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John is joined by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Time scribe Michael S. Schmidt on the eve of Donald Trump's second inauguration to discuss the road ahead. Proceeding from the premise that what Trump says matters less than what he actually does, Schmidt details the myriad ways in which 45/47 attempted to weaponize the government against his enemies in his first term; analyzes the confirmation hearing of Trump's AG nominee, Pam Bondi, and public statements of FBI director-designate Kash Patel through that lens; and revisits his story last fall in which Trump's former chief of staff, General John Kelly. described Trump as a “fascist” and wannabe dictator. Schmidt also dishes on Zero Day, a Netflix limited series dropping in February that Mike co-created starring Robert DeNiro as an ex-president called back into service to deal with the fallout of a global cyberattack. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Retired Congressman Geoff Davis was back on VERONICA LIVE to discuss our election that is days away. He shared his strong opinions on several races. Will Trump win? How about Karii Lake and Ted Cruz too? I also asked his thoughts on General John Kelly, Israel and Ukraine. Get ready…Congressman Davis is always brilliant even if we don't agree on everything. Can't wait to have this seasoned Washington D.C. Ranger Warrior back on the show! xx
Welcome to the beauty shop. Michael is joined by Olivia Troye and Sarah Matthews, two former Trump administration officials who are casting their vote for Kamala Harris this November. The conversation touches on General John Kelly's recent comments about Trump, the messages sent at the final Trump and Harris rallies and what it means to be a Republican voting Democrat this fall. If you enjoyed stopping by the beauty shop, leave a review or share it with a friend! Follow Olivia Troye @OliviaTroye Follow Sarah Matthews @SarahAMatthews1 Follow Michael @MichaelSteele Follow the podcast @steele_podcast Follow The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline
Trump's favorite general and his longest-serving White House chief of staff has just declared Trump a fascist dictator who admires Hitler, and who needs to be stopped from re-entering the Oval Office. Michael Popok reports on the new jaw dropping interview of General John Kelly to try to stop Trump. Thanks to Liquid I.V.: Get 20% off when you go to https://liquidiv.com and use code LEGALAF at checkout! Join the LegalAF Patreon: https://Patreon.com/legalAF Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown Lights On with Jessica Denson: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/lights-on-with-jessica-denson On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Send us a textI WONDER IF WE HAVE GIVEN ENOUGH CONSIDERATION TO THE QUESTION, WHAT IF KAMALA HARRIS WINS? HAVE PEOPLE BEEN SO FOCUSED ON TRUMP NOT BECOMING PRESIDENT, THEY HAVE FORGOTTEN TO THINK WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR HARRIS TO SUCCEED AS PRESIDENT? I DISCUSS THIS AND MUCH MORE IN THIS EPISODE. PLEASE RATE, SHARE, AND FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCAST, SPOTIFY, AND YOUTUBE.
SERIES 3 EPISODE 56: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (1:44) SPECIAL COMMENT: Republican silence or in some cases rationalizations have met General John Kelly taking his story ON the record about Trump coveting generals personally loyal to him the way Hitler's were personally loyal to him, and Trump insisting Hitler did good things for Germany. With other of mortified Trump military officials reportedly contemplating going public in similar ways, it is absolutely necessary for General Kelly to convene a live news conference - to be joined by any of those other officials - to name names. And the names he must name are Trump and Hitler. We are at an inflection point right now as surely as we were at Yorktown or Gettysburg or Normandy except that with WORDS you can prevent the bloodshed that will happen not on ONE battlefield at home or abroad, but in every corner of this nation, because bloodshed and the threat of it will be the essence of the Trump dictatorship. And bluntly, General, you helped get us there because while you were witnessing this madman in real time yearn for a military personally sworn to him as the Wermacht was to Hitler, you… said nothing. Now that you're talking, and the test of your patriotism – to say nothing of the test of the CHANCE for this nation to still exist five years from now in something LIKE its current form – depends on YOU winning The Battle of Trump Because the choice, General, is: A free America, or a dictatorship where you in the military, are expected to shoot Trump's critics for him. Period. B-BLOCK (18:23) This issue merits an entire episode and a lot of explanation. It is only a year since Trump began to openly mimic Hitler but his admiration of him was first identified in 1990. The saga of Trump's gradual revelation, beginning with Ivana Trump's confirmation to Vanity Fair magazine that he kept a book of Hitler's speeches by his bed. C-BLOCK (34:59) The darkest component to Trump's admiration of Hitler is that his defense against all such revelations is that he's such a supporter of Jewish Americans. But of course he isn't. He's a supporter of Israel, which buys him the support of Evangelical Christians who actually believe their "rapture" will happen only after all the Jews are in Israel, and they are converted - or killed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Round 1: Ricochet Shot! During a campaign event for U.S. Senate candidate Lucas Kunce, a bullet fragment from his AR-15 ricocheted and struck a reporter, KSHB-TV's Ryan Gamboa, in the arm. Kunce, a Democrat and former Marine, quickly administered first aid. Despite the incident, Gamboa continued reporting. The event, just two weeks before Election Day, provided some unintended publicity for Kunce as he faces a tough race against Republican Sen. Josh Hawley. Round 2: Horror in the Barracks A Fort Cavazos sergeant, Sgt. Greville Clarke, faces shocking allegations of breaking into barracks rooms and attacking female soldiers, including attempted rape, robbery, and even attempted murder. Clarke's actions have horrified the military community, and his trial is set for December. The case sheds light on alarming conditions within the barracks and the military's handling of such severe incidents. Round 3: Bad Judgment In an unusual rescue, a woman in New South Wales, Australia, got stuck between boulders for seven hours after slipping into a crevice while trying to retrieve her phone. After a lengthy, complicated rescue operation involving multiple agencies, she was safely freed with only minor injuries. However, her phone was not recovered.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/ZeroBlog30
It's reached the bottom of the political barrel. Desperation and despair has set in for the Harris Walz ticket. So they turn to the last and favorite attack on Trump from official Washington - led by the likes of Liz Cheney and General John Kelly. “Trump and his voters are fascist Nazis.” It didn't seem to help her fortunes last night on another disastrous CNN appearance in which she took voters questions. Meanwhile Trump enjoys his highest approval numbers in his political history and voters just aren't buying the hysteria she's selling. Lt. Col. Tony Schaffer explains what he thinks of the North Korean troop build-up in Russia and gives us a behind the scenes profile of just the kind of guy John Kelly is while serving as Trump's Chief of Staff. Now more than ever - it's key to remember anything can happen so we must stay calm and of good cheer, Stigall encourages you today.-For more info visit the official website: https://chrisstigall.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisstigallshow/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisStigallFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/chris.stigall/Listen on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/StigallPodListen on Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/StigallShowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week, as the election draws closer, we're narrowing the focus on national security. And we've got the perfect guest to discuss the topics that keep the watchers up at night and the area that is most likely to produce an October surprise. Tom Bowman is the legendary NPR National Desk reporter who covers the Pentagon along with co-hosting NPR's Taking Cover podcast and his latest podcast, “A Good Guy” from NPR's Embedded. In his current role, Bowman has traveled to Syria as well as Iraq and Afghanistan often for month-long visits and embedded with U.S. Marines and soldiers. Before coming to NPR in April 2006, Bowman spent nine years as a Pentagon reporter at The Baltimore Sun. Altogether he was at The Sun for nearly two decades, covering the Maryland Statehouse, the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Naval Academy, and the National Security Agency (NSA). His coverage of racial and gender discrimination at NSA led to a Pentagon investigation in 1994. Initially Bowman imagined his career path would take him into academia as a history, government, or journalism professor. During college Bowman worked as a stringer at The Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Mass. He also worked for the Daily Transcript in Dedham, Mass., and then as a reporter at States News Service, writing for the Miami Herald and the Anniston (Ala.) Star. Bowman is a co-winner of a 2006 National Headliners' Award for stories on the lack of advanced tourniquets for U.S. troops in Iraq. In 2010, he received an Edward R. Murrow Award for his coverage of a Taliban roadside bomb attack on an Army unit. In 2024, Bowman was also awarded a Murrow Award for Best Investigative Reporting for the Taking Cover podcast. Bowman earned a Bachelor of Arts in history from St. Michael's College in Winooski, Vermont, and a master's degree in American Studies from Boston College. He's seen a lot, he's done a lot and he goes deep with your host Paul Rieckhoff (@PaulRieckhoff) in this hard hitting all new episode of Independent Americans. From post election violence to General John Kelly's revelations about just how unfit Trump is for office to Hamas' leader being killed by Israel, there is a lot happening. And even more that's about to unfold as a result. Because on Independent Americans, we're focused on not just what's happening now, but also on what's happening next. And when there is this much happening in the national security space, you better believe what happens next will be important. Every episode is the truth beyond the headlines–and light to contrast the heat of other politics and news shows. It's content for the 51% of Americans that proudly call themselves independent. And delivers the Righteous Media 5 Is: independence, integrity, information, inspiration and impact. Independent Americans is your trusted place for independent news, politics, inspiration and hope. -Read the new Rolling Stone piece, “Ukraine May Cost Trump the Election” -WATCH video of Paul and Tom's conversation. -Learn more about Independent Veterans of America. -Join the movement. Hook into our exclusive Patreon community of Independent Americans. Get extra content, connect with guests, meet other Independent Americans, attend events, get merch discounts, and support this show that speaks truth to power. -Check the hashtag #LookForTheHelpers. And share yours. -Find us on social media or www.IndependentAmericans.us. And get cool IA and Righteous hats, t-shirts and other merch. -Check out other Righteous podcasts like The Firefighters Podcast with Rob Serra, Uncle Montel - The OG of Weed and B Dorm. Independent Americans is powered by veteran-owned and led Righteous Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is anyone slightly surprised Trump is a big fanboy of Hitler and Nazi generals? Shitler's former Chief of Staff, General John Kelly finally told the country, right before the election, his former boss is a fascist. MAGAT wonder boy Elon Musk might be in legal trouble over his one million dollar voter registration contest. Diaper Don might declare victory prematurely on November 5th. The supposed momentum shift in the election to team Trump could be an illusion created by a battering of conservative leaning polls swaying the national average. Angry orange rapist threatened journalists and news organizations during a recent interview. Philanthropist tech mogul Bill Gates donated money to Kamala's campaign. Evangelical wind bag Joel Webbon blathered America's future belongs to white Christian mouth-breathers. A young Trumper was busted stealing a felony level of Harris-Walz campaign signs. If Repubs take the White House, "Judge" Aileen Cannon might be the head of the DOJ.
On this new episode of THE POLITICRAT daily podcast Omar Moore plays the full audio from the CNN Town Hall with Vice President Kamala Harris. Also: General John Kelly's warning about Donald Trump. Recorded on October 24, 2024. VP Harris' nine pages of detailed policies for Black men: https://kamalaharris.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/FMfcgzQXJZxzLGgcKmSNQSXCRKXShwxJ.pdf Omar's film review of THE APPRENTICE (film is now playing in the U.S.) : https://omooresf.medium.com/forerunners-and-frankensteins-in-70s-80s-gotham-429cad5c1e71 Early voting clickable map and details: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/map-early-voting-mail-ballot-states/ Vice President Kamala Harris' 82-page economic policy platform: "A New Way Forward For The Middle Class" : https://kamalaharris.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Policy_Book_Economic-Opportunity.pdf Vice President Kamala Harris's policy platform: https://kamalaharris.com/issues
John is joined by Maryland's Democratic Governor, Wes Moore, to discuss the state of the presidential race. Currently America's second-youngest governor, only the third African American ever to hold that office, and a 16-year U.S. Army veteran, Moore discusses the challenge Kamala Harris faced in being elevated so recently to the top of the Democratic ticket; how serious a mistake it was for her to say she wouldn't have done much differently from Joe Biden; and why Donald Trump's attitude toward the military is so “heartbreaking and terrifying" that senior military officers should speak out about his unfitness for office—as it was reported just after Moore and Heilemann talked that General John Kelly has done. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Retired four-star General John Kelly, who was one of Donald Trump's White House chiefs of staff, told the New York Times Trump would rule like a fascist if reelected. Kelly also spoke to The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg for a new piece which quotes Donald Trump as once having said "I need the kind of generals that Hitler had." Geoff Bennett discussed more with Goldberg. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
In the final hour of the Marc Cox Show: * Jonathan Serrie of FOX News, joins the Marc Cox Morning Show to discuss early voting in GA and why so many are taking advantage of the early voting time period. Jonathan also delves into how GA voters are voting and how it depends on the region of GA they are in. * General John Kelly says Trump told him once that Hitler did some good things. * Taylor Riggs, Co-anchor of the "The Big Money Show" joins Marc & Kim to talk about how polls affect Wall Street, the boycott called for against Kellogg, and where'd she'd like to see RFK JR, in the FDA or the CIA. * Hawley responds to Lucas Kunce accidently shooting a reporter Thanks for listening!!!
Retired four-star General John Kelly, who was one of Donald Trump's White House chiefs of staff, told the New York Times Trump would rule like a fascist if reelected. Kelly also spoke to The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg for a new piece which quotes Donald Trump as once having said "I need the kind of generals that Hitler had." Geoff Bennett discussed more with Goldberg. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Nicolle Wallace discusses the ex-president's dangerous rhetoric as prosecutors and judges grapple with how to rein in his threats, the fallout of Rep. Kevin McCarthy's ousting as House Speaker, new scathing criticism from General John Kelly about his former boss, plea deals being floated by Fulton County DA Fani Willis in her RICO case, and more. Joined by: Russ Buettner, Andrew Weissmann, Pete Strzok, Ali Vitali, Tim Miller, Max Rose, Gen. Barry McCaffrey, Mike Schmidt, Paul Rieckhoff, Khizr Khan, Greg Bluestein, and Harry Litman.
After former President Trump threatened America's top military officer with execution, General Milley answered during his retirement speech by reminding Americans that those who serve in uniform do not swear their oaths to a "wannabe dictator. And just today, General John Kelly, Trump's former Chief of Staff, went on the record confirming some of the most egregious reports about Donald Trump's treatment of wounded soldiers and Gold Star families. Ken Harbaugh discusses these developments with Mike Breen, an Army Combat vet and current CEO of Human Rights First. Subscribe to the Against All Enemies podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/against-all-enemies/id1696526687 Credits: Producer and Co-Host, Ken Harbaugh Producer, Mikel Ellcessor Associate Producer, Isabel Robertson Theme music by Stephanie Kowal & Seowon Hyun Theme music produced by Tony Morales Motion Designer, Joe Vaccarino
John Kelly ripped the Mango Mussolini and OBTW, a Trump supporter just displayed exactly how stochastic terrorism works. Trump's court screw-ups are "very ominous" for Trump - here's why. There are some crucial cases before SCOTUS this year. Young people are getting fed up about gerrymandering. Crazy Alert! A Ukrainian soldier called Russian tech support when his captured Russian tank wouldn't start - here's what happened...wow!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
TRUMP IS AMERICA'S HITLER A BLOCK: (1:50) SPECIAL COMMENT: After the Saturday Trump rally in Ohio, and the modified Sieg Heil, and the QAnon Music, and the rewritten history, and the Sunday Mastriano rally in Pennsylvania, and the modified Sieg Heil there, and the QAnon Music there, and the rewritten history there, it is time to use the real words. Trump has stopped pretending, and embraced QAnon, Christofascism, and Violent Revolution. He is America's Hitler, and he must be stopped while we still have any capacity to do so. B BLOCK: (23:53) EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY: Henrietta (25:21) POSTSCRIPTS TO THE NEWS: Fiona blacks out Puerto Rico; Tomi Lahren evacuates?; Henry Silva passes; How about "Emancipation: It Slaps"? (27:54) IN SPORTS: Tom Brady's bad day and Trey Lance's worse day; What does "American League" record mean any more?; The passing of Mrs. Gil Hodges (30:2) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: DeSantis spits on Nazareth, Pat Sajak, and Alysin "Is It Really Kidnapping" Camerota of CNN compete for honors. C BLOCK: (35:20) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: The anniversary of the day in 1908 when my great grandfather Antony Zelenskyy turned down $1000 in stock in the company that would become no I just can't write itSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Miles Taylor served in the White House, initially in the George W. Bush administration and then later during Donald Trump's presidency. He was brought into the Department of Homeland Security as a Senior Advisor to General John Kelly and then became Chief of Staff of that Department under Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. Miles is also known as “Anonymous” - the writer of the infamous New York Times OpEd and later the bestselling book A Warning, sounding the alarm about the chaos of the Trump White House and the amorality of Trump himself. Miles later contributed to the efforts of Republican Voters Against Trump and then went on to Co-found and is the Executive Director of the Renew America Movement, an organization committed to supporting principled Democrats, Republicans and Independents in the upcoming elections as well as shedding light on extremist candidates who are a danger to our democracy. In this candid conversation we discuss how surreal the extremism that dominates political engagement today would have seemed 10 years ago; his concern about the looming threat of political assassinations; the reality that the universe doesn't "bend" but that "we bend it"; his advocacy for democratic reforms such as ranked choice voting and open primaries; how different the Trump Administration was compared with the George W. Bush (or any other) Administration; how Donald Trump turned the Oval Office into an echo chamber; and much more. renewamericamovement.com www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/trump-white-house-anonymous-resistance.html www.amazon.com/dp/B07YL2GR4G/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 rvat.org
Miles Taylor served in the White House, initially in the George W. Bush administration and then later during Donald Trump's presidency. He was brought into the Department of Homeland Security as a Senior Advisor to General John Kelly and then became Chief of Staff of that Department under Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. Miles is also known as “Anonymous” - the writer of the infamous New York Times OpEd and later the bestselling book A Warning, sounding the alarm about the chaos of the Trump White House and the amorality of Trump himself. Miles later contributed to the efforts of Republican Voters Against Trump and then went on to Co-found and is the Executive Director of the Renew America Movement, an organization committed to supporting principled Democrats, Republicans and Independents in the upcoming elections as well as shedding light on extremist candidates who are a danger to our democracy. In this candid conversation we discuss how surreal the extremism that dominates political engagement today would have seemed 10 years ago; his concern about the looming threat of political assassinations; the reality that the universe doesn't "bend" but that "we bend it"; his advocacy for democratic reforms such as ranked choice voting and open primaries; how different the Trump Administration was compared with the George W. Bush (or any other) Administration; how Donald Trump turned the Oval Office into an echo chamber; and much more. renewamericamovement.com www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/trump-white-house-anonymous-resistance.html www.amazon.com/dp/B07YL2GR4G/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 rvat.org
America's Place in the World: National Security & Leading From the Front with General John Kelly, Retired U.S. Marine Corps General & 28th White House Chief of Staff. General H.R. Mcmaster, Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General & 26th United States National Security Advisor. Michele Flournoy, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors. Richard Fontaine, Chief Executive Officer, Center for a New American Security.Moderated by Zoe Weinberg, Fellow, Schmidt Futures.SALT New York is a global thought leadership and networking forum at the intersection of finance, technology and public policy. Over the course of three days, leading investors, creators and thinkers will take the stage in support of SALT's mission: empowering big ideas.——————————————————————Watch this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SALTTube/videosFor podcast transcripts and show notes, visit https://www.salt.org/Developed, created and produced by SALT Venture Group, LLC.#SALTNY
Joshua DeFour is a former Marine and military Veteran film maker. As a student of film at the University of Texas he made the short film, The 11th Order, that follows that last minutes of the lives of two young Marines. He was inspired by the speech "Six Seconds to Live" that was given by General John Kelly to Gold Star Families shortly after the loss of his own son in combat.
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse is assassinated at his home in Port-au-Prince. Australia's largest city locks down for a third week. Scientists estimate Canada's latest heat wave caused the deaths of one billion seashore animals. Iceland's four day work week trial produces successful results. A new book reveals Trump told General John Kelly, “Hitler did a lot of good things.”Co-Host: Francesca Fiorentini See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Commander Jack reads an inspiring speech from General John Kelly about two fallen soldiers. He talks to Greg Osborn about the Memorial Day Observance activities as we kickoff Memorial Day Weekend! No show Monday we will back on Tuesday.
In my latest episode I discuss the life and career of United States Marine Corps General John Kelly, the former commanding general of United States Southern Command. There must be something in the water in Massachusetts as it has churned out some of the most notable modern Marine Corp leaders. From his humble beginnings as a Merchant Marine shipping beer to Vietnam to literally commanding legions of Marines in battles across the Middle East, Kelly has done and seen a lot. And all of this has prepared him for roles that saw him brushing shoulders with high ranking military officers and influential politicians. Ultimately, Kelly's leadership skills and dedicated public service even caught the eye of then-President elect Donald Trump and earned him two top positions in Trump's administration. So join me, as I discuss this and so much more, in this riveting episode! -----Don't forget to subscribe so you do not miss a new episode! -------- Apple Listeners please leave a five star review and feedback, it really helps the podcast grow! Connect with us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/milleadersoftodaypodcast/ Email us! militaryleadersoftodaypodcast@gmail.com *Music is not my own and was obtained via YouTube's Creative Commons Library* --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/militaryleadersoftoday/message
Show Description: This week’s Financial Detox show starts off with appreciating our country’s Veterans and admiration of General John Kelly. His famous “Six Second Speech” reminds us all of the service, bravery and sacrifice that our armed forces demonstrate on a daily basis. We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude for the freedom provided to us all through their valiant actions. On the topic of Thanksgiving and giving thanks, Jason and Alex share their appreciation of IDA’s amazing clients and talk about the annual Thanksgiving Pie Client Appreciation Event. This open house is held the Tuesday of Thanksgiving week, this year falling on 11/26 from 3-5pm at the Carlsbad office. They welcome listeners to come to the event, have a sample of the famous Carlsbad Village Pie Shoppes delicious pies, mingle with clients and meet some of the IDA team. Jason discusses the mission of IDA and it’s pursuit to deliver value and a better investment experience to clients. There are thousands of financial advisers across the country, but by intentionally and persistently serving clients through the collective wisdom of the entire firm’s team, clients truly have a unique experience from the norm. So often the typical adviser, while working for a mega financial firm, is operating in a silo susceptible to their own behavioral blunders and conflicts of interest. There are several other components to the Financial Detox Client Experience, including Behavioral Coaching, Asset Class Selection, Lower Cost Investments, Tolerance Band Rebalancing, Asset Location & Tax Efficient Withdrawal Strategy and Tax Loss Harvesting. The show outlines the importance of having a full-time fiduciary adviser team whose purpose and mission is to relentlessly deliver value to their clients.In this show you will learn about:- General Kelly’s Six Second Speech- IDA’s Annual Client Appreciation Thanksgiving Pie Event- The IDA Mission to Deliver Value to it’s clients- The difference between teamwork and a silo experience- The Components to the IDA Client Experience
Show Description: This week’s Financial Detox show starts off with appreciating our country’s Veterans and admiration of General John Kelly. His famous “Six Second Speech” reminds us all of the service, bravery and sacrifice that our armed forces demonstrate on a daily basis. We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude for the freedom provided to us all through their valiant actions. On the topic of Thanksgiving and giving thanks, Jason and Alex share their appreciation of IDA’s amazing clients and talk about the annual Thanksgiving Pie Client Appreciation Event. This open house is held the Tuesday of Thanksgiving week, this year falling on 11/26 from 3-5pm at the Carlsbad office. They welcome listeners to come to the event, have a sample of the famous Carlsbad Village Pie Shoppes delicious pies, mingle with clients and meet some of the IDA team. Jason discusses the mission of IDA and it’s pursuit to deliver value and a better investment experience to clients. There are thousands of financial advisers across the country, but by intentionally and persistently serving clients through the collective wisdom of the entire firm’s team, clients truly have a unique experience from the norm. So often the typical adviser, while working for a mega financial firm, is operating in a silo susceptible to their own behavioral blunders and conflicts of interest. There are several other components to the Financial Detox Client Experience, including Behavioral Coaching, Asset Class Selection, Lower Cost Investments, Tolerance Band Rebalancing, Asset Location & Tax Efficient Withdrawal Strategy and Tax Loss Harvesting. The show outlines the importance of having a full-time fiduciary adviser team whose purpose and mission is to relentlessly deliver value to their clients.In this show you will learn about:- General Kelly’s Six Second Speech- IDA’s Annual Client Appreciation Thanksgiving Pie Event- The IDA Mission to Deliver Value to it’s clients- The difference between teamwork and a silo experience- The Components to the IDA Client Experience
The Roy Green Show Podcast - The Government of Ontario remains resolved to proceed with its court challenge of the federal government imposition of its carbon tax formulation. Ontario Premier Doug Ford talks with Roy about his stance on the issues and what the outcome might be. And the Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation says that in B.C., emissions are going up despite it being home to Canada's highest carbon tax. Dr. Bjorn Lomborg was declared by TIME magazine to be amount the world's 100 Most Influential People. Lomborg, heads the Copenhagen Consensus Centre think tank, and agrees that climate change is real. But he argues that the truth about climate change is nuanced. He says it is real and in the long term will be a problem, but its impact is less than we might believe. Is President Trump losing those he called "my Generals?" It appears so. General James Mattis has resigned as Secretary of Defense. General John Kelly resigned as White House Chief of Staff. Now Pentagon Chief of Staff, Admiral Kevin Sweeney has announced his resignation. Is the U.S. military sending the President a message? Sworn in this past Thursday as new Utah GOP Senator, Mitt Romney, after accepting Donald Trump's endorsement prior to the November U.S. election, wrote an op ed for the Washington Post in which he declares President Trump has not risen to the demands of the Office. Meanwhile, markets are unstable, there's a partial government shutdown, the special counsel probe and the continuing warring over a border wall. How are these events affecting the American voter? Guests: Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario. Kris Sims. B.C. Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation Dr. Bjorn Lomborg, Author of 'Cool It!' and 'The Skeptical Environmentalist' Colonel Peter Mansoor, Military historian and Professor at Ohio State University, Former Brigade Commander in Iraq and executive officer to General David Petraeus during the Surge, author of ‘Surge' and ‘Baghdad at Sunrise' Fran Coombs. Managing editor. Rasmussen Report (national polling firm). Also former editor of the Washington Times. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
As Robert Mueller's investigation hones in on the big fish, former fixer Michael Cohen has officially been sentenced to a three year prison term for committing crimes at the direction of US President Donald Trump. Many people think this is the first prison sentence of many. But can Trump really be arrested? Plus, General John Kelly 'resigned' from his post as White House Chief of Staff, and Trump can't find anyone to replace him. With Mnuchin, Mulvaney and Ayers all declining the job offer, the White House corridors are increasingly empty. So Amelia and Mia ask the questions 'What happens next, and how does this end?' Listen in to the The Recap podcast: https://omny.fm/shows/the-binge CONTACT US Your hosts are Mia Freedman and Amelia Lester. Leave us a message on the pod phone. We listen to all of them. 02 8999 9386. Or fling us an e-mail: podcast@mamamia.com.au JOIN OUR GROUP ON FACEBOOK This podcast was produced by Luca Lavigne Tell Me It's Going To Be OK is a podcast by Mamamia. Find more shows: https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcast/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former White House Aide Omarosa Manigault Newman releases secret tapes of President Donald Trump and General John Kelly. Rapper Nicki Minaj vs Rapper Safaree Twitter War explodes! Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin falls gravely ill. Good news: Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signs Clean Slate Bill. Bad news: 29 year old Richard Russell steals plane in Seattle and crashes it on an island. Love and relationships discussion pops off!Tune in every Tuesday at 7pm on WPPM 106.5 FM on "TuneIn" app. Follow us on iHeartRadio, iTunes, Spreaker, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. KEEP IT LOCKED!
In part two of our series on the politics of security, Calvin and Alex analyze two recent “artifacts” of national security discourse – General John Kelly's October 2017 press conference addressing why the U.S. has troops in Niger (and elsewhere), and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Office's January 2017 report on Russian “activities and intentions” in U.S. elections. The ensuing conversation explores how national security figures establish an authoritative, dominating narrative and close off the possibility of dissent through their language, and ends with a meditation on a radically different way of thinking about “security.” Plus, Ryan Mitchell solicits people's associations with the term “national security” in a new edition of re:verberations. Works and concepts mentioned in this episode:Chilton, P. A. (1996). Security metaphors: Cold war discourse from containment to common house (Vol. 2). Peter Lang Pub Incorporated.Chilton, P. A. (1996). The meaning of security. In R. Hariman (Ed), Post-realism: The rhetorical turn in international relations, 193-216. East, Lansing, MI: MSU Press.The DNI report on “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections”:Full report: https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdfJohn Kelly's press conference:Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BxsCyS6Y8U (question on Niger comes @ 11:53) Further reading on security discourse, particularly the "container" metaphor:Brown, W. (2017). Walled states, waning sovereignty. Boston, MA: MIT Press.Campbell, D. (1992). Writing security: United States foreign policy and the politics of identity. Minneapolis, MN: U of Minnesota Press.
Midweek Motivation is a weekly episode featuring the wisdom and stories of host Tommy Cakes. This week however, I will be completing the Midweek Motivation due to the seriousness of the topic and story. In case you are new to Small Scale Life, I am your normal host of the Small Scale Life Podcast: Tom Domres. I am doing this episode by request from Daniel from Ohio. He is a Marine with time in Afghanistan under his belt. Thank you for your service, Daniel. He asked me to read this story for Midweek Motivation, and after reading the article, I wanted to move forward with it. In this day and age, we see a lot of people who are elevated to “hero status” for strange reasons and to fulfill agendas and narratives. What does real sacrifice look like? Two Marines who gave all in defense of their Band of Brothers in Iraq in 2008 show us what real sacrifice is, even in this modern era. While you might not make the ultimate sacrifice for others, what can you do to help your family, neighbors and community around you? Story Time Daniel sent me a link to a story written by Geoffrey Ingersoll from the Business Insider in 2013. The title for this piece is “Everybody should read General John Kelly’s Speech about Two Marines in the Path of a Truck Bomb.” As a dad to a combat veteran, this story hits home. My son could have been one of these young men when he was deployed to Afghanistan. I am going to read selected portions of this story for you, and I will provide a link to the original story in the show notes. The link to the original story is here: http://www.businessinsider.com/john-kellys-speech-about-marines-in-ramadi-2013-6 Midweek Motivation Lesson: Sacrifice for Others Many of us will never find ourselves in a similar situation as Corporal Jonathon Yale and Lance Corporal Jordan Haerter. These men gave the ultimate sacrifice for men they knew, and some they did not know. How can you apply this story to your own life? We live in a fast-paced and isolated world. We are connected by apps and screens, but we really don’t know each other. It is time to stop connecting on screens and start connecting in real life. Reach out, meet face-to-face and develop those relationships. Help your friends and neighbors with a project, or invite them over to your house for dinner. Lend them some support and give them encouragement. Sometimes some folks just need a smile and some time to talk. While you might not make the ultimate sacrifice to stop a truck bomb for your family, neighbors and friends, you might be able to help them when times are tough, or even when they aren’t (to quote Jack Spirko). Special Thanks from Tommy Cakes I would like to thank Greg Burns from Natures Image Farm and Doneil Freeman from Freeman Family Farms for the INSPIRATION to do this Midweek Motivation Podcast. You two ARE the wind beneath my wings! Also I would like to thank Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) for the "Kool Kats" theme music. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. Badda boom, badda bing! Dat's how we do it!
The "Church Politics" Podcast is where you can get in depth political analysis from a Christian worldview with two of the brightest minds in the political arena. The Church Politics Podcast is hosted by former Obama White House staffer Michael Wear and AND Campaign co-founder Justin Giboney. These two seasoned politicos will analyze political events and policy based on their Christian values and their experience in the civic arena. The podcast will provide guidance to Christians seeking to transcend partisanship and political ideology and find discipleship in the public square. It will also include interviews with a diverse group of public figures, music and more. On this episode, Michael and Justin discuss the controversies surrounding Trump Chief of Staff General John Kelly. They also delve into how domestic violence is being handled in the White House and Trump's budget deal. Lastly, they discuss Elizabeth Bruenig's take on the Marco Rubio-Ivanka Trump Paid Family Medical Leave plan.
The "Church Politics" Podcast is where you can get in depth political analysis from a Christian worldview with two of the brightest minds in the political arena. The Church Politics Podcast is hosted by former Obama White House staffer Michael Wear and AND Campaign co-founder Justin Giboney. These two seasoned politicos will analyze political events and policy based on their Christian values and their experience in the civic arena. The podcast will provide guidance to Christians seeking to transcend partisanship and political ideology and find discipleship in the public square. It will also include interviews with a diverse group of public figures, music and more. On this episode, Michael and Justin discuss the controversies surrounding Trump Chief of Staff General John Kelly. They also delve into how domestic violence is being handled in the White House and Trump's budget deal. Lastly, they discuss Elizabeth Bruenig's take on the Marco Rubio-Ivanka Trump Paid Family Medical Leave plan.
http://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Establishment historians have a new reason to throw a temper tantrum: General John Kelly. Kelly was the first guest on the new Laura Ingraham Angle on Fox News and according to these "actual historians," he stepped in it. Kelly had the audacity to call Robert E. Lee a great man and to opine that the War could have been avoided. This led to a Washington Post article slamming Kelly's positions through the voices of David Blight and Stephanie McCurry. This is like stealing candy from a baby. I take them both on in Episode 124 of The Brion McClanahan Show. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/support
On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Kevin Zeese, the co-director of Popular Resistance, as well as Sputnik News analyst Walter Smolarek. Tech giants Facebook, Google and Twitter are testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee this afternoon as the media works itself up into another frenzy over so-called “Russian ads” influencing the 2016 election. Chief of Staff General John Kelly -- frequently praised by liberals for being the adult in the room of Trump’s White House -- gave an interview yesterday to Laura Ingraham where he said the US civil war happened because of a failure to compromise, causing outrage across the country. What’s the real history? Dr. Gerald Horne, a professor of history at the University of Houston and author of many books including Race to Revolution: The U.S. and Cuba During Slavery and Jim Crow, joins the show. The head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has made a final plea to the Trump administration to veto a measure from Congress aimed at discouraging class action lawsuits against financial companies. Meanwhile, the big banks are set for another big win with the expected appointment of Jerome Powell to lead the Federal Reserve. Daniel Sankey, financial policy analyst, joins Brian and John. Suspended Catalan President Puigdemont has denied that he is seeking asylum in Belgium and vowed to contest the upcoming regional election imposed by the Spanish central government. Economist and professor Steve Keen discusses these developments along with Matt Qvortrup, Professor of Political Science at Coventry University. Qatar’s former Foreign Minister has come forward with surprisingly candid comments about the war in Syria, detailing the U.S.-Saudi-Qatari efforts to overthrow the Syrian government and even admitting that there may have been “interaction” with al-Qaeda. Alexander Mercouris, editor-in-chief of The Duran, discusses the comments. Saudi officials have announced that they will be vastly expanding their nuclear program as part of the Kingdom’s ongoing effort to overhaul its economy. We’ll take a look at the U.S. government’s double standard when it comes to nuclear energy and nuclear weapons in the Middle East with Kevin Kamps, radioactive watchdog at Beyond Nuclear.
Opening Monologue. Gold Star Widow Controversy. General John Kelly v. Rep. Frederica Wilson, a.k.a. the "Rock Star." Is Kelly's "empty barrel" phrase racist? Clueless media thinks so, as it piles on President Trump. Thoughts on Tax Reform -- will Republicans get it done? Review of the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert in Denver. With Listener Calls & Music via Black Crowes, Bobby Bare, Neil Sedaka & the Red Hot Chili Peppers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 123 of The More Perfect Union podcast covers the General John Kelly feud with a goldstar marine family, former presidents speaking out about Trump, the looming tax reform debate, and the story of an undocumented teenage girl who is being denied an abortion while in migrant detention.
Honor returns to the conversation, Democrat Frederica Wilson attacks a Gold Star father, and George W. Bush gives a terrific speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Honor returns to the conversation, Democrat Frederica Wilson attacks a Gold Star father, and George W. Bush gives a terrific speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
General John Kelly takes the media to task over the Trump phone call controversy, relating his own experience of losing a son in combat.
Hour 1 Don't trash or exalt ...George W. Bush comes out of retirement to rebuke nationalism on the right ...Hollywood is crashing and burning as we speak ... ‘no credibility in the end’...overplaying their hand ...Congresswoman Wilson thinks she's a ‘rock star’?? ...the power of the word 'racist' ... ‘say one thing and DO that one thing PERIOD!’ ...A Indiana University is unmasking Halloween …'appropriating culture'...dressing like Fonzie is all the rage?? ...Black Lives activist blows his cover, is now called a 'token' ...Content Contracts! Contracts! Contracts! ...UPDATE: Sex Rehab Harvey...it's not going so well...cellphones and naps...beating up French chauffeurs ...Courage is a muscle; it needs exercise ...empowering women is great, but who's empowering men to be better?? Hour 2 Is anything sacred anymore? ...General John Kelly stunned by the politicization of a soldier’s death...we deserve better than this ...Bill O'Reilly Friday...the current media culture is rotting to the core ... ‘off-the-charts corruption’... ‘It was a huge set up’ ??...80-90% of the media wants to destroy President Trump; how do we continue as a democracy?...Everyone is avenging their cause ...Is a media backlash coming?...fearing the casualties of a 'backlash' and the secular progressives that have power Hour 3 ‘Layers of disgust here’...the sex doll business is booming... Brothel now open for service with 11 dolls on rotation ...Sex Doll vs. Potted Plant ...Soulless souls...single singularity by 2029 ...The rising value of Bitcoin ...Tampon Tribes offensive to Native Americans?? ...George W. Bush: Up, down and all around...irritated by the timing of his speech ...2020: President Carrot Top ...Fake news technology companies...Facebook says its fake news label helps reduce fake news ...is it a utility? …Not all opinions are equal. The Glenn Beck Program with Glenn Beck and Stu Burguiere, Weekdays 9am–12pm ET on TheBlaze Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Four US service members are dead following a botched mission in Niger, that Donald Trump has yet to come clean about, and even members of his own party are talking about using subpoenas to force Trump to tell the truth about what is quickly becoming Trump's personal Benghazi. Add to that Trump's botched handling of the phone call to one soldier's surviving wife, and his bizarre decision to have White House chief of staff General John Kelly attack and lie about Democratic congresswoman Frederica Wilson, who was helping the family grieve, and it's just another week in the ongoing and growing clusterf that is the Trump presidency. Join Cliff and John in today's premium episode for a discussion of this and other topics of the day. Listen here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ep-29-what-in-20-14967419 Please subscribe to the UnPresidented Podcast on iTunes (http://www.UnPresidentedPodcast.com) and leave us a review. Find out more about us, and support the show by subscribing to our premium episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/UnPresidentedPodcast.
General John Kelly took the media and a Democrat congresswoman to the woodshed for politicizing military line of duty deaths.GOP establishment icon, George W. Bush teamed with Democrat establishment icon, Barack Hussein Obama yesterday to attack our America First president.Plus, we’ll discuss the defeat of ISIS, the Travel Ban ban, big tax cuts, and NFL ratings collapse.
General John Kelly sells his soul and falls upon his sword as he throws his dead son under the bus for the President of the United States. What a man?!?!
It's the presidential controversy that won't go away--Presdient Trump's comments to the widow of a soldier killed in Niger. Today, White House chief of staff General John Kelly defended the President's call and expressed his shock that a member of Congress had listened to the call. We talk to former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta. What happened in Niger and why does the United States have troops there? It's time to get your flu shot. Or, is it? We talk to Dr. David Baron of the UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feel the rhythm. Feel the rhyme. Get on up. Its podcast time. This week's recording definitely had the rhythm, but our football has no rhyme or reason. We called (most) of the upsets, but what is happening in Seattle and LA? Its time to talk to your kids about an undefeated SDSU and General John Kelly is the best SEC back. As always, the sidebars get a little loose. European politics, the Cahokian empire, and Kevin Durant's high school insecurities all made the cut. Abandon hope all ye who enter here. www.moontakeraudio.com All opinions contained within are our own and not representative of the United States Government. Special Thanks to the following: Intro Instrumentals | Kevin Gates - Paper Chasers Outro Instrumentals | All That Remains - Six
People who are aware are noticing very weird stuff going on with the world information grid -especially inside the Anglo Saxon world- as contradictions and bizarre events multiply. These are all signs of a collapsing power matrix; the sort of thing seen around the time of the fall of the USSR. The first thing to note about last week in particular is that the US was hit for the first time since 2005 with a hurricane. US President Donald Trump tweeted the code phrase for weather warfare â??once in 500 yearsâ?? to describe Hurricane Harvey. The fact that it hit the Bush clan homeland of Texas, in particular the city of Houston, with devastating floods, makes it likely this is some sort of revenge for the Bush engineered Hurricane Katrina attack on New Orleans. It may also be related to the fact that 16 US and Canadian diplomats in Cuba suffered brain injuries from some kind of â??Sonic attack.â?? They may well have been hit because of their involvement in cutting of the Bush clan drug money that was being laundered through Cuba. It is also interesting that â??Sonic attacksâ?? are now being reported by world media instead of being dismissed as delusions by people â??wearing tin foil hats.â?? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-25/mystery-deepens-after-us-confirms-16-diplomats-suffered-traumatic-brain-injury-cuban In any case, all of this indicates a high level, esoteric power struggle is continuing. This power struggle is also being revealed in strange and contradictory news announcements concerning US Senator John â??Daeshâ?? McCain. Remember recently we had media reports that McCain had been diagnosed with malignant brain cancer? These were followed immediately with reports that McCain had recovered and rallied the Senate to stop Trump plans to repeal Obamacare. Then after that the USS â??John McCainâ?? was rammed by a cargo ship, killing many US sailors. Now we are being told that McCain has been wire-tapping the White House and leaking all of the Trump administrationsâ?? plans to hostile media. http://itmakessenseblog.com/2017/08/27/the-rat-in-the-white-house-that-has-been-leaking-was-just-exposed-look-who-it-was-omgjohn-mccain/ As the oft-used phrase aptly puts it â??you canâ??t make this up,â?? but then again it looks as if two opposing forces are indeed making this stuff up. There are many others signs other than contradictory reports about madman McCain to indicate a high level power struggle is raging in Washington DC. Inside the Trump administration, the removal of Steve Bannon has now been followed by the ouster of adviser Sebastian Gorka. These are the folks who were pushing for a hard line against â??radical Islamâ??(=Khazarian agents) and China. Now the â??make America great againâ?? alt-right faction in the administration is fighting back. Pentagon sources say Trump chief of staff General John Kelly â??may be forced to fire globalist democrats Gary Cohn, Jared Kushner and Dina Powell to even the score and appease the Trump base.â?? â??Jared is under fire for his failure as peacemaker, with no two-state solution based on 1967 lines, while getting no love from Egypt, Palestine, or even Isreal,â?? the sources note. Meanwhile â??Goldmanite Gary Cohn is already under massive pressure to resign, he puts his tribe first, opposes tariffs, supports antifa and the Jewish fake news media in his interview with the Financial Times that made Trump explode,â?? they add.
With the President away, his White House Staff will play — unless former General John Kelly can establish rules of order in his new role as chief of a group he himself has called "dysfunctional." We hear about his challenges and his record.
General John Kelly is the man they hope can bring order to Trump's office. We follow his journey from a working class Boston neighbourhood to the White House. A decorated Marine General, an Iraq war veteran, who is adored by his troops and known for making tough decisions, General John Francis Kelly has come a long way from his beginnings born to an Irish Catholic family in the working class Brighton neighbourhood of Boston. From his first mission delivering 10'000 tonnes of beer to troops in Vietnam to overseeing President Trump's controversial immigration policies as head of Homeland Security, he's described as being a straight talker who isn't afraid to 'speak truth to power'. Mark Coles talks to friends and colleagues about about his distinguished career - and how he might fare in Trump's White House.
The Townhall Review--August 5, 2017.President Trump enthusiastically welcomes newly appointed General John Kelly as the new Chief of Staff. Hugh Hewitt speaks with James Hohman, Political Correspondent for the Washington Post, about how General Kelly is shaking things up at the White House. Mike Gallagher turns to Luke Rosiak of the Daily Caller on the White House staff scandal involving a now arrested aide to the former DNC Head Debby Wasserman Schultz. Michael Medved speaks with Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson on his plan to break the GOP healthcare logjam. Hugh Hewitt asks Molly Ball, staff writer of the Atlantic Magazine, about the White House Chief of Staff replacement. Dennis Prager interviews Alex Epstein, head of The Center for Industrial Progress in San Diego, about former Vice President Al Gore's newly released documentary, “An Inconvenient Sequel.” Hugh Hewitt speaks with retired Admiral and former head of the US Navy's Southern Command, James Stavridis about Venezuela moving to a full military dictatorship, led by President Nicolas Maduro. Larry Elder speaks with Professor and Lawyer Keith Fink on the First Amendment situation at UCLA that led to his firing. Mike Gallagher invites author Dinesh D'Souza on the show to talk about his new book, “The Big Lie: Exposing Nazi Roots of the American Left.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Seth Stevenson guest hosts today's show and talks with Joshua Zeitz, a historian and contributing editor at Politico, about General John Kelly and whether his tenure as Chief of Staff will resemble that of General Al Haig during the Nixon administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Seth Stevenson guest hosts today's show and talks with Joshua Zeitz, a historian and contributing editor at Politico, about General John Kelly and whether his tenure as Chief of Staff will resemble that of General Al Haig during the Nixon administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Dow Jones Industrial Average hits another all time high, Anthony "The Mooch" Scaramucci is out as White House Communications Director after an explosive on the record interview, General John Kelly is the new Chief of Staff, and National Security Advisor HR McMaster shows his Globalist allegiance. The American Terrorist of the Week is a top Democrat's IT guy, arrested as he tried to flee the country. Amazon is raising antitrust concerns in Washington. Sports topics include Jon Bones Jones's KO during UFC 214 and the NFL season is just around the corner - does Colin Kaepernick deserve to be signed? That and more on the America First podcast!
Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs' chairman and CEO, and Michael Bloomberg, founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, discuss banking regulation and the impact on business. Prior to that, Credit Suisse's Matthew Rothman and JPMorgan's Gabriela Santos share lessons learned 10 years after the financial crisis. Finally, James Stavridis, the dean of Fletcher School at Tufts University, says General John Kelly is all about duty. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs' chairman and CEO, and Michael Bloomberg, founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, discuss banking regulation and the impact on business. Prior to that, Credit Suisse's Matthew Rothman and JPMorgan's Gabriela Santos share lessons learned 10 years after the financial crisis. Finally, James Stavridis, the dean of Fletcher School at Tufts University, says General John Kelly is all about duty.
Scaramucci och Priebus får sparken men det är inte kaos i Vita Huset, enligt Trump. General John Kelly tar över som stabschef, men vad gör egentligen en Chief of Staff? Och USApodden goes Sportpodd. Medverkande: Roland Poirier Martinsson, konservativ filosof, Karin Henriksson, mångårig USA-korrespondent bosatt i Washington och Lasse Johansson, Sveriges Radios utsända i Washington. Programledare: Cecilia Khavar
Clearly the world has gone, in the words of one Deep State Radio listener nerd, "nuclear grade bonkers." On this episode of the pod, Rosa Brooks, Kori Schake, Julie Smith, and, host, David Rothkopf discuss the latest examples of this including the departure of the worst and shortest lived communications in White House history (with the best nickname...we won't miss you, Mooch) and they debate the prospects of former Secretary of Homeland Security, General John Kelly to bring order to this White House. From there the conversation turns to a world in chaos and Rosa tries to wrestle the "tiara of optimism" away from Kori as Julie slowly bangs her head on the acoustic foam covered walls of our tiny studio in the third sub-basement of the Ministry of Snark. Outrage fatigue? We're not there yet! Tune in!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In the first half of the show, ABC’s Karen Travers reports on President Donald Trump changing up his staff once again and bringing in General John Kelly as Chief of Staff. In the second half of the show, Joe and Alex talk to expert from the National Weather Service about the hot weather. Hear the full show in this edition of the Morning News.
Clearly the world has gone, in the words of one Deep State Radio listener nerd, "nuclear grade bonkers." On this episode of the pod, Rosa Brooks, Kori Schake, Julie Smith, and, host, David Rothkopf discuss the latest examples of this including the departure of the worst and shortest lived communications in White House history (with the best nickname...we won't miss you, Mooch) and they debate the prospects of former Secretary of Homeland Security, General John Kelly to bring order to this White House. From there the conversation turns to a world in chaos and Rosa tries to wrestle the "tiara of optimism" away from Kori as Julie slowly bangs her head on the acoustic foam covered walls of our tiny studio in the third sub-basement of the Ministry of Snark. Outrage fatigue? We're not there yet! Tune in! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What can we expect from General John Kelly now that he is Chief of Staff in the White House? And Chris Christie's interaction with a heckler at a baseball game raises the question of how public officials should act on their own time.
Bill Press welcomes Rachana Pradhan, Ryan Reilly and Dan Zak to discuss Donald Trump's big shake-up in the West Wing, whether or not the Senate will try to take up health care again in August, Trump's endorsement of police brutality and the new book Almighty: Courage, Resistance, and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age - the full Monday edition of the Bill Press Show!
Reince Preibus resigns on Friday and General John Kelly takes the reigns today, Some say Jeff Sessions might be moved to head of DHS to replace Kelly and allow a new AG to be picked, and with Preibus gone Trump cuts all ties with the establishment GOP
President Trump setting White House free from Useless Republican Establishment. GOP Base looking for reasons to stay with GOPe. Finding any? We blame John McCain for saving Obamacare, even as he tells "bombastic loudmouths" on the radio to "go to hell." Reince Priebus resigns as Chief of Staff, General John Kelly takes over. Could AG Jeff Sessions be moved to Department of Homeland Security? Why did Robert Mueller deliver 10 grams of Highly Enriched Uranium to Moscow in 2009? Open Borders Sen. Jeff Flake says Trump's GOP has now "given in to nativism." Meanwhile, in Sanctuary City Portland, an illegal immigrant is accused of sexual assault -- after his 2016 release from jail, and after having been deported 20 times. Kellyanne Conway says of fading Russian Collusion allegations: "We were promised the next Watergate. We don't even have water polo. We don't have a watermelon." With Listener Calls & Music via Billy Preston, Tracy Chapman and Dwight Yoakam. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
General John Kelly will replace Reince Preibus as Chief of Staff. Will he change the tone of messaging from the White House, and specifically from Anthony Scaramucci?
Sean reacts to news that General John Kelly will become President Trump's new Chief of Staff, days after Anthony Scaramucci became Director of Communications. While the Congressional Republicans continue to struggle with the repeal of ObamaCare, President Trump is wasting no time in making sure he surrounds himself with people who will help execute his vision for America. The Sean Hannity Show is live weekdays from 3 pm to 6 pm ET on iHeartRadio and Hannity.com. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Secretary of Homeland Security, General John Kelly, told Fox News that the Mexican Border wall will be finished in two years. Stu asks if this is also a countdown clock for when he and Pat have to eat their underwear? Listen to Pat & Stu for FREE on TheBlaze Radio Network from 5p-7p ET, Mon. through Fri. www.theblaze.com/radioTwitter: @PatandStuFacebook: PatandStu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Now that the Trump regime has formally been installed, the real battle over the future of the planet earth can begin in earnest. On the one side we find the Western military industrial complex and on the other we find the ancient bloodline families. Another way of putting it is the battle is now between those who have the guns and those who control the butter (money) supply. Yet a different lens for analyzing the upcoming struggle is to see it as China (Asia) vs. the US (the West), however that is too simplistic. The â??Westâ?? as things now stand includes Japan plus North and South Korea and maybe even Vietnam while â??Asiaâ?? includes Germany and other Rothschild controlled nation states. The ideological battle lines were set in two speeches, one by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Davos bloodline love fest on January 17, while the other was President Donald Trumpâ??s acceptance speech. Xiâ??s speech essentially supported the globalist status quo so long as â??the global economic governance system,â?? continued to be reformed to give greater voice to developing nations. Xi also promised China would help the world develop in a win-win manner in harmony with nature. Of course China has been by far the greatest beneficiary of the current system so the bloodline globalists have asked for Chinese protection now that a backlash against them has begun in the West. Trumpâ??s speech bemoaned how the American middle class has been destroyed and US industry gutted by the globalists and promised to restore American industry and infrastructure. He also hinted the military industrial complex was about to share some of its secret technologies with the world when he said â??We stand at the birth of a new millennium, ready to unlock the mysteries of space, to free the earth from the miseries of disease and to harness the energies, industries and technologies of tomorrow.â?? Overall, it does not sound like we are being set up for a world war or a clash of civilizations but rather we are seeing reasonable bargaining positions being laid out by both sides in advance of final negotiations for setting up a new, improved system of running the planet. The Asians want a bigger say for the non-European world, the West wants their industry and middle class to be rebuilt in exchange for the release of hidden technology. It sounds like a win-win solution can be reached without too much table pounding and shouting. There is going to be more than table pounding going on in the West though as military backed Trump regime begins. The CIA, in anticipation of investigations and disclosure has already released 13 million pages of documents but Pentagon sources promise new CIA chief Mike Pompeo will â??purge and reform the agency, and force even more and full disclosure.â?? â??Trump went to Langley [CIA HQ] to tell the CIA that the military is with him, and he will add 1000s more new agents while purging the bad guys,â?? the sources say. Top general Joseph Dunford â??returned from Paris and Brussels meetings with NATO to oversee Trump security at the inauguration, backed by millions of bikers, cops, feds and the National Guard,â?? the sources continued. Also, the Pentagon sources say that â??Is it no accident that [General James] Mattis was confirmed as Secretary of Defense and fellow marine [General John] Kelly to run the Department of Homeland Security on January 20, as they were Dunfordâ??s bosses in Iraq, and these 3 top marines are Trumpâ??s praetorian guard.â?? The first real thing Trump did after assuming power to was to go to CIA headquarters with his praetorian guard. On the surface, he promised the CIA â??1000 percent support,â?? while underneath the surface, according to the Pentagon sources Trump gave the CIA an ultimatum to
The Attorney General and the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security are the most powerful domestic law enforcement officers in the United States government. In this episode, hear critical highlights from the confirmation hearings of President Trump's nominees for those jobs: Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General and General John Kelly for Secretary of DHS. Please support Congressional Dish: Click here to contribute with PayPal or Bitcoin Click here to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Mail Contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North #4576 Crestview, FL 32536 Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Recommended Congressional Dish Episodes CD098: USA Freedom Act: Privatization of the Patriot Act Sound Clip Sources Hearing: Attorney General Nomination, Senate Committee on the Judicary, January 10, 2017 Watch on C-SPAN Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Timestamps & Transcripts Part 1 1:12:10 Senator Chuck Grassley: During the course of the presidential campaign, you made a number of statements about the investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, relating to her handling of sensitive emails and regarding certain actions of the Clinton Foundation. You weren’t alone in that criticism—I was certainly critical in the same way, as were millions of Americans, on those matters—but now you’ve been nominated to serve as Attorney General. In light of those comments that you made, some have expressed concern about whether you can approach the Clinton matter impartially in both fact and appearance. How do you plan to address those concerns? Jeff Sessions Mr. Chairman, it was a highly contentious campaign. I, like a lot of people, made comments about the issues in that campaign with regard to Secretary Clinton, and some of the comments I made, I do believe that that could place my objectivity in question. I’ve given that thought. I believe the proper thing for me to do would be to recuse myself from any questions involving those kind of investigations that involve Secretary Clinton that were raised during the campaign or could be otherwise connected to it. Sen. Grassley: Okay. I think it’s—let me emphasize, then, with a followup question. To be very clear, you intend to recuse yourself from both the Clinton email investigation, any matters involving the Clinton Foundation, if there are any. Sessions: Yes 1:22:55 Senator Diane Feinstein: Appearing on the TV show 60 Minutes, the president-elect said that the issue of same-sex marriage was “already settled. It’s law. It was settled in the Supreme Court. It’s done, and I’m fine with that.” Do you agree that the issue of same-sex marriage is settled law? Jeff Sessions: Supreme Court has ruled on that. The dissents dissented vigorously, but it was five to four, and five justices on the Supreme Court—a majority of the court—have established the definition of marriage for the entire United States of America, and I will follow that decision. 1:30:05 Senator Orrin Hatch: In the 108th Congress, you introduced Senate Concurrent Resolution 77, expressing the sense of the Congress that federal obscenity laws should be vigorously enforced throughout the United States. It passed the Senate unanimously—it pleased it, too. In fact, it is the only resolution on this subject ever passed by either the Senate or the House. Now, Senator Sessions, with your permission I want to share with you that resolution adopted last year by the Utah legislature outlining why pornography should be viewed as a public health problem, as well as some of the latest research into the harms of obscenity. Is it still your view that federal laws prohibiting adult obscenity should be vigorously enhanced? Jeff Sessions: Mr. Chairman, those laws are clear, and they are being prosecuted today and should be—continue to be effectively and vigorously prosecuted in the cases that are appropriate. Sen. Hatch: In making this a priority for the Justice Department, would you consider reestablishing a specific unit dedicated to prosecuting this category of crime? Sessions: So, that unit has been disbanded—I’m not sure I knew that, but it was a part of the Department of Justice for a long time, and I would consider that. 1:49:40 Senator Patrick Leahy: Do you agree with the president-elect, the United States can or should deny entry to all members of a particular religion? Jeff Sessions: Senator Leahy, I believe the president-elect has, subsequent to that statement, made clear that he believes the focus should be on individuals coming from countries that have history of terrorism, and he’s also indicated that his policy, and what he suggests, is strong vetting of people from those countries before they’re admitted to the United States. 1:55:35 Senator Lindsey Graham: What’s your view of Obama’s administration’s interpretation of the Wire Act law to allow online video poker, or poker gambling? Jeff Sessions: Senator Graham, I was shocked at the memorandum, I guess the enforcement memorandum, that the Department of Justice issued with regard to the Wire Act and criticized it. Apparently, there is some justification or argument that can be made to support the Department of Justice’s position, but I did oppose it when it happened, and it seemed to me to be an unusual— Graham: Would you revisit it? Sessions: I would revisit it, and I would make a decision about it based on careful study. 2:12:55 Senator Dick Durbin: Senator Graham asked this question, and I listened to your answer when he asked you what would happen to those 800,000 currently protected by President Obama’s executive order, known as DACA, who cannot be deported for two years—it’s renewable—and can work for two years, and you said, let Congress pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill. You opposed the only bipartisan effort that we’ve had on the Senate floor in modern memory. And what’s going to happen to those 800,000, if you revoke that order and they are subject to deportation tomorrow, what is going to happen to them? What is the humane, legal answer to that? Jeff Sessions: Well, the first thing I would say is that my response to Senator Graham dealt with whose responsibility this is. I had a responsibility as a member of this body to express my view and vote as I believed was correct on dealing with issues of immigration. That’s not the attorney general’s role; the attorney general’s role is to enforce the law. And as you know, Senator Durbin, we’re not able financially or any other way to seek out and remove everybody that’s in the country illegally. President Trump has indicated that criminal aliens, like President Obama indicated, certainly are the top group of people, and so I would think that the best thing for us to do—and I would urge colleagues that we understand this—let’s fix this system. And then we can work together, after this lawlessness has been ended, and then we can ask the American people and enter into a dialogue about how to compassionately treat people who’ve been here a long time. Durbin: That does not answer the question about 800,000 who would be left in the lurch, whose lives would be ruined while you’re waiting on Congress for a bill that you opposed. Sessions: Well, I thought it did answer it pretty closely about what you asked, and I understand your concerns. 2:31:10 Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: As a question of law, does waterboarding constitute torture? Jeff Sessions: Well, there was a dispute about that when we had the torture definition in our law. The Department of Justice memorandum concluded that it did not necessarily prohibit that, but Congress has taken an action now that makes is absolutely improper and illegal to use waterboarding or any other form of torture in the United States by our military and by all our other departments and agencies. 2:54:50 Senator Amy Klobuchar: If you could just explain your views of the Voting Rights Act moving forward and what would happen in terms of enforcement if you were attorney general. Jeff Sessions: The Voting Rights Act that passed in 1965 was one of the most important acts to deal with racial difficulties that we face, and it changed the whole course of history, particularly in the South. There was a clear finding that there were discriminatory activities in the South that a number of states were systematically denying individuals the right to vote. And you go back into the history, you can see it plainly: actions and rules and procedures were adopted in a number of states, with the specific purpose of blocking African Americans from voting, and it was just wrong, and the Voting Rights Act confronted that. And it, in effect, targeted certain states and required any, even the most minor, changes in voting procedure, like moving a precinct across— Klobuchar: So, how would you approach this going forward? For instance, the Fifth Circuit’s decision that the Texas voter ID law discriminates against minority voters, that was written by a Bush appointee, do you agree with that decision? How would you handle this moving forward? Sessions: Well, I have not studied that. There’s going to be a debate about it, courts are ruling on it now, and that is a voter ID and whether or not that is an improper restriction on voting that adversely impacts disproportionately minority citizens. So that’s a matter that’s got to be decided. On the surface of it, it doesn’t appear to me to be that. I have publicly said I think voter ID laws properly drafted are okay, but as attorney general it’ll be my duty to study the facts in more depth to analyze the law, but fundamentally, that can be decided by Congress and the courts. 3:10:33 Senator Ben Sasse: This administration has made the case regularly that they need to exercise prosecutorial discretion because of limited resources—and, obviously, there aren’t infinite resources in the world—so what are some proper instances, in your view, when an administration might not enforce a law? Jeff Sessions:Well, critics of the immigration enforcement, the DAPA and the DACA laws, said that the prosecutorial-discretion argument went too far. It basically just eliminated the laws from the books. Secondly, with regard to that, the president’s executive—well, the order came from homeland security, not from the Department of Justice, but homeland security’s order not only said we’re not going to force the law, with regard to certain large classifications of people, but those people who’d not been given legal status under the laws of the United States were given photo IDs, work authorization, and social security numbers, and the right to participate in these government programs that would appear to be contrary to existing law. So that would, to me, suggest an overreach. Part 2 1:19:12 Senator Patrick Leahy: Would you use our federal resources to investigate and prosecute sick people who are using marijuana in accordance with their state laws even though it might violate federal law? Jeff Sessions: Well, I won’t commit to never enforcing federal law, Senator Leahy, but absolutely it’s a problem of resources for the federal government. The Department of Justice under Lynch and Holder set forth some policies that they thought were appropriate to define what cases should be prosecuted in states that have legalized, at least in some fashion, some parts of marijuana. Leahy: Do you agree with those guidelines? Sessions: I think some of them are truly valuable in evaluating cases, but fundamentally, the criticism I think that was legitimate is that they may not have been followed. Using good judgment about how to handle these cases will be a responsibility of mine. I know it won’t be an easy decision, but I will try to do my duty in a fair and just way. 1:25:13 Senator Mike Lee: Are there separation-of-powers concerns arising out of the Department of Justice’s current approach to state marijuana laws? Jeff Sessions: Well, I think one obvious concern is that the United States Congress has made the possession of marijuana, in every state, and distribution of it an illegal act. If that’s something is not desired any longer, Congress should pass a law to change the rule. It’s not so much the attorney general’s job to decide what laws to enforce; we should do our job and enforce laws effectively as we’re able. 1:48:18 Senator Dianne Feinstein: Thanks very much, Mr. Chairman. Just to begin, I would like to ask unanimous consent that all statements and written testimony sent to the committee concerning Senator Sessions be made part of the record, and I have some testimonies and letters. Chairman: Without objection, so ordered. Feinstein: Thank you very much. Senator Sessions, when I was a small child, it was during World War II, and my father took me to a racetrack south of San Francisco called Tanforan, and it had become a detention camp for Japanese American citizens, and during the length of World War II, well, thousands of families were held in this compound. And we checked with CRS that says no Japanese American was ever convicted of any sabotage against the United States during that period of time. Senator Lee, Senator Cruz, and I have tried together to enact a bill to assure that no American citizen or lawful permanent resident detained in the United States can be held indefinitely without charge or trial, pursuant to authorization of military force. So, here’s the question: do you believe that the government can, pursuant to a general authorization to use military force, indefinitely detain Americans in the United States without charge or trial? Jeff Sessions: Senator Feinstein, that’s an important question. Classically, the answer is yes. Classically, if you captured a German soldier, they could be held until the war ended. That was done, I’m sure, at the Civil War and most wars since. Feinstein: I’m talking about Americans. Sessions: I hear you. So, then, the question is, we’re in a war like we have now that’s gone on multiple years, and I would think the principal of law certainly would appear to be valid, but as reality dawns on us and wars might be even longer, it’s on us to discuss those issues. So I respect your willingness to think about that and what we should do, but in general I do believe, as Senator Graham has argued forcefully for many years, that we are in a war, and when members who—unlike the Japanese who were never proven to be associated with a military regime like the Japanese government, these individuals would have to be proven to be connected to a designated enemy of the United States. So I’ve probably explained more than I should, but that’s basically the arguments and the issues we’re facing. I respect your concerns, and I’m sure they will continue to be debated in the future. Feinstein: Well, let me just say a few things about that. I’ve served on the intelligence committee for fifteen years. I read all of it. I think I know as much as anybody about what’s happening in the United States, and this is not—these are Americans that we’re talking about. They can be picked up and detained and held without charge— Sessions: You’re talking about Americans. Feinstein: —of trial indefinitely. And that should not be the case. Sessions: Well, I understand your point, and a citizen of the United States has certain important rights. They cannot be abrogated. It is absolutely so. They cannot be detained without undergoing a habeas review, and the government surely has to prove that they are indeed connected sufficiently with an enemy action against the United States, so they couldn’t be detained. Feinstein: Well, I appreciate that. 1:52:32 Senator Dianne Feinstein: You were one of nine senators to vote against the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005. It prohibited the imposition of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment of any person in the custody or control of U.S. personnel. You also voted against an amendment sponsored by Senator McCain in the 2016 Defense Authorization bill to limit interrogations to the techniques provided by the army field manual, which does not include waterboarding. Do you agree that the CIA’s former enhanced interrogation techniques, including waterboarding, are prohibited by this provision of law as now codified at 42 U.S.C. 2000dd? Jeff Sessions: It does appear to be clear that on the last act and McCain amendment would prohibit waterboarding. Feinstein:And you would enforce that. Sessions: I would enforce the law, yes. Feinstein: Thank you very much. 1:56:50 Senator John Kennedy: My name is John Kennedy. That’s really my name. 2:01:33 Senator John Kennedy: When a radical Islamic terrorist drives a truck into a group of people and kills them, we’re told that we should not judge all Muslims by the act of a few. And I agree with that. Don’t you think the same rule ought to apply when one or two law enforcement officers make a mistake? Don’t you think that same rule ought to apply to all the other 99.9 percent law enforcement officials out there who just get up every day and go to work and try to protect us? Jeff Sessions: Well, I really do. And I think those of us in high public office do need to be cautious about demeaning whole departments and whole groups of people, because within those, most any department you can find in America, surely most of the people are just wonderful public servants trying to do the right thing. So when we say these things, we can increase risk for them, we can make it harder for them to have relationships with the constituents where they’re serving, and actually result in an increase in crime and ineffectiveness in law enforcement. So, boy, these issues are—we can’t miss these issues. Kennedy: No. Part 3 3:20 Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: Does a secular attorney have anything to fear from an Attorney General Sessions in the Department of Justice? Jeff Sessions: Well, no, and I used that word in the ninety-thousand-foot level of a little concern I have that we as a nation, I believe, are reaching a level in which truth is not sufficiently respected, that the very ideal, the idea, of truth is not believed to be real, and that all of life is just a matter of your perspective and my perspective, which I think is contrary to the American heritage. So that’s just a kind of a criticism of mine, but we are not a theocracy, nobody should be required to believe anything. I share Thomas Jefferson’s words on the Memorial over here—I swear eternal hostility over any domination of the mind of man—and I think we should respect people’s views and not demand any kind of religious test for holding office. Whitehouse: And a secular person has just as good a claim to understanding the truth as a person who is religious, correct? Sessions: Well, I’m not sure. In what method? Is it less objectively committed to— Whitehouse: In the methods that an attorney would bring to bear a case. Sessions: Well, let me just say we’re going to treat anybody with different views fairly and objectively. 59:04 Senator Chris Coons: We worked together to restore funding to the federal public defender service when it was cut by sequestration, and I think that’s because we both agreed that outcomes are more fair when there’s effective representation on both sides. One of the amendments I offered to that immigration bill would have provided counsel to children who were applying for refugee status because they were fleeing violence in their home countries, in U.S. immigration proceedings. Is that something you would support? Jeff Sessions: Senator Coons, as I understand it, that is the law, that you cannot provide lawyers to illegal entrants into the country, and I don’t believe it makes a distinguished—it distinguishes between minors and adults, but I may be wrong about that. I presume that’s why you’ve offered legislation to that effect to change established law, but in general I do not believe we can afford nor should we undertake to provide free lawyers for everybody that enters the country unlawfully. I think that would be a massive undertaking. So you’re talking about children specifically, I understand that. Coons: Specifically doesn’t matter... Sessions: And I think that’s a matter that Congress would need to decide what to do about. 1:02:25 Jeff Sessions: I would not favor a registry of Muslims in the United States—no, I would not—and I think we should avoid surveillance of religious institutions unless there’s a basis to believe that a dangerous or threatening illegal activity could be carried on there. 1:28:03 Senator Lindsey Graham: Let’s talk about the law of war. I think you were asked by Senator Feinstein about the indefinite detention. Hamdi v. Rumsfeld—this is Sandra Day O’Connor’s quote: There is no bar to this nation’s holding one of its own citizens as an enemy combatant—that case involved a U.S. citizen that was captured in Afghanistan and was held as an enemy combatant. Are you familiar with that case? Jeff Sessions: Generally, yes. Not as familiar as you, but I know you’ve studied at great depth. Graham: Well, this has been a military law. This is sort of part of what I did. Do your constitutional rights as a U.S. citizen stop at the nation’s shores, or do they follow you wherever you go? Sessions: Well, you have certain rights wherever you go. Graham: So if you go to Paris, you don’t give up your Fourth Amendment right against illegal search and seizure. Could the FBI break into your hotel room in Paris and, basically, search your room without a warrant? Sessions:I don’t believe— Graham :No, they can’t. Your constitutional rights attach to you. So, to the people who say, well, he was in Afghanistan—that doesn’t matter. What the court is telling us, no American citizen has a constitutional right to join the enemy at a time of war. In Ray Quirin—that case involved German saboteurs who landed in Long Island. Are you familiar with this? Sessions: I’m very familiar with that case. I have read it. Graham: They were German saboteurs and had American-citizen contacts in the United States. They were all seized by the FBI and tried by the military. So, what I would tell Senator Feinstein and my other colleagues—the law is well settled here, that a United States citizen in other wars have been held as enemy combatants when the evidence suggests they collaborated with the enemy. Under the current law, if you’re suspected of being an enemy combatant, within a certain period of time—sixty days, I think—the government has to present you to a federal judge and prove by preponderance of the evidence that you’re a member of the organization they claim you to be a member of. Are you familiar with that—your habeas rights? Sessions: Correct, yes. Graham: So, as to how long an enemy combatant can be held, traditionally under the law of war, people are taken off the battlefield until the war is over or they’re no longer a danger. Does that make sense to you? Sessions: It does make sense, and that is my understanding of the traditional law of war. Graham: And the law of war is designed to, like, win the war. The laws around the law of war are designed to deal with conflicts and to take people off the battlefield—you can kill or capture them—and there’s no requirement like domestic criminal law, at a certain point in time they have to be presented for trial, because the goal of the law of war is to protect the nation and make sure you win the war. So when you capture somebody who’s been adjudicated a member of the enemy force, there is no concept in military law or the law of war that you have to release them in an arbitrary date because that would make no sense. So, all I’m saying is that I think you’re on solid ground and this idea of an American citizen being an enemy combatant is part of the history of the law of war, and I am very willing to work with my colleagues and make sure that indefinite detention is reasonably applied and that we can find due process rights that don’t exist in traditional law of war because this is a war without end. When do you think this war will be over? Do you think we’ll know when it’s over? Sessions: I’ve asked a number of witnesses in armed services about that, and it’s pretty clear we’re talking about decades before we have a complete alteration of this spasm in the Middle East that just seems to have legs and will continue for some time. That’s most likely what would happen. Graham: You’re about to embark on a very important job at an important time, and here’s what my suggestion would be: that we work with the Congress to come up with a legal regime that recognizes that gathering intelligence is the most important activity against radical Islam. The goal is to find out what they know. Do you agree with that? Sessions: That is a critical goal. Graham:And I have found that under military law and military intelligence gathering, no manual I’ve ever read suggested that reading Miranda rights is the best way to gather information. As a matter of fact, I’ve been involved in this business for 33 years, and if a commander came to me as a J.A.G. and said, we just captured somebody on the battlefield—you name the battlefield—they want their rights read to them, I would tell them they’re not entitled to Miranda rights. They’re entitled to Geneva Convention treatment, they’re entitled to humane treatment, they’re entitled to all the things that go with the Geneva Convention because the court has ruled that enemy combatants are subject to Geneva Convention protections. So, I just want to let you know, from my point of view, that we’re at war; I’m encouraged to hear that the new attorney general recognizes the difference between fighting a crime and fighting a war and that the next time we capture bin Laden’s son-in-law—if he’s got any more—I hope we don’t read him his Miranda rights in two weeks. I hope we keep him, humanely, as long as necessary to interrogate him to find out what the enemy may be up to. Does that make sense to you? Sessions:Well, it does. We didn’t give Miranda warnings to German and Japanese prisoners we captured, and it’s never been part of the—so they’re being detained and they’re subject to being interrogated properly and lawfully any time, any day, and they’re not entitled to a lawyer, and so forth. Graham: Right. And Miranda didn’t exist back in World War II, but it does now, but the law of the Hamdi case says this is very important, that you do not have to read an enemy combatant the Miranda rights. They do have a right to counsel in a habeas pursuit— Sessions: In a habeas corpus, you’re correct. Graham: —to see if the government got it right; you can hold them as long as it’s necessary for intelligence gathering; and you can try them in Article III course, you can try them in military commissions. As attorney general of the United States, would you accept that military commissions could be the proper venue under certain circumstances for terrorists? Sessions: Yes. Graham: Thank you. Hearing: Nomination of General John F. Kelly, USMC (Ret.) to be Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Government Affairs, January 10, 2017. Watch on C-SPAN Timestamps & Transcripts 1:37:18 Senator Kamala Harris: I’d like to ask you a few questions, starting with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also known as DACA. Hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients around the country are afraid right now for what this incoming administration might do to them and also what it might do to their unauthorized family members. In order to receive DACA, these young people submitted extensive paperwork to the federal government, including detailed information regarding themselves and their loved ones. They also had to qualify, as you know, for the program; and in qualifying, each person’s case was reviewed and determined on a case-by-case basis: the young person must have not been convicted of a felony or a significant misdemeanor or three or more misdemeanors; the young person must also not be deemed to pose a threat to national security or public safety; the young person must currently be in school, have graduated or obtained a certificate of completion from high school, have obtained a general-education development certificate, also known as GED, and/or have been honorably discharged as a veteran of the Coast Guard or armed forces of the United States. Among other things, DACA applicants must submit proof of identity, proof of time and admission in the United States, proof of relevant student school completion or military status, and biometric information. As part of the DACA application process, we conduct biometric and biographic background checks against a variety of databases maintained by DHS and other federal agencies. If a DACA applicant knowingly makes a misrepresentation or fails to disclose facts in an effort to obtain DACA, it is a felony, and the applicant will be treated as an immigration-enforcement priority to the fullest extent permitted by law and be subject to criminal prosecution and/or removal from the United States. This means, obviously, that applicants to DACA know that if they’re not giving us the whole truth about their story, they’re putting a target on their own backs. At the time, the Department of Homeland Security assure them that it would follow its long-standing practice of not using such information for law-enforcement purposes except in very limited circumstances. These young people are now worried that the information that they provided in good faith to our government may now be used to track them down and lead to their removal. So my question is, do you agree that under DACA, and those young people have relied—by hundreds of thousands of them have relied—on our representations, do you agree with that, that we would not use this information against them? General John Kelly: The entire development of immigration policy is ongoing right now in terms of the upcoming administration. I have not been involved in those discussions. If confirmed, I know I will be involved in those discussions. I think there’s a big spectrum of people who need to be dealt with in terms of deportation— Harris: I’m speaking specifically about DACA.General Kelly: —and those categories would be prioritized. I would guess—I’m not part of the process right now—I would guess that this category might not be the highest priority for removal. I promise you, Senator, that I will be involved in the discussion. 1:45:00 Senator Rand Paul: We have on the books, and we passed about five years ago, a law that says that an American citizen can be indefinitely detained—not an American citizen overseas, not someone captured in Syria on a battlefield. Someone captured in the United States and accused of terrorism—accused of terrorism—can be kept indefinitely. They could be sent to Guantanamo Bay, but they could be sent to a variety of places. It’s never been used—and this president has said he wouldn’t use it, but he signed it anyway, much to the chagrin of some of us—but it is on the books. And I guess my question to you would be, do you think we can adequately arrest people in our country who are somehow a threat to our homeland security? Do you think the Constitution could be good enough, that due process in our courts of law in our country would work? Or would you think there’re going to have to be times when we’re just going to have to detain people without trial? General John Kelly: I’m pretty committed to the Constitution. I was not aware of the law—it surprises me—but I think we have enough laws to help us out in that regard. Paul: A couple of years ago they decided they’d use license plate screeners, and, apparently, they’re very rapid and they can collect hundreds and hundreds, if not thousands, of license plates an hour. But they decided they would go to a gun show, and why this particularly concerns me is you could also conceive the people at a gun show as exercising some sort of freedom of speech or some sort of ideological belief by being at a gun show, not just wanting to buy a gun, but actually defending their Second Amendment right to buy a gun. What alarms me is that if we’re going to scan license plates at a gun show, that we might go to a pro-life rally or a pro-abortion rally, depending on who’s in charge. I don’t want the government scanning people’s license plates. I don’t want them covering and getting all of our data just so we can possibly be safe some day from something. I want the individual to be protected, but I’m not against Homeland Security going after individuals and digging as deep as you want with the proper process. So what I would ask you is your opinion on how do we defend the country? Can we do it with the traditions of looking at individuals for whom we have suspicion, or are we going to have to collect all of this data and give up our privacy in the process? General Kelly: Senator, I would go with the traditional route. The scanning of the license plates, I mean, may be a reason—I can’t think of one right now. I’m not for the mass collection of data on people. I’d go the other way. Paul: And this is an amazing amount of information we can look at. If you had all the information of everyone’s Visa purchases in the country, there’s no end. But realize that this is a big part of what your job is, is people are going to be coming to you saying, protect us; we want to be safe, but at the same time, what are we willing to give up? Can we keep what we actually believe and what we are as a people, the freedom that you are committed to as a soldier? And I hope you’ll keep that in mind. General Kelly: Sir. Paul: Thank you. 2:15:08 General John Kelly: My law-enforcement friends tell me that in the case of drugs that come in—frankly, I’m not arguing for legalization for marijuana here; I’m just saying that the only drugs I’ve really ever concerned myself with at SouthCom were the three hard drugs. All the marijuana flow that we saw was coming from some of the Caribbean islands, south. So I’d just focus on the hard drugs. Hearing: Is the Department of Justice Adequately Protecting the Public from the Impact of State Recreational Marijuana Legalization?, Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, April 05, 2016. 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On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker is joined by Juan Jose Gutierrez, the director of the Full Rights for Immigrants Coalition, to discuss Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security. Trump has selected retired General John Kelly, a role that would have him oversee the building of Trump’s proposed wall on the Mexico border. What does his selection mean for the struggle for immigrants’ rights? Trump looked to score a public relations victory this week when he took credit for persuading the Carrier corporation not to outsource 1,100 jobs. Chuck Jones, the President of United Steelworkers 1999 who represents workers at the plant, says this isn’t exactly true. The fightback against neoliberalism continues in Brazil as the country’s Supreme Court blocks the suspension of the President of the Senate who was accused of embezzlement. Brazilian-British journalist and activist Victor Fraga joins Becker to talk about the latest.