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Dear Infidels: A Warning to America | Trailer
Radical Islam poses a significant threat to our freedom. The rise of anti-American rhetoric and violence in cities and universities is a direct result of the indoctrination led by those perpetrating a religious war against the West. PragerU’s short documentary features first-hand accounts from those who escaped Islamic rule and have come to warn America.
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Dear Infidels: A Warning to America | Trailer
Radical Islam poses a significant threat to our freedom. The rise of anti-American rhetoric and violence in cities and universities is a direct result of the indoctrination led by those perpetrating a religious war against the West. PragerU’s short documentary features first-hand accounts from those who escaped Islamic rule and have come to warn America.
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Harry Truman: Containing Communism | 5-Minute Videos
Harry Truman led America to victory in World War II, but a new challenge was looming: the spread of communism across the globe. Would America’s 33rd president retreat into isolation, or fight the new threat head-on? Elizabeth Spalding, senior fellow at Pepperdine University School of Public Policy, describes his decision and what it cost him.
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Upon learning of Franklin Roosevelt’s death on April 12, 1945, Harry Truman was reported to have said, “I felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me.”
It was only a slight exaggeration.
The decisions the 33rd president had to make in just the next four months would have crushed any normal person.
Managing the German surrender in May 1945, authorizing the use of the atomic bomb to end the war in the Pacific in August, and converting the economy from wartime to peacetime are just a sample of what he had to contend with.
It was also becoming clear that the Soviet Union was not going to be a partner in the postwar world. It was going to be an adversary bent on world domination.
Truman wasn’t about to let this happen.
The first order of business was to save Western Europe. Eastern Europe was already gone.
As Winston Churchill vividly described in March 1946, “...an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.”
Truman agreed with Churchill, committing the United States to containing the Soviet threat. This became known as the Truman Doctrine.
Around the same time, Truman’s most trusted advisor, Secretary of State George Marshall, returned from Europe deeply concerned. He found Germany in ruins, England bankrupt, and France and Italy in chaos. Marshall reported it would take an unprecedented effort by the United States to breathe life into a moribund European economy. Failure to do so would hand over the Continent to the Soviets.
Truman authorized $13 billion in economic aid, a phenomenal figure for the time. This became known as the Marshall Plan. And indeed, it accomplished its goal: the recovery of Europe, thwarting Soviet expansionism.
In May 1948, a new crisis emerged: a war was raging between the Arabs and the Jews. The UN was looking for a solution. The question before Truman: should the United States recognize the new state of Israel?
Marshall argued “No.” It would further antagonize Arab states. But Truman saw a moral issue – the Jews had suffered enough over the centuries, most especially in the recent Holocaust – as well as a Biblical and historical issue – this was the Jews’ ancient homeland.
Thanks to Truman, on May 14, 1948, America became the first country to recognize the Jewish state.
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Harry Truman: Dropping the Bomb | 5-Minute Videos
When Harry Truman suddenly became president, World War II was reaching its climax. He was soon confronted with one of the biggest decisions any president would ever have to make. Elizabeth Spalding, senior fellow at Pepperdine University School of Public Policy, tells the story of America’s pivotal 33rd president.
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Who was Harry Truman?
The American people didn’t really know.
He had been vice president for all of 82 days.
And now, on April 12, 1945, upon Franklin Roosevelt’s death, Truman had become the 33rd president of the United States, the commander in chief of the biggest army in the world, in the biggest war in history, and about to make some of the biggest decisions any president would ever make.
“Is there anything I can do for you?” Truman asked the late president’s wife Eleanor upon his arrival at the White House to take the oath of office.
“Is there anything we can do for you, Harry? For you are the one in trouble now."
Harry Truman was born on May 8, 1884, in a small farm village in southwestern Missouri. His values — faith, hard work, and common sense — came from the middle of the middle of America. It’s the key to understanding this straightforward, but complex man.
He never finished college – not because he wasn’t capable -- he was a voracious reader of history, biography, and the classics – but because his family needed his income, and family loyalty always came first.
He expected to be a farmer, just like his father and his father’s father.
But that path changed in April 1917, when the United States entered World War I. Truman, then 33, enlisted.
Truman commanded an artillery battery. His unerring tactical instinct and coolness under fire earned him the respect of his men. That loyalty never faded. The friendships he made during the war lasted a lifetime.
Truman returned home transformed: more confident, more worldly, and more ambitious. Now that he had seen Paris, he wasn’t going back to the farm.
In 1919, he married his hometown sweetheart, Elizabeth “Bess” Wallace. That same year, he opened a men’s clothing store with an army friend, Eddie Jacobson.
After a successful first year, the enterprise failed when the country fell into a postwar recession. Truman refused to declare bankruptcy, though he was almost $20,000 in debt. It took him 13 years to pay it back.
During this period, Truman came to the attention of Tom Pendergast, the powerful Democratic Party boss of Kansas City. Pendergast recognized a natural politician when he saw one.
Truman rose from county judge in 1923 to U.S. senator in 1935. So close was his association with his political patron that his opponents mocked him as “the senator from Pendergast.”
Once again, it was a world war that transformed him. He turned the chairmanship of an obscure committee into a national platform. It was officially known as the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, but everyone called it the Truman Committee.
Its purpose was to investigate waste and incompetence in the war effort—and there turned out to be a lot. By forcing defense contractors to meet minimum quality standards, Truman not only saved taxpayers billions but saved thousands of lives.
In 1944, President Roosevelt, despite his failing health, sought a fourth term. He wanted to see the war to its end. To win what promised to be a close election, the party bosses felt FDR needed a new running mate. They worried that the current vice president, Henry Wallace, with his very progressive views, would turn off moderate voters.
The moderate, midwestern Truman, buoyed by the positive press from his committee work, seemed to be an ideal fit.
Wallace was out. Truman was in.
That fall, the Roosevelt-Truman ticket won handily.
FDR barely acknowledged Truman’s existence, sharing nothing about war strategy—and nothing about the development of a new secret weapon, the atomic bomb.
And then Roosevelt died.
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Boeing Plane Crash-Lands, Star Wars Debuts Non-binary Jedi, Scouts Drop “Boys” from Name: 5/10/24
A Boeing plane crash-lands in Turkey after its landing gear fails to open. Star Wars introduces a new non-binary character in a Disney+ series. The White House stops a shipment of military equipment to Israel. The Boy Scouts of America is changing its name after 114 years and you won’t believe why.
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Ep. 340 — Smart People without Wisdom Are Fools | Fireside Chat
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The world does not lack brains. There are many smart people, but few are wise. College professors are often bright, well-read, and full of knowledge, yet most are fools, and they do a lot of damage. Wisdom is everything—we need it now more than ever, but how do we get it?
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COMING SOON | Dear Infidels: A Warning to America
Radical Islam poses a significant threat to our freedom. The rise of anti-American rhetoric and violence in cities and universities is a direct result of the indoctrination led by those perpetrating a religious war against the West. PragerU’s short documentary features first-hand accounts from those who escaped Islamic rule and have come to warn America.
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A Little Extra Hustle: Cards on the Table | The Hustle
16-year-old Anna is pushing the envelope with her handmade greeting card business. Now, Anna is breaking out the pen and recycled paper to teach Aldo how to craft a custom card for a loved one.
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What Is a Mother? | Man on the Street
Being a mom is perhaps the most important job a woman can have. But in many ways, woke culture has minimized the special role mothers have in society. In this special Mother’s Day episode, Aldo travels to Brentwood, CA to ask people what they think a mother is and if the current culture is erasing motherhood.
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This Lawyer Sues Terrorists into Bankruptcy | Real Talk
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner is an international attorney and the founder of Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center. She has been leading the legal fight against terrorist organizations and state sponsors of terror in courts around the world. Nitsana and PragerU CEO Marissa Streit discuss the unconventional strategy of bankrupting terrorism through the courts.
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How to Stop the Border Crisis | 5-Minute Videos
Todd Bensman has spent the last 20 years dealing with the issue of immigration. He’d pretty much seen it all—that is, until policy changes in 2021 launched an unparalleled crisis on America’s borders.
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I’ve spent the last twenty years of my life dealing with the issue of immigration — first as a reporter in Texas, then as an intelligence officer in the Texas government, and now as a Fellow for the Center for Immigration Studies.
I’ve been all over Texas, Mexico, and Central America. I’ve pretty much seen it all. But I’ve never seen anything like what I’ve seen since January 2021. No one has.
According to US government data, some eight million people have illegally entered the United States from 2021 to 2024.
These are the people we know about. But it’s hardly the whole story.
Another 2 million must be added to the total. These are the “gotaways,” the ones seen by border agents but never apprehended, and the ones who enter the country through a myriad of other ways. That brings us to a grand total of 10 million illegal crossers in three years — an average of 300,000 every month since Joe Biden was inaugurated president.
That is the greatest mass movement across national borders in US history, and maybe the greatest in human history. And they’ll keep coming if we continue our current policies. That’s not a guess. That’s a guarantee.
How can I say that? Because I know why they’re coming. They’ve told me. Over and over and over again.
It’s not because they fear political persecution in their home country.
It’s not because they fear the drug cartels.
And it’s not because they fear their abusive husbands.
Sure, some fraction of migrants fit those descriptions, but the overwhelming majority are coming for a much more obvious reason: To work and make money in the world’s richest country. Simple as that.
It’s an economic calculation. Risk versus reward.
If the reward of entering the US is greater than the risk of deportation, migrants will come.
And not just from Mexico or Central America, but from almost every country in the world. In the last three years, they’ve come from 150 different nations including China, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, Mauritania, Haiti, Cuba, and Venezuela.
They are drawn to the US by what Spanish-speaking migrants call “La Invitación,” an invitation to a banquet of generous government benefits and economic opportunities unavailable to them in their home countries.
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College Chaos Continues, Charlotte Shootout, Frat Boy Patriots Praised: 5/3/24 | The Wrap Up
Chaos continues at colleges as police disperse violent protests on campuses across the U.S. Four officers are tragically murdered by a career criminal during a shootout in Charlotte. Georgia enacts legislation in response to the murder of Laken Riley by an illegal alien. And did frat boys really raise a quarter of a million dollars after defending the flag?
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Gazan Refugee Warns the World about Hamas | More with Marissa
Palestinian Ayman Abu Suboh grew up in Gaza, suffered a horrific childhood, and had personal experiences in a Palestinian jail before moving to Israel and converting to Judaism. Now going by Dor Shachar, he sits with PragerU CEO Marissa Streit to share his powerful testimony, which gives just a glimpse into the reality of what life is like for people in Gaza.
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Ep. 339 — Genocide, Apartheid, and the Cheapening of Words | Fireside Chat
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Dennis was brought to Washington, D.C. to debate those who claim Israel is an apartheid state that is committing genocide. The left understands that if you say anything enough—no matter how crazy, absurd, or factually incorrect it may be—people will believe it. That is why they toss around terms like “racism,” “apartheid,” and “genocide” without any regard for their true meaning. The left is cheapening words, destroying language, and with it, truth itself.
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Cash Course: What Is Bankruptcy? | Kids Shows
What happens if you find yourself tens of thousands of dollars in debt, unable to pay, and the lenders won't stop calling you? Filing for bankruptcy and getting a “fresh start” by having your debt wiped away may sound appealing, but the consequences can be severe. Learn the basics of bankruptcy and how to avoid it in this episode of Cash Course.
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Judith Curry: Climate Scientists Can’t Intimidate Me | Stories of Us
A lifelong lover of earth sciences, Judith Curry has advocated for integrity and scientific truth since she was a child. Despite facing discrimination and bullying in a male-dominated field, Judith spoke out against the lies and manipulation of climate scientists attempting to enforce a political narrative. After being marginalized by the universities, Judith left academia. She now fights for truth and offers the following advice: Keep your mind open, do your research, and live your best life.
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Tulsi Gabbard on How to Save America from Washington Elites | Real Talk
Former Hawaiian Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard was a rising star in the Democratic Party until she questioned the positions and policies of the Washington elites. In 2022, she left the party and is now sounding the alarm that unless America stops its descent into leftism, it will be lost forever. In a candid discussion, PragerU CEO Marissa Streit asks Tulsi why she left the left, where she gets her courage and ability to think freely, and how we can save our country.
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TikTok Ban Imminent, Anti-Israel Protests Rock Campuses, Terror Threats Inside U.S.:4/26/24| Wrap Up
TikTok could be banned in the U.S. after President Biden signs a foreign-aid package. College campuses around the country erupt in anti-Israeli demonstrations. A career criminal breaks into the home of LA Mayor Karen Bass. And is a terrorist attack in the U.S. imminent?
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Would You Rather Be Colonized by Aztecs or Christians? | 5-Minute Videos
Activists suggest that all “colonized” land should be returned to the previous owners. Is it really that simple? Michael Knowles has thoughts.
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NPR Exposed for Left-Wing Bias, Migrant Mob in NYC, NGO Wants Illegals to Vote:4/19/24 | The Wrap Up
Over 1,000 illegal immigrants from Africa gather in New York to demand green cards and work permits. An NGO is encouraging illegals to vote in the next presidential election. A senior editor resigns after accusing NPR of left-wing bias. And is Denver really defunding the police to pay for illegal immigrant services?
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Ep. 337 — Iran Attacks Israel | Fireside Chat
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Iran’s unprecedented direct attack on Israel should make it clear who aims to commit genocide in the Middle East. Israel, unlike Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran, seeks only to live in peace. For the sake of the survival of the human race, we must have moral clarity when it comes to the battle of good vs. evil. Plus, Dennis answers your questions on Mormonism, parenting, and whether we can have hope for the future.
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Marian Tupy Says the Earth Needs More People, Not Fewer | Real Talk
The world population has hit 8 billion people. If you listen to the media, you might think the apocalypse is just around the corner. Marian Tupy, co-author of Superabundance, says more humans on planet Earth is a good thing. Marian and PragerU CEO Marissa Streit discuss the benefits of a growing population. Find out why more people equals more ideas, more innovation, and a better world.
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Derryck Green: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee | The Book Club
Once required reading for high school students, To Kill a Mockingbird now comes with trigger warnings. The book, which confronts and calls out the evils of racism, is considered by some to be too offensive for our modern-day woke sensibilities. Why? Set in 1930s Alabama, a young girl watches her attorney father defend a black man falsely accused of raping a white woman. Michael Knowles is joined by Derryck Green to discuss the powerful themes of this timeless American classic and why it should continue to be read (not banned).
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What You Need to Know About Taxes | Video Marathon
In honor of tax day, we've compiled our BEST 5-Minute Videos covering everything you need to know about America's tax system. Will it make you feel better about paying your taxes? Probably not. But you'll still be glad you know it!
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The Good News about Climate Change | 5-Minute Videos
Is climate change an existential crisis? Judith Curry, former Chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has spent her career studying this question. Her answer might surprise you.
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Let’s start with the good news.
All things considered, planet Earth is doing fine. In fact, humans are doing better than at any other time in history. Over the last hundred years, when temperatures have warmed by about two degrees Fahrenheit:
Global population has increased by 6 billion people…
While Global poverty has substantially declined.
And the number of people killed from weather disasters has decreased by 97% on a per capita basis.
We are obviously not facing an existential crisis.
Anyone who tells you that we are is not paying attention to the historical data. Instead, they are concerned about what “might” happen in the future, based on predictions from inadequate climate models, driven by unrealistic assumptions.
I offer this positive diagnosis after a lifetime of study on the issue. Until recently, I was a professor of climate science and Chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
But it’s not all good news.
The biggest problem with climate change is not climate change, per se, it’s how we’re dealing with it.
We’re attempting to control the uncontrollable, at great cost, by urgently eliminating fossil fuels. We’ve failed to properly place the risks from climate change in context of other challenges the world is facing.
Climate change has become a convenient scapegoat. As a result, we’re neglecting the real causes of these problems.
There are countless examples, but let me give you just one.
Lake Chad in Africa is shrinking. Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari blames it on you-know-what. “Climate change,” he pronounced, “is largely responsible for the drying up of Lake Chad…”
But it’s not.
Yes, the initial water level decline was caused by long droughts in the 1970s and 1980s. But the lake has remained virtually empty over the past two decades, even while rainfall has recovered. During this time, rivers flowing into the lake from Cameroon, Chad, and Nigeria have been diverted by government agencies to irrigate inefficient rice farms.
In short, climate change has little to do with the declining water level of Lake Chad. Instead, bad human decisions are the cause. Climate Change is just a convenient excuse, hiding poor management and governance.
Blaming every major weather disaster on man-made global warming defies common sense, as well as the historical data record.
For the past 50 years, the global climate has been fairly benign. In the US, the worst heat waves, droughts, and hurricane landfalls occurred in the 1930s—much worse than anything we’ve experienced so far in the 21st century.
Population growth, where and how people live, and how governments manage resources are much more likely to create conditions for a disaster than the climate itself. We’ve always had hurricanes, droughts, and floods, and we always will.
Maybe you think I’m being too cavalier about the dangers we face. Isn’t it true that 97% of scientists agree that humans are causing dangerous climate change?
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O.J. Dies, Iran Could Attack Israel Soon, A.I. Surpassing Humans: 4/12/24 | The Wrap Up
O.J. Simpson has passed away after a battle with cancer. Inflation has risen for the third straight month. Elon Musk says A.I. will be more intelligent than humans in two years, even as students already use it to cheat. And is an Iranian attack on Israel imminent?
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