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The DSR Network
This podcast will take you on a smart, direct, sometimes scary, sometimes profane, sometimes hilarious tour of the inner workings of American power and of the impact of our leaders and their policies on our standing in the world. Hosted by noted author and commentator David Rothkopf and featuring re...
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Words Matter: Surveying the Devastation of the Past Week of Business as Usual Under Trump
Welcome to another week in Trump’s America. The President is “renovating” the Kennedy Center a la the East Wing of the White House, the Washington Pos...
DSR Daily February 5: Trump’s Treasure Chest Swells Ahead of Midterms
On the DSR Daily for Thursday, we break down Trump’s growing campaign funds ahead of the 2026 midterms, ICE facing a setback from a federal judge in O...
The Daily Blast: Trump Blurts Out Hint of Weakness on ICE as Camps Anger MAGA Country
Donald Trump just claimed in an interview that the events in Minnesota suggest that ICE needs to use a “softer touch.” He also struggled to create the...
The Trumpstein Scandal is Even Bigger and More Important Than You Thought
The Epstein files aren’t just about one man - they are a mirror reflecting the culture of shamelessness among the elite. Why are the wealthy elites ab...
AI, Energy and Climate: Power Prices, Data Centers and US-Canada Geopolitics
In a high-profile speech, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney recently declared "We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition." US government of...
DSR Daily February 4: 700 Immigration Officers Withdrawn from Minneapolis
On the DSR Daily for Wednesday, we cover a reduction of ICE officers in Minneapolis, Trump signing a bill to end the government shutdown, Israeli stri...
The Daily Blast: Trump Spirals into Crazed Fury after Harvard Humiliates Him Very Badly
After The New York Times reported that President Trump has backtracked on a major demand he’d made on Harvard University, he spiraled out of control i...
DSR Daily February 3: House Nears Vote to End Shutdown
On the DSR Daily for Tuesday, we discuss an impending House vote to end the partial government shutdown, Trump urging Republicans to nationalize elect...
The Daily Blast: Trump ICE Threats Take Darker Turn as MAGA Erupts in Demands for Blood
Donald Trump is making it explicit. In an angry diatribe to a right-wing podcaster, Trump told his usual lies about vote-cheating by undocumented immi...
DSR Daily February 2: Trump Orders DHS to Back Off of Protests
On the DSR Daily for Monday, we break down Trump ordering DHS to cease federal intervention in protests, the Kennedy Center closing for two years, rep...
The Daily Blast: Trump Tirade over Protests Goes Off Rails as Crushing Fox Poll Hits
Donald Trump appears in deep denial about how widely hated his ICE raids have become. He let out a strange, rambling tirade to reporters about how the...
The Daily Blast: Trump-GOP Panic over ICE Grows as MAGA Goes Off Rails: “Race Traitor!”
President Trump and the GOP are in a growing panic over ICE. Trump’s advisers are sinking into recriminations. Republican officials are publicly admit...
There Are More of Us Than Them
Public outcry against Trump’s authoritarian takeover of US cities is growing. As it turns out, Americans oppose a police state. Even a significant num...
Siliconsciousness: Is China Gaining an Edge on the US in the AI Race?
Is the U.S.-China AI rivalry a zero-sum game? While the race for technical dominance heats up, both nations are taking radically different paths to th...
DSR Daily January 29: Trump Weighs Striking Iran
On the DSR Daily for Thursday, we cover President Trump considering military strikes on Iran, Democrats threatening to block DHS funding, an attack on...
The Daily Blast: Trump Erupts at GOPers over Kristi Noem as Her Support Suddenly Slips
GOP Senators Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski have now called for the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. This angered Donald Trump,...
Words Matter: Don't Believe the BS That Trump & His Goons Are Changing Tactics
Alex Pretti was murdered by ICE agents in Minneapolis. Where is the accountability? The Republican Party appears more concerned with public relations...
AI, Energy and Climate: AI, Innovation and the Power Sector: Sandy Grace
Electric utilities are not generally known as hotbeds of innovation. What would it take for electric utilities to become more innovative? What impact...
DSR Daily January 28: Trump ‘De-escalates’ in Minnesota
On the DSR Daily for Wednesday, we break down Trump’s statement that he will ‘de-escalate’ in Minnesota, Rubio’s warning of potential future military...
The Daily Blast: Trump Advisers Quietly Turn on Stephen Miller as Brutal ICE Poll Hits
After we recorded this episode, we noticed that Axios is reporting that anger is rising at Stephen Miller inside Donald Trump’s inner circle. Some Whi...
Need to Know: Real Heroes: The People of Minnesota are Standing Up to Trump's Terrorists
Minnesotans have shown the entire country how to stand up to this administration. In the wake of two killings by ICE thugs, protesters have exemplifi...
DSR Daily January 27: Leadership Changes Rock ICE in Minneapolis
On the DSR Daily for Tuesday, we discuss leadership changes to ICE in Minneapolis, the DOJ and Congress ‘looking into’ Ilhan Omar, Trump lashing out a...
The Daily Blast: Dem Senator’s Harsh New Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As the country absorbs the shock of Alex Pretti’s murder by federal agents in Minneapolis, President Trump is politically on the defensive. He sent hi...
DSR Daily January 26: Administration and Democrats Face-off on ICE
On the DSR Daily for Monday, we break down the outrage over ICE killings in Minnesota, the remains of the last Israeli hostage being returned, Trump’s...
The Daily Blast: Trump Accidentally Wrecks His Own Case for Tariffs in 3 Crazed Tirades
The Supreme Court is about to rule on Donald Trump’s tariffs, which lower courts deem illegal. But guess what: Trump himself has badly undermined his...
DSR Weekly Wrap-Up: Drama Hits Trump’s Board of Peace
On the DSR Weekly Wrap-up for January 23, we discuss Trump revoking Canada’s invitation to the Board of Peace, the House passing DHS funding despite I...
The Daily Blast: Trump Explodes in Wild Fury at Poll that Hits Him with Worst News Yet
Donald Trump exploded in fury on Thursday at polling and media companies. He raged over “Fake and Fraudulent Polling,” said this should be a “criminal...
Words Matter: The One Big Thing We Need to Do to Save the Country
If Donald Trump is right about one thing, it’s that “we’ve never seen anything like this.” From the disastrous alienation of our NATO allies over Gree...
DSR Daily January 22: Trump Strikes Greenland Deal
On the DSR Daily for Thursday, we break down Trump reaching a deal on Greenland, Trump’s new “Board of Peace”, an internal ICE memo on entering homes...
Need to Know: You Can't Tell America's Global Crises Without a Scorecard
Is anybody keeping score of Trump’s foreign policy? Are we tired of winning yet? The administration has unleashed a blitz of colossal news in recent w...
The Daily Blast: Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult as Reviews of Davos Fiasco Turn Brutal
By now you’ve seen President Trump’s big speech at Davos. The slurring, the confusing of Greenland and Iceland, the nonsense about wind power, and the...
Trump at Davos and Europe's Wile E. Coyote Moment
Unsurprisingly, Donald Trump’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos left everyone questioning the future of U.S. foreign policy. Trump’s insane...
AI, Energy and Climate: Power Prices, Data Centers and the Bipartisan PJM Agreement: Peter Fox-Penner
Increasing power prices are a hot topic in the United States. Last week the Trump administration, eight Democratic governors and five Republican gover...
DSR Daily January 21: Trump Gives Unhinged Davos Address
On the DSR Daily for Wednesday, we cover Trump’s unhinged speech at Davos, the DOJ’s subpoenas of Jacob Frey and Tim Walz, the Supreme Court weighing...
The Daily Blast: Trump Tirades on Greenland Get So Dark that It Unnerves Medical Expert
Over the weekend, President Trump sent a deranged text to Norway’s prime minister linking his failure to win the Nobel Peace prize to the possibility...
Siliconsciousness: The Battle for Your Brain: A (Scary) Conversation with Nita Farahany
Elon’s Neuralink isn’t the only game in town when it comes to neurotechnology. With a rapidly expanding AI industry, more and more companies are findi...
DSR Daily January 20: World Responds to Trump’s Saber-Rattling
On the DSR Daily for Tuesday, we break down the Justice Department’s probe in to protests in Minnesota, President Sheinbaum’s response to concerns ove...
The Daily Blast: Trump’s Rage at Protests Boils Over as ICE Scandal Takes Worse Turn
Last week, President Trump unleashed an angry tirade over anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis, threatening to invoke the “INSURRECTION ACT” against “prof...
DSR Weekly Wrap-up: Trump Threatens Insurrection Act
On the DSR Weekly Wrap-up for January 16th, we discuss Trump threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy the military to Minneapolis, the Pe...
The Daily Blast: Trump Press Sec Erupts in Fury at Media over ICE as Polls Spiral Again
After fielding a perfectly legitimate question about ICE abuses on Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt lost her temper. She smeared...