Sadly, we decided this week that this episode would be our last for a while. It was a difficult decision to make, but for the reasons discussed in this episode, it make the most sense for us right now until we can come back bigger, better, and stronger. Please keep the light of freedom on for us and do all you can to keep working toward a little saner world in our absence. We will be back and better than ever as soon as we are able. In the meantime, as David says, "stay safe and stay free." Show Notes: Jon Stewart and Bill Maher are "Johnny Come Lately" to Threats of Political Censorship and Insanity: https://www.tiktok.com/@dirtypretty00/video/7489972019841289515?_r=1&_t=ZT-8vSAlS44YY6 **SUPPORT THE PODCAST HERE** Become a Member: https://wmdpodcast.com/support-our-work BUY MERCH (shirts, hats, hoodies, mugs, even welcome mats!): https://ee48ce-3.myshopify.com BITCOIN WALLET ADDRESS: bc1qsx4qh6wqkmwac25rydfn8nhg4nrwrcx93fmjz4 CHECK OUT WMD ELSEWHERE: X: https://twitter.com/WMDpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.cm/groups/566957281384509 Odysee: https://odysee.com/@WeaponsOfMemeDestruction:7 Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/WMDPodcast
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Ep. 240: Trump's Tariffs: Good, Bad, Ugly?
Trump's "reciprocal tariffs" went into effect this week and the U.S. stock market tumbled under the uncertainty of what such a shakeup in the global trade framework will end up looking like. We give the strict economic analysis of why tariffs are bad but include a balanced approach to what the Trump side of the argument is for the tariffs and let you decide how to feel or what to think about them. Show Notes: Trump on Tariffs: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-tariffs **SUPPORT THE PODCAST HERE** Become a Member: https://wmdpodcast.com/support-our-work BUY MERCH (shirts, hats, hoodies, mugs, even welcome mats!): https://ee48ce-3.myshopify.com BITCOIN WALLET ADDRESS: bc1qsx4qh6wqkmwac25rydfn8nhg4nrwrcx93fmjz4 CHECK OUT WMD ELSEWHERE: X: https://twitter.com/WMDpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.cm/groups/566957281384509 Odysee: https://odysee.com/@WeaponsOfMemeDestruction:7 Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/WMDPodcast
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Ep. 239: The Signal Scandal
The mainstream outlets lost their collective mind this past week over a nothing-burger story about a hostile reporter from The Atlantic being "inadvertently" added to a group chat between high-ranking officials from the Trump Administration discussing war plans in Yemen. Peering through the thinly veiled attempts at manufactured outrage, one can easily see that rather than being a damning story about Trump Administration incompetence, the only relevant aspect to the incident is that someone on the inside is likely trying to sabotage Trump and his cabinet picks. The only problem (for the wannabe saboteurs) is that, as usual, they picked the most benign, pointless story one could possibly imagine to get outraged over, and if anything, the story actually makes the targets look semi-decent. **SUPPORT THE PODCAST HERE** Become a Member: https://wmdpodcast.com/support-our-work BUY MERCH (shirts, hats, hoodies, mugs, even welcome mats!): https://ee48ce-3.myshopify.com BITCOIN WALLET ADDRESS: bc1qsx4qh6wqkmwac25rydfn8nhg4nrwrcx93fmjz4 CHECK OUT WMD ELSEWHERE: X: https://twitter.com/WMDpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.cm/groups/566957281384509 Odysee: https://odysee.com/@WeaponsOfMemeDestruction:7 Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/WMDPodcast
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Ep. 238: Democracy Dies in Romania
Faced with a right-wing populist, Calin Georgescu, winning the presidential election in Romania late last year, election officials canceled the election. When it looked like he was still going to win in the re-do this year, they arrested him. His crime? Placing the interests and fortunes of Romanian citizens above the one-world-government dictates of the European Union and NATO. The next time you hear someone lamenting the "death of democracy," ask them their thoughts on Romania. You'll quickly learn that "democracy" is the least of their concerns. Instead, they favor total rule by the "experts" they feel are entitled to impose their will on anyone that disagrees. Show Notes: Romania's Dying Democracy: https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/romanias-dying-democracy Romania: Calin Georgescu's Presidential Candidacy Rejection Sparks Mass Protests and International Condemnation: https://bit.ly/429kBXS **SUPPORT THE PODCAST HERE** Become a Member: https://wmdpodcast.com/support-our-work BUY MERCH (shirts, hats, hoodies, mugs, even welcome mats!): https://ee48ce-3.myshopify.com BITCOIN WALLET ADDRESS: bc1qsx4qh6wqkmwac25rydfn8nhg4nrwrcx93fmjz4 CHECK OUT WMD ELSEWHERE: X: https://twitter.com/WMDpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.cm/groups/566957281384509 Odysee: https://odysee.com/@WeaponsOfMemeDestruction:7 Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/WMDPodcast
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Ep. 237: Trump & MAGA Go Full Retard on Budget
Thomas Massie was and remains "America First" before Trump was even in politics and before any of his braindead sycophants figured out how to breathe unaided. And yet, Trump decided to attack Massie this week over Massie's opposition to Mike-I've never met an exploded budget I didn't like-Johnson's continuing resolution that funds government at pre-DOGE levels, rendering all of DOGE's work up to now pointless. Massie (and Rand Paul in the Senate, who also opposes the continuing resolution) is an American hero and one of only two people in the entire 535-member Congressional cesspool that maintains the backbone to call out and oppose the reckless spending that Trump campaigned on ending, even when the MAGA god-king himself turns his back on doing the swamp draining he's promised for two terms now to do. As far as the budget goes, less Trump, more Massie! Show Notes: Rand Paul Lights into Mike Johnson's Swamp-Friendly Budget: - https://x.com/RandPaul/status/1899113680848961888?s=19 - https://x.com/RandPaul/status/1899153504444326341 Ron Paul give his take on the continuing resolution: - https://x.com/RonPaul/status/1899178348925833383?t=53lbm5kEUD_oGqeZ-1vjRw&s=19 **SUPPORT THE PODCAST HERE** Become a Member: https://wmdpodcast.com/support-our-work BUY MERCH (shirts, hats, hoodies, mugs, even welcome mats!): https://ee48ce-3.myshopify.com BITCOIN WALLET ADDRESS: bc1qsx4qh6wqkmwac25rydfn8nhg4nrwrcx93fmjz4 CHECK OUT WMD ELSEWHERE: X: https://twitter.com/WMDpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.cm/groups/566957281384509 Odysee: https://odysee.com/@WeaponsOfMemeDestruction:7 Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/WMDPodcast
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