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Greg Kelly and Eric Eggers discussing what they describe as a partisan double standard within the American legal and intelligence systems. They argue that the FBI and Department of Justice have been weaponized to target Donald Trump through politically motivated investigations while ignoring credible allegations against the Clintons and Joe Biden. They address the "deep state" of career bureaucrats maintaining control over the government regardless of which party holds the presidency. Eggers highlights the persistence of this ideological bias, claiming that institutional power is used to protect preferred political figures and undermine opponents. Tune in to hear more!

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Patrick examines how the public’s trust unraveled during the COVID-19 pandemic, threading together raw stories of hospital reporting, misclassified deaths, frustrated teachers, and families caught off guard by shifting mandates. Honest voices hint at personal scars, especially in students’ behavior and anxiety, as Patrick questions how justice, forgiveness, and accountability might coexist when truth feels so scarce. Bureaucratic responses, ethical concerns, and the collision of hope with disappointment set the tone as he stirs reflection on what should change before the world faces another upheaval. Joline - I went in for pneumonia and when I was discharged my paper said COVID. (00:59) Audio: History should remember how the unvaccinated were treated by these people – 2:15 - https://x.com/KellyLMcCarty/status/2082422837948662092 (09:14) Audio: Fauci "you're attacking science and the truth" when you attack Anthony Fauci – 20sec - https://x.com/mazemoore/status/2082475031100006446?s=20 Theresa - My husband died in 2020 and they put COVID on his death certificate, but he died from kidney failure. (12:24) Joe - I just want to chime in on the Covid death stats. I was working as state trooper during 2020. Autopsy said they had COVID yet clearly died in crash. Still listed as a COVID death. (14:39) Kate - My husband fell a few years ago and had to go to hospital. His lungs were clear but they put him as having COVID. (24:13) Sharon - I am an ICU nurse. I want to add that, yes, the doctors did write down COVID on death certificates. It is because hospitals like mine needed the money. (27:43) Nick - How can we let go about all the COVID stuff and forgive Fauci? I want to move on and forgive him. (33:28) Audio: US Government and Health Officials Lie about Covid Vaccine Preventing Transmission - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56nhx3UGm-4 (40:57) Liz - I'm a nurse, worked during the pandemic. Covid really broke the healthcare system and how we look at things. (44:22)

Jo Pearson's job at the Moorland Association is to help upland estates fill out forms. These forms are applications for controlled burning licences from Natural England – and Jo knows that, if she fills out enough forms, DEFRA may get to hear about it, and may realise what a pointless exercise 'controlled burning' forms are. She speaks to Charlie Jacoby in the 2026 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre. Read and listen to the full story on Scribehound  Visit MoorlandAssociation.org

Greg Kelly gives a critical analysis of Dr. Anthony Fauci's private diaries, which the host claims reveal an immature obsession with media fame and personal vanity during the pandemic. Greg argues that the documents expose a bureaucratic culture focused on self-preservation and political maneuvering rather than public health or scientific integrity. The segment further discusses an audio recording of Joe Biden, suggesting it proves the unauthorized possession and disclosure of classified information to a ghostwriter.

Episode Summary A father and his four children were found dead in their home in Ulsan after months of severe financial hardship. While the case was ruled a murder-suicide, the discussion quickly expands beyond the crime itself into the failures of Korea's welfare system, the stigma surrounding mental health, and the bureaucratic obstacles that can leave vulnerable families without meaningful support. Joe and Shawn examine how the family had already been identified as a high-risk household and had been visited by schools, welfare officials, police, and child protection workers. Despite multiple warning signs, no agency ever developed a complete picture of the family's crisis. The episode explores whether this tragedy represents an isolated incident or a broader failure of institutions designed to protect children and families. Topics Discussed The Ulsan family murder-suicide Carbon monoxide deaths using charcoal briquettes Poverty and financial collapse Single fathers in Korea Mental health stigma Child welfare investigations Bureaucratic barriers to assistance In-kind support versus direct cash assistance Coordination failures between government agencies Korea's suicide rate Proposed welfare reforms Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 02:00 The Ulsan case 06:00 Financial hardship and the family's circumstances 12:00 Welfare assistance and why it wasn't enough 19:00 Single fathers and asking for help 24:00 Child protection and looking for the wrong warning signs 31:00 Mental health, stigma, and caregiver burnout 37:00 Bureaucracy and agency coordination failures 43:00 Possible reforms and remaining concerns Mentioned During the Episode Korea's Basic Livelihood Security Program Korea's child protection system Previous Dark Side of Seoul episodes on K-Poverty, child abuse, Yoo Young-chul, and the WaWo Apartment collapse Shawn's book on ghost encounters in Korea Dark Side of Seoul Ghost Walk Listen & Follow Website: https://darksideofseoul.com Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dark-side-of-seoul-podcast/id1504623984 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1lZBXNX79kwH2NXcJWNcb8 Patreon: https://patreon.com/darksideofseoul YouTube: https://youtube.com/@darksideofseoul Instagram: https://instagram.com/darksideofseoul Facebook: https://facebook.com/darksideofseoul Contact: info@darksideofseoul.com About The Dark Side of Seoul The Dark Side of Seoul explores Korea's darker history, folklore, true crime, urban legends, supernatural traditions, forgotten places, and the cultural stories that don't usually appear in guidebooks. New episodes include deep historical dives alongside our "Fun Sized" discussions of current events, controversies, and unusual aspects of life in Korea. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Preview for Later Today: Bob Zimmerman explains how bureaucratic red tape is stalling rocket launches at Scotland'sSaxaVord spaceport. UK regulators are demanding a costly security fence to keep sheep away before permitting private spaceflight. (6)1843

Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]   PGttCM Season 22.5   The Empty House – Algernon Blackwood Haunted architecture as organism. Blackwood's house breathes dread rather than cartoon malice, but the living-house motif is beautifully weird. Monster House (2006) – Childhood-scale weirdness. The house is alive. Contained, playful dread. The Yellow Sign – Robert W. Chambers Royal decay, masked figures, surreal instability. Oz with the brightness sandblasted off. Return to Oz (1985) – Fairy tale gone feral. Surreal but still mythic in structure. For the Blood Is the Life – F. Marion Crawford Rural vampire lore before the sparkles. Brooding, tragic undead menace. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) – Campy supernatural with clear rules and heroes. Lair of the White Worm – Bram Stoker A beautiful woman animated by something inhuman, romantic obsession, bodily transformation, and grotesque courtship rituals. It's pulpy, melodramatic, and gleefully macabre. Lisa Frankenstein (2024) – Gothic romance and stitched-together identity. The Mummy's Foot – Théophile Gautier Playful Egyptological weirdness, romanticized undead, cultural past intruding into the present. Bubba Ho-Tep – Aging, absurdity, and pulp undead intruding on the mundane. The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar — Poe Scientific hubris, reshaped bodies, moral ambiguity. Wells leans philosophical rather than romantic, but the ethical unease about making life and remaking identity hums in both works. Poor Things (2023) – Reconstructed identity and moral experimentation. The Willows – Algernon Blackwood Alien presence observing humanity. Nature as a membrane between worlds. The dread is quiet and cosmic Under the Skin (2013) – Alien observation and human estrangement. The Damned Thing – Ambrose Bierce Unseen predation, rural dread, something ancient and animalistic watching from beyond perception. X (2022) – Flesh, mortality, decay, performance. The Jolly Corner – Henry James Meeting the ghost of your unlived life. Urban haunting tied to identity and time. MaXXXine (2024) – Ambition curdling into occult menace. The Horla – Guy de Maupassant A double. Or something that lives alongside you. The terror of self-divis Us (2019) – The self divided. The Repairer of Reputations – Robert W. Chambers Identity manipulation, hidden social orders, creeping paranoia in polite society. The horror is systemic and intimate. Get Out (2017) – Social identity as surgical horror. Old Crompton's Secret” — Harl Vincent, Astounding Stories, February 1930 — A strange old recluse, alchemical obsession, identity/body weirdness, old knowledge pressing into the present. Last Night in Soho (2021) – Time bleed and haunted ambition. The Rat Racket” — David H. Keller, Astounding Stories, April 1930 — The story has racketeers using rat terror as systemic control, and the “Old Man” behind it becomes a nearly mythic hidden ruler. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) – Conspiracy as metaphysical force. The Man Who Was Dead — Thomas H. Knight, Astounding Stories, April 1930 — A weird resurrection/reincarnation premise that starts in folksy argument and slides into uncanny rule-breaking. Nothing But Trouble (1991) – Bureaucratic nightmare logic. The Man Who Was Thursday – G. K. Chesterton Infiltration, surreal pursuit, shifting identities, bureaucratic nightmare energy. It's metaphysical weirdness dressed as adventure. Monsters (2010) – Borders, otherness, creeping vastness. The Voice in the Night – William Hope Hodgson Sea horror. Isolation. Transformation. Hodgson makes the ocean feel biologically alien. Underwater (2020) – Ancient things below human scale. The Monster Maker” — Ray Bradbury, Planet Stories, Spring 1944 — Fear and perception generate monsters; the real threat is partly an intelligence manipulating what people think they see. The Mothman Prophecies (2002) – Omen, pattern, unseen intelligence. The Raven - Edgar Allen Poe Obsession and mortality tightening inward. The Raven (2012) – Obsession and mortality tightening inward. The Plattner Story – H. G. Wells A man slips into a flipped, alternate dimension and comes back geometrically wrong. Multiverse dislocation before Marvel made it fashionable. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) – Multiversal fracture of meaning. The White People – Arthur Machen Youth, ritual, secret worlds behind glamour. Machen's fae horror undercuts innocence with something ancient and hungry. K-Pop Demon Hunters (2025) – Pop mythology as open cosmology; spectacle swallowing structure.

Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]   PGttCM Season 22.5   The Empty House – Algernon Blackwood Haunted architecture as organism. Blackwood's house breathes dread rather than cartoon malice, but the living-house motif is beautifully weird. Monster House (2006) – Childhood-scale weirdness. The house is alive. Contained, playful dread. The Yellow Sign – Robert W. Chambers Royal decay, masked figures, surreal instability. Oz with the brightness sandblasted off. Return to Oz (1985) – Fairy tale gone feral. Surreal but still mythic in structure. For the Blood Is the Life – F. Marion Crawford Rural vampire lore before the sparkles. Brooding, tragic undead menace. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) – Campy supernatural with clear rules and heroes. Lair of the White Worm – Bram Stoker A beautiful woman animated by something inhuman, romantic obsession, bodily transformation, and grotesque courtship rituals. It's pulpy, melodramatic, and gleefully macabre. Lisa Frankenstein (2024) – Gothic romance and stitched-together identity. The Mummy's Foot – Théophile Gautier Playful Egyptological weirdness, romanticized undead, cultural past intruding into the present. Bubba Ho-Tep – Aging, absurdity, and pulp undead intruding on the mundane. The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar — Poe Scientific hubris, reshaped bodies, moral ambiguity. Wells leans philosophical rather than romantic, but the ethical unease about making life and remaking identity hums in both works. Poor Things (2023) – Reconstructed identity and moral experimentation. The Willows – Algernon Blackwood Alien presence observing humanity. Nature as a membrane between worlds. The dread is quiet and cosmic Under the Skin (2013) – Alien observation and human estrangement. The Damned Thing – Ambrose Bierce Unseen predation, rural dread, something ancient and animalistic watching from beyond perception. X (2022) – Flesh, mortality, decay, performance. The Jolly Corner – Henry James Meeting the ghost of your unlived life. Urban haunting tied to identity and time. MaXXXine (2024) – Ambition curdling into occult menace. The Horla – Guy de Maupassant A double. Or something that lives alongside you. The terror of self-divis Us (2019) – The self divided. The Repairer of Reputations – Robert W. Chambers Identity manipulation, hidden social orders, creeping paranoia in polite society. The horror is systemic and intimate. Get Out (2017) – Social identity as surgical horror. Old Crompton's Secret” — Harl Vincent, Astounding Stories, February 1930 — A strange old recluse, alchemical obsession, identity/body weirdness, old knowledge pressing into the present. Last Night in Soho (2021) – Time bleed and haunted ambition. The Rat Racket” — David H. Keller, Astounding Stories, April 1930 — The story has racketeers using rat terror as systemic control, and the “Old Man” behind it becomes a nearly mythic hidden ruler. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) – Conspiracy as metaphysical force. The Man Who Was Dead — Thomas H. Knight, Astounding Stories, April 1930 — A weird resurrection/reincarnation premise that starts in folksy argument and slides into uncanny rule-breaking. Nothing But Trouble (1991) – Bureaucratic nightmare logic. The Man Who Was Thursday – G. K. Chesterton Infiltration, surreal pursuit, shifting identities, bureaucratic nightmare energy. It's metaphysical weirdness dressed as adventure. Monsters (2010) – Borders, otherness, creeping vastness. The Voice in the Night – William Hope Hodgson Sea horror. Isolation. Transformation. Hodgson makes the ocean feel biologically alien. Underwater (2020) – Ancient things below human scale. The Monster Maker” — Ray Bradbury, Planet Stories, Spring 1944 — Fear and perception generate monsters; the real threat is partly an intelligence manipulating what people think they see. The Mothman Prophecies (2002) – Omen, pattern, unseen intelligence. The Raven - Edgar Allen Poe Obsession and mortality tightening inward. The Raven (2012) – Obsession and mortality tightening inward. The Plattner Story – H. G. Wells A man slips into a flipped, alternate dimension and comes back geometrically wrong. Multiverse dislocation before Marvel made it fashionable. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) – Multiversal fracture of meaning. The White People – Arthur Machen Youth, ritual, secret worlds behind glamour. Machen's fae horror undercuts innocence with something ancient and hungry. K-Pop Demon Hunters (2025) – Pop mythology as open cosmology; spectacle swallowing structure.

Dr. Gerald Parker, an acclaimed biodefense/One Health expert and high-ranking official across several administrations, experienced New World screwworm (NWS) as a boy in Texas while assisting his veterinarian father treat pets invaded by the parasite. Michaela Simoneau, CSIS Fellow, joined the conversation. In the late 1950s, the scaled introduction of sterile male flies — 50 million per week — was a brilliant scientific discovery, combined with a public private partnership with the ranching community. NWS was cleared from the United States by 1966, and from Mexico and Central America by 2006. The barrier began to decay in this decade, a function of migration, illicit cattle trafficking, a decline in the effectiveness of the sterile flies, Covid interruptions, and complacency and bureaucratic inertia. NWS has now arrived in Texas and New Mexico. The race is now fully on to restore control. We need an "Operation Warp Speed" mentality to advance multiple technological innovations, diplomacy, financing, a massive expansion of flies — perhaps as high as one billion per week.

We discuss the 4 SCOTUS rulings from yesterday.

The newly released U.S. Department of Justice files on Jeffrey Epstein have laid bare not just the scale of his abuse network but the years of inaction and institutional negligence that preceded his 2019 arrest. Documents show that detailed victim testimony was provided to federal authorities long before Epstein was finally held — including an extensive 2011 interview with an accuser that echoed the later claims made by Virginia Giuffre — yet the FBI and DOJ failed to aggressively pursue meaningful investigation or prosecution based on that information. Other early reports, such as a 1996 complaint about Epstein stealing intimate photographs from a victim, were likewise ignored by federal agents. The significance of these missed opportunities is staggering: authorities had the evidence and detailed accounts of trafficking and abuse but repeatedly failed to act, allowing Epstein's predatory activities to continue unchecked for years.The files also reveal how the FBI's handling of victims' disclosures was not just passive but alarming. The accuser interviewed in 2011 reported attempts to intimidate her after she spoke with agents, including phone calls purportedly from law enforcement figures, yet investigators still did not follow up with urgency. Epstein's long history of abuse and trafficking — documented in these newly revealed internal materials — underscores systemic lapses at the highest levels of federal enforcement. Rather than treating victims' testimony as actionable leads, the DOJ and FBI sat on crucial information, failed to connect the dots between early reports and patterns of abuse, and let Epstein's network flourish for decades. The release of these files therefore doesn't just illuminate Epstein's crimes — it highlights a profound institutional failure by the agencies charged with bringing him and his enablers to justice.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Epstein files place renewed attention on US authorities' failure to stop him | Jeffrey Epstein | The GuardianBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Ashley Armstrong is a first-generation regenerative farmer and co-founder of Strong Sistas, a health platform born out of her own autoimmune diagnosis. She built Angel Acres Farm in Southwest Michigan from the ground up, producing corn- and soy-free eggs, and went on to found Nourish Food Club - a cooperative network of small regenerative farms supplying clean, transparently raised food directly to families.What We CoverHow Ashley went from graduate school to building a regenerative farm from scratchWhy conventional chicken and pork now have a fatty acid profile closer to seed oils than real meatThe 100-year shift in dietary fats and what it's doing to human metabolismHow Nourish Food Club is reviving the farm cooperative model to support small farmersThe bureaucratic bullying small farms face daily - and why the system is designed against themTimestamps00:00 – Ashley's health crisis and path to farming06:30 – Building Angel Acres from scratch13:00 – Lessons from 12 years of competitive golf18:45 – How Nourish Food Club works26:00 – Why cheap and quality food can't coexist33:30 – The 100-year shift away from saturated fat42:00 – How corn and soy changed pork and chicken49:30 – Phytonutrients in pasture-raised meat56:00 – Why grocery labels are meaningless01:03:00 – The problem with indoor farming01:09:30 – Bureaucratic bullying and the jerky incident01:17:00 – Why small farm costs are structurally higher01:28:00 – Where consumers can startLinksWebsiteInstagramYouTubeRegenaissance YouTube ChannelAbout The Podcast: The Regenaissance Podcast explores the people, farms, and ideas rebuilding our food system from the ground up.

The Epstein files were never sitting in one neat box waiting to be opened. They were scattered across years of court cases, law-enforcement investigations, civil lawsuits, sealed filings, grand jury materials, prison records, congressional productions, and federal agency archives. Some of the most important records came through the courts: the Palm Beach criminal case, the federal non-prosecution agreement litigation, Virginia Giuffre's civil case against Ghislaine Maxwell, survivor lawsuits against Epstein's estate, litigation against banks like JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank, and other dockets where depositions, exhibits, emails, flight logs, address books, settlement records, and sworn testimony surfaced piece by piece. That is why the public record grew in fragments: one batch from a lawsuit, another from a judge unsealing documents, another from discovery, another from congressional subpoenas, and another from media fights over access.The FBI and DOJ held another major universe of Epstein material: interview reports, search-warrant returns, victim statements, photographs, videos, seized electronics, financial records, investigative notes, jail records, and internal communications connected to both the original Florida investigation and the later SDNY case. Congress then became another repository as the House Oversight Committee sought unredacted files, transcripts, agency productions, and testimony from people connected to Epstein's staff, legal team, financial network, and incarceration. So when people say “the Epstein files,” they are really talking about a sprawling archive spread across courts, the FBI, the DOJ, the Bureau of Prisons, congressional investigators, civil litigants, banks, estates, and private parties. That scattered structure matters because it makes full accountability harder: no single release tells the whole story, no single agency controls everything, and every redaction, sealed docket, privilege claim, or missing exhibit leaves another gap in a record that was already deliberately fragmented.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com

The Epstein files were never sitting in one neat box waiting to be opened. They were scattered across years of court cases, law-enforcement investigations, civil lawsuits, sealed filings, grand jury materials, prison records, congressional productions, and federal agency archives. Some of the most important records came through the courts: the Palm Beach criminal case, the federal non-prosecution agreement litigation, Virginia Giuffre's civil case against Ghislaine Maxwell, survivor lawsuits against Epstein's estate, litigation against banks like JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank, and other dockets where depositions, exhibits, emails, flight logs, address books, settlement records, and sworn testimony surfaced piece by piece. That is why the public record grew in fragments: one batch from a lawsuit, another from a judge unsealing documents, another from discovery, another from congressional subpoenas, and another from media fights over access.The FBI and DOJ held another major universe of Epstein material: interview reports, search-warrant returns, victim statements, photographs, videos, seized electronics, financial records, investigative notes, jail records, and internal communications connected to both the original Florida investigation and the later SDNY case. Congress then became another repository as the House Oversight Committee sought unredacted files, transcripts, agency productions, and testimony from people connected to Epstein's staff, legal team, financial network, and incarceration. So when people say “the Epstein files,” they are really talking about a sprawling archive spread across courts, the FBI, the DOJ, the Bureau of Prisons, congressional investigators, civil litigants, banks, estates, and private parties. That scattered structure matters because it makes full accountability harder: no single release tells the whole story, no single agency controls everything, and every redaction, sealed docket, privilege claim, or missing exhibit leaves another gap in a record that was already deliberately fragmented.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

In which we close our discussion of one of Bolanyo's masterpiece. 

(13) Jack Burnham discusses how Nvidia chips reach the Chinese military through loopholes in export controls and subsidiaries. He notes bureaucratic confusion over the "AI diffusion rule" allowed Chinese firms to stockpile high-end hardware. Burnham recommends stricter Commerce Department guidance to prevent further military modernization.

How does a concerned father challenging a school board curriculum wind up facing federal travel scrutiny and an FBI visit? Terry Newsome joins The P.A.S. Report Podcast to expose the terrifying reality of how parental rights, free speech, and political dissent are being targeted by America's label-and-smear machine. In this powerful episode, Terry Newsome, father of twins, Illinois Chapter President of Parents Involved in Education, and host of Behind Enemy Lines, tells his story of being targeted after challenging explicit material in local schools. The conversation breaks down a chilling timeline showing how the Southern Poverty Law Center, activist networks, legacy media outlets, and federal bureaucratic institutions can create a pipeline that intimidates parents, weaponizes labels, and silences ordinary Americans. What You'll Learn In This Episode: The Local Catalyst: How Terry Newsome went from an ordinary father to a school board activist fighting for curriculum transparency.  The SPLC Smear Machine: How a national ideological organization can turn local parental dissent into an "extremism" narrative.  The Federal Fallout: How Terry says the SPLC campaign was followed by TSA PreCheck issues, repeated Quad-S travel screenings, and an FBI visit.  The Media Echo Chamber: How legacy media amplification turns NGO hit pieces into public reputational attacks.  The Fightback Strategy: What ordinary citizens can do when powerful public-private institutions try to chill free speech.  This episode exposes the SPLC machine, the weaponization of government agencies, and the growing danger of allowing unelected ideological organizations to influence law enforcement, shape public narratives, and target parents who refuse to stay quiet.

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In The Death of Trotsky, Josh Ireland describes how the intellectual Trotsky and bureaucratic Stalin competed for power following Lenin's death. Stalin maneuvered patiently to isolate Trotsky, who missed Lenin's funeral while recovering from a mysterious and poorly timed illness. (2/16)1902

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Segment 1: The Fear of 13: Aftermath & Review of Such Things. Segment 2: Presenting the ripped audio from “CRAIGHEAD's SCREENING: The Matteo Pascale Cut” video with a brief addendum from its director, Steve Girard. Segment 3: Matteo Pascale talks to Scott McDonell, a Democrat elected official who currently serves as the County Clerk in Dane County, Wisconsin.Segment 4: The Unhinged Compilation of 1992Presidential Candidate Ross Perot.***Outro Rap lyrics were written and performed by @jdange23 and the beat was produced by Matteo Pascale.***All other content can be found on the website:https://www.crooklyncomedy.com/Crooklyn Comedy and Let Us Be Idiots Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/user?u=66644629Social media links:Main Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatteoPascaleCrooklyn Comedy Twitter: https://twitter.com/CrooklynComedyMain Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comedianmatteopascale/Crooklyn Comedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crooklyncomedy/Let Us Be Idiots Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/letusbeidiots/Matteo Pascale's Website: https://www.crooklyncomedy.com/

A cat rescuer who tames, desexes and rehomes stray felines is worried a bureaucratic battle could put his operation on pause. Tony Hitchcock has run Feral No More from the small Rangitikei town of Marton for the past three years with no issue. But a move to Eketahuna in Tararua is proving problematic for continuing his rescue work. Jimmy Ellingham reports.

7. Private Space Industry Successes and Bureaucratic Hurdles Guest: Bob Zimmerman Bob Zimmerman covers SpaceX's legal victory in California and Amazon's satellite progress, while critiquing bureaucratic "red tape" that significantly delays spaceport development in the United Kingdom and the Canadian space program. 71903 LA POSTCARD COLORIZED

9. HEADLINE: Keir Starmer's Leadership Amidst the Mandelson Scandal GUEST: Joseph SternbergSUMMARY: Joseph Sternberg examines UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's instability following the Mandelsonaffair, a bureaucratic scandal involving improper diplomatic nominations. Despite being under pressure, Starmer likely remains in office because the Labor Party lacks a plausible replacement. The scandal's complexity makes it difficult for ordinary voters to comprehend fully.1910

2. HEADLINE: Keir Starmer's Leadership Amidst the Mandelson Scandal GUEST: Joseph SternbergSUMMARY: Joseph Sternberg examines UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's instability following the Mandelsonaffair, a bureaucratic scandal involving improper diplomatic nominations. Despite being under pressure, Starmer likely remains in office because the Labor Party lacks a plausible replacement. The scandal's complexity makes it difficult for ordinary voters to comprehend fully.1890 ISTANBUL

Guest Tim Minella, Goldwater Institute, joins to discuss ongoing battle of DEI politics and woke agenda within higher education in US. Discussion of the lack of civics testing for students, lack of understanding of history, and the importance of understanding the role of government.  King Charles III visits President Trump and Congress. Can we learn any lessons from our history and how we fought back against the Monarchy to found this nation?  Congress holds hearings with Trump cabinet members, and push back on the vision to limit bureacratic power at the federal level. 

V5. Mary Kissel critiques the State Department's bureaucratic inefficiency while managing multiple global crises. She discusses the unconventional diplomacy of Jared Kushner and JD Vance. Kissel warns that the Iran conflict is complex and may require months of sustained economic and military pressure to reach a resolution. 51904

8. Bob Zimmerman: Bob Zimmerman critiques the high costs and bureaucratic hurdles of Europe's Ariane 6 rocket compared to reusable alternatives. He also provides updates on the Curiosity rover's climb up Mount Sharp on Mars, discussing its fuel capacity and mechanical limitations. (8)1956 GOLDEN NUGGET LV

Silicon Bites Ep314 | 2026-04-08 | Putin's quiet mobilisation and the breaking of the economic volunteer model. 409,000. That's how many men Vladimir Putin needs to push into uniform in 2026 to keep his war running. It's the figure Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi put on the record in February — Russia intends to draft over 400,000 people this year and stand up at least eleven new divisions. Four hundred thousand bodies to feed into the Pokrovsk meat grinder, into the Kupyansk line, into the drone killing fields of Donetsk Oblast.Putin has created an outsourced Gulag – where any infringement of the law, any threat to the regime will get you sent to the front – a one-way ticket for anyone other than the convict class of Wagner. Where the poor and powerless, where ethnic and identity minorities, where opponents and zealots can be sent to the outsourced concentration camp of the Donbas. ----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------SOURCES:Institute for the Study of War (ISW) — Analysis on Kremlin preparations for hidden draft, February 2026. Kyiv Independent — "Putin signs law allowing year-round conscription in Russia," November 4, 2025. Kyiv Post — "Putin Signs Decree to Call Up Reservists for 2026 Training," December 9, 2025. Kyiv Post — "Russian Regional Boss Orders Businesses to Find Army 'Volunteers' Among Employees" (Ryazan / Malkov decree), late March 2026. The Moscow Times — Reporting on Ryazan decree No. 17, March 2026. dagens.com / Obozrevatel — "Russia may turn to forced conscription, analysts warn" (recruitment dropping below losses), March 2026. Meduza — "Russia's conscription system will become year-round starting January 1," December 30, 2025. The Moscow Times — "Russia's New Military Recruits Dipped in 2025, Figures Show," January 16, 2026. The Moscow Times — "Regions Reintroduce Huge Sign-On Bonuses for Contract Soldiers After Lowering Payments in 2025," January 14, 2026. The Moscow Times — "Regions Calling: Governments Cut Back on Once-Lucrative Military Enlistment Payments," January 6, 2026.----------SILICON CURTAIN LIVE EVENTS - FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN Events in 2025 - Advocacy for a Ukrainian victory with Silicon Curtainhttps://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrasOur events of the first half of the year in Lviv, Kyiv and Odesa were a huge success. Now we need to maintain this momentum, and change the tide towards a Ukrainian victory. The Silicon Curtain Roadshow is an ambitious campaign to run a minimum of 12 events in 2025, and potentially many more. Any support you can provide for the fundraising campaign would be gratefully appreciated. https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrasWe need to scale up our support for Ukraine, and these events are designed to have a major impact. Your support in making it happen is greatly appreciated. All events will be recorded professionally and published for free on the Silicon Curtain channel. Where possible, we will also live-stream events.https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras----------

3. Josh Rogin reports on the Hill and Valley Forum, where Silicon Valley tech leaders and Washington officials discuss defense modernization. They address bureaucratic hurdles and China's manufacturing lead in critical technologies. (3)1957

10. Stalin built power through patience and bureaucratic alliances, while the charismatic Trotsky viewed him as a "gray blur". Trotsky's failure to grasp practical politics was exemplified by his decision to skip Lenin's funeral, allowing Stalin to position himself as the revolution's rightful heir. (10)1924

PREVIEW FOR LATER. Guest: Josh Ireland. Ireland explores the rivalry between Stalin and Trotsky. He details Stalin's patient bureaucratic alliances, contrasting his calculated approach with Trotsky's charismatic but ultimately less effective leadership style for listeners. (2)1881 EXECUTION OF THE PEOPLE'S WILL

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14. Guest Peter Berkowitz outlines reforms for the Department of Defense, including cutting bureaucratic red tape and encouraging technological competition. He stresses the importance of higher education in teaching the free-market principles necessary for national security.,, (15)1943

Liza Mundy details Alec Station's operation where female analysts developed targeting skills, though their early warnings about al-Qaeda faced significant bureaucratic resistance and publication hurdles. 5.1888 GAR

Preview for later today: Henry Sokolski examines the bureaucratic mess and safety concerns following a botched laser test and drone shoot-down near the El Paso airport.1895 EL PASO

The newly released U.S. Department of Justice files on Jeffrey Epstein have laid bare not just the scale of his abuse network but the years of inaction and institutional negligence that preceded his 2019 arrest. Documents show that detailed victim testimony was provided to federal authorities long before Epstein was finally held — including an extensive 2011 interview with an accuser that echoed the later claims made by Virginia Giuffre — yet the FBI and DOJ failed to aggressively pursue meaningful investigation or prosecution based on that information. Other early reports, such as a 1996 complaint about Epstein stealing intimate photographs from a victim, were likewise ignored by federal agents. The significance of these missed opportunities is staggering: authorities had the evidence and detailed accounts of trafficking and abuse but repeatedly failed to act, allowing Epstein's predatory activities to continue unchecked for years.The files also reveal how the FBI's handling of victims' disclosures was not just passive but alarming. The accuser interviewed in 2011 reported attempts to intimidate her after she spoke with agents, including phone calls purportedly from law enforcement figures, yet investigators still did not follow up with urgency. Epstein's long history of abuse and trafficking — documented in these newly revealed internal materials — underscores systemic lapses at the highest levels of federal enforcement. Rather than treating victims' testimony as actionable leads, the DOJ and FBI sat on crucial information, failed to connect the dots between early reports and patterns of abuse, and let Epstein's network flourish for decades. The release of these files therefore doesn't just illuminate Epstein's crimes — it highlights a profound institutional failure by the agencies charged with bringing him and his enablers to justice.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Epstein files place renewed attention on US authorities' failure to stop him | Jeffrey Epstein | The Guardian

The newly released U.S. Department of Justice files on Jeffrey Epstein have laid bare not just the scale of his abuse network but the years of inaction and institutional negligence that preceded his 2019 arrest. Documents show that detailed victim testimony was provided to federal authorities long before Epstein was finally held — including an extensive 2011 interview with an accuser that echoed the later claims made by Virginia Giuffre — yet the FBI and DOJ failed to aggressively pursue meaningful investigation or prosecution based on that information. Other early reports, such as a 1996 complaint about Epstein stealing intimate photographs from a victim, were likewise ignored by federal agents. The significance of these missed opportunities is staggering: authorities had the evidence and detailed accounts of trafficking and abuse but repeatedly failed to act, allowing Epstein's predatory activities to continue unchecked for years.The files also reveal how the FBI's handling of victims' disclosures was not just passive but alarming. The accuser interviewed in 2011 reported attempts to intimidate her after she spoke with agents, including phone calls purportedly from law enforcement figures, yet investigators still did not follow up with urgency. Epstein's long history of abuse and trafficking — documented in these newly revealed internal materials — underscores systemic lapses at the highest levels of federal enforcement. Rather than treating victims' testimony as actionable leads, the DOJ and FBI sat on crucial information, failed to connect the dots between early reports and patterns of abuse, and let Epstein's network flourish for decades. The release of these files therefore doesn't just illuminate Epstein's crimes — it highlights a profound institutional failure by the agencies charged with bringing him and his enablers to justice.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Epstein files place renewed attention on US authorities' failure to stop him | Jeffrey Epstein | The GuardianBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

The newly released U.S. Department of Justice files on Jeffrey Epstein have laid bare not just the scale of his abuse network but the years of inaction and institutional negligence that preceded his 2019 arrest. Documents show that detailed victim testimony was provided to federal authorities long before Epstein was finally held — including an extensive 2011 interview with an accuser that echoed the later claims made by Virginia Giuffre — yet the FBI and DOJ failed to aggressively pursue meaningful investigation or prosecution based on that information. Other early reports, such as a 1996 complaint about Epstein stealing intimate photographs from a victim, were likewise ignored by federal agents. The significance of these missed opportunities is staggering: authorities had the evidence and detailed accounts of trafficking and abuse but repeatedly failed to act, allowing Epstein's predatory activities to continue unchecked for years.The files also reveal how the FBI's handling of victims' disclosures was not just passive but alarming. The accuser interviewed in 2011 reported attempts to intimidate her after she spoke with agents, including phone calls purportedly from law enforcement figures, yet investigators still did not follow up with urgency. Epstein's long history of abuse and trafficking — documented in these newly revealed internal materials — underscores systemic lapses at the highest levels of federal enforcement. Rather than treating victims' testimony as actionable leads, the DOJ and FBI sat on crucial information, failed to connect the dots between early reports and patterns of abuse, and let Epstein's network flourish for decades. The release of these files therefore doesn't just illuminate Epstein's crimes — it highlights a profound institutional failure by the agencies charged with bringing him and his enablers to justice.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Epstein files place renewed attention on US authorities' failure to stop him | Jeffrey Epstein | The GuardianBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Gregory Copley argues Europe suffers from a leadership vacuum caused by post-WWII dependency on the US and bureaucratic corrosion within the EU, with economic recovery requiring slashing regulations as current welfare models become unsustainable amidst geopolitical threats.1900 BRUSSELS PLACE OF MARTYS

Guest: Gregory Copley. Copley highlights Australia's booming AI and space sectors under AUKUS, contrasting this success with the political instability and bureaucratic malaise of the Albanese government.1842

Guests: Gordon Chang and Brandon Weichert. NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission faces indefinite delays due to SLS rocket flaws, leading experts to urge replacing the bureaucratic program with SpaceX's efficient Starshipsystem.1963

In this week’s episode, Jennifer welcomes Susan Molinari and Beth Brooke to dive into the shocking disparities and outdated standards in the way car safety is measured for women in the United States. They reveal that despite decades of progress, female crash test dummies are still largely absent from critical safety testing, putting women at greater risk of injury and death. They address controversial facts such like the continued use of “shrink it and pink it” dummy models, the bureaucratic inertia at NHTSA, and the international success of advanced female crash dummies in the EU and Asia, where substantial reductions in female traffic fatalities have been achieved. Calling for bipartisan legislative action, they highlight the “She Drives Act,” and encourage listeners to bring pressure to Congress and the Department of Transportation, and challenge listeners to take activism into their own hands by educating themselves and demanding accountability from policymakers and automakers. Susan Molinari is a former U.S. congresswoman and Google VP of public policy, renowned for her commitment to public service and policy innovation. Beth Brooke is the former EY Global Vice Chair and has been recognized as one of Forbes’ World's 100 Most Powerful Women. Her global leadership and dedication to equity are widely celebrated. Together, they have spearheaded a movement aimed at transforming government standards around vehicle safety for women, drawing on their experiences in Congress and international corporate leadership. In 1970 is when the United States government first started with crash test dummies. It wasn't until 20 years later that they realized that women got in cars also. And so instead of taking all the biofidelic differences we have between men and women, they just what we call shrink it and pink it.” ~ Susan Molinari This week on Political Contessa: Female crash test dummies are absent from primary vehicle safety testing standards The “She Drives Act” aims to mandate gender-equitable vehicle safety testing Bureaucratic delays in rulemaking risk prolonged inequities in car safety for women Advanced female crash test dummies are already producing results in Europe and parts of Asia Status quo “shrink it and pink it” dummy models fail to capture women’s biomechanical differences Women are 73% more likely to be severely injured and 17% more likely to die in car accidents Congressional and administrative inertia can be disrupted by grassroots advocacy and awareness Social media activism and direct outreach to representatives are critical for legislative accountability Connect with Susan Molinari and Beth Brooke: Women Drive, Too website Women Drive, Too on Instagram: @WomenDriveToo Women Drive, Too on Facebook: @WomenDriveToo Resources mentioned: She Drives Act (pending bipartisan legislation) NHTSA crash test standards Thor 5 advanced female crash test dummy statistics and implementation in the EU Awaken Your Inner Political Contessa Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of Political Contessa. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Spotify I Stitcher I Apple Podcasts I iHeart Radio I TuneIn I Google Podcasts Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media. And if you’ve ever considered running for office – or know a woman who should – head over to politicalcontessa.com to grab my quick guide, Secrets from the Campaign Trail. It will show you five signs to tell you you’re ready to enter the political arena. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join hosts Steve Beres and Ike Goss as they discuss their latest projects and share updates from the Land Rover community. This week, they delve into the story of a Norwegian enthusiast struggling with bureaucracy to register his restored Series III, and they provide insights into the Land Rover Defender's significant presence in the Dakar Rally. From factory-supported teams to privateer efforts, and the standout performances in the Dakar Classic, this episode covers the highs and lows of Land Rover's latest adventures. Plus, stay tuned for a humorous and in-depth discussion on navigating the challenges of international vehicle registration.

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Ashley Caputo, RN, FMP – What happened to patient-centered care? For years, Ashley worked inside traditional healthcare, believing in evidence-based medicine, clinical judgment, and advocacy for the patient in front of her. Over time, however, she began to notice a growing shift — one where policy, documentation, staffing ratios, and performance metrics...

Human Suffering and Bureaucratic Incompetence at Abbey Gate: Colleagues Jerry Dunleavy and James Hassondescribe the physical layout of the airport and the horrific overcrowding that led to civilians suffocating in sewage canals, explaining that constant shifting of entry rules and the State Department's failure to provide adequate consular support exacerbated the chaos, hindering the Marines' ability to process evacuees. 1910 AFGHANISTAN

Lindsey Burke returns to Freedom to Learn to discuss the Trump administration's plans to “return education to the states.” Lindsey, who serves as Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Programs at the U.S. Department of Education (ED), discusses the Department's origin story, what it does and does not do, and the pernicious impact of […]

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