Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft

0:30 - Fired WaPo workers protest

12:40 - Ald. Rossana Rodriguez=Sanchez (33rd Ward) on CPS student ICE protestors: raising the society we're going to have in a decade

33:16 - Notoriously Lizzie arrested

56:36 - Bob Kraft Super Bowl ad

01:15:16 - C. Steven Tucker of HealthInsuranceMentors.com on Trump Rx and the major healthcare reforms coming soon that could make a big difference. 

01:34:30 - Senior Counsel at the Article III Project, Will Chamberlain, says The Fix is in as anti-ICE judges stall immigration enforcement. Follow Will on X @willchamberlain

01:50:38 - Founder/CIO of Perry International Capital Partners, James Perry: You wouldn’t know it from the news but the stock market is only 2% from all time high numbers. For more on Perry International Capital Partners

02:11:44 - Open Mic Friday!

0:30 - Bessent House testimony

16:34 - Tom Homan on withdraw of 700 officers from Minnesota

37:54 - Bill Gates responds to the recent allegations

01:02:20 - Eugene Kontorovich, professor at George Mason University Scalia Law School and senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation: A Who’s WHO of Groups to Quit. Follow Eugene on X @EVKontorovich

01:18:27 - Foundation for Defense of Democracies senior adviser Richard Goldberg breaks down the U.S.–Iran nuclear talks, negotiating with the mullahs, and why expectations are being reset. Keep updated with Rich on X @rich_goldberg

01:34:06 - Short Attention Spans 

01:57:17 - Karen Bass' after-action report on Palisades fires

02:11:16 - John Tamny, editor of RealClearMarkets, on Bitcoin’s slide and why Kevin Warsh should raise concerns. Check out John’s most recent book The Money Confusion: How Illiteracy about Currencies and Inflation Sets the Stage for the Crypto Revolution

0:30 - Billie Eilish at Grammys

13:45 - Mamdani on guy who charged cop with knife: no family should have to endure this kind of pain

32:12 - Male AWFL Acronym Needed

53:14 - Is voter ID racist?

01:09:23 - Investigative reporter at the Manhattan Institute, Christina Buttons, gives a look Inside Minneapolis’s ICE Watch Network. Follow Christina on X @buttonslives

01:27:50 - Noted economist Stephen Moore lays out the data showing red states booming while blue states bust. Get more Steve @StephenMoore

01:41:21 - Helen Andrews at Edmund Burke Foundation event on "overcoming feminization"

01:47:23 - Senior writer for the Dispatch, David Drucker, with some advice to democrats: stop ducking and dissembling on the politically charged issue of transgender

Rights. Keep updated with David on X @DavidMDrucker

02:07:43 - Tim Stearns, president and founder of TJ Stearns Financial Planning & Benefits in Arlington Heights, explains Trump Accounts and the critical importance of planning for your financial future. For more help realizing your full financial vision tjstearns.com

0:30 - Student walkout – Mather, Northside Prep, Amundson, Streamwood…

20:16 - Trump on body cameras in MN

37:01 - Illinois Primary Check-in

01:02:15 - Midnight Meat Trains

01:16:36 - In-depth History with Frank from Arlington Heights 

01:20:15 - Market Specialist for Market Day Report! Scott "the cow guy" Shellady: I'm for free trade... but I'm not for free trade if they're tariffing us and we're not tariffing them. Check out Scott’s Market Day Report! – 10:30am CT to 1pm CT- and The Cow Guy Close – 1pm CT to 1:30pm CT – both at RFD-TV

01:38:23 - Wirepoints founder Mark Glennon breaks down how benefits fraud is quietly draining billions from taxpayers.

01:54:02 - Morning Joe tries to have his Don Lemon moment

02:15:19 - Journalist Jasper Craven on America’s new gambling epidemic. Jasper is also the author of God Forgives, Brothers Don’t: The Long March of Military Education and the Making of American Manhood, which will be published in May.

0:30 - Don Lemon after being RORed

20:18 - BLM Brandon issues "ICE on Notice" EO

40:24 - Epstein files

59:26 - Erick Chomskis, civilian employee of the War Department: Local sanctuary policies are creating chaos for communities

01:15:21 - The Heritage Foundation’s Steven Bucci defends Trump’s Venezuela policy, saying critics should “ask the people of Venezuela if they’re upset.”

01:36:17 - Julius E. Davis Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota and co-host of the Rationally Based podcast, Ilan Wurman, argues that sanctuary policies in states like Minnesota are what drive the surge of federal officers.For podcast updates and more @ilan_wurman

01:55:52 - Sports & Politics

02:13:54 - Jeanne Ives & Amy Jacobson preview their new show which premiers today The Real Story 11-noon on 560 the Answer

0:30 - Subham Patil, Indian student, attacked on Red Line

15:47 - Homan presser

37:58 - Pro troller Josh Seiter, representing the FARTs, bamboozles AWFL

57:06 - Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors, Chris Whalen, on new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh: He was the only choice and he understands how this "temple" works. Chris is also editor for The Institutional Risk Analyst theinstitutionalriskanalyst.com

01:12:24 - Paul Vallas, former CEO of CPS and former candidate for mayor, on the new federal scholarship program and CTU's War on Chicago’s Children. Follow Paul on X @PaulVallas

01:31:22 - Kevin Coyne, chairman of the DuPage GOP: JB Pritzker is every IL republicans opponent. Join the DuPage GOP for their Lincoln Day Dinner - Friday February 27 - for more details  dupagegop.com/2026-lincoln-day-dinner

01:51:01 - Senior writer for the Washington Examiner & cohost of the “You’re Wrong” podcast, David Harsanyi: Protest Culture Is Annoying and Un-American. Check out David’s most recent book The Rise of BlueAnon: How the Democrats Became a Party of Conspiracy Theorists

02:06:36 - Open Mic Friday!

0:30 - Pretti on Jan. 13 confronting ICE, yelling profanities, kicking vehicle

18:11 - like bananas and rice

39:34 - Springsteen ICE protest song "Streets of Minneapolis"

01:00:51 - Rand Paul and Rubio: if it happened to US would it be an act of war

01:21:10 - Stu Smith, investigative analyst at City Journal: Terror Supporters Are Influencing Students at the University of Washington. Follow Stu on X @thestustustudio

01:40:21 - From factory floors to the White House: Auto Workers for Trump founder Brian Pannebecker on tariffs — and meeting Nicki Minaj

01:53:37 - Brian Lonergan, Director of Strategic Communications & Content at the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR): The rhetoric form Minnesota leadership has created an “unsafe and deadly environment” Brian is also co-host of the “No Border, No Country” podcast

02:13:42 - Susan Crabtree, RealClearPolitics’ national political correspondent & regular contributor for the California Post, walks us through an epically bad week for Gavin Newsom. Check out Susan’s most recent book   Fool’s Gold: The Radicals, Con Artists, and Traitors Who Killed the California Dream and Now Threaten Us All

0:30 - Trump in IA, on Pretti shooting: don't like that he had a gun

16:39 - Guy attacks Omar spraying something on her after she calls for Noem to resign or be impeached

38:21 - Mayor West Chicago Daniel Bovey rips teacher who made pro-ICE post on social media

01:03:29 - West Chicago teacher - The First Amendment 

01:22:25 - Thomas Weitzel, retired Riverside police chief and Awake Illinois law-enforcement fellow, separates fact from fiction on ICE operations and the Bridgeview facility. Follow Chief Weitzel on X @ChiefWeitzel

01:38:33 - Noted economist Stephen Moore marks the 20th anniversary of Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth. Get more Steve @StephenMoore

01:53:02 - Neo-Marxist Party Senate debate

02:12:50 - Chief Political Analyst at The Liberal Patriot, Michael Baharaeen: Liberals Should Try Harder to Understand Their Adversaries. For more from Michael michaelbaharaeen.substack.com

0:30 - Leavitt on Pretti shooting

9:36 - Organized Agitators

34:14 - Hollywood can no longer stay silent…

57:00 - Sports & Politics

01:10:35 - In-depth History with Frank from Arlington Heights

01:14:15 - Founder of Wirepoints Mark Glennon warns that when left-wing politicians like Brandon Johnson say “investment,” taxpayers should brace for what comes next.

01:29:43 - Retired Cook County Judge James R. Brown says Illinois no longer values skills and talent — it values wokeness, DEI, and open borders. Check out the op-ed Judge Brown wrote for JohnKass.com - His Judgement Cometh and That Right Soon

01:49:14 - Powerlines’s John Hinderaker argues Democrats’ real priority is burying fraud scandals and moving the headlines along. Get John’s latest at powerlineblog.com

02:04:32 - Director of Legal Affairs for Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, Katie Glenn Daniel, responds to Trump's call to be "a little bit flexible on Hyde" For more on Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America sbaprolife.org

0:30 - Noem's initial statement on Pretti shooting

15:28 - Pretti shooting

39:18 - 2A issue

01:02:35 - MN Police Chief Brian O'Hara

01:21:03 - The Heritage Foundation's Steven Bucci weighs the pros and cons of a proposed pause on ICE operations in Minnesota

01:37:20 - Peter Schweizer, investigative journalist and author, connects the Minneapolis protests to his new book The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon. For more on The Invisible Coup - theinvisiblecoup.com

01:54:57 - Retired Chicago Police Chief of Detectives Eugene Roy says the media’s rush to judgment is making a bad situation in Minneapolis worse. Follow Gene on X @GeneRoyChicago

02:07:10 - Dr. Oz at the Griggs Midway building in MN calling out Medicaid fraud

0:30 - Vance in MN: turn down the chaos

16:02 - DaWokeFarmer William Scott Kelly

38:17 - Jack Smith: I stand by my decisions

01:02:59 - National political reporter, Salena Zito, on the democrats penchant for violent rhetoric. Check out Salena’s most recent book  Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America’s Heartland and columns at  SalenaZito.com

01:20:20 - James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Law & Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago, Richard Epstein on vampire laws, revenge prosecutions and other recent law related absurdities

01:43:37 - Small business outlook, survey Chicago 

01:56:00 - Psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert diagnoses prominent left-leaning figures who made headlines this past week. Jonathan’s new book  Therapy Nation is set to release 5/19!

02:15:28 - Open Mic Friday!

0:30 - We want a piece of ice for world protection

13:40 - Trump on Europe: want them to succeed but they need to change course, destroying themselves

37:43 - Trump on Somali fraud, piracy

01:02:08 - Rich Lowry, editor of National Review and author of The Case for Nationalism, reviews Trump at Davos and pushes back hard on critics of ICE. Follow Rich on X @RichLowry

01:18:40 - Host of “The Futures Edge Podcast” and special contributor to Wirepoints, Jim Iuorio, on why deregulation matters—and why business owners need to know government has their backs. For podcast updates & more @JimIuorio

01:36:07 - Call to Maine's Bureau of Motor Vehicles...I have a Somali friend who needs a DL

01:55:35 - Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Roger Klein: After Decade of Drift, Trump Returns Health Agency to Core Mission

02:10:58 - Heather Mac Donald, Manhattan Institute fellow and author of When Race Trumps Merit, applauds Trump’s response to lawlessness as Rude but Right on Crime

0:30 - TRUMP PRESS BRIEFING

14:56 - MAGA 2.0

38:10 - Governor of Indiana, Mike Braun, explains how he plans to bring the Bears to NW Indiana - we'll make things easy and save them money

01:00:10 - Why Dan Proft is Single 

01:15:19 - Former Attorney General of the United States, Michael Mukasey, on climate warfare and Suing the Past 

01:24:28 - Pam Grier on The View

01:29:47 - Economist Stephen Moore says affordability is better than most Americans think — and that perception is about to change. Get more Steve @StephenMoore

01:46:00 - Flashback: Democrats on Immigration

02:09:27 - Former United States Deputy Undersecretary of Defense & contributor to the Washington Times and The American Spectator, Jed Babbin: We are not going to own Greenland and we don’t need to. Follow Jed on X @jedbabbin

0:30 - Indiana Hoosiers National Champs

16:13 - Enoch Burke arrested in Ireland again

39:46 - Don Lemon on Jennifer Welch podcast: Cities Church parishioners are entitled white supremacists

59:18 - David Whitehouse, former BBC science correspondent and editor, says Trump’s interest in Greenland isn’t just strategic  — it’s about controlling the world’s most valuable data. David is also the author of several books including Apollo 11: The Inside Story.

01:13:07 - In-depth History with Frank from Arlington Heights 

01:16:39 - Sports & Politics

01:46:05 - Founder of Wirepoints, Mark Glennon, reacts to Brandon Johnson’s plan to buy back Chicago’s parking meters.

02:00:52 - Founder of the Woodson Center, Bob Woodson, explains how American values in action can help rebuild inner cities and restore opportunity in minority communities. For more on the Woodson Center woodsoncenter.org

02:18:12 - Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino explains how protesters’ premeditated tactics of boxing in federal officers create dangerous situations on the ground.

0:30 - Bear Down

11:05 - MLK Day

36:38 - Protesters disrupt service at Minnesota church

54:44 - Noem vs. Brennan

01:14:51 - Justin Logan of the Cato Institute argues the smartest U.S. strategy on Greenland is the path of least resistance. Follow Justin on X @JustinTLogan

01:34:02 - The trees planted by the water are back...at Target

01:51:43 - Amity Shlaes, board chair of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation & winner of the Hayek Prize: Oil: Venezuela’s Problem. Amity is also the best selling author of The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression  and Great Society: A New History

02:10:34 - Resident Fellow in Law and Policy at the Center for Immigration Studies Andrew R. Arthur asks  Is a ‘Civil War’ Brewing in Minnesota over Immigration? For more on the Center for Immigration Studies visit cis.org

0:30 - BLM Brandon responds to Bill from Canaryville on property tax hikes and downtown development

33:59 - Insurrectionists, ICE, and Local Law Enforcement

51:57 - Founder & Principal Broker for HealthInsuranceMentors.com, C Steven Tucker, breaks down Trump's "Great Healthcare Plan" and gives odds on it passing congress 

01:14:49 - Christopher Whalen, chairman of Whalen Global Advisors and editor of The Institutional Risk Analyst, on Mamdani’s universal child care plan: “This is all pie in the sky — kind of Bill de Blasio on LSD.” Check out Chris’ most recent book  Inflated: Money, Debt and the American Dream – 2nd Edition

01:39:11 - Senior Pastor of New Beginnings Church of Chicago & founder and CEO of Project H.O.O.D., Corey Brooks, asks Brandon Johnson - Why would a city mayor defend a dictator while his own streets continue to burn? Support Pastor Brooks as he walks across America to spread faith, unity, and opportunity at projecthood.org

01:54:59 - Multi‑Emmy‑Award‑winning reporter Liz Collin on the violent protests gripping Minneapolis today, drawing parallels to the city’s unrest in 2020. Follow Liz on X @lizcollin

02:16:42 - Open Mic Friday!

0:30 - Can a man get pregnant? Sen. Josh Hawley and Dr. Nisha Verma

17:16 - Another ICE-involved shooting

37:10 - Left's Rittenhouse came in from Madison to "protect" Mexican restaurant from ICE

01:00:18 - Speaking in favor of tax increases

01:20:22 - Editor of The New Criterion, Roger Kimball: Anatomy of a Failed Moral Panic

01:44:06 - Oprah can't get into her jeans because she has the obesity gene

02:01:31 - Clifford May, president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and Washington Times foreign affairs columnist, on the state of play in Iran and Trump’s long list of options. Follow Cliff on X @CliffordDMay

02:19:25 - Deputy State Department Spokesperson Mignon Houston on expanded visa screening and vetting — who’s being allowed to stay in the U.S. and who’s being turned away.

02:26:59 - South Bend: Mo Riles gets a new truck thanks to Colin Crowel

0:30 - Alito vs. ACLU's Kathleen Hartnett, lawyer for Lindsay Hecox: what is a woman?

17:17 - Scott Adams' ex-wife reads final letter

38:11 - Scott Adams last act

49:34 - AWFL with sign: I should be at home smoking weed...but Nazis…

53:57 - Renee Good

01:16:10 - Andrew McCarthy, former Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney and National Review contributing editor, on the biggest legal battles of the moment — Powell, Good, and the fight over transgender athletes. Follow Andy on X @AndrewCMcCarthy

01:39:21 - Noted economist Stephen Moore on the U.S. economy: "We are in a full-scale BOOM!" Get more Steve @StephenMoore

01:54:28 - Scott McKay, publisher of TheHayride.com & Senior Editor at The American Spectator: White Girl George Floyd Isn’t Working. Scott is also the author of of the brand-new novel Blockbusters, which is available at Amazon

02:11:09 - Why Dan Proft is Single

0:30 - Jacob Frey sues over "invasion" of federal law enforcement

15:09 - SPORTS & POLITICS

36:53 - IL sues

59:23 - CAMPUS BEAT

01:11:22 - In-depth History with Frank of Arlington Heights

01:15:19 - Policy Fellow with Center of the American Experiment, Bill Glahn: How and why Minnesota failed as a state

01:39:30 - Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon fears Lori Lightfoot skipping her credit card payment might inspire others to follow suit.

01:52:34 - KT McFarland, former Deputy National Security Advisor under Trump, on the turmoil in Iran and why she supports Trump’s effort to secure Greenland. KT is also the author of Revolution:Trump, Washington and We the People

02:13:29 - Rob Kole, President and CEO of Kole Digital, provides expert insight into the AI innovations and trends poised to shape 2026. For more on Kole Digital koledigital.com

0:30 - Leaked video of MN shooting

16:55 - Mary Moriarty wants in on fed investigation

40:14 - MN RAWFLS

01:07:16 - Portland Police Chief Bob Day

01:23:58 - The Heritage Foundation’s Steven Bucci on Iran as historic protests expose the ayatollahs at their weakest point

01:42:50 - Retired FBI supervisory special agent James Gagliano says the Minneapolis shooting was a tragic loss of life — caused by the actions of the woman involved and the ideology behind them.

01:57:47 - Tucker compares Good to Kirk

02:21:47 - Founder, CIO Perry International Capital Partners, James Perry, on the December jobs numbers and the DOJ investigation of Fed Chair Powell. For more on Perry International Capital Partners perrycapitalpartners.com