Podcasts about Kirstjen Nielsen

Ep. 281: Errol Morris on Separated, his new documentary about the Trump immigration policy of separating children from families Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. Separated, the latest documentary from the Academy Award-winning filmmaker Errol Morris, is about the people and bureaucracy behind the border immigration policy enforced by the first Trump administration: namely, to separate children from their families at the border as a deterrent. In this new interview, Morris spoke with me about the moral implications of such a policy; about the dangerous moment in American history now, about his own personal history; about his use of dramatization; and about key figures who opposed the policy (Jonathan White, in the Office of Refugee Resettlement) and enforced it (Scott Lloyd, director of the ORS, and Kirstjen Nielsen, secretary of Homeland Security, both political appointees). Separated airs on December 7 on MSNBC, and is also screening in select theaters nationwide. It is based on the book Separated: Inside an American Tragedy, by NBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff, who also appears in the film. Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Photo by Steve Snodgrass

Carlos Lozada is currently an Opinion columnist at The New York Times, after spending nearly 20 years at The Washington Post - where he earned the Pulitzer Prize in 2019 for criticism as The Post's nonfiction book critic. He's also an author, with his second book -  The Washington Book - recently published: a collection of essays exploring what books by and about D.C. power players reveal about the people and political conflicts that define Washington. In this conversation, Carlos talks his path from Peru to South Bend to D.C., his accidental route to working in the press, some of his favorite Washington books and stories, and deeply mining his own insights into our current political moment.IN THIS EPISODECarlos' personal journey from Lima, Peru to Washington D.C...Carlos "gateway drug" books into the genre of Washington books...How Carlos defines what exactly is a "Washington Book"...Carlos weighs in on what he considers some of the earliest Washington Books...Carlos' rave  review of the U.S. Grant memoir...The place of All The President's Men in the pantheon of Washington Books...Carlos' favorite cliches from presidential campaign memoirs...The D.C. corridors of power that are undercovered in Washington Books...The Washington Books that are purely exercises in settling scores...Carlos compares the Donald Trump of 2016 to the Donald Trump of 2024...The Washington Books that never were that Carlos would love to read...What reading Vladimir Putin revealed to Carlos about the Russian leader...Carlos' 101 on sharp essay-writing...Carlos waxes nostalgic about the late Washinton Post Outlook Section...AND The 1619 Project, Alexis de Tocqueville, all sorts of minutia, Jody Allen, the American Enterprise Institute, Carol Anderson, animating impulses, The Appalachian Trail, Appomattox, asymmetric polarization, Peter Baker, Steve Bannon, Bob Barnett, beleaguered officials, Joe Biden, Joan Biskupic, Kate Boo, George H.W. Bush, Robert Caro, Jimmy Carter, Jesus Christ, Julie Davis, drop-down menus, enabling environments, farm foremen, The Federal Reserve, Craig Fehrman, Foreign Policy magazine, full absorption, Susan Glasser, Garret Graff, Lindsay Graham, Alan Greenspan, Stephanie Grisham, Maggie Haberman, Susan Hennessey, Fiona Hill, Dustin Hoffman, holy crap anecdotes, David Ignatius, joining-ness, Jurassic Park, Bob Kaiser, Ibram X. Kendi, the Kerner Commission, Adam Kushner, Robert E. Lee, Joe Lieberman, Steve Luxenberg, Thomas Mann, David Maraniss, Mark Meadows, mid-level authoritarian regimes, military duds, Mark Milley, Robert Moses, Robert Mueller, murdered darlings, murky institutions, The New York Review of Books, Kirstjen Nielsen, Notre Dame, Barack Obama, obligatory campaign memoirs, obscene crescendos, Norm Ornstein, parallel histories, the paralysis of power, George Pataki, Tim Pawlenty, policy wonks, John Pomfret, Robert Redford, Marco Rubio, Mark Sanford, Michael Schaffer, Brent Scowcroft, Michael Shear, silent Moscow, John Sununu, Barton Swaim, targeted excerpts, Mark Twain, Mario Vargas Llosa, velociraptors, Scott Walker, Ben Wittes, Michael Wolff, Bob Woodward...& more!

A 15 días de tomar posesión como secretario de Relaciones Exteriores, Marcelo Ebrard se reunió en secreto, en un hotel cercano al aeropuerto de Houston, con los secretarios de Estado y de Seguridad Nacional de Estados Unidos, Mike Pompeo y Kirstjen Nielsen.

Kirstjen Nielsen is an internationally recognized expert and proven leader on critical security issues facing governments and institutions. She served as the sixth Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from 2017-2019, directing widespread actions to increase the security and resilience of the nation against evolving threats across land, air, sea and cyber domains. In this conversation, Kirstjen discusses the significant progress in cyber security over the last 4-6 years, how to better share information, and what the government should do regarding the private sector. ————————————————————————— To learn more about this episode, including podcast transcripts and show notes, visit *salt.org/talks* ( http://salt.org/talks ) Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci.

After a midterm, the #1 quick news podcast is back! In our return, I talk about the fiasco Trump left behind in Omaha, some decisions by the Supreme Court about voting (VOTE EARLY), Tucker Carlson's completely made-up claims about criminal mastermind/ANTIFA General Hunter Biden, Miles Taylor being revealed as "Anonymous", and more!How much Quick News do you want during the week? VOTE HERE: https://forms.gle/eUW2ur8rHkBsu8kr5 ----more----Subscribe for free on your favorite podcast platform: https://kite.link/QuickNews Mostly-correct transcript:Well hey there everyone; my apologies for the unscheduled change of plans yesterday. It’s that time of the year again for us college students: time for midterms. So I’m not exaggerating, the bulk of my day yesterday from 10am to 10pm was this programming midterm, and that obviously took much longer than I anticipated. Luckily, there wasn’t too much happening in terms of huge world events, and the news dump didn’t happen until this morning, so we’ve got a busy show ahead, but we didn’t miss too much yesterday. But first, I should mention I’ll have a bit of an explanation at the end for you in case you’ve been listening to the show and hearing some weird advertisements, and I apologize for that as well. But hey, let’s get caught up!  OMAHASo, on Monday night, Donald Trump held a rally in Omaha, Nebraska after bringing his petri dish through my neck of the woods, which we’ll get to in a second. But, as it turns out, that Omaha event and its aftermath became a pretty good metaphor the whole Trump presidency, especially his handling of the coronavirus. So for this rally, they decided to hold it at a remote location that didn’t have enough parking, so their idea was to send people to other parking lots about 3 miles away and then have busses running to bring them to the rally location. Well, because this is Nebraska, so it was only a two-lane road that went between the two locations, and the security of everything always causes congestion anyway, so these busses were not making the rounds very quickly after the event. On a night when it was about 30 degrees Fahrenheit, waiting for hours to get back to their cars, and having a significant number of elderly supporters in attendance, I’m sure you can see how this was a problem. And the best part: Trump booked out of there right away, of course, and it was reported that Air Force One was wheels up and leaving Nebraska at about 9:30pm. The event site was not fully cleared out until 12:30am. In the end, medics had to treat 30 people, and 7 were hospitalized. So, of course, Trump came in for a short event, spread his virus to his supporters, got out of dodge quickly, and left the mess up to local officials. If that isn’t symbolic, I don’t know what is. To sum it up even better, here’s Mayor Pete on Fox News... SUPREME COURTThere have been a few developments in the US Supreme Court the past couple of days, so let’s take a look at that. In a couple of big decisions for democracy, the Court decided not to hear an appeal by Pennsylvania Republicans that were challenging their state’s decision to accept ballots up to 3 days after the election, even if there’s no legible postmark. Then, the Court ruled in favor of the North Carolina rule to accept ballots up to 9 days after election day, as long as they’re postmarked by election day. Obviously, considering that they made that decision not to allow Wisconsin to accept ballots received after the deadline, you could say I was a little bit miffed that on the very next day, TWO cases went that way. But overall, good for democracy. However, I would still say to make sure it gets there by election day, if at all possible. At this point, I would hand-deliver it if that’s a possibility for you, just so you don’t leave anything to chance, but also because of these two small notes. First, in Pennsylvania, state officials notified the Supreme Court that the state has told country boards to “securely segregate” ballots received after election day, in case of future legal action. Second, Trump campaign filed a suit against the secretary of state in Minnesota, trying to force him to segregate ballots as well. I don’t know about you, but that sounds suspicious as hell to me. I hate hate hate that language about “in case of future legal action”. We were lucky in these cases that Amy Coney Barrett sat out these rulings, which is maybe the first principled thing she’s done in her life, but I don’t know if she’ll do the same if Republicans try to sue to stop these ballots from being counted if it’s clear that Trump is losing on election night, so make sure your ballot is there by election day, just as a rule of thumb. Another thing I want to stress about voting before election day is that if we all get our votes in before then, there’s a real chance that the margin of votes will be too large for Trump to overcome with election day turnout. For example, in Michigan, a recent poll found that of voters who were voting early in person or by mail, 75% were voting for Biden, while 21% were voting for Trump. For people who were planning on voting on election day, like 58% said they were voting for Trump, and 31ish percent said they were voting for Biden. If you just look at those numbers, you realize that Trump cannot make up that difference. A 75-25 split is incredible, and just based on the amount of voters left in Michigan, they wouldn’t be enough to give Trump the lead. So, if this is the case everywhere, we can all have an election night that keeps our blood pressure within reasonable levels, and not like it would be if this is a nail-biter.  TUCKERHey, let’s take a timeout from regular news for some comedic relief. Take a listen to this clip of Tucker Carlson from last night and see if you also see some problems with this…I mean, wow, his writer really outdid themselves with that one. I mean, he went to all of the trouble of adding in fake times to when his documents were “stolen”, and this is a podcast so you can’t see me, but I’m making the biggest air quotes of my life around the word “stolen”. Why do I know this is all a sham? Because it’s 2020, not 1950! You’re telling me that Tucker’s producer couldn’t have sent them in an email? Or that they sent the original documents through the mail, without making any copies? I mean, for the love of god, even if you didn’t want to use email, how long have fax machines been around? What a joke. And by the way, Tucker’s not that dumb, and Fox lawyers aren’t that dumb, so they know that if they show fake documents about a former Vice President and presidential candidate, they’re going to get sued. It’s much better for themselves and their viewers if they just make up this story about documents getting stolen, and not just any documents, documents about the evil criminal mastermind and commander of the Antifa army, Hunter Biden, that definitely would have sunk Joe Biden’s campaign and gave Trump a landslide victory. Give me a BREAK, people. This is such a crock of BS.  ANONYMOUSWell, even though I spent all day yesterday programming for a midterm, I still had a better day than Miles Taylor. I’ve mentioned Miles before; he’s the former chief of staff for the Secretary of Homeland Security who has since come out and strongly opposed Donald Trump in a helpful way, at least I think. Well, he revealed yesterday that he was the “senior Trump administration official” who wrote that op-ed in the New York Times who was only known as “Anonymous” (and I had forgotten that Anonymous had also written a book). For a refresher, that op-ed talked about how this official was part of a “resistance” inside the Trump administration that consisted of people acting as the adults in the room; he basically said that they were actively trying to prevent Trump from doing the craziest stuff that he wanted to. This reveal got everyone talking, and it wasn’t long before he started taking fire from both sides after the announcement. He said he wrote it anonymously because he wanted to force Trump to respond specifically to the allegations he made in the op-ed and book, instead of doing what Trump always does, which is attack the person who is talking badly about him. Miles is certainly right about that, Trump does that all the time, but he also attacks the media for using anonymous sources and says it’s just fake news, so it wasn’t going to work great either way. At the same time, there’s been discussion about whether the New York Times was right to call him a “senior Trump administration official” since he was just a chief of staff to a cabinet secretary. That said, he was in all of the important meetings, especially the ones about border policy and child separation, and chief of staff is actually an important position, so I think it’s probably okay, but considering that people were thinking it was James Mattis or John Kelly, I can see why people feel cheated. Usually, when someone says something anonymously in this public of a fashion, it means their name is bigger than the title of anonymous, and in this case, this mystery actually made the story more important than it would have been if it was written by some guy named Miles Taylor. So that was the criticism from both the left and the right, and then Trump’s crowd piled on even more by saying that this was treason and that he should be arrested immediately, which is just ridiculous. Overall, as someone who still defends his old boss Kirstjen Nielsen and kind of defends the child separation policy, it’s hard to feel to badly for him. That said, I do believe the fact that he’s spoken out publicly is admirable and came with a lot of risk for him and his family, and it has helped create permission for Republicans to vote for Biden, I think I’ll take a page out of Nelson Mandela’s playbook and skip tearing this guy to pieces; we have bigger fish to fry right now. TRUMP CLIPSLet’s circle back to that Trump campaign stop here in Wisconsin. We’ll start with Trump reminding us about Canada’s national anthem…I just don’t understand how anyone can watch this stuff and think “wow, this guy is really the smartest guy in the room. He’s such a good businessman.” Like I’ve said before, he’s like that one family member at Thanksgiving that you have to watch what you say when you’re around them. Literally one phrase set him off: national anthem. And god knows how he got onto O’Canada in the first place. But that one phrase completely distracted him from his original point, which was NAFTA and trade deals, and probably how he made the best deals. He’s the definition of scatterbrained. For this next one, if you follow Aaron Rupar on Twitter, he’s the guy who tweets video clips of everything that’s important politics-wise (he works for the media company Vox), then you’ll know that he has this personal pet peeve when it comes to Trump…It’s easy to miss, but Trump always talks about “hydrosonic” missiles at his rallies these days. Literally like every one, and that might sound normal, until you realize that hydrosonic missiles don’t exist. They’re hypersonic missiles; hydrosonic is a type of toothbrush, but of course the stable genius president can’t tell the two apart. And he wants us to believe Joe Biden is the senile one. And speaking of senile…Vanquish the vaccine? No, I think we want to make the vaccine and vanquish the virus. If you listen to that again, you can tell he realizes he really messed up, because he tries to cover it up by saying “All of it. We’ll get rid of all of this and go back to normal”. Okay, gramps. Well, he also made another appeal to all you “suburban women” out there; I bet you’re glad you’re Donald Trump’s favorite voting group. Trump wants you to know that he really wants your vote…Is that like, a threat? But hey, if he can’t threaten you into voting for him, then maybe this will change your mind…I’m sure that’s what strong-willed, successful women want to be told: it’s all about your husbands getting back to work. But hey, if he still doesn’t have your vote, I’m sure the way he introduced Senator Martha McSally of Arizona yesterday at his rally will really win you over…And that’s how he talks to someone who sold her soul and supports Trump endlessly. The truth is, this is just like Joe Biden said the other day, Trump has this 1950s view of the suburbs, and he believes women should be doing all the stereotypical cooking and cleaning. Remember how he kept using “suburban housewives” for a while? I mean, come on. But if you’re not sold yet on how dumb Trump is, let’s end this segment with another example of how he always, always, always projects his own insecurities onto other people, take a listen to this claim that he’s the pro-science candidate… KUSHNERThankfully, I wasn’t the only one who had some outrage towards Jared Kushner’s comments from the other day. President Obama was campaigning in Florida on Monday, and he had this to say about Kushner’s comments about Black Americans... ENDWell, I think that’s where I’ll cut us off for today. Again, thanks for your understanding about yesterday’s unscheduled cancellation and all of that, but it got me thinking: I know the show is called Quick News Daily, but would you guys prefer to have the show like 2-3 times a week instead? The weekly recap show is almost always the most popular and downloaded episode, so I’m just thinking, maybe when the news is more “boring” the election, you might want it every other day or something like that. To let me know, I created this survey, so here’s your chance to really influence the show! Also, I wanted to mention that I joined an advertising platform that automatically inserts ads based on your location, your audience size, that sort of thing, so if you’re like me and got an ad about opening up schools at all costs and “Democrats want to shut us down” and all that, I definitely apologize. I went back on the platform and immediately turned off all of the ads from the government and politics category. On the one hand, I would love for that group to waste their money advertising to you guys, who obviously don’t believe that nonsense, but on the other hand, I didn’t want it to seem like I was endorsing that, so here we are. Anyways, stay safe, make that plan to vote, there’s only a few days left until the election, so push through to the end, and I’ll see you right back here tomorrow. 

"Anonymous", The author of the NY Times Op-Ed criticizing President Trump, who was inside the Trump administration, has been revealed. Anonymous is Miles Taylor, the former Chief of Staff to the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. He wrote a criticizing op-ed back in 2018 claiming he was part of the "resistance" inside the Trump administration. VB discusses this new revelation and why he was not exposed sooner. He also dives into the original op-ed piece that "Anonymous" wrote.

The Department of Homeland Security has been without a permanent director since 2019 when Kirstjen Nielsen resigned her position. The agency has had two acting directors since then and president Donald Trump has not appointed someone to fill the Senate-confirmed DHS Secretary position and Chad Wolf has been the acting director for more than eight months. The Vacancies Act is supposed to prevent this situation, The Trump administration has relied on acting officials in a huge number of Senate-confirmed positions, with experts saying this subverts accountability and transparency of government. The Project on Government Oversight’s Rebecca Jones joined the program to talk about the Vacancies Act and the Trump administration.

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Welcome to the first episode of BryghtCast Weekly, our new podcast, for the week of October 21st, 2019. Prior to today, this podcast had been published as a part of our long-running Managing Uncertainty Podcast, but now we're spinning this off into its own podcast. We explain our thinking a little more deeply in the episode, so have a listen. Topics discussed on today's podcast include: WSJ: NBA Arenas prepare for Hong Kong protests WSJ: US troops withdrawing from Syria draw scorn International Elections:  Canada, Israel The Conversation: Chile protests escalate as widespread dissatisfaction shakes foundations of country's economic success story Leadership vacancies at the US Department of Homeland Security Episode Transcript Bray Wheeler: Hi. Welcome to this week's episode of BryghtCast for the week of October 21st, 2019. Before we get started, I mean everyone may have noticed there was some new music. There is some potentially new graphics up for this podcast. We have elected to spin this off a little bit from the Managing Uncertainty podcast where it has lived since we've started doing this into its own podcast. We've gotten some overwhelming support from folks and listeners, so we've decided to break that apart. So over the next few weeks, you'll see the new graphic, you'll see this split off. There may be some additional things that we're kicking around to include with this podcast. So before we jump in... Bryan Strawser: So this is Bryan Strawser here at Bryghtpath. I think one of the important things to point out here is really two fold. This is now going to be its own podcast. So if you're listening to this on the Managing Uncertainty podcast, this is the last episode we'll be posting to this channel, this subscription of the BryghtCast. We'll continue with what you're used to on Managing Uncertainty, which is this deeper 15 to 30 minute dive into a particular topic related to crisis management, business continuity risk, organizational resilience. Bryan Strawser: You'll want to subscribe to BryghtCast Weekly, which will be the new podcast name in order to continue to receive BryghtCast, and that should be up in the next day or so, should be available on iTunes and Stitcher and Google play and all the wonderful places where you can find podcasts. We'll remind you of this a few times in the coming weeks as well. But with that... Bray Wheeler: Yeah, we're super excited. Bryan Strawser: Welcome to BryghtCast Weekly. We've got a handful of topics I think that Bray's going to kick us off on. Bray Wheeler: Again, this is Bray Wheeler consultant here at Bryghtpath and so for the week of October 21st, we're going to just kick right into it. The big topic that we've been talking about for weeks and weeks and weeks, Hong Kong. What's unique about the situation that we're going to delve into here real briefly is the fact that not much has changed, status quo. Hong Kong continues to be filled with unrest, but what's unique is the NBA is now prepping for protests at games in the US and Canada, in particular the opening night games in both Toronto and Los Angeles. Bray Wheeler: So it'll get very interesting for the National Basketball Association here over the next couple of weeks in terms of their fallout from their back and forth with China around support for Hong Kong, freedom of speech. It's been just a mixed conversation, even within the NBA and with fans of the NBA as well as just the public at large, but really for this demonstrates the NBA as organization wading into the waters of Hong Kong and the results of how they've handled themselves, probably not so well. Bryan Strawser: Not so well. The NBA's in a really difficult situation, right? I mean they are organization that was founded in the United States and has a market. Their largest market is still the United States, although that may change in the future. Their teams are in the US and Canada, but there are attempting to turn themselves into a global league, and they're playing games in International locations and they have a huge deal, huge contract in China that will likely become their largest market over time. The Chinese citizens are huge into basketball. That's been a trend that's been going on for some time. If I take off, my I'm an American hat, for a minute, the NBA is in a horrible bind. Bryan Strawser: From a purely business perspective, there is no easy decisions for them here. I think they're going to try to thread the needle. I don't know. It really never works to do that. But they are faced with a really difficult decision and that is do they cater to their existing market, which will piss off their likely future larger market, or do they cater to the future larger market and piss off their current market, or do they find some way to thread the needle in the middle? I'm not sure how they do that. But the complicating factor to all of that is that activists have figured out that the NBA is sensitive to this, and it's making a lot of play and therefore the activists, are going to lean into this issue with the NBA and provoke responses that will likely benefit the activists over anything else, so that's the bind they're in. Bryan Strawser: If I put my American hat back on, I think the message that they're receiving here in the United States is you should... I mean, why would you not back democracy? Why would you not eject these people, or why would you not welcome these kinds of protests? Why would you not make statements in support of that? Why are you censoring people who are? Bray Wheeler: Right. Bryan Strawser: And then I think I've mentioned in all of this too is the NBA has changed their rules of conduct for fans and taunts and basically even if you don't bring in a sign or wear a shirt, if you chant things that are not related to the game, you can be ejected. Bray Wheeler: Correct. Over the past few weeks in these pre-season games they've kicked out a number of fans for holding up simple Pro-Hong Kong signs, Chance, T-shirts, the whole nine yards and they've booted them right out. They're in a really, really tough spot. In the sport of basketball, just in comparison to the other major sports in the US, that's the one that's really gotten international foothold and really taken off that the other sports leagues don't necessarily have to combat with. Certainly baseball is an International sport. Certainly hockey is very popular in North America and Europe. But in terms of actual leagues, actual connectivity with the Pro League, the NBA is really the only one that has to deal with this. Bryan Strawser: Right. Baseball and football have just stepped there. They've just dip their tippy-toes in- Bray Wheeler: Right. Bryan Strawser: With all of this. Bray Wheeler: It's all localized in a way that the NBA certainly has capitalized on the big market and popularity in China and globally. But it definitely is for organizations, just a good case study and a good reminder of engagement, and even engaging for the right reasons has potential consequences and opens you to reputational crises, operational crises around these different policy issues and political issues that are going on now globally. It's not just State by State. It really is international flares to these issues. Bryan Strawser: One of the challenges, I mean we've talked about this in various ways in the past on the podcast and on Managing Uncertainty around globalization and deciding to take your business outside of where it started, and doing so usually requires that you find ways to adapt to the norms of the countries in which you're operating in. Bryan Strawser: I know from my own experience in doing this in India and in Asia, my operating model there was different. My leadership approach was different. In some cases, more reserved than what my brash American in your face leadership style is, in some cases more aggressive because that's what the local situation demanded and that's just adapting my own leadership style. Your business has to adapt to the local cultural and norms. Bryan Strawser: That's the real challenge here I think is as we've talked about previously, the Chinese do not expect to be challenged by a business that they've granted permission to operate, particularly an American business. And so the NBA is going to have to really think about, any company that's going to do this, is going to have to really think about the reputational aspects of this. I don't know that the NBA or any company could have predicted what's going on in Hong Kong this year. Bray Wheeler: Right. Bryan Strawser: But this kind of disruption is going to continue and the challenge will not be contained as we're seeing here to just businesses operating in Hong Kong. Bray Wheeler: I mean this is certainly headline grabbing type stuff. Things like regulatory and safety in factories and things like that in Country State you're operating in aren't the same as the US and that's made some headlines here in the past few years. But, even things as simple as that, just how you operate your business even behind the scenes, there is an adaptation factor that has to take place. Bray Wheeler: So moving on from Hong Kong until next week, the next topic is Syria. And so there is a few different things that are going on with the Syria Kurd issue, post US withdrawal or as we're seeing active US withdrawal. Over the last 24, 48 hours, there's been a lot of international media attention around Kurdish forces, Kurdish population's reaction to the US leaving. Bray Wheeler: There has been pictures of them throwing stones at different military vehicles. There has been pictures of US soldiers with patches of Kurdish forces to try and show the symbol of unity that, we're still with you even though we've been ordered to leave, so there is just a lot of tension with the US-Kurd position now that the final US troops are moving out of that Kurdish region. Bray Wheeler: President Trump has indicated that some troops may stay in Syria in order to protect oil fields, oil facilities in order to prevent ISIS who has capitalized on those facilities in the past from regaining control of those to sell oil on the black market, which was very lucrative for them for a while. So that's the last force. Otherwise, the rest of them are moving into Iraq. Bray Wheeler: As a result of piling on to that, ISIS has been posting a lot of propaganda material, particularly on the newer social media site that's gaining popularity Tik Tok, which has meant to largely be funny. Their stuff is not so funny that they're posting on there. So ISIS is really capitalizing here in the last week around this attacking prisons, attacking Kurdish forces to try and free up some of that land, facilities, captured members of ISIS, things like that, so ISIS has really been on a little bit of an upswing here the last week in terms of from where they have been at least relatively speaking. Bray Wheeler: Finally, the unique piece that's we're recording this on Tuesday, October 22nd, but what has broken here today within the last couple of hours is, Turkey and Russia have reached an agreement on patrolling that Syrian border between Turkey and Syria. The US vacating that role as influencer in that area, Russia has stepped into that, and so they're the power broker for moving the Kurdish forces out of that buffer area that Turkey is seeking to establish on the Syrian border. So a lot going on in Syria, a lot of different implications that will continue to play out, but really for organizations watching that, staying on top of all the different tentacles of what's going on there is going to be very important, particularly on the US engagement front. Bray Wheeler: If you have business with Turkey, that kind of relationship is a little bit unsettled. On the terrorism front, there is certainly the ISIS factor in that popularity. You may get some, not necessarily copycats, but sympathizers that may take action as, Oh, ISIS is back, I'm going to do something to affirm my spot. So there is just a lot going on that front. Bryan Strawser: There's a lot to keep an eye on, I think because you may not be doing business in... Well, you're probably not doing business in Syria if you're listening to this podcast. Bray Wheeler: Hopefully not. Bryan Strawser: Right. Hopefully not, but you're probably doing business. If you're international, you probably have some connectivity to Turkey and you're more than likely have some connectivity to the Middle East region as a whole. This is definitely something to monitor. When we've talked about this on a previous episode, there's a lot going on in terms of military conflict there that can expand. Bryan Strawser: There's obviously other countries that are bordering Syria have concerns about what's going on and then the regional terrorism concern with ISIS and even their global reach. As this continues that they continue to gain foothold, a chance to reconstitute. There's a lot to keep an eye on here and I'm sure we'll be talking about this much in the future. Bray Wheeler: I have a feeling it's going to be another Hong Kong here over the next few weeks. Bryan Strawser: It's going to come out of nowhere and... Bray Wheeler: We're just going to keep talking about that, which transitioning into another topic we've talked to a lot a bit about is Brexit. So over the last 24, 48 hours here, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has moved to have the House of Commons vote on the agreements with the European Union that he reached with them over the last week. That got nixed yesterday by the House Speaker. He shut that down as a breach of protocol, but today they're actually reviewing that agreement and hopefully voting on that. That's the expectation. Bryan Strawser: So they have voted. While we've been here- Bray Wheeler: They voted. Bryan Strawser: Recording this episode and we're recording this episode. Bray Wheeler: Look at that. Bryan Strawser: A little afternoon on a Tuesday the 22nd, you'll be hearing this likely on the 23rd- Bray Wheeler: Real time. Yes. Bryan Strawser: Update from just about 10 minutes ago while we were recording the podcast, UK Lawmakers, and I'm reading from the Wall Street journal here, UK Lawmakers on Tuesday endorsed Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal, giving it critical momentum in Britain's factual parliaments and raising the prospect that the country's protracted divorce from the European Union is finally reaching the end game. The fight's not over. Johnson will face further votes in the House of Commons that could delay or frustrate the deal, and he's even threatened to pull the deal if they refuse to fast track the legislation. Bryan Strawser: But in principle, this vote marks a remarkable turnaround for the Prime Minister who in three months has managed to both renegotiate an agreement with the EU and persuade the deeply divided house of commons of its merits. Earlier today, he was telling lawmakers that he would pull the deal and call for a General Election if they did not push this through in the calendar year 2019. Where was the vote? Here we go. Bryan Strawser: Mr. Johnson negotiated a deal last week with the EU that covers payments to the EU, citizens' rights and arrangement to avoid a hard border, a physical border from being built in Ireland. Despite running a minority government, Mr. Johnson in the last 48 hours has managed to win over to his course, a group of opposition labor lawmakers who backed Brexit and also persuaded almost all of the conservatives that he threw out of the party last month for defying him on a Brexit vote to rally behind his deal. Bryan Strawser: Whether this alliance will hold is unclear. Lawmakers have already begun publishing proposed amendments to the now approved divorce deal. So there's a lot here left to do, but in principle this is pretty remarkable turn around from even say Friday where things were at. Bray Wheeler: Bryan correct me if I'm wrong, essentially the vote today was just to advance the conversation and movement to make the conversation official that yes, we are actually talking about it because for the longest time it's been talking around the agreement or the process of getting to the agreement. Not necessarily the agreement itself, particularly in the last couple of months. But you're right, I mean this is a huge move to even just open up that conversation channel implications if this does go through- Bryan Strawser: They're huge. Bray Wheeler: Or a lot, they're huge. I mean even down to, Scotland potentially thinking about breaking away from the United Kingdom to go back to the EU. I know there's some tensions or uncertainty around what that lack of hard border in Ireland really the means, and whether or not that will play out how people say it will play out. Bryan Strawser: What happens to Balmoral or Scotland succeeds? I'm sorry, I just went to the Queen's favorite palace, but no, I mean you're right. I mean there's a ton of concerns around where things could go from here that are- Bray Wheeler: Beyond the just [inaudible] economy. Bryan Strawser: And I think, and I've mentioned this before and I like to just make this real for the impact on individuals. I'm a Grad student at a UK College and most of my classmates are not... I would say most of my classmates aren't British. They're from mostly from Commonwealth countries and a lot and then there's a bunch of Americans in there. They don't even know what this means. There was an email from the Principal of Kings college, which is the President of an American college, Dr. Byrne yesterday morning that said, we know many of you are concerned about this and the fact of the matter is we don't know what's going to happen, but here's what we do understand today. And I thought that that was extraordinary that you'd have to send out a message about what your country's immigration policy might be because you don't know. Bray Wheeler: Well in real time. Bryan Strawser: In real time. Bray Wheeler: And it's not. Sadly- Bryan Strawser: I mean I should let- Bray Wheeler: You probably get an update. Bryan Strawser: Maybe I'll got an update from Dr. Byrne here on a... Bray Wheeler: Perhaps by the time you've completed your coursework, it will be settled and finalized and you'll be able to just- Bryan Strawser: You'll be able to figure it out. Bray Wheeler: Float in for graduation. So for organizations around Brexit, I mean really between now and the 31st the deadline, things should become clearer or become muddier, one of the two. But now is the time to really pay attention. Now is the time to make sure that travelers are aware of what's going on and the potential implications, both short-term and in the near term until things settle out or there. Organizationally, you're having those discussions around what does this mean for our organization, whether we have operations in the EU and the UK or one of the other. Bray Wheeler: Really now is the time if you... And we've stressed this over the last couple of months, but really watch what's going on here and really start having real conversations around what this means for your organization. Because if you're not, you're going to be unprepared and you're going to be in some trouble no matter how this shakes out, even if it's orderly and everything else. The complexity here is pretty high and so to not have a good sense and feeling of what's going on and understanding of some of the implications, you're going to be behind the ball. Bryan Strawser: Brexit's a big one, most large organizations I think are studying this carefully and it's tough as fast as this moving to understand the various provisions that are going on. I do think though, if you're a US based company and you're doing business in the UK, the US has individual agreements with the UK that will likely protect your business, but it will depend on where you're coming from, where your folks are citizens of. There's a lot of moving parts here to keep track of. Bray Wheeler: Keeping with elections and votes and things like that, a couple of notable international elections have taken place here and we won't go too deep because the actual impacts of these are still a little bit unknown, but Canada here today, last night in the last 24 hours, finalized their elections. Prime minister Trudeau was re-elected, however his party lost the popular vote. So there's some political tensions going on within Canada itself. It's been a little bit of an abnormally contentious election for them. Bray Wheeler: I would probably argue they're a little bit more civilized than the US elections typically, but this one was pretty contentious. Kind of a split votes. He was able to get his majority coalition. However, there's a lot of uncertainty that has to play out on that front. Bryan Strawser: Who did the liberals ally themselves with in their conservative government or I'm sorry, in their Coalition government. Do you know? Is it the new Democrats? Bray Wheeler: I believe so. I have two of- Bryan Strawser: The most ideologically aligned. It was interesting. I think everybody expected this to be closer between the liberals and the conservatives and it wasn't. The liberals, that's Trudeau's party took a 157 seats losing 20. The conservatives gained 24, I think the surprise of the night was the Quebec Bloc, the [inaudible] names and one of the names they picked up their 32 they picked up a bunch of seats. Bryan Strawser: They picked up 22 seats, almost as many as the Conservatives dead. And so I think somewhere in there lies the coalition that went on. But yeah, it's interesting. Everybody expected this to be closer, I think, and it wasn't. The liberals primarily relied upon Ontario for their votes in the popular vote, but there's a lot of seats there. The conservatives could sort of vote was heavily concentrated in Alberta and Saskatchewan, but there's not a lot of seats there, so that shows big in the popular vote, but just like our electoral college, it didn't translate to seats. Bray Wheeler: And then the other election, which has already taken place, but this is the aftermath is in Israel. So there was a very close vote with no majority, no rival at a coalition between Prime Minister Netanyahu and his counterparts... I'm going to probably, what's his name? Gantz, former Israeli military general. Really Gantz took a little bit of a gamble and allowed Netanyahu to try and form his coalition first. Bray Wheeler: Netanyahu had the majority of seats but really Gantz challenged that Netanyahu's ability to try and form a coalition first. Unfortunately here Netanyahu's coalition did not happen. He was not able to do it and it has now moved over to Gantz to try and form that coalition and if he is able to do that, that will be a shift in Israel's coalition that they've seen for quite awhile. Bray Wheeler: It has real political and personal implications for Netanyahu who is trying to stay in power in order to be exempt from some of some legal challenges he's facing. If he is not Prime Minister, he is open to those legal challenges. So there's a lot playing out there. Nothing is settled, but it is an interesting turn of events that Netanyahu was not able to get a coalition formed. Bryan Strawser: And is likely the end of Benjamin Netanyahu's political career. I mean there's a criminal investigation that's going on that I think was pending the outcome of this election to some extent? Bray Wheeler: Yeah. Bryan Strawser: I don't know if you had more context on that. Bray Wheeler: No, I think that's... I mean that's the piece that everybody's playing up a little bit, but I think from implication to Israel standpoint that has less implication to operations and to the public of Israel other than removing somebody who's faced a lot of controversy, especially over the last few years. Bray Wheeler: So more to come there. Chile topic we haven't talked about in quite a while. I want to just briefly touch on that. There has been protests here over the last four days in Chile, particularly in the major cities. The protests really started over a small increase in transportation costs, but that was really the straw that broke the camel's back for the public in Chile who's seen in spite of economic growth that Chile has experienced, wages have stagnated, the quality of living has not improved. Bray Wheeler: So there's just a lot of tension going on in Chile. And so this transportation increase on top of the fact that people aren't making more wages has set off a lot of protests that's taken place across the country with the military being deployed, political implications for the Presidents and some of the other politicians that are in an office. Bray Wheeler: So if you have operations in Chile, you're probably likely aware that some of that's going on. But really this has the potential to turn into a Hong Kong situation where it could play out over a long period of time. Chile has a history of being a little bit more forceful on some of those things. So there's more a physical security threat potentially with some of these protests here in Chile. Bray Wheeler: So just another area to keep an eye on and we'll likely be talking about that here in the next couple of weeks as well. Last topic we have of course, our first BryghtCast Weekly edition is a nice long one. We have lots of topics, but really this one is a little bit of an interesting one. I'm going to turn it over to Bryan, but it's really around DHS, Department of Homeland Security here in the US. Leadership vacancies and the implications of that inability to fill some of those key spots. Bryan Strawser: So there's a really... So I think everyone's aware at the start of this administration, John Kelly was the Secretary of Homeland Security. He resigned that position to become White House Chief of Staff, and then Kirstjen Nielsen came in as the Secretary of Homeland Security and was confirmed by the Senate. She served in that role until she was asked to resign by the president, and then the President named the Commissioner of Border Protection, I believe this is a McLaren as the Secretary of Homeland security, the acting DHS Secretary. And he resigned, was it last week? I think that took effect last week was his last week. Bryan Strawser: And so now the President has to fill the role... The president never has a nominated a secretary. There's no one pending. It's been open for months. The acting Secretary has resigned. There is no Deputy Secretary. So the challenge becomes filling the role of a Cabinet Secretary means invoking part of a law called the Federal Vacancy Reform Act, which gives the President power to appoint individuals in roles within the Federal government in an acting capacity, except that there's restrictions on this. Bryan Strawser: And to appoint someone to the Secretary role, you have to have someone who has been either confirmed by the United States Senate in a previous role that's currently serving for 90 days under the previous Secretary who was [inaudible] confirmed. That means it can't be in a... It's not service under an acting Secretary, it's got to be serviced under a Senate confirmed secretary. Bryan Strawser: Well, the last Senate confirmed Secretary was Nielsen, and since then we've had months without a Secretary in place. So my understanding from an article yesterday was that the President was looking to appoint Ken Cuccinelli, who was previously the Virginia Attorney General, or another individual who I believe was the acting Head of Customs and Border Protection. Bryan Strawser: Cuccinelli is the acting Head of Citizenship and Immigration services. Neither of them served under Secretary Neilsen. So they're not eligible and they're not Senate confirmed. So they're not eligible, and I believe most of the Assistant Secretary roles in DHS are either open or unsuitable in terms of the President's mind. This is information that leaked out of the White House personnel office yesterday. Bryan Strawser: So we're in a really interesting bind here because there needs to be an acting DHS Secretary. There's a number of statutory issues associated with that role. The department as a whole, one of the largest departments in the Federal government needs leadership, and we can't even name an Assistant Secretary, Oh I'm sorry, an acting Secretary because we don't have these roles. So the president's really in a bind on this right now until he appoints a secretary. I'm not sure that we see any other way out of that. Bray Wheeler: No, I mean it's going to force his hand a little bit in terms of this acting leader position that he's trying to put into place across several agencies. He's likely going to have to nominate somebody in likely going to have to play the political game with those nominees that he's successfully avoided here over this year in particular, he's going to have to probably play ball again in that capacity. What would be, Bryan and your take and your expertise, what would be some of the implications just for from that lack of leadership with the organization's thinking like FEMA and immigration and all those different pieces that DHS potentially overseas not even counting. Bryan Strawser: Well, I think there's a couple of key things that come to mind and I'm not an expert in all things that DHS does as a whole, and I want to make this nonpolitical in terms of content, but I think just there's a number of issues in the public sphere right now related to DHS as work that I think are important to have a secretary or release an acting secretary in place in order to represent these issues before the American people and drive some of these policy questions to resolution. Bryan Strawser: I mean, honestly I think the biggest one in the public policy spirit now is just immigration. The president's made that a key part of his administration, as a key part of his campaign in 16 and will be again in 2020 and if you don't have a public face of that, a policy face to that, that's really the role of the Cabinet Secretary's play as in implementing and speaking to the President's policy and defending the President's policy and bringing those policies to life. Bryan Strawser: And whether you agree with the President's view on immigration or not, we need to have that debate with that position filled in. There needs to be somebody that's overseeing that work. I also think there's been a number of things that don't look good that have happened around immigration and detention and deportation of people and I think you need somebody there to mind the ship so to speak. Bryan Strawser: That's a civilian appointed at the Cabinet Secretary level to do that. And then I think there's the contingency issue of we're confronted with natural disasters all the time and FEMA, I think does a very good job of managing those in the role of the Federal Government to provide logistics and support and funding to the States who are really the ones in charge of response and the FEMA administrator as pending Senate confirmation. Bryan Strawser: But there's an acting Head who came from within FEMA and I'm sure they'll do just fine, but they need top cover and it don't mean to hide or conceal something. Bray Wheeler: No. Bryan Strawser: They needed somebody to help take the political issues off of their backs so that acting administrator, Pete Gaynor and the team can manage the situation. And I don't think this any different from the other big agencies within DHS. I think that's true for the US Coast guard. The Coast guards part of DHS and the Commandant who I met in Aspen in July is extremely capable leader and so as his team, but again, you need the civilian leadership to help you navigate situations, particularly political one. Bryan Strawser: And let's face it that the Federal budget is something that is a constant debate in Washington. And although the Commandant and the few minutes later to go and testify and make their own arguments, they worked for the DHS Secretary and they need to be able to be there as a part of that as well. So that's probably a long winded answer, but I think those are the challenges we're faced with. Bray Wheeler: Yeah, no, I think to your point, it's less the political implications and more the operational challenges for businesses around with these vacancies and acting leadership and a lot of these key posts within DHS and those implications on business, because you're talking about travel and work visas, you're talking about FEMA response to different things. You're talking about coast guard implications to supply chain and logistics, all those different things. Bray Wheeler: And to your point, that lack of not necessarily top cover but support to take the other issues off the plate so those Department Heads can actually do the things that they're tasked with doing and that their agencies are required to do and should be doing. That's really the main focus of that secretary is to act on their behalf and to support and redirect and direct as appropriate and triage for them, and that lack of stables leadership, consistent leadership in the agency has some very potentially real implications with this. Bray Wheeler: And so hopefully it is going down that path of assigning a Permanent Secretary that being forced in that position while probably not what President Trump necessarily wants to have happen might actually be a silver lining for him in that agency and thereby the public in business operations in different organizations. So with that, that concludes the first of official separates BryghtCast Weekly Edition. We will be back next week with more topics, so look for this as a separate podcast subscription again, and we'll chat next week. Bryan Strawser: Thanks for listening.

Former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen spoke at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit today, amid controversy after Hillary Clinton and Brandi Carlile cancelled their appearances. In this special pop-up episode, Dan digs in with Fortune reporter and conference co-chair Michal Lev-Ram.

BOLSONARO EN EL PARTIDO INAUGURAL. El presidente de Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro, prevé asistir hoy al partido inaugural de la Copa América Brasil-2019 entre la Seleçao y Bolivia en Sao Paulo, en una jornada en la que también se convocó a una huelga general contra el gobierno ultraderechista. La Canarinha se estrenará ante Bolivia en el estadio Morumbi sin su astro Neymar, quien quedó fuera del torneo tras lesionarse en un amistoso preparatorio ante Qatar hace una semana. Tras la masiva movilización del 15 de mayo para protestar contra recortes en la educación pública por parte del gobierno, se espera que la huelga general sea acogida por los principales sindicatos. En esta edición del torneo más antiguo del mundo, la Seleçao de Tite buscará levantar de nuevo un título continental, tras una sequía desde 2007.   TE INVITO A QUE ESCUCHES EL ESPECIAL COPA AMÉRICA DEL FRANCOINFORMADOR. HASTA EL 7 DE JULIO CON MUCHA INFO SOBRE EL TORNEO DE SELECCIONES MÁS ANTIGUO DEL MUNDO! Son episodios extras que salen diariamente a la par que de informativo.   SARAH SANDERS DEJA LA CASA BLANCA. Sarah Sanders dejará su cargo como Secretaria de Prensa de la Casa Blanca . No se anunció de inmediato quién será su sucesor, pero el próximo secretario de prensa tomará posesión justo cuando Trump inicie una campaña de reelección que determinará el destino de su presidencia. La inesperada salida de Sanders se produce dos meses después de la última renuncia de primer nivel del Gabinete de Trump, cuando la entonces secretaria de Seguridad Nacional, Kirstjen Nielsen, abandonó su cargo.   MATRIMONIO IGUALITARIO EN ECUADOR. La corte constitucional falló ayer a favor de las uniones entre personas del mismo sexo en respuesta a dos casos presentados por una corte provincial. Miembros de la comunidad LGBTQ ecuatoriana celebraron la decisión y consideran que la resolución allana el camino para el matrimonio igualitario en el país.   VENEZOLANOS VAN A PERÚ. Largas filas de migrantes venezolanos poblaron este jueves el paso fronterizo entre Ecuador y Colombia para poder llegar a Perú antes de que este país aplique, desde el próximo sábado, la exigencia de visado, a pesar de las dificultades que se están encontrando del lado colombiano. Los últimos datos que ha dado el Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados (Acnur) reflejan que cuatro millones de venezolanos abandonaron su país desde 2015 y que, de ellos, al menos 3,1 millones se quedaron en Latinoamérica.   ALIBABA. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, la mayor empresa de comercio electrónico de China, presentó una solicitud de confidencialidad para un listado de Hong Kong que podría recaudar hasta $ 20 mil millones en el tercer trimestre de este año. Un acuerdo de ese tamaño sería la mayor venta de acciones a nivel mundial en siete años y otorgaría fondos a Alibaba para la inversión en tecnología, una prioridad para China a medida que el crecimiento económico se desacelera y se intensifica una disputa comercial con Estados Unidos.   NARCÓTICOS ONLINE. El tráfico ilegal de narcóticos en internet sigue creciendo. Desde 2013 se han cerrado media docena de sitios de comercio electrónico ilegal de drogas que operan en la red profunda, entre ellos Silk Road, Valhalla y Wall Street Market. El mercado negro en línea es una de las principales fuentes de fentanilo y otros opioides sintéticos, a menudo producidos en China. OTRA CAÍDA GLOBAL DE INSTAGRAM. La red social Instagram presentó problemas desde las 21:00, hora GMT, en distintos lugares del mundo. Por aproximadamente un periodo de dos horas, usuarios reportaron caídas, imposibilidad de actualizar así como de actualizar el feed, y rápidamente estallaron los memes. De acuerdo con el sitio Downdetector, que informa sobre el funcionamiento de varias redes y plataformas digitales, las quejas de los usuarios y los reportes de fallas se registraron en varios puntos de los Estados Unidos, América Latina y Europa, lo que le dió una magnitud global a la caída. TWITTER RECUPERAR LA MEMORIA. Los investigadores están un paso más cerca de ayudar a las personas a mejorar su memoria. La Agencia de Proyectos de Investigación Avanzada de la Defensa de los Estados Unidos ha gastado casi $ 80 millones en el desarrollo y prueba de dispositivos que ayudan a restaurar los recuerdos de las personas con lesiones cerebrales traumáticas. En dos estudios separados, los investigadores encontraron que los implantes aumentaron la memoria hasta en un 37 por ciento. Hasta ahora, la herramienta solo se ha probado en pacientes con epilepsia y todavía necesitaría la aprobación de la FDA.   Entrega de alimentos por Drone. La entrega de Uber Eats por Drone llegará este verano. Uber está probando el nuevo método de entrega en San Diego, California. Uno de los primeros socios es McDonalds, aunque Big Macs todavía no se caerá del cielo. Los drones volarán y aterrizarán en una "zona de aterrizaje segura designada", donde un conductor de entrega recogerá los alimentos para completar la entrega. Incluso con los pasos adicionales, se espera que la entrega de aviones no tripulados sea más rápida que la entrega de automóviles. PRIMERA MISA EN NOTRE DAME. Una pequeña misa se llevará a cabo en la catedral de Notre Dame en París este sábado por la noche, la primera desde que un incendio destruyó la torre de la estructura, partes del techo y la bóveda en abril. El acceso al evento será extremadamente limitado debido a preocupaciones de seguridad, ya que solo se espera que asistan de 20 a 30 personas, dijo la Arquidiócesis de París. LOS MALOS DE LA PELÍCULA. ¿Héroes o villanos? Ésta es la gran cuestión que tienen que dilucidar las autoridades de EEUU y que ha puesto a todo el mundo en vilo porque puede condicionar el desarrollo tecnológico en los próximos años. Simplemente al conocerse la noticia de que el departamento de Justicia de EEUU iba a iniciar la investigación, Facebook se desplomó un 7% en Bolsa y Google perdió 40.000 millones de dólares de valor bursátil en apenas una jornada. Si los reguladores americanos dictaminan que Amazon, Google, Facebook y Apple tienen una posición de monopolio en sus respectivos mercados y consideran que utilizan este poder para impedir el acceso de competidores, podrían tomar medidas drásticas como ocurrió en 1911 con Standard Oil y en 1982 con AT&T. Standard se vio obligada a dividirse en 34 empresas -Exxon y Mobil, entre ellas- y AT&T se desmembró en las siete Baby Bells.   CON CALMA. El vídeo musical de "Con Calma", del reguetonero puertorriqueño Daddy Yankee y el rapero canadiense Snow, sobrepasó los 1.000 millones de visitas en YouTube, mientras que el tema ha alcanzado el número uno en ventas en iTunes Latino Charts en más de 50 países. De igual manera, el vídeo musical es el primero que alcanza la cifra de los 1.000 millones de reproducciones en el canal este año Este nuevo récord de Daddy Yankee se suma a los logrados con los sencillos "Despacito", "Dura" y "Shaky Shaky", que igualmente registraron millonarias reproducciones a nivel digital.  

The president of Voto Latino, discusses voter suppression, the Wall, and immigration. At turns funny, then tragic, and angry. A fun and moving interview. To help support the organizations mentioned in this episode, visit:https://annunciationhouse.org/https://www.raicestexas.org/?rd=anp

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

Employees at the Department of Homeland Security say the recent string of leadership changes at their agency is unsettling. At least 12 top positions at DHS are open or led by acting officials. But DHS employees say all of those changes doesn't have much impact on their day to day work. Federal News Network's Nicole Ogrysko joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss what employees are saying, and what opportunities they see for career executives to step up and communicate.

  Poetry Month continues! Award-winning poet J. Barrett Wolf, aside from a lifetime of writing, has been a street musician, salesman, laborer, computer technician, and a police officer. He was raised in the suburbs of New York City, has lived in Connecticut, North Carolina, the Bay Area in California, and currently resides in Binghamton, New York. He has ridden motorcycles for most of the last forty years and is a proud member of The Highway Poets Motorcycle Club. His work has been published in literary and general interest magazines including Black Bear Review, Portland Review of the Arts, Amelia, Fireheart, Scarecrow, Cats Magazine, Rye Whiskey Review, and Carousel. Wolf speaks with Wendy Sheridan in today's featured interview, beginning with a heart-rending poem in tribute to one who was lost to the Parkland massacre -- much after the fact. He and Wendy move into a discussion between friends on the organized rise of conservative theocracy, the problems with progressive talking points and purity tests, looking toward coherent compromise for a better political movement, touring as an artist, and judging a biker poetry contest. Mary McGinley shifts gears to tell us all about Shakespeare in the Why Is This Awesome? segment of the show. After tackling Macbeth in elementary school, Mary found herself on a journey to learn more and more about Shakespeare, and eventually completed the quest during the '90s to see a production of each of his plays at least once. Mary leads an enthusiastic chat with Wendy and Robin Renée that includes modern interpretations, the sonnets, how Shakespeare changed the English language, advice for those unfamiliar with Shakespeare, and speculations on the key to his success. The news of the week includes Kirstjen Nielsen's departure as United States Secretary of Homeland Security, all the "acting" members of the Trump cabinet, and William Barr's congressional testimony. Wendy announces a time capsule blogging project coming up this summer. This week, birthday shouts go out to Maynard James Keenan, Tim Curry, George Takei, Luther Vandross, Iggy Pop, Queen Elizabeth II, and the aforementioned William Shakespeare. It is also time to celebrate Bat Appreciation Day, Haiku Poetry Day (listen for the high school emo haiku), National Hanging Out Day, Easter, Earth Day, and if you partake, enjoy 4/20! Things to do: Follow J. Barrett Wolf on Facebook. Get a copy of Rubber Side Down: The Biker Poet Anthology Listen for J. Barrett Wolf's poetry radio shows on WBDY 99.5FM. Watch Binghamton: Valley of Creativity, which features an interview with J. Barrett Wolf. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxtut81oVYw Check out Shakespeare's Sonnet 150 by read.my.lips. httpss://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_WDSHqzVk8      

What should U.S. immigration policy look like? The columnists debate Kirstjen Nielsen's resignation, Trump's xenophobia and Obama's legacy on immigration live on stage at the Times Center in New York. Then, in response to listener voicemail, Ross, Michelle and David discuss the 2020 candidacies of Pete Buttigieg, Kirsten Gillibrand, Andrew Yang, Cory Booker and Amy Klobuchar. For background reading on this live episode, visit nytimes.com/theargumentFor tickets to our live show in Boston, visit https://timesevents.nytimes.com/theargumentboston

-AG Barr’s new investigation -IG Horowitz is investigating Stefan Halper -Barr: “Spying did occur.” -Candace Owens roasts Lieu/Nadler -Stephen Miller’s idea for detained migrants -Bernie’s Marxist bullshit -Kirstjen Nielsen resigns from DHS -Netflix exaggerates the Walrus problem -Massey rips Kerry -Ilhan Omar/CAIR -Obama breaks a personal record -SuperObama -The mob comes for Burger King -EMAILS!!! CancelThisPodcast.podbean.com @cancelthispod CancelThisPodcast@gmail.com #CancelThis This podcast is also brought to you by HackerHamin.podbean.com @HaminMediaGroup Be sure to check them out for all of the latest in Conspiracy Theories, Pro Wrestling, So-Bad-They’re-Good Horror Movies, Star Wars and more.

Juan Carlos López analiza las noticias más importantes de la política estadounidense como los cambios hechos por el presidente Donald Trump en el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de EE.UU., especialmente la renuncia de la secretaria Kirstjen Nielsen. Trump le pidió la renuncia a Nielsen y al director del Servicio Secreto, Randolph Alles. Mientras tanto, el secretario de Justicia, William Barr, dijo que hubo espionaje contra la campaña del presidente Trump. Y el Departamento del Tesoro se negó a cumplir la petición del Congreso de entregar las declaraciones de impuestos del mandatario. López analiza estos temas con los estrategas republicanos Alfonso Aguilar y Gustavo Portela, la periodista y analista política, Paulina Chávez Alonso y la estratega demócrata, María Teresa Cardona en Choque de Opiniones. Para conocer sobre cómo CNN protege la privacidad de su audiencia, visite CNN.com/privacidad

Bienvenidos de nuevo oyentes. Los últimos episodios fueron repeticiones mientras Henry visitó China. Mientras tanto, nuestra oficina permaneció abierta con nuestros otros abogados y el ex juez de inmigración.En las noticias de esta semana. La Secretaria del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS), Kirstjen Nielsen, renunció. DHS es responsable de las agencias de inmigración en los Estados Unidos. Incluye ICE, que es la policía de inmigración principalmente dentro del país; La CBP controla las fronteras de Estados Unidos e incluye aeropuertos y; USCIS, que es la agencia que supervisa la inmigración a los Estados Unidos.Según los informes de noticias, el Presidente Trump quería que el Secretario del DHS libere a los inmigrantes detenidos y los liberará en "Ciudades Santuario" como un castigo a esas ciudades por proteger a los inmigrantes. Esto sería realmente positivo por algunas razones. Primero, excepto aquellos con antecedentes penales, se bajaría la detención. Segundo, las familias ya no estarían separadas. En tercer lugar, bajaría la presión sobre el sistema de inmigración.Esta semana también traemos dos casos de la oficina. Primero, una interesante. Se trata de un residente permanente casado de los Estados Unidos con hijastros. Su esposa e hijos no están en el país y él les pidió que recibieran tarjetas de residencia. Mientras esperaban su cita, el marido solicitó la ciudadanía. Escuche a Henry explicar lo que sucedió cuando llegaron a su cita de residencia en el consulado.Cuando las peticiones de un residente para su cónyuge, pueden incluir a los hijos de sus cónyuges, si eran menores de 18 años de edad antes de la boda.El segundo caso esta semana se refiere a las exenciones provisionales de presencia ilegal. La renuncia provisional le da mucho miedo a las personas porque oyen de una prohibición cuando abandonan los Estados Unidos. Escuche los requisitos para calificar para una exención en el episodio de esta semana de la voz del inmigrante.Henry Lim, un abogado de inmigración de Orlando y Kissimmee, puede ayudarlo con todas sus preguntas sobre la ley de inmigración y ciudadanía de EE. UU. Esto incluye visas de trabajo, inmigración basada en la familia, visas de visitante, visa E-2 y visa E-1, visa L-1, visa H1B, visa de estudiante F-1, y más. Comuníquese con Lim Law al (407) -897-8870 para programar una cita. Orgullosamente sirviendo a Orlando, Kissimmee y toda la Florida Central. Nuestra primera consulta es gratuita.

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: Donald Trump fires Kirstjen Nielsen, his Homeland Security Secretary - or did she resign? Black holes - we get the first image of an actual event horizon around a black hole. Gotta love that accretion disc. You’re looking into the past: where’s your whimsey?? Future Former Aussie PM Scott Morrison calls an election for the 18th of May. Bill Shorten’s Labor Party - branding, focus groups, grobs and joath. Would Australians vote if we didn’t have to? Ni Hao and Dropping Sausages - election campaigns and the gaffiest gaffs. Peter Dutton roasted for calling the disability of his opponent an ‘excuse’ for not yet living in the district she hopes to represent. All well and good to be disenchanted with voting if shit doesn’t affect you. Captain GetUp satire from Advance Australia backfires. The Unnatural Selection podcast is produced by Jorge Tsipos, Adam Direen and Tom Heath. Visit the Unnatural Selection website at www.UnnaturalShow.com for stuff and things. The views expressed are those of the hosts and their guests and do not reflect those of any other entities. Unnatural Selection is a show made for comedic purposes and should not be taken seriously by anyone.   Twitter: @JorgeTsipos @TomDHeath @UnnaturalShow   Instagram: @JorgeTsipos @AdamCDireen @Tom.Heath @UnnaturalShow

Kirstjen Nielsen’s Resignation is discussed this week, the legacy she leaves behind with the policy she oversaw and the false narrative being pushed by the Democratic Party. AG Bill Barr’s recent testimony, updates on the Mueller report and some notes about the Trump Budget. Julian Assanges arrest and what it could mean for journalism and the first amendment. Intersectionality continues to seep into Hollywood and Russell Wilson sets a deadline for his contract in a stat packed SPORTS!!

Guest: Jim Williams, Contributor with The Huffington Post and Host of the Podcast Politically Incorrect joins us to discuss the firing of Kirstjen Nielsen and the latest immigration policy, the President releasing his Tax records,  and other related topics. Plus we will discuss: 1. Virginia wins their 1st National Championship 2. Baylor edges NotreDame to win the Women's National Championship 3. An early look at MLB/Players 4. Trump administration cancels Major League Baseball deal with Cuba   Listen live beginning at 9am Eastern Time. Followed by The Donelson Files Join Tom and CoCo as they discuss: Lots of changes at the Department of Home Security/Secret Service Latest in Presidential race High taxes in California Plus the latest political news. Listen live beginning live at 10am Eastern Time.  

Ep 162: Erek (@erek_smith) recs What A Time To Be Alive and I Learned Nothing, while Allison recs: Old Town Road, the new Star Wars trailer, Killing Eve, SNL with Kit Harington, The Runaways, and It Could Happen Here Allison's Patreon supporters can watch her short Hum right now! https://www.patreon.com/posts/hum-2019-25509854 In bad news: Bret Easton Ellis is an even bigger asshole than you previously thought, Julian Assange's arrest sets a dangerous precedent even if you think he's a d-bag, Texas bill threatening dealth penalty for abortion is the anti-abortion movement as its most honest, and Trump is inciting violence against Rep. Ilhan Omar In good news: Dr. Katie Bouman made that image of a black hole possible, Bye-bye, Kirstjen Nielsen, thief of migrant children, suspected rhino poacher killed by elephant then eaten by lions in South Africa, and Bernie Sanders says states should allow felons to vote from behind bars Light Treason News is supported by members! To sign up and keep the show going, visit lighttreason.news

Tochi keeps Zell from freaking out. They discuss the 45 Administrations' blatant disregard for Congress, Kirstjen Nielsen's firing and HHS' shameful handling of immigrants, and Julian Assange getting the boot.Email: InnerCitizens@gmail.com

It's been a busy week in immigration news, from Kirstjen Nielsen’s resignation to Trump contradicting his administration's officials when it comes to his zero tolerance policy. Maria and Julio make sense of the latest in border politics. They also discuss how the coverage of Attorney General William Barr's testimony reflects white male privilege in the media, and the complexities of Julian Assange's sudden arrest in London.ITT Staff Picks:Julio Ricardo Varela writes for NBC Think on why Kirstjen Nielsen’s resignation proves Stephen Miller holds a lot of power over U.S. immigration policy.In light of his arrest, here are five facts to know about Julian Assange, via The Root.He comes off as dull, but here's why William Barr is actually the most dangerous man in America, from The Daily Beast.For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today on *Boston Public Radio: * We opened up the lines and asked our listeners: Is it time for the millionaire’s tax to have its moment? South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg is taking on the religious right on their own turf. Sue O'Connell, co-publisher of Bay Windows and The South End News, and host of NECN’s "The Take with Sue O’Connell," weighed in. Emily Rooney, host of "Beat the Press," shared her list of frustrations and fulminations. Author T.C. Boyle discussed his new novel, "Outside Looking In," a fictionalized account of Timothy Leary's early LSD experiments at Harvard and beyond. Shirley Leung, interim editorial page editor for The Boston Globe, discussed a controversial column about Kirstjen Nielsen that the paper published and then walked back. Callie Crossley, host of "Under the Radar with Callie Crossley," shared her take on a viral confrontation between Rep. Maxine Waters and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. We got a running start on Marathon Monday with Peter Villa and Bryan Gould, the two hosts of the "How Was Your Run Today?" podcast, who faced off on the Friday News Quiz.

President Donald Trump is tightening his grip on immigration by proposing big policy changes, including cutting aid to Central America and a more aggressive stance against people seeking asylum. How will the Administration respond after a federal judge blocked his asylum proposal earlier this week? Co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jay Aiyer break down the resignation of Kirstjen Nielsen at the Department of Homeland Security and the politics of immigration policy.  National topics 2020 Presidential roundup:... Read More

SuperFlow Bros Vol. 3 Ep. 18   Grand Opening/Grand Closing The Passing of Nipsey Hussle and how he inspired us (Flow)   Dining Room The Legacy of Kirstjen Nielsen https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-kirstjen-nielsen-immigration-goldberg-20190410-story.html   https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/04/10/does-kirstjen-nielsen-deserve-rehabilitation/?utm_term=.0ec769737072   Bernie Sanders to release taxes Monday https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/09/politics/bernie-sanders-millionaire-tax-returns/index.html https://www.thedailybeast.com/bernie-sanders-says-hes-a-millionaire-will-release-tax-returns   Kitchen   The Rockies struggle early in the season https://www.purplerow.com/2019/4/10/18303829/colorado-rockies-2019-injuries-offense-pitching-this-url-is-a-spoiler-so-please-still-click   https://www.denverpost.com/2019/04/10/rockies-dirty-dozen-start-2019-season-problems/   HBO denies removing Neverland documentary https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2019/04/michael-jackson-doc-leaving-neverland-not-removed-from-hbo   https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.50983/title.hbo-appears-to-pull-leaving-neverland-doc-as-oprah-deletes-accusers-youtube-interviews   The legacy of Dame Dash continues https://www.complex.com/style/2019/04/damon-dash-ddtv-rachel-roy-rocawear   Living Room   The Algorithmic Accountability Act https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/10/18304960/congress-algorithmic-accountability-act-wyden-clarke-booker-bill-introduced-house-senate   https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/10/algorithmic-accountability-act/   TVision, new T-Mobile TV Service https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/10/t-mobile-officially-unveils-its-home-tv-service-tvision-home/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2019/04/10/t-mobiles-tvision-home-here-but-looks-lot-like-regular-cable/3415988002/   Instagram cracks down on inappropriate content https://mashable.com/article/instagram-wont-recommend-inappropriate-content/?utm_campaign=hp-n-1&utm_source=internal&utm_medium=onsite#tFXCRmSw7aqS   https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/10/instagram-borderline/   House Democrats Pass bill to restore Net Neutrality https://gizmodo.com/house-democrats-pass-bill-to-restore-net-neutrality-1833941512 https://thehill.com/homenews/house/438100-house-votes-to-reinstate-obama-era-net-neutrality-rules   We see First Blackhole, open the possibilities of what’s in outer space https://www.sciencenews.org/article/black-hole-first-picture-event-horizon-telescope https://www.vox.com/2019/4/10/18305272/vox-sentences-black-hole-photo   Front Porch   The Lion King Trailer https://nypost.com/2019/04/10/official-new-lion-king-trailer-reveals-first-look-at-timon-and-pumbaa/ https://www.buzzfeed.com/alliehayes/disney-lion-king-remake-vs-original-animated   Shazam https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-shazam-sequel-is-officially-in-the-works-1833897030 https://www.thewrap.com/henry-gayden-shazam-sequel/   Hawkeye series officially coming to Disney + https://www.cbr.com/hawkeye-series-with-jeremy-renner-headed-to-disney/   DC Universe is expanding finally https://io9.gizmodo.com/dc-universes-comic-book-library-is-getting-a-major-upgr-1833753718 Follow Flow on social media platforms: http://www.twitter.com/1MarcusFlowers/ http://www.Instagram.com/1MarcusFlowers/ Follow Meta on social media http://www.twitter.com/MetroMeta26th/ http://www.instagram.com/MetroMeta26th/ Follow 26th & Glencoe Media http://www.facebook.com/26th-Glencoe-... http://www.twitter.com/26thandG/ http://www.instagram.com/26thandglencoe/

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Kirstjen Nielsen's departure makes room for a fighter to come in and fix our broken immigration laws. Rather than letting activist judges and the whiny liberal media make the rules on how we run the border, it's time to get someone tough. We need policies that deter illegal immigration rather than rolling out the red carpet. Jon Miller offers some ideas on what will work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jesse and Brittany discuss their interesting Lyft experience, a listener voicemail related to homework and learning styles, Donald Trump's taxes, Kirstjen Nielsen's decision to step down from her position as Secretary of Homeland Security, and Takin' Care of Biz featuring Ruben Garcia of Annunciation House. SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: http://www.TeamDollemore.com Get your DOLLEMORE/PAGE 2020 sticker! https://dollemore.com/stickers-shop/ ... The post #503 – “Lyft Viking, Homework & Learning Styles, Donald Trump's Taxes, Kirstjen Nielsen Steps Down, and Takin' Care of Biz feat. Ruben Garcia of Annunciation House.” appeared first on I Doubt It Podcast.

The media doesn't know what to do with Kirstjen Nielsen's firing. Mark Levin's interview with Lara Logan about the media. We're joined by John Dombroski, founder and president of Grand Canyon Planning. Felicity Huffman pleads guilty, and accepts responsibility. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two sides of the big story up for discussion tonight- Democrats demanding the full release of the Special Counsel's report and Attorney General Bill Barr defending his summary of the findings. The perfect starting point for "The Great Debate," with Jennifer Granholm and Ken Cuccinelli. Chris then heads to the Magic Wall to dig into previous investigations and the precedent to release them in full. Next, Chris brings on 2020 Democratic hopeful, Representative Tim Ryan (D-OH). Chris wraps up the show discussing the crisis at the border and how the government is handling it with Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen. In a Closing Argument, Chris pleads with the President ahead of his trip to the southern border to not make it about optics, but rather to work to find a solution.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Two sides of the big story up for discussion tonight- Democrats demanding the full release of the Special Counsel's report and Attorney General Bill Barr defending his summary of the findings. The perfect starting point for "The Great Debate," with Jennifer Granholm and Ken Cuccinelli. Chris then heads to the Magic Wall to dig into previous investigations and the precedent to release them in full. Next, Chris brings on 2020 Democratic hopeful, Representative Tim Ryan (D-OH). Chris wraps up the show discussing the crisis at the border and how the government is handling it with Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen. In a Closing Argument, Chris pleads with the President ahead of his trip to the southern border to not make it about optics, but rather to work to find a solution.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

As Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen packs her bags for a new headquarters across the Anacostia River next month, the General Services Administration has proposed demolishing five historic buildings elsewhere on the Saint Elizabeths campus in order to keep plans for a consolidated DHS headquarters on track. The project has now dragged on for more than a decade. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more details.

Ilhan Omar Anti Semitic statements defended by Nancy Pelosi, Kirstjen Nielsen hearing on border crisis is a sham and Martha McSally reveals she was sexually assaulted while in the Military.

When Kirstjen Nielsen, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security,  handed out the annual DHS awards for employee excellence, Michael Hoefer was among them. He's chief of the office of performance and quality at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and a silver medalist in the Meritorious service awards category. Hoefer joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin on Federal News Network to talk about the award, and the importance of data in his office.

The Michael Calderin Show: An American family fighting to help Muhammad Kamran-Afghan Interpreter who helped US Forces. Muhammad Kamran is an Afghan intepreter who has helped the US Military, government agencies, and the United Nations for 10 years in their fight against terrorism. Now Muhammad is in the fight for his life; he and his family have been denied safe passage and entry into the United States. The Taliban considers him a criminal and is working hard to find and kill Muhammad, his wife, and his four young daughters. The whole family has been living in hiding for four years. They are living in daily fear of being discovered and killed by the Taliban. Even the children are unable to leave their apartment. Leaks in the roof have made the young girls sick on several occasions from getting infections from bacteria in the water or getting cold in the winter. Kristy Perano, a courageous graduate student stepped up to the plate and began a crusade along with her family (Ken and Susie Perano, Tim and Julianne Perano) to help Muhammad and his family. The USCIS has provided no reason why Muhammad and his family have not been granted clearance to enter the United States citing security concerns. A bi-partisan group of 38 members of congress signed a letter that was sent to Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homelend Security on July 31, 2018, and as of this date they have received no response from the Secretary or any governmental agency. We will hear first hand from Muhammad Kamran and the Perano Family. Please share on social media and contact your senators and members of congress. Please share this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NowDUr1I2T8 For more information, feel free to email: save.aysha@gmail.com To donate to the Go Fund Me page: https://www.gofundme.com/save-the-kamran-family --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/themichaelcalderinshow/message

Muhammad Kamran is an Afghan intepreter who has helped the US Military, government agencies, and the United Nations for 10 years in their fight against terrorism. Now Muhammad is in the fight for his life; he and his family have been denied safe passage and entry into the United States. The Taliban considers him a criminal and is working hard to find and kill Muhammad, his wife, and his four young daughters. The whole family has been living in hiding for four years. They are living in daily fear of being discovered and killed by the Taliban. Even the children are unable to leave their apartment. Leaks in the roof have made the young girls sick on several occasions from getting infections from bacteria in the water or getting cold in the winter. Kristy Perano, a courageous graduate student stepped up to the plate and began a crusade along with her family (Ken and Susie Perano, Tim and Julianne Perano) to help Muhammad and his family. The USCIS has provided no reason why Muhammad and his family have not been granted clearance to enter the United States citing security concerns. A bi-partisan group of 38 members of congress signed a letter that was sent to Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homelend Security on July 31, 2018, and as of this date they have received no response from the Secretary or any governmental agency.    We will hear first hand from Muhammad Kamran and the Perano Family. Please share on social media and contact your senators and members of congress. Please share this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NowDUr1I2T8 For more information, feel free to email: save.aysha@gmail.com To donate to the Go Fund Me page: https://www.gofundme.com/save-the-kamran-family --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/themichaelcalderinshow/message

Adam and Dr. Drew Open the show discussing some of the recent hate that has been being sent the way of Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. The guys then welcome in friend of the show Jordan Harbinger and they launch into a discussion about cognitive dissonance and how it is expanding into the general American culture. Adam also shares some thoughts on comments made recently by Mindy Kaling before the guys turn to the phones and speak to callers on a variety of topics. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Protestors swarming Kirstjen Nielsen's home, and other public harrassment and intimidation tactics by the left.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peter Fonda tweets disturbing comments regarding Barron Trump, Sarah Sanders, and Kirstjen Nielsen. Where the law separating familes came from. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jesse and Brittany discuss Jesse's many pet peeves, including drivers who back into their parking spaces, listener voicemails and emails related to masculinity, suicide, and depression, using scripture to defend immigration policy, and Mark the Mailman's scorecard, Dollemocracy featuring discussion of family separations at the border and Kirstjen Nielsen's disastrous press conference, Roger Stone's admission that... The post #417 – “Backing In, Family Separation at the Border, Roger Stone's New Memory, and Rudy Giuliani's Defenses.” appeared first on I Doubt It Podcast.

In today's Federal Newscast, officials from the Homeland Security Department tell lawmakers the agency is working across government to figure out consequences for not following the binding operational directive.

Opening Monologue: Syrian Suspicions, Border Security & Comey Interruptus. The American Military now actively defending the American Border. How novel an idea is that? As a "caravan" of Central Americans heads north through Mexico, President Trump reviews military options. Homeland Security chief Kirstjen Nielsen announces additional cooperation between DHS & DoD, and AG Jeff Sessions proclaims the end of failed old "Catch and Release" policies. In context, Colorado sets a new record for drug overdoses in 2017. Meanwhile, regarding other borders around the world, an apparent "chemical" attack has transpired in Syria. Did Assad "gas" his own people? We raise questions about the timing of this incident, given Trump's recent statements about getting out of Syria "very soon." Why does the American Foreign Policy Establishment so strongly desire otherwise? Why does John McCain care more about the Syrian Border than the Arizona Border? Plus, as Trump hits 51% Approvals, the great "Diamond & Silk" get platform-censored by Facebook as "unsafe to the community." To which we reply -- the only thing they're "unsafe" towards is the fragile, fading "Obama Coalition." Also, we speculate on the potential for FBI Comey's Book Tour to be interrupted by indictment, and we review the new alien-invasion horror movie "A Quiet Place" with reference to the Second Amendment. With Listener Calls & Music via Sia, David Guetta, Pablo Cruise, OMC and Concrete Blonde.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What does it mean to have someone in charge of the third largest government agency (with over 240,000 employees and a roster that includes the Secret Service, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Coast Guard) whose main qualification is her unfettered loyalty to President Trump? On this week's TrumpWatch on WBAI, Jesse considers this question with Jonathan Blitzer of The New Yorker. Jonathan spoke to seven current and former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) staff members for his March 1 article “How the DHS Secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen, Became One of President Trump's Fiercest Loyalists.”

What does it mean to have someone in charge of the third largest government agency (with over 240,000 employees and a roster that includes the Secret Service, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Coast Guard) whose main qualification is her unfettered loyalty to President Trump? On this week's TrumpWatch on WBAI, Jesse considers this question with Jonathan Blitzer of The New Yorker. Jonathan spoke to seven current and former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) staff members for his March 1 article “How the DHS Secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen, Became One of President Trump's Fiercest Loyalists.”

A bill calling for a new branch of the Homeland Security Department to focus solely on cybersecurity and infrastructure passes the House.