Critical Thinking with Andrew Coppens

Argentinian President Javier Milei went to Davos and delivered a scathing rebuke of the WEF right to their face and it was awesome. Also, we've got some terrible takes from the worlds of gender and racial ideology and what in the world is going on in Dick Morris' life?

It's a #WTFWednesday on Critical Thinking and we're talking about the insanity of what's happening in Davos at the WEF this week. Also, NHL fans go nuts on me for suggesting that games that are more than 30-days old on ESPN+ have no value to ESPN and shouldn't remain on the streaming service, a decision ESPN made this week. Oh and Jim Harbaugh has two of the most insane demands in a college coaching contract I've ever seen.

Donald Trump won by a wide margin in the firs-in-the-nation Iowa Caucus on Monday night. Just how big of a win was it historically speaking? What does it tell us about the future of the GOP race and general election in 2024? Also, will endorsing Trump be a good or bad thing for those that do it and what about Nikki Haley's thought that this is a two-person race between Trump and her? All that on a #TruthOrFiction Tuesday!

Iowa kicks off the 2024 GOP Primary race with its caucus tonight. What to make of the process, what are real good data sets telling us and I've got predictions. Also, the Biden Crime Family is up to its usual crime family tactics — buying votes and trying to get away with crimes. Also, Illinois unions want access to your kids for a full week of "education" about the workforce. Oh, and my Packers won in the playoffs!!!

Liberty's Last Stand is the theme of the show here in 2024. Today, Andrew is joined by Auron MacIntyre of The Blaze and host of the Auron MacIntyre Show to talk about liberty and a need for the right to recognize it's time for a new political formula if liberty can even be saved. Find Auron's Work at The Blaze: https://www.theblaze.com/u/auronmacintyre The Auron MacIntyre Show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-auron-macintyre-show/id1657770114 Support our Sponsor, Coffee Brand Coffee: https://coffeebrandcoffee.com/discount/CriticalThinker?ref=m597JEC6V_ceI

TikTok is bad, because China is bad and it manipulates its own people and now the hearts and minds of millions of American tweens and teens and even grannys. But, a recent study that many on Capital Hill and elsewhere are using to gin up further calls for bans on the app just don't hold up under scrutiny. I go in-depth on more garbage data in, garbage data out. Also, this past weekend marked another year of the left going insane over J6, including President Joe Biden and Michigan won, but are we celebrating cheating by their victory in the College Football Playoff championship game?

Ron DeSantis did something not seen from a real GOP presidential candidate in almost a decade — talk about a flat tax and abolishing the IRS. FOR REAL. Also, I give you the rest of my best and worst takes of the week, featuring the likes of Hannah Cox, Ibram X Kendi, Nikki Haley and Todd Erzen.

Nikki Haley wants you to believe that calling illegal immigrants criminals is the real problem for the GOP. Also, what about the purity of college athletics and what about the Epstein list of names...well, it's a Myth Busting Thursday here on Critical Thinking.

What is the theme of the program for 2024? This is something I've been doing for the past few years and this year's theme is "Liberty's Last Stand." What does it mean and how can we bring light to what seems to be a very dark time? Also, we talk about Nikki Haley buying up ad's in major TV markets — why? I've got a theory and it's something out of the Dems playbook from 2020. Also, we talk Claudine Gay "resigning" as President of Harvard and the leftist media freak-out. Also, the use of AI and machine learning could change the face of political polling forever...maybe?

It's prediction time...what's going to happen in 2024? I've got some thoughts. Also, Brandon Johnson invokes Jefferson Davis when talking about Greg Abbott, there's fat scholarship that tells you all the leftist talking points apply to being fat and Mike DeWine gives the most disgusting answer to why he vetoed a ban on trans surgeries for minors. All of that and more happened while we were away.

It's the annual Year in Review episode, where Andrew holds himself (and others) accountable for the predictions made to start the year. How did they turn out and what were the top stories of the year? Find out, with a special guest appearance as well!

On today's program Andrew is joined by the host of the LiberatED podcast and Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Freedom — Kerry McDonald. We talk about the history of compulsory education in America as well as where the educational freedom movement stands and where it is going in the future. Find the Liberated Podcast here: https://www.liberatedpodcast.com/ Kerry's FEE.org work: https://fee.org/kerry

Colorado's Supreme Court gave the O.K. to kicking Donald Trump off the state ballot in 2024, in a not-so-shocking bit of news to those of us paying attention. But, I'm still left with questions about whether MAGA Forever gets it and if they do, what's the plan for dealing with their favored candidate being lawfaired and constituioned out of the 2024 election. Also, Rashard Mendenhall goes full racist or head trauma in calling out white reporters and wanting all-black vs. all-white Pro Bowl. Oh, and we also see Chicago attempt to say "no more" to migrant busing with new ordinances, fines and amendments. Bus drivers don't care. All on a #WTFWednesday for you.

The Elf on the Shelf is the worst and it needs to get off my Facebook feed. Also, are Trump's lawyers the last hope to save the 2024 election and I've learned something a bit disturbing and awesome about the 12 Days of Christmas song that many likely don't or shouldn't want to know. Yes, it's a #TruthOrFiction Tuesday on the show! The final one of 2023 as well.

A new polling of Palestinians by Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research gave us our first real glimpse at what the people in the Gaza Strip and West Bank believe about Hamas, Israel and all things war. The results may surprise some in the West. Also, Vivek makes CNN defend the Cops and what about pharmacies violating your civil liberties? Palestine Research: https://pcpsr.org/en/node/961 Pharmacy Reason Article: https://reason.com/2023/12/13/major-pharmacies-give-cops-patient-records-without-a-warrant-lawmakers-investigation-finds/ Visit our sponsor at Coffee Brand Coffee: https://coffeebrandcoffee.com/discount/CriticalThinker?ref=m597JEC6V_ceI

Harvard's President, Dr. Claudine Gay, was accused of large swaths of plagiarism by intrepid reporters over the weekend. It left Harvard with a choice — academic integrity or DEI. It chose and I discuss. Also, we have a choice in our culture and society writ large, either Vox Populi, Vox Dei or Restoring Liberty. Will we chose correctly? It's also a WTF Wednesday and we watch the idiots at work, SNL managing to turn the good in to the evil and Dana White begging you to stop boycotting Bud Light.

Special Prosecutor Jack Smith has gone for the gusto, bypassing the normal appeals process and asking the Supreme Court to weigh in on whether a President can have immunity for crimes while in office, even after he leaves office. Also, are we going to be at war in the Middle East in 2024 and will the new nativist immigration stance within the GOP kill the party for good? All that and more on a #TruthOrFiction Tuesday!

A 'family-owned' coffee shop in Oakland was caught on film denying entry to a Jewish woman who wanted to use a bathroom in their shop, or so the right-wing narrative goes. The truth is far more disgusting on behalf of the anti-Semitic leftists that occupied jobs at the coffee shop. They actually were hiding the very anti-semitic language scribbled on the bathroom once they noted the patron was about to document it. So munch for, 'Never Again' as we watch these vile humans dehumanize and taunt her to her face. Also, Ibram X Kendi says white people aren't human and Hunter Biden gets indicted and totes nothing to do with daddy, y'all. Oh, and we watch as two women stand up to bullying of congressmen and women while standing up for girls and women in women's sports. Plus, I'm here for Elon Musk vs. Bob Iger! Bring it on!

The GOP held its final debate before the 2024 Primary season begins with the Iowa Caucuses in January and Ron DeSantis was a clear winner. He even told us he'd take inspiration from Calvin Coolidge. An interesting choice and if he does, does that mean he gets what needs to be done on the federal government level? Also, Joe Biden can't hide behind email aliases anymore and the House Oversight committee shows us even more corrupt payments between Hunter, Joe and the rest of the Biden Crime Family. Oh, and the elite universities can't condemn or do anything about anti-semitic, genocidal, speech on campus? Oh, and President Biden wants to put American troops on the ground in Ukraine? All of this in the past 36 hours, by the way. Is it any wonder why Americans are having trouble making sense of the world? Ukraine War Fighting Account: https://twitter.com/TheStudyofWar Biden emails: https://saraacarter.com/bidens-email-controversy-deepens-a-saga-of-aliases-whistleblowers-and-shadowy-communications/?utm_source=mux&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tw Campus Free Speech Reality: https://campusfreespeechguide.pen.org/the-law/the-basics/

Sen. Dick Durbin (IL) has a plan to solve the illegal immigration crisis — turn them in to soldiers...if they can pass a background check of course. Also, is Juwan Howard going to make it to the end of the season in Ann Arbor and what about CBDC as a tool to eliminate debt.

So, let me get this straight, the United States official position is that the Palestinian Authority, a literal terrorist organization, that up until today and still tomorrow, pays people to kill Jews or martyr themselves in the name of Allah, is the answer to the Israeli-Hamas conflict? What kind of fresh hell did Kamala Harris unleash this weekend and who keeps letting her speak in public? Also, Tucker Carlson and others want you to believe if you don't support Donald Trump in the GOP primary or general election, you totes heart the Feds. Meanwhile, the College Football Playoff seeds were set yesterday and the undefeated, ACC Champion, Florida State Seminoles were left out of the Playoff. I've got some thoughts on that and much more!

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis took on California Governor Gavin Newsom in a debate last night and I've got some thoughts — including how DeSantis making Newsom own the poop on the streets of San Francisco was a master stroke. Also, Joe Biden has two of the worst takes of the week and Elon Musk says what every person would like to do to Disney and woke companies all across this nation — GFY — in our best and worst takes of the week!

Donald Trump received an endorsement from Rhode Island BLM's president. So, naturally, that means the black vote in America is about to flip bigly!! Or not. Also, Vivek loved him some COVID segregation and CTU loves themselves some grift, this time funneling taxpayer money through family members in the name of charity, or something.

Auron MacIntyre wrote an article at The Blaze that triggered some thoughts in me, as he noted the managerial takeover and schism that's happening in the left-controlled world of academia and government. He sees opportunity to take over, but how and for what? So many have no answers, just thoughts. That's the problem on the right. Also, Michigan votes to go full clean-energy in under 20 years, Oakland has voted to end the war between Israel and Hamas and the National Railroad Museum puts up a satanic Christmas tree in our #WTFWednesday segment. Auron MacIntyre article: https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/for-the-right-to-win-it-needs-a-new-formula

Irish politicians are debating speech laws, based on the "common good." Also, in Ireland, 3 little girls were stabbed to death by an Islamist and riots and violence broke out in a nation that is seeing mass illegal immigration. Sound familiar? Is what is happening in Ireland the future of America too? Also, should Ohio State part ways with Ryan Day? Deadspin goes full on Nick Sandman on a kid daring to dress up in face-paint and a head dress, no seriously. Oh and will the MAGA Cult cost America, America in 2024?