American Thought Leaders - The Epoch Times

Some organ donors in America are not truly brain dead when the organ procurement process begins, says Dr. Joseph Varon, co-founder of the Independent Medical Alliance. “I have seen multiple occasions where a person supposedly was brain dead… So we would get the lungs out. In order to do that, I would do a procedure called bronchoscopy, where you put in a scope into the lungs, and if you are dead, you don't cough, you don't move. …There was more than one instance where… the patient starts either moving or coughing. And you look at the nursing staff and you say, ‘Hey, this person is not dead.’” https://rumble.com/v70975u-where-transplant-medicine-in-america-has-gone-awry-dr.-joseph-varon.html

“I can tell you the times when I used to be a fellow and we had somebody that was critically ill. Many people—instead of thinking ‘how are we going to try to save this person?’—the first thing you are told is: start calling the transplant team ahead of time.” - Dr. Joseph Varon, co-founder of the Independent Medical Alliance 🔴 PREMIERE 9PM ET on @EpochTV: https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/the-erosion-of-ethics-in-modern-transplant-medicine-dr-joseph-varon-5927721?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=SocialM&utm_content=AmericanThoughtLeaders&utm_term=JosephVaron

"What was the cost of free trade? America lost its human capital. And if you want to understand the value of human capital, [see how] Germany and Japan [were] devastated post World War Two - very industrial societies. The Marshall Plan for Germany built their economy up again because they had the human capital, the knowledge to rebuild the manufacturing industry there. If they had a bunch of lawyers and accountants and no manufacturers, they probably wouldn't be a top five world economy after World War Two. The cultural perception of the manufacturing industry has to be changed by government marketing. The government marketed for COVID and monkeypox awareness. I think every high schooler in America should read my book. I wrote it for them. I wrote it to let them know there's another pathway. There's another choice on the menu of life, besides go to college, get 60k in debt, don't start earning money for five years after high school, go get a low paid internship.” - John Gardner, author of “Manufacture Local” https://rumble.com/v708xu0-can-america-become-a-manufacturing-superpower-again-john-gardner.html

"External Revenue Service was what our founding fathers put in place. The Internal Revenue Service, which targets our citizens, is the system we live in now. And I ask the audience and the economists and academics: what is a more free system for American citizens? What is more free - that you could be put in jail for not categorizing your expenditure deduction right, paying 30-r0% of your wages to the federal government, or a system that requires a toll to enter the greatest consumer market in the world? America. Two-thirds of our GDP is consumer spending. People aren't lining up to get into the Suriname market or Panama. They're lining up to get in America because we can spend money on high end goods. And so, in medieval times, the city of London would charge a bridge toll to come in and set up your stall and sell your wares.” - John Gardner, author of “Manufacture Local” 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/4h9DMYL

"America has a lot of questions to ask itself about the morality...of chasing sweatshop labor in other nations. We fought a civil war to end slavery here in America, and yet, it seems our moral boundaries stop at our borders in the name of free trade." - John Gardner, author of “Manufacture Local” 🔴 PREMIERE 9PM ET on @EpochTV: https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/how-tariffs-once-paid-americas-bills-and-why-they-could-again-john-gardner-5928142?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=SocialM&utm_content=AmericanThoughtLeaders&utm_term=JohnGardner

“He found 14 groups throughout the world who had perfect teeth, no cavities, no infection, and very broad faces…And along with this, they seem to be perfectly healthy—no degenerative disease. …What were these people eating? … These diets were very high in minerals, and particularly high in what we call the fat soluble vitamins: A, D, and K. And where do we get these fat soluble vitamins? We get them from animal fats. We get them from organ meats. We get them from shellfish and certain seafoods.” Sally Fallon Morell shares the findings of dentist and nutrition pioneer Weston A Price. For decades, she has led a grassroots movement to get healthy, nutritious food into every home. 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/4n1JKfw

Caught in a flood while pregnant, Mollie Engelhart had a realization. While the men worked to save animals, tractors, and propane tanks, she stepped back to protect her baby, make food, and create a safe space for her family and crew. She saw clearly: in a moment of crisis, strength and care both matter. “We talk about toxic masculinity, but rarely toxic femininity. We need balance—men and women as reflections of each other, different but perfectly yoked. Not competing, but complementing.” Farming, family, and emergency taught Mollie a lesson our culture often forgets: we thrive when men and women stand in their strengths, together. Mollie Engelhart is a regenerative farmer and author of the new book “Debunked by Nature.” 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/3KGYCSX

Much of what we’ve conventionally been told about fats and oils is wrong, says Sally Fallon Morell. Here’s how seed oils took over as the oil of choice: "Animal fats are expensive, and the food industry needs cheap oil. And this started in the 1890s when they developed the stainless steel press, which allowed them to get oil out of seeds that you couldn't do before. So, the first one was cotton seed oil, and then they could get oil out of corn, which had never been done before, and then canola, which is rapeseed and soybeans. So, they started using these instead of the animal fats, and they had a big campaign to make you think that these seed oils were a healthy alternative to animal fats ...They're not. The problem with the oils is that they're fragile. And any liquid oil is fragile and it oxidizes easily, and it breaks down in the body into simple molecules called aldehydes. Not to get too technical, but there is an aldehyde that you know about. It's called formaldehyde. And I think it's very interesting that the undertakers are saying they don't need as much formaldehyde anymore to cure or preserve these bodies. It's already there. And this is coming from the seed oils. And they have been implicated. They're carcinogenic. They know that. They have been implicated in heart disease and many other conditions, and infertility is another thing that they lead to." https://rumble.com/v703ifs-what-to-know-about-seed-oils-and-animal-fats-sally-fallon-morell.html

"What we've got today is too much money riding on seed oils. They can't produce addictive, empty, junk, processed food without the seed oils," says Sally Fallon Morell. For decades, she has led a grassroots movement to get healthy, nutritious food into every home. She’s the President of The Weston A. Price Foundation and author of “Nourishing Traditions.” She argues that the keys to a healthy, nutritious diet are saturated fats, raw milk, and traditional salt. 🔴 PREMIERE 9PM ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/4n1JKfw

The U.S. federal government owns half a billion acres of land. But is it being put to good use? Secretary Doug Burgum who oversees these vast federal lands told me: “If interior was a standalone company, it would have the largest balance sheet in the world … It would also have the worst returns in the world because we've restricted access to it.” He explains: “The Biden administration put the clamps on timber production, on grazing, on mineral production, on these public lands…Just the Gulf of America has 28 trillion in oil and gas offshore resources.” https://rumble.com/v702s1i-gulf-of-america-has-28-trillion-in-oil-and-gas-offshore-resources-sec.-burg.html

China controls much of the global mining and refining of the critical rare earths that are crucial for our technology and national security. How did this happen? “China has been at this over a period of decades. They're not only in many cases controlling the mining around the world with their investments as part of their Belt and Road [initiative], but they bring all those materials back to China and do the processing there, and then sell them to the world,” Secretary Doug Burgum told me. https://rumble.com/v701rl2-how-did-china-end-up-controlling-the-most-important-rare-earths.html

Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. teens have pre-diabetes, according to 2023 CDC data—a sharp rise from past estimates of 1 in 5 kids. Meanwhile, in rural parts of the world where people still grow their own food, diabetes rates are much lower. Mollie Engelhart, a regenerative farmer at Sovereignty Ranch, believes the cause is largely in our food. “My husband came from a village that didn't have a road to the outside world until 1991 and there was no diabetes and there was no cancer. …Everybody grew their own corn, and they ate corn, lard, fish…chicken eggs from a few chickens out in the yard,” says Mollie. To her, food is medicine. Studies show that our gut microbiome plays a key role in preventing diabetes and cancer, she says, yet so many calories in our modern diet come from ultra-processed foods. 👉 Don’t miss the full episode! https://rumble.com/v701j6k-nearly-1-in-3-u.s.-teens-have-pre-diabetes.-food-may-be-a-key-factor..html

Is environmentalism really about leaving nature alone? “To be an environmentalist is not to avoid nature, but to interact with her; not to try to out science her, but to remember her wisdom,” says Mollie Engelhart. Once a celebrated California vegan chef and farmer, Mollie used to be a fervent believer of driving hybrid cars and drinking oat milk lattes. Now she believes that approach isn’t really helping to save the planet after all. At her new Texas ranch & restaurant, guests see cows, chickens, and egg-collecting. Her hope? To spark a ripple effect that reminds us all: “we belong to the soil, that we belong to this earth.” 🔴 PREMIERE 8PM ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/3KGYCSX

“China has got a stranglehold on all of these essential minerals that are needed for our technology, for our defense, for automotive—essentially everything we need for energy security and national security and economic security,” says U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum. In this episode, we dive into what the Trump administration is doing to end America’s rare earth minerals dependency on China and dramatically increase America’s energy production. 🔴 PREMIERE 9PM ET on @EpochTV: https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/secretary-doug-burgum-inside-our-strategy-to-end-chinas-stranglehold-on-critical-minerals-5926161?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=SocialM&utm_content=AmericanThoughtLeaders&utm_term=DougBurgum

Many pediatricians refuse to treat kids who haven’t received certain vaccines, says Florida surgeon general Joseph Ladapo. He’s determined to end such denial of medical care in Florida: “It's a really repulsive policy stance…It is very clearly coercive to punish families by kicking them out of your practice if they do not agree to taking a medication.” “You cannot provide ethical, appropriate, proper medical care in the setting of coercion.” 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/4nAKhG8

Here’s how Joel Salatin gets around the regulatory chokehold that makes innovating on a small farm in America a total nightmare: Joel wanted to build student housing for his highly popular farm apprentice program, but he couldn’t because his land was zoned agricultural. So what was allowed under Augusta County law? “A farm building, so a barn, shed…” “…a tree house… if you got a big enough tree…” “...a house boat…if it floats…” “...a chassis…so like an RV…” “and…a hunt camp.” “The law doesn’t say what you have to hunt.” “So we have the Polyface Hunt Camp. … We’re hunting for the truth.” 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/46vUTQJ

🚨Florida surgeon general Joseph Ladapo shares why he and Gov. Ron DeSantis are in the process of getting rid of all state vaccine requirements—including those for school entry. “It's just not appropriate for someone else to be able to dictate or force you to put something into your body. …We come to this planet with our souls and our bodies, and those are the two things that we should have as much control over as possible,” he says. https://rumble.com/v6zv1bo-why-floridas-surgeon-general-opposes-all-vaccine-mandates.html

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and Governor Ron DeSantis are working towards eliminating all vaccine mandates in Florida, including for school entry. “It's just not appropriate for someone else to be able to dictate or force you to put something into your body," he says. Will Florida’s legislature cooperate? Will other states follow suit? 🔴 PREMIERE 5pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/4nAKhG8

What’s astonishing about China's murder-for-organs industry is not just the brutality. It's the fact that hospitals and physicians have publicly admitted to it—often without realizing. Hospital websites in China used to list wait times as short as 2 weeks for a vital organ. Doctors on recorded calls have admitted to sourcing organs from Falun Gong practitioners. After conducting a forensic review of thousands of Chinese research papers, Matthew Robertson uncovered 71 cases where violations of the dead donor rule were written into the paper itself. How could this be so normalized? Fundamentally, in communist China, a "doctor" doesn’t mean the same thing as it does here. "The medical profession does not have actual professional autonomy. It's an arm of the state. And that's the key," Robertson says. 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/46AOIuD

.@JoelSalatin can’t legally build worker or student housing on his farm—it’s zoned agricultural. So how do you house apprentices without breaking regs? “In Augusta County, you can build a farm building,” he says. Or get creative: “…a tree house… if you got a big enough tree…” “...a house boat…if it floats…” “...a chassis…so like an RV…” The best part? You can build a hunt camp. “The law doesn't say what you have to hunt… so we're hunting for the truth.” And there’s a certain sort of comedy to all of it. 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/46vUTQJ