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It's Liberation Day…again. After two missed deadlines and only a few trade deals done, Trump's global tariffs officially go into effect today. To mark the occasion, White House trade advisor Peter Navarro says the president not only deserves a Nobel Peace Prize—but also a Nobel Prize in economics. Meanwhile, Trump can't stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein, telling reporters on Air Force One that Virginia Giuffre was "stolen" by Jeffrey Epstein from the Mar-a-Largo spa. Trump pressures Senate Republicans to kill a ban on congressional (and presidential) stock trading. Jon and Dan discuss the latest, including Democrats' shifting views on Gaza, Kamala Harris's decision not to run for California governor, and Texas Republicans' attempts to steal the 2026 midterm elections by redrawing their congressional map. Then, Congressman Jason Crow joins Tommy in the studio to talk about recruiting Democrats to run for office, and why he's suing ICE after being denied entry to a detention facility in his district.  

  In this episode of the *Big Ideas for Smaller Government* series, host David Fran sits down with Jeremiah Mosteller, policy director for Americans for Prosperity, to explore the vast and complex Department of Defense (DoD). With a staggering $2 trillion budget and nearly three million military and civilian personnel, the DoD is one of the largest federal agencies. Together, they discuss the department's history, structure, and some surprising examples of wasteful spending, including $5 million spent on ineffective camouflage and $1,300 coffee cups used on Air Force cargo planes. Jeremiah highlights how better coordination and cutting excessive contracting could lead to significant taxpayer savings—up to $260 billion over ten years—without compromising national security. This in-depth conversation sheds light on the challenges and opportunities within the DoD, illustrating why reforming defense spending is crucial for reducing the federal deficit and making government more efficient. Listeners gain valuable insights into how strategic changes, such as reducing contractor reliance and improving procurement, could help save billions while ensuring our military remains well-equipped. Tune in to understand how thoughtful cuts in defense can contribute to a smaller, smarter government.

Send us a textPeaches is back with your August 1st daily drop—after fighting his microphone and allergies like a true professional. He breaks down the latest military absurdities: an M18 that might go bang on its own, $800 million more to Ukraine (because why not), and bomber nostalgia getting its moment in the spotlight. From Air Force weapon inspections to Space Force getting ghosted on funding (again), this episode covers all the headlines that matter—plus a rant or two. Also, the Operator Training Summit in Nashville is coming up, so quit dragging your feet and get on board.

Today, we're talking about something that's becoming a big deal for anyone working with the Department of Defense: the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, or CMMC. If you want to win DoD contracts, you'll need to understand what CMMC is and how it affects your business. The rules are changing, and this certification is quickly becoming a must-have.To help explain it all, we've invited Michael Greenman, a cybersecurity expert who works with CMMC every day. He'll break down what CMMC means, why it matters, and what steps you should take now. Whether you're new to government contracts or have been in the game for years, this episode will help you get ready for what's coming.All Episodes are inside Skyway Central©Click here to access your Contracting Officer Podcast 2.0 License and start listening today!

Join host Dr. Arun Seraphin, Executive Director of the Emerging Technologies Institute, for a conversation with Nicholas Lanham, Director of Enterprise Platforms and Data at KAIROS Inc., and Charles Ott, Solutions Strategist and Vice President at Maximus. In this episode, Mr. Lanham and Mr. Ott discuss the upcoming NDIA/ETI Global Defense Hackathon, which is being held in conjunction with the NDIA Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference and Exhibition. Throughout the conversation, we cover what the purpose of the Global Defense Hackathon is, how a Hackathon works, and what sets the NDIA/ETI Global Defense Hackathon apart from traditional Hackathons. Additionally, we answer the question how we can transition Hackathon solutions into DOD acquisition processes.  To learn more and register for the NDIA/ETI Global Defense Hackathon, visit https://hackathon.ndia.org/Join us for the NDIA Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference and Exhibition on August 27-29 at the Washington D.C Convention Center. Registration is now open at ⁠https://www.ndiatechexpo.org⁠. This year, we will be joined by Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael and USD for Acquisition and Sustainment Michael Duffey as two of our engaging keynote speakers. The conference will also feature numerous breakout panels, government-industry speed dating, networking sessions, and a multi-day Hackathon.  Be sure to like and subscribe to stay up to date. Thank you for listening to another episode of Emerging Tech Horizons.⁠https://emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/EmergingTechETI⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/ndia-eti-emerging-technologies-institute https://www.twitter.com/EmergingTechETI

Send us a textPeaches dives headfirst into the DoD's latest chaos buffet—$5.4 billion budget reshuffles, fighter jet production whiplash, and the Air Force playing safety dad with the M18 pistol. Meanwhile, cartel operatives are heading to Ukraine for drone training (because why the hell not), and a Swedish ISIS fanatic gets clocked for war crimes. Toss in some missileer cancer cleanup, a grounded Skyraider II PA scandal, and a missing sailor off the USS George Washington… and you've got yourself a full-blown geopolitical migraine. Don't worry—we made it snarky, so you don't have to cry.

 Mike McCormick worked as a presidential stenographer under four administrations and has some interesting insight into these top secret files that allegedly blow Hillary's private email server scandal out of the water. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell joins at the halfway point with insights and surprises out of the DoD. 

EPISODE 142 | Project 2025: The First 180 Days (World Is Weird 15) Donald Trump said he didn't really know much about Project 2025 except that they sure liked him. And yet, of 313 specific Project 2025 initiatives, he's already enacted 108 of them, and another 63 are actively in the works as of this recording. Quite a coincidence, wouldn't you say? Project 2025 put a lot of importance of a sort of blitzkrieg if their boy won the 2024 election, a flurry of activity to define the first 180 days of his presidency and hopefully create so much change that, no matter what happens in future elections (if there are any) many of the changes they want to see happen will end up sticking around. That benchmark date was July 19.  So, let's look at Project 2025. What they say, and some of their own justifications for why they say it. And we'll also see just how much Trump has actively assisted them in realizing their vision for a very different America than the world has ever seen.  Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya?  SECTIONS 02:40 - The Mandate for Leadership, Version IX - The first of the Four Pillars, "cultural Marxism"; yes, it really is Gilead; white nationalists and Christian nationalists, family is the key, four main goals 08:52 - Three More Pillars - Info gathering, the Presidential Administration Academy, "climate change" is code for Christian depopulation, a secret playbook, Carter was evil, the DoD and Space Force 13:16 - Economy - General ideas, "fair trade" vs. "free trade", the Consumer Protection Bureau, the Department of Labor, the Department of Commerce 21:05 - Environment - General ideas, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of the Interior 25:09 - Transportation - General ideas, get married and make babies or no funding, the Department of Transportation, the FAA 27:11 - Education - General ideas, education is a private good, not a public one; the Department of Education, Parental Bill of Rights 33:12 - Identity - General ideas, LGBTQ+ and trans people ("radical gender ideology"), DEI, pornography 36:15 - Journalism - General ideas, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the FCC, the US Agency for Global Media (now a One America News organ), the Open Technology Fund 38:39 - Healthcare - General ideas, Medicaid, Medicare, the Department of Veteran Affairs, the CDC, the Department of Health is really the Department of Life, marriage, abortions, Planned Parenthood, in vitro fertilization, teen pregnancy, the Department of Health and Human Services 47:43 - Legal - General ideas, affirmative action, the FBI, the death penalty, the Secret Service as military cops, the Department of Justice, FACE Act no longer enforced, don't say trans 53:16 - National Security - Foreign policy shifts, USAID, NATO, nukes, the Department of Defense, Cybercom, the State Department, strengthen ties with Saudi Arabia 57:26 - Immigration - CBP, ICE, TSA, USCIS, refugees, asylum pay-to-stay scheme, birthright citizenship, mass deportations, more police, FEMA funds, the Department of Homeland Security 01:04:42 - Elections - General ideas, the FEC gets limits, photo ID to vote, armed police at polling stations 01:06:58 - Expansion of the Executive - The President is boss, loyalists only, the Insurrection Act of 1807, more surveillance 01:09:24 - Federal Staffing - Bring back the spoils-and-patronage system, the White House, the National Security Council 01:12:01 - Final Thoughts - Trump totally knows about Project 2025, the vision for an America-that-never-was, why the hell didn't you vote? Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info Project 2025 Tracker website (updated daily) r/Keep_Track Full text of "Project 2025 Mandate For Leadership" The “Mandate for Leadership” Series Inside Project 2025's Secret Training Videos - video on ProPublica YouTube channel 5 Reasons Leftists HATE Project 2025 from the Heritage Foundation Project 2025 Quick Read

Arye Lipman cofounded Biosphere, a startup building UV-sterilized bioreactors that replace the 1950's steam reactors to reduce biomanufacturing costs. Previously, he built a network of biotech labs for startups like Minicircle and invested in some of them. Biosphere came out of stealth this year through a USD $8.8 M seed round led by Lowercarbon Capital and VXI Capital, with participation from Founders Fund.Biofounders: fun conversations with unconventional founders, biohackers, CEOs, and investors you haven't met yet | Follow along on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram | Support the podcast by sharing a rating on Spotify ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐In this episode we cover:* Upbringing in the California countryside and falling for biology (0:00 - 2:44)* Early start in biotech as part of the founding team of an antibodies company (2:52 - 03:35)* Why he built a network of biotech labs and why it wasn't a good business (03:52 - 8:52)* Investing in biotech through Mars Bio (8:52 - 10:26)* Deep dives into the biomanufacturing industry and why sterility is a key constrain in costs (10:27 - 13:41)* Superstition in biotechnology and redesigning the bioreactor from the ground up (13:50 - 15:59)* Scaling up to move the needle (16:02 - 16:45)* How UV sterilization and cleaning compare to steam (16:54 - 18:00)* Testing performance in plastic and other materials (18:12 - 19:00)* Building both biotech software and hardware to generate feedback loops (19:14 - 21:09)* What the DoD is doing with biotech and how Biosphere is working with them (21:26 - 24:28)* Why they're not too concerned about downstream innovation (24:51 - 26:40)* The Biopunk vision of industrialized photosynthesis and the realistic future of taking over the chemical industry with industrialized biology (26:41 - 29:32)* Especially if you're young, take the risk. Join a biotech startup or found your own! (30:00 - 31:16) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.biopunk.life/subscribe

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Kencan Dengan Tuhan - Rabu, 30 Juli 2025Bacaan: ...."Hal Kerajaan Sorga itu seumpama ragi yang diambil seorang perempuan dan diadukkan ke dalam tepung terigu tiga sukat sampai khamir seluruhnya." (Matius 13:33)Renungan: James William Sidis adalah seorang yang sangat cerdas. Sejarah mencatat bahwa ia termasuk orang yang jenius melebihi Einstein, Da Vinci dan John Stuart Mills. Ia memiliki IQ 250-300, menguasai 200 jenis bahasa, menjadi profesor sebelum berumur 20 tahun. Namun karena ia memutuskan untuk tidak memberikan kontribusi apa-apa, maka pengaruhnya pada duniapun tidak ada sehingga namanya terhapus dari catatan sejarah dunia. Einstein dan tokoh-tokoh besar lainnya bisa mencapai sukses melalui kecerdasan mereka, itu dikarenakan ada dampak yang diberikan dari kecerdasan mereka bagi dunia. Tidaklah penting berapa lama kita hidup di dunia. Hal yang benar-benar penting adalah apakah ada yang telah kita lakukan selama hidup kita yang bermanfaat bagi orang lain? Sebagai orang percaya, kita adalah orang-orang yang telah tercatat dalam buku sejarahnya Tuhan, yaitu buku kehidupan. Jika nama kita telah tercatat dalam buku kehidupan Tuhan, dampak apa yang akan kita berikan selama kita hidup di dunia? Yesus mengatakan bahwa hal kerajaan sorga itu bagaikan ragi yang mengkhamiri adonan, artinya hidup kita harus bisa membawa pengaruh yang baik kepada keluarga, sahabat, lingkungan dan dunia yang kita tempati. Seseorang yang memiliki hidup yang berarti bukan diukur dari seberapa banyak yang bisa ia miliki untuk dirinya, tetapi diukur dengan seberapa besar pengaruh positif yang sudah ia berikan kepada sesama dan lingkungan. Oleh karena itu, jadilah pribadi yang memberi dampak bagi kemuliaan nama Tuhan sebagaimana Tuhan menginginkannya. Tuhan Yesus memberkati.Doa:Tuhan Yesus, banyak orang di sekitarku yang menderita baik jasmani maupun rohani dan mereka membutuhkan uluran tangan banyak orang untuk sekadar memberikan senyum dan penghiburan serta doa bagi mereka. Mampukan aku agar aku dapat menjadi berkat bagi mereka, sehingga hidupku yang hanya sekali ini dapat berarti bagi banyak orang. Amin. (Dod).

Send us a textStrap in, because this “daily drop” is a full-throttle rollercoaster of Pentagon absurdity and global WTFs. From promoting a former Space Force whistleblower to Under Secretary of the Air Force, to blowing $200M on a border wall while ignoring busted pistols and flood victims—this episode doesn't pull punches. Peaches goes off on political aircraft pork, war with China (spoiler: lots of body bags), and the Space Force's asteroid defense ambitions. Oh, and yes, Pizza Cat is alive and well. You're welcome, internet.

Kencan Dengan Tuhan - Selasa, 29 Juli 2025Bacaan: ..."Tidak baik, kalau manusia itu seorang diri saja. Aku akan menjadikan penolong baginya, yang sepadan dengan dia." (Kejadian 2:18)Renungan: Penolong yang sepadan adalah istilah yang sangat akrab di telinga pengikut Yesus. Namun, tidak sedikit orang yang tidak mengerti dengan benar arti penolong yang sepadan, sehingga terkadang tindakannya salah baik perempuan maupun laki-laki. Ketika belum ada penolong yang sepadan bagi laki-laki, Tuhan berfirman bahwa tidak baik kalau laki-laki sendirian. Itu artinya ketika Tuhan memberikan penolong yang sepadan bagi laki-laki, maka keadaannya akan lebih menguntungkan. Jika perempuan tidak menyadari bahwa dirinya adalah penolong yang sepadan bagi suami, maka dia akan diam di rumah karena minder atau sebaliknya malah ia bertindak berlebihan sehingga istilah suami-suami takut istri menjadi nyata dalam hidup ini. Betapa banyak perempuan menggugat cerai suaminya, demikian pula tidak sedikit laki-laki yang meninggalkan dan menceraikan istrinya. Keduanya sama-sama tidak menyadari bahwa posisi perempuan adalah penolong yang sepadan yang tidak bisa dipisahkan dari laki-laki kecuali oleh kematian. Adam memakai istilah "tulang dari tulangku, daging dari dagingku". Sementara itu orang Jawa memakai istilah "garwo, sigaraning nyowo atau belahan jiwa." Jika kita tidak menerapkan prinsip tentang posisi istri sebagai penolong yang sepadan, kita akan kehilangan janji Tuhan untuk kehidupan yang lebih baik. Sudah pasti kehidupan keluarga akan berantakan. Oleh karena itu, "Hai istri, posisikan dirimu sebagai penolong yang sepadan bagi suamimu! Hai suami, akui dan terimalah istrimu sebagai penolong yang sepadan!" Tuhan Yesus memberkati.Doa:Tuhan Yesus, aku mau berdoa untuk pasanganku dan juga kedua orang tuaku, agar mereka boleh menyadari bahwa istri dan juga mamaku Engkau berikan sebagi penolong yang sepadan buat suami dan buat papaku. Jangan biarkan keegoisan menguasai ku dan mereka, sehingga masing-masing ingin saling menguasai dan menghancurkan. Yesus, bertakhtalah dalam keluargaku, agar aku dapat menjadi berkat bagi semua anggota keluargaku. Amin. (Dod).

In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Chris Howard (M0TCH), Martin Rothwell (M0SGL), Frank Howell (K4FMH), Bill Barnes (WC3B) and Leslie Butterfields (G0CIB) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief, and the episode's feature is Ham Radio Friedrichshafen 2025 Part Two We would like to thank Charles Carter and our monthly and annual subscription donors for keeping the podcast advert free. To donate, please visit - http://www.icqpodcast.com/donate Hams Decode SSMIS Satellite Data Removed by DoD, NOAA MMDVM Project Drops Support for M17 Mode M17 Foundation Responds to Statements made by MMDVM Project Maintainer 23cm Restrictions To Be Imposed In Europe Safety Stand-Down: Look Up and Live Canadian Amateurs in Yukon Territory Get Separate Section The RSGB Releases High-Contrast Logbook to Improve Accessibility National Bodies Protect 70cm Band

Kencan Dengan Tuhan - Minggu, 27 Juli 2025Bacaan: "Perkataan yang menyenangkan adalah seperti sarang madu, manis bagi hati dan obat bagi tulang-tulang." (Amsal 16:24)Renungan: Suatu ketika saat mengunjungi Pekan Raya Jakarta ada satu hal yang menarik perhatian saya. Di setiap stand-stand pameran selalu ada SPG yang cantik dengan pakaian yang menarik yang menawarkan produk barang-barang tertentu. Ketika kami melewati setiap stand, maka satu atau dua orang SPG tersebut dengan ramah dan tidak putus asa menawarkan produknya. Walau akhirnya saya tidak membeli atau mencoba, tetapi mereka tetap tersenyum. Bahkan saya perhatikan ada banyak orang yang pada akhirnya menjadi berminat dan membelinya. Sapaan dan senyuman yang ramah pada akhirnya bisa meluluhkan hati seseorang untuk sekadar mencoba dan membeli produk tersebut. Saat ini begitu banyak orang disibukkan dengan pekerjaannya, sehingga banyak orang yang akhirnya mengalami stres belum lagi ditambah dengan permasalahan dalam hidupnya. Mereka ini membutuhkan orang lain untuk sekadar menjadi tempat bercerita, menumpahkan semua unek-unek mereka. Tetapi tidak banyak orang yang menanggapi akan kebutuhan tersebut. Banyak yang menutup diri karena mereka menganggap orang tersebut hanya akan membuang waktu mereka. Sehingga pada akhirnya hanya emosi dan kejengkelan yang ada dan yang stres makin stres, yang bermasalah makin bermasalah. Allah menghendaki agar kita mengeluarkan perkataan yang menyenangkan untuk memberi penghiburan bagi mereka yang berbeban, karena perkataan yang menyenangkan seperti sarang madu, manis bagi hati dan obat bagi tulang-tulang. Mungkin saat ini pasangan, anak, orang tua atau sahabat kita membutuhkan perkataan yang menyenangkan yang penuh dengan kuasa Tuhan untuk memberi kelegaan pada mereka. Jika anak-anak Tuhan dapat belajar dari cara kerja para SPG tersebut, akan banyak rumah tangga diselamatkan, pertikaian dihindarkan dan penyakit akan berkurang sehingga nama Tuhan akan semakin dimuliakan. Tuhan Yesus memberkati.Doa:Tuhan Yesus, urapi perkataanku dengan kuasa-Mu, agar aku mampu berkata-kata yang memberikan ketenangan dan kelegaan bagi setiap orang yang saat ini mengalami begitu banyak beban kehidupan. Kirimlah seseorang yang terbeban hari ini padaku, dan nyatakan kuasa-Mu melalui perkataanku, sehingga ia dapat tersenyum kembali dan hatinya dipenuhi sukacita-Mu. Amin. (Dod).

Kencan Dengan Tuhan - Senin, 28 Juli 2025Bacaan: "Mata Tuhan ada di segala tempat, mengawasi orang jahat dan orang baik." (Amsal 15:3)Renungan: Dr. John Todd seorang penulis terkenal, tidak akan pernah melupakan kejadian itu. Waktu itu ayahnya yang sedang sakit keras menyuruhnya pergi membeli obat. Tetapi John Todd yang waktu itu masih anak-anak tidak mau pergi. Untuk itulah ia membuat cerita bohong dan mengatakan kepada ayahnya bahwa obat yang dimaksud tidak dijual di apotik. Tetapi kemudian ia merasa tidak tenang dan merasa bersalah, akhirnya ia pergi juga untuk mencari obat itu. Tetapi sudah terlambat. Ketika kembali ke rumah ayahnya sudah sekarat dan hampir mati. Ayahnya hanya bisa berbisik kepada John, "John, kasihi saya dan berkatalah benar senantiasa, karena mata Tuhan selalu tertuju padamu. Sekarang, ciumlah saya sekali lagi dan ucapkanlah selamat jalan." Dunia ini memang tidak memberikan teladan yang baik tentang ketaatan dan kasih seorang anak kepada orang tua. Banyak remaja dan pemuda yang hidup sesuka hati mereka bahkan tidak sedikit yang mengancam jika orang tua tidak menuruti kehendaknya. Tetapi diberkatilah mereka yang tetap menaruh kasih dan hormat terhadap orang tuanya tanpa mencemarkan dirinya dengan kebiasaan orang-orang durhaka yang akan menuai hasil dari apa yang mereka tabur. Anggap saja kata-kata ayah John menjelang kematiannya, mewakili kerinduan setiap orang tua terhadap anak-anaknya, "Mata Tuhan ada di segala tempat, mengawasi orang jahat dan orang baik." (Amsal 15:3). Hai anak-anak remaja dan pemuda-pemudi, sekalipun tidak ada orang yang tahu dan tidak ada yang melihat apa yang kita lakukan, tetapi mata Tuhan selalu tertuju kepada kita. Buatlah hati Tuhan senang dan bersukacita karena kita dan buatlah orang tua kita bangga karena memiliki anak-anak yang taat kepada Tuhan dan hormat kepada orang tua. Tuhan Yesus memberkati.Doa:Tuhan Yesus, aku mau belajar taat pada orang tuaku. Kini aku sadar bahwa matamu ada di segala tempat dan melihat apa saja yang aku perbuat. Bantulah aku agar seluruh keberadaanku dapat menyenangkan orang tuaku, sehingga aku boleh melihat senyum mereka setiap saat. Amin. (Dod).

Sharepoint Server vulnerability looks a lot like Hafnium to us. Microsoft has stopped using China based engineers to work on DoD cloud systems. Older CD-ROM not working on new PC, Spyware developer used Google Servers as repository but never secured it. Took Google a month to remove it. Cognizant just gave away passwords and now is getting sued! My USB ports are flaky, Google email summary bothers me, MS Office 2021 having issues Launching Outlook should I replace my backup media?

Epsiode 377 of the John1911 Podcast is now live:   300 tons of gravel later. The M18 kills USAF Airman. Trainers nationwide ban the P320. How the DOD can get out of the M17 Problem. Why the DOD won't.  And what they always end up doing instead.      Karken & Marky John1911.com "Shooting Guns & Having Fun"

Kencan Dengan Tuhan -Sabtu, 26 Juli 2025Bacaan: "Dan kamu, bapa-bapa, janganlah bangkitkan amarah di dalam hati anak-anakmu, tetapi didiklah mereka di dalam ajaran dan nasihat Tuhan." (Efesus 6:4)Renungan: Ada seorang pemuda yang berdiri sebagai seorang hukuman karena kejahatan-kejahatan yang dilakukannya. Hakim yang akan mengadili pemuda tersebut sudah kenal betul dengannya sejak ia masih kecil. Apalagi ayahnya adalah seorang penegak hukum yang terkenal. Sebelum sidang dimulai sang hakim bertanya kepada pemuda tersebut, "Apakah engkau ingat pada ayahmu yang sudah engkau permalukan dengan kelakuanmu?" Pemuda itu menjawab, "Ya, saya sangat mengingat dia. Dulu ketika saya datang kepadanya untuk meminta nasihat karena saya butuh teman, ia mengangkat kepalanya sejenak dari buku hukum yang dibacanya dan ia berkata kepada saya, "Pergi sanal Papa sedang sibuk!" Papa kini selesai membaca buku tersebut dan ia menjadi ahli hukum yang terkenal tetapi saya berada di sini sebagai orang hukuman." Seringkali kita lebih sibuk dengan karier, pekerjaan dan keberhasilan yang kita kejar, namun kita melupakan hal yang sangat penting dan juga memerlukan perhatian kita yaitu keluarga. Kita mengabaikan suami, atau istri, dan anak-anak yang sangat membutuhkan uluran tangan dan perhatian kita. Salah satu faktor juga yang membuat keluarga dan anak-anak kita jauh dari Tuhan adalah kurangnya perhatian kita pada keluarga. Kita terlalu sibuk dengan pekerjaan sehingga tidak ada waktu untuk berdoa bersama, ke gereja bersama, membaca Alkitab bersama.Betapa menyedihkan kalau kita berhasil mendidik dan mengajarkan jalan-jalan Tuhan kepada orang lain tetapi tidak kepada keluarga dan anak-anak kita. Betapa menyedihkan jika kita berhasil di dalam usaha kita tetapi rumah tangga yang berisı hanya sedikit orang malah hancur tak terurus. Berikanlah waktu dan perhatian untuk anak-anak kita dan kita akan bangga karena kita tidak hanya berhasil di dalam pelayanan dan karier, tetapi juga kita berhasil melayani keluarga kita sendiri. Tuhan Yesus memberkatiDoa:Tuhan Yesus, aku mohon ampun karena aku terlalu sibuk dengan pekerjaanku sehingga tidak bisa memberikan waktu dan perhatian untuk suami, istri, anak-anak dan orang tuaku. Ingatkan aku bahwa keluargakupun butuh perhatianku. Yesus, kembalikan hatiku pada semua anggota keluargaku dan kembalikan hati mereka kepadaku. Amin. (Dod).

Kencan Dengan Tuhan - Jumat, 25 Juli 2025Bacaan: "Tangan yang lamban membuat miskin, tetapi tangan orang rajin menjadikan kaya." (Amsal 10:4)Renungan: Konon kutu anjing merupakan binatang kecil yang mampu melompat setinggi 300 kali tinggi tubuhnya. Ulat nangka pun demikian, ulat kecil berwarna kuning ini selalu membengkokkan tubuhnya dan kemudian meloncat jauh ke atas atau ke arah samping. Akan tetapi kalau binatang-binatang ini ditaruh dalam sebuah kotak korek api, maka kemampuan mereka yang sesungguhnya tidak akan bisa kelihatan. Mereka hanya akan lompat setinggi kotak korek api itu. Banyak di antara kita yang terkurung dalam kotak korek api berupa cacat fisik, kesehatan yang buruk, usia, pendidikan dll. Kita tidak mau berusaha karena kita mengira kemampuan kita hanya sampai di situ. Lebih parah lagi, jika kita memanfaatkan kelemahan kita untuk menadahkan tangan meminta-minta dan hanya mengharapkan belas kasihan orang lain. Sebuah pepatah mengatakan, "Di mana ada kemauan di situ ada jalan, di mana ada kerja keras, di situ ada keberhasilan." Keterbatasan fisik bukanlah alasan yang cukup tepat untuk seseorang tidak bekerja mengupayakan sesuatu. Beberapa orang yang memiliki kelemahan secara fisik dan yang dianggap tidak bisa produktif, ternyata mampu membuktikan bahwa mereka bisa menjadi lebih baik. Alkitab tidak pernah mengajarkan agar kita menjadi orang-orang malas yang menyerah pada kelemahan. Sebaliknya Allah berjanji bahwa ia akan mendatangkan keberhasilan dan berkat bagi mereka yang mau bekerja. Tuhan Yesus memberkati.Doa: Tuhan Yesus, penuhi aku dengan semangat untuk bekerja dan jangan biarkan aku menyerah pada kelemahanku. Aku tahu bahwa tidak ada perkara yang mustahil bagi-Mu. Karena itu nyatakanlah kuasa-Mu padaku dan biarkan aku terbuka atas kehendak-Mu. Yesus, kuserahkan diriku padaMu, perbuatlah sekehendak-Mu atas diriku. Amin. (Dod).

Thursday, July 24th, 2025Today, Judge Xinis bars ICE from detaining Mr. Abrego in Tennessee and Judge Crenshaw orders Mr. Abrego's release on bond; The Wall Street Journal drops another bombshell reporting that Pam Bondi told Trump he was in the Epstein files two months ago; a DoD watchdog reports that Kegseth's Signal chat messages came from an email marked classified; 140 members of the National Science Foundation have penned a letter of dissent amid fear of retaliation; Louisville Kentucky is changing its jail policy to get off the “sanctuary city list”; The Pentagon withdraws the Marines from Los Angeles; California's Department of Motor Vehicles is seeking to ban Tesla from selling cars in the state because of how it presented automated driving; and Allison delivers the good news.Thank You, PiqueGet 10% off for life with link piquelife.com/dailybeans.Guest: Yasmin Radjy of SwingLeft SwingLeft“Ground Truth”: Swing Left's Big Bet for 2026https://secure.actblue.com/donate/sl-house-2026?refcode=ig-20250703@swingleft.bsky.social - Bluesky, Swing Left (@swingleft) - InstagramStoriesJustice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files | WSJHegseth Signal messages came from email classified ‘SECRET,' watchdog told | The Washington PostAmid Fear of Retaliation, N.S.F. Workers Sign Letter of Dissent | The New York TimesTesla fights two court battles over claims it misled consumers about automated driving | The Washington PostLouisville changing jail policy to get off 'sanctuary city' list | WLKYPentagon withdraws 700 Marines from Los Angeles | AP NewsGood Trouble Good evening, lovely purveyors of the Bean. I've heard that the tangerine toddler's regime is trying to erase our historic parks.  We might not be able (yet!) to save them but we CAN do this: https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/save-our-signsBasically, take pictures & upload them to the website. Every tiny bit of resistance will be a work of art. From The Good NewsSave Our SignsCrocheting the National Parks by Krista Ann | Quarto At A GlanceNATIONAL SEWING MONTH | SeptemberResistance resources for political newbieskindergarten book list - Amazon Wish ListStatement from Parish of St. AnnAPPEARANCES – DANA GOLDBERGReminder - you can see the pod pics if you become a Patron. The good news pics are at the bottom of the show notes of each Patreon episode! That's just one of the perks of subscribing! patreon.com/muellershewrote Donate to the MSW Media, Blue Wave California Victory FundMSW Media, Blue Wave California Victory Fund | ActBlueWhistleblowerAid.org/beans Federal workers - feel free to email AG at fedoath@pm.me and let me know what you're going to do, or just vent. I'm always here to listen. Find Upcoming Actions 50501 Movement, No Kings.org, Indivisible.orgDr. Allison Gill - Substack, BlueSky , TikTok, IG, TwitterDana Goldberg - BlueSky, Twitter, IG, facebook, danagoldberg.comCheck out more from MSW Media - Shows - MSW Media, Cleanup On Aisle 45 pod, The Breakdown | SubstackShare your Good News or Good TroubleMSW Good News and Good TroubleHave some good news; a confession; or a correction to share?Good News & Confessions - The Daily Beanshttps://www.dailybeanspod.com/confessional/ Listener Survey:http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=shortFollow the Podcast on Apple:The Daily Beans on Apple PodcastsWant to support the show and get it ad-free and early?The Daily Beans | SupercastThe Daily Beans & Mueller, She Wrote | PatreonThe Daily Beans | Apple Podcasts

Send us a textPeaches drops into the team room to roast the DoD's latest brainchild—the $175 billion Golden Dome missile defense program. Because nothing says “fiscal responsibility” like duct-taping old tech to new threats. From sketchy F-35 upgrades to AI-driven psyops and a pistol that just…goes off, this episode is a rollercoaster of bureaucratic brilliance and defense déjà vu. Oh, and shoutout to the DoD for finally noticing that maybe, just maybe, over-classifying everything isn't helping. Get ready for Space Force buzzwords, Air Force growing pains, and a masterclass in defense spending madness.

Title: Why the W-2 Grind Will Never Make You Wealthy with Jamie Bateman Summary In this engaging podcast episode, Jamie shares his journey from being a competitive athlete and military officer to becoming a successful entrepreneur in the field of real estate and mortgage note investing. He emphasizes the importance of discipline, teamwork, and taking ownership of one's financial situation in achieving success. Jamie discusses his transition from a W2 job to entrepreneurship, highlighting how he leveraged his experiences and strengths to build multiple streams of income. He shares insights about his current business model centered around mortgage note investing, explaining the differences between performing and non-performing notes, and elucidates the challenges and opportunities present in this field. The discussion also emphasizes the importance of long-term planning and learning continuously, making the case that discipline ultimately leads to freedom and flexibility in life. Links to Listen and Subscribe: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-military-officer-to-mortgage-note-master-one-mans/id1618672867?i=1000643495099 Links to Watch and Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6nU0TtMAFc Bullet Point Highlights: Athlete to Entrepreneur: Jamie shares how his background in competitive sports instilled a sense of discipline and teamwork. Financial Ownership: Jamie discusses the importance of taking ownership of your financial situation and actively seeking improvement. W2 Quitter: The transition from a stable government job to entrepreneurship reflects Jamie's journey of self-discovery and ambition. Mortgage Note Investing: Jamie provides insights into both performing and non-performing notes, illustrating how to generate passive income through debt investing. Value of Networking: He emphasizes the necessity of building a strong network for finding investment opportunities in mortgage notes. Continuous Learning: Jamie advocates for lifelong learning, suggesting that successful people always seek new knowledge and skills. Long-Term Vision: He stresses the importance of setting long-term goals and reverse planning to maintain focus on achieving one's aspirations. Transcript: Jamie what's going on brother welcome to the show thanks Seth this is this is awesome um I'm excited to be here and I'm hoping to add some value absolutely man third time's a charm we've been trying to get this scheduled after I was on your show which was fantastic had a really good time uh on that show and I think it turned out pretty good so I know we're gonna absolutely we're gonna deliver on this one as well yeah we're GNA try to try to I'll try to do as good a job as you did so yeah that was that   was uh yeah no I that was a very very good episode from adversity to abundance I would highly recommend your your listeners check that one out to your episode on that show so thanks for thanks for doing that absolutely man you're an incredible interviewer I've I've that's the only uh I've been on dozens of podcasts and you know you pulled out a lot of things for me that I've I've never talked about on the air so it's pretty pretty awesome pretty awesome show man appreciate that cool man well let's just jump right into your   background man what's your story um take it back as far as you'd like to brother yeah um man uh I'd like to think that life has phases so I've had a few different phases in in my life um you I come from a a large uh family I'm I'm the oldest of seven kids and we always had a competitive uh background as far as team sports and things like that so um I played lacrosse in college that was always a foundational piece of of uh my life and just kind of I think from there learned how to be a part of something   bigger than myself and how to work toward a common goal with a with a team so that's been something that's been a a kind of a thread through my life and then um got married and uh joined the military and um actually joined the military technically before I got married but seemed like I got married and then ran off and and uh ran away from my wife but it's not exactly what happened but uh joined the military was an officer in the in the US Army did I did miss my first three wedding anniversaries through deployment and   things like that um and again it was a matter of trying to be plugged into something you know to serve and be a part of something bigger than myself and trying to trying to add value like I think we all we all want to do um I've obviously glossed over a lot of lot of details but those were uh a couple of inflection points I guess if you will um like you like to talk about I know um and so my military career transitioned into uh a a career with the Department of Defense as a civilian and um did 14   years as a civilian with DOD at Fort me and the first half so the first seven for all you math whizzes out there uh was full-time and then the second half the second seven years was part-time and that seven years is when I was really building my businesses which are largely um real estate investing and mortgage node investing Focus so we can get into the details there and then in 2022 I ended up quitting my job and and um now I have a few different small businesses that I run and like you Seth I've got a got a   lot of different things that I'm juggling and uh you know so but yeah I love talking about taking ownership of of your financial situation and taking ownership of your your life really and um I know that you and I have that comment so yeah that's a that's a high level overview of my background awesome man I appreciate that that there's a lot to unpack there you know going back to you know playing sports all the way up to the Collegiate level that's incredible I always like to to think even playing like poporn or football   back in the day you need a way to instill discipline in yourself and I I that's kind of the the oldest memory I can think of where it was hard right like it was like you've got a coach screaming at you like back in the day it's like you know they wouldn't give you water unless you like you know for like an hour which I don't think they do that anymore now but you know you had to earn that drink of water and and all those sorts of things but you you really learned what it's like to to work hard and you really learned what discipline   was all about and I would say that and you can you can expand on this but yeah I would say that you know being in the military yourself that takes it to a whole new level right it's like you you you got that from Sports you got that from the military yeah definitely I mean obviously they're very different in a lot of ways but that is certainly a common theme is is being disciplined and um and people people shy away from that word um because it just sounds like work or or no fun and no flexibility but I found that having   discipline in your life ends up adding more freedom in a sense um because you kind of have your foundational pieces set in stone you don't have to think about those and so um yeah regarding team sports it's it's really a matter of um you know everyone doing their part right and so there's a level of individual discipline and um and then just and then also just kind of putting the putting the group ahead of yourself um obviously the you know you want individual there's nothing wrong with individual accolades and I I was   certainly uh chasing you know those individual accolades it's not something I shied away from I was you know I definitely was wrapped up in trying to be an All-American and um that kind of thing and and did get that a couple of times you know but it at the end of the day nobody really cares about that and um the way I viewed it was if I was doing my part and I got those you know if I was scoring goals in Lacrosse as an example that means I'm contributing to you know to the team right and so there's obviously a fine   line there but of going too far either way um but yeah that discipline is critical you know even C I played at a high level in college and and there was year round you're training you're you're uh you're into it it was a division three school but it but the reality was we worked just as hard as any any D1 program and um yeah it's it's a these are skills that have paid off and are absolutely transferable to the rest of of life for sure yeah I think you've got to get those those intangible things you've got to develop   them somewhere along the way whatever whatever that is if that's Sports the military or you know from your parents I mean you can get it from different places but you definitely need it I mean you know we're in different stages of our life at this point we're talking about a lot we like talk about freedom and flexibility and fun um to try to get away from kind of the W2 uh mindset but in order to achieve Freedom flexibility and fun in a successful way you had you have to be disciplined to be able to get   there you you had to have done something successfully to be able to get there or maybe what separates you from you know the guy living in a van down by the river right like that guy that guy has Freedom flexibility um I don't know about fun maybe fun but yeah but you know it's it's a different obviously it's a it's a different outcome yeah and I I I still I think I still need you know I still use a lot of discipline today it's still still required but it's I guess I guess it's self-imposed and um you know I just love   love having that flexibility and that freedom um that comes along with being an entrepreneur so yeah it's been a central piece to my success for sure um but I I I still I don't think it ever you know goes away I just get to pick and choose what you know what discipline I want to kind of enforce on myself I guess um so yeah absolutely and and and as you said I the military was a huge part of that for me as well I mean that's a different kind of different kind of discipline and different kind of teamwork and different you know if you   lose a lacrosse game okay you lost the lacrosse game but military the stakes are a little higher um so maybe certain things are more important attention to detail are crit is critical and um but at the end of the day it's yeah it's that the same principles apply across both I I guess sectors if you will for sure for sure so let's dive into that that transition you started working kind of part-time there for seven years so that seems like a transitional period how are you able to progress from you   know that W2 and what what I've heard you say is call yourself a W2 quitter and I love that um you know how were you able to progress from a W2 person to a W2 quitter what enabled you to do that and what that transition looked like I mean you know I do remember in 2015 probably a little bit maybe maybe say 2014 but I just you get you know I had a wife and two kids and I had the commute the long commute that I I know a lot of people can identify with so um it it just was Groundhog Day it was the same   thing over and over and over and that's not me sitting here complaining about my family or having a having the opportunity to work um but after a while it gets old let's just be real right so it's like you're sitting in traffic and I just you start looking at you know I was I worked for the government and you look around you say who okay who's sort of ahead of me on this like you like I I think you probably mentioned on our on your your show on my my show your episode um you look around to the people   who are more kind of Al further along the path than you you say do you want to be that person is that the life you want and man I did not want that and um it just just having that just super long-term just you know the pot at the end of the rainbow I guess uh nothing driving me in the in the interum man it was it was just it was brutal so I probably did a little woes me for a little bit there a little victim mentality for a bit but then you start to realize like okay if you don't take ownership of your own life no one's   going to right so no one's going to come in and do this for you so I'm not sure what truly you know created the change in my mindset but my mindset absolutely started to change and I just made a shift and I and I stopped watching cable news I stopped uh just you know stopped paying attention to all the things that I can't control and I couldn't control back then and and started saying no what do I have what are my strengths who is in my who's back to the team thing who's on my team who's you know who's in my   network that I can add value to and who can add value to me so I started looking around and um you know my father was a realtor for many years my brother was a loan officer I we had uh one rental property at the time and so and IID worked at a I didn't mention I worked at a title company and I worked for a mortgage broker before as well briefly so I had this experience that a lot of people don't have and that's you know that that doesn't mean I'm better than anyone it just means these are my strengths so let's point to that and   let's use that so I started really being intentional about focusing on my strengths and my assets that I had in my life right and then another asset that I used to see as a liability was the time in the car so I started listening to podcasts oh you know and and then it turned into wait I don't even want to go into work yet because this this podcast episode is amazing and I'm learning so much you know Bigger Pockets and all the other real estate podcasts and different investing podcasts and um started using   that mental bandwidth instead of focusing on National media stories that I have zero influence over uh here's something that I can actually take action on and so um in mid 2015 uh I I I went part-time and and just so happens that at uh DOD it's one of the few agencies in the in the federal government where you can go part-time and still keep your benefits so I still had health insurance for my family you know most people don't have that option necessarily but oh oh well I did so that's what I did and and um you   know that's uh again decided decided to start building my my other streams of income outside of my W2 um had my circumstances been different if I was single I probably would have just quit the whole thing right but I was able to have that kind of laded approach I guess or tiered approach to kind of ripping off the Band-Aid yeah yeah no that that that's awesome I love just the idea of of taking ownership of your your life right like everybody has those moments where they're feeling sorry fors um but but the successful people they   don't sit there and stay in that that mindset they they move on they you're going to be there sometimes but you've got to get out of and you got to say okay what what can I control what can I change and you don't say you don't give other people the power to control you and your mindset and how you feel about your life right like that's that's that's the thing like if if you if you're constantly blaming someone else or saying this happened to me rather what can I do to get myself out of it then you're going to be stuck there   forever you're you're going to be you're going to be spinning your wheels forever um and a lot of that I think helps because you said you don't listen you don't watch the news I don't either it's a waste of time what control what does that do for us it's if I do watch it I literally do it for entertainment and you look at it as an entertain I look at it like I'm watching sports almost absolutely I I look at it like this is funny like I can you know what I mean you kind of analyze like this is funny   this guyy saying this in a debate this guy's saying that it's not taking it as fact and news and this is how I should live my life because of what they're saying absolutely and it's not to say that none of these topics are you know important right I mean right Glo Global you know war or I mean politics poverty global warming whatever that's all very important but I have zero control over it almost zero right and then um you know the other thing is fear sells and that's that's what they're selling and so doesn't mean that every   story is invented and it's all fake fake news but it it just doesn't serve me and so I'd rather focus on you know go ground up and kind of uh you just I see it in people maybe older people in my own life now who maybe are retired and and they watch the news all day and it's like they won't travel because they saw a news story that the airports are packed or something and you know it's I'm sure that story was was accurate right but it but the but the news can filter out and and you end up only focusing on the negative really and   it just didn't serve me so yeah um during that La the second seven years I was able to build out my wife and I were doing single family real estate investing and doing a lot of the Burr method that maybe some of your your audience is familiar with uh um and so kind of putting that Capital back into the the rental property um machine and expanding our portfolio um and then eventually last year Well in in 2018 I made the pivot I kept the rental properties but made a pivot to also add on mortgage not   investing and that's been my primary focus as of late um and uh if you want I can tell the story quickly about how I actually quit my job in 2022 I I think it's kind of kind of a funny one absolutely let's do it all right so um I uh so two years ago uh I was playing bad mitton and um I'd been doing now mind you I used to be like tough you know athlete and like I did you know did Jiu-Jitsu for three years right up before this and you know used to lift Waits a lot and still do it here and there but you know I think I'm tough   right and uh ruptured my achilles playing bad mitton so that's an ego blow uh to add on to the physical pain that you know especially with the recovery so I ruptured my achilles a little over two years ago today and um I was out of work it was my right right foot and the reason I bring this up is not for sympathy but um to say you know I couldn't drive for three months so I actually yeah and I had tons of leave from from work and by this time I was tired really tired of my I was pretty much checked out like I think you you   might have been at your uh your big law uh job but um that's right I was I was checked out I mean I I wasn't the best employee at this point and so I took as much leave as I as I could you know reasonably right and so but couldn't drive and so I was out for three months and I come back so come back into work and I'd had discussions with my wife about about leaving it was just a matter of of when not if um I can tell you truthfully had no idea that I was going to quit this day but I came back in from   having been out for three months mind you no one gave me a call no one from work no one from my management gave me a call the entire three months I was out other than to say to ask me are you vaccinated because you have to be vaccinated to be to get inside the building now I don't want this to turn into some controversial vaccine discussion or get your your podcast banned from something but um yes I'd been vaccinated to to answer the question but no one asked me how's your how's your recovery going like how what   do you you know how's your life you know what's it's just are you vaccinated you need to get that shot before you come in okay great thanks I really feel welcome here so I'm already just you know you know what screw this place right um come back in and just go to my desk and this is this is an office space kind of thing where I go to my desk and there's some there's an a force kid at my desk and long story short they' kind of move me somewhere else without telling me I can't find my desk I finally find it   it's got a box with my name on it with you know monitors sideways and all and clearly not a functioning uh desk and um you know office space so I literally quit that day and I just say that it's just like I knew 100% I was done I my wife didn't know I was I quit but I I quit that day still worked for another month or two but I I was there was no question zero question in my mind I'm done with this place so uh that was March of 2022 and ever since then I've just focused on building out my businesses and having   looked back that's awesome sometimes you just know right like sometimes it's time you just knew I I love that story man for me it was a little bit you already know the story but you know for me it was a little bit more of someone else's decision I got fired I mean and men that you know you you weren't the best employee at that point correct you know I knew the same thing and it's great to have awareness and perspective and kind of looking back now you're like I would have done the same thing like this guy   doesn't want to be here his output isn't what it should be like nope he's got he's got to go I mean he's not he's not the best employee and and as a you know as a business owner now I can you know I have really good perspective of that and and seeing that and they did they were doing me a favor by being like hey like your heart's not in it is it and I'm like no it's not it's not yeah yeah the reality is for me it's really hard to work you know when once you go part-time I mean I knew I was casting a vote   against my career progression there so as soon as I went part-time in 2015 I wasn't saying I'm in this for the Long Haul guys this is this is my focus you know it's the writing's somewhat on the wall looking back it's almost surprising I lasted as long as I did um but so yeah uh haven't looked back and just love love the entrepreneurial you know day-to-day and freedom that you alluded to and and just the multiple streams of income and certainly has its challenges I I probably work harder now than ever   than I ever have um but it's by choice right so I love it exactly same here man I mean it's you know my my days are long I mean I I get up way before I used to get up when I when I had a 95 I worked past when I would have worked a 9 to-5 and it definitely more hours but when you're doing it for yourself and you're doing it because you're working towards something that you believe in yeah it doesn't feel like it's you're putting that much time in definitely I I wake up early a lot of days it's not not on   purpose it's because I'm just excited to get Kracken so yeah yeah absolutely yeah well let's let's kind of get into your current business I know you you had mentioned that you focused on your strengths and your assets um and you know I think it's important I'll just I'll just say it's important to take an inventory of what your strengths are when you're kind of considering going into something else um because a lot of our listeners are attorneys they're doctors folks like that they kind of feel like maybe they're they're pigeon   hold right like well if I'm not an attorney what the hell else can I do right like I don't know anything about real estate investing or node investing or starting a business or anything like that but if you really take a step back you you probably have a lot of skills that you've learned and honed in your career that you can use for something else moving forward and that was that's what you were able to do definitely and one thing I'd say is that um you know one thing that's always comforting for   me is nobody knows everything right so you can always find somebody who knows more than you in a certain area um you know there's one quote about every man is my Superior in in in something right so um basically it gets me a lot of comfort to know like just because an attorney listening to your show knows way more than I do about a particular topic and probably many many other topics that doesn't mean I'm less of a person or you know I don't know more than that attorney does in another area so it's   okay I'm never going to know everything there are other people who've already figured it out so um you know that's that's always comforting to me is and when I say look to your strength it's also looking to the people in your network who know and can help you get to where you want to go um so yeah I mean so many things we take for granted that we do know and um you know example when I started working at a title company fresh out of college because it was my first real job and it paid you know a a   salary um I realized quickly how little I knew about title insurance settlements you know just just basic stuff now looking back pretty basic stuff but you don't know that unless you work for a title company or you're heavily involved in this you don't you're not trained in that in school typically right so you know you forget and so your your listener out there the the attorney the doctor I guarantee they have a lot of life experience not just from their professional world but just life experience that that they shouldn't take   for granted and the fact that you can go through law school and then be you know Be an Effective attorney or go through medical school and Be an Effective doctor that that means you you can learn things right and so again I go back to life has Seasons I mean you've shown that in your own story Seth like you know um it's uh it doesn't mean just because I started a certain business doesn't mean that's going to be what I'm going to be doing for the next 20 years or just because I'm an attorney now   doesn't mean that's what I have to do for the rest of my life so we always have options I mean you might look back and wish you'd done something differently or something but you only have one chance at this and so you know you just make the most of it and and just keep I think keep learning constantly um is critical I I just hired a business coach we've had one call um but one of his motos is um you know one of his sayings is that he's always he's in permanent beta so he's always changing always improving he's always   growing so I'm trying to trying to implement that as well yeah I love that permanent beta I haven't heard that before but I like that I like that phrase like that phrase um so tell me about your current business tell me about mortgage node investing start with the basics um sure what is it yeah so and and I'll try to keep it uh there's so much to it but again none of it is difficult it's just a lot of moving parts and you've got to you know it takes time to learn um we buy debt so we buy a mortgage note   and that could be performing or non-performing the the real highlevel version is is um a performing note is kind of like a a long-term Buy and Hold rental property but you're buying the debt and becoming the lender becoming the bank if you will um and so you're buying that performing note for cash flow so I buy a performing note the barer now pays me through a loan servicer and I get monthly payments so that's a great way to go the the problem with that is you can't really add value to that asset very well you're kind of   it is what it is and in fact with mortgage notes the value actually goes down over time generally speaking because the principal balance goes down so it's just it's worth less than you know than uh you know than it would than it was when you bought it then on the other side the non-performing side of things we buy those uh as well and those are more like a Fix and Flip property so um although we're still buying the debt we're not buying the property but there's a chance to add value There's an opportunity to buy distressed asset and   add value to that asset and then sell that that non-performing note either well I should say sell that asset whether that's as a rep performing note or as uh through the the real estate itself there there are a few different ways you can exit a non-performing uh note deal and but but back to your kind of one of the the themes um thus far one of the reasons I got into specifically that space was that I understood the real estate space so I understood the single family residential real estate space so it wasn't a huge   leap for me to go from owning the property to now owning the debt on that property whereas it would have been a lot bigger leap for me to say oh I want to start buying distressed you know multif family debt um which I know you could probably help me understand better but that you know it's like incremental progress and and and change isn't that scary so I kind of expanded my um you know toolbox if you will and got into the mortgage note space so we have a couple of note funds one is open um currently and they're they're they're   all for accredited investors um and uh the the income fund that's open pays a monthly uh aims to pay a a monthly uh per referred return I know you and a lot of your listeners are attorneys so I got to hold the line here and uh so the fund is structured to pay uh to aim to pay a a monthly return uh of 8% it's not a there's no growth in that fund it's literally a cash flow play and um diversification play you're putting your your capital in we buy assets across the country we we've bought notes in in probably 25 States at this point   um and so the investment is Diversified across Geographic areas across borrower types and um you know we buy for a certain yield we take a small management fee and then we um ideally uh pay a pay the preferred return that we're aiming for to our to our investors yeah nice 506c you're able to talk about it it's uh ACC credit investors only just want to throw that out there um so yeah I mean so just going back to the basics a little bit and we'll get back into the fund like how do you how do you even   find these things I mean how do you get started how do you find these things so I mean that is an ongoing challenge I'm not going to lie to you that's one of the the things that truthfully a a passive investor who doesn't have time to to develop the network to go find these assets they're just not going to have success um you know they might here and there but it takes time it's a it's a word of mouth industry just like real estate itself is and um so we've built out a network of of Sellers and you know that could   be quite honestly I I've never had luck buying directly from Banks it's really either a larger uh mortgage note fund that's closing so it might be a three-year fund and then they've got to they've got to liquidate they've got to figure out how to sell off what to do with these assets um and so that's a great opportunity to buy is just a fund that's closing or somebody a note investor who's getting out of note investing or they've had a life change or something um you know where they just uh there's an opportunity to buy from   them as well um and so there there are other you know I guess we buy from hedge funds note investors other note funds um those are there are also note Brokers as well out there um there are also some online exchanges like paper stack and a couple of others that you can go and I've bought and sold on on paper stack and other exchanges as well um and you know you can you can find assets there um but at the end of the day we have our list that we list of people that we work with regularly and I would say one thing   is that doing due diligence on a note seller is just as important as uh due diligence on the assets that they're selling and so it's it's taken some work and it's it's a work in progress always um but it is the million-dollar question is where do you where do you find these assets yeah so that's that's the hard part right that finding these assets is the hard part um have you ever had to foreclose on on any of these notes and actually acquire the property and I guess a followup question is do you ever   look at a non-performing note like hey I actually want to own that property great questions yeah great questions um to be clear we're not trying to kick people you know Grandma out on onto the street or anything like that um you know that's not our our goal typically well that's never our goal but we're never trying to kick someone out of their home um but the reality is some people honestly need a little bit of a kick in the pants and often times that's not really the best them staying in the house is not often   The best scenario for them I know that might sound sound harsh but at the end of the day if someone can't afford to live somewhere sometimes these people are living in squal and they really need a change of of environment um to answer your question about do we target the property yes sometimes we do in fact we just closed on two they're called uh heckum loans or reverse mortgages where the borrowers are deceased the property is underwater meaning you know the the loan amount is high greater than the   property value and it should be a quick exit through the property so HUD will sell off these uh big pool of of reverse mortgages and we were able to purchase two of them very recently it's a vacant property you're not doing an eviction borrower is deceased you've got to work through the airs or or foreclosure um and get and exit the property that way um if your listener wants to go to my website I've got a really good um it's a Jacksonville blog post I've got a couple of blog posts about this deal I still hold this rental   today and it was a non-performing note that we purchased a few years ago and um I had no intention of exiting through the property or holding holding the the property as a rental property but uh running the numbers it just was too good to to let go and so long story but we we uh you know ended up doing a deed in Lee of foreclosure actually in this case and got the property back and now it's a long-term Buy and Hold property for my own rental uh portfolio yeah that makes sense that makes sense there's there's always   multiple ways to look at an investment right um but it does sound you know is not something that that I've executed on myself but it sounds like this is an active business right and that's why you've put together an income fund for people that want to get involved passively um because as as everybody knows there's active Investments there's passive Investments if you're going to do something active maybe your returns are going to be a little bit better but you're going to give up a lot of time and effort to to get those returns   um so if you want to go to the passive side if you if you're still full-time in your career you're you're a full-time doctor or lawyer or or whatever you are you know these passive Investments are the way to go without having to know every single detail about a new business yeah and I don't know if you can see this but I I wore this specifically for your for this show there it is there it is passive income um you're absolutely right you know these gurus some of the some of the node investing gurus out   there will try to sell you know notes as passive um we have another blog post that talks about uh just the it's a spectrum there's active and passive on either end but at the end of the day if you're gonna node investing in my world is very very active and we have a non-performing note fund that's considerably more active than the Performing note fund so um you're dealing with foreclosures bankruptcies deed and L tracking delinquent property taxes do I have to physically go anywhere no but it is not passive um but   that's why we offer the passive investment to for you know people who like you said have maybe more Capital than time or energy and they want to put that Capital to work that's right there there are certain gurus out there that you know whatever it is that they are pitching it's they they tend to always pitch it as as passive even though it is an active business whether that's ma money yeah whether that's a mortgage note or I mean people pitch Airbnb short-term rentals as passive they're like well you can delegate this and you   can you know you can automate that and there's software for all these things but you still got to put all that stuff together you've still got to monitor all those things you you've still got to you still got to oversee all these different aspects of a business and that's what it is it's a business that you're running and it's not passive like it's not it's not and and it is on a spectrum some things are more passive than others but when you're inves in you know as a passive investor into some sort of a   fund or a syndication that's really leaning really far into the the passive side absolutely 100% and I and I'm as you are Seth I'm I'm I'm I I assume you are I know you're an active investor but I I do have passive Investments myself in other other funds other note funds and and my own my own note funds as well and so nothing wrong with doing both but I would say you need to be careful about you know you got to make a decision at some point do you want to scale this thing and and make this really a   business or do you do you are you satisfied with potentially a little bit lower return and you are giving up some control but much you know much fewer headaches and just a lot less work right right yeah and a lot of you know a lot of the listeners are high income earning professionals so they've already dedic put a lot of time and effort into being able ble to earn this much money from their W2 and absolutely that's probably your best bet to be honest with you I've been there I was in those shoes you're   probably better off putting your head down like let's grind for a few years let's let's not spend every single dollar that we make on all the new stuff on a on a new car every two years or every year in a bigger house that you don't need like let's set aside some of that and invest it passively and then maybe one of those will stick maybe one of those passive investments will be a mortgage note fund where you're like man I kind like this business like I like the sound of it I've learned about it   and then you start maybe progressing on the active side and maybe that takes over and and you want to get into that as a as a business as an entrepreneur but um a great way to kind of dip your toe in the water is to become a passive investor um that's the way that I did it into you know multif family syndications I invested passively in a number of deals first and kind of learned about it learned the ropes and I'm like I can do this and then that's when I made the transition yeah definitely it's it   really comes down to what you what your goals are and what your situation is for sure I I'll say I was too passive initially when I went into notes um because personally I just don't you're you're you were probably a little better student Seth not that I was a bad student but you know I I invest unless I'm actively in investing you know I'm just not going to learn a lot so the reality is yeah it's fine to learn about the asset class you definitely should learn about the operator for sure if you're putting Capital with them but   you're not going to once you're getting your checks and your dispersements you're not going to probably learn a whole lot about how to do that on the active side and so that's what we're here for yeah yeah it's more of like a spark of an interest right like may you already have that spark and then you invest passively then you're like okay well now I'm invested like let me learn about this you have to you have to actively go out there and educate yourself and network and talk to people that are in the business definitely 100   per. all right man before we jump into the Freedom Four you have one last gold nugget for our listeners oh man um I would say within when it comes to investing um you know take the long-term view um don't chase immediate returns um you know I do think just yeah it's certainly we all want to make a million dollars tomorrow but I think it's it's play the long game when it comes to investing I think that's critical love that man all right let's jump into the Freedom Four what's the best thing you do to keep your mind body   healthy yeah I mean one thing that I instituted this year actually um is breath work and it's um you know it's so it takes 10 minutes um and per day for me at least and it's been phenomenal and it's something that quite honestly as a as a you know athlete back in the day or even in the military I would have scoffed at something like this to be honest with you because it's just you know it's not manly or whatever it's like it is phenomenal so uh breath work I mean I do other things for sure but that's certainly this year it's been a   game Cher for me I just feel like it resets my central nervous system and it just gets me focused and uh I know there are other physiological benefits that you can ask uh Dr Andrew huberman or somebody else about cool I have to look into that actually have I mean obviously everybody talks about it's a Hot Topic I haven't gotten into it I haven't gotten into that plus like the cold plunges and that sort of thing um but I really want to explore that a little bit I don't know how much you can cut this out if we   don't have time but I had a I'm just going to be be open about this I just had a you know in late December I got a viral infection like a neuro virus and then I had I had a what I think was a pretty severe panic attack and it was super scary and so that's why I started uh doing this and somebody on my team actually sent me a a I guess we'll call it an implement or a tool that uh I use for the breath work it's BL there's a Bluetooth connection to your phone and it's pretty cool so it's structured and   back to that discipline right but um yeah so it's there was a reason I started doing it and um it's it's so accessible five to 10 minutes a day you can start doing it so yeah very cool highly recommend cool thanks for sharing that man um with all your success what is one limiting belief that you've crushed along the way and how did you get past it um I think just uh you know being afraid to you know that you have to be perfect right so um I used to be an editor back in the day and so many things would just not get done   or not get completed within our team our organization um because it had to be perfect and and it's like I think as I've progressed into more of the entrepreneurial lifestyle and and uh it's just it's not a it's not an option anymore um so um yeah I think just taking action has kind of overcome that limiting belief of of of chasing Perfection yeah yeah I can I can I can agree with you there done not perfect um as you know my background as an attorney I mean we're we're paid to be perfect like we can't make mistakes especially   in contracts and the way that we write things but when you kind of make that transition over to being an entrepreneur there's too much there's too much to to be to be perfect you got you just got to get it done good enough absolutely good enough has to you have to be open um willing to accept that for sure y what's one actionable step our listeners can do right now to start creating more freedom so I'll use the military here you can um which is where I learned U kind of reverse backwards planning reverse   planning so literally just and I'm not going to tell you I'm perfect at this um but you know think about what create a vivid vision for your life in in the next three to five years pick a pick three years out from today and what do you want your life to look like and then backwards plan and now I'm not saying you need to plan every minute of every day but you can be that will that will increase the urgency uh sense of urgency in your life and the intentionality of every every hour and every day because you realize this is   doable but I got to take ownership of of my current situation if I want this to be the reality in three years so I would say create a vivid vision and and kind of reverse or backwards plan to get there perfect perfect last but not least how has passive income made your life better yeah I mean I think in multiple ways but a big one that stands out is is giving me I guess we'll call it margin um to take some more risks on the entrepreneurial side and because I do have alternative sources of income   passive income um it's allowed me that kind of mental and financial bandwidth or margin to maybe invest in a company that even if it doesn't per go perfectly it doesn't go well it's not profitable that's okay I still have that cushion um for for me and my family so that's yeah it's a huge it's been a huge factor in that regard yeah absolutely Game Changer man it just changes your mindset changes your life in so many ways uh Jamie this has been incredible dude you've got so much great content to to share in your   brain man you got to get it out there um I know you've got an awesome podcast that I was on adversity to abundance everybody should check that out um other than that Jamie where else can people find out more about you yeah just two things I'll mention very quickly uh literally got my book delivered today like an hour before I hopped on here it's uh from adversity to abundance it is based on the podcast so I encourage your listener to check that out from adversity to abundance is the book that's out and then Labrador   lending.com l b r a d o r.com is where you can check us out all right man awesome I'll drop all that in the show notes thanks again for coming on brother thanks for having me Seth this has been great Links from the Show and Guest Info and Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6nU0TtMAFc https://www.instagram.com/p/C2sKtrAPX50/ https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid029mGsZgw2DFvrvFV6QPkwf2U2ewUxCGoRmnjGvuBicaWmM9oHWbemP7NCVFFXz8jxl&id=100089126144055   Seth Bradley's Links: https://x.com/sethbradleyesq https://www.youtube.com/@sethbradleyesq www.facebook.com/sethbradleyesq https://www.threads.com/@sethbradleyesq https://www.instagram.com/sethbradleyesq/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sethbradleyesq/ https://passiveincomeattorney.com/seth-bradley/ https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/sethbradleyesq https://medium.com/@sethbradleyesq https://www.tiktok.com/@sethbradleyesq?lang=en   Jamie Bateman's Links: https://x.com/batemanjames https://www.facebook.com/batemanjames https://www.threads.com/@batemanjames11? https://www.instagram.com/batemanjames11/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-bateman-5359a811/ https://labradorlending.com/about/

Can you build true passive income without owning rental property? In this episode of the Global Investors Podcast, Charles Carillo sits down with Jamie Bateman — Army veteran, ex-DOD civilian, and founder of Labrador Lending — to unpack the business of mortgage note investing. Jamie shares how he transitioned from a W2 career to a portfolio of first-lien, re-performing mortgage notes in the Midwest and Southeast. He breaks down his buy box, deal sourcing strategy, due diligence (the 3 Ps), and the truth behind the “passive income” promise. Whether you're brand new or scaling your note business, this episode delivers actionable insights.   What You'll Learn: What is mortgage note investing and how does it work? The difference between performing, re-performing, and non-performing notes Why legal structures (judicial vs non-judicial states) impact strategy How to properly evaluate a note using the 3 Ps: Property, Payer, and Paper Common mistakes to avoid before buying your first note How to build relationships that bring deal flow Guest Resources: Website: https://www.labradorlending.com Podcast: https://www.adversity2abundance.com Connect with the Global Investors Show, Charles Carillo and Harborside Partners: ◾ Setup a FREE 30 Minute Strategy Call with Charles: http://ScheduleCharles.com ◾ Learn How To Invest In Real Estate: https://www.SyndicationSuperstars.com/  ◾ FREE Passive Investing Guide: http://www.HSPguide.com ◾ Join Our Weekly Email Newsletter: http://www.HSPsignup.com ◾ Passively Invest in Real Estate: http://www.InvestHSP.com ◾ Global Investors Web Page: http://GlobalInvestorsPodcast.com/

In this episode of Badlands Daily, CannCon and Alpha Warrior break down a flurry of major developments, starting with Donald Trump directly naming Barack Obama as the ringleader of the Russia hoax in a new Truth Social post. The duo explores how this bold claim ties into the recently declassified Clinton email appendix, which reveals unreviewed thumb drives and potential intelligence breaches in the Executive Office of the President. They dig into new information surrounding the Seth Rich case, questioning whether this long-buried story is finally coming to light as part of the broader unraveling of Russiagate. Other topics include a suspicious joint military training exercise involving DHS, FBI, and DOD; NASA's strange website outage; and signs of a pivot in the Biden administration's COVID narrative. Border security chaos and the blurred legal lines for illegal immigrants in court proceedings also take center stage, with Alpha connecting the dots between collapsing systems and the intentional dismantling of law and order. Packed with fiery commentary and big-picture perspective, this episode captures the accelerating pace of revelations and their implications for both justice and the 2024 election narrative.

S&P Futures are flat to higher in the premarket. There are a host of market catalysts today including corporate earnings, a possible announcement on a U.S. EU trade deal, and an ECB announcement on monetary policy. President Trump will visit the Federal Reserve today to monitor its renovation progress. Lawmakers subpoena JPM & BAC over Chinese battery IPO, and they are asking the DoD for data that MSFT shared with Chinese engineers. Next week Tres Sec Bessent is to meet with Chinese officials for another round of trade talks. This morning's key economic data point will be the report on New Home Sales. On the earnings front, GOOG, NOW, TMUS & URI are higher after their releases. CMG, DOW HON, IBM & TSLA are lower. After the bell today, earnings releases are expected from BYD, DECK, EW, MHK and INTC.

Join host Dr. Arun Seraphin for a conversation with Dr. David Bray, Director of the Loomis Accelerator Program and Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center, and Jeffrey Wright, recently retired Special Operations Officer and Founder of SplashOne Robotics. In this episode, Dr. Bray and Mr. Wright discuss whether the DOD needs to develop and deploy warfighter-portable small unmanned aerial systems in the Indo-Pacific, and potentially other theaters. Additionally, we cover the current barriers to implementing small-UAS in the Indo-Pacific region and what changes need to be made to DOD acquisition processes and culture to better prepare for future conflicts. To view Dr. David Bray's full report, “Strategic Sufficiency: Mapping DOD Small Drone Requirements to Potential Warfighter Needs in the Indo-Pacific", click here: https://oodaloop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Strategic-Sufficiency_-Mapping-DoD-Small-Drone-Requirements-to-Potential-Warfighter-Needs-in-the-Indo-Pacific.pdfJoin us for the NDIA Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference and Exhibition on August 27-29 at the Washington D.C Convention Center. Registration is now open at ⁠https://www.ndiatechexpo.org⁠.This year, we will be joined by Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael and USD for Acquisition and Sustainment Michael Duffey as two of our engaging keynote speakers. The conference will also feature numerous breakout panels, government-industry speed dating, networking sessions, and a multi-day Hackathon. To register for the multi-day Hackathon, please visit: https://hackathon.ndia.org/?_gl=1*1ux9nxs*_ga*NzIzODIyMDUuMTc0OTc1MDI2Nw..*_ga_Z4X7EV9BT1*czE3NTMzMDM5MzIkbzIyJGcxJHQxNzUzMzAzOTM2JGo1NiRsMCRoMA..Be sure to like and subscribe to stay up to date. Thank you for listening to another episode of Emerging Tech Horizons.Join us for the NDIA Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference and Exhibition on August 27-29 at the Washington D.C Convention Center. Registration is now open at ⁠https://www.ndiatechexpo.org⁠.⁠https://emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/EmergingTechETI⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/ndia-eti-emerging-technologies-institute https://www.twitter.com/EmergingTechETI 

Send us a textPeaches is back with another scathing ops brief—this time dragging the DoD for everything from mystery missiles and “indefinite quantity” contracts (yeah, that's real) to billion-dollar Iron Dome knockoffs. From Space Force promotions to “near-miss” B-52s and the Pentagon handing OpenAI a $200M AI war chest, this episode dives deep into the weird, the wild, and the “we're definitely not overfunded” chaos of 2025. Also: the real reason the Air Force hit their recruiting goals early (spoiler: they didn't). Oh, and yes, Tim Kennedy's name comes up... brace yourselves.

The National Nuclear Security Administration was among the organizations impacted by the SharePoint zero-day. Experts testify before congress that OT security still lags.The FBI warns healthcare and critical infrastructure providers about Interlock ransomware. New York proposes new cybersecurity regulations for water and wastewater systems along with grants to fund them. Researchers uncover an active cryptomining campaign targeting cloud environments. A new variant of the Coyote banking trojan exploits Microsoft's Windows UI Automation (UIA) framework for credential theft. The DoD pilots an agentic AI project aimed at helping military planners critique and enhance war plans. Clorox sues its former IT service provider for $380 million. Our guest is Tim Starks from CyberScoop discussing sanctions on Russian hackers and spies. Pirate Prime, do the time. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Tim Starks from CyberScoop discussing research on "UK sanctions Russian hackers, spies as US weighs its own punishments for Russia.” Selected Reading US nuclear weapons agency reportedly breached in Microsoft SharePoint attacks (The Verge) Fully Operational Stuxnet 15 Years Later & the Evolution of Cyber Threats to Critical Infrastructure (US House of Representatives Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee Hearing) European healthcare network AMEOS Group hit by cyberattack (Beyond Machines) FBI urges vigilance against Interlock ransomware group behind recent healthcare attacks (The Record) New York unveils new cyber regulations, $2.5 million grant program for water systems (The Record) Soco404: Multiplatform Cryptomining Campaign (Wiz) Coyote malware abuses Windows accessibility framework for data theft (Bleeping Computer) Thunderforge Brings AI Agents to Wargames (IEEE Spectrum) Clorox Sues Cognizant for Causing 2023 Cyber-Attack (Infosecurity Magazine) Operator of Jetflix illegal streaming service gets 7 years in prison (Bleeping Computer) Audience Survey Complete our annual audience survey before August 31. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at cyberwire@n2k.com to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Risky Biz returns after two weeks off, and there sure is cybersecurity news to catch up on. Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss: Microsoft tried to make outsourcing the Pentagon's cloud maintenance to China okay (it was not) She shells Sharepoint by the sea-shore (by ‘she' we mean ‘China') Four (alleged) Scattered Spider members arrested (and bailed) in the UK Hackers spend $2700 to buy creds for a Brazilian payment system, steal $100M Fortinet has SQLI in the auth header, Citrix mem leak is weaponised, HP hardcodes creds and Sonicwalls get user-moderootkits. Just security vendor things! This week's episode is sponsored by Airlock Digital. CEO David Cottingham talks through what it takes to build a mature, resilient management platform for a security critical system. This episode is also available on Youtube. Show notes Update on DOD's cloud services Microsoft to stop using engineers in China for tech support of US military, Hegseth orders review A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers While DOD policy bans unauthorized apps like TikTok from being on employees phones over national security risks Microsoft Fix Targets Attacks on SharePoint Zero-Day – Krebs on Security National Guard was hacked by China's 'Salt Typhoon' group, DHS says Suspected contractor for China's Hafnium group arrested in in Italy | Cybersecurity Dive Singapore accuses Chinese state-backed hackers of attacking critical infrastructure networks | The Record from Recorded Future News UK Arrests Four in ‘Scattered Spider' Ransom Group – Krebs on Security Four people bailed after arrests over cyber attacks on M&S, Co-op and Harrods Brazilian police arrest IT worker over $100 million cyber theft | The Record from Recorded Future News At Least 750 US Hospitals Faced Disruptions During Last Year's CrowdStrike Outage, Study Finds | WIRED Hacker returns cryptocurrency stolen from GMX exchange after $5 million bounty payment | The Record Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX says $44 million stolen from reserves | The Record Chainalysis: $2.17 billion in crypto stolen in first half of 2025, driven by North Korean hacks | The Record PoisonSeed bypassing FIDO keys to ‘fetch' user accounts Risky Bulletin: Browser extensions hijacked for web scraping botnet A Startup is Selling Data Hacked from Peoples' Computers to Debt Collectors A surveillance vendor was caught exploiting a new SS7 attack to track people's phone locations | TechCrunch Ukrainian hackers wipe databases at Russia's Gazprom in major cyberattack, intelligence source says File transfer company CrushFTP warns of zero-day exploit seen in the wild | The Record HPE warns of hardcoded passwords in Aruba access points Pre-Auth SQL Injection to RCE - Fortinet FortiWeb Fabric Connector (CVE-2025-25257) Researchers, CISA confirm active exploitation of critical Citrix Netscaler flaw | Cybersecurity Dive Google finds custom backdoor being installed on SonicWall network devices - Ars Technica Hackers Can Remotely Trigger the Brakes on American Trains and the Problem Has Been Ignored for Years

    Army Chaplain Major Paul Belcher joins us to share his groundbreaking insights into the intersection of trauma and spirituality within military contexts. Through his unique journey and experiences, Major Belcher developed the Traumatic Impact Spiritual Assessment Tool, a much-needed approach to help service members navigate the spiritual repercussions of trauma. His tool aims to bridge the gaps left by existing methods and emphasizes the significance of spirituality beyond organized religion, offering a fresh perspective on maintaining combat readiness and preventing further harm.      We explore the metaphorical rebar and heartwood as symbols of the spiritual and emotional strength that service members need to endure life's challenges. Chaplain Belcher sheds light on the critical role of spiritual foundations, especially for those from disadvantaged backgrounds, and how they contribute to personal and unit resilience. He shares practical advice for military commanders and medical professionals on preparing themselves and their units for the uncertainties of military life. Through personal stories and experiences, we uncover how maintaining one's core beliefs and unique identity can fortify resilience amid adversity.      Our conversation also addresses the profound impact of personal values like compassion, particularly in medical crises where chaplains play an essential role. Chaplain Belcher illustrates the importance of a multidisciplinary approach, integrating spiritual care with medical intervention, to offer holistic support to those in need. His firsthand experiences highlight the invaluable role chaplains play, from supporting families in high-stress situations to helping individuals rediscover hope and purpose. Tune in to learn about the necessity of spiritual care in fostering resilience and the collaborative efforts required to support service members holistically.   Chapters: (00:04) Impact of Trauma on Military Spirituality (16:55) Exploring Trauma and Spirituality in Military (26:59) Strength Through Spiritual Foundations (31:29) Strengthening the Core for Resilience (35:29) Navigating Trauma and Spiritual Care (48:38) Navigating Trauma and Spiritual Support   Chapter Summaries: (00:04) Impact of Trauma on Military Spirituality Chaplain Belcher discusses trauma's impact on service members' spirituality and the need for innovative approaches in military medicine.   (16:55) Exploring Trauma and Spirituality in the Military Traumatic Impact Spiritual Assessment Tool highlights the importance of faith and community support for soldiers in combat environments.   (26:59) Strength Through Spiritual Foundations Finding our inner rebar that supports us through life's challenges, empowering us to find inner strength and protect our core integrity.   (31:29) Strengthening the Core for Resilience Nature's analogy of wooden ship masts for resilience, emphasizing core beliefs and uniqueness, and practical advice for military and medical professionals.   (35:29) Navigating Trauma and Spiritual Care Compassion and personal values shape identity and purpose, with chaplains providing holistic support for trauma through collaboration with medical providers.   (48:38) Navigating Trauma and Spiritual Support Faith, personal struggles, and medical crises intersect, with chaplains providing crucial support and integrating spiritual care into medical practice.   Take Home Messages: The Intersection of Trauma and Spirituality: The episode emphasizes the crucial role of spirituality in addressing trauma within the military. It highlights the development of a specialized tool designed to assess the spiritual impact of trauma on service members, offering a new perspective beyond traditional methods. Importance of Spiritual Foundations: Listeners are encouraged to recognize the significance of maintaining a strong spiritual foundation, akin to the metaphorical rebar and heartwood, which can enhance resilience and combat readiness, especially for those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Holistic Healing Through Multidisciplinary Approaches: The discussion highlights the importance of integrating spiritual care with medical interventions. It promotes collaboration between chaplains and medical professionals to provide comprehensive support to service members, addressing both physical and spiritual needs. The Role of Core Values in Resilience: The episode illustrates how personal values, such as compassion, can shape identity and purpose. It explores how reconnecting with these values can help individuals navigate challenges like depression and PTSD, ultimately fostering hope and resilience. Confidentiality and Communication in Spiritual Care: The podcast addresses the challenges of maintaining confidentiality while providing spiritual support in medical settings. It highlights the delicate balance required for effective communication between chaplains and medical providers, ensuring holistic care for those in need.   Episode Keywords: Spiritual Resilience, Major Paul Belcher, Military Trauma, Navigating Trauma, Spiritual Care, Chaplains' Role, Faith and Medicine, Holistic Healing, Combat Readiness, Traumatic Impact Spiritual Assessment Tool, Military Healthcare, War Docs Podcast, Service Member Wellness, PTSD, Moral Injury, Resilience in Military, Spiritual Support, Emotional Strength, Community Support, Multidisciplinary Approach   Hashtags: #SpiritualResilience #MilitaryTrauma #FaithAndHealing #CombatReadiness #ChaplainsInAction #HolisticSupport #SpiritualFoundations #TraumaCare #ResilienceBuilding #MilitaryMedicine   Honoring the Legacy and Preserving the History of Military Medicine The WarDocs Mission is to honor the legacy, preserve the oral history, and showcase career opportunities, unique expeditionary experiences, and achievements of Military Medicine. We foster patriotism and pride in Who we are, What we do, and, most importantly, How we serve Our Patients, the DoD, and Our Nation.   Find out more and join Team WarDocs at https://www.wardocspodcast.com/ Check our list of previous guest episodes at https://www.wardocspodcast.com/our-guests Subscribe and Like our Videos on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@wardocspodcast Listen to the “What We Are For” Episode 47. https://bit.ly/3r87Afm   WarDocs- The Military Medicine Podcast is a Non-Profit, Tax-exempt-501(c)(3) Veteran Run Organization run by volunteers. All donations are tax-deductible and go to honoring and preserving the history, experiences, successes, and lessons learned in Military Medicine. A tax receipt will be sent to you. 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Our 217th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 07/17/2025 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris. Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/. In this episode: **OpenAI's new ChatGPT agent**: The episode begins with a detailed discussion on OpenAI's latest ChatGPT agent, which can control entire computers and perform a wide range of tasks, showcasing powerful performance benchmarks and potential applications in business and research. **Major business moves in the AI space**: Significant shifts include Google's acquisition of Windsurf's top talent after OpenAI's deal fell through, Cognition's acquisition of Windsurf, and several notable hires by Meta from OpenAI and Apple, highlighting intense competition in the AI industry. **AI's ethical and societal impacts**: The hosts discuss serious concerns like the rise of non-consensual explicit AI-generated images, ICE's use of facial recognition for large databases, and regulations aimed at controlling AI's potential misuse. **Video game actors strike ends**: The episode concludes with news that SAG-AFTRA's year-long strike for video game voice actors has ended after reaching an agreement on AI rights and wage increases, reflecting the broader impact of AI on the job market. Timestamps + Links: (00:00:10) Intro / Banter (00:02:49) News Preview Tools & Apps (00:03:29) OpenAI's new ChatGPT Agent can control an entire computer and do tasks for you (00:07:11) Alibaba-backed Moonshot releases new Kimi AI model that beats ChatGPT, Claude in coding — and it costs less (00:09:36) Amazon targets vibe-coding chaos with new 'Kiro' AI software development tool – GeekWire (00:12:33) Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code – without telling users (00:15:51) Mistral's Le Chat chatbot gets a productivity push with new ‘deep research' mode | TechCrunch (00:17:46) I spent 24 hours flirting with Elon Musk's AI girlfriend (00:21:32) Uber is close to completing its quest to become the ultimate robotaxi app | The Verge Applications & Business (00:24:02) OpenAI's Windsurf deal is off — and Windsurf's CEO is going to Google | The Verge (00:28:09) Cognition, maker of the AI coding agent Devin, acquires Windsurf | TechCrunch (00:28:46) Anthropic hired back two of its employees — just two weeks after they left for a competitor. | The Verge (00:28:46) Another High-Profile OpenAI Researcher Departs for Meta | WIRED (00:28:46) Meta Hires Two Key Apple (AAPL) AI Experts After Poaching Their Boss - Bloomberg (00:31:31) Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab is worth $12B in seed round | TechCrunch (00:33:20) Lovable becomes a unicorn with $200M Series A just 8 months after launch | TechCrunch (00:34:55) SpaceX commits $2 billion to xAI as Musk steps up AI ambitions: Report | World News - Business Standard Research & Advancements (00:35:59) A former OpenAI engineer describes what it's really like to work there | TechCrunch (00:38:23) Reasoning or Memorization? Unreliable Results of Reinforcement Learning Due to Data Contamination Policy & Safety (00:42:14) Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, xAI granted up to $200 million from DoD (00:43:08) California State Senator Scott Wiener Pushes Bill to Regulate AI Companies - Bloomberg (00:43:58) AI 'Nudify' Websites Are Raking in Millions of Dollars | WIRED (00:45:55) Inside ICE's Supercharged Facial Recognition App of 200 Million Images Synthetic Media & Art (00:48:47) Video game actors' strike officially ends after AI deal

Send us a textPeaches returns with another banger, torching bureaucratic blunders and Joint Force nonsense. From the Pentagon flexing like it just invented drone grenades, to the DoD accidentally letting Chinese engineers tinker with our cloud—this one's a spicy ride. He dives into the F-35 budget cut drama, Space Force cosplay, uniform updates that no one asked for, and yes, another near-miss in the skies. Also: Nashville OTS still has slots, and you might even get Uncle Sam to foot the bill (if your chain isn't lame). Buckle up—your commute just got smarter and more sarcastic.

Amid the wildfire around 15 miles outside of Area 51, the DoD is sweeping over where above-ground nuclear testing occurred. Some worry that the particulate from the fire may spread radioactive contamination into the air. It is being reported that current and former security detail at Groom Lake are suffering from unknown diseases and illnesses after being exposed to what is being called "An Invisible Enemy." There were also reports from whistleblowers that some scientists were exposed to radiation from so-called alien ship wreckage, resulting in many being taken off the base and sent home to their families. What is the government's response to these stories? Sadly, nothing. Listen tonight on Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis and UFO researcher, Joe Murgia, at 7 pm pacific time on groundzeroplus.com. Call in to the LIVE show at 503-225-0860. #groundzeroplus #ClydeLewis #Area51 #GroomLake #nucleartesting #radiation

This week, sudden news of the firing of former AARO Deputy Director Tim Phillips has sparked controversy following a series of interviews in which he discussed UAPs—particularly black triangle craft exhibiting silent flight, low heat signatures, and advanced maneuverability. Though Phillips emphasized these objects are likely terrestrial in origin, possibly foreign adversary technology, although his sudden departure now raises questions about whether his removal was tied to the substance of his comments—or the fact that he spoke at all. Following our analysis of the latest departure from the DoD's AARO, this week on The Micah Hanks Program we then shift our attention over to the latest findings from the UAP Sightings Reporting System (UAPSRS), where black triangles also emerge as a dominant pattern: dark, silent, slow-moving craft often seen near military airspace. Meanwhile, recent case studies further deepen the mystery; what does recent witness data suggest about the ongoing UAP discussion? Have you had a UFO/UAP sighting? Please consider reporting your sighting to the UAP Sightings Reporting System, a public resource for information about sightings of aerial phenomena. The story doesn't end here... become an X Subscriber and get access to even more weekly content and monthly specials. Want to advertise/sponsor The Micah Hanks Program? We have partnered with the AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. If you would like to advertise with The Micah Hanks Program, all you have to do is click the link below to get started: AdvertiseCast: Advertise with The Micah Hanks Program Show Notes Below are links to stories and other content featured in this episode: NEWS: 30,000-Acre 'Gothic Fire' Scorches Military Training Range Near Nevada's Secretive Area 51 Age of INVICTUS: ESA's Bold Hypersonic Initiative Aims to Revolutionize High-Speed Flight Astronomers Reveal Betelgeuse Has an Elusive Stellar Companion Linked to Star's Curious Brightness  ‘Yeti blood oath' divides Denver seminary  PHILLIPS IS OUT: Posting announcing departure from USG work on Tim Phillips' LinkedIn Page  UAPSRS UPDATE: The UAP Sightings Reporting System BECOME AN X SUBSCRIBER AND GET EVEN MORE GREAT PODCASTS AND MONTHLY SPECIALS FROM MICAH HANKS. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalog of The Micah Hanks Program, as well as “classic” episodes, weekly “additional editions” of the subscriber-only X Podcast, the monthly Enigmas specials, and much more. Like us on Facebook Follow @MicahHanks on X. Keep up with Micah and his work at micahhanks.com.

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A sitting Democratic president who chooses not to run for re-election, a vice president running out of the president's shadow, and a Republican nominee trying to make a political comeback amidst accusations of collusion – welcome to the 2024 1968 presidential election. What we think we know about the election has been challenged, however, by a new book by Luke A. Nichter, a professor of history and presidential studies at Chapman University. In The Year That Broke Politics: Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968 (Yale UP, 2024) Nichter reexamines the campaign and shows how the ‘68 election foreshadowed our current political landscape. The 1968 presidential race was a contentious battle between vice president Hubert Humphrey, Republican Richard Nixon, and former Alabama governor George Wallace. The United States was reeling from the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy and was bitterly divided on the Vietnam War and domestic issues, including civil rights and rising crime. Drawing on previously unexamined archives and numerous interviews, Luke A. Nichter upends the conventional understanding of the campaign. Nichter chronicles how the evangelist Billy Graham met with Johnson after the president's attempt to reenter the race was stymied by his own party, and offered him a deal: Nixon, if elected, would continue Johnson's Vietnam War policy and also not oppose his Great Society, if Johnson would soften his support for Humphrey. Johnson agreed. Nichter also shows that Johnson was far more active in the campaign than has previously been described; that Humphrey's resurgence in October had nothing to do with his changing his position on the war; that Nixon's “Southern Strategy” has been misunderstood, since he hardly even campaigned there; and that Wallace's appeal went far beyond the South and anticipated today's Republican populism. This eye-opening account of the political calculations and maneuvering that decided this fiercely fought election reshapes our understanding of a key moment in twentieth-century American history. Dr. Andrew O. Pace is a historian of the US in the world who specializes in the moral fog of war. He is currently a DPAA Research Partner Fellow at the University of Southern Mississippi and a co-host of the Diplomatic History Channel on the New Books Network. He is also working on a book about the reversal in US grand strategy from victory at all costs in World War II to peace at any price in the Vietnam War. He can be reached at andrew.pace@usm.edu or via https://www.andrewopace.com/. Andrew is not an employee of DPAA, he supports DPAA through a partnership. The views presented are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of DPAA, DoD or its components.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The Elite Duo sit down with a Distinguished Graduate, Lt. Col. Scott Helminski to discuss what he wished he knew before attending Senior Service War College and what future students should prepare for.*The views and opinions presented herein are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of DoD or its Components. Appearance of, or reference to, any commercial products or services does not constitute DoD endorsement of those products or services. The appearance of external hyperlinks does not constitute DoD endorsement of the linked websites, or the information, products or services therein.

A sitting Democratic president who chooses not to run for re-election, a vice president running out of the president's shadow, and a Republican nominee trying to make a political comeback amidst accusations of collusion – welcome to the 2024 1968 presidential election. What we think we know about the election has been challenged, however, by a new book by Luke A. Nichter, a professor of history and presidential studies at Chapman University. In The Year That Broke Politics: Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968 (Yale UP, 2024) Nichter reexamines the campaign and shows how the ‘68 election foreshadowed our current political landscape. The 1968 presidential race was a contentious battle between vice president Hubert Humphrey, Republican Richard Nixon, and former Alabama governor George Wallace. The United States was reeling from the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy and was bitterly divided on the Vietnam War and domestic issues, including civil rights and rising crime. Drawing on previously unexamined archives and numerous interviews, Luke A. Nichter upends the conventional understanding of the campaign. Nichter chronicles how the evangelist Billy Graham met with Johnson after the president's attempt to reenter the race was stymied by his own party, and offered him a deal: Nixon, if elected, would continue Johnson's Vietnam War policy and also not oppose his Great Society, if Johnson would soften his support for Humphrey. Johnson agreed. Nichter also shows that Johnson was far more active in the campaign than has previously been described; that Humphrey's resurgence in October had nothing to do with his changing his position on the war; that Nixon's “Southern Strategy” has been misunderstood, since he hardly even campaigned there; and that Wallace's appeal went far beyond the South and anticipated today's Republican populism. This eye-opening account of the political calculations and maneuvering that decided this fiercely fought election reshapes our understanding of a key moment in twentieth-century American history. Dr. Andrew O. Pace is a historian of the US in the world who specializes in the moral fog of war. He is currently a DPAA Research Partner Fellow at the University of Southern Mississippi and a co-host of the Diplomatic History Channel on the New Books Network. He is also working on a book about the reversal in US grand strategy from victory at all costs in World War II to peace at any price in the Vietnam War. He can be reached at andrew.pace@usm.edu or via https://www.andrewopace.com/. Andrew is not an employee of DPAA, he supports DPAA through a partnership. The views presented are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of DPAA, DoD or its components.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Since taking office, the Trump administration has made it a top priority to dismantle what it perceives as federal bureaucratic bloat. But it's the belief of some that those cuts to the federal workforce and federal programs have gone too far, damaging the government's capacity to meet its mission and serve the American public. Rob Shriver, former acting OPM director during the Biden administration, is one of those. And in his new role as Managing Director of Democracy Forward's Civil Service Strong initiative, he's helping launch a new Civil Service Defense and Innovation Fellowship Program that aims to rebuild that lost capacity by calling on former government officials to “produce research and analysis documenting the scope and consequences of cuts to federal agencies, and develop and incubate innovative work to inform future policymaking and to rebuild government capacity.” Shriver joins the podcast to discuss the state of the federal workforce, the new fellowship and what he sees ahead. Let's go now to that interview. The Department of Defense's No. 2 IT official for the past two years is leaving the role, the department announced Monday. Leslie Beavers, who also served as acting DOD CIO for a period at the end of the Biden administration and during the early days of the second Trump administration, will step down as DOD principal deputy CIO at the end of September. In a social media post, the DOD Office of the CIO congratulated Beavers who announced Monday that she will be stepping down from her position at the end of September after more than 30 years of uniformed and civilian service. Beavers played a key role in the Office of the CIO's delivery of its Fulcrum IT strategy in 2024 with then-CIO John Sherman. When Sherman stepped down from the CIO role at the end of June 2024, Beavers filled it temporarily until Katie Arrington was appointed to perform the duties of CIO in March. Since then, Beavers retained her deputy role, supporting new efforts under Arrington's leadership like the Software Fast Track initiative and “blowing up” the Risk Management Framework. It's unclear what Beavers' next role will be after her departure or who will take her place when she officially leaves. President Donald Trump has tapped State Department leader Michael Rigas to serve as the General Services Administration's new acting chief, the agency announced Monday. It marks the third GSA appointment for Rigas, who has spent the past few months at the State Department as the deputy secretary for management and resources, according to a statement from Marianne Copenhaver, associate administrator for the GSA. Copenhaver wrote in a statement to FedScoop: “We're thrilled to have his institutional knowledge, leadership, and decades of experience in the private and public sector. Under Mike's leadership, GSA will continue to deliver effective and efficient government services in real estate, acquisition, and technology.” Stephen Ehikian, who has served since January as GSA's acting administrator, will continue his role as deputy administrator, Copenhaver added. Ehikian is a former Salesforce vice president and self-proclaimed “serial entrepreneur.” The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every Monday-Friday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast  on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify and YouTube.

A sitting Democratic president who chooses not to run for re-election, a vice president running out of the president's shadow, and a Republican nominee trying to make a political comeback amidst accusations of collusion – welcome to the 2024 1968 presidential election. What we think we know about the election has been challenged, however, by a new book by Luke A. Nichter, a professor of history and presidential studies at Chapman University. In The Year That Broke Politics: Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968 (Yale UP, 2024) Nichter reexamines the campaign and shows how the ‘68 election foreshadowed our current political landscape. The 1968 presidential race was a contentious battle between vice president Hubert Humphrey, Republican Richard Nixon, and former Alabama governor George Wallace. The United States was reeling from the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy and was bitterly divided on the Vietnam War and domestic issues, including civil rights and rising crime. Drawing on previously unexamined archives and numerous interviews, Luke A. Nichter upends the conventional understanding of the campaign. Nichter chronicles how the evangelist Billy Graham met with Johnson after the president's attempt to reenter the race was stymied by his own party, and offered him a deal: Nixon, if elected, would continue Johnson's Vietnam War policy and also not oppose his Great Society, if Johnson would soften his support for Humphrey. Johnson agreed. Nichter also shows that Johnson was far more active in the campaign than has previously been described; that Humphrey's resurgence in October had nothing to do with his changing his position on the war; that Nixon's “Southern Strategy” has been misunderstood, since he hardly even campaigned there; and that Wallace's appeal went far beyond the South and anticipated today's Republican populism. This eye-opening account of the political calculations and maneuvering that decided this fiercely fought election reshapes our understanding of a key moment in twentieth-century American history. Dr. Andrew O. Pace is a historian of the US in the world who specializes in the moral fog of war. He is currently a DPAA Research Partner Fellow at the University of Southern Mississippi and a co-host of the Diplomatic History Channel on the New Books Network. He is also working on a book about the reversal in US grand strategy from victory at all costs in World War II to peace at any price in the Vietnam War. He can be reached at andrew.pace@usm.edu or via https://www.andrewopace.com/. Andrew is not an employee of DPAA, he supports DPAA through a partnership. The views presented are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of DPAA, DoD or its components.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

Everybody knows the world of technology is changing on a massive scale; in the federal community, there is a similar seismic change, but it has to do with policy, not graphics chips. In 2020, the Department of Defense aimed to ensure its suppliers had a reasonable level of cyber protection and released the first version of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). In subsequent years, CMMC became a “nice to have” rather than a mandate. COVID-19 drastically increased the number of remote users, federal technology was moving to the edge, and malicious actors continued to expand their attacks unremittingly. As a result of this “Perfect Storm,” regulators at the DoD have gotten serious about CMMC compliance. In today's interview, we sat down with two CMMC experts and discussed some of the challenges associated with completing the CMMC requirements. Fortreum's Ben Scudera mentions that as many as 300,000 companies may be looking at CMMC compliance. While individual companies can read the requirements, there can be misunderstandings. For example, if a company tries to define Controlled Unclassified Information, it may cast too wide a net or too narrow a net. If they are audited, the entire concept of scoping CUI can become a holdup for certification. Early versions of CMMC allowed companies to review their capabilities and report themselves. Today's CMMC transition is from self-attestation to external audits. These audits are challenging, with only 70 C3PAOs available to support 80,000 companies that require level 2 compliance. The process is complex, requiring detailed data scoping and significant preparation time. Companies must strike a balance between the costs and benefits of compliance, particularly for small businesses. The conversation also touches on the broader implications of CMMC for supply chain security and the potential for CMMC to evolve beyond federal contractin

A sitting Democratic president who chooses not to run for re-election, a vice president running out of the president's shadow, and a Republican nominee trying to make a political comeback amidst accusations of collusion – welcome to the 2024 1968 presidential election. What we think we know about the election has been challenged, however, by a new book by Luke A. Nichter, a professor of history and presidential studies at Chapman University. In The Year That Broke Politics: Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968 (Yale UP, 2024) Nichter reexamines the campaign and shows how the ‘68 election foreshadowed our current political landscape. The 1968 presidential race was a contentious battle between vice president Hubert Humphrey, Republican Richard Nixon, and former Alabama governor George Wallace. The United States was reeling from the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy and was bitterly divided on the Vietnam War and domestic issues, including civil rights and rising crime. Drawing on previously unexamined archives and numerous interviews, Luke A. Nichter upends the conventional understanding of the campaign. Nichter chronicles how the evangelist Billy Graham met with Johnson after the president's attempt to reenter the race was stymied by his own party, and offered him a deal: Nixon, if elected, would continue Johnson's Vietnam War policy and also not oppose his Great Society, if Johnson would soften his support for Humphrey. Johnson agreed. Nichter also shows that Johnson was far more active in the campaign than has previously been described; that Humphrey's resurgence in October had nothing to do with his changing his position on the war; that Nixon's “Southern Strategy” has been misunderstood, since he hardly even campaigned there; and that Wallace's appeal went far beyond the South and anticipated today's Republican populism. This eye-opening account of the political calculations and maneuvering that decided this fiercely fought election reshapes our understanding of a key moment in twentieth-century American history. Dr. Andrew O. Pace is a historian of the US in the world who specializes in the moral fog of war. He is currently a DPAA Research Partner Fellow at the University of Southern Mississippi and a co-host of the Diplomatic History Channel on the New Books Network. He is also working on a book about the reversal in US grand strategy from victory at all costs in World War II to peace at any price in the Vietnam War. He can be reached at andrew.pace@usm.edu or via https://www.andrewopace.com/. Andrew is not an employee of DPAA, he supports DPAA through a partnership. The views presented are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of DPAA, DoD or its components.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

Over 22 veterans choose to end their lives every single day. The system meant to support them is broken and the U.S. Secretary of Veteran Affairs Doug Collins knows it.In this episode, VA Secretary Doug Collins joins Chad Robichaux to explain how he is overhauling bureaucracy, slashing red tape and putting veterans first. Collins describes why the VA's 170 hospitals must function as one integrated network and how he will steward a $400 billion budget and 460,000 employees for maximum impact. The conversation covers efforts to accelerate claims, cut wait-times, and create seamless hand-offs from DoD service to VA care for the nine million veterans currently enrolled. Collins also shares initiatives in suicide prevention including the 988 Veterans Crisis Line, expanded Vet Centers, and partnerships with faith-based organizations, along with community-care upgrades, stronger accountability for under-performers, and clinical trials of psychedelic and stem-cell therapies to treat PTSD and chronic pain. If you or someone you know is struggling and needs help the Veteran's Crisis Line is 24/7, confidential crisis support for Veterans and their loved ones. Contact the Veterans Crisis Line: Dial 988 then Press 1, chat online, or text 838255.Follow Doug: https://www.instagram.com/secvetaffairshttps://www.x.com/secvetaffairshttps://www.x.com/deptvetaffairshttps://www.instagram.com/secvetaffairsRESILIENT:Live Resilient Store: https://theresilientshow.com/live-resilient-storeJoin Our Patreon: https://patreon.com/theresilientshowFollow Us On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/resilientshowFollow Us On Twitter:⁠ https://twitter.com/resilientshowFollow Us On TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@resilientshowFollow Chad:⁠https://www.instagram.com/chadrobo_official⁠https://www.x.com/chadroboSPONSORS:Smith & Wesson: ⁠https://www.smith-wesson.com/⁠Vortex Optics:https://vortexoptics.comGatorz Eyewear: ⁠https://www.gatorz.com/⁠Allied Wealth:https://alliedwealth.comBioPro+: ⁠https://www.bioproteintech.com/CHAD30⁠BioXCellerator:https://www.bioxcellerator.comThe Holy Waters:https://theholywaters.comGet The Resilient Show x Uncharted Supply Co Bag: https://liveresilient.com/shopTRS is a proud supporter of military & first responder communities in partnership with Mighty Oaks Foundation.

Beth Cameron, Senior Advisor and Professor of the Practice at the Brown University Pandemic Center and a Senior Adviser and non-resident fellow at CSIS, hosts this inspiring July 14 conversation with Richard Hatchett, the CEO of CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations. Richard first came to Washington DC in the aftermath of 9/11 to create the U.S. Medical Reserve Corps. There was no looking back. He served in several administrations as a leading expert in bio preparedness and left government to lead CEPI at its creation in 2017, its mission to support the accelerated development of vaccines and other countermeasures against future biothreats. With the Covid-19 pandemic, health security has become an enduring global concern, with now a fierce focus on access to new technology, and regional manufacturing capabilities. “You have to design your programs with your access goal in mind from the very beginning,”  Preparedness is “not a static achievement.” It is “a dynamic state of readiness” that evolves through practice – “train, train, train.”  CEPI's signature big idea is the 100 Day Mission, in which vaccine designs and delivery platforms are ready to spring into action when new biothreats appear.  Cuts in finances and programs by the Trump administration and others will compromise disease surveillance, detection and containment measures, increasing the risks to Americans and beyond.  Cuts are also forcing reflection, the setting of priorities, and finding ways to finance and achieve better and more efficient outcomes. The remarkable speed in which a vaccine was introduced during the Marburg outbreak in Rwanda in September 2024 rested not on luck. It built on CEPI's pre-existing partnerships with the Rwanda government and several other institutions, including WHO and key US agencies.  CEPI has invested since 2017 in over $1 billion in the US biotech sector, and has just concluded an agreement to work with DOD.  

Our resident constitutional expert Bruce Fein joins to make the case for impeaching the Supreme Court AND the President, and what we—as citizens—can do to make it happen. Then we welcome Lori Wallach of Rethink Trade to evaluate Trump's tariff policy. Are these trade deals bringing manufacturing back to the US? Or is Trump just using tariffs as a cudgel to punish countries that annoy him?Bruce Fein is a Constitutional scholar and an expert on international law. Mr. Fein was Associate Deputy Attorney General under Ronald Reagan and he is the author of Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy, and American Empire: Before the Fall.This has real consequences for you people all over the country because one of their shadow docket decisions (without explanation or hearing) briefs just very recently said that Trump can fire all these people in the IRS or the Education Department or EPA and get away with it. And, in fact, paralyze the workings of his (statutorily-established-by-Congress) Cabinet Secretary and Department…So this is devastating to your health, economic safety, environment, workplace safety, education, all kinds of things that are being ridden into the ground.Ralph NaderIn my judgment, the court has basically abandoned its role as a check on executive power…It's actually become an appendage of the executive branch. Nothing placing any kind of serious or material handcuff on what the President can do on his own. And the President is taking full advantage of that.Bruce FeinLori Wallach is a 30-year veteran of international and U.S. congressional trade battles— starting with the 1990s fights over NAFTA and WTO when she founded the “Global Trade Watch” group at Public Citizen. She is now the director of the Rethink Trade program at the American Economic Liberties Project, and a Senior Advisor to the Citizens Trade Campaign.What these guys are doing [with Trump's tariff policy] it's basically trying to build a house with just a hammer—we are against saws; we are against screwdrivers; we do not actually believe in nails, no other tools; we will just hammer a bunch of wood. And as a result, we're going to make some noise and we're definitely going to break some things, but we're not actually building a new redistributed trade system—which we could.Lori WallachBest that we can tell, the dynamic is something like: Trump is so engaged in the fun and chaos—fun (from his perspective) and chaos of throwing tariff news around like a lightning bolt that he really is not taking advice about it from people who know how you could use tariffs to try and ostensibly achieve the things he promised. He's just enjoying throwing around tariffs.Lori WallachNews 7/18/25* Last week, Elon Musk's pet AI program – Grok – began identifying itself as “MechaHitler,” and spitting out intricate rape threats and sexual fantasies directed at individuals like liberal pundit Will Stancil and now-ex X CEO Linda Yaccarino. This week, Musk rolled out Grok's new “sexy mode” which includes a visual avatar feature depicting the artificial entity as a quasi-pornographic anime-esque character who can flirt with users, per the Standard. So, naturally, the Trump Defense Department awarded xAI, the parent company behind Grok, a $200 million contract. According to CNN, “The contracts will enable the DoD to develop agentic AI workflows and use them to address critical national security challenges.” It is unclear how exactly the entity calling itself MechaHitler will accomplish that.* In local news, a special election was held in Washington DC's Ward 8 this week, seeking to replace corrupt councilmember Trayon White. White was implicated in an FBI bribery investigation and was expelled from the council in February. Yet, because of the splintered opposition, White pulled out a narrow victory on Wednesday, winning with 29.7% of the vote compared to his opponents' 24.3%, 23.7% and 22.3% respectively, per WTOP. In 2024, DC Voters approved a ballot measure to implement ranked-choice voting, which could have helped prevent this outcome, but it has yet to take effect. The DC Council could vote to expel White again more or less immediately; if not, they would likely wait for his trial to commence in January 2026.* Turning to foreign affairs, Israel has bombed the Syrian capital of Damascus, killing three and wounding 34, in strikes primarily targeting the Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters, per NPR. Israel's attack comes amid tensions between the new, post-Assad Syrian government and the Druze minority in the Southern Syrian city of Sweida. The government claims the Druze violated a ceasefire reached earlier in the week and Syrian troops responded; a new ceasefire deal has been reached and the office of interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a statement reading, the “rights [of the citizens of Sweida] will always be protected and…we will not allow any party to tamper with their security or stability.” Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, said in a statement that the U.N. chief “condemns Israel's escalatory airstrikes,” as well as reports of the Israeli military's redeployment of forces in the Golan Heights. As journalist Séamus Malekafzali notes, “Damascus is now the 4th Middle Eastern capital to be bombed by Israel in the past 6 weeks, alongside Tehran, Beirut, and Sana'a.”* In more news from Israel, the Knesset this week sought to expel Palestinian lawmaker Ayman Odeh, leader of the Hadash-Ta'al party. According to Haaretz, “The vote was triggered by a Likud lawmaker after Odeh published a social media post in January, saying that he ‘rejoices' over the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners.” However, the motion failed to reach the 90-vote threshold, meaning Odeh will remain in the legislature. Six members of Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid party voted for the motion, but not Lapid himself. The United Torah Judaism party did not back the motion. Haaretz quotes Hassan Jabareen, an attorney, director of the Adalah Legal Center and legal counsel for Odeh, who said, “The overwhelming support for this initiative – from both the coalition and the opposition – reveals the state's intent to crush Palestinian political representation...This was not a legitimate legal process, but rather a racist, fascist incitement campaign aimed at punishing Odeh for his principled stance against occupation, oppression and Israeli violence.” Senator Bernie Sanders celebrated the failure of the motion, writing “Israel's far right tried to expel Ayman Odeh, an Arab Israeli opposition leader, from the Knesset because of his opposition to Netanyahu's war. Today, they failed. If Israel is going to be considered a democracy, it cannot expel members of parliament for their political views.” This from the Middle East Eye.* Sanders also made news this week by declaring that “Given the illegal and immoral war being waged against the Palestinian people by Netanyahu, NO Democrat should accept money from AIPAC – an organization that also helped deliver the presidency to Donald Trump,” per the Jerusalem Post. Sanders posted this statement in response to a video by Obama foreign policy advisor Ben Rhodes, who said “AIPAC is part of the constellation of forces that have delivered this country into the hands of Donald Trump…These are the wrong people to have under your tent...The kind of people that they are supporting, Bibi Netanyahu and Donald Trump, I don't want my leaders and my political party cozying up to these people.” Bernie's statement is perhaps the strongest stand taken by any American politician against AIPAC, Israel's front group in American politics and one of the biggest special interest groups in the country. AIPAC throws around eye-popping sums of money to members of both parties; to name just one example, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has accepted over $1.6 million from the group, according to Track AIPAC's Hall of Shame.* In a similar vein, last week we discussed the National Education Association's vote to suspend its ties with the Anti-Defamation League due to the ADL's shift in focus from Jewish civil rights to laundering the reputation of Israel. Since then, the ADL has sought to mobilize their allies to demand the NEA reject the vote. To this end, the ADL has sought the support of J Street, a liberal Jewish group critical of Israel, per the Forward. J Street however has rebuffed the ADL, refusing to sign the group's letter. Though they oppose the NEA resolution, J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami issued a statement reading in part, “charges of antisemitism must not be wielded to quash legitimate criticism of Israeli policy...the NEA vote can[not] be dismissed as being driven by fringe ‘pro-Hamas' antisemitic activists.” Hopefully, more Jewish groups will follow the example of J Street and break with the Zionist orthodoxy of the ADL.* In other foreign policy news, the Guardian reports French President Macron has reached a deal with the leadership of the French “overseas territory” New Caledonia to grant the island statehood and more autonomy within the French legal system. New Caledonia is one of several UN-designated ‘non-self-governing territories.' France has exerted rule over the Pacific Island – over 10,000 miles from Paris – and its nearly 300,000 inhabitants since the 19th century. Last May, riots broke out over France's decision to grant voting rights to thousands of non-indigenous residents. This violence “claimed the lives of 14 people, [and] is estimated to have cost the territory…$2.3 bn... shaving 10% off its gross domestic product.” However, the Times reports indigenous Kanak independence activists reject the deal outright. Brenda Wanabo-Ipeze, a leader of the Co-ordination Cell for Actions on the Ground, who is currently detained in France, said, “This text was signed without us. It does not bind us.” The Times adds that, “The conservative and hard-right French opposition accused Macron of failing to ensure security in the territory. The left accused the president of imposing colonial tactics on a people who should be allowed self-determination.” It remains to be seen whether this deal will prove durable enough to weather criticism from so many angles.* Much has been made of Attorney General Pam Bondi's decision last week to not release any more information related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. A Department of Justice memo reads, “it is the determination of the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation that no further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted.” This has created a firestorm in the MAGA world, with many Trump supporters feeling betrayed as the president implied he would declassify these files if reelected. Now, Congressmen Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna have introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act which would “force the House of Representatives to vote on the complete release of the government's files related to Jeffrey Epstein,” according to a press release from Massie's office. This resolution specifically states the files cannot “be withheld, delayed, or redacted” should they cause “embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary.” The resolution is attracting support from some Republicans, but it is unclear how far this will go under Speaker Johnson, who maintains there is “no daylight between his position and that of Trump,” per the Hill. The position of congressional Republicans has been further complicated by a bombshell report in the Wall Street Journal documenting previously unknown details of the intimate relationship between the late pedophile financier and the president.* Meanwhile, the Trump administration is once again torching America's reputation abroad – this time literally. The Atlantic reports “Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people abroad who need it. Nearly 500 metric tons of emergency food—enough to feed about 1.5 million children for a week—are set to expire tomorrow, according to current and former government employees with direct knowledge of the rations. Within weeks…the food, meant for children in Afghanistan and Pakistan, will be ash.” This cartoonishly evil decision paired with the “Big Beautiful Bill”'s provisions cutting food assistance for children in poverty, point to one inescapable conclusion: the Trump administration wants children to starve.* Finally, on the opposite end of the spectrum, Mexico News Daily reports the administration of President Claudia Sheinbaum is debuting a healthy, domestically produced and affordable staple for Mexican consumers – chocolate bars. “This ‘Chocolate de Bienestar' is part of the government's ‘Food for Well-Being' strategy, which aims to bring nutritious and affordable food options to consumers while supporting national producers, particularly those in the southern states of Tabasco and Chiapas — a region that has historically lagged behind other regions in several social and economic indicators.” The Sheinbaum administration is stressing the health benefits of chocolate, noting that, “Studies have shown that chocolate improves cardiovascular health via its antioxidants, provides energy, helps control blood pressure, improves cognitive capacity, satisfies hunger and lifts mood.” At the same time, the administration is seeking to minimize the sugar content “striking a supposedly healthier balance between natural cane sugar and the cacao itself.” This chocolate will be available in three forms:“Chocolate bar containing 50% cacao, and priced at…less than $1.Powdered chocolate with 30% cocoa, priced...$2Chocolate de mesa or tablet chocolate, with 35% cacao, priced at …$5”This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. 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Send us a textWelcome to your no-fluff, sarcasm-fueled download of the Ones Ready Ops Brief for July 17th. In this episode, we cover everything from Excel-budget nightmares and B-1 Lancer drama to Space Force doing... whatever it is Space Force does. Jared rips through the latest military headlines with his signature blend of humor, eye rolls, and reluctant patriotism.We kick things off with a sneak peek at the Operator Training Summit and a shoutout to the surprisingly effective (and very unscammed) Tasty Gains gummies. Then it's all gas, no brakes through a gauntlet of DoD absurdities: pipe-dream weapon standardization in NATO, a billion-dollar GPS system that's somehow still in testing, and the Air Force saving $10 billion by using—wait for it—Excel. Yeah, that's a real thing.We wrap with cyber hacks, Ukraine fatigue, F-35 wishlists, and a whole lot of “wait, that's real?” moments. Buckle up, this one's got teeth.

Tina Peters was sentenced to 9 years in prison for doing her job, while another woman in Mesa County who stole ballots and voted twice was merely slapped on the wrist with 2 years of probation. The justice system seems to fail everywhere it can nowadays, punishing those who stand for righteousness and rewarding those who do not. Next, the Biden autopen scandal seems to worsen by the day, with more reports revealing that Biden's White House staffers all but ran the country during his term. By the end of 2024, the man was entirely catatonic, unable to care for not just the country but himself. It's safe to say that this may turn out to be one of the biggest conspiracies our nation has ever seen. That's not all: the DOJ just fired Maurene Comey, Trump believes we can get rid of the IRS for good, and China seems to be involved in monitoring our DoD systems for some reason. All this and more on today's Untamed!  

Send us a textHope you packed your sense of humor and a fire extinguisher—because this episode scorches everything from overpriced moldy barracks in Guam to the Pentagon ghosting Aspen like it's a bad Tinder date. Jared runs down the biggest WTFs across the Department of Defense with a tactical blend of sarcasm and salt. We're talking billions for broken plumbing, drones that can't hang in Alaska, the F-35 backlog (finally) clearing, and a KC-46 that decided midair was the perfect time for a wardrobe malfunction. Plus, the Air Force tries fashion policing again (no more eyelash extensions, folks), Space Force dreams of relevancy, and China continues its “quantity over quality” military glow-up. Also, Nashville OTS is coming—bring your snorkel and your ruck.

Send us a textBuckle up, buttercups—Jared's back in the Ones Ready team room, dishing out yesterday's DoD drama because the PAO couldn't update today's headlines. Hegeth's memo: stop being bureaucratic wimps, buy American drones fast—excessive caution is the enemy. Joint air drills with B-52s flexing on North Korea; AI saving lives in mass casualties; SOCOM slashing Skyraider buys in half, likely budget tight. Jared throws shade at AFSOC's PAO for dodging his interview ask, calls out China's South China Sea bullying flop, cheers Senate's A-10 rescue (thunder lives!). Wraps with cyber fails, Turkey's F-35 snub (beat it, nerds), and pushing for service members' right to repair gear without contractor scams. Tired of bland military news? This is your sarcastic, straight-talk wake-up from Ones Ready—no apologies.Key Takeaways:- Hegeth's drone memo: Stop being cowards and buy American expendables ASAP—excessive caution is the real enemy.