{"id":20267,"date":"2024-07-30T21:53:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T01:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=20267"},"modified":"2024-07-30T21:53:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T01:53:40","slug":"thrashing-politicians-and-fumbling-feds-on-the-shaun-thompson-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/30\/thrashing-politicians-and-fumbling-feds-on-the-shaun-thompson-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Thrashing Politicians and Fumbling Feds on the Shaun Thompson Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-22-58-50-Jim-Bovard-The-Shaun-Thompson-Show.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19931\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-22-58-50-Jim-Bovard-The-Shaun-Thompson-Show.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"679\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-22-58-50-Jim-Bovard-The-Shaun-Thompson-Show.png 679w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-22-58-50-Jim-Bovard-The-Shaun-Thompson-Show-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/the-liberty-hour\/playlists\/podcast\"><strong>Shaun Thompson<\/strong>, the host of the Liberty Hour on\u00a0 <\/a> <strong>Chicago\u2019s The Answer AM 560<\/strong>, and I hounding and pounded a bunch of politicians and federal agencies this evening<strong>.<\/strong> \u00a0 I mentioned the media&#8217;s rush to Kamalaflauge &#8211; &#8220;it&#8217;s like Harris&#8217;s entire record is being expunged and anyone who quotes what she said in 2019 is anti democracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shaun was surprised to hear that Kamala just reversed her position on fracking (no longer demanding a ban &#8211; Pennsylvania electoral votes can&#8217;t be lost). Shaun commented that &#8220;Bidenomics is a bankruptcy model that leads us to printing money to pay interest,&#8221; leading to eventual ruin.<\/p>\n<p>* Shaun declared that he did not trust the FBI to investigate the Trump attempted assassination. I mentioned that I had been investigating the FBI for decades and that FBI chief Louis Freeh publicly condemned my articles for slandering the FBI agents at Ruby Ridge.\u00a0 But that coverup blew up and\u00a0 the FBI has been involved in so much rascality since then &#8211; this whole idea that we&#8217;re supposed to defer to them and act like there&#8217;s some great wise wizard behind the curtain&#8230;. I missed that lesson in high school civics class.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* &#8220;From knowing a fair number of journalists, and my impression is that in order to qualify as a Washington journalist, people have to fail ECON 101.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* &#8220;The entire political system practically blindfolded itself and we see what happens with that, with the shooting of Trump in Butler, PA. 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