Oct 16, 2026 · 46 min · 28 segments
We begin the second hour by dissecting Nick's election predictions, with Dawn focusing on the possibility of Democrats gaining full control of Pennsylvania's state government. We discuss her…
Dawn StenslandHost
Greg StockerHostAll right, Dawn, uh, get your thoughts on Firing Squad will not be televised via live stream, the Susie Wiles speculation, and, uh, also anything that maybe stood out prediction-wise with the midterms.

Well, yesterday I, uh, had interviewed aga- once again Kim Ward, Senator K- State Senator Kim Ward, who's a pro tempore, um, o- one of the most powerful women in Pennsylvania politics.

And I am, I am worried about as far as Pennsylvania and the trends, because right now we at least have the State Senate, Pennsylvania Senate, and you just heard a Frank Ferri commercial, for example.

Um, so I, I think that in general, the fact that you have Shapiro at the top of the ticket as a Democrat, in other words, how does that activate Democrats versus Republicans? And if we have, you know, Shapiro winning, Democrat incumbent, uh, you know, purple, he calls himself a, a moderate governor, then you have...

Already you have the State House that the Democrats control, and it's widely being predicted that the Republicans for the first time will, uh, lose the Senate.

In other words, that you would have that so-called trifecta, the Democrats in Pennsylvania controlling at the top the governor, the executive, and then you have the state and the Senate.

What does that mean? Uh, to me personally, when, you know, just all summer my ranting about that, using that IRC commission to go back to those Governor Tom Wolf back in the day, uh, you know, the, oh, the overreach, and I think th- that shows me the hand of Governor Sha- Josh Shapiro as well as Democrats, what they really intend to do.

Using a powerful commission to go ahead and make it so that any communicable diseases, so-called, can give the government the right to go in your, your home, your property, seize your child at their school, uh, without a search warrant, nothing like that.

And so to, to me personally, that is my fear that as Democrats are very organized in Pennsylvania...

You know, you talk about Fitzpatrick and the reason that Congressman Fitzpatrick...

And, and I, and I still think he goes off the coattails [chuckles] of his late, great brother, Michael, who I loved and adored, and I think a lot of you I know loved and a- adored his brother.

But at this point, he is the last, he is the lone survivor of all the so-called collar counties outside of Philadelphia.

And you think about Bucks County and those Democrats and progressives, they are activated.

And every Republican or independent that does not vote, you are handing all...

You might as well just wave them goodbye if you don't go to the polls and vote.

I think everything is in play, and there's a lot at stake in this midterm election.

And I, I mean- You know, nationally, the truth is, I know we talk about national politics.
All right, Dawn, uh, get your thoughts on Firing Squad will not be televised via live stream, the Susie Wiles speculation, and, uh, also anything that maybe stood out prediction-wise with the midterms.

Well, yesterday I, uh, had interviewed aga- once again Kim Ward, Senator K- State Senator Kim Ward, who's a pro tempore, um, o- one of the most powerful women in Pennsylvania politics.

And I am, I am worried about as far as Pennsylvania and the trends, because right now we at least have the State Senate, Pennsylvania Senate, and you just heard a Frank Ferri commercial, for example.

Um, so I, I think that in general, the fact that you have Shapiro at the top of the ticket as a Democrat, in other words, how does that activate Democrats versus Republicans? And if we have, you know, Shapiro winning, Democrat incumbent, uh, you know, purple, he calls himself a, a moderate governor, then you have...

Already you have the State House that the Democrats control, and it's widely being predicted that the Republicans for the first time will, uh, lose the Senate.

In other words, that you would have that so-called trifecta, the Democrats in Pennsylvania controlling at the top the governor, the executive, and then you have the state and the Senate.

What does that mean? Uh, to me personally, when, you know, just all summer my ranting about that, using that IRC commission to go back to those Governor Tom Wolf back in the day, uh, you know, the, oh, the overreach, and I think th- that shows me the hand of Governor Sha- Josh Shapiro as well as Democrats, what they really intend to do.

Using a powerful commission to go ahead and make it so that any communicable diseases, so-called, can give the government the right to go in your, your home, your property, seize your child at their school, uh, without a search warrant, nothing like that.

And so to, to me personally, that is my fear that as Democrats are very organized in Pennsylvania...

You know, you talk about Fitzpatrick and the reason that Congressman Fitzpatrick...

And, and I, and I still think he goes off the coattails [chuckles] of his late, great brother, Michael, who I loved and adored, and I think a lot of you I know loved and a- adored his brother.

But at this point, he is the last, he is the lone survivor of all the so-called collar counties outside of Philadelphia.

And you think about Bucks County and those Democrats and progressives, they are activated.

And every Republican or independent that does not vote, you are handing all...

You might as well just wave them goodbye if you don't go to the polls and vote.

I think everything is in play, and there's a lot at stake in this midterm election.

And I, I mean- You know, nationally, the truth is, I know we talk about national politics.
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