February 17, 2025

0:00 - Fired USAID workers Kristina Drye and Adam Dubart with Scott Pelley on 60 Minutes: looking for loyalty tests?

12:14 - David Brooks: right-wing nihilism not populism, USAID

29:52 - Vance in Munich: when I look at some of the Cold War's winners around today...comes with an offer

52:33 - Executive Vice President & Head of Litigation at Thomas More Society, Peter Breen, brings attention to Illinois' compulsory-abortion coverage laws. For more info thomasmoresociety.org

01:03:59 - Vance in Munch: shutting people out of the process is the most assured way to destroy democracy...no room for firewalls

01:27:41 - IL DOGE stories

01:42:43 - James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Law, Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago, Richard A. Epstein: Both Trump and Biden have erred by sacking without cause members of independent commissions and boards

02:01:52 - Justin Logan, director of defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, on the reaction to JD Vance's speech in Munich. Follow Justin on X @JustinTLogan

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