The Unregulated Podcast
The Unregulated Podcast is hosted by Washington Times columnist, Mike McKenna and Tom Pyle, President of the American Energy Alliance. Each week they dig into the latest in energy, politics, and anything else that is on their minds.
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Recent Stories
Silicon Valley's China chip problem undermines America's AI dominance strategy
Despite saying in April that it would restrict the sales of Nvidia's advanced H20 chips to China, Team Trump has decided to grant export licenses that allow Nvidia and AMD to sell those chips to China.
Trump's TikTok delays undermine his China hawks while Intel controversy grows
Sen. Tom Cotton sent a letter last week to the chairman of the board at Intel asking questions about the chipmaker's new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan and Mr. Tan's ties to Chinese companies.
Gerrymandering is destructive no matter who does it
A few weeks ago, Team Trump decided that reopening the redistricting of House districts in Texas would be a good idea, ostensibly because it would provide an extra five GOP votes in the House.
E-Verify, a choke point for stopping illegal immigrant employment in America
President Trump promised during his campaign that, if elected, he would finish the job he had started in the first term -- namely, he would fix America's broken immigration system.
How many dead are enough in Gaza?
A few days back, this column addressed the attack by Israeli soldiers on Holy Family, the only Roman Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip. The Israelis killed three people and wounded several others.
American energy is essential to American dominance
I recently wrote a column arguing that increased American production of oil and gas was part of the reason we were able to attack Iran with impunity a few weeks ago.
Catholic churches under siege around the world
About a week ago, for reasons known only to them, Israeli forces attacked Holy Family, the only Roman Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip.
Trump's quiet revolution changed everything, now it must survive its own zealots
In the wake of the first victories of the French Revolution, Maximilien Robespierre decided that the threats to the revolution were too numerous and too serious to allow for due process.
Republicans must prepare for a post-Trump future now
Now that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act has become law, the Republican Party is faced with a few uncomfortable facts.
Mamdani is a gift to Trump and the Republican Party
Zohran Mamdani won the New York City Democratic primary for mayor, immediately becoming the favorite to win the general mayoral election -- and an object of both adulation and concern.
Destruction won't kill ideology: Why bombing Iran won't stop its nuclear ambitions
A lot of people are confidently predicting that President Trump has successfully threaded the needle between corroding Iran's ability to build and launch nuclear weapons and destabilizing the regime in Tehran.
Environmentalist goon squad Greenpeace learns a lesson
In 2016, Greenpeace deployed operatives and assorted stooges to North Dakota to organize opposition to a pipeline being constructed by Energy Transfer, based in Texas.
Happy birthday to the U.S. Army
In the depths of a cold night almost 250 years ago, a handful of soldiers waited their turn to cross a river and head toward their enemy in hopes of surprising them on Christmas.
Democrats: Doubling down on stupidity in California
Most Democrats, at least elected ones, seem to be fundamentally unbright when it comes to anything involving President Trump.
Trump should have ditched Musk long ago
Watching President Trump and Elon Musk turn their relationship into one impressively aggressive and large dumpster fire and scream at each in the middle of the street was kind of entertaining.
Red tape reckoning: Team Trump needs to overhaul America's obsolete environmental laws
Recently, the Supreme Court came to two clear conclusions in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County about how federal agencies should implement the National Environmental Protection Act.
Pope Leo XIV's surprise election reveals why the Catholic Church survives leadership changes
A few weeks ago, a man named Richard Prevost was elected by his peers to become the most important man in the world.
Senate's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' process likely to focus on saving taxpayer money
Last week, the House of Representatives passed, by the bracing margin of 215-214, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which included an extension of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
Reflecting on Memorial Day's true meaning
On Monday, we celebrate Memorial Day, the civic holy day we set aside to commemorate those who died fighting our wars.
For Trump's tariffs to work, consumer behavior needs to change
President Trump teed off a bit last weekend in response to Walmart's announcement that it plans to increase prices on some of the goods it sells, partly because of the effect of tariffs on goods originating in China. As a reminder, these tariffs are still in place, albeit at a 30% rate rather than the 145% rate where we started.
City monopolies: Breaking the ruinous Democratic stronghold
If the Justice Department is really serious about breaking up monopolies that have a toxic effect on Americans, they should do something about America's cities.
