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Article- Lawless Judges Going to Jail as Trump Team Fights Lawfare Crippling the Executive Branch. Pope Elections. John Zmirak The Eric Metaxas Show John Zmirak  May 01 2025   Other Episodes More at stream.org Article mentioned- Lawless Judges Going to Jail as Trump Team Fights Lawfare Crippling the Executive Branch By John Zmirak Published on April 28, 2025 Read this article at- https://stream.org/the-brew-lawless-judges-going-to-jail-as-trump-team-fights-lawfare-crippling-the-executive-branch/ John Zmirak- You knew it was coming, didn't you? A full-on showdown between the Trump administration and the out-of-control federal courts.   It has gotten clearer by the day that a conspiracy of biased federal judges and left-wing nonprofits with teams of white-shoe lawyers has been operating to cripple the executive branch of government. The unprecedented use of judicial orders to hamstring and micromanage President Donald Trump's exercise of presidential power has created a constitutional crisis — amounting to a coup d'etat by unelected judges. Try to imagine if GOP-appointed judges had conspired to kneecap Barack Obama while he was in office. The nation would have been treated to earsplitting banshee cries of “racism,” judicial impeachment hearings, and well-funded riots in blue cities.   Don't believe me?   Remember the threats by members of Congress against Supreme Court justices when the decision overturning Roe v. Wade got leaked? (By whom, we'll never know). Think of the protests outside conservative justices' homes, and the near-miss assassination attempt on Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The Democrats tried to pack the court with new, preprogrammed leftist justices and talked about imposing term limits on SCOTUS. None on the left were warbling about the sanctity of “judicial independence” and “the rule of law” then. They only believe in the System when they can game it, like some bratty child demanding “do-overs” whenever he strikes out at bat.   No One's Above the Law Democrats were chanting “No one's above the law” when they invented fake crimes to try to imprison Donald Trump in New York, an effort led by Chief Justice John Roberts' crony Norm Eisen. The same Democrats are now suffering conniption fits as Attorney General Pam Bondi takes action against judges who committed genuine offenses. Let's look at the first two arrests, and pray that more follow wherever judges are flouting the law and undermining our democracy. CNBC reports:   Federal authorities have arrested a Wisconsin judge and a former New Mexico judge in two separate cases, accusing them of interfering with Trump administration immigration enforcement efforts.   Milwaukee Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested Friday morning and charged with obstruction. She is accused of helping an undocumented immigrant evade arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers after he appeared in her courtroom April 18.   Dugan's arrest came one day after federal authorities arrested a former New Mexico judge, Joel Cano, and his wife on charges related to the Canos' reported harboring of an undocumented immigrant with alleged ties to the notorious gang Tren de Aragua.   It's hard to decide which of these arrests is more satisfying.   Before she became a judge who would help smuggle illegal aliens out of her courtroom to evade arrest by ICE, Dugan was formerly the executive director of Catholic Charities of southeastern Wisconsin. As The Stream has reported, that particular wealthy, taxpayer-funded nonprofit has been credibly accused of colluding with Mexican cartels to traffic immigrants into the country. Elon Musk's DOGE investigations have largely cut off government funds to Catholic Charities, which served as the main conduit for some $3 billion sluiced into the U.S. Catholic bishops' coffers over the past 15 years — reimbursing them, almost dollar for dollar, for sex-abuse settlements those bishops racked up.   Fool around, find out, indeed. Next there's the case of former judge Joel Cano, who was keeping an accused Tren de Aragua gang member at his house. Feast your eyes on this servant of the court and the rescue gangster he adopted:   On Fox News Pam Bondi explained just how far Cano had gone to help Lopez evade prosecution:   He took one of the TDA members' cellphones, beat it with a hammer, and destroyed it. Then he walked the pieces to a city dumpster to dispose of them to protect himself. … The judge and his wife gave [Lopez] assault rifles that belonged to their daughter. He goes to the shooting range with these assault rifles, with a suppressor, with other known TDA members, and they are shooting. This is the LAST person we want in our country. Nor will we ever tolerate a judge or anyone else harboring them.   The Biden regime intentionally engineered this perfect storm of lawlessness by refusing to enforce our just, democratically enacted immigration laws. The 10 million-plus illegals Biden imported are counted toward congressional representation, providing the Democrats with 20 seats in the House of Representatives they otherwise wouldn't hold, as Musk has estimated. And as we reported Friday, leftist judges are making it easy for those illegal aliens to vote in federal elections by striking down Trump's executive order requiring proof of citizenship.   When faced with such orchestrated chaos, the Trump administration has no choice but to take drastic action to reimpose order and the genuine rule of law. Faster, please.   Please Support The Stream: Equipping Christians to Think Clearly About the Political, Economic, and Moral Issues of Our Day. Trump Meets Zelensky at Impromptu Summit at Pope Francis's Funeral The petulant, demanding president of Ukraine, Volodomyr Zelenksyy, has been frustrating Donald Trump's peace-making efforts, making impossible demands such as the return of Crimea — which Russia seized in 2014, with hardly a protest from the Obama administration and no organized resistance by Ukraine. Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed the Trump team's impatience last week, threatening to walk away from talks altogether. It's good to see that communications are still open, as evidenced by this hastily arranged meeting of Trump with Zelenskyy and French President Emanuel Macron at St. Peter's Basilica, which will host the funeral of Pope Francis.   Pray for an end to the futile, fratricidal conflict the Biden administration's bungling help to spark, which has claimed more than a million casualties from two historically Christian countries.   Our Diversity Is Our … Strength? Our out-of-control borders haven't just been flooding the country with foreign gang members and high school dropouts who compete with our least privileged fellow citizens for jobs. We're also importing aggressive, intolerant Islam — the religion that's fueling terrorism and the persecution of Christians all across the world. Take a look at this little video, which shows how Dallas, Texas, is being islamicized.   The First Amendment was written to prevent intra-Christian conflict and religious persecution. The Founders never intended it as a charter for the mass influx of religions entirely alien to our traditions. That's just one more reason to drastically and permanently reduce mass immigration into America.   Along The Stream… Could authentic prophetic dreams expose false prophecies and prophets? Join Wanda Alger and her guest Andrew Whalen later this morning for a fascinating exploration of that idea.   The ever-thoughtful Joseph Mattera's latest essay explains why we need not just healing but resurrection — a key insight this Easter season.     John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream and author or coauthor of 14 books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. His newest book is No Second Amendment, No First.     The Brew: Democrat Judge Doubles Down on Election Fraud. No Need to Prove Citizenship to Vote By John Zmirak Published on April 25, 2025 John Zmirak If you want Exhibit #108 proving that President Donald Trump has no choice but to defy judicial orders from lawless, biased jurists, check out the latest. The Daily Wire reports: A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump from implementing an executive order that requires voters to show documentation proving their U.S. citizenship to cast a ballot in federal elections. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a Bill Clinton appointee, granted a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump administration from going forward with the proof-of-citizenship requirements as a lawsuit plays out, the Associated Press reported. The lawsuit, filed by the Democratic National Committee and leftist voting rights groups, claims that Trump's order is “an unlawful action that threatens to uproot our tried-and-tested election systems and silence potentially millions of Americans.” … The judge's move means that yet another Trump action will be tied up in the courts and prevented from taking effect. Federal judges have blocked numerous Trump orders, including on cuts to federal agency staff, deportations, and birthright citizenship. As of Thursday, 108 different rulings have blocked or temporarily frozen Trump's attempts to carry out his agenda, according to The New York Times. There you go. The Democratic National Committee wants non-citizens voting. Or else it thinks that its voters are so clueless and unqualified that they don't have any ID. No drivers licenses, nothing they'd need to show in order to cash a check at a local bank. Check out this classic 2017 video whose host asks white liberals whether non-white Americans carry ID … then asks a series of non-white Americans whether they do. “Why would they think we don't have ID?” one of the questioners asks the host. He doesn't answer. He doesn't have to. Now consider what motive the Biden administration had for importing more than 10 million illegal aliens and sending them to swing states. Foreign Voters and Foreign Money Help the Left Grab Power While some in MAGA world are frustrated at the Trump administration's pace of progress, one man can only do so much. He is taking aim at some of the most important targets, the key players in corrupting American politics. He's going after Act Blue, for instance, as Politico reports: In a shot at ActBlue, the left's major online donation platform, President Donald Trump plans to sign a presidential memorandum on Thursday that he will cast as cracking down on foreign contributions in American elections, according to a person familiar with the policy and granted anonymity to discuss not-yet-public details. Attorney General Pam Bondi's office is expected to be involved in the effort, the person said. The order is expected to specifically target ActBlue. Republicans have long claimed the platform could be exploited by foreign actors, while Democrats have warned the action is an example of Trump baselessly targeting political opponents. … The memo will direct Bondi to “investigate and take appropriate action concerning allegations regarding the use of online fundraising platforms to make ‘straw' or ‘dummy' contributions and to make foreign contributions to U.S. political candidates and committees, all of which break the law” and report results to the president and his general counsel, according to the fact sheet. Why shouldn't foreign billionaires and hostile governments be able to pour billions into U.S. elections and organize non-citizen voters to decide who represents us? That would imply we make distinctions between countrymen and strangers, which the editors of Christianity Today (some of them donors to groups aligned with Act Blue) reliably inform us is alien to “gospel values.” Speaking of funny money, Ashley Biden's nonprofit is having trouble with the IRS. That's what happens when you don't report honestly. The Free Beacon has the real story: Ashley Biden's charity has a $500,000 discrepancy in its books, a watchdog alleged in a complaint filed with the IRS on Monday. … To Paul Kamenar, an attorney with the National Legal and Policy Center watchdog group, the documents show that Ashley Biden's charity clearly violated IRS rules by failing to disclose $500,000 in contributions it received in 2023. Let's remember the immortal words of now-embattled New York Attorney General Letitia James: “No one is above the law.” Abortion Clinic Targets Children for Sexual Grooming Remember the old libertarian talking point about “keeping the government out of our bedrooms”? Now we realize the government and the LGBTQ movement need to be kept out of the nursery, too. See the latest outrage, courtesy of Libs of TikTok: The State cannot sit neutral. It can't reach a stopping point at “consenting adults,” the way Classical liberals pretend. Either the government will make laws based on the Natural Law which God wrote on the human heart — which you don't need faith or grace to understand — or it will base laws on something darker and falser. It took the rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire to rescue women and children from sexual slavery. As the Gospel recedes from people's hearts, the vacuum it leaves will be filled, and filled by spirits. The explosion of transgender madness, child castration, and attacks on Christians as “unfit parents” in the wake of the 2015 Obergefell decision shouldn't surprise us; it should goad us to counterattack with the truth. The Next Pope? I'm not following the conclave that's gathering to elect a successor to the disloyal Pope Francis, largely because the people he appointed to the College of Cardinals transformed that body into a lavender Jacuzzi. One of Francis's appointees, Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, is considered a frontrunner among “progressives” who wish to continue transforming the Catholic Church into the chaplaincy of the World Economic Forum. Here he is performing John Lennon's utopian, atheist anthem “Imagine” for a crowd that we can hope was duly puzzled by it. Imagine Pope Francis II. (It's easy if you try.) Catholics don't believe that God picks the popes — otherwise, we'd have to explain why during the Renaissance He always picked the cardinals who'd paid the biggest bribes or were the illegitimate children of previous popes. We just have to pray for Jesus to protect us from our shepherds, who seem to have developed a taste for lamb. Coming Soon: A New Ice Age to Save the Climate Gateway Pundit reports: The British government is reportedly just weeks away from approving bizarre experiments aimed at dimming sunlight in a bid to combat so-called climate change. Proposed outdoor trials may involve spraying aerosols into the upper atmosphere or artificially brightening clouds to bounce sunlight back into space in order to help cool the earth. … The experiments are being pushed under the premise that humanity isn't cutting emissions quickly enough to avoid an environmental apocalypse, at least, according to scientists still clinging to worst-case climate scenarios. Scientists backing the proposals believe that, if the tests yield promising results, the techniques could be expanded and rolled out on a wider scale within a decade. These people want to control the weather, to make the earth less fertile so it can feed far fewer people. But remember that the threat to our freedoms and our future are … conservatives and Christians. Along The Stream… Later this morning, join Allen Jackson, pastor and author of Angels, Demons & You, for a sobering look at how spiritual forces impact our daily lives in this 26-minute video. Why is it crucial that we consider each of our fellow human beings as made in the “image of God”? How does that change everything about how we live our lives? Find out from this insightful essay.   John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream and author or coauthor of 14 books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. His newest book is No Second Amendment, No First.   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  John Zmirak makes his weekly appearance and covers current events and shares recent articles available at-   https://stream.org/author/johnzmirak/ Watch Eric Metaxas on Rumble-  https://rumble.com/c/TheEricMetaxasRadioShow  The Eric Metaxas Show- https://metaxastalk.com/podcasts/ Eric Metaxas Show on Apple Podcasts-    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-eric-metaxas-show/id991156680 Check out- Socrates in the City   Find All of John Zmirak Articles at- https://stream.org/author/johnzmirak/   John Zmirak is a Senior Editor of The Stream. He received his B.A. from Yale University in 1986, then his M.F.A. in screenwriting and fiction and his Ph.D. in English in 1996 from Louisiana State University. He has been Press Secretary to pro-life Louisiana Governor Mike Foster, and a reporter and editor at Success magazine and Investor's Business Daily, among other publications. His essays, poems, and other works have appeared in First Things, The Weekly Standard, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, USA Today, FrontPage Magazine, The American Conservative, The South Carolina Review, Modern Age, The Intercollegiate Review, Commonweal, and The National Catholic Register, among other venues. He has contributed to American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia and The Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought. From 2000-2004 he served as Senior Editor of Faith & Family magazine and a reporter at The National Catholic Register. During 2012 he was editor of Crisis. He is author, co-author, or editor of twelve books, including Wilhelm Ropke: Swiss Localist, Global Economist, The Grand Inquisitor and The Race to Save Our Century. His newest book is No Second Amendment, No First. Zmirak can be found at https://stream.org/author/johnzmirak/   John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream and author or co-author of ten books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. He is co-author with Jason Jones of “God, Guns, & the Government.”   John Zmirak's new book: No Second Amendment, No First  by John Zmirak  Available March 19, 2024 Today's Left endlessly preaches the evils of “gun violence." It is a message increasingly echoed from the nation's pulpits, presented as common-sense decency and virtue. Calls for “radical non-violence” are routinely endowed with the imprimatur of religious doctrine.   But what if such teachings were misguided, even damaging? What if the potential of a citizenry to exercise force against violent criminals and tyrannical governments is not just compatible with church teaching, but flows from the very heart of Biblical faith and reason? What if the freedoms we treasure are intimately tied to the power to resist violent coercion?  This is the long-overdue case John Zmirak makes with stunning clarity and conviction in No Second Amendment, No First. A Yale-educated journalist and former college professor, Zmirak shows how the right of self-defense against authoritarian government was affirmed in both the Old and New Testaments, is implied in Natural Law, and has been part of Church tradition over the centuries.   --------------------------------------------------------------------  Check out our ACU Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/ACUPodcast   HELP ACU SPREAD THE WORD!  Please go to Apple Podcasts and give ACU a 5 star rating. Apple canceled us and now we are clawing our way back to the top. Don't let the Leftist win. Do it now! Thanks. Also Rate us on any platform you follow us on. It helps a lot. Forward this show to friends. 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"Donald Trump Needs to Defy the Judges and Let the American People Decide at the Midterm Elections whether they Approve of that or Not"- John Zmirak. The Eric Metaxas Show John Zmirak   Apr 23 2025   Other Episodes   Article mentioned- The Brew: Democrat Judge Doubles Down on Election Fraud. No Need to Prove Citizenship to Vote By John Zmirak Published on April 25, 2025 John Zmirak If you want Exhibit #108 proving that President Donald Trump has no choice but to defy judicial orders from lawless, biased jurists, check out the latest. The Daily Wire reports: A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump from implementing an executive order that requires voters to show documentation proving their U.S. citizenship to cast a ballot in federal elections. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a Bill Clinton appointee, granted a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump administration from going forward with the proof-of-citizenship requirements as a lawsuit plays out, the Associated Press reported. The lawsuit, filed by the Democratic National Committee and leftist voting rights groups, claims that Trump's order is “an unlawful action that threatens to uproot our tried-and-tested election systems and silence potentially millions of Americans.” … The judge's move means that yet another Trump action will be tied up in the courts and prevented from taking effect. Federal judges have blocked numerous Trump orders, including on cuts to federal agency staff, deportations, and birthright citizenship. As of Thursday, 108 different rulings have blocked or temporarily frozen Trump's attempts to carry out his agenda, according to The New York Times. There you go. The Democratic National Committee wants non-citizens voting. Or else it thinks that its voters are so clueless and unqualified that they don't have any ID. No drivers licenses, nothing they'd need to show in order to cash a check at a local bank. Check out this classic 2017 video whose host asks white liberals whether non-white Americans carry ID … then asks a series of non-white Americans whether they do. “Why would they think we don't have ID?” one of the questioners asks the host. He doesn't answer. He doesn't have to. Now consider what motive the Biden administration had for importing more than 10 million illegal aliens and sending them to swing states. Foreign Voters and Foreign Money Help the Left Grab Power While some in MAGA world are frustrated at the Trump administration's pace of progress, one man can only do so much. He is taking aim at some of the most important targets, the key players in corrupting American politics. He's going after Act Blue, for instance, as Politico reports: In a shot at ActBlue, the left's major online donation platform, President Donald Trump plans to sign a presidential memorandum on Thursday that he will cast as cracking down on foreign contributions in American elections, according to a person familiar with the policy and granted anonymity to discuss not-yet-public details. Attorney General Pam Bondi's office is expected to be involved in the effort, the person said. The order is expected to specifically target ActBlue. Republicans have long claimed the platform could be exploited by foreign actors, while Democrats have warned the action is an example of Trump baselessly targeting political opponents. … The memo will direct Bondi to “investigate and take appropriate action concerning allegations regarding the use of online fundraising platforms to make ‘straw' or ‘dummy' contributions and to make foreign contributions to U.S. political candidates and committees, all of which break the law” and report results to the president and his general counsel, according to the fact sheet. Why shouldn't foreign billionaires and hostile governments be able to pour billions into U.S. elections and organize non-citizen voters to decide who represents us? That would imply we make distinctions between countrymen and strangers, which the editors of Christianity Today (some of them donors to groups aligned with Act Blue) reliably inform us is alien to “gospel values.” Speaking of funny money, Ashley Biden's nonprofit is having trouble with the IRS. That's what happens when you don't report honestly. The Free Beacon has the real story: Ashley Biden's charity has a $500,000 discrepancy in its books, a watchdog alleged in a complaint filed with the IRS on Monday. … To Paul Kamenar, an attorney with the National Legal and Policy Center watchdog group, the documents show that Ashley Biden's charity clearly violated IRS rules by failing to disclose $500,000 in contributions it received in 2023. Let's remember the immortal words of now-embattled New York Attorney General Letitia James: “No one is above the law.” Abortion Clinic Targets Children for Sexual Grooming Remember the old libertarian talking point about “keeping the government out of our bedrooms”? Now we realize the government and the LGBTQ movement need to be kept out of the nursery, too. See the latest outrage, courtesy of Libs of TikTok: The State cannot sit neutral. It can't reach a stopping point at “consenting adults,” the way Classical liberals pretend. Either the government will make laws based on the Natural Law which God wrote on the human heart — which you don't need faith or grace to understand — or it will base laws on something darker and falser. It took the rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire to rescue women and children from sexual slavery. As the Gospel recedes from people's hearts, the vacuum it leaves will be filled, and filled by spirits. The explosion of transgender madness, child castration, and attacks on Christians as “unfit parents” in the wake of the 2015 Obergefell decision shouldn't surprise us; it should goad us to counterattack with the truth. The Next Pope? I'm not following the conclave that's gathering to elect a successor to the disloyal Pope Francis, largely because the people he appointed to the College of Cardinals transformed that body into a lavender Jacuzzi. One of Francis's appointees, Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, is considered a frontrunner among “progressives” who wish to continue transforming the Catholic Church into the chaplaincy of the World Economic Forum. Here he is performing John Lennon's utopian, atheist anthem “Imagine” for a crowd that we can hope was duly puzzled by it. Imagine Pope Francis II. (It's easy if you try.) Catholics don't believe that God picks the popes — otherwise, we'd have to explain why during the Renaissance He always picked the cardinals who'd paid the biggest bribes or were the illegitimate children of previous popes. We just have to pray for Jesus to protect us from our shepherds, who seem to have developed a taste for lamb. Coming Soon: A New Ice Age to Save the Climate Gateway Pundit reports: The British government is reportedly just weeks away from approving bizarre experiments aimed at dimming sunlight in a bid to combat so-called climate change. Proposed outdoor trials may involve spraying aerosols into the upper atmosphere or artificially brightening clouds to bounce sunlight back into space in order to help cool the earth. … The experiments are being pushed under the premise that humanity isn't cutting emissions quickly enough to avoid an environmental apocalypse, at least, according to scientists still clinging to worst-case climate scenarios. Scientists backing the proposals believe that, if the tests yield promising results, the techniques could be expanded and rolled out on a wider scale within a decade. These people want to control the weather, to make the earth less fertile so it can feed far fewer people. But remember that the threat to our freedoms and our future are … conservatives and Christians. Along The Stream… Later this morning, join Allen Jackson, pastor and author of Angels, Demons & You, for a sobering look at how spiritual forces impact our daily lives in this 26-minute video. Why is it crucial that we consider each of our fellow human beings as made in the “image of God”? How does that change everything about how we live our lives? Find out from this insightful essay.   John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream and author or coauthor of 14 books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. His newest book is No Second Amendment, No First.   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  John Zmirak makes his weekly appearance and covers current events and shares recent articles available at-   https://stream.org/author/johnzmirak/ Watch Eric Metaxas on Rumble-  https://rumble.com/c/TheEricMetaxasRadioShow  The Eric Metaxas Show- https://metaxastalk.com/podcasts/ Eric Metaxas Show on Apple Podcasts-    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-eric-metaxas-show/id991156680 Check out- Socrates in the City   Find All of John Zmirak Articles at- https://stream.org/author/johnzmirak/   John Zmirak is a Senior Editor of The Stream. He received his B.A. from Yale University in 1986, then his M.F.A. in screenwriting and fiction and his Ph.D. in English in 1996 from Louisiana State University. He has been Press Secretary to pro-life Louisiana Governor Mike Foster, and a reporter and editor at Success magazine and Investor's Business Daily, among other publications. His essays, poems, and other works have appeared in First Things, The Weekly Standard, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, USA Today, FrontPage Magazine, The American Conservative, The South Carolina Review, Modern Age, The Intercollegiate Review, Commonweal, and The National Catholic Register, among other venues. He has contributed to American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia and The Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought. From 2000-2004 he served as Senior Editor of Faith & Family magazine and a reporter at The National Catholic Register. During 2012 he was editor of Crisis. He is author, co-author, or editor of twelve books, including Wilhelm Ropke: Swiss Localist, Global Economist, The Grand Inquisitor and The Race to Save Our Century. His newest book is No Second Amendment, No First. Zmirak can be found at https://stream.org/author/johnzmirak/   John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream and author or co-author of ten books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. He is co-author with Jason Jones of “God, Guns, & the Government.”   John Zmirak's new book: No Second Amendment, No First  by John Zmirak  Available March 19, 2024 Today's Left endlessly preaches the evils of “gun violence." It is a message increasingly echoed from the nation's pulpits, presented as common-sense decency and virtue. Calls for “radical non-violence” are routinely endowed with the imprimatur of religious doctrine.   But what if such teachings were misguided, even damaging? What if the potential of a citizenry to exercise force against violent criminals and tyrannical governments is not just compatible with church teaching, but flows from the very heart of Biblical faith and reason? What if the freedoms we treasure are intimately tied to the power to resist violent coercion?  This is the long-overdue case John Zmirak makes with stunning clarity and conviction in No Second Amendment, No First. A Yale-educated journalist and former college professor, Zmirak shows how the right of self-defense against authoritarian government was affirmed in both the Old and New Testaments, is implied in Natural Law, and has been part of Church tradition over the centuries.  

Host Landry Signé and Dr. Karim El Aynaoui, executive president of the Policy Center for the New South, discuss the rapid shift toward transactional relationships between countries in the South and North that may prove difficult for less stable countries in the New South to navigate. Macroeconomic stability and independent monetary policy are fundamental, he says, and countries must create their own specialized strategies for economic growth. Show notes and transcript Foresight Africa podcast is part of the Brookings Podcast Network. Subscribe and listen on Apple, Spotify, Afripods, and wherever you listen to podcasts. Send feedback email to podcasts@brookings.edu.

Le pétrole, le charbon et le gaz proviennent de la décomposition, sur des millions d'années, des forêts et des micro-organismes qui couvraient la planète. Depuis plus de 150 ans, nous les exploitons sans relâche pour alimenter notre électricité, nos transports et notre agriculture. Mais les gisements les plus accessibles et rentables s'épuisent, tandis que leur combustion libère des gaz à effet de serre perturbant notre climat. Il est donc temps, malgré les résistances comme celles de Donald Trump, de nous désintoxiquer. Mais comment y parvenir ? Donald Trump a signé mardi des décrets, entourés de mineurs en tenue de chantier, destinés à « doper » l'extraction de charbon aux États-Unis. Ces textes, ratifiés par le président, prévoient de lever les barrières réglementaires à l'extraction de charbon, et de suspendre les fermetures de nombreuses centrales à charbon pour « plus que doubler » leur production d'électricité, notamment pour répondre à l'essor de l'intelligence artificielle. Nous parlons de notre dépendance aux énergies fossiles avec Francis Perrin, directeur de recherches à l'IRIS (l'Institut des relations internationales et stratégiques) et chercheur associé au Policy Center for the New South, un centre de réflexion basé à Rabat, au Maroc.Puis, nous vous emmenons en Écosse, où l'an dernier la production de pétrole en mer du Nord a atteint son plus bas niveau depuis les années 70. Cependant, les projets d'énergies renouvelables, notamment dans l'éolien, peinent à se concrétiser. La fermeture de la raffinerie de Grangemouth cet été suscite des inquiétudes, avec des salariés espérant une reconversion vers la recherche ou la production de carburants verts. La transition énergétique met en péril les emplois et l'économie de toute la région. Reportage de Thomas Harms.Musique diffusée pendant l'émission : Franz Ferdinand – Build it up

Le pétrole, le charbon et le gaz proviennent de la décomposition, sur des millions d'années, des forêts et des micro-organismes qui couvraient la planète. Depuis plus de 150 ans, nous les exploitons sans relâche pour alimenter notre électricité, nos transports et notre agriculture. Mais les gisements les plus accessibles et rentables s'épuisent, tandis que leur combustion libère des gaz à effet de serre perturbant notre climat. Il est donc temps, malgré les résistances comme celles de Donald Trump, de nous désintoxiquer. Mais comment y parvenir ? Donald Trump a signé mardi des décrets, entourés de mineurs en tenue de chantier, destinés à « doper » l'extraction de charbon aux États-Unis. Ces textes, ratifiés par le président, prévoient de lever les barrières réglementaires à l'extraction de charbon, et de suspendre les fermetures de nombreuses centrales à charbon pour « plus que doubler » leur production d'électricité, notamment pour répondre à l'essor de l'intelligence artificielle. Nous parlons de notre dépendance aux énergies fossiles avec Francis Perrin, directeur de recherches à l'IRIS (l'Institut des relations internationales et stratégiques) et chercheur associé au Policy Center for the New South, un centre de réflexion basé à Rabat, au Maroc.Puis, nous vous emmenons en Écosse, où l'an dernier la production de pétrole en mer du Nord a atteint son plus bas niveau depuis les années 70. Cependant, les projets d'énergies renouvelables, notamment dans l'éolien, peinent à se concrétiser. La fermeture de la raffinerie de Grangemouth cet été suscite des inquiétudes, avec des salariés espérant une reconversion vers la recherche ou la production de carburants verts. La transition énergétique met en péril les emplois et l'économie de toute la région. Reportage de Thomas Harms.Musique diffusée pendant l'émission : Franz Ferdinand – Build it up

Les cours du brut ont dégringolé depuis la fin de la semaine dernière. Et depuis, le pétrole reste balloté à des niveaux bas, ce qui ne fait pas les affaires de la Russie.  Le pétrole évolue à des niveaux jamais vus depuis 2021, avec des contrats sur le pétrole américain qui sont passés sous la barre des 60 dollars le baril. Difficile d'anticiper ce qui se passera dans les prochains jours, mais le contexte actuel plaide pour des prix qui devraient rester bas, car leur chute est liée au climat économique actuel.« Tant qu'il y a une incertitude sur l'ampleur des droits de douane américains qui seront appliqués, il y aura des représailles commerciales, et une atmosphère qui pourrait diminuer les perspectives de demande en pétrole », résume un expert.La baisse des prix est par ailleurs aussi liée à la position de plusieurs pays de l'Opep + qui ont annoncé, la semaine dernière, qu'ils allaient mettre plus de pétrole sur le marché, à partir du mois de mai, après des mois de restriction de production.À qui peut profiter les prix bas actuels ?Si les prix se maintiennent ou baissent encore plus, les gagnants seront les consommateurs, les entreprises qui achètent des produits pétroliers et les États qui ne produisent pas de pétrole et qui doivent en importer, c'est-à-dire la majorité des pays, explique Francis Perrin directeur de recherche à l'IRIS et chercheur associé au Policy Center for the New South à Rabat. La France, par exemple, ne produit qu'1% du pétrole qu'elle consomme, ce qui signifie qu'elle achète 99% de son brut au prix du marché. Elle pourrait donc, comme la Chine, voir sa facture pétrolière baisser. Les perdants seront en revanche les compagnies pétrolières et les pays producteurs tels que les États-Unis, l'Arabie saoudite, le Canada ou encore la Russie.Risque pour l'économie russeLe Kremlin dit suivre de très près la chute des cours, qui représente un risque pour son économie. La gouverneure de la Banque centrale assure que des mesures techniques sont à l'étude pour limiter les conséquences de la baisse.Un tiers du budget russe pour 2025 repose sur les exportations de pétrole et de gaz. Ce budget a été calculé sur la base d'estimation des cours mondiaux qui auraient été trop optimistes. Ces prévisions pourraient d'ailleurs être actualisées lors de la prochaine réunion de la Banque centrale, prévue le 25 avril, selon l'agence Reuters.Ce qui inquiète aussi peut-être Moscou, « c'est que le pétrole russe perd de son intérêt avec la chute des cours, puisque son atout, c'était essentiellement son prix », relève un négociant en pétrole.

This conversation delves into the pressing issue of school violence and gun safety, particularly from the perspective of parents. Nina shares her emotional journey as a mother concerned about her child's safety in school, while Rep. Deb Andraca discusses her personal experiences and legislative efforts aimed at reducing gun violence. They explore the importance of responsible gun ownership, the need for preventive measures, and the role of community engagement in advocating for safer schools. The discussion emphasizes the significance of understanding statistics, recognizing warning signs, and promoting a culture of gun safety to protect children and communities. 00:00: The Impact of School Violence on Families 02:01: Personal Experiences with School Safety 04:43: Gun Ownership and Responsibility 06:13: Statistics on School Violence and Gun Safety 09:14: Identifying Warning Signs for Prevention 12:09: The Need for Legislative Change 15:34: Resources for Moms to Get Involved 18:15: Promoting Gun Safety in Homes 21:21: Advocating for School Safety Policies 26:14: The Importance of Community Engagement Rep. Deb Andraca is honored to serve as the representative for Wisconsin's 23rd Assembly District, a role they have proudly held since making history in 2020. In the Wisconsin State Assembly, Deb serves on several key committees, including the Joint Committee on Finance, Education, and Forestry, Parks, and Outdoor Recreation. Their dedication and leadership have earned them numerous accolades, such as the Legislator of the Year Award from both the American College of Physicians Wisconsin Chapter and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), as well as the Champion of Commerce Award from the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association Chamber of Commerce. They have also been recognized as a Conservation Champion by the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters and received the Building Wisconsin Award from the Associate Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin. Professionally, Deb brings a wealth of experience in education, communications, and policy. They have served as a substitute teacher and a former summer school math teacher at Bruce Guadalupe Community School, as well as a substitute teacher in the Whitefish Bay School District. Their background also includes work as a communications director and lobbyist at the Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest, vice president at FleishmanHillard International Communications, and executive assistant at the Solar Energy Industries Association. Episode Sponsor: Visit activeskinrepair.com  to learn more about Active Skin Repair and to get 20% off your order, use code: MAMAKNOWS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Questionado sobre o risco de uma recessão na maior economia do mundo, Donald Trump não respondeu nem que sim nem que não, mas afirmou: "eu odeio prever coisas assim. Há um período de transição porque o que estamos fazendo é muito grande. Estamos trazendo riqueza de volta para a América. Isso é algo grande". A entrevista do presidente dos EUA foi ao ar no domingo e derrubou mercados no início da semana. Na terça-feira, 100 chefes de grandes empresas americanas pediram uma reunião com Trump. Na mesa, cobraram maior previsibilidade da política econômica dos EUA, país que trava uma batalha com parceiros comerciais ao redor do planeta. A cobrança ao presidente dos EUA acontece após 50 dias de idas e vindas sobre quanto – e quando – os EUA cobrariam de tarifa em relação às importações de aço e alumínio. A medida, que entrou em vigor na quarta-feira (12), atinge em cheio o setor siderúrgico de grandes parceiros comerciais, incluindo o Brasil. Para falar sobre o atual momento da economia americana, Natuza Nery conversa com Otaviano Canuto, membro sênior do Policy Center for the New South e professor na Universidade George Washington. Canuto, que foi vice-presidente do Banco Mundial e diretor executivo no FMI, analisa quais os riscos de uma recessão, avalia os efeitos para a economia global e explica os motivos que levaram os ânimos com o presidente dos EUA mudarem.

In conventional political debate—particularly in Washington, DC—“law” is understood as top-down legislation: rules consciously designed and imposed by central authorities. John Hasnas challenges this unspoken assumption, pointing to the Anglo-American common law, a decentralized, continually evolving system that produces order without conscious design or political control. In his important new book, Common Law Liberalism: A New Theory of the Libertarian Society, he offers a theory of liberalism that demonstrates that the common law can serve as an effective alternative to traditional politically created legislation. Hasnas's thesis has implications ranging from modest (many government functions can be better supplied by the common law than by centralized legislation) to radical (if human beings do not need the state to make law, do they need the state at all?).Please join us for a discussion of this provocative new book featuring the author and Professor David Schmidtz, director of the Social Philosophy and Policy Center at West Virginia University, moderated by Cato's Gene Healy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Associate Professor and Founding Director of The Race, Politics, and Policy Center at George Mason University, Dr Michael K. Fauntroy, gives his analysis about the relationship between America and Ukraine along with other trending political news.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.

Les cours du pétrole ont dévissé depuis lundi 3 mars et sont passés largement sous la barre des 70 dollars — contre 80 dollars mi-janvier. Le déclencheur a été une annonce faite par plusieurs producteurs de pétrole, membres de l'Opep+, des pays qui depuis 2022 ont réduit leur production.  Ils sont huit et parmi eux figurent les gros producteurs que sont la Russie, l'Arabie saoudite et les Émirats arabes unis. Tous sont membres de l'Opep+ et tentent en vain depuis de longs mois de faire remonter les prix, en laissant volontairement sous terre des barils de pétrole pour réduire l'offre. Mais cette stratégie ne s'est pas révélée efficace, car la demande mondiale est en berne. Cette approche a aussi fait perdre des parts de marché aux pays pétroliers concernés qui ont annoncé plusieurs fois leur intention de mettre fin à leurs restrictions, sans passer à l'acte.La pression de Donald Trump a sans doute accéléré les choses : lors du Forum de Davos, fin janvier, il a demandé avec insistance à ces géants de l'or noir de produire plus pour faire baisser les prix. Une question urgente pour le président des États-Unis, car un pétrole bas : « c'est bon pour les consommateurs américains, pour l'industrie et globalement pour l'économie américaine », résume Francis Perrin, directeur de recherche à l'IRIS et chercheur associé au Policy Center for the New South à Rabat.Le message est passé : les huit pays pétroliers se sont engagés à ne plus modifier leur calendrier et à augmenter leur production à partir du 1ᵉʳ avril. À lire aussiPétrole: l'Opep+ va prolonger sa baisse de production pour soutenir les prix jusqu'à fin 2025Un effet sur les prix immédiatD'ici à quelques semaines, il y aura donc plus de pétrole sur le marché, et cela a suffi à faire baisser les cours qui évoluent désormais sous la barre des 70 dollars le baril.Cette baisse des prix est aussi alimentée par le contexte actuel de guerre commerciale. Les nouveaux droits de douane américains et les représailles qu'ils entraînent vont, a minima, ralentir l'économie mondiale. S'il y a moins de croissance, sans même parler de récession, la consommation de pétrole va s'en ressentir, explique Francis Perrin. D'où cette baisse des prix, de manière anticipée.Un baril durablement sous les 70 dollars ?Il n'est pas exclu de voir le baril se maintenir sous la barre des 70 dollars, selon plusieurs analystes. Mais si la baisse s'accentue, ce sera risqué pour les pays producteurs. D'abord pour les États-Unis, qui sont tiraillés entre des intérêts divergents liés à leur statut de premier producteur mondial et de premier consommateur : si le baril baisse trop, le pétrole de schiste américain ne sera plus rentable, car il coûte plus cher à extraire que celui du Moyen-Orient. Or Donald Trump ne veut surtout pas que la production ralentisse. Un autre pays a tout intérêt à manœuvrer pour que les prix ne s'effondrent pas beaucoup plus bas : c'est l'Arabie saoudite qui a engagé un vaste programme de réformes. Le géant du secteur, Saudi Aramco, comme d'autres majors pétrolières, a vu ses bénéfices de 2024 reculer pour la deuxième année consécutive, un recul de plus de 12 %. Le fleuron de l'économie saoudienne espère cependant distribuer 85 milliards de dollars de dividendes en 2025.À écouter dans C'est pas du ventLa Colombie mise sur l'écotourisme pour sortir du pétrole

House Republicans are being met by angry protesters opposed to Trump's budget plan, which envisions deep cuts to Medicaid to help pay for tax cuts. Democrats are warning that the president's plan, if approved by Congress, will gut key social programs, including health care and food assistance. For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart and KCBS political reporter Doug Sovern spoke with Chris Hoene, executive director of the California Budget and Policy Center.

The election may be over, but the debating is still going on. Paul Kamenar brings an informed and educated viewpoint to today's show, discussing some of the issues that President Trump is having to deal with. Paul is lead counsel at the National Legal and Policy Center in Washington, DC. Plus, in honor of Valentine's Day, Mike shares a conversation with his wife Cindy Gilland.

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Former Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert details the significant changes already underway in the first week of the second Trump administration, particularly concerning border security. Gohmert shares his observations from Texas, noting an increase in assets at the border and a renewed sense of encouragement among Border Patrol agents.The discussion highlights the impact of Trump's leadership style, which contrasts sharply with previous administrations. Gohmert emphasizes the importance of clarity in political language, especially regarding immigration. He points out the shift from terms like "illegal aliens" to "undocumented workers" and stresses that returning to straightforward language is crucial for addressing the real issues at hand.Also, freshman Congressman Jeff Crank of Colorado shares his perspective on the current state of Congress and the challenges ahead. Crank also discusses how Trump's executive orders on immigration are affecting people in his state. Crank emphasizes the importance of enforcing immigration laws and expresses his commitment to supporting military personnel affected by previous mandates. Finally, Paul Kamenar from the National Legal and Policy Center discusses the legality of Trump's executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship. This issue has sparked a whirlwind of lawsuits from various states and organizations, including the ACLU, challenging the constitutionality of such an action. Kamenar explains that the 14th Amendment grants citizenship to anyone born or naturalized in the United States, but Trump's order attempts to redefine who is considered 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the U.S. This has raised questions about the status of children born to undocumented immigrants and the concept of 'anchor babies.'See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Story of the Week (DR):Trump signed an order ending DEI. Here's what it means for Fortune 500 companiesTrump's latest presidential moves mandate government agencies to specifically target companies in the private sector engaged in what it describes as “illegal DEI discrimination and preferences.”Despite the intended chilling effect of these executive moves, multiple legal sources point out that Trump's order and action do not constitute a change in the law. Rather, the language used in the order simply “enforces longstanding federal civil rights laws,” says Britney N.D. Torres, senior counsel at employment law firm Littler.Trump's executive moves just mean that companies will have to continue to carefully review their DEI-related policies, practices and initiatives based on longstanding anti-discrimination laws, and make sure they can't be interpreted in a way that is different from what they intended, she says.This week in Davos, Jamie Dimon reaffirmed JPMorgan's DEI commitments after the National Legal and Policy Center, a conservative nonprofit, proposed the bank revisit how compensation is tied to the company's racial-equity goal. “Bring them on,” said Dimon referring to the efforts from right-leaning groups. “We are going to continue to reach out to the Black community, the Hispanic community, the LGBT community, the veterans community.”Will this ever trickle down to JPM leadership?15 on Operating Committee: 1 POC (an Indian man–Sanoke Viswanathan, CEO of International Consumer and Wealth–who came from McKinsey); 7/15 F though so some credit dueBoard: nearly 50% F but a woeful -21% gender gap; no leadership positions on board or top 3 committees: only committees where women have power are Public Responsibility Committee and Risk Committee; 11 on board: 9 WM and 2 BFCan we stop pretending board and shareholder oversight is a thing? DRJPMorgan CEO Dimon's 2024 pay rises 8.3% to $39 million after record profitDisney CEO Bob Iger's Pay Package Rises 30% to $41.1 Million in 2024 Barclays proposes 45% increase in CEO pay under new bonus-linked scheme Goldman CEO gets big pay boost, and $80 million bonus for another five years at helmI promise I try not to pick Musk, but…‘The gesture speaks for itself': Germans respond to Musk's apparent Nazi saluteSome say it was an unambiguous Nazi salute but others are unsure and say focus should be on Musk's stated support for far-rightStarbucks lead independent director Mellody Hobson to step down Is this the only time in history a lead independent director was named in a headline or even mentioned at all?No more black people on board: no women in leadership positionsGoodliest of the Week (MM/DR):DR: Trump has a message to CEOs: Build in America or pay upDR: This confusing headline: Voters who backed Trump identify new swamp to drain: corporate power“The pendulum has swung so far. Things have gotten so out of line. Companies ought to be able to police themselves and not hurt people, and it's just gotten way, way out of line. It's time that it swings back the other way.”DR: Trump's DOGE department is now down to just one leader after Vivek Ramaswamy steps downMM: Microsoft Signs Forest Restoration Deal to Remove 3.5 Million Tons of CO2 DR MMMM: Jamie Dimon is doubling down on JPMorgan's DEI work as a conservative group targets Wall Street: 'Bring them on'Jamie Dimon says LFG RACISTSAssholiest of the Week (MM):John DeereSee, instead of sticking up for yourself against pretend journalists with zero credibility who cosplay at being ESG analysts but are really just anti gay middle school boys, you caved. You caved and now you have not one, but THREE shareholder proposals in a couple weeksAnd the ONLY one you challenged - the one you tried to exclude from your proxy - was the one by As You Sow, who asked the SAME THING as the National Public Policy Research Consumer Blah Blah BlahNational Legal and Policy Center (8 shares): SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL ON A REPORT ON RACIAL AND GENDER HIRING STATISTICSAs You Sow (26,000 shares): SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL ON A REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF EFFORTS TO CREATE A MERITOCRATIC WORKPLACE You also got these anti woke gems:National Center for Public Policy Research ($2,000): SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL ON A CORPORATE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY REPORT, asking for a new committee to show how committed you are to making moneyBowyer Research (100 shares): SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL ON A REPORT ON CHARITABLE GIVING, asking for a report on how you don't give to Southern Poverty Law Center, but they think you might be and they're discriminating against white religious conservatives and the KKKYou thought, “oh, if we just cut out our DEI stuff and make a press release, they'll go away… sure, we'll offend, like, all the black people and women and stuff, but it's worth it for our white farmers, and everyone will forget…”You were wrong. Your board was wrong. Your management was wrong. You know what petty middle school bullies do when you give them your lunch money? Take it the next fucking day, too. Grow a spine, tell the anti woke shitbirds that DEI is about expanding the talent pool that's been historically excluded and maximizing skills, and keep your lunch money in your pocketMaybe call someone at Costco to ask for advice on how to grow a pairThe proxy vote at Air ProductsOnly three directors have batted under 500 during their tenure at Air Products, only two on all boards in the last 7 years80 year old CEO has been on the board since 2013 and has 32% influenceThere are 81 current directors that are 80 with >30% influence in the US, 21 of whom are CEOsOf them, 12 rate worse than Seifi on TSR, and 13 are worse at EBITDA22% of the board are connected through other directorshipsThere are 910 US companies with higher degree of director interlocks12 of those companies have directors over 80 years old with >30% influence, and 8 of them perform worse than Air ProductsWhat the fuck does ISS and Glass Lewis do all day that they can write this about Air Products, but NOT the others:ISS: “With that said, one must acknowledge the reality of Ghasemi's age, and the board should have a robust strategy in preparation for his eventual departure. Confoundingly, the board appears to have ceded control of deciding Ghasemi's successor to Ghasemi himself…”GL: “… we are concerned that available information strongly suggests that the incumbent board, if left to its own devices and not held accountable at the forthcoming AGM, may simply surface something of a figurehead candidate previously selected or endorsed by Mr. Ghasemi, while concurrently permitting Mr. Ghasemi to retain substantial influence for an unspecified period, without a substantive acknowledgment of the poor capital allocation performance of his strategy.”Egan Jones: “We firmly believe that Air Product's unsatisfactory performance stems in part from mismanagement and the absence of effective leadership to guide the Company.”And why the fuck to investors WAIT until an activist is involved??Air Products CEO unseated from board; Activist investors win 3 seatsWill Hild, Consumer ResearchNasdaq files to withdraw mandate on ‘diverse' board directors after court defeatThose cheering Nasdaq's decision to pull the diversity mandate included Will Hild, executive director of Consumers' Research. He said he was pleased to see the exchange “abandon its anti-White, anti-Asian, and anti-male discrimination scheme.”24,960 directors in the US17,453 are male with an average influence of 1.4 women (it would take about 1 ½ women to equal one dude)White and Asians are 83% of directors and 83% of the US workforce, but are worth 1.4x the influenceWill Hild's most discriminated group - the White and Asian male - is worth, on average, 1.75x the average Black or Hispanic woman in terms of influence and powerConsumers Research is associated with the Philanthropy Roundtable which is associated with every idiot anti-woke anti-gay anti-black anti… non profit org, and Will Hild has made a solid 300k/year making up things about ESG and wokeismHolding students hostageData breach hitting PowerSchool looks very, very bad64.2m students9.5m teachersLargest breach everMaybe they also need to hire Clorox CEO on their board…Headliniest of the WeekDR: Velveeta just made nacho cheese you can stick in your pocketMM: Marriott elects Taco Bell CEO to board of directorsWho Won the Week?DR: the security team paid to protect Tim Noel, UnitedHealthcare new CEO to replace murdered Brian Thompson: best negotiation position ever?MM: Lawyers - how many law firms salivated at the idea of suing the Trump administration for every one of his six thousand executive orders on day one?PredictionsDR: Compensation Committees go buck wild in 2025MM: Zuckerberg's new algorithms automatically append the word “boobs” to every user search, except for the search for Democrats, which also replaces the word Democrats with “boobs”

The Pennsylvania Policy Center's executive director Marc Stier drops by to chat with the guys about how the GOP is coming for Medicaid and more—and what we can do to stop them. Also, a special holiday post script! Have a listen, like and subscribe, and please support us on Patreon.

In this episode, Mike welcomes Olivier Fines, CFA, Head of Advocacy and Capital Markets Policy Research for EMEA at CFA Institute, and Mark Higgins, CFA, author of "Investing in U.S. Financial History." The discussion centers around the findings of a recent CFA Institute Research and Policy Center report titled "The Dollar's Exorbitant Privilege," which Olivier co-authored. Olivier shared insights from the survey report, and Mark provided a historical perspective on reserve currencies and events that have triggered shifts away from dominant currencies in the past. This engaging conversation provides valuable insights into the complexities of US debt, the role of the dollar, and the historical context that shapes our current financial system.

Carlos Monje has worked in government for some of the biggest names in DC, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Pete Buttigieg, over the course of his nearly 25-year career. In this episode, he shares stories about his experience working in the Senate, on presidential campaigns, at the White House and Department of Transportation, and now leading JP Morgan's Policy Center. Follow STAFFER on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, & LinkedIn

Send us a textPreventative legal advocacy is reshaping the future of child welfare, and Emily Cook is at the forefront. As a Senior Staff Attorney at the Barton Child Law and Policy Center, Emilie Cook shares her journey from traditional legal practice to becoming a champion for systemic change. This episode explores how neglect, often rooted in poverty, not abuse, constitutes a significant issue within the child welfare system. We unpack the racial disparities faced by marginalized communities and how preventive measures can address these injustices by offering legal support early on, tackling social determinants of health, and redefining systemic approaches for a more equitable future.We discuss the effectiveness of the current child welfare system, highlighting the unnecessary trauma caused by child-parent separations. Emily shares insights into the barriers families face, such as housing and resource instability, that can perpetuate involvement in the system. Our discussion is a call to action for community and nonprofit leaders to embrace community-based solutions, fostering resilience and stability rather than perpetuating cycles of trauma and poverty. Emilie's work in Georgia and around the country exemplifies the power of collaboration, as she builds networks to advance preventative advocacy and support families before they reach crisis points.Emilie's transformative work isn't just theoretical; it's a practical approach to reimagining support systems that serve families better. We explore her efforts in creating a learning cohort dedicated to preventive legal advocacy and discuss the importance of evaluating program outcomes to secure sustainable funding. With a focus on effectiveness, Emily's initiatives demonstrate how legal interventions can address systemic issues like housing instability, proving that change is not only necessary but also achievable. Join us for an episode rich with insights and strategies that challenge the status quo and advocate for a more just and supportive child welfare system.Guest BioEmilie Cook is Senior Staff Attorney at the Barton Child Law & Policy Center at Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia, where she works on projects to promote and protect the legal interests of children involved with the child welfare, juvenile court, and juvenile justice systems. Through her work in the preventive legal advocacy space, Emilie works with interdisciplinary legal teams and advocates across the country to promote and support the provision of high-quality legal advocacy and upstream support services designed to address thesocial determinants of health and protect against the effects of poverty, systemic racism, and other forms of discriminatioLike what you heard? Please like and share wherever you get your podcasts! Connect with Ann: Community Evaluation Solutions How Ann can help: · Support the evaluation capacity of your coalition or community-based organization. · Help you create a strategic plan that doesn't stress you and your group out, doesn't take all year to design, and is actionable. · Engage your group in equitable discussions about difficult conversations. · Facilitate a workshop to plan for action and get your group moving. · Create a workshop that energizes and excites your group for action. · Speak at your conference or event. Have a question or want to know more? Book a call with Ann .Be sure and check out our updated resource page! Let us know what was helpful. Music by Zach Price: Zachpricet@gmail.com

Bob is joined by Constitutional Law Expert and Lead Counsel for the National Legal and Policy Center, Paul Kamenar.  In a very informative interview they discuss the Biden pardon and the pardons thatb are yet to come.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the News with Mike Dakkak www.itnshow.com Paul Kamenar joins ITN to discuss the case of Laken Riley, the lawfare against President Trump, and more. Support the National Legal and Policy Center at https://nlpc.org. Cue Streaming: Network + Premium Channels for $59.99/mo. No Contracts. https://Inthenews.mycuestreaming.com/apply.Purchase Dr. Stella Immanuel's products at https://marketplace.drstellamd.com. Use promo code ITN and save. Shop Richardson Nutritional Center anti-cancer products now and save at https://rncstore.com/itn. Discount code for ITN viewers will be applied at checkout. We are financing the war against us. Give your money instead to companies that care about America and Americans. http://patriotsmade.com/Kim. Your support allows me to cover the news the MSM tries to suppress. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/itnshow. Stream Patrick Byrne's new blockbuster docuseries The Enemy Within at https://enemywithindocuseries.com/ref/ITN/. 

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he plans to impose a 25 percent tariff on all imports from Mexico and Canada as one of his first executive actions. He stated the tariffs will remain until both nations curb illegal immigration and drug trafficking, particularly fentanyl. Trump also proposed an additional 10 percent tariff on imports from China if the country fails to stop fentanyl from entering the United States. Special counsel Jack Smith has dropped the charges in his election interference case against Trump and also moved to dismiss his appeal in the classified documents case. To unpack what this means for the future of these cases, NTD spoke with Paul Kamenar, lead counsel at the National Legal and Policy Center. Congress is preparing to work closely with Trump's newly created Department of Government Efficiency. NTD's congressional correspondent, Melina Wisecup, explains how Democrats may be involved in the discussion and whether they will join the effort. ⭕️ Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV

Rich talks about the potential of President Biden starting World War Three by allowing Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia, as we welcome Brigadier General (Ret.) Blaine Holt, founder Deputy U.S. military representative to NATO. Also, Jordan Sekulow, executive director of the American Center for Law and Justice, has reaction to Tulsi Gabbard's nomination for Director of National Intelligence. Later, as Special Counsel Jack Smith prepares to close shop, who else is abusing 'lawfare' against President-elect Trump? We look into that with Paul Kamenar, lead counsel at the National Legal and Policy Center. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Republicans have retained control of the House of Representatives. With both chambers of Congress under Republican control, President-elect Donald Trump has a pathway to enact an agenda that could reshape America, including sweeping tax cuts, strict immigration enforcement, and major shifts in domestic and foreign policy. On Wednesday evening, The Associated Press projected Republicans had won at least 218 seats, securing a majority in the lower chamber, with nine House races still uncalled. Trump has announced his choices for key positions: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla) as attorney general, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla) as secretary of state, and Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence. All three will need Senate confirmation before assuming the roles. As Trump prepares to take office, the two federal cases against him come back into the spotlight. For an update on the proceedings overseen by special counsel Jack Smith and the options he has, NTD speaks with Paul Kamenar, lead counsel at the National Legal and Policy Center. ⭕️ Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV

On Thursday, November 7, 2024, Capitol Weekly and the UC Student and Policy Center presented A Post-Mortem of the 2024 Election.We gathered a score of experts for a timely and informative review of the November 5 election, providing analysis, opinions and insight. What happened inside the campaigns? Why? What happens next? Nearly two dozen California insiders will discuss the results of the election and provide a look-ahead at what it means for 2025.In this episode we present The Keynote: THE NATIONAL PICTUREThe National Picture was recorded live at the UC Student and Policy Center, and featured a panel of expert voices from both sides of the aisle. The discussion shared insights into how the 2024 election will influence California's policy and politics in 2025 and beyond.Panelists: Mark Baldassare, Public Policy Institute of California; Marva Diaz, Marva Diaz Strategies; Thad Kousser, UC San Diego; Paul Mitchell, Political Data Intelligence; and Kristin Olsen-Cate, California Strategies.Moderated by Laurel Rosenhall of the Los Angeles Times

On Thursday, November 7, 2024, Capitol Weekly and the UC Student and Policy Center presented A Post-Mortem of the 2024 Election.We gathered a score of experts for a timely and informative review of the November 5 election, providing analysis, opinions and insight. What happened inside the campaigns? Why? What happens next? Nearly two dozen California insiders will discuss the results of the election and provide a look-ahead at what it means for 2025.In this episode we present Panel 1: FACE OF THE ELECTORATEPresident Trump improved his numbers with independents, men, Muslims and Latinos; Will Republicans in tight House races see similar results? Also – a rundown on key California races – the battles for Congress and the Legislature. Who were the voters in 2024?Panelists: Mike Madrid, author, The Latino Century; Courtni Pugh, Hilltop Public Solutions; Tim Rosales, The Rosales Agency; Michael Wagaman, Wagaman Strategies; Bill Wong, The Ronin Project.Moderated by Christopher Cadelago of POLITICO

On Thursday, November 7, 2024, Capitol Weekly and the UC Student and Policy Center presented A Post-Mortem of the 2024 Election.We gathered a score of experts for a timely and informative review of the November 5 election, providing analysis, opinions and insight. What happened inside the campaigns? Why? What happens next? Nearly two dozen California insiders will discuss the results of the election and provide a look-ahead at what it means for 2025.In this episode we present Panel 2: THE BALLOT INITIATIVESCalifornia voters confronted a wide variety of themes on this year's ballot - how did they vote on these important issues, and why?Panelists: Brandon Castillo, Bicker, Castillo, Fairbanks & Spitz Public Affairs; Jeff Gozzo, Gozzo Strategy & Campaigns;  Susie Shannon, AIDS Healthcare Foundation; Becky Warren, Elevate Public AffairsModerated by Robin Epley of the Sacramento Bee

On Thursday, November 7, 2024, Capitol Weekly and the UC Student and Policy Center presented A Post-Mortem of the 2024 Election.We gathered a score of experts for a timely and informative review of the November 5 election, providing analysis, opinions and insight. What happened inside the campaigns? Why? What happens next? Nearly two dozen California insiders will discuss the results of the election and provide a look-ahead at what it means for 2025.In this episode we present Panel 3: A LOOK AHEADWhat happens now? A Red Wave election threatened Dem super majorities in Sacramento and soundly rejected progressive crime policies across the state. And, the results of the presidential contest are more consequential than ever: President Trump will head back to the White House in January 2025 with promises to deport millions and punish his political enemies. Given this titanic political shift, what will be the big issues under Sacramento's capitol dome next year? And, what does it mean for the race to replace Governor Gavin Newsom in 2026?Panelists: Susannah Delano, Close the Gap California; Jon Fleischman, Fleischman Consulting Group; Jodi Hicks, Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California; Evan McLaughlin, California Professional Firefighters; Roger Salazar, ALZA StrategiesModerated by Rich Ehisen of Capitol Weekly

How does political intervention shape the landscape of higher education? Today, our guest is Keith Whittington, Ph.D, David Boies Professor of Law at Yale Law School and director of the Center for Academic Freedom. In this episode, host John Tomasi and Keith Whittington discuss the increasingly contentious legislative interventions in higher education, beginning with Florida's "Stop Woke Act." Whittington compares today's interventions to past efforts, discussing implications for academic freedom, First Amendment rights, and university regulation.Whittington shares his experiences and the work of the Academic Freedom Alliance (AFA), emphasizing the importance of defending speech rights in academia. The episode also examines legislative trends, government control in public vs. private education, and challenges arising from modern technology and increased visibility of academic speech. Join us for some insights into the critical intersection of politics, law, and academia, emphasizing the necessity for open discourse and viewpoint diversity on university campuses. In This Episode:Whittington's new book, "You Can't Teach That"The mission and efforts of the Academic Freedom Alliance (AFA)An overview of Florida's "Stop Woke Act" and its implicationsHistorical legislative interventions in educationThe role of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the evolution of academic freedomFirst Amendment challenges related to classroom speech at public and private institutionsThe impact of political and ideological trends on higher education About Keith:Keith E. Whittington, Ph.D, is the David Boies Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Whittington's teaching and scholarship span American constitutional theory, American political and constitutional history, judicial politics, the presidency, and free speech and the law. He is the author of You Can't Teach That! The Battle Over University Classrooms (2024), Repugnant Laws: Judicial Review of Acts of Congress from the Founding to the Present (2019), and Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech (2018), as well as Constitutional Interpretation (1999), Political Foundations of Judicial Supremacy (2007), and other works on constitutional theory and law and politics.Whittington serves as Founding Chair of the Academic Freedom Alliance's Academic Committee and as a Hoover Institution Visiting Fellow. He has been a John M. Olin Foundation Faculty Fellow, an American Council of Learned Societies Junior Faculty Fellow, a National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement Fellow, and a Visiting Scholar at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center. A member of the American Academy of the Arts and Sciences, Whittington served on the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States.  Check out Keith's new book: You Can't Teach That!Follow Keith on X: https://x.com/kewhittingtonFind out more about the American Association of University ProfessorsFind out more about the Academic Freedom Alliance Follow Heterodox Academy on:Twitter: https://bit.ly/3Fax5DyFacebook: https://bit.ly/3PMYxfwLinkedIn: https://bit.ly/48IYeuJInstagram: https://bit.ly/46HKfUgSubstack: https://bit.ly/48IhjNF

6:00 - Trump works at McDonalds, Mountain States Policy Center President Chris Cargill full 2748 Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:01:07 +0000 5i7oNjout4LPoBUMtOGKtpoi0cRkORwG Montana Talks with Aaron Flint 6:00 - Trump works at McDonalds, Mountain States Policy Center President Chris Cargill Montana Talks with Aaron Flint ON DEMAND 2020 False https

DALLAS, Texas (AURN News) — A new report reveals widespread lead contamination in drinking water across Texas schools and daycare centers. An analysis by the Environment Texas Research and Policy Center found that 78% of schools and daycares in the state reported at least one instance of lead in their drinking water. The study examined data from 1,509 educational facilities that submitted records to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) as part of its Lead Testing in School and Child Care Program. Of the schools and daycares reporting, 1,175 identified lead levels above 1 part per billion (ppb). Luke Metzger, executive director of Environment Texas and its research center, emphasized the gravity of the situation. "We send our kids to school to learn and grow. We should not tolerate them being exposed to a poison which could cost them IQ points or cause behavioral problems," he said. The organization is now calling for solutions from state legislators. Some progress has already been made, with districts in Austin, Houston, and other cities installing lead-filtering hydration stations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the Codcast, Commonwealth Beacon's editor Bruce Mohl sits down with Phineas Baxandall, Policy Director for the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, and Pete Wilson, Senior Policy Director for Transportation for Massachusetts. They discuss the recent controversy between the Healey-Driscoll administration and state Legislature over distributing surplus revenue collected by the millionaire's tax.

In this episode of the California Liberty Project podcast, I talk with returning guest Edward Ring to discuss pressing issues in California, including the implications of rent control through Prop 33, the potential impact of Prop 36 on crime deterrence, and the effects of crime on immigrant communities and all Californians. We also delve into the abortion debate, highlighting moral considerations and the need for honest dialogue on these contentious topics. We discuss the intersection of politics, ideology, and environmentalism, particularly in the context of California's disastrous energy policies. The discussion emphasizes the importance of free-market innovation in energy solutions and the potential for California to lead by example in “sustainable” practices while addressing economic needs. Visit EdwardRing.com California Policy Center's website California Liberty Project on X California Liberty Project on Instagram Greg's Substack

Have you ever wondered what podcasting pundits would have discussed during the Great Schism? Today's Remnant episode might give you a good idea.Jonah is joined by George Weigel, distinguished senior fellow at the Ethics and Policy Center, to talk all things Vatican City. George and Jonah evaluate Pope Francis, dig into the historical relationship between the Catholic Church and state actors, and discuss just war theory as it relates to ongoing conflict in the Middle East and criticism of Israel. Setting their sights on the United States, they then turn to the wacky world of Catholic integralism and the anxiety reflected by the online ‘trad-cath' movement. Further lines of inquiry include: How do we remedy contemporary cultural decay? How does one strike a balance between free expression and harmful hedonism? And what on God's green earth is going to happen with the Catholic voting bloc? Show Notes: —George's biography of Pope John Paul II —Tom Holland, Dominion —Irving Kristol: “Pornography, Obscenity, and the Case For Censorship” —The Dispatch crew on Pope Francis —Peggy Noonan on the choice between awful and empty —George on the new Great Awakening The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch's offerings—including Jonah's G-File newsletter, weekly livestreams, and other members-only content—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Donald Trump and Kamala Harris meet onstage in Philadelphia tomorrow night, they'll both know there's little debate that Pennsylvania is critical to their chances of winning the presidency.   More than 330 religious leaders representing more than 3 million Pennsylvanians are calling for peace during the election cycle.  Weather patterns in the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans are setting up a dry fall and a winter with little snow in central Pennsylvania.   The Altoona Area School District is one of nine districts examined in a new report on lead in Pennsylvania school drinking water. The non-profit group, PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center, says those districts are ignoring best practices. It's the only district to fail *every* category in their report. New investments that seek to help low-income Pennsylvanians have been announced.  The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia is on the hunt for a new leader to start next year. Former Vice President Mike Pence is now teaching at a Pennsylvania college. People in one Central Pennsylvania county now have the ability to reach their 911 center by text. The Gettysburg Times has named a new publisher.The media organization reports Kelly Luvison stepped into the role days after Harry Hartman was suspended in the face of imminent indictment on federal mail theft charges. Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former California State Assemblymember and current Fair Political Practices Commissioner Catharine Baker has been appointed director of the newly opened University of California Student and Policy Center, UC's hub in Sacramento, located just steps from the state capitol. Baker will lead public programming and outreach, aimed at introducing UC students and faculty into the capitol community - and vice versa.  The Center will present speakers, debates, and briefings on state policy issues; in recent months, the center has hosted conversations with California Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis and Senate pro Tem Toni Atkins as part of its 2024 California Leaders Speaker Series.  Baker joined us to talk about her goals and priorities for her new position.  Plus - a DOOZY of a "Worst Week in California Politics!"Show Notes:3:35 Welcome Catharine Baker4:09 A Roger Salazar sighting?8:24 What does the UC Student and Policy Center do?11:09 Priorities13:39 How to approach partisanship?19:21 Diversity of the UC campuses?21:20 The UC Center Internship Program24:40 The future26:13 Events, etc. https://uccs.ucdavis.edu28:20 #WWCAWant to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/ Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang "#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io

Jack Smith files a replacement indictment against former President Donald Trump over the 2020 election results, and he's reportedly confident that he can get a conviction. Plus, the FBI releases new information about would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks, and it's raising some concerning questions. And finally, bail has been set for Telegram founder Pavel Durov - what does this mean for our free speech?Guest Host: Ivory HeckerGuests:Mike Puglise | Former Law Enforcement Officer & Founder, Puglise Law FirmJohn Pierce | Chairman, National Constitutional Law UnionA.K. Kamara | Political AnalystPaul Kamenar | Counsel, National Legal and Policy Center

In this episode of SacTown Talks, Jarhett speaks with Catharine Baker, former California Assembly member and current Director of the UC Student and Policy Center. Catharine shares her journey from growing up in Coachella Valley and cutting her teeth in Chicago politics, to working in law and then entering public service motivated by the Great Recession and issues in local schools. Catharine  discusses her campaigns, experiences in the assembly, and her work post-politics, including her role at the FPPC. Catharine's latest venture focuses on utilizing UC's resources to influence policy and provide research-backed solutions to state legislators. This comprehensive interview provides insights into her career, perspectives on bipartisan work, and future plans in her new role.This Episode was record on 8/23/2400:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome00:29 Catharine Baker's Early Life and Career Beginnings01:03 Entering Politics: The Great Recession and Campaigns03:16 Running for State Assembly and Winning06:06 Challenges and Experiences in the Assembly08:05 Facing Political Realities and Party Dynamics11:41 Impact of National Politics on Local Elections14:27 Returning to the Law Firm and Community Service14:54 Serving on the Fair Political Practices Commission15:14 Insights from the 2014 Race and FPPC Work17:11 Challenges and Reforms in Campaign Finance19:01 The Role of Transparency in Democracy22:08 Legislative Experience and Bill Proposals25:15 New Role at UC Student Policy Center27:50 Future Initiatives and Collaboration34:48 Conclusion and Contact Information

The events of this past Saturday afternoon have shocked both the nation and the world, as a 20 year old man took aim on former president Donald Trump. By God's grace, his was a minor injury, literally millimeters away from sure death. Luke Perlot, from the National Legal and Policy Center talks about the event, and his efforts to have a liberal removed from the Microsoft board over threats of harm. Also, Paul Kamenar talks about the Florida documents case being dismissed. Finally, sobering thoughts from Rev. Al Mohler, taken from a special edition of "The Briefing" and used with permission. See www.albertmohler.com for the entire episode.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: JEFFREY E. PAUL is a research professor in the Social Philosophy Center of the John Chambers College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University. He was previously a research professor at the Center for the Philosophy of Freedom at the University of Arizona. Paul is professor emeritus at Bowling Green State University, where he played a pivotal role in the original founding of the Social Philosophy and Policy Center and was its Associate Director. He is also an executive editor of the journal Social Philosophy and Policy, published by Cambridge University Press, which has the largest circulation of any philosophy journal in the United States, Great Britain, or Canada. Paul has been a visiting scholar at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. He has published many essays in major philosophy journals and edited many philosophical collections, including Reading Nozick and Labor Law and the Employment Market. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Dr Robert Verkerk BSc MSc DIC PhD FACN founded the Alliance for Natural Health International in 2002 and has acted as its executive and scientific director since this time. He has directed legal actions to protect the right to natural health and has campaigned on diverse issues including against toxins in the food supply, in drinking water and in the environment, as well as against genetically modified foods, gene editing and transhumanism. He is a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition.

Associate Professor and Founding Director of The Race, Politics, and Policy Center at George Mason University, Dr. Michael Fauntroy, offers his analysis about President Biden's executive action on immigration, AG Garland‘s House Judiciary testimony and more!

Jeffrey E. Paul is a research professor in the Social Philosophy Center at West Virginia University. He was previously a professor at the University of Arizona, and is professor emeritus at Bowling Green State University, where he played a pivotal role in the original founding of the Social Philosophy and Policy Center and was its Associate Director.  Professor Paul is the author of a new book, Winning America's Second Civil War: Progressivism's Authoritarian Threat, Where it Come From, and How to Defeat it. The book outlines the history and politics behind the Left's 100-year take-over of our institutions, namely through the Frankfurt School. Subscribe to John's Finding Freedom Show solo feed. Listen and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Get access to all of our bonus audio content, livestreams, behind-the-scenes segments and more for as little as $5 per month by joining the Lions of Liberty Pride on Patreon OR support us on Locals! Check out our merchandise at the Lions of Liberty Store for all of our awesome t-shirts, mugs and hats! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Kristina Dunley bravely shares her harrowing encounter with postpartum psychosis. Her story is a sobering reminder that every mother's postpartum journey deserves to be met with the highest level of care and compassion. We hope this episode helps foster a culture of openness and understanding, ensuring mothers everywhere receive the support they so deeply need.More About Kristina!Kristina Dulaney RN, PMH-CPostpartum Psychosis SurvivorFounder/Executive Director, Cherished MomsFounder PPP Awareness Day2024 award recipient of Maternal Mental Health Hero for the Policy Center of Maternal Mental healthFollow Kristina on her Socials!PPP Awareness DayPPP Awareness Day (@pppawarenessday) • Instagram photos and videosFacebookCherished Mom – Helping New MomsCherished Mom (@cherishedmom) • Instagram photos and videosKristina's transformative journey through postpartum psychosis redirected her life's mission and career trajectory. Her unwavering dedication to advocating for perinatal mental health became the cornerstone of her purpose. This pivotal experience ignited her passion to empower and support other expecting and new mothers, driving her to establish Cherished Mom, a non-profit organization committed to promoting awareness, education, and support for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. She appeared on Dr. Phil in early 2023 to share her experience.As the founder and Executive Director of Cherished Mom, Kristina spearheaded the creation of PPP Awareness Day, a pivotal initiative aimed at raising awareness of postpartum psychosis as a mental health emergency. This annual event serves as a beacon of hope, shedding light on the symptoms, treatment, and the critical importance of early intervention for individuals affected by PPP. She is a Maternal Mental Health Hero 2024 recipient from the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health. Drawing from her lived experience with PPP and her background as a registered nurse, Kristina leverages her expertise to empower healthcare professionals and families in identifying individuals at risk, recognizing the symptoms of PPP and other maternal mental health disorders, and ultimately improving family outcomes. Her unwavering commitment to advocacy has garnered recognition and accolades, further amplifying the impact of her work in the realm of perinatal mental wellness.Kristina's journey from personal adversity to impactful advocacy is a testament to the transformative power of resilience and compassion. Her unwavering dedication to supporting perinatal mental wellness has reshaped her life and become a beacon of hope for countless individuals and families navigating similar challenges. Through her compelling story and unwavering commitment, Kristina continues to inspire and drive meaningful change in the landscape of maternal mental health advocacy.Follow Previa Alliance!Previa Alliance (@previa.alliance) • Instagram photos and videosPrevia Alliance Podcast (@previapodcast) • Instagram photos and videosKeep the questions coming by sending them to info@previaalliance.com or DM us on Instagram!

Matt Bruenig of the People's Policy Center discusses the gap between economic impression and reality. Vivek Ramaswamy ends his cosplay as a Trump cover band. And the explanation that some on the right are giving for that hole in the Alaska Airlines door. You can't spell idiotic explanation without "DEI." Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Subscribe to The Gist Subscribe: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ Follow Mikes Substack at: Pesca Profundities | MikePesca | Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Listen to this week's No Spin News interview with International Studies Prof. Glen Duerr, Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, Director of the Corporate Integrity Project for the National Legal and Policy Center, Paul Chesser, and Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). We also visit the No Spin News archives and Bill's conversation with Democratic Pollster, Doug Schoen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey BillOReilly.com Premium and Concierge Members, welcome to the No Spin News for Wednesday November 29, 2023. Stand Up for Your Country. Tonight's rundown: Talking Points Memo: Bill breaks down a current legislative battle over money for Ukraine and asylum for illegal migrants. Nikki Haley is gaining traction. We'll update the political landscape. A Black Lives Matter leader is endorsing Donald Trump Director of the Corporate Integrity Project for the National Legal and Policy Center, Paul Chesser, joins the No Spin News to discuss the problems at Disney. This Day in History: Natalie Wood Final Thought: Vote for 'Witches' In Case You Missed It: Read Bill's latest column, "Sneaker Nation." Get into the holiday spirit with "The United States of Trump" and one "Merry Christmas America" ornament. The holiday's are here! Now's the time to give the gift if a Premium or Concierge Membership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices