Tonight on The Independents: Ukraine, Oscars, Pot Commercials, Bone Marrow Transplants, My Brother’s Keeper, De Blasio’s Attacks on Charter Schools, and a Mournful After-Show Featuring the Deceased Lysander Spooner

Tonight’s live episode of The
Independents (Fox Business Network 9 pm ET, 6 pm PT;
repeats three hours later) will start off with an extended look at
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and what that says
about American politics and political discourse (in addition to
actual, um, Ukrainians). Joining in that effort will be
on-the-ground reporter Jared Morgan in Kiev, former CIA
dude Buck
Sexton from The Blaze, and tonight’s Party
Panel of Sun Sentinel columnist and “GOP/Republican
strategist” Noelle
Nikpour and “Democratic/Liberal pundit” Steve Leser. 

Institute for Justice Senior Attorney Jeff Rowes will be on to
discuss
I.J.’s work in trying to legalize compensation
for bone marrow transplants. Kmele Foster will give the what-for
to President Barack Obama’s “My
Brother’s Keeper” initiative. New York Mayor Bill De
Blasio will get a rhetorical shiv or two in the ribs for his
decision to start
croaking Gotham charter schools. The party panel will also be
back with post-game comments about last night’s Oscars.

Did I say Oscars? Here are two Oscar-related segments from
Friday’s show, featuring New York Post critic Kyle Smith and Reason.com’s
own Kurt
Loder:

The sexy after-show tonight will feature much wailing and
gnashing of teeth about the death of our beloved bullfrog,
Lysander. Make sure to send tweets to @IndependentsFBN, using
the hashtag #indFBN, and we’ll see you
at 9.