PREVIEW: PAMELA HARRIMAN: Author Sonia Purnell, "Kingmaker," explains how Pamela Harriman was coached on how to present herself as an N Street fundraiser for the Democratic Party by the young promising Bill Clinton. More tonight.

PREVIEW: RUSSIA: JAPAN: SOUTH KOREA: Comment by colleague Henry Sokolski of NPEC, regarding Russia's threats to energy infrastructure of US allies. More tonight.

GOOD EVENING: The show begins in New Orleans and Las Vegas asking questions with few substantial explanations...

#UN: The US paid $18 Billion in 2022, one-third of the budget, and received disregard for the "assessment." John Bolton, WSJ

GOP: Not Isolationists. Cliff May, FDD

2/2: #PRINCETON: Disappointment. Peter Berkowitz, Hoover Institution

1/2: #PRINCETON: Disappointment. Peter Berkowitz, Hoover Institution

4/8 Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue Paperback – Large Print, October 8, 2024 by Sonia Purnell (Author)

3/8 Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue Paperback – Large Print, October 8, 2024 by Sonia Purnell (Author)

2/8 Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue Paperback – Large Print, October 8, 2024 by Sonia Purnell (Author)1

1/8 Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue Paperback – Large Print, October 8, 2024 by Sonia Purnell (Author)

#POTUS: Ending and postponing the trials of Trump. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

#NEW ORLEANS: What we don't know. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

2/2: #UKRAINE: Talks possible, little else for the Black Sea basin. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute

1/2: #UKRAINE: Talks possible, little else for the Black Sea basin. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute

#OCEANIA: Nauru and Solomons bullied by both camps. @CleoPaskal, FDD

#PRC: Decline continues unchecked. #SCALAREPORT: Chris Riegel CEO, Scala.com @Stratacache. .

2/2 #NEW ORLEANS: #LAS VEGAS. ISIS, Lone Wolf, unknowns. . .Bill Roggio, FDD

1/2: #NEW ORLEANS: #LAS VEGAS. ISIS, Lone Wolf, unknowns. .Bill Roggio, FDD

PREVIEW: PRC: China is in a deep recession and looking for remedies. Colleague Chris Riegel comments on the Chinese consumer as a way out of decline. More later.