THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22nd, 2026
Ten of today’s biggest conservative shows, topped by a fake-polling scandal that reached straight into The New York Times’s midterm coverage — plus new DNA claims about Ilhan Omar, a blunt Elon Musk interview, and a custody battle making waves in Hollywood.
The Ben Shapiro Show — “A Pollster Got Caught Faking the Data — and the NYT Ran With It 15 Times.”
Ben Shapiro argues the Democratic midterm wave is overblown and that a fake-polling scandal helped inflate it. Wedgewood Polls, a firm with no track record, was cited by the New York Times and Decision Desk before admitting its data was fabricated.
Says key Senate races (TX, MI, IA, ME, AK) sit within the margin of error in polling averages
Wedgewood Polls was cited by the NYT 15 times and Decision Desk 17 times before calling its work an ‘experiment’
Says the fake polls skewed Democratic and that Mallory McMorrow blamed them for hurting her fundraising
Prediction markets reportedly jumped to about 66% for Democrats taking the Senate
Criticizes Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed and argues DSA influence is the real stake for Democrats
The Charlie Kirk Show — “DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin Refuses to Apologize For Enforcing the Law”
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin tells the show his department enforces the law as written and touts record-low border crossings. He also defends a voluntary-departure option and attacks sanctuary jurisdictions.
Cites record-low border crossings and ‘17 months, zero releases’
Describes a detention-kiosk voluntary departure option he says costs about $5,500 versus $8,250 through courts
Says about 80,000 people are in detention and immigration courts are roughly 1,500 judges short
Credits USCIS Director Joe Edlow with closing visa and naturalization loopholes
Mentions a Vance-led H-1B/OPT fraud task force and the Ilhan Omar case going to a grand jury
Louder with Crowder — “Defend This Woman at All Costs”
Steven Crowder defends a nursing student who went viral for telling a man to go back to his country. He argues the clip lacks context and that the left applies a double standard on speech and forgiveness.
Says the clip starts mid-exchange, so the provocation is missing
Criticizes the media and the university investigation as an overreaction
Asks what being American means and says nationalism is no longer a slur
Compares the backlash to Paula Deen, the McCloskeys and Daniel Penny
Includes insults aimed at the man in the clip; stats are unsourced
The Megyn Kelly Show — “The Shocking Child Custody Battle Between Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez”
Megyn Kelly’s episode covers the custody fight between Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez, after Martinez alleged in early October that Berry abused their 13-year-old son. Berry’s side denies it, and the episode is mostly host commentary.
Martinez sought a restraining order and a court granted a limited order but denied other requests
Berry’s team denies the claims and points to Martinez’s alleged history of violence
The son reportedly testified for nearly four hours in a closed courtroom
Berry’s partner Van Hunt filed a sworn declaration saying he saw no choking
Berry temporarily lost 50/50 custody and now has visitation two days a week plus alternate weekends
The Michael Knowles Show — “BREAKING: DNA Evidence Proves Ilhan Omar Married Her Brother”
Michael Knowles leads with reports that federal investigators have DNA evidence in an allegation that Ilhan Omar married her brother, then moves to the Ohio governor’s race and the polls. His framing of the reporting is not verified.
Ties the DNA report to an earlier home raid and says a conspiracy charge could reach older acts
Ohio ad featuring Amy Acton’s mother, compared to the 1988 Willie Horton ad
Cites Gallup: 59% call the GOP too extreme versus 43% for Democrats
Notes a former NBA player was reportedly ruled ineligible for the WNBA
JD Vance’s CBS town hall: condemned antisemitism without naming Tucker Carlson
The Matt Walsh Show — “These Liberal Morons Totally Regret Leaving Trump’s America | Ep. 1860”
Matt Walsh mocks a Wired article about Americans who moved to Europe after Trump’s win and regretted it. He spends much of the episode on European air conditioning, wages and healthcare.
Article subjects complain about low pay, bureaucracy and expensive trains and healthcare
Argues Europe loses more people to heat than the US does to gun deaths
Claims Americans have more purchasing power and the UK would rank last among US states
Says European ‘free’ healthcare is slower and tax-funded
Says tourists see only wealthy areas
Morning Wire — “Nick Shirley Joins Trump for Major Fraud Announcement”
Morning Wire covers Trump’s new fraud whistleblower program, which would pay a 1% commission on recovered funds, and honors independent journalist Nick Shirley. It also covers a Slotkin ethics complaint and the midterm outlook.
Program is run through a fraud task force and open to the public, including journalists
Trump said he would decide who gets credit when several people claim a tip
Shirley was honored for videos on Minnesota fraud and reportedly received a $10,000 award
Sen. Slotkin faces an ethics complaint over remarks about prosecuting Trump staff
Midterms: Democrats have momentum and rural turnout is the unknown
The Andrew Klavan Show — “How Romance Is the Antidote to Feminism w/Faith Moore”
Andrew Klavan interviews his daughter Faith Moore about her time-travel romance ‘Wooing Jane’, in which Henry VIII lands in the present day. They argue chivalry is a way for men to show care.
Moore defends chivalry as men using strength to protect
Henry VIII was chosen partly as a joke about bad modern dating advice
Discusses Henry’s 1536 jousting injury and the unproven theory it changed him
Moore’s podcast ‘Story Time for Grown-Ups’ reads classic novels chapter by chapter
They discuss Jane Eyre and David Copperfield
The Glenn Beck Program — “Refusing To Vote This Midterms? Glenn Lays Out Why That’s Wrong | Hour 1”
Glenn Beck answers the argument that both parties are the same so voting is pointless, using analogies about speed, rescue and course correction. He also warns against vigilantism.
Opens on a Texas flyer for LGBTQ+ youth; CBS traced its return address to a Wyoming company formed Sept 2
Cites Germany in 1932 when communists treated moderate social democrats as the main enemy
Reads from the Declaration of Independence on changing government by lawful means
Describes the ‘Bubba effect’ of citizens taking action themselves
Advises organizing locally through school boards and sheriffs
The Rubin Report — “Host Stunned by Elon Musk’s Brutally Honest Answer About Immigration That Is Guaranteed to Offend”
Dave Rubin builds the episode around an Elon Musk interview, using it to argue that immigration vetting and cultural differences are driving unrest in Europe. It is opinion commentary.
Argues cultures and religions differ and vetting has failed in Europe and the US
Covers riots in France and criticizes Macron
Discusses Minnesota fraud allegations and Nick Shirley’s reporting
Notes the Ilhan Omar allegations are unproven
Criticizes NYC Mayor Mamdani and Michigan’s El-Sayed over alleged Muslim Brotherhood ties