07-03-25 Part One - The Speaker Says He Has The Votes
Dan Mandis (WTN-Nashville) fills in for Gary and Eric. House Speaker Mike Johnson expects the Big Beautiful Bill to pass early Thursday morning. Overnight as Red Eye began, it seemed President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill was all but dead in the House with unexpected opposition by 5 Republicans and 8 no votes/ Tennessee Congressman Scott Desjarlais joined the show to talk about the stalled bill and whether or not he thought it will eventually pass / Reaction from Newt Gingrich and Congressman Jim Jordan / As early Thursday morning progressed, Trump spoke to the Repubican holdouts by phone and House Speaker Johnson noted they now had the votes to pass the bill / And of course, Senate Democrats repeated the same yawn inducing hyperbole on the dangers of the bill.
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07-03-25 Part Two - Children Will Starve!
Dan Mandis (WTN-Nashville) fills in for Eric and Gary, In part two of Red Eye Radio, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke from the Senate floor on what he calls the one big ugly bill...and abomination that will starve children / Dan takes more of your calls on the Big Beautiful Bill /Deportation numbers in Tennessee shows 80 percent had a criminal conviction or a pending charge / A CNN commentator asks why people aren’t investigating the Trump family’s citizen status.
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07-02-25 Part One - Trump And DeSantis...What Rivalry?
Dan Mandis (WTN-Nashville) fills in for Gary and Eric. In part one of Red Eye Radio, President Trump visits Alligator Alcatraz and is asked about his relationship with Flordia Governor Ron DeSantis / Trump approves the National Guard as immigration judges at the new Florida dentention center / Over 300 bodies near the Mexican border have been discovered by authorities on the floor of a private crematorium / CNN actually reports Trump's strong GOP approval numbers / The Big Beautiful bill passes in the Senate / Trump is awarded over 30 million dollars as settlement in the lawsuit with CBS / UPenn acknowledges the Trump administration's policy to protect women's sports by stripping transgender swimming champion Lia Thomas of his records and titles.
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07-02-25 Part Two - The Simply Disgusting ICE App
Dan Mandis (WTN-Nashville) fills in for Eric and Gary. In part two of Red Eye Radio, border czar Tom Homan expresses strong disapproval of CNN's reporting on an app / Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is equally angered by the app / Noem also says an illegal attempted to eat himself during deportation flight / It appears Trump helped negotiate a peace deal between Israel and Gaza / Joy Reed calls Alligator Alcatraz a concentration camp for brown people.
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07-01-25 Part One - Vote-A-Rama Drama
Dan Mandis (WTN-Nashville) fills in for Gary and Eric. In Part one of Red Eye Radio, Trump's late night post on Truth Social goes after Elon Musk and the subsidies for EV's / the Senate voter-rama finger pointing continued in the Senate on Monday / Meanwhile the House is not happy with the Senate version of the Big Beautiful Bill / A Gallup poll asks "are you proud to be an American?" / Trump travels to Alligator Alcatraz Tuesday / CNN promotes an app that tracks ICE agents / Elon Musk says he'll start another political party if the Big Beautiful Bill passes
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Red Eye Radio is the pre-eminent syndicated overnight radio show hosted by radio vets Gary McNamara and Eric Harley airing Monday through Friday, Midnight to 5am Central. Targeted at long haul truckers, Red Eye Radio has broadened its mission to include virtually everyone living and working non-traditional hours. The audience includes shift workers, travelers, truck drivers and others who embrace the new 24/7 lifestyle, with many restaurants, retailers and other business establishments open round the clock. Red Eye Radio is the successor to Midnight Trucking Radio Network, a program whose roots go back 40 years. Each night the hosts of Red Eye Radio review the headlines, cover the issues that matter and keep listeners tuned-in with insight and perspective. Also on the agenda popular culture, family issues and detailed national weather forecasts.