01:00 Did Black Hawk Helicopter Pilot Rebecca Lobach Deliberately Crash Into American Airlines Flight 5342? (1-30-25), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=158786
03:00 FAA turned away 1000 white applicants to be air traffic controllers because they were white, https://www.aol.com/faa-embroiled-lawsuit-alleging-turned-145209229.html
06:00 The FAA’s Race-Based Hiring Scheme for Air Traffic Controllers Endangered Public Safety, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO1qUKog0EE
07:50 Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, Jan. 31, 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtQlaxhQN_w
19:00 Jo Ellis, Trans National Guard Blackhawk Pilot, falsely accused of causing DC Plane Crash, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QKnDCFzqfk
36:40 Elliott Blatt shares his Michael Smerconish story
40:00 Talk: A Novel by Michael Smerconish (2014), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=139199
1:12:30 Cricket in the 60’s – Winds of Change, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLSgQmnUorg
1:28:10 The Conspiracists Have Their Day, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV57NM_SZvs
1:32:40 Mark Halperin interviews Marc Andreessen, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLlN2ayg2pQ
1:35:20 Anti-tech sentiment from the Democrats started in 2013
1:40:00 Debanking
1:46:00 Steve Bannon on Elon Musk and the Battle for Trump’s Ear, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrSLe3-OGBU
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