Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

With Stephen Young, Stephen Soukup and Jeff Nyquist

STEPHEN YOUNG, Global Executive Director, Caux Round Table for Moral Capitalism, Author, "Moral Capitalism" and "The Road to Moral Capitalism," former Assistant Dean, Harvard Law School, former Deputy District Advisor, Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support (CORDS):

Part 1: 

• Will the Afghan government and the Taliban reach an agreement after U.S. troop withdraw?
• Stephen Young argues that the complete withdrawal of all U.S. troops and assets from Afghanistan may be viewed as a surrender
• Lessons from the Vietnam War and how they can help to better inform a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

Part 2:

• Young talks about his involvement in the CORDS program in South Vietnam and how a similar counterinsurgency strategy should be tried at greater length in Afghanistan
• America's adversaries are becoming more emboldened each passing day

STEPHEN SOUKUP, Author, "The Dictatorship of Woke Capital: How Political Correctness Captured Big Business," Vice President and Publisher, The Political Forum, Fellow, Culture of Life Foundation, @ThePolForum

• Stephen Soukup talks about how attacks against Georgia's state legislature have only intensified since 2016
• Feuding within the Securities and Exchange Commission over what impact Environmental, Social Justice and Corporate Governance should have on Corporate America
• Soukup argues that every successful business will take their stakeholders into account

JEFF NYQUIST, Writer, Epoch Times, Author, “Origins of the Fourth World War and The New Tactics of Global War” and "The Fool and His Enemy," JRNyquist.blog, @JRNyquist

• Microsoft's recent announcement to alter of their terms and conditions and what it means for you
• Are Russia and China Igniting a Third World War? - China and Russia signed an agreement to combine their anti-ballistic missile capabilities
• Jeff Nyquist talks about Russian and Chinese naval movements in the Arctic

With Alexis Mrachek, Sam Faddis, Bill Walton and Lawrence Peck

ALEX MRACHEK, Research Associate for Russia and Eurasia, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation, former Staff Assistant, Rumsfeld Foundation, @AlexisMrachek

• The Life of Jailed Russian Dissident Alexei Navalny Is in Peril. US Must Act to Save Him.
• Alex Mrachek argues that the U.S. could explore sanctioning the authorities in charge of the Penal Colony where Navalny is being held prisoner

SAM FADDIS, former Clandestine Operations Officer, CIA, former Congressional Candidate, Editor, ANDMagazine.com, Author, "Beyond Repair: The Decline and Fall of the CIA," @RealSamFaddis

• Putin Senses An Opening
• China: Finish The Job In The South China Seas
• Sam Faddis argues that many senior Biden officials are returning to the government after working for various pro-Chinese think tanks and academic institutions

BILL WALTON, Managing Partner, Rappahannock Ventures, Chairman, Rush River Entertainment, former Leader, Donald Trump Transition Team, Host, The Bill Walton Show, Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute's Center on Wealth, Poverty and Morality, @billwaltonshow

• Bill Walton argues that the "We Mean Business" coalition's pledge reduce carbon admissions by 50% will mean the, "suicide of the West"
• Why did President Biden walk back his stance about the situation at the U.S. southern border?

LAWRENCE PECK, Advisor, North Korean Freedom Coalition and "One Korea Network," Representative, KOREA CPAC:

• Lawrence Peck argues that South Korean President Moon Jae-In gave in to North Korea's demands to ban the ferrying of information from the South to the North in order to appease the Kim regime
• Moon's previous supporters may be slipping away. Why?

With Reggie Littlejohn, Fred Fleitz, Rep. Tom McClintock and Jenny Beth Martin

REGGIE LITTLEJOHN, Founder and President, Women's Rights Without Frontiers, @reggielittlejhn

• The Chinese Communist Party is the "anaconda in the chandelier"
• Stop the 'Genocide Games' 
• While China was banning domestic flights in and out of Wuhan, the Chinese government pressured foreign governments not to impose a travel ban on China

FRED FLEITZ, President and CEO, Center for Security Policy, former Analyst, Central Intelligence Agency, former Chief of Staff for Amb. John Bolton, State Department, Author, "The Coming North Korean Nuclear Nightmare," @FredFleitz

• Congress Resumes the Intelligence Threat Briefing Circus - The US Senate Intelligence Committee has never been more political than it is now
• Fred Fleitz argues that the US intel committee was right to identify China as a mounting threat - less so for climate change
• Fleitz: Administration policies are being parroted by intelligence officials

REP. TOM MCCLINTOCK, Representative, CA-04, Member, US House Judicary Committee, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, @RepMcClintock

• Rep. Tom McClintock recaps his recent trip to survey the US southern border
• According to Gallup, 42 million individuals from Latin American countries want to migrate to the US

JENNY BETH MARTIN, Co-Founder, Tea Party Patriots, Author, “Tea Party Patriots: The Second American Revolution,” @jennybethm 

• Jenny Beth Martin: The people in the opposition say they want to protect the right to vote - that couldn't be further from the truth
• Martin argues that the new Georgia state election laws, "make it easier to vote and harder to cheat"
• MLB's Decision Has to Do with Woke Virtues Signaling, Not Voting Rights

With Kevin Freeman, John Fonte, John Rossomando and Jessica Anderson

KEVIN FREEMAN, Senior Fellow, Center for Security Policy, Author, “Game Plan: How to Protect Yourself from the Coming Cyber-Economic Attack" and “Secret Weapon: How Economic Terrorism Brought Down the U.S. Stock Market and Why It Can Happen Again,” Founder, Globaleconomiwarfare.com, @SecretWeaponUSA

• Kevin Freeman talks about Liberty University's Equity for Africa summit - Providing free market alternatives to China's One Belt, One Road initiative 
• Liberty, Security and Values (LSV) as a counter to Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG)
• Why is BlackRock Capital's CEO Larry Fink buying up middle class homes throughout the US? 

JOHN FONTE, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for American Common Culture, The Hudson Institute, Author, "Sovereignty or Submission: Will Americans Rule Themselves or be Ruled by Others?," Co-Editor, "Education for America’s Role in World Affairs," @FonteJohn

• John Fonte: Through our system of government, sovereignty resides with the people
• What does global governance mean for the future of US sovereignty?
• The International Criminal Court is now able to gather evidence to charge US troops with war crimes

JOHN ROSSOMANDO, Senior Analyst, Defense Policy at the Center for Security Policy, former Senior Analyst, Counterterrorism at The Investigative Project on Terrorism, former Senior Managing Editor, The Bulletin, @JohnRossomando

• The Biden administration is planning for a flat defense budget this year
• John Rossomando: Keeping our enemies at bay is a second priority for the Biden administration
• Rossomando argues that the US needs to position its battlegrounds in the Taiwan Straits to counter Chinese aggression 

JESSICA ANDERSON, Executive Director, Heritage Action for America, former Associate Director, Intergovernmental Affairs and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Management and Budget, @JessAnderson2

• Jessica Anderson: Georgia's new election law makes it easier to vote and harder to cheat
• Many are not certain how the For the People Act will eventually turn out, however, check out: saveourelections.com for updates

With Victoria Coates, James Carafano, Gordon Chang and Kyle Shideler

VICTORIA COATES, Senior Fellow, Center for Security Policy, President, USAGM's Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Inc., former Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Middle Eastern and North African Affairs, National Security Council, Author, "David’s Sling: A History of Democracy in Ten Works of Art," @VictoriaCoates

• Victoria Coates: When the Mullahs get money, they invest it in the Revolutionary Guard, not the country 
• Coates on President Joe Biden's recent troop withdrawal announcement: An ill-convened plan that follows and artificial timeline

JAMES JAY CARAFANO, Vice President, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation, Author, "Brutal War," @JJCarafano

• In practice, the Biden administration succeeds when they follow in the previous administration’s footsteps
• James Carafano: Foreign policy appears to be viewed as a "chore" for the domestically-focused Biden administration
• The illegal migrant population in the US may increase by 1-2 million by the end of the year

GORDON CHANG, Contributor, Gatestone Institute, Newsweek, Author, “The Coming Collapse of China,” “Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes the World, "Losing South Korea," and "The Great US-China Tech War," @Gordongchang

• Daily Chinese incursions into Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone continue to be a pressing issue
• Iran and China have announced strategic agreements in the past, why is this one different?
• Gordon Chang's reaction to the mayoral elections in Seoul and Busan, South Korea

KYLE SHIDELER, Director and Senior Analyst for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, Center for Security Policy, Author, "Unmasking Antifa: Five Perspectives on a Growing Threat," @ShidelerK

• The former Brooklyn Center Chief of Police was berated by the media for calling the violent demonstrations in Minneapolis a "riot" 
• Kyle Shideler: A pattern is emerging following police-involved shootings
• Shideler argues that when you take on Antifa, you are also combating an extensive network of lawyers, bail funds, etc.

With Rick Green, Col. John Mills, Douglas Feith and David Wurmser

RICK GREEN, Constitution Coach, Patriot Academy, former Texas State Representative, President, Authentic American History Productions, LLC, @RickGreenTX

• Rick Green argues that the Constitution needs to be amended so that way - delete states are in control of their own election laws
• What did President Biden mean when he said, "No amendment is absolute?”

COL (RET) JOHN MILLS, Former Director, Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Defense:

• The National Election Integrity Association’s voter integrity findings in Virginia
• Col. John Mills: Iran is essentially a proxy for China - this is not "just Iran"

DOUGLAS FEITH, former US Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Author, "War and Decision," Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute:

• By providing a strong and reliable nuclear umbrella, Feith argues, the US was able to prevent its allies from pursuing their own nuclear weapons programs
• Feith: The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was one of the only successful arms control treaties because the US and the Soviets had shared interests

DAVID WURMSER, Director, Center for Security Policy’s Program on Global Anti-Semitism, former Middle East Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, retired, US Navy Reserves Lieutenant Commander:

• David Wurmser: The Iranians are emboldened now more than ever - as of a month ago, they were scared of the US. What changed?
• Wursmer argues that the Israelis are coming to terms with the fact that they are on their own
• For Iran, escalation of conflict can serve a diplomatic purpose

With Richard Berman, Bill Walton, Trevor Loudon and Sam Faddis

RICHARD BERMAN, Executive Director, American Security Institute, ChallengeCensorship.com and DivestChinaNow.com: 

• China's mass media is under the direct control of the Chinese Communist Party
• Richard Berman: The public is never going to pressure the political establishment to divest from China if they are not made aware of the atrocities being committed by the Chinese Communist Party
• Why are companies trying to censor the Georgia State Legislature?

BILL WALTON, Managing Partner, Rappahannock Ventures, Chairman, Rush River Entertainment, former Leader, Donald Trump Transition Team, Host, The Bill Walton Show, Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute's Center on Wealth, Poverty and Morality, @billwaltonshow

• Last year, 332 of the largest companies in North America paid their CEO's an average of $17 million. Why?
• Are shareholders’ interests being upheld?
• Major League Baseball is doing business with the same people snuffing out Democracy in Hong Kong

TREVOR LOUDON, Creator/Author, The Enemies Within (Documentary and Book), @TrevorLoudon1

• Trevor Loudon observes that Asians for Black Lives is closely associated with the Chinese Communist Party
• Loudon: Willful blindness within corporate America towards crimes against humanity committed by Communist nations

SAM FADDIS, former Clandestine Operations Officer, CIA, former Congressional Candidate, Editor, ANDMagazine.com, Author, "Beyond Repair: The Decline and Fall of the CIA," @RealSamFaddis

• Does The CCP Own The Biden Administration?
• William Burns, Director of the CIA, has previously been affiliated with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Why did the Biden Center at Pennsylvania University receive $22 million from China?

With Lance Crayon, David Horowitz, Russ Ramsland and Michele Bachmann

LANCE CRAYON, former Senior News Editor, Global Times (US edition), former Video Journalist, China Radio International, former Senior Editor, People's Daily English News app:

• Lance Crayon: China's favorite tool for deception is the media
• State-run media functions to ensure actual journalism does not exist in China
• Since 2016, China Daily has spent around $20 million on advertising supplements in major US newspapers

DAVID HOROWITZ, Founder, David Horowitz Freedom Center, Author, "The Enemy Withing," @horowitz39

• David Horowitz: A totalitarian movement that, with the election of Barack Obama in 2008, successfully subverted the Democratic Party
• The long march through the institutions continues apace throughout the US
• Horowitz: You can't have free speech if you demonize your opponent

RUSS RAMSLAND, Founder and Co-Owner, Allied Security Operations Group, former Texas Congressman Candidate, former Reagan Administration official:

• Recap on Russ Ramsland's recent testimony on election fraud before the Texas state legislature
• Russ Ramsland: We do not need to expand the voter rolls, we need to clean them up
• Ramsland argues that there are, in some cases, significant discrepancies between the voting machine data and paper ballot totals

MICHELE BACHMANN, Dean, Robertson School of Government at Regent University, former US Representative, Minnesota's 6th Congressional District, former State Senator, Minnesota, Author, "Care of Conviction: My Story," @MicheleBachman 

• Michele Bachmann argues that if the For the People Act is passed, it will be the end of competitive elections in the US
• Bachmann believes that a coup took place during the 2020 Presidential election
• Bachmann: The current administration has declared a war on the US dollar

With Jeff Nyquist, Joseph Bosco and Mike Gonzalez

JEFF NYQUIST, Writer, Epoch Times, Author, “Origins of the Fourth World War and The New Tactics of Global War” and "The Fool and His Enemy," JRNyquist.blog, @JRNyquist

• Unrestrictive Warfare: Do everything short of open war to weaken an enemy
• What is the future of the US dollar as the reserve currency of the world? 

JOSEPH BOSCO, former China Country Desk Officer, Office of the Secretary of Defense, former Director of Asia-Pacific Disaster Relief and Humanitarian Affairs, Fellow, Institute for Corea-American Studies (ICAS) and the Institute for Taiwan-American Studies: 

• Chinese military exercises in and around Taiwan are meant to instill a sense of normalcy 
• Moving forward, Joseph Bosco argues that the US and Taiwan should collaborate militarily 

MICHAEL GONZALEZ, Senior Fellow, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation, former Speechwriter, Securities and Exchange Commission, former Foreign Correspondent, Wall Street Journal, Author, “The Plot to Change America: How Identity Politics is Dividing the Land of the Free" and forthcoming "BLM: The Making of a New Marxist Revolution," @Gundisalvus

Part 1: 

• Mike Gonzalez: Identity Politics is the reimagining of America as a "Confederacy of Categories"
• America has always been the leader of the global Anti-Communist movement
• The "Long March Through the Institutions" has finally reached Corporate America

Part 2: 

• Critical Race Theory and its Marxist origins – A product of the Critical Thought movement of the 1930s
• Gonzalez highlights how the forerunners to Critical Race Theory also supported planned economies
• Like Marx and Engles, BLM wants to abolish the concept of the nuclear family

With Todd Bensman, Dan Celia, Grant Newsham and David Wurmser

TODD BENSMAN, Senior National Security Fellow, Center for Immigration Studies, former Department of Homeland Security official, Author,  "America's Covert Border War: The Untold Story of the Nation's Battle to Prevent Jihadist Infiltration," @BensmanTodd

• Todd Bensman talks about the recent apprehension of two Yemenis nationals at the US southernborder
• Bensman expects apprehensions at the US border to swell to around 250,000 this month
• What should the Biden administration do about the large gaps along the US southern border wall?

DAN CELIA, President and CEO, Financial Issues Stewardship Ministries, @financialissues

• Dan Celia: Removing unionizing limits, increasing capital gains taxes and raising the corporate tax rate will push jobs out of the US
• The US Federal Reserve buys our debt in order to monetize it - Is this a sustainable practice?
• If interests rates rise, more of the US's budget will go towards paying off its national debt

GRANT NEWSHAM, Senior Fellow, Center for Security Policy, Senior Research Fellow at Japan Forum for Strategic Studies, Contributor, Asia Times, @NewshamGrant

• Is China willing and able to invade Taiwan? 
• Grant Newsham: China does have the military capabilities to invade Taiwan at a moment's notice
• Adequate training will make up for the People's Liberations Army's lack of recent conventional warfighting experience

DAVID WURMSER, Director, Center for Security Policy’s Program on Global Anti-Semitism, former Middle East Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, retired, US Navy Reserves Lieutenant Commander:

• Reflections on Israel's Recent Elections: Although Israel's recent round of elections did not yield a clear majority, the parliament itself has shifted more to the right 
• David Wurmser: We should expect a fifth round of elections in the near future
• The Iranian vessel attacked in the Red Sea was not a simple ship but instead a "floating military base"