Global Stuff on Donald Trump’s Cabinet Picks

01/07/25 • 58 min

This podcast of Global Stuff features a discussion with Colleen Rowley,
retired FBI agent, about the background and potential actions by
Trump’s initial cabinet appointees, especially in the area of security and
intelligence. In this live interview with call-ins, recorded on Nov. 22,
2024, Colleen, explains the very real threats to the rights and security of
Americans represented by Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, Pete
Hegseth as Secretary of Defense, Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National
Intelligence, John Ratcliff as CIA Director and others. As a leader in
Women against Military Madness she also talks about the
organization’s involvement in bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Special Agent (ret.) Coleen Rowley served in the Federal Bureau of
Investigation for 24 years, during which time she worked in several
offices, including those in Nebraska, Mississippi, New York, France and
Montreal.
She also served as the Minneapolis Division Legal Counsel who taught
Constitutional Law and law enforcement ethics to FBI agents and other
law enforcement agencies. She then became a whistleblower about the
FBI’s pre 9-11 failures, testifying to the Joint Intelligence Committee
Inquiry, the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Inspector General Staff
of the Department of Justice. She was named, along with two other
corporate whistleblowers, as Time Magazine’s 2002 Persons of the
Year. In an early March 2003 memorandum, she warned FBI Director

Robert Mueller about the Bush Administration’s deceptive plan to
launch war on Iraq, a country that had nothing to do with the 9-11
attacks.
She holds a B.A. in French from Wartburg College and a law degree
from the University of Iowa. Her work has appeared in the New York
Times, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, and
CNN.com. In 2002, she received the Sam Adams Award – given annually
to an intelligence professional who has taken a stand for integrity and
ethics.
She is a long-time member of Women Against Military Madness and
Veterans for Peace and is most recently affiliated with the Eisenhower
Media Network
Jimmy Durchslag has been the host of “Global Stuff”, a monthly guest
driven talk show, for over 20 years. He has interviewed many
prominent scholars and leaders who clarify complex issues and provide
suggestions for positive change. He has a long experience as a manager
of several for profit and non-profit organizations. He is one of the
founders of Redwood Community Radio, the parent organization for
KMUD. He recently served as the Director of the Mainstream Media
Project, a nonprofit organization that scheduled expert guests for
interviews on talk shows both nationally and internationally.

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KMUD Global Stuff on the impacts of the elections

This podcast of Global Stuff was recorded on October 25, 2024. In the first half,
host Jimmy Durchslag talks with Teddy Wilson, a journalist, researcher, and
consultant on the U.S. radical right. Teddy exposes the America First Legal
Foundation’s plans to undermine the election if Trump loses. AFLF advances a
legal theory that would allow judges to throw out results over “failures or
irregularities” by local officials. In the Second Half, Norman Solomon, co-founder
and national coordinator of RootsAction.org and author of several books, returns
to discuss the potential impact of the elections and what is at stake. His recent
book, War Made Invisible, provides a context for how the war in Gaza is
influencing voters in the United States.
Teddy Wilson is a journalist and researcher with more than a decade of
experience covering the U.S. Radical Right, and for the past several years has been
tracking and investigating far right extremists movements. He was previously the
U.S. Investigations Editor at Open Democracy, Staff Analyst at Political Research
Associates, and Staff Reporter at Rewire News Group. You can read his blog and
articles at RadicalReports.org on Substack.
Norman Solomon is IPA’s executive director (accuracy.org). He is the author of
twelve books, including War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep
Spinning Us to Death, and with Reese Ehrlich, Target Iraq: What the News Media
Didn’t Tell You. Also co-founder and national coordinator of RootsAction.org.
Solomon is a nationally syndicated columnist on media and politics. His articles
have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Los Angeles
Times, Boston Globe, and many other newspapers. A frequent guest on television
and radio, he was featured in Bill Moyers’ recent documentary Buying the War
and a full-length film adaptation of War Made Easy produced by the Media
Education Foundation. Solomon is a recipient of the George Orwell Award, which
honors distinguished contributions to honesty and clarity in public language.
Jimmy Durchslag has been the host of “Global Stuff”, a monthly guest driven talk
show for over 20 years. He has a long experience as a manager of several for
profit and non-profit organizations. He is one of the founders of Redwood
Community Radio, the parent organization for KMUD. He recently served as the
Director of the Mainstream Media Project, a nonprofit organization that

scheduled expert guests for interviews on talk shows both nationally and
internationally.

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Overthrow of the Assad Regime in Syria

This podcast of Global Stuff brings back Stephen Zunes, author and
expert on International issues, especially the Middle East and Israel and
Palestine. In this live interview with call-ins, recorded on Dec. 27, 2024,
Dr. Zunes discusses the recent overthrow of the Bashar al-Assad regime
in Syria by the rebel fundamentalist Hayat Tahir al Sham (HTS) group.
The end of the over 50 year authoritarian rule by the al-Assad family
brings major changes to the region with impact throughout the region
and the world. Among the issues discussed are the involvement of
Israel, the Biden administration’s continued support for Israel’s ongoing
military actions, the involvement of US weapons manufacturers, the
ongoing conflict in Gaza, the history of US support for repressive
regimes and related issues.

Dr. Stephen Zunes is a Professor of Politics and International Studies at
the University of San Francisco, where he served as founding director of
the program in Middle Eastern Studies. Recognized as one the country’s
leading scholars of U.S. Middle East policy and of strategic nonviolent
action, Professor Zunes has served as a senior policy analyst for Foreign
Policy in Focus project of the Institute for Policy Studies, an associate
editor of Peace Review, and a contributing editor of Tikkun until June
2024. From May-June, 2024, Dr. Zunes served as the Torgny Segerstedt
Visiting Research Professor at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Jimmy Durchslag has been the host of “Global Stuff”, a monthly guest
driven talk show for over 20 years. He has interviewed many prominent
scholars and leaders who clarify complex issues and provide
suggestions for positive change. He has a long experience as a manager
of several for profit and non-profit organizations. He is one of the
founders of Redwood Community Radio, the parent organization for
KMUD. He recently served as the Director of the Mainstream Media
Project, a nonprofit organization that scheduled expert guests for
interviews on talk shows both nationally and internationally.