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This episode is presented by Create A Video – To people who view everything through the prism of race, they assume everyone else does, too. This is often called the "Iron Law of Woke Projection." A good example came in on the Text Line in response to the story of the Shelby, NC police officer who punched a woman repeatedly while she resisted arrest. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-kaliner-show--6946691/support...
This episode is presented by Create A Video – A Shelby, NC police officer has been fired and charged with a misdemeanor for punching a woman who resisted arrest. The story has attracted national attention after a doorbell camera captured the confrontation. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-kaliner-show--6946691/support . Subscribe to the podcast My preferred podcast platform: Spreaker All the links to Pete's...
This episode is presented by Create A Video – Andrew Dunn is the publisher of Longleaf Politics and a contributing columnist to The Charlotte Observer. He joined me to discuss North Carolina Governor Josh Stein's "troubling" economic development plan as well as former Governor Jim Hunt's "forgotten education agenda." Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-kaliner-show--6946691/support . Subscribe to the podcast My ...
This episode is presented by Create A Video – AP Dillon is a reporter for the North State Journal. Read her reporting at NSJonline.com. She publishes a Substack.com newsletter called More To The Story . We discuss the foreign-funded activist campaign against data centers and a power ranking of teacher unions which found the North Carolina organizations very weak. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-kaliner-show--69...
This episode is presented by Create A Video – A 26-year old nepo baby champagne socialist is the "brains" behind the nepo baby self-professed communist running for US Senate in Maine. Morris Katz has led several campaigns for far left candidates in Democrat primaries across the country. But his background is a bit disturbing. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-kaliner-show--6946691/support . Subscribe to the podc...
This episode is presented by Create A Video – Graham Platner has so many scandals now surrounding his campaign for US Senate in Maine that it's difficult to list them all. And now he's got another one. According to multiple news organizations, Platner was sexting with a half dozen women on the Kik app and that Platner's wife discovered the messages in 2025 and told the campaign staff. They did not think it posed a political threat to Platner's run... whic...
This episode is presented by Create A Video – Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt is mounting one of the most interesting and inspiring political campaign in recent memory, as he seeks to be the Mayor of Los Angeles. His home burned down in the Palisades fire and he blames the incumbent - Karen Bass - for failing to adequately prepare, prevent, and respond to the catastrophe. He has also made mental health treatment and cleaning up the streets the focus ...
This episode is presented by Create A Video – The United Nations is officially retiring the most catastrophic climate model for its upcoming assessment report. In a classic example of "now it can be told," it turns out that scientists knew the model was impossible for almost a decade. But the incentives were so great to use the model to secure scientific grants and for headlines that it created a powerful feedback loop that captured an entire political pa...
This episode is presented by Create A Video – A reported "swatting" at Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett's home, a Trump supporter beaten to death, and a man arrested for death threats against TPUSA leader Erika Kirk are the latest batch of Leftist violence against conservatives. The first step on the road to recovery is admitting there's a problem. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-kaliner-show--6946691/s...
This episode is presented by Create A Video – Communist streamer Hasan Piker admitted that the benefactor of communist political operations masquerading as non-profits in America was, in fact, funding political projects. The admission comes as federal investigators are probing a recent trip that Piker took with other global communists to Cuba. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-kaliner-show--6946691/support . Subs...