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“Our culture is in desperate need of healing and restoration…We lost a legend, but I believe many more voices will begin to speak up in the aftermath of this.” In this episode, Jan and pastor Jackson Lahmeyer reflect on the assassination of Charlie Kirk and how America should move forward. 🔴 PREMIERE 9pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/47SIJ5t

Florida AG James Uthmeier says his team is investigating a lot of companies for potentially sharing sensitive data with Beijing. “What we've come to realize is that the CCP—or an entity that's clearly tied to the CCP or the Chinese military—is obtaining the data of Americans through many companies out there that they either own or there's a parent company that is sharing that data. …The most recent investigation we launched was into a company, Lorex. They make in-home or in-business cameras, everything from baby cams to nanny cams, doorbell cameras. They capture the imagery of everything people are doing at home, and consumers do not know about it. …If we are showing [the CCP] the playbook for how we think, how we function, how we operate, then our next generation is not going to be prepared to combat our enemy,” Uthmeier says. 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/46u36Un

This is why the U.S. census is so important—and also so controversial, argues Florida AG James Uthmeier. “A lot of people just view the census as a number crunching exercise the government does every ten years to count how many people are here, but it truly is the central function of deciding electoral power in our country. …That is how the electoral votes get awarded for presidential elections. The electoral votes decide how many members of Congress come from each state…how federal funding gets allocated and distributed.” “We believe, ultimately, states like California, Illinois, New York, Florida, probably disproportionately have some additional seats based on illegal aliens in the state.” https://rumble.com/v6z5eka-why-the-u.s.-census-is-so-importantand-so-controversial-florida-ag-james-ut.html

“China is our greatest adversary, and if we are showing them the playbook for how we think, how we function, how we operate, then our next generation is not going to be prepared to combat our enemy.” Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier says his office is investigating several companies that may be sharing data with Beijing. 🔴 PREMIERE 9PM ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/46u36Un

Xi Jinping and Putin were recently caught on a hot mic talking about using organ transplants to increase longevity—and even achieve immortality. Here's the dark truth: China’s organ “supply” comes from prisoners of conscience—especially Falun Gong practitioners—killed on demand for their organs. And now echoes of these ethical horrors are starting to spread—perhaps even here to America. A few weeks ago, RFK Jr. noted that American hospitals were violating the dead donor rule in organ transplants. Is this the price of decades of medical collaboration with China? As Armstrong Williams argued in a powerful op-ed, CCP practices are bleeding into our own system. Are we letting Beijing corrupt the integrity of medicine globally? 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/3K3zg1j

"It was kind of that moment where you're reporting on a murderer and you know a crime has been taking place, and then you get a video clip of the murderer bragging about how they did it and how they're happy they did it." Epoch Times senior investigative reporter Joshua Philipp and I discuss the stunning Xi Jinping–Putin hot mic moment, where they casually discuss achieving immortality through organ transplants. Given what we know about the CCP’s forced organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners, the implications are nothing short of chilling. Experts say an estimated 60,000 to 100,000 prisoners of conscience are killed in China every year for their organs. It’s a billion dollar industry. https://rumble.com/v6z1loo-xi-and-putins-hot-mic-moment-on-immortality-and-why-it-matters-joshua-phili.html

In a moment that stunned the world, Xi Jinping and Putin were caught on a hot mic talking about increasing longevity—and even achieving immortality—through repeated organ transplants. Here's the chilling context: China’s organ transplant system is built on the lives of prisoners of conscience—including large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners. Experts estimate tens of thousands have been murdered for their organs every year. Joining Jan today to unpack the significance of this moment and what it teaches us about the inner workings of the Chinese Communist Party is Epoch Times senior investigative journalist Joshua Philipp. 🔴 PREMIERE 5PM ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/3K3zg1j

“Charlie influenced a lot of people, a lot of young people…He influenced them to believe…that we can win in advocating for our beliefs and the policies we favor by making the best arguments, by making rational arguments, by engaging the people who disagree with us and winning them over. …That was his message.” Robert George is a legal theorist, political philosopher, and Princeton University professor. He’s the author of “Seeking Truth and Speaking Truth.” 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/3K52Inv

“Words are words, they are not violence…and violence can never be defended as a form of expression. If we fall into the error of believing that speech is violence, or speech can be violence, then we are inviting a justification for violence on the other side." Robert George is a legal theorist, political philosopher, and Princeton University professor. He’s the author of “Seeking Truth and Speaking Truth.” https://rumble.com/v6ywczc-why-speech-is-violence-is-a-pernicious-idea-robert-george.html

Yes, a smartphone-free childhood is possible, says Clare Morell. She calls it the FEAST framework: F – Find other families It’s much easier when your kids aren’t the only ones. E – Educate, Explain, Exemplify Teach your kids about digital harms. Model healthy tech use. A – Adopt alternatives Use phone options that provide calls/texts and other essential functions but not addictive apps. S – Set screen rules Establish digital accountability. Shared TV instead of isolated screens. Computers in public spaces. T – Trade screens for real-life responsibility Give kids more responsibilities around the home and then more independence outside the home. 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/4m9tVCU

Charlie Kirk’s approach to disagreement matters now more than ever. “If this generation rising today does not adopt a spirit of civic friendship, if they don't value civil discourse…this grand experiment in republican government and ordered liberty bequeathed to us by our great Founding Fathers will be lost," says Princeton University professor and legal theorist Robert George. “It depends on citizens treating each other when they disagree—not as enemies to be destroyed—but as friends to be reasonably disagreed with, argued with…perhaps passionately, but peacefully—and in a spirit of friendship,” George says. 🔴 PREMIERE 5PM ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/3K52Inv

Smartphone overuse means kids are producing a lot less oxytocin, which plays a key role in emotional regulation and bonding. "You only get [oxytocin] through physical touch or eye contact in real life. It's all centered around a real-life relationship. So, when kids are interacting with their peers through the screens, they're not getting oxytocin. And so, we're seeing a loneliness epidemic.” Clare Morell is the author of "The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones” 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/4m9tVCU

"What the smartphone tells us is that life is about your own personal entertainment, that it's actually about instant gratification, that you can entertain yourself away from all of life's problems, and that you don't actually have to exert self-control and wait for something, like practicing delayed gratification. The entire device is instant gratification, constant, endless, infinite entertainment. …We are losing that ability to actually be able to learn delayed gratification, to actually view self-control or self-discipline as a value." Clare Morell is the author of "The Tech Exit.” https://rumble.com/v6yt864-how-smartphone-use-is-harming-children-clare-morell.html

"We're created to have [human relationships] in person, clearly, because this oxytocin is released, which we know bonds a baby with its mother, bonds a husband with wife..An in-person relationship just can't be substituted on the screen." -Clare Morell, author of "The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids & Teens from Smartphones." 🔴 PREMIERE 9PM ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/4m9tVCU

“Because I showed data that the messenger RNA killed the bifidobacteria, now I'm an ‘anti-vaxxer,’“ says Dr. Sabine Hazan. Dr. Hazan found that the spike protein in the COVID-19 vaccines kills a key gut bacteria known as bifidobacteria. Furthermore, these effects were seen not just in the short-term but also in the long-term. Both the vaccines and the virus itself cause a reduction of bifidobacteria, and the combination of both in close succession can be particularly detrimental. “If you look at long covid or the vaccine injured…zero bifidobacteria across the line,” says Dr. Hazan. 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/4ghogcM

🚨Could bifidobacteria—a key gut bacteria that supports a strong immune system—also play a role in autism treatment? Dr. Sabine Hazan is leading pioneering research, comparing the microbiomes of twins—one neurotypical, one autistic—to see if introducing gut microbes from the healthy sibling might help. In one case, she saw results that left her stunned. “The [neurotypical] kid had one group of microbes that the [autistic] sibling didn't have,” Dr. Hazan says. As the sibling with greater microbial diversity became the donor, Dr. Hazan observed “refloralization”—the engraftment of healthy microbes so the patient’s gut microbiome began to resemble that of the donor. The patient showed marked improvements. Dr. Hazan discovered that during this process a critical microbe called bifidobacteria also increased. “That was a miracle.” https://rumble.com/v6ypqz2-the-role-of-healthy-gut-bacteria-in-autism-treatment-dr.-sabine-hazan.html

The FDA has approved familial fecal transplants for research into autism treatment. Dr. Sabine Hazan says that by comparing the gut microbiomes of autistic children with their neurotypical siblings, we may uncover vital clues that could lead to new treatments. “It's going to be an important study to give us data on whether siblings that are neurotypical can be a good donor for the kid that's autistic,” says Dr. Hazan. 🔴 PREMIERE 9PM ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/4ghogcM

🚨 Most Americans don’t understand the Fed. From the start, the Fed was a progressivist experiment in ‘scientific,’ monetary management, says Jeffrey Tucker. And it was obvious that it would be abused. Before WWI, America stayed out of wars largely because it couldn’t afford them. “Well, now with the Fed, you have the money…You've got this weird power of this one institution to buy and hold government-created debt with money that didn't previously exist. A check. The nation had a credit card with an infinite balance on it.” 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/3JVE7S5

🚨Here's why Trump's showdown with Fed governor Lisa Cook isn’t just about interest rates or mortgage fraud, says Jeffrey Tucker: "It has to do with whether and to what extent the Fed is actually accountable to the President of the United States. …We don't actually know what it means for there to be an 'independent' agency under the executive department. …The Supreme Court has been very clear up to now that the President is in charge of the executive agencies…They can, in fact, fire employees. …Now Trump is taking on the great question of American life, which is the status of the Federal Reserve under the law.” https://rumble.com/v6yl168-is-the-fed-really-independent-jeffrey-tucker.html

🚨Was crucial information about the RSV shots misrepresented to ACIP members before they voted to recommend them for nearly all newborns? “The information that was presented now in retrospect appears to have been incomplete,” says ACIP member Dr. Robert Malone, a physician, scientist, and medical advisor for MAHA Action. 🔴 WATCH FULL:https://ept.ms/4g8ojrl