As we come to a close of the chapter for 2024, we look at few significant events that took place, from Zelensky’s benefit from domestic corruption and geopolitical conflict with Russia for close to 3 years now, to UK election. Tune in for more on our continual discussion for self determination, small government and pursuit of happiness.

The return to power of Donald Trump has news executive nervous, particularly with the recent ABC’s settlement of a defamation lawsuit brought by the President-elect over an inaccurate statement made by George Stephanopoulos. At home, in Malaysia, Communication Multimedia Act (CMA) has been amended ever so subtly to subject the definition of “grossly offensive” to the whim of the PMX cabinet, who are seemingly more liberal progressive.

How do we shift from overbearing government control to liberalism with participatory impact? Find out more in this episode.

Trudeau visited Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida after Trump threatened to slap a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico unless they cooperated in protecting the U.S. border from illegal migration and fentanyl. While back at home in Malaysia, we see a huge contrast on the response from PMX where it is reported that Anwar Ibrahim’s government will not recognize any unilateral sanctions, following the proposal of a U.S. law that would impose sanctions on foreign supporters of Hamas and other militant groups operating in Palestine.

In this episode, we discuss various responses, home and abroad, to Trump’s economy policy centered on tariff.

Since Trump’s landslide victory, we have seen that many of the once respected corporate media being revealed of its true colours, i.e., “having its unearned influence through a phony front of respectability and professionalism” as described by John Nolte. Paul Logan’s troll on BBC by sending a lookalike for an interview which BBC has been chasing months for would be the beginning of a reversal of how the media has been treating its opponents with belligerent contempt.

Veteran journalist Bob Woodward said on MSNBC’s “Inside” after Trump’s re-election as the incoming 47th President of United States that Trump was “giving his middle finger to the American people” with his cabinet picks.

In this episode, we discuss the various reactions from world leaders congratulating Trump to NFL players doing the Trump dance.

As both presidential candidate laid out their closing campaign message on Monday, the voters will answer Ben Franklin’s famous demand of the American people: “A republic, if you can keep it.” in the ballot boxes this November 5th.

Nate Silver famously titled his article, “There’s more herding in swing state polls than at a sheep farm in the Scottish Highlands.” While we discussed the polling results before the election, is it really that significant in an obviously close race? We’ll see soon enough on Tuesday if the pollsters could make a comeback after the wrong prediction since 2016 election and Brexit.

In days leading up to U.S. Election 2024, more and more Vice President Kamala Harris has backed out from opportunities to discuss economy policies at length, first with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait and Joe Rogan. Trump on the other hand garnered a staggering 34 million views in two days at the impressive marathon interview at The Joe Rogan Experience.

In this episode, we discussed Trump’s position on tariff and solid plans to bring companies back to U.S. soil for growth given the inflation and interest rates remain top concerns for U.S. voters.

The time to pick a side has never been clearer with just less than 3 weeks to go to Election Day on November 5, 2024. Actor Dennis Quaid who is known for his starring role in Far from Heaven has advocated for the crowd in a rally in Coachella, California, to pick a side, particularly when Kamala Harris has not a thing to be done differently even with Biden-Harris administration’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. This time the crucial question remains, is US going to be nation of law and order or wide open borders?

CNN poll taken immediately after vice presidential debate shows Vance overtakes Walz with a 12 point shift in Vance’s favour amongst the female voters. How important is vice presidential debate? Tune in to find out more and how US election is really the mother of all elections, affecting even how Malaysia would progress in days ahead.

While much of the voters in the U.S. will be tuning in to watch the vice-presidential debate Tuesday night between Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance (R., Ohio), we discussed how several key swing states will likely to impact the election outcome. Even three term London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, couldn’t missed passing a remark in Politico about US Election as he rightly said, “What happens in America is the metronome … that sets the beat of what happens across the globe. It sets the beat for how other politicians behave in an election campaign.”