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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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  • April 24th, 2024: Ukraine Aid Rush, Tik Tok Trouble, & Baltimore's Bridge Blowback

    April 24th, 2024: Ukraine Aid Rush, Tik Tok Trouble, & Baltimore's Bridge Blowback
    Apr 24 2024
    In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: The Senate passes $95 billion in foreign aid as the Biden administration readies a $1 billion military package for Ukraine ahead of presidential approval. TikTok under fire: the U.S. government moves to ban the video-sharing app in the U.S. unless Chinese stakeholders divest. Baltimore's bridge debacle: an in-depth look at the city's legal action against a cargo ship's owners for the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. Campus unrest: GOP calls for the National Guard to shield Jewish students amidst growing tensions. 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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    20 mins
  • PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 23rd, 2024: Antisemitism Grips Ivy League Campuses & The Fallout Of Biden's 'Cannibals' Tale

    PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 23rd, 2024: Antisemitism Grips Ivy League Campuses & The Fallout Of Biden's 'Cannibals' Tale
    Apr 23 2024
    In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: It was a wild night on college campuses across America as anti-Israel demonstrators ratcheted up their activities. We’ll discuss the chaotic scenes and the unprecedented steps school administrators are taking in an attempt to restore order and protect their Jewish students from proliferating antisemitism. We’ll look at the diplomatic fallout between the U.S. and Papua New Guinea after President Joe Biden claimed his uncle was shot down over the Island of New Guinea during World War II and eaten by cannibals. 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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    13 mins
  • April 23rd, 2024: Blinken in Beijing, Israel Intel Shakeup, & Campus Tension

    April 23rd, 2024: Blinken in Beijing, Israel Intel Shakeup, & Campus Tension
    Apr 23 2024
    In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's upcoming visit to Beijing takes center stage as the west seeks to address China's support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. An in-depth analysis of the unfolding situation in Rafah, Israel, and the resignation of the nation’s chief of military intelligence. The escalating crisis at American universities: examining the protests at Columbia and Yale, and the impact on Jewish student communities. In today’s Back of the Brief, we’ll focus on the drug war in South America and Ecuador's aggressive new stance against drug cartels. 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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    21 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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