Frontiers Of Freedom Weekly Report

Welcome to The Weekly Report from the Frontiers of Freedom Policy Institute. Every week we gather, George Landrith - President of FOF, Joe Mangiacotti, PhD - Senior Fellow, Political Commentator and Radio Talk Host, Larry Fedewa PhD - Senior Fellow, Author and Talk Hast and Tom Donelson - Talk Host, Author and Senior Fellow here at FOF The very best of our Senior Fellows gather to examine, comment and analyze the political landscape, News of the week and the issues and concerns of the day.

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The Frontiers of Freedom Weekly Report - May 8, 2025
George Landrith, Dr. Joe Mangiacotti, Tom Donelson, and Dr. Larry Fedewa discuss:
National Security Adviser Michael Walz’s movement to become the our Ambassador to the United Nations. How Sec’y of State Marco Rubio will serve at least temporarily as the National Security Advisor. And who Trump likely to name as the long term replacement.
US and Israeli attacks on the Houthi’s in Yemen who have been attacking American ships and attacking Israel. How Yemen cries uncle. And Iran’s role in supporting both Hamas and the Houthis in terrorist activities. And what is happing between Hamas and Israel.
OPEC drops oil prices — what does this mean and why is this happening?
Trumps upcoming Middle Eastern trip and what it means.
The Administration’s plan to cut the number of generals and admirals in the DOD.
Republicans need to be more focused on making strong explanations of what they are doing and why it matters more than it needs to attack the craziness of the hard core leftist Democrats.
Why is China closing down factories and having riots from angry citizens? Is this proof that Trump’s tariff policy is working?
The Administration’s refusal to continue to send Harvard and other universities billions of taxpayer dollars when they don’t need the money and have huge endowments.

Friday May 02, 2025

The Frontiers of Freedom Weekly Report - May 2, 2025
George Landrith, Dr. Joe Mangiacotti, and Tom Donelson discuss:
The First 100 Days of President Donald Trumps second term.The Media’s Coverage.
Extremist Judges engaging in judicial overreach and violating the Constitution and the law while pretending that they upholding the law.
What Congress needs to be doing to help get America back on track.Border Security and Immigration Enforcement.
Energy Policy - Rollbacks of Biden-era restrictions on domestic oil and gas production and reinstating U.S. energy independence as a national priority.Deregulation and Economic Policy and Pushing for a flatter, more pro-growth tax policy.Market gains and rising business confidence linked to regulatory clarity.Increased Investment in American Economy & Better Trade Deals.
Foreign Policy and National Security.
The elections in Canada.
A major trade agreement with India.
What do Trump’s first 100 days tell us about the next four years?

Friday Apr 25, 2025

The Frontiers of Freedom Weekly Report - April 24, 2025
George Landrith, Dr. Joe Mangiacotti, and Tom Donelson discuss:
What to think Pope Francis’ legacy will be? And what is likely to happen next? And why anti-Christian bigotry and persecution is so commonplace across the globe?
Coal as an important energy source and a contributor to America’s national security and how coal is far cleaner than most people think of it given emissions scrubbing technology.
President Trump’s meeting with the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni underscores the importance of the U.S.-Italy trade relationship, and how Trump is working to strengthen the economies of America and our allies while working to isolate China and other totalitarian regimes that use trade to fund their war on freedom and their neighbors.
What the facts say about where COVID came from? Why did Dr. Fauci lie to America and Congress and help China hide the truth from us? And what lessons do we need to learn from the COVID pandemic so that when the next pandemic strikes we don’t repeat the same destructive policies.

Thursday Apr 17, 2025

The Frontiers of Freedom Weekly Report - April 17, 2025
George Landrith, Dr. Joe Mangiacotti, and Tom Donelson discuss:
How Democrats used NGOs to end-run voters and democracy 
The UK Labour Party is destroying the British economy
The EU has been buying energy from Russia at record rates and thus are funding Russia’s war against Ukraine
Political violence - Gov. Shapiro is attacked and his home fire bombed.
Donald Trump’s Crackdown on Antisemitism in Universities
El Salvador is now safer than Sweden … that is surprising
Letitia James, the NY Attorney General who prosecuted Trump for mortgage fraud with no real evidence actually committed mortgage fraud herself — proving the Left always engages in projection when it accuses its adversaries of wrongs.

Friday Apr 11, 2025

The Frontiers of Freedom Weekly Report - April 10, 2025
George Landrith, Dr. Joe Mangiacotti, and Tom Donelson discuss:
George's visit to Azerbaijan, its culture, economy, political structure and religious tolerance, its neighbors many of whom are among the world’s bad actors and how Azerbaijanis are working to maintain their freedom and independence despite some of their bad actor neighbors, and Azerbaijan’s shared values with the United Staes.
Tariffs and Trump's efforts to promote American economic strength and security. How people are freaking out while there is no evidence that Trump is working to weaken the American economy.
The US Supreme Court rules that Trump can deport illegal aliens who are violent criminals and that the crazy left cannot forum shop for judges that will rule in their favor regardless of the law or the facts.
Lawfare in France -- the Left tries to prevent Marine Le Pen from being able to run for office in the future -- by using the legal system to accuse her of crimes that the record is surprisingly weak.

Friday Mar 28, 2025

The Frontiers of Freedom Weekly Report - March 27, 2025
George Landrith, Dr. Joe Mangiacotti, Tom Donelson, and Kimberly Heckler discuss Margaret Heckler's (1931-2018) political history as the first woman elected as a Republican to Congress, as one of the first female Cabinet Secretaries, and the United States' Ambassador to Ireland. She was an advocate for women's rights and civil rights. She was appointed by Ronald Regan to serve as the Secretary of Health and Human Services. And she was also appointed by Reagan to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland. Kimberly Heckler also talks about her book -- A Woman of Firsts: Margaret Heckler, Political Trailblazer.

Friday Mar 21, 2025

The Frontiers of Freedom Weekly Report - March 20, 2025
George Landrith, Dr. Joe Mangiacotti, Tom Donelson, and Sergio de la Pena discuss:
The 42nd anniversary of Ronald Reagan's SDI - Missile Defense speech.
Missile Defense technology and the need to update and technologies.
The Space Force and why it matters.
With the 5th Anniversary of the COVID Pandemic's outbreak, what are the lessons learned from junk science and false claims of science and the devastating lockdowns, the economic damage, the harm done to children and their education, and the mental health crisis caused by government overreach.
What the costs are of not having free speech and not having any accountability for those who lied and engaged in fraud in the name of science and government power.

Thursday Mar 13, 2025

The Frontiers of Freedom Weekly Report - March 13, 2025
George Landrith, Dr. Joe Mangiacotti, and Tom Donelson discuss:
Tariffs and what President Trump’s strategy is.
Why the stock market has been preforming poorly.
Canada’s new PM Mark Carney is just another liberal Trudeau type.
Ukraine - Russia peace negotiations and ceasefire talks.
5th Anniversary of the COVID pandemic & What did we learn?
Trumps big picture strategy for foreign policy.
Trump’s big picture strategy for domestic policy.

Thursday Mar 06, 2025

The Frontiers of Freedom Weekly Report - March 7, 2025
George Landrith, Dr. Joe Mangiacotti, Tom Donelson, and Dr. Larry Fedewa discuss:
President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress and the nation and why the extreme Left was unwilling to respect or cheer for Americans who had overcome great challenges and losses.
Will there be peace in Ukraine after Zelensky blew up the white house signing ceremony? The good news is that Trump is still very focused on peace in Ukraine.
Trump’s reciprocal tariffs and what he is working to accomplish in America’s economy and in foreign policy and with promoting more fair and free trade.
An off-duty Boston police officer fatally shot a man who had chased a couple wielding a knife and threatening them. The officer intervened and told the criminal to drop the weapon, but he refused which lead to the shooting. Then Boston’s mayor Michelle Wu did not express any sorrow for the couple having to run for their lives from a criminal or the officer having to intervene, but only expressed condolences to the family of the deceased criminal.

Saturday Mar 01, 2025

The Frontiers of Freedom Weekly Report - Feb 27, 2025
George Landrith, Dr. Joe Mangiacotti, Tom Donelson, and Dr. Larry Fedewa discuss:
The recent elections in Germany, what caused the move to the right and what will this do to NATO and the US and European relations.
Apple refused the UK’s demand for an encryption backdoor because it would make privacy at risk. Why is the UK so anti-free speech and anti-privacy?
Given the recent revalations from DOGE at how some NGO’s are effectively money laundering operations, should the DOJ do an RICO investigation?
Trump’s efforts to negotiate peace in Ukraine and the mineral deal that he is working on to help Ukraine be able to rebuild from the war’s destruction and replay America for the billions of support provided and how will Russia respond?
Are there ways to encourage Russia to move away from China and to have better and stronger relations with the West.
How can Trump get Democrats to support needed reforms and reductions in government spending and waste?
Given the extremism on the Left and how extremism has become the norm in the Democrat Party, can the GOP in the future make inroads in states believed to be deep blue?

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