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Will Syria make peace with Israel? After Rabbi Abraham Cooper met with the new Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, this is what he thinks: "I was convinced that this is someone who's worth having a serious ongoing conversation with, of taking chances towards peace. …Especially because the perception and the reality is that Israel is strong, and that the United States—with this President—has Israel's back. Syria right now is weak. The people are exhausted from decades of the Assads and civil war and everything else that has transpired. And every group is also fearful like 'what actually is going to happen to us?' So, that means that with the emphasis on domestic [affairs and] with the need to rebuild, this is actually a good time." 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/45GMicf

Rabbi Abraham Cooper was invited to meet with the new Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus. Here’s what he learned: "I would say that of the two hours that we spent together, a full 40 minutes…dealt with Israel. And I thought that his main message was: we're not enemies, not enemies anymore. We need to de-conflict. And then he went into some detail about the list of things they want and expect or demand in return for further normalization." Will Syria make peace with Israel and join the Abraham Accords? Former USCIRF Chair Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center shares his perspective. https://rumble.com/v6xt5qy-heres-what-i-learned-from-meeting-with-syrias-president-rabbi-abraham-coope.html

"There's a term in Hebrew. It's called 'Kabdehu ve Hashdehu,' [which] means show respect and verify. So, this is not a Kumbaya moment. This is a moment where there's great leverage." Rabbi Abraham Cooper recently met with the new Syrian president at his palace in Damascus. Will Syria make peace with Israel? 🔴 PREMIERE 8/19 at 9PM ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/45GMicf

🚨Trump holds most of the cards in US-China trade talks, but the CCP is winning the propaganda war, argues Gordon Chang. It’s time for Trump to impose real costs on Beijing, he says. 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/4lzWpWi

"I think that Xi Jinping has lost control of the Chinese military. And I think that he has lost some influence among civilian CCP leaders. …General He Weidong has not been seen in public since March 11. …There have been a series of articles in PLA Daily, the main propaganda organ of the Chinese military, that have praised 'collective leadership.' That's a direct challenge to Xi Jinping's one-man-rule style. …We also saw the disappearance of a senior Chinese diplomat, Lu Jianchao, and we don't know what's going on there. This follows, of course, the disappearances of other civilian leaders…” China analyst Gordon Chang is the author of "Plan Red: China's Project to Destroy America." https://rumble.com/v6xo21k-these-are-the-signs-xi-is-losing-power-in-china-gordon-chang.html

Ever-growing rumors, disappearances, and peculiar patterns suggest Xi Jinping’s grip on power is not the same as before, says Gordon Chang. “I think that Xi Jinping has lost control of the Chinese military, and I think that he has lost some influence among civilian CCP leaders,” he says. 🔴 PREMIERE 5pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/4lzWpWi

🚨 This is how the CCP shapes what films you see at festivals, says director Yan Ma. When a film festival agrees to screen a movie the CCP doesn’t like, Chinese authorities force every Chinese filmmaker scheduled to attend to boycott. Depending on the number of Chinese filmmakers on the original roster, this could mean huge losses. The way the CCP manipulates Hollywood and the film industry reminds me of “The Collaboration: Hollywood’s Pact with Hitler.” Think about it: when was the last time you saw a major Hollywood movie with a Chinese villain—instead of a Russian one? Or a story that challenges the Chinese Communist Party? 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/4fFoPNl

🚨 When Canadian-Chinese Yan Ma began shooting a political thriller about a lab leak in China, the Chinese regime quickly started to put pressure on his family members back in China. But Yan Ma refused to stop. He knew that his loved ones could face real danger. But he also knew what giving in would mean. “There's always a second time. They will go to your family again, and now this time, they will say, OK, we need you to do this for us. Otherwise, your family is going to be in trouble again. So they slowly turn you to work for them. … This is how they manipulate people,” he tells me. Yan Ma is the director of the new film “The Unrestricted War.” https://rumble.com/v6xlce0-this-is-how-they-manipulate-people-director-yan-ma.html

“My producer…they tried to recruit her to be a spy before she left [China]. …To them, there's no boundaries. They do anything necessary to get what they want.” Yan Ma is the director of the new political thriller “The Unrestricted War.” Inspired by real events surrounding the cover-up and global outbreak of COVID-19, it spotlights how the CCP coerces its citizens—and even foreigners—to achieve its ends. 🔴 PREMIERE 9PM ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/4fFoPNl

"The biggest problem with the Federal Reserve over the years is that we've created a boom-bust cycle through easy money-tight money, easy money-tight money. And we've gone through a period of easy money with the Biden administration. …Interest rates were declining, and so forth. And then afterwards, in 2023, 2024 you saw interest rates move back up, inflation taking off, and so forth. You want a stable Fed policy. That's really the key. And it sounds like President Trump wants an easy money policy, which always leads to a boom-bust cycle. So, I think somewhere in between what the Fed wants and what Trump wants is a more reasonable approach to keep this economy on [an] even keel and let the tax cuts and deregulation drive the economy rather than artificial low interest rates." - Mark Skousen 🔴 WATCH FULL:https://ept.ms/4otn2yV

Economist Mark Skousen shares his thoughts on how America is faring: "I've been a skeptic, and so, I have to admit, I'm surprised by the data. The data has been looking good. In the last few months, we've avoided a recession that most economists had been predicting because of the tight money policy. After easy money, usually you have a boom-bust, and there's been no bust. So, maybe Trump is doing the right thing in so many ways, especially in the tax bill, which I think gave a lot of incentives. And also in the tariff wars you're seeing a lot of money moving back into the US, although the dollar has been weak." https://rumble.com/v6xhvgg-is-america-in-a-new-period-of-economic-growth-mark-skousen.html

"There were many critics of Franklin, but he had a very interesting point of view. He said enemies will teach you a lot about yourself. So, you should be grateful for the enemies you have, because they tell you what you need to know that you haven't thought of." - Mark Skousen 🔴 PREMIERE 9PM ET on @EpochTV: https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/impact-of-trumps-trade-tax-energy-policies-mark-skousen-5899724?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=AmericanThoughtLeaders&utm_term=MarkSkousen

🚨 America's digital infrastructure is dangerously vulnerable. A high-altitude nuke from China or another adversary could knock out U.S. comms coast to coast, explains Gen. Robert Spalding. Spalding, a former B-2 stealth bomber pilot, saw the vulnerabilities in our networks firsthand during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Troops redeployed from Iraq said it felt like a warzone. The problem is America's entire telecom & cloud system is centralized—because it’s cheaper than building decentralized systems. For a B-2 pilot like Spalding, it means an adversary just needs to hit a few targets—think a few AWS, T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T sites—to knock out communications and computing services for the entire United States. 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/3H2lkni

🚨 America's digital infrastructure is dangerously vulnerable. A high-altitude nuke from China or another adversary could knock out U.S. comms coast to coast, explains Gen. Robert Spalding. Spalding, a former B-2 stealth bomber pilot, saw the vulnerabilities in our networks firsthand during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Troops redeployed from Iraq said it felt like a warzone. He wondered: How is it that the U.S. has ways of communicating through nuclear war but no way to keep phones on after a natural disaster? Our smartphones today can survive an EMP attack and still operate. But the towers and cloud servers it connects to are down in an instant. The problem is America's entire telecom & cloud system is centralized—because it’s cheaper than building decentralized systems. For a B-2 pilot like Spalding, it means an adversary just needs to hit a few targets—think a few AWS, T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T sites—to knock out communications and computing services for the entire United States. Spalding's solution: Hardened, decentralized network nodes. Think cloud + the cell network smashed together in a disaster and EMP-proof box and spread all across the country. So even if the main grid goes out, your phone & essential apps—like health, safety, and financial services—still work. After six years of development, he's now deploying it. It's called SEMPRE. 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/3H2lkni

"What happens is the Democratic Party sees the Republican Party as the enemy, and the Republican Party sees the Democratic Party as the enemy. And the Chinese Communist Party sees them both as the enemy. …What the Chinese Communist Party wants them to do is fight between themselves to the point of destruction of the United States. That is pure communism. How do I destroy a society? I destroy it from within. I create distrust. I create division. This is the Chinese Communist Party way," says Gen. Robert Spalding, former senior director of strategy at the National Security Council. The CCP is fueling political animosity, partisanship, and distrust of the American system of governance, he says. "There's a lot of quiet prejudice that's been placed in our psyches…Our national security establishment really has no concept of information warfare when it comes to what's happening in the United States,” he says. https://rumble.com/v6xd334-how-the-ccp-seeks-to-destroy-america-from-within-gen.-robert-spalding.html

"We have these enormous political warfare and psychological warfare campaigns happening in the United States. [But] we have nobody that's responsible for responding to them." America has mounted no meaningful response to CCP cognitive warfare tactics, says Gen. Robert Spalding. In this episode, he breaks down how the CCP plants ideas and subtly influences people in the West in ways that we cannot even begin to imagine. 🔴 PREMIERE 5PM ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/3H2lkni

Veteran Derek Blumke warns that prescribing veterans psychiatric drugs are leading to more suicides. He says the VA is not informing patients of medication risks or monitoring them properly. "When you read these entire transcripts, which I've done, the entire debate for these multi hour meetings / hearings were solely about efficacy. And we have a belief that we can trust our government. We believe that these medications are studied rigorously, that we are looking for not just efficacy, but safety. But what we now know is that that has not been happening and it never was, and now we have a suicide epidemic, not just of veterans, but of the entire American population.” 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/3H9Brzn

"Hunter was prescribed an antidepressant, Mirtazapine along with Hydroxyzine, and a month and a half later he was dead. And [Veterans Affairs] did an investigation into his death and found that they failed to provide informed consent and failed to provide safe medication management. My friends Brian and Kim Brumfield [who] we were with last night along with Shannon - they lost their son, Connor, at 22 years old. Both of these young men had fit cleanly within the box warning by the FDA, but in both cases, it seems neither had been provided informed consent. Veteran Derek Blumke is an impact fellow with the Grunt Style Foundation. He argues overprescription is contributing to veteran suicides. https://rumble.com/v6xa3fq-whats-behind-the-rise-in-veteran-suicides-derek-blumke.html

"If we're going to treat a firearm with respect...this is a similar thing. If one of these medications can cause you to harm yourself or others, you should be told of that. And right now, we're not." Is overprescription of psychiatric drugs contributing to the alarming number of veteran suicides? Veteran Derek Blumke argues yes. 🔴 PREMIERE 8/7 at 9PM ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/3H9Brzn

When Kevin Thomas launched his janitorial business, he dreamed of hiring 5 employees. Today? He leads a team of 350+. Clay Clark has a 14-step system to help everyday Americans turbocharge their small businesses into thriving enterprises. He believes anyone can start a business and be successful. Kevin started over in his 40s. Clay Staires (now an Oklahoma State Rep) launched his business journey at 47. Bob Healey was battling terminal cancer in his 60s with nothing but a quasi-functional prototype. Now his company is booming, Clark says. It’s never too late to succeed. 🔴 WATCH FULL: https://ept.ms/4m53qzr