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Missing Person Case: Maura Murray Mar 08, 2019

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My guest today on RIGHT IN DC is Scott Wahl, an entrepreneur and business owner in the DC area and also a dad. I was very intrigued by a missing person case he has gotten involved with that I had never heard of before, and then finding out about how many missing people there are in the United States. According to the National Association of Missing Persons (https://www.namus.gov/), about 600,000 people go missing every year, with about 70% to 80% of them being female. That number is more than the 55,000 US soldiers killed during the Vietnam War. In this podcast, we discuss his knowledge and involvement in investigating the Maura Murray case, a 21-year-old college student at the University of Massachusetts who went missing in 2004. MORE: https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/disappeared/full-episodes/miles-to-nowhere Miles to Nowhere Maura Murray goes missing after her car swerves off a dark and windy road over 140 miles away from her dorm. As the years pass, her family and friends refuse to give up their search to discover what happened to her that fateful February night. https://www.oxygen.com/the-disappearance-of-maura-murray/season-1/everyone-has-a-theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Maura_Murray https://twitter.com/MauraMissing https://www.facebook.com/groups/MauraMurrayMissing/ https://www.facebook.com/MauraMurray2004 https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/107-Degrees---Maura-Murray-p1136969/ https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/podcasts-from-the-past/missing-maura-murray https://www.gofundme.com/find-maura-murray https://www.eonline.com/news/883921/the-disappearance-of-maura-murray-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-baffling-unsolved-case - - - - Follow Gayle Totter: gayletrotter.com twitter.com/gayletrotter www.facebook.com/gayle.s.trotter/ instagram.com/gayle_trotter Support Gayle's RIGHT IN DC Podcasts: www.patreon.com/gayletrotter

Rick Manning: Moving Government Out of DC; Why Paid Family Leave Act Will Hurt Women and Businesses Feb 27, 2019

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On RIGHT IN DC today, our guest is my dear friend Rick Manning, the President Americans for Limited Government. A long time public affairs professional, Rick served as the Public Affairs Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Labor during the George W. Bush Administration, where he was twice recognized by the Secretary for Exceptional Achievement. Born and raised in southern California (but don't hold that against him), Rick graduated from the University of Southern California working his way through school running political campaigns. Shortly thereafter, he became a state lobbyist for the National Rifle Association for nine years responsible for the southeastern United States, Maryland and New Jersey. At NRA, Rick worked closely with local groups to pass the groundbreaking concealed carry law in Florida which has subsequently served as a national model. A veteran of dozens of corporate communications and grassroots campaigns, Manning has emerged as a leading voice in the conservative community with columns appearing in The Hill, Investor’s Business Daily, FoxNews.com and other major publications across the nation. Rick lives in Chesapeake, MD with his wife and he is active in his local church. On the show, we discuss: • The historic North Korean Summit • Why it Is summit consistent with President Trump’s view that America needs to focus on America first • Is this the right time to go into the negotiations for this summit • The Chinese-Vietnamese nexus in previous negotiations • His thoughts on the end of the Mueller investigation • Connections between the power players in Washington, DC and how much personal relationships prevent trying to limit government • Why members of Congress should spend more time in their district than in Washington, DC • The value of the idea of moving the Capitol to different places in America every 10 years • Why the unelected staff on the Hill are the real power in Congress and how to stop this • The reasons government agencies/departments should be moved out of Washington to different areas in America • How electronic voting is rife with fraud and the value of face-to-face conversation • Should conservatives engage in a the public debate about socialism • His in-depth analysis about the Paid Family Leave Act and how it will be disastrous for small businesses and women MORE Americans For Limited Government https://getliberty.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LimitGovt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericansForLimitedGovernment/ - - - - Follow Gayle Totter: https://gayletrotter.com twitter.com/gayletrotter www.facebook.com/gayle.s.trotter/ instagram.com/gayle_trotter Support Gayle's RIGHT IN DC Podcasts: www.patreon.com/gayletrotter

Mark Morgan: Jussie Smollett Case, ISIS Brides, Border Security Feb 26, 2019

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Mark Morgan: Jussie Smollett Case, ISIS Brides, Border Security My guest on RIGHT IN DC is Mark Morgan, the former Chief of US Border Patrol under the Obama administration. He served 20 years with the FBI, was a police officer with the LAPD and was a US Marine. I had the pleasure of meeting Mark in the green room at Fox News last week. I was so impressed by the information that he had to share with the nation that I asked him if he would come on my show and share it with our listeners as well. After I met Mark in the green room, he went on to CNN and he gave one of the best responses to a CNN host that I've ever heard on any subject. In our interview, we discuss: • His thoughts on the Jussie Smollett case and the Chicago Police Department Superintendent’s press conference • Implications of Smollett’s exploitation of sensitive issues in America • The media and politicians role in this case and their rush to judgement • How difficult was this investigation for the Chicago Police? • What will the prosecution do? • The false narrative that is being created around Smollett • Who the real victims are in this case • Will this case deter others from hoaxing attacks? • With his background in border security, his thoughts about ISIS brides trying to come back to the US • Latest information about the border wall/border security situation • What he thought about the border bill that was signed • What he would tell someone who is against the border wall • The value of facts in border security; how opponents twist statistics • The false narratives created about border security • Listening to Angel families, border patrol agents, families border agents who’ve died, American families affected by drug overdoses • How the Wall works • His advice for young people in pursuing the path of law enforcement; what they will gain His CNN Interview: https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/02/15/mark-morgan-intv-former-border-patrol-chief-congress-failed-trump-no-choice-sot-nr-vpx.cnn Chicago Police Department press conference on Smollett case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIVSLWXi25c - - - - Follow Gayle Totter: gayletrotter.com twitter.com/gayletrotter www.facebook.com/gayle.s.trotter/ instagram.com/gayle_trotter Support Gayle's RIGHT IN DC Podcasts: www.patreon.com/gayletrotter

Eric Caron: Retired US Special Agent and Author of "Switched On" Feb 18, 2019

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My guest on RIGHT IN DC is Eric Caron, a former US diplomat and US Special Agent. He spent his life successfully conducting and managing covert operations related to national security, transnational crime, terrorism and money laundering. He's held senior positions within Homeland Security and Interpol. Eric recently released his first book, “Switched On: The Heart and Mind of a Special Agent.” In our discussion, we talk about: • What he thinks about the border wall • His answer to critics of the wall who wonder why we need a southern wall as opposed to a northern wall, and what about terrorists who come in to the United States via airplanes/airports. • Why we haven’t had another attack like 9/11 • Why a secure America helps makes the world more secure as well as prosperous • Security policy and diplomacy in the Trump administration • How the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition and the media they controlled worked against him (as the left would do years later against Trump) in a major illegal immigration case. Document referenced: https://www.carnegie.org/media/filer_public/6d/8e/6d8e9f25-d247-4d5b-b80c-25b9cd512ada/ccny_report_2007_mass.pdf • What advice would he give to young people thinking about going into law enforcement • The core principles of being “switched on” • Nexus between crime and terrorism • The problem of visa “over-stays” • Why President Trump will win again MORE https://switchedonlife.com/ https://www.facebook.com/switchedonagent/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC77xOpY1ymogyfcdlimlVCA https://www.instagram.com/switchedonlife/ https://www.amazon.com/Switched-Heart-Mind-Special-Agent/dp/145756243X - - - - Follow Gayle Totter: https://gayletrotter.com twitter.com/gayletrotter www.facebook.com/gayle.s.trotter/ instagram.com/gayle_trotter Support Gayle's RIGHT IN DC Podcasts: www.patreon.com/gayletrotter

Meghan Cox Gurdon: Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction Feb 12, 2019

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My guest on RIGHT IN DC is Meghan Cox Gurdon, whom I know from a women’s writing group in Washington that meets once a month to talk with different authors, share tips about writing and the love of reading. I’m so excited to welcome her to this podcast today because she has just written a new book called, “The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction”. Meghan has been the Wall Street Journal’s children’s book reviewer since 2005. Her work has appeared widely, in publications such as the Washington Examiner, the Daily Telegraph, the Christian Science Monitor, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, and National Review. She lives very close to the ‘belly of the beast’, Washington, DC, in Bethesda, Maryland, is married and has five children. In our discussion, we talk about: • Why it is a powerful thing to read aloud • How she came to this idea • The challenge and distraction of technology • How to go about selecting titles to read to your family • The story of her experiment of having a TV/tech-oriented family read aloud books for three months and what happened • How a child’s vocabulary increases by having books read aloud • How looking at pictures in a book affects the brain • How to start reading aloud in your family • The benefits of reading aloud • How books help people connect to each other MORE WEBSITE: https://www.meghancoxgurdon.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/meghangurdon/ BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062562819/ ARTICLES BY GURDON REFERENCED IN PODCAST: “The Great Gift of Reading Aloud” (https://theinnovativeparent.io/2016/11/15/wsj-on-the-great-gift-of-reading-aloud/) “Contemporary fiction for teens is rife with explicit abuse, violence and depravity. Why is this considered a good idea?” http://www.michelepolak.com/322fall11/Weekly_Schedule_files/Gurdon.pdf - - - - Gayle Totter's Website: gayletrotter.com/ twitter.com/gayletrotter www.facebook.com/gayle.s.trotter/ instagram.com/gayle_trotter Support Gayle's RIGHT IN DC Podcasts: www.patreon.com/gayletrotter

Interview with Debbie Hines on Gov. Northam and “Blackface” Feb 07, 2019

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My guest on RIGHT IN DC is Debbie Hines, a practicing trial attorney who lives in Washington, DC. She has a boutique law firm practice focused on civil and criminal law. After graduating from George Washington University School of Law, she started her career in Baltimore as a prosecutor where she tried homicides, attempted murders, rapes, burglaries, robberies, narcotics, and economic crimes before juries and participated in grand jury investigations. She then went into private practice where she represented clients in courtrooms in jury trials across the country and has tried cases in federal courts, appellate and local state courts. Debbie frequently appears in the media as a legal commentator and legal analyst addressing high profile legal cases. We first met when we were recently on a law panel on Laura Ingraham’s show on Fox News. In this interview, we discuss: • Historical reasons behind doing “blackface” and why it is so negative and demeaning • Virginia Gov. Northam’s handling of the revelation of an offensive photos on his med school yearbook page • What a picture of it in a yearbook communicates? • What she thought of his advisors/PR team in dealing with this crisis; what he should have done • 400 years after Virginia first brought slaves to America, people are still belittling African-Americans • What she thinks about Northam’s refusal to resign; what she thinks will happen • How this may harm the Democratic Party in Virginia • How Northam could have used this as a teaching moment • Her thoughts on Sen. Al Franken’s infamous photo MORE http://www.legalspeaks.com/ https://twitter.com/iamdebbiehines https://www.instagram.com/iamdebbiehines/ - - - - Gayle Totter's Website: gayletrotter.com/ twitter.com/gayletrotter www.facebook.com/gayle.s.trotter/ instagram.com/gayle_trotter Support Gayle's RIGHT IN DC Podcasts: www.patreon.com/gayletrotter

Interview with Mary Kate Cary: Bush 41, William Barr Feb 06, 2019

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My guest today on RIGHT IN DC is Mary Kate Cary. She’s a dear friend of mine and also lives in Washington, DC. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia, as am I. Mary Kate is a senior fellow at the UVA Miller Center, a former speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush, and is also a political commentator. She is the Executive Producer of the documentary “41 on 41” (President George H.W. Bush was President #41) which I had the honor to see at its premier. Mary Kate is an expert on Presidential communications and speech writing. • Surprising fact about NPR • Her time with President Bush and writing speeches for him • What happened around the Bush funeral • How she started working for William Barr and what he's like • Her testimony before Congress for Barr (https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/cary-testimony) • Her thoughts about the problems of Virginia Governor Northam and his press conference • Her advice to President Trump concerning his SOTU address MORE: http://marykatecary.com https://twitter.com/mkcary https://millercenter.org/experts/mary-kate-cary Documentary: https://www.41on41.com/ "Bipodisan" podcast: http://marykatecary.com/podcast-host/ - - - - Gayle Totter's Website: gayletrotter.com/ twitter.com/gayletrotter www.facebook.com/gayle.s.trotter/ instagram.com/gayle_trotter Support Gayle's RIGHT IN DC Podcasts: www.patreon.com/gayletrotter

National Desert Storm and Desert Shield War Memorial Jan 29, 2019

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Today my guest is Scott Stump, who is the CEO and President of the National Desert Storm War Memorial Association which is working to build the Desert Storm/Desert Shield memorial near the National Mall in Washington, DC. We discuss: • Reviewing the situation back at that time before and during the war • His involvement in the war • What inspired him to join the Marine Corps • Saddam’s plan to make Kuwait part of Iraq • What Saddam’s troops did to the Kuwaiti citizens during the occupation • George H.W. Bush’s leadership during that time • The mission of the coalition in the war • What he thought about the recognition parade after the war; what it really meant • What the memorial will highlight • Explaining the “pivot” in the public’s view of the military • How the permitting process went of getting the memorial near the Mall • What the war memorial will look like and its message • What makes the memorial unique compared to the other war memorials MORE: Learn more and donate to the memorial: https://www.ndswm.org/ https://twitter.com/DesertStormMeml https://www.facebook.com/NationalDesertStormWarMemorial/ https://www.instagram.com/desertstormmeml/ - - - - Gayle Totter's Website: https://gayletrotter.com/ https://twitter.com/gayletrotter www.facebook.com/gayle.s.trotter/ instagram.com/gayle_trotter Support Gayle's RIGHT IN DC Podcasts: https://www.patreon.com/gayletrotter

Media Coaching with Beverly Hallberg Jan 23, 2019

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My guest today is Beverly Hallberg, the founder and President of District Media Group. She’s an expert media coach, lecturer and public speaker with more than 18 years of experience. She’s trained members of Congress (but don’t hold that against her), CEOs, policy wonks, reporters, non-profit and movement leaders and politicos. Beverly is a guest columnist for the Daily Signal, the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and is a frequent contributor to Fox News and CNN. In our conversation, we talk about: • How she came to DC with only $400 in her name and why the American Dream is NOT dead • Her response to young people who think they can’t achieve the American Dream and the lies people have told them • What her average day is like at her media coaching company • What it is really like to be on TV and what people don’t realize • Is being on TV stressful? How to prepare • Why it’s important to say your main point first • How to craft an issue to be effective in the public square • What should people expect in 2019 in national politics and issues that will impact them? • Is there anyone on the right who has the same charisma as Alexandria Cortez? • Tips for start-up podcasters • What she thinks about Washington, DC MORE: Company: https://districtmediagroup.com/ Twitter: @bevhallberg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BevHallbergDMG/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beverlyhallberg/ - - - - Gayle Totter's Website: https://gayletrotter.com/ Twitter: @gayletrotter Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gayle.s.trotter/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/gayle_trotter Support Gayle's RIGHT IN DC Podcasts: https://www.patreon.com/gayletrotter

Interview with Andrew Ferguson Jan 10, 2019

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My guest is Andrew Ferguson, a former national correspondent for “The Weekly Standard” magazine which, as you might have heard in the news, has been closed. David Brooks called Andy “the greatest political writer of my generation.” Andy was a White House speechwriter for President George HW Bush and he’s written three books: “Fools Names, Fools Faces,” “Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe’s America,” and my personal favorite, “Crazy U: One Dad's Crash Course on Getting His Kid into College.” In today’s show, we discuss: • President Trump’s speech to the nation from the Oval Office • Schumer and Pelosi’s response to the speech • Why the Democrat’s aims fall short • What he would recommend to President Trump concerning the Wall • The use of tragic events as political fodder from both Democrats and Republicans • Liberals and conservatives approach things differently: Left – emotions/passions, Right – reason/logic • Why conservatives/Republicans are much better at understanding/explaining what Liberals/Democrats believe in than vice-versa • Tracing the Tea Party/Trump movement back to the “Read My Lips—No New Taxes” breaking of a campaign promise • Sen. Simpson’s unpersuasive defense of why President Bush raised taxes • Why people have forgotten how Bush successfully rescued the Savings & Loan industry • His thoughts on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal to raise taxes 70% • Why he thinks she is getting so much attention and is it a good thing or bad? • Why she a wonderful representation of a slice of the Democratic Party and why that slice will absolutely sink that Party • His thoughts on the New Green Deal and the future of health care reform • What he thinks the direction of the Supreme Court will be • What the Kavanaugh hearings highlighted about Democrats views about the Supreme Court • His predictions for the 2020 presidential elections • What grade would he give President Trump so far? MORE: WEBSITE: http://www.andrewfergusonbooks.com/ - - - - Gayle Totter's Website: https://gayletrotter.com/ Twitter: @gayletrotter Support Gayle's RIGHT IN DC Podcasts: patreon.com/gayletrotter

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