The DOE doesn’t handle teaching, curriculum, or teacher salaries.

Trump and others in the GOP are seeking to abolish the Department of Education. If they succeed, what would that actually mean? Andrew Heaton explains.

The history of Teflon and exposing the biggest chemical cover up in history - that has polluted the entire global water system and led to potentially dangerous forever chemicals being found in the entire US population.

#video #health

#video #gaslighting #media

Tariffs are not a negotiating tactic; they are a tax on YOU (not China), every single time.

Join us for this takedown and breakdown of tariffs, as we journey through the relevant history and economics.

History tells us that civilizations and societies boom, bust and rise anew to repeat the pattern -- a pattern that demographer Neil Howe says is surprisingly predictable in both its timing and trajectory.

Howe refers to these "seasons" of societal change as "turnings", and has famously has declared America is now well into a Fourth Turning,  the "bust" part of its cycle -- where the status quo falls apart -- often chaotically -- and is replaced by a brand new order.

Well, in its first 100 days, the Trump administration has certainly made big -- and some would day disruptive or even chaotic -- strides in its attempt to replace the previous status quo with a new playbook, both domestically and internationally.

Is this the kind of textbook Fourth Turning upheaval that Howe expected?

To find out, as well as what further transformation he expects ahead, we'll ask the man himself.

There are four timeless issues in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case - literally, principles at stake. But appealing to principles, even timeless ones, won't persuade the partisans here. One thing might. What is that one thing? Here's a hint: History swings like a pendulum. The evidence for it has already begun to mount like a slippery slope.  

A new message from the Trump Administration: students must repay their loans!

It's about time.

For years, the Biden Administration told students who took out loans that they didn’t have to pay anything back.

But the new Education Secretary points out this reality: “There’s no such thing as loan forgiveness, it just gets transferred to someone else, and that’s just not fair.”

She’s right.  Why should taxpayers, many of whom never went to college, be stuck with the bill?

It’s good that the Department of Education may finally reform.

But wait… Why is there a federal Department of Education?

Our video above explains why it needs to go.

When it comes to science fiction, no franchises loom larger than Star Wars and Star Trek. While both offer visions of far-off galaxies, future societies, and the occasional knife fight, only one understands how government really works.

While Star Wars: Andor shows a government we can actually recognize—full of ambition, fear, incompetence, and petty power plays—Star Trek paints an unrealistic future where public servants are heroically selfless and competent.

This World Press Freedom Day, we're reminded that freedom of speech and freedom of the press are interconnected liberties essential to democracy. In our series "Free To Speak," host Nadine Strossen explores how governments throughout history have tried to control what people say, write, and think—often with devastating consequences.

Watch this clip from our "Thought Police" episode and consider: When governments decide what information is "harmful," who ultimately pays the price?

ICYMI: this is satire, NOT official electoral advice.

Americans have become increasingly divided, with polarization rising 30% between 2003 and 2023. Harvard economist Roland Fryer challenges conventional wisdom about how ambiguous information affects our differences.

Traditional economic theory suggested that sharing identical information would bring opposing views closer together. Through clever experiments on attitudes toward the death penalty, Fryer demonstrates the opposite often occurs—when presented with ambiguous information, people interpret it to reinforce existing beliefs, driving them further apart.

Fryer illustrates this concept with a personal anecdote about different interpretations of the same driving incident with his wife. His research reveals how easily similar people can be pushed apart by ambiguous information, especially in today's media environment. Despite growing polarization, Fryer offers hope—by recognizing our common humanity and genuinely understanding others' perspectives we may discover we're less divided than we think.

Love hurts (and so does protectionism)
Parody of Fifty Fifty's "Cupid," written and performed by Remy.

Small businesses subject to new and intrusive financial surveillance that could ruin them are suing to protect their Fourth Amendment rights and the rights of their customers.

Last week, the federal Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) implemented an order requiring certain businesses in targeted ZIP codes to report all cash transactions above $200.

The normal reporting requirement is for cash transactions over $10,000. By dropping that to $200, FinCEN is treating virtually every honest, hardworking person as a potential criminal whose name and financial information will go into a database for criminal investigators to use.

Feeling stuck? Unmotivated? Like your willpower is constantly failing you? Your language might be the problem—and the solution.

In this video, I share how simple word choices can dramatically impact your motivation, decision-making, and overall performance.

Discover:
The "Don't" vs. "Can't" Switch: Why saying "I don't" instead of "I can't" creates lasting change and reinforces your identity.
"Could" vs. "Should": How shifting from "What should I do?" to "What could I do?" expands your possibilities and unlocks creative problem-solving.
"Get To" vs. "Have To": Why reframing obligations as opportunities ("I get to" instead of "I have to") taps into your intrinsic motivation and makes tasks more enjoyable.

Stop relying on willpower alone and start harnessing the power of language to transform your mindset and achieve your goals.

Happy Warrior Entertainment is so proud to have produced this incredible project. Now, more than ever, we need the wisdom of our intellects, the patriotism of our citizens, and the passion and talents of those who still believe in the American experiment. I am deeply grateful to Timothy Snyder for his 20 Lessons On Tyranny and for talents of the brilliant John Lithgow for bringing them to life. Great thanks to David Bender for his vision, the support of Abigail Disney, Susan Disney Lord, and Timothy Disney,  and the imagination and direction of Sean McGowan, the producer of the PoliticsGirl Project.

The national debt is at an all time high. Again. As if that isn't bad enough, for the last two decades our debt has grown faster than our economy.

So should you worry?

Yes. Yes, you definitely should.

Starting May 7, if you want to board federally regulated planes, access certain facilities, or enter nuclear plants, you must have a REAL ID or your passport. But if terrorism is such a threat, why would the government take 20 years to roll this out?

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The Nobel Prize-winning economist says the Iron Triangle of Politics must be defeated to cut down the government for good.

"Wise words," wrote Elon Musk about this 1999 viral clip described as "Milton Friedman casually giving the blueprint for DOGE [the Department of Government Efficiency]" as he ticks off a list of federal government agencies he'd be comfortable eliminating.

Musk is right. Friedman, a Nobel Prize–winning libertarian economist, did offer a solid blueprint for creating a smaller, less intrusive government. At the peak of his fame, he seemed poised to influence an American president to finally slash the federal bureaucracy.

But those efforts ended in disappointment because they were blocked by what Friedman called the Iron Triangle of Politics.

Slashing government waste and making the federal bureaucracy more accountable are incredibly important. But President Donald Trump and Musk are hitting the same wall President Ronald Reagan did more than four decades ago.

Now more than ever, it's time to pay attention to Milton Friedman's advice for how to defeat the tyranny of the status quo.

DOGE's mission to rein in our catastrophic debt and unrestrained federal government is one of the most important political battles of our time. But it's a mission that will need more than a single executive agency to ultimately succeed: It needs a mass political movement.

#video #free_trade

Tariffs aren't new—neither is the misguided notion of "reciprocal" ones. Milton Friedman cut through this fallacy with clarity: When other nations restrict trade, they harm their own citizens. When we respond with our own tariffs, we merely punish our citizens, too. After all, you don't fix holes in the bottom of the boat by shooting more holes in it. Free trade benefits America regardless of what other countries do. Refusing to buy something at the best price available is simply bad business.

What happens if economic policy incentivizes the Scottish to produce more wine and fewer sheep? Everyone gets less wine, less haggis, and higher prices. Andrew Heaton explains.

You've probably heard that President Donald Trump is prepared to slap some huge tariffs on nearly all imports from Canada and Mexico this week.

#video #economics #war_on_trade

6 years ago, I reported on a man whose town fined him $35K for overgrown grass. When he couldn't pay, the city moved to TAKE his home. Here's what's happened since.

Why did politicians send war plans on Signal? They didn’t. Those were W.A.R schematics which are different. 🤪

To better understand the odds for success of the economic policies of the new Trump Administration, it helps to talk to someone with first-hand experience in managing the Federal budget.

Today's guest, has been a true insider in both Washington DC and Wall Street for his extremely long & accomplished career.

We're fortunate today to speak with former Congressman, economic policymaker & financier, David Stockman -- who served a the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Ronald Reagan.

He's also the author of the new book: 'How To Cut $2 Trillion: A Blueprint From Ronald Reagan’s Budget Cutter To Musk, Ramaswamy And The DOGE Team'.

We'll hear his advice for bringing the runaway fiscal deficit under control, and whether he thinks the Administration is indeed up to the task.

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#running #trailrunning #laufen #video

How a helicopter built of phone parts survived Mars for 3 years.

The work is mysterious and abhorrent.

Imagine clocking out of politics like the employees in “Severance” do with work. Too bad reality doesn’t have an “outie” mode.

Good intentions, bad results. Watch the whole series: #^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lUrH4Sbgh8&list=PLBuns9Evn1w9XhnH7vVh_7C65wJbaBECK&index=1

New York Times columnist and linguist John McWhorter discusses the rise and fall of "woke," DEI and affirmative action, and his new book on the history of pronouns.

Is the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cleaning house and gutting the federal bureaucracy, or overstepping the limits of executive power while failing to cut much spending?

Could it be a bit of both?

Learn about the first Total Lunar Eclipse we've had since November 2022!

Big news in our fight against civil forfeiture! We just closed a loophole that let Nevada law enforcement skirt state law to take your stuff.

In the 1970s the government passed the Bank Secrecy Act. It required banks to keep records on customers and report any transaction over $10,000. Today the surveillance keeps expanding.

"Somehow they have the impression that if the money comes from Washington, somebody else is going to pay for it."

Milton Friedman reminds us of an uncomfortable truth: That "somebody else" is you.

Meet the man who is practically the patron saint of Gracearchy. Daryl Davis is a blues and rock-n-roll pianist who spent three decades touring with Chuck Berry and other notable acts. Daryl has also been the subject of an award-winning documentary and is a sought-after speaker because... Music is Daryl's profession, but race relations is his obsession.

Bret Weinstein speaks with Jo Ellis, the transgender pilot with the Virginia National Guard who was wrongfully targeted by social media users as the captain of the Black Hawk helicopter that tragically crashed.

#^Is The Penny *Finally* Dead?

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All 5 of the naked eye planets are going to “line up” in the sky during the second part of February 2025!

#video #politics

#^My Statement to Congress

Opening remarks on John Kerry, European speech law, and USAID before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, February 12th, 2025

President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he has instructed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to halt the production of pennies, citing the high cost of producing one cent.

#^Why does the U.S. keep making pennies?

The penny costs over 3 cents to make and cost US taxpayers over $179 million in FY2023. Yet we still produce billions of pennies a year. Why do we keep making them? And where do they all go?

#video

Bret Weinstein speaks with Dr. Toby Rogers on the subject of the economics of autism.

"If there hadn't been a Thomas Drake, there couldn't have been an Edward Snowden."
-- Edward Snowden

Donald Trump is threatening to abolish the Department of Education. Should you freak out?

#video #politics #education #humor

The ultimate guide to actual weight loss results! This one of a kind video will explore the most tried and true weight loss methods to discuss what works!

#video #health #science

#^Tragic Pharma Magic in the Confirmation of RFK Jr.

Walter Kirn shares his perspective after sitting front row in the confirmation hearing of RFK Jr.

Why do Democrats and Republicans behave like this in every confirmation hearing ever?

Donald Trump is releasing more secrets than any president in history. Matt Taibbi on the top ten mysteries we’re likely to solve.

(0:00) Fauci’s Pardon
(7:32) The J6 Committee’s Pardon
(11:02) The Golden Age of Journalism Has Begun
(17:44) The Major Questions We Should Be Asking Now That Trump Is President
(29:00) The Destruction of Nord Stream Will Kill the EU
(33:57) The Key Players of COVID That Have Yet to Be Investigated
(36:20) The New Media Landscape
(45:17) Trump’s Mass Disclosure Will Make Certain People Very Dangerous
(51:13) Will We Ever Truly Know the Purpose of the COVID Regime?
(58:45) Russiagate and the Leaked DNC Emails
(1:03:28) Kash Patel and Political Espionage
(1:20:30) The Intel Agencies That Control Wikipedia
(1:33:47) How They Try to Brainwash Us Into Submission

The founder of Skeptic magazine, Michael Shermer, discusses whether conspiracy thinking is on the rise and whether it's coded right or left.

"Even paranoids have real enemies," said the poet Delmore Schwartz, who was both clinically paranoid and definitely on to something, according to today's guest: Michael Shermer, the founder of Skeptic magazine, Substack superstar, and author of many best-selling books about rationalism, the evolution of morality, and pseudoscience.

He quotes Schwartz in his latest book, Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational, to drive home the point that big, world-changing secret plots happen all the time, but there are reliable ways for us to decide whether Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, 9/11 was an inside job, or vaccines cause autism. For the record, Shermer says yes, no, and no on those counts.

Reason's Nick Gillespie talks with Shermer about whether conspiracy thinking is on the rise, whether it's coded left or right, how wokeness poisons science, and whether the reelection of Donald Trump means free thought is ascendant. This interview was recorded at a live event in New York City in January.

#^Woman Taken to Court Over Christmas Decorations

IJ condemns the city of Germantown, Tennessee for its brazen violation of Americans’ free speech rights after it cited Alexis Luttrell, a Germantown resident, for violating the city’s sign code.

Her supposed crime: Incorporating Halloween decorations like skeletons into her Christmas yard display.

You would think that only a grinch would look at Luttrell’s decorations and think they deserve a court summons.

But IJ cases from over a decade show that officials across the country regularly abuse ordinary Americans by acting like the “speech police.”

Lee Schmidt and Crystal Arrington live in and around Norfolk, Virginia. Like most ordinary people, they have daily routines. Work, church, trips to the store, visits with family, school pickups. And like most ordinary people, they don’t like the thought of somebody following them around and watching their every move.

But that is exactly what the city of Norfolk is doing. In 2023, the city installed over 172 cameras around town. These are not your standard traffic cameras. The cameras are strategically placed to capture everybody’s daily travel. They’re straight-up surveillance cameras, set up to watch people 24/7 as they go about their lives.

As the police chief has explained, “it would be difficult to drive anywhere of any distance without running into a camera somewhere.”

The cameras snap photos of every car as they drive by and upload them into a database. Officials can then use this database to go back in time and create maps of where people have been, where they tend to drive, and even who they tend to meet up with. All of this happens without a warrant or even probable cause.  

But the Fourth Amendment doesn’t allow the government to set up a surveillance state. If the city wants to track suspicious people, it can do what the police have always done: get a warrant. What the city can’t do, though, is watch ordinary people everywhere they go and create a record of their lives without any judicial oversight. Lee and Crystal, with help from the Institute for Justice, are suing to make sure of that.

During the Great Depression, Roscoe Filburn grew more wheat than the government allowed. He got fined and fought back in court. In 1942, the Supreme Court ruled the government did have the power to regulate wheat that never left his property. It’s a ruling that has paved the way for even more government power over the stuff we do on our own property.

#video #law

On this channel we conduct deep-dive discussions with hundreds of experts a year, doing our best to see through their eyes and chart a wise course through the economic waters ahead.

But with all the different approaches, opinions and conclusions, it's important to remind ourselves not to overcomplicate things.

The fundamentals to wealth building aren't rocket science.

And for most non-professional investors, keeping it simple, consistent and disciplined makes success more attainable.

In fact, today's guest claims that everything the average investor needs to know can fit on a standard index card.

So what's on that card? We'll ask the man himself.

Today we'll talk with Harold Pollack, University of Chicago Professor and co-author of the best-seller The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn't Have to Be Complicated

Folks if you have children in college or starting out in life, this may be a particularly valuable discussion for them to hear.

Can he do it? It depends.

Are you afraid of being mistaken or outed as a white supremacist? Doctors say Americans accidentally make Nazi salutes six to eight times a year. That’s why we’ve made Shoulderlok.

Students are taught to report anyone who "offends" them.

Universities even provide hotlines.

The new documentary, “The Coddling of the American Mind" points out how that hurts students.

Here are a few students’ experiences with campus indoctrination:

#^Everything ILLEGAL Trump Has Done (SO FAR)

#video #law

Can you trust Mark Zuckerberg? This episode dives into Meta’s sweeping policy changes and question whether they reflect a commitment to free expression or strategic pandering. We analyze his six-point plan, including community-driven content moderation and efforts to fight global censorship. Along the way, we explore the limits of shame, the Popper Paradox, and why fostering trust and Grace is essential for meaningful societal change.

Partisan pundits cover Trump's inauguration.

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The secret to why government spending fails isn't what you think. It's not corruption. It's not incompetence. It's something far simpler that happens to all of us every day. Milton Friedman breaks it down perfectly in this 2-minute clip that will change how you think about government spending forever.

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#^Far Out Journal Club -  Tim Russ (December 5, 2024)

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As we begin a new year, I thought it appropriate to continue Thoughtful Money's ongoing commitment to highlighting the principles components of true wealth -- of which money is simply a means, not the end in itself.

Research tells us that true wealth is primarily a function of quality relationships, purpose & health.

And today, we're going to drill down deep into the purpose part of that equation.

#video #media

Whitney roasts The Democrats, Hunter Biden, the Menendez brothers, Luigi (last name) Hollywood, The Corporate Media, Big Pharma, and all things 2024...

Robby Soave and Amber Duke react to the Wall Street Journal's coverage of President Biden's cognitive decline since the beginning of his term and why it was just reported on now.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is slated to head the Department of Health and Humans Services in 2025. Under this government agency is the CDC, the FDA, and the NIH! These three bodies have an immeasurable influence over what ends up in your body, yes, YOUR body! This video highlights the challenges the United States faces with regulatory government bodies, including corruption.

#^Babylon 5

#video