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This is what would make the CCP really afraid, says Amb. Sam Brownback: "If Secretary of State Rubio flew to Dharamsala and met with the Dalai Lama…If the President were to meet with Falun Gong leaders in the White House, that creates huge pressure internally inside of China. These are the sort of things that don't really cost any money, but the visual imagery of it—if the President were to meet in the Oval Office with a series of people that have been persecuted by Chinese Communist Party, and just have them tell their story, that creates leverage back, because it shows what system we are up against. And that's what we really need to do in my estimation, more than anything right now. …This isn't a competition between the largest economy and the second largest economy. This is a competition of ideals—and we've got the better ones." "Ronald Reagan went at the Soviet Union before he was president, and he went at them on their values and their rights. …He said, look at what happens to the Jewish refuseniks. Look what happens to the Evangelicals by the 'godless communists.' He'd use very pejorative terms. …He was speaking with clarity to the United States community and the broader freedom-loving community about who we're up against. And I do believe the President needs to start speaking in those types of terms about who we are up against." https://rumble.com/v70yu72-this-is-what-would-make-the-ccp-really-afraid-amb.-sam-brownback.html 🔴 PREMIERE 8PM ET on @EpochTV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vVf-BysAbw

What if the most potent weapon that America has against the CCP isn't nukes or tariffs? “This isn't a competition between the largest economy and the second largest economy. This is a competition of ideals—and we've got the better ones,” says former Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback. “If you want to hit them where it hurts, hit them on human rights issues, genocides in their own country, religious freedom that they don't grant any of their people—whether they be Buddhist, Muslim, Falun Gong, Christians. That's where they're the weakest. It's where they're the most vulnerable,” Brownback says. “Support the Tibetan Buddhists. Support the Muslim Uyghurs. Support the Christians that are in prison. Ask for their release. Support the Falun Gong practitioners and their ability and publicly do so in the White House, in the Congress, in venues that we have here. It will drive the Chinese communists nuts,” he says. 🔴 PREMIERE 8PM ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/47fo4b7

As more people learn about the side effects of antidepressants, there’s one crucial reality that’s too often overlooked: Never quit psychiatric meds too quickly. While some people have fairly elastic brains that can adapt quickly, in some cases, people develop *protracted withdrawal* — a rare but devastating condition. People can experience anxiety, insomnia, brain fog, ringing in their ears, or other neurological problems that can last for months or even years. And here’s the shocking part: for these people, the symptoms don’t go away even if the person goes back on the medication. “That person has actually experienced a form of brain damage,” says Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring. He estimates: ~5–10% of patients are at risk for this kind of severe, long-lasting withdrawal ~40% experience milder but still serious symptoms if they taper too fast The kicker: no one can reliably predict who’s at risk. Slow, controlled tapering — never rush it, he says. 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/3WsC23g

Is there a link between antidepressants and mass shootings? Here’s what we know, says Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring: “If you just look at the drug labels for Adderall and Ritalin, in the Warnings and Precautions, it already lists aggression and hostility…If you look at SSRIs, it already lists there in the label that they increase the risk of suicidal behavior. It lists hostility, agitation and violence. If you look at Abilify, which is an anti-psychotic, homicidal ideation is already in there. …Time and time again, we've seen this go through the court system, and judges and juries have found that this has been involved.” https://rumble.com/v70wkzi-is-there-a-link-between-mass-shootings-and-antidepressants-dr.-josef-witt-d.html

Most Americans think depression is linked to a “chemical imbalance” in the brain, and that drugs can fix this imbalance—like a type one diabetic takes insulin. But that’s not true at all, says Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring. Exhaustive research has found zero evidence of a chemical imbalance. In fact, "there is no way to differentiate patients who are depressed from those who are not depressed using any objective markers," he says. So what do antidepressants really do then? Mask symptoms. And over time, your body builds tolerance and the effect wears off. But doctors often aren't explaining to patients why these drugs stop working. Instead they're told: You have treatment resistant depression. Your mental illness is evolving. Or you've developed a new condition. The result? Some patients are having devastating, long-term side effects from the cocktails of psychiatric medications they've been prescribed, says Dr. Witt-Doerring. 🔴 PREMIERE 9PM ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/3WsC23g

“China is so clever at changing the names of organizations, of endearing itself and then saying: ‘Oh, there's nothing happening over here,’” says House CCP Select Committee Chairman John Moolenaar. A few months ago, they announced an investigation into Harvard for training members of a CCP paramilitary organization tied to the genocide of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang. Many American academic institutions and corporations continue to maintain ties with organizations and companies linked to CCP oppression and the PLA. “Some of our best manufacturers are relying on Chinese batteries made by CATL, which is a Chinese battery company that is affiliated with forced labor as well as the Chinese military. We've seen investor dollars from Wall Street, some of our biggest institutions, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America funding the IPO of CATL on the Hong Kong exchange…Our institutions are being complicit in this, and we need that to stop. https://rumble.com/v70uoqc-harvard-found-training-members-of-ccp-paramilitary-organization-linked-to-g.html

Charles Murray reveals he recycled a couple of chapters of his controversial book “The Bell Curve” and put them into “Coming Apart”—without any reviewer noticing: “None of the reviewers caught it, because so few people actually read The Bell Curve—as opposed to hearing the stories told about it—that they weren't aware of the argument.” 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/4qJzPhR

Here’s why secular societies are not very durable, says social scientist Charles Murray: “We have watched an experiment going on in Europe now for the last several decades…There has never been an advanced society that was secular the way that Europe is now. And I will antagonize some viewers…I think the results are very troubling. There are all sorts of secular humanists who live lives that are as virtuous as any Christians or Jews. But I think that secular humanism has a real problem in that it has no bedrock, it has no bottom, and it's very easy to get on slippery slopes when there is not a bedrock underneath…And I think the effects of that slippery slope are visible now. As we look at a policy that I initially supported—physician-assisted suicide…we have seen that slippery slope produce some very disturbing results. And I would say that similar policies related to crime and a variety of other institutions suggest that secular societies do not have a lot of staying power.” Murray’s new book is titled “Taking Religion Seriously.” https://rumble.com/v70rn5s-charles-murray-why-secular-societies-are-not-very-durable.html

“Millions are like me when it comes to religion: well-educated and successful people for whom religion has been irrelevant…For them, I think I have a story worth telling,” says social scientist Charles Murray. From “The Bell Curve” to “Coming Apart,” Murray’s works have had a major impact on the intellectual discourse and zeitgeist of our times and prompted heated debate about the roots of major social issues in America. In his latest book, he tackles a topic he’s never tackled deeply before: Religion. 🔴 PREMIERE 10/25, 5pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/4qJzPhR

Rep. John Moolenaar explains how the CCP first creates and then exploits economic dependencies with the end goal of becoming the world’s most dominant player: “When you think of the Cold War and you think of the relationship with the Soviet Union: we were never intertwined economically the way we are with China…I applaud President Trump [for] working very hard to separate and strengthen the resiliency of our supply chains. …Ultimately they are looking at a much longer time frame…What they want to do is be the most dominant power in the world, and they're willing to wait 50 years, 100 years.” Rep. Moolenaar is Chairman of the House Select Committee on the CCP. 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/48J9Bp5

🚨Why did the CCP recently arrest almost 30 pastors and staff from the underground Zion Church? How might this play into the CCP’s strategy in trade talks with the Trump administration? “I think they are putting every bit of leverage on the table so that in a negotiation they can in some way relent, in a small way, and still keep their negotiated gains…So I do think there's a strategic aspect. So you see that with critical minerals. You see it with religious persecution. You see it with export controls, them denying Nvidia H20 chips. So they're setting up this negotiation line,” says Chairman John Moolenaar of the House Select Committee on the CCP. “I'm watching them refuse to buy soybeans right now. Going into that agreement, one of their tactics will be: ‘Well, we'll buy a certain amount of American soybeans. Aren't we being cooperative?’–-when they set up the entire problem to begin with. They're going to do that on rare earths. They're going to do that on other issues. They may release some political prisoners, all with the idea of: ‘See how reasonable we are.’ I believe America needs to really stand with a firm resolve at this time and say that's not acceptable. These ways of behaving are not acceptable.” https://rumble.com/v70opy6-behind-beijings-trade-talks-strategy-chairman-john-moolenaar-house-ccp-sele.html

“With rare earths, China is basically firing a loaded gun…on our economy,” says Rep. John Moolenaar, Chairman of the House CCP Select Committee. “They have over 90% of the market in monopolistic fashion. They use coercive methods to gain that leverage.” Moolenaar's championing a bill that would phase in 100% tariffs on strategic goods made in China. 🔴 PREMIERE 5pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/48J9Bp5

NBA player Jonathan Isaac’s shoe line UNITUS features Bible verses on their tongue and Christian symbolism in their design. I asked him why he chose certain verses, like “Persecuted, but not abandoned, struck down but not destroyed,” and he opened up about his journey of faith and perseverance: “I picked that one because that's how I felt… God had my back through all the situations, through the injuries, through the negativity, through the ups and through the downs, he didn't abandon me.” While rooted in faith, Isaac believes the shoes carry a universal message. They’re about resilience and courage—reminding anyone facing challenges that even in struggle, they can keep moving forward. 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/3JnaPMg

When all his teammates on the NBA knelt, Jonathan Isaac stood. After George Floyd’s death and at the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, he wrestled with how to respond. “I understood where humanity and where it all was coming from. But me, being a Christian…I was trying to figure out…what is an appropriate response that honors the truth and that honors giving an answer toward progress.” A sermon from his pastor changed everything. “If we respond…[with] anger, resentment, retaliation, hatred…we're going to get the same result. …Jesus said…if we could step into this moment with love, grace, mercy and truth, there can really be progress.“ 👉 Don’t miss the full episode! https://rumble.com/v70ljps-choosing-love-in-a-divided-world-jonathan-isaacs-stand.html

“I said, fellas, I’m not gonna kneel. And I’m not going to wear that T-shirt.” When all his fellow NBA players knelt for the national anthem, Jonathan Isaac stood. We sat down with him to talk about courage, conviction & calling. 🔴 PREMIERE 9PM ET on @EpochTV: https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/against-the-grain-the-nba-player-who-refused-to-kneel-or-get-the-shot-jonathan-isaac-5932399?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=SocialM&utm_content=AmericanThoughtLeaders&utm_term=JonathanIsaac

“He saw…some of the Christmas lights—that he’d been forced to make in prison—were for sale in American markets." "That just chilled me," says Lee Smith, author of “The Plot Against the President” and more recently, “The China Matrix.” He was recounting a harrowing story he heard from a Falun Gong practitioner who was imprisoned, tortured, and used as slave labor in China for his faith. "That’s where some of our Christmas cheer comes from—this incredible suffering and torture. … It's not just about foreign policy and it's not just about trade…The people who rise to the top of this regime have climbed atop the corpses of tens of millions of fellow Chinese,” he says. https://rumble.com/v70kgw0-he-was-forced-to-make-christmas-lights-in-a-chinese-prisonthen-saw-them-in-.html

Louisiana has attracted nearly $70 billion in private investments in the last year and a half, says Governor Jeff Landry. Here’s how they did it: “We did unbelievable tax reform, educational reform, public safety reform. So Louisiana is really, really catching its stride right now.” “A big portion of that portfolio is in the LNG expansion. So we've got a bunch of LNG plants…Hyundai Steel announced a brand new Greenfield steel mill that they're going to build. We haven't built a steel mill in the United States in over 60 years…So we got a lot of great things going.” https://rumble.com/v70k01y-how-louisiana-attracted-nearly-70-billion-in-investments-gov.-jeff-landry.html

“The way that I read Russiagate now is Russiagate was partly an operation to keep Trump distracted from dealing with China," says Lee Smith, author of “The Plot Against the President” and more recently, “The China Matrix.” "Look at all the different attacks he's taken just for going after China. Look at what he's up against.” “They have one important card in their hand, and that is that Donald Trump has three years left…This is what American manufacturers and this is what Chinese officials are counting on: That in the meantime, people will throw a whole bunch of stuff at Trump to keep him off balance, to make sure that he's not able to focus on China. And when he is able to focus on China, they'll do stuff like they did last week with the rare earth minerals.” 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/48DitfM

What does Trump actually think about Xi Jinping and the CCP? This is what Trump told Lee Smith: “I think you have some very powerful forces in China. President Xi is a very smart and powerful man, but you have other forces that are strong.” “I saw it firsthand. He viewed my relationship with him and my position as president as very important. They were very embarrassed when they said this to us, because this was like having a deal ready to be signed and the deal was virtually ready to be signed. And then they withdrew it. And I believe that they had some additional forces in China that did not want to. I have no doubt in my mind. But that deal didn’t happen.” Lee’s interview with Trump is featured in his soon-to-be-released book “The China Matrix.” “It gives an insight into what Donald Trump not only thinks about Xi, but how Donald Trump is trying to position Xi,” he says. https://rumble.com/v70h384-lee-smith-reveals-what-trump-told-him-about-xi-jinping-and-the-ccp.html

"The President or someone needs to summon our strength and say: 'Look…we can't be tied to [the CCP] anymore because they're crazy & they're vicious & they want to destroy us. …So we're going to fight, and this is part of the cornerstone of my legacy. I'm your president. I love this country, and here's what we have to do.’" - Lee Smith, author of the new book "The China Matrix” 🔴 PREMIERE 5PM ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/48DitfM