Trump Gets His Big Beautiful Bill To Restore American Dignity (7-4-25)

05:0 There are excellent critiques of Donald Trump but some dumb ones too such as that he doesn’t matter. Or that he is a fascist who will end democracy. The personality prism on reality, such as TACO, is weak. It is structure that shapes the world, and Trump has learned how to run structures with people like Russ Vought.
10:00 Video: After the “Hammer”: Postwar Opportunities and Risks for U.S. Policy in the Middle East, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9w5Vn8ko-4
25:00 The best way to have a safe community and safe country is high trust cohesion, not armed guards.
26:00 If we have nice things, we have groups that destroy them. Australia has lovely public goods that would be raped in America.
29:00 Was it obliteration? https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/was-it-obliteration
32:30 Video: Iran’s paranoia has ayatollahs turning on each other after Israeli spy infiltration, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ9jC8QTo9w
40:00 Yoram Hazony: The Iran Strikes and the Trump Doctrine, https://www.thefp.com/p/the-iran-strikes-and-the-trump-doctrine
1:07:00 Video: Was JD Vance Right About Europe? | Christopher Caldwell, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1MB-jI1aVM
1:13:30 Charles Lipson: Major Global Impact from Israel’s Short, Decisive War Against Iran, https://www.charleslipson.com/
1:19:30 Video: Here’s what would happen if China invaded Taiwan, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E943TsA-bw
1:22:00 Christopher Caldwell: Why everyone is talking about Bill Belichick, https://thespectator.com/topic/everyone-talking-about-bill-belichick/
1:33:30 MC: From Iran to the Supreme Court, the president is on a roll. How long will his winning streak last?, https://www.thefp.com/p/this-is-peak-trump-politics-policy-matthew-continetti
1:36:00 Mike Johnson is the most effective House Speaker in a century, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l66iTxfPXQ
1:56:30 Gadi Taub and Mike Doran on Israel’s deep state vs Bibi Netanyahu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg1_k29R33k
2:06:20 Video: The Price of Comfort: How We Traded Freedom for “Free Stuff” in the West | Christopher Caldwell, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqZeQHxFuBA
2:14:00 CompactMag: The Costs of the Foreign Student Influx, https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-costs-of-the-foreign-student-influx/
2:20:00 Video: The Real Reason CBS Caved to Trump, with Mark Halperin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuiuRkO09Vo
2:34:20 Book: Why Your Religion Went Obsolete, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmsM8O_P76k,
2:40:40 Why Industrial Policy Matters | Ian Fletcher, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiTHqm6EMI4
3:02:00 NYT: Why China Isn’t Lecturing Trump About His Costly Bill, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/world/asia/trump-bill-debt-china.html
3:04:50 Video: Kyle Bass: China’s Economic Spiral and the Coming Taiwan War, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsEv8yFfNYY
3:16:30 How Much Money Has Trump Raised Through Tariffs? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=161676
3:33:00 Video: Is William F. Buckley’s Still Relevant?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT5W4We1CCs
3:39:00 Ricardo joins
3:50:30 Dooovid joins, https://x.com/RebDoooovid