- Principles First - Challenging Premises - Beyond the Echo Chambers - series

Peter Beinart on Epstein's Religion| Israel’s Iran Influence | Judaism at a Breaking Point - Jay Shapiro - Dilemma Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mkIdyUA84s

American Pravda: Oddities of the Jewish Religion - The Surprising Elements of Talmudic Judaism by Ron Unz
https://www.unz.com/runz/american-pravda-oddities-of-the-jewish-religion/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_management_theory
Flight From Death: The Quest for Immortality (2005)
https://www.transcendentalmedia.com/films/flight-from-death/
Dr. Sheldon Solomon on Death Awareness and Psychological Growth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlzfxKJUvWg
Sheldon Solomon - Ernest Becker & The Denial of Death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpVkrIdz9-Y
Sheldon Solomon - The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tkkmInXfOE
Grave Matters: The Role of Death in Life - Sheldon Solomon, PhD - Museum of Science
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7GZrgWKj9o

on the origins of the concept of individual rights...
The Psychology of Liberty - Flawed Political Systems From A Psychological Perspective
http://logicallearning.net/chapter-three-the-idea-of-political-enlightenment/#flawed

Judaism ≠ Zionism — Orthodox Jews Speak Out | Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5jfdPPOdY0

The Dark side of My ULTRA ORTHODOX ChiIdhood in Jerusalem - Cults to Consciousness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrN61lz0yS8
Confessions of a Former ULTRA ORTHODOX Rabbi - Cults to Consciousness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUcrg7WUZ-0

Whittaker Chambers' (former communist and Soviet spy turned editor at Time) scathing review of _Atlas Shrugged_ in William F. Buckley Jr.'s conservative rag, The National Review, December 28, 1957
https://www.nationalreview.com/2005/01/big-sister-watching-you-whittaker-chambers/

2006 documentary that explains how much Hollywood execs have saturated our culture with bigoted portrayals:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reel_Bad_Arabs
Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPxak6lFd-I

Can You Trust Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson on Israel? Mehdi and Bassem Debate - Zeteo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT61YDZUWn0

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"Wake up America" - Lego-style music video via AI Iran Studios
https://x.com/RyanRozbiani/status/2044529384057422301

- Principles First - Challenging Premises - Beyond the Echo Chambers - series

intros...
"10/10. No notes."
https://x.com/mynamesnotgordy/status/2042017050860699740
"ya’ll are embarrassing @StopAntisemites"
https://x.com/_jenkings/status/2042394543060865153

"The Great Satan, the United States of America, agreed to the following:"
https://x.com/Ibrahim_alFiqar/status/2041658757063831642

Israel BREAKS CEASEFIRE, NYT Bombshell War Report, Pope STRONG-ARMED by Pentagon - w/ Rex Jones - Due Dissidence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHFIKyNOaKY

BOMBSHELL: TRUMP REGIME IS “HUNTING” CRITICS | The Kyle Kulinski Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XlxCmK7L7k

in the spirit of Ron Paul and Constitutionalism...
https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/2042213703798473100

the psychopathic spokesperson for the terroristic, genocidal empire...
LIVE: Pete Hegseth holds Pentagon briefing on the Iran war - AP 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kumzM-MrMeg

"IRGC pounded 25+ US-Israeli targets in 100th wave of Operation True Promise 4"
https://x.com/PressTV/status/2041922123271135340
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/04/08/766495/True-promise-4-wave-100

a succinct one-page document for a future society of freedom...
A New Covenant by L. Neil Smith
https://www.lneilsmith.com/new-cov.html

"Fearless nuanced conversation with @DanBilzerian - @CarriePrejean1 - @AnthonyAgu88102 - Josephine @JWGuilbeau about one of the biggest threats to America."
https://x.com/BrianMcGinnisNC/status/2041530442155782501

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Liar by Explosive Mediaa
https://x.com/ExplosiveMediaa/status/2043104833448599818

- Principles First - Challenging Premises - Beyond the Echo Chambers - series

CIA-operative sophistry...
Joe Kent - The Real Reason He's Sounding the Alarm on Israel and Iran | SRS #291 - Shawn Ryan Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHLlRW2Wb2c
Joe Kent Reveals THE TRUTH About Government Infiltration - The Young Turks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHsSiTxWvQ0

corruption of the Mises Institute...
https://hanshoppe.com/mises-institute-quo-vadis/

"No one infantilizes Americans more than Americans."
"Only Americans are allowed to sit atop the machinery of death and still be described as tragically confused."
https://x.com/nxt888/status/2030226199398818125

The Disaster Is the System - On Blanchot, Sovereignty, and the Machine that Always Wins
https://danielpinchbeck.substack.com/p/the-disaster-is-the-system

Trita Parsi's nonsensical pragmatism about Iranians "overplaying their hands"...
BREAKING: Iran REJECTS Trump Claim Of Talks, 5 Day Limited Ceasefire
https://youtu.be/ndwv8F6qA1Q?t=1008

Robert Pape's ridiculous, unsubstantiated quip about Iranian government killing 20-30K protestors...
Professor Pape: Iran Is 'VIETNAM ON STEROIDS' - Breaking Points (Krystal and Saagar)
https://youtu.be/YmxKXrK9BrY?t=1182

Dimitri Lascaris's recent investigative reporting from Iran...
https://www.youtube.com/@reason2resist/videos

Joe Rogan Experience #2474 - Dave Smith 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUePtc0bJSE
Jacob Hornberger's "open borders" book, promoting freedom and prosperity...
https://www.fff.org/store/the-case-for-open-borders-a-primer/
https://openborders.info/jacob-hornberger/
David Hathaway's incisive book about rights-respecting boundaries: _Immigration: Individual vs National Borders_
https://www.amazon.com/Immigration-Individual-vs-National-Borders-ebook/dp/B018019WRM/
Hathaway is part of a 4th generation Arizona ranching family on the border in Nogales, Arizona. He's a homeschooling father of nine children and an alumnus of U. of AZ. He's the Sheriff of Santa Cruz County, bordering Mexico. A former DEA agent, he's known for his independent stances, including opposition to state-level immigration enforcement, refusal to participate in certain federal border programs, and opposition to border barrier construction.

for self-esteem boosting ideas and methods...
http://happinesscounseling.com/happiness-resources/

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Lego Animation Video - "Khamenei Again!" - from Explosive News Team in Iran - by akhbarenfejari (on telegram).
https://x.com/RyanRozbiani/status/2036503251445555243