H2: 08/06/25: President Trump Clips, Lou Basenese
Hugh discusses the markets, Trump’s EPA overhaul, MSM’s Gaza bias, and TX Democrats on-the-run, and talks with Lou Basenese, VP Market Strategy at Prairie Operating Company, about OilFacts.com.
Hugh discusses the markets, Trump’s EPA overhaul, MSM’s Gaza bias, and TX Democrats on-the-run, and talks with Lou Basenese, VP Market Strategy at Prairie Operating Company, about OilFacts.com.
Hugh interviews Steve Hilton, California Gubernatorial candidate, author, “Califailure: Reversing the Ruin of America’s Worst-Run State,” and Tie Lasater, CEO, founding partner, KeyCity Capital.
Hugh discusses the 2026 races, and “car guys” and car movies, and talks with South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, Gubernatorial candidate, former California Congressman John Campbell, LookThroughTheChaos.com, James Lileks, former “Minnesota Star Tribune” columnist, JamesLileks.Substack.com.
Hugh discusses the markets and Democrats’ and MSM’s dictatorship rhetoric, and talks with Tim Jeffries, Executive Chairman of The Halcyon Movement, and Byron York, chief political correspondent, Washington Examiner, FOX News Contributor.
Hugh discusses Democrats’ low poll numbers and the 2026 Senate map, and talks with South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, Gubernatorial candidate, John Ashbrook, co-host, “Ruthless Podcast,” and David Drucker, Senior Writer, “The Dispatch,” contributing writer, “Vanity Fair.”
Hugh discusses U.S.-China relations, military shipbuilding, Israel-Gaza, and talks with former National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien, member of the Intelligence Advisory Board, Bethany Mandel, TheMomWars.Substack.com, co-author of “Stolen Youth,” and Dr. Larry Arnn, President of Hillsdale College.
Hugh discusses Israel-Gaza, Congressional redistricting, and Sydney Sweeney being a registered Republican, and talks with Wisconsin Congressman Derrick Van Orden, Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton, Intelligence Committee Chair, and Vic Matus, Arts & Culture Editor, The Free Beacon, cohost, Getting Hammered podcast.
Hugh discusses his bio and Israel-Gaza, and talks with Dr. Michael Oren, former Israeli ambassador to the U.S., Wilson Center’s Joseph B. Gildenhorn Distinguished Fellow.
Kamala Harris 2.0, which doesn’t include running for governor of California, and the latest on the unfolding scandal of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton inventing the Russiagate narrative to hamstring Donald Trump.
Hugh continues with the Hillsdale Dialogues, this week, joined Dr. Matthew Spalding, Hillsdale College’s Vice President of Washington Operations & Dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government, as they discuss the American revolution, leading up to our Bisesquicentennial.
Hugh discusses the news of the week with Ben Domenech, Editor at Large, “The Spectator,” Fox News Contributor, host, Big Ben Podcast, Eli Lake, columnist, “The Free Press,” contributing editor, “Commentary,” host, “Breaking History” podcast, and Tarzana Joe, HHS poet laureate and author of “The 2nd Best of Tarzana Joe.”
Hugh discusses the news of the week with John Ellis, founder, Substack.News-Items.com, and Charles C.W. Cooke, Senior Writer, “National Review,” host, “Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast.”
