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EPISODE · Feb 20, 2026

Defiance.org with Miles Taylor

from KSQD 90.7 FM Santa Cruz · host ksqd.org

Defiance.org with Miles Taylor “Be Bold America!” Airs February 20 2026 at 5:00pm (PT) “If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.” – President Dwight D. Eisenhower from a 1956 speech) Defy Like De Niro. From the mean streets to the halls of power, Robert De Niro has always stood up to bullies. His new role? Defying Trump and He’s daring the rest of us to do the same. No. I’m sorry to say we won’t be interviewing Robert De Niro, but we have the next best person, his friend Miles Taylor. Miles Taylor is a former White House official who was Chief of Staff to the Department of Homeland Security in the first Trump administration. You may know him by the pen name “Anonymous.” He created a nationwide controversy when he wanted to assure the American people that there were those inside the administration who were trying to hold on to the democratic guardrails against a lawless president. When Trump returned in 2024, he claimed Miles’ action treasonous. Miles is fighting back, not just legally, but creating a nationwide organization called Definace.org. This organization has real teeth and is funding 100% of its income to nonprofits fighting against the Trump regime. Interview Guest: Miles Taylor (security expert): is an American author, commentator, and former government official who served in the administrations of George W. Bush and Donald Trump. In the first Trump administration, he was an appointee in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from 2017 to 2019. He was first recruited into the department by former DHS Secretary and White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, serving as his senior advisor. In 2018, Taylor wrote an op-ed in The New York Times under the pen-name “Anonymous” that was titled, “I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration“, which drew widespread attention for its criticism of Trump. Several months after quitting the administration, again under the pen name “Anonymous,” he published a book in 2019 titled, A Warning. In 2020, he revealed that he was “Anonymous” while campaigning against Trump’s reelection. His second book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Blowback-Warning-Save-Democracy-Trump/dp/1668015994/ref=pd_bxgy_thbs_d_sccl_1/144-2649384-5226848?pd_rd_w=4Qt7C&content-id=amzn1.sym.dcf559c6-d374-405e-a13e-133e852d81e1&pf_rd_p=dcf559c6-d374-405e-a13e-133e852d81e1&pf_rd_r=FDCXSNN77PDZX3KPP4QM&pd_rd_wg=n8hXi&pd_rd_r=bbb44ce7-8caa-4b16-b475-14266fa0e855

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