Bill Meyer Show Blog and Guest Info 1/19-1/23/26

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Friday 01/23/26 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Info

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6:35 Luis Cornelio, Assistant Editor for MRC Free Speech America

The Media Research Center’s (MRC) Free Speech America team has a new proprietary tool, the MRC Digital News Tracker, which documents the news content of the Big Four News Apps: Google, Yahoo, MSN, and Apple. What we have found is an overwhelming bias in all four apps toward promoting left-wing news. 

Below is a summary of the results of an MRC Digital News Tracker study from December of Google News.

Google News skewed coverage by promoting left-leaning outlets 70.3% of the time, out of all stories, while limiting right-leaning sources to just 1.3%, resulting in a ratio of 52 left-leaning stories for every one right-leaning story.

The bias is consequential because in the month of December alone Google News had 93 million visits — the 10th most visited news site in the country.

Google News in December: Holiday Cheer for Some, Censorship for Others

  • This isn’t just a minor tilt; it is a systematic suppression that prevents users from seeing a balanced spectrum of political reporting, effectively creating a one-sided information bubble for the average American news consumer.
  • While Google positions its news platform as a neutral aggregator of “top stories,” the results are curated with a heavy thumb on the scale. By disproportionately boosting liberal-leaning outlets for general search terms, Google is engaging in “algorithmic censorship.” This practice manipulates public perception by ensuring that conservative viewpoints are treated as fringe or non-existent, even when they are reporting on the same major national events.
  • The platform’s bias is not an occasional error but a permanent feature of its programming, designed to gatekeep information and influence the national conversation under the guise of “curation.”

NOTE — The left-wing bias of the Big Four News Apps may be responsible for the results of the New York Times-Siena Poll released today, Few Voters Say Trump’s Second Term Has Made the Country Better, Poll Finds — ALMOST ALL NEWS CONSUMERS GET ABOUT TRUMP IS FROM A LEFTIST BIAS!

7:10 Greg Roberts, Mr. Outdoors with today’s report.

7:35 State Rep. Dwayne Yunker

Rep. Dwayne Yunker Responds to Oregon’s low rankings in
America’s Health Rankings 2025 Annual Report

Grants Pass, Ore. — Representative Dwayne Yunker (R – Grants Pass) issued the following statement in response to the release of the America’s Health Rankings 2025 Annual Report, which shows Oregon ranking near the bottom nationally in several core quality-of-life measures.

“This report confirms what Oregonians already know. After nearly 40 years of one-party Democratic control, Oregon is failing in the areas that matter most: homelessness, addiction, mental health, education, and public safety,” said Representative Yunker.

“Democrats like to brag about Oregon’s low uninsured rate, but that talking point collapses when you look at the outcomes,” said Representative Yunker. “We’re 48th in homelessness, near the bottom in drug use, overdoses, suicide, and mental distress. Oregon’s government-run health insurance is counterproductive.”

“Oregon’s children and families are paying the price too,” said Representative Yunker. “Fourth-grade reading and high school graduation are both near the bottom nationally, and home ownership keeps slipping further out of reach. Oregon is stuck in a doom loop, and Democrat leadership refuses to change course.”

“And then Oregon Democrats tell us their biggest priority is preventing ‘federal overreach’,” said Representative Yunker. “That’s laughable. Oregon Dems have had complete control for decades, and this is the result.”

“This report also shows Oregon and Minnesota ranking first and second in the nation for voter participation, a result that demands federal investigations into these state’s elections systems,” said Representative Yunker. “At this point, federal involvement isn’t the problem, it’s part of the solution.”

“The time for change has arrived,” said Representative Yunker. “We need to take our state back.”

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8:10 Dr. Carole Lieberman, M.D., M.P.H. known world-wide as America’s Psychiatrist is the host of Dr. Carole’s Couch on VoiceAmerica.com, and The Terrorist Therapist® Podcast. She is a forensic psychiatrist/expert witness, bestselling-award-winning author of 4 books – 2 on terrorism and 2 on relationships.

Why Michelle Obama’s View of Motherhood Reflects a Profound Cultural Disorder

Michelle Obama Says Women Shouldn’t Give Up Career To Raise Children Because They’re Ungrateful

Former first lady Michelle Obama said on “Call Her Daddy” on Wednesday that mothers should maintain their careers because children fail to appreciate their sacrifices.

The former first lady shares two young adult daughters, Malia and Sasha, with former President Barack Obama. She said on the podcast that she does not advise women to leave their “career track” because once their children are grown, they seek independence and disregard their mothers’ hard work.

“Let’s be more honest about the struggle … I am constantly telling young mothers it’s coming. You don’t have to get off your career track. And I don’t even recommend it,” the former first lady said. “Because kids grow up fast. And then they’re gone. You’ve sacrificed everything. And you know, when they leave, they leave. They close the door and act like you never sacrificed.”

FIND HER WEBSITE HERE AND HERE AND HERE:

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Thursday 01/22/26 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Info

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 6:35 John O’Connor is author of Postgate: How the Washington Post Betrayed Deep Throat, Covered Up Watergate, and Began Today’s Partisan Advocacy Journalism

Supreme Court will decide if Trump can fire Fed Reserve Gov Cook

Read more below:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-prepares-major-test-presidential-power-trump-efforts-fire-federal-reserve-governor
MORE ABOUT JOHN’S BOOK – www.PostGateBook.com

 7:10 Republican State Rep. Ed Diehl now running More on his candidacy www.EdDiehl.com

7:35 Dr. Jane Orient MD, Executive Director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. Www.AAPSonline.org – I ask her a big about President Trump’s framework for a new style of healthcare plan.

 8:15 Jonathan Butcher, author of The Polarization Myth: America’s Surprising Consensus on Race, Schools, and Sex.
If you don’t like the idea of a boy who says he is a girl using the girls’ bathroom, are you out of step with the mainstream? If diversity, equity, and inclusion programs strike you as discriminatory, are you just racist? Are you a prude if you do not want sexually explicit books about “gender” in your child’s school library?

“Experts” and the radical left want you to think that on these hot-button issues, Americans are split down the middle—polarized. They want you to think that at least half of your fellow citizens hold views that only yesterday everyone considered crazy. And they want to make you afraid of not being on the “enlightened” side.

But Jonathan says this polarization is a myth.

BOOK: The Polarization Myth: America’s Surprising Consensus on Race, Schools, and Sex

 

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Tuesday 01/20/26 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Info

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 6:35 Thomas Aielo, Senior Director of Government Affairs at the National Taxpayers Union – www.NTU.org Thomas shares a cautionary stance toward capping credit card interest rates at 10%.

 

Letters

Open Letter Regarding Credit Card Price Controls

by Thomas Aiello January 15, 2026

 

Dear Member of Congress:

On behalf of National Taxpayers Union, the nation’s oldest taxpayer advocacy organization, I write to reiterate our strong opposition to the Credit Card Competition Act, as well as efforts to impose a federal cap on interest rates. We believe that either policy would be an even larger and more damaging government intrusion into consumer credit markets than the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. We urge you to stand for free markets and limited government by rejecting these new mandates.

 

As you know, there is renewed attention to credit cards given the real affordability concerns facing American families. Many of President Trump’s policies reining in government spending, regulations, and taxes have made an immediate and meaningful difference for people’s pocketbooks. Gasoline prices in particular are approaching a five-year low thanks to removing so many government barriers that needlessly increased drilling, refining, and transportation costs.

 

American families benefit when the government takes a step back from micromanaging the economy. Government-mandated price controls are the opposite of what’s been proven to actually drive down prices.

Price controls have never worked and often exacerbate problems they were supposed to solve. Whether for gasoline, rental housing, interchange fees, or prescription drugs, setting prices at below-market rates leads to shortages, squeezes the cost bubble toward some other portion of the economy, and imposes a deadweight cost on society.

 

The appeal of price controls is understandable, since interest can often be another added cost that makes credit expensive, particularly for lower-income Americans. Yet, interest rates are an incredibly important pricing tool for lenders that allows them to price in all their fixed and unforeseen costs. Factors such as the lender’s costs and risks, investments into network security, consumer demand for credit, and an individual’s credit history all affect how expensive or inexpensive credit will be, or if credit is offered at all.

 

Price controls ultimately take pricing power out of the hands of the lenders and consumers who make up the free market, and place credit decisions under the domain of the federal government.

 

The impacts on the payments industry will be no different. If a rate cap or the Credit Card Competition Act is signed into law, there will be wide-ranging negative impacts for consumers. They may include:

  • Reduced access to credit. Some estimates indicate 90% of credit cards would become unprofitable for businesses to operate, meaning there could be a clamp down in credit availability for most consumers. This would make it difficult for working class Americans to handle an unexpected expense if they don’t have enough funds in their bank account.
  • Higher fees. Capping credit card interest rates would likely push issuers to recoup lost revenue through other means, including higher annual fees. As a result, consumers—especially those who pay their balances in full—could end up paying more just to keep a card, which ironically would cost consumers more.
  • Fewer rewards or points. Interest rate caps or routing mandates would also make generous credit card rewards programs harder to sustain, leading issuers to scale back points, miles, and cash-back offers. Consumers could see fewer rewards and less value from everyday spending as banks offset revenue losses.

To be clear, it is difficult to fully gauge just how the market would react to a complete unwinding of America’s credit card system. But with four-in-five adults owning a credit card, it is important to proceed carefully and not break a system Americans overwhelmingly enjoy. The risks to the system far outweigh any potential benefit. To that end, Congress should be wary of further price controls on debit cards and other forms of consumer credit, including short-term small dollar loans which may become more popular in the event of a consumer credit freeze.

 

Big government schemes intended to “help” people would actually harm low-income and low-credit consumers.  Congress has a long history of imposing regulations intended to help low-income Americans that end up causing economic pain—and it should not repeat that mistake with these additional price controls. Americans should have the freedom to make the financial choices they deem necessary for their own situation, and lawmakers should not restrict this choice.

 

We urge you to stand with taxpayers, businesses, and consumers by supporting free market lending and rejecting government-imposed price controls.

 

Sincerely,

Thomas Aiello
Senior Director of Government Affairs

 

 

7:10 Former State Senator Herman Baertschiger – what is the “Real” good old boy network in Josephine County? Also a good discussion on the possibility of Rep. Ed Diehl running for governor, and What’s the “real play” with form State Senator Tim Knopp getting appointed “Prosperity Officer” for Governor Kotek?

 

8:15 Glenn Archambault, elected Farm Services representative for our region. Will the mobile animal slaughter house recently discussed in media reports lead to more local food in “the system”?

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Monday 01/19/26 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Info

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6:35 Dan Doyle is president of two American energy companies and has spent decades in the oil patch. His forthcoming book, “Of Roughnecks & Riches: A Startup in the Great American Fracking Boom” (Post Hill Press, February 2026), is the first insider account of the fracking industry—written by an actual fracker.

 The Trump Administration’s Venezuela play is dominating headlines—but is it actually moving oil markets?

In an op-ed running in The Hill, industry insider Dan Doyle and Venezuelan-born petroleum engineer Luis Zerpa, Ph.D., break down why traders aren’t buying the hype: $100 billion to rebuild infrastructure, a generation of U.S. oil majors still burned by Chavez-era nationalizations, and China sitting on 4.5 billion barrels of Venezuelan reserves. The real oil story? It’s complicated.

7:10 Jason Wall, father of Ava Wall, a missing 15-year old from Medford. Jason talks about what we know so far in the hunt for Ava. RV-Times coverage is here: https://rv-times.com/2026/01/19/detectives-investigate-case-of-missing-medford-teen/

 

 

 

 

UPDATE 7:30pm Monday night – SHE’S BEEN FOUND!!!

(From her parents)

UPDATE: AVA WALL HAS BEEN FOUND. ❤️
We wanted to share the news as soon as we could: Ava has been located and is now with authorities. She is not home yet, and we don’t have many details to share right now, but we are beyond grateful to know she has been found.
Thank you to every single person who shared posts, made calls, searched, prayed, and refused to give up. A community tip (from a social media post) played a critical role in bringing her to safety. We truly cannot thank you enough.
As you can imagine, this is an overwhelming moment for our family. We will share more updates when we are able, but for now we ask for continued thoughts and understanding as we focus on her wellbeing.
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you. This community helped bring our girl back.

 

7:35 Scott Seufert, a Jacksonville resident discusses the fire hardening he has accomplished in this semi-rural property.If you want to reach out to him, email scottjseufert@gmail.com

 8:10 Dr. Dennis Powers, www.DennisPowersBooks.com with today’s “Where Past Meets Present” historical profile

Jim Wright, Knife River and Southern Oregon

By Dennis Powers

With quarry operations off North River Road by Gold Hill and on Kirkland Road in Central Point by Costco, people wonder just how did Knife River come to Southern Oregon. Jim Wright with his family was responsible.

The grandfather on his mother’s side was M.C. Lininger, an entrepreneur who came to Ashland in 1911 as a railroad telegrapher. After being involved in a cannery and later hardware business, he noticed that nobody was providing plasterers with materials. He found a location by Jackson Hot Springs and began making plaster sand that family members after high school classes headed out to screen and deliver. By the late 1930s, they were in the sand and gravel business.

Opening up M.C. Lininger and Sons in Central Point, they delivered materials when Camp White was under construction. Jim Wright worked summers there from the time he was twelve and after graduating from Ashland High School (1958) and SOSC, he sold ready mix and worked in the field “for years.” His brother and four cousins were all involved in the business.

In the early 1980s, Jim became president of the company as it expanded its operations. Owing to a progressive eye disease (retinitis pigmentosa), he later completely lost his vision. Needing to quit driving in 1987, Jim was fortunate that LTM (Lininger True Mix) found a way in hiring a driver to keep him involved. His driver did other company work when not driving Jim, who had enough eyesight then to do “most aspects of his job”.

True Mix (which produced different construction materials in the area) had merged with Lininger’s operations to form LTM in 1988; Knife River then acquired LTM in 1990 with Jim Wright being involved in all stages in the company. LTM as Knife River helped him adapt with screen reading programs for his computer.

Along the way, Wright joined People’s Bank board in 1993 and served our region over the decades with the Asante Foundation, Raider Athletic Association, Medford Rotary Club, and as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (which helps abused and neglected kids). In late 2022, the Jackson County Board of Commissioners honored him with its Chairman’s Award, an honor given out once a year to the community member that stands out. It concluded that he “… although blind, served the community for 50 years.,” and enumerated his service.

Knife River was acquired by MDU Resources (a $5 billion-revenue utility and construction conglomerate, which in 2023 spun it off as a publicly-traded company. Knife River has 1.2 billion tons of aggregate reserves, 5,750 employees, and operates in 14 states with revenues in excess of $3 billion. It provides construction materials and services, from building roads, highways, and bridges to airport runways. (Note: The Knife River in North Dakota is a tributary of the Missouri River, where “Knife” is an English translation of the Native American name.)

Sources: Steve Boyarsky, “Jim Wright lost his sight but still has Vision,” Mail Tribune, October 4, 2020; Vickie Aldous, “Wright honored for lifetime of community service,” Mail Tribune, January 3, 2023.