The Pete Kaliner Show Podcast

As the totally-just-a-figment-of-conspiracy-theorists’-imagination World Economic Forum gathers in Davos, the organizations is claiming criticism of it and its goals is part of a “Russian propaganda campaign.” Listen Here:   

According to Margot Cleveland, senior legal correspondent for The Federalist, the legacy media is ignoring the scandal of the Twitter Files because it implicates many of them, would require an apology, harm their sources, help Trump, and eliminate Russia as the bogeyman they need. Listen Here:

With the start of a new year, a raft of insane laws went into effect in blue states like California, New York, and Illinois. In a completely unrelated report, U-Haul reports the “Demand for equipment out of California, Illinois, and New York remained strong” as residents continue to book one-way service. Listen Here:

In an 8-3 vote last night, the Charlotte City Council approved a rezoning petition from Chik-Fil-A to tear down its existing store in Cotswold and replace it with a drive-thru only facility. Listen Here:

The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation (MCSF) received a $65 million gift, the largest in its 60-year history, from a Marine Corps veteran and founder/chairman of FedEx. The gift immediately enables MCSF to significantly increase the number of scholarships awarded annually and to provide support to the entire eligible population of Marine children nationwide. Gen. Robert […]

The US State Department is mandating a change in text for all of their documents. Speaking of documents… the Biden Administration wants some credit for taking questions about all the classified documents found around Joe Bidens’ properties. Of course, they’re not answering those question. But they’d still like some credit for soliciting the questions. Listen […]

America’s big cities are struggling to overcome an existential confluence of threats that is driving people to move farther away. Listen Here:

A rezoning in Charlotte has sparked a larger debate about city development priorities. But also the problems afflicting cities – which is prompting more flight from the urban core to the suburbs. Listen Here:

The Charlotte City Council is expected to vote tonight on a drive-thru only Chik-Fil-A rezoning project. Opponents say approval will determine who we all are as a people. Meanwhile, American cities are struggling with their urban cores, raising concerns about whether they’ll ever rebound from the COVID pandemic, soaring crime and homelessness, and reduced mass […]

North Carolina legislative leaders are looking at changing the state’s abortion law, but it’s not clear how. Yet. Also, the City of Charlotte wants the state to let it try to raise the sales tax to pay for transit. But state leaders don’t seem interested in doing that. Listen Here: