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Back to the Moon: Trump Appointee Fires NASA Veteran to Speed Lunar Mission

Back to the Moon: Trump Appointee Fires NASA Veteran to Speed Lunar Mission

President Trump wants NASA to get Americans back to the moon in five years. To heighten the urgency, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine — a Trump political appointee — fires William Gerstenmaier, a well-respected 42-year NASA veteran in charge of human space exploration. Will this sudden move light a fire under the bureaucracy, or did we just lose four decades of institutional knowledge jeopardizing our safe return to the lunar surface? Should NASA get our of the business of human space transportation?

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Suspect Nation: FBI and ICE Sweep DMV Photo Databases Unauthorized

Suspect Nation: FBI and ICE Sweep DMV Photo Databases Unauthorized

The Boston Globe reports that the FBI and ICE sweep photo databases at state departments of motor vehicles (DMV) to run criminal searches unauthorized by state or federal law. You didn’t sign off, granting the feds permission to access your image and information without probable cause. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle complain that the law enforcement agencies have done this on their own initiative, turning the land of the Fourth Amendment — the Republic of “innocent until proven guilty” — into suspect nation.

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Epstein Case Claims Trump Team Scalp: Labor Chief Still Defends Secret Plea Deal

Epstein Case Claims Trump Team Scalp: Labor Chief Still Defends Secret Plea Deal

The Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case claims a Trump team scalp as Labor chief Alex Acosta resigns. He still defends his actions a decade ago in a secret deal that many view as a slap on the wrist for Epstein. Should Trump have fought for him or fired him?

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U.S. Sea and Air Stealth Weapons Dominance Offers Hope for Peace

U.S. Sea and Air Stealth Weapons Dominance Offers Hope for Peace

The F-35 stealth fighter jet and U.S. nuclear submarines offer battlespace dominance that Bill Whittle says is perhaps the best hope for world peace. Join the men of Right Angle for this encouraging update on stealth weapons at sea and in the air that has Iranian Mullahs sleeping with one eye open.

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France Slaps Eco-Tax on Departing Air Passengers, because…Climate Change

France Slaps Eco-Tax on Departing Air Passengers, because...Climate Change

The government of France slaps an eco-tax of up to $20 (US) on departing plane passengers to fund transit projects, because…climate change. Scott Ott leads Bill Whittle and Stephen Green to consider the implications of exacting tribute from a small group (the flying public) to pay for Utopian Progressive control dreams over the entire public.

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The Stratosphere Lounge

The Stratosphere Lounge Episode 224

The Stratosphere Lounge Episode 224

The lots-of-Apollo-stuff edition. Recorded live before a global audience on 07/11/2019.

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Right Angle

As Epstein Virus Spreads: Will Pedophile’s Victims Finally Get Justice?

As Epstein Virus Spreads: Will Pedophile's Victims Finally Get Justice?

Jeffrey Epstein has evaded justice with a relative slap on the wrist for a decade, until his recent arrest. Will his victims finally get justice now that his power to a make a deal with prosecutors is gone.

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Raise Minimum Wage to $15: Lift 1.3M from Poverty, Kill 1.3M Jobs, CBO Says

Raise Minimum Wage to $15: Lift 1.3M from Poverty, Kill 1.3M Jobs, CBO Says

Democrats say they have 200 votes in the House to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25/hour to $15. But a new study from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says that in addition to lifting 1.3 million households above the official poverty line, raising the minimum wage would kill up to 3.7 million jobs. Even if you think low-paid workers should make more, is there a better way to do it than with the long-arm of the federal government?

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Right Angle: Backstage [07/09/2019]

Right Angle: Backstage [07/09/2019]

This week’s Right Angle Backstage episode is for Members-only, so if you have not yet joined at https://BillWhittle.com/register/ please see yourself peacefully from the room, and refrain from mentioning what you saw here to anyone else. You are on the honor system, and we trust your sense of dignity will constrain you to follow these simple guidelines.

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‘Impeach Trump’ Climate Crusader Tom Steyer Offers $100M to Buy White House

'Impeach Trump' Climate Crusader Tom Steyer Offers $100M to Buy White House

Tom Steyer, who has led a two year campaign to impeach President Trump, and devoted years as a climate crusader alarmed at global warming, just announced he’ll spend $100 million to get the Democratic nomination for president. Can Steyer’s billions buy the White House? Should the Democrats pick a wealthy populist outsider to face Trump? How long can Progressives endure a rich, white, male, heterosexual, professing Christian, candidate?

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Conservative Conundrum: Judge Blocks Trump from Forcing Drug Makers to Reveal Prices

Conservative Conundrum: Judge Blocks Trump from Forcing Drug Makers to Reveal Prices

Federal Circuit judge blocks President Trump from forcing drug makers to reveal prices in their advertising. But D.C. Circuit Judge Amit Mehta did so by saying a regulatory agency doesn’t have authority to require this: Congress must pass a law. How can conservatives grapple with two objects of their desire in conflict — the end of Obamacare, and a commitment to Constitutional separation of powers.

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Right Angle: Lightning Round XXII (U.S. Women’s National Soccer Championship Edition)

Right Angle: Lightning Round XXII (U.S. Women's National Soccer Champion Edition)

Battle tanks roll on the National Mall as Donald Trump continues the violent overthrow of the American government…or something like that. Stephen Green hits Bill Whittle and Scott Ott with the weird and wonderful stories in the news, and they react in real time.

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Trump Chaos: Leaked British Dispatches Portray President as Bumbling Braggart

Trump Chaos: Leaked British Dispatches Portray President as Bumbling Braggart

Newly-leaked dispatches from British Ambassador to the U.S., Sir Kim Darroch, to his colleagues in the UK Foreign Office portray the Trump White House as chaotic, riven by internal divisions, and ignorant of how to conduct foreign relations.

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The Stratosphere Lounge

The Stratosphere Lounge Episode 223

The Stratosphere Lounge Episode 223

The Live July 5th 2019 Earthquake edition. It occurs at the end of the show.

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Bill Whittle Now

The Gracious R.B.G.: Ginsburg Praises Kavanaugh for Historic First for Women

The Gracious R.B.G.: Ginsburg Praises Kavanaugh for Historic First for Women

Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg praises her new colleague, Brett Kavanaugh, for being the first Supreme Court Justice to hire an all-female staff. Bill Whittle rarely finds anything to celebrate in Ginsburg’s actions or public statements, but this time she’s not only the Notorious R.B.G., but the Gracious R.B.G.. Yet CBS News misses a crucial detail in this story of historic firsts for women.