China’s Tech Threat, Corporate Transparency, Listener Questions

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Mike and Jay open this midweek supporters’ episode with a discussion of the potential threat posed by Chinese technology to US national security. Between issues with market-leading TP-Link routers and the TikTok ban scheduled to go into effect later this month, how worried should we be about China’s ability to use technology against us? Next, they look at a story that’s been underreported in most of the media but has significant implications for tens of millions of small businesses: the Corporate Transparency Act’s reporting requirements. Both Mike and Jay question the wisdom of the legislation, wondering if it’s overly broad, restricts free association rights, and would do anything significant to minimize money laundering and financing of terrorism. They close by responding to listener questions about Jay taking potshots at left-wing alarmists and their views on populism and a strong two-party system. The Politics Guys on Facebook | X Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo we’re @PoliticsGuys. The Politics Guys is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What kind of weekend are you in the mood for?
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0:11.0	drama and fine dining with The Bear,
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0:27.2	Atheists, agnostics, long-haired widows, short-haired widows, vandal.
0:32.0	The government, hug the government, love.
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0:37.3	The government, hug the government. Welcome to the politics, guys, the government, hug the government, love the government,
0:38.2	hug the government. Welcome to the politics, guys, a place for bipartisan, rational, and civil
0:43.1	debate on American politics and policy. I'm Northern Kentucky University political scientist
0:48.1	Michael Barronowski. I'm joined today by my conservative counterpart, Cleveland area attorney and
0:53.2	defender of freedom, Jay Carson.
0:55.9	Hey, good morning, Mike.
0:56.9	Hey, Jay. So there are a couple things that we didn't have time to get to on the weekend show.
1:03.6	Nothing that what I would say, this is kind of a weird period, right?
1:06.8	Because at the time between the election, especially after the holidays, and we're just kind of waiting for stuff to start happening.
1:14.1	And so it's been a somewhat quiet period, though, I think with a time for reflection.
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