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Mark Levin
Iran Can Make Fissile Material for a Bomb 'in About 12 Days'
"This is from Reuters How many of you have heard about this Iran can make visible material for a bomb in about 12 days He was official said Iran could make enough Faisal For one nuclear bomb that is fizzle For one nuclear bomb in about 12 days a top U.S. Defense Department official said on Tuesday down from the estimated one year it would have taken while the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was in effect Now that's Reuters because they're sick Because they're sick But anyway undersecretary defense for policy Colin kahl made the comment to a House of Representatives hearing when pressed by a Republican lawmaker where the Biden administration had sought to revive the deal the joint comprehensive plan of action He said because Iran's nuclear progress since we left Has been remarkable back in 2018 when the previous administration decided to leave the deal it would have taken about 12 months to produce one bombs worth of material Now it would take about 12 days That's their answer
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
Sebastian Is Joined In-Studio by Joe DiGenova and Victoria Toensing
"Let's just look at the situation on Capitol Hill. This was a catastrophic failure of security by the capitol police. Totally. And the police in the District of Columbia who were responsible for the security of the capitol, but it's the capitol police are responsible for the security of that building. The Speaker of the House, the sergeant at arms in both chambers and the architect of the capitol. I used to run this when I was the chief counsel and staff director of the Senate rules committee. I had jurisdiction over the capitol police and all the security. The fact that they were unprepared knowing that there were going to be a half a million people who were going to be asked to march to the capitol in peaceably demonstrate shows that they were woefully unprepared. Now, when you're unprepared and you lose the advantage as a law enforcement organization, the one thing that you do not do is you do not become bull Connor and you do not start brandishing weapons on people who are unarmed. This is a big mistake. It is a catastrophic security failure on Capitol Hill, which never should have occurred. They were totally unprepared. That's called making the news as it's happening. That's a throwback to our former studio two years ago as the events of January 6th were unfolding. We had the perfect guests in studio, people who understand what was happening even as it was happening. And we're back because of the breaking news of January 6th and all that footage that's been released to a certain individual at Fox News and your favorites are back in studio. Jojoba, Victoria tansen, do you remember that interview? Do you remember what that day was like? Never forget it. That was something else. Because you had just gotten in from hearing the speech. I'd been right there in front of the ellipse with the president listening to the speech, couldn't make it to Congress. My speech in front of the Supreme Court later that afternoon had been canceled, although that Nancy Pelosi subpoenaing my text messages because I was giving a speech at the Supreme Court. But let's go back in time because we have to talk about these latest developments. We have to talk about what's happening in the last two years. But Joe, why were you why were you uniquely qualified to talk about security on capital hill as those events were occurring? Please remind our listeners. Well, I had been the united states attorney for the District of Columbia under Ronald Reagan from 1983 to 1988. How old were you? I'm going to have something very rude. How old are you? I was 36. That's crazy. The youngest U.S. attorney attorney for district. He was great. I believe he was great, but that's so young. Yeah, but I had also been an assistant U.S. attorney in that office years before. And one of my assignments was to monitor the demonstrations in front of the then Soviet embassy. And all of those demonstrations over the years had been monitored, controlled with the Metropolitan Police department, demonstrations on Capitol Hill, tremendous amount of planning, scripting, talking with the Defense Department, the State Department, everybody. There was no way that you have something like January 6th, and you don't plan that out in every single step of the way every detail fine tuned with the police, the National Guard, and everything. And it didn't happen. But you also, in that position, as U.S. attorney, you were in those meetings back then with the house. Yes, absolutely. We conducted those meetings. We were in charge of making sure that the FBI, that the Metropolitan Police that everybody coordinated the activities that we had prosecutors ready to go to do arraignments in court if large numbers of people were going to be arrested. And so this was routine. We had been doing this for 40 years and then this happens on January 6th and you look at it and all you can say as a professional is these people did absolutely nothing to prepare for this major event. They were so prepared. I think it was interesting that Joe has told me that they would say, okay, you're all going to be arrested. And then we're going to go down to the station. And then we're going to let you go. And everyone agreed, okay, we'll do it that
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
Sebastian Is Joined in-Studio by Joe DiGenova and Victoria Toensing
"We're back because of the breaking news of January 6th and all that footage that's been released to a certain individual at Fox News and your favorites are back in studio. Jojoba, Victoria tansen, do you remember that interview? Do you remember what that day was like? Never forget it. That was something else. Because you had just gotten in from hearing the speech. I'd been right there in front of the ellipse with the president listening to the speech, couldn't make it to Congress. My speech in front of the Supreme Court later that afternoon had been canceled, although that Nancy Pelosi subpoenaing my text messages because I was giving a speech at the Supreme Court. But let's go back in time because we have to talk about these latest developments. We have to talk about what's happening in the last two years. But Joe, why were you why were you uniquely qualified to talk about security on capital hill as those events were occurring? Please remind our listeners. Well, I had been the united states attorney for the District of Columbia under Ronald Reagan from 1983 to 1988. How old were you? I'm going to have something very rude. How old are you? I was 36. That's crazy. The youngest U.S. attorney attorney for district. He was great. I believe he was great, but that's so young. Yeah, but I had also been an assistant U.S. attorney in that office years before. And one of my assignments was to monitor the demonstrations in front of the then Soviet embassy. And all of those demonstrations over the years had been monitored, controlled with the Metropolitan Police department, demonstrations on Capitol Hill, tremendous amount of planning, scripting, talking with the Defense Department, the State Department, everybody. There was no way that you have something like January 6th, and you don't plan that out in every single step of the way every detail fine tuned with the police, the National Guard, and everything. And it didn't happen.
Mark Levin
Top Putin War Official Marine Yankina Plunges to Her Death
"Apparently there is a belief at least in parts of the Russian ruling class that people can fly out of out of windows from skyscrapers mister producer did you know this Yet another tried to fly out of a window and felt to her death A top defense official in Russia has been found dead after plunging from a high window in a tower block in the latest mysterious death of a high ranking official so woman Marina 58 was discovered by a pair survived the entrance of a house on Sam Sheena street in St. Petersburg I'm sure Bernie Sanders is familiar with that She is believed to have fallen 160 feet to her death That's frightening She's very well placed She is Or was a very well placed Russian Defense Department power broker she'd risen from the tax collecting ranks moved to the Defense Department was basically Putin's money girl For their western military district Miss Yana was a key figure in the funding of Vladimir Putin's illegal war in Ukraine His head of the financial support department of the Ministry of Defense for the western military district which is closely involved In the dictator's invasion her career developed rapidly in 5 years she rose from an ordinary employee to the head of the entire department Meanwhile the death of the employee was officially confirmed by the press service in the western military district the western military district leadership where she was in charge of the cash flows is certainly been under enormous pressure from
The Dan Bongino Show
Kash Patel: Every General's Talking Points Are Pre-Approved
"In the military but 12 years working with them The military guys work with us too You get a good kind of feel for their whole ecosystem how they work and everything just like the military knows how the Secret Service works even though a lot of them didn't work there They choose their words especially once you start getting their leadership positions that get political not by their just the Colonel and above were you really you got to be careful You got to have a little bit of a politician At any military leader will tell you that They don't just say things randomly So I'm so glad you said that having worked at the highest levels of government There's no way this general in the air force on a call with the press Just randomly slipped out like oh yeah we can't rule out alien life or I'm not ruling anything This is a total slider when you were looking fastball No you're absolutely right And I've been there running the Defense Department Those are scripted talking points They get approved by the Secretary of Defense by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff by the chief of staff at The White House on behalf of the president of the United States and by the director of national intelligence because these statements are at the intersection of all those individuals and entities And when a four star general in charge of a combatant command to protect the United States of America goes to the podium for the world to hear and the biggest disaster in terms of an intelligence collection standpoint in modern history you bet that was scripted he put it to memory and it was put out with a purpose and it's because I think to distract from the other failures the Biden administration is doing not to mention the fact that we just got bested by blackface Trudeau in terms of how our military works and the fact that he can order our S 22s to take out objects but Joe Biden can't That is another disaster's problem Our best commander in chief
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"defense department" Discussed on WTOP
"Up after trapping whether the top stories were following for you this hour, The Pentagon continues to track a Chinese surveillance balloon that at last word is over North Carolina now. The Defense Department is also acknowledging reports of what are called another Chinese surveillance balloon flying over Latin America. And the northeast is in the grips of a polar vortex bringing record low temperatures to some areas. Stay with WTO for more on these top stories in just minutes. Driving weather on the 8s rob stallworth is in the WTO P traffic center in Virginia, southbound I 95, the Springfield interchange crash cleanup continues to block the right lane after the fairfax county Parkway exit one 66 as you head toward lorton exit one 63, stay out of the right lane, south on I 95 as you leave the Springfield interchange headed toward one 23 in wood brews, no rubber necking delays on the northbound side of I 95. I three 95 remains a good shape between of course etzel road and the 14th street bridge. The traveling the beltway in Virginia are clear so far between McLean and Alexandria, we had the issue on duke street, understandably earlier where rich gave us a call between South Jordan and south Ingram street. That's blocked off as a result of some police activity to watch out for that. In Maryland, no issues on the beltway running through Montgomery and prince George's counties, northbound on the BW Parkway after NASA Goddard, all lanes reported to be open but delays remain northbound as you head toward NASA Goddard to watch out for that southbound still rubber necking approaching one 97 had a down toward powder mill road for the south on the BW Parkway between one 93 and route 50 New York avenue a single right lane gets you by the debris clean up there that are working today so watch out for that. The driving and Annapolis root two Solomon's island road near Annapolis harbor center drive that's where we had the report of a crash. No problems on route 50 between the capitol beltway and the eastern shore looking pretty good going across the bay bridge with lanes available to you. I'm rob stallworth WTO traffic. Your storm team four four day forecast with Ryan Miller. A real cold day across the region once again, we're starting the day in the single digits in the northwestern suburbs and looks
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"defense department" Discussed on WTOP
"Prize that was won by a very lucky person in Maine less than three weeks ago. Coming up after traffic and weather, the top stories were following for you this hour, The Pentagon continues to track a Chinese surveillance blown that at last report is over the Midwest, the Defense Department is also acknowledging reports of what it called another Chinese surveillance balloon flying over Latin America. And New Hampshire's mount Washington observation station is recording wind chills of -106° for more on these stories in just minutes. Traffic and weather on the aids here's Mary to pampa. All right, thanks, Luke. And I guess our top story in the traffic center, we had a vehicle fire on 50. It took everybody by surprise, but we're now down to nothing. They just towed it away as we speak. So 50 traveling between Queenstown and the beltway and going across the bay bridge no surprises, the vehicle was towed away westbound after the scenic drive. Oceanic drive and sandy point park, excuse me, exit 32. So all lines open, no truck. Actually, there may be a truck left on the side of the road, emergency equipment gone, we're waiting on a tow truck, but that's it. If you are in Calvert county, there was a crash that happened on route four earlier, the 5 o'clock hour, route four remaining closed right now, both ways between white sands drive and sawmill road following police direction there. Beyond these things are big roadways or doing pretty well, I've got nothing reported around the beltway that's both in Maryland and in Virginia. Inside of the beltway in southeast, it sounds like a rollover crash has occurred on branch avenue. North of Pennsylvania avenue essentially between Pennsylvania and anacostia road near O street. You would be following police direction. And in upper Marlboro have not gotten that all clear three O one station road watch for any flashing lights here in both directions with police on scene, married to pump the WTO P traffic. Now to storm team four meteorologist Ryan Miller. A real cold day across the region once again, we're starting the day in the single
Mike Gallagher Podcast
Jameel Jaffer: Unsure Why U.S. Hasn't Shot Down Chinese Balloon
"Here was Tucker last night with Jamil jaffer of the national security institute on Fox News. You know, presidents make a lot of complicated decisions. This doesn't seem complicated. There's a Chinese blue and why not shoot it down? What do you think is happening here? Yeah, it's a great question, Tucker. You know what's really interesting about this incident is that the Defense Department has made clear that this isn't the first time that we've seen Chinese spy balloons over U.S. territory in the past. What's interesting about this particular incident is the fact that we've called it out, we've made it public and that they actually froze the airspace over billings, Montana, and put planes up, thinking about taking the shot. Now, why they didn't take the shot, why they didn't take it down, hard to know, Tucker, but it's worth noting back in 2001, the Chinese forced down an American spy plane on hainan island, kidnapped U.S. airmen near women for a number of days and stole a bunch of surveillance assets off that plane. Now that was almost two decades ago. So you almost answered my question. Do you think if the American Pentagon floated a spy balloon over Chinese missile bases that chairman G would say, you know, I'm not really sure how to respond. Maybe we should just let it keep floating. Yeah, look, I think that's highly unlikely I mean, you saw Nancy Pelosi went to Taiwan just a few months back and Kevin McCarthy is going to Taiwan shortly and the Chinese were threatening to shoot down Nancy Pelosi's plane. So, you know, it's clear that the Chinese would take action, it's surprising that we're not. You know, you want to be as fair as you can in a situation like this because there's so much we don't know, but in your attempt to delete the conclusion these people are completely impotent, but could there be a good reason for not shooting it down? Well, you know, you couldn't say that they wanted to see where it's going to go, what it's trying to track. Is it looking at our ICBMs? Is it looking at something else? They may be collecting information off of it too. So there's a possibility there are good reasons for not shooting it down, but it is odd that you would announce it, make it clear that you've seen it and then not take action.
ToddCast Podcast with Todd Starnes
Rep. Bob Good: The Fight for Fiscal Reforms
"Congressman. First, this the big fight is this debt ceiling and we understand that at least 24 Republican senators are warning they will oppose the debt limit increase without fiscal reforms, how is the fight going so far? Well, we're setting down the markers and I appreciate with speaker McCarthy is doing where he is doing and saying the right thing, saying that we've got to have cuts and spending in order to increase the debt ceiling. And as you know, with the left wing media hysteria and the allegations by the Democrats, first of all, no Republicans calling for any cuts to the benefits of social security or Medicare. Secondly, a government shutdown is not the same thing as a government default. No one's going to allow the government to default on its debts. Thirdly, every significant spending reform that we've had in the last 35 or so years has been tied to a debt ceiling increase. It's a rare moment of leverage where you've got the Democrats to laugh. So desperate to keep the government let's say functioning and to keep it open, shall we say that that's a significant point of leverage that you have to use to force them to cut spending. And we're going to do that. There's so many things as we both know Todd that do not justify us borrowing and printing more money that we don't have in order to send money overseas or to spend on phony infrastructure projects or $1.7 trillion on the best spending bills or billions of dollars in foreign aid or a $100 billion to Ukraine to borrow taxpayer money to do those things. What? Defense Department acknowledge they can't find $200 billion in assets. There's an estimate up to as much as a $1 trillion in COVID money that's not accounted for. That's still sitting there, not spent, not accounted for. So there's so much that we can go after if we're just responsible willing to do that. I'd
AP News Radio
Biden, McCarthy to discuss debt limit in talks on Wednesday
"House speaker Kevin McCarthy says he's not ruling out cuts to the Defense Department, as he prepares to meet this Wednesday with President Biden a negotiating an increase in the nation's debt ceiling. The newly elected Republican House speaker says along with a reasonable discussion on raising the debt limit to avert a government default. He also wants to speak with President Biden about potential spending cuts. McCarthy promised conservatives. He would even consider Defense Department reductions, which the chairman of the House foreign affairs committee, Texas Republican Michael McCall, says would be a big mistake, given the tensions with Russia and China. I will not sit back and watch our defense being cut at such a dangerous time in our history. Democratic congressman Adam Smith says the debt ceiling must be raised because the money's already spent. The Republicans don't want to raise the debt ceiling without cutting spending, obviously they don't want to raise revenue, put a plan on the table. What are you going to cut? Boats spoke on Fox News Sunday. Speaker McCarthy vows social security and Medicare will not be touched, although Democrats remain skeptical. I'm Jackie Quinn.
The Charlie Kirk Show
Do Senators Really Believe In This Ukraine Fight? J.D. Vance Explains
"A senator now for only a couple of weeks. So can you just enlighten me and our audience, what is the private chatter among senators? Do they really believe in this fight in Ukraine? Have they thought this through? I can't imagine they have while still saying these things publicly. Again, I'm not asking you to say anything negative about your colleagues, but at least enlighten me, what are the differences? Give some clarity to my confusion here because I do not understand it. Yeah, I think the difference between me and frankly a majority or at least a lot of my cine colleagues on the Republican side is that they tend to look at this in very moralistic terms, right? Putin bad Ukraine good and therefore, we want to support the good guys and that motivates a lot of the underlying thinking here. In my view is, look, foreign policy is way too complicated. You can accept that the Buddha is bad and that Ukrainians have every right to defend their territory while also asking yourself, what are the risks to us? What are the advantages to us and how do we make sure that this doesn't become a wider conflict that really, really screws us over in the end. The other piece of this Charlie is that we have to recognize America is not all powerful. We should have learned that over the last 20 years. We've had a quagmire after quagmire after quagmire in foreign policy. And I'm looking around saying, man, we can only focus on one major threat at a time. And right now the thing that I think we should be focused on is China. The risk that it poses to our economy, the way in which the Chinese are sending kilos of fentanyl into our country, weakening our people, killing our people. That to me is the real focus here. And when you have our own Defense Department saying, we are going to have to choose between sending weapons to Ukraine or arming our own troops. That is not a hard decision. And unfortunately, I think not enough people are engaged in the very tough ruthless cost benefit analysis that we have to do when it comes to this conflict.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Disgusting Omnibus Abomination
"Is a disgusting omnibus Bill that is being passed to the U.S. Senate right now because look, the senators, they have a really tough life. They got to get home for Christmas. Democrats do not have the votes to be able to pass this omnibus bill without the assistance of Republicans. They do not have the votes. But Republicans want to get home for Christmas too, and not only do they want to fund the government, they want to have a 9 month extension robbing the new Republican House majority, giving another tens of billions of dollars to Ukraine. Let's get the exact number so I'm precise. Funding January 6th prosecutions and more. Another $45 billion to Ukraine, $45 billion to Ukraine. And the turtle, Mitch McConnell is going up on the Senate floor saying, hey, this is the number one priority of Republican voters. He's telling you what your priorities are. Play clip 28. Making sure the Defense Department can deal. With the major threats coming from Russia and China, providing assistance for Ukrainians to defeat the Russians. That's the number one priority for the United States right now. According to most Republicans, that's sort of how we see the challenges confronting the country at the moment. So the Kentucky turtle is telling you that the number one priority, according to Republicans, Republican what Republican lobbyists, the Republican senators, not Republican voters,
ToddCast Podcast with Todd Starnes
Mitch McConnell: Ukraine Is the Number One Priority, Not You
"Here's Mitch McConnell cut number four. So admittedly, I'm pretty proud of the fact that with a democratic president, a democratic House and democratic Senate. We were able to achieve through this omnibus spending bill essentially all of our footage. And what were those priorities? McConnell goes on to say that Ukraine is the number one priority. Cut number 9. Making sure the Defense Department can deal. With the major threats coming from Russia and China, providing assistance for Ukrainians to defeat the Russians. That's the number one priority for the United States right now. According to most republics, that's sort of how we see the challenges confronting the country at the moment. Do you really believe that ladies and gentlemen, Mitch McConnell just said the Republican Party's number one priority is not you. It's not what's happening in this nation. It's not our open border. It's not out of control inflation. That's not the problem. The problem, he says, and the greatest priority is Ukraine. Do you believe that to be the case? Is that the is that your top priority? What's happening in Ukraine?
AP News Radio
Brother of Mexico's most wanted cartel boss "El Mencho" is arrested
"Mexico has arrested the brother of a leading drug cartel boss. I Norman hall. Mexico's Defense Department says soldiers arrested the brother of the country's most wanted drug cartel boss. The United States has offered a $10 million reward for el mencho's capture. The army said it captured his brother Antonio oseguera in possession of weapons in a suburb of Guadalajara. It said he oversaw violent action and logistics and bought weapons and laundered money for the hyper violent jalisco cartel. The US Treasury Department list Antonio ocarina's alias as L Tony Montana, an apparent reference to the fictional character of the 1983 gangster film Scarface
Bloomberg Radio New York
"defense department" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"I was frequently involved, usually on the margins in discussions over releases of Guantanamo detainees, exchanges, sometimes these are often conducted through the State Department, could be conducted through the Defense Department. We're hearing the intelligence community here. And the thing to remember about these types of situations, and many people will second guess exchanging Brittany griner for a hardened, dangerous arms dealer who's in jail for a long time who was lawfully and rightly convicted of something. We have an American citizen who was imprisoned for a period of 9 years for something that wouldn't even be a crime in the United States. Should we hold against her the fact that the person on the other side of the equation was rightfully convicted for something very dangerous. I say no. And there are many considerations, foreign policy considerations, national security considerations. It's a multi dimensional context. So it's difficult to second guess this. And Americans specifically in members of Congress, I should hesitate to second guess this type of diplomacy. Is this a matter of national security or humanitarian concerns? I would say, David, all of the above. Russia, of course, is in the midst of its illegal war in Ukraine. In how we view that situation from the national security perspective, the fact that the Russians have Brittany griner is no longer part of that equation. So in that respect, enhances our national security picture. Catch more of this and other conversations on today's edition of the balance of power podcast. Listen on the Bloomberg business app Bloomberg dot com and anywhere you get your podcasts. But I know about courage, I learned from my adoptive mom. She said sometimes you just gotta hold on, and no we'll get through this. Mom, we are so high up. Hold
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Biggest Lie in History With Dr. Andrew Huff
"The truth finally is coming out. One of the great crimes the last century was the American political involvement in Mainland China. In the development of the Chinese coronavirus. Gain of function research, which Anthony Fauci said they weren't doing, which I believe he lied under oath. But there is a bombshell new book called the truth about Wuhan. How I uncovered the biggest lie in history. By doctor Andrew huff and he joins us right now. Doctor Hough, welcome to the program. Tell us about yourself and the work that you did with the eco health alliance. And then make the argument that this is the biggest lie in history. The floor is yours. Well, that should be somewhat easy to do. Thank you for having me, Charlie. I'm not a typical scientist. I started off my career in the U.S. Military as an infantryman. I served in operation enduring freedom, operation Iraqi freedom. That was going to be a career after and then after my second deployment had to change your heart decided to go out for my next passion science. My degrees are in psychology. Security technology engineering, geographic information systems and my PhD is environmental health with an emerging infectious disease, especially track, which is epidemiology essentially. And the PhD student, I was groomed to be a leader in bioterror biosecurity. I worked at a Department of Homeland Security center of excellence at the PhD student on full scholarship, head on my dissertation research published, and they started bringing me out to Washington D.C. to meet all the key players all the top bureaucrats at the three letter agencies in national security and bioterror and bio warfare. When I wrapped up the PhD, essentially all the people that had trained me asked me point blank, where do you want to go next? I kind of went to the State Department, CIA Department of Defense Department of Homeland Security really had my choice. My befriended a couple of scientists who worked at sandia national laboratories, which is their primary mission there is to manufacture make nuclear weapons technology. So this is the most secure national laboratory in the country. I actually worked in biologics and public health and then complex simulation modeling for doomsday events. Working there, I had a change of heart. I realized I didn't want to work for the defense industrial complex anymore. And furthermore, with a top secret clearance, when your work is continually being classified, you get to a point where you're not able to leave that environment
AP News Radio
Keep COVID military vaccine mandate, defense chief says
"The Pentagon chief says he wants to keep the military's COVID-19 vaccine mandate in place to protect the health of the troops. Defense secretary Lloyd Austin's making it clear, he supports a continuation of mandatory COVID vaccines for military personnel. He tells reporters we lost a million people in this country to the virus and hundreds in the Defense Department, adding that mandatory vaccinations are keeping people healthy. More than 20 Republican governors sent a letter to President Biden, asking the administration remove the mandate, which they say hurts the National Guard's ability to recruit troops. Congress may consider legislation this coming week to end mandates as part of the defense budget process. Jackie Quinn, Washington.
The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
Bolsonaro Challenges Brazil Election He Lost to Lula
"The United States media and also the western media have kind of gone silent on Brazil following the Brazilian election. So it's almost like the media left heaved a collective sigh of relief. Oh, our man Lula da Silva socialist has beaten Bolsonaro and basically we are now looking forward to all of Latin and South America falling into the hands of the left. Which by the way is a danger as possibility. But in Brazil, the issue is not settled at all, it seems. There have been continuing massive demonstrations. Most recently a demonstration in front of the military headquarters, apparently over 2 million people. Think about that. 2 million people in Brazil make a big country, but nevertheless, this is a this is one of the largest crowds that you'll see anywhere in the world. And what are the people saying they're basically saying that this is an election that demands to be audited. So in other words, this is, in a sense, familiar territory. They're saying that there was a lot of cheating in the election, particularly in the Rio de Janeiro area, spent some discussion of whether there have been there was pre programming of the machines and apparently there's now a divide in Brazil between the Defense Department and the Supreme Court.
AP News Radio
Oldest Guantanamo Bay prisoner transferred to Pakistan after 17 years
"The oldest prisoner to be held at Guantanamo Bay is released and returned to his home country The foreign ministry in Islamabad and the U.S. Defense Department are confirming that 75 year old saifa paracha a Pakistani national was released and reunited with his family after spending more than 17 years in U.S. custody in Cuba After being captured in 2003 paracha was held at Guantanamo on suspicion of ties to Al-Qaeda but was never charged with a crime The notification of his release does not give a detailed reasoning for the decision but it concludes that paracha is not a continuing threat to the United States
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"defense department" Discussed on WTOP
"Their final dress rehearsal tonight at New York. Dave Preston WTO sports. All right, Dave, thanks. Top stores were following for you right now on WTO a 51 year old man has been charged with attempted second degree murder after he allegedly tried to smother a woman with a pillow. It's happening in Ashburn, loudoun county police say Steven Denton was arrested right after the woman involved, fought off the attack. Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane is dead. He is best known for playing the half giant Hagrid in Harry Potter, and a crime solving psychiatrist on the British TV series cracker. And Elon Musk has reportedly asked the Defense Department to take over the funding for his Starlink satellite network, which is provided crucial battlefield communications for Ukraine's military during the war with Russia. Keep it here on WTO for more on these stories in just minutes. In other news, a confederate soldier's name has been removed from a Virginia Lake in a close vote, the culpepper town council has voted to change the name of Lake pelham named after confederate officer John pelham. They are changing until Lake culpeper. A change was proposed by last year's council, but it quickly became divisive after opponents were accused of racism, council member Jamie clancy has long supported the change in rejects arguments the new name removes part of the area's history. Naming the Lake Lake culpeper isn't taking any of that away. It's actually adding to it something that's more diverse and inclusive. And again, I think a great way to compromise. And the town has until next spring to change the reservoir signs from Lake pelham to Lake culpeper. Coming up in money news. 35 minutes of training to go, the Dow is down 409 points. A top executive quits, after a nose bite, I'm Jeff. It's three 18. Traffic and weather on the 8s and Dave dildine
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"defense department" Discussed on WTOP
"Them for 90 days and a review at the end of that 90 days. The Defense Department turned down her earlier request for being too broad. They study flow of migrants is putting a real strain these days on local relief agencies, but some extra help is on the way. D.C. attorney general Carl Racine has created a new grant program. It will provide immediate assistance to the migrants being transported here after crossing the U.S. southern border. He said in a release, the organizations that have shouldered the burden of providing basic needs and services can not be expected to carry the responsibility alone. Eligible nonprofits can apply for grants of up to $50,000, which must be spent in the next two months. It will cover things like housing, food, and transportation for the migrant families. The total grant program will not exceed a $150,000, and will be funded through the litigation support fund, Sarah Jacobs WTO P news. Four O 6, you may notice a lack of long lines these days outside Georgetown cupcakes, popular M street location, the reason D.C. health is temporarily shut it down. Georgetown cupcake falls on the to do list of many visitors to D.C. and is frequented by locals but the location has been closed by D.C. health in July health inspectors visiting the location ordered violations such as mice droppings being found on shelves and mold on a Bailey's Irish cream container be addressed and they were, but not addressed by an August 10th follow-up visit, was the expiration of the location of the license that ran out in November. Georgetown cupcake says an administrative oversight is to blame and paperwork for renewal has been filed a ton clear how long that process will take, but the business says it hopes to reopen as soon as possible. Mike Morello WTO news. I had four O 7 traffic and weather on the way. Just how fast
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"Police have made an arrest in a nearly 17 year old child sex abuse case. Marquette Johnson is charged with first degree sexual abuse while armed. Police say that in 2005 he approached a child on Q street in southeast, showed a gun and forced the victim into a vehicle. According to police Johnson drove to another location and sexually assaulted the child. We're hearing from D.C.'s mayor after her request for assistance from the National Guard was denied, she says, she's not giving up. Mayor Mariel Bowser says she's going to try again after the Defense Department said no when she asked for National Guard assistance to deal with an influx of migrants in D.C.. She says her first request was too open ended, so she's going to work on a more narrowly tailored request. I want to give them some more specific parameters to better respond to our request. D.C. has been struggling to deal with the migrants who've been bussed in by the Republican governors of Texas and Arizona. They've been sending them here as a way of highlighting disagreements with the Biden administration over immigration policies Nick ein LAW TLP news. It is one 12 a new nationwide task force, including D.C., Maryland and Virginia will target the deluge of robocalls to your phones coming from foreign countries. Besides being annoying, scam and fraudulent robocalls routinely swindle people out of their money. Nearly $30 billion in 2021 and most of the scam calls originate overseas. What the anti robocall task force plans to do is investigate and bring legal action against the telecoms that our gateway providers allowing the fraudulent robocalls into the United States. There are an estimated 33 million scam robocalls a day to phones in the country
WTOP
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"Com. Drive luxury for less and find out what drives you. You're listening to WTO news. It's four 23 promotion ceremonies today at the marine barracks for general Michael Langley, who becomes the first black marine four star general in the United States history. It was an emotional moment for him, his family, Friends, and fellow marines. There are well and faithfully. Discharge the duties. Discharge the duties of the office of the office on which I'm about to enter. On which I'm about to enter. So help me God. So help me God. Congratulations generally. You will be taking the position come Monday. D.C.'s mayor says she will try again after her request for assistance from the National Guard, was denied. Mayor Bowser is trying to get help as the district deals with an influx of migrants who've been bussed into the nation's capital by the Republican governors of Texas and Arizona, so why did her request for the National Guard get rejected? The Department of Defense highlighted or concerned about the open ended nature of our request. Bowser said she's not giving up. She's going to try again. This time with a more narrowly tailored request for National Guard help. State governors can call up the National Guard without federal approval, but D.C. is not a state, so that's why Bowser needs the green light from the Defense Department. Nick eying LAW TLP news. Restaurants and review sites are vowing to crack down on bogus feedback. Here's Steve kathan with CBS. Blue Dorne considered one of Houston's best restaurants suddenly got several one star Google reviews. I was heartbroken that someone was taking something that we've worked so hard for and they knocked us down. Then owner Aaron bluedorn got an email demanding a $75 gift card to take down the reviews. I didn't consider ever paying that ransom. Michelle korsmo of the national restaurant association. Anyone that thinks that they can put these bad reviews on and see if they can do a little shakedown of restaurants, need to realize that they're committing a crime. Google says it's also trying to crack down on phony reviews. Steve Keith and CBS News. Money news at 25 and 55 years Jeff playbox. Pre-pandemic had a lot of folks in Washington moving further out the beach communities have become crazy
The Ben Shapiro Show
Chaos Is Breaking out Over Pelosi's Visit to Taiwan
"Chaos is breaking out over Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. According to The Wall Street Journal, Nancy Pelosi says that she is going to visit Taiwan and meet with government officials this week to find warnings from Beijing not to do so and setting up the potential for increased tensions between the United States and China. People that Pelosi is planning to see in Taiwan have been informed of her imminent arrival, a person familiar with the matter said, though some details remain in flux, some meetings are scheduled for Tuesday evening, most are set for Wednesday the person said indicating they include Taiwanese government officials. She's definitely coming the person said, the only variable is whether she spends the night in Taipei. A visit by Pelosi would make her the first House speaker to do so in 25 years and put her in the center of a long-standing flashpoint in U.S. China relations. U.S. support for Taiwan may now democratically govern island, which Beijing claims as Chinese territory. Joe Biden has I believe twice already during his presidency. He suggested that he supports an independent Taiwan and his Defense Department and State Department had to rush out and say, hey, no, no, no, no, guys, guys. We still hold by the one China policy Taiwan is still theoretically a part of China, but it's two different governances. Joe Biden has been muddying the waters. One of the things you can not do in international relations is muddy the waters. You have to have some very clear lines about what it is you believe and what you are willing to do because nearly all serious conflict begins with a misperception of strength or weakness on the other side. Virtually all, this is true of Ukraine. It is true of what's happening right now in China. It was true of the Gulf War. Misperceptions are generally what lead to war. Clarity is what leads to not war. The Cold War had an extraordinary amount of clarity between the United States and the USSR, which meant that you could be in a Cold War for literally half a century. Because both sides knew if you violate this line, there will be a nuclear exchange and we both will be gone. And while the truth is, that the United States is being extraordinarily unclear about what exactly believes about Taiwan. Joe Biden says things that I think are correct about Taiwanese independence. But he doesn't actually have the stones to back it up in terms of strengthening America's economy, strengthening our military. He's not willing to do any of those things. And so you almost have the worst of both scenarios.
The Doug Collins Podcast
Afghanistan: One Year After the Complete Biden Disaster
"A year ago, we were in the process of watching Afghanistan fall. This was August time frame last year. The Biden administration had made their faithful decision to say we're going to have all of our troops out by September 11th, 2021. They wanted to have the symbolic political victory of being able to remove troops, you know, 20 years after the terrorist attacks on 9 11 in New York in Washington, this was their political C I did something that Donald Trump didn't do. I got us finally out of Afghanistan. I've done what I promised to do. The problem was is they made no real conditions on how they were going to get out of Afghanistan. Thus leading a vacuum in which it was seen by many in the Defense Department, there's many personnel on the ground saying, look, if you remove these troops, the way you're removing them with no conditions, and then you're moving yourself out of magro air base, you're moving back to Kabul. The issue was that the Taliban was going to take over and they took over at a very rapid pace, and this was predicted by many in the time that this was going on. So in understanding that issue, I've said and made the case many times at the very problem with the Biden administration in their underlying problems with how they see their support. And why do they see their support in the low 30s? And why they see the disapproval right in over 60. You can take in inflation, you can take in the economic we have a gas process food process, the baby formula shortage, whatever you want to throw it on top of this. And you can understand why Americans are very frustrated, both Democrats and Republicans with the administration.
WTOP
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"Be extended again. Only at diamonds direct details and more at diamonds direct dot com on approved credit. This is WTO P news and 6 53 now a man is under arrest and charged in the beating of a homeless woman who later died. Michelle Huntley was found badly beaten at a bus stop on Richmond highway in high blood valley nearly two weeks ago. The 63 roll died from her injuries on Saturday, now fairfax county police say 32 year old chante Jones charged with aggravated malicious wounding after being arrested Monday. Police say he was spotted wearing clothes similar to the ones worn in surveillance footage the night of the attack, a block away from where it happened, Jones is being held without bond as police tried to determine the relationship of any between him and Huntley and what led to the attack. Matt's small WTO news. Fort Washington police are investigating a shooting that occurred on Monday night at a home. Two people were shot, including a 6 year old girl, and an adult male they were driven to a hospital in a private car. They're both in critical condition today. Police say it was not a random shooting, but that the young girl was not the intended target. For Washington police are asking anyone with information about the suspect to contact them. The Defense Department and the air force are teaming up with historically black colleges and universities to create a new research center. Federal news networks Scott marciani reports. The military's 15th academic research center will focus on tactical autonomy helping the Defense Department develop technologies that include independent computer systems. The air force is committing $12 million a year for 5 years to the center, DoD will add another $2 million for those 5 years. The organization will be a consortium of historically black colleges and universities furthering DoD's push for diversity and inclusion. The Pentagon hopes to use the center to help schools build out their research capabilities and recruit a more diverse workforce. Scott marioni, federal news network. Well, it's nearly July, but in Virginia, the thinking about snow. Snow removal, that is, the office of inspector general reports V dot is having trouble hiring enough contractors to remove snow from state roads and interstate highways this winter. The audit found that contractors don't like a requirement that they have to carry workers compensation insurance for their employees. And they also object to a requirement that contractors equip their snow plows with technology that allows vdap to track them. The IG report says there aren't enough contractors at 5 of the 6 V dot area headquarters reviewed in that audit. Money news at 25 and 55, the Federal Trade Commission is suing Walmart claiming the company had allowed scam artists to use its money transfer
WTOP
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"Belvoir 64 in foggy bottom in 64 in Silver Spring And at 7 41 now The Pentagon will no longer automatically ban people who are HIV positive from joining the military as officers or deploying abroad defense secretary Lloyd Austin issued a memo noting significant advances he says in the diagnosis treatment and prevention of the virus Now those who are HIV positive can not be discharged or separated from military service because of their condition The policy changes follow a recent federal court decision that ruled Defense Department policies were unlawful There are more than 1000 HIV positive active duty service members in the military right now Federal headlines is presented by periton doing the can't be done for national security Prime Eric white here are your top headlines from federal news network two senators are urging President Biden to update what they say is an outdated government classification system Senators Ron wyden and Jerry Moran are urging Biden to either amend or replace the current executive order on classified national security information In federal workers who get injured on the job may soon have better access to workers compensation the house passes legislation that would expand federal employees choice of medical providers The act would cover the cost of medical care for injured federal workers who seek treatment from physician assistants and nurse practitioners The current law limits reimbursable medical fees just to physicians For more on these stories go to federal news network dot com A white Michigan police officer will face charges of second degree murder in the shooting death of a black man In a much anticipated decision Kent county prosecutor Christopher Becker explained why he is charging Grand Rapids police officer Christopher with a felony First there was a deaf a death done by the defendant And the death was not justified or excused for example by self defense The shooting happened in early April after sure pulled over 26 year old Patrick Leo a Congolese immigrant driving a car that police say did not match the license plate That CBS News correspondent Duncan loya was shot in the back of the head following an intense physical struggle It's 7 43 When you wake up to go to work do you ever think about how important your job is when you hear Steve fitter as an occupation What do you think of The truth is most people don't know what a Steve fitter is More importantly what we do and how much it impacts you and to truly understand how important of a job it is Just take a moment to think about what your world would look like if you didn't have the ability to generate electricity to have heating or air conditioning Microchip production Internet service web based storage cellular service medical gas systems and hospitals lab gases for laboratories pharmaceutical production and frozen or refrigerated produce The dream imagine and these are just some of the things that we impact The reality is that if Steve fitters didn't install retrofit service and maintain all the various systems that we are assigned to take care of society would look completely different Please visit Steve fitter's dash 6 O two dot org and let's talk about how we can bring value to you The DMV download podcast is a more complete look.
WTOP
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"5 53 now in the Defense Department says it'll close its biggest fueling site in the Pacific federal news networks got mascioni has more Red hill storage facility in Hawaii has provided a strategic fueling station for the United States since World War II Now after multiple leaks spills and community sickened by jet fuel in the water supply The Pentagon says it's closing the site the Defense Department will provide a plan for defueling the facility by the end of May DoD says it will redistribute the fuel to other areas and work with industry partners on finding new storage locations Scott mascioni federal news network We've got an update on Virginia's efforts to lure the Washington commanders stadium to the Commonwealth State senator dick sass law a Democrat from fairfax county is proposing changes to his bill for a team stadium The changes plug a couple of potential loopholes that could have allowed for bottomless taxpayer investment in a sprawling mini city around a new stadium Sass law suggested the new language after The Washington Post reported over the weekend on the legislature's two bills to create a stadium authority to oversee financing and construction of an NFL complex for the commanders The House and Senate need to get all this ironed out before they adjourn on Saturday The chief of the piscataway kanoi tribe is asking prince George's county to rename Indian head highway in a letter to local elected officials chief Jesse James swan is also asking them to rename the town of Indian head as well as additional roads and schools associated with the name The chief said the name is derogatory to not only the piscataway people but all Native Americans in general they ask that the highway be changed to piscataway highway to honor the original inhabitants of the land there nearly 1600 people have signed petitions supporting the name change Money news of 25 and 55 the investment.
Bloomberg Radio New York
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"So those talks between Ukraine and Russia didn't actually yield a ceasefire today but both sides have agreed that more talks should take place Let's get to head Baxter in San Francisco Yeah Brian and you're right too because they're saying they are actually Russia came out and said there are several avenues to move forward So that could be a very hopeful sign But this also the flip on it is this is as heavy fighting surrounds a major cities in Ukraine U.S. Defense Department spokesman John Kirby says Russians are facing more resistance than Vladimir Putin expected You got to hand it to the Ukrainians who have been fighting very hard for their country and making an impact and making a dent on mister Putin's abilities Yeah having said that Kirby says there is more that Russia can do military force that he has not used everything that he has And the UN secretary general Antonio Guterres says the fighting meanwhile is brutal We have credible accounts of residential buildings critical civilian infrastructure and other non military targets sustaining heavy damage And Guterres says Russia must stop talk of use of nuclear weapons and a reaction out of China today very interesting China's foreign minister Wang Yi says that China supports and encourages all diplomatic efforts to resolve the Ukraine crisis and this is former U.S. ambassador to China max Bacchus on Bloomberg radio and television today said that China is in a very very interesting position That's going to send a signal to China They're going to see that our resolve is a lot better than they may have thought There's some in China to think the United States is in decline This is an opportunity for us to show that we are not declining and we're leading the world and I think Biden's going to do that Yeah baca says U.S. strength is a surprise to Xi Jinping And we'll see what the president mister Biden has to say tomorrow night his State of the Union address his first one and this being carried here live on Bloomberg radio and television And an interesting take on the unification of NATO around Ukraine from White House spokesman Jen Psaki today President Putin has been one of the greatest unifiers of NATO in modern history So I guess that is one thing we can thank him for Yeah sake says NATO has never been more united Hong Kong has had to morph its dynamic policies because of the surge of cases day to today It is asking patients with mild cases now to isolate at home until they have two negative tests and to not go to the hospital hospitals are at or near capacity as our isolation centers supplies also beginning to be in short supply sing Tao is reporting meanwhile a mass testing will begin after March 17th likely coinciding with a lockdown That is yet to be confirmed by the government Latest number day to day 34,000 plus cases In San Francisco I met Baxter This is Bloomberg Brian sir All right 38 minutes past the hour It's time for global sports.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"defense department" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Rich This is heavy fighting surrounds the major cities U.S. Defense Department spokesman John Kirby saying that the Russians are facing more resistance than Vladimir Putin expected You got to hand it to the Ukrainians who have been fighting very hard for their country and making an impact and making a dent on mister Putin's abilities Having said that Kirby says there is more Russia can do more military force He hasn't moved all of it into Ukraine but he's moved the majority of it He still has a lot that he hasn't moved into Ukraine You and secretary general Antonio Guterres says the fighting is very brutal We have credible accounts of residential buildings critical civilian infrastructure and other non military targets sustaining heavy damage And Guterres says that Russia must stop talk of use of nuclear weapons whatsoever A reaction out of China today China's foreign minister Wang Yi says that China supports and encourages all diplomatic efforts to resolve the Ukraine crisis This as a former U.S. ambassador to China max Bacchus on Bloomberg today said that China is in a really interesting position That's going to send a signal to China They're going to see that our resolve is a lot greater than they may have thought There's some in China think the United States is in decline This is an opportunity for us to show that we are not declining and we're leading the world and I think Biden's going to do that Baca says a U.S. strength is a surprise to Xi Jinping And an interesting take on the unification of NATO around Ukraine today from White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki President Putin has been one of the greatest unifiers of NATO in modern history So I guess that is one thing we can thank him for Sake says NATO has never been more united Hong Kong has had to morph its dynamic policies because of the surge of cases day to day It's dynamic zero It is asking patients with mild cases to isolate at home until they have two negative tests and to not go to the hospital Hospitals are at or near capacity as isolation centers are as well supplies also beginning to get into short supply Singh Tao is reporting meanwhile that the mass testing will begin after March 17th likely coinciding with a lockdown The latest case number day to day over 34,000 In San Francisco I met Baxter This is Bloomberg All right Brian All right I did 38 minutes past the hour Let's get to global sports.
KLIF 570 AM
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"Calling on the Defense Department to investigate Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley and his communications with the Chinese military in the closing weeks of the Trump Administration caucus members in a letter to the Defense Secretary Austin writing that Millie quote Blatantly disregarded the concept of civilian control of the military and gave aid and comfort to America's principal adversary, the Chinese Communist Party. Now that letter accused Millie of setting up a parallel chain of command involving the nuclear launch codes and bypassing former president Trump The letter is mentioned signed by more than two dozen 27. In fact, members of the Freedom Caucus boxes Kevin Corke, the Houses Select committee investigating the January 6th capital riot has requested the records from General Mills calls which a spokesman for the general has called routine. An attorney who had done work for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of lying to the FBI. Michael Sussman had claimed there was a link between the Trump campaign and the Russians without telling the bureau of his ties to the Clinton campaign. President Biden says he's optimistic Congress will pass his multi trillion dollar spending plans president had with the White House said in a statement was a positive phone call with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. They want to roll back what they called trump tax giveaways to the wealthiest Americans and corporations, The president said. The U. S. Has had one of those moments where the decisions we're about to make Can change literally changed trajectory of our nation for years and possibly decades to come. The three also spoke about raising the debt ceiling, but Republicans have said that's something they can't abide by, and the Democratic spending plans are out of control boxes. Jill NATO in Washington. America is listening.
NEWS 88.7
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"Defense Department, so there's a lot of them. That leave and, uh, the bracero program, which was that was what it was called was an attempt was an agreement between the US and Mexico in which large numbers of Mexican Workers would come over. They would work. They were guaranteed a certain weight, which they never got. They were guaranteed housing, which was terrible. They were guaranteed health. Uh, Services, which were never given, Uh and in some ways what that does, it is causes a real split within the Mexican Mexican American community because Mexican our farm works are now pushed up. To the north. They cannot compete so that if O with the cheap bracero labor that's coming straight in from Mexico and which causes it really interesting political dilemma because before the 19 sixties. Many of the leaders. Well, we consider the leaders of the next American community were against this kind of program, and they sometimes they would become, um Um, rather disturbed they would become annoyed and and, in fact become very anti Mexican anti undocumented because these are Mexican Americans who were against Mexicans coming into the United States to work either documented or otherwise, and even says of Chavez initially now the union and everything has changed dramatically, but he used to Take a farm workers the members of his union and line them up in in the, uh, and the bridges from Mexico, You know, crossover to train it stop undocumented folks from coming through and they fought because they didn't want the competition for the field. That's right, because what happened is that once these people would come in initially with the program That was not supposed to be a problem. But what happens is a lot of, uh, agriculture of businesses do not follow the rules or What happens is that More smaller, independent farmers began to offer them money and began to offer these braceros that instead of going home when they were supposed to, why not stay and work for me just under the under the table and we'll just keep you here and that sort of help collapse the program. The set of program eventually and forced the unions. Eventually, there's that Chavez and his union were forced to begin to organize Mexican workers who were coming over because they realized they couldn't fight. They couldn't keep him out. They couldn't give them out. So they thought, Okay, well, let's start working with them and organizing them. And so then the undocumented worker population becomes Critical to the unionizing efforts among Mexican Americans. By the 19 eighties and nineties, the nation's largest unions were starting to see immigrant workers as crucial to their success, and they saw undocumented immigrant workers as an untapped resource for their movement. So in the year 2000 the F L C. I O endorsed amnesty for undocumented immigrants living in the U. S. And the union began wielding its political clout in support of comprehensive immigration reform, says Professor Gleason. Certainly, they were playing a big role in terms of the internal compromises through the two thousands that we saw through kind of the gridlock of Congress not being able to come to a congressional agreement. What is often referred to as comprehensive immigration reform and in the absence of that a number Of different unions finally did come around to the demands largely of youth movement organizers who said We're not going to get Congress to act on this, and we need your leadership and your support to help pressure the president to use is Executive action powers to move something forward. And so that's where we got the different action for childhood arrivals program. What you refer to his DACA. Marie attempted to get a bigger program that would have encompassed individuals who are the parents of green card holders and citizens. And so once Taco was in place in the summer of 2012 unions, many of them though not all of them did step into place on two main friends. One was to help individuals process their applications. And they did this through a number of different ways, either through a lot of resource and referral or dissemination of information to help connect people with Reese. Sources. But also in some cases as we saw in San Francisco, there was an attempt to partner with In that case, municipal entities that were pouring money into immigration services and would provide actual What we might think of his case management. So it was both getting the information out and also, um, connecting folks with legal services to help process their applications since the DACA targets young undocumented immigrants who are looking to go to college or start their careers with temporary protection from deportation. Gleason notes. It's not a program that directly benefits labor unions. But the undocumented parents of DACA recipients are likely to be working in the industries where unions are actively organizing. Supporting Dhaka is a way of showing solidarity with those parents. But unions still face steep barriers and convincing those undocumented workers to start organizing, says Gleeson. What happened is that Case made its way all the way up to the Supreme Court, and in 2000 and two it was decided. Chief went. Frank Quist was at the helm at the time that undocumented workers did indeed continue to have rights under the National Labor Relations Act to organize, But they didn't have the same remedies if they were to be fired. And that creates a massive loophole You can imagine for, um, unions who are engaged in organizing with undocumented workers, and so that you know, we've seen this In many cases, where, um, For example, here on Long Island there was a cookie company has been all over the news teeth, which alleged be engaged in explicit retaliation against workers written, threatening call immigration authorities. If they continue to organize for a union. So we certainly have that where there are threats directly and during the Trump administration, I think that that was a very valid threat that could have been acted upon. But I think that Even now, in the Biden administration, there's all sorts of ways that people can get caught up in the deportation pipeline, whether or not they are actively organizing or not. And so the kind of lay low mentality, I think, is something that both unauthorized workers and low wage workers. You simply don't want to lose their job and have very little protections against losing their job. Um That they want to engage in. And so we also see this in certain industries where it's really up to the employer who they want to hire folks wanting to avoid getting blacklisted being seen as rabble rousers. And so that is, I think what the unions Go back to original question. You know what is part of their calculus is both the demand on the part of members. But it's also as a labor movement to survive the current reality in which we live in both economic and political. They have to be able to engage in this organizing work for all workers and to be assured that the rights of the undocumented Some will be respected, just as in the other low wage worker, and that's a precarious um, hope. I think at this stage that's Shannon Gleason, a professor of labor relations law and history at Cornell University. We also heard from Ignacio Garcia, a professor of Western and Latino history at Brigham Young University. And that's it for this special episode of the show marking Labor Day. It's been great Having you with us today. Top of mind is a production of BYU Radio Cleon Wall, Sierra Hewlett and Kyle Raymond produced the show. You can listen on demand by subscribing.
CATS Roundtable
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"They went pull the charkhi if read. All these are the bad bad guys. These these are these are your masterminds. These are like your. You know the these aren't footsoldiers. These are mid level generals and these these taliban guys there are no kidding should be walked up for life and the door was just flung. Open your organization. No one left behind. What do you actually do. Tell us about it. Are you working on getting certain people out. Yes sir We are we are. We're trying to get as many people out our priorities. People with those visas again. The state department was supposed to do that These people have passports or screen. After that we're trying to help their family members and other at risk Groups like human or like women's rights advocates Teachers you name it Journalists oh the journalists that that's a very very big issue because for your listeners. I just want everyone to be aware Well we're hearing now. Is that there are credible indications that the taliban got to cut the internet if there's no internet there's no email there's no phone there's no pictures of what's happening and then ultimately means the state department can't communicate with american citizens are still stuck there and be the recipients who this is a very dynamic situation but it could all go dark in the next five days and then we will have no idea your organization you have your own people go out and and try to bring people out in in your own ways No no we worked with a bunch of partners. We work through the military. We try to do what we can do. Answer your initial question. Knowing that behind is the the voice for all Fiv recipients those are contact translators. Who often worked for years. Our founder. janet shinwari with an interpreter With rangers the second airborne green all over afghanistan. he actually saved five. American soldiers lives over eight years of working with Being interpreter even waited five years to get a visa and finally got over here. I'm very proud to say he's he became a us. Susan last year In june i and what we. He's wondering what his vision is that we continue to tell this message but additionally we provide we settlement because these folks come over they get Fixed months of resettlement of government funded aid from catholic charities lutheran social services they get set up with medicaid But if you're not if you don't have a full-time job if you haven't fully adjusted that's when they come to the we take care of them from months fix all the way through probably five years and probably become us citizens and are therefore eligible for benefit and to pointless there number one. these guys can't go the. Va these men and women are not us citizens so they can't get Help from all the amazing veterans nonprofits out there. so we're we're very uniquely position And that's what we do what we do number two people. Yeah they can go to no one dot org The last one. I want to make that The government accountability office actually studied this popular to go and found that. This population does not take welfare. They they're not around waiting for things. They settled of become self-sufficient faster than other refugee groups. They wanna be Contributing to america they want they want to be great citizens We're just there to be their safety net to make sure they get the win website again. No one left dot org dot dot org.
NPR's Story of the Day
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"In terms of case numbers and deaths the us military has done relatively well fighting cova but the delta variant is out there now in the military wants to prevent a surge in its ranks. Defense secretary lloyd austin says by mid-september he plans to ask president biden for permission to make service members. Get the vaccine. Npr national security correspondent. Greg murray has been following this one. Good morning greg. Good morning oil. We've had safe effective vaccine since last winter. Some part of me is a little surprised. This hasn't been ordered already. Well you know the military can give its troops. A lot of orders can make the march can make them do push but it can't force them to take a vaccine that isn't approved by the food and drug administration. The fda hasn't approved any of the co- vaccine so far that could come soon right but right now they only have emergency authorization so to make it. Mandatory president biden would have to issue a waiver on national security grounds and defense secretary austin said and his memo yesterday that that's exactly what he's going to do ask the president if it's just a matter of signing presidential waiver why have president biden in the pentagon waiting until now. Yeah it seems. Several factors are at play here. The military has emphasized. It wants the troops to buy in and see the value of this vaccine. Do it voluntarily. There's also been some thinking that. Fda approval was just around the corner and that would have took away the need to to get a presidential waiver but it appears the rapid spread of the delta. Varian is is driving this thinking in the military. That can't afford to wait any longer. And be surprised by a new surge and we should note the military vaccination rate tracks pretty closely with the civilian rate in both cases those about full vaccination of a little over sixty percent. And that's just not good enough according to the military. Here's how the pentagon spokesman. John kirby described austin's mimmo yesterday what he's asking in this message to the force. Today's don't wait they're safe. they're effective. They worked they make us more ready for some more lethal force. And there's no reason to wait for the mandate and if the mandate comes and a soldier or troop doesn't want to take the vaccine. There presumably will be some sort of penalty. But kirby didn't say what it would be He just said the military has unique risk. And it's virtually impossible to train her. Deploy without being in close quarters. Yes close quarters are real thing and yet you've reported that the military has done relatively well keeping cova controlled. How did they pull that off. Well you may recall right early on Back in march of twenty twenty there was a big scare on the theodore. Roosevelt aircraft carrier had more than a thousand cases. So this really gave the military jolt. They quickly set up protocols Despite this vaccination rate that still isn't where they want it to be. There's been fewer than thirty deaths among the one point. Three million active duty members in the forest. They've really seemed to have benefited from having a young healthy for so most people contracting the illness have recovered so president biden says federal workers will have to get vaccinated now. Almost certainly the military. Do you think we're looking at a bunch of new federal mandates. Well it it certainly seems like it's a possibility i think on the federal side. You have a pretty high likelihood of of compliance. If a military mandate comes down there could be some opposition but Troops will really have a choice. And i think it'll be more interesting outside the military as well as we're seeing the pushback already in schools and other civilian institutions but more mandates do seem to be in the works okay. Npr's greg mary thank you my pleasure..
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"The first time called plumbers 911, 24 7 and 833 Plum 911. Eastbound on the Jane Adams. A crash is partially blocking the ramp to route 53, the rest of the major roadways, just a few slow pockets and in Lake of the hills, there's an accident with reported in fragment at Algonquin in Annandale. More demonstrations today by members of the Chicago Teachers Union. After CPS locked out teachers who didn't show up for in class learning. Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey says they have two demands the first to reinstate the locked out teachers. It makes no sense that we have teachers We're locked out when unable toe work with their students online when all their students are attending school, virtually the second is to meet with the city leaders for what they call a reasonable set of agreements for reopening schools. CPS says A majority of teachers did show up for class. The first week. A new administration takes charge in five days and the nominee to take over the Department of Health and Human Services says there's tough challenges ahead. Javi Airbus ERA says the incoming administration will get to work at the worst point in the pandemic. So far, we have to do something to change course we're gonna have to rescue not just those Americans who are working hard. The first responders that folks in Nursing homes, but we also have toe get ready for recovery. But you have to get ready for rescue before you could do the recovery. Sarah says communication and coordination between the feds and state and local government needs to improve and ramp up up ramp up vaccination efforts, he says those entities are asking for help in the incoming administration wants to deliver. Defense Department officials are scrambling to call governors and ask whether they have Maura National Guard troops they consent to Washington to help protect the capital in city. A defense official familiar with the discussions says law enforcement leaders and other authorities have now determined that they'll need about 25,000 National Guard troops, possibly more as of this morning, close to 22,000 members of the guard. Have committed. Chicago's Emergency Operation Center will be activated on Inauguration day in preparation for possible unrest. The OPM sees Emergency Operation Center will open to coordinate the city's public safety response. If needed. The Chicago Police Department fire Department and infrastructure departments will be on standby and mobilized to ensure the safety of residents, neighborhood commercial corridors and critical businesses. We emcee says it is not aware of any actionable activity being planned in Chicago in the department does anticipate the city will remain peaceful. B. I has said it's tracking significant threats at state capitals across the country. Right, BRO. WGN News and the Department of Justice says there's strong evidence the mob that stormed Congress last week wanted to capture and assassinate elected officials. The claim came in a court filing Thursday night in the case of Jacob Chance late, the Horned in shirtless writer who only eats organic. He left a note and vice president Mike Pence's desk in the Senate chamber. It says it's only a matter of time justice is coming. Police say writers came prepared using bear spray and smoke grenades and carrying zip ties. They used hand signals and wireless communications and relied on military formations. And the nation's largest retail trade groups that holiday sales soared 8.3% far exceeding its expectations. The National Retail Federation had expected growth in the range of 3.6% to 5.2% for the November and December period. A beauty in sports. Here's Dave in it. The White Sox Sonic of reliever Liam Hendriks, now official. The Sox, confirming a four year $54 Million deal of the Yankees reportedly reached a six year $90 million deal with their free agent. Second baseman DJ LeMay. You the reigning major league batting champ 40. Niners defensive coordinator Robert Sala is the new coach of the New York Jets. The playoffs resume tomorrow. The Rams at Green Bay, Baltimore at Buffalo, the Blackhawks said. Tampa Bay Tonight Creek In 5 30 on WGN and the Bulls play at Okay. See David, WGN.