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  Echos of a Lost America by Monika Wiesak - Find here. America's Last President by Monika Wiesak - Find here. JFK & The Unspeakable - Find here. Len gives a heartfelt introduction to Monika, expressing his respect for Monika's efforts publishing quality research. During the 1st book Monika wrote on JFK, she was heavily inspired to expose the truth of JFK's assassination. JFK was a leader who wanted to help create a better world for all, a fair and just world. Where is his justice? Why did society allow the assassination lies to continue? People are living in an illusion of unchallenged lies. How could people go along with the Magic Bullet Theory? It's such an obvious lie to help cover up the assassination. Monika didn't enjoy writing her latest book, as much as the first, it was drafted because Monika felt like it was her duty. JFK was a very stoic man, who felt you needed to persevere and do the right thing, no matter the difficulty. With youth & young adults in mind, Monika wanted to provide an honest resource for new assassination researchers. Monika tries to condense 60 years of history into one book. JFK Jr.'s plane crash was something Monika had to investigate herself so she could write about the subject. If JFK Jr. was assassinated then that limits the suspect list, indicating another level of power. Was it an assassination? In the 80's and 90's, Monika had no idea that JFK had a brother who had been assassinated while running for President. It wasn't until sometime in the 2000's that she learned about RFK's assassination. Her mind was blow! The odds of two brothers running for President being assassinated was a clear indication to Monika there was a conspiracy. In Chapter 1, Monika outlines the people who profited from JFK's murder. It certainly wasn’t Lee Harvey Oswald. Len was struck by Monika's keen observation that the "CIA itself was a tool created by Wall Street". Monika points out, during CoVid, the Democrats were obviously being run by Big Pharma, behaving in a fascist manner. Both Democrats & Republicans serve the interests of big corporations who are subservient to special interests. Fascism is the merger of state and corporate power. We are still living today with the consequences of JFK's assassination. Since JFK's murder, society has gone down hill. Monika feels JFK's America was the best of what America could be or aim for. If JFK hadn't been assassinated, would RFK or JFK Jr. been allowed to live? Imagine if they hadn't died prematurely. All of these long term consequences that we live with, are echoes of JFK's assassination. Monika and Len wonder where have our leaders gone? Our current "leaders" are self serving, unqualified and corrupt. Len reflects that when Elon Musk first headed the DOGE, it was to end the wasteful slush funds that are draining America. Unbelievably, Trump is now doubling up on funding designated for the Pentagon. Why would he feel the need to do that? Until we address the lies of JFK's assassination, Monika can't see how society will ever get back to a unified America. Len is REALLY recommending Monika's latest book, it's comparable to JFK & The Unspeakable by Jim Douglass. In Chapter 2, The Alleged Assassin, Len reflects on how it's obvious that Lee Harvey Oswald didn’t shoot JFK. Monika covers Lee's early years right up until he leaves for New Orleans on April 24th, 1963. Even now, there has been resistance against Trump releasing the JFK Assassination Files. Not all JFK files have been released. There is resistance to release information on George Joannides and other conspirators. Chapter 3 is the lead up to the crime, the background details and timeline of Jack arriving in Texas. James Angleton was using Lee in the Soviet Union, reading his mail and having him under observation. On April 24th, 1963 Dallas newspapers announced JFK was coming to Dallas in t...

[EP 25-181] Conservatives have a fundamental problem in politics, that makes it difficult for us to get and stay elected: we actually give a crap about solving problems and that is our focus.Understand that politics has become the most profitable money-grab in the history of man. In the past, we were forced to solve problems, thus we built economies by building businesses. We saw needs and fulfilled them. We needed to get our goods and services to one another, so we built roads and bridges, as well as other transportation mechanisms.Next, we needed a way to distinguish our goods and services and marketing developed. We added government to stop the sheisters and cons.But then the government joined the cons. Both Democrats and Republicans perfected the con. Each side wants the other to believe that they actually give a crap about the people they claim to represent.Look at what Trump has accomplished to give power back to the Republicans. They would be powerless in government without him, yet they do nothing to ride the wave. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-kevin-jackson-show--2896352/support.

Whether you like President Donald Trump or not, he is embracing policies that BOTH Democrats and Republicans saw as the solution in the past.    Only difference is, today, Democrats are terrified that President Trump's policies not only the viable solution, but that they're actually going work, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today's edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words:”   “What's happening is we're watching the most dramatic counterrevolution in our history.   “This is more fundamentally changing than even the Reagan revolution that rebooted the American economy and won the Cold War. And it's even more—I don't know—more fundamentally transformative than the Roosevelt first 100 days when he took the country hard left with the New Deal.   “I really think [Democrats] have no alternative to addressing the debt, the budget deficit, the trade deficit. And there's only one pathway. And whether you like Donald Trump or not, or you think he's crude, he is embracing policies that in bygone days both Democrats and Republicans saw was the solution. And the Democrats are terrified that it is not only the viable solution…” 

Last week, federal ICE officers detained a Columbia University student over last year's Israel-Palestine campus protests. The Trump administration revoked grad student Mahmoud Khalil's green card, with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt accusing Khalil of “siding with terrorists.” Is the administration infringing on First Amendment rights? Federal attention on Columbia University extended beyond the arrest of Khalil. The White House also announced a plan to cancel over $400 million in federal funding for the university over insufficient protections for Jewish students on campus. Education Secretary Linda McMahon claimed that Columbia had abandoned its anti-discriminatory obligation to protect Jewish students on campus. Is the federal government overdoing its oversight on college campuses? Both Democrats and Republicans have supported expanding the child tax credit, but you'd never know from how they talk about it. Do politicians still value compromise? Or is it all about the glory?

Politics are heavily loaded in today's America; we seem to be so angry at one another.  Jeffrey Toobin's newest, The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy, is a fascinating and oblique way of examining politics,  studying the history and use of the Presidential pardon.  Both Democrats and Republicans have made huge partisan mistakes with pardons, contributing to the cynical way that pardons are viewed today.  Want to know some of the mistakes that led us to such an angry election?  Tune in and hear why one of the best political journalists in the country thinks it might have all started with Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon. Find books mentioned on The Book Case: https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/shop/story/book-case-podcast-reading-list-118433302   Books mentioned in this week's episode: The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy by Jeffrey Toobin The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin American Heiress: The Wild Safa of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffrey Toobin The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right Wing Extremism by Jeffrey Toobin A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President by Jeffrey Toobin The Oath: the Obama White House and the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump by Jeffrey Toobin Too Close to Call: The Thirty Six Day Battle to Decide the 2000 Election by Jeffrey Toobin All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're sharing an episode from our friends at Latino USA! In this episode, producer Reynaldo Leaños Jr. travels to southern Arizona where one of the first major concentrations of surveillance towers on the southern border were built, and he looks at what these towers mean today, and for the future of those crossing, and living, there.   The “virtual wall” across the U.S.-Mexico border is made up of things like drones, sensors, cameras and… surveillance towers. Both Democrats and Republicans have supported border technology through the years, but advocates and researchers argue that a virtual wall can be as controversial, and deadly, as a physical wall.     Let's connect! Follow Future Hindsight on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/futurehindsightpod/   Discover new ways to #BetheSpark:  https://www.futurehindsight.com/spark    Follow Mila on X:  https://x.com/milaatmos    Listen to Latino USA:  https://www.latinousa.org/    Sponsors:  Thank you to Shopify! Sign up for a $1/month trial at shopify.com/hopeful.   Thanks to SelectQuote for supporting Future Hindsight! Go to SelectQuote.com/hopeful now!   Need a gift idea? Head over to Masterclass.com/HOPEFUL for the current offer. Thanks to MasterClass for supporting Future Hindsight!   Early episodes for Patreon supporters: https://patreon.com/futurehindsight  Credits:  Featuring: Latino USA Podcast Host: Mila Atmos Executive Producer: Mila Atmos Producer: Zack Travis

The “virtual wall” across the U.S.-Mexico border is made up of things like drones, sensors, cameras and… surveillance towers.Both Democrats and Republicans have supported border technology through the years, but advocates and researchers argue that a virtual wall can be as controversial, and deadly, as a physical wall.On this episode, producer Reynaldo Leaños Jr. travels to southern Arizona where one of the first major concentrations of surveillance towers on the southern border were built, and he looks at what these towers mean today, and for the future of those crossing, and living, there.Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage. 

President Biden claimed on numerous occasions he would not pardon his son, Hunter Biden. Then, news broke Sunday evening that the President would in fact issue a pardon to his son, shielding him from any consequences for federal crimes he may have committed in the past eleven years. Both Democrats and Republicans are not happy with the news, saying it sets an unwanted precedent. FOX News Contributor and GWU Law Professor Jonathan Turley breaks down what this means for the Biden family and how this impacts President-elect Trump's plan to pardon those who participated in the January 6th Capitol Insurrection. Worry grows in the Middle East as Syria, a hotbed for conflict for the past 15 years, comes to the forefront yet again as rebel groups have captured the nation's second largest city, Aleppo. The rebel groups say that they are looking to form a new government by overthrowing President Bashar al-Assad, leading neighboring states to raise the alarm as spillover becomes a possibility. FOX News Contributor and retired CIA Station Chief Dan Hoffman joins the podcast to discuss the history of rebel conflicts in the country, how the infighting impacts neighboring nations, and how US policy has impacted the region. Plus, commentary by columnist David Marcus. Photo Credit: AP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Biden claimed on numerous occasions he would not pardon his son, Hunter Biden. Then, news broke Sunday evening that the President would in fact issue a pardon to his son, shielding him from any consequences for federal crimes he may have committed in the past eleven years. Both Democrats and Republicans are not happy with the news, saying it sets an unwanted precedent. FOX News Contributor and GWU Law Professor Jonathan Turley breaks down what this means for the Biden family and how this impacts President-elect Trump's plan to pardon those who participated in the January 6th Capitol Insurrection. Worry grows in the Middle East as Syria, a hotbed for conflict for the past 15 years, comes to the forefront yet again as rebel groups have captured the nation's second largest city, Aleppo. The rebel groups say that they are looking to form a new government by overthrowing President Bashar al-Assad, leading neighboring states to raise the alarm as spillover becomes a possibility. FOX News Contributor and retired CIA Station Chief Dan Hoffman joins the podcast to discuss the history of rebel conflicts in the country, how the infighting impacts neighboring nations, and how US policy has impacted the region. Plus, commentary by columnist David Marcus. Photo Credit: AP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Biden claimed on numerous occasions he would not pardon his son, Hunter Biden. Then, news broke Sunday evening that the President would in fact issue a pardon to his son, shielding him from any consequences for federal crimes he may have committed in the past eleven years. Both Democrats and Republicans are not happy with the news, saying it sets an unwanted precedent. FOX News Contributor and GWU Law Professor Jonathan Turley breaks down what this means for the Biden family and how this impacts President-elect Trump's plan to pardon those who participated in the January 6th Capitol Insurrection. Worry grows in the Middle East as Syria, a hotbed for conflict for the past 15 years, comes to the forefront yet again as rebel groups have captured the nation's second largest city, Aleppo. The rebel groups say that they are looking to form a new government by overthrowing President Bashar al-Assad, leading neighboring states to raise the alarm as spillover becomes a possibility. FOX News Contributor and retired CIA Station Chief Dan Hoffman joins the podcast to discuss the history of rebel conflicts in the country, how the infighting impacts neighboring nations, and how US policy has impacted the region. Plus, commentary by columnist David Marcus. Photo Credit: AP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Ferguson in the Morning 12-03-24 Hunter's pardon is analyzed by Jonathan Turley. Both Democrats and Republicans are not happy with the pardon, saying it sets an unwanted precedent. FOX News Contributor and George Washington U. Law Professor Jonathan Turley breaks down what it means for the Biden family and how it impacts President-elect Trump's plans regarding pardoning the Jan. 6 hostages who are in prison. President Biden claimed on numerous occasions he would not pardon his son, Hunter Biden. Then, news broke Sunday evening that the President would in fact issue a pardon to his son, shielding him from any consequences for federal crimes he may have committed in the past eleven years. That goes back to the beginning of the Ukraine conflict when Hunter joined Burisma in 2014 and Joe was the VP.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Both Democrats and Republicans are suffering from Election Stress Syndrome - and News Flash! - it won't be over on Election Day, no matter who wins! Dr. Carole describes what Election Stress Syndrome is, why it won't be over on Election Day, what will happen next and how you can cure it and prepare for the worst! Do you remember the 'Hanging Chad' fiasco of 2000 when it was George Bush against Al Gore? They were counting hanging chads for weeks. Dr. Carole will explain why the fallout from this election will be worse - like 'Hanging Chads on Steroids!' Still can't decide who to vote for? Ask Dr. Carole.

David and Tamler hop into their Scooby Van and drive into Tobe Hooper's mad and macabre horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.  How does this endlessly imitated movie still have the power to scare the shit out of people fifty years after its release? We talk about the sounds, smells, heat, and sweat (but not so much the blood) that pour out of the screen. And we dare to ask the question: are the Sawyers – a family of craftsmen and artists, committed to sustainability and fine dining – actually the victims here? Plus we take and fail a test to see if we can identify fake Republicans and Democrats.  Hart, M., & Nazarian, N. (2024) Season's mis-greetings: why timing matters in global academia. Nature. Both Democrats and Republicans can pass the Ideological Turing Test [experimental-history.com] The Ideological Turing Test [ituringtest.com] The Texas Chain Saw Massacre [wikipedia.org]  

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are constantly talking about trade, tariffs and domestic manufacturing.In many ways, these talking points stem from a single trade deal that transformed the U.S. economy and remade both parties' relationship with the working class.Dan Kaufman, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, explains how the North American Free Trade Agreement broke American politics.Guest: Dan Kaufman, the author of “The Fall of Wisconsin,” and a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine.Background reading: How NAFTA broke American politics.Both Democrats and Republicans are expressing support for tariffs to protect American industry, reversing decades of trade thinking in Washington.For more information on today's episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Soon, you'll need a subscription to keep full access to this show, and to other New York Times podcasts, on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Don't miss out on exploring all of our shows, featuring everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts.

Both Democrats and Republicans agree that we have a health care crisis, with high costs and poor outcomes.  This week, a fired-up Dr. Prather talks about a proven solution to this crisis.  In this episode, you'll discover:—How America spends the most on health care, but has the worst outcomes when compared to all other industrialized nations.—The drug problem in America, both in terms of illicit drugs and an over-reliance on pharmaceuticals.  And the problem of Polypharmacy, which impacts 40% of those over the age of 65 who are taking more than 4 prescription drugs. —Why Dr. Prather says that, if drugs and pharmaceuticals were the answer to our health care, then Americans should be the healthiest people on the planet.—The reason the news media aren't interested in reporting negative stories on pharmaceuticals.  And the astonishing percentage of news media revenues that come directly from Big Pharma.—Why Dr. Prather says he is actually "proud" of America's Disease Care, but that we're missing the necessary Structure-Function Care which should be our source of primary care for best patient results.—How Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois did a 10-year study that proved the health care model used in Dr. Prather's office lowers health care costs by 60%, while improving patient outcomes by 85%.  And why the pharmaceutical companies oppose this health care model because it resulted in an 80% reduction in pharmaceutical costs.—The importance of Health Savings Accounts (HSA's) in health care reform to put the power in the hands of the patients, not government or insurance company bureaucrats. —How we can have better pharmaceutical drugs and a more innovative pharmaceutical industry through smart regulatory reform. —Why pharmaceutical industry "capture" of the very government agencies regulating them is such a problem. —Plus, how you can attend Dr. Prather's speech on this subject at the Trinity Health Expo on Saturday, September 28th at 1 p.m.http://www.TheVoiceOfHealthRadio.com

Welcome back, Capitalist Investor listeners! In today's episode, Tony the Tiger and Cool Hand Luke dive deep into some compelling economic topics that are sure to spark your interest. Here's a recap of the five hot topics discussed in this episode.1. Inflationary Fears and Presidential PoliciesThe primary focus of today's episode centers around a unique debate: Who would be more inflationary as President, a Democratic administration led by Kamala Harris, or a Republican administration under Donald Trump? Luke introduces a contrarian take, suggesting that a second Trump administration might actually be more inflationary than most people would assume. His theory hinges on assumptions that both parties will continue to spend large sums of money and that we may be facing tougher economic conditions in the near future. 2. Fiscal Policy and Deficit SpendingTony and Luke discuss the current state of fiscal policy, agreeing that both major political parties have drifted away from fiscal conservatism. Both Democrats and Republicans are engaging in deficit spending, which has significant implications for inflation and the overall economy. They argue that even under different leadership, the trend of spending is likely to continue, contributing to the inflationary environment.3. Taxation and Economic GrowthThe duo dives into the impact of tax policies on economic growth. Tony emphasizes how a lower tax environment, as advocated by Trump, could spur economic activity, leading to a more robust economy but also potentially driving up prices. They discuss how reducing corporate taxes can result in greater economic productivity and increased tax revenues in the long run, despite the lower rates. This was illustrated during Trump's first term when tax revenues grew even with lower tax rates.4. Short-term vs. Long-term Economic EffectsLuke and Tony touch on the complexity of how fiscal policies affect the economy in both the short and long term. While free-market capitalism tends to drive down prices due to competition over time, pro-growth policies often lead to short-term price increases. Luke points out that in the immediate future, stimulating the economy through tax cuts and deregulation can lead to higher inflation, which might be necessary if deflationary pressures emerge during an economic downturn.5. Addressing Socio-economic EquityIn a related discussion, the hosts examine the socio-economic policies that differentiate a Harris administration from a Trump administration. Tony criticizes policies aimed at redistributing wealth, arguing that they stifle economic incentives and could ultimately be detrimental to a capitalist economy. Luke adds that while such policies might sound appealing, especially to those on the lower socio-economic rungs, they could lead the country toward a more socialist or even communist economic structure.In conclusion, today's episode of Capitalist Investor was packed with thought-provoking discussions about the interplay between political leadership, fiscal policy, and economic outcomes. As always, the opinions expressed are meant to provide educational insight into the financial industry. Feel free to reach out with any questions or show ideas at info@connect.com.Stay tuned for more insightful discussions in our upcoming episodes!

Who told the truth about the Border during Presidential Debate? UNFAIR: Politicians Offer False Choices Regarding Border Guest: Chief Chris Clem; Former Chief Border Patrol Agent in Partnership with AFP Immigration should not be conflated with border security. Immigration and border security are related they are not mutually exclusive. The false choices that our politicians give us are unfair. There was a system years ago – it was more than just walls; Access roads, Technology, Meeting Requirements of Border Patrol Agents, Cameras, Sensors, etc. This has only become politically charged and divisive in the last several years. Both Democrats and Republicans at one time understood the immigration issue  This has become a humanitarian issue; trafficking of people and children, drugs, rape, Unaccompanied minors unaccounted for. 85,000 lost children. Where are they? What has happened to them? Why do we not care? It is as though the US Government is creating or at the least closing the trafficking circle. When IF the border is once again secure, and the back log cleaned up – we can reduce and mitigate opportunities for human exploitation.   Public Safety and National Security is the issue. Sanctuary cities and leaders like Adams, in particular, were part of the problem but now want a solution  Biden's Executive Order was a joke. The facts are that the EO did nothing. Of the 8 ISIS member discovered recently; they were found in cities that are considered as prime target cities.  There are around 34,000 sworn NYC police officers.To give perspective: There are only 18,000 Border Patrol Agents total for our southern, northern, and coastal borders.  Military age men from China: The recent numbers will astound you.  You can't just leave China. Difficult to get information from them. China will play the long game. For more information: www.americansforprosperity.org Check out opportunities to travel to the border with AFP   --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rose-unplugged/support

Cutting Through the Chaos with Wallace Garneau – Our government is morally bankrupt, using lawfare to prevent Trump from exposing corruption among elected officials and bureaucrats. Both Democrats and corrupt Republicans are part of this, driven by the Neocon movement. Political tribalism grows as people vie for government resources, eroding morality and fostering a culture of victimhood and immorality.

Both Democrats and Republicans are hoping immigration policy will win them votes in 2024. This hour, we take a look at immigration laws from the past and present. Atlantic Staff Writer and 2023 Pulitzer Prize-winner Caitlin Dickerson talks about Biden and Trump's records on immigration and tells us who is immigrating to the U.S. today. We also hear from a group that supports immigrants through community organizing in Bridgeport and Hartford, and we learn about a restrictive immigration act that was signed 100 years ago. GUESTS: Caitlin Dickerson: Staff Writer for The Atlantic. In 2023 she won a Pulitzer Prize for her work on the U.S. policy of separating migrant children from their families. Barbara López: Director of Make the Road Connecticut Mae Ngai: Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History at Columbia University. Her most recent book is The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics. For more on the history of U.S. immigration policy, you can listen to our episode on Chinese American exclusion and resistance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Both Democrats and Republicans have declining confidence in the civil service – the 2.2 million workers who keep the government running from one administration to the next. Trump vows to fire bureaucrats. Here's why Biden is trying to stop him. Also: today's stories, including how in Rafah, Israel's options conflict in real time, the growing popularity of teacher apprentice programs, how one Nigerian woman is caring for caregivers, and an essay on community. Join the Monitor's Amelia Newcomb and Ira Porter for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.

Dairy farmers across Central Pennsylvania are dealing with new measures to stop avian flu. Federal funds for public transit in Pennsylvania are running out this year and advocates and lawmakers alike are worried that will hurt systems across the state. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is funding removal of ten dams in Pennsylvania in the next few years.  Both Democrats and Republicans are checking in on protests at the University of Pennsylvania. GOP U.S. Senate candidate David McCormick had harsh words for some of them. One man is dead after a shooting involving police at a nursing home in York County, but not many details have been released.   A Pennsylvania nurse who administered lethal doses of insulin to patients is heading to prison for life after pleading guilty in the deaths of at least 17 people.  Teachers in a Northumberland County school district are voicing their unhappiness. Governor Josh Shapiro and state police are honoring Trooper Jay Rougeau Jr. and paying tribute to all troopers killed in the line of duty.  Each week, as part of our commitment to transparency in our journalism, Scott Blanchard, WITF's Director of Journalism Scott Blanchard will take us behind the scenes of our newsroom. Today, he discusses the issue of fairness – for example, how WITF tries to give politicians a chance to respond if someone criticizes them.     Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Both Democrats and Republicans are facing intraparty conflict over foreign policy, Democrats over the war in Gaza and Republicans over the war in Ukraine. Could these conflicts help determine who wins the presidency in November? On this episode of the 538 Politics podcast, the crew invites Dina Smeltz, senior fellow on public opinion and foreign policy at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, to break down how the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine have divided the parties. They also preview the upcoming South Carolina primary race, and ask whether a recent poll of political scientists intending to create a ranking of American presidents was a good or bad use of polling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Widespread flooding in southern California is turning hillsides into rivers of mud, as a slow-moving storm brings life threatening conditions to the Los Angles area. Both Democrats and Republicans will head to the polls in Nevada on Tuesday to vote for their party's presidential nominee, but many Republicans won't have all the choices on the ballot. And Dartmouth college is reinstating standardized testing requirements in admissions, citing research that shows it might help disadvantaged students.Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today's episode of Up First was edited by Megan Pratz, Sadie Babits, Nichole Cohen and Mohamad ElBardicy.It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Ben Abrams and Julie Depenbrock.We get engineering support from Phil Edfors. And our technical director is Stacey Abbott.

*Guest Hosts Taylor Morgan & Maura Carabello New energy proposals are at the forefront of the legislative work this week at our state capitol. Both Democrats and Republicans have bill proposals that are being debated to address Utah energy production and air quality, and lower our overall carbon footprint. What are some of the ideas that will help boost Utah energy? Speaker Mike Shultz joins Maura and Taylor to talk about what he’s been working on.

In the New Hampshire primary, Donald Trump emerged as the frontrunner with 54.6 percent of the Republican vote, while Nikki Haley trailed at 43.2 percent. Despite the gap, Haley has confirmed she's staying in the race, eyeing future primaries as potential game changers. On the Democratic front, President Joe Biden, who secured an unconventional win in New Hampshire via a write-in campaign, is ramping up his campaigning efforts as he gears up for a rematch with Trump. In a statement, Biden said it's increasingly clear that Trump is headed straight into a general election matchup where he will face the only person to have ever beaten him at the ballot box. The most recent primary results are pivotal as they set the tone for the upcoming primaries. Both Democrats and Republicans are now strategizing for a highly competitive race, with candidates sharpening their focus on key issues and voter bases. This early stage of the presidential race is already hinting at an intense and dynamic electoral battle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Independent candidate for president Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making a surprise campaign stop in Salt Lake City today. Both Democrats and Republicans have labeled RFK a spoiler candidate. But Boyd says his campaign is worth watching and his message is one worth listening to.

Both Democrats and Republicans celebrate municipal election wins. State Treasurer Daniel Elliott courts controversy with a purchase of $35 million in Israeli bonds, with Jewish Voice for Peace Indiana calling the purchase ‘supporting genocide of Palestinians'. A report reveals that the Monroe County Schools Corporation paid Jennifer McCormick $144,000 for no-bid consulting work. Host Brandon Smith is joined by Republican Mike O'Brien, Democrat Ann DeLaney, Niki Kelly of the Indiana Capital Chronicle, and Jon Schwantes of Indiana Lawmakers to debate and discuss this week's top stories.

Stat: An inaccurate “double”: Both Democrats and Republicans imagine that almost twice as many of their political opponents hold more extreme views than they really do, according to a study by More in Common. Story: During times of increased polarization and increasing stresses on democracy, researchers are studying how to break down partisan divides and address misconceptions among members of the public. In the first episode of “Beyond Polarization,” Columbia University professor and author Peter T. Coleman shares what he has learned from his career spent fostering civil dialogue among people with conflicting viewpoints. He discusses how, despite heightened feelings of disagreement across the country, the current conditions are ideal for setting a new course toward better dialogue and understanding.

Unbelievable mistake from the Biden White House in offering condolences to the family of Bill Richardson. Could you explain Joe Biden's actions away? Joe Biden isn't wearing his mask indoors as expected. Both Democrats and Republicans can't stop promising U.S. tax dollars to "build back better" in Ukraine. Kamala Harris is ready to be president and wants us to know it. Stu joins Pat, Keith, and Jeffy for this year's NFL prediction show! Are Peyton and Eli Manning about to be joined by Tom Brady on their Monday Night Football show? Donald Trump speaks out on the COVID vaccine and is ready to testify in his classified documents history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wow! Jennifer Lawrence is calling for Draining the Swamp! She just recognized that our politics is not Democrat vs. Republican, it's the people vs. the corrupt political class that does the bidding of donors rather than voters. This is the populist politics of the future, and Jennifer Lawrence just hopped on board!   Highlights:  ●      “When she said that we are witnessing a total political system failure in America that involves BOTH Democrats and Republicans; we have a systemic failure in our politics regardless of which party is in power. And that failure is how the donor class and politicians are becoming unidentifiable from one another!” ●      “What Jennifer Lawrence is alluding to was confirmed by a study published by Princeton University a few years back, and it's conclusions were chilling: the study concluded that the United States is indeed dominated by a rich and powerful elite that has amassed more money and power than ever before in the history of mankind!” ●      “And the study found that this elite, made up of bureaucrats and billionaires, has demonstrably more influence over the direction of government policy than do average citizens. In fact, the study found that, get this, elections have virtually no impact whatsoever on public policy, public policy is almost entirely shaped by the corporate interests of the wealthy few!”   Timestamps:  [00:49] Jennifer Lawrence's views about politics [06:38] A study published by Princeton University confirms Jennifer Lawrence views [08:16] The rich got the policies they wanted   Resources:  ●      Learn how to protect your life savings from inflation and an irresponsible government, with Gold and Silver. Go to http://www.turleytalkslikesgold.com/ ●      Get two packs of organic bacon FREE every month if you sign up HERE: https://www.frebahlem.com/BG484F42/ ●      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=9423 ●      The Courageous Patriot Community is inviting YOU! Join the movement now and build the parallel economy at https://join.turleytalks.com/insiders-club=podcast ●      Want free inside stock tips straight from the SEC? Click here to get started now: https://turleytalksinsidertrading.com/talk-registration/ ●      MoveMeant Messenger! Reaching children of addicts one camp at a time! Learn more and support HERE: http://www.movemeantmessenger.com/   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.

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In this episode of Real Talk, KJK Student Defense Attorneys Susan Stone and Kristina Supler are joined by Danielle Citron, author, privacy expert, and a law professor at the University of Virginia School of Law.  They discuss digital privacy and the internet. The conversation includes the little-known ways your data is being collected and sold, how your data can potentially be weaponized against you, the sad reality of how the law works against victims of digital privacy violations and how to become a better digital citizen.  Links: Website: https://www.daniellecitron.com  Show Notes: (00:28) How the internet has made life a lot more convenient these days (00:52) Why the internet is also a dangerous place for students  (03:13) What is the concept of intimate privacy on the internet? (03:50) Why your personal data is not actually, “safe,” and is actually being tracked and sold to marketers  (05:16) Why even the Department of Defense advises its enlistees from using 23 and me or similar services  (05:54) How your DNA is legally being sold and exploited by ancestry composition services, even outside of the United States (08:30) Don't take nude photos or sex videos if you don't want to be vulnerable  (09:15) Why you may be charged with child pornography even if you take your own nudes or send them consensually.  (10:15) What consenting adults need to know before sharing their nudes with others (11:03) The harsh reality of what happens when you report your vulnerable photos being misused to the authorities (12:24) Why women and minorities are more vulnerable to being exploited online (13:38) Can data on your period tracking apps be used against women since the criminalization of abortion in some states? (15:56) How our phones can essentially be weaponized against us by law enforcement, thanks to  advertisers, marketers, data brokers. (17:03) How even your location and Google search history can create a domino effect of circumstantial evidence (18:39) Will the purpose of your search history be considered should it be used against you in a criminal case? (20:22) Hate speech online: Are the First Amendment rights in favor of the violators in the non-private sector? (22:00) How intimate privacy violations are handled in the private sector: working with Atty. General Kamala Harris on building the cyber exploitation task force. (25:22) Dealing with intimate privacy violations: Why your photo may legally be allowed to stay online because of section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (26:55) How Section 230 has been drastically misconstrued especially in social media violations (28:07) Why Reddits and sub-reddits are the new breeding ground of non-consensual intimate imagery  (28:32) How the law is further victimizing victims of digital privacy violations  (30:06) Why it is crucial to change the law that protects the solicitors of intimate privacy violations instead of the victims (32:10) How to be a better digital citizen: For you and for other people (33:40) Why speaking up is necessary to put a stop to digital privacy violations Transcript: Susan Stone: So this is the second in a two-part series. Is there a series? If there's only two?  Kristina Supler: I think we've just made it one.  Susan Stone: Okay. On digital privacy and the internet. , I think we can all agree that the internet brings with us a lot of ease to our life. I know that today I ran out of toothpaste and went right on my Amazon and clicked, Didn't have to run out. There you go. But it can also be a scary place  Kristina Supler: In our practice representing students in, in various contexts we're dealing and wrestling with digital evidence every day and in a variety of different contexts. We handle cases involving sexting, cancel culture, and different iterations of that, and it's, it's amazing to see. I'm still amazed, Susan, I don't know if you feel the same way, what our, our clients and their peers say and do and put on the internet.  Susan Stone: Well, it's not just that. It's that I still have a lot of trouble with the fact that the whole etiquette of our society has changed with the internet and with cell phones. I still think it's incredibly rude to look at your cell phone at the dinner table. And I will often say to my adult children and my high school age children, put it down. Well, talk to me. I'm right here.  Kristina Supler: Absolutely. I agree. Well, today we are thrilled to be joined by the esteemed Danielle Citron, who's a law professor at the University of Virginia School of Law. where she teaches and writes about privacy, free expression and civil rights. For the past decade, she's worked as a civil rights advocate and has worked with lawmakers, law enforcement officers, and various tech companies to combat online abuse and to protect intimate privacy. She's been directly involved in some reform effort. Surrounding the regulation of various online platforms. Since 2011, Danielle has been a member of Safety Task Forces for Facebook and Twitter, and she also serves as an advisor for. Dating apps like Bumble and Streaming Services and TikTok, so be interested to hear more about that. She's written countless articles published across the G Globe and her most recent book, which just came out is titled The Fight for Privacy, Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in The Digital Age. Danielle, thanks for joining us.  Danielle Citron: We're really excited. Thanks so much for having me. Awesome.  Susan Stone: Well, d Danielle, you study how most of our private data is collected and stored. Can you talk to our listeners about intimate privacy. What it is, and how does it impact our daily life?  Danielle Citron: So the concept of intimate privacy is all the ways that we others have access to and information about our bodies, our health, our innermost thoughts that we, we essentially convey all day long. Our browsing, our reading, our searching our, of course texting and emailing our information and access to, uh, our sexual activities our sex, our sexual orientation, our gender, and our closest relationships. And all day long, every day we go about our lives sharing and provid access to our intimate privacy Kind of expecting hoping, and of course, deserving intimate privacy.  And I wish I could say that we have it, but unfortunately we often don't. So when we go to a hotel room or a public bath bathroom, we sort of assume that no one is taping us there when we, take a nude photo of ourselves or share really intimate thoughts with a loved one via text. We assume that they are gonna keep that confidential. And when companies ferry that information and store that information, we assume, right? They're gonna protect it from hacking. And when we use apps, we search, we check out our health, a digital assistance, like our health apps, our Fitbit. We share information about our health conditions, whether we've gotten our period, whether you. We have visited adult sites. The videos that we watch, all that information, we of course want, expect and hope, privacy, that we enjoy privacy. What we don't think, and we don't realize is that all that information is being tracked, sold to advertisers as and marketers and then to data brokers. Susan Stone: You know what's so interesting? I did the 23andme. and I am, oh boy. Oh  boy, .  Well,  Danielle Citron: there  Susan Stone: was nothing, surprisingly, I am mostly an Ashkenazi jew. That should be no surprise to anybody and a part Neanderthal. But what I was shocked with is the emails that have flowed in as a result  Kristina Supler: of me. You just been inundated by junk, or you name it. Susan Stone: It's bizarre. I mean, now I guess the government knows all my genetic information. Wow.  Danielle Citron: Right, So, So I'm a little worried, right? The Department of of Defense tells all of its Enlistees and all of its officers that they shouldn't use 23 and me. Because that information Wow is gonna be shared outside, you know, the United States and potentially with governments that could use it to extort and blackmail. Uh, they're enlistees. So tell us like, if the DO OD is telling them not to do it, why are you doing it?  Kristina Supler: Where did Susan's information go?  Susan Stone: Yeah, tell me and what are they gonna do with the fact? Tell me that I'm an Ashkenazi Jew. I mean, I don't know. Well,  Kristina Supler: is it in,  Danielle Citron: you're, you're a DNA isn't just relevant to you. It's relevant to everyone who shares some of that material. And so that makes your identity and the identity of people in your family and those you care about, then visible, detectable to others. And that's not just including, of course, marketers and advertisers, which I don't want that happening either. But it's still, it's happening. It's, these information is not covered and protected by hipaa. But because it's eligible to be sold and exploited, it's eligible to be sold and exploited to data brokers who are selling it to non USA  Susan Stone: uS governments. Danielle, my husband wouldn't participate because he said he didn't want anyone knowing about his dna. And I told him he was crazy. So David, sounds like you're  Kristina Supler: the, You could, That's  Danielle Citron: pot-kettle, right? And it's not like I'm wearing its tin hat. Right friends. I'm not. No, I agree. All these ways that I gotta say I love my Spotify app . There are all these ways in which I love these tools too. So I'm, I'm not suggesting that we throw them in the sea. Our phones, right, our apps. But what I am saying is that there's so little protection that 23 and me might think, Gosh, that's health. Of course they're protecting my dna and the answer is absolutely not. HIPAA does not apply, nor does the, genetic, uh, non-discrimination information Act only applies to employers. So it's honestly, I wanna, I, you know, I wanna allow us some room to say some things don't do. But also to call for structural reforms cuz there's only so much I want you to have to get rid of . I want us to use these tools, but I want us to use them in ways that are with commitments of protection. Sure.  Kristina Supler: Mm-hmm. . So I'd like to circle back. You had mentioned nude photos and Yeah. Again, that's something Susan, I mean we,  Susan Stone: we've all the time, Kristina Supler: many, many cases involving nude photos and you speak in your book uh, about how nude photos, extortion, revenge porn. It, it's something that is, is on the rise in terms of abuse. When we talk about nude photos, I think sometimes society as a whole might be quick to say. People might judge and say, Well, if you don't want people to see 'em, Don't take 'em otherwise, you, you incur the risk. What's your response to that type of thinking? Susan Stone: And might I add, I know we give advice all the time to parents to tell, say to their kids, This is a hard no. I know you just spoke about you don't wanna put too many fences up or guardrails. You want people to enjoy some of the benefits of the internet. But this is an area I know we feel strongly, especially with minors. No nude photos first.  Danielle Citron: Yeah. Yeah.  Kristina Supler: What's the response?  Danielle Citron: Yeah, I've got two. The first is that to the response that if you don't wanna be vulnerable, don't take the photos. It belies the reality that sex videos can be made about you without your involvement.  Kristina Supler: The deep fakes. Danielle Citron: Not only Right, right, right. Not only the non-consensual sort of, um, videotaping in your bedroom that you don't know about, haven't permitted, but fakery. Mm-hmm. . So women's and girls' faces are swapped into porn at. There are now like 60,000 videos, deep fake sex videos, digitally manipulated videos online. And guess what? 95% of them are deep fake sex videos and over 98% of them are women and girls' faces. It's terrifying. You would. Terrifying. So the idea that like you shouldn't have done it, the answer is, well, you didn't. Okay, That's the first. The second is heated agreement about anyone under 18. Right. If you're on 18, it's understood as child exploitation material. Yes. So even if you create it yourself, even if you consensually share it with someone your own age, you know, like share it with another 15 year old with whom you're in a relationship with, the answer is for both of you, it's child sexual exploitation material, even though which is violates federal and state law, even though the whole point of these rules are. Predation, right? Child predators, but they're very formalistic, these roles. And it's like you make it, you share it. And even if you're in a consensual relationship, you're 16, you've got another, you know, you have a partner who's 16, don't do it. So I would say I'm totally at, agree with me. Whenever I give calls, I mean, talks to folks who were under 18. I say, Don't do it. You're not allowed. State and federal law says it's child pornography. Too much risk. Um, It. Right. And I do also say to young people who are over 18, and I have some of them in my own house two 20 year olds in that age range, age range. I say there's nothing wrong with sexual expression at all. Like what was important to my spouse and I making mixed tapes and writing love letters is like, it has a different valence. You do it differently in the 21st century. Right. But I do say makes you trust the person. Because of course it could be fakey, but crucially, you gotta be sure you're sharing in a confidential relationship. It doesn't guarantee anything. But I don't wanna be that person who says you can't do it when you're 25. But I do say be careful with whom one shares because trust is everything.  Susan Stone: Well, and I'd like to add, a lot of people aren't aware that it's the one who takes the picture that owns the copyright of the picture. So you might think it's give it back to, it's me, it's my photo. But the law says otherwise.  Danielle Citron: Right. And, and that we have to look to copyright to help us, protect us is unfortunate cuz it's not about property and, you know, and, and creativity and making money off of the photo. This is about privacy. That's right. And it's about, you know, my image doesn't belong to you and shouldn't be appropriated even if you took it and. I wish I could say was law was more responsive. When people non consensually share nude images of you without your permission, assuming you're over 18 law enforcement, often you go report it and they say, Sorry, close your computer. Boys will be boys. It's your, it's your fault. Yeah, they don't do anything. They see a lot of that. And then it's really hard to get lawyers who are willing to represent you low bono or pro bono. Mm-hmm. . Cause we gotta make a living somehow, attorneys. Right. And you can't go to a. There's no deep pocket, can't go to the platforms, right? And when you wanna sue a, a perpetrator, they probably have very little money. So it, it's becomes like a way in which the response to victim is, Well, go sue your perpetrator, or go put them in jail. And the answer is, you can do almost neither as a practical matter. So we need to kind of rethink how we protect intimate privacy in the digital age. Susan Stone: In your opinion, what groups of people are the most vulnerable when it comes to intimate privacy, collecting, mining, and selling. Danielle Citron: Okay, so, so first things first. It's not my opinion, and these are just add to evidence, right? We have studies that show when it comes to the non-consensual sharing of intimate images. This is across the globe that women in their twenties are most vulnerable. Okay? So that's first things first. The second is that we also know that when it comes to the exp, you know, the collection use and sharing of our. So that's the everyday companies, right? Collecting, using, and sharing our data, that it's gonna be more costly and is more costly for women, non-whites, LGBTQ individuals, people from vulnerable communities because it's their bodies, right? That are stigmatized, right? So when you, a nude photo is posted online of a woman versus a man, the response to the man is like, Go get him. You know, good for you guy. And for the woman, it costs her her job. It makes it impossible to date. She sort of disappears. So we know that the exploitation of intimate information, the information about your bodies, your health, your sexual activities, your close relationships, that's gonna be more costly to women and vulnerable people. Kristina Supler: You mentioned that law enforcement in the United States. They have some of the biggest intimate privacy consumers. You talk about this in your book, How pertinent is it that now, especially since the overturning of Roe versus Wade in June what can you tell us about how data collection can be weaponized against women? Danielle Citron: Uh, so what do they say? We, we were holding all of our breath, right, before the leak. Mm-hmm. of the Dobbs decision. And now that we have the Dobbs decision we know of course that now there are over 14 states that have criminalized abortion, some at the start, and then others, like within a certain band. And all of that infor, that is the information that is collected on our period tracking apps, our search engine. Our location data collected by apps that are then shared all of this with data brokers, tell a story about where we've gone. Have we seen a health provider? Do we cross state lines and go visit a, you know, a Planned Parenthood where in a state where abortion is legal, have we gone to CVS and purchased menstrual pads? Right? Did we tell our period tracking app that we didn't get our period and then we got it Again? All of that is circumstantial. For a prosecutor that we terminated a pregnancy or potentially so, so I, I,  Susan Stone: This sounds so big brother, Orwellian. Are you trying to say that you think there's gonna be a tracker on young women in their ages of like 15, 16 to 30? I mean, it just seems outrageous. I mean, I, I can't imagine that an individual woman thinking about going about their business, regardless of whether they're gonna have an abortion, but I'm just talking in general. Are you saying there's like a, some sort of geo tracker or that the government is watching every young woman? Danielle Citron: Yes. Right now, Look at your phone. Do you, If you bring your phone with me, like you have your phone, right? Mm-hmm. , you've got apps on your phone. If a young woman, girl, woman brings a phone with her to a clinic, her, her phone tells the story of where she's been. There are 40 data brokers whose focus is location that as they track everywhere you go. And those data brokers right now, so I'm not kidding when I say right now data brokers have contracts with law enforcement, the state, local, and federal level. Those location data brokers right now are selling that information. Kristina Supler: That is just wild.  That's.  Danielle Citron: Wow, that makes sense. So I don't, I'm not suggesting that like law enforcement has placed a, this will sound very tin hatty. I'm not suggesting that there's a chip on you, but your phone. and we love our phones of course, and the Supreme Court is recognized in Riley that like our phone is an extension of our souls, right? Mm-hmm. , it knows more about us than our diaries did in our homes. This is this Rob Justice Roberts speaking about a Fourth Amendment decision with regard to our cell phones and needing a warrant to get into our cell phone. Well, our phone is leaking data all day long about us to advertisers, marketers, and in turn to data brokers. So, So  Kristina Supler: enforcement. Sorry to interrupt, I'm just, I. Fascinating.  Susan Stone: I'm like 'Mic Drop!'  Kristina Supler: Well, and, and we do criminal defense work. And so without getting too deep into the Fourth Amendment and probable cause and warrants and all that, I'm just curious because I, I, I did not know this. I've learned, uh, some really, really valuable information. Once law enforcement purchases this data, like what do they do with it? Just put it in a database that they cruise through  Susan Stone: or, or do they, They send it to a prosecutor to take it to a grand jury.  Danielle Citron: Yeah, and they can use it. I mean, what I think I'm most worried about is the use of the purchase data to to tell a story in a search warrant. That you then go and get, you know, then a so found probable cause and issued by a judge, and then you use that search warrant to go get the person's communications. Mm-hmm. , right? That their text messages and emails, and we did see that in the Nebraska case, right? Where there was evidence that was used as the basis of a search warrant that then they got text between a mom and a daughter. Their, their Facebook text messages to each other, in which they were talking about getting sort of abortion medicine. So I do worry that information about our location can be used as the circumstantial evidence and basis for a search warrant that then is used to get the communications that we think, gosh, that's the most protected right, are electronic communications. Not only in real time, but then subsequently in storage that you least need, you know, a warrant for. That what makes it easy to get then a warrant is all that circumstantial evidence that's being sold to data brokers. And in terms to  Kristina Supler: law enforcement, I mean, you wanna tell the, the story of your day. I mean, for me it's, it's, it's, look at my Google search history. What did I do all day?  Susan Stone: Well, you know, normally I would say, Kristina, there's nothing juicy on there. But the fact is we represent students involved in sexual assault cases and sometimes we Google things that for professional reasons that how do people know that when we Google consent in different states that it's for our work and not personal. Danielle Citron: Beautifully said. No, no, no. That is, That's so well said. All this is so taken out of context. Mm-hmm. that our searches, you know, we Think they do tell a story of exactly what we're thinking. But as you noted, so well, you're thinking about a case you're working on. Let's say you searched for, you're representing a ter, someone accused of, of a crime related to terrorism. You know, you could, in your practice, why not? Absolutely. And you Right, of course, Right. You're searching bomb making instructions, you know, because it's part of the work that you're doing of the client, right? But we're gonna attribute it to you. Right? So I think you, it's a really wonderfully wonderful example to show how, people often say we have nothing to hide. As my colleague Dan Solov has written a whole book, Nothing to Hide, It's nonsense. We have all have something to hide, and B, it's all taken outta context. So you know what you're searching tells the story of your clients. It tells the story of. Own life and privacy is ours. We shouldn't be have to be having anything to do with hiding. Well, you know what? Or having it framed that way. Right.  Susan Stone: Danielle, you just, actually, I was gonna ask you the question and you answered it. Why should people care? So I'm gonna go to the next thought. Going off of what we've been talking about, big social media companies like Twitter and Facebook and getting people banned off of those platforms.  Let's just talk. Andrew Tate, Kanye West. I know when I heard what Kanye did, it was really upsetting to me. Yeah. And I know that there are mental health issues and battles that he's having, but still the impact on the listener not to sound like a teen. I was triggered. I, I, it was really difficult. How do you balance First Amendment rights with and free speech with saying to these platform? Y you gotta cut it out. You can't, You gotta do a better job monitoring speech and cut it at the path,  Kristina Supler: or just protecting intimate privacy.  Danielle Citron: Yeah, so what's really, I think, gratifying in my work with companies is that they're not First Amendment actors. They're private companies. They curate their communities. Their community guidelines sort of express their values and priorities. And of course we know their data surveillance hubs, , right? How do they make their monies advertising? But at the same time, they're hosting communities and because they're not the government, they can prohibit and ban hate speech. Right. Defined a speech that demeans, that dehumanize, that's incites violence against, uh, members of a group because of their membership right. In that group. And that is subordinating and dehumanizing. And so that is the, I think, gratifying part of my job is that because I'm not advising the government constrained by the First Amendment. I can say to companies, You know what, Hate speech creates an environment in which there's permission to discriminate against attack, abused torment, physically attack individuals, right? Hate speech, we know leads to murder. And so I, I. You know, you asked about the First Amendment and its role in toggling through and dealing with all types of speech. And the first example was hate speech and, Kanye's remarks about, you know, Jewish individuals. And then the question about intimate privacy. And I've been lucky to work with companies that wanna tackle intimate privacy violations. and in part because when she was the attorney general Kamala Harris, Enlisted me to advise her for privacy on privacy for two years, and then to work together on her, what she called the cyber exploitation task force. And we brought together 50 companies in a basement room. in, in the AG's office. Right. And in California, in San Francisco. And this is 2015, February, 2015 before Google and Bing their view is we don't touch speech on our search engines. And many of these companies were like, Sorry, we're not gonna band on consensual pornography. And after we broke into working groups and, public pressure came to bear. And essentially, so in June of 2015, Google and Bing announced that they're gonna dein index. Non-consensual, intimate images and searches of people's names, and that's so much what victims wanted. And companies like, as Twitter, YouTube Facebook you know, you name it, sort of Reddit jumps on the bandwagon and says, Yeah, we're banning it as well. So, intimate privacy violations. Uh, you can tackle them under the First Amendment that as we have at the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, we worked with state lawmakers across the country and there are now 48 laws DC and two territories that criminalize the practice, Unfortunately, as misdemeanors, but their laws on the books. And in five states that have gotten to the state's highest court, all five laws were upheld. They ran them through the crucible of strict scrutiny and the court said, These are constitutional laws, right? They're narrow, they get at a compell. Interest in protecting from harm Individuals who nude photos have been posted without consent. It's the least restrictive means available so we can tackle it even under the first amendment right, intimate privacy violations, we can regulate. Just following up, hope I answered that. They're both two good questions and I wanna make sure I answered both of them. You did great job  Kristina Supler: and, and I'd like to follow up even more so. So in our practice we are, it, it is not uncommon for us to meet with students and parents whose lives have been just decimated because various content has made its way to the internet. Susan Stone: I mean, cancel culture is kids, uh, throw up the word, This kid is a racist. This kid is a rapist. And immediately when other students read it, they believe it. They don't consider, Well, what's the source? Who's saying it? If you read it, ergo,. It must be true.  Kristina Supler: One of the most difficult conversations we have with these students and parents, people's whose lives have been turned upside down, they say, Make it stop. Make it stop. And someone's, someone must be held responsible. This can't go on and on. And we have to unfortunately explain that there's, there's laws and protections and immunity for these, these platforms and it's, it's really difficult for these families. Can you tell us, in your book you write about section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Tell us a little bit about the immunity for some of these platforms based on the content, because I know this issue of content on the internet, we wrestle with it every day. And, and in particular, I'd like to add, can you frame it in a way that parents can get a nugget of what they can do if their child's being canceled online?  Danielle Citron: Okay, so, so first things first, just to kind of emphasize the point that when information is posted online is my, um, I, I interviewed 60 people for my book from around the world, and what resonated for every story for story, right, the posting of nude photos without permission was that like, it was like an incurable disease that no matter when you Googled yourself, there probably would be more nude photos posted about you. Mm-hmm. , that it was impossible to get that content taken down. And you might say, Okay, how is that possible? And this goes to our question about Section 230. There's a federal law passed by Congress in 1996 which at the time was designed to encourage, they called them Interactive Computer Services, but you know, online providers from cleaning up the. Right. So the deal that these two congressmen struck, then Congressmen Ron Whited and Congressman Chris Cox, was that they said, Listen, we're gonna provide a legal shield and immunity from being sued. We're not gonna treat you like you've been publishing or speaking content that somebody else posts. We're gonna let you leave up or take down information. And they framed it as thinking about companies as good Samaritans who'd be filtering and blocking offensive content, Danielle, to the statute.  Susan Stone: That is not how I view Section 230 to today.  Danielle Citron: Today, Of course. Yeah. No, no. Let me explain. So that's the explain, you know, that's how Chris Cox and Rod whiten like frame the statute. Whoa. Right. Second mic drop . And how it's been interpreted there. Two provisions and, and, and probably in your world, you're focusing on the leave up provision. It's been interpreted really broadly to mean that if you leave up information that's illegal, you're free from liability. Even if you've encouraged it, even if you've solicited it, even if you know for sure and you keep it up despite the fact that people have given you proof that it's untrue, it's, it's not what you want. Non-consensual, intimate imagery, no matter. These sites enjoy immunity from responsibility. So that means that when you go to TikTok and there is a, a video created by someone that repost, let's say non-consensual intimate imagery or that repeats lies about someone that are untrue, that ruin their reputation, that the company can. Well, they, they'll accept complaints about it, but they don't have to take it down, and you can't sue them to take it down because of section 230. Now, TikTok has a very comprehensive community guidelines, and I'm working on those guidelines. Right. But let's say we're not talking about a TikTok. We're talking about four chan. We're talking about a sub-reddit. Right, and  Susan Stone: which is getting more popular. The sub-reddit. Danielle Citron: That's right. Re the subreddits are on fire with non-consensual intimate imagery and lots of abuse and the company just ignores complaints. Right. At least I've reported myself non, and I'm literally have nothing to do with the people in the photos. It's so clear from the photos. These subreddits are totally devoted to non-consensual intimate imagery. And they don't care. And they just say, Sorry, you, we haven't violated the, you haven't violated the community guidelines and therefore we're gonna keep it up.  So that's what, you know, you ask like, how is it that content that destroys people's lives can remain online and that individuals have no recourse. And the answer is that the party in the best position to minimize the damage to make it stop. Not to prevent what's harm, the harm that's happened, but to make the harm stop from continuing. Those parties have been understood very broadly to be immune from responsibility. And so the platform can get request letter. Plea after plea and ignore those pleas to take down content, even though that content is destroying the life of a minor, even though that content is invading intimate privacy and cruel and horrific ways, they can just ignore it. Uh, and there are sites whose whole purpose, so there are 9,500 sites whose per purpose is abuse. That is, they focus on intimate image violations like they're called hidden cam, hidden camera. They're not that like sophisticated Mr. Deep fakes. Those sites, even though they've solicited users. To encourage them to post intimate images that they is not, that's not consensually posted. Even though they have received complaints from victims. Please take it down. Um, this is destroying my life. They can ignore it and enjoy immunity from responsibility. So I hope that helps illustrate just how broad this immunity is, right? Even sites whose business model is illegality, intimate privacy violations there, get off scott free. .  Kristina Supler: That's wild. What can we do short of lobbying to change the law? Danielle Citron: We gotta change the law. . Okay. Join me in the fight, right? Absolutely. With folks on the hill, right? Both Democrats and Republicans Senate in house on proposals, uh, in my pitch and, and. I've been somewhat successful but not as successful as I had hoped is to exclude from the immunity provision. Ban Samaritans. Sites that encourage solicitor keep up intimate privacy violations, they shouldn't enjoy the, should not enjoy the immunity and that otherwise for the everyday, companies that are trying but at scale, it's hard that they should have duties of care to address intimate privacy violations and other content that amounts to cyber stalking. Do you know, and the Congress  Susan Stone: I want to ask a question because a lot of these kids, when they call someone out for what they perceive as a bad act, They don't see themselves as bad Samaritans. In fact, they think it's their duty if they hear something to let the world know. And so it seems like there's a, a shift in culture as to what information should be spread. I mean, I know that I was raised with the concept of if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it. And if you don't know for sure really don't say it. But that's not the culture today. Don't you think we need to do a cultural shift on fact checking, be more skeptical? I mean, I think that's, It's hard at the  Kristina Supler: root because on the one hand we've had to work for so many years. Danielle Citron: That's right.  Kristina Supler: To encourage students and individuals of all ages to speak up and speak out about injustices. But yet now we've had this big shift and it's, you know, you have to ask, has the pendulum swung too far in terms of people speaking up and speaking out about what they perceive to be injustice? Susan Stone: That's a really nice context. How did we get here? And we got here because everyone was so silenced. Good point .  Danielle Citron: Yep. No, that's right. And I think the first thing, and I, and I imagine you're doing this in your work all the time and in your practice, is talking to parents about teaching their kids about how not only they should protect themselves, but crucially protect other people. And think about privacy for me as privacy for they. That is, we're all in this together and we've gotta think about how to be better digital citizens and think, as you said, really. Before.  Kristina Supler: Oh, I like that. How to be a better digital citizen.  Susan Stone: I like that. Love that. I, We're gonna steal that line cause we, we might have to, of course. Did you copyright that one if not one. I,  Danielle Citron: I have an article called Intermediaries and Hate Speech Fostering Digital Citizenship for Information Age. And it came out in the LAR review in, in 2011. And it was about how we teach our kids and how intermediaries mean platforms can be a part of the conversation about hate speech and, and what that means. Check that out. That's a great article. Citizen. Yeah, so it's a BU law review. It was like July, 2011. No, feel free, we all should talk about digital citizenship, however you wanna conceive of it but, I've conceived of it is how we think about our own ourselves and our duties to other people. And how we wanna make sure everyone can get the most out of online, you know, life that's networked. There's no other place, cyberspace. It's in us, all of us all the time. And that we have to think about ways to make it a place where we can, a thrive. And sometimes that means being really careful about what we share. And sometimes it does mean speaking out because for far too long, This is the lesson of the Me Too movement is that, there has been silence around sexual assault, and sadly, who gets hit and burn burns are the victims. You saw that in the Johnny Depp, Amber Hearst defamation trial, that it's still, to this day, misogyny is alive and well and living and breathing and instilled by its victims. Right? So it also, of course, if you're falsely accused of, so. It absolutely is earth shattering. So I think what is great is that cuz you're in touch with parents and students is to teach them about their responsibilities as digital citizens. Not their entitlements, but their responsibilities.  Susan Stone: I, We have to end on that note, even though I wanna talk to you about more things. There is, that is so poignant.. And so helpful, and I can't thank you enough. And I feel like the three of us have more collaboration in our future. I see some synergies in what we do, so thank you. Danielle Citron: Oh gosh. Thank you, Kristina Supler: Danielle. Thank you so much for joining us today. And for our listeners, check out her recent book, The Fight for Privacy, Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age.

This week, we sit down with Kaylee Peterson, who is challenging incumbent Rep. Russ Fulcher in the First Congressional District, and Wendy Norman, who is challenging incumbent Rep. Mike Simpson in the Second Congressional District. Both Democrats, Peterson and Norman did not have the chance to debate this election cycle because the incumbent candidates declined to participate in the Idaho Debates.

Both Democrats and Republicans need to finalize who will be their nominees for Texas attorney general. Meanwhile, the incumbent Ken Paxton is showing he is vulnerable to defeat in November.

Representative Terri Sewell and Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock discuss their ongoing battle to protect voting rights for people who are at risk of losing their franchise to participate in our democratic elections.“People talk about how divided our country is,” adds Senator Warnock. “Both Democrats and Republicans are saying that something is broken in our Democracy. How can we not have a debate about it in the United States Senate?” Rep. Sewell urges all citizens, “to vote, volunteer, organize, turn out, and elect people who will do the right thing.”Listen to these two voting rights leaders advocate for the protection of the integrity of our democratic system of government.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Both Democrats and Republicans are currently working to chip away at Section 230 - but for very different reasons. On this episode of BASED, I explain what the "26 words that built the internet" actually mean, break down the free speech implications, and explain what a free market to solution to Big Tech censorship would actually look like.

Both Democrats and Republicans agree on only one thing, but it isn't even true: that whites and people of color are splitting into two opposing voting blocs. It's driving panic on the right, and triumphalism on the left. Yascha Mounk joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast. Bulwark+ members can access an ad-free version of this show and carry on the conservation we started today over on the site at https://bulwarkpodcast.thebulwark.com/. Try a Bulwark+ membership FREE for the next 30 days at thebulwark.com/charlie.

Both Democrats and Republicans agree on only one thing, but it isn't even true: that whites and people of color are splitting into two opposing voting blocs. It's driving panic on the right, and triumphalism on the left. Yascha Mounk joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast. Bulwark+ members can access an ad-free version of this show and carry on the conservation we started today over on the site at https://bulwarkpodcast.thebulwark.com/. Try a Bulwark+ membership FREE for the next 30 days at thebulwark.com/charlie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“I have been paying attention for thirty years,” CNN and SiriusXM host & commentator Michael Smerconish tells us. “And during that time the country has been driven into a partisan ditch.” A well-known visage from his CNN show, Smerconish is also a widely recognized voice, having started on “terrestrial” AM radio two decades before migrating to his current SiriusXM show and podcasts. The Purple Principle wanted to know more about Michael Smerconish, the individual, who features more indie-minded segments on his shows and podcasts as well as his platform, Smerconish.com.  Smerconish details his 2010 decision to break with the Republican Party he grew up in, citing the reckless expansion of the War on Terror and the nasty tone of 2010 Tea Party congressional campaigns. He bemoans the loss of moderate Republicans like Senator Arlen Specter (PA) and Congressman Mike Castle (DE) in that period, expressing current concern that incivility and vitriol is creeping down from the national and state to the local level.    “There have been a number of nasty exchanges at school board meetings pertaining to masks or vax policy,“ he observes. “And they're probably driving reasonable people right out of the discourse.” Smerconish is also a frequent critic of the media, such as in his 2021 Reagan Library speech, “It's Time to Change the Channel.” “Division sells,“ he states emphatically, noting the extreme voices from both parties manipulating that business model to raise money and further congressional careers without legislative success.  Join us today for this master class from Michael Smerconish on partisan politics in the media and partisan media in politics, the tightly-wound symbiosis driving polarization in our country. No magic solutions offered for this trend, but lots of enlightening anecdotes and insights in this episode, Voice of Reason for Independent Minds with Michael Smerconish.  Original music by Ryan Adair Rooney SHOW NOTES Our Guest Michael Smerconish: Twitter, Smerconish.com, CNN's Smerconish, SiriusXM Radio's “The Michael Smerconish Program”, and SXM podcasts “Book Club with Michael Smerconish” and “The Smerconish Podcast”.  Additional Resources CNN's Michael Smerconish - Bio (CNN) Michael Smerconish's Reagan Library Speech (YouTube) James E. Beasley Sr. Sen. Ted Cruz says it was a 'mistake' to call Jan. 6 a 'terrorist attack' after GOP blowback (USA Today) Sorry, but for me, the party is over: Michael Smerconish (Cleveland.com) A day of reflection in a Bucks County community hit hard on 9/11 (Philadelphia Inquirer) The Tea Party Didn't Get What It Wanted, but It Did Unleash the Politics of Anger (New York Times) Senator Goes Face to Face With Dissent (New York Times) Specter Leaves GOP, Shifting Senate Balance (Washington Post) Christine O'Donnell: "I Dabbled Into Witchcraft" (CBS News) Central Bucks adopts state ordered mask rule, Gamble resigns board after death threats (Bucks County Courier Times) Americans' immigration policy priorities: Divisions between – and within – the two parties (Pew Research Center) As public safety tops the agenda, Americans want both order and justice (Ipsos) The Common Ground of the American People: Policy Positions Supported by Both Democrats and Republicans (UMD School of Public Policy) GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who voted to impeach Trump, won't run for reelection (NPR) VoteSafe - Co-Chair Tom Ridge Pursuit of unity: Do history & civics education need a revamp? (CNN's Smerconish) Problem Solvers Caucus bucks the flame-throwing norm (CNN's Smerconish) Find us online! Patreon: patreon.com/purpleprinciplepodcast Twitter: @purpleprincipl Facebook: @thepurpleprinciplepodcast Instagram: @thepurpleprinciplepodcast Our website: https://bit.ly/2ZCpFaQ Sign up for our newsletter: https://bit.ly/2UfFSja 

They say that only the strong survive. However, the truly strong do not boast about survival for they know that there is more to life than mere survival. The people who come up with fancy sayings and wise saws are nothing more than observers sitting on the sidelines. They know nothing of what it takes to be truly strong because coming up with catchphrases does not require strength. Real strength requires wit. One must be able to outsmart their opponent; those who are able to do this endure, while those who fail to do this end up in prison or dead. In order to outsmart others, one must be confident in themselves. One must never succumb to the pressure of the bickering populous. You go your own way; you make your own choices. This is strength: the will to abandon the crowd and go your own way. Not being liked takes guts. Most politicians have no guts. They are slaves to their followers, their polls, their internet studies; they will never upset their fans. Modern politics is nothing more than spinelessness fashion contest. Both Democrats and Republicans are terrified of their voters. These are weak leaders; they have no strength. The people rule these leaders because they are cowards. They hide their emotions from others; they fear that the fourth wall will be broken, that their performance will not receive an award for best preening. This fashion contest, this bullshit act performed for likes and adulation has no clear end in sight. Politicians of the day are people pleasers, which is why they are so painfully inefficient. The people do not want leaders to please them; they vote for leaders who will actually get things done. Fans can be bullies too and standing up to bullies is the ultimate form of strength. What is a following if it is not a violent mob of unruly individuals hoping to persuade you that they know best? What is a following but a church? What is a following but a violent mob? What is a following but a group of raging fundamentalists? What is a following but a hindrance, a blemish, an irrational hoard of group thinkers? Politicians today brag about being controlled by this unruly mob, this violent, insatiable group of primal beings motivated by nothing more than the will to win, the desire to be the best at something, anything. But winning does not require strength. Winning gets a person rewards and great fame. It is easy to win because all you have to do is please the mob. Tell them what they want to hear and they will elevate you to god like status so that you can be as lazy as you like. Losing requires strength. It requires strength when you lose your loved ones, your friends, your family. When those closest to you leave, when they mock you, when they spread lies about you, you must be strong. You must be strong to remain yourself. But are these politicians their true selves? No, they are performance artists who lack the strength to admit that they are performing. They live in a comfortable false reality. Does comfort require strength? No, not in the slightest. Comfort is for the lazy, for the weak, for the mob. The mob desires comfort and so do the leaders of the mob. That is why they adore each other so for they are all weak-minded and cowardly. These leaders lack the strength to admit to their mistakes. They lack the strength to feel their own emotions. They lack the strength to dress how they want to dress. They lack the strength to say what they want to say. Instead they give surveys so that you can dress them, so that you can tell them what to say, so that you can live their lives for them. They are empty vessels, hollow in every way. Their fans see themselves in these leaders and because their fans are vain this satisfies them, temporarily anyway. These so called leaders fail to see the danger in this. They fail to realize that all it takes is another weak leader who is willing to give the people even more to usurp their so called power. And so these leaders really have no strength at all. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morecontentplease/support

Highlights:   “We've got now four independent, back-to-back polls coming out, all showing Biden's approval in the 30s!” “Kamala literally asked NASA if they could do that. ‘Can you track the tree equity in our nation? Can you trace whether white people have more trees in their neighborhoods than people of color?!' This kind of wokeness is making even woke people squirm! #BlackTreesMatter!” “This is perhaps the most devastating find in the poll, it's the buried lead as it were. 64% of American voters, don't want Biden to run for another term. Why is this not headline news?” “13 Republicans in the House bailed out Nancy Pelosi's infrastructure bill vote. It would have gone down in flames; there were enough Democrats on the woke left that voted against it and it was 13 Republicans who saved it. And given how Biden and the Democrats are absolutely imploding in the polls, there's only one possible explanation for why they did what they did. If you think it all through, they support Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden more than they support you.”  Timestamps:   [02:30] Biden's imploding approval ratings[03:40] Kamala's latest disaster and imploding polls[06:23] How many Americans don't want Biden to run again[07:30] Why 2022 may indeed represent a purge of BOTH Democrats and RINOs[21:20] Is the military on the right track?Resources: Ep. 695 Ex-NYT Reporter CRUSHES CNN on LIVE TV!!!What is CRT? Where does CRT come from? Download your FREE guide from Dr. Steve Turley and find out WHY Americans are turning against CRITICAL RACE THEORY!!! https://www.turleytalks.com/wokeGet your own MyPillow here. Enter my code TURLEY at checkout to get a DISCOUNT: https://www.mypillow.com/JOIN US for our Virtual gathering of New Conservative Patriots on November 12th and 13th and Learn How YOU Can Build a Society FREE from WOKENESS! Register today at http://conferences.turleytalks.com/no...JOIN ME, Lt. Col. Waldo Waldman, and DONALD TRUMP JR in PHEONIX for the AMERICAN FREEDOM TOUR Nov 19-20! In honor of our 5 years on YouTube, Get 40% OFF Your Registration!!! https://aft.turleytalks.com/phoenixGet Your Brand-New PATRIOT T-Shirts and Merch Here: https://store.turleytalks.com/Become a Turley Talks Insiders Club Member and get the first 7 days FREE!!: https://insidersclub.turleytalks.com/welcomeFight Back Against Big Tech Censorship! Sign-up here to discover Dr. Steve's different social media options …. but without the censorship! https://www.turleytalks.com/en/alternative-media.com Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode.  If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and/or leave a review.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. 

Democracy is collapsing worldwide. The failure of democracy in the United States will have a disastrous effect on democracy around the globe, especially in Central and South America.  Both Democrats and Republicans are concerned about democracy. Conservatives are concerned about election integrity and Progressives want to protect voting rights. The Freedom to Vote Act addresses both of these concerns. We must defend the Constitution and fight for democracy if we want to keep our freedoms. 

The Biden White House wants us to trust the WHO's investigation into the origins of COVID-19! Then, the fix is in! Both Democrats and Republicans are intent on spending more money, stealing from future generations. Plus, Senator Chuck Schumer re-introduces the idea of D.C. statehood! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Another week in Wisconsin's divided state government and it seems like we've seen this one before — Both Democrats and Republicans push big ideas that they know they other side won't buy. But maybe that's part of the point.

New York Governor Cuomo now has 7 sexual harassment accusations against him and he still refuses to resign. Both Democrats and Republicans are calling for his resignation and impeachment proceedings may begin.

This is a rerelease of episode #73, from September 2020, about the devastating effects the federal PRO Act would have on independent contractors in the U.S.   I am rereleasing this now because the House has announced its plans to vote on this act next week, the week of March 8. We need your help! We must all tell our House representative and our two senators the impact of the PRO Act on our careers. We must explain that we are not “gig workers,” that we are career professionals just like lawyers and accountants. Please tell your story about how you benefit by being an independent contractor.   The PRO Act will likely pass the Democratic House. But, in the 50-50 split Senate, there is hope, but we must get the word out and talk to our legislators and senators now.   This is a call to action!   Here is the edited version of the original show notes from September, with resources below: Today’s guest are Kim Kavin and Karon Warren, two longtime freelance writers who have built successful freelance businesses. Both are active in the fight against the national PRO Act. Kim was active fighting against a similar state bill in New Jersey, and Karon heads up the national efforts to defeat the PRO Act through the grassroots organization Fight for Freelancers. The PRO Act (Protecting the Right to Organize) was introduced in Congress in late 2019. The initial intent of the bill was to protect workers who are misclassified and give them the ability to join a union. However, the bill was amended to add a classification test taken directly from California’s disastrous anti-freelance bill (now law) known as AB5. That test is called the ABC Test and was written in the 1930s for factory workers. The way the ABC Test is currently written prohibits most independent contractors from working with clients. It doesn’t matter if you call yourself a freelancer, consultant, an agency, whatever — if you are a W9 independent contractor, this affects you. The rest of the PRO Act does not harm freelancers, so freelancers need to focus their efforts on getting the ABC Test part of the bill changed. The push for this bill is union funded, and Democrats—including President Joe Biden—support the bill. In California, legislators “weaponized” the ABC Test by deleting some of the original language. The ABC Test has three prongs (A, B, C) that independent contractors must pass in order to do business. It’s the B part that is the problem. B originally had two parts: Part 1 says you can’t be in the same line of business as the company that is paying you to do the work. But Part 2 negates Part 1 if you do all of your work off company premises. Most freelancers can pass Part 2. However, California deleted Part 2, leaving only the part that says you can’t be in the same line of business as the company paying you. That went into law in January 2020 in the state and destroyed careers of all types of independent contractors, who could no longer work for companies in their industry. This included respiratory therapists and other medical professionals who contract with various hospitals — they lost work when they were needed the most during the pandemic. Other careers and industries affected include journalists, content writers, editors, real estate appraisers, comedians, theater workers, symphonies and orchestras, truck drivers, translators and more. In fact, California has found more than 300 industries hurt by AB5. California freelancer writers managed to get an exemption in the law that capped their submissions to 35 a year for each client. The exemption partially helped some writers, but it also had a lot of problems — for example, content writers, blog writers and newspaper columnists could quickly and easily hit 35 submissions, ending their work for that year for that client. Forbes, Hearst and New York Times were among those who have stopped hiring California freelancers. In December 2019, the AB5 copycat bills started popping up in Democrat strongholds (blue states), including New York and New Jersey, where Kim lives. The bill was introduced in New Jersey with about six weeks to go in a lame duck session. New Jersey freelance writers organized quickly to educate lawmakers about the damage to freelance careers. In New Jersey, lawmakers seemed to pay attention when the writers explained that they were “career professionals,” who earn anywhere from $50 to $300 an hour from clients. They compared themselves to specialized accountants and attorneys. They told individual stories that showed that they were professionals, not victims. The movement created the Twitter hashtag #IRSNotABC, which represents that the IRS standard is a better standard than the ABC Test. We should advocate for the PRO Act and state copycat bills to change their language to follow the IRS standard, not the ABC Test. The IRS standard already exists. It was written in the 1980s and has been updated since. The standard has about 60 questions to evaluate the relationship between a person and a company. The IRS website says, “The general rule is that an individual is an independent contractor if the payer has the right to control or direct only the result of the work, not what will be done and how it will be done.” Unlike the B part of ABC, the IRS standard allows independent contractors to work in the same industry as their clients. Most legitimate independent contractors can pass the IRS standard. Laws already exist to protect exploited freelancers, and individuals can file a report with the IRS if they believe they have been exploited, like if they were hired as a “freelancer” but the company required them to work a full-time schedule and on the premises. That is not freelancing. The U.S. Department of Labor in both the Obama and Trump administrations prosecuted cases against companies who have misclassified employees. Some freelancers have said that the PRO Act or a state version doesn’t affect them for various reasons. Let’s go through some of these myths to debunk them and let independent contractors know they are in jeopardy: Myth 1: “I’m protected if I’m an LLC or S Corp.” Not true. While the test says “established business,” you must pass the B prong of the ABC Test to be able to work as an independent contractor. New Jersey advocates asked lawmakers to amend the bill to state that being an LLC or S Corp would exempt independent contractors from the law, but they would not add the language. Myth 2: “This is a partisan issue and those fighting against it are all Trump supporters or Republicans.” Not true. Karon explains that advocates are not taking political sides; they are talking about fixing this piece of legislation. It’s just a fact that Democrats, including Joe Biden, support the PRO Act and the ABC Test. Therefore, it’s critical to educate Democrat lawmakers about why the ABC Test is harmful to freelancers. Melanie’s opinion: If you are a Democrat like me and have Democrat representatives and senators, I think it’s even more critical we speak up because it’s the Democrats’ minds we have to change AND we are their constituents and members of their party. Both Democrats and Republicans can educate their Democratic lawmakers and also ensure their Republican lawmakers know about the PRO Act and will work to change it or vote against it. Myth 3: “Those vocal against the PRO Act are paid by anti-union operatives.” Not true. These are all independent contractors who have created grassroots organizations out of necessity to save their freelance careers. This myth makes it even more important that individual freelancers explain their business and their success to legislators so they can understand who we are. What You Can Do: Educate yourself about the PRO Act and how to fight against it. See resources list below. Contact your U.S. House representative and your two state senators THIS WEEK. Ask to speak to them directly or email them. You can gather a small group of freelancers in your state and request a Zoom meeting. Tell your lawmakers your individual freelance success stories and the benefits you get from freelancing. Explain how much you are contributing to the economy. Then, ask them to change the PRO Act so that it uses the IRS standard, not the ABC Test. You can share data that shows most independent contractors want to remain as such. However, keep in mind that your individual stories affect lawmakers more than a bunch of statistics do.  Share the message widely with other freelancers. Write op-eds for your local newspapers. Share on social media and retweet #IRSNotABC tweets and posts. In September, the Freelancers Union (which is a nonprofit, not a union) held a webinar with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York who supports unions and the PRO Act. However, Schumer acknowledged in the webinar that he recognizes the problems AB5 caused in California and said he is willing to work with freelancers on the PRO Act. This was a huge acknowledgement. Let’s hold him to that promise. (See press release in resources below.) Resources: Share this new video from Fight for Freelancers USA explaining the problems with the PRO Act: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeSiRVOHeMc&feature=youtu.be www.fightforfreelancersusa.com Fight for Freelancers USA Facebook page — this is where you will find the most updated information and how to organize Fight for Freelances USA on Twitter #IRSNotABC on Twitter Fight for Freelancers press release “US Senate Minority Leader Acknowledges Major Problem in PRO Act” Freelance Forward 2020 — Upwork’s latest research on freelancing (statistics to use) NPR article “Jobs in the Pandemic: More Are Freelance and May Stay That Way Forever” Contently article “Does the ABC Test Already Exist in Your State, and Could It Harm Your Career?” Wrapbook blog post “Employee or Contractor? The Complete List of Worker Classification Tests By State” IRS.gov’s information on independent contractors Fight for Freelancers New Jersey The chaos in California

The politics of racism are as ugly as they were decades ago. Unfortunately, the woke mobs have infected all aspects of society with their toxic ideology based on hate and division. The woke mobs are intent on socially engineering our society fueling anger, distrust, and division. The cancer continues to spread due to the lack of political courage and leadership. Both Democrats and Republicans fear the scorn of the woke mobs, and they remain largely silent allowing the mob to become more emboldened.   Don’t forget to share this episode of The P.A.S. Report with family and friends, and on all your social media channels.   It is Professor Giordano’s passion that led him to start The P.A.S. Report. Sick of an activist news media that wants to dictate how to think, Professor Giordano started The P.A.S. Report because of his unique ability to breakdown complex political issues and explain those issues in a way to appeal to everyday Americans. By introducing facts, a conservative perspective, and quality analysis, the listeners can come to their own conclusions.   Listen to The P.A.S. Report to get thought-provoking content and political analysis and be sure to share the episode with others.

Welcome to Majority.FM's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES President Trump’s second impeachment trial begins today! Aren’t we all excited? Here’s what we might see as it plays out. Meanwhile, the deadline is fast approaching for the Biden administration to continue pursuing the extradition case against Julian Assange, and a broad coalition of civil liberties and human rights groups are urging the new president to drop it. And lastly, in Austin, the city council is taking a bold approach to alleviating the housing crisis: buying hotels to provide permanent, supportive homes for unhoused people. THESE ARE THE STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW: Today, the second trial of one Donald J. Trump begins. His crime this time? Inciting an insurrection that briefly occupied the U.S. Capitol building and left five people dead. Will he get away with it? All signs point to probably! Here’s where we stand. On Monday, Trump’s crack legal team, made up of random people he cobbled together after most of his actual lawyers quit, argued that the president didn’t commit the crime he was accused of, and even if he did that trying a former president after he had left office was unconstitutional. The facts point to Trump being a significant driving force in inciting the January 6 insurrection. But when it comes down to it, there’s a good chance he’ll skate simply because of the numbers: 17 Republicans would have to flip on their most recent president in order to get the two thirds majority the Senate needs. Still, we might see some fireworks in the proceedings, which Senate leadership has set up to be lightning-fast. The initial arguments will take place over about four hours early today, which will set up a vote on whether or not the whole thing is constitutional or not on Tuesday afternoon. If the Senate votes that the trial is constitutional, things will go on a little longer. Starting Wednesday, each side will have 16 hours to present their arguments. That means that even with the Senate’s usual glacial pace, we could have a final verdict as early as next week. Both Democrats and Republicans want this thing to be over as quickly as possible, largely so they can go back to fighting over the stimulus bill that actually affects Americans and not this trial, which, well, doesn’t. But hey, now you know, and if we’re lucky we might see some GOP ghouls squirm in the process. Will Biden Drop Julian Assange Case? A broad coalition of civil liberties and human rights groups are pushing the Biden administration to finally drop the extradition case against Julian Assange. The government has until Friday to file a brief with the British court that currently holds Assange’s fate in their hands. The Trump administration had pursued Assange relentlessly, filing their final brief appealing the court’s decision to block Assange’s extradition on January 19, the day before Biden took office. Assange’s case and the media company he founded, Wikileaks, have taken many twists and turns over the years. But regardless of his personal actions, the U.S. government’s aggressive persecution of him would set an extremely dangerous precedent for press freedom across the world. That’s what the coalition is arguing, with signatures from the ACLU, Amnesty International, the Committee to Protect Journalists, Human Rights Watch, Reporters Without Borders, and many more. Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, said in a statement quote: “Most of the charges against Assange concern activities that are no different from those used by investigative journalists around the world every day. President Biden should avoid setting a terrible precedent by criminalizing key tools of independent journalism that are essential for a healthy democracy.” endquote. That about sums it up. We’ll see how the Biden administration decides to play it: whether they follow in Trump’s draconian footsteps, or ease off the gas. Austin Buys Hotel for Homeless In Austin, the local city council has taken a bold approach to the housing crisis plaguing many major cities. At the end of last week, the council approved its second purchase of a hotel that it will convert into permanent, supportive housing for people without a home. This is the progressive solution that advocates have been clamoring for years: use government funding to just give people a home. If hotels are empty, buy them and let people live in them. The new measure will use about $9.5 million to acquire the hotel, and use some funding from the police department’s budget to provide services to its residents. At full occupancy, the operation costs are expected to be about $2.2 million per year: not exactly cheap, but also not an exorbitant expense for a city like Austin. The city councilmembers leading the charge note that this summer’s transformative racial justice movement directly inspired the policy. Council Member Gregorio Casar, who led the effort to cut police funding, said quote: “In the wake of Black Lives Matter protests this summer, we made a significant cut to policing dollars and reinvested that in things like this. That’s how we’re paying for this. That’s the only reason we’re able to do this.” Endquote. Together, the two hotels can provide about 140 units of supportive housing for people in need. That won’t cover all 2500 or so people in Austin experiencing homelessness, but it’s a pretty good start. AND NOW FOR SOME QUICKER QUICKIES: U.S. Representative Ron Wright, a Republican of Texas, died on Monday of COVID-19, marking Congress’s first fatality from the disease. Wright had previously battled lung cancer. A lower court in New York ruled that the state cannot prosecute Paul Manafort under the double jeopardy rule, after the Trump insider skated off with a pardon from the former president. Manafort had been released to home confinement after his lawyers successfully argued that he was in danger of contracting coronavirus, so it’s unlikely he would have seen the inside of a jail again either way. An unidentified hacker broke in to a water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Florida last week and attempted to raise chemical compositions in the city’s water supply to dangerous levels, according to a new story by Wired. Authorities aren’t sure who did it, or why, or how they got in. Iran’s foreign minister played the “no, you” card on the Joe Biden’s fledgling foreign policy team this week, saying that it was on the U.S. to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal, not the other way around. The Biden administration had previously demanded that Iran halt its uranium enrichment program before rejoining the deal, so now the ball is back in their court. We’ll see how this tennis match goes! FEB 9, 2021 - AM QUICKIE HOSTS - Sam Seder & Lucie Steiner WRITER - Jack Crosbie PRODUCER - Dorsey Shaw EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Brendan Finn

Both Democrats and Republicans approved a massive omnibus budget that spends nearly a trillion dollars for Covid-19 relief. This includes checks of $600 to any Americans making $75,000/year (or less) regardless of their employment situation. Now, President Trump and other voices on the left and the right are arguing to increase this payment to $2,000. The media narrative and many other people are calling this a "stimulus," but what will it stimulate? On this episode, we go through the five reasons why so-called stimulus checks (of any amount) are not the answer to economic hardship caused by the pandemic, and why safely re-opening the economy is the best approach. Show Notes: 5 Reasons Why More Stimulus Checks Aren't the Answer Congress Is Right Not to Pass Bailouts for States and Cities9 Things You Need to Know About the $1.4 Trillion Fiscal Year 2021 Omnibus and $900 Billion COVID-19 PackagePrevious Heritage Explains episode on out-of-control Federal spending See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Both Democrats and Republicans should hear this because your candidate may win this time, but election fraud might help the other guy next time.  We need to fix the irregularities now and find ways to unite to protect all of our freedoms, liberties, and rights, even if we don't believe in someone else's 

I start recapping Covid Halloween and talk about aggressive squirrels in my neighborhood and spider crickets.(0:00-7:09) Recorded 11/1/20-My friend from town and around the corner neighbor Brad Garfield, mutli-talented creative media executive, and resident Trump hater joins the pod to talk about the upcoming election and what is at stake for the country. We start talking about Brad's upbringing in Southern California in the 1960s including being a lone Jewish person among peers, his hippy parents, his Marine corp stint, backpacking around Europe in the 80s, how the best decision he ever made galvanized his political activism and awareness, and why it still matters to vote in solid blue and red states (7:10-25:17) What would Brad say to swing a swing voter? One word and one attribute sum things up. We talk Trump supporter narratives, we discuss these Trump caravans leading up to the elections, and speculate post-election day results (25:17-48:00) Brad talks about how internationally we are an embarrassment currently in spite of this attitude of American "exceptionalism" and why young politicians BOTH Democrats and Republican are important as we look ahead. We also talk about how policies matter OVER party. We touch on the fruitless Hunter Biden story and juxtapose it with Trump family nepotism. (48:00-58:00) Why do we think 2020 will be different than 2016? How did we feel after Trump got elected in his first term? How Brad's young adult kids talked him off the ledge.(58:00-1:09:13) Takes of All Temperatures(T.O.A.Ts)- Guys who don't follow ANY sports; espresso over coffee; voice distinction; election take and respective result predicitons (1:10:10- --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

It is an axiom of American life that advantage should be earned through ability and effort. Even as the country divides itself at every turn, the meritocratic ideal – that social and economic rewards should follow achievement rather than breeding – reigns supreme. Both Democrats and Republicans insistently repeat meritocratic notions. Meritocracy cuts to the heart of who we are. It sustains the American dream. But what if, both up and down the social ladder, meritocracy is a sham? Today, meritocracy has become exactly what it was conceived to resist: a mechanism for the concentration and dynastic transmission of wealth and privilege across generations. Upward mobility has become a fantasy, and the embattled middle classes are now more likely to sink into the working poor than to rise into the professional elite. At the same time, meritocracy now ensnares even those who manage to claw their way to the top, requiring rich adults to work with crushing intensity, exploiting their expensive educations in order to extract a return. All this is not the result of deviations or retreats from meritocracy but rather stems directly from meritocracy’s successes. This is the radical argument that Daniel Markovits prosecutes with rare force. Markovits is well placed to expose the sham of meritocracy. Having spent his life at elite universities, he knows from the inside the corrosive system we are trapped within. Markovits also knows that, if we understand that meritocratic inequality produces near-universal harm, we can cure it. When The Meritocracy Trap reveals the inner workings of the meritocratic machine, it also illuminates the first steps outward, towards a new world that might once again afford dignity and prosperity to the American people. To learn more about Prof. Daniel Markovits and his work, visit www.themeritocracytrap.com and follow him on Twitter @dsmarkovits

It is an axiom of American life that advantage should be earned through ability and effort. Even as the country divides itself at every turn, the meritocratic ideal – that social and economic rewards should follow achievement rather than breeding – reigns supreme. Both Democrats and Republicans insistently repeat meritocratic notions. Meritocracy cuts to the heart of who we are. It sustains the American dream.But what if, both up and down the social ladder, meritocracy is a sham? Today, meritocracy has become exactly what it was conceived to resist: a mechanism for the concentration and dynastic transmission of wealth and privilege across generations. Upward mobility has become a fantasy, and the embattled middle classes are now more likely to sink into the working poor than to rise into the professional elite. At the same time, meritocracy now ensnares even those who manage to claw their way to the top, requiring rich adults to work with crushing intensity, exploiting their expensive educations in order to extract a return. All this is not the result of deviations or retreats from meritocracy but rather stems directly from meritocracy’s successes.This is the radical argument that Daniel Markovits prosecutes with rare force. Markovits is well placed to expose the sham of meritocracy. Having spent his life at elite universities, he knows from the inside the corrosive system we are trapped within. Markovits also knows that, if we understand that meritocratic inequality produces near-universal harm, we can cure it. When The Meritocracy Trap reveals the inner workings of the meritocratic machine, it also illuminates the first steps outward, towards a new world that might once again afford dignity and prosperity to the American people. To learn more about Prof. Daniel Markovits and his work, visit www.themeritocracytrap.com and follow him on Twitter @dsmarkovits To get your copy of The Meritocracy Trap, please visit our Amazon affiliate link.To learn more about Provocative Enlightenment Radio, go to http://www.provocativeenlightenment.com

The First Lady reveals her son, Barron, did test positive for COVID-19 around the same time as she and the President. The number of hospitalizations for coronavirus are on the rise in at least 36 states, amid fears of a second wave already starting in Europe. Both Democrats and Republicans press Supreme Court nominee judge Amy Coney Barrett on the Affordable Care Act, with the Court set to hear a case challenging the law just days after the election. Early voting underway in 48 states; and news on the New York City woman who falsely claimed a Black man was threatening her in Central Park.

Its finally Friday and topics tackled today include...Speaker Pelosi doubles down on undermining of Presidential debates ahead of Trump-Biden faceoff and tries to explain why Biden shouldn't debate Trump; On the JR poll, you are asked if Tuesday nights debate change the race for President?; Its the sign of the times. Are you noticing campaign sign theft? Both Democrats and Republicans report removal of campaign signs from yards, calls for thefts to stop; President Trump faces choice on Supreme Court pick with some sources say Amy Coney Barrett is the frontrunner and its Friday and time for another warm serving of the dish

Today’s guest are Kim Kavin and Karon Warren, two longtime freelance writers who have built successful freelance businesses. Both are active in the fight against the national PRO Act. Kim was active fighting against a similar state bill in New Jersey, and Karon heads up the national efforts to defeat the PRO Act through the grassroots organization Fight for Freelancers. The PRO Act (Protecting the Right to Organize) was introduced in Congress in late 2019. The initial intent of the bill was to protect workers who are misclassified and give them the ability to join a union. However, the bill was amended to add a classification test taken directly from California’s disastrous anti-freelance bill (now law) known as AB5. That test is called the ABC Test and was written in the 1930s for factory workers. The way the ABC Test is currently written prohibits most independent contractors from working with clients. It doesn’t matter if you call yourself a freelancer, consultant, an agency, whatever — if you are a W9 independent contractor, this affects you. The rest of the PRO Act does not harm freelancers, so freelancers need to focus their efforts on getting the ABC Test part of the bill changed. The push for this bill is union funded, and Democrats —including presidential candidate Joe Biden — support the bill. Kim was involved in fighting a copycat bill in New Jersey. A co-sponsor of the bill told her if she wanted to make changes she needed to negotiate directly with the AFL-CIO. That shows who is controlling and pushing these bills. In California, legislators “weaponized” the ABC Test by deleting some of the original language. The ABC Test has three prongs (A, B, C) that independent contractors must pass in order to do business. It’s the B part that is the problem. B originally had two parts: Part 1 says you can’t be in the same line of business as the company that is paying you to do the work. But Part 2 negates Part 1 if you do all of your work off company premises. Most freelancers can pass Part 2. However, California deleted Part 2, leaving only the part that says you can’t be in the same line of business as the company paying you. That went into law in January 2020 in the state and destroyed careers of all types of independent contractors, who could no longer work for companies in their industry. This included respiratory therapists and other medical professionals who contract with various hospitals — they lost work when they were needed the most during the pandemic. Other careers and industries affected include journalists, content writers, editors, real estate appraisers, comedians, theater workers, symphonies and orchestras, truck drivers, translators and more. In fact, California has found more than 300 industries hurt by AB5. California freelancer writers managed to get an exemption in the law that capped their submissions to 35 a year for each client. The exemption partially helped some writers, but it also had a lot of problems — for example, content writers, blog writers and newspaper columnists could quickly and easily hit 35 submissions, ending their work for that year for that client. Forbes, Hearst and New York Times were among those who have stopped hiring California freelancers. In December 2019, the AB5 copycat bills started popping up in Democrat strongholds (blue states), including New York and New Jersey, where Kim lives. The bill was introduced in New Jersey with about six weeks to go in a lame duck session. New Jersey freelance writers organized quickly to educate lawmakers about the damage to freelance careers. In New Jersey, lawmakers seemed to pay attention when the writers explained that they were “career professionals,” who earn anywhere from $50 to $300 an hour from clients. They compared themselves to specialized accountants and attorneys. They told individual stories that showed that they were professionals, not victims. At one hearing, a lawmaker said they were going to protect the freelancers from “nefarious” companies. Kim yelled at a New Jersey senator to stop calling her clients nefarious and exploitative. The pandemic has helped lawmakers understand how many independent contractors are out there because we got attention when we became eligible for unemployment benefits and the Paycheck Protection Program. When AB5 went into law in California, the American Society of Journalists and Authors (a membership organization of freelance writers, of which Kim, Karon and Melanie are members) filed a lawsuit with the National Press Photographers Association challenging the new law on First Amendment and other Constitutional grounds.  Karon got involved at that part, even though she’s in Georgia, a red state where a copycat bill does not exist. But Karon knew she needed to fight against the federal PRO Act, which would affect independent contractors in all 50 states. If the PRO Act passes, companies will begin outsourcing work to people outside of the U.S. The movement created the Twitter hashtag #IRSNotABC, which represents that the IRS standard is a better standard than the ABC Test. We should advocate for the PRO Act and state copycat bills to change their language to follow the IRS standard, not the ABC Test. The IRS standard already exists. It was written in the 1980s and has been updated since. The standard has about 60 questions to evaluate the relationship between a person and a company. The IRS website says, “The general rule is that an individual is an independent contractor if the payer has the right to control or direct only the result of the work, not what will be done and how it will be done.” Unlike the B part of ABC, the IRS standard allows independent contractors to work in the same industry as their clients. Most legitimate independent contractors can pass the IRS standard. Laws already exist to protect exploited freelancers, and individuals can file a report with the IRS if they believe they have been exploited, like if they were hired as a “freelancer” but the company required them to work a full-time schedule and on the premises. That is not freelancing. The U.S. Department of Labor in both the Obama and Trump administrations have prosecuted cases against companies who have misclassified employees. Some freelancers have said that the PRO Act or a state version doesn’t affect them for various reasons. Let’s go through some of these myths to debunk them and let independent contractors know they are in jeopardy:   Myth 1: “I’m protected if I’m an LLC or S Corp.” Not true. While the test says “established business,” you must pass the B prong of the ABC Test to be able to work as an independent contractor. New Jersey advocates asked lawmakers to amend the bill to state that being an LLC or S Corp would exempt independent contractors from the law, but they would not add the language.   Myth 2: “This is a partisan issue and those fighting against it are all Trump supporters or Republicans.” Not true. Karon explains that advocates are not taking political sides; they are talking about fixing this piece of legislation. It’s just a fact that Democrats, including presidential candidate Joe Biden, support the PRO Act and the ABC Test. Therefore, it’s critical to educate Democrat lawmakers about why the ABC Test is harmful to freelancers.   Melanie’s opinion: If you are a Democrat like me and have Democrat representatives and senators, I think it’s even more critical we speak up because it’s the Democrats’ minds we have to change AND we are their constituents and members of their party. Both Democrats and Republicans can educate their Democratic lawmakers and also ensure their Republican lawmakers know about the PRO Act and will work to change it or vote against it.   Myth 3: “Those vocal against the PRO Act are paid by anti-union operatives.” Not true. These are all independent contractors who have created grassroots organizations out of necessity to save their freelance careers. This myth makes it even more important that individual freelancers explain their business and their success to legislators so they can understand who we are.   What You Can Do: Educate yourself about the PRO Act and how to fight against it. See resources list below. Contact your U.S. House representative and your two state senators. Ask to speak to them directly or email them. You can gather a small group of freelancers in your state and request a Zoom meeting. Tell your lawmakers your individual freelance success stories and the benefits you get from freelancing. Explain how much you are contributing to the economy. Then, ask them to change the PRO Act so that it uses the IRS standard, not the ABC Test. You can share data that shows most independent contractors want to remain as such. However, keep in mind that your individual stories affect lawmakers more than a bunch of statistics do. Share the message widely with other freelancers. Write op-eds for your local newspapers. Share on social media and retweet #IRSNotABC tweets and posts.   In September, the Freelancers Union (which is a nonprofit, not a union) held a webinar with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York who supports unions and the PRO Act. However, Schumer acknowledged in the webinar that he recognizes the problems AB5 caused in California and said he is willing to work with freelancers on the PRO Act. This was a huge acknowledgement. (See press release in resources below.)     Resources:   www.fightforfreelancersusa.com   Fight for Freelancers USA Facebook page — this is where you will find the most updated information and how to organize   Fight for Freelances USA on Twitter   #IRSNotABC on Twitter   Fight for Freelancers press release “US Senate Minority Leader Acknowledges Major Problem in PRO Act”   Freelance Forward 2020 — Upwork’s latest research on freelancing (statistics to use)   NPR article “Jobs in the Pandemic: More Are Freelance and May Stay That Way Forever”   Contently article “Does the ABC Test Already Exist in Your State, and Could It Harm Your Career?”   Wrapbook blog post “Employee or Contractor? The Complete List of Worker Classification Tests By State”   IRS.gov’s information on independent contractors   Fight for Freelancers New Jersey   The chaos in California  

From Friday, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg have passed away from pancreatic cancer. Her incredible resiliency, courage, drive, and determination have changed the American dream. She managed from being top of her class at Cornell University to becoming a professor at Rutgers and Columbia Law School. Then the years passed and President Bill Clinton appointed her as Supreme Court Judge. Her role as judge not only protected the rights of so many Americans, she protected the rights for women all around the country. May her soul rest in peace. Live free RBG! Mitch McConnell had the audacity to call for another Supreme Court Judge on the night of her death and tarnished the reputation of RBG and our right to vote for election day. Both Democrats and Republicans are at war to either prevent or interfere with the nomination. McConnell's remark was a total slap in our face and proved once and for all that he just blew off America. We need to take back our democracy and vote to end this nightmare in order to have America back. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nathan-jeffcoat/support

RBG has passed away. Both Democrats and Republicans wasted no time jumping on social media to plead their case of whether the next justice should be nominated and confirmed before the elections or after. Whatever our political beliefs may be, what ever happened to being human and allowing for a mourning period?? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode of CHATTINN CYBER, Marc Schein interviews Kenneth Rashbaum, a Queens native who has led the way in developing and navigating the broad field of cybersecurity and data privacy. Pulling from his diverse portfolio of education and experience, Rashbaum uses his background to involve himself comprehensively within everything that the cybersecurity world touches. Kenneth has served on e-discovery councils advocating for best practices in the exchange of international digital evidence within complex litigation. While making advancements within this field, Rashbaum was appointed to several leadership roles.  He sat as faculty for the Federal Judicial Center and for the Georgetown Advanced E-Discovery Institute, and also acted as a special consultant to the New Jersey Assembly in preparation for the state’s first comprehensive privacy and cybersecurity bill. Additionally, Ken testified before the New Jersey Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee, using his expertise in cybersecurity and privacy to serve his current home state. Kenneth Rashbaum’s involvement within the financial field occurs most frequently when the Fordham law professor educates leaders and CEOs concerning the relationship between digital security and information privacy. Rashbaum works with these companies and organizations to ensure that internal policy meets state and national law in addition to client safeguard requirements for data protection and privacy expectations. With an expertise in organizing and negotiating technology contracts, Kenneth has helped many companies gain profitable business opportunities. In the interview, Rashbaum discusses his approach to a well-implemented cybersecurity plan primarily as an offensive move and secondarily as a defensive one in response to a data incident. A company or organization should assess the potential risk of an attack and implement preventative actions before any red flags appear. In his expert opinion, a mature cybersecurity program includes the following core elements: Taking inventory of and understanding the reason for current data Noting where data is stored Assessing whether it is protected by specific law Knowing who has access to it Creating a plan to safeguard the data While some companies are only beginning to actualize a plan as Rashbaum advises, Marc Schein’s interview reveals that Kenneth has been an eye-witness to the relationship between cybersecurity and data privacy since HIPAA enacted compliance laws decades ago. “HIPAA,” explains Rashbaum “is where privacy and cybersecurity regulation in the United States started. It is the only nationwide comprehensive privacy and cybersecurity law with implementing regulations that we have—[t]he U.S. is very sectoral while the rest of the world has overall privacy and security regulation.” Marc and Kenneth chat about some of the current political issues that cause a divide on cybersecurity ideology. “[Both Democrats and Republicans] think federal privacy and cybersecurity law is a necessary,” begins Rashbaum. “So there is no debate about the ends, there’s a debate about the means.” Will the country come to a consensus on universal cybersecurity implementation? Does your company have in place an updated and effective policy for data protection and breach prevention? Consider these questions as you listen to Marc Schein’s interview with Kenneth Rashbaum in this episode of CHATTINN CYBER.  

Both Democrats and Republicans claim to be the side for enacting true justice, but the two worldviews look radically different. Amid riots, police shootings, and racial tensions, Allie Beth Stuckey breaks down how to look at the truth and facts of justice through a Biblical worldview.  Today's Links: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/upshot/surprising-new-evidence-shows-bias-in-police-use-of-force-but-not-in-shootings.html https://www.pnas.org/content/116/32/15877 https://www.city-journal.org/reflections-on-race-riots-and-police https://www.hoplofobia.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2016-Perils-of-Police-Action.pdf https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-full-truth-about-race-and-policing-11591744223 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-william-p-barr-announces-launch-operation-legend Today's Sponsor: See how much you can save on your car and homeowners insurance. Go to https://Gabi.com/RELATABLE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this podcast, I am going to reveal some of the most perverse tactics politicians use to manipulate our minds to meet their desired outcomes.  Both Democrats and Republicans are equally guilty. Politicians are keenly drawn to behaviorism and specific classical conditioning for one simple reason. It has the capacity to control your behavior.  You will learn how this happens.  In a democracy, for the politician, one behavior matters above all other behaviors, show up and vote FOR ME, so anything and any way that a politician can influence behavior is of the utmost importance.  We must not remain complacent, lazy, or oblivious to this any longer!  By understanding the tactics, we can identify the offenders, and vote them out of office.  The politicians are happily content with society divided, as when voters are angry, name-calling, and attacking each other, the politicians quietly and complacently are not held accountable and sit in their cozy world in Washington DC.  By the end of the podcast, a new light will be shown on the devious, evil tactics deployed to manipulate your behavior and mine every day by politicians from both sides of the political aisle. 

This Week: On Friday, talks for another COVID-19 stimulus bill stalled after White House Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows and Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin met with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Both Democrats and Republicans are searching for a solution to ease the financial burdens of those most affected by the coronavirus. FOX's Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram spoke with FOX's Washington Correspondent Rachel Sutherland on the latest from Capitol Hill.  President Trump and the White House continue to grapple with the efficacy and security of mail-in ballots, as the pandemic stretches into its fifth month. FOX's White House Correspondent Jon Decker speaks with Rachel about everything the White House is doing to address mail-in voting, from a legal perspective as election day approaches. Thursday August 6th, marked 75 years since America detonated the atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The devastating blast killed an estimated 140,000 people. At the time, President Harry Truman believed it was the only way to force the Japanese Empire to surrender and end World War II. Fox's Simon Owen speaks to survivor Hideko Tamura Snider. 75 years later, Tamura Snider discusses that morning and what mankind can learn from it. With the 2020 Election less than 100 days away, FOX News Politics Editor Chris Stirewalt discusses some of the most contested races in the Senate, including Senators Martha McSally of Arizona and Cory Gardner of Colorado. Chris also weighs in on the upcoming Democratic and Republican national conventions, scheduled for the next two weeks. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

The Justice Department says it has made the investigation into George Floyd's death "a top priority," after furor over a video depicting a white police officer kneeling on his neck spilled over into widespread protests for a second night. Both Democrats and Republicans called Floyd's death a tragedy. But what action could come from it?This episode: Congressional correspondent Susan Davis, White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe, and justice correspondent Ryan Lucas.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) are bringing you the best excerpts from this week's riveting Congressional Hearing by an unlikely hero: Texas Republican businessman Michael Bowen. His two hour testimony during the Dr. Bright Pandemic Response Congressional Hearing is everything the U.S. government (BOTH Democrats and Republicans) do not want you see and is better than at least half of what's on Netflix. YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS EPISODE. Thank you to Mr. Bowen, and all the whistleblowers, for reminding us there are still Americans that see value in being a decent person fighting the good fight. Rate! Review! Subscribe! Tell your friends!

The Coronavirus pandemic has disrupted lives all over the world. Here in the United States, many states are forbidding residents from going to work and from leaving their homes except for necessities such as grocery shopping or medical visits. Many Americans have already been living from paycheck-to-paycheck, some are unemployed, and some are without homes. Needless to say, poverty can only increase under these circumstances. Businesses will fail. People will lose their jobs and their homes. Many will not bounce back. How did this pandemic become so severe that we're needing to shut entire cities down? Why are we not testing more people? Why are we lacking test kits, ventilators, and other resources to stop this pandemic? Here, in the United States of America, surely we have plenty of resources to build whatever we need to curb the spread of this virus. We've been practicing trickle-down economics, listening to millionaires and billionaires assure us that helping them will trickle down back to us. Yet the wealthy are mysteriously silent, unable to fund the resources we need to fight this disease. Why? Could it be that some people are profiting from this epidemic? Why did Trump shut down the pandemic response team and reduce funds for the CDC? Why did the CDC refuse test kits from the World Health Organization and restrict laboratories from making their own kits? We, the people, are paying taxes to support a government whose job is to prevent pandemics like this. We want answers. We want our money back! The Republicans have an economic "stimulus" plan that benefits big corporations, not the average person. Both Democrats and Republicans will probably use this pandemic as another way to extend the Patriot Act and take away more of our civil liberties.

Both Democrats and Republicans want to see something happen around immigration. "It motivates their base" says one of our guests.Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Find us on Twitter @1A.

Bio Andrew Free (@ImmCivilRights) is an abolitionist lawyer fighting alongside immigrant communities in the Deep South and across the country to defend deportations and advance civil rights. Resources Law Office of R. Andrew Free   A Good Provider is One Who Leaves by Jason DeParle   Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Resource on Maryland v. King   HEADLINES:   News Roundup   Mark Zuckerberg defends decision to allow misinformation by politicians   Zuckerberg delivered remarks on Thursday at Georgetown defending his company’s policy to leave up false political ads. But his speech was roundly criticized.   Both Democrats and civil rights organizations blasted Zuckerberg for deliberately refusing to fact-check ads placed by politicians. Leadership Conference for Civil Rights President Vanita Gupta, NAACP Legal Defense Fund head Sherrilyn Ifill, and Bernice King—the daughter of slain civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr.—all pointed to the historical role that disinformation has played in suppressing the voices of and inciting hatred against people of color.   Elizabeth Warren also escalated her attacks against Zuckerberg, challenging Facebook to remove an ad that her campaign posted. In order to illustrate the absurdity of Facebook’s policy to leave up false ads placed by politicians, Warren’s ad contained a deliberately false claim that Zuckerberg had endorsed Donald Trump for president. Facebook responded that it would prioritize free speech over facts and that it wouldn’t step in to police false claims made by politicians.   Joe Biden’s presidential campaign sent a letter to Facebook after a political action committee posted an ad that falsely claimed that Biden blackmailed the Ukrainian government to stop investigating his son, Hunter Biden, by threatening to withhold aid. Biden’s campaign says the ad wasn’t posted by a politician—it was posted by a PAC—and should’ve been taken down. The ad has since been removed.   On Monday, Facebook announced that it found and disabled misinformation campaigns apparently being conducted by Russia and Iran. The company also announced plans to label content posted by state actors.   Warren pledges to reject donations from big tech   In a blog post ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic debate, Elizabeth Warren also pledged to reject campaign funding from executives at Alphabet,  Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Lyft, and other big tech companies. Those executives would otherwise be allowed to donate up to $2,800.   Harris and Warren spar over Twitter   During the Democratic debate Tuesday night, Kamala Harris went after Elizabeth Warren for the latter’s refusal to support Harris’ call for Twitter to disable Trump’s Twitter account. Warren responded that her goal is to get Trump out of the White House not off Twitter. Twitter has said that it would not disable Trump’s account unless he specifically violates the social media company’s rules against threatening individuals, promoting terrorism or self-harm, or posting private information like a phone number.     Bernie Sanders wants to break up big media   Bernie Sanders, on the other hand, is taking a slightly different tack. The presidential candidate released a plan to dismantle the mergers of large media companies that have been approved during the Trump era. Sanders specifically mentioned Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox as an example of corporate greed that he would seek to tamp down as president.     Facebook loses support from major Libra allies   Facebook has lost the support of major banks it relied on to make its cryptocurrency, Libra, a reality. Mastercard, Visa, Ebay, Stripe and Latin American payments company Mercado Pago all pulled out of the partnership with the so-called Libra Association, citing regulatory concerns and a number of other factors. The companies joined PayPal, which left the association the week before last. Lyft and Vodafone are still in, according to Reuters.   FCC approves Sprint T-Mobile merger   The Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines to approve the Sprint-T-Mobile merger last week, with Democratic Commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel and Geoffrey Starks opposing based on pricing concerns, including the lack of a resolution regarding the broadband subsidy program known as Lifeline. The deal got the DOJ’s stamp of approval in July. But the merger still faces a multistate lawsuit from ten states seeking to block the merger.   AT&T ‘s keeps hiking prices   AT&T has continued to hike prices by as much as 50%, according to Jon Brodkin at Ars Technica. The company’s new “TV Now” package is rising by $15 per month, from $50 to $65. The company is also raising prices on its “Live a Little” plan from $50 to $60 in November. This is the second time the company has raised prices for this plan. In April, it hiked it from $40 to $50—that’s a $20 monthly increase over the span of just 7 months.

After the shooting that happened in El Paso and Dayton Nash and Will sat down to talk about the current state of the nation. Both Democrats and Republicans had a lot to same a a lot to blame for there tragedies. Join us as we discuss what we do and do not agree with. Tucker Carlson also called White Supremacy a hoax...really. Finally we discuss a cause of the great divide we are seeing in today's society. It's a sad one this week but a lot that needed to be said. Join us and let us know what you think. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/you-mad-bro/support

Politicians arts hall always trying to stay relevant by using divisive words. Both Democrats and Republicans do it. The thing is is America is way less divided than they think. I also take a look at satirical candidate Vermin Supreme for a libertarian nomination, and how a non-serious candidate will effect the libertarian party. https://eyeontheempire.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eyeon2020/support

Both Democrats and Republicans denounced Northam's racism, and he quickly apologized publicly for the insensitive yearbook picture. But although liberals rightly denounced Northam's racism, Dr. Alveda King says, they failed to discern the greater horror, Northam's blatant support for infanticide. Listen to hear what Dr. King has to say about it.

The mid term elections in 1946 were a disaster for the Democratic Party, which faced fraudulent accusations of communist sympathies from their Republican rivals. Both Democrats and Republicans learned that 'red baiting' was a useful tactic and could be weaponised against political enemies.Explaining History is funded through advertising and donations. For more content, journalism and ideas, visit the Explaining History Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=763386 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

CLASSIC FILM, POLITICS AND A MATTHEW MODINE CONNECTION? CO-FOUNDER OF LARGEST ONLINE NEWS NETWORK IN THE WORLD AND TCM HOST, BEN MANKIEWICZBen Mankiewicz is a founding member of the TYT Network (The Young Turks) which is the largest online news network in the world.TYT, while having a progressive bent, is known to be brutal to BOTH Democrats and Republicans.Ben hosts WHAT THE FLICK and appears across the TYT Network on different shows from sports to politics.Ben's role as a host of Turner Classic Movies has taken on a large part of his professional life. Mark and Ben talk about how his relationship with Hollywood and it's stars has evolved.Mark and Ben talk classic movies, Sunset Blvd, Full Metal Jacket, Matthew Modine and Mel Brooks.Then, the two discuss Donald Trump's State of the Union speech and message.You can reach the show by email: edgewithmarkthompson@gmail.com

Ben Mankiewicz is a founding member of the TYT Network (The Young Turks) which is the largest online news network in the world. TYT, while having a progressive bent, is known to be brutal to BOTH Democrats and Republicans.   Ben hosts WHAT THE FLICK and appears across the TYT Network on different shows from sports to politics. Ben's role as a host of Turner Classic Movies has taken on a large part of his professional life.  Mark and Ben talk about how his relationship with Hollywood and it's stars has evolved. Mark and Ben talk classic movies, Sunset Blvd, Full Metal Jacket, Matthew Modine and Mel Brooks. Then, the two discuss Donald Trump's State of the Union speech and message. You can reach the show by email:  edgewithmarkthompson@gmail.com

Ben Mankiewicz is a founding member of the TYT Network (The Young Turks) which is the largest online news network in the world. TYT, while having a progressive bent, is known to be brutal to BOTH Democrats and Republicans.   Ben hosts WHAT THE FLICK and appears across the TYT Network on different shows from sports to politics. Ben's role as a host of Turner Classic Movies has taken on a large part of his professional life.  Mark and Ben talk about how his relationship with Hollywood and it's stars has evolved. Mark and Ben talk classic movies, Sunset Blvd, Full Metal Jacket, Matthew Modine and Mel Brooks. Then, the two discuss Donald Trump's State of the Union speech and message. You can reach the show by email:  edgewithmarkthompson@gmail.com

The light beam of god's love is the only thing that can reorder our world, and dispel the darkness of the hatred and division that is being seen in today's world. 1 John 2:11. Whoever acts hatefully towards his brother is living life in darkness and does not know where his life is taking him, because the darkness blinds his eyes to the way ahead of him. WHERE DO THE DIVISIONS COME FROM? We all derive a sense of belonging from somewhere. Our sense of belonging comes firstly from our family. Here is where parents determine the values and worldview of the child. They determine which race, culture, religion and political preferences a child belongs to. A child pins its loyalty to these worldviews of the family ‘isms' and can start to feel different from others. This is how tribal values and behaviours begin, between the ages of 7 to about 12 and into adolescence. Emotional attachments are formed to the tribal flag or banner and that causes separation. One group will devalue the values of another group and then tend to devalue the persons in that group. But breaking out is as commonplace as hanging in – just under another banner. Some ideological, cultural and religious groupings are like prisons that make it extremely difficult for people to break out. When these groupings become destructive within a peace loving community it becomes a matter of law and order to bring peace and order (Romans 13:1-7). Nonetheless even if the ideology is unredeemable, the individuals are always redeemable. But we are talking here about people who should know better and who have a Judeo Christian heritage, and unfortunately separation has happened in various degrees over the years within Christianity between the thirty six thousand protestant denominations and the Catholic and the Orthodox Church etc. Galatians 3:27 … there is no Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male or female… Here Paul defines ethnic, social, political, and gender groupings. Those kinds of groupings used to and still do bring division and hostility into human relationships. This has now become a social and political war of entitlement between special interest groups. We also have people who advocate tolerance to ‘moral progressiveness' speaking hatefully in their intolerance of those who stand up for traditional moral values. TODAY'S WORLD In the US in the last week there has been cultural and racial and political hostility erupting, culminating in the death and injury of people in Charlottesville Virginia. White Nazi supremacists from out of state, epitomized by one man from Carolina who justified the killing of an innocent woman, have become the focus of the darkness in the tribal divisions existing in the nation. America is better than that, but the hostile and angry rhetoric, sadly from people in the highest places of leadership have left millions of people, including myself, dismayed and disappointed. Both Democrats and Republicans are perplexed and confused. I mentioned some weeks ago that there was to be a total eclipse of the sun over America on Monday, occurring from West to East (NASA map) starting from Oregon and ending in South Carolina. Is this symbolic of the darkness? Is God sending a wake up call? Ephesians 4:6…One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. My hope is that the awakening would cause people to see one another as their Father in Heaven sees them. Acts 17:26 And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our bein

Weekly live webcast/podcast devoted to discussion of news and politics from the perspective of Ayn Rand's philosophy, Objectivism. Hosted by Amy Peikoff. Both Democrats and Republicans this week are facing accusations of dishonesty and subterfuge. Are you surprised? Why is this so common today? Is it something we should just accept? Let me know what you think during today's show. Go to my blog for Program Notes for today's show.

Tonight's guest is the Director of Movie Fear of a Black Republican, Kevin Williams! www.fearofablackrepublican.com FEAR OF A BLACK REPUBLICAN begins with the simple question… Does the Republican Party really want more African Americans? Independent filmmaker Kevin J. Williams takes a non-partisan journey over four years and two Presidential Elections to find out why there are so few Black Republicans and what that means for the future of the Two-Party Political System in America. From the Civil War to the Great Depression, the GOP was the Party for many African-Americans, but today, barely 10% of African Americans consider themselves to be Republican and Urban areas are no longer considered competitive parts of America’s Election map. Beginning in his hometown, Williams speaks with BOTH Democrats and Republicans as he takes a personal and humorous look at his own Republican Party’s efforts in urban areas versus the suburbs, the Democratic Party's success in retaining the African American vote, the seeming phenomenon of Black Republicans and what this all means for America. FEAR OF A BLACK REPUBLICAN gives audiences of all Demographics and Political Persuasions a ground-breaking and moving view of American Politics unlike any they have ever seen and one which they'll never forget. WM3G - Home of the #1 Black Conservative Talk Radio Broadcast in the South Eastern United States. WMMG also serves as home to several other popular talk radio programs. Be sure to check our schedule for all programs and times. Listen to ... the show live Sunday's 8pm est on www.kirpradioshow.com 619-638-8559

Both Democrats and Republicans are campaigning with traditional appeals to "the Middle Class." Do party platforms offer credible promises to achieve "the American Dream?"

Both Democrats and Republicans seem intent on getting rid of Fannie and Freddie.  The US Treasury recently annouced it's intent to "accelerate the winding-down of Fannie & Freddie".    What plan does each candidate have for strengthening and improving the mortgage  and housing industries?  Which candidate is most likely going to cause private investors to return to investing in mortgage instruments?  What is this all mean for loan servicing? Our special guests are DAVID STEPHENS and AUSTIN TILGHMAN with United Capital Markets, and their thoughts and opinions are highly regarded within the mortgage industry, especially as it relates to LOAN SERVICING.  I encourage you to tune in and listen to this important broadcast to gain valued perspective from these two industry leaders.  Mortgage industry veteran, David Lykken, along with frequent guests, Alice Alvey, Joe Farr, Andy Schell and Tony Garritano provide up-to-the-minute information on interest rates, loan programs and "hot" industry news related to the mortgage industry.  Our goal is to help industry professionals  sort through and understand important issues related to the mortgage  and housing industries.    Both Democrats and Republicans seem intent on getting rid of Fannie and Freddie.  The US Treasury recently annouced it's intent to "accelerate the winding-down of Fannie & Freddie".    What plan does each candidate have for strengthening and improving the mortgage  and housing industries?  Which candidate is most likely going to cause private investors to return to investing in mortgage instruments?  What is this all mean for loan servicing? Our special guests are DAVID STEPHENS and AUSTIN TILGHMAN with United Capital Markets, and their thoughts and opinions are highly regarded within the mortgage industry, especially as it relates to LOAN SERVICING.  I encourage you to tune in and listen to this important broadcast to gain valued perspective from these two industry leaders.  Mortgage industry veteran, David Lykken, along with frequent guests, Alice Alvey, Joe Farr, Andy Schell and Tony Garritano provide up-to-the-minute information on interest rates, loan programs and "hot" industry news related to the mortgage industry.  Our goal is to help industry professionals  sort through and understand important issues related to the mortgage  and housing industries.