American Thought Leaders - The Epoch Times

Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Georgia) argues the U.S. should formally recognize Taiwan as an independent country, instead of continuing its policy of strategic ambiguity. I asked him why: "Same reason that Trump went out on a limb and recognized Israel and Jerusalem as the capital and did the things that he needed to do to shore up somebody who's a friend, somebody who's an ally. Taiwan is strategically important to us, not just because they produce all those great chips at TSMC, but because of that strategic location, that geographic location, those straits, where 70% of the world's traded wealth goes through every year, where 70% of the world's population is centered around that geographical area—and what it means to us to make sure that that country remains independent. Why not pick a winner and a loser? Why not stand up to them? This is why I believe in a strong military and deterrence." …I want to make sure that the quad is strong, that we have Japan, India, Australia, New Zealand, all on the same team, not to mention South Korea. I want to make sure that China has a bunch of people in that area that make sure that they feel like if I do something out of line…then I'm going to be punished for it.” 🔴 PREMIERE 9PM ET on @EpochTV https://rumble.com/v6qucuw-rep.-rich-mccormick-u.s.-should-formally-recognize-taiwan-as-an-independent.html

Three US army soldiers were recently indicted for stealing sensitive information for the CCP. “It’s not just those service members that should be prosecuted, but China should also be punished for what they’ve done,” says Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Georgia), a decorated veteran who served over 20 years in the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy. As a lawmaker, he has co-sponsored legislation to challenge the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) rampant economic espionage and tech influence campaigns, and a resolution supporting formal recognition of Taiwan. 🔴 PREMIERE 3/18, 9PM ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0318RichMcCormick

This is what the Argentina model tells us about DOGE cuts: When Javier Milei took office, Argentina's economy was in free fall with inflation reaching 211%. Milei slashed federal government spending by 30%, axed 10 of Argentina's 18 government ministries, fired 34,000 public employees, and cut hundreds of regulations. Although Argentina did suffer a GDP reduction of 3.5% in the first year, the private sector grew quickly to fill the gap created by mass government cuts. Now, Argentina's economy is turning around, with projections of economic growth at 6% or even higher. 🔴 WATCH FULL on @AmThoughtLeader: https://ept.ms/S0313PeterStOnge

"The striking thing about really every one of [America’s] trade partners is that they need us a heck of a lot more than we need them. So to give a flavor, something like one to 2% of the American economy is producing for export to Canada or to Mexico. On the other hand, 20% of the Canadian economy is producing for export to the US. 1/3 of the Mexican economy is producing for export to the US. That means that we have massive leverage over these countries. … What Trump is interested in doing is getting them to lower those barriers. And what he's saying is, if you get rid of your barriers, we'll get rid of our barriers." In this episode, economist Peter St Onge breaks down Trump’s economic strategy, from reciprocal tariffs to DOGE cuts to a massive deregulatory effort. Will he succeed in turning America’s economy around and fixing the deficit? 🔴 PREMIERE 9PM ET on @EpochTV https://rumble.com/v6qoyei-trumps-reciprocal-tariffs-will-they-work-peter-st-onge.html

The Code of Federal Regulations is now over 190,000 pages. One study says that each federal regulator effectively “costs the US economy the equivalent of 138 private sector jobs per year,” with each regulator equating to a $11 million annual loss for the US economy. “One of the great myths of government is that regulations exist because there's some public need.” In reality, the vast majority are bought, argues economist Peter St Onge. “They’re bought by lobbyists, and this has been true since the beginning of regulation.” 🔴 PREMIERE 9PM ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0313PeterStOnge

Alina Habba on the Tate brothers: "The accusations against the Tate brothers are stomach-churning… That is for the court to handle… What I said was… I am always passionate about people that are vocal… that is very separate…than accusations of human trafficking." "There is no part of me that condones that behavior." 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/S0313AlinaHabba

Alina Habba on the long-awaited Epstein files: "We’re committed to transparency… but you have to protect [victims]… Just because you’re in a Rolodex doesn’t mean you went to Epstein’s Island. …Kash and Pam are serious about creating a pattern… where the American people can trust the justice system is being responsible." 🔴 WATCH on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0313AlinaHabba

Counselor to the President Alina Habba tells us new executive orders are in the works to combat human trafficking. She says she’s working with the different agencies involved to identify and rescue trafficking victims and prosecute the perpetrators. “I am drafting a couple executive orders…that I think will be important to properly get this moving for those kids,” she says. 🔴 PREMIERE 9PM ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0313AlinaHabba

“In the first six to eight months of our existence online as a magazine, some 40 people who were connected to us on the ground were arrested in China. … Half of them simply disappeared.” There are few people that have played a more important role in broadly supporting the rights of religious believers in China than Marco Respinti, director-in-charge of the Bitter Winter magazine. His magazine has been extensively exposing persecution of religious believers in China for many years. For that, their sources have paid a heavy price. 🔴 WATCH FULL on @AmThoughtLeader: https://ept.ms/S0311MarcoRespinti

The Chinese Communist Party has two primary approaches to stamping out religion in China, says Marco Respinti. There's the "red market" and the "black market." The red market: The Chinese Communist Party systematically tries to infiltrate these religions and to control them from the inside. This began in the 1950s in China with the establishment of so-called “patriotic” Buddhist, Catholic, Protestant, Muslim and Taoist associations. The black market: The CCP outlaws a religious group, smears them as a “cult,” and arrests and tortures believers. Because these faiths are not well-known overseas, they are not well-defended abroad, and the Chinese regime has almost a free hand in repressing them, Respinti says. He’s the director-in-charge of Bitter Winter, a magazine exposing religious persecution in China. https://rumble.com/v6qhtiu-chinas-red-and-black-markets-for-religion-marco-respinti.html

The Chinese Communist Party has two primary approaches to stamping out religion in China, says Marco Respinti. There's the "red market" and the "black market." The red market: The Chinese Communist Party systematically tries to infiltrate these religions and to control them from the inside. This began in the 1950s in China with the establishment of so-called “patriotic” Buddhist, Catholic, Protestant, Muslim and Taoist associations. The black market: The CCP outlaws a religious group, smears them as a “cult,” and arrests and tortures believers. Because these faiths are not well-known overseas, they are not well-defended abroad, and the Chinese regime has almost a free hand in repressing them, Respinti says. He’s the director-in-charge of Bitter Winter, a magazine exposing religious persecution in China. https://rumble.com/v6qhtiu-chinas-red-and-black-markets-for-religion-marco-respinti.html

There are few people that have played a more important role in broadly supporting the rights of religious believers in China than Marco Respinti, director-in-charge of the Bitter Winter Magazine on religious freedom in China. In the first few months of their magazine, about 40 people connected with the magazine in China were arrested. “Half of them simply disappeared,” Respinti says, never to be heard from again. We had the pleasure of sitting down with Respinti for a deep dive while he was in town for the International Religious Freedom summit last month. 🔴 PREMIERE 9PM ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0311MarcoRespinti

“Every year, for the last decade or so, for every five tradesmen who retire, two replace them. Five leave, two come in. You don’t have to be a math major to look at that and go, the arithmetic is not on our side.” We have to change the negative stereotypes around skilled trades and blue collar jobs that deter young people from pursuing them, says “Dirty Jobs” host Mike Rowe. Or else, even if Trump does manage to bring manufacturing back to America, he’s going to run into another problem: not enough skilled labor to fill those jobs, Rowe says. 🔴 WATCH FULL on @AmThoughtLeader:https://ept.ms/S0308MikeRowe

If Trump does manage to bring manufacturing back to America, he’s going to run into another problem, says “Dirty Jobs” host Mike Rowe: a lack of skilled labor in those trades. "I just think, on a broad level, we have to understand what we did to incite this. We took shop class out of high school. …And what we did when we took it out was not just shortchange that cohort of kids who might have seen something in the vocational world that made sense to their brain. What we did was we removed those jobs from sight for everybody…If you don't create some kind of enthusiasm for the very jobs you're determined to create, then you're going to wind up in a pretty nasty feedback loop." - Mike Rowe 🔴 PREMIERE 9PM ET on American Thought Leaders: https://rumble.com/v6qc1ps-mike-rowe-bringing-manufacturing-back-to-america-faces-another-hurdlea-shor.html

Trump has promised to bring back American manufacturing. But what if there aren’t enough Americans who want to work those jobs? 7.2 able-bodied men in this country are neither working nor looking for a job, says Mike Rowe, the Emmy Award-winning host of “Dirty Jobs.” And that’s a big problem. “If we don't have a workforce who is disabused of the stigmas and the stereotypes and the myths and the misperceptions that have kept millions of kids from giving these jobs an honest look…you're going to wind up in a pretty nasty feedback loop,” he says. 🔴 PREMIERE 9PM ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0308MikeRowe

"The Chinese give some hints now and then about how much wealth has been moved out of the country, and it is in the many trillions of dollars…It's the top people in the Chinese Communist Party who have really done well for themselves. And keep in mind that in China, by their own admission, there's about 600 million people who live on $5 a day, and there's a lot of people who live on a lot less of that. So, how are they going to feel if the evidence of this massive theft by their top leadership is exposed?” - Grant Newsham In 2022, the US passed a law requiring the intelligence community to produce an unclassified report on the wealth and corruption of the CCP’s leadership. The report is long overdue & should be released, says retired U.S. marine colonel Grant Newsham. This information is the "kryptonite" of the CCP, he argues. 🔴 WATCH FULL on @AmThoughtLeader: https://ept.ms/S0306GrantNewsham

"[China] sees this very much as a 'zero-sum game,' as a word some might use. And whatever China can get, it will take. And it will not make concessions because it does very much view this as a fight to the finish. And Xi has said this. If you actually read the translations of his speeches, both spoken and written, he's clearly saying that the Chinese system cannot survive if the American system survives. One of them's got to go. And he has referred to the United States, the US system, particularly these ideas of freedom and human rights, and the things we hold dear - he refers to these as 'the enemy,' as something that must be destroyed. …Everything they do is designed to take down the United States, to destroy the free countries, and to weaken them, and you just cannot deal with a regime like that. And this is a unique regime that doesn't exist anywhere else on Earth." - Grant Newsham 🔴 PREMIERE 9PM ET on @EpochTV https://rumble.com/v6q8nda-trumps-transactional-diplomacy-is-a-good-thing-col.-grant-newsham-clip.html

"You look at these graphics [of Latin America] compared to 20 years ago. You see it's all blue because this is where America was the main trading partner. Now, it's almost all red. Once again, the Chinese look at this not as a fair fight, but as setting [America] up for failure. …There's a Chinese expression that translates as 'You die, I live.' And, in some respects, it is peasant thinking. But it does reflect very much the Chinese Communist Party's view of things." -Grant Newsham 🔴 PREMIERE 9PM ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0306GrantNewsham

Should the South China Sea be renamed? "In some ways, we're doing their own propaganda for them," says Piero Tozzi, staff director of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. "It's not even called the South China Sea in Chinese. 'Nan Hai 南海' - it's the ‘South Sea.’ Yet we oftentimes adopt this terminology that favors them." 🔴 WATCH FULL on @AmThoughtLeader: https://ept.ms/S0225PieroTozzi

"This 12-year-old girl…was having multiple seizures a day. She couldn't lift her head up for a very long time. She couldn't see correctly. They left her for dead. The drug companies did and the government did. And her mom did everything she could to try to heal her kid. And the only people that would help were people like you and people like me that were willing to just sit down and listen to her. And four years later, this kid is still in a wheelchair, and she's still fighting like hell to get her body back and to recover some functioning of life. She's working in physical therapy [for] hours every single day right now, just trying to get her feet to move, her toes to move, her knees to move." - Brianne Dressen shares Maddie de Garay’s story. She was injured during the Pfizer vaccine trials. 🔴 WATCH FULL on @AmThoughtLeader:https://ept.ms/S0301BrianneDressen