News July 21, 2018

News Stories

• Trump boosts Spicer’s new book: It’s ‘really good’

  SPEAKER: Sean Spicer

  (The Hill) – President Trump touted his former White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s upcoming book on his Twitter account Saturday, urging supporters to buy the book, which he called full of “heart and knowledge.”

• Dr. Gupta: After all my years of reporting, this haunts me

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  (CNN) – Most of the time when you hear me talking about food, I am talking about the food we eat. But a few years ago, I realized I needed to talk more about the food we DON’T eat.

• Voto Latino aims to register 1 million new Latino voters by 2020

  SPEAKER: Maria Teresa Kumar

  (Fox 23) – Nonprofit Voto Latino wants to register 1 million new Latino voters by 2020, launching this week on-the-ground and digital efforts that target young people.

• Stephen Harper Interview with Maria Bartiromo

  SPEAKER: Stephen Harper

  (Fox) – Former Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper on U.S. trade relations.

• Facebook “Embeds,” Russia and the Trump Campaign’s Secret Weapon

  SPEAKER: Brad Parscale

  (CBS News) – Brad Parscale, digital director for Trump’s campaign, was a critical factor in the president’s election. Now questions surround how he did it

• GINGRICH: The Reality of the American Dream for the Class of 2018

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (The Dailywire) – This year, close to 3 million college students are graduating across America and will continue to pursue the American dream.

• Right Here, Right Now: Politics and Leadership in the Age of Disruption

  SPEAKER: Stephen Harper

  (Newswire) – Signal Books is pleased to announce Right Here, Right Now: Politics and Leadership in the Age of Disruption by Stephen J. Harper, on sale October 16, 2018 in North America.

• An Interview With Newt Gingrich on Trump: ‘People Recognize How Effective He Is’

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (The Daily Signal) – Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich spoke exclusively to The Daily Signal’s Ginny Montalbano about his new book “Trump’s America: The Truth About Our Nation’s Great Comeback.”

• The US will be the loser from Trump’s focus on trade deficits

  SPEAKER: Robert Zoellick

  (Financial Times) – People around the world are bewildered by President Donald Trump’s manoeuvres on trade. Their confusion is understandable, because Mr Trump rejects 70 years of US policy.

• Israel’s 70th Anniversary celebrated with tribute to Prime Minister Harper

  SPEAKER: Stephen Harper

  (The Suburban) – Some 1000 Montrealers gathered at the Shaar Hashomayim synagogue to celebrate the special anniversary by paying tribute to the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, the former Prime Minister of Canada, for his unflinching support of Israel throughout his political career.

• Allen West: North Korea Is On A Path To Economic Collapse

  SPEAKER: Allen West

  (Tea Partiest) – Lieutenant Colonel Allen West (Ret.) on the possible summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un. Charles Payne.

• Newt Gingrich on midterm elections: Democrats are digging a deeper hole

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox Business) – Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, (R-Ga.), on the impact of the improving U.S. economy on the midterm elections, President Trump’s efforts to lower drug prices, the media and President Trump’s foreign policy.

• Former congressman Allen West speaks at College Republicans event

  SPEAKER: Allen West

  (The Daily Northwestern) – “If we continue to be a nation that was on the path of compromising, appeasing, acquiescing to despots, dictators, theocrats and autocrats, then we put your future and the future of the United States of America at risk.”

• Former Fed official Fischer worried by Iran, international tensions

  SPEAKER: Stanley Fischer

  (Reuters) – Stanley Fischer, the former vice chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, said the Trump administration’s decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal and other geopolitical developments were cause for concern given the potential for international conflict.

• Reluctant Stakeholder: Why China’s Highly Strategic Brand of Revisionism is More Challenging Than Washington Thinks

  SPEAKER: Evan Feigenbaum

  (MacroPolo) – At the end of 2016, as Donald Trump prepared to take office as President, I penned an essay for Foreign Affairs magazine on “China and the World.”

• Influential National Geographic Photographer Campaigns for Protection of Marine Life

  SPEAKER: Paul Nicklen

  (Live Kindly) – National Geographic photographer and co-founder of ocean conservation organization SeaLegacy, Paul Nicklen is campaigning for the protection of marine life against the driftnet fishing industry.

• What Hank Paulson likes about Trump’s trade policy on China

  SPEAKER: Henry M. Paulson, Jr.

  (Yahoo Finance) – Hank Paulson, former US Treasury Secretary during the 2008 financial crisis, finds some bright spots in how the Trump administration is dealing with the rising trade tensions with Beijing.

• Newt Gingrich: We’re in the middle of a cultural civil war

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – On ‘Hannity,’ the former House speaker speaks out about ‘horrific language’ being used by the left and discusses how media cover the Russia investigation.

• How Zuckerberg’s Facebook is like Gutenberg’s printing press

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Washington Post) – When historian Niall Ferguson moved from Harvard to Stanford two years ago, he was struck by Silicon Valley’s indifference to history. 

• Allen West: DC Protest on Guns – Another Case of Ideological Child Abuse

  SPEAKER: Allen West

  (CNS News) – The issue of school safety can be solved, but for the left, that is not their aim. Their goal is to disarm Americans. And horribly so, they are willing to emotionally use and abuse our children to accomplish this.

• A brief history of the Doniverse

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (Boston Globe) – The general theory of relativity describes the force of graft-ity as it acts on Trump’s relatives. Bunkum mechanics, on the other hand, deals with phenomena on extremely small scales, such as the particles known as tweets.

• Anomali Names Ray Mabus, Former Secretary of the Navy, to its Board of Advisors

  SPEAKER: Ray Mabus

  (Digital Limo) – Anomali, the leading provider of threat management and collaboration solutions, announced that former Secretary of the U.S. Navy, Ray Mabus, will be joining the company as its newest advisory board member.

• The Method And The Madness Of Trump’s Tariff Scheme

  SPEAKER: Harry Broadman

  (Forbes) – When President Trump signed an Executive Order on March 11, 2018 that set forth a plan to impose prospectively import tariffs on steel of 25% and on aluminum of 10% for countries exporting those products to the U.S., most of us trade negotiation veterans were startled. Literally. You should be too.

• Jen Psaki: Trump agrees to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un

  SPEAKER: Jen Psaki

  (CNN) – Jen Psaki debates Trump Supporter Rob Astorino on Trump agreeing to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.

• National Geographic Announces 2018 Adventurers of the Year

  SPEAKER: Paul Nicklen

  (WebWire) – Eight trailblazing adventurers recognized for contributions and achievements in adventure sports, nonprofit work and photography

• Who is Brad Parscale?

  SPEAKER: Brad Parscale

  (CNN) – Donald Trump’s ascent to the presidency brought with it a host of new household names. Corey Lewandowski, Hope Hicks, Kellyanne Conway, Steve Bannon — to name just a few.

• Sheila Bair Sees the Seeds of Another Financial Crisis

  SPEAKER: Sheila Bair

  (Barron’s) – Sheila Bair has demonstrated that she’s not afraid to be the lone person flagging potential problems. The former head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is best known for her early warnings about the subprime mortgage market, and she’s still spotting problems in the financial system.

• These Wildlife Photographers are Merging Storytelling and Science

  SPEAKER: Paul Nicklen

  (National Geographic) – Cristina Mittermeier and Paul Nicklen are working to create and protect healthy oceans through powerful imagery.

• FDIC’s Hoenig Keeps Wall Street on Edge

  SPEAKER: Thomas Hoenig

  (The Wall Street Journal) – FDIC Vice Chairman Thomas Hoenig has emerged as one of the most influential detractors of big banks—the only top regulator in Washington who has directly called for their dismantling.

• The Fed’s Monetary Dissident

  SPEAKER: Thomas Hoenig

  (The Wall Street Journal) – ‘I really don’t think we should be guaranteeing Wall Street a margin by guaranteeing them a zero or a near zero interest rate.’ 

• A Chinese Puzzle: Why Economic “Reform” in Xi’s China Has More Meanings than Market Liberalization

  SPEAKER: Evan Feigenbaum

  (Macro Polo) – Imagine, for a moment, that you’re writing a short history of reform euphoria in China. Your essay would be, well, pretty short.

• World’s Top 30 Customer Service Professionals for 2018

  SPEAKER: Chip Bell

  (Global Gurus) – Chip R. Bell has helped many Fortune 100 companies dramatically enhance their bottom lines and marketplace reputation through innovative customer-centric strategies that address the needs of today’s picky, fickle, vocal and “all about me” customers. 

• Opinion: Our schools need more and stronger security

  SPEAKER: Boris Epshteyn

  (WJLA) – Elected officials throughout the country have sent prayers and thoughts. But now it is time to find solutions.

• More laws do not a moral people make

  SPEAKER: Everett Piper

  (The Washington Times) –  This past Valentine’s Day, Nikolas Cruz entered a classroom in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and proceeded to murder 17 people and wound 15 others.

• U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony & Gala

  SPEAKER: Tom Jones

  (Astronaut Scholarship Foundation) – Along with the idea to build a foundation, the Mercury 7 astronauts envisioned a place where the accomplishments of astronauts could be celebrated and showcased to the public.

• Congress Flirts With Disaster on Bank Leverage Ratios

  SPEAKER: Sheila Bair

  (The Wall Street Journal) – Legislators who want to weaken capital standards must have forgotten the lessons of the 2008 crisis.

• Ten Years After the Crisis, Banks Win Big in Trump’s Washington

  SPEAKER: Thomas Hoenig

  (Bloomberg) – In early February, with the Treasury secretary testifying about wild gyrations in the stock market and the Federal Reserve leveling unprecedented penalties against Wells Fargo & Co., it may have felt like 2008 again, with the financial system under siege. In reality, banks are booming, at least in Washington.

• Red Cross to honor local heroes

  SPEAKER: Nancy Frates

  (Beverly Wicked Local) – The Humanitarian award will be going to Nancy Frates of Beverly for her work to find a cure for ALS.

• Niall Ferguson’s “The Square and the Tower”

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (Hoover Institution) – Niall Ferguson, author of The Square and the Tower, argues that networks are not a new phenomenon and have been impacting human culture from the beginning of history.

• Four ways Trump’s first year has made us less safe

  SPEAKER: Jen Psaki

  (CNN) – The Trump team, like so many administrations before them, has been preparing to sell the accomplishments of its first year in office.

• Sean Spicer opens up about his time at the White House

  SPEAKER: Sean Spicer

  (Fox News) – Former press secretary reflects on ‘The Story’ about his time within the Trump administration.

• Trump Courts Economic Mayhem

  SPEAKER: Robert Zoellick

  (The Wall Street Journal) – This year we’ll find out how serious he is about protectionism. So far the signs aren’t good.

• Creative Community: What’s Your Builder Type?

  SPEAKER: Chris Kuenne

  (Princeton Info) – Chris Kuenne knows something about starting and growing a business.

• Trump’s war on immigration caseworkers needs to end

  SPEAKER: Steve Israel

  (The Hill) – Using every tool it can to restrain immigration, the Trump administration has now taken aim at a little-known but vital resource: immigration caseworkers in congressional offices.

• After the 19th: What Happened, What Didn’t, and What Now?

  SPEAKER: Evan Feigenbaum

  (Macro Polo) – Since the curtain fell on the 19th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October 2017, Chinese politics have been dominated by the supposed devotion of all 86 million Party members to the thoughts of General Secretary Xi Jinping.

• Broken: Can the Senate Save Itself and the Country?

  SPEAKER: Ira Shapiro

  (Publishers Weekly) – Shapiro (The Last Great Senate), a former trade negotiator for the Clinton administration, examines headline-making political battles dating back to the 1970s in this engrossing overview of the Senate’s decline into what he characterizes as hyperpartisanship.

• Former FDIC Chair: Why We Shouldn’t Ban Bitcoin

  SPEAKER: Sheila Bair

  (Yahoo Finance) – The nearly 2000% run up in bitcoin’s (BTC-USD) price over the past year, followed by its recent precipitous drop, is stirring the usual calls to regulatory arms.

• The US security strategy falls short, but not for the reasons cited by Trump critics

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (South China Morning Post) – As 2017 draws to a close, the world has seldom been so binary. You love Donald Trump or you loathe him. You adore Brexit or abhor it.

• Meet the Woman Behind DigiTour, the Social Media Star-Studded Festival

  SPEAKER: Meridith Valiando Rojas

  (Fortune) – As the cofounder and CEO of DigiTour, Meridith Valiando Rojas, 30, corrals popular personalities from YouTube, Instagram, and other social media networks into a live show that descends on dozens of major cities each year.

• Carly Fiorina On D.C. Culture: “Hypocrisy Is A Bipartisan Affliction” | Kasie DC | MSNBC

  SPEAKER: Carly Fiorina

  (MSNBC) – Former presidential candidate Carly Fiorina once bore the brunt of Donald Trump’s jabs during the 2016 Republican primaries. As multiple accusations of sexual misconduct resurface against the President, Fiorina discusses how partisan politics come into play.