PDB Afternoon Bulletin | February 7th, 2025: Soros-Backed Station Exposes ICE Agents & Alaska Plane Vanishes
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What is the focus of today's bulletin?
It's Friday, 7 February. Welcome to the PDB Afternoon Bulletin. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. Today, we'll begin with what looks like, I'm saying looks like, sabotage against immigration enforcement.
What happened with the Soros-backed radio station?
A Soros-backed radio station broadcast ICE agents' locations live on air, and a major immigration rate was reportedly undermined by an intelligence leak. Later in the show, a commercial passenger plane goes missing in Alaska, potentially marking the third tragic aviation disaster in just two weeks. But first, today's afternoon spotlight. A San Francisco radio station backed by billionaire George Soros – well, there's a surprise, a San Francisco radio station backed by Soros – is under federal scrutiny. After it broadcast the live locations of undercover immigration and customs enforcement agents, ICE, obviously, the report aired on KCBS AM. It revealed details of an ongoing ICE operation, including specific vehicle descriptions and agent locations, potentially, of course, putting officers' lives at risk. Oh my, how brave of KCBS. potentially endangering law enforcement officers and, at the same time, aiding and abetting illegal migrants with criminal convictions. Now, some might argue that they've got their priorities all mixed up.
How did the FCC respond to the broadcast controversy?
The Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, has now launched an official probe into the station. The key question, did KCBS violate the terms of its broadcasting license, which requires it to operate in the public interest? The controversy stems from the January 26th edition of KCBS Radio Weekend News. Now, during that broadcast, host Brett Burkhart reported on ICE activity in San Jose, but he didn't just cover the story. he pretty much gave away the gang. The report included the exact make, color, and model of unmarked ICE vehicles, as well as locations of agents operating in the area. Yeah, I'm not making this up. And to make matters worse, those agents were conducting enforcement in a part of town known for violent gang activity. Once again, I'll say it, how brave of the self-righteous KCBS AF. The FCC's Enforcement Bureau is now investigating whether this kind of reporting crosses a legal line. What do you think?
But politically, this story is about more than just journalistic ethics, which may or may not in this day and age actually be a thing. KCBS is part of a network of more than 200 radio stations purchased last year, in part by left wing billionaire George Soros, who's been a major financial force, of course, behind progressive causes across the nation.
What are the implications of the intelligence leak on immigration enforcement?
And this isn't the only time that someone has tipped off illegal immigrants about enforcement actions. On Thursday, Border Czar Tom Homan blasted an intelligence leak that he says derailed a major immigration raid targeting the Trenda Aragua, or TDA, gang in Colorado. Here's what happened. Early Wednesday morning, a multi-agency task force launched a coordinated crackdown on TDA, the violent Venezuelan gang known for drug trafficking, extortion, and human smuggling. Hundreds of agents from ICE, DHS, the FBI, CBP, and the DEA raided multiple apartment complexes in the town of Aurora, Colorado. But something, frankly, was off. After hours of searching, only 30 arrests were made, far short of the 100-plus that officials had expected.
What details do we know about the missing plane incident?
And of those arrests, well, just one was an actual member of TDA. Holman says they've already identified the source of the leak, and that person, in his words, quote, may find themselves in a pair of handcuffs very soon, end quote. Taken together, these two incidents raise major concerns about security breaches and political interference in the pursuit of immigration enforcement. Coming up next, authorities are scrambling to find out what happened to a passenger plane that went missing over the Bering Sea yesterday evening. I'll be right back. Hey, Mike Baker here. Let's talk about your online security. Now, going online without the protection offered by ExpressVPN is like leaving your blinds open at night, right? That's a little creepy.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the focus of today's bulletin?
0:12–0:29
2
What happened with the Soros-backed radio station?
0:29–1:41
3
How did the FCC respond to the broadcast controversy?
1:41–3:03
4
What are the implications of the intelligence leak on immigration enforcement?
3:03–3:56
5
What details do we know about the missing plane incident?
3:56–9:57
Speakers
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