The Illinois Supreme Court has reversed the conviction of actor Jussie Smollett. The former “Empire” actor took his case to the Illinois Supreme Court in September in a last-ditch effort to have his 2021 conviction overturned. November 21st 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show…

Republicans and Democrats blasted FBI Director Chris Wray and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday after they refused to publicly testify before the Senate Homeland Security Committee. November 21st 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on th…

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for “crimes against humanity and war crimes” committed in Gaza. November 21st 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available o…

Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones joined the show to discuss CA gas prices. A business professor with ties to Saudi Arabia claims Californians driving gas-powered cars will need to make up to an additional $1,000 a year in pre-tax income if they want to keep up with the projected 2025 gas prices in the state. November 21st 2024 --- Please Like, Co…

Tom Homan, who has been put in charge of President-elect Donald Trump's proposed mass deportation plan, has a message for Democrats promising not to help or even impede efforts to remove illegal immigrants: Don't get in our way. November 21st 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Sh…

Blake Taylor Fills In For Ray Matt Gaetz, the former Florida representative and Trump nominee for Attorney General, announced Thursday that he is withdrawing as Trump's pick for the top prosecutor, citing what he described as the "distraction" his nomination had caused due to a swirl of allegations about paying underage women for sex. November 21st…

A judge has approved the settlement of a $20 million class action lawsuit brought by former Bitwise employees. November 20th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The…

President-elect Donald Trump announced Linda McMahon, his transition co-chair and former small business administrator, as his nomination for the next secretary of education. November 20th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spo…

In one of the best things to ever occur on the show, Sunny Hostin was forced to issue an on-air correction about Matt Gaetz, and her reaction was priceless. November 20th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or …

Kellyanne Conway challenged a Harvard student on Tuesday to reflect on how much the Biden-Harris administration gaslit the American people, culminating in the blowout election the nation just saw. November 20th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW a…

A Memphis florist said she didn’t want to serve supporters of Donald Trump. Now she’s not serving anyone else either. Kristin Wolter has closed her shop for the rest of the week “due to threats to me and my business,” according to a statement made on the now-private Instagram account of Everbloom Design. November 20th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment …

Covering the ongoing fallout from Donald Trump’s controversial pick of Matt Gaetz as the new attorney general, Jimmy Kimmel in his monologue Tuesday found himself rooting for a long-time foe MTG. November 20th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW ap…

Thirty years after South Carolina killer mom Susan Smith was put behind bars for drowning her two toddler sons, a board unanimously voted to deny her parole after she appeared on a jailhouse court feed on Wednesday morning November 20th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he'll hold off making a clemency decision on the Menendez brothers' murder case until incoming Los Angeles County District Attorney District Attorney Nathan Hochman reviews the nearly 35-year-old case. Newsom and the “First Partner” (his wife) just purchased a $9.1 million home in Marin County. November 19th 2024 -…

The Fresno State women's volleyball team is scheduled to play San Jose State on Tuesday night. This match comes after several other teams have forfeited their games against the Spartans due to claims of a transgender athlete on the team. Earlier this month, one of the team's co-captains filed a lawsuit with other players and a since suspended coach…

Walk into any supermarket and you can generally buy a banana for less than $1. But a banana duct-taped to a wall? That might sell for more than $1 million at an upcoming auction at Sotheby’s in New York. November 19th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the K…

CNN contributor Scott Jennings mocked the left's constant messaging to their supporters that Donald Trump is a fascist, only to turn around and quickly start kissing his ring following the election. November 19th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW…

Megyn Kelly offered up a simple three-word response to MSNBC's "Morning Joe" co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski visiting Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago over the weekend. "Go f**k yourselves," she fired back. November 19th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is availabl…

Kathleen Sebelius, former Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, warned MSNBC viewers that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. taking over the position may cost Americans their lives. November 18th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Appl…

The focus of SNL's opening skit was the traditional, White House meet-up between the outgoing president, Joe Biden, and the president-elect, Donald Trump. November 18th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wh…

It’s high time to shatter the myth of Nancy Pelosi as a master strategist. Nobody deserves more blame than the ridiculously self-titled “speaker emerita” for the Democrats’ $1 billion electoral collapse. November 18th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the K…

US President-elect Donald Trump was greeted by chanting fans as he attended the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight bout at New York's Madison Square Garden on Saturday. Several political allies of Trump were also in attendance including Elon Musk, Tulsy Gabbard, RFK Jr. and Vivek Ramaswamy. November 18th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Fo…

Federally funded progressive pet projects and wasteful spending alike could be on the way out if Elon Musk succeeds in his quest to improve the administrative state’s efficiency. November 18th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts…

We take a look at the biggest boxing match in the last decade, Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson. November 15th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ We…

John Kennedy made Tom Cotton cracking up while he questioned a pronoun-obsessed judicial nominee. November 15th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray Appleton…

In his latest bout of schooling his co-workers, a CNN panel that featured Scott Jennings got onto the subject of RFK. November 15th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -…

November 15th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ Weekdays 11 AM -2 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 KMJ | Website | Facebook | Podcast…

November 15th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ Weekdays 11 AM -2 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 KMJ | Website | Facebook | Podcast…

Trump’s selection of Matt Gaetz as his next attorney general sent shockwaves through the political world, prompting fierce reactions from Ray & listeners. November 15th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wh…

Journalist Michael Shellenberger testified Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee that the U.S. government-run program “Immaculate Constellations” has collected decades worth of still images and videos unseen by the general public. November 14th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray …

Lara Trump admitted she'd be happy to be Florida's next senator. "If I am able to serve, I would love to serve the people of Florida," she said, adding, "If I am asked, I would love to consider it, but I have yet to have a conversation with Governor DeSantis, so we will have to see." November 14th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray A…

A Connecticut teacher who resigned after she threatened to kill Trump voters in a viral post shared a message to outraged parents: she’s “sorry that you had to see that side of me.” November 14th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podca…

Ray and callers share their thoughts on Matt Gaetz being selected as the AG. November 14th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ Weekdays 11 AM…

CNN political commentator Scott Jennings on Wednesday said President-elect Donald Trump “is feeling his power” following his selection of Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general. November 14th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app,…

November 13th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ Weekdays 11 AM -2 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 KMJ | Website | Facebook | Podcast…

November 13th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ Weekdays 11 AM -2 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 KMJ | Website | Facebook | Podcast…

President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida as U.S. attorney general. Gaetz would succeed Attorney General Merrick Garland if the Senate confirms his nomination. November 13th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on th…

Only Eight days after the election, it was reported that Jack Smith would be resigning before Trump takes office on January 20th. November 13th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to…

President-elect Donald Trump announced late Sunday that Tom Homan, the former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement who backed his controversial “zero tolerance” policy, will be his administration’s “border czar.” November 13th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appl…

CNN analyst Scott Jennings went scorched earth defending President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to tap Fox News host and veteran Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense — as he slammed the current Pentagon leadership over its disastrous record. November 13th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The …

November 12th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ Weekdays 11 AM -2 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 KMJ | Website | Facebook | Podcast…

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to remake education in the U.S., pledging to exert more control over funding and classroom lessons, to curb what he views as left-leaning tendencies at universities and even to dismantle the Department of Education. November 12th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms…

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as his next secretary of homeland security, according to two sources familiar with the decision who spoke to CNN. November 12th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Pod…

President-elect Donald Trump named Rep. Mike Waltz as National Security Adviser. November 12th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ Weekdays 1…

MSNBC averaged 1.1 million viewers during the month of October but plummeted to an average audience of 736,000 on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of last week following President-elect Donald Trump’s historic landslide victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. November 12th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all pla…

A KMJ listener called in requesting help finding her dog after it escaped when she was in a major car accident on the CA 99. November 12th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podc…

President-elect Donald Trump has selected former Rep. Lee Zeldin to serve as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. November 11th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen t…

Veterans Day had its origin in 1918 at the end of World War I, a conflict that was at that time so horrendous that it was dubbed “the Great War” or “the war to end all wars,” with the United States playing the decisive role in the Allied Powers’ final victory. November 11th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all pla…

Donald Trump is now offering to use his leftover funds to pay off the debts of the Harris campaign and DNC. November 11th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ra…

John Hinckley Jr., who attempted the assassination of former President Ronald Reagan in 1981, responded to messages on social media calling for him to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump. November 11th 2024 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, …