Andy Gause joins Jim Blasingame to offer perspective on what made the SOTU speech by President Trump so relevant, effective, and different from the past president.

Jim Blasingame to reveal new parts of the new tax bill that will cost business sellers more in taxes, and continue his coverage of the inequity in this bill toward small businesses.

Tamar Jacoby joins Jim Blasingame to debate the sanctuary city (and state) issue as it applies to the multiple layers of the sanctuary, from helping a child get health care to exposing the public to a known killer, and of course, then there’s the Constitution.

Tamar Jacoby joins Jim Blasingame to report on the immigration negotiating elements both sides have placed on the table, and whether election-year politics will kill any potential progress that could be made.

Tamar Jacoby joins Jim Blasingame to report on the cynical way both parties use the immigration issue for political purposes, instead of the fix the problem for the country and the individuals caught in the middle.

John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to reveal another direct attack on small businesses from the new tax law, whereby self-created intangible assets were taken from capital gains status to ordinary income.

John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the additional ways that the new tax bill hurts small businesses, in this case how their assets are taxed when they sell the business.

Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to remind that history in mid-term elections is not on the side of White House occupants, and to predict that the GOP will likely lose the majority in the house, but not the Senate.

Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to report on the many investigations going on in Washington, the ugly politics, lack of leadership/statesmanship being demonstrated.

Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the issues created by a government shutdown – who doesn’t get paid – and if this drags on, who gets the blame.