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“[When we] heard the director of the FBI testifying a couple of years ago that the major threat now from domestic terrorism came from white supremacist groups. I think we were all pretty surprised, because…it seems like much of the violent, organized, terrorist-type activity is coming from groups, such as ANTIFA and others…more associated with [the] left wing.” Fmr. undercover agent, Marc Ruskin worked on white-supremacist cases during his 27 years tenure in the FBI. He gives his take on how this very dark and severe label has expanded from denoting extremist groups, like the Aryan Nations to include everyday Americans. Ruskin offers insight into what may be happening behind the scenes in the FBI as it presents increasingly as a weaponized instrument of partisan politics. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

“In the market, you have to adapt to the mistakes you make; you admit your errors…But the WEF, and the World Health Organization, or the US government and CDC, NIH, for that matter…just have a hard time admitting that they were wrong. But the fact is that they were wildly wrong.” Jeffrey Tucker is a man well versed in the behaviors and intentions of those we call ‘global elites'–the people who seemingly pulled the strings to enact worldwide lockdowns in the earlier days of the pandemic. He is the Founder and President of the Brownstone Institution, dedicated to advancing the freedoms of the individual. “I think there is a reason to be concerned, mainly because these people insulate themselves from any opposition to this outlook, to this worldview. And they come to believe it's their destiny to behave this way and do these sorts of things.” What psychology drives these would be ‘masters of the universe,' and when did America's jarring tradition of having unelected officials ‘call the shots' really begin? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

“It started very subtly, it was about Hillary Clinton expressing contempt for Donald Trump's supporters saying…at least half of them were deplorables.” Investigative journalist and author, Lee Smith has been watching and documenting the patterned assault on a large segment of Americans for their political views, going back to before the 2016 presidential election. On June 9th, the first hearing by the January 6th committee was televised live on prime time. Could this be the culmination of that ongoing assault, preceded by the Trump-Russia collusion hoax, the Mueller investigation, and the impeachments of the 45th President? What is the dark, underlying threat the January 6th committee hearings could be signaling to all Americans. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

“States like New York, Illinois, California, Washington State, that imposed some of the most draconian policy responses–Those are also some of the states that had the worst health outcomes, and I don't think that should be a surprise,” says, Alex Newman, contributor to “The Epoch Times.” “America's Founding Fathers said over and over again, variations on this: Giving up freedom and hoping for safety is futile, you'll end up with neither freedom nor safety,” he adds. Major amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) proposed by the Biden administration were debated in Geneva in late May. For one these aimed to expand the powers of the World Health Organization (WHO) to be able to declare global health emergencies, without the targeted country's consent. These changes were not approved, owing in part to heavy resistance from certain African nations. However, the WHO and member governments will put forth even further reaching amendments to the global rules in September. Award-winning, international journalist, Alex Newman, explains why we should be concerned. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Intimidating warplane “exercises” around Taiwan, saying that Australia could become its nuclear target, nearly ramming a U.S. warship; and now, flying dangerously close to Canadian Air Force jets—are these signals the Chinese regime is bracing to launch a real attack? Elliot Ackerman is a decorated, former U.S. Marine Corps officer who served five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He offers his insights into what would happen if the U.S. defended Taiwan from Chinese regime invasion. “Top Gun: Maverick,” and “Doctor Strange 2” are breaking box office records. On a battlefield of a different kind, they're showing that resisting Chinese regime film censorship, can be potentially more lucrative than submitting to it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

“When I was in Ukraine, I was speaking to a few Ukrainian intellectuals, historians and others; one made a very interesting point to me...When Putin says Zelenksy is a Nazi; in the West, we hear that [as] so ridiculous. He's Jewish; how can he possibly be a Nazi? But when he's saying that to Russians it…sends a slightly different signal…When you're Russian, Nazism, the manifestation of Nazism isn't anti-semitism so much; it's this western decadence. And so when Putin says Zelensky is a Nazi, he's saying Zelensky is the manifestation of this breed of Western decadence that we as Russians have to guard the world against.” Elliot Ackerman served as a U.S. Marine Corps officer in Iraq and Afghanistan, and later in Afghanistan as a CIA paramilitary officer. In this episode of “The Wide Angle” he offers his strategic to ground level insights on what decides who comes out on top in Ukraine. His most recent novel is the New York Times bestseller, “2034: A Novel of the Next World War.” --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

If the World Health Organization (WHO) hadn't followed China's cue in telling us there was no evidence of Coronavirus human-to-human transmissibility in early 2020… If governments around the world, seemingly in sync, hadn't massively infringed on personal freedoms to impose lockdowns and mandates over recent years… If the genocidal Chinese regime wasn't a key player in global institutions, like the United Nations (UN)… then we may be more open-minded when the World Economic Forum convenes to ‘improve the state of the world.' However, the WHO did follow China's cue, government's around the world did lock us down, and the CCP is a permanent member on the U.N. Security Council; so skepticism is not entirely undue when World Economic Forum, global elites get together to talk about ‘digitally branding' us to make us all ‘more secure.' --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

President Joe Biden's regular gaffes during speeches are a source of both national embarrassment for America, and international amusement. However, with his latest supposedly “erroneous” pledge to defend Taiwan from attack by the Chinese regime, it seems there were some who were not laughing. As Biden prepared to wrap up his Asia tour, two bomber aircraft, one Russian and one Chinese, were detected "patrolling" in the area. Japan called the action by the loosely allied autocracies a provocation. While the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) predictably "snaps back" at such pledges to Taiwan's defense, its capacity to actually launch such an invasion may not be all that high. The signs continue to pour forth of deep fractures in the makeup of the Chinese regime; among these, the escalating factional infighting is one of the most compelling. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

“The Chinese system is effectively the model for the great reset. And that is to say what they have in China is effectively what they're trying to establish here.” —Prof. Michael Rectenwald Having returned to the U.S. after three months away, I reflect on what it is to travel overseas amid globally coordinated pandemic rules and restrictions. Alongside this, I ask ‘The Anti-woke Professor,' Michael Rectenwald to connect the dots between the presenting troubles of our times, like the Roe v. Wade contention, record inflation, and food shortages. He points to a common thread to the chaos rising around us: a suspected global control agenda that could drastically change life as we know it; and, by and large, it appears to be in plain view. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Political agendas, like those that lead a government or regime to censor data, news, or entertainment can have severe economic consequences. This frames our discussion today on some startlingly bad economic decisions surrounding the Marvel film phenomenon. “Dr Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” has been making headlines, but not solely for it's box office achievements. It's been blocked by China's film censors for a most unexpected reason: A newspaper box for The Epoch Times that appears in the corner of a street scene. It goes without saying that Epoch Times, due to its frank coverage of China, is no favorite of the Chinese Communist Party; but that's only the latest of what's had Chinese censors in a spin over Marvel. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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Parents who saw their children's education stunted over the pandemic; people with chronic illnesses who couldn't access the care they needed, and entrepreneurs whose businesses crumbled to nothing over 2020 to 2021—People such as these, may well know the impact of Covid-19 lockdowns better than many of the public-health officials who have implemented them. It's also such people who would likely recoil at comments such as these from Dr. Anthony Fauci, seemingly praising Chinese Communist Party Covid management: “…and remember early on they were saying—and, I think, accurately—that they were doing better than almost anybody else.” In this episode, I explore some of the cold-hard truths of the Shanghai lockdown. I look at disturbing parallels between ‘Covid-management' in the U.S. and ‘Covid-management' by the Chinese Communist Party, and I revisit a lesson from ancient history for ruling powers seeking to ‘tighten their grip' on the people.

In some ways, resistance against Covid mandates and restrictions seemed to be peaking in February with events like the Canadian trucker protest, which looked like it was beginning to spread to other places. Then suddenly, restrictions and mandates seemed to relax almost across the board at around the same time Russia began invading Ukraine and all attention shifted to that. Now, we see Obama getting more attention at a recent White House event than Biden, and even snubbing Biden–whose latest gaffe boldly called for Putin's removal from the Russian presidency. Surely, these kinds of lapses by Biden are a concern for the Democratic Party and a threat to their continued hold on power. News about Hunter Biden's laptop has also finally been picked up by major media; prompting the question of 'how come they're no longer giving Biden a pass'—Is something big coming?

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Are things really as they seem on the surface of the Russia-Ukraine crisis—with Vladimir Putin the aggressor; poised to take Ukraine, unless his ‘hefty' demands are met by U.S.-NATO? Germany's Navy Chief Kay-Achim Schönbach had a different take on things, before he promptly apologized and “voluntarily” submitted his resignation. He said, what Putin wants “is to be respected.” What is driving Putin's current action at the Russian border with Ukraine? And is there a threat more serious to global peace and stability than Russia, that the world may do better to focus more of its attention on? #Putin #Russia #US

Democrat Senator Kyrsten #Sinema is being censured by her Party for voting with Republicans against a bill aimed at easing the passage of Biden's voting reforms. The Democrat's attempt to “nuke the filibuster” that is blocking Biden's reforms went down in flames on January 19th. What's the glaring inconsistency in Biden's claim that midterm results will be “illegitimate” without these voting reforms, which include scrapping the requirement for voter photo ID across America? The latest in a string of high-profile figures to be raided by the FBI also happens to be someone with a ‘politically sensitive' message. Is there substance to concerns that the FBI is being politically weaponized? #FBI #FBIRaids ⭕ Watch last FBI video on #EpochTV

What happened to Australia?–The world continues to ask in astonishment. With the dust not yet having settled from the shock deportation of tennis world number one, Novak Djokovic–the Australian Foreign Minister has revealed the dumbfounding, underlying reason why he cancelled the tennis star's visa. Ontario is among the latest of world cities to drastically revise its Covid data. It follows a number of American states that have done the same. Why is the world's messaging on Covid-19 suddenly changing? In China, the Chinese Communist Party's ‘zero-Covid' policy is in full swing to supposedly pave the way for a smooth Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Meanwhile, the impact of its draconian ‘safety' measures are resounding more and more obviously around the world.

Dr. Andrew Anzur Clement, based in Slovenia, writes alternate-history novels set in the hot seat of current Eastern-Europe tensions. The unspoken, game-of-chess dynamics of “trip wires” and “spheres of influence” underlying current Russia–NATO, U.S. relations–are the plot-instruments of his books. What could we really expect from NATO and U.S. if Russia does invade Ukraine? And how much control does Russia continue to exert over certain countries of the former Soviet Union. What's behind Kazakhstan's call on Russia to quell the ‘violent protests' that had erupted there? And what does this tell us about who's really driving the domestic and foreign politics of this former Soviet Bloc country? #Russia #Ukraine #Kazakhstan

The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Rochelle Walensky, recently caused a stir when she announced 75 percent of Covid deaths were of people with at least four other comorbidities. Whatsmore, she used this as a basis for promoting the vaccines. What did she actually mean by this statement, and why are officials only now coming out with data distinguishing hospitalizations/deaths BECAUSE of Covid-19 from those of people who ‘incidentally' have Covid-19? The global pandemic has certainly rattled the world's economies, but it's not the only factor that could fuel a roller-coaster economic ride for 2022. The Chinese Communist Party, Bitcoin and ‘going green' also have their roles to play. #RochelleWalensky

“[Xi Jinping] knows that if he were to fail, he wouldn't get a nice house in the Chinese capital. He would be jailed; he'd lose assets; his family would be disadvantaged. He could even lose his life. So, the stakes are much higher for Xi Jinping.” 2022 is the ‘make-or-break' year for General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Xi Jinping. This is the year he will make his bid for a third term as the autocratic leader of China. This is also the year in which the fiercest sabotage attempts are likely to be made against him, from within the Party. Author and U.S.-China foreign policy analyst, Gordon Chang joins me in this episode of The Wide Angle. He reveals how the ‘pressure cooker' that CCP now represents could easily erupt in ways that extend well beyond China's shores.

Some 700 years ago, human civilization was facing another pandemic: The Black Death (or Black Plague) killed somewhere between 75 and 200 million people in Eurasia and North Africa. But there was a secondary disaster to the plague which also had a massive death toll, and which modern society would do well to take heed of. Drastic policies, such as vaccine mandates have been supported by data, like the hospitalization rates of “Covid patients.” But, are all the people who are designated “Covid patients” really hospitalized because of Covid, or is it often due to other underlying illnesses? What is the other disease epidemic affecting American adolescents that is potentially more dangerous than Covid-19?

“Then the police came on campus and they had all the teachers come in and fill out a religious declaration form. They wanted to know what our religion was, and they were warning us again, not to celebrate…” After completing his PhD at Shanghai University, Dr. Anthony Graceffo found the communist impositions on his life untenable to the point that he had to leave China. In this episode he reflects on his own experiences of ‘faith crackdowns,' in the context of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ban on Christmas 2021. How does this and the recent ‘turning back' of an American Delta flight that was intended to land in Shanghai fit into the CCP's so-called “Zero-Covid” policy? And what possible underlying motives are at play with Zero-Covid? Dr. Graceffo is a China economist, a contributor to “The Epoch Times,” and author of “Beyond the Belt and Road: China's Global Expansion,” and “The Wrestler's Dissertation.” #Christmas #AnthonyGraceffo #CCP

“When we see the West imposing these sorts of authoritarian lockdowns, and we see them aiming to impose bio-surveillance states, this must change our perception of the world.” In this episode of “The Wide Angle,” Lee Smith poses the question: Where does ‘democracy-based' foreign policy stand in a time of dwindling democracy under Covid-19 restrictions and mandates? Lee Smith is a veteran investigative journalist who writes for both “The Epoch Times” and “The Tablet.” Historically, the alliances and partnerships between Western countries have been largely based on shared democracy. So, what happens when Western “democracies” veer drastically away from democratic principles? And when it comes to confronting the major tyrants of our times, like the Chinese Communist Party, how do the actions of “Democratic” governments really measure up? #LeeSmith #Democratic #Mask

Since his statement rejecting the ‘Build Back Better' bill, accusations against Sen. Manchin (D-W.Va) have ranged from his being called "untrustworthy" to his being accused of stopping democracy. But, has he really left democracy “hanging by a thread,” as one Washington Post columnist suggests? In this episode, I'm joined by Tom Del Beccaro to explore exactly where BBB stands in relation to democracy. Tom is a contributor to “The Epoch Times” and the author of “The Divided Era.” History has left us with some compelling examples of where excessive government spending can lead. #JoeManchin #$2Trillion #BuildBackBetter

“That's where you will learn your lessons, you will learn your morality, and you will learn who your enemies are, as well as who your friends are”—from the State. In this episode, Lee Smith describes the push he sees to replace the parental authority with that of the State. In recent news, a California woman alleges staff indoctrinated her then 12-year-old daughter in an LGBTQ club that was disguised as an “equality club.” Meanwhile, New York has a bill in the works that would give the state authority over parents to vaccinate their children. S30-41 would apply to children 14 years and older. These developments are on opposite sides of the country; but perhaps not unrelated. What might they reveal about shifting roles and powers of the state in our children's lives. Lee Smith is a veteran investigative journalist who writes for both “The Epoch Times” and “The Tablet.” #morality #LeeSmith #vaccinate

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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is quietly altering its glowing projections of China's economy into 2022 and beyond to a more realistic appraisal. Beijing authorities recently held a closed-door meeting of the Central Economic Work Conference, during which Xi Jinping revealed that China's economy is in dire straits. What he neglected to mention is that the CCP is all but wholly responsible for the country's economic distress. In this episode I look at two compelling examples of this—one that has direct bearing on Americans and another with consequences more localized to China. Just how does a ride-sharing app come to present a ‘national security concern' to the CCP? And what was its role in triggering student protests on the 2021 anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre? #CCP #XiJinping #Tiananmen

“Imagine that phrase, a woman in a camp in Australia is being detained. That in itself, tells you where you are,” says investigative journalist Lee Smith, commenting on the alleged detention of a woman in Darwin, Australia in a ‘quarantine' facility, without a positive Covid-19 result. In this Episode, I'm joined by Lee (‘The Epoch Times,' ‘The Tablet'), to look at why Covid-19 policy and media have us feeling often hopeless, divided, and socially isolated. In Darwin, Hayley Hodgson's license plate was tracked via video surveillance after visiting a friend, diagnosed with Covid-19. She was subsequently detained for two weeks in ‘quarantine' camp. At this point, you can't help but question whether certain ‘safety' measures are really about public health. Alongside what, government, media, and corporations are doing, how have we added to our social isolation, and how do we reverse the trend?

Recently, the world's focus has been directed heavily towards the U.S. hosted ‘Summit for Democracy'. However, the phone call between President Biden and Russian President, Vladimir Putin on the eve of the Summit, warrants as much, if not more attention. Russia presently has at least 70,000 troops stationed at its border with Ukraine, with the number steadily growing. How much sway do the U.S. and NATO really have to deter a Russian invasion of Ukraine? I look at three key motives for ‘taking Ukraine' that may just compel Putin to go to war. But, is that really what he has in mind? I look at the history, the economic drivers, and the political machinations which may well determine what happens next. #Russia #Ukraine #Putin

At the time of publishing, the U.K. and Canada are the latest countries to join the diplomatic Boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics. This comes just days after the White House's corresponding announcement. The U.S. cited persecution of Uyghur in Xinjiang as the primary reason for its action. But, are there other motives underlying its stand against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at this time? And why is there no mention of Peng Shuai accompanying this boycott being made in the name of human rights? What is the relationship between the U.S. boycott of the Winter Olympics and Russia's preparations to invade Ukraine? The CCP has recently leveled heavy criticism against Western democracy. Alongside this, it has announced its own brand of ‘democracy,' i.e., “Whole Process Democracy.” How does the latter stand up to a basic democracy litmus test? #WinterOlympics #PengShuai #CCP

How high does the Russia-collusion hoax rate on the scale of U.S. political scandals? Veteran journalist and author, Lee Smith, would say it tops them all. With the Watergate scandal, the American press uncovered corruption and crimes at the highest levels of government, leading to President Richard M Nixon's resignation. Fifty years on, we find the press fulfilling a much-altered purpose. Lee, author of ‘The Permanent Coup' and ‘The Plot Against the President,' joins me to explain why this event represents the darkest chapter in American politics, and the media's complicity in this. What patterns do we see emerging in U.S. media that resemble Chinese Communist Party propaganda? #CCP #LeeSmith #Dossier

Citizen journalist, Zhang Zhan has been jailed since May 2020 for filming and reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic from Wuhan. Chinese human-rights lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, who has long defended activists and the civil rights of religious minorities, has been ‘disappeared' since 2017. What ‘point of leverage' could the world use to compel the Chinese Communist Party (or CCP) to free or ‘undisappear' such people? What might compel it to let international tennis star, Peng Shuai, speak freely after her accusations of exploitation against a retired CCP official? Pulling off a successful Winter Olympics is a crucial component in the enduring prominence of the CCP and in Xi Jinping's aspirations for re-election next year. However, increasing global scrutiny of its exploitation of women and broader human rights violations could be a ‘spanner-in-the-works' of the Party's Beijing 2022 ambitions. What are the signs of a faltering Chinese economy that could also disrupt the success of this rapidly approaching global event? #CCP #ZhangZhan #WinterOlympics

"There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen" —Vladimir Ilyich Lenin In certain aspects, China's early “handling” of the Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak–in particular, its draconian lockdowns–set the tone for the erosion of civil liberties continuing across the world in the name of “pandemic response.” In this episode, I'm joined by veteran journalist and ‘The Epoch Times' contributor, Lee Smith. We look at the mechanisms by which Western “democracies” have been steered towards negating the rights of citizens, and the Chinese Communist Party's hand in this. “If you treat your populations like an occupied people, they will come to treat you like an occupying power.” What consequences await those governments and “leaders” who continue to override the rights of the people they're intended to serve?

Why has the WHO designated the new, heavily-mutated, Coronavirus variant, Omicron, a “variant of concern?” How is it that the next-in-line letters of the Greek alphabet, Nu and Xi, were skipped in the naming of this strain? Observing the different responses around the world to Omicron, triggers recollection of the ‘early days' of Coronavirus. Has the world learnt from those early mistakes (and the misplaced trust) that potentially cost millions of lives? This new, possibly more infectious strain, arrives at a time of already heavy global tension. The questions of whether Peng Shuai is really safe and how likely (and imminent) a CCP-invasion of Taiwan is remain as burning as ever. #WHO #Omicron #

“Where is Peng Shuai?” Pressure upon the Chinese Communist Party to present legitimate proof that Peng Shuai is safe and free to speak continues to mount. By and large, the seemingly-choreographed photos and videos that the Party has released have failed to quell international concern. If anything, they've added to suspicions that Peng is under house arrest and surveillance by the CCP. Alongside championing the #WhereIsPengShuai cause; NBA star, Enes Kanter, is brazenly adding attention to other CCP violations. The most horrendous of these has persisted for decades. Government's around the world remain complicit in its coverup. But as the recent history of the CCP reveals, no crime can remain hidden forever. #PengShuai #CCP #EnesKanter

Elliot Ackerman has served five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as a U.S. Marine Corps officer and CIA officer. Over the past 10 days he and his cohorts have ‘unofficially' evacuated around 200 people from Kabul airport. “We gave these people our word, that if they worked with us, we would stand shoulder to shoulder with them.” “Any decent human being would have a hard time turning their back on these pleas for help.” Ackerman describes he and his operatives' timely evacuation of 29 Afghans yesterday. They were able to get the group into the airport just 20 minutes before the Islamic State suicide bomb went off. With the Aug 31 deadline for the U.S. to be withdrawn from Afghanistan looming, Ackerman gives his battle-honed perspective on the best course to take, both diplomatically and on the ground, going forward. #ElliotAckerman #Afghanistan #Kabul