#358: The New Conservative Media Empire

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🗓️ 10 December 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Jon Miller, the White House correspondent for the new Blaze Media, joins us to discuss the new venture's reach and goals, as well as what it's like covering the Trump White House as a conservative reporter. Plus: Daily Signal and Heritage producer Thaleigha Rampersad joins us to explain why she doesn't think "It's a Wonderful Life" is a good Christmas movie. We also cover these stories:--Rep. Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California who is expected to be the next chair of the House Intelligence Committee, says that he could see “jail time” in President Donald Trump’s future.--Trump is brushing off claims that an alleged hush money payment made by his lawyer violated campaign finance laws.--The Trump administration is taking action to promote scientific research that doesn’t come at the expense of unborn babies' lives.The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcasts for Tuesday, December 11th. I'm Kate Trinko.
0:09.4	And I'm Daniel Davis. A seismic development happened last week in conservative media when it was announced
0:15.2	that the Blaze and CRTV would be merging into a new entity, Blaze Media.
0:21.2	Today we'll sit down with John Miller, CR TV's White House correspondent, to talk about
0:25.6	what this merger means.
0:27.6	And since he's a White House correspondent, we'll discuss the latest news coming from
0:30.7	the White House.
0:31.7	Plus, it's a wonderful life is a Christmas
0:34.1	classic, right? Well, I hope you think so, but not all of us agree. Well, debate.
0:40.0	But first, we'll cover a few of the top headlines.
0:43.2	Well, Nick Ayers was seen as President Trump's top pick to be the next White House Chief of Staff,
0:55.1	but he's turned down the job, so it's back to the drawing board.
0:58.2	Nick Ayers is Chief of Staff to Vice President Mike Pence.
1:01.5	President Trump announced over the weekend that his current chief of staff, John
1:04.7	Kelly, would be leaving at the end of the year.
1:07.7	CBS reports that Trump is now considering Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, as well as Wayne Berman, a long-time GOP operative.
1:15.5	Representative Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California who is expected to be the next chair of the House Intelligence
1:21.5	Committee, said on CBS's face the nation Sunday
1:25.1	that he could see jail time in President Trump's future, suggesting he views
1:29.7	payments made by Trump as violating campaign finance rules.
1:33.4	What's your takeaway?
1:35.4	My takeaway is there's a very real prospect that on the day Donald Trump leaves office,
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