Podcast appearances and mentions of William P Barr

Perspectives on the Role of the Nation’s Chief Legal OfficerA Conversation with Three U.S. Attorneys General Featuring:Hon. John Ashcroft, Former U.S Attorney General (2001-2005)Hon. William P. Barr, Former U.S Attorney General (1991-1993 and 2019-2020)Hon. Jeff Sessions, Former U.S Attorney General (2017-2018)Moderator: Beth Williams, Board Member, U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board; former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy

Former US Attorney General and Hudson Institute Distinguished Fellow Bill Barr joins Arsenal of Democracy to discuss the drug crisis in the United States, the role of Mexico's drug cartels, and what the US can do about it. Read AG Barr's op-ed, “The US Must Defeat Mexico's Drug Cartels” here.William P. Barr is a distinguished fellow at Hudson Institute. He served as US attorney general from 1991 to 1993 and from 2018 to 2020. 

Over a quarter of a century separated William P. Barr's terms as the 77th and also the 85th Attorney General of the United States, serving under two very different presidents.

WIlliam P. Barr, former US Attorney General under Presidents George H.W. Bush & Donald J. Trump spoke to EWTN's Raymond Arroyo recently at the Legatus Summit in Orlando, Florida. The former Attorney General spoke about his #1 New York Times bestseller, One Damn Thing After Another: Memoirs of an Attorney General. He also discusses US China relations in the wake of the spy balloon controversy, the targeting of Catholic traditionalists by the FBI, and much more.

The January 6 hearings continue as former attorney general, William P. Barr, testifies and says that Trump was “detached from reality”. A bipartisan group of Senators agree on a deal on a package of safety and gun-related measures narrowly focused on preventing future shooting. An Alabama man is convicted of littering as he placed flowers on his fiancées grave when the family asked him not to.

William P. Barr is one of only two people to have served as attorney general of the United States under two presidents and the only one to have done it in two different centuries (under George H. W. Bush from 1991 to 1993 and under Donald Trump from 2019 to 2020). In his new book, One Damn Thing after Another: Memoirs of an Attorney General, Barr goes into great detail about the chaos, the troubles, and the triumph that occurred during the time of his service under President Trump. This wide-ranging interview covers Russiagate, the COVID outbreak, civil unrest, the impeachment, and the 2020 election fallout. Barr is very candid and forthcoming in his opinions on those events and his thoughts on his former boss. Recorded on May 17, 2022

William P. Barr is the former US attorney general, serving two presidents, George H.W. Bush and Donald Trump… ‘One Damn Thing After Another, Memoirs of an Attorney General’ details his time in the job.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Free Expression, Wall Street Journal Editor-at-Large Gerry Baker speaks with William Barr about his tumultuous time as Attorney General in the Trump administration. Barr forcefully refutes Donald Trump's claims that the 2020 election was stolen, states why Donald Trump should not run again in 2024, and explains how the Trump presidency began to turn the tide against the progressive march through U.S. culture and institutions.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Having gone to extraordinary lengths to help Donald Trump corrupt the presidency, William P. Barr is working overtime to launder his post-Trump reputation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Having gone to extraordinary lengths to help Donald Trump corrupt the presidency, William P. Barr is working overtime to launder his post-Trump reputation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We just lived through the craziest lame duck period - the time between when the President and members of Congress keep their power after being fired in an election - in United States history. In this episode, we look at everything that happened, from start to finish. That was literally one Hell of a ride. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Click here to contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Click here to support Congressional Dish via Patreon (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank’s online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536 Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Recommended Episodes CD221: Kicking the Funding Can Bills H.R. 1520 (116th): Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 Congress.gov H.J.Res. 110 (116th): Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 Congress.gov H.J.Res. 107 (116th): Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 Congress.gov H.R. 8900 (116th): Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, and Other Extensions Act Congress.gov Articles/Documents Article: Democrats ask ethics panel to investigate Sens. Cruz, Hawley, By Kevin Freking, AP, January 21, 2021 Article: Lawmakers Were Feet and Seconds Away From Confrontation With the Mob in the Capitol, By Ted Mann, Dustin Volz, Lindsay Wise and Chad Day, The Wall Street Journal, January 12, 2021 Article: How A Snap Impeachment Could Shatter Our Constitutional Balance, By Jonathan Turley, January 11, 2021 Article: Yes, It Was a Coup Attempt. Here’s Why., By Fiona Hill, Politico, January 11, 2021 Article: Censure resolution filed against Rep. Mo Brooks, WSFA News, January 11, 2021 Article: Trump and his allies tried to overturn Pennsylvania’s election results for two months. Here are the highlights., By Jeremy Roebuck and Jonathan Lai, Inquirer, January 7, 2021 Article: I Hate Federal Commissions, But Americans Need One To Look Into The 2020 Election, By Jonathan Turley, January 7, 2021 Article: Here are the Republicans who objected to certifying the election results, By Jenny Gross and Luke Broadwater, The New York Times, January 7, 2021 Article: We Must Talk About Constitutional Issues In The Election Certification, By Jonathan Turley, January 6, 2021 Article: Chip Roy challenges seating of House members from six presidential battleground states, By Juliegrace Brufke, The Hill, January 3, 2021 Article: McCarthy says he supports effort to challenge Electoral College results, By Juliegrace Brufke, The Hill, January 3, 2021 Article: 117th Congress: Breaking down the historic numbers, By Ethan Cohen, Liz Stark and Adam Levy, CNN, January 3, 2021 Article: Pelosi wins Speakership for fourth time in dramatic vote, By Mike Lillis and Scott Wong, The Hill, January 3, 2021 Article: Appeals court dismisses Gohmert's election suit against Pence, By John Kruzel, The Hill, January 2, 2021 Article: Congress overrides Trump veto for the first time, By Jordain Carney, The Hill, January 1, 2021 Article: Frustrations flare as $2,000 checks blocked for fourth straight day, By Jordain Carney, The Hill, January 1, 2021 Article: Congressman-elect Luke Letlow dies after battling Covid-19, By Jim Acosta, Jamie Gangel and Paul LeBlanc, CNN, December 30, 2020 Article: Pelosi presses McConnell to allow vote on bill for $2,000 stimulus checks, By Tal Axelrod, The Hill, December 30, 2020 Article: GOP senator says he'll block consent for $2,000 stimulus checks, By Alexander Bolton, The Hill, December 29, 2020 Article: Louisiana Rep.-elect Luke Letlow dies of COVID-19, By Juliegrace Brufke, The Hill, December 29, 2020 Article: McConnell blocks vote on $2K checks, signals new package, By Jordain Carney, The Hill, December 29, 2020 Article: Sanders to slow down NDAA veto override in bid to get vote on $2K checks proposal, By Jordain Carney, The Hill, December 28, 2020 Article: House overrides Trump veto of defense bill, By Rebecca Kheel, The Hill, December 28, 2020 Article: House GOP rejects unanimous consent on $2,000 direct payments, By Naomi Jagoda and Juliegrace Brufke, The Hill, December 24, 2020 Article: Republicans scramble to prevent year-end legislative disaster, By Alexander Bolton and Juliegrace Brufke, The Hill, December 24, 2020 Article: Republicans vent over surprise Trump move on COVID-19 relief, By Juliegrace Brufke, The Hill, December 23, 2020 Article: Congress unveils $2.3 trillion government spending and virus relief package, By Niv Elis, The Hill, December 21, 2020 Article: Congress to pass seven-day stopgap to buy time for COVID-19 funding deal, By Jordain Carney, The Hill, December 21, 2020 Article: Congress passes one-day stopgap bill ahead of shutdown deadline, By Jordain Carney, The Hill, December 21, 2020 Article: Congress passes $2.3T coronavirus relief, government funding deal, By Jordain Carney, The Hill, December 21, 2020 Article: Senate GOP absences snag Trump nominees, By Jordain Carney, The Hill, December 19, 2020 Article: Senators reach deal on Fed powers, setting stage for coronavirus relief passage, By Alexander Bolton and Mike Lillis, The Hill, December 19, 2020 Article: Trump signs bill to keep government open amid relief talks, By Brett Samuels, The Hill, December 18, 2020 Article: GOP senator backs down from shutdown threat, By Jordain Carney, The Hill, December 18, 2020 Article: Congress passes bill to avert shutdown as coronavirus talks drag into weekend, By Jordain Carney, The Hill, December 18, 2020 Article: GOP senator blocks bill for $1,200 stimulus checks for second time, By Jordain Carney, The Hill, December 18, 2020 Article: GOP senator blocks bill to provide $1,200 stimulus checks, By Jordain Carney, The Hill, December 18, 2020 Article: McConnell tees up weekend votes on nominations as coronavirus talks drag, By Jordain Carney, The Hill, December 17, 2020 Article: Explaining how Congress settles electoral college disputes, By Scott Bomboy, Constitution Daily, December 15, 2020 Article: Senate confirms two more Trump judicial nominees, By Harper Neidig, The Hill, December 15, 2020 Article: McConnell congratulates Biden on White House win, By Jordain Carney, The Hill, December 15, 2020 Letter: Addressed to President Trump, By William P. Barr, December 15, 2020 Article: More than 100 House Republicans sign brief backing Texas lawsuit challenging election results, By Juliegrace Brufke and Scott Wong, The Hill, December 10, 2020 Article: House approves defense policy bill despite Trump veto threat, By Rebecca Kheel, The Hill, December 8, 2020 Article: Supreme Court rejects GOP bid to nullify Biden win in Pennsylvania, By John Kruzel, The Hill, December 8, 2020 Article: Texas sues states Biden won in Supreme Court, seeking to delay Electoral College vote, By Harper Neidig, The Hill, December 8, 2020 Article: Supreme Court tosses GOP bid to throw out PA mail ballots without hearing it, By Edmund DeMarche, Morgan Phillips | Fox News, December 7, 2020 Article: Barr says DOJ hasn't uncovered widespread voter fraud in 2020 election, By Brett Samuels, The Hill, December 1, 2020 Article: Disputing Trump, Barr says no widespread election fraud, By Michael Balsamo, December 1, 2020 Article: Trump’s Election Attack Ends December 14—Whether He Knows It or Not, By Lily Hay Newman, Wired, November 27, 2020 Article: Trump's election fight includes over 50 lawsuits. 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DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING PART 1 (0:0 - 9:48): ────────────────── William Barr to Resign as Attorney General: It Makes a Huge Difference Whether or Not You Believe in a Transcendent Moral Order Prior to Politics U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers Remarks to the Law School and the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame PART 2 (9:49 - 17:36): ────────────────── Clear Changes in the American Political Landscape: What Do Those Changes Mean for America, the Mission Field? NEW YORK TIMES Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins (Map) WALL STREET JOURNAL (GERALD F. SEIB) As Electors Gather, Cold Numbers Show What Really Happened in 2020 PART 3 (17:37 - 23:24): ────────────────── A Reality Some Just Can’t Fathom: Some Major American Politicians Don’t Understand Those Who Vote Primarily Out of Moral Concern NEW YORK TIMES (ISABEL SAWHILL AND MORGAN WELCH) Will White Women in Georgia Put Family or Culture War First? WALL STREET JOURNAL (JAMES FREEMAN) Hispanic Trump Voters Annoy Obama

Oral argument argued before the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on or about 11/18/2020

Oral argument argued before the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on or about 11/17/2020

Michael speaks with former US Attorney, Phillip Halpern who very publicly resigned last week out of protest and disgust for Attorney General William P. Barr’s shocking abuse of power. Halpern spent 36 years in his position at the Department of Justice; serving under 19 different Attorney’s General and six different presidents while prosecuting all manner of crime and government corruption. Under Bill Barr though, Halpern says the Justice Department became just another appendage of the Trump administration with Barr acting as the president's sword and shield; saving him from the Mueller Report, impeachment and countless other high crimes and misdemeanors while intervening to save Trump’s corrupt cronies like Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Michael Flynn from prison. With just eight days to go before election day learn why Bill Barr might just be the most dangerous man in America. Also, make sure to check out Mea Culpa: The Election Essays for the definitive political document of 2020. Fifteen chapters of raw and honest political writings on Donald Trump from the man who knows him best. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08M5VKQ6T/ For cool Mea Culpa gear, check out meaculpapodcast.com/merch

Michael speaks with former US Attorney, Phillip Halpern who very publicly resigned last week out of protest and disgust for Attorney General William P. Barr's shocking abuse of power. Halpern spent 36 years in his position at the Department of Justice; serving under 19 different Attorney's General and six different presidents while prosecuting all manner of crime and government corruption. Under Bill Barr though, Halpern says the Justice Department became just another appendage of the Trump administration with Barr acting as the president's sword and shield; saving him from the Mueller Report, impeachment and countless other high crimes and misdemeanors while intervening to save Trump's corrupt cronies like Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Michael Flynn from prison. With just eight days to go before election day learn why Bill Barr might just be the most dangerous man in America. Also, make sure to check out Mea Culpa: The Election Essays for the definitive political document of 2020. Fifteen chapters of raw and honest political writings on Donald Trump from the man who knows him best. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08M5VKQ6T/ For cool Mea Culpa gear, check out meaculpapodcast.com/merch

Oral argument argued before the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on or about 10/23/2020

Oral argument argued before the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on or about 10/23/2020

Oral argument argued before the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on or about 10/22/2020

Oral argument argued before the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on or about 10/22/2020

Oral argument argued before the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on or about 10/22/2020

Oral argument argued before the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on or about 10/22/2020

Oral argument argued before the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on or about 10/22/2020

The DOJ is alleging that Google has an illegal monopoly over search, search advertising, and exclusive contracts. “Since my confirmation, I have prioritized the Department’s review of online market-leading platforms to ensure that our technology industries remain competitive. This lawsuit strikes at the heart of Google’s drip over the internet for millions of American consumers. Advertisers, small business and entrepreneurs beholden to an unlawful monopolist.” William P. Barr, Attorney General Google responded by saying that, “Today’s lawsuit by the Department of Justice is deeply flawed. People use Google because they choose to, not because they’re forced to, or because they can’t find alternatives.” The pursuit of this lawsuit could produce lower-quality search engines, Google claims. The lawsuit is also focusing on Android devices that have exclusive contract carriers to promote Google-branded applications. Google also mentions how Windows devices are not promoting its search engine but rather Bing. Google also defends its position as the leading search engine. “The bigger point is that people don’t use Google because they have to, they use it because they choose to. This isn’t the dial-up 1990s, when changing services was slow and difficult, and often required you to buy and install software with a CD-ROM. Today, you can easily download your choice of apps or change your default settings in a matter of seconds—faster than you can walk to another aisle in the grocery store.” Subscribe for daily podcasts! (Always fresh!) FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, AND LINKEDIN BELOW! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikedzima/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelzima LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikezima/ #google #doj #antitrust

Oral argument argued before the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on or about 10/21/2020

Welcome to Majority.FM's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: It’s Amazon Prime Day, or Prime Week, whatever big sale event the ecommerce empire is driving this year, and guess what that means: more workers getting churned up through workplace safety and coronavirus exposure. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court sides with the Trump administration and allows the census to be cut short, a move which will likely sabotage Democratic voting power in the future and give the GOP more time to add in provisions that omit undocumented immigrants from the count even if they lose the White House in November. And lastly, Minnesota officials have linked at least two dozen cases of coronavirus to people who attended campaign events in the past month. And you’ll never guess who’s campaign was responsible for the vast majority of them. THESE ARE THE STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW: By now AM Quickie and Majority Report listeners know what Amazon is. If you use it, you use it -- there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism and all that, but we shouldn’t harbor any illusions about what the country’s ecommerce monopoly means at this point. Every year, Amazon does a Prime Day, which often stretches into a week, where it offers new products at hefty discounts for its subscribers. As always, the burden of this falls on its workers. In past years, this has contributed to Amazon’s already atrocious injury rate. A recent report by the investigative outlet Reveal showed that the company has downplayed and obscured rising injury numbers that go way past industry averages. This year, however, all that is compounded by the risk of coronavirus. In Minnesota, home to the company’s massive Shakope [shock oh pee] warehouse, the situation is particularly dire. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that at that facility alone, more than 200 employees have fallen ill over the course of the pandemic. Amazon’s response, of course, has been barbaric throughout. They fired a warehouse worker, Chris Smalls, early on in the pandemic for speaking out about working conditions. And in Shakopee, The Star Tribune reports that some staff members recently walked off the job after a worker who tested positive was fired for quote “time off task” violations. The company claims it has all the high-tech solutions in place to protect workers, but we know what all of that’s worth: they’re there to protect the company’s bottom line and its public image, the most important things it owns. Supreme Court Shuts Down Census The Supreme Court, now with a 5-3 conservative majority, sided unsurprisingly with the Trump administration on Tuesday, allowing the administration to shut down the 2020 census count early while court proceedings continue. The Court’s decision is a bit complicated procedurally, so we’ll sketch this out in broad strokes. The Trump administration is using some arbitrary deadlines to say that it needs to shut the census count down ASAP. The work is behind, of course, because of the pressures of the pandemic. Trump, or more accurately Stephen Miller, wants to shut things down as quickly as possible because doing so would allow them to exclude undocumented immigrants from the population totals submitted in the results. This would effectively make the census inaccurate, but more importantly to Republicans, it would mean that the population totals that govern the next ten years of House seat and federal funding appropriations wouldn’t include undocumented immigrants, who live disproportionately in Democratic districts. Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, saying that quote “the harms associated with an inaccurate census are avoidable and intolerable.” endquote. But there’s not much she can do with such a strong conservative Majority, which could get even worse if the GOP manages to confirm Amy Coney Barrett. Typhoid Trump Strikes in Minnesota Spike Health officials in Minnesota have connected two dozen virus cases to people who attended presidential campaign events in the past month, and almost all of them come from Trump’s big dumb airport barnburners. Let’s get a disclaimer out of the way first though: it’s not ​_all_​ Trump. Two people who attended Biden events are part of that list. Health officials can’t pinpoint exactly where any person contracted the virus, so the Biden fans could easily have caught it somewhere else. Granted, so could the Trump supporters, but come on. Come on. Massive maskless rallies? What did you think was going to happen. Also of note, four of the cases aren’t from Trump supporters, but of protesters who went to one of his rallies to demonstrate. And some of the cases in general are pretty severe. The Duluth News Tribune reported that 9 cases have been linked to Trump’s rally in Bemidji [BE MIJ EE]. Of those, two have required hospitalization, and one required intensive care. Cases across the state are rising as well, with average new daily case counts topping 1,000 for more than a week. Meanwhile, on a call with press on Monday, the president openly endorsed the anti-scientific view that herd immunity will halt the virus without a massive wave of deaths. This should go without saying, but if Trump comes to town, maybe give it a pass. AND NOW FOR SOME QUICKER QUICKIES: A new report by the New York Times visual investigations team found that Michael Reinoehl, the anti-fascist protester who shot a right wing milita member in Portland, may not have brandished a weapon at police before he was shot to death, as authorities previously claimed. The State of Virginia’s online voter registration portal abruptly crashed late on Monday night, after a fiber optic cable was severed the night before the deadline to register to vote. The same service also crashed shortly before the deadline in 2016. A quick check in on the Amy Coney Barrett hearings: during day two, ACB refused to say she would recuse herself if the legitimacy of the election came before the court, and downplayed her hard-line stances on Abortion, healthcare, and gay marriage. She’s certainly going through the motions to make herself palatable, but it’s pretty easy to see who she’s really looking out for. The Trump administration’s weird political sham investigation into whether Obama-era officials quote “unmasked” confidential identities improperly has concluded as a wet, limp flop. The prosecutor appointed by Attorney General William P. Barr to review the case completed his work without finding any substantive wrongdoing, something that will surely give Trump more to scream about on Twitter. That’s all for the Majority Report’s AM quickie today. Stay tuned for the full show with Sam this afternoon. OCT 14, 2020 - AM Quickie HOSTS - Sam Seder & Lucie Steiner WRITER - Jack Crosbie PRODUCER - Dorsey Shaw EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Brendan Finn

In the criminal justice system, privacy based coins are considered especially heinous. On today's round-table discussion these dedicated podcasters who talk about cryptocoins all the time, state how the government has it all wrong. This is The Bitcoin Podcast with Dee, Jesse,and Dr. Corey Petty. Links: Attorney General William P. Barr Announces Publication of Cryptocurrency Enforcement FrameworkSquare Buys $50 Million in BTCSquare White PaperSponsor Links AvalancheThe Bitcoin Podcast Social MediaJoin-SlackBecome part of our Team Donate!Discuss

#Deathpenalty #Prosofdeathpenalty#Consofdeathpenalty Episode 18- Christopher Andre Vialva, 40, was the seventh federal inmate and the first Black man put to death since federal executions resumed in July. Convicted of murdering two youth ministers when he was 19 was executed on Thursday, the seventh federal inmate and the first Black man put to death since Attorney General William P. Barr announced the resumption of federal executions last year. Since 1977, one year after the Supreme Court reaffirmed the constitutionality of the death penalty, more than 1,480 people have been executed, primarily by means of lethal injection. Most death penalty cases involve the execution of murderers although capital punishment can also be applied for treason, espionage, and other crimes. Proponents of the death penalty say it is an important tool for preserving law and order, deters crime, and costs less than life imprisonment. They argue that retribution or “an eye for an eye” honors the victim, helps console grieving families, and ensures that the perpetrators of heinous crimes never have an opportunity to cause future tragedy. Opponents of capital punishment say it has no deterrent effect on crime, wrongly gives governments the power to take human life, and perpetuates social injustices by disproportionately targeting people of color (racist) and people who cannot afford good attorneys (classist). They say lifetime jail sentences are a more severe and less expensive punishment than death. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hollywoodandchinadollshow/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hollywoodandchinadollshow/support

Oral argument argued before the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on or about 09/24/2020

00:00 I got my flu shot 01:00 A Place For You by Paul Tournier, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tournier 03:00 WP: Nine implications of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death – for 2020 and beyond, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/19/daily-202-nine-implications-ruth-bader-ginsburgs-death-2020-beyond/ 14:30 William P. Barr | The Constitution and the Rule of Law, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0Ho5_DiRdc 18:00 Justice Department labels New York, Portland and Seattle as 'anarchy' jurisdictions, https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/21/politics/doj-anarchy-jurisdictions/index.html 20:00 If you have a problem in one area of your life, it likely suffuses throughout your life 23:00 Spiritual teacher HerbK, https://herbk.com/ 26:00 Detox comes before recovery, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXCD3CXkwDQ 28:00 Cake addiction 29:50 Ted Cruz on Supreme Court nominations during a presidential election year 32:00 Styx vs James Allsup, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGXjqyCo3Hk 36:00 Rioting returns to Portland, Democratic leaders do nothing 38:00 Rageaholic on RBG, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHm5w8egcs8 49:00 BLM activist murder three while wearing a “Justice for Breonna Taylor” t-shirt in Louisville 52:45 Vaush vs Tucker Carlson, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtO2ZWIrZO8&ab_channel=Vaush 56:50 Bill O'Reilly: "If You Say 'George Soros' You're Anti-Semitic" [Because he is a Jew], https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IltmMyvNos 59:50 Rudy Giuliani on China & the origins of Covid-19, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdv26KfOgdY 1:01:00 George Soros funded prosecutors are soft on crime 1:04:00 Robert Merry: America's Problematic Meritocratic Elite, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGLQiJe6cmQ 1:06:45 KMG: CV Vitolo Haddad: My Part In Its Downfall, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuJxMN_uKx4 1:21:30 Rick Perlstein: Ronald Reagan and America's Right Turn, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2h_MFMoueQ 1:23:30 Vaush: #CancelCon was a Pathetic, Cringe-Inducing Failure, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybhxnGIRtBI 1:31:00 Ramzpaul on the passing of RBG, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEEYEAiv-1k 1:39:00 Tucker Carlson on the Supreme Court 2:02:00 Theodore Shoebat vs Martin Sellner, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeJPl_ZjkrM https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/how-presidential-character-will-matter-in-november/ https://nationalinterest.org/commentary/the-psychology-barack-obama-9244 Polls, questions, super chats: https://entropystream.live/app/lukefordlive Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/lukeford/ Periscope: https://www.pscp.tv/lukeford/1nAJEAnVRDaJL Soundcloud MP3s: https://soundcloud.com/luke-ford-666431593 Code of Conduct: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=125692 Reb Dooovid: https://twitter.com/RebDoooovid https://www.patreon.com/lukeford http://lukeford.net Email me: lukeisback@gmail.com or DM me on Twitter.com/lukeford Support the show | https://www.streamlabs.com/lukeford, https://patreon.com/lukeford, https://PayPal.Me/lukeisback Facebook: http://facebook.com/lukecford Book an online Alexander Technique lesson with Luke: https://alexander90210.com Feel free to clip my videos. It's nice when you link back to the original.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _________________ No. 20A8 _________________ WILLIAM P. BARR, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ET AL. v. DANIEL LEWIS LEE, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY OR VACATUR [July 14, 2020] PER CURIAM. The application for stay or vacatur presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICEand by him referred to the Court is granted. The District Court's July 13, 2020 order granting a preliminary injunction is vacated. The plaintiffs in this case are all federal prisoners who have been sentenced to death for murdering children. The plaintiffs committed their crimes decades ago and have long exhausted all avenues for direct and collateral review. The first of their executions was scheduled to take place this afternoon, with others to follow this week and next month. To carry out these sentences, the Federal Government plans to use a single drug—pentobarbital sodium—that “is widely conceded to be able to render a person fully insensate” and “does not carry the risks” of pain that some have associated with other lethal injection protocols. Zagorski v. Parker, 586 U. S. ___, ___ (2018) (Sotomayor, J., dissenting from denial of application for stay and denial of certiorari) (slip op., at 2). Hours before the first execution was set to take place, the District Court preliminarily enjoined all four executions on the ground that the use of pentobarbital likely constitutes cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. Vacatur of that injunction is appropriate because, among other reasons, the plaintiffs have not established that they are likely to succeed on the merits of their Eighth Amendment claim. That claim faces an exceedingly high bar. “This Court has yet to hold that a State's method of execution qualifies as cruel and unusual.” Bucklew v. Precythe, 587 U. S. ___, ___ (2019) (slip op., at 12). For good reason—“[f]ar from seeking to superadd terror, pain, or disgrace to their executions, the States have often sought more nearly the opposite,” developing new methods, such as lethal injection, thought to be less painful and more humane than traditional methods, like hanging, that have been uniformly regarded as constitutional for centuries. Ibid. The Federal Government followed this trend by selecting a lethal injection protocol—single-dose pentobarbital—that has become a mainstay of state executions. Pentobarbital: • Has been adopted by five of the small number of States that currently implement the death penalty. • Has been used to carry out over 100 executions, without incident. • Has been repeatedly invoked by prisoners as a less painful and risky alternative to the lethal injection protocols of other jurisdictions. • Was upheld by this Court last year, as applied to a prisoner with a unique medical condition that could only have increased any baseline risk of pain associated with pentobarbital as a general matter. See Bucklew, 587 U. S. ___. • Has been upheld by numerous Courts of Appeals against Eighth Amendment challenges similar to the one presented here. See, e.g., Whitaker v. Collier, 862 F. 3d 490 (CA5 2017); Zink v. Lombardi, 783 F. 3d 1089 (CA8 2015); Gissendaner v. Commissioner, 779 F. 3d 1275 (CA11 2015). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

"Representative Louie Gohmert, a Texas Republican who has frequently refused to wear a mask in the Capitol, tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday ahead of a planned trip with President Trump on Air Force One, officials familiar with the matter said," the New York Times reported Wednesday. "The results immediately sent a shudder through the Capitol, where Mr. Gohmert has actively participated in multiple congressional hearings this week, including Tuesday's Judiciary Committee session with Attorney General William P. Barr" and "a hearing held by the Natural Resources Committee," during which he did not wear a mask, the Times noted. What are we to make of this?The White House said on Tuesday that it will "refuse all new applications and only allow one-year renewals for existing participants while the program undergoes a review," Common Dreams reported Tuesday about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which allows some undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children to remain in the country for renewable periods of two years rather than be deported. What does this mean for the DACA program, its recipients and the country?According to Raul Diego in MintPress News, "The US is starting to fret about the imminent completion of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, the second of two underwater gas pipelines running from the Russian Baltic city of Ust-Luga to Greifswald, Germany, and has begun issuing informal threats of repercussions to companies who are backing the nearly-finished project." What are people saying about this as the issue continues to fester?This Associated Press headline from Tuesday is laughable: "US officials: Russia behind spread of virus disinformation." The article says, "Russian intelligence services are using a trio of English-language websites to spread disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, seeking to exploit a crisis that America is struggling to contain ahead of the presidential election in November, US officials said Tuesday." What is the real story?A Wednesday headline in Newsweek read: "Iran Won't Start War, General Says as Drill Targets Mock US Carrier." Meanwhile, a Tuesday headline at AntiWar.com said: "US: 'Irresponsible' for Iran to Attack Dummy Ship During Military Exercise." Could this war of words turn into a real war?"Many small businesses nationwide are reaching similar breaking points in an economy with the highest unemployment rate since the Great Depression," Reuters reported about the US on Wednesday. "Small firms have survived the pandemic so far with a mix of government aid, forbearance on debt and rent and creativity in selling to an increasingly homebound and financially distressed populace." Can this last much longer?"The prolonged UN-brokered peace talks between the Yemeni government and the Houthi rebels might fail, UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths warned on Tuesday," Xinhua News Agency reported. What are we to make of this projection?Reporting on US Attorney General Bill Barr's Tuesday testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, the Wall Street Journal said, "In his first congressional appearance in more than a year, Mr. Barr said the federal response was needed to confront violent demonstrators and fight crime in cities where local officials had done little to keep their streets and federal property safe." Is that true?GuestsDr. Yolandra Hancock - Board-certified pediatricianCarlos Castaneda - Immigration lawyerDaniel Lazare - Investigative journalist and author of "The Velvet Coup"Mark Sleboda - Moscow-based international relations and security analystScott Ritter - Former UN weapons inspector in Iraq Richard Lachmann - Professor at the State University of New York at Albany and author of "First Class Passengers on a Sinking Ship: Elite Politics and the Decline of Great Powers"James Carey - Editor and co-owner of Geopoliticsalert.comGregory A. Joseph - Director of communications for the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

Amber Phillips recaps Attorney General William P. Barr’s combative testimony on Capitol Hill. Peter Whoriskey uncovers how Johnson & Johnson companies used a “super poppy” to make narcotics for America’s most abused opioid pills. Plus, Michael Andor Brodeur on the sound of the pandemic. Read more:Takeaways from Attorney General Barr’s contentious congressional hearingJohnson & Johnson companies used a ‘super poppy’ to make narcotics for popular opioid pillsMusic for the pandemicSubscribe to The Washington Post: https://postreports.com/offer

Oral argument argued before the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on or about 06/18/2020

Oral argument argued before the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on or about 06/18/2020

Microsoft’s virtual version of its Build conference unleashes an array of news, including Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, a new component system for live document editing, a collaboration with Sony on embedded AI in camera sensors, a super-fast OpenAI supercomputer built on Azure, and better Linux support in Windows 10? Also, new leaks about Apple’s AR glasses, the Department of Justice slams Apple on phone encryption, Apple in negotiations to buoy Apple+ with a back catalog of programming, Walmart puts Jet.com to bed among a huge sales increase, and finally, a massive database of medical equipment service manuals comes online.SponsorsTiny CapitalMetaLabLinks:Microsoft’s new PowerToys Run launcher for Windows 10 is now available to download (The Verge)Microsoft is bringing Linux GUI apps to Windows 10 (The Verge)Microsoft to adapt its cloud software for healthcare industry (Reuters)Deliver better experiences, insights, and care with Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare (Microsoft)Microsoft’s new Fluid Office document is Google Docs on steroids (The Verge)Microsoft and Sony to create smart camera solutions for AI-enabled image sensor (ZDNet)Microsoft’s OpenAI supercomputer has 285,000 CPU cores, 10,000 GPUs (Engadget)Apple’s AR Glasses! (Front Page Tech on YouTube)Apple Buys Older Shows for TV+, Stepping Up Netflix Challenge (Bloomberg News)Attorney General William P. Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray Announce Significant Developments in the Investigation of the Naval Air Station Pensacola Shooting (DOJ)Apple Buys Older Shows for TV+, Stepping Up Netflix Challenge (Bloomberg News)Walmart is shutting down Jet.com 4 years after buying the company for $3.3 billion (Business Insider)Trying to Support a Local Pizza Joint? Just Make Sure It Isn’t Actually Chuck E. Cheese (Food & Wine)Introducing the World’s Largest Medical Repair Database, Free for Everyone (iFixIt)

Oral argument argued before the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on or about 05/13/2020

The numbers are in: last week, 3.2 million workers in the US filed unemployment claims. "Nearly 33.5 million applications for unemployment benefits have been filed since mid-March, according to the Labor Department, in the seven weeks since authorities widely began ordering businesses to close to combat the spread of the virus," the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. What does a leading economist think about this?"President [Donald] Trump said Wednesday that he will continue trying to toss out all of the Affordable Care Act, even as some in his administration, including Attorney General William P. Barr, have privately argued parts of the law should be preserved amid a pandemic," the Washington Post reported Thursday. So, we are in the midst of a pandemic. That means that people get sick. As people get sick, the one thing they need is health care. Last week, another 3.2 million US workers filed claims for unemployment benefits. That means a lot of these people, having lost their jobs, have also lost their health care, since for many Americans, their health insurance is tied to their jobs. Is the president serious, or is this just more red meat rhetoric for his base as we move closer to the November election?"In a statement Wednesday, the president said he vetoed the Iran war powers resolution that 'purported to direct me to terminate the use of United States Armed Forces in hostilities against Iran,' ... 'This was a very insulting resolution, introduced by Democrats as part of a strategy to win an election on November 3 by dividing the Republican Party. The few Republicans who voted for it played right into their hands,'” The Hill reported Wednesday. Is the president's perception of this accurate?According to Alan MacLeod in MintPress News, "In what has been labeled a new 'Keystone Kops Bay of Pigs,' the latest attempt to overthrow the government of Nicolas Maduro failed spectacularly, as both American and Venezuelan paramilitaries were immediately overwhelmed when they came into contact with the navy, or even with armed local fishermen's collectives." The Washington Post previously reported Sunday: "The government of President Nicolás Maduro said it had thwarted an early morning invasion off its Caribbean coast on Sunday, alleging its intelligence forces had uncovered a plot, ambushed the attackers and captured or killed 10." Now more details are coming to light.In another piece by MacLeod for MintPress, titled "Cuomo Announces Partnership with Bill Gates to 'Revolutionize' NY Schools in Wake of Coronavirus," he writes that Cuomo says "he will use the COVID-19 virus as an opportunity to 'revolutionize' the state's school system, inviting Bill Gates to implement his controversial ideas about education." What are we to make of this? It sounds like Naomi Klein's “Shock Doctrine.” America's so-called “free market” policies dominate the world -- through the exploitation of disaster-shocked people and countries.GUESTS:Dr. Jack Rasmus — Professor of economics at Saint Mary's College of California and author of "Central Bankers at the End of Their Ropes: Monetary Policy and the Coming Depression." Kevin Zeese — Co-editor for Popular Resistance.Dr. Gerald Horne — Professor of history at the University of Houston and author of many books, including "Blows Against the Empire: US Imperialism in Crisis." Ricardo Vaz — Writer and editor at Venezuelanalysis.com.Nino Pagliccia — Activist and freelance writer based in Vancouver. A retired researcher from the University of British Columbia, Canada, Pagliccia is a Venezuelan-Canadian who follows and writes about international relations with a focus on the Americas, and is also the editor of the book “Cuba Solidarity in Canada – Five Decades of People-to-People Foreign Relations.” Alan MacLeod — Academic and journalist. He is a staff writer at MintPress News and a contributor to Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), as well as the author of "Bad News From Venezuela: Twenty Years of Fake News and Misreporting."

This is Toby Sumpter with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Tuesday, April 28, 2020 Attorney General William Barr Orders US Attorneys  https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/27/william-barr-orders-legal-action-against-governors/ Jeff Mordock from the Washington Times reports: “Attorney General William P. Barr Monday ordered U.S. attorneys to consider legal action against governors whose efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus infringe upon Americans’ […]

This is Toby Sumpter with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Tuesday, April 28, 2020 Attorney General William Barr Orders US Attorneys  https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/27/william-barr-orders-legal-action-against-governors/ Jeff Mordock from the Washington Times reports: “Attorney General William P. Barr Monday ordered U.S. attorneys to consider legal action against governors whose efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus infringe upon Americans' […]

一、美民主黨黨內初選 2/11美國新罕布夏州舉行民主黨黨內初選，這是民主黨的第二場初選，勝選的是佛蒙特州的參議員桑德斯（Bernie Sanders）。上一場初選在愛荷華州，勝出的是布迪吉格（Pete Buttigieg），38歲，政治立場偏中間，桑德斯比他大40歲，他的立場是左派、民粹偏社會主義，民主黨目前領先的是上述兩位候選人，而這兩人可能都不是民主黨主流的候選人，所以最終究竟誰會勝出代表民主黨參選，目前還看不出端倪… 二、美國司法部 2/10美國司法部正在調查川普多年好友兼顧問史東（Roger Stone）的案子，起因在於穆勒檢察官於調查川普通俄門案時，史東欺騙國會、阻礙調查、干擾證人等七大罪，因此將他移交法院；而上週一司法部檢察官提出量行建議，表示此案刑期約七至九年，這使得川普相當氣憤，並在推特發文表達不滿，因此第二天司法部長巴爾（William P. Barr）撤回司法部刑期的建議，此舉造成偵辦此案的四個檢察官相當生氣，認為違法司法獨立，憤而退出此案，後續引起司法部門內部一陣譁然… 三、美國阿富汗談判 上週美國和阿富汗達成初步減少暴力衝突的協議。阿富汗戰爭是美國有史以來打最久的戰爭，打了18年，當時是911事件後，蓋達組織寄生在阿富汗塔利班政權之下，所以美國要推翻塔利班政權，驅逐了蓋達，輔佐親美的喀伯爾政府，但美國的行為依然讓塔利班勢力盤根錯節，18年來根本不可能完全消滅，也因此美國決定不再陷在阿富汗戰爭的泥淖之中，開始與塔利班溫和派談判… 四、美非關係 上週末美國國務卿龐畢歐在慕尼黑參加世界安全會議，結束之後便飛往非洲的塞內加爾、安哥拉及衣索比亞，這次的非洲行主要在強調美國和非洲的關係非常密切，並表示雙方在發展商業上的關係也很積極，美國商務部長最近推出「繁榮非洲」，而龐畢歐此行也是順勢推銷此一概念… 劉必榮教授和風談判學院：negotiation.eletang.com.tw

Some 1,100 former officials of the U.S. Justice Department have sent an open letter urging Attorney General William P. Barr to resign and warning that President Trump's use of that department as his own personal hit squad, enabled by Barr, threatens to lead the U.S. into autocracy."Governments that use the enormous power of law enforcement to punish their enemies and reward their allies are not constitutional republics; they are autocracies," the former DOJ officials wrote.For more, listen...

Today on Post Reports, Matt Zapotosky reports on the fight for independence within the Justice Department after Attorney General William P. Barr intervened in the sentencing guidelines for Roger Stone. Political reporter Aaron Blake breaks down the New Hampshire primary results, and what they mean for the Democrat’s race for the White House. And columnist Monica Hesse says that questions of Elizabeth Warren’s electability are a self-fulfilling prophecy for her supporters.Read more:Four prosecutors quit after Attorney General William P. Barr shortened Roger Stone’s sentencing request, one sign of turmoil engulfing the Justice Department. Sanders takes the New Hampshire primary. Can he keep up the momentum to Nevada? Since 2016, the question of a candidate’s electability has mutated into an abstract panic over whether any woman can be elected in 2020. Subscribe to The Washington Post: https://postreports.com/offer

On Tuesday, Congress said it intends to pass legislation to regulate encryption if Silicon Valley doesn’t give the government complete access to everyone’s private communications. Attorney General William P. Barr demanded that no one should have to right to private communications, and that the government should have access to everything. Senator Lindsey Graham said: “You’re going to find a way to do this, or we’re going to do this for you ... You’re either the solution or you’re the problem.” WeChat and Facebook Messenger executives responded to the government letter, saying that a “backdoor” would make their users less safe: “The ‘backdoor’ access you are demanding for law enforcement would be a gift to criminals, hackers and repressive regimes, creating a way for them to enter our systems and leaving every person on our platforms more vulnerable to real-life harm." Also, end-to-end encryption is the only way that we can have private communication online. The entire tone of a society changes when people know they’re being surveilled. We self-censor. We conform and live in fear. A surveilled society is a repressed society, and we are dangerously close to having every part of our lives observed. Facebook has recently begun a transition to a more privacy-focused platform, with Zuckerberg saying “Privacy gives people the freedom to be themselves and connect more naturally, which is why we build social networks.” Let's hope they succeed, and the government doesn't get in their way. video: https://youtu.be/cJ6RsSkifeo

In several conversations in recent months, Attorney General William P. Barr has counseled Trump in general terms that Giuliani has become a liability and a problem for the administration, according to multiple people familiar with the conversations.

In this clip from the CAFE Insider podcast, "The Death of Jeffrey Epstein," co-hosts Preet and Anne discuss the conspiracy theories about the apparent suicide of the disgraced financier. To hear the full episode, join the CAFE Insider community. REFERENCES AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS: EPSTEIN’S DEATH Federal Bureau of Prisons Suicide Prevention Manual, bop.gov, 4/5/07 Statement from Attorney General William P. Barr on the Death of Jeffrey Epstein, justice.gov, 8/10/19 Statement of Manhattan U.S. Attorney on the Death of Defendant Jeffrey Epstein, justice.gov, 8/10/19 Statement from the Federal Bureau of Prisons on Jeffrey Epstein’s death, Twitter, 8/10/19 “Before Jail Suicide, Jeffrey Epstein Was Left Alone and Not Closely Monitored,” NYT, 8/11/19 “‘We need answers. Lots of them.’ What’s known and what’s next after Jeffrey Epstein’s death,” Washington Post, 8/11/19 “Unsealed documents show allegations against Jeffrey Epstein and his inner circle,” CNN, 8/11/19 Some of the unsealed documents in a lawsuit brought by Epstein’s alleged victim, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, against Ghislaine Maxwell: here and here “A Horrifying Death in a Horrifying Jail,” Slate, 8/10/19

One day before the fifth anniversary of Eric Garner’s death at the hands of police officers in New York, the Justice Department said it would not bring federal civil rights charges against an officer involved. We look at that decision. Guest: Ashley Southall, who covers New York for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading: Attorney General William P. Barr made the call not to seek a civil rights indictment against Officer Daniel Pantaleo.“The D.O.J. has failed us,” Mr. Garner’s mother, Gwen Carr, said. “Five years ago, my son said ‘I can’t breathe’ 11 times. Today, we can’t breathe. Because they have let us down.”

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged Mr. Epstein on Monday with sex trafficking, dealing an implicit rebuke to that plea agreement, which was overseen by Alexander Acosta, then the United States attorney in Miami and now President Trump’s labor secretary. The indictment in Manhattan could prompt a moment of reckoning for the Justice Department, which for years has wrestled with accusations that it mishandled the earlier case and has faced a barrage of litigation from Mr. Epstein’s accusers. In February, the Justice Department opened its own internal review into the matter. Attorney General William P. Barr said on Monday during a trip to South Carolina that he had recused himself from the case because Mr. Barr’s former law firm, Kirkland & Ellis, had represented Mr. Epstein. Kevin Spacey’s accuser in a sexual assault case out of Nantucket pleaded the Fifth Amendment after he testified before a judge. Monday’s hearing focused on a cell phone containing text messages that could provide key evidence. Attorney Mitchell Garabedian told a judge the accuser was unable to locate a cell phone, so the accuser, his mother, former Boston TV anchor Heather Unruh, and his father were forced to testify about the phone’s contents, where it may be, and the authenticity of screenshots retrieved from it. Legal Expert: Prosecution In Kevin Spacey Case Needs The Cell Phone To Continue In June, a judge ordered the cell phone be turned over to State Police to give the actor’s attorneys the opportunity to recover text messages they said would support Spacey’s claims of innocence. Spacey is accused of groping a then 18-year-old at a Nantucket bar three years ago. Spacey was not present in court Monday. His attorney called for the case to be dismissed.

Devlin Barrett on Attorney General William P. Barr’s testimony. Maria Sacchetti on the Trump administration saying it may charge asylum seekers looking for refuge. Plus, Rick Maese on what happened when a female runner’s hormones came under scrutiny.

Matt Zapotosky with a preview for Attorney General William P. Barr’s Mueller report testimony before Congress. Manuel Roig-Franzia on Lou Dobbs’s influence on President Trump. Plus, Samantha Schmidt on the ride service for K-12th-graders.

The special counsel’s team sent its report to the attorney general, William P. Barr, who sent a summary of that report to Congress. But some members of the special counsel’s team have told associates that their findings are more troubling for President Trump than Mr. Barr indicated. Guests: Nicholas Fandos, who covers Congress for The New York Times, and Michael S. Schmidt, who has been covering the special counsel investigation. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

La Macronie expliquée aux électeurs : Lundi 25 mars, le conseiller spécial d’Emmanuel Macron, Ismaël Emelien, a quitté l’Elysée. Depuis plusieurs semaines, de plus en plus de membres du cabinet quittent le palais présidentiel. Barbara Frugier, la conseillère presse internationale, Sylvain Fort, le directeur de la communication, Stéphane Séjourné, le conseiller politique, David Amiel, le bras droit du secrétaire général Alexis Kohler, Fabrice Aubert, le conseiller institutions et action publique, ou encore Ahlem Gharbi, la conseillère Afrique du Nord et Moyen‐Orient. L'entourage direct du président sembleNfragilisé par l'affaire Benalla puis par la crise des « gilets jaunes ». Faisant face aux critiques jugeant l’entourage du président souvent trop jeune et monocolore, Emmanuel Macron a commencé à repeupler son cabinet de figures plus expérimentées telles que Philippe Grangeon, arrivé le 4 février. Optant pour des stratégies variées et face à un entourage mouvant, après presque deux ans au pouvoir, le macronisme demeure encore flou. C’est justement ce que tentent de définir Ismaël Emelien et David Amiel, ex-bras droits respectifs d'Emmanuel Macron et du secrétaire général, Alexis Kohler, dans leur livre « Le progrès ne tombe pas du ciel », paru cette semaine. L'exercice est inédit : jamais un président en fonction n'avait eu à définir sa doctrine. Refusant l’idée que le macronisme est un pragmatisme, les deux auteurs soulignent l’idéologie de ce mouvement parmi laquelle on distingue son progressisme et son combat contre le populisme. A moins de deux mois des élections européennes, ces deux anciens conseillers y défendent à la fois leur vision du progrès, et le bilan du gouvernement. ***Rapport Mueller : Dimanche 24 mars, le ministre de la Justice, William P. Barr, a révélé les résultats de l’enquête du procureur spécial Robert Mueller. Après 675 jours de travail, ce dernier n’a pas trouvé de preuve d’une collusion de Donald Trump ou de son équipe avec les Russes en vue d'influencer le résultat de l'élection présidentielle de 2016, Cette conclusion a été rapidement célébrée sur Twitter comme une victoire par le président américain tandis que les leaders démocrates au Congrès exigent la publication du rapport « complet », estimant que le ministre de la justice n’est « pas un observateur neutre ». La menace d’une procédure de destitution du président disparaît néanmoins en ce qui concerne les accusations découlant de l’enquête russe. Le procureur spécial Robert Mueller a, en effet, également cherché à savoir si Trump s'était rendu coupable d'entrave à la justice, en raison du harcèlement et de l'intimidation qu'il aurait exercés sur le ministère de la Justice. À ce sujet, le diagnostic de Mueller ne livre pas de conclusion définitive. Donal Trump n’est donc pas entièrement blanchi. Les commissions de la Chambre vont poursuivre leurs investigations sur une possible entrave à la justice, sans compter d’éventuels abus de pouvoir, malversations ou conflits d’intérêts. Par ailleurs, pléthore d’enquêtes concernant le président américain sont toujours en cours : l’enquête menée par les procureurs fédéraux du district sud de New York concernant le possible achat du silence de deux femmes ayant eu une liaison avec Donald Trump se poursuit tout comme celle sur les soupçons de corruption via les fonds du comité d'investiture de Trump ou les fonds de la Donald J. Trump Foundation.

The Mueller Investigation is in, Attorney General William P. Barr has submitted an initial 4-page Summary, and the world keeps on burnin'. Special segment from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw2BVI9OhC4 _________________ Follow Fritz on Twitter @FritzQS On Facebook at facebook.com/thefritzcast And the blog at fritzcast.wordpress.com NOW on YouTube: Search FritzCast Podcast (www.youtube.com/channel/UCsi1fQb8k_M1UiGU33XTQ_w) Also available on iTunes, GooglePlay, & Stitcher! Like the theme song? Check out: Let It Out by Jerrytown - itunes.apple.com/us/album/let-it-…0173?i=188710174

The special counsel, Robert Mueller, was supposed to decide whether President Trump had committed a crime. Why did the attorney general, William P. Barr, do it instead? Guest: Michael S. Schmidt, who has been covering the special counsel investigation for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

Josh Dawsey and Karoun Demirjian report on Washington’s response to Attorney General William P. Barr’s summary of Robert S. Mueller III's Russia investigation. And Jeff Stein on Puerto Rico’s loss of food stamp funding.

National security reporter Devlin Barrett explains what we know so far about the findings of the special counsel's Russia investigation, what clarity we’ve gained from Attorney General William P. Barr's summary, and what questions remain unanswered.

Attorney General William P. Barr sent a letter to Congress summarizing the Mueller report: The special counsel investigation did not establish coordination with Russia, but there was a more complicated story when it came to obstruction of justice. Guests: The Times reporters Maggie Haberman, who covers the White House; and Michael S. Schmidt, who has been covering the special counsel investigation. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

Back with spunk, whatever that is! We open big with Alex's wrestling injury; the new version of a... yeah, that, and some other RPGs; Ray is *finally* a true retro gamer; new tales from the security conference; and now he has TIME for those retro games!; remembering when Alex was a movie extra; spidered men; bees; Fan Fun gets a name wrong, and Alex nearly gets a Cameo account, stay tuned! This podcast was submitted to Attorney General William P. Barr for review.

The Top Stories: Final Appropriations Bill for 2019 Signed - DHS, ICE, Border Patrol, bill signed by President Trump, and subsequent announcement of Emergency Order. Amazon out of NYC, Gov. Andrew Cuomo blamed fellow Democrats in the state Senate for killing the deal to bring an Amazon headquarters to Queens. Freshman Ilhan Omar’s anti-semitic remark causes uproar. Andrew McCabe took his new book and story to CBS” 60 Minutes” with an admission of guilt? William P. Barr was confirmed Thursday as the U.S. attorney general, and sworn in by chief justice Roberts in an Oval Office ceremony. Del Wilber is a former CIA and Department of Defense Intelligence and Counterterrorism Officer – with a focus on technical and human intelligence collection activities. Jim McCay is a Political Analyst, Commentator and Radio Producer. Jim has a 30 year background in global technology, telecommunications and pharmaceuticals. MORE VIEWPOINT THE NEWS MAGAZINE Why is the dividing of America happening? Is this the plan, is it a reaction to Pres. Trump as an outsider or is this part of a transformational effort to move us from a Constitutional Republic to a Marxist Socialist State, and if it is the latter will this be a silent and clandestine takeover of our government and freedoms or will WE THE PEOPLE stand tall and defend our Constitution, our Republic, and our Bill of Rights. Symptoms of division and how they manifest themselves in the dysfunctionality of our government, failure to pass a budget, our immigration system, our judicial system, and the inability of the parties to have any resemblance of dialogue and compromise. We'll take a deep look at this division which continues to divide our country and those that stand in the way of any possibility of moving forward as one people. Karen Schoen, An Educator, Retired Teacher, Dean and small business owner. Current Host of American Freedom Watch Radio, speaker and activist. Dr Ron Martinelli, is a retired police detective. With a background in investigations, forensics, psychological profiling — a national voice and often referred to as the “expert’s expert.” Ava Armstrong is a political commentator, radio personality. Ava is an Author who writes about the everyday men and women with a focus on Patriotism. Do remember to Rate the show, leave a quick review and subscribe to Viewpoint on Apple Podcasts by clicking here. Your voice for the fight forward, Malcolm Out Loud February 17th 10 AM EST Encore Presentation AT 6 PM Available on Podcast Networks After 1 PM

In a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, William P. Barr, the nominee for attorney general, vowed to protect the Justice Department and seemed to tell senators what they wanted to hear. But was it what the president wanted to hear? Guest: Michael S. Schmidt, who covers national security and federal investigations for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

William P. Barr, President Trump’s nominee for attorney general, is set to go before senators today for the beginning of his confirmation hearings. What would it mean for the president and the special counsel to have an attorney general who is in charge of the Russia investigation? Guest: Katie Benner, who covers the Justice Department for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.