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The Feehery Theory Podcast: A weekly download on the policy, politics, and optics of Donald Trump's Washington D.C. The partners of lobbying firm EFB Advocacy - John Feehery, John Easton, and Adam Belmar -- offer their insider's perspective on top stories of the day. John Feehery is a legendary Congressional Republican Press Secretary, Communications Director and Speech Writer. John Easton is a veteran Republican Strategist, Campaign Manager and Chief of Staff to two United States Senators. Adam Belmar is a former communications advisor to President George W. Bush and an award-winning network television news producer.
A conversation with Amanda Makki the Republican candidate for Congress in Florida's 13 Congressional District.
Feehery Theory Podcast: Battleground Jersey. Inside the race for New Jersey's 11th Congressional District with the Republican candidate Rosemary Becchi. #NJ11 #UnlockNewJersey
Little is predictable these days. But come November 3rd American’s will cast their ballots. This episode of the podcast is focused on how exactly campaigns are leveraging #AI this cycle. Our guest is Glenn Parham, CEO of a republican-focused tech startup called Pundit Analytics.
We are at war with a virus. But we are also at war with fear, a failing economy, and a global supply system that makes America vulnerable. I am joined by John McElligot, CEO of York Exponential and a great friend of the Feehery Theory.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce predicts that one out of every four small businesses will permanently go out of business because of #COVID-19. We need a Marshall Plan for Main Street.
What happens in Washington when a black swan hits? How do you lobby when your business is struggling to stay in business because of an event that nobody could have predicted? I am joined by Michele Lieber, President of Bluepoint DC and a master strategist on how to navigate the worlds between corporate America and Washington D.C.
Chris Swonger President and CEO of the Distilled Spirits Council of The United States joins the podcast for an appropriately socially distanced conversation about the new normal of COVID19 and the state of the distilled spirits industry.
A conversation with Paddy Harte, Chairman of the International Fund for Ireland (IFI). Show host John Feehery, appointed by the Trump Administration to serve as a U.S. observer at the IFI, is a partner at EFB Advocacy in Washington D.C. The United States of America, the European Union, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are represented by their international observers at meetings of the IFI Board.
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Super Tuesday brings a super surprise. Joe Biden sweeps the southern states. Bernie Sanders wins California. Bloomberg, Buttigieg, Amy and Warren drop out. Is anyone not surprised by the resurrection of Joe Biden?
Eric Wilson is a master digital campaign strategist. He’s worked for some of the best in the business, including Marco Rubio, Ed Gillespie, and the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee. Eric joins the show to discuss the latest in campaign innovations.
Michele Lieber of BluePoint DC joins the podcast this week to discuss lobbying in the digital age.
Laura Cox Kaplan is the creator of the groundbreaking podcast She said/She said, where she interviews her peers, some of the most successful women in business, politics, and society, to find out what makes them tick. Laura was a top advisor to several influential US Senators and to the Treasury Secretary before becoming a partner in one of the top accounting firms in the world.
How will Mitch McConnell finish what Nancy Pelosi started? Will this be a long trial or will we be done by the start of February?
War and Peace? Was killing Qasem Soleimani a good idea or a bad idea for Donald Trump and for the American people?
The 2019 year-in-review episode of the Feehery Theory Podcast. Favorite guests and lines from the year that was.
Inside the new rules for political ads on Google, Facebook, and Twitter with social media strategist Jacqueline Plunkett.
Chris Swonger and Frank Coleman of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States join the podcast for a briefing on how Trump administration tariffs are hurting America's spirits industry.
Can Congress accomplish important work despite the impeachment inquiry? We're joined on the podcast by the Associate Vice-Chancellor for Federal Relations for the University of Kansas, Jack Cline.
Trump on trial. Is the President winning or losing in the court of public opinion?
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DC's top PR mavens - The Bass Sisters - join the podcast to talk impeachment, Trump and the Deep State.
Bolton bolts. Or was he fired? Trump tires of another National Security Advisor. What are the politics behind the latest shakeup at the White House?
Trump vs Warren. Is this the Democrat that the Democrats want? If Warren gets it, how will Trump beat her? If Warren gets it, how will she beat Trump? We talk Trump and Warren.
Trade War! It’s Trump vs. China. Can the President beat the Chinese with his unusual tactics? And what do the voters think? We talk the politics of the trade war and more.
The Fed eases the money supply. Congress avoids a debt limit crisis. And Washington takes a break for the August recess.
As the media focuses on Robert Mueller, Congress and the President reach an historic spending agreement. Are conservatives too distracted to defeat this spending binge? We talk the politics of political distraction.
Trump vs the Squad. Did his tweet go too far? Can he walk it back? And who is the face of the Democratic Party anyway?
Will Congress and the White House ever agree on a budget plan? We talk the politics of deficit spending.
The President gets his campaign off to a hot start. Is he going to roll over his opposition? Or is this going to be one helluva demolition derby?
Democrats get ready for their first debate while Donald Trump says he is leading the polls. Is the President beatable?
Does anybody win? Does everybody lose? We talk the politics of immigration, tariffs, and trade.
Mueller Time. Is this the straw that breaks Nancy Pelosi’s back? Can she resist impeachment? Can the Democrats help themselves?
The epic clash between the Trump Administration and Congress. Who wins? Who loses? What’s the endgame?
How do Republicans get a word in edge-wise? We ask our special guest Antonia Ferrier of Definers Public Affairs. Antonia has served as a communications advisor over the last 15 years to U.S. Senators Bill Frist, John Boehner, Roy Blunt, Olympia Snowe, Orin Hatch, and Mitch McConnell.
House Democrats have been in control for 100 days. What do they have to show for it? What's next for Pelosi and crew?
Will he or won’t he? Is Joe Biden ready to run in 2020? And is he woke enough for the Modern Democratic Party?
Shot at and missed. The President dodges a bullet on the Mueller report. What will the Democrats do next?
John Feehery goes one-on-one with Irish Special Envoy to the United States, John Deasy.
Can the Trump 2020 campaign bridge the gender gap by winning the digital political war? Our special guest is the expert to ask - Political Consultant Jacquie Plunkett joins the podcast
Donald Trump and Kim Jung Un agree to disagree. What are the politics of the failed Hanoii summit meeting between the United States and North Korea?
Was President Trump right to declare a national emergency on our southern border? And how will the politics play out for the left and the right?
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez has reaped the whirlwind on Capitol Hill. Does she have staying power or is she a shooting star?
Lifelong Democrat, Howard Schultz, the former Starbucks CEO, is mulling a run for President as an independent. What does that tell us about the state of the Democratic Party?
The President and the intelligence Community don’t agree. Whose right, politically? This week we talk about the political ramifications of the distance between the President’s desires and the reality, as presented by the Director of National Intelligence, the CIA, the FBI and everybody else.
The Super Bowl of Politics a.k.a. the State of The Union is coming soon... but no firm date can be set until the partial government shutdown is over. This week on the Feehery Theory Podcast we explore the theater and substance of the most important political speech a President gives each year.
The partial government shutdown continues and it is an ever-increasing battle. This week Speaker Pelosi pulled the rug out from underneath President Trump on the State of The Union address and he, in turn, pulled the plug on her use of a military aircraft for a Congressional delegation trip.
The political and policy implications for President Trump's extended partial government shutdown.
A political discussion about federal hurricane response. The building momentum behind the blue wave in November. And a look at what might be the "October Suprise" before the midterm elections.
An in-depth discussion about the politics and communications challenges surrounding President Trump's recent visit to Europe and summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Special guest: Congressman Steve Knight.
Rep. Knight represents California’s 25 Congressional District, which includes part of Los Angeles and Palmdale, which is his hometown. Mr. Knight served and protected for 18 years as a Member of the Los Angeles Police Department and also served 8 years in the US Army. He has been a member of Congress since 2014 and he sits on the Armed Services Committee, the Committee on Science, Space and Technology and the Small Business Committee.
Inside the new Library of Congress exhibit: Baseball Americana, with special guests Gayle Osterberg and Meg Hauck.
Capitals Offense. My button is bigger than your button. The Fun in Dysfunction. The Feehery Theory Podcast Ep 45 with guest Terry Heffernan.
Make Congress Great Again. The Sunshine State. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling. The Feehery Theory Podcast with U.S. Congressman Tom Rooney of Florida.
The one year anniversary of the Feehery Theory Podcast. 42 episodes in 52 and the gang is still going strong. I mean, why wouldn't they be? The pace and tone of American politics is in uncharted territory these days. John Feehery, Adam Belmar and John Easton offer insider perspective on the midterm primaries, the so-called blue wave and the very serious diplomacy and politics surrounding President Trump's upcoming North Korea Nuclear summit.
Feehery Theory Podcast Happy Hour with special guest Nathan Gonzales Editor and Publisher of Inside Elections w/ Nathan L. Gonzales. A deep dive on the politics, facts and history of midterm elections.
The gang is joined by democratic communications consultant Rich Taylor to discuss the sudden departure of WH Communications Director Hope Hicks and the impact of violence and gun control on the video gaming industry.
John Feehery is joined by legendary journalists Carl Hulse of the New York Times and Paul Kane of the Washington Post for a far reaching, candid and funny conversation about covering the news in our nation's capitol. This special episode was taped live at EFB Advocacy on Capitol Hill before a live studio audience of communicators from the United States Senate.
The Feehery Theory Podcast: Winter is Staying, State of Disunion, and Super Smith. PLUS bonus discussion about emotional-support peacocks!
John Feehery is joined by EFB Advocacy Partner Adam Belmar and special guest Brett Palmer, President of the Small Business Investor Alliance, The group takes on the following topics: Unleash the Animal Spirts! Do You Mind if I Dance with Your Mandate? A Powerful Thirst.
Special guest Mike Viqueria joins the John Feehery and the gang for a lively discussion about Alabama Republican Senate Candidate Roy Moore, the dismal election results this week for the GOP and President Trump's historic trip to Asia.
Louisiana Congressman Garrett Graves joins John Feehery, John Easton and Adam Belmar for discussion about the release of the GOP's Tax Reform package and it's potential impact on Louisiana residents and businesses. Other topics include disaster preparedness and why Congress is getting a bum rap!
Segment 1: In an emotional and well-covered speech, Senator Jeff Flake announced that he was going to retire from the United States Senate as a way to protest against President Trump’s Twitter Tirades. Facing poll numbers of around 18%, Flake’s departure means that Republicans can field a better candidate who can withstand a challenge from the likes of Kelli Ward.
Segment 2: With House passage of a Senate Budget resolution, the stage is set for the House and the Senate to complete work on a tax cut package that will be Donald Trump’s first big accomplishment as President. That means that every lobbyist in town is beating a pathway to the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees.
Segment 3: President Trump announced earlier this week that he was going to allow the National Archives to release everything they have on the Assassination of Jack Kennedy. While this probably won’t stop the conspiracy theorists, like Roger Stone, from speculating about the involvement of the CIA or the Johnson Administration, it certainly puts President Kennedy back squarely in the spotlight.
John Feehery and EFB Advocacy partners John Easton and Adam Belmar discuss this week's push back on President Trump by former President's Bush and Obama, the Gold Star Mess and Trump's movement on the issue of healthcare reform.
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly speaks from the podium in the WH Briefing room for the first time this week. Meanwhile President Trump continues down the path of repealing everything Obama - from ACA subsidies to the Iran nuclear deal. All that plus, how does superstition impact professional sports and the fans who watch?
John Patrick Feehery is joined by EFB Advocacy partners John Easton and Adam Belmar for a discussion about the prospects for #TaxReform in Congress and the search for a #SafeSpace from today's media barrage of violence and the politicization of all things.
John Feehery and EFB Advocacy partners John Easton and Adam Belmar are joined by Gayle Osterberg, Communications Director for the Library of Congress. The discussion focuses on the LOC, the roll-out of #TaxReform and the return of Rep. Steve Scalise to the House of Representatives after being shot earlier this year at a Congressional baseball practice.
John Feehery welcomes respected journalist Jon Ward to the broadcast as the group discusses the Republican primary race in Alabama between former state Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore and Sen. Luther Strange for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by now Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Adam Belmar and John Easton of EFB Advocacy round out the panel.
John Feehery, Adam Belmar and John Easton are back from EFB Advocacy World Headquarters on Capitol Hill to tackle the week in politics. Feehery drives the train and the conversation towards disaster relief, Trump's brilliant deal with the Ds and what might really have been at the heart of the DACA decision.
This week, the gang is joined by Democratic strategist Ram Uppuluri, a Capitol Hill veteran and an expert in the District of Columbia school choice movement.
We'll dig into the death (and rebirth!) of bipartisanship, the nation's opioid crisis, and why the line for crab cakes is too damn long.