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March 19, 2025 - Health Ranger - Mike Adams

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BBN, Mar 19, 2025 – Left-wing terrorists target TESLA, while RFK Jr. goes after INFANT FORMULA

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	Welcome to Brighteon Broadcast News with Mike Adams, the Health Ranger.
	Welcome to Brighteon Broadcast News for Wednesday, March 19th, 2025.
	I'm Mike Adams.
	Thank you for joining me today.
	I'm the founder of brighteon.com and naturalnews.com.
	And of course, recently I'm known as Amethios, which is my music artist name.
	And it just so happens that one of the breaking news items today is that...
	Crazy, insane leftists are not only setting fire to Tesla cars at Tesla dealerships because they hate Elon Musk, who's cutting off all their fraudulent slush fund money, which tends to make people angry, it turns out.
	But somebody published an online map, apparently, at least this is what's being reported, a map of the names and addresses and locations of all the Tesla owners.
	in the United States of America.
	So they're trying to dox all the Tesla owners all at once, and they've put little Molotov cocktail symbols over the home addresses of all the people who own Teslas, which is totally insane and probably an act of terrorism of some kind.
	We're going to talk about that coming up, but I was thinking about this today.
	Well, you know that I love writing music, and I also have You know, a sense of humor about current events.
	So, got a new song for you today.
	And we had so many people enjoying the song yesterday, which was about, you're not going to get it.
	You're never going to get the Epstein files.
	Forgot the exact name.
	You ain't going to get the Epstein files yet.
	People love that song, which was funny because I just kind of threw it together as a joke.
	And it ended up being really well-received.
	And in fact, I loved listening to it.
	So I came up with a concept today about people setting these Teslas on fire, and it's called Baby Don't Burn My Tesla, and it's set in a lyrical, melodic, reggae style.
	So enjoy the song.
	think you'll love it.
	Police gonna come get ya, driving in the Tesla.
	Tesla.
	Baby, don't burn my Tesla.
	It's the only thing I got left, ya.
	Gonna arrest ya, stick you in the back of the Tesla.
	Leftists lit them up.
	The sanity's corrupt.
	They torched those cars for fun, now they on the run.
	Leftists lost their minds Trump derangement signs A double dose of terror Is there fatal error?
	Baby, don't burn my Tesla It's the only thing I got left, yeah Police gonna come get ya Driving in the Tesla They claim to stand for peace while torching cars and trees.
	Lithium combusts 'cause they all hate Elon Musk.
	They used to love them EVs, but then they watch those TVs.
	Media indoctrination made those leftists hate this nation Baby, don't burn my Tesla It's the only thing I got left ya Police gonna come get ya Driving in the Tesla,
	Tesla Baby, don't burn my Tesla It's the only thing I got left ya Poe, poe, gonna arrest ya Stick you in the back of the Tesla Baby,
	don't burn my Tesla It's the only thing I got left ya Poe, poe,
	gonna arrest ya Driving in the Tesla I really take this back I really take this back of the Tesla I really take this back of the Tesla I really take this back of the Tesla I really take this back of the Tesla I really take this back of the Tesla I really take this back of the Tesla
	Okay, I hope you enjoyed that song, Baby Don't Burn My Tesla.
	What a funny topic.
	We live in a world where that is a legit song title.
	Because the same leftists who used to love Teslas, and they were all about Elon Musk, and they were all about Teslas, and now, you know, they've lost their minds, and they just want to kill him and burn all the cars and everything.
	You know, we're really living in truly crazy times right now.
	So here's the story from Twitter, Mario Naufal.
	I don't know how to pronounce his name.
	I apologize.
	But he's got a lot of great posts on X. He says a website called DogeQuest has reportedly published the names, addresses, and phone numbers of Tesla owners across the United States, complete with an interactive map and a Molotov cocktail cursor.
	And this is being reported by the New York Post.
	The site claims that it will only remove personal data if owners prove that they've sold their Teslas.
	In an apparent backlash to Elon's ties with the Trump administration, this comes as Tesla dealerships face gunfire, arson attempts, and Cybertruck owners report harassment, while anti-Tesla protests ramp up nationwide.
	So Elon Musk says, you know, the left is the party of violence and hate, and that's absolutely true.
	So this is what's behind my new song, Baby Don't Burn My Tesla.
	So, hey, spread the song.
	Share it with people.
	I'm going to post it.
	I'll post the video on X sometime today and other social media platforms.
	And then, of course, we'll post the song on music.brighteon.com sometime probably today.
	And then we'll post the MP3 file there.
	You can download that for free and enjoy the music and share it with people.
	I want people to enjoy the music and have a smile, have a laugh.
	Have a good time with the music while we cover crazy topics of the day.
	Every day that I can come up with a good, catchy song idea about something in the news where I can make it funny in a way, like bring a smile to your face, then I'll do that.
	So I might actually be bringing you a couple of songs a week this way.
	These are not heavily produced songs, and the videos are kind of quick and dirty, but they're fun.
	And about these, whoever's running this website, which is essentially doxing all the Tesla owners across America.
	I mean, it's publishing their names, their addresses, and their phone numbers.
	Like, that is mass doxing of all the Tesla owners.
	And clearly, if there is an FBI, the FBI should be finding out who's publishing this website.
	And should be giving them a visit, if not an arrest.
	Because this seems like terrorism.
	I mean, it is terrorism.
	This is left-wing terrorism that's intended to terrorize Tesla owners in order to economically harm the Tesla company.
	This is exactly the kind of thing that radical leftists do.
	And this also points to the acceleration towards a radical left-wing movement.
	Armed revolt in America, which is probably coming.
	And right now you've got these left-wing judges that have lost their minds, and one judge just in the last day ordered Trump to reinstate the entire USAID slush fund, to just put it all back.
	That's what, you know, Doge tore that thing down.
	83% shut down, as Secretary Rubio said.
	And now a judge, an Obama-appointed radical left-wing judge comes along and says, no, you can't stop the slush fund money.
	And almost all the money out of USAID was clearly fraud.
	Just completely fraudulent money-laundering slush funds.
	And we're told, no, you can't shut that down because the leftists need their slush fund money?
	Are you kidding me?
	Unreal.
	So we're going to play a video clip from Elon Musk himself here, actually, shortly.
	But there's two other things I want to mention today that will blow your mind.
	One is that the Trump administration did release the JFK files that he promised to release, which is funny because my song yesterday was, you ain't gonna get the Epstein files yet.
	And the second verse said, wear those JFK docs.
	Spend your day watching clocks.
	Well, the JFK files did drop.
	That's interesting.
	But it dropped in the form of like a thousand plus PDFs.
	And people are taking note of a couple of those PDFs.
	And apparently the government search engine that you can use to search those files doesn't let you search for the term Israel.
	Imagine the odds of that.
	Yeah, that's kind of interesting.
	But we're going to get to that.
	And then the second shocking thing that happened today that I'll bring you here, and I'll show you this photo here.
	I was given an award by the United States Congress.
	And here you can see a picture of the award from the United States Congress.
	This is called the Patriot Award, presented to Mike Adams.
	On the 18th of March, which was yesterday, when I had Congressman Cloud in the studio.
	And we're going to play the interview with Congressman Cloud, and I'll tell you the whole story about this, but if you had on your bingo card for this year that the Health Ranger was going to receive an award from the United States Congress,
	I would have said, you're crazy.
	That's never going to happen.
	Because I've been, in many ways, so critical of Congress as a whole, obviously.
	Although I've said really nice things about certain members of Congress, including in the Senate, you know?
	And we love Rand Paul, and we love Thomas Massey in the House, and, you know, frankly, we love the whole Ron Paul family.
	And, you know, I love our congressman in Central Texas, Congressman Cloud.
	And, you know, I miss Louie Gohmert in Congress, and so on.
	We love Marjorie Taylor Greene.
	There are some great people in Congress.
	And that's not a complete list that I just mentioned there.
	You know, I've said nice things about Jim Jordan and many others over the years.
	But overall, I've been very critical of Congress.
	And I think most Americans share that opinion.
	So nowhere, no way in my realm of possible things that would happen this year was I factoring in that I would just spontaneously receive an award from the United States Congress.
	Like, never would have thought that would happen.
	It just happened.
	We'll cover that coming up.
	But first, let me play this interview clip with Elon Musk, who's talking about radical leftists losing their minds and wanting him killed.
	So check out this clip.
	You're working on helping the blind see and all of these other things.
	Is it really come down to the basic, you're aligned with...
	President Donald Trump, who also is a friend of mine, and that you have identified well over $100 billion in waste, fraud, abuse that our federal government never should have been spending.
	Is that what it comes down to?
	Yeah, it turns out when you take away people's, you know, the money they're receiving fraudulently, they get very upset.
	And they basically want to kill me because I'm stopping their fraud.
	And they want to hurt Tesla because we're stopping this terrible waste and corruption in the government.
	And, well, I guess they're bad people.
	Bad people do bad things.
	Well, I know that overall, you know, financially, in the end, yes, they can hurt you.
	But the people that they'll end up hurting are the people that work in your dealerships that may risk losing their job.
	The people that they may end up hurting are the people that work on the line and build the Teslas.
	They're going to be the ones hurt.
	And that to me is despicable on their part just because they might have a political difference or perceived political difference.
	Let me.
	So he said.
	Elon says, it turns out when you take away people's money that they are receiving fraudulently, they get very upset.
	Yeah, there's the understatement right there.
	And I tell you, this experience of Elon, this is endearing to him.
	This actually makes me like Elon much more because I know what he's going through.
	You know, for many years, when the left loves you and the press loves you, which was the case of Elon Musk for many, many years, you know, life is easy.
	Like, nobody's trying to burn down your dealerships.
	Nobody's, you know, destroying your cars.
	Nobody's writing negative crap about you, you know, for the most part.
	But then when Elon joined Team Trump, and especially when he unleashed the AI financial crawlers into USAID and the Treasury and the Pentagon and whatever, oh, man, that ruffled some feathers.
	And all of a sudden, all the European countries and the corporate media and everybody's, like, just...
	False allegations now against Elon.
	Like, oh, he's a Nazi.
	No, he's not.
	It's absurd.
	Oh, he hates America.
	No, he loves America.
	He's trying to help save America.
	So I actually feel a sense of endearment here, a sense of sadness almost, that here's Elon trying to do good things for this country, and the left is trying to destroy his company and his reputation and his life.
	Again, I know what that feels like.
	Because I've been in that for 20 years.
	I've been speaking out against the left for 20 years.
	I mean, more and more over the last 10 years, of course, because that's when the left got completely insane and started pushing transgenderism and wokeism and DEI and all that nonsense.
	So I just became more and more outspoken.
	And of course, the radical left was always targeting me and censoring me and smearing me and everything.
	And trying to destroy my company.
	So I know exactly what Elon Musk is going through.
	I really do.
	I know exactly what he's going through.
	But I would say to Elon, keep going because the American people are with you.
	We want you to double down on Doge.
	We want double Doge Fridays.
	We want triple Doge.
	Keep going.
	And this federal judge that has ordered the reinstatement of all of the USAID slush fund.
	Fraudulent file transfers or money transfers.
	You realize that judge is ordering Trump to commit felony crimes of money laundering and fraud.
	And that should be the answer from Trump and his attorneys is to say, well, you know, this judge's orders conflict with the rule of law.
	And we cannot follow these judges' orders because the judge is compelling us to commit felony crimes.
	Thus, the answer to the judge is no.
	Go pound sand.
	And what is it with these judges thinking they rule the whole world anyway?
	That doesn't make any sense at all.
	All right, shifting gears here, we are going to go to RFK Jr., but that reminds me...
	Just to mention that, yes, the JFK files have been released.
	We're going to hopefully cover that a little bit.
	And it pretty much indicates the CIA had a major role in the assassination of JFK.
	Probably Israel, too.
	But we're going to let the Internet people dig through that for a few more days.
	And maybe I'll have an AI engine go through the documents.
	I'm sure a lot of other people will do the same.
	So we will see.
	We'll see how much Israel comes out of that or how much CIA comes out of that or LBJ.
	And Roger Stone is talking about LBJ really had JFK killed.
	And LBJ was a son of a bitch.
	Let me tell you.
	And he was a Texas man.
	And he was as dirty as they come.
	LBJ was a dirty, filthy, corrupt president.
	And he had people killed.
	In order to get into power.
	And probably he had JFK killed as well so that he could be sworn in.
	So anyway, we're going to go to RFK Jr. now, the nephew of JFK.
	I know it's a lot to keep track of.
	But RFK Jr., Secretary Kennedy, as he's now called as head of HHS, has announced a major initiative to Clean up infant formula.
	Now, you may recall that in years past, I have purchased infant formula and I've done videos and commentary, and this is one of the reasons I was banned, where I pointed out that it's all junk food for babies.
	That infant formula products are mostly corn syrup solids and milk protein.
	Like casein.
	So it's like sugar and milk.
	And they call it infant formula.
	And it's not.
	They shouldn't even be allowed to call it infant formula because it's not infant formula.
	It's just processed sugar milk for babies, okay, with some extra, like, vitamins that aren't even in their natural forms in many cases and minerals that are not also in their natural forms in many cases.
	It's just a bunch of garbage, okay?
	It's no replacement for mother's breast milk, that's for sure.
	Mother's milk is the real infant formula, obviously, as God and Mother Nature intended.
	So, Secretary Kennedy has announced an initiative to clean up infant formulas.
	And in addition to the corn syrup solids that I mentioned, many infant formulas contain sort of low-grade seed oils.
	And there are also in the formula products typically some trace levels of glyphosate or metals, although in my own testing, my laboratory testing of infant formula products, I've found that they're so heavily processed,
	they tend to not have any alarming levels of heavy metals or alarming levels of glyphosate.
	And remember, we've done more testing in this area than any private lab probably in the world.
	And I will tell you, just honestly, full transparency here, we've tested a lot of infant formula products, and I've never seen them initiate red flags, warning signs.
	in the area of metals or glyphosate.
	But some people out there believe that, you know, one part per billion of lead is going to kill you, which is not true.
	I'm not concerned about metals at the levels that I've seen because they're extremely low.
	What I'm concerned about is the corn syrup solids, the milk protein, and the seed oils because all that stuff is highly inflammatory.
	And I think it interferes with normal neurodevelopment and metabolic development of infants.
	I think that those ingredients make babies fat, like obese, in an unhealthy fat kind of way, not like a healthy, cute baby fat.
	I'm talking about obese babies who are growing up on junk food, and it predisposes them to diabetes.
	And obesity later on in life, and probably many other disorders as well, including neurological or even IQ retardation, because they don't have the fully developed brain, because they don't have healthy oils, they don't have healthy food.
	So, Secretary Kennedy is apparently directing the FDA to do the following things.
	He's going to ask the FDA to increase testing of heavy metals and contaminants.
	Okay?
	Fine.
	Again, I very much doubt the FDA is going to find anything of concern in that area because, like I already said, infant formula is very heavily processed and it lacks minerals and also toxic metals.
	So I don't think that's going to make any difference.
	Second thing is they're going to update and review infant formula nutrients.
	To, at some point, issue updated recommendations to infant formula manufacturers, which still will be probably a joke because it's just going to say, well, as long as you have these minerals and these vitamins, then you can call it infant formula.
	But it's still corn syrup, and it's still milk protein, it's still seed oils, so it's all garbage.
	It's just sort of, it's just a powdered form of sugary breakfast cereal, basically, is what it is, okay?
	I don't put any faith in the FDA updating this nutrient recommendation list, so let's see what else they're going to do.
	They're going to expand the personal importation policy so that mothers who want to import higher quality infant formula from other countries are able to do so.
	And that would include Canada and European countries as well.
	Let's see.
	This update is supposed to increase transparency and have better labeling of infant formula, and it's supposed to collaborate with the NIH to address gaps concerning short- and long-term health outcomes associated with feeding infant formula during infancy and childhood.
	Okay, so that last point is the only one probably that will get a lot of traction, because...
	As I said, look at the main ingredients in infant formula.
	And I would say, oh, by the way, this is called Operation Stork Speed.
	Instead of Warp Speed, get it?
	You know, Operation Warp Speed, this is Operation Stork Speed, okay?
	Okay, not that funny, but whatever.
	It's fine, it's fine.
	I would say that if you really want to improve infant formula, You should ban corn syrup solids in infant formula, and you should ban cheap seed oils that are highly inflammatory and that lack the proper balance of essential fatty acids,
	okay?
	So that would include corn oil and soy oil, which is really the number one oil, but also canola or rapeseed oil, etc.
	It's just wrong to raise infants on corn syrup, milk proteins, and seed oils.
	Like cheap seed oil.
	It's just wrong.
	But these recommendations from Secretary Kennedy do not address those key ingredients.
	So he's still got some things to do.
	I mean, I would argue that the directives that have been initiated so far don't really add up to much yet, but it's a good start.
	So I was tweeting about this also, putting a message out, that anybody that is raising alarm, you know, crying wolf over metals and glyphosate in infant formula is not a food scientist.
	They do not understand concentrations because those are not red flag items in infant formula.
	All right, now we've also got, pivoting here, we've got an escalation of potential war in the Middle East.
	And I am strongly opposed to Trump allowing the U.S. to get wrangled into this conflict, probably with Iran eventually.
	I mean, right now it's with the Houthis in Yemen.
	But clearly Netanyahu is grabbing Trump by the nose or the elbow or whatever and thrusting him into a war with Iran.
	And he's got the support of so many members of Congress who are all very loyal to Israel.
	This could spell disaster for Trump's domestic agenda, and it could really ruin the otherwise significant accomplishments of Trump's administration right now, because wars always grow unpredictably, right?
	And this could get completely out of control.
	It could end up being a Vietnam in the Middle East with all kinds of horrible ramifications.
	So, I've got a special report on this I'd like to play now.
	It's called War Escalation in the Middle East Could Spell Disaster for Trump's Domestic Agenda for America.
	Here we go.
	I am completely opposed to Trump's support of escalating war in the Middle East.
	If you want to stop the Houthis from attacking cargo vessels and U.S. ships, the answer is pretty simple.
	You lean on Netanyahu and you tell him to stop the blockade of food and medicine and water and essential supplies to Gaza.
	That's all that's required.
	And then the Houthis will stop attacking the naval vessels.
	But instead...
	Trump and Secretary Rubio are ordering the military to attack the Houthis, say we're just going to keep attacking them until they can no longer attack us.
	That's not the source of the problem, right?
	That's just masking symptoms.
	The source of the problem is Israel's humanitarian violations of denying food and water and medical supplies to the civilian people of Gaza.
	That's the source of the problem.
	And that's true regardless of what you think about Israel, whether you're pro-Israel or anti-Israel or pro-Palestine, anti-Palestine, or Hamas or whatever.
	That's just the fact of the matter, is that that's why the Houthis are attacking ships, and they've said so.
	Now, then there's a bigger risk, by the way, and the reason I'm even recording this is because I need to put out a warning to Trump, his administration, his supporters, that a war in the Middle East will strongly detract from Trump's domestic focus,
	which should be the centerpiece of his political strategy.
	Trump is on a roll domestically.
	He's got Doge working.
	He's exposing the USAID slush fund.
	He's cutting the size of government, which is great.
	Pam Bondi is reportedly prosecuting some people.
	That needs to be an expanded list, but maybe they're in the investigations phase on that.
	Overall, Trump is making a lot of great domestic changes, like securing the border and deporting violent illegal criminals, etc.
	These are all really positive things, and he should focus on those things.
	And if he does not focus on those things...
	Well then, you know, the problem is going to be that this will drag him down.
	That is, an expanded war in the Middle East can drag Trump down, and it can turn his win into a loss.
	The loss would be, oh, look, you know, we're in a war, and our soldiers are coming home dead, and Iran is attacking us, etc.
	These are not good things.
	Another big risk in this is that right now Trump is making peace with Russia, or at least is in the beginning stages of that process.
	And if we can come off of the war footing with Russia and get into at least trade, you know, relative peace, and just trade goods and services and minerals and energy instead of bombs and missiles, well,
	then that can have strong economic benefits both for the United States and For the rest of the world, Russia included.
	But that will be threatened if the US and Iran get into a kinetic conflict.
	Why?
	Because Russia cannot allow Iran to fall.
	So the more aggressive the United States gets with attacking Iran or bombing Iran or attacking its nuclear facilities, almost spontaneously, the more aggressive Russia's response is going to be against the United States.
	And that will sabotage any kind of peace or trade negotiations.
	And part of what Netanyahu has always done, he's such a strong manipulator, he's a very experienced manipulator, and he wants to manipulate the United States into fighting Israel's wars in the Middle East,
	which the biggest target of that is, of course, Iran.
	So Netanyahu wants the United States...
	To bomb Iran and destroy Iran.
	And Trump needs to be very cautious about this because Iran is a formidable military foe, especially when you're fighting on their home turf, okay?
	Iran is a geographically very large country, especially for the Middle East region, you know, many, many times larger than Israel or even other countries like Jordan, for example, or Iraq, or, you know.
	Kuwait, which is tiny.
	But Iran also has mountains, mountainous regions, which are just really excellent for storing missiles, ballistic missiles, military equipment, underground bases, underground ammunition depots,
	etc.
	To the point where a lot of that stuff is not reachable by U.S. bombs.
	And the U.S. can't even...
	You can't send U.S. troops, just like Israel can't send Israeli troops to fight Iran at the doorstep of Iran.
	You'd be just decimated, okay?
	I mean, Iran has fighter jets and bombers and drone technology and ballistic missile technology, cruise missiles, advanced comms equipment, anti-air defense systems, some of which I believe We're provided by Russia and many other examples of advanced military technology.
	If you didn't know this about Iran, then get up to speed because Iran has advanced fighter jet aircraft, among other things.
	They should not be fiddled with in the Middle East.
	It's just asking for trouble.
	And it's not hard to see a situation where the United States gets into a shooting.
	Match with Iran and where U.S. naval vessels are launching missiles, and then those naval vessels themselves come under fire from things like hypersonic missiles or ballistic missiles or even Russia's Oreshnik missile system,
	which would just destroy and sink a U.S. aircraft carrier.
	So it's not hard to imagine a scenario where Trump rolls the Navy into the Arabian Sea or...
	I don't know if he's going to get as close as the Persian Gulf, but certainly the Arabian Sea and is attacking Iran from the sea and from the air, probably combined with Israel's attacks at the same time.
	But then there's a response from Iran and maybe from Russia that sinks a bunch of U.S. naval vessels in the Arabian Sea or maybe in the Sea of Oman there.
	Or wherever they happen to be, okay?
	Maybe even in the Mediterranean.
	Maybe the U.S. will park some aircraft carriers or battle groups in the Mediterranean.
	Maybe they have the range.
	I don't know.
	That's a long flight, so I don't know.
	But probably they're going to be closer.
	But that puts them well within range of Russia's missiles and even Iran's missiles.
	So if you start to look at U.S. naval craft being destroyed, And, you know, you start to get reports like, oh, my God, they sank the USS aircraft carrier here.
	God forbid if it's the Ford, the Ford class carrier.
	Then now you've lost credibility as a military.
	And, you know, Secretary Rubio, who overall I think is doing a really excellent job, he's talking pretty tough.
	With the Houthis.
	And he likes to talk tough with Iran.
	But I think there's a bit of a FAFO phenomenon going on here.
	I think that talking tough with Iran is a mistake.
	Because Iran can make good on their promises.
	And the U.S. Navy is largely obsolete.
	I mean, the Navy can roll up and do a certain amount of damage from a certain distance.
	But they can't bomb the underground bases.
	They can bomb government buildings and civilian targets and manufacturing facilities, okay?
	Just all the above-ground stuff.
	But they can't really stop the weapons supplies that are in the mountains, in the caves.
	They can't stop that.
	There's nothing they can do.
	They can't put troops on the ground.
	And then the U.S. battle group is just a sitting duck out there just waiting to be hit by hypersonic missiles.
	That's a scenario that could be a losing hand.
	And I encourage Trump to think very cautiously about this.
	Don't get wrapped into this because Netanyahu is strong-arming you into this situation or because you owe the Israeli lobby a bunch of return favors for all the campaign donations or whatever.
	Be very cautious about this.
	And it's not hard to see Democrats domestically in the U.S. becoming the anti-war party.
	Again, which they weren't during the Biden administration when Biden was waging war against Russia using Ukraine as a proxy state.
	All the Democrats were all in for the war.
	You notice that?
	But they'll flip and become anti-war if it's Trump's war, you see.
	Of course, the Democrats have no actual values.
	I mean, nothing consistent.
	They're not really anti-war.
	They're just anti-war when Trump's in the White House.
	The rest of the time, they're totally pro-war, right?
	But they'll turn against Trump, and then when soldiers start coming home dead in the draped coffins or however that is depicted, and you have military funerals in the U.S., I mean, sinking an aircraft carrier would kill about 5,000
	sailors.
	That would be absolutely catastrophic.
	And I'm not saying that that's an easy thing for Iran to do, but it...
	It is easy for Russia to do, and it's easy for China to do.
	In fact, it was Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense, who said before he was the Secretary of Defense, he said that China can destroy all of the U.S. aircraft carriers all over the world in about 20 minutes.
	Actually, it's about 25 minutes, but who's counting?
	Within an hour, China can destroy every U.S. aircraft carrier.
	Well, Russia has that same capability.
	So what are you doing out there poking the bear?
	What are you doing?
	And if the U.S. Navy takes a bunch of hits and loses thousands of sailors and several ships, well, then the U.S. Navy can't project power along the commercial ocean trade routes.
	Well, then that makes it less likely that the nations out there are going to use the dollar for trade because...
	They might say, well, BRICS looks a lot better now because the BRICS nations can provide better security where it's needed, you know?
	If the U.S. Navy is so weak that they can't even beat Iran.
	I mean, I understand these are a lot of what-ifs.
	I'm just saying there are risks involved here.
	What are the three things that Michael Jan says about war?
	He says, number one, all wars grow.
	Number two, all wars grow unpredictably.
	And then number three, all wars last longer than you expect they will.
	So the U.S. is rolling in there with this expectation that, oh, it's going to be fast, it's going to be easy, we'll just bomb the smithereens out of Yemen, or we'll just drop a nuke on Iran's oil fields or whatever, and then we'll be done,
	and we'll just be out of there.
	Yeah, never going to happen like that.
	You're going to get caught in a quagmire.
	This is going to become the Vietnam of the Middle East.
	And the left will then do what they did during Vietnam.
	They'll have protests all over the country, protests on campus.
	And these will be Americans protesting, not just like Palestinians that Trump can choose to arrest and deport because they're not citizens.
	This will be American citizens protesting the war, the Vietnam in the Middle East.
	And you're going to lose the support.
	Of so many of the people who are Iranians or Iraqis or people of Kuwait.
	You're going to lose the support, as Trump, you're going to lose the support of so many Middle Eastern countries that are negatively impacted by this.
	And you're not going to gain the support of anybody.
	Because you already have Israel supporting you, and Trump is already supporting Israel.
	You're not going to pick up another country by unleashing...
	World War III in the Middle East.
	If anything, you're going to alienate more people, more supporters in the United States, who will find a new reason to join the Democrat Party, which is anti-war.
	We don't want war.
	And all of a sudden, the Democrats will find a new reason to exist.
	They'll pivot from mutilating the genitalia of children and banning guns to just being opposed to war.
	And they'll do it on humanitarian grounds.
	Oh, we have to stop the bloodshed.
	We have to stop the suffering.
	Oh my God, look at all these, you know, horrible things.
	And war is horrible.
	So they will have a point that's going to be very seductive.
	A lot of people will join the Democrats or people who have been offended by the Democrats and the wokeism and the DEI and the LGBT nonsense.
	They will find a new reason to return to the Democrat Party.
	And there'll be a lot of people who were Trump supporters.
	Who voted for Trump thinking that Trump is going to be the peace president.
	Like he said, he's going to get us out of wars.
	And then they're going to find that, oh, Trump is getting us into wars.
	Well, I don't want any part of that.
	And they'll leave the Republican Party.
	They'll leave, you know, MAGA.
	It'll be bye-bye MAGA.
	We're going back to the Democrats because we want to stand up against this war.
	So, look, that's the risk.
	It's a political risk.
	It's a humanitarian risk.
	It's an economic risk.
	And what do you think is going to happen to the price of oil when war breaks out against Iran?
	What do you think is going to happen?
	You know, gasoline is going to go to $10 a gallon, even in the Midwest and the Mid-South.
	Not to mention California, where it will be like $15 a gallon, you know, because that's California for you.
	This is going to...
	Really hamper U.S. economic growth.
	And that's my point, is that if Trump drags us into this extended war, conflict, whatever you want to call it, the U.S. economy suffers.
	Trump's domestic agenda suffers big time.
	And as a result, Trump loses a massive amount of support for his agenda.
	And we end up sacrificing America, losing America in order to do.
	What?
	To fight Israel's wars?
	So is Israel first, America last?
	No, I am not okay with that.
	We need to put America first and encourage Israel to de-escalate, which so far they've been completely unwilling to do because America keeps shipping bombs over there and weapons and money, billions of dollars.
	Hey, as long as Israel keeps getting free money and free bombs and free weapons and free nukes and everything else, and the nukes are illegal too, by the way.
	Then Israel has no incentive to de-escalate.
	They're getting all the support that they wanted.
	So, of course, Israel is going to eventually try to wrangle the United States into a war with Iran.
	And that is not going to go well at all.
	That's my concern.
	In my view, Trump should be taking the Ron Paul approach here.
	Get us out of foreign wars.
	Shut down!
	U.S. military bases all over the Middle East.
	You know how many bases are in Kuwait?
	I mean, even command centers for...
	What is it?
	Is that the Fifth Fleet that's out of there?
	I think it is.
	I don't keep track of all the naval names and everything, but there's all kinds of military bases, command centers all over the Middle East.
	We're talking about over 50,000 U.S. troops.
	That's in Iraq.
	It's in Afghanistan.
	It's in Kuwait.
	Some of them are in other surrounding countries.
	Some of them, I mean, gosh, there's military bases in Jordan and Turkey and all kinds of other places.
	And not everybody wants them there either.
	Well, if the U.S. attacks Iran, Iran is going to freaking bomb those bases.
	And you could be looking at 10,000 dead American troops overnight, which is probably something that...
	Like Lindsey Graham, Senator Graham, would love because, oh, now we have to attack them.
	We have to nuke them now.
	Look, they killed so many troops.
	Well, you provoked it.
	You provoked it.
	You attacked Iran first.
	So, you know, there's a sense that the U.S. is kind of leaving U.S. troops out there as bait to try to provoke an attack, which this was very much what the West did in Ukraine.
	They kept moving missiles closer to Russia and setting up bioweapons laboratories in eastern Ukraine and moving troops to Ukraine and firing artillery on the pro-Russian citizens of the Donbass region and everything.
	This was all designed to provoke Russia.
	And it worked!
	Eventually, Russia was like, we just can't tolerate this anymore.
	We're going to take over the Donbass region.
	And that began the special military operation in February 20...
	2nd of 2022, I believe.
	It began.
	So America's trying to do the same thing with Israel in the Middle East.
	They're going to try to keep provoking Iran until Iran is forced to respond.
	And when Iran responds, thousands of U.S. troops are going to be killed, and that's going to be all over the news in America.
	Oh my God, we have to respond.
	This is basically a Middle Eastern Pearl Harbor.
	And you remember what happened in Pearl Harbor.
	The U.S. sort of engineered that event.
	It wasn't a false flag operation, but it was a provoked attack on Pearl Harbor.
	I mean, the U.S. did the naval embargo around Japan to stop their oil supply.
	And then the U.S. was involved in other diplomatic communications and provocations.
	And then you notice that in Pearl Harbor, all the really important ships were moved out of the harbor two days earlier.
	And what was left behind was mostly a bunch of old junker ships.
	And ships that were needing extensive repairs so that Pearl Harbor could be attacked.
	They even turned off the radar to make sure that they didn't see any incoming attack.
	And then when Pearl Harbor was attacked, the U.S. government says, oh my God, we've been attacked.
	We have to go to war with Japan.
	And the American people at that point were like, yes, we have to go to war with Japan.
	Well, that was all engineered.
	Pearl Harbor.
	Was an engineered event, just like 9-11 was an engineered event.
	Well, I'm seeing there's going to be another engineered event in the Middle East to blame Iran or to justify an attack on Iran.
	And maybe Iran carries out an attack, but again, it's being provoked into that or given no other options.
	And that's what the West wants, is to be able to point the finger at Persia and say, see, you're the aggressors.
	You fired first, and then we decided to destroy you.
	This is the way the West always operates, every single time.
	And probably the UK government is trying to do the same thing right now to blame Russia for something that happens in Ukraine.
	You know, some kind of a false flag attack or provocation to blame Russia to justify more war.
	You can see it clear as day.
	This is the blueprint, okay?
	So be wary of this.
	And you better fill up your gas tanks, you know, because fuel is about to get really expensive if this escalates and it looks like it's going to happen.
	We don't know exactly when, but it's growing closer each and every day.
	So what can you do?
	Well, I mean, you can only store so much gas and diesel.
	It's not even very safe to store gasoline.
	It's too combustible.
	So I always say, get a diesel vehicle and store diesel because it's so much safer to store and have a diesel generator.
	You have backup power supply and get all your backup equipment.
	You know, Satellite Phone Store now offers Starlink satellite deals.
	You can just go to starlink123.com.
	You can have backup comms or you can go to sat123.com for satellite phones or backup power supplies and solar generators.
	Be ready for a wartime situation that may result in cyber attacks on the United States, may result in disruptions.
	Now, I'm not anticipating mass bombings of U.S. cities by Iran.
	I don't think that would happen.
	But there could be cyber attacks from numerous countries, even maybe from Russia.
	There could be disruptions of the U.S. power grid and disruptions of infrastructure.
	There could be an unleashing of all the illegal occupying enemy terrorists who cross the border into the United States and have been awaiting orders to activate and start attacking infrastructure.
	I mean, that could be unleashed at any given moment.
	Be ready for this.
	And also, you know, gold and silver, make sure you're squared away so that when the dollar plunges, which is going to happen, Trump will have to print trillions of dollars.
	There's no way out of this.
	You know, it's not Trump's fault.
	He's just going to have to print trillions of dollars.
	That's a hundred percent chance that that's going to happen.
	OK, and the excuse might be war.
	The excuse might be a pandemic.
	The excuse might be a financial collapse or cyber attack or whatever.
	Trump is going to print trillions of dollars.
	And the dollar value is going to plummet.
	And if you don't have gold and silver or land or other real assets, you're going to be in a world of hurt.
	So watch this situation very, very closely in the Middle East.
	Have your backup systems in place.
	Be ready for anything unexpected.
	Pray for peace.
	Pray for de-escalation.
	And if you can, please encourage your senators and your House representatives, your governors to deescalate and support peace.
	And if you get a chance, tell them you don't want America fighting Israel's wars.
	We need to put America first.
	We need to focus on the domestic agenda.
	We've got problems at home.
	We've got 10 plus million illegal invaders that crossed over the border during the Biden administration.
	How many have been deported?
	Like a couple thousand, maybe.
	That's it.
	So there's still like--
	Well, let's focus on that.
	You know, we've got problems at home.
	We don't need to be off fighting foreign wars, especially with Iran, which is a losing proposition.
	So that's my take on it.
	Thank you for listening.
	I'm Mike Adams, the Health Ranger.
	You can follow me on Twitter at HealthRanger or Brighteon.social, which is our own social media network.
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	My username there is also HealthRanger, or you can follow me at brighteon.com and also naturalnews.com.
	So thank you for listening, and God bless America.
	I pray for safety, and I pray for peace.
	Take care.
	Okay, let's go back to talking about the award that...
	I received from the U.S. Congress.
	So I interviewed Congressman Michael Cloud, who's representative for a district in Central Texas.
	And the reason why I like Michael Cloud is because he has a background as a church leader, a pastor, and he's a man of faith.
	And he's truly a man of the people.
	He's really easy to talk to, and he's all in with...
	Keeping Texas strong and keeping America strong and protecting our borders and ending wokeism and setting the American people free to let them make America great again.
	You know, Michael Cloud understands that this is about empowering the people.
	That you can't just impose government on everybody.
	So I interviewed him in the studio and during that interview two interesting things happened.
	I played for him two minutes of a new song.
	That I'm working on called All Our Dreams Come True, which you'll hear a little bit of in the interview coming up today.
	And then, to my surprise, the congressman presented me with this award.
	So this award is the Patriot Award from the United States Congress.
	And he also gave me, you see that flag there in the triangle?
	Well, that is a flag that was flown at the United States Capitol Building.
	So that is an official U.S. Congress flag.
	And I jokingly said to him in the interview that I'm really honored by this gift and the only thing that I would want more is Nancy Pelosi's speaking podium, but you would have to break in on January 6th to get it.
	Of course, I'm kidding, you know.
	But this flag, this is really amazing because I don't go to Washington, D.C. And so to have a flag that was flown there and to have this recognition from Congress, and you know what it was about?
	It's about the fact that we donated over half a million dollars of food to Americans in need thanks to your help.
	Remember last year we did a buy one, gift one?
	And you buy food from us, you know, healthrangerstore.com, and for every dollar that we raised, I mean, every dollar that we sold, we matched that with another dollar in food that we donated out.
	And then we sent out, I think in the end it was well over 50 pallets of food, a lot of it to North Carolina, one truckload to Florida, and then one truckload more recently to California after these fires.
	And so we sent out literally over half a million dollars of certified organic lab-tested food from HealthRangerStore.com.
	And what Representative Cloud said to me, as you'll hear in the interview, is, and I'm paraphrasing, but he recognizes how the American people, when there are good people involved, people who have values,
	people who have compassion, people who want to help, They do that spontaneously.
	You don't need the federal government and FEMA to jump in and take control of everything when the American people and the churches, even these donations were made through our church, the Church of Natural Abundance.
	We did this spontaneously.
	We did it because it needed to be done and because God blessed us with the resources to do it and with your support as customers, we had the financial ability to do this.
	Because, you know, it costs us a lot of money to do that.
	We did not earn a single dollar in profit from doing a buy one, gift one thing.
	That costs us a lot, and it actually ended up costing us more than we anticipated because we didn't think that there was going to be over half a million dollars in food sales because of that offer, but that's what happened, and so we honored that.
	And, you know, we ended up...
	Being out of pocket a lot more than what we anticipated.
	But it's okay.
	It's okay.
	Because your support and God's support gives us the ability to do this.
	And so we did it.
	We did it.
	We weren't asking for any recognition from our government.
	I mean, mostly we were dodging FEMA.
	We were smuggling food into North Carolina trying to evade FEMA, you know?
	Essentially.
	We didn't want government involved at all because that was during the Biden administration and FEMA was running around confiscating food.
	We were doing everything possible to avoid government.
	And then it turns out that through Congressman Cloud, United States Congress recognizes this effort.
	And I'm really touched by that because we don't really get much recognition for all the things we do.
	I mean, we get recognition from you, but I mean, we don't get, you know, official recognition.
	We don't usually get, I mean, government normally doesn't appreciate what we do or what we say, and, you know, corporate media doesn't like us because we're pro-America and pro-life, you know, pro-humanity, all that.
	So we almost never get any kind of recognition outside of our own industry.
	I've received many awards, like from The Truth About Cancer folks and other awards, just...
	Recently received an award from the Healing for the Ages team and their conference and Jonathan Otto and Dr. Ed Group and so on.
	And I absolutely honor that.
	It's just that I don't receive awards outside of our industry.
	So this is a first.
	And it touched me.
	It was like, wow.
	I mean, things are really changing for the better in America.
	When a guy like me, who has been so critical and so cast out of the mainstream, I mean, censored into oblivion and deplatformed and debanked and reputation attacks and all these horrible things,
	when all we're trying to do is help people be healthier, we're trying to save lives.
	We're trying to help children be healthier.
	We're trying to end vaccine violence against children.
	We're trying to clean up the food supply.
	All these things.
	I've been doing this for...
	Well, almost 25 years coming up.
	And never in my life did I expect that the United States Congress would see value in what we're doing.
	But that just happened.
	So yes, things are changing.
	Things are changing for the better.
	And it means that there is now recognition that what we're doing is important.
	I mean, recognition from an unlikely source.
	So it was kind of a touching moment in the interview, and I will play that interview for you today, and I want to thank Congressman Cloud for making his schedule available to stop by in-studio.
	He actually came to the studio.
	By the way, we're building a new studio right now, and it's under construction, and there's a lot of progress.
	You know, I should have taken a photo when I was looking at it today.
	But I will soon.
	I'll take some photos.
	You can see the progress, but we're building a really nice studio set that's significant.
	And we're going to have multiple studio stage areas on one large stage.
	And you'll see.
	The stage itself, what is it?
	I don't remember the exact size.
	I'll just take a picture for you later on, show you what that is.
	I'm looking forward to having a new set.
	We're going to have like a sit-down set.
	We're going to have a kitchen set where we can do recipes and smoothies and things like that.
	So I'm really looking forward to that.
	Okay, we're going to jump into the Bright Learn videos here, but I also want to remind you that my new song video called Do What We Say, which is about a dystopian future where our obedience is demanded, that's available now at music.brighteon.com.
	And we are also working on amethios.com to bring that up to speed.
	But we've had a lot of positive feedback about that music video that's very emotional, very dark and powerful.
	So check that out when you get a chance.
	I think you'll enjoy it.
	So we've got some really great books coming in at brightlearn.ai, some book review videos that are about herbs and natural health.
	One that I want to start out with here today is called Herbal Defense, Positioning Yourself to Triumph Over Illness and Aging.
	That's by Robin Landis and Kartapurk Singh Khalsa.
	That's a difficult name for many of us, including myself.
	But it's a great book.
	It's a great book, and I really want to encourage you to get the book if you enjoy this review video.
	So here it is.
	It's about five minutes.
	Again, herbal defense.
	Check out this video.
	You'll really enjoy it.
	Hello, everyone.
	Today we're exploring a topic that's been gaining a lot of attention lately, herbal medicine.
	Specifically, we're going to delve into the fascinating world of herbal defense, Positioning Yourself to Triumph Over Illness and Aging by Robin Landis and Kartiperksing Khalsa.
	This book is a treasure trove of information, offering a fresh perspective on how we can take control of our health using the power of herbs.
	Now I know what some of you might be thinking.
	Herbs?
	Really?
	How can a few plants compete with modern medicine?
	Well, that's exactly what we're here to discuss.
	Landis, the author, was once in a similar position.
	She was young, seemingly healthy, but plagued by a host of issues like food allergies, persistent intestinal candida, and recurrent bladder infections.
	She was taking medication, but her health wasn't improving.
	It wasn't until she discovered the world of herbal medicine that she began to see real, lasting changes.
	Landis' journey is a testament to the power of herbs.
	She went from being constantly sick to experiencing phenomenal health, and she's not alone.
	The book is filled with stories of people who have used herbs to prevent, soothe, or cure common conditions.
	But what makes this book truly unique is its holistic approach.
	It's not just about using herbs as a quick fix.
	It's about creating a lifestyle that supports and enhances your body's natural healing abilities.
	Let's talk about some of the key concepts in the book.
	First, there's the idea that herbs can help us go beyond the traditional notion of prevention.
	We're not just talking about avoiding illness.
	We're talking about enhancing our health, strength, youthfulness, and immunity.
	Herbs can help us realize this exciting goal by dealing with underlying issues rather than just symptoms.
	They can help prevent health problems from advancing to crisis proportions.
	Landis emphasizes that herbs are not just for acute issues.
	They're also incredibly effective for long-term chronic conditions.
	She argues that herbs are safer, more effective, and less expensive than conventional treatments.
	They have fewer side effects and are more accessible.
	And the best part?
	You can administer them yourself, right in the comfort of your own home.
	Now, I know some of you might be skeptical.
	After all, we've been conditioned to believe that modern medicine is the only way to treat serious illnesses.
	But Landis challenges this notion.
	She points out that while modern medicine excels in crisis and trauma care, for chronic, non-life-threatening conditions, the natural approach works without a doubt and without side effects.
	Landis' personal story is a powerful example of this.
	She describes how she used to suffer from a range of health issues, from headaches and colds.
	She spent thousands of dollars on diagnostic tests, but nothing seemed to help.
	It wasn't until she made some essential changes in her lifestyle and began using herbs that she started to see real improvements.
	One of the most compelling aspects of the book is the way Landis explains the science behind herbal medicine.
	She delves into the history of herbalism, explaining how herbs have been used medicinally around the globe for centuries.
	She discusses the research that continues to confirm the effectiveness of herbs, and she highlights the cultural wisdom that has been passed down through generations.
	Landis also introduces us to the concept of Ayurvedic medicine, an ancient healing system that emphasizes the interconnectedness of the body, mind, and spirit.
	She explains how Ayurvedic principles can help us understand our bodies better and make more informed choices about the herbs we use.
	The book is divided into four sections, each designed to guide you on your journey toward understanding your body, health and healing options.
	Part 1 provides background and history, introducing key concepts in herbal medicine.
	Part 2 focuses on proactive ways to enhance and bolster your health.
	Part 3 outlines specific herbal and natural healing strategies for common health afflictions.
	And Part 4 offers practical advice on integrating what you've learned into your daily life.
	Now, I could go on and on about the incredible insights and practical advice in this book,
	but I don't want to give too much away.
	If you're interested in learning more about herbal medicine and how it can help you achieve optimal health, I highly recommend picking up a copy of Herbal Defense.
	Before we wrap up, I want to leave you with one final thought.
	Landis' journey is a reminder that we all have the power to take control of our health.
	We don't have to be victims of our circumstances.
	By educating ourselves, making informed choices, and embracing the healing power of nature, we can create a healthier, happier future for ourselves.
	Thank you for joining me on this journey.
	If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and review us on your favorite podcast platform.
	And don't forget to share it with your friends and family.
	Until next time, stay curious, stay healthy, and remember, nature has the power to heal.
	Visit brightlearn.ai for more fascinating videos like this one, and naturalnews.com for full editorial coverage and breaking news on critical stories that keep you informed and aware of what's really going
	on.
	All right, so that was a really great video of a book on herbal defense.
	Now, the next book I want to play for you is going to be controversial, of course.
	It's called Food of the Gods, The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge.
	Which should immediately make you think about the Garden of Eden and Genesis and the original sin.
	You know, do not eat the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, right?
	I mean, that's Genesis.
	Well, this is a book by Terence McKenna.
	And this book, it's really interesting to learn the knowledge in this book.
	This is about a five-minute video review of the book.
	And I just want to be clear, I do not endorse all of the practices that are mentioned in the book, but there's some really important history about the interaction between various cultures and psychedelic foods or substances that many people believe could bring them closer to God or closer to creation or closer to spirit worlds and things like that.
	So, again, I'm not endorsing these practices, but if you want to learn about, well, indigenous botany or indigenous medicine, this is a subject area that is really fascinating, and it'll give you,
	you know, food for thought, that's for sure.
	So check out this book.
	Here we go.
	Hello, fellow seekers of knowledge and curious minds.
	In this episode...
	We are embarking on a mind-altering journey through time, culture, and consciousness as we explore Terrence McKenna's groundbreaking book, Food of the Gods, The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge.
	So, grab your favorite beverage, get comfortable, and let's dive into this psychedelic exploration of humanity's past and future.
	Picture this.
	A world where the boundaries between reality and the mystical blur, where ancient humans danced with the divine under the influence of mind-expanding plants.
	McKenna takes us on a journey through the history of human consciousness, suggesting that our evolution was not just a matter of survival of the fittest, but a dance with the psychoactive substances that shaped our very essence.
	At the heart of McKenna's argument is the idea that our ancestors' encounters with psilocybin-containing mushrooms were pivotal in the development of human self-reflection and language.
	Imagine early humans, nomadic and curious, stumbling upon these magical fungi in the grasslands of Africa.
	These encounters, he proposes, were not just accidental, but a profound symbiosis that accelerated our cognitive evolution.
	McKenna argues that these mushrooms, often referred to as the fruit of knowledge, were the catalysts for the emergence of language and culture.
	The psychoactive compounds in these mushrooms, particularly psilocybin, could have enhanced our ancestors' visual acuity, sexual arousal, and even their ability to enter shamanic states of ecstasy.
	This, in turn, fostered community bonding, ritual practices, But it's not just about mushrooms.
	McKenna delves into the broader spectrum of psychoactive substances, from the ancient Soma of the Indo-Europeans to the modern-day fascination with LSD and DMT.
	He paints a picture of a world where these substances were not just tools for recreation, but gateways to spiritual enlightenment and cultural transformation.
	One of the most intriguing aspects of McKenna's work is his exploration of the archaic revival.
	He suggests that, by reconnecting with the shamanic practices of our ancestors, we can rediscover a harmonious relationship with nature and each other.
	This revival is not just a nostalgic look back, but a necessary step towards a more sustainable and enlightened future.
	McKenna challenges us to rethink our relationship with psychoactive plants and the role they play in our lives.
	He argues that the suppression of these substances by dominant cultures has led to a disconnection from our spiritual roots and a loss of the wisdom that once guided us.
	By embracing the lessons of the past, we can begin to heal the wounds of our troubled history and move towards a more balanced and compassionate world.
	But what does this mean for us today?
	McKenna's work invites us to question the status quo and consider alternative perspectives on substance use and human evolution.
	It encourages us to explore the potential of natural medicines and the power of altered states of consciousness to transform our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.
	As we navigate the complexities of modern life, McKenna's insights remind us of the importance of truth-telling and exposing the corruption within traditional institutions.
	By advocating for human liberty and the right to explore the depths of our consciousness, we can foster a society that values diversity, creativity, and the pursuit of knowledge.
	In conclusion, Food of the Gods is not just a book.
	It's a call to action.
	It's a reminder that the answers we seek may lie in the very substances that have been demonized and suppressed for centuries.
	As we continue to explore the mysteries of human consciousness let us remember the wisdom of our ancestors and the power of nature's gifts.
	Thank you for joining me on this journey through the food of the gods.
	I hope this episode has sparked your curiosity and inspired you to explore the depths of your own consciousness.
	Until next time, keep seeking, keep questioning, and keep learning.
	This is Bright Learn, signing off.
	Visit brightlearn.ai for more fascinating videos like this one, and naturalnews.com for full editorial coverage and breaking news on critical stories that keep you informed and aware of what's really going on.
	Okay, hope you enjoyed that.
	I just want to be clear again, I do not endorse all of the...
	Activities that are described in that book, but these are things that are important to know about indigenous cultures and botany and the quest for knowledge.
	Wherever you go in the history of the world, groups are always wanting more knowledge.
	Curiosity is a normal, natural human trait.
	People want to know how the world works.
	How does the cosmos work?
	Who are we?
	How did we get here?
	Why are we aware?
	What is consciousness?
	How did this all get here?
	How did everything come to be?
	These are natural questions.
	And there are just many different paths to working to find those answers.
	And in Western culture today, we think that science is the way to that.
	But science has been completely corrupted.
	It's mostly fraudulent now because it's all climate cultism and pharmaceutical nonsense and pro-vaccine nonsense, a bunch of faked science journals.
	The concept of science has collapsed.
	The institutions of science don't practice science.
	So throughout history, there are other ways to arrive at knowledge.
	In different cultures, like Buddhist cultures would arrive at knowledge through deep internal meditation.
	And then other cultures would use psilocybin or psychedelic plants.
	In order to attempt to commune with God or the spirits.
	And, you know, again, throughout different cultures, there are many different ways that this has been achieved, including in Native American culture, where they would overdose on Yopon Holly, which is a caffeinated plant.
	I mean, it's a natural caffeine source in North America.
	It's the only natural caffeine source in North America.
	And it grows in Texas.
	I've got a bunch of it growing.
	Yopon Holly, the Native Americans would...
	Overdose on that.
	They would make a concentrated slurry out of it.
	They would drink it until they got high on caffeine to where they had visions.
	And they would communicate with the spirit world on a caffeine high for a little while until they got so sick that they vomited up all the Yopon Holly slurry that they had swallowed.
	And that's why the Latin name for Yopon Holly begins with the word vomicus.
	If you didn't know that.
	Because, you know, the Westerners thought the plant was poisonous because they saw Native Americans eating the plant and then they would all vomit.
	And the Westerners, or, you know, the original Europeans, they didn't realize that the Native Americans were using this on purpose as a way to seek knowledge.
	They just thought, oh, it's a toxic plant.
	Why do they keep eating it?
	And then barfing.
	Let's call it vomicus.
	Seriously, that's part of the history of botany that almost nobody knows.
	It's wild how much we don't know.
	All right, before we jump into today's interview with Congressman Michael Cloud, I filmed a special announcement in the studio today about some gut health supporting products that we have back in stock at our store and a couple other little announcements there.
	As well as a little clip of music.
	So we'll play that first, and then we'll go to the interview with Congressman Cloud.
	All right, we've got some new things to share with you here, including my new music album, which we'll talk about in a second.
	But we have a new docuseries available at brightu.com, which is Brighton University.
	It's called Feel Good Gut Health, and it's all about supporting your gut health.
	And that is running...
	Starting March 22nd.
	And if you sign up for it, it's free to watch.
	Of course, you always have the option to purchase it if you want, or you don't have to.
	You can just watch one episode every day as it goes on a loop each 24 hours, and you can watch the whole thing for free.
	That's at brightu.com.
	Now, at our store, healthrangerstore.com, we have an assortment of really high-end products.
	Some of them are just back in stock that can help also.
	Support your natural gut health.
	And I put a little collection on my desk here.
	Let me show you.
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	That is 30 foods and superfoods that are fermented to really express the full nutrient properties of those foods.
	It's a powder that you can mix in with smoothies and other things.
	We've also got a probiotic drink mix with kombucha.
	We have cherry and we have pomegranate flavors.
	That's what you're seeing there.
	Those are available right now, healthrangerstore.com.
	We have NAC capsules, which is really crucial for supporting your body's natural detoxification process, which is also part of supporting your gut health.
	You have to detoxify your gut, detoxify your blood, and there are a number of strategies for that, but NAC can help support that natural process.
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	Which has no guar gum, no carrageen, and it doesn't have any thickeners, and it doesn't have any calcium carbonate in it whatsoever.
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	Chlorella has a very strong capability of supporting detoxification and helping to clean out your gut.
	Just read the label and consume it as directed.
	And remember, all of this is part of the Feel Good Gut Health theme that we have going on right now.
	So go to brightu.com to sign up for Feel Good Gut Health.
	That's free.
	One other thing I want to show you is that my music album is now available.
	And it's available at Spotify.
	We have the Amethios is my artist name.
	There it is.
	A-M-E-T-H-I-O-S.
	And then we also have the album called The Awakening.
	That album has nine songs on it.
	One thing that's missing is I Want My Bailout Money.
	But I've got another song that I'm working on right now called All Our Dreams Come True.
	And I just brought a little speaker.
	I'm just going to play a few seconds of that new song, which will also be available at Spotify and Apple Music and iTunes and iHeartRadio.
	Did I say Amazon?
	You can get all these on Amazon.com as well.
	But I want to play for you a little snippet of the new song that's coming out.
	It's about human liberty and freedom.
	I just want to play a little bit of the chorus and the first verse for you here.
	So we'll do this, and then that'll be the conclusion of this video.
	Here we go.
	If we could comply our way to freedom, then we can bomb our way to peace.
	We could print our way to riches Give away everything for free If we could tax our way to liberty And lie our way to truth Then tyrants in big government Would make all our dreams come true Alright folks,
	that's a little bit of that song.
	A little teaser.
	That's coming out soon.
	Be sure to follow my album at Spotify or other music services.
	Enjoy the music.
	You can also, by the way, let me show you another page.
	You can go to music.brighttown.com and there you can see all of the music videos that we have available and you can download mp3 files there.
	For the songs that we have videos for, here's a video for Do What We Say, which is another new song on that album.
	So enjoy this music video, which is humanity overcoming the Terminator giant robot mechs in a dystopian sci-fi future.
	I think you'll really enjoy these songs.
	They all have a pro-human, pro-liberty focus to them.
	So thank you for all your support, and shop with us to support us at healthrangerstore.com.
	Thank you for all your support.
	Take care.
	Welcome to today's interview here on Brighteon.com.
	I'm Mike Adams, the founder of Brighteon, and today we're joined on a repeat basis now here.
	The second time he's joined us is our congressman from Central Texas.
	Michael Cloud, his website is cloudforcongress.com.
	Welcome, Congressman.
	Well, thank you.
	An honor to have you here.
	Yeah, good to be here.
	Good to see you again.
	Excited about all that's happening here with everything that you're doing, but also in the region, in Texas.
	It's a good time for our country as well.
	Well, and it's a great time to be a Texan.
	Oh, for sure.
	Texas is really flourishing.
	And I want to ask you about a number of things, data centers, and, you know, everybody wants to move to Texas now, it seems, right?
	Yeah, exactly.
	But you're on the, I think you're on the Doge subcommittee?
	Yes, I'm on the Doge subcommittee.
	That's part of oversight.
	I've been on the oversight committee since I got to Congress, but with everything that's going on now, we create a special...
	A committee for DOGE that cooperates specifically with what's going on will help you bring in light to what's happening with all the things that the DOGE team is doing, but also being able to bring people before our committee and really target in on the investigatory side and bring things to light.
	That'll lead to legislation that supports what the executive branch is doing.
	Well, that's great to hear, and I'm sure you've heard this from other constituents, but I think I speak on behalf of our audience when I say...
	We 100% support Doge investigations.
	We want to go full speed ahead.
	We don't want any brakes put on Elon's efforts.
	Oh, yeah.
	A lot of the complaints you see coming from the left are really designed to try to manage the clock.
	You look at what's going on with the federal employees, and it's almost like they want him to personally sit down with all 100,000 employees or whatever and personally interview them before.
	And we understood this coming into the election.
	You've got about an 18-month window to save the country, and so you have to move fast.
	Right.
	Because this is the window of opportunity, so you've got to move fast.
	Move hard.
	You've got to make the course corrections as we go, as they are doing and are willing to do.
	That's right.
	You know, there's things that I and others have called, you know, that are going on in the district.
	You know, we had some military installations affected by some employee things that we had to reach out, and it's like, okay, yeah, we'll look into that and deal with that.
	A little bit of fine-tuning.
	Right.
	So that's all understanding and expected, but you can't let...
	You can't let them try to talk us into them managing the clock and missing this unique window of opportunity we have.
	Well, and what's astonishing, did you see Elon's interview with Senator Ted Cruz where he talked about the 14 magic money computers that they found?
	I did not see that specific one.
	Oh, this is, check out, this clip is just really going viral because...
	Elon says that they found 14 computers, many of them in Treasury, some in HHS, some in DOD, etc., that simply out of thin air, they don't transfer money, they initiate money.
	Basically, they send a transfer of billions of dollars, but there's nothing behind it.
	It's just out of thin air.
	Magic money computers.
	Yeah.
	Like, that's crazy!
	You wonder, you know, we expected to see, you look, administration passed, you know.
	President after president after president has talked about cutting the waste, fraud, and abuse.
	There's been a video circulating of President Obama, and it would sound as if the talking points were written by Elon or President Trump himself.
	He's talking about the, you know, we need to cut back on the waste, and it's not all important dollars, but it's your dollars, and no matter how little it is, we need to make sure we're getting rid of this waste, fraud, and abuse.
	And some of these are very important things that even if we weren't in debt, we would still need to...
	You know, it could be good things, but it's still not for your taxes.
	You know, this is President Obama talking about what they're going to do.
	And then at the end of the video, almost humorously looking back, he puts Joe Biden in charge of the project.
	And maybe we wonder why nothing got done on it.
	But this should be a bipartisan issue.
	But the thing that we're doing is we're uncovering and realizing, like, we've unveiled this, what I call the world's largest money laundering scheme, If this was a business, it would certainly be illegal to go to all these leftist ideologies,
	NGOs that are supporting this Marxist ideology all across here at home, but then all across the world.
	Many of those NGOs were involved in the border invasion.
	Yes.
	They were funding the traffic.
	The censorship regime, the border invasion.
	You can look at what went on with COVID.
	I mean, all the crazy stuff that was happening.
	It's our tax dollars working to undermine our own country.
	So it doesn't surprise me at all that there's some magic money computers going on.
	You should get one in your office.
	Don't we wish we all had one?
	Right.
	And if we did, the dollar would be worth exactly...
	Exactly.
	Zero.
	Yes, yes.
	Everybody would just print endless money.
	Right.
	But the power to print endless money shouldn't be in the hands of unelected bureaucrats who do whatever they want with it like you were just describing.
	Exactly.
	And that's, again, one of the talking points you hear coming from the left.
	Now, oh, unelected person.
	He's operating on the delegated executive authority of the President of the United States.
	That's right.
	The only one elected by the whole country in order to do this.
	And then we've been dealing for years with unelected bureaucrats throughout the entire federal government.
	And a lot of the things we're uncovering right now through Doge...
	It's not that we haven't asked the questions, it's that we haven't gotten the answers.
	And so they've been, you know, you start an investigation, they slow walk it, they give you half answers, and then you have to follow that up, and that takes another three or four months.
	And, you know, it's, again, managing the clock, slow rolling.
	And now we have somebody in the executive branch who's willing to work with us and answer these questions and bringing technology, amazing technology tools to the table to really map these things out and define answers on these things.
	and how smart they were to come in and really catch everybody off guard.
	And, you know, basically they went to sleep one night and woke up and had so much of this already mapped out by the time they woke up in the next.
	I think the Democrats were really taken by surprise, like you said, by Elon's deployment of the AI crawlers and data aggregation tools.
	Yeah, exactly.
	Elon and his team were ready.
	Oh, they certainly were.
	They probably just had thumb drives with all the crawlers on them.
	Plug this in, boom, it's going to map out the whole thing.
	And it's one of those things, looking back, I think the left is probably thinking, we should have just...
	Wish he was elected twice in a row.
	Wish he would have just stayed in office because...
	Oh, Trump.
	Yeah, President Trump.
	Because President Trump, his administration is the most prepared administration coming in this time, and they are not playing around, thankfully.
	And most Americans are sitting there going, this is exactly what we voted for.
	We wanted whole-scale change.
	We didn't want the promises not to be...
	We wanted to see action.
	And even those who may not agree with every single point realize that finally we are getting somebody in office who's doing what they said that they would do.
	And that, by and large, is going to be the overall win for the American people.
	Talk to us about how long things take in Washington, D.C. Because one of the things that I noticed is that among our audience and people on Twitter, etc., there's a lot of impatience about wanting things like,
	Yeah.
	You know, like Fauci in particular.
	And then when Trump said, look, Joe Biden's auto pen pardons are null and void.
	Yeah.
	We all cheered.
	Yeah.
	We all cheered.
	But there's a lot of impatience.
	People are impatient with, you know, Kash Patel, Dan Bongino, who was only sworn in a couple of days.
	You got to give the guy time.
	Yes.
	You know, he's probably still moving into his office.
	And then there's RFK Jr. at HHS.
	He's taken a lot of heat from a lot of people because they expected that he would go in and just start banning all kinds of toxic medications on day one.
	And tell us about how it actually...
	Yeah, there's a few issues at play here.
	One, before serving in Congress, I'm an American citizen.
	I wish things were moving quicker as well.
	Having said that, they're moving quicker than they ever have before.
	And so you certainly have to give this administration credit.
	But you also have to realize...
	And we know it, but the bureaucracy is working against the administration.
	I was talking to one official who described it.
	It's like, yes, you're named the general, but then you realize you're the general of the enemy's army, in a sense.
	And very often they're working against...
	We were talking to the Doge team, and our subcommittee had a meeting with them, and they said, have you heard of the Chico's?
	And we're like...
	What are the Chicos?
	The Chicos?
	Yeah.
	It's like a soccer team in Mexico.
	They're basically the HR officials, the Chief Human Capital Officers, I think is what it stands for.
	Oh.
	And basically they, you know, so Doge shows up at the door and they do everything they can to impede, to make sure this isn't happening, that Doge isn't able to have access to the databases.
	For example, you know, you heard during the joint session of Congress, President Trump gets up there, he talks about...
	20 million people or so on Social Security rolls that are over 120 or something along those lines.
	Not every single one of them is getting paychecks.
	Some of them were.
	But you take that database and you compare it with, for example, the Small Business Administration and you find out that thousands of those people were getting small business loans.
	That's bonkers.
	If we took that database and compared it with many other databases, you would begin to find the same sort of thing, potentially.
	Instead of saying, okay, this is just...
	We're not even talking about policy sets, right?
	This isn't about what you think or what.
	This is just waste, fraud, abuse at this point.
	Money, laundry.
	Improper payments, right.
	And so this should be something that is...
	Non-partisan.
	It's not even bipartisan.
	It's just non-partisan.
	This would just be normal due diligence as a business.
	But what, at least this is my opinion, the Democrats can't survive without the money laundering.
	If you think, you know, people look at the United States of America and say, well, we're kind of a 50-50 split.
	You know, we kind of go this way, conservative values this way, you know, depending on the election or the ebb and tide of what's going on.
	Maybe that's true when it comes to the elections, but if you think what's upheld the left right now, it's been this huge taxpayer-funded money laundering scheme that's going to support all these NGOs that turn out to get out the vote efforts and at a minimum are advancing these Marxist-leftist ideologies throughout the institutions of the United States,
	and then that wasn't enough.
	So on top of that, they'd have put a censorship regime in place that squelches conservative voices and keeps, you know...
	Keeps what at the time was the contrary views off the air and prosecutes and targets parents at school board meetings and people with any sort of contrary views.
	Well, COVID origins.
	So in the last week, we just saw the New York Times now...
	In an op-ed, admit that we were all lied to that it actually came out of the lab that was funded through Fauci's NIAID, right?
	Yeah.
	And gain-of-function research, which is illegal in the U.S., it was offshore to China so that they could do it.
	China did it so that they could steal the intellectual property of the SARS-CoV-2 bioweapon.
	I mean, now the New York Times is saying it, but when I said it in 2020, I get banned.
	Oh, yeah.
	Yeah.
	And called crazy.
	For saying, just for being ahead of what was obvious.
	Exactly, yeah.
	It was like the worst kept secret in all of history, right?
	Every American's like, hmm, I wonder where it came from.
	Where do you think the COVID...
	Could it have been the Wuhan lab that was studying it?
	No, it's the market next door.
	Never made sense.
	Never made sense at all.
	And the fact that people were banned and that censorship regime was put in place.
	It's great that five years later they're coming out and admitting what was essentially obvious, but really we need to do more than that.
	Can I add, the censorship hasn't ended.
	That's the thing.
	Google, YouTube, and Facebook are still censoring.
	Many of the same kinds of posts are people talking about the benefits of ivermectin, for example.
	Or people still talking about 2020 election fraud analysis.
	They still get banned on those platforms.
	Well, that's exactly, you know, you look at Mark Zuckerberg coming out and, hey, we're going to make a donation to the presidential library or whatever.
	That's great.
	You spent $400 million advancing Mark's sociology, fiddling with an election, banning people, causing them to lose their careers.
	Like, are you going to make up, are you going to deswaddle that?
	Are you going to have some sort of recompense for those people who lost their careers, lost their livelihood, lost their, because...
	You de-platform them, demonetize them, and even now the shadow banning still goes on.
	It does.
	And then the algorithms are still not working in our favor.
	Not that they should be working in our favor, they should just be neutral.
	They should just be neutral.
	Level playing field.
	But they're not.
	They're working against conservative ideas still.
	You know, if you're going to fix it, fix it.
	Yeah, exactly.
	And I know Trump has issued some executive orders in that direction.
	I also believe the FTC has issued some letters to big tech that I think can open the door to possible investigations.
	I think the FTC is the right agency to handle this, don't you?
	I'm always from the congressional viewpoint that we need to be looking into this and then we'll hand these things over.
	FTC should definitely be looking into it.
	The one tool that we're going to have that we didn't have before, and we're looking at this in the DOGE subcommittee already, is people would talk about, why aren't we seeing people in handcuffs?
	And as a member of Congress, I'm like, believe me, sometimes I wish I had the authority to put the cuffs on myself.
	That's the executive branch.
	And what we had before was a Department of Justice that was corrupt, that was in on the gig, so to speak.
	And so criminal referrals would go nowhere.
	Now that's a tool at our disposal that as we investigate these things, we now have a DOJ that will work with us on those things.
	Now those cases, if you're going to win the case...
	Do take some time getting back to why things take so long.
	If you're going to win a case, it takes a little longer to put the case together.
	Clearly.
	There's people you can jump in and throw a case out there and a brief out there for a messaging and win the messaging news cycle of the day.
	But you don't want to be embarrassed with a bad court loss.
	Right, right.
	But now people can use that same excuse to just slow walk things.
	So you've got to make sure you have people in there who are doing it right.
	But by and large, the people that President Trump has put together in his administration are people who experienced what it meant to have the full force of the government working against them.
	And so they are people who are coming in to make right what was wrong.
	This is a good time for me to play two minutes of a song for you that I wrote.
	Oh, wow.
	I'm not going to embarrass you, by the way.
	This is a great song, but it's on this topic.
	It's about how the American people have been really abused by, let's say, regulatory overreach.
	And I think you'll love the lyrics of this because also at one point in the song it says, we can't sin our way to salvation.
	But there's this belief that we can...
	Print our way to riches.
	I want to play this for you and just get your reaction, but it's about two minutes and I brought a good quality speaker.
	It's called All Our Dreams Come True.
	It's about how tyrants in big government could make all our dreams come true if all their promises were real.
	Give this a listen if you would, please.
	Here we go.
	Woo! Woo!
	Woo! Woo!
	Woo!
	If we could comply our way to freedom, then we could bomb our way to peace.
	We could print our way to riches, give away everything for free.
	If we could tax our way to liberty and lie our way to truth, then tyrants in big government would make all our dreams come true.
	That's the floor.
	Yeah, yeah.
	Here's some virgin.
	A farmer in Montana forced to cull his chicken flocks.
	A team of federal agents wielding rifles, shields, and glocks.
	A restaurant owner in deep South Dakota told to shut it down.
	It seems that government inspectors didn't like who he elected downtown.
	A cafe serving breakfast in Austin, Texas was waited by the FDA.
	Hey
	A single mom in Memphis has been relentless schooling her autistic son.
	But the medical state tried to take him away.
	And now she's on the run.
	It's time that we deny those old repeated lies.
	If we could comply our way to freedom, then we could bomb our way to peace.
	We could print our way to riches, give away everything for free.
	If we could tax our way to liberty and lie our way to truth, then tyrants in big government would make all...
	One more verse.
	All our dreams come true.
	A gym in Arizona with a patriotic owner refused to comply.
	With the lockdown, so they knocked down his door and arrested the guy.
	A disabled homeowner, an American voter was handed a steep fine.
	She tried to grow tomatoes on her patio, so the city shredded her vines.
	A hospital worker and a proud New Yorker lost her job today.
	She
	An Oregon rancher was arrested for capturing water falling from the sky.
	They threw him in jail for a water crime and let his crops run dry.
	Alright, so I wrote this song to be a catalog of some of the citizens, how they've been abused.
	By overreach.
	Well, and it's important we don't forget, too.
	You know, a lot of us would like to put the COVID era behind us and all the craziness we've seen over the last few years, but it is so important that we remember because it's those kind of things that will safeguard us against the tyranny,
	the potential tyranny that always exists when we put corrupt people in charge.
	You know, that song reminds me of something.
	One of the things I've always said, because you'll hear politicians all the time say, our number one job is to keep you safe.
	I'm not going to say that's not important.
	Not at any cost, right?
	Our most important job is to keep people free.
	That's right.
	And that is absolutely the number one job.
	If you get those two reversed, every single evil can come out of that.
	You're exactly right.
	And our job is to keep people free.
	This is why it's the land of the free and the home of the brave.
	Those things are too intricately connected.
	You can't have freedom without a people who are brave, and certainly that applies to our veterans and first responders and all, but it applies to all of us.
	I mean, freedom comes with a risk, and it comes with a price, even from, you know, you talk theological standpoint, even from a theological standpoint, we believe our salvation comes at a price.
	Oh, I didn't play that section, but that's coming up in the song, but I didn't want to take a...
	More time.
	But the point is, the things I put in the song are all true.
	So there was a rancher in Oregon that was arrested for rainwater collection.
	Because the crazies in Portland say, well, that's our water.
	How dare you use it to water your crops?
	And there's moms that are trying to raise autistic sons and doing homeschooling.
	And then the medical police state comes and takes away the kid from the mom.
	I mean, I've interviewed...
	Experts on that very point, attorneys who represent families.
	But you know all this.
	You hear all these stories, I'm sure.
	But freedom has to be first.
	And it's not going to be 100% safe in every way all the time.
	We would have had the American Revolution without people saying, give me liberty or give me death, without people willing to pay the price, without people willing to put our lives, our fortunes, our sacred honor on the line.
	And so that was not the safe decision to make.
	The signers of the Declaration, that was not the safe decision.
	They weren't looking for a king.
	They were looking for freedom.
	Yeah.
	Yeah.
	Well, so let's pivot to Texas and your priorities.
	What's your focus on, is it the 27th District?
	Yeah, 27th District of Texas.
	It's certainly an exciting place to serve.
	I love the people of our district.
	Actually, if you can bring one of my staff people here.
	One of the things I love about our district is the fact we've gone through Harvey ourselves recently.
	We went through, we saw our nation go through some natural disasters, and what I love about the people in our district is their first look isn't toward the government, it's what can we do to help our neighbor.
	That's right.
	And certainly we can talk about FEMA and the role that they should or shouldn't play and all those different kind of things, but we all know we have an obligation to love our neighbor.
	One of the things I really appreciated, and I don't know how many people know this, but you helped in the tune of hundreds of thousands of food supply, hundreds of thousands of dollars of food supply to help people.
	And we save an award for special occasions like this.
	So a couple of things here.
	We have what we call the Patriot Award that we wanted to present to you.
	So this is United States Congress, Mike Adams, you and your team, high expression of appreciation for distinguished commitment and service to our community and our country.
	So we wanted to make sure you had that.
	I am touched.
	Wow, let's see.
	I think we have an overhead camera that can maybe get a shot of that.
	Wow.
	Yeah, I mean, it's kind of up there, but it's got a better overhead shot.
	No, not directly.
	Oh, see, there's the shot.
	Oh, yeah.
	Yeah.
	There it is.
	There we go.
	Wow.
	United States Congress.
	And then along with that, we wanted to get you a flag from the Capitol.
	Oh, wow.
	And of course, a certificate of authentication, flagging the United States.
	Wow.
	Anyway, as someone in our district, we like to honor works of service like this that are just outstanding.
	And so thank you for the work that you've done.
	Thanks for being a part of that.
	Thank you.
	I feel so honored to have a flag from the Capitol.
	I would have appreciated Nancy Pelosi's podium, but I would have had to break in to get on January 6th, but I wasn't there.
	So this is really great.
	I'm just kidding.
	I'm really honored.
	Thank you for that.
	We don't ever really get any recognition from the government or media or anybody.
	We just do it because it's the right thing to do.
	Of course.
	And that's one of the things I certainly appreciate your heart in.
	For folks at home, I didn't tell them this was happening.
	No, this is a real surprise, and it's a pleasant surprise.
	I mean, I'm really honored.
	And look, the food that we shipped out over the last eight months, whatever it was, none of that food went to this district because there wasn't a crisis here.
	But there will be.
	We've had fires.
	We've had freezing weathers.
	I'm thinking the 2011 fires.
	We are here for Central Texas to respond.
	But that food we shipped out to North Carolina, we shipped to Florida, and then we shipped to California after the fires, the LA fires, or North LA.
	And pallets and pallets of food, but our storage facility is here.
	So when Texas needs us, we're here for Texas.
	And we're not waiting for orders from...
	The governor, I mean, even before you call us, like you can call us or the sheriff can call us and say, hey, we need food over here.
	Yes, but we're going to start that anyway.
	Well, and getting kind of back to the topic at hand, this is really what makes a great country.
	I mean, yes, we want a government that's working for us, but what makes a great country is a great people.
	It's we the people.
	It's not we the government.
	I mean, you can have a great government, but...
	Or a big government, whatever, powerful government, but if you don't have good people, you still have a poor country.
	And so we can have an imperfect government, but if we have good people, that's really where it's at.
	One of the things that happened after these disasters was, under Biden, FEMA was itself a disaster.
	And you may not know this, but when we shipped our food to North Carolina, it was the Pole Creek Baptist Church in Candler.
	North Carolina.
	That's where we had to ship it to.
	And you know why?
	Because FEMA is not allowed to confiscate food from churches.
	Oh, yeah.
	I heard story after story.
	We were talking to people on the ground, and they're like, this is our third shipment of food, and FEMA comes and confiscates it.
	They did.
	And so people trying to rescue their friends and neighbors in hiding from FEMA.
	Like, this is not...
	We're going to have to be food smugglers in our own country.
	That's certainly not the role of what the federal government is supposed to be doing.
	No, but I think Trump's already swapped out the leadership of FEMA and there's a lot of reforms happening.
	We are thrilled about that.
	I want to say this too, because those of us out here, we're working our tails off.
	We are not anti-government.
	We are anti-corruption.
	We can work with government in ways to help the people in their time of need.
	We're not opposed to the existence of some of these agencies, although they should be a lot smaller.
	But we just want them to work with the people and not take our food.
	And that's the big issue right now.
	And as we're working on Doge, the biggest issue is right-sizing these.
	Most of them...
	They're either not accomplishing their initial objective.
	Almost all of them have expanded well beyond their initial objective and have accumulated powers.
	You know, we have to have somebody come to us and say, we have all the authorities and all the money we need.
	You know, I've yet to sit in that committee hearing.
	Not going to happen.
	Yeah.
	So if you don't have people in Congress working to serve as a check on that, and remember that we're here to represent the people and to make sure that they're accomplishing their objectives, that it maintains that position as a limited government.
	We were a free people.
	Our Constitution talked about it.
	I mean, the whole point was to limit the power of the federal government.
	That's right.
	That's why the Constitution was written.
	It was to put guardrails on the federal government and establish a limited government policy.
	So it has an important role.
	Like you said, it's not anti-government.
	It's about being pro a right-sized government and poor or poor people.
	Or anti-fraud, anti-corruption, anti-slush fund money, USAID.
	But another example where Congress created the EPA.
	And then the EPA, over time, went into this insane overreach where they tried to regulate the air and the skies.
	And carbon dioxide.
	And looking for the next thing, too, that they could possibly regulate.
	And what's crazy about that is you had people, too, who had no...
	Regulating industries they had absolutely no experience in.
	That's right.
	And putting things, goals and regulations and benchmarks out there that were scientifically impossible, if not implausible.
	And it's a different...
	I've talked to industries and said, you know...
	We want to be good neighbors.
	We want to be good partners.
	In our district, we're an ag and a petrochemical district, by and large.
	People realize now that your employees are working and living and breathing the air in your community.
	So you want clean air.
	You want clean water.
	But when you're dealing with regulators, there's a difference between working with people who are trying to get to yes, and people are looking for every reason to say no.
	Well, right, and let me give an example of the EPA, because I know a lot of farmers in your district, right?
	And those farmers, like one of them was telling me that because of an EPA program with the federal government, he had to have his engine block destroyed on his old tractor.
	Because there's an incentive for that to be applied to newer equipment, right?
	The problem is it was a perfectly good tractor.
	We live in a country where the EPA pays people to destroy old tractors, which are the ones that actually tend to work the best because they don't need software updates and all these things.
	These newer tractors are just highly complex.
	Like an old tractor, an old ranch hand, you can work on it.
	You can fix it.
	You can get it running.
	The government's paying people to destroy tractors, you know?
	Yeah.
	It's like, what?
	And farmers are already dealing with very small margins, and then they are forced to buy tractors that have all this ancillary equipment on that that's not necessary to compete against farmers in other countries who can get the same John Deere tractor for much less because it doesn't have all this...
	We put our farmers at a disadvantage through these crazy regulations.
	And this is not about protecting the food supply.
	It's about EPA wanting to ban combustion engines.
	Exactly.
	Meanwhile, China's building coal plants every single day.
	The ends that we're working toward were not really...
	I remember sitting in a committee hearing and the Democrat chair at the time said, we're in a national climate emergency.
	And I was like, if there is a climate emergency, it's not a national one, it's a global one, if there is one.
	And so we can't approach this by passing U.S. regulations.
	Right.
	And China's building all the coal plants, like you said.
	You can debate whether there is or not, but if there is one, it doesn't stop at the borders.
	It certainly doesn't begin at the borders.
	And we're doing this better.
	We're doing this more responsibly.
	We're producing energy more efficiently than any other country.
	And so we need to take up more of the world's market in this.
	Not to mention it helps us to support our allies and helps bring people out of poverty around the world.
	Energy is a good thing.
	We're certainly going to need a lot more of it as we head into the future.
	Let's talk about energy and Texas and AI data centers.
	But first, let me give out your website for those who want to follow you or even donate to help support you because we really appreciate What you bring to Texas and to our country.
	It's cloud, just like it sounds, cloudforcongress.com.
	And it's Congressman Michael Cloud.
	And there's a donate button on the top right there for people who want to support you.
	And of course, I've offered a donation as well to help you achieve what you're doing for us.
	Thank you for taking our plight to D.C. But let's talk about power for Texas.
	Trump announced, I think, a half a trillion dollar initiative of three companies that want to build a massive AI data center.
	Not in your district, by the way, but still in Texas.
	And then on top of that, some other companies have announced massive data center investments in Texas.
	So then I read that, what is it, ERCOT?
	That's the power group in Texas, right?
	They said, well, we're going to need a lot of terawatt hours.
	Oh, yeah.
	How is that going to happen, Congressman?
	Where's the power going to come from?
	Even two years ago, I'd go speak to leaders in the energy industry, and they're all, in a sense, they were kind of arguing and debating and trying to whittle the policy.
	So that their preferred area of interest, we get the bigger piece of the pie.
	Now I go to them and say, we're going to need every pie that we can make.
	When you look at data centers that are happening, the advancement of AI, I was talking to...
	One of the tech wizards there, and he was saying an AI search, it may have gone down a little bit, but about a year ago, an AI search took about 10 times the amount of energy as a Google search.
	So we're looking at exponential growth as we make advancements in these areas of technology, and so it's all going to be...
	It's all going to need energy, so we're going to need all the energy we can produce.
	Now, that introduces the concept once more of the importance of baseload, the importance of reliable energy.
	Sometimes people talk about alternative energy.
	Sometimes I like to call it intermittent energy sources.
	That's a good term.
	Especially here in Texas, you think we have...
	We should never have to turn the lights off in Texas.
	We remember a couple of years ago we had the winter freeze because too much of our grid became reliant on windmill power.
	And those froze up during that.
	Yeah, exactly.
	And so we need to be looking at reliable baseload energy.
	Let's do more nuclear.
	The technologies advanced way more than 20, 30 years ago.
	What you can do with small modular reactors along with...
	Everything else that's in the mix.
	I was actually going to mention that.
	I'm an advocate of nuclear energy when it's done right, just like you said.
	And there are advances in designs that make it very safe, like automatic shutdowns.
	With a modern design, you can't really have an over-criticality situation anymore.
	It's not like Three Mile Island from the 1970s, right?
	Sure, yeah.
	But I think Texas needs diverse energy, and the thing about nuclear power is that you can scale it on demand.
	Yeah.
	Right?
	Where you can't do that with solar, obviously, or with wind.
	The wind has to blow.
	Yeah.
	But with coal, natural gas, and nuclear, you can scale up or down based on demand.
	And that's what Texas needs in my...
	Yeah, and I'm not totally against solar.
	I do have some concerns with the fact that most of that's coming from China.
	They're building coal plants to power the factories that are building solar panels to send to us as we clear out farmland to make way for solar panels.
	So that's maybe an overgeneralization, but that certainly is happening.
	And so we've got to think about the sense of some of these sorts of things.
	And make sure each one has its right place.
	And certainly in Texas, that we're not building a grid that's reliant on energy that's not baseload energy.
	Well, I wanted to bring this up.
	I don't know if it's Raytheon.
	I think Raytheon has a micro thorium reactors, next generation nuclear reactors.
	There's also, there are micro reactors that can be put in kind of like a garage bay.
	That can power a group of hospitals or power a military base.
	And you only have to replace the fuel every eight years.
	It's kind of like a U.S. aircraft carrier.
	The fuel rods there are good for 25 years, I think.
	Why don't we put one of those on land?
	It's just like power half a city.
	Yeah, exactly.
	That's the kind of thing that we're going to need.
	You look at these big data centers right now, they're looking at buying the power even before it gets to the meter.
	Basically, buying up the power plants.
	If we don't come up with some good solutions, some reliable solutions, then your neighborhood's going to be competing against data centers really for power.
	It's going to be Which will cause prices to rise.
	So it's really time for us to take this seriously, for us to get serious about producing energy once again.
	And realize that energy is what powers advancement in society.
	Again, that's human uplift.
	That's people coming out of poverty, that's mobility, that's ability to learn, grow, all these different kind of things in advanced society.
	So, you know, there's always, you know, some issues with any sort of technology or, frankly, any activity, human activity.
	But the thing we can't do is retreat into the forest and think, like, that's the solution.
	What's fascinating about this dynamic that you're describing is that the reason Tesla is building in Texas and OpenAI and SoftBank and Larry Ellison's company, Oracle, and Apple and all these others is because Texas is an energy-friendly state.
	If you're a billionaire tech guru and you need a data center that's consuming terawatt hours every year, are you going to build that data center in Washington State, Oregon State, California?
	No, no, no.
	They won't let you run it.
	Texas is actually sitting on the new currency of the golden age of our future, which is energy.
	Yeah, and freedom.
	And freedom.
	And we've got to protect that.
	People like to be free.
	It's amazing.
	Yeah, imagine.
	What a funny thought.
	But do you think Texas is going to be able to keep pace with this influx of investment money?
	And infrastructure needs and demands and new people and all of that, these can be challenges.
	Yes, they're the right challenges you want to have, though.
	I'll take these challenges over the ones that Detroit or Baltimore are facing right now and even California as their population decreases because the right people are moving out.
	You know, these are the challenges you want to have.
	And certainly they're going to present them.
	One of the big ones is going to be water, you know, with energy production.
	We're going to need to figure out what to do with water.
	We're looking at what to do in our district with that.
	And the state's looking to make a major investment.
	We're looking at what we can do from the federal standpoint to help facilitate that, whether through streamlined regulatory process or, you know, if there's any sort of federal nexus there.
	You know, we're looking at different ways we can assist with that.
	But, you know, that's...
	Certainly going to be one of the big challenges as we look to do this.
	Energy is going to require water.
	Thankfully, we're on the Gulf of America where there's an abundant supply.
	If we can figure out what to do with it and how to make it.
	Well, we actually have a lot of experience in rainwater collection.
	I don't know if you know this, but this facility collects rainwater off of all the roof square footage.
	And then we use that rainwater to manufacture colloidal silver products made with Texas rainwater.
	And the thing about At least central Texas, is the rain all comes at once.
	It's not really well dispersed.
	It's drought.
	Here it all comes.
	We've often get enough water.
	You get 50-something inches a year, but only with three rain events.
	What we learned is that rainwater collection, if you have other constituents interested in this, that you actually have to have very large Because you can't count on rain coming again next month.
	You might have to go eight months.
	No rain.
	But if you get rainwater, you know that's the cleanest water that you can get by far.
	And it's great actually for industry because it doesn't require all the treatments of well water.
	Yeah, that's certainly worth looking into.
	In my home, just for natural disaster's sake, we have some barrels we collect.
	It's nothing as sophisticated as what you're doing, but we've always realized that when there's a natural disaster for our family, it's go time.
	So we have to be ready to help others and our team to help others.
	And so one of the things we've done is just had some barrels to help collect rainwater.
	That makes perfect sense.
	It's certainly something, that's an easy thing every family could do.
	Texas resiliency.
	This is a culture of really resilient people.
	And friendly people, too.
	You hear that all the time, right?
	Yeah, exactly.
	Even you're friendly.
	I mean, there are members of Congress from different states that are not as easy to get along with.
	Well, I'll take your word on that.
	You'll pass on that.
	But Texas has a friendly culture and a culture of can-do attitude.
	Yeah, and I think that's the big thing is realizing, you know, you go back again to what's that relationship with our government versus us.
	We're a free people first, and then the government's there to play a role and be one of the necessary institutions like family, church, community, all those different kind of things.
	But it's not supposed to be the preeminent force in our lives every single day.
	That's right.
	And, you know, so certainly that ability for us to love our families and help our neighbors is, Should be the preeminent force-holding society together.
	Let's talk about the faith factor for a minute.
	Because of your background with the church and as a pastor and what we've done here through our church, which has served a lot of all the donations that we did through our church, etc.
	Talk to us, if you would, about how can faith initiatives be more successful in what you're doing in D.C.?
	And is there more openness to Yeah, I think one of the biggest things that, aside from personal salvation and the peace I have and knowing Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and all of that,
	but from a policy standpoint, I think the biggest thing you begin to see is that there's a specific role for all these institutions in society.
	And we've kind of upended the importance of those things.
	The Marxist-leftist movement has tended to try to make government a god when...
	When we don't believe that it is, it's not something to be worshipped or revered.
	It has its proper place, but the family is so much more important.
	It's the first institution of government.
	It's the first institution of care, of compassion, of learning.
	And then we create all these other institutions that are meant to support that or be extensions kind of of that.
	So you have your church that helps you.
	Grow and develop a family.
	You can have your schools that, with parental support, help nurture and you bring very specific knowledge sets to kids, but it's still under the auspices and the authority of parents being responsible for their kids' education.
	And then at each of these levels, you realize that there's a certain role, and so you're not looking for the government to be the end-all, be-all for everything, because you realize...
	I have a responsibility as a human, as a believer to help society.
	I don't need...
	One of the things I'll hear all the time is Matthew 25. It seems to be the only scripture that Democrats seem to know sometimes.
	What you've done to the least of these, it's like, well, who was he talking to?
	What he didn't say was, go lobby your government to give to the poor.
	If you have it, you give it.
	He also didn't say, go into tremendous debt and put your kids and grandkids in debt to help.
	I would also remind them of Matthew 24, what happens when God is angry with your lack of faith.
	Right.
	So it's understanding the whole picture of this sort of thing and realizing our personal responsibility that's involved in this.
	Realizing the limited role of government doesn't mean that as a person I don't have compassion about anything.
	I do, and I have a personal responsibility to deal with those things.
	I think that's a really important view, a very mature thinking through that.
	Because we have FEMA, but when FEMA didn't exist, churches did that.
	Just like we are doing just recently, right?
	Helping people in need.
	If we have good people, if we have morals that are taught and part of schools and homeschooling and church experiences, then people spontaneously do the right thing.
	They don't need to be ordered to do it.
	Yeah.
	Well, and that's where, frankly, churches across America, we've got to step it up a little bit because I think we've forgotten to teach.
	All those different things.
	What's your responsibility as an individual in society?
	It's got to be more than I believe in God and therefore blessings come to my life, which is a secondary thing, but it's really about we're here to help advance and build the kingdom of God.
	There's a new set of principles, there's a new way of living that Christ introduced on earth that, by the way, brings blessing to your life, but it also just helps bring, it's that whole Abrahamic, you're blessed to be a blessing.
	God bless us so that we can bless those around us.
	Well, and it's interesting.
	I know there's a whole spiritual debate about faith with or without works, right?
	We're not going to get into that.
	That could be a contentious issue.
	But I believe in works.
	I believe in works and faith.
	So my answer to Paul would have been faith and works.
	Let's have faith and let's also help each other in practical ways.
	And I think we're...
	People are hurting right now.
	Even some of what Doge is doing, admittedly, is going to cause a short-term economic situation because the people who were funded by the slush money don't have the slush money.
	So they're not going out and spending it.
	And this is a necessary change, but it's going to take time for recalibration.
	There's going to be a little bit of an economic difficulty.
	So some people are going to need help, but from churches, not Not like government handouts everywhere as much, you know?
	Right, right.
	And there's also plenty of economic opportunity.
	You know, when I talk to people last year, year or two, they're number one, you know, especially when you're looking at a pro-growth economic outlook that you have under President Trump, the number one thing is, like, we need people.
	And so we might have to retrain and retool some people who are working at USAID to...
	This is true.
	You don't work in some of these fields.
	It might have to take up some new challenges.
	But certainly there's a role for us to play.
	Along those lines, and we're almost out of time.
	I can't believe how quickly it's gone.
	Thank you for sharing this time with us.
	But I believe one of the challenges that Texas will be facing is that as AI agents begin to take over more job functions, like a computer desk job function, and then within the next few years we're going to have AI robots.
	Tesla will be a major manufacturer, probably here in Texas, and those will begin to take over a lot of labor jobs.
	I believe that the skill set retraining is going to be critical to keeping people in the job market.
	I mean, even in our own company, we are deploying AI right now.
	We're not firing anybody, by the way, but we're augmenting them with these tools.
	So it's making them more effective.
	Yeah, it can certainly be a scary time, and certainly I'm not, and I can't prognosticate what it's.
	Definitely going to happen in AI.
	I can look to history and say, with every turnover of technology, you've always had this question, will technology replace people?
	And at the microcosm level, it does in a sense.
	You can think of the McDonald's now, you can order your own meal where you used to have an army of people there at the front counter taking orders.
	Now they have one or two.
	So it does, but from a society standpoint, At large, what it usually does is empower humanity over time.
	And people move into higher level jobs.
	Exactly.
	So you like to think that's what would be happening again.
	AI seems to be a little different of an animal when it comes to that.
	And so we'll have to continue to see and actually monitor that.
	Time to be cautiously optimistic.
	I think it's an opportunity for Texas.
	I see Texas as being the AI hub of America, actually.
	And even Texas can be a key manufacturing base for robots that can actually help us get things done.
	And I'm not talking about Skynet, Terminator robots that hunt us down.
	I'm saying robots that can restock store shelves or that can...
	Help an elderly person at home can be a monitor for medical emergencies or even a companion to read them stories and things like that.
	Or even smaller robots out on the farm helping people homestead.
	Robots can pull weeds and keep an eye on the sheep or whatever.
	There's a million roles that can be helpful that are still aligned with our values.
	Yeah, and one thing to keep in mind in this too is China is working to advance these objectives in AI and in robotics as well and probably don't have the altruistic intent that hopefully we have here.
	Well, I would rather buy Tesla robots, you know?
	Exactly.
	So let's lead in this and let's not throw our morals in doing so, but let's make sure that we're, you know.
	We shouldn't shirk back from development because of Zafira.
	We just need to make sure we keep our morality in doing it and embrace it.
	You can't stop technology, but you can harness it.
	Anyway, Texas is well positioned.
	You are just right here in the heart of it.
	Thank you for all that you do, Congressman.
	Myself and our audience and the other people in Central Texas, we really appreciate your voice in D.C. Keep fighting for us because we're working hard out here.
	Well, thank you.
	I feel like we serve the best people in the country here in this district.
	The values that they care about our country, patriotic people, it's an honor to represent them and certainly happy to keep us in prayers.
	We live in challenging times.
	Thankfully, we're in a...
	A much better spot than we were.
	Yeah, that's the truth.
	If you're not happy about things, just think where we were just even three months ago.
	It's tremendous to think the opportunity that's before us.
	But it is an opportunity, so we have a lot of work cut out for us.
	We have to take action.
	Time is limited.
	My main concern in Congress right now is that we're going to have four great years with President Trump.
	We, as Congress, have to make sure that we're codifying what's happening to make sure that this isn't a course correction.
	This needs to be a course correction, not a four-year reprieve on some of the nefarious evil activity we've seen.
	Well, you're right.
	We need, and that's the hard work, is getting law.
	We need law on the books, and then ultimately a Supreme Court affirmation of those laws, which takes a lot of time.
	But the fact that you are so approachable, and you're here spending time with me and with our audience, this speaks well for Congress, which doesn't have a strong approval rating across the board, because not your fault,
	but just...
	The shenanigans and other party people, things that have gone on, right?
	Yeah.
	But you're helping to improve the public view of the House of Representatives.
	So thank you for doing that.
	Well, thank you very much.
	We're doing our best efforts.
	We appreciate you.
	We really appreciate you.
	And again, thank you for joining us.
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