Publisher, The Daily Caller
Publisher of The Daily Caller, a 24-hour online news site launched at the start of 2010; former Chief Policy Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney
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Neil Patel
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FROM Neil Patel
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RNC in Hot Water over Saucy Club Expenses A group called the "Young Eagles" spent $2000 of Republican Party money at Voyeur, a nightclub in West Hollywood, California. Turns out that was the wrong place to recruit a new generation of voters. Neil Patel, former chief policy advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, is publisher of The Daily Caller , the Republican answer to The Huffington Post.
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Human Rights in the era of Donald Trump President Trump’s UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, said today the US might pull out of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. Serious violators of human rights are members of the Council itself–and a US resignation could make things worse. Later on today’s show, now that he’s into his second term, comedian turned US Senator Al Franken is telling jokes again.
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The Trump agenda: where's the beef? President Trump says big things are happening. After celebrating a House bill on health care, he doesn’t yet have Senate agreement. With James Comey’s public testimony scheduled tomorrow, the President today tweeted his selection of a new FBI Director. Is the Chief Executive all style and no substance? Later, terror attacks in Iran and conflicting claims about who’s behind them.
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Will the Senate write a healthcare bill in secret? While Democrats and Republicans argue White House relations with Russia, another question is being decided behind closed doors: who gets help buying health insurance and who doesn't? We hear how the pros and cons are being shrouded in secrecy.
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Venezuela spirals into economic and political chaos Venezuela, a country whose potential for prosperity is unmatched, finds itself on the verge of civil war. What sustains the repressive government? With time running out, guest host León Krauze looks at what the international community can do to pull the country from the edge of collapse.