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.

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One Supreme Court Ruling Just Blew Up the Democ...
- Maine Democrats elevate a Senate nominee buried under explosive baggage, turning the race into a test of how far the party now bends for radicals. - The Supreme Court blocks race-driven district engineering in Louisiana, and the ruling is framed as a direct hit on a decades-long Democratic power strategy. - Hakeem Jeffries and Barack Obama react as if the sky is falling, while the episode argues the ruling simply strips race-first politics out of mapmaking. - Pete Hegseth unloads on Democrats for calling a two-month Iran fight a quagmire, accusing them of feeding defeatism while the mission is still landing blows. - Anthony Fauci is cast as the next big target, with fresh legal pressure on his orbit fueling the belief that the COVID-era cover-up is finally closing in on him.
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One Indictment, 22 Raids, and a Political Class...
- James Comey gets indicted over the “86 47” threat, turning one of the most infamous anti-Trump operators into the hunted instead of the hunter. - Todd Blanche is framed as quietly turning the Justice Department into a wrecking ball, stacking raids, indictments, and investigations into the Democratic power structure at high speed. - The Minnesota Somali fraud network gets hit with sweeping raids, and Tim Walz is portrayed as a desperate bystander trying to steal credit for a crackdown he never wanted. - Jake Tapper and Jimmy Kimmel are cast as two faces of the same media rot: one hides behind journalism, the other behind comedy, while both push anti-Trump poison and then play victim. - The show closes on a brutal premise: nearly half of Democrats now believe Butler was staged, proving the problem is no longer spin or partisanship but full-scale political insanity.
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The Raids Begin: One Cover-Up, One Welfare Empi...
- A former Fauci adviser is indicted over alleged COVID-origin cover-up activity, and the segment frames it as the first real crack in the wall around Fauci himself. - Federal agents raid more than 20 sites in Minneapolis in a sweeping fraud probe, with the crackdown cast as long-overdue exposure of a taxpayer-funded Somali grift machine. - Ilhan Omar is ridiculed as both corrupt and unserious, with old footage resurfacing to portray her as a symbol of the political decay protecting the Minneapolis fraud culture. - The latest Trump assassination attempt is used to argue that Democrats are not just fueling political hatred but mass-producing unstable believers who act on the party’s rhetoric. - Jimmy Kimmel, Joy Reid, Chuck Todd, and Ted Lieu are all cast as parts of the same machine: media and political figures who inflame, deflect, and then pretend they had nothing to do with the consequences.
55 min
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One Failed Assassin, One Sick Manifesto, and a ...
- The latest would-be Trump assassin is framed not as a fringe outlier but as a fully mainstream Democrat, soaked in the same rhetoric, lies, and resentments pushed daily by the left.  - His manifesto is treated as a direct copy of Democratic talking points, branding Trump a pedophile, rapist, and traitor in language the episode says is lifted almost word for word from media and party figures.  - The reaction from liberal commentators, activists, and online Democrats is cast as morally depraved, with many portrayed as disappointed the assassination attempt failed rather than horrified it happened. - Trump’s response after the attack is presented as calm, disciplined, and presidential, especially in contrast to the media’s effort to blur the motive and downplay the obvious ideological source of the violence. - The show widens into a broader warning that left-wing violence is now normalized, from public threats and political bloodlust to cultural rot that excuses brutal street attacks and then blames the victim.
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The Patriots Scandal Just Turned Into a Full-Bl...
- The Mike Vrabel–Diana Russini scandal explodes into a national obsession, overtaking war, politics, and the NFL Draft with a mix of sex, secrecy, and public humiliation.  - New photos and an older timeline turn the story from rumor into a years-long affair narrative, with her son’s name adding an even more toxic layer to the fallout. - Vrabel is portrayed as publicly broken but professionally safe, with the view that the scandal destroys reputations and marriages without necessarily costing him his coaching job. - The Iran conflict is framed as effectively won already, with the blockade presented as a low-risk pressure campaign that hurts Tehran far more than it hurts the United States. - The back half widens into a broader indictment of American rot, from congressional insider trading and the normalization of Hasan Piker to brutal street violence in New York that gets ignored because it breaks the preferred narrative.
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Trump Saves Eight Women as the Left Stays Silent
- The SPLC indictment is framed as proof that the anti-Trump hate narrative is not just dishonest but potentially criminal, with paid agitators allegedly fueling the very extremism they claimed to fight. - Charlottesville is recast as the centerpiece of a manufactured political hoax, with Biden, the media, and Democratic operatives accused of knowingly building years of propaganda on a lie. - Trump is credited with saving eight Iranian women from execution, while feminist voices and major liberal figures are mocked for saying nothing because the rescue does not fit their politics. - Ilhan Omar is portrayed as cornered by financial scrutiny, with the collapse of her supposed winery and mounting questions around fraud treated as signs that legal trouble is closing in. - The episode closes by tying border chaos, welfare abuse, and media stupidity into one warning: the same people who opened the country and lied about everything are still demanding more power.
55 min
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Charlottesville Was a Setup? Kash Patel Just Bl...
- The DOJ indicts the Southern Poverty Law Center, accusing it of paying extremist groups it claimed to be fighting and turning the anti-Trump “hate” narrative into a fraud operation. - Charlottesville is recast as a staged political weapon, with new allegations that paid agitators helped create the spectacle later used to brand Trump and the right as racist.  - Kash Patel sues The Atlantic after its hit piece falls apart, then follows it with the SPLC indictment, turning a media attack into a counterpunch. - Democrats keep rooting for U.S. failure in Iran, with Seth Moulton declaring America has already lost even as the regime bleeds money and leverage. - The episode closes on two home-front warnings: Democrats seize more structural power in Virginia while Ilhan Omar’s finances and even MAGA influencer culture get framed as scams hiding in plain sight.
54 min
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Chris Murphy Gets Caught Rooting for America to...
- Chris Murphy openly celebrates false Iranian propaganda about ships breaking the blockade, then scrambles to call it “sarcasm” after getting torched.  - The episode frames Murphy and the Democratic left as openly rooting for U.S. failure in Iran because a Trump win is politically intolerable to them. - Trump warns that the ceasefire is hanging by a thread, and the tone shifts from hopeful dealmaking to the real possibility that bombing resumes fast. - Virginia becomes the domestic warning sign, with Democrats using ruthless redistricting to choke off Republican seats while GOP leadership barely fights back. - The 2028 Democratic bench is mocked as a circus of radicals, grifters, and media creatures, from Kamala Harris’s incoherence to Don Lemon floating a presidential run. 
54 min
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A Nazi Salute, a Hamas Fanboy, and the Left’s N...
- Trump escalates hard in the Strait of Hormuz, warning Iran that bridges and power plants are next if the talks in Pakistan fail.  - A U.S. destroyer stops an Iranian-linked cargo ship with surgical disabling fire, then sends in Marines to seize it and enforce the blockade in dramatic fashion. - Chris Murphy and Tim Walz are blasted for going overseas to attack the United States while the country is in the middle of a live military showdown. - Maine’s Senate race becomes a warning flare, with Democrat Graham Platner portrayed as a far-left extremist carrying Hamas baggage, Nazi imagery, and real momentum.  - The immigration fight turns uglier at home as Republicans who back protections for Haitians are accused of betraying voters, while Democrats keep defending mass migration with claims that collapse under scrutiny.
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Trump Reopens the Strait — and the Panic Mercha...
- The Strait reopens, oil drops hard, and the blockade is framed as a clean strategic win that forces Iran to fold without a broader naval clash. - Trump moves to shut down further Israeli strikes in Lebanon, undercutting the claim that he is simply being dragged around by foreign interests.  - The focus snaps back home fast, where Republicans are blasted for helping extend protections for Haitian migrants despite voter anger over crime, welfare dependence, and open-border fallout. - The House is portrayed as squandering a rare window of unified Republican power, failing to deliver on election security, deportation priorities, and the basic promises that drove the last win. - Another far-left Democrat rises in New Jersey, while figures like Ilhan Omar and other urban progressives are used to argue that the radical wing is gaining ground just as the right starts sleepwalking toward the midterms. 
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Massages, Sex Changes, and Welfare Fraud — Paid...
- Tax Day is framed as proof that working Americans are getting fleeced while the biggest earners already carry nearly the entire federal tax burden.  - California is accused of peak government depravity after public funds allegedly go to transgender surgeries for illegal migrants housed in homeless shelters. - Boston gets blasted for giving city-funded wellness checks to LGBTQ migrants for massages, yoga, acupuncture, salon visits, and gym memberships while the city faces deep budget pressure. - House Republicans are hammered for joining Democrats to protect Haitian migrants from removal, even after violent crimes and welfare abuse are used as examples of the cost.  - Eric Swalwell’s downfall escalates again as a fifth accuser describes rape, choking, and drugging, while allies, media figures, and political friends are accused of covering for him until the scandal becomes impossible to hide.
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Swalwell Finally Crashes — And the Cover-Up Fal...
- Eric Swalwell’s collapse is framed as long overdue, with sexual-assault allegations, explicit behavior, and years of protected misconduct finally detonating his career.  - Democrats and media figures are accused of knowingly shielding Swalwell for years, only turning on him once he becomes too toxic to survive statewide.  - Trump’s clash with Pope Leo is cast as a deeper fight over borders, crime, and immigration, with church leadership portrayed as openly aligned against enforcement. - Democrats are shown trying to rehabilitate Hasan Piker, only for him to double down on extremist rhetoric and expose just how radical the coalition has become. - California moves to protect the fraud machine instead of stopping it, with lawmakers pushing a bill meant to punish the kind of reporting that exposes Medicaid and hospice scams. 
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Eric Swalwell Implodes — And Democrats Finally ...
- Trump launches a blockade on Iranian shipping, escalating pressure fast after failed red-line talks and turning the Strait of Hormuz into the next major battlefield.  - Eric Swalwell’s political career detonates after sexual-assault allegations, explicit behavior, and past hypocrisy collide all at once, forcing him out of the California governor’s race.  - Democrats are accused of knowing for years that Swalwell was reckless and predatory, only abandoning him once he becomes too toxic to win statewide. - Kamala Harris all but signals another presidential run, while Mark Kelly leans into race-conscious DEI rhetoric so hard it sounds like parody. - New York’s slide under Zohran Mamdani gets darker as a cop is sent to prison for trying to stop a fleeing drug dealer, reinforcing the sense that criminals get mercy while police get crushed.
52 min
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Trump’s Civil War Inside MAGA Just Went Nuclear
- The split inside MAGA is framed as real, ugly, and healthy, with public infighting presented as proof the right still debates ideas instead of marching in lockstep. - Trump unloads on Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones, casting their Iran criticism as opportunism, disloyalty, and low-IQ grandstanding.  - Democrats are accused of embracing outright extremism after a Michigan Senate candidate appears with Hasan Piker, who is described as anti-American, pro-Hamas, and openly violent.  - Nick Shirley’s California reporting is treated as real journalism, exposing staggering Medicaid and hospice fraud while Gavin Newsom’s machine is accused of knowing all along.  - The episode closes by hammering Republicans pushing immigration amnesty, portraying the Dignidad Act as a direct betrayal of the deportation mandate voters thought they were electing.
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90
Ceasefire Abroad, Amnesty at Home — and the Rig...
- The Iran campaign is framed as a clean military success, with Tehran losing leadership, naval power, air capacity, and leverage before a fragile ceasefire even begins.  - Media critics are accused of twisting themselves into knots, calling Trump both a reckless warmonger and a puppet at the same time while ignoring the operation’s actual results.  - A White House reporter gets torched for questioning America’s “moral high ground,” with the response centering on Iran’s terrorism, executions, and decades of anti-American violence. - MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell is mocked for obsessing over inclusive language in a rescue mission, turning a high-risk military recovery into another culture-war meltdown.  - The focus then snaps back home, where Republican support for the “Dignidad Act” is treated as a full betrayal of the deportation mandate voters thought they were electing.
57 min
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Trump Forces a Ceasefire — Then the Media Prete...
- Trump’s ceasefire is framed as a hard-won pressure play, not a surrender, with Iran pushed to the table only after overwhelming military losses and credible U.S. threats. - Media outlets and Democrats are accused of instantly rewriting the outcome, shifting from “Trump is a madman” to “Trump chickened out” the moment bombing pauses.  - Tehran’s demands are portrayed as fantasy, with sanctions relief, proxy protection, and control of the Strait of Hormuz presented as proof the real fight is far from settled.  - A Haitian migrant in Florida allegedly murders store clerk Nilafar Yasmin with a hammer after being allowed to stay in the country, turning the segment into a furious indictment of Biden-era immigration policy. - Gavin Newsom’s wife and a Patriots resort scandal round out the episode, both used as examples of elite dysfunction, bad judgment, and total moral unseriousness. 
55 min
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Is Trump Bluffing — Or Is Iran Hours From Obliv...
- Trump detonates global panic with a post threatening to wipe out Iran’s infrastructure, turning the next few hours into a live test of whether this is high-stakes bluff or real escalation.  - The entire conflict is framed as hinging on one deadline, with a deal presented as victory and a full strike on bridges and power plants portrayed as a presidency-defining gamble. - Critics across media and politics call the rhetoric unhinged and dangerous, while supporters argue the threat is the only language Tehran’s rulers understand. - The rescue of the downed U.S. aircrew is held up as a breathtaking display of American military power that deserves far more attention than the media is willing to give it. - Artemis II offers a sharp contrast to the war drama, with the moon mission cast as proof that America still produces awe, ambition, and world-beating achievement.
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Trump’s Iran Rescue Stuns the World — And the M...
- A downed U.S. airman survives behind enemy lines, and an extraordinary American rescue mission pulls him out before Iran can turn him into a propaganda trophy. - The coverage war erupts instantly, with major outlets accused of framing a successful operation as a near-disaster because they cannot stomach a Trump-era military win. - Marco Rubio strips legal status from two Iran-linked green card holders living lavishly in America after they openly back the regime and attack the United States. - Jennifer Newsom is cast as a political liability in waiting, with her gender ideology and progressive rhetoric framed as toxic baggage for Gavin Newsom’s national ambitions.  - A nostalgic Red Sox opening-day video accidentally becomes a brutal reminder of what mass immigration and political leadership have changed in American cities.
47 min
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Tiger Woods Tries the Worst Excuse Imaginable
- Tom Shattuck, of The Maine Wire, guest hosts for Gerry! - A U.S. fighter jet goes down over Iran, instantly raising fears of captured pilots, escalation, and a far more dangerous phase of the war.  - Providence’s mayor doubles down on opposing the Iryna Zarouska mural, turning a murdered young woman’s memory into another exercise in political cowardice. - Trans inclusion in girls’ sports is cast as elite cruelty masquerading as virtue, with the fallout landing squarely on female athletes and their futures.  - Tiger Woods’ DUI stop becomes a cautionary spectacle after he reportedly tries to invoke the president instead of owning the arrest.
54 min
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Artemis Soars, Iran Crumbles, and the Left Stil...
- Artemis II lifts off in a major American moment, framed as a return to ambition, exploration, and unapologetic national pride.  - The Iran operation is described as militarily dominant and close to finished, while critics are accused of openly rooting for it to fail for political gain. - The Supreme Court fight over birthright citizenship is cast as a make-or-break battle over sovereignty, immigration, and national survival. - Providence officials come under fire after backing the removal of an Iryna Zarouska mural, with the move portrayed as weak, cynical, and racially driven.  - Don Lemon teasing a presidential run is treated as comic proof that the Democratic bench is unserious, overconfident, and politically lost. 
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Iran Tensions Rise as Blue-State Schools Keep G...
- Tom Shattuck, of The Maine Wire, guest hosts for Gerry! - A blue-state school bureaucracy gets hammered for pushing woke priorities while walking straight into layoffs, budget chaos, and public backlash. - The Iran fight is framed as tactically strong but politically dangerous, with real anxiety that a foreign-policy win could still trigger a domestic midterm collapse.  - The anti-Trump left is portrayed as unreachable, from “No Kings” protesters to CNN panels melting down over a White House ballroom. - Don Lemon floats a possible presidential run, instantly becoming the punchline for a Democratic bench portrayed as delusional and unserious.
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Win in Iran, Lose America?
- The Iran campaign is framed as a military success but a political trap, with growing fear that battlefield wins could cost Republicans the country at home. - A bad midterm is presented as catastrophic: impeachment, open borders, restored DEI, a dead filibuster, and Democrats moving fast to reverse everything Trump has done. - Providence officials come under fire for forcing down a mural honoring Iryna Zarouska, saying it does not reflect the city’s values. - Minnesota’s Feeding Our Future scandal gets another jolt after a fraud participant tied to millions in theft draws just a one-year sentence.  - The NBA is accused of ideological enforcement after Jaden Ivey is cut following public Christian comments rejecting Pride celebrations.
55 min
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They Call Trump a King While Career Politicians...
- The “No Kings” protests are portrayed as a massive anti-Trump tantrum fueled more by rage, slogans, and symbolism than any coherent argument. - Protesters and politicians alike struggle to explain why Trump is supposedly a “king,” even as longtime incumbents like Ed Markey, Chuck Schumer, Bernie Sanders, and Liz Warren dominate the stage. - Communist organizers, anti-capitalist speeches, land acknowledgments, and Hezbollah, Hamas, and trans flags turn the rallies into a chaotic coalition held together mainly by hatred of Trump. - Sympathy is shown for anti-ICE activists and immigration enforcement targets, while victims of crimes committed by illegal immigrants are described as ignored and disposable. - The episode closes by contrasting outrage over Trump with softer reactions to Tiger Woods’ DUI arrest, arguing celebrity status keeps turning reckless conduct into a pity story.
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Republicans Cave, Democrats Gloat, and American...
- Senate Republicans head out on recess after failing to lock in voter ID or major immigration wins, while Democrats openly celebrate holding the line for illegal aliens. - The murder of Loyola student Sheridan Gorman is cast as a direct result of sanctuary policies that shield repeat offenders until they finally kill. - In New York, Richard Williams, an 83-year-old Air Force veteran, dies after being shoved onto subway tracks by a migrant with a long record, and the city’s leadership barely acknowledges him. - A Colombian illegal immigrant who sexually assaults a 14-year-old boy in Manhattan gets time served, fueling the charge that prosecutors now protect predators from deportation. - The episode closes on two fronts: Democrats are accused of rooting against America in Iran, while the Olympics finally bar biological males from competing in women’s events.
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Open-Borders Politics Hits the Airport and the ...
- Tom Shattuck, of The Maine Wire, fills in for Gerry today! - Democrats are accused of deliberately prolonging airport misery by refusing to fund TSA unless they get sweeping concessions that cripple ICE.  - ICE agents move into airports to ease the backup, and the apocalyptic warnings from Chuck Schumer and Cory Booker instantly collide with calmer lines and normal travelers. - Jimmy Kimmel is blasted for mocking Homeland Security chief Markwayne Mullin’s blue-collar background, turning plumbing and trade work into another elite punchline. - Larry Krasner escalates the anti-ICE rhetoric by publicly threatening federal agents, fueling the broader claim that Democratic officials treat immigration enforcement like criminal behavior. - The Iran fight is framed as a stunning success so far, while critics on the left are portrayed as openly rooting for U.S. failure because they cannot stomach a Trump victory. 
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