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The President's Daily Brief

By: The First TV
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  • Each morning, the President of the United States receives a highly classified briefing on the most important issues facing the country -- The President's Daily Brief. Now you can hear your very own PDB, in the form of a podcast, every morning at 6am Eastern, and every afternoon at 4pm Eastern. You'll get 20 minutes of the most important topics of the day and why you should care, arming you with what you need to know to help solve America's most pressing challenges. Former CIA Operations Officer Mike Baker hosts new episodes daily.
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  • PDB Afternoon Bulletin | May 1st, 2024: Palestinian Refugees In America & Police End Campus Chaos At Columbia

    PDB Afternoon Bulletin | May 1st, 2024: Palestinian Refugees In America & Police End Campus Chaos At Columbia
    May 1 2024
    In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: The Biden Administration is mulling plans to offer Palestinian refugees safe haven in the United States in a move that is sure to stir controversy, and will likely further strain ties between the U.S. and Israel. We’ll bring you the latest from the anti-Israel chaos engulfing university campuses across the country, as Columbia finally called in police to clear demonstrators and arrest hundreds of agitators who had taken over an academic building and occupied school grounds. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin. Email: PDB@TheFirstTV.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 mins
  • May 1st, 2024: Gaza’s Future, Nuclear Deterrence, & GPS Jamming

    May 1st, 2024: Gaza’s Future, Nuclear Deterrence, & GPS Jamming
    May 1 2024
    In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: With the world awaiting a decision on the latest ceasefire proposal between Israel and Hamas, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the Middle East to discuss Gaza's future with key allies. We explore why some Arab nations are hesitant to engage in post-war plans. Later, we examine the escalating nuclear threats from Kremlin propagandists against NATO, and French President Emmanuel Macron's signaling of France's nuclear arsenal as a deterrent. We also cover accusations from Baltic states that Russia is using GPS jamming to disrupt commercial air traffic as part of its asymmetrical warfare strategy. In the Back of the Brief: We turn our attention to Capitol Hill where the movement to unseat Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has stalled, for now. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. Email: PDB@TheFirstTV.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    18 mins
  • PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 30th, 2024: Chaos Consumes Columbia & Biden Accuses Israeli Battalions Of Human Rights Violations

    PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 30th, 2024: Chaos Consumes Columbia & Biden Accuses Israeli Battalions Of Human Rights Violations
    Apr 30 2024
    In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: The anti-Israel protests engulfing Columbia University further devolved into chaos overnight, as activists stormed an academic building and administrators began issuing suspensions. We'll have the latest on the campus chaos across the country, and how some colleges are beginning to aggressively crack down. The Biden administration has accused five Israeli IDF units of committing gross human rights violations, pointing to alleged incidents that occurred prior to the 7 October attacks and subsequent Israeli response. We’ll discuss the implications and the looming threat of sanctions from the White House. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin. Email: PDB@TheFirstTV.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    12 mins
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An objective and clear briefing

It is a great podcast that goes over the news of the day in an unbiased way. I like the focus on world events and the suggestions for solutions to many domestic and international issues.

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Tensions are high.

Geopolitical tensions are high across the world. Brian’s knowledge and research will ease the tension and help you have educated conversations with the people you hold dear. Please have those conversations we can’t afford to hide behind the veil of fear and indifference any longer.

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Hear about things here before on MSM.

Get information here first before you hear it anywhere else. It feels like you get a heads-up before the average person.

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Conservative Takes Dolled Up As Objective Analysis

The guy definitely covers some big ticket international news of the day that is less covered in most American-centric media, but most domestic items seem more picked as a vehicle for delivering a partisan narrative. Particularly telling is the "analysis" around energy and energy security that criticizes the same policies energy companies criticize while the podcast contains advertising from Exxon. The timeframe and format of the podcast doesn't allow for the deeper analysis of factors that contribute to complex international events, and it seems like some of the takes hinge on cherry-picked data to extrapolate desired conclusions from. Wider, deeper analysis of a core/critical event, maybe as a subset of the podcast, would help offset some of that.

At the end of the day, its not that I think the takes are good or bad that I'm rating this only 1 star, but rather the fact that the marketing for this podcast tries to wallpaper over the partisan/corporate opinions with the patina of the takes being those one would see in an intelligence product produced by one of the three letter agencies. I've no doubt this guy has a legit background in the IC and we all gotta make money, but it comes off as disingenuous when the hot takes on energy policy are sponsored by energy companies (a taxpayer-subsidized industry currently posting record breaking profits) and delivered under the guise of objective intelligence analysis. I certainly hope the DNI reports on America's energy security aren't "sponsored" by energy companies in the way this podcast is. That would seem to be a conflict of interest.

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