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Apr 28 / Videos

Crazier Than The Shooter

Apr 27 / Schroeder’s Corner

Has politics changed forever as left-wing violence becomes “normalized”?

Apr 28 / Videos

H2: 04/28/26: Byron York, Bethany Mandel, Fmr. Rep. Mike Rogers

Apr 28 / Hughniverse

Majority Leader John Thune On the SAVE Act and the Battle With Iran

Mar 18 / Transcripts

OMB Director Russ Vought On The FY 2027 Budget And The Big Spend On Defense

Apr 23 / Transcripts

He was at the WHCA dinner and he’s a long-time student of violence in politics throughout history.

Apr 28 / Videos

What to do about political violence? Matt and Hugh talk about how it went mainstream on the left

Apr 28 / Videos

As Close To Fun As We Can Get Right Now

Apr 28 / Schroeder’s Corner

H3: 04/28/26: Matthew Continetti, Eli Lake, James Lileks

Apr 28 / Hughniverse

Schroeder's Corner

As Close To Fun As We Can Get Right Now

by John Schroeder / Apr 28

I am in desperate need of some fun right now. I think we all are. So I set aside this article, based on the headline, because I thought it was funny – “Scientists Discover Plants “Scream” – We Just Couldn’t Hear Them Until Now.” I cannot help but ask – if a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear, does it make a sound? The latter question is about the intersection of science, philosophy and what actually matters. So I guess the story about plants “screaming” is silly or not silly depending on your perspective. Do sounds that the human ear cannot hear actually

Crazier Than The Shooter

Apr 27

A couple of days before the WHCD Jimmy Kimmel “joked” that Melania looked like an “expectant widow.” In light of events that subsequently unfolded there is not one single...

Political Violence Is A Symptom Not The Disease

Apr 26

Little is known about last night’s volley of fire at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner other than the shooter is in custody and there is little in his background to indicate he would...

In LA – It Is Not Just Anti-Trumpism

Apr 25

In recent weeks a picture is emerging out of Southern California that is actually quite disturbing. I have assumed that all the anti-ICE, open borders nonsense was simply reactionary – that...

Freedom Can Die With The Best Of Intentions

Apr 24

It is extremely difficult here in East Tennessee to get people to understand just how nuts California was during covid. I tell stories and they simply look at me in disbelief. I keep trying to...

Show Transcripts

OMB Director Russ Vought On The FY 2027 Budget And The Big Spend On Defense

Apr 23

OMB Director Russ Vought joined Hugh to talk about President Trump’s proposed budget for FY 2027 which includes a proposed $1.5 trillion in Pentagon spending. Transcript: HH: We start with OMB Director Russ Vought. Now not a lot of you will know this. There is the A.G., there’s the Secretary of State,...

Majority Leader John Thune On the SAVE Act and the Battle With Iran

Mar 18

Majority Leader Johnb Thune joined Hugh today to discuss the ongoing debate on the SAVE Act, the battle with Iran, and the confirmation prospects for Senator Mullin to be Secretary Mullin. The transcript: HH: If you’ve been watching C-SPAN for the last day and today, you’ve seen Republicans standing up demanding...