The Pete Kaliner Show

The Pete Kaliner Show

A daily podcast covering local, state, & national issues from North Carolina

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December 12, 2025 • 33 mins

This episode is presented by Create A Video – While the border crisis exploded during the Biden administration the media utterly failed to hold the regime to account for its nullification of immigration law. Now that Trump is trying to fix the problem, we get sermons about following the law. 

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This episode is presented by Create A Video – It took five years, but the New York Times has finally reported how the Biden administration blew open the borders through intentional changes and ignored all warnings that it would create chaos and electoral damage.

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This episode is presented by Create A Video – The US Attorney has filed federal charges against the twice-deported criminal illegal alien who stabbed a man on the light rail line last week. Plus, Mecklenburg Sheriff Garry "Not My Fault" McFadden says it's not his fault the immigration system is broken - despite his years-long refusal to cooperate with immigration enforcement efforts.

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This episode is presented by Create A Video – The interim CEO of the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) has published a report addressing some of the various issues and questions after another person was stabbed on the light rail line.

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This episode is presented by Create A Video – The accused murderer of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska made his first court appearance this morning. He will continue to be held with no bond.

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This episode is presented by Create A Video – Beginning today, WBT is now on 107.9-FM -- a massive signal for the Charlotte market. I run down the details, plans, and rumors about the switch.

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This episode is presented by Create A Video – The US Department of Justice scrapped its "disparate impact" rule - ensuring that the Civil Rights Act is followed to prohibit actual discrimination. Plus, Senate Republicans plan to propose a healthcare reform bill to counter Democrats' plan to extend Obamacare subsidies for three more years.

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This episode is presented by Create A Video – In oral arguments at the US Supreme Court this week, Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson argued that "independent agencies" should be outside the control of the executive branch - essentially creating a fourth branch of government. Which is kind of insane.

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This episode is presented by Create A Video – The criminal illegal alien who stabbed a man on Charlotte's light rail train last week was cited for carrying a knife at a train station back in October. He was given a citation and released.

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This episode is presented by Create A Video – Another stabbing on the light rail train in Charlotte by a twice-deported repeat criminal illegal alien lays bare the abject failure of the local (and national) leftist project to reduce the jail population.

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This episode is presented by Create A Video – Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry "Not My Fault" McFadden held a news conference yesterday to complain (again) about the new state law that forces local authorities to get tougher on criminals. 

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This episode is presented by Create A Video – Despite rapid growth in Charlotte for the past 20 years, local officials have refused to build more jail space. Now that the NC General Assembly is forcing local judges to hold more violent offenders, local officials are complaining about the impact of Iryna's Law. Andrew Dunn is the publisher of Longleaf Politics and  a contributing columnist to The Charlotte Observer, ...

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This episode is presented by Create A Video – AP Dillon is a reporter for the North State Journal. Read her reporting at NSJonline.com. She publishes a Substack.com newsletter called More To The Story. AP joined me to discuss the rise of nihilist cults online and the North Carolina Attorney General focus on suing the Trump administration.

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This episode is presented by Create A Video – In the wake of another stabbing on the light rail train, the Editorial Board at the Charlotte Observer seems upset that Republicans are noticing how Democrats' policies have made Charlotte less safe.

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This episode is presented by Create A Video – Less than four months after the stabbing murder of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte light rail train, an illegal alien stabbed a 24-year old man in the chest on the train over the weekend.

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This episode is presented by Create A Video – US Senate candidate Roy Cooper starred in an odd campaign video while riding in the back of an SUV and not wearing a seat belt. Plus, AI songs are starting to top the charts in various categories. Also, fat cats might soon be able to get those shots!

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This episode is presented by Create A Video – The US Supreme Court ruled that the new redistricting map drawn by Texas Republicans can remain in place for the upcoming midterms. 

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This episode is presented by Create A Video – We are learning some new information about Brian Cole, Jr. - the man accused of planting two pipe bombs at the headquarters of the RNC and DNC on Jan. 5, 2021. We're also learning how stupid some media people are. Plus, new details of the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage.

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This episode is presented by Create A Video – After a Washington Post story accusing the Secretary of Defense of ordering the murder of two survivors of a drug boat strike, new reporting undercuts that narrative. And I'm sure it's coincidence that days before the WaPo story Democrats rolled out a campaign insinuating that Trump is giving illegal orders.

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This episode is presented by Create A Video – As the federal government ramps up immigration enforcement, more Democrats at the state and local levels are ramping up their efforts to nullify federal law. Which is pretty on-brand for them... historically speaking. Plus, the DOJ press conference on the arrest on the J6 pipe bomber has no new information.

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