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Co-hosts John Tarleton and Amba Guerguerian look at the pro-Palestine activism that continues roiling New York City college campuses from CUNY to Columbia. We speak with Naomi Schiller of CUNY Faculty & Staff for Justice in Palestine and Josh Dubnau and Lillian Udell, two Columbia alumni who plan to burn their diplomas outside the campus gates Wednesday morning before the university holds its graduation ceremony. In the second half of the show, we speak with Nicholas Powers, longtime Indy contributor and African-American Literature Professor at SUNY-Old Westbury, about how Black America is generally responding to Trump's second presidency. His latest article is titled "Under Trump 2.0, Most Black Americans Have Nowhere to Turn."

We speak with Nicholas Powers, longtime Indy contributor and African-American Literature Professor at SUNY-Old Westbury, about how Black America is generally responding to Trump's second presidency. His latest article is titled "Under Trump 2.0, Most Black Americans Have Nowhere to Turn."

This week we talk about the NHTSA, CAFE standards, and energy efficiency.We also discuss incentive programs, waste heat, and the EPA.Recommended Book: Africa Is Not a Country by Dipo FaloyinTranscriptIn the United States, fuel-efficiency laws for vehicles sold on the US market are set by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or NHTSA. They set the Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE standards by which vehicle-makers have to abide, and that, in turn, establishes the minimum standards for companies like Ford or Toyota making vehicles for this market.That CAFE standard is paired with another guideline set by the Environmental Protection Agency that sets standards related to tailpipe emissions. The former says how many miles a vehicle should be able to travel on a gallon of fuel, while the latter says how much CO2, methane, and other pollutants can be legally emitted as that fuel is burnt and those miles are traversed.These two standards address different angles of this issue, but work together to, over time, reduce the amount of fuel consumed to do the same work, and pollution created as that work is accomplished; as a result, if you're traveling 50 miles today and driving a modern car in the US, you'll consume a lot less fuel than you would have traveling the same distance in a period-appropriate car twenty years ago.Back in the final year of the Biden administration, the president was criticized for not pushing for more stringent fuel-efficiency standards for US-sold and driven vehicles. The fuel economy requirements were increased by 2% per year for model years 2027 to 2031 for passenger cars, and the same 2% per year requirement will be applied to SUVs and other light trucks for model years 2029 to 2031.This is significantly lower than a previously proposed efficiency requirement, which would have seen new vehicles averaging about 43.5 mpg by model year 2032—an efficiency gain of 18%. And the explanation at the time was that Biden really wanted to incentivize carmakers to shift to EVs, and if they weren't spending their time and resources on fuel-efficiency tech deployment for their gas-guzzlers, which Biden hoped to start phasing out, they could spend more on refining their EV offerings, which were already falling far behind China's EV models.Biden wanted half of all new vehicles sold in the US by 2030 to be electric, so the theory was that fuel-efficiency standards were the previous war, and he wanted to fight the next one.Even those watered-down standards were estimated to keep almost 70 billion gallons of gasoline from being consumed through the year 2050, which in turn would reduce US driver emissions by more than 710 million metric tons of CO2 by that same year. They were also expected to save US drivers something like $600 in gas costs over the lifetime of each vehicle they own.Since current president Trump returned to office, however, all of these rules and standards have come into question. Just as when he was president the first time around, rolling back a bunch of Obama-era fuel-efficiency standards—which if implemented as planned would have ensured US-sold vehicles averaged 46.7 mpg by 2026, so better than we were expected to get by 2032 under Biden's revised minimum—just as he did back then, Trump is targeting these new, Biden standards, while also doing away with a lot of the incentives introduced by the Biden administration meant to make EVs cheaper and more appealing to consumers, and easier to make and sell for car companies.What I'd like to talk about today is another standard, this one far less politicized and widely popular within the US and beyond, that is also being targeted by the second Trump administration, and what might happen if it goes away.—In 1992, the US Environmental Protection Agency, under the endorsement of then-president George HW Bush, launched the Energy Star program: a voluntary labeling program that allowed manufacturers of various types of products to affix a little blue label that says Energy Star on their product, boxes, and/or advertising if their product met the efficiency standards set by this program.So it's a bit like if those aforementioned fuel-efficiency standards set for vehicles weren't required, and instead, if your car met the minimum standards, you could slap a little sticker on the car that said it was more energy efficient than cars without said sticker.A low bar to leap, and one that wasn't considered to be that big a deal, either in terms of being cumbersome for product-makers, or in terms of accomplishing much of anything.Energy Star standards were initially developed for the then-burgeoning field of personal computers and accessories, but in 1995 things really took off, when the program was expanded to include heating and cooling infrastructure, alongside other components for housing and other buildings.From there, new product categories were added on a semi-regular basis, and the government agency folks running the program continued to deploy more technical support and testing tools, making it easier and easier for companies wanting to adhere to these standards to do so, relatively easily and inexpensively.And to provide a sense of what was required to meet Energy Star standards in the days when they were really beginning to take off and become popular, in the early 2000s, refrigerators needed to be about 20% more efficient, in terms of electricity consumption, than the minimum legal standard for such things, while dishwashers needed to be 41% more efficient. Computers around that time, more specifically in 2008, were required to have an 85% efficiency at half load and something close to that at 20% and 100% power load—which basically means it they needed to use most of the energy they drew, and release less of it as waste-heat, which was a big issue for desktop computers at the time.Energy Star TVs had to use 30% less energy than average, with more modern versions of the standard requiring they draw 3 watts or less while in standby mode, and a slew of 90s and early 2000s-era technologies, like VCRs and cordless home phones were required to use something like 90% less electricity than the average at the time.This standard helped push the development of more energy efficient everything, as it was a selling point for companies making things for real estate developers, in particular. Energy-hogs like light fixtures, which cost a fortune to power if you're thinking in terms of skyscrapers or just building a bunch of houses, became far more energy efficient after the folks in charge of buying the lighting for these projects were able to eyeball options and use the Energy Star label as a shorthand indication that the cost of operation for those goods would be far less, over time, than their competition; it was kind of pointless to buy anything else in many cases, because why would you want to spend all that extra money over time buying less-efficient fluorescent lights for your office buildings, especially now that it was so easy to see, at a glance, which ones were best in this regard?And the same general consensus arrived on the consumer market not long after, as qualified lighting was something like 75% more efficient than non-qualified, legal-minimum-meeting lighting, and Energy Star verified homes were something like 20% cheaper to own.It was estimated that US homeowners living in Energy Star certified homes saved around $360 million on their energy bills in 2016, alone, and another estimate suggests that US citizens, overall, have saved about half a trillion dollars over the past 33 years as a result of the program and the efficiency standards it encourages.So this is a relatively lightweight program that's optional, and which basically just rewards companies willing to put more efficient products on the market. They can use the little label if they live up to these standards, and that tells customers that this stuff will use less energy than other, comparable products, which in turn saves those customers money over time, and puts less strain on the US electrical grid.This program, consequently, has been very popular, for customers, for the companies making these products—because by jumping through a few hoops, they can get some of their products certified, and that gives them a competitive advantage over companies that don't do the same, and especially over companies selling cheaper goods from overseas, which tend to be a lot less efficient because of that cheapness—and it's been popular for politicians across the political spectrum, because people who buy things and pay energy bills vote those politicians into office, and companies that make such goods hire lobbyists to influence their decisions.All of which brings us to today, mid-May of 2025, a point at which the second Trump administration seems to be considering possibly getting rid of the Energy Star certification program.Initial reports on the matter are seemingly well-sourced, but anonymous, as is the case with a lot of White House briefs right now, so some of this should be taken with a grain of salt, because of how it's being reported and because this administration has flip-flopped a whole lot already, and on things much bigger and more prominent than this, since returning to office, so this could just go away after being reported upon, even if they actually intended to do it before that pushback.But what seems to have happened is this:In January of 2025, after returning to the White House, Trump's administration put a big Trump supporter and Republican politician, Lee Zelden, in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency.Zelden publicly holds a lot of standard Republican talking points, including what's often called skepticism about climate science and vehement support of oil drilling, including fracking. He did say that climate change is a real issue that needs to be addressed during his EPA head confirmation hearing, however.Under Trump's second administration, many government agencies have been either completely done away with, or wiped out, in terms of funding and staff, so that they're basically just zombie agencies at this point, and the EPA is an agency that Trump has historically not been a big fan of, and which he seems to be trying to rewire toward deregulation: so regulations like fuel efficiency standards are not good according to some strains of usually more conservative politics, and for some business owners, because these are additional rules they have to legally abide by, which costs them money.And back in March of 2025 Zelden announced that the EPA would be pulling back on regulations related to power plants, would incentivize rather than disincentivize the production of oil and gas, would do away with a bunch of pollution-related standards, especially those related to coal power plants and how much pollution they can emit, and many other similar things, which—to shorthand all this—may be somewhat popular if you think climate change concerns are overblown and that it's more important to keep coal mines operational than to keep streams and rivers clean, but which will generally look really, really bad if you're any kind of environmentalist and/or are concerned about climate change.The government also recently cut the EPA's budget by 54.5%, dropping said budget back to where it was when Ronald Reagan was president. This cut, along with cuts to other agencies responsible for tracking dangerous weather, saving sea turtles, and keeping US National Parks clean and functional, will, according to the government, save US taxpayers $163 billion.According to reports from a recent all-hands meeting of the EPA's Office of Atmospheric Protection, Trump administration officials announced that that office would be dissolved, and that the Energy Star program would be eliminated.Now, there's a chance that this is just the result of the administration's at times seemingly blind cutting of budgets, backtracking only when there's sufficient pushback, and there's a chance this is a continuation of a political moment a few years back when the Biden administration was considering doing away with Energy Star certification for gas ranges, the idea being that if it uses gas instead of electricity, it's part of the problem, even if it's more efficient than other ranges.Republican politicians responded to lobbying efforts from the US gas industry and stirred that up into a big frenzy, to the point that people were vehemently defending their right to own a gas stove, which was never under threat, but that's how these sorts of astroturfed moral panics work, and it could be that they're looking to replicate some of that magic now, taking down a standard that they hope to frame as an example of liberal overreach, telling people that these things take away their right to choose what they want to buy, and how much energy or fuel to burn, even when that's not actually true.There's also a chance, as I mentioned earlier, though, that this is just a trial balloon, and that once they realize there's a decent amount of bipartisan support for this program, they'll step back from this cut, and maybe even claim it for themselves, using it as an example of American exceptionalism: look how great American-made goods are, we're more efficient than anybody else—not bad messaging at a time in which that kind of competitive language is popular with those in charge, though that competition might not be the real point of all this, at least for some of the people making some of these decisions, right now.Show Noteshttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/09/trump-budget-cuts-environmental-programs/83441472007/https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-launches-biggest-deregulatory-action-us-historyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Zeldinhttps://web.archive.org/web/20201214180957/https://www.energystar.gov/about/origins_mission/energy_star_overview/about_energy_star_residential_sectorhttps://web.archive.org/web/20161202012204/https://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=about.ab_milestoneshttps://web.archive.org/web/20170622184250/http://www.dailytech.com/New+Energy+Star+50+Specs+for+Computers+Become+Effective+Today/article15559.htmhttps://insideclimatenews.org/news/08052025/energy-star-program-could-be-eliminated-by-trump-administration/https://cleantechnica.com/2025/05/10/energy-star-program-gets-the-kiss-of-death/https://www.theverge.com/news/664670/water-energy-efficiency-standards-trump-dishwasher-washing-machine-showerhead-toilethttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Starhttps://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/06/climate/energy-star-trumphttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/climate/epa-energy-star-eliminated.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/05/06/energy-star-program-epa-trump/https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/energy-starhttps://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/g-s1-64905/energy-star-program-cutshttps://apnews.com/article/trump-appliances-consumers-energy-efficiency-3b6100e001a2629dfea9be231f467841https://www.reuters.com/article/business/environment/trump-finalizes-rollback-of-obama-era-vehicle-fuel-efficiency-standards-idUSKBN21I25R/https://apnews.com/article/climate-trump-mpg-fuel-economy-standards-automakers-0ef9147a0c3874a50a194e439f604261https://apnews.com/article/vehicle-fuel-economy-requirement-nhtsa-epa-85e4c3b7bbba9a9a9b7e5b117fe099bdhttps://apnews.com/article/epa-electric-vehicles-emissions-limits-climate-biden-e6d581324af51294048df24269b5d20ahttps://www.nhtsa.gov/laws-regulations/corporate-average-fuel-economy This is a public episode. 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SUBSCRIBE TO JORDAN'S ⁠FREE NEWSLETTER⁠. Get the facts, without the spin. UNBIASED offers a clear, impartial recap of US news, including politics, elections, legal news, and more. Hosted by lawyer Jordan Berman, each episode provides a recap of current political events plus breakdowns of complex concepts—like constitutional rights, recent Supreme Court rulings, and new legislation—in an easy-to-understand way. No personal opinions, just the facts you need to stay informed on the daily news that matters. If you miss how journalism used to be, you're in the right place. In today's episode: Announcement from Jordan (0:00) Pope Leo XIV (Robert Francis Prevost) Becomes First American Pope (1:59) Encounter at ICE Facility in NJ Leads to Mayor's Arrest and Conflicting Stories of Assault (6:08) ACLU Attorneys Representing 2-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Removed From U.S. Voluntarily Dismisses Lawsuit (15:37) White House Says It's Considering Suspension of Habeas Corpus (18:16) First South African Refugees Enter U.S. Under Trump's New Refugee Program (24:45) Qatari Government to Donate Jumbo Jet to Be Used as Air Force One (28:31) Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed at Lowering Drug Prices; Is It Possible? (34:26) Supreme Court Will Soon Hear Arguments in Birthright Citizenship Case; Here's What You Need to Know (38:53) Quick Hitters: US/China Trade Deal, Last American Citizen Hostage Released, Diddy's Trial, Federal Officials Subpoena California Records (44:31) Critical Thinking Segment (46:56) SUBSCRIBE TO JORDAN'S FREE NEWSLETTER. Watch this episode on YouTube. Follow Jordan on Instagram and TikTok. All sources for this episode can be found here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today marks the 100th day of Donald Trump’s presidency. How about some more numbers: Since taking office, the President has signed more than 140 executive orders, pushing major policy shifts on issues from immigration, to climate policy, and DEI in schools and workplaces . As of Monday, court rulings have blocked or paused Trump policies 128 times, according to the New York Times. The administration enacted high tariffs on around 60 countries before walking that back and going with a much lower rate on most countries – with 1 major exception: China. Under Trump, immigration authorities have used a 1798 law designed for wartime to deport people accused of being gang members without hearings. Even with these aggressive tactics, experts are skeptical that the administration is on track to expel 1 million people a year, as Trump promised. And here’s one more number: 0. That’s the branches of government that Democrats control. They’ve been on the sidelines during this rapid and expansive change to the federal government. Guest: Representative Suzan DelBene (WA-01) Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Headlines for April 28, 2025; Three U.S. Citizen Children, Including 4-Year-Old Battling 4th Stage Cancer, Deported to Honduras; “Abuse of Power”: Trump Admin’s “Bizarre” Arrest of Milwaukee Judge Shocks Legal Community; Former Social Security Chief Martin O’Malley Warns of “Collapse of the Entire System” Under Trump

Under Trump, egg prices have hit a record high. SCOTUS rules against Trump in the case of the innocent MD man wrongly deported. RFK Jr. says he's going to root out the “autism epidemic." Musk keeps lowering his savings goals of DOGE as the Trump team is increasingly sick of him. Pam Bondi's sad sycophancy on display during a cabinet meeting. Host: John Iadarola (@johniadarola) Co-Host: Brett Erlich (@bretterlich) ***** SUBSCRIBE on YOUTUBE TIKTOK  ☞           https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport INSTAGRAM  ☞   https://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport TWITTER  ☞         https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport FACEBOOK  ☞     https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT

The screw tightens as the U.S. doubles down on its tariff measures on April 2, a so-called “Liberation Day", according to President Donald Trump. Sweeping tariffs unveiled a minimum 10 percent tariff on all trading partners, as well as so-called "reciprocal" actions on dozens of countries. Under Trump's plan, the U.S. will add a new 34 percent tariff on Chinese goods, on top of the 20 percent tariff that he has already imposed on Beijing in recent months. Will this plan truly "Make America Wealthy Again"? What's on Trump's mind this time around? How will the global economy bear the pressure?

This Day in Legal History: Butler Act Passes in TennesseeOn March 13, 1925, the Tennessee General Assembly passed the Butler Act, a law prohibiting public school teachers from denying the biblical account of creation and from teaching evolution. The law reflected growing tensions between religious fundamentalism and modern science in early 20th-century America. Although the statute faced little opposition in the legislature, it soon became the center of national controversy. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sought to challenge the law and found a willing participant in John T. Scopes, a high school teacher in Dayton, Tennessee. Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution and put on trial in July 1925 in what became known as the Scopes Monkey Trial. The trial drew national attention, featuring a courtroom showdown between famed defense attorney Clarence Darrow and three-time presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan, who argued for the prosecution. Though Scopes was found guilty and fined $100, the case exposed deep cultural divisions in the United States. The verdict was later overturned on a technicality, but the Butler Act remained in effect until 1967. The case paved the way for future legal battles over academic freedom and the separation of church and state in public education.French publishers and authors have filed a lawsuit against Meta, accusing the tech giant of using copyrighted content without permission to train its AI models. The National Publishing Union (SNE), the National Union of Authors and Composers (SNAC), and the Society of Men of Letters (SGDL) allege that Meta engaged in large-scale copyright infringement and economic "parasitism."This marks the first such lawsuit in France against an AI company, though similar cases have emerged in the U.S., where Meta faces lawsuits from authors, including Sarah Silverman and Christopher Farnsworth. Other AI firms, such as OpenAI, are also facing legal challenges in multiple countries over data used to train their models.The French associations argue that Meta's actions amount to “monumental looting” and see the case as a critical battle for copyright protection in the AI era. Meta has not yet responded to the allegations.French publishers and authors file lawsuit against Meta in AI case | ReutersThe Trump administration has revoked $20 billion in funding for greenhouse gas reduction projects, a move criticized by climate advocates and Democrats as an illegal seizure of funds intended for clean energy and disadvantaged communities. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin defended the decision, citing concerns over fraud, waste, and mismanagement, though no specific details were provided. The U.S. Justice Department and FBI are now reviewing the program.The funds were originally allocated through the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act under President Biden to support pollution-reduction projects. Under Trump, the EPA has sought to halt climate-related funding, aligning with broader efforts to scale back environmental initiatives. The agency has not clarified how it plans to reallocate the funds.In response, the advocacy group Climate United Fund has sued the EPA and Citibank, arguing that withholding the funds violates a legally binding agreement. The lawsuit represents one of the first major legal battles over the Biden-era climate policies under the new administration.Trump administration claws back $20 billion in climate funds | ReutersThe U.S. Department of Education has announced plans to lay off nearly half its staff, potentially setting the stage for its complete elimination as part of President Trump's broader effort to downsize the federal government. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon confirmed the move aligns with Trump's mandate to dismantle the department, which manages student loans and enforces civil rights laws in schools.The layoffs are part of a wider restructuring effort led by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DGE), which has already cut over 100,000 federal jobs and halted numerous programs. While the administration argues these cuts reduce government waste, critics—including unions representing affected workers—condemn them as reckless and legally questionable.Many agencies, including the Office of Personnel Management and the Social Security Administration, have offered early retirement buyouts to meet Trump's cost-cutting demands. However, lawsuits challenging these mass layoffs are mounting, with concerns over legality and disruption to essential government functions.US Education Department to cut half its staff as Trump eyes its elimination | Reuters This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

Under Trump, the US has gone from being an abusive partner, to potentially an adversary of the west, of freedom and democracy. ----------Marci Shore is an American professor of intellectual history at Yale University, where she specializes in the history of literary and political engagement with Marxism and phenomenology. Marci is author of Caviar and Ashes: A Warsaw Generation's Life and Death in Marxism, 1918–1968, and of The Taste of Ashes, a study of the presence of the communist and Nazi past in today's Eastern Europe. But today we will be discussing her most recent book, about the Revolution of Dignity – The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution. ----------LINKS:https://twitter.com/marci_shorehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marci_Shorehttps://jackson.yale.edu/person/marci-shore/https://history.yale.edu/people/marci-shorehttps://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300276831/the-ukrainian-night/https://www.ukrainianworldcongress.org/marci-shore-on-revolution-of-dignity/----------BOOKS:The Taste of AshesThe Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution----------SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISERA project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of Ukraine's struggle and in supporting a team running aid convoys to Ukraine's frontline towns.https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrashttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain/collections----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyślhttps://kharpp.com/Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.orgNOR DOG Animal Rescuehttps://www.nor-dog.org/home/----------PLATFORMS:Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSiliconInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqmLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain----------Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube s algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

The United States' history with the death penalty runs from colonial gallows to modern lethal injections. Under Trump's presidency, understanding history is more important than ever. In this episode, we're sitting down with William C. Anderson, the activist, writer, and author of "The Nation on No Map," to unpack why capital punishment still grips this nation and what's at stake for us all. To find out more about William and his work, please visit https://williamcanderson.info _____________________________________________________________ Explore what it means to adapt and evolve together. Check out Say More with Tulaine Montgomery wherever you find podcasts _____________________________________________________________ — This podcast is brought to you by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at BlackHistoryYear.com. Most folks do 5 or 10 bucks a month, but truly, anything helps. Thanks for supporting the work. With production support from Leslie Taylor-Grover and Brooke Brown, Black History Year is produced by Cydney Smith, Darren Wallace, and Len Webb, who also edits the show. Lilly Workneh is our Executive Producer, and Black History Year's host is Darren Wallace. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

01:00 Trump's plan for Gaza 08:00 How morality is used against Israel 13:30 Under Trump we have more free speech 15:00 Affirmative action 23:00 Why Michael Kochin eschews jargon 25:00 Paying obeisance to the tiny group of people who decide what knowledge is 31:00 "It is not possible to articulate common experience in politically acceptable language." 39:00 Collegiality among professionals 45:00 Does Israel have a higher quality of life than America? 51:00 Jacob Taubes: The Man Who Made Thinking Erotic, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/17/books/review/professor-of-apocalypse-jerry-z-muller.html 53:00 Accreditation 57:00 The right-winger who wants a career in academia 58:00 Excellence Without a Soul: Does Liberal Education Have a Future? by Harry Lewis, https://www.amazon.com/Excellence-Without-Soul-Harry-Lewis/dp/1586485016 1:06:00 Nathan Cofnas's critique of woke 1:08:00 Critiquing women in law enforcement, fire fighting, and the military 1:12:00 Prof. Thomas Powers' recent book on civil rights politics deemed ‘the definitive study, https://www.carthage.edu/live/news/51009-prof-thomas-powers-recent-book-on-civil-rights 1:14:00 Israel judicial reform, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Israeli_judicial_reform 1:22:00 Donald Trump is a race realist 1:23:30 Steve Sailer 1:24:34 Leo Strauss 1:30:00 Paleocons vs Straussians 1:51:00 Gadi Taub, https://www.tabletmag.com/podcasts/israel-update 1:52:00 Caroline Glick, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Glick 1:54:00 Meir Kahane, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Kahane 1:50:00 United States Semiquincentennial, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Semiquincentennial 2:02:00 Historicism, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicism 2:04:00 Walther Rathenau, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_Rathenau 2:05:00 Exodus, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exodus 2:08:00 Who wrote the Torah? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah 2:11:00 Nehemia Gordon, https://carm.org/preachers-and-teachers/nehemia-gordon/ https://x.com/mskochin https://telaviv.academia.edu/MichaelKochin https://americanmind.org/salvo/reforming-the-national-security-state/ https://americanmind.org/salvo/the-crisis-of-the-managerial-state/ An Independent Empire: Diplomacy & War in the Making of the United States, https://www.amazon.com/Independent-Empire-Diplomacy-Making-United-ebook/dp/B082T3MYJD/ Five Chapters on Rhetoric: Character, Action, Things, Nothing, and Art, https://www.amazon.com/Five-Chapters-Rhetoric-Character-Nothing-ebook/dp/B017EUAR4C/

Under Trump, Russia and Ukraine were at peace. Now, thanks to Biden and the D.C. cabal, the country is in ruins, and Trump has to fix it. Investor and White House crypto czar David Sacks explains how the entire Ukraine tragedy was an avoidable mess, then turns to AI, and why the Trump Administration is making it a top priority that America win the AI showdown against China. Watch ad-free on members.charliekirk.com!Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Under Trump, Russia and Ukraine were at peace. Now, thanks to Biden and the D.C. cabal, the country is in ruins, and Trump has to fix it. Investor and White House crypto czar David Sacks explains how the entire Ukraine tragedy was an avoidable mess, then turns to AI, and why the Trump Administration is making it a top priority that America win the AI showdown against China. Watch ad-free on members.charliekirk.com!Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Tuesday, February 18th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Kevin Swanson New Libyan Islamic rules could hurt Christians Please pray for the small Christian community in Muslim-majority Libya after the introduction of a Public Morality Protection unit, also referred to as the “morality police.” Imed Trabelsi, a minister of Libya's Government of National Unity, said  there is “no space for personal freedom in Libya.” Women are particularly affected by the “morality” measures. Among restrictions on clothing, female students will be required to wear the hijab, and women will be banned from traveling without a male guardian. Barnabas Aid reports that Christians are among those who may be at risk of greater repression and more extensive application of the Islamic law. Most Christians are migrant workers. There is a small number of Libyan converts from Islam which could lead to a death sentence if discovered. Japan's hurting economy The world's third largest economy of Japan is not doing well. After nearly 30 years of recession, the Japanese yen has lost half of its value against the dollar since 2011 — now set at 151 yen per U.S. dollar. That's up from 72 yen per U.S. dollar 13 years ago.  Japan's Gross Domestic Product languished in 2024, registering only a 0.1% improvement in 2024, much reduced from 2023. Japan's real GDP has not improved since 1992. By contrast, China's real Gross Domestic Product has improved 9-fold since 1992 and the real Gross Domestic Product for the United States has improved 3-fold since 1992.  British Prime Minister willing to put British troops in Ukraine British Prime Minister Keir Stormer issued hawkish comments on the Russia-Ukraine war in an op-ed column published in The Telegraph over the weekend. Stormer said his country is "ready and willing" to put British troops on the ground in the conflict in the interest of "securing a lasting peace in Ukraine that safeguards its sovereignty for the long term.” U.S. State Department officials will be meeting with Russian diplomats in Riyahd, Saudi Arabia today to negotiate the potential end of the war. 16 million Americans between 110 & 369 years old getting SSI checks? Here in the United States, Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency have identified 16 million Americans between ages 110 and 369 receiving checks or multiple checks from the Social Security Administration. Quite bizarre! According to gerontology wiki, there are only 32 living Americans over 110 years of age. In a separate X post, Musk wrote, “There are FAR more ‘eligible' social security numbers than there are citizens in the USA. This might be the biggest fraud in history." First generation immigrants use more welfare than native born citizens The Center for Immigration Studies reported last year that 54% of first generation immigrant households in the United States access welfare programs, compared to 39% of U.S.-born households.   U.S. immigrants who are most dependent on socialism are those from Africa. 46% of these immigrants use three or more welfare programs, 37% of immigrants from South America use three or more welfare programs. But only 27% of Asians and 17% of European immigrants use three or more welfare programs. That compares with 29% of U.S. natives using three or more welfare programs. Numbers 24:22 reads: "You shall have the same law for the stranger and for one from your own country; for I am the Lord your God. ” Trump and Obama at the top of last 5 presidents When Rasmussen asked Americans how they ranked the five most recent presidents, 34% thought Donald Trump was the best, followed closely by Barack Obama at 32%. The remaining three presidents were far behind: Bill Clinton at 12%, George W. Bush at 9%, and Joe Biden is in last place with just 4%. Under Trump, 50-fold decrease in illegal southern border crossings Trump's Border Czar Tom Homan took to X yesterday, informing the U.S. public that border encounters have dropped to 229 as of the last 24 hours.  That's down from 11,000 a day during the heyday of border crossings under the Biden administration. That's a 50-fold decrease!  Also, Homan noted that “Interior arrests by [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] have increased more than 137% under President Trump.  Arrests of aliens with criminal convictions have doubled under President Trump.”  Elon Musk cut $1.2 billion of waste out of Dept. of Education The Department of Government Efficiency, headed by Elon Musk, has just shut down another $373 million of Department of Education DEI training grants.   One of those Diversity, Equity and Inclusion grants was set up to “engage in ongoing learning and self-reflection to confront their own biases and racism, and develop asset-based anti-racist mindsets.” The Department of Government Efficiency already terminated 89 Department of Education contracts amounting to $880 million.  China's Ne Zha 2 pagan movie earned $1.6 billion in 11 days China has now outstripped Hollywood in the major motion picture production business. The animated film Ne Zha 2 has become the highest grossing film in history — now at $1.6 billion after only 11 days of release, reports Variety. The hero in the film is a demon child, who attempts to redefine himself, and determine his own destiny in opposition to the fates.  More pagan worldviews set within an eastern context. Ted Baehr's  MovieGuide, a Christian movie review website, described the original 2019 Ne Zha movie as a film that should be avoided because of its inclusion of intentional blasphemy, evil, gross immorality, and its problematic worldview. Despite its visual appeal, no doubt the second Ne Zha film is just as bad, if not worse morally and theologically speaking, than the first one. Modern-day Jonah story And finally, here's a true Jonah and the whale story!   A kayaker in the Strait of Magellan off the coast of Chile was briefly eaten by a humpback whale, and promptly spit back out. Adrián Simancas's father was close by filming the event. Canada TV contains the whole scene for any viewers interested which we have linked in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com. Jonah 3:1-2, 7, 9 reads that “Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish's belly. And he said: ‘I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction, and He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol, I cried, and You heard my voice. … When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord; And my prayer went up to You, into Your holy temple. … Salvation is of the Lord.'  So, the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Tuesday, February 18th in the year of our Lord 2025. Subscribe by Amazon Music or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

The Trump team plans to tinker with government spending, but this does nothing to address the real problem which is the current inflationist monetary experiment. Original article: Under Trump, Expect No Change to the Monetary Status Quo

The Trump team plans to tinker with government spending, but this does nothing to address the real problem which is the current inflationist monetary experiment. Original article: Under Trump, Expect No Change to the Monetary Status Quo

Over the weekend, President Trump slapped down his first tariffs against America's two biggest trading partners, Canada and Mexico. He insists this is mainly about border safety, undocumentedmigrants, and the flow of drugs and contraband into America. Canada and Mexico stood strong both insisting retaliatory measures are coming.Under Trump's tariffs, most products from Mexico and Canada will get a 25% tariff except for Canadian oil at 10%. Trump is also putting  an additional 10% tariff on goods from China in addition to existing duties. There is a little time to negotiate as the new tariffs won't go into effect until just after midnight on Tuesday morning, We'll check in with iHeart TV and radio political analyst Gary Dietrich about the tariffs and word that Elon Musk and his team now have control of the US Treasury. State lawmakers in Tennessee are willingly giving up some of their voting power. Now, lawmakers who vote against strict immigration laws and support sanctuary city rules could find themselves arrested if they vote the “wrong way.”  Tennessee State Senator Heidi Campbell will join us to share details. Author and political commentator Jared Sexton will stop by in the second hour. Karen Dawn of Dawn Watch will wrap it all up with a word about aimals. The Mark Thompson Show 2/3/25Patreon subscribers are the backbone of the show! If you'd like to help, here's our Patreon Link:https://www.patreon.com/themarkthompsonshowMaybe you're more into PayPal.  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PVBS3R7KJXV24And you'll find everything on our website: https://www.themarkthompsonshow.com

Ralph welcomes Deepa Padmanabha, senior legal advisor to Greenpeace USA, to discuss that organization's looming trial against Energy Transfer Partners (builder of the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock) that threatens the constitutionally protected First Amendment right of citizens and citizen groups to protest. Plus, Josh Paul, former State Department employee, who resigned in protest over the Biden Administration's policy of sending weapons to support Israel's genocide in Gaza, returns to tell us about an organization he co-founded called “A New Policy,” which as the name suggests envisions an American policy toward the Middle East more in line with the “foundational principles of liberty, equality, democracy, and human rights; advancing American interests abroad; and protecting American freedoms at home.”Deepa Padmanabha is Senior Legal Advisor at Greenpeace USA, where she works closely with environmental activists seeking to exercise their First Amendment rights to promote systemic change. In September 2022, she testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Greenpeace USA's experience with legal attacks from extractive industries and the importance of federal anti-SLAPP legislation. And her work has focused on defending Greenpeace entities in the US against two SLAPP lawsuits attempting to silence the organization's advocacy work.This was not a Greenpeace campaign—and that was very intentional. And so our very limited involvement was solidarity with the Indigenous tribes, the Indigenous water protectors that were carrying this fight…Personally, I don't think that Energy Transfer likes the optics of going after Indigenous people. I think that it's much easier to go after the “Big Greens”, the “agitators”, things like that—and they probably would be dealing with a much more difficult PR campaign if they went after members of tribes.Deepa PadmanabhaBack in 2016 and 2017, when the original civil RICO cases were filed against the Greenpeace entities (all of these fights started out as RICO), many groups across issue areas were deeply concerned that this would be the new tactic used to go to attack labor, to attack human rights, to attack every kind of organization imaginable. And so what we did at that time (Greenpeace USA was a part of it as well as other groups) is we've created a coalition called Protect the Protest. Protect the Protest is a coalition of organizations to provide support for individuals who are threatened with SLAPPs, who receive cease-and-desist letters, who might want help either finding a lawyer or communication support. Because we know that the individuals bringing these lawsuits want the fights to happen in silence. So a big part of the work that needs to be done—and that we do—is to bring attention to them.Deepa PadmanabhaPast SLAPP lawsuits by corporations intended to wear down the citizen groups, cost them all kinds of legal fees. There have been SLAPP lawsuits for citizen groups just having a news conference or citizen groups being part of a town meeting. Or in the case of Oprah Winfrey, who was sued by at Texas meat company because she had a critic of the meat industry on her show that reached millions of people. That case was settled. So, this is the furthest extension of suppression of free speech by these artificial entities called corporations.Ralph NaderJosh Paul is co-founder (with Tariq Habash) of A New Policy, which seeks to transform U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. He resigned from the State Department in October 2023 due to his disagreement with the Biden Administration's decision to rush lethal military assistance to Israel in the context of its war on Gaza. He had previously spent over 11 years working as a Director in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, which is responsible for U.S. defense diplomacy, security assistance, and arms transfers. He previously worked on security sector reform in both Iraq and the West Bank, with additional roles in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Army Staff, and as a Military Legislative Assistant for a Member of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee.I think that the time for quitting in protest over Gaza, unfortunately, in many ways, is greatly behind us. I think there will be a significant number of State Department officials who will be leaving in the coming days, weeks, and months. And this is a result of a push from the Trump administration to gut America's diplomatic corps, much as they did at the start of the previous Trump administration, but even more so this time around. What I'm hearing from former colleagues in the State Department is a sense of immense despair as they see freezes being placed on U.S. foreign assistance programs—including programs that do an immense amount of good around the world—and just a concern about the overall and impending collapse of American diplomacy.Josh PaulWe have to acknowledge the precedent set by President Biden. Not only in his unconditional support for Israel and its attacks on Gaza, its violations of international humanitarian law, but also in President Biden and Secretary Blinken's willingness to set aside U.S. laws when it came to, in particular, security assistance and arms transfers in order to continue that support. That is a precedent that I think all Americans should be concerned about regardless of their thoughts on the conflict itself.Josh PaulI would say that what we face in America is a problem set that runs much deeper than any change in administration, than any political party. There is an entrenched dynamic within American politics—an entrenched set of both political and economic incentives across our electoral system—that are maintaining U.S. unconditional support for Israel, regardless of what the American people might want.Josh PaulNews 1/31/251. Our top stories this week have to do with the betrayal of the so-called “Make America Healthy Again” or “MAHA” movement. First up, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – President Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Health of Human Services – found himself in the hot seat Wednesday as his confirmation hearings began. Kennedy, who is facing opposition both from Democrats who regard his anti-vaccine rhetoric as dangerous and Republicans who view him as too liberal, struggled to answer basic questions during these hearings. Perhaps most distressingly, he shilled for the disastrous Medicare privatization scheme known as “Medicare Advantage,” at one point saying that he himself is on a Medicare Advantage plan and that “more people would rather be on Medicare Advantage.” Kennedy went on to say most Americans would prefer to be on private insurance. As Matt Stoller of the American Economic Liberties Project writes, this is “basically Cato [Institute] style libertarianism.”2. Meanwhile, the Trump Administration is signaling they intend to scrap a proposed EPA rule to ban “forever chemicals” from Americans' drinking water, per the Spokesman-Review out of Spokane, Washington. Per this piece, “perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, abbreviated PFAS, are a set of man-made chemicals used in thousands of products over the decades. High levels of them have…been linked to cancers, heart disease, high cholesterol, thyroid disease, low birth weight and other diseases.” Shelving PFAS regulation was high on the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 wish list, though the Trump team had previously sent mixed messages on the topic. Trump's pick to oversee regulation of dangerous chemicals is Nancy Beck, a longtime executive at the American Chemistry Council.3. As if those betrayals weren't enough, Trump has also selected Ms. Kailee Buller as the Chief of Staff for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For the past year, Buller has served as president & CEO of the National Oilseed Processors Association. More simply put, she is the top seed oil lobbyist in the nation. This is perhaps the most illustrative example of the MAHA bait and switch. Not only is the Trump administration spitting in the face of their own supporters and doing the opposite of what they promised in terms of cracking down on ultra-processed, unhealthy food – they are doing so in an openly and brazenly corrupt manner. Under Trump, regulatory agencies are on the auction block and will be sold to the highest bidder.4. In more health news, legendary investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has come out with a new story – and it's a doozy. According to Hersh's sources, the Trump administration mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic long before the public knew anything about the virus. He writes “I learned this week that a US intelligence asset at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, where the Covid virus was first observed…provided early warning of a laboratory accident at Wuhan that led to a series of infections that was quickly spreading and initially seemed immune to treatment.” Hersh continues “early studies dealing with how to mitigate the oncoming plague, based on information from the Chinese health ministry about the lethal new virus, were completed late in 2019 by experts from America's National Institutes of Health and other research agencies.” Yet, “Despite their warnings, a series of preventative actions were not taken until the United States was flooded with cases of the virus.” Most damningly, Hersh's sources claim that “All of these studies…have been expunged from the official internal records in Washington, including any mention of the CIA's source inside the Chinese laboratory.” If true, this would be among the most catastrophic cases of indecision – and most sweeping coverup – in modern American history. Watch this space.5. Meanwhile, in more foreign affairs news, Progressive International reports that “For the first time in history,” Members of the United States Congress have joined with Members of Mexico's Cámara de Diputados to “oppose the escalating threats of U.S. military action against Mexico” and call to “strengthen the bonds of solidarity between our peoples.” This move of course comes amid ever-rising tensions between the United States and our southern neighbor, particularly as the GOP has in recent years taken up the idea of a full-blown invasion of Mexico. This letter was signed by many prominent U.S. progressives, including Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Summer Lee, AOC, Greg Casar and Raul Grijalva, as well as 23 Mexican deputies. One can only hope that this show of internationalism helps forestall further escalation with Mexico.6. Turning to the issue of corruption, former New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison for his role in a bribery scheme that included him acting as an unregistered agent of the Egyptian government, per the DOJ. Until 2024, Menendez had served as the Chairman or Ranking Member of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee – an ideal perch for a crooked politician. During sentencing, Menendez broke down and weepily begged the judge for leniency. Yet, almost immediately after the sentence was handed down, Menendez changed his tune and started sucking up to Trump in a transparent attempt to secure a pardon. Axios reports Menendez said “President Trump was right…This process is political, and it's corrupted to the core. I hope President Trump cleans up the cesspool and restores the integrity to the system.” Unfortunately, Trump's fragile ego makes him particularly susceptible to just this sort of appeal, so it would be no surprise if he does grant some form of clemency to the disgraced Senator.7. Likewise, New York City Mayor Eric Adams appears to feel the walls closing in with regard to his corrupt dealings with his Turkish benefactors. And just like Menendez, Adams' strategy appears to be to ingratiate himself with Trump world. On January 23rd, the New York Daily News reported that Adams had pledged to avoid publicly criticizing Trump. Adams has previously called Trump a “white supremacist.” Adams' simpering seems to having the intended effect. On January 29th, the New York Times reported “Senior Justice Department officials under President Trump have held discussions with federal prosecutors in Manhattan about the possibility of dropping their corruption case,” against Adams. This story notes that “The defense team is led by Alex Spiro, who is also the personal lawyer for Elon Musk.”8. Our final three stories this week have to do with organized labor. First, Bloomberg labor reporter Josh Eidelson reports Trump has ousted National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo. This alone is a tragedy; Abruzzo has been nothing short of a crusader on behalf of organized labor during her tenure. Yet, more troubling news quickly followed: Trump has unlawfully sacked Gwynne Wilcox a Democratic member of the labor board with no just cause. As Eidelson notes, the law forbids “firing board members absent neglect or malfeasance.” Wilcox was the first ever Black member of the NLRB and her unlawful removal gives Trump a working majority at the board. Expect to see a rapid slew of anti-worker decisions in the coming days.9. In some good news, independent journalist Ken Klippenstein reports that union collective bargaining agreements have successfully “thwart[ed]…Trump's return to work order.” Instead, the administration has been forced to issue a new order, stating “Supervisors should not begin discussions around the return to in-person work with bargaining unit employees until HHS fulfills its collective bargaining obligations.” In other words, even while every supposed legal guardrail, institutional norm, and political force of gravity wilts before Trump's onslaught, what is the one bulwark that still stands strong, protecting everyday working people? Their union.10. Our final story is a simple one. Jacobin labor journalist Alex Press reports that in Philadelphia, the first Whole Foods grocery store has voted to unionize. The nearly-300 workers at the store voted to affiliate with United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1176. Whole Foods was sold to Amazon in 2017 and since then the e-tail giant has vigorously staved off unionization. Could this be the first crack in the dam? Only time will tell.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Hour 1 “Slippery Lindsey Is Back Up To His Old Tricks" “Colombia Makes Its First BIG Concession To President Trump” “Loose Lindsey Just Keeps Feeding The Democrats” “President Trump Revisits Eliminating Tax On Tips" Hour 2 “Holding The Ones Who Represent Us Accountable" “Losing Their Minds, Hollywood's High-Falutin Hypocrisy” “So, You Don't Think We Can Get Rid Of Lindsey Graham” “You Sound Off On These Crazy Libs Needing Therapy” Hour 3 “A Majority Of Americans Side With Trump On Immigration” “A Dire Message, Lindsey Graham Is Not Your Friend" “JD Vance Delivers Another Flawless MSM Smackdown" “We Need A New Rule, No More Secret Votes - Period” Hour 4 “Under Trump, CIA Begins To Bring Truth To US Citizens" “The President Trump Mentality, Just Go Do It, Get It Done” “Our Political Memory & Putting Pressure On Lindsey Graham" “Finally Getting Rid Of Lispy Graham Once & For All”

“Under Trump, CIA Begins To Bring Truth To US Citizens" “The President Trump Mentality, Just Go Do It, Get It Done” “Our Political Memory & Putting Pressure On Lindsey Graham" “Finally Getting Rid Of Lispy Graham Once & For All”

Let me tell you, it was absolutely no surprise to me to see my Facebook friends going crazy over Trump winning the election last night - and there's been plenty of hysterical predictions now that he's won. My absolute favourite one was from my husband, who said that Trump would take us to the brink of war. Hello - the world is already at war, we don't need to be taken to the brink, we're already there. We've got two significant wars under way in two of the most worrying parts of the world - Europe and the Middle East - and neither of them are because of Trump, they started under Biden. It's got me thinking - we need a bit of perspective here. People are really losing their minds over this. We cannot predict what is going to happen in the future, but we have the past to guide us. So why don't we compare the last time Trump was President with the most recent period under Biden and see who wins at being the real crazy one here. Because as far as I can see, Biden is the one who's been far worse for New Zealand. Sure, Trump introduced the steel tariffs on us and started a trade war with China - but last time I checked, Biden hasn't removed those tariffs and he hasn't ended the trade war with China. So as far as I can see, they're basically the same as each other on that. Under Biden, two new wars have started, both of which have put prices that we pay in New Zealand up. Under Trump, no new wars were started. My husband was quick to point out North Korea and 'Rocket Man' and how they came close to staring a war - but they didn't. It might have nearly, but it didn't. Nothing happened, despite all the warnings. Trump is too much of a crazy-maker - and other world leaders don't know how far they can push it with him and they suspect they can't, so they don't try at all. That is why Putin invaded Georgia under Bush, Crimea over Obama and Ukraine under Biden - but there were no invasions under Trump. Under Biden - never mind the threat of North Korea maybe doing something, two wars actually did happen. And they are worse than anything North Korea might have done. Under Trump, the withdrawal from Afghanistan was orderly, and under Biden, it was an unmitigated disaster - which he was at the centre of - and it completely undermined America's credibility. So before we get too hysterical about all the bad things Trump could do, how about we remind ourselves about all the bad things Biden did do? Get a bit of a grip, and ask ourselves - what would Trump actually have to do in the next four years to be worse than Biden? Why weren't we as hysterical about Biden? Or is the hysteria just something we reserve for Donald Trump? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

[SEGMENT 2-1] Things I'm glad that will be gone…   What embarrasses you most about the Biden administration? That's really a tough call, imo   [X] SB – Biden is healthy supercut   [X] SB – Biden dementia supercut Joe Biden. I'm sick of hearing his voice. As the nation readies for a return to Trump's leadership, there are countless reasons to celebrate the transition from the Biden administration's disastrous reign. For millions, the prospect of restoring order, competence, and American pride feels like a breath of fresh air. Let's break down what we're glad to leave behind and why Trump's return signifies a brighter future.  [SEGMENT 2-2] Things I'm glad will be gone 2  Economic Mismanagement: Inflation and Energy Costs Under Joe Biden, inflation became an albatross around the neck of the American middle class. Outrageous gas and energy prices became the norm, eroding household budgets and forcing tough choices. Biden's refusal to support domestic energy production—shutting down the Keystone XL pipeline and discouraging drilling—only deepened the crisis. Trump, on the other hand, has long emphasized energy independence as a cornerstone of economic security. During his first term, gas prices plummeted as the U.S. became a net energy exporter. In his second term, expect Trump to double down on policies that prioritize domestic production, allowing Americans to feel relief at the pump almost immediately. The ripple effect will mean lower prices across the board—fueling a broader economic recovery.Bureaucratic Bloat and Accountability One of Biden's lasting legacies will be an expansion of government inefficiency and corruption. Trump's promise to “drain the swamp” wasn't fully realized in his first term, but his return comes with a more aggressive mandate. He'll have key allies, like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, leading the charge to dismantle entrenched bureaucracies and expose waste. Biden's tenure has been defined by a bloated federal government resistant to accountability. His Department of Defense, under Secretary Lloyd Austin, became emblematic of ineffectiveness—highlighted by Austin's bizarre absences during critical moments. Compare this to Trump's likely Department of Justice overhaul, which promises transparency and a renewed focus on serving the American people rather than protecting political insiders.  SEGMENT 2-3] Things I'm glad will be gone 3[X] SB – Harris supercut 1   Incompetent Diversity Picks Biden's obsession with identity politics led to some of the most unqualified appointees in modern history.Kamala Harris, widely regarded as the worst Vice President in history, was selected not for her abilities but to fulfill a “Black woman” quota. Her record-breaking unpopularity speaks volumes about her leadership.Karine Jean-Pierre, the nation's first Black and openly lesbian press secretary, is infamous for her fumbling press briefings and lack of coherent messaging.Rachel Levine, a transgender Health and Human Services official, and Sam Brinton, the luggage thief and nonbinary energy official, represent the excesses of prioritizing “representation” over competence.Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation, epitomized the failure of diversity hires. Chosen for his sexual orientation rather than expertise, Buttigieg fumbled responses to multiple crises, including supply chain disruptions and infrastructure failures.Trump's leadership emphasizes meritocracy. His return signals a rejection of the “check-the-box” approach that plagued Biden's administration.Media Bias and Hypocrisy The Trump-Biden transition also heralds the collapse of the mainstream media's credibility. Networks like MSNBC and CNN, once bastions of Leftist narratives, are hemorrhaging viewers. Personalities like Chris Wallace, Don Lemon, and Joy Reid—whose careers revolved around anti-Trump rhetoric—are now fading into irrelevance. The hypocrisy is on full display as former Trump critics, like Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, grovel for interviews with the President-elect. Their newfound respect for Trump isn't genuine; it's a desperate bid for ratings in a dying industry.  [SEGMENT 2-4] Things I'm glad will be gone 4  Hollywood and Celebrity Virtue Signaling Biden's tenure gave rise to a wave of celebrity activism that ranged from irritating to outright hypocritical. Celebrities like Alyssa Milano and John Legend, who endlessly lectured Americans about morality while ignoring Biden's failures, will no longer dominate headlines. Under Trump, expect the celebrity class to face a reckoning. Hollywood's influence in politics will wane as Americans grow tired of being scolded by wealthy elites disconnected from their struggles.The LGBTQ+ Agenda and Cultural Marxism Perhaps the most controversial aspect of Biden's presidency was his embrace of radical cultural agendas. From gender-neutral bathrooms to taxpayer-funded drag shows, Biden's administration prioritized pandering to activists over addressing real issues. Trump's return signals a shift back to common sense. Policies that prioritize family values and reject cultural Marxism will take center stage, putting an end to the overreach of the LGBTQ+ agenda in schools and public institutions.Restoring Global Respect Finally, Biden's foreign policy blunders—ranging from the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal to his weak stance on China—have left America's reputation in tatters. World leaders have openly questioned Biden's competence, while Trump's assertiveness on the global stage commands respect. Under Trump, allies and adversaries alike know where America stands. His loyalty to American interests is unwavering—a sharp contrast to Biden, whose questionable dealings, particularly involving Hunter Biden, raised concerns about divided loyalties.The Trump Era: New and Improved Trump's re-election isn't just a return to the policies that made America great—it's an opportunity to build on his successes and correct past mistakes. With a clearer understanding of the political landscape and strengthened resolve, Trump's second term promises to be even more transformative than his first. America is ready to turn the page, not Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-kevin-jackson-show--2896352/support.

The 2024 elections have reshaped the future of crypto in Washington. With almost $200 million in donations, the Fairshake Super PAC not only backed pro-crypto candidates but also took bold risks by challenging entrenched incumbents. This strategic gamble appears to have paid off, leading to the most crypto-friendly Congress in U.S. history. In this episode, Coinbase's Faryar Shirzad and Kara Calvert reveal the behind-the-scenes decisions that drove this unprecedented effort, discuss why crypto needs to transcend partisanship, and explain how this election could usher in long-awaited regulatory clarity. They also delve into the global stakes of blockchain adoption and whether the U.S. can reclaim its leadership as other nations surge ahead in Web3 innovation. Show highlights: 01:48 The journey of how crypto became so important in this election 04:16 The differences between Fairshake and Stand With Crypto 08:48 How Fairshake decided which candidates to support 12:48 How Washington reacted to the massive influx of money to support pro-crypto candidates 15:51 Why Fairshake stayed out of the Presidential race 18:23 How hard it was for Fairshake to handle its non-partisan stance with both parties 22:32 How the U.S.'s approach to crypto can be compared to how it lost on the cutting-edge technologies of 5G and semiconductors 26:41 What drove the decision to attempt to unseat Sherrod Brown, which ended up giving Sen. Warren more power on the Senate Banking Committee 32:54 Whether Sen. Warren's anti-crypto stance has been diminished after the elections 35:28 How the industry got past the fiasco of Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX 42:07 Why Faryar believes that “anyone would be an upgrade” from Gary Gensler as Chair of the SEC 46:45 How blockchain technology allows for instant settlements, a feature so needed in capital markets 49:36 What could happen with the SEC's legal actions against crypto companies now that Gensler will lose his position as SEC chair 53:22 What Faryar and Kara expect the new administration to do around crypto 56:47 How DeFi can be regulated in the U.S. and whether Trump will support the motto “code is free speech” 1:01:37 The perception of Washington insiders about Polymarket  1:04:28 Whether the technology sector will be on the Republican side from now on Visit our website for breaking news, analysis, op-eds, articles to learn about crypto, and much more: unchainedcrypto.com Thank you to our sponsors! Polkadot Robinhood & Arbitrum iYield Guests: Faryar Shirzad, Coinbase Chief Policy Officer  Kara Calvert, Coinbase Head of US Policy Links Previous coverage of the elections on the podcast: Under Trump, the First Crypto President, Where Will Markets Go? Bits + Bips: Trump Won and the Question Is: Do You Have Enough Crypto? How Arthur Hayes Has Prepared His Portfolio for the Elections The Chopping Block: 2024 Election Debate feat. Mike Novogratz & Shaun Maguire It's Not Just the Presidency. Congressional Races Matter a Lot for Crypto Unchained:  DeFi Tokens Jump on Hopes That Trump Will Provide Crypto Regulatory Clarity What Gary Gensler Could Still Do Against Crypto in His Remaining Days as SEC Chair Elizabeth Warren Will Be the Top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee Stand With Crypto Says These Races Are Crucial for Crypto. But Why? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2024 elections have reshaped the future of crypto in Washington. With almost $200 million in donations, the Fairshake Super PAC not only backed pro-crypto candidates but also took bold risks by challenging entrenched incumbents. This strategic gamble appears to have paid off, leading to the most crypto-friendly Congress in U.S. history. In this episode, Coinbase's Faryar Shirzad and Kara Calvert reveal the behind-the-scenes decisions that drove this unprecedented effort, discuss why crypto needs to transcend partisanship, and explain how this election could usher in long-awaited regulatory clarity. They also delve into the global stakes of blockchain adoption and whether the U.S. can reclaim its leadership as other nations surge ahead in Web3 innovation. Show highlights: 01:48 The journey of how crypto became so important in this election 04:16 The differences between Fairshake and Stand With Crypto 08:48 How Fairshake decided which candidates to support 12:48 How Washington reacted to the massive influx of money to support pro-crypto candidates 15:51 Why Fairshake stayed out of the Presidential race 18:23 How hard it was for Fairshake to handle its non-partisan stance with both parties 22:32 How the U.S.'s approach to crypto can be compared to how it lost on the cutting-edge technologies of 5G and semiconductors 26:41 What drove the decision to attempt to unseat Sherrod Brown, which ended up giving Sen. Warren more power on the Senate Banking Committee 32:54 Whether Sen. Warren's anti-crypto stance has been diminished after the elections 35:28 How the industry got past the fiasco of Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX 42:07 Why Faryar believes that “anyone would be an upgrade” from Gary Gensler as Chair of the SEC 46:45 How blockchain technology allows for instant settlements, a feature so needed in capital markets 49:36 What could happen with the SEC's legal actions against crypto companies now that Gensler will lose his position as SEC chair 53:22 What Faryar and Kara expect the new administration to do around crypto 56:47 How DeFi can be regulated in the U.S. and whether Trump will support the motto “code is free speech” 1:01:37 The perception of Washington insiders about Polymarket  1:04:28 Whether the technology sector will be on the Republican side from now on Visit our website for breaking news, analysis, op-eds, articles to learn about crypto, and much more: unchainedcrypto.com Thank you to our sponsors! Polkadot Robinhood & Arbitrum iYield Guests: Faryar Shirzad, Coinbase Chief Policy Officer  Kara Calvert, Coinbase Head of US Policy Links Previous coverage of the elections on the podcast: Under Trump, the First Crypto President, Where Will Markets Go? Bits + Bips: Trump Won and the Question Is: Do You Have Enough Crypto? How Arthur Hayes Has Prepared His Portfolio for the Elections The Chopping Block: 2024 Election Debate feat. Mike Novogratz & Shaun Maguire It's Not Just the Presidency. Congressional Races Matter a Lot for Crypto Unchained:  DeFi Tokens Jump on Hopes That Trump Will Provide Crypto Regulatory Clarity What Gary Gensler Could Still Do Against Crypto in His Remaining Days as SEC Chair Elizabeth Warren Will Be the Top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee Stand With Crypto Says These Races Are Crucial for Crypto. But Why? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ebro, Laura, and Rosenberg host HOT 97's flagship program "Ebro In The Morning!" On today's episode 11/7/24 - Buckshot assaulted, Election Runoff, Ebro does Crypto Talk, What Are Callers Excited for Under Trump?, and much more! All that and more on Ebro In The Morning! To be a part of Freedom Friday email FreedomFriday@ebrointhemorning.com or try info@ebrointhemorning.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Day in Legal History: FDR Wins Fourth TermOn November 7, 1944, Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented fourth term as President of the United States, solidifying his role as a defining leader during one of the nation's most challenging periods. First elected in 1932, Roosevelt took office at the height of the Great Depression and implemented the New Deal to revive the struggling economy. By the time of his fourth election, the U.S. was fully engaged in World War II, and Roosevelt's leadership was seen as essential to the Allied victory effort.Roosevelt's extended presidency was unprecedented, breaking the tradition set by George Washington, who had voluntarily stepped down after two terms. This decision was widely respected and had shaped a long-standing convention against extended presidential terms. However, in the face of ongoing economic and wartime crises, the American public continued to support Roosevelt, viewing his experience and policies as critical to both domestic stability and success in the war.Following Roosevelt's death in 1945, concerns about the concentration of executive power led to a renewed call for term limits. In 1947, Congress passed the 22nd Amendment, which formally restricted presidents to two terms. The amendment was ratified in 1951, ensuring that no future president could serve more than two elected terms, thus establishing a constitutional limit that balanced continuity with the democratic value of regular leadership change. Roosevelt's historic fourth term not only marked a unique era in American leadership but also reshaped the structure of presidential power in the United States.With a new Trump administration expected in January, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is likely to roll back numerous Biden-era regulations. Trump is expected to remove current CFPB Director Rohit Chopra, leading to a reduction in the agency's focus on ambitious rulemaking. Instead, the CFPB will likely concentrate on traditional oversight and enforcement, targeting only major infractions. Most regulations established under Chopra, such as credit card late fee caps and demographic data collection for small business loans, face potential repeal or weakening, especially as many are already tied up in legal challenges. The CFPB and trade groups may agree to pause these litigations while the agency revisits the contested rules.One regulation with bipartisan support that may endure is the recent open banking rule, which allows consumers to securely share financial data with fintech firms and other banks. Although it faces legal challenges, this rule could survive due to broader Republican interest in data privacy and open banking. Under Trump's leadership, the CFPB is also unlikely to continue issuing informal guidance and circulars affecting sectors like "buy now, pay later" services without formal rulemaking.Trump Team Set to Roll Back Chopra's Credit Card, Banking RulesA second Trump administration may significantly reshape U.S. water regulations, particularly targeting Biden-era protections. Expected changes include repealing or revising key EPA rules under the Clean Water Act and rolling back protections for wetlands, PFAS substances, and state oversight over water pollution. Legal experts predict that Trump's team could rely on the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, which suggests undoing the Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule, limiting state veto power under Section 401, and revisiting PFAS regulations. The Biden administration's updated WOTUS rule, developed in response to a 2023 Supreme Court ruling, is already under legal challenge and may be replaced with Trump's previous rule, potentially narrowing federal jurisdiction over wetlands.Additionally, Biden's Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI), mandating lead pipe removal by 2027, could be at risk. The administration is also likely to limit federal involvement in water regulation, possibly expanding state control over Section 404 permitting, which governs dredge-and-fill activities in waters. While some states support stricter PFAS standards due to health risks, budget constraints could hinder state-led water protection initiatives if federal support declines. However, rolling back PFAS drinking water standards, finalized this year, could be complex due to the regulatory and public health controversies involved.Biden Clean Water Rules Vulnerable in New Trump AdministrationRudy Giuliani is set to appear in a Manhattan court following accusations that he ignored a court order to surrender property, including his luxury Manhattan apartment, to two Georgia election workers, Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea “Shaye” Moss. A U.S. judge had mandated that Giuliani turn over assets by Oct. 29 to partially satisfy a $148 million judgment awarded to the pair after a jury found he defamed them by falsely accusing them of election interference in 2020. Despite Giuliani's claims of cooperation, Freeman and Moss's lawyer argued he has delayed the process, noting that Giuliani's apartment has been largely emptied. Judge Lewis Liman denied Giuliani's request to participate in a Florida radio broadcast instead of attending court and has scheduled an in-person hearing to assess compliance with the property handover.The court action follows Giuliani's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, which a judge dismissed after determining Giuliani withheld financial information, leaving him vulnerable to creditors. Giuliani, who has been disbarred in New York and faces criminal charges for his role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, plans to attend the hearing, with his lawyer asserting that Freeman and Moss, not Giuliani, are responsible for delays in the asset transfer process.Giuliani to appear in court as election workers demand his property | ReutersIn my column for Bloomberg this week, I argue that the U.S. urgently needs to reform its R&D tax policies to better support innovation. Historically, Section 174 of the tax code allowed businesses to immediately deduct research and development expenses, offering a cash flow benefit that encouraged reinvestment in further R&D. However, the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) changed this by mandating that companies amortize these expenses over five years starting in 2022. This shift has significantly reduced the immediate value of R&D tax benefits, leading to a substantial drop in R&D investment.The change has also raised effective tax rates for companies focused on innovation, particularly in critical sectors like technology and pharmaceuticals, thus weakening the U.S. competitive edge. Meanwhile, other nations, such as the UK and China, have implemented more generous R&D incentives, putting the U.S. at a disadvantage globally.To address this, I propose restoring immediate expensing under Section 174 and introducing a "patent box" system, which would apply a reduced tax rate to profits derived from intellectual property. This approach could both increase R&D investment and encourage domestic commercialization of innovations. By combining immediate expensing with sector-specific patent box incentives, we could reinvigorate U.S. innovation and enhance our competitiveness on the world stage.R&D Tax Expensing Is Broken, But Changing Some Rules Can Fix It This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

Let me tell you, it was absolutely no surprise to me to see my Facebook friends going crazy over Trump winning the election last night - and there's been plenty of hysterical predictions now that he's won. My absolute favourite one was from my husband, who said that Trump would take us to the brink of war. Hello - the world is already at war, we don't need to be taken to the brink, we're already there. We've got two significant wars under way in two of the most worrying parts of the world - Europe and the Middle East - and neither of them are because of Trump, they started under Biden. It's got me thinking - we need a bit of perspective here. People are really losing their minds over this. We cannot predict what is going to happen in the future, but we have the past to guide us. So why don't we compare the last time Trump was President with the most recent period under Biden and see who wins at being the real crazy one here. Because as far as I can see, Biden is the one who's been far worse for New Zealand. Sure, Trump introduced the steel tariffs on us and started a trade war with China - but last time I checked, Biden hasn't removed those tariffs and he hasn't ended the trade war with China. So as far as I can see, they're basically the same as each other on that. Under Biden, two new wars have started, both of which have put prices that we pay in New Zealand up. Under Trump, no new wars were started. My husband was quick to point out North Korea and 'Rocket Man' and how they came close to staring a war - but they didn't. It might have nearly, but it didn't. Nothing happened, despite all the warnings. Trump is too much of a crazy-maker - and other world leaders don't know how far they can push it with him and they suspect they can't, so they don't try at all. That is why Putin invaded Georgia under Bush, Crimea over Obama and Ukraine under Biden - but there were no invasions under Trump. Under Biden - never mind the threat of North Korea maybe doing something, two wars actually did happen. And they are worse than anything North Korea might have done. Under Trump, the withdrawal from Afghanistan was orderly, and under Biden, it was an unmitigated disaster - which he was at the centre of - and it completely undermined America's credibility. So before we get too hysterical about all the bad things Trump could do, how about we remind ourselves about all the bad things Biden did do? Get a bit of a grip, and ask ourselves - what would Trump actually have to do in the next four years to be worse than Biden? Why weren't we as hysterical about Biden? Or is the hysteria just something we reserve for Donald Trump? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Watch The X22 Report On Video No videos found Click On Picture To See Larger Picture The green new scam continues to fall apart. Newsom is now heading to trial because he blocked drilling permits. Under Trump gas prices never went above $3, under Biden gas prices never dropped below $3. The [CB] is demonizing alternative currency any way they can. The [DS] is panicking, the evidence is against them, so Obama and Clinton are now pushing Biden, this will fail just like everything else. Trump is winning on the issues, but the real reason they are doing this is because they need the money to cheat. The people need to prepare for the final battle, chaos and war is headed our way and the [DS] will try to scare the people, but the people will see through their lies just like everything else.   (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:13499335648425062,size:[0, 0],id:"ld-7164-1323"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src="//cdn2.customads.co/_js/ajs.js";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,"script","ld-ajs"); Economy Newsom Admin Heads To Trial With Whistleblower Who Claims He Was Ordered To Illegally Reject Drilling Permits: REPORT Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration will reportedly head to trial April 1 with a whistleblower who claims he was ordered to illegally reject oil-well drilling permits. Uduak-Joe Ntuk, the former head of the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM), alleged that he was “forced and coerced to resign” from his position nine days after filing a complaint with the state on January 4, 2023, National Review reported. https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1773004892862296360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1773004892862296360%7Ctwgr%5E4f8067d0bbf25d2a6f3c6fdbd6ccf3a9e3520baa%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2024%2F03%2F27%2Fnewsom-admin-trial-whistleblower-claims-oil-drilling-permits%2F Newsom's administration allegedly demanded that Ntuk stop issuing new oil-well drilling permits “without statutory authority or regulations,” according to the former CalGEM head's lawsuit filed in Sept. 2023, National Review reported. Ntuk said he defied the order of Newsom's administration to enforce S.B. 1137, which was placed on hold until an upcoming referendum vote in Nov. 2024. The law, signed by Newsom on Sept. 16, 2022, prevented new wells from being drilled within 3,200 feet of homes, schools and other “sensitive” locations, according to the outlet. (  Source: dailycaller.com  Developing: Russia Says Moscow Theater Terrorists Received Funding from Ukraine – Via Cryptocurrency   Russia reported on Thursday the Moscow theater terrorists received their financial backing from Ukraine – which could possibly mean the US was involved. Russia Today reported: The suspects in last week's Moscow terrorist attack were linked to Ukrainian nationalists, the Russian Investigative Committee stated on Thursday, citing preliminary findings. The perpetrators had received “significant sums of money” from Ukraine, the law enforcement agency said. The investigators have obtained “substantiated evidence” that the suspected assailants received funding from Ukraine in the form of cryptocurrency, which was then used to prepare the terrorist attack, the statement read.     Source: thegatewaypundit.com https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1773340043744010640 Political/Rights Jussie Smollett Hate Hoax Conviction Appeal to Be Heard by Illinois Supreme Court Former Empire star Jussie Smollett is taking the appeal of his criminal conviction all the way to the Illinois Supreme Court. A lower appellate court had already upheld his convictions for his report of a hate crime.

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David Stockman destroys the myth that the economy boomed under Trump. Not only were his policies bad, they helped enlarge the government. He spearheaded the Covid lockdowns, oversaw greater spending, and the national debt rose $8 trillion under his reign. Well-meaning conservatives have been fooled. However, this is also the nature of the system and its evils: the rogue Federal Reserve, the Military-Industrial-Complex or Warfare State, and the Welfare State. Under Trump, the rising tide "lifted all yachts" as wealth inequality and neofeudalism increased. Watch on BitChute / Brighteon / Rokfin / Rumble / Substack Geopolitics & Empire · David Stockman: Trump Empowered the Fed & the Warfare/Welfare State #401 *Support Geopolitics & Empire! Become a Member https://geopoliticsandempire.substack.comDonate https://geopoliticsandempire.com/donationsConsult https://geopoliticsandempire.com/consultation **Visit Our Affiliates & Sponsors! Above Phone https://abovephone.com/?above=geopoliticseasyDNS (use code GEOPOLITICS for 15% off!) https://easydns.comEscape The Technocracy course (15% discount using link) https://escapethetechnocracy.com/geopoliticsPassVult https://passvult.comSociatates Civis (CitizenHR, CitizenIT, CitizenPL) https://societates-civis.comWise Wolf Gold https://www.wolfpack.gold/?ref=geopolitics Websites Contra Corner https://www.davidstockmanscontracorner.com Trumps' War on Capitalism https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/9781510779327/trumps-war-on-capitalism About David Stockman David A. Stockman is the ultimate Washington insider, starting a career in Washington in 1970, when he served as a special assistant to US Representative, John Anderson of Illinois. In the early seventies he was executive director of the US House of Representatives Republican Conference and was elected as a Michigan congressman in 1976 before joining the Reagan White House in 1981. Serving as budget director, he was one of the key architects of the Reagan Revolution plan to reduce taxes, cut spending, and shrink the role of government. He joined Salomon Brothers in 1985 and later became one of the early partners of the Blackstone Group.The author of The Triumph of Politics, Stockman has numerous New York Times bestsellers under his belt. Born in Ft. Hood, Texas, he attended Michigan State University and Harvard Divinity School and then went to Washington as a congressional aide in 1970. He lives with his wife Jennifer Blei Stockman, and they have two daughters, Rachel and Victoria. He lives & works in New York City and Miami. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

SEASON 2 EPISODE 77: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-BLOCK (1:44) BULLETIN: White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates issues searing condemnation of the antisemitism rampant on Twitter-X and specifically calls out Elon Musk's repetition of the antisemitic madness behind the 2018 "Tree Of Life" synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh. It is a dramatic and unyielding statement with language so strong it must have been approved by President Biden himself and signals his willingness to confront the antisemitism, and all religious and anti-minority hate, and Musk himself. It is a startling development. The remainder of this podcast is a repeat of Friday's regular 76th episode and if you've heard it you may skip it with my full blessing. But it does emphasize how a threat to ban Twitter-X and end all government contracts with him, could rescue it from Musk's prejudice and bullying (6:56) It is time for the government of the United States to ban “X” – the social media site still primarily known as Twitter - and to terminate all government contracts with its owner. Under Trump the government moved to ban TikTok as a security risk to the United States, so there is precedent for at least the attempt, because a process that has been accelerating for more than a year reached a climax Wednesday when owner Elon Musk answered a blatantly antisemitic tweet with the reply quote “you have said the actual truth.” Combined with surging anti-semitism throughout the website, and the use of Nazi hate speech and paraphrases of infamous Hitler quotes by the likely Republican candidate for president, the tinderbox of antisemitism has never been fuller or drier and Trump and Musk seem determined to light it ablaze – and with it, light ablaze the peace and security of this nation. Musk's bizarre running of the Twitter-X platform had already destroyed more than half its value and even more of its advertising. Yesterday afternoon, IBM announced it was pulling its already-scheduled ads for the next three months – the New York Times says that was a million dollars' worth. Rather remarkably, as of the close of business yesterday The New York Times had not yet cancelled Musk's scheduled appearance twelve days from now at a Times event it calls its “DealBook Summit” which it describes as the gathering of quote “the most consequential leaders in business, politics, and culture,” unquote… and, I guess, the most consequential leaders in antisemitism. As the snowball rolling down the hill toward her reached speeds of about a thousand miles an hour, Musk's hand-picked CEO Linda Yaccarino posted a comment at 3:45 PM Eastern that seemed crafted by the nation's finest satirical comedians, or maybe Tim Robinson in the hot dog suit and the “We're All Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This” meme. Quote: “X's point of view has always been very clear that discrimination by everyone should STOP across the boad – I think that's something we can and should all agree on. When it comes to this platform, X has also been extremely clear about our efforts to combat antisemitism and discrimination. There's no place for it anywhere in the world – it's ugly and wrong. Full stop.” If taken sincerely and literally, Yaccarino's only possible next action would be… to suspend Elon Musk's account. Musk has gone down a path from which he cannot backtrack. Twitter-X – at least HIS version of it – must be banned, and government contracts and other agreements – local, state, national - with his other firms: Space-X, Tesla, The Boring Company, Neuralink, and xAI must be terminated. Today. There is no other option. B-BLOCK (23:07) POSTSCRIPTS TO THE NEWS: The George Santos ethics investigation is in. He doesn't have any. Remarkable research that suggests the Republicans haven't ONCE needed his vote. Paul Pelosi's attacker is found guilty, as is a J6 insurrectionist that MAGA has convinced itself was actually a Black Lives Matter Antifa George Soros plant.(28:20) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: It's an ugly word and Caitlyn Jenner just proved she doesn't know how to spell it. It's the word "Congresswoman" and Trump Junior just proved he doesn't know how to pronounce it. And it may be the last words Charissa Thompson ever says as a sportscaster. The former Fox Sports football sideline reporter volunteers the startling information that several times she DIDN'T interview the coach at halftime and simply lied and made up what she thought he would've said. Unless...she made THAT story up too. C-BLOCK (36:00) FRIDAYS WITH THURBER: One James Thurber short story, above all others, is in the college textbooks and high school textbooks and middle school textbooks. And there's a reason for it: "The Night The Bed Fell."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SEASON 2 EPISODE 76: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (1:44) It is time for the government of the United States to ban “X” – the social media site still primarily known as Twitter - and to terminate all government contracts with its owner. Under Trump the government moved to ban TikTok as a security risk to the United States, so there is precedent for at least the attempt, because a process that has been accelerating for more than a year reached a climax Wednesday when owner Elon Musk answered a blatantly antisemitic tweet with the reply quote “you have said the actual truth.” Combined with surging anti-semitism throughout the website, and the use of Nazi hate speech and paraphrases of infamous Hitler quotes by the likely Republican candidate for president, the tinderbox of antisemitism has never been fuller or drier and Trump and Musk seem determined to light it ablaze – and with it, light ablaze the peace and security of this nation. Musk's bizarre running of the Twitter-X platform had already destroyed more than half its value and even more of its advertising. Yesterday afternoon, IBM announced it was pulling its already-scheduled ads for the next three months – the New York Times says that was a million dollars' worth. Rather remarkably, as of the close of business yesterday The New York Times had not yet cancelled Musk's scheduled appearance twelve days from now at a Times event it calls its “DealBook Summit” which it describes as the gathering of quote “the most consequential leaders in business, politics, and culture,” unquote… and, I guess, the most consequential leaders in antisemitism. As the snowball rolling down the hill toward her reached speeds of about a thousand miles an hour, Musk's hand-picked CEO Linda Yaccarino posted a comment at 3:45 PM Eastern that seemed crafted by the nation's finest satirical comedians, or maybe Tim Robinson in the hot dog suit and the “We're All Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This” meme. Quote: “X's point of view has always been very clear that discrimination by everyone should STOP across the boad – I think that's something we can and should all agree on. When it comes to this platform, X has also been extremely clear about our efforts to combat antisemitism and discrimination. There's no place for it anywhere in the world – it's ugly and wrong. Full stop.” If taken sincerely and literally, Yaccarino's only possible next action would be… to suspend Elon Musk's account. Musk has gone down a path from which he cannot backtrack. Twitter-X – at least HIS version of it – must be banned, and government contracts and other agreements – local, state, national - with his other firms: Space-X, Tesla, The Boring Company, Neuralink, and xAI must be terminated. Today. There is no other option. B-BLOCK (17:50) POSTSCRIPTS TO THE NEWS: The George Santos ethics investigation is in. He doesn't have any. Remarkable research that suggests the Republicans haven't ONCE needed his vote. Paul Pelosi's attacker is found guilty, as is a J6 insurrectionist that MAGA has convinced itself was actually a Black Lives Matter Antifa George Soros plant.(22:50) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: It's an ugly word and Caitlyn Jenner just proved she doesn't know how to spell it. It's the word "Congresswoman" and Trump Junior just proved he doesn't know how to pronounce it. And it may be the last words Charissa Thompson ever says as a sportscaster. The former Fox Sports football sideline reporter volunteers the startling information that several times she DIDN'T interview the coach at halftime and simply lied and made up what she thought he would've said. Unless...she made THAT story up too. C-BLOCK (30:30) FRIDAYS WITH THURBER: One James Thurber short story, above all others, is in the college textbooks and high school textbooks and middle school textbooks. And there's a reason for it: "The Night The Bed Fell."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Back in 2016 we were told that Donald Trump would start World War III. Under Trump, we had no new wars and world peace under Joe Biden. We have seen the war in Ukraine and now the war between Israel and Hamas, Joe Biden did everything that the Democrats want us about. Biden is on the verge of started World War III. I don't know about you, but I want to go back to Mean Tweets and World Peace!

Rattner breaks down the utter evil of the GOP budget. Neil Aquino analyses two local politicians. Under Trump, the IRS went after the working class. The Speaker's race gives the cesspool a lousy name. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/politicsdoneright/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/politicsdoneright/support

Roger Stone, a partisan Republican, and Gene Valentino compare the political past to the political future. Roger Stone predicts Trump will be the nominee.  He compares his firsthand relationship with Richard Nixon to his current relationship with Donald Trump.  He says Trump will be the beneficiary of a more open/honest election through effective oversight. How much of Trump's past experience in government will reflect the way he leads in the future?  Roger Stone capsulizes the inside truth about the John Durham report that there was an illegal use of the FISA warrants to spy of Donald Trump and staff. Roger describes that there were wire taps on his phone as well as Paul Manafort, and Carter Page, claiming they had ‘Russian collusion' communications.  He reflects on John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign against Richard Nixon.  “Had Nixon had the internet to launch counter offenses against Kennedy, he would have survived against Kennedy,” says Roger Stone.  Stone was also accused of Wikileaks communications with Julian Assange, which was not the case.  Evidence shows no such communication existed. Not only Donald Trump, but Roger Stone as well have questioned anomalies in the last 2020 election. Roger talks about the unsubstantiated accusations against Trump that led to the Trump indictments. Roger compares the Biden Crime Family antics, and those of the Democrat Party, to historical patterns that go back to the Kennedy/Johnson Administrations. Go to MarcoPoloUSA.org. Roger says that there you'll find the actual posted contents of Hunter Biden's laptop. Trump considers himself the sole reason Ron DeSantis became Governor.  Trump's support of DeSantis reinvigorated the doomed candidacy of DeSantis. For this reason, Roger says there's no chance Trump would entertain a Trump/DeSantis ticket. Roger wants DeSantis to focus on Florida's malaria epidemic and insurance crisis. On Biden's term of office, Roger thinks it's possible Biden will stay in office long enough to pardon himself and the others in the Biden Crime Family whether he's the Democratic nominee or not.  He believes Biden will enact the War Powers Act in order to avoid the next presidential election entirely, in order to postpone the next election indefinitely.  He says Trump will prevail across the board on all of these charges. He outlines Biden Administration's violation of a treaty we signed with Russia, all because Joe Biden felt the need to step up and protect Ukraine. “Under Trump we saw that Russia would not invade Ukraine.  Putin was scared of Trump.  We are vaulting dangerously toward WW3 under Biden's Administration.  When Trump prays, he prays for America, not himself,” Stone says.Originally Recorded on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 10:30am CSTSeason 2, Episode 17Learn More at: GeneValentino.comImage(s) Courtesy of: Gene Valentino Join the Conversation: https://GeneValentino.com WMXI Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NewsRadio981 More WMXI Interviews: https://genevalentino.com/wmxi-interviews/ More GrassRoots TruthCast Episodes: https://genevalentino.com/grassroots-truthcast-with-gene-valentino/ More About Gene Valentino: https://genevalentino.com/about-gene-valentino/

“Woman, life, freedom”Iran has been under a brutal religious dictatorship since 1979 with the overthrow of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the establishment of the Islamic Republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. There has long been a desire in Iran to return to the days before sharia law. Now, this might be their best chance yet.With the tragic murder of Mahsa Jina Amini. On September 13th, ‘22, Mahsa, a 22 year old Iranian woman, was arrested by the Iranian morality police for the crime of “bad hijab”. Her hair shown in public. For this she was arrested, taken to prison, viciously beaten. She succumbed to her injuries within a few days. Since then, there has been a massive upswell of protesting, rioting and fighting back against the government and its inhumane treatment of the Iranian People. Women refusing to wear their hijabs in public and dancing in the streets in defiance of the brutal regime. Today's guest Kamin Mohammadi helps us understand the context of all of these events and shares with us her lifelong struggles of living in exile, what these protests could mean for the future of Iran and why the worldwide media is not paying attention to such an important movement.Kamin Mohammadi is an author, journalist, broadcaster, editor and public speaker. Born in Iran, she and her family moved to the UK during the 1979 revolution. She has written for the British and international press including The Times, the Financial Times, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Condé Nast Traveller (UK and Italy), Psychologies, Donna Moderna (Italy), Men's Health, The Sunday Times (UK), The Sunday Times of India, The Mail on Sunday, Virginia Quarterly Review and the Guardian as well as co-authoring The Lonely Planet Guide to Iran and numerous other travel guide books. Her journalism has been nominated for an Amnesty Human Rights in Journalism award in the UK, and for a National Magazine Award by the American Society of Magazine Editors in the US.An avid commentator, she has appeared on BBC Radio Four's WOMAN'S HOUR, MIDWEEK, FOUR THOUGHT and THE WORLD TONIGHT, BBC World Service's OUTLOOK and THE WORLD TODAY WEEKEND, Channel Four Radio's THE MORNING REPORT, Monocle Radio's MONOCLE 24 and India's NDTV. She has appeared in the BBC TV documentary Iranian Enough? and written and co-presented the BBC World Service's three-part radio documentary Children of The Revolution. She was a major contributor to the BBC Radio Four series Escape from Tehran. She is now a regular presenter of BBC R4's FOUR THOUGHT. YOu can find more about Kamin and her work on her website kamin.co.uk and on twitter @kaminmohammadi.Like and subscribe to us on Youtube for more fun and exclusive content!https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuM080VqVCe0gAns9V9WK9wSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/00gCjGhq8qrAEkraZnMwGR?go=1&sp_cid=ce203d55369588581151ec13011b84ac&utm_source=embed_player_pGoogle Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/u/1/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucmlrc21pbmQuY29tL2xpc3Rlbj9mb3JtYXQ9cnNz?Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/riks-mind-podcast/id1460215365Show Notes:Kamin Mohammadi | Official Website@kaminmohammadi | TwitterWhy Iran's female-led revolt fills me with hope by Kamin Mohammadi | The Guardian'Woman, life, freedom': The origins of Iran's rallying cry | Le MondeRevolution and me | The GuardianKurdish People | Encyclopedia BritannicaWhat's in a name: Kurdish martyr Jîna Amini and the struggle for culture and history | SalonHistoric Ethnicities of Kurdistan | The Kurdish Project‘They tried to wipe us out': Kurds shelled as Iran seeks scapegoats for unrest | The GuardianIran Executes Wrestler Accused of Murder After He Took Part in 2018 Protests | The New York TimesIran Suddenly Executes Wrestler Navid Afkari, Authorities Fail to Notify Lawyer, Family | Human Rights WatchOil in Iran between the Two World Wars | Iran Chamber SocietyBarred From U.S. Under Trump, Muslims Exult in Biden's Open Door | The New York TimesThe Famine the World Forgot - WW2 Special | YoutubeAll the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror by Stephen Kinzer | AmazonHow The CIA Overthrew Iran's Democracy In 4 Days | NPRKey Events in the 1953 Coup | The New York TimesThe Iran Job (2012) | IMDbIran footballers show solidarity with protests over Mahsa Amini's death | The GuardianFemale athlete represents Iran without hijab at overseas climbing competition | ABC NewsIran prison fire death toll grows as some EU states call for sanctions | ReutersThe Cypress Tree | Amazon

Stephen Sackur speaks to Dr Anthony Fauci, soon to retire as President Biden's chief medical adviser. Under Trump, then Biden, Dr Fauci was at the forefront of America's Covid response, which compares poorly with other rich world nations. What went wrong, and who's to blame?

15. august var en dag hvor flere ting skjedde. Det var ettårsdagen for den katastrofale tilbaketrekningen fra Kabul, som ene og alene var Biden-regimets ansvar. Når Anniken Huitfeldt husket tilbake var det folk som falt ut ned fra fly, som om det var en ulykke, når det i virkeligheten var Biden-regimets skyld. Det offisielle Norge vil ikke ta inn over seg hvilken katastrofe tilbaketrekningen var. Under Trump var ikke en amerikansk soldat drept på 18 måneder. Nå ble 13 drept av en selvmordsbomber. I Arendal la Kjersti Løken Stavrum frem ytringsfrihetskommisjonens rapport. Det var ikke mye å skrive hjem om. Medlemmene var enige om at situasjonen for ytringsfriheten var ganske bra i Norge. Den kan bare bli enda bedre ved at flere minoriteter blir representert. De tilstedeværende syntes helt intetanende om den kulturkrigen som raser i USA og som vi også er del av. Løsningen i Norge synes å være å late som om den ikke eksisterer. Mediene messet sist uke om hvor forferdelig Alex Jones er. Men ordet «kontroversiell» kan være et tegn på at man bør undersøke nærmere. Det er laget en dokumentarfilm om Jones og han har skrevet en bok som Steve Bannon har utropt til årets viktigste. Jones fikk en hel time på warroom. De førte en interessant samtale. Hvorfor påpeke dette og tro det skal gjøre en forskjell? Fordi historien ikke står stille, fordi det gjelder å delta hvis man vil vinne. Hvordan kommer dagens politikk til å se ut om noen år? Er det sikkert at de pene og pyntelige vinner?   Hvis du setter pris på sendingene: Vipps oss på 63 89 41. Alle bidrag hjelper. Lag en konto på Odysee her! – Odysee vil da gi oss poeng som hjelper oss å klatre i algoritmene! Følg oss på Rumble. Følg oss også på PodBean, iTunes og alle steder der podcasts finnes. Husk å rate oss med 5 stjerner, så flere likesinnede sannhetssøkere finner oss der! Kjøp «Et varslet energisjokk» her!

Topics: 1) Russia appears to signal it is willing to negotiate an end to the war while Ukraine say no until territories are restored - Dean provides a historical perspective a. Henry Kissinger says Ukraine must cede some territory to Russia over the next two months to start peace talks to end the war b. Russia is using food as a weapon by seizing grain and bombing grain storage facilities 2) Plans are in the works for Biden to announce Student Loan Forgiveness up to $10,000 - This is sure to get a court challenge *This is a highly controversial gambit likely to backfire 3) Diesel fuel average cost is now $5.61 up 75% from a year ago adding to inflation anxiety *Under Trump, the U.S. was producing 13M barrels a day - Under Biden, that has dropped to 11.5M **The Biden energy policies are proving to be a disaster for the country 4) Inflation is costing the average American an extra $327 per month - Adjustable rate mortgages are going up adding an average of $400 additional monthly payment - Housing inventory of unsold new homes rose significantly in April *Layoffs are on the rise in technology companies as capital to cover losses dries up 5) Biden walks back his China policy statement 6) Why has the national media completely ignored the Hillary Clinton fake Russia leak?

President Joe Biden issued a rule Wednesday reversing a move by former President Donald Trump to exempt washers, dryers and dishwashers from efficiency regulations.The Trump-era rule created separate product categories for dishwashers that took 60 minutes or fewer per cycle and washers and dryers that took less than 45 minutes. Under Trump's "shortcycle" category, these appliances were exempt from efficiency regulations.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/seattlerealestatepodcast)

On this episode of Monday Minutes, Tom discusses the Supreme Court Carbon Case, which challenges whether the EPA can regulate carbon emissions. Under Trump, the EPA's abilities were restricted until Biden lifted that rule. The coal companies are opposing Biden's actions, while the EPA continues to act in service to the environment and U.S. citizens.    

Mot slutten av sin presidenttid fikk Obama og hans nærmeste demaskert hundrevis av kritikere og Trump-tilhengere som hadde snakket med utlendinger. De misbrukte en adgang som var ment for spesielle tilfeller. Opplysningene, om f.eks. påtroppende nasjonal sikkerhetsrådgiver, Michael Flynn, ble lekket til pressen som visste å anrette den til størst mulig skade for Trump-administrasjonen. Det var et skittent spill. Biden var med og har videreutviklet metodene fra Det hvite hus. Maktmisbruk har sin egen indre dynamikk. Hvis man først har begynt er det vanskelig å slutte. Maktmisbruk er snarveier. Et diktatur kan vokse organisk frem, hvis man sørger for at visse forutsetninger er til stede. Det gjorde Obama. Han innsatte folk i toppen som var lojale mot ham og hans prosjekt. Obama var i utgangspunktet antiamerikansk. Han ville forvandle USA. Rasemotsetningene økte under Obama. Han sørget for å helle bensin på bålet under Trump. Under Trump gjorde en gruppe journalister og kongressrepresentanter en stor innsats for å finne ut hva som skjulte seg bak Russia collusion. De punkterte forestillingen om at Trump var i lomma på Putin. Men likevel har liberale medier latt som om det var hold i påstandene og retorikken er trappet voldsomt opp med 6. januar. Alt handler om kampen om narrativet og Obama og hans folk har vist seg helt hensynløse. Videoen er klar så fort den er ferdig prosessert på Rumble. Følg oss der!Følg oss også på PodBean, iTunes, og alle steder podcasts finnes. Husk å rate oss med 5 stjerner, så flere likesinnede sannhetssøkere finner oss der!           

Joe Biden is off to Europe. He will meet with Allies and with Vladimir Putin. Under Trump, that was a formula for headlines and disaster. Under all presidents such trips produce fraught analyses seeking to identify presidential doctrines and historic deliverables. But most of diplomacy is blocking and tackling. And much of it best done out of sight of the public. We discuss the upcoming trip with Atlantic columnist Tom Nichols, AEI's Kori Schake and Georgetown Law's Rosa Brooks and we come to the conclusion that "Biden Returns Home After Uneventful Trip" might be the best outcome of all. We also discuss what might be the tougher upcoming diplomatic trip in the next few days, that of Kamala Harris to Mexico and Central America. Don't miss it. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joe Biden is off to Europe. He will meet with Allies and with Vladimir Putin. Under Trump, that was a formula for headlines and disaster. Under all presidents such trips produce fraught analyses seeking to identify presidential doctrines and historic deliverables. But most of diplomacy is blocking and tackling. And much of it best done out of sight of the public. We discuss the upcoming trip with Atlantic columnist Tom Nichols, AEI's Kori Schake and Georgetown Law's Rosa Brooks and we come to the conclusion that "Biden Returns Home After Uneventful Trip" might be the best outcome of all. We also discuss what might be the tougher upcoming diplomatic trip in the next few days, that of Kamala Harris to Mexico and Central America. Don't miss it. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ever since Biden was installed in the White House it's been one dumpster fire after another. The biggest two dumpster fires have been the crises at the border and the Palestinian attack on Israel. In this episode, I am going to focus on the crisis at the border. The left constantly attacked Trump's handling of curbing illegal immigration. Every deceptive attack was used including releasing pictures of kids in cages taken during the Obama Administration and attributing them to Trump's policies. While Trump was in office illegal immigration had dropped to its lowest numbers in decades and those who did cross the border illegally were treated humanely. Under Trump, minors brought across the border illegally were housed in facilities where they were giving rooms for privacy and beds to sleep on. They had TV and video games for entertainment, spent time outside for exercise, and regular phone calls with their parents or guardians. Since Biden was installed and eliminated Trump's policies going back to the days of catch and release, illegal border crossings have surged. Illegal Immigrants are again back in cages in conditions worse than under Obama. Leaked videos even show illegal immigrants sleeping under bridges in fenced-in areas. Where is the media on this, nowhere to be found. They attacked Trump endlessly with fake allegations and are in complete coverup mode with regards to what Biden is doing. Why? Because despite how Biden is treating them for the first few weeks of illegally being in the US, they are NOT being sent back to their homes. Instead, Biden is resettling them in the US, illegally giving them work authorization VISAs, and taxpayer funds to live on while they seek out work. They are being resettled in Republican-controlled states in the middle of the night on secret flights. I assume the goal is to either destabilize Republican-controlled states as they prove repeatedly that conservatism works and liberalism doesn't. A more sinister thought is that they plan to flood Republican states with illegal immigrants so when they pass amnesty with voting rights, they can flip red states blue. As the Democrats go about their open borders policy they push lies and myths. Calling them Asylum seekers, claiming a labor shortage, or just shouting "you're a racist" if you think open borders is bad policy. I also cover more developing information about the Biden crime family. How when Joe Biden was Obama's VP, companies like Burisma would hire Hunter Biden and pay large salaries even though Hunter Biden had no experience or expertise. With the example of Burisma, that paid off as the money funneled through Hunter Biden was able to buy influence with Joe Biden to quash criminal investigations into the company or buy favorable policies from the White House. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thejacobjohnstonshow/message

Fellow wrongthinker Gary Welch drops by to discuss current events: 1. Mitch McConnel says the GOP can get behind a $600B Infrastructure Plan to counter Biden's $2.3T Plan    Some notes: Under Trump, tax cuts for corporations were slashed from 35% to 21%. Revenues were not as projected, so the deficit went up. $668B in 2017, $1T in 2019, and $3.3T in 2020 (due to "COVID"), and projected to be another $3.3T this year. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said last week that investments in education “brings more money than anything back to the Treasury.” 2. Have Russian attacks on the U.S. moved up to physical attacks on US personnel? Trump appointee and former acting Defense Secretary, Christopher Miller, is asking the CIA and the Biden Administration to investigate US personnel that have complained of symptoms that are the same as those from people that have been hit with particle or microwave weapons. Most of these have been in Havana and started in 2016. Now there is an increase  3. North Carolina proposes "Political Balance in Schools" Bill. It requires schools to provide equal time and material on any issue or subject that has a political bias. Sponsors:  Monticello College Pure Light HSL Ammo Subscribe to the podcast  Support this program by becoming a Patron  

Fellow wrongthinker Gary Welch drops by to discuss current events: 1. Mitch McConnel says the GOP can get behind a $600B Infrastructure Plan to counter Biden's $2.3T Plan Some notes: Under Trump, tax cuts for corporations were slashed from 35% to 21%. Revenues were not as projected, so the deficit went up. $668B in 2017, $1T in 2019, and $3.3T in 2020 (due to "COVID"), and projected to be another $3.3T this year. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said last week that investments in education “brings more money than anything back to the Treasury.” 2. Have Russian attacks on the U.S. moved up to physical attacks on US personnel? Trump appointee and former acting Defense Secretary, Christopher Miller, is asking the CIA and the Biden Administration to investigate US personnel that have complained of symptoms that are the same as those from people that have been hit with particle or microwave weapons. Most of these have been in Havana and started in 2016. Now there is an increase 3. North Carolina proposes "Political Balance in Schools" Bill. It requires schools to provide equal time and material on any issue or subject that has a political bias. www.thebryanhydeshow.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support

Welcome to Majority.FM's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: For the first time last night, and just short of his hundredth day in office, President Joe Biden addressed a joint session of Congress. He said America is on the move again, and back to stay – got it, Jack? Meanwhile, three new studies reveal the plague of environmental racism. Lung-damaging air pollution harms Black Americans at rates more than twenty percent above the average. And lastly, the feds raided the home and office of Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. The warrant was apparently held up until Merrick Garland became Attorney General. THESE ARE THE STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW: It’s a wonk’s delight. The Biden administration yesterday detailed a $1.8 trillion policy plan to expand access to education, reduce the cost of child care and support women in the work force, according to the New York Times. The American Families Plan, as the White House calls it, includes $1 trillion in new spending and $800 billion in tax credits, much of which is aimed at expanding access to education and child care. The package includes financing for universal prekindergarten, a federal paid leave program, efforts to make child care more affordable, free community college for all, aid for students at colleges that historically serve nonwhite communities, expanded subsidies under the Affordable Care Act and an extension of new federal efforts to fight poverty. It’s to be financed by additional taxes on high earners. Biden presented the details to a joint session of Congress last night. Biden spoke to a House chamber that was sparsely populated but fully masked. He listed some accomplishments from his first hundred days, including progress against the pandemic and campaigns against hunger, opioid addiction, and child poverty. He laid out what his plans could yet accomplish, such as creating jobs to replace hazardous lead pipes and providing child and elder care for hundreds of thousands of families. And he pushed back against skepticism that democracies can’t compete against autocracies in the twenty first century, by showing what government can do to meet people’s needs. He praised labor unions and criticized greedy CEOs. Biden said, "trickle down economics has never worked, and it’s time to grow the economy from the bottom and the middle out." Air Pollution Disproportionately Harms POC Racism is in the air we breathe. Nearly every source of the nation’s most pervasive and deadly air pollutant disproportionately affects Americans of color, regardless of their location or income level, the Washington Post reports. The news comes from a study published yesterday in the journal Science Advances, authored by researchers from five universities. The analysis of fine-particle matter, which includes soot, shows how decisions made decades ago about where to build highways and industrial plants continue to harm the health of Black, Latino and Asian Americans today. The particles studied have diameters of no more than two point five micrometers – one-thirtieth the width of a human hair – and can become embedded in the lungs. Known as Particulate Matter Two Point Five, they account for up to two hundred thousand premature US deaths each year. The Post says the new paper, coupled with two other analyses also released yesterday, bolsters the argument that environmental advocates have made for years that Black, Latino, Asian and Native Americans bear a heavier burden. And this growing body of research is showing the full scope of the problem. Joshua Apte, one of the authors, said, "The deck is stacked against people of color, for almost every emission source." The study found that Black people are exposed to twenty one percent more fine-particle pollution compared to average Americans, the Post reports. Exposure was eighteen percent greater for Asian Americans and eleven percent more for Hispanics. White Americans, by contrast, have eight percent less pollution exposure than the average. This is yet another urgent reason the country needs a Green New Deal. Feds Search Giuliani's Home, Office This isn’t how you want to wake up on a weekday. The New York Times reports that federal investigators in Manhattan executed search warrants early yesterday at the home and office of Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who became Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, stepping up a criminal investigation into Giuliani’s dealings in Ukraine. The investigators seized Giuliani’s electronic devices and searched his Madison Avenue apartment and his Park Avenue office at about 6 am.Giuliani’s lawyer, Robert Costello, called the searches unnecessary, according to the Times. Costello said, "What they did today was legal thuggery." FBI agents on yesterday morning also executed a search warrant at the Washington-area home of Victoria Toensing, a lawyer close to Giuliani who had dealings with several Ukrainians involved in seeking negative information on the Bidens. Toensing, a former federal prosecutor and senior Justice Department official, has also represented Dmitry Firtash, a Ukrainian oligarch under indictment in the United States whose help Giuliani sought. The federal authorities have focused on whether Giuliani illegally lobbied the Trump administration in 2019 on behalf of Ukrainian officials and oligarchs, who were helping Giuliani search for damaging information on Trump’s political rivals, including Joe Biden. The Times reports that the US attorney’s office in Manhattan and the FBI had sought for months to secure search warrants for Giuliani’s phones and electronic devices. Under Trump, political appointees in the Justice Department repeatedly sought to block such a warrant. After Merrick Garland was confirmed as Biden’s attorney general, the Justice Department lifted its objection to the search. Funny how that works. AND NOW FOR SOME QUICKER QUICKIES: The city of Alameda, California yesterday identified three police officers who were placed on administrative leave in connection to the death of twenty six-year-old Mario Gonzalez, the San-Jose Mercury News reports. The officers are James Fisher, Cameron Leahy and Eric McKinley. Body camera footage shows officers pinned Gonzalez on the ground for about five minutes, attempting to arrest him. Gonzalez’s family says the footage shows the officers murdered him. After George Floyd, who can deny their outrage? The Guardian reports crematoriums in Delhi have become so overloaded by Covid-19 deaths that they are being forced to build makeshift funeral pyres on spare patches of land. And the BBC reports that police in India are prosecuting a man who used Twitter to try to find oxygen for his dying grandfather. Officers in Uttar Pradesh state charged Shashank Yadav with spreading a rumour over oxygen shortages. That’s one way to deal with the problem. Connecticut will no longer allow a religious exemption from childhood immunization requirements for schools, colleges and day care facilities, the Associated Press reports. It becomes the sixth state to end that policy, after California, New York, West Virginia, Mississippi and Maine. More than two thousand opponents rallied outside the state Capitol building, arguing the legislation infringes on their religious liberties and parental rights. Ah yes, the god-given right to let your children contract preventable illnesses, and infect others... Workers trying to block the sale of a Renault car parts factory held seven managers against their will for twelve hours in the latest boss-napping to hit French industry, the Guardian reports. A union rep said the union had decided to release the managers because, " they still didn’t want to have a dialogue." Well, at least they tried. APRIL 29, 2021 - AM QUICKIE HOSTS - Sam Seder & Lucie Steiner WRITER - Corey Pein PRODUCER - Dorsey Shaw EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Brendan Finn

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Imagine the Joe Biden of that press conference faced with a real international crisis.Breaking down Biden's first press conference.The event occurred on the 65th day of Biden's presidency.Critics of the Biden administration have called on officials to make Biden available to the press on a regular basis. White House press secretary Jen Psaki holds daily briefings.It took 65 days, but we finally got a press conference from President Joe Biden... And it really made you appreciate the phrase "be careful what you wish for."https://www.spreaker.com/user/9922149/breaking-down-bidens-first-pressThe obvious observation right off the bat was that Biden is in obvious cognitive decline. Aside from his usual inability to string together a sentence without losing his train of thought, here are some other observations stuck out:Biden gets through first news conference -- with help from 'cheat sheets'Sean Hannity was quoted as saying this about it:"Our enemies are watching. This is embarrassing," the host said on "Hannity." "Have you ever seen an American president rely on a book of cheat sheets before? To answer a simple question at a press conference? It is pathetic. It’s embarrassing. And let's be clear here, the compliant media mob wasn't exactly throwing Joe any tough curveballs. They were incredibly polite and kind."Though Biden was fully dependent on cue cards for many of his answers, often reading directly off them. Doesn't that defeat the purpose of a press conference?President Biden referenced "cheat sheets" detailing key policy points and the identities of attending journalists when he conducted the first formal news conference of his presidency.Photos showed Biden holding a card labeled "infrastructure," with key statistics and talking points. One bullet point noted that "China spends 3 times more on infrastructure than the U.S."In another photo, Biden was seen consulting a sheet that appeared to show the photos and news outlets of journalists who attended the news conference. Some of the photos had a circled number next to the reporters' faces.He had a print-out of report's names with their photos, and a pre-determined order in which he would call on them. Biden took questions from just 10 reportersHe took ZERO questions from conservative outlets, probably good for Biden since Fox News' Peter Doocy had a 'binder full of questions' for Biden if called on a news conference.Just 25 reporters were permitted to attend. Biden took a limited number of questions from a list of pre-selected reporters before leaving the podium. He answered questions related to the ongoing crisis at the southern border, his view on calls to end the filibuster, and other topics. Among other remarks, the president said he intends to run for reelection in 2024. The Reporters fail to ask Biden about COVID, reopening schools, Boulder shooting, Russia at the first news conferenceBut what concerned me most was the cocktail of lies and bad policy that came out of Biden's mouth:1. The Border Crisis: Biden lied through his teeth about the border crisis; downplaying it while also blaming former President Trump. Biden claimed that "the vast majority" of families who come to the border are turned away. In reality, that number is just 13%.Biden claimed Trump turned children away at the border and "let them starve to death." That's also a lie. Under Trump children who were turned away were flown back to their country of origin.2. China: Biden painted a rosy picture of his relationship with Chinese President Xi, saying he spent "more time with Xi Jinping than any world leader." [through decades in the Senate + 8 years as V.P.] Biden claimed he told Xi in January that "we’ll insist that China play by the international rules, fair competition, fair practices, fair trade."The problem is: Biden is the one who created the situation that allowed China to violate international rules, fair competition, and so on. Every consequential policy decision that led to China’s rise was underwritten by Joe Biden in the Senate and then as vice president.3. The Filibuster: Biden took the mask off on repealing the filibuster in the Senate. Right now, the only thing stopping Democrats from doing what they want legislatively is the fact that they need 60 votes in the Senate because of the filibuster rule.Biden said, "With regard to the filibuster, I believe we should go back to a position of the filibuster that existed just when I came to the United States Senate 120 years ago."First, laughed at him saying 120 years agoSecond, he is openly saying he wants to change the rule4. Green New Deal: Biden talked a lot about wanting to spend a couple of trillion dollars on an infrastructure deal. But while he was using the word "infrastructure" he really meant "Green New Deal".The big tell was when he was talking about the jobs that would be created by an infrastructure deal. “We can’t build back to what they used to be... Global warming has already done significant damage.”I predict that a big chunk of his infrastructure spending is going to go to spending items that were in AOC's Green New Deal.I know he’s a feeble man who’s fun to make fun of, but we better start taking this guy seriously. Because while we’re laughing at him, he and the Democrats are plotting to change this country forever.President Joe Biden’s first press conference was memorable mostly for what didn’t happen: no questions about the pandemic and no gaffes.“His aides and allies are relieved that he got through this one hour without any huge slip-ups,”Of the 10 reporters called on by President JOE BIDEN during his first presidential press conference, five of them asked about immigration in one way or another. And three of them asked about the filibusterNumber of questions on 2024: 2“There were more political questions than I would have imagined,”Neither President BARACK OBAMA nor President DONALD TRUMP was asked about their reelection plans during their first press conferences, even though Trump had filed the paperwork to run weeks earlier.Number of questions about the Covid-19 pandemic: 0Baer said he found the lack of questions about a pandemic that has killed at least 545,000 Americans unusual. So too did other former White House communications directors.Length of Biden’s press conference: 62 minutesThat’s slightly longer than Obama’s first press conference, which lasted just under an hour, but shorter than Trump’s first solo press conference, which went on for an hour and 17 minutes.Number of Fox News reporters Biden called on 0Fox was the only major network Biden didn’t call on. 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Ted Cruz Leads VICE Style "Hunt" For Smugglers And Illegal Immigrants, Democrats Call It A STUNT. Beto O'Rourke mocked Ted Cruz oddly and Kamala Harris previously laughed at the crisis.While it may be silly for Republicans to film this vice style report from the border at least they are taking the crisis seriously. Among Democrats there seems to be nothing but disdain and mockery for those who question Biden administration policies.Under Trump the crisis was worse than we had seen in a long time but predictions say Biden's policies could lead to the worst surge in 20 years.Support the show (http://timcast.com/donate)

Good morning, RVA! It’s 53 °F and foggy. Later today, though, you should enjoy the warm, cloudy, dryish weather by taking a quick walk around your neighborhood. Again, if we can dodge some of the rain, this weekend has a high excellent weather potential!Water coolerAs of this morning, the Virginia Department of Health reports 1,470 new positive cases of the coronavirus in the Commonwealthand 6 new deaths as a result of the virus. VDH reports 155 new cases in and around Richmond (Chesterfield: 51, Henrico: 71, and Richmond: 33). Since this pandemic began, 1,193 people have died in the Richmond region. New reported cases across the state continue to tick upwards, mirroring similar trends across the country. This national graph of daily reported cases looks a heckuva lot like the same graph we’ve got in Virginia, which, bleh. Weathering a springtime peak so soon after coming off that horrible winter mountaintop feels…undoable.I haven’t been following it super closely, but sounds like AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine will head our way at some point in the nearish future. This would be the fourth vaccine in our vaccination toolbox, and, despite safety concerns in Europe and a recent confusion over accurate efficacy numbers, the AZ vaccine prevents 100% of severe disease due to COVID-19. Not the best rollout, for sure, but, hey, I’m all for getting an additional supply of vaccine in Virginia. Sounds like the FDA will consider Emergency Use Authorization for AstraZeneca in the coming months. Also, here’s a really nice explainer on how this particular vaccine works from the New York Times.OK, big casino news today. In a release sent out last night, the Mayor’s office announced that they’ve narrowed the field of resort casino proposals to three: Bally’s Richmond Casino, Live! Casino & Hotel Richmond, and One Casino + Resort. For those of you who, like me, can’t track these generic casino-y names, that’s: The one behind the Target at Forest Hill and Chippenham, the one in the Movieland parking lot, and the one out by the port. The three proposals cut “did not advance due to factors such as lack of site control, concerns about the feasibility of financial projections, lack of organizational experience and/or deficiency of the proposal.” The City has put videos for each proposal up on their YouTube channel if that’s your thing: Bally’s, Live!, and One. Come for the sales pitch, stay for the royalty-free muzak. VPM’s Roberto Roldan has two quick reactions that are both worth reading. The first from the Pamunkey Tribe whose proposal didn’t make the final listand the second from Councilmember Jordan. As for the former, the Pamunkey Tribe brings up good points about the timing of cutting proposals before public engagement has wrapped up, “The timing of the decision, which comes before the public comment period has even concluded, seriously undermines confidence in the selection process and suggests a pre-determined outcome has been reached. The timing of this decision also suggests that public and community input will not be seriously considered in this process.” As for the latter, I whole heartedly agree with the Councilmember that the Movieland parking lot is the most terrifying of the three options. Here’s Jordan, “I am a hard ‘no’ on any gaming at the Bow Tie Cinemas site. My constituents don’t want it, the thriving greater Scott’s Addition doesn’t need it, and gaming and college sports just don’t mix. I welcome the developers to look at other non-gaming investments in our city.”The City’s Education and Human Services committee will have a special meeting today at 3:00 PM—something you don’t see a ton from City Council committees. Committee Chair Stephanie Lynch has brought a bunch of guests speakers together to “review different models of Homeless Services throughout the state.” If you’re interested, you can tune in here and check out the full (but short) agenda here. I think this is a clever and good use of a committee chairship, and I’d love to see more of it!Rezoning news! Despite the headline and the one developer who’s bummed they can’t build sprawly, car-centric stuff like drive-in restaurants by-right, it seems like a lot of folks are stoked on the potential Greater Scott’s Addition rezoning. Jonathan Spiers from Richmond BizSense has the details. Unlike that specific developer, I do think it’s important to get this rezoning done as quickly and as completely as possible. Build a one-story, drive-in fast food restaurant now, and it (and it’s parking lot) sits there for decades.Yesterday, the Governor officially signed legislation banning capital punishment in Virginia (SB 1165 and HB 2263). The aforelinked press release from the Governor’s office has a good picture of the Virginia State Penitentiary which used to sit right on Belvidere Street across from Oregon Hill. Executions took place on site for over 200 years.The Richmond and Henrico Health Districts will host a community COVID-19 testing event today at Diversity Richmond (1407 Sherwood Avenue), from 10:00 AM–12:00 PM. Remember, if you can’t make today’s event, you can always check out this big, long list of testing providers.This morning’s longreadThe Secret Life of the White HouseOooo an inside look at the White House staff. Fascinating!The residence staff will tell you that they avoid discussing politics at work, yet in recent years that pact has frayed, as it has elsewhere in America. Tensions surface more than in the past, prompted at times by knowledge of their colleagues’ Facebook posts. “Most people know more or less where people stand,” the residence worker told me. About half of the lifers are people of color, which raises questions about how they tolerated working for Trump. “We have to be impressed with the idea that a bunch of Black and brown people can survive this daily onslaught,” Jason told me. “It speaks to their diligence and loyalty to the house itself—they are not really there for the person.” But they were not impervious to the tone of the Administration. Under Trump, Jason said, Black and brown lifers noted that white people on staff were “saying some real shit . . . meaning they’re comfortable to say what they want to say.”If you’d like your longread to show up here, go chip in a couple bucks on the ol’ Patreon.Picture of the DaySprouting for spring.

Any professional athlete -- man or woman -- must understand there is a direct connection from revenues from a viewing audience and their personal paycheck. Apparently, Women’s Soccer has a problem with that reality. Louis Avallone and Stephen Parr discuss the subject in some detail.During the Obama Administration, women were badly hurt economically as compared to men. Under Trump, that turned around, and women’s unemployment was at an impressive low….until all the Governors started shutting down businesses, putting women (especially single women) out of work. The Biden Administration now wants to ignore productional differences. This is just one more Democrat effort to destroy Capitalism and to turn America socialist-communist.Kamala Harris’ niece was so excited over the prospect that a white man might have been the shooter in the Boulder, CO shooting that she sent out a Tweet assuming that to be true. Only it was a Muslim Syrian immigrant instead. Our @American Mamas, Teri Netterville and Denise Arthur, point out that the Press is ignoring this behavior by the Vice President’s relative. Now, the liberals are being sympathetic because he turned out to be Muslin. Even though this shooter was on a watch list, but the FBI approved his purchasing a gun anyway. Stephen Parr and Louis Avallone take a look at the factors which could have contributed to the US murder rate being up this year.Louis Avallone and Stephen Parr begin this segment discussing why a witness in a US Senate Hearing regarding a potential National voting law claimed that removing dead people from the voter rolls is voter suppression. Dead People! They then reports that the American Bald Eagles have increased about 4 times their number in 2009. But the greatest threat today to the American Bald Eagles just happens to be those “green energy” windmills!

What You Need to Know is there's a big problem at the border! The Biden Administration's border policy is no adults allowed, only unaccompanied minors. Remember, the Mexican cartel controls the border on the Mexican side. These policy incentives and subsidizes the Mexican cartels to get access to underage kids and our American tax dollars are helping fund this. The media isn't covering this! Under Trump, journalists were allowed to see all the aspects of the border, they didn't keep the media away from there. Now under the Biden Administration, it's been made a no media allowed zone. What should we do? Finish building the wall! Todd Bensman of Center for Immigration Studies, & author, discusses PERSPECTIVE: ‘Extra-Continental' Migrants Throughout Americas on Their Way Toward Southern Border. Todd gives us some possible solutions on how to get things under control at the border! Dr. Ted Malloch, author and CEO of Global Fiduciary Governance LLC, shares his recent article Once Upon A COVID Time—An Alternative Ending. Read more of his work at TedMalloch.com. Wrap Up: The power of the media! Last week a 21-year-old man killed 8 people in Atlanta, Georgia. This has been labeled as a hate crime by the fake news media even though the man has stated that he has a sex addiction. Now the church that this man attended has stated they no longer acknowledge him as a church member. Yes, what this guy did was horrific, but, should it cause a church to denounce a member? This is the Power of the media. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leave it to the insufferably conservative Washington Examiner to craft an article that decries a $15 minimum wage but omits telling you that the current minimum wage is only $7.25 and has been sitting there unchanged since 2009. Isn't it relevant that $7.25 is so low it's embarassing and that nobody can survive on that wage? Brad Polumbo takes what Biden is doing with the minimum wage increase and says that he wants to bring a Nordic style economy to the USA but did you realize this fact about that argument?.. Under Trump, we've had an economy where corporations don't pay their fair share, where the 1%'ers don't pay their fair share of taxes (as a percentage of income) and in this, we have been enabling an economy that disadvantages the middle class and poor.. and it's time for this to change and $15/hr minimum wage is a great place to start. #minimumwage #RustedCulture

A new audio commentary on a recent news item from The World View in 5 Minutes is now available on SermonAudio: Title: Under Trump, 13 murderers on death row put to death Subtitle: The World View in Five Minutes Speaker: Adam McManus Broadcaster: The World View in 5 Minutes Event: Current Events Date: 1/19/2021 Length: 6 min.

Under Trump, the Proud Boys, Boogaloo Boys, American Militia Movement, and Q-Anon believers have found unity. But do they really pose a threat? I feel like the far-right extremists are just bored kids and rednecks that need to find some purpose in their life.

Turkey is set to be one of the thorniest issues facing US president-elect Joseph Biden. Biden has pledged to restore international alliances and traditional ties with America's friends in Europe. But Nato member Turkey's deepening relations with Moscow are casting doubt over its loyalties to Washington. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan belatedly sent Joe Biden a brief note on his success, while sending a warm message to Donald Trump thanking the out-going US leader. Under Trump, Erdogan had a free hand to confront fellow Nato members and, at the same time, cozy up to Moscow, while the US president blocked Congress calls for sanctions against Turkey. But a Biden victory is seen as ending the party for Ankara. "The message will be to Turkey, do behave like an ally," warns international relations expert Soli Ozel of Istanbul's Kadir Has University. "A lot will depend on Turkey, how Ankara actually decides to move," adds Ozel. "A Biden presidency gives you the opportunity to actually change tracks, not necessarily giving up on your interests but changing your style. But if Turkey insists on defying everyone, I don't think we can get anywhere, and the key to that is the S-400." From Russia with love The S-400 is an advanced missile system that Turkey has bought from Russia in the face of warnings from Washington, which claim it compromises Nato defense systems. In defiance of Washington, Ankara last month test-fired the system, despite the US Congress warning such a move would trigger sanctions. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu further ratcheted up tensions, belligerently listing what Ankara expected from Biden, including dropping objections to the S-400. Cavusoglu also underlined that Turkey's strategic alignment with the United States should not be taken for granted. In the first months after assuming office Biden is likely to face calls for sanctions against Turkey, for violating US Iranian sanctions, as well as Ankara's purchase of Russia's S-400 missiles. Delicate balance between friendship and feuding But a hardline stance by Biden toward Turkey could prove counterproductive. "These hostile actions against Turkey will eventually align Turkey with the Eurasian and Asian powers like Russia and China," warns retired Turkish admiral Cem Gurdeniz. "This is going to be inevitable because they are threatening the very existence of Turkey." The legacy of the 2016 failed coup by disaffected Turkish military officers could complicate Biden's relationship with Turkey. In Ankara, suspicions linger that the Barrack Obama administration, in which Biden served, was involved in the botched military takeover, a charge strenuously denied by Washington at the time. But Biden has experience working with Erdogan, "Biden himself emerged as an Erdogan whisperer," says Asli Aydintasbas, a senior fellow of the European Council on Foreign Relations. "It was Biden who was dispatched to Turkey after the failed coup attempt in 2016 to repair the relationship...So the one-on-one relationship between the two may not be so bad." Negotiating tactic or political option? Ankara's uncompromising stance towards Washington could be a negotiating tactic, suggests Aydintasbas.  She says Erdogan is aware that Biden's presidency's likely key goal is to confront Moscow and that Ankara can play a critical role, for a price. "No doubt, there is a lot of anger (in Washington) directed at Turkey, at president Erdogan himself. But there is also the larger geopolitical issues of very uncertain rivalry going on. There will also be a tendency to see if the US can peel Turkey back from its reliance on Russia, from the larger geopolitical rivalry with Russia. And I think Erdogan knows how to play this game; he knows how to play the US against Russia and vice versa, and that will be an interesting dance to watch," says Aydintasbas.

Dan Kovalik, lawyer, professor and author of “No More War: How the West Violates International Law by Using ‘Humanitarian Intervention’ to Advance Economic and Strategic Interests"; and Ted Rall, award-winning political cartoonist and columnist, join us to discuss what’s happening at the Defense Department. Trump recently fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper; Esper’s chief of staff resigned and was followed by top Pentagon policy official James Anderson and top intelligence official Joseph Kernan. Sliding over as acting defense secretary is Christopher Miller, who had been director of the National Counterterrorism Center. And replacing Anderson is someone who has raised a lot of hackles - Gen. Anthony Tata, who was forced out of consideration for that job originally because of a bunch of pretty vicious, Islamophobic statements. What could do these changes mean for the potential Biden administration?Guy McPherson, scientist, professor emeritus of natural resources and ecology at the University of Arizona, joins us to discuss energy and the environment and what it would mean for the US to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement. Biden can have the US rejoin the accord and has promised to do so as he takes office. What does the deal bind us to? Under Trump, how far have we shifted from the emissions limits and funding promises to which we were supposed to adhere, and what is it going to take to pull us back in line?David Schultz, Distinguished University Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies at Hamline University and author of "Presidential Swing States: Why Only Ten Matter," joins us to discuss Trump’s ongoing legal efforts to change what appears to be a victory for Biden in the presidential election, and also get into what’s happening in our education systems as COVID-19 tears unhindered through the US.Chris Garaffa, web developer and technologist, joins us to examine the trend of tech executives being invited to weigh in on what seems like every single aspect of our government! There are a few employees from Amazon joining Biden's transition agency review teams, as well as a LinkedIn representative. There's someone who previously worked for Google and the Obama administration who is back to oversee the National Security Council review team. There are also staff from Airbnb, Uber, Lyft and Stripe. What should we make of all these tech employees being involved with the State Department and aspects of national security?

Welcome to Majority.FM's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: It’s a victory for teachers unions in New Jersey as the state reconsiders its requirement for in-person classes. Can their campaign be replicated elsewhere students, teachers, and families remain at risk due to COVID-19? Meanwhile, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris make their first appearance together in Delaware. Reviews are encouraging, but mixed. And lastly, a big win for the birds! A federal judge overturned a Trump administration rule change that let oil companies off the hook for killing wildlife en masse. THESE ARE THE STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW: Teachers unions at a single district in New Jersey forced a statewide policy reversal from the governor over safety concerns in schools. Some four hundred out of a total two thousand teachers at the Elizabeth school district opted out of teaching in-person classes, citing health fears on account of the coronavirus pandemic. Governor Phil Murphy had originally mandated that all New Jersey schools offer in-person learning. But after the strong showing by teachers in Elizabeth, Murphy changed his tune. On Monday, the district voted to begin the school year with all-online learning for twenty-eight thousand students, blaming COVID-19 and the subsequent teacher shortage. Then, late on Tuesday, in a joint statement with principals and administrators, the teachers union called for online learning statewide. The statement called for swift and decisive action from the governor. The union said that while remote education cannot replace in-person instruction, QUOTE we believe that a carefully planned, well-resourced remote education plan is better than the dangerous, uncertain in- person alternative currently available to us ENDQUOTE. Yesterday, Murphy, an ally of the teachers union, finally dropped the in-person learning requiorement. The union wasn’t alone in its campaign. The mayor of Newark, a former high school principal, had advised parents to keep their kids home from school on account of the risk. And while opinions remain divided among parents, students, and teachers, one parent told CBS News why she thought holding classes online for now was the right choice. She said, QUOTE do we really want to risk our children going back to school, getting sick and getting all the other kids sick, and then we are all back lock down all over again? ENDQUOTE. Well, when you put it like that, no, I guess we don’t really want that. Biden, Harris appear together Joe Biden and Kamala Harris made their first joint appearance as a presidential ticket yesterday in Wilmington, Delaware. Calling Harris an honorary Biden, the former vice president said QUOTE we both believe we can define America in one word: possibilities. Possibilities. Let me say it again: possibilities ENDQUOTE. Harris attacked Donald Trump’s leadership failures and said it’s all on the line for America in this election. She said, QUOTE the case against Donald Trump and Mike Pence is open and shut... Electing Joe Biden is just the start of the work that’s ahead of us ENDQUOTE. After their speeches, CNN reported, the two Democratic candidates held an online fundraiser for small-dollar donors. According to the Wall Street Journal, Wall Street breathed a sigh of relief when Biden chose Harris to be his number two. In Harris’s home state of California, reaction was a mixture of excitement and doubts, given the familiarity voters have there with Harris’s record as a US Senator as well as a prosecutor. Melina Abdullah, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, told the LA Times that she would’ve preferred a more progressive candidate as Biden’s vice presidential pick. However, she said, BLM leaders did have several positive interactions with Harris shortly after the group was founded. Separately, the New York Times reported that Donald Trump’s son-in-law and key adviser Jared Kushner met with the rapper Kanye West last weekend. West is running his own Quixotic campaign for president and will appear on the ballot in at least a few states. According to the Times, West did not deny that he was running as a spoiler. Judge restores conservation rule A federal judge in New York overturned rule changes by the Trump administration that allowed corporations and individuals to kill vast numbers of birds. Trump changed the environmental rule in order to benefit oil companies, which had paid most of the fines under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. The law covered a wide range of birds including eagles, red knots, Canada geese and vultures, according to the Washington Post. Trump changed the way it was interpreted two years ago, and required US Fish and Wildlife Service police to enforce the act only if they could prove violators intended to harm birds. In other words, if companies killed birds accidentally as part of their operations, they got a pass. That suited companies like BP just fine. The 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill killed an estimated one million birds. Under Trump’s interpretation of the law, they wouldn’t have been liable for that particular crime against nature. But US District Judge Valerie Caproni restored the plain meaning of the law in her ruling yesterday. Eight state attorneys general had joined the National Audubon Society and other conservation groups in challenging the Trump rule. Judge Caproni wrote QUOTE it is not only a sin to kill a mockingbird, it is also a crime. That has been the letter of the law for the past century. But if the Department of the Interior ha[d] its way, many mockingbirds and other migratory birds that delight people and support ecosystems throughout the country w[ould] be killed without legal consequence ENDQUOTE. In a joint statement, more than a thousand species of birds tweeted their thanks. AND NOW FOR SOME QUICKER QUICKIES: Bloomberg News reported that Trump has said privately he plans to replace Defense Secretary Mark Esper, a former Raytheon lobbyist, after the November election. For his part, Esper claims he plans to leave the administration regardless of the election’s outcome. Trump was reportedly mad that Esper didn’t get on board with deploying active-duty military to put down Black Lives Matter protests around the country. So there’s at least one functioning brain cell between them. More than six thousand people have reportedly been arrested in Belarus after three nights of protests against alleged vote-rigging in Sunday’s presidential election. The main opposition candidate fled to Lithuania following threats to her children. The election commission declared a landslide victory for incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko. In Minsk yesterday, hundreds of women formed a human chain to protest against police brutality and mass arrests, the Guardian reported. The women wore white and held flowers. The Colorado attorney general has opened a so-called pattern and practice investigation into the Aurora Police Department. The investigation centers on the death of Elijah McClain, a young Black man who died in Aurora police custody last year. The AG’s announcement came the same day that McClain’s family filed a federal lawsuit against the department. Police Chief Vanessa Wilson pledged QUOTE full cooperation ENDQUOTE, but the Aurora Police Association has declined comment. The chief executive of Uber says the company will shut down service in California if a judge does not overturn an unfavorable ruling. On Monday, a judge granted an injunction against the company that forbids it from classifying its drivers as independent contractors when they are in fact employees. But yesterday Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told MSNBC that the company would rather shut down temporarily than comply with the law. Sounds like a personal problem! Aug 13 2020 - AM Quickie HOSTS - Sam Seder & Lucie Steiner WRITER - Corey Pein PRODUCER - Dorsey Shaw EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Brendan Finn

On this episode of On the Issues with Michele Goodwin, we review the 2019-2020 Supreme Court term. Since 1790, of the 113 individuals who have served on the Supreme Court, only four have been women. Similarly, in over 230 years, only three justices have been persons of color—two of whom presently serve on the Court. Under Trump, the vast majority of judges confirmed to the nation’s federal courts are white men. Thus, in over two hundred years, very little has changed in terms of the Court’s composition. Where do women fit in? How can the Court evolve in recognizing the rights of women and marginalized groups when it doesn't reflect the actual makeup of the U.S.?On this episode, we review the 2019-2020 Supreme Court term—which has been a roller coaster, leaving many to wonder about the Court’s commitment to equality, inclusion and nondiscrimination—despite decisions that appeared to be wins for vulnerable communities. For example, despite a win in June Medical on abortion rights, the Trump administration has gutted reproductive health policies put in place during the Nixon administration—such as Title X, which provides reproductive healthcare for the poorest Americans. As well, many concerned about racial equality view the Court as slipping in its regard for equal opportunity and the protection of due process for people of color. Joining Dr. Michele Goodwin as we try to understand these issues are: Brigitte Amiri, deputy director at the ACLU's Reproductive Freedom Project. Erwin Chemerinsky, dean and Jesse H. Choper distinguished professor of law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law Leah Litman, assistant professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School and co-host of the "Strict Scrutiny" podcast. Franita Tolson, vice dean for faculty and academic affairs, and professor of law at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. Support the show (http://msmagazine.com)

With the EO from Trump property can be blocked from anyone directly or indirectly involved in violating the rights of Hong Kong.Bill Barr put Hollywood and Big Tech on notice for "collaborating" with China and being pawns of Chinese influence.Under Trump's executive order the US could essentially seize property from US persons who collaborate and this could lead to a dramatic escalation in tensions.Unfortunately for us though one side of the political debate screams orange man bad while Trump calls out China.Democrats may be too weak and ineffective to deal with China and there's no guarantee Republicans would be better.Support the show (http://timcast.com/donate)

Dan Kovalik just published a book about how the US justifies imperialist violence under the guise of humanitarian intervention. He sits down with Lee Camp this week to discuss the book and how it applies to the US’s current situation. Under Trump, we’ve seen how the first time the media embraced him was after he bombed Syria in the middle of a US-Russian proxy war disguised as a Syrian civil war. They also take swings at Obama's UN Ambassador, the ostensibly left-wing Samantha Power, whose hands ended up drenched in blood in Libya. Their wide-ranging conversation exposes the bloody character of US empire-building. Naomi Karavani takes a look at how US TV’s reality documentary ‘Live PD’ encouraged police malfeasance. The ‘copaganda’ was canceled in the wake of the George Floyd uprising, but Karavani shows how shocking it is that it lasted so long. Natalie McGill reports on a piece of mind-blowing history: a successful black community in the middle of Manhattan that was demolished and replaced with Central Park. This is part of the story of how white supremacy still reigned, even after slavery was officially over.

Democrats Impeachment Is A Kamikaze Against Trump, It PROVES He Already Won And Democrats Know It. With nearly every moderate Democrat coming out in support of impeachment we are left wondering why they would take an action that is unpopular in their district if impeachment is guaranteed to fail anyway.The reality is that Democrats know they are going to lose and they have decided to stage a final kamikaze against Trump and the Republicans. Under Trump auto manufacturing has returned to Detroit, we are living in the longest economic expansion in US history, unemployment is down, wages are up, and the Democrats are out of arguments.Facing a guaranteed defeat in 2020 Democrats have decided to do whatever they can in a last ditch effort to hurt Republicans and Trump.It won't work, it will backfireBut they don't careIf they stop now they will have nothing to say except "Trump won"Support the show (http://timcast.com/donate)

There is growing evidence that President Donald Trump briefly froze U.S. military assistance to Ukraine for political goals. Max Blumenthal explores how the Ukrainegate scandal overlooks the dangers of those weapons sales to Ukraine and the corrupt interests behind it. Under Trump, U.S. military assistance has prolonged a bloody proxy war with Russia, killing thousands in Ukraine and enabling far-right Ukrainian forces — all while enriching weapons manufacturers and DC lobbyists. Guest: Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone and author of The Management of Savagery. Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate Pushback on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pushbackshow Aaron Maté on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aaronjmate Pushback on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lu7MGQ Pushback on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/pushbackshow Pushback on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2mpwIQm Pushback on Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=465855 Find transcripts and more at https://thegrayzone.com/pushback ||| The Grayzone ||| Find more reporting at https://thegrayzone.com Support our original journalism at Patreon: https://patreon.com/grayzone

What happens when environmental laws and rules aren't enforced? When the environmental cops just aren't on the beat? Under Trump, EPA inspections have fallen to a 10-year low. On this episode, we hear from Juliet Eilperin who has covered this story for The Washington Post. Why does the EPA need inspections, penalties and prosecutions? And how is the view of the EPA's role changing under the Trump administration? 

The powerful U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) can change the abortion landscape in America. Brian discusses 5 questions pro-lifers should ask HHS to ensure that the children are rescued from abortion under President Trump. Helpful Resources:     Contact HHS Secretary Alex Azar HHS Office of the Secretary  Email:   Phone: 202-690-7000    Contact your Elected Officials   1. What is HHS’s Strategic Plan for Ending the Abortion Crisis?   It is HHS’s job to identify and address the health and wellness crises facing the nation.   Under Trump, HHS has identified, and rightly so, the Opioid Crisis as one of its top priorities.   According to HHS, opioid overdoses are claiming the lives of over 115 Americans each day.   In response, HHS has developed  to fund the resources and research needed to mitigate the effects of this crisis in the U.S.  Abortion, by contrast, is claiming the lives of 3,000 Americans each day. Yet, there has been no strategic plan released to address the abortion crisis by this pro-life HHS.   2. What is the status of litigation against the Protect Life Rule? What steps are being taken to ensure that Title X funding to Planned Parenthood halts in the meantime?   Each day, Planned Parenthood kills about nine hundred children.  An executive department that defines life as beginning at conception and worthy of protection should have a firm and uncompromising posture toward the entities that stand opposed to that mission. 3. How is HHS using existing programs to serve women and children targeted by the abortion industry?   The abortion-seeking woman is the most unreached and underserved individual in the United States.   There are programs within HHS, like the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program and the Pregnancy Assistance Fund that are not currently being used to serve pregnant women who need help.   HHS has the power to use these programs and budgets to reach and serve women who are otherwise likely to be lied to and sold an abortion by businesses like Planned Parenthood.  4. What public education initiatives is HHS implementing to inform pregnant women and the public at large about fetal development, life-affirming resources, and the destructive effects abortion is proven to impose on women and families?   Again, it is HHS’s job to address public health crises, and that includes abortion. Abortion is currently the leading cause of death in the United States, killing about one million children per year.   HHS addresses crises like opioid abuse and AIDS with widely-disseminated public service announcement campaigns, resource centers, educational materials, counseling services, and more.   Pregnant women are a people group that most desperately need these educational opportunities but are not receiving them. 5. What is HHS doing to enforce the law within its own agencies in the face of evidence that Planned Parenthood and other abortion allies committed criminal activity?   Undoctored evidence of abortion industry wrongdoing was collected by David Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) and compiled into the  project and released in 2015.  In response, Congress convened a panel of the Energy and Commerce Committee, which obtained further documents and testimonies from the abortion industry players in question.   This led to  and other abortion industry allies to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for criminal prosecution.  Because of this evidence, HHS Secretary Alex Azar ultimately canceled a fetal body parts procurement contract that had been signed during the Trump Administration – but that small contract was one of  on research of this nature that HHS continues to send to the abortion industry under President Trump.   This is likely to continue as long as the status of Planned Parenthood’s prosecution remains obscure.    The post appeared first on .

‘Queer Eye’ star SLAMMED for saying "Not all Republicans are racist" CNN criticizing the White House for not having more minorities in the Administration She works for Trump. He can’t stand him. This is life with Kellyanne and George Conway. Under Trump, the rare act of denaturalizing U.S. citizens is on the rise White-supremacist rally cost D.C. at least $2.6 million, preliminary estimates show Could climate change destroy the Bloody Mary? After imposing "knife control", London’s mayor now wants to ban cars in key areas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Radha, Loren, and Erin invite Alex Bell to preview the Singapore Trump-Kim summit, explaining that while there’s more than staring into one another’s eyes for arms control, chemistry is a good start. When we recorded, the G7 had wrapped but not yet crashed and burned into a playground taunt with Canada, so Radha gives a good lesson on tariffs instead of assessing border skirmishes along the Great Lakes. If you’ve been distracted you may have not noticed the absurd amount of Chinese espionage activity as the OPM hacks bear fruit. The show recommends everyone keep an eye on the Pompeo-Bolton tea leaves and how Pompeo’s embrace of State bureaucracy may be hamstrung.  Erin kicks off a new segment, the Soapbox, on Google’s rejection of military AI work and what that means for future advances in military technologies.  Conflicting Civilian casualty reporting, protests in Jordan, and SOF in Somalia are somehow the lesser included events in the crazy three ring goat rodeo of a week. Credit for this week’s title and general approach to life go to Jeffrey Lewis.   Alexandra Bell and James McKeon, Three strikes means Bolton should be out, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists The Once and Future Framework, The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation R Scott Kemp, North Korean disarmament: build technology and trust, Nature John Lyons, "From ‘Punk Kid’ to 21st Century Tyrant: Kim Jong Un Seizes His Moment,” Wall Street Journal Zainab Fattah, "Saudis to Host Jordan-Support Meeting After Tax Bill Protests,” Bloomberg Barbara Starr and Ryan Browne, “US service member killed in Somalia,” CNN U.S. Africa Command, “U.S. Statement on Situation in Somalia,” AFRICOM Shawn Snow, “One US special operations member killed, several wounded in attack in Somalia,” Military Times Aruna Viswanatha, "Ex-CIA Officer’s Case Highlights Fears About Reach of Chinese Spying,” Wall Street Journal Adam Goldman, “Ex-C.I.A. Officer Is Convicted of Spying for China,” New York Times Mike Ives, “U.S. Army Veteran Tried to Spy for China, Officials Say,” New York Times Ellen Nakashima and Paul Sonne, "China hacked a Navy contractor and secured a trove of highly sensitive data on submarine warfare,” Washington Post Ian Brown, "Imagining a Cyber Surprise: How Might China Use Stolen OPM Records to Target Trust?” War on the Rocks Thomas Wright, “Trump Is Choosing Eastern Europe,” Atlantic Susan B. Glasser, "Under Trump, “America First” Really Is Turning Out to Be America Alone,” New Yorker Neil Irwin, “What Is the Trade Deficit?” New York Times Kai Ryssdal, “How U.S. trade policy has changed over 30 years,” Marketplace Heather Long, “There are ‘nuggets of truth’ to what Trump says about trade,” Washington Post Robbie Gramer, Pompeo’s Pledge to Lift Hiring Freeze at State Department Hits Big Snag, Foreign Policy  Casualty Records, Department of Defense "Syria: Raqqa in ruins and civilians devastated after US-led ‘war of annihilation,’” Amnesty International Helene Cooper, “U.S. Strikes Killed Nearly 500 Civilians in 2017, Pentagon Says,” New York Times Sundar Pichai, “AI at Google: our principles,” Google Kate Conger, “Google Backtracks, Says Its AI Will Not Be Used for Weapons or Surveillance,” Gizmodo   Music by Future Teens  Produced by Tre Hester 

Radha, Loren, and Erin invite Alex Bell to preview the Singapore Trump-Kim summit, explaining that while there’s more than staring into one another’s eyes for arms control, chemistry is a good start. When we recorded, the G7 had wrapped but not yet crashed and burned into a playground taunt with Canada, so Radha gives a good lesson on tariffs instead of assessing border skirmishes along the Great Lakes. If you’ve been distracted you may have not noticed the absurd amount of Chinese espionage activity as the OPM hacks bear fruit. The show recommends everyone keep an eye on the Pompeo-Bolton tea leaves and how Pompeo’s embrace of State bureaucracy may be hamstrung.  Erin kicks off a new segment, the Soapbox, on Google’s rejection of military AI work and what that means for future advances in military technologies.  Conflicting Civilian casualty reporting, protests in Jordan, and SOF in Somalia are somehow the lesser included events in the crazy three ring goat rodeo of a week. Credit for this week’s title and general approach to life go to Jeffrey Lewis.   Alexandra Bell and James McKeon, Three strikes means Bolton should be out, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists The Once and Future Framework, The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation R Scott Kemp, North Korean disarmament: build technology and trust, Nature John Lyons, "From ‘Punk Kid’ to 21st Century Tyrant: Kim Jong Un Seizes His Moment,” Wall Street Journal Zainab Fattah, "Saudis to Host Jordan-Support Meeting After Tax Bill Protests,” Bloomberg Barbara Starr and Ryan Browne, “US service member killed in Somalia,” CNN U.S. Africa Command, “U.S. Statement on Situation in Somalia,” AFRICOM Shawn Snow, “One US special operations member killed, several wounded in attack in Somalia,” Military Times Aruna Viswanatha, "Ex-CIA Officer’s Case Highlights Fears About Reach of Chinese Spying,” Wall Street Journal Adam Goldman, “Ex-C.I.A. Officer Is Convicted of Spying for China,” New York Times Mike Ives, “U.S. Army Veteran Tried to Spy for China, Officials Say,” New York Times Ellen Nakashima and Paul Sonne, "China hacked a Navy contractor and secured a trove of highly sensitive data on submarine warfare,” Washington Post Ian Brown, "Imagining a Cyber Surprise: How Might China Use Stolen OPM Records to Target Trust?” War on the Rocks Thomas Wright, “Trump Is Choosing Eastern Europe,” Atlantic Susan B. Glasser, "Under Trump, “America First” Really Is Turning Out to Be America Alone,” New Yorker Neil Irwin, “What Is the Trade Deficit?” New York Times Kai Ryssdal, “How U.S. trade policy has changed over 30 years,” Marketplace Heather Long, “There are ‘nuggets of truth’ to what Trump says about trade,” Washington Post Robbie Gramer, Pompeo’s Pledge to Lift Hiring Freeze at State Department Hits Big Snag, Foreign Policy  Casualty Records, Department of Defense "Syria: Raqqa in ruins and civilians devastated after US-led ‘war of annihilation,’” Amnesty International Helene Cooper, “U.S. Strikes Killed Nearly 500 Civilians in 2017, Pentagon Says,” New York Times Sundar Pichai, “AI at Google: our principles,” Google Kate Conger, “Google Backtracks, Says Its AI Will Not Be Used for Weapons or Surveillance,” Gizmodo   Music by Future Teens  Produced by Tre Hester 

James takes your calls on the pathetic state of mind that allows a grown unmarried father Michael Rotondo to want to stay at his parents' house — while saying he doesn't want to. (BTW: He's gotta be out by June 1, but he can't afford boxes. A pizza chain offered him a job at any of their 250 locations, with $1101 signing bonus. Might be a bad idea b/c he'd sued Best Buy for gender discrimination.) Millennials are reportedly 34% poorer than expected. (Jesse's encouraged a lot of people to move out on their own.) Pro-same-sex-marriage Ireland goes also pro-abortion. British conservative activist Tommy Robinson was arrested, reportedly for speaking out against Muslim rapists! So-called "hate speech" is outlawed in the UK, which means you can't tell the truth about Muslims, radical homosexuals, or other fake victim groups whose members may feel offended or riot. James thinks the Alt-Right, MGTOW, Men's Rights Movement, Conservatives, and Christians have all become victim groups, maybe partly because they're sick of fake left-wing "victims," and they see themselves as the real victims. Same with people who blame their parents for the way they turned out — you don't want to be a victim, but you have to be honest too; otherwise you're just in denial. BTW: Jesse appeared in an interview with Gavin McInnes (Get Off My Lawn on CRTV) talking about "lazy" blacks, which was shocking to Gavin, but Jesse was dead serious. ALSO BTW: Tuesday, May 29 at Starbucks, the stores are supposed to be closed to give employees "racial sensitivity training," Colin Flaherty reminds us. FINALLY, tomorrow's Memorial Day (Monday). Kinda sad that most of us younger people haven't been in the military so can't relate to parents, grandparents, etc., who were. But who wanted to serve under W. Bush (looking back) or much less Obama (given horrible rules of engagement)? Under Trump, yes. Call-in: 888-775-3773. Live Sunday 9am PT (11CT/12ET). http://thehakereport.com LINKS on Michael Rotondo: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5769937/Michael-Rotondo-new-excuse-staying-parents-home-judge-orders-June-1.html http://abc7ny.com/family/judge-orders-man-30-to-move-out-of-parents-home/3511133/?utm_source=hl-publisher-abc

Under Trump er USA blevet svækket, mens Kinas styrke er tiltagende. Hvordan vil denne styrke blive omsat til indflydelse, og hvordan mon USA's gamle allierede i Asien reagerer på Kinas nye styrkeposition? Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, Mogens[...]

Even in the face of rising interest rates and the current business cycle, Jason is still bullish when it comes to investment opportunities during the upcoming Trump administration. The future of the investment economy will be discussed during the next Meet the Masters Live Event. Today's guest Gerald Celente makes his third appearance on the Creating Wealth podcast. Gerald is the Founder of the Trends Research Institute, Publisher of Trends Journal and Editor of Agora Financial's Breakthrough Technology Alert. The previously pessimistic trends analyst has changed his outlook on America's economic future by 180 degrees in the direction of positive. Key Takeaways: [1:40] All over the world people vote out what they want out. [3:21] The current shift is a shift away from big government not towards Socialism. [5:23] The Businessman-in-Chief is a bottom line guy. [6:49] The media world, the political world and the real world. [11:20] It's time to take advantage of opportunities and play the “Trump” card. [13:46] The U.S. needs to become a self-sustaining economy. [17:44] The Fed's will raise interest rates several more times. [23:00] Will there be war under a Trump administration? [25:22] Closing thoughts and contact information for Gerald Celente. Website: www.OccupyPeace.us www.TrendsResearch.com “Under Trump, there will be job growth in the lower, middle and upper-end pay scales.”

The federal government can't pass any law it wants to. It's limited by Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution, but the executive branch can choose how to enforce those laws. Under Trump, there are indications that drug laws, which are based on the Commerce Clause, are about to be enforced very differently.

The federal government can't pass any law it wants to. It's limited by Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution, but the executive branch can choose how to enforce those laws. Under Trump, there are indications that drug laws, which are based on the Commerce Clause, are about to be enforced very differently.

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Jacob L. Shapiro and Kamran Bokhari make sense of the numerous geopolitical developments that occurred in the world's most volatile region this week. Sign up for free updates on topics like this! Go here: hubs.ly/H06mXwR0 TRANSCRIPT: Jacob L. Shapiro: Hello everyone and welcome to another Geopolitical Futures podcast. I am joined this week by Kamran Bokhari, thanks for joining us Kamran. Kamran Bokhari: Good to be here. JLS: What we're going to do this week is we're going to try and sort out some of the mess that's been going on in the Middle East. It's been a very chaotic week in the Middle East and we thought we'd take a step back and try to explain it to listeners in about 30 or 40 minutes. It's a tall task but we'll see how we go. Kamran, I think the first thing that you might be able to help out with our listeners understanding is understanding a little bit more about the history of Qatar – the history of Qatar's relationships in the region, how it's always sort of been on the outside looking in – but what exactly Saudi Arabia, and the states that Saudi Arabia's convinced to go along with this diplomatic isolation of Qatar, are seeing that upsets them so much. KB: So ever since 1995, when the father of the current emir of Qatar took power, his name was Sheikh Hamad Al Thani, and he actually overthrew his father in '95 and ousted him and took power. Qatar has been on a strange trajectory. I say strange because it's not normal for the Arab world or more specifically the Persian Gulf Arab world, the Khaleejis, to behave in this way. I am referring to an openness for lack of a better term. I mean Al Jazeera was started by the current emir's father and it became sort of the standard bearer of 24/7 news in the Arab world. That made a lot of traditional Arab leaders, both Republican regimes and of course the monarchies, particularly Saudi Arabia, very, very uncomfortable because it was not the way that they had ran their political economies. There's no concept of having discourse. But to make matters worse this new regime post-1995 began with a very what I would call pragmatic approach to the region. It could afford to do because it is the world's largest LNG exporter, that brings in a lot of money. The population, those who are Qatari nationals, is very small – less than 300,000 people. In fact, there are more expats in that country, which is also true for a number of other GCC states. But in the case of Qatar, what happened is that this allowed for the regime to flirt with all sorts of radical political forces ranging from the Muslim Brotherhood to more radical elements along the Islamist spectrum. And even give air time to what we used to call secular left-wing Arab nationalists and it began a policy of opening to Iran, developing a relationship that was out of step with the GCC consensus, if you will. And steering towards an independent foreign policy. And a lot of people say, Qatar has been punching above its weight when it comes to foreign policy. It's a tiny, little state. But it's been trying to play major league geopolitics. That's a fair assessment. But I would say that the Qataris are cut from a different cloth if we are to compare them to the rest of the Arab regimes. JLS: Yes, although I think one thing that you perhaps left out was that there's a regional headquarters for U.S. Central Command in Qatar and that Qatar is for all intents and purposes it's sort of in the U.S. camp in the region, or generally has been. And that the U.S. has been able to use Qatar at times in order to have unofficial dialogue with some of these groups that are considered beyond the pale for normal political discourse, right? KB: Absolutely, that's important to note that when Qatar is reaching out to these unsavory characters, from the point of view of the region and the international community, it's not doing so in defiance of the West, it's doing so in concert with its great power ally, the United States. And mind you, that base at Al Udeid where the U.S. Central Command has a major hub in the region, in fact, the regional hub is based in Qatar of Central Command, and that happened after 9/11 and the decision of the United States government, the Bush administration, to pull out of Saudi Arabia. There was a huge base in Saudi Arabia, and Qatar offered space so it was just a minor relocation. At the same time, there are relations between the Qatari government and Israel. There are a lot of rumors about the nature of it. Nobody officially denies or rejects it. But it's well known that there's some form of relationship there. So, Qatar has been reaching out to all sorts of entities and Qatar is the one Arab state that also sees eye-to-eye with Turkey in the region. And so it's had a really diversified foreign policy portfolio. JLS: I want to bring it back to Turkey in a minute but I'll just ask one more thing about Qatar which is that you know you've pointed out that they've always been reaching out to these different groups and they've always had a more independent foreign policy. I think that one of the things that we were discussing internally was that it was very hard to read whether Qatar had simply done something that had gone too far beyond the pale for Saudi Arabia or whether this had sort of been planned for a while and that this is really more of a reflection of the Saudis weakening and not being willing to tolerate Qatar breaking ranks. I noticed recently that Qatar actually asked a lot of people from Hamas, who nominally are based in Qatar, to leave. And it seems like Qatar has actually done some things and has been very open to trying to solve of this diplomatic spat, especially in terms of the United States. So do you think that Qatar actually did something, that it flirted with Iran in a serious way, that both Saudi Arabia and even perhaps the United States didn't mind Saudi Arabia sort of dinging Qatar on the head and saying, nah, that's too far? Or do you think that this really has more to do with Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabia trying to consolidate control at the diplomatic level in the same way that Saudi Arabia wasn't going to tolerate internal unrest in a country like Bahrain in 2011? KB: I think it's the latter. I don't see the Qataris doing anything new. The Iranian relationship has been there, there's more made out of it in terms of the public discourse than there is actually. The whole idea of support for Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, that's old stuff, that's been going along for a long time. I haven't seen anything fresh that would suggest that the Qataris crossed some sort of red line. I think it's a lingering dispute and if we go back to 2014, for the better part of that year, the Saudis and the Bahrainis and the UAE, they downgraded diplomatic relations in that year in the spring. And it was not until the fall that they had an agreement of sorts, which was never made public, but according to the reports Qatar had agreed to scale back its involvement with all these groups and not encourage them to where that damaged the interests of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE and others. And so, I think that that's a long-standing dispute and I think that now Saudi Arabia is getting desperate because things are not going well for Saudi Arabia. And the last thing it wants is one of its own GCC members doing things that undermine its collective efforts. So, number one, and I think this is foremost, is Iran. If you go back to the Trump visit that was like three weeks ago to Riyadh and there was a gala event attended not just by Middle Eastern leaders but also from the wider Muslim majority countries. It was very clear that Saudi Arabia had finally got the United States to where it wants to be. Remember that under the Obama administration, the Saudis had a terrible relationship with Washington. Under Trump, they know think that they now have Washington where they want it to be and they want to move forward in isolating Iran. And Qatari dealings with Iran really poke holes into the Saudi strategy. So, I think that this is a case of the Saudis not being able to take it anymore and saying you know enough is enough. If the Qataris are not behaving, we have to up the pressure to twist their arm. JLS: Yeah and I think this is a move that could really backfire on Saudi Arabia. You already see it backfiring a little bit in the sense that they were able to assemble an impressive coalition of countries in this diplomatic offensive against Qatar, but they have not really been able to extend the diplomatic offensive outside of its immediate vicinity and outside of those countries that are immediately dependent on it. And even some of the other GCC states have not gone along to the same extent that Saudi Arabia and the Emiratis and the others have gone to. But you bring up good points with Iran and Turkey and this is another reason why I think this might backfire on the Saudis, which is because if Qatar is looking at this and if Qatar is trying to establish some kind of independence of action, Saudi Arabia is really on a downward slope. Especially when you consider that oil prices right now are continuing to go down and that Saudi has basically proven ineffective in getting the price of oil to come back up and that really is the source of Saudi power. Qatar, as you said, has a close relationship with Turkey. Qatar as you also said also has a closer relationship with Iran than perhaps any of the other Arab countries in the region. You brought up the specific point of the fact that Qatar and Turkey have seen eye to eye for a while right now. I know that there's a lot of stuff there in terms of the political ideology that both Qatar and Turkey favor that you can shed some light on. So how about you go a little bit more in depth into how Turkey and Qatar see the region in the same way, and what is the way in which they've been trying to reshape the region, not just recently but for many years now? KB: From the point of view of the Qataris, they're not so much in ideological sync with the Islamists, they take a more pragmatic view. Unlike Egypt, unlike Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Arab states, the Qataris say, look, you know we can't dial the clock back. And what do I mean by that is that the Saudis are using tools that used to be effective back in the day, pre-Arab Spring, where there was no opposition of any sorts to the regimes in the region. And Qatar looks at that and says that thing, that tool kit, that approach is useless because it only makes matters worse. Qatar says, look, these forces, the Hamases of this world, the Muslim Brotherhoods of this world, they are a reality and we can't wish them away and we can't suppress them because it only makes matters worse and we need to somehow reach out to them in order for, and this is based on my conversations with Qatari officials over the years, their view is that these are realities and if we don't control them, if we just leave them to their own devices, then they will do things that will undermine the interests of the region and the security of the regimes. So it's sort of flipping the Saudi argument on its head. The Saudis say well you need to keep them under lock and key and that's the way to go. As far as Turkey is concerned, Turkey is more ideologically in tune with the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas because the ruling AKP party comes from an Islamist heritage although it's not an Islamist party, its roots lie in Islamism. So there's a meeting of minds. And Qatar realizes that it's a small country and the rest of the Arab states are not really getting it. And they realize that if there's going to be a counterweight to Iran, it's going to be Turkey. And the Qataris have accepted the fact that the Arabs do not have any intrinsic power of their own in the region and therefore they must piggyback on Turkey and hence that relationship. So it's a convergence of interests and ideas. JLS: Yeah, although I want to push back a little bit because I think you're right that Qatar reaches out to a lot of different groups that other countries in the region and most countries in the world wouldn't do business with, right? But I don't think when it comes to more Muslim Brotherhood-oriented groups that Qatar sees them sort of as redheaded stepchildren that it's going to let into Qatar. I think there, Qatar has actually more of an affinity to some of those groups and has used some of those groups in order to push Qatar's influence throughout the region, which is why I suggested that perhaps Turkey and Qatar see more eye to eye ideologically. Do you think I am taking that too far or would you agree with that assessment? KB: I think that your argument has some merit to it, and actually a lot of merit to it, but when I was saying ideologically I was meaning the ideology of the ruling family or the regime in Qatar. They're not Islamists. They don't share those ideologies. If you go to Qatar you know it's fairly Westernized and it's fairly open and so it's not necessarily Islamist but they see these actors as, what you just said, tools to pursue their foreign policy agenda, to be able to have influence. And in my conversations, I did feel that the Qataris really believe that there is no way around these actors. Qatar has sort of, in a self-styled manner, appropriated this task of bringing reconcilable – what they call reconcilable – Islamists to the mainstream. And so that's also a foreign policy offering that Doha sort of says that this what we can do for the world. And they find reception in circles in Washington. Back in 2013, the United States Department of Defense dealt with certain Islamist factions within the Syrian rebel landscape in order to find common ground because of the fear that we're not going to get secular Syrian nationalists under the banner of the Free Syrian Army. And that was mediated by Qatar. And if you look at the Taliban relationship, clearly that was very openly Qatar helping the United States deal with the Taliban. It didn't go too far because of other complications, but nonetheless, it's a great example of how Qatar is trying to say: this is our value proposition that we bring to this region and to great powers who are stakeholders in this region. JLS: Yes, although the flip side of that is it means Qatar is playing with fire. I mean I really, I was really struck by what you said that the ruling family is not Islamist. But that Qatar thinks of using the Islamist groups as tools in order to develop Qatar's power or to protect Qatar's position. I cannot think of a more secular entity that used Islamists that didn't have the Islamists come back to bite them in the end. We have seen over and over and over, whether it was the United States, whether it was Saudi Arabia, whether it was Turkey, it doesn't really matter if the country itself was Muslim or if it's Western or not. It's very, very difficult to control Islamist groups once they get going. So the idea that Qatar is going to be able to use these Islamist groups when they want to use them and is not going to face backlash from them, especially because Qatar is playing such a dual game and is really dealing with all sides. It seems to me that that's, I don't want to say shortsighted and I don't even say it's not going to work. I just can't think of another example of that actually working in the long term for a country's foreign policy. Can you come up with any examples? KB: I can't, and you are absolutely right. I mean this is almost like they are holding up and trying to balance two parallel universes. And it's difficult. But I think that, if we look at it geopolitically, from their point of view, they have no other choice. They have to do this and I think what gives them a bit of hope is that they're a small country. They have enough money to where people don't indulge in politics so this is not going to undermine them domestically anytime soon. But yes, for the region, this could all blow up in their face. And I actually believe that it will. Because there's just no way, given the scale of chaos in the region, that somehow the Qataris will be able to fine tune these Islamist proxies to where they will live in a Muslim democracy of sorts. I just don't see that happening. So you are absolutely right. I don't disagree with that. I was just trying to explain the perspective of the Qataris. JLS: Yeah, but that also explains the perspective of not just the Saudis but even the Emiratis and Bahrain and some of these other groups, for whom, they see Qatar messing around with the Islamists and are sort of asking themselves what on Earth are you doing? We've already seen what happens when we mess with these things and now is a time to close ranks and tighten up against this, not to invite them into our own space. But that's a good segue way into a second… KB: I just want to point out one thing and for our listeners, the UAE making this case is more genuine. But the Saudis accusing the Qataris of doing this is like the kettle calling the pot black or vice versa. The Saudis are still playing with this fire, so they don't have the argument. So yes, they are not with Hamas, they're not with the Muslim Brotherhood, but they are the biggest exporter of Salafism and jihadism on the planet. JLS: Yes, and it's a good segue way into you know sort of the other major developments that have been changing things in the Middle East this week, which is ISIS, which Saudi Arabia you know you can't directly prove that they had a role in helping ISIS develop, but certainly Saudi Arabia and some of the groups that it was funding and some of the things that it was doing when it was involved in Syria supporting different proxies, had a role in the Islamic State coming to the prominence that it has. But you know we saw two major things from the Islamic State this week. We saw, first of all, that the Islamic State is finally coming under some serious existential pressure in its self-declared caliphate. Raqqa has really been the capital and center and focal point of ISIS operations, but you've got the Syrian Democratic Forces, who are made up mostly of Syrian Kurds under the YPG group (there are so many acronyms here that it's sometimes hard to keep track of) but we'll say the SDF, those are the Syrian Kurds and they are U.S. backed, and then we've also seen, surprisingly, the Syrian army has been moving on multiple fronts to get closer to Raqqa. The result of all this is that the Islamic State's position in Raqqa is pretty weak and we've seen them pulling back and we've seen some relative successes for the U.S.-backed forces as they get closer to the city. That was one major development we saw this week. And then the other major development was really the unprecedented IS attack they claimed in Iran. So, I want to tackle both of those things. Maybe let's start with the second one first because I know you were looking at this very closely. Talk about why this is such a big deal and why this isn't just another ISIS terrorist attack in the region. What are the greater implications of ISIS hitting Iran the way that they did? KB: I would begin by saying that this is not something that ISIS just sort of said – oh, well I want to attack Iran tomorrow and let's do it. This is something that speaks to the sophistication, especially as an intelligence entity, of ISIS. The Islamic State has been cultivating these assets for a while, and not just in Iran. We see this happening in as far-flung areas as the Philippines as well. So this is something that's been in the works for a while. They've devoted a certain amount of resources to this project. I suspect that over the years that they've been based in Iraq and they've had proximity to Iran that they were cultivating this. And they saw an opening in Kurdistan, and I am talking about the Iranian province of Kurdistan, and there's more than one province where Iranian Kurds live and they're mostly Sunni and over the years what I've learned is that is Salafism and even jihadist ideology has made its way into the Iranian Kurdish community. And the Kurds are, there's an alienation that they feel, as an ethnic community as well, from Tehran and there is this sort of deep resentment that ISIS really exploited and was able to set up at least this cell. I suspect that this isn't just one cell. There are probably others that ISIS has in its tool kit and will activate at some point in the future, so this is not the last attack in Iran. But what is significant is that Iran is not an Arab state. One of the biggest sectors of the Iranian state is the security sector. There are multiple organizations that deal with security. You know in my visit to Iran, I noticed these guys working firsthand, and they're obsessed with security. They're obsessed with security because they fear Israeli penetration, U.S. penetration, Saudi penetration and so this is not an open, if you will, arena where ISIS could just jump in and say, you know, we're gonna send in suicide bombers. It had to do a lot of work to be able to penetrate that and that speaks to ISIS' capabilities and sophistication. As for the implications, I mean look, ISIS has gamed all of these things out. We tend to look in the open sources, when you read stuff there is this assumption that somehow these are all sort of disconnected attacks that are not linked to some strategic objective. And at Geopolitical Futures, that's what we talk about is, we can't look at events as sort of randomly taking place or taking place as some entity hates another entity. There is a strategic objective. The strategic objective of ISIS is to, a) survive, especially now that it's under pressure, that you just mentioned. You know it's in the process of losing Raqqa. It'll take a long time, but that process has begun. At the same time, so there's that threat but there's also an opportunity. The opportunity is that the sectarian temperature in the region is at an all-time high and this would explain the timing of this attack. ISIS would like nothing more than for Iran and Saudi Arabia to go at each other because, a) it gives them some form of respite. You know, they're not the focus, and it undermines the struggle against ISIS. And b) it creates more opportunity for ISIS to exploit. The more there's sectarianism, the more the Saudis go and fight with Iran and vice versa, the more space there is for ISIS to grow. So I think that this attack in Iran has very deep implications moving forward. JLS: Those are all good points and I want to draw special attention to one of the points you made and then ask you to play what you're saying forward a little bit. First thing, I just want to point out is that you were talking about the Iranian Kurds and how they had somehow been radicalized and there was a sense of disenchantment, or disenchantment is probably not even strong enough, but an antagonism with the current regime in Tehran. And I just want to point out that it's very difficult to speak of the Kurds as a monolith. I think often times people say the word the Kurds and they think of you know just all the Kurds in the Middle East and they're all the same. But we really have to think of in terms of – there are Kurds in Iran, there are Kurds in Iraq, there are Kurds in Syria, there are Kurds in Turkey. They have different religious affiliations, different ideological affiliations, sometimes are speaking different languages that are almost unintelligible to each other. So I try very hard in my writing and when I am speaking about these types of things to be very specific about when I am talking about the Kurds and I thought one of the things you did there was you brought up was just how complicated that situation is and that, of course, has relevance throughout the region. We saw that the Iraqi Kurds and the Kurdistan Regional Government are talking about an independence referendum and maybe we can get to that in a little bit. But you gave a really good explanation of why this is extremely important from Iran's perspective. But what do you think Iran is going to do? What response does this mean Iran is going to have to make? What is the next step for Iran both in terms of, you know, Qatar, which it had some sort of relationship with and it can certainly see this diplomatic offensive led by Saudi Arabia as a diplomatic move against Iran, and then second of all this move by ISIS. What are the practical concrete things that Iran is going to have to do to respond here in the next couple weeks? KB: With regards to Qatar, what we have is a situation where its own GCC allies, its fellow Arab states, have shunned Doha. And so Doha right now needs a lot of friends. The United States has not de-aligned from Qatar and joined the Saudi bandwagon, so that's good. It's forging some sort of a relationship today, the Qatari foreign minister is in Moscow, so there's a Russian angle to that as well. We've already talked about Turkey. At this stage, it wouldn't hurt, necessarily, for Qatar to reach out or benefit from Iranian assistance, but it has to be very careful. It doesn't want to do something with Iran or get too close, especially now, and give a bigger stick to the Saudis with which Riyadh can beat Doha. And so, I think from a Qatari point of view, it's essential that they strike a balance when it comes to Iran. Conversely the Iranians, this is a great opening. And they would like to exploit this to the extent that it is possible. But I think that the Iranians are no illusion as to their limitations. They know that – they'll milk this for whatever it's worth. But they're not under the illusion that somehow Qatar will join them and be part of their camp. That's actually taking it too far. I don't think that they can rely on Qatar. But from the Iranian point of view, so long as Qatar is at odds and defying Saudi Arabia, that's good enough. They don't need more from Qatar and they will milk that to the extent that it is possible. As far as ISIS is concerned, I think that there are two things here. One is that both of them will benefit ISIS, both moves that the Iranians make will benefit ISIS. First is that there is an imperative for the government, for the security establishment, to make sure that this doesn't happen again or at least begin to neutralize, before it grows. There's a sizeable Sunni population in Iran. It's not just the Kurds, there's a sizeable Turkmen population in the northeast near Turkmenistan and there are some of the Arabs, not a majority, but a minority of the Arabs in the oil-rich province of Khuzestan, the Ahwazi Arabs as they are called. They are, a minority of them and a significant one, are Sunnis as well. And then you have the big province in the southeast, that's Sistan and Baluchistan, and that province is majority Sunni and ethnically Baluch and already has a jihadist problem and there's cross-border terrorism that takes place where Baluch jihadist rebels go to Pakistan and then you know from there they have a sanctuary that they come in and they strike at the Iranian security forces. They've been pretty successful over the years in killing some very high-ranking IRGC commanders. So from Iran's point of view, this is a lot of vulnerability. So the Sunnis are suspect right now after what happened. I mean it's not easy and I've been to the Khomeini shrine and I can tell you that it's not something, it's not just a cake walk that you can get in there and do all this kind of stuff, let alone parliament. And so from the Iranian point of view, they feel very terrified right now because they used to think they're safe. And this is sort of really a wake-up call for them. So they're gonna go after the Sunnis. The more they go after the Sunnis, the more they are gonna create resentment, not just within their borders, but sectarian tensions are going to rise. And ISIS is going to say, see we told you, and they will have more recruits to go fight the “evil” Iranians and the “evil” Shiites. But at the same time, the Iranians do not think that this is ISIS alone. They deeply believe, at least their security establishment, and I saw a report yesterday where the Iranian intelligence minister was urging caution, saying, let's not jump to conclusions and let's not accuse the Saudis just yet. Let the investigation finish. But the security establishment and the hawks are convinced that there is, even though ISIS is involved, that there is a Saudi footprint in this attack and they'll give you evidence and they'll point to Saudi intent to undermine their country. And so they're gonna go after Saudi Arabia. They're gonna retaliate. It's horrible to predict another bombing, but if a bomb went off inside Saudi Arabia, I would not be surprised that it, you know, Iran somehow retaliated in that shape or form. I am not sure if it will. But I'm just saying that if it does that, then I wouldn't be surprised, because the Iranians, they're not going to just accept this. They have to retaliate and respond. The more they retaliate, they set into motion, they trigger a broader conflict. I am not saying the two sides are going to go to war, but it's going to an ugly proxy battle at least in the immediate future. JLS: In many ways, that proxy battle has already been going on. I think what you are talking about is going to be a real worsening of the situation and unfortunately, that's the way things are going in the Middle East right now. The last thing I want to touch on before we break is the Islamic State, because we've sort of been talking about them in a roundabout way when we talk about all these other issues, but for a long time, the Islamic State, and when I say long time I mean maybe the past two or three years, the Islamic State really has been the center of gravity I think in the Middle East. And I think one of the reasons we're seeing all of these things happening on the periphery is that the force of IS as the center of gravity is actually weakening because IS itself is actually weakening. Now I know that that doesn't mean that ISIS is going to disappear, but I think it does mean that the Islamic State as a strong territorial entity that can threaten some of the different states in the region from a conventional point of view, is actually weakening. So can you talk a little bit about what it means for the Islamic State to have come under such pressure at its capital in Raqqa and what Islamic State's activities are going to look like going forward? We know they're going to pull back a little bit and try and get strength in numbers and some strategic depth but ultimately they are outnumbered and they're outgunned. So they're probably going to have to go back to some tactics of blending back into the population and waiting really for a lot these sectarian dynamics that we're talking about right now to overwhelm the region once more so that they can take advantage of the power vacuum. KB: So I would compare what is happening to ISIS to what happened to the Taliban in Afghanistan after 9/11. They lost the cities, and for a while, they were an incoherent entity, but they weren't decimated or eliminated, they just were lying low. And they were slowly rebuilding themselves. And now they are at a point where – and I would say it's not just now, it's been the case all along, at least since 2003 – that they exist in ungoverned spaces outside the cities. See we have this perception that if you don't hold a city then you're not a serious player. That may be true at one level, but at another level, it just means that you are operating in an area where the good guys can't project power, at least not effectively, and you exist. So I think – I don't see necessarily just ISIS devolving into an insurgent movement or a terrorist organization – I think that the so-called caliphate is going to shift into a rural area. And this is not something that is a setback from an ISIS point of view, because I don't think that ISIS ever believed – I mean it's a serious player and they've been here before, it was not as big as what they have, I mean I'm talking about their holdings, but in Iraq, they have been driven out of cities before. They've been in the desert, in the rural areas, only to come back because the underlying political, economic, social circumstances really don't get addressed and its enemies start fighting with each other, providing the room for ISIS to once again revive itself. I think that it remains to be seen how quickly ISIS can be pushed out of Raqqa, pushed out of Deir al-Zour, into the desert. And even when it does go there, it's going to still have a space and the time to continue its activities, perhaps not as effectively as it has since Mosul. I think that ISIS knew this would come, ISIS did not believe that – you know, now they have Mosul, now they have Raqqa, now they have Deir al-Zour – that they're not going to see reversals. I think theirs is a very long game and they will go back and forth. And so I think that we need to be cautious when we talk about progress against ISIS. JLS: Is there anything that can be done to solve the underlying political and social circumstances that create ISIS and give ISIS fuel to continue running? KB: That would require the Iranians and the Saudis sitting at a table sharing drinks and having food, and you know that's not happening. So, if that's not happening, and I don't think that there's any power on Earth that can fix those underlying sectarian tensions. I mean if you just look at the Sunnis in Iraq. I mean, there's this big euphoria about how Mosul is no longer in ISIS hands. And I'm saying, well that is true and it is a victory and an important one. But I'm looking at a year, two years, three years down the line. The Sunnis are completely a shattered community in Iraq. They fight with each other. ISIS existed because there's no Sunni core, no Sunni mainstream in Iraq. Ωnd they're losing territory, especially now if the Kurds are moving towards independence, they'll lose territory to the Kurds. They have already lost ground to the Shiites. This is probably the first time, the price of removing ISIS from Mosul is Shiite control over Iraq's second largest city, which was majority Sunni and a majority of Sunnis and Kurds. Now you have a Shiite-dominated military force along with militias that are going to make sure that ISIS doesn't come back, and they're going to engage in some very brutal activities. And that's going to pour you know gasoline on the fire of sectarianism that's already burning. And that's, from an ISIS point of view, another opportunity to exploit and they're looking forward to it. And that's sort of the irony in all of this. JLS: Well it's not a hopeful note to end the week on but unfortunately, it's the reality. Thank you for joining us Kamran, and thank you, everyone, for listening. If you enjoyed this podcast, I encourage you to visit us at geopoliticalfutures.com. I also encourage you to email us with comments, critiques, suggestions for topics and anything else you want. You can just email us at comments@geopoliticalfutures.com. I'm Jacob Shapiro, I'm the director of analysis, and we'll see you out here next week.