Matt Mackowiak's Mack On Politics

China’s influence operations in the United States is the topic for the 257th episode. Our returning guest is New York Times best-selling author and investigative journalist Peter Schweizer, author of the new book, “Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win”. In this conversation we explore how China identifies influence targets, which industries are most valuable, what China really wants, whether this problem is truly a bipartisan one, and what can be done about it. You can buy the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Red-Handed-American-Elites-Helping-China/dp/0063061147 [https://www.amazon.com/Red-Handed-American-Elites-Helping-China/dp/0063061147].

In the 256th episode, we explore a building movement that is not receiving the national focus that it deserves: The National Popular Vote Compact (nationalpopularvote.com). Our guest is former State Senator Ray Haynes (R-CA), president of the Institute for Research on Presidential Elections and a national spokesman for the National Popular Vote movement. Enough states have banded together to provide 195 electoral votes for the national popular vote, and once they hit 270, the national popular vote winner will be elected President of the United States as the sole determining factor for the first time in American history. Hear how the movement is progressing, how they answer critics, and when this may actually happen.

Award-winning author and journalist Toby Harnden is the guest for the 285th episode. He is the author of the new bestseller, “First Casualty: The Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11”. On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, in this conversation we look back to how the war in Afghanistan began, what role the CIA played, what the war cost, and how the war ended. The “Mack on Politics” podcast is available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and Spotify. Interview subjects can be pitched by emailing matt@potomacstrategygroup.com [matt@potomacstrategygroup.com].

In this episode we speak to author and journalist Michael Shellenberger, whose next book is “San Fran Sicko”, which examines how our major cities are objectively failing.

The war on small business is the subject of the 283rd episode. Our guest is Carol Roth, bestselling author and small business advocate. Her new book is, “The War on Small Business: How the Government Used the Pandemic to Crush the Backbone of America”. In this episode we discuss how CDC guidelines and state and local emergency orders made big business essential and small business discardable, whether PPP was sufficient, how small businesses can prepare for the next pandemic and whether cryptocurrency is an option small business access to capital in the future. Email matt@potomacstrategygroup.com [matt@potomacstrategygroup.com] if you have guest ideas for a future podcast episode.