On this episode of “The Liz Wheeler Show,” Liz reacts to President Trump’s executive order on burning the American flag. What does the order actually say? Plus, the Heartland Institute’s Justin T. Haskins joins the show to discuss a Washington state law that could destroy the seal of the confessional.President Trump signed an executive order this week titled, Prosecuting Burning of the American Flag — and it wasn’t just the left who reacted in anger.“The fiery response to President Trump’s executive order is coming from President Trump’s base, who are all ablaze about this,” BlazeTV host Liz Wheeler says on “The Liz Wheeler Show,” adding, “Now, you’re going to be surprised by what I think about this topic.”“Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. And we in the United States are not living in ordinary times. We are facing a deliberate concerted assault on everything from the very legitimacy of our country to our rule of law to our constitutionally protected rights and the other side, our political opposition, has been tragically very successful in waging these attacks against us,” she explains.And Wheeler notes that other symbols are protected by law.“In Washington, D.C., when those teenagers on their bikes made those burnouts on top of the trans flag that was painted on the roads, they faced a potential 10 years in prison for defacing the trans flag,” Wheeler says.“Why should the left’s sacred symbols, the trans flag, be protected, but our sacred symbols, the American flag, not?” she asks. “That doesn’t seem like equality under the law, that seems like a double standard where their religious symbols are protected and ours aren’t.”While others on the right who disagree will use the slippery slope argument, Wheeler notes that the left has already done the same thing to the right when they were in power.“This is not some hypothetical possibility that might happen down the road that we have to protect against. The left has already called your speech violent in memos behind the scenes at the FBI. If you’re a parent that opposed critical race theory or trans ideology in a public school, if you’re a pro-lifer, if you’re a Catholic, they’ve labeled you a violent extremist, a domestic terrorist,” she explains."They’ve already taken our speech and told us that it’s violence. And prosecuted us for it,” she continues, adding, “So the slippery slope argument might sound good on paper. It may be convincing. You may feel sympathetic to it on paper, but in reality, that’s long past relevant.”Want more from Liz Wheeler?To enjoy more of Liz’s based commentary, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

One of Cracker Barrel's biggest investors criticized the company's investment plan in 2024, saying it would damage the brand further.Cracker Barrel's now infamous rebrand blunder that changed its classic store model and logo could have been avoided had executives listened to Sardar Biglari, who owns over 9% of Cracker Barrel's shares through Biglari Capital Corp.The brand change — which the company has now reversed — all started when the new CEO, Julie Felss Masino, released her "Strategic Transformation Plan" in May 2024. The plan included a five-pillar strategy that turned out to be the source of consumer outrage.'Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is a history-steeped place that channels Americana.'Along with revealing plans to spend upwards of $700 million on the rebrand, Masino sought to "evolve" the Cracker Barrel brand with a "leading branding agency" that would "delight" guests.As well, she listed plans to implement "improved store design and atmosphere," while "enhancing the menu" to focus on "craveability."The plan, which eventually failed, was highly criticized by Biglari, who owns other brands like Maxim Magazine, Steak 'n Shake, and Western Sizzlin.Biglari sent scathing letters to shareholders, including in October 2024, when he pointed to the company's poor returns and noted Cracker Barrel's share price had dropped over 50% since Masino became CEO in 2023.He called the opening of new stores "unnecessary and costly" and declared "Cracker Barrel is not a broken brand, but it has a broken board."Biglari also put together a 120-page slide deck that not only showed he believed the company was going downhill but that he knew customers would not like the rebrand.RELATED: Cracker Barrel caves to outrage against rebranding Perhaps the most eye-opening portion of the presentation was the revelation of the company's minuscule operating income margins, which were just 1.3%. This was just a tenth of companies like Dave & Buster's or Darden, which owns Olive Garden and Cheddar's. Denny's was also light-years ahead of Cracker Barrel in this regard.Biglari also showed key figures like guest traffic being down nearly 20% in the last five years. He linked product quality and portion sizes, showing a comparison to a sirloin steak from 2021 to "steak tips" in 2024.The presentation even went after some of the shareholders, showing one in particular seemingly tanking her own brand in six years.The last slides of Biglari's package were dedicated to customer feedback, which displayed customers calling the food overpriced and showing disgust with the restaurant remodels.Comments that took issue with the decor and the company losing the "home feeling" were seemingly spot-on given the recent loss of revenue.All of these points led to Biglari escalating his rhetoric in a November 2024 letter to shareholders.RELATED: Cracker Barrel desperately rewrites 'inclusion' and DEI web page after backlash MUNCY, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES - 2023/11/22: Photo by Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images "If you had $100 in Cracker Barrel stock in January 2019, five years later it is worth about $30. Therefore, there is just $30 to go before the entire investment is lost," Biglari's November letter began. The investor mocked the company's costly "big strategy" and urged shareholders to vote for himself and Milena Alberti-Perez, former CFO of Getty Images, as directors, not Carl Berquist and Meg Crofton, "who have overseen a loss of about 70% during their tenures as board members."He told other investors that CEO Masino could "use our help" to avoid falling into the "trap" of overspending on remodels."Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is a history-steeped place that channels Americana; there are a few brands like it, and none require wholesale changes to their aesthetic," Biglari wrote. "The day Cracker Barrel opened, it was already old — its theme derived from the 1920s. ... Let me make my position clear: The company's $700 million remodel plan will not work!" — (@) In the end, Berquist and Crofton were indeed elected as directors with 30% of Cracker Barrel's stock — which subsequently sank — shutting out Biglari, who was proven to be right.According to Fox Business, Biglari is still one of the company's largest investors alongside BlackRock, GMT Capital, the Vanguard Group, and AllianceBernstein.His ownership of Steak 'n Shake is likely the reason behind the company firing shots at Cracker Barrel on social media, where the brand called Cracker Barrel's remodel "insane" and "soulless" while also thanking President Trump for his remarks on the matter.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

While Democratic operatives maintain an optimistic front going into the 2026 midterms, one high-profile adviser says there are plenty of warning signs. Doug Sosnik, a political analyst and former adviser to President Bill Clinton, said that although certain factors would suggest Republicans are at a disadvantage going into 2026, Democrats are unlikely to actually seize the moment and secure significant wins. 'For Democrats, it's all about consolidating their base which has atrophied since they lost the 2024 elections.'In his annual big-picture memo, Sosnik noted that President Donald Trump's approval rating is lagging, and his support among independents has dipped. At the same time, Sosnik predicted that "it is unlikely that [Democrats] will have anywhere near the level of success that the out-of-power party has had in previous midterm elections with such an unpopular incumbent president.""The reason for this has less to do with the Democrats' historically low approval rating than with a political realignment that began forming long before Donald Trump ever ran for president," Sosnik added.RELATED: The brutal reality Democrats can't ignore Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Sosnik partially attributed this realignment to education level, which has become a new political fault line. For decades, Democrats had consistently experienced a "steady erosion" of support from rural, working-class voters, prompting the party to lean on college-educated Americans to win elections. This shift puts Democrats at a massive electoral disadvantage since the majority of eligible voters in the country do not have a college degree. This realignment is ultimately reflected in the Democrats' political class. As Sosnik noted, over half of the current Democratic senators come from the 12 states with the highest levels of four-year college degrees. Similarly, two-thirds of House Democrats come from the 100 most highly educated districts across the country. "More than a president's job approval or the candidates on the ballot, the breakdown by education level of the electorate is what matters in determining the outcome of American elections," Sosnik said. RELATED: Defeated Democrat senator attempts a long-shot political comeback: 'Voters will reject him again' Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Another disadvantage staring down Democrats is the reality that the political focus is increasingly national and decreasingly local. In Congress, 419 House members and 90 senators are from the same party as the presidential candidate who won their district in 2024. Because of this realignment, over 80% of congressional races are no longer considered competitive, narrowing Democrats' political opportunities. To add insult to injury, Sosnik predicts that the Republicans' overwhelming success in the most recent presidential election will "further tilt" the playing field in 2026. "For Democrats, it's all about consolidating their base which has atrophied since they lost the 2024 elections," Sosnik said. "Luckily for them — when it comes to the midterms, anyway — their strongest supporters are college graduates, who are most likely to vote in off-year elections.""The one thing that is clear is that the results in next year's midterms will tell us very little about the 2028 presidential election," Sosnik added. "That election will be a referendum on America's future as we finally move away from Politics in the Age of Trump."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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