The Drill Down with Peter Schweizer: Recent Episodes
Government Accountability Institute
Peter Schweizer is the author of, among other books, "Clinton Cash," "Extortion," "Throw Them All Out," and "Architects of Ruin." He has been featured throughout the media, including on "60 Minutes" and in the "New York Times." He is the cofounder and president of the Government Accountability Institute.
Censorship comes in many obvious forms, but the subtler type works by not showing you things that the censor doesn’t want you to see, or making it much harder for you to find them yourself. That, according to psychologist and Big Tech researcher Dr. Robert Epstein, is what Google is doing every day, but especially around election time.
For the past eleven years, Epstein has studied what he called the “search engine manipulation effect,” by monitoring how Google uses its vast storehouse of knowledge of individual to bias the results of searches done by its users. He and his team monitor how Google’s search algorithm weights and ranks the results of searches done of its search engine, which controls an overwhelming 93% of the online search market. His findings strongly suggest that Google is cooking its search results in favor of Democratic candidates and liberal causes that the company supports, and he has the receipts to back it up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Any time fire destroys a paradise, fingers point. The wildfires that killed 115 people and ravaged the village of Lahaina, Maui, exposed corruption, incompetence, and distracted bureaucracies that failed Hawaii. It could have been prevented. It could have been mitigated. It could have been stopped. On the most recent episode of The DrillDown podcast, Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers show how governmental corruption, incompetence, and misdirected incentives made the wildfire disaster on Maui worse but inevitable. Fires will happen, but governments need to re-learn old lessons of how to avoid them or make them less severe, and that means focusing on their real missions, not chasing the latest environmental fads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
School boards across the country, facing pressure from racial equity activists, teachers’ unions, and politicians have spent millions of taxpayer dollars on training and curriculum changes that push a fringe ideology known as critical race theory on K-12 students in American public schools. Parents who saw these changes play out during virtual school classes were horrified and began a national movement to get rid of it. At angry school board meetings since then, outraged parents asked their school boards, “How could you let this happen?”
On the most recent episode of The DrillDown, author Kenny Xu takes on how Critical Race Theory (CRT) made its way into K-12 education, dragging down educational progress and indoctrinating millions of American kids while making a class of “diversity consultants” rich. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Will The Real Robert Peters Please Stand Up Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Investigative journalist Peter Schweizer says the Department of Justice did President Joe Biden and his son Hunter a “massive favor” by appointing David Weiss to the rank of Special Counsel. Attorney General Merrick Garland’s appointment last week of Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss as a special counsel to continue his prosecution of Hunter Biden opens a new, politically fraught chapter in the long-running legal drama as his father, President Biden, campaigns for re-election. Schweizer and Eric Eggers break down the latest developments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Peter Schweizer doubled down on his criticism of the mainstream media’s shoddy reporting of the Hunter Biden story on the latest episode of The Drill Down podcast. “Spousal abuse is an apt analogy,” Schweizer tells co-host Eric Eggers of the Government Accountability Institute. “You hear these horrible stories about a spouse who is abused but won’t bring charges, and they make excuses… You find the same kind of excuses being made by these journalists,” Schweizer said, calling the reporting of CNN in particular “laughable.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With Devon Archer spilling to the House Oversight Committee about the Biden family’s sketchy foreign business deals, Peter Schweizer says in the latest episode of the Drill Down podcast that Democrats and the White House are running out of plausible defenses. “This starts to get real hinky for the Bidens, it’s really troublesome for them,” Schweizer says. “The noose is tightening, because I haven’t seen any evidence pop up that counters this narrative” – that Hunter Biden and his business partners were cashing in on Joe’s political influence, and that Joe knew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute, says that truth, like a hungry pack of wolves, is closing in on Joe Biden. In the latest episode of the Drill Down podcast, Schweizer and co-host Eric Eggers look at the three-piece assault on President Joe Biden’s claims that he had nothing to do with his son Hunter’s business dealings, and Schweizer concludes: “We are seeing the end of Joe Biden’s career.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The GOP Begins To Put FBI-DOJ Corruption In The Spotlight Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hunter Biden Is An Expert in Hiding Money and Escaping Justice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hunter Biden An Expert in Hiding Money and Escaping Justice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Will Hunter Sink Joe's Presidency? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Peter Schweizer and co-host Eric Eggers review the 37 felony indictments against former President Donald Trump on the latest episode of TheDrillDown podcast. The indictment, after more than a year of interactions between Trump, the Department of Justice, and the National Archives, raises serious questions the fairness of the justice system and whether Trump’s own reckless actions should be defended.
As the nation awakes from its turkey-induced tryptophan coma, Americans remain a thankful and forgiving people. The mood and the time are right to forgive those bad decisions – but on the most recent Drill Down episode, Peter and Eric reflect on what went wrong in America’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic as the first step to granting forgiveness. Take Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), for example. In February of 2020, early in the outbreak, he first urged people not to mask unless they had symptoms. Two months later, he reversed himself and issued general masking orders regardless of any symptoms. Why?
“A massive crash and burn.” That is how Peter Schweizer describes the collapse of crypto-currency billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried and his ill-fated company, FTX. The company has filed for bankruptcy, and reports indicate it owes its fifty largest creditors $3.1 billion dollars. Quite a cautionary business story. But here on The Drill Down, we explore the political side of this story – the corruption and “regulatory capture” that allowed Sam Bankman-Fried to create such a house of cards. In the latest episode of the podcast, Peter and co-host Eric Eggers dig in on the Washington side of this.
Former congressman Jason Chaffetz joins Peter and Eric to talk about what might happen next year if Republicans take over the House of Representatives. Chaffetz, a Republican from Utah, was the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, which investigates what the executive branch does with the money Congress appropriates. And if the GOP takes over control of the House, as most observers expect, offers a sneak peek of what House Republicans might do with control of that committee. It will all come down to what insider’s call the “rules package.”
Doesn’t the Department of Homeland Security have better things to do than police lies posted by users of Twitter? After 9/11, DHS was created to better coordinate America’s defenses against terrorist attacks on the homeland – to promote cooperation among law enforcement agencies and fill in the gaps in domestic security. Yet, today as those threats have receded, the department is in search of a new mission. It has gotten into the business of being “speech police.” On the latest episode of The Drill Down podcast, co-hosts Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers take a look at the Biden administration’s efforts to clamp down on speech they call either “misinformation,” or “disinformation,” or even “malinformation.”
Last year the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) collected approximately $575 million in dues from their members. How did they spend these funds?
While American politicians are pushing the Covid vaccine for American children, other countries are warning against it. In Denmark, the government has actually made it impossible for those under 18 to receive a COVID-19 vaccination without a doctor’s recommendation since children are at such a low risk of symptoms. The Swedish government no longer recommends the vaccine for those under 17 years old. Since September 1, the British government has limited COVID-19 vaccination to children under 12 to just those at high risk. Why the difference? On the most recent episode, Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers explain there are two key motivations guiding this: profits and liability protections.
Insider trading by members of Congress and senior officials of the executive branch demonstrate the sort of corruption that enrages voters. Co-host Eric Eggers starts this week’s episode of the Drill Down off with a fitting observation: “Behind every powerful and successful woman… is a husband with incredibly well-timed stock trades.”
As more US states and European countries commit themselves to pushing electric cars, the nagging questions about mining become more pressing. Electric cars need lots of rare-earth minerals. As demand for EVs grows, so does the need to find, mine, and refine these minerals into service. And this leaves a lot of questions, and a lot of room for America’s adversaries to exploit the demand. On the latest episode of The Drill Down, co-hosts Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers talk sense about the problems this creates.
October is election season. Campaigning and early voting are already proceeding across the nation, absentee ballots are in the mail. And election fraud news is breaking. Peter and Eric update us on the latest election fraud news in this week’s episode of The Drill Down.
When the government gives away food money, some of it ends up buying carts full of gold and even supporting terrorists overseas. Peter and Eric detail the criminal waste in the SNAP program.
The Celebrities and Politicians Who Profited Off of PPP Loans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How To Fix Our Dysfunctional Elections Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Democrats Pass IRS Audits, Green Engery Money For China, and No Plans To Stop Inflation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is Congress Voting Their Way to Wealth? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Foreign Adversaries Influence Elected Officials' Family Members Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Big Government Intervention Causing Travel Nightmares Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Possible Corruption of Dr. Fauci and Others Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Do You Want China to Have Your Child's Data? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The War on Fossil Fuels is Destroying Everyday Americans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Fight for Election Integrity with Catherine Engelbrecht Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Big Governments Baby Formula Shortage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Ministry of Whose Truth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rise of Political Intimidation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
EBT-SNAP Corruption and Fraud Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rags To Riches - A Stacey Abrams Story Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10 Years of GAI Draining The Swamp and Exposing The Rats Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Who is Really Responsible For The Historic Inflation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Crooks and Spies AKA Hunters Business Associates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Department of Cronyism or Commerce? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Elites Attack On Free Speech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why The NYT's Admits Hunters Emails Are Real Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Race to the Bottom with Luke Rosiak Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Clinton Global Initiative Is Here To Save the World From Putin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How Russia Uses DC to influence the US Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The World Leaders Who Admire Dictators Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hollywood and China With Erich Schwartzel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Media Blackout of the #1 Book in The Country with Alex Marlow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How Chinese Intelligence Leaders Use the Elite Class Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Red-Handed - How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win (Part 1) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
While the cat’s away, the mice will play. For the sake of this metaphor, the cat represents school parents and their children — waylaid by a global pandemic — with little to do save for purchasing better webcams and hope the tiny picture inside the screen knows what it’s talking about. That leaves our mice — fascinating little buggers. For example, did you know the most prominent temperament associated with mice is dominance? …and so we have our teachers unions, flexing on the nation’s education system, whilst parents juggle a job, remote learning, and the never-ending search for that Google Classroom login info. All that’s to say, we’ve been distracted. And teachers unions like the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) have been making some controversial changes — expanding their influence and power over policy — while most of us can’t even muster the strength to get out to a PTA meeting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Washington Healthcare Institutions Failed America Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Senator Karen Attack Elon Musk and Democrats Lie About Taxes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Politicians Are Not For Sale They Are For Rent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Inflation, Supply Chain Woes, and IRS Audits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Biden's Vaccine Mandate Attacks Border Security Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thanksgiving Day Awards Show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Corporate Connections to China with Alex Marlow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Corruption, China and Green Energy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Election Integrity with Mollie Hemingway Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Education Discussion and latest on Virginia Governor Election with Luke Rosiak Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hypocrites on the Right and Hypocrites on the Left Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Looming National Debt Crisis Threatening Our Nation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is Corrupt Money Funding The Obama Library? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are Generals Looking Out For The USA? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Big Business Loves Big Government Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Teachers Unions Are Destroying American Education Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
20 Years After 9-11: The Government Is Watching You Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The ruling class failed Afghanistan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bipartisanship at the Cost of Taxpayers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
American Toilets All Over Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers unpack the withdrawal disaster in Afghanistan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Paid To Pour Concrete and Remove It? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
School House Rock Bill Got Mugged On The Way To Capitol Hill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is your Limo safe? The government needs to know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers explain how In Washington DC, limos, yachts and pot are all Infrastructure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Peter Schweizer explains how the Infrastructure bill was paid by selling off part of the strategic oil reserve Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Drilldown gang explain why lobbyists have too much power Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What are lobbyists like cockroaches? The Drilldown team explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What Happens When Multi-Trillion Dollar Bills Get Passes? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers expose lobbyists who rake in millions with their connections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Eric and Peter Play a New Game Sure to Sweep the Nation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers reveal who is really benefiting from the American Rescue Plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fox News' Jesse Watters joins the The Drilldown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How the safety net has become a hammock Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers uncover the "high" profits and corruption of the Marijuana industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers uncover who is profitting from the COVID-19 vaccine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers explain how and why the CDC and NIH both failed to control COVID-19
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Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers explain how corrupt government officials enrich their families. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Chaffetz joins Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers to expose the waste in Biden's "Covid Relief" Bill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Documents show that while Joe Biden was Vice President, his family entered into a series of partnerships with possible adversarial companies and countries. GAI has access to the emails and documents that prove that President Biden was aware of his family's business practices, and may have even been part of Biden Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's not Easy Being Green....at least that's what Kermit says. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices