The Erick Erickson Show

Another day, another horrific illegal alien murdering a US citizen plus the sickness of antisemitism is spreading in both parties.

The algorithm is breaking the brains of too many people especially the terminally online plus the Pope decides to step into politics instead of the Gospel. 

Republicans are again failing to meet the moment and risking electoral success by propping up another batch of awful candidates. Blames primary voters. Plus the crazy communist Mamdani gleefully roles out his new wealth tax.

The democrats are turned so hard left they are spinning in circles plus the Trump administration rolls out an ambitious plan for natural gas in the US. 

Looks like the embargo on Iran is paying quick dividends plus Grover Norquist joins the program on this holiest of days…..US Tax Day….ugh.

Lets take a very premature look at the 2028 GOP field plus the Republicans have things to highlight heading into midterms but they are fumbling badly.

President Trump regains the upper hand (he never really lost it) in Iran and the fight of the Straight of Hormuz plus Congress is doing a little much needed house cleaning.

We have created a permission loop with the President where even his most ardent supporters can't criticize him without being attacked.

Secretary Rubio brings Lebanon and Israel together for the first time in decades to talk peace and we have President Trump to thank for that plus the President will likely get another SCOTUS pick but will he listen to the Federalist Society? He should.

Trump takes another jab at getting a deal with Iran but is that the best outcome plus the President takes a shot at the Pope but this time he get criticized by his own supporters.

Eric Swalwell gets caught with his pants down literally, drops out of the CA governors race and is under investigation plus sports ruined itself when it left broadcast for 50 different streaming apps. It's unwatchable.

Victor Orban lost in Hungry but what does that mean going forward plus how concerned should we be about AI? If we listen to the company owners of AI…..a lot.

The ongoing dysfunction of the Middle East and the ongoing great debate on Muslim assimilation. 

The Alphabet Gang is back with a new addition.

To deal or not to deal…that's the question. Are there really the first building blocks of a deal with Iran or is it more gamesmanship.

The Iranian regimes soles purpose for existing, by their own admission, is to bring about the apocalypse, not understanding this point will lead to bad outcomes plus an interview with Elliot Stovall with the Filter Project.

Looks like the ceasefire deal with Iran has fallen apart before the show even ended so what's next plus the left has made homelessness so much worse than it needs to be.

You can't out crazy the crazies in Iran so the President MUST stick with his redline plus the propagandists, naysayers and experts are all wrong on Iran as they continue to advocate for an American loss. 

As more details come out about the military rescue in Iran it's even more impressive than we thought plus an interview with Dr. John Delony.

There is a lot of propaganda on both sides of the AI argument plus the hate America crowd is running the Vietnam playbook at home because they need us to lose in Iran.

The US military pulled off an incredible rescue over the weekend proving again how great we are so of course the left hates it. 

Are the experts ever right anymore plus democrat primary voters are costing democrats wins in general elections.

Republicans can't seem to capitalize on the fact democrats are disliked because they can't get their voters to turn out plus the boondoggle that is California high-speed rail. 

It's the annual Good Friday Show. Apologies for having to remove all the great music. If you want to hear it in full head over to ErickErickson.com and check out the 24/7 play button at the top of the page. It will be steaming on a loop all weekend. Happy Easter to everyone as well.

President Trump gives a primetime speech laying out the case for military action in Iran but did he hit a home run or just a bloop single, Pam Bondi is finally being shown the door plus the press are still caring water for a largely dead Iranian regime.

It's good that we are headed back to space plus now is not the time to let Iran off the hook.

Paula White is nuts and should be fired then ignored.

The President and the Secretary of State finally come out swinging against the complete nonsense being said and reported about operations in Iran plus we should continue to explore space.

Birthright citizenship is in question in front of SCOTUS today so lets walk thru how it got there.

Matt Gaetz is a moron hanging onto relevancy

The media continues to prefer narrative over facts when covering the President which explains their continued drumbeat that we are losing in Iran which is a blatant lie plus new data gives some more hope for GOP heading into the midterms as the public continues to look unfavorably at the democrat party.

An NBA player learns the hard way that his Christian faith will be sacrificed at the alter of the rainbow mafia plus the left attacks Pete Hegseth over Christian prayer but ignores Mayor Mamdani over islamic prayer.

It is time for President Trump to accept and acknowledge that the Russians will never be our friends or part of the west plus the 8-1 SCOTUS ruling on Colorado banning conversion therapy but the ruling wasn't even about that.

A lot happened over the weekend so lets get caught up with the latest on the shutdown impacting TSA, the bombing continues in Iran and a weird incident in Israel.

The left loves the hierarchy on intersectionality until they have to live by those rules.

Leaked audio from the democrat primary Michigan senate race show one of them running scared from criticism of Iran because of the muslim population.

Look we are winning in Iran, decisively, the evidence is overwhelming but many just refuse to give Trump credit.

Democrats circle the wagons for one of their members who stole $5million in covid funds she funneled to her reelection campaign plus we might have dodged a huge bullet not putting the practicing witch in as Surgeon General.

Christian nationalism doesn't work because it quickly turns into the very thing it's meant to avoid….becoming the 'state'

There is a lot of misunderstanding about the Straight of Hormuz so lets set the record straight plus we are winning in Iran decisively no matter what the left and media says.

The GOP is really dropping the ball on the great PR being done by have ICE in airports plus our society would benefit from the 20somethings knowing less about world affairs. 

The Iranian propaganda machine, propped up by the left, media and some on the insane right, is in full swing plus the left intentionally misrepresents a pastors wish for a born again Christian life for James Talarico who is currently a heretic.  

Democrats are losing the messaging game and their momentum heading into the midterms plus lets go over some of the new developments happening in Iran.

President Trump, Secretary Duffy and ICE did a great job getting airport security moving again so of course the left is mad plus what does the future really look like with the rise of AI?

Do we still have property rights in this country because increasingly we don't.

Democrats are cheering your misery as they celebrate massive TSA delays in hopes they can further serve their real constituents…..illegal aliens plus at this point every person reading this is more of an Iranian expert than the talking heads on TV claiming to be experts.

A challenge to post election day mail-in balloting is in front of SCOTUS plus another American citizen killed by an illegal alien….democrats preferred constituency.

A bunch of wealthy communists go to Cuba to tell people who are actually oppressed how not oppressed they are, all the while claiming they, the wealthy communists, are really oppressed in American plus President Trump needs to push his success on fighting crime harder.

Experts say...but they're not right.

If we do not depend on Middle Eastern oil as much, why are our gas prices going up?

A lot of anti-Israel conspiracy theories are threatening the President's success in Iran.

The Middle East is going well and if you don't see that, you may have TDS.  Also, when you crap on your allies, they may not want to help you.

The Empire State Building was built in 1 year 45 days in 1930.  The progressives can't build anything, but they can spend the money.  It also may time for all of us to go outside and touch some grass.

Modern day "art" is a way for elites to make themselves feel...well, elite. Most Iranians oppose the regime, but if you read social media and watch MSM, you may not get that view.

The Office of the DNI is more of a figurehead position at this point.  TSA possibly shutting down airports and the citizens of Iran cheering the demise of their own leaders.

The underestimating of Trump and the plans for Iran.  Talarico is worse than expected. No, I was not shut down in Athens.

Everything is a distraction from Epstein.  The Fed decision.  Senate Intelligence Hearings.

The media and the left are trying to whitewash the brutal history of Aki Larijani and Golemreza Solemani plus Joe Kent, a horrible person inside and out, is out of the Counterterrorism Center and good riddance

Free markets of the US are keeping oil and gas prices lower than most other places in the world.

The media is finally, slowly starting to hint at the fact that democrats are responsible for making flying even more miserable than it already was.

The new ayatollah has some skeletons in his closet that could make taking power problematic plus  more information about the Strait of Hormuz and how it's being navigated.

No one in the space of environmental lunacy has been wrong more often than Paul Ehrlich so of course the left and media held him out as an unassailable expert plus wealthy liberals want to pretend they have it worse in the US than they would in Iran….notice none of them are moving.

There is a growing swath of Americans on both sides of political aisle who want to demonize every established institution that we have collectively benefited from.

The media and democrats would rather see bodies than fund DHS plus the US has always known the Iranians would try to close the Straight of Hormuz so anyone telling you we were caught off guard is lying.

Cuba could be on the brink of systematic change plus data shows less social media and more church leads to much better mental health.

IRGC is seeing more and more defections, turns out the newly minted mayor of New York City is a raging jew hater plus it's open line Friday on the phones.

The disinformation campaign being waged by the media and democrats regarding the conflict in Iran has reached covid levels of lying to the public.

Let's walk thru the SAVE Act and why it's having problems plus democrats really do hate business just look at how the simplest of businesses are regulated.

We need to talk about the corruption running rampant on the right, specifically CPAC plus more on the media's handling of Iran.

The left is mad, while pretending to care about spending issues, over military spending on food for the troops plus CNN is just an islamist propaganda network inside the US.

Normies aren't online or watching cable to the degree those that shape the narratives we consume plus another major company flee's yet another communist state for a better all around climate.

No we aren't losing the conflict in Iran, no we don't need to cut and run as some on the right are wanting and no we Israel isn't running our foreign policy plus democrats continue to hold up funding for DHS so progressive activists can kill ICE agents.

The media, entirety of the left and some on the far right are trying to change the narrative around our actions in Iran to hurt the president plus what is the end game for the US in Iran?

There are some insane things going on in a special election in Georgia plus the relentless Chinese and Russian disinformation campaigns being propped up by the far right is a real problem.

James Talarico is a heretic so of course democrats are going to put everything they can behind him and their twisted ideology plus California loses another huge business to a more business friendly state.

When tragic things happen in life it's best to take a moment and not compound the tragedy plus the very latest on what is actually happening in Iran.

There was an ISIS inspired terror attack in New York City over the weekend but you wouldn't know it by the media coverage, democrats continue their partial shut down efforts plus the diplomatic solution in Iran is missiles and bombs.

Too many young people have no idea what the realities are entering the workforce.

There is a secondary war being waged against Russia and China as Iran loses strength plus the woke right, you know who they are, are actively working to harm Americans so it's beyond time to start mocking then ignoring these morally bankrupt losers.

Noem is finally out at DHS and it couldn't come soon enough plus democrats who peddle in white guilt are engaging in racism.

It's time to take a look at how differently this war in Iran verses past war efforts plus mixed results from the Texas primaries last night.

Spain has decided they would rather turn their backs on free society and their biggest allies plus the President lays out why now.

As has happened on many issues over the last few years the democrats have left themselves no outs when it comes to military action in Iran plus Islam's worldview isn't compatible with Christianity. 

Lets cover the latest in Iran and some of the nonsensical criticism of President Trump.

SCOTUS gives parents a huge win saying that schools can no longer hide important details about their children….things like transitioning plus Texas progressives are forcing the cops who took out the Austin terrorist into a grand jury in hopes of charging them with a murder.

A quick history of Iranian aggression towards the United States plus the anti-war right has just adopted tired left wing talking points.

Pretty self explanatory what this hour is going to cover.

Let take a look at who and what a US ally looks like plus the left is supporting the Iranian dictator to the surprise of no one.

People keep bringing up the 1953 Iranian coup but they are getting the history wrong plus the democrats are still standing on keeping DHS shut down.

The media runs cover for the Clinton's as they testify about their Epstein ties plus James Talarico is the religious heretic democrats have been looking for to try and win in a red state.

Eileen Gu is a traitor to the country so of course the media will prop her up plus some may not like it but when the US recedes from the world stage the worst actors step up.

Casey Means is batcrap crazy and should be no where near the Surgeon Generals office plus Gavin Newsom may not get the media cover that other democrats get.

Lets review the good and bad from the State of the Union last night.

Jumping back to Iran plus more state of the union reaction.

Sports writers hate sports unless it's a vehicle for their progressive fetishes.

As this ridiculous teenage drama plays out regarding the mens and women's hockey teams, the through thread of everything being transactional shows how little we can have in common plus this has nothing to do with the President but we are long past the need for a yearly state of the union address.

The left just can govern big cities and you can look no further than Mamdani and snow removal in New York plus the new right is just the old left in different wrapping and they are threatening to undo every good policy win over the last few decades.

The climate freaks are making things up....again plus we don't do this often but let's check the voice mail for the show. I'm sure it will be normal and not unhinged. 

In their myopic quest for power and control the left can't bring themselves to celebrate US Olympic gold because of President Trump plus Trump lost his tariff fight at SCOTUS and public polling but that isn't stopping him from doubling down.

Alireza Jafarzadeh joins the program to discuss everything happening in Iran plus Gavin Newsom tries to relate to an Atlanta audience by claiming he's illiterate.

So there was another attempt on the Presidents life over the weekend and the details should be a wakeup call but it likely won't plus a Mexican cartel is going full BLM after losing their leader.

Democrats think their electoral success will come from attacking ICE plus even as unpopular as GOP and President Trump might be nationally voters still think democrats are too insane for power.

We can keep arguing about this but the data is in and 95% of Trumps tariffs are being paid by US consumers plus the most impactful politics are local.

New data shows the more you are in front of a screen the more your brain can't retain information

Trump had a closed door campaign meeting and we have some details plus the left is giving Jasmine Crockett the 2016 Bernie Sanders treatment.

The left can't govern their cities but insist that raising taxes will fix things plus the Trump administration is fumbling on Iran just like Obama did.

As Christians how do we navigate our politics without losing our way plus even though the national scene doesn't look particularly great the GOP still dominates state level politics.

Another day another trans shooter kills people. When will democrats and media take this mental health crisis seriously plus where are all the environmentalists screaming about how we are killing the planet in the wake of the worst raw sewage spill in history?

AI is being used in personal ways that are detrimental to their wellbeing plus we all know AOC isn't particularly bright but her abysmal performance in Berlin may have seriously hurt her political ambitions. 

Lets walk through some recent and non recent history to highlight how democrats can't build things in America.

China is good at much other than theft which is why their PR campaign is on overdrive plus Europe needs to get their act together as people go to jail for longer because of speech infractions than murder.

California is compromising our national security due to their insane environmental policy plus the AWFUL's have traded in their cats for a cause and it's turning out poorly for everyone.

Thomas Massie has become the congressional court jester who ruined a mans life with an incorrect allegation of impropriety, it's time for him to voted out plus Texas republicans are posed to pull a Herschel Walker by nominating Ken Paxton.

Trump starts to walk back some tariffs because he's finally seeing what we said would happen,  prices rising on American consumers plus Trump has to get the lose cannons in his administration under control before the midterms.

The democrats partially shut down DHS at a time they are seen as far to liberal by a majority of the public plus Trump decides we don't need to prop up green energy as much as we have and predictably the left thinks we are all doing to die.

Great Britain sides with Islam and the r*pe gangs plus what are the real concerns surrounding AI, data centers and energy consumption?

Get your kids out of public education, example 682,456, a majority of the country believes democrats are too liberal plus there is no constitutional right to vote.

It turns out the media's favorite Irish illegal immigrant is here trying to avoid drugs charges back home.

Green energy environmental law fare is finally be taken seriously and we are seeing significant pushback. 

Trump was so successful shutting down the border that the cartel is now flying drugs into the country with drones (important update at the beginning of hour 3 today) plus Google was able to get video of Savannah Guthrie's mothers kidnapper. 

Lets try to make sense of the jobs numbers that just came out plus the President seems to have abandoned any kind of governing philosophy as he heads towards lame duck status. 

It going to be interesting to see how society deals with AI because right now no one really knows what to do plus a new condender emerges in the Georgia gubernatorial race which could really shakes things up. His name is Rick Jackson and he stops by the program today.

The environmental lunatics are walking back one of the most rock solid tenants of their kooky religion plus democrats discover the broken window theory of fighting crime.

Trump ends another Biden era failed policy plus gambling might bring revenue but the societal negative it brings far out weighs what little positive can be gleaned from it.

With a single successful lawsuit against the damage done by trans surgery are we about to see the medical field wake up?

They can try and minimize their intent but the push of some minorities to erase 'whiteness' isn't going to happen plus there was little good last night during the Super Bowl.

Environmentalism is a precursor to mass casualties plus states implementing normal curriculums in school are outperforming schools still stuck in common core methods.

The President continues to destroy the GOP's chances in the midterms. This time by reposting an incredibly racist video.

Virginia democrats are running wild with an agenda better suited for California but this is what they voted for.

Massive data centers are going to destroy the communities they are built in.

Trump has incurred some political damage given poor performance from Kristy Noem and tariffs but it is correctable before the midterms plus while the layoffs at the Washington Post are a long time coming there are a couple of things to be concerned about.

The middle class is being wiped out but not for the reasons you think plus lets dive into he details of this compromise being peddled by democrats to hamper ICE's ability to do its job.

We need to set the record straight about the constitutionality of the SAVE Act plus some artist named Shaboozey is dealing with the fallout of his Grammy speech.

Tom Homan and ICE are still dealing with the mess Kristy Noem left behind, the GOP needs to stop their push to blow up the filibuster plus there is too much social currency in being a victim.

It's a bad idea for Republicans to put on a show trial of the Clintons plus it's clear that republicans had no real plan when it came to the redistricting fight.

Trump is using his superpower to direct the media but they're trying to go where the clicks are, not the actual story.  Also, the administration's continuous fumble on 2A isn't going to help the midterms.

Trump's play for Iran is working out in real time, but there is division in the White House.  I also discuss things white progressives say.

Trump is using his superpower to direct the media but they're trying to go where the clicks are, not the actual story.  Also, the administration's continuous fumble on 2A isn't going to help the midterms.

Look all over the country and all you'll see is abject failure where progressives are in charge when any kind of emergency takes place plus crime is down in the US and we have President Trump to thank for it.

There is an interesting story involving insider trading, betting markets, a Trump company, AI chips and the Spy Sheikh plus Republicans can ignore all the special elections they keep losing but it's going to bite them bad in the midterms if they do.

Sanity might be breaking through with a successful lawsuit against the butchers who engage in trans-surgeries plus spanish communist's think dogs need to be killed so they can import more muslims to Spain.

Don Lemon just discovered a hard truth. The freedom of religion comes in ahead of the freedom of the press plus more fallout from Kristy Noem's disastrous handling of deportations.

Of course the Qatari's don't want us hitting Iran because they fund terrorist together all over the world plus now we have both democrats and a few republicans want to shut down the government for mostly insane and frankly stupid reasons.

Homan is called in to clean up the mess left by Noem plus lets break down why the left goes so far out of their way to protect illegals over all else.

Evidence is now coming out that Kristy Noem tried to pull a small coup inside DHS plus Democrats really want dead Americans. Why else would you continue to call ICE nazi's?

Looks like Iran is finally in the crosshairs after a plot to strike the US was uncovered plus Senator John Cornyn stops by to talk about government funding, ICE and the one year anniversary of the Laken Riley Act.

Trump shakes things up, changes tactics and Minnesota will be better for it plus it was Biden that started an investigation into Illhan Omar.

The Federal Reserve isn't going anywhere no matter what partisans say.

Barri Weiss wants CBS to actually do 'journalism' so of course from top to bottom they are complaining internally because they are just partisan leftist hacks

Predictably democrats are threatening to shut the government down again over DHS funding plus a massive deep military coup was thwarted in China.

President Trump makes the right decision and sends in Tom Homan to deal with Minnesota plus the right is messing up their own second amendment arguments. 

Lets take a deeper look at the "deal" President Trump got with the Greenland and Denmark.

Is there a chance we could actually see regime change in Cuba? If reports are to be believed it could possibly happen this year plus Davos is always a disaster mostly because it makes progressives look nuttier than usual.

One can criticize President Trump and still acknowledge he's better than any democrat president would be on issue that matter to conservatives. Those two thoughts are in conflict with each other unless you low IQ partisan. 

It doesn't look like the President is going to win at SCOTUS regarding his firing of Lisa Cook. Handing Trump a rare loss at the high court plus the GOP better up their candidate quality if they want a chance in the midterms.

Looks like Trump is getting a deal with Greenland. We'll wait to see the actual details but good for the President.

All the usual suspects on the left and in media are doubling down on the illegal protest in a church plus Trump is right on Greenland but can't get out of his own way to get the deal done.

The left is insane and learned nothing from how poorly defund the police went so they are on to defunding ICE plus Virginia  is about to discover what a mistake they made.

Don Lemon and his radical leftist friends break federal law and storm into a church during Sunday service to harass parishioners, a new book details the antisemitism from the Harris campaign plus no one potentially running for the Democrat nomination for president can answer whether a man can get pregnant.

Let go down the rabbit hole of how the AWFULs are the worst and ruining the country plus Trump is fumbling his bid for Greenland so badly it's hard to see a deal ever being entertained let along reached.

Let's take a look at what we can expect from the midterms if Trump doesn't course correct how he's managing the countries problems plus the trans community can only survive by changing the meaning of language. Don't let them do it.

If people wanted to see what a real sustained insurrection looks like just take a close look at Minnesota plus you can destroy the left with kindness. 

Canada was already getting in bed with China long before Trump ever came on the political scene plus President Trump is fumbling his bid to get Greenland in the hands of the United States.

Democrats are actually pushing for violence against law enforcement plus Trump has the opportunity to do something no other American president has been able to do....bring the Irainian government down.

Whether people like it or not Trump has a very adult foriegn policy approach plus the left is already talking about impeachment if they take back the house.

The trans movement flamed out and crashed hard in the Supreme Court yesterday as the full weight of their insanity came crashing down.

The midterms are going to come down to which political party can sideline their crazies, ever heard of Havana Syndrome, if not your about to plus pressure continues to mount in Iran.

A seemingly normal kid with a bright future went down the anti semitic rabbit hole and will now spend a long time in prison.

Trump is in full blown bully mode and now has his sights set on Jerome Powell plus we have to get back into what happened in Minnesota last week.

The right has a grifter and antisemitism problem led for Tucker, Owens and Kelly plus some caller questions and reactions.

President Trump adopts one of the worst economic ideas out there with capping credit card interest. 

Things are heating up in Iran as the citizens continue to rise up against the Ayatollah plus an overweight DEI hire in Philadelphia who calls herself the sheriff pretends her local LEO's are going to start arresting ICE agents.

ICE has the legal and moral authority to do their job without being attacked and harassed plus the body cam footage has been released and it shows what we told you it would, now the question is will the media and the left retract their statements or double down.