The Gerry Callahan Show

A longtime Newsmax contributor, #1 rated morning radio host for over 20 years, and throat-cancer survivor, Gerry Callahan calls it like he sees it and offers sharp commentary on the news of the day. With an emphasis on politics, Gerry also brings his unique takes on major sports stories and cultural issues. He has covered The Olympics for Sports Illustrated, numerous World Series and Super Bowls and he offers conservative political opinions from Boston, the belly of the liberal beast.

Sports
News Commentary
1
Elon Musk Tears Apart the Media’s USAID Narrative
- Senator Tim Sheehy argues Iran has attacked Americans for 47 years and defends continued military pressure while rejecting claims that the conflict is an American-made war. - Elon Musk rejects claims that USAID cuts cause mass deaths, calling the agency politically driven and pointing to private foundations capable of replacing legitimate aid programs. - John Fetterman calls Zohran Mamdani a “clown,” dismisses his threats against Benjamin Netanyahu and condemns his refusal to confront Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran. - North Yarmouth officials vote to remove a Pride flag from a municipal building and reject a second proposal to display it throughout June. - Former CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin’s candid comments about her sex life collide with clips of her emotional political coverage, fueling fresh accusations of media hypocrisy.
47 min
2
New Jersey’s “Computer Glitch” Voter Story Fall...
- The media begins normalizing Zohran Mamdani’s socialist agenda as Jon Stewart compares democratic socialism to public libraries, schools, and fire departments. - Van Jones and Bill Maher warn that DSA radicals are hijacking the Democratic Party as younger voters increasingly favor socialism over capitalism. - John Solomon reports that New Jersey’s election vendor denies any software glitch after 6,600 noncitizens enter the voter rolls and at least 400 cast ballots. - Nancy Pelosi joins nearly 200 Democrats opposing a congressional stock-trading ban despite her family’s extraordinary investment returns. - Sophie Cunningham doubles down on protecting women’s sports, defending Title IX and rejecting biological males competing against female athletes.
53 min
3
Mamdani Threatens Netanyahu—Then Admits He Can’...
- Zohran Mamdani concedes New York City has no legal authority to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu, while President Trump vows the Israeli prime minister will remain protected during his U.N. visit. - Democratic leaders face scrutiny over their ties to Hasan Piker as he displays a framed image of the burning Twin Towers and continues praising Mao and communist ideology. - New Jersey admits 6,600 noncitizens are improperly registered through a motor-vehicle software error, while Trump cites a far higher DHS figure and media figures downplay the scale. - A recorded call in Maine captures election officials explaining how a man in Angola can receive and return a ballot without providing proof of U.S. citizenship. - Sophie Cunningham defends female athletes from competing against biological men, directly challenging Megan Rapinoe and the Democratic position on transgender participation in women’s sports.
53 min
4
Networks Black Out Trump’s Election Security Bo...
- Gerry is back! - Maine’s Democratic Senate contest erupts into chaos as Ashley Webb’s debate appearance goes viral and Troy Jackson inherits the nomination with his own political baggage. - An armed suspect sets a fire outside New York’s federal ICE headquarters, injures two people, and faces years in prison after months of anti-ICE political rhetoric. - Major networks refuse to air or cut away from President Trump’s election-security address as he unveils allegations involving Chinese interference, illegal voter registrations, and intelligence officials withholding information. - ESPN removes Ryan Clark after years of controversial commentary, including his claim that Tom Brady and Peyton Manning are not generational talents.
56 min
5
Sunny Hostin’s “Nobody Is Above the Law” Moment...
- Tom Shattuck of The Maine Wire guest hosts for Gerry. - Maine Democrats hand the Senate nomination to entrenched insider Troy Jackson after Graham Platner’s collapse, while Ashley Webb’s debate performance reignites questions about candidate vetting. - A viral University of Central Florida confrontation shows an enraged student defying police commands and getting pepper-sprayed, fueling a fierce debate over campus culture and law enforcement. - DSA co-chair and Hasan Piker promote public grocery stores, rent freezes, and a harder socialist agenda as Bill Maher warns the movement is openly embracing communism. - Sunny Hostin declares that nobody is above the law, then pressures police to spare her Harvard-educated son from a trespassing citation.
44 min
6
China, Voter Files and the Election Security Bo...
- Tom Shattuck from the Maine Wire fills in for Gerry today. - President Trump declassifies intelligence alleging China targets U.S. voter data, pressures American business leaders, and works to undermine his reelection. - New disclosures identify roughly 278,000 registered noncitizens and revive a Michigan investigation involving allegedly fraudulent applications and gift-card incentives. - Democrats and major media outlets dismiss election-security concerns as old clips show Hakeem Jeffries and Kamala Harris previously warning about foreign interference and vulnerable voting systems. - Maine’s Democratic Senate debate spirals into spectacle as Ashley Webb cites failed campaigns, self-published music, books, and personal medical advocacy as qualifications for office.
45 min
7
Woke Hollywood, Protest Chaos, and the Culture ...
- Tom Shattuck from the Maine Wire fills in for Gerry today. - Elliot Page’s casting as a Greek warrior in The Odyssey sparks a brutal takedown of Hollywood’s diversity mandates, historical rewrites, and Oscar-driven virtue signaling. - The upcoming Sylvester Stallone film I Play Rocky earns praise for celebrating perseverance, masculinity, patriotism, and the real-life gamble behind one of America’s most iconic movies. - Out-of-state activists descend on Biddeford after the fatal ICE encounter, expanding the memorial, confronting officials, following federal agents, and turning a local shooting into a national protest spectacle. - A low-flying Blue Angels beach demonstration becomes a culture-war flashpoint, with critics attacking the military display while supporters celebrate American power, technology, and unapologetic patriotism.
46 min
8
Biden’s New Memoir Rewrites Afghanistan — and S...
- Tom Shattuck from the Maine Wire fills in for Gerry today. - The Biddeford ICE shooting ignites a protest melee, with demonstrators condemning federal agents before the facts are settled and Maine Wire reporter John Featherston reporting assaults and slashed tires. - President Trump defends ICE traffic stops as an essential enforcement tool, while Portland’s depleted police force leaves residents waiting up to 40 minutes and physically restraining suspects themselves. - Canadian wildfire smoke sparks a takedown of climate alarmism, recycling theater and NGO grift, before Joe Biden’s new memoir is mocked for sanitizing COVID and the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal. - Ro Khanna gets cornered on October 7 and refuses a direct answer on whether Palestinian forces had the right to attack Israeli military bases, exposing his 2028 tightrope with the anti-Israel left.
45 min
9
Biddeford Erupts After ICE Shooting — Facts Com...
- Tom Shattuck from the Maine Wire fills in for Gerry today. - Video of the fatal Biddeford ICE encounter drives the episode, showing the driver circling agents and ignoring commands before gunfire as politicians and protesters immediately label the shooting murder. - Maine Wire reporter Jon Featherston challenges demonstrators on what they actually know, then faces insults, threats, physical contact, and a skateboard strike while local police largely stay out of the confrontation. - Seth Moulton is hammered for minimizing the threat posed by a moving vehicle and embracing the anti-ICE narrative, while the episode argues that obeying lawful commands prevents deadly escalation. - A study alleging Apple and Google suppress negative Graham Platner coverage fuels accusations of Big Tech favoritism, while Haley Stevens’ awkward Michigan pitch is mocked as manufactured populism. - Evan McKay, a Harvard-trained UAW organizer running in Massachusetts, is portrayed as the latest elite activist repackaging campus unionism, LGBTQ advocacy, and anti-dark-money rhetoric as a working-class campaign.
44 min
10
From Lindsey Graham to Ro Khanna, the Democrati...
- The episode opens by marking the anniversary of the Trump assassination attempt, arguing that the near miss permanently changed how Americans view presidential security, political violence, and Trump’s sense of mission. - A major focus is the death of Lindsey Graham, with the episode praising his loyalty to Trump, his service record, and especially his explosive defense of Brett Kavanaugh during the confirmation hearings as the defining moment of his Senate career. - The show also returns to Graham Platner, hammering Ro Khanna and Liz Warren for backing him when it was useful, then going silent after his collapse instead of admitting they helped sell a fraud to voters. - Another key theme is the coming Democratic fight in Maine, with Troy Jackson and Shenna Bellows portrayed as weak replacement options who now have to inherit the wreckage left behind by the party’s failed attempt to elevate Platner. - The episode closes by warning that the Democratic Party is still being pulled by its most radical voices, from Ro Khanna’s Israel stunt to open anti-American rhetoric on the left, while Republicans gain fresh momentum from favorable 2028 polling and a weakened opposition bench.
57 min
11
From the Platner Collapse to Mamdani’s New York...
- The episode opens by hammering Liz Warren and Ro Khanna for going quiet after Graham Platner’s implosion, arguing they spent months defending him, ignored every warning sign, and now want to pretend they were never part of the con. - A major focus is the scramble to replace the failed nominee, with Troy Jackson and Shenna Bellows cast as weak, establishment-friendly fallbacks who are being floated by party insiders after Maine voters already made their choice. - The episode also highlights Marco Rubio stepping in after Tim Walz pardoned a Laotian child rapist, framing the deportation as a direct rebuke to Democrats who keep shielding foreign criminals instead of protecting Americans. - Another key segment returns to the Minnesota fraud machine, with Fahima Mahamud’s guilty plea in the Feeding Our Future scandal used as proof that Democratic leaders enabled massive theft for years while independent reporters did the work state officials refused to do. - The episode closes on two flashpoints of disorder: Zohran Mamdani’s New York ignoring church firebombings while celebrating immigrant enclaves, and Candace Owens continuing to push conspiracy theories in the Charlie Kirk murder case even as the evidence against Tyler Robinson piles up.
53 min
12
Graham Platner Quits and Exposes the Democratic...
- The episode opens with Graham Platner suspending his campaign while still claiming innocence, framing his exit as proof that he is either lying about the allegations or too weak to keep fighting after building his image around being a political outsider and fighter. - A major focus is the Democratic Party’s role in creating the mess, with Liz Warren, Bernie Sanders, Ro Khanna, Chris Murphy, and other top Democrats accused of knowingly backing a deeply damaged candidate until the scandal threatened the seat. - The show hammers the media for running protection for months, accusing The New York Times, CNN, Politico, Axios, and Jake Tapper of minimizing earlier warning signs, burying worse accusations, and only flipping once party leaders decided he had to go. - Another key theme is the anti-democratic aftermath, with the argument that 150,000 Maine primary voters are being erased while party insiders prepare to choose a replacement nominee in a backroom process instead of letting voters live with the candidate they picked. - Beyond Maine, the episode also blasts Candace Owens for pushing conspiracy theories about the Charlie Kirk murder case, condemns open-border policies after the killing of six-year-old Tally Tolar by an illegal immigrant, and mocks Chuck Todd for claiming Trump somehow ruined the country’s 250th Fourth of July celebration.
57 min
13
Democrats Knew Exactly Who Platner Was — and Ba...
- The episode opens with Graham Platner digging in as Maine Democrats, Liz Warren, Bernie Sanders, Ro Khanna, Chris Murphy, and party operatives scramble to force him off the ballot before the deadline, despite backing him when they thought he could win. - A major focus is the media’s role in the collapse, with Politico, Axios, CNN, MSNBC, Jake Tapper, and others accused of minimizing earlier scandals, then flipping into takedown mode once the party decided it needed a replacement. - The show also zeroes in on the killing of UMass Lowell goalie Toby Forsyth, blaming the Biden administration and Democratic immigration policies after an Uzbek truck driver admitted through the diversity visa system allegedly caused the fatal crash and tried destroying evidence at the scene. - Another key segment targets Cambridge officials for killing ShotSpotter, arguing that the city’s anti-police, race-obsessed politics left Xavier Batista bleeding on the ground for nearly an hour after a shooting that police might have reached sooner with the technology still in place. - The episode closes by mocking media and Democratic double standards across the board, from the treatment of sexual misconduct allegations to the defense of failed public-safety policies, while also blasting Mitch McConnell loyalists for pretending the ailing senator is still functioning normally.
56 min
14
Platner’s Campaign Just Collapsed — and Democra...
- The episode opens with Graham Platner’s campaign in total free fall, arguing that Democrats ignored a mountain of ugly behavior until a rape allegation finally made him impossible to defend. - A major focus is the speed of the Democratic collapse around Platner, with Cory Booker, Chuck Schumer, Ro Khanna, Ed Markey, Maura Healey, Seth Moulton, and others all pulling support after spending months looking the other way. - The show argues the media did not simply expose Platner but managed the timing of his downfall, claiming outlets moved only when Democrats still had enough time to force him out and replace him on the ballot. - Another key theme is the allegation itself, with the accuser’s account presented as credible, detailed, and especially damaging because she shares Platner’s politics and says she stayed quiet in part because she believed in his cause. - The episode also targets Tim Walz for pardoning an illegal immigrant convicted of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl, holding it up as a concrete example of Democratic leaders protecting predators while pretending to occupy the moral high ground.
56 min
15
They Celebrate America 250 by Smearing Patriots...
- Tom Shattuck from The Maine Wire fills in for Gerry. - The episode opens with a Cape Cod bridge police chase and then zeroes in on the suspect’s immigration status, arguing that a repeat-offender illegal immigrant from Panama was repeatedly released by Massachusetts judges despite a long record of violent arrests and police encounters. - A major focus is the contrast between patriotic Fourth of July celebrations and a progressive political class that treats America 250 as a platform for anti-American grievance, identity politics, and attacks on the country’s founding ideals. - The show also hammers Zohran Mamdani, Gavin Newsom, and Jasmine Crockett for using the holiday weekend to frame America as oppressive, corrupt, and structurally broken instead of celebrating the nation’s history and achievements. - The episode closes by praising President Trump’s Independence Day speech for directly attacking communism, defending the American founding, and drawing a hard line between patriotism and the ideological movement now trying to rewrite the country’s history.
49 min
16
Fourth of July Best Of | The Gerry Callahan Show
- The episode opens by blasting the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling, arguing it protects birth tourism, rewards illegal entry, and locks in automatic citizenship for children born to foreign nationals with no lasting tie to the United States. - A major focus is the Democratic Party’s leftward collapse, with the show pointing to rising socialist candidates in New York and Colorado as proof that anti-capitalist, anti-Israel, and openly radical politics are now moving into the party’s mainstream. - The episode also hammers the Biden-era TPS and immigration system, arguing that “temporary” protections became a backdoor settlement program that dumped migrants into struggling American towns while Democrats counted on future political gains. - Another major target is the media and Democratic attack line against Elon Musk, with the show mocking claims that USAID cuts “killed children” and arguing the real scandal is how taxpayer money was used to fund ideological and political projects overseas. - The show closes on the Phil Mickelson scandal, using a bombshell report about his alleged behavior toward women and friends’ wives to argue that the longtime “family man” image is shattered beyond repair.
82 min
17
Open Borders, Anti-American Rage, and a Fourth ...
- Tom Shattuck of The Maine Wire fills in for Gerry. - The episode opens with a Fourth of July contrast, arguing that America’s 250th birthday is exposing a political and cultural divide between patriotic celebration and a left that openly roots for socialism, anti-Americanism, and national decline. - A major focus is the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling, with the episode arguing that the 14th Amendment is being twisted to reward illegal entry, protect birth tourism, and create automatic citizenship for children of foreign nationals with no real allegiance to the country. - Another recurring theme is the collapse of civic and cultural standards, from pride events and anti-Christian hostility to media coverage that reframes America’s founding through progressive identity politics instead of national achievement. - Happy 4th of July!
39 min
18
They Think America Deserved 9/11 — and Now They...
- The episode opens with a warning that America’s 250th birthday lands in the middle of a cultural and political split, with the left accused of rooting against the country while openly cheering socialist victories and the continuation of birthright citizenship. - A major focus is Milat Quiros’s win in Colorado, with the show framing her as the latest smiling face of a harder-left Democratic Party that centers anti-Israel politics, socialist economics, and open hostility to America itself. - The Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling is treated as a national disaster, with the episode arguing that the 14th Amendment is being deliberately twisted to reward illegal entry, expand birth tourism, and hand future citizenship to children born to foreign nationals with no real allegiance to the United States. - The show also blasts John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett for siding with the liberals, arguing they know birthright citizenship for illegal aliens and foreign tourists was never the intent of the 14th Amendment but chose politics over sovereignty anyway. - Another flashpoint is the House hearing with angel moms, where Democrats are accused of treating the deaths of Americans killed by illegal aliens as an inconvenience, while grieving families demand to know why illegal immigrants keep getting prioritized over their murdered children. 
56 min
19
From Anchor Babies to Open Socialism, the Left’...
- The episode opens by blasting the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling, arguing it protects birth tourism, expands automatic citizenship for children of illegal immigrants, and hands Democrats a long-term political win. - A major focus is the contrast between constitutional originalism and what the show sees as Republican judicial weakness, with Amy Coney Barrett and John Roberts singled out for siding against the Trump administration on immigration and citizenship. - The show also hits the Supreme Court’s ruling on transgender athletes, framing the decision as a necessary correction after years of girls being forced to compete against boys in the name of woke ideology. - Another central theme is the rise of open socialism inside the Democratic Party, from Colorado to New York, with candidates like Milat Kiros and Zohran Mamdani presented as proof that anti-capitalist, anti-Israel, anti-American politics are moving into the mainstream. - The episode closes on Sophie Cunningham and the Caitlin Clark backlash, arguing that the WNBA and parts of the sports media still cannot accept the league’s biggest draw and are openly hostile to the player who changed its relevance.
52 min
20
The Left’s New Rule: Hate Israel or Get Run Out...
- The episode opens with outrage over blue-state leaders refusing to fully join the America 250 celebration, framing it as another sign that parts of the Democratic leadership no longer want to celebrate the country at all. - A major focus is the Democratic Party’s new anti-Israel litmus test, with Dan Goldman, Scott Wiener, Chuck Schumer, and Joe Biden all used as examples of figures now getting booed, heckled, or purged for not going far enough against Israel. - The show argues that Zohran Mamdani’s New York victory is not an isolated upset but proof that socialists, Islamists, and anti-Israel activists now drive Democratic energy in major cities and primaries. - Phil Mickelson becomes a late-show target after a bombshell report paints him as a reckless, predatory fraud, blowing up the longtime public image of a loyal family man and threatening to permanently stain his golf legacy. - The episode spotlights the World Cup as another cultural fault line, mocking ESPN for calling Iran’s scoreless exit a “remarkable” run while arguing that global fans are embracing America far more enthusiastically than the U.S. left is.
56 min
21
The Supreme Court Just Crushed One of the Left’...
- The episode opens with Democratic outrage after the Supreme Court sides with the Trump administration on immigration, clearing the way to turn away fake asylum claims and end long-running abuses of Temporary Protected Status. - A central theme is that “temporary” now actually means temporary, with the show hammering the idea that hundreds of thousands of Haitians and other TPS holders were never supposed to remain in the United States indefinitely. - Democrats like Ed Markey and progressive city leaders are blasted for openly treating temporary migration programs as backdoor pathways to permanent residency and eventual citizenship. - The show shifts to New York, arguing that Zohran Mamdani and the Democratic Socialists are already moving from campaign slogans to destructive policy by pushing rent freezes, anti-landlord economics, and an openly anti-capitalist agenda. - The episode closes by returning to Caitlin Clark, pointing to another hard foul, a minimal suspension, and open league hostility as proof that the WNBA still cannot stop punishing the player who made it matter.
57 min
22
The Left Boycotts the 250th as Radical Politics...
- The episode opens with the launch of the America 250 celebration in Washington, casting it as a patriotic showcase of military pride, music, history, and national identity while several blue states refuse to participate. - A major focus is the deepening split between patriotic celebration and progressive governance, with Boston and Massachusetts singled out for elevating Somali symbolism while opting out of a national tribute to America’s founding. - The show warns that New York’s recent elections are not an isolated flare-up but a model for how socialists and anti-American radicals can spread through other blue cities with low-turnout primaries and disciplined ideological voters. - Brad Lander’s win is framed as another sign of political submission to the city’s hard-left base, with the episode arguing that open hostility to Israel and deference to Muslim political power now function as electoral currency in Democratic politics. - The episode closes on Caitlin Clark, pointing to another violent sequence on the court and her omission from a major WNBA anniversary campaign as proof that jealousy inside the league is turning into open targeting of the player who transformed its relevance.
50 min
23
The Anti-Israel Purge Is Here — and New York De...
- The episode opens with the shockwaves from New York’s Democratic results, framing them as a full takeover by Zoran Mamdani-aligned socialists, Islamists, and anti-Israel radicals. - Dan Goldman’s crushing loss becomes a warning sign for the broader party, with the show arguing that even a hard-left incumbent now gets wiped out if he is seen as too supportive of Israel. - A major focus falls on the new class of winners, especially Derya Lisa Chevalier, who is portrayed as an openly anti-American, anti-police, anti-prison extremist now headed to Congress. - The show argues that anti-Semitism is no longer a fringe undercurrent but a central litmus test in major blue-city Democratic politics, from campaign rhetoric to office vandalism to election outcomes. - Graham Platner is hammered again as a toxic Democratic standard-bearer, with the episode spotlighting another grotesque old post as proof that Maine Democrats are still standing behind a candidate the show portrays as politically radioactive and morally depraved.
55 min
24
New York Turns Hard Left as Anti-Israel Radical...
- The episode opens with a warning that New York’s Democratic races are no longer fringe contests, but a live test of how far socialist and openly anti-Israel politics can move into Congress. - Several New York candidates are framed as outright radicals, with the show stressing support for abolishing ICE, rejecting deportations, seizing the means of production, and pushing anti-police, anti-border politics into the mainstream. - Dan Goldman’s race becomes a flashpoint for rising anti-Semitism, with the episode arguing that even a reliable liberal can become a target simply for being Jewish in today’s Democratic coalition. - The show ties the far-left surge to a broader culture of scapegoating Israel and Jews, calling out candidates and activists who praise Hamas, smear Israel as genocidal, and turn anti-Jewish hostility into a political litmus test. - Chicago’s Juneteenth weekend becomes the closing warning sign, with 40 people shot and 8 killed while city leadership responds by focusing on a “trans femicide” emergency instead of the gang violence tearing through the streets.
57 min
25
The U.K. Horror Explodes, Starmer Falls, and th...
- The episode opens by mocking anti-Trump activists who rally in support of algae at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, using the stunt to argue that media and Democrats now oppose even basic efforts to clean up and celebrate the country. - A major focus is the total media blackout around the U.K. grooming-gang inquiry, with the show blasting major American and British outlets for refusing to seriously cover the systematic rape and abuse of 250,000 British girls by Pakistani Muslim gangs. - The show also hammers the media for ignoring Tulsi Gabbard’s Fauci bombshell, arguing that new documents expose Anthony Fauci’s role in gain-of-function funding, COVID deception, intelligence manipulation, and the broader pandemic cover-up. - Keir Starmer’s resignation is framed as another case of collapse driven by truth breaking through online, with the episode arguing that X and Elon Musk helped expose the scandals Starmer and establishment media could no longer contain. - Chicago’s weekend violence becomes the closing flashpoint, with the show pointing to 40 people shot and 7 killed as proof that Democratic leadership keeps tolerating urban lawlessness while refusing the kind of intervention that could actually restore order.
56 min