November 18, 2018 - SHAWN STEEL (Republican National Committee) and LIZ CROKIN (journalist)

Summary: Joining us on the show this week is our special guest - RNC California National Committee member Shawn Steel! Shawn's Republican activism dates back to his teenage days when he served as High School State Chairman for Ronald Reagan when Reagan first ran for Governor. Thereafter, he was elected as Chairman of California Young Americans for Freedom (YAF). He is a past Chairman of the California Republican Party, and is published in numerous professional journals, newspapers and books, including: the National Review, San Francisco Chronicle, San Diego Union, Los Angeles Daily Journal, California Policy Review, the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Daily News, Daily Breeze, Washington Times, the Orange County Register, the Weekly Standard, Sacramento Bee, San Jose Mercury News, and the Wall Street Journal. Shawn has also appeared on numerous local, national, and international networks and shows including: Tucker Carlson, Chris Matthews, Larry Elder as a syndicate regular, Dennis Prager as a syndicate regular, CNN-International as a regular for almost two years, I-24 News, Fox, NTD-TV (worldwide), and NPR both locally and nationally. Also joining us on the show this week is award-winning author and investigative journalist Liz Crokin! Liz began her journey at the University of Iowa where she received a bachelor's in journalism and political science. She took advantage of living in the first-in-the-nation caucus state to work on John Kasich and George W. Bush's presidential campaigns. Her experience landed her an internship working for Bill O'Reilly at Fox News Channel in New York and then to Washington DC where she interned for the State Department's White House Correspondent which planted her in the White House daily. After 9/11, Liz moved to Chicago to cover crime and politics as a reporter for the City News bureau at the Chicago Tribune. In 2003, Liz debuted her own column, Liz in the Loop, in the RedEye Edition of the Chicago Tribune. She covered several high-profile politicians and celebrities - including Barack Obama and Oprah - and broke dozens of scandalous stories that made national headlines for the next seven years. In 2010, Liz moved to Hollywood to work full-time as a reporter for Us Weekly. She found herself traveling the world to cover celebrities such as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in Ecuador - to Alaska to cover former Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin. She regularly appeared on local and national TV and radio shows talking about her work. In 2012, she landed a gig as an investigative journalist for the National Enquirer where she spent six months covering then-Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Unfortunately, right before Election Day, Liz found herself hospitalized with a potentially fatal illness that prevented her from working full-time for the next few years.