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What we can learn from Israel during this historic week Ep. 228 May 18, 2018

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Israel is on the ascendent and seem to be doing the right thing on a lot of fronts. In today’s blockbuster episode of "foreign policy Friday" with CR’s national security correspondent, Jordan Schachtel, we draw numerous lessons from what Israel is doing with its sovereignty, diplomacy, military, and political system. We can learn a lot from Israel, and Jordan shares his insights from the time he spent there.

We focus carefully on what happened this week in Gaza and how that border situation has many similarities to ours. We also explore the emerging threats and opportunities in Latin America. Finally, we introduce an idea of “a new UN” for freedom-loving nations that have mutual interest in protecting their sovereignty rather than the traditional global organizations that promote the violation of sovereignty. Trump had a great few weeks, and now is the time to press our advantage and completely realign our alliances to promote America first. The world is changing rapidly in terms of who promotes our interests and who doesn’t, as well as what is a threat and what is not. We must update our military, diplomatic, and intelligence resources to reflect the reality of today’s world.

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Gaza, borders, and the left-wing war on sovereign nations

Our moral divide is reaching a tipping point

What we can learn from Israel’s immigration and border policies

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Jeff Sessions takes on border disorder, sanctuaries, drugs, and Hezbollah financing Ep. 227 May 17, 2018

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Out-of-control illegal immigration, sanctuary courts, drug-running, and Hezbollah at our border? There are a lot of threats to our sovereignty and security, and nobody is at the front lines more than the attorney general. We are joined today by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to give us an update on what is going on at the border and what Congress must do to plug the holes.

Sessions also comments about the growing threat of Hezbollah in Latin America and a terror financing network within our own country that is funding terror abroad. He noted that the DOJ is making progress and going after terror funding “with full force.”

“We’ve got a string of cases that we continually are prosecuting of people within the United States, some of them are recent immigrants, not all, that are sending aid to these terrorist organizations,” said Sessions. “It is a top, top priority.”

Sessions also makes it clear that the drug problem is fundamentally a border problem. “Let’s make this clear, fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin, the vast majority, I’m talking about over 90%, is coming from Mexico.” He also explains how sanctuary cities are single-handedly exacerbating the drug crisis by ensuring that we can’t deport those responsible for thousands of deaths from heroin and fentanyl.

“This is madness, this is open-borders extremism.”

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Terror financing in Islamic immigrant communities within our country is a massive threat

Iran and Hezbollah in Latin America

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Iran’s tightening grip on Latin America: Time for a new Monroe Doctrine? Ep. 226 May 16, 2018

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Be prepared to learn more about Hezbollah and Iran in Latin America than you care to know … but definitely should know!

We are joined by Joseph Humire, executive director of the Secure Free Society and one of the foremost experts on terrorism in Latin America. He is the author of a book on this subject, Iran’s Strategic Penetration of Latin America.

Humire gives us an intelligence briefing on the strength of Iran and Hezbollah in Latin America and explains why we face a tremendous threat at this juncture. At the same time, we have an opportunity to engage potential allies, as many countries have recently elected pro-American leaders. Yet our government has been largely MIA when it comes to asserting our prerogatives in our own hemisphere. Will the Trump administration change course in light of the high-stakes showdown with Iran?

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The DACA agenda is fueling MS-13, drug cartels, and Hezbollah

Humire’s report on Argentina and the Iran connection

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Newton’s laws of (political) motion Ep. 225 May 14, 2018

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If you want to understand why the political motion is all in the direction of the Left, just observe the fact that all the mass and velocity is on their side. Not only are “conservatives” out to lunch when it comes time to promote our ideas, many of our prominent institutions, figures, and donors are lending their mass and velocity to the most destructive, extreme, and consequential initiatives of the Left. Today, we examine the world of politics through the lens of Newton’s three laws of motion.

We study this theory first through the prism of the jailbreak/Willie Horton bill now being pushed upon Trump even by pseudo-conservatives and Jared Kushner, in contravention of his campaign promises. This issue, more than any other, demonstrates the imbalance in velocity between the two movements.

We then move onto health care. Trump announced his plan to deal with high drug prices. We demonstrate how the same problem ailing hospitals and other aspects of health care lies at the root of the high drug prices as well. We need to cut out the third- and fourth-party actors.

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Details of the Willie Horton jailbreak bill

Louie Gohmert’s bill to strip courts of jurisdiction over immigration

Chip Roy’s opponent demonstrated that he’s a balloon in the wind against the forces of motion

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A security agenda that will win the election Ep. 224 May 09, 2018

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Republicans will likely get crushed at the polls and have no narrative to counter Democrat enthusiasm. History has shown that by being the party of safety and security, they always succeed. Imagine if Republicans would magnify Trump’s message on these issues and be strong on criminal justice, immigration, and drugs and prioritize true national security threats, such as Iran/Hezbollah in our hemisphere rather than Syria and Afghanistan?

We begin by showing how Republicans are passing a terrible jailbreak bill that would make Michael Dukakis proud and betrays the Reagan view on criminal justice. It is the exact opposite of where they should head.

We then discuss the need for a new Monroe doctrine and to harness our military, diplomatic tools, and intelligence assets to fight Iran and Hezbollah in the Western Hemisphere instead of focusing so much on tribal civil wars in the Middle East that don’t affect us.

A true message of safety and security would resonate with the public. Now we just need a party to promote it.

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6 observations from Tuesday’s elections

Backwards and aimless priorities in the defense bill

The border crisis poses an existential threat

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Conservatives are distracting themselves to death Ep. 223 May 07, 2018

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On issue after issue, we are seeing the president’s good intuition go to waste because administration officials fail to implement his vision. Yet conservatives are so distracted they fail to raise their voices or even focus on some of these issues.

We begin by discussing the latest invasion on our border and its danger in terms of incentivizing more migration, enriching the drug cartels, and endangering our national security. The DHS continues to allow in the caravan and release thousands of other similar bogus asylum-seekers. Officials are also planning to undermine Trump’s promise on other immigration-related issues.

Later on, we give a rundown of Tuesday night’s elections. Conservatives are asleep at the wheel when it comes to pushing for primary reform or recruiting candidates. Almost all of the 17 candidates up for re-election who voted for the omnibus will wind up winning.

Finally, we give an update on jailbreak legislation and the hypocrisy of the criminal justice deform movement as it relates to the drug crisis.

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Trump surrenders on caravan

The case for replacing primaries with Utah-model conventions

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Our biggest foreign policy threat is in our back yard — and ignored by our leaders Ep. 222 May 04, 2018

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We are continuing our series of “Foreign Policy Friday” with CR’s national security correspondent, Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel), to show how foreign policy, when done right, is really about protecting our homeland.

Jordan and I take a tour around the world to give an update on North Korea, Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, and Yemen. We show how in each theater, other than in North Korea, we are doing the wrong things at the wrong time in the wrong place. We don’t prioritize real threats, and we get involved in theaters that don’t threaten us.

We drive this point home by announcing our new project to expose and publicize the growing threat of Hezbollah in the Western Hemisphere and even in Mexico and our own country, working together with the Los Zetas drug cartel. This alliance poses a grave threat of drugs, smuggling in Middle Eastern terrorists, magnifying the damage done by the Mexican drug cartels, and Islamitizing Latin America, not to mention bringing Iran’s influence right to our shores. While our foreign policy smart set focuses on Yemen and Syria, they refuse to recognize that this is the main theater at which Iran must be stopped.

You will also see what our foreign policy can learn from fixing toilets.

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Politico expose on how Obama shut down counter-Hezbollah operation in Latin America

Green Berets fighting for Saudi gov’t allied with AQ against Houthis

We’re bailing out Iran and Hezbollah from the Sunni insurgency

Good overview of Hezbollah in Latin America and the threat posed by its alliance with cartels

What is important from Israel’s findings on Iran and what we should do

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Meet the Candidates: Chris Herrod in Utah-3 Ep. 221 May 02, 2018

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Today, we continue our series of “meet the candidates” and are joined by Chris Herrod, who is challenging Rep. John Curtis in the upcoming primary in Utah-3. Chris was raised in Provo, Utah, since 1972. After collage, he lived overseas and worked in Moscow and taught at a university in Ukraine, where he met his wife. He served in the Utah House of Representatives from 2007 to 2012 and was the state director for Cruz for President in 2016.

Chris spoke a lot about his time overseas in Russia and Ukraine during the collapse of the Soviet Union and how he learned that socialism destroys a civilization. He believes the debt will trigger hyper-inflation like he saw in the former Soviet Union and the political class doesn’t understand its results. He also wants to focus a lot on returning power back to western states and to expose how government is hurting rural Utah by not allowing the state to develop its resources, which would also help our national security and bid for energy independence.

Chris is a passionate defender of national sovereignty and wrote a book on how open borders are the most uncompassionate policy to the very people Democrats purport to protect. In general, Chris feels that Republicans do a poor job of explaining how Democrats' economic policies hurt the very people they are designed to help.

This is our eighth episode of “Meet the Candidates” at "The Conservative Conscience." The first seven episodes were with Chip Roy, Art Halvorson, Nick Freitas, Chris McDaniel, Jarrin Jackson, Richard Moss, and Shak Hill.

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The importance of the Utah Convention

Chris Herrod’s book: “The Forgotten Immigrant – How Tolerating Illegal Immigration Hurts Immigrants”

Behind every caravan of illegals is a massive shipment of drugs

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The lights are completely out in Congress. Maybe just board up the building Ep.220 Apr 30, 2018

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In today’s episode, we discuss all the emergency problems transpiring while Congress takes a random weeklong vacation. The courts continue to destroy this country and never take a day off; meanwhile, nobody in leadership can be bothered to deal with the problem.

We also discuss how McConnell blames the congressional inaction on the filibuster, yet he refuses to use the two tools he has to pass legislation with a simple majority – budget reconciliation and a recissions spending bill. Worse, he is using his wife, Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, to enforce his position against conservatives, even though Chao is officially violating Trump administration policy of supporting the spending cut bill that can pass with a simple majority.

The caravan of illegals at our border is just the tip of the iceberg. There is a major drug problem coming into our country, and the caravans are used as a diversion tactic. Where is Congress? Lights out.

Finally, we address the Iran deal and the significance of Netanyahu’s revelation. Once again, where is Congress? Why are they not voting to slap sanctions on Iran, re-orient our strategy and alliances in the Middle East, and abrogate the Iran deal?

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McConnell’s wife violates admin policy on spending to do McConnell’s bidding

10 ways Congress can (but won’t) reclaim power from the courts

We are paying for legal aid for those who invade us

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How politics, not data, is driving policy on painkillers — and hurting patients Ep. 219 Apr 27, 2018

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Today, we are joined by Dr. Stefan Kertesz, a professor in the division of preventive medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. Dr. Kertesz joins us to discuss his concerns about government's totally unscientific approach to cutting off pain medicine.

In a wide-ranging conversation, we delve deep into the drug overdose crisis, what really causes it, the most recent trends, and how the lack of proper science and data is driving the government to make things worse. In fact, most of the problems with overdoses have nothing to do with pain patients and doctors who write legitimate prescriptions, yet most of the public policy solutions are targeting them while ignoring the bigger problem.

This issue is too important to misdiagnose and is an opportunity for people of all political persuasions to come together to seek the truth.

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My latest on government misfiring on opioid crisis

Dr. Kertesz’s articles:

Pill limits are not a smart way to fight the opioid crisis

Strict limits on opioid prescriptions risk inhumane treatment of pain patients

The danger of overcorrecting on prescription opioids

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