Conservative Review with Daniel Horowitz

Let’s not remain happy with just one victory; let’s follow up on the Kavanaugh victory with a more robust agenda. In this episode, I go through the lessons of the Kavanaugh victory and what conservatives can do to influence the outcome of this election, nominate better Republicans in the future, and replicate this unity in other issues. The GOP could turn the tide in October, if they only cared.    Meanwhile, we must remember that we are not winning back the courts by simply appointing better judges and continuing to agree to judicial supremacy. I talk about some recent cases missed by the conservative media. Next, I discuss how conservatives missed the boat on Joe Miller challenging Lisa Murkowski in Alaska in 2016 and what this means for Mississippi this year.   I also focus on some positive developments with sanctions on Iran and defeating European efforts to undermine our diplomacy.  Show links Only reason GOP is fighting on Kavanaugh is because they fear the base My 2016 endorsement of Joe Miller Anthony Kennedy has a lot of nerve to complain about failed democracy Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If the Left is militarized beyond repair, why not just go all out? Why are congressional Republicans still capitulating on every other issue aside from the Supreme Court? Today I'm joined by our congressional correspondent, Nate Madden, to discuss the latest happenings in Congress and the latest prognoses on the Kavanaugh vote. We try to discern why our base is so numb to all the policy betrayals and why it’s so much harder to galvanize the Right in American than the Left. Nate believes the difference is rooted in the lifestyles and worldviews of the respective ideologies. Conservatives must face the irony of focusing on government, which is naturally not their priority, in order to get government out of their lives.  We also explore the growing dynamic where our own voters, because of the viciousness of the Left, are projecting logical thoughts on Republicans that are completely unfounded. It’s counterintuitive, but Republicans are so unbelievable in their perfidy that they more they do it, the more they get away with it, because base voters need a hero and need something to believe in.  Show links Only reason Republicans are fighting on Kavanaugh is because they fear the base Will Republicans change their ways after Kavanaugh? Imagine if we had a party that understood health care Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just when we thought Republicans would finally unite behind one issue, namely a Supreme Court nominee, the RINOs come out to sandbag us. In this episode, I analyze why McConnell and Co. deserve the blame for having these RINOs in the Senate in the first place. We tried to warn them about people like Murkowski, but they fought tooth and nail for her. Now they must reap what they sowed. Moreover, they foster a culture of capitulation on 90 percent of the other issues so that even when they come to the 10 percent they wish to accomplish, there are enough members whom they groomed and acculturated into this culture of capitulation that they block us even with a court nominee.  And speaking of other issues, it’s as if the conservative movement is hooked on political heroin and is totally numb to the budget betrayal. President Trump signed the budget betrayal at high noon on Friday, yet conservatives don’t even know about it. Also, Trump is on the cusp of endorsing Kevin McCarthy for speaker. Do we have a movement that thinks for itself?  Finally, I preview the coming elections, which are taking an ominous turn.  Show links So, will Republicans stop working with Democrats on jailbreak? Trump and son signal support for McCarthy over Jordan Flashback: How Tim Scott and Marco Rubio showed Dems identity politics will pick their lock on SCOTUS Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I analyze the Kavanaugh tragedy – and yes, it is a tragedy – from a unique angle. Democrats on the Judiciary Committee have been the leaders in weak-on-crime laws for juvenile crimes and want to let convicted felons out of jail. They don’t give a darn about victims. Yet when it comes to political outcomes, they are willing to hang a guy with no evidence and violate every norm of due process under the guise of protecting victims. I explore multiple factors, political dynamics, and outcomes that are seemingly conflicting but are all true in their own right. The Republicans' stand on this issue is important, but only if that is used as a springboard and a cathartic moment to change their modus operandi, not as a means of covering up every other betrayal and continuing to do so. In that vein, I explore how conservatives should view Lindsey Graham’s newfound feistiness. The key is this: Many thoughts (and hot takes!) can be true at the same time.      Show links 15 constitutional questions we still don’t know about SCOTUS nominees While you were distracted, here is what Congress did Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unfortunately, this will be lost in the fight to the death over Kavanaugh, but Trump just delivered one of his best speeches.  Today, I am joined by CR’s national security correspondent, Jordan Schachtel, to dissect the important elements of Trump’s speech before the U.N. General Assembly.  Jordan shows how Trump is taking a new, much-needed stance on international relations, breaking through the false choices of isolationism and globalism. We also go through our typical “foreign policy Friday” discussion about where the administration is living up to the principles Trump laid out and where it is falling short. We cover Latin America, Israel, Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea. Is Chinese meddling in our election a bigger problem than Russian meddling?  Finally, we give an update on how the House of Representatives is spending its final week in power. You will not like it one bit.  Show notes Chinese election influence Sovereignty + patriotism= peace and prosperity Can we all agree SCOTUS has too much power? Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I dissect how phony conservatives have supported a phony Republican Party that never accomplishes anything and always moves the ball forward for the Left. I explain how they continue to get away with the biggest political fraud of all time by promoting the same arguments for voting GOP. You are as likely to succeed in promoting conservatism with this political party as the Cleveland Browns are likely to win the Super Bowl.   I tie together the latest on the Kavanaugh case, the death of the Values Voter Summit, and the betrayal on the budget bill.  Finally, I offer a preview of the upcoming battle over immigration and public charge.  “You have planted much, but harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.” [Haggai 1:6] Show links Kavanaugh is liberal on immigration Public charge laws are deeply rooted in our history Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I'm joined by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to discuss the failures of House leadership and how they are betraying their promises on the budget. Jordan tells us that House leaders are like a wrestler who forfeits the match the minute the whistle is blown without having a fight. The congressman gives a vision for what he plans to do in the House if he wins the election for speaker. He plans to make the House at least an equal partner with the Senate, if not the stronger body. We also discuss how the Founders would laugh at SCOTUS confirmation fights becoming so acrimonious, yet budgets being so amicable between the two sides. It reflects a perversion of where the power is supposed to lie within our system of government. Finally, we discuss the latest on illegal immigrant families getting to host other illegal alien children without ever getting deported, even though many of them also have criminal records.    Show links Letter from John Jay to John Adams declining offer for chief justice Feds forced to deliver alien teenagers into the hands of other illegals Forget about refugees; asylum is worse Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today is the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution, but nobody cares. I relate the final hours of the convention and discuss the lessons we can learn from Benjamin Franklin’s closing speech and what we need in our era. Then I move on to the Kavanaugh accusations. Rather than focus on details that we frankly don’t know, I draw two important lessons from this. One, Republicans always nominate milquetoast people thinking they can placate the Left, but then get burned by the worst accusations of all. Also, I discuss, irrespective of the truth in this case, the general problem with our culture of hyper-sexualization among the youth that the very people who claim to care about “me too” refuse to address.    Show links What our Constitution is about and where we went wrong My podcast on Roy Moore to compare to the current situation   Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Republicans have always had a rare gift for paying the political price associated with revolutionary change without actually accomplishing anything revolutionary. They're savaged for actions they were intimidated out of taking.” ~John Hayward. In this episode, I explain how we are getting sold out on every issue in the budget battle and we are also facing a catastrophic loss at the ballot box. The two issues are quite intertwined, and I describe how Republicans managed to pull off the worst stewardship of government of all time – suffer all the liabilities of power but get none of the benefits. They are stoking the opposition beyond anything we’ve seen while doing nothing to energize their base or reclaim lost voters in the middle. I go over the health care, immigration, budget, and spending betrayals and how the current budget setup is a triple play. The soft bigotry of low expectations and complacency from those who call themselves movement conservatives is taking a toll.  If you are looking for a thematic podcast that encapsulates our mission statement, this is the one for you.   Show links The gory details of the budget bill House committee seeks to limit judicial power but party will never fully embrace it Politicians doubling down on the causes of border surge   My strategy in 2016 for successful repeal of Obamacare How Republicans sabotaged us on health care Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Not only have we failed to learn the lessons of 9/11, we have done the exact opposite of what prudence should have dictated regarding immigration and border policy.  Today I am joined by Todd Bensman (@BensmanTodd), senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies. Bensman draws upon his experience in intelligence for the Texas Department of Public Safety to discuss the threat of Middle Easterners at our southern border. Bensman believes the threat of granting asylum to Middle Easterners at our border is being ignored by much of the political class. It remains our Achilles heel because “terrorists are unlikely to come here with a bomb; they will come with a good story.”  We are admitting a number of Middle Easterners at our border through our broken asylum system. Todd believes that we have a problem with a migrant trail just like in Europe. He explains the pipeline through Latin America and how there is a well-established process for bringing in Middle Easterners. The moral of the story? Why are we not focusing more on the border, visas, and Latin American relations since 9/11 rather than Middle Eastern civil wars? When will we learn the lessons of 9/11?     Show links ISIS plot against American ambassador … in Suriname? 9/11 plotters had visas approved even AFTER the attack Somali smuggler brought at least 50 migrants through the border How broken asylum policies allow us to bring in an Al-Shabab member Todd’s PJ Media articles  Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices