The Pete Kaliner Show

In the wake of the attack on the US Capitol, Big Tech corporations are banning users and even kicked the social media app Parler off the largest internet backbone - essentially killing it. Some see this as a signal of increasingly emboldened leftists stamping out opposition. But Chris Riley from the R Street Institute says banning Parler was a good thing - that might help save the internet. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/petekalinershow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

House Democrats - along with ten Republicans - impeached the President for "inciting insurrection." But unless Senator Mitch McConnell brings the Senate back into sessions to convict, it appears like that's the end of it. Plus, what we're seeing in modern politics is what Eric Hoffer detailed in his seminal work "The True Believer" back in 1951: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements." Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/petekalinershow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

Western North Carolina's Congressman, Madison Cawthorn, speeches at two events have prompted call from Democrats to have the newly-elected Republican ousted from his office. Plus, WRAL reporter Travis Fain goes on the KC O'Dea radio show and exhibits a lack of self-awareness that is fueling a lot of the anger on the right. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/petekalinershow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The FBI issued warnings of armed protests being planned at state capitols across America - and at the US Capitol - in the days before the January 20 Inauguration. This comes amid questions about how so many law enforcement agencies were seemingly unaware of the potential for violence at last week's Trump rally. The only way forward is a thorough and credible investigation of both the 2020 election and the Capitol riot. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/petekalinershow See...

Arrests are being made of the alt-righters, Q-Anon, Proud Boys, and Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol last week. Democrats and their allies in Big Tech are seizing on the riot to target conservatives and Republicans - even those who condemn the violence. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/petekalinershow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I joined Joe Catenacci this week on The Big Talker in Wilmington to discuss the Trump supporters storming of the U.S. Capitol, as well as NC Governor Roy Cooper's poorly-managed rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/petekalinershow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I joined Mark Starling on WWNC this week to discuss the latest COVID restrictions in Buncombe County, as well as the lunacy of lockdown threats. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/petekalinershow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yesterday's insurrectionist attack on the US Capitol by Trump supporters is the latest chapter in the escalation of political violence we've seen for the past decade. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/petekalinershow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In tight runoff races for both US Senate seats in Georgia, Democrats managed to defeat incumbent Republicans - giving control of the US Senate to the party that has promoted the abolition of the filibuster and the Electoral College, as well as packing the Supreme Court and adding more states to the USA to ensure their hold on power. Trump supporters blame the GOP Establishment... who blames Trump & his supporters. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/petekalinershow See...

After a year of pandemic, FINALLY some good news! We apparently cured the flu!!! Or else... there's some other reason for why the influenza cases and deaths have plummeted to record lows? Plus, North Carolina ranks almost last for vaccine distribution. Also, now that President Trump's term comes to end, our media, government, and medical "elites" feel like they can finally start discussing whether the coronavirus might have escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China. Support the show:...

In a secretly recorded phone call between President Donald Trump and the Georgia Secretary of State, the President repeatedly calls for election officials to make data available so there can be a full audit and accounting of the election - to ensure it was not riddled fraud, as Trump believes it was. However, the media is framing the conversation as a demand for Georgia to invent ballots, so Trump can overturn the election. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/petekalinershow See...

Today... on a very special episode of The Pete Kaliner Show... Pete's wife Christy joins him for a discussion about the last year - her move to Asheville, starting the podcast, and the pandemic... as well as goals for 2021. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/petekalinershow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper's administration has overhauled the vaccination prioritization list, creating a complex and confusing distribution protocol that puts college kids ahead of 60-year old residents. It's the latest example of the sweeping power that Cooper has wielded during the pandemic, and it's due to a law that needs to be fixed. Also, a professor accuses North Carolinians of voting against Chief Justice Cheri Beasley because she's Black, even though the data shows quite...

The most powerful lawmaker in North Carolina history died earlier this week. Marc Basnight helped build and run the Democratic political machine that still operates to this day. And the praise and admiration expressed by NC politicos at the way he wielded power proves how hollow many of the criticisms against Republican leaders have been. Also, Gov. Roy Cooper packs the NC Court of Appeals. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/petekalinershow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

US Air Force veteran and the founder of Code of Vets, Gretchen Smith, joins me to discuss how people can directly help a veteran during the holiday season. (She's also a Western NC native!) Plus, a new study out of Wuhan, China finds no evidence of 'asymptomatic spread' of the coronavirus - which would undermine the case for lockdowns and mask mandates. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/petekalinershow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Twitter and Facebook censored the New York Post social media accounts and blocked the newspaper's story about Hunter Biden before the election, calls to repeal Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act grew among conservatives, who have long accused the Big Tech firms of bias. But Jeff Westling, Technology & Innovation Policy Fellow at the R Street Institute says simply repealing the law is not the solution. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/petekalinershow See...

Mecklenburg (NC) County Manager Dena Diorio told people stay home and only celebrate the holidays with people in their household. But then said she's driving across the state to hang out with two of her own family members. It's the same hypocrisy and inconsistent standard that prompted Dr. Deborah Birx (head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force) to say she would be retiring - after it was discovered she traveled out of state and spent time with her extended family at Thanksgiving. Both...

Jessica Thompson is an attorney from the Pacific Legal Foundation and is representing bar owners in Greenville, NC suing Governor Roy Cooper over his Executive Orders that have shut down their business. It's one of the two lawsuits now filed by tavern operators. Plus, the NC Sheriff's Association says Gov. Cooper's latest order lifting the ban on carry-out sale or delivery of mixed drinks is not authorized under state law. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/petekalinershow See...

Stanly County Commissioner Tommy Jordan says he won't help enforce North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper's Executive Orders, but he recognizes how difficult a position Cooper is in as he manages the pandemic response. Jordan also says that local elected officials are not "openly defying the Governor's office because we've all be warned quite clearly that the next time we needed DEQ funding for a project, or needed to apply for a grant for our county, or needed the state's assistance with...

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper keeps trying to usurp NC Constitutional law that vests the "power of the purse" in the legislative branch. He's been smacked down by state judges from both parties. Also, San Francisco Unified School District looks to remove Abraham Lincoln's name from one of its schools because he was not woke enough for the 21st century. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/petekalinershow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.