{"podcast":{"title":"The David Knight Show","slug":"the-david-knight-show-1060966","podcast_index_feed_id":1060966,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/2653468/episodes/feed","website_url":"http://thedavidknightshow.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/870cf2904cf34b2ea31d2b094bf63e30.jpg","author":"David Knight","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Join the journey with David Knight, a true veteran in the realm of news and analysis, and become part of a community that values historical context, critical think, and spiritual insight in navigating the challenges of our era. LIVE every weekday morning at 9am Eastern where you'll find an honest, fresh perspective, not partisan cheerleading. WIth a background as an electrical engineer, David is focused on the interplay of technology & liberty from a Christian perspective. David has had decades of experience in the trenches of politics as an activist, organizer, candidate, reporter, analyst, and news anchor Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T08:17:49.505243+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show-1060966"},"episode":{"title":"Mon Episode #2247: EU's Digital ID Is Built on the COVID Pass — Von der Leyen Said So Herself","slug":"mon-episode-2247-eu-s-digital-id-is-built-on-the-covid-pass-von-der-leyen-said-so-herself","published_at":"2026-04-20T21:10:56+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show-1060966/mon-episode-2247-eu-s-digital-id-is-built-on-the-covid-pass-von-der-leyen-said-so-herself","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show-1060966","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/mon-episode-2247-eu-s-digital-id-is-built-on-the-covid-pass-von-der-leyen-said-so-herself--71502324","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71502324/dks_fs_04_20_2026.mp3","summary":"──────────────────────────────────────── [00:02:10] FISA Extension Blocked — Massie: The Briefing We Never Get Is \"Our Agency Has Too Much Power\" A bipartisan bloc stopped Trump's 18-month FISA Section 702 extension. Massie: agencies never give a briefing admitting the program is getting worse. Knight: Trump wanted FISA for himself and the Iran war — he always knew what it was. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:10:07] Fitts: Everything This Administration Is Building a Control Grid at High Speed Fitts says from January 2025 the Trump administration has been building a control grid at high speed. The Gaza precedent: Hamas could not possibly field weapons under full US surveillance unless somebody wanted them to — same logic applies to Iran. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:24:07] Courts Struck Down Trump's Tariffs — Now He's Telling Businesses to Sue Him to Get Their Money Back When Trump's tariff legal basis collapsed, he had promised courts the money could always be returned. Now he says companies must sue. The Tax Foundation found tariffs cost the average household $1,000 in 2025. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:34:14] EU Admits Its Digital ID System Is Built on the COVID Pass Model — Von der Leyen Cited the Pandemic App as Blueprint Von der Leyen cited the EU COVID certificate app as the explicit model for the new online age verification system. Zuckerberg is pushing Apple and Google to embed digital ID at the OS level — ending anonymity at the root and killing startup competition. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:01:34] Trump's CDC Pick Led Nationwide COVID Vaccine Deployment — Mandated Smallpox and Anthrax Shots in the Military Trump's CDC nominee Dr. Erica Schwartz led COVID-19 vaccine deployment nationally and mand…","meta_description":"──────────────────────────────────────── [00:02:10] FISA Extension Blocked — Massie: The Briefing We Never Get Is \"Our Agency Has Too Much Power\" A bipart…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7339,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-david-knight-show-1060966/episodes/mon-episode-2247-eu-s-digital-id-is-built-on-the-covid-pass-von-der-leyen-said-so-herself/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show-1060966/mon-episode-2247-eu-s-digital-id-is-built-on-the-covid-pass-von-der-leyen-said-so-herself.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}