Recorded 12/14/24. Phil hosted. Jeff, Amber and Bella were there, too. Get your hard-hitting news and help us bring America back together.

American Fork: The house explosion in AF earlier this year was preventable, due to a gas leak from a valve left open by a worker earlier.

Utah: Utah woman pardoned by President Biden of federal wrongdoings. Stevoni Wells Doyle, 47, was unconditionally pardoned of federal felony charges. Doyle was once addicted to methamphetamine and served two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to drug possession and check forging charges.

National: Supreme Court hears case on trans kids. According to scotusblog.com,“During almost two-and-a-half hours of debate on Wednesday, nearly all of the court’s conservative majority expressed skepticism about a challenge to Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender teenagers. Three transgender teens, their families, and a Memphis physician, along with the Biden administration, contend that the law violates the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection and should be examined with the higher degree of legal scrutiny required in such cases. But Tennessee counters that it is simply exercising its power to regulate the practice of medicine for all youth and is not distinguishing based on a patient’s sex.” Should the federal government allow minors to be able to decide to get surgery to assist in changing their gender? Are we doing the gay community a dis-service by looping them in with the trans community? Also, Jay-Z caught up in the Diddy situation. Any surprise there? Is this just a case of ‘guilty by association’?

World: Defense fund established by supporters of suspected CEO killer Luigi Mangione tops $100K. Is CEO Brian Thompson a martyr? Or, is Mangione correct? Are insurance companies to blame for his crime? Also, #drones drones drones. What are they? Is it the government?

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