Secure Freedom Minute

With Justin Bernier & Bill Walton

Justin Bernier, Chief Executive Officer at National Security Index
I spoke with Justin Bernier of the National Security Index about the underwriting of our enemy, namely the Chinese Communist Party, that has been taking place unbeknownst to most Americans with their money, thanks to captured elites on Wall Street and the necessity for ending that practice, especially with respect to the most serious, "bad actors" among Chinese corporations and how investing in Mr. Bernier's National Security Index, exchange-traded funds can reduce investors material and reputational risk in communist China.
Bill Walton, Host of The Bill Walton Show
Bill Walton and I discussed the state of the transition of the Trump administration to office, the nominations, including that of my friend, Pete Hegseth, and others, how they are faring in the United States Senate, and what are the prospects for a more efficient US government coming out of not least the work of these cabinet officers, but also that of the Department of Government Efficiency led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.

When is Jihadist Not a Jihadist?

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.When is a jihadist not a jihadist? Evidently, when it is inconvenient to the Biden administration to acknowledge the truth.For example, in Afghanistan, Team Biden has decided to prop up the Taliban with still-ongoing U.S. cash infusions following a bequest of some 80 billion dollars in advanced American weapons.Now, it contends that the Islamic State is a renewed threat following the toppling of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, warranting scores of bombing strikes in recent days. Evidently, however, Syria can be safely entrusted to a Sharia-supremacist named Abu Mohammed al-Jolani – with ties not only to ISIS, but al Qaeda and his very own designated-terrorist group, HTS.Evidently, if you believe that the Muslim Brotherhood and Iranian mullahs deserve our support, you will fall for any jihadists’ transparently fraudulent professions of moderation. You’ll also likely get a lot of us killed.This is Frank Gaffney.

Hegseth's Honing Fire

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
Since Pete Hegseth was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to become the next Secretary of Defense, he has been the subject of sustained personal attacks and reports that hisprospects for confirmation are uncertain.
My bet is that this honing fire will not only result in his approval by the Senate, but will make him one of our most formidable Pentagon chiefs.
My friend Pete’s critics clearly seek to prevent the kind of restoration of the U.S. military Mr. Trump promised the American people – and got their mandate to accomplish. He believes that this decorated combat veteran is the man to do it – and so do I and a growing number of other national security professionals.
Pete Hegseth’s experiences in uniform, his longtime advocacy for veterans, his faith journey and his highly developed communications skills will serve him – and America – very well.
Let’s roll!

With Caroline Glick & Gordon Chang

Caroline Glick, Host of The Caroline Glick Show
I discussed with Caroline Glick developments in the Middle East, specifically the overthrow of Bashar Assad's regime in Syria, a tectonic shift that is likely to have reverberations throughout the region, some of them potentially very promising, some of them potentially very dangerous indeed. We discussed what the United States as well as what Israel must do to try to make things come out better instead of worse.
Gordon Chang, Contributor, Gatestone Institute
Gordon Chang and I visited about the implications for China as well as its proxy in the Middle East, Iran, of the takeover of Syria by Sharia supremacists. What is taking place in South Korea has very profound implications for the war; the Chinese Communist Party may be set on launching, possibly in the very near future, there and elsewhere in the Pacific and far beyond.

The Totalitarian Trifecta

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
 
We face today three strains of totalitarianism. The Chinese Communist Party is using unrestricted warfare and Maoist revolutionary techniques to achieve global hegemony.
World Economic Forum fascists are pursuing sovereignty- crushing “resets” to achieve governance of the entire planet And Sharia-supremacists, whether Sunni or Shiite, demand a universal caliphate. Those who have suddenly seized power in Syria, for example, are making no secret of their determination to destroy Israel and impose Islam world-wide.
While these three groups have obvious differences about their desired end-states, they are working together now to eliminate the only real impediment to their respective ambitions – namely, the United States.
Make no mistake: the CCP’s Communists, the WEF fascists and the Islamists are coming for us. In fact, they are already here in significant numbers and must without delay be identified, deported or otherwise thwarted from taking down America.
This is Frank Gaffney.
 

With Sam Faddis, Dede Laugesen, Nina Shea & Robert Charles

Sam Faddis, Former CIA Ops Officer
I discussed with Sam Faddis what has gone on in Korea and what it suggests about the larger enterprises of the Chinese Communist Party as it seeks through strategic arson in places like Ukraine and the Middle East and perhaps now Korea to distract and otherwise dissipate our ability to resist.
Xi Jinping's ambitions to become the world hegemon require, as it would, the elimination of the United States as an impediment to that objective. We also discussed the pardon that Joe Biden gave his son and what it suggests about what may be coming next, including perhaps a pardon for himself.
Dede Laugesen, Executive Director at Save The Persecuted Christians& Nina Shea, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom
Dede Laugesen and I spoke with Nina Shea about the persecution of Christians in communist China and, incredibly, what the Roman Catholic Pope Francis is doing to help that persecution at the profound expense of his own bishops and co-religionists.
He has betrayed them repeatedly and is now actively aiding and abetting what can only be described as an effort to not only diminish the Roman Catholic Church but weaponize it for the purposes and benefit of the Chinese Communist Party.
Robert Charles, Author of "Eagles and Evergreens"
Robert Charles gave a personal insight into what is happening in his native state of Maine in the way of rampant criminality and increasing violence against, among others, the people of Maine at the hands of cartels, drug traffickers, and Chinese nationals. Whether this is what they have in mind for all of us, wherever we may live.
We also talked about his efforts to resume public service as the attorney general of Maine and his hope to bring to that job the kind of corrective action associated with his distinguished service to our country in previous roles.