
Daily Poll: Can Trump's First Amendment rights be balanced with protecting the safety of possible witnesses?
Today's Daily Poll Question at Smerconish.com asks: Is it possible to draft a court order which balances Donald Trump's First Amendment rights with the need to protect the safety of possible witnesses...
21 Nov 20236min

'QAnon Shaman' stormed the Capitol, did his time, and now is running for Congress
Michael recaps a fascinating conversation he had on CNN over the weekend with Jacob Chansley, known as "QAnon Shaman" when he stormed the US Capitol on January 6th 2021. He has done his time in prison...
20 Nov 202322min

Daily Poll: Is Biden's age, or Trump's legal peril, more likely to determine the 2024 outcome?
With President Biden celebrating his 81st birthday today, and former President Trump facing numerous lawsuits and indictments, Michael asks this Daily Poll Question at Smerconish.com today: Which is m...
20 Nov 20236min

Jim Harbaugh's Three-Game Suspension: The Rest Of The Story
Michael welcomes Ann Arbor News and MLive's Michigan Football Beat Reporter Aaron McCann to give the back story and details - and more that you likely don't know about the interesting rules of college...
17 Nov 202313min

Daily Poll: Should social media outlets publish or censor Bin Laden's 2002 "Letter to America"?
In 2002, Al Qaeda terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden wrote a letter laying out his justification for the September 11th attacks on the U.S. The letter was published by many news organizations back then,...
17 Nov 20236min

A conversation with the former Director of U.S. Hostage Rescue & Recovery
What is going on with the Israeli hostages in Gaza? What to efforts to rescue them look like? Michael talks to Soufan Group Senior VP Christopher O'Leary. He was previously the Director of U.S. Hostag...
16 Nov 202328min

Daily Poll: Should everyone on social media be verified by their name?
Attention keyboard warriors....Michael asks this Daily Poll Question at Smerconish.com today: Do you agree with Nikki Haley: “Every person on social media should be verified by their name." Listen to ...
16 Nov 20236min

Amuse-Bouche: Jesse Ventura
With the talk of third party candidates becoming more popular these days, Michael recalls a conversation he had with former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura in 2016 about voting for a third party cand...
15 Nov 202332min






















