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First: Donald Trump is aggressively using the power of the pardon to let loyalists off the hook, especially conservatives he claims - baselessly - were pursued by the Biden Justice Department for political reasons. The latest example: a reality TV couple convicted in a $30 million fraud scheme.  Plus: Trump is clearly getting fed up with Vladimir Putin's seeming unwillingness to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. But will the president actually punish Russia?  And: John King talks with Trump supporters in Allentown, Pennsylvania to get their take on the president's trade war. Do these voters really think the president will bring manufacturing back as he's promising?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon Alexa event live blog: all the news from the keynote Amazon announces AI-powered Alexa Plus An in-depth look at Apple's AI crisis, as some in Apple's AI division believe that a true conversational "LLM Siri" won't be ready until iOS 20 at best in 2027 Google's co-founder tells AI staff to stop "building nanny products 'I want him to be prepared': why parents are teaching their gen Alpha kids to use AI Skype is shutting down after two decades Researchers accuse North Korea of $1.4 billion Bybit crypto heist House Democrats take aim at $TRUMP crypto meme coin Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard suggests UK broke agreement in secretly asking Apple to build iCloud backdoor Biden Justice Department downplayed U.K. demand for Apple 'back door' "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cybercommand to "stand down" on Russia Meta Apologizes for Error That Flooded Instagram With Violent Content YouTube Says It Now Has More Than 1 Billion Monthly Viewers of Podcast Content 'The Brutalist' Director Brady Corbet Responds to AI Backlash Netflix is building an anti-Disneyland An small microbial ecosystem has formed on the International Space Station All 50 States Have Now Introduced Right to Repair Legislation Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Emily Forlini, Doc Rock, and Janko Roettgers Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT ziprecruiter.com/twit zscaler.com/security expressvpn.com/twit

Amazon Alexa event live blog: all the news from the keynote Amazon announces AI-powered Alexa Plus An in-depth look at Apple's AI crisis, as some in Apple's AI division believe that a true conversational "LLM Siri" won't be ready until iOS 20 at best in 2027 Google's co-founder tells AI staff to stop "building nanny products 'I want him to be prepared': why parents are teaching their gen Alpha kids to use AI Skype is shutting down after two decades Researchers accuse North Korea of $1.4 billion Bybit crypto heist House Democrats take aim at $TRUMP crypto meme coin Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard suggests UK broke agreement in secretly asking Apple to build iCloud backdoor Biden Justice Department downplayed U.K. demand for Apple 'back door' "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cybercommand to "stand down" on Russia Meta Apologizes for Error That Flooded Instagram With Violent Content YouTube Says It Now Has More Than 1 Billion Monthly Viewers of Podcast Content 'The Brutalist' Director Brady Corbet Responds to AI Backlash Netflix is building an anti-Disneyland An small microbial ecosystem has formed on the International Space Station All 50 States Have Now Introduced Right to Repair Legislation Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Emily Forlini, Doc Rock, and Janko Roettgers Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT ziprecruiter.com/twit zscaler.com/security expressvpn.com/twit

Amazon Alexa event live blog: all the news from the keynote Amazon announces AI-powered Alexa Plus An in-depth look at Apple's AI crisis, as some in Apple's AI division believe that a true conversational "LLM Siri" won't be ready until iOS 20 at best in 2027 Google's co-founder tells AI staff to stop "building nanny products 'I want him to be prepared': why parents are teaching their gen Alpha kids to use AI Skype is shutting down after two decades Researchers accuse North Korea of $1.4 billion Bybit crypto heist House Democrats take aim at $TRUMP crypto meme coin Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard suggests UK broke agreement in secretly asking Apple to build iCloud backdoor Biden Justice Department downplayed U.K. demand for Apple 'back door' "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cybercommand to "stand down" on Russia Meta Apologizes for Error That Flooded Instagram With Violent Content YouTube Says It Now Has More Than 1 Billion Monthly Viewers of Podcast Content 'The Brutalist' Director Brady Corbet Responds to AI Backlash Netflix is building an anti-Disneyland An small microbial ecosystem has formed on the International Space Station All 50 States Have Now Introduced Right to Repair Legislation Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Emily Forlini, Doc Rock, and Janko Roettgers Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT ziprecruiter.com/twit zscaler.com/security expressvpn.com/twit

Amazon Alexa event live blog: all the news from the keynote Amazon announces AI-powered Alexa Plus An in-depth look at Apple's AI crisis, as some in Apple's AI division believe that a true conversational "LLM Siri" won't be ready until iOS 20 at best in 2027 Google's co-founder tells AI staff to stop "building nanny products 'I want him to be prepared': why parents are teaching their gen Alpha kids to use AI Skype is shutting down after two decades Researchers accuse North Korea of $1.4 billion Bybit crypto heist House Democrats take aim at $TRUMP crypto meme coin Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard suggests UK broke agreement in secretly asking Apple to build iCloud backdoor Biden Justice Department downplayed U.K. demand for Apple 'back door' "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cybercommand to "stand down" on Russia Meta Apologizes for Error That Flooded Instagram With Violent Content YouTube Says It Now Has More Than 1 Billion Monthly Viewers of Podcast Content 'The Brutalist' Director Brady Corbet Responds to AI Backlash Netflix is building an anti-Disneyland An small microbial ecosystem has formed on the International Space Station All 50 States Have Now Introduced Right to Repair Legislation Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Emily Forlini, Doc Rock, and Janko Roettgers Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT ziprecruiter.com/twit zscaler.com/security expressvpn.com/twit

Amazon Alexa event live blog: all the news from the keynote Amazon announces AI-powered Alexa Plus An in-depth look at Apple's AI crisis, as some in Apple's AI division believe that a true conversational "LLM Siri" won't be ready until iOS 20 at best in 2027 Google's co-founder tells AI staff to stop "building nanny products 'I want him to be prepared': why parents are teaching their gen Alpha kids to use AI Skype is shutting down after two decades Researchers accuse North Korea of $1.4 billion Bybit crypto heist House Democrats take aim at $TRUMP crypto meme coin Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard suggests UK broke agreement in secretly asking Apple to build iCloud backdoor Biden Justice Department downplayed U.K. demand for Apple 'back door' "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cybercommand to "stand down" on Russia Meta Apologizes for Error That Flooded Instagram With Violent Content YouTube Says It Now Has More Than 1 Billion Monthly Viewers of Podcast Content 'The Brutalist' Director Brady Corbet Responds to AI Backlash Netflix is building an anti-Disneyland An small microbial ecosystem has formed on the International Space Station All 50 States Have Now Introduced Right to Repair Legislation Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Emily Forlini, Doc Rock, and Janko Roettgers Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT ziprecruiter.com/twit zscaler.com/security expressvpn.com/twit

Amazon Alexa event live blog: all the news from the keynote Amazon announces AI-powered Alexa Plus An in-depth look at Apple's AI crisis, as some in Apple's AI division believe that a true conversational "LLM Siri" won't be ready until iOS 20 at best in 2027 Google's co-founder tells AI staff to stop "building nanny products 'I want him to be prepared': why parents are teaching their gen Alpha kids to use AI Skype is shutting down after two decades Researchers accuse North Korea of $1.4 billion Bybit crypto heist House Democrats take aim at $TRUMP crypto meme coin Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard suggests UK broke agreement in secretly asking Apple to build iCloud backdoor Biden Justice Department downplayed U.K. demand for Apple 'back door' "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cybercommand to "stand down" on Russia Meta Apologizes for Error That Flooded Instagram With Violent Content YouTube Says It Now Has More Than 1 Billion Monthly Viewers of Podcast Content 'The Brutalist' Director Brady Corbet Responds to AI Backlash Netflix is building an anti-Disneyland An small microbial ecosystem has formed on the International Space Station All 50 States Have Now Introduced Right to Repair Legislation Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Emily Forlini, Doc Rock, and Janko Roettgers Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT ziprecruiter.com/twit zscaler.com/security expressvpn.com/twit

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It's Tuesday, December 10h, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Kevin Swanson and Adam McManus Persecution of Christians up in Indonesia The General Assembly of the Communion of Churches in Indonesia has announced growth in the Christian faith in that country. The organization pointed to seven new Christian groups, each with at least 10,000 members added to the list. While the church has grown in Indonesia, the believers' very presence has led to persecution in the Muslim-majority nation where 87% are Muslim and about 10% Christian. According to Persecution.org, the SETARA Institute recorded 217 incidents where religious freedom was violated in 2023. That's up from 175 in 2022.   Also, in 2023, places of worship were disturbed 65 times in Indonesia. That was up from 16 incidents in 2017. For example, one local province banned a Christmas choir practice for a Catholic Church earlier this month — requiring permission from the government for this “religious activity.”  Syrian president fled country for Russia The Middle East is in more turmoil. After 13 years of civil war, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has fled the country for Russia. Syria's government has been turned over to a rebel faction led by a former Al Qaeda fighter named Abu Mohammad al-Jolani. The new government will be headed by a party espousing hardline Sunni Islamist ideology. In excess of a half a million Syrians have lost their lives in the civil war, and millions have left the country. In God's providence, Iran's influence in the Middle East has diminished greatly, with the loss of an ally in Al-Assad and Israel's crushing of Hezbollah in Lebanon. For now, Iran and Russia are seen as losers, and Turkey and Israel are seen as winners in the ongoing saga.  China initiates naval drill off coast of Taiwan Communist China has initiated a third and more significant naval drill encompassing the coasts of Taiwan, reports CNN.   This comes after the U.S. approved $2 billion in more arms sales for Taiwan. China vowed “strong countermeasures” to the action, reports the South China Morning Post. Psalm 46 assures that it is God who “makes wars cease to the end of the Earth; He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariot in the fire.” CEO killer suspect caught Police nabbed Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, while he was chowing down at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He's an anti-capitalist Ivy League grad who liked online quotes from the “Unabomber'' Ted Kaczynski — and seethed in a manifesto, “These parasites had it coming,” reports the New York Post. Officers found a black 3D-printed pistol and a black silencer in Mangione's backpack. He graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Computer and Information Science in 2020 The tech whiz, originally from Towson, Maryland, apparently hated the medical community because of how it treated his sick relative. The suspect also may have held a grudge because of his own interactions with the industry, noting an X-ray photo on his X account showing four pins in his spine. Trump on Meet the Press: Liz Cheney should go to jail On Sunday, President-elect Donald Trump was on NBC's Meet the Press, suggesting that jail time might be appropriate for former GOP Congresswoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming and others on the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack who pursued prosecution for January 6th protestors back in 2021. He also alleged that the committee destroyed evidence after a year and a half of testimony.  Listen. TRUMP: “They deleted and destroyed a whole year and a half worth of testimony. I think those people committed a major crime.” KRISTEN WELKER: “Sir?” TRUMP: “and [former Congresswoman Liz] Cheney was behind it.” WELKER: “Well.” TRUMP: “and so was [Democrat Congressman] Bennie Thompson. And everybody on that committee. For what they did,” WELKER: “Yeah.” TRUMP: “Honestly, they should go to jail.” KRISTEN WELKER: “So, you think Liz Cheney should go to jail?” TRUMP: “For what they did.” WELKER: “Everyone on the committee, you said.” TRUMP: “I think everybody. Anybody that voted in favor …” WELKER: “Are you going to direct your FBI Director and your Attorney General to send them to jail?” TRUMP: “Not at all. I think that they'll have to look at that. But I'm not going to. I'm going to focus on ‘Drill, baby drill.'” WELKER: “When you say that it carries weight though. You've tapped these people to lead the Justice Department and FBI.” TRUMP: “They can do whatever they want.” WELKER: “Okay.” TRUMP: “Biden can give them a pardon if he wants to, and maybe he should.” But Trump said, the decision to prosecute Liz Cheney would be left to his Attorney General appointee. Trump eager to issue pardons to most January 6th protestors In related news and in that same interview. President-elect Trump is looking at issuing pardons on his first day in office for those caught up in the January 6th investigations. The Biden Justice Department has prosecuted 1,572 persons in the protest. Over 1,200 of these have pleaded guilty or have been proven guilty in trial.  321 defendants pleaded guilty to felonies and 675 have pleaded guilty to misdemeanors. Here's Kristen Welker with the question. WELKER: “You promised to pardon those who attacked the Capitol on January 6th. Are you still vowing to follow through with that promise?” TRUMP: “We're looking at it right now. Most likely, yeah.” WELKER: “Well, you know.” TRUMP:  “Those people have suffered long and hard. And there may be some exceptions to it. I have to look. You know, if somebody was radical, crazy. There might be some people from Antifa there.  I don't know. These people have suffered. Their lives have been destroyed.” The degree of violence occurring at the January 6th protest is under debate, however. FactCheck.org notes that no police officers died  — while one officer did suffer a stroke and five committed suicide days or months after the January 6th event.  In addition, 17 officers suffered injuries during the protests that resulted in loss of days at work.  By contrast, some 2,035 police officers were injured during the 2020 George Floyd riots. PoliceMag.com reports that “16,241 protesters and rioters were arrested. Nearly 17% of the arrests were for felonies and 7% of the total involved violence. Many of the cases were quickly dismissed.”  New York jury acquits Daniel Penny A New York jury has acquitted Daniel Penny of all charges Monday, reports NBC News. He was the marine charged with manslaughter and negligent homicide for allegedly killing a young man in a subway who was threatening to kill people on the subway, according to witnesses.   The victim, Jordan Neely, had an extensive criminal record of 42 arrests. Emotions are running high after the verdict. A New York Black Lives Matter leader, Hawk Newsome, called for vigilantes to kill others “who have attempted to oppress us.” Wherever this applies, let us remember what Jesus said: “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.”  (Matthew 5:44) Was there an alphabet in the days of Noah? And finally, could there have been an alphabet used for written human communications as far back as the days of Noah?   That's what researchers have discovered from an excavation in a tomb in northern Syria, located about 500 miles west of where the ark would have rested. Characters that appear to be a real alphabet were etched into clay cylinders dated to 2400 BC.  Close And that's The Worldview on this Tuesday, December 10th, in the year of our Lord 2024. Subscribe by Amazon Music or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

On this Thursday edition of Sid & Friends in the Morning, we live in a black & white world now where it doesn't play to be white or a man apparently, with the jury continuing to deliberate in the former Marine Daniel Penny's subway chokehold case here in New York City, making it frighteningly more and more likely that Penny will be convicted for simply doing what he thought was right on that fateful day in the bowels of New York City, restraining a crazed homeless man in Jordan Neely and protecting his fellow subway riders. In other news of the day, United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson is assassinated in broad daylight on the streets of NYC, Monica Crowley is nominated for a shiny new position in the incoming Donald Trump White House administration, and New York City Mayor Eric Adams continue to drastically change his tune when it comes to his thoughts on President-elect Trump and the indictments slapped on the Mayor by the politicized Biden Justice Department. Brian Kilmeade, Curtis Sliwa, Jason Whitlock, Jim Jordan, Bill O'Reilly and Anthony D'Esposito join Sid on this Friday-eve installment of Sid & Friends in the Morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Biden went back on his word by pardoning his son Hunter Biden. His stated rationale for granting the pardon will inevitably muddy the political waters as President-elect Donald J. Trump prepares to take office with plans to use the Justice Department and the F.B.I. to pursue “retribution” against his political adversaries.Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent, discusses where Mr. Biden's decision leaves the U.S. justice system.Guest: Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for The New York Times.Background reading: Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump now agree on one thing: The Biden Justice Department has been politicized.Mr. Biden is facing criticism for absolving his son after insisting he would not.For more information on today's episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comMusa is a sociologist and writer. He's an assistant professor in the School of Communication and Journalism at Stony Brook University. His first book is We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite. He also has a great substack, Symbolic Capital(ism).For two clips of our convo (recorded on October 9) — how “elite overproduction” fuels wokeness, and the myth of Trump's support from white voters — head to our YouTube page.Other topics: raised in a military family; a twin brother who died in Afghanistan; wanting to be priest; his stint as an atheist; converting to Islam; how constraints can fuel freedom; liquid modernity; going to community college before his PhD at Columbia; becoming an expert on the Middle East; getting canceled as a professor because of Fox News; his non-embittered response to it; engaging his critics on the right; my firing from NY Mag; the meaning of “symbolic capitalism”; how “white privilege” justifies the belittling of poor whites; deaths of despair; the dilution of terms like “patriarchy” and “transphobe”; suicide scare tactics; fairness in sports; books on wokeness by Rufo, Kaufmann, Caldwell, and Hanania — and how Musa's is different; Prohibition and moralism; Orwell's take on cancel culture; the careerism of cancelers; the bureaucratic bloat of DEI; “defund the police”; crime spiking after June 2020; the belief that minorities are inherently more moral; victim culture; imposter syndrome and affirmative action; Jay Caspian Kang's The Loneliest Americans; Coates and Dokoupil; Hispanic and black males becoming anti-woke; Thomas Sowell; and the biggest multi-racial coalition for the GOP since Nixon.Browse the Dishcast archive for an episode you might enjoy (the first 102 are free in their entirety — subscribe to get everything else). Coming up: Damon Linker on the election results, Anderson Cooper on grief, David Greenberg on his new bio of John Lewis, Christine Rosen on humanness in a digital world, and Mary Matalin on anything but politics. Sadly Peggy Noonan can't make it on the pod this year after all. We tried! And a listener asks:Is Van Jones still coming on the show? You said he was going to, and now his upcoming interview hasn't been spoken about for the last few episodes.He said he would but his PR team put the kibosh on it. Please send any guest recs, dissents, and other comments to dish@andrewsullivan.com. Our episode with Sam Harris last week was a smash hit, driving more new subs than any other guest in a while. A fan writes:I always really like your conversations with Sam Harris. You always seem to bring out the best in each other.A listener dissents:On your episode with Sam Harris — besides the fact that it was an “interview” of you, not him — your insistence that Harris and Biden haven't done anything about immigration needs more investigation. For example, see this new piece in the NYT:The Opinion video above tells the little-known story of how Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris worked behind the scenes to get the border crisis under control. I found that they acted strategically, out of the spotlight, since the earliest days of the administration. They even bucked their own party and fulfilled Republican wishes, though they've gotten little credit for it. Their hard work finally paid off when illegal crossings dropped significantly this year.Sam said toward the end of the episode, “I hope we haven't broken the Ming vase here. … We both want a Harris presidency. … It's the least bad option.” I listen to Kamala all the time, and your rants against her are warranted and should be done, but honestly, the two of you have done more to smash the bloody vase than carry it!I tried to make it through that NYT op-ed video. It's an absurdist piece of administration spin. There was nothing to stop Biden enforcing his 2024 executive order in 2021. He didn't because his core policy is expediting mass migration, not controlling it. As for Harris, it's not my job to be her campaign spokesman. I know a lot of legacy journalists seem to think it's their job to push her over the finishing line. But that has never been my thinking. I'd like both Trump and Harris to lose. But if I had to pick one, it would be Trump. The idea of four years of Harris is soul-sucking.Sam is also putting the episode on his own podcast, so the conversation was intended to be a two-way “interview” — though the Dishcast in general is always meant to be a conversation. On the following clip, a listener writes:You're absolutely right. But this is so obvious, and the fact that Harris can't articulate what would clearly be advantageous to her indicates she is incapable of clearly articulating positions. She's turned out to be the same horrid candidate she was in 2019. Unfortunately.Another writes about that clip, “As a prosecutor she makes a great case against voting for Trump, but she doesn't have the defense attorney skills needed to make the case for herself.” This next listener has an idea for a Sister Souljah moment:Sam asked you what Harris could do in the final stretch, and you both agreed that she needed to show some independence from Biden and also distance herself from the craziness of the woke left. I want to point you to my latest Substack post, which points out an opportunity she currently has to do both in one press conference.In the past couple of weeks, the Biden Justice Department has sued the Maryland State Police, the Durham Fire Department, and the South Bend Police Department over “racially disparate”  employment tests. They are testing skills such as literacy, basic math, and the ability to communicate, all in the context of doing the actual job. The DOJ is calling it discrimination because black people do worse on the test than white people. There is also a physical test where you have to prove you have the minimum level of fitness to do the job, and the DOJ calls that sexist because fewer women are able to pass.This is obviously complete insanity. Anyone but the wokest of the left understand that these jobs require standards, and that implementing any objective standards is likely to have a disproportionate impact on race and gender. While Maryland and Durham quickly settled the suits and signed consent decrees, South Bend is fighting it. South Bend is, of course, the hometown of former mayor Pete Buttigieg. Harris could schedule a campaign event in South Bend with Mayor Pete where she defends the South Bend police and pledges that a Harris administration will drop this suit and not prosecute any similar cases. This could be a “Sister Souljah moment,” as Sam called for. It would also show independence from Biden, since his DOJ has been filing these suits. It could bring the last few undecideds over to her side. Dream on, I'm afraid. This kind of race discrimination and abandonment of objective standards in hiring is at the heart of Harris' leftism. She hasn't renounced it. Au contraire. Here's another clip from the Sam pod:Another listener writes:I happen to subscribe to both the Dishcast and Sam's podcast, so I know you both well. I'm so surprised that you two can't understand the appeal of Trump to one half of the country. Let's be honest and clear: Trump voters care LESS about preserving the system as-is (the peaceful transfer of power) than about RESCUING the nation from the cancer of woke. It is almost completely cultural.Trump supporters despise the anti-white, anti-male, anti-Christian hatred that has been so deeply ingrained into our daily lives. We all live in terror for wrong thought and wrong speech. We feel disgust for being called racist, misogynist, xenophobic — with the knowledge that woke progressives control the apparatus of power in our media, corporations, entertainment, and education. It is cancer when our entire body politic has been so thoroughly invaded by this malignant force.We are sick of this cancer. Sick. Sick. Sick. Kamala is a shill of this force. Her tepid disavowals (and convenient pivot to the center) are not genuine. We know who she is. She protects and metastasizes this cancer into every touchpoint of our lives. Sam says she is “no woke Manchurian candidate,” but he is wrong. Even if he IS right, why should we trust her when she so clearly made her wokeness clear in 2019? We shouldn't.The left is cancer. Trump is radiation. No one wants cancer and no one wants the radiation, but that's where we are.I feel you. I do. It's what makes this election so painful for me. Another listener comments on “the subject of why the Democrats and Harris can't say what the majority of Americans want to hear on issue after issue”:Isn't the fundamental problem very simply that the Overton window of the Democratic Party doesn't allow it? Harris may know that Americans want to hear a defense of fracking, but can a Dem really speak in favor of fracking at a San Francisco dinner party and expect to be invited back? Can a Dem really speak against the trans activist position? Against DEI? Against abuse of asylum rules at the Southern border? Of course not. Those are not acceptable positions in Dem activist and donor circles. Contra what Michelle Goldberg tried to say when she was on your podcast, or what Rahm Emanuel told Sam Harris, the activist position sets the limits of acceptable discourse among Democrats.All of us who live in NPR-listening land know this. I would never say what I actually think about gender revolutionaries at a social gathering in my left-liberal community, because it'd be the last social event I'd ever attend. It might be safe to talk about the need for some actual policing these days — that issue might get a few cautious nods — but everyone in the room would be nervous, because who knows if one of these guests we've never met before who works at a nonprofit is going to turn out to be a social justice activist and trot out “systemic racism” and the carceral state and all the rest of it. Maybe Rahm and Michelle are right that most Democrats don't actually buy most of far-left activist thinking, but that doesn't mean it's okay to disagree. And remember, most Democrats are riddled with guilt about everything: climate change, systemic racism, patriarchy, theft of land from Indigenous peoples … it's all our fault, isn't it? So we need to be humble, check our privilege, and listen to the activists and their moral truths.By the way, I listened to your podcast with Sam only a week after finishing Tom Holland's Dynasty — about Caesar Augustus and his heirs through Nero. I know comparisons between America and ancient Rome can get tiring, but holy s**t: an elite appealing to the masses not as one of them, but as their tribune? Check. Entertainment value winning the day every time over serious speeches by humorless patrician elites? Check. Amusing the plebs by publicly humiliating the most esteemed senators, reducing them to flattery and groveling? Check.  I'm not saying Trump is knowledgeable enough to copy a Caesar's playbook intentionally, but he seems to have stumbled on a remarkably similar (and similarly effective) approach.I have explored the Roman parallels myself. One more listener on the episode:The conversation with Sam Harris was really what we need right now: insightful and often humorous in light of the grave situation we face. It's not Trump I'm afraid of; it's everyone else. If Trump does not win, I fear there will be violence — and he won't even have to call for it this time. Whether it's business or politics, the leader sets the tone, and Trump's tone is angry and permissive of trampling perceived enemies. I don't think it's a stretch to predict self-formed Trump militias springing up as a pretense to defend election integrity, hunt down illegal migrants, or generally “keep order” where another organization has failed to do so. I pray that I'm wrong. Another thing to consider is that if Trump loses, we won't be rid of him. He's controlled the Republican Party and influenced the culture wars for the last four years, and we won't see that endSam brought up Nixon, and it's something I've been thinking a lot about in the Trump years. Watergate — the foolish break-in itself — was nothing compared to what Trump has said and done since 2016, but the scandal took down the president because the public perceived that the president's behavior was reprehensible to the office. Nixon KNEW he lied and had enough integrity to actually resign over it. I was a kid then and can remember how appalled people were by Watergate and thought of Nixon as a disgrace. How things have changed in 50 years.I'm also worried about leftist violence if Trump wins. Another writes, “I thought your episode with Tina Brown was tremendous”:She's an exceptionally astute and admirable woman. I immediately took out a full year to her new substack. It was touching to listen to the account of her model marriage to Harold Evans (I think the Sunday Times was at its greatest when he was the editor). And the description of her autistic son and their time together shows her to be a beautiful, loving mother, as well as a towering intellect.I particularly appreciated the comparison you both made of US to UK politicians:Like you, Andrew, I studied at Oxford in the mid-1980s and always felt that institutions like the Oxford Union (where I saw you, Boris, and Micheal Gove perform, amongst others), and later Prime Minister's Question Time, toughened up UK politicians to a degree that is unheard of in the US. I actually had the pleasure of witnessing Question Time live when Thatcher was PM. What struck me was not only the substantive issues raised during those sessions, but also the sheer brilliance of the repartee. Thatcher gave as good as she got, and she made mincemeat of the Labour opposition. Question Time compared to the deliberations of the fatuous Congress is like comparing Picasso's work to that of a 5-year-old finger painter. It doesn't even bear thinking about how Biden would cope in an environment like that, let alone Trump. Both you and Tina come from that glorious UK debating tradition, and it shines through consistently throughout the episode.My massive disappointment when I first watched the US House and Senate was related to this. So unutterably tedious. Another on the Tina pod:If not too late, perhaps this will offer some help to Tina Brown, as your other listeners have suggested communities for adults with special needs: Marbridge in Austin, TX. Our daughter is only 12 and she has a rare genetic condition that basically means she will not be able to fully integrate into society. We are in the process of learning about opportunities for her to have some level of independence as she ages, if she so desires.Here's a suggestion for a future guest:I'm glad you are gaining new subscribers, but I think it may be time to cull the herd and have on someone who will make the smugs' blood boil. The brilliant and caustic Heather Mac Donald — one of a few prominent conservatives to excoriate Trump for January 6th — is scrupulously honest yet merciless in attacking left-wing hypocrisies on topics ranging from race and policing to the DEI takeover of classical music.She sure is. Amy Wax anyone? Another rec:I know you have quit Twitter somewhat, so I am not sure if you know who Brianna Wu is, but I strongly suggest looking her up. Bari Weiss just interviewed her:I think you and Wu would be absolutely fantastic, and I think you would really like her — as would Dishheads.Yep, great rec — we're already planning to reach out to Wu. Another plug for a trans guest:In case you didn't see it, here's an interesting interview with a trans man, Kinnon MacKinnon, who researches detransition. I found it refreshing to hear someone speak about detransition from an empirical perspective. It's a real phenomenon that to date has either been denied by trans activists or turned into red meat for the right-wing. A fact of logic so often forgotten is that two things can be true at the same time. Thus, adults who are truly trans should be allowed to live the lives they want; AND society should protect children against fervent trans activists who would rush them into radical “gender-affirming care.” The reality of sex (as opposed to gender) needs to be more firmly established in the public's understanding. In short, we need more honest brokers in the discussion about trans issues if we are ever going to find the proper balance between allowing adults to make their own life decisions and respecting biological females on issues where sex (not gender) should be the overriding variable on which to make public policy and healthcare decisions. I don't know if Kinnon MacKinnon is truly an honest broker, but he seems to have potential. Perhaps you could consider him for a Dishcast.I passionately defend the right of trans adults to do whatever they need to make their lives as fruitful as possible. It's children — and children alone — I'm concerned with. On the topic of sex-changes for kids, a frequent dissenter writes:When confronted with evidence that only a minuscule percentage of kids in the US are being prescribed puberty blockers and hormones in the late 2010s, it's an artless dodge to try to reframe the discussion around the experiences of 124 kids who presented at a UK gender clinic in the 1990s, the vast majority of whom never transitioned at all. You cannot use that data to imply that the majority of kids being prescribed puberty blockers in America today are actually gay kids destined for detransition and regret. You are distorting the facts to fit your narrative.Time and time again, the evidence shows that there is no epidemic of “transing” gay youth.

JUST IN: The 2024 presidential election could be decided by illegal aliens. A federal judge ordered Virginia to halt its removal of non-citizens from state voter rolls. That means as many as 1,600 illegal aliens will be able to vote on Election Day. The judge's decision came after the Biden Justice Department sued Virginia and several other states over their decisions to remove illegals from the voting roles. Gov. Glenn Youngkin says they will take their case directly to the Supreme Court. The fact is that illegals have no business voting in our elections. They have no business living in our nation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The BEST way to support this show is to shop BASED Apparel: basedinlogicapparel.com   Welcome back to Underreported Stories! Gavin Newsom has temporarily outlawed the creation and distribution of parody videos in California, a Pakistani national with ties to Iran was indicted by the DOJ for attempted m*rder-for-hire, & the Biden Justice Department is threatening election offices for cleaning their voter rolls. PLUS, a top border patrol agent gave powerful testimony on the extent of the Biden-Harris border crisis cover up & New York City's pandemic czar was reportedly attending a drug-fueled orgy in the middle of the pandemic while simultaneously being the right-hand man of enforcing pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates. Watch the show on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/ChrissyClark  Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7_FmzfWvF6E4hjOuNvez5g  Stories:   1. Gavin Newsom Makes Parody Videos Temporarily Illegal In California - DailyMail 2. Pakistani National With Ties To Iran Charged With Plot To A$$assinate Politician - Department of Justice 3. Biden Justice Department Threatening Election Offices Over Voter Rolls - The Federalist  4. Top Border Patrol Agent Gives Powerful Testimony On Biden-Harris Border Crisis Cover Up - The Daily Wire 5. New York's Pandemic Czar Attended Drug-Fueled Orgies While Enforcing Lockdowns - The Post Millennial  Get Underreported Stories in your inbox: https://underreportedstories.substack.com  Follow me on socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thechrissyclark/  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chrissyclark_    X: https://twitter.com/chrissyclark_ Timestamps:  Intro: 0:00 Story 1: 5:30 Story 2: 12:02 Story 3: 21:03 Story 4: 31:32 Story 5: 37:47 Big Tech Censorship: 44:06 Trump Updates: 50:28   

The Biden Justice Department says it's going after Russian propaganda designed to influence Americans' votes this November. This week it announced that it indicted two people connected to the Russian state media network, RT. It may well be the case that the Russians prefer Donald Trump this November, but given this administration's illegal and unethical ... The post DOJ Says It's Targeting Russian Propaganda. Is This a Setup For Pre-Election Censorship? appeared first on The New American.

Andrew, Tom, and Carl discuss Donald Trump's announcement today that if elected he'll name Elon Musk to head a commission on government efficiency, and whether Democrats or Republicans now have a better get-out-the-vote effort for the November election. They also talk about the Biden Justice Department's allegation that Vladimir Putin is trying to sway voters in favor of Donald Trump and how much influence Russia really has over US political discourse. Plus, a look at how corporations like Ford, Harley-Davidson, and Lowes are retreating from their embrace of political correctness. Next, Andrew talks to political consultant and pollster Ron Faucheux about his advice for both Trump and Harris in next week's presidential debate. And finally, Carl talks with author and former National Security Council spokesman John Ullyot about his new book, “The Biden Harris Betrayal: Weak, Woke on the World Stage.”

Jack Smith's recycled indictment of Donald Trump ten weeks before the election underlines that the Biden Justice Department is engaged in election interference. It's a lie for the media to report or imply that these prosecutors are independent or nonpartisan, and that a reelected Trump will ruin the department's nonpartisanship.

8/6/24 Hour 3     Vince speaks with Brent Bozell, Founder and President of The Media Research Center and Chairman of “For America” about the media's coverage of Tim Walz being Kamala Harris' VP pick.  The Biden Justice Department says they have charged a Pakistani man with a plot to assasinate Donald Trump.  Trump's campaign manager Chris Lacivita points out the DOJ failed to make a public statement in fears it could help Trump politically.  National Guardsmen who served with Tim Walz accuses the Minnesota governor of “stolen valor.”               For more coverage on the issues that matter to you visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 3-6pm.    To join the conversation, check us out on social media: @WMAL @VinceCoglianese.      Executive Producer: Corey Inganamort @TheBirdWords See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It appears that the Democrat Party is talking its dissenting members into rethinking its demands for a replacement for Joe Biden in the upcoming presidential race. It appears that whoever calls the shots for Democrats threw a wrench into the move to kick Biden to the curb. Large Democrat donors flexed their muscles over the weekend and into yesterday, maintaining their calls for Biden not only not to run for re-election but to resign from the presidency! Steve Baker joins us for the second hour of the show. He digs deep into the underbelly of the Democrat Party's plans for this election and beyond. Steve has some intriguing thoughts on what is happening and why it's happening. One thing is certain, however; Joe Biden is STILL the President. HE has the unilateral power to remain in the race if he wants to. On a January 6 note, Steve shared that the Biden Justice Department is crafting plans that will "workaround" the Supreme Court ruling on the D.C. Court's illegal interpretation of a law impacting the prosecution of several hundred of those being prosecuted for their actions in D.C. that day. There's much for us to consider in finding our way to say and do the right things between now and the inauguration of our next President. Make sure to hear the latest in today's show!

Today on Truth in Politics and Culture new post debate polling shows Trump widening his lead nationally and in key swing states, the Trump controlled RNC tries to unseat pro-life, pro-family Platform Committee members, and a judge refuses a Biden Justice Department request to impose jail time on a peaceful, pro-life protestor.

Find me and the show on social media. Click the following links or search @DrWilmerLeon on X/Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube! Our guest this week, Steve Poikenon can be found at his website here.  FULL TRANSCRIPT: Dr Leon (00:00): Now, usually I start this part of the show with a question or a few questions, but today I have to make a statement. After 13 years of either being held up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in Britain, or being in Belmar Prison in solitary confinement, Julian Assange walks free. Why does this matter what led the Biden administration to finally come to its senses and accept a deal? Why should this matter to you? Announcer (00:42): Connecting the dots with Dr. Wilmer Leon, where the analysis of politics, culture, and history converge. Dr Leon (00:49): Welcome to the Connecting the Dots podcast with Dr. Wilmer Leon. I'm Wilmer Leon. We have a tendency to view current events as though they happen in a vacuum, failing to understand the broader historical context in which most events take place. During each episode, my guests and I have probing, provocative, and in-depth discussions that connect the dots between the events and the broader historical context in which they take place. This enables you to gain a better understanding and to analyze events that impact the global village in which we live. On today's episode. The issue before us is what's the significance of WikiLeaks and what's the impact on the freedom of the press? My guest for today's conversation is the host of AM Wake Up and Slow Newsday, which you can watch live on Rock Fin and Rumble, and you can listen anywhere. Podcasts are served. Steve Poin and Steve, welcome. Steve Poikenon (01:51): Thank you very much, Wilmer. It's good to see you not on the radio, Dr Leon (01:57): Man. Well, I have the perfect face for radio from what they tell me, and it's great to see you to be able to put a face with a voice. We've been talking for a couple years now, and it's finally great to be able to put a face with a voice. So footage tweeted by WikiLeaks, I think Julian Assange's wife showed him walking up the stairs onto an aircraft bound for Sipan in the US administered Mariana Islands. He has agreed to plead guilty to one count under the espionage act of conspiracy to disseminate national defense information. Steve, what were your thoughts when you first heard the news that Julian Assange was free? Steve Poikenon (02:44): I was a little stunned. This is something that we've discussed on and off over the last couple of years, and certainly in the last couple of months there have been substantiated rumors that the Biden Justice Department was preparing some sort of plea deal, whether or not the Assange team was going to accept it. That was the thing that we didn't have any certainty about whatsoever. They obviously have gone forward with accepting the deal. He should be, at this point, touching down or walking into the courtroom in the Marianas Islands says a lot about the state of the US empire that we even have a district courthouse in the Mariana Islands. That's just wild to me to begin with, but from the best that I can tell, and Wilmer, you may correct me if I'm wrong, from the best that I can tell, there's nothing in the initial plea agreement that says Julian won't be allowed near a computer or won't be able to access the internet. (03:51) Can't give speeches or interviews or can't have documentaries made about a situation. So by all accounts, up to this point, it appears that when he walks out of the courtroom later in the next couple of hours, he will be a legitimately free human being, and that is a win in and of itself. I'm a father. I can't imagine being taken away from my kids for making the US government angry and then having to know that they're growing up without me. And so the ability for him to take part in raising his own children, I think is the biggest godsend out of all of this. And then we can get into the implications and the impact that this is going to have on press freedom and citizen journalism and everything else going forward. But the huge win here is that he's no longer an inmate in the Guantanamo Bay of the United Kingdom where he was being held with the worst criminals on the island, having never once committed any crime of any sort of significance that would warrant that cell. Dr Leon (05:12): Do you have any idea in terms of why the Mariana Islands other than is the closest space that will enable him then to go from there to his home of Australia? Steve Poikenon (05:25): I think that was the ultimate deciding factor was proximity to Australia. It's not like the US can't construct a kangaroo court anywhere, and it's not like if they didn't have a different provisional, different courthouse, they wouldn't be going through the same sort of performative motions in the eyes of the Biden administration. I think the guilty plea is the thing that they were looking for, something that they could make at least a political, if not a legal for, and then also to not have it be an election issue going forward. Dr Leon (06:04): And from what I understand, this is not precedent setting because this was the result. This is the outcome of a plea deal. This did not actually come as the result of a trial. Steve Poikenon (06:17): If they would've gone to trial and evidence presented and a conviction was rendered and then upheld by a judge, then it would establish a legal precedent because he pled and pled out to time served for what he'd already done. The only thing that it can be used to set a precedent for is politically, or I guess emotionally or spiritually, where people are more hesitant to approach national security reporting or classified information, talk about it, disseminate any of that. And that is I think the real ultimate goal of not just the Biden administration, but the Trump administration and ultimately the Obama administration from where all of this stems is to redefine journalism in the future. Dr Leon (07:10): I want to read from the paragraph from the Washington Post as they reported out this story, Julian Assange's plea deal, sparks global celebration and condemnation reactions were divided as WikiLeaks. Julian Assange heads to a US Pacific territory to cement a plea deal that could soon set him free. WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange's tentative plea deal with the United States, which could soon bring an end to his years long international legal legal saga, drew celebration and criticism reflecting the divisive nature of his role in obtaining and publishing classified military and diplomatic documents. A couple of things. One is the condemnation side of this. The only folks that I can see that would be condemning this deal are people that are tied to the Trump administration, people that are tied to the Biden administration. I don't understand where they get this idea that there's all this divisiveness and condemnation. Steve Poikenon (08:23): There were the usual, the people you just spoke of, but Mike Pence was one of the loudest. There have been a number of former Trump administration officials and a number of former Obama administration intelligence apparatus and national security apparatus officials who have expressed distaste. This now and again, realize that to be opposed to this means you wanted to see a 50-year-old man, 51-year-old man get effectively tortured to death in a US prison for the rest of his life. That's what being in opposition to this effectively means. The reasoning behind it though is because information is currency. Assange and WikiLeaks were a broker of this information that wasn't part of the sanctioned club, and so Pompeo called them a hostile rogue intelligence agency, non-state intelligence agency. If you are viewed like that amongst the apparatus that's making the national security decisions, it doesn't matter what the end result is, if it's not your wholesale destruction, they're going to be displeased. Dr Leon (09:43): There's another paragraph. While Assange supporters saw him as a courageous whistleblower of government misdeeds, his critics saw him as a self-promoter oblivious to the harm that his leaks might cause, oblivious to the harm that his leaks might cause. There has not been one shred of evidence presented to show that any harm other than embarrassment by Hillary Clinton and some of the other government officials who were identified through these WikiLeaks releases, maybe their egos were damaged. But short of that, there's been no harm. WikiLeaks publication of the Afghan War logs did not obscure the names of Afghan civilians who provided information to the US military and omission that dismayed human rights groups and national security officials. Who are they talking about? Steve? Steve Poikenon (10:49): Okay, so when they say that the harm that they're talking about, it's not just their ego, it's their ability to continue to spy on their friends and allies that was harmed. It was the harm that was done by letting people know what the US government is doing with our tax dollars and our names. But Wim Dr Leon (11:07): Steve, it's not as though the allies did not know that they were being spied on. Remember what happened with Bill Clinton and Angela Merkel's? I think it was the Clinton administration and Angela Merkel's cell phone. I mean, it's not as though we don't know. We don't know Israel. It's not as though we don't know that Israel is spying on us. I mean, it's the game that they play. Steve Poikenon (11:31): It is the game that they play, but we're not supposed to know. And the rest of the diplomatic core is all that operates on the pretense and the fiction that it's not happening. That everybody's there to politely try to sort out the ills of the world and that all of the espionage going on in the background is never to be brought up. It doesn't have to stop. You just can't talk about it. If you bring it to light, then the whole operation gets blown up. And that's why WikiLeaks is parent company is called the Sunshine Press. The whole point of it is to bring it into the daylight, that kind of stance from a political point of view, from a journalistic point of view that's going to get you targeted, which is as we saw exactly what happened leading to 13 years of illegal and arbitrary detention. (12:29) Just one quick point to what you were talking about though, when you see major press outlets come out now in defensive Assange, these are, and you had mentioned it, I think even this morning, some of these instant outlets that are reporting on it are outlets that shared the same information. Are these guys then going to look at the plea agreement and go, golly, if Julian Assange isn't being charged as a journalist, does that mean that everyone who has ever shared a piece of classified information can be charged under the Espionage Act? Because Wilmer, I don't know about you. When I read the plea, when I read the plea deal, they're charging Assange as a private citizen. They're not charging 'em as a publisher. They're not charging 'em as a government contractor or a government employee. And those are prior to this, the only people that could get a charge for conspiring to disseminate classified information in this manner. So is that saying that Nick, the janitor or Dan the trucker or whoever your English teacher is now susceptible to Espionage Act charges? Dr Leon (13:48): Well, I think one of the reasons why they're not charging him as a journalist, because that was one of the issues that was being presented in his defense, is that as a journalist, he has the right to disseminate this information. So if they charged him as a journalist, then I think that would probably throw a wrench in their own argument. But to your point, one of the ironies here is when you read the Washington Poll story and the New York Times reporting out on this is that they were complicit in disseminating the information that he made available. Hence during the Obama administration, they called it the New York Times conundrum, and many say that the reason the Obama administration didn't charge him is because Barack Obama didn't want to open up that can of worms. Steve Poikenon (14:45): Well, certainly the idea that the Biden administration would try to with less competent people than were in the Obama administration is somewhat ridiculous. The only reason they could get a plea deal out of the guy is because they'd been torturing him for five years on top of the seven and a half, eight, almost eight years of being confined to one and a half rooms in the most spied on building in London, which is saying a lot because London has more cameras per capita than any other major city. But more cameras were pointed at the Ecuadorian Embassy than anywhere else in London for a very long time. That kind of constant surveillance is going to wreak havoc on an individual. And I got to tell you, Wilmer, it really did surprise me seeing the video, the very brief videos that we have seen of Julian, the last I had heard, he had been in very poor health. He had suffered a stroke or a mini stroke 18 months ago, 20 months ago, something like that. So to see him moving that rapidly, being able to stand walking Dr Leon (15:59): Up the stairs to the plane, Steve Poikenon (16:01): Being able to stand that upright when we had all been told that his back was wrecked and stuff like that, I'm really, really taken away by that. And I can only hope that he remains in that good of health or gets a little bit better shape from here on out because I was imagining the worst I was. And we haven't seen that. So that's very heartening. Dr Leon (16:32): This some will say is a very obvious question, but I think it still needs to be asked and answered Why this deal? Why now? Because when I look at, when I read the plea, when I see what the Biden administration got out of this, could have done this five years ago, he's out on bond. They could have allowed bond five years ago. He could have, instead of being tortured in solitary confinement in Belmar prison, he could have been walking the streets of Piccadilly Circus. So why now? Steve Poikenon (17:14): There's a number of different factors, and one is that it does get eliminated as an election year issue. Trump, regardless of the reality that he's the guy who had Julian arrested was able to successfully run on, we love the WikiLeaks. Have you seen the WikiLeaks? Can't get enough of the WikiLeaks. He was able to gain a lot of ground with that. So it is popular among Americans to want to at least think you have some sort of transparency with your government or think you might be able to have some sort of citizen accountability with your government, which is one of the benefits that WikiLeaks provided. So that's off the table, the Biden administration, because people have goldfish, brain can try to spin it as well. Donald Trump's the guy who had 'em thrown in jail and we're the guys who let him out. Well, you didn't let him out. (18:11) You made him plead guilty to something he didn't do after torturing him for five years and threatening every one and everything that he held dear, that's coercion. That's not a liberation. That's coercion. That's not a victory in any way, shape or form. And I've seen some on the progressive left already try to be like, Hey, man, Trump locked him up, bite him, let him out because he forced him to plead guilty to something that he didn't do. I think we all just need to keep circulating that last part until it sinks in. But we discussed for a number of years on the critical hour how it is a huge problem for the Biden administration or any administration to have Julian Assange on American soil even if the trial takes place behind closed doors in the Eastern District of Virginia, because then you are really putting the press on trial in America for everyone to be forced to pay attention to. And that's something that not Joe Biden, not Donald Trump, definitely not Merrick Garland is capable of dealing with or quelling in a manner that doesn't look like a total brutal dictatorship. And that's what it was going to turn into. Dr Leon (19:35): We have been saying for a couple of years, the one thing, the Biden, for all of the discussion about extradition and all these appeals and the United States sending attorneys to London and going through the barrister and all of that stuff that they were doing, we kept saying, they do not want this man on American soil. They were trying to kill him through the process. Let's drag this thing out for as long as we possibly can and hope the man dies in Belmar prison. We were saying the last, in fact, I remember having a very extensive conversation with you where I was saying, I think the time has come for the Assange Camp to flip the script and take the deal. Tell Merrick Garland, we want to come to the United States. Please extradite us. We want to be on American soil. And we kicked that around for a while. Steve Poikenon (20:41): Yeah, you're absolutely right. And the last thing that any government wants to deal with is having all of its media suddenly turn against it. And in the US, even though the mainstream media is a wholly owned subsidiary of the state, there are people who are allowed to operate with a little bit more freedom. And those are the people who usually command the largest audiences because they're allowed to show a little bit of authenticity on mainstream airwaves, and people are desperate for that. So they don't want their press turning on 'em. They don't want free Assange banners every time they pan into the crowd at a sporting event. They don't want free Assange banners signs every time they go do a man on the street interview. They were in the worst possible position you could be having to make up your case entirely. And having a still somewhat engaged public to where they could mount not just a resistance, but a real jury nullification campaign and a real on the ground, real time education of exactly what their government is trying to do. Via the prosecution of Julian Assange, again, under the Espionage Act of 1917, we're going to take an Australian citizen with a publishing company, publishing outlet, registered in Iceland, give him fake charges in Sweden, imprison him in London and have a Icelandic FBI snitch, make up a whole bunch of stories about him, then recant his testimony. I think Aile, because that's the thing that happened. Pedophile. Yeah, a convicted, convicted pedophile. Dr Leon (22:40): And you haven't even gone through what we did as it relates to Ecuador and what we did in terms of the Ecuadorian election to be, now I'm drawing a blank on the president. Steve Poikenon (22:51): Lennon Moreno was more Moreno. Yeah. Dr Leon (22:55): We didn't even go through what the machinations that the United States went through to get Assange out of the Ecuadorian Embassy. Steve Poikenon (23:05): Yeah. Or touch on the security company that was there at the embassy, uc Global, which was hired first by the Ecuadorian government to provide security then by the CIA via a spook convention effectively at one of Sheldon Adelson's casinos, who was one of Trump's biggest donors at the time, where the head of the security company wound up getting arrested, trying to flee the country after it was discovered that he had had this double dealing with the CIA. And then it was revealed that because of the illegal spying equipment morales's company had placed in assange's rooms at the embassy that led to a planning session with the American CIA where they were plotting out how to kidnap and murder Julian Assange. That was Mike. Dr Leon (23:56): They Steve Poikenon (23:56): Came to, Dr Leon (23:57): That was Mike Ell at the time. And so what folks, and you laying this out, what folks really need to understand is this is not some tinfoil hat conspiracy theory. All you got to do folks is Google it. It's there in mainstream press that this is what the United States went through trying. These are the illegal machinations that the United States government went through in order to try to get this guy. Steve Poikenon (24:28): Absolutely. And people feel certain ways about the gray zone or what, you don't have to read the initial reporting that Max Blumenthal did based off of the reporting that the Spanish outlet El Pais did. Michael Isikoff, two years later, 18 months later, Michael Isikoff through Yahoo News, did the same story, picked it up and took out some of the more poignant points so that he could fit it into a Yahoo story and put out that version of it. But it's there in several mainstream outlets everybody should know. Mike Pompeo tried to have a journalist and publisher assassinated or kidnapped and then assassinated just to prevent him from being able to testify in his own defense is all you can really assume at that point. You're trying to take him out while you have him basically captured. You want to make sure he never works a day in his life again, and you damn sure want to make sure that he doesn't testify because then it becomes part of a court record and then somebody can sue to have that court record or it'll be public Dr Leon (25:40): As a wrap up to this part of the conversation. So I never thought I'd see, this day I thought Julian Sal was going to die in Bell Marsh. What do you see as being the more immediate impacts to this as it relates to press freedom and journalism and some of the longer term impacts? And some of that, I know we won't really know until we hear from him, but your thoughts, Steve Poikenon (26:10): I hope it inspires people to kind of see where the new limits are, because most journalists have just been not necessarily holding back, but the amount of leak based journalism has basically vanished the amount of journalists truly going out there and trying to bring to light some major problems. Boeing comes to Dr Leon (26:35): Mind. Investigative journalism. Steve Poikenon (26:37): Yeah. I want to believe that Julian Assange breathing air again will be a beacon to people to do investigative journalism more often, better than they have been, however you want to frame it. I want that to be a spark that pushes the current boundaries and hopefully pushes 'em back a little bit because it's been relatively restrictive over the last several years. Dr Leon (27:08): There's another issue related to this. It was in consortium news, help us fight theocracy Psychological operations or PSYOPs are operations to convey selected information and indicators to audiences to influence their emotions, motives and objective reasoning, and ultimately the behavior of governments, organizations and groups and individuals. William Casey, the CIA director under Ronald Reagan said, we'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false. And what happened with Julian Assange, I think is a perfect example of this type of behavior by the American government. Steve Poikenon (28:02): It is. And if you look at the amount of government shenanigans that have occurred in the last four, five years since they yanked Julian out of the embassy, there we're seeing more and more lawsuits being brought against major pharmaceutical companies for vital information that they withheld during the last several years were we found out that a lot of what we were originally told about the January 6th incident, and a lot of what happened then was not necessarily true. There's been multiple court cases that have kept political parties from taking part in the American political process. They've kept, Lawfare has been levied against everyone from the aru, the Aru fellas, Dr Leon (29:07): Mali. Yes. Steve Poikenon (29:09): Yeah, I can never, I know, yes. Ella is something that is just not chambered for me. It's not. But from those guys to, like Alex Jones has been a victim of lawfare. Donald Trump has been a victim of Lawfare, and the entire time there hasn't been a really adversarial reporting outlet with the international foundation that WikiLeaks has with the international audience, that WikiLeaks has to mount a citizen and open source intelligence challenge to any of this and the myriad ways, not just through the restrict Act or the new antisemitism bill or a number of the different laws in Europe and Europe, has the internet been shrunk down significantly? But Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter stating that he wants to turn it into WeChat where your entire internet based existence is on through this one app. I would imagine that Julian Assange would have a lot to say about what Elon Musk has been up to. (30:24) He'd have a lot to say about what happened with the WHO or the NIH over the last several years, but we haven't had that opportunity. And that to me is something that the US government can put as a Big W in their column. That's something that MI six could put as a Big W in their column and really goes right back to those forward documents where they were outlining the plan for what they wanted to do with WikiLeaks. They didn't get to scatter the organization to the winds the way they necessarily described 14 years ago. But when's the last time we got a WikiLeaks drop? Dr Leon (31:07): Well, and for folks that may not understand the significance of this, of course, it was the shooting of the civilians, the murder of the civilians in Iraq and the journalists in Iraq that were shot during the war. And WikiLeaks put that footage out for everybody to see the war crimes that were being committed. So if WikiLeaks had been allowed to continue to operate, I would think our understanding of Ukraine would be different. Our understanding of what's being done in Taiwan would be different. Our understanding of what's being done or trying to be done in North Korea would be different. We would have a lot more insight and information into the illegalities, whether they be international law, whether they be American law, whether they be war crimes, that the United States and its allies have been engaging in these various engagements around the world. Steve Poikenon (32:15): You're correct. And let's also recall that WikiLeaks and WikiLeaks alone disclosed the transpacific partnership. They were the outlet that that agreement came to. They published it, people looked at it and went, no, you want to do what? No, no. And those kinds of trade agreements being disclosed that were done in the dark, away from the eyes of the American public with zero opportunity for public comment or any sort of pushback that made WikiLeaks more dangerous in my opinion, then disclosing video of something that according to even the guys in the helicopter was like a three times a day event in Iraq. And it's something that people in the military kind of shrugged off like, well, yeah, that's what we do. But to the average citizen, it's shocking and horrifying, but not as shocking and horrifying as the United States government wants to set up a corporate court, and it will be a couple of CEOs that determine your future. And if you say something untoward about them on the internet, then they're appointed magistrates from the corporation will decide your faith. That's what the TPP was promising. And any outlet that is going to disclose information like that is suddenly become the most dangerous organization on the planet. Dr Leon (33:49): And when you said that, that I'm drawing a blank on his name, the attorney that sued ExxonMobil in Brazil, Steve Poikenon (33:58): Steven Inger, Dr Leon (33:59): Steven Inger, and how Mobil ExxonMobil was able to use a judge. I mean, they just flipped that whole thing. Don Zinger on behalf of the Indians in Brazil, sues ExxonMobil wins an ungodly amount of money, and he winds up going to jail and ExxonMobil because of what they were able to do with the judicial system in New York, it was criminal. So when you talk about a corporate magistrate, Don Zinger is what popped into my head. Steve Poikenon (34:42): And it was because of an agreement that happened during the Trump administration that that was even possible. And they basically dismantled the TPP, they put certain parts of it into different trade agreements and provisions, and then they got the quasi corporate court because the judge, I believe had been a former Chevron attorney. Correct. And that's how that may even be how he got his judgeship was Chevron bought his way into the judgeship. And that is kind of ordinary corruption, but it's ordinary corruption that also has multinational trade agreements codifying it. And again, in the absence of a WikiLeaks or an organization like it, disclosing these kinds of agreements on the regular, you're not going to get the rapid dissemination of that information amount, a successful pushback in time to stop it. You're not going to be able to get people on the same page understanding it because there's no trust with a number of these. (35:48) All of these other outlets are so disparate, nobody's really consolidated in a way that will lend the immediate mass public trust in what you're doing. Like Lit WikiLeaks had built up over a number of years to the point that when 2015, they disclosed the tpp, people from all over the world held rallies immediately, and there were people out in the streets immediately, and it became an election year issue and it wasn't. And people had to change their tone on it and say to the point where Donald Trump even won a lot of people over by saying, it's a bad deal. It's bad. I don't want to be any part of it. Hillary Clinton had to answer for it. They all had to answer for it. On that debate stage back in 2016, it became a real issue. And so if we don't have these kinds of things moving forward, we're going to be in a significantly less informed spot than we were a decade ago. And in the internet age, that should not be how information is progressing. Dr Leon (36:51): And final point here, and I want to go back to this William Casey quote, and this is the former director of the ccia A and Ronald Reagan will know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false. And that takes me, you've heard me say this too many times, Edward Bernas and the book Propaganda folks, you need to get a copy and you need to read Propaganda by Edward Bernas because that's to a great degree what Bill Casey was talking about. And this whole idea, the whole idea of psychological operations, PSYOPs and the PS ocracy. Steve Poikenon (37:47): Yeah. And fifth generation warfare is an asymmetrical warfare conducted on the citizenry, and that's conducted via all elements of propaganda. We're 12 years into living in a reality, a post Smith month modernization act reality. When the Smith Modernization Act passed and went into effect, government propaganda, military propaganda, and government analysts and experts became part and parcel of the media the better part of a halfway through a generation's worth of 24 hour, seven day a week asymmetrical warfare where the vast majority of the people walking around don't even know that they're at war, let alone with their own government, nor that their own government openly declared war on them. That's how good the propaganda is. Everybody should study Bnes. Everybody needs to internalize that the United States is the most propagandized country on the planet. And the only way that we can get out of that is if we understand the landscape that we're standing on and we start to look at how not necessarily individual people that make up that landscape operate, but the institutions that allow for those people to move freely on that landscape operate. And those institutions, we've been shown over and over and over again to be untrustworthy, to be acting not in our interest, to be acting at the behest of not even people in their own country. And yet for some reason, we still get Berna back into thinking that you can vote your way out of an oligarchy Dr Leon (39:44): And so quickly am wake up slow news day. Where do people go? What do they get when they listen to it? Steve Poikenon (39:50): You can go to am wakeup show.com for absolutely everything. We are live Monday through Thursday from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM Pacific us. There's content on the channel pretty much all the time. We stream out live on Rock fin and Rumble, and then you can catch them pretty much anywhere and everywhere else. And yeah, just thank you so much for having me on. I really have always enjoyed our conversations. Very glad to do your show. Dr Leon (40:22): Well, I got to thank you my guest, Steve Kin, for joining me today. I greatly, greatly appreciate you giving me time out of your schedule, and I always look forward to the conversations that we have and look forward to having many more with you here on Connecting the Dots. Thank you, Steve. Steve Poikenon (40:37): Thank you, Wilmer. Dr Leon (40:39): And thank you so much for listening to the Connecting the Dots podcast with me, Dr. Wilmer Leon, and Steve mentioned the Smith Mut Act, M-U-N-D-T Act. You all can Google that. Look it up. But simply put, for about 60 years that act prohibited the United States Department of State and the broadcasting Board of Governors from disseminating government produced programming within the United States over fear that these agencies would propagandize the American people. However, in around 2013, Congress abolished the domestic dissemination ban, which now has led to this big heated debate about the role of the federal government in free public discourse. Folks, stay tuned for new episodes every week and follow and subscribe. Leave a review, share the show, make a contribution. We would greatly, greatly, greatly appreciate it. Doing this every week is not an inexpensive venture. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Follow us on social media. You can find all the links below to the show. And remember that this is where the analysis of politics and culture and history converge talk without analysis is just chatter, and we don't chatter here on connecting the dots. See you again next time. Until then, I'm Dr. Woman Leon. Have a great one. Peace. I'm out Announcer (42:20): Connecting the dots with Dr. Wilmer Leon, where the analysis of politics, culture, and history converge.

June 9, 2021In the Hot Notes: a new Senate report on the insurrection shows what Republicans want to keep hidden; the Biden Justice Department seeks to defend Trump in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case; President Biden has ended infrastructure negotiations with Republicans; Republican governors who are cutting unemployment have ties to businesses that could benefit; Senate Democrats start confirming Biden's judicial nominees; plus Amanda Reeder joins AG to deliver your good news.Follow our guests on twitter:Barb McQuadehttps://twitter.com/BarbMcQuadeLaw Professor; Former US AttorneyMolly Jong-Fasthttps://twitter.com/MollyJongFastEditor at Large, The Daily BeastHave some good news, a confession, or correction? https://www.dailybeanspod.com/confessional/ Live Show Ticket Links:https://allisongill.com (for all tickets and show dates)Sunday, June 2nd – Chicago IL – Schubas TavernFriday June 14th – Philadelphia PA – City WinerySaturday June 15th – New York NY – City WinerySunday June 16th – Boston MA – City WineryMonday June 17th Boston, MA https://tinyurl.com/Beans-Bos2Wednesday July 10th – Portland OR – Polaris Hall(with Dana!)Thursday July 11th – Seattle WA – The Triple Door(with Dana!)Thursday July 25th Milwaukee, WI https://tinyurl.com/Beans-MKESunday July 28th Nashville, TN - with Phil Williams https://tinyurl.com/Beans-TennWednesday July 31st St. Louis, MO https://tinyurl.com/Beans-STLFriday August 16th Washington, DC - with Andy McCabe, Pete Strzok, Glenn Kirschner https://tinyurl.com/Beans-in-DCSaturday August 24 San Francisco, CA https://tinyurl.com/Beans-SF Listener Survey:http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=shortFollow the Podcast on Apple:The Daily Beans on Apple PodcastsWant to support the show and get it ad-free and early?Supercasthttps://dailybeans.supercast.com/OrPatreon https://patreon.com/thedailybeansOr subscribe on Apple Podcasts with our affiliate linkThe Daily Beans on Apple Podcasts

In a recent turn of events, Head of the Judiciary Committee, Jim Jordan (a respected Republican from Ohio), took a strong stand against what he identified as politically inclined prosecutions or 'lawfare' initiated by liberal prosecutors and Jack Smith, a special counsel appointed by the Biden Justice Department. He affirmed that he will formulate a strategy to counter these tactics, seemingly aimed at presumptive Republican frontrunner, Donald Trump. In Jordan's perspective, there has been a systematically designed attempt by certain prosecutors to manipulate professional conduct rules and their obligations towards delivering justice for the sake of political ambitions. He asserts that these unfair mechanisms are employed as a tool to target opposition parties. Jordan has proposed a radical but necessary action to address these biased prosecutions. He strongly urges the Appropriations Committee to eliminate federal funding for any state prosecutor or attorney general who is partaking in these lawfare tactics. He went further to suggest that funding should also be discontinued for federal prosecutors who exhibit such biased behavior. The Judiciary Committee has already made strides by approving key legislation aimed at curbing these political prosecutions. Of particular note are H.R. 2553, named the 'No More Political Prosecutions Act', and H.R. 2595, also known as 'The Forfeiture Funds Expenditure Transparency Act.' These acts underscore the committee's commitment to fairness and transparency in legal procedures and it is hoped that the Appropriations Committee takes them into consideration.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on Truth in Politics and Culture, the Biden Justice Department relaunches the election threats task force, changes in welfare help Biden's campaign, and an executive order turns government agencies into get out the vote machines for democrats.

Today on Truth in Politics and Culture the New York trial of Donald Trump finishes up the evidentiary phase, my interview with SC Family Caucus Leader Rep. John McCravy, Colorado Governor signs into law a bill that criminalizes the misuse of pronouns, and the Biden Justice Department doubles down on penalties for non-violent, pro-life protestors.

Undeniably, the online community is abuzz following the conviction of a 71-year-old grandmother whose involvement in the January 6 happenings at the U.S. Capitol Building appears to be negligible. The Epoch Times highlighted the story of Rebecca Lavrenz, a senior citizen found guilty for minor participation on that fateful day. Video evidence suggested she was merely wandering inside the Capitol, speaking to an officer, and subsequently leaving the area. Despite engaging in no apparent violence or destruction, she was found guilty on four criminal charges, much to the dismay of observers. The elderly woman, evidently a person of faith, was observed to have offered some prayers while inside the iconic building. This particular aspect of her involvement has significantly agitated individuals who view the Biden Justice Department's pursuit of her case as excessive. A penalty of a year in prison and up to $200,000 in fines awaits Lavrenz, with the sentencing scheduled for August 12. Outrageously, the severity of these potential penalties stands in stark contrast to the woman's peaceful behavior during the event, raising fundamental questions about the direction our justice system is heading under the current administration. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), Lavrenz voluntarily provided pictures of herself at the Capitol to investigators. As part of her testimony, she confessed to having journeyed to Washington, D.C., specifically on January 6 to participate in the 'Stop the Steal' rally. She went on to admit that she veered towards the U.S. Capitol building, simply following the throng of people there.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3: Jimmy Quinn of National Review writes: “Warner Bros. Discovery distanced itself from its recent partnership with a Chinese Communist Party propaganda organ after several GOP members of Congress wrote to the company's CEO demanding answers, National Review has exclusively learned. The entertainment giant had worked with the China Global Television Network (CGTN) to produce a documentary series, called ‘World's Ultimate Frontier,' about the Xinjiang region. The series conspicuously declined to mention Beijing's ongoing atrocities against Uyghurs and other minority groups and instead portrayed the area as a thriving cultural and industrial hub, leading Representative Jim Banks to accuse Warner Bros. of ‘whitewashing' the abuses.” You can read Quinn's full report here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/03/warner-bros-distances-itself-from-partnership-with-chinese-propaganda-outlet/ In a post on the social media platform X, Tucker Carlson wrote: “In a classified briefing this afternoon, attended by officials from the Biden Justice Department, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed that Elon committed ‘election interference' in 2022 by ‘changing the algorithms' on X to alter the results of the midterms that year. Not coincidentally, the anti-TikTok legislation now being debated on the Hill would allow the federal government to force the sale of any social media platform that interferes in elections. Just so you know what's coming in 2025.” Should TikTok be banned? Last week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 50-0 to advance a bill that would ban TikTok or force ByteDance (TikTok's parent company) to sell the social media platform to an entity removed from Chinese influence. The full House of Representatives is expected to vote on the bill this Wednesday and, according to The Wall Street Journal, it is likely to pass with majority approval. According to reports, President Joe Biden has vowed to sign the bill into law if the bill ultimately passes the House and Senate and arrives at his desk. Shouldn't individuals be allowed to choose which products they use? Or is the risk of Chinese leadership gaining access to American user data too great to respect individual autonomy and free markets? Senator Elizabeth Warren has suggested that the proposed bill doesn't go far enough to prevent social media's influence, explaining that she wants “curbs in place on social media across the board,” according to Politico.   While appearing on MSNBC with Katy Tur, Vaughn Hillyard claimed that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign is so cash strapped that they may not be able to afford to host rallies moving forward. Rebecca Davis O'Brien of The New York Times reports: “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has recently approached the N.F.L. quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the former Minnesota governor and professional wrestler Jesse Ventura about serving as his running mate on an independent presidential ticket, and both have welcomed the overtures, two people familiar with the discussions said. Mr. Kennedy confirmed on Tuesday that the two men were at the top of his list. It is not clear if either has been formally offered the post, however, and Mr. Kennedy is still considering a shortlist of potential candidates, the people familiar with the discussions said. Mr. Kennedy said that he had been speaking with Mr. Rodgers ‘pretty continuously' for the past month.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/us/politics/rfk-jr-aaron-rodgers-jesse-ventura.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb Theo Leggett of BBC News writes: “A former Boeing employee known for raising concerns about the firm's production standards has been found dead in the US. John Barnett worked for Boeing for more than 30 years before retiring in 2017. In the days before his death, he had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company. Boeing said it was saddened to hear of Mr. Barnett's passing. The Charleston County coroner confirmed his death to the BBC on Monday. It said the 62-year-old had died from a ‘self-inflicted' wound on 9 March and police were investigating.” You can read the full article here: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68534703 Lead singer of the Raspberries Eric Carmen has died at age 74. While listening to “All By Myself,” Rich reveals that a girlfriend once broke up with him over voicemail.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (03/12/2024): 3:05pm- On Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Department of Justice (DOJ) Special Counsel Robert Hur's investigation into then-Vice President Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents when he left office. During one notable exchange, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) vociferously stated that Hur's report “exonerated” Biden of all wrongdoing—Hur then interjected that his report to the DOJ did not amount to an exoneration, nor was “exoneration” used at any point in the report. While being questioned by Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA), Hur reiterated that “the report is not an exoneration” and confirmed that a reasonable jury could have voted to convict Biden if the case had ever been brought to trial. Hurr also confirmed that the Biden Administration did, in fact, recommend “edits” to an initial draft of the report prior to its public release. 3:30pm- On Tuesday, transcripts of Special Counsel Robert Hur's interview with President Joe Biden over his mishandling of classified documents were released. Leif Le Mathieu of The Daily Wire writes: “Hur's February report concluded that Biden willfully retained classified documents but recommended no criminal charges in part because it said that Biden had a faulty memory and would appear as a sympathetic old man to a jury. One of the key details included in the report was that Biden did not remember the year his son Beau died. Biden said that he was taken aback by a question about his son, claiming that it was Hur who brought up the death… The transcripts, obtained by ABC, show that it was actually Biden who brought up his son… Biden also discussed moving boxes, which were full of classified documents, out of the way in his garage to park his car. He said he did not know what was in the boxes. ‘I remember moving boxes, literally physically moving them, with help, one side to the other so I could get the Corvette in that garage on the left,' Biden said. Other portions of the transcript show Biden talking about his Corvette and ‘making car sounds.'” You can read the full article here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/released-transcripts-show-biden-lied-about-key-detail-in-documents-probe 3:45pm- During Tuesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing, while being questioned by Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Special Counsel Robert Hur said that there is an audio recording from February 2017 featuring Joe Biden speaking with his ghostwriter and explicitly referencing “classified” documents that he found in his house. At another point, Hur told committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) that Biden's ghostwriter appeared to attempt to delete the audio file but failed. 4:05pm- During Tuesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing on Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) accused Special Counsel Robert Hur of using “pejorative” language in his report to the Department of Justice as part of an attempt to “ignite a political firestorm.” 4:20pm- On Sunday, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) appeared on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos. During the interview, Stephanopoulos questioned Mace's endorsement of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump—saying Mace is endorsing a candidate accused of sexual assault. Mace responded by correctly noting that Trump has never been criminally convicted of assault. She continued, “you're asking me a question about my political choices—trying to shame me as a rape victim. And I find it disgusting.” 4:30pm- Byron Tau—Investigative Journalist for The Wall Street Journal and Politico—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his new book, “Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government is Creating a New American Surveillance State.” Tau explains that, disturbingly, elements of the American government—including police agencies—have been purchasing user data from little known data brokers. This methodology of data acquisition allows these government agents and agencies to bypass the Constitution's Fourth Amendment, which prohibits “unreasonable searches and seizures.” 4:50pm- Should TikTok be banned? Last week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 50-0 to advance a bill that would ban TikTok or force ByteDance (TikTok's parent company) to sell the social media platform to an entity removed from Chinese influence. The full House of Representatives is expected to vote on the bill this Wednesday and, according to The Wall Street Journal, it is likely to pass with majority approval. According to reports, President Joe Biden has vowed to sign the bill into law if the bill ultimately passes the House and Senate and arrives at his desk. Shouldn't individuals be allowed to choose which products they use? Or is the risk of Chinese leadership gaining access to American user data too great to respect individual autonomy and free markets? Senator Elizabeth Warren has suggested that the proposed bill doesn't go far enough to prevent social media's influence, explaining that she wants “curbs in place on social media across the board,” according to Politico.   5:05pm- Jimmy Quinn of National Review writes: “Warner Bros. Discovery distanced itself from its recent partnership with a Chinese Communist Party propaganda organ after several GOP members of Congress wrote to the company's CEO demanding answers, National Review has exclusively learned. The entertainment giant had worked with the China Global Television Network (CGTN) to produce a documentary series, called ‘World's Ultimate Frontier,' about the Xinjiang region. The series conspicuously declined to mention Beijing's ongoing atrocities against Uyghurs and other minority groups and instead portrayed the area as a thriving cultural and industrial hub, leading Representative Jim Banks to accuse Warner Bros. of ‘whitewashing' the abuses.” You can read Quinn's full report here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/03/warner-bros-distances-itself-from-partnership-with-chinese-propaganda-outlet/ 5:10pm- In a post on the social media platform X, Tucker Carlson wrote: “In a classified briefing this afternoon, attended by officials from the Biden Justice Department, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed that Elon committed ‘election interference' in 2022 by ‘changing the algorithms' on X to alter the results of the midterms that year. Not coincidentally, the anti-TikTok legislation now being debated on the Hill would allow the federal government to force the sale of any social media platform that interferes in elections. Just so you know what's coming in 2025.” 5:15pm- Should TikTok be banned? Last week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 50-0 to advance a bill that would ban TikTok or force ByteDance (TikTok's parent company) to sell the social media platform to an entity removed from Chinese influence. The full House of Representatives is expected to vote on the bill this Wednesday and, according to The Wall Street Journal, it is likely to pass with majority approval. According to reports, President Joe Biden has vowed to sign the bill into law if the bill ultimately passes the House and Senate and arrives at his desk. Shouldn't individuals be allowed to choose which products they use? Or is the risk of Chinese leadership gaining access to American user data too great to respect individual autonomy and free markets? Senator Elizabeth Warren has suggested that the proposed bill doesn't go far enough to prevent social media's influence, explaining that she wants “curbs in place on social media across the board,” according to Politico.   5:20pm- While appearing on MSNBC with Katy Tur, Vaughn Hillyard claimed that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign is so cash strapped that they may not be able to afford to host rallies moving forward. 5:30pm- Rebecca Davis O'Brien of The New York Times reports: “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has recently approached the N.F.L. quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the former Minnesota governor and professional wrestler Jesse Ventura about serving as his running mate on an independent presidential ticket, and both have welcomed the overtures, two people familiar with the discussions said. Mr. Kennedy confirmed on Tuesday that the two men were at the top of his list. It is not clear if either has been formally offered the post, however, and Mr. Kennedy is still considering a shortlist of potential candidates, the people familiar with the discussions said. Mr. Kennedy said that he had been speaking with Mr. Rodgers ‘pretty continuously' for the past month.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/us/politics/rfk-jr-aaron-rodgers-jesse-ventura.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb 5:40pm- Theo Leggett of BBC News writes: “A former Boeing employee known for raising concerns about the firm's production standards has been found dead in the US. John Barnett worked for Boeing for more than 30 years before retiring in 2017. In the days before his death, he had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company. Boeing said it was saddened to hear of Mr. Barnett's passing. The Charleston County coroner confirmed his death to the BBC on Monday. It said the 62-year-old had died from a ‘self-inflicted' wound on 9 March and police were investigating.” You can read the full article here: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68534703 5:50pm- Lead singer of the Raspberries Eric Carmen has died at age 74. While listening to “All By Myself,” Rich reveals that a girlfriend once broke up with him over voicemail. 6:05pm- On Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Department of Justice (DOJ) Special Counsel Robert Hur's investigation into then-Vice President Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents when he left office. During one notable exchange, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) vociferously stated that Hur's report “exonerated” Biden of all wrongdoing—Hur then interjected that his report to the DOJ did not amount to an exoneration, nor was “exoneration” used at any point in the report. While being questioned by Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA), Hur reiterated that “the report is not an exoneration” and confirmed that a reasonable jury could have voted to convict Biden if the case had ever been brought to trial. Hurr also confirmed that the Biden Administration did, in fact, recommend “edits” to an initial draft of the report prior to its public release. 6:15pm- During Tuesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing, while being questioned by Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Special Counsel Robert Hur said that there is an audio recording from February 2017 featuring Joe Biden speaking with his ghostwriter and explicitly referencing “classified” documents that he found in his house. At another point, Hur told committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) that Biden's ghostwriter appeared to attempt to delete the audio file but failed. 6:40pm- While briefly speaking with reporters in New Hampshire, President Joe Biden was asked if he is considering executive action to address the chaos at the U.S. Southern border. Biden said, “I'm counting on the border action happening by itself.” 6:50pm- While speaking with Manu Raju of CNN, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) referred to Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) as a “sleazeball.” Menendez has been charged with obstruction of justice, conspiring to act as an agent of Egypt, and accepting bribes.

Today on Truth in Politics and Culture the Biden Justice Department gives a slap on the wrist to the IRS contractor who leaked President Trump's and thousands of others tax returns  to the New York Times, mainstream media outlets turn to brain experts to defend President Biden, and the Daily Signal raises a theological argument for how to respond to the southern border crisis.

Happy New Year and welcome to season 6 of The Alan Sanders Show. Today opens with what I think was the biggest story of 2023 and is carrying into 2024 – the governments Censorship Industrial Complex. Michael Shellenberger just put out a piece saying we need to put a stop to the Pathocratic State. That term, pathocracy, is borrowed from the late Polish psychologist Andrew Lobacweski, who documented the prevalence of narcissists and psychopaths in leadership positions in totalitarian regimes. We then discuss the recent Epstein Island document dump where it appears former president Bill Clinton is referred to as John Doe 36 and is referenced more than 50 times. The full, unredacted list was court ordered a few weeks ago to be released in early January, perhaps even as early as this week. It will be interesting to see how many people start to hire PR firms to work on rehabilitating their image. It appears, thanks to research being done by The Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project that the Biden Justice Department has been actively hindering congressional probes into a Chinese businessman associated with Hunter Biden. All of this centers around Patrick Ho and CEFC China Energy. On a related note, since Hunter Biden had to plead guilty to his tax issues, President Biden has had 9 interviews with supposed journalists. In all those times, not once was he asked about Hunter's legal issues, GOP findings or the IRS whistleblowers. Not once! This leads to a discussion over who are the real inssurectionaries? Victor Davis Hanson puts forth a reminder of many of the statements and actions of Hillary Clinton to deny the 2016 election. He makes a compelling case that if Donald Trump can be convicted of a crime he was never even charged with by making a speech, then what do we call it when someone weaponizes the whole of the Executive Branch of government to lie to the people and ask electors to ignore their own oaths? Finally, with January 6 coming up, I read a piece from Adam “Lectern Guy” Johnson. It's a wonderful bit of satire at how the Left weaponized January 6 and has turned it into near religious holiday that demands your tears and your holiday spirit. Take a moment to rate and review the show and then share the episode on social media. You can find me on Facebook, X, Instagram, GETTR and TRUTH Social by searching for The Alan Sanders Show. You can also support the show by visiting my Patreon page!

Back in October 2021, President Joe Biden declared his position pertaining to defiance against a subpoena from the January 6 House Select Committee, stating that such refusal ought to lead to prosecution. Consequently, the refusal of his son, Hunter Biden, to comply with a congressional subpoena on a Wednesday appeared to challenge his father's decree. This defiance came in the form of Hunter Biden opting for a press conference on Capitol Hill rather than attending his deposition before the House Oversight Committee as commanded. President Biden's declaration in 2021, emphasizing legal consequences for those who defy subpoenas from the January 6 House Select Committee, recalled as the time when the Justice Department indicted Steve Bannon for a similar act in November 2021. Legal experts are now pointing out that while Hunter Biden could face similar consequences, for various reasons, it may not be the case. The Biden Justice Department's decision to prosecute or not lies in the intricacies of the situation. Hunter Biden, rather than attending the deposition, held a press conference on Capitol Hill. Philip Holloway, a criminal defense attorney and legal analyst, shared his views on this with the Daily Caller News Foundation. Holloway opined that the application of law must be universal for it to hold any weight. According to him, 'Hunter Biden needs to be held to the same standard as other recent people who have thumbed their noses at congressional subpoenas.' He further strengthened his argument by highlighting how Hunter Biden's press conference on Capitol Hill symbolized a blatant show of defiance towards the House of Representatives.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Friday's Mark Levin Show, Rich Zeoli of WPHT fills in for Mark. Special Counsel Jack Smith is a classic example of an overzealous prosecutor, and if we had real civil liberties groups in this country they would be furious about a possible gag order on Donald Trump. The government under the Biden Justice Department is persecuting Trump, and he has every right to speak out against this injustice despite every effort to silence him. Democrats want to deprive Trump of his ability to make his case to the voters, and their effort to disqualify Trump under the 14th Amendment will get thrown out by the Supreme Court if it goes that far. Trump has not asked anyone to do anything illegal or attack anyone but only has defended himself online against a corrupt government, yet to Democrats that is attacking people and justifiable for a gag order. The left loves to weaponize speech and censor speech they disagree with, which we all saw during the COVID pandemic and the 2020 election with the Hunter Biden laptop. We cannot allow speech to be censored because we don't like it or we think it will hurt someone somewhere, which is exactly what Democrats do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For nearly two years after Donald Trump left the White House, no federal or state prosecutors charged him with any crimes. But in November 2022, just days after Trump announced he was running for president again, the Biden Justice Department named a special counsel to investigate the former president.Now, in the span of just a few months, Special Counsel Jack Smith has announced numerous criminal indictments against Trump in both Florida and Washington, D.C. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg did the same and so did Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis. And now judges are setting trial dates that clearly conflict with the presidential primary schedule.This is unprecedented. It's unconstitutional. And it's un-American. That's the conclusion of renowned defense attorney David Schoen. The man who led the legal defense for Trump's second impeachment explains the deep flaws with all of these accusations, the threat they pose to equal justice in this country, and what Trump's defense team ought to be doing about it.Please visit our great sponsors:Allegiance Goldhttps://protectwithsara.comClick or Call 877-702-7272 to tell them Sara sent you and get $5,000 of free silver on a qualifying purchase. My Pillowhttps://mypillow.com/carterUse promo code CARTER to get the queen-size My Pillow for only $19.98 during the 20th Anniversary Sale. Or call 800-685-7221.Time Stamps:0:05 We Are Under Attack2:35 I Am Proud of Our Nation3:55 Lawfare5:55 Feels Like 20168:32 My guest today11:17 Lawyer David Schoen joins the Sara Carter Show11:49 Why aren't you representing Trump?13:41 There are no coincidences 15:29 How has the left gotten so powerful?17:54 Judge Chutkan20:38 Mark Meadows 26:44 Hillary hypocrisy27:50 Sara knows this better than anyone29:24 Did you think it would get this bad?31:11 The Case in Florida35:18 The Case in DC38:23 The Case in New York40:59 The Case in Georgia42:28 This White House is corrupt44:35 Institutional collapse47:14 The DOJ is a menace49:48 14th Amendment51:52 Interview Close52:49 Show Close

For nearly two years after Donald Trump left the White House, no federal or state prosecutors charged him with any crimes. But in November 2022, just days after Trump announced he was running for president again, the Biden Justice Department named a special counsel to investigate the former president. Now, in the span of just […]

Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan has ordered an investigation into Georgia's outrageous, baseless case against President Trump and 18 co-defendants. He wants to know if they are working with the Biden Justice Department, the same DOJ that is going after Biden's likely opponent in the general election. Jordan wants to know if they were they working with Jack Smith? There have been reports they were talking with the same people. This is an attack on politics, an attack of First Amendment free speech, attacks on the President and 18 others for simply asking questions. Jordan says all these cases amount to election interference. It's Manhattan, it's D.C., it's Miami and Atlanta. He says of course this is election interference. Jordan believes the House has “tons of evidence” to move to an impeachment inquiry and would not be surprised if they have that resolution in September. GUEST: JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN, JIM JORDANSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

New bombshell reports reveal backroom negotiations between Hunter Biden's legal team and the Biden Justice Department sparking backlash, former President Trump is expected to turn himself in this week for his fourth indictment, and the first GOP Primary debate is just a few days a away, will former President Trump be on that stage? Get the facts first with Morning Wire. Birch Gold: Text "WIRE" to 989898 for your no-cost, no-obligation information kit.Renewal by Andersen: "Shop Renewal by Andersen's Summer Sale by Texting ‘WIRE' to 200-300.“Genucel: Exclusive discount for our listeners! https://genucel.com/WIRE

Callers think the Democrats are getting ready to dump Joe Biden from the ticket in 2024. The Biden Justice Department is spying on Trump's old Twitter account as part of its investigations. Callers play Woke or Joke.

Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is surging; his intellectually rich speeches and unwavering commitment to standing up for President Trump against the weaponized legalism of the corrupt Biden Justice Department is winning him more and more fans, and he's now even beginning to surge past Ron DeSantis!         Highlights:  “DeSantis is being overtaken in the betting markets! This is but the latest development in this contrary motion between Ramaswamy and DeSantis, Ramaswamy is going up; and DeSantis is going perpetually down! The DeSantis campaign is basically in a freefall!” “All these other candidates are sounding indistinguishable from Democrats, which means that they are all coming under the Liz Cheney TDS curse: the moment you start sounding like Nancy Pelosi, the Republican rank and file is done with you; and that's exactly what's happening to DeSantis. Like we're seeing, he's now coming in third in a number of polls for the nomination, behind Ramaswamy!” “Now, it's obviously not going to be a cakewalk for Ramaswamy, some of his original J6 comments condemning Trump are coming back to haunt him.”     Timestamps: [02:30] Surveys recognize a surge for Vivek Ramaswamy [04:38] They are all coming under the Liz Cheney TDS curse [06:21] Ramaswamy may indeed be the ideal VP for Trump   Resources:  Nature's Morphine? Dr. Turley and scientist Clint Winters discuss the incredible pain relief effects of 100% Drug-Free Conolidine. This changes pain relief: https://www.bh3ktrk.com/2DDD1J/2CTPL/?source_id=PC&sub1=8723 Do you own a 401k or IRA? Are you worried inflation is slowly eating away at your retirement nest egg? Convert your savings to a Gold IRA by going to https://TurleyTalksLikesGold.com The Courageous Patriot Community is inviting YOU! Join the movement now and build the parallel economy at https://join.turleytalks.com/insiders-club-evergreen/?utm_medium=podcast Start the 24/7 Protection of Your Home and Equity Today! Go to https://www.hometitlelock.com/turleytalks  We CANNOT sit idly by and let THIS be the world we leave our children. I am hosting a FREE TRAINING to share how we are taking back America (every patriot plays a role!) on Wednesday, August 9th at 3 PM EST, sign up now!: https://events.turleytalks.com/free-training-signup   Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode.  If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and/or leave a review.   Sick and tired of Big Tech, censorship, and endless propaganda? Join my Insiders Club with a FREE TRIAL today at: https://insidersclub.turleytalks.com   Make sure to FOLLOW me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrTurleyTalks   BOLDLY stand up for TRUTH in Turley Merch! Browse our new designs right now at: https://store.turleytalks.com/   Do you want to be a part of the podcast and be our sponsor? Click here to partner with us and defy liberal culture!   If you would like to get lots of articles on conservative trends make sure to sign-up for the 'New Conservative Age Rising' Email Alerts. 

Hunter Biden and his lawyers walked into a courtroom prepared to enter a plea deal with the Justice Department last week. The deal fell through. President Joe Biden's son was prepared to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and to lying on a gun purchase form. The DOJ lawyers and the younger Biden's attorneys were ready to sign off on the deal in court, but U.S. District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika said she had no intention to “rubber-stamp” the deal. Why? Mike Howell, director of The Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project, says the plea deal granted the president's son “global immunity for all other conduct.” Asked if he would sign onto the deal if that immunity agreement was removed, Hunter Biden said “no,” according to Howell. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)The Justice Department was offering him “a 'get-out-of-jail-free card' for any future charges that may be brought,” Howell says. Howell joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain the role the Oversight Project played in uncovering the details of the plea deal, and what's likely next for Hunter Biden.Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hunter Biden and his lawyers walked into a courtroom prepared to enter a plea deal with the Justice Department last week. The deal fell through. President Joe Biden's son was prepared to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and to lying on a gun purchase form. The DOJ lawyers and the younger Biden's attorneys […]

One of Trump's judges just crushed the government's ability to stifle free speech! And the mainstream media is absolutely livid over it.    Highlights:  ●      “An MSNBC contributor claims that there's no censorship, absolutely no concerted censorship against conservatives and the so-called far right on social media, no censorship whatsoever, because well ‘that's just the way it is'. It's not censorship!” ●      “U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty has officially denied the Biden Justice Department's request for a stay in censoring speech on social media platforms. The ruling officially prohibits government agencies from contacting social media platforms to pressure or induce the removal of content containing protected free speech.” ●      “In response to the ban, the State Department has reportedly suspended its regular meetings with Facebook, so the ruling is already seeing some very positive results!” ●      “Everything the legacy media is pushing, for now, comes down to this: the government must be allowed to censor free speech precisely because some speech must be censored! I mean, that's basically what you heard passing for a learned conversation on MSNBC.”   Timestamps: [00:49] How MSNBC is claiming that there's no censorship that's happening [03:20] Trump-appointed judge denied the Biden Justice Department's request for a stay in censoring speech on social media platforms [06:21] How the legacy media like CNN and the New York Times reacted to the ruling Resources:  ●      Nature's Morphine? Dr. Turley and scientist Clint Winters discuss the incredible pain relief effects of 100% Drug Free Conolidine. This changes pain relief… https://www.bh3ktrk.com/2DDD1J/2CTPL/?source_id=PC&sub1=071123 ●      The Courageous Patriot Community is inviting YOU! Join the movement now and build the parallel economy at https://join.turleytalks.com/insiders-club-evergreen/?utm_medium=podcast ●      Learn how to protect your life savings from inflation and an irresponsible government, with Gold and Silver. Go to http://www.turleytalkslikesgold.com/ ●      Show your support for President Trump with his new cards HERE: https://www.physicaltrumpcards.com/trump-cards1685572894969 ●      Discover how to achieve your own Backpack Trader Lifestyle of Freedom and beat the Biden economy! FREE EXCLUSIVE TRAINING with ME and TJ July 13th, 3PM EST! Secure your spot HERE: https://www.backpacktrader.com/Turley   Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode.  If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and/or leave a review. Sick and tired of Big Tech, censorship, and endless propaganda? Join my Insiders Club with a FREE TRIAL today at: https://insidersclub.turleytalks.com Make sure to FOLLOW me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrTurleyTalks BOLDLY stand up for TRUTH in Turley Merch! Browse our new designs right now at: https://store.turleytalks.com/ Do you want to be a part of the podcast and be our sponsor? Click here to partner with us and defy liberal culture! If you would like to get lots of articles on conservative trends make sure to sign-up for the 'New Conservative Age Rising' Email Alerts.

Welcome to The Wright Report, your daily news podcast that brings you up to speed on important happenings across America and the world. On today's episode, we delve into three major briefs. First, we look at new corruption allegations against the Biden Justice Department by an IRS Whistleblower, supposedly protecting Hunter Biden. Next, we discuss the controversial $9.2B loan given to Ford Motor Company by the US Government to produce batteries for electric vehicles, despite lacking consumer demand. Lastly, prepare your grills as we explore the US Department of Agriculture's recent approval of lab-grown chicken. As a close, I'll be answering a listener question about my reasons for joining the CIA and how it ties back to my high school teacher.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1: On Friday, federal prosecutors unsealed a 49-page indictment of former President Donald Trump detailing the alleged mishandling of classified documents after leaving office. The indictment includes 38 federal charges—31 counts “related to withholding national defense information, 5 related to concealing possession of classified documents, and 2 false statements”, according to The New York Times. You can read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/09/us/trump-indictment-documents-news In a statement made during his Friday press conference, special counsel Jack Smith defended the Trump indictment, explaining: “We have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone.” He did not take questions from the press. Has the Biden Justice Department become weaponized? Why aren't civil libertarians on the left taking a stand against politicizing elements of the federal government to impact a presidential election? Rich notes the case against Donald Trump will basically hinge on whether or not, as President, he had the ability to declassify documents. Rich hears from listeners: will this indictment help Donald Trump? Is he now a lock to be the 2024 Republican presidential nominee?

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (05/09/2023): 3:05pm- On Friday, federal prosecutors unsealed a 49-page indictment of former President Donald Trump detailing the alleged mishandling of classified documents after leaving office. The indictment includes 38 federal charges—31 counts “related to withholding national defense information, 5 related to concealing possession of classified documents, and 2 false statements”, according to The New York Times. You can read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/09/us/trump-indictment-documents-news 3:15pm- In a statement made during his Friday press conference, special counsel Jack Smith defended the Trump indictment, explaining: “We have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone.” He did not take questions from the press. 3:30pm- Has the Biden Justice Department become weaponized? Why aren't civil libertarians on the left taking a stand against politicizing elements of the federal government to impact a presidential election? Rich notes the case against Donald Trump will basically hinge on whether or not, as President, he had the ability to declassify documents. 3:45pm- Rich hears from listeners: will this indictment help Donald Trump? Is he now a lock to be the 2024 Republican presidential nominee? 4:05pm- In July 2016, then-Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey explained that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had mishandled classified information, though the federal government decided to not charge her with any crimes. Based upon the standard set with Clinton, why is Donald Trump being charged? 4:15pm- In response to the indictment, Donald Trump's campaign team released an advertisement saying, “questions swirl around President Biden's handling of classified document”—suggesting that there is a legal double standard. 4:40pm- Rich continues to hear from listeners: does the Trump document indictment set a dangerous precedent? Could Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and Mike Pence be potentially charged in the future? 4:50pm- In response to learning of his indictment, former President Donald Trump released a video on Truth Social where he stated: “I am an innocent…our country is going to hell!” 5:05pm- Tiffany Justice—Co-Founder of Moms for Liberty—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss how her Florida-based non-profit, whose mission is to empower parents by emphasizing parental rights in education, was outlandishly labeled as an “extremist” group by the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center. You can learn more about Moms for Liberty here: https://momsforliberty.org 5:30pm- According to a report from Alex Christy of NewsBusters, some MSNBC commentators are already questioning “whether Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon can truly be fair and neutral” in the Trump/classified documents case. You can read Christy's full article here: https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/alex-christy/2023/06/09/msnbc-concerned-trump-judge-will-not-oversee-fair-trial 5:45pm- According to a report in Politico, Jim Trusty and John Rawley have resigned as attorneys for Donald Trump. The resignations occurred shortly after the former president was indicted by federal prosecutors. 6:05pm- In July 2016, then-Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey explained that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had mishandled classified information, though the federal government decided to not charge her with any crimes. Based upon the standard set with Clinton, why is Donald Trump being charged? 6:10pm- In an article for Just the News, journalist John Solomon writes about the Bill Clinton “Sock Drawer” defense and how it relates to Donald Trump's legal troubles: “[t]he case in question is titled Judicial Watch v. National Archives and Records Administration and it involved an effort by the conservative watchdog to compel the Archives to forcibly seize hours of audio recordings that Clinton made during his presidency with historian Taylor Branch…U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington D.C. ultimately rejected Judicial Watch's suit by concluding there was no provision in the Presidential Records Act to force the National Archives to seize records from a former president.” Concluding “that a president's discretion on what are personal vs. official records is far-reaching and solely his, as is his ability to declassify or destroy records at will.” You can read Solomon's full article here: https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/old-case-over-audio-tapes-bill-clintons-sock-drawer-could-impact 6:35pm- Former Arkansas Governor, and current Republican presidential candidate, Asa Hutchinson said that Donald Trump should end his reelection campaign “for the good of the country.” 6:55pm- Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid raved about the “exotic chicken fingers” he ate while visiting the White House. What the hell is an exotic chicken finger???

There are reports the Biden Justice Department is on the verge of indicting former President Donald Trump in the classified documents investigation. Not only would such an indictment be the first federal charge against a former president, but it would also be the first time a sitting president's administration has indicted a leading opposition party candidate in the run-up to a presidential election.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5247560/advertisement

There are reports the Biden Justice Department is on the verge of indicting former President Donald Trump in the classified documents investigation. Not only would such an indictment be the first federal charge against a former president, but it would also be the first time a sitting president’s administration has indicted a leading opposition party […]

Andrew C. McCarthy—Senior Fellow at National Review Institute & Author of “Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his latest his latest editorial at National Review, “How the Bidens Got Rich.” McCarthy writes: “Are the Biden investigations serious? Yes, though more for what they portend for national security and the state of our politics than as a matter of potential criminal jeopardy. As the evidence mounts, ever more risible are the president's claims of noninvolvement in the Biden family's leveraging of his political influence for eye-popping paydays courtesy of corrupt, anti-American regimes. Yet the Biden Justice Department remains indifferent.” You can read the full editorial here: https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2023/06/12/how-the-bidens-got-rich/

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 2: Andrew C. McCarthy—Senior Fellow at National Review Institute & Author of “Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his latest his latest editorial at National Review, “How the Bidens Got Rich.” McCarthy writes: “Are the Biden investigations serious? Yes, though more for what they portend for national security and the state of our politics than as a matter of potential criminal jeopardy. As the evidence mounts, ever more risible are the president's claims of noninvolvement in the Biden family's leveraging of his political influence for eye-popping paydays courtesy of corrupt, anti-American regimes. Yet the Biden Justice Department remains indifferent.” You can read the full editorial here: https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2023/06/12/how-the-bidens-got-rich/ According to reports, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will run for president. And former Vice President Mike Pence is expected to announce his candidacy at some point next week. While appearing on Fox News, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy was asked about growing conservative opposition to the debt ceiling agreement he reached with President Joe Biden. McCarthy said of the Freedom Caucus, “we'll get it done without them.” Meanwhile, the Freedom Caucus continues to object to the bill—with Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX) hinting that if the bill passes in the House, Republicans should reconsider Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. While speaking with Jake Tapper on CNN, Congressman Ken Buck (R-CO) predicted of the Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling agreement: “this bill will pass…the United States will not default…but only people in Washington D.C. believe you can save a few billion dollars and go into debt $4 trillion more.”

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (05/31/2023): 3:05pm- On Tuesday night, the House Rules Committee voted to send the Biden-McCarthy negotiated debt ceiling agreement to the House floor where it is expected to be voted on Wednesday night at 7pm ET. Meanwhile, the Freedom Caucus continues to object to the bill—with Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX) hinting that if the bill passes in the House, Republicans should reconsider Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. Could McCarthy's leadership position be in jeopardy? 3:25pm- Why are Republicans the party that always must compromise? Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has suggested that she will support the Biden-McCarthy negotiated debt ceiling agreement—noting that Republicans don't control the Senate or the White House and compromise is necessary. 3:40pm- Ryan Walker— Vice President of Government Relations at Heritage Action for America—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the Biden-McCarthy negotiated debt ceiling agreement which is expected to be voted on Wednesday night. While the Heritage Foundation supports the original debt limit increase passed by Republicans in the House of Representatives earlier this month, they oppose the new bipartisan bill. Walker notes that the bill will eliminate the debt ceiling until January of 2025—without any dollar amount limiting federal spending. Some conservative senators have warned that it could lead to $4 trillion in additional debts added to the national deficit. 4:05pm- Andrew C. McCarthy—Senior Fellow at National Review Institute & Author of “Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his latest his latest editorial at National Review, “How the Bidens Got Rich.” McCarthy writes: “Are the Biden investigations serious? Yes, though more for what they portend for national security and the state of our politics than as a matter of potential criminal jeopardy. As the evidence mounts, ever more risible are the president's claims of noninvolvement in the Biden family's leveraging of his political influence for eye-popping paydays courtesy of corrupt, anti-American regimes. Yet the Biden Justice Department remains indifferent.” You can read the full editorial here: https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2023/06/12/how-the-bidens-got-rich/ 4:25pm- According to reports, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will run for president. And former Vice President Mike Pence is expected to announce his candidacy at some point next week. 4:40pm- While appearing on Fox News, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy was asked about growing conservative opposition to the debt ceiling agreement he reached with President Joe Biden. McCarthy said of the Freedom Caucus, “we'll get it done without them.” Meanwhile, the Freedom Caucus continues to object to the bill—with Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX) hinting that if the bill passes in the House, Republicans should reconsider Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. 4:50pm- While speaking with Jake Tapper on CNN, Congressman Ken Buck (R-CO) predicted of the Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling agreement: “this bill will pass…the United States will not default…but only people in Washington D.C. believe you can save a few billion dollars and go into debt $4 trillion more.” 5:05pm- The Drive at 5: Dr. Wilfred Reilly—Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University & Author of “Taboo: 10 Facts You Can't Talk About”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his latest editorial at National Review, “The Rank Bigotry of ‘Karen'- Shaming.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/05/the-rank-bigotry-of-karen-shaming/ 5:40pm- A flesh-eating bacteria hits U.S. beaches! 5:45pm- U.S. Representative Scott Perry—representing Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District & Chair of the House Freedom Caucus—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his opposition to the Biden-McCarthy negotiated debt ceiling increase. Will the bill pass in the House of Representatives? Could McCarthy's leadership position be in jeopardy, as other members of Congress have suggested? 6:05pm- According to a report from the BBC, the head of China's Centre for Disease Control suggested that a “lab leak” should not be ruled out as the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. 6:10pm- A flesh-eating bacteria hits U.S. beaches! Robert McGreevy of the Daily Caller writes: “A form of seaweed known to scientists as Sargassum has been washing up on South Florida shores, and Florida Atlantic University (FAU) researchers warn its relationship with flesh-eating bacteria make it extremely dangerous.” You can read the full article here:  https://dailycaller.com/2023/05/30/florida-beach-flesh-eating-bacteria-vibrio-sargassum/ 6:15pm- During an interview at the Cannes Film Festival, actress Jane Fonda said white men are responsible for climate change. 6:20pm- The Wall Street Journal Editorial board writes: “California's ban on new gas-powered cars doesn't take effect until 2035, but its harmful effects are already appearing. Chrysler-parent Stellantis plans to reduce shipments of gas-powered cars to states that have adopted California's emissions rules. Stellantis recently warned auto dealers that ‘we may be compelled to allocate fewer conventional gasoline engine vehicles to California states,'” including New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. “A Delaware dealer told the Delaware Business Times that Stellantis said he won't receive regular shipments of popular Jeep gas-powered models because his state has adopted California's emissions standards.” You can read the full editorial here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-you-like-your-jeep-electric-vehicles-gasoline-cars-emissions-rules-california-auto-dealers-80fcba9e?mod=opinion_lead_pos2 6:35pm- Are aliens real? Rich, Matt, and Henry debate! 6:40pm- While speaking from the Senate floor, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) announced he will not vote in favor of the Biden-McCarthy negotiated debt ceiling agreement. The House of Representatives is expected to vote on the bill Wednesday night.