Some personal news: I am now flying solo on "Acadiana's Morning News" on NewsTalk 96.5 KPEL in Lafayette. If you live here, that means you'll get more of me on the radio BUT there's a catch: I'm shifting to very little commentary in the mornings. Part of my goal when I took over KPEL in 2024 was to use it as a vehicle to delivery more news and information and less outrage-driven commentary. It's a conservative news/talk station, so there will always be conservative commentary, but I want people to have the information first. So, the morning show will be almost all interviews, focusing on being your point of access to City Hall, the State Capitol, and Capitol Hill. I'll be reaching out to politicians, newsmakers, and reporters to bring as much information to y'all as possible. Now, the downside here is that I am a one-man crew running this ship, but I promise the ship is pretty sturdy. You can expect some cool interviews and access starting in August, if not a little before.

If the GOP loses the House and Johnson isn’t the minority leader OR he leaves Congress entirely, the same question pops up here that popped up when McCarthy was ousted: Can anyone fundraise like this guy? Johnson proved all the doubters wrong tenfold. Does the House GOP have another Mike Johnson waiting in the wings? Is there another fundraising powerhouse?

Bad for Republicans, sure, but young voters are historically the most unreliable when it comes to turnout.

you must have the wrong friends because some of mine are cheap af

Today, we lost my grandfather. He was the last of my grandparents still living, and the man who taught me to hunt, fish, and golf, and the man who taught me a love for hybrid tea roses. He also got me Thomas Sowell's "Basic Economics" for Christmas one year because, I think, he suspected at the time that I wasn't conservative. That was before the radio career, though. I believe he figured it out. He was a longtime member of the Natchitoches business community and for a time was active in the local political community. He was an early leader in the movement to help Natchitoches Parish escape from the Police Jury form of government (a process I helped see through years after he started). I don't believe he got the credit he deserved for being one of the early voices for that movement. He was a stubborn, stern man when I was growing up. I was a terrible student when he taught me the hunting and the fishing and the golfing. But in his later years, I saw him as a man whose sternness was built on a deep love for those he held dear and a desire to keep them on the right path. Again, that's probably why he gave me a Thomas Sowell book for Christmas that one year. I still have it. I can now say without fear of him finding out that I never made it very far into that book. But I did try, and I think that counts. I am Joe Cunningham, III. He was Joe Cunningham, Sr., and a truly great man. As these things go, it takes far too long to really understand how great he was, but when you realize it, you realize the giant-sized hole he leaves behind.

Looks like Lindsey Graham’s political career is effectively dead after today.

At some point, there needs to be a sobering conversation about how we as a society allowed 3OH!3 to happen.

If you’re laughing while working out, you might be having a psychotic episode.