WHO ELSE? The winner of this week’s AM 1250 The Answer Jerk of the Week Award works for a company that is obviously full of jerks, but he’s the front man. John Daniel Davidson, senior editor at the Federalist says Tuesday’s Presidential “Debate” should and could be the end of the Presidential debates as we’ve come to know them Project 2025 has rece…

SPECIAL SEGMENT Listen to Sarah McAbee, whose husband was arrested in August of 2021, held without bail for two years and sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for his conduct on January 6, 2021, describe his ordeal. It sounds like something you would expect to hear about a prisoner in North Korea. She says she’s received little help from Republ…

HOW ABOUT ASSIMILATION? The Biden administration sent 20,000 Haitians to Springfield, Ohio and granted them special protected status. Maybe they should have been asked to leave some of their customs - such as practicing voodoo - behind. Congressman Dan Meuser from Pennsylvania’s 9th District on the fallout from Tuesday’s Presidential “debate.” Sara…

IT WAS OVER AFTER THE FIRST QUESTION Kamala Harris was asked to explain how she can claim that people are better off now than than they were four years ago and gave a rambling response that didn’t come close to answering the question. When she wasn’t pressed, it was a sign of what was to come from ABC’s moderators. Congressman Byron Donalds, who wa…

PUT THE WINDOW DOWN Tyreek Hill, a wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins, was pulled over for speeding on his way to the game Sunday. He gave the cop grief when asked to put his tinted window down. It got ugly after that and Hill is well on his way to martyrdom. It’s dumb. Christopher Ruddy, founder and CEO of Newsmax, talks about how far his compan…

BERNIE SAID IT OIT LOUD Communist wannabe Bernie Sanders was asked about Kamala Harris’s flip-flopping. He says don’t worry about it. She’s just saying that stuff to get elected. The former Lt. Governor of California has a response to those ads saying Kamala Harris was tough on illegal immigration when she was Attorney General. Carrie Sheffield of …

MAYBE THEY CAN MOVE IN WITH CHUCK Senator Schumer wins the AM 1250 The Answer Jerk of the Week Award for saying out loud what Democrats really want to do with illegal immigrants. Salena Zito predicted a Trump win in 2016. What's her prediction this time? Did you know that one blade on an offshore wind turbine is as big and as heavy as a Boeing 737 …

KAMALA IS IN TOWN She’s going to be in Pittsburgh preparing for the debate on Tuesday. Former Congressman Conor Lamb says Kamala coming to Pittsburgh is a sign that she cares about each and every one of us. That doesn’t mean she’ll be talking to us by doing a press conference or any interviews. Congressman Dan Meuser talks about what a bad candidat…

KAMALA LOVES UNIONS She made it clear when she came to Pittsburgh with the Big Guy on Labor Day. But does she love union management more than she loves union workers? Tim Murtaugh, who was Communications Director for the Trump 2020 campaign, has been brought back as a Senior Advisor for the stretch run of the 2024 campaign. He hasn’t been impressed…

IT’S ALL THEATRE - BAD THEATRE Kamala Harris needs a new director. She did a really bad job of pretending she was on the phone so she could avoid questions from the media and she produced a new cringe-worthy accent out on the stump. Maybe a Pittsburgh accent the next time she comes to tahn? Karoline Leavitt, Press Secretary for the Trump 2024 Campa…

SHE BEAT OUT TWO STRONG CANDIDATES The AM 1250 The Answer Jerk of the Week award winner beat out Kamala Harris and Tim Walz and that’s saying something. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley reacts to the Harris/Walz interview and addresses complaints from pro-lifers in his party over what appears to be Donald Trump’s more liberal …

IT’S A GREAT GET When a media organization lines up a highly sought after, maybe even elusive guest for an interview show it’s known as a great “get.” That’s what Kamala Harris is for CNN. Let’s see what they do with it. The Director of Strategic Communications for the Trump campaign talks about what they’re expecting from the interview and how the…

IT MADE SENSE AT THE TIME Bush, McCain and Romney were all better than the alternative, but the news that hundreds of their staffers will be voting for Kamala Harris would seem to indicate that all three were Republicans but they weren’t really conservatives. J.D. Vance hasn’t been hiding like Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. He’s been out there talking…

GUESS WHO WANTS A WALL NOW? The Vice President of the United States, who said that the wall on the southern border was a vanity project for Donald Trump and would do no good. Add another flip flop to her scorecard. Victoria Taft of P.J. Media’s West Coast Messed Coast has the details on how illegal aliens can get up to $150,000 for a new house from…

THEY SHOULD HAVE KEPT HIM OUT Barry Bonds has Hall of Fame stats but the Pirates should not have inducted him into their Hall of Fame and not because of steroids. Because he’s a despicable human being. The co-founder of Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s. Super PAC talks about why RFK Jr. left the Democrat Party and why he’ll be good for Donald Trump. NASA and…

I TRIED... She was leader in the clubhouse at midweek for Jerk of the Week, and nobody was able to overtake the multi-multi-millionaire who said rich people are not to be trusted. The last Republican Lt. Governor of California (maybe ever) talks about why Kamala Harris couldn’t get 2% of the people in her state to support her run for President in 2…

MAYBE YOU’RE A LITTLE TOO TESTOSTERONEY Dana Bash and Jake Tapper of CNN suggested that the Harris/Walz campaign is looking to attract men who don’t act too much like men. Jeffrey McCall, Professor of Communications at DePauw University grades the legacy media on their coverage of the Democrat convention. He’s not impressed. Democrats are outraged …

HYPOCRISY WITH A CAPITAL 'H' Michelle Obama, in her speech at the Democrat convention, let everybody know that her parents were suspicious of rich people. She and Barack are a couple of suspicious characters. They’re worth $70 million and own four houses worth a combined $31 million. Jesse Jane Duff, a retired Marine gunnery sergeant and executive …

THEY BUMPED JAMES TAYLOR FOR THAT James was supposed to sing “You’ve Got a Friend” at the Democrat National Convention Monday night but the minor players ran long and they had to make time for a late appearance by The Big Guy, who delivered his typical, loud, mean speech as a farewell address. The Republicans in the House chose the first day of the…

I WON’T FAIL TO MISS IT The Big Guy gives his farewell speech tonight and you can expect the people who stabbed him in the back to be slobbering all over him. Corey Lewandowski was Donald Trump’s first campaign manager in 2016. He’s back now as a senior advisor and he’ll be telling Donald Trump to dismiss the critics and be Donald Trump. George E. …

THEY CAN’T WIN EVERY WEEK It would be easy to give the AM 1250 The Answer Jerk of the Week Award to Kamala Harris and/or Tim Walz every week but that would be boring. So we gave it to the jerk who apologizes for them. E.J.Antoni, public policy economist from the Heritage Foundation, tears Kamala Harris’ shiny, new economic plan apart. Karoline Leav…

I HAVE AN IDEA Kamala Harris is promising to “go after” corporations who are charging way too much money for things we need and love. How’s this for an idea: Federal Supermarkets. Charles Lipson, Political Science Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago says Kamala Harris is “the new car smell” of the 2024 campaign and he thinks she’s doing…

KAMALA AND TIM ARE COMIMG The Harris-Walz campaign will be boarding a bus in Pittsburgh on Sunday and heading out to Chicago for the convention. Maybe someone in local media can get them to do something they haven’t done yet - answer a question. Jeffrey McCall, Professor of Communications at DePauw University and media critic at The Hill, says the …

THE DATE IS OCTOBER 23rd It’s the Battleground Talkers Tour 2024:Democracy Under Attack. Hugh Hewitt, Mike Gallagher and Larry Elder will be at the Hyatt Regency Pittsburgh International Airport Hotel. It’s Wednesday, October 23rd, 6 PM. Ok, it’s a shameless plug. We’d like to see you there. Go to TheAnswerPGH.com for tickets. Dave Seminara of the …

SHE MADE THE COVER OF TIME That’s Time.com, but Kamala Harris is the cover girl and the story is as fawningly nauseating as you would expect. You might say it’s kind of ironic that she turned down a request to be interviewed for the story. The national debt might be a boring topic but it’s a big, big deal,because it’s a really big debt. The numbers…