And now the gravity of trouble was more than I could bear.....

The Vikings don't play until 3:25 today, so you'll be able to catch the entire 2-hour broadcast of The Closer live! The festivities begin promptly at 1:00 pm Central Time.

The tragedy at Umpqua Community College in Oregon will likely come up. Sadly the aftermath delved into a steady stream of politicization by the President, containing zero substantive solutions.

I'll also look to get an update from the Twin Cities marathon where the activist group Black Lives Matter threatened to disrupt the event. However, BLM head Rashad Turner backed off that threat after a meeting with St. Paul mayor Chris Coleman late last week.

At 1:15, Katrina Pierson, who is the spokesperson for The Tea Party Leadership Fund, will check in to discuss the latest in the GOP presidential race. We will also chat about the race for House Speaker, as the TPLF recently endorsed SC Congressman Trey Gowdy for the post.

Then at 2:15 we welcome back to the Patriot bunker Miss Minnesota 2015 Rachel Latuff.

We'll look back on Rachel's incredible experience at Miss America a few weeks ago (she didn't win; clearly an oversight) as well as look ahead to her remaining eight months as Miss MN.


So please give me a call at (651) 289-4488 if you'd like to discuss any of the topics I plan on addressing. You can also text comments/questions to (651) 243-0390.

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Until then.....

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