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Ned Ryun is a grassroots and conservative activism expert. He is the founder and CEO of American Majority, a non-partisan political training institute whose mission is to identify and mold the next wave of liberty-minded candidates, grassroots activists, and community leaders. Under Ned’s leadership, American Majority has trained over 36,000 candidates and activists.Ned is a former writer for President George W. Bush. And has appeared all over cable including Fox Newses’ “The O’Reilly Factor,” “Hannity,” “Special Report with Brett Baier,” Neil Cavuto,” “Fox & Friends,” ABC’s “World News Tonight” and has been quoted in numerous print publications including Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Politico, The Washington Post, and The Washington Times. He also writes a monthly column for The American Spectator.On this episode of Whiskey Politics, we discuss Neil Gorsuch, the Democrats awful hand for future elections, American Majority and up and coming next generation of activists, Donald Trump and of course, no interview with a George Bush administration officials would be complete without discussing W's legacy.  Intro: Little Green Bag: George Baker SelectionOut: The Kids Are Alright - The Pleasers

Mike Ghouse (Muslim American) with The Center for Pluralism discusses Sharia Law, Islamism, Israel, Iran and the Palestinian conflict. Mike has been seen on all cable news networks and is well known for his shoot-outs with Conservative firebrand Sean Hannity. 

Ricochet’s favorite Navy Fighter Pilot, @BrentB67 joins this week’s Whiskey Politics podcast to discuss the current economy. Brent Berarducci of BlackLion Capital shares his unique and timely perspective as we talk about the trend towards populism, the U.S. debt, trade protectionism, and just what the heck is happening in Saudi Arabia, anyway?Listen here at Ricochet or subscribe at iTunes, Stitcher or PlayerFM for GooglePlay. Your 5-star rating is greatly appreciated! Intro: Little Green Bag – George Baker Selection. Out: Lawyers, Guns and Money – Warren Zevon.

Dave Sussman catches up with the remarkable David Keene, founder of the American Conservative Union, who shares a wealth of knowledge and wisdom on where conservatism is heading. David is a former Presidential advisor to Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and campaign advisor to Bob Dole, and Mitt Romney. Keene was the president of the National Rifle Association and is currently the Opinion Editor of The Washington Times.

Founder and editor at large of the Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol talks about President Trump (and #NeverTrump), globalism, Cuba, the media, Obamacare, messaging, and why Trump could be another Warren G. Harding administration.

Advisor to President Trump’s National Diversity Coalition, US State Department’s Chris Garcia discusses how leftist identity politics has impacted the Latin American community as well as upcoming trade policy and the border tax.

During his tenure at Judicial Watch, Freedom Watch USA’s Larry Klayman obtained a court ruling that Bill Clinton committed a crime, the first lawyer ever to have done so against an American president. We discuss Larry’s new cases suing President Obama over the NSA, CNN over media bias, and Black Lives Matter over the deaths of policemen.

Now for something completely different. Young Phoenix Legg started his “career” reporting on American politics during the presidential debates of 2016. He’s covered rallies, protests, and conventions, doggedly chasing down interviews and showing more maturity and integrity per pound than any reporter on the network news. We were so impressed that we set aside time to get his story where he shares his thoughts on the current state of political media. Phoenix has a blog worth checking out where he takes on social justice warriors, protesters, and “ignorant folks who say hateful things.” Bravo to Phoenix and his Father Matt.

Dave caught up with everyone's favorite Irish journalist duo NY Times best selling author and film makers Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer to discuss the Gosnell case, book and upcoming movie. To see videos pull up a chair at WhiskeyPolitics.net.

Alexandra Levine heads "Jews For Trump' and "Women for Trump' and discusses Israel and the challenge for Conservative Jews.

Stand up comedy is easy when the left writes its own jokes, yet conservative comedians are a rare, courageous breed. Evan Sayet (writer for Bill Maher and others) discusses his new movie A Deplorable Mind, now on Amazon. Comedian and filmmaker Evan Sayet explains why HBO won't allow conservative comedy. Shout out to David Deeble!

How the Trump Administration can reduce the power of the regulatory state.  Follow Dave Spady on Twitter @DavidSpady and Dave Sussman @DavidSussman and WhiskeyPolitics.net.

Turning Point USA's Bill Whittle and Dave Sussman discuss Generation Z and the challenging, changing culture during a boisterous CPAC 2017.

Ricochet's Dave Sussman and Weekly Standard's Larry O'Connor spar over Weekly Standard, CPAC, Trump and the future. 

Michael Medved sits down for an insightful and surprising conversation with Dave Sussman, Ricochet Contributor, during CPAC 2017