Michael Weiss

you actually have a pretty good assemblage of nations, all NATO members, by the way, that can help this country survive and fight back. So I understand the inclination toward pessimism, if not catastrophism. But the good news is, you know, America as kind of a fallen or dilapidated power has empowered others to realize that they kind of have to take fortune into their own hands, as it were.

you actually have a pretty good assemblage of nations, all NATO members, by the way, that can help this country survive and fight back. So I understand the inclination toward pessimism, if not catastrophism. But the good news is, you know, America as kind of a fallen or dilapidated power has empowered others to realize that they kind of have to take fortune into their own hands, as it were.

you actually have a pretty good assemblage of nations, all NATO members, by the way, that can help this country survive and fight back. So I understand the inclination toward pessimism, if not catastrophism. But the good news is, you know, America as kind of a fallen or dilapidated power has empowered others to realize that they kind of have to take fortune into their own hands, as it were.

And they need Plan B and Plan C. One of the odd things about this election, and I think I mentioned this on the show the last time, is Europeans were not as aggrieved and panic stricken as a lot of Americans were. They thought it was inevitable Trump was going to come back. And there have been things in place for the last four years that anticipated this contingency.

And they need Plan B and Plan C. One of the odd things about this election, and I think I mentioned this on the show the last time, is Europeans were not as aggrieved and panic stricken as a lot of Americans were. They thought it was inevitable Trump was going to come back. And there have been things in place for the last four years that anticipated this contingency.

And they need Plan B and Plan C. One of the odd things about this election, and I think I mentioned this on the show the last time, is Europeans were not as aggrieved and panic stricken as a lot of Americans were. They thought it was inevitable Trump was going to come back. And there have been things in place for the last four years that anticipated this contingency.

So I'm not trying to be Pollyanna-ish about this. I'm not. But I do think that, you know, we should not be writing Ukraine's obituary so prematurely.

So I'm not trying to be Pollyanna-ish about this. I'm not. But I do think that, you know, we should not be writing Ukraine's obituary so prematurely.

So I'm not trying to be Pollyanna-ish about this. I'm not. But I do think that, you know, we should not be writing Ukraine's obituary so prematurely.

As I'm talking to you, my daughter just left on a weekend holiday to Maine with her best friend from school and their parents. I've got two squawking budgies in I don't know what room. We have to move them around because my golden doodle...

As I'm talking to you, my daughter just left on a weekend holiday to Maine with her best friend from school and their parents. I've got two squawking budgies in I don't know what room. We have to move them around because my golden doodle...

As I'm talking to you, my daughter just left on a weekend holiday to Maine with her best friend from school and their parents. I've got two squawking budgies in I don't know what room. We have to move them around because my golden doodle...

who has gone from 10 pounds to 40 pounds in the space of like six weeks and whose permanent teeth magically came in overnight, like overnight oats, he terrifies the birds. So I have a menagerie that's deeply dysfunctional and at odds with itself in this house and a lot of stuff going on here. And, you know, thanks for being patient. I'm sorry for the background noise, but no, it's,

who has gone from 10 pounds to 40 pounds in the space of like six weeks and whose permanent teeth magically came in overnight, like overnight oats, he terrifies the birds. So I have a menagerie that's deeply dysfunctional and at odds with itself in this house and a lot of stuff going on here. And, you know, thanks for being patient. I'm sorry for the background noise, but no, it's,

who has gone from 10 pounds to 40 pounds in the space of like six weeks and whose permanent teeth magically came in overnight, like overnight oats, he terrifies the birds. So I have a menagerie that's deeply dysfunctional and at odds with itself in this house and a lot of stuff going on here. And, you know, thanks for being patient. I'm sorry for the background noise, but no, it's,

Yeah, look, I mean, the FBI traditionally is a culturally conservative institution. A lot of Republicans are FBI agents. There are a lot of Republicans who support Donald Trump and who thought that the investigation into Russia's attempt to sway the 2016 election wasn't a righteous one. So there's divisions within the Bureau about a lot of stuff. But when you have somebody who's

Yeah, look, I mean, the FBI traditionally is a culturally conservative institution. A lot of Republicans are FBI agents. There are a lot of Republicans who support Donald Trump and who thought that the investigation into Russia's attempt to sway the 2016 election wasn't a righteous one. So there's divisions within the Bureau about a lot of stuff. But when you have somebody who's

Yeah, look, I mean, the FBI traditionally is a culturally conservative institution. A lot of Republicans are FBI agents. There are a lot of Republicans who support Donald Trump and who thought that the investigation into Russia's attempt to sway the 2016 election wasn't a righteous one. So there's divisions within the Bureau about a lot of stuff. But when you have somebody who's

avowed remit as the incoming director is to dismantle the so-called deep state, to hollow out basically our first line of defense, not just for counterterrorism, but counterintelligence, the infiltration of hostile foreign actors. I mean, just today, the FBI released the indictment of a woman who turns out was an FSB officer or agent rather, who had infiltrated the DC think tank circuit.

avowed remit as the incoming director is to dismantle the so-called deep state, to hollow out basically our first line of defense, not just for counterterrorism, but counterintelligence, the infiltration of hostile foreign actors. I mean, just today, the FBI released the indictment of a woman who turns out was an FSB officer or agent rather, who had infiltrated the DC think tank circuit.