It’s August 23rd. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ First, Joe Biden is launching a national tour this week to promote his renewable energy revolution, to include electric vehicles. But here’s a question: when people plug those cars in, how green is their electric fuel? That’s an important part of this debate, and that is coming up shortly. As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put this one on your radar. The Chinese Govern...
Aug 23, 2022•24 min
It’s August 22nd. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ First, there are lots of stories and rumors about Ukraine’s main nuclear power plant this morning. It’s not Chernobyl but a placed called Zaporizhzhia. I’m going to explain exactly what’s going on, the threats, and whether or not you should be worried. As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these two on your radar. First, Joe Biden is kicking off a national tour this we...
Aug 22, 2022•21 min
It’s August 19th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ Welcome to a special edition of the PDB this morning: another Big Five Update this week. Five critical updates on stories we’ve covered previously that are shaping America — and the world. First, the US Department of Defense left behind a lot of military equipment in Afghanistan. How much? I’ve got new numbers. Second, our Battle for the South Pacific got a little harder yesterday. China inke...
Aug 19, 2022•22 min
It’s August 18th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ First, The CDC is admitting this morning that it failed during the COVID pandemic, its Director is promising to prevent such from ever happening again. But critics argue it’s too late, they’re already failing on the issue of Monkeypox. I’ll explain their argument. As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these two on your radar. Two stories this morning focused on the meg...
Aug 18, 2022•26 min
It’s August 17th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ Welcome to a special edition of the PDB this morning: a Big Five Update. Five critical updates on stories we’ve covered previously that are shaping America — and the world. First, Joe Biden signed the climate change bill yesterday, but there’s a problem already with solar panels and slave labor. We’ll discuss. Second, electricity prices hit a record high in Europe yesterday, and some business...
Aug 17, 2022•26 min
It’s August 16th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ First, Important developments out of Taiwan this morning, with a new surprise delegation of American politicians showing up. As you’d expect, Beijing is not happy. So this morning we’re going to talk about what happens if this brewing conflict turns to war. How would a war over Taiwan affect you? That’s coming up. As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these two on your...
Aug 16, 2022•28 min
It’s August 15th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ First, The FBI raid of the home of former President Donald Trump last week has been all over the news. But missing in the coverage is a very important Supreme Court case that suggests there is something very rotten about this raid, even unconstitutional. That’s coming up. As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these two on your radar. First, some very good news in the W...
Aug 15, 2022•25 min
It’s August 12th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ First, the Center for Disease Control announced new COVID recommendations yesterday, rolling back lots of restrictions. You may have seen that story but what you probably didn’t see is that half of America plans to ignore that advice; they refuse to move on. We’re going to discuss who those people are, and why their refusal matters. As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Pu...
Aug 12, 2022•26 min
It’s August 11th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ Welcome to this Special Edition of the President’s Daily Brief. And it’s very special indeed, because America is about to undergo an energy revolution. There is a $380B climate change bill that is set to pass the House of Representatives tomorrow following its previous passage in the Senate. After tomorrow’s vote, it heads to the desk of Joe Biden who will sign it. That means, soon enough, st...
Aug 11, 2022•26 min
It’s August 10th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ We’ve got a Big Five Update this morning. Five critical updates on five stories that are shaping America — and the world. First up, the federal government is out with inflation numbers this morning. I’ve got an update on where the all-important natural gas prices fit in that picture. Second, the Canadian and US Governments don’t want you to hear about something in Ukraine. I’ll share it with ...
Aug 10, 2022•23 min
It’s August 9th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ Today is a Special Edition of the PDB. And that’s because of what happened yesterday in Florida. The home of former president Donald Trump was raided by the FBI. So today we’re going to talk about that — what we know, what we don’t — but most especially I’m going to discuss the central question that you, me and other Americans are now going to have to wrestle with. Do you trust the FBI? Becaus...
Aug 09, 2022•28 min
It’s August 8th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ First, Democrat Mayors are blasting Republican Governors in Texas and Arizona this morning for bussing illegal migrants into their towns. We’re going to look at the numbers and you can decide whether or not their outrage is warranted. As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these two on your radar. First, China conducted war games over the weekend, all because of Nancy Pe...
Aug 08, 2022•26 min
It’s August 5th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ First, there are Afghan terrorists in America but the FBI has lost track of them. That’s the alarming admission made yesterday by the FBI Director. We’ll discuss the latest. As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these two on your radar. First up, the Chinese Government and its partners have bought over 200,000 acres of American land — including 300 acres near a key Air ...
Aug 05, 2022•21 min
It’s August 4th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ It’s the Big Five Update this morning on the PDB. Five briefs on five topics that I’ve discussed with you before with some important updates. First, the Wheat Wars. On Monday the first ship out of Ukraine set sail for the Middle East. But how far did it get? I’ve got that for you. Second, the War of Attrition. The fight between Russia and Ukraine battles on, with American taxpayers propping up...
Aug 04, 2022•24 min
It’s August 3rd. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ First, Washington DC is targeting the nation’s cattle this morning, all because of climate change. But this is really about so much more. I’ll discuss what that is and what you can do about it. As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these two on your radar. First, public confirmation this morning that American intelligence is directing missile attacks against the Russian...
Aug 03, 2022•27 min
It’s August 2nd. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ First, Al-Qa’ida’s leader Ayman al-Zawahri is dead. I’ll give you the latest on this very good news, to include what this death means in our War on Terror. As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these two on your radar. First, you may have seen the headlines about the horrible fires in Europe over the past couple weeks. Media outlets blamed climate change. But there was ...
Aug 02, 2022•23 min
It’s August 1st. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ First, Joe Biden’s $370B climate bill just got a thumbs down from fact checkers, saying his numbers don’t add up. I’ll share those findings, plus why this is a very bad sign for governing our country. As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these two on your radar. First, today is a big day for the Wheat Wars. Ukraine’s first ship of agricultural goods set sail into open ...
Aug 01, 2022•27 min
It’s July 29th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ First up, The US Senate announced a big bill yesterday to address climate change. One of the reasons to pass it, supporters are saying, is that it gives America the moral authority to demand other nations to follow our lead. We’ll discuss whether that is convincing. As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these two on your radar. First, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is flying...
Jul 29, 2022•25 min
It’s July 28th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ We’ve got a Big Five Update this morning, five issues that we have covered in previous podcasts, but with some important updates. First, we’ll be talking about Joe Biden’s phone call today with China. Also today, numbers and a debate over whether we have entered a recession. Third, America’s ranchers are getting hit hard. We’ll discuss what’s happening, and a request for how you might. Fourth, ...
Jul 28, 2022•27 min
It’s July 27th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ First up, The State Department is on the attack against corruption in Central America this morning, all because Joe Biden and Kamala Harris think that will stop illegals from coming across our southern border. But will this war on corruption work? I’ve got the answer, coming up. As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put this one on your radar. Your electricity bill for July ...
Jul 27, 2022•25 min
It’s July 26th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ First, Joe Biden confirmed yesterday that he’s going to talk to China’s leadership this week, chatting about Taiwan, the economy and the climate. So this morning we’re going to dive into their climate conversation — and that China’s actually building more coal plants because they don’t have faith in renewables. We’ll discuss. As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these t...
Jul 26, 2022•24 min
It’s July 25th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ First, The CIA Director saying this morning that he is proud of the work the intelligence analysts did in Afghanistan. Which is odd, because they got it wrong. So what’s going on, and why does it matter? That’s coming up. As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these two on your radar. First, an update on the Wheat Wars. We had a deal late last week between Russia and Ukra...
Jul 25, 2022•21 min
It’s July 22nd. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ On Monday of this week, I issued you all a challenge: Write to me with your questions about any topic, any place in the world. And even questions about me. I wanted to give you a chance to peak behind the podcast and learn more about how I bring you the PDB each day at 6am. Well boy oh boy did y’all write. Lots of questions about my time in the CIA, how the podcast got its start // and plans fo...
Jul 22, 2022•31 min
It’s July 21st. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ Today is a Special Brief about a growing threat just under the radar, and just under our Southern Border. Not the cartels this time. Not even drugs or gang violence. This morning we’re going to talk about Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. His nickname is AMLO for short. Yesterday he said something remarkable when he was asked about a trade dispute that filed by Joe Biden and Justin...
Jul 21, 2022•23 min
It’s July 20th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ Email: [email protected] First up, Joe Biden is in Massachusetts this morning, talking up green energy, and most especially off-shore wind projects. Odds are, though, he’s not going to tell America the full story about wind energy, and that it’s not that green. We’ve got a deep dive on the facts, coming up. As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put this one on your radar. C...
Jul 20, 2022•22 min
It’s July 19th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ First up, The White House is confirming this morning that it will continue to share intelligence with Ukraine just one day after Pres. Zelynskyy admitted his government is full of Russian spies. That has major implications for our intel networks — and our $50B in aid. That’s up first. As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these two on your radar. First, America’s top gen...
Jul 19, 2022•19 min
It’s July 18th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ First up, some good news on America’s southern border. Fewer illegal migrants tried to cross into the country last month. And the reason? A Texas politician is playing hardball with the Mexican Government and their businesses. I’ll explain. As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these two on your radar. First, Ukraine’s got a spy problem. Hundreds of espionage cases. And ...
Jul 18, 2022•20 min
It’s July 15th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ First up, Joe Biden is in Saudi Arabia, asking the Royal Family to please produce more oil, amongst other things. Biden’s supporters are saying this only underlines how important it is for us to go green, especially solar. But how green is solar energy? I’ve got the dirty answer to that question up next. As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these two on your radar. Firs...
Jul 15, 2022•20 min
It’s July 14th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ This morning we’ve got a Big Five Update. Five Briefs on Five topics that I’ve shared with you before. So let’s get ready to go around the world. First, some important news on the Wheat Wars. We could have a deal between Ukraine and Russia. I’ve got the very hopeful details coming up. Second, you all saw the inflation numbers yesterday; another record high. But there’s one piece of the story th...
Jul 14, 2022•22 min
It’s July 13th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now. ------ First up, A major steel hub in China has gone into lockdown this morning over one case of COVID. We’re going to discuss the implications of that Zero COVID policy in China and how, if our leaders handle it right, we could use it to launch a new era of American manufacturing. As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these two on your radar. First, the Battle for the South Pa...
Jul 13, 2022•23 min
