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Victoria Taft is The Adult in the Room Who Sets You Straight on Life, News, Politics. Talking to the most interesting people in the news. The News Sherpa You Didn't Know You Needed. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/victoria-taft/support

The Adult in the Room Victoria Taft

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Victoria Taft is The Adult in the Room Who Sets You Straight on Life, News, Politics. Talking to the most interesting people in the news. The News Sherpa You Didn't Know You Needed. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/victoria-taft/support

    Urban Decay: How Crime, Drugs, Poverty & Corruption are Making Cities Unlivable with Jason Rantz

    Urban Decay: How Crime, Drugs, Poverty & Corruption are Making Cities Unlivable with Jason Rantz

    Seattle radio host Jason Rantz (https://jasonrantz.com) has witnessed firsthand how the governing policies of large, liberal-run cities have left chaos reigning. Stores closed due to rampant theft. The mentally ill, homeless and addicted left to ravage the streets and harass residents and visitors. The graft of local governments, who are latched onto the teat of government and pour billions into ineffective programs that only create more misery. It's all the subject of his new book, What’s Killing America: Inside the Radical Left's Tragic Destruction of Our Cities. Today, Jason joins Victoria to talk about the mayhem unfolding in urban centers across the country, and what can be done about it.

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    West Coast, Messed Coast™: UC Berkeley's Extra Credit for Nazis!
    Dirty Jill
    She's Been Found. In Pieces.
    The New York Times Asks Why 'Fiery' Iran Hasn't Killed All the Jews Yet
    Hunter Biden, Secret Agent?
    BREAKING: Democrat Bagman and Crypto King Sam Bankman-Fried Found Guilty of Fraud

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    The Wages of Sin: How Western Cash Fueled the Assault on Israel with Rachel Ehrenfeld, Ph.D.

    The Wages of Sin: How Western Cash Fueled the Assault on Israel with Rachel Ehrenfeld, Ph.D.

    Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld is the director of the American Center for Democracy and its Economic Warfare Institute. A native of Israel, she has seen firsthand the devastation the Mideast turmoil has brought to that embattled nation, both through conventional war and the horror of terrorism. She also has extensively studied how western money from the US and its allies -- much of it extracted from taxpayers -- has ended up lining the pockets of the same fundamentalists who slaughter men, women & children with equal glee. Her research into the economics of international crime & violence have led to the publication of four books on the matter including her latest, The Soros Agenda, in which she traces how both naïveté & malice have led to prominent figures in business, government, and professional activism funding the very fundamentalists, terrorists and cartels that are out to destroy them.

    Dr. Ehrenfeld joins the program to discuss exactly what is going on in Israel, and how foreign aid and well-intentioned charity feeds brutal jihadist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah all the way up to Al Qaeda and ISIS.

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    DEMOCRACY DIES IN DARKNESS: D.C. Judge Strikes Out Against 2024 Frontrunner Donald Trump With a Gag Order
    President Biden Gaslights Americans in Oval Office Address on Ukraine, Israel
    West Coast, Messed Coast™—Federal Judge Bans California's 'Extreme' 'Assault Weapons' Ban
    Armed Seattle Home Invaders Stunned When Homeowner Shoots Back. It's a Lesson for the Gun Grabbers.
    Hamas Members Were High on ISIS Drug to 'Help' Them Commit Atrocities Against Israeli Women and Children
    Welcome to 'Pallywood,' Where Crisis Actors, Fake News, and Media Lie About the Israel/Hamas War
    Seattle Dystopia: Students at Three Schools Targeted by Masked and Armed Gangs
    Man Jumps Pilot in Cockpit, Attempts to Shut Down Plane Engines
    Stunning Poll Shows Majority of Young Americans Think Killing Jews Is 'Justified'
    Senator Claims DOJ/FBI Terminated Investigation Into Dirty Biden Family Business to Keep It Quiet During Trump Impeachment
    Pilot Who Tried to Crash Plane Says He Was on 'Shrooms, but Magic Mushroom Fans Have Doubts
    Here Are Just a Few of Hamas's Atrocities Against Israel the Left Is Cheering

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    Torch Bearer: The Art of Combining Honor, Legacy & Creativity with Special Guest Don Bentley

    Torch Bearer: The Art of Combining Honor, Legacy & Creativity with Special Guest Don Bentley

    NOTE: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE MITCH RAPP NOVEL SERIES.

    New York Times bestselling author Don Bentley spent over a decade flying Apache helicopters for the US Army, including facing down Al Qaeda terrorists in Afghanistan. For his service, he can count among his accolades the Bronze Star and the Air Medal with V Device. He's worked in the private sector for military contractors, spent time as a foreign intelligence and counterintelligence agent for the FBI, and served as a SWAT officer.

    But despite his dangerous career up until now, he's facing down perhaps his most harrowing challenge...pleasing extremely rabid literary fans. Having previously written novels set in the late Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan series, as well as his own series of thrillers starring his own character Matt Drake, Don has been named the newest successor to Vince Flynn's incredibly popular Mitch Rapp series of novels, taking over for his friend and departing author Kyle Mills.

    On today's episode, Don talks about his experience on the war front, and gives his thoughts on America's exit from Afghanistan and the recent tragedy in Israel. But the mood will certainly lighten as he talks about his career as a writer, navigating the pitfalls of continuity management as a legacy series author, and hilarious interactions with his colleagues.

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    Joe Is Asleep, America. You're on Your Own.
    When They Say They Side With the Hama-Nazis, Believe Them
    West Coast, Messed Coast™ — Kaepernick's Friend Is 'Rounding Up Jews' at Stanford

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    The Holy Land is Burning: Israel at War

    The Holy Land is Burning: Israel at War

    “When peace comes we will perhaps in time be able to forgive the Arabs for killing our sons, but it will be harder for us to forgive them for having forced us to kill their sons. Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us.”

    ― Golda Meir, A Land of Our Own: An Oral Autobiography

    Early this past Saturday morning in Israel, while most Americans were turning in for the night or already in bed, a coordinated offensive launched from the Palestinian territory of Gaza into towns and communes near its border with Jewish-controlled Israeli territory. Their targets? Sleeping families and hundreds of revelers at a music & dance festival promoting peace.

    The attack is being called by some “Israel’s 9/11.” The death toll, as of this episode’s publishing, is over 1,200 Israelis, with over 2,700 wounded. Now, Israel is mobilizing for what some believe will be an overwhelming and decisive counteroffensive.

    The first guest on today’s special episode of The Adult in the Room Podcast is Wayne Black, a security consultant and expert who previously managed the security detail for former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Black explains why he worries an attack like the one seen out of Gaza this weekend can’t be ruled out here in the US, and what individuals can do to maximize their own safety and security in the event of danger.

    Then, Victoria is joined to close the show by Major General Paul E. Vallely, who gives his own analysis of the situation in Israel, and opines on the US government’s response to the crisis.


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    Being Necessary?: California's Dishonest War on Guns with Special Guest C.D. "Chuck" Michel

    Being Necessary?: California's Dishonest War on Guns with Special Guest C.D. "Chuck" Michel

    Mark Twain, allegedly quoting Disraeli, once said "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." California politicians led by Gavin Newsom seem determined to apply all three in their crusade against firearms and those who own them. They're using traditional strategies like the demonization of so-called "assault weapons" and bans of upsized magazines, but are also employing bizarre legal maneuvers such as environmental policy and exploiting stereotypes surrounding mental illness and cannabis use to crack down on what they falsely claim is the nations leading cause of death for children.

    C.D. "Chuck" Michel is leading the charge as the President and General Counsel for the California Rifle & Pistol Association. Today, he joins the program to talk about Newsom's recent legislative actions against gun rights and why the secret weapon to defeat them may lie within, of all places, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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    Criminal-Friendly Seattle Is So Bad This Guy's Shocked When a Judge Won't Let Him Go
    Why Was a Violent, Gender-Confused Boy Allowed to Stay in Portland School After Beating up Girls?
    The Most Logical (and Treacherous) Reason Yet for Joe Biden's Open Border
    West Coast, Messed Coast™ Gavin Newsom's Pre-2024 Election Move Has Them Asking 'Why?'

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    A Polite Society: Bullets, Ballots & the Necessity of Both feat. J. Christian Adams

    A Polite Society: Bullets, Ballots & the Necessity of Both feat. J. Christian Adams

    The Adult in the Room Podcast returns with a deep dive into recent gun rights developments including the overturning of California's extended magazine ban, and a critical trial in Oregon over the constitutionality of Ballot Measure 114, an onerous gun control bill passed last year that similarly bands high-capacity magazines and creates additional background check and paperwork requirements for buyers. Is the progressive left using societal violence and chaos as a weapon against the Judicial Branch?

    Then, we have a brief but fascinating talk with J. Christian Adams of the Public Interest Legal Foundation about the election integrity report cards going into primary season, and where he still has concerns, including a case in Maine involving suppression of speech.

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    The Treacherous Way West Coast, Messed Coast™ Governors Threaten the Gun Rights of All Americans
    So This Is How the 'Impeach Joe Biden' Inquiry Is Going for the Democrats
    West Coast, Messed Coast™ Report – Leftists Swarm Like Sharks After Senator Dianne Feinstein's Death

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