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Sheriff Clarke vs. Black Lives Matter

March 31, 2017 by GregC

http://dateline.radioamerica.org/podcast/3-30-clarke-blog.mp3

Sheriff David Clarke says Black Lives Matter is nothing more than another liberal activist group that doesn’t actually care about black lives, and he says his black constituents know bad schools and rampant poverty are their biggest problems, and not the police.

Clarke is sheriff in heavily-Democratic Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.  He is a prominent voice on police and national security issues and the author of “Cop Under Fire: Moving Beyond Hashtags of Race, Crime and Politics for a Better America.”

One of Clarke’s greatest frustrations centers on Black Lives Matter, the activist group that rose up in the wake of the police-involved shooting in Ferguson, Missouri.  He says the group is hurting efforts by police and communities to forge cooperative relationships and doesn’t actually care about what happens to black people.

“If they truly believed that black lives matter, they’d be protesting in front of every Planned Parenthood clinic in America.  (It’s) an organization that kills more black babies than every other demographic.  But I thought black lives mattered,” said Clarke.

“If they truly believed that black lives mattered, they’d be protesting in every American ghetto, and not against the police, but especially in cities like Chicago where over 4,000 people were shot last year.  Over 750 were murdered.  Most of them were black.  Most of the perpetrators were black.  But they don’t want to talk about that issue,” said Clarke.

He says Black Lives Matter is turning into just another liberal interest group, spending time on things that seem to have no connection with their stated mission.

“Right now, Black Lives Matter is out in North Dakota protesting at the Dakota Access Pipeline.  What does that have to do about black lives?” asked Clarke.

He says black families know exactly what the biggest problems are.

“Here’s what black people care about: they want better schools for their kids, they want crime-free neighborhoods or safer communities at the very least, and they want meaningful work.  That’s what they care about,” said Clarke, noting Milwaukee, under longtime Democratic leadership, has the third worst schools in the U.S. and is among the highest poverty rates among U.S. cities.

Nonetheless, Clarke says Black Lives Matter focuses it’s attention on unrelated issues.

“If you look at their manifesto they put out not too long ago, none of that stuff is mentioned.  Stuff like climate change is mentioned, more money for research for climate change, and also statehood for the Palestinians.  What do the black people living in the American ghetto care about statehood for the Palestinians or about climate change.  They don’t,” said Clarke.

“This is a political construct that has nothing to do with the quality of life for black people,” said Clarke.

In the book, Clarke explains how his father instilled his respect for his parents and anyone else his parents told him to respect, including police.

 

“My dad mattered in my life.  Dads matter.  My dad was my first role model.  My dad was my first hero.  He was my first authority figure.  My dad demanded respect.  When I respected him, that extended to the teachers at school, the adults in the neighborhood and anybody else in a position of authority,” said Clarke.

“Had my dad not been there for me, things might have gone in a totally different direction.  You look at some of the things going on today like Freddie Gray (Baltimore) and like Mike Brown (Ferguson), no father to guide and develop them,” said Clarke.

Instead of working to push responsible fatherhood and other avenues to reduce poverty and improve education, Clarke says activists like Black Lives Matter and Al Sharpton only want to find someone else to blame.

“It’s easier to deflect away from that and say, ‘Hey, look at the police.  Let’s pick on the police.  Let’s blame the police for all of our problems.  Let’s just hammer on the police all the time.  Let’s just yell racism and discrimination, so we don’t have to deal with the ugliness of the pathologies I’ve mentioned,” said Clarke.

As a result of what he sees as demonizing police, Clarke says police are getting more hesitant and that makes their work more dangerous.

“We need them to be more assertive and aggressive and they’re afraid to because if something goes tragically wrong sometimes, through no fault of their own, they don’t want to be the next Darren Wilson.  They don’t want to be the next Baltimore Six, the police officers that were maliciously slandered and charged with felonies they did not commit.  Fortunately, the justice system got it right,” said Clarke.

Clarke says police morale is slowly on the upswing as the Trump administration takes over for the Obama administration.  Clarke says the difference between the two presidents in treating the police is like “night and day.”

Clarke was a strong supporter of Trump in 2016, and has been rumored as a possible U.S. Senate candidate in Wisconsin in 2018.  However, the sheriff says we shouldn’t expect him to jump into politics anytime soon.

“I’m flattered by the energy and enthusiasm for it, but I’m a lifelong cop.  It’s in my blood.  I’m in a position of leadership.  Right now, I have platforms available to me to get a message out.  That’s more important than focusing on myself.  I tell myself all the time, ‘David, this isn’t about you.  It’s about what you can do for other people,'” said Clarke.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: Black, Clarke, Cop, Fire, Lives, Matter, news, police, Sheriff, Trump, Under

False Trashing of Tillerson, Flynn Wants Immunity, Pence Protects His Marriage

March 31, 2017 by GregC

http://dateline.radioamerica.org/podcast/3-Martini-Lunch-3-31-17.mp3

Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America enjoy watching the Washington Post get called out for false reporting on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson by Matt Lee of the Associated Press.  They also wonder what Mike Flynn has to say to congressional investigators based on reports Flynn wants immunity from prosecution in exchange for his testimony.  And they unload on liberals for sneering at the boundaries Vice President Mike Pence and his wife have established to protect their marriage.

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Sheriff Clarke: ‘We Are A Nation of Laws’

March 30, 2017 by GregC

http://dateline.radioamerica.org/podcast/3-30-clarke-blog.mp3

One of the nation’s most outspoken law enforcement officers is praising the Trump administration for cracking down on sanctuary cities, slamming liberal politicians for protecting criminal aliens, and explaining what those criminals have done to his community far from the border.

Earlier this week, Attorney General Jeff Session announced the Justice Department would lower or eliminate federal grants to locales that fail to cooperate in the enforcement of federal immigration laws.

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Sheriff David Clarke is thrilled.

“Finally, we have a president in Donald Trump, who appointed an outstanding attorney general in Jeff Sessions, unapologetic about immigration enforcement.  I am as well,” said Clarke, who is also author of the new book, “Cop Under Fire: Moving Beyond Hashtags of Race, Crime and Politics for a Better America.’

After years of lip service from both parties, Clarke says he is happy to see decisive action.

“Finally, we have somebody who’s going to get his arms around this thing, along with the Congress.  Congress has the constitutional authority to set immigration standards.  They’re going to have to take the test as well.  And you know what?  Congress is afraid to deal with this issue because it’s explosive,” said Clarke.

Despite the warning from Sessions about lost federal funds, mayors and police chiefs around the country say they won’t budge.  Clarke sees that as a dereliction of duty.

“These mayors out there are abdicating their responsibility to keep their citizens safe.  This is nothing more than aiding and abetting criminal activity when you start to harbor criminal illegal aliens,” said Clarke.

Opponents of the Trump policy, such as Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, often stake their positions on America’s history of welcoming immigrants seeking a better life, without distinguishing between legal and illegal immigration.

Clarke says that distinction matters.

“You got a guy in Donald Trump, the president of the United States, who’s actually going to enforce the law.  That is a shock to some people.  But we’re a nation of laws.  People want to say we’re a nation of immigrants.  No, we’re not.  We are a nation of laws.  We are a nation of lawful immigration,” said Clarke.

The sheriff also emphasizes that all the mayors and law enforcement officials are being asked to do is deal with criminals who are in the U.S. illegally.

“I’m not talking about immigration in general and not even illegal immigration.  I’m not giving it a pass, but I’m focusing on criminal illegal aliens.  I think it’s a good place to start because these individuals have no business in the country.  Many of them have been deported over and over and over again only to return, which shows the border is porous,” said Clarke.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is nowhere near the southern border, but Clarke says the effects of illegal immigration are having a very real impact on his community.

“We had a case several weeks ago of a criminal illegal alien (with a) criminal history.  He was not deported because of the catch and release policies that have gone on,” said Clarke.

“In a domestic violence situation, he pointed a forearm at his girlfriend, threatened his girlfriend, pointed a firearm at his two young kids and threatened them as well,” said Clarke.

He says that’s just one of many crimes and tragedies linked to illegal immigration in Milwaukee County.

“We’re talking about murders.  We’ve had criminal illegal aliens involved in drunk driving incidents in Milwaukee County who would have killed other motorists.  We’ve had robberies.  We’ve had sexual assaults.  We’ve had incidents of child abuse,” said Clarke.

Unlike officials in sanctuary cities, Clarke says he fully cooperates with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, in rooting out criminals in the country illegally.

“I work with ICE and ICE officials have access to all of my booking data.  They look at it every day and they decide who they’re going to give a further look at.  I don’t tell them, ‘Look at this guy and this guy.’  They’ll decide and then they’ll call and tell us, ‘Hold onto this guy or this guy.  We want to do some further investigation to see if this person is in the country lawfully,” said Clarke.

One of Clarke’s greatest frustrations is the lack of hard data on criminal illegals.  He says it’s something liberals deliberately want to keep fuzzy.

“We don’t know the extent of the problem because data isn’t being collected on crimes involving a criminal illegal alien.  It’s funny how, in this country, the left demands that we collect data on all traffic stops involving black motorists.  We actually collect that data.  There’s a box you have to check and a form you have to fill out,” said Clarke.

“All of a sudden now when we want to collect data, so we have some accuracy as to what’s going on with this problem, they don’t want anything to do about it,” said Clarke, who praises Trump for ordering the collection of data on crimes committed by illegal immigrants.

Clarke is taking steps to prepare his department to offer even more cooperation.

“I’m going to help ICE.  I’ve applied for the 287 (g) program, which, after training, will deputize my law enforcement officers with immigration enforcement,” said Clarke.

“We’re not going to be doing home raids and we’re not going to be doing workplace raids and school raids like the left likes to portray as the sky is falling and the bogeyman propaganda.  I’m going to focus on going after criminal illegal aliens, who have been arrested for some very serious crimes, deported previously but got back in,” said Clarke.

“Once they get that border sealed, the next time we get them out , we’ll be able to keep them out,” said Clarke.

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California Persecution, Trump Targets Freedom Caucus, Dem Madness Over Gorsuch

March 30, 2017 by GregC

http://dateline.radioamerica.org/podcast/3-Martini-Lunch-3-30-17.mp3

Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America slam California Attorney General Xavier Becerra for filing 15 felony accounts against the pro-life activists who recorded Planned Parenthood officials negotiating the price of aborted baby body parts.  They also shake their heads as Pres. Trump tweets about fighting the House Freedom Caucus in 2018, most likely in response to their opposition to the GOP health care bill last week.  And they get a kick out of Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley suggesting any 5-4 Supreme Court decision with Neil Gorsuch in the majority would be illegitimate if Republicans kill the filibuster on nominees to the high court because he says Gorsuch would be an illegitimate justice.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: abortion, California, Caucus, charges, freedom, Gorsuch, illegitimate, Martini, Merkley, National, Review, Trump

‘Ideology Has Trumped the Law in This Case’

March 29, 2017 by GregC

http://dateline.radioamerica.org/podcast/3-29-staver-blog.mp3

California is lodging 15 felony counts against two pro-life activists behind the landmark 2015 series alleging Planned Parenthood sold the body parts of aborted babies for profit, but the attorney for one of the defendants says a vigorous defense will be offered on multiple fronts.

On Tuesday, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced 15 felony accounts were filed against Center for Medical Progress President David Daleiden and his colleague, Sandra Merritt.  They each face 14 counts for allegedly recording conversations in California without the consent of the other parties.  They also face conspiracy charges.

“The [attorney general] is in the back pocket of Planned Parenthood.  He got a campaign contribution from Planned Parenthood.  Planned Parenthood President Cecille Richard speaks very highly of him and has mentioned him in glowing terms in a press release,” said Liberty Counsel Chairman Mathew Staver, whose organization is representing Merritt.

“He is an ideologue and ideology has trumped the law in this case,” added Staver.

While these charges are far more numerous and severe than what Merritt fought in Texas last year, Staver says his client is not backing down in the face of the California state government.

“Sandra is certainly resolved to move forward.  She didn’t do anything wrong.  This is outrageous but whenever you become a target of a criminal lawsuit or a criminal indictment as in this case, not just of one felony but of fifteen felonies, it’s quite daunting,” said Staver.

“We’ll push through this.  She’ll stand strong and we’ll get this case dismissed,” said Staver.

He says the first order of legal business is a respectable arraignment.

“It can be done one of two ways.  She either gets publicly arrested or she turns herself in.  We’re going to work out an arrangement where she doesn’t have to worry that at 1:00 in the morning there’s going to be a knock on the door and there’s going to be somebody there to arrest her and take her down to get booked,” said Staver.

So what will the defense look like?  Staver says it will involve multiple angles, starting with precedent allowing secret recording of conversations if there is suspicion of criminal activity.

“One of the defenses is whether or not someone reasonably believes or has a belief that the person being recorded has committed or is about to commit a crime,” said Staver.

He says there’s plenty of evidence to suggest Planned Parenthood was harvesting body parts from aborted babies to sell for profit to research labs like Stem Express.

“It’s a very reasonable understanding to believe, and I think objectively it’s true that Planned Parenthood was engaged in illegal activity,” said Staver.

He says a pending lawsuit against Stem Express is further evidence of Planned Parenthood’s crimes.

“[Stem Express was] buying baby body parts from Planned Parenthood.  They were then turning around and selling those body parts.  They even created a catalog, like you would have a parts catalog.  The catalog that Stem Express created was a baby body parts catalog.  They had prices for the different body parts.  They even ran monthly specials,” said Staver.

Another important distinction in this case is what defines a private conversation in California.  Courts have ruled in other cases that conversations in public places no not qualify as private, although the state of California clearly disagrees.

“These conversations were in the public.  Those are not confidential.  In fact, Cecille Richard has already testified before various committees that many of these conversations weren’t even confidential,” said Staver.

Other undercover videos received a much different response in California, namely videos showing animal cruelty.  The people exposing that activity were praised and those exposed in the videos were investigated.

Staver says there is a clear double standard.

“They are patted on the back for bringing this horrible situation to life.  But in this case, instead of being patted on the back for bringing this illegal activity to life of Planned Parenthood and Stem Express and these others, they are the ones targeted for criminal prosecution,” said Staver.

The pro-life community is rallying around Daleiden and Merritt.  Live Action President Lila Rose, who has exposed Planned Parenthood many times in her own undercover videos, says the wrong people are being charged.

“The real criminal is Planned Parenthood, not David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt. The Center for Medical Progress did a tremendous service by exposing the barbaric baby parts trafficking that Planned Parenthood had kept hidden behind closed doors. They should be lauded for their brave work, not punished,” Rose said in a statement.
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Mattis Gets Real, Nuking the Filibuster, Trump Vows Health Bill ‘Easy’

March 29, 2017 by GregC

http://dateline.radioamerica.org/podcast/3-Martini-Lunch-3-29-17.mp3

Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America applaud Defense Secretary Jim Mattis for doing his best to limit civilian casualties while explaining that are often unavoidable in wartime as the U.S. dramatically ramps up the military action against ISIS.  They also discuss how Democrats are boxing themselves into a corner by trying to filibuster Neil Gorsuch – a move that could lead to rule changes that make the Democrats powerless to stop anything.  And they react to Pres. Trump telling senators a deal on health care legislation will be “easy.”

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Hoekstra: Bring in the Whistleblowers

March 24, 2017 by GregC

http://dateline.radioamerica.org/podcast/3-24-HOEKSTRA-BLOG.mp3

The former chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence says it would be highly unusual for any raw intelligence transcripts to reach the White House, and he says if any “incidental” surveillance that did go to political operatives, then lawmakers should actively encourage and protect whistleblowers for coming forward.

This week, the current chairman of the committee, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., told President Trump and the media that he has seen evidence suggesting Trump associates and possibly even Trump himself were picked up communicating with foreign targets under U.S. surveillance.

Former Chairman Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., says the idea of transcripts from incidental surveillance ending up at the White House is stunning.

“My sources and what I gleaned from what Chairman Nunes said on Wednesday, it appears there was raw intelligence, actual transcripts of this incidental collection at the White House,” said Hoekstra, who notes that more corroboration needs to come forward to back up the claims from Nunes..

“It’s not that I was generally refused access to raw intelligence .  I never saw it.  I can’t remember one instance.  I checked with my legal counsel this morning just to make sure I hadn’t and said, ‘Is it true I never saw raw intelligence?’  He said, ‘ That’s right.  We never did,'” said Hoekstra.

Under normal circumstances, intelligence on American citizens uncovered by the intelligence community must meet very high standards to move anywhere along the government food chain.

“Number one, for it to see the light of day in any other agency, it has to reach a pretty high hurdle that says we’re going to share this information with other agencies but we’re going to mask the American presence,” said Hoekstra, referring to the practice of obscuring the identity of Americans involved with any foreign surveillance.

“The second thing then is to get those names unmasked.  That’s another high hurdle, because while it’s not illegally collected intelligence, it’s inappropriately collected intelligence because it’s outside of their charter,” said Hoekstra.

Government agencies like the CIA and NSA are forbidden by law from directly ordering surveillance on American citizens.

But with Nunes discussing evidence he has seen but does not have and the top Democrat on the committee focusing on alleged collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, Hoekstra says getting people with direct knowledge of the issue to come forward and testify is essential.

But there’s a problem.

“The intelligence community has some of the weakest whistleblower protections anywhere in the federal government,” he said.

Nonetheless, Hoekstra says Nunes needs to make it safe for intelligence professionals to tell what they know.

“I would open the doors and get on TV and in the hearings and all of that, saying ‘If there are people in the intelligence community who believe that there were things that were done wrong, please come to the committee, bypass the whistleblower steps in the intelligence committee, and bring materials immediately to this committee.  We will protect you,'” said Hoekstra.

Hoekstra also hopes to see the intelligence committee put more heat on the key officials who addressed them this week.

“I would bring (NSA Director) Mike Rogers and I would bring (FBI Director) James Comey back.  I’m glad they’re coming back and I would nail them for what I believe is incomplete testimony last week,” said Hoekstra.

“For that (raw intelligence) information to have found its way to the White House.  I believe that James Comey and Mike Rogers of the NSA would both have known of that information being at the White House.  They should have shared that with the committee.  If anything, they led the committee in different directions,” said Hoekstra.

He points specifically to Comey denying evidence exists to support Trump’s tweet that Obama ordered him to be wiretapped.  Hoekstra says that allowed Comey to dodge the broader issue.

“In the larger context, it is people working on behalf of the president under the authority of the former president may have directly or indirectly surveilled his transition team .  Mr. Comey maybe should have been more open about that,” said Hoekstra.

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Three Martini Lunch 3/24/17

March 24, 2017 by GregC

http://dateline.radioamerica.org/podcast/3-Martini-Lunch-3-24-17.mp3

Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America shake their heads as infighting among congressional Republicans and even White House staffers clouds the push for a vote.  They also cast suspicion on President Trump’s vow to just let Obamacare continue if Congress failed to pass the bill.  And they have some much needed fun by examining the push to rename the airport in Las Vegas for former Sen. Harry Reid.

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‘One Way or Another, He Will Be Confirmed’

March 23, 2017 by GregC

http://dateline.radioamerica.org/podcast/3-23-lee-blog.mp3

One of the Senate’s most conservative members says Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch showed lawmakers and the nation this week why he is a tremendous choice for the high court, while also rejecting the attempts of Democrats to discredit Gorsuch and promising President Trump’s choice will be confirmed.

Thursday was the third marathon day of questions for Gorsuch before the Senate Judiciary Committee.  Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, was already impressed with Gorsuch but says this week is further evidence Gorsuch belongs on the high court.

Lee says his biggest takeaway from the hearings is the consistency of Gorsuch.

“This judge is the same in every setting in which I’ve interacted with him, whether it’s in a courtroom when I was a lawyer, or whether it’s been in my office as he’s come by in anticipation of his confirmation process, or whether he’s on the hot seat in the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he’s been this week,” said Lee, who is a former federal prosecutor and argued cases before Gorsuch at the Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

“He provides the same answers, the same thoughtful approach.  He doesn’t change from one moment to the next.  He’s considerate of the law.  He has great respect for the Constitution.  That’s exactly the kind of person we need on the Supreme Court,” said Lee.

Democrats spent three days prodding Gorsuch on everything from his own record to how Republicans treated Merrick Garland last year to his political opinions on issues that could come before the court.

Lee says Gorsuch handled the fire well.

“I think he handled every question that was thrown at him with grace and with a great deal of composure, even when things got heated,” said Lee.

Democrats are pursuing a number of strategies to slow down or stall Gorsuch.  That includes a call for a delay on final confirmation until the investigation into alleged ties between Russia and the Trump campaign concludes.

Lee is having none of that.

“I don’t see any reason, as much as some would like to delay this particular vote on him, this is something that doesn’t need to be affected by circumstances,” said Lee.

On Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he would vote to filibuster Gorsuch and would urge other Democrats to do the same.

Despite that effort, Lee thinks Gorsuch will sail past any filibuster.

“I think he’s going to get through.  I think he’s going to get through with, perhaps, a whole lot of Democratic support.  By the end of the hearing process, it felt like a love-fest, certainly on the Republican side of the aisle.  And I sensed a tone of resignation on the part of some of my Democratic colleagues on the committee,” said Lee.

Democrats changed Senate rules in recent years to kill the filibuster for all nominees except for those tapped for the Supreme Court.  Will Republicans change that rule if Democrats can muster a filibuster?

“Without engaging in hypothetical speculation about exactly what mechanism will be deployed here, I will say this very confidently, we’re going to get Judge Gorsuch confirmed.  One way or another, he will be confirmed,” vowed Lee.

During the hearings, Democrats deployed a number of strategies, starting with the complaint that the Supreme Court seat should already be filled by Judge Merrick Garland.  Garland was nominated by President Obama but Senate Republicans did not hold hearings or votes, contending the next president should get to make the choice.

Lee says it’s time for Democrats to move past the Garland controversy.

“Some of them can choose to be upset if they want to, but I think it would be best for everyone if we focused on what’s before us, what’s happening now rather than what happened a year ago.  If they look at this judge on the basis of his record, I think what they’re going to find is a sincere judge who just wants to find the right answer under the law,” said Lee.

Democrats also tried to get Gorsuch to speak out about his personal opinions on political issues that could wind up before the Supreme Court, including campaign financing and same-sex marriage.

While Gorsuch’s deflections frustrated Democrats, Lee says every nominee has taken the same approach in confirmation in recent years in order to maintain their impartiality.

“The fact that something like that comes up in a judicial confirmation hearing can itself be a cause for recusal if the judge engages in a significant discussion of the issue at hand.  If we’re not careful, this can end up undermining the ability of our Supreme Court justices to do their jobs,” said Lee,

“The fact that Democrats pushed Judge Gorsuch as often as they did, as many times as they did, to wade into as many hot-button controversies as they chose to do doesn’t change the fact this is the standard.  This is the rule and this has been the historical practice,”

In addition to seeking ammunition against Gorsuch, Lee says the political questions expose how Democrats seem to view the courts.

“They’re trying to make something where nothing really exists.  They’re trying to convert the Supreme Court, perhaps, into an organ of public policy making,” said Lee.

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Three Martini Lunch 3/23/17

March 23, 2017 by GregC

http://dateline.radioamerica.org/podcast/3-Martini-Lunch-3-23-17.mp3

Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America are surprised by who is arrested for allegedly issuing scores of threats to Jewish Community Centers and other institutions. They also react to the details of the terrorist attack in London and shred the rationale behind radical Islamic terrorism. And they discuss North Korea being suspected of a massive heist of money from Bangladesh that was held in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York – and something about that story seems very familiar to them.

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