The Gaetz to solving America’s immigration problem, gaetz it? This week on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show we’re all about Matthew Gaetz and his problems, and America’s immigration problem, but that’s just where we being when Halli and her partner in politics, former White House correspondent and Newsweek and Time alum, Matthew Cooper, slice and dice the political news of the week.

Matthew Gaetz and Gaetzgate is still at the top of political news and doesn’t seem to be going away. In fact, Gaetz’s problems only seem to be escalating drip by drip by drip. But that’s not all. The Derek Chauvin trial is captivating everyone as the cable channels offer wall to wall coverage. Covid-19 and the Johnson & Johnson vaccine problem are on everybody’s mind. Are you paying attention to the push back by American corporations to the Republican’s efforts to suppress people of color’s votes? We are, and infrastructure, Senator Joe Manchin, Iran, and the horrible death of young, African-American Dante Wright. There’s so much more. Please tune in.

In our second half-hour Halli introduces you to Warren Binford. A lawyer and an international children’s rights scholar. Ms. Binford is one of only a handful of private citizens selected to inspect border facilities where migrant children are detained. Warren co-founded Project Amplify in 2019 to allow the voices of migrant children to be heard. And now Project Amplify is helping to tell the heartbreaking experiences of the children in her gut-wrenching new book HEAR MY VOICE: THE TESTIMONIES OF CHILDREN DETAINED AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES, featuring the brilliant art of 17 Mexican and Mexican-American artists

The Gaetz to solving America’s immigration problems, Covid-19, infrastructure, Derek Chauvin, Johnson & Johnson vaccine, Iran, Dante Wright, Senator Joe Manchin…there’s a lot to get to and here we go. Join Halli and Matthew Cooper on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show the podcast available at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com, on all your favorite apps, and on your Alexa device, too.

This week on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show join Halli and her guests, her partner in politics, journalist and former White House correspondent, Matthew Cooper. And in our second half-hour meet prominent scholar and author Dr. Stephen Krasner, who is challenging America’s longtime foreign policy in his provocative new book HOW TO MAKE LOVE TO A DESPOT. 

We begin with Halli and Matt and some startling statistics:  Seventy-seven thousand American souls are dead, The U.S. has more  confirmed cases of Coronavirus than any other country. Americans died from Covid-19 at the rate of about one every 42 seconds in the last month. Thirty-three million Americans are unemployed, and 1 in 5 American children are going to bed hungry. Given all of that, Trump is asking the American people to risk their lives and return to the workplace. What? For a plate of sushi? Trump blames China for it all, and that’s just where we begin.  

In our second half-hour we turn to foreign policy. In the age of a global pandemic, an important conversation on American foreign policy is warranted. Consider that since the end of the Second World War, the United States has sunk hundreds of billions of dollars into foreign economies in the hope that its investments would help remake the world in its own image. So far the returns have been disappointing. As country after country failed to conform to America’s Utopian hopes, a more Dystopian vision has taken hold, as America now recoils from engaging. Aware of these problems, prominent scholar Dr. Stephen Krasner, challenges America’s longtime foreign policy in his new book HOW TO MAKE LOVE TO A DESPOT. The Stanford University professor and former diplomat urges policymakers to get real, accept the facts on the ground and recalibrate U.S. expectations to more achievable goals abroad. 

Donald Trump is hazardous to your health. The Coronavirus Pandemic, Election 2020, China, U.S. Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump, food stamps, Joe Biden, Mourning in America ad, Florida…tune into The Halli Casser-Jayne Show the podcast always available at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com, on all your favorite apps, and on your Alexa device, too.

Politics, art, history, and the state of the 2016 presidential campaign are the subject of The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Wednesday, January 13, 3 pm ET when joining Halli at her table are cultural historian, Dr. Victoria Coates, senior advisor for foreign policy on Senator Cruz’ 2016 presidential campaign and the author of DAVID’S SLING: A HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY IN TEN WORKS OF ART, and Newsweek magazine’s political editor, Matthew Cooper.

Dr. Victoria Coates received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. She has served as a consulting curator at the Cleveland Museum of Art and as Director of Research in the Office of Donald Rumsfeld. Currently, she is a senior staff member for national security for the United States Senate and the senior advisor for foreign policy on Senator Cruz’ 2016 presidential campaign. She is the author of a new book DAVID’S SLING: A HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY IN TEN WORKS OF ART in which she explores the synergy between freedom and the highest level of human achievement – and demonstrates how Western values are crucial to the expansion of liberty in our time.

Journalist and veteran White House correspondent, Matthew Cooper is known for his in-depth reporting and analysis from Washington. Mr Cooper has worked for some of America’s most prestigious magazines including Time, The New Republic, National Journal and U.S. News & World Report. He wrote for Newsweek in the 1990s and rejoined the re-launched magazine in 2014. Cooper also earned national attention during the CIA leak case when he was held in contempt of court and threatened with imprisonment for his refusal to name his sources and to testify before the Grand Jury regarding the Valerie Plame CIA leak investigation, a case that went all the way to the Supreme Court. He has appeared on “60 Minutes,” “Meet the Press,” Hardball, The O’Reilly Factor and This Week with George Stephanopoulos.

A look at the candidacy of Republican presidential contender Senator Ted Cruz and Election 2016 with foreign policy expert and author Dr. Victoria Coates and Newsweek’s Matthew Cooper on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Wednesday, January 13, 2016. For more information visit Halli Casser-Jayne dot com.

Hi my friends!

It’s Friday? Really? How did that happen? I guess the old adage time flies when you’re having a good time is true. And a good time we had this week on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show with a show that proved that we are, indeed, Talk Radio For Fine Minds. We delved into The REAL Greatest Generation in a discussion of Washington, Jefferson and Lafayette with historians from Mt. Vernon and Monticello, and journalist and author of Lafayette: The Ideal General, Marc Leepson.  While I know to some history can be dry, I think you’ll be presently surprised by the personality-filled conversation. You can listen here, but all of our shows, including this one are available FREE to download from iTunes.

But back to it’s Friday, and as we always do on Friday, here are some links to good reading for your weekend fare.

Have a fun-filled weekend, all!

Halli 

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