Podcasts about is isis

Is ISIS a threat to the border? Joe makes the case that this is on President Biden's shoulders entirely. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wisdomofcrowds.liveAfter nearly a month of being consumed by the Israel-Hamas war, and take a step back to evaluate the prospects of an end to the violence, while still probing their own priors.Damir argues that “moral clarity” is often anything but clarifying, but concedes that “realism” can be self-defeating, because people can't help but think in both emotional and moral terms during a conflict like this. Meanwhile, Shadi opens up about his inner struggles reconciling his sympathy for the plight of Palestinians and his role as an analyst called on to come up with meaningful solutions to intractable problems.The conversation turns to rifts opening up at home. Support for President Biden among Arab Americans has plummeted, and a generational divide is also becoming apparent. But has youth activism on the Palestinian question actually succeeded in shifting U.S. policy and attitudes towards the conflict more broadly?In the full episode (for paying subscribers only) Shadi and Damir discuss their experiences in Israel. As early as 2019 (when both of them last visited), even the left-wingers in Israel sounded pretty right-wing. What will this war mean for the future of Israeli politics? Are Israeli and American interests aligned in any meaningful sense? And is “democracy vs. autocracy” really the best framework for thinking about the world?Required Reading: * “Ceasefire, Plans and Activism” by Shadi Hamid (Wisdom of Crowds).* “Hamas' Bid for Revolutionary Legitimacy” by Damir Marusic (Wisdom of Crowds).* “Is ISIS rational?” by Shadi Hamid (The Atlantic).* Our previous podcast episode, “The End of the World As We Know It”, with Robert Nicholson.* “Israel's two wars” by Matt Yglesias (Slow Boring).* “Dick Durbin first U.S. senator to call for Gaza ceasefire, tied to Hamas' release of hostages” (CBS News).* Zack Beauchamp's tweet about Hamas spokesman's crappy propaganda.* American attitudes on support for Israel (Matt Yglesias on Twitter).* Americans blaming Hamas for Palestinian casualties (Aaron Astor on Twitter).* Quinnipiac poll of registered voters on sending weapons to Israel.* Data For Progress poll on likely voters support for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.* Zogby-Arab American Institute poll, including declining favorability of Biden among Arab Americans.Wisdom of Crowds is a platform challenging premises and understanding first principles on politics and culture. Join us!

Comedians Alex Ptak and Jeremy Kaplowitz explore the mysterious land of Quora.com to answer life's questions. This week's questions include: I'm a newly married. What do I do? Is ISIS still around? Who is the loneliest person in the world?

On its face, nothing seems more benign and positive than “wildlife conservation.” But the Wildlife Conservation Society and the German and US governments have now been implicated in supporting organized violence against Congolese villagers, using mortars, RPGs, indisciminate fire, murder and rape. This is the finding of award-winning investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker Robert Flummerfelt. Flummerfelt and his team uncovered a three-year campaign of violence by park authorities to expel Batwa people from their lands, using funding and trained by the West and conservation groups. Investigators were targeted for murder after their report came out. He joined Dispatches with Rania Khalek to discuss his investigation, the history of Western violence in the Congo and the racist settler roots of some of the biggest players in the conservation movement. Read the investigation here: https://minorityrights.org/publications/pnkb/ TIME CODES0:00 Intro1:55 What Robert uncovered in the Congo9:35 Western-funded extermination 14:14 Wildlife Conservation Society 19:41 Racist settler roots of the conservation movement27:14 Militarization of conservation 38:59 Germany's role42:34 NGOs behaving like settler/occupiers51:24 History of Western imperialism in the Congo1:02:11 Rwanda and Uganda collaborate with Western imperialism in the Congo1:07:23 UN mission in the Congo: Helpful or harmful?1:19:40 Is ISIS really in the Congo?

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In this episode, I joined @MythVisionPodcast on his channel to take calls from Muslim callers. This was a very lively and respectful discussion and we explored different topics. Some of the topics include Free will VS determinism, Pagan and Christian influences on Islam, as well as the topic of Apostasy and apostasy laws. On the topic of Apostasy, we explored the origins of the law, the various hadith, and interpretations from respected scholars. We also took calls from two Muslims who approach this topic differently but both reach the conclusion that apostasy laws are not fundamentally a part of Islam. Also, we discussed the story of Jesus's crucifixion both from a Christian and Islamic perspective. @MythVisionPodcast and I then took a call from Miran who wanted to discuss the problem of not having a single authority in Sunni Islam when it comes to issues of Islamic fiqh, hadith authentication, and scholarly advice. The conversation then, later on, moved to the topic of historical Muhammad and the story of Aisha. I hope you will enjoy this episode. YouTube version of this podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcPSLHTgpBM Timestamps: 0:00 Introductions 6:22 Islamic apologetic's reliance on the free will argument. Surah 10. 17:37 The Perfect Dawah - There is no predestination in Islam. Is Isis the true interpretation of Islam? 29:28 Comments from the live chat  30:34 Victor - Shoutout 31:27 Cush - Crucifixion of Jesus 35:15 Abdullah Sameer's take on the crucifixion of Jesus according to Islamic teachings. 38:46 The Pagan influences in Islam 40:27 Crucifixion of Jews by the Romans 20 years before Jesus. 41:41 Whysthetruth -  43:41 Pagan influences in Islam  47:40 Superchat 48:05 Apostate Prophet - Sheik Yabooty  57:55 How do Muslims know there was an uncorrupted holy book? 1:00:16 Advice for Muslims who want to leave Islam but are married to Muslims. 1:02:14 The influences of Pre-Islamic Arabia on Islam. 1:03:16 Rashid - Compliments for Abdullah 1:04:50 Nader - The Quran's position on Apostasy. Surah 4: 137  1:25:23 Superchats - How is it possible that Pharoh was able to speak perfect Words 1:27:10 Muhammad was a dictator who wanted total submission. 1:31:10 Comments from the super chats 1:32:56 What is the ruling on the apostate? 1:39:55 Muhammad was a fascist political leader whose actions created a fascist political-religious ideology. 1:42:02 Rashid - Complements and introductions 1:45:17 Hadith give the impression that it is okay for apostasy. 1:48:49 Why Rashid is Muslim  1:50:16 Super chat - Other prophet claimants other than Muhammadin the 7th-century  1:52:54 Was the idea of Muhammad being the final prophet a way to prevent political uprisings after his death? 1:59:40 Muhammad might have been a Christian before Islam - Christian influences on Islam. 2:03:30 Miran - Is the lack of a single authority in Sunni Islam problematic? 2:13:23 Historical Muhammad and the story of Aisha. 2:19:50 Super chats  2:22:42 Final remarks and channel announcements.

Hour 1: Mine jam trivia 4 89% of Americans over 65 love this breakfast? Local stories nine year old gathers over 2000 jars of peanut butter to help the hungry and he's not done yet! Kamala Harris audio, Janet's five and dime Asian bowtie pasta salad, the housing market may have peaked! Hour 2: An interview with Tom Cardwell from the Free Expression Foundation,What is the PI a factor? Local stories Lynchburg police Department scam currently going on! The old rocker finishes out the hour with a phone call. Hour 3: Is Isis really gone? Marc says women should rule the world Janet disagrees! Local stories westerns, bonds and jobs that is a really messed up new segment Ellen lol Janet five and dime Asian bowtie pasta salad salad

Hour 1: Mine jam trivia 4 89% of Americans over 65 love this breakfast? Local stories nine year old gathers over 2000 jars of peanut butter to help the hungry and he's not done yet! Kamala Harris audio, Janet's five and dime Asian bowtie pasta salad, the housing market may have peaked! Hour 2: An interview with Tom Cardwell from the Free Expression Foundation,What is the PI a factor? Local stories Lynchburg police Department scam currently going on! The old rocker finishes out the hour with a phone call. Hour 3: Is Isis really gone? Marc says women should rule the world Janet disagrees! Local stories westerns, bonds and jobs that is a really messed up new segment Ellen lol Janet five and dime Asian bowtie pasta salad salad

Hour 1: Mine jam trivia 4 89% of Americans over 65 love this breakfast? Local stories nine year old gathers over 2000 jars of peanut butter to help the hungry and he's not done yet! Kamala Harris audio, Janet's five and dime Asian bowtie pasta salad, the housing market may have peaked! Hour 2: An interview with Tom Cardwell from the Free Expression Foundation,What is the PI a factor? Local stories Lynchburg police Department scam currently going on! The old rocker finishes out the hour with a phone call. Hour 3: Is Isis really gone? Marc says women should rule the world Janet disagrees! Local stories westerns, bonds and jobs that is a really messed up new segment Ellen lol Janet five and dime Asian bowtie pasta salad salad

Are Americans still trying to get out of Afghanistan in danger & Is ISIS back in play? Luis Martinez delivered some unsettling news this morning.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Since 9/11, the Western world has been preoccupied with Islam and its role in terrorism. Yet public debate about the faith is polarized—one camp praises "the religion of peace" while the other claims all Muslims are terrorists. In "Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam", Yasmine speaks out as a woman born in the Western world who was forcefully married to a high-ranking member of Al Qaeda. Despite being a first-generation Canadian, she never felt at home in the West. And even though she attended Islamic schools and wore the hijab since age nine, Yasmine never fit in with her Muslim family either. With one foot in each world, Yasmine is far enough removed from both to see them objectively, yet close enough to see them honestly. Part Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infidel, part The Handmaid's Tale, Yasmine's memoir takes readers into a world few Westerners are privy to. As a college educator for over fifteen years, Yasmine's goal is to unveil the truth. Is FGM Islamic or cultural? Is the hijab forced or a choice? Is ISIS a representation of "true" Islam or a radical corruption? And why is there so much conflicting information? Like most insular communities, the Islamic world has both an "outside voice" and an "inside voice." It's all but impossible for bystanders to get a straight answer. Without telling anyone what to believe, Unveiled navigates the rhetoric and guides truth-seekers through media narratives, political correctness, and outright lies while encouraging readers to come to their own conclusions. #SWYSI Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unveiled-Wes... --------------- SUBSCRIBE: If you are enjoying the show, please subscribe to our channel on YouTube (click the Subscribe Button underneath the video and then Click on the Bell icon next to it to make sure you Receive All Notifications) AUDIO: If you prefer Audio you can subscribe on itunes or Soundcloud. Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-923838732 itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/s... SUPPORT/DONATE: "So What You're Saying Is.." is still very new and to continue to produce quality programming we need your support. Your donations will help ensure the show not only continues but can grow into a major online platform challenging the cultural orthodoxies dominant in our institutions, public life and media. PAYPAL/ CARD PAYMENTS - ONE TIME & MONTHLY: You can donate in a variety of ways via our website: http://www.newcultureforum.org.uk/#do... It is set up to accept one time and monthly donations. ABOUT THE SHOW: So What You're Saying Is... (SWYSI) is a weekly discussion show with experts and significant figures from the political, cultural and academic worlds. The host is Peter Whittle (@PRWhittle), Founder & Director of The New Culture Forum, a Westminster-based think tank that seeks to challenge the cultural orthodoxies dominant in the media, academia, and British culture / society at large. JOIN US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Web: http://www.newcultureforum.org.uk F: https://www.facebook.com/NCultureForum/ Y: http://www.youtube.com/c/NewCultureForum T: http://www.twitter.com/NewCultureForum (@NewCultureForum)

很多網管工作的朋友，不能立刻接受IPv6網路技術的原因，我的觀察，是因為感覺到IPv6技術好複雜。我設計了這個簡易的網路架構圖，來說明，感覺不一定完全正確，IPv6其實可以遠比IPv4容易設定。在這個架構圖裡面，一共只有4套路由器，8個網段。其中路由器、路由器之間，一共只有6個網段，再加上用戶端、伺服器端各一個網段。只有這樣，就這麼簡單的拓樸。 假設給定的需求只有「連接用戶端、伺服器」，不限定第三層的協定，使用IPv4或者是IPv6。我們分別完成它們的設定，然後來做兩者之間的比較。IPv4設定連接傳統的IPv4設定的流程，我們必須先分配IPv4地址。地址決定好之後，我們再到路由器上面，設定IP地址還有路由協定。我們會發現，大部分時間，竟然是花費在IPv4地址的計算，而不是路由器的設定。下面我只列出R1的設定。hostname R1interface Loopback0 ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.255!interface Ethernet1/0 description To R2 ip address 10.0.12.1 255.255.255.0!interface Ethernet1/1 description To R3 ip address 10.0.13.1 255.255.255.0!interface Ethernet1/2 description To R4 ip address 10.0.14.1 255.255.255.0!interface Ethernet2/0 description To Client ip address 10.1.0.1 255.255.255.0!router ospf 1 network 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 1!end下面是IPv4路由表。R1>show ip route...C        10.1.0.0/24 is directly connected, Ethernet2/0L        10.1.0.1/32 is directly connected, Ethernet2/0O        10.2.0.0/24 [110/20] via 10.0.13.3, 00:01:24, Ethernet1/1...R2>show ip route...O        10.1.0.0/24 [110/20] via 10.0.12.1, 00:05:11, Ethernet1/0O        10.2.0.0/24 [110/20] via 10.0.23.3, 00:02:37, Ethernet1/1R3>show ip routeO        10.1.0.0/24 [110/20] via 10.0.13.1, 00:02:48, Ethernet1/0C        10.2.0.0/24 is directly connected, Ethernet2/0L        10.2.0.3/32 is directly connected, Ethernet2/0...R4>show ip route...O        10.1.0.0/24 [110/20] via 10.0.14.1, 00:05:59, Ethernet1/0O        10.2.0.0/24 [110/20] via 10.0.34.3, 00:03:32, Ethernet1/2R4>IPv6設定連接IPv6的設定流程，我們並不需要設定路由器、路由器之間的地址，因為，IPv6原本就會自動產生「鍊路內本地地址」(Link Local)，更棒的是，大部分的路由協定，只需要「鍊路內本地地址」，就已經可以正常工作了。下面我只列出R1的設定。hostname R1ipv6 unicast-routing!interface Loopback0 ipv6 address FDE0:0:0:1::1/64 ipv6 ospf 1 area 1!interface Ethernet1/0 description To R2 ipv6 enable ipv6 ospf 1 area 1!interface Ethernet1/1 description To R3 ipv6 enable ipv6 ospf 1 area 1!interface Ethernet1/2 description To R4 ipv6 enable ipv6 ospf 1 area 1!interface Ethernet2/0 description To Client ipv6 address FDE0:0:0:100::1/64 ipv6 ospf 1 area 1!ipv6 router ospf 1!end下面是IPv6路由表。R1>show ipv6 routeIPv6 Routing Table - default - 9 entriesCodes: C - Connected, L - Local, S - Static, U - Per-user Static route       B - BGP, R - RIP, H - NHRP, I1 - ISIS L1       I2 - ISIS L2, IA - ISIS interarea, IS - ISIS summary, D - EIGRP       EX - EIGRP external, ND - ND Default, NDp - ND Prefix, DCE - Destination       NDr - Redirect, O - OSPF Intra, OI - OSPF Inter, OE1 - OSPF ext 1       OE2 - OSPF ext 2, ON1 - OSPF NSSA ext 1, ON2 - OSPF NSSA ext 2, l - LISP...C   FDE0:0:0:100::/64 [0/0]     via Ethernet2/0, directly connectedL   FDE0:0:0:100::1/128 [0/0]     via Ethernet2/0, receiveO   FDE0:0:0:200::/64 [110/20]     via FE80::C803:72FF:FE33:1C, Ethernet1/1...R1>R2>show ipv6 route...O   FDE0:0:0:100::/64 [110/20]     via FE80::C801:78FF:FE7F:1C, Ethernet1/0O   FDE0:0:0:200::/64 [110/20]     via FE80::C803:72FF:FE33:1D, Ethernet1/1...R2>R3>show ipv6 route...O   FDE0:0:0:100::/64 [110/20]     via FE80::C801:78FF:FE7F:1D, Ethernet1/0C   FDE0:0:0:200::/64 [0/0]     via Ethernet2/0, directly connectedL   FDE0:0:0:200::3/128 [0/0]     via Ethernet2/0, receive...R3>R4>show ipv6 route...O   FDE0:0:0:100::/64 [110/20]     via FE80::C801:78FF:FE7F:1E, Ethernet1/0O   FDE0:0:0:200::/64 [110/20]     via FE80::C803:72FF:FE33:1E, Ethernet1/2...R4>為什麼為什麼有這麼大的差異？IPv4主要的問題，是在於沒有自動產生「鍊路內本地地址」的功能。因此，所有的路由器、路由器之間的網段，全部都需要手動檢查設定IP地址。除了手動設定這些地址之外，IPv4地址更需要手動詳細檢查，一一確認，子網段的分割、遮罩長度的定義、十進位二進位轉換計算、網段內地址是否相符…等等等。光是地址分配，再加上檢驗的步驟，將會比全部的路由器命令輸入設定，都還要更花時間。而且計算過程，讓人非常痛苦。最糟糕的是，非常、非常容易出錯。結論您管理IPv4時所遇到的痛苦，在新的IPv6世界裡面，很多都已經自動消失了。希望這個資訊，讓您更有動力，將網路協定改成IPv6。One more thing…不設定路由器、路由器之間的IPv6單播路由地址，的確也有缺點。假設我們習慣於使用 PING、TRACEROUTE工具，來確認，某路由器的指定鍊結是否正常工作，這個老習慣就不能工作了。我建議別再使用以上的老習慣。改從路由協定本身，確認鄰居的狀態的同時，也確認鍊路的工作狀態。例如OSPF鄰居、EIGRP鄰居。只要鄰居的狀態是維持住的，代表著鍊路狀態也是正常工作的。我是洪李吉。我的網站是「Cisco學習資訊分享」。我們下次見！

Kanthan Pillay is back for the first Burning Platform of 2020. Is America's approach in Iran a disaster for the Middle East at large? Is ISIS manageable without Iran's intervention? Is the DA imploding, or has it already imploded? Helen Zille seem to be at last chance saloon. Will the EFF take significant votes from the ANC in 2021? Nando's

President Trump said the Islamic State was defeated after they lost the last territory of their self-declared caliphate. But then they claimed credit for the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, and elusive ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi appeared for the first time in five years, in a video praising the attack. Is ISIS really beaten, or are they just regrouping? Jen talks to Brett McGurk, former U.S. special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, about these questions and more. Read Brett's recent op-ed in Foreign Affairs about U.S. strategy in Syria, and his piece in the Washington Post about a GI Bill for diplomacy

They are still trying to release the Robert Kraft message video, here's how it might happen. Is ISIS back? And if you ever used Ancestry .com, then you might want to have a do over after hearing this story.

The Andrea Kaye Show! Dynamite in a Dress! Trump fights back for students being bullied in college? But what about his plan for student debt? Is ISIS on the run? Should you run from or date someone who doesn't share your politics? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Watch the video version of this conversation (for patrons): https://www.patreon.com/posts/2Fhas-isis-been-24033979  In this episode, we speak to Graeme Wood, author of the award-winning book, The Way of The Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State. Graeme is a contributing editor to The Atlantic and wrote one of the magazine's most widely read and brilliant pieces of all time, What ISIS Really Wants. How did ISIS begin and what drives it? Is ISIS really Islamic? And will ISIS ever be “defeated”? We also talk about Graeme’s take on white supremacist Richard Spencer, his former high school classmate. Check it out.

People in power tell us constantly that China is a threat but... Why? In this episode, we explore the big picture reasons why China poses a threat to those in power in the United States and what our Congress is doing to combat that threat. Spoiler alert: There's a another U.S. military build-up involved. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Click here to contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Click here to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536 Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Recommended Congressional Dish Episodes CD116: TPP - The Environment Chapter CD115: TPP - Access to Medicine CD114: Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Investment Chapter CD095: Secret International Regulations (TPA & TPP) CD060: Fast Track for TPP CD053: TPP - The Leaked Chapter CD052: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Bills/Laws H.R. 5105: BUILD Act of 2018 Became law as a part of H.R. 302: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 BUILD Act text from FAA law Purposes for which support may be provided The new bank “may designate private, nonprofit organizations as eligible to receive support… to promote development of economic freedom and private sectors” and “to complement the work of the United States Agency for International Development and other donors to improve the overall business enabling environment, financing the creation and expansion of the private business sector.”  Powers of the new development bank The bank “shall have such other powers as may be necessary and incident to carrying out the functions of the Corporation” S. 2736: Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018 Sec. 101: Policy “Promotes American prosperity and economic interests by advancing economic growth and development of a rules-based Indo-Pacific economic community”  Sec 102: Diplomatic Strategy To support the “Association of Southeast Asian Nations”, “Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation”, and the “East Asia Summit” #1: Emphasize our commitment to “freedom of navigation under international law”  #7 : "Develop and grow the economy through private sector partnerships between the United States and Indo-Pacific partners" #8: “To pursue multilateral and bilateral trade agreements … and build a network of partners in the Indo-Pacific committee to free markets”  #9: To work with Indo-Pacific countries to pursue infrastructure projects and “to maintain unimpeded commerce, open sea lines or air ways, and communications”  Sec. 201: Authorization of Appropriations Authorizes $1.5 billion for each fiscal year 2019 through 2023 to be divided among the State Dept., USAID, and the Defense Dept.  Congressional Budget Office: The total authorization is almost $8.6 billion The money is allowed to be used for “foreign military financing and international military education and training programs”  The money is allowed to be used “to help partner countries strengthen their democratic systems”  The money is allowed to be used to “encourage responsible natural resource management in partner countries, which is closely associated with economic growth”  Sec. 205: United States-ASEAN Strategic Partnership Sense of Congress expressing the value of “strategic economic initiatives, such as activities under the United States-ASEAN Trade and Investment Framework Arrangement and the United States-ASEAN Connect, which demonstrate a commitment to ASEAN and the ASEAN Economic Community and build upon economic relationships in the Indo-Pacific region." Sec. 209: Commitment to Taiwan “The President should conduct regular transfers of defense articles to Taiwan”  Sec 213 Freedom of Navigation and Overflight; Promotion of International Law “It is the sense of Congress that the President should develop a diplomatic strategy that includes working with United States allies and partners to conduct joint maritime training and freedom of navigation operations in the Indo-Pacific region, including the East China Sea and the South China Sea, in support of a rules-based international system benefitting all countries.”  Sec. 215: Cybersecurity Cooperation Authorizes $100 million for each year (2019-2023) to “enhance cooperation between the United States and Indo-Pacific nations for the purposes of combatting cybersecurity threats.”  Sec. 301: Findings; Sense of Congress Free trade agreements between the United States and three nations in the Indo-Pacific region have entered into force: Australia, Singapore, and the Republic of Korea  According to the National Security Strategy, the United States will “work with partners to build a network of stated dedicated to free markets and protected from forces that would subvert their sovereignty.”  Sec. 304: Trade Capacity Building and Trade Facilitation (a) “The President is encouraged to produce a robust and comprehensive trade capacity building and trade facilitation strategy, including leveling the playing field for American companies competing in the Indo-Pacific region.”  Authorization of Appropriations:“There are authorized to be appropriated such amounts as many be necessaryto carry out subsection (a)."  Sec. 305: Intellectual Property Protection The President “should” take “all appropriate action to deter and punish commercial cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property” and orders a report on the government’s efforts to do so.  Authorization of Appropriations: “There are authorized to be appropriated to the United States Trade Representative such amounts as may be necessary  to sponsor bilateral and multilateral activities designed to build capacity in the identified priority areas” in the report  Sec. 306: Energy Programs and Initiatives Orders the President to create a strategy, updated every 5 years, to “encourage” Indo-Pacific countries to “implement national power strategies and cooperation with United States energy companies and the Department of Energy national laboratories”  Authorization of Appropriations: $1 million per year from 2019 through 2023 Sense of Congress: “the United States should explore opportunities to partner with the private sector and multilateral institutions, such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, to promote universal access to reliable electricity in the Indo-Pacific region, including Myanmar (Burma)" Sec. 409: Authorization of Appropriations $210 million each year (2019-2023) to “promote democracy” and the money can be given to “universities, civil society, and multilateral institutions that are focusing on education awareness, training, and capacity building.” This money can be spent to “promote democracy” in China.  Sec. 411: Young Leaders People-to-People Initiatives Authorizes $25 million per year (2019-2023) to support the “Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative, the ASEAN Youth Volunteers program, and other people-to-people exchange programs that focus on building the capacity of democracy, human rights, and good governance activities in the Indo-Pacific region.”  Sec. 412: Savings Program “Nothing in this Act may be construed as authorizing the use of military force.”  HR 5515: John S. McCain National Defense Authorization for Fiscal Year 2019 Sec. 1252 Amends the NDAA for 2016, which authorized the South China Sea Initiative providing military equipment and training to Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, to change the name of the program to the “Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Initiative” and expands the authorization to include the Indian Ocean in addition to the South China Sea and the countries of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Adds India to the list of countries allowed to be paid for expenses, along with Brunei, Singapore, and Taiwan. Extends the expiration date from September 30, 2020 to December 31, 2025.  Sec. 1253 Changes the name of the military build-up authorized in NDAA 2018 from the “Indo-Asia-Pacific Stability Initiative” to the “Indo-Pacific Stability Initiative”. Changes the activities authorized to include an increase in “rotational and forward presence” of the US Armed Forces and adds the prepositioning of “munitions” in addition to equipment. Expands the options for funding by removing the requirement that funding come “only” from a section 1001 transfer authority. Requires a 5 year plan be submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense by March 1, 2019.  Public Law 115-91: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 Sec 1251  Authorized the “Indo-Asia-Pacific Stability Initiative” to “increase the presence and capabilities” of the United States Armed Forces in the region by building new infrastructure, “enhance the storage and pre-positioning in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region of equipment of the United States Forces”, and with military training and exercises with allies.    Sound Clip Sources Hearing: Democracy Promotion in a Challenging World Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, June 14, 2018. Transcript Watch on YouTube Witnesses: Carl Gershman - National Endowment for Democracy: President Daniel Twining - International Republican Institute: President Kenneth Wollack - National Democratic Institute: President Timestamps & Transcripts  1:43:38 Representative Michael McCaul (TX): I had a briefing yesterday in a classified setting on ZTE and Huawei, and their efforts to conduct espionage in this country. I’ve also seen them in Sri Lanka where they have burdened them with so much debt that they had to turn over a strategic port to the Chinese. We see the Chinese now in Djibouti for the first time, and we see them leveraging the continent of Africa into so much debt that they will be able to eventually take over these countries. They exploit them. They bring in their own workers—they don’t even hire the host countries’ workers—and they export their natural resources in what is this One Belt, One Road policy. 1:45:00 Carl Gershman: In March, The Economist magazine had a cover story on China, and the bottom line of the cover story was—and this is a direct quote—‘‘The West’s 25-year bet on China has failed.’’ The bet was that if China was brought into the World Trade Organization, was encouraged to grow economically, it would become a more liberal society and be part of the liberal world order. 1:46:26 Carl Gershman: It’s a problem with the Belt and Road Initiative, which is not just an economic expansion. This is intimately tied to China’s geopolitical and military strategy precisely to get strategic ports in Sri Lanka or in Maldives because countries fall into the debt trap and pay back by leasing their ports. 1:58:05 Representative Ted Yoho (FL): They’re a form of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and, as we all know, that’s communism. Our form of government empowers the people. Empowered people reach their full potential. China empowers the government where the people are suppressed for the benefit of the government. 2:00:10 Daniel Twining: It’s the surveillance architecture. This Orwellian total surveillance state they’re building with artificial intelligence and facial recognition and all this stuff. It’s very attractive, as you say, not to people but to leaders. 2:07:52 Representative Ted Poe (TX): Globally, what do you personally see is the number-one entity that is a threat to democracy worldwide? Is it China? Is it Russia? Is it North Korea? Is it ISIS? Is it Iran? Pick one. Pick the one you think is the threat. Carl Gershman: China. Rep. Poe: China. Gershman: China. Rep. Poe: Mr. Twining. Daniel Twining: China. Rep. Poe: Mr. Wollack. Kenneth Wollack: Russia. Rep. Poe: Russia. Russia and China. Hearing: The China Challenge, Part 1: Economic Coercion as Statecraft, Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity, July 24, 2018. Witnesses: Dan Blumenthal: Director of Asian Studies and Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Ely Ratner: Vice President and Director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security Timestamps and Transcripts  33:49 Chairman Senator Cory Gardner (CO): This hearing will be the first hearing in a three-part series of hearings titled The China Challenge and will examine how the United States should respond to the challenge of a rising China that seeks to upend and supplant the U.S.-led liberal world order. 34:12 Chairman Senator Cory Gardner (CO): According to the National Security Strategy, for decades U.S. policy was rooted in the belief that support for China’s rise and for its integration into the post-war international order would liberalize China. Contrary to our hopes, China expanded its power at the expense of the sovereignty of others. According to the National Defense Strategy, the central challenge to U.S. prosperity and security is the reemergence of long-term strategic competition by what the National Security Strategy classifies as revisionist powers. It is increasingly clear that China and Russia want to shape a world consistent with their authoritarian model: gaining veto authority over other nations’ economic, diplomatic, and security decisions. 35:28 Chairman Senator Cory Gardner (CO): The question before us now is identifying the tools the United States has at its disposal to counter the disturbing developments posed by China’s less-than-peaceful rise. This is why Senator Markey and I and a bipartisan group of co-sponsors in the Senate joined in introducing the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act, or ARIA, on April 24. The legislation sets a comprehensive policy framework to demonstrate U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific region and the rules-based international order. ARIA provides a comprehensive set of national security and economic policies to advance U.S. interests and goals in the Indo-Pacific region, including providing substantive U.S. resource commitments for these goals. I’m joined in this legislation on the committee by Senator Kaine, Senator Coons, Senator Cardin, Senator Markey, by Senator Rubio, and Senator Young, as well as Senators Sullivan and Perdue and Graham. 38:12 Chairman Senator Cory Gardner (CO): Our first witness is Senator—is Dan Blumenthal—I almost gave you a demotion there, Dan—who serves as director of Asian studies and resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Mr. Blumenthal has both served in and advised the U.S. government on China issues for nearly two decades. From 2001 to 2004 he served as senior director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia at the Department of Defense. Additionally, from 2006, 2012 he served as a commissioner on the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, including holding the position of vice chair in 2007. 38:54 Chairman Senator Cory Gardner (CO): Our second witness today is Ely Ratner, who serves as the vice president and director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security. Mr. Ratner served from 2015 to 2017 as the deputy national security advisor to Vice President Joe Biden, and from 2011 to 2012 in the Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs at the State Department. He also previously worked in the U.S. Senate as a professional staff member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and in the office of Senator Joe Biden. 42:01 Dan Blumenthal: I have to state that the era of reform and opening in China is over. It’s been long over. It’s been over, probably for 10 years. And China is back to being run by state-owned enterprises that are related to the party. The private sector is diminishing. That provides the Chinese state with a lot more control over economic coercive policies. 49:27 Ely Ratner: First, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee should hold hearings on the cost and benefits of rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Rejoining TPP is among the most important things we can do to advance our economic position in Asia and erode the effectiveness of China’s economic coercion. By contrast, U.S. withdrawal has done substantial damage to our standing in the region and is facilitating the development of a Chinese sphere of influence in Asia and beyond. Rejoining TPP would renew confidence in the credibility and commitment of the United States, help to re-route supply chains in the region, open new markets for U.S. companies, and ultimately reduce China’s economic leverage. 56:28 Senator Ed Markey (MA): And through its Belt and Road Initiative, BRI, China is burdening countries receiving infrastructure loans with debts so extreme that they begin to undermine their own very sovereignty. According to a recent New York Times report, this Belt and Road Initiative amounts to a debt trap for vulnerable countries around the world, fueling corruption and autocratic behavior in struggling democracies. 59:30 Senator Cory Gardner (CO): Mr. Blumenthal, you mentioned in your opening statement, you talked about the economic opening in China being over. Could you go into a little bit more detail of what you mean by that? Dan Blumenthal: So, the period of reform and opening, which Deng Xiaoping began in 1978 and allowed for the great growth of China, the great growth of the private sector, private-sector entrepreneurs and brought so many Chinese out of poverty and benefitted the world, ended, probably 10 years ago, the Chinese we now know. The Chinese have gone back to the state sector dominating, taking out room for entrepreneurs to grow. They’ve gone back to things like price controls. They’ve gone back to things like lending on the basis of non-market, non-profitable lending but rather through patronage from the party to state-owned enterprises. They certainly haven’t moved any further than they were 10, 12 years ago on market access, things that we’ve been pressing for. They haven’t stopped subsidizing. In fact, they’ve doubled down on subsidizing their state-owned enterprises, which is probably the single biggest cause of probably the WTO stalling as much as it has. And Xi Jinping is certainly not taking China down the road of another round of market reforms—quite the contrary. He’s a statist and favoring state-owned enterprises and the subsidization of state-owned enterprises over the private sector. 1:11:42 Ely Ratner: China is going to use its economic clout to try to achieve its geopolitical aims, which include dividing American alliances and eroding the influence of the United States in the region. So I think that was a very important episode. It was very revealing. I think we can talk about trying to incorporate China into a rules-based order. I don’t think that’s where we’re going to be in the next several years. I think what we have to do is pull up our socks, get more competitive, slow down Chinese momentum in its efforts to develop this sphere of influence. That’s a much more urgent task than a long-term goal of developing a rules-based order. 1:13:44 Senator Todd Young (IN): Mr. Ratner, thanks for your testimony. As I reviewed your written statement, you seem to be making a pretty simple argument with very serious implications. In short, you seem to be saying we’re in a high-stakes competition with China, that China does not accept this rules-based international order we had hoped to welcome them into back in 2000. The legitimacy of that order and the institutions that were stood up to oversee that order are not respected by China. China, instead, respects power. And we as a nation have insufficient leverage, it seems, to be able to affect the sort of change we want with respect to intellectual-property theft, joint-licensing requirements, dumping, and so many other things. What we lack—and this is language you employed—is a comprehensive strategy. Is that a fair summary of your viewpoint, Mr. Ratner? Ely Ratner: Yes, sir. 1:21:05 Ely Ratner: When it looked like the United States was going to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership and that agreement was going to pass, the Chinese were starting to ask questions quietly at senior levels, with American officials about what they would need to do down the road to improve their practices to join that agreement, and obviously, those conversations are no longer happening today. 1:22:30 Senator Jeff Merkley (OR): Mr. Ratner, under WTO, is China allowed to offer subsidies to its businesses? Ely Ratner: Senator, I’m not a trade lawyer, so I can’t get into the weeds of WTO law, but I think the answer is no, and there’re several other dimensions in which they’re not in compliance with the agreement. Sen. Merkley: Under the WTO, China is required to do an annual report of all of its subsidies to different enterprises. Does it do that report? Ratner: I believe not, Senator. Sen. Merkley: So, when it fails to do the report, we are, under the WTO, allowed to do a report on their subsidies. I did an amendment a few years ago that said if China doesn’t produce a report, our trade representative will be directed to produce our report. And before that amendment, the ink could dry on it, our trade rep under President Obama produced a list of 200 Chinese subsidies, subsidies we’re well aware of but rarely kind of articulated. So that’s—so we certainly have an understanding of massive Chinese subsidies that are not allowed under WTO. How about to offer loans at non-market rates? Ratner: I believe not, sir. Sen. Merkley: Or to provide land for free as a form of subsidy? Ratner: I think that’s right, as well as forced technology transfer and a number of other practices. Sen. Merkley: And how about being required—for our companies to be required to locate in a particular part of China where the infrastructure is inferior to other locations? Ratner: Correct. Sen. Merkley: A couple years ago, when I was a part of a delegation to China, we were at a meeting of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in which many of these practices were highlighted, but one company in particular stood up and said, and I won’t name the exact company because they probably didn’t want it too much publicized at the time, but they said they were basically told, we have to put our manufacturing center in this far-western city, far from the port infrastructure; we are told we cannot build any size of item that is in direct competition with the Chinese items; they were told they only could build larger versions that the Chinese weren’t yet building, or they would be shut down and shut out of the country. Is that type of activity by the Chinese legal under the WTO? Ratner: No, sir. Sen. Merkley: And what about requiring American companies to do joint-venture arrangements in order to be able to locate in China? Ratner: Also, not part of the agreement. Sen. Merkley: So, and you’re familiar with how these joint-venture agreements are often used as a way to drain U.S. technology? Ratner: Yes, sir. Sen. Merkley: So, what does one say to the American citizen who says, “China is violating all of these rules, and the WTO has no mechanism by which we appear to be able to hold them accountable. Why shouldn’t we work intensely to create an ability to hold China accountable to the structure of the WTO?” Ratner: I think that was the intention of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. 1:45:22 Senator Cory Gardner (CO): In recent writings in the Wall Street Journal, quotes from President Xi, China has its own ideas about how the world should be run, and as he put it, “to lead in the reform of global governance.” Another quote, or another statement, “in at least eight African countries, as well as some in Southeast Asia, Chinese officials are training their counterparts in how to manage political stability through propaganda and how to control media and the Internet,” and that the China model provides “a new option for other countries who want to speed up their development while preserving their independence.” And finally this: China has committed to train 10,000 political elites in Latin America by 2020. All of this speaks to the need for what you have described, Mr. Ratner, what you have described, Mr. Blumenthal, is U.S. leadership and U.S. response, whether it’s the BUILD Act, whether it’s legislation that Senator Young has described, the legislation that we have co-sponsored together—the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act. This is a time for U.S. leadership, and it’s a time to stand boldly for our values that have empowered the world to be a better place, that has lifted up hundreds of millions of people around the globe up and out of poverty through a system of rules and standards that don’t favor one country over another but that give people a chance to participate in global governance and that global rise. Hearing: The China Challenge, Part 2: Security and Military Developments, Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity, Septemer 5, 2018. Witnesses: Dr. Oriana Skylar Mastro: American Enterprise Institute Abraham Denmark: Director of the Asia Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Timestamps and Transcripts  27:50 Chairman Cory Gardner (CO): Our first witness is Dr. Oriana Skylar Mastro, who is the Jeane Kirkpatrick visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute where she focuses on Chinese military and security policy in the Asia Pacific. She is also assistant professor of Security Studies at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and serves in the United States Air Force Reserve as a political-military affairs strategist at Pacific air forces. Previously, Dr. Mastro was a fellow in the Asia-Pacific security program at the Center for a New American Security. 28:25 Chairman Cory Gardner (CO): Also joined on the panel by Abraham Denmark, who is director of the Asia program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Prior to joining the Wilson Center, Mr. Denmark served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for East Asia, where he supported the secretary of defense and other U.S. senior government leaders in the formulation and implementation of national security strategies and defense policies toward the region. Mr. Denmark also previously worked as senior vice president for political and security affairs at the National Bureau of Asian Research, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and held several positions in the U.S. intelligence community. 42:40 Oriana Skylar Mastro: What China is doing is they’re exploiting gaps in the order. So, we talk about the U.S.-led international order and whether China is challenging it or not. But in reality, there’s many areas of the order that lacks certainty, or ambiguous, don’t have consensus. So I would label cybersecurity as one of these areas. And so what China does is it’s trying to build consensus or work on the periphery of the order. So, for example, when they did One Belt, One Road, and they initially moved to the central Asia, they weren’t challenging the United States, because the United States was not there. And so I would say that in addition to strengthening our relationship with traditional partners and allies, the United States needs to think more broadly about its relationships with countries around the globe. Also, in terms of the security initiative, I would recommend that we think more about demand not supply, in kind of business terms. You often, at least in my experience, you think about what the United States has to offer in terms of security assistance, and then we try to put together packages, whether it’s visits, port visits, or a rotation of a squadron or what have you, instead of looking at what those countries actually demand. And so we should move away from this model of increasing advertising and hoping that countries around the world will decide they want what we have to offer, and instead try to look at what they actually want and start supplying that. 1:05:45 Senator Ed Markey (MA): Should the United States abandon the rules-based international system, and what would the concessions be that we would try to extract in order to take such a step? Dr. Mastro. Oriana Skylar Mastro: So, sir, I don’t think we should abandon it. Instead, what I’m arguing for is an expansion of that system. I think that actually the international, is very limited. If you look at the definition, the party to that order, the amount of countries that actually might be involved in certain treaties, it’s not every country possible. For example, India has very different views on things like cybersecurity than the United States does. And so I think if we could manage to build consensus in these areas of uncertainty, we could actually shape China’s choices. And to that end, that gives the United States a lot of political power because the bottom line is one of the main differences between today and maybe 10 years ago is for the United States, the security benefits that we give to our partners, allies, in the region are no longer enough to outweigh the economic benefits that they get from interacting with China. And so we need a security-benefits-plus type of strategy in which we think also about the economic benefits, which is difficult under the current administration, given the trade policy, but also those political benefits by building new international institutions and building new norms and consensus around areas where that consensus has failed to date. 1:07:08 Chairman Cory Gardner (CO): Going back to the question I started to talk about, just the investments that China has made in South America, the investments China is making in Central America. If you look at investments in Panama, El Salvador, and at least apparently in El Salvador, as perhaps part of an agreement as it relates to the decision El Salvador made on Taiwan. Look at the sale of submarines to countries—Thailand—do we see that as continued opportunity for China’s military expansion? Will we see military basing affecting U.S. operations in Thailand? Will we see, perhaps, an opportunity for military entrance into Central America, into South America, China, basing, even, perhaps? Mr. Denmark. Abraham Denmark: Well, I think there’s a lot that remains to be seen. I don’t think there’s a definitive yes or no answer to that question, but I do expect that Djibouti be the first overseas base that China has established. I fully expect that that will not be the last. Where additional facilities may pop up remains to be seen. I personally would expect more facilities to be established along the trade routes from the Western Pacific, through the Indian Ocean, into the Middle East. I would expect to see more there than before I’d expect to see them in Latin America, primarily because of China’s economic interests, but it remains to be seen. 1:20:00 Senator Ed Markey (MA): In September of 2013, China began a concerted effort to build artificial islands in the South China Sea by crushing coral reefs into sand. It built land features where none previously existed. On top of that, China expanded small outposts into military bases capable of conducting operations. Admiral Philip Davidson, the commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, stated this year that China’s militarization of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea means “China is now capable of controlling the South China Sea in all scenarios, short of a war with the United States.” Ms. Mastro, what considerations or challenges do these bases pose for other claimants and the United States in peacetime, in the gray zone, or in conflict? In other words, what are the implications of China’s military bases in the South China Sea? Oriana Skylar Mastro: So, militarily, sir, they expand the range of Chinese capabilities. And so I think I made the point previously that it’s difficult for us to conceive of fighting a war with China using our bases in Korea and Japan, and that’s primarily because of the range of conventional precision-guided munitions that China has that can reach those bases and render them inoperable. In the South China Sea, which is about the size of the United States, China’s power-projection capabilities historically have been quite limited. And in the report, for example, one thing that was highlighted was the H-6K, when it has ______(01:37), now China can extend its range to 3,300 kilometers. But if you actually have bases there, coupled with carriers, then China’s able to sustain combat sorties, for example, for longer periods of time and at farther ranges than it was before. And this is what allows it to be able to control, as the quote suggested, large areas of the South China Sea, the air, and the sea. I would just mention on the gray-zone side, that China can engage in gray-zone activities only because the United States allows it to. There’s nothing that, as far as I understand it, there’s nothing that tells us that, for example, if China says, “Well, this is a Coast Guard,” that we can’t respond with the use of the U.S. Navy. We are too concerned about escalation, and China knows this. They don’t believe in miscalculation and in inadvertent escalation, and so they use this to their advantage. And we should start being very clear about what our redlines are and, obviously, being then able to follow through with that. 1:42:30 Senator Ed Markey (MA): I just have one final area of questioning, if I may, and that just goes back to the Belt and Road Initiative which has resulted in a very generous policy by China of loaning money to countries, which they then can’t pay back, which then results in China being able to extract huge long-term concessions from those countries. Sri Lanka, just a perfect example where they’ve now had to give up a 99-year lease to the Chinese company, which is partially owned by the Chinese government, 15,000 acres of land. And now it appears there are more countries that are deciding to reconsider how far in debt they want their countries or companies to be to a Chinese entity. But at the same time, President Xi, just in the last few days has announced a new $60 billion program—grants, loans—around the world, on top of the $60 billion program that they’ve had in the past that now has these consequences. So, what are the implications for the United States, for global security, of these Chinese strategies in country after country to gain access, or control over, ports in countries? And what would you recommend to the United States that we do to try to make sure that we minimize the ability of this Belt and Road program to build economic and security relationships with companies in a way almost giving them offers they can’t refuse so they become deeper indebted and more entangled into Chinese foreign policy objectives? 1:48:09 Abraham Denmark: The initiative announced several weeks ago by Secretary of State Pompeo in this vein to enhance U.S. engagement, economic engagement, in these areas I thought was a good indication of seeing the problem and trying to address it, not trying to copy the Chinese system, but playing to American strengths of the free market and American corporations. Hearing: The China Challenge, Part 3: Democracy, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law, Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity, December 4, 2018. Watch on C-SPAN Witnesses: Laura Stone: Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the US Department of State Scott Busby: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Rights and Labor at the US Department of State Gloria Steele: Acting Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia at USAID Timestamps and Transcripts  01:23:05 Senator Ed Markey (MA): Around the world, all countries, including the United States, rely on the rules-based international order to underpin security and prosperity to help provide a level playing field, to provide the maximum opportunity for the greatest number of people, and to defend and protect certain fundamental rights. So it is of the utmost importance that we do everything in our power to ensure that this system remains. 01:30:00 Senator Cory Gardner (CO): Our first witness is Scott Busby, who serves as deputy assistant secretary of state at the Bureau of the Human Right, Democracy, and Labor. Previously, he served as director for human rights on the National Security Council in the White House from 2009 to 2011, where he managed a wide range of human rights and refugee issues. 01:36:20 Scott Busby: My bureau, DRL, is implementing $10 million of FY 2018 economic support funds to support human rights in China, just as we have done for the past several years. Nevertheless, such programs are increasingly challenged by the difficult operating environment in China, including the new and highly restrictive foreign NGO management law. 1:59:58 Senator Marco Rubio (FL): And then you see sort of what the global reaction has been to it, and there’s reason to be concerned that this post-World War II, pro-democracy, pro-human rights, global norms are being eroded and reshaped and that China is using its geopolitical heft and its economic power to push it in that direction. Meeting: Press availability at the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting and related meetings, August 4, 2018. Speaker: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Timestamps and Transcripts  1:15 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: "Throughout my ASEAN-centered engagements these past days I’ve conveyed President Trump’s commitment to this vital part of the world that continues to grow in importance. Security has been a major focus of our conversations. As part of our commitment to advancing regional security in the Indo-Pacific, the United States is excited to announce nearly $300 million in new funding to reinforce security cooperation throughout the entire region.” 4:50 - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: "As I said earlier this week, the United States practices partnership economics; we seek partnership, not dominance. Earlier this week at the Indo-Pacific Business Forum hosted by the United States Chamber of Commerce, I outlined the Trump administration’s economic strategy for advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific, and I talked about why U.S. businesses’ engagement in the region is crucial to our mission of promoting peace, stability, and prosperity. There is no better force for prosperity in the world than American businesses. When nations partner with American firms, they can have confidence they are working with the most scrupulous, well-run, and transparent companies in the world. As a down payment on a new era in American economic commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific, I announced at the forum $113 million in new U.S. Government resources to support foundational areas of the future: the digital economy, energy, and infrastructure. In addition, the Trump administration is working with Congress to encourage the passage of the BUILD Act. It recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives and now before the United States Senate. Under this bill, the government’s development finance capacity would more than double to $60 billion to support U.S. private investment in strategic opportunities abroad." Meeting: Beyond NAFTA and GATT, National Association Southern Center, April 20, 1994. Speaker: Arthur Dunkel - Director of the UN Wrote the “Dunkel Draft” in 1991, a 500 page general outline of what became the WTO 3 years later - it’s basically the WTO’s Constitution “Retired” from GATT in 1993, became a “trade consultant”, and served on the board of Nestle Is a registered WTO dispute panelist Transcript  Arthur Dunkel: If I look back at the last 25 years, what did we have? We had two worlds: The so-called Market Economy world and the sadly planned world; the sadly planned world disappeared. One of the main challenges of the Uruguay round has been to create a world wide system. I think we have to think of that. 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  The National Endowment for Democracy is a private foundation - that receives millions of our tax dollars - that pays groups to work to change the governments of other countries. In this episode, hear highlights from a hearing during which the president of this creepy organization and the presidents of two organizations that it funds - which are controlled entirely by members of the Republican and Democratic parties - will give you some insight into what kind of work they are doing manipulating information and interfering in elections in other countries around the world. 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Full Hearing Transcript Watch on YouTube Witnesses: Carl Gershman: National Endowment for Democracy: President Daniel Twining: International Republican Institute: President Kenneth Wollack: National Democratic Institute: President Timestamps & Transcripts 15:35 Representative Edward Royce (CA): At home, we must maintain the decades-old bipartisan consensus that democracy is a core element of U.S. foreign policy. That is why it’s important to have the National Endowment for Democracy, the International Republican Institute, and the National Democratic Institute here today, and that’s why it’s important that Congress continues to adequately fund these institutions.   24:30 Representative Edward Royce (CA): I’m pleased to welcome our distinguished guests here on the panel, including Mr. Carl Gershman, who has served as president of the National Endowment for Democracy since its founding in 1984. He’s a long-time friend of this committee. He’s respected worldwide for his work, especially in his efforts to help peaceably end the Cold War and transition countries from behind the Iron Curtain to democracy, and he’s done this through nongovernmental action. Before his time at NED, he was the senior counselor to the United States representative to the United Nations, where he worked on international human rights issues.   25:21 Representative Edward Royce (CA): Mr. Daniel Twining is the president of the International Republican Institute, and previously he served as the counselor and director of the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He also worked here in Congress. He worked here as a foreign policy advisor to Senator John McCain.   25:45 Representative Edward Royce (CA): And we have Mr. Kenneth Wollack. He is president of the National Democratic Institute, and he has co-edited the Middle East Policy Survey and written regularly on foreign affairs for the Los Angeles Times.   27:26 Carl Gershman: I’d call your attention, for example, to some recent events, among them the remarkable democratic transition in Gambia; the fall of the corrupt Zuma government in South Africa; the stunning victory of democracy in Malaysia, and the freeing of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim; the equally stunning triumph of democracy in Armenia; and the successful local elections in Tunisia that are, in my view, a decisive step forward in the Arab world’s first democracy. These are just a few of the examples that I could give of recent democratic advances. There is Slovakia, interesting developments in Ethiopia. Even in a country like Uzbekistan, we can see some glimmerings of some opening.   31:07 Carl Gershman: Other examples include the support that NED has given in Ukraine to the Anti-Corruption Action Center that has tirelessly led the campaign for the establishment of an independent anti-corruption court. And I’m pleased to report that just last week the Ukrainian parliament at long last approved legislation to create such a court.   37:25 Daniel Twining: In Europe, the Kremlin is deploying a sophisticated information-warfare campaign to undermine democratic institutions, erode citizen trust in democracy, and wedge apart the transatlantic alliance. This form of warfare is particularly insidious—this political warfare—because it uses core features of democracy against us—exploiting our free media, manipulating false information, undermining confidence in electoral systems. IRI’s Beacon Project is engaged in a big line of work to leverage our relationships for European political parties and civil-societies groups to track Russian misinformation, including in many local languages, and then to coordinate political responses to that.   31:46 Carl Gershman: The last example is the nonpartisan training conducted by four NGOs in Tunisia of new candidates who participated in last month’s local elections. Of the 235 individuals who were trained, 112 won seats, and 25 were at the heads of their electoral lists.   41:46 Kenneth Wollack: Authoritarian regimes are using digital tools to advance their interests, including electoral espionage and the dissemination of disinformation, to skew electoral outcomes, disrupt democratic discourse, discredit democratic institutions, and fuel ethnic and social divisions. NDI has responded by providing cybersecurity support; assisting efforts of civic, media, and political groups to detect, expose, and combat this information; and conducting new types of public-opinion research to identify populations that are most susceptible to Russian disinformation and develop messages that can build resilience. In cooperation with IRI and NED, NDI is helping to launch a new effort with democracy groups, civil-society organizations, civic-tech partners, political parties, and a global network of four million citizen election monitors to interact more regularly with the technology companies.   44:23 Kenneth Wollack: Ukrainians can point to concrete achievements in recent years. These include the emergence of new political parties that have national reach and are focused on citizens they represent rather than on oligarchs who would finance them. Brought together by NDI in partnership with the European Parliament, party factions in the Rada are overcoming deep fragmentation to agree on procedures that will make it easier to build consensus around reforms. In NDI programs alone, more than 45,000 citizens have engaged directly in the national reform process and reaching more than 1.3 million citizens through the media.   45:05 Kenneth Wollack: Another story of democratic resilience is unfolding in Syria. In northern Syria, citizen groups are prioritizing community needs, and local administrative councils are responding by providing critical services. Fifty NDI governance advisors are working each day in 34 locations to advise citizen groups and administrative councils, and bringing them together to solve problems.   49:19 Carl Gershman: But you’ve got to build a defense against it, and a lot of the groups that we helped stop fake news Ukraine and other groups like that are being able to identify fake information. We have a dialogue—a very ongoing dialogue—with the Internet companies to take down a lot of incitement, a lot of fake news. We’re connecting our grantees with the Internet companies. We have groups like Bellingcat, which is an investigative journalist group. They use open-source information. But they’ve identified the Russian general who provided the missile that shot down the Malaysian airliner.   51:30 Kenneth Wollack: But this a daily fight on the ground. Representative Edward Royce (CA): A social media fight? Wollack: Yes. To give you one example, the Democratic Party of Serbia, two weeks before the local elections, the Russians—presumably the Russians—had hacked their Facebook page, put horrible content on it. The hackers then contacted Facebook, told them to look at the site. Facebook immediately took down the Facebook page. Now, the party didn’t know who to contact. They had no contact with Facebook. They were able to contact us. Our office in Silicon Valley managed to reach the Facebook executives. They immediately took it down.   54:04 Representative Eliot Engel (NY): The budget proposal for fiscal year 2019 requested a $67 million for NED, which is a 60 percent cut from the amount which is $170 million that Congress has appropriated yearly since FY ’16.   54:59 Carl Gershman: I mean, there are, obviously, two fundamental problems with the OMB budget request for fiscal 2019: the amount and separating us from the four institutes. And both of these are devastating. I don’t even want to get into now what we would have to cut. They’re devastating—utterly devastating. It would virtually kill the whole program.   58:22 Daniel Twining: But in Malaysia, IRI’s been working with the opposition there since 2002. Malaysia was essentially a one-party majoritarian state. The ruling party had ruled since 1957. It had gerrymandered all the districts, given itself every advantage. But in this last election a month ago, the opposition won for the first time in 60-something years, and that was an example of playing the long game, right? We, the United States, supported a democratic opposition that is now in charge of this very strategic country right there on the front lines of the South China Sea, right there on the front lines of the Islamic world’s intersection with the rest of Asia, and that’s good for America.   1:09:12 Representative Gregory Meeks (NY): And Mr. Gershman, I’m a former board member at NED, so I’ve seen firsthand the work that you and your dedication and the bipartisan board of NED collectively working together to try to make sure that we have a better world for all of us.   1:12:20 Kenneth Wollack: Our engagement is not to spread falsehoods. It’s not to create fake news. It’s not to try to disrupt the process. It’s not to try to spur conflict in countries. What we’re trying to do is promote the principles, values, processes, and institutions that are enshrined in an intergovernmental organization. And our work is to try to help people engage in the political process.   1:16:34 Representative Dana Rohrabacher (CA):... did we or did we not involve ourselves heavily to undermine the democratically elected government of Yanukovych in Ukraine? And what did it bring us? It brought us turmoil and conflict—that if we’d have waited and let that government be elected, because of its flaws unelected, we would not be in this situation today where the world is more likely to go into conflict because of that. I don’t believe the Russians would’ve invaded Ukraine had we not arrogantly involved ourselves to overthrow that democratically elected government in Ukraine.   1:18:39 Representative Dana Rohrabacher (CA): So, I’ve had my say. I know I’m making everybody mad at me, but I had to say it.   1:25:59 Representative Brad Sherman (CA): And I want to turn our attention to Yerevan and Armenia. NED has allocated $1.3 million last year. Now we’ve seen a real move toward democracy. Are you going to do more, given the fluid situation there? Carl Gershman: Thank you very much for that question, Mr. Sherman. Yes. The answer is yes. Our board, which meets later this week, is making Armenia what we call a country eligible for contingency funds, which are funds set aside for new situations and, obviously, what’s happened in Armenia is very, very new. And we—I think there are several priorities that have to be addressed. There are going to be quick elections that have been called in Armenia, and those elections have to have integrity to them to give legitimacy to the current Pashinyan government. There is a parliament that oversees this, and government officials are really new to the governing game. The system has been controlled by a centralized authority for a number of years and so a lot of training is going to have to be necessary for some of the new government officials. And then, finally, there’s going to be a big information war, the kind of issue raised by Congressman Royce, and it is very essential in this period—and this is what the groups that we help are doing—is to get people reliable and independent information so they don’t make the judgments based upon the disinformation that is going to be promoted by the forces that have just been removed from power.   1:49:40 Representative Karen Bass (CA): Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I want to welcome my colleagues from NED and IRI and NDI. And I’m a member of the NED board, for my colleagues that are here on the committee, and I have to say the work that NED does around the world is really tremendous.   2:07:52 Representative Ted Poe (TX): Globally, what do you personally see is the number-one entity that is a threat to democracy worldwide? Is it China? Is it Russia? Is it North Korea? Is it ISIS? Is it Iran? Pick one. Pick the one you think is the threat. Carl Gershman: China. Rep. Poe: China. Gershman: China. Rep. Poe: Mr. Twining. Daniel Twining: China. Rep. Poe: Mr. Wollack. Kenneth Wollack: Russia. Rep. Poe: Russia. Russia and China.   2:35:00 Carl Gershman And I think it should not be forgotten: NED was created as an independent institution so that even when you have problems, whatever the problems are with the executive branch, our work continues consistently. And I think that was a brilliant idea, and it’s in the National Endowment for Democracy Act adopted by the Congress by Dante Fascell in 1983, and I think it was brilliant to give the NED that kind of independence so that we can go forward, regardless of what the policies of the executive branch are at any particular time.   2:47:46 Carl Gershman: I take pride in the fact that when we make grants to groups abroad, I take pride that it’s with American taxpayer money. We try to protect that money. We try to make sure that every single dollar is spent well. But I take pride in the fact that that’s a demonstration of the support coming from the American people. Sound Clip Sources News Interview: The Rules-Based International Order Created by the U.S. is Being Torn Apart by the U.S., CNN, June 10, 2018. 2:30 Sen. Diane Feinstein I mean we have helped support this whole Democratic Atlantic community and more or less forged it into a single entity. And I’ve been very proud of that as an American. Speech: Madeleine K. Albright Gives Keynote Remarks at 2018 Albright Luncheon, National Democratic Institute, YouTube, May 10, 2018. 10:50 Madeline Albright We are employing every tool at our disposal from the use of focus groups to the collection of more accurate data, to connections made through social media, to the design of election observer missions, to the drafting of model laws, to partnerships with regional bodies and the United Nations, to the mobilization of public opinion from around the equator and from pole to pole. Discussion: Foreign Affairs Issue Launch with Former Vice President Joe Biden, Council on Foreign Affairs, January 23, 2018. Speakers: Joe Biden Richard Haass - President of the Council on Foreign Relations Joe Biden: I’ll give you one concrete example. I was—not I, but it just happened to be that was the assignment I got. I got all the good ones. And so I got Ukraine. And I remember going over, convincing our team, our leaders to—convincing that we should be providing for loan guarantees. And I went over, I guess, the 12th, 13th time to Kiev. And I was supposed to announce that there was another billion-dollar loan guarantee. And I had gotten a commitment from Poroshenko and from Yatsenyuk that they would take action against the state prosecutor. And they didn’t. So they said they had—they were walking out to a press conference. I said, nah, I’m not going to—or, we’re not going to give you the billion dollars. They said, you have no authority. You’re not the president. The president said—I said, call him. (Laughter.) I said, I’m telling you, you’re not getting the billion dollars. I said, you’re not getting the billion. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money. Well, son of a bitch. (Laughter.) He got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time. Hearing: Facebook, Google and Twitter Executives on Russian Election Interference, House Select Intelligence Committee, C-SPAN, November 1, 2017. Witnesses: Kent Walker Google Senior Vice President & General Counsel Colin Stretch Facebook Vice President & General Counsel Sean Edgett Twitter Acting General Counsel 59:39 Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL): I submit to you that your efforts have to be more than just about finding malicious and deceptive activity, that you have a responsibility—all of you have a responsibility—to make sure that we are not adding to the problem by not being as rigorous and as aggressive as we can in terms of vetting the content and in terms of making sure that we are being really dynamic in doing that.   1:57:39 Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA): RT, Russia Today, on your platform, has 2.2 million subscribers. Fox News, on your platform, has 740,000 subscribers. CNN has 2.3 million subscribers. The Intelligence Community assessment that was made public in January spoke about RT, and it said, “RT conducts strategic messaging for Russian government. It seeks to influence politics and fuel discontent in the United States.” So my question to you is, why have you not shut down RT on YouTube? Hearing: Facebook, Google and Twitter Executives on Russian Disinformation , Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, October 31, 2017. Witnesses Colin Stretch - Facebook Vice President and General Counsel  Sean Edgett - Twitter Acting General Counsel  Richard Salgado - Google Law Enforcement & Information Security Director 38:25 Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (RI): And I gather that all of your companies have moved beyond any notion that your job is only to provide a platform and whatever goes across it is not your affair. Colin Stretch: Senator, our commitment to addressing this problem is unwavering. We take this very seriously and are committed to investing as necessary to prevent this from happening again. Absolutely. Whitehouse: Mr. Edgett? Sean Edgett: Absolutely agree with Mr. Stretch, and this type of activity just creates not only a bad user experience but distrust for the platform, so we are committed to working every single day to get better at solving this problem. Whitehouse: Mr. Salgado? Richard Salgado: That’s the same for Google. We take this very seriously. We’ve made changes, and we will continue to get better. Whitehouse: And ultimately, you are American companies, and threats to American election security and threats to American peace and order are things that concern you greatly, correct? Stretch: That is certainly correct. Edgett: Agree. Salgado: That’s right.   Hearing: Subcommittee Hearing - The Collapse of the Rule of Law in Venezuela, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, July 19, 2017. Witness Luis Almagro Secretary General of the Organization of American States 07:15 Senator Marco Rubio: I also know this, and I do not speak for the president, but I’ve certainly spoken to the president, and I will only reiterate what he has already said, and I’ve been saying this now for a number of days: it is my—I have 100% confidence that if democracy is destroyed once and for all in Venezuela on the 30th in terms of the Maduro regime, the president of the U.S. is prepared to act unilaterally in a significant and swift way. And that is not a threat; that is the reporting of the truth. Confirmation Hearing: Defense Secretary Nominee General James Mattis Says Russia is Trying to Break NATO, US Senate, C-SPAN, January 12, 2017. John McCain: For seven decades, the United States has played a unique role in the world. We’ve not only put America first, but we’ve done so by maintaining and advancing a world order that has expanded security, prosperity, and freedom. This has required our alliances, our trade, our diplomacy, our values, but most of all, our military for when would-be aggressors aspire to threaten world order. Hearing: U.S. Strategy Against ISIS, Senate Armed Services Committee, C-SPAN, December 9, 2015. 2:28:14 Sen. Lindsey Graham Here’s what I’ve done. I make an offer to our president that I believe this war is going to go on for a long time after his presidency; I believe that they’re going to go wherever they can on the planet and that we should stop them wherever necessary; and when it comes to means, we should not limit this commander in chief or any other commander in chief when it comes to means. Speech: Gov. Howard Dean - DemTools 2.0 Launch, NDI's DemTools Launch Event, December 9, 2015. 9:55 Howard Dean I’m incredibly proud to be a member of the board of NDI, which is an incredibly sophisticated organization that does not shrink from bringing democracy to any corner of the Earth, including some we’re not allowed in. We get there anyway. Speech: Sen. Tom Cotton Says US Should Shoot Down Russian Planes Over Syria, YouTube, October 1, 2015. Conference: Is the United States at a Crossroads? Domestic and Global Dimensions, Wilson Center, May 15, 2015. 15:35 Jane Harmon Ukraine. You and I were there together. Madeline lead the delegation - of course she did - for the National Democratic Institute, which she chairs and the International Republican Institute was also there during the first Ukraine election in May of last year. And among other things we met with the presidential candidates including Poroshenko and Tymoshenko and we tooled around in Kiev and I also went to Odessa to see how the voting was going. Speech: Senator Dan Sullivan's Maiden Floor Speech, US Senate, C-SPAN, January 27, 2015. 9:05 Sen. Dan Sullivan If the executive branch continues to dither on America’s economic future, Congress can and should act to expe- dite such projects. That is what we are doing with Keystone, and that is what I will be pressing the Congress to do for Alaska’s and America’s next great en- ergy infrastructure project—the Alas- ka LNG project—which will create thousands of jobs and provide clean and affordable energy to Americans and our allies for decades. Speech: Vice President Joe Biden Opens 2014 NDI Democracy Award Dinner, National Democratic Institute, December 11, 2014. 32:40 Vice President Joe Biden That’s why in Ukraine, working alongside groups like NDI, with your leadership, we’re providing to the Ukrainians, as we had to the Iraqi’s, personnel from each of our departments teaching them how to literally, as I said, write a budget, expertise from our Justice Department, teaching them the tools that are available to ensure that the court systems are free and transparent. We’re helping Ukrainian officials develop laws and regulations that will establish anti-corruption institutions within the government, enable authorities to combat corruption more effectively. Our militaries are working together to improve Ukrainian capacity to provide it’s own defense and a military system that meets the standards of democracies, while providing security assistance to counter Russian aggression. Speech: Thomas A. Daschle's Speech to NDI's 30th Anniversary Dinner, National Democratic Institute, December 16, 2013. 1:30 Tom Daschle Like many of you, - by the mission of NDI. The realization that we have had one focus now for 3 decades. And that focus is very simply to empower people to be able to govern themselves more effectively. That’s what we try to do. Speech: Mitt Romney Foreign Policy Speech, Virginia Military Institute, C-SPAN, October 8, 2012. 17:25 Mitt Romney Fortunately, we had leaders of courage and vision, both Republicans and Democrats, who knew that America had to support friends who shared our values, and prevent today’s crises from becoming tomorrow’s conflicts. Statesmen like Marshall rallied our nation to rise to its responsibilities as the leader of the free world. We helped our friends to build and sustain free societies and free markets. We defended our friends, and ourselves, from our common enemies. We led. We led. News Interview: CIA Admits Orchestrating Syrian Coup of March 1949, BBC Interview, 1967. Additional Reading Article: Who will fix Facebook? by Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone, November 26, 2018. Article: US, Ukraine in 'close discussion' for new lethal arms by Joe Gould, Defense News, November 18, 2018. Article: Facebook purge: Here is the list of pages deleted by Facebook by Patrick Brown, The Western Journal, October 13, 2018. Biography: George Catlett Marshall, United States General, by Forrest C. Pogue, Encyclopedia Britannica, last updated October 12, 2018. Article: Anti-Media shut down by Facebook and Twitter by Caitlin Johnstone, The Anti-Media, October 11, 2018. Article: Facebook purged over 800 U.S. accounts and pages for pushing politcal spam by Elizabeth Dwoskin and Tony Romm, The Washington Post, October 11, 2018. Article: Facebook tempts political backlash with massive purge of 810 pages and accounts by Rhett Jones, Gizmodo, October 11, 2018. Article: The survivors of the Rohingya Genocide by Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, August 9, 2018. Article: John McCain passes the torch at the International Republican Institute by Josh Rogin, The Washington Post, August 3, 2018. Article: Exclusive: IMF backs Ukraine anti-corruption court plan by Marc Jones, Reuters, July 25, 2018. 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Article: Confront authoritarianism by defending democratic values by Carl Gersham , Journal Sentinel Online, October 22, 2016. Article: Russia adds International Republican Institute to growing list of "undesirable organizations", International Republican Institute, August 18, 2016. Article: Bernie Sanders is exactly right: The media is an arm of the ruling class of this country by Brian Hanley, Huffpost, March 28, 2016. Article: Pro-democracy nonprofit is banned in Russia by Ivan Nechepurenko, The New York Times, March 11, 2016. Article: Evil internet bill CISPA is back from the dead, cleverly titled CISA by Kelly Weill, Daily Beast, October 28, 2015. Article: National Endowment for Democracy is first 'undesirable' NGO banned in Russia by Alec Luhn, The Guardian, July 28, 2015. Article: Former Soviet states stand up to Russia. Will the U.S.? by Carl Gershman, The Washington Post, September 26, 2013. Article: Russia wields hard power over Armenia by Anne Applebaum, The Washington Post, September 20, 2013. Article: Covert plan for Panama may be wrong message to send the opposition, The Los Angeles Times, August 14, 1988. Article: U.S. assembled a force in 1964 for possible use in Brazil coup by David Binder, The New York Times Archives, December 30, 1976. Article: Oil discovery in Brazil expected to aid economy, The New York Times Archives, December 9, 1964. 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This week's episode covers the recent attacks in Bangladesh and Turkey, Donald Trump's promises to evangelicals, a message from the U.N. to the U.K., and the boondoggle that is the Ark Encounter.Sources:Bangladesh and Turkey Terror Attacks:Behlül Özkan, “ISIS Is at War With Its ‘Other’ — Turkey’s Secular Democracy.” Accessed July 5, 2016. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/behlal-... Donald Trump’s Promises to Evangelicals:John Ward, “Transcript: Donald Trump’s closed-door meeting with evangelical leaders.” Accessed July 6, 2016. https://www.yahoo.com/news/transcript... United Nations Recommendations to the United Kingdom:Committee on the Rights of the Child, “Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. “ Accessed July 6, 2016. http://www.secularism.org.uk/uploads/... National Secular Society, “UN children’s rights Committee calls on UK to abolish compulsory worship in schools.” Access July 6, 2016. http://www.secularism.org.uk/news/201... Ken Ham’s Ark Encounter Opens:Carol Costello, “Kentucky's magnificent, controversial ark.” Accessed June 29, 2016. http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/21/opinion... Tracey Moody, “Scenes from Ark Encounter’s Opening Day (Outside the Ark).” Accessed July 7, 2016. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendly... Courier Journal, “The controversial Ark Encounter previews Tuesday.” Accessed July 7, 2016. http://www.courier-journal.com/videos... News Ticker:Meaghan Wallace, “Berkeley County School Board suspends prayer at meetings.” Accessed July 5, 2016. http://www.live5news.com/story/323399...Nathan Jeffay, “Driven to suicide: Chasidic mum who became secular.” Accessed July 5, 2016. http://www.thejc.com/news/israel-news... Colin Perkel, “Atheist minister defends her views at United Church 'inquisition.” Accessed July 5, 2016. http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/atheist-...Travis Gettys, “Atheist author explains how Christianity conquered Europe like Starbucks monopolized coffee.” July 6,, 2016. https://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/athe... Atheists of Puerto Rico: https://ateistaspr.org/

Trivia: Name the sisters of Lazarus. 1. How can a person fast if medical conditions require them to eat? 2. If you do not kneel to pray, does God hear your prayers? 3. Is ISIS mentioned in the Bible? 4. Explain what you mean by the “plan of salvation.” 5. If you don’t condone musical instruments in church because they aren’t mentioned in the Bible, do you condone electric lights or air conditioning? 6. I heard that murderers will not rise from the grave, and they will never be judged because they have taken a life. Does the Bible say that? 7. How do we know there will not be a sign Jesus will come again? 8. Where does it say that good deeds cover a multitude of sins?

Trivia: Name the sisters of Lazarus. 1. How can a person fast if medical conditions require them to eat? 2. If you do not kneel to pray, does God hear your prayers? 3. Is ISIS mentioned in the Bible? 4. Explain what you mean by the “plan of salvation.” 5. If you don’t condone musical instruments in church because they aren’t mentioned in the Bible, do you condone electric lights or air conditioning? 6. I heard that murderers will not rise from the grave, and they will never be judged because they have taken a life. Does the Bible say that? 7. How do we know there will not be a sign Jesus will come again? 8. Where does it say that good deeds cover a multitude of sins?

On this episode, investigative reporter Laura Loomer joins Jim live from Las Vegas. Loomer discusses a myriad of unanswered questions and suspcious circumstances surrounding the Las Vegas shooting. Were there two people served room service in the shooter's room? Why did it take so long for first responders to locate the shooter's room? Is ISIS ultimately behind the attack? What other evidence found in the room gives us a clue that a very experienced shooter was involved? Where is the security camera footage? In the second half, Jim explores the murky finances of the shooter and the more than 200 suspicious financial transaction reports that were made about him by casinos, gambling millions of dollars, paying cash for houses, and wiring money overseas.

Yesterday's Popular Conversations Included: President Trump sends personal attack tweet insults at MSNBC 'Morning Joe' hosts, ISIS Is losing Its hold on the caliphate in Mosul, Minnesota woman charged with fatally shooting boyfriend in failed YouTube video stunt and more.

Yesterday's Popular Conversations Included: President Trump sends personal attack tweet insults at MSNBC 'Morning Joe' hosts, ISIS Is losing Its hold on the caliphate in Mosul, Minnesota woman charged with fatally shooting boyfriend in failed YouTube video stunt and more.

In this Global I.Q. Minute with Jim Falk, the journalist/author Graeme Wood sees the "big contradictory religion" of Islam as having the potential to be "a faith of either war or peace." He says there was a time when "it might have been possible" to keep ISIS from having "the space that they had to develop." He also addresses the question, "Is ISIS on the run?" And what is the U.S. role?

Trivia: What was David’s job when he was anointed King? 1. If life was found on another planet, how would this fit with the Bible? 2. Where in the Bible does it tell how to deal with addictions? 3. Paul said he was not called to baptize. So, baptism is not a means of salvation. 4. Can someone who was once baptized lose their salvation? 5. What did Jesus mean about the old and new cloth and old and new wine skins? 6. Why does heaven need gates? 7. Where does the Bible say “ashes to ashes and dust to dust?” 8. Is ISIS mentioned in the Bible?

Trivia: What was David’s job when he was anointed King? 1. If life was found on another planet, how would this fit with the Bible? 2. Where in the Bible does it tell how to deal with addictions? 3. Paul said he was not called to baptize. So, baptism is not a means of salvation. 4. Can someone who was once baptized lose their salvation? 5. What did Jesus mean about the old and new cloth and old and new wine skins? 6. Why does heaven need gates? 7. Where does the Bible say “ashes to ashes and dust to dust?” 8. Is ISIS mentioned in the Bible?

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker is joined by Trina Realmuto, an attorney with the National Lawyers Guild’s National Immigration Project.Once again, the administration’s travel ban targeting majority-Muslim countries has been defeated in court, and Donald Trump is furious.Is ISIS about to be defeated in Iraq? As U.S.-backed forces make a final push on Mosul, the humanitarian situation is catastrophic with more than 100,000 people displaced. Alberto Garcia Watson, a journalist and former senior Middle East correspondent for HispanTV, joins the show.The Trump administration’s budget outline proposes devastating cuts -- If they get their way, the burden of the huge Pentagon boost will fall squarely on the back of the poor and working class. Anoa Changa, editor at large with the Progressive Army and host of the weekly radio show The Way With Anoa, discuses this with Brian.

-The guys are happy about President Trump announcing his new tax package, which he calls "phenomenal." However, the guys are curious about what phenomenal means when it comes to our taxes. Stu says Trump's words and interviews have been “controlled" because, previously, he wasn't being recorded for everything that he was saying. -The guys wonder if Melania Trump knows English better than Donald Tump? Stu thinks that Trump is thinking of what to say next instead of speaking the rest of whatever sentence he is in the middle of.-Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch criticized President Trump's tweet that explained his dislike of a "so-called judge." What the tweet really referred to was Donald Trump's thoughts about the judge's bad call when it came to the ban.Did politics play apart in the judge's decision and does criticizing a judge breach the separate powers in the constitution? The guys say no, unless President Trump decides to step over the Supreme Court anyway. -Stu thinks that Donald Trump doesn't know how to do half of his job when it comes to work versus negotiations and business. The guys think that President Trump should have known more about the New Start Treaty from his briefings. The guys talk about a private school principal in Manhattan who sent out a letter to the parents of students stating that Donald Trump's presidency is "more troubling" than the Vietnam War, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Watergate, and 9/11 combined. -A woman in Buffalo New York is angry that her children was taken from her by child protective services, even though she submitted the correct paperwork to allow her children to be home schooled. Jeff is barely okay with Government coming and checking to see if your child is being educated properly, while Pat is not ok with that policy.-A new study of European Anti-Fascist protesters shows that 92% live with Mommy, 84% are male, 72% are aged 18-30, 64% are single, and 36% are unemployed. Jeff asks what we'll do with humans in the future? Do we put them on a spaceship and send them off somewhere? Stu thinks more along the lines of the Matrix.-Today, February 9th is National Pizza Day and the guys wonder...WHERE IS THE PIZZA?!?! -Blaze news writer Tre Goins-Phillips joins the program to tell the story of Christian music artist Audrey Assad, the daughter of a refugee who fled Syria to escape oppression as a Christian. The guys continue to talk about how immigrants have had a huge impact on America's history. Is ISIS the real reason why the US won't accept Syrian refugees? Pat wants to stop all immigration from the Middle East, but is torn with what is going on in the world right now.-Glenn Beck joins the program with 'The Vault' in which he talks about how, during the Civil War, a black sailor lead his crew to escape from the Confederacy and join the Union forces. Robert Smalls was given a commission in the Union army upon turning over a rebel ship to President Abraham Lincoln, and at this moment, his story really begins.The guys talk about Netflix's new series “Dear White People.” The guys are confused about the premise of the show and talk about the dumb costumes that the show claims are okay for white people to dress up in. Known conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is brought up and the guys discuss how his theories fit into a remix of the ‘Ducktales' theme song. Pat asks if "chemtrails" is still a thing? Jeff says yes! Stu talks about how much of a conspiracy theorist Jeff is and apparently he's a pretty big one.Jeff surprises Stu with a cake for his 41st birthday in the latest edition of SPOONS! The trailer for Matt Damon's new movie 'Great Wall' is reviewed and correlations are made between the movie and Trump's presidency. Stu thinks it may be targeted for Chinese audience and not the US.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

-Blaze news writer Tre Goins-Phillips joins the program to tell the story of Christian music artist Audrey Assad, the daughter of a refugee who fled Syria to escape oppression as a Christian. The guys continue to talk about how immigrants have had a huge impact on America's history. -Is ISIS the real reason why the US won't accept Syrian refugees? Pat wants to stop all immigration from the Middle East, but is torn with what is going on in the world right now. -Glenn Beck joins the program with 'The Vault' in which he talks about how, during the Civil War, a black sailor lead his crew to escape from the Confederacy and join the Union forces. Robert Smalls was given a commission in the Union army upon turning over a rebel ship to President Abraham Lincoln, and at this moment, his story really begins.-The guys talk about Netflix's new series “Dear White People.” The guys are confused about the premise of the show and talk about the dumb costumes that the show claims are okay for white people to dress up in. Pat and Stu say they can dress up in any kind of costume they want. Just not slutty pirate or anything with “sexy” in it. -Known conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is brought up and the guys discuss how his theories fit into a remix of the ‘Ducktales' theme song. Pat asks if "chemtrails" is still a thing? Jeffy says yes!-Stu talks about how much of a conspiracy theorist Jeff is and apparently he's a pretty big one. In fact, Jeffy thinks there is a 50/50 chance that we didn't land on the moon.-Jeff surprises Stu with a cake for his 41st birthday in the latest edition of SPOONS! The trailer for Matt Damon's new movie 'Great Wall' is reviewed and correlations are made between the movie and Trump's presidency. Stu thinks it may be targeted for Chinese audience and not the US. -Pat and Jeff discuss things turning 40 this year.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

J. D. Gordon, utenrikspolitisk rådgiver for Donald Trump i valgkampen, om trusselen fra russland, om NATO og Norges trygghet, om å jobbe for Sarah Palin, om IS (ISIS) og terror og om hvorfor han så tidlig rykket ut for å støtte Donald Trump som president. Med VGs politiske redaktør Hanne Skartveit. Produsert av Magne D. Antonsen. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Is ISIS prophesied in the Bible? Or is it just more "headline prophecy"? Find out.

Is ISIS prophesied in the Bible? Or is it just more "headline prophecy"? Find out.

Why do young people join ISIS? Is it nihilism, or, as social scientists suggest, a perverse idealism? This week on Hidden Brain, we explore the psychology of terrorist groups, and why so many young people leave behind promising futures to join them.

Is ISIS causing an outbreak of the parasite Leishmaniasis by dumping bodies on the street? Plus, are there fungal meds in veterinary medicine that could be used in survival scenarios for humans? Plus, how to treat wound infections with Dakin's solution and the simple formula that can save your precious supply of antibiotics. All this and a primer on vital signs for the survival medic with Joe Alton, MD and Amy Alton ARNP in the Survival Medicine Hour podcast.                                  

Is ISIS causing an outbreak of the parasite Leishmaniasis by dumping bodies on the street? Plus, are there fungal meds in veterinary medicine that could be used in survival scenarios for humans? Plus, how to treat wound infections with Dakin's solution and the simple formula that can save your precious supply of antibiotics. All this and a primer on vital signs for the survival medic with Joe Alton, MD and Amy Alton ARNP in the Survival Medicine Hour podcast.                                  

Rocco P discusses the recent events where a "Russian Jet was Shot Down by Turkey - the Big Picture".  Too many  don't realize the seriousness of this claim and the political BlowBack behind it all. Join Rocco as here explores the BIG PICTURE of wjat's happening right now and how the US is Mega envolved. Is someone working with ISIS? IS there a private agenda? Should we be afraid? YES YES and YES and tonight your host Rocco P will discuss it all! Join us on kirpradioshow.com and via the link we've provided below!     Links: www.kirpradioshow.com www.blogtalkradio.com/kirpradioshow www.patriotcoalition.com/ www.paradshift.net/

個人隱私的保護和洩露一直是互聯網上的熱門話題，也一直伴隨著爭論、博弈乃至陰謀論。本期 NickTalk Podcast, 主播 Nick 攜嘉賓付付，一起針對互聯網時代的個人隱私問題展開討論。向在巴黎恐怖襲擊中喪生的人們致哀。向恐怖主義豎起中指。 相关連結 「伊斯蘭國」目前的正確英文簡稱是 IS 而非 ISIS ，主播如此稱呼也是習慣 測試你的密碼強度，看看你的常用密碼需要多久就能被暴力破解攻破吧！ iPlaySoft: 如何建立一套安全又好記的密碼管理體系 少數派一篇更加詳細的闡述密碼安全及管理的文章 主播推薦的全平台密碼管理軟件 1Password（如果你選擇使用該軟件，為了你的密碼安全，請購買正版） 網易大規模用戶信息洩露事件 12306 大規模用戶信息洩露事件 Nick 關於個人文件安全的討論文章《擇日而死》 電影《風語者》 何謂「玄學」 達摩克里斯之劍

個人隱私的保護和洩露一直是互聯網上的熱門話題，也一直伴隨著爭論、博弈乃至陰謀論。本期 NickTalk Podcast, 主播 Nick 攜嘉賓付付，一起針對互聯網時代的個人隱私問題展開討論。向在巴黎恐怖襲擊中喪生的人們致哀。向恐怖主義豎起中指。 相关連結 「伊斯蘭國」目前的正確英文簡稱是 IS 而非 ISIS ，主播如此稱呼也是習慣 測試你的密碼強度，看看你的常用密碼需要多久就能被暴力破解攻破吧！ iPlaySoft: 如何建立一套安全又好記的密碼管理體系 少數派一篇更加詳細的闡述密碼安全及管理的文章 主播推薦的全平台密碼管理軟件 1Password（如果你選擇使用該軟件，為了你的密碼安全，請購買正版） 網易大規模用戶信息洩露事件 12306 大規模用戶信息洩露事件 Nick 關於個人文件安全的討論文章《擇日而死》 電影《風語者》 何謂「玄學」 達摩克里斯之劍

個人隱私的保護和洩露一直是互聯網上的熱門話題，也一直伴隨著爭論、博弈乃至陰謀論。本期 NickTalk Podcast, 主播 Nick 攜嘉賓付付，一起針對互聯網時代的個人隱私問題展開討論。向在巴黎恐怖襲擊中喪生的人們致哀。向恐怖主義豎起中指。 相關鏈接 「伊斯蘭國」目前的正確英文簡稱是 IS 而非 ISIS ，主播如此稱呼也是習慣 測試你的密碼強度，看看你的常用密碼需要多久就能被暴力破解攻破吧！ iPlaySoft: 如何建立一套安全又好記的密碼管理體系 少數派一篇更加詳細的闡述密碼安全及管理的文章 主播推薦的全平台密碼管理軟件 1Password（如果你選擇使用該軟件，為了你的密碼安全，請購買正版） 網易大規模用戶信息洩露事件 12306 大規模用戶信息洩露事件 Nick 關於個人文件安全的討論文章《擇日而死》 電影《風語者》 何謂「玄學」 達摩克里斯之劍 Music by Jim Guthrie

Is ISIS a threat to America? Most Americans feel that all the ISIS activity is in a distant, far away place and has nothing to do with the avarage American going to the store, or filling the car with gas, maybe taking the kids to school, ...well what if your wrong !!!  ...ISIS operatives are likely already inside America, but nobody knows how many, where, or in what capacity. - our border is so porous, and they could easily come across the southern border as thousands of people do every day,. “And they could have Western passports from a country which requires no visa. My guess is there are ISIS fighters in the country doing advance scouting, studying all the preliminary things a professional terror attack takes into account, because a professional terrorist attack takes months to set up.”ISIS is an offshoot of Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). As an October 2014 Congressional Research Service report explained, “The Islamic State’s ideological and organizational roots lie in the forces built and led by the late Abu Musab al Zarqawi in Iraq from 2002 through 2006—Tawhid wal Jihad (Monotheism and Jihad) and Al Qaeda in the Land of the Two Rivers (aka Al Qaeda in Iraq, or AQ-I). Following Zarqawi’s death at the hands of U.S. forces in June 2006, AQ-I leaders repackaged the group as a coalition known as the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI).” In April 2013, having expanded its operations into Syria the year before, the group renamed itself ISIS.      

Judith Mancini and allen Edwards are dishing about the Vanity Fair Cover and article about the transitioning of Bruce Jenner into the beautiful and brave Caitlyn Jenner. We are also dishing about the bribery scandal rocking the world of football (soccer to you) world. Do you still want to fly? 95% failure rate of TSA screening passengers. Listen to this and the story of the Boston shooting of an ISIS radicalized man in Boston. Is ISIS all over the US? We hit the stories hard.This show is broadcast live on W4CY Radio – (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).

J.M. Berger discusses: Is ISIS's Messaging More on Point Than al-Qaeda's for Potential Recruits? Don't forget to check out J.M's new book co-authored with Jessica Stern: ISIS: The State of Terror

Christopher Jones discusses the destruction of ancient Iraqi sites and artifacts by ISIS/IS. You can read more of Christopher's work here: The Future of War in the Middle East and the Future of Archaeology His blog: The Gates of Nineveh  

Renaissance Revolution   Today: The Cure for Ebola! Also when Jacob's name was changed in Genesis to Is-Ra-El, it was the combination of 3 seperate gods of the day! I'll give you a hint: Is= Isis. Yes long before that was the name of an eledged terror group (And don't think that name chosen for them is just a coincidence!) ISIS was the name of a goddess...  Call 347-324-3704 to participate in the discussion, or listen live on freedomizerradio.com !   We are here to help You Become a Renaissance man or woman! So that you can take control of every area of your life and Ditch the middlemen! The host (Mary March Newell) has homebirthed and homeschooled 6 souls, remodled her house herself, Escaped the belief system of her birth while maintaining her Spirituality, trades currency, is vegetarian, Non-GMO, essential oil using, Libertarian Leaning, trained in Quantum Touch/ Energy healing and Remote Viewing.  SourcesofLightandTruth.co    

I give you the two topics in news that I think are important for today:  The new California law on sexual consent "Yes means Yes", and ISIS (IS, ISIL, etc) updates.  I also talk about my favorite coffee. Enjoy.

This week, Jeff and Buck take a "current news" look at the terror threat increase (let the hate mail begin). Things may be a little controversion around this topic, but it's not all we cover so check out all that took place, like... Simple street fighting self defense moves (including reader suggestions) Building your survival team to prepare for the collapse! Is ISIS a true threat to the United States? Is the U.S. gov't running a secret gun control campaign (that's working!) Plus... a cool airsoft gun drill you can do at home to prepare for a real attack! Go ahead and listen in. And don't forget to subscribe to our podcast so you don't miss a single week.... and PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE go ahead and rate us in iTunes so we can spread the word about our channel, ok? World domination may only be a click away! :-)

How can you tell a woman is a gold-digger? Punch her and you'll find out! Is ISIS worse than Hitler? Looks like it!

Is ISIS a global threat? Terrorist groups are recruiting on social media. W.H.O. predicts more fatalities from the West African Ebola epidemic. The advantages and disadvantages of social networking, at a individual and business level. “Social media has developed a reputation by some for being a passing marketing interest, and therefore, an unprofitable one. The […]

Early COW; Mailbag; Is ISIS still a JV team as Obama said