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Security dispatches from common-sense central

  1. 5d ago • Subscribers Only

    Weekly Pod: Rafael Mangual The nation's leading crime analyst on where it's all going... and who to believe

    Gang, join us this week for a no-holds barred discussion of the crime outlook in our cities — and who is to blame for it. Are the numbers really getting better, as we’re being told? Are the police being “shadow-defunded”? Is there a reason even the NYPD can’t keep order after a simple basketball game? Are our blue cities — which is all our cities, over one million — ever going to return to former glory? You’ll recognize Rafael from numerous media appearances, his writings for The Manhattan Institute (where he is a Fellow), the NY Post, and elsewhere. Paul and Rafael, both attorneys, last spoke when they testified to Congress together (and yes, there were some fireworks..!). Everyone has an opinion on public safety. Rafael has the receipts. Join us!

    44 min

  2. Jun 8 • Subscribers Only

    Weekly Pod: A Terror Victim’s Son Speaks Joseph Connor on a terrorist attack -- and the political charades that followed

    Join us for a conversation with Joseph Connor, whose father Frank was murdered by the Puerto Rican separatist group, the FALN, in 1975. Since that time, successive Democrat administrations have not only impeded the search for justice in the case — they’ve actually abetted the terrorists’ cause, through clemency and venal political maneuvering. With the bomb-maker who killed Joseph’s father alive in Cuba — and with the U.S. putting heavy pressure on that Caribbean nation — we have to ask: Will that killer and others the Cubans have been harboring finally be brought to justice? The players will be familiar to you. The Clintons, Barack Obama, Anthony Holder… the next time you hear that the Dems are the law-and-order party, you’ll think of this podcast.

    38 min

  3. May 17 • Subscribers Only

    Weekly Pod: The RFK Biography NY Post writer Isabel Vincent takes on another controversial topic

    Friends, join us this week for a conversation with journalist/author Isabel Vincent. You last saw her here chronicling the federal case against NJ Senator Bob Menendez (currently in federal prison, where Isabel amply demonstrated he belongs…). Now, it’s a just-released book on yet another compelling figure of our times: RFK, Jr. And wow, did we learn a lot. For instance: Did you know Jr. not only believes Sirhan Sirhan did not kill his father — but believes he knows who did? Did you know that there’s a good chance he is going to challenge for the Presidential nomination in 2028 — and has a shot? Or may instead play spoiler by splitting the Republican vote? Did you know this crusader for Americans’ health was a heroin addict — for 14 years? Did you know there’s a secretive corporation that houses the Kennedy money, going all the way back to Joe, Sr (You recall him — the bootlegger who worked with the mafia)? Did you know that many of the other Kennedys hate his guts? And campaign against him? And that he could care less? These are just some of the facts Isabel — who obtained access to Kennedy’s diaries, believe it or not — teases out in her newly published biography. It’s fascinating material regarding one of today’s most compelling figures — by one of today’s most compelling journalists. So while the general public continues to see Kennedy as just the standard-bearer for MAHA, suffice to say that he’s thinking in larger terms. And with the first truly informed biography on him, Isabel discovers why (yes, there is indeed, “a plan”) (he’s not a Kennedy for nothing, people). So join us for a wide-ranging discussion of the definitive book on the man who could swing the next presidential election: RFK, JR: The Fall And Rise, by Isabel Vincent.

    40 min

  4. May 14 • Subscribers Only

    WEEKLY POD: A Conversation With a Crime and Mental Health Expert: Carolyn Gorman of the Manhattan Institute tells us how to fix this mess

    Friends, all we hear these days from our leaders in blue cities and states is how we need to “address the mental health crisis.” It’s a crisis, alright — thanks to their idiotic approaches of the past, and their lack of action now. So as Sheridan Gorman gets shot in Chicago, Ross Falzone gets pushed down the subway stairs in NYC, Iryna Zarutska gets her throat cut in Charlotte… what should be done? What should Gavin Newsom, Kathy Hochul, Zohran Mamdani, Karen Bass, Brandon Johnson — we could go on — actually do? Instead of kicking the can down the road as killers roam our streets? Meet Carolyn Gorman, mental health expert with the premier urban policy think tank in America, The Manhattan Institute. No need to belabor it: here’s the formula. Will it be perfect? Of course not. Will it be a thousand times better — and cheaper — than what we do now? How could it not? Join us for an adult conversation (remember those?) with a woman who has made this issue her life’s work. Here’s hoping some of our current “leaders” listen in.

    41 min

  5. Apr 7 • Subscribers Only

    This Week’s Pod: Letitia James’ Challenger, Saritha Komatireddy

    If there is one major Democrat politico vulnerable to challenge in New York State this year, it is the execrable Letitia James, who is to law enforcement what a screen door is to a submarine. Meet Saritha Komatireddy, former U.S. Attorney, practicing lawyer, and Republican challenger to Letitia James for the position of Attorney General of New York. Now full disclosure, this writer had a significant case with Saritha. I can confirm, as the saying goes, that she’s forgotten more about law enforcement than Letitia James ever knew. Add to this the fact that James faces two new criminal referrals — one to Florida, one to Illinois — over her alleged mortgage machinations, and you have an AG race that is looking like anything but a slam dunk. But why Saritha? What will she do about fraud? New York’s sanctuary policies? Criminal statutes that the likes of Alvin Bragg have chosen to ignore? Join us for a conversation where Saritha faces these questions head-on, with no equivocating. A refreshing take from a candidate for public office. So meet Saritha Komatireddy, candidate for New York State Attorney General. Join us!

    32 min

  6. Mar 29 • Subscribers Only

    Sunday Pod: Venezuelan Ex-Pat Daniel DiMartino

    So what are the Trump administration’s plans for Venezuela? For Cuba? For transforming our hemisphere? IS there a plan? Join us for a discussion of all this and more with Manhattan Institute Fellow Daniel DiMartino. Born and raised in Venezuela, at 17 Daniel was forced to flee that nation for his current home, America. Now studying for a PhD at Columbia, focusing on immigration issues, there are few who can bring the perspective Daniel can to the question of America’s relationship with Venezuela and indeed, all of Latin America. Daniel is also the founder of The Dissident Project, “a speakers bureau connecting immigrants who fled tyrannical regimes with Americans—whether they are students, young professionals, or online audiences.” (Note: Look for more of them on upcoming pods. What a fascinating group). If you weren’t convinced of the destruction communism visits upon nations that take it up, you need to hear Daniel. The good news: things are changing, and the Trump administration appears long-term committed. But will that last? And will there be a day soon when Americans are booking travel once again to Venezuela’s beaches, mountains, and resorts? Will Americans be munching on arepas in Caracas this time next year? Join us as we discuss the remaking of the Americas with this week’s guest, Daniel DiMartino.

    33 min

  7. Mar 25 • Subscribers Only

    Podcast: Former ICE Director Jonathan Fahey

    So in the wake of yet ANOTHER sanctuary city murder of an American woman by an illegal, the questions around why the Dems are making their stand now on ICE only continue to swirl. To be frank: the murders of Stephanie Minter in Virginia and Sheridan Gorman in Chicago MUST not be swept under the rug. Blue city politicians in both jurisdictions own this. Yet they STILL won’t allow for easier denaturalization, cooperation with ICE, or even the funding of DHS. And the media continues to cover for them, playing down two murders that should matter to every voting American. Join us for on the ops desk for a discussion on this and other issues with former director of ICE, Jonathan Fahey — a man who’s forgotten more about immigration enforcement than J.B. Pritzker or Abigail Spanberger will ever know.

    29 min

  8. Mar 22 • Subscribers Only

    Comey, Brennan, Strzok & Page--Subpoenaed?

    So numerous reports have surfaced that a grand jury investigation is underway into the Crossfire Hurricane/Russia Collusion hoax that dogged Donald Trump’s first term. Will it go anywhere? There seems little doubt at this point that the entire affair was spun from whole cloth. A former MI-6 officer on the Clinton campaign’s payroll, an Australian “source” who seems never to have existed, an “Intelligence Community Assessment” that was only published because it “had the ring of truth to it” — we could go on. And as is well-known now, a core group of intelligence officials appear to have been involved in the affair — to include CIA Director John Brennan, FBI Director James Comey, FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok, and Strzok’s paramour at the time, DOJ attorney Lisa Page. All have reportedly been subpoenaed into the grand jury — in a red district in Florida. But will anything actually come of it? What are the weaknesses here? Do we actually need indictments to get some measure of justice? And hasn’t the statute of limitations run already? If not — why not? Join Paul, Chris, and Eric as they examine this quiet bombshell of a case that seems to be percolating below-the-surface of today’s news cycles. If you want to know what the likely prospects are for this one — you need to hear it here. Join us!

    30 min
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