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Don't miss Ben Shapiro's powerful speech at CPAC Hungary 2025, where he lays out why Western civilization is under threat and why we must fight to preserve it. Speaking in Budapest, he emphasizes that we must protect traditional values, national sovereignty, and cultural identity. Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://bit.ly/3WDjgHE - - - Facts Don't Care About Your Feelings - - - DailyWire+: This is your last chance for the DailyWire+ Memorial Day Sale! Get 40% off an Annual Membership with code DW40. Don't miss the all-new Ben After Dark—tonight at 7:30 PM ET, only on DailyWire+. Get your Ben Shapiro merch here: https://bit.ly/3TAu2cw - - - Today's Sponsors: PureTalk - Switch to PureTalk and start saving today! Visit https://PureTalk.com/SHAPIRO Stamps.com - Sign up at https://stamps.com promo code SHAPIRO for a special offer that includes a 4-week trial, plus free postage, and a free digital scale. No long-term commitments or contracts. NetSuite - Download the CFO's Guide to AI and Machine Learning for free at https://NetSuite.com/SHAPIRO- - - Socials: Follow on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3cXUn53 Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3QtuibJ Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TTirqd Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3RPyBiB - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy

A federal court has blocked most of President Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs. The judges said the president overstepped his authority when he put tariffs on nearly every country in the world last month. Trump also appears increasingly frustrated with Russian leader Vladimir Putin over Moscow's ongoing airstrikes in Ukraine. How could this affect any peace negotiations? And one of the largest right-wing political gatherings is getting underway in Eastern Europe.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 Kara Platoni, Miguel Macias, Arezou Rezvani, HJ Mai and Lisa Thomson. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis, and our technical director is Carleigh Strange.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Dr. Shea Bradley-Farrell, Ph.D. is a strategist in national security and foreign policy and president of Counterpoint Institute for Policy, Research, and Education in Washington, D.C. She is author of Last Warning to the West: Hungary's Triumph Over Communism and the Woke Agenda (Dec. 2023), endorsed by multiple high-level conservative leaders. Shea worked directly with the Trump administration (2016-2020) at the highest levels including at the White House, U.S. Department of State, and Senior Advisor Ivanka Trump, on multiple issues while serving as VP of International Affairs for Concerned Women for America. Shea also served as Professor and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU) of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for a Trump administration national security mandate; she possesses an active U.S. security clearance and executive-level certifications.  Shea works with multiple nations around the world at the highest senior levels of government to build U.S. relations and promote U.S. interests and security. Previously, she worked in international development focusing on economic development and research in the Middle East, Africa, and South America with donors including the U.S. Department of Labor, World Bank, Exxon, FedEx, and Kuwait Foundation for Advancement of Science.   Shea regularly publishes Op-eds in outlets such as RealClear Politics, Human Events, NewsMax, National Review, Daily Signal,  The Washington Times, The European Conservative,  Daily Caller, the Federalist and many others. She is a weekly guest on TV news and radio and presents to venues all around the world such as Wilson Center for International Scholars, Foreign Services Institute, the U.S. Dept. of State, the Heritage Foundation, CPAC Hungary and the Gulf Studies Symposium. Shea holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in International Development from Tulane University, where she was Adjunct Lecturer in the International Development Studies Program in 2015. She has served in a variety of other academic positions, including at the American University of Kuwait and George Mason University.FOLLOW Counterpoint Institute on X: @CounterpointDCFOLLOW Dr. Shea Bradley-Farrell on X: @DrShea_DCVISIT: https://www.counterpointinstitute.org/ORDER: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Warning-West-Hungarys-Communism/dp/6156476164

In this episode featuring Eva Vlaardingerbroek, we discuss the following topics: European free speech faces serious new threats Expressing dissenting opinions can lead to arrests and legal problems Collectivism can trample individual freedoms for the ‘greater good' Bitcoin challenges government attempts to censor and control Bitcoin helps counter corruption and systemic inflation Government-driven inflation reduces purchasing power significantly Financial struggles hinder women's choices; economic empowerment helps families Feminism can respect traditional family roles' importance ---- Guest Bio: Eva Vlaardingerbroek is a Dutch political and cultural commentator and legal philosopher. After receiving her master's with honors from Leiden University in 2019, she became known for her outspoken views in Dutch politics, earning the nickname “shield maiden of the far right.” Her stance on the Dutch farmers' protests and her remarks on the “great replacement” during a speech at CPAC Hungary drew significant attention. Recently, she surpassed one million followers on X: https://x.com/EvaVlaar  ---- Coin Stories is powered by Genius Group (NYSE American $GNS). Genius is a Bitcoin-first business delivering AI-powered education and acceleration solutions for the future of work. Learn more and enter for a chance to win a whale pass to Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas: https://www.geniusgroup.ai/coinstories ---- Natalie's Promotional Links:  Secure your Bitcoin with collaborative custody and set up your inheritance plan with Casa: https://www.casa.io/natalie  For easy, low-cost, instant Bitcoin payments, I use Speed Lightning Wallet. Get 5000 sats when you download using this link and promo code COINSTORIES10: https://www.speed.app/sweepstakes-promocode/ River is where I DCA weekly and buy Bitcoin with the lowest fees in the industry: https://partner.river.com/natalie  Safely self-custody your Bitcoin with Coinkite and the ColdCard Wallet. Get 5% off: https://store.coinkite.com/promo/COINSTORIES Master your Bitcoin self-custody with 1-on-1 help and gain peace of mind with the help of The Bitcoin Way: https://www.thebitcoinway.com/natalie Bitcoin 2025 is heading to Las Vegas May 27-29th! Join me for my 4th Annual Women of Bitcoin Brunch! Get 10% off Early Bird passes using the code HODL: https://tickets.b.tc/affiliate/hodl/event/bitcoin-2025   Protect yourself from SIM Swaps that can hack your accounts and steal your Bitcoin. Join America's most secure mobile service, trusted by CEOs, VIPs and top corporations: https://www.efani.com/natalie  Connect with Bitcoiners and Bitcoin merchants wherever you live and travel on the Orange Pill App: https://signup.theorangepillapp.com/opa/natbrunell ---- This podcast is for educational purposes and should not be construed as official investment advice. ---- VALUE FOR VALUE — SUPPORT NATALIE'S SHOWS Strike ID https://strike.me/coinstoriesnat/ Cash App $CoinStories   #money #Bitcoin #investing

Live from CPAC, Chairman James Comer, the man who has transformed the narrative surrounding Biden family corruption from mere conspiracy to a serious investigation, discusses significant inquiries into the government's handling of Havana Syndrome, foreign money flowing into U.S. universities, and ongoing efforts to expose waste and fraud in federal spending. Later, Dr. Miklos Szantho, the chairman of CPAC Hungary, shares his insights on the current political landscape in Europe. He discusses the challenges of free speech across the continent, the growing conservative movement in Hungary, and the importance of international collaboration among conservative forces. With a focus on the upcoming CPAC Hungary event, Miklos emphasizes the need for unity in defending traditional values against the backdrop of a powerful liberal agenda. Finally, Erica Donalds from the America First Policy Institute explores the implications of potential changes in federal education policy, the significance of block grants, and how education savings accounts can empower parents. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bryan Leib, CEO of Henry Public Relations and former GOP Congressional Candidate, joins Sid live in-studio along with Dr. Miklós Szánthó, Director General of the Center for Fundamental Rights and Chairman of CPAC Hungary, to debrief last night's New York Young Republicans Club Gala held at Cipriani and the possibility of Bryan being nominated for President-elect Donald Trump's open U.S. Ambassador to Hungary position. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr Shea discusses how Trump ends the Ukraine war in 24 hours, tackles the border crisis, and the future of US relations with Javier Milei's Argentina. Shea Bradley-Farrell, Ph.D. is a strategist in national security and foreign policy and president of Counterpoint Institute for Policy, Research, and Education in Washington, D.C. Shea worked directly with the Trump administration (2016-2020) at the highest levels including at the White House, U.S. Department of State, and Senior Advisor Ivanka Trump, on multiple issues while serving as VP of International Affairs for Concerned Women for America. Shea also served as Professor and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU) of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for a Trump administration national security mandate; she possesses an active U.S. security clearance and executive-level certifications. Shea works with multiple nations around the world at the highest senior levels of government to build U.S. relations and promote U.S. interests and security. Previously, she worked in international development in the Middle East, Africa, and South America with donors including the U.S. Department of Labor, World Bank, Exxon, FedEx, and Kuwait Foundation for Advancement of Science. She is author of Last Warning to the West: Hungary's Triumph Over Communism and the Woke Agenda (Dec. 2023), endorsed by multiple high-level conservative leaders.Shea regularly publishes Op-eds in outlets such as The Washington Times, Human Events, Daily Caller, The Hill, and many others. She is a weekly guest on TV news and radio and presents to venues all around the world such as Wilson Center for International Scholars, Foreign Services Institute, the Heritage Foundation, CPAC Hungary, and the Gulf Studies Symposium.Shea holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in International Development from Tulane University, where she was Adjunct Lecturer in the International Development Studies Program in 2015. She has served in a variety of other academic positions, including at the American University of Kuwait and George Mason University. FOLLOW Counterpoint Institute on X: @CounterpointDCFOLLOW Dr. Shea Bradley-Farrell on X: @DrShea_DCREAD: https://www.humanevents.com/2024/11/13/shea-bradley-farrell-how-trump-ends-the-ukraine-war-in-24-hoursVISIT: https://www.counterpointinstitute.org/ORDER: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Warning-West-Hungarys-Communism/dp/6156476164SUPPORT OUR WORK https://www.judicialwatch.org/donate/thank-youtube/ VISIT OUR WEBSITE http://www.judicialwatch.org

Representative Josh Brecheen (R-OK) says Democrat members of Congress don't know how to legislate because they have no principle leading their party. Rep. Brecheen slams the Democratic Party for not leading with principle, it's all sunshine and rainbows, bringing out surprise celebrities to perform, “painting a picture of celebration” while our country heads toward demise. Additional interviews with Miklos Szantho, who touts CPAC Hungary's ‘Wokebusters' campaign, and Executive Director of Americans for Pharma Reform Rob Burgess. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On the latest episode of Protecting America, Miklos Szantho, Director of CPAC Hungary, joins Rita Cosby to discuss their successful conservative political action conferences and what the United States and other countries can learn from the European nation on the values of faith, family and securing our borders.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shownotes and Transcript Dr. Shea Bradley-Farrell joins Hearts of Oak to discuss Hungary's triumph over communism and the importance of nationalism in preserving sovereignty.   She draws parallels between Hungary's history and current US events, emphasizing faith's role in preserving societal values.  Dr. Shea discusses the conservative gap in foreign policy, her book, "Last Warning to the West," and the significance of faith in upholding principles.  She highlights Hungary's resistance against the EU's narrative, praises CPAC Hungary for conservative collaboration, and calls for a revival of faith to counter liberal agendas, stressing unity in upholding fundamental principles.  'Last Warning to the West: Hungary's Triumph Over Communism and the Woke Agenda' available in paperback and e-book on Amazon  https://amzn.eu/d/02lNB8Ma Shea Bradley-Farrell, PhD is President of Counterpoint Institute for Policy, Research, and Education (CIPRE) in Washington, D.C.  Dr. Shea is an expert in foreign policy and aid, national security, international development, and women's issues. She is the author of Last Warning to the West: Hungary's Triumph Over Communism and the Woke Agenda, published in December 2023.  Dr Shea worked directly with the Trump administration, including Sec. Mike Pompeo and Senior Advisor Ivanka Trump, on multiple issues while serving as the VP of International Affairs for Concerned Women for America. Most recently she was professor and subject matter expert for the Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU) of the U.S. Department of Defense. Dr. Shea possesses an active U.S. security clearance. Dr. Shea publishes Op-eds in outlets such as RealClear Politics, Human Events,  NewsMax,  National Review,   Daily Signal,  The Washington Times, The European Conservative,  Daily Caller, The Hill, Washington Examiner,  the Federalist and many others.  She is a weekly contributor to SiriusXM Patriot Stacy on the Right (Wednesdays 10 p.m.), and a contributor to Victory News TV. She is a regular guest on multiple TV news and radio shows. Dr. Shea presents at conferences all over the world such the Wilson Center for International Scholars, U.S. Department of State, the Foreign Services Institute,  the Heritage Foundation, CPAC Hungary 2022 and 2023, and the Gulf Studies Symposium. Dr. Shea holds a Ph.D. and M.S. from Tulane University, where she was Adjunct Lecturer in the International Development Studies Program in 2015. In 2014, she was Visiting Research Fellow at the Center for Gulf Studies at the American University of Kuwait.   She is a member of the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Border Security Coalition and former Affiliated Faculty and Policy Fellow at George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government.  As an international development professional, Dr. Shea has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America delivering capacity building and training assistance to international partners. She has hands-on experience with project design and management, budgeting, curriculum design and development, recruitment, and grants management. She is well-schooled in USAID programming and policies has worked with a variety of international donors including World Bank, Exxon, FedEx, and Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science. Connect with Dr Shea and Counterpoint Institute... X/TWITTER        x.com/DrShea_DC                            x.com/CounterpointDC WEBSITE           counterpointinstitute.org INSTAGRAM      instagram.com/counterpointinstitute Interview recorded  18.6.24 Connect with Hearts of Oak... X/TWITTER        x.com/HeartsofOakUK WEBSITE            heartsofoak.org/ PODCASTS        heartsofoak.podbean.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA  heartsofoak.org/connect/ SHOP                  heartsofoak.org/shop/ TRANSCRIPT (Hearts of Oak) I'm delighted to have Dr. Shea Bradley-Farrell with us. Shea, thank you so much for your time today. (Dr Shea Bradley-Farrell) It's an honor to be with you, Peter. Thanks for having me. Not at all. Lots to talk about. And of course, your book to start off with. Let me just, actually, let me ask you a little bit about yourself. And then we will bring up the book. And this last warning to the West, all the links are in the description. Hungary's Triumph Over Communism and the Woke Agenda. because you've got some phenomenal recommendations on the back that I read those and thought, actually, I'll just give the recommendations and then that's enough. That's literally enough. With Tucker, with Lou Dobbs, with Lieutenant General Michael Flynn and Congressman Paul Gosser so much. We will get into that in a couple of minutes. And don't forget, Kari Lake wrote the foreword. Trust me, we're getting to Kari Lake. She's not on the back, but she's on the front. We're getting to Kari Lake. I read that and thought, wow. But we'll get into the book. And the warning that is, I think, to the West, and I've been to Hungary many, many times. But, Shea, firstly, with you, you are, I mean, you're an expert in so many areas. In the foreign policy and aid, international development, you work directly with the Trump administration. You're regularly in the media with video appearances and lots of op-eds. And you've been instrumental, I think, in setting up CPAC Hungary, which is so needed. And of course, you head up Counterpoint Institute for Policy Research and Education. We'll get into all of those. The links are there @drshea__dc is your Twitter handle and counterpointinstitute.org is the website for the work you do. And our US audience, Shea, will know who you are from your many media appearances. Our UK side probably don't. So could I ask you to take a moment and introduce yourself, especially to our UK audience? Yeah, absolutely. You know, I actually, my background is as an international development professional. You mentioned that and a professor, an academic, traveled throughout the Middle East, Africa. Some in South America, doing development work, mainly focused on helping women better their businesses, whether it was a very small business of maybe harvesting salt, you know, once waters receded in Africa to a very big multi-million dollar companies because economic development is the best, in my opinion, the best form of foreign aid because then people really learn how to take care of themselves. And it builds great relationships between our country and other countries. So anyway, when I came to D.C., that's what I was doing. But being here just for a very short time is when I finally figured out that if I did not get myself into this real battle for our freedom, that I was going to eventually lose my country and lose my freedom. So the story kind of goes on from there. But yes, I worked with an organization called Concerned Women for America. It's the largest public policy organization run by women in the US. And I built an international affairs department there. And I worked alongside, as you said, the Trump administration in that position, working with Secretary Pompeo and Ivanka Trump on different issues having to do with economic development and human rights. And it was a great learning place for me and continued with policy. And I decided to start my own organization, Counterpoint Institute, because there are so few conservatives in the foreign policy realm. I only know one other development professional who is a conservative, which is very interesting. But there was a real hole there in our policy, in our country, in the guidance and leadership of our country. And so I have focused on myself on foreign policy and national security as is my background. And we're doing quite well, Peter. So thanks for having me on again. We want to get on the book. And at the beginning, your image was mirrored. We're not going to stop it because I know your time is short, Shea. You're in very big demand because of all the work you're and especially the book. And you mentioned Kari Lake did the foreword. Let me bring up... And this is an image of the book, Last Warning to the West, Hungary's Triumph over Communism and the Woke Agenda. As I said, you've got Tucker Carlson on the back. You've got Lou Dobbs, Lieutenant General Michael Flynn and Congressman Paul Gosser, all household names recommending what you're putting in as a call, as a warning call to the West on what Hungary has been in over its thousand year history. And, of course, you mentioned Kari Lake has written the foreword. Maybe you begin the book talking about your trip to Hungary. You were there 2019. You talk about the first time and your experiences. I was actually, because I worked in Bulgaria for two and a half years, and I actually was in Hungary for the first time in 1998 and many times since. And I shared the experiences you mentioned of driving through the suburbs, seen that communism blocks and think, wow, in Bulgaria, I got that 10 times to that degree. But you've traveled extensively. Why has your heart settled on Hungary? Well, you know, the Hungarians have a real will to survive and I'm a survivalist also, a survivor. And so I take great pride in that, in them. I think that they've, they're amazing. They became a Christian country over a thousand years ago, and since then they've had the Ottoman Turks in, the Mongols, the Habsburgs, you know, the Nazis occupied them, the Soviet Union, and still they retain their very unique Hungarian identity. I mean, that is even reflected in the fact that no other country in the world, no other people in the world speak Hungarian. But Hungarians, right? It's very interesting. And I think that they're a real example of holding on to their true nationalism. And nationalism in the purest sense of the word means just pride in your own country. It's a collection of people who come together and agree on the same sort of laws and economic systems and the way we're going to do our society. That's what nationalism is. And it's been perverted, of course, by Nazis, for one. But the sense of nationalistic pride in its purest form is not a bad thing. It's a good thing because it strengthens a country. And that's a real reflection of what Hungary is and the people. And they have fought for their survival for so long. And I'm sure you know, to reference somebody probably that you know well, Peter, is Sir Roger Scruton, who is well-loved in Hungary. Because during the Soviet occupation, you know, he worked in the underground bringing information and books to people in those Soviet satellites. He was arrested, actually, also during that time. He helped bring networks together of communication. And anyway, I quote him in my book, and I can't remember the quote. Maybe I could pull it around and read it to you. But it pointedly says, you know, this is a big paraphrase, Hungary went through occupation, and then the wall came down after 46 years of the Soviet Union being in there telling them what to do, being that authoritarian power, right? Well, what he says in this quote is, you know, just because the wall came down, it doesn't make it any less true if the EU is doing the same thing to Hungary. This top-down decision-making, telling them that they must accept this radical gender theory nonsense and teach it to their children, telling them that they must accept mass influx of immigration into their country. They must enter, you know, in their way of thinking, giving money to the Ukraine war to weapons is entering the war. And there are many reasons they don't want to do that. And the EU has sanctioned Hungary for all of those, all of those things, keeping money, billions of dollars away from them because of their sovereignty and what they believe is right for their own country. And we can talk about that and explain it. But the point is, is that the EU has become, you know, what it was never meant to be. It wasn't meant to be a decision making body over the sovereignty of other countries in the EU. And Hungary has fought back against that. And I think that they're a real example to the United States. And that's where the book ended up coming from. Oh, last point. This is what kicked it off. I was over there doing research about the national identity and the survival of the Hungarians, not really knowing where the book was going to go. And people kept saying to me, Shea, you understand that the rhetoric coming out of the United States reminds us of our Soviet era, right? I mean, what a gut punch. No, really. And walking that back, and I'd love to talk more about this, but I'm going to shut up and pause for a minute, Peter. But walking that back, you know, for the past hundred years, the Marxism coming out after the Bolshevik Revolution, the communism that the U.S. was fighting in the 50s. Everything is very much parallel to what's going on in the United States today. And so that's why the book became a warning, the last warning to the West, and written specifically for Americans, really, and others from Western nations that are dealing with the same things we are. Right. There are so many threads to pick up from there. Let me start with, I mean, Hungary should be an insignificant country. It's just got 10 million people, and I love your mug. (Shea shows her British Union Flag drinking mug) It's beautiful. It's beautiful. Mine is a spitfire, so I go… This was actually not on purpose, but I'm hoping it gets me a few points. Oh, it does. You don't need any more, trust me. But I mean, Hungary should be insignificant. Small country, 10 million people on the edge of the Balkans in Eastern Europe, yet everyone knows who Victor Orban is. It's taken a position which is much larger than it actually should have. I mean, as an American, how do you see that as actually happened? You know, and I started the book out talking about that, because who, really, Americans are so isolated. Most of them had no idea where Hungary was, right, or anything about them. And all of a sudden, they're on the world stage. Victor Orban is a friend of Trump. Trump is shaking his hand and inviting him to have meetings. And it's really because of, really the bullying of the EU, I believe, is where it started, because there were so many articles and news stories written that maligned Hungary and these sanctions. And Hungary stood up and fought back. I mean, Orban was part of the movement that pushed the Soviets out of Hungary. He started the Fidesz party back then, before the Soviets ever left. He was actually a youth alliance at that time, a youth party, a party of the youth that was anti-communist. So he is a real fighter and he has a lot of people in his administration who are real fighters and they don't want the woke agenda. They feel like, hey, we just got our freedom back in 1991. Stop telling us what to do. So I think it has a lot to do with the press maligning them and then Trump hugging them, embracing Orbán and looking at Hungary as an ally in this fight against Marxist nonsense. This woke Marxist cultural nonsense. And that has increased because our own administration now under the Biden administration. Our ambassador in Hungary is very antagonistic against Hungary. So I just think their will and their will to do what they believe is right for their own people. And on all three of those issues I mentioned earlier, they've done a citizen referendum. Do you want to be involved in the war? Do you want mass immigration? Do you want radical gender theory in your schools? And the overwhelming majority of people voted no. So in my way of thinking, that is real sovereignty, respecting the sovereignty of your people, of your country, if the EU would stop this. But the Biden administration continues this antagonizing, I call it, because it truly is. And I think that's had a lot to do with it. We'll touch on your ambassador and it kind of shows where America currently sits. But you mentioned the EU and Orban's stand, I think, against cultural Marxism and the woke agenda has made him an absolute enemy of the EU, like no other figure I've seen within the EU. And I think he's now getting fined so much per day because of the stand against mass migration. And he's a target of the Western media and of all the organs of the deep state. And you see them working across. I mean, tell us how you view that. This is one man, small country, standing up against the EU. 10 million people in Hungary, half a billion in the EU. And everything that Orbán stands for is different than the entity of the European Union. I think that's a lesson for Americans to learn to be very careful who you actually place yourself under. Yeah, that's exactly Exactly right. And, you know, it really goes back to something that you mentioned, you know, this guy Daniel Frund, I believe is how you say his last name, in the EU. I mean, he's taken it on himself. It's made... He's made it his business to post things on his social media that are clearly very discriminatory against Hungary. And he's made it, he's an example, I think, of the anger that many on the liberal left, the radical left get simply because you don't do what they want you to do, simply because you don't believe what they believe. And Hungary was perfectly fine with not trying to change them, but they're trying to change Hungary. And as I said before, they've had the Ottoman Turks, the Habsburgs, the Nazis, the Soviets. They want to protect their beliefs. Like I said, they respect God. They're a Christian country. They respect the family. They actually put in their constitution a few years ago that the woman is the mother and the father and the man is the father, you know, against this gender nonsense. And it made the EU extremely angry. And that's been part of the problem. And yeah, so a lot of this comes from anger. But I will touch on something else you said that I worked a lot against, during the Trump administration, trying to unravel the Obama years on this. The United States got way out of line on foreign aid. And what we've ended up doing, I believe it started under Obama. I don't know that it went a lot further back, but we've begun pushing our own progressive social agenda through our foreign aid with things called like being LGBT in Asia, being LGBT and whatever. And so, I wrote an article a couple months ago and it was in Peru, that's where it was, that we are funding transgender ballroom dancing in Peru. I mean, this kind of nonsense instead of real help, real development help, humanitarian help. We are pushing our social progressiveness, I always do this because it's actually backwardsness, onto other countries. And in my job, you know, for years now, I've had people come from Africa, from the Middle East, from Eastern Europe, from South America, come and say to me, can you help us? Because your country has told us we can't have this money unless we do this, which is against our religion, whether it's something that's promoting abortion, promoting homosexuality. It's not what our people want to do. But your country is pushing this. And it's a real problem. And we're doing it again under the Biden administration. And that's what's going on in Hungary and other countries, for sure, all over the world. And I'm sorry, I apologize. Well, actually, that fits into what the EU and the UK are doing, that we tie a lot of our aid, especially to abortion being healthcare, and you need to abort as much as you can, and the whole LGBT agenda, especially in the education and media. So we are doing exactly the same. But you mentioned the ambassador, and you talk about him being a big advocate and representative of LGBT community. And that must be a slap in the face to a country that is a conservative Christian country. And the left put that in place, obviously Biden put them in place purposefully, knowing that we are going to push our agenda as America and it's irrelevant to what you think. But we have exactly the same issues in the EU and UK, pushing that agenda on developing countries. Yeah. And it's stepping out of line. It's stepping over the sovereignty of other countries, over their religious freedom, over their scientific freedom when you get down to the transgender stuff. Our ambassador, David Pressman is his name. Evidently, there was a small story about it. It was part of Obama's LGBT. Obama promised to spend millions and billions on promoting ideology. And I, can I make this clear? Because this is something I've worked on as well. Obama and Biden are spreading an ideology, teaching children in some of these programs, you know, here's the color purple, we're celebrating transgender stuff. It's ideology they're pushing. What they should be doing is looking and seeing in the countries, if homosexuals, if whatever, are being imprisoned or persecuted for some, you know, in some way. That should be addressed as a human rights issue. You know, ISIS beheading homosexual men. This is where the U.S. should be involved, not in spreading an ideology. And I was going to tell you something else, Peter, but I've gotten off on that tangent. What was.. It's like the Matt Walsh documentary, What is a woman, talking to people in Africa and they're saying, what do you mean a man can be a woman, it's madness, It's madness, yes and I had a friend who spoke at the UN from Africa who grew up in this village, you know, where, here was her point at the UN, we need roads so I can get my children to the doctor, we need hospitals. We need water where we live. We don't need abortion. That's not development. Going back to our ambassador. So first of all. He helped Obama with this. Second of all, in his confirmation hearing, he was already calling Hungary a democratic backsliding country, aligning them with China and Russia. And if you look at his social media, most of this is because of the LGBT thing. And he promotes that agenda far more than anything else on his social media. He's militant about it. He's hung up and obsessed on it. He is married to a man. He has two little boys, I believe, with this man. Now, I've spent lots and lots of time in Hungary, been there many times at this point. I've seen homosexuals walking around. Nobody cares if that's what you want to do. But he was put in there as an antagonizing aspect for his beliefs alone and, you know, his obsessive promotion of it. And the real thing that clinches this is that he uses that to say that Hungary is backsliding in democratic values, that Hungary is a human rights abuser. There is no put your finger on anything that Hungary has done to abuse human rights. In fact, you know, ironically, I think this was on the Human Rights Council Committee, whatever the name of the organization website, this uprising of LGBT people in Hungary. So, oh, it's terrible because Hungary is oppressing them because here's this uprising. Well, the point, you know, that I was trying to make during this time was these people have the freedom to uprise and say we don't like things. That's a democratic society. So what's happening is the Biden administration wants everybody to agree with them. You know, that's the real issue. If you don't agree with them, then you're a human rights abuser. And that's wrong. It's deceptive and it's taking the focus off of real needs, you know, around the world that the U.S. could be focused on. I know, exactly. A key part of, if you go go through Hungary's history from its establishment in the 9th century, so you've got 1,000 years of history, all the way up to the Ottoman Empire, 1800s, you go up to communism in the 1900s and how Hungary was able to overthrow that, along with the rest of Eastern Europe. And that's 1,000-year history. It's, I mean, four times longer than the US has been there, and they fought for their national identity over that time. It does seem as though Hungary is a kind of roadmap for successfully preserving your national identity. Is that what you've seen in your time looking at Hungary? Yeah, I believe so, Peter. And, you know, I did interviews for the Bucs, some with senior government officials and some with just regular people out in the country. And there was an older gentleman I talked to in his late 80s that had been there during the Soviet siege of Budapest, where they fought against the Nazis and pushed the Nazis out. He was just a little boy at the time. And he and his family were in one of the basements there where the castle is, now where the castle is in Hungary. And, you know, he recounts some really terrible things like the soldiers raping women just as a matter of method even to keep the people pressed down. But, you know, I asked him, in fact, he had this great attitude and he had lived most of his life up until 1991 under Soviet occupation. And I asked him, how is it that Hungarians are still so positive? How is it that they hold so fast to their family because the Russians, the communist ideology, was to divide people from family, to divide people from religion, to divide people from their national identity. They took Hungarians' holidays away from them, their national holidays. They told them they had to take crosses down off the walls and put the communist leader pictures up there. These are are just some small examples, but they tried to recreate Hungarian history and identity according to what the communists wanted it to be. And I said, how are you guys still so Hungarian, so family oriented, so focused on God and your country? And he said it really went back to Christianity and their families, that when he was a little boy, his mother, you know, would teach them in the house about their religion, about their faith, about right and wrong, freedom and liberty. And then they would go to school and under the eyes of the communists, they would act a different way. But always at home, it was still being imparted to them, you know, the national identity of the Hungarians, their freedom, the importance of their sovereignty. And I had some other gentlemen that were older say pretty much the same thing. So I think it's something, I think it's that, and I think it's this will to survive. They've been through it for centuries, and they keep having to do it. And as somebody said to me, a few people said to me, is that America doesn't remember what it's like not to be free. We've been around like you said a lot less time than Hungarians have and they were dealing with this until recent history in 1991. So there are many people still alive that remember what it was like under the sovereignty of the Soviet Union. You talked about faith, and I think the position of God is quite central. And of course, the EU have rejected God, and whenever they wrote the Constitution, they specifically and purposely removed any references to Christian history in Europe and any reference to God. And that puts it at odds with Hungary. I mean, there are many nations in Europe that are still very strongly, devoutly Christian. You've got Malta, Finland, Austria, Bulgaria, where I lived, and the Orthodox Church there is very strong. Italy, well known for their strong faith. Slovakia, you go to Greece, and the Orthodox Church is so strong, Greece. But sadly, I guess none of those countries have an Orban. But how do you look on it as an American where Christianity is still a central part? I know times are changing. How do you look on it in not only Hungary, but many of those countries across Europe where faith, where your relationship with God is quite central in culture, not necessarily in politics? I mean, how did you see that as an American, as a Christian? In relating it to Hungary, you mean, or in Europe? Yeah, just generally your time there and how you as a Christian, as a conservative, and your parts of Hungary and Europe that are traditionally Christian, and yet the leadership doesn't necessarily represent that. But Hungary does seem to be different. You know, they say that they're a Christian nation. I mean, even the government will say that. It's not, you know, it's not like a theocracy or anything like that, but they're very proud of the fact that a thousand years ago, King Istvan made them the easternmost western country of the empire, a Holy Roman Empire, and they took on Christianity. He thought it would be good for the alliances and the economic prosperity of Hungary, and they've continued to hold on to that. You know, my experience going through Europe is sometimes I'm very surprised at how there are many people there that still have a real relationship as Christians with Jesus Christ. They have a real relationship as Jews with God, and they're really holding fast those principles. In other places that I've been, I think I've been a little bit disappointed that the religion has has turned in sort of this secular kind of religion. Like this is what our morals are based on, yet we're not really practicing any sort of religion where we are saying there is a power that's more important than we are. And while I still think that it's good that some societies are still based on this moral approach, understanding of Christianity or Judaism, I'm concerned that generations will go by if people are not actually practicing that religion, reading their Bibles, praying, that generations will go by and even that moral foundation will slip away. Am I explaining that right? No, you are. You're right. There is a disconnect between the history and people's personal relationship with Jesus. And you see the church, especially in the Nordic countries, in Germany, and many parts, have become woke and have abandoned that clarion call they should have. But yet many parts of Eastern Europe still hold on to that. And Christianity, whether that's a personal relationship with Christ, part of it is cultural Christianity, but that is still embedded in the culture, where in many other parts of Europe that's been rejected. That's exactly right. But what I'm concerned about is that in those places where it's still based on Christianity, if people still are not praying and reading their Bibles and learning what their religion is and what it should mean to them in their lives, that eventually that moral fabric will leave. And I think that is what is happening in America, is so few people are going to church now as generations ago. So few people think about praying when they have a problem, you know, before they go off and do whatever it is. And we've gotten to the point where cutting children's body parts off is okay. That is moral depravity. So that's what I'm concerned about, Peter. I've seen it happen here. And I actually, I was talking to, I think it was an official, a government official, yes, about this. Like, are you concerned that the secular, because this person even said to me, it's more of a secular religion, secular Christianity. It's like a foundation of it. That was just his point of view. There are other people that were practicing. But I said, you know, aren't you concerned that eventually this moral fabric will be broken up? And he didn't seem to be too concerned about it, but I am. I agree. Whenever the church begins to promote and advocate abortion and sexualization of children, you know that we are in a difficult, dangerous pit. And I get that. We need a huge revival. Tell me how it's been welcomed in America, this book, because there are many books about, you know, Republicans, Red Wave, MAGA. You've got thousands and thousands of them. This book is quite different. It's looking outside, which maybe is different from the traditional conservative books that are available in the US. Tell me how it's been received and some of the conversations you've had with people as you've gone around and promoted the book. It's actually been received very well. I've been on tons of media for it. People reaching out to me such as yourself that wanted to hear more about it. I think because they're fascinated by the fact that I'm showing the parallels of Hungary under communist control. And actually, I want to go go back to that in just a second. But even like C-SPAN, C-SPAN came and recorded my, I had a book launch in New York and a book launch in DC in February. The New York one was December, 2023. But in February at the Hungarian embassy, C-SPAN came and recorded it and put it on, you know, their book TV, their Washington journal, and even on their radio. Because I think that, I'm an academic, I'm a researcher. So some people find the book a little daunting, a little heavy because of all the sources and citations and documentation that I use in it. But that's what I do. There are many people that appeal to a different crowd, I think, in America that just say, they're more like someone who impart a message that people need to hear. But I'm trying to say, look at the history, look at the history, and you know that we're in trouble. I put in the book, Peter, the 11 points of communist psychological warfare, which were written, published by our Department of Defense in 1959, so that our professionals would recognize communist psychological warfare and combat it, 1959. I put these in the book because every point is parallel to the United States today. And I wanted to show that, you know, the fact that the Hungarians were saying that we are, the rhetoric coming out of the U.S. reminds them of the Soviet days. If you even just walk that back to the Bolshevik revolution and the Marxism during that time, even I did not know that they were pushing abortion at that time as health care. This is not anything new, that that was coming out of their division between, parents and their children, was coming out of that, the Marxism at that time, between people and religion. But looking, just let me give you a couple of points from the communist psychological warfare points. Like I said, they're all in my book, and then I put up just a little brief description underneath of how it relates to the United States. One of the points is using a crisis to gain control. And we saw during the COVID pandemic, vaccine mandates where thousands of people lost their jobs because they wouldn't put an unknown substance into their body, their own body. Vaccine mandates, lockdowns all over the world, actually. The detention camps in Australia were the ones that really freaked me out. But other examples, the government gaining control of propaganda bodies, that was actually one of the first steps of Sovietization that the Soviet Union would do in satellite countries. But it's also one of those points where the government will control the information going out. And certainly in the United States, the mainstream media is led and influenced by our administration. It is so far left. It is so, in my lifetime, it's never been so un-journalistic. But even farther than that, you know, the Biden administration is going through litigation right now because it's been accused of suppressing entire bodies of ideas of Americans on social media, collaborating with with Facebook and X or Twitter at the time, and other platforms to suppress people's views on the 2020 election, COVID-19, on Hunter Biden's laptop. And we find out just a couple of weeks ago that they're doing it again. So I'll stop there. Those are just two examples of the points. But it's really concerning. I find it actually is an easy read. It is 350 pages, but you've got a thousand years of history to touch on. So you go through, I think, marvellously well. And it is available. I read it as an e-book. It is available as a paperback. Let me just... That is Last Warning to the West, Hungary's Triumph over Communism and The Woke Agenda, with a foreword by Kari Lake, as you mentioned. Just very last point on CPAC Hungary, because it's been fascinating your involvement with that, and I think that brings what is, it's a fascinating connection between Hungary and the US, because it's the first time CPAC has launched in Europe. I think Hungary is a fantastic country to start that in. And maybe just to end off, just mentioning that, because that brings up to the current present tense and also shows that bridge between Hungary and America, which I think can be key whenever, whenever Trump regains the White House. Yeah, I think it's a good point. So CPAC Hungary started three years ago. I spoke the first two years. I wasn't able to go this year. But the organization that started CPAC Hungary is the same organization that published my book, the Center for Fundamental Rights. They're a conservative think tank there in Hungary. And I was a fellow for them for about a year and a half, senior fellow. And it was a great experience. And they have done a fantastic job with CPAC Hungary. Strange that there's no other CPAC in Europe. But they really set out to build collaboration between countries and certain aspects of the countries that were conservative. And they've done a fantastic job with that because, you know, they've also built relationships in Spain, in Italy with different conservative organizations. And we see that all over the world now. In fact, we go back a couple of weeks ago. It seemed that the EU in the elections for the European Parliament went a bit to the right. So I do believe that things going on like CPAC Hungary help influence that. And, you know, I have conservative friends now down in Argentina and in Italy. And like I said, Spain and Hungary and all these different places. And we collaborate together, help each other, support each other. And I believe, this is my theory, that in many countries, the majority of the people are still wanting to support family, are still respecting their religion, still love their homeland. And I think the liberal left in the form of the European Union and the Biden administration and the media all over the world is announcing to the world that they don't matter. The political and media elites of the left have the power, the control. So it makes it seem like the whole world is that way. And we do have a lot to fight against on legislation and crazy things that are going on in the EU and in my own capital where I am here. But I just believe that people all over the world need to know there are sane people out there working for these foundational principles, because Europe was also founded on Christian principles. And the United States most certainly was, you know, like you said, the EU is voting this constitution to take that out. But that's not what the original fathers of the EU were doing. So I'm sure you know more about that than I do. And I talk about that some in my book. But it's this real change from, you know, humility before a higher power in your lives, to thinking that you can do it all yourself. You know, you're giving yourself your rights now, these rights that God have given us, he didn't give them to us. In fact, we had a commentator in the United States about a month or so ago say that, that Christian nationalists, Christians who love their country, were crazy because we thought that our rights were God-given, and how silly that was. And we're like, well, lady, it's actually in our founding documents. So anyway, it's this real reliance on self, Peter, And that's dangerous. And there are those of us that are fighting for the right kind of principles like you, like yourself. And it's good that outlets such as you are getting that word out there. I think it encourages people is what I'm trying to say with a lot of words. Well, 100%. We'll bring it last warning to the West. Fantastic read and counterpoint institute I encourage your viewers listeners to make sure and click on that and follow and sign up to all you're doing and I just saw that Hungary take over the commission, EU commission and their tagline is Make Europe Great Again so you're going to have MEGA and MAGA together, MEGA MAGA for the second half of this year, but Dr Shea thank you so much for coming on and sharing about your experiences, your work with Counterpoint Institute. It's fascinating. So thank you so much for your time today. Thank you, Peter. And if your listeners would like to follow our work, just sign up for our newsletter on counterpoint.institute.org. It only comes out a couple of times a month, but it just gives the basics on all these issues that you and I have talked about in the work we're doing. So thank you so much for having me. Not at all. Sign up counterpointinstitute.org make sure and sign up to that newsletter Shea thank you so much for your time Thanks Peter.

Show Notes and Transcript Rob Roos, a Dutch politician and member of the European Parliament joins Hearts of Oak to discuss his non-traditional journey into politics and his focus of representing the people over personal gain.  He advocates for free speech, energy security, and national sovereignty while addressing issues like immigration and digital identity.  Rob highlights the complexity of politics, emphasizing compromise and unity among diverse political groups.  He stresses the importance of collaboration to tackle challenges like immigration and the changing European political landscape.  Rob also shares his views on international relations, promoting peaceful resolutions and maintaining dialogue.  As we look ahead, Rob remains dedicated to serving his country and advocating for critical issues, cementing his position as a notable voice in European politics. Rob Roos (1966) has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2 July 2019, until December 2020 this was on behalf of the Forum for Democracy (FVD) and then until August 2023 on behalf of JA21. Mr Roos was a member of the Provincial Council of South Holland for several months in 2019 and chairman of the political group until July 2019. He is an entrepreneur in the ICT sector and worked in business and is the Vice President of the group of European Conservatives and Reformists. Connect with Rob... X/TWITTER         x.com/Rob_Roos WEBSITE             ecrgroup.eu/ecr/mep/rob_roos INSTAGRAM        www.instagram.com/robroos.mep Interview recorded  14.6.24 Connect with Hearts of Oak... X/TWITTER        x.com/HeartsofOakUK WEBSITE            heartsofoak.org/ PODCASTS        heartsofoak.podbean.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA  heartsofoak.org/connect/ SHOP                  heartsofoak.org/shop/ Transcript (Hearts of Oak) I'm delighted to be joined by Rob Roos today, a Dutch politician, was a member of the European Parliament for five years. Rob, it's wonderful to have you with us. Thank you for giving us your time today. (Rob Roos MEP) Yeah, it's wonderful to be here and I try to explain the things that are happening in the European Parliament and in the Netherlands. And I'm honoured to have me in the show. Thank you. Great to have an eye of, as have many, I think, English speakers certainly enjoyed your fantastic short videos on a range of issues and it is, I guess, to see a member of the European Parliament speak sense and speak specifically, I just say what they think, love it. But you obviously were a member of the European Parliament for five years. I'm still am. Still am, yeah. Yes, yes, till July 16. Okay, till July 16 and you were vice chairman of the the ECR group, and we'll get into the groupings, the European Conservatives and Reformist Party. But your background, you were in telecoms, and it made me smile because I know I worked with Gerard Batten, who was MEP for UKIP, UKIP leader, and his background was telecoms as well before he got into politics. Maybe I can ask you just how you ended up being involved in politics. It was an accident. It always is. No, I was never a member of a political party. My background is I'm actually an electrical engineer. But I'm an entrepreneur. I have my own businesses. I had an engineering company in energy. That's what I'm doing for 32 years now. But after a while I started to invest in my own fibre optic networks across the country so, I founded my own telecom company. It started with the infrastructure but after a while I also had I had my own ISP and we did everything, but in 2016 I sold my engineering company. And because I wanted to move on with my telecom company, it was a huge success. But then there was a private equity from London who wanted to buy my shares. And so I did the negotiations for two years in 2018. They bought my shares also of that company. I still have one telecom company. I still own a fantastic gym. I'm also a boxing trainer. But then in 2016, we had a new movement in the Netherlands. It was called Forum for Democracy. Thierry Baudet was very good at that time. And, well, I funded his political movement so he can run for our national parliament. But I didn't become a member at the time. But after a while, they called me. Rob, can you please help us? You live close to Rotterdam. Can you do the campaign over there? I was never involved in politics. I was always interested in politics since I was a child. So I said, okay, let's do it. I'm an entrepreneur. Let's roll up the sleeves and just do it. But it was a success. And from one thing came another. And, well, before I knew it, I was in the office in Amsterdam. To them and yeah, building this organization because that is my background I founded nine companies, our board companies, our merged companies, and so I know how to build organizations. Yeah, from there they said well can you record a video about entrepreneurship and it was so difficult because I was never in front of the cameras really it was maybe 50 takes or something like that it was terrible, but okay, I didn't have that experience, but finally this video was successful and then Rob you should also be on the list and I said absolutely not. I want to help but I'm not going to be on this, but in the end to make a long story short, in the end I was on the list and I was elected as a member of of the European Parliament. And, well, yeah, I did it with love and passion, and I loved what I did. I'm not really a politician. I'm a representative of the people. I think that's a big difference. Most people who go into politics have very good intentions, but once chosen, they make a career of it. And, yeah, I didn't do that. I'm really there for the people. It's sometimes tough, you know. They call you names. But I don't care, you know, it's the right for people to call me names. That's freedom of speech. I don't block anyone on social media. But yeah, I did it with love and passion. And to be honest, I think I'm going to miss it. But there will probably be something else in the future. I keep on fighting for my country, absolutely. And also for Europe. Well I want to get on to what kind of your passions and what you wanted to to bring to that role but let me for our UK and half of our viewers are American and I don't know if we'll be able to explain all of the intricacies and little details in in the politics but obviously I watched Thierry Baudet start his movement and you've got all different letters in Dutch politics. So, that's the Forum for Democratie, the FVD. And then there was, I think, a disagreement. So things were said, as happens, and then you had broken away with some others and started a new group, the J21. And then you had represented that and then as an independent. And I guess there are always difficulties with a new movement or a new group or new party that starts, because it doesn't have the history of what it actually believes and it's evolving and that can lead to clashes I guess. Yeah, that's true you know, but it's always in politics. I was in Bangkok two weeks ago. I was speaking there about food security. I spoke with the the audience that were all kinds of ministers and and members of parliament of all kinds of Asian countries from Kazakhstan to South Korea, Japan, China, everywhere. And it's everywhere the same. You know, politics is just a dirty game. But the point is for new political parties, if someone is, let's say, difficult to handle, there is no job somewhere else. The establishment, if someone is not very favourable anymore in the party, they give them a decent job as a mayor or something else. And this is not possible with a new political party. So, yeah, that is the problem. But there are more problems. Politics also attracts strange people. I agree. It's incredible. And I'm just a simple human being. The only thing that counts for me, I want results. I'm a businessman. man you know and I my my job is to solve problems and to to go straight to the result and I don't want to play all these games, and I don't do it, so it's, I stay, I stick to my principles and then that's why I fight for and if people said you should not speak about this, you shouldn't speak about that, and I said sorry I'm here to represent the people that's why they have chosen me and I will fight for them. For me the party, a political party is just a tool. It cannot be the goal and that is often the thing that they make the political party more important than our country and the people and yeah for me the people and the country is that that's the most important thing that's the highest goal there is. Tell us about you as an MEP you as vice chair of the ECR one of the kind of three groupings on the right and people obviously will know Georgia Maloney her party part of that I think the Law and Justice Party and also I think the Czech Civic Democratic Party are part of that. Tell us what that was, because obviously you were there for five years. So you don't have a track record of being in the European Parliament. That's not your life. Your life, as you say, is service and serving the people. Vice-Chairman of the ECR, that is a key position. How did that come about? And how did you find your time, I guess, working with the groupings in the European Parliament? Oh, I love that. I love to do that. I can be tough on subjects, but I think I'm a very reasonable person and I can bring people together. Even I cooperate a lot of times with, for example, the Greens. I disagree. On 100% on their climate policy, but I was a member of the industry and energy committee and we were responsible, for example, for the digital identity, etc. And in the greens you have these pirates, you know, they are very hard on privacy. So, I made my coalitions with them to create a majority on things. So, there was also a very left liberal lady in the Renew, and she said, Rob, you are such a nice person, but you have such strange people around you. And then I said, you have exactly the same. So you can disagree on subjects, but you can respect each other as human beings. And this is how I work. And that is also that I did it in the ECR. I think, yeah, it's so strange because in my political party, they said, they told me, you should not speak about this and you should not speak about that. And they really disagree with me on the things. And they made my life very tough to survive in that party. But the strange thing is that I can go along with all the people in the group. Even we have, of course, you have a bandwidth and you have the people. We are the conservative, but you have people who are on the left side of this conservative movement and also the hardliners. But I can get along with them very well. And I try to bring people together, because in the end, we have to do it together. Together, you are strong. And of course, you can disagree with each other, but you have to find a compromise on things so that you can show your strength. And being united is very important to achieve the goals. I was in Bucharest, I think it's now four or five weeks ago, I was the keynote speaker there at Make Europe Great Again. Oh, yes. And that was exactly the speech that I gave. We have the elections coming up and we should be united on the right. And I hope there are now negotiations going on to create this. Conservative supergroup. They try it every time we have new elections. But this time I really hope it will work because. We are bigger, if we are united, we are bigger than the socialists in the European Parliament. And then we are the second largest group right after the European People's Party. And then we are strong. We have the best positions. You have the best, yeah, as a rapporteur, you can change things. You have the chairman of all the committees, et cetera. And so, yeah, I think we should respect each other as a human being and be tough on the subject, but we should find compromises and work together. The elections have thrown up some interesting and exciting results. Obviously, Marine Le Pen doing well. I remember meeting Marine 12 years ago in London, the only time I've met her. But Gerrit Fielder is obviously doing very well in Holland, and I've met him a number of times. And you've got two high-profile individuals that really make the left extremely angry. And to me, that's kind of the part that I like, but also you need to come together. But then you've got all these, obviously, where Giorgio Maloney fits in. And then you've got all the conversation about the AFD and the FPO. And it's an interesting mix. And you said politics brings together estranged people. It also brings together people who are extremely ambitious. And sometimes that doesn't work with groupings. But what are your thoughts looking across the landscape at what this election has produced? And how do you see it moving forward with some of those conversations? If we look at the numbers, then EPP is still the biggest group in the European Parliament. But let's say the conservatives, if you count the numbers, then we almost have the same numbers. If I count the numbers, EPP can be around 190. But also the conservatives, the right-wing conservatives, they have also 190 seats if we can merge. And Renew lost a lot, especially in France. It's a chaos over there. But also the Greens in Germany, the Socialists in Germany, they did a terrible job. It was the worst elections for them ever on the European Parliament level. So, this is a very strong signal from the people in Europe that they are fed up with all this climate communist nonsense. All this gender nonsense, because this is what it is. It was so horrible the last five years. Every legislation that we passed was full of gender ideology, climate ideology, and it was absurd, you know. I was in energy for 32 years. I really know what energy is about and how to do it. You cannot do this energy transition with wind turbines and solar panels. So, there is an alternative, and that is nuclear energy. And I was advocating for that for a very long time. I'm not against phasing out Fossil. Partly, you cannot do it completely, but partly you can phase out fossil fuel. But then you need something stable. And nuclear energy is such a wonderful form of energy. It's really a gift from the stars. If you have this uranium, but also the new... New reactors. New reactors, the fourth generation reactors with thorium and other things. There is so much energy in this tiny particle form. And this is really a solution. But this is the problem. They don't want that. So, to come back to the question, the Greens they lost, the Liberals they lost. And, well, it's time to have a real democracy. These people are upset. It was also in the Netherlands, exactly the same when Wilders won the election. These people are upset, but it's their democracy, it's not the democracy, it's their democracy. They have a view of how the world should look like, and this is how everyone should behave. But if it's real democracy, they should start listening to the people. The people gave a very clear signal. We don't want this anymore. We want change. We want a normal life. Of course, we want to take care of the planet, but we don't want to have this absurd laws where we are losing our freedom, where we are paying so much for just normal energy while it's not necessary. Our food security is in danger because of the policy on the farmers. And people start seeing it. And now they want to go back to normal. Well, of course, the farm demonstration, they started in your part of the world, in the Netherlands, and then really, really spread out. But this idea of wanting your own industries, not necessarily relying on the global, of not wanting to, not seeing renewables as the full-on solution may be a part of it, but it can't be. This is where we put everything into. And the gender ideology debate, the mass immigration that Europe has faced. I mean, but which one has it just been those coming together to give the push to to Gerd Willers, to Marine Le Pen, to Maloney, the Swedish Democrats, the FPO coming top and then even the Vox and Chega doing well in Portugal and Spain. I mean, it's across the board where all these parties have come first or second or one or two end up third. But it does seem a change of the guard. I'm wondering which issue is it that actually is concerning Europeans the most? I think it's immigration. You know, we are flooded with people from the Middle East and Africa. And even in my small village here, very close to Rotterdam, it's changing. Our children don't have houses anymore the culture is changing. Well I've seen the videos from London this is not Europe anymore and if these people want the Sharia, if they like to live by the Sharia there are lots of places in the world where you can do that. We should not allow that they are changing our society. I didn't ask for it. Most of the people didn't ask for it. So why is this happening? You know, it's not the will of the people. So, I think immigration is something that is the most important issue at the moment. But the rest, the Green Deal, all this climate policy, the gender policy, changing our identities, taking away our freedom, Yeah, I think we are heading, when I was in Warsaw, I said we are heading to a new kind of communism. And I really think that is the case. You know, if you look at communism, it's all central plant economy. Now, that is exactly what the Green Deal is. As an entrepreneur, I want to make my own decisions. And if we have new legislation and say, OK, we have to improve the environment, etc. Etc. Okay, make your goals. And let me, let the market find out what the best solution is. But they are not only telling you what to do, they are also telling you how to do it. Like the civil servants in Brussels, sitting on the chair of the entrepreneurs and of the chair of the businesses, if they really think they can do a better job, it's so stupid, you know, that's not the case. So, immigration is the most important thing. We feel that everywhere. We see the bomb attacks, we see the violence. You should not speak about it, then you are a racist, of course, they call your names again, but also the women in our cities are not safe anymore. It's just happening. It started, this started in Sweden, but now we have the same problem here in Rotterdam. And that doesn't mean that all the people who coming in are are evil, but it is changing our society and if you have too much of it and you cannot integrate in the society there are people here that live really 30 years in the Netherlands and they don't speak our language that is absurd, you know, that you then you are not a part of the society. I don't believe in a multicultural cultural society, we should have a monocultural society with maybe multicultural people from other countries but multicultural society really means a parallel society you have so but yeah, I think this is this is something that we have to solve and I think the key is now, With Giorgio Maloney. Fratelli d'Italia. I really understand their position. They are my colleagues. They are very good colleagues. I love them very much. But Italy has problems, you know, with their debt. So, they depend on what is happening in the financial market. The financial market can break or they can break the government within months, I think. But also the Commission, because they have this money where they can bribe the member states. They did it with Poland, they do it with Hungary, but they can also bribe Italy, because Italy, I think they still have to receive 85 billion Euros from this next generation EU. EU, so that is serious money. But it should not be the case that the government of Italy, of Giorgio Meloni, that they can hostage our whole group. We in Europe, we have to move on. So, I understand their position, but still I hope there will be a solution also for this big group, including... Fratelli d'Italia. I really hope that. We're talking about Giorgio Maloni and you've seen, I guess, Orban with Fidets in Hungary and the Law and Justice Party in Poland really taking a very hard line against the EU and you posted, I think, on Twitter a day ago or so, Hungary getting fined every day. Giorgio Maloney has taken a softer approach. I think people have seen that as weakness but maybe she just realizes this is a game you need to play and you don't win everything on day one is that a fair assessment because, I would be talking to some people about my frustration with Giorgio Meloni not going all the way and they said patience this this takes time. Is that a kind of a fair assessment that she knows how the game has to be played and to get to your goal It takes a number of steps. Yes, absolutely. If you are in government, you have to take responsibility. You have to make compromises. As long as you have no 51% of the seats, then you have to make compromises. But also, she has to deal with the European Commission. She has to deal with the financial markets. So that is the case. And even we have these elections in France at the end of the month. And I really hope there will be, let's say, a common sense politics, because that is what it is, with conservatives, political parties. But even then, they will lower down the vote. It's always easier to be in the opposition and to raise your voice. But if you have the responsibility and you have to solve the problems, yeah, you have to deal with many problems at the same time. And of course, you have to make compromises, but it is possible. Yeah, but I hope it's not too much and that there will be a solution to create this supergroup. It is really necessary to change things. I'm so happy that we have more and more prime ministers with a conservative background in the European Council, because that's probably the most important thing. To have this blocking minority over there, maybe even if we look further in time, there will be a majority and we can really change things. But I hope Maloney and Orban and Le Pen, they can find a solution because they are the most important, yeah, these are the biggest countries, you know, Italy, France, and Hungary. So, you know, well, I think Orban is at this moment the only Western prime minister with a long-term strategy of the West. No matter what people are saying of him, I agree on a lot of things with him. And I hope he can achieve this super group. Because Orban's sitting, I think, as an independent with Fidets at the moment in the European Parliament. So to me, if he moved one way, if he said, no, I'm going to join Giorgio Maloney and encourage Marine to do the same, him or I'm going to join ID and encourage or if there's coming together he seems to be the figure that is so well respected and because he has led Hungary forever it seems like for me but you've kind of got individuals like that and is he kind of the the kingmaker the one that can bring them together or does it depend on Marine whether she wins the French elections end of this month. And is there enough commonality, because obviously the issue with Russian Ukraine is a split with some people there, but there does seem to be enough commonality between everything else that is happening to actually come together. Yeah, I think if you read the media let's say the mainstream media they blame Orban like Kiefer Hofstad is every day doing of supporting Russia, but that's absolutely not the case. Orban, he wants peace, and I also agree with him on that, because Ukraine cannot win this war. It's just as simple as that. If you look at the numbers, Russia has all the resources to go on with this war, and they have also much more people than Ukraine. That's just facts. Should we reward Russia for the invasion in a sovereign country? Of course not. There are ways to punish him. And I think that's right. So, I'm not saying that we should reward Putin. Absolutely not. It's disgustful what happened. But we have to find a solution. You know, we cannot escalating more and more and more weapons fighting yet. OK, you can use them across the border. It's going on and on and on. And last week I spoke someone from NATO. Then I stay a little bit at this one and I come back to your question. I spoke someone from NATO and they are also becoming very nervous of some politicians who are, for example, Macron. Let me put it this way. Macron, of course, he knows he is, before the election, he knew he was very unpopular. And then he tried to make himself bigger as he was at that moment by saying all these crazy things about the war. We should bring boots on the ground over there. Really incredible, you know. This guy is, he has no roots, you know. He has no children. And then I think my son is 22. He is not going to fight, because Macron wants to set himself in a position as a big leader. Let Macron put on his own boots and go there and fight. Pick up a gun and do your job, you know. But this is, we should, well, this is Ukraine and people are divided. But I think Orban is right. The rest is, of course, supporting Ukraine. I'm also supporting Ukraine. Let there be no misunderstandings about that. But I think also the people in Ukraine want peace. You're never going to get back to Donbass. You're never going to get back to the Crimea. That is now what it is. And I hope that the rest of Ukraine can be part of NATO and that we put sanctions on Russia as long as these parts of the Ukraine is in Russian hands. But let's let's work on peace let's get people to the negotiation table because a war never ended on the battlefield it always ended on the negotiation table and I think the other conservatives also in it like this and they support Ukraine, but I think there can be a solution for that. I think the kingmaker, that's your question, is Orbán the kingmaker. I think Giorgia Maloni is the kingmaker in this. It's her decision and I really know that she has a difficult position because of the financial problems and the market with Italy, but she She has to make the decision. I think the rest will this. Orban, Le Pen, Moranjewski, Kaczynski. They are really ready to create a supergroup. Because it's, I mean, Europe seems to be marching towards greater and greater confrontation with Russia. And I think part of that's Boris Johnson's fault, because he was involved in rejecting the original peace deal. But Europe seemed to have no money left, and yet they're sending it all to Ukraine. And then the talk about conscription, which you mentioned. In Britain, we're talking about conscription. In Britain, it's rumoured that we will be at war with Russia by the end of the year, and that's why the election was called, and Macron calling for conscription. And it is a very frightening situation for Europe. Whenever the battle is not ours, it is to other countries that are neighboring countries. But Europe and partly the US, actually Biden pushing us, we seem to be being sucked further and further into this, which could be a war. Is these elections, are they enough to kind of break away and change that conversation? Because the outcome could be extremely destructive for Europe, for all of us. Yes, I think this is also what the leaders of this country should realize now, that we should unite. We have the problems we discussed already with the migration, with the Green Deal, with the gender policy, etc. But the war in Ukraine is also a big issue. And that's why I hope President Trump will win the election. I think he will choose a different approach than Biden. Of course, we should help Ukraine, but we should not make the weapon industry that should not. Booming weapon industry should not be the goal. And I think this is what's going on right now. It's all about money. And there are people making a lot of money. No, yeah, it can make a difference. And even if we have this big group, and it's so strange, the left, and they were always the one who wanted peace, you know, the symbol, and they wanted to make peace, not war, make love, not war. And now those are the ones who are the warmongers. And the world has changed so much. I really, I really, that's maybe also they try to, yeah, how do I say that? No, let's hope Trump will win the election. I think they make people very afraid of Trump winning the election because they tell the people he's crazy. He is maybe a little bit rude in his conversation, but I think he's done a wonderful job in the time he was the president. He was the only one who didn't start a war. I even recommended him for the Nobel Peace Prize in the European Parliament. Of course, it was rejected. I made a resolution to give him, because of this Abraham Accords. It was a wonderful job and what did the media said? Oh, this is a very bad thing for the Palestinians. No, it was peace. It was peace. It was very good. But yeah, let's hope that How does that, because I've had the privilege of seeing him speak it at three different rallies actually over in the states and there's nothing like a trump rally and for my all my years in UKIP. I've never seen anything like that, but how does it change because in most of your time in the European parliament it's been Biden in charge and with the rise of common sense parties more in the right it could be a different relationship with Europe and Trump. I'm wondering how you see that because you want bloc countries to actually have commonality and work together and not have disagreements. And the Trump derangement syndrome, the hatred of Trump, we've seen in many European governments. That could change now with these elections. How do you see that kind of, is there a better relationship that can be had with the Trump administration and with European Union groupings more on the right? Yeah, I think that relation is very good. Of course, Trump is always saying America first, and that is his job. You know, if he is the president of that country, he should put his country on the first place. That is also what every leader of a country should do. But for example, Orban and Trump, they can work very close. Trump Jr. was yesterday in Hungary also. But Trump was also speaking on the rally of Fratelli d'Italia. So, this relationship is also good. I think, let's say the Republicans and the conservatives here in Europe, they have a very good relation. I have very good relations also in the United States, we can get along very well and it should be something that it is a global fight. You know, this this this globalism is a left wing socialist agenda and we should fight it together. Not we see the problems everywhere in the UK, in Australia, New Zealand. South America and Europe, Canada. We have all this woke ism and there's more warmongers. And so we should unite and and also fight back together and I think this is something, that is happened that happened in the last uh years with for example CPAC and it started in the United States we have CPAC Hungary, we have CPAC in Mexico, in Brazil, in Israel, so yeah. We have a movement and we know how to find each other. And if Trump will be elected, I think there will be a very good relationship with Europe and the United States. Can I just end with you personally, because you will not be an MP soon, but you've used your position as a member of the European Parliament to speak truth and connect with the public. And you touched on energy as being something that you were intrigued about. And I always was confused why Germany would rely through the Nord Stream pipeline on one country. It doesn't matter who the country is to rely on one country. But what are the other issues that you've tried to champion? We've touched a number of them, but your kind of areas of passion and what issues did you want to bring during your five years in the European Parliament? Well, I think most of all is defending free speech. I think this is the most important thing and it's also, I was, I did the negotiations on the digital services act to. To bring some common sense over there also the digital services act is something to control, the the big big tech companies but but actually now the European commission has so much power, because they can fight disinformation and misinformation and then I try to have a definition of that. I try to also have a definition of hate speech and harmful speech. But of course, they didn't make it because you cannot, it's impossible to say this is harmful speech, so this is disinformation. These people who are advocating for this, they say to us that men can have babies and for me that is disinformation, for them, it's the truth. So it's a very dangerous development. We've seen the law in Scotland when you cannot discuss anymore the gender thing about the difference between men and women it's a hate crime. In Canada, we have the same and Europe, the European Union is moving in that same direction. Von der Leyen, two weeks ago, said we have to not debunk misinformation, we have to pre-bank this information. This is really the synonym of censorship and that is what's going on. So free Free speech is also a main topic for me. I think it's the cornerstone of having a healthy democracy, that we can disagree with each other in a decent way. And, yeah, of course, people have different opinions, but that is what politics is about. And this is also the beautiful thing that we have, and it's very precious. It's not in most parts of the world. We don't have this luxury to speak out. But they are taking it away, and that's why I called it also a new kind of communism. Because... Yeah, if you cannot speak out anymore, then we have a real problem. We have seen that during COVID, it was real censorship. It was a horrible time. People were locked up. If you disagreed, then you... So this should never happen again. Digital identity is also a very difficult thing for me. I did the negotiations on that too. I was able to delay that for two years, but finally it was adopted. It's not as bad as it was at the beginning, but still it is there. Central bank, digital currency, all kinds of tools to control people. You know, no one asked for this. No one. It's a top-down approach and it has nothing to do with democracy. There is no problem. Everyone can pay with their debit card or their credit card. It's not an added value. It's a dangerous development because you can control people. These are also very important topics to me. Freedom, freedom of speech, having reliable and affordable energy. Our food security, and, of course, stopping this illegal immigration and the sovereignty of our nations. This is very important. And just to end off, the future for you, when you finish as an MEP, I hope you're not going to disappear and become quiet. What does the future hold for you? I have no idea. Not yet. Not yet. But, you know, when I was an entrepreneur, I started to sell my first cluster of companies in 2016, and I sold a cluster of companies in 2018. It sounds strange, but I really had the idea. I've played that game. I've seen it all and I've done it all. That game is over. I thought I have enough money. That's also very strange if I see Bezos, you know, buying another super yacht. Does that make you happy? I don't think so. I have enough money, so I don't need to do, I don't need to work anymore, so I can use my time to, service my country, to fight for the future of my children, and they're the generation. So, this is what I wanted to do, but I don't have any idea what I'm going to do. But I keep on fighting. My wife, she hates politics. So, I have to convince her. But still, she also recognized that it's very necessary. There are not many voices like me who really speak the truth. Because politicians make a career of it. And yeah, let's see what's going to happen, what the universe wants to do with me. Not many speak to it, but also not many who can do it in English. And I often have struggles talking to the French groupings and saying, could I have someone not speak English? And it's like, no. Rob, I really appreciate you coming on. John, I thoroughly enjoyed your many videos going out and speaking truth in the European Parliament and looking forward to seeing what is the next step for you. But thank you so much for joining us today. Yeah, it was a pleasure. And if I have news, when I know what I'm going to do, Id love to come back. You're welcome anytime. I keep on speaking, I promise. Thank you, Rob. Thank you.

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Rich is once again broadcasting from CPAC Hungary in Budapest. First, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) shares his thoughts on the Trump immunity case arguments, anti-Israel protests on college campuses, and more. Next, a look at how the Biden administration is corrupting Title IX protections, with Sarah Parshall Perry, senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rich broadcasts tonight from Budapest, for this week's CPAC Hungary. First, a discussion of pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses, with Adam Guillette, president of Accuracy In Media. Shawn Farash, host of "Ungoverned" on LFA-TV, looks at Americans' waning interest in the presidential election. Then, a foreign national is reportedly funneling money through a non-profit to finance ballot issue campaigns in battleground states. We find out more from Caitlin Sutherland, executive director of Americans for Public Trust. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Crunch-time as the EU seeks a coordinated response to the Middle East conflicts, Turkey cracks down on trade with Israel, and after NatCon Brussels was shut down, we preview CPAC in Hungary. Also: Copenhagen's historic Stock Exchange burns down, what the world can learn from Ukraine's DIIA app, why Icelanders disapprove of their new PM and we head to the International Festival of the Ocarina.

GUEST HOST: Lembit Opik filling in for Marc Morano.  GUEST OVERVIEW: Shea Bradley-Farrell, Ph.D. is the President of the Counterpoint Institute for Policy, Research, and Education (CIPRE) in Washington, D.C. Dr. Shea is an expert in foreign policy and aid, national security, international development, and women's issues. She is the author of Last Warning to the West: Hungary's Triumph Over Communism and the Woke Agenda, published in December 2023 with a foreword written by Kari Lake and back cover reviews by Lou Dobbs, Tucker Carlson, Gen. Mike Flynn, and Rep. Paul Gosar. Dr. Shea worked directly with the Trump administration, including Sec. Mike Pompeo and Senior Advisor Ivanka Trump, on multiple issues, while serving as the VP of International Affairs for Concerned Women for America. Most recently she was professor and subject matter expert for the Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU) of the U.S. Department of Defense. ​She has frequently published Op-eds in RealClear Politics, Human Events, Newsmax, National Review, The Washington Times, and many others. She is a weekly contributor to SiriusXM Patriot Stacy on the Right and Victory News TV and a regular guest on multiple news and radio shows. Dr. Shea presents at conferences worldwide, such as the Wilson Center for International Scholars, the U.S. Department of State, the Heritage Foundation, CPAC Hungary 2022 and 2023, and the Gulf Studies Symposium. She holds a Ph.D. and M.S. from Tulane University.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Shea Bradley-Farrell, Ph.D. is the President of the Counterpoint Institute for Policy, Research, and Education (CIPRE) in Washington, D.C. Dr. Shea is an expert in foreign policy and aid, national security, international development, and women's issues. She is the author of Last Warning to the West: Hungary's Triumph Over Communism and the Woke Agenda, published in December 2023 with a foreword written by Kari Lake and back cover reviews by Lou Dobbs, Tucker Carlson, Gen. Mike Flynn, and Rep. Paul Gosar. Dr. Shea worked directly with the Trump administration, including Sec. Mike Pompeo and Senior Advisor Ivanka Trump, on multiple issues, while serving as the VP of International Affairs for Concerned Women for America. Most recently she was professor and subject matter expert for the Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU) of the U.S. Department of Defense. She has frequently published Op-eds in RealClear Politics, Human Events, Newsmax, National Review, The Washington Times, and many others. She is a weekly contributor to SiriusXM Patriot Stacy on the Right and Victory News TV and a regular guest on multiple news and radio shows. Dr. Shea presents at conferences worldwide, such as the Wilson Center for International Scholars, the U.S. Department of State, the Heritage Foundation, CPAC Hungary 2022 and 2023, and the Gulf Studies Symposium. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Matthew Blackburn is a senior researcher specialising in the politics of Russia and Eurasia, including both domestic politics and interstate relations. 

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Trevor Scott FitzGibbon is president of Silent Partner and an award-winning PR strategist with more than 20 years of experience. His work has primarily focused on defending human rights, whistleblowers, and exposing corruption throughout his career. His clients have ranged from Google Foundation and Amnesty International to WikiLeaks, Julian Assange Legal Defense, Pearl Jam, the governments of Venezuela and Ecuador, and its legal fight against Chevron for its destruction of the Ecuadorian rainforest. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Shea Bradley-Farrell, Ph.D. is the President of the Counterpoint Institute for Policy, Research, and Education (CIPRE) in Washington, D.C. Dr. Shea is an expert in foreign policy and aid, national security, international development, and women's issues. She is the author of Last Warning to the West: Hungary's Triumph Over Communism and the Woke Agenda, published in December 2023 with a foreword written by Kari Lake and back cover reviews by Lou Dobbs, Tucker Carlson, Gen. Mike Flynn, and Rep. Paul Gosar. Dr. Shea worked directly with the Trump administration, including Sec. Mike Pompeo and Senior Advisor Ivanka Trump, on multiple issues, while serving as the VP of International Affairs for Concerned Women for America. Most recently she was professor and subject matter expert for the Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU) of the U.S. Department of Defense. She has frequently published Op-eds in RealClear Politics, Human Events, Newsmax, National Review, The Washington Times, and many others. She is a weekly contributor to SiriusXM Patriot Stacy on the Right and Victory News TV and a regular guest on multiple news and radio shows. Dr. Shea presents at conferences worldwide, such as the Wilson Center for International Scholars, the U.S. Department of State, the Heritage Foundation, CPAC Hungary 2022 and 2023, and the Gulf Studies Symposium. She holds a Ph.D. and M.S. from Tulane University.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Shea Bradley-Farrell, Ph.D. is the President of the Counterpoint Institute for Policy, Research, and Education (CIPRE) in Washington, D.C. Dr. Shea is an expert in foreign policy and aid, national security, international development, and women's issues. She is the author of Last Warning to the West: Hungary's Triumph Over Communism and the Woke Agenda, published in December 2023 with a foreword written by Kari Lake and back cover reviews by Lou Dobbs, Tucker Carlson, Gen. Mike Flynn, and Rep. Paul Gosar. ​Dr. Shea worked directly with the Trump administration, including Sec. Mike Pompeo and Senior Advisor Ivanka Trump, on multiple issues, while serving as the VP of International Affairs for Concerned Women for America. Most recently she was professor and subject matter expert for the Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU) of the U.S. Department of Defense. ​She has frequently published Op-eds in RealClear Politics, Human Events, Newsmax, National Review, The Washington Times, and many others. She is a weekly contributor to SiriusXM Patriot Stacy on the Right and Victory News TV and a regular guest on multiple news and radio shows. Dr. Shea presents at conferences worldwide, such as the Wilson Center for International Scholars, the U.S. Department of State, the Heritage Foundation, CPAC Hungary 2022 and 2023, and the Gulf Studies Symposium. She holds a Ph.D. and M.S. from Tulane University. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Mark Ramseyer, author of The Comfort Women Hoax: A Fake Memoir, North Korean Spies, and Hit Squads in the Academic Swamp, is the Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies at Harvard Law School. He spent most of his childhood in provincial towns and cities in southern Japan, attending Japanese schools for K-6. He returned to the U.S. for college. Before attending law school, he studied Japanese history in graduate school. Ramseyer graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1982. He clerked for the Hon. Stephen Breyer (then on the First Circuit), worked for two years at Sidley & Austin (in corporate tax), and studied as a Fulbright student at the University of Tokyo. After teaching at UCLA and the University of Chicago, he moved to Harvard in 1998. He writes and lectures in both English and Japanese, and has also taught or co-taught courses at several Japanese universities (in Japanese).

CEO of Henry Public Relations, Bryan Leib, calls in to officially invite Sid to be a speaker at this year's CPAC Hungary in late April, before he explains how he's not surprised that the Biden administration is exposing itself as utterly anti-Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this Thursday edition of Sid & Friends in the Morning, Sid gets an official invite to speak at CPAC Hungary in late April, courtesy of his great friend and fellow pro-Israel activist Bryan Leib. In other news of the day, Sid's interview with former President Trump from earlier this week is making the rounds on the mainstream media, Trump's appeal is granted on the Fani Willis disqualification ruling, A.G. Letitia James disputes Trump's claim that he can't afford to pay his $464 million bond, Marine subway hero Daniel Penny's unjust trial date is set for October 8th of this year, and Mayor Eric Adams gets one out of 17 bus companies to agree to stop busing illegal migrants into New York City. Curtis Sliwa, Bryan Leib, Thomas Kenniff, Bill O'Reilly and Michael Goodwin join Sid on this Friday-eve installment of Sid & Friends in the Morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Politico's smear job on Christian nationalism does nothing to quell the populist upswell of support for it, and we have one of its main targets here tonight to explain what this piece gets wrong, and what it accidentally gets right. Plus, a trans activist body slams a crowd of pro-life students marching in Virginia, in a totally ladylike way, I might add. And finally, Elon Musk roasts Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Google's anti-white A.I. image generator at the same time, and it's pretty awesome.Guests:William Wolfe | Former Senior Official, Trump AdministrationScott Parkinson | Candidate, U.S. Senate - VirginiaKatie Brown | Director of Communications, American Life LeagueMiklós Szánthó | Director General, Center for Fundamental Rights & President, CPAC Hungary

The Washington Roundtable: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's requests for more aid from the United States got a frosty reception from many Republicans on the Hill this week. It's the most recent expression of the American far right's affinity for Vladimir Putin's project in Russia, and, more recently, for Viktor Orbán's consolidation of power in Hungary. The New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz joins the Washington Roundtable to discuss his reporting on CPAC Hungary, where far-right political figures gathered in Budapest last year, and on why American conservatives are gravitating toward figures like Putin and Orbán. “You don't have to be a red-string-on-a-corkboard conspiracy theorist to see the connections,” Marantz says. “In Florida, for example, Ron DeSantis's administration has admitted when they wrote the ‘Don't Say Gay' bill, they were modelling it on a previous Hungarian law, which was itself modelled on a previous Russian law. So, no one's really entirely hiding the ball here.” Marantz joins the staff writers Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos on this week's episode.

Lawyer and political analyst Dr. Miklos Szantho joins Sid live in-studio to discuss the upcoming annual CPAC Hungary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Tragic Death of Jordan Neely, The Anti-Marriage Men on the Right, Negotiating the Debt Ceiling, and Seen from CPAC Hungary. With Inez Stepman, Delano Squires, Emily Jashinsky, and Josh Hammer.   The NatCon Squad is produced by the Edmund Burke Foundation.   Follow us on Twitter: @NatConTalk For more information visit our website: nationalconservatism.org

In a candid conversation on the sidelines of CPAC Hungary, State Secretary Kovács discussed with former Slovenian prime minister Janez Janša the rise of Wokeism, Pope Francis' historic visit to Hungary, and the upcoming European Parliament elections.

This episode of America Uncanceled features CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp's speech at CPAC Hungary 2023. Hungary was the perfect, welcoming place for a conservative conference. The country has implemented trailblazing policies discouraging abortion and encouraging family and childrearing, which have enabled Hungary to increase its birth rate and work force while standing firm on the sovereignty and security of its borders. Hungary and its leaders have received endless backlash for these policies from the Left, but have remained steadfast as a model for conservatism in the modern world. Schlapp addresses the Hungarian people with gratitude and those on the Left who are destroying the world and relentlessly attacking conservative principles with criticism and a battle cry in his remarks at CPAC Hungary 2023. “We will not allow you to separate us from the plan that was written in the heavens thousands of years ago for each and every one of our lives to be on the earth at this moment standing up for what is true. We will not allow you to stop us,” he declared. He issued determined cries to defeat the Left in its attempts to corrupt our children and education and destroy the very foundations of civilization in life, faith, family, and the sovereignty of individual nations. He apologizes to the European audience for the poor image the Biden administration is projecting of Americans internationally. Schlapp assures the audience that that image is not an accurate representation of most Americans. In reality, he asserts that many Americans relate to Hungarians and share their valuing of faith, family, religion, and culture. He calls for Americans and Hungarians and all conservatives around the world to band together against the assaults from the woke Left. For more, visit Conservative.org or follow @CPAC on social media. You can also follow Matt Schlapp @MSchlapp or Mercedes Schlapp @MercedesSchlapp to keep up with current events.

In S02E07 of The Bold Truth About Hungary podcast, State Secretary Zoltán Kovács invited former Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš for a discussion on how Europe is currently being hijacked by lunatic ideas, the difference between business and politics, the upcoming EP elections, the importance of being "proud populists," and the success and future of the V4 cooperation.Follow us on Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3D3tsh6On Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3D7RnvQOn Google Podcasts:https://bit.ly/3VShYFX

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The one where we discuss the FBI Agent involved in January 6th, the Proud Boys Seditious Conspiracy verdict, CPAC's conference in Hungary, and some terrifying poll results about the GOP's future. Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here:https://pod.link/1647010767/episode/5261c75bcb5ed942ec40f38d1aa56aa3Here are some of the sources and references we used to create this episode:Ex-FBI agent who feds say urged Jan. 6 rioters to kill police worked terrorism task force'The Donald' forum user convicted of assaulting officers on Jan. 6 They Seemed Like Democratic Activists. They Were Secretly Conservative Spies.Jordan Fischer's Twitter coverage of the Proud Boys Seditious Conspiracy trialCPAC Hungary to host who's who of anti-LGBTQ and other far-right extremists Hungary's far-right PM calls for Trump's return: ‘Come back, Mr President' CBS News poll on how 2024 GOP presidential primary race could be Donald Trump v. Trump fatigue CNN Poll: Most Republicans care more about picking a 2024 GOP nominee who agrees with them on issues than one who can beat BidenThis is our current events recap program, where we offer our takes on what's going on at the bleeding edge of the information war. Feel free to let us know what you think, suggest topics, etc. at didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com, or in our group chat using the Substack app.Thanks for listening,Jay and Griff This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe

This week, Eric, Dan, and Dylan discuss the suspension of the Acton Institute's TikTok account after it shared promotional content for our award-winning documentary feature film, The Hong Konger: Jimmy Lai's Extraordinary Struggle for Freedom. Is it just a weird coincidence that these kinds of suspensions keep happening to accounts that share content that the Chinese Communist Party would disapprove of? How should we think about attempts by Congress to address the risks presented by the TikTok app, which funnels a ton of personal information back to its parent company, ByteDance, in China? Would banning the app even be effective at reducing such a threat to privacy? Next, the guys turn their attention to CPAC Hungary, the Conservative Political Action Conference's latest international summit. What are the lessons we're supposed to learn from Hungary that could actually apply to the United States, which is a vastly different country in almost every conceivable way?Subscribe to our podcasts TikTok Suspends a Film on Jimmy Lai | Wall Street Journal Banned by TikTok: The CCP Doesn't Want You to See The Hong Konger | Isaac Willour, Acton Institute TikTok Claims ‘Technical Error' Led to Suspension of Think Tank that Posted about Hong Kong | National Review Acton Institute on TikTok Stream The Hong Konger On Demand CPAC Hungary Speakers List The GOP-Hungary connection shaping the '24 campaign | Axios I Was Banned From Entering CPAC Hungary's ‘Woke Free Zone' | Politico The Words TikTok Parent ByteDance May Be Watching You Say | ForbesPhoto Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mercedes Schlapp sits down with Director General for the Center of Human Rights and CPAC Hungary organizer, Miklos Szantho, at CPAC DC 2023 on this episode of America Uncanceled. CPAC has expanded to a broad international footprint in recent years. Hungary is the newest member of the international CPAC family. The first CPAC Hungary was held last year and the second event is coming up in May. Hungary and its Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, who spoke at CPAC Texas 2022, is leading Europe and even the world in effective conservative governing. Szantho boasts that Hungary has seen increased marriage and birth rates thanks to policies that incentivize stable family dynamics without any alterations to abortion laws. “Thanks to this idea of welfare society and the very generous family allowances via the taxation system for the families, the number of marriages doubled compared to a situation what he had ten years ago," Szantho stated on the benefits of the family-friendly society Hungary has strived to create. Hungary has encountered enemies to their progress, however, in European Union bureaucrats in Brussels. Szantho calls Brussels Europe's version of the deep state, in which, unelected bureaucrats are making broad policy decisions and consolidating power away from individual countries and into the central governing body of the European Union. Szantho explains, “You do have your own deep state here in D.C. We do have our own deep state in Brussels. We are trying to fight for our sovereignty, the member states' rights, the member states' sovereignty, against Brussels, against the European Union.” He continues, “They are trying to absorb power from member states and that is the fight we are fighting on a daily basis.” Hungary is proud to be leading this fight and to stand as a shining city on a hill for the rest of the world. CPAC is likewise proud to partner with such an exemplary conservative nation and honored to return there next month for the second CPAC Hungary. CPAC Hungary is taking place May 4-5 in Budapest. For more, visit Conservative.org or follow @CPAC on social media. You can also follow Matt Schlapp @MSchlapp or Mercedes Schlapp @MercedesSchlapp to keep up with current events.

On this episode of America Uncanceled, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum talks with Matt Schlapp at CPAC Hungary. Santorum praises Hungary for its dedication to conservative principles. “The people here are great. They love Americans, and they fight for conservative values here and you don't see that very often in Europe,” he observed. He has found like minds there where their family-friendly policies have decreased abortion rates and perpetuated the country's rich, Judeo-Christian history and culture. Hungary is currently majority Catholic with strong Mass attendance rates and that strong faith-filled environment is influencing the entire culture. Santorum sees the cooperation between elected officials and citizens in Hungary to construct a healthy society and culture as an example for the United States where the conservative movement has largely been grassroots with little support from elected officials. “The only reason conservatives, now, are standing up is because the people are standing up,” Santorum remarked on the state of the conservative movement in the United States. Santorum's speech at CPAC Hungary elaborates on the state of the American conservatism and the ways Americans can learn from Hungarians. For more, visit Conservative.org or follow @CPAC on social media. You can also follow Matt Schlapp @MSchlapp or Mercedes Schlapp @MercedesSchlapp to keep up with current events.

For nearly 30 years Judicial Watch has been holding successive governments and administrations to account. Tom Fitton has been at the helm as President since 1998 and is known as one of the most fearless conservative activists whose desire to seek truth makes him one of the biggest enemies to governments who cover up facts for their own benefit. No other organisation in America uses the Freedom of Information law in such a logical joined up way and is never afraid to use the courts to force the disclosure of hidden documents. Time and time again the veil is lifted and the public see the truth and often Judicial Watch are behind this reveal. It was an absolute honour to speak with Tom, so join us as he unpacks some of the requests they have made and how they often have to fight to see the truth exposed. Tom Fitton is the President of Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption. Founded in 1994, Judicial Watch seeks to ensure government and judicial officials act ethically and do not abuse the powers entrusted to them by the American public. With 20 years of experience in conservative public policy, Tom Fitton has helped lead Judicial Watch since 1998 and overseen its tremendous growth and success in recent years. Under Fitton's leadership, Judicial Watch was named one of Washington's top ten most effective government watchdog organizations by The Hill newspaper. Mr. Fitton provides Judicial Watch with strategic guidance and leadership on Judicial Watch's comprehensive efforts to fight government corruption. He is a nationally recognized expert on government corruption, immigration enforcement, congressional and judicial ethics, and open government. A former talk radio and television host and analyst, Tom is well known across the country as a national spokesperson for the conservative cause. He has been quoted in TIME, Vanity Fair, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Associated Press, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Post, and most every other major newspaper in the country. He has also appeared on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX News Channel, C-SPAN and MSNBC. Mr. Fitton has authored numerous articles such as “Judicial Activism Hurts our Courts,” “What Bill Clinton Knew About bin Laden,” “Following Terrorism's Money Trail,” “Senate Abandons Judicial Nominees,” “Every Town is a Border Town,” “Obama's Records Problem” and “Jesse Jackson Exposed.” Judicial Watch also publishes the monthly 375,000+ circulation Verdict newsletter and runs the cutting-edge Internet site JudicialWatch.org, which includes the oft-cited Corruption Chronicles blog. Mr. Fitton gained national attention as a political analyst, previously working for America's Voice and National Empowerment Television. He is a former employee of the International Policy Forum, the Leadership Institute, and Accuracy in Media.Mr. Fitton holds a B.A. in English from George Washington University. A Republic Under Assault: The Left's Ongoing Attack on American Freedom (Judicial Watch) available from Amazon in hardcover, e-book and in audiobook... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Republic-Under-Assault-American-Judicial/dp/1982163658/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=tom+fitton&sr=8-3 Follow Tom and Judicial Watch... WEBSITE: https://www.judicialwatch.org/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/JudicialWatch https://twitter.com/TomFitton?s=20 GETTR: https://www.gettr.com/user/JudicialWatch https://gettr.com/user/tomfitton TRUTH: https://truthsocial.com/@JudicialWatch https://truthsocial.com/@TomFitton TELEGRAM: https://t.me/JudicialWatch Interview recorded 4.5.23 *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin and Twitter https://twitter.com/TheBoschFawstin?s=20  To sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more... https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ Please subscribe, like and share! Transcript   (Hearts of Oak) Hello Hearts of Oak and welcome to another interview coming up in a moment with Tom Fitton, the president of Judicial Watch. I had the privilege of meeting Tom over in CPAC six weeks ago and we talk about many things. What Judicial Watch do is use freedom of information and I haven't seen it used so effectively as Judicial Watch do and Tom has been the president for 25 years and we go into a whole range of issues that, without Judicial Watch, the public would not be aware of the truth. So we go into Biden targeting Christians and an FOI that Judicial Watch have just put in on the FBI and they're targeting of Roman Catholic churches. Universities control from abroad. This is a story about a university receiving half a billion from Qatar. Is that good? Is that bad? And how does it influence the education sector. The growing power of the CCP, we look at CCP police stations in New York and you saw maybe six weeks ago there was an arrest of two people. Actually it was Judicial Watch that initially put in that FOI. Without their work you wouldn't have seen the arrest and the exposure of that. Election integrity, they put in many different FOIs in regards to states, and states have been forced to clean up their electoral rolls. They've just put an FOI on Trump raid records to reveal all of those. I think 8,000 records need to be revealed. Judicial Watch have put that in. Gain of function. Again, a lot of stuff has been exposed. Hunter Biden. There are so many issues which they address, and without them, these would not be exposed to the public. So Tom shares many of those stories and talks about how actually what they do can be used abroad and replicated because many countries around the world have an FOI system, certainly in the UK and Europe. And I think we need to be aware of what we can do as citizens and actually use the institution, the legal system that we have to force the government to account. So tune in, listen to Tom share his 25 years worth of experience heading up as President of Judicial Watch. And hello, Hearts of Oak. Today it is an honour to talk to the President of Judicial Watch, Tom Fitton. Tom, thank you for your time today.   (Tom Fitton) You're welcome, Peter. Thank you for having me. Not at all. And you can follow Tom on Twitter. All the handles are there on the screen, @TomFitton and judicialwatch.org, at @JudicialWatch on Twitter. And his latest book, just to give you an idea, published in 2020 is A Republic Under Assault, the left's ongoing attack on American freedom, which really addresses the deep state voter fraud, illegal immigration. And there's a lot packed into that. So I'd encourage our viewers after this, if they want to delve a little bit more deeply into some of the things that Tom has discussed, the book is available everywhere. Now, Tom, for our non-US viewers, could you maybe take a moment and introduce yourself before we get into the work of Judicial Watch?   Well, thank you, Peter, and I won't presume our fellow Americans here in the United States know who we are. So, we're a non-profit educational foundation. We're essentially a government watchdog group. We use often a law here in the United States, it's the bulk of our litigation, called the Freedom of Information Act, which is an open records law that allows federal level access to records. And of course, states do it as well. They have similar laws, so we sue there. So we've been able to uncover all sorts of records about corruption issues that the media isn't terribly interested in pursuing, the Congress is arguably incapable of pursuing, but the American people desperately want to know about. And one of the things we do is we represent whistle-blowers, those who've been victimized by the government for daring to blow the whistle on government misconduct, meaning government officials, and then of course the victims of government misconduct as well. And so in doing so, we not only advance the rule of law, but we educate Americans and and other concerned citizens across the world, frankly, about the importance of clean government, honest government, and transparent government. Well, I think just on you, one thing I read on your Wikipedia, which is always good fun to read, and that in 2022, researchers found that Fitton was the third most prolific purveyor of election misinformation on Twitter during the late months of 2020. That's quite a badge of honour, isn't it? I was hoping for at least a silver medal. Well, the left is obsessed with depicting anything they dispute or hate as quote disinformation and of course, the communist left, which is on the rise here in the United States. They really like compiling lists. So I'm all sorts of lists that I'm sure they'll go to if they advance the revolution far enough along, to put me in jail or worse, but these are serious times and I'm half joking, but I, that book title is prescient, isn't it? Republic Under Assault. I often confuse it because I can, it sounds like a Star Wars movie title to me, but our Republic is under assault. And we have this constitutional system here in the United States that the left has decided is not convenient to them anymore. And so they've let folks who don't follow the rule of law and don't care about protecting the institutions that protect our Liberty, they're running the show for, in my view, an entire political party with the acquiescence, if not too often the allegiance of the other political party, the Republicans. On your website, and I've worked with FOIs here, we have a similar system in the UK, but how you have used them is on another level. I think on the, on your website the document archive section there are 27,000 documents. I mean that is a huge resource of information and it really is a window on government corruption that you've just made available to the public to use as they see fit. Yeah, I don't, it would be difficult to overstate the nature of our work in terms of the scope in what we've been able to uncover. We have thousands of Freedom of Information Act requests, I could come up with a number which may or may not be correct, but it's thousands and it would be shocking if the actual number was certified for you. And I know it's hundreds of Freedom of Information Act lawsuits, so there's no one more, there's no one who does more litigation to uncover what the government's up to, not only here in the United States, but worldwide. And you know, I know it's this is more of an international audience is that, you know, we're kind of unusual here in the United States, given our work. Now, I'm pleased to say, because of our aggressive heavy lifting on FOIA, others now know about it as a way to get access to information. But it's relatively unique here in the United States to just have a group focused on uncovering and battling government corruption. And to me, it's a great testament. I know there there are a lot of issues here in America, but it's a great testament to the American way and our rule of law that allows a little Judicial Watch to go into court and the IRS or the State Department or the Treasury, FBI, DOJ, they need to go into court and answer to the court as to why they're not giving us documents and what they're withholding and justify it. And so that's a rarity here in the United States and I know worldwide, we just don't have that sort of accountability in a regular way. First of all, if you're doing it in most other countries, you face financial ruin, imprisonment, injury, death to you and your family potentially. And that's just in France.   Yeah. So true. You know, the point is, even in Western Europe, they don't like civic society. That's the term I use. They call it the non-governmental sector, which to me is just so communist in approach. It's the government, everything else, the government has to justify its role as a sector. The NGOs don't need their own little sector. We should be running the show, non-government entities. But as you, and I don't need to tell you in the United Kingdom, there are just few independent civic groups. Usually they're either creatures of the government or of the parties. And so it's hard for them to get the traction we're able to get here in the United States. And you see when a few of them do get traction or when there's more of a populist movement, how vociferous the reaction is by the state there in Europe and frankly in Canada and elsewhere. So thank God for America but you know this is this is a more than just a third world problem government corruption it's a first world problem.   Yeah no completely and what you're doing shines a light on that and expose the things the government obviously don't want people to see. But maybe I could just go through some of the freedom of information that you have done that gives people an idea of your work and an idea what's possible and shows the failures of government and institutions. I think one of the most recent ones just a few days ago was Biden's targeting of Christians and Judicial Watch have just filed a Freedom of Information Act along with Catholic vote civil action against the FBI and the Department of Justice. Why on earth are the government spying on Christians. Well, if you're a leftist, it makes sense, right? The church is an enemy of the state, unnecessarily. Certainly the left's cultural agenda here in the United States, whether it be abortion or radical transgender extremism. And so the FBI, they know who butters their bread, and they follow or they come up with things that they think will appeal, to their political masters, who are the left. And one thing this agency did in Richmond, Virginia, so the FBI, for those of you not here in the United States, and those of you here in the United States may not know this, you've got the FBI headquarters, but the offices of the FBI, the Richmond office and the New York office, they're kind of their own fiefdoms as well. And so they're substantial in terms of their power and influence. And Richmond's and the Richmond office decided that, you know, traditionalist Catholics could, be attractive to the terrorists they want to monitor domestically. And I mean, it's really laughable, Peter. It's worth reading. Everyone should read it. It just shows you how out of control the government is and how stupid it is. They do an analysis under the guise of this intelligence threat assessment of Vatican II and the debates in the church about Vatican II. So do you want the FBI analysing those who support the Latin mass versus those who think we should have a mass in the everyday tongue of the country? It's just incredible. But what's frightening is the document also makes it clear that they want to get sources in the Church. So what they were planning was spying onto the Catholic Church, using them as, using these sources as tripwires, right, to get the bad guys who are too pro-life or too extreme in terms of defending children from mutilation and such. So, you know, you shouldn't have to go to your, go to mass or go to church. In this case, obviously, the Catholic Church was being specifically targeted, but every Christian should worry and wonder if your pastor or or your priest is spying on you and watching what you're saying, or whether your fellow parishioner that you shared a sign of the peace with is, is it informant for the FBI? And now, of course, the FBI and the Justice Department run from that document once it became disclosed as a result of a whistle-blower disclosure to a former FBI agent. But I'm not confident that they've stopped this type of approach and, indeed the fact that they haven't given us documents about this scandal suggests there's more to, hide. That's why we're in court. Well, how does that spying on its own citizens and the understanding that being a conservative is somehow dangerous to society? Does that just happen as the FBI under a Democrat regime, or is it so ingrained, that hatred of conservatism, that actually that prevails whoever is in the White House? Oh, well, you know, the history of the FBI is one of an agency that is often used to either protect or target the enemies of the sitting president, and they don't need to be told to do it. They kind of, as I said, they instinctively know who butters their bread. But I think things changed a bit with Donald Trump. He came in, was seemingly hostile to virtually every institution in the country, the drain the swamp approach. And so they decided that he needed to be taken out. And so you had these mandarins in the FBI decide that they were going to be, and I think actually, I forget who mentioned it, referenced the Praetorian Guard of old. They started off as quote, defenders of the Republic, right? And instead they became their own power centre. And I think we're seeing that with the FBI and the Justice Department. I was looking at their budget documents the other day, 30, I think it's 35, 37,000 staff, 13,000, which includes 13,000 FBI special agents, you know, $10-11 billion budget, and, I suspect that's about the size of most countries' militaries. And they're not just checking out, you know, and when you've got a bureaucracy that big, they're not just looking for bank robbers. No, I can bet. One of the other recent, people can go up on the website, obviously, and see all the press releases and the many regular FOIs, but universities being controlled from abroad, and this was a document showing the Texas A&M, which is a university there, it appeared to to receive $500 million, that's half a billion dollars, in grants from Qatar regime. And that's something massively concerning. We've had concerns here in the UK about Chinese influence on our universities especially, but also there is money and influence coming from the Middle East that probably is opposed to anything you would want freedom-wise in your country. So tell us about that. Well, when you give someone $500 million, you usually want something. You either want recognition or something in the least, the most charitable interpretation is, you know, at the university level, major donors usually seek recognition or to advance a specific academic goal. And so the question is, what was the goal here? I think, again, what, you know, it's one thing to say, oh, look at this money, it's terrible. You know, you just can't draw a conclusion. Well, someone gave money a gift, therefore it's terrible. You have to see what the circumstances are. And here the circumstances are, it looks like there was underreporting of the amount that was given. And it also is only being disclosed after hard-fought litigation in state courts that went up and down the Texas courts against the Qatar Foundation, which is a front for the terrorist-linked regime there. And so, if everything was on the up and up, this would have been a straightforward request for information. Indeed, Texas A&M I don't think had any initial objection. We had to fight the government, the Qatar government in lawfare here in the United States. It was really quite incredible. And, to me, it's like an easy, it's easy pickings if you're a foreign government seeking the influence, you just give money to universities and such. And in the case of China, there's a kind of almost an inherent, there's a special interest group because forget about giving money directly through Confucius Institutes or whatever the latest version of their academic fronts are, but you have a half, let's say a half a million Chinese residents here in the United States going to school, most of whom are paying full tuition. So the universities all of a sudden become advocates for this, just potentially dangerous relationships that we develop with these foreign countries through our higher education system.   Another story that broke and I didn't realize that you had been involved in putting the FOI.   We're involved in everything.   Yeah, I get it. So we talked about the power of the CCP but actually the story broke I think a month ago and the headline was the Federal Bureau investigation misled and stonewalled Judicial Watch on legitimate public record requests involving illegal Chinese police station opening in New York. And then your FOI, actually the people who you had put that in about, they suddenly get arrested. That is really concerning that a foreign government would have a police presence in the US and it makes you wonder kind of what else else is happening. But that was, again, your FOI that you'd put in. Yeah, I mean, we, you know, the idea that there are police fronts operating in the United States is not a new issue. You know, the folks have noted it and it took forever and a day, it looks like, for the FBI to get on it. And, you know, we asked for the documents and we got the run-around or they pretended there was no issue and didn't have anything to give to us. But sometimes even a non-answer is, indicates government scandal and corruption, but think about having the goal to run a police agency, practically speaking, that not only targets Chinese residents who are foreign nationals here in the United States, but American Chinese citizens, American citizens of Chinese origin. What chutzpah? And but on the other hand, you have a regime that thinks low enough of the United States and has Biden evidently deep enough in its back pocket that they can send in a spy craft to attack our sovereignty and do figure eights with no repercussions, practically speaking, above our secure military installations in the heartland of our country. In the heartland of our country. You have to wonder, obviously, what the Chinese are concluding from our lack of seeming outrage, I wonder what all of our friends must think, too.They won't defend themselves. Well, how can we rely on them to defend us or to help us, if push comes to shove? Completely, and that one you'd put in, again in the UK, we put in FOI and they come back and say the information is too difficult to obtain and then you can put another FOI, but you then go down the legal route. That's intriguing. You're not without teeth that you're using the legal system, you're not simply requesting according to what your statutory allowed to receive, you're actually then going to the court. So you have that threat and it's often that threat or actually you in the courtroom forces the government to release the information. Yeah that's true, it's actually going to court that often gets a response and you can imagine it's the United States government, it spends more money than mine is, so and the bureaucracy is huge so that their resting state is incompetence or refusal to comply with the law since, there's little accountability on that and the only way to get their attention is through a federal court case often. But that also has, you know, thankfully thanks to Judicial Watch's well-known record for going to court, other FOIAs sometimes do get responded to that otherwise wouldn't. For instance, we've done a ton of FOIAs on and lawsuits on on COVID, its origins, the vaccine, et cetera. And it was just a separate FOIA that wasn't a lawsuit, but they knew we were sniffing around and had similar lawsuits on the same issue, that just disclosed recently that the Fauci Agency was funding in China through EcoHealth Alliance, which is a third party, a front or a pass-through for grants, the creation of literal mutant coronaviruses, And that's a quote. Mutants. To see how or if they could infect humanized mice. I never thought to call gain of function viruses mutants, but it's a rather obvious point. And of course, our government's figured out that's what they are too. And they've been lying to us about what they've been doing for years. And the conclusion from that, which to me is, to me, this is some of the biggest, the most important material, Peter, at least on this issue we've uncovered, it helps explain why there was this fanatic desperation to discount the lab leak theory. Because if it was, quote, a leak from a lab, and I don't know why we presume it was a leak if it came from a lab, it was either a natural virus in the lab that got out somehow, or it was an engineered virus. And what was the technique for engineering it, And what was the set of viruses that were engineered? Well, the answers to those two latter questions are it was the United States. And the gain-of-function technique was a US biological approach that we shared and exported to China. So, this COVID origin story isn't just about what the Chinese were doing, in my view. And that shows, because many conservatives have had big concerns at the government's role, institutions' role within that. But it's one thing to have concerns and suspicions, it's another thing to have the documentary evidence. Going through your FOI seems time and time again that you're providing the evidence to back up what the suspicions that have been there over time, but most other people are not doing that. It's you that are going in and actually delivering on the hard facts for the issues. Yeah, I know a lot of folks who have conspiracy theories, what is derided as, what are derided as conspiracy theories, and my view is actually the truth is usually worse than the conspiracy theory. It's worse once you know what they actually did, and it's usually folks with the conspiracy theories, they're usually in the right ballpark, but they've got the specifics and the mechanisms and the people involved wrong, and sometimes the motivation's wrong, but their suspicions generally are correct. Something went wrong with the way the vaccines were manufactured. That process was politicized and is untrustworthy, and how it was pushed out and information about the issues related to the vaccine were handled. Something went wrong about the vaccine, excuse me, the coronavirus and its origins. There was reason to suspect that what we were being told wasn't true. Or we should at least examine all sorts of possibilities, as opposed to just pretending some questions are you're not allowed to ask. I mean, this is the craziness of these days, Peter. It's not even saying this happened, or I believe this happened. You're not even allowed to ask the question. And I tell you, the wonderful thing about FOIA is we get to ask those questions. Well, we find, yeah, that's an area you don't touch on. And another area you don't touch on, which you've talked about, another, we're told, is a conspiracy, is election integrity. And that's also because we've seen some lawsuits going in favour of actually cleaning up the system within states. But one of the FOIs you'd put in was in Colorado. And it's, the statement was, Judicial Watch announced that Colorado's Secretary of State agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging that Colorado had failed to remove ineligible voters from its rules. As part of a settlement, Colorado, I love this, will report to Judicial Watch on its yearly progress in cleaning up its rules for the next six years. I love that they have to answer to you, but that's a state-by-state issue that needs to be addressed, and that's one state that you then had a victory on, and I guess that has to happen state-by-state. Yeah. Well, and we've been successful state by state. And that's not the FOIA. That's not Freedom of Information Act. That's a law that allows, under federal law, aggrieved parties to sue states and localities that aren't taking reasonable steps to clean up the voter rolls. And I think this translates internationally. If you have a list of people who are eligible to vote, you should make sure that list is as accurate and up-to-date as you reasonably can, because it invites fraud, right, if oh so-and-so moved and died or died I'm still getting their ballot or I know their their name is on the list I'm gonna vote in their name or do something other than something else nefarious which is why the law requires the list to be cleaned up it's not just Tom Fitton being worried that's the reason the laws there otherwise why would you have it, and of course at the federal level the leftist running the Justice Department have little interest in cleaning up voter rolls because I believe certainly here in the United States and I'm not naïve that both political sides, both sides of the aisle are often tempted to mess with election results. But they don't want cleaner elections here in the United States. And I think it's because, because I can't think of any other reason. They oppose voter ID, they oppose cleaning up the rolls. They want to expand the idea of voting from one day, through entire months. They want unsupervised voting, which is the way to think about mail-in balloting. And that's something that no one else does. And I don't like the point to say, oh, no other country does this, because usually most every other country does things wrong. But I don't think any sensible person thinks that having millions of ballots be mailed out, and people filling those ballots out And just mailing them back is any way to run an honest election. No completely, and I know we-   And necessarily undermines confidence in the election system. Even if people participate in it, they realize, boy, how do they make sure no one is being intimidated when they vote? How do they make sure no one is, that the actual voter who sends the ballot in is who the person says they are? Oh, if they collect ballots, how do we know those ballots are collected properly and there's certifications about their origin? there was no intimidation in the collection process. None of that is, practically speaking, checkable under the new systems that were set up under the pretext of the COVID pandemic. Completely. Well, I know we often look to the States for hope here in Europe, but we just had an election and maybe one thing the US can learn from the motherland is that we actually do paper ballots. It's all counted on the one day and we don't use any voting dominion systems and it's it's all done and dusted and by 3 a.m. the next day you've got a result.   Yeah I mean and there's no excuse for the United States not to be able to do that. You know people say well the United States a bigger country. Well we don't run elections nationally, it's state by state. So there's no reason any major state in this nation can't figure out who won on election day. And we've also had another breakthrough where they now require voter ID so the left have realized it's not actually racist to ask someone for ID so we've had another breakthrough.   Well it's funny you know the left used to not like vote by mail because it used to be used by elderly republicans to vote. And then they decided they liked it. And everyone used to understand vote by mail was a kind of a recipe and invited voter fraud until it became politically, until they realized well we kind of like that so let's do more of it.   One of the other big things has been that the Trump raid records and I know you put down FOI and I think last month you'd said that you'd, they had released, the National Archives had released 1,200 pages of 8,000 records about that unprecedented raid. Tell us about that because it's vital that the American public know what was behind that, the reasons, the conversations, and I guess that will be another case of you then going to court to force those release off the other what six and a half thousand documents. Well, let's take a step back here, Peter. Back in, it was like 10, 12 years ago, we found out that Bill Clinton had tapes of recordation's of his conversations with foreign leaders and members of Congress that he kept after he left office. Right? And we thought, well, isn't that a presidential record? You know, I don't need to explain, practically speaking, what that might mean. Talking to foreign leaders typically are, you know, those talks are almost always classified inherently. And we went to court and the Justice Department and the National Archives, which is the federal bureaucracy that handles presidential records, their preservation and such, they came to us and said, no, we can't, you can't force us to get these records. And the court said, you have to defer to the president. He gets to decide what's personal and what's not. And the Justice Department in a court hearing said, you know what, if he has records after he leaves the Oval Office, they're presumptively personal. So compare and contrast that with their new position, 180 degree difference, with President Trump. And so the same archives that went out of its way to protect Bill Clinton's right to keep whatever records he wanted, conspired against President Trump to try to nail him on this records dispute criminally. And, you know, it's basically a civil matter, even if it is a dispute and there's a basis for it. And now they don't want to tell us that, because to get the records, it's all about transparency, right? We got to know what the president was doing. Well, now we don't, they won't tell us what they were doing to go after the president. And to take a step further back, I'm kind of getting a little bit in the weeds there. But and in America here, the political media class, they like to talk about this as if it's serious and important. No one buys it. I mean, I tell you. There isn't a foreign leader who doesn't look at what America is doing and say, okay, the current president, his agencies are trying to jail the former president, and his number one opponent in the presidential campaign. They don't need the details. They don't need the, oh, oh, but this is why it's important. This is, this is the terrible crime. They see through it and they see America that's no better than anyone else internationally in the way they are supposed to follow the rule of law. And I think it's a terrible national security and international embarrassment to the United States because now our moral, you know, the moral weight we could throw when we talk about the concerns about having fair elections and accountable government and consent to the government. Well, all that's out the window. They're trying to jail Trump simply because he opposed the wrong people here in Washington, not because of any personal misconduct. And Putin and Xi and, you know, frankly, Macron and whoever the current office holder is in Downing Street, that changes, I know, every three months.   It does. It's Rishi Sunak today, but who knows who it will be tomorrow. You know, they see what's happening in the United States, and they also recognize that attitude is there in their home countries. I mean, there isn't a major politician in any Western country that doesn't sit there because of the lack of rule, because of this contempt for consent of the government that doesn't sit there at the the sufferance of the deep state. Which is, in my view, transnational in nature in terms of their attitude. It doesn't mean they're conspiring saying we got to put this person on this piece in this place on the chessboard. No, it's an approach and it's a shared approach. One other area, and we had Miranda Devine on a few weeks ago and the Laptop from Hell and looking at Hunter Biden and you'd filed an FOI for a gun owned by him and I thought someone who had such a drug issue, an alcohol issue, wouldn't be eligible to get a gun but somehow. So tell us about that because obviously Hunter Biden's background, all the the business dealings that leads directly to Joe Biden himself. Well there are a few things there and so he was dating the widow of his brother and they got into a fight or dispute and she allegedly took his gun and threw it in a dumpster across the street from a school. Law enforcement got involved and the political reporting, the reporting on it was that the Secret Service and the FBI came and went to the store from which he purchased the gun and vacuumed up documents. So, to me, that shows improper involvement by federal agencies to take care of a political problem for the son of a major political figure. But when you think about the petty nature of what he kind of had to come in and sweep up for, and of course, we've been suing about those records, right? It helps explain, well, if they're doing that for little stuff, can you imagine what they're doing for big stuff? And certainly they've had the so-called Hunter laptop for at least since 19, excuse me, 2019. It's like a Hamlet-style agony about whether to prosecute Hunter since then, even though they have him dead to rights in a series of crimes. But there's new information now that just came out here from senior members of Congress that the FBI had evidence that Joe Biden had specifically been involved in a bribery scheme with a foreign nationals vice president, and all the evidence that's out there from the laptop and other witnesses suggest and show that Joe Biden was a beneficiary of Hunter's business dealings. So he got a cut of the action, you know, the infamous 10% for the big guy approach. So Hunter, I mean, Biden, Joe was a ran his operation like a Rico operation, a racketeering operation, a mob operation. And I think the challenge for his Justice Department, which is first and foremost moving to protect him, is they can't get at Hunter without getting and raising issues about Joe. So that's why you have this stalling and this hemming and hawing about, what you're going to go, if you go after Hunter for failing to disclose money on his tax returns, what about all the money he was giving his father? Is it he's subject to the same type of scrutiny? And if he hasn't, why not? We're in a crisis here. And you know, and some of that money came from the mayor of Moscow's wife. So you've got the Putin connection, Burisma. At least that was a company. So. Burisma was a Russian leading company. And then of course, you have the Chinese who were who had Hunter in their back pocket as well, obviously, because of his name and the influence. And it wasn't like the vice president was involved in all of this as vice president. So when Putin's making decisions and Xi is making decisions, how is it that they're not calculating Biden's corruption in their decision-making? You know, they're compromised, right? He's obviously has cognitive difficulties. He's compromised by the very public figures the public figures or political figures in China and Russia making these dangerous decisions. And so, you know, maybe, oh, does it mean we invade Ukraine because Biden's in our back pocket? No, but I would suggest it's a factor. Does it mean we are more aggressive around Taiwan or generally in China because Biden's in our back pocket? No, it's not the only reason, but certainly it's a factor. Too me it's a national security issue and it would be for any other country worth it's salt. All the issues you kind of talk about seem to be the Democrat party behind institutions, and I'm wondering will it come to the point where organizations like Judicial Watch and others need to actually go after either those on Capitol Hill or those in the institutions, AGs, I mean will it have to be actually going after those within the party itself? Well, we don't go after them under law because they are Democrats. We don't go after someone because they're Republicans. We try to apply the law. Or, you know, apply our focus without regard to political party. Though generally speaking, big government usually means big corruption. So we have all that money being spent. There's usually a lot of money sloshing up over the sides, right? Or it's usually being directed to political supporters as opposed to those in the public interest. And so ideologically, if you support bigger government, you tend to be more involved in corruption. I mean, it's just kind of, to me, it just goes with the just, it's part of the package. Now, Republicans, they abuse government to target us. They refuse to take action against corruption too often because they think politically it's not feasible or won't work for them, which to me is also a form of corruption. And so this temptation is great among both Republican and Democrats to kind of abuse these powers entrusted to them, especially if they think no one's watching. And I think the problem's not insurmountable. there's always going to be, you spend $4 trillion, there's going to be corruption, okay? But let's avoid having a Justice Department that is just thrown out all semblance of being dispassionate. Let's maybe have an FBI that is significantly curtailed, or if not, radically repurposed, to focus more on traditional law enforcement than political targeting of individuals. Let's ensure that our elections are as clean as we reasonably can. You know, the temptation is great. I mean, North Carolina, they had the stay here in the United States. They had to redo a congressional election because a Republican, essentially was engaged in a massive fraud. So we just have to be constantly vigilant. That's the price of freedom. To finish off with, Tom, for 25 years you've been president of Judicial Watch. And I guess there are many stories that if Judicial Watch hadn't been there, then the truth would never be told. And I think what you're doing is a model for other countries. And I know your focus is on the US, but there are other countries across Europe that have a similar freedom of information system, but it hasn't been used as well as you have used what you have there.   Go ahead, I'm sorry.   You obviously raise money from the public, you've got a big team, and tell us about that because ideally what you've built there is something that actually could be rolled out and used in other countries.   Well, we're able to fundraise directly and the fundraising laws here in the United States are very friendly to grassroots groups and the non-governmental organizations, a phrase I hate, to be able to raise public support and that's much harder, my understanding is, in other countries. It's just more difficult to raise money directly from the public, as I said, outside the, you know, they usually rely on the government or the creatures of the party. But there's a growing conservative movement internationally to address this transnational left-wing threat. Our folks are there in Europe this week now for CPAC Hungary, right, and there are conservatives from all over Europe there hanging out, figuring out ways to oppose Lothiathan.   Yeah, and I know I'm watching CPAC Hungary. So, Tom, thank you for your time. It's fascinating. I've followed Judicial Watch for quite a while and it's exciting to see what you're doing. So thank you for coming along and sharing insights on what is happening there with Judicial Watch.   Well, best of luck to you, Peter, thanks for having me on.   Thank you.

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Hour 3: Jessica Vaughn, Director of Policy Studies at the Center for Immigration Studies discusses the decline in deportations. Ryan Wiggins joins the show and then the hour wraps up with Jim Carafano, Heritage Foundation national security and foreign policy,  who talks CPAC Hungary, and Putin/Ukraine.

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Vandaag in Ochtendnieuws: Premier Rutte moet vandaag in de Tweede Kamer tekst en uitleg geven over hoe het kan dat hij jarenlang sms'jes wiste op zijn vintage Nokia, het Amerikaanse CPAC, een jaarlijkse rechts-conservatieve politieke conferentie, komt naar Hongarije en politiek commentator Jaap Janssen leest zijn allerlaatste column voor. Premier Rutte moet vandaag in de Tweede Kamer tekst en uitleg geven over hoe het kan dat hij jarenlang sms'jes wiste op zijn vintage Nokia. De Tweede Kamer steunde gisteren unaniem - dus ook Rutte's eigen VVD - het verzoek daartoe van GroenLinks-leider Jesse Klaver. Het Amerikaanse CPAC, een jaarlijkse rechts-conservatieve politieke conferentie, komt naar Europa. Vandaag en morgen vindt CPAC Hungary in Boedapest plaats, met sprekers als Tucker Carlson, Nigel Farage en uiteraard Victor Orbán. 'Het is een feestje van Trump en van Orbán', zegt Hongarije-correspondent Stefan Bos.  Column | Zondag overleed Mient Jan Faber en ik was het vergeten, maar mijn moeder vertelde me dat een van mijn eerste stukjes als journalist – ik was 21 – over hem ging. Zij wist het nog want we aten taart: ik kreeg er voor betaald en het stond in het legendarische Vrij Nederland! Abonneren In Ochtendnieuws hoor je in 20 minuten het belangrijkste nieuws van de dag. Abonneer je op de podcast via bnr.nl/ochtendnieuws, de BNR-app, Spotify en Apple Podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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