American Thinker Takeaways, May 13, 2026
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Today’s topics are: · 0:00 Introduction · 0:16 Islam’s sado-sexual culture · 10:52 How America is doing in Iran and China · 21:47 The reasonable reason for halting redistricting in South Carolina · 26:43 A society cannot be structured around damaged people First, I examine the dueling reports about the unspeakable crimes Arabs committed against Jews on October 11 and Nicholas Kristof’s blood libel about raped Arabs in Israeli...
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American Thinker Takeaways, May 5, 2026
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In today’s video-podcast, I begin by riffing off of a —“scholastic” terrorism. He was talking about the way Democrats, as a general matter, create a mindset in which assassination seems not only reasonable, but desirable, but I focused on academia. And speaking of Democrats’ desiring death for their political opponents, it’s bigger than that. Like Iran itself, they seek “death to America.” For the first time in our history, a major political party, during a war, openly roots for the opposing side, even though the opposing side is genuinely evil by any American metric. It’s...
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American Thinker Takeaways, April 20, 2026
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Something new today because I ran out of time to do one of my carefully curated preparations: It’s just me, some ideas, and a camera. Yikes. I can tell you generally that I talk about The unconstitutional madness in Virginia and how hard it is to pull the country back from the downstream effects of a state that goes crazy Absolute morality versus the purely situational morality of the left, with examples drawn from Hiroshima, the IRGC, and pop culture. The entitlement of publicly funded “artists.” It’s a wild ride because my brain was crowded today, but you might find it amusing, if...
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American Thinker Takeaways, April 17, 2026
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Today’s topics are: · 0:00 Introduction · 0:38 Hennepin County is indicting ICE agents · 9:16 Is this the real reason Trump forced a settlement in Gaza? · 19:16 Laughing at oil-rich states and nations facing oil shortages · 25:42 Wrapping up.
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American Thinker Takeaways, April 2, 2026
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This one’s a bit different, because it’s relatively short (for me) and discusses only a single topic: Whether Europe can survive. I don’t think it can, and I explain why.
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American Thinker Takeaways, March 31, 2026
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· 0:00 Introduction · 0:40 Trump on Iran is no fool, no matter what the media say · 11:43 Trump hatred started with Reagan hatred · 15:11 The left mutilates Passover · 28:18 The View hosts’ modern eugenics · 35:49 Free speech is dying in the Anglosphere
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American Thinker Takeaways, March 26, 2026
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· 0:00 Introduction · 0:44 Fifth columnists · 22:08 Israel may allow the death penalty · 24:25 Leftist women destroying men · 30:10 Zohran Mamdani’s Islamic governance (and where does his wife fit in?) · 42:00 Conclusion
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American Thinker Takeaways, March 20, 2026
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Today’s topics are: · 0:00 Introduction · 0:23 Democrats are determined to lose another war · 5:15 The Republican Party should not be a Big Tent. Toss the Groypers · 20:28 The UK continues its war on self-defense
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American Thinker Takeaways, March 17, 2026
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Today’s topics are: · 0:00 Introduction · 2:54 Joe Rogan versus Ed Sullivan · 10:13 Tucker Carlson’s downfall? · 19:34 Regarding Tucker, it’s never really about the Jews · 24:41 David French’s fact-free morality · 37:12 Conclusion The video that I reference at 32:34, which discusses Trump’s infamous Access Hollywood tape, .
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American Thinker Takeaways, March 15, 2026
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Today’s topics are: 0:00 Introduction 0:38 We are not Jews with trembling knees 14:23 Why I don’t like Joe Rogan 17:00 I’m optimistic about the Iran War 17:31 We have no choice but to fight 22:20 We are doing spectacularly well, and it’s not a quagmire or forever war 29:44 Iran has terrible internal problems 33:39 The Gulf nations are sitting this one out 35:15 China isn’t helping 38:24 The only thing that can defeat us...is us
info_outlineIf listening to Trump irks you, stop listening and start focusing on his accomplishments. Then do the same for the Dem candidates. Then vote for Trump.
When I'm bored, I watch video compilations showing how to do things better. Each video has 20-30 clips showing clever tricks for doing anything better (cleaning, packing, cooking, etc.). The videos are "show and tell," without narration, but with a music soundtrack. These soundtracks are always horrible.
This video, viewed over 270,000,000 times, shows both the useful information and the horrible music.
The bad music doesn't make me avoid the content. Instead, I mute the music.
There’s a point to his seemingly irrelevant anecdote: When NeverTrumpers start wittering on about about Trump's latest bombastic tweet or speech, or another act of boastful puffery, I want to tell them to do as I do with my life-hacking videos: Turn off the sound and just focus on the content -- the content, in this case, being his achievements in office.
It occurred to me that this would be an interesting test to apply as well to the top Democrat candidates, each of whom functions at three different levels: (1) Promises to the base; (2) personal style; and (3) actual accomplishments.
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