interests of The American People
This past Wednesday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi formally signed the impeachment articles and delivered them to the Senate onThursday, where Chief Justice John Robert presided as members began swearing in jurors for President Trump’s impeachment trial, set to start next Tuesday. The impeachment trial is only the third...
Representative Kevin McCarthy: America’s More Than a Country, It’s an Idea
Following the death of Iranian General Soleimani in a drone strike last week, and the Iranian military response this past Tuesday, the tension wasn’t limited to the Middle East. Even as Iranian and U.S. leaders stepped back from military conflict, partisanship on Capitol Hill flared regarding the President’s decision...
James Stavridis: Death of Soleimani Has A Clarifying Effect on the Minds of Others
This week, tensions between Iran and the U.S. reached a crescendo, following President Trump’s authorization to kill Iranian General, Qasem Soleimani, in a drone-strike outside Baghdad airport last week. In retaliation, Iran launched ten missiles at two Iraqi military bases housing U.S. troops this past Tuesday. Former head of NATO,...
Larry Kudlow: 2020 Will Be For Everyday Americans
Larry Kudlow, Director of the National Economic Council, joined The Cats Roundtable this Sunday to discuss President Trump’s vision for the economy in 2020. From trade deals with China to surging consumer confidence, Kudlow gives the case for economic growth this election year. In 2019, the stock market saw a...
Ed Cox: Let’s Not Go Down This Path Again
Ed Cox, former chairman of the New York State Committee and son-in-law of former President Nixon, joined The Cats Roundtable to compare and contrast the impeachment of President Trump and the impeachment inquiries into President Nixon. The impeachment articles of President Trump are expected to reach a vote in the...
Dr. Sebastian Gorka: Vote To Stop A Silent Coup
With the Inspector General's report into the Russia investigation out, Dr. Sebastian Gorka, former Deputy Assistant to President Trump, joined The Cats Roundtable to discuss the fallout, as well as give his case as to why you should get out and vote in the historical 2020 presidential elections. He...
Assistant to the President Peter Navarro: A Bull Market for 2020
With the new year around the corner, The Cats Roundtable is asking: What Will Happen in 2020? Assistant to the President and Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, Peter Navarro came in to give his forecasts on the bulls. This past year’s jobs’ reports have been the best they’ve been,...
Dr. Carter Page: Damage Done By FISA Courts “Incalculable”
Last week, a Justice Department’s Inspector General created a report into the Russia investigation that railed the FISA documents filed against former Trump campaign associate Dr. Carter Page. Those filings, beginning in the fall of 2016, according to Inspector General Michael Horowitz, contained 17 flaws and omissions. Attorney General...
Newt Gingrich: A Word of Thanks for All Americans
Joining The Cats Roundtable from the Vatican this pre-Christmas Sunday is former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich. He railed the impeachment of President Trump, discussed the appeal of the Democratic presidential candidates, and gave his case as to why listeners should pick up his new book, Trump vs....
Congressman Lee Zeldin: Democrats Throwing 2020 Chances Under the Bus
This Friday, the House Judiciary Committee took the historic step of passing articles of impeachment against the President. Simultaneously, Washington, in a reversal of its present deadlock, seems bent on cleaning the legislative slate by the end of the year. New York Representative Lee Zeldin checked in with The...
Gordon Chang: On the Front Lines of Freedom
On Friday, the U.S. and China announced phase 1 of a trade deal, giving a glimpse into the end of the trade war sought by both countries. The Chinese announced it would cut tariffs on $360 billion of U.S. goods, with commitments to purchase U.S. agriculture, while the U.S....
Congressman Peter King: Democrats Spinning the Wheels
Congressman Peter King checked back into The Cats Roundtable following the announcement this Thursday by Speaker Pelosi calling for the drafting of the articles of impeachment against President Trump. He gave his case on why the average American is against impeachment, and how Democrats are stonewalling important legislation in...
Alan Dershowitz: Can’t Impeach On Basis of This Record Alone
This Sunday Alan Dershowitz joined The Cats Roundtable in the wake of a week of meetings at the House Judiciary Committee, and Thursday's announcement from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that she would inform the committees to draft articles of impeachment against President Trump. Dershowitz spoke about the impeachment process,...
Steve Moore: America’s Medicine: A Strong Dollar with a Healthy Dose of Confidence
Steve Moore joined The Cats Roundtable this Thanksgiving weekend to give thanks for the record-long expansion of the U.S. economy, the strength of the U.S. dollar, as well his confidence and skepticism regarding new rumors of a U.S.-China trade deal. Despite the yearlong trade war with China, the U.S. economy...
Joe Lieberman: Congress: Learn to Walk and Chew Gum at the Same Time
Picture 038 Former Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman joined The Cats Roundtable to give his case for compromise and civility in public discourse, his No Labels movement, as well as his feelings on Bloomberg’s presidential bid, Israel, and beyond. Senator Lieberman wastes no time in sounding off for...
Congresswoman Elsie Stefanik: Common Sense Will Prevail In Impeachment Hearings
New York Representative Elsie Stefanik, member of the House intelligence committee, stopped into The Cats Roundtable to give her take from inside the impeachment hearings—why the charges leveled at the President don’t amount to impeachment—along with what she hopes the future of the impeachment process will reveal. Representative Stefanik was...
Ambassador John Negroponte: The Winter of (Popular) Discontent
Ambassador John Negroponte joined The Cats Roundtable this Sunday to give a brief, but spectacular, tour of the international news, including his forecast on the rise of popular protests, movements, and violent unrest around the globe. Closest to home, with the death of nine American citizens in Mexico as cartel...
Steve Moore: When The Economy Can’t Get Any Better, It Does
“28,000 on the Dow, all-time highs!” Catsimatidis exclaimed as Steve Moore joined The Roundtable to discuss the latest news from the stock market, as well as the good news unfolding in China-US trade talks, and what this means for the President, the economy, and all Americans going forward. “Every time...
Dr. Betsy McCaughey: To Combat Hospital Infections, Bring Less Chocolate & More Bleach
Dr. Betsy McCaughey, former Lt. New York Governor and founder of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (RID), joined The Cats Roundtable to discuss the release this week by the CDC of new statistics on the number of deaths due to drug-resistant infections, and the practical steps patients can...
Donald Trump Jr.: The First Son Takes On Triggered Culture
Donald Trump Jr. checked in with The Cats Roundtable to discuss the release of his new book Triggered this week and share his take on the media and “woke culture”, why President Trump’s policies are working for all Americans, as well as what he hopes readers and listeners can...
Toronto Mayor John Tory: Toronto Welcomes the Talent
Toronto Mayor John Tory joined The Cats Roundtable to highlight the success of Canada’s largest city this Sunday, including Toronto’s approach to dealing with sustainability, immigration, homelessness, and how to square the growth of companies like Uber and Airbnb. Mayor Tory is unambiguous about the root of Toronto’s growth. “I...
Senator David Perdue: America First, Not America Alone
Senator David Perdue of Georgia sat down with The Roundtable to share his take on China following his visit to Beijing, his optimism for the future, and how to fix Washington. Senator Perdue, the former CEO of Reebok, admitted to The Roundtable that Washington is “the most frustrating place I’ve...
Congressman Peter King: The President is Looking to the Fight
Congressman Peter King of New York called into The Roundtable to discuss why he believes Democrats are damaging the country, to discuss Trump’s move to Florida, and to also give his thoughts on the death of the ISIS leader and the next steps for the War on Terror. With the...
Congressman Lee Zeldin: Democrats Close the Door; Republicans Open It
Congressman Lee Zeldin returned to The Roundtable this Sunday to discuss his insider’s take on the latest items from the HIll, as well as to give his case for transparency in the Washington process. More than two dozen congressional Republicans entered a closed-door witness deposition of a Pentagon official, related...
FL Lt. Gov Jeanette Nuñez: Florida and the Bold Agenda Forward
Florida Lt. Governor Jeanette Nuñez joined The Roundtable in New York to help uncover why so many are packing up and moving to the Sunshine state. “Under Governor DeSantis, Florida is absolutely moving in the right direction,” the Lt. Governor declared, reflecting that Florida’s low tax rates, backpedal business regulations,...
Newt Gingrich: “What Pelosi’s Done is a Total Mockery”
Former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich joined The Cat’s Roundtable to give his candid take on the latest from Washington, as well as to talk about the release of his upcoming book, Trump Vs. China. But first, Gingrich offers his analysis on the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump. He...
Sebastian Gorka: Can the Great Experiment Last?
Sebastian Gorka, former White House Deputy Assistant, tuned into The Cats Roundtable to discuss his new book, The War for America’s Soul, as well as to share what he sees as the long-term agenda in progressive thinking, and the policies of Democrats he finds infringing on the American experiment. Citing...
Steve Bannon: Step Up and Make a Play
Stephen Bannon called in to The Cats Roundtable this Sunday to sound off from the Athens Democracy Forum that occurred this weekend. He offered his take on new developments about US trade talks with China, corporate pullback from the Hong Kong protests, and the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. In...
Lt. Governor of California Eleni Kounalakis: There’s the Fire, Now Where’s the Smoke?
Lt. Governor of California Eleni Kounalakis called into The Cats Roundtable to bring us up to date on PG&E shutting off power to prevent wildfires, as well what California is doing to address the growing homeless problem in the Golden State. In regards to the uptick in wildfires in California,...
James Stavridis: Big Brother At Its Worst
Retired Admiral and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis called into the Cats Roundtable to offer some solutions and predictions for the Hong Kong protests, North Korean nuclear negotiations and heightening Saudi Iranian Middle East tensions. Stavridis began by highlighting the latest phase of violence and surveillance against the...
Steve Moore: Can a Recession Be Squelched? Never Say Never
Steve Moore, writer, economic policy expert, and former member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board brings his perspective this Sunday to the Cats Roundtable, with an update on the latest September jobs report and why he doesn’t buy into recession fears. The job report, released this Friday, indicated the...
Dick Morris: In Washington, Who’s Really Innocent, Who’s Really Guilty?
Dick Morris, political author and commentator, called in to The Cats Roundtable to join the morning discussion. With his ear to the ground, he gave his case against the impeachment inquiry announced this Tuesday, and called the latest news from Washington a “fabrication.” Morris began by telling the Roundtable he...
Sarah Sanders on Ukraine “Witch Hunt”
This Sunday, September 29, Sarah Sanders joined The Cats Roundtable to share some of her insight as former White House Press Secretary into this week’s politics. Reacting to the big news out of Washington, with impeachment inquiries launched this Tuesday into President Trump, Sanders reasons that the inquiry follows “the...
