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  1. Aug 17

    The Fight Against America's Fraud Epidemic with Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald

    00:00 - Intro 00:36 - Colin McDonald Joins the Show 00:59 - Who Are You and What Do You Do? 02:22 - Why Public Service? 03:25 - Why Be a Prosecutor? 05:50 - What Does a Prosecutor Actually Do? 09:21 - No Prosecution Without Law Enforcement 11:08 - Relentless: Cases That Last Years 12:02 - Turning to Fraud Enforcement 13:06 - Why No One Tackled Fraud Before 13:41 - The Binary Choice: Violent Crime vs. Fraud 15:21 - Tallying the True Cost of Fraud 17:10 - Wasteful Spending vs. Outright Theft 19:17 - The Goal Is Deterrence 21:25 - Building Roots, Not a Potted Plant 23:18 - No Fraud Too Big, No Fraud Too Small 25:28 - Fraud Wounds the Soul, Not Just the Wallet 27:36 - Quarterbacking the Fight 28:26 - One Front Door to the DOJ 29:38 - A 500-Person Division in Two Weeks 31:13 - A Career Home for Young Lawyers 33:26 - The Ripple Effects of Unchecked Crime 34:24 - Changing the Incentive Structure 35:23 - Which Statutes Do You Enforce? 36:05 - Healthcare Fraud: The Biggest Target 37:00 - The Student Athlete Who Died 38:03 - The Skin Graft Scheme 39:28 - Fraud Robs Dignity, Too 40:49 - Benefit Programs and the Public Trust Section 42:06 - Global Trade and Commerce Enforcement 43:43 - The Many Inspectors General Offices 45:05 - The Most Shocking Cases 45:56 - “Everybody's Doing This” 46:48 - The Home Care Scam 48:25 - Billing Medicaid From Egypt and Prison 50:22 - Minnesota's Looted Housing Program 51:27 - Clearing the Decks for the Truly Needy 52:44 - The DOJ Is Here to Help54:14 -Outro

  2. Aug 10

    Fighting for Parental Rights in America's Schools with Team AFL

    00:00 - Intro 00:58 - This Episode Is for Parents 02:47 - Meet the AFL Panel 03:22 - Is Any of This Shocking? 03:59 - Schools Defying the Supreme Court 04:52 - Do Parents Have a Role? 05:14 - The Woke Education Pipeline 06:35 - Invasive School Surveys 07:41 - Teachers Who Want to Be Friends 08:44 - Where Did These Policies Come From? 10:28 - The Contraception Question 13:07 - Blackstone's Three Parental Duties 14:16 - FERPA and the Two-Book System 15:25 - What Are Schools Afraid Of? 16:27 - Title IX Means Biological Sex 17:30 - Do Boys Have a Right to Girls' Bathrooms? 19:43 - The Loving v. Virginia Parallel 20:49 - Hypothetical: A Boy in Your Daughter's Bathroom 22:00 - Mahmoud v. Taylor and the Right to Opt Out 24:41 - The Privacy Excuse 25:21 - Situations Parents Are Facing 26:22 - Notice Would Break the System 29:49 - Making a Paper Trail 30:11 - Parents Aren't Afraid Anymore 31:39 - California's AB 1955 32:27 - The Spiritual Scales Are Falling 33:50 - Suing Individual Teachers 35:18 - States Can Strip Qualified Immunity 37:06 - The Future of Grimm v. Gloucester 39:30 - BPJ, Sports, and Locker Rooms 40:59 - You Are Not Alone 42:41 - Bad Legal Take: A Boy Is a Boy 46:02 - Bad Legal Take: The Privacy Argument 47:43 - Outro

  3. Aug 3

    Florida's Model for Conservative Governance with Chief Deputy Attorney General Ryan Newman

    00:00 - Intro 00:24 - Ryan Newman Joins the Show 01:57 - Who Are You and What Do You Do? 02:47 - Why Change Happens Faster in the States 04:28 - From Senate Staffer to the Trump DOJ 05:55 - Can You Be Too Conservative to Win? 06:40 - Going All In on the Culture War 07:13 - The Truth About the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill 08:29 - Winning the Lawsuit on Standing 09:16 - “Where Woke Goes to Die” 11:51 - Covid Woke Parents Up 13:02 - The Fight with Disney 14:40 - Ending Disney’s Special District 16:55 - Corporate America Backs Off Woke 17:29 - From West Point to the Law 21:46 - Clerking for Justice Alito 23:00 - Advice for Young Lawyers 28:06 - Relationships Over Ambition 30:51 - The Legal Fights That Matter Now 31:22 - Immigration Beyond the Gang of Eight 33:15 - Assimilation Takes Time and Space 34:20 - The 1965 Act and Birthright Citizenship 36:37 - The NGO Money Behind the Border 38:35 - What It Means to Be an American 40:07 - Florida’s 287(g) Model 42:36 - Alligator Alcatraz and Lottery Cops 44:21 - Outro

  4. Jul 27

    Inside The Office Of Legal Counsel With Assistant Attorney General Elliot Gaiser

    00:00 - Intro 00:26 - AAG Elliot Gaiser Joins the Show 01:15 - What Is the Office of Legal Counsel? 01:49 - Why Courts Don't Give Legal Advice 02:49 - OLC Opinions That Bind the Executive Branch 04:03 - Advocate vs. Counselor: A Lawyer's Two Roles 05:58 - OLC: The Boutique Firm for Thorny Questions 07:08 - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants 07:40 - How Big Is OLC? A Typical Day 08:38 - OLC vs. the Solicitor General 10:03 - Reviewing Executive Orders: Form and Legality 11:18 - How OLC Opinions Set Precedent 13:00 - How an OLC Opinion Gets Written 14:13 - The 1996 Welfare Reform Opinion 16:58 - Overturning Chevron After Loper Bright 18:37 - When Agencies Ignore the Plain Text 22:56 - The Obama Phone Program (FCC Lifeline) 25:28 - Lawyers Who Think They're the Decision-Maker 30:00 - DOJ's Ultimate Client Is the American People 31:00 - Advice for Aspiring OLC Lawyers 34:24 - Finding the Path to “Yes” 38:30 - Disparate Impact, Title VII, and the EEOC 42:37 - In a Different Life 45:10 - Bad Legal Takes! 45:38 - New Jersey's Voter Roll Claim 1:00:37 - Outro

  5. Jul 20

    Fighting Fraud And Restoring Accountability With Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate

    00:00 - Intro 00:17 - AAG Brett Shumate Joins the Show 00:56 - Running the DOJ Civil Division 02:39 - Main Justice vs. the U.S. Attorney's Offices 04:36 - DOJ: The Law Firm for America 06:15 - The False Claims Act and Fraud Enforcement 10:23 - How Whistleblowers Can Fight Fraud 13:37 - Using the False Claims Act Against Corporate DEI 14:34 - Suing Hospitals Over “Gender-Affirming Care'” 19:31 - What's Changed Since the First Trump Term 22:40 - Managing a Hostile Bureaucracy 24:25 - Reviving Denaturalization Cases 27:41 - The Marriage Analogy for Citizenship Fraud 29:30 - Judges and the “Presumption of Regularity” 33:24 - When Judges Overreach 36:19 - Zealous Advocacy: DOJ's Duty to Defend 40:07 - Career Advice: Don't Be Afraid to Take Risks 44:02 - Why Join the DOJ Civil Division 47:23 - Bad Legal Takes! 47:32 - Matthew Colangelo and the Trump Prosecutions 52:49 - Outro

  6. Jul 13

    Advice From Our Guests on The Arena with America First Legal

    00:00 - Intro 00:32 - Advice From Todd Blanche, Acting Attorney General of theUnited States 02:06 - Advice From Harmeet K. Dhillon, Assistant Attorney Generalfor the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice 06:24 - Advice From James H. Percival II, General Counsel of theUnited States Department of Homeland Security 09:24 – Advice From Tom Homan, White House Border Czar 13:31 – Advice From Andrea Lucas, Chair of the U.S. EqualEmployment Opportunity Commission 14:34 - Outro

  7. Jul 6

    Shocking Judicial Behavior and the Return of the Garland Memo with Team AFL

    00:00 - Intro 00:45 - The Garland Memo: Weaponizing DOJ Against Parents 02:35 - Inside Ian's DOJ Roundtable 05:01 - A Panic Move to Save Virginia 05:31 - Internal Pushback at DOJ and the FBI 06:03 - A Local Issue the Feds Had No Business In 07:53 - Gender Ideology and the WPATH Scandal 09:01 - FTC Action and the FDA Cover-Up 10:04 - The Founders, Federalism, and Your Rights 11:26 - Who Decides Your Rights — Washington or You? 13:05 - Federalist Warnings and the Slow Federal Creep 15:26 - The Constitution and the Proper Role of Government 17:11 - Bad Legal Takes! 17:29 - Idaho's Bathroom Law Struck Down for “Vagueness” 19:16 - How Did Idaho Get a Biden Judge? 23:00 - “Can You Define a Woman?” 24:04 - Judge Ross: Misconduct in Chambers 25:58 - Good Behavior and the Impeachment Power 28:04 - Clerks Deciding Cases: An Abdication of Duty 30:17 - Restoring Confidence in Article 3 33:28 - Judges Who Don't Fear Reversal 35:39 - The Case for Impeaching Bad Judges 37:47 - Outro

  8. Jun 29

    Homeland Security with DHS General Counsel James Percival

    00:00 - Intro 00:35 - DHS General Counsel James Percival Joins the Show 01:55 - What Does a DHS General Counsel Do? 04:00 - Cracking Down on Immigration Attorney Fraud 08:26 - Frivolous vs. Fraudulent: The “Hockey Stick” Story 09:47 - Fraud in the Special Immigrant Juvenile Program 12:29 - How Cartels Exploit Unaccompanied Minors 15:00 - The Border Is Closed: The Humane Truth 16:30 - Using the Tools Congress Already Gave Us 19:18 - Third-Country Removals Explained 21:52 - “The Kidnappers Who Drive You Home” 23:18 - Lawfare and Running Out the Clock 28:40 - Why Civil Enforcement Still Matters 30:38 - Why Young Lawyers Should Join DHS 33:20 - Enforcing the Laws of 42 Agencies 33:55 - What's Surprised James Most on the Job 36:20 - What Gets You Up in the Morning? 38:00 - The DVD Case: A Judge Reroutes a Deportation Flight 40:34 - Jurisdiction Stripping vs. Channeling 43:38 - Bad Legal Takes! 43:55 - Judge Pitts: “No Arrests at Immigration Courthouses” 52:18 - Outro

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