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Townhall Review | Conservative Commentary On Today's News
Salem Podcast Network
4.7 • 697 Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Townhall Review - January 11, 2025
We'll listen in on a major announcement from CEO Mark Zuckerberg, about Meta, Facebook’s parent company, shifting back toward free expression.
Hugh Hewitt invites Joel Kaplan, Meta’s new Chief Global Affairs Officer, to discuss this pivotal shift.
Chris Stigall and Michael Whatley, Chairman of the RNC, weigh in on the GOP’s success in gaining control of Congress and building on that momentum in the 2026 midterms.
Hugh has an extended conversation with President-elect Donald Trump about extending the Trump One-era tax cuts, critiquing the Biden administration’s transition efforts, and the role of American leadership in restoring stability.
Sebastian Gorka and Robert Wilkie, former Secretary of Veterans Affairs, discuss the importance of restoring American naval dominance as well as other key steps to strengthen the military.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the town hall review with Hugh Hewitt, a win for free expression from |
| 0:09.3 | Meta's Mark Zuckerberg. |
| 0:10.8 | So we're going to get back to our roots and restoring free expression on our platforms. |
| 0:15.2 | We'll hear from their new chief global affairs officer, Joel Kaplan. |
| 0:18.4 | People are ready for a return. The values of free expression on our platforms. |
| 0:24.3 | Plus, as January 20th approaches, we'll hear from the chairman of the RNC, Michael Watley, |
| 0:29.4 | who is instrumental in making it all possible. |
| 0:31.4 | I think it's a great day for America. |
| 0:33.5 | And we'll hear from the 45th and the soon-to-be-47th President of the United States. |
| 0:38.7 | We'll talk about energy. |
| 0:40.0 | We have oil and gas at a level that nobody else has, and we're going to take advantage of it. |
| 0:44.8 | And what a team Biden is going to do to make the transition difficult. |
| 0:48.6 | They're giving out trillions of dollars in nonsense in Green New Deal crap. |
| 0:54.7 | We've got all this and more. |
| 0:56.6 | I'm Hugh Hewitt. |
| 0:57.4 | Great to be with you. |
| 0:58.5 | Catch my program each weekday morning live, 6 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time and on-demand 24-7. |
| 1:04.4 | Let me mention here as well. |
| 1:05.9 | Beginning January the 13th, my program is shifting to 3 to 6 p.m. Eastern Time. Learn more at Hugh Hewitt.com, |
| 1:13.4 | noon to 3 on the West Coast, of course. And follow me on X at Hugh Hewitt. Follow this program as |
| 1:19.1 | well at Town Hall Review. Town Hall Review is part of the Salem Podcast Network. We're going |
| 1:24.8 | to start with a victory for free expression in First Amendment Liberty. The news of what happened at Meta, the parent company of Facebook, coming from Mark |
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