Podcasts about treasury secretary steve mnuchin

We take a look at the push in Congress to ban TikTok. This isn't just about banning TikTok. Should we be able to trust the US government over the Chinese Communist Party? We should be able to, but we can't. When there is a double standard there is a hidden agenda. What does God's Word say? 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.Revelation 12:11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.Episode 1,472 Links:The TikTok Ban Is the Patriot Act, Part II: Another Trojan Horse for Deep-State Tyranny In December 2022 Nancy Mace said about TikTok: "The Chinese are using it to spy on Americans. We should ban it from all government devices. That should be step one."This is Rep. Dan Crenshaw as he walks out of the Capitol after voting to give Joe Biden the power to shut down news sites that dare to challenge him. Crenshaw tells reporter Liam Cosgrove that U.S. intel agencies don't meddle in domestic news coverage, when of course he knows that's untrue. Watch his face as he says it. Liar.“The so-called TikTok ban is a trojan horse. The President will be given the power to ban WEB SITES, not just Apps. The person breaking the new law is deemed to be the U.S. (or offshore) INTERNET HOSTING SERVICE or App Store, not the “foreign adversary.”The people who've handed our country to China are banning TikTok to protect you from China? Probably not. So what's really going on? Rand Paul joins us to explain.Adobe AI Erases White People, Including America's Founders.Juwan Howard went 8-24 this year at Michigan. But according to a question in his presser the “white media” is to blame for him being on the hot seat. If a white reporter asked a question like this citing “black media” he'd never work again in sports:So-called “Non-binary” Oklahoma teen died by suicide after bathroom fight, medical examiner findsThe police department said officers "observed many indications that this death was the result of suicide" from the start of the investigationCBS: Do you attribute the inflation crisis to the pandemic or Biden?WISCONSIN VOTER: "It's been YEARS now since the pandemic — I'm not buying that anymore. At first I did; I'm not buying that anymore because yogurt is STILL going up in price!" One day after the US House of Representatives voted to force TikTok to divest from China or be banned, Donald Trump's former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says he is putting together a group to buy TikTok.4Patriots https://4Patriots.com/Todd Stay connected when the power goes out and get free shipping on orders over $97.   Alan's Soaps https://alanssoaps.com/TODD Use coupon code ‘TODD' to save an additional 10% off the bundle price. Bioptimizers https://bioptimizers.com/todd Use promo code TODD for 10% of your order and get up to 2 travel size bottles of Magnesium Breakthrough free.     Bonefrog  https://bonefrogcoffee.com/todd Use code TODD at checkout to receive 10% off your first purchase and 15% on subscriptions.   Bulwark Capital  Bulwark Capital Management (bulwarkcapitalmgmt.com) Call 866-779-RISK or visit online to sign up for the next FREE Webinar on March 28th    GreenHaven Interactive Digital Marketing https://greenhaveninteractive.com Your Worldclass Website Will Get Found on Google! Liver Health https://GetLiverHelp.com/Todd Order today and get your FREE bottle of Nano Powered Omega3 and free bonus gift.

AP correspondent Jackie Quinn reports on a former U.S. cabinet member's efforts to acquire TikTok.

USA Today writer, Marc Saltzman joins the show for #TechTalk to talk about Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is putting together an investor group to buy the social media platform, TikTok and Wordle free treats.

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is putting together an investment team to buy TikTok, OpenAI's CTO said that Sora will be available possibly in a few months, and Amazon's new AI feature is enabling sellers to create product pages from their websites. MP3 Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. You can get an ad-free feed of DailyContinue reading "Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin Intends To Buy TikTok – DTH"

In this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, Editor Charles Morgan speaks to former United States Mint Director David J. Ryder. Absolutely nothing was off the table. Charles and David discuss Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin's notorious trip to Fort Knox; whether we are struck with an "imperial" coinage; why eliminating the cent would me a mistake; how COVID-19 impacted the Mint's ability to meet the nation's coinage needs; whether the low mintage of the privy marked Eagles was a mistake; why the United States Mint decided to redesign the American Gold and Silver Eagles, and much more.The Coinweek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. The PCGS Members Only Show will be held from Wednesday, February 22, to Friday, February 24, 2023, at Park MGM in Las Vegas, Nevada.PCGS members can take advantage of this exclusive event to buy and sell coins, have their coins graded on-site, and talk directly with PCGS representatives who will be on hand to answer questions.

In this episode of Law, disrupted, John is joined by Michael Schachter, Partner and Co-Chair of the White-Collar Defense Practice Group at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.  Michael has an unparalleled record of victories in some of the most high-profile criminal trials in the United States. Describing Michael in 2022, Chambers USA stated, "The things he can do in a courtroom are magical.”  Together John and Michael discuss the high-profile defense verdict Michael obtained in the Eastern District of New York on behalf of client Tom Barrack, founder of the global investment firm Colony Capital.John opens the conversation by asking Michael about the background of the charges against Mr. Barrack. Michael explains that Mr. Barrack had served as the chair of the Inauguration Committee for former President Trump. In the course of the numerous investigations of the former president's affairs, the Inauguration Committee was examined thoroughly with no findings of wrongdoing. However, this brought Mr. Barrack under the government's scrutiny.The charges ultimately brought against Mr. Barrack alleged that he acted as an agent of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) without notifying the Department of Justice in violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 951, obstructed justice, and made false statements to federal agents when they interviewed him. Michael explains that the allegations about acting as an agent of the UAE arose from meetings Mr. Barrack had with the UAE's National Security Advisor and the Crown Prince. Michael explains that Section 951 prosecutions are generally reserved for espionage cases, whereas lobbying cases, such as this one, are usually prosecuted under the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA). Prosecutions under FARA require the government to prove that the defendant knew of the registration requirement for foreign lobbyists. Michael speculates that the government proceeded under Section 951 to avoid having to prove this element.The conversation then turns to the evidence presented at trial. Michael explains that the government built its case primarily on text messages and emails taken out of context, particularly a text message in which Mr. Barrack discussed a proposal that he become a special envoy to the Middle East. In that text, Mr. Barrack suggested that if he had such a role, it would benefit the UAE. Michael explains that at trial, he has able to show that Mr. Barrack affirmatively declined the special envoy role. Michael also called former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to testify about a conversation in which Mr. Barrack spoke against the actions of the UAE in a dispute it was having with Qatar. John then moves the conversation to Michael's use of cross-examination during the prosecution's case to establish his own themes with the jury. Michael describes how the defense team used the cross-examination of an expert called to testify that the UAE was not a good ally to the U.S. to prove that it really was. Michael also recounts how the defense used the cross-examination of former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who previously headed Exxon, to show that it made good business sense for the head of a global large global business, such as Colony Capital, to meet with members of royal families in the Middle East who are often key business decision-makers. Finally, Michael and John discuss the possible impacts this case might have on government policy. Michael suggests that the case might convince the government to return to a more restrained approach to prosecutions under Section 951, confining them to espionage cases as in the past. He also suggests that the cross-examination of the FBI agents at trial might lead the FBI to record their interviews rather than relying on an antiquated process of relying entirely on one agent making handwritten notes as their only record of the interview.

Welcome everyone to the Martiak Market Update with your host Mark Martiak. Mark is a Managing Director of Investments with AGP/Alliance Global Partners, a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer, member of FINRA/SIPC. This show will explore topics ranging from market updates to the global economy and personal finance. Money is knowledge, and Mark wants to help you navigate your relationship with money by offering timely guidance and his unique perspective. Here's Mark Martiak. Mark speaking: Welcome. Thank you for joining me as we discuss key trends shaping our industries and markets. It's been a humanitarian crisis for the people of Ukraine, many of whom have faced devastation as the Russian invasion and war entered a third week. You hear a lot about economic sanctions that have been put in place by countries including the U.S.. During this program, I want to look at sanctions placed on Russia's Oligarchs who are on the move amid a global dragnet that Western governments have cast to ensnare their yachts, villas, jets, and bank accounts. You May HaveWondered: What is a Russian Oligarch?Oligarchs — or extremely wealthy business leaders who are politically connected — http://www.case-research.eu/upload/publikacja_plik/4931074_SA%20296last.pdf (became) http://www.case-research.eu/upload/publikacja_plik/4931074_SA%20296last.pdf (more prominent) in Russia in the 1990s, but they are not unique to Russia.  Many Russian oligarchs are heavily involved in and benefit from Russian President https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-dwindling-options-isolation/ (Vladimir) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-dwindling-options-isolation/ (Putin's regime), with some serving in political positions. For example, when Putin opened a new bridge to Crimea in 2018 — a region https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-russia-invasion-what-you-need-to-know/ (Russia had annexed) from Ukraine in 2014 — the bridge was built by his friend Arkady Rotenberg's company and the truck he drove across it was made by Sergei Chemezov's state corporation Rostec, according to https://carnegiemoscow.org/commentary/76555 (The) https://carnegiemoscow.org/commentary/76555 (Carnegie Moscow Center,) a think-tank that focuses on domestic and foreign policy. There is often a line of succession for oligarchs in politics. For example, Dmitry Patrushev, the son of Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, was appointed as Russia's minister of agriculture, according to The Carnegie Moscow Center.   Numerous Russian oligarchs and government officials were sanctioned by the U.S. in 2018, in part for the regime's occupation of Crimea and for continuing to instigate violence in Ukraine, https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0338 (according to the U.S.) https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0338 (Treasury Department), which announced the sanctions. Rotenberg's son and Patruskev were included in that round of sanctions for their involvement with the regime.  "Russian oligarchs and elites who profit from this corrupt system will no longer be insulated from the consequences of their government's destabilizing activities," Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said in a press release about those sanctions. (1) The Biden administration announced it would expand its sanctions on Russian oligarchs, further taking aim at Putin's close-knit, elite network. The Biden administration blames the oligarchs for providing the resources critical to supporting Putin's invasion. "Treasury is committed to holding Russian elites to account for their support of President Putin's war of choice," said Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. "Today, across the U.S. government and in coordination with partners and allies, we are demonstrating our commitment to impose massive costs on Putin's closest confidants...

It's about time we excoriate former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. Remember, it isn't libel if it's true. In this episode, we learn about the foreclosure exploits of Steve Mnuchin when he served as CEO of OneWest Bank, how whistleblowers sparked a California Department of Justice investigation that uncovered widespread fraud in OneWest's foreclosure process, and how the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) rules on compensation fueled the greed that accelerated foreclosure during the subprime lending crisis. We also take a trip back in time to discuss the origins of redlining and how it still impacts low- and moderate-income neighborhoods and their residents today, we learn about the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and why conservatives - and banks - hate it, we learn about credit default swaps, loan modifications, Purchase & Assumption, amortization, credit bids, substitutions of trustee, and SO MUCH MORE! We also learn about the poorly reported-on Yahoo security breaches of the mid-00s and the curious case of over 2,000 fraudulent emails with @yahoo.com email addresses that flooded The Federal Reserve in support of a bank merger. Wild.

GAMESTOP! But wait - what are stocks, bonds, and short-selling? The GameStop fiasco has everything to do with the 2008 housing market crash and subsequent Wall Street bailouts, but why did it feel oh-so-good when hedge fund managers lost billions? In this episode, we discuss the incompetence of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin during the COVID-19 crisis, the incompetence of traders at the top of their game, and the double-standard of market manipulation - neat!

What a week. After we decided not to record last Wednesday because of the ongoing assault on our Democracy, we’re back to discuss the insurrection and describe the cast of coup characters like the Qanon Shaman and his pelt-clad henchmen. In the midst of the rioting, Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump each accidentally dialed Sen. Mike Lee looking for another Senator–Alabama’s Tommy Tuberville–and asked him to help them in their harebrained scheme to overturn the election. Meanwhile, Trump supporters in Florida defaced a manatee and Melania Trump participated in a photo shoot about rugs. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin’s wife Louise Linton has a new film coming out in a few weeks in which she plays “a materialistic, narcissistic, self-absorbed, raging misanthrope” who “may or may not have an undiagnosed personality disorder.” (In other words, a biopic.) Finally, we mourn the death of Dr. Harold Bornstein, a legend in the fields of gastroenterology and literature. R.I.P. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ ( https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 ) OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks POCKET CASTS https://pca.st/SrJY RADIO PUBLIC https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N *In this week’s episode:* Read Caitlin Flanagan’s excellent piece, “Worst Revolution Ever” ( https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/worst-revolution-ever/617623/ ) in the Atlantic. *Big #YUP to…* Fran Lebowitz’s “Pretend It’s a City” ( https://www.netflix.com/title/81078137 ) on Netflix Rep. Jerry Nadler, for representing New York with a babka from Zabar’s ( https://www.eater.com/2021/1/14/22230784/jerry-nadler-brought-zabars-babka-to-the-donald-trump-impeachment-hearing ) at impeachment *In addition to Twitter, you can now also follow us on* *Goodpods* ( https://www.goodpods.com/ ) *, an app that will help you discover great podcasts.*

CRYPTOkid features a press conference from Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, which serves as a reminder why the legal actions taken against Ripple and XRP, and the treatment of privacy based cryptocurrencies should come as no surprise, on this episode of The Crypto Corner.

每日英語跟讀 Ep.1016: Evidence That Robots Are Winning the Race for American Jobs Who is winning the race for jobs between robots and humans? Last year, two leading economists described a future in which humans come out ahead. But now they've declared a different winner: the robots. 機器人與人類競逐工作機會，究竟誰是贏家？去年，兩位知名經濟學家描繪了一個人類領先的未來，但現在他們宣布了不同的贏家：機器人。 The industry most affected by automation is manufacturing. For every robot per thousand workers, up to six workers lost their jobs and wages fell by as much as three-fourths of a percent, according to a new paper by the economists, Daron Acemoglu of MIT and Pascual Restrepo of Boston University. It appears to be the first study to quantify large, direct, negative effects of robots. 受自動化影響最大的行業是製造業。根據兩位經濟學家，麻省理工學院的達倫．艾斯摩格魯與波士頓大學的帕斯庫爾．雷斯特雷波所完成的一份新報告，每千名工人配備1個機器人，最多會使6名工人失業，薪資也會下跌0.75%。這似乎是把機器人既大又直接且負面的影響加以量化的第一份研究報告。 The paper is all the more significant because the researchers, whose work is highly regarded in their field, had been more sanguine about the effect of technology on jobs. In a paper last year, they said it was likely that increased automation would create new, better jobs, so employment and wages would eventually return to their previous levels. Just as cranes replaced dockworkers but created related jobs for engineers and financiers, the theory goes, new technology has created new jobs for software developers and data analysts. 這份報告所以顯得特別重要，主要是因為原先這兩位研究人員對科技對就業的影響始終較為樂觀，而兩人的專業表現在他們的領域深受重視。去年兩人在一份報告中說，自動化程度提高很可能會創造新的、更好的就業機會，所以就業和工資最終將恢復到先前的水平。正如同起重機取代了碼頭工人，同時也為工程師和金融家創造了相關的就業機會，他們的理論指出，新技術已為軟體開發人員和數據分析師創造新的就業機會。 But that paper was a conceptual exercise. The new one uses real-world data — and suggests a more pessimistic future. The researchers said they were surprised to see very little employment increase in other occupations to offset the job losses in manufacturing. That increase could still happen, they said, but for now there are large numbers of people out of work, with no clear path forward — especially blue-collar men without college degrees. 不過，那份報告僅是一個概念練習。新的報告使用了現實世界的數據，並得出一個較悲觀的未來。這兩位學者表示，他們驚訝地發現其他職業的就業機會增加極少，無法抵消製造業的就業機會損失。他們表示，前述就業機會增加還是可能發生，不過，就眼前而言，失業者人數眾多，且前方沒有明確道路可行，特別是沒有大學學歷的藍領階級。 “The conclusion is that even if overall employment and wages recover, there will be losers in the process, and it's going to take a very long time for these communities to recover,” Acemoglu said. 艾斯摩格魯說：「結論是：即使整體就業情況和工資恢復，過程中仍有輸家出現，且這些群體需很長時間才能復元。」 “If you've worked in Detroit for 10 years, you don't have the skills to go into health care,” he said. “The market economy is not going to create the jobs by itself for these workers who are bearing the brunt of the change.” 他說：「若你在底特律工作10年，你不會有能進入醫療保健領域工作的技能。市場經濟本身不會為這些在變革中首當其衝的工人創造就業機會。」 The paper's evidence of job displacement from technology contrasts with a comment from Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, who said at an Axios event that artificial intelligence's displacement of human jobs was “not even on our radar screen,” and “50 to 100 more years” away. 這份報告提供了科技取代人類就業機會的證據，但它與美國財政部長米努勤發表的談話大相逕庭。米努勤在美國新媒體Axios的一項活動中說，人工智慧取代人類工作，「甚至不在我們雷達螢幕上」，是「50或100年後的事」。 The study analyzed the effect of industrial robots in local labor markets in the United States. Robots are to blame for up to 670,000 lost manufacturing jobs between 1990 and 2007, it concluded, and that number will rise because industrial robots are expected to quadruple. 上述研究分析了工業機器人對美國當地勞動力市場的影響。研究結論是，1990年至2007年期間，機器人是製造業減少67萬個就業機會的元凶，這一數字還會上升，因為工業機器人的數量預計將增至四倍。 Source article: https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0067/311786/web/#2L-9739951L 每日英語跟讀Podcast，就在http://www.15mins.today/daily-shadowing 每週Vocab精選詞彙Podcast，就在https://www.15mins.today/vocab 每週In-TENSE文法練習Podcast，就在https://www.15mins.today/in-tense   用email訂閱就可以收到通勤學英語節目更新通知。

Jeremy Allaire of Circle Pay and Kristin Smith of the Blockchain Association explain the impact of and motivation behind Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin’s proposed FinCEN rule that targets “unhosted” wallets. In this episode, they cover: what the new FinCEN rule says, and how it would impact unhosted or self-hosted wallets, as well as crypto businesses why they believe this is really politically motivated and unilateral midnight rule making by Secretary Mnuchin  what other bureaucrats and policymakers think should be done instead  whether the rule only affects businesses rather than individuals  what information will be recorded according to the rule ways to circumvent compliance  how the rule affects DeFi and Web3 the procedural hurdles Mnuchin took to propose the rule, and what they recommend the crypto community to do try to stop the implementation of the rule  how the rule comports with European GDPR regulations  which government entities will be tasked with making the regulatory changes the space needs  why President-Elect Joe Biden’s administration may be more favorable for the space   Thank you to our sponsors!  Crypto.com: http://crypto.com 1inch: http://1inch.exchange    Episode links:  Jeremy Allaire: https://twitter.com/jerallaire  Kristin Smith: https://twitter.com/kmsmithdc   Circle: https://www.circle.com/en/ The Blockchain Association: https://theblockchainassociation.org   Stories on proposed rule:  https://www.coindesk.com/fincen-proposes-kyc-rules-for-crypto-wallets https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/88347/treasury-crypto-wallets-reporting-rule   Effect on DeFi: https://twitter.com/jerallaire/status/1340060806088671232?s=20   https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1340050400871911424?s=20   Coin Center response: https://www.coincenter.org/a-midnight-rule-for-cryptocurrency-transaction-reports/   Brian Armstrong’s earlier tweet thread: https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1331745196887867393 Collins Belton’s tweet thread: https://twitter.com/collins_belton/status/1340051986008350721?s=20

Jeremy Allaire of Circle Pay and Kristin Smith of the Blockchain Association explain the impact of and motivation behind Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin's proposed FinCEN rule that targets “unhosted” wallets. In this episode, they cover: what the new FinCEN rule says, and how it would impact unhosted or self-hosted wallets, as well as crypto businesses why they believe this is really politically motivated and unilateral midnight rule making by Secretary Mnuchin  what other bureaucrats and policymakers think should be done instead  whether the rule only affects businesses rather than individuals  what information will be recorded according to the rule ways to circumvent compliance  how the rule affects DeFi and Web3 the procedural hurdles Mnuchin took to propose the rule, and what they recommend the crypto community to do try to stop the implementation of the rule  how the rule comports with European GDPR regulations  which government entities will be tasked with making the regulatory changes the space needs  why President-Elect Joe Biden's administration may be more favorable for the space   Thank you to our sponsors!  Crypto.com: http://crypto.com 1inch: http://1inch.exchange    Episode links:  Jeremy Allaire: https://twitter.com/jerallaire  Kristin Smith: https://twitter.com/kmsmithdc   Circle: https://www.circle.com/en/ The Blockchain Association: https://theblockchainassociation.org   Stories on proposed rule:  https://www.coindesk.com/fincen-proposes-kyc-rules-for-crypto-wallets https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/88347/treasury-crypto-wallets-reporting-rule   Effect on DeFi: https://twitter.com/jerallaire/status/1340060806088671232?s=20   https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1340050400871911424?s=20   Coin Center response: https://www.coincenter.org/a-midnight-rule-for-cryptocurrency-transaction-reports/   Brian Armstrong's earlier tweet thread: https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1331745196887867393 Collins Belton's tweet thread: https://twitter.com/collins_belton/status/1340051986008350721?s=20

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsall Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell are fighting over the future of the Fed’s Main Street Lending Program. This debate has rolled over into the current congressional stimulus debate. Here’s what’s going on with this debate.

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. The evidence continues to accumulate that the Chinese Communist Party is our time’s existential threat to freedom. For example, Australia has just revealed a leaked list of nearly two million CCP spies now operating worldwide. So why on earth are American investors continuing to have their money invested in this enemy by Wall Street? The short answer is that “Beijing’s Bankers” are paid handsomely by the CCP to secure funds for its military companies and others that threaten our national security and human rights values. To his great credit, President Trump has taken extraordinary measures to end this practice of U.S. underwriting of our enemy. For example, he issued an Executive Order blocking indexes and Exchange Traded Funds from investing in “Communist Chinese Military Companies.” Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin disagrees. It’s time for him to get the next Trump Termination Tweet. This is Frank Gaffney.

Caleb Maupin, journalist and political analyst, joins us with his wit and wisdom for a weekly wrap-up on a host of subjects. We discuss the return of Morales to Bolivia and how he led a social and political movement to overcome a US-led coup. Also, Maupin explains whether he thinks that a Biden administration will be receptive to the olive branch that was recently put forward by the Iranian foreign policy team as they suggest that the US return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal. Dr. Jack Rasmus, professor in the Economics and Politics departments at St. Mary's College of California, joins us to explain an extraordinary incident on Thursday in which the US Federal Reserve openly criticized Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin's move to end a number of emergency lending programs. This exceptional public rebuke reflects an ideological divide among parts of the government on what methods are most suitable to addressing the economic problems brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, we discuss the possibility of a December government shutdown and the slowing of job growth as coronavirus cases surge across much of the US.KJ Noh, peace activist, writer and teacher, returns to The Critical Hour to talk about reports in both Chinese and Russian media that the possibility of a military alliance between the two world powers may be on the table. Noh also gives his thoughts on whether a Biden administration would continue US President Donald Trump's policies toward China's technology business sector and what actions Trump is planning between now and the potential end of his term.Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report editor and senior columnist; and Ajamu Baraka, former US vice-presidential candidate for the Green Party, come together to discuss the makeup of presumed US President-elect Joe Biden's potential Cabinet. Does the presence of war profiteers from pro-war think tanks indicate a move towards an aggressive, confrontational foreign policy? Also, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ruffled the feathers of Palestinian rights activists worldwide on Thursday as he visited an Israeli settlement in the West Bank that is deemed illegal under international law.Dr. Gerald Horne, Professor of history at the University of Houston, author, historian and researcher, teams up with Gary Flowers, public policy analyst and radio talk show host, to discuss whether the Trump team's various legal machinations will be successful in their attempt to overturn the apparent results of the recent presidential election. Also, how will the presence of former US President Barack Obama's foreign policy team members affect the direction of a potential Biden administration?

Today on the Brief: Markets fight to remain optimistic  Jobless claims rise for the first time in five weeks China borrows at negative rates for the first time  Our main discussion: a crypto ally as top bank regulator?  Brian Brooks was an executive at Coinbase when he was tapped by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to be the number two at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the nation’s main bank regulator. Within two months he was acting Comptroller and now Brooks has been nominated for a full term.  In his short tenure, he has given banks the OK to provide custody of crypto and banking services to stablecoin issuers. In so doing, he has aroused the ire of congressional Democrats, who have accused him of acting too quickly and unilaterally on crypto.  In this discussion, NLW breaks down Brooks’ time at the OCC and asks whether he’s likely to be confirmed before the next administration early next year. 

President Trump has nominated former Coinbase counsel Brian Brooks to a full five-year term as Comptroller of the Currency, but will he be confirmed in time? This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com and Nexo.io.Today on the Brief:Markets fight to remain optimistic Jobless claims rise for the first time in five weeksChina borrows at negative rates for the first time Our main discussion: a crypto ally as top bank regulator? Brian Brooks was an executive at Coinbase when he was tapped by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to be the number two at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the nation’s main bank regulator. Within two months he was acting Comptroller and now Brooks has been nominated for a full term. In his short tenure, he has given banks the OK to provide custody of crypto and banking services to stablecoin issuers. In so doing, he has aroused the ire of congressional Democrats, who have accused him of acting too quickly and unilaterally on crypto. In this discussion, NLW breaks down Brooks’ time at the OCC and asks whether he’s likely to be confirmed before the next administration early next year.

The United States is headed for a debt crisis. But Jared sees a way that Hollywood-mogul-turned-Treasury-Secretary Steve Mnuchin could turn things around… by doing something Coca-Cola once did.

Thursday's debate saw US President Donald Trump try to portray Democratic challenger Joe Biden as a scandal-riddled, inadequate career politician, while Biden took aim at Trump's immigration policies and handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.For our first segment, co-hosts Dr. Wilmer Leon and Garland Nixon discuss Thursday evening's presidential debate, the US embassy in Turkey warning American citizens about potential terror attacks targeting them in Istanbul and whether the Hunter Biden story is Russian disinformation. They also weigh in on Patrick Lawrence's story in Consortium News about the damage Russiagate has done, as well as this week's news about an alleged plan by a 19-year-old to assassinate Joe Biden. Dr. Yolandra Hancock, board-certified pediatrician and pediatric obesity expert, reports on the latest developments in coronavirus news. "The daily number of COVID-19 cases reported in the US rose to its highest level since July, as data show cases spreading across communities in every region of the country," the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. "The US reported 71,671 cases on Thursday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University — the most in a single day since July 24, when it hit 73,107, and the third-highest single-day total overall." Dr. Jack Rasmus, author and professor in the Economics and Politics departments at St. Mary's College of California, joins us to discuss Thursday night's debate and where the candidates stand on the economy. He also talks about the Republicans being angry that Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin appears to be giving ground to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in search of a stimulus deal. For our first Friday panel, Dr. Emmitt Riley, political scientist, author and assistant professor of Africana studies at DePauw University, joins us, along with American columnist, political cartoonist and author Ted Rall. They talk about the Trump-Biden debate and conclude with the story about the alleged Biden assassination plot. According to a judge's order signed earlier this month, "A timeline of internet searches conducted by the Defendant between March and May 2020 show the young man seeking information about Vice President Joe Biden's home address, state gun laws, rifle parts, and night vision goggles." The order also claims that the defendant posted a meme online about killing Biden, purchased an AR-15 in New Hampshire, traveled to a Wendy's within 4 miles of Biden's home and wrote a checklist note ending with the words "execute."For our final panel, we are joined by Margaret Kimberley, editor and senior columnist at Black Agenda Report and author of "Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents"; and Danny Haiphong, author and contributor to Black Agenda Report. Their discussion topics include the presidential debate and Biden's potential picks for his Cabinet, which his team says will consist of those with experience, instead of focusing on political preferences. Former Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-DE), one of Biden's advisors and his Senate successor, is quoted by Politico as saying, "I think this is about getting seasoned people that are qualified to do the job. We need people with experience, people that are smart as hell and people that reflect America."

Stimulus talks continue between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin with a deadline set for Tuesday on whether anything will be able to get done by election day. It seems there have been some agreements on more stimulus checks for Americans and aid for airlines, but disagreements on other issues such as a national testing strategy. Ginger Gibson, deputy Washington digital editor at NBC News, joins us for this, millions of Americans who have already voted early, and what to expect from the final debate between President Trump and Joe Biden. Next, the coronavirus pandemic has sparked a need for more plastic. Demand for everything from face shields, gloves, takeaway food containers, and even bubble wrap for online shopping has gone up, and with that demand it has severely set back the effort to recycle. This is happening as big oil companies are investing hundreds of billions of dollars to create new plastic. Companies that have made pledges to use more recyclable materials are even in a tough spot as new plastics are far cheaper than using recycled plastic. Joe Brock, special correspondent at Reuters, joins us for how the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the trend of creating more and not less plastic trash. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Earlier today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin spoke again about the stalled federal stimulus plan, yet they don't appear to be closer to a deal to help American families or businesses. Dan and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) discuss negotiating with the White House, sticking points, and why his caucus opposes stand-alone bills for consensus items like airline payroll support and small business loans. Plus, Kyle Pomerleau of the American Enterprise Institute joins to discuss his new report on the Biden campaign’s tax proposals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin are set to talk today on a new coronavirus relief package. There are hints of forward movement. Plus, an outage for the Tokyo Stock Exchange. And, amid the legal battle over TikTok and WeChat, a look at the hurdles U.S. tech firms face in China.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin are set to talk today on a new coronavirus relief package. There are hints of forward movement. Plus, an outage for the Tokyo Stock Exchange. And, amid the legal battle over TikTok and WeChat, a look at the hurdles U.S. tech firms face in China.

Another 837,000 Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week -- a slight decline from the week before, but still a historically high level. Meanwhile, prospects for new federal pandemic relief remain uncertain, though House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin continued their talks Thursday. Lisa Desjardins and Yamiche Alcindor join Judy Woodruff to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Another 837,000 Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week -- a slight decline from the week before, but still a historically high level. Meanwhile, prospects for new federal pandemic relief remain uncertain, though House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin continued their talks Thursday. Lisa Desjardins and Yamiche Alcindor join Judy Woodruff to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Anna Szymanski discuss the current U.S. labor market, the oddities of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, and the sad state of GE. In the Slate Plus segment: Retail investing.    Email: slatemoney@slate.com Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Twitter: @felixsalmon, @Three_Guineas, @EmilyRPeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Anna Szymanski discuss the current U.S. labor market, the oddities of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, and the sad state of GE. In the Slate Plus segment: Retail investing.    Email: slatemoney@slate.com Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Twitter: @felixsalmon, @Three_Guineas, @EmilyRPeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show, we preview Tuesday's hearing on Capitol Hill where Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin will face questions about coronavirus relief. We'll also look ahead to President Trump's visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin. Finally, we remember the legendary hall of fame coach John Thompson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. At the start of the Chinese Communist Party's intensifying oppression of Hong Kong last June, President Trump sought advice on what he could do to punish the PRC and protect Americans from having their savings endangered by investing there. Unfortunately, he turned to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and other Wall Street insiders for answers. Last week, Mnuchin’s so-called Plunge Protection Team finally responded and, predictably, recommended basically doing nothing for at least the next seventeen months. He hesitatingly admitted as much in a White House press conference yesterday. If Mr. Trump agrees, the CCP will continue to garner billions, if not actually trillions, of dollars from U.S. capital markets. Wall Street fat cats will get richer on hefty commissions and help our enemy underwrite its oppression at home and threats to us. Mr. President: That would not be putting America first. This is Frank Gaffney.                                                 

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by John Ross, Senior Fellow at Chongyang Institute, Renmin University of China, and an award-winning resident columnist with several Chinese media organizations.Microsoft CEO spoke with President Trump recently about its desire to purchase TikTok. Trump last week said that he would seek to ban TikTok, one of the most popular apps in the world, saying that it secretly collected data and sent it to China. Is the Microsoft CEO in favor of political gangsterism over the infamous free market that corporations usually espouse? Congress and the Trump Administration are so far apart on another Covid relief bill that there is no chance of an agreement. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday that she and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin have not agreed on any major points that would be in a bill. They are farthest apart on direct aid to the unemployed, with Mnuchin saying that he would not support any bill that pays people to stay home doing nothing. Meanwhile, the coronavirus continues to spread quickly around the country with nearly 155,000 Americans dead and tens of millions remain unemployed. Lee Camp, a writer, comedian, activist, journalist, and host of the television show “Redacted Tonight,” on RT America, and his latest book is called “Bullet Points & Punch Lines,” available at leecamp.com, joins the show. The Russian government announced over the weekend that it would begin a coronavirus vaccination program in October, the first country to do so. But rather than optimism or support, the media is fearmongering about the vaccine, equating speed with haphazard safety protocols. Indeed, some outlets are comparing the Russian vaccine to Sputnik, the first man-made satellite in space. And the media are doing the same thing with news of an upcoming Chinese vaccine. Brian and John speak with Ben Norton, a journalist with the Grayzone and co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast. Monday’s segment “Education for Liberation with Bill Ayers” is where Bill helps us look at the state of education across the country. What’s happening in our schools, colleges, and universities, and what impact does it have on the world around us? Chicago Teachers Union member and activist Nick Stender joins Brian and John. In this segment, The Week Ahead, the hosts take a look at the most newsworthy stories of the coming week and what it means for the country and the world. Sputnik News analyst and producer of this show Nicole Roussell joins the show.Monday’s regular segment Technology Rules is a weekly guide on how monopoly corporations and the national surveillance state are threatening cherished freedoms, civil rights and civil liberties. Web developer and technologist Chris Garaffa and software engineer and technology joins the show.

Jack Rasmus, professor of economics and politics at St. Mary’s College of California and author of the book "The Scourge of Neoliberalism: US Economic Policy from Reagan to Trump," delves into the struggling US economy pre-COVID and the collision course the country was on. Also, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says the US can't afford to take on too much debt in the next pandemic stimulus package, so why not divert some of the billions of dollars in loans going to big corporations?

The extended federal unemployment benefits for out of work Americans expired last week. No longer will unemployed Americans receive an extra $600 per week. This will leave many scrambling to make ends meet. Republicans from the Trump Administration and in the Senate are working to put together a relief bill. The proposal would counter the Democratic bill that passed the House two months ago and serve as a starting point for negotiations. Today on Polilogue, we look at the interviews with key Republicans working on that relief package. We discuss interviews that took place with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, and Economic Advisor Larry Kudlow. We also review the interview with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who talked about protecting essential workers and supporting state and local governments. ChaptersIntroductionHighlight / LowlightRepublicans’ Relief BillThe Missing Portland Context Show RankingsDialogue Challenge Shows discussed Face the Nation on CBSState of the Union on CNNFox News Sunday on FOXThis Week on ABCMeet the Press on NBCResources and Links Many low-wage workers earn more on unemployment than in their former jobs (CBS News) The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way (Bill Bryson)* This book was written in 1990 and in some parts it is out of date with the latest understandings of linguistics.Contact usEmail us at podcast@polilogue.com or you can send us your feedback @PolilogueCast. You can also follow us at @sotonaomi_ and @bsteidle.Support the show: We produce Polilogue out of our own pocket. If you’d like to support the show with a one-time or recurring donation, please visit our donate page here. Thank you!Check out some of our other work: Brendan’s website: www.armisticedesigns.com Naomi's website: www.startwithaquestion.org

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According to John Bolton’s new book ‘The Room Where It Happened’, Donald Trump was against Bitcoin long before his July 2019 Twitter tirade. He told Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to "Go After Bitcoin" in 2018.Ripple along with 40 global companies and nonprofits join the Open Payments Coalition to help drive innovation forward and simplify global payments for all. Discover the coalition’s PayID.Online Chess Chooses Algorand Blockchain to Host Player Rankings. Algorand’s blockchain platform has been selected by the official online body of chess to record the ratings and titles of players.Russia’s Ministry of Justice Latest to Criticize Proposed Crypto Ban

In a matter of months, Brian Brooks made the move from Coinbase to head of the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).  Brooks left his job as the exchange's top lawyer in March, after his former OneWest Bank colleague and current Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin tapped him to become the COO and first deputy comptroller at the OCC. Just two months later, then Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting announced his departure, making Brooks acting Comptroller. On this week's episode of The Scoop, Frank Chaparro sat down with Brooks to talk about what it means to have a crypto veteran in the Comptroller's chair. Brooks will run the OCC for at least the next nine months, and maybe longer depending on the political machine. Regardless, he said he's confident he can get a lot done in the time he has, and he's got an eye towards shaping guidance that will help modernize the banking system. "I think when you look at a lot of the protests that have been going on over the last week or so and a lot of the economic pain that's been felt over the last few months, what that tells me is that the system that's worked very well for some of us for a long time has not worked well for all of us," he said. "And so I think there's a direct connection between modernizing the banking system and creating more access for diverse communities than was historically the case." He broke down some of the topics he's been thinking about in relation to the OCC, including: Beefing up the agency's Office of Innovation to better evaluate trends and provide written guidance How blockchain technology can shrink wealth disparity by providing another route to establish credit How federal regulation can help to level the playing field between banks and fintech firms Why the digital dollar should come from the private sector, while the government handles the guidelines  Listen to this week's episode on Apple, Spotify, GooglePlay, Stitcher or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Bio Christopher Lewis (@ChrisJLewis) is President and CEO at Public Knowledge. Prior to being elevated to President and CEO, Chris served for as PK’s Vice President from 2012 to 2019 where he led the organization’s day-to-day advocacy and political strategy on Capitol Hill and at government agencies. During that time he also served as a local elected official, serving two terms on the Alexandria City Public School Board. Chris serves on the Board of Directors for the Institute for Local Self Reliance and represents Public Knowledge on the Board of the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (BITAG). Before joining Public Knowledge, Chris worked in the Federal Communications Commission Office of Legislative Affairs, including as its Deputy Director. He is a former U.S. Senate staffer for the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and has over 18 years of political organizing and advocacy experience, including serving as Virginia State Director at GenerationEngage, and working as the North Carolina Field Director for Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential Campaign and other roles throughout the campaign. Chris graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelors degree in Government and lives in Alexandria, VA where he continues to volunteer and advocate on local civic issues. Resources The Washington Center for Technology Policy Inclusion, 2020. President Trump’s Social Media Executive Order Violates The Voting Rights Act Of 1965. [online] Available at: https://www.washingtech.com/post/president-trump-s-social-media-executive-order-violates-the-voting-rights-act-of-1965 [Accessed 31 May 2020]. Public Knowledge, 2020. Public Knowledge Rejects White House Executive Order Targeting Free Speech On Social Media Platforms. [online] Available at: https://www.publicknowledge.org/press-release/public-knowledge-rejects-white-house-executive-order-targeting-free-speech-on-social-media-platforms/ [Accessed 31 May 2020]. Feld, H., 2020. Could the FCC Regulate Social Media Under Section 230? No. [Blog] Public Knowledge Blog, Available at: https://www.publicknowledge.org/blog/could-the-fcc-regulate-social-media-under-section-230-no/ [Accessed 31 May 2020]. Public Knowledge, 2020. Public Knowledge Responds To White House Proposal To Require FTC, FCC To Monitor Speech On Social Media. [online] Available at: https://www.publicknowledge.org/press-release/public-knowledge-responds-to-white-house-proposal-to-require-ftc-fcc-to-monitor-speech-on-social-media/ [Accessed 31 May 2020]. Related Episodes 'They Smile in Your Face: How the Internet is Unmasking Hidden Racism' with Robert Eschmann (Ep. 222)(Opens in a new browser tab) 'How Media Policies Have Helped the Far Right' with Anne Nelson (Ep. 217)(Opens in a new browser tab) Facebook and Civil Rights: What are the Options? with Ebonie Riley (Ep. 212)(Opens in a new browser tab) Should Americans Trust News on Social Media? with Elisa Shearer (Ep. 207)(Opens in a new browser tab) Examining "Social Media Bias" with Jen Schradie (Ep. 199)(Opens in a new browser tab) Renée DiResta: How to Fight the Imminent Disinformation Blitzkrieg (Ep. 175)(Opens in a new browser tab) News Roundup       Trump tweets mark turning point in Section 230 discourse A tweet from President Trump last week that criticized California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Executive Order allowing Californians’ the right to vote by mail, in addition to preserving Californians’ right to vote in person if they’d prefer, has triggered a turning point in the debate around Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, even though the Centers for Disease Control recommended that election officials allow mail-in voting, specifically because of the disproportionate impact the COVID-19 disease is having on communities of color. These communities have historically been targets of voter suppression efforts. Section 230 is the 1996 law widely seen as the heart of the internet as we know it, because it shields interactive content providers, like Twitter, Google, and Facebook, from liability stemming from content posted by users. In short, without Section 230, it would be all but impossible for Twitter, Facebook, and Google to exist: without Section 230, it would simply be too risky for social media platforms to expose themselves to liability for content that you and I, or even Trump, post. President Trump posted the now-infamous tweet about Governor Newsom’s Executive Order on Tuesday. In it, the president alleged that sending mail-in ballots to voters would cause what right-wing politicians theorize is “voter fraud”, and that sending ballots to what the president termed “millions of people” would lead to the ballots being stolen. The president didn’t indicate how those attempting to steal ballots would even know whether ballots were inside of a person’s mailbox. Would they go to every single mailbox every single day to see if a ballot’s inside? In any case, the president has expressed a general fear of snail mail in recent months. At the start of the pandemic, he and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin blocked funding from the $2 trillion stimulus bill that would have provided the U.S. Postal Service with billions of dollars in grants to balance its budget. So, something’s up with the mail that this president seems extremely frightened of. All of this culminated in Twitter, for the first time, posting a disclaimer on the president’s tweet – a blue hyperlink with an exclamation mark next to it that says, “Get the facts about mail-in ballots”. When users click the link, they’re redirected to another Twitter page listing articles discussing the factual inconsistencies in the president’s claim that mail-in ballots would lead to election fraud and voting by immigrants. Unsurprisingly, Trump was livid when this happened. Two days later, he released an Executive Order providing for the Department of Commerce to file a petition at the Federal Communications Commission asking it to review still-unsubstantiated claims of social media companies’ alleged anti-conservative bias. The order also calls on the Federal Trade Commission to allow individuals to file complaints. When protests began around the nation in response to the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer who has since been fired and charged with manslaughter, Trump tweeted a comment that echoed Miami’s then-Mayor Walter Headley’s 1967 remark “when the looting starts, the shooting starts”, which was met with scorn by civil rights leaders. In the tweet, the president called protesters “THUGS”, saying he’d spoken with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz “and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts.” (Here would be a good place to recall last summer’s Center for Investigative Journalism report that several Confederate, anti-Islam, misogynistic or anti-government militia Facebook groups counted hundreds of police among their members, a report that corroborated an earlier finding by the FBI released over a decade ago that warned of the infiltration of law enforcement by white supremacists.) Twitter followed up with the president’s “THUGS” tweet by placing a notice over it saying the tweet violated Twitter’s policy against users glorifying violence, but still allowing users to clickthrough and see the president’s tweet. The company also went on to flag tweets from Ice Cube, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, and others it deemed to have violated Twitter’s community standards. But as far as Trump’s Executive Order to rein in social media companies is concerned, after speaking with experts like Tech Freedom’s Berin Szoka, Georgetown’s Gigi Sohn, and Public Knowledge’s Harold Feld – all of whom have been guests on the WashingTECH Tech Policy Podcast – the Hill reports that there’s a general consensus in the telecommunications public policy community that the president’s executive order is a non-starter. To make it happen, the FCC would need to undo years of precedent and essentially contradict every ruling it’s made, at least during Ajit Pai’s tenure there as Chairman, including its repeal of the net neutrality order. … On another front, Senator Ted Cruz, alleging that Twitter is violating sanctions against Iran, is calling for a criminal investigation into Twitter’s alleged preservation of accounts of enemies of the United States, like Iranian Supreme Leaders Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and its Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. Also, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg confessed to Fox News last week that Facebook shouldn’t be “arbiters of truth”. In fact, The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Facebook Executives ignored a 2018 internal report that found the company’s algorithms “exploit the human brain’s attraction to divisiveness”. It also warned that, if left unchecked, Facebook could spread even more discord, and that bringing Facebook’s algorithms under control would disproportionately affect users espousing conservative viewpoints. Facebook never publicly released the report or even acted internally to “check” conservative misinformation. Coincidentally, the presentation came at the same time the Trump administration was just beginning its campaign to characterize social media companies as being biased in favor of liberals. Last week, House Speaker Pelosi called Zuckerberg’s non-interventionist stance a “disgrace”. Running with the ball, Republicans in Congress are reportedly working on legislation to control speech on social media platforms by undoing the liability protections conferred by Section 230. Conservatives are pushing for the legislation even though a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit last week dismissed a lawsuit brought by Freedom Watch, the conservative legal group, and far-right activist Laura Loomer, against Facebook, Google & Twitter, alleging the companies were conspiring to suppress conservative viewpoints. Trump creates more expansive warrantless watchlist President Trump has moved to further circumvent Constitutionally-guaranteed due process protections by expanding a September 11th-era terrorism watchlist to include individuals who aren’t even suspected of terrorism. Newsweek reports the watchlist could grow to as many as a million names. But the Trump administration hasn’t acknowledged it’s expanded the watchlist, even though it’s required to do so under federal law. Now individuals can be included on the watchlist even if they just have family in El Salvador. FBI ties Pensacola shooter to al Qaeda with iPhone data The FBI says the shooter at a Pensacola naval base last December, a shooting that took the lives of 3 sailors and injured 8 others, had ties to Al Qaeda. Twenty-one-year-old 2nd Lieutenant Mohammed Alshamrani initially attempted to destroy his iPhone following the shooting, but wasn’t successful. Initially, investigators approached Apple for help in gaining access to the phone’s data. When Apple declined, the FBI took matters into its own hands and figured out how to crack open the phone on its own. Indigent customers not getting broadband despite large carriers’ promises Even though internet service providers like Comcast and Charter promised free and low-cost internet to indigent residents, a lot of those residents are getting bills in the mail. The New York Times reports that customers who are supposed to have access to these programs are getting bills instead, sometimes for as much as $120. Customers have also reported not being able to get through to a customer service rep at all, much less in their native languages. In an unusual alliance, Republican Federal Communications Commissioner Michael O’Rielly joined Democrats in calling to expand broadband service around the country. O’Rielly told The Hill’s Editor-in-Chief Steve Clemons that equipment and affordability are the main barriers to broadband. Anonymous re-appears Hacktivist group Anonymous, which first made an appearance during the Occupy Wall Street movement of 2011, has reappeared amidst protests in cities around the nation in response to the killing of George Floyd and other grievances. A Facebook group owner who claims to be affiliated with Anonymous wrote that it would soon expose the Minneapolis police departments “many crimes in the world”. Forbes reports that Anonymous apparently even took down the Minneapolis Police Department’s website. FCC approves $16 million in telehealth funding The FCC also approved an additional $16 million for 43 applicants seeking funding to provide telehealth services during the pandemic. The money goes to healthcare providers for things like network upgrades and laptop, and is  part of a total pool of $200 million Congress allocated for COVID-19-related telehealth programs. To date, the FCC has allocated $50 million, or just a quarter of that total amount.

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.       On Friday, President Trump denounced the Chinese government for systematically violating its international obligations, including with respect to Hong Kong’s autonomy. He also decried the CCP’s economic warfare against our country and its threats to our vital security interests. The President assigned part of the blame for such unacceptable Chinese behavior though to his predecessors, who successively failed to stop it. Worse yet, they allowed, if not actually encouraged, American investors to underwrite it. Mr. Trump has tasked a Presidential Working Group to evaluate how to protect U.S. investors from “hidden and undue risks” associated with investments in CCP companies. Our country must also be protected. But ending Americans’ financing of our enemy is unlikely to be championed by panel members like its chairman, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, who have relentlessly practiced, or at least supported, it.   Get a second opinion, Mr. President. This is Frank Gaffney.

Join Jimmy Sengenberger at the Crossroads with guests Jim Antle and Max McGuire. Jimmy (@SengCenter) begins the show by BLASTING Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, today's representative of the detached elite, for his exchange with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin in Tuesday's Senate hearing about reopening and coronavirus. Then, Washington Examiner Politics Editor Jim Antle (@JimAntle) joins the show to discuss the increasingly-personal Trump-Pelosi feud, Barack Obama's role in helping to boost the Biden campaign, and the economy's likely effect on the 2020 election cycle. Finally, “Conservative Daily Podcast” host Max McGuire (@SanityPolitics) returns to break down yesterday's stunning, breaking news development: Phone call recordings between then-Vice President Joe Biden and then-Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko were leaked, and they suggest possible impropriety on Biden's part. What do they reveal? Jimmy and Max discuss! They also talk about #Obamagate and Attorney General Bill Barr's comments that Biden and Obama are unlikely to be criminally charged.

Join Jimmy Sengenberger at the Crossroads with thoughts on the economy, Michael Flynn, and vote by mail, plus Crista Huff joins the show! Jimmy (@SengCenter) discusses the economic, social, and healthcare implications of the ongoing shutdown, and he particularly offers reaction to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin's Fox News Sunday interview yesterday. Then, Jimmy excoriates the AUDACITY of Barack Obama, Andrew McCabe, and the media in how they are santimoniously – and falsely – talking about the DOJ's decision to drop charges against former Trump national security advisor, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn (Ret). Next, Crista Huff (@Crista Huff), chief analyst at Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor, breaks down what's happening in the stock market, the challenges to come, and how to navigate these waters. She then offers insights into the difficulties on the horizon for Baby Boomers due to the housing market. Finally, Jimmy summarizes his recent Washington Examiner op-ed arguing against rushing toward a national vote-by-mail scheme, while also arguing VBM itself is a pretty good idea on balance.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said we are risking permanent economic damage by not re-opening the country.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Subscribe to our channel for important financial market updates now! http://bit.ly/2t1HKOj In recent weeks president Donald Trump has been extremely critical of the Federal Reserve for raising interest rates. Now there's a report that he's also not thrilled with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, blaming him for the appointment of Fed chairman Jerome Powell. So click the video to find out more about what's going on! - For more help understanding the markets or to talk with Chris visit: http://arcadiaeconomics.com/ - Subscribe to our channel for important financial market updates now! http://bit.ly/2t1HKOjSubscribe to Arcadia Economics on Soundwise

New U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem is inaugurated It's been twenty-one years since the United States congress passed the Jerusalem Embassy act and finally, the U.S. Embassy has been moved. The momentous occasion was set to coincide, of course, with Israel's 70th birthday, and hundreds have come from all over the world to attend the unveiling.   2. Jerusalem prepares to make History Well today is the big day, the American envoy lead by U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, along with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner has just inaugurated the official new site of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. The ceremony has gone off without a hitch and needless to say, it's an exciting day for Israelis. I.D.F. gears up for massive riots in Gaza; West Bank The Israeli Military is taking on a wave of massive protests along the Gaza Security fence today, the so-called “march of return” protests have been set to coincide with the moving of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem which has just taken place. Embassy move primarily symbolic With all the focus on the Embassy in Jerusalem, it's easy to forget that there's still a compound right here in Tel Aviv, so when the celebrations finally die down, what will the move really mean? ILTV'S Aaron Poris now from the Tel Aviv Embassy on Hayarkon Street with the story. 5. What will they think of next? Prof. Eytan Gilboa, Bar Ilan University speaking at ILTV Studio about President Trump's decision to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem and leaving the Iran nuclear deal. 6. Thousands march in old city for “Jerusalem Day” Jerusalem was quite the sight to see yesterday, thousands of Israel youth marched through the capital's old city as part of the annual “flag dance” parade to the western wall, a tradition that marks the 51st anniversary of Israel's capture of East Jerusalem. 7. Major soccer team changes name to ‘Beitar Trump' The Beitar Jerusalem soccer team is already known for its controversial fan club, and long history of Anti-Arab and anti-Muslimism sentiments.  Now it looks like the team is going to be making a bit of an identity change by changing its name to “Beitar Trump Jerusalem”. Eurovision 2018 winner returns to Israel The queen has arrived! Israel's very own Eurovision winner Neta Barzilai has just landed in Tel Aviv and she's already going to be performing a victory concert in Tel Aviv's Rabin square this evening. Abu-gosh vocal music festival returns for Shavuot Stanley Sperber, Musical Director Of The Jerusalem Academy Chamber Choir speaking at ILTV Studio about the opening event that is focused on legacy of Jewish-American composed Leonard Bernstein. 10. Israelis develop treatment to improve fertility Israel is already known as the fertility capital for providing free in-vitro fertilization to its citizens who are having trouble getting pregnant but now, a new treatment developed at the Ben-Gurion University could change everything. 11. Hebrew word Of The Day: MISHLACHAT | משלחת = DELEGATION Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today's word is "Mishlachat" which means "Delegation" The Weather Forecast Tonight should be clear to partly cloudy with a low of sixty-three, or seventeen degrees Celsius. Tomorrow you can expect partly cloudy skies and a slight rise in temperatures to a high of about seventy-seven or twenty-five degrees Celsius. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Republicans Seeking Minority Status + Brennan Quoting Trotsky. Question: Is the Republican Establishment attempting to "throw" the 2018 Elections? As a last-ditch effort to help Democrats "impeach" President Trump? We consider the troubling possibility, along with the mechanisms by which an entrenched Beltway "Uniparty" wages its war against the American People. We sample Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin's interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday: Turmoil in the stock markets? Is increased "military spending" a good enough reason to allow Trump's agenda to be submerged by the Omnibus Bill? Meanwhile, Obama's former CIA Director John Brennan channels Bolshevik Leon Trotsky in his infamous "dustbin of history" tweet. As Brennan coughs up additional Russian conspiracy theories on MSNBC, we contemplate his past as a supporter of Communism. Does his latest quotation of Trotsky imply ongoing sympathies? We listen to Kimberly Strassel, of the Wall Street Journal, address the Brennan Phenomenon. With Listener Calls & Music via Shakira, R.E.M., Saint Etienne and Francoise Hardy.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speak following Trump-Putin meeting

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, begins with the general news section, where he talks about a report on what will be included in President Donald Trump's 2018 federal budget proposal that will be released this week. He also discusses what the Senate majority leader said last week about the timeline for tax reform and how it differs from what was said by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. In low-income housing tax credit news, he discusses two housing reports. One is from the office of Sen. Maria Cantwell, who introduced the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act with Sen. Orrin Hatch last week. The other housing report is by the National Low Income Housing Coalition. After that, he talks about what the District of Columbia is doing to address uncertainty in the low-income housing tax credit equity market. In new markets tax credit news, he provides a cosponsor update on the New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2017. He closes out with the historic tax credit section, where he shares some important guidance issued by the National Park Service about functionally related buildings in multiple-building projects. He also gives highlights of the annual National Park Service report on the historic tax credit, including a record that was set in 2016. And he concludes with information about a Nebraska LB 475, a bill introduced to end the state historic tax credit.'

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, starts off with the general news section, where he talks about Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin's tax reform timeline. He also discusses when the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies (T-HUD) may consider a new fiscal year 2017 spending bill. In low-income housing tax credit news, he talks about the recently released 2017 calendar year resident population figures. He also discusses a sign-on letter from the Affordable Rental Housing ACTION Campaign. Then he details the Housing for Homeless Students Act of 2017. In new markets tax credit news, he discusses a CDFI Coalition and NMTC Coalition advocacy letter sent to Mnuchin. Then, he summarizes the latest qualified equity investment (QEI) issuance report. After that, he shares CDFI Bond Guarantee program deadlines. He closes with historic tax credit news, where he talks about West Virginia's H.B. 2545, which would increase the state historic tax credit from 10 percent to 25 percent.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, starts off with the general news section, where he talks about the recent confirmation of new Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and what some of the priority items are on his to-do list. He also discusses the House Ways and Means Committee's newest member, Mike Bishop. In low-income housing tax credit news, he shares information on the Common Sense Housing Investment Act of 2017, a bill that would reduce the mortgage interest deduction and increase funding for affordable housing. He also discusses public comments on IRS Notice 2016-77. Then he provides details about an upcoming conference call to discuss certificating California state low-income housing tax credits. In new markets tax credit news, he discusses the New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2017, a long-awaited bill to expand and make permanent the federal new markets tax credit. In addition, he outlines a bill to create a state new markets tax credit in Minnesota. He closes out with the historic tax credit section, where he discusses the recently introduced Historic Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2017.'