Episodios

  • SITREP 19: Fire the Senate Parliamentarian Now
    Jun 26 2025

    The Situation Report for June 27, 2025. Rep. Crenshaw explains why several key provisions of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill are in jeopardy because of one rogue Senate Parliamentarian. He covers the dishonest leak of a “low confidence” classified assessment of the bunker-buster strikes of Iranian nuclear sites. And he explains the legal reasoning behind a major Supreme Court ruling, and massive win for the Trump Administration, on deportations.

    The United States and Israel obliterate the Iranian nuclear program

    President Trump goes to Europe for NATO Summit

    Supreme Court upholds third country deportations

    New York City chooses socialism

    Senate Parliamentarian goes rogue on One Big Beautiful Bill

    If you read nothing else: “U.S. Credibility Returns to the Middle East”

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    14 m
  • A Former CIA Station Chief on the Israel-Iran Conflict | Ralph Goff
    Jun 19 2025

    Former CIA station chief Ralph Goff returns to analyze the actions, likely outcomes, and fearmongering surrounding the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran. Regime change. World War 3. Tucker vs Cruz. Iranian civil war. America’s role. With decades of experience running covert operations across the Middle East and beyond, Goff gives us a grounded assessment of the strategic risks and geopolitical implications as Israel pushes the Iranian regime closer to the brink of collapse.

    Ralph Goff is a 35-year veteran of the CIA and a 6-time station chief who served in Europe, the Middle East, and Central and South Asia. He also served as Chief of CIA’s National Resources Division, working extensively with “C Suite” level US private sector executives in the financial, banking, and security sectors. Today he is a risk management consultant and contributor for The Cipher Brief.


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    48 m
  • SITREP 18: Mostly Peaceful Protests, Art of the China Deal, & Iran Goes Nuclear
    Jun 13 2025

    The Situation Report for June 12, 2025. A startling assassination attempt in Colombia. Iran’s nuclear ambitions put the Middle East on the brink of chaos. And the Trump Administration closes a deal with China, shakes up the CDC, and cracks down on “mostly peaceful protests.” All this and much more analysis from Rep. Dan Crenshaw in just 12 minutes.

    Political violence returns to Colombia

    Tension mounts with the Iran nuclear negotiations

    A new trade truce with China

    Secretary RFK Jr. shakes up a controversial CDC vaccine advisory committee

    The FBI busts hundreds of child sex predators

    President Trump reacts swiftly to the LA riots

    The media resurrects “mostly peaceful protests”

    Elon makes amends

    More good news for American energy dominance

    If you read nothing else: National Review’s Rich Lowry on “This is Not What Authoritarianism Looks Like”

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    13 m
  • SITREP 17: Kyiv Strikes Back, Pardon the Autopen, & Operation Liquid Death
    Jun 6 2025

    The Situation Report for June 6, 2025. Ukraine launches a bold drone attack deep inside Russia. The Supreme Court weighs in on major cases involving firearms. And the Department of Justice investigates exactly who in the Biden Administration was behind the infamous autopen pardons. All this and much more analysis from Rep. Dan Crenshaw in less than 10 minutes.

    Ukraine + Russia trade hostages and escalate their drone attacks

    The Supreme Court declines to review states’ weapons bans

    Department of Justice investigates Biden’s autopen pardons

    The feds crackdown on cartel oil smuggling

    Why President Trump just banned travel for citizens of these 12 countries

    Chinese nationals caught smuggling a dangerous pathogen in the U.S.

    Mexico loses fight to sue American gun manufacturers

    The Boulder attack

    Washington Post earns four Pinocchios

    If you read nothing else: Rep. Dan Crenshaw and Chloe Cole: The Big Beautiful Bill Protects Children and Taxpayers from Radical Gender Ideology

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    10 m
  • Dr. Condoleezza Rice on the Perils of the 21st Century
    Jun 4 2025

    Civic knowledge in America is declining. AI is rapidly advancing. And the Iran-Russia-China alliance is pushing the world closer to the brink of global war. Dr. Condoleezza Rice joins Rep. Dan Crenshaw for a frank conversation about the greatest threats to the future of Western Civilization—and how Stanford’s Hoover Institution is working to confront them.

    Dr. Condoleezza Rice is the Director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and served as the 66th U.S. Secretary of State (2005–2009) and National Security Advisor (2001–2005) to President George W. Bush. Follow her on X at @CondoleezzaRice and stay up to date on the Hoover Institution’s research at @HooverInst.

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    50 m
  • SITREP 16: Talking to Putin, Migrants Go Home, & The Golden Dome
    May 22 2025

    The Situation Report for May 22, 2025. Rep. Crenshaw gives insight into what led up to the early morning House passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill. He covers some of the Trump Administration’s victories this week - including new talks between Russia and Ukraine, a Supreme Court ruling on deportations, and cleaning up America’s food supply. And he breaks down the strategic benefits of a new missile defense shield for the United States. All this and much more in less than 20 minutes.

    One Big Beautiful Bill, and the conservative wins in it

    President Trump brokers new talks between Russia and Ukraine

    Democratic congresswoman charged with assault after storming ICE facility

    Supreme Court allows TPS deportations to continue

    The CBP Home App: a cheaper way to deport migrants

    The FDA cleans up America’s food supply

    The Golden Dome: A new missile defense shield for the United States

    “Thanks for your lies, Daily Beast.”

    If you read nothing else: “How to Stop Students from Cheating with AI”

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    20 m
  • Arsenal of Democracy | Brad Bowman
    May 19 2025

    America’s defense industrial base is woefully behind production on new advanced weapons systems, and slow to deliver those systems to strategic allies like Taiwan. The axis of China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea is shifting the global balance of military capabilities in their favor. All of this adds up to what defense expert Brad Bowman calls the most dangerous geostrategic threat for the United States since 1945. He joined Rep. Crenshaw to cover bureaucratic and legislative reforms that would reinvigorate America’s defense industry and speed up weapons deliveries to our allies. He gives an analysis of the Chinese military’s strengths and weaknesses in an invasion of Taiwan. And he discusses the policy options for arming Mexico against the drug cartels.

    Brad Bowman serves as senior director of the Center on Military and Political Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, where he focuses on U.S. defense strategy and policy. He has served as a national security advisor to members of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees, as well as an active duty U.S. Army officer, Black Hawk pilot, and assistant professor at West Point. Follow him on X at @Brad_L_Bowman.

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    56 m
  • SITREP 15: A Big Beautiful Bill, Crenshaw’s Amendment Protecting Kids, & President Trump Goes to the Middle East
    May 16 2025

    The Situation Report for May 16, 2025. Rep. Crenshaw covers the major deals President Trump struck over the past week, from Chinese tariffs to historic partnerships with key Middle East countries to an India-Pakistan ceasefire. He explains House Energy & Commerce’s contribution to the Big Beautiful Reconciliation Bill, including his own amendment banning taxpayer funded gender transition procedures on children. All that and much more significant developments you might have missed in under 14 minutes.

    The 90-day tariff rollback with China

    President Trump strikes historic deals with the Middle East

    House Energy & Commerce advances the Big Beautiful Bill…including Rep. Crenshaw’s provision to prohibit taxpayer funded gender-transition procedures for minors!

    Democratic congressmen storm ICE facility in New Jersey

    Governor Newsom finally realizes California is a dystopian hellscape

    HABEMUS PAPAM – Where Pope Leo will lead the Catholic Church

    India and Pakistan reach a ceasefire agreement, thanks to President Trump

    If you read nothing else: “Thank a Cop This Police Week”

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    14 m