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Category Archives: America
Live Coverage Of LA’s Fires (1-9-25)
01:00 The Truth About The Wildfires, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHh-_3FshO406:00 LA Mayor Karen Bass out of town, https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/a-timeline-of-mayor-karen-basss-disqualifying-conduct-during-the-l-a-fire-disaster/20:20 California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric–and What It Means for America’s Power Grid, https://www.amazon.com/California-Burning-Pacific-Electric-Americas/dp/059333065X21:00 Katherine Blunt, author of California Burning, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOyjOewSPqc34:00 Dooovid … Continue reading
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American Glasnost Enters California (1-8-25)
01:00 Power went out so I talked to people IRL05:30 Matt Continetti on the California inferno and the rebuild of the rules regime at Meta, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t42Qzg2QRI08:00 Rick Caruso: There’s no water in the Palisades, https://www.foxla.com/video/157315639:40 Mark Halperin: Biden’s decline is … Continue reading
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The Growing Skepticism About Official Stories (1-7-25)
01:00 NYT: Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/technology/meta-fact-checking-facebook.html05:00 The resistance to Trump is dead, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJZCQB-YMMw22:20 Trudeau resigns, Meta Analysis, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le5jLoNKDMQ27:30 The Alarming Fox Sports Sex Scandal: Skip Bayless & Joy Taylor Lawsuit, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYlbkpIk76Q29:20 15 … Continue reading
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Decoding The Trump Transition (1-6-25)
01:00 Allstate Sugar Bowl Chairman’s Address, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KtcDtCm7fw03:00 Mark Halperin on Trump Transition News, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqeIZJvC1Jw30:00 Who’s Richard Hanania? https://neokrat.blogspot.com/2025/01/whos-who-in-dissident-right-richard.html38:20 Trump Coming In, Biden Going Out, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWSDvrB_ACU53:20 Billy Bush: The Infamous Trump Tape, Secrets of Corporate Media, & Megyn Kelly v. Harvey … Continue reading
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The Return of American Carnage (1-2-25)
01:00 New Orleans terror attack, https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/02/us/new-orleans-attack-news07:00 The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg08:30 Terrorism, Islamism, and the Democrats, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci0GnJzYfqA56:40 Media malpractice 1:24:20 Elon Musk supports Tommy Robinson, https://x.com/brianoflondon/status/1874814301762191560
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The Most Powerful Court in the World: A History of the Supreme Court of the United States
UCLA law professor Stuart Banner writes in this 2024 book: * The most partisan justice of all was Samuel Chase. Appointed to the Court in 1796 after a long career as a legislator and a judge in Maryland, Chase was … Continue reading
Terror Attack In New Orleans Kills 10 (1-1-25)
01:00 Terror attack in New Orleans, https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/01/us/new-orleans-vehicle-crash04:00 WP: Years of inaction on ‘crisis’ at Secret Service set stage for Trump shooting in Butler, https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/12/31/butler-trump-secret-service-shooting/11:00 Donald Trump transformed the culture, https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/29/culture-wars-trump-woke-democrats-0019542416:30 Have Biden’s Infirmities Destroyed Liberalism?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVN0ao5E80Q59:00 Why Loners Suck At … Continue reading
Could Populism & Nationalism Lead A Moral Revival? (12-31-24)
01:00 ‘Could populism and nationalism be a parallel to religious revivals?’, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15848808:00 Religiosity can bring personal stability in a volatile world, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/guest-avi-liberman/id1732222323?i=100065798789917:00 NYT: Israel Loosened Its Rules to Bomb Hamas Fighters, Killing Many More Civilians, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-gaza-bombing.html19:40 The Brutality of War … Continue reading
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Decoding Elon Musk (12-30-24)
01:00 Australia defeats India while the crowd in Australia primarily cheers for India02:40 The Genius Myth, https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/442983/the-genius-myth-by-lewis-helen/978178733324604:00 Helen Lewis’s new book, The Genius Myth, https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/dtg-christmas-quiz-2024-with-helen-lewis-badstats17:00 Mickey Kaus, https://x.com/kausmickey35:45 Elon Musk: The Techno Shaman, https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/elon-musk-the-techno-shaman52:10 Dooovid joins to discuss Elon Musk, … Continue reading
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The Great Demographic Illusion: Majority, Minority, and the Expanding American Mainstream (12-29-24)
Gemini summary: The video is about the H1B Visa program and its impact on American workers. The speaker argues that the program is abused by employers to hold down wages for Americans. He proposes a solution to reduce the number … Continue reading
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